smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

DISAPPOINTMENT OF FIVE THOUSAND VISITORS
USE OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND IT'S EFFECT
+. ON THE FALLS.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1


NIAGARA FALLS. July 4, 1879
About five thousand persons assembled at this
place this afternoon to witness the feat of
II. p. Peer of jumping from the sus
pension bridge into Niagara river. All the
arrangements were made for his jump
and at the appointed hour hslf-past two he made
his appearance. dressed in his tights. but in
such an intoxicated condition that he not per-
mitted to make the attempt After remaining for
Q short time on the bridge he went to the Canada
side. his agent announcing that Peer would jump.
The crowd waited patiently for an hour. when he
again made his appearance. but. il possible. in
worse condition than when he first came forward.


LET HIM GO.


The bridge being crowded with people, Peer in
formed the msnaeers OF the Bridge Company that it
afraid it would fall. The bridge was cleared
with the design Of making the leap. He not
permitted to do 30. however. and was taken to
ada side and found Peer In q restaurant.
He was brought out again about five o'clock
but was G not able to Jump he was then smuesed deS
loud and deep that the man had not been allowed to
KIN himself A large number OF the people came
from distant places in Canada ana this
State excursion trains having been from various
places. The arrangements with the railroad and
Prospect Park managers included Q percentage on
each ticket sold. and he would have made a good
thing If he had carried out his part Of the pro-
gramme.


BEAUTIFUL HLUMINATION.


This evening Prospect Park aud surrounding
places are brilliantly illuminated by electric lights
The machinery is in the house. and sixteen lights,
each equal to 1000 candles. distributed various
points One light is at the head OF the Park which
throws reflection across the river, and is bright
the Canada side that the finest print can be
read Another is near the foot of the inclined
railway. which throws its rays upon the Horseshoe
and American falls lighting them brilliantly and
presenting beautiful appearance Another is
a fagpoie ut the upper end OF the park, and the
roadway as far as the International Hotel is light
n dRy
Year: 1879

As If there had not been sufficient fatality for the
OCCASION another and singular accident occurred 1t
Lake Quinsiga amond not long after and within
short distance from the place of the steamboat
disaster. This was the of q young man named
James Byrne, who drowned while in bathing.
1t is supposed that he taken with cramps aud
went down almost before he could cry out
for help He had swan out considerable distance
from the shore. and beyond the reach of rescue
so sudden was his disappearance. His body
covered without delay.
Year: 1879

CONGRESS WATER-ITS SUPERIORITY AS
caharc and Alternative In its entire freedom from
everything bitter acid crude that produces headache in
ternal soreness and tends to destroy the
braue
Year: 1879

About the last day of May a wind storm passed over parts of Kansas and Missouri, killing many people and de stroying much property. An Atchi- son dispatch of June says:

 IL is certain that no less than forty have been killed and seventy to eighty wounded; all of the latter severely. The destruction of property will foot up very largely, but no reliable esti- mate can be formed of the amount. Hundreds of houses have been de stroyed and crops in the path of the cyclone are utterly ruined The track ot the cyclone varies from three-quar- ters of a mile to mile in width at intervals, as 1t occasionally left the ground for a short distance and again descended. Wherever it touched the ground 1t swept everything clean of houses, trees and crops Where it crossed Blue River it lifted every drop oi water in its course. and in its pas sage over a well in Irving it scooped it dry.
Year: 1879

X PARTY from California has sc cured control of an immense copper claim in the Black Hills, and proposes to thoroughly develop it and erect re. duction works. This enterprise will he of much benefit to Prescott. being only twenty four miles from town. Wood and water are plentiful and the ore will average fifty per cent pure copper.-CorrespOndent EXpositor.
Year: 1879

THE CITIZEN has heretofore pub lished the law upon which the circu. lar here referred to was based:

 The Commissioner of the General Land Office has issued circular which IS all important to those about to enter public land under the homestead and pro-emption laws The point of the circular is that any settler desiring to make final proof must frst file with the Register written notice of his in teniion 50 to do This notice must de scribe the land and give the names of the witnesses by whom proof is to be made. 4 remembrance of this fact will save applicants for the benefit of the law much trouble and unneces- Sary expense Ex.
Year: 1879

NEWS is received that the new town of Maricopa is improving. Adobe and wooden buildings are being put up, Col. Barney is erecting q store and warehouse of lumber.

