smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

real floral treasure Near Horticultural hall has been on exhibition, in a tent, a large collection of rhododendrons in full bloom; which has been the source of the wonder and admiration of multitudes the plants were gathered in Q wild ;uncultivated state in this country and taken to England; un- der cultivation they have developed into new beauty, which calls forth expressions of delight from all At the first visit it is almost impossible to obtain more than a general idea of the whole trip aronnd the narrow gnage railway gives the visitor good idea of the location of the various structures and of their dimensions this having been accomplished, those who are the most experienced consider it best to arrange some definite plan, as to the de- partments to be visited, instead of rush. ing in and out, here and there, to find at last, that their day has gone in most un- satisfactory manner. To those who do not possess Samsonian strength, find 0 whole day of it is severe strain, and at it's conclusion they will be apt to find that their Spirits have grown gray, if not their hair , Those who can afford the time. and desire to do the thing thorough ly should rest and mediate every other day, or else they will discover at last that their trip to the Exposition has been a sore visitation. F.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, July 23.- Mr.. Lama,
has prepared as speech on the genera!
political situation which he hopes to
have ready for delivery in tho House
next Tuesday afternoon. He has
devoted great deal of time and study
to the history of the present admins
tration, and in his speech he intends
to review its course its relations to the
South and to show as clearly as he can
what he deems to be the paramount
issues of the day. He thinks he will
be able to show that the present at "
mipistration has not performed, in i;s
long life, a single act of real reform
and that its constantly growing tenden-
cies have been in the interests of con.
tralization and an utter disregard OF
laws for the government OF public
officials, and corruption which is so
widespread and deeply centered that
it has made the question of reform al
most the sole issue of the hour.
Year: 1876

STILL NO w0kK-THE MEN ASSEMBLE AT


THE RESERVOIR, BUT CANNOT


GO TO WORK.


Deceived by the hasty action of
Council. on Friday night, in ordering
the commencement of work on the
reservoir on Monday morning, nearly
five hundred men assembled at the
basin lot, this morning, anxious to Sc
cure the expected work.


Seven O'Clock arrived and no one
put in an appearance to take charge of
the men and organize them for work.
They waited patiently for half an hour
and as the Chief Engineer or any
member of the Water Committee still
failed to appear, they became almost
frantic with suspense. Finally they
decided to march in to the City Hall,
and there, in organized meeting to in.
quire the reason for their great disap-
pointment.


Thos. FL. Kane was selected Mar.
shal, and about 200 of the men fell
into line and marched to the City Hall
Here Mr.. Kane took the stand and
made brief address. He said the
men had gone to the basin, but found
no work and naturally they wanted to
know why this was the case. The
proper course To pursue was to appoint
u committee to wait on the chairman
of the Water Committee and request
him to come and explain to the meet
ing the state of affairs.


A motion for the appointment of the
committee was made and carried, but
before the committee was appointed
Mr.. Isaac g. Pyle, chairman of the
water committee, entered the Hall ,ac =
companied by the Mayor.


Mr.. Pyle said the water committee
would hold O meeting, this evening.
and endeavor to prepare a plan by
which money could be raised to COM
| mence work on the reservoir He said
Council was rather hasty Friday night
in ordering work to be commenced
this morning, as there was about $500
left of the reservoir fLnd. This would
not pay for one days work. The men
cannot work without getting paid, and
therefore money will have To be raised
before work can be proceeded with. -
could not say positively when the
work would be resumed, as it depen-
ded ON the ability oi the Water COM
mittee and Council TO raise il.


Mayor Whiteley also made brief
address. He advised the men to ACT
quietly as the city was doing all that
can be done to raise the necessary
money. The money cannot be obtain
cd for the asking, but it must be pro.
cured legally and in accordance with
the requirements of the city charter.
Even If city warrants are issued they
are shaved 10 death and the men will
derive very little benefit from them -
The Water committee will do all in
their power to raise money, and as il
is useless to work for nothing it only
remains for the men TO await quietly
until the money is obtained.


