smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

SALT LAKE, October 2I.-The couri
was occupied all day with the HaW.
kins adultery case. The crOss-exam.
inatiOn Of Mrs. Hawkins ELECTED
nothing materially new. She testified
that Hawkins gave no reason fol-
taxing other women for wives, except
that she had had her day and it Wss
proper he should have some one else.
She said she had borne him seven
children at the time he took another
wife. The defense offered no te5ti-
InoBy, except to prove the marriage O
Hawkins with the second and third
wife.


General Maxwell spoke for the pros.
ecutiOn, and, assuming that the de-
tense would rest upon plural marriage
as being part Of a religious faith, ar
gued that pOlygamy was in direct VIC
IatiOn of both ecclesiastical and com
mon law. Fitch concluded at a late
hour for the defence; he concluded
that Hawkins, being a Mormon, had
no intention Of committing crime
and intention was essential TO cOnvic-
ton that there was no law against
pOlygamy when he took the second
wife and be could not be guilty Of
adultery, because he was legally mar
ried to one woman according to the
usages and customs of the Mormon
church. United States Attorney Cas-
ken will sum up this evening, after
which the case will 20 10 the Jury.
a number Of additional arrests for
lascivious Capitalization have been
made.
Year: 1871

Yesterday was very pleasant day and
business was very brisk at the landing
-Four arrivals from above and two from
below since last report. Most of the
packets are behind time. The river here
fell half an inch. White river is rising
and Red river coming up slowly. Ar
kansas River at last reports, wss falling
al Fort Smith, after riss OF nine feet.
Other streams are stationary.
Year: 1871

Bernard felt very much pleased as he
| started along again; and pretty soon he
met the doctor; and the doctor stopped
and he said; "Wby, Bernard, you've got
fine cart there" And Bernard told the
doctor that he made IL himself, and that
he had been to Brownville on an errand
for Mr.. Alvord


Now that's just the thing" said the
doctor, and then he said he very often
wantedsome one to take parcels for him,
and that he should remember and send
for the little expressman.


Bernard went home feeling very much
pleased; and when he took John out of
the cart he patted him, and told him how
well he had behaved "And now John, f"
he said, 81 hope you will always be good
after this, for you and must do great
deal of work" And Bernard began to
whistle, and John, / think, was happy,
too; he went into his place in the shed
and ate his supper as though he had a very
good appetite,


While Bernard was eating his own sup
per, he told his father and mother all
about his trip to Brownyille. And now,
father" said he, 81 mean to be an ex-
pressman. John and are going on er-
rands for people. Squire Preston says he





want me next week to go to Lake Village
At first, you know, shant get very many
eTrands to do, but after while L guess |
shall" And Bernard went to bed that
night feeling very happy, and making Il
great many plans about what he meant to
do.


One day he went to the store, and the
storekeeper gave him some paint, and he
painted his little cart; and he painted
Express on each of the sides, because
Bernard said he meant to be real ex-
pressman. Then he pulled Johns ears,
and said: Now, John, after this | shall
be the expressman, and you are to be the
expressman's donkey, So, remember,
now, and none of your pranks any more. "


And John seemed to know how impOr-
tant he and Bernard were getting to be;
though after this il is true, he would
once in while stop right still in the mid
die Of the road, as though he was think
ing of something, or else taking nap,
and he would stand still till he was
pleased to go along. Sometimes he would
all of a suddeS give great jump, when
there was nothing at all to jump at; and
once in while he would he so silly as to
stop right in the middle of the road and
kick up his heels, and then everything
would go flying out of the cart; but, as a
general thing, John behaved pretty well.


After little while Bernard had errands
to do every day, and pretty soon he had
so much business be could hardly attend
to it all; he got so many nice things for
his father and mother, and after few
years he had money enough to buy nice
house for them to live in; and he bought a
beautiful chair for his mother and horse
and wagon for his father, just as he used
to say he should.


