smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

amount and save nothing; ne mentioned hating been
married twice and tint he was q mason


The prosecution then rested and recess was taken
by the court


After the recess John A. Taylor, associate counsel
opened the for tine defence arguing that the prs
insane beyond all doubt cav, and, IN sup
port OF that theory, reading from vouminous author-
ties upon the question Of insanity Burroughs, he
said born about forty-1ve years ago At the age
near the base OF the brain, from which he became
stupid. He unable 70 learn to read or write, and
he therefore put TO learn the trade Of a mason
AT twentysix years Of age he married girl
named Maggie Camp, with whom his relations
were pleasant Before he married Miss Camp
the woman whom he ehot knew HIM; three months
after the death Of the first wife the woman whom he
shot married him; deceased was mother before she
married Burroughs at the time of the marriage 10
the prisoner Miss KinsmoTe resided In the house with
Burroughs mother the knowledge OF her former H.


cit connection was productive of constant dsquielude
In their home, though he loved the very ground on
which she waiked Burroughs, though a hardworkng
man. addicted to the OF rum; her treatment Of
him not of character TO allure him to his home;
when his wife left him he began 10 drink more than
ever the sunday before the Saturday which he shot
her the prisoner attempted to cut his throat
with carving knife and he bears the marks 10 this
day. Would the District Attorney say that that was
slmulatedS On the Monday night he sent for pious
woman to pray with him for the light OF salvation
The prisoner did pray for hour and half with that
good woman saying his wife the only obstacle IN
the way OF his salvation The prisoner was perturbed
tragedy They would show that uncle and cousin
OF Joseph Burroughs were insane


The court then, at four O'Clock, adjourned I'LL ten
O'Clock this morning
Year: 1876

There's room for one more Let Us hustle him in
The cars never full while there's space for pin.
Let the people growl at the gay conductairesl
What matter so long as We rake In the faresf
Let our ringing bell punches rapidly score
Year: 1876

1t is said that the managers OF the
Forrest Home for actors, in Philadelphia,
have received but one application for ad-
mission this from an elderly lady in Maine.


Only sixty miles from the city of New
York farmers are feeding their fruit to their
live stock, there being no profit on it when
shipped to the metropolis.


Messrs. Tiffany & Co., of New York,
have removed from the main building at the
centennial exhibition almost their entire ex-
hibit of precious stone ornaments. They
comprzc a diamond necklace, pair OF soli-
taire earrings, peacock's feather contain
ing the celebrated Brunswick" straw.col.
ored diamond and over six hundred fine
white diamonds OF smaller size, and many
others, all Of which were valued at Sl47,sOO
They were removed it is said, on account OF
the obstruction in the passage ways in the
vicinity Of the exhibit by visitors Spurious to
gaze on so much value in so small space.
Year: 1876

Don't be discouraged. SLOW growth
is often sure growth. Some minds are
like Norwegian pines. They are slow in
growth, but they are striking their roots
deep. Some of the greatest men have
been dull boys. Dryden and Swift were
dull as boys. So was Goldsmith. So
was Gibbon. So was Sir Walter Scott.
Napoleon at school had so much diff
Guilty in learning his Latin that the
master said it would need gimlet to get
word into his head. Douglas ,Ierrold
was so backward in his boyhood that at
nine he was scarcely able to read.


Isaac Barrow, one OF the greatest
divines the Church Of England has ever
produced, was 50 impenetrably stupid in
his early years that his father more than
once said that if God took away any of
his children, he hoped it would be Isaac,
as he feared he would never he fit for
any thing in the world. Yet that boy
was tn, genius Of the family
Year: 1876

We find the following good story in q
foreign journal: "a French bishop,
being about to make his annual vista


tiuu, sent word to certain rurate, whose
ecclesiastical benefce was EXTREMITY
trihing, that he meant to dine with him,
at the same time requesting that he
would not put himself to any eNtraordi.
nary expense. The curate promised to
attend to the bishops suggestion; but
he did not keep his word, for he provided
a most sumptuOus entertainment. His
lordship was much surprised, and could
not help censuriug the conduct of the Gu.
rate, observing that it was highly ridicu.
lous in a man whose circumstances were
so narrow, to launch out in such expense,
nay, almost to dissipate his annual in


come in single day. DO not be unea-
sy on that score, my lord, replied the
curate, for can assure YOU that what
You now see is not the prudence OF my
Year: 1876

