smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

The matinee at the Academy tomorrow
at noon will no doubt draw a very large
audience. There are few indeed of the
theatre-soing population OF New Orican.
who have not witnessed the thrilling play
OF last Lynne" which in sombre. tragic
features is excelled by none Of the darkest
conception, OF Maturin. 1t il, we think. Of
all the characters in the repertoire Of Miss
Lucille Western. the one best calculated to
give full scope to the immense tragic
powers which that lady possesses-a power
that comes up to our own conception of the
great Siddons.


We speak of 'Ea>: Lynne without for
getting Nancy SyLes. Great us is the talent
displayed in this latter character. it has
not the scope OF Lody Isabel for there is
but one passion. remOrse for life OF crime
with the desire OF amendment, and that
latent yearnins for the good which turks in
the secret recesses of every mind. however
fallen. There is all this in the character OF
Lody Isabel, and much more


We think, therefore. that the choice Of
East Lynne for to-morrow's matinee is
most .judiciou,. and we do not doubt that
the occasion will witness the fullest house
yet recorded the present season.
Year: 1871

The jackson mississippi, Pi'o. contains
the following:


We are informed that two gentlemen.
connected with the school at Clinton, We're
recently elected from the ears of the Vicks
bur. and Meridian Railroad for refusing to
pay the extra fare demanded OF them be-
cause Of their failure to purchase tickets
before starting, whereby they were com
PEELED to walk about five miles. and that
they have instituted suit in court against
the company, demanding damages in the
sum of fifteen thousand dollars. The OBJ
.ect Of this extra charge is undoubtedly
for the purpose of removing from the
hands of conductors the power to knock
down. as they usually term the process OF
pocketing for their private benefit passen-
gers fare, now and them and if they really
are in the habit of forgetting one OF the
most important injunctions OF the deca-
fogue in this way, the object intended to be
attained by the Company is a good one.
But having this object in view, they should
also do justice to their patrons by always
having a ticket Office open at each station.


The early morning trains often leave be-
fore any ticket Office is opened, and at
time when ticket agents are still sound
asleep, if not asleep. absent.
Year: 1871

sentiment.


The Scranton (Pa.) Republican tells the fol-
lowing sad story Of one of the victims of the
late Pittston disaster:


William James expired about 3 o'clock on
the afternoon of the Tuesday following the ca
tastrophe, and was the last added to the list of
those upon whom the death angel laid his
hand in that awful havoc. He was Welsh
man, and had been in this country about seven
months. On the morning of the dreadful day
in question he had taken his breakfast and his
wife had made ready his dinner and set the
pail beside him. For some time he sat wrapped
in thought, his arms folded, his eyes fixed va
cantly upon the stove, and deep melancholy
apparently brooding over him. He was aroused
from his reverie by his wife telling him his din
ner was ready, and that he would be late, as
the bell had rung. He started to his feet, and
gazing upon her for moment with look full
of tenderness and significance, said to her =
IF should not come back alive, would you
be in such hurry getting me out?" The
wife answered mo-" but remarked that ''if
he was going at all, it was time he was gone"
He lifted his pail without saying a word, and
after kissing his wife, kissed his four little chill
dren, who were sitting playing on the door
step. When he had got about fifty yards from
his home, he returned again, and kissed his
wife and children once more with great ferven-
cy. His wife noticed that he was the victim of
gloomy forebodings, and as he turned away
she was about to entreat him not to 90 to work
if he apprehended any danger. But hope and
courage and the pressing necessities of their
family overcame her intention, and she let him
go. She stood in the door and watched him
on his way to the fatal pit. When at point
where he turned out of her sight, he paused
and cast Wistful look toward his home and
hand last adieu. He parted with his loved
ones forever.
Year: 1871

The N. Y. World has ringing appeal to
men of all parties to unite in accomplishing the
defeat of Radicalism in the coming Presiden-
tlal election. 1t thinks that reaction is sure
and near at hand, and that Republican as well
as Democratic elements are impatient to array
themselves under its banner. The World thus
concludes its article:


