smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Later: A report from Feah, ere
dts O'Haley with the statement that
the second mate told him, while
on the raft, that the chief mate with
eight of the crew in boat got clear
of the ship. The Wslcott has gone
cruising along the coast of Vancouver
Island. The Gussie Telfair went south.
The Walcott took Indians and canoes
to search the shore for any that may
have landed, as the current has been
strong from the westward carrying
bodies recovered far up the Straits.
1t is believed that the two saved are
all that will be found alive, except
those in the boat with the mate, in
case they made shore. But little OF
the s:ern broke up, except the hurri-
cane deck. Nothing has yet been Sc, n
of the ship which struck the Pacific.
Several vessels from the outside have
been spoken to, none of whom had
seen her. O'HaIey says that the Cap
tain was the last man to leave the
ship.
Year: 1875

WE ALL HAVE OUR SATANs. Each one
of us has different Satan. Satan
comes to one man in the form of idle
ness, and makes him waste day after
day, year after year, until he has wasted
his whole life life doing nothing. Satan
comes to another man as work, and
makes him destroy himself in the OPP
posite way by wearing out prematurely
his brain and his body. He comes to
another as Christian zeal, and the man
becomes bigot, fun Of fire for the
Lord; but the Lord whom he serves is
God of wrath, a God who cares for
trifes, God who prefers sacrifice to
mercy. He comes toanother as charity,
but it is charity which tolerates evil and
let's it alone, which has no edge to it,
or courage; an intolerant charity, which
is no love at all, but only easy good
nature. So he DISCUSSES himself as an
angel of light, calling himself patriot
ism, when he wishes to make nations
hate each other; calling himself Christ
iapity when he wishes to make men
persecute each other; calling himself
honesty when he wishes to encourage q
man in his rude and overbearing ways;
and so on, changing himself into every
virtue and every grace.-Clarke.
Year: 1875

that is coarse and mean. For myself,
in breathing an air sweeter than that
which first caught the honeyed words
of Plato--in looking upon loveiier wales
than those of Tempe and Eurotas4-in
wandering through land whose SEN
tinel peak of Shasta far overtops the
Olympian throne of Jupiter--I could
not but feel that nature must be false
to her promise, or man is not the splen-
did creature he once was, if the art, the
literature and philosophy of ancient
Greece are not one day riyaled on this
last ofinhabited shores"
Year: 1875

From the Virginia Enterprise Of Jan. 27.,

 There was general smash in stocks yes terday all along the line. The bears disport- ed themselves joyously, while the poor bulls seemed intent only upon finding patch of white sage sufficient to keep them alive un- til the cold snap shall have passed over. Old Wisdom was comforting as usual to losers by saying, "I told you so," and men who had California when it was S1O0, wait ing for it to go to a thousand, mourned Tn spirit and would not be comforted, when they thought if they had but sold then they might now purchase the same stock back for half the money. We suppose there is some cause when a single mine drops in the mar ket value eight or ten million of dollars in a single day. We suppose there is some cause, for we know nothing of the "dark ways" and "yain tricks" of stock manipulators. What ever the cause, it lies with them. There is nc indication down beneath our streets, in the mines themselves, to justify any such panic. The grea. bonanza has neither shrunk in length, breadth nor depth there is no falling off in assays; there is. on the other hand, only new splendors unfolded by every pick that is struck and every blast that is fired. If there was any reason for purchasing on merit six weeks ago there is more reason now, for there is more merit re- vealed. We do not advise people to buy stocks, for there are too many things con- nected with the business which we do not understand; but to those who have pur- chased in the great heart of the Comstock, we say, ''let patience possess your souls" and to hold on to what you have. Napoleon said "Waterloo was lost by a moment of panic." We say, don't let this panic disturb either your sleep or your philosophy. The ''run" is only on the surface; the vaults of the great bank have hardly their doors open yet. The treasure is almost undisturbed, and there is enough to honor your drafts for generation to come.
Year: 1875

CLOSE RUB- -Messrs. R. Cram and John Dolan came in from Bradshaw last week and report the snow from four to five feet deep for considera- ble portion of the way.

