smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

We had supposed that the sublimity of
impudence and cheek had been reached, but
we seem to have been mistaken. Bill King
has outdone himself in that particular, and
that is as strong characterization as the
English language permits. Some time last
week he wrote an article for the St. Paul end
Of his paper, suggesting that St. Paul, Min
neapolis, and Saltwater join in union fairs,
having permanent union fair grounds.
But "it is proposed" said the sublime
William, "that the coming nnion fair shall
be held on the present u1oion fair grounds
in Minneapolis, auader the auspices of the
Minnesota Agricultural and Mechanical as
sociation.''


The high sounding title of "Minnesota
Agricultural and Mechanical association" is
simply cover tor two bankrupt adventurers,
ycept Bill King and Charley Clark. cit is
proposed" means that the bankrupts pro-
pose to fleece the public and wish St. Paul
and the State at large to stand up and have
their pockets picked. It would seem to be
almost enough to have this Insulting propo-
sltion faunted in the face of the people
of this city once, but on yesterday
the charming William coolly copies his
''proposition'' into the Minneapolis end of
his paper, and not only proceeds to endorse
it, but also to savagely oriticise the State
fair enterprise. After speaking of the
State Fair association as not honorably con-
Quoted and indulging in his usual amount of
swash, he impudently adds:


Whatever may be the action taken by St..
Paul upon the proposition, let no one delude
himself with the idea that it has its origin in
the fears or weakness of the people of Mime
| apolis, or that, if the contest which the State
Agricultural society has thus diScou1teouszy
sought to force upon them is pushed to an
issue, that they will not be found ready and
thoroughly prepared to meet it.


Here are couple of fellows like Bill King
and Charley Clark coming in and demanding
that St. Paul join them in running
and breaking up a State society
for their private advantage. They may
rest assured that st. Paul will do nothing
of the kind. St. Paul does not wish to form
an alliance with Bill King and Charley Clark
in any matter. The bankrupt court shows
that Charley Clark has already formed an
''alIiance'' with our dry goods men, tailors
| shoemakers, etc., which is sufficient for thei1
| purpose, and we leave Bill King to imagine
! if he can, why no association with him is
desired. St. Paul is no narrow, local city
making war upon State agricultural society
in which the whole State is interested, and
much less would it do so for the purpose
indicated.


The attempt on the part of Minneapolis
to destroy the State fair is dastardl,
in the extreme. 1t is simpl,
infamous. Last year the officers of the State
fair informally decided to hold State fail
on the first week in September. They could
not formally decide the matter until the an
nual meeting, as there was a possibility that
new officers might be chosen. Bill King was
Year: 1879

The friends of Mr.. Washburn pretend TO
think that Mr.. Donnelly is not making out
much of case. They are hard to satisfy.
Aen have been turned out of Congress for a
single case of bribery, and Mr.. Donnelly has
not only proved by the confessions of the
guilty parties very many cases of bribery,
but he has shown that all the voters who
voted at Tamarack and Two Rivers nearly
two hundred in number, were paid for vot-
ing for Washburn. It may be said that the
payment to these men of the time spent in
the election was not bribery; but we remem-
ber one member elect from Massachusetts
who was thrown out of Congress because it
was shown that number of men were en-
ployed at the navy yard in order to secure
their votes for him. Giving man holiday
and paying him $1.5O for it on condition
that he would vote for Washburn is the
clearest kind of bribery.
Year: 1879

The committee appointed by the Turner So
ciety to examine the different localities, IN view
of buying plot of ground upon which to erect
new hail in place of their old one, which was
destroyed by fire in December last. have con-
cluded to buy the lot sixty by one hundred
feet, situated on the northeast corner of Fifth
and Washington avenues, north. The ground
can be purchased for $50 foot and a grand
fair will be given at Harmonic hall some time
in April to raise funds for the purpose of pay
ing for the erection of the building which,
according to the plans now under considera-
tion, will be one of the finest in the city.
Year: 1879

