smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Somebody has been trying to kill JAYNE
with knife; but l. is too obvious that the
knife hasn't been made, or the bullet, that
will pierce that bide. There is loud call Tor
a new gunboat of some kind.
Year: 1874

FROM the Ninclnuet OoInEltTcfdt.


WAsHINGToN, Feb. San article In
the Nelo York Tribune of yesterday,
giving a very gloomy picture Of the
condition of the Treasury, charging
such an excess Of expenditures over ap-
propriations as will make a deficit by
the end of the year of about forty mil
lions Of dollars, has excited great deal
OF comment in all circles. AS a rule,
those who have given it attention are
disposed to regard the statements in
the editorial as highly colored and over
drawn. At the same time there Is an
apprehension of a disagreeable state of
affairs in this regard, and very few
have the confidence to believe that
there viii not be deficiency of some
extent to be supplied. There Is
lust complaint made that Government
officials are perversely " and determined
ly blind to the necessity that exists for
rigid economy. They constantly reply
to all suggestions of the sort, that it is
preposterous for the people to expect
rapidly developing country to getalong
with the simple expenditures of years
gone by. In this way they were aided
and abettei by the city press, which
labors, of course, in the interest of the
city. But Congressman take a differ
ent view of the matter. For instance,
they say that they can not understand
why a clerk in Washington should be
paid more for the same amount of work
actually performed, than clerkin New
York, Cincinnati. Chicago, st. Louis,
or any other cf the large cities. The
favoritism that has sprung up through
political influences to make the Gov
ernment pay more for its work than
private employers do, stands fair
chance TO be thoroughly ventilated and
abolished; provided, always, the pres
ent virtuous fit of Congress continues
any length of time.
Year: 1874

Death in The Deer Hunf-A Melancholy


Homicide.


FRANCEsvILLE, Nd. Feb. 10.-A terri
ble accident occurred about six miles east
of this place on Sunday last, whereby one
man lost his life and another may lose
his mind. The facts as near as can be GOT
are that four persons had seen the track of
a deer and armed themselves with double
barTeled shot guns, and ON the morning
Of the day mentioned started ont. Their
names were Thomas Mills, B. +. Lincoln,
l.. Hurley and Dutchman whose name j
could not get. After going a short distance,
Hurley returned to the house and was to
watch the south side and come to them if
called. The other three went ON. They
soon came ON the deer and Lincoln was to
FIRE, but his gun stopped. Then Mills said
kneel down, lei me give him a shot. He
knelt down. Mills fired one barrel but
failed to bring the deer and it startled in a
circle that brought Lincoln directly in line
and Just as Mills pulled the trigger Lincoln
raised up just high enough TO get the con-
tents Of one barrel of six buckshOt in the
head, the charge entering at the left side
and back Of the ear and tearing the whole
front of the face in a dreadful manner.
LicOln lived only about ten minutes. He
was single man, aged about 2l years.
Mills Is nearly crazy and has been watched
eyer since the catastrophe. He has tried to
take his life once or twice already. The
whole thing was accidental. Did not learn
the particulars Of the inquest.
Year: 1874

Frcm the Louisville COurier-jOu Ournal.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The clouds
which gathered around the head of At
torney General Williams do not seem
to have dispersed. His nomination to
be Chief Justice was withdrawn in
Difference to the strong sentiment of
the country and the Senate, but subse-
duently, it seems, there was a hope ON
his part and that of his friends that he
could be renominated and confirmed.
Mr. Williams was probably not aware
of the strength of the case made out
against him when he ventured to send
in his letter to the Senate Judiciary
Committee, in which he assumed the
air and part OF injured innocence. This
letter was couched IN terms calculated
to provoke more rigid investigation,
and it is whispered that inquiries were
addressed to him by the committee
which he found It somewhat diff
ficult to answer. A second letter
TO the Judiciary Committee from
the Attorney General has not
dispelled the grave suspicion resting
upon his official conduct. The matter
rests at this stage, SO far as the Senate
Judiciary Committee is concerned, but
reports are in circulation among well
Informed persons which, if true, would
render an investigation by Congress
eminently proper. 1t would be in or.
der at this stage for any true friend OF
the administration and Of the Attorney
General, to move for a full and free
publication of all matters and evidence
connected with and growing out Of the
late nomination of Mr. Williams for
Chief Justice, which have been dis
closed to the Senate or any Of its COM
mittees, to the end that if he be SLAM
dered man, as his friends allege, his
vindication may be full and complete.
Mr.. Williams friends have not moved
for any such removal Of the veil of Sc
cresy. and this fact Is perhaps quite
significant. As there are unpleasant
Tumors still in circulation affecting his
official character, it is just possible that
an investigation may be had during the
present week which will clear up some
of the uncertainty in regard to this
subject.
Year: 1874