 ANOTHER Touring and saw-mill seems under way for Pima County, these to be at San Pedro crossing, by NIT. Campbell
Year: 1879

TIE Sacramento Record says: Par. ties from down the river say that the peach crop will be a partial failure, owing to a mildew which k destroy. ing the fruit. Plums are a total fail ure and pears will yield but half a crop The small fruits were injured by the late rains The apple crop is unusually heavy.
Year: 1879

The Commissioners met yesterday Commissioners Williams. Samanieno and Cum were present. They appoint Alex Mickey and James Caldwell a Committee to view out and report within ten days the most practicable route for road between Tucson and Globe. The committee expect to start out on the line today or tomorrow.
Year: 1879

In the East they are celebrating the
25th anniversary of the birth of the
Republican party. Only 20 years old,
and SO rotten and corrupt and festered
that even Beast Butler holds his nose
as he turns away from its foetid breath!
Year: 1879

WHEN we told a new subscriber the
other day that we never trusted, and
he promptly and innocently asked,
What, never7 y we let him have the
DEMOCRAT one year for sack of water
melons, TO be paid when he can raise
'em
Year: 1879

An exchange says q young lady in
Hartford, Conn, has been poisoned by
the aniline dye in new blue veil that
she wore. If she was homely girl
she has our sympathy, but if she was
handsome and wore a colored veil it
served her right.
Year: 1879

The young woman who made the
following remark, says the Kinston
Freeman, is the same young lady who
asked for the soap when about to wash
the lettuce: " What miserable lit
tie eggs again Take 'em out, Jane,
and let the hen set on them little
longer p
Year: 1879

Sandy Hook. The young ladies were
delighted, and amused themselves by
singing lively and secular songs. Mr..
Withers stood at the helm and was sur
prised to find that managing boat was
so much easier than he supposed it would
be. The three other young men were
secretly flied with envy, but as they
knew nothing whatever about boats. they
could not venture to criticise Mr.. With
ers' seamanship. }#


The breeze freshened, and as the boat
reached the middle of tbea bay it began
to roll heavily. About the same time the
sky grew dark, and the fishing boats be-
gan to seek shelter. One of the young
men remarked that it was about time to
"put about" which sentiments were
warmly echoed by everybody except Mr..
Withers. That unfortunate man undoubt.
edly would have desired to ''put about''
only he had not the remotest idea of the
nature of the maneuve..s The young
ladies still sung songs, but it was cnticed
that they now confined themselves to the
melodies Of Messrs. Moody and Sanky,
which they sung in subdued and seri-
GUS tone. .ETo
Fresher grew the breeze, and the young
Ladies grew more and more alarmed.
Again and again was the suggestion made
that they ought to "put about" but Mr..
Withers maintained a painful silence.
Presently fishing boat drove rapidly by
them, and the skipper loudly suggested
that unless they wanted to visit some
unknow locality, vaguely described as
the property of one David Jones, they
had better put in reef and run for the
lee of the shore. Accordingly demand
was made on Mr.. Withers that he should
Immediately adopt the ffsherman's advice
To the utter CONSERVATION of the com panv,
Mr.. Withers replied that if anybody
knew anything about managing the boat
he did not care to do it any longer; that
in fact, he knew nothing about sail boats
and that he had never been in one before
Whereupon he abandoned the helm, and
leaning over the side of the boat he com.
named with Nature for several consecu
tive minutes. -..r. .a.s..


| BY dint of cutting away every rope
that seemed to hold anything, the three
young men managed to get the sail down
They then got out the oars, and afte,
one hour of hard labor, during which
Mr.. Withers lay in the bottom Of the boat
tormented by his conscience and his
stomach, they managed to reach cove
mile or so west of Sandy Hook. Tn
boat was made fast, and the entire party
set out on foot for the Shrewsbury River
leaving Mr.. Withers physical and men
tai wreck behind them. How and whe1
he reached the city no one knows, but
is certain that he has since returned t


business, and that he carefully shuns al
his old acquaintance to whom he one


used to boast of his pretended seaman
ship.