When the Mayor concluded mar
named Geo. FL. Hilyard mounted he
stand and said IN Il very low voice:


81 am workingman, and like th.
rest of you can't get any work. Blu,
if we can't have work we must have
something to cat. II We can't ge
work e must make arrangements fol
something else, ,"-here the speak
er's voice sauk into an unintellIgible
murmur, and his concluding remarks
were not heard or understood.


The meeting then adjourned. Mr.
Kane requesting all to be present al
the meeting to be held on Friday
evening next.
Year: 1876




Whenever, on account Of some topo-
graphic circumstances, the sun heats any
locality on the surface of the earth more
than the surrounding region, gentle cur
rent or column Of heated air rises, and ITS
invisible moisture is condensed into small
masses of clouds called cumuli, when
spread and produce the notified appearance
commonly known as ''mackerel sky But
when, as is commonly the case IN summer
a valley. or plain, or island, or any other
plaee. is heated by the sun more than the
surrounding region, the heated air over
such locality rises more rapidly and with
more ascensional momentum, and as it
reaches the higher and cooler regions of
the atmosphere its moisture is condensed
into large, rounded volumes Of mountain
like masses of cumulus clouds. Such cum
ulous clouds always precede and character
ize a local summer storm or shower.


When the warm horizontal current from
the south, as in winter, meets with the
cold current from the north, 1t slopes up
over the cooler current, and formes strips
or bands of stratus clouds along the hori-
zon. These. stratus clouds indicate to the
observer the fact that warm current is
coming northward. When in summer a
cool current is moving southwark it en-
counters the warm equatorial or tropical
current, which again glides upward and
over it, and forms horizontal bands OF stra-
tus clouds along the upper line OF contact
Year: 1876

A soldier on trial for habitual drunken
ness was addressed by the president OF the
eourtmartial: prisoner, you have heard
the prosecution for habitual drunkenness. +;
what have you to say in your defence
Nothing, please your honor, but habltual
thirst.
Year: 1876

teach and ennoble the race,
Shall march at the front Of the column, each
one in his God given place,
As they pass through the gates Of The City
with proud and victorious tread,
The editor, printer, aud devil" will travel
not far from the head,
Year: 1876

produce here, and from the grow ing crops it would seem that this may be classcd hlgh as a grain growing country. Every thrifty and intelligent farmer who gives his attention to grain and stock, lives well with little labor, and ac- cumulates as fast as may be best for him. The mercantile and other. business, present much the same appearances, and arc con ducted upon the same plans and principles, I should think as else where in the south, under sim far conditions of climate and pro duction. But there does not ap- pear to be as much credit either sought or obtained as in nor, cot ton regions What I like most; in the countryis its healthfnmess as compared with the one l came from, and in which I have spent the most of mylife until very lit tie oft was left. Yet the appear ances of the people here will scarcely bear me out in this as. sertion. They do not look better in health as a whole than those of the flats and bottoms. But this 1 must think is attributable to the people themselves rather than to the country. A stay here ofa few months has seemed to have much improved my own general health, and with Gods gracious pcrmis- sion, will 1 hope make mo well as 1 hope to be in a broken and en- fcebled body. l have found little happiness and contentinent here as 1 have been accustomed to meet in any part of the country since the war. But discontent and unhappiness cannot be said to belong to any place or country, and generally have but one cause with people who are in health of body and mind. All may be nap py who fulfill the conditions of happiness, and about as well in one country and under one form of government as another.

 1 Of all the evils that afllict here, [cure l flow few that governments can cause or | For forms of government let fools contest,

 That whchis best administered, is best

 sssgsg 94. C. H. II.
Year: 1876

RUssELLvILLE, June l4th, 1876. To the. editor of the DEMOCRAT:

 came here March lst, on vis it tosome relations, having no bus mess object but to improve my health. 1 had little expectation of remaining longer than to try my hope of improvement, and supposed l should then return to Lee county whence l came. But l have found tue country so much better in many respects, than the one l came from, as to make up my mind that if continue in the country at all, will settle either here or in Johnson county. l will write some of my observations and impressions of the country for the information and benefit of whom it may concern, which, If you please, you may print ill the DEMOCRAT.