 At Battle Flat they were compelled to stop at an old cabin, into one end of which they put their horses, while they appropriated the other half to themselves; here they remained five days, waiting for the storm to abate, and in the mean time were nearly out of provisions.

 At one time they began 10 think about butch ering of their horses in order to supply them selves with beef, but the weather moderated just in time 10 let them out, when they made their way to Walnut Grove on short rations.

 They are highly pleased with the mineral pros poets of Bradshaw and after resting and supply ing themselves with provisions have gone back to try it again.
Year: 1875

CLEANLINESS is next to Godliness, and yet the wicked and impentent may indulge in the former by calling on MT. Otto, below Head X Co.'S store, where he not only gives baths for a reasonable equivalent but advertises to shave the human face for less cash than former rates.
Year: 1875

GIN AS A LIFE FREsERvER.-John Moon, who freights between here aud Ehrenberg, has told us several tough stories, but none that caps this He says that while he mined on the American River, in early days q siorekeeper on the bar kept quality of liquor which he called gin, but which in reality was manufactured in Sacramento and contained turpcntine tobacco juiee and other ingredients that caused the patrons of the house to rush for the open air to avoid the stench whenever he began to draw jug full of the yil- lainous compound One winter there was, on the bar, person who got drunk on the old mans gin and did not get sober for seven years, contn- uing all the while to drink nothing but this liquor, until he became so saturated with it that he was thoroughly preserved, became imperv- ous to heat and cold and could be distinguished by the odor of turpentine whenever he made his appearance in the neighborhood. One night he started home, after getting himself full of gin, and had to cross tuilrace into which he fell headlong. The water and mud were nearly two feet deep, and as he happened to strike right side up, his head remained above water in which condition he remained all night. The water was bitter cold aud when the men, in the morning, found him he was still sitting bolt upright in the ditch froze fast in the ice which had 10 be broken in order to extricate him. They took him back to the store and placed him before the fire to thaw out when the proprietor came and took look at him, there were evident signs of life but no movement of any muscle of his body; ques- tions were loudly pronounced in his ear, but no recognition; finally the landlord remembering his patients fondness for sin concluded to try its effects on him and said in a loud voice, Jim, ,could you hke to hare c drinkf No movement was visible, bis eyes were still set in his head, and his tongue paralysed, "but," said Moon, as he related the story to us in his impossible way, s I'll be der,led if he did't nod his head"
Year: 1875

MAIL PETITIoS.-Ben Baker was circulating a petition yesterday through town asking the Post office Department to increase the service on the mail route between Prescott and Santa Fc, which is at present carried once a week.

 The necessity for such increased service is so palpable that everybody signed it at once with out any hummng or Having about it. We did not ascertain the number of signatures procured but they were numerous.
Year: 1875

As will be seen by advertisement, our friend Dan Hatz is about 10 give ball in celebration of Washingtons Birthday. He is already busy making preparations, and is determined that this shall eclipse any heretofore of the season.
Year: 1875

KELLY & STEPHENS advertise fresh garden seeds, which everybody ought to buy who has a foot of ground to plant them on. There is no better amusement than watching and managing the growth of plants, to say nothing of the profit.
Year: 1875

THE Sheriff has notice to taxpayers that ought to be attended to. Those indebted to the Territory and county should read it and by at- tending to it's requirements save themselves cost and trouble
Year: 1875

FLOUR FROM PHoENIX.-Robert Carley came in on Sunday with part of load of flour for Mir. Cornell from Hellngs' mills on Salt River. Bob has been on the way between here and Bowers ranch in Skull Valley nearly two weeks, on ac- count of the bad condition of the road, and final ly divided his cargo and came in with half of it. The balance was fortunately sold in Skull Valley to go to Sandy, so that Bob points his twelve mules in the direction of Phenix and cracks his whip with empty wagons for home
Year: 1875

Large oranges from Sonora, the first in the market this season, were selling on the street yesterday at 10 cents each.