John Hardy, young man rs years of age,
was arrested Saturday night for occupying a
room in a tenement house with married
woman named Kenney, on First street lust
above the bridge. Numerous complaints have
been made by parties living in the house about
Hardy living with the woman, and on Satur-
day night about midnight the officers visited
the house in search of Hardy. He was
found IN bed in room on the third foor &C.
cupied by Mrs. Kenney and her three children,
which room was used kitchen and bed
room there being stove in one corner
of the room and bed in the other.
The woman's husband is at work on
one of the railroads being constructed in the
State and during his Absence she being utter
ly destitute, the county has had to support
her and her three little children. Two of her
children are inmates of the reform school, one
OF them being put there by her in December
last, and she seems to have not the least feel
ing for any of her children. She and Hardy
will have an examination this morning at 8
o'clock, before Judge Cooley.
Year: 1879

One day the States prison ring is stirred up
with an editorial sharp stick, and then a week
is consumed in trying to smooth the matter
over; then some of the corps write up third
term" article, and the rest tremble for fear
that Gov. Ramsey may be offended thereby.
Then they all wrangle and growl and sling forth
at Hayes for signing the arrears of pension bill.
being goaded to desperation by the fact that
none of them come in for any of the arrears. y
from the fact that while the whining nendi-
cantg and beggars," were doing the grand pa
peg or nursing a serious rupture to avoid the
draft
Year: 1879

HE vote on the transfer of the Indian
bureau to the war department in the House
Oh Saturday indicates that the Republican
party fully approves of the present rotten
management of Indian affairs. Almost
every member Of that party denomination
voted against the effort at reform by trans
fer, while the Democrats voted almost as
unanimously on the other side.
Year: 1879

The Democrats propose to offer bill in
Congress providing for the repeal of the law
authorizing the appointment of federal su-
pervisors of elections. We deem such a bill
unnecessary, for we have no doubt that the
supreme court of the United States will hold
that law to be unconstitutional. 10 have it
SO declared would be the best means out of
the dilemma.
Year: 1879

AFTER infinite delay the dehnitive treaty
Of peace between Russia and Turkey has
been signed, and the evacuation of Turkish
territory has already commenced and will be
completed in about month. The cable
does not inform us as to the nature of the
treaty, but it is said to be mutually satisfac-
tory. It will be relief to the whole of Ed
rope to have these vexed questions settled.
Year: 1879

lSt. Paul Cor. Austin Republican.


Sabln bristled up little and exhibited his
teeth to Joe for while, but finally came down
with the requisite hush money. Just the
amount paid of course it is difficult to tell, but
it is said to be not far from ten thousand.
Did your readers ever reflect that the people
pay all these bills of the Pioneer Press in the
end? The black mailing operations of that
concern cost the State about two hundred
Thousand year.
Year: 1879

The Sea of Ice will be presented for the last
time at the Metropolitan theater this eyeninp.
The play is put on the stage with all necessary
scenery and elegant costumes, and those who
have not witnessed the grand scenic effect in
this play should not lose the opportunity
offered them this evening. Tomorrow NIGHT
the brilliant play entitled Ours with Mr..
biyton and Miss Cartland in the leading roles,
ments.
Year: 1879

among whom are some of our old cit- izens, and also tie County of Pope, should be relieved from any liability to pay anything more on this stock, we, at the same time, can not help but sympathize with Col. Stacey, who expended large sum in the construction of the road, and who, ii does seem, out to have some re- course to recover the money due him. We presume the case will be appeal ed tothe Supreme Court of the Uni ted States.
Year: 1879

The Little Rock Democrat speak ing of what it knows as to the new delinquent land law, says:

 "Humbug" is not the word. Call it blunder, misfortune or calamity. To put it in the mildest language, it is one of those mistakes which are objectionable in a legislative body.

