smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

: WIHuUH nep0rGer.J


Judging from the conduct of the superin.
tesndent, we infer the investigation is any
thing but what he desired, and we hope the
committee will make thorough work of the
investigation. Evidently the inside working
of that institution has needed day light for
some time, and let the committee show Dr.
Bartlett whether the Legislature has any
authority to send a commission to St. Peter
to examine his management of the hospital.
It is about time that Bartlett stepped ssdown
and out" Let the committee be thorough
'sLet no guilty man escape
Year: 1878

Enough evidence has been taken to show
that one of the principal keepers, man by
the name of Belts, has been unnecessarily
cruel in his treatment of patients, one death,
at least, being charged to his attempts to
force medicine down the unwilling throat of
a man named Mcdonald. The food also
has not been properly prepared. If one
half that has been testified to SO far is true,
it is evident there should be complete
change in the management of the asylum,
and some one severely punished.
Year: 1878

Little Falls Transcript.


One patient named Mcdonald had a
wooden plug forced into his throat, and was
strangled to death with some soup that a
male nurse named Belts and another man
were trying to make him eat.


A female patient named Nancy Kidney
was placed in bath tub, and scalded to
death with hot water. It was claimed that
the hot water was turned on by mistake, but
it is probable that the attendant was angry
because the woman would not do as required,
and took this method to punish her.
Year: 1878

The GLOBE acknowledges the receipt of a
communication signed by several of the en-
ployes of the Insane Asylum at St. Peter.
The communication, which appears else
where, disclaims for the signers any desire
to secure favor with the management, but
they simply desire an opportunity to relieve
themselves of false accusations. The GLOBE
is very far from assuming that there is no
humanity in the asylum. On the contrary,
it grants and believes that the larger portion
of the attendants seek to do their duty
properly. 1t does not follow from this that
there is nothing wrong and that there is no
neglect or cruelty. There is an abundance
of this latter conduct, and the correspond
ents of the GLOBE should join us in working
for reformation in the management. In no
other way can they bo relieved of odium
themselves.
Year: 1878

The committee have the best of it SO far,
in their difference with the parties. They
can afford to do things openly, since they
mean to do them squarely. Let the chicane,
the juggling, be on the other side, if the
hospital managers think they can afford to
meet investigation that way.


The examination has gone on smoothly
enough, showing some instances of ungentle,
if not brutal, conduct on the part of one at
tendant, if the testimony of other hostile at
tendants is entirely true.
Year: 1878

THE GLOBE will be furnished every day In the
week to city subscribers at IS cents per month $40
per year.


By mail the SUNDAY GLOBE will be one dollar per
year in addition to the rate given above for mail
subscriberS.
Year: 1878

Preston Republican.


Later inquiries established the fact that
great cruelty has been practiced by one
Belts, an empleye of the asylum, who has
been in the habit of forcing food and medi-
cine down the throats OF patients by means
of a wooden plug, with which he would pry
open their mouths. This cruel wretch was
hated and despised by the other attendants,
who represent him as mean and quarrel
some wretch. Why the authorities would
retain such man is more than can be
guessed at. One patient was choked to
death by careless treatment and another
scalded to death.
Year: 1878

TAcoMA.-The Tacoma Herald
says: "Our shipping facilities
are fully equal to those of
Seattle, and our harbor is super
ior, beng entirely sheltered from
the heavy winds which nearly
always come from the west and
occasionally stir up the boats at
the Seattle wharves. What a
harbor should have ours does
not lack; and having the further
advantage OF Seattle in being so
situated as to see the railroad
first if it comes from the east
across the mountains, we can
but think our chances Of secur-
ing the terminus are far better
than those Of the modest dwell
ers on Elliott Bay. who " must
have all the shipping, the ship
building and the manufactur-
ing"


Our neighbor of the Herald
has evidently never read the
private report Of Mr.. Garfield,
the special agent appointed by
the railroad directors, to eX-
anime and report upon suitable
site for railroad terminus, in
which he pronounces Tacoma as
utterly impractlcable as the site
fer a commercial city. 1t is an
indisputable fact that when the
terminus was located at Tacoma,
it was only because the company
had not the means of extending
the road to Seattle, md not one
of the directors then believed it
would be the final terminus.
But we do not blame the Herald
for fighting for the machine it
runs with"
Year: 1878

