smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

During q strong south wind the French
brig Ponthieu went ashore near Penz-
ance, England. The workers of the
rocket apparatus succeeded in throwing
a line over her, but the crew being ig-
norant of how to work the apparatus
fastened the line on board instead OF
hauling it in. One OF the crew, however,
hauled himself ashore by the line. The
Penzance lifeboat was then got out, but
on her arrival alongside the crew, al
though in imminent peril, took no notice,
the captain apparently forbidding them
to leave or even throw a line to the life
boat. Wind and sea rapidly increasing
and the vessel being full in the breakers
it was seen that it must soon break up.
In vain the lifeboat's crew entreated;
they were warned off and had to leave;
but seeing the loss of life that must en-
sue the lifeboat's coxswain determined
to return, and this time was so far sue
cessful that five of the crew jumped off
and were picked up. The captain still
remained obstinate, land at length coast
quardsman named Gould volunteed for
the perious duty of going out to the
wreck along the rocket-line, taking with
him a letter from the French Consul,
urging the captain to leave In the
presence of hundreds of intensely ex-
cited spectators, Gould steadily made
his way, being often under the water for
several seconds and imminently in dan
ger of being washed off The captain
was watching him from the bridge, but
when under the bows would lend no aid,
and, the furious sea breaking over him,
Gould was washed away, and it was
feared he must perish. Happily, how
ever, he regained the rope, and more
dead than alive was washed and dragged
ashore. Meanwhile the vessel was fast
breaking up, the masts fell over the side,
the stern, on which the captain was
standing, was broken off, and it was
supposed he had sunk, but presently he
was seen among the wreckage and
mounted to the foreyard, the sail of
which somewhat sheltered him. The
coastguard fired two more rockets, and
one line falling close to the captain he
seized it, but even then seemed irreso-
lutte to save himself or perish with the
ship. After quarter of an hour, how
ever, the love of life constrained him 10
fasten the rope around him and he was
dragged ashore. Within an hour moth
ing was to be seen of the vessel but a


few floating spars. The cheers which
greeted the captains rescue were by. no
means so hearty as those which had


welcomed the return of Gould, whose


life had been risked in attempting te


ave him,
Year: 1879

lop and followed. Capt. App, Of the
police, was coming down the street in
his barouche when the dog dashed to-
ward the horse and made leap at his
throat. The horse SHE'D to escape the
danger, overthfowing the barouche, and
hurting Capt App against shade tree
with such force as to dislocate the right
elbow. On Parrett street the furious
dog met lad and seized him by the
collar of his coat Both rolled off the
plank walk and down the embankment.
Col. Burns attacked the dog with the
butt of heavy whip and knocked her
senseless. The horse ran away during
the fight and has not been recovered.
The dog was hauled home still sense
less" The Journal of Friday said {:
"MarshalLangolf went to the stables to
see the dog yesterday. She lazily yawned
and pretended to fawn, while her great
red chops, hanging down, were opened
and closed indolently. Langolf went to
pat her head gently, when she leaped at
his throat. The stout trace held her
back, though her paws caught in the
marshals vest and brought him down
on his knees. He drew his revolver and
put two bullets through her head
With a few struggles the ferocious beast
died -
Year: 1879

A story comes to us from Brussels by
way of Australia and the Melbourne
argus, apropos of lady with dia-
mond eye, which, having lost her nat
ural eye. she wore instead of glass one.
The truly brilliant orb sparkled so
brightly and was so suggestive of riches
that a Partisan adventurer married the
lady on sight, took her to the gay city
with him, and there, having squandered
all her property, he one night decamped,
carrying off her diamond eye, which she
used to keep in glass of water by the
bedside. The deserted wife is now
suing the pawnbroker who advanced
money on it to her husband for the re-
covery of the jewel.
Year: 1879

The Sanitary Record says that diseases
of the eye are often distinctly traceable
to arsenieal poisoning in wallpaper, and
that people must not imagine that in
Jury from this source is by any means
rare.
Year: 1879

Instead Of the full force Of 1000 men that has
been employed hitherto on the construction o the Metro
pohtan Elevated Railroad, about MY worked yes
terday Eighth north OF Eighiy.third
They had not been work long before gang Of tie
strikers came upon them. Alarmed BY threats Of
violence. about halt Of the men quit their work The
others continued at their posts Tor short time, when
was hurled into pit where some Of them were
digging They quickly climbed out and Joined the ranks
VI the strikers


The trustees Of the road met in the afternoon and de
eded 10 on aud discharge all the old hands, and to
MOIk MNek
Year: 1879

Body Found-Jailed-More Trouble Over
the Railroad Bridge-International Fair


Visiting Notables.