They were all so happy; and everybody
said that he and Angie were going TO be
married, and so it finally turned out. And
Angie used to put her arms around Johns
neck and pat him and play with him; and
she used to ask him if he remembered the
first time when he came to see her and
walked right into the parlor! but Donkey
John stood winking and blinking as usual,
and never answered her single word
Rural Nelc Yorker
Year: 1871

ACoNDUCToR on a freight and passenger
train on the Syracuse & Binghamton Rail-
road performed daring feat a few days
since, by which fearful catastrophe was
avered The train, consisting of twenty
four stock cars and one passenger car,
which was filled with passengers was be-
tween this station (ChenangO Forks and
Whitney's Point, going at tolerable rate
of speed, when the engineer, VIM. Hardy,
discovered rail entirely out of the track
some distance ahead. He Immediately
reversed his locomotive, but, upon second
thought, determined to attempt to run the
train over the place where the rail was
missing, and at once turned on full
head of steam. The engineer and fireman,
however, did not remain to see what sue
cess the experiment would meet with, but
jumped off the engine, leaving it without
any one to control it. The train bounded
over the disconnected track at fearful
rate of speed, every car retaining its posi-
ton on the track. The dangerous spot
was passed, but, with no one upon the
locomotive to control its speed, most
terrible fate awaited the train somewhere


The state of affairs became known to the
passengers, and panic was at once raised,
At Whitney's Point there was every prob
ability that the track would not be in
readiness for the train, as at the rate it
was going it would reach there some min
utes before its time In this extremity
Conductor John Vrooman proved himself
to be a hero. He was in the passenger
car at the rear of the train, but Chamber
ing up the ladder of the freight-car next
in advance, he ran the whole length OF
the runaway train on the tops of the cars,
and was soon in the locomotive cab, seized
the throttle, and in the next moment had
the train under control. A less heroic
man in charge of the train, and II is inn


possible to tell what the result of the G X


fraordinary runaway might have been -
7 C0r. AZ. Y Times.
Year: 1871

A SERVANT girl in Boston mistook a
bottleiof croton oil for hair oil, and gave
her head very liberal supply of II before
going to bed. In the morning her head
was rs bald as billiard ball, and the oil
had trickled down and run into her eyes,
burning her face and seriously endanger-
ing her eyesight
Year: 1871

at the same time handing one to Nero,
who, being in sociable mood, came
to the fire and sat on his launches
smoking the entire evening, meanwhile
listening to the thrilling tales Of adj
venture by land and sea with which
Single Optic was in the habit of be-
guiling himself and steed during the
, otherwise wearisome evenings. When
the night was far spent and eonversa-
ton Jagged somewhat, our hero sug-
gested that it was time to seek needful
repose; to this Nero cordially assent
ed. After knocking the ashes from
his pipe, Single Optic rose and cutting
down the body of the Bloodstew.
dragged it to the fire; then wrapping
themselves in their blankets, they
pillowed their weary heads upon the
corpse and in a few moments were
sleeping soundly.


Twas midnight, and silence reigned.
No sound was heard save the signing
of the wind through the low leafess
branches of the tall pine trees. Dark
masses of clouds were scudding across
the heavens. All nature seemed to be
Iulied into profound revere. Ihe
man and animal were in a deep and
dreamless slumber.


Hark what means that rustling in
yonder bushes They part, and
stepping forth with stately tread pair
of Bloodstews steal upon the sleeping
hunter and his steed. Slowly, and
with cleaning eyes and dilated nostrils
they raise their glittering tomahawks
DER each devoted head, and with the
wild war-hoop of their tribe they
With stihed shrek I sprank from
my bed, upsetting the table and scat
teriDg my large and carefully selected
pile of 'yaller kivers" and "Dime
novels" awakening the whole house
with the noise.-Behold it was all
dream
Year: 1871

At last the thread was snapped
her head was bowed;


Life dropped the distaff through


his hands serene;
And loving neighbors smoothed her
careful shroud,
While Death and Winter closed


the autumn scene.
Year: 1871


! Ger the dim waters widening il
the vale,
Sent down the air a greeting to tn
mills,
| On the dull thunder of alternat,
fails:
All sights are mellowed, and all sound
subdued,


The hills seemed further, and tn,
streams sang low,
AS in a dream the distant woodmar
hewed


His winter log with many muf-
fed blow.
The embattled forces, erewhile armed
with gold,


