smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

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Our facilities for dong all kinds OF Job Work in the va.
rons styles OF the art are not surpassed this section and
we respectfully solicit those wishing anything done in this
Line TO give Us call BY the judicous liberal use OF
pA'er INK many mans fortune has been made, and the
field Is still open. Tryit.


Orders by mail promptly attended to-
Year: 1870

SUMMING UP THE CAsE.-A Georgia
friend, who has laughed over some
of the very extra-judicial decisions
of learned judges that have found
their way into the Drawer, sends the
following as having actually occurred
in one Of the cities of that State:


Our friend is full of the dignity of
his office, and entirely convinced that
the affairs of the country would come
70 a full stop but for his efforts. Not
long since a man was brought before
him on a warrant for vagrancy. A
palmer case could not be presented,
and as the evidence was given in, the
young lawyer who was defending him
thought it hopeless. On arising to
sum up, while badgering his head what
to say, he happened to notice that his
client was tolerably we'll dressed, and
called the attention Of the Court to
that fact, claiming that no man who
wore ''good clothes" could properly
be considered . vagrant. . vagrant
being q ragged, dirty vagabond. OBJ
serving that the Court made memo
randum Of "good Clothes" be had the
good sense to sit down. After the
prosecution had concluded, the judge
with his rich brogue, said: 1.-THE Cart
having ittintively hazard the ividence
Year: 1870

The New York Post SAYS. very truly.
that the ''recent election in Maine was Il
curious instance of a conflict between
two forces which rarely meet face TO
tacc-the party organization, consist
ing of the men inside Of politics, and
the rank and file who cast the votes"
The Post then explains what 1.-THE men
inside of politics" means by party teal-
ty and disloyalty:


Most men do not see OF what value
''party" is eXceptaS means torcXpress-
ing and carrying out principles under
the popular will. But the political
mana gers attach entirely different no
ton TO this great machine they aim to
WELD. 1t is that which gives them
power and importance, and they there
fore try to surround it with reverence,
to give it sanctity and influence for its
own sake; to make it an energetic means
of profit to them and OF punishment to
their enemies.


Hence when man disobevs their
will the cry is raised that he is false
to the party" Fidelity to the party
means usually in their mouths sub
servience to the men who commonly do
the secret and often dishonest work Of
party organization; and is exacted by
them as a condition of obtaining Office
or influence, 80 far as they can control
the way to these.
Year: 1870

into other countries, or even preserv-


ed where it is. 1t is a pititul thing to


have the men Of whole civilized ma
ton spending so much time out Of the
flower Of their years learning to kill
other men and the lesson to be drawn
from the recent Prussian successes is
assuredly not that every country ought
to have an army like the Prussian ar
my-though we confess that. if great
armies must be kept up, there is no
better model than the Prussian. The
lesson is that, whether you want him
for war or peace, there is no way in
which you can get so much out of a
man as by training him, and training
him not in pieces, but the whole of
him and that the trained men, other
things being equal, are pretty sure in
the long run TO be the masters of the
world. 1t is lesson which we cannot
help thinking some Of our rerormers
might take seriously to heart.
Year: 1870

A Southern judge refused to accept
the plea Of newly.appointed juror that
he was not freeholder, on the ground
that he had kept bachelors hall six
months, as emo man could keep bach
elor's hall that length Of time who had
not dirt enough in his room to make him
q freeholder.
Year: 1870

The bill that passed the Senate
several days ago, and is now pending
before the House, in regard to Coun-
ty government, provides that after
the 1st of January next each County
in the State shall have but three
Supervisors, who shall hold Office for
three years except upon the first
election, and who shall be residents
of different Townships, and be elect
ed by the voters of the whole County.
They are to meet five times per year,
and receive a per diem Of 81 each, !,
and six cents mileage. In a County
of the size Of ours, they cannot draw
pay for over 80 days in the year.
The bill seems to be more carefully
considered than any of its predeces-
sors; but the House may of course
modify it, or reject it entirely.
Year: 1870

For the great space occupied by
Judge Coles Opinion, herewith re-
published, no apology is necessary.
It demands the careful reading OF
every intelligent citizen. Judge
Dillon's Opinion, from which Judge
Cole dissents, was published in this
paper last year; and we are happy to
believe that it is not for naught that
this contrary Opinion is now made
public.