Especial Telegram to the Globe.


WINNIPEG, Sept. 2S.-The body of John Tail,
who disappeared mysteriously few days ago,
has been found. It is supposed he died
through exposure.


Thomas Reed, desertef from the Seven
teenth U. s. Infantry at Pembina, has been
lodged in Winnipeg Jail for drawing pistol on
MIR. Bielyards of Emerson.


Fresh trouble has arisen about the railway
bridge across Red river. The money for its
construction was voted by tho city on condi-
ton that it should be built and held in trust
by the Dominion government till the South
western railway company had forty miles of
their road built, when it was to be turned over
to this company The government
have now refused to build the
bridge and as the money cannot be
used under any other conditions the bridge
matter is where it was six months ago.


The international fair at Emerson is closed.
Dakota won the silk banner for TIE best gem
eral exhibit.


A party of railway magnates from New York
have been hunting around here for couple of
days past. They excurse to Bismarck to-mor-
row. Another party of notables of the st. Paul
& Sioux City railroad arrived last evening.
Year: 1879

Two hired girls in Hastings were riding
out in buggy, with baby belonging to one
of the families where they worked, when by
a sudden start of the horse they were both
thrown out, leaving the baby in the buggy.
The horse was going at lively gait, when
he was arrested and the baby saved from
harm.
Year: 1879

The pacifcation of the East under the
conditions imposed by the Treaty of Berlin
has been q complex process The details
have been rectcd i'll our cable dispatches
from week to week since the closing ses-
sion in the Radziwill Palace, but we
have not taken pains to analyze the
various factors, nor even to reduce
the problem to its simplest terms Ameri-
cans we take it, are not disposed to
make special study of what has become the
most intricate question Of European politics
and modern diplomacy. they do not wish to
worry over the details at any intermediate
stage, but prefer to wait for the results. 1t
is to results, therefore, that we now direct
attention.


While complex forces of race, nationality
and creed are still at work, it Is obvious that
a turning point has been reached in the re-
organization of the Balkan peninsula. New
States are already forming and the des-
tinies of southeastern Europe are being
determined. The military pressure OF
the Northern Power will soon be with
drawn. The Russian troops have re-
tined from purely Turkish territory, and will
be forced to evacuatc Eastern Roumelia
within a few weeks; and while the treaty
gives them q tirmer fOOthOd i'll bulgaria than
in the South, the probability is that they
will retire as soon as the principallty is or
ganized. The two Bulgarias, which have
been administered since the close o
the war as if they were single
state. are now to be torn asunder The
Assembly has been in session at Tirnovi
nearly five weeks, and although the delegates
are still declaming in favor of the organic
Year: 1879

union of the two Provinces, the election OF a
Prince and the revision Of the Constitution
which was sent to them from st. Petersburg
cannot long be deferred. The result of this
political experiment will be the transfer Of
authority from the Mussulman minority, who
have abused it, to the native majority, who
have yet to learn how to use it Alright While
the northern principality is rapidly taking
shape, the southern province is without form
and void. The Eastern ROumelian Commission
has completed six out of fourteen chapters
of the organic law, and finds it impossible to
conclude its abOrs within the period set for
the evacuation. The finances of the province
are in extreme disorder and the gendarmerie
has not been formed. The population is al
ready in motion, and will speedily be still fur
ther excited by the passage OF the MahOm-
etan garrisons from AdrianOple to the
Balkan. The frontier, moreover, where these
garrisOns will be stationed may not be deter
mined for several months, for the commission
which will define it will not assemble until fort
night before the Russian forces retire. If the
European Powers agree upon scheme of mixed
occupation order may be maintained south OF
the Balkan, but if this half-organized prov
ince be left to itself or subjected to pressure
from ConstantinOple, anarchy will ensuc.
Lord Beaconsfield may still boast that East
ern Roumelia has been given back to the
Sultan, but his scheme of reorganization, with
its equivocal reforms and its sham line Of de-
fence in the Balkan, has proved very bad
working plan.


