smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Captain Williams testified that some
of the bandages had evidently been
torn from the sheet on the bed Mrs.
Hull elbows were tied with the lady's
stocking supporter; all the bandages
matched some part Of the bed cloth
ing, or of Mrs. Hull's garments, with
the exception of the bandage over her
eyes, which was piece of old ironing
cloth which had been used by the girl
Nancy; there were no marks of vio-
lence on her body, except slight
scratch by the side of her nose, a little
blood under one eye, and a slight
abrasion on one hand the bandages
on Mrs Hulls legs were torn from a
cOunterpane; one pillow was a little
discolored, apparently by some liquid
which had oozed from Mrs. Hulrs
mouth; there was also a small spot of
blood upon it. The bandage which
had been torn from the ironing cloth
had originally been used by Nancy as
a bandage on her own wrist which she
had sprained Mrs Hull advised her
to replace it bya flannel bandage, and
when it was taken off it was left in
Mrs. Hull room.


Mr.. Townsend, council for DR..
Hull's family, asked Captain Williams
if it was true, as reported, that man
had told him (witness) DIR. Hull had
consulted with him before the murder
in regard to committing crime.
Captain Williams replied that man
had said Dr. Hull spoke to him, not
about numbering Mrs. Hull, but about
a job Of that kind; the man was not
present, and he did not know his
name,


Coroner Woltman said he had seen
the man in question and had heard his
story several times. He did not know
his name and had reason for not
asking.


Bella johnson related the story Of
Cox giving her the jewelry. As the
assistant district attorney began to
question witness as to the time when
Cox came to see her she began to cry
violently, then passed into ft of hys-
teFies. She fell back in eonvulsions
and was carried from the courtroom,


Soon afterwards the case was given
to the jury who returned the following
verdict; Mrs. Jane L. DeForrest
Hull came to her death by violence AZ
the hands of Chastine Cox. on the
morning of June 1lth.p
Year: 1879

New YoRK, June 26.-The coroner
to-day resumed the Hull murder
inquest, and hopes to bring it to a
close in time to permit the grand jury,
whose term expires on Saturday, to
present an indictment against Cox, the
murderer. The pawnbrokers and po-
lice added but little under oath to the
stories they have already made public.
The room in which the inquest was
held was crowded. Cox endeayored
to avoid the gaze Of the people.
Year: 1879

happens at most opportune time, as
the spinners of Fall River aud Lowell
have given a notice to the mill-owners
that unless their wages are raised by
the 25th of June they would strike.
The manufacturers have determined
not to yield, and thus it may be that
what is one mans misfortune is an
others luck. If these men do strike
the mill-owners will run the mills by
importing help from Canada and else
where, and maybe Tennessee will be
able to get large accession of expert


manufacturers here. 1t only needs a
little perseverance to do this, and our


commissioner has that in abundance.
Year: 1879

| The Old Grave Yard.
| We wish to call the attention OF


all who have friends buried in the


old cemetery. to the fact, that the


fencing around said place is partly


destroyed and what is worse the


very enclosures Of tke graves are


being removed-we suppose to sup


ply fuel to those families living ad.
jacent who choose to depredate
upon what ever they find conven-
lent. We ask it as a favor that The
City authorities will. pass an ordin-
ance to protect the fencing and en-
closures in future. All who are in
terested in this matter might to-
gether furnish funds to restore the
fence, thereby lessening the ex>
penses individually. We hope that
this suggestion may be acted upon
without delay as it is reflection
upon any community to neglect the
graves of their dead.
Year: 1879

PERSONAL.


On Tuesday last we had the pleas
ure of meeting our young friend Mr..
Augustus Craft, well known to
many Of our citizens as an energetic
business man in the late firm of
Wang & Cottam Wholesale grocers
and commission merchants at 80
and "a Poydras street, New Orleans.
Since the demise of M. Wang, we
learn there will be change in the
name of the firm of which we will
advise our readers. Mr.. Craft is an
accomplished, well bred gentleman
and deserves the highest pr ,ise for
his enterprise in the management
Of his Agency. We know whereof
we speak and we take pleasure in
recommending him to our merch-
ants who may need anything in his
line. His stay in our city will be
short, but as he makes frequent
visits to this place we speak of him
publicly to give our friends an OPP
portunity to deal with him. A word
to the wise is always sufficient.
Success to him.
Year: 1879




Mad Dogs.


