smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

so necessary as a newspaper to take up the
matter at once, and stretch the wires In
such a method that they will properly
sound his key notes, and mould the
West into the acceptance of the idea
that TO Mr.. Morton, and to him alone,
must the Republican party look for a leader
in the approaching contest. This policy Is en-
tirely consistent with the general situation,
and since Mr.. Grants habits are such as to
render a chancs tor his denomination out OF
the question, who stands a better chance of
securing the position than Mr.. Mortonf 1t
only needs the proper setting forth that only
Morton can truly wave the bloody shirt, and
that the bloody shirt alone can secure an
o. her Republican triumph, in order to make
it certain that Morton will be the man. IN
view OF this fact, and a knowledge of
what use types and printing preez
are in such cases, we may look for pointed
and radical change in the conduct OF the
Journal. The blood runs cold and chill at
the very thought of the tales OF horror that
will fill its columns in the future. Special
correspondents from every point in the South
will rehearse every casualty on the Southern
plantations as the result of bloodthirsty
Democratic demonism, and every spanked
negro baby's cry will give a deeper tone of
sadness to the doleful wailing with which
the Morton organ will regale its readers.
The bloody shirt will faunt higher than the
goose ever hung. and the poor deluded
country that has been thinking of finance,
bad government, better tariff laws, and gen.
eral corruption in Office, will look on in
wonder that it had ever been forgotten that
the war was still raging.


The speech at the post Office last night,
which will be fully reported this
morning, with the announcement
of the change in the Journal,
will be the advance signal to Republicans
that have presidential aspirations, that Mr..
Morton enters the field to-contest, or rather
demand that free field be given, peaceably
if it can, but forcibly lift must. Altogether
we regard the events of yesterday, closing
with Mr.. Morton's address, as a political
coup d. etat that will awaken attention in
the Republican camp that will only cease
when the next Republican nomination is
made
Year: 1875

During the epidemic OF intermittents in the
West this season, the whole immense stock of
Ayers Ague Cure became exhausted. and the
producing power of his Laboratory was found
inadequate to meet the demand. Many who
knew its extraordinary virtues for the cure OF
Chills and Fever, paid exhorbitant prices for it.
This Ague Cure is said, by those who use 1T, to
never fail. Reader, If you must have medical
aid, take the best OF medicine. Poor remedies
are dear, as good are cheap, at any price you
have to pay for Characterization Courier
Year: 1875

In Estelle county, last Wednesday,
the wife of Albert Long went to neigh
Dor 10 borrow some meat for breakfast,
and while she was gone the house took
fire and burned to the ground, consuming
two little boys, one five and the other
three Years of age. From the fact that
some clothing had been carried out, the
neighbors believe that the elder child had
gone out of the house and returned for
his little brother when they both were
consumed
Year: 1875

Totals. ,s45 SO $1O.477 81
And the board of supervisors at the De-
cember meeting, without any warrant of
law, and in the face Of the decision of the
supreme court that the legislature


CANNOT RELEASE TAX
or authorize any inferior body to do it, or
dered the amounts asked to be released
And at the March meeting this year on pc
tition Of the Moline Plow Company for an
other abatement for 1874, themselves de-
clare they have no authority in the mat
ter.


Your correspondent says he notices an
effort to revive the question of the payment
Of this tax, and regrets it. Now if this tax
were dead it might need reviying, but it is
not dead. And as l think l have now
shown it TO be debt justly due, declared
so by the highest authority, Mr.. kerns
must believe it should be paid.


This, however, is not the whole of the
iniquity involved in this affair. The cut
ting down of hills and filing up Of hollows,
macadamizing streets and building school
houses. nor the Rockford railroad bonds
have anything to do with the great increase
in our school and city tax this year over
last The fact is that the deficit created
by the refusal of these parties to pay the
tax OF 1878 was made up by increasing
the estimates for 1874 10 cover these
amounts, thus


UNLOADING THE FULL AMOUNT
upon the other tax payers.