The movement engineered by
Montgomery Blair, Postmaster
General under President Lincoln,
to the support Of which Dana,
Assistant Secretary of War
under Stanton, has given the full
tribute Of his mighty genius,
to remove Hayes and install
Tllden in the Presidency, has
proved the greatest fizzle that
has ever befallen so pretentious
an undertaking. The Herald has
had nearly every Senator and
Member of the House interview
ed on the subject, and publishes
their several expressions, which
are almost unanimously against
the project, both on the ground
of policy and on principle. 1t
is held by all the leading men
of hoth political parties, that in
the creation Of the commission
and the concurrence in the de-
cision Of that tribunal by every
department of the Government,
the power of Congress over the
question was exhausted and the
installation Of Mr.. Hayes was
fnality which vested in him the
Office beyond any power in the
Government to revoke. Senator
Dennis, through whom the me-
Year: 1878

The New York Herald, the
ablest newspaper in this or any
other country, in speaking OF
the scandal about Bishop Nc
Coskry, of Michigan, which was
first given to the public through
the Chicago Times, the most in
famous vehicle of slander in the
United States, says; The story
about the aged Bishop of Michi-
gan was offered to the Herald
before it appeared in the Chicago
Times, but we declined it on the
ground that the immortality
charged had not come under the
cognizance of auy court Of justice
or ecclesiastical body, and that
the press has no right to make
infamous by publishing calum-
MES which can be traced to no
responsible source. We must
not be understood to mean that
worthy men in the ministerial
profession ought not to be eX-
posed, but only that the charac-
ter of no man in any profession
ought to be destroyed unless
upon strong evidence from re


sponsible sources. The license
Of the press in its assaults on
the characters of public and
private men has become truly
alarming. 1t ought to be check
cd by a sense of justice and in
the interest of public morals.
The press has no right to permit
itself to be made the vehicle of
irresponsible calumniators." " The
same view of the case is taken
by the New York Sun, the
Philadelphia Times and the lead
ing press of the country gener-
ally, while the scandalous report
has only been accredited and en-
dorsed by such as Wilbur f.
Story, of the Chicago Times,
who omits no opportunity to
bIacken the fair fame of others
in high social position, in order
to lessen by diffusion the odium
of his own social delinquencies.


Samuel Allen McCoskry, now
a years of age, was educated at
West Point, and had risen to the
rank Of Captain in the United
States Army before he took
orders in the church. He was
elected a Bishop, if we remem-
ber correctly, in 1885. The
writer Of this was delegate in
the first convention over which
he presided as Bishop, over 40
years ago, and knew him well.
Year: 1878

lie was the finest looking man
on the Board of Bishops, and all
loved him like a brother on ac-
count Of his geniality, generosi-
ty and kindness. In fact. we
never met a man, in any walk in
life, of more attractive qualities
to all classes, or one who seemed
endowed with larger degree of
generosity, benevolence and uni
versal philanthropy. 1t is said
ofhim by Bishop Clarkson: "He
was always helping every body
in every grade of society, high
or low, who appealed to him.
He always went about doing
good" f" He was known in every
town and hamlet IN Michigan,
and no man was more highly
esteemed or universally loved.
1t is almost incredible that a
man who had passed seventy
four years with no breath of
suspicion upon his purity of life,
should at that age be guilty of a
foul crime against society. But
his very virtues exposed him to
the villainous designs of black
mailers,, and the present scandal
is probably the result of a foul
conspiracy.


Admonished by the weight of
years and the consequent failure
of both mental and physical
powers, that his days of useful
ness were nearly over, he ten
dered his resignation to the
House of Bishops on the 18th of
March and started on a trip to
Europe. After spending few
days in visiting Peter William
son, an old friend in Philadel-
phia, he went to New York,
where he was met by the publ
cation of this slanderous report,
upon which he addressed a letter
of the following import to Mr..
Williamson:


GA miserable vagabond, who
has been in prison, processes to
have some letters written by me
more than five years ago to a
poor orphan girl. They have
been published, and | suppose
you have read them. The imita-
tion Of my handwriting is said
to be good, We go back to De
troit, as l am too good soldier
to retreat when a gun is firing.
If | am to be stricken down by
the hand of an assassin | shall
fall with my whole armor on
! 1t is barely possible that an
old man in his dotage may have
committed indlscretions for
which he is scarcely morally
accountable; but it is much
more probable that an attempt
has been made to victimize him
from interested or malicious mo
tives. Common charity demands
a suspension of judgment until
the matter has been investigat-
ed. 1t is certainly time that
public ser rtiment should condemn
the too common practice Of
sensational newspapers of assail-
ing personal reputation for the
purpose Of selling papers.





