smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

SIN few moments the lantern of the
train behind us was getting dim in the
distance. We Stacked speed and back
ed down to see what the matter was
with Simpson, as Jake said. There
stood the old Ben Franklin putting and
snorting and paving like mad bull,
the driving wheels buzzing around on
the creased track like all possessed, but
not gaining an inch. We sanded the
track and bore down upon the old ma
chine. Jake was the first aboard, spoil
ing for good chance at the engineer,
Simpson. But no sign of an engineer,
fireman or any other living being was
to be found. The engine had only a
tender attached, and although there
was still full head of steam on, the
fires were getting low. We made short
work in pushing back to Lakeland. We
reached the station and got fairly upon
the switch when the Greenport train,
which we should meet there, came in,
and were waiting as if nothing had hap
pened, and as if we hadn't been fifteen
miles out on the road to meet it few
minutes before.


The telegraph operator at Lakeland
handed me dispatch which read as
follows:


'TO Conductor c.: The Ben
Franklin has broken loose and is COM
ing up the road. Turn switch at Lake
land and run her off the track.


BARRON, Superintendent.


Brooklyn, 1905 p. m.'


You see we did not have much time
for turning switches at Lakeland" he
continued, $50 we did still better, and
saved the old Ben-which was not re-
sponsible, after all-from a smash up"
Year: 1878

in white wings he stands
In the Garden of God, looking upward to the
throne of eternal grace,
With the light of ineffable love streaming down on
the hush of his face.
Will, do you think he remembersl or has he for
gotten it all
The old dog crippled and blind, who always limped
up at his call;
The pipe of the early thrushes the bloom on the
orchard trees,
My face that his eyes were fixed on when took
him to die my kneesY
o Godl let him not forget meY Let him still re
member and wait,
And watch with a wistful longing when they oper
the golden gate;
Watch with a wistful longing till he sees me enter
in,
Pure as a little child, and free forever from SIM
But the house, Will the lonely acres the poor lit
tie empty chair,
The picture books unopened the silence upon the
stair2
How shall listen O. nights to the moan of the
winds the hill2
And the rush of the rain from the skies God how
shall miss him, Will!


Florence Il. Berger in Temple Bar.
Year: 1878

DRAMATIC CLOSE OF AN INTERVIEW.
"A gentleman from the North, STOP
ping at Jacksonville, recently wandered
off on Il little forest stroll, and soon
came upon a tumble down old cabin,
at the door of which was seated ven
erable white man, with eyes blinking
with age and his snowy hair falling
thickly about his shoulders. He was
watching little darky, about Is years
old, gathering palmetto roots. The
gentleman from the North engaged the
ancient forester in conversation about
the crops, etc, and found the old man
intelligent and well informed about his
surroundings. 'But as to wages now"
pursued the northern visitor, chow
much do you have to pay hired help
down hereP Take that little nigger
gathering roots there, how much do
you pay him day ?n The old man
besitated a second or two, and then
slowly said, skeining his long white
hair through his fingers, "Well, to tell
you the truth, stranger, Pm not much
on wages myself. The fact is, that lit
tie boy gathering roots out there is my
wife's son." The northern gentleman
had no further questions to ask, more
particularly perhaps, as "that little
nigger's" mother, strapping big col
Ored woman, came out of the cabin
about that time with big pair of tongs
in her hand, carrying blazing coal for
the old mans pipe.-Letter in Cincinnati
| Commercial.
Year: 1878

miliar sheet at their homes and offices
for few weeks, becomes an insupport-
able privation, and they hasten to take
it again, and possibly apologize for hav-
ing it stopped. No friendship on earth
is more constant than that contracted
by the reader for a journal which makes
an honest and earnest effort to merit its
continued support. Hence a conscien-
tiously conducted paper becomes a
faVOrite in the family.
Year: 1878

and send with an envelope with this the outside
and the real name inside The judges will be announce
hereafter This prize is open TO the competition OF All
members Of the university who studying for a
degree,
Year: 1878

Conclusion OF his Trial at Lancaster, Ky.-GuiltY


of Murder in the First Degree-The Penalty


Fixed at Penitentiary for Life.


