smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

The farmer VIC have been looking for
has just arrived in Thurston County, and
from the following item we are led TO be-
lieye he Is one OF the many grain-growcrS
in the Eastern States, who back their seed
wagons up to hillside. and with strong
powder and cannon. shoot the seed into
the rocky surface, but nevertheless raise
passable crops. "A farmer, who pro-
tesSes to have had a large experience in
prairie tlllage, offers to wager his teams,
wagon and entire outfit that he can raise
good wheat on the poorest specimen OF
Washington Territory prairies. He says,
the grain should be sown in the tall, and
a drill should be used in every instance





THE general game law, passed at the
last session Of the Legislature, is n good
one, and it is hoped it will be rigidly en-
foced whenever thoughtless sportsmen
will kill game out of the season, for the
purpose of selling the same. The law
does not prohibit the killing of game for
home consumption. The law expired
Aug. 1st, and since then we have seen
many large deer that have come too near
the rifle. Only yesterday, we saw gen.
tIeman with a buck, and judge it would
weigh over $50 pounds.
Year: 1877

The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly
review of the British corn trade says most of
England's wheat crop is now cut but the cur.
ing of the grain has been greatly delayed by
the persistent rain fall which has been expert
enced in many parts Of the kingdom, especi-
ally In the northern counties. Fortunately
the temperature has not been unreasonable,
so the damage from sprouting has not been so
great as would have been the case had the
wheat been normally warm. Disastrous re-
ports reach us from Scotland, where the
storms and rainfall have wrought irreparable
damage, both in cereals and hay, which has
fairly rotted on the ground under the excess
sive moisture. The harvest in the north would
have been three weeks or q month late under
any circumstances, but the recent storms rem.
der it problematical when the crops will be
secured. The weather has also been unfavor-
able for, potatoes and the disease has been
spreading in an alarming manner: The yield
Of cereals taken together is decidedly bad
throughout the kingdom and the condition in
which good deal Of wheat has been gathered
snd stacked render It improbable that offer
lngs at principal markets will be on anything
but limited scale for several weeks to come.
The quality Of the new grain is decidedly in.
fsrior to last year, and, a considerable ad-
mixture Of dry foreign will be required to
render 1t fit for present use.
Year: 1877

An unknown man fo1cibly entered the
residence Of Richard Bailing, three miles north
Of st. Paul, Indiana, on the night of the 7th,
chopping out the window, and taking the Ak
in with him.. The old gentleman. was CON-
PEELED to show him over the house to get all
the money, and while the burglar was exam.
ming the bureau, he struck him on the head,
killing him instantly He then went back
to bed, and did not make It known until next
morning,
Year: 1877

A heavy rain storm begaa at Atlantic
city on the night Of the 7th, and continued all
day The tide was higher than ever before here,
doing great damage to property. The excur-.
sion house was carried out to sea. Railroads
were covered with two or three feet Of water,
extinguishing fires In locomotives.
Year: 1877

to see it. Tilden's nephew. Col. Pelton,
in refusing to answer proper questions
and increasing the suspicious of many
by his vulgar mysteries, witness after
witness refusing to answer, until at last
the deciphered kilograms showed up the
case and filed every decent Democrat
with disgust, No one who hears the
conversation in influential Democratic
circles can doubt now that Tilden's
nomination was mistake for the par
ty. 1t is freely granted that he is
sound Democrat in principles, and few
doubt that he would have called able
men around him had he b,come Presi-
dent, but his fussinesS, his propensity
to delay what should be done at once;
his vice of working by indirect, mystic
riouS and secret means, his constant in
reference in petty details, and appar-
emily Unsuitable grasp for power and in
fluence; his want of well balanced and
steady judgment, and the increasing
belief that he was fighting for his own
interest rather than for the party, have
all combined to thoroughly ALLEVIATE
great number of Democratic members
and senators from him, and the regret
at their defeat and their irritation at
what they believe to be injustice is not
intensified by any sorrow for him.