Men who isolate themselves from
society, and have no near and dear
family ties, are the most uncomfortable
of human beings. Byron says "happi,
ness was born of twins" but the phrase,
though pretty and poetic, does not 50
far enough. We are gregarious, and not
intended ts march through life either
single or double file. The man who cares
for nobody, and for whom nobody cares,
has nothing to live for that will pay for
the keeping of soul and body together.
You must have heap of embcrs to have
a glowing fire. Scatter them apart,
and they will become dim and cold. SO
to have a brisk, vigorous life, YOU must
have group of lives, to keep each other
warm, as it were, or afford each mutual
encouragement and confidence and sup
port, Ifyou wish to live the life OF Il
man and not Of fungus, he social, be
brotherly, be charitable, be sympathetic,
and labor earnestly for the good of your
kind.
Year: 1876

For this experiment two persons are
required, one of whom tests the sense OF
touch of the other, For this purpose a
pair OF cOmpasses is taken, whose points,
somewhat blunted, are placed at a Ger.
tain distance from each other on a part
of the skin OF the other person. The lat.
ter must then say, with closed eyes,
whether he feels the contact of two sep.
aratc points, or whether both seem to be
merged into one. The result of this cx.
pertinent upon the less sensitive parts OF
the skin is very surprising, If the points
are placed on the forearm in the direction
of its length at the distance Of l,5S inch
the sensation is double one, but 30 soon
as the distance is reduced to LIS inch
the contact is felt as single point, and
the person experimental on feels consid-
cradle surprised on opening hiseycs when
he sees that two points have been
touched instead of one. The lip Of the
tongue is found to be the most sensitive,
the two points being cxtinguished when
only 1884 of an inch apart. lfthe points
of the compass be placed on the cheek
near the ear, 80 that both can be clearly
distinguished, and then brought slowly
over the skin to the lips, "A sensation is
experienced as though the points were
being separated from each other. The
skin of the back has the dullest sense of
touch, since when the points are at n
distance of 2,36 they are still perceived
as a single touch. 1t is quite astonish-
ing how greatly he distance between the
two points must be increased on the back


before we are clearly conscious Of a
double impression. Weber explains
these facts by assuming that the termi-
nal limits OF a nerve fibre are much


smaller than sensory circles, 80 that the
latter always contain great number OF
isolated nerve fbres. If two terminal
limits are excited, and if certain num-
Der of isolated iibres llncxcited lie be-
tween them, the impression is only a
single one. A curions illusion of touch
is seen when the first and second fingers
and a pea is picked up between them in
this unnatural poison, The impression
is particularly strong that the hand
is holding two peas, and tine illusion
is especially powerful when the pea is
rolled back and forth between the fin ,crs
Year: 1876

During the month of September the
number of deaths in Savannah from all
causes was seven hundred and thirty
five. OF these five hundred and thirty.
eight were caused by yellow fever. The
number of deaths caused each day by
the infection was as follows:
Year: 1876

THE American tour bids fair before
long TO be as fashionable with Europeans
as the European tour with Americans.
Hotel-kccpers no longer look with speech
less awe at an aristocratc autograph on
their register, but call bell boy to take
his lordship's valise up to eighty-three
with the same magnificent indifference as
if he were Mr.. Smith of Mr.. Jones' Dur
ing this centennial year earls are in fair
supply, and continental counts and bar
ons are too common for notice.
Year: 1876