Nor is this all Aa examination of the
assessment tor 1874 discloses some fact.
worthy OF notice. will give, first, tn.
figures as they appear on the assessor !,
books, and then as they appear in the re
port Of the state board Of equalization:
Year: 1875

And the city council Of Moline on the 5th
of December last, with lawless assumption
of authority, ordered the county treasurer
not to collect this tax and declared it to be
null aud void, in the face of the decisions
of both circuit and supreme courts. Ap-
parently made. saneuine by this success
but too modest to ask for an abatement
themselves, two of the parties now waited
upon the board Of education with petition
ready for their signature, setting forth the
fact that the board believed the school tx
levied against these same companies un-
just and asking the board of supervisors to
abate it in the following amounts, and /
again give first the total tax and then the
amount asked to be released:
Year: 1875

And these assessments were made on |
their own sworn statements. When the |
tax was extended and they became aware
of the amount required Of them they re-
fused to pay it and prayed for an injunc.
ton to restrain the collector from enforc-
ing payment Of the amount The iniunc-
ton was granted temporarily but on hear
ing of the case with perhaps as able law
yer as there is in the state, pleading in
their behalf, the


INJUNCTION WAS DISSOLVED.


Not satisfied with this decision they
united with the railroad companies in an
effort before the supreme court to test the
validity of the tax and the county retained
lawyers paying them So, 1000 of the people s
money, who won the case. 1t they could
have shown the court that they were taxed
for more than they we're worth does any
one doubt that the court would have de-
clared against the tax and in their favor


1t seemed now that the payment of the
taxes could no longer be avoided. The
court Of last resort had de:ided against
them aud declared practically that it was
just debt and must be paid. But from
the decision of both circuit and suprem,
court they appealed to the city council o
Moline, that. has = 49, .E-a- >s5 -


NO AUTHORITY OF LAW p
at all in the matter. to release them from
their city tax as follows. / give the ful
tax and amount attempted to be release,
in each case. mp
Year: 1875

The Constitutional Convention
adjourned sine die on the night Of
the oath "wednesday. The clos.
ing scenes were very interesting,
and now it remains for the people
of Texas to take their work under
consideration, to the end that the
proper signature may be appended
to, or refused the new Constltu'
ton of the State.
Year: 1875

A few nights since an attempt was made to rob MT. William Cunkle as he was re- turning from Terryville, with an OK team He was set upon by a man who pretended to be drunk. He first threw his arms around Mir. c. and held him fast for few moments, and then tried to strike him. The latter finally extricated himself, struck the fellow and finally succeeded in tum. bling him into the ditch. He then started on home, where he arrived safely. but with one finger out of joint. He had a considerable amount of money with him, e fact of which his assailant was probably aware.

 Detectives have been here during the week on the look out for a woman and boy. It is supposed that the boy is Char Ley Ross

 Some one in last weeks Winsted Herald calls for biography of the Har- winton correspondent of the Litchfeld Enquirer. Modest indlvual as VIC are, no doubt such work would be moro useful and entertaining reading than is usually found in the Herald, but can't a man choose his own biographer? If not, it were better he were never born at all than to be born in Harwinton. There is one kind of biography .thous h, which the Her. ard correspondent can write and iniure no one but the right one, and that is, auto. biography.
Year: 1875

There will be one weeks vacation in the Academy, and the Winter term will commence the Monday after Thanksgiv- ing.

 We expect there will be a marriage in Church. Thanksgiving day.

 -YOu were right last week ; that man from Goshen will not soon whip his horse so unmercifully again in your streets. Several Goshen people happened to wit ness the shameful proceeding and they rejoice that Justice Farnum did him jus tiee. He will do well to remember that Mr. Bergh is still president of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and that our people feel interested in its success. About two years ago. Mr. Har- riet Cook of our town sent s1 900 to that society. and now we rejoice to learn that Mr. Bergh is doing good work prevent ing cruelty to children. Fl.
Year: 1875

am very sorrow to be compelled to re- tract the invitation given in your last is- sue, to come to a musical and dramatic entertainment here on the 30th inst. Cir cumstances have occurred since that invi- tation was given which have caused us to postpone the visit of MT. Hill to some fu- ture night, not yet definitely fixed. We will endeavor to select night next time when the moon and the snow will make ride of ten miles delight in itself. Of the coming of Cough on the 23d of Dec. there will be no failure. Probably we shall give no dramatic or other entertain ment before that night. though we hope to make certain announcements before that tune. F. W. GUNN.
Year: 1875

