smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

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Old lady Seaford is dead. Sorry?
Then let me tell you who she was.
Her first husband was Captain
Hardy, who held Nelson's head
when he died at Trafalgar. Lady
Hardy married Lord Seaford, after
a year Of widowhood, and in 1916
he died, leaving the poor lady lone
and lorn indeed. She was in her
ninetieth year, and her death occur
red some weeks ago, so that i do
not mention it as a very recent
event; but the frail old lady pre-
sents a beautiful picture to my
mind, as l last saw her, standing
in a window at the Palace of Hamp-
den Court. Every American who
has visited London is familiar with
this curious old brick palace, and
has inspected its interesting collec-
ton of pictures and bric-a.brac. 1t
was built for Cardinal Wolsey and
many of the articles he had in
every day use are kept within its
untenanted grand halls and corri-
doris and shown to the crowd.
Very few of the multitudes who
rush out of Hampden Oourt-it is
the only place of the sort open to
the British public on Sundays and
is always jammed to suffocatlon on
those days and all holidays-are
aware that a number of people
have rooms at Hampden Court, and
very elegant rooms they are. These
apartments are given, rent free, by
the government to persons who
have a claim on it, and Lady Sea-
ford was one of these. The last
time l was out at Hampden | saw
her ladyship standing at one Of the
ancient windows, looking out upon
the crowd surging into the picture
galleries at the great entrance gate
below her. She was surrounded by
a group of grandchildren, three Of
those ideally lovely little tots, pecu-
liarly handsome samples Of that
world renowned beautiful little
race - English babies. Nothing
that any painter ever put on canvas
can excel the exceeding beauty Of
the great mass of English children
until they reach about the age Of
ten then they generally lose their
good looks in surprising and pain
ful way and become coarse and
raw-boned, or else thin and sickly
looking. But the picture of this
old aristocratic dame of ninety,
around whose slender face aud form
clustered these three little, round
rosy, tlaxen-haired, red-Cheeked,
Year: 1878

j took an observation of the new
moon, and thought, how bright the
stars are; half provoked that l did
not sink, / deliberately turned over
on my face and clawed my way
again down into the water; but I
again came up, and / said to my
self, | cannot lie here and suffer
my misery, and, calling out, began
swimming toward the Jersey shore.
Two boatmen, whose attention was
attracted, rowed alongside me and
pulled me in with their hands. But
during the whole time, and | must
have been in the water over an hour,
/ did not entirely lose conscious
ness. They pulled me in and brought
me here" "And," the lady at
tendant interrupted, she is never
going to try it again"
Year: 1878

The Son OF an EngIIsh Earl Howl


ing Comic Songs I'm . Music Hall.
London Cor. San Francisco CALL


To really appreciate how great
thing it is to be a lord, it is neces-
sary for the American not only to
come to England, bat to live in
London for a time. He must take
in by continuous residence the in
grain respect for a man of title,
which is part Of the wool and
web Of the physical and mental
construction Of the average English
man. Certainly there is a large
and increasing body of men Of
mind and scholarship in this coun-
try who know well that crank is
the guinea's stamp, and mans the
gold for a. that" as Burns says, but
even Thackery, great a Snob satirist
as be was, confessed that he should
be proud to walk down Piccadilly
with a duke on each arm. The
sentiment is undoubtedly a relic of
that awe entertained by the pie
beiSns in feudal days Of the great
lords and 5aTons who were the
rulers, each Of his own territory,
holding a sovereign's authority over
his people greater than any monarch
now wields, and for the most part
a man Of title in England is also
even yet a solid man in the matter
of belongings.


Yet there are some amazing ex,
ceptions to this rule. Can you be,
lieve that at this very moment there
is clown bowling comic songs at &
music hall, and distorting his body
to amuse a pit full of beer-drinking
pipe-smoking loungers, who is thu
son of an earl, and by birth Wis
count? 1t is true. This man.
name is Viscount Hinton, and he il
the son of Earl Poulett. He ha
been acting clown at the Sure,
! Theater, and is "doing turns" il
the music halls under the name o
"Mr. Oosman." The viscountess
his wife, was ballet girl. The,
have got into this way of life, an(
must sink their rank and fight tn
hard battle the same as any othe
poor strugglers. AS artists l hea
their talent is only tolerable.


think they show wisdom and gooC
taste in dropping the title.
Year: 1878

twenty ThOuSanG People
old and young. every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class OF
community.


