smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

Construction trains on Stewards Central
Railroad from Flushing TO Farmingdale and
aborers busiy engaged in leveing the track and
making the connection with Hampstead village. Work
has also been begun the rawaystaton buildings at
Hinsdae, Queens and Black Stump The buildings will
feet long by % feet wde with ornamental towers
in the center. The platforms will be 10 feet long.
Twenty small houses for trackmen mile apart, are
also building. survey has been made for the exen
sion Of the road to Lakeland and Port Jefferson.


At recent meeting Of the Directors OF the Smithtown
and Port Jefferson branch OF the Long Island Railroad,
Board reported that the contractor ready TO lay
the rails and that sufficient bonds had been sold TO
plete the road and that trains would probably
Aug 90 The road will be controlled by the Long Island
Railroad Company. ,


The extension Of the Rockaway branch OF the South
Side Railroad the Pavilion the Sea Side House is
advancing rapidly. About mile OF track as been
laid along the beach, The extension Will be finished
about the middle of July The troubles between the
Long Island and the South Side Companies in relation TO
the right of way ROckaway have broken out atresh
A part of the land which the Long Island Railroad
track laid is claimed by both Companies In fee simple
The South Side Company has been in possession OF the


land years To the laying OF the track
on this land the Long Island officials have been served
with an Injunction. This Injunction Is claimed TO be
invalid 1t is alleged that Mr.. Horton, who claims to
the land will also apply for an injunction against
the South Side Company.
Year: 1872

We hear of an astonishing baby in Heard
County, Ga. When only nine days old this pctentous
infant enuncated the words new moon" nhe times
very distinctly. At every appearance of the arb In her
mont In the same way" We suppose that the radng OF
his mother must have been principally oonod to al
but sat present impossible to decide whether
her gifted offspring will turn cut lugao or Celebrated
professor VI astIyR9py.
Year: 1872

Is He RICH MANY q sigh is
heaved, many a heart is broken,
many a life rendered miserable by
the terrible infatuation which per-
sons manifest in choosing a life
companion for their daughters.
How is it possible for happiness to
result from the union of two princi-
pies so diametrically opposed to
each other in every point, as virtue
is to vice? and yet, how often is
wealth considered better recommen
dation for young men than virtue =?
How often is the first question
which is asked respecting the suitor
of a daughter; thus: lis he rich ?"
Yes, be abounds in wealth, but does
that afford any evidence that he
will make a kind afectionate hus-
band? "Is he rich?" Yes, his cloth
ing is purple and fine linen, and he
fares sumptuously every day, but
can you infer from this that he is
virtuous? lis he lich?" Yes, thous-
ands floating on every ocean, but
do not riches sometimes "take to
themselves wings and fly. away?"
And will you consent that your
daughter shall marry a man who has
nothing to recommend him but his
wealth ? Ask not, then, us he
rich ?" but has be honor /? and do
not sacrifice your daughters peace
for money.
Year: 1872

A Word TO G1R1s- When you stop
trying TO make such Herculean efforts
to pleasing, that moment you will be-
come pleasing. When You learn to
eease your continuous flow Of small
talk, to keep up CONVERSATION. and
learn instead to listen intanieamly-
not stupidity, not absently batishoaimg
now and then, by q question lofscoAa.
ment, that you are willing another
than yourself should, occasionally,
have attention and preference-th then
you win charm with one half the effoct
you now put forth, every day and
hour.
Year: 1872

Medicai evidence proves that, in
chronic diseases, the greater num-
Der of deaths occur just before
dawn. This is eminently true o1
brain diseases, and of all those re-
lated cases where death results from
an exhaustion of the vital power,
through ov;r-work, excessive ex-
citement or nervous prostration. It
is at the hour of 5 o'clock in the
morning that the life force is at its
lowest ebb, and succumbs most
readily to the assault of epilepsy, OF
paralysis, or of the fatal lethargy
that comes in those wildly beauti-
full picture dreams, for which medi-
cal science has as yet found no
name, and Of which it has taken no
sufficient cognizance. 'Nine-tenths
of those who die in this way expire
in their sleep. In many such cases,
If a friend were at hand to awaken
the sleeper when the attack comes
on, or if he were to be awakened by
some accidental noise, he might, by
the use of a few simple preparations
prolong his life for many years; for
the shock which is fatal to the man
wrapped in deep sleep, when the
system is passive and relaxed, would
be victoriously repelled were it
armed with all its waking energies.
Men who do brain work, and who
are on the shady side of forty, should
be on their guard against this in
sidious enemy. They should be-
ware Of s o'clock A. M, for it is a
Fe1ilous hour. Do you find your
self unable to sleep, when you re-
tire for the night, exhausted with
your days work? Do you, in vain,
turn from one side to the other?
Does your brain persist in working
when you would. fain have it rest?
Do old saws and scraps Of rhyme
repeat themselves in your memory
with wearisome iteration, defying
your utmost to silence them2 Then,
beware! You will be sure to sleep
at last. II is only q question Of
time: for, sooner or Later, nature
will assert her rights.-Reynold
{ (English) Newspaper:
Year: 1872