The practice Of using the portrait Of
the papa of his country to embellish all
manner of business signs has very de.
cided tendency to lower that great and
good man in the estimation of the rising
generation. A prominent music dealer
Of this city, who lives on Columbia street
purchased very fine steel engraving o.
&. W. and hung it in his parlor, and
when the youngest hope of the family
came home from school he was told that
they had new picture. The boys eyes
frightened with anticipation and pleas
ure, but when they led him To see the
treasure his face was clouded with dis
appointment and disgust. "lIol' he
exclaimed mindful of the pictorial sign
Of the establishment which furnished the
table with its fleshy viands. "Hoh! old
meat market picture" The moral is
obvious
Year: 1876

fog on finance. No doubt the Jour
nal means well, however. We think
the Journal means TO exhort Republi-
cans to stick to the Republican nom-
inees for the Legislature-for fear the
U. 8. Senate should go out of the
Union! That's a good idea; for 1t
would be awful, indeed. If the Senate
should happen to leave. And the nd-
vice to not be coaxed to bolt the NOM
ination of Republicans ION other
than straight party issues" may be
good and all right, but we can't see it,
We naturally would suppose that that
would be the time, exactly when
they ought not to bolt; and we hon.
estly think the Journal did not mean
to advise any boiling of Republican
nominees, Notwithstanding the fact
that Church Howe is again arrayed
against the Republican party In this
county as he was two years ago. and
can use the Journal as a witness that
he is a man worthy the votes of the
people. Notwithstanding Howe, In
his place in the Legislature, voted all
the time, and every time, for Demo-
crat for U. S. Senator, yet he can
draw the State Journal on the people,
any time, and prove. so far as any
thing can be proved by 1t. that he is
all right, we, in a spirit of charity
and forgiveness, cannot help believ-
Ing the Journal when il advises its
readers not to bolt ION any other than
the straight party issues" meant to
say something else.
Year: 1876

SAN FRANCISCO, October 12-The
effect Of the Ohio and Indiana elec-
tions can hardly be considered very
marked here. Some of the more SAN
guine democrats profess to believe
that the election of Williams will have
the effect to throw California into the
ranks of Democratic states and the
rank and file of the party. Republi-
can leaders scout the idea that the re-
suit will have any effect on the vote
Of the state; that the reduction of the
majority of 1874 in Indiana is virtually
a victory under the circumstances. and
that while there may possibly be some
room for doubt as TO the result In this
city, the interior Is good for a hand
some republican majority IN Novem-
ber.
Year: 1876

Church Howe is the Independent
candidate for Senator from Nemaha
county; but We cannot imagine what
use he could be put to, as there will be
no grasshopper committee next win
ter.-Beatrice Express.


Oh! There's another Senator to
elect next winter you know, and
Howe will make Il useful to himself
if he can find another NeIs. Patrick
to buy him.
Year: 1876

When you hear a Democrat deny
lug that there are any outrages or in
timidation perpetrated upon the ne
groes of the South, and that All such
reports are radical lies, set him down
as either an ignoramus or a liar for he
is inevitably one or the other.
Year: 1876

The papers in the eastern part of the
State speak very highly of Col. Ma
jors our candidate for Contingent Con-
gressman- He is said to be a sterling
patriot and republican and if elected
will knock at the door of the House Of
r Representatives with an honorable
record TO introduce him to that body.
Red Cloud Chief.
Year: 1876

It is now claimed that grain can be
sent by railroad from the West to
Halifax, and thence to England, more
cheaply than by the ordinary water
routes. Should this be borne out, the
steamboat traffic on the lakes must
suffer further detriment from railroad
rivalry.
Year: 1876

Should Tilden be elected, these are
claims the the solid South will demand
the Confederate Administration to
pay. Let loyal men vote with their
ewes open, and not be deceived.-Chi-
cdgo Enterprise and Times.


If the law making power of the
Government should ever fall into the
hands of the Democracy this vast
amount of Southern Claims would be
paid. Every body who reads is con-
vinced of this by the bills presented
last winter In Congress to pay every
conceivable kind of damage done by
the Union army
Year: 1876

WALKER BROUGHT BACK DEAD - THE OFFICERS


SEARCHING FOR TIE PARTICIPANTS


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-The steamer which
left philadelphia last night with tho pugiliss Weldon
and Walker. and their friends effected landing on the
New-Jersey shore. ring was formed near Pennsville
aud the fight began. IL is said the Sheriff made an at
tempt TO interfere but restrained by the mob After


stubborn fight OF 62 rounds Weldon was declared the
winner The Sheriff informed the crowd that he would
follow the principals and such OF their abctors as nc
could recognize TO Philadelphia and prosecute them to
the full extent of the law


