smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The most of our readers in the eastern
end Of the county know Martin Broad,
who is now in the Easton Jail on a charge
of murder lodged against him by young
man named William Henry The partic-
ulars of the alleged murder, as related by
the accuser, are as follows Six or seven
years ago, when Henry was about fourteen
years of age, as he was one day on the road
to visit an uncle at Delaware Station, he
was met by Martin Broad, the accused, in
a blackboard wagon, drawn by grey horse.
Upon coming up to the lad Broad asked
him to 90 along to Belvidere, and the boy
complied. Toward evening they crossed
at Hartzell's ferry to the Pennsylvania
shore, and on the road up, when opposite
Delaware Station, they came upon stran-
ger carrying lantern in the woods. Henry
then says that Broad gave him the lines
and getting out of the wagon struck the
man blow, which blow he believes resulted
in the death of the attacked. Henry fur
ther says that before Broad returned to the
wagon he heard some steps i'll the woods,
but no noise or quarrel between the men,
and saw only the lamp the strander was
CARRYING "go over" After the deed Broad
returned to the wagon and the pair went on
to Portland, the lad remaining over night
at Broad's house, and receiving as reward
for his silence pair of boots.


The above is the story on which the ar
rest was made. Henry is about twenty
years of age, and has latterly had his home
with farmer named Tinsman, residing in
Hope, n. j. About year ago he lived
with William Decker, residing at Blairs-
town, to whom he told the same story, and
also repeated it to few others. Last
Thursday Decker was in Portland, when
lie rehearsed to several what the young
man had told him, and at their solicitation
he was induced to go before Justice and
make affidavit to the statement. A consta-
BILE was then sent for Henry and on Friday
morning, shortly after midnight, he was
found living with a Mr. Tinsman and
brought to Portland Here he repeated his
story, and it was embodied in an affidavit,
and warrant issued for Martin Broad s
arrest. Officers proceeded to Broad's home
at Oxford Furnace, n. j., where he was
arrested. When accused and accuser were
brought face to face, the latter repeated
the charge as he had told others, and the
former denied the accusation and asserted
Year: 1875

[Eric (Pa.) Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.l


a singular phenomenon is just now Great
ing sensation a few miles south of this
city, in the shape of a mouse-catching in
fant, surprising in expertness the agility of
the best canine or feline mouser in the coun-
try. The report of this singular freak of
nature reached me so we'll authenticated
that l concluded to crafty my curiosity,
and possibly be sold, as | had often been.
But, to my surprise, the facts turned out
more remarkable than the report represen-
ted, and the most astonishing natural Won
der ever witnessed. The little girl in
question is trife over year old, and can
but just begin to run about the house anO
yard The moment she wakes and gets
out of her crib she goes to the old kitchen
FIRE place which is infested with species
of small house mice, and sits down by hole
in the corner very much like cat, with
her eyes intently fixed on the burrow. She
Year: 1875

Facts prove it. Prove what ? That
farmers have no business with fast trotting
horses, that it is slow death pecuniarily
(though morally it is not so slow for any
farmer to get fast horse on the brain. We
wonder if the horsemen among the Execu-
tive Committee of the State Agricultural
Society have ever seen the effects or
weighed the results, where one, two, or
more farmers have constructed trotting
course in some fine field and are in the
habit of resorting there daily to quicken
the PAGES of horses which ought to be
doing duty on the farm as we'll as their
drivers. If they have they have seen
business stopped, steady habits broken up
and restless craving for excitement, at war
with the quiet puresuits of husbandry, a
regular assembling of idle men and boys :;
they have seen all this, to say nothing of
the worse than loss of time, neglect of bust
ness, and Generalization, and for what :?
Where is the equivalent for all these risks,
this expenditure of time and money on
equipments Where does the compensa-
ton to the farmer come in? Come, let US
approach the question directly We hold
that ''speed, as it is now understood, has
never added one dollar to the capital of
the country, that it does not give one
dollar additional value to horse for
any purpose except racing, and now
will Mr. Green, Superintendent of Races
at the State Fair, OF any other fast horse
man, tell us wherein lies the good, the
benefit to community or the State, from
the breeding and training of horses that
may be drilled into going mile in two
minutes and forty seconds ?-Detroit
Tribune
Year: 1875

that he had no recollection of ever taking
a ride with the boy.


