smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Almost ovory county in the State
of Georgia shows by its statistics tho
very gratifying fact that the number
of hogs for killing next Winter will
be quite large, as compared with pre-
vious years since tho war.
Year: 1875

SINCE the new finance bill went into
effect the Chicago banks have reduced
their circulation over a million and a
quarter Of dollars-more than twenty
per cent. This proves pretty plainly
that, whether the West wants more
money or not, it does not want it in
the shape Of national bank currency.
Year: 1875

A SOUTHERN corr, ,spondent Of the
Chicago Tribune takes very gloomy
view of the political situation in the
South and processes to believe that "the
Democratic leaders are only waiting
their opportunity to establish a new
Southern Confederacy." The Tribune
Is constrained to confess that 1t pub
fishes these views merely as curiosities,
and disavows any sympathy or respect
for them, but the tactics Of our RePub-
Iican contemporary in filing its col
umns with trash for which it has no
respect cannot be but regarded as
decidedly peculiar.
Year: 1875

NEW YORK, May IA Wilkesbaue
dispatch states that the Empire Mines, near
that city, will probably be put in operation
this week, and the prospect is exceedingly
favorable for a resumption of work in the
mines throughout the valley, including
those at Kingston, where there has been
the most trouble,
Year: 1875

Proclamation by the Governor APP


pointing q Day of Humiliation 10


Avert Distress aud Possible Famine.


ST. LOUIS, May IA special to the
EUeRinq Dispatch from Jefferson City
saws: The Governor this morning issued
proclamation calling on the people Of the
State to observe Thursday, June 8, as
day Of humiliation, fasting and prayer. In
formation came to him from all sources
that the State is threatened with the grass
hopper pestilence, to be followed with fail
ure of crops, great distress and possible
famine. Nothing but the interpositiOn Of
Providence can save US from the pest, and
the Governor recommends that the suppli-
cations Of the people be raised for divine
relief and protection.
Year: 1875

Hereafter no Legal Advertise
mcnts will bc inserted in the TINE,
unless payment is made when hand
ed IN. 1t requires money to carry
on our business and we are COM
PEELED to adopt the cash principle.
This rule will not be deyiated from
in any case.
Year: 1875

A woman cured her husband Of
staying out late at night by going
20 the door and whispering through
The hey-hoIc :" Is that you WiIlie"
Her husbands name is Joseph, and
he stops at home at night now, and
sleeps with one eye open, and .
revolver under his pillow; while
his wife snores as contcntedIy as
though she had never sat up all
night watching tor him to come
home drunk.
Year: 1875

THE letter of Mr.. jeff Davis on the
subject of the recent protest against
his delivering the address to the Win
nebago (Ill.) agricultural fair, is
model of calmness and forbearance.
It ought to make every man of the
yahoos who have been kicking up all
the fuss feel how contemplate and
mean he is.
Year: 1875

The following is specimen of the
"clear" logic, for which Chicago is
proverbial: Let no one sneer at the
mud foundation Of Chicago. We have
reason to be proud of it. It requires
genious to build a great city in mud
hole. Anybody could build great
city on a rock Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1875

4 European correspondent tells the following
story I hear story Of an elopemens which fills
me with alarm for the morals OF such OF our
diplomatic agents As are quarte1ed at St. Peters
burg. certain Z had persuaded the wife OF =
friend 81 to fly to other climee" with him. By
some miscalculation Of time and trims the
fugitives we're detained in the Russian Capital
for soma four hours after the lady had left the
usual explanatory note considered necessary
in good society On her husbands tabla. The
Year: 1875

save churches, the very kind Of property
that denomination abundsntly own.


He will .-ake raid on Utah, and give
a text for the moralists to preach from.


He will not permit single Office holder
to be displaced if he can help it, as he
will need them all next summer.


The message betrays want of or
dinary knowledge of the United States, is
bungling in composition, and dangerous in
doctrine.