1t seems that after the gang had left Penn's Grove
they had seized two small boats and put the principals
nboard Wheeden 10 Is said landed at Chester and
escaped Early this evening the dead body Of Walker
was found ut the salt wharf at Greenwich Point The
news was conveyed to Police Headquarters and an IN
yestgaOn disclosed the fact that r0wb0at, containing
three men was seen about the wharf and 1t is supposed


that the people In u placed the body ashore The police
arr making every effort D find them, well as Whecdcn,
the hackers and all others in any way connected with
the yht Wheeden, wherever he i is said TO be badly
cut mn The dead body 81 Walker removed 10 his
fathers residence South, SecOnds IL presented q
horrible sight, the face and neck being battered and
swollen out OF all proportions
Year: 1876

was there any call for reduction On the contrary hcrs
was every for maintaining the forco as t was in
order not impair the efficiency Of the service In the
of the a large number of them were wives
and daughters OF deceased soldiers from various parts OF
the country. They placed In the departments here
during the war the only of support left and


very small proportion Of them have means sufficient 70
take them from the city even IL they have
anywhere TO go) or 10 pay their rent or
board after the close OF the month. There is
not person IN the city supposed to have the least pos
sibe influence at any OF the departments who has not
been beseged during every day OF the present week by
persons who seemed TO be the borders OF despair
praying that the little influence they might be
used to give them opportunity earn their bread and
support their helpless families
Year: 1876


The new United States 4l2 per cent funded
loan offered for subscription to-day at 1922 The
Fnaneier says its issue will probably have little
permanent effect the money market, the operation be-
ing substitution for existing stock hut effect will
be produced while the deposits locked up pending
the receipt of the new bonds.
Year: 1876

road was not opened. Those who have Oh
posed the enterprise from the first are eyi.
dently pleased at the announcement, and
few narrow gauge politicians, we are told,
will try to make capital out of it. Both par
ties are responsible for the Ogdensburg, and
about equally so, and if either never has TO
assume greater one they will be fortunate,
BY the Portland q Ogdensburg Railroad,
Portland has saved the business of the Saco
valley, which Boston roads had already PEN
etrated at North Conway when the Portland
enterprise reached that point. The building
OF the road, then, was question of future
growth or future decline. Had Portland al
lowed the trade of that region to be taken
away by the Conway road which would ere
this have been built 10 Fryeburg, the city had
as well gone into the ''fnished town" busi-
ness four years ago. But Portland has as
sumed the responsibility of building railroad
which in the course of ten years will do as
much or more than the Grand Trunk did
during its first twenty years for the growth OF
the city. BY assuming this responsibility,
the citizens may be compelled to pay two or
three coupons OF its bonds issued in aid of
the road, and what man of sense who is not
financial dyspeptic will say that Portland
has not acted prudent.y and wisely in the
matter?


We understand that the directors propose
to present the matter to the city government
and ask that the city take some of the COM
pany's bonds, being confident that in short
time the road will be able TO pay the interest
from its earnings.
Year: 1876

FROM what the argus says, we infer that
it thinks that the state is paying too much
for its printing. For four years the proprie-
tors Of the Kennebec Journal have been
doing the state printing on a contract SINH.
lar to that which was deemed the most advan-
tageous TO the state after advertising for bids
the present year. There can be no question
but that the price is very low. The trouble
has been that state officials have been al
lowed to do too much printing. That was
what Gov. DINGHY referred to last year, is
just what the PRESS has been saying for a
long time although we do not recollect that
the Argus has opposed excessive printing in
that direction. The Secretary of the Board
of Agriculture appreciating the objections to
so large report as he has sometimes made,
has reduced the size of the present volume to
one-half that of the years previous. We are
confident that the finance Committee, who
have the matter in hand, will report meas
ures to the Legislature restricting the size OF
the reports of the Superintendent Of Com
mon Schools and Insurance Commissioners
to half the present dimensions. The print
ing of the three reports above referred to,
costs about half of the expenditures under
this head.
Year: 1876

