smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

be procured for about four to five dol
lars a barrel in almost any town or city.
Then mix one pound of metallic paint
which is brown or red hemitite iron
ore finely ground, to one quart OF lin
seed oil, and apply this over the petro-
leum coat. The petroleum sinks into
the wood and makes good ground


work for the iron and oil paint. The
color Of the iron paint is ii dark reddish


brown, and is not at all disayreeable !;
it is color not readily soiled. very du-
rable, and is fire. .proot:-N Y Tribune.
Year: 1874

In view of the laudable effort now
being made by a number of our
best citizens to secure the establish
ment ofa free Public Library and
Reading Room in our town, we are
requested to republish the following
able appeal in behalf of the under
taking, which appeared in our col
umns in May last. It is from the
pen of the Rev. W. j. McSurely,
pastor of the Presbyterian church:
Year: 1874

Owners of dogs will thke notice of a
Cincinnati decision that sit is not necessary
To show the dog is vicious in order that the
owner shall be liable for damages. The very
fact that party keeps dog, although il Is
lawful to keep it, and lie does an injury.
makes him liable to person for all injury
that he may sustain. Even if the party bit.
ten was trespasseE, that would still not ez>
onerate the owner"
Year: 1874

demonstrate that one-half of q grant
sold off in small farms will make the
remaining half worth more than the
whole, you use an argument which
the owner of the land will see at once,
and only needs little more proof to
induce his immediate action thereon.
So long as our grant owners could not
readily see where their individual
profit came in all the pretty talk about
how they could become public bene-
factors by selling Off their land, went
for nothing. They did not care to dis
pose of their lands. They were not
fond of neighbors. Large herds Of
sheep were good enough for them. OF
late 1t has been discovered that the
cultivation of the alternate quarter
sections of q five-league grant en-
hances the value of the intermediate
quarter-sections about five fold. The
discovery has already broken up a
number of large tracts of land In this
valley, and, We predict, men will con-
tinue to act upon it until there cannot
be found five-mile-square of good
land uncultivated in Los Angeles
Valley.
Year: 1874

Newspapers and ministers are study
Ing the hoodlum problem, and offering
suggestions as to the best method for
preventing boys from developing into
coarse, brutal rowdies. The hoodlums
already made we cannot unmake.
They are ours and we must bear with
them until the grave or San Quentin's
walls hide them from our sight. They
have grown up in idleness and the
vice that always comes with idleness,
and we cannot save them now. They
are past redemption, and stand forth
living evidences of the falsity of the
statement that "while the lamp hol ds
out to burn, the vilest sinner may re-
turn" A San Francisco hood
lum of five years standing can
no more become good boy and a
respectable citizen than sprat can
swallow whale. We may, however,
profit by the lesson these boys are
teaching u.s.. The California boy is no
worse, naturally, than the boy of any
other State. Circumstances make our
boy bad. He has grown up with idle


hands and an unemployed head. Our
boys have not been kept at work. In
place of learning trades they learned


. schiefand developed into hoodlums.
For this the parents are in the main to
blame, though not altogether so. This
has been hard country on boys. 1t
has furnished them with abundant in
ducement to become worthless and
but slight opportunities to work. The
Chinaman has crowded the boy out of
employment. The light labor that
should be performed by boys and the
performance of which would keep
them ont of mischief, is monopolized
by the Chinese. Parents do not exer-
else as much control over their boys as
they should nor do they compel them
to work as steadily as they might, yet
what with Coolie labor and many
other causes, the work for the boys is
not to be had. Trales Unions refuse
to permit employers but limited
number of apprentices, and this is an
other cutting off of the boys'chanee to
work. If people will find something
for the boys to do-something that
will occupy all their spare time out of
school-they will take most effec-
tive step toward weakening the hood
lum element of our towns and cities.
Year: 1874

