smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

postmasters' salaries by the number OF
stamps cancelled was found by the de-
partment to be less susceptible OF
abuse. In the long run the number of
stamps cancelled at given office was
about equal to the number sold at the
same office. and one account of the post
master was therefore check upon the
other. Under the present system there
Is no check whatever, MS the postmaster
is not required to state under oath how
he has disposed OF the stamps furnish
ed, or to whom he has sold them. so
long as he regularly accounts for them.
Congress will probably be asked again,
at the extra session, TO pass an act re-
storing the system of ascertaining the
salaries OF postmasters OF the fourth
class.
Year: 1877

RUSAwAY-Monday morning q
team belonging 10 a farmer Of Mitilin
became frightened at something on
High street. near the l.. s. Hotel,
and proceeded on a runaway of the
most approved style. Their first
feat was to collide with Joe Prideaux'
wagon, in front Of his shop, upset
ting the wagon TO which they were
attached, breaking the tongue there
of, and pitching their driver over
board ; then leaving their wagon,
down street they went pell-meIl, +,
reaching as far as Martini new hard
ware store in good time, where they
struck another wagon and attempt
ed TO pass it on both sides at the same
time falling in this feat, they dis
continued the exhibition on High
street and retired in bad order be-
bind. Martins store, and waited for
Anton Howell, the barber to cap.
Year: 1877

GUNDR1 d GRAY appear before
our readers to-day in an attractive
new advertisement, which is necessa-
ry only to indicate that they are not
lacking in enterprise, nor Indifferent
to the fact that the public appreciate
the propriety of being reminded
that their patronage is desired. To
advertise that they have a stock sur
passed by none in any department,
and sell all goods at the lowest prac-
ticable margin, is unnecessary-cvery-
body in Iowa county knows that to
be the fact
Year: 1877

tnre them in good French style. The
team whereon they tried the ex-
pertinent of dividing themselves,
which was in charge of small boy,
also started to rpn, and for a time
promised serious results, bat reach
ing Commerce street were stopped
with no other damage than a broken
wagon tongue.
Year: 1877

Since the announcement of the result OF the
Avoca Convention, it has become more and
more apparent that there Is keen regret among
the good Republicans Of Richland county that
Mr. Bowen did not receive the nomination
but that result is accepted 10y them rs fair
arbitrament of local pride and ambition, and
we believe we reflect the prevailing sentiment
in reitcrating what we said to the conventions.
that they will yield to Mr Campbell a hearty
support, The apprehension that the Democ-
racy would name their capdidate from Iowa
county alone defeated the desire Of his friends
that MIR Bowen should reecye the nonina-
ton. His vote from lirst TO last was very fat
tering, and just tribute to clear record aud
a good name.


We Judge Mr., Campbell to be prudent
honest, sagacious and capable man. He comes
to Us highly recommended BY his party friends,
and we are confident that his election viii sub
serve the interests of the people OF this
district.
Year: 1877

A recent decision of the Supreme
Court settles u much vexed question.
II a passenger neglects to buy ticket,
and Is charged ten cents extra 10y the
conductor on the train, he may, by
going through the necessary legal
proceeding, obtain a judgment of ten
cents and interest. This is good news
especially the interest part of ii.
Year: 1877

The Davenport gazette notes the
mention by the ADVERTISER of the
name OF Ed Wright as Republican
candidate for Governor, and says, that
we correctly characterize him AZ 'one
of the best men and most capable
executive officers in Iowa."
Year: 1877

The Ann Eliza Young divorce case
Is at last ended. The court decided that
as Brigham couldn't legally be married
to an eighteenth rib, 50 the eighteenth
could not be unmarried or divorced:
that therefore she was entitled TO no
alimony, and having already received
money enough to pay her for the
meniai service rendered in Brigham
household, that she must sit down and
shut up.
Year: 1877

The Grinnell Herald closes a sensi-
BILE article on the Louisiana case thus
forcibly:


The Legislature of Louisiana de-
cides Nichols elected. The decision
may have been an outrage, doubtless
Is, but the Constitution nowhere gives
a President power to overthrow the
decision Of Legislature, even though
it be outrageous, and even though it
might make his own title better in
the minds Of those who want him to
abdicate because the Legislature Of
Louisiana don't happen to agree with
the Congress of the United States.
Year: 1877

