smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

A glance at the map Of Idaho, and
slight knowledge of the physical geography
Of the region embraced within it's bounda-
ries, will satisfy anyone that if nothing is
to be considered but the purely sectional
interests of the people inhabiting the diff
ferent portions of the Territory, and if the
action of Congress is to be invoked to meet
and provide for all these separate interests,
we may look for speedy dissolution and
annihilation of Idaho.


The county of Lemhi belongs geograph-
ically to Montana. 1t is separated from
the central counties by high mountain
ranges, quite impossible for several months
in the year. The distance between Boise
City, the capital of the Territory, and Sal
mon City, the county seat of Lemhi, as
travelled during the summer over the high,
rugged mountains, is only about $50 miles,
but with the early autumn comes fierce
snow storms which soon make the route
impracticable. To reach tho capital at the
time when the Legislature meets detour
of one thousand miles must be made through
Montana and Utah. Yet from Lemhi
comes no cry for division. Oneida and
Bear Lake counties would still more natu-
rally gravitate toward Utah, to which they
are bound by ties, geographic, Brighamic,
and polygamic. But these two counties
seem content to remain where they are,
and express no desire for a change. Owy-
bee county seems so naturally part of the
State Of Nevada, that we forbear saying
anything for fear of awakening desire
which has thus far slept


In none of the counties mentioned las
| there ever been any war made for division
and annexation. One Of the reasons for
this may be that in none of them has the
capital of the Territory been located. 1t
| is greatly to be deplored that tho capital
was ever removed from Lewiston, for had
it remained there the question Of division
would never have been raised.


Ada county, shaving the capital, may be
supposed to be anxious to remain " in the
union" and to keep the parts together, while
Boise and Alturas counties, lying within
comparative easy access of the capital, can
have but little to complain of; but this il
not reason why they should stand il
the way of the general good; they nigh
be annexed to Oregon without doing any
great violence to natural boundaries Or tt
to the interest to the great mass of thu
people.


We, therefore, submit whether it woult
not be we'll for the Legislature to memoir
alize Congress on the subject, asking tina
the Territory of Idaho be cut into piece
and parceled out to the adjoining State
and Territ cries, thus doing for the who'll
Territory and at once what Mr. Fem ant
his highly and universally respected ally a
Lewiston are determined to do for tn
Northern portion.


This would be great saving to tn
Federal Treasury, and would save us be
sides from the soulharrowing scenes o
hungry and selfish wishes and expectation
on the one side, and anxiety, fear, hop
and despair on the other, which come wit
every change of administration. .-Idah
Statesman, Nou. 25.
Year: 1876

The trick known as the "basket trick"
which Mr.. Heller introduces as the last
feature of his performance at the Wonder
Theater, excites great deal of surprise, as
it is only natural it should. The conditions
of the trick are simply as follows: A large
basket is brought and placed in full view
upon bench supported upon four primi-
tive wooden legs and leaving an open space
between the basket and the floor. There
seems no possible way by which human
being, once in, could get out of the basket
without being seen. The basket is placed
by Mr.. Heller and his assistant, Mr.. Heller
next brings forward a pair of oYeralls
which cover him to the neck and which
have no outlet at the ends of the sleeves OF
legs. When the overalls are drawn on and
. hood drawn over Mr.. Heller's head and
attached to the main garment by strings,
there remains no outlet for so much as a
finger of the performer to get through.
But as Mr.. Heller is about to remove his
coat for the purpose of donning this gar
uCAU IC ACLACtnDt1o oudL I1O 10 AA ANOW AO4h
instead of Australia-that is his carelessly
stated excuse-and a screen which reaches
up to the performers neck, is placed be-
hind the basket, and the performer retires
behind this and effects the change. So far
as one notices, his head does not once dis
appear during the time he is employed in
drawing on the overalls. The last vision
one has is of Mr.. Heller's own face disap-
pearing in the ample hood, and Immediately
he steps out from behind the screen and,
with the help Of his assistant, climbs into
the basket, the lid of which is closed upon
him and locked. AS far as any human eye
can discover, this is Mr.. Heller who has
just gone into the basket, but in the same
instant-almost before the lid is down,
Mr.. Heller makes his appearance in ordi-
nary evening costume at the entrance of
the theatre, and walks down the aisle
inquiring what was being done with him.
He Immediately ascends the platform,
opens his basket, and nobody is within.