The self-styled leading organs of the
Independent party, the San Francisco
Call and Bulletin, are hard at work
on the task of writing the Grange
into the so-called Independent party.
If the Granger can be persuaded that
he is to vote as the San Francisco
"Independent'' clique dictates, it will
be all plain sailing for the managers
of the papers named, and they can
select the State officers at the next
election. The plan. however, will
hardly succeed. The farmer is not
quite so verdant as these office hunt
ers flatter themselves he is. The
Grange is not to be duped with a
name. In answer to an article in the
Cail, in which an attempt is made to
convince the farmer that he is men,
Der Of the Independent party, the
California Granger says: "But the
idea of identifying the order with the
party need not be entertained for one
moment. There are men coming for
ward in the Independent party whom
the Grange wouldn't trust :" as far as
they could throw full-grown sheep"
to use an agricultural expression.
They are known to have been mere
place hunters in all parties during the
years past, and they are blatant Inde-
pendents for what profit there is in it
nothing more. The Grangers will
not support any such under any
puiea ~
Year: 1874

The Express of this city somewhat


severely comments on the principals
in the BEEcHER-TIL1oN scandal, and
seems inclined to attach great deal
of blame to Mr.. BEECHER. We are
not disposed to condemn q man, and
especially such a man as the Plymouth
Church pastor, in advance of the evil
dence; and there are doubtless many
who will regard the structures of the
EIpreSS ill-timed and uncalled-for;
but this fact must be kept in view:
whatever of an unfriendly nature may
be said of Mr.. BEEcHER now and
hereafter he himself calls forth. His
friends and the public generally have
thought, and they were justified in so
thinking that he would at least say
something in extenuation of himself
something that would strengthen
the oft-repeated confidence in his in
nocence-but he has remained silent.
lie has assumed that the charges of
TILToN did not require his attention n
beyond the general denial of criminal
act. This may satisfy his intimate
friends and those who will maintain
his innocence until he is proven
guilty, but with the great majority of
those who inhabit this world the un-
denied charge Is accepted as an ad.
mission of guilt. If, as we hope, Mr..
BEEcHER is innocent of the act as
charged by TILToN, he should say so
Mt once and in language so emphatic
that there could be no possibility of
mistake or misunderstanding.
Year: 1874

The small farm theory is beginning
to find advocates among a number of
the large landowners Of this valley.
1t is not worth while to tell O man
what an amount of good he may do
his fellow-beings by acting thus and
so. He will not soc It; but whom you
Year: 1874

warranted not to cut in the eye--not head
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than its on your back in pound Of beet
and it carries bead like a necklace for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1874

workmen are making preparations TO proceed
with the work at Hell Gate. 1t il believed the
WORK VIII be resumed this week or the beginning
OF next.


Great complaint Is made in Newton that there is
but one common receptacle tor bodies IOund
drowned and otherwise dead and awaiting the
disposition Of The Coroner, and for such unfortu-
nate INDIVIDUALS as are accused OF offences but not
yet tried. This receptacle IS under the village
Court House, and Is characterized as ''the damp
dungeon underground" IL Is alleged that 1t is a
very good place Tor q Morgue, but that as . place
Tor the confinement OF human beings 1t is absO
lutely unfit, dangerous to health and hie.n


The North Shore Railroad OF Long Island hav-
ing its termini at Richmond Hill on the west and
Orient on the east, is in q fair way soon to be an
accomplished fact. Authorized representatives Of
European capitalists in TINS country have already
1t IS understood guaranteed sufficient capital TO
secure the construction OF the road, the security
being the bonds OF the company, and It Is prob
able that the work OF grading and laying the rails
VIII he commenced before the close OF the present
month Considerable grading has already been
done at the western end OF the line. The i'm
portance OF the proposed line Of travel may be
Judged when It Is stated that 1t is proposed to
establish regular stations at iorty three different
towns and villages on the route.
Year: 1874

The Document Delivered to the Cow


ernOr Yesterday by Special Messenger--


His Excellency's IDEAS OF Its PubIica-


tion and Reticence Concerning its Com


tents-Eighty Closely Written Pages.


