smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The number Of contestants In the six days
pedestrian match now going at the Madison
Square Garden still continues to decrease. five
more having abandoned the race yesterday,
leaving in the evening only thirty ap-
parently the track out Of the sixty-fve
who started. During the day the attendance was
meagre but In the evening tie crowd
increased to about two thousand per-
sons. mainly composed Of young men. The
number of female spectators was conspicu-
ously small. There was very little enthusiasm
manifested during those occasional moments
when some of the weary looking plodders would
essay squirt in the hope Of passing vigtant COM
petitor. As rule the crowd contented
themselves with chatting. in boisterous tones.
another and the pedestrians by turns.
evincing powers OF endurance for which they
man Hart, who headed the competitors yesterday
morning, leading Faber four miles dur
ing the day. disappeared from the track
at forty three minutes past eight o'clock p. NJ and
had not returned ut half-past ten. Meantime Faber
kept ON his tireless rounds, and at the time last
mentioned he was three miles ahead Of Harts
Mckee still proceeds with stately step. compacently
Indifferent in regard to his score. His sole
ambition is to remain to the last ON
the track in the hope that in this. in the match
for the OLeary belt. he may Garry of the prize for
neatness in costume and symmetry of figure. He
will appear to-day attired In silk and satin The fol-
lowing wel the Of the leading men at half
oak 'clo laafe
Year: 1879

compose the Senate and House. The counting out
Of onethird of the entire number that tho republi-
dinary ~ your Exccllency Will admit.


THE SUPREME JUDIcATuRE.


am not now asserting that Your Excclency may
not have good for following this course but
I respectfully submit that you can. do u most
valuable and honorable service for <ho State and for
yourself by adopting measure that will satisfy
justice of Your Excellency's course. Your Excel
lency the only individual in tho world that singly
Supreme Judicial Court. The constitution givos
you power to require that opinion on important
question of law" and upon "solemn occasions" /"
There are surely important questions of law pend
ing, and certainly this is solemn OCCASION that
II that great provision Of the constitution
needful 10 would seem to be Mt this moment of In
Excellency that in questions Of like import
which have arisen In times past to per-
plcx your predecessors In tho executive chair
the habit has been uniform and general to appeal to
tho Court for the true interpretation of the law AZ
no time believe, has 1t been charged that on
question OF this character tho Court has rendered
decision OF Mr. Justice Virgin Is fresh illustration
of how little the political bearings Of question can
influence tho decision Of our Supreme Judicial
tribunal


IN THE NAME PEACE AND ORDER.


II is In the power OF Your Excellcncy to restore
peace order quiet and good feeling to the state and
judges on each law point involved on the varia-
tion OF the count from tho face OF the official
returns. There are prccedcnts for recalling
tive-elect whero erroneously issued, and in
tho case Of the Ave disfranchisod cities summons
has yet been sent to any one. Evcn II there was .
question to tho strict legal right to recall cerih
cate Of election 1t is not doubted that the decision
of the Court would mt once cause the member not
entitled to the seat to retire and the rightfu men,
OF the Court would thus settle by just
umpirage, as IL was designed to settle the embar-
RAISING and dangerous questions under eonsid-
Year: 1879

Yesterday morning news reached
the city that the dead body of Maj.
Gilmer, of Spadra, had been found
in the bay, with bullet hole
through his head and that it was
supposed to be case of suicide.
Coroner Harmon, accompanied by
Mr.. A. B. Caldwell, friend, of de-
ceased, who had also been apprised
OF the finding of the body, went
down to Wilmington. An exami-
nation of the remains revealed the
fact that the ball had entered the
head above and behind the right
ear and had passed through the
head, coming out at the left temple.
From the position at which the
ball entered and its course, it is i'm
probable that the weapon, unless a
very.short one, could have been
fired by deceased, although the fact
that the hair and skin about the
wound were burned, shows that the
weapon used was almost touching
the head when the fatal shot was
fired.


A Coronel's jury was empan-
neled and q number of witnesses
examined. Mr.. Caldwell testified
that he had known the deceased,
whom he last saw alive on Mon
day, for q number ofyears, that he
was man of a quiet, cheerful dis
position, seemed to be in easy cir
cumstances financially, of correct
habits, and that he knew of no
cause that would impel him to su-
icide.


