The Winchester Mystery House was bought by Sarah Winchester, as a normal house, around 1884. She was the widow of William Wirt Winchester, who had been the second president of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and only son of the company’s owner. When he died, at the age of 44 in 1881, she was grief stricken. Having already lost her only child to marasmus in the 1860s. Believing her family to be cursed she consulted a medium who, it is said, told her that the spirits of the people who had been killed by the winchester rifle were many and they wanted vengeance. The medium told her she had to move west, she originally lived in Connecticutt, buy a house and begin continuous construction on it so that she and the spirits could live in it. She was never to stop building on the house and if she did, she would die. She followed what she had been told, buying the house and beginning work on it immediately. She had an income, from her husband’s death and owning half of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, that gave her the rough equivalent of $22,000 (£13,262) a day. The house was originally an 8 room farmhouse that stood on 162 acres in what is now San Jose, California. Construction work began on the house and continued for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the next 38 years. When Sarah Winchester died in 1922 at the age of 83 work on the house immediately ceased. The house itself is set out in such an odd way that certain doors open onto walls and has staircases that lead nowhere. It is claimed this was ordered by Mrs Winchester so that the spirits would get lost in the house. Staff also needed maps to find their way around. There are around 160 rooms including 40 bedrooms, 10,000 window panes, 7 chimneys, 2 basements, 3 elevators and 2 ballrooms. The number 13 also features heavily in the house. It once reached 7 storeys high but following damage in the 1906 earthquake it is now 4 storeys. The total cost of the building work has been estimated at around $5.5 million ($70 million;  £42,079,285 in 2008) After her death she left the contents of the house to her niece. It reportedly took the removers eight trucks a day for six and a half weeks to empty it. Today it is a tourist attraction, it is said to be haunted, and is open every day except for Christmas. Special tours are held every Friday 13th and Halloween. Thanks for reading.

NOISE AND RESULTS

The fact that one can make a noise,
Is hardly proof of skill, or poise.
Most braggarts, when they’re put to test,
Produce performance not the best.
To boast is easy, but indeed,
It takes some action to succeed.
A donkey has a noisy bray,
But that is all he has to say.
Some blowers are about the same,
In real results, if not in name.
Just listen to the folks who brag,
And see if their attainments lag!

–N.A. LUFBURROW

The Frederick Post (Frederick, Maryland) Mar 16, 1939

THE ARROGANCE OF IGNORANCE

The self complacency of uneducated people is one of the great barriers in the way of improvement. No one can fail to have noticed how dogmatic the man is who knows a very little about any important matter. It is proverbial that the greatest students have only found out how little they know after a lifetime, and another proverb is, “A little learning is a dangerous thing.”

IT is a great step upward for a man to break the shell of his self-conceit, so that he can keep his mind in a receptive mood, and discriminate between wheat and chaff. He cannot grow unless he is willing to learn, and he cannot learn as long as it mortifies him to acknowledge that there is anyone wiser than he.

A great many very ignorant men assume an air of superiority, and by their dogmatic impudence override the very people that could teach them something. This sort of thing does the wise no harm but it keeps the fool a fool to his dying day. It is an excellent plan for young men to associate with their superiors. Don’t choose for companions the men who flatter and make much of you, but cultivate the acquaintance of the wise and good, and you will grow to be wise and good yourselves.

The Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Jan 5, 1881

IGNORANCE

He knew Latin and he knew Greek,
But the plumber who came to mend the tap
Thought him a strangely ignorant chap
Who couldn’t fix faucets when they leak.

He stopped with a farmer once to chat
And he looked at straw and called it hay.
And the farmer said as he moved away:
“I’d certainly hate to be dumb as that.”

All the ancient writers he could quote,
But sailors laughed when he went to sea
And said: “What an ignorant fool is he
To call such a splendid ship a boat!”

So in spite of the knowledge man has earned,
There is so much to this worldly scheme
That down to the last a fool he’ll seem
To the man who knows what he hasn’t learned.

The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Jan 21, 1930

Boarding House - El Dorado Canyon

Image from Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years, on the UNLV website, which has quite a  collection of digital images.

*****

Hank [P]Farish and one Taylor, of El Dorado Canyon, had a row over a game of cards. Taylor upset the table and drew a knife. Farish whipped out his revolver and shot Taylor twice, wounding him badly.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Sep 9, 1879

Murderous Desperado at Large in Lincoln County.