ANENT the article from the Chicago
Tribune about Southern sugar, printed
elsewhere, the Netv Orleans Picayaae
expresses the opinion that it is all folly
to spend money in importing fresh
sugar cane from Java. 1t pronOunces
the experiment a failure, and that the
apparent degeneracy of the cane In
Louisiana is due more to imperfect
culture than to defective seed. Wher-
ever the land is cultivated as it was
before the war, the product is as large
anl as good as it was then.
Year: 1874

The fire is now under complete control,
though half an hour since It appeared the
insurance block. the finest in the city, and
Specht's confectionery would be lost. The
loss is light, though the insurance block is
considerably damaged, principally by water.
The buildings burned were mere sheds of
little value.
Year: 1874

position for herself; but how most OF them
snubbed her while she vas getting It'll


John Stuart Mill was fortunate in marrying
wife who was


INTELLECTUALLY H1s EQUAL
one who assisted him in all his literary 1abors.
So complete Was this union Of thought and writ
ing that lie 1ays, - It is Of little consequence in
respect to the question OF originality, which of
them holds tho pen." He did not allow her
genius to pass as his; he was so generous and
nussldsl1 that be placed It above his own. Those
who cannot understAnd such 4 man try to beIit-
tie him Tor that which is tho best proof Of his
true greatness. WooD D1ANsoN.
Year: 1874

EDITOR HERALD: L have read with
much amusement the unfounded at
tacks upon Mr.. Beaudry's private
character which have been flowing in
the Shiny stream of the Evening Er-
press for the last few days. | have
also read with much interest your re-
plies in the HERALD, which, to my
mind, as a disinterested man, have
been sufficient to convince every can
did and unbiased mind in the city
not only of the fallacy Of the attacks,
but also of the malicious intention of
the inventor. Now, Mr.. Editor, allow
ing the allegations of that plant tool
to be true, just for the sake of argu-
ment, what would he prove? In the
first place, he would prove Mr.. Beau
dry to be the smartest maniu the city.
In the second place, he would prove
his cO-workers in the city government
to be the most stupid, ignorant and
passive tools that ever disgraced a
public office, for allowing him at such
rate to plunder the people of so
much property which they had sworn
to protect. Simple EUening Express !
The intelligent public will suspect
your honesty, and the gentlemen you
so unblushingly attack will feel indig-
nant at your glaring effrontery.


A VOTER.
Year: 1874

Some time since a resident of Grass
Valley had occasion to go to Siskiyou
county, and while travelling over Mt.
Shasta he saw four large California
lions. Not knowing much of their
savage characteristics, he stopped his
horse and gazed d at them. They looked
at him for some time and then turned
and trotted slowly away. He had no
weapons, and had they been hungry
he would not have lived to tell his ex-
perience. When he came to a stop
ping place that night he told of his
adventure, when one of the residents
there told him that one of those lions
short time before had stolen child,
under the following circumstances:
The mother of the child had occasion
to do some washing, and for this pur-
pose had to go into the enclosure that
surrounded the back door. She placed
the child-a girl about Is months old
on the ground and gave it some
playthings to amuse itself with, while
she busted herself with her work, her
back to the child. A few minutes
after this she heard n scream from the
child and turned just in time to see
a full grown California lion leaping
over the fence with the unfortunate
child in it's mouth. The mother
tainted, and no one being near she lay
in this condition for some time. When
she recovered an alarm was raised and
"a pursuit made, but no trace could be
found of the lost child. Our friend
began to tremble in his boots at the
recital, and rather regretted his dar-
ing to "beard the lion i'm his den.n
The lions ale particularly daring and
the settlers are kept in constant fear
Of them.
Year: 1874