That horrible appartion-the man on horse
back with naked sword-visble now these
six long years in the political horizon, aud
growing ever nearer and more distinct, will
vanish forever. Justice, with her equal balan-
ces, will once more appear


Hasten the day, brave Republicans who bat
tie against the wolves of party to save liberty
and justice from their jaws Hasten the day.
staunch and patriotic Democrats, who can we'll
afford to forget how long you have denounced
this fatal policy if in the end your country may
be saved. Join hands, both In one vigorous
and resolute effort, not for this party or for
that, but to arouse the people of this land to
sense of their danger and their duty Bring
1t to vote whether the ''peace" which we are
promised shall be such as the Gar gave to
Warsaw. Bring it to vote whether free
America means to build up thirteen Irelands
between the Potomac and Ohio aud Gulf Let
it be at once adjudged whether all the industry
of the land shall be at the mercy of few mo-
nopolists, and all Its liberties at the mercy of
few demagogues and one soldierl
Year: 1871

A MAN SHOT WHILE PLAYING PANTHER.
A correspondent of the Clarksburg, West
Virginia) Conservative, writing On the 18th in
slant, says


A fatal accident happened on Leading creek,
last week, which is sad warning to those who
are in the habit Of playing jokes on children
The facts are as my informant stated them: A
Captain Ford, Of Barbour county, happened
near Mr.. Jessee Hornets home with panther
skin. and seeing little boy, about twelve or
fourteen years of age, son of Mr.. Hornet. in
a skirt of woods near the house, donned the
skin with the intention Of frightening the little
fellow, but as soon as the boy saw what he sup
posed to be panther, he ran to the house and
took down his fathers rife, and went in pur
suit Of the panther. He had not far to go be-
fore he espied him. The boy rested the rifle
on fence and fired. The man-panther gave
dying shrek, and with convulsive spasm
fell over mortally wounded. The little fellow
did not see his mistake until he went up to the
wounded man. Ford fingered two days and
then died.
Year: 1871

. The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uneaslness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss ot


appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costive, some
shines alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay


ing left undone something


which ought ts--have been


done. Often complaining OF


weakness, debility and low
.spirits. Sometimes many OF
IS attend tho disease, and at
Year: 1871

Reflect that o sound mind and body arc the
most necessary requisites to promote connublul
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, tho
PROSPECT pr @ hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
L.. u crhtnd with
Year: 1871

CAMP THOMAS advices are of late
date. No snow at the Post, and the
streams not frozen over. Officers and
men are bending ali their energies to
complete the Post, q diagram of which
we have received. From all accounts
il will be soon finished and one of the
most complete and comfortable in the
great interior. Indians furnish wood
at S4.00 per cord and hay 1T $4,000
per ton.


But for the necessity of building that
post with soldier labor, scouting would
have been vigorous from there, and
will be when it is done. Col. John
Green found nothing but wild Indians
there not longin the past, and now he
has fine post nearly done and many
hundreds of Indians earning something
and living quietly around him. It
would be unreasonable to expect more
labor OF better results with the means
at his disposal in the time he has occu-
pied.
Year: 1871

have no difficulty In under
standing who he refers to, call
ing him liar, thief, and other
pet names, and the next day
will call on the party at his
place of business and when re-
monstrated with for such action
will take it all back as square
as could be asked for, and hide
himself under "glittering gen.
eralities,'' as nothing per
sonal intended and as he is
weak, sickly, rotten specimenof
mortality, he has got off so Ear
In that way. His sufferings
from Yumatisna have ruined
his bodily health and doubtless
affected his mind to such an
extent, that he takes a morbid
view of matters and things and
does not consider that he
should be held responsible for
anything written by him when
under the influence of the
drugs and potions which he in
formed the readers of The
Miner sometime since consti-
tute a large portion of his iv-
ing.