The hotel keeper at Wilmington
testified that he lodged at his house
on Tuesday night and paid for his
bed. A woman who keeps
restaurant said that he had
eaten his dinner at her house
on Tuesday evening, in paying for
which he exhibited some money.
Other witnesses testified to having
seen him on the streets of Will
mingtou, and that they noticed
nothing unusual in his manner.
The man who took the remains
from the bay said the water was
quite shallow where the body was
found and that it was in a half
erect position, the feet being inn
bedded ia the mud, and that he
found no money or other valuables
In the pockets or on the person of
deceased.


The jury rendered q verdict that
deceased came to his death by a
gunshot wound, but expressed no
opinion as to how received.
Year: 1879

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1879

Atchison, May 3.-Over 300 colored
refugees from the south landed here to-
day in generally destitute condition.
There being no vacant building in the
city, great difficulty was experienced in
getting them under shelter, but they
were finally housed In colored houses
1t is questionable whether many of
them can be furnished employment, as
the demand for unskilled labor in this
state is very limited. They were orjgi-
nally destined for Leavenworth, but
the authorities of that city paid their
fare to this point, and sent them on
The citizens have provided for their
temporary wants, but great suffering
must result if this influx of totally des-
titute people to Kansas does not soon
stop.
Year: 1879

may be skinned on all sides, and in
every form in which it may present it
self, without regard to its tangibility,
or the fact that it may become onerous
to certain classes of the community.
Wells can find nothing in this Pacific
theory that commends itself to the
mind of average good sense. He de-
clares that the sweeping provisions of
this new constitution will not stand the
test of the United States constitutional
law, and will never be respected by the
people whose property it affects. In a
word, that it is utterly impracticable
and cannot be enforced"
Year: 1879

at the polls and to promote freedom of
elections"


1t is understood that the title finally
adopted is the "bill to prevent inter
ference by the army with elections


The action taken by the caucus is
substantially in accordance with the
ssamended report" presented to-day"
Year: 1879

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
us all the news and keep us posted in
all matters Of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this office and fur
nish US with any information they may
possess.
Year: 1879

waters edge. We will say that each
family has homestead of 100 acres.
which the settlement will not aver.
age. We have an overplus of 1000
acres of orange land, which the new
conner can either homestead, or enter
at less than 81 an acre. None of this
land is more than ten miles from Vo.
lusia, and great deal of it from
three to six miles. Many of the old
citizens will sell off a portion, or all
of their land, at from SO to $50 an
acre.


We invite the newcomer among
us, and promise to do all that we can
to get them settled. We will in flu.
tuIe, as we have in the past, give all
the information we have concerning
the location of lands, their quality
and adaptability.


In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, we
are constrained to again thank you
for the great good that your paper
has done, is doing, and will do In flu.
ture.


We exonerate ourself from the
charge of hyperbole and candidly
say, that we feel it our duty, whether
we perform it or not, to canvass our
settlement in the interest of THE
FLoRID DA AGRIcULTURIsT.


MALCOLM l.. BAKER,
Year: 1879

The republicans Of the Seventh ward. Brooklyn,
opened their wigwsm last night. Mr.. Frederick
Douglass made his appearance and was escorted to
seat upon the platform. He received with loud
cheering and spoke upon the issues of the campaign


He said lie would not be thore were 1t not that the
present campaign involved national issues and had


direct bearing upon the Presidential canvass There
were tho same old questions Of state rights which
were presented in 1860 to be fought over now


These Houthern people had come back to Congress
TO capture the government and to use 1t for their
own interest. He said he had appeared before the
people In several capacities He had hrst
appeared as q slave. then as fugitive slave.
Year: 1879

FALL RIVER, Mass, Oct. Is. 1879.
The majority OF the old spinners have now re-
turned to work. but several hundred have not yet
bccn able to do so. At meeting Of the spinners
held last night II was voted by those who had se-
cured work to tax themselves 81 per week for tho
support of their non-working brethren In addition
to weekly tax OF twenty-five cents for the support
Of the union. The call for tho meeting stated that
many members Of the union were suffering for
food.
Year: 1879

