smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

From an Interview with superintende wslling. in


the New York Tribuns.l


When asked whether he believed that
Charley Ross was still alive, Superin-
tendent Walling said that he really had
not made up his mind either way. There
were reasons both for believing him alive,
and for believing him dead. lie was satis-
fed in his own mind that the child was
alive when the robbers we've killed, and
the best reason for thinking 40 was that
upon the child's safety depended that of
the abductors. After their death the
Legislature of Pennsylvania had passed
an act promising immunity to any person
connected with the abduction who would
bring forward the child, and the relatives
had offered five thousand dollars reward.
The fact that these offers did not produce
the child indicated that he was probably
dead. But then the boy might have been
put for safe keeping in the hands OF
ignorant persons in the country who had
never read of either the legislative act or
the notice of the reward, and so be still
alive. To illustrate how Ear the private
detectives were of the true track, Superin-
tendent walling said that, on the
strength of letter that the child would,
on the receipt of the $50, 900 reward, be
placed in the hands of clergyman, they
had followed a clergyman, who happened
to live in the vicinity Of Mr.. Ross house
nearly all over the United States, to see
ifhe would not get the child.
Year: 1875




The order of the day nov, before the
people of the United States, is this
Have the Radical Republican party and
its Grant administration, in the exercise
of their functions, with their immense
majorities in both branches Of Congress,
aud with majorities in nearly all the
State Legislatures, with nearly all the
Governors for year-done their duty
fairly by the people' This is the order
of the day. This is the supreme question
before which all Others sink in insignif-
cance. This truly has been the order Of
the day for more than year past and
many States have already spoken, and
Others will soen speak. In the midst OF
this vital popular legislation We hear a
piping voice Of nearly defunct Radical
ism" call for the debate on gold, and
paper currency. move the indefinite
postponment Of that other object-the
life Of the nation" No, no, Mr. Radical
Year: 1875

THE Pal Mall Gazette thinks that the
national (English) revenue is small In
comparison with the national wealth !
that the sacrifice of the penny income
tax of last year was a blunder; that the
rich Englishmen pay more taxes in pro
portion TO their income than the poor
Englishmen; and that the right use OF a
surplus, about which Mr.. Grey has re-
Gently expressed some anxiety in the
Contemporary Repis,e, is 10 increase Il by
all means.
Year: 1875

[The following poem appears to have been written by the wife of Dakota legislator and addressed to her lord at the Capital of that Territory during the Session of 1874 Oh, husband, dear husband

 The days are SO long,

 While you are law making up there

 And can yO1 bring me dress when you come For really and truly I've nothing to wear.

 Oh husband, dear husband, The laws that you make,

 May be most useful and wise, But why you keep fooling with contested seats We women can't tell for our lives. Oh, husband, dear husband,

 ] may not be smart, But can't thing that any ones done And fear you are only drawing your pay And drinking your whisky and having your fun. Oh, husband, dear husband, For thirty y-eight days

 I've tended the stock and done my work too, And I've sleptin my chamberail cold and alone, Oh husband, dear hus band, have you:
Year: 1875

! known man. on the far-oif Pacific shores, to l bankrupt the language of its beauties and ] transmit tO posterity that most glowing word picture Of the century. As he DOT l tTayed the angel of the storm. riding down the sunken wire, to bear to all lands the song of the Bethlehem shepherds. he seemed tranSiigured with a beauty not of earth and

 a dignity such as nothing human ever wore.

 For minutes after be had finished, sat spell

 bound. and then walked away like the som

 nambUist of an tnterminable dream.

 The year 1860 will never be forgotten by any man who belonged to the Republican party of California. Lincoln, the great hearted Prairie Giant was the nominee for President and Baker was his herald on the Pacific coast did not vote for him, but from the land now call my home, came the ''Grey Eagles" anthems of liberty that no lover of freedom or justice could GiSparage, no matter what h's partisan sentiments might be. To the undying honor of Oregon, be 1t said, she elected this noble soldier and peer less orator t. the United States Senate: and the glory of his lofty and inctiable valor shall atone for centuries of the disgrace into which h;s party has since fallen.