In an admirable editorial upon the
Southern policy OF the new Ainiiiiis-
tration the Monticello Express says:


For certain functions and purposes
the powers and jurisdiction Of Louisi-
ana are sovereign within her limits.
and unless there was danger of open
violence which was not claimed-the
same judgement which leaves Iowa
and South Carolina freeand unrestrict-
ed In the settlement of State electoral
questions. must also leave Louisiana
free. There was no other course for
the Government to adopt-it had no
duty in the premises except to main
tain the Federal rights of the United
States, and was no more bound to sup
port Packard than Nichols. The only
construction that could be put upon
the presence of the troops was that of
lending the aid of armed force to one
side of purely legal contest, in which
the Federal Government had no rea-
sonable pretext for interfering.
Year: 1877

The expedition which Sheridan is to send
to recover the bodies Of those who fell with
Custer might employ itself by securing the
bodies of Sitting Bull aud his followers, and
thus economize in time.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all leases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley t
Pullen Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
iOurnal
Year: 1877

As predicted by everybody, the disap-
pointment in the selection Of the new
police is universal. Even Administrator
J. D. Edwards has been affected, and
caused the following remarks to be spread
on the minutes of the City Council:


Whatever credit may be due TO my
honorable colleagues, who named for ap-
pointment all the patrolmen for the diff
ferent police precincts of this city, except
the one in which reside, hope will be
accorded them, together with the respon-
sibility which may attach itself to the
gentlemen on account of the appoint
menls made. Although I, accompanied
by one of my colleagues, actuated by a
desire to secure as good police force as
possible, took the trouble to attend roll
call at all the precincts, and consequently
formed q good idea of the efficiency of
the men on the force, was not consulted
in reference to the reappointment or dis
charge of any of the said patrolmen.


The Times has devoted much attention
to the subject, and reports an initial de-
feet that would seriously impair the eff
hclency OF any force, namely: that the
chief was not considered in making any
of the appointments, or rather that his
recommendations were disregarded.


One patriot comes to the front with a
complaint to the Times that the force is
entirely Irish, and that paper goes to the
census to show they compose little more
than one-third of the foreign born, and
about one-sixteenth of the entire popula-
ton. The appointments seem to ba in
the inverse ratio to this proportion.


A Democrat reporter interviewed Mr..
Boylan, and he stated in substance that
his force was too small to prot ect the
city; that he only had the selection of a
small portion of the force, and had
nothing to say about the majority OF
them, and several good men he recon.
mended were not appointed Only few
of the whole force he considere were ex-
perienced officers, the balance being
''green, and he thought the administra.
ton could have done much be tier.
Year: 1877

The President has appointed as col
lector of this port the Hon. John E.
King, of ST. Landry. It is hardly neces-
sary to say that no gentleman could be
selected from the Republican ranks who
would unite in his person more qualifca-
tions for any Office than Mr.. King. A ma
tive of Louisiana, statesman of the best
Wing school, and the last Wing Speaker
of the Louisiana House of Representa-
tives he was one of the few loyal men of
Louisiana who was able TO maintain his
Union principles during the trying times
of the rebellion. A distinguished lawyer,
his appointment by Governor Kellogg to
the Supreme bench was hailed with ap-
probation by the bar. Possessed of wealth
and social position, he lends honor to q
position which should be filed by lead
ing Republican who does not require the
spoils of Office to maintain his dignity.