Read it, friends. DO not let its
length deter you. 1t may have more
than its present interest to us here
after.
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT SALE OF REAL EsTATE.-The
attention Of capitalists 40 directed the sale OF
the fine brick row on Middle street, known as
the Thompson Block, which is to take place
this afternoon. This is one of the most impos-
ing and elegant business structures in Port
land, the stores being large and well lighted
and supplied with all the modern conveniences
1t was built by some of our most thorough me.
chancs, under the personal supervision Of an
accomplished architect, and in point OF dura-
blity is not excelled by anything in the city.
The location adapts it especially for the whole
sale trade, which is rapidly extending in that
direction. As permanent investment it prom
ises to be veryremunerative for the upper stories
are now filled with good business establish
ments, and one of the stores is under a lease of
$1,000 per year, making it good property on the
price at which the buildings will probably be
purchased, and which will certainly be enhanc-
ed ON general revival of business in the coun-
try. We understand that parties from abroad
are looking with favor upon this property, and
that it will pass into the hands of some new
owners to-day on very favorable terms. An
advertisement in another column gives fuller
particulars OF the block.
Year: 1870

A SHARP GAME.-Last Wednesday man
by the name of Herbert Warren went to the
store of Adams &, Tarbox, corner of Exchange
and Federal streets, and selected considerable
furniture and carpeting, amounting in all to
about $16O, which he ordered to be sent to
house on India street, which Warren said he
had hired and was moving into He did not
pay for the goods, but said he had money COM
ing due the first of next month, and that he
then would settle for the furniture, and as Sc
curty he offered $500 note as soon as he had
bought all the furniture be wanted. Mr..
Adams had done business with the man before
and sent the furniture where ordered A day
or two afterwards a man called on Adams,
| asked him if Warren had bought any furniture
of him and said Warren had been boarding at
his house in India street and had cleared out
after moving the furniture. He also said that
| Warren had told him that he was a mail agent
| on one of the Eastern roads, and offered to
| give him his chance as he had got another one
but on going to claim it he found no man by
that name employed as mail agent, though one
had sometimes sold periodicals on the train.
Mr.. Adams sent to the house on India street
and found the furniture gone He searched
diligently after it till yesterday when he found


a piece of the carpeting at the Stafford Block


and yesterday morning secured the services OF


Deputy Decelle, who watched the goods till q


replevin writ was got out and the goods taken


by Sheriff Perry. Mr.. Stafford presented q


bill of sale from Warren which showed he had


paid $65 for the furniture and carpetng. War


rem aud his wife arc supposed to have gone


West.


Officer Decelle discovered the rest of the


goods in wooden building belonging to Stat


ford opposite the block, before the sheriff ar
| rived with the replevin writ.
Year: 1870

The HAYDN AssocIATIoN.-To night the
Haydn Association will repeat the concert
given by them last week at their holl, at which
we were so unfortunate as not to be present.
We feel confident that if the Haydns could
draw good audience when there was such
strong counter-attraction- at City Hall, that to-
night, with nothing to divert, Mechanics Hall
will be crowded. Our people have awakened
to a proper appreciation of this magnificent
Society we feel assured, and knowing that they
got good thing will patronize it literally. Be
sure and secure your seats at Mr.. Lowells dur
ing the day, and you will not have to be told at
the door at night that "the house is full and ne
more tickets can be sold"
Year: 1870

COMPANY of fifty Fenians arrived here
last night from Boston in a special car at
tached to the express train. They were met
at the depot by some of the Brotherhood here.
who provided for them.
Year: 1870

ONE thing is necessary to make the new ar
rangement of morning and evening trains on
the Portland and Kennebec road perfect ae-
commodation to the business as well as the
travelling public. A morning mail to the
Kennebec is almost imperatively required by
the merchants and traders in the towns on the
river. Two western mails now lie over in
Portland until noon of the following day-the
one which arrives here at 8 T. NJ, and the
mail by the express train which leaves Boston
at5P. NJ A mail lying idle for sixteen hours
in business community is little too slow
business for this age.
Year: 1870