We desire our business men to make note
of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
tifingi for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in paper, especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee Of re-
spOnsibiity. Such confidence should not to
abused when it can be helped. We want.
therefore,


The Advertising Patronage
of such business men and firms as wo can
recommend to our friends and the public
without compromising the character of the
paper.


our Terms shall be in Harmon


with the Business Outlook.


Send in Your Favors.
Year: 1878

AN ORDER issued by the War department
directs that public property which has been
condemned by an inspector, or the issue price
of which has been reduced by board of sur
Vey, will not be purchased by the officer re-
SponSlble therefor at the time when it was con-
demned or the price was reduced, nor by any
officer who bore any part in such condemna-
ton or reduction"
Year: 1878

THE ARMY will not by any means be without
its representatives at the Paris exposition
The special orders issued daily by the War de-
partment contain the announcement that
from two to six or ten officers are granted
leave OF absence with permission to go be-
yOnd the sea"
Year: 1878

The best and cheapest clothing
and furnishing goods can always be
found for cash at the Quincy Hall
clothing store, Ducpmmun Block.
You can dress stylishly and with
economy by buying your goods
there. oct31-tf
Year: 1878

Without wishing to be understood as ex-

 pressing dissatisfaction with the prospect of

 having John c. Fremont for Governor, pro- vided change must be made, we must enter our solemn protest against the transfer of Governor Hoyt to another field of guberna. torial labor, just as he has become acquainted with the wants of the people of Arizona, and the people have learned to appreciate his worth as an able and faithful officer; but as yet itis perhaps too early to indulge in re- grets, as there are hopes. that the contem- plated change will be abandoned by the authorities at Washington: and if it is not we are not at all certain that the Governor will accept the new appointment. We know that should he conclude to remain in Pres- colt in the practice of the law, his pecuniary interests would be enhanced by the change from official to private life, and should the President and Senate insist upon sending us John Charles, it is not at all unlikely that we will be gainer to the extent indicated, and instead ofeither the one or the other we may have them both as residents.

 John c. Fremont has been the subject of more unmerited abuse and willful malicious misrepresentation than any man who ever saw this side of the Pacific, and while we regret that there is even slight probability of Governor Hoyt's removal to Idaho, we, stand in with the old "path findern and repeat that if change must be made, and new Governor imported let it be Fremont.
Year: 1878

Wednesday night a drummer for Pitts
burg boot and shoe house, considerably
under the influence of Liquor, mistook
his route and drove his team upon
the trestle bridge of the Edenburg, Sum
nit and Clarion Railroad, just this side
of the Clarion River, supposing it to be
the wagon road. The trestle bridge is
sixty feet up from the ground, and about
the same lergth, but the horses made the
crossing, feeling their way in the dark
ness, step by step. every foot striking a
tie securely, until the distance was trav-
ersed and they stood in safety on tie
other side and just in the mich of time,
too. as the night express came thunder
ing by in five minutes after the drum
mer and team had left the track. It is
easy to imagine the terrible catastrophe
that would have resulted had the train
overtaken the horses and man on tho
bridge. The Waterman at the end the
trestle halted the drummer rs he drove
off the track, but was told to mind his
own business.-Edenburg Herald
Year: 1878

sp Speaking of the State capital mov-
ing, the Boston Post says 1.-the selection
of New Orleans for Louisiana stands in
about the same relation to the conve-
nience and general interosts'o of the State
that the selection of Boston had to Mas
sachusetts,, and 10 one but n visso, ary or
a fool would think ot making any other
city the capital of our Commonwealth :
New Orleans is tho metropolis of the
Southwest and exceptionally well situa-
ted to accommodate public business, and
to make another change row would be to
spend considerable money for change
to the worse"
Year: 1878

By the proclamation of the Governor,
which appears in this mornings Plea
yune, it will be seen that there is to be an
extra session of the General Assem-, bly,. u.