The question is still an open one, chow
did Mr.. Heller cease to be the man in the
basket, and whoever the man in the basket
was, how did he get out ?"-Neu York
World
Year: 1876

The champion liar of the State is in our
county Jail. A kind hearted clergyman
asked him how he came to be there. The
fellow said, with tears in his eyes. that he
was coming home from prayer meeting, and
sat down to rest, fell asleep, and while he
was asleep there, the county built a Jail
around him, and when he awoke the jailer
refused to let him out.


There are indictments against him in
every county West of the Guadalupe, and
he has already served out one term at
Huntsville.


Talk about newspaper men deviating
from the truth, after that. San Antonio
Herald.
Year: 1876

As many OF our readers we're so delighted
at the Centennial by the excellent bread
baked in the Vienna Bakery, they may also
be interested in knowing how that superior
bread is baked. The following is the re-
cipe Sift in a tin pan four pounds of flour,
bank it up against the sides, pour in one
quart of milk and water, and mix into it
flour enough to form a thin batter then
quickly and lightly add one pint of milk, in
which is dissolved one ounce of salt and
one and three quarters ounces Of Gaff and
Fleischmann's compressed yeast leave the
remainder OF the flour against the sides of
the pan cover the pan with cloth and set
it in place free from draft for three
quarters of an hour then mix in the rest
of the flour until the dough will leave the
bottom and sides Of the pan, and let it
stand two and half hours. Finally divide
the mass into one pound pieces, to be cut
in turn into twelve parts each. This gives
square pieces about three and half inches
thick, each corner Of which is taken up and
folded over to the centre, and then the
cakes are turned over on dough-board to
rise for half an hour, when they are put
into hot oven that bakes them in ten
minutes.
Year: 1876

A dispatch from Now Orleans to the
Philadelphis Times describes the Northern
Democrats who are now in that city as hAv-
ing gone to look at the Deputy U. s. Mar
shals, who we're receiving their pay for SER
vice on election day. They found them,
the dispatch says, quite shabby looking
fellows, ''mostly illiterate colored men,"
and of the same style as good many of the
tramps. 1t appears from this dispatch that
the Democratic gentlemen are particular in
their ideas of how special election officer
should look, and it might be well for them
to sec our Democratic special police, who
were on duty, in this city, on election day
These fine fellows may have seen hard
times-at least they looked so-and we are
not going to point the finger of scorn at
them, but the eminent Democrats, If they
are anxious to find fault on such grounds,
will have to consider the case in this city,
also. We will put it against New Orleans
with great confidence in the result.
Year: 1876

President Grant is rising steadily in pub
lie est nation. History will do him justice.
Minor points OF failure n his administra-
ton will soon disappear from view, and
oaIy his great services will be remembered.
Year: 1876

THE PLAN OF ELECTING PRESIDENT.


Thereais some talk that the system of
choosing President by electors is cumber-
some and full of difficulties, and that the
plan of elecing by direct vote must be
adopted. This would be jumping out Of
the frying pan into the fire. If majority
Of the popular vote we're all that was
required, the Southern States would
have but one kind Of tickets. No
Republican there would be al
lowed vote, at all. The South would
roll up unanimous return, in the Georgia
style, and if the majority we're few mil
lions greater than the whole population of
the United States it could not be thrown
out, of course, any more than the shot gun
result in Mississippi. The only pro


lection that the Northern States,
where the elections are really free,
and express the desires of the
people, can have, is system of voting by
States, either in the present way or some
thing similar. The South's popular vote is
not only of no value as an expression of
what the people of that section really want,
but it is nowso entirely the product OF force
and fraud that it might be used, and
doubtless would be, for the enslsvement
Of the whole country. Any sort of re-
turn could be made up there by the men
who have successfully established the shot
gun plan of politics. In the present case,
we have fixed number of electoral votes
certain to be counted for the Southern
candidate but if the election were by
general vote, we should have an indefnit,
Southern majority reaching any size tina


might be needed to overwhelm the North.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, Sept. sS.-It is stated by
his friends that Attorney General Taft
left Washington for his home in Cincin-
natl undecided whether he would resume
The duties OF the effioe. His short ex-
perience as the Presidents legal adviser
and Counselor for the administration it
appears, has been unpleasant for Judge


