smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Sr. LOUIS, August IA cold-blooded
and most atrociOus double murder was
committed here tonight. Thaddeus
Babbor, a plumbOr, who keeps small
shop at the corner of Sixth and Poplar
streets, and who lives with his family,
consisting of his wife, little boy about
seven years old, and his wife's mother,
an old German woman named Schoud-
ler at Sl7 South Fourth street, quar-
relied with his wife four or five days
ago and left home. AbOnt half-past
seven O'Clock tonight he returned,
slipped into the house, and while
his mother-in-law sat reading and
his wife was lying on the
bed in the same room, he
fired bullet into Mrs. Shoulders
brain, killing her instantly, and shot
his wife through the left breast, iniiict-
ing a mortal wound. He then left the
house, but was arrested few minutes
later and locked up. Aside from the
fact that Mrs. Babbor was very weak
from the effect of the injury received,
she was extremely reticent and would
give no particulars of the affair, or tell
what quarrel between them was about.
She was sent to the hospital.


Babbor made a statement TO the effect
that he formerly lived at Richmond,
Va; that the young woman he shot to-
night is not his wife, but he has lived
with her as such, off and on, several
years; that he wished to marry, her but
the old woman (her mother) would not
consent; that the old woman forced her
daughter to prostitute herself for money
as a source of revenue, and that
she was vicious and vile; that
when he left the house few days
ago ii was in consequence of a quarrel
with Mrs Schoudler about her daughter,
he wishing to marry the latter, but the
old woman refused TO give her consent;
that he went TO the house tonight
under the impression and believing
man was TN ere with the daughter and
he wanted to know il; that when he
entered the room where the women were
Mrs. SChoudler drew a pistol on him
and he shot her; that he did not intend
TO shoot the daughter, but after the first
shot he heard noise in the next room,
the door of which opened, and thinking
he saw man, he raised his pistol has
tily to defend himself, when it was dis
charged unintentionally, the ball strik-
ing the young woman in the breast, as
above stated. He regrets this part OF
the affair very much, but rather glories
over the killing of the old woman, and
says he is willing to hang for it. The
child mentioned above, it is now said,
did not belong either to Babbor or the
young woman.
Year: 1879

On Monday evening, May rs, some OF
The friends Of Joseph Hatfield took it on
themselves to surprise him by birth
day party, the occasion being the J5th
anniversary of his birth day, for which
he wishes to return his hearty appreci-
atom for their kindness and his heart
felt thanks.
Year: 1879

The alarm of fire about eleven o'clock
this morning, was caused by the burn
ing of some straw, in a brick building
at Front and Shipley streets, occupied
by colored people. The fire was ex-
tinguishcd with few buckets OF water
before much damage was done.
Year: 1879

When A. D. Vandever went out to
his bone boiling establishment on
Front street near the Catholic Cemetry
early on Saturday morning, he found
the place had just been set on fire, and
the flames were fast getting headway,
but he with the assistance of some col
ored men succeeded in distinguishing
the flames before the building was des
troyed
Year: 1879

A prominent gentleman from New
Castle Hundred, in addressing us a
note in reference to an advertisement,
takes occasion to finish his letter with
the following remark 81 think your
daily paper is decidedly the best paper
in the State"
Year: 1879

The regimental band Of the 18th IGfantry
gave a military concert in the parade
ground at the post yesterday afternoon,
rendering several pieces from operas, etc
This band is known throughout the army as
" the band with the silver horns all of
their instruments being OF this metal Def
mite arrangements have not yet been made
regarding the time of the concerts to be
given by the band, or whe,her they would
he held in the afternoon or evening.
When in New Orleans this band wss quite
iavorite with the people, and as it Is re-
sarded as one of the very first rank in the
army, coupled with the fact that there are
not another twenty thous md people on the
face of the globe who love music more
than the inhabitants of Leavenworth do,
The 10Th may expect a hearty and gener-
Gus reception at our hands and with the
very bsst of treatment The band ire
quently gave concerts in the halls Of New
Orleans, and it may be that they can be
indUced 10 give one here either in one OF
the public halls or the Opera House.
Year: 1879

and give themselves to searching self-ex-
animation during the lime specified for that
purpose.