In this connection it may be proper to
state that in December, 1866, the remains
of Il man were found in the woods opposite
Delaware Station They were not rccog-
nizable, but from the clothing upon them,
the size of the corpse, etc, the body was
supposed to be that of a stranger who had
been about that region prospecting for
minerals and who had been missing for
several months before. Jesse Pearson,
then Deputy Coroner, held an inquest,
when an examination of the remains were
made and several holes, supposed to be bull
let holes. were found in the skull The
verdict of the jury was that the deceased
had been killed by shooting


1t is presumed by some that this man
was the one killed by Broad. But on the
other side it is claimed that this corpse was
found in 1866, nine years since, that the
Coroner's jury found that death had been
caused by shooting, while Henry heard no
shots fired, and that Broad at the time
stated did not live in Protland, but in
Hainesburg, n j. The truth will no
doubt be developed before Court, and we
give the statements as made without ven
turing an opinion, as we prefer that the
jury should make up its mind without
newspaper comments.


On last Friday evening, counsel in be-
half of the accused asked for a hearing,
which will possibly take place before, our
Judges some day this week.-Easton
11gus.
Year: 1875

The proceedings of the Third District
Court of Utah, ordering the Imprisonment
of Brigham Young until the 50 800 of ali
mony be paid by him to Eliza Young, have
been brought to the attention of the At
torney General The question presented
is whether the arrest of Brigham Young
would be made on the grounds claimed by
the woman, for the reason that her mar
riage with Young was illegal, it being con
trary to the laws of the United States, and
that she was therefore merely concubine,
and cannot take advantage of her own
wrong. The subject will be brought be-
fore the Cabinet with view of determin-
ing the exact status of the case. The mat
ter excites much interest in executive and
judicial circles:
Year: 1875

a bold, daring and partially successful
attempt was made to rob the First National
Bank of Pittston on Tuesday night I'd inst.
The burglars cut hole through The tin
roof of the bank, which is a one.story brick
building, and thence cut through the TOP
of the vault, and let themselves down BY
means of a rope ladder. In this way they
secured an easy entrance without disturb
ing the bank proper, and were enabled tn
carry on their work within the vault
shielded from the eye of the watchman.
They succeeded in blowing open one safe,
and secured about S400 in money and
100000 in bonds, mainly of local corpora,
tions. The numbers of bonds are known
so that they cannot be made available by
the burglars They had also made two
attempts to blow open second safe which
contained 500, 900 in money and securities,
but were frightened away before they
secured this valuable booty Mr. Green,
who lives next door, heard three reports
and then hastened to see what was the
cause, and his appearance evidently frigh-
tened the sentry of the burglars, and the
alarm being given they beat hasty retreat,
having rope ladder to get from the roof
to the ground. Mr.. Green chased one OF
them some distance, but failed to capture
him.


From the work done and the fine set Of
tools they left behind in the vault it is
evident that the party are professionals.
Mr.. Green says they were four in number,
and that one acted as sentry on the roof
while the other three did the drilling and
blasting in the vault
Year: 1875

There is a class of constitutional
GROWERS in every city and in every
part of the world. We have now
and always have had some of this
class in Los Angeles. Very few of
these knowing gentlemen have seen
day in the last five years that they
could have truthfully claimed to be
the owner of five hundred dollars in
clear cash. Yet they will stand at the
corner of the most public street in the
city from eight in the morning till
five in the evening, and nod and bow,
and if possible halt every man that
passes with the old, disgusting salu-
tation, "Well, how's times?u Their
objectin putting thequestion is to get
an opportunity to say that Chimes are
devilish hard," aud with knowing
wink and shake of the head will tell
you that awe haven't seen the worst
of it yet" We have listened to this
stuff long enough, and it is time
to switch such men off the side
walk. So here goes. These lazy
old fogies never saw the time
that was not hard, and they have
never been of any use to themselves
or to the community, and all they are
fit for is to get up panic or scare.
Their room has always been more
agreeable than their company, and
the sooner they leave here the better.
Business matters are as healthy and
prosperous now in Los Angeles as they
ever have been, with prospect ahead
that is exceedingly charming. The
merchants are doing well; the farmers
are prosperous; land is selling rapidly
and at good figures; the city and coun