The Blair Movernent.
Year: 1878

Captain Murphy, of the Twenty-first Pre-
einct brought TO the CorOners Office yesterday John
O'Donne one of the boarding with Mrs. Mary
Coggns at No 30 East Twenty-ninth-st. With James
Wade he is thought by many Ohave brought about her
death on July "a. II that these two men lived
with her the fourth floor Of the house. They had
been of work for long time, and intoxicated
the greater part of the time On Tuesday night they
were very noisy, ana disturbed her alter sine had
70 bed In the morning her dead body found in the
yard below, with towel wrapped about the head The
fact that disturbance occurred between them the
night before have been the OF connect
ing these two drunken with her DEATH II also
learned that Wade left the house with his trunk yester
day.


Xt the Coroner's office II Is believed that these two
men had nothing do with her death than, posi-
bly. by their drunken camOr TO have induced her to
leave her room and sleep either on the roof or IRE
escape where she evidently covered her face with "a
towel, and aiterward fell 70 the yard below while
asleep. Coroner W0ltmap committed ODOnnell TO the
OF Detention 20 await the result OF the inquest
Saturday. Wade's disappearance Is thought 10 be due
Oily TO natural feaI Of being suspected OF completely
the case but he, too will doubtless be arrested when
Year: 1878

A trestle-work railroad has been built on
the New-York side OF the East River bridge, similar IN
appearance the that has been in use Tor seVern
months on the Brooklyn side. 1t IL about sixty feet III
heghth and over the Doyerst side Of the anchorage
approach to the bridge The object OF Its construction Is
TO facilitate moving into position OF the huge blocks
Of granite that the face and arches OF the anchor
age Some Of these granite blocks weigh nearly Yen l0ns
great difficulty By of the engine which runs along
the track the top OF the trese, they are moved easily


and quickly. BY an arrangement OF the machinery
of the engine 10 be used either as hoistng or loco
motive power Thus when II has lifted block TO tue
with the running and along the track carry
ing with II the block suspended below When thls Is
over the position for which IL s intended the engine IL
stOpped and the block lowered into ITS proper place
IL is found to be convenient ana eXpedtOus arrange
meDt
Year: 1878

fish, flesh or fowl. When an American gets under
his own roof he - always happy in Paris and the
ladies especially become attached to it, In short
would enable man here 10 keep his family in as
good position in polite society could be done at
a cost OF SIC, 600 in New-YOrk that there were GER
tain expenses necessary TO position that were not
required here. and that fine showing can be made
off of limited purse
Year: 1878




GRAY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.


Deputy-sheriff Harrington, of Chautauqua
County N Y, came to the Police Central Office yester-
day with bench warrant issued by the Court OF oyer
and Termmer of that county for the arrest OF whitney
Frank for obtaining money false preences In James
town. II will be remembered that this man, Colonel
Frank as he is styled, from London IN company
with Sergeant Kealy Of the detective Office and his pris-
Oner Gray the forger Frank then represented as
n private detective who had lived in London several
years had known Gray personally, and claimed TO nave
been the means Of his identification 1t was thought at
the time that his object in coming over with the forger
was to claim a share OF the reward which had been
offered for Gray.