Ds- The tide ofimmigration Is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
u new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
com mparisOn between the two. 211o
Year: 1874

copied from imported designs and second none In IN
city regards style and very low figures hand
made to order on the premises within few days
notice.


Lace Parasols and Parasol Covers ut a mere nomina
Year: 1874

The weather throughout was splendid
Everything seemed to conspire to make the
affair success, and such it is pronounced
to be.


Notwithstanding the rush Of those, at the
gates aud different Offices who had entries
to make, everything had been so ystemat'
ically arranged by the officers and different
superlntendents of the halls, that no contu.
sion or incompeteness was noticed the first
day and but little fault finding was heard.
The entries were larger than at any fair for
the past few years.


The Show OF Horses
is extremely good, and shows that the
breeds Of horses for which Vermont
was once SO famous are not entirely extinct.
The list of entries comprises those from all
parts of the state, and all are in fine order
and look almost as if they knew that each
one must take the premium for being the
best horse. And indeed among the largo
number entered it seems to an outsider as If
it would be difficult matter to make a
choice.


The show OF Cattle
is remarkably good, the pens that extend
the whole length of the spacious grounds on
the north being almost eAtirely taken up by
them. The stock comprises some Of the
choicest selections from the herds of many
Of the best cattle raisers in the state. Every
grade that is popular hereabOuss is repre-
Year: 1874

Our republican equality of " American
citizens " seems sometimes disturbed with
ill-lounded distinctions in society savoring
more Of the castcs of the old world than of
free government.


In the working effects of established mon.
arches distinctions of rank and different
degrees Of honor may be inevitable between
the ruling and the subjected classes; but,
whether republicanism be fixed fact or an
experiment, as long as it is the law of the
land even as an experiment, the most essen
tial basis of its vitality is the matter of uni
versaI equality for seli-ruling people from
the chief magistrate to the humblest citizen
who calls him to office or gives him power
to rule or serve for given time in the chair
of state.


We discard all thoughts of royal limo.
age-that one is born to rule and another to
serve, one to honor and another to inevitable
ignominy. There is, however, an acknow-
edged necessity Of the different professions,
learned or unlearned, as we may choose to
call them. They are the different depart
ments of producing and governing whole,
involving mutual dependence and the just
claim Of mutual, equal honors and respect,
and if there is any just claim for distinction
Of honor it is only in that fidelity to Office or
devotion to a special calling which rises
above the temptations Of wealth or fame to
be taken aside from that calling to another.


Let it be conceded as it ought to be that
tho different professions, calings or enter
prises Of labor are based upon the well.rec.
ognized wants OF society as mutual helps in
its progress. Then whether producers or
consumers, whether ruling or being ruled,
whether teaching or learning, whether serv-
ing or being served, natural obligations must
be everywhere acknowledged and distinctions
of rank must vanish.


1t is often amusing aud sometimes scken.
ing to see a small village with one or two
aspiring limbs Of the legal profession, a
cheap minister, doctor, and two or three
bankrupt merchants, with their aspiring
families, lead society, making from three to
half dozen grades in society, when one good
country farm, we'll stocked and cared for
would eclipse in usefulness the whole concern
all their chief seats in the synagogues, in.
cludiDg the head singer in tho choir. Both
wealth and learning in small quantities are
more productive of unjust distinctions in So
ciety than fuller measure of the same ele-
ments would be. The best interests, howev-
er, in mutually helping departments of
life, demand some measure Of devotion to
each and every calling which will often rise
to pride of position justly entitled to dis
tinguishiDg hOuOrs. This deserving merit
Year: 1874

In former years the fairs of this society
were considered to be among the best, but a
year ago no fair was held, the time being
given up to horse fair. Early last spring
several persons who had been connected
with the society began to make arrangements
for holding fair this season that should be
equal to any former one, and the entries
show the hearty support that they have re-
ceived from the farmers Of Addison county


The weather was clear and pleasant Wed.
nesday, and the attendance was fair, though
the rain on the second day kept some at
home who would have attended.