WEST HAMPTON, L. l., July 81. 1874.


the Mayors special messenger, l.. =. Tarr, ar
rived here AT eight O'Clock this evening. and pre-
sented to the Governor the Mayors answer to the
charges preferred against him. The document
was accompanied by a formal letter. in which the
Mayor announces the purport OF this remark
able state paper as being q reply to the
charges preferred against him. The Mayors
messenger did not start alone on his trip but was
IN company with number OF reporters Of the
press, who hoped to obtain COPY of the doeu
ment rom the Governor. The Governor took the
document and told the messenger to in form the
Mayor that he would read ii over at MS earliest
convenience and convey to him his further action
as soon as he mad made up MS mind. To your cor
respondent the Governor stated that he would not
furnish copy oil the Mayors answer until he had
time TO peruse II fully himself. He thought the
Mayor was the proper party to send copy OF his
answer to the press The Governor would have
no objection to the Mayor pursuing that course
now chat the original had peen placed in his
hands.


The Mavor VIII be officially advised by ten O'Clock
tomorrow morning OF Its sale delivery, and the
Governor thought Mayor Havemeyer should feel
rather anxious than otherwise to nave the dOcu-
ment laid before the public at tile earliest mo-
ment. His Excellency is


ABSOLUTELY SILENT


as 70 the course he will pursue after having read
the Mayors answer. In reply TO question OF the
correspondent as to wnat the Governor ought to
do in case the Mayors excuse does not prove sat
lsfactory, he said ne was not prepared to an
ticipate anything so unpleasant, and could not
therefore give an opinion on the subject before
hand. He had glanced curs0rily over the docu-
ment which contains about eighty closely written
pages, ana 1t VIII take him at least two days to
have 1t properly studied. Meantime ne hopes the
Mavor w,ll be able to consider It advantageous to
publish his reply 70 the charges.
Year: 1874

Now that sweet charity has enfolded in its
blessed arms the little waits Of the city streets,
and the jubilant voices OF childhood may be heard
on the rivers and In the groves as well as In the
narrow and filthy lanes Of the town, 1t may be az
well to remember that the aged poor OF New York
have some claims on the bounty OF the RICH The
free excursions Tor poor children was an admirable
and progressive step in the direction OF practical
benevolence, and It's good effect both morally snd
physically, cannot be Over-estmated. Now let US
brace the aged or infrm, and blessings from
almost dying lips will no. be less sweet than II Om
the lips OF youth. Baltimore has commenced the
good work; now let New YOrk-the mother OF
nearly all American charities-take It up, and the
excursions Tor the aged poor will become an &C
compIished fact. 1t Will not do to say that the
proposed noating hospital will meet the case, for
this would embrace only the sick there must be
day of jubilee for those whose lnfirmties arise only
from old age and the good work OF free excursi0na
will not be rounded or complete until the suffering
OF all classes and all ages ts embraced in the benef-
cent scheme.
Year: 1874

Some further light has been thrown upon the
death Of the three persons alleged to have been
SO mysteriously poisoned at No. East Thirty
second street last sunday week. A day or two
ago some member OF the family who had been alb
sent in the country returned home and In closely
examining the kitchen where the servants worked,
found quantities of Paris green scattered alb out ia
different parts OF the ROOM where 1t is presumed
to have been EFT tor the purpose or killing rats.
On learning these facts from the owner of the
premises Coroner WOltman and Professor DOremus
repaired tnither and found portions of the poison
which had been gathered up and thrown into an
ash barrel. Whether John Powers, ms sister Anna
Il. Powers and Ellen Burke, the cook tine two
latter were employed in the nouse), died from the
effects Of Paris green must ne determined by the
result Of the analysts. OF which Professor Doremus
has charge. II - possible that or the poison
found IN tine Kitchen may have become accdentv
mixed with the food partaken OF by the deceased
rfl
Year: 1874

In the fall Of Beecher-for, whatever may be the
extent of his sin, his fall is compiete-we have the
inevitable ending OF that reckless radicalism
OF which Mr.. Beecher has been the chiefest and
most conspicuous example. viii society and par
ticularly religious society, heed the lesson, and
Insist upon main tanning inviolate all tue cOaserva
tive securities OF social Order-that is OF the order
OF organized sOciety-in all its relations
Year: 1874

may take place one of these days. Yesterday
some OF the railroad magnates rode to the scene
OF the excavation. looked On quietly for ume
said nothing outside of among themselves, and
then rode away.
Year: 1874

A FINE LOT OF HEAVY TRUCK HORSES FOR
"A sale-comprising some Of the best workers in the
city Trucks, both double and single, and complete
sets OF Harness 10 be the sugar refinery, FIT
tcenth rect between Ninth and Tenth avenues
Year: 1874