Their banner bright with every
| martial hue,
Now stood like some sad beaten hos
of old,


Withdrawn afar in Times remot-


est blue:
On slumberous wings the vulture
tried his flight,


The dove scarce heard his singing


mates complaint,
And, like a star slow drowning in the
light,


The village church vane seemed to


pale and faint:
The sentinel cock upon the hillside
crew


Grew twice and all was stiller than


before
Silent, till some replying warder
blew


His alien horn, and then was heard


no more.
While erst the jay within the elm's
tall crest,


Made garrulous trouble round her


unfedged young;
And where the oriole hung her swing
ing nest,


By every light wind like censer


swung;
Where sang the noisy masons of the
caves,


The busy swallows circling ever
Foreboding as the rustic mind be-
lieves,
An early harvest and plenteous


year;
Where every bird which charmed
the .vernal feast
Shook the sweet slumber from its


wings at morn,
TO warn the reapers of the rosy east !;
All now was songless, empty and


-forlorn.
Alone, from out the stubble, piped
the quail


And croaked the crow through all


the dreary gloom
Alone the pheasant drumming in
the vale,


Made echo to the distant cottage


loom;
There was no bud, no bloom upon
the bowers,


The spiders wove their thin shrouds


night by night,
The thistle down, the only ghost of
flowers,


Sailed slowly by-passed noiseless


out of sight.
Amid all this in this most cheer
less air,


And where the woodbine shed upon


the porch
Its crimson leaves, as if the year
stood there


Firing the floor with his inverted


torch;
Amid all this, the center of the
scene,


The white haired matron, with


monotonous tread
Piled the swift wheel, and with her
joyous mien,


Sat like fate, and watched the


flying thread.
She had known Sorrow-he had
walked with ner,
Oft supped, and broke with her


the ashen crust,
And in the dead leaves still she
heard the stir.
OF his black mantle trailing in


the dust.
While yet her cheek was bright with
summer bloom
Her country summoned and she


gave her all;
And twice war bowed to her in sa-
BILE plume
Re gave the sword to rust upon


her WALL.
Re-gave the sword, but not the hand
that drew


And struck for liberty the dying


blow:
Nor him who, to his sire and country
true,


Fell mid the ranks of the invad-


ing foe.
Long, but not loud, the droning
wheel went on
Like the low murmur of a hive at


noon;
Long, but not loud the memory of
the gone


Breatbed through her lips a sad


and tremolous tune.
Year: 1871

The New Orleans Republican adj
dresses the following sensible remarks
to the business community of that
city:


As there are eighty thousand Re-
publican voters in the State of Louisi-
ana, it reasonably follows that there
are about seventy thousand of these
colored men, whose average earnings
may be set down at one dollar per
day. There are about sixty-tive
thousand Democratic voters, and
these may be classified as white men.
The trade of the colored people
belongs to New Orleans, because it is
too small in detail to hunt for distant
markets. And yet New Orleans mer-
chants persistently refuse to cultivate
this immense business, and actually
frown upon any man who talks OF
trading with negroes. The conse-
quence is, that all this business that,
can go elsewhere, seeks other mark
cts where it is treated with respect
and invited to come back. And the
white people instead of coming to
New Orleans, where their prejudiees
are pandered to, go off to Cincinnati
and st. Louis, and trade alongside
of a "nigger," just because they can
get better bargains. We are running
our commercial machine on basis of
! three hundred and fifty thousand peo-
pie, when we should be running it
upon score of nine hundred thous-
and customers. The negroes pro-
duce most of the wealth OF the State,
and they are driven out of our lines
to do their trading. Was there ever
a business community that knew SO
little about business
Year: 1871

The Austin Journal explains about
the tidal wave: :


Professor Agassiz is said to have an
nounced that on the night of the fifth
or sixth of October a great tidal wave
will roll over the Atlantic and
gulf coast to the height of fifty feet
There are fools enough to believe that
Agassiz made such a prediction, but
he himself is not one. But about that
time political tidal wave will roll
over the State of Texas, from the gull
to the frontier, and leave the fraudu-
lent Democracy stranded and treed
Probably the scientist of Massachusetts
referred to that phenomenon.
Year: 1871