 The following is from a cores pondent of the Des Arc Citizen, an ex-representative:

 EDITOR CITIZEN: I feel constrain- ed to give some of the objections 1 find after careful reading of the new law in relation to the redemp- tion of delinquent lands, published in your last issue. The law as it now stands does away with the usual advertisement by the clerk of the list of lands returned delinquent by the collector, and allows only one year from the date of the return for the owner to redeem. I have had much experience in land matters, in paying taxes for myself and others, but scarcely tax list has been publish ed for years back that did not con tain some of the land l had paid on With the utmost care such mistakes will occur. Heretofore it was but little trouble to examine the publish ed list and see if had any lands CT. roneOusly advertised and then get the correctness made. Those who have considerable lands to look after rcan we'll afford to go to the clerk s record of the delinquent lands and see if any of them are returned de- linquent; but there are men all over Prairie county, living far and near, who own but one tract of land, and to whom it would be great inconven- fence and expense to satisfy them selves their. land was all right upon the books. For want of an adyer- tisement this precaution IS almost a necessity; for should the owner of a home pay his taxes, and by mistake it was returned delinquent, and by accident or carelessness he should lose his receipt, then he is likely to lose his home.

 l am satisfied that the old law had some objectionable features, and that the advertisement by the State Land Commissioner was a great expense and of very little use. But an advertisement of the delin- quent lands Tn the county is a saving to every poor man, and would no doubt often save his little home stead It is a well known fact that farmers who own but little land are very careless with their deeds and receipts, and even when they are earthly put away they are often des, troyed by fire, their houses being frequently left with no one at them. The advertisement does not really cost any taxpayer any more except those who fail to pay, as the penalty and costs added to those lands sold to individuals finally pays out all costs, leaving the state her forfe' ! lands clear of cost to herself oF

 county, except the taxes f. "

 collected on lands not sold

 the members who adv

 voted for this law wer&

 much by a spirit of

 would be available

 Tn securing q reelep the islature, or some O office.

 the people ponde/ Jyer this subjel and if they findE bad law as think it surely is, demand a promise ol their next candidate fo the Legisla ture a repeal of it. If it is not re pealed there will be no end of litiga tion in a few years. ...

 M. M. ERWIN. The Qbqu Dpnnocrats hoid thai,
Year: 1879



 himself forward as an aspirant for the first place. It is this which con stitutcs his error. Men in their places are men who stand, and, in In the long run, he stands highest who best comprehends his order. The old ticket Is an idea, an issue. Alone, Gov. Hendricks is just one man, an able man, n good man, de serving man, but representing only a personality. He ought to see this. It would save him world of trouSle and disappointment, and relieve his party and his country of embarass- ment.

 If Gov. Hendricks wants to con- nit political suicide, he can adopt DO more effectual way than to make the declaration that he is not at the ser vice ofhis party in any position it may choose to use him.

 We believe he deserves to be Pres, ident of these United States, and that at some day he will be; but he must bide his time. The people have sub mitted to gigantic wrong. They have been robbed of their clearly elected choice for President and Vice President; and they now want to vindicate the truth and justice of their cause, and prove with a con victing force which would convince the whole world, that they DID elect Tllden and Hendricks in 1S76-- prove It by electing them again in 1880. Mir. Hendricks must not al- low his pride and ambition to stand in the way of such consumation.

 Under other circumstances Mir. Tilden would not be our choice for the head of the ticket, but if the Ma tional convention of our party sees tan eternal fitness" in the renomina- tion of him and Gov. Hendricks for President and Vice President, we think there will not be corporal S guard of democrats in the country who will hold back a hearty support of the ticket.

 We earnestly hope Gov. Hendricks will not place himself, in advance, in antagonism to the wishes of the par
Year: 1879

The great case of Steacy against Elisha Atkins, ot Boston, and Pope and other counties along the line of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad, was decided by Judge Dill lon in the United States Circuit
Year: 1879

THE VETO


The President vetoed the Military in
reference bill on Monday. and thus
headed off the State Supremacy Democ-
racy again. The main reason for the
veto may be found in the following par
agraph Of the veto message:


Under the sweeping terms Of the
bill the national government IS effect
ually shut out from the exercise OF the
right and from the discharge of the i'm
l,erative duty to use its whole executive
power whenever and wherever required
for the enforcement Of the United
States laws in places and time; where
and when its elections are held.