 The soil and the surface here l can not compare with those of the river bottoms and adjacent plains of the east. But herein lies the cause for it's greater attraction for him who seeks health and happi- ness as the chief good. Health bounds over tine mountains-dis- ease creeps thro' the swamps; and it is easier and more profitable to tworl1 inferior land with health, than the richest soil with bad feelings and low spirits. Yet judging from tLe price of country
Year: 1876

These are not flush times, and patched trousers, and turned gar ments, are the really consistent and natural result. Economical, home made dresses are now the rule rath- CT than the exception, and serve to show not only the great popular drift, but also the very important part which ''Domestic Paper Fash ions" sustain in the economy of the houspholu
Year: 1876

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CoNcHRN.-- Notice is hereby given that at the next (July) term of the Probate Court of Pope county, Arkansas, l will as administrator of the estate of Alexander Cruse, deceased, make application to the said court for an order to sell the real estate of said intestate for the purpose of paying the debts owing by said estate.

 W. J. CURTIS Adm'r.
Year: 1876

BY the American Press Association.


New YORK, April 3.-The Panama +.
R. Company has given notice to the Pacific
Mail Steamship company that on and after
to-day all freight and passengers from the
port of New York TO the port of San Fran
cisco and from the port of San Francisco
to the port of New York which shall leave
the port by any of the Pacific Mail Com
pany's steamers to be delivered to the Pan
anna Company for transportation over the
Isthmus will be charged for according to
the current existing local tariff of the same
as is charged to others for similar services,
and therefore in like manner the Pacific
Mail Company will be charged
for lighterage service at Panama
at the same rates as charged others by the
Panama Company for. similar services, and
further in view of the fact that the Pacific
Mail Company is now largely in arrears to
the Panama Company for service in the
past is notified that payment in advance
will be demanded on the Isthmus before re-
ceiving or transporting or lightering any
freight or passengers delivered by the Pa.
cific Mail Company, be forwarded to the
port of San Francisco and from the port OF
San Francisco and the port Of New York.
Year: 1876

To the Editor Conn. Western News: It seems long time since penned you letter, But hope in the future shall do better And keep you well posted on news of the day, Which feel will be done in blunderiug way. From "DaR to Beersheba" my crude thoughts will

 run,

 And I clutch my pen wondering wkat under the

 

 I next can put down that will interest you, And at the same time be undoubtedly true I'd like to hold forth on the coming election Az for politics have latent affection. Still, being woman, I don't understand 'em, And should waste all my powder by shooting at

 random;

 take a newspaper to sharpen my wits, l find it gives Tilden particular fits How with his income he cut bad caper, Thus saith this staunch Republican paper And wipe off my specs. Jay it down in disgust, In good Hayes and Wheeler put implicit trust, When there comes in my way Democrat sheet That loudly declares, we are sure of defeat. Theirs is the candidate honest and true. We'll think them all dastardly crew They pretend it's the wrong they are seeking to smother, l And i'll up their time in abusing each other. Oh this war on election does harrow my soul, Anu IL s lllIle kho" Oh Lne poAlSlGaA AVAe' | I s'pose might learn the whole thing by rote, But then, you won't let us dear creatures vote; So what is the use of spending our time

 On subject for which we don't care dime. And while the men flock to some stupid conven' 1 tion

 We'll give our new bonnets and frocks our atten 1 tion.