Taft. He had been leading quiet life
so long that the unenviable notoriety
which his Office has brought to him,
coupled with the avalanche of oensure
for issuing his circular letter to United
States marshals, has quite overcome his
desire to longer remain in the cabinet.
His zeal for Hayes election has not
abated, but he would prefer some one
else should give legal advice and share


the burden which Father Taft's course


is certain to bring to the head Of the d.
partment. His release from the cares of
| office depends now upon the President,


who telegraphed here tonight that he


would be in Washington on Tuesday


next, some days before he expected to
come back,
Year: 1876

We would advise Gen. Grant, Bloody
Shirt Morton and Attorney General TAFT
to read the proceedings of the Interna-
tional Code Conference of American re-
call the troops from the Southern States
and set good example to all foreign
ers of our earnestness and sincerity in
promoting peace with all Its blessings in
our own country,


The republican press of the West are
so frightened by the prospect of
"a near rebellion" that they cannot
compose themselves sufficiently to in
vent a plausible explanation of the
tax.return charges against Governor
Hayes.
Year: 1876

Brother Blaine's transactions in Fort
Smith and Little Rock bonds may have
been very innocent, but why, when the
Maine people to whom he had sold them
demanded that he shonld take them back.
did he rush out and raise the money to
buy of these Witnesses of his jobbery
" J San. ~
Year: 1876

A Detroit lady purchased a
jacket at Woodward avenue store
the other day. and the clerk said
be would send it right home in
side of half an hour. In about
foYr hours a package boy appear
ed with the garment, and the i'm
patient lady exclaimed


"YOu boys are the greatest null
sance in town ! | suppose that you
stopped to play marbles or hunt a
lost dog!"


Indeed | didn't" he replied.
ri went up home to change hats,
and ma she had to try on the
jacket and parade before the glass.
Then, Katy she put it on to make
a call, and when she got back ma
was determined to walk over on
Woodward avenue to show it off,
and | got here as quick as ever |
could"
Year: 1876

Said Hon &c. ). Blackbu
democratic member of Congress
from the Kentucky district for
merly represented by Henry
Clay, in a speech to the Demo-
Gratis of Reading;


81 do not complain of, the
creation of war debt, but the
Republicans have made it too
big. Instead of making it one
billion they make it three bill
lions. 1t is impossible for a f.
mite mind to have a proper con-
ception of the amount. Since
Jesus Christ was born the clock


has not clicked off one billion of
minutes, and yet the republican
party has made a debt of three
billions of dollars. With such
a record staring them in the
face how can they have the eff
ffontry to come before the A.
merican people and ask for a
continuance in rower? / wish
every man in this land who is
to vote could make a
pilgrimage to Washington and
stay there. thirty days to wit
ness the extravaganza and seeth-
ing corruption prevailing there.
Year: 1876

(FrOm the Reese River (Cal.) Reyeilie)


Somebody dropped some quick
silver on the sidewalk on Main
street to-day, and an Indian tried
to pick it up. First he made a
grab at it with his thumb and
fore finger, and was astonished
when he found that he couldn't
pick it up. He was determined
to have that quicksilver an5 how !;
80 he unwound a handkerchief
from his hat, and spreading it on
the ground got q chip and scraped
the quicksilver into it. A look
Of triumph shot from his eagle eye
as be gethered up the four corners
OF the handkerchief, but it was
replaced by one of horror and dis.
gust when the metal ran through
the fabric like water through a
sieve. Looking at the metal as it
lay on the ground III o puzzled
sort of way for q moment, he
launched a vicious kick at it, and
uttering the ejaculation used by a
keno player when some other fell
low makes a keno, he turned on
his heel and left the quicksilver
for some other untutored son of
the forest to experiment On,
Year: 1876