Some ingenious Yankee has invent
ed a process by which maple sugar
can be made out of common New Or
leans molasses, favoring it by steam
ing maple wood. A contemporary
says: Z. The next thing we are look
ing for from that land of prolific ideas
is a process whereby they will make
honey from cod liver oil, fiavoring it
with beesWax."
Year: 1871

We reproduce this from the Plant
ers' Banner, published at New Iberia,
Louisiana:


Last Friday, at half-past six o'clock,
in the afternoon, the dead body OF an
itinerant map and picture peddler,
was discovered in the road, near DIR.
McGuire's place, below Jeannerette,
in the parish of st. Mary. Our in
formant saw the body, and says that
death was caused by a gunshot or
pistol wound, just behind the left ear,
and that it must have been instanta=
neous. A short time before the body
was discovered, the peddler had beeH
seen in conversation with negro
man who wore gray clothes, and a
white hat, and it is supposed that this
negro is the murderer. The peddler
had been seen with silver watch
and money, which were missing when
his body was found. His pockets
were turned inside out, and his person
exposed as though search had been
made for a money belt, such as are,
worn underneath the clothing, around
the body.


The dead man had ON an iron grey
shirt, dark gray clothes, black felt hat,
and is supposed to have been about
thirty five years old. Near the body
was found brown oyercoat, tied up
with string, which disappeared dur
ing the night, while the body remain
ed lying in the road awaiting the arri-
val of the coroner. An inquest was
held on Saturday, hut no clue to the
perpetrator of the murder was OBJ
tanned.


No papers or articles were found ON
the person that gave any clue to the
name or residence of the murdered
man.


Considerable excitement exists be-
low Jeannerette, in the neighborhood
where the map peddler was murdered
and robbed last Friday. 1t is thought
that number Of desperate men who
have escaped from different parish
prisons recently, are secreted in the
swamps in that vicinity, and a raid by
them is feared at any time.


Since the above was written, we
learn from a reliable gentleman that
last Sunday morning a negro boy was
stopped at the point where the mur-
der of last Friday took place, and
robbed of fifteen cents by three negro
men, whom he recognized as Richard,
the murderer who escaped from the
Franklin jail; Charles, who escaped
from our Jail, while under the sen
tence of five years in the Penitentiary
for burglary, and one-armed negro,
who formerly belonged to NJ. Sorrel,
accompanied by a white man, sup
posed to be Abshire, who recently
escaped from the Jail in this parish.
As soon as the boy was released he
gave the alarm, and Immediately the
whole neighborhood was aroused, and
about two hundred citizens, white and
black, are hunting for this band OF
desperadoes with the determination
to find and bring them to justice.
Year: 1871

A Democratic journal announces as
refreshing the discovery of six of Gen.
Grants relatives who are not III Office.
We warrant there would be no room
for such discovery in that editors
family if he were President of these
United States.
Year: 1871

A question agitating among the OPP
ponents of Gen. Ben Butler, in Mas
sachusetts, is: Was Ben Buffers father
a pirate, and was that pirate hung
As yet there is nothing but rumor to
justify the query, and it is likely the
matter was engendered by malice.
Year: 1871

There once lived in one of our Northern


towns, not many miles from Conway, n.
H., an eccentric individual by the name of
Fogg, whose fame as a story-teller was
known for many mile round. Here is
one:


''My home was situated in a glen, some
| six miles distant from the stage road.
| Between Conway and where lived was u
pond six miles in circumference. 1t so
happened one time early in the spring that


had been out late, and in coming home
discovered flock of geese as they We're
just elighting in the pond. Rising early


the next morning, built my fire in the
| fireplace, and, taking down the shooting
| iron, l started for the pond to try my luck.
| Arriving on the shore, found to my sor-
| row that they were out of gun shot, and
| to fire at that distance would be sheer folly
While stood contemplating what to do a
| fox came down to the waters edge


and stood snuffing the air. My first
thought was to shoot him, but on rehec-
tion | concluded to see what he would do.


