smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

In Los Angelo3 County. On the east


ern slope Of the San Francisco range


Of mountains, and in the immediate


vicinity of the Leaning Petroleum


Company's oil region, there is the


most wonderful collection Of wild


honey in existence. The hive is locat,
ed in a rift, which penetrates the rock


to the depth, probably, of 100 feet.


The oriiico is thirty feet long and sew.
entecn feet wide; four passages. The
rift was discovered to hc ne ayidino
place of swarm Of bees that is reb'


resented as coming out in a nearly
solid column one foot in diameter.
Certain parties have endeavored to de.
scend to the immense store of honey
collected by these boes but were in
variably driven back, and one man
lost his life in the effort. Others have,
at the expense of much labor and
money, built Il scaiiold Il 12j feet high
in the hope Of reaching place whence
they could run a drift into the rock
and extract its well boarded sweets


but finally ceased their work. With.
in four years the bees have added not
less than fifteen feet of depth to their
treasure, as ascertained by actual
measurement, and it is thought that
at the present time there cannot be
less than eight or ten tons of honey in
the rock. a man named ID. Brophy
lives in a cabin not far from the SPOT.
and obtained from tho melting of the
honey by the suns heat more than
enough for his family requirements.
All through that region immense
stores Of wild honey are found in trees,
in the rocks, in nearly every place
where its industrious manufacturers
think of-for bees seem to think--tbat
il is secure. They consume a very
small proportion, as the climate en-
abIes them to keep up operations near.
~ every day in the year, and flowers
OF some sort are always in bloom. 1t
must be a very severe season indeed
when the little fellows are not seen
abroad in vast numbers, busily engag
ed in their melliiluous work.
Year: 1872

An ingenious swiudler has lust been
indicted in New York. His habit has
been to approach the first bank p.esi-
dent who fell in his way, end demand
a few hundred dollars in ieiu of an
exposure Of his private sins. Thus
far nearly every man approached, feel
ing conscious Of his peccaGillos, has
at once taken it for granted that the
young man was entirely posted in
whatever he knew himself and so has
at once come down with the money.


The misery Of being called upon
suddenly to make speech was cot
over by mathematician, who deliv-
cred himself in this fashion: "Gentle
men, n morbid dosire for originality
prevents me from saying, this is the
proudest moment of my life, and it
does not occur to me to say anything
else"


Over 100000 American books are
deemed worthy of a place in the libra.
ry Of the British Museum,
Year: 1872




The proboscial fountains of the horse are
frozen up. Their generous flow afiicts the
city no longer, and the neighing qusdruped
ambles forth from his stall with Q clearer
brain and more glossy hide. Corns can now
have rest. The weary limbs of age may
repose them in the smooth. sailing bus and
luxuriant street car, and the jolly Jehues
may blast each others visual organs with .
vigor which brings back memories of the
good old times, ere epizootic fell upon the
land BcanfS's rounded limbs may now re.
linquish the idea Of raising vulgar muscle,
and the dyspeptic stomach may nerve its
soul to the consciousness that its olden
guest shall return within its gates and there
abide with final faithfulness worthy q bet.
ter cause.


In word, the street car lines have begun
to resume their regular routes, at least until
IN hour after sundown, aud North, South
and West, hear again the melodious rumble
of those wheels, which proclsiins an easy
and comfortable return frOm the tolls Of tho
day to family and tiresiic Respect for the
suffering horse has become almost mania,
and the man who would now dare raw. hide
his nag might stand In danger of ornament.
ing righteous lamp.post. Theatrical man.
ayers wear happier smile, for the horse,
npprccistiye animal, is their best patron.
Without him few would be the plumes and
pcnnons gay of the blushing maids and
'natrons fair, whose bright eyes and beam.
ing smiles do more than chandelier Or seem
cry to make Thespisn heart rejoice. Hon
or, therefore, to the pranclng equine and
long may his unobstructed snort proclaim
his usefulness 10 mankind. May his shad.
ow never grow less, nor his cars longer, like
those of his degeneners.e cousin, the donkey.
May nature never afilict him with the ster.
ility of the mule. May hcartless men never
whack him as they do the drowsy OK, and,
finally may the reader Of the Post never lack
I've cents whercwith to mount tho flying
street cars and hang on by the longest toe Of
his best boot
Year: 1872