A letter from Pioche, under date of March 6, to a prominent gentleman of Eureka, gives the partial particulars of a desperate shooting scrape, which occurred at El Dorado, Lincoln county, in which two men were wounded, one slightly and the other fatally.

The letter reads as follows:

El Dorado has just had an extensive boom. Three days ago Hank Parish and a man styled Ni**er Clark were playing poker in Greenwood’s saloon. The former was drunk and lost $100. The loss incensed him and he pulled his pistol and shot Clark, wounding him, though not very seriously. Parish then opened fire on Greenwood and shot him in the stomach, inflicting a mortal wound. He then left. Shortly after the shooting Andy Fife, the Coroner, appeared on the scene, and was proceeding to take Greenwood’s deposition, when Parish again put in an appearance with a pistol in each hand, and demanded that Fife take $100 from Greenwood’s pocket, which he (Parish) had lost, or he would kill both of them forthwith. Of course Fife was obliged to comply in order to save his life at the hands of such a desperado. Parish defies arrest, and says he will kill the first man who attempts to arrest him. At the latest accounts he was still at large.

Daily Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada) Mar 11, 1881

The Pioche Record says that Greenwood, the man shot by Parish, in Lincoln county, is not dead, and is now considered out of danger. Clark, shot at the same time, is recovering, and it is thought that his wound will soon heal.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Mar 26,  1881

Royal City/Jackrabbit (Image from http://americanhistory.suite101.com)

A LINCOLN COUNTY HOMICIDE.

A Drunken Brute’s Bloody Work at Royal City.

The Pioche Record of the 9th inst. says: At Royal City Sunday morning about 4:30 A.M. Hank Parish stabbed and mortally wounded P.G. Thompson, aged 31, a native of New Jersey, and lately from Aspen, Colo. As nearly as we can ascertain, the facts of the cutting are as follows: Bob Martin, H. Hill, P.G. Thompson and a Chinaman were engaged in playing poker at Jimmy Curtis’ saloon on the morning in question. Hank Parish was present, and being intoxicated, persisted in leaning on the shoulder of Thompson, although the latter remonstrated with him, claiming that he could not play poker under the circumstances.

Parish repeated the act a few times and returned to the bar, when the laughter of the poker party attracted his attention.It seems that the players were laughing at the Chinaman for passing out a “club flush,” but Parish seemingly thought that they were laughing at him, and advancing to the table, he addressed some foul language to the party, mainly addressing himself to Thompson, the latter replying that he did not give a d–n for him.

Upon this Parish struck him in the face with his right hand, and upon Thompson rising from the table, Parish struct out with his left hand and stabbed him with a large pocket knife a little above and to the right of the navel. Upon receiving the wound, Thompson cried out that he was hurt, and hurriedly left the saloon. Jimmy Curtis at once secured a team and brought the wounded man to town, arriving at McFadden’s Hotel at 8 A.M., and Dr. Nesbitt was summoned immediately.

Sheriff Turner at once secured a team and repaired to Royal City, where he arrested Parish, unaided, and he lost no time in jailing him on his return to town.

The wounded man did not seem to have a chance for recovery from the start, for previous to his death, Dr. Louder was called in and performed an operation at Thompson’s request, the same having shown an advanced stage of decomposition and that the bowels were badly cut. The deceased died Thursday evening about 9 o’clock, and although a stranger in the community, the citizens mourn him as an old resident, from the fact of his pleasing presence and fortitude under great bodily pain.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Aug 15, 1890

PARISH HUNG.

He Dies Protesting His Innocence, But Claims To Have Killed Three Men.

The White Pines News contains the following account of the hanging of Hank Parish at Ely on Friday last:

Hank Parish, for the murder of A.G. Thompson at Royal City last July, was hung in front of the jail yesterday at noon. The death warrant was read by Sheriff Bassett in the jail, and at two minutes to 12 o’clock the solemn procession wended its way from the jail to the scaffold, Parish ascending the steps without the least apparent fear. There were quite a number of spectators within the inclosure, and Parish stepped to the front railing and addressed them. He said:

“I have been charged with a great many crimes; I killed three men, and I was right in doing it. The last man I killed (Thompson), he assisted in stringing me up three times. They say I have a wife and family that I have not treated right. My wife has been dead thirteen years; I have two children in Oregon, well fixed. I am an ignorant man, have always been persecuted, and am innocent of crime. All this will appear in Mr. Murphy’s book of my life, and I want you to believe it.”