The fox in the meantime enteredthe water


and was swimming for the geese, which


were huddled together about mile from
the shore. After swimming within a few


yards of them, he suddenly disappeared,
and in few minutes goose was drawn


under the water, then Reynard returned


on his homeward passage, and landed his


burden on the shore; then, returning


again brought another, until finally he got


the whole flock; and when he brought the
last one, shot him. When | came to


pick up the geese, found that | had fifty


good nice ones, which lugged home, to-


gether with the fox and my gun. The old


woman had not got breakfast quite ready
| tbnn "
Year: 1871

A live rattlesnake, on its way by ex-
press to Cornell University, got out of
its box in the Elmira depot on Saturday
afternoon, and was discovered coiled
ready to spring. After careful skirmish-
ing il was killed by the messenger, who
had been LEFT in ignorance Of the char
aeter Of his freight.
Year: 1871

Yesterday morning an explosion of gas occurred
which did considerable damage to the room adJoin-
ing the new Senate Chamber, known as the Bill
room, in Trenton. When the workmen left on
Thursday night some one turned the gas OF in the
room mentioned, and though the light was extin-
guslied, the tap was turned completely around and
all night the gas escaped, filling the room
with the combusuble material. About half
past seven O'Clock yesterday morning q work.
man, 1t is supposed, went TO strike q
match against the side OF the Senate Chamber
door leading TO the rooms where the dam
age is done for the purpose or lighting
cigar. An explosion Immediately followed.
painter named Bennett was thrown twenty
feet and had his hand badlyCuI Another
painter was thrown among the pillars OF the Presi-
dents alcove. Bennett was injured, but not scri-
the explosion dislodgcd brick wall luily
twelve inches In width that divides the Bill
room from the main corridor Of the State
uouse. IL must now be taken down and
rebuilt. The explosion threw down tine partition
wall dividing the entrance TO the Senate Chamber
and U!ll room, burst one door into fragments and
shattered another. 1Ee skyiights Of tne 8i room
passing up The senate Chamber, tore ont some
or the lights oI the dome. The plaster was cracked
and shaken considerably, aud tie place looked,
alter the explosion, as II there mad been general
assault made IL. The loss Is not very great; but
the delay II VIII OCCASION Is TO be deplOred because
every moment IL valuable IN getting the additions to
tile state House finished In time ior the meeting OF
ing of lhc senate Caambcr Is uninurcd by the acc-
Year: 1871

AT nine O'Clock yesterday morning the occupants
OF the Harper building, II Frankfort square, were
prccipitated into an unusual excitement by an ex.
posion OF gas, that wounded James Granam, the
fireman, VINO was sent TO the PARK Hospital.
The alarm or fire was given by an ON.
Ger OF the Sanitary Squad, anu II was
promptly put out. An examination showed that
one of the gas pipes leading through the boiler
room had been leaking during the night aud filled
the room with gas, which igniled and caused the
explosion as soon as The light was brought In. The
glass roof OF the centre building was blown out caus-
done.
Year: 1871

in for ages Of earth and rocks from the
hillsides, and the growth of vegetation,
crust has been formed over il, which
has eventually closed the lake, and its
surface is now entirely oyergrown. In
the immediate vicinity Of this spot there
are boiling springs, and as no stream
passes from this overgrown lake, it is
thought to have an outlet in these
springs. They are never-failing, and
boil up in the meadows in large numbers.
The water is excellent, and quite a
stream is formed by them. To give
foundation to this theory of subterra-
mean lake, fish have been caught and
seen at these springs, from eight to ten
inches long, all without eyes. They are
in shape something like our common
sucker. A portion Of this swamp was
once heavily timbered. 1t is now cleared,
and is meadow land, but team passing
over its surface will shake it for yards
around, which gives strrngth to the sur
mise that it is floating ground. The
earth on both sides is gradually rising,
and is about four feet above its former
level. The trees are slanting outward,
and their appearance is very singular.
The railroad company are experiencing
great difficulty in building their road
over this swamp. Since the sinking of
their grading, as stated, workmen with
six carts haze been filling in from a
gravel bank near by but what they ac-
complish by day invariably disappears
during the night. About 200 yards will
have to be filed in this way.