smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

with interest from January 1879 And is expressly
understood that the payment made on account Of
either principal or of the bond shall not
sttute debt OF the bank, except, however that all
payments made shall be returned with interest by
the bank pro rata out OF any actual surplus acquired by
II exceeding 500 000 Such payments shall be made
pro rdta until the whole amount paid shall be
turned, with interest


whenever the actual surplus shall exceed the amount
OF $780, 600 exclusive Of the bond then the bond shall
be discharged forever.n


The trustees claim that no proceedings against them
for the amounts in the bond could be legally sustained
until January 1883 but Il will be by the wording
oi the bond that they agreed 10 pay the money con
January l. 1883, or six months after demand there-
for" From this il appears that they liable any
time after six months has been given them de-
manding the amount OF the bond


Alter the bond had been completed a special meeting
was called by Bank Superintendent Howell Decem-
Der 80, 1872 Hc recommended the bank 70 60 on; he
liked the spirit manifested by the trustees and officers
and thought that they would succeed in tho interest Of
the depostors and instructed the Board deposit the
bond papers with the department
Year: 1875

The Jersey City Journal says; The
majority Of people would be rather
incredulous II informed that a man
was choked to death by an oyster,
but still it is not beyond the range OF
possibility that it could happen. The
case about to be reported did not end
fatally. Johhson-for that is his name
may be truly thankful for thai, and lis
presumed Reinhard or some other
coroner will be sorry.
johnson Is passionately fond of
oysters, and yesterday went into an
oyster place IN Third street to store
away a supply. How 1t happened
will perhaps forever remain mystery
but while Johnson was making good
headway in slowing away his cargo
his spoon dropped from his nervelest
grasp, and lie clutched wildly at the
| table-cloth.


His face changed rapidly from pale
to red and from red to almost black
He was choking, without doubt, anc
some one ran for u doctor. With
cough that shook the floor, the OBJ
struction was removed, and johnson
gave prolonged sigh OF relief. Those
who were present laughed on seeing
the favorable turn of events, bu
johnson an grily said it was no laugh
ing matter, and that he thought at on,
time he had eaten his last oyster,
Year: 1875

(HaSh. Cor. Rochester Express)


There is certain Colonel here who
represents the Cherokee nation in the
lobby He is certainly enamored with
the fair Winnie. Miss Sculp allow me
to present Mr.. Scalp-child of art
child OF nature! don't know whether
we are to have another Parker affair
but certain it is, Winnie connot go
into her milliner's to purchase whole
bcne for her corset but thel red man Us
on her trail The day saw the fair
pale face patching up Farragut the
dusky brave was there. Itell you Coop
er should have lived to see the "Indlan
of the falcon glance and lion bearing"
gazing with eagle eye on the child OF
his white brother. As she Strengthened
out the Admiral's nose, and took areef
iu his neither garments, pure prayer
went up from the dark bosom of the
Cherokee to the Great Spirit that he
might inlcine the heart of the white
fawn toward him. 1t was too muct
for me. went out and INDUCED il


some tireWateT.
Year: 1875

"ALREADY in this Clinton affair we see
"the marks of bad blood among the blacks.
"They begin to strike back-as they ought
"to." Such is the deliberate opinion Of
the New York Herald after waiting two
days and having closely analyzed the cir
cumstances connected with the Clinton
riots. There is more ofthe "bloody shirt
spirit in this advice to the blacks to 'strike
back" than can be found in the columns Of
all the Republican newspapers in the coun-
try combined. In fact, the advice OF the
Republican press to the blacks Is that they
shall submit to murderous persecution and
rely upon the impartial execution of the
laws for the punishment of their perse-
cutors. That impartial execution will be
sustained eventually when public opinion
is aroused by such 'fncendisry" appeals
ss this one from the Herald, and the peo-
pie begin to understand that there are two
sides to these Southern questions, and that
their fellow-citizens on either side are
equally entitled to recognition or consider
alton under the laws of common country.
Meanwhile let the Herald beware, or it
will soon be ranked as an "1ncendIary
bloody organ" We doubt whether
ii would have the moral courage to. con-
tinue to tell the truth after that.
Year: 1875