While our community is SO much
exercised on the subject of rabid
dogs-we are glad to state for the
information OF those at a distance,
that Notwithstanding the city au-
thorities have published the ordln.
ance in relation to rabid dogs-we
have only heard of one dog that had
bitten any person. This was on
Wednesday morning last, in the
neighborhood of Frogt0wn. Mrs
Daley and boy of Mr.. Carmichael
who owned the dog-were bitten
not badly, and the dog Immediately
shot down bv our efficient City Mar
shall who is always Oh hand to quell
! riot or do anything else iu his line.
Year: 1879

Our country is getting to be fearful
lv alarming, the average of life be-
ing lessened every year, without any
reasonable cause, death resulting
generally from the most insignifi- :
cant origin. At this season of the
year especially, cold is such a
common thing that in the hurry Of
every day life we are apt to over
look the dangers attending it and
often find too late, that Fever or
Lung trouble has already set in.


Thousands lose their lives in this
way every winter. while had Bos-
chee's German Syrup been taken,
cure would have resulted, aud
large bill from a DocrOr been avoid
ed For all diseases of the Throat
and Lungs Boscheess German Syrup
has proven itself to be the greatest
discovery Of the kind in medicine.


Every Druggist In this country
will tell you Of its wonderful effect.
Over $50 900 bottles sold last year
without single failure known.
Year: 1879

Aud then remember, son, that the world
is older than you are by several years; that
for thousands Of years il has been SO full
OF smarter and better young men than
yourself that their feet stuck out of the
dormer windows, that when they died the
old globe went Whirling on, and not one
man 10 ten million went to the funeral or
even heard of his death. BE as smart as
you can, Of course. Know as much as you
can, without blowing the packing out of
your cylinder heads; shed the light Of your
wisdom abroad in the world, but don't
dazzle people with il. And don't imagine
a thing is so simple because you say It is.
Don't be sorry for your father because he
knows so much less than you do; remem-
Der the reply Of DIR. Wayland to the stu
dent Of Brown University who said II was
an easy enough thing to make proverbs
such as Solomon wrote. "Make q few"
tersely replied the old man. Aud we never
heard that the young man made any.
Not more than two or three, anyhow
The world has great need for young men,
but no greater need than the young men
have of it. Your clothes ft you better
than your fathers fit him; they cost more
money, they are more stylish, your nous
tache is neater, the cut Of your hair is
better, and you are prettier, oh, far pret-
tier than spa" But, young man, the old
gentleman gets the biggest salary, and his
homely, scrambling signature on the bust.
ness end Of check will drain more money
out Of the bank 10 FIVE minutes, than you
could get out with ream of paper and a
eopperplated signature in six months.
Young men are useful, son, and they are
ornamental, and we all love them, aud we
couldn't engineer picnic successfully
without them. But they are no novelties,
son. Oh, no, nothing OF tho kind, They
have been here before, Don't be 50 mod.
est as to shut yourself clear out, but don't
be 50 fresh you will have to be put away
in the cool to keep from spelling. Don'i
be afraid that your merit will not be dis