 On the floor of the Senate, he was the only man who could cope with the apostle of secession-Judah P. Benjamin-and him he crushed with his irrcfutable argument against the dismemberment of the Rcpub lie. He seemed like the incarna,e will of a great but imperiled people, and overthrow Benjamin like St. Michael tramplDg down ApollyOn.

 At length, the toesin of war sounded, and this great statesman and heroic soldier buck led on the panoply of freedom, to battle with the conspirators who sought to snatch half the continent from beneath our feet What was his record Let the bloody tale at Balls Bluff speak for him. He fell in the glory of q noble life, in the plentitude of uasullied valor, and from the fearful holo- caust in the name of our common country, no purcr incense waited its odor up to the God of Battles. With thr5b of gratitude to hIS gentleneSs to me, and tear for his untimely end, can only recall his proud fOrm-long since mouldered into ashes-and repeat his own words. as his tears fell on the coiiin-lid of Broderick, True friend-great leader-Noblc hero, hail and farewell P
Year: 1875

To the amount of Two Million Fivc Hundred Thousand are tO be distributed On the 2tth February by the Public Library of k entucky upOn the OccaSi0l of their Fill, and and Last Concert.
Year: 1875

will be restored to entire usefulness.
He sustained much more serious in
jury by being crushed in the engine,
one rib being dislocated and the breast
bone fractured. Mr.. Mateer, the Yard
Master, who was also sufferer by the
accident is lying at Wilmington in a
critical condition. His lower limbs
were scalded badly and other compli-
cations have set in since, so that there
is danger that amputation of one leg
may be necessary. French, the engi-
neer of the wrecked locomotive, is en-
tirely well and has been on duty for
some time.
Year: 1875

The "gaugen is the same now, gem
orally, as when first started in iS27-
folr feet, eight and one-half inches;
t e weight of the rail will average SO
pounds to the yard.


1t is now conceded that no commu-
nifty can thrive without the aid of the
railway, and especially no large agri-
cultural or mineral country can be
developed unassisted by railroads.
Now that we have nucleus and are
geographically and geographically so
,avorably situated for railroad centre,
1T will be little short of contemptible
supineness on our part to neglect the
golden opportunity at present offered
In the construction of the Los Angeles
and Independence Railroad. Every
man or woman in Los Angeles county
that can earn or command an hundred
dollars within the coming twelve
months, should have a share in this
not subscribe to its stock, must be set
down as wanting III common sense
and the instincts of preservation.
Aside from the value of the stock as
an investment, this road Is destined to
be link in chain of roads that will
open up glorious possibilities to us of
this favored section. There Is nothing
In the topography Of the Intervening
space between Independence and
Southern Utah to prevent an early
connection with the railway system
OF that important mining centre, Civ
Ing advantageous communication with
the Union Pacific and saving the
ocean transit of all passengers and
freight destined for our section from
the East, via that route. There are
advantages that space does
not adInit mention Of now, which will
be shown in other communications


+. M. S.


Los Angeles, January 10Th.
Year: 1875

The soil is of rich sandy ioam and free
from alkali. There are two or three small
pieces OF alkali ground on the tract, but they
will be pointed out to purchasers so that they
may know what they are buying. The char
acter or the soil is more like the warm mesa
lands of the country, than the low, damp corn
Year: 1875

ns- The tide Ofinmigration is steadily set
ting in, AMI the first thing eastern people DO
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
between the two. 21ao
Year: 1875

Can be readily and SURELY obtained at
depth OF from one hundred and thirty to Two


hundred feet. There are many flowing wells
in the immediate vicinity, and within the ar
tesian belt no failure to get flowing water has
ever occurred. The townof
Year: 1875

The HERALD has lost subscriber.


We are depressed; and as we know
that in an onion there is strength, we


shall provide ourselves with a large
one and weep--if we can. A gentle
mana respected gentleman = has
stopped his weekly HERALD, and all
because we have shown ourselves SO
disloyal as to disapprove the Admin
istration's policy toward Louisiana.