Sixty days, it appears, did not suffice for
the no essary business of legislation.
Why that time was not long enough is
a proper subject Of inquiry !; ana inquiry
Year: 1878

So saying, she began her search for
the road, which was soon found; and,
after four hours of rapid walking, for
which the excitement of the occasion
lent the requisite amount of strength,
she reached Orville.


She lost no time in informing the au-
thorities of the town of her singular adj
venture, producing the casket for their
examination in proof of her statement:


Early in the morning, before most of
the guests had arisen the Orrville House
was surrounded by half dozen men,
evidently intent upon the capture of
some one within. Presently Van Haven
made his appearance on the ground floor
verandah, apparently unconscious that
anything was wrong. The sight of the
police quickly undeceived him; it was
up with him. He was handcufled at
ton of the reason why he was thus
rudely dealt with. Matte came down
just then, after short sleeps and was re-
quested to follow, when the officers
started down the street with their pris-
oner in custody, attended by u large
crowd of excited spectators, which had
soon congregated.


A preliminary examination convinced
all parties of the guilt of Van Havan,
but did not eXonerate Lacy from COM
plicity in the affair. The subsequent in
vestigation, however, fastened the guilt
upon two parties, Van Havan and a
James Thompson, an Orrville man,
with whom the former had been on
terms of suspicious intimacy.


OF course all redress was made to Mr.
Lacy for the hasty opinions of the peo-
pie concerning him, and was accepted
by him as satisfactory. But more ma
bankers was made, when Mr.. johnson
himself, the senior partner of the firm,
rose in the police court and said


"That in consideration of the surpris-
ing good sense and bravery of Miss
Harris in securing the guilty parties in
this robbery, it became his pleasant
duty to present in the name of the firm,
to the former, the sum of ten thousand
dollars, and that the latter the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars, and that he
could accept no refusal"


We need not attempt to describe the
applause and good feeling elected by
these remarks-that is left to the imag-
ination of the reader.


No clamorous demonstrations of graf.
itude were made by either of the recip.
tents of these.princely gifts; but both ex-
| pressed their thanks in single sentence
and retired from the court together amid
the acclamation of the crowd.


Three weeks afterwards, Orrville was
going wild over gay wedding, and had
actually awakened out of its long Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep and the happiesi
couple in town were Charles Lacy and
Matte Harris.
Year: 1878

1t has always been subject of curl
osity and inquiry as to how and where
prairie dogs, living on the prairie, far
away from any river or stream, obtain
their water. Mr.. f. Leech, formerly
of Mercer county, Pa, and a frontiers
man of experience, ass ,rts that the dogs
dig their own wells, each village having
one with a concealed opening. II mat
ters not how far down the water may
be, the dogs will keep on digging until
they reach it. He knows of one such
well two hundred feet deep, and having
a circular staircase leading down to the
waters. Every time dog wants to
drink he descends the staircase, which,
considering the distance, is no mean
task. In digging for water the animals
display as much pluck as in resisting
the efforts of settlers to expel them from
the land of their progenitors.
Year: 1878

The undersigned takes this his thanks
the people Of Yankton particularly and his many
Dakota and Nebraska for the
DUDLEY & HAWLEY through the many years in which
that rm has carried business in this city, and he
desires to call the attention Of these friends
the people generally to the enlarged facilities
sive assortment and roons
firm had provided and which the Dudley
& Hawley, now possesses.


In the line trade and in the manufacture
Tin Copper and Sheet Iron Ware
equal in all respects anything the north
tent.


see the trade of the region which
utary to to this point here spare no effort to
make for the interest Of people within this REGION pur
chase their Hardware Tnware Copper
Stoves, and all other articles in this line from


Yours gratefully and respectfully,
~9 GEO. e. HAWLEY.