Lancaster, KY, June 2s.-TAe jury in the case
of Grove Kennedy, after consultation since three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, this morning rend.
cred a verdict Of murder in the first degree, and
fixed the penalty at confinement in the Peniten-
tiary for life. The effect on the community was
eleetrifying. Throughout this second trial there
has been an absence Of all excitement or outward
expression of feeling, either in the Court room or
on the streets. The almost universal belief among
the people that IL would result as before, in q
hung Jury, kept down the interest felt, and rend-
cred more startling the effect Of the conviction.
All day there has been q constant but quiet feel
ing nf exniiement nanilecled By The gIcup9 coll
Year: 1878

Few Facts Connected With His Treasureshlp Of


Stark County-A Bad Political Mess all Around.
Special Correspondence of The Enquirer.


Canton, o., July 1-of course, the defalcation
Of our County Treasurer, George Fessler, and his
flight to Canada, are yet the main topics Of con-
versetion in our beautiful and thriving city, tho
1t is noticeable that many prominent Republi-
cans who at first sought to make political capital
out Of the affair have about concluded that 1t is
as much their funeral as sanybody else's, and they
are now perfectly willing to admit that it is a
common case of official thlevery, the blame Of
which belongs to its perpetrator and his aiders
and abettors alone.


Fessler, who is Pennsylvania German, first
came to Canton as carpenter, but soon grew
tired ofshoving jack.plane, If he ever had any
love for it, and he embarked in the grocery trade.
He was man Of easy, pleasant manners, one Of
the kind known as whole.souled good fellows,
and he soon apparently began to thrive like the
tabled bsnyan tree, although he was a very illit-
crate man, and conducted his affairs in a very
unbusiness-like manner.


He made friends by the score, and It is related
Of him that whenever mechanic or artisan got
hard up and could get no further credit at the
Year: 1878

TEE RELEASE OF ANDERsoN.-The decision
OF the Supreme Court of Louisiana in
setting aside the verdict against Anderson,
convicted of the forgery of the Vernon
parish election returns, ends vexed ques.
ton. and doubtless affords much relief to
many persons of both political parties
anxious to end recrimination and agitation,
and who never anticipated the prosecution
OF the returning board. Tue grounds Of
the decision place the case in an entirely
new light. The severa! exceptions to the
verdict were dismissed, and the court took
up the question of the offense itself, ex-
amined the election law of the State, and
holding that it was 1.-THE essence of this
crime that it should be committed by a
public officer and on a document which
would change the result of the election" :"
said that this was not done and ordered the
verdict to be set aside and reversed and the
prisoner discharged. This practically ends,
says the Baltimore San, the prosecution of
the returning board
Year: 1878

THE Wilmington papers have been dis.
cussing at some length the case of the two
men, Chambers and Collins, sentenced to
be hung next Friday for rape committed at


Middletown last summer.


The man andwoman, Smith, on whose tes.
timony they were convicted, have been
proved guilty of purjury, of being the lowest
| and most abandoned characters, and finally
the woman herself has written letterasking
that the execution do not take place, that
she did not know the offence was a capital
one, &c. Unfortunately for the men, they
confessed to committing the deed and the
degraded character Of the woman was no
excuse for so desperate an act, and they
should be severely punished; but, it does
not seem right that the life of any one
should be sworn away by purjured wit
ness. The Governor feels in this way about
them, and is much perplexed. The only
change he can make from full execution
of the sentence consigning them to the
gallows Friday, is respite for a short
period, or a full pardon If the law al.
lowed him any liberty to change the pun
ishment he doubtless would make it next
below hanging, but at present it is doubtful
what decision he will come to in regard to
interfering with the execution.


Since writing the above, we find by the
last issue Of the Eueyy Eccaing which is in.
formed by Sec'y of State, Ignatius c. Grubb.
that Governor Cochran does not intend to
use his clemency in the case, and the cu-
prets will be hanged on Friday, as sentenced
by the Court


The Governor it is stated has given the
whole case careful study for the past two
months and is satisfied in justice to society.
he should not extend any clemency.