There will be morning prayer at the
church every day at 10 o'clock during
Lent The week day evening services will
he announced next Sunday morning.
Year: 1879

cuss these questions in their vsriors forms
and reference to the condition ofthe colored
people before the war and causes that lead
to the wal are condemned as being OF an
incsndiary character.
Year: 1879

in every conceivable shape. The nose wal
entirely cut off. The trunk contained, be
sides the dead body, two champagne
bottles and several bricks. An autopsy
was held and it was the opinion of the doc
tors that she had been dead two or three
days. Up to midnight 10 clue had been
obtained and thus lar she has not been
identified.
Year: 1879

For the Republican.


MEssRs. EDIToRs--After reading your
report Of the Friends Quarterly Meeting
held last third day, l would state brief.
ly that would be very sorry to have
any one believe that | am opposed to
religious denOmin ations. The fact is
We are too far behind in our different
All have the right to
worship God according to the dictates
of their own conscience, but We must
remember God teaches and directs the
consciencess men. Hence when we
oease to do evil, and seek of Him for
b .st wisdom, and become His children,
then we will have the light, and be
well qualified TO labor in the field,
whereunto He is pleased to place us.
Hence it is a matter Of very little I'M
portance what denomination or wheth
er any, if we are only where he would
have us be-, or that all would seek first
His kingdom and His righteousness,
then they would soon know that all
things necessary and good would be ad-
d I'd for it is our high privilege when
willing to sell all and follow Jesus the
light of the world to enjoy His Kingdom
Now then we have a teacher noar at
hand, who is able to lead unto all
truth. Hence out Of all that causes
strife among different religious societies.
In the Kingdom of God We obtain a
knowledge Of Him and His son Jesus
Christ whom He has sent, not only the
written account, but also to have
revealed knowledge Of Christ in our
hearts, able to save frem sin, and We
can rejoice in the mercy and salvation
of God; who would have all men return
repent and be saved. Providence per-
mitting Lydia Price will meet her ap-
pointment at Friends Meeting Fourth
and West streets, Sabbath morning
next at 10 o'clock. Y. w. STEWARD.
Year: 1879

The school election will clos at
o'clock this evening, and those who
have not already voted by the time the
REPUBLICAN reaches them, should hun.
up their tax rec ,ipts and 60 and vote,
Remember it requires the payment of
both the State aud County and the City
tax to entitle to vote at this election
Year: 1879

We had intended to give full
list of those who advertised in to-.
days paper but owing to the crowded
state Of our paper, we had to give it up.
We will, howrYer, on Monday, make
brief mention of all our new adverts-
ers in the double sheet in special To-
cal.
Year: 1879

was found to contain a treasure,
for which be fe,t himself bound to
pay.


The other refused to receive
anything, stating that he had sold
the ground with what it might be
found to contain, apparent or con-
cealed.


Said the chief, looking at the
one, "You have a son ;" and to the
other, "You have a daughter; let
them be married, and the treasure
given them as dowry."


Alexander was astonished.


"And what" said the chief,
"would have been your decision in
your country p


ave should have dismissed the
parties and seized the treasure
for the kings use"


"And does the sun shine in your
country!" said the chief; "Does
the rain fall there? Are there any
cattle there which feed upon herbs
and green grass p


Certainly" said Alexander.


"Ah," said the chief, cit is for
the sake OF those innocent cattle
that the Great Being permits the
sun to shine, the rain to fall
and the grass to grow in your
country"
Year: 1879

Few men die Of old age. Almost
all die of disappointment,passion,m men
tai and bodily toll or accident. The
common expression, tchoked with
PASSION has little exaggeration in it
even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied
men often die young; weak men often
live longer than the strong, for the
strong use their strength and the
weak have none to use. The latter
take care of themselves, the former do
not. AS it is with the body so it is
with the mind and temper. The
strong are apt to break, or like can
die to run; the weak to run out. The
inferior animals that live temperate
lives have generally their prescribed
number of years. The horse lives
twenty five the OK fifteen or twenty ;
the dog ten to twelve; the rabbit
eight; the guinea pig six or seven
years. These numbers all bear sim.
liar proportion to the time the animal
takes to grow to it's full size. But
man, of all the animals, is the one tha
seldom lives this average. He ought
TO live hundred years, according to
the physical laws, for five times twen-
ty is hundred; but instead of that,
he scarcely reaches on an average four
times his growing period; the cat six
times, the RABBIT even eight times the
standard of measurement. The rea-
son is obvious-man is not only the
most irregular and incorporate, but
the most laborious and hard working
of all the animals. He is also most ir-
ritable, and there is reason to believe
though we cannot tell what an animal
secretly feels, that more than any
other animal, man cherishes wrath to
keep it warm, and consumes himself
with the fire of his own secret ref1ec-
tiOns
Year: 1879