G1IsIPsEs OF THE RIVER THIEvES--A WARNING


THEIR TALK OvERHEARD-NO TIDINGs RECEIVED


BY THE POILCE-FALSE SCENTS.


| 1t was q source of great regret to Superin-
tendent wang after he had secome that
Mosler and Douglass the real abductors Of
Charley Ross. no should not have been able to
lay his hands upon them. Both were
we'll known 20 Capt Hedden and Detectives
Doyle, silleck and Lawler They were heard Of
s!onay in their usual haunts but remained long
in one place. They seemed to know that close search
would be made for them and that the safest
to keep away from the places where the police
would be apt 10 search for them. Then
suspicious confirmed by tho stupidity OF one OF
the officers engaged in the search. who inquired for
them q low drinking place where they occasionally
called at night. This was communicated TO them and
thereafter they were In their best
known haunts, aud only at long intervals
they heord OF by the police as taking occasional
drink In saloons along the North ana East River routs
and never remaining moro than few minutes any
where, On one occasion they called at the
oyster saloon OF O German on the East side,
and each procured stew The proprietor
knew the names OF his customers. and their
character aud from words dropped by them was salts
fed that they either the abductors OF the boy


Charley Ross knew the men who had done the act On
the following day be called on superintendent Wa!ling
and told him be knew who had stolen Charley Ross The
superintendent hadreceFedso 80 many co'nmubcauonS Oh
the subject and many had called TO give him
worthless Information relative 70 tho that he
inclined 10 dsbelieve the man. and said TO him, If
know who the mon you can tell me their names or
describe them. Who theyr His Informant
rephed, "BIll Mosier and a man they call Clark"
THIS was oDe OF DouRlass's assumed names and the
Superintendent at became interested in tine IN
formation which his auditor had to offer. The
conversation which ho had overheard was
fragmentary, but 1t was enough 70 strengthen
the superintendents belief that hs was
looking for the right The saloon OF the German
was watched. but the thieves returned there IL
Year: 1874

was evident some time before this that tho men had no
particular rendezvous IN this city Tho search for them
was 80 thorough that II they had frequently visited
or their old haunts they would have been caught
ut least seen while their way to and FROM their lodg


pgs Hence the belief OF the Superintendent that the
men were cruising UP tho North and East Rivers,
the Sound, or the New-Jersey rivers which
empty into the ocean. The search by detectives
sileck and Doyle OF the NewYork force and Detective
Woods OF the Philadelphia force, In the steam launch
through Long Island sound the North and East Rivers
the Lower Bay and the waters OF New-Jersey' mas al
ready been described in TIE TRIBUNE.


Ever since the abduction OF Charley Ross, Supern-
tenden wallng has been pestered by to
give information of children who held in mys-
FERROUS manner Letters have been received from all
parts OF the country giving the same kind OF nforma
ton Some of the letters answered and Others were
forwarded TO the Chief OF Police OF Philadelphia The
visitors we're gwen hearing but with the exception or
the German saloon keepers story mentioned above,
none Of the information thus volunteered was ound 10
possess any value. Two men called ono day and an
nounced that they had to tell him where Charey
Ross WAS concealed. They could point out the exact
house. Rather increduous, but still hoping that tho in
formation might possess value the superintendent
asked them how they had obtained this news. Inc
spokesman replied that his brother had peculiar sys
TEN OF figuring by which he was enabled 70
divine any secret. BY this means No
had been enabled TO trace the boy W


hs city then TO the Streets then to the block and
finally to the house where he was concealed. lie theh
gave the locality OF the house. The Superintendent
erayely bowed his visitors out of his presence. care
full inquiry at the house mentioned, as q matter OF
showed that thero was child there, nor had
there been ono answering the description OF Charley
Year: 1874

had been taken from the vault and placed In clear light
The boy seemed of bright and lively disposition. but
appeared little overready TO take cue Tor MS utter
ance from the bent Of those about him. he Immediately
noticed Moser's dishgured nose and spoke OF H.
and In bis childish way he appeared to recog'
nize confidently the elder Of the two as one OF MS
brothers abductors but about the younger was
not az prompt and positive In his identification.
The two boys had accosed by the men on Two OK
three occasions that Walter Ross had reason 10 reco
lect their oountenances and general appearance On
the day OF the abduction both boys were invited oy tne
men to ride in the buggy in which the latter were
seated, and they accepted the invitation. After
proceeding o short distance one Of the men gave
Walter some money TO buy hro-crackers
and he left the buggy get them The men then drove
rapidly away with the younger boy This naturally pro-
duced strong impression on the elder OF the two Doy
and left the faces of the men engraven on his mind.