As showing the prevalent feeling among
the colored men living in the neighbol.
hood Of Mddletown, where the outrage
was committed, single incident is related.
a few days ago q colored minister of that
town called upon the Governor, not as he
naturally supposed, to solicit executive
clemency toward the prisoners, but to urge
him not to interfere, but allow the law to
takeits course. In reply toa question 10y the
Governor, the preacher said that 10 out Of
20 of the colored men in that section felt
as he did upon the subject, that the cause
o. justice and the vindication of their race
required that Chambers and Collins should
suffer the extreme penalty of the law.
Year: 1878

The Dover Sentinel objects seriously to
the appropriation by the Levy Court of
$3,400 to build bridge across Duck Creek,
and characterize 1t as 4. most unwise and
extravagant thing" This comes with bad
grace from the Has it forgotten
the apprepria' by the county to
build up the waste places Of Dover, where.
by they get not only splendid public build
ings but an excellent Town Hall. In addi.
ton to the appropriation of the county is
that other monument of expenditure that
looms up at the end of their Boulevard, the
Postofice, costing any where from 100000
to 100000. Now if that capacious NAV
is satisfed-and that is questionable-they
might indulge in little liberality of senti.
ment down the county. All the while
these immense piles Of bricks were rising
in their grand proportions, with their
elegant inside finish, their dial that notifies
TO moment the opening and closing of
the public offices, especially the dinner
hour ;-while all this has been transpiring
in our Capital, our people along the Bay
shore have been denied snail appropria-
ton to construct transit Of convenience
which the legislative wisdom of the State
said they ought to have. 1t is no fault of
Duck Creek and Little Creek Hundreds of
this county, that the county is in debt, for
the figures show that the public expendi-
lures in the past eight years is about $4,000
less here than the average, while some of
the Hundreds opposing this appropriation
are about the same sum in excess of the
average. This plea Of indebtedness, IL the
other Hundreds are thus to continue to
'oysrdraw, will forever debar this Hundred


fron being any thing but contributor to


ehs comforts Of other sections Of tbs county.
Year: 1878

ANNIE Cook, No. 81 Gayoso
street, died this morning at 8
O'Clock, When the epidemic first
made its appearance in our city,
Annie Cook was one of the first to
shelter and nurse back to life two
or three of our citizens, who by
chance were thrown under her
care. With heroism and devotion
rarely witnessed in one of her class,
she labored for the distressed until,
herself stricken, she paid the pen
atty Of her noble sacrifice with her
life. Her name will be linked with
themartyrs Of 1878.
Year: 1878

Victoria is reported to have said
not long ago, when she had given
an order to one Of her domestics:
81 am Queen of Great Britain
and Empress Of India but I have
not power enough to make one Of
my servants put Goals on the fire il
she has been hired to look after
the bed-ehamber,
Year: 1878

SUBSCRIBERS Who wish
20 reneW will do us n favor
by SENDING MONEY before
their time expires, as OHr
mail list is very large, and
Our force to do the work
small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT THE
MONEY.
Year: 1878

IT Is BNTKRPRIsTNG. FEARLESS. RE-
liable and hswsy, and the peer Of any weekly
newspaper published in West T0nAsISes, con-
tanning ell local events Of Importance in the
city Of Memphis and Shelby county. No
labor or expense will be spared to maintain It
in every department at the highest possible
standard. and to commend 1t in al respects
to the confidence and approval Of the best
classes in the surrounding country. being
strictly
Year: 1878

Long wind is capital thing in itself; IL
is useful in boat races, walking matches and
clearing-up gales, but in a sermon IL IL
manifestly out of place. 1t is necessary
qualification of an honest pastor, for there
is probably no other man who has such inn
peratve need of every staying quality; but
when the pastor turns preacher an entirely
different faculty is called for, one which
may be far more exhaustive in its effects
upon the speaker, but, on the other hand,
less likely to exhaust the listener for whose
sake alone the preacher labors. Long wind
in the pulpit works by diversions; instead of
waiting the speaker along it blows about the
pows until they are nearly empticd, and
those who defy it experience that stupidity
which comes from o steady buzzing ut the
ear. No amount Of wind in racehorse
Year: 1878

Terribly agitatcd is the terrible Mexican
people ; so that one may tremble to con-
slider the agonies Of their anger And the
United States is the cause Of it ALL and may
be the victim Of it for who knows but
some day these mongrel heroes may come
down upon MS and sweep us from the earth,
as troop of resolute and desperate mon
keys might trample down kerd Of buffa-
loes?


