smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Nov 9th, 1875.


The river has fallen little, but the
weather still looks threatening: The
amount of rain fall at this season of the
year is unusual. We hope to get through
the winter though without becoming
web footed or unusually scaly. We ex-
pect moss to appear on our backs. for
in such humid atmosphere as we meet
with here, moss is leading staple, even
in the summer. That irrepressible kind
of moss too, that you can'ttea up by the
roots; that won't bear expectation; hat
won t stay where you want it; that is al
ways shooting up where and where you
least expert it; that is too hot to freeze
and too damp and cold to burn. you
can't even scorch it; that is the kindlthat
some of our people say is overrunning
and riding them to death. The best way
to kill it is to let it alone. Leave it to
itself and it will flourish only on its ma
tive soil. Continually keep stirring it
up, and getting up fancy hot beds for
it, and it will spread itself as natural
consequence, land if it becomes an annoy
ance. Why, who is to blame. You can't
reverse the laws OF nature.


The news of the loss of the steamship
Raci6c, has reached US here. At this
time of writing our information is very
meager. Anxiety is depicted in every
face. Men seem to dread seeing tie
passenger list, least the familiar name of
some friend or dearly loved one, should
be among that ill fated number.
Year: 1875

IA.
- OFFICE SECRETARY SrATE,l


ALBANY, July 81, 1875 !
To THE SHERIFF or THE County OF NRwY YoRK =
sRNotice is hereby given that At the General Election
held in this state, the Tuesday succeeding the first
GERS are to be elected to-wt


a Secretary Of State in place Of Dedrich wilers Jr.
A Treasurer in the place Of Thomas Rancs
An Attorney General in the place Of Danet Pratt
state Engineer and surveyor in the place oil Syvanus IL
Sweet


All whose terms Of Office will expire the last day of De-
Also Senator the Fourth Senate district composed
Of the First Second, Third Fourth Fifth SIXTH seventh,
Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards of the city aud Of
Also Senator for the Fifth Senate district composed Of
the Eighth, Ninth Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards Of the city
and county of New York.


Also Senator for the Sixth Senate district composed Of
the Tenth Eleventh and Seventeenth wards Of the city and
Also Senator for the district composed
Of the Eighteenth Twentieth and Twenty first wards of tho
city and county Of New York. 49,
Also senator for the Eighth Senate district composed OF
the Twelfth Nineteenth aud Twenty wards of the city
anu county CoIiNTY n tlSY AND DISTRICT OFFICERS
Also to be elected in said county twenty one Members OF
Judge of the superior Court in the place of John J.
Judge Of the Court of Common Pleas in the place Of
a Surrogate in the place Of Robert c Hutchings
A District Attorney the place Of BENJAMIN X Phelps
A Recorder in the place of John X IIackett
Two Justices Of the Marine Court in the place Of Michael c.
a Coroner in the place OF Adolph Kesslcr
All whose terms OF office will expire the last day Of De-
Also Judge the Court Of General Sessions for tho term
Of fourteen years from January l. 1876 pursuant TO chapter
Respectfully yours,


DIEDRIcH wILLERs, Jr,


Secretary OF State.


sHFRTFr's orHcE, NEW YoRK August q 1875.
certify that the foregoing is true copy Of the election
notice received by me this day EST rom the Secretary state


Sheriff Of the City and County Of New York
Year: 1875

sHrRfFrs OFFICE, NEW YoRK, August 2. 1875.
certify that the foregoing is copy Of the
notice received by me this day from the Secretary of State


WILLIAM G.. CONNER


Sheriff Of the City and County Of New York
Year: 1875

ment and, having no place TO 60 people In great
city have they had 10 call upon the authorities for help
The help they obtained OF such disagreeaDle
character that they preferred to be brought empty
handed TO New York rather than endure IT,


The man having charge Of the party told MT Lewis
that Il was customary 70 thus dlspose Of those who
could not find employment IN Massachusetts,.