[From the New York Commercial Advertiser


If General Grant reads the Utica Herald he
must be convinced by this time that 1t will be
useless for him to attempt to- bully the Ma
tional Republican Convention into renomi-
mating him next year unless he considerably
changes his tactics. The other day that journal
printed a list Of the papers in this State that
favor and oppose third term, by which 1t ap-
pears that the Presidents organs are
wretched minority. The miserable sheets that
get down and abase themselves before Grant
are the Troy Times, the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser and the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. Those that oppose the third term
with tooth and nail are the Lowvllle Repub-
Redn, the Albany Express, the Cortland Stand
ard, the Utica Herald, and several journals of
character and influence, such as Hdrpers'


Weekly, the Albany Journal, Newburg Journal,
and Rochester Democrat. This is o bad show
ing for Mr.. Grant. It Is evident that he Is not
making judicious use Of the millions the Sun
charges be appropriates every year. It must
be clear to him that he requires more than the
army to lean upon-he needs moral as well as
physical force. Now, the editors of the Utica
Herald and Albany Express are not what Sun
day-school teachers would call moralists, but
they would be willing for a consideration to act
IN tnat capaclty. bOtn THESE writers IKE Office
as well as Falstgf did sack-and he loved sack
enormously. The Herald man turned Liberal
or something else because the people did not
care to see him in Congress again, and the
young man with the powerful mind who pre-
sides over the destinies of the Express had
little difficulty with the Republicans of Albany
over school commisssonership that another
man got. Therefore, he expressed himself on
the fence with neatness aud dispatch, and
there he remains TO this hour diverting him
self with clarion cries, mo third term,
no third term," " hile from his elevated posi-
ton he keeps his eyes open for any vacant
ofice he can slip into. These are samples of the
illustrious patriots who fear that the country Is
Year: 1875

Now THAT the wealthy bankers of the
Pacific Coast are making complaints of the
unreliability of the Associated Press dis
patches, the members or incorporators Of
the association begin to pay some attention
to the matter, and the Herald hints that an
explanation is in order. When complaints
of the same character were made by the
poor blacks and their political associates in
the South, the Herald was silent. 1t is the
only paper among the incorporators that is
powerful enough to correct these abuses;
but it should understand that mere hints
or ironical defence will not effect the de-
sired result. With its almost fabulous re-
sources its energetic proprietor could de-
stroy at one blow the pernicious influences
which injure the reputation of the associa-
ton. Will he do it?
Year: 1875

Gov. AMEs' request for aid from the
General Government in quelling the disor-
ders which prevail in the State of Missis-
sippi is not unexpected. 1t will undoubt-
edly be granted, and the action Of the
Administration in so doing will receive the
hearty approval of all those who desire to
see peace restored in that section. The
people of the North are beginning to
understand that these Southern outrages"
are not the myths the Southern Democracy
would have us believe them to be, but are
solid, substantial facts, requiring serious
consideration and grave treatment. The
opinions of the press regarding the Clinton
riot, which we print on our first page this
morning, sufficiently prove this, and at the
same time will serve to encourage the per-
secuted Republicans of that vicinity with
the knowledge that they have not alto
gether been forgotten by their Northern
fellow citizens.
Year: 1875

THE President has acted with great pre-
caution thus far in the matter of the Missis-
sippi troubles, and will no doubt continue
to do so. The decision of Attorney Gen
eral Pierrepont that the Executive procla-
nation of last December, commanding all
disorderly and turbulent persons in Warren
county to disperse within five days from its
date, is not yet in force, will clear the case
of any semblance Of connection with pre-
vious troubles, and will remove all liability
on the part of the Government to be CEN
sured for an assumption of authority.
Gov. Ames has thereby been enabled to act
independently Of any consideration grow
ing out of the past and the Government
will respond without delay.
Year: 1875