 The young folks had dance in the stage office on Friday evening.

 Salt river is high and is still rising

 The clouds have threatened rain for seve- ral days It has been cold and cloudy all day and is now sprinkling. The indications are that we will have big rain. Many fear that we will have another flood.

 A good joke is told on some of the boys who sent a petition to the Legislature ask ing to have certain laws passed which are already in the Compiled Laws" A big joke or much ignorance. SALT.
Year: 1875

AXE THIEvEs.-There appears to be an epi- demic in the air of Prescott that runs into steal ing axes.

 Ours has been carried off without leave of the owner, Judge Otis has lost one or two and Col Bigeow has had to buy two or three lately.

 They must be stolen to sell, for surely no man who bad use for an axe would be mean enough to steal one
Year: 1875

The preparation OF coffee for the table
having elected much comment in papers
throughout the East, we give the follow
ing recipe, sent by n lady: Grind
moderately fine large cup or small
bowl OF coffee; break into it one egg
with shell, mix well, adding enough cold
water to thoroughly wet the grounds;
upon this pour one pint of boiling water,
let it boil slowly for fifteen minutes, and
then stand three minutes to settle; pour
through a fine wire sieve into coffee
pot. This will make enough for four
persons. At table, put first the sugar
into the cup, then fill half full of boiling
milk, with little cream, add your coffee
and you have delicious beverage.
Year: 1875

At time when there is very little
business doing, mems thoughts naturally
turn to the commercial prospects for the
immediate future. 1t would be absurd
to deny that the outlook is regarded by
n large section of the community as de-
cidedly gloomy. The spring trade has
been, on the whole, of disappointing
character, and there are not so many in
dlcations as might be wished that the
fall trade will be very much better. The
depressed condition of most of our rail
road securities is due, in the first in
stance, to n great contraction both in
freight and passenger traffic, which is,
Ill its turn, the unfailing indication of q
greatly lessened spending power on the
part of the people at large. The rail
road war, while giving temporary and
delusive advantage to producers and
forwarders, is really severe drain upon
the productive capital of the country.
hostile army encamped in civilized
region may benefit a few people, by
paying fair prices for what it consumes.
But it ruins thousands of others by
bringing the ordinary movements of in
dustry and the customary round of COM
mercial exchange to a standstill. So it
is with the warlike reprisals of the rival
railroad presidents. A few cents de-
ducted from every hundred pounds of
freight carried from Chicago to New
York is undoubtedly something gained
to the producer, the dealer, or the con-
sumner, or to all of them combined but
1t is gained Mt the ruinous cost of de-
preciating by millions the market value
OF at least score of different kinds of
railroad securities, and of all classes of
CT ,al, - l.
them. Like actual war, the strife Of the
railroads involves n draft on the future
earnings of the country to pay for the
effected now. That cannot be good for
short-sighted people may desire its con-
tinnance.


The prospects for the last half Of the
year are decidedly encouraging. The
harvest of cereals will unquestionably be
good, after oil deductions have been
made on the score of tho short yield of
certain localities. The South may not
grow more than an average cotton crop,
but it has taken one very essential step
toward renewed prosperity by devoting
great deal more land than usual to
food crops. How important point this
is will be appreciated by all who read
the letters of our special correspondents
in the Southern States. There seems no
reason to doubt that, taking the country
as n whole, the wealth extracted from
the soil will be greater this year than it
has ever been. Even if its nominal
value be less than it was few years ago,
the purchasing power of our products
will be greater, and that is the ultimate
test of the available riches of any coun-
try. During the last two years there
has been wiped out good deal of ficti-
tious capital, with the inevitable result
of giving credit serious shock and of
causing a great deal of distress. Our
future growth must depend more upon
the solid increase Of the country's wealth
and less upon the mortgaging of the
future than it has recently done. To-
ward that sound and steadily progressive
movement the fall of 1875 ought to con-
tribute very perceptible stimulus.
Year: 1875