The morning OF the second day opened
clear and pleasant, and everything augured
well for the society, but in the afternoon the
Year: 1874

Girls do not always know their power.
1t Is far greater then they think and, were
they true aud brave enough to exert it, they
mi ght, almost in generation, revolutionize
society about them, Exert your power for
good upon the young men who are privileged
to enjoy your society, Gentle and good, be
also brave and true. Try to exhibit the
ideal OF wOmau-a pure and good woman
whose life is mighty as well as beautiful
in its maidenly dignity and attractive loyeli-
ness, Do not let it ever seem that lriyolty
constitutes your only thoughts but let the
elevation of your character and usefulness of
your hfo lift up the man that walks by your
side. Some Of you are in intimate associa-
tions which, under exchanged promises look
forward to a nearer and more enduring re.
lation. In these hours do nothing to lower
but everything to refine and ennoble each
others character.
Year: 1874

Honey Cake. One cup of butter, two
cups Of honey, four eggs well beaten, one
teaspooniul essence of lemon, half cup full
Of sour milk, one teaspooniul of soda, -four
enough to make it as stiff as can well be
stirred bake it at once in quick oven.
Year: 1874

force OF their long attested wisdom,
they have beaten down heavy preju-
dice and won their way TO the fullest
enjoyment of all civil AMI political
rights, and we now behold Disraeli
as prime minister, and Rothschild In
the house of commons of Great Britain,
as we have seen in our own country n
"Benjamin" and "Levy" in the SEN
ate of the United States.


Shall the youth of Texas, the land OF
liberty, cultivate the ancient antipathy
against such people? Let our answer
be, now and forever, no! Burst asun-
der the bonds of prejudice judge all
men by the light of truth and justice,
have charity for all, as we need its pro-
tecting mantle ourselves, trample big
otry under foot and eXalt virtue where
ever found, at home or abroad, whether.
in the native or adopted citizen,
whether in Jew or Gentle, and thus
render our country fit abiding place
for all men made in the image of God.
Year: 1874

ONE of the really gratifying signs of
the times is the sturdy opposition to
the civil rights bill manifested by vari-
ous leading republican journals of the
north. 1t is not simply their opposi-
ton either, but the line of argument
us ed against it, which shows a great
change rom their former rancorous
animosities towards the south. 1t has
always been manifest to US that the
cup of reconciliation must come from
the victorious section. The highest
impulse of manhood forbids that the
weaker and defeated party should
make first proffer of the olive branch;
but, when rendered by the strong, it
may be readily accepted by the weak,
without sacrifice of that honorable
feeling of pride which actuates all
states. The fate of the unwise and
odious measure, however, is still in
doubt.
Year: 1874

THE reception of salt in Dallas, man.
ufactured at the Grand Saline, on the
line Of the Texas and Pacific railroad,
in Van Iandt county, deserves more
than bare mention. 1t is beautiful
and clean article, and comes from a
saline which has been more or less
worked for thirty years. The saline is
considered sufficient to justify large
works, and bids fair to become source
ofheavy supply to the country. Until
the completion of the railroad, like
other latent sources of wealth in Texas,
it could not be proftably developed on
a large scale. 1t is but one of numerous
localities in our state at which salt is
being made. The frontier works at
Graham, in Young county, are furnish
ing supplies to large scope of country.
Year: 1874