The Bonneville Eagle contains the
following account of a crazy man
who escaped, entire nude, from al,
attic room to the roof of the build
ing.


The citizens focked to the rescue
and were soon on the building. No
sooner did the maniac discover his
pursuers than he rau over the build
ing nimble as q squirrel-thence on
to the east portion Of Koontz' 3
block, which is two stories high,
and passing rapidly to the main
building, which corners on Fifth
and Spring streets, and is three
stories in height, he first endeavored
to climb to the roof of the same by
way Of the water-spout, but evi-
IDENTIFY fearing to trust his weight,
he abandoned this mode of asscen-
sion and paused for q moment and
took survey Of the building; then,
in less time than it takes to pen it
he jumped upon a window-blind
and ran up it with as much ease as
a squirrel can climb a tree, and
actually scaled the wall at the top
Of the window. How any human
being could have made the ascent,
seems almost q miracle. But crazy
William accomplished it, and the ex-
plot was Witnessed by many from
the street below.


The citizens now made rush for
the interior of the main building
soon on the roof, having passed
through the scuttle. As soon as
the maniac discovered them upon
the roof, he ran for the chimney,
which extended upward from the
roof six feet, attached to which was
a lighting rod extending twelve feet
above the chimney. He ran up the
lightning rod in an instant, and was
nearly at the top, when the rod
bent under his weight and he
was suspended in the air over the
top of the rod. The sight was
fearful. If he let loose his hold he
would be dashed to pieces! The
streets were filed with people who
looked upon the unfortunate man
as doomed to terrible death.


But one avenue was open whereby
TO save him. Capt. Henry McPher-
son hastily procured a rope and
rushed to a second story window
near where the victim was hanging
and by repeated efforts succeeded
in throwing it around his body, not
withstandidg his fighting to keep it
of, and hauled him to the window
ans thus rescued him. A shout
went up from the crowd below as
the ,uaniac was drawn in at the
window. The wife of the unfortun-
ate man and other relatives wit
messed the terrible sight from the
street below in painful anguish.
After he was rescued it took several
powerful men to handle him and
put on his clothing. He was how
ever, safely secured, and now occu-
pies q cell in our county jail.
awaiting the assembling of our
County Court for On order to
send him to the lunatic asylum
at Fulton.
Year: 1872

Cut by measure and made at home of the best
material A fit guaranteed. h


We have succeeded in getting an experienced
Shirt Cutter to take charge of our manufactory,
and after months of successful operation. we feel
safe in saying we can give as perfect lit as can
be had anywhere, and as we use nothing but
the very best Shrting Cotton and Linen, they
cannot fail to wear satisfactorily.


We have always on hand full line OF
READY-MADE SHIRTS, which we sell as
cheap as can be bought. Collars and Cuffs to
match. All in want OF Shirts, &C., would do
we'll to call and see us.


iy II WITMER & SLAYMakER.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublA
hanpiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, tho
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OF
another is blightcd with our own.
Year: 1872

us ineverything? in We have to
choose between those two men,
or throw away our franchise
by refusing to vote. But who
is there willing to throw his
franchise away? Who is there
who places so little value upon
it that he will not exercise it?
Who is there ready to ac-
knowledge that he is SO weak
that he can not make up his
mind, and therefore will not
vote at allY | trust that no
Democrat will be found in any
such category. Let every man
who hesitates to reflect that
any change of administration
is likely to be for the better;
and that it certainly can't be
for the worse.