Mrs. Griffin, aged ninety-nine years,
is one of the carriers of the Boston
Traveller, and she doesn't twist it into
n wad and sling it into muddy part of
the yard ; nor does she stop on the
corners to exchange chaff with her silly
young contemporaries of the opposite
sex while the subscribers are waiting.
Year: 1875

On Monday last the case Of Ellen WEIGH
against William ToneY was heard by Justice A.
s. Taylor, the following being the facts as shown
by the evidence: The defendant had occupied a
house, owned by the plaintiff, for two years or
more. as a monthly tenant only. The seven days
notice to quit the premises had been served, but
the plaintiff was non-suited. A thirty days
notice was then served, setting forth the tenancy
as beginning at q different period in the month
from that set forth in the FIRST notice, and then
third notice was given, agreeing as to time with
the first. Meantime the defendant vacated the
premises before the time set forth in the second
notice. The defendants counsel, James p. Tus-
tin, made the point, that If defendsnowas liable
at all for any rent, he WAS only liable for much
of the rent Of one month in which he occupied
the premises after the serving Of the first notice
to quit. The defendant showed by receipts and
OF her credits that the amount sued for did not
correspond with the amount paid, nor the period
he was claimed to have been a tenant The
Justice decided that the defendant was not
liable for the whole amount claimed, nor for any
unpaid rent not included 10 the action.
Year: 1875

Last week we gave an account of the "FloWer
Mission receuOy established at 14ll F street,
and of the distribution of flowers last Thursday
in Providence hospital. Tomorrow Thursday
is the regular day OF the mission. Ladies will
be at the rooms between the hours Of and 10
a. N. to receive and arrange such flowers as may
be seLt in by the public, and will afterwards dis
tribute them among the sick in Columbia hospi-
tai. Those who have flower gardens must bear
in mind the claims OF this beautiful public
charity
Year: 1875

The ladies Of the Memorial church made re-
turns last night of the late festival which netted
upwards of Sl,lOO. A vote Of thanks was passed
TO the fremen for the great interest they mani
tested i'll selling tickets for the trumpet. The
treasurer reported that No. company, who had
their money stolen had, against the wishes Of the
ladies, made the whole amount good, and in al
ditiOn had sold large number Of tickets.
Year: 1875

ST. LOUIS, June l&.--The Union depot
in this city, is 50 far completed that all
the eastern bound trains that weie made
up there lett for their destinations this
evening, passing through the tunnel and
across the bridge. All the roads center.
ing here except the ST. Louis, Kansas
City and Northern and st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern will here
after use this depot and these
will probably have their connections
made in from thirty to sixty days. The
present depot is but II temporary affair,
and will soon give place to a large and
fine building now in process OF erection
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
and West and Poplar and Randolph
North gnd South
Year: 1875

TAX on SAMPLE-M MERCHANTS-W WHAT THE


New TAX-BILL PR0PoSES.-ln the new tax


bill lust reported to the House Of Delegates


il is proposed TO tax each nonresident sam.
pIe.merchant 500. Any "sample or other


merchant who shall permit any person eX'
cept duly-autholiZed agent or salesman to
sell under his license otherwise than for his
exclusive use and benefit shall be tined sou"
The bill further provides "that no agent
or salesman shall be permitted 10 sell, or offer
to sell, except he have with him at the time
the license granted to the person for whom
he acts, and duly executed power Of attor-
ney from said person constituting him his
agent or salesman for the time being Which
said license and power Of attorney shall be
exhibited whenever required by any officer
of the law within whose district the said
agent proposes to operate"


