smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Summarized from the Belt of the 2lst:

 The report that the Indians had lett the reservation, is without foundation

 A Globe City man wrote 8 highly eulogistic letter to the Miner, in behalf of A. E. Davis for Congress. The let ter appeared in the Miner with Wool. sey's name instead of that of Davis and the Belt says the writer "swore he would get even with Beach, if he had to camp in Prescott, in front ol the Miner office, for the balance of his natural life"

 Rich developments are being made on the Stonewall Jackson. AL 172 fee, oeep. drift thirteen feet in length was in ore the whole distance thai averaged $1040 per ton. The Sherman is developing ore which Is estimated at $7 per pound.

 The Lee Mining Company intend tn go 10 work at once to sink a 1000 foot shaft on the mine of that name, The Matamora shaft is nearly 120 feet deep.

 We are informed that concentrating machinery is on the way from Yuma to this place. Next week will see eighteen-stamps pounding away on ore in this district.

 The late grand jury of Pinal county found the affairs of the county in a generally good condition. The jail is insecure and inadequate The one prisoner said he had plenty of whole some food. The Courthouse ought to be finished or the unfinished walls covered and protected from damage by rain and weather. The treasury con tained 2,765,99-s2,O34O9 being road fund. The conduct of the offices of sheriff, recorder, treasurer and probate judge is highly commended. At the suggestion of one old ruin, the jury got of the following fine allusion to another:

 We the grand jury for Pinal county, ArIzona Territory, in session at Flor ence. the county seat of said cOu2ty respectfully represent 10 your honor able court, that the Casa Grande. in this county. is the oldest ruin within tie jurisdiction of the United States. That the said ruin is falling to decay, and in imminent danger of being destroyed by treasure-seekers and oth- CTS. We recommend that the Secre- tary of the Interior (the legal guardian of the public domain of the United StateS) take possession of the said ruin We also recommend that an appropria- | ton be made by tue Congress of the United States, Of the sum of Sl0,000. | for the protection and restoration of said ruin as mementO of the past | We further submit the prOpriety off preparing said ruin as college or educational establishment for the ab- Origines Of the Territory.
Year: 1878

TIE fiuctuation in the stock ot the Sierra Nevada mine within the past few days has ruined financially hundreds and thousands of people The amount of money lost in this stock alone would have developed mines enough in Arizona to have made thousands rich and would have afford ed industry for thousands more for years and years to come as would have caused a steady stream of the precious metals to flow into the markets Of the world, but it seems that those who are engaged in stock gambling cannot wait the slow process of legitimate en- terprise but live in excitement and most of them die in dispair. The sooner the time arrives when mines are work cd for the legitimate profits of what IS taken out of them instead of being used for stock gambling the better for oil
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, November 19.-The Secretary of Wars report was read in the Cabinet today. It asks Congress either to repeal the "posse comitatus ' clause in the last appropriation bill and allow the President to use the army as authorized by the Consultation, or clearly interpret the clause so that the army may be used to suppress distUrban- ces when called on by the civil author ities. The Secretary makes no recom- mendation relative to transfer of the Indian management to the army. He asks that Congress legalize his action furnishing supplies 10 yellow fever sui ferers and a pension for the widow of Lieutenant Benner.
Year: 1878

Speaking of the fair climate of oul Territory a romantic correspondent from the Gila has given us the follow ing pen picture. That which most impresses me comes from gliding back on fancy's wings to former winter sO journs in the far east and picturing those dismal lowering days of chill November, whose depressing intiu. ence make intent on suicidal bent What contrast between such con. dition and that which is favored us here There autumnal winds have shorn Dame Nature of all her bright coloring, leaving but the dark shades 10 present her in bleak, and dreary as- pect. Here, how changed the scene, with nature in her most charming and attractive dress. Not yet has her beau titul coloring of green been changed by blighiing winds into those gaudy hues which betoken summers death Clear skies of brightest azure with beaming tempered by these gentle mountain zephyrs 10 temperature ranging as yet in the seventies; an at mosphere dry and crisp, a charming and picturesque vista as we trace The classic Gila's serpentine course through it's fer ile and wooded valley. A silver thread in fringe of green"

 " Nowhere heath famed Italia's sun

 Can scene or climate equal such one"
Year: 1878

O that we better loved the road.