When New York reached the person having
charge Of The company brought them into saloon and
while they were drinking coffee he decamped Mr..
Lewis the gentleman who tells the story, Is bright,
intelligent and has been engaged IA bus ness IN
New York aud san Francisco being well known ~ both
places
Year: 1875

RED IN DENMARK.-Red is the ma
tional color of Denmark, and every
body displays more or less fondness
for it. The servants and attaches of
royalty wear red the military are
dressed in red, and so are the coach
men and the footmen of the royal fam
ily The letter carriers wear red. The
Hussars--a branch of the cavalry
wear very handsome red coats with
silver buttons. The National Guards
wear red, and on gala days present a
fine appearance, with their beautiful
red coats trimmed in front with pro-
fusion OF gold lace. The dress Of the
Kammer-ucss, or Chamberlain in the
rear, is worthy of note Their red
coats have two little gilt buttons, and
from the right side behind is attached
large bow of blue ribbon, to which is
fixed veritablc key, as badge of
their order.
Year: 1875

ATTITUDES IN MrS.-lt is very ccr-
tain that no man is fit for anything
but IL is almost as certain too, that
there is scarcely any one who is not
fit for something, which something ma
turc plainly points out to him by Civ.
ing him tendency and propensity for
It. Every man iinds in himself either
from nature or education (for they arc
hard to distinguish), a peculiar bent
and disposition to some peculiar char
actcr; and his struggling against il is
the fruitless and endless labor of Sisy-
phus.. Let him follow and cultivate
that vocation; he win succeed in it.


and be considerable ip one way at least


whereas IL he departs from il he will


at bcst be inconsiderablc, probably rid


iculous. tl
Year: 1875




Coon OLD SpINsEn.--The Washing
ton correspondent of the Savannah
(Ga.) Neics says; This fine old green
back gentleman will in future mako
Florida his home for most of the year.
lie, with his son-in.law and friends,
are largely interested in the First
National Bank here He is fond Of
the gun and rod, and enjoys out door
exercise on land and water. IL will be
a great relief to him TO get away from
Washington, where he was bandaged
by the President and Cabinet. He is
the ono bright exception of the Federal
officials who has not bent the knee
gruif he may be, and probably had to
be long may he live and enjoy life
freed from the cares Of office.
Year: 1875

Now.-Now A grainlcss sand on
boundless plain. A tiny ripple on a
measurcless ocean. Over the ocean
we are sailing but the only part of il
We possess is that on which our YES.
sells at this moment float From the
stern we look backwards and watch the
ships wake in the waters but how
short a distance it reaches, and how
soon every trace disappears. We see
also some landmarks further off, and


then the horizon closes the view but
beyond that the ocean still rolls far,
far away. Memory contemplates the
few years of our individual life his
tory shows us dim ontlinc Of noun
tains Science tells us that still further
back, out of sight, stretches the vast
sea; reason assures that like space il
hath no boundary; but all that we
possess of it is represented by this
small word-nowl The past, for ac-
ton, is ours no longer. The future
may never become present it is not
until it does. The only part Of time
we can nse is this very moment, now.
MERTON Hall HHf i.rn .II
Year: 1875

as is necessary to decent comprehension
Of the science of figures. SO in reading.
Most of the candidates confessed that they
did not pay any attention to the first part
of the readers, to elocutiOn, infection,
emphcsis, punctuation, &c.-and from the
specimens in reading the Superintendent
was fully convinced of the truthfulncss of
the statement.


Does any one suppose that if the State
had given the Public Schools the fostering
care they demand that the system would
have run into such limp, flabby condition
as this?


The Superintendent thinks that the real
cause of the primitive mode of teaching i'll
Sussex is the lack of text books. Theparents
really do not desire that their children
should not be instructed in their country.
history and language, but rather than be
subjected to the expense of getting new
books for every new teacher or every new
school they may move to, they raise thu
point to avoid an expense they cannO
| afford
Year: 1875

A MOURNFUL STORY. - As DIR.
Linsey Hill was returning to this city
from across the Calipooia, where he
had been to vista patient, on Wednes-
day evening, right in the middle of the
road where the mud was almost un-
fathomable, the bolt that fastens the
double-tree to the tongue broke, which
fact was communicated instantly, APP
parently, to the game little team the
Doctor drives, for, before he coud say
scat, they were off like shot, leav-
ing their owner sitting there in the
buggy alone, amid dreary waste of
mud and water, and were soon out of
sight-we mean the team. Our read
ers would probably like to know what
befel the DIR. afterwards, but 1t is an
unsolved conundrum to us. DwelIers
in that part of the country report find
ing hat, an old pipe and piece of a
paper collar floating around on that
sea OF mud, but ali traces of the buggy
have disappeared. and we are left in
doubt as to the finale of this beautiful
little incident.
Year: 1875