This teaches us that it is always wis
to be honest, if thereby we can avoi


getting into difficulties with unaccus
toned sail-boats.--N. Y. Times.
Year: 1879

The following account of Lake
Kennedy, a large body of fresh water to
the West Of the Winter quarters of the
Florence, is given by Capt. Tyson: The
approximate location of the Lake is in
latitude GO north and longitude 73o
west, but has not been accurately deter.
mined, as it is not known to have been
visited by white men previous to the year
1876. The natives often speak of this
great lake, of its fish and game, includ-
ing seal, and of its great size. The land
about it is vast plain or pruirie, stone
less and -treeless, but covered in summer
with tall grass, upon which the reindeer
feed in immense numbers. The natives
visit the lake every Spring to hunt rein-
deer: of which they kill great numbers.
They all agree in their statements of the
size of the lake and of the abundance of
game and fish. In the Spring it is the resort
of thousands of birds which breed there.
Among these birds are several species of
geese, the young Of which the squaws
destroy, in vast numbers, and pile in heaps
for dog food. The soil about the lake is
dark and abounds in fossils Considered
from scientific point Of view, this Sec
ton is interesting, and it is possible that
in a peculiarly one it could be made
profitable. 1t is not probable that so in
viting an Arctic paradise will long re-
main unexplored. Mr.. Kumlien OCCASION
ally joined the Esquimaux in their visits
to this lake and in their seal huts, but
none Of the other members of the expedi
ton felt active enough to do so. The natives
are nearly always travelling, either in the
mountains deer-hunting, or over the snow
clad ice foes in search Of seals or bears
and, being Light, strong and muscular,
they have greater power Of endurance
than the heavier and less active white


men. The natives can also sleep upon


theice when tired, and when hungry can


easily satisfy their appetite upon such


provisions qlp as as the country affords. White
men, as was proved in the case cf CAPT.


Hall, can accustom themselves to the
same mode Of life; and it is for the


purpose Of effecting this that the coloni-


zation plan of exploration is proposed


The case of Nep-e7 ken, Tyson's boy, is an


instance Of the inherent skill and cour.
Year: 1879

This Is famous country for bees and
the making Of honey, and at many n
breakfast table in distant Europe to-day
the waffle is sprcadwitll sweets that have
been filchcd from the hearts of thou
sand California flowers. In the mouth
OF almost every canon there is bee
ranch or apiary, whose owner grows
indolentand prosperous from the labors
Of his industrious subjects. Here there
are no long winters with dcarth of


lowcrs, through which the patient
workers must be nurscd and fed In
order that they may live until the OPEN
ing Of the next field season. These
bee-ranchcs are models OF neatness and
domestic comfort. and the profession
OF bookkeeping Is rapidly becoming
| popular among persons Of little physi-
cal strength or small financial capital,
or both; such as maiden ladies, broken
down ministers, bachelor students, and
those dilettantc farmers who fancy that
the royal road to bucolic happiness lies
through the ilowery beds Of a bec-pas-
ture. Their expenses are as light as
those of Il hermit in his cage, and what
stores of honey are laid up arc so much
clear gain, as the bees board themselves
while they work, and work INCREASINGLY
In preparation for the winter which
never comes. When the hive is full
the cakes Of comb are removed, the
liquid Is strained from the cells, and
the empty cups arc replaced to be filled
again and again. This economical pro-
cess prevents a waste Of labor and time
in the gathering Of wax and the build
ing Of new bins in the store house.
walking out in the morning in the
green brushwood Of these canons you
hear loud and continuous buzzing of
wings, and, although there may not be
flower in sight, it Is rs ccasclcss and
strong as III abuckwheat patch or clover
field at home. This humming of bees
is natures tenor voice, as the roaring
of water is her bass. There is q cure
for homesickness in the bees mono-
tone, even though the authors thereof
be perfectly wild, as, indeed, many of
these are. In such country you can
not feel utterly lonesome and lost.
Year: 1879