 Which they who find be few, That leads us upward to the Good,

 The Beautiful and True See how we grovel here below,

 To speculation given; We neither seek nor care to know

 The narrow way to Heaven. Our hopes, our trusts and all our cares

 Are in some swindling mine; We talk Of naught but stocks and shares Nor think of things divine, In vain we seek in prayer or song

 To lift on high our thought; We've either bought too little long.

 Or sold too many short. Could but make one lucky haul

 And get the cash in hand, I'd turn my back upon it all,

 And seek A better land. There should my weary soul be freed From money-seeking strife; And, with an Income guaranteed,

 I'd lead a holy life. At Church. San Francisco, October 1878.

 From the Bulletin.l
Year: 1878

The question of who may represen

 the people of Arizona in the next Con

 gross is of small importance compared

 with the question of who by the righ

 of having secured a majority of tn,

 votes cast by the qualified electors O

 this Territory in Congress. If we arC

 to become people worthy of sssocia

 ton with the other States and Territo

 ries of this Union, If We are to have country where it will be tolerable fol good and true people to come and set tlc among us, then let every good mar at once set firm foot upon every effor to turn our elections into a farce anC use the ballot box as an instrument o fraud. The full extent of the frauds perpetrated in the Campbell districts has not yet been fully developed but enough is known to show cOnclusively that he was at least third in the race for Congress. A recent letter from one of the most reliable men in Prescott says protest was filed with the Su. pervisors of Yavapai county prior tC canvassing the vote in that county against counting the vote of Springer vile Precinct; an affidavit of reliable man was filed and showed that of the votes boiled Campbell could not have received more then eight or ten that al said precinct WoOlsey received forty. one votes while only 12 were counted for him and that the ballot box was taken away from the polling place by one of the Judges and kept away by him over an hour. This is only a sample of the strategy adopted to count Campbell in regardless of the rights of people. In view of these startling facts we call upon the Governor and Secre- tary of the Territory, and all in autho- rity to see to it that right and justice are vindicated to the end that the fair name of Arizona be not sullied by these black transactions. If such conduct as this proves to be successful and the perpe- trators occupy high places and the ins- truments of fraud go unpunished, then in the future we might as we'll abolish the election franchise, and let the Can didates employ bruisers and cOnvicts to take charge of the ballot boxes, and let the rivalry go on between them as to who can commit the greaies. frauds. And until this course of conduct can be let honest men remain away from the polls, and not attempt to wade in so dirty pool.
Year: 1878

Is always supplied with an ample variety Of weIl-cooked food. No eXaggeration in this, Stage passengers and travellers by there understand it, and to them all un- acquainted with. the fact are respectfully referred for information
Year: 1878

THE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES TO

 | inform the residents of The Picket Post and all who may have occasion io visit that beautiful mountain village, that she has leased the building farnsrly known as the
Year: 1878

NEw YoRK ,DecemberlO.-The sugar trade
at meeting to-day pronounced emphatic
ally against Secretary sherman's proposed
change in the mode Of collecting duties
on that article as In the highest degree un-
inst and impracticable. Instead Of decreas-
Ing the temptation to fraud they believe i
will have Just the contrary effect, and i
any change at oil Is 10 be made In the tariff
they think 1t should be so framed as to
avoid discrimination against any qualities
Of raw sugars, whether OF high or low
grade, and that will conform as near as
practicable 10 the ad valorem duty.
Year: 1878

poveriShcd state Of the system, and a
want of proper cleanliness, and il is not
improbable that the unhealthy, hide
bound appearance is the chief cause Of
these animal visitors; for they arc rare
y seen on the body Of healthy animal
With clean skin, unless the ANIMAL thus
affected is kept close t. some hcn-roost.
The treatment most likely to he effective
IN destroying the lice is, first, 10 improve
the general health hv administering
medicine MS already described. The
body may hc thoroughly smmrcd with
lard oil and i'll twenty four hours
aitorward the skin should ho we'll wash


ed with soft soap and water. Suitable
clothing should hc provided to prevent
the animal from taking cold hnhanm
Year: 1878

We have lately opened u part of a BANKRUPT
STOCK OF Fancy Goods, ali new, clean goods and
IN good order, and we can offer Tor a short time
(as long as they last,) some EXTRA BARGAINS.
Year: 1878

reward of Two and half dollars will
be paid to the person who first brings q
good drawing horse with collar and harness
to the Engine OF Ti,ibodaux Fire Co. No. /
within reasonable time, after an alarm
OF fire is sounded, for the purpose Of draw
ing the Engine to and from the fire.


