smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

attack the mob should they venture
to follow US out, whether they
came by rail or other road.


From the time we fired on the
mob and cleared the streets the
citizens Of Pittsburg became prac-
tically unit in bitter and intense
hostility to US. Their militia laid
down their arms and allowed them
to be taken by the howling crowd
to be used against us. Their police
in effect Joined the rioters, and suf-
fered the armory of the militia and
the stores Of the citizens to be ran
sacked for arms and ammunition
to be discharged at us without an
effort to prevent it, even without
an effort to give such advice and
direction as would enable us to
prevent it, which we had shown,
and they we'll knew we were per-
fectly competent to do, and finally,
when compelled by hunger and the
want Of ammunition to leave their
city to its fate, as we withdrew
from the round-house, the only
shelter we had found with them,
and marched through their streets,
they pursued us with yells, curses
and bullets, until the fate of our
dead and wounded comrades again
compelled us to NOW them down.


Their newspapers lied about us,
for their misrepresentation was so
gross as to deserve and be express
ed by no other name,


They well knew that our position
was virtually that of an invading
army of 600 men in a hostile city
of 100000 inhabitants. For such
an army to retreat was no disgrace;
nay more, they well knew that for
such an army to fight its way out
with men tired, hungry and short
of ammunition, dragging with
them their guns, and bringing Off
their whole equippage, was a mill
tary achieyementof which the First
Division National Guards of Penn
sylyania may well be proud, and of
which they, as Ponnsylvanians,
should have been proud also.


The officers and men are in good
health and spirits and ready to 60
anywhere. But one thing is GER
tain: after Pittsburg, non-combat-
ants have no business to be where
mobs are, and can be there for no
innocent purpose, and the next
attack on our column will be speed
| lily resented III such a manner as to
forever prevent a repetition Of it.


SILAs W. PETIT,


Major and Judge Advocate,
Year: 1877




Major A. D. Fell has received the
following semioflicial account of
the Pittsburg fight from Major
Silas W. Petit, major and Judge
advocate of the first division:


We were ordered into line, and
under command of General Pear
son, and headed by the sheriff, with
q posse of twenty men were marched
down the track toward Twenty
eighth street, where the mob was
assembled in immense numbers.


AS we advanced the mob at first
gave way, and when the head of our
column reached Twenty-eighth
street crossing We halted and ex-
tended the line to clear the two
main tracks and put two companies
in line across the front to push back
the crowd there, thus forming three
sides of Il square, and the sheriff,
who was evidently badly frightened,
advanced to disperse the mob.


After a very feeble and half
hearted endeavor to do this, he
called on General Pearson for the
aid of the militia, and he in turn
ordered General Brinton to push
back the crowd, and the order was
given to advance, the companies
across the front carrying their
pieces at "arms port" and trying
to push the crowd back with the
flats of their musketS, but the
crowd refused to bulge. Instantly
there was u surge Of the crowd;
many of the men had their pieces
grasped by the mob; General Brin-
ton gave the command to charge
bayonets; here and there there was
a struggle between a soldier and a
citizen. Some pistol shots were
fired at us, particularly from under
the empty cars, and with u yell the
mob on the bluff fired a volley of
pistol shots and large stones, proyi-
ously laid there in piles for the pur-
pose, and which, coming from such
u hight, were more dangerous than
the pistols. A number of men
fell, then one or two shots were
fired by us, and the firing became
general, and with Il wild cry of ter
ror The mob broke and fled. I'm
mediately the officers rushed hither
and thither to stop the firing, for
the word of command conld not be
heard, and the tracks were clear.


Whether or not we received an
order to fire is not certain; if such
IN order was given it was heard by
but few, but whether given or not
one thing is absolutely certain that
we waited until the very last mo-
menL before firing, and that sixty
seconds later our 250 nen, neces-
sarilv extended in one rank oyeg u
long distance, would have been dis
armed and prisoners in the hands
of an angry mob, or crushed by the
mere dead weight of the multitude
of rioters.


