smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

will ever come up in court again in q civil form.
Tflton cannot get in the evidence he wishes on
civil prosecution and will probably never try again.
He assumes TO be anxious to have the criminal IN
dictment against him tried on the behef, 80 DIS
counsel say that his on the witness stapd
will tell the truth, that they, in examination, can
make her tell 1t. The counsel for Mr.. Beecher, on
the other hand hesitate to press the indictment be-
cause Of the uncertainty of this same witness. She
has under various influences and for various motives,
all of which to her appeared good, told many diff
ferent tales that the counsel naturally afraid Of
her as a witness. Hence hitch, which may result
in long delay of both civil and criminal suits,
and gradual dying out of the scandal.


JUDGES OPINION OF THE DECISION.


Appointment member of the Brooklyn bench stated
last evening" in reply inquiries regarding bis opin-
ion of Judge McCue's decision, that when the
original motion for bill of particulars was made
before Judge Nelson, the claim was that the plain
tiff should state the times when and places where
the wrongful acts were perpetrated, and that he
should be prevented from proving any other time
and place. In the argument on Thursday, however,
before Judge McCue, Mr.. Evarts gave up that
theory, and claimed that the plaintiff in his state
ment should approximate to the times, and that
doing this would not preclude the general circum-
stantial evidence appropriate to such q case. Had
the case been thus presented to Judge Nelson he
might and probably would have granted the bill
of particulars in the FIRST instance The decision of
Judge McCue, lie added, does not affect the case in
the least. Mr.. Tilton is required to give time
and places; but his witnesses may testify with ref
to the act Of adultery without regard to the
circumstances under which it committed. and
his documentary evidence may relate merely to the
act This is as it should be the act is the material
thing in this case, the time and place the inmate
rial. To require that the proof of the material
should depend upon the proof Of the immaterial is
not justice In business transactions the dates may
be required because the books Of the parties in
volved contain all such records, ought to- but in
of this sort the act, if committed, has been
studiously concealed, and it is hardly to be sup
posed that any considerable evidence be brought
to fix the occasions. "I think" concluded the
Judge that Mr.. Tilton present, under this de-
cison. all of his evidence relating to the act itself
which he charges, and without restriction aside
from the ordinary rules of evidence
Year: 1874

Mary Guam, q servant girl, while sleeping
in the front basement of tenement house at No. ll3
Westinghouse, was awakened at 1890 Yesterday
the room in the back basement She instantly leaped
out OF bed and into the room suspecng that thief
had broken into the house On opening the door she
saw clearly every part OF the room, which lighted
III, by lets OF fire pouring out Of large pile OF kndling
wood in one OF the OF the Standing
the fire and blowing upon the flames stood a man
Of large stature. The stranger turned quickly
about upon becoming conscious OF her pres
epce and she saw that he had bis face
backened with some pigment. Before she could utter
a word he sprang toward her. grasped her with both
hands about the throat and endeavOred to strange her
She struggled desperately and at last uncasped his
hands from her throat and pushed him back. Then
snaching up large carving knife from the table she
struck fercey at him with tho weapon The blade Of
the knife struck him the face and Inflicted deep
cut across his right cheek He lodged her and ran out
INTO the back yard She did not dare follow him, but
Instead the and called PatrOlman Casey
of the Precinct to the spot The officer
entered the building and thoroughly searched tine back
yard, could not find the incendiaTy who had had
several moments, however, in which 10 escape Whie
through the basement the Ofrer stamped
the flames OF the burning wOOdpie and eXtlnguished
them. on examining the sticks Of wood afterward IL
discovered that they were saturated with Kerosene


The building Is owned by John F. Clark, who occupies
several apartments in IT, The night before he assisted
Patromau Casey 10 defend himself from gang OF long
shOremen. who had attacked the officer In Washington.
st. One OF these oDghoremen 1t is suspected secreted
himself the house after the aray, aud later In
the night attempted to secure revenge IN the manner
described The servant said that the inceDdiary was
large man aud had small side whiskeIs ana q mus
fapl
Year: 1874