ST. GkISAMORE,


President
Year: 1878

A man may elude disagreeable credi-
tor for long while sometimes but there's
one thing in this uncertain vale of tears
he cant dodge. When sneeze has bust
ness with fellow it always finds him
home
Year: 1878

"E have noticed that Phosphate circulars


Wv and books have but little influence
with farmers as there are frequently names
used without permission, and when the party
is investigated he has never used the phos-
phate. For the benefit Of those that have
never used our Phosphate We give the names
of few of our farmers and their postofice
address, so that inquiry can be made in re-
gard 10 the same. Some of the parties named
are the most successful farmers in Carroll and
Frederick counties, and have used from Ten
to Twenty Five Tons of our Phosphate per
year. Weask inquiry. We would rather the
farmers would talk for us than we talk for
ourselves. We give you the analysis Of our
Phosphate and guarantee every bag to be uni
form and in excellent order for Drilling.
Year: 1878

NJ Tow is the time to buy your Farming
~ Implements cheap. ! have on hand a
large Stock of Machinery which | am deter
mined to sell. / would make special mention
of my two aud three horse Furrow Plows
My two-horse Plow | am selling as low as
$500, and for strength and steady running il
cannot be surpassed, while my wrought shear
plows conuot be beat. The Clipper Rake
with some important improvements IS also
being offered low. The all (wroughtl Iron
single and double Shovel Plows and the three
Shoveled Cultiyator, which became so popular
and gave such entire satisfaction last year, are
now ready for the Spring trade at low figures.
Remember the Lion Feed Masticator Is the
best Feed Cutter in the market, see it.
Reapers and Mowers promptly repaired unless
new parts are TO be ordered which must be
done from the company who manufacture the
machine as there is no one keeping repairs on
hand. So in order to have your machine
ready for moving and reaping bring them in
early so as to give time to order repairs. All
other repairing done well and cheap.


mar 3l-u T.. WAGNER.
Year: 1878

tIoduibS cdFoIuiiJ uoWu Tue
stairs.


He chanced to step on a
piece of p,forgotten while
scrubbing the day before, and
after trying to kick the cell
ing over his head and failing,
his feet flew out and he slid
down the remainder of the
fight with a velocity that
threatened to carry him thro'
the hall at the foot, the old
clock bounded after him,
striking him in the back Of
the head every second stair,
hard enough to loosen his
back teeth.


Mrs. w. sat down at the
top and began to cry, think
ing he was killed. But he
arose after a minute, and sha-
king his fist at her, said:


IF YOU don't stop this darn
ed house cleaning business
right away, Pllget a divorce


He took his hat off the rack,
jammed it down over his
eyes, went out, slammed the
door after him, when his
next-door neighbor met him
and said pleasantly, 'Ah,
Wadso, good morning.


Go away from me- he re
piled, 'or I'll mash you in a
million of pieces =
Year: 1878

OPINION.


The single question to be
decided is, whether the bond
sued on ls the bond of Mar
tin and other defendants?
At common law signing by
the obligor was not necessa-
ry. Sealing and delivery were
all that were required. Seal
ing was the all important
thing. Delivery without seal
ing was not sufficient. AT
fist, sealing consisted in im-
pressing wax or wafer with
the seal of the obligor, which
contained some distinctive
device peculiar to him, and
which indlvidualized his act
of sealing. Afterwards it
was permitted to many per-
sons to use the same wax or
wafer. if each made his own
distinct impression npon it.
Finally it became settled that
the seal might be affixed by
the person preparing the wri-
ting, or by any one, and its
adoption by the person execu-
ting the instrument made it
his seal, but adoption wasnec
essary and intention to adopt
was essential to adoption,
though this might be infer
red from circumstances, and
did not require any express
declaration. We have no stat
ute defining a bond, or chan
gIng the common law as to
the essentials of q bond, ex-
cept that which makes "a
scroll, or any printed impress
sion intended as a seal" the
Year: 1878

