smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

This Is one Of the worst Indians in the
whole tribe. He was the leader Of the band
who committed the murders in December.
lie Is young not over twenty-one or twenty
two, but Is large and powerful lie Is not
a M7doc proper. but belongs to band of
Indians known in Siskiyou as the Como
Twashes. They are composed of remnants
of several tribes, and have long been re-
garded as thieves and murdcrers. Two of
them are in the lava bed-IIooka Jim and
the =" Doctors and even Can't. Jack was
said to he afraid of them. This Indian has
a bad face. lie, too. was one of those that
came out with Steele, and was the only one
that the Chronicle correspondent felt an
easy with, when on one occasion on the
route he was left far behind alone with him.
Ii was getting late in the afternoon. and
the party had got ten miles to ride when
they struck the " divide" a gap in the
mountain to the soGth of Little Klamath
Lake. There were five whites and fourteen
Indians. Steele and Fairchild led the party.
and came out of the trail and struck the
Lost River road. Steele put spurs to his
horse, and the whole party started for home
on a gallop, the Indians riding along heavi-
ly armed, with their feathers and iox-tails
flying like 50 many pennants. They yelled
and h0wled, and the party came down the
slope like flying Tam O'Shanters. some
thing getting wrong with the Chronicle
man 5 saddle, he stopped to fix it. which
took nearly twenty minutes Ilooka Jim
and Curly headed Jack. another Indian that
it would not do to trust far, seeing the cor
respondent stop, rode on few hundred wards
and stOppedalsO. When the latter mounted
he saw his own party fully two miles ahead
going like the wind. He started on 4 run to
catch them and the two Indians Joined him.
and all three went down the valley on a dead
run. The Indians rode their ponies one on
either side and seemed to be highly tickled
at the correspondent somewhat unskilful
handling of his horse Then they began a
series of movements, designed to friehten


the latter and make him deposit his precious
burden in the sage brush, and once Hooka
Jim, with yell, deliberately spurred his
pony directly against the horse, : a move
ment that nearly accomplished the desired
object. On the whole, it was an uncom-
Portable ride. and the reporter breathed
much lreer when he came up with Steele.
Year: 1873

John Schonchin, brother Of Old Schon-
chin, Jacks predecessor in the office OF
chief. is a man about forty years old. He is
4 lighter colored man than Jack, but good
deal stouter, being broad shouldered and
quite corpulent. His hair i long and
straight, and his eyes small and expression
less. His face Is pleasing in expression and
he i much less determined in look than the
younger chief. Schonchin is a rival for the
place occupied by Capt. Jack, he believing
he has n hereditary right to the Modoc
throne. Consequently he and Jack have
not been on very friendly terms. though in
their horrible plot they seem to have worked
together. He Is the man who shot Meach-
am, and inflicted the wounds from which
Meacham i likely to die Schonchin in all
these peace negotiations has been more cx-
acting in his demands than even Jack him
self. On the occasion of Steele's first visit
to the lava bed, he was les friendly than
any of the others He even went 50 far a.
to accuse Steele Of wishing to '' talk with
two tongues, and Steele had to make him
a sharp speech in reply to preyen; reeur-
renee of the insult
Year: 1873

Capt. Jack. the chief Of the tribe, and
author of the villanous plot, is full-blood-
ed M0dOc of about thirty years OF age,
though he looks much older. lie has good
head, though like all Indians, the forehead
Is low and retreating. His complexion Is
dark, being bright copper color, and his
eyes are black, full and piercing. His hair
is long, hanging down to the shoulders, and
his face is entirely destitute of beard. His
mouth IS large, and its shape indicates firm
ness and determination, though it by no
means denotes cruelty and baseness-traits
which Capt. Jack seems to possess above all
others. In manner he is cool. scli-posSessed
and very dignifed He insists upon being
treated with the greatest respect by all with
whom he comes in contact, and the chief
ruler OF forty millions Of people could not
lIe 4 greater stickler for official etiquette
than Is this same miserable savage. He
never smiles. His greeting Of biz visitors
on the occasion referred to was a splendid
exhibition of indifference and haughtiness,
notwithstanding at the time lie was 50 i'll
that he could not stand up. Before this
act Of trcachery he was believed to be the
soul OF honor. Settlers in the neighbor


hood who had many dealings with him said
that they never knew Capt. Jack to do 4
mean or base act, nor would he knowing


ly permit any member ofhis band to do one.
If any of the ranchmen ever complained of
any act Of peculation or other annoyance,


Jack was sure to visit punishment upon the
head of the offender. lie was elected Chief
of the tribe two or three years ago, and
Squire Steele Of Nreka. acted as Judge of
election-a fact which has always made
Steele Jacks friend. lie was the last man
in the tribe who it would be thought could
be guilty Of 50 base an act-an act entirely
out OF keeping with his past character.
Year: 1873

A man tried to burglarize the house
of Mr.. Smith, residing in the neighbor-
hood of the railroad track, but was sue
cessfully foiled in the attempt. 1t
seems that the fellow forced an entrance
through the back kitchen door by pry-
ing of the hasp, about 11;30 o'clock,
soon after the occupants of the house
had retired. The burglar, after getting
into the kitchen, commenced walking
around the room. Mr.. Smith, who
had not yet gone to sleep, heard the
fellow, but kept quiet. In few mo-
ments more the burglar entered the
hall which leads directly to the Sleep
ing apartment. About this time Smith
had gotten out of bed, and, arming
himself with bootjack and one of his
heavy boots, awaited the approach OF
the other. It was as dark as tor. and
as soon as the man came within striking
distance he let fly at him with his boot
jack, hitting him over the head. The
fellow beat a hosty retreat, but not fast
enough to escape the heavy boot, which
was thrown after him. When he got
into the kitchen he didn't know which
way to turn, as he had closed the door
when he came in. Before he knew
where he was he had fallen over the
stove, knocking half dozen tea kettles
and pots off with him. This created
such terrible din that Smith thought
four or five burglars were in his kitch-
en-, and was afraid to follow. Lucky
for the other that he did, for he had
become so demoralized by the fall that
he wasn't worth cent for fighting.
Getting on his feet again, he struck
for the door wildly, and this time came
in contact with rocking chair, and he
fell head over heels into tub of water.


His splashing and foundering around
in the tub of water terrified Smith more
than ever, and he began to think his
house was possessed of devils. The
man at last found the door, and jumped
down the steps he ran across the yard
likelightning, and th1time rushed into a
small hen coop, which he knocked
over, and killed several of the small
hens. What happened to him after
this no one knows. Suffice it, he has
not shown himself around those parts
SINCE ValtfJo (Cal) Independence.
Year: 1873

Horrible Effect or the New Liq nor


LAVA Wall OF anguish.


From the Msrlinsburg Independent, May


We are compelled to throw ourselves
upon the charity of our mail subscribers
and exchanges. An egregrious blunder
was committed yesterday, and it wa
all owing to the fact that Wednesday
was the lsst day OF the old liquor law.
We had clerk, mailing clerk alas
We bsve none Dow-he loved the spark
ling fluid, not wisely but too well, and
in bis desperation to show his love
therefor he took too much on Wedpes-
day night, and yesterday morning when
he put up the mail, mistook the flle
rack Tor the regular issue, and sent of
all our fIe papers. Those who receiv-
ed them will please return them. The
mailing clerk, however, need not return.
He may stay with the reporter who so
cony eniently locked bimself out from
two columns oflocsl. when in reality
be didn't have line.
Year: 1873

The committee of the Common Council appointed
to make the necessary arrangements for the pre-
sentation to the family OF the late Horace Greeley
of the album prepared by the Common Council
met yesterday. in the Aldermanc Chamber, Alder
man McCaierty in the chair In consequence OF
the absence from the city OF Mr. Whltelaw Reid
the committee adjourned till Wednesday next at
twelve O'Clock without transacting any business
except tnat OF passing resolution asking the
Mayor to make the presentation to the family.
Year: 1873

Lameness, or stiffness of the joints, and
soreness of the flesh, is relieved at once by
freely using Renne's Pain Killing Magic
Oil, and hundreds of families keep this
Magic Oil for their family doctor, and find
it all they need Try it. Buy it where
YOU usually trade
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST. The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is q fact worthy the attention Of consum-
Year: 1873

THE REMEDY. To escape the worthless
denominations offered under the title of
Flavoring Extracts and Baking Powders,
and force them out of the market, rests
wholly with the consumers, they are the
ones that have to suffer, Purchase only
those articles you know by experience to
be pure Look upon cheap goods as an
evidence of their adulteration and worth
lessness, upon those that dealers complain
of as being TO high to keep for sale as an
argument in their favor, for good pure
goods cannot be sold as cheap as worthless
ones, and afford less profit to the manu-
facturer and dealer. DR. Prices Special
Flavorings and Cream Baking Powder are
acknowledge by chemists to be the purest,
and the only scientifically prepared artic-
les of their kind in the market, and are
now used in a million homes and daily in
creasing in popular favor
Year: 1873

LNOR SALE-A SPLENDID PAIR OF BLACK CAR.
riase Horses, Is hands high sound aud kind duc


family Carriage by Lawrence double set Harness also
fine Horse black suitable for coupe l6 hands high
all to be sod owner going TO the country the only
Apply to Coachman. at the stable l39 West Twenty
fourth street
Year: 1873

will give you something of my expert
ence in butter making. When first be-
gan, I knew nothing concerning the man
agement of milk, having trusted entirely
to servants; did not even know the milk
had to be thick or sour before we could
produce butter. NOW get the praise for
choice butter. I always wash my vessels
thoroughly with cold, then hot water, af-
terward scalding; exposing to sun or pure
air, using one set of vessels in the morn
ing, and taking fresh ones for nights milk.
The milk should be kept the same temper
ature. If you allow your milk to freeze,
you lose the greater portion of butter. If
you allow your cream to become too warm
you will have light Indifferent butter. In
churning, if the milk foams or rises in the
churn. it is an evidence that the cream is
too cold which can be remedied by pour
ing portion of it into vessel and warm
ing on the stove.


Using part of the cream is sufficient,
being careful not to smoke or scorch it.
But few minutes is required to give the
proper temperature, and then but a few
minutes more is required to produce nice
golden butter. When the milk is scalded
with hot water, you produce white butter,
making thin watery milk. Churning
seems to be the greatest labor among farm
ers wives, because they do not know how
to manage the milk. Let the churn stand
near the fire, turning occasionally; churn-
ing slowly, or let alone until warm and
churn quickly. But in no case scald with
hot water, (as the general rule) producing
bad butter, spelling the milk and injuring
the sale of the genuine article. In regard
to dressing, have the bowl and paddle
clean and scalded dry, and rub with salt
to prevent sticking, working out all milk.
For present use, do not wash, as it is so
much better without washing; so that it
be thoroughly worked, and salted proper
ly. Butter for packing should be washed.
A FARMERS WIFE.
From the Rural Sun
Year: 1873

Robin Reddy was gently invited by one
of the police force to visit His Honor,
Esquire White, yesterday, to give an ac-
count of himself-the why and wherefore
one day. The excuse not being satisfac-
tory, he was requested as matter of COM
promise to donate to the city the amount
of S7-fine and cost.
Year: 1873

The Boston and Albany Railroad
has found that six of its conductors
were making enough on a salary of
$50 per month to buy diamond pins
and race horses, and they have been
retired.


Justice Swayne is now confidently
named by the Boston GtObe as the
man most likely to succeed Chase as
Chief Justice of the United States. He
is said to be the personal preference of
the President.
Year: 1873

- Los NIETOs, October 29th, 1873.


The weather is clear and warm, the
days and nights cool. Farmers report
Il good yield of corn, larger than was
anticipated in the early part of the
Season.


Why not have q sugar beet refinery
in Southern California? The Alvarado
mills are a success, as well as the re-
finery ut Sacramento city. There is no
place in America where the sugar
beet can be raised more cheaply and
with better success than in Los NietOs
valley. We'are credibly informed by
persons who have experimental i'll
they can be raised at cost of 81 per
ton, with a yield Of,5O tons per acre..
Seed that was sent to this valley from
San Francisco and planted in May
last, has proved beyond doubt that
they are a success here, growing in
in four months to the enormous weight
of ~ pounds each, where they were
not planted too thick. A lot OF those
beets have been sent to San Francisco
for assay, but we think the proper test
would be by sending a few tons and
make a run ON Los NietOs beets alone,
and that would give a true test of
their sacharine properties. 1t is a no
toriOus fact, that every pound of sugar
that is. used in Southern California
and Arizona, is shipped from SAN
Francisco. at cost sutfic lent to pay
for the raising of the beets in this val
lev. The amount of sugar used in
this country and nj Arizona, would
well pay interest on the cost OF mill.
While there is an immense capital
hunting investments on this coast,
and in the east, we think it would be
well for ,the' capitalists to give this
question some consideration. While it
is a fact that Southern California was
first settled over century ago by the
Spanish people, they only considered
the country adapted for stock raising,
and used it for such purposes for more
than a quarter Of century, but since
its settlement by the enterprising
Yankee, or rather the AnglO-SaxOn,
they have by persistent energy and
experiments, proved the fact that this
IL the most prolific country for fruits
and cereals, except aeheat, now. known
to the American people. This country
is yet in its infancy, there are yet
thousand OF acres of good lands unoc-
cupied, waiting industrious immi-
grafton, but what we most need is
consumers, we want home market
for the raw material, raised here,
and the only way to secure this
is to encourage manufacturing in
terests. A beet sugar refinery would
give us home market for large pro-
portion of our grain and vegetables;
for the men necessary to work the mill
must be fed. We want distilleries to
use up the great bulk of corn and fruit
raised. We have the wooden mills
at the city of Los Angeles, which is
one step in the right direction, and our
people shonld patrOnize them instead
of buying shOddy from the slop-shops,
and auction houses in San Francisco.
If we ever expect to develop our coun-
try and arrive at q point OF independ-
ence and self sustenance we must en-
courage home industry and economy,
and live upon what we raise; buy from
home manufactures rise above Sec
tional prejudices, and work together
rs one man. OBSERVER.
Year: 1873

APPLE FRITTEns.-Take four or Eve tart
mellow apples, pare and cut them in slices
and soak them in sweetened lemon juice !;
make batter of quart of milk, quart of
flour, eight eggs, crate in the rind of two
lemons, and add the juice and apples. Drop
the batter by the spoonful into hot lard, taxi
ing care to have slice of apple in each frit>
ter-Fr
Year: 1873

= An eastern reporter accuses another Of
having stolen his account of new meeting,
which was recognized by certain ear marks:
The retort courteous is that the first reporter
etshould tie his ears over the top of his head
while writing, to keep them out of the ink
bottle"
Year: 1873

have finally cum to the conclusion
that lager beer as beverage is not in
toxicating.


have been told so by German who
said he had drank it all night long, just
to try the experiment, and was obliged
to 60 home entirely sober in the morn
ing. / have seen this man drink eight.
cen glasses, and if he was drunk he was
drunk in German and nobody could un-
derstand it. 1t is proper enough to
state that this man kept lager beer sa-
loon, and could have no object in stating
what was not strictly thus.


believe him to the full extent of my
ability. never drank but three glasses
of lager in my life, and that made my
he'd ontwist as tho it was hung on the
end of string, but 1 was told that it
was owing to my bile being out of place;
and guess that it was so, for l never
billed over wuss than l did when l got
home that mite. Ny wife thot I was go
ing to die, and / was afraid that /
shouldn't, for it seemed as tho every
thing l had ever eaten in my life was
cummin to the surface, and | believe that
if my wife hadn't pulled off my boots
just as she did, they would have cum
laundering too.


Oh, how sick WIZ! Fourteen years
ago, and | can taste it now.


never had so much experience in so
short time


If any man shud tell me that lager
beer was not intoxicating,I shud believe
him; but if he shud tell me that wusn't
drunk that mite, but that my stumick was
out of order, shud ask him to state
over few words, jest how man felt
and acted when he was set up.


If l warn't drunk that mite, had sum
ov the most natural simptums that man
ever had that kept sober.


In the first place it was about so rods
from where l drank the lager beer to mi
house, and l wuz just two hours on the
road, and had a hole bursted through
each one of my pantaloon neez, and
didn't have any hat, and tried to open
the door by the bell pull, and hiccuped
awfully, and saw everything in the room
trying to get around on the back side Of
me, and in sitting down on chair did
not wait long enough for it to get exact
ly under me when it wuz going round,
and l sot down little too soon and
missed the chair about twelve inches, and
couldn't get up soon enough to take the
next one that come along and that amt
awl ;lny wife sed I wuz drunk as beast,
and as l sed before, began to spin up
things freely.


If lager is not intoxic ating it used me
most almighty mean, that l know.


Still l hardly think that lager beer is
Intoxicating, for l have been told so; and
l am probably the only man living who
ever drunk emmy when his liver was not
plumb.


don't want to say anything against
a harmless temperance beverage, but il
ever 1 drink emmy more, it will be with
my hands tied behind me and mi mouth
pried open.


| l don't think lager beer is intoxica-
ting, but if I remember rite, l think i,
tastes to me like glass Of soap suds
that pickle had been put to soak in.
Year: 1873

MANAGEMENT OF THE ELMIRA REFORMATORf-


THE NEW LOCAL OPTION BILL.


TBR TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBUSE.l


ALBANY, May 22.-Immediately after the
reading Of the journal the Senate resumed the consdera
ton Of the supply bill at the evening session. and had
not finished at the adjournment Most Of the large items
stricken out by the Senate Finance Committee have been
reinstated by the Senate The Buffalo Insane Asylum
secured an item for S3coOOO this evening, and the
Willard Asylum for $4,000 The motion to reinstate
the Assembly item Of S2OOOOO for the Elmra Reiorma
tory gave rse TO long discussion similar TO that which
occurred about tho asylum at Poughkeepsie. Mr. d. P
Wood called for the reading Of the report OF the Invest
eating Committee this institution, which was far
more damaging the management than in the case Of
the PouEhkeepsie Asylum.


The report states that tho building designed 10
have capacity to accommodate 500 persons. The esti-
mated cost OF the work $6SOO and there has been
expended 10 far S927O TO- leaving S3493 % s due TO
contractors In conclusion the report expresses the
opinion that no more money should be appropriated or
expended on this institution until its affairs be fully
investigated; the frauds that have been committed
traced to the perpetrators thereof that the work be
placed under different management and the system on
which the business carried changed to avoid Ia
cilities for cheating.


Senator Lord denied the accuracy ana justice OF the
repor aud said that IL made by Henry smith, aud
was.never read by single member Of the Committee
except the Chairman The motion rensert the item
was lost notwithstanding. II remains only 10 add that
the taxes for next ear will be about ms, eKclu
sive Of the Def Iency tax relevied.


fCESERAL PRESS DIsPATCH.l


The following is section Incorporated in the bill
reported last night, which provides for local prohibition
modified TO conform with the Governors views:


SIC H. At the time and IN the manner provided for in
Section ~ Of act the electors OF the several towns
and cities Of the State, shall trrmne ballot whether
the sale OF beer and ale shall be prohibited by law IN
their respective towns ana cities The ballot shall be
Tor the prohibition OF beer and ale" or Against the
prohibition OF beer and ae aud all the provisions Of
Sections 2 and OF this act shall apply 20 determine
the result Wherever majority OF those voting or the
prohibition Of beer and ale against the prohibition Of
beer and ale, shall decide by majority vote against the
prohibition Of beer and ale, the provisions OF this act
snail Do held not 10 apply 70 beer or ale.
Year: 1873

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 22.-In the Presby-
teran Assembly to-day Or. smoOt read report Of the
Committee on the non-atendance OF Scotch delegates,
and also recommended the appointment OF delegates to
the next meeting Of United Presbyterian Church in
Europe report OF the same Committee in relation TO
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church uniting with this
body was read and after discussion was recommtted


be Comnittee TO confer with like Committee from the
Reformed Church OF America in the matter OF more
closely uniting the church IN the love OF Christ was read
read III shows the semnarles in OuIishlng cOndboa
The report adopted. report Of the committee On
sion and some amendments, was adopted recess was
then taken till evening.
Year: 1873

In justice TO SIr. Allen, a Senator who represents
De extreme western corner of the State it should
be made known that he was the only Senator whose
sense Of justice and information on the question
enabled him to make any opposition TO the projected
iniquity. all the Democrats walked very delib-
erately into the trap. under the lead of the Hon.
Henry c. Murphy, Who seems to have been sent here
for the express purpose Of getting his own party
into scTapes and the party 10 which lie is opposed
out OF them. Had it not been for the invaluable
services of Senator Murphy the author of this
precious scheme for destroying the equality Of
representation would last year have been expelled
from the Senate THIS fact is very well known here
al Albany.
Year: 1873

A special dispatch to The Daily Necs from
Geneva says Father Hyacinthe In LIS in that
city attacks the confessional and celbacy. He also
urges election Of their priests by the people and the
use OF the Bible and liturgy the national language.