APPEARANCE OF A METEOR ON SUNDAY NIGHT-Ir


DIVIDES INTO TWO BODIES OF DIFFERENT COL


oRs-IS II RELATED TO THE CoMErf


To the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: There appeared in the heavens last
night remarkable meteor some account OF which may
be OF interest to your readers of whom presume,
witnessed the display because OF the ateness OF the
hour It's passage was few minutes after midnight.
became aware Of Its presence by a sudden flash of
light sufficiently bright to cast a shadow upon the
ground and startling in its suddenness and brillancy
as TO frghten the horse that was driving. My first
thought was of lightning bat the facts that the night
was perfectly clear and the light lasted longer than
lightning fash, caused me to look up. when saw
luminous body apparently quite half large as the
full moon, shooting rapidly directly overhead IN line
very nearly direct from south to north The view of its
course to the north mpeded by trees but before Its
disappearance behind them 1 noticed something OF
zg-zag motion, followed by breaking of the meteor
into two bodies. The color of the light pre-
vious to the breaking was bright yellow
like that Of the moon, but or the two
parts one assumed sort of blush green and the other
an amber-lke brown. There in these colors pc
culiar richness-a llQuidity-that have in
any other than meeoric cOlors. can only compare 1t
to the internal light Of the opal After the breaking
the two parts seemed to diverge-one following the
former direction, the other flying off little to the
east. ~. -..-,


Your readers will remember a meteor that excited
great deal Of comment which appeared soHe years ago
i tbuk, in the Summer OF 1859 was struck with the
similarity between that and the OF last night That
was larger but, both before and after breaking, Oh
served in both the same phenomena as TO color
In point OF distance in both cases the observer was i'm
pressed with idea OF nearness The one seen last
night seemed not far above the teeOps but III
must have been distant, for heard no report on
it's bursting. while distinctly remember hearing such


report in the other case and yet that was very dis
tant There was IN both cases, also, the appearance OF


long train Of light which, suppose, can be set down "
the optical effect OF the rapid motion.


Can any OF the Knowing ones explain the reason Tor
these peculiar cOors tell whether this meteor was
not a parting Gift from our late cometary yisitorf


SatOeyties, ". T.. July 20, 1874. .. ii. c.
Year: 1874

The Commissioners of Police art determined
that there shall be no tamperDg with the ballot the
coming election II in the appointment of inspectors
OF election will prevents IT, Commissioner Duryee stated
yesterday 10 reporter Of THE TRIBUNE that the entire
Board had canvassed the matter and fully appreciated


Its importance. 1t proposed 10 guarantee fair cleo
ton by selecting for inspectors OF election men whose
character stands fair the community Low ward
politicians are not wanted nor will they be appointed.
The full Board will pass upon the appointments, and
whenever II is discovered that OF bad reputation
has been named matter by which party, he will be
rejected. The lists will be open for Inspection. The re-
mOvals will DE made in the open Board, and all the
requments Of the law will be fully complied with The
Board purpose to act fairly Ia all things
Year: 1874