The present aspect of the Balkan peninsula
confirms the ODiniOn winch we repeatedly eX-
pressed last Summer. We have always re-
garded it as a most dangerous expert
ment to bring under different cOnd-
tiOns of government a race that has
everything In cOmmon-instincts, tradl-
tions, faith and aspirations. On one side
of the Balkan will be emancipation and au-
tonomy; on the other the Turkish yoke, easier
and less CALLING than it was, but still yoke.
The Russians are already convinced
that the union OF the two sections
cannot long be deferred. The sooner they
go the easier it will be to bring
it about. When the troops march out the
Eastern Roumelan5 will cry out for deliv-
erance, and their brethren in Bulgaria, who
have already given expression to the national
desire for union, will stand ready to help them
The idea has taken root on each side of the
mountains, and it cannot be plucked up
nor trOddcn under foot. The impulses
of freedom-loving race can be repressed,
but not destroyed, b. European lawmak-
ers. The Treaty of Berlin does not
rest upon ethnographical grounds. 1t may
stand for a time, but it cannot form the basis
of the permanent pacifcation of the East
Year: 1879

none TOO r1R1U, however, III view VI 'hV 'nPN'
tant interests confided to the subordinates OF
the Life Saving Service Ludlow was absent
from his post at the time tho "HOmeward Bound
went ashore, but he had taken the precauhon
to fill his place with substitute. The super
intendent has decided notwithstanding that he
must pay the full penalty of his absence, and
the Superintendent is unquestionably night.


We invite attention to the letter, printed on
another page, from a correspondent VINO mas
personally visited the plague region IN Russia.
His conclusions confirm in a striking manner
the view which THE TRIBUNE has taken from
the first respecting the credihIlty oil current
reports as to the extent of the plague lnis
correspondent found the whole country III
state of panic, and believing that the aston.
ishinr rumors which have been telegraphed
all over the world, numbering the deaths 10y
thousands, were simply the Outgrowth OF
fright. took train for the town which was
believed TO be in the very jaws of the plague.
His letter is dated from that place, after four
days stay, and declares that no case Oh 'he
sickness had been reported in more than
FORTNIGHT, and that he could not ma even the
graves of the thousands of victims" In the
whole Province of Astrakhan, ont or 4o'ooo
inhabitants. there have been only $40 deaths.
This proof of vast exaggeration dlspOses OF
some very distressing reports.


The Democratic party is digging its own
grave with all the energy worthy o1 so goou
cause. A motion made yesterday by MT.
Springer, of Illinois, whose appearance as
leader is usually the signal for some disgrace
full or undgnifed performance, leaves llttle
doubt that the majority In the House lntenu
TO strengthen their narrow margin by an out
rage which would cast the Colorado fraud far
into the shade. 1t is actually proposed, II
Yesterdays action is safe indication, TO seat
as a member of the House of Representatives
from the Republican State of Iowa Demo
crat who received $50 votes at bogus cleo
ton held in November the regular election
having been held in October, and the usual
number of votes in that district being 10000.
If the Democratic party is strong enough to
prosper on such crime as this, 1t must be a
very strong party indeed-strong enough to
resist the indignation of honest men OF both
parties throughout the country, strong
enough to win in spite of an mfam-
Gus record and il the face Of full exposure.
If the Democrats count upon doing this, they
OYerestimate their own resources and under
estimate the vitality of the American con-
science. The Iowa outrage, should 1t be
perpetrated, would attract far more attention
than the Colorado case. Iowa is nearer
the centre of population, the fraud would
be grosser and more brazcn. The result
of the Colorado outrage was that that young
State gave a much larger Republican majority
than before, but if Mr.. Springer leads his
party to the end OF the road on which they
have started together, the result will not be
confined to the State of Iowa.
Year: 1879