Superintendent Walling detailed Detective Dorey 70
accompany the in his search for the man.
1t was learned that out Of the city, but was ex-
pected in by the NewYork Central Road at 10 a. m The
officers looked for him at the depot but by some nsth
missed him. Just before DOon however, FRANK dropped
lutO the Detective Office Headquarters on friendly
cal" he said and surprised 10 learn tna ne was
desired as prisoner The officers III search OF him soon
returned and lie delivered into the custody OF Dep
utysher Harrington The charge against Frank Is that
several years ego, connected with the secret ser
vice he arrested man in Chautauqua County bytrepre-
senng that had requisitiOn from another state ana
that he obtained him 81 300 for his release Frank
accompanied officer TO jamestown yesterday after
Year: 1878

In the stormy part of the year this last
winter Peninsular and Oriental steamer en-
countered rough weather, and, as often hap
pens at such times, many seagulls hovered
near the ship, and even came on board. One
allowed itself to be caught, and it was found
that it had fish bone stuck in the eye in
such position as not absolutely to destroy
the sight, but penetrating an inch and a
half. 1t might have had fight with a fish
or got transfxed seeking its prey. The doc
tor of the ship took the bird, extracted the
bone, applied soothing remedy to the
wound, and let it go. 1t flew away, but
returned the next day, allowing itself to be
caught The doctor examined the wound,
which was progressing favorably, applied
more of the remedy, and left the bird 90
second time 1t flew several times around
the ship, and then departed to return no
more.
Year: 1878

But far on the deep there are billows
That never shall break on the beach;
And have heard songs In the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And | nave had dreams in the valley;
Too lofty for language to reach
And have seen thoughts in the valley,
All, me How my spirit was stirred
They wear holly wells on their faces,


Their footsteps can scarcely be heard
They pass down the valley like virgins,
Too pure for the touch OF word
DO you ask me the place OF this valley?
To hearts that are narrowed by care,
1t lletn afar between mountains,


And God and His angels are there;
And one Is the dark mountain Of sorrow
And one the bright mountain OF prayer
Year: 1878

Some PLAN Ralk by the Lowell States
- E' -H-H' man. '''


Washington, April SIN the House
to-day, while the question of electing a
door-kosper was pending, Yeates said
that Butler promised last Friday to
vote for good Confederate, who had
been wounded, if the Democrats did
not nominate Shields.


Butler said he only promised tovote for
such Confederate as against civilian.
1t was the difference between loyalty to
the flag and to the government which
educated him, and treason to that flag
(applause), for which he ought to have
been hanged Qaughter); but the Glenn
ency of the country saved him. This
gentleman left the country and be-
came the servant of an Egyptian
prince, who made him swear allegiance
to the government, to him and to
Mahomet. We have lately removed
Fields disabilities, and am waiting
before voting for him to see if the
Khedive or Sultan have removed his
disability as their subject. He did not
want man to forswear part and
then the whole of his country to take
service under a foreign prince, and
then come hot footed back to be made
doorkeeper of the House of Representa-
tives. He appealed to the Democrats
not to do this thing. Some of us are
sore up north over the graves dotting
the hillsides of our villages; the grass
grown around the graves of those
which we will decorate May Both; the
graves of men who fought to save the
Union. Do not send sobbing widows
and orphans to their husbands and
fathers graves with the idea that their
comrade has now been put behind those
who led the army that killed them. Be
a little tender with us for awhile. He
disclairned having attempted to excite
this question before; but warned them
now that this matter might kindle a
flame like the first gun at Sumpter
Year: 1878

There are many parties about the
city who are so shaping their business
affairs that they will be able to go to
the Black Hills this summer, if only
for few months. All unite in saying
that the prospects in the Black Hills
are brighter to-day than they have
been at any previous time. Very large
quartz mines are paying well, and the
owners are delighted with the results.
After our railroad is built to the Black
Hills there will be many other business
pursuits added to that of mining,
which will afford untold wealth for
thousands. E
Year: 1878

Many of the colds which people are
said 10 catch commence at the feet. To
keep these extremities warm, therefore,
is to effect an insurance against the al
most interminable list of disorders which
spring out OF "slight cold" First,
never DO tightly shod. Boots or shoes
when they fit closely press against the
teet and prevent the tree circulation OF
the blood. When, on the contrary, they
1T with comparative looseness, the blood
gets fair play. and the spaces left between
the leather and the stockings are filled
with q comfortable supply OF warm air.
The second rule is, never sit in damp
shoes. II is often imagined that unless
they are positively wet it is not necessary
to change them. This is fallacy, for
when the least dampness is absorbed into
the sole, il is attracted nearer the teet it
self by the hest, and thus the perspiratiou
is dangerously checked. Any person may
prove ihis by trying the experiment oil
ueglecting this rule. The feet will be-
come cold and damp after afew moments,
although on taking off the shoes and
warming them they will appear quite
dry.
Year: 1878