While many Republicans have thought
Governor Packard might have accepted
the position, and thus protected his fol-
lowers, even they will join with others
who accept the address as a true declara-
tiou Of right and principle, in congratu-
lating the party that the selection has been
SO excellent.
Year: 1877

The WISDOM OF SOLOMON. One day,
after King Solomon had written col
umn of solid nonpareil wise and moral
proverbs, he took his eldest son by the
elbow, led him down the back stairs of
the palace, through the back yard, past
the woodshed, out into the allev, backed
up behind Ahitophcl's woodpile, looked
warily around to see that no one was
listening, and whispered into the young
mans ear-"Nly y son, little office in a
spread-eagle life-insurance company is
better than cart-load of preferred
stock in the Ophir mines" And then
the monarch threw his head on one
side, drew i'll his chin, shut one eye,
and gazed at his offspring in silence.
When the Great Hebriac Consolidated
stormy Jordan life assurance company,
of which that intelligent young prince
was president, went into bankruptcy,
the young man was able to let his father.
who was little short at the time, have
275,OOO sheckles for ninety days on his
simple note of hand.
Year: 1877

A cure for bashfulness has been found,
according to the following in the Boston
Journal of Chemistry: "Whatever may
have been said about the effects of cuca on
the human system, this much is certain
that it causes timid people, who are usually
i'll at ease in society, and particularly so be-
fore strangers, to appear to good advan
tage.H
Year: 1877

A Denverite named Wolfe Lonnoner. re-
Gently returned from an eastern trip, i'm
parted to the reporter of the Rocky Mountain
News the following incident of his Journey {:
lie was on his way west, on a train on the
chicago and Alton Railroad, on the night of
the 9th inst, and had berth on the sleeping
car, all unconscious of danger, when the
conductor awoke him and asked him to come
out and see how narrowly be had escaped
perdition. Wolfe followed him and found
the train standing on the bridge that crossed
the Mississippi at Louisiana, Mo. They led
him to the front of the engine, and there,
several hundred feet from the shore. was
yawning chasm over a hundred feet wide.
The river had undermined the third pier
from the shore, and still some distance from
the draw, and it had gone down, carrying a
whole section of the bridge with it. The
time of night was 11:45, and the freight
crossed safely at IL. The engineer gave the
accustomed three whistles as he approached
the bridge, and the position of the signal
lights showed that the draw was shut. The
engineer whose name is Pc Mcnamara, said
that as he approached the bridge he was
seized with strong presentiment that all
was not right He could see no signal from
the watchman always kept on duty at the
bridge, and proceeded very slowly. All at
ence, and he could not tell why he did it,
the engineer reversed the engine and stopped
his train. He got off to look ahead, and
found the pilot within two feet of the yawn-
ing chasm. Another turn of the wheels and
he never would have lived to tell the story,
nor in all probability any of the hundred or
more passenges in the FIVE coaches, which
would have inevitably plunged into the
roaring torrent fifty feet below. 1t seems
the watchman, who had passed over the
bridge after the freight passed, had gone on
spree and was found drunk in the city


The train was delayed until the next morn.
ing, and the passengers transferred.
Year: 1877

A man should always be little older, a
little braver, and little stronger, and little
more in love with her than she is with him.
A woman should always be little younger,
and u little more considerate than her hus-
band. He should bestow upon her all his
worldly goods, and she should take good
care of them. He may owe her every care
and tenderness that affection can prompt :,
but pecuniary Indebtedness to her will be-
come burden. Better live on a crust that
he earns than on a fortune that she has
brought to him.


Neither must be jealous, nor give the 9TH
or cause for jealousy. Neither must encour-
age sentimental friendships with the oppo-
site sex. Perfect confidence in each other,
and reticence concerning their: mutual al
fairs, even to members Of their own families
is a first necessity


A wife should dress herself becomingly
whenever she expects to meet her husbands
eye. The man should not grow slovenly
even at home. Fault-fnding. long argu-
ments, or seedlings, end the happiness that
begins in kisses and love-making. Sisters
and brothers may quarrel and "make up"
Lovers are lovers no longer after disturban-
ces occur, and married people who are not
lovers are bound by red hot chains. If a
man admires his wife most in striped calico
she is silly not to wear it.
Year: 1877

4 MINISTER'S MISrAKE.-Sume clerical
blundero are at once pardouahle and anu
sing, but Others at times are hard to endure.
A psri,hion,r who nev,r went through a
summer without complaining bitterly of
the heat much TO the annoyance of his
friends, at least took sick and died. His pas
tor was absent at the time ani did not hear
OF the sad event On his return he met the
son of the deceased, and uswttingly in
quired, saying, "Well. my friend how does
your father bear the heat " Imagine
his surprise at being told that the father
had been dead two months, and his bewilder,
ment when the hope was expressed that the
place TO which he had gone was not noted
for the height of its temperature.
Year: 1877

