smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

In conformity to the proclamation of the Presi-
dent of the United States and by the advice of the
Executive Council, do hereby appoint


Thursday, the Thirfieth day of November,


Instant,


As day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE to
Almighty God, and recommend to the people OF
this State the employment of the day thus set apart
in Offering the grateful Acknowledgements due to Him
for the well being of country our State ana our
homes during the year that has passed. and in pre-
ferring petitions for the continuance of His low
ing kindness towards us.


The custom of our fathers endears to us the hold
ng Of family festivals upon that day as beautiful
and appropriate feature of its observance If, amid
the gadness of happy reunions Of parents and chill
dren and children's children round a common
hearthstone, our gratitude for the good that we and
ours enjoy, shall extend our thoughts to the great
family which embraces US all, shall awaken in our
hearts fresh sentiments of love and goodwill to-
wards our fellow-men, and strengthen our deter
minaion to support the institutions and aid the in
huences which tend to benefit them, and to lessen
human wretchedness and suffering, then will the day
Of our Thanksgiving be most blessed.


Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta this third
day OF November, in the year of our Lord one
Independence Of the United States Of America, the
one hundredth first. SELDEN CONNOR.
By the Governor.


SD. CHADBoURNE, Secretary of State.
Year: 1876

SENATOR STEVENSON said in the last ses.
sion of Congress: 81 concur in the able argu-
ment of the Senator from Maryland. agree
with him that the President of the Senate Is
the only agency selected by the trainers of
ment as invested with sole power of receiving,
opening and counting the votes for President
as returned by the Electoral Colleges, and Of
declaring the result of that election" When
the Senator finds his party arraigned against
the execution of this sentiment in the COM
ing session will he retract his words?
Year: 1876

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
World says, "The Russian army is not so
good in its personnel as the Turkish. The
Russian soldier is smaller man than the
Turk; he is not so well fed, neither is he so
well drilled. The Turkish soldier is tall,


heavy and sodier-like, and fights with the
zeal of fanatic. Besides, the czar is eau
tious and little inclined to risk largely In
war. Neither is he prepared for war. He
has no war fleet in the Balck Sea by which
he can defend his own ports, which must fall
or at the least undergo blockade by the Turk
ish vessels. He has but single navy yard
there, and that is up river inaccessible by
vessels of even moderate draught lin such
position was he left after the Crimea by the
treaty of Paris. As for the Russian fleet at
Year: 1876

If the final result in the doubtful Con-
gressional districts gives the House of Rep
resentatives to the Democrats, they will be
indebted for it to their shotgun policy in the
South. A free and fair ballot in the North
has nearly, if not entirely, wiped out the
seventy-three Confederate majority,
Year: 1876

DIR. JOHN w. DRAPER, in his address be-
fore the American Chemical Society last
week, echoed the complaint, which persons
addicted to that science are always making,
of a want of appreciation by the age and COM
munity in which they live. The New York
Journal Of Commerce joins issue With him,
and contends that chemistry has received as
much attention in the educational institutions
of the country as its relative Importance war
rants. Every college worthy of the name has
its laboratory and its Professor OF Chemistry,
and opportunities are furnished to all who
may desire to prosecute investigations of this
nature,
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The namo and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

THERE is something supremely ludicrous
in the frantic efforts of the Tilden party to
capture that elector in Vermont. In capa.
city to make themselve ridiculous they can
take the premium.
Year: 1876

BY Associated Press.
guR mere Yesterday, when the gang con-
victed on Saturday night of assault and
battery With intent to kill VIM. M.Thomas,
were arraigned on charge of conspiring to
murder VIM. and Jesse Major The entire
day was spent IN legal controversy, and
after exhausting their entire armory, even
to jury trial of the issue of "autre fois
convict the defendants counsel were
beaten at every point and forced to trial.
They then asked for an adjournment until
this morning, saying that they had in con-
temptation step which would tend to
shorten the case materially, and the ad
journment was granted. When that step
will be is not known bnt it is not impossi
BILE that it will be general plea of guilty.
as they must see that they have no show at
all. The case is the same as the former
one, and the evidence almost Identical.