We are informed that gentleman re.
siding in Wakulla County by the name
of Cox, who is cultivating small! farm,
upon arising one morning last week was
surprised to find that during the mig Mt
his residence had been changed from a
region where water could not be seen
and was situated on the border of lake.
When he retired the evening before his
house was far away from any pond,
lake, or river, but upon going out next
morning his surprise can be imagined
when, instead of his garden, an i'm
mense sink, fifty or sixty yards square,
filled with water, running up with q
eighteen or twenty feet of his residence,
met his gaze. During the night this
transformation occurred, leaving not
even vestige of the tallest pine trees
which were standing in their iull males
ty only twelve hours before. These
sinks, however, are not frequent in that
county. 1t is only short time since
that sink occurred near Lavender's
Mill, more remarkable than the one al,
luded to above, in that it occurred up
on the very top of hill-one of the
highest points # land in that county
Tallahassee Fl0ridian.
Year: 1879

The editor of the London Truth, sitter
observing that probably not one in
twenty of the persons who indulge in
boating on holiday can swim, proceeds
to tell his readers how to acquire this
accomplishment. "Nothing,n he says,
"is more easy. When the air is out of
a body its owner sinks; when the air is
in body its owner floats. Let any one
slowly draw in his breath as he draws
back his legs and pushes forward his
arms, retain it while he is preparing for
the stroke which is to propel him, and
slowly allow it to 90 through his lips as
his arms are passed back from before
his head to his sides and his legs are
stretched out. The action of the stroke
should not be quite horizontal, but
should be made on slight incline
downward. The real reason why peo
pie take weeks to learn how to swim il
because swimming professors either d.
not know or do not choose to teach, th'
philosophy of breathing, so as to rem
der the body buoyant. / would engag
to make any one a tolerable swimme
in an hour, unless he be congenita
| idiot -
Year: 1879

MRS. WHEELER of New Haven,
Conn, asserts that she has been miracu-
lousy cured, after lying bedridden for
sixteen years. She made up her mind
that if she had sufficient faith miracle
would be wrought in her behalf. "Af-
ter praying five minutes" she says, 81
felt sensation at my heart. [ can re-
member nothing distinctly except that
was full of love of God, while my
voice in an unnatural tone was heard to
exclaim: 'Hallelujah! Jesus is healing
met My husband found me as white
as corpse, and completely Frustrated,
and when l awoke to consciousness my
whole family stood around me terribly
frightened. All the rest of the day
was very weak, and could not see that
I was any better. Saturday and Sunday
1 was very weak, but slept well, and
felt no pain. On the next day God Wis.
tied me again. / had not prayed loEg
when l felt similar sensation to the
previous one, but remained perfectly
conscious. In an instant God raisee
me to my feet, speaking through me al
before, and say ing, Praise the Lord


Jesus has healed mel" There wa
nothing left of her disease except
lameness in her back, and that Wen
away in answer to further prayer.
Year: 1879

To the eye of Him who watches over
q sparrow's fall there is nothing great
nothing small. The man OF science
trains his eye to a similar impartiality in
looking at nature. A moss to the un-
trained eye seems insignificant. To the
eye of the botanist, it is little world.
A friend once complained to the great
Swedish botanist that Sweden did not
aft )rd scope enough for the study Of
nature. Linp;eus laid his hand upon a
bit of moss, on a bed of which they we e
reclining, and said


"Under this palm is material for the
the study of lifetime!"


Oae day, when lost in an African des-
ert, Mungo Park came across a tuft OF
moss. This bit of green growing in an
arid waste was messenger from God te
the responding explorer.


If God cares for the moss" he saic
to himself, surely He cares for me. ;
And he went on his way, exhilarated By
the sight of bit of moss.