NEARLY A SERIOUS ACCILENT.-On Thursday
of last week cave occurred in the Paragon mine
at Bath in this county. which came near being
a serious affair. The cave caught one miner,
Robert Farkeson, and buried him 10 such depth
that it took some three hours to dig him out. but
when released he was found to he compar Atively
uniniured The miner was caught and
fell by the side of large boulder which
held the cement so as to eave his lite.
The news first spread that some ten or
twelve men were buried under the cave, which
created intense alarm and excitement for while;
indeed It reached Auburn in that shape, but the
facts are ns above. The Paragon il The richest
aud one of the most extensively worked mines in
the county, and has been singularly tree from
serious accidents.
Year: 1870

He Deeiines Hcnors Bestowed Upon Him by


the Legislature OF Tennessee.


The fact has been published that General
George II. Thomas had offered to remove his
Tenn. and refund to the State the money ex-
pended to procure 1t; also the fact that he
proposed to return to Tennessee the gold medal
presented to him by the Legislature of that
State in 1856. The following is his letter making
known his Intentions


SAN FRANCISCO Cal, Dec. s1--Hon. d. A. Dunn
Dear IL received your favor OF the goth yester-
day. and am sure OF your friendly feeling toward
for Offering to refund 10 the present Legislature OF
Tennessee the cost OF the portrait OF myself ordered
to be painted By the Legislature Of 1855 and remove
will premise by stating that, although regretted
at the time that the Legislature OF 1855 had ordered,
by joint resolution. portrait OF me to be painted
ynced II was done through motives OF friendship
and esteem the Joint resolution having been
passed without my knowledge, felt natural deli
cacy in declining q compliment 80 unexpected,
assured as was OF the sincerity OF the act. From
that day until the extraordinary proceedings had in
the present Legislature, had been led to believe
that the act OF the Legislature OF 1855 had been gene
rally approved throughout the State On being in
formed OF those recent proceedings sef-respect as
Legislature OF 1855, required that l should re-
lieYe the members Of the present Legislature
le bic picture every Se they went into the state
Library. The same reasons tmpelled me to inform
the Speaker that shall return the medal as
can get 70 New York. where had 1t deposited last
spring. before leaving the Bsst TO assume duty on
this coast Now, let me assure you that in taking
the course have, disclaim any intention whatever
gisature Of 1856, but simply wish to return to the
Legislature which repudiates their act far In
TO consider wrong perpetrsted by former Legis-
lature on the people OF the State in my behalf l
am, very truly yours,


Major General United States Army
Year: 1870

During the forenoon stocks were steady, with
hut slight fluctuations and with only moderate huSi-
ness Complaints Of duDoSt are heard in most of the
brokerS' Offices and the operators per cent turns
nnd it difficult TO make the market available for such
Transactions The put and call business IT, perhaps,
about as ourishing any branch of the stock trade
and in gold particularly, the brokers who make this
branch Of the business specially have been actively
employed. An increase OF transactions in this line
10 rather indicative Of nmdty on the part OF
speculatOrs showing II does disposition 10 limit
and lack Of confidence the market either for
rise OF fall The strongest stocks Of the day were Read
ing Pacific Mail, Western Union and Rocb Island. The
prospect Of early peace il Europe. anticipated from
the reported arnstice has had little or no effect upon
the general share market Many anticipated a more
active money market in England, a. the immediate con-
sequence and lower price for cereal products hut,
the other hand IL is claimed that our cotton crop VIII
command higher price under al increased export de-
mand. decidedly frmer and more active market de
velOpod itself in the afternoon for several ot
the prominent stocks. and prices were higher.
Western Union particularly active and advanced 10
Al. Reading, y. Y. Central Ohio and Miss, and North
Western Preferred were also IN better demand and
higher This sudden change in the tone Of the market
within few hours attributed 10 the bull clques who
have apparently concluded stimulate prices. 1t be-
comes evident that the market its improve
ment TO this influence when the stocks which have been
most affected perceived TO be those which so
largely owned and controlled by these combinations
The bears who had closed their short interests TO large
extent during the ample time allowed them
will hardly venture 10 attack the mar
tet until the fresh upward movement
s1hausts itself The bull movements lately have not
been governed by the shrewdness and intelligence
usually displayed by them. If desrOus Of checking the
decline and Of turning the tide, it 10 be expected
that advantage OF the shorts would have been taken
week ago when prices had been marked down under per


tent hammering and large sales; but hesitation evi
IDENTIFY prevailed in the councils and the bears had thu
agood chance protect their sales and bag very ai


profits the turn There is in consequence some chuci


Ting in the street the fraternity OF growlers tina


speculatOrs should have been thus outwtted.