The behavior of the men was
simply wonderful. They marched
mile through u mob which in
suited them from The moment they
started by jeers and yclls and foul
epithets with perfect GOODNESS, and
their only reply was: "Get back,
gentlemen, get back; we must cleal
this way" and no actual use ol
their pieces was made by them
until it had become u question
whether they or the mob shoulC
possess their muskets.


! 1t is true they fired on the GROVE
Year: 1877

in their native village of st. Niklus.
One touching feature in this la
mentable occurrence is that the
three guides who have lost their
lives were married, and leave their
widows and orphan children desti-
tute. A subscription has been
opened for these living victims of
the calamity, and we may hope that
1t will help to mitigate the distress
in which they have been plunged.
But they, as well as the sOrrowing
relatives and friends of Mr.. Lewis
aud Mr.. Paterson, have to bear a
grief which human sympathy may
alleviate but cannot remove. Few
things can be more heartrending
than events Of this nature. Occur
ring at the termination of an expe-
dition undertaken with expecta-
tions Of the very keenest enjoyment,
and in the midst of scenery of the
utmost beauty and grandeur, the
contrast between the high spirits Of
the men when starting and their
melancholy fate cannot but be pain
full and terrible in the extreme. The
cause of the accident appears to
have been the giving way of a snow
cornice which Overhung a precipice
between three and four thousand
feet deen.
Year: 1877

most notorious of the Sioux chiefs.
Less than two years ago this merci-
less wretch burned two American
soldiers alive at the stake. Even
Long Dogs Office as head soldier
extends simply to the policing of
the camp and to the direction Of a
march in case Of a breakup of the
camp. In time of battle there is
no chief warrior who exercises the
same authority as that Of a general
in European army over his troops.
Even in the fight with Custer. it is
alleged by the chiefs who partici-
pated in that memorable and SAN
culinary struggle, that no one among
them controlled the rest or exer-
cised any authority or command.
They all acted in perfect concert,
but in a sort of federal direction.


FAMOUS WARRIORS.


Among the chiefs of bands in
Sitting Bulls camp, some three
days march from here, are several
who are famed in the stories of the
recent Indian war. Among others
Black Moon, Four Horns, One
Horn, Red Horn, No Neck, Bears
Head, Little Knife, Flying Bird,
Lame Brule and Pretty Bear. The
latter is the man who is said to
have taken Clusters watch. These
names are familiar to Western from.
tierSmen as household words are in
the East. Iron Dog, another chief
is the oldest of the lot, but the
greatest chief of all is Spotted
Eagle, whom l shall presently de.
scribe among the leading men
Among the chief men who exert
influence because Of their talents
and address, and who are often
chosen instead Of the chiefs to
make speeches in council or in con-
ference with the leaders of other
tribes, are the Grow Medicine,
Turns Around and Little Assini.
boine, who is a sort of sub-chief.


SITTING BULL AS NECRoMANCER.


The duties of Little Assiniboine
correspond with those Of the being
whom Major Walsh calls a "cap,
per" for a magician. BY this ex-
preston the major let's one into the
"true inwardness" of Sitting Bulls
relations to the wild and superst-
tious remnants of tribes over which
he exerts an almost unprecedented
influence. Though he is neither a
chief nor a warrior, Sitting Bull is
a necromancer. He is "medi.
cine man" Of such uncommon
ability as to have retained his
power for ten consecutive years. In
this respect his position as the
counsellor of his people is greater
than that of any cabinet minister
in the civilized world.
Year: 1877

translation from the Vienna Press.


Joseph Albert, photographer to
the court, has finally succeeded in
inyenting photography to render
the natural colors in the picture by
Photographic steam-press of his
own construction, without the aid
of pencil. ] have seen some of
the proofs of such colored photo
graphs by the Albert press. An
expert painter could hardly give
the colors of the object more faith
fully in living reality and with a
distinctiveness to the incest shades.
The secret Of the invention consists
in the analysis of the white light
into the three colors-yellow, blue
and red-and their recovery Of the
three colors ready for the press. On
plate, chemically prepared, so as
to receive but the yellow parts of
the light, and the tones of the col
ors of the object to be reflected, the
first photograph is taken, when a
negative Of that plate is at once put
under the press, whose cylinder is
dubbed over with yellow paint.
None but the tones Of the yellow
colorS are now seen in the impress
sion. After that the object is pho
tographed on plate made to reflect
but the blue colors. This plate now
under the press reflects a blue i'm
preston, the cylinder being dubbed
over with blue paint. In the same
manner he receives but the tones
of the red colors by means of a
third plate. Printing the individual
pictures of a yellow, blue and red
over each other, a picture is pro-
duced true to nature, the colors in
termixing by having been printed
over each other. The idea, long
entertained and prosecuted by Al
bert, to photograph colors, may no
longer be considered as not feasible.
1t is hard at present to foretell
what revolution the new invention
will produce in many departments
of art.
Year: 1877