If he is not brought to the bar Of public
opinion by the present House Of Represen.
tativss, watched BY his OWL party, and
aanked by its managers, he will be a NOM
inee for the Presidency, and il fraud, cor
ruption, and violence, will bring success he
will use them all to win.
Year: 1875

No, He WoULDEN'T.-Yesterday
while the waiting room at the Detroit
4 Milwaukee depot was full of people
an old chap who had been over to a
hotel came in and called out to his
wife:


"Jane, what do you think? They
want ten shillings if we both eat din
ner, and six if l eat and leave you
here! Pm powerful faint under my
jacket, but afore Tll put up with any
such distortion I'll buy peck of pea
nuts and eat the meats while you eat
the shucksv
Year: 1875

DE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
ID Council of the City of Los Angeles as fol-
lows:


SECTION !. That the assessments hereinaf-
ter set forth are hereby declared TO be the as
sessments properly chargeable to and collect
able from the several owners of the properly
respectively hereinafter described for and on
the grading and improving of Temple street
from its intersection with Spring street to It's
intersection with Fort street, and that tho
several valuations of the respective pieces of
real estate assessable for i'm proving interst O.
tions of streets are the true valuations of such
several pieces of property, irrespective of the
Improvements thereon.


SEC. 2. The Clerk of the Common Council
is hereby directed to enter q staten mt of This
assessment in the Docket of City lens, ac-
cording to law and give notice of the levy of
said assessments by publication OF the same
for ten days in English in the Los Angeles
Daily HERALD and for ten days in Spanish in
La CiOnicd.


SEC. B. The following is the list of the as
sessments hereinbefore referred to; that Is to
say:


Assessment levied along the line Of Temple


street, between spring and Fort streets,


including the crossing of Fort strret, to


cover the expense cf grading, gravelng,


and curbing of sidewalks, as well as OF


planking OF i.csetil{s between Spring and


New High streets.


North Side.
Year: 1875

Men often have their hands fall,
are overerowded with business and
drive hurriedly along at it, but they
are not over worked. We can not
always tell when a man is over " ork
ed. A man does not always know il
himself, no more than be knows the
strain on the main spring of bis
watch that viii break it. But there
comes time when it BREAKS
click. snap and the watch stops.
men break down ia this way. They
go on, day after day, the pressure
bearing harder each successive day,
until the vital force gives out, and
the machine stops 1t is great pity
that the indications Of this state OF
things can not be seen beforehand,
and if seen, regarded. IL is one Of
the last things thst men viii admit
to themselves, much less to others.
They fatter themselves that it is only
q little WEAKNESS of the flesh, which
will pass off with a few bours rest,


when, in fact, every nerve, power and
resource are exhausted, and the sys-
TEN is driven to work by mere force
Of the will. When the oil on the
shaft or in the oil box is exhausted,
every revolution of the wheel wears
ON the revolving part, and will soon
ruin it, The same is true of the hu-
man body, for when it is overtaxed.
every effort wears to destroy it.
Year: 1875

They say that Budd Doble has bought
Flora Temple and will exhibit her at
the Centennial. The history Of this
venerable trotter now somewhere in the
twenty oddth year Of her age, affords a
splendid example to the two-legged
youth Of our country. Born Of poor
though hardly respectable parents. her
early advantages were extremely limit
ed. and she gave SO little promise of
usefulness in her colthood that she
seemed scarcely worth the niggardly
supply of corn and fodder they allowed
her Some idea Of her apparent value
at that period of her existence may be
formed from the fact that she was once
sold for the contemplate sum of three
dollars, and at another time for the not
less contemplate bagatelle Of single
barrelled shot gun. But the quantity
of come-out in her was perfectly mar
velous. And now mark where she
stands! world wide wonder on the
measureless disc of fame. True,
other trotters have beaten her time. but
then she is hardly more than half the
size of some other horses, and none Of
them knew how to trot until she showed
them how.
Year: 1875

It is announced from Washington
that the Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue will instruct the officers Of his
bureau not to seize cigars packed in
paper or tin boxes for the present.
when they are satisfied that the tax is
paid. He will recommend Congress
to modify the law, SO as to permit the
use of such boxes.
Year: 1875