Wordsworth speaks to ears that cal
hear


| TO me the meanest flower that blows can Civ
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears
Year: 1879

On each side of the Vice-President's
seat in the United States Senate are
fastened two old snuff boxes, which are
kept filed by the attendants. They are
the result of q custom inaugurated al
most at the foundation of the Govern
ment, when snuff: taking was universal
habit Thurman is the only Senator
who makes 3 habit of using snuff, but
sometimes 8 Senator will stop and take
an occasional pinch, while the many
visitors to the chamber take little out
of CURIOSITY. At first the box was kept
on the Vice Presidents desk, but in
those days so many of the Senators
used the article, and so frequently TO :
got to bring their boxes with them, thst
it was sresolved to place two public re-
ceptacies for it, and in the annual ex-
pensas of the Senate is always found
the item of snuff. The aged Doo1keep-
er, Isaac Bassett, stated to your CORE
spondent that he had often seen Henry
Clay leave his place in the midst of a
speech, walk gravely to the box, take a
piach and continue his remarks. "When
was page, nearly 80 years ago." said
he, "many of the Senators would give
me sign which indicated that they
wanted snuff. and l would carry the box
to them. Nearly all the Senators used
snuff in those days. Henry Clay was in
the habit of giving me 50 cents week
to keep bis box full of snuff, and have
never forgotten that when ne left here
for the last time he owed me so cents
for this service. l never brought bill
against the estate" said the old gentle
man, smiling, Sand l guess the debt il
outlawed by this time. .''-Fhitadelphi1
| Bulletin
Year: 1879

DELICIOUS HAsTY PUDDING.-Put 8
pints of milk to heating in stew-pan
or kettle; then stir smooth in ] pint OF
milk, 5 large spoonfuls Of flour, and
beat eggs in another bowl. AS soon rs
the milk boils Git will heat faster than
water), stir in the batter, having pre-
viously added a little nutmeg and salt
10 taste. If over a brisk fire it will
cook in moment, and then the eggs
should be turned in and stirred briskly
half minute. Remove from the fire
and dip into saucers, and before it has
cooled sufficiently to form scale over
the top, CRATE on a trifie of nutmeg te
improve the appearance. Serve with
sugar. This is so quickly and easily
made that any unexpected guest car
have it set before him if he arrives bu


10 minutes before the dinner hour.
Year: 1879

CABBAGE OR LETTUCE SALAD.-1
small, firm head of cabbage or 3 heads
lettuce chopped or sliced fine, l cup OF
sweet milk boiling hot, little less than
cup of vinegar, l tablespoonful white
sugar, l teaspoonful essence celery,
pepper, salt, mustard and Oil to suit !;
heat the milk and vinegar in separate
vessels; when the vinegar boils put in
the butter, sugar and seasoning; boil up
once and stir in the chopped vegetables
to the hot milk add the eggs; cook one
minute after they begin to thicken
pour custard over salad and stir quick.
| iy; cover and set to cool suddenly


Serve cold, and garnish with slices OF
cold hard boiled eggs, crosses or beets
Year: 1879

Cincinnati Gazette. To this we
have come at last. In the United
States Senate, on Sunday night. the
Democratic side of that body upheld
Jefferson Davis as patriot, and made
haste to couple him with Washington
and Hampden. who acquired fame in
the war for independence. Lamar
said he was as great rebel as Davis
he believed as Davis believed; f; he be,
lieved now that the rebellion was
right, and the only difference between
himself and the great Southern lead
er was that Davis was the bigger man
and the greater patriot. This was big
talk in the face of the American peo'
ole who suppressed the rebellion, and
of the survivors and friends of those
whse bodies. pierced with rebel bul'
lets, lie in silent graves. IF Jefferson
Davis was q patriot, and if the cause
of which be was leader was right,
what was the position of those who
fought for the Union? And what is
the position of the rebel readers now
IF the rebel cause was right, then all
that is required to make # a snccess is
power. The loyal people can thus see
upon what a. narrow neck of land
they stand. The rebel party in Con-
gress hurting. defiance at the loyal
North, and no Northern Democrat
there to dispute their claim. The reo-
ell party is bold. 1t is on the point of
assuming control of the Senate. which
it lest in 1861, when its members
crossed the line into rebeldom, and
now that it has power, it does not
b estate to class Jeff. Davis, tbs, chief
rebel, with Washington, the father
of his country.
Year: 1879