Trials are about to be made at Mar


principle, propelled without either
screw or paddle wheels. The craft is
of the dimensions of an Ordinary tug.
boat, and is worked by means of a
steam pump of sixteen horse power
with horizontal tubular boiler. That
pump is of immense power, and draws
in considerable quantities of water
which, by the force with which it is
expelled against the sea at the stern,
sends the ship forward. The vessel is
furnished with two pairs of tubes, the
one acting at the stern and the other at
the bow. During the ordinary pro-
gress of the boat those in front are
closed by stop cocks, but if occasion
arises to make the steamer retrograde,
the after tubes are closed and the 9TH
ers opened. The water to supply the
pump is taken from the sea alongside,
and system of barrels filled with wa
ter is provided in the hold to supply
the pump in case of any emergency.
With this invention it is said no yibra-
ton is produced, and the machine can
easily be transformed into a fire en-
CINE by the addition of a suitable sup
ply Of hose. Moreover, it can be read
lily used to prevent another vessel from
sinking when water-logged or leaking,
by taking tubes to supply the pump in
the ship in distress, and utilizing the
water it contains as the means of pro-
pulsion at the same time towing the
disabled craft. The pipes for the ejec-
ton of the water are fixed in direc-
ton parallel to the keel, and when at
work interfere in no way with the ac-
ton of the rudder simply moving the
vessel on its way by the resistance the
water elected meets with tho great
mass of the surrounding sea. The in
yention is said to be that of an Amer
ican engineer, and the steamer is re-
ported to have already made ten knots
an hour, The peculiar utility of this
boat, if it answers all expectations, is
for river work, and after the trials at
Marseilles it will again be assayed on
the Rhoue.
Year: 1879

we are privileged to protest, for the end
| of the Reformation is so clouded by the


means of its attainment that the easy


assertion of its entire obscurity is the


error of too many. Could Europe spare
the fact of the French Revolution? To


lose its object would be q sacrifice; to


lose its deeds, blessing.


Thus the Bondage of Error has be-
come the educator of the race. The
spirit of doubt and inquiry has been
ever repeating " CUI BONO" for what
purpose. Would we wish to start
anew? If not, the past is a necessity.
But there is error in the use of necessi-
ty. The conquest of the world by an
Alexander was necessary, because nat
ural. The brutality of devastation was
an error. We are admonished by the
latter. We admire the former, since in
the longings for unsubdued reign We
discover the whisperings of desire TO
know of those things beyond his ken,
but which are revealed to us to-day by
the sciences. Napoleon's Italy lay
just over beyond the Alps. His strug-
giles were as our struggles, his error.
our admonition. His longings for the
fertile plains of the Po resound in our
longings for the more fertile field of the
mind. As the soldier expiring on the
icy cliff questions, "Where is Italy ?"
still pointing up the frozen way, the
answer came, "Just beyond" Just
beyond was the error, lone st. Helena
the bondage.


These voices from the past come to
us to trace the shadows of the future,
for our error is misconception. The
real Italy of to-day is humanity. The
Alpine SUBMITS we must scale to reach
it our political and religious prejudices,
financial and social inequalities, the
bondage of which is the antipathy Of
man.