try are full of newcomers, all o
whom are pleased and are buying
lands and lots, building houses ant
settling down to be happy and pros
porous. But this is not all. Thous
ands are coming who will soon b,
here with money to buy and settl,
Year: 1875

THE reader has no doubt marked
the graphic character Of the dispatch
es which are telegraphed descriptive
of the Virginia City fire. The readers
of the San Francisco Chronicle during
the time when d. T.. MCCARTHY
was its city editor recognize the pen
of an old friend in these dispatches.
Some months ago DENNIS became ed
itor of the Virginia City Chronicle,
and it is his pen that indites the dis
patches which give us such lively ac-
counts Of the fire fiend's work. Mos
office went to ashes with the remain
der of the city, but he is irrepressible
and the Chronicle will soon greet its
readers as of yore.
Year: 1875

Our old friend Truegood, from Ne
vada, was in Los Angeles week ago.


Noticing his woebegone expression
and observing an enormous Grape OH
his hat, we were instant in our in
quiries as to the cause of his sadness,
when he informed us that his wife had
died two weeks ago. We offered our
coincidence, with as much comforting
advice as we could muster, on the loss
of the partner of his youth. We had
touched tender cher1, for he wiped
his streaming eyes with an elegant
silk handkerchief and sobbed "such q
remarkable coincidence; she died on
the anniversary of the death of my
previous WIFE" We were surprised
Year: 1875

THERE is one bit of enterprise in
which no one of the San Francisco
papers can surpass the other. 1t is
map making. The Call, Chronicle
and Post each gave map of the burnt
district in Virginia. Each cut was
engraved with a butchers cleaver by
man who had never seen either Vir-
ginia City or plot of the place. Nc
one cut bore the slightest resemblance
of the city either before or after the
fire. Still they showed enterprise on
the part of the papers and a reckless
disregard for reputation on the part
of the engravers.
Year: 1875

Belgrade Correspondence n. y. Herald.l


Two priests in monastery not far
from Berbir, which is a Turkish for
tress opposite Alt Gradiska, in Aus
tria. were convicted by the Turks of
participating in the insurrection. A
force was sent to the monastery and
one of the priests was captured. The
other succeeded in escaping to the
mountains. The priest who was taken
had his hands and feet cut off while he
was alive, and after being allowed to
suffer the horrible tortures consequent
Oh mutilation for some time, he was
impaled on sharp stake and left as a
warning to all others. A troop was
sent to the hillside forest in pursuit of
the second priest, but he was not found
until a day or two after, when hunger
forced him to stray into neighboring
village. There he was recognized, de-
nounced by some Bosnian Mussul-
mans, and at once arrested. A guard
was sent for and the unfortunate priest
was brought into Berbir, half dead
with wounds and with huge iron coll
lar around his neck. He was thrown
into q filthy dungeon and was not even
given food. He seemed likelysStO
starve before his tormentors should
decide to kill him.


At this juncture the Austrian con-
sui at Berbir heard of the priests hor-
rible treatment. Now the Austrian
consul there is man, and his blood
boiled as he saw the ignorant and de-
graded Turks day by day abusing men
xybo aro in ayarvthipu thair hattarS
When the fate of the first priest and
the danger of the second was related
to him he weut straightway to the To-
cal functionary and said something
very like this: "You miserable old
cur, is it possible that you can treat
human beings, and above all ministers
of God, as you have treated this poor
priest? Are you not aware that an
Intelligent Europe, which despises
you, is looking on?p The con-
sui, whatever he said, used very
strong language, and then de-
manded that the collar be at once
taken from the priests neck, and that
he be given decent food and some kind
of protection against the bowling mob
that surrounded the Jail. Perhaps
there was tinge Of Sclavonic blood
in this Austrian Consups viens, and
| that there was beneath his earnest
pleading for the priest the fervor of o
dangerous menace which even the
| dull Turk could discern. At any rate,
the Consular suggestion was needed,
and the life of the priest up to date
has been spared, although he is still in
prison.
Year: 1875