The gentlemen who are rattling around in
the seats of power in the legislative depart
ment at Washington have our sympathy.
They are unaccustOmed to the responsible


ties of their position, and they do not cut a
pleasing figure III their attempts to appear
natural and at their ease. The circumstances
in which they find themselves are so novel
and unfamiliar that they do not quite know
what to do with themselves or the powers
intrusted to them. With a general notion
that pretty much everything that has been
done in the past eighteen years is to be
repealed, they do not clearly make out
whether it should be done off-hand
in caucus, or submitted in n formal
manner to the two houses Of Congress,
and Republicans be permitted to take part in
the discussions. Mr. Salisbury, of Delaware,
who has made large contributions Of decorous
Year: 1879

The gratifying fact is shown, by state
ment of Cyrus w. Field in our local col
umns, that the New-York Elevated Road is
infexibly opposed to any crossing of the
tracks of the two companies in Chatham
square on the same level. If the NewYOrk
Company will adhere firmly to this position,
the solution of all controversy between the
two corporations must be one i'll favor of
ublic safety
Year: 1879

Keeper Ludlow, of the Life Saving Service,
TO whose case we referred especially day or
two since, has been discharged by the Super
intendent The circumstances of the case
show that this action was in accordance with
the requirements of very rigid discipline
Year: 1879

If the gentleman who enjoys the
euphonious title of "local editor" on
the Seattle "IntelIigencer" will do
us the favor of publishing his items
sooner we will not be subjected to
the humiliating necessity of getting
ours just like his. AS it is, we some
times get an important item out be
fore i6 appears in his paper-and
some folks might think we copied
them without credits if they didn't
stop to compare dates.
Year: 1879

IT is said that the man who keeps
all back subscription to his local pa,
per paid up will have such pleasant
dreams and such a clear conscience
throughout the year that he cannot
fail to be happy. We do not know
just how true this is, but are willing
to allow patrons OF the ARGUS to
give the plan trial.
Year: 1879

WE understand that the City
Council, at its recent session, took
under advisement the matter Of as.
ssting our young and struggling Fire
Company; also that the result OF
their deliberations was an expressed
determination to assist the company
in every possible way that the law
permits. So we may consider "Res.
cue Eengine Co.. one of the fixed
institutions Of Port Townsend.
Year: 1879

NEW PIANO FOR THE GEsANGvEGEIS
VIRGIN1A ."-The ladies associated with this
well-known musical organization having
perfected their arrangements for the pur-
chase OF piano-for!e for the Society, have
selected grand piano. The instrument is
expected TO prove one OF the finest in tone
and quality ever brought to this city. I,
will arrive in week or two and be placed
on exhibition at Sanger Halle.


The new piano will be 4 great acquisition
to the Gesangverein, whose energy and per-
severance have been demonstrated in the
erection OF their elegant building on Sew
enth street. The piano used by rhe Society
for the last quarter OF century was pur-
chased when there were only about twenty
members on the roll. It's displacement by
8 new and grandcr instrument appropriately
,signalizes its growth and prosperity.
Year: 1879

The great fault with people in
America is their haste to labor and ac-
cOmplish something without stopping
to think. This precipitous manner of
acting has been the cause OF many
bankruptcies and failures in business
here in this country. And We do not
think we are far out of the way when
we say that it has greatly increased
the financial difficulties. People should
stOp'and consider, and consider well
before undertaking any work of i'm
pOrtance. But thought IS Just rs re-
quisite after work is commenced TO
carry it on to: successful completion.
Thought is necessary at first in order
to be sure we are right, otherwise all
our labor would be in VAN, and after
perhaps several years Of hard work we
find ourselves bankrupt and worse
than when we started. 1t seems
scarcely necessary to say, that after
the work Is commenced, we should
cultivate thought even more than la
Dor in order to direct every effort to
the right point. This is something
Americans should learn. They should
think a great deal more and not rush
into the work so quickly.
Year: 1879