A CHASTITY case, involving some
novel points in the application of
law, was decided in the District
Court for Hamilton county, O.,
last week. Some time ago a ne
gro whose friends resided at In
dianapolis died in the Cincinnati
hospital. The Superintendent re.
ceived a telegram from an Indian.
apolis friend of the deceased, in
structing him to forward the body
through in a rough box. The
railroad refused to accept it in
that shape, and the Superintend-
ent bought casket, assuming that
it would be needed any way, and
including its price in a G. o. D,
bill. The Indianapolis party took
out the corpse, but refused to ac-
cept the casket, which the rail-
road took back to the superinten-
dent OF the CINCINNATI Hospital
with his uncollected bill. The
latter refused to accept the article
and sued the company for the a.
mount of the bill. The court
then announced as a general
principle that the consignee of
goods has right to open and ex.
anime them sufficiently to ascer-
tain if they are what he ordered,
and if not to refuse them, where
upon the common carrier may re
turn them to the co3signor with
out liability for the uucollected
bill. To the claim that the
goods" were, not all returned, nor
in this Instance, the court decided
that to return the corpse would
have been against public policy,
and as the Hospital Superintend-
ent had no authority in the first
place to purchase the casket he
could not make any one else pay
for it, but might stow it away,
like Toodles, as something handy
to have about the house.
Year: 1876

A late decision of the Su-
preme Court determines that
persons who make subscrip-
tions to a railroad with the un-
derstanding that it is to be To-
Gated along a particular route
at the same time they make the
subscription, must pay their
subscriptions, although the
route be changed, if the condi-
ton of the subscription was not
made between the subscribers
and the regularly elected and
organized officers of the road;
but if the company is once Or
ganized, and the officers have
been elected, and the subscrip-
tions are made with the consent
or agreement of the officers on
the condition that the road
shall be 6de along a certain
specified route, such subscrip-
tions feed not be paid if the
route is changed after the SUBJ
scriptions have been made
The officers of a road are bound
by their contracts, and cannot
enforce one part of a contract
when they themselves violate
the other part. In the language
of Daniel Webster, "a contract
broken on one side is broken
on all sides"
Year: 1876

The Nashville Americqn says !:
estate Treasurer Morrow is now
prepared to cash all warrants on
presentation. This is the first
time since 1868 or 1869 that the
State Treasury has been in such a
condition. State warrants have
been out of the market for some
time past, and hereafter they will
be quoted at pa"
Year: 1876

\EIOIA IAlS GAY duudA ANOho.J


On Saturday a gentleman was
walking on the north side of Bay
street during the time the wind
was trying to reach the dignity
of a gale, aud when be reached
the foot of Drayton street, in at
tempting to pull something from
his pocket, he dropped large
pocketbook containing number
of bank bills. By the time the
book touched the ground every
bill was blown out of it and for q
few moments his moEey had a
wide circulation. 1t was strewn
for two hundred yards along the
street in every direction, each
note pursued by half dozen ne
groes. The money was probably
all found, but it was not all re
covered by the owner. The COM
ments that the gentleman made
upon the occurrence were both
vigorous and elaborate, and ex-
pressed in Anglo. Saxon as terse
as it was significant.
Year: 1876

VIZ would like to ask some OF our
Democratic friends who profess to repre-
sent the young Democracy - exactly
what that means we do not comprehend
If they recollect time when some Of
them had their limbs shackled and their
mouths sealed by the rigid enforcement
OF registration laws? We would also like
TO ask them if the know that body oi
true and tried Democrats were working
day aud night, spending their time and
money to relieve them from this de.
graded condition, and by unparalleled
e1ertions did at ngth succeed IN evolving
light from darkness, and put them on
their feet MS political freemen2 And
now we would ask if it is manly graft
tude, because of some personal pique OF
animosity, to turn your backs on them
snub them ard deny them participa-
tion in your political assemblages1
These are questions that are well worthy
cur consideration.
Year: 1876

WAsHINaTos, May 24.-The House
Committee on Naval Affairs to-day
agreed on form of reply to the letters OF
Secretary Robson complaining of their
conduct towards him, and asking that he
may have An opportunity of appearing
before them, in explanation or reply to
certain. testimony, and that the eIamina-
tion be with open doors. He will be in
formed that the committee some time ago
passed resolution that they will
hear Secretary Robson or any other otti-
Ger connected with the naval affairs who
may think he is affected by the testimony
already taken; that he can therefore ap-
pear whenever it may be convenient to
him, and that he shall have the liberty of
recalling and cross-examining any wit
ness whose testimony in any respect af-
tects him =.