You have seen man in the crowded as
sembly, says Burdette, of the Burlington
Hdwkeye, grave, earnest looking man,
with the stamp of genius and the lines of
lofty aspiration and noble impulse on his
lace, suddenly spring from his seat with the
pallor of heart pain lighting his face with
It's ghsst.y glare, while he hastens from the
curious gances that are bent upon him, in
to the plying shadow of the silent night.
And bitter, cynical smile curves your lips
when you hear your wife pity him, for you
know, from sad, heart-breaking experience,
that man who fastens the after-end OF his
suspender with apin has no business to
lean back on his chair.
Year: 1877

Worth, the Partisan dressmaker, made a
fine costume for Duchess, and without
her permission, furnished an exact duplicate
OF 1t to another woman, untitled There
upon the Duchess sent word that her dress
must be altered for her cook. Worth feels
that he has been disgraced by the affair.
Year: 1877

A microscopic Prayer book has just been
issued in England, measuring three and
halt inches in length and two and an eighth
in breadth. 1t is one fourth of an inch thick
and weighs one ounce.
Year: 1877

The Yale Alumni Association will hold
its annual meeting at the Grand Hotel
this evening.


Free concert at the Highland House
by SeiGenstickers Band tomorrow
afternoon and evening.


Carl Beck's German Military Band
will give grand concert at the Lookout
House this evening.


The Emerald Circle Dancing Associa-
tion will give their first grand compli-
mentary ball tonight at the Washington
Platform.


A grand social hop for the benefit OF
the Walnut Hills Church will be given
this evening at Greenwood Hall. Prizes
Will be given to the hands0mest lady
and best.looking gentleman present.
Year: 1877

How They Treat Him i'm Texas.


From the following letter from Abe
Rothscbild, written to a friend Of his in
this city, it would seem that he is not
having very wretched time down
there:
Year: 1877

The following suggestions will ena-
bic one to measure the height of a tree
or other standing object, near enough
for practical purposes: Place a small
mirror in a level position on the
ground at a little distance from the
tree. Then step backward until the
top Of the tree Il reflected in the Gen.
ter of the mirror The height Of the
tree equals your height multiplied by
the distance Of the tres, from the mir
ror, divided by your distance from the
mirror.
Year: 1877

The religious newspapers of the
country assume too much when they
ask the gratuito,s publication of a
lengthy prospectus, as a condition of
exchange with the secular press. With
their unreasonably high subscription
rates they can well afford to pay for
their advertising. A[Dver on H9
Press.
Year: 1877




THE usrs OF THE MoS.-Few
people know the value of lemon,juice,
A piece Of lembh hound dfoh a corn
will cure it in few days; it should
be renewed night and morning A
free use Of Icmonjnice and sugar will
always relieve cough. Most people
feel poorly in the spring, bat if they
wouh eat q lemon before breakfast
every day for a week-wiih or with
out sugar, as they like-ihsy, womb
find il better than any medicine.
Lemon:juice will sometimes epre CON
sumption.-[Londo Lancet.
Year: 1877

Your mother is your best early
friend. The world may willfuly do
you many wrongs, your mother never;
the world may prosecute you while
living, and when dead plant the ivy
and uightshaie of slander upon your
CRASHES grave-but your mother will
love aud cherish you while living, and
if she survive she will weep for you
when dead, such tears rs none but a
mother could weep. Love your
mother.
Year: 1877

LOVE or CHANGE is class
81 farmers who are constantly on the
lookout for better place to 60 to.
Their farms are always ''for sale. ' and
they dream of luxurisnt lands in some
other parts OF the country which can
he bought for "a song" where they
imagine they would he more prosper.
ous, and enjoy life better than where
they now reside. Many Of these men
own mortgaged farms; and for such
men to desire to remove where they
can own a free farm. though it be far.
far away. is but natural mnnifesta.
tion to better ones condition which
the human mind can not resist. But
where can these men 60, after selling
their farms and I've contented? This is
n serious question, which no man can
answer Of his own knowledge. --[Colo-
nial Farmer.
Year: 1877