Lately there has been some
talk of the establishment of a
new paper in Prescott, and
many who are neither republi-
cans, McCormickites, or Doors,
have expressed a wish to see it
start, and promised to support
it if it is decent paper, say
ing Marion's style has disgust
ed them. The prospect seems
fair and | hope it may not
prove all talk. This is the
first and 1 intend that it shall
be the last time that / impose
so much upon your columns in
regard to any one person, un-
less it be concerning some
office-seeker, and should
Marion ever occupy that posi-
ton he may be ventilated a
little more perhaps.


Miners and farmers were
much encouraged by the fall of
snow SO early, hoping that be-
fore now, more would come on
top of it, but now they begin
to fear continuation of the
present dry weather, which
would be almost ruinous to
many of both classes. III.
Year: 1871

1t has become the fashion to talk of
girls, at present brought up, as moro
ornamental than useful. Old bache.
lors, editing political newspapers, occa-
sionally diversity their dull columns by
diatribes against woman's ignoraBce Of
housekeeping, If these lay sermons
are correct, the only mission Of a wife
is to bake and sweep and sew. Now,
we do not undervalue the Importance
of such requirements. A girl has no
right to marry poor man if she is en-
tirely ignorant of household matters;
and most young men in this country
are comparatively poor, and have their
fortunes to make for themselves. But
to be ignorant Of household affairs is
one thing; to be drudge or upper
servant is another. We have often
seen lively, pretty girl, after few
years marriage, sink into a listless,
care-wotn matron. A wife should be
something above mere menial. She
ought to be; as the old Saxon phrase
has it, "a helpmate;" and no wife can
be that, in the higher sense of the
term, unless she is companion. Many
an otherwise excellent woman, perfect
in the ordering of her household, and
capable, when necessary, of working
heartily herself, drives her husband to
the club or the tavern because she is
no companion for him. We do moi
say physicians wife should study
medicine, or lawyers wife study law,
or an engineers wife study engineer
ing, or mechanics wife to learn his
trade, in order to become o compan-
ion to her husband. This is not what
we mean. But every man, even the
most illiterate, has his peculiar tastes
and sympathies, and it should be the
business Of the wife to discover them,
to interest herself in them, and be
able to talk appreciatively about them.
The poorer the couple are, unless in
the case Of actual day laborers, the
more they are thrown together, the
more need there is for this companion
ship: But even with the rich, a ca
pacity for companionship would add
greatly to the mutual happiness Of
both husband and wife, ana often pre-
vent sad family tragedies. Wives,
neglect not your duties, but be some
thing more than mere servants ard
housekeepers; he intelligent compan


ions to your husbands. ~,
Year: 1871

| BUFFALO, December 11.-A hearing
in the case of Stephen Gemple, who
was sentenced to be hung this coming
Friday for the murder Of his uncle by
pushing him into the canal, in August
last, was had on Saturday before. Judges
Clinton and Venable, of the Superior
Court. e..


Mr.. Sanders, counsel for Gemple, ar.
gued for a new trial Of the accused,
evidence having appeared since the
trial sufficient to clear him from the
charge Of willful murder.


At the conclusion of the District At.
torneys reply for the people, Judge
Clinton avowed that the court would
require time TO decide on the merits OF
the case In the meantime a letter
signed by the presiding judges and Dis
trict Attorney, would be sent to Govern
or Hoffman, asking for q respite until
decision could be arrived at. In view Of
this proceeding it is not probable that
Gemple will be hung on Friday, and
the prospect is that new trial will be
granted.


A movement is also on foot to induce
the Governor to commute the sentence
OF death on William Kelly, also under
sentence, and to be hung with Gemple
on Friday next. Kelly's counsel will
proceed to Albany and argue the matter
before the Governor The effort does
not bid fair to succeed, however. Kelly
was convicted Of the murder OF an en-
tire stranger, and without the least
provocation. Meeting the murdered
man at the steps OF his boarding house,
he drew a dagger and stabbed him.
death resulting the same afternoon.
The only excuse offered at the trial was
that he was crazed with drink. Should
Governor Hoffman deny the applca-
ton for committing the sentence OF
death be will be hung on Friday OF
this week.