 There, I'd better close ere your patience wears l out

 In trying to see what I've written about. Iknow my ideas are oftentimes rash,

 And served in the style of boarding house hash.
Year: 1876

A VALUABLE FND.-The hidden treasure is found in even as newly populated land as California. At San Jose in that state a laborer while digging a foundation for a building fortnight ago unearthed huge earthen jar of very primitive make. The far was found to be full to the brim with gold nuggets and gold dust, estimated by a San Jose banker to be worth $500, 900. The fortunate discoverer was so confident that he had found great treasure that he divided it with his companions. Hundreds of men on hearing about the discovery, went to the owner of the land and in the hope of finding more gold offered to dig his cellars without charge. The excitement became so great finally that the police oi the place were stationed before the excava ton to prevent the treasure seekers from undermining adjacent buildings. Int treasure is supposed to have been buried b, an alcalde who lived in San Jose during tht last century.
Year: 1876

A PERILoUs BALLOON VoYAGR.-Mr. D. s. Thomas, who started from Bridgeport in a balloon on Tuesday, and landed at Rock land, Mass, makes the following report of his perilous adventure: ''About 5 o'clock Tuesday evening after laboring for several miles to make landing and save the bal loon, was thrown from the basket into some pine timber in Rockland, Plymouth county, Mass. The brittle pine limbs broke when struck them, but they eased my fall considerably and landed upon the ground with only the loss of clothing. Could have had some assistance think l could have saved my balloon, but when last seen It was at @ great heighth over the At lantic headed for Europe. Seeing the ocean before me I determined to land in @ valley which I saw, and where l thought the wind must be light, and got out my anchor, which caught in stone wall ano parted in an instant. The wind was now blowing gale and determined to wreck the balloon in order to save it. Having nc rip line or collapse cord dashed into tn, edge of the timber with the hope of making rent, but being new and of very strong material the balloon only rebounded ant plunged through the top of the timber a great speed. Some idea of the wind ma' be had from the fact that Itraveled the las fifty miles in sixty minutes. When dragg ing through the timber the basket was sev eral times turned bottom up, which lost m

 my balance. counteracting all my efforts a the valve. Thomas P. Hinkham, livin

 near by, came to my assistance, and to hin

 and hls family I am indebted for kin care"
Year: 1876

A singular phenomenon, frequently met with in the Indian ocean, the real cause of which has not yet been ascertained, is the existence off Malabar, and in certain spots along the Coromandel coast, of vast mud banks and of tracts of mud suspended in the sea, wherein many kinds of fish find abundance of food, immunity from much disturbance in the surrounding elements, and a locality in which to breed. The ex- act cause of the existence of these large tracts of sea in which the mud thus re- mains in solution is a mystery; but at any rate the ocean is so smooth that, during even the height of the southwest monsoon, vessels can run for shelter into their midst, and once there are as safe as when inside g break water,
Year: 1876

Quite number of our townspeople vis- ited Philadelphia last week, among whom were Mr. Ralph Little and daughter, and Mss Nellie Little and Mss Sarah Butcher, and some others are going this week...... The Teachers Institute is to be held here this month we understand, and we hope 1t will receive generous welcome as it comes to us seldom......We have learned no par ticulsrs concerning the Friendly Union" that usually opens here in October. but many desire that this institution should be continued. It is about all we have to break the dull monotonY of a country life through dreary winter. It affords needed recre- ation and amusement, besides culsivating the mind with books, lectures, music and reading. Our schools have all advanced thus far we'll into the fall term, and the committee, have learned, have granted a vacation to the teachers to visit Philadel- phia, and some will avail themselves of the 1 privilege. We have formerly given the preference to male committee for schools, but we have changed our minds during the year past. Many matters of comfort and refinement to teachers and pupils, that es- cape the masculine eye have been attended ts with a zeal and courage worthy of all praise, 80 we shall hereafter vote for both sexes on school committee......A gentleman and his wife were awakened the other night by noise at window. The gentleman arose, went to the window and fired off 6 pistol at random, and the men shortly aftel were seen to go out at the front gate......A short time since farmer was returning a

 II o'clock p. m. to his home, when two rough looking men requested a ride, ant before he could answer they sprang into the wagon, one placing himself in the sea

 with the farmer and the otheg behind him

 The one on the seat began to swear, de manded his pocket book, and finally at- tempted to choke him. The farmer pu him off by stratsgem and continued talking till he arrived at his gate, when he sudden lY sprang out and drew a knife and thu

 rascals saw fit to decamp. P.
Year: 1876

Subscription AccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriptiOn is paid thus. R. B. Smith 5Jul77, indicates that MT Smith has paid for his paper to see to it that their account, as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for srenewal of their subscription, will observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of an error to inform us for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be cons1d- cred unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made as the regular receipt of the paper with the date to which the subscription IS paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's &C., ceptance as correct. J. l.. TEASE.
Year: 1876