Warn especially all the young, thought.
full hearts never to seek religion that
shall all lie open to human sense, Make
it indeed great purpose Of study, each
day, to escape error and superstition and
doctrines that most evidently disgrace
God and man, but to do this with the
feeling that soon you will come to where
the elimination Of reason must cease, and
where you will have to kneel down and
give up your heart to tears of faith and
alteration In the long path Of these
three-scoro years reason can do much and
bring many an hour Of profound joy. 1t
10 thu q, cat cloud IispoiliDs "ne~l or our
march. In our world, 80 long buried in
darkness, darkness that has for hund.
reds Of years wrapped Christianity in its
sackcloth and made her a hag of the
cavern oftener than an angel of light,
reason is running like the chariot of the
sun, scattering the hosts of darkness.
But, glorious as the triumphs Of reason
are, it has its boundary, like the sea,
which it cannot pass There are places
where its proud waves are stayed. Here
pause and pass from reason to love. AT
the place where Jesus Christ has become
the bearer of human grief and sorrow let
US turn into children of penitence and
hope. The cross is so inwoven into the
Christian religion that, if it be torn out
nothing Of Christianity remains.-Dayid
Swing.
Year: 1875

The barmaid show at London this year
was as successful as usual. The British
barmaid is an institution which is without
a parallel in the United States. The
young women to be found serving behind
the bars of saloons and hotels are in the
majority of cases perfectly respectable,
somewhat too fond Of lnery, perhaps but
withal modest and well.bchaved In a
country like England, where every grade
in the social scale is adjusted with the
utmost precision, the position Of bar
maid, as may be supposed, is not very
high, but she still may be regarded, in
the language Of uppertondom, respect
able young person" There are in the
metropolitan district no less than 1913
retail saloons and drinking establish
ments, aud at least half of this number
are houses at which one or more barmaids
are employed.


1t may therefore be estimated that
nearly five thousand young women find
employment in this manner, and as matri-
mony and other casualties thin the ranks,
recruits are continually needed to fill the
vacancies With this explanation it will
be understood that while an exhibition OF
London barmaids is not regarded like a
commencement day at Vassar College. it
is not held to be entirely horrible. OF
the twenty eight young women who en-
tered themselves for the contest this year
a few were decidedly pretty, but all were
gotten up in the most ravishing costumes
known to the female mind. The utmost
decorum prevailed, and the demeanor Of
most of the girls was as modest and be-
coming as could be desired. Propriety
of conduct, neatness of dress, afability of
manner and attention to work were the
chief considerations in the award Of prizes,
and no less than forty prizes were award.
cd, aggregating in value somc $500.
Year: 1875

Seest thou much snow left on the flag.
ging; verify it is in front of the house Of
the slothful man. He sitteth by the FIRE
to keep himself warm, neither will he de-
part for a scuttle of coal. When the
housewife crieth aloud for n pail of wa.
ter, he hath not his boots on. In the
day when the storm falleth he secludeth
himself; he saith to the snow shovel
"Ha, ha. Lot US rest in peace" Sc
his sidewalk is an abomination in the
eyes of the people and his name is in ev,
cry mans mouth.-Rome Sentiuel.
Year: 1875

The cultivation OF the sundew as an
insect destroyer is recommended by the
Joarnal Of Commerce. If it can be cul-
tivated farther north than the Carolinas,
where it grows in great profusion, it will
prove great benefit to farmers and gar
deners. This is the description given Of
the plant and its functions "The sundew
is an innocent-looking little weed, with
round-shaped leaves symmetrically ar
ranged about the stem. These are GOV.
cred with bright drops of sticky auid
which sparkle in the sunlight and makes
a thing of beauty to the beholder. But
that which delights the eye of man is
death to the vagrant fly, spider, beetle OIL
butterfly. lie lights on The leaf to SIP
the seeming nectar he might as wei
have stepped into prepared glue. for wher
he tries to rise his feet are firmly held by
the viscous substance, his wings become
also entangled, and to make sure of him
quantity of hair like filaments, will
which the leaf is covered, automatically
close about him, rendering his prison com
plete. This is also his grave. The bes
insect powder might kill triAe sooner
but not more surely"
Year: 1875

It became APPARENT during the month of
July last that the libcrality Of our peo-
pie would be again taxed to sustain the
destitute Inhabitants, upon the frontier,
until tie Legislature should meet, and
especially during the two months preced.
ing the session.