The correspondent proceeds to argue
that the tone and moral standard of the
Democratic party is different from and
much higher than Tilden's or that of
the people who seem most directly and
closely to represent him, and that if
Hayes is wise and conciliatory to the
south he will win to his support and
party enough of the southern Demo-
Gratis to break the existing color line in
politics, and thus damage the Demo-
cratic party, which is now without
leader.
Year: 1877

WESTON, September IL, 1877.
Correspondence OF the Register.


1t is TO be hoped tor the peace and
prosperity of the State, that the location
of the State Capital will now be allowed
to rest. A majority OF the people, OF
their own tree will, have decided that the
permanent seat of government shall be
At Charleston, in the county OF hanawha,
On and after the first day, OF May, 1888.


| have from first to last looked upon
the act submitting the question to vote
of the people in the light OF legislative
writ of inquiry to ascertain where n ma
iority OF the people desired the State
Capital should be located. And now,
that they have by their vote decided the
question, hold that good faith demands
that the legislature pronounce judgment
upon their verdict. Let the Legislature
pass laws pursuant to the Constitution, so
as to carry out fully the instructions
of the voters, as by them expressed
at the ballot boxes. The peop-e OF
Charleston and the Third District made
a heroic effort, and won. and now TO de-
nv them the benefit of their labors would
be unjust, and too much like children :
play. | am sure there is no member OF the
present Legislature, however great his
disappOintment, who would so lar forget
himself as not to carry out in good faith
the verdict OF the people.


The erection of the public buildings
such rs the capitol and executive mar =
sion, should be proceeded with ut once,
so that by May lst, 1888, they would be
ready tor occupancy. 80 long rs the
question remains open 1t will breed DIS
content, retard the growth OF the State,
DELAY lis development and keep out I'M
migration and capitaI. | hold that not
withstsnding the county of Lewis gave
within few votes of twelve hundred
majority tor Clarksburg and myself one
OF that number, according to every pm
ciple of fair dealing, the Capital question
Is now forever settled, and the people OF
Charleston and the Tnird district entitled
to the full fruits OF their victory.


II the people 1n other localities pre-
terred TO let the election go bg detdt't,
amt are HosC dissatisfied tCith the result
then hare no one to bLdHse Jut MenlseLpes.


Many important measures were lett
unfinished and unaCted upon at the close
OF the last session tor the want OF time.
The capital question and the election OF
two United Stages Senators occupied
much of the forty -ave days OF the Con-
sLitutiotfal term. Since then We have
been met and confronted with threaten
ings and disasters now seemingly quiet
ed and at rest, but which may break out
at any moment with redoabled fury, IN
volving the life of the citizen and the
peace OF the common wealth


In the present state OF affairs, 1t would
seem that both patriotism and good
craftsmanship require an assembling OF
the Legislature in extra session, and the
enactment of such laws as would meet
the public demands, sllsy the growing
discomfort, and trsnquiiize the country.


WM L. ARNOLD.
Year: 1877

We have been having some fine rains
in this vicinity for the last week. Last
evening | witnessed grand storm, ac-
companied with plentiful supply o.
thunder and lightning. All along the
line of road nave travelled the farmers
are busy getting in their wheat. The
ground is in elegant condition for such
work.
Year: 1877

Abouthalf past O'clock this morning
a little girl about year and a half old,
daughter Of molder named Charlie s
Brokate, fell out of a third-story Win
dow at No. Fifteenth street.


The lit e girl got on u chair and thence
to table which was standing in front
Of a window.


She then got on the sill, and, losing
her balance, tumbled out. She struck
the stone sill OF the window in the Sec
ond story, and then turning summer
sault was precipitated to the curbstones 5
of the alley beneath.