We congratulate our friend Hon. Thos.
A. Kercheyal, upon his election as Mayor
of Nashville. He defeated K. ]. Morris,
who has held the position two years, by
seventy-six votes. The Banner speaking
of it says:


The cOlOred people grew very jubilant
last evening, and turned out with fife and
drum and took possession of the newly
elected Mayor, shortly after it became ap-
parent that the returns from the Fourth
Ward would place him ahead of Mayor
Morris. In brief speech he said he held
that he was not elected by any party, but
by the masses of the people, who choose
him as their Mayor in preference to an
aristocrat who had had the office repeated
ly. He said that, while serving through
his term, he would endeavor to further the
interests of this city.


The Union and american says:


The municipal election yesterday result
ed in a Radical triumph, the election of a
Radical Mayor by a handsome majority.
This too upon reasonably full vote; a lar
ger vote than was cast last year. The Gin
dependant policy was pursued "every
man for himself and the devil take the
hindmost." The result: a Radical tri-
umph here in the city of Nashville, the
capital of the State, beating true and tried
incumbent,
Year: 1872

r. 81 /


One-of Bells omnibusses when returning
from the Camp Meeting train, Sunday
night, was turned over by an embank-
ment of dirt on Crooked Street near the
st. Johns Church. The driver, John Cof-
fin, (col- had his leg broken just below the
thigh. This is the third accident caused by
this same pile of dirt and it is time that it
was removed.


A carriage run into horse on Gay
Street yesterday, and striking him in the
flank injured him severely; the horse,
however, had his revenge as he managed
to get his leg mixed up with the wheel and
succeeded in breaking four or five spokes
and otherwise damaging it before he got
loose.


The railing on Main Street bridge over
first creek is off, leaving a fine opening for
some one to walk into these dark nights.


One of the cars on the 1880 train from
Sunday night but was eXtinguished with
out any serious damage being done.


The nights are Ecool and suggestive of
frost, which accelerates the ripening of the
pumpkin fruit.


There is good tide in the river and the
water is still rising, though slowly.


CAL Julian brought down two hundred
and fifty bushels of wheat yesterday.


Mrs. Shultz, an elderly lady, was pushed from
the platform at the Camp. Ground on sunday
afternoon and severely injured The platform
was crowded and as the train moved OFF those
next to the cars surged backward and Mrs. 5.
and another person fell, she undermost. 1t was
fortunate circumstance that no one else was
hurt


Yesterday near the depot an intoxicated man
leaped from the train while it was in motion
and was slightly injured. Luckily he fell in q
mud hole or he might have been seriously hurt.
AS it was he escaped with soiled garments.
Year: 1872

The Nashville Banner pays its respects
to Landon G. Haynes, Democratic candi-
date for Congress in the Memphis District,
as follows:


Colonel (?) Landon c.. Haynes, who has
spent the greater part of a useless life in ask
ing for office; who helped to precipitate his
State into war against the Union, for no
higher purpose than office who was pro-
claiming, in 1860, from the stump: "to hi
with such union :" who was one of those
valorous precipitators, who believed wine
glass would hold all the blood that would be
split in the war, and when oceans of it acre
spilling, took precious good care that none
of his helped to swell the incarnadine
current; who went to an office in the
Confederate Congress while the poor lads
he had seduced into rebellion went to the
field and to the trenches; who IN
that Congress voted to remove the
lamented Albert Sidney Johnson because
he was unable to hold a powerful army in
check without an army of his own; who
passed laws of conscription to force other
men into the hail of shot and shell-laws
excepting the owner of fifteen slaves from
military duty, but forcing the father of flf-
teen children into the bloody chasm of
death or mutilation of limb-this virtuous
patriot, who nowhere raised his voice since
the war to liberalize the sections and close
the bloody chasm, is now again candidate
for office-in this era of peace and reconcil-
iation-a candidate for Congress against
an able Memphis journalist, who was nev-
er in office, who was a Confederate soldier
from the beginning of the war to its close,
always at the front, who, since the war,
has done more for the good of this section
with his pen, than Haynes ever did for it
in his whole life, except to ruin it.
Year: 1872

The Nashville Banner alludes to Gen.
Quarles' position in the Johnson-Cheat-
ham canvass as follows: -F


1t would appear that Gen. Quarles, who
is put forward as an elector for the Liberal
Republican ticket of reconciliation, through
some sort of influence, has been induced to
abandon the contest between Greeley and
Grant, to become the elector of the Con-
gressional ring and Congressional caucus,
to crack the whip and put the spurs to all
the rank and file who dare to disregard the
edicts of the ring. He abandons the Gree
ley and Grant fight to take hand in put
ting out of the way candidate for Con
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times and Chronicle takes the following
view of the Cincinnati Southern Road.