Few farmers fully realize the inn
portsnce Of pure wafer for their cows,
u We may Judge by the way they
neglect to furnish an abundant supply
OF il in the hot. dry weather Of sum-
mer, hut compel them to drink the
siasnant water Of swamps. Without
an abundance Of pure water, il is i'm
possible for COW to furnish her nor
NAL yield OF milk, and when forced to
drink impure water We cannot make
superior butter or cheese from her
milf. Hoa. X. A. Willard. ssys:
Nothing has been more clearly set.
tied in dairy practice than this--that
il is an utter impossibiiity to make
good milk from bad water
Year: 1877

Said a very old man, "Some folks
are always complaining about the
weather, but ] am very thankful
when wake up in the morning to
find any weather at ALL" We may
smile at the simplicity Of the old man,
but still his language exhibits spirit
that contributes much to calm and
steadfast life. II is better and wiser.
to cultivate that spirit than 10 he con-
tinnally complaining Of things as they
are. BE thankful for such mercies as
you have, and if God sees il will be
for your good and His glory, he will
give you many more. At least, do
not make yourself and others unhap-
py by your ingratitude and complaint
Year: 1877

A TRAMP applied to lady in Des
Moines for something to eat, and, to the
inquiry why he didn't go to work, said
there was not any chance to work at his
trace now. The lady asked him what
his trade was. "Shoveling snow was
the confident answer he got his dinner.
Year: 1877

LAFAYETTE had plenty of patriotism
but no ability whatever. He had too
little brains for a soldier, too much heart
for politician, and not enough tact for
diplomatist He was failure in every
thing he attempted :; was dangerous only
"a the cause he espoused, and but for bis
American escapade would he unknown
to history. TAiAs's-
Year: 1877

We have never puffed ourself up as
worthy to edit the organ of the Demo-
cratic party, nor have we ever asserted
that the GAZETTE was the organ of the
party. That is the assertion ofthe paid
editor of the E. E. and Commercial
Printing Company. But the GAZETTE
has taken its course from the best judg-
ment its proprietor and editor could bring
to bear upon the policy best suited to de-
feat the Radical party, and it has suited
the Democratic party In its party assem-
blages to approve fthat course. We
put forward no claim to merit for this.
But there is this to be considered: Della
ware is about the only State that has not
been trampled over by the Radical party;
and the Democrats to-day in Delaware
may compare their work and their State
with that of any other in the Union, and
assert with confidence that it is exempt
from many of the evils that affiict 9TH
er States and the party in other States.
In no State in the Union does the DEM
ocratic party hold prouder attitude
than In Little Delaware. Nor does any
State excel her in her Represen-
tation in the Congress OF the nation. In
combating for the party for a number of
years we have had to encounter the
EUery Eoeatng and also the Commercial,
and against both the GAZETTE has been
sustained. We want no quarrel with the
editor who assaults us in the above ex-
tact. He may be following the wishes of his
employers. But it will be time enough
for him to undertake to teach us when he
has shown that he knows how to conduct
a newspaper successfully; or to lead par
ty VIGOROUSLY. whether the GAZETTE has
done so or not.
Year: 1877

Old Ben Wade refuses to be pacified.
He told reporter of the Toledo Bee
that Hayes has gone clean back ON his
party, and that if it had been known be-
forehaDd what he Intended to do she
would never have received my electoral
vote nor, as believe, republican cleo
toral vote in the whole United States"
Year: 1877

had slowly murdered two devoted


women paid the penalty which
crime unrelentingly exacts. Stella,
as he called her, had indeed been


his good angel. He had been


wretched with her; he was more
wretched without her. AS he had


predicted, he died at the top. lie
passed a whole year without utter
ing a wcrd-with dread of seeing
a human face. He sank into "a
raving lunatic, then into a helpless
idiot, and was buried years after he
had virtually died, leaving all his
property to build a mad-house. Is
it such men whom women love?
But let judgment be charitable. A
man who could treat good, gentle,
devoted women as Swift treated
them must be insane from the first.