THE New York Herald calls attention to
the fact that the murdererS of innocent COL
ored citizens go unpunished in Mississippi
and appeals to the better classes of that
State to see to it that they are apprehended
and tried for their crimes. 1t holds the
example of the better classes of Georgia up
to them as worthy of imitation. Evidently
the Herald has not read its own accounts
of the recent scare" in the latter State.
From those accounts it would have learned
that unoffending negroes were killed, and
that no attempt to punish their murderers
has been made. From this-its own
standpoint we fail to discover any differ
ence between the two cases except that the
enormity and extent Of the murderous
depredations in Mississippi have exceeded
those in Georgia.
Year: 1875

exercising their franchises in obedience to
tie crack of the masters whip. And they
imagine that if they could get rid Of those
honest patriotic and industrious men whom
they stigmatize as "carpet-baggers." so
that the negroes could no longer obtain the
counsels Of such devoted friends, they
could then obtain the colored vote for the
Democratic party,
Year: 1875

'PUBLIc opinion supinely tolerates these
outrsges on the weak and unofending'' is
the verdict pronounced by the New Yorh
Herald on the Clinton riots and the listless
attitude Of the White Democracy Of Missis.
sippi regarding them. That the Herald,
with its usual indifference to public opinion
and avoidance of what it calls the "bloody
shirt, " should feel compelled to give such
an opinion to the public is significant to say
fha least
Year: 1875

WHILE some of the Democrats are i'm
pudent enough to claim that their party will
carry Ohio on the 18th of next month, no
one pretends that there is chance oi
Democratic success in Iowa, which State
holds an election for Governor, State Off
GERS and Legislature the same day. In fact,
the Iowa Democratic papers are so ashamed
of their platform that none of them have
printed it more than once since its adoption.
From all accounts, however, the Republl
cans will enjoy the opportunity of celebrat-
ing double victory on that day.
Year: 1875

GORDON AND LAMAR want the negroes
to aid them in driving the carpet baggers"
out of the South. By carpet-baggers"
these statesmen % mean all Northern men
who do not vote the Democratic ticket


They beg for immigrants, but they only
want one sort. If they cannot have white
men With the souls of slaves they do not
want any others. They have negroes
enough-more than are politically tracta-
BILE. What they want now is willing hands
who will both delve and vote as they may
dictate. They have no use for men of in
tellieence, refinement and spirit. They do
not want any native freemen whoare above
Year: 1875

A French journalist met with a strange
pet the other day. when paying a visit.
While he was talking he noticed some
thing moving on the carpet which was
neither dog nor cat. On looking again he
found that it was fine lobster, dark gray,
s,otted with red. and thought it must
have escaped from the kithen. The lady
smiled and said. - must tell you the his
tory of my pet. Some months ago
bought 4 lobster. and as it was not wanted
for dinner. my cook left it in the water in
the kithen. l was going to ball that
night. and being rady. sat in an easy
chair and fell asleep. Suddenly sprang
up from the pain Of sharp bite in nv
foot. and saw the lobster biting il. |
started up and ran 10 the kitchen. No one
was there. and cloth in front of the fire
had caught fire. II was soon extiuyui>h-
ell. but have kept the lobster ever since
out Of gratitude Ii has its basin of cold
water. and seems to recognize its mis-
tress. and ia SO fond OF music that i. is al
ways drawn towards the piano whenever
she plays.-Pd-is Letter.
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fall and coming Winter
and are furnishing the bes.
paying and most easily worked
agency in the world. Our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we have
lately added new and exceed


ing'y taking inducements, re


quiring only intelligence and
application for any one,youne
or old, of eli her sex, to make
really first-class paying bust
Year: 1875

Has made the most Astonishing Cures
80 quick, so rapid are the changes the
body undergoes under the influence of
this truly wonderful medicine, that
Every Day an Increase in Flesh and Weight


Is Seen and Felt.
Year: 1875

QUARRYING.-The blasting of rocks
is still carried on at the old quarry,
Fifth md jackson streets. a deep
cut has been blasted through the mid
die of the quarry, making narrow
detile, in passing through which one
can almost imagine himself in a
mountainous country. The cut is
about thirty feet deep.
Year: 1875

that she remembered nothing hut a
fall. On Wednesday she helped about
the house; on Thursday she was NOV
ing about and sent for more liquor and
ON Friday she was preparing flavor for
ice cream; on Saturday she went to
bed; mother did not fall down the
porch steps; she was not out on the
porch; she would scream at times when
no one was near.