Probably the greatest Importance attach
ing to Chattanooga arises from the fact
that your Southern road is looking hither
for one of its southern termini. say one
of its southern termini, for am satisfied
that it will have more than one SUCH and
that the very necessity Of the case will
compel Cincinnati to seek q more direct
connection with Knoxville than will be af-
forded by way of Chattanooga. Indeed,
from such facts as am advised of, am
inclined to think the prediction safe one,
that Cincinnati and Knoxville will be di-
rectly connected by rail sooner than this
city and Cincinnati will. Perhaps in a
letter from Knoxville, if get hold there of
the man hope to see, shall be able to
furnish some of these relevant facts, stated
in more difnite shape than I could now
put them in.
Year: 1872

SATURDAY EVENING, Nov. %.


Financial affairs in the local market have pre-
scented m aspect of settled strlngency through
ont tha week, The mercantile part Of the
business community, particularly, have found it
difficult to meet their maturing obligations, On
account Of slow collections in the country. But,
on the whole. the situation is no worse than it
VAS last week. and it is believed that the mar
keting Of hogs and cattle in the country, which
is increasing now, will soon put money enough
into the hands Of the farmers to pay large
portion of their indebtedness to coun-
try merchants, and thus help the gen.
eral liquidation of money obligations.
As yet, however, there are no Indications OF the
coming relief. The country banks appear to be
hard up, large proportion Of them are appli-
cants to their city correspondents for loans, and
their balances here are ID scarcely any instance
above the amount of legal reserve they are re-
auired to keep here. The volume OF currency
coming in from the country is less than it Was
a week ago, and the high price Of New York e1-
change fayogs the steady movement Of the cur
rency from here to New York.


For once, the grain markets in this city are ab-
sorbing very little money in speculative opera
tions, and the amount OF margins deposited with
the Board Of Trade Treasurer is small.


New York exchange is scarce and firm at 75c
per 81 900 premium for sales between banks.


The clear;nss of the Chicago banks for the
Nov
Year: 1872

10 me Edifor OF The ITlbHne.


SIR: Many persons manipulate politics upon the
hypothesis that words intended 10 conceal thoughts
and there Thousands who pray FOR favorable oppor
tuny 10 express honest sentiment but restrained


nv far Accordingly large bodies OF frequently do
by popular vote the OF what they would DO II
each one knew the sentiment o every other man. Nor
WAS TIA Philadelphia Convention exception 10 the
rule.


Two Senator one from the East aud one from the
West whose nearly expired were in the Phil
adephia Convention working for Grant lest their real
seutfments should be suspected and their friends
moved from ofee. delegate from the far West, one
from virginia and another from the extreme SOUTH
stated that they would vote for Greeley rather than
GraBt colored delegate was using Summers great
Year: 1872

How He PAID FOR Ir-Grants seaside
cottage at Long Branch cost $35 900. It
was reported that Murphy, his collector of
the port of New York, who had sWindled
the country and government out of millions
of dollars had paia for this cottage, but he
denies it, and tnat brings to light this fact
Seven Of Grants officials, feeling that they
might be removed and thus loose all chance
of further stealing, and knowing Grants
aching craving for presents and his loyalty to
those VINO make them, contributed each S.
600 and deposited it in bank to Grants
credit. They then purchased the cottage,
had the deed made to Grant, took it to him
and he signed check for the money they
had placed in bank. Now who las .ne
impudence to say, in the face Of all these
plain facts, that Grant didn't bry and pay
for his cottage with his own check? These
fellows who placed this ;335, 900 in bank for
Grant will steal Il million of dollars from the
people an" government, but what the devil
has t!Iat got to do with Grant and his cot
tage at Long Branch? The American people
are just stupid enough to believe that this
was a dsgraceful and villainous way of
whipping the devil around the stump, and
just as like as not turn Grant and his thieves
out of Office for it and other like tricks.
Year: 1872