l am your friend truly,


A. g. THURMAN.
Year: 1872

Stop those chills that have been harrass
ing you so long, as they sometimes end in
that fatal disease called BY some the "Up
Country Yellow Fever" They can be very
easily stopped by taking Simmons Lives
Regulator, Do not delay; 60 at once to
your druggist and get q package and be
aured
Year: 1872

NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is the
result Of four years study and experiment
It is now perfection itself, and no more to
be compared with the other prsrsrasious
now flooding the market, than ".anglefoos'
whisky is to pure Bourbon. See advertise
mouk,
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, that ell may
read, and reading, believe, that ifor the
countless millions Who are on the road to
an uutimsly grave with bilious complaints
there is but one truly great and reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

two poor fello~s wsrs missing and vs
have heard nothing Of them since, the
passage TO the place where thoy were
being completely blocked up. I leit
tho place a. soon ss could get away,
have never boen able. TO got rid Of
those horrible sights and frightful
shocks. They cling to me now. In
my sleep every night soc the whole
scene repeated. Tho groans Of that
poor farmer are RIGGING in my ears
yet, and that palo face Of his dead
daughter is before me constantly"


Others have told us Of the sights


they witnessed. There seems to be
but little variation in them They are
all siekening and horrifying. ] wish


had never talked with one Of these
"eye.witncsses." A young husband
had been sitting at his fireside with bis
wife. He intended to depart in the
morning FOR this city, and thctwo were
making the most OF the last time they
would be together probably for several
months; the candle had burned out,
and they were seated close to the open
fire place, the wife holding in her
arms child of o few months. After
the shock the husband was found ly-
ing on his face, dead, a beam across
his neck which in falling had nearly
severed his head from the trunk and
the mother was so frightfully burned
by the fire brands that she could not
have lived many inmates, and the in
fant was discovered lifelcss nearly
rod distant. A family Of seven per-
sens on the outskirts Of Visalia, who
were sound asleep, were sunk, house
and all, some two or three feet below
the surface of the ground. All were
rescued, however, alive, except baby
which was burned to death by coming
in contact with a stove. A mother
was nursing a sick child, girl OF IA
or Is, who had been taken the day
before with chils and fever. After
the shock neither could be found. the
ruins Of the house itself even being
swallowed up in the enormous fissure
which had been made 10 the earth
The fssure ran across the ground Of q
farmer, who, feeling some present..
ment Of disaster, in what form hc
knew not, went out about o'clock to
see his stock. An unruly colt had
broken loose from his tcther, and tho
owner was chasing him about the lot
when the shock came. The colt dis
appeared, but the farmer has first
class drain across his forty acre farm
These incidents Of the catastrophe ara
but a few examples Of the many others.
Had the district been densely populat-
ed they would have been multiplied
by hundreds. As it is there are eenough
Of them. To hear those who witness
ed them relate their experiences is
like reading romance, but they arc
facts, and such facts as these fortu-
natcly arc rarely met with. The des-
olation that has visited the country is
indicated by the grief stamped on
many faces when any question relative
to the disaster is asked them or any
allusion made to the subject.
Year: 1872

CONVICTED OF BRIBERY.-The Supreme
Court of Florida, recently affirmed decision
of lower court, which has the effect OF send
ing negro politician named Bishop Pierce,
who has heretofore taken prominent part IN
Radical politics, to the county jail for SIX
months, for bribery. His punishment Will
doubtless create some uneasiness among his
Radical associates, and Grant should at once
either pardon him himself, or order his carpet
bag Governor of Florida to release him. Inc
colored troops fought bravely, and it won't DO
for Grant to throw off on his friends.
Year: 1872

A SLANDER REFUTED.-Some Of the Ad
journals, in their anxiety to dis
tract public attention from the robberies of
Grants officials, have been engaged in circu-
lating q malicious SANDER ON Senator Schurz,
to the effect that he was in default to the
Treasury to the amount of $4,000. The New
York World says that inquiry into the matter
at Washington shows the boot on the other
leg. and that the Government is actually In
debted to Senator Schurz, on account Of his
mission to Spain Grants under erstrappers and
dirty.workers will resort to anything, however
low, contemplate or mean it may be to prrju'
dice the people against such men and states
men as Schulz, Trumbull and Brown, but oil
their efforts will fail; and their villainous at
trmpts to blacken the character of man 81
far above the horse jockey of the White House
in everything constituting gentleman and
a statesman, as Carl Schurz is, will but re
bound ON the authors, and make confusion
worse confounded in the Radical Grant ranks
Although this SANDER on Schurz has beer
proven utterly false, few, if any. of the Radi


cal papers that made haste to publish the libe


have been fair enough to do justice to the elni
nent Senator by noticing its refutatlon.
Year: 1872