Her mother Immediately ran down and
picked up her daughter, VINO was bleed
ing profusely from the mouth. The lit
tie girl did not seem to have sustained
any other outward injuries.
Drs. Werner and Buc6uer were cailed
in, and were oi the opinion that tie girl
received iaternal injuries.
Year: 1877

mined to get new cloak. While 1 was
considering how much money TO take
out OF the bank for the purpose, L hap
pened to think how wicked it was Tor
me to go Haunting around in new
cloak when there was 30 many poor
starving creatures In the world. So l
concluded one of Johu's old coats, al
tered over, would do, and could keep
my money in the bank" There is some.
thing iu this story that will carry alarm
to the husbands who already have her.
culean task TO keep one spare coat out
of the clutches of the Italian vendor OF
plaster Paris cats and cracked vases.
Year: 1877

To a man or woman without an appetite
"the best the market affords" presents little
or no attractions. The sooner such hap.
less individual puts the gastric organ in q
condition to enjoy the edible comforts which
bountiful providence has provided, the
more reason there will be to feel grateful for
the suggestion, To do this, invigorate the
stomach with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which will enable that organ to digest prop,
erly, and, since good digestion is the parent
Of appetite, give birth to desire for food at
the intervals appointed by nature With
chronic want of appetite are usually ASSOCIATE
ed nervousness, biliousness and constpa-
tion, three evils which are speedily overcome
by the Bitters. All persons ofadyspeptic or
bilious tendency should use this healthful
tonic daily, or atleast three or four times a
week. Apursuance of this course will soon
insure and confirm a radical change for the
better in the condition of the stomach and
associate organs.
Year: 1877

The New York Times prefacesa careful
review of the feeling, condition and pros
poets of the different branches of trade
in that city with the following re-
marks:-


When, last fall, business men were in
vited to say what the prospect in trade
was for the immediate future, they were
full Of confidence that "the bottom had
been reached" and that new era of
prosperity was about to begin. 1t did
not begin, however, Immediately, and the
winter, to most of them, was one of des-
pondency. Since then very slight gen.
eral improvement has taken place, and
the condition and prospects are given as
they appear to the merchants themselves.
10 the grain trade there is great hope of u
good time coming with the immense
crops from the West, and there is q
steady, bealthful growth in the produce
and grocery trades, which encourages
men who are satisfied with small profits
The volume of business done by grocers
is larger up to this time than it was at a
corresponding date last year; the cloth
ing manufacturers are feeling small, but
good inquiry for their wares there has
been, and is animation among the boot
and shoe manufacturers, and the hatters
say they have not done so much business
for many years. Hard as the times are
called, the piano makers have had good
business, and the dry goods trade reports
Indicate an improvement of from 30 to 80
per cent. in leading houses. There is not
50 much disposition to day as there was
last August to make sanguine predic-
nons but the conviction is strong upon
business men that they will keep the
ground they have recovered and con-
tlnue to do fair business with moderate
returns. "a taJraa4 at asa.
Year: 1877

TIE West is fast rivaliDg the East, not only In
material products but In the offspring Of intellect
and taste. This is happily illustrated by that superb
fashion and literary publication Andrews Bazar,
published at Cncinna.i ut the low price OF one dol
lar per annuin. In The matter Of information IN
dress and society, and practical guide In man
tua-making, IT Is one Of the events Of the year.
Year: 1877

JOIN Y. KELLEY, the nominee OF tine
Workjngmen's party in Belmont county
for Prosecuting Attorney, printed card
in the last issue of the Bellsire LeadeT,
Withdrawing IRON the candidacy and
declaring IN favor of the election OF the
Democratic ticket. The TACT is, the
Democratic party has always been the
party Of the laboring man, and it is the
only party which in the near future is
likely 10 have the power to ali him
Stick to the old ship.
Year: 1877

The Charleston Journal asks the
REGISTER to INFORM it why the State
School Board proposes to sell the bank
stock belonging to the State. We do not
Know unless 1t is because the law re-
CURES it TO do so.
Year: 1877