WORTH SEEING To.-The San Joaquin
Republican, charges that Reed, Beck and
Hoag are using the State money, appropri-
ated for the use and benefit of the State
Fair, in supporting and keeping up the Grant
press. We believe this is true, and that
these men are guilty of this dirty and despic-
able meanness, from the fact that the Stars
md Stripes here has the State Fair adver-
tsement, over Beck and Reeds signatures,
when it is notorious that it has not half the
readers who contribute to aid the State Fair,
that the HERALD has. Now, we say to this
nasty ring of State Fair officials, that we
don't care u continental for their ad though
we have paid $50 taxes to the Stripes one.
We ask these State Fair officials to publish a
list of the papers and their politics in which
they have advertised the Fair, if they are
innocent of the charge; silence will be taken
and so published of their guilt of this petty,
small souled act We will publish the list
free if they will furnish it, and if it exoner-
ates them from the charge, retract all we
have here said
Year: 1872

THERE is no longer room in the Federal
Civil Service under Grant for an honest Re-
publican, but dishonest Democrat who is
ready to sell himself can always find an
opening and get an Office from Grant. We
are looking every day to see it announced
that Brick Pomeroy and the geurrilla Moseby
have been appointed to big offices where
there is lots of stealing by Grant For
shame's sake, and to save the disgrace and
damage to Grant, this may not be done till
after the election, but they are sure of their
pay if there is enough left to steal it from
between November and March.
Year: 1872

1t seems that last Winter, in the strug-
gle TO elect Sargent to the Senate, Shan
non Speaker, and Boruck Clerk, Stanford
pledged himself to Porter for Congress in
this district Page had worked and
carried Sargent all over the district to
make him Congressman, and packed the
FL Dorado Convention for him for SEN
ator, on condition that Sargent and his
friends should make him page the next
Congressman from this district. When the
Convention met two railroad candidates
were in the field, Page and Porter. Porter
demanded of Stanford that he comply with
bis bargain, and Page demanded that Sar-
gent should make his pledges good. At
this point Gorham stepped in and ordered
Stanford to drop Porter as he had opposed
him in 1861 Stanford said, "I will leave
this business with Robinson and my other
attorneys" Robinson said "Page has a
stage line running to tbe cars, and we can
carry the passenSer3 OF an 0ppcsltoh line
free and mash him any day we choose if he
refuses to vote for Goat Island or any other
measure we want, and we must not insult
Sargent-go and tell Mcfarland that all the
railroad votes in the convention must 90 for
Page" And up went Porter's tail and IN
went Page. Nice fellows to make Congress
sional nominations for the people to vote for.
Will they do it? We guess not this year.
Year: 1872

The PLACER HERALD will be furnished for
the ceMpoign, from now until the middle OF
November, for ONE DOLLAR in advance.
II will contain about fourteen columns Of
original and carefully selected reading matter
a week, and will warmy and sincerely al
in the election Of Horace Greeley and b.
Gratz Brown. VIII some active friend of
the GOOD CAUSE in each precinct exert himself
in getting subscribers and forwarding the
names and money for the CAMPAIGN
dIERALD ? Parties sending us clubs Of
five or more names will be furn shed copy
of the HERALD free.
Year: 1872

Fire COmmissioner Seeks Safety in


Flight.


One OF the Fire Commissioners of Jersey City has
been missing nom that municipality since Satur-
day night, and, from information received by many
OF his friends yesterday, he is now beyond the
jurisdiction OF the terrible little State of New
Jersey, and he does not intend TO return
soon. II was expected that the Fire Commission
ers would be called up for trial yesterday morning
put DstrlctAttorhey Garretso IS not yet ready to
proceed with the case. The Court Of Quarter Ses-
sions Is almost overburdened with business of the
ordinary criminal character. Independent of this
consideration, there are many kDOtty legal prob
lens involved In the cases of the Com
missioners which prompt the Dlstrct-Attorney
to be cautious In bringing forward such cases till
the next term OF the oyer and Terminer. Judge
Bedle has had his hands so full during the past six
months that his health nearly gave way, and yet
are no lever tnan eight libel suits against local
journals to be tried, and these, too, will probably
be carried over 10 the next term of the Over SO
that Judge Bedle may preside.
Year: 1872