These words were spoken calmly and with ordinary coolness. He made no reference whatever to the Unknown Realm into which he was about to be launched, nor expressed any regret for anything he had done.

He then stepped back on the trap door, shook hands with the Sheriff and his attendants, the black cap was pulled over his head, the rope adjusted about his neck — and the News reporter hurriedly walked into the Court House to prevent witnessing the final act in the drama of life and death.

Sheriff Bassett sprung the trap; the fall was a little over six feet, and the doomed man’s neck was broken. There was not a move or a quiver of the body, and as soon as Dr. Campbell could get to feel the pulse he pronounced life extinct. The whole time occupied in the execution was but 12 minutes. Parish went on the scaffold at 2 minutes to 12 and was cut down at 10 minutes past 12.

Dr. Campbell examined his pulse before he left the jail. It was beating at 99. When the black cap was pulled over his head it ran up to 142. That Parish was a bad man, and met the fate he deserved, is the general sentiment of this community.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Dec 16, 1890

The News says:

Lincoln county has responded to White Pine’s call to the tune of $588 on account of the little job it did for that county, namely: the hanging of Hank Parish.

Daily Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada) Mar 25, 1891

LETTER FROM NEVADA.

Colorado Difficulties — The Nevada Big Mine — Aligold – Bryonic.
[Excerpt]

While Mr. (D.) Turner was sheriff he proved himself of such nerve that desperadoes did not care to face him. In 1890 it became necessary to arrest a fellow named Hank Parish, who had 17 notches on his gunstock. He had left a bloody trail all the way between Arizona and the coast and made brags that he was good for a few more. The record of the murderer was so bad and he was known to be so quick with his gun (in fact, shooting was a pastime with him) that no officer would accompany the sheriff to make the arrest. Hence he went to the cabin of the murderer alone, and getting the drop on him, arrested his man, who in due time was hanged.

The Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) Oct 12, 1896

*****

You can read about Hank Parish’s ghost in the following book on Google:

Haunted Nevada By Janice Oberding (page 104)

More on Hank Parish HERE

BODIE, CA pre 1932

Image from Bodie.com, where there are lots of nice photos, although most are more current, they still give you a good idea of what the town looked like.

A Comstock Miner Murdered in Bodie

The Murderer Escapes.

BODIE, Jan. 14.

About 2 o’clock this morning Thos. Treloar, a mine, was assassinated by a Frenchman named James DeRoche. Treloar’s wife was attending a ball, and he had ordered her not to dance with DeRoche.She did so, however, to his great annoyance. At the hour mentioned the two men met, and DeRoche shot Treloar through the head, the ball entering just below the left ear.

A crowd gathered and the murderer was arrested. At this moment Treloar’s wife came along in company with a gentleman and his wife, when DeRoche shouted: “Mrs. Treloar, I have killed your husband!” He was taken to jail, but, upon pretext that the vigilantes intended to hang him before morning, Deputy Sheriff Joseph Farnsworth took the prisoner to his boarding house handcuffed. Durning the night DeRoche mysteriously disappeared while Farnsworth was asleep.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Jan 15, 1881

LYNCHING IN BODIE:

The Hanging of De la Roche by Vigilantes — The Victim Receives the Benefit of an Informal Trial.

Says the Carson Tribune of yesterday: “Word was received here to-day that the Bodie Vigilantes had captured and hung De la Roche, the murderer of Treloar. The particulars, so far as we can learn, are that a pursuing party of the vigilance committee followed a scent to a place called Smith’s Dump, distant about ten miles from Bodie. The vigilantes interviewed two French Canadians residing at the Dump and demanded to know the whereabouts of De la Roche, who denied all knowledge thereof. They were then strung up, and under torture revealed the hiding place of the murderer.

The vigilantes captured their man and the mob clamored for his immediate execution. Pat Reddy, the lawyer, appealed to the mob to let the law take its course and to allow the man to be tried by the courts, assuring his hearers on his honor that he would prosecute him to the bitter end. The mob listened respectfully, but refused the request. The leaders, however, agreed that De la Roche should have an informal trial, and the crowd adjourned to a house, where a court was organized. Twelve of the leading men of Bodie were chosen as a jury. Mr. Reddy conducted the prosecution and Hon. J.R. Kittrell appeared for the defense. We have not learned who acted as Judge. The result of the trial was that the jury found the defendant guilty and he was sentenced to be hung immediately, and the sentence was put into execution at once.