In to-day's HERALD will be found q
communication from a gentleman OF
this city. whom we know to be a con-
sistent and lifelong democrat, in
which the propriety of holding DEM
ocratic convention for nominating a
candidate for congress In this district
is discussed, and-a strong argument
made against the necessity of such a
convention. We ask a careful perusal
of it by our readers. The arguments
used by our correspondent are evident
to all who have watched the action of
so-called conventions of late days, and
we confess that We acknowledge and
appreciate his views.
Year: 1874

THE beautiful white and blue lime
stone used for building fronts at Dallas
and other points below here, is taken
from quarry about one mile east OF
this city. 1t is the only known quarry
of the kind within reach of the rail-
roads, between Red river and the gulf.
Mr.. John l.. Stewart is getting stone
out for the new hotel at Dsllas.-lDen-
iron News
Year: 1874

OUR nelghbor town, Terrell, Is i'm
proving very rapidly, we are told, and
filling up with good people. Two new
hotels are In contemplation there this
summer, one of which will probably
be built of brick. Several other brick
buildings will also be erected there
within the coming month or two.
Terrell is handsomely located, with a
rich and well populated country SUE.
rounding and tributary to it, and its
future as q good business point is, we
think, an assured fact.
Year: 1874

In the early settlement Of Dallas
county, but one patch of blackberries
were known. Now they are scattered
throughout the timbered portions OF
the county, and that delicious fruit has
become quite abundant
Year: 1874

THE members of the Episcopal
church, in Galveston, are erecting an
elegant lecture room on the site of the
old church, as a memorial to the late
Rev. b. Eaton, who was their beloved
pastor for thirty years preceding his
death in 1870, and whose memory rich
ly deserves such monument.
Year: 1874

The Popular Science Monthly for
March says: 60 assume that there is
no point of view TO be regarded as be-
longing to the deceased person, and
that no one believes that the dead has


any interest IN the matter. We who


live may anxiously hope-as I should


hope, at least-to do no evil to sur


viYors after death, whatever we may
have done of harm to others during life.


But, being deceased, take it we can


have no wishes or feelings touching


this subject. What is best to be done


with the dead is, then, mainly a ques-


ton for the living, and to them it is


one of extreme importance. When the


globe was thinly peopied, and when
there were no large bodies of men liv-
ing in close heighborhood, the subject


was an inconsiderable one and could af-
ford to wait, and might indeed be left
for its solution to sentiment of any
kind. But the rapid increase of popu-
lation forces it into notice, and especi-
ally mans tendency to live in crowded
cities. There is no necessity to prove,
as the fact is too patent, that our pres
ent mode of treating the dead, namely,
that by burial beneath the soil, is full
of danger to the living. Hence intra-
mural interment has been recently for
hidden, the first step in aseries of reforms
which must follow. At present we who
dwell in towns are able to escape much
evil by selecting a portion of ground
distant-in this year of grace 1873
some five or ten miles from any very
populous neigborhood, and, by. sending
to be buried there-laying by poison
nevertheless, it is certain, for our
children's children, who will find
your remains polluting their water
sources, when the now distant plot is
covered, as it will be, more or less
closely, by human dwellings. For it
can be question of time only when
now every waste spot will be utilized
for food-production or shelter, and
when some other mode of disposing of
the dead than that of burial must be
adopted. IF, therefore, burial in the
soil be certainly iniuI ious either now
or IN the future, has not the time al
ready come TO discuss the possibility of
replacing 1T by q better process? We
cannot to soon cease to do evil and
learn to do well. Is it not indeed q
social sin of no small magnitude to
SOW the seed o. disease and death
broadcast, caring only to be certain that
they cannot do much harm to our own
generation? It may be granted, to an
ticipate objection, that it is quite pos
sible that the bodies now buried NAV
have lost most, If not all, their power
of doing mischief by the time that the
particular soil they inhabit is turned
up again to the suns rays, although
this is by no means certain but it is
beyond dispute that the margin OF
safety as to time grows narrower year
by year, and that pollution of wells
streams which supply the living must
ere long arise wherever I'VE bury our
dead in this country"