From the Dubuque Herald of August 18TH


One Of the most thrilling adventures
ithe most thrilling in itself, and prob
ably fatal in its results) which has ever
been experienced in this land of min
eral-hole man traps, occurred on Sun
day. about one mile west of Asbury
chapel. On Sunday morning James
Kinsley, youth of sixteen years, vis-
iting his uncle Joseph, about a mile
west of the chapel above mentioned,
rode the horses Off to water, leaving
the house about s o'clock ir the morn
ing. The hours passed along until
near o'clock in the afternoon. and
James had not returned. His folks
then became uneasy about him. ard
set out to look for him. Going through
the pasture for some distance they
found him lying in an unconscious
condition on the brow of a mineral
hole. the back of his head cut very
badly. They picked him up and corr
Veyed him home, where in Il short
time his consciousness returned. and
when he got so he could speak he re-
lated the following strange and thrill
ling adventure: II was riding along to
the watering place; while on the way
l heard th3 report ofa gun, and heard
the hum of the shot passing very near
me; number of them I thought
struck my horse in the neck. He dart
ed oil AT full speed, growing more
frightened, l thought, every moment. l
could do nothing toward checking
him, and only managed to keep my
seat. lie plunged forward and
soon came upon mineral hole, but
cleared it at q bound. and still kept on,
leaping another i'm the same manner.
and still anthcr, but Just as lie cleared
the third shaft everything grew dark
and a strange feeling. a binding SEN
sItion came over me, and after time
how long it was | cannot say--this
feeling passed away and l found my
self in dark place. my horse resting
on my leg, and both my leg and head
paining me badly. | finally became
conscious of what had happened to
me and made an effort 10 get my legs
free, and afier u long and painful
struggle succeeded. then made up
my mind to drag myself ont if posi-
bic. but l had grown 50 weak | was
afraid | could never do it. | seem to
remember that reached the top of the
shaft, hut all was blank after that"
When kinSley hal told his story some
of the party Went back to tie mineral
hole where they had found him, and
on accommodating discovered the horse
living at the bottom of tie shaft as
James had stated. The lad may pos
Sibly rally and yet we'll, hu; il will
have been Il most narrow escape from
death.
Year: 1874

If rlere has been any change in the condition of
the general trade of the city during the week closing
Lfoday il has been mainly in iveher hope for the
immediate future of business, rather than in in-
creased activity in trade or advancing prices for
merchandise. Still the opinions Of business men
,s,s to the prospects of the Fall trade seem TO be
about as divergent those of stock specu-
fators concerning the future Of the securities
bought and sold at the Exchange III Newest. So
much are mankind inclined TO believe true that
which they desire should prove So that they uncOn-
sciously give undue Importance to minor facts or
circumstances which tend in any manner TO estab-
Dish what they wish 20 prove So a sharp advance
tin the English market yesterday for Indian is
nnade TO represent short grain crop throughout
Europe in the face of the latest actual information
no the contrary. This imaginary short crop argues
with the hopeful lively demand aud high prices
abroad for our surplus cereals unusually successful
railroad traffic and the immediate return of general
sprosperity in trade and manufactures. We most
sincerely hope that these sanguine anticipatOns
,may prove true, but can in the advance in the
tQrice of only a reflection of the fact,
sonaby well established that crop is to be
something below the average instead of being above
lit as had been hoped six weeks ago The effect Of
this short crop may be also IN the arrest of the
downward tendency in the price of wheat, which it
is TO be hoped may prove permanent though many
dear it will be but temporary. The ChioagO Tribune
of the I'd inst, in discussing the Western crops,
marks


The Fall movement OF grain eastward does not prom
ase 10 be so years but the outlook
FOR the season which commenced to-day Is bad
eTcept I'M wheat The wheat prospect is rather gloomy


esent Indications are 70 the effect that there is more
than will be wanted for consumption and that means
Eow prices on what does find a market There seems


10 he no help for but 70 DO content 10 hold on and
pwait Tor better prices the event OF ess liberal sup
Dy in some future year good deal VI the corn That
Eas been sold 60a6c this season was Two OF three
syears old and it paid keep it, when TIC owners could
iSford 10 do so.


As has been before remarked it is idle to close our
eyes 10 existing facts; aud believing that 10 good
end could be served by 80 doing. we have steadily
tried TO place before the readers of The TRIBUNE
the simple truth concerning the business condition
and prospects and to draw therefrom correct deduc
tions. in the hope that they might be OF service 10
the legitimate interests of the country. Remember
ing the teachings of history have been unable 10
see why the effect Of the panic Of last Autumn, a
panic resulting from ten or twelve years OF reckless
speculation. imprOyident Investments aud ex-
Year: 1874