The question of conducting the pro-
ceedings publicly is not decided.
Year: 1876

Mr. LEWIS BAKER publishes card in
the Standard contrsdicting the statement
msde by that paper that he was q caller
for the new meeting movement, but that
on the contrary he will act as a delegate
under the appointment Of Saturday s
Convention. This Of course, excludes
him from participating in Fridays meet
ing, as it is only called tor those who re,
pudiste Saturdays proceedings.
Year: 1876

TEX latest adviccs from London quote
silver down to 62td per ounce, which is
the loxesa price ever made. On this basis
the intrinsic value of the subsidiary silver
coin is 1884 per cent. of gold, and that OF
the proposed nee silver dollar is 81, AZ per


esat both being less than the value OF


greenbscks. Nevertheless the scarcity Of


fractional currency and the gingerly way
in which the Government is paying out
silver keeps up q premium on small
change OF li@2 per cent. on legal tenders
Concerning the prospective value OF sil-
yer. the New York Post SAYS: THE
decline IN silver is, however, favorable for
the continued circulation Of the sub
sidiary silver coin, the bullion or gold
value of which to-day is S2s cents to the
dollar, the fractional notes having the
same gold value as the United States
legal tender notes, or about SO cents
10 the dollar. Until there is full
supply Of subsidiary silver coins, they
will, Notwithstanding their small good
vs.ue, mos likely command q
premium here, owing to the scarcity of
small change. So long, too, as they can
be shipped to California and sold at .
profit, which will be until the discount
on them there is as heavy, in gold valu-
stion, rs here, they will be taken fer
that market Shipments to the West
lndiss and South America will undoubt.
edly also continue so long Is tie people
there are willing to take them at q rate
very much above their gold value"
Year: 1876

The sublimest height of arrogant as
sumption is that of "the little paper
around the corner which was conceived
in a Republican womb, born of Radical
parent, and nurturcd on Radical pap,
presuming to dictate poiicy LOT 'ne
Democratic party,
Year: 1876

David w. Cartwright, a trapper well
known in the West, and man whose
word may be implicitly trusted, states
in his late work on g Western Wild An
imals," that he once discovered two
headed snake in the vicinity of Hum
boldt River The creature was dimin-
utive in size, measuring only sixteen
inches in length, and was "at one end
about like lead pencil, the other end
being larger" The heads terminated
the two extremities- at the tail be-
ing smaller than the one at the opposite
end. They were both perfectly devel-
oped, and seemed to share the leader
ship between them, for the snake was
able to crawl equally well with either
one foremost. The reptile had been IA
tally wounded by a party in advance of
him, just before Mr.. Cartwright found
it-therefore he had not much oppor-
tunity to experiment with it; yet he
states that '' if stick were put in front
of either head, it Ohe snake) would
back away from it."


Mr.. Cartwright also describes, in the
same book, curious encounter with an
eagle. While hunting in the winter of
1S74-5 on the Yellow River, near Chip
pewa, Wisconsin, his companion went
out one day to bring in the carcass of
a deer that had been hung on tree for
safe keeping. The man had borne the
deer about forty rods from the
tree when an eagle swooped down
in the path about twelve feet
in front of him, and turning about
'splanted itself upon the ground in a
decidedly combative attitude. 1t stood
upon one foot with the other uplifted as
if ready for fight; its head was erect,
its sharp eyes sharply fixed upon the
man carrying off the deer, upon which
it was probably about to feed; the feath-
ers were all turned forwards and stood
on ends, and the wings were partially
spread.'' The man dropped the deel
and seizing stick struck the eagle SC
violent blow that the weapon was
broken. The bird retreated about siA
feet, then whirling around again assum,
ed the same defiant attitude as before
Its antagonist picked up another stick
and started for the eagle, which menac.
ingly advanced until the two were only
four feet apart. The blow now deal
the bird injured it so that it could moi
| fly, and it endeavored to run away. Ye
again it turned with a plucky purpose
to fight the battle out; but the superior
powers of the man secured the victory
and the bird was laid low. ''It was 6
golden eagle, and measured two feet ant
ten inches from the bill to the tip of the
! tail, and seven and one-half feet acros:
! the wings,n