One of the aDOminations OF city life Is
the street car, which at the same time


that it has made it possible for people to
inhabit parts of The city previously inac-
cessible by reason of their distance has
compelled them to secure the slight ad-


vantage OF their journey thither at the


terrible expense of vitality implied in
the necessity of passing from one to two
hours day in this most Infamous Of ve-
hicles. With its tediousness, its crowd,
it's irresplrable atmosphere, its cold in
winter and its sutf0catiOn in summer
its draught OF polar temperature sent in
from the front door which the conductor
holds open at his pleasure, and the ar
ray of forty-eight frozen feet under the
benches-the real source of how many
cases of pneumonia and bronchitis, who
can tell?--With all these horrors the peo-
pie are sufficiently familiar; and now,
apparently, another is to be added to the
number. DR.. j. z. Garrish, one of our
city physicians Of g00d repute, has given


publicity to the opinion that these We
hicles are among the efficient causes of


the spread and continuance of diphthe-
ria. However doubtful may be the prob
lem as to the epidemic character OF this
disease, there Is no doubt whatever that
il Is distinctly contagious, and that its
NlFuleut pTluCiplS plOCecuS lIosh Iuc
throat Of an affected person to excite the
disease in the throat of another person
hitherto well or perhaps disposed TO the
malady by a depressed condition of his
system. DR.. Valleix was cauterizing
the throat of patient affected with
diphtheria. The contact OF the caustic
excited a sudden cough, by which some
mucus from the patients throat was
thrown upon the doctors face and even
into his mouth. Within short time
diphtheritic SYMPTOMS manifested
themselves, and in few days the
doctor died of that disease; and the
whole profession in Paris felt satisfied
that the disease was communicated by
the contart of saliva. Imagine, then,
from twenty to thirty persons packed in
a vehicle of such dimensions that it can
not hold enough OF pure air for the
healthy respiration OF five persons, the
larger number Of them remaining there
from thirty minutes to an hour. A one
end or the other doors are opened sutti.-
ciently to make every one uncomfortable,
but never in q such way, as TO change
the air or ventilate the vehicle. In fact,
the air is rebathed over and over again.,
All these people, who would be daintily
squeamgsh over their food and would
not in any circumstances swallow dirty
water, are taking in dirty air; air in
the filthiest conceivable condition OF
contamination; air that has been into the
lungs OF every other person in the car;
il any person in the car has a contagious
disease in his throat, air that almost
necessarily carries the germs Of that di-
sease. This is the picture that the peo-
pie have to contemplate as one of the
new glories of the beautiful street car
system.-N. Y. Herald.
Year: 1875

The Illinois Press Association act
ed wisely in passing the following
resolution, and it is to be hoped the
matter viii not be allowed to rest till
a repeal is effected:


Resolved, That the recent action of
Congress, in doubling the rate of
postage on such third class matter
las includes books, transient papers,
magazines and other printed matter)
merits condemnation, and whether
such action was the result of the un-
due influence of a monopoly, or mere
ly the legitimate fruit of hasty and i'll
advised Legislation, it is nevertheless
open to the same objection, namely,
that it is in the interest of money
ed corporation and against the peo-
pie who pay the bills, and, in our
opinion, one of the first duties of the
next Congress will be to repeal that
obnoxious portion of the law.
Year: 1875

Everybody gives up this conun-
drum: What sort of platform will
Ohio Democrats plant themselves
upon next year? Having already
been on both sides of every question
which the American people have had
to deal with, it is folly to attempt
even guess of their position next
uoor
Year: 1875

e.
Initiation is an attempt to delude
and defraud all around It appeals
only to dishonesty. Everybody is
told that he can delude every other
body. Artisans are told that it will
raise their wages, while it will not
raise the price Of the articles of hv-
ing. Thus they think they are
going to get the advantage of the
farmer The farmer is told that it
will raise the price of his produce,
but not the price of the things he
has to buy. Thus he can get the
advantage of the artisans
Year: 1875