Errors bondage of the past speaks to
man, saying: "know thyself." Err
ror's bondage of the present says to
him, Then shall you know the truth
and the truth shall make you free"
Year: 1879

Some people tell me, your doctrine
about loving, and wives, and all that,
is splendid for the rich, but it won't
do for the poer.' tell you to might
there is more love in the homes of the
poor than in the palaces of the rich.
The meanest hut with love in it is a
palace fit fer the gods, and palace
without love is den only fit for wild
beasts. That is my doctrine! You
cannot be so poor that you cannot help
somebody. Good nature is the cheap
est commodity in the world; and love
is the only thing that will pay ten per
cent. to borrower and lender both.
Do not tell me that you have got to be
rich! We have false standard OF
greatness in the United States. We
think here that a man must be great,
that he must be notorious, that he must
be extremely wealthy, or that he must
be on the putrid lips of rumor. 1t is
all mistake. 1t is not necessary to
be rich or to be great, or to be power
full, to be happy. The happy man ls
the successful man. Happiness is the
legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.


A little while ago 1 stood by the
grave of the old Napoleon-a magnif-
icent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost
for a dead deity-and gazed upon tie
sarcephsgus of black Egyptian mar


Bile, where rest at last the ashes of the
restless man. l leaned over the bal
ustrade and thought about the career
of the greatest soldier of the modern
world. l saw him walking along the
banks OF the Seine, contemplating sui
eide. | saw him at ToulOn. l saw him
putting down the mob in the streets
of Paris. l saw him crossing the
bridge of Lodi with the tricolor in his
hand-I saw him in Egypt IN the shad.
Year: 1879

Have you ever waited for q woman
to get ready to go somewhere? OF
course you have, and will be Interest,"
ed in what follows, written by Kate
Thorn. The hour is half-past three.
Maria is not ready. At four she will
be down in just one moment but ev-
en- at this hour if you could look into
Maria's chamber you would be in des-
pair. Her scrimps' are not taken down
her boots unbuttoned, her pull-back's
elastic cords are out of gear. and the
the maid is fixing them she can't find
her bracelets, one cuff pin is missing !;
she puts her arnica on her handker-
chief by mistake. thinking it is jockey
club. There is button off her bas-
que from hurried buttoning; and oh,
dear! dear! where are her lemon kids
and her lace scarf, and that coral neck
chain, and shawl, and white lace
vail, and dozen other necessary arti-
cles? She has hurried SO that her face
is all ablaze, and she is sure she looks
like a washerwoman, and she seizes
the powder puff and dabs little chalk
on her forehead, and hopes it won't
be seen. as she is going out to ride with
a man and not with woman. All
unconscious of the trials which beset
your charming Maria, you are striving
to do the agreeable to Mrs. B., with
the sound of your horses paving up
that sidewalk in your ears, and you
know the old gentleman is particular
about his grounds, and directly you
hear something snap, and rush out to
find that one of your spirited nags has
broken off fence picket, and is try
ing his best on another by way dessert.
Will she ever get ready2 You con.
suit your watch. Five o'clock! You
feel inclined to swear a little, but piety
forbids, and you try to possess your
soul in patience. The door opens


She comes, radiant and smiling, in the
loveliest of new costumes, pinned
back as tight that she creeps toward
you like snail and you mentally won
der how she is ever going to step
high enough to get into the carriage !;
and her hat is SO becoming, and her
black lace scarf increases the white


ness of her neck so much, and she
tells you SO sweetly, that you feel in
finitely obliged to her for doing it.,
and feel for the moment as if the
highest and most supreme delight of
existence could be found only in wait
ing for her to get ready
Year: 1879

Why stand We apart with our work In the vine
| yard.
| Since Gods every child has its mission to flll
oh why not go forward like brothers and sister


Forever united in earnest good-winf
4 Are we not all in the hands of Jehovah


All the recipients of his Divine carer
Then why SO ungrateful as not to be willing
| To let every soul have its God given sharef
! Is there no hunt ground or home for the Indiar
IN all the wild forests or fields Of the EarthP
And must his pale brother, who claims to b.
Christian,
Deprive him of all he inherits by birth?
| Are they all blessings that we are bestowing2
Are our souls bowling around the Love. .Shrinei
Are these not thistles and thorns that are grow.
ing.
To choke out the harvest that should be Di.
! vinep


The words Glowing kindness" are easily spoken
Bnt who under God will their meaning ex.
press2
Who will 20 forth with the olive branch token
With only the motive to love and to blessr
Who will go forth in the armor of kindness.
To lead the poor wanderer from pathways OF
Search out the souls that are groping in blind


ness.