This will end the cases for this month.
There are three more indictments pending
against kehoe and his associates, al least
one of which includes the crime of murder,
and these will be taken up at the Septem-
ber term of court.
Year: 1876

THE prompt and decisive settlement yes
terday OF the claims of Mr.. Eustis to the
vacant seat in the United States Senate from
Louisiana indicates that Senators intend at
last to d. justice to Governor Pinchback.
The scorer his case is determined the bet
ter will it be for the reputation of the SEN
ate. The Constitution says the Senate
shall judge of the qualification and cleo
ton of its members. II does not limit the
time in which the mandatory duty may be
performed. but it is reasonable to suppose
that it was the design to have such import
ant quesri"ns determined in time to admit
Of TIE Strator rendering some service to
the State.
Year: 1876

As WILL be seen by the report Of the
proceedings. Mrs. Gage, the president of
the Women's Suffrage Convention, at their
meeting last night, announced, with the
air Of 4 would-be martyr, that she ex-
pectcd to be arrested and sent to Jail for
the non-payment Of license which the
law of the District exacts. 1t is hardly
probable that either the arrest or incarcera-
ton will take place, but her defiance of
the law deserves TO be quietly rebuked by
the payment by some of her more SEN
sible sisters of the required sum, or, better
still, Of the remission OF the tax by the
District Commissioners. Violating law
and then glorying in it is hardly consistent
with the high moral platform these ladies
assume 10 occupy.
Year: 1876

If TIE patriot Cubans continue to destroy
their Spanish foes, the population of Spain
will be materially reduced by the close of our
Centennial year. All the recent engagements
on the island have resulted in heavy loss to the
Spanish forces.
Year: 1876

Robert Toombs, whom the people of Georgia
idolize, and who is the most conspicuous man
next TO JEFF. Davis under the ban of political
disabilities, said in recent speech in Atlanta:
awe got them (referring to Democrats in the
House, there by carrying the black vote by
intimidation and bribery daughter And
helped to do it. [Applause.l Iwould have
scorned the people if they had not done it!
And I will buy them as long as they put
beasts to go to the ballot-box! [Cheers.l No
man should be given the elective franchise
who has not the intelligence to use it properly.
The rogue should not have it, for government
is made TO punish him; the fool should not
have it, for government is made to take care
of him! Now, these miserable wretches-the
Yankees-have injected five millions of saw
ages into the stomach of our body polite, and
the man who says he accepts negro suffrage,
l say, accursed lie he! [Cheers.l 1 will ac
cept everything; will accept Grant and En-
plre: before 1 will accept such Democrat
[Applause.l Now, that is what we call
good, robust, rosy-cheek Centennial gush.
Robert is not dark or secret in his movement;
not at all. He reaches right out across the
bloody chasm and clutches the right hand
of reconciliation, reconstruction and fra
ternal love, and won't let go. You
could not persuade him to let go that ten
der, gushing grasp. Not he !! No, sab he Is
back in the Union again, sab, and there he
proposes to stay, sah-so help him Bob, sab
And in order to assure US that this gush is no
fading phantom of the hour, sndi that bloody
chssm clasp no tickle fancy Of a deceptive
mind, he continues: "My enemies have
thought my services to my country so great
that they have done me the honor to exclude
me from again serving my people. I contest
that honor with our chief, Mr.. Davis. l am
just as good as he is, and he is no better than
1 am. demand that they shall place me be-
side him. thank them for it {! daughter
1t is very few things have to thank them for,
but do thank them for that. / am entitled
to the honor they thus dispense, and shall ask
our,.representatives to demand 1t for me, for
fought for it and to bring it about" These,
We will acknowledge, are not quite SO gushing
as those other sentiments vet there is enough
Of the expression of loyalty in them, enough
of the open desire for peace and good will,
enough of that gracious gush SO prevalent
now, to convince US that the great, generous
and magnanimous Government Of the United
States, out Of charity for the present and for
the sake Of peace in the future, ought to re-
move Roberts political disabilities at once and
hang him.
Year: 1876