A GENTLEMAN.conversan with the affairs
of the Portland & Ogdensburg road says that
the Company would have met their interest
on the city loan had they given up the pro-
Ject OF making connection with the Vermont
Division this fall. 1t was deemed judicious
to expend the earnings of the road the past
six months for that purpose. He thinks that
all except those who desire to condemn the
great enterprise will decide that the action Of
the managers is warranted and will be sus-
tained. The business of the road is increas-
ing; and this connection with the Vermont
Division will turn a large amount of business
in this direction, which would be lost if the
Year: 1876

THE Democratic caucus at Washington
last week was quite harmonious, we are told,
and there is no doubt that 'compromise"
on the financial question will be arrived at.
Ofcourse. The compromise is of the old
fashioned Democratic kind. The hard-mon-
ey men yield everything, the soft-money men
nothing. To save the reputation of hard
money men for consistency There is none 10
save by the way) resumption has been set
down for the Greek Caends.
Year: 1876

We do rot read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
out as guaranty Ct good faith.


we cannot undelt take to return or reserve comnu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

In view of the fact that the Sub Committee
of Five reported to the Committee on Pacific
Railroads as to the Tom SCOTT subsidy bill,
it is pertinent to recall the resolution passed
in the early part of the session at the in
stance of Mr.. Holman:


ReSolved. That, in the judgment of this
House. in the present condition of the fnau-
cial affairs of the Government, no subsidy in
money, bonds, public lands, Inducements or
by pledge of the public credit, should be grant
ed by Congress to associations or corporations
engaged or proposing to engage in public or
private enterprises; and that all appropriations
from the Public Treasury ought to be limited
at this time to such amounts only as shall be
imperatively demanded by the public service.


This resolution received a vote of 223
members in favor and only 33 against it. Its
language is clear and unmistaksbe. 1t stands
almost unanimous protest against the
whole subsidy business. If the Pacific Rail-
road Committee adopts and reports the find
ing of their Subcommittee, it should be a
sufficient answer TO turn to Mr.. Holman's
resolution and recall members TO the policy
to which they have pledged themselves.
There ought TO be no need of debating the
question.
Year: 1876

Any party in want of Office Desks
of any style we are now prepared TO
furnish them at manufacturer whole
sale prices We will sell a splendid
Roll Top Desk with the entire system
of drawers opened and closed by ore
lock, on the combination principle.
Price $4,000 Retail price $l3O co.
About the first of Feb, we shall be
prepared to furnish all styles of Show
Gases at manufacturers prices; % per
cent. lower than they have ever been
offered in this city.
Year: 1876

IT is said that an attempt will be made in
the Senate 70 amend the Pike interest bill by
making 8 per cent. the legal rate of interest.
1t strikes us that this proposition is open TO
all the objections that hold against a lower
rate. Indeed, there are greater objections.
Eight per cent. being recognized as the legal
rate, lenders will stick for it who are now
willing to sell the use of their money the
same.as the merchant sells -four. Flour may
be worth six or ten dollars barrel, but pass
law declaring the price to be eight, and no
more flour will be sold for six. So the banks
which are now lending money for seven and
three-tenths per cent, under law making
eight per cent. the legal rate, will immedi-
ately begin to charge the borrower eight per
cent. because the law says that eight per
cent. is the interest fixed by law. Better let
the thing alone.
Year: 1876

We read an interesting account of the sssilent system" which is in operation atthe Holloway model prison in London, England. It is an offense for prisoner to speak one word, and he is never ad- dressed except in whispers, so that he may be in prison two years without hear ing the natural sound of the human voice. The effect of this is so terrible on the mind that prisoners will speak out in desperation at the risk of any punishment, rather than endure that horrible silence. They never see one another, but remain in perpetual soli- tude. There is fine hole in each cell, and as inc wardens wear rubber shoes,

 they can never be sure of not being watched. Every day the prisoners are taken to chaplain, and hear him only through an iron grating. And this is the order of devotion observed. Ward ems are constantly on the watch, lest for single instant they, through the whole of the service, depart from the rigid rule of "eyes right" They must look steadfastly at the preacher must raise and lower their prayer-book with the elbows squared, and all at once, like soldiers at drill. They may not scrape their feet without having afterward to explain the movement. They scarcely wink an eye or sigh without danger of rebuke or punishment ..N....