smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

The emigration from Ireland is no
longer what it was ten or fifteen or TWEEN
ty years ago. Only little more than fif-
ty thousand person cmigratcd last year,
and the premises is that this year the
number will be even less--lcss than in
any year since 1858. This shows that
the situation of the people is improving,
that the evils of over population have
been alleviated by the vast emigration
of the past quarter of a century. 1t in
dicates perhaps more that the bad times
in this country have discouraged intend
ing emigrants from crossing the ocean,
The steamship lines between here and
Europe are either making no money or
losing money. They feel the loss of the
passage money of emigrants. The cen
tenlal will be a year remarkable for the
small addition of foreigners made to our
population.
Year: 1876

"THE most popular fashionable afiecta-
ton" says the New York Gazette,
among young ladies raSenous for social
notoriety is the 'Florada cough, which
is regarded by those who have been
abroad as fine substitute for Roman
malaria,' so fashionable a few years ago.
The southern maIady is supposed TO be
contracted sitting on the piazza of Il
Magnolia or Jacksonville hotel, flirting
and eating oranges alternately. Those
who have never been near either place
uacr dreadfully from the disease"
Year: 1876

BosToN, Feb. 21.-The funeral ceremo-
nies of Miss Cushman were very imposing
and many of the best people of the city
were present. A vast crowd were unable
to enter the church; the front pews were
reserved for the profession. Governor
Rice and several other State dlgnitaries
were present.
Year: 1876

As q matter of fact the Demo.
cratic House had nothing to do
with the admission Of Colorado.
The act was passed ut the last scs.
sion Of the forty-third Congress,
and was approved by the President
on the Sd Of March, 1875. The act
was passed by a Congress Repub-
.lican In both branches, and the
Republicans have the first vote Of
the new State. We do not know
that there was ever q State admit.
ted to the Union which did not
give its first vote in favor of the
party which admitted II, and we
think there is not one that did not
within q very few years range it.
self pretty decidedly ON the other
side. How it will be with Colo.
RADIO we do not venture to predict
Boston Advertiser.
Year: 1876

Judge Willard Of the Sonth Carr
olina Supreme Court thus expires
sed himself, from the Bench. upon
the defiance of that court.


"As the case now stands ali'in.
cident has occurred, rare IN the
history Of civilized society. Men
clothed with civil authority Of
limited character, subject to the
courts Of the land, have placed
themselves in defiance Of the high
est court in the State Of South
Carolina are now jcopardizing the
security Of justice and the security
Of peace. They are in an attude Of
defiance, not only against abstract
law, but against its embodiment in
this Court. They have brought
political death for a moment upon
the state and upon the nation.
They hold in their hands q Arc-
brand and they have applied 1t to
the whole structure that covers us.
I cannot believe that when thess
gentlemen come to consider when
they come to-nightto ask the favor
and protection oftheir God-when
they recall the sanctity of their
oath of office, l do not believe they
will longer resist the power Of this
Court. This Court is clothed with
majesty. We do not speak the
voice ofmen; we speak in judg
ment is the voice Of God. Every
legal power will be exhausted by
the Court to force from them
what their conscience does not
yield, and Whatever loyalty, fealty
and justice there is in the COM
Anunity will be exertcd 10 compel
By force what conscience does n9t
yieid."
Year: 1876

If worst should come to worst,
and fraud should be attempted,
Congress would have plenty Of
time to order and secure o
thorough investigation long
enough before the votes are count
by the two houses. Senator Ker.
nan.
Year: 1876

Real merit and excellence in merchandise will always command and retain the notices of a generous public. and while such in the case we anticipate only success for the carpets made by the ''Read Carpet Go. g and sold in Bridgeport by the enterpris. ing Dry Goods house of HALL & READ. This firm is also agent for many kinds of useful American goods and also present a carefully selected stock of House furnish ing goods, Domestics, and Woolen goods and large stock of Silks and Laces. j j
Year: 1876

The following proclamation has been is
sued by President Grant: Whereas, \ Joint
resolution of the senate and of the house of
representatives was duly approved on the
18th day of March last, which resolution is
as follows Be 1t resolved by the senate
and house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assembled,
That it be, as hereby recommended by the
senate and house of representatives, to the
people of the several states, that they assem-
bic in their several counties or towns on the
approaching centennial anniversary of our
national independence, and that they cause
to have delivered on such day an historical
sketch of said county or town from its for
nation, and that copy of said sketch may
be filed, in print or manuscript, in the clerk s
Office of said county, and an additional copy
i'll print or manuscript, he filed in the office
of the librarian of congress, to the intent
that a complete record may thus be obtained
of the progress of our institutions during the
first century of their existence; and whereas,
il is deemed proper that such recommends
ton be brought to the notice and knowledge
of the people of the United States, now
therefore l, L. $. Grant president of the
United States, do hereby declare and make
known the same, and hope that the object of
such resolution may meet the approval of the
people of the United States and that proper
steps may be taken to carry the same into
effect.


Given under my hand, at the city of
Washington, the 2Jth day of May. in the year
of our Lord 1876, and of the independence
of the United States the enc hundredth.


BY the President L. s. GRANT.


HAMILTON FIsHi Secretary of State.
Year: 1876

A couple of days ago n squaw died out
at Yankee Blade, and the Indians buried
her and her infant together, without
taking any trouble of making a corpse Of
the latter. II is n custom Of the Piutes
and Shoshones to bury the dead mother
and living child together when the latter
is too young to help itself In this in
stance they dug hole, threw tho woman
into it, and laid the infant on her breast,
covering them over with brush. In ex-
planation of their conduct one of them
said: "Baby no good; no got milk;
bimeby heap cry; die pooty soon any
how" 1t would be an impossibility to
convince an Indian that he is doing
wrong by thus abandoning helpless
infant as a prey 10 the coyotes and car
rion birds it was the custom OF his
fathers, and he can see no wrong in IT.
A white man does not like TO interfere
in such a case, for to try and rear the
child would be hopeless task, and no
white man would feel justified in dash
ing its brains out with a stone. Besides,
the Indians would feel greatly aggrieyed
at any interference with this pleasant
usage Of theirs.
Year: 1876

THE AUNT's REMEDY.-The Dubuque
Herald says of resident of that CITY ::
" He and his new wife visited his good
old aunt, and she asked hundred ques-
ticns on the all-important subject to her.
He was prefuse in his answers, being
only too happy to extol the good qualities
of his young wife. He concluded the
eulogy by telling the old lady that his
wife had a wonderful sweet voice, and a
'mezzo soprano of extraordinary COM
pass The good aunt looked over her
spectacles with concern in her eyes and
said: Hez she? Well, now, yer aunt
Lucy used to be troubled with that a long
while ago, and she used to put a mustard
plaster to the sOles of her feet and take
catnip tea and it give her sight of
easiness. Just have your wife try that
and I'm sure she will git better"
Year: 1876

We would finally remark to our read


ers that acreage reports from other
sources may, in all probability, show II
much larger increase in acreage than
ours, and to this we would say that those
reports of last year showed a deficiency
of two hundred thousand acres less than
actually planted, which may have occur
red from late planting not taken into
account, or process of estimating which
we look upon as anything bat sure
guide. There is but one road by which
to reach the proper and correct average
report, and this is to ascertain the actual
average of each county planted, which
plan we think we have endeavOred to
carry out. All now depends upon the
weather what sort of crop we may
market, and we shall for the future keep |
oul readers fully posted on the subject. |


Table showing acreage reports of the |
several cotton states for the last three |
years also percentage of increase and
decrease:
Year: 1876

New York correspondence to the n
o. Picayune, dated May 1lth, reports
some pretty severe losses on cotton.
Parties who bought on a margin have
put up and up with each material decline
until many of them can do so no longer,
and they are now being sold out-some
of them at loss of l cents per pound.
Thus, July deliveries, for which I4l
cents was agreed to be paid, were closed
out at 12B. OF course no one dreamed
of such n fall, and the best minds on the
exchange have this season been at fault.
That prices are near bottom, however
is pretty generally conceded for with
cotton but a fraction over sixpenCe in
Liverpool and - $40 cents in this
market, it would seem to be about as
low as anyone could ask it. There is
but one explanation of this condition of
the cotton trade, and that is the dulIness
in our own and the manufacturing in
terCsts all over the world. The sterling
exchange market-so far rs the amount
of business is concerned-is very similar
Il Mt of cotton, and where few years
ago an importer would order e2O, 900 to
100000 of exchange, he now orders
E5,0c0. Seldom has there been greater
complaint of inactivity among our ster-
ling exchange men than at The present


ime.
Year: 1876

IN order to act intelligently against
the cotton worm, southern planters are
advised by Professor A. r. Grote to act
in concert. He further recommends
that, whatever agent is employed To de-
stroy the worm, be used against the first
brood that appears in the locality, so as
to prevent its spreading farther. 1t is
highly desirable that the life-history and
habits of such insect pests should be
thoroughly studied, with view to their
determination.
Year: 1876

Crops prospects in almost every section
appear to be looking as favorably as
could possibly be wished, though we
notice throughout the southwest there
is more or less complaint of lack of
rain. Corn and cotton are both suffer
ing from this cause, particularly in
Texas. In some portions of that state
we also observe the inevitable chinch
bug has made its appearance. The
farmers, however, are in the habit of
making altogether too much of this mis-
chievous little insect, and the public
have learned by this time not to esti-
mate too highly its anticipato1y powers
of destruction. From the northwest we
have no information that is not iavora-
BILE, if we except some reports from
northern Illinois and Iowa, where it is
said but little small grain is in sight as
vet. In the middle states the preva-
ience of unreasonable cold weather is n
drawback; so far, however, it has not
been attended with any very serious
result.-N Y journal Of Commerce.
Year: 1876

of the money saved in the price of fuel
is something that will give satisfaction to
imaginative people all summer.


The facts, rs proved by Gen. Pleas
anton, are exceedingly valuable without
doubt, and no mind can measure the ex-
tent of their uses and their limitations
to both vegetable and animal culture,
and lis capabiity of easy adaptation to
every day things, and the ease with
which the theory is comprehended has
already set one half of New York crazy.
Not that lunacy is an unsual thing among
our people, but science is seldom its cause.
Year: 1876

We doubt II the boys that are pushed
through a full course in the famous Boston
schools will be as well fitted for action, either
in the profession or the trades, as their
fathers were who got all their education in
the little country school-house when the
school term included only four months dur
ing the fall aud winter. Four months OF
schooling in book-knowledge, aud eight
months Of schooling in play and work dur
ing each year, gave these men start in life
and good start II was too, as their success
in business has proved. Let us see what
that old system gave them. In the first
place, fair average knowledge of the essen.
tial rudiments of book education At six
teen they were not illiterate They knew
arithmetic well enough for business pur-
poses. They had fair knowledge of geog-
raphy. They knew how to read. Not only
was the knowledge of reading theirs, but the
taste was theirs also. Having fewer books,
they naturally digested their contents better
Moreover they had sturdy bodies, healthy
stomachs, clear heads. Better than all
they had formed the habit and the love of
labor. Their necessities made them prac-
teal. The prime object of education, which
is to teach every one how to get his own liv-
ing, to make him sei-supporting and indie
pendent, was realized. Now, how is it with
the boys Of to-day2 What do they do
Study, study, study What do they learn
Books, books, books The whole school
system might be likened to a huge conspir-
acy not to put vitality into boys but to
take it out OF them. The stomach is fe-
vered. The brain is feversd. The brain is
worried by the premature strain upon it.
The nerve force is exhausted by continuous
toll. The physique is neglected in its cul-
ture. The hoy takes the first prize at the
Latin school, is famous among his mates at
the close Of the term, and that is all the
world ever hears OF him. The education
which books give, they have. But the edu-
cation which work gives, they have not.
And the worst of it is, the forces which
should make them strong in performance,
have been weakened and drained out OF
them by the excessive discipline to which
they have been put. Again we say chat we
doubt if the educational system Of Massa.
chusstts to-day is as well calculated to make
boys into men as vas the system of forty
years ago. There is such a thing as over.
schooling.-Goiden Rule.
Year: 1876

A MURpEnous SEA FLowER.-One Of the
exquisite wonders of the sea is called the
opelet, and is about rs large rs the German
aster, looking, indeed, very much like one.
Imagine a very large double aster, with ever
so many long petals of light green, glossy
as satin, and each one tipped with rose color.
These lovely petals do not lie quietly in
their places, like those of the aster in your
garden, but wave about in the water, while
the opelet generally clings to a rock How
innocent and lovely it looks on its rocky
bed Who would suppose that it could eat
anything grosser than dew or sunlight
But those beautiful waving arms, as you
call them, have another use besides looking
pretty. They have TO provide food for
large, open mouth, which is hidden deep
down amongst them-so well hidden that
one can scarcely find it, Well they per
form their duty, for the instant a foolish lit
tie fish touches one of the rosy tips, he is
struck with poison as fatal to him as light
ming lie Immediately becomes numb, and
in a moment stops struggling and then the
other beautiful arms wrap themselves around
him. and he is drawn into the huge. greedy
mouth, and is seen no more. Then the
lovely arms unclose and wave again in the
water looking as innocent and harmless as
though they had never touched fish.
Year: 1876

MORE BULLIoN.-Col. Bigelow and Mir. Mulvenon brought in from the Turkey Creek furnace, on Wednesday, ll6 pounds, avoirdupois, of refined silver bullion, unas- saved, but evidently considerably finer than 300, taken from a portion of the ore from the Peck tunnel. We saw the bullion in two large pianchas at finders tS Rowe's store, and although silver is coming down almost to be reckoned as base metal, yet it is good to know that there is plenty of it in the ground, so that in case we get short of cop per, tin and lead in the manufacture of complexities, water-pipe and the like, we can count on silver to fall back on. The fur mace is now making another run on the same ore.
Year: 1876

SCHOOL HoUsE.-Yesterday we made run over to the new brick school building just as the brick layers were finishing their par. of the contract. The brick work is now finished and the carpenters have the job in hand. The roof timbers are all on the main build Ing and the workmen are laying .he shin gies. The tower is up above the top of the second story walls. from whence steeple of wood will be put up extending from 20 to 25 feet higher this will be the belfry as well as an ornament. Master Frank Jackson, one oi The most industrious boys in town, super intends the mule power engine that hoists 'ne brick and mortar. And when the build 'ng IS complete and he becomes a student sithin its walls, though he cannot say like nfoderick when he became Senator of the o.S. 'I have but to turn to the beautiful ,0'uinns tEat adorn this Capitol to behold the uAndy work of my father" he can with a ueart swelling with honest pride point to ,.e orlcks and morter that compose this mo- ~ u'e structure and say: "I helped to put them there.n
Year: 1876

This has been remarkably dry season thus far throughout this Territory with the exception of few spots here and there where it has rained eopiously. Here in Prescott we had but one rain during the month of July that could be called rain, and that lasted less than an hour, whereas last year a rained almost each alternate day through out the months of July and August. At Will Hanson Valley they hada fine shower last Friday night that has given the farmers great encouragement and on Lower Agua Fria the crops are not suffering but in most other To- calities we hear that unless it rains within very few days the crops will be very short.
Year: 1876

SECOND BOSTON PARTY.-The second party

 Of Boston colonists, consisting of 47 men, '

 wagons, 20 mules and two horses. arrived

 here, on Wednesday, from San Francisco Mountain where they had gone with the ex- peclauon of finding the first party, of fifty, comfortably housed and busy with the crops, but III stead they neither found men. crop.

 nor land suitable for their purpose. and, like thelr predecessors, kept on into Prescott

 where they seem to be at loss to know just

 what to do. The owners of the teams con- stltute the Company who undertook to bring the Colony to Arizona, under a msappre-

 henson of the character of the country hay Ing received their information, like the bal ance Of the Colonists, from one Judge Coz zens who represented the country we'll adapted to colonization, and as they all found the contrary to be the fact on their arrival at San Francisco Mountain, those who had paid their money to be brought here concluded that it would only be fair for the Company to take them back to the end of the railroad, or on into California. This the Company appear to be unwilling 10 do, having as they consider discharged their P"At Oi NiiO "Oih III LII IHelllS llciil HcIt

 If the party really desire to form a Colony and engage in farming, the better plan, as it seems to us, would be to look about for a suitable place rather than give up and start back, simply because they have been de- ceived as to one particular location. We have always considered Arizona, as a whole, unfit for colonization, and that individual enterprise was best suited to it, but we un- derstand there are valleys large enough, and unclaimed lands in sufficient bodies to SUD- port quite colony either on Salt River or the head of the Gila, and if these people are particularly anxious to live in communities, it seems as if wise thing for them 10 do would be to examine these localities before deciding their enterprise a failure. They are nearly all young men of good health and muscle, and if they decide to give up the community notion and rely upon individual effort, there is certainly nothing very dis couraging in the fact that San Francisco Mountain is not garden of Eden. Thou sands have come and are coming from Kan sas and other countries under quite as un favorable circumstances as those from Bos- ton, and yet they all seem to find something to do, and are not discouraged nor sorry that they come to Arizona.
Year: 1876

The boys at the Pos. were paid off on Tuesday and have had lively time get ting rid of their money ever since. Whether any of them have been "roled" or not we have moi ascertained, but is quite common. after payday, to hear of such thing, and some of the more experienced appear to feel as if they had been. neglected if, after nights debauch, they have not been relieved of whatever change they happen to have about them
Year: 1876

The ball given by Professor Wentworth, at Lnke's Hall, last evening, was the most pleasant affair We have attended for long time. The Professor we'll .understandsI the management of such entertainments, and We bespeak for him a good patronage in his dancing shool and skating rink, of which he will give notice hereafter through the MINER. The dancing school opens next Wednesday evening at the Hall.
Year: 1876

We certainly expected to hear, by yester- days mail, of the arrival of our Press in San Francisco, and its shipment thence for Ehrenberg, but nothing came, consequently we are left in the dark. If it did not reach there in time for the Steamer of the 20th there will be no show for it to come forward until the 9th of August, in which case it can not arrive here before the first week ill Sep tember.
Year: 1876

J. NJ. McArthur, Agent and correspondent of the san Francisco Mining and Scientific Press, is in town. The Press is the best mining paper published anywhere, and those who desire good reliable authority on all matters pertaining to this important indus try cannot do better than 10 subscribe for it and thus keep themselves posted.
Year: 1876

Those new lamps and chandeliers in l.. Bashford IS Co.'S. store add fifty percent to the appearance of the place in the evening when they are lighted up. They let down and up by new principle and are easily wprked
Year: 1876

l most respectfully offer myself q candidate for County Treasurer of Yayapa county BeiIg resident of the county for ten years the old settlers nearly all acquantet with and the settlers hnd out who am by asking almost any old resident My name before you last election for Supervisor and was elected by hatering vote. but change in my business compelled me tO resign afier taking the office, which think will be overlooked by my friends who hope will come forward with recruits and 1 Mill endeavor to de my part il elected.

 BENJ II. WEAVER.
Year: 1876

Our friend F. Kearney, erewhile the ma nipuator of the electrical current at Fort Whipple, in which position our relations were such that we found him out to be mighty good man, has bought out MT. Jos. Dougherty in the Nugget Saloon, and is now handling another quality of lightning, and they do say it is more strengthening than an application of the current from the poles of a galvanic battery. Treatment in this establishment

 ''Makes man forget his woes

 And mind his griefs no more."