The bill is not to "be construed to allow
nonresident sample-merchants to sell to any
person other than a manufacturer or licensed
merchant without taking out the additiona
license required Of resident merchants. MOI
shall it be lawful for any manufacturer or Ii
censed merchant to purchase goods, &c.
from any ample-merchant without first hay


ing seen the license and power of attorney
required of said sample-merchant by the
next succeeding section. Any manufacturer
or licensed merchant who shall in any way
violate this section shall for every offence
pay fine of one hundred dollars, one-hal
! Of which fine shall go to the informer under
| the provisions. restrictions, and limitation;


described in this section in the case Of in


formers against sample-merchants."
Year: 1875

SENATOR SMITHS HYpcTHEcATIoN Bill
The Sepate yesterday passed Senator Smiths
(of NelSon) bill amending the hypothecation
warehouse set Of last winter so as to allow
all unmanufactuIed tobacco, inspected or
not, and whether deposited in public or
private warehouse, to be hypothecated on the
same terms with all other commodities. The
patron OF this bill claims that it will furnish
hundreds Of thousands of collaterals for
banking purposes, and is especially for the
benefit Of farmers and commercial men.


This action OF the Senate looks as if it did
not propose TO acccGe to the report of its
Finance Committee on tobacco inspection
especially rs Senator Smiths other tobacco
bill in relation to aboishing all compulsory
inspections of tobacco was Immediately after
said report was made and not agreed to-
made the special and continuing order fol
next Thursday.
Year: 1875

t, THe STREET. LAHps.--It Is time that a
change for the better was being made in re-
gard to lighting the streets Of this city. Last
night under "the schedule the lamps were
put out about II o'clock, and the city was
left In total darkness. It was very cloudy
and foggy at the time. and persons who lived
in remote sections went home, IL not in the
fear of being knocked down and robbed,
certainly feeling decidedly uncomfortable,
and liable at any moment to meet with some
serious: :misbap by reason of the failure Of
the city to afford them light. z iE@g,N
Year: 1875

THE SUNpAY.SCuooL MASS -MEETING.-In
consequence of the rain last night the mass
meeting announced to be held at Trinity
church was postponed, and will be held at
the same time and place on Tuesday night
next
Year: 1875

A contributor to Iron notes two incidents
of recent occurrence, which. in his opinion,
indicate that some mysterious" fires may
have their origin in the action of the sun
on glass. A few days ago the master of .
steam tug in English waters found large
hole had been burned in the centre Of the
covering of his berth, and that the fire had
penetrated to the bed itself, which was
smoking. II was then discovered that this
resulted from q concentration of the SUMS
rays by the glass dead lights" in the eide
of the vessel. The grounds of new man.
sion in q British town are entered through
gates richly gilt and 0rnamented. To pro-
tect them temporarily they were covered
with car vas. One afternoon lately this
covering was found to be on fire and was
burned, enc of the lamps a0ove beng
broken BY the heat. All ordinary theories
of the causes of fire tailed to account for
this one, and it was discovered that the
globular lamps Of the gate concentrated the
solar rays and directed them on the spot
where the canvas had been, and thus doubt
lees oceasioned the fire.
Year: 1875

The executive chair was yesterday as.
sumed by Lieutenant Governor G. G. An
tome, in consequence Of the temporary
absence of Governor Kellogg, who departed
for the North Sunday.


During the time that his excellency is alb
sent visitors at the State House will be met
in the Governors Office with the same cour-
teous reception that Governor Antoine
knows so well how to extend to all. In
administering the affairs of the executive
department he has in previous times of
Governor Kellogg's absence won many
friends, who gained his acquaintance in the
course of business that attracted them to
his Office, and the benefit Of former expe-
rience he invariably utilizes as occasion
calls.
Year: 1875

I hare seen d young man sell a food
farm, turn merchant aud die in on ansane
asylum.
/ have Seen a farmer travel about 50 much
that there was nothing at home worth look
ing after.


| have seen man spend more money in
folly than would support bis family in COM
fort and Independence.


/ have seen a young girl marry young
man of dissolute habits, and repent it as
long as she lived.


! have seen man depart from truth
where candur and yeracity would have serY-
ed him much better purpose.


/ have seen the extravaganza and folly
Of children bring their parents to poverty
and want, and themselves to disgrace.


! have seen prudent and Industrious
wife retrieve the fortunes Of family when
her husband pulled at the other end Of The
rope.


i have seen young man who 1espised
the counsels ofthe wise. and advice OF the
good. and bis career ended in poverty and
wretchediess.