The general stock speculation to-day was pretty
lively and resulted eventually quite disastrousy for
the bulls who had started out in such high gee AT
the start prices to per cent higher than they
closed last night but soon lost the strength and re-


acted to lower figures. After a slight recovery in
the afternoon, smart demonstration was made
against the Western roads, which broke down the
entire list and the market left off weak and de-
spondent The opening, highest lowest, and closing
Year: 1874

to his Office, took seat BY his desk and
such 9 face well I began to get uneasy
about him for he has worked SO hard to
make this thing success, aud to have
itkpocked in the head in this way, it
was enough to unsettle the strongest
mind. Buttjust at this moment hap
prened t, think that [ had No 33 of the
GRANGE ADVANCE in my pocket, q al
ways keep the Advance with me) gave,
it to him calling his attention to '' An
Innocent Granger--How Farmer Smith
of Madison outw.tted a. uoney-lender"
Well I think this was all that saved
MIR. Milne, for before I left there he
had made arrangements to furnish a
three shovel plow and cultivator CON-
bined, with rear shovels so arranged
that they will throw the dirt to or from
the corner as desired 1t will be bet
ter and cheaper plow than the one owned
by the gents that :; Oaoa the State" and
l think We may possibly hold out few
months longer ; If nothing more of the
kind should turn up, and the Patrons
should find it possible to get along
without the assistance of these gents.


Yours Respectfully,


E. E. DICKERSON.
Year: 1874

thus far yielded any fruits beyond that Of
saving few dollars to Mr.. Sloan himself


The people ought to feel proud Of i such an
Attorney General. - ails0aukee Sentinel
/. Thus we hear them, continually blowing:
an Archangel Of light would fail to over
come the craft and prejudice Of patroniz-
ing fealty; no matter whether it blows
good OF i'll, blow it must and blow it will,
leaving the poor people to discriminate Ltl'
and if possible CLEAN the truth from
among: the rubbish. We fail to see the
necessity for our State press undertaking
to make this Monopoly question ride the
horse Of party politics. 1t is question of
general interest; one in which the indi-
vidual interests Of all citizens are concen-
trated, and consequently not subject to
party manipulation. But there seems to
be tendency upon the part of some 70 make
it an issue by which to ride into favor OF
the Oranges, the movement Of which they
at present fail to comprehend. Now gen.
tlemen we don't propose to bite; we know
your .decoy,, bait is very attractive and
carries with it facinatiye delusion that
has trapped many older subjects. But we,
like other children Of nature, are simple
in habits and particularly desirous of max,
ing our own abilities furnish our wants.
Should we fail, then We might approach
the gates ofyour charities with hands ex-
tended solicitous Of help; until then we
refuse to be pleased with the glitter of your
baubles which you may as we'll dangle in
the eyes of cheaper game, for we have


learned to find the intrinsic value of things
from the experience Of past personal life
history, the concentration Of which you
may see outcropping through organization.
OF course we don't refuse cooperation hon
| estly extended :: humanity has ever de.
pended on the press as mediator of adju-
dication between the grasping and extor-
tlonate desires Of its more wealthy, and
perhaps in one sense intelligent portions Of
communities and we regret to say has
been as often sold as obligated for aid
and defense. The future will demand of
tue press honesty and truthfulness in all
transactions that pertain to the interests of
this busy hum and hustle OF every day life.


The eyes of the laborer have past the
crudity Of that time incident to the un-
folding Of his vision, and he now sees with
the keener sight of practical knowledge
and intelligence. Consequently look out
for the ''spotters for they are with US,
and that press that would sell his birth
right to feed and maintain demagogues,
political and cooperative functionaries will
| be advertised and sifted as chaff ready for
the burner. G..
Year: 1874

TRENTON. May 18th, 1874.