hight of three or four feet. Here
tofore the water on the island was
only obtained by condensing. Now
there is an abundance of it on the
island. The island is almost alive
with rats, who were very much
surprised on the appearance of
vegetation, but it did not take them
long to get acquainted with the
pumpkins; and they, at last ac-
counts, were enjoying them as food
The bark w. A. Holcomb arrived
at the island some time since, got a
lighter alongside, and was obliged
to leave. This lighter was towed
around by the bark for thirty-fve
days, but out of sight of the island.
Finally she made the island, landed
the lighter and native laborers, and
sailed for Honolulu, where she has
since arrived.
Year: 1877

THE European moon presents q blood y
appearance. Russia who is the prime
mover in the wsrlike demonstrations,
snd has more interest in the result OF the
dispute than any Of the powers, shows
her readiness 10 commence the conflict
by putting sn organized army of six hun
tred thousand men on the frontier. Any
day may now bring the news OF war, and
when it does begin the whole OF Europe
will be shaken by the conflict. Ii We
can keep cool on this side of the water
fine field tor speculation will be opened,
ss America will have the supplies to fur
hish
Year: 1877

THAT harmonious action" OF the
two Congressional committees in decid-
ing not to gointo an examination of the
bank accounts of the party managers IN
the late canvass is little significant.
The Republicans have come TO the con-
clusion that it Is not worth while to at
tempt to blacker TILDEN's character,
and ZACH CHAsDLERs is SO black that
additional smut would not be observable
Year: 1877

All that is needed to show how rapid
ly that Cheboygan is achieving a repu-
tation as a summer resort, is to state that
almost if not quite every room in our
hotels and private houses which are ar
ranged for the accommodation Of sum-
mer visitors are already engaged, and APP
plications are constantly being made
from others who wish to come. We hear
from all sources that there are many who
expect to come here who have either
been here before or who have heard of
the superior attractions of the vicinity
from others. We have no doubt but
that there will be many more pleasure
seekers here the coming summer, than
ever before, and we hope that arrang ge-
ments and room can be made to accommo-
date all who desire to come. If the increase
is such as we are led to expect, it will not
be many years before our hotel facilities
will have to largely increased.
Year: 1877

The TRIBUNE has never made 'sparty"
qualification for local offices, but is al
ways willing to help elect all good men
to these offices, regardless of their party
affiliations. The candidate for super
visor. Il. L. Van Arsdale, whom the
Democrats have put forward, is a man Of
sterling worth and integrity, one whom
it would be credit to any town to have
at the head of its affairs. 1t does not
matter to us what causes Or combinations
led to his nomination; we are satisfied
that he will work for the best interests
OF the township, and not be the tool of
any ring or clique; therefore we can
cheerfully recommend him to the suf-
frages OF our citizens, regardless of party.
We wish we could say as much for ali
the rest of the ticket.
Year: 1877

Unity does not reign i'm the Democratic
party in this village Mutterings
against the tickets nominated. amount
ing to almost mutiny, are heard from
many sources. The ring" is not over
well pleased with the result, because
they were compelled, by threats of open
rebellion in the party, to drop their cam
didate for supervisor and take up with
man whom they hoped would carry the
rest of the ticket through. The best
elements OF the party, those who
work for the best interests of the place
do not like the ticket.
because all the ticket, but
supervisor, was made up from
the ring slate. So joy does not
reign supreme. There are some Demo
Gratis who attended the caucus who do
notsexactly understand how thirty-two
or three voters present can cast forty
three votes nor how one person can
honestly cast four votes for one of the
ring candidates; nor how Canadians who
are entitled to no vote in the election are
entitled to cast their votes for the ring
candidates in the caucus. They have
come to the conclusion that it is quite
difficult to beat the ring when such tao
tics are adopted. The ring Went in the
caucus to win, and did so. 1t now re-