1t Is said, traveller in Germany
writes, that whenever several Of the
larger wolves associate together for
mischief, IN the German forests and
their neighberhood, there is always a


numerous train of smaller ones to fol-
low In the rear, and act as auxiliaries
in the work Of destruction. Two large


wolves are sufficient to destroy the
most powerful horse, and seldom more


than two ever begin the assault, al
though there may be score in the
gang. 1t Is no less curious than anus
ing to witness this ingenious mode of
attack. If there is no snow, or but lit
tle on the ground, two wolves approach
In the most playful and caressing man
ner, lying, rolling and frisking about,
until the too credulous and unsuspici-
Year: 1879

Many persons may Dot be aware that
glass can be cut under water with great
ease to almost any shape by simply
using pair Of shears or strong scissors.
In order to insure success two points
must be attended to. First ard most
important, the glass must be kept quite
level In the water while the scissors are
applied, and, secondly, to avoid risk
it IS better to begin the cutting by
taking off small pieces ut the corners
and along the edges, and so reduce the
shape gradually to that required, as If
any attempt Is made to cut the glass all
at once to the shape rs we could cut a
piece of card board, It, will most likely
break where 1t Is not wan cd Some
kinds of glass cut much better than
others, the softer glasses being the best
for this purpose. The scissors need
not be at all sharp, as their action does
not appear to depend on the state of the
edges presented to the glass. When
the operation goes on we'll the glass
breaks away from the scissors in small
pieces In straight line with the blades
This method of cutting glass has often
bcen Of service when diamond has
not becn at hand for cutting ovals and
scgmcnts, and though the edges arc not
80 smooth as might be desired for some
purposes, yet 1t Will answer III a great
many cases. The hints given above, If
strictly followed, will always insure
success.
Year: 1879

There Is no accounting for tastes
Mrs. Lincoln, Of Boston keeps two big
pet lions, and now we hear Of a West
ern farmer who has domestlcated lot
of creatures that belong quite as appro-
prtatoly out Of door. In letter he
says:-"In the middle Of my parlor l
have curious republic Of Industrious
hornets; their nest hangs to the CELL
Ing by the same twig on which 1t was
so admirably built and contrlved In the
woods. Its removal did not displease
them, for they find in my house plen.
ty Of food, and l have left little hole
in one Of tho panes of glass that an
swers all purposes. BY this kind usage
they have become quite harmless. They
live on the flies, which are very trouble
some to us through the summer. They
are constantly busy catching them
even OH the eycl'ds Of my children. BY
their assistance am but little troubled
with flies. All my family are 80 ac-
customed to their strong buzzlng that
no one takes any notice of them, and
though they are fierce and vindictive.
yet kindness has made them useful and
harmless.
Year: 1879

The last chapter in the Zazoo tragedy
is as disgracefpl as the first. The Grand
Jury OF the county has declined to find
an indictment against the man who
shot Dixon in the back, and there is
great local rejoicing over the decision.
The Yazoo "Herald" says the jury was
one of the most intelligent the county
ever had, that all fair-H nded men are
satisfied with its finding, aud that it is
to be hoped that the enemies Of the
"youDg gentleman" who committed
the indiscretion "wi i'll cease from this
time henceforth TO speak of him as ons
who bad taken the life of another with
out cause or any provocation to justify
it," 1t then observes With the nice
sense of justice peculiar to the bull
dozers: "Ths law is as powerful in
Furnishing the wicked as it is in shield
ing the innocent"
Year: 1879

/ desire to call the attention of the
people of Charlton and adjoining Coun-
ties to the fact that l have just returned
from the Eastern Cities, and am now in
receipt of the Largest and most Varied
Stock of STAPLE and FANCY DRY
GOODS, both FOREIGN and DOMES-
TIC, that it has ever been my pleasure
to show, which were all bought of the
largest Importers and Manufacturers in
the Union, at prices far below their
present market value, and which pro-
pose to sell FOR CASH at correspond
ing figures, notwithstanding the recent
great advance in all classes of goods.


claim to be able to sell Better and
Cheaper Goods than any other mer-
chant i'm this section of the State; and
now propose to tell the public how it is
that am able to do so.