THERE is a slight unpleasantness
between the Evening Express and one
GEORGE WASHINGTON LINTON. FL
egant personalities are INDUCED in by
both sides. GEORGE calls the Express
ian unreliable sheet" and the Express
alludes to GEORGE as "a peripatetic
humbug.n If we should take part in
controversy at all it would be to COM
mend both sides on the remarkably
correct estimate they have of each
other.
Year: 1875

looked within. A single glance suf-
feed, There was mixture of disap.
pointment and indignation in his tone
as he scornfully returned the provi-
sions and said: ga little bit o. ham
and some bread Look hyar! You can't
play no Yankee trick on me! I'm from
the country, but know enough to
know that amt no sandwich. A
sandwich is fish, And he wouldn't
take them.


There is closer connection between
good sense and good nature than is
commonly supposed.
Year: 1875

some of San Francisco's people
have seen veritable sea serpent in
the bay. Nothing remarkable about
this. Many Of those same gentlemen
see serpents without looking at the
water at all.
Year: 1875

Some men in the world advance
like crabs, by their eccentricities-
walking contrary to every one else.


Order is the sanity of the mind, the
health of the body, the peace of the
city, aud security of the state.


Industry, economy and prudence
are the sure forerunners Of success.
They create that admirable combina-
tion of powers in one which always
conduce to eventual prosperity.
Year: 1875

Springfield, Mass, May 27.-One
of the most terrible disasters in the
history Of Massachusetts occurred to-
night In the burning of the French
Catholic Church at South Holyoke,
during the service, involving the
death of sixty-six men, women and
children. The exercises had nearly
closed, and yesper service was being
sung, when the draperies on the altar
caught fire from a candle. The wall
being low and the flames streaming
up, the building was set on fire. The
audience numbered about 700. The
people in the body of the church es-
scaped, but on the stairway leading
from the gallery, the human beings
were packed in a dense mass strug-
Cling to reach the floor as the flames
rushed toward them. Many leaped
to the floor beneath and were tramp
led to death. The gallery skirted
both sides Of the building, with only
one entrance, from the front. The
scene was fearful while it lasted, for
the whole was over in 90 minutes.
Besides sixty-six dead there are
enough fatally wounded to bring the
total loss of life up to seventy-five.


The priests eXertions to keep order
were fruitless. The screams Of the
living and the mOans OF the dying
made a deafening tumult above the
orders of the pastor, who worked
most heroically and was personally
instrumental in saving many lives.
One family of four were in church,
and all were killed. Many were
pulled out with their arms and
feet so badly burned that they lived
but few hours, the flesh falling off
on being touched. Some were taken
out with scarcely any flesh remain
ing on their bones. The Sisters of
Mercy, from the Convent, were soon
on hand caring for the wounded and
holding services over the dying.
Father Dufresne also held services.
His mother WAS among those who
were terribly burned. He lost most
everything in his residence, so rapidly
was the building consumed.
Year: 1875

One w. J. Allen, Of Putin Bay,
writes for us to state that he expects to
appear in Fremont, some time next
month with his new invention for walk
ing on the water. We shall be glad if
he will hurry up, as the excursion and
fishing season is near at hand.
Year: 1875

We are pleased to see workmen buaily
engaged clearing debris at the above
old ruin, and making preparations for
the construction of a business block.
The work is to be pressed forward and
when completed viii largely improve
the appearance of that end of that town.
Year: 1875

after The first Of January a0e shall
have to prepay the postage on all
papers GOING OUT or THE
COUNTY. Subscribers at dis
tdacs please note This fact, as zoe shall
only send to those qoho pay IN advance
after that ddte, as aoe cannot afford
to aoatt for our pay and pay postage
also.
Year: 1875