In view of the state Of Mexican opinion,
as shown in the recent festival Of the na-
tional birthday. 1t evidently behooves us to
look to ourselves for II appears that the
Mexicans are not only ready for war with
us, but determined to have it. Precisely
why It would trouble any one on this side
sis Of the present Mexican furry is some
what q mystery on this side the river.
What harrows up the souls Of the Mexicans
that they should be so particularly anxious to
pulverize us just now rather than formerly
Naturally we may suppose that the passage
of United States troops to Mexican soil Is
the grievance, but that is no greater
grievance now than it has been this good
while. II they want war about that why
don't they have it? What in the world are
they waiting for? Any nation jealous OF its
dignity on q point like that should either
fight at once when the outrage is done, or.
if not prepared to fight, shut its eyes and
not see what is perpctrated. But Mexico
does not fight and does not shut its eyes,
but only howls and whinos and cries like q
soundly thrashed cur; and all this over
events that have been in progress year or
two and are in no new stage of development
to-day.


But Presidential election is in new
stage Of development, and, of course, the
hatred Of the Northerner counts for great
deal in the canvass, and perhaps the can
didate that can assail our government with
the greatest virulence finds his profit in the
favor of public opinion. Perhaps that is
the real basis Of Mexicos terrible war fever
Year: 1878

THE WEATHER.-The barometer is falling
very rapidly in the northwestern districts in
dicating the approach of a depression in that
section. The pressure is not yet very far below
the mean, but indications point to a severe dis
turbance in all the districts west Of the Mis-
sonri Valley. The Of high barometer
continues over all the districts between
the forty-thrd and thirty-fifth degrees north
latitude In the Gulf districts the pressure has
risen slightly, but 1t is evidently only tenn
porary there being marked indications of n
general fall in those regions during the next
few days Rain has fallen over the eastern
section Of the lake region, the central valley
and the Gulf districts and cloudy weather pre-
walls from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic
coast The temperature has risen decidedly
In the Northwest. Elsewhere there has been
general fall The winds have been from light
10 fresh throughout all the districts except in
the Northwest, where they have been brisk.
The weather will probably be favorable to the
decrease OF mortality during the next few days
IN the Southern yellow fever Districts but it
will possibly be followed by increasing warmth
and dampness. The weather III New York and
fts vicinity to-day will be cool aud partly
cloudy, possibly with light rains in the early
part OF the day and clearing toward night. To
morrow it will be cooler aud clear.
Year: 1878

If Of late years it occurred to men in the
trying turmoil Of business cares what man
whose round of peace in life they most
should envy, many must have singled out
the central figure in the geographical world
studying out at his ease the problems Of
science in the seclusion of Gotha. They
would be apt to overlook the fact that
his life was perforce a most laborious
one, but they would never dream how
terribly the strain upon his faculties was
reinforced by domestic trials. Upon the
closer examination which the facts detailed


elsewhere enable us to give it will be seen
what gorgons watched beside the toiling
savant, staring him to madness when
he lifted his eyes from his maps
and charts. Tainted from his birth
with a disposition to that most awful
form Of mania which in moments
of depression sees phantom hands beckon-
ing the victim to self-destruction with his
father and brother already fascinated into
the horrid gulf of suicide, he was called on
beside to endure o more constant torment
in his domestic life. When actual bodily
agony was added to these, and the over
worked brain found every device Of tor
ture between it and the rest it
needed, small wonder that the ''thin parti-
ton" between great wit and madness that
the poet in his satire sung of, was. in terri
BILE earnest. broken down, and the hidden
pain of his life urged him at bound to
the tragedy of death. The story let's in a
painful light upon the unsuspected mis-
cries of great minds. showing restive medi-
ocrity what Providence permits it to escape.
Year: 1878




A cable despatch reports that Professor
Tait, of the University Of Edinburgh. has
written and will presently publish an essay
demonstrating that there IL no incompati-
bility between religion and science. Pro-
fessor Iait is one Of the great lights Of sell
ence in Great Britain. and he holds a
trenchant pen. and will doubtless publish
an eminently readable essay But u scarcely
needs his help to prove 10 sensible people
that there can be no conflict between sci
ence and religion. Science has relation 20
the phenomena of nature. and aims nj the
discovery Of facts, OF their relations 10 each
other and Of the laws which rule natural
phenomena. Religion has relation 10 the
conduct of men and aims To instruct and
improve their moral nature and lead them 10
live in harmony with moral laws.