Experience had demonstrated that the
undirected promptings of private charity
would be inadequate to satisfy the ex-
igencies of the occasion, and it was thought
that an extra session Of the Legislature,
which | was strongly urged to call. might
be rendered Unnecessary by the adoption
of measures under the official sanction Of
this department.


I therefore determined to call upo1
each county, outside the region needing
relief, for contribution from its treasury,
to be made by the County Commission
ers. This request was made by circa-
lar, copy of which accompanies this cir
cular. The following appropriated the
amounts set Opnosita their namoe.
Year: 1875

PREPARATIONS FOR THE MEETING OF THE BOARD


OF ENGINEERS


To-day ut IL a. IN. the Board of Engineers
appointed consider Capt Eadss plans for the improve
ment Of the mouth of the Mississippi River will hold their
first session at the Fifth Avenue HOTEL by which time
Gen. AcxanJer-and not Gen. Newton stated yester-
day-wll join the other officers, who have already ar
rived in the city. 1t is expected that Gen. Barnard OF
the United States En- nyineers Will be President OF the
Board and that the sessions will continue during five
consecutive days. various matters apart from the let
ties proper will have be considered and decided upon


One OF the gentlemen present last evening stated ta
this first time in the history Of this country that
the hydraulics of rver rather the regimen Of rivers
would be deliberately discussed by such eminent eng
there preccdents for guidance tue engineering
talent to to-day would be able cope with the most
asse questions edwith the great undertaking.
after comparing views and examining carefully all the
information that had thus far been gathered by Capt
Eads by Mississippi pilots and Western enineeTs. Even
with che experience had with other rivers the present
work the Mississippi was OF peculiar ana dhcnlt
character As each river had its peculiarties and
its history, experiments made elsewhere would not
be safe guide for them to 30 by In This Instance
1t might he necessary TO close up some OF the
and various other difficulties not elsewhere met
with would doubt have TO Dc overcome. AT least
sufficient matter 10 keep the Board III session Tor Iuly
days would bc submitted for their consideration SIT
Charles A. Hartley and Men, Barnard busily engaged
last evening in discussing the subject with thc great map
OF the mouth OF the Mississippi spread before them pre-
paratOry the meeting oi to-day. Capt. lds was al
Long Branch conference with the President, but Will
10 this city with the first boat this morning.
Year: 1875

About 1 p. m. yesterday Mrs Mutter and
her daughter of No. 1s1 Essexst obtained bathing suits
on Rockaway Beach and went into the surf They had
been in some tme when Of them, supposed to be the
daughter to throw up her hands II in dis
tress Two little boys, the OF Mrs. Mutter, called
attention TO this fact but no notice appears TO have been
seen TO oatng with the tide face downward toward
the point Of the beach, and the alarm was given that
rushed into the SURF and both bodies reached
aud brought TO the shore, when it found that both
were apparently dead Every effort made To resusc
tate them, two hours being spent In the endeayor
but without An inquest was held by Coroner
Hicks last evening.
Year: 1875

Goods for exhibition at the fair of the Amer
lean Institute began to be received at the exhibition
building at Tbird-ave and sixty-thrdst., yesterday,
about so wagonloads arriving during the day. Machn
cry also coming in rapidly. In this department
there will be O curious brickmaking machine, machine
for making wire fences and TO be used forg
ing The grand organ taken from the Rev. DIR. Halls
church is being put up. This will be driven
by water motor. smaller organ in the art gallery
will be driven by an electric motor. Among the novel
ties on exhibition will be the making OF bread &c. the
manufacture OF tOrtoseshe articles and the production
OF gas coal by process. The displays OF s
YER britannia ware, glass and ornamental china will be
very complete special feature OF the art display will
be complete collection Of chr0mos from all 0f the prin
cipal manufacturers in the country.
Year: 1875