There was girl in our town and she was wondrous lame, she ran heavy sewing machine from which the trouble came, but when she saw how lame she was with all her might and main, she bought new Domestic and was soon all right again.
Year: 1876

Accident At East Canaan. Mir. Salmon Barlow was slightly scalded by the top of this still blowing off on Saturday last. No serious injury was sustained, as MT. B. will soon be able to resume business,
Year: 1876

The nomination of Governor Hayes
was made at Cincinnati, ostensibly as -
by the Republican party of
the policy which has shaped the conduct
of affairs by President Grant and his
Administration. President Grant was
so much hurt by what he considered the
ingratitude of those who owed their I'll
to him, that he gave every sign Of an in
tention to throw the party and their
candidate to the dogs, and have nothing
more to do with either. Since that time,
however, his new War Secretary, his
congenial Secretary of the Interior, and
others .of his particular friends, have
caused a complete revolution in his feel
ings. They hayeexplained to him how
the ticket was composed to fool the
people and to enable themselves to
perpetuate their power, and they have
shown him how he may benefit himself
by working for it. His order to the
army has therefore been issued, and
Governor Hayes is invited to spend a
few days with him at Long Branch.


By every means are endeavors made
by the Republican managers to deceive
the people as to the real meaning
of this campaign. They are now say
ing for our amusement that as soon
as his term of Office expires Presi-
dent Grant will make tour of the
world, and they have tried their best to
smother the intelligence that at the same
time General Sherman will resign. The
truth is that Grant and his companions
are playing bold game, which depends
for its success upon the maintenance of
secrecy as to its every detail. In the
country, or out of the country, if Hayes
is elected, Grant will continue toadvance
the scheme of his ambition. With the
present Administration still in power,
with the present army of ofice-holders
still in his possession, and with the army
still devoted to his interests, and the
nominal responsibility for his acts rest
ing upon Hayes, he would have greater
scope for mischief, and the present con-
dition of the South would soon be the
condition of the whole country. Those
who have the welfare of their country
at heart will do well to seriously look at
this matter in its true light, and resolve
that they will at once come to the rescue,
and by their votes decree a change in
the Administration, whereby alone they
can rescue their land from existing
evils, and from the doom which its
present rulers have in store for it.
Year: 1876

James Emmerson, painter with an
eye to joke, hid yalise of essences,
belonging to aSringfeld drummer, in a
barrel the other day, the drummer hav,
ing left them outside store while he
went in. The drummer was told that
man had been seen going up the street
with his valise of essences, and he started
in pursuit. After mile or two of fruit
less running, he returned TO town and was
posted in an other direction, this time
securing constable or two. A man be-
ing spied going up the railroad track
with valise in hand, was run down. In
the meantime, however, as he saw the
officers after him, the stranger jumped
the fences to cross the lots, which started
some boys who were stealing apples in
the orchard, who thought the row was all
on their account, and took to their heels.
OF course the stranger proved to have no
connection with the stolen valise, and on
going back to town it was found. like
John Gilpin after his famous ride, "where
first it was set down."
Year: 1876

The nominations of the Democratic
Convention in South Carolina have ex-
cited much attention, and the political
compaign in that State is watched with
very considerable interest. The Repub-
lican party has become alarmed lest the
Democrats should obtain majority.
The reports come to us from gentlemen
who have Just returned from South Car
olina, that there is fair prospect of
the Republicans being defeated, owing
to so many of the negroes going over to
the Democratic party. The contest of
the Democratic party there being against
the local misgovernmept, which is the
consequence of the great majority of
ignorant and misled negro voters, the
course and conduct of the Democrats is
watched as a test of the purposes and
processes of the Southern people. The war
issues which brought and maintained the