There active movement in Delaware. Lacka
Western which from llO TO 11Oa and Chi
tago Columbus and Indiana Central which ranged from
Is4 TO Miscellaneous shares. other than those above


mentioned dun and neglected, were also Express


shares The following table shows the highest and
lowest prices OF active stocks made to-day:
Year: 1870

The House, during its late session, passed
but four bills relating to railroads. The first
was the Northern Pacific. about which so
much was said: the second was one giving
ten sections of land per mile for a road
about sixty miles long. in Oregon, with
proviso that the land must be sold at two
dollars and half per acre; the third was
that giving the right of way two hundred
feet wide. to a road from Ogden to Salt
Lake City; and the fourth was one chang
ing the location and reducing the land grant
OF a line III Oregon. All these bills became
laws except that for the Salt Lake road,
which did not reach the President until two
minutes after adjournment.
Year: 1870

A debtor who owed eight thousand pounds
offered his creditor eight bills of a thousand
pounds each. payable on the first of eight
consecutive months, which were accepted
The first bill was protested on its coming
due; and on the creditor asking the debtor
for an explanation. the latter said: The
fact is my friend, can't pay anything, and
/ divided up the debt into small portions,
to save you the shock OF losing it all at
once
Year: 1870

Tho following Is q list OF 1res ana description Of
the property destroyed in which the at each
$4,000 and upwards--with the exception OF New
York city where the total loss Is gven--which oc-
CURED IN the United States during the year 1S09:
Year: 1870

| have said that "the problem Of Mr..
Stewards career was already solved. The
reason ,chy it was there solved lies in the
fact that in the little Broadway store-the
very cradle Of his fortunes-he adopted those
rules and principles Of trade and of life from
which he has never swerved, and 10 which
in connection with his mental and physical
capacities for labor, his unfaggiug industry,
bis native shrewdness and sagaeity his thor
ough good sense aud profound mercantile
judgment, and his absolute genius fer trade,
his stupendous success is due.


L His first rule was honesty between sell
ler and buyer. His career is perfect ex-
emplifcation of poor Richard maxim,
Honesty is the best policy, and of the po-
ct S declaration, Nothing can need lie. "
His interest eonsorted with his inclination,
his policy With his principles, and the busi1
ness with the man, when he edetermined that
the Truth should he told over his counter,
and that no Misrepresentation of his goods
should be made He never asked, be never
would suffer, a clerk to misrepresent the
quality of his merchandise Clerks who
had been educated in other stores to cheat
customers, and then to laugh off the trans
action as ''cuteDess," or defend it as ''dia-
mond cut diamond, found no such slip
shod code Of morality at Stewart little
store, and learned frankness and fairness in
representation at the peril of dismissal.
Their employer asked no gain from deceit
in trade. On his part, too, in buying, he
rarely gave seller second opportunity
to misrepresent goods to him. leave 9TH
ers to speak of the moral effect of this reso-
lutte conduct in general trade; my purpose is
only to show its mercantile effect on the
career Of the trader himself


H. a second innovation Of the young
dry goods dealer was selling at one price-a
custom which has also lasted without inter
ruption. and which has spread to all the
great houses He fixed his price, after care
full consideration, ct what he thought the
goods could and would bring, and would not
deviate from it for any baggling, or to suit
individual cases OF course, he followed
the fluctuations of the market, and marked
his goods up or down in accordance with it;
but 10 difference in the prict was made to
different people. Perhaps those who had
some art in beating down prices were Of
Tended, but people in general were pleased.