Two tugs succeeded in getting
through the ice in the harbor Saturday
night, to render assistance to the
schooner Luke Forrest, lying disabled
off Erie. The tugs succeeded in getting
out about twenty miles, when they
were obliged to return on account Of
severe gale coming on. it blew heavily
Saturday night and all day yesterday
This morning the ice is so thick that
they cannot get out. Advices from
Erie state that the crew have abandoned
the ship, and that the prospects TOR
saving the vessel and cargo are very
few. She is frozen in solid. Her owner
is here, and an effort is to be made to
cut channel to her, and try to bring
her in. She is loaded with $4,000
bushels of corn, consigned to Buffalo
parties. Should the project to cut
channel through the ice to her fail, she
will in all probability become total
wreck. She might hold together
through the winter, but the breaking
up of the ice in the Spring would break
her up. The vessel is valued at $25,.
600, and the cargo at $4,000; both in
sured,
Year: 1871

l DeiOTe IQS eutlES tElOCo "Ouio ho'S S~~
for peace upon terms that would hav


insured the safety OF the lives and prop


erty of the citizens OF this territory.


IMPORTANCE OF INDIAN ALLIES.


Itmay be said that the United State
Government is strong enough to con
quer Indians without receiving aid
That may all be 90; but it has tried foI
many years to conquer the Apaches
and 10 apparently as far from it to-day
as ever. 1t is not in the numbers Of
fighting forces that makes their co
operation 90 valuable. but it is in The
fact that they are familiar with every
foot of the country, the habits, haunts
signs and signals of the Indians, and
with this knowledge used on our side
hostile Indians cannot escape our sol
diers; and this assistance we cannot
get from any source except from the
Apaches. When President Lincoln is
sued proclamation arming the negroes
there was much opposition to 1t, but
the voice OF the American people said
that the lives Of negro soldiers
were no more precious than those
Of white ones, and it was done; and |
believe the same voice. il appealed to
on this question, would say General
Crook was right-let it be so done. In
addition to the services the Indians
would render, nothing will go soon de-
moralize and break down those at war,
for they at once would become sus-
picious OF each other, and az soon as
the backbone was broken the entire
race would hurry in ard be willing to
accept any terms offered. would then
treat them with all the kindness and
humanity possible, having in view such
control over them as to prevent future
outbreaks. This could be done by TAX
ing them out Of the country or by plac'
ing them on small reservations in the
country, properly guarded, and compell-
ing them to report daily. But II 1t
becomes necessary to rent rooms at a
frst-class hotel, and board them therein,
it can be demonstrated that it would be
far cheaper TO say nothing OF the lives
that would be saved than to pursue the
Collyer policy. l have examinedlthe
mineral resources Of Arizona very care
fully, and / believe l hazard nothing
when l say that with security for life
and property for five years we would
export annually $20,000,000 Of gold
and silver. Then why not give prac-
tical man like General Crook the settle.
ment Of this question? He has never
tailed before, and says he was never
more confident than now that he can in
a brief period succeed here. Ifallowed
to do the work it will result in saving
the lives OF both Indians and whites,
Tor the sooner the war is finally ended
the sooner blood will cease to flow. 1t
will also save the expenditure Of mil,
lions OF money and allow the resources
Of the Territory to be developed and add
to the metallic currency Of the country
many millions annually.


A.. P. NJ. STAFFORD.
Year: 1871

Governor STAFFORD, of Arizona,
writes for a San Francisco paper very
little review Of the policy pursued by
VINCENT CoLLYRR in regard to the
Indians in that territory and the disas-
trous effect that had followed the coun-
termapding of General Crooks orders.
We make the following extracts from
the letter:


GEN. CROOKS POLICY.