We are more and more sure, by ex-
perience. that the reason for the Obser-
vance of the Sabbath lies deep in the
everlasting necessities of human ma
ture, and that as long as a man is man,
the blessedness Of keeping it, not as a
dav Of rest only, but as a day of spirit
ual rest, will never be annulled. We
certainly feel by experience the eter-
nal obligation, because of the eternal
necessity, OF the Sabbath. The soul
yithers without it. 1t thriYes in pro-
portion to its observance. The Sab
bath was made for man. God made it
for men in a certain spiritual state, be
cause they needed il. The need, there
fore, is deeply hidden in human nature.
He who can dispense with it must be
holy and spiritual indeed. And he
who. still unhOly and unspiritual,
would vet dispense with it, is a man
that would fain be wiser than his
Maker.
Year: 1879

The best time to do anything is at
the first convenient opportunity that
offers after the doing becomes a ne
cesSity. We would not have a man
leave a bayfield, and 90 q mile OF two
for tools and appliances to replace a
broken tooth in rake, but we would
have him replace il before the rake
was again taken into the field. A strap
or a string may serve to repair brOk-
en- harness for the time, but the farm
er should no more think of continuing
its use in an unsafe condition than the
sailor should think of putting TO sea
for new voyage with the jury-masts
he had rugged with which to make
port after his spars had been carried
away by gale. Neither should he
neglect to keep close attention to
everything about the premises.
Year: 1879

The short walking dress for ladies is
rapidly coming into use. Aside from
giving Its pOSSeSSOr an opportunity tC
show pretty foot without making a
show of it. this sensible fashion has
two other advantages. 1t gives ladies
the full use of both hands while walk
ing, and enables them to go home will
decently clean undeTskirts-twO COM
forts that good many Of them have
not enjoyed for several years past.
Year: 1879

A MINERS STRIKE in the Girardville Pa dis
trict is meditated on account OF arrears due by
the Philadelphia and Reading company. The
Centralia miners will go out on Saturday for
the same reason. Work has been stopped in a
number OF mines on account OF the heavy fan
of SNOW
Year: 1879

ARCHBISHOP PURCELI.-The Catholic TsLegraph
The Official organ OF the Cincinnati diocese
doubts the accuracy OF the cable dispatch an
nouncing that the Pope is considering the queS-
ton OF q successor to Archbishop Purcell the
resignation not having as yet been accepted


THE FATHER OF TWENTY-FIVE SONs.-Hiram
y. Reese died recently at his residence in
Franklin county, Pa, within few months OF
81 years OF age. lie was the father of twenty
i've sons, twenty of whom are yet living, the
four. HIS first wife had six sons his second
eleven, and his third eight, and six of the chill
dren were twins. He was soldier in the war
during the late wai, two of whom were killed
at the first battle OF Bull Run. third at Balls
Bluff and fourth was drowned during Banks
ill-Staned Red river expedition. He was re-
markably robust man, and never but once dur
iug his life did he take medicine
Year: 1879

1HE tAB1NET MISUNDERSTANDING Eyarts be
Ing absent in New York, neither the Berlin mis-
sion nor the consul generalship to Mexico came
up FOR consideration at the Cabinet meeting to-
Gay Judge Key announced the appointment
OF a large number of postmasters whose names
would nave TO be sent 70 the Senate.
Year: 1879

THE LATE GEN. HOOD AND FAMILY.


The work of General Hood on the
late civil war is reported to be in the
hands of the publishers and will
shortly be ISSUED. A large sale is
anticipated. The friends of the late
general have determined to rear his
children together and not permit
them to be adopted by different per-
sons anxious to take charge of them.
An ample fund will be raised in diff
ferent parts of the country to defray
the expense necessary to provide for
and educate the children. Liberal
subscriptions have already been made.
Mrs. Hood, who died FIVE days previ- :
Gus to her lamented husband, gave
birth to her twelfth child few days
previous to her demise. She bore
twins four consecutive times during a
period of eleven years of married life.
During the last years of his career
General Hood was greatly harrassed,
not only by afliction, but by heavy
pecuniary losses caused by the action
Of Louisiana regarding the State
debt. General Hood had implicit
faith in the integrity of the people Of
Louisiana, and he invested every dol
lar he could raise in her consols. The
action Of the State convention reduced
him almost to beggary and nearly
broke his proud spirit previous to his
death.