The Court here took a recess until
3 p. M.
Year: 1875

LAMB SLIDE.-A land slide OF con-
siderable proportions occurred on the
Baltimore Central Railroad at the deep
cat at Rowlandville, Saturday morning
Just after the passage north of train,
q large mass of rock and earth fell
down from the almost perpendicular
sides of the cut and completely blocked
up the track. Trains were delayed till
Sunday afternoon, Notwithstanding q
large force of workmen were engaged
in the removal of the obstruction. So
large were some OF, the rocks which
fell down upon the. track that it was
necessary to bring the wrecking Cal
and crane into requisition to lift them
out, Aa ~
Year: 1875

Hope Loan Association meet this
evening.


The weather was raw and chilly this
morning.


The street market was well filled this
morning.
The list of the spelling bee contest
ant is nearly filled.


There were 70 dodgers at the City
Hall cells last night. .-


Estimates for printing furnished on
application at the GAZETTE office.
Year: 1875

The total Democratic vote is larger
than that ever polled by either of the
parties in the State. IngersolPs chief
ford counties, the city Of New Haven
alone giving an increase o. about 800
over his majority of last year. There is
no particular changes to note in the Leg
islative districts. The Senate and House
will most probably stand as follows:


STATE LEGIsLATURE
Year: 1875




Yesterday, on the circus grounds,
an Indian boy and young Spaniard
had pugilistic encounter for the cham
pionship OF their different nationali-
ties. A ring was formed, and quite a
crowd gathered to witness the conflict.
The young Indian was worsted, and
proceeded to take civilized revenge
by bringing complaint against the
champion for assault aud battery, up
on which both parties were arrested
and marched to the 'jug."


from the Press nth lntsl


Yesterday afternoon two young la
dies had a narrow escape from drown
ing. A party of ladies went in bath
ing near Nidever's Point, and while
in the water two of the party got out
to considerable distance, when q
large wave took them off their feet
and carried them under the water.
The undertow being very great, they
were rescued with great difficulty;
not, however, till they were uncon-
scious. One of the young ladies not
being as badly used up as the other un-
dertOok to do the same over again,
and by that means was within one
step of death. She was rescued, and
our reporter learns Is now confined to
q sick bed.
Year: 1875

We are told that farmer IL. Bath
county, KY, while engaged in plowlng
recently, unearthed ga city OF regular
streets, curbcd with stone, and evincing
a higher order of architectural knowledge
and greater civilization than any other
prehistoric remains yet found in this
country"
Year: 1875

Before Judge Kilbreth.


A lew months since young man OF handsome
presence and pleasing address presented himself
at the doorway OF No. 242 West Flty-first street
and asked to see the mistress Of the house. Mrs.
Mary l.. Bglow. The servant directed him to the
reception room and he had an audience with the
lady, who, being pleased with his manners and
affected by his story took him into the house az
servant. He gave general satisfaction, and soon
became favOrlte with both master and mistress
From the time OF his engagement until December 81
he behaved himself In such way as to deserve the
confidence repOsed In him, but on the date named
he ell IRON grace by the performance OF an act
which lost him his situation, and will In all pr oba-
Dllity, wnen he goes before Jury curtaii MS no
ertv. IN the dav In question. when Mrs. Biglow
Year: 1875