The following evening was calm ant


clear, with Just sufficient starlight to ere


ate dim shadows upon the deck and u


exhibit the outline OF objects about.


had been making myself as agreeable ~


possible to the woman during the early
evening. and about ten O'Clock, at my
suggestion, she took my arm for prom


eDsde upon the upper deck. Almost
every person bad retired, and save the
officers OF the watch and two or three
struggling passengers were alone. A
man lay extended on one of the seats,
wrapped in CLOAK and apparently asleep,
while, on the seat opposite, another per-
son whom / recognized as SLOUGH. was
stretched out in apparently the same som.
nolent manner.


While we ssuntered back and forth in
that dim starlight, whispering love ths.
vas false. held distant eye on the fig
ure in the cloak, and saw that it turned
and twisted as we recoded. and remained
quiet only as we approached it. Counter
feting the ardor of true affection placed
my arm around the womsn's waist. and
while !reading back and forth in this con-
dition | observed the figure by side
glance, as we reached the greatest dis
tance from it, rise spasmodically into
sitting posture, and then drop again as
we returned, and resume its quieiness. |
proposed now to rest awhile, and after
seating on rselves little distance from the
pretended sleeper, made go bold as TO
place my arm around her neck and give
her sounding kiss. Before | could turn
myself TO note the effect, telt two pow
erful hands grasp my shoulders, and with
out time TO assume position Of defence.
| was forced backward upon the deck. A
man stood bending over me, with his knee
upon my breast and grasping my throat
tightly wi b his one hand he placed his
face near mine. "You wretch, what are
you doing with my wife '"said he. kissing
the words between his teeth.


"Tharll do Tor the present. said Slouch.
as he turned my adversary ever with his
muscular arms. "Gve me the cuffs, Tony,
and then go call the captain"


The captain came at our request, and
having shown him our commission. he
gave US permission 10 search the baggage
OF both man and wife. In the husbands
trunk was found complete photographing
apparatus and large number OF coun-
terfeit bills in a partly finished state.
Among the wife's effects were found many
rolls of the perfect bills as well as the
scari-pin that had been stolen from Ross.
The prisoners were safely returned 10
New York, under went due course OF law.
and are both az the present time serving
out their sentences al Sing Sing


The singusrity OF Rose conduct was
well explained, hen lear the termination
of our journey. SLOUGH chsnced 10 recog
uize him as once sandy-hairod and
whiskered employs of fashionable hair
dressing establishment in New York.


As nitrate OF silver was the potent ma
gician that transformed his yellow locks
to sable hue, i, is not to be wondered
at that ne should exhibit sensilveness
at it's mention and its presence in bis
Year: 1878

Paw no attention 10 slanderers and gos-
sip-mongers. Keep straight on in your
course, and let their backbiting die the
death OF neglect What is the use of ly-
ing awake at night. brooding over the
remarks of some false friend, that runs
through your brain like lightning? What
is the use of getting into worry and iret
over gossip that has been set ahoat TO
your disadvantage by some busybody, who
has more time than character? The things
cannot possibly iujuro you, unless, indeed,
you take notice OF Lhem and IN combating
them give them standing and character.
II what is said about you is true. set
Yourself right; il it is false, let it 60 for
what it will fetch. and think of the OLD
saving, 81 consider the source it comes
from"


II bee sting you. would You go TO
the hive and destroy it?-would no, a
thousand come upon you? 1t is wisdom
10 say little respecting the injuries you
have received; We are generally losers
in the end it we stop to refuse all the
back biting and gossiping we may hear
by The way. They are annoying, it Is
true; but not dangerously, so long as we
do not stop to expostulate and scold.-
Our characters are formed and sustained
py ourselves, by our own actions aud
purposes, and not by others. Let Us al
ways bear in mind that calumniatOrs may
usually be trusted to time, and the slow
but steady justice of public opinion Say
to those who come to you with news, and
want TO tell you what such and such per-
sons say about you. that "a dog which
brings bone will take one." How
many families have their peace and hap
piuess destroyed by meddling and tat
Ting personsp The best way is to pay
no attention, but Keep straight ahead"