III. The third principle he adopted was
that of cash on delireIy. 1t is said that his
own early experience in buying on credit and
selling on credit drove him to this rule; that
he had, at one time, large note to pay,
and in order to meet it, was forced to sac
rifce his goodN But he did this, even with
skill, advertised by handbills his great re-
duction of prices (now sale device, but
/ then novelty, and so came off with flying
colors


". a fourth principle with him was to
conduct business as business-not as senti-
ment His aim was honorable profit; and
he had no purpose Of confusing it by extra
ncous considerations II Monument Of
Trade IN January GALAXY.
Year: 1870

FAY about forty FIVE degrees, with horizon
fal thickness at the base Of about twent,
feet, and sufficient width on top for a car
iriage-way. Portions of the wall form
regular curves, but in some parts it is quite
sinuous, and in one or two places, even Of /
zigzag shape.


There are two principal breaks in th,


wall, which form the outlets of the lake
One is on the southeast side, draining intc
the Boone river, and the other on the north
draining into the Iowa river, So you VII
see that portion of the water of Wall Lake
flows through your goodly city Of Des
Moines, while another portion goes down by
the way Of the old Capital at Iowa City
more than a hundred miles to the eastward.


We have discovered no good reason for
the idea which some have entertained that
the wall or embankment around this lake
Is work of art. 1t is our opinion that the
houlders have been placed in their present
positions by the same agencies which have
placed them around the borders of other
lakes-the principal force doubtless being
glacial action. We may not be able to de-
tefmine just Holc these natural forces have
been brought into action to produce such a
result as we see, but there are many other
things in Nature which our philosophy has
never yet been able to elucidate. 1t has
none Of the marks of utility design or pur-
pose which are essential to support the the
DRY that it is a work Of art. On the contra
rs, it presents many of the features which
are known to be the work Of natural forces.
1t is even now to be observed that the water
Of the lake, during a strong wind, beats, OF
surges outwardly against the shore, on sides
where the wall exists. This is owing to
the peculiar surface, or topography of the
surrounding country. We therefore come
to what we deem the more reasonable con
clusion-that the winds, the water, and the
ice, have been the agents, working through
centuries, to accomplish the result in ques-
ton.


Such is Wall Lake, and our idea Of its
marvellous wall The Indians doubtless
regarded it with some interest, and fre-
quently resorted to its shores, as arrow
heads. stone hatchets and other articles Of
their rude ingenuity have been picked up
around its borders. The groves of timber
afforded them shelter and fuel, while its
waters furnished them fish. We found a
well executed flint arrow head, which had
been washed out among the pebbles on the
beach. The early trappers and hunters also
doubtless made it a prominent stopping
place in their wanderiDgs over these wide
prairies Soon after Mr.. Purcell's settle
ment, he found the barrel aad lock of rife
in the grove on the lake shore They had
evidently been left there many years before,
as the wooded portion Of the gun had en-
tirely decayed In another place he found
also piece of the barrel of a shotgun.


We conclude by assuring the reader that
there are in Wright county several lakes
equally beautiful, but perhaps none posses
sing so much interest as this.


We are indebted to AIr G. B. Martin Of
Goldfeld Wright CO., Iowa, for the copy Of
the Iowa State Register containing the
above.
Year: 1870

The Rate Of Taxation In Kings OOunty-Tho


Property Owners Gr0aning.


Taxes In Kings county have an elevated tendency.
They are going up with a hop, skip ana jump and
the property owners are OF the opinion 1t
Will be impossible for them to reach
the Hgures this year. The clerks In the
Tax Collectors ONCE now preparing list Of the
property to be sold for non-payment Of taxes The
list was large large last year, but this year it will he
greatly increased. The following table Of figures
Will be read with interest by the property owners.
IL shows the rate OF taxation In the city wards and
county towns, the valuation OF the property and tho
l0p
Year: 1870

In the southerly part OF New Utrecht the total
rate is s. 741 which includes the regular rate and
an extra rate for drainage In the gas district Of
Tlarbush the total is 81 995, which includes the
regular rate and an extra rate for street lighting.
In that part Of New Lots lying between the Ninth
includes the regular rate and extra rate for map
ping.