The particulars of the crime for which De la Roche suffered, briefly stated are these: He knew Treloar’s wife in the East, and was criminally intimate with her. Treloar was jealous and forbade his wife to go to a ball with De la Roche. She disobeyed, and at 2 o’clock in the morning, while the ball was still in progress, the two men met and Treloar was killed. De la Roche was arrested and given into the custody of a deputy Sheriff, who handcuffed him and took him to a lodging house, and during the night the prisoner escaped.

Farnsworth, the deputy Sheriff, was threatened with lynching, but escaped to Carson. He was arrested yesterday on a telegram from Bodie, and is now held on parole. He refuses to swear out a writ of habeas corpus, saying he is innocent of criminal intent; that the man escaped while he was asleep, and he is willing to go back to Bodie as soon as the excitement dies out and meet any charges that may be brought against him.”

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Jan 18, 1881

Mrs. Treloar narrowly escaped being lynched in Bodie with her paramour Da Roche. A noose had been provided for each, but Mrs. Treloar’s life was saved by one dissenting vote in the Vigilance Committee meeting. The woman made all the trouble, and her execution would have excited little pity.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Jan 20, 1881

THE BODIE LYNCHING.

Particulars of the Hanging of DaRoche by a Vigilante Committee.

The Bodie Free Press of Jan. 18 contains a long account of the lynching of DaRoche, from which the following particulars are taken. (DaRoche murdered the husband of a woman he had seduced):

“After the adjournment of the Court and DaRoche was taken back to his narrow cell, a mysterious committee was organized, the like of which has existed in many towns on this coast since ‘49, and whose work has been quick and thorough. This committee held a long session, and its conclusion resulted in the lynching of DaRoche. Between 1:30 and 2 o’clock Monday morning a long file of masked and unmasked men were seen to file out of a side street into Bonanza avenue. There must have been two hundred of them and as the march progressed to the jail the column increased. In front were the shotguns carried by determined men. They were backed by a company which evidently meant business, and no ordinary force could foil them in their progress. When the jail was reached it was surrounded and the leader made a loud knock at the door. All was dark and quiet within.

The call had the effect of producing a dim light in the office, and amid loud calls of “DaRoche,” “Bring him out,” “Open the door,” etc., Jailer Kingen appeared, and responded by saying: “All right, boys; wait a moment; give me a little time.” In a moment the outside door was opened slowly and four or five men entered. Under instructions the door of the cell in which the condemned prisoner lay was swung open. The poor wretch knew what this untimely visit meant, and prepared for the trying ordeal and his humiliating death.

It was some moments before he was brought out, and the crowd began to grow impatient. With a firm step he descended the steps and came out on the street in a hurried manner, closely guarded by shotguns and revolvers. The order to fall in was given, and all persons not members of the committee were requested to stand back. The march was rapid. Not a word was said by the condemned man, and his gaze was fixed on the ground. When Websr’s blacksmith shop was reached a halt was made. In front of this place was a huge gallows frame, used for raising up wagons, etc., while being repaired. “Move it to the spot where the murder was committed,” was the order, and immediately it was picked up by a dozen men and carried to the corner of Main and Lowe streets.

THE EXECUTION.

When the corner was reached the heavy gallows was placed upon the ground, and the prisoner led under it. On each end of the frame were windlasses and large ropes attached. The rope placed around the prisoner’s neck was a small one, and when the knot was made it rested against the left ear. It was at least three minutes before everything was ready. DaRoche was asked by the leader if he had anything to say. He replied: “No; nothing.” IN a moment he was again asked the same question, a French-speaking citizen being requested to receive his answer. The reply this time was: “I have nothing to say, only O God.”

“Pull him,” was the order, and in a twinkling his body rose three feet from the ground. Previous to putting on the rope the overcoat was removed. A second after the body was elevated a sudden twitch of the legs was observed, but, with that exception, not a muscle moved while the body hung to the cross-beam. His death took place without a particle of pain. The face was placid, and the eyes closed and never were re-opened.

Strangulation must have been immediate. While the body swung to and fro, like the pendulum of a clock, the crowd remained perfectly quiet. No one spoke a word, excepting one of the leaders, who constantly requested the crowd “to keep back and give the man all the air possible.” While the body was still hanging a paper was pinned on his breast bearing the inscription:

“All others take warning. Let no one cut him down. Bodie 601.”