Editors Grange Advonce:


Though the weather is very warm I
find it quite comfortable sitting in the
shade writing to you. We have got
most Of our corn planted, but the black
birds, peseons, gophers, cutworms, ETC.,
are watching the fields with sly eye.
Our wheat looks we'll and we expect to
have a fair yield this year. Colyer &
Dopkins are selling goods at vsry low
figures, though some of US find ourselves
in your city. Our fruit trees have
blossomed largely and we look for Il
bountiful crop. The Trenton White
Star base ball club played on their
ground last Saturday afternoon, against
the base ball club of Esdaile The vic
tory was gained by the White Star club.
Our late Master, G. H. Nero resigned
and at our last meeting; we elected
Bradley Owens as Master. We had
good many questions discussed. The
Sisters were more in attendance than
the Brothers. Five Sisters took the
second degree: Among the questions
discussed, one which caused good deal
of laughter, was (which is the best way
to make bread ?" This question may
seem very silly At first it did to US,
but the more there was said the more
there was to say. There was some very
fine points brought up. 1t was finally
settled that each bread maker bring a
loaf to the next meeting and judge by
taste ; (ifthis be the case look for a
supper.) The meeting was well en-
joyed though it was not so largely
attended. We can look back but few
short years and see how little we visited
our neighbors, and went scarcely any,
where, but worked almost like a slave,
if not worse; and did we make any
more then than we do now, and did we
enjoy ourselves as much? These two
questions I will let each Patron answer
for himself As for me can positive
ly say never enjoyed myself half so
we'll before 1 was a Patron, and the
time will come when every Patron will
be thankful Chat is if they are not SO
now that they belonged to the noble
Order.
Year: 1874

...' E.E = :


It is we'll understood that politics
shall not in any manner be discussed, !,
read, or CONNIE nted upon in any man
ner in our Grange meetings..


No Grange if true to its obligations
can tolerate the reading Of political
speeches or pamphlets in its meetings.
This law every true Patron will ad-
NIT is Of vital Importance to our Order,
and should it in single instance be
violated; the proper means should BE-
at once taken to have so important u
law properly observed.


I have nothing to say about politics
outside OF the Grange meetings, for |
believe it to be every ones ri ght to think
and act as he pleases in reference tosuch
matters, whether he be Patron, a
Monopolist, Methodist or even an I.
Donnelly. But I do insist that I. Don
nelly, as chairman Of the Anti Monopoly
committee, or anybody else, SO long as
they are member of the Order of Pat
rons Of Husbandry have no right to
send political pamphlets to Secretaries
of Oranges. with the request to :'rcad
them in the meetings OF the Grange. "
This from a member Of the Order is
not only a misdemeanor but down
right insult to the Order, and should be
so construed and the necessary measures
taken to have him expelled at once
from the Order, and. the Gran ges
should pass resolutions denouncing such
action by member Of the Order, and
have the same printed in all the Grange
papers, to show to all where the Gran
gers stand. For it is even now thrown
out with a sneer, that - the Grange is
being made into manure cart for rot
ten politicians to ride into Office on. -
Now, brother Patrons, if this assertion
is not denied by prompt resolutions on
the subject: and the same printed to
show where we do stand, we shall have
acknowledged the assertion as true, and
by 50 doing We shall loose the conf
dence we have gained as an Order.
The past year has shown what the Or
der Gin its infancy has done, and it
shows too what it can do. Monopolists
and middle-men are trying to destroy
the power we have gained, and inside
men are trying to make that power serve
their personal gain, and the Oranges
should speak out on this subject and let
all know that it stands on the bed rock,
and that politics is no part or parcel of
the Grange, and that the "wolves in
sleeps clothing" are to be weeded out !;
then the Order Of Patrons of Hus-
bandry will command respect rather
than rridicule. E. N. WEST.
Year: 1874

A movement is on foot among leading
manufactures and members Of the North
ern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, to erect 4 flower hall on the
fair grounds in time for the coming fair.
Year: 1874

We hear that winter wheat in Dane
County does not look very prosperous; it is
not considered to be more than half a
crop. Spring wheat looks nicely and thus
far prospects bid fair for large yield.
Year: 1874

Hurrah for. Badger State Grange, We
are informed that Brother A. A. Johnson
took the first ride from Darien to Milwaukee
under the provision Of the new law. He
has also shipped three car loads of wheat
under protest. Who will be the next
Granger with grit enough to try the
withers Of Mr.. Monopoly" c.