LOWER FREIGHTs.


r. Simmons, of Westside, writes to
the Jackson Republic and says:


The Southern Minnesota will run
about fifteen or twenty miles north OF
this line and can be reached in one days
drive, and we should expect to get ten
or fifteen cents more for our wheat, as
it would find an eastern market-Chi-
cag0 or Milwaukee. There is about
thirty cents per bushel between this
market and Chicago market, which is
deducted for railroad freight.


No doubt the opening of the Southern
Minnesota through this part of the
country will have the effect to reduce
freight rates. The 5. G. & St. p. will
have to reduce or lose their business.
Grain will probably be carried from
Adrian 1T as low rates as from any
point north Of there on the Southern
Minnesota.
Year: 1879

THE so OU7HERN MINNESOTA.


Last weeks Jackson Republic says:


We last Wednesday accepted an in
vitation of Engineer Robinson to take
Il trip along the line of the Southern
Minnesota Railroad west and were sur
prised to see that the work was advanG-
ing so rapidly. The eleven mile con-
tract Of Thompson & Law, although
tn: work is heavy for the first four or
five miles, it is already well advanced
and will he completed promptly OH con-
tract time. The piling for the small
bridge west OF where the track crosses
the Window road is already driven and
the heavy fill at either end and the heavy
grade near are being rushed along in
readiness for the graders to take up
their line of march westward. 1t is a
beautiful view along the brow of the
bluff. the river, the timber, the distant
prairie, the town snug|y located on the
gently rising benches, present certainly
a captivating sight to the traveller, es.
pecially after crossing the long treeless
prairie from the west and dashing
through the ravines, circling the abrupt
bluffs and over the high, long bridge:
1t is a view that the weary travellers
~. "PtA Cc"soe. Aho DeS VAOiHco liver
br1d ge is already under way and is to be
the highest andlongest structure of the
kind west of the Mississippi. The
bridge really extends from bluff to bluff;
a distance Of 400 feet, or over quar-
ter of a mile in length. It will be on
an average about So feet high, though
at the point of crossing the channel of
the river is IS feet. Mr.. D. Learv is
the competent and pleasant gentleman
who has charge of the work. The steam
pile-driver had just commenced sending
the piles "home," and there is little
that looks like a bridge as yet, still that
gaping ravine invites structure that
Will tax the best engineering capacity.
to make solid and safe. But it will be
done and will add to the romance and
the grandeur of the route and the scen-
cry about Jackson. The track is high
Oh the bluff west of Skinner & Hostel
ter's mill and the bottom land around
the mill is we'll covered with railroad
shanties and stables, giving the appear
ahce of quite village. Short, sharp
bluffs are leveled, little ragged ravines
are bridged, and the prairie is reached.
where men are scattered along at inter-
walls throwing up the road bed.


At little Sioux Creek, and near where
the track crosses the old Graham Lake
road, Messrs. Hartley and Dalton are
rushing their contract and claim that
in ten days they will be ready for anoth-
er job farther west. There is rather
heavy work at this point, hut the forty
teams and more men will soon complete
it. The graders are at work west of the
Sioux City Road and the contract let
for seven miles west Of Clear Lake,
making about fifteen miles west of the
junction. Mr.. Olson completed his job
and is now engaged on Il contract far
ther west. Everything indicates that
the line will be completed to the Big
Sioux in Dakota the present season.


According to the Adventists. news
paper men and other good people will
pass to happy hunting grounds above
IN July 18th, while the black sheep will
g sent along the other road. It is kind
of the Adventists to set the date for
our departure a little beyond the
Year: 1879

A vote was then taken on the motion to adop,
the majority report of the committee The
report was adopted ayes Sc, nays Al There
was a thin Hou.e at the time these vote
were taken, many Of the members having
gone home. The reports with all the vo.
luminous testimony taken by the commit.
Tee has been ordered printed and this ende,h
the agony and force Of Investigation.