At the expiration of twenty minutes the pulse beat rapidly, but at the end of thirty it ceased to move and the man was pronounced dead. However, to be sure of the fact, Dr. Deal was summoned and asked to inspect the body. He felt of his pulse and pronounced life extinct. In another moment H. Ward had the body cut down, placed in a plain box and removed to his undertaking rooms. The mysterious committee had completed its work, and the captain gave out the order “All members of the Bodie 601 will meet at their rendezvous.” In a moment the scene of death was deserted. To use a familiar expression DaRoche died game. He as firm as a rock to the last and passed out into the unknown without a shudder.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Jan 20, 1881

Old Timer Says:

“The Vigilantes over in Bodie were busy. Thomas H. Treloar was shot down by Joseph De Roach on January 11 and buried on the 13th by the fire department and miners’ union. That night the vigilante committee hunted all over Bodie for De Roach. Not finding him they called on Sheriff Farnsworth to produce De Roach or take the consequences. De Roach was captured on the 17th and after a short trial before Judge Lynch was sentenced to be hanged. He was that day.

Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada) Jan 9, 1931

*****

You can read more about the Treloar murder in:

Bodie’S Gold: Tall Tales And True History From A California Mining Town
By Marguerite Sprague (pages 110-114)

Also on Google Books:

Violence in America: The history of crime
By Ted Robert Gurr (pages 137-139)

19, 18′den sonra 20′den önce gelen sayı. Aynı zamanda bir asal sayı. Birçok inanç, kült, gelenek ve dinde kutsal veya uğurlu olduğuna inanılır.

Birbirini takip eden ve toplamlarıyla 19 sayısını oluşturan iki sayının kareleri farkı yine ‘ondokuz’ sayısını verir.(10²-9²= 19)

Tevrat’ta

19 sayısının üzerine bir sistem, 11. yüzyılda yaşayan bir Yahudi hahamı (Rabbi Judah) tarafından ortaya konmuştur. Tevrat’ın dualarından birisinde tesbitlerde bulunmuştur.

Judah Rabinin (baş hahamın) çalışmaları, 1978 yılında Californiya Üniversitesi yayınları arasında yayınlanan Studies in Jewish Mysticism adlı bir kitapta incelenir.

İslamda

Kur’an ‘ın 74. suresi olan, Müdessir (Gizlenen/Bürünen) Suresi’nin 30. ayetinde ‘Ondokuz’ ibaresi aynen geçer.
74:30 “Üzerinde ondokuz vardır onun.”

30. ayeti takip eden ayette ise bekçi meleklerinin sayısı şeklinde bir ifade bulunmaktadır. Ard arda gelen ayetler olması sebebi ile bir önceki ayete istinaden bu sayının 19 olduğu belirtilmiştir.

31. ayette bu sayının (meleklerin sayısı 19′u) ; 1inkar edenler için bir imtihan, 2kitap verilenlerin süphelerini gidermesi, 3inananların imanlarını arttırması için işaret edildiği belirtilir. Ayrıca 4 kalplerinde hastalık bulunanlar da ‘Bu örnekle ne demek istendi’ demeleri için bir işaret olduğu belirtilir.

74:31 “Biz, cehennemin görevlilerini ancak meleklerden kıldık. Onların sayısını inkar edenler için bir bir “>imtihan vesilesi yaptık ki, kendilerine kitap verilenler kesin olarak bilsinler, iman edenlerin imanı artsın, kendilerine kitap verilenler ve mü’minler şüpheye düşmesin, kalplerinde bir hastalık bulunanlar ile kâfirler, “Allah örnek olarak bununla neyi anlatmak istedi” desinler. İşte böyle. Allah dilediğini saptırır, dilediğini doğru yola iletir. Rabbinin ordularını ancak kendisi bilir. Bu, insanlar için ancak bir uyarıdır.“

Her ne kadar bu ayeti bir referans kabul etmeyip, bu rakamı özel bulmayanlar olsa da 19 rakamının Kur’an ‘da geçişi; bazı kelimelerin ve harflerin tekrar sayılarının 19′un katı olması kayda değerdir…

* Kuran’da 114 Sure vardır (6×19). 114 ün çarpanları olan 6 ve 19 oluşturduğu 619 sayısı ise 114. asal sayıdır.

* Kur’an ‘ın başlangıcında yer alan Besmele(Rahman ve Rahim olan Allah’ın adıyla) tamlaması bütün Kur’an nüshalarında 114 (6×19) kez geçer. (Bütün surelerin başında olupta, 9. surenin başında yer almayan Besmele ise, Neml (Karınca) Suresi’nin 30. