smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Chicago is beginning to be proud and naughty
nowi because there are 80 many ways in which
man can come TO his end there. One of its editors
says that everybody expects to die yioenty-conse-
quently there is an everdelightful anticipation OF
new and picturesque performances on that last stage
of all. Only give Chicago moro of something-no
matter what that something s-than any other city.
and she is Immediately prouder than peacock.
Year: 1873

Amusement seekers are reassured by the
report of the Fire Commissioners, who have
Just examined several of the minor theaters.
The structures are generally reported upon
favoraby so far as provision against fire and
for hasty escape is concerned. This may in
duce feeling of relief; but it would be more
encouraging if we knew that this last report
is any more trustworthy than the compre-
hensiye one made on the condition OF the
Fifth Avenue Theater day or two before it
was burned.
Year: 1873




was granted.


Major r. L. Ragland, of Halifax, from
the committee appointed to memorable
the legislature concerning the inspections
of tobacco, made lengthy and interestin,
report, from which we extract the following
recommendations:


Alter mature deliberation we recon.
mend that Planters Tobacco Exchange
be established in each of our large tobacco
markets, where the regulations of the
trade forbid the planter selling his own
tobacco in person, unless at the discretion
OF the board he is admitted a member of
their organization. If the Council gives
this measure the imprimature of its sane
ton, there will not be wanting good men
to take this enterprise in hand and conduct
it successfully and to the satisfaction of
the tobacco planters.


We recommend that resolutions of in
quiry be passed by the legislature, inquir-
ing whether the amended law passed at the
last session requiring that the proprietors
OF every such warehouse where tobacco is
inspected by law, "shall keep free of charge
to the planter, an open policy of insurance
upon their respective warehouses sufficient
to cover every loss by fire which any plan.
ter having tobacco stored therein may sus-
tain," has been fully complied with
whether charges by commission merchants
OF insurance against the planter is not an
Iniraction of the law, and what further
legislation is necessary to protect the plan
ter from all unjust and illegal charges.


The establishment of Planters Tobacco
Exchanges where the rights and interest
Of the planter are consulted and respected,
and the direction placed on each package
Of tobacco by the planter himself, to be
sent to the warehouse of his choice, will do
much to remedy the evil of which we COM
plain.


The report was received, approved and
put on file.
Year: 1873

The HIBERNIAN BALL.-There was
a large attendance of ladies' and gentle
men upon the second annual ball OF
the Ancient Order Of Hibernians, which
took place in Assembly Hall last night,
and the affair was one of the most
ENJOYABLE and successful of the kind, in all
its surroundings, that has taken place here
in long time. The gentlemen composing
the reception and floor committees were
very attentive id the discharge Of their re.
spectiye duties, and did their best to
please each and all of the vast assemblage.
Captain McCann's First Regiment band. fur.
nished the music for the occasion, and con-
tinued to keep those present in lively com
motion while fulfilling the varied pro-
gramme of dances laid down, until about
four O'Clock this morning, when the fes
.iyities ceased.
Year: 1873

SERENADE.-Last night his excellency
Governor Walker was complimented with
serenade by the Philharmonic associa-
ton and Kesnich's brass band, each Of
whom alternately waited delightful strains
of melody on the soft and balmy air.
Year: 1873

ST. MARKS FAIR.-The fair now in
progress at the corner of Ninth and Broad
streets, in charge of the ladies of St.
Marks church. nightly attracts large
crowds. 1t is not at all surprising that
such is the case, when the fair ones in at
tendance are each so sweet and interesting
as to draw half dozen young men in at
the time. We know how it is, we were
there last night. The fair closes Saturday
night. If you wish to enjoy yourself and
at the same time aid good and noble
cause, avail yourself of the opportunity
left by patronizing it.
Year: 1873

The lesson which has been taught us
at the late election was of the severest
kind, but after all good one for that
large number of Republicans who, in
stead of being active and watchful, were
too lazy or too confident in their good
cause to do their personal duty, while
the enemy used every strategem and the
hardest work to obtain success.


What is the use of having from ten to
twenty thousand more Republicans In
this State than Democrats if more than
that number stays away from the polls ?
The result is our defeat, but it is also a
powerful reminder of our duty for the
future. from which we have still the
brightest expectations for our canse. Our
opponents, who have been starving for the
loaves and fishes, will reform only for
their benefits. We shall see the expen-
ses of our State Administration increas-
ed instead of diminished, as was SO
loudly promised, and our resources
squandered as they never were before.
Thus the next election will find..t the Re
publicans all as one man, in the front,
striking down the political hirelings and
gloriously rejoicing in the supremacy so
wrestted from them and
so richly deserved in the defense of Re
publicauism and true liberty.
Year: 1873

NEW YoRK, November % "A Wash
ington special to New York paper has
the following:


During an ipterview with a prominent
Senator, President Grant is said to have
used the following iaBguage


when the government fills every
preparation for an aggressive and deten-
siye policy-fits out the navy and does
everything to make the army effective,
up to the time Of calling on troops you
eau put whatever construction you please
on such activity. Eve were to judge OF
such movements as civilians should say
they were warike | do not remember
of anything of the kind having been doue
IN this country, which was not a perfaci
to peace or satisfaction to our offended
honor So far believe our history sus
tains my assertion. If my message t.
Congress does not conver this idea, 1t will
be because | forget the words III which
to express it.
Year: 1873

The Republican party stands squarely
on the following platform


Opposition to the back pay lie legislation.


Opposition to all monorolies that tend
to oppress labor or interfere with the
rights of the people.


Opposition to the Lobby and all other
influences which tend to corrupt or in
terfere with honest legislation.


Opposition to further land grants. eX-
cnpt for educational purposes or immedi-
ate settlement.


Opposition to anything that tends to
extravaganza or corruption in the admin
istration of the Government


While the Democratic party with its
aiders and abettors stands on Opposition
to anything and everything the Rapubli-
can party proposes for The good of our
country or that it has already succeeded
in carr wing out
Year: 1873

1t is a good sign when a man is proud
OF his work or his calling. Yet nothing
is more common than to hear men find
ing fault constantly with their peculiar
business, deeming themselves unfortun-
ate because fastened to it by the neces-
sty OF gaining livelihood. In this way
men fret and laboriously destroy all their
comforts in the work, or they change
their business, and go on miserably shift.
ing from one thing to another till the
grave or the poor.house gives them fast
grasp. But while occasionally a man
fails in life because he is not in the place
fitted for his peculiar talent, it happens
ten times oftener that failure results from
neglect and even contempt OF an honest
business. A man told us the other day
that he had been following the same bus
iness for sixteen years, and he is success
full, too. A man should put his heart in
TO everything that he does. There is no
profession that has not its peculiar cares
and vexations No man will escape an
noyance by changing his business No
mechanical business is altogether agree
able. Commerce, in its endless varieties,
is affected, like all other pursuits, with
trials, unwelcome duties, and self lftryiug
sacrifices. 1t is the very wantonness of
folly for man to search out the frets
and burdens of his calling. and give his
mind away every day to consideration
OF them. They are inevitable. Brooding
over them only gives more strength. On
the other hand n man has power given to
hun to shed beauty and pleasure on the
homeliest toll, il he is wise, Let man
adopt his business and identify it with
pleasant associations, for Heaven has
given US imaginations, not only to make
US all poets, but to enable all men to
beautlfy homely things. Heart varnish
VIII cover mp innumernble evil defects
Look at the good things. Accept
your lot as a man does piece oi
rugged ground, and begin 10 get out the
rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow
the soil, to enrich and plant it. There
Is something in the most forbid,ling avo.
cation around which man may twine
pleasant fancies, out of which he may
develop honest pride. Young men. this
Is the way You must do If you ever in.
tend to be successful in life. Keep a
smile on your countenance always; and
yon will live probably twenty years
longer a.tr
Year: 1873

ODbcouo EOBSAA SoHNSs


A number Of postal cards bearing
obscene matter having been sent to the
Postoffice Department from different
points, the Postmaster General wants
it to be generally known that under the
Laws OF the United States the writers OF
such matter on postal cards are subject
to fine ofnot less than 500 nor more
than 5000 for each and every offense.


The Kickspoos. n-..


There is sufficient authority for stat
ing positively that the Government will
sustain Col. NICK enzie's pursuit and
punishment of the Kickapoos upon
Mexican territory, and there is little
reason to doubt that the recent visit OF
the Secretary OF War to Texas had for
it's main object the arrangement and
authorization of this plan for putting q
stop 10 Indian depredations along the
Mexican frontier.


Accepted.


The President was to-day informed
BY Ex-Governor Jewell Of his accept
ance Of the appointment as Minister to
Russia.


Attorney General Williams has been
requested by the Secretary of War to
give his opinion as to whether Fort
Redding, California. is military fort
within contemplation of the sixth sec
ton OF the act OF June II, 1858, so
that it can be relinquished or sold with
out the consent of Congress. He de-
cided that it is and that it cannot be
disposed of by the Government With
out the consent Of Congress.


suIt Commenced.


The Commissioner Of Internal Rev
enue has been notified by the collector
at Albany that the New York and
Hudson River Railroad has brought
suit tor money paid on the scrip diyi-
dend. The court has notified the U.
S. District Attorney to appear and des
fend the collector. The latter has
been notified that his offense has been
recommended by the government.
Year: 1873

CLEVELAND. May 29.-The body Of a
young woman, who has been employed
as a servant in the family Of Mrs. c. II.
Denzer, was found this morning in q
vacant lot at the corner Of Euclid
avenue and Kennard street. The girl
had evidently been strsngled to death Z.
as a piece of brown silk, twisted with q
strip Of white cotton cloth, was found
tied tightly around her neck. Parties
living in the neighborhood of the scene
OF the murder testified before the coro-
ners jury this morning, that last night
about six o'clock they heard screams
and saw q man running from the lot
where the body was found. The de-
ceased came to this city some time ago
from Cincinnati.
Year: 1873

IT seems that the removal of c. E. DeLong Minister to Japan was oc- casioned by the treachery of three persons whom he had assisted to posi- tions in Japan. One of them entered into the plot at the very time MT. DeLong was in Washington, trying to get him appointed Consul General. Now these creatures and their motives are understood and although they have succeeded in getting MT. DeLong removed from position where he was most useful, yet he will rise higher than ever before, while his maligners will sink below contempt. How often have we seen this trait of char acter developed in those we have loved and trusted and for no cause save that ambition leads small minds into the delusion that to rise they must tear some one down, and all such gener- ally attack first their benefactors. We have seen 1t so often developed that long ago we should have been misanthropic if it had not been for the fact that God in his wisdom and justice follows with quick and right eous punishment the perpetrators of all such wicked and heartless crimes and we can we'll afford to look upon the cheerful side of life and leave them to the tender mercies of Him who searches all hearts.
Year: 1873

WE understand that the Mexican arrested for the murder of Edward Lumley, at Kenyon station, while en route from Yuma to Phenix, Maricopa county, in charge of the Sheriff, was taken from him. by citizens living at or near Kenyon station and hung. The frequency with which the peo- pie have of late taken the law into their own hands cannot but be deplor- ed. If necessity exists for such action 1t is unfortunate and if no such necessity exists and it IS done, 1t IS worse than unfortunate. In the present instance the act it seems to us was lnexcusable. The Territory had offered and paid large reward for the arrest of the accused, the officers of the law had done their whole duty. those who had risked the danger and undergone the hardship of making the arrest turned him over to the civil au- thorities to be punished according to law, but those who remained at home and took none of the risks, after the prisoner was securely bound, took him by force from the Sheriff and hung him. That the accused ought to have been hung we do not doubt, and that he would have been legally we feel quite sure. At any rate the law should first have been tested and if that failed there would have been time enough then for unlawful pro- ceedings.
Year: 1873

at once erect 1t on the Hibernia mine. There is also considerable placer gold at different points being taken out.

 Thanks to the efforts of Delegate Mccormick and officers of the Army and to the untiring energy of General Crook. his officers and men, we shall soon have telegraph through the Territory and shall then be in almost instant communication with the civil ized world.

 Thousands of men are now at work grading and laying rails on the great Trans Continental Railway that be- fore four years have passed will be completed through the Territory and give us cheap and speedy transporta- tion to all portions of the United States.

 Our Territory is out of debt and we have money ahead in the Treasury; the counties owe but little and the credit of our business men abroad and at home is first class, probably no new country ever had so few failures as has Arizona. In view of all these facts there is no cause for any one who desires to make this Territory his home to be discouraged, and the sooner the doubting and discouraged individuals leave it, the better 1t will be for them and the Territory.

 A CONVENTION has been called to meet in Denver, October 15, next, to devise means to utilize the waters in the Western States and Territories for irrigating purposes, and to devel- op 8 water supply by means of arte- sian wells. An invitation has been extended to Arizona to send delegates  to said convention, but the time re- quired and expense of making the journey is so great that we do not be- lieve Arizona will be represented, but we feel no less interest in the subject that will come before the convention, and we will. cheerfully corporate to carry to a successful conclusion any means that may be adopted. We have millions of acres of land in Ari- zona as beautiful and productive as the sun ever shone upon, if supplied with water, that is practically value less without.
Year: 1873

grain money is scarce and times are dull in all portions of the Territory, and yet the outlook to the future was never half so promising. Farmers with few exceptions will be able this year to liquidate their debts; large numbers of them are accommodating stock and raising more vegeta bles than usual; many will make their own bacon and pork and all are paving the way to produce more to subsist upon and in that proportion will be compelled to buy less. More sub stantial Improvements are being made upon their farms and better agricul- tural implements are being accumu- lated. Instead of the taxable property of the country decreasing ill conse- quence of the low price of grain, 8 large increase will be shown by the next assessment. This will be ex- plained by the fact that no country is ever enriched by the accumulation of money alone, because money will seek avenues for investment and If not in vested in the country where 1t IS made 1t will go elsewhere. This fact is illustrated by glance at the richest mining portions of California, where millions upon millions were taken from the ground. and the country from whence 1t came IS now almost destitute of wealth and. population. Hence the substantial prosperity of Arizona does not depend. upon the money that can be annually made but upon the farms that are converted into comfortable homes, upon the stock that is brought upon our plains to consume the grass that would other wise go to decay, upon the manu- factories that are started to give en- ployment to our people, and to keep the means we have from going out of the Territory, and upon the mining enterprises that are developed to make market for our products.

 It is but few months since no stock could be found in the Territory except teams that were never allowed to run at large, or few bands of cattle that were strongly guarded by day and brought within high walls at night. Now go where you may and the stock has so increased that 1t seems as though it had sprung into existence by magic. It is but a brief period since there were no sheep in the Territory except few brought here for mutton; now there are sev- eral thousand, and many thousands more are expected soon.

 The mines, which are among the richest and most extensive in the world, have so far added but little to our wealth or prosperity, principally because the means that has been brought here for investment has been used by those who knew nothing about the business or were more fond of making show than of making dividends for the stockholders. Such has been the history of nearly every mining enterprise where any consider able sum of money has heen expend- ed. Poor men have been prevented from carrying on mining enterprises on account of the hostility of the h. dians, as no small number of men could live in any exposed location. In proof of this statement now that we have enjoyed few months of com- paratlve peace, operations by individ- ual miners are starting up Tn all directions. Arrastras are being suc- cessfully run at the Wallapai mines, Bradshaw, Walnut grove, Peoples valley, and besides, William Smith and Peter Taylor have erected and
Year: 1873

JESS So!-The moral regimen of many
people, says Boston paper, is just the
counterpart of the system of dietetics,
which begins with eating unwisely of
picked CLAIMS, then taking little bran
dy to settle the CLAIMS, then little Tar
tarean coffee to quiet the brandy, next
some kind of ice to silence the coffee,
and then cordial for fear of a chill.
The point is to avoid the clans.
Year: 1873

A Michigan lady recently corrected
her husband by pouring kerosene over
him and then set him on fire. In the
absence of other details it seems that
the punishment was decidedly light,
Year: 1873

When Crown Prince, he was one
summer morning walking in the gar
OF Potsdam in the simple uniform
which he usually wore. His path was
crossed by a poor old woman, vainly
endeavoring to coax or drive forward
her donkey, loaded with vegetables.
In her distress she called to the officer.
"What can 1 do for you, my good
friend ?" said the Crown Prince. 81
will take him by the bride and pull
him forward" said the woman, land
you go behind and push" At it they
both went. The old woman pulled
and the Prince pushed, until the little
animal was compelled to move. The
woman thanked the officer and said
''she would be always ready to do the
like for him." The Crown Princess,
who had witnessed the scene, now
came up and said remonstratively I:
"Fritz, what have you been doing ?"
II have only been following the ex-
ample of my dear father. I have 80
often seen him push donkeys forward
in my life, that thought there could
be no harm in my doing the same"


AS an instance of his wit, he once at
tended the first representation of q new
tragedy so stupid that he left the thea
tire after the third act. In the lobby
he found one of the servants asleep.
Poor fellow" said he, mo doubt he
has been listening through the key
Ole."-["Personal Recollections ofthe
Revolution Of 1s4S in Berlia," By TReo-
dore s. Fay. .-
Year: 1873

The opinion of Judge Sharswood, OF
the Supreme Court, in the case of Beale
against the Pennsylvania Railroad, is
one of great interest to the public as


well as to the railroad companies. The
case in the lower court was brought by
the widow and heirs of Thomas Beale
to recover damages for his killing by
the railroad company, at apublic cross
ing in the ivillage of Patterson. Mr..
Beale was driving across the railroad
track in a wagon drawn by one horse,


and was struck and killed by the Fast
Line east. On the trial, counsel for the
company requested Judge Bucher to
say to the jury, as a matter of Law, that
as the uncodtroverted testimony show
ed that the unfortunate man killed did


not stop before driving on the track,


there could be no recovery. The Judge
told the jury this was the law, but left
it to them to find whether the approach


of the train could have been seen by
Beale, and instructed them, if it could
not have been, they might find ver-
dict for the plaintiffs. This the jury
did, and the company took the case to
the Supreme Court. Judge Sharswood,


in settling the law, says: =-.. 81


"There never was more important
principle settled, than that the fact OF
the failure TO stop Immediately before
crossing a railroad track, is not merely
evidence ,of negligence for the jury,
but negligence per Sc, and question


for the Court. 1t was important, not
as much to railroad companies as to the
travelling public. Collisions Of this
character have often resulted in the
loss of hundreds of valuable lives-Of
passengers on trains-and they will do
so again, if travellers crossing railroads
are not taught their simple duty, not
themselves only, but to Others.
The Judge should, upon the uncontra-
dicted evidence, have directed a yer.
dict for the defendants" The Supreme
Court further decide that the ''duty OF
stopping Is more manifest where an
approaching train cannot be seen OF
heared, than where it can."-Pitts. Tel.
Year: 1873

The slate will recently offered for
probte in the West Chester, Pa, court
has been rejected by Judge Butler. 1t
was written eight or ten years ago, and
was found in a desk uncovered and
among number of books. The Judge
thought it more probable it was intend
ed as draft for a will to be afterwards
reduced in writing. The testatOr had
never told anyone she had made will
nor had she ever shown it to any one.
Year: 1873

The Shah of Persia knows how to
say pretty things to ladies, If we are to
believes a London journal, which says
that when he visited Queen Victoria,
at Windsor, he told her Majesty that
until then he had reck0ned his years
from the day of his birth, but that he
should henceforth date them from the
hour of his meeting the Queen of Eng
land.