THH county commissioners of Gray


son county, says the Register, have


been considering the instructions OF


the Comptroller, based upon the opin-
ion of the Attorney General, as to their
powers Is an equalization board. They
asked the opinion Of County Attorney
Cowies and also of Judge Hare, and
these gentlemen came before the court
and presented their views, both of
them dissenting very decidedly from
the opinion OF the Attorney General
end the instructions based thereon:
They held that the law clearly gives to
the commissioners the power TO equalize
all assessments made, and that their
action in so doIngis in strict compliance
with the law. The Texas and Pacific
Railroad is much affected BY the action
OF the board of equalizers, and would
he relieved, but the commissioners will
not be led from their course in this
matter. And it is we'll enough that
somebody is found to take a stand
against the low valuation OF property
by this road. The State has done
enough for it to receive fair valuation
for taxation in return.
Year: 1877

THE New York Herald says of the


present aspect of the political aEairs


of the country that positive, aggres-


sive policy is demanded a. the hands


of psrtyleaders and of statesmen; a


policy looking to its relief from the


general prostranon of industry; in


tended to revive commerce by the re-


moval of restrictive laws; designed TO


enable us TO sell our surplus manufac-


lures abroad and thus reopen the doors
of our workshops; framed with the


sole end Of freeing the hands of pro-
duetioff, anu with H statesmsn-iike
comprehension of the situation. The


man who comes to this work with lit.
tie knowledge, with a mind half made
up, without enthusiasm and determine.
ton, had as we'll leave it alone. If he
does not feel that the country suffers,
and if he does not know why, his is
not the leaders place. But let no one
believe that the new question can be
pushed down. There are men in both
houses who will take care they are not.
Free government would be a farce if
parcel of demagogues could 90 on
squabbling about dead issues, with
labor and capital both groaning for re-
lief aud every interest in the land lying
PROSTATE. The men who, like the
stupid Republican candidate in Ohio,
want ''neither contraction nor expan-
sion;" the men who gable about free
trade and protection when the question
is of existence, the noble army of trim
mers who continue to sit on the fence
and declare themselves for peace" "
will have to stand aside
Year: 1877

wzES Governor Throckmorton was
in the city he was asked by several
gentlemen whether he would accept a
nomination for the Office of Governor.
He said that he was not now an office
seeker, and that his private and pro-
fessional affairs so sadly needed his at
tention that he was not sure that ne
could serve ont his term in Congress.
But the ways of the politician are
somewhat like that Of the 'Heathen
Chinee-p
Year: 1877

PREfrpENT HAYEs's course in refus-
ing the special palace car is worthy of
mention on the heels of Preside
Grant accepting everything in sight.
He has, by this act, done much to re-
move from official conduct the debauch-
Ing influence of personal pickings by
men in authority. 1t is well served
notice to all concerned, that the Fed
eral administration is not to be rode or
dined INTO class legislation or class
favoritism. The public conscience is
no longer to be shocked or corrupted
by bribes, delicately administered on
special cars, prepared with refresh
mepts for outer and also for the inner
man.
Year: 1877

wisdom of the President. II, therefore,
the speakership may be SO used by the
President that he may destroy Blaine
and Batter and the enemies of the
South and OF the Presidents policy, it
surely becomes US TO see that he is'
chosen speaker among Democrats
whose elevation will be most promotive
OF the Presidents triumph in his con-
test with the extreme men Of bis own
Year: 1877

Recent advices from old Sitting Bull
would indicate that the old scalper is moi
altogether happy on British soil. There
is not much doubt but what he longs for
more blood, but as long as he is a resi-
dent of Johnny Bulls dominions, he will
have to behave himself In the mean
time, the rich gold fields of the Big Horn
country, and the occupation by the
whites of the former haunts of Sitting
Bull, will have tendency to dispense
with his company on this side of the
line for the future. Even there will be
no room for him and his followers should
he become a thoroughly good, christian
Indian.
Year: 1877

open afreSh the wounds OF year ago,
and bring fresh cup Of sorrow to the
grief stricken The brave ones who fell
on that dreadful field deserve all the hon.
ors that can be paid them and the great
est honor that could be conferred would
be to bury them where they fell. Loving
hearts and willing hands would have
planted flowers about their graves and a
grateful people would have contributed
to the erection Of suitable monument.
This may yet be done for the private SOL
diers but will it be done?