The people OF Arizona hailed with
Joy the appointment OF General Crook
10 command the department for they
believed the Uniform success that had
attended all his previous management
with hostile Indians would in q short
time give them lasting peace. After
assuming command he went among the
Apaches and said TO them "You can
have peace upon the terms of becoming
our faithful allies you shall not harbor
or give aid and comfort TO our enemies,
and you must aid every way within
your power to capture or subdue those
who are making war upon u.s." These
terms were not harsh. and they insured
for the first time in managing them
good faith on their part, and the Leople
fully appreciated that a man equal to
the task had been sent BY the President
to deal with the Apaches, The 6rst
trial OF this policy was rewarded by
Miguel saving to the General: Il and
my branch OF the tribe accept the terms,
| and to show you am in good faith, |
will send my young men to fight with
you," and the General accepted forty.
four Of his men, and enlisted twenty-five
for field duty. and the remainder as re.
serves. There was no mistaking the
TACT that these Iodians meant what
they said, and today there is not . citi-
zen Of Arizona who is not earnestly
desirous that these Indians shall be
protected and cared for as any friend ot
the Indian can be anywhere. ThA
faithful alliance 10 our cause WAS the
severest blow the Apaches ever received;
it at once made them suspicious Of each
other they did not know what band
would 20 over TO our side next, and had
General Crook gone on with bis plans
!it would have been but . few months
Year: 1871

While Mrs. Lander was occupying
the Academy of Music at Cleveland
with a special company, Manager
Ellsler transferred the regular dra-
matte company, in cluding San
die Jamison, the veteran orch
estra leader, to Titasville for one
week. Mr.. JamisOn secured suffi-
cent local talent in the town to form a
respectable orchestra, and with one
exeptiOn-the art of quieting q panic
stricken audience-the volunteers were
an ornament to their profession. One
evening, when the performance was
about half over, the new and poorly
constructed Opera House fell with a
tremendous crash, shaking the entire
neighbOrhoOd and producing inevita-
bic signs of q stampede among the
audience. Among the most active
outlet seekers weTa the undisciplined
volunteers of the orchestra. Instead
of remaining in their seats as Sandie
imploTed, directed and commanded
them to do, they scattered in every
direction. Finding that he could not
control the other instruments and
thereby allay the excitement some
what by playing some pieces Ofmusic,
Sandie concluded to try the effect of
one fiddle, and did so by striking up,
and singing as he fiddled


"after fddling hard for forty years


Bringing forth smiles and plenty Of tears


To come down here against my Will


And end my career in Iitusville!'


The effect was so ludicrous that the
frightened people near the orchestra
had to laugh in spite of their terror.
Some funny chap soon overcome his
nervous sensation and added largely
to the good effect by taking up the
frain where Sandy left off and con-
eluded the laughable scene in the
same tune:


Goodbye Saudie you old son Of a gun,


;-ay down your fiddle, your LIES work Is


done,


Wen bury your corpse with due respect


And cover you up with much regret.
Year: 1871

Travel 10 the Yo Semitic Valley for
the season Of 1871 is nearly closed,
though a few visitors will drop in
from time to time during the present
month. The total number Of visitors
TO the valley in 1870 was about LOO,
which was some 800 more than in any
previous season. This year, up to last
week, p I33 visitors had entered the
valley, and the total for the season
will probably approximate 300.
Next year the stage ride and horse
back portion Of the trip will be great
reduced by the advance Of the rail-
road sOutheastward, and the journey
will be made with so much greater
ease that the tide of travel will un-
dOubtedly be largely increased, and It
will be necessary to provide increased
hotel accommodations. Improve
ments in the way Of trails up and
down the mountain sides, whereby
visitors may obtain the finest views
Of the valley with much less labor
than hitherto, are making, and the at
fractions for tourists will thereby be
largely increased. The subject Of the
YO Semitic guardianship and the own
ership Of property in the valley, and
its permanent occupation and i'm
prOvement is likely 70 come promi-
nently before Congress and the LeQis-
lature Of California at the coming
sessions Of the respective bOdies.-lSdIi
Francisco Bulletin.