IN opinion, which is entirely erroneous,
and does Leayenw0rth great injustice, seems
TO rTsyail TO some extent in the House OF
Representatives,-tha is, that the Normal
School at this place is filed up with young
men and women of the city, and is OF little
use TO ths country. II the gentlemen of
the House would devote very few mo-
ments 10 an examination of the facts IN
this matter, they would he convinced that
the opinion referred 10 above does the
school at this place great injustice. Not a
hall dozen of all the pupils in the Normal
school here, belong to Leayenworth city,
aud only twenty-six OF them reside in Leay-
enworth county, while eighty per cent. OF
the whole number in attendance are the
sons and daughters OF practical farmers,
hailing from all quarters of the State, and
have come direct from the farm to the
Normal for the purpose of fitting them
selves for teachers. Nothing could be more
unjust than the idea that this school is 9TH
er than what its name implies-a Normal



pi0a, actuated by motive which its editor,
is no doubt ashamed of before this time, de-
voted half column on Sunday morning TO
an attempt to strengthen the false opinion
to which we have referred above, and stated
that the Leavenworth Normal School is
nothing more than high school for
the accommodation OF Leavenworth."
In the face of that statement stands the
fact that AtehiSoa has, to-day, more pupils
than LeareRWoIth, in the Normal School
at this place, and the further fact that
there are in the school here, more pupils
from the immediate vicinity OF Emporia,
than from Leavenworth city We call at
tention TO these facts, not Tor the purpose of
injuring any other institution, bnt TO show |
to the Legislature that the school at this |
place is in fact, what its name implies, a |
S'ate Normal School. Leavenworth man.
tains her own High School, viii ch is at |
tended by those seeking high school ed
ucation, because it furnishes better facilities
in that respect, than any institution sup
ported bv the State Hence the talk about
the Normal School here being used as a
High School, for I,eavenworth, is simply
nonsense.


What We have said to the Legislature,
and Whist We still say is, that if any Normal
School is to be maintained by the State
that school should be the one at Leaven-
worth, for whatever the schools at other
places may be doing, the records show that
the one at this place is honestly devoted to
the work of fitting young men and women
for the vocation of teachers, and is no, used
FOR any other purpose.
Year: 1876

CoLuMBUs, Kan, February %, 1876.


EDrToR TIMEs:-I have Just received the
DAILY TINES of the 18th, read the account
given of the murder of d.. Cheney, by Nc
Cormick, and lay the paper down TO drop
you this line. Will merely say for the
present that the account given is a gross
Misrepresentation of the facts in the case


You shall be furnished in . few days
with true statement in detail. When re-
ceived, ask You to lay it before your read
ers both in the Daily and Weekly. Ihave
no interest in the matter other than COM
mon one, T. e., that truth shall prevail.


Yours truly, SIDNEY S. SMITH.


THE article to which the above refers
appeared on the local page of THE TINES
of the 2ith, and was written by the city
editor, in accordance with an account of
the affair furnished him by Sheriff Palmer,
Of Cherokee county. We have no interest
in the matter further than to present the
truth, and it was only reasonable to sup
pose that an account given By the sheriff Of
The county, Who was cognizant of all the
facts, would be reliable. But If we have
been led into error, we shall cheerfully give
place to q correction. EDITOR TINES
Year: 1876

A great deal is said in the Southern pa
pers about shaking the bloody shirt, and
about Northern vindictiveness towards the
South. Has anybody in the North heard
such speech from northern mans lips
as Senator Gordon lately delivered? Has
anybody uttered such blood and thunder
sentiments as Robert Toom5s lately e1-
pressed? The fact is the spirit of reconcil-
alton in the North, as expressed in the pa.
pers, is ten times as strong as that which
exists in the South.