An find them a refuge, and welcome them inf
Obi If we look Upwards for wisdom and guid-
How quickly the Angels respond to our call,
U sing forever their utmost endcavor


To make US Eyangels of Kindness to all!


And pause but sufficient to see where we


stand
To see if the gifts that we daily are giving
Are surely the gifts of"the heart in the hand %
They teach us forever that we are Gods chill


dren,


With special appointments for each one 10 I'LL,


sisters.


Go lovingly. forward in kindest goodwill.
The trees of the forest have no alteration,
But stand in their order as if they were one; /;
Their roots and their branches make progress


together,


Until their great work Of the temple is DONE
The sunshine. the rain. and the dewdrops Of


morning.


givenI
Forever impartial. and ever untiring,
AS always our Father is smiling from Heaven
The star-gems that sparkle in beauty above us,
So many and varied. all acting their part,
Are asking US truly to be more fraternal.
With shoulder to shoulder. and heart-pulse to


hearth
For though in Gods wisdom our missions are


varied,


Our hearts best emotions should still be the


same,
And kindest of favors from one to another
Should he the blest object at which we should


aiml


DR.. d. ambrose Daris, IN Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1879

ow of the pryamids-T saw him con-
quer the Alps and mingle the eagles
of France with the eagles of the crags.
I saw him at Marengo-at Ulm and
Austerlitz. 1 saw him in Russia
where the infantry of the snew and


the cavalry of the wild blast scattered


his legions like winters withered


leaves. L saw him at Leipsic in de-


feat aud disaster, driven by million


bayonets back upon Paris, clutched


like wild beast, banished to Elba. i
saw him escape and retake an empire


by force of his genius. saw him up
on the frightful field of Waterloo,
where chance and the fate combined
to wreck the fortunes of their former
king, and 1 saw him at st. Helena,
with his hands crossed behind him,
gazing out upon the sad solemn sea.


1 thought of the orphans and wild
ows he had made, of the tears that had
been shed for his glory, and of the
only woman who had ever loyed him,
pushed from his heart by the cold
hand of ambition, and said l would
rather have been French peasant and
worn wooden shoes. 1 would rather
have lived in a hut with vine grow
ing over the door; and the grapes
growing purple in the kisses of the
autumn sun. I would rather have
been that poor peasant, with my low
ing wife by my side, knitting as the
day died out of tho sky-with my
children upon my knees and their
arms about mel would rather have
been that man and gone down to the
tongueless silence of the dreanless
dust than to have been that imperial
pefsonation of force and murder
Col. Ingersoll.
Year: 1879

New York, June THE World,
commenting on the resolutions of the
chamber of commerce concerning the
nse of silver coinage, objects to their
yagueness, and calls for collection of
facts and statistics to place before the
country. What we need is dollar" or
"dollars," the absolute value of which
shall fluctuate as little as possible when
measured by the average quantity of
the products of labor which it or they
will buy. Which metal, silver OF gold,
will best answer this purpose, and is it
possible to keep double coinage of two
metals at par one with the other.
Year: 1879

New York, June THE Tribune to-
day prints the first of a series of letters
narrating the recent visit of eastern
capitalists and scientists to Colorado
and promising its readers further ac-
counts. The increasing interest in this
whole subject, the extraordinary devel-
opments of mineral wealth in the far
west, and the certainty that we are on
the eve of an era of large investments
in mining enterprises, have caused the
Tribune to send out other correspon-
dents to other portions of the great
new field of precious metals We ex-
pect to furnish our readers in the course
Of a few months, with a most complete
and trustworthy survey of the whole of
the new mining region, extending from
Nevada to Arizona, that has yet been
made.
Year: 1879

About half-past three O'Clock this
morning fire broke out inf a frame
building in the rear of the Metropolitan
hotel. The alarm was sounded at once
and those who responded found the
flames mounting skywards in immense
volumes. Soon several streams were in
play and in few minutes the fire was
subdued


The firemen did most excellent work
as the wind was blowing n gale and
only the burning building was destroy
ed. 1t belonged to J. C. Abney and
was right alongside of the building
destroyed on the evening of Fourth of
July last.
Year: 1879

throughout the state and was of seri-
ously damaging character. Corn, potato
vines and vegetables were cut to the
ground, and either wholly destroyed or
so seriously injured as to ensure ma
terial reduction in the yield