As soon as body of Mosier exposed to the view
of the boy Walter at the Morgue he exclaimed That is
ono OF the mem tell him by his nose" The recog
milton was the more remarkable from the fact that
whenever Walter had seen Mosier in Philadelphia the


latter had worn pair OF goggles" for the purpose OF
altering his appearance much as possible. walter
was perhaps better witness to identify the two men
than persons who had seen them in German
town. for whenever the men were talk
ing with the boys near their parents
residence. and observed any persons look at them
closely they made haste 10 conceal their faces win
their handkerchefs and turned away as quickly as pos


sble The Identification of Mosier by the boy was grail
tying 10 superintendent wang as confirming the the
ory which he had held so long.


Among the visitors at the Morgue yesterday was B.
W. Holllster Of Rutherfurd, NewJersey, whose mousse
was broken into by burglars night about six weeks
ago. He was awakened by the burGar-alarT, and going
down stairs with revolver he found one OF the burg
lars in room the ground foorwith Lighted match
In his hand. The burglar escaped, Mr. Hollister firing
four shots from his revolver at him without effect
Upon looking Moslers body Mr.. Holister said that
he resembled much the burglar at whom no nred
that night, him in the imperfect light ana ne
was inclined to think that he was the same man.
Year: 1874

THE San Francisco papers tell about
q yoang woman out theae who is
known as the ssnaysterious deaf aud
dumb girl. ." and one of the reporters
went around TO interview her q few
days ago. While he was standing by
her taking notes of the Intelligence
conveyed to him by SIGNS, Ne happen
ed to remark to a companion that q
girl who had such nose MS that ought
70 be deaf and dumb as q punishment
for lendsag hsrself to such an Outrage.
He had only tiTna 70 wonder why his
companion slid down the hanister so
suddenly when he was surprised 20
find himself lying st the bottom OF the
stairs with the coal scuttle on him,
and the girl coming down three steps
at time with roliing-pin ia one
hand and q bed~slat In the other. He
thinks her now more mysterious yet,
Year: 1874

THE editor OF the Helena Hldepondcat
says ne was born and raised in the
north; served four years in the Federal
army; fixed his residence there after the
war, aud has taken no part in politics
whatever until during the last cam
Faign, when ne took an active interest
iH the canvass, and contributed such aid
ami influence s. he was able 10 COM
maud 10 insure its success, and be as
-ares The northern press that the people
o. Arkansas are satisfied with the gov
eminent they have, and with the Or
gauie law OF the State; and that every
thing is peaceable, quiet and orderly.
Year: 1874

The law relating to prepayment of postage on newspapers takes effect on and after January l, 1875, alter which date subscribers to any paper will not be an noyed by payment Of postage. The amount is not much to publishers-only two cents per pound for all papers mailed for offices out of the county where pub lished. In enacting this law, Congress acted wisely. It will be great relief to postmasters and subscribers to papers published out of their county; the former will be relieved from keeping accounts and presenting quarterly bills for few cents, and the latter from the annoyance of frequent duns and payment. It is by all odds better that all mail received into mail bags, should be prepaid. We notice that publishers generally announce no increase of price because they have to pay the postage, and THE CITIZEN will be as heretofore s5 per year and postage paid.
Year: 1874

B. W. SMITH was in town this week with a load of sweet potatoes grown in Salt riv- er valley, and retaIled them at eight cents per pound. He says Irish potatoes over there were failure this year.
Year: 1874

GRAND OPENING The Great Eastern show ot New

 Goods

 LORD 6 WILLIAMS TWILL DISPLAY FOR PUBLIC IN W spection one of the Largest and Most Attractive Stocks of Goods ever before Brought

 to this Market.