! EX-CoNFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN CON-


GREss. The Cincinnati Enquirer has
a good answer in the annexed para
graph to the hypocritical cant Of Rad
ical demagogues, and their affected
alarm, at the election of Confederate
soldiers to Congress. 1t says:


"The great mass Of the intellect,
wealth and manhood Of the South was
engaged in the late war against the
Federal Government. To exclude it
from participation in the General
Administration is really to exclude
that great section of the Union itself.
We don't want to make ex-President
Lincoln and Secretary of State
Seward liars when they announced to
foreign Governments that the vacant
seats of the Southern Representatives
in Congress were only waiting for
their return; that no opposition would
be interposed by us to their return,
but that the war was being waged Tor
that purpose. For the first time since
1851 these vacant seats in Congress
are to be filed in pursuance of these
promises, and because of it there
should be cougratulation from one
end of the Union to the other"
Year: 1875

Yesterday afternoon an old man, about sixty
years Of age, named Charles Taylor, was seen to
sink from exhaustion at the corner of Seventh
and streets southeast. OHicer Shelton came to
his assistance, when 1t was ascertained that he
was suffering from q congestive chill. Taylor
was removed to the Eighth precinct station
house, but he remained there without medical
ing, when DR.. McKlm was called In. Is It not Q
mistake on the part of the police to allow men In
the condition Of Mr.. Taylor to remain so long
without medical aid, as death may be the result?
Year: 1875

no more at that time. The net profits
are expended OH works of local charity.
AT least one Scottish burg was TO petit
tl0n Parliament, at the last secession
for leave 10 establish the same system,
with what success We have not heard,
Year: 1875

TIE Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected In different parts of North America and
Eulope, furnishing, by this broad field of opera.
tions an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy holders. The assurances made only on
tue Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured.
Year: 1875

We notice that the West Virginia
grangers show sign Of life every now
and then. We yesterday published u
letter from Potomac, in this county,
informing us Of a new election for officers
in the grange at that point. An attractive
feature Of these grange proceedings is the
election OF so many ladies to Office. The
shrewd grangers have prOiited by the mis-
takes Of all other organizations in this re
spect. They have enlisted the co.opcra'
tion OF the women Of the land They not
only admit them as members, but exalt
them to places Of honor. Not only that,
but they have sought out and set in order
very engaging names for the characters to
be represented by the ladies, such as
Ceres, Pomona and Flora-names that are
enough to make granger's mouth water
in these days Of grasshoppcrs and killed
fruit.
Year: 1875

And here NJ. BOuton's daughter, coming
in with her mouth filled with buttcred-
roll and big piece in her hand for the
painter, is struck speechless in the midst
of " Papa, have a bi-t?" for there is the
King smiling down on her father, and
nodding to her with his finger at his lips
And believe the young lady had just wit
enough to perform one Of those reverences
we spoke of to His Majesty, which she
had recently learned of her dancing
master, and go out again. Then the
visitor fell to criticsiDg the composition
and ran on for half an hour; and all in
such bold way that NJ. Bouton would
have ordered him off the place, but he
was too much interested in the tint he was
laying to the picture. Then presently il
was done. NJ. Bouton turned, and there
was the King, Louis Philippe, holding
his brushes for him. The painter grew
very red. He took to backing till he got
close by his work, and then with a great
laugh says:


"Sire, you are artist-king enough to
know that l should have lost my tint had
l stopped my work to display the atelier
to your Majesty"


Good" replies the King, who was
very fond of his painter of interiors, and
had been to him before, but always as
" His Majesty" 1 like your reception so
well that | mean to have the picture"


And when it was done the picture was
sent to the King at the Tuileries. 1t has
been changed about somewhat, and is now
in the Palais Royal. And when NJ.
Bouton went to pay his court to His
Majesty at the palace Louis Philippe
asked, smiling:


"How is everybody, Mons. Bouton, at
home?" And he evidently thought it
great joke for the painter to have inquired
after the good health of the Princes and
Queen Marie Amelie in this way.