In reply to your question I feel that
something must be done and enclose here
with the sum of ten dollars towards con-
structing a suitable ,nonument:in memo
ry Of the enlisted men who fell. Now
that the remains of the officers have been
removed nothing can be done for the en-
listed men except ~ the action Of their
friends all over the country who are
willing TO contribute their mites. I en-
close you my offering and invite others
to do the same and if they feel as I do
about it a suitable monument can be erec-
ted this fallto the enlisted men who fell.
A grateful country will provide for the
officers. A steamboat was sent for their
remains. But who is there. to care for the
enlisted men whose hearts still bleed for
the loss of their loved ones?


The TRIBUNE acknowledges the receipt


-s-r - 49, =
of ten dollars from the author of the above
and five dollars from lady who, like the
gentleman, refuses the use of her name
for the present and accepts the trust.
We have appointed Col. John H. Stew
ems, President of the Bismarck TRIBUNE
Company, a well known and responsible
party. treasurer, to receive such further
contributions as may be forwarded. He
will see that the money is faithfully ex-
pended for the purpose for, xhich it is
contributed-for monur at to be erect
ed on the field in memory of the enlisted
men who fell in that most terrible Of all
Indian massacres-the battle of the Little


Horn, and the TRIBUNE will acknowl.
edge through it's columns all contribu


tons Of one dollar or upwards, publishing
the nsme Of the party where, the contrib.
utter 'wsillspermit the use If his Or hei
name. We repeat, now that the remain,
Of the officers have been removed what
shall BE done for the enlisted men who
fell'
Year: 1877

THE Confederate General Forrest,
whose serious illness has been reported,
Is ffty-six years of age. His life has
been one wherein he became Injured to
exposure, and this gave him confidence
in his powers of physical endurance
which, perhaps, was unfortunate. The
consequence has been an exposure dur
ing late years which must have been
most trying. On his plantation on
Presidents Island he has given his farm
work his strict attention. Often till IL
o'clock he would be out in the poison
Gus night air seeing to his stock. A
perfect bundle of energy. he gave to
everything his personal supervision.
The result is he now lies a shattered
man on the verge of the grave.
Year: 1877

FIRST Counselor John W. Young,
the nearest the throne of all the sons
of the late prophet Brigham, is making
haste to qualify himself for church
duties. He is about to take second
wife, Miss Cobb, blushing maiden of
sixteen being his choice, but his first
wife has combed his hair with a three
legged stool and then departed the bed
and board of her liege. Miss Cobb is a
step daughter of Brigham, and church
and family interests are both served by
the scandalous alliance.
Year: 1877

Washington, Sept 22.-Thirty thou
sand models were destroyed by the fire
in the Patent Office. The value of the
property lost in the abstract will aggre-
gate about 81, 100000, but as a large
class of models cannot or will not be
replaced, the actual loss will probably
not reach over 100000. The Patent
Office has to its credit with the Trea-
sury, over and above its earnings, a
sum sufficient to meet this expenditure,
but it cannot be used without an ap-
preparation by Congress.
Year: 1877

New YORK, Feb, 1.-THE "World's"
Washington despatch says:-several Demo-
cratic members of the Electoral Commission
who were of the committee which formed
the law under which the commission is
acting, have had conferences of an informal
nature in order to compare notes and re-
fresh their recolections as to the interpre-
tation which was put upon the bill while in
committee, regarding the matter of going
behind the returns in disputed States. They
have very generally agreed that 1t was con"
ceded by the Republican members of the
commission that the bill distinctly author
lied the investigation of the facts of the
returns, To what extent they might carry
their Interpretation of this feature of the
law is a question to be decided in the future.
1t may be carried to serious extent, or
imply be placed upon the record the tribunal
in the form of protest.