This is the way of it: Regularly at
the beginning of each season Seven
others besides myself enter the Eastern
siarkets, and One Man does the Buying





for All, and the Goods are afterwards
divided out amongst us. Buying, there
fore, in such lots, from First Hands,
For Cash, am of course enabled to get
my Goods Cheaper than any other mer-
chant who buys for himself alone and
offer my customers the Full Benefit of
All the Advantages that obtain.


/ present this season an Absolutely
Overwhelming Series of Bargains in
Every Department of my Stock, but a
few of which L am able TO enumerate in
this advertisement. Call and see me
1 can Save you Money on Any Article
that you buy of me.


VIM. ROSENSTEIN.
Year: 1879

NV was S Full Complete.
of Youths
every plain, heavy ervabe goods
u p the
Ovcrcoas fromS up To the Best
all of which



GoodW uits Extra IeavyS
of
n and
Beaver Overcoas Spring and Fall
lin

n Bunswick9
Clothing laid down in this

of






for of
pe thanth of Il the Stores n



my establish title



the Made article always Selling
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use of
headache, or any of the ills that come from
disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie Of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

If you think no one cares for you in this
cold world inst tell your neignbors that you propose TO
Keen heDs You will be surprised TO see What an inme-
diate interest they will manifest in you-lsuliwater
Lumbernan
Year: 1879

sHEhmhN bh fb HE DID ITs
National Associated Press to the Star.
NEW York, Dec. % Secretary Sherman
now here, is reported by the Herald as say.
ing that with the assistance of several per
sons friendly to himself Senat
Cameron was elected Chairman
of the National Republican Committee, be.
cause he was deemed the most fit man fol
the position with ut respect to Lis chance
for the Presidency. He added that while
he had always been sincere friend. OF
General Grant. and had in the main sup.
ported him during his Presidency, yet he
is now, as he was four years ago, of the
opinion that it is not wise for Grant to be
a candidate for third term.


THIS Is REA ,LY ROMANTIC.


NEW YoRK, Dec. 22.-Wiliam Fl. Dong.
las, journalist of st. Louis, was Saturday
held in $500 bail to keep the peace. The
Otfense of which he was accused was draw
ing revolver on a waiter in salo N in
Union Square, and threatening to sho t
him. The young man was under the in
fluence of liquor at the time, and it might
have gone much harder with him had not
a very beautiful young lady who came to
court in coupe interceded FIR him. she
taking the blame upon herself as being the
sole cause of his misfortune.


1t was learned that she is the daughter of
a well-known Southern judge, and that she
and Douglass, being engaged to be married.
were on their way to Europe bv consent of
her guardian. and we're to be married after
their arrival on the other side. The object
of this trans Atlantic VOYAGE, it is said, is
the reformation of Douglass. His bonds
were furnished by J. NJ. Mcdonald. TIE
couple intended sailing Saturday. They
were stopping at the Union Square Hotel,
and it was said that vonng y uelass' spree
was the result of IL quarrel between himself
and his atfiancpd
Year: 1879

A letter picked up in Cipher Alley and duly trans
lated, runs thus


q can get the nomination,
But 10 win the apprO baton
OF she people of the Nation


is what botbeIs me;
can bulldOzc the Convention,
But wish you wouldn't mention
My benevolent intention


Quite 30 frequentleep
Year: 1879

The secretary of the interior will shortly
issue circular for the information of par.
ties desiring to register their trade marks,
to the Effect that the Federal statute upon
the subject ty the recent decision Of the
Supreme Court 10 declared unconstitutional,
aud that tho patent Office registration is
consequently Intellectual as means of pro.
tect'n but that the department will, how.
evezz, continue to register trade marks for
persons 80 deserving.