The sentiment expressed by this journal
some four weeks ago, has been endorsed BY
nearly every paper north of Mason and
Dixon-that I've are willing to forgive the
South tor doing wrong, whenever the South
will forgive US for doing right"
Year: 1876

The Kansas House of Representatives
has passed bill to strike the word white"
out of the school laws of the State. Now
let the Senate do likewise. The school
laws of Kansas, as they now read, are a
disgrace to the State, and in direct viola
tion of the spirit of the Constitution of the
United States. Let us put an end, at once
and forever, to the last ves'ige OF the bar
barism of slavery. in this State.
Year: 1876

There is a beautiful little bug or beetle
in Peru, Of brilliant gold color. called By
the natives oro quesada, Which restles in the
heart OF large golden lily peculiar to that
country, whose bite or sting is - fatal ~
that OF the deadly eo5rs of India. This
lily Is almost the Only flower in that tropic
land tnat emits . perfume, and to smell Of
it lin consequence Of the presence Of this
poisonous and combative inseet) i almost
death.
Year: 1876

The Senate Committee on Finance have
reported adversely on the Senate bill to re,
duce the interest upon the public debt; to
provide for safe and elastic currency for
a speedy appreciation Of the value of treas,
ury notes and national bank notes to that
Of coin, and to guard against panics and
initiation of band credits. and the commit
tee was discharged from further consider,
at;op
Year: 1876

The attendance at the Centennial Expo
si.ion is daily increasing. The question Of
Sunday opening is being vigorously dis
cussed and there is prospect Of at least
a compromise and partial if not enti1e
opening Of the exhibition on Sundays.
Much complaint is made of vandalism
among visitors, particularly in the art de-
partment, and at least the Austrian portion
Of the art gallery has been closed until
Year: 1876

To THE EDiroR THE HERALD


Residing some distance In the country, in riding
back and forth daily have opportunity OF hearing
hundreds Of people express their OPINIONS concerning
tho late saughter Of the gallant General Custer and his
brave II is one Of universal sorrow, and the
deepest indignation Grant and the gross msmanaec
mont OF the whole affair. The old soldiers. who
tbe during hc FIRST four years Of his ad-
ministration almost worsh?ped hln as god, now
hate him . devil would respectfully suggest TO
the historian that the history OF this administration %
printed black In blood rod lettors


FIRST DIVISION, FIRST CORPS
Year: 1876

the War Department to hold himself In readiness


depart with six companies OF the Twenty second IN
anlry tor Fort Abraham Lincoln there to mite with
General Terry. special railroad tram is In waiting
Year: 1876

We do not know that ii is such


yer big thing to travel East in spe-
cial car. A fellow who does so is sure
to get his name in the papers when he
starts, and that Is about all the fun he


has on his whole trip. He Is shut up


In his exclusiveness and can not see


the other people who are going along
a: the same time, and more than half
the pleasure found in travelling Is see-
ing people. The special car man may
have nicer cushions to ride upon. may
have champagne and other delicacies.
may get little more obsequious at
tention from the train porters, may
not have to he interviewed by the boy
who sells prize candy and he may not
be in great danger of catching the itchi
but still he can not be very happy.
He sits up and thinks of himself and
has no fresh man, who may be char
acter, to come along and give him a
new sensation or to suggest to him an
idea which is novel and entertaining.
The traveller who does not mix with
all sorts of people and keep an eye on
all the various characters to be met
with in journey, may travel far and
see nothing. For all practical pur-
poses such a traveller had as well be
switched off on side track and be left
to himself for duly appointed time.
We are reminded of this by being In
Colfax the other day when an Eastern
bound train stopped there, and with
which there was special car. The
windows of the special car were inn
mediately blinded and q guard stood
at either door of the car to prevent an
invasion. The traveller in that Car did
not want to see nor to be Seen. Then
everybody knew that some stuck up
idiot was in there, and that that idiot
did not want to learn any more than
he now knows. And the outside world
lost nothing by that shutting up. We
do not know that all special car trav-
elers are so very particular about be-
ing looked at, but most of them are;
most of them withdraw into their ca
ses and imagine that wherever they
go people think of nobody but them.
And so the money which gives the OPP
portunity of culture and Improvement
is too often spent in an endeavor to be
grand under an exclusiveness.-G
Valley Uni0n..
Year: 1876