This superb band will appear for the first time IN
New York this evening, at the Rink on Third ave.
nue. under the direction OF M. Paulus. The pro.
grainme will comprise some Of the best classical
and popular selections.
Year: 1872

Only the final resurrection of all the
worlds martyrs will tell how many
otherwise loving and revsrent wives
h ave turned with suppressed loathing,
or nausea that could not be suppressed,
from the fe.id breath and exhalations
of tobacco saturated husbands. Moth
ing could be moro absolutely selfish
than the ways of the average smokers,
and II Is probable that selfishness can
be allowed to develop 30 enormously
in this one direction without affecting
injuriously the whole character
Eudngelist.
Year: 1872

Not long since met q gentleman who
assessed for more than million. Silver was
in his hair. care upon his brow, aud he stopped
bonesth bis burden of wealth. We wercspeak-
ing Of that period Of life when we had realized
the most perfect enjoyment or, rather when We
had found the happiness nearest to be una1-
loyed "Tll tell you" said the millionaire.
"when was the happiest hour of my life. AZ
the age of tweuty-ono had saved up $500
| was earning $500 a year, and my father
did not take it from ne, only requiring that
should pay for my board. At the aye Of twen-
ty-oue had secured pretty cottage, just out
side of the city. was able to pay iwo-lhirds
OF the value down, and also 10 furnish IL res
pectably. was married on Sunday Sun
day in Juue--at my fathers house. Ny wiio
had come to me poor in purse. but rich IN the
wealth of her womanhood. The Sabbath night
we PASSED beneath my fathers roof, and Oh
Monday morning | went to my work, leaving
my mother and sister to help in preparing my
home. On Monday evening when the labors
Of tho day were done, went not to the pater-
nal shelter as in the past, but TO my own
house--my own home. The holy atmosphere
of that hour seems to surround me even now
in the memory. opened the door ofmy cot
tagc and entered. laid my hat upon the little
stand in the hall, and passed on into tho kitch-
en-our kitchen and dining room were all one
then. pushed open the kitchen door and
was-in Heaven The table was set against
the wall the evening meal was ready-prepar-
ed by the hands of her who had come to be my
helpmeet indeed as well as in name-and by
the table, with throbbing, expectant look up
on her lovely and loving face stood my wife.
| tried to speak, but could not. could only
clasp tho waiting angel to my bosom, thus
showing to her tho ecstatic burden ofmy heart


The years have passed-long. long years
and worldly wealth has flowed in upon me,
and am honored and envied; but, as true as
heaven, would give j. all-every dollar-for
the Joy of the hour of that JGDe evening in tho
long. long ago."-N y Ledger.
Year: 1872




a country gentleman, not long since, placed
a son with merchant in--street and for
season all went on well. But, at length, the
young man sold dress to a lady; and as he
was folding it up, he observed a flaw in the
silk, and remarked: "Medam, deem it my
duty to tell you there is fracture in the silk.


This spoiled tho bargain. But the mer
chant overheard the remark aud had he .e-
fectcd moment, he might havc thus reason
cd with himself "Now am safe, while my
affairs are committed to the care Of an honest
clerk" But he was not pleased SO he wrote
Immediately to the father to come and take
him home For" said ho he will never
make merchant"


The father, who had brought up his son
with the strictsst care, was not little surpris-
cd and gricvod, and FASTENED TO the city to
ascertain wherein bis son had been deficient
Said the anxious father, "And why will lie
not make merchant"


MTchant-" Because he has no tact. On
ly day or two since, he voluntarily told a
lady, who was buying silk, that the goods
were damaged, and so lost the bargain
Purchasers must look out for themselves. If
they cannot discover flaws, it will be foolish
ness in me to tell them Of their existence"


father" And is this all the fault2"


lterchant-" Yes, he is very we'll in other
respects"


Father" Then love my son better than
ever and thank you for telling me of the
matter; would not have him In your store
another day for tho world "
Year: 1872

a witty editor, who had just failed, says he
did it with all the honors Of war, and retired
from the field with flying colors sherif-s flag
fiuttered from two windows and the door, and
a white flag hung out Of his person as token
Of surrender