Bristol was once the chief commercial city
on the west cost of England, but Liverpool,
surprising it in harbor facilities, has gradu.
ally stolen away its trade. The Bristolians
recently sought to recover share of this
trade by building extensive docks at the mouth
of their river, the Avon; but the expedient
failed to accomplish the desired results, the
effect being to rather build up new city at
the mouth of the river than to bring the trade
to the old one. So now new scheme is on
foot which contemplates damming the river
at its mouth and thereby converting the en-
tire channel into magnificent harbor, seven
miles in length, and reaching right to the
heart of the city. Vessels will enter by locks,
and the largest steamers afoat will find am
pie accommodations. Should this scheme be
carried out, it is not unlikely that Liverpool
will have to yield up large share of her
trades to her old rival.
Year: 1878

[Richmond SpeciaLl


| Miss Ema Davenport, who was arrested


and brought to this city yesterday, charged


with robbing the mail at Goochland court


house, in this State, was tried before the
| United States court and pleaded guilty. The


accused excited the deepest sympathy among
| all the crowd Of spectators who were present


at the trial, and the large assembly OF men,
bers of the bar who were attracted by the
peculiar case, and the remarkable beauty of


the fair prisoner. The young girl, when


told to stand and hear the Indictment read


broke down and burst into paroxysm of
tears. The jury before whom she Was to be
tried evjnced their sympathy for the young
girl, many Of them being melted to tears.
The scene was truly a novel and most affect
ing one. The aged father and many of the
friends of Miss Davenport were present,


waiting the sentence of the court, each tremb-
ling with fear, and having in their minds the
ignominy of long term in the Albany peni-
tertiary. In answer to question propounded


by the Judge as to her reasons for commit
ting the crime, Miss Davenport said she stole
the silk dress to attend ball which was g given
in her neighborhood few weeks ago. She
had promised to 60 with her beau, could not
raise the funds to purchase silk dress, and,
seeing package in the post Office which con-
tained the coveted article, could not fOrbear
taking it. When pronouncing sentence, the
court was so touched at the scene around him
that he was affected to tears. The sentence
was the lightest that could possibly have been
inf1icted-$1O0 fine. The rumor is that the
young girl and her aff1anced will wed to-mor-
row.
Year: 1878

Of the famous General Stark, whose vic
tory over the Hessians at Bennington, Vt.,
during the revolution, was celebrated with
much pomp last August in that town, the
Manchester IN. H. Union says that his bus
| mess habits at home illustrated his energy
and severe vigilance and ability to hold his
own in an emergency as forcibly as did his
conduct in the war.


| MANY incidents are related OF the Generals
shrewdness and quick wit. 1t is said that he
very rarely came off second best at repartee,
so ready was he with sharp reply for any
| occasion While on his farm, in his latter
days, it is related that one day he walked out
! in q field where his men were haying. The
| word was badly done, and the General Was
not slow to notice this fact and comment
upon it. Among the men was one named
Whitaker, who was frequently the butt for
the Jokes of his fellow-workmen. The Gen.
eral passed over the field, and finding a spot
particularly bad, asked sharply:


"Who moved that swarth p
"Whittaker," said the man nearest the
General, with wink at the others. Passing
on, the question came again and again.


''Who moved that swarth? and that one.


"Whittaker," was the invariable reply


General Stark made no comment, but went
away. When evening came the men collected
for their pay, and General, after slight
mental calculation, paid Whitaker sum
which was equal to the amount due the whole
number


"Ain't you going to pay US, General?" was
asked in chorus by the others.


swell" said Stark, in his high.keyed voice
''as near as could find, Whitaker did all
the work, and so gave him all the pay"
The men found that the laugh bad been
turned against themselves, and it is presumed
that Whitaker divided the funds equally.
Year: 1878

If | build my castles high,


Aud line them all with gold,
There is no one sad but l,


If they do not chance to hold
No heart but mine will break
If the sweetest dreams / make


Fade like dew;
So my Castle in the air
Hang you steady, steady there,


Firm and true
Till press for one sweet hour
Your bright vision to my heart.
With q memory whose power
Can never more depart;
And sometimes in after years,
When my eyes are dim with tears,