Inter Ocean: A Democratic victory
in 1880 will turn over the government
to the ex-Confederates. By that time
the Democrats in Congress will have
repealed the test-oath act. If their
majority should be increased in 1880.
and they should elect President. a
new act prescribing an oath of office


will probably be placed on the statute
books. This new oath, judging from
the Democratics sFisit of the day,
will read like this: II, A B, do sol
emnly swear Tor affirm that L did not
voluntarily bear arms in the so-called
Union army I'm its base attempt to
suhjugate the South that 1 did not
voluntarily give aid, countenance,
counsel, or encouragement to persons
engaged in armed hostility to the
Southern idea; that 1 never sought
nor accepted Office at the hands ofthe
Union Republican or National Re-
publican party; that did not yield
voluntary support 10 any OF Ihe
pretended amendments to the Con-
stitution; that L did not serve as
officer or private in the so-called
Union armies. And / do further
swear Tor affirm that I will support
and defend the Constitution of the
United States as interpreted by the
Confederate leaders; that I will
labor to SECURE the repeal of the
obnoxious amendments, and that
when the amendments are repealed |
Twill bear true faith and allegiance
to the Constitution that ] take this
obligation with mental reservations
only as 20 the so-oalled amendments;
and that I will well and faithfully
discharge my duty to the South and
the Democratic party; so help me
God.'
Year: 1879

do not know that he is even aware of
the movement, but it is none the less
true that Judge Briggs bae score Of
friends who will stand by him and if
needs be die in the last ditch, as 1t
were.


Now, however it IL proposed. I"
etc, etc. A selfish proposition of the
Globe. That's all.


We pity Briggs. whom we under
stand to be gentleman, and one de-
serving better fate than slow death
at the hands of the Globe. After the
Globe has tortured Briggs for year
or so we presume the Bee will finish
what's left of him.
Year: 1879

State Journal: Senator Paddock
uttered very unnecessary word, so
far as Nebraskans are concerned,
VIXEN he declared that everything
that Rosewater wrote to the Bee con-
corning the row in the delegation at
Washington was false, and that he
would prove it to his constituents.
Nedward never takes the trouble to
write the truth to the Bee. Anybody
can do that, aud no proof is necessary
to establish the falsity of all his fac
tioDal utterauces.
Year: 1879

We think it worthy ofnote that at
the two last terms Of our district court
the grand jury has not found single
indictment. The grand jury last
week, no business coming before it,
was discharged at the close of the first
day ofthe court. Some think that the
prevailing temperance sentiment and
the decrease of whisky is the princi-
pal cause of this decrease In crimes in
our city and county. o, dear,
Brownville lis ruined," and Nema-
ha county is nearly gone up" too.
Year: 1879

The Republicans of Congress have
resolved to stand firmly by the doe
trines of Republicanism-tbe greatest
of which is the right of every UIan to
vote and to vote as he pleases. The
Democrats of Congress are equally
determined to remove every guard
that stands in the way of ballot box
stuffing. intimidation, fraud and Dem
Ocratic supremacy.
Year: 1879

Pawnee City, thinking itself able
to enjoy linen collars and plug hat,
is going to incorporate as city of the
second class. The people will find ii
only an expensive luxury, and one
that will be heavy and burdensome on
their hands.
Year: 1879

During the raid of General Sherman
through South Carolina, a widow lady, the
sister-in-law of Brother Hartwell, our mis-
sionary to China, was robbed by the troops
of all her provisions; not vestige was left
for the support of herself and orphan
children. The surrounding country for
miles shared the same fate. Starvation
seemed inevitable, inasmuch as days would
necessarily elapse before aid could be OBJ
tanned from the more fortunate districts.
In her helplessness, what could she do
She had called to mind Eli jah's deliverance.
and with the same trusting confidence she
cried unto him who is the Friend that stick
eth closer than brother. She gathered
the little ones in the chamber and laid her
wants before him who had promised to never
forsake his chosen. 1t was the trial of
faith, yet a trial made in faith, believing
that God would save her and her little ones
from starvation. As she concluded her APP
peals she heard noise in the basement
story of the residence. On entering the
room cat sprang to the window aud es-
capped into the yard, leaving a large rabbit
lying on the floor, which it had but few
minutes before caught and brought in.
"God be praised for this deliverance" was
the outburst of grateful heart With joy
full heart was the rabbit served up for the
hungry little ones. And more remarkable
than all, this cat brought in rabbit for
thirteen consecutive days, supplying the
family until aid was obtained from friends


How beautifully is here verified the Ian
guage, "and it shall come to pass that before
they call will answer, and while they are
yet speaking / will hear "-DeuotiOnal


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