THE HoME MANUFACTURING Con-
PANY.-A meeting of the stockholders
in this company was held in Salem on
Tuesday, the object of the meeting be-
ing to remove the office of the cam
paEy to this city. This object was
not effected, we are sorry 20 say. Is
seems that before step of this kind
can be taken, stockholders must pay
the first assessment, and the subscrib-
ers for stock in Polk and Marion have
not paid this assessment, and, it is as
serted, do not intend to. Motions to
move the Office of the company to this
city. and to dissolve the company,
were voted down. A meeting was
called for the first Of February next,
when more voting will be done. From
what we can gather from those in at
tendance, Saleinites are determined TO
have the Home Mandatory loo1ted
there, no matter what the means used.
We are sorry, for the TRUE interests of
the valley counties, that the matter
las taken this shape. 1t was under
stood from the first that the county
furnishing the largest number of sub
scribers for stock in the company,
should have the works. Under this
promise the citizens OF Linn county
subscribed freely, taking a majority of
all the stock. II the citizens Of Linn
county, having majority of all the
stock, vote to locate the works and
Office of the company in Albany, all
the stockholders are In honor bound
to acquiesce in the vote, and come
promptly forward with their suhscrip-
tions. Less than. this would show a
selfishness, an utter disregard for the
rights of others = for the rights of a
majority-which the favored citizens
of Marion county should be the very
last ones to exhibit.
Year: 1875

As the details connected, with the
location Of the Los Angeles and Inde-
pendence Railroad depot on San Pc
dro street, come to the surface the
chapter Of incidents becomes both
amusing and interesting. 1t appears
that an effort was made to locate the
depot on Temple street and although
. considerable ground was offered the
railroad company for the purpose, the
proposition was not entertained. The
Aliso tract at the river end Of Also
stl Get, which is claimed to be nearer
the business center Of the city and Of
fsring superior depot advantages to the
location selected, was suggested and
five acres of land offered to the COM
pany. This was refused and the San


Pedro street property selected. "Why
f. this thus?n asks the Innocent
community. Rumor with her thou
sand pipes Is blowing as many differ
ent versions, causes, reasons and pur-
poses. We are told that the location
u . Job by which some people expect
to realize handsome sum. Says ru-
NOR, ring was formed for the purpose
Of nrst secretly securing the location
Of the depot ON San Pedro street and
then buying and bonding all the land
In the vicinity that could be got hold
Of. The plan worked to charm from
the inception to the Mayor. The peo-
pie sold or bonded their land in bliss
Year: 1875

ful ignorance of the object of the pur-
chasers; the railroad managers accept
ed or agreed to accept the proposed
site, the Council passed the ordinance
and then come hitch-the Mayor
bucked. Dame Rumor says this won-
derful progress was not the result Of a
legitimate business transaction. She
furnishes us with the name of one
Councilman who was offered one
thousand dollars If be would vote for
the San Pedro location. He was also
assured by another Individual that
there was money for him in the
scheme II he voted for it. This same
garrulous old girl, Dame Rumor, has
given us great many other bits of
Information which if true will war
rant Colonel JACKSON, general man.
ager Of the Los Angeles and Indepen-
dence railroad, in refusing to accept
the location even though the Council
passes the ordinance over the Mayor 8
veto. This will break up II it does
not impoverish the ring who have
bought up and bonded the land around
the proposed depot and as they have
taken the advantage of the people who
have owned and paid taxes on this
land for the past twenty years, the
general verdict will be "served them
right"
Year: 1875

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WE desire to call the attention of
the City Council to the condition of
the river bed opposite the city. The
channel is filled up and In many
places large bars are formed. Should
we have food this Winter 1t Is hard
ly probable great deal Of property in
the lower part of the city will escape
overflow unless the obstruction in the
river channel are removed. Five
hundred dollars judiciously expended
now while the water is low In deepen
ing the channel will prevent thous-
ands Of dollars damage when the
foods come.
Year: 1875

CREED RAYMOND an unparalleled
trimmer and denaeogue was elected
Senator for Sacramento county by q
majority of ten or twelve. CAREY his
Democratic opponent will contest the
election on the ground Of the illegality
Of some of the votes cast for RAYMOND.
We are not informed as to the strength
Of the evidence on which CAREY bases
his case butwe hope it is sufficiently
strong to give him the seat. HAY
xoND is . renegade Democrat and will
not reflect any great amount of credit
on his constituents in the Senate or
elsewhere.
Year: 1875

Tremendous storms have prevailed
all through New Mexico for the past
ten days and the town of Las Cruces
was nearly destroyed by what is called
the bursting of a waterspout. Much
damage has also been done to the
wheat crop by the continued bad
weather.
Year: 1875

er the address in reply to his speech,


will be submitted to the Chamber Of
Deputies in secret session. The de-
bates in the Chamber will also, at the
request of the Prince, be Kept secret.
Year: 1875

A good appetite, vigorous digestion and
sound sleep are three blessings that imply a
good many more, and are attainable by the
daily use Of HOstetter's Stomach Bitters. The
stomach that is invisoratei by that ruling
tonic rapidly disposes Of the food committed
to it, and at the proper time Graves for more
with natural earnestness, and the brain from
which pain and dependency have been ban
ished by that salutary anodyne and cheering
cordial. enjoys at the hour of rest that tran
gull dreamless repose for which no other
boon that Providence can bestow can compeu-
safe. Besides these most desirable results,
the entire physique is strengthened and forti-
fed against the attacks of disease by this
splendid vitalizer and protective AGENT which,
take it altogether, is about the most desirable,
as 1t is unquestionably one Of the most popu-
lar medicines in existence. eod1n7 ll2kw
Year: 1875

Many years ago, when the science Of
phrenology first began to attract public
attention, a lecturer Of that sort, brim'
full of enthusiasm, turned up in Louis
vile, and gave series of talks to the
people, and examined a large number OF
heads, made charts at so much each,
and, in short, developed quite an amount
of hidden vice and virtue which had not
been before even suspected among the
good people Of that city. Tom Mar.
Year: 1875

1t is now announced officially, that
none OF the passengers baggage on
the Ventura will be saved. This will
strike severe blow to many who had
great portion Of all their worldly
goods on the ill-fated steamer, and
more so, as many of them consider
that the loss need not have been sus-
tanned, if proper efforts had been put
forth to save the baggage at the out
start. According to our account ofthe
disaster, published last Sunday morn
ing, no attempt was made to secure
any of the effects from the steamer
during the night Of the Goth, or the
following day. Mr.. VIM. F. Kellett,
one of the unfortunate passengers,
called at our Office yesterday, and
stated that, on the morning of the
21st, two hours were wasted in an at
tempt to rig tackle for the transfer
OF provisions to the shore, and after
this had been abandoned. a boat was
sent out and brought the edibles to
land in a few minutes. There seemed
to be no system, no intelligent man.
agement of affairs, and no consider
able effort put forth, either for the ac-
comodation OF the passengers or the
rescuing of their goods, or other val
uables, on board the wreck.
Year: 1875

Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock
Harry Myers, the wouldbe suicide,
escaped from his room, In the rather
primitive costume of Adam before the
fall, and made flying trip through
the streets. During his progress he
was followed by an enthusiastic audi
ence of admiring citizens, and was
finally given pass on an express
wagon to the Jail. He made himself
at home by Immediately seizing a
paddock bar and clearing ihe room of
all spectators, but was afterwards per-
suaded to re-assume the masculine
toggery which he had temporarily
abandoned. He Is now more composed
and less likely to tear himself away
on such short notice.
Year: 1875

There is hardly day that we do not
receive some cheering intelligence
from this favored part Of Los Angeles
county. Everything is as green
around there, and crops as promising,
as If they had Spring shower every
week. No signs of the recent cold
snap are visible. This certainly, is the
most desirable soil we ever saw, and
the country will soon be densely SET
tied,
Year: 1875

Thirty-nine lots are still to be dis
posed of, and the sale will be contin.
ued on the grounds this morning.
Considering the location and general
advantages, this must be acknowl-
edged among the most desirable resi-
dence property in the city. Besides,
the lots are going cheap and all those
on the alert should not fail to attend
the sale to-day.
Year: 1875