mains to be seen whether the people will
sustain all these machine-made nomina-


tions, as far as the candidates who are


members of the office holding, Office


seeking ring are concerned, or not.
Year: 1877

As the winters logging operations are
about completed in the Cheboygan re
gion and the camps about to break up.
a TRIBUNE reporter was instructed to
gather from the various numbering firms
engaged in the business, the result of
their winters operation. We therefore,
this week, publish the first statement
which has appeared, showing the amount
of business done In this line during the
winter. The following is a list OF the
individuals and firms engaged in the
business, with the amount of logs put in
by each. The business done by the
jobbers who are puttingin for mill owners
are not specified separately. but are
counted for the mill for which the logs


4
Year: 1877

The following is the report OF tle schol
ar .hip and department of the pupils i'll the
senior and intermediate departments OF
our graded school for the mouth of
March. The maximum standard is 10.
As regularity in attendance is considered
in making up the report as TO deport-
ueut. it does not follow that a low rank
indicates disorder in school.


SENIOR DEPARTMENT.
Year: 1877

1t will be seen from this report that
the financial condition of the town is
excellent. There has not been time
during the year that the town orlers
have not been cashcd when presented.
Year: 1877

Death From Smoking Tobacco


The Charlottown Patriot says: An
other death is reported from excessive
tobacco smoking. The victim was
fourteen years of age. and resided
with his parents at Grove place,
Waterloo road. For some time past
he had been in the habit of smoking
tobacco to such an extent as to make
him delirous. On "Wednesday he
complained to his mother of feeling
unwell. On being question, he said
that he had been smoking all the
morning, and that he felt tremend-
Gus pain in his chest. He was put to
bed, and on the following morning he
was found dead. The medical testi-
mony went to show that death result
ed from nicotine, an oil extracted
from tobacco by the deceased's excess
sive smoking.
Year: 1877

A BENEVOLENT grocer, seeing q
skeleton of a cat slink acrOs, the shop,
bawled out to his boy: Didn't tell
you TO feed that Cat q pound of beef u
day till she fattened up?' You did,
and gave her pound of beef this
morning. you did, eh? Gimme
that cat The cat was placed upon
the scales and found to weigh exactly
a pound. 'All right, my boy said the
grocer; there's your pound of bee !,
but where's your cat?
Year: 1877

We had been out to the grave
yard to bury Mrs. Pidgeon, and we
were riding home in the carriage
with the bereaved and sorrowful
widower. While he sopped his
eyes with his handkerchief he told
US about her:


"ln one respect | never saw her
equal. She was manager. I've
known that woman that's lying out
there in the tomb, to take an old
pair of my trousers and cut them
up for the boys. She'd make a
splendid suit of clothes for both OF
them out of them old pants, and a
cap for Johnny, and have some left
over for a rag carpet, besides max
ing handkerchiefs out of the pock-
cts, and hustle for herself olt OF
the other Innings. Give her any
old garment and it was as gCol as
gold mine. Why, she'd take a
worn out sock and make a good
overcoat out Of it, | believe. She
had turn for that kind of econo-
my. There's one of my shirts that
bought in lS47 still going about
making itself useful as winder
curtains and plenty of other things.
Only last July our gridiron give
out, and she took it apart, and in
two hours it was rugged on the side
of the house as a splendid light
ming rod, all except what she had
made into poker and an ice-pick.
Ingenious? Why, she kept our
family in buttons and whistles out
of the ham bones she saved, and
she made fifteen princely chicken
coops from her old hoop skirts, and
a pig pen out of her used up cor
set bones. She never wasted a SOL
itary thing. Let cat die around
our house and the first thing you
knew Mary Jane'd have a muff and
set of furs, and I'd begin to find
mince pies on the dinner table.
She'd stuff feather bed with the
feathers that she'd got off of one
rooster, and she'd even utilize the
reaches in the kitchen SOS they'd
run the churn-had a machine she
invented for the purpose. I've
seen her cook potato parings SOS
you'd think they were canvass
back duck, and she had a way of
doctoring up shavings so that the
pig'd eat 'em and grow fat on 'em.
| believe that woman could build a
four story hotel if you'd given
her a pine board; or steamboat
out of wash-biler; and the very
last thing she said to me was to
bury her in the garden SOS she'd
be useful down below there, help
ing to shove up the cabbages. I'll
never see her like again"


l don't believe he will either
Max Adeler.
Year: 1877

"I do not think, madame, that
any man of the least sense would
approve of your conduct" said an
indignant husband. "Sir," retort-
ed his better half, show can you
Judge what any man of the least
sense would do"
Year: 1877

-Rushvilic Republican: H.B. Lucas
lost two Of his fatiening hogs by the
cholera. As soon as he found that he
cholera was among his hogs he began 10
give TO all Of them that seemed sick
strong garden pepper tea, and to every
gill Of tea he added two tablespoonful
of coal oil. All his sick hogs have re-
covered and are now doing well.
Year: 1877

"Give thanks


That she IS safe with Him who hath the


power


Ger sin, and pain and death"


Died, on August 18Th, Of cholera In
fantum, little Annie Favorite, young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. II.
Hoover.


Only q few brief months ago the
home Of Mr.. Hoover was made hap
py by the tiny voice of gladness,
which baby-hood only utters. Annie
came to them CLEAN of sunshine in
the household, bright flower by the
dusty highway Of life. But suddenly
that sunbeam no longer breaks the
cold grey silence, theTiOwer mas been
planted to the evergreen fields
and blooms in the light Of God. The
gushing tide of affection which
only a prattling child can unseal, f,
turns back upon the heart with an icy
chill, when we first realize that that
prattle has ceased forever. The heart
becomes a dreaTy, empty mansion,
when the tiny voice 10 longer echoes
through its desOlate chambers. But
when au innocent loved ore has been
taken from Us our attachments reach
out into the unseen world whittier
our dead have gone and we enter il
ourselves and dwell therein. We
cannot realize she loneliness and sad
ness Of the bereaved family. but We
know they will dwell in the sacred
memory of their lost darling as in the
midst OF a presence too pure for a
breath of sin to enter True there
can be no loss Of that affection for the
lost one which was born as her birth,
pillOwed her in her helplessness,
sOOtheG her in her hours Of pain, and
followed her down into the shadOwy
cradle with blessings, hopes anu
prayers-but the heart must become
softer and more pure as it reaches
forth to one who has been raised in
spotless purity and innocence, To
well wish the angelic throng.


FAREWELL there's but one Pang in death.
One onIy-teIIing thee farewelI!' H.
Year: 1877

We neglected last week to public
ly thank our old fried Frank Wright,
of Washington precinct, for a half
bushel of the best peaches we have
seen this season. Frank, THE AD-
vERTIsER duly appreciated your de-
licIous donation, and the wish Of all
the boys is that you may never miss
having abundance of such fruit and
never forget the printer.
Year: 1877

- Some men have no more sense
nor manners than to drive their teams
on to a street crossing and let them
stand there. On Monday when our
streets were very muddy team stood
for half an hour on a crossing and Pc
destTians-sOme we noticed were la
dies-were compelled TO get Off into
the mud, while the clown sat in his
wagon, with apparently as little sense
of prOpriety or that he was causing
any one any inconvenience, as one of
his old honey horses.
Year: 1877

Rannaford has large lot of fur
niture on the way which will be here
in a few days. He intends to keep
the fullest stock, and sell for the least
profit of any house in Southern Ne
braska.
Year: 1877

= DR.. Mathews, dentist, telegraphs
US that owing to sickness he will be
unable to be at his office in this city
as promptly as he would desire. He
will be but a few days late, however.
Year: 1877

When the girls father emptied wash
tub of water on their heads from an
upper window. 1t came down like a
"grand, majestic sea," you understand.
1t may be that the old gentleman mere
ly wished to illustrate the song-at any
rate, the boys took it as an insult, and
that was the end of the glee club.