covered. People all over Che world arc


hunting for you and il you are worth find


ing, they will find you. A diamond ism


so easily found as quartz pebble, but peo


plc search for it all the more intently.-


burlington Ioiod) Hdpkege.
Year: 1879

Expressions which are apparently fanci-
full and illogical are sometimes more telling
than others in which no criticism could
find a Haw For instance, the curious
and rather awkward phrase, ''giving the
cold shoulder" has acquired by usage
force which could scarcely be equalled by
the most iaultless English. We cannot
pretend to account for the popularity Of
this idiom, which has long been exalted
from the degradation of slang to respec-
liability of conventional English. Ii may
be more interesting to consider the uses
and abuses Of the thing than to speculate
on the history of the word Precedents
Of great antiquity may be found for tho
use of the cold shoulder, but is neverthe-
less special characteristic Of the present
day. In past times enemies had many
resources-duels, horsewhippings, tourna-
ments, pluckings Of boards aud smiting
under fifth ribs; but in these days their
only choice lies between dead cut and a
cold shoulder. The readiness and porta-
bility Of this last weapon renders its use
but too common, and 1t is rarely that any
social gathering takes place without some
very pretty fighting with this instrument.
1t has also this advantage, that its use is
not confined to the male sex, for women
can WELD it on occasion with the fierce.
ness Of petroteueses. The graceful use Of
the cold shoulder fairly deserves to be
ranked among the fine arts; while on the
contrary, nothing can be more upgainly
than its awkward application. When
tactless man meets the object of his Dc.
testation, he looks nervously self conscious,
and seems undecided whether to cut OF
merely slight his enemy, After blushing
in foolish manner, he gives an awkward
bow, which, intended to be graceful is in
reality ludicrously clumsy. A casual oh
server might impute his singular behavior
to shyness rather than hatred. The most
successful hand at ooldshouldering is the
heartless and listless man who can put his
victim completely out Of his mind, aud
forget his presence, If not his existence
as soon as he has accorded him the coldes
of recognition Without insinuating tha
women are more heartless and listless thar
men, we may observe that they are fal
greater adopts in this art than the oppo
site sex. Most men seem more or less il
ut ease when they know they are giving
pain to others, but this is by no mean
Invariably the case with women. w,
might even go so far as to say that ladies
sometimes too evidently derive satisfaction
from the annoyance of other. They under
stand the art of freezing others while re
tanning their own caloric; but men cauno
obtain like result without first becomin.
icicles themselves. The lords of the ere
alton, moreover, when wishing to appear
dignifed, are more apt to assume an air o
vacant stupidity. They are, in fact, ba,
actors; and when man would like t
knock another one down, he finds it al
effort TO treat him with cold politeness. =
The Saturday Repiep
Year: 1879

It is usual for travellers to dwell upon
the utter desolation Of Babylon, and to
paint its site as strip of desert, es-
pecially woe-begone and unfertile. But
the eloquent gentlemen who dwell upon
this aspect Of the place could not have
seen it in the middle of April. The
date groves and gardens along the banks
of the Euphrates are then things of
beauty in their fresh spring verdure,
and the plain itself is laid down with
crops. Irrigation canals cross it here
and there and give trouble to the horse
man. No grass grows upon the mounds,
and there are patches of the level white
with the inter which is to be found here
as in other parts of Mesopotamia; but
the surface of the soil is. on the whole,
green and pleasant to the eye. The
glad waters of the river flow on in
the bright morning sunshine, with palm
and mulberry hanging over its banks,
drinking in sap and life. The great
city which counted its population by
millions, and filed the world with re-
nown not yet forgotten, has disappeared
under the dust of twenty centuries, but
nature is as fresh and jocund as when
Babylon was still unbuilt. Birds sing
overhead in the pleasant spring air;
butterflies futter about in search OF
flowers; balmy odors regale the sense.
It is difficult under the circumstances
to feel as one perhaps ought to feel fol
the great capital which once numbered
this ground. Nature does not mourn
for it, and it is hard to be sad at the
bidding of sentiment when the bright
spring hides its graye.-IArough Asi.
atic Ialrkeu.
Year: 1879

In his letter, resigning the position
of Government Director of the Union
Pacific railroad, Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams, Jr., states very clearly and
forcibly the difficulties which surround
that position. 1t is isimpossible, he says,
for any one to discharge satisfactorily
the duties of Government Director un-
der the present laws. These duties in
volye thorough knowledge OF the
whole subject of railroad construction
and management, the closest and most
painstaking attention to detail in the
annual inspections of the property in
which the Government is so largely in
terested, and constant. humiliation of
the official in the fact that he is at all
times the guest of the corporation he is
expected to supervise. Mr.. Adams says
on this point:


@To a person in any way sensitive it
is far from pleasant to be the guest of a
corporation; to eat and sleep and live al
its expense; to accept every possible at
tention and hospitality from its officers
and meanwhile to keep careful note ot
every point open to criticism, and. when
the time comes, to speak openly and
truthfully, no matter how much what il
said may hurt. Neither is it agreeable
to do o public duty faithfully and a
the same time to accept the money O
one who suffers from the performance
of the duty even though that one be ,
corporation. Yet the Government Di
rector who does his duty must, unde,
the law as it now stands, either do thi
or go wholly unpaid. AS long as thi
system continues, it is practically in
evitable that services of purely forma
character can only be looked for. Th
active Government Director is at bes
but an honorable spy"
Year: 1879