MAJOR PowELL's EXPLORING Ex-
acknowledgements, June IL.
The expedition of Major Powell will
spend the Summer in a portion of the
West hitherto entirely unexplored
The typographical party will pass a
considerable portion of their time on a
tract of about fifty to eighty miles in
the southeast portion of Utah. G. A.
White, formerly State Geologist of
Iowa, holds an important position in
this branch of the expedition. The
party will rendezvous at GuInion's
Utah Territory. The extreme surveys
will extend to point 500 miles distant
from Sal: Lake. The territory to be
visited embraces the San Rafael river,
the Dirty Devil river. the Escalaite
and its northern tributaries, aud the
Henry mountains This section is sit
uated on both sides of the Colorado
river, near the junction Of the Grand
and Green. The triangulation of this
country is to be perfected this year.
Major Powell will make his final report
upon the geology of the Territories to
the next Congress.
Year: 1875

There are a few AngOra goats in Ari- zona, and they are doing very well ac- cording to all accounts which come to Us. It is believed by the owners of them that the growth of them may be made immensely profitable, for it is much better to ship wool worth one dollar per pound than that worth but twenty to thirty cents. The following we find in an exchange, credited to the manager of the Farr Alpaca company, Holyoke, Mass, dated June 9, and ad- dressed to the editor of The Farmer:

 In the New York Economist of yes terday, 1 notice an article, taken from your paper, concerning the growth of mohaiT, or AngOra goat hair i'll Cali fornia As we are large users of this description of stock, 1 take considera- ble interest in the growth of it in our country, and 1 hope it will prove to be a success. hope the promoters of this new industry understand and are fully alive to the importance of keep ing up the breed and quality of the hair. The value of the article depends upon this. Lustre and strength ot sta pie are the two qualities wanted in this commodity. It is the lusme or bright ness which gives to this hair its chief value, and it must have length to ad- init of its being worked advantageous ly. The shortness of the staple is the principal drawback to the California article. The luSTe is equal to the best Turkish mOhair

 Hair ten inches long is worth more than double that of hair five inches long, and below five inches it is poor stock for any purpose.

 We recently bought a few bales of California mohair and paid 85 cents per pound. It was about seven inches long, and had to be mixed with ordinary combing wool to carry it through, which of course deracts a good deal from the brightness of the goods Had it been two inches longer it would have been worth one dollar per pound.
Year: 1875

IT certainly looks a little odd when a married couple are visiting at a friends house to see the wife accident ally lay her hand upon coal shovel, and the husband, as if by instinct dodge behind the nearest object that can afford him shelter
Year: 1875

VTTE WILL PAY I'll E. HIG H E s T w price in cash for the above amount of good, clean barley of crop of 1875, and Furnish Sacks to Farmers to Put it in We are determined to Stand by the Farmers and business men of Pima County, as against a class of Contractors who bid so low that the Farmer or Busi- ness man cannot live.

 We ask the Farmers to stand by us and sell us their grain or give us chance for cash.

 EWING & FISH. Tucson, May l, 1875. 3O-tf
Year: 1875

MT. Samuel Hughes, assaYer, has recent iy received from Dr. Hunt of Boston, description of his method of treating poor copper ores, the points of which we print as they may prove of interest to our mining public. The process is adapted to almost all copper ores, but we shall here describe concisely its application to low grade pyritous ores. Such ores either in raw state, or after roasting in heaps, are ground so as to pass through sieve of twenty five meshes to the linear inch, and calcined in reverberatory furnace. The object is not dead roast, but the oxyda- tien of all or nearly all the copper and sulphur. The ore is then withdrawn and placed in vats where it is leached with hot, strong brine, holding five per cent. or more of protochlorid of iron, which converts the insolUble oxide of copper into soluble chloride and dichlorlde of copper The liquid as It flows from the vats is conducted through covered chan nels filled with scrap iron, by which the whole of the copper is thrown down in d metallic form, while at the same time, the protochloride of iron which had been consumed in chloridizing the oxide of copper, is regenerated. The bath is thus rendered fit (wlthout any further addition of the protochloride) to be used to treat a fresh portion of roasted ore, and so on indefinitely. The solution is slightly aug mented in bulk by water used in washing the residues; this is evaporated by driving through the regenerated bath (from which the copper has previously been precipitat- ed) by means of a Roots gas exhauster, a portion of hot air and gases from the fue of the roasting furnace. By this means, also, little sulphurous acid is added to the bath, serving to prevent the loss of chlorine, which, in certain cases, takes place from the formation of basic iron persalt. The residues from the working contain from one-third to one-half per cent. of copper. This process is well adapted to argentiferous copper ores, since the bath takes up the silver with the copper. The method has been used successfully in North Carolina on very | poor ores-as low as three and half to five per cent.