There has been conflict at different times
between men who mistook the real objects
of science and religion, but between really
scientific and religious teachers there can
be no conflict, because they do not any
where cross each others paths IL a scien-
tific man ms such should declare that there
is no God and no future Life he would not
deserve the least attention the sufficient
reply to him would be that these are mat
ters which, as he cannot prove them. are
beyond the pale of science, and that when
he pretends to speak with authority on
these questions he shows that he does not
comprehend the limits of scientific inquiry.
There can be no conflict between truths
if this were possible confusion would
be introduced into the universe, and those
who pretend that the facts Of science and
the truths of religion can conflict show
themselves to lack the power to understand
either or both.


Whatever fact is clearly established, such
as that twice two makes four, cannot con-
fict with any other fact or truth; il it could
science would be pursued only in bedlam.
But the limits of scientific investigation are
very straightly drawn; for every truly sci
entifc man acknowledges that inquiry.
while it establishes phenomena and their
inter-relations, by no means discovers the
reasons fer what are called natural laws
Scientific inquiry has established the curl
ous fact, called the law of falling bodies,
that an object left without support falls
through sixteen feet of distance in the first
second, three times that distance in the
next, and so on. But no scientific man pre-
tends to know, or even to hope to discover,
why this is SO, or why an object should not
fall ten feet the first second and five tho
next On the other hand, if religious
teachers anywhere pretend that the estab-
lished truths Of science conflict with or can
injure religion, they on their part show
themselves to be shortsighted and Of little
faith. They forget that the law of gravita-
ton is part OF the work of the Creator of
the universe.
Year: 1878

Of the dominant party. Judging politicians
to be governed by the same rules of COM
mon sense that control other men it would
seem highly probable that union between
the elements opposed to Tammany will take
place, and that there will be only two
tickets in the field on the day of election.
unless some of the unknown quantities"
should decide 10 make side ventures Of their
own.


The chances of success will in this event
turn largely on the character of the nomi-
nations. Tammany has the prestige of sue
cess in the Democratic State Convention
and makes the most of it in the resolutions
of its General Committee. With thoroughly
good and acceptable nominations this will,
doubtless, help the regular organization,
but with bad nominations it will prove the
Dead Seas fruit. The next Mayor will.
before the expiration Of his term, fill three
of the most important offices in the city
government-those of Comptroller, Corpora
ton Counsel and Public Works Commits
sioner-besides others of less consequence.
The people insist that q Mayor shall
be chosen who will make these
appointments in the true interests OF the
city, and if Tammany does not offer them
such man they will seek him from other
hands. 1t is said that an anti-Tammany
Mayor would be paralyzed in these appoint
ments by an adverse Board of Aldermen,
but it must be remembered that republi-
can Legislature can take away the Alder
mems confirming power and that an anti
Tammany Governor would sign law for
such purpose. The vital Importance to
Tammany of good nominations cannot,
therefore, be overestimated. The organiza-
ton cannot lose the city now and hope to
retain its ascendancy in the future. On
the other hand, should the anti Tam
many democrats succeed in overthrow
ing the present Tammany rulers in this
years election they would speedily be-
come the real democracy of the city by a
revolution in Tammany Hall itself. With
these issues at stake among the politicians
the local campaign, brief as it will be, is
certain to be full of excitement. The re-
suit, however, is in the hands Of the people.
and, as their interest lies simply in the di-
rection of energetic, liberal, progressive
government, their action will be controlled,
not by the wishes and objects Of the poll
ticians, but by the character Of the candi-
dates for whom the political parties see
fit to allow them to vote at the polls.