There is no reason why people
should be alarmed about the financial
condition Of the city government.
This government is one thing; the
people are quite another; and the
financial fortunes Of the two need not
he and are not concurrent. There was
never a time when the city and coun-
try had more money. There are
larger sums on deposit at the several
banks than ever before, and these de-
positors represent all classes. Farm
ers flourish, and the mercantile COM
munity were never more prosperous.
It is wholly impossible, therefore, for
any little public Indebtedness to re-
tard the city's growth or turn back
ward the tide of public prosperity.
Public credit may be destroyed, but
burdens imposed by incapable law
giyers have little effect on the value
of property. The reason is that the
public evil, however intolerable, is
only temporary. II we must, as We
should, impose a special tax and issue
gold bearing bonds to extinguish
debt due contractors who have been
shamefuIly robbed by stupidity or in
defensible sel1shness, we will have
only done an honest duty, becoming
an honest people. The burden will be
great, but ephemeral, and the sooner
it is disposed Of the less enduring the
scars left on the city's fame and on the
reputation Of those who have so un-
wisely shaped the city's fortunes.
Memphis viii flourish despite the in
capacity of its rulers. In fact, If we
accept the terms proposed by the
creditors, the per centage that must
be levied upon city property is so
small compared with that augmenta-
ton of values begotten by progress
sive railway system, that the advance
in saleable values cannot be retarded.
A debt Of FIVE hundred thousand dol
lars to be paid on the spot by one
worth from thirty to fifty millions, is
a small affair, and people need not be
alarmed when contemplating its ap-
parent magnitude. 1t is the debt of
sixty thousand people, and Of proper
ty, which, in 1850, If we be true to
ourselves, never losing faith in desti-
ny shaped by ourselves, will be one
hundred millions. The tax is trifing,
but we cannot trifis with justice and
honor and truth, and must pay those
who have paved the city's highways.
Year: 1872

LITTLE Rock, March 4.-The Fort
Smith Era of Saturday says: The
United States Marshal, Joe Peavey,
brought three prisoners from the In
dian country charged with murder.
He reports that while at Cedar Grove,
in Southwestern Kansas, he learned
that of the eleven men who sometime
previous had gone out on a buffalo
hunt, only two returned, the rest
having been killed by q party Of
Usage Indians, who set upon them
just after they had gone into camp
and were of their guard and scattered
in different directions attending to
camp duties. or those who escaped,
one managed to jump on his
horse, an animal of superior speed,
while the other pretended to be dead
and remained motionless on the
ground until the redskins had left.
The Indians plundered the camp and
carried of everything they could.


United States Deputy Marshal j,
Baer came in on Wednesday with
nine prisoners, seven OF whom are sup
posed to have been connected with the
hanging of Finney at Perryville in the
early part of this month. OF the other
two, one was arrested for selling
whisky, and the other for making a
deadly assault. Deputy Marshal VIII
lard will be in with four more, sup
posed to have had a hand in the
hanging of Finney.
Year: 1872

Oh. ID Is pleasant to think of the dead,
10 descend down into the grave and
commune with the mOuldering dust
which years have merely mingled with
earth Did they notOnce walk the earth
with Us? Did they not sit beside US,
their ewes glowing with affection, theil
warm hearts beating in unison with Oul
own?


The ad!-they are gone. Nay, do
not say they are gone. Let us still en-
ioy the hope that they hover round us
in spirit. as they once did in body.
snatch not from rs the solacing belief
that their eyes are upon Us, though un-
seen.


When gloom oppresses our spirits,
when the heart-aches with the infiic-
tions OF life's dull realities, then indeed
the memory Of the dead is pleasant 10
as. Say, ye beloved dead who once shed
with US tear for tear, and breathed sigh
for sigh, are We now needless OF the
anguish of our sOuls2 Have We for
COTTON that we once loved one another?
And thou, best Of all, thou on whose
knee we irst learned to lisp the accents
of gfiection-mOther! Ii Is long since
our eyes beheld thee, and we are a child
again when we think Of thee. Thy grave
is lar from US, We have been a wand
ererauiOng strangers. We are q dweIler
in strange land. Many years have
passed away since we wept over the lit
tie hiil0ck underneath which was buried
the bosom to which our infancy clung.
Year: 1872

TTNHE vast sales of tickets already made and


Il the increasing demand for them from all
quarters having determined the Trustees that
the GRAND GIFT CONCERT for the benefit
OF the Public Library OF Kentucky, advertised
Year: 1872

country would be agitated twice for little purpose.
AS have already told you, ! do not
think all these plans for making a
constitution will come to much or
will even be supported BY the government, which
has plenty OF work on ite hands without more; but
should any OF the numerous schemes an0at take o
serious form should counsel all republican Depu-
ties from taking any part in the debate OF such
projects or joining In any vote on them. We owe
this to the country and to our electors. The game
is IN our hands II we will only play our cards with
ordinary skill and prudence. We have more to lear
from our own faults than from the attacks Of our
political enemies.


LIMITATION OF THE SUFFRAGE.


CORREsPONDENT-What do you think OF the
projects we hear Of for limiting the right OF voting
&c.2


GAMBErTA-Oh, that is another OF the wild ideas
OF the mOnarchists, who are quite beside them
selves with fright at the way In which they are
losing ground OF the polling places. or course, 1t
will come to nothing. There is only one way OF
enlghtening universal Suffrage, and that Is by i'm
proving the education OF the people. Popular
education IS the question OF the day In France,
and 1t Ia the most important Of all. Our salvation
as nation depends on the adoption Of a thorough
going system OF popular obligatory and lay educa-
ton. II we do that we have taken great step
towards definitely founding the Republic In France


Here some other visitors came in and was COM
PEELED to wish Mr.. Gambetta goodby, leaving him
with very pleasant impression OF his cievernesS
and political instinct-a rare gift among French
men.
Year: 1872

Coroner Young was yesterday called to hold an
inquest on the body of Frederick Plants a German,
thirty years Of age, VINO died in Bellevue Hospital.
Some three weeks ago deceased while out cunning
in Jersey, was shot through the hand by the acci-
dental discharge Of his musket Deceased lived at
25l West Twenty-eighth street.
Year: 1872

A is the wire stretched between the
two places, say NewYork and Boston; L
! the tables on which are the instruments
in the offices at either end of the line;
B the receiving instrument at New York;
C the sending instrument do. ID the
sending instrument, and E the receiving
instrument in the office at Boston. A
sending and receiving operator sit at
the opposite ends Of the same table in
each office, and from each instrument
four in ala ground wire descends to
the earth, thus making two complete cir
cults over the single line The operator
at B pays no attention to what his cola
borer at B is doing, but sends right
through to d, and at the same time Z is
sending to B, or vice versa, neither in
terfering with the other in any manner.
Year: 1872

An exchange states that this time it
is soldier. The girl full of needles is
not even mentioned. The soldier is a
New Yorker. and during the war he was
shot through the body. The bullet ON
its way carried gold pen and pencil
with it, and left them somewhere in the
body in scattered condition. Now
comes the extraordinary part of the
story: About six months ago he had a
great pain in his left leg and it was stiff
for month. In fooling around his heel
one day he felt something hard he COM
menced to pull at it, and he dragged
from the heel crowbar three feet in
length. Shortly afterward a twelve
inch telescope issued from his body.
On last Friday twenty silver half dol
lars were taken from the first joint OF
left arm. Some of his friends talk of
killing him, to find out if he hasn't
machine shop, a jewelry store and
silver mine hid away in him somewhere.
Year: 1872

Henry Ward Beecher, in recent lee
ture on Wall street. delivered in Boston,
said: IL have buried four generations
of men from Wall street in twenty-five
years. Wall street is dunghill of
mushrooms. There is vast growth Of
men in every single year, and every year
they are trampled down in hosts. l
know but one or two men in that time
who have been able to make permanent
gains and hold their gains. And they
didn't do it by speculation; they added
other means Of accumulation, which
were the foundation of their stability;
and believe that all men are trying to
be rich in uneanny ways, and trying to
be rich without paying for what they
get"