We do not know that the respected
gentleman runs a small Postoffice or
that he expects and Indian Agency
appointment; but we do know that
the President ought to do something
handsome for q man who foregoes
reading the HERALD for his sake.
But a few words to our respected ex-
subscriber. The HERALD does got
Year: 1875

The New York Herald is pursuing
an absurd course in filling column
after column with demands on Presi-
dent GRANT to resign. The President
belongs to the class who filled the rail-
road offices of which the Superintend-
ent said, few die and none resign. He
will fight it out to the end of his term,
and he is right in doing so. The most
enthusiastic friends of the President
must admit that he has made mis-
takes, but what man in his position
has avoided making them? We are
not sure that the President has been
guilty of an intentional wrong. He
pursues plans and policies that are
undoubtedly wrong, but does he know
them to be so? We may condemn a
mans act without impeaching his
motive. We cannot endorse many
acts of President GRANTS administra-
tion, but we do not propose to de-
nounce him as fool or rascal in con-
sequence, nor shall we try to black
guard him into resigning.
Year: 1875

endorse the Administration recon-
struction policy, and it is independent
enough to say so. We know that
nine-tenths of the people do not en-
dorse that policy, and when they have
an opportunity to say so at the ballot
box, they speak as with one voice.
This beautiful policy has been played
for the last six years, and we now
have a bill in Congress which pro-
poses to declare martial law through
out the South. Is this not sufficient
evidence that we have had enough OF
this magnificent policy? Perhaps our
respected ex-subscriber is one OF q now
sadly decimated tribe that believes
whatever President GRANT does is
right! We know our friend will bor-
row the HERALD of his neighbor and
read it, and we therefore write for his
benefit that the HERALD is an inde-
pendent paper-one of the most inde-
pendent papers in the State. 1t is
neither toadylng worshipper nor an
enemy of President GRANTS, nor is it
the tool or organ of any party, ring or
clique. 1t endorses what it believes
to be right and condemns what it be-
lieves to be wrong, and it has the in
dependence to express its sentiments
for or against, no matter whether it be
to endorse or condemn the action OF
President GRANT or that of town
haadln
Year: 1875

"Now, by st. Paul, the work goes
bravely on.n The determination and
activity manifested by Engineer
CRAWFORD and those in his empty is
encouraging to the friends of the Los
Angeles and Independence Railroad.
The company have opened offices over
TEMPLE & WoRKMAN's Bank and are
going to work with a will. Weshall
not be surprised to hear that several
miles of road bed is completed out
from Truxton within the next ten
days and that at least fifteen miles of
the road is surveyed and located dur
ing the same time. Everything is
moving on finely and we hope every
one will encourage the enterprise by
taking stock. They will thus show
that they appreciate the magnitude
and Importance of the work and are
desirous of encouraging it to the ut
most Of their power.
Year: 1875

A wealthy mining speculator of San
Francisco, in conversation with one
of our leading citizens the other day
remarked that there was no reason in
the world why, next to San Francisco,
Los Angeles should not become the
greatest mining center on the Pacific
Coast. There is more than mere talk
in these words. They embody prob
ability neither remote nor difficult.
This city is the nearest eligible point
to what, in the opinion of those OF
experience and judgment, will soon
develop into the richest and most ex-
tensive mining region yet discovered


in this State or that of Nevada There
is much here to attract men of great
wealth and induce them to make this
their home, and the homes of such
men means highly cultured grounds
and palatial residences. With her
genial climate, her rich soil, her vast
mining resources and her beautiful
surroundings Los Angeles will soon
become city of wealth and popula-
tion beyond the most extravagant ex-
pectations of the most sanguine of her
present residents. We expect to see
the day when Temple Block is con-
verted into stock exchange, and Los
Angeles will have her California
street on which business activity will
be no less active than on the Califor-


mia street of San Francisco. We ex-
pect to be able to point out the resi-
sdences of HAYWARD, SHARON, JONES
and others of San Francisco's wealth.
est citizens who have loft her foss, her
sand hills and her feas and made their
homes in the Queen city of the Pacific
Los Angeles. We expect to see this
valley one broad forest of orange, lem


on and lime groves. We expect to
see at least one hundred thousand
people in valley which now contains
less than thirty thousand, and we ex-
pect to see the city of Los
Angeles grow, expand, spread out,


until land we now speak of as farms
in the country will be covered with


solid blocks of houses. 9f ss,s.