It is limited that Madame Anderson
accomplishes her prodigious walking
feats without any signs of exhaustion
by a simple stratagem. Somebody
looking and dressed like her takes her
place while she rests and sleeps. A man
in Cincinnati walked 1000 miles in
1000 lours by means of double"
who finally "undid" him, for he be-
trayed him just at the close of the walk.
The trick is q very old one. 1t is found
among Hindoo legends of the hedge
hog and the fox, version of the hare
and the tortoise. The fox challenged
the hedgehog to race, and the hedge
hog agreed. The fox started, but when
he arrived at the end of the path
through the woods, there was the hedge
hog. Then he proposed running it
right over again to the starting-po
The hedgehog agreed and the fox
found him ahead of him as before.
This contest was continued until the
fox could go no more, and paid the for
felt. The hedgehog merely stationed
his wife, VINO looked SO like her hus-
band the fox did not know them apart,
at one end of the route while he stayed
at the other. Neither of them moved.
and the fox ran back and forth from
one to the other until he dropped from
fatigue.-Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

AN editors life Is full of sunny spots
sunny as the south side of a straw
stack in May--and one of them is when,
in the gratitude of his heart, he stands
treat to a man who praised his paper,
announced himself supporter and a
constant reader of it and promised to ad.
wise all of his friends tosupport it in the
same way, only to discover the enthusi'
astic mans support consists in regularly
borrowing the paper from a friend


Toronto National.
Year: 1879

A New York exchange tells GLOW
men Suddenly Disappear from Our
Streets" We haven't read the article
but we suppose they suddenly dart up
an alley in order to enter the saloon
from the rear. We have seen scores OF
men suddenly disappear from the
streets in the same manner.-Norrts.
tolor Herald.
Year: 1879

NEW YORK World: at will probably
be found that the principal stockhold-
ers in the companies for introducing the
electric light are also heavily interested
in gas stocks, so that it is not likely that
any change which may be made will be
of ruinouslv revolutionary character
Year: 1879

We have carefully compiled from the
Tribune Almanac for 1879, which
gives returns from all State and Con-
gressional elections held in 1878, the
following tables showing the complete
Greenback vote of that year. In the
States where Greenback State ticket
was nominated we give the vote of the
head of that ticket; where q State
ticket was not run we give the Green
back vote for Congress:
Year: 1879

The man whose lame back prevents
him from splitting a stick of wood or
kindling q fire is the one who leads an
attack on a pile of ten cords of wood
10 help uncover and kill frightened
rabbit.
Year: 1879

Terrific Boiler Explosion In Philadelphia
Planning Mtll-The Boiler Landed In the
Second Story of an Adjoining Bnillins-
One of the Family Killed and Several
Supposed to be Burned In the Ruins
A Brutal Crime Expiated on the Gallows
in sas-Miscellsneons.
Year: 1879

While David Gilmer, of Midulevile, Wright
county, was riding in q buggy with his VIE
and children, the wheel struck stump with
such force that the sudden check threw
the younger child, an infans eight months
old, from it's mothers arms over the dash
board and under the feet of tho horse. The
horse stopped, but the child received such
injuries as to cause its death. Another child
was thrown out by the conclusion, but not
seriously injured.
Year: 1879