EFFORTS FOR THE ARREST OF BURGLARS.
INCIDENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THE BUR-


GIAgY AT DIR. HAMMOND's HoUsE-THE GRIM


INALs PROBABLY IDENTICAL WITH THOSE CON


NEcTYD WITH TIE NOE MURDER


The further investigations that have been
made in the Of the attempted burglary OF exSur
seon-General Hammond's house. at No. 43 West Fifty
fourthst have developed some interesting particulars
In the rear OF DR.. Hammond's house Is small stable
fronting on West Ftyhfthst, in which, 1t is believed
tie three burglars remained until the heat Of the search
had hat subsidized. Traces Of the burglars were
found there by the police The servants in the adjoining
house heard the firing the morning Of the burglary
and could see the police plainly and were able to dstin
esh any persons who might be Reeng through the large
vacant lot fronting Fftyfourthst but they did not
zee the three burglars. This with the fact that the
police did not find them, leads to the belief that they
made their escape by the way Of Fifty ffst, through
the stable.


Detective John MCGOWAN Of the Nineteenth Precinct
Said Yesterday that the case of DR.. Hammond grows
more mysterious and intricate the s investigated
He had been hard at work since the burglary and had
discovered two cews that may result In the arrest OF at
least one OF the men, believed that the burglars
were badly injured thought at first The police
believe generally that the persons attempted TO
enter DIR Hamnonds house who were implicated In the
Killing OF Mr. Noe. The cook at DIR. Hnnmond's house.
on the night before the attempted burglary saw three
men approach the house aud stand for soe time LOOKING
al the frtner end the lot adjoining This
et dusk One of the wered the description given


ON Wednesday last a wering the description OF
Mr.. Noes assailant was seen with companion in the
Central Park The description Of the wounded man also
agrees with that of the man who came from the corner OF
Nurrsys the morning OF MI Noes assault and Joined
GreeHWehst These Two ncn We're joined " third
The police strong to believe that the three
r TTsSteth Preoncs and hope to secure one Of them
at least, before they can make GOOD their escape
Year: 1875

EXPENSES FOR THE COMING YEAR OF THE BOARDS


OF POLICE, CHARITIES AND CORRECTION, AND


PUBLIC WORKS.


The estimates for the coming year OF three
of the Municipal Departments those OF Police Charities
and Correction and Public Works, made public yes
terday. In that Of the Police Department, which Is
$4,000 less than that of last year. the estimate for
street cleaning shows large increase consequent upon
the necessity Of carrying the refuse out to sea.
Year: 1875

THE DEMOCRAT is thoroughly in- dependent in it's course, under no pledge or covenant to support the schemes or fortunes of any man or set of men, always having at heart first, the good of the people of Pope county, and of the state of Arkan sas. It claims no right to lead or direct in politics, or any other sphere; but it does claim the right, and will fearlessly and at all times assert it, to speak its own opinions, on all matters coming within the scope of it's duty as an independent journal. Whatever prominence it maintains in the affairs of this county or State, will be voluntarily accorded by the people who support it. In short the DEMOCRAT wishes to be judged solely upon its own merits as local and state newspa- per, having for it's chief object the dissemination of the news of the day with such comments upon current topics as seem appropriate and are conscientiously entertained by its management. It will heartily SUD- port all movements, political or otherwise, which promise to fur thur, and unhesitatingly oppose those which would jeopardize, the interests of the people. In every department it will be as enterpris- ing as its patronage will justify. Sensible men will approve the busi- ness management that limits expen- diture to the bounds of income; on- ly fools or enemies expect degree of excellence in all points that can alone be attained by the possession of resources and income.
Year: 1875

All bills with our advertisers are to be settled at the end of every month without fail, and advertisements not settled for at that time will be ontinued, without no tice, unless special arrangements are made.