Twill steal
Through the misty vale of thought
To the beauties you have wrought,


Bright and leal.
o, but what is that l see


IN your airy, sparkling wall?
What if AL those gems should be-
An. there-steady-dO not fall!
hold one moment to the light
Shlmmering fancies. which so bright


On me beam,
Till prison every ray
That can brighten up the way


OF my dream.
Is II Love see you fling
Around me with fantastic bliss?
/ dare not touch it, lest the thing
Fall to ashes meath my kiss!
Let me only feel its glow,
SO may its semblance know,


Should meet
In my rambles here and there,
Aught that. in this world of care,


Is so sweet.
And that other-friendship-Oh
How happy and how blest
Were my heart, could it but know
Halt l see therein expressed!
Faith-to conquer every doubt
Truth-tO blot estrangement out


Best of all
Christian charity, to cover
All the lesser sins that hover


All! you fall!
Tottering. crumbling on the brink
Of the beautiful and true!
Tell me now, why did you shrink
From the tender scene / drew?
Why withdraw their fairy, fleeting
Forms, from ont my greeting?


Did you know
That things wrought from the ideal
Would but rob the plain and real


Of their glow?
You are right will not build
Castles made of flimsy stuff;
We are foolish when we gild
With gold that is not rough;
For it soon will lose its lustre,
And the things that meath it cluster


Shadow through
Showing that distorted measure
Makes seeming sparkling treasure
Out of dew!
Year: 1878

Four men in India, partners in business
bought several bales OF Indian rugs and also
same cotton bales That the rats might not
destroy the cotton, they purchased cat
and each adorned vita beads and other or
namets the leg thus apportoned to him.
The cat, by an accident, injured one of its
legs The owner of that member wound
around it rag soaked iu oil. The cat, go.
ing too near the hearth, Sc. the rag on fire,
and being in great pain, rushed in among
the cotton bales where she was accustomed
to hunt rats. The cotton and rugs thereby
took fire and they were burned up-a total
loss. The other parties brought a suit to re-
cover the value of the goods destroyed
against the fourth partner, who owned this
particular leg of the cat. The Judge exam
ed the case and decided thus The leg
that had the oiled rag on it was hurt the
cat could not use the leg in fact it held up
that leg and ran with the other three legs.
The three unhurt legs, therefore, carried the
fire to the cotton, aud are alone culpable.
The injured leg is not to be blamed. The
tlree parsuers who owned the three legs
with which the cat ran TO the cotton will
pay the whole value of the bales to the part
ner who was the proprietor of the injured
leg Cdrpef Trade
Year: 1878

six yards Of blue and cream co'ored mating
OF nice quality, which he had bought for
fifty cents yard also eight rolls of pretty
gray wall paper, at fifty cents roll. When
the paper was up and the mating was down
our front room was very clean aud cool to
lnok NJ
Year: 1878

The Virginia City, Nevada, Enter
prise says:


Soar town is very slowly moving to
the eastward down the face of the
mountain. This is owing to the set
Ting Of the ground over the bonanza
mines. AS all the town is going to.
gether it is not much noticed on the
surface, where no cracks are seen.
The water and gas companies are bet.
Ter acquainted with the movements
taking place in the ground forming the
site Of the town than most others, as
the instability Of the earth tells upon
their pipes. GA B and G streets the
ground is moving both north and east.
4 water main, running north and south,


uncovered yesterday, was found to be
telescoped to the distance OF over a
foot, and beside had in it great kin'l
which made it necessary to take out 8


piece nearly twa feet in length. Ahont
the Consolidated Virginia Pan Mill the
pipes are crowding in from both east
and west at least. owing to the set
Ting Of the ground in that neighbor-
hood, there appear to be two move


ments. Although there are as yet no
cracks in the central part of the town
there is large one to the westward.
Toward the north this crevice is about
eight inches in width. aud the grouai
on the east side Of i; is about three feet


lower than tie west side. Captain
Overtor. Of the Water Company. whose
opportunities for observing these move
mcnts are unsurpassed, says that as the
ground settles over the bonauzas, that
on the slope Of the mountain, where it
is not much undermined. gradual y
moves down. He says the Interna
,ional Hotel has moved east about five
inches since 1t was built such is
the case. all the buildings in that part
of the town, with the ground on which
they stand, must have moved the same
distance, as no cracks are to be seen in
the earth"