1t is announced that Henry Ward
Beecher is one of the Vice-Presidents
of the "New York Republican Reform
Club" This, perhaps, is we'll. Henry
ought to join, and take high position,
not only in political but in moral re-
form Clubs-that is, if the maxim Is
borne in mind, and enforced, that ssthe
way to reform mankind is to begin
with reforming yourself He GER
tainly ought to know and feel the ne
cessity of reformation, and to appre-
ciate its Importance as fully as the
next man. But we may be permitted
to say, that if his is the sort of timber
out of which the Radicals propose to
make reform leaders, it would be bet
ter for the country to retain Belknap,
Babcock & Co., with the present fra
grant regime in front.-Eronsiner.
Year: 1876

Procure a large egg-Brahma eggs aro
tue best-lnd on tho large end draw q
cross with o lead pencil, and on tue op.
posite end draw a smaller cross in lux.
Place tho ogg-aftCr showing the chill
dren the marks, and permitting them to
examine it carefully, so they will know
it the next tins they see it-upon the
head of tho Oldest boy present, or if
there is grandfather present with a
bald head, balance the egg on his head.
Then let ono OF thecompauy take large
book and SEQ if ho can strike tho egg
hard enough to break it. To the snp-
prise Of everybody tho egg will bo cup
pressed Mt the first blow. Then You eau
show tho person on whose head it was
balanced the two crosses marked upon
the shell to provo it was thesamO egg he
saw in its entirety, but he probably will
be too cross to have much interest in
the matter. This is not o very difficult
trick, and can DO quite easily learned,
but care shouldbe oxercisedin the sclec
ton Of the egg.
Year: 1876

But one of the most singular instances
in connection with material things. exists
in the case of young man who not long
ago visited large iron mandatory.
He stood opposite huge hammer. and
watched with great interest its perfectly
regular strokes. At first, it was beating
immense Jumps of crimson metal into
thin, black sheets; but the supply be-
coming exhausted, at last it only descend
ed on the polished anvil Still, the young
man gazed intently on its motion; then
he followed its stroke with correspond
ing motion OF his head then his left arm
moved to the same tune; and finally he
deliberately placed his fist upon the anvil,
and in a second it was smitten to Jelly.
The only explanation he could afford was,
that he ielt an impulse to do it, and that
be knew he should be disabled; that he
saw all the consequences in misty kind
of manner; but that he still felt a power
within, above sense and reason-a morbid
impulse, in fact, to which he succumbed,
and by which he lost good right hand.


This incident suggests many things, beside
proving the peculiar nature and power OF
morbid impulses such things, for instance
as law OF sympathy on scale hither-
to undreampt OF, as well as musical tune
pervading all this. Chambers journal.
Year: 1876

SAGACIrY OF RATs.-Incredible as the
story may appear OF their removing hens
eggs by one fellow lying on his back and
grasping tightly his ovoid burden with his
tore paws. whilst his comrades drag him
by the tail, we have no reason to disbe.
lieve, knowing as we do, that they
will carry eggs from the bottom to the
top of the house, lifting them from stair
TO stair, the first pushing them up on its
hind. and the second lifting them with its
fore legs. They will extract the cotton
from flask OF Florence oil, dipping in
their long tails, and repeating the maneu-
vre until they have consumed every drop.
We have found Jumps of sugar in deep
drawers at distance of thirty feet from
the place where the petty larceny was
committed; and friend saw a rat mount
a table on which drum of figs was placed,
and straightway tip it over, scattering its
contents on the floor beneath, where
score of expectant brethren sat watching
for the windfall.-Quarterly RerieW.