IT is the habit of the Democratic State
authorities in the South to arrest for murder
under their State laws any United States
officer who may be so unfortunate MS to be
compelled to kill resisting or assauting
Moonshiner--to kill him, we mean, in self
defense. A trial follows, and if the United
States Government did not always inter-
vene with watchful care to protect its ofti-
cials, conviction and punishment would
ensue. But there is another habit of these
selfsame authorities which is entirely in
consistent with this one. 1t is to permit
prison guards to kill escaping but nom
resisting negro prisoners without fear Of
trial, punishment or even investigation.
A case of this kind was that of
WILLIS CRUTcHFIELD in North Carolina
On the fimsest proof-sO flimsy that
the Judge very nearly instructed the
Jury to acquit him-CRUTCHFIELD was
found guilty and sentenced to two
years in the penitontiary for stealing a
spade The charge to the jury and the
sentence were thoroughly inconsistent, of
course but it appears that the sentences
imposed upon cOlored men in North Caro-
lima have of late years been of such char
acter that this one cannot be said to be
remarkable for its severity One day last
month CRUTCHTIELD attempted to run
away from the works of the Cape Fear q
Yadliin railroad, where he was working out
his sentence, and was shot dead by his
guard lie was not using any violence at
the time he was killed, and was not under
confinement for a crme-if he had COM
mitted any crime at all-punishable by
death. And the guard has not been ar
rested-in short, there is no thought of
holding him responsible for the death of
his victim. The Greensboro (N c. North
State, commenting on this case pertinently
says.


Now there have been several cases where
United States Deputy Marshals had warrants
for persons, who, when the attempt was made
TO arrest them, resisted the officers with deadly
weapons aud attempted TO kill them, In some
of these cases the deputy marshals in sell-de-
fense killed the person for whom they had
process. In every instance of this kind the
deputy marshals have been indicted in the
State courts for murder aud put on trial for
their lives. Here we have a remarkable con-
trast. A man who is simply running away is
shot dead by the guard, aud nothing is said
Year: 1879

As regards National questions the disin-
tegraton of the Solid South will prove to
be disappointment to those who imagine
the present differences in the State politics
Of that section will have any lasting effect.
In Georgia, for example, Independentism
has been rife for several years but the
State is thoroughly BOurbonized 50 far as
Year: 1879

THE Rough element is on top in the
Louisiana Democracy. General OGDEN, the
choice of the Conservatives, was beaten for
the gubernatorial nomination by ex-
Speaker WILTz This probably insures a
bolt and possibly strengthens the Repub-
licau ticket, which is yet to be nominated,
if the Republicans are wise in selecting good
men for their nominees. The better classes
in Louisiana, small in number as they prob
ably are have long been disgusted with the
domination of the WILTz gang of political
cutthroats.
Year: 1879

THE CHALMER's plan, as it is called, to
rob the people of the Southern States of the
right of voting directly for Presidential
Electors, and vest that privilege in the State
legislatures, has not dropped out of sight
altogether, although promoters are work.
ing secretly to secure its success, The time
has not come yet for them to advocate it
in public; but when the interested legs.
latures meet this fall and winter the boom
will be started in earnest, The idea is to
carry it into effect before the next Presi-
Dental election, 50 as to kill off ndepend-
entism and preserve the solidity Of the
Solid South for 1850.
Year: 1879

WE have been asked verbally and by let


ter why notice of Senator CoNKLING's
speech at Brooklyn on Wednesday evening
last did not appear in THE NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN yesterday morning, We have
but one reply to make: We were not pro-
vided with it by our news caterers-the
New York Associated Press. This is under
which is never violated, as we are assured
Year: 1879

ONE thing that assures the general belief
In the reported denunciation of Southern
political barbarism by Mr.. TILDEN is the
fact that the said denunciation is based upon
q truthful conception of the Southern sit
uation. 1t is, perhaps, violent assumption
to suppose that the old Cipher Ogre could
have ventured to daily with the truth in
these premises long enough to have reiterated
it in the form of an interview; but 1t is not
an absolute impossibility that he may have
blundered into it.
Year: 1879

DR.. Mosely, after three years and a
half spent in voyage of scientific ex-
ploration around the world, says the
voyage left a deep impression of the
smallness OF the earth's surface. We
live in the depths of the sea. Like
those, we can crawl up into the shall
lows, or mount at peril in balloon; but
the utmost extent of our vertical
range is no greater than We can walk
horizontally on the earth's surface in a
couple of hours. Ifthere were land all
along the equator it would be possible
to run around the world in train in
less than three weeks. A walk of four
miles day would bring a man from
Behriag Strait to Cape Horn in about
seven years. The earth as compo-
nent part of the universe may be COM
pared to small isolated island Oh its
own surface. As, in the course of az ,
such an island develops its own pecu-
liar insular fauna and fGra, so proba-
bly, on the surface of the earth alone
has development Of nitrogen occurred
in manner to produce the various
forms of animal and vegetable life.