HoUsE BILL 2l6


being the act to authorize Leavenworth
county to issue class OF bonds to be sold
for cash and the proceeds applied to the
purchase OF the old outstanding bonds
passed the Senate last evening with Legate'-
amendments as it left the House and has
only to be signed by the Governor and
Published.
Year: 1879

In our telegraphic columns to- day will be found q synopsis of Governor Fremont's first message to the Arizo- na Legislature. As the synopsis is necessarily brief, we cannot judge the the document in all its detail, but there is in it sufficient to convince us that Governor Fremont has not been idle during his brief residence in the territory, for he touches upon nearly every subject which is of interest to our people, and makes many sugges- tons and recommendations which are of vital importance in the devel- opment and progress of our favored country.
Year: 1879

ON another page we print the money order business of the PheniX postofiice Tor tue two years just closed. By d reference thereto it will be seen that the amount of the orders issued has been nearly doubled, and the number of orders have been increased thirty fold. These figures will give an idea how fast Phenix is increasing in size. We believe appearances justify us in stating the business will be doubled, if not trebled, this year over 1878.
Year: 1879

WE have been informed by Judge French that he made inquiries while in Florence into the reasons of the failure of Pinal county's vote to reach the secretary's office in time to be counted, and he found that they left the recorders office in time, and that Mir. Devine, the recorder. should be free from all blame; that the trouble laid at the door of some mail agent on the Yuma route, very likely at Maricopa Wells.
Year: 1879

In the absence of tho mineral ferti.
lizers, such as wood and coal ashes. re-
fuse lime and spent mortar, the re-
mains of old walls and torn down
buildings, bone dust, superphosphate
of lime and tho like, common salt will
be found an excellent application for
fruit trees. If the soil is stiff and
poor, it will not bear as heavy an ap.
plication as if deep and rich. and there.
fore salt should be used literally or
cautiously, according as it is sp.
piled to one or the other.


Salt is not only one Of the most sol.
uble Of substances, but it il also
powerful solvent Of minerals, in-ss.
much as the chlorine has such q range
of strong affinities that it releases and
renders solvent insoluble matter in the
soil that, before It's application, was
not a plant food in an available form.
1t may be sown broadcast under trees
as far out as the limbs extend, to the
extent Of one or two bushels per tree
Of thirty feet spread of limb on rich
soils, and half or third that guam
tity on poor, thin and sandy soils, with
the certainty that it will not only in
duce fruitfulness. but materially aid
in the destruction Of fruit destroying
insects, which seek and are protected
by the earth during the winter season.
Year: 1879

MADE from fetter OF Downward, the prison
or Of Chilon, the handle OF wood from the frigate
Constitution, and bound with q circlet OF gold
inset with three precious stones from Siberia.
Ceylon and Maine.
Year: 1879

Last Tuesday two young men named


Walter Clements and w. s. Palmer,


both salesmen in the Boston One Price


clothing house, maze All agreement to


walk TO New Castle and back, the OBJ.


ject being to see who could outwalk the
other. The time set to start was 6.45
last evening. When the hour to go
arrived, Clements was very anxious to
go, bu, not 90 with Palmer. On account
OF the hsavy east winds he declined
going fer the present. In the mean
time two men went over to New Castle
on the $50 train, in order to witness
the arrival OF Messrs Clements and
Palmer. Upon their arrival at New
Castle they were informed that Palmer
had declined to walk. Tha thought
then came as to how they would devote
the remainder of :he evening, and upon
being informed by reporter of the RE-
PUBLICAN that Conferences was in session,
they attended the services at the church
and returned to this city on the 9.45
train last evening, and wondering why
Palmer cavei in 80 suddenly. Glenn
snts is from Maryland and Palmer is
from Massachusetts,.
Year: 1879

In speaking of ths Railroad accident
last Tuesday afternoon, we spoke of it
az occurring on the Wilmington and
Northern road when we intended to
have said it happened on tho Delaware
Western road. We corrected the
mistake in onr first edition yesterday.
Year: 1879

Powell has a fine lot Of shad at his
stall in the Third Street Market, which
he will scale and clean ready for the
pan, without extra charge. He has
also the usual variety of fish. Call
and zee him..