From the Nevada Territorial Enterprise.l


The Chinese are becoming exceedingly expert
in the use Of the knife and pistol, and are dis
posed to use them upon each other on very slight
provocations. They have had a number Of broils
among themselves during the past week, and,
considering the number Of shots fired, 1t Is mar
velous that dozen or two Of them were not
killed. As rule, they are not very accurate In
their aim, which is In a measure accounted for by
q disposition to turn their backs to each other in
exchanging shots. With the knife however, they
are more familiar, and they use 1t with q nerve
and recklessness scarcely to be expected Of peo-
pie SO noted for their tImidity. The courage of
the Mongolfsn is purely physical. He covers
under the eye and menace Of the Caucasian, while
he is insensible Of danger and reckless Of result
the moment he feels the sting of q wound. He
meets death, when inevitable, with the stoicism
Of an Indian. He shudders at no horror, and
kneels before the executioner with q smile upon
his lips. During the last revolution In China,
which continued for many years, and is
not yet completely suppressed in two or
three of the northern provinces tens Of thousands
heads Of six thousand were hewn of. They met
their death kneeling, and there was not murmur
or cry for mercy among them all. Occastonally
seen them resent an insult as chiTalrously as q
knight of the Round Table. They were Of the
Tartar stock, and their ancestors were the war
like ravagers Of Asia under Genghis Khan. One
Of the effects Of their contact with the people OF
this country will be o steady increase In the
courage Of the Chinese. In the midst Of brave
people all become brave, and the Mongolians will
prove no exception to the rule. This Is manifest
Ing itself in their desperate assaults upon each
other, and Will In time nerve them to more reso-
lutte yindication Of their rights with the whites
quisite pitch they might be protitably used as
forlorn hopes In the next war.
Year: 1875

AsEiII be seen by the advertisement, on Sat
urdsy evening next the steamer Lady Of the
Lake will make an excursion to the Capes, stop
ping at the intermediate points on the Poto-
mae and the bay and returning on Monday eve
ming. This VIII certainly be q delightful trip
and wiz undoubtedly be patroniEed.
Year: 1875

The two biggest and most important
traps OF all into which men fall are the
choice of profession and marriage.
The profession is baited with the chances
lying in connection and the value Of
back stairs influence, both of which are
assumed to be better guides for the deci-
sion on which rests the harmony and real
success OF life than any sentimentality
OF personal liking or natural fitness.
But with what bats soever the various
traps are filled by which the choice of q
profession is determined, they are as
nothing compared to those wherein mar
riage is decided.


One might imagine that love and es-
teem-not one or the other, but both
should be thought the primal necessities
for the good success OF this grave con-
yenti0n. We are solicitous that the
dwelling-house which is to last for life Is
carefully built upon sure foundatiOnss
but we let the comradeship, which is to
last for life too, come by hap-hazard, and
we are not at all solicitous to make this
as solid as the four walls wherein 1t is
inelosed. We marry one we neitherloye
nor esteem, because trap was flung in
our way baited with wealth, position, ti-
tie. We never think Of the moments
when the human companionship of the
husband or the wife we have chosen
shall mean everything, and these golden,
glittering bats nothing.


We forget, that is, that the trap has
both teeth ana empty spaces, and that
gold and luxury and high-sounding til
tie, how pleasant soeyer tney may be at
odd moments, are not things whereoni
the heart can live. Other traps are
baited With beauty, and the bait Is swal-
lowed greedily, as If there was no such
destructive element as old age, and no
such aeadening effect as habit-as if one
years splendor is to be joy enough for q
lifetime, and the gray gloom to follow is
not to count. Then there is that name
less charm which we try to express BY
stiascination." This does not necessarily
|include moral esteem or personal re-
spect, sympathy OF disposition, likeness
OF nature, conformity of habits. 1t 10
ssfascination," nothing more or less; and
the happiness or misery of life ia
founded on this misty yapor, this unsta-
BILE wreath of rose-colored cloud, to. share
the fate Of all things founded on appear
ance only, and clouds instead of solid
marble.
Year: 1875

Mr.. CRAWFORD has been engaged to make the
preliminary survey and estimates; tenders
have been invited for the iron and equipment
and the work will be pushed forward as rap
idly as possible. A rental of S25,000 per an
mum for the wharf alone has been offered and
refused by the company. Good men estimate
that the road will pay over2 per cent. per
month frem the start. twill run through the
lands of the Centinea Colony. The land
Company have offered to give the railway the
right of way and 6lO acres of land at the land
ing. This road will be great boon to Los
Angeles county, and our people should assist
by taking stock according TO their means.
That the road will be success is guaranteed
by the fact that if the gentlemen who form its
Board of Directors build the road out of their
own private means it will increase the value
of the Centinela Rancho, of which they are
extensive owners, more than sufficient to pay
for the railway.