An Indiana girl wanted to see if
her lover really loved her, and she
got boy to yell mad dog" as they
were walking out. The lover flew
over fence and left her to be chew
ed up, and she went right away and
married a store clerk.
Year: 1875

The next Iowa Legislature will
have -ninety-two Republican maiori-
ty on joint ballot, gain of twenty
six since the last Legislature. The
Senate will have forty-one Republi-
can and nine opposition. The House
will have eighty Republican and
twenty opposition.
Year: 1875

Ny mother was an angel upon earth.
She was minister of blessing to all hu-
man beings within her sphere of action.
Her heart was the abode of heavenly
purity. She had no feelings but of kind
ness and benefcence; yet her mind was
as firm as her temper was mild and gen.
tie. She had known sorrow, but her
sorrow was silent. She was acquainted
with grief, but it was deposited in her
own bosom. She was the real personifi-
cation of female virtue, of piety, Of
charity, of ever active and never inter.
mitting benevolence. Oh, God could
she not have been spared us longer My
lot in life has been almost always cast al
a distance from her. | have enjoyed but
for short seasons, and at long instant in


tervals, the happiness of her society, yet
she has been to me more than mother
She has been spirit from above watch
ing over me for good, and contributing
by my mere consciousness of her exis


tence to the comfort of my life. That
consciousness is gone, and. without hel
the world feels to me like solitude
She was born on the 22d of November
1744, and had completed in less than ,
month her seventy-fourth year. HaC
she lived to the age of the Patriarchs
every day of her life would have beer
filled with clouds of goodness and o
love. There is not virtue that car
abide in the female heart but it was tn,
ornament of hers. She had been fifty
four years the delight of my father
heart, the sweetener of all his tolls, tn


comforter of all his sorrows, the share


and brightener of all his joys. 1t wa
but the last time when saw my fathe


that he told me, with an ejaculation o
gratitude to the Giver of every good anC
perfect gift, that in all the vicissitude
of his fortune, through all the good re
port and evil report of the world, in al
his struggles and in all his sorrows, tn


affectionate participation and cheering
encouragement of his wife had been hi


never-failing support, without which h


was sure he should never have liveC
| through them.-John Quincy adams.
Year: 1875

There was a heather king once, named
Philip of Macedon, and very wise
king he was, though he was heather,
and one of the wisest of his plans was
this He had slave, whom he ordered
to come to him every morning of his life,
whatever he was doing, and say to him,
in loud voice, "Philip, remember that
thou must die /" He was heather,
but a great many who call themselves
Christians are not half so wise as he, for
they take all possible care not to remem-
Der that they must die, but to forget that
they must die; and yetevery living man
has a servant who, like King Philips,
puts him in mind, whether he likes it OF
not, that his day will run out at last and
his twelve hours of life will be over and
| then die he must. And who is that ser.
want? A mans own body. Happy fol
him, though, if his body is his servant
not his master and histyrant. But still
be that as it may, every inger-ache that
ones body has, every congh and cold
ones body catches, ought to be to us a
warning. kindly hint from our Father
in heaven, that we are doomed to death
that we have but twelve hours in thi.
short day of life, and that we must ge


our work done and our accounts settled
and be ready for our long journey.
Year: 1875

Keep it from unkindness. Words are
sometimes wounds. Notvery deep wounds
always, and yet they irritate. Speech is
unkind, sometimes, when there is no un-
kindness in the heart so much the worse
that needless wounds are inflicted; SO
much the worse that, unintentionally
pain is caused.


Keep it from falsehood. 1t is SO easy
to give a false coloring, to so make a
statement that it may convey meaning
different from the truth, while yet there
is an appearance of truth, that we need
to be on our guard. There are very
many who would shrink from telling a
lie, who vet suffer themselves in such in
accurate, or exaggerated, or one-sided
statements, that they really come under
the condemnation of those whose lying
lips are an abomination to the Lord"


Keep it from slander. The good rep,
utation of others should be dear to us
Sin should not be suffered to 90 unre
buked but it should be in accordance
with the Scripture method; go and
tell him his fault betwixt thee and hin
alone" And it should be borne in mind
that what is too often considered harm
! less gossip. runs dangerously near, if il
Year: 1875

happy heart: Thanks be to God
who giveth us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ


"And you feel as you might if Henry
was only in some foreign country, and
would send for you by and by 7"


Far happier than that; in that case
| might hear any moment of Sickness or
accident or he might be tempted to
wrong, Now | am satisfied of his per-
feet safety, of his constant joy"


"And you feel that he loves you still,
and waits for your"


"Would his soul love me less because
it has moved out of the body into a
spiritual habitationf That is not posi-.
BILE. But you must remember, dear
that the victory is given through our
Lord Jesus Christ. To be in Christ in
wolves giving up all that He does not
approve. As we give up and triumph
over that which opposes the spiritual
through the help of divine love, embod
led in Christ, we enter a spiritual sphere
where death has no sting, and the grave
no victory. In that sphere of love We
meet our beloved, and there we are for
ever satisfied"


Little by little, through many trials
and much stumbling over the rough way
Ellen found the still waters of peace
and at last she was able to thank Goo
for the gain of loss. In her turn she
became teacher and consoler, and re
joiced daily in the belief that Gas We
have born the image of the earthly, We
shall also bear the image of the heaven
w. CORqregutt0nalist.
Year: 1875

A Dubuque boy was rather troubled
for fear that he should not know his
father when they both reached heaven,
but his mother eased him by remarking:
+" All you have to do is to look for an
angel with red nose on him."
Year: 1875

From the Albany Argus


One evening, q week or two since, a


lady residing in one Of the southern


wards was returning to her home from


a sCciSl gathe ring at 3 private house,


near the hour OF midnight. She vas


accompanied by q male relative, who


lived ia the same house. As they were
about TO ascend the steps, both glanced


upward toward the windows Of the Sec
ond story, and at one Of them both saw


with perfect distinctness human face
pressed against the pane. The features


we're not known to either, but presum-
ing il TO be friend OF their neighbOr
as there was more than one family in
The house, nothing strange was thought
OF it at the time. Before retiring, but
after both had barred their feet, the lady
and her companion beihought them
selves OF some article to be procured
from the lower part OF the house, and as
its exact location was known, they de-
scended without light. On returning,
just as the young gentleman placed his
foot upon the landing at the head OF the
stairs, he felt beneath il a yielding
the shape Of which
WAS so clearly defined that he
exclaimed: "Why, aunty, L
stepped on somebody's thumbW At
the same instant, the lady putting down
her foot, responded: " | have stepped on
the hand" No sounds of retreating
footsteps were heard, and such examine
tion as the darkness permitted failed to
discover auy human being near them.
On procuring light, a moment later,
both soon satisfied themselves that no
creature OF flesh and blood was in the
immediate vicinity. Wondering and
trembling at the contact with these
mysteries The witnesses retired to their
beds. In the morning a simple inquiry,
which attracted no attention, elected the
fact that there had been no living per-
son in the house the previous night
other than the usual members Cf the
family, and critical comparison of the
features Of each one with the face she
had seen, a sharp impression Cf which
was fixed in her mind, convinced the
lady that il was Lot that Of any one of
them. The most startling and myste.
Tious Of the phenomena remains to be
told. As il 10 convince them that their
had not been worked upon
by any means to create the impression
we have detailed, there appeared upon
the bottom OF the gentlen- ans foot the
next morning, plainly printed in color
quite like bloOd-red, the fac sinl5le Of the
thumb he had felt beneath il, and upon
the foot OF the lady was as clearly de-
cernible the likeness Of the inside Of
human hand.
Year: 1875

LOnd Post, June IS.


Mr.. Michael Henry, editor of the
Je1UjSh Chronicle, met his death by
burBing. On Tuesday night he had
stayed till seven o'clock at his private
office, in Fleet street, with his nephew,
q boy, and is supposed to have been
reading the newspaper by the light of a
candle in 3 closet at the back, when he
set his clothes on fire. He rushed, in
flames, into the room where his nephew
was and pulled of his hatand wsistcoat.
The screams of the boy brought up a
young man from the shop below, who
tore eff more clothes and threw water On
him. When all the burning clothes
were removed the injuries were found TO
be not very severe. Skilled assistance
was procured and the wounds were
dressed, but Mr.. Henry died twenty
four hours after from the nervous shock
caused by the burns.