Union Block, Third St.
Year: 1878

1t Is it's mission to expose and punish 1t. Nor
can Mr.. Tilden be averse to an Investigation,
If he Is innocent, as he has so explicitly and
frankly averred. It Is in his interest that the
forgeries should be proved II the dispatches
are forgeries; il they are genuine, still it Is
to his advantage that the investigation should
be made as he says that he knows nothing
whatever Of them, and would thus be enabled
to establish the statement in an unmistakable
manner. But whether the investigation
would implicate Mr.. Tilden, Or vindicate him.
the country demands to know the whole
truth of the matter SO industriously circulated
and benefioially applied by the Radical party
in the campaign just ended. That demand
the Democratic Congress should meet. 1t


cannot even appear to condone fraud by a re-
fusal to do this. Let an investigation be Or
dered at once, and let Mr.. Whitelaw Reid be
given an opportunity to substantiate his
charges under oath. Coming. as they do,
from the venal organ Of Jay Gould, the public
Is not disposed to accept them as true without
further proof. Put all the parties connected
with the dispatches those implicated by
them, as well as those who give them circula-
tion, on the stand. Let the testimony be
given to the people and they will make up
O. righteous verdict
Year: 1878

movable as adamant. Wherever he went he was
hooted, scorned, almost spit upon by the peo-
pIe, Hishayonets carried no terror with them
They invoked only the hatred and contempt.
of the people upon q government SO mean
and cowardlv as to send such band Of cut
throats. under the leadership Of such brute,
to interfere with the freedom OF elections,
and to intimidate free American citizens.


In the face of Dog Merrill and his troops,
the people carried the election In the Red
river valley by an overwhelming majority,
and Merrill sullenIy Withdrew carrying with
him as the only trophy he had won with MS
bayonets, from citizens Of Louisiana armed
with the ballot and a spirit to defend it, the
euphonious title of "Dog Merrill the Vulture
OF the Army"


Now then, we invite the Collector, the Mar
shall and the District Attorney to proceed with
the prosecutions; our ears are keenly anu
eagerly listening for the blast Of their war
trumpet. II this Invitation Is not sufficient
and they need more encouragement, we warn
them that unless they move forward brlskly,
off will go their heads. Their masters are in
no temper for delay. They must persecute to
the full extent Of their power and ability, and
if that power and ability are insufficient, let
them see to It that they throw into their
work sufficient fury and malevolence to make
themselves secure In Washington


There is O. tendency amongst our people to
divide into two parties, and we do not wish to
see that yet AS we have remarked, we are
for solid Louisiana; hence we hope to see the
Custom House trio proceed with theirpersecu-
tions and we sincerely hope they will emu
late, In their crusade, the rancor, ferocity and
brutality of Dog Merrill. That will do us no
harm and it will solidify our people for 1879
and 1880. Gentlemen, "hoop our fellows up
you will save your own bacon and you will do
us o great service.
Year: 1878

The merchants OF Caldwell parish have dis
patched to st. Louis for goods, the Columbia
Herald says, because 1t will be dangerous 10
use goods from New Orleans until after JAN
uary. We would like to hear who pronounces


it dangerous to use goods from this City
The doctors are divided ON many points OF
yellow fever; there are O thousand theories
held by them on almost every point OF this
disease, but on this one point at least, that
there is no danger from goods shipped now
from New Orleans, there Is no division Of SEN
timent among them. OF course, it is difficult
to discuss this question, because many per-
sons will think New Orleans preiudiced In
this case from Interested motives. Let the
people In the country dependent on this city
submit the question to disinterested persons,
and follow their advice. It is to be hoped that
there will be al end of those wild Ideas about
the fever that were so freely circulated dur
ing the epidemic. This whole question must
be tested and investigated In q thorough and
sensible manner. These wild frights and ab-
surd stories do fully as much harm as false
hood and carelessness on the other side The
devastation of the late epidemic has convinced
the country that the injuries of yellow fever
must all be made known. The Yellow Fever
Commission has decided the Mobile quaran-
tine absurd and unnecessary, while the
doctors are unanimous against the theory
Of the transmission Of the fever by letter or in
merchandise after g frost. To circulate
stories to the contrary is as preindicial to the
investigation now being made into this dis
ease, as to deny It's importablity and it's trans
mission by person and clothing during the
prevalence of the epidemic. Let us have the
truth on this subject, and cry down all those
who through motives Of interest and gain,
knowingly circulate false stories and theories
cnnnnrninp il.
Year: 1878

Radical papers are loudly applauding the
decision of the Supreme Court of Florlda that
the votes In the late election should be can
vassed as cast thus eleotng the Republican
candidate In the Second District. In 1876 the
same Supreme Court declared that the votes
for President should be counted as COST. thus
giving the State to Mr., Tilden by small ma
iority. Then these same papers denounced
the court for interfering with the Returning
BOARD and sustained the fraudulent declara-
lion Of that body that the State went for
Hayes. This change OF front seems 10 require
some exclamation.
Year: 1878

The Democrats in the State Legislature OF
Alabama have been canvassing for q week
over the Senatorship to be vacated by the
carpet-bagger Spencer on the fourth Of March
next. Gov Houston is the leading candidate,
having within few votes OF a majority over
all the others. The two-thirds rule prevails,
and it is now unlikely that any OF the presenV
candidates will secure the caucus nomination,
which Is equivalent to an election. The con-
test Is an earnest one, and it is probable that
the necessary two-thirds can only be secured
by bringing In some new man.
Year: 1878

Now that the yellow fever has disappeared,
quarantine restrictions been removed. and
free intercourse with the interior re-estab-
lshed. we propose to issue on the first OF De-
oember O. comprehensive statement OF the
commerce. Of New Orleans for the past fifteen
months.


On that occasion we design issuing one ol
the largest editions ever sent torth from
newspaper office in the Southwest, and we
respectfully suggest to our advertising
friends to make q note Of this announcement
and govern themselves accordingly.
Year: 1878

Minnesota owes millions OF dollars OF rail-
road bonds. and these she Is desirous OF
getting back cheap. 1t became evident some
time ago that the holders Of these bonds
would never get paid in full for them. This
the bondholders readily admitted. and
agreed to submit a proposition to the
people to fund their bonds at fifty cents
on the dollar A vote was taken on this ques-
tion in 1876 and showed q majority OF three
fourths of the entire voting population OF the
State against the proposition. This year a
second arrangement was submitted to the
people of Minnesota, by which the bond
holders were to get thirty cents on tho dollar,
but this also was voted down by an immense
majority. The people of Minnesota are will
ing to compromise, but they want to compro
mise at cheap rates, say five cents on the
dollar. In the meanwhile, they havo the
railroads that these bonds built,
Year: 1878

A SPECIAL election will be held short.
ly in the Twelfth New York Congress
District to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Alex. Smith, Republican. The
district is Democratic by reasonable
majority when popular candidate is in
the field. Potter carried it two years ago,
over Brandreth, by 5,018.
Year: 1878

powers are friendly, and there is every
reason to believe the arrangements for the
pacification Of Europe made by the treaty
of Berlin will be satisfactorily carried out.
Estimates for the ensuing year will in due
time be submitted to the house of com
mons.
Year: 1878

ANY real issues should be welcomed in
the political discussion of the country -
The issues which divided the old parties
exist no longer. Ifany number OF people
can stand together on common platform
and tell what they mean, and what they
want, by all means let them do so. We
are obliged 70 meet all real questions in a
republican Government. They cannot be
lodged or covered up. You may deuounce
any kind Of cheap labor or lahor-saving
machinery as bitter against reaping
machine as against Chinaman and are
spending your talent in burning the one
Or abusing the other, rather than working
vt the good wages offered to you-al ..
you who have grievances, como together
and formulate them, and let us 60 before
the American voters, ninety nine hun
dredths Of whom are workingmen, and
plead our cause. Anythingis is better thsn
stagnation, or the war of old parties over
dead issues. We generally see in any
new idea some measure of truth which
the country needs, and welcome in any
event full and free discussion, as the
only means to find out what is true and
worth preserving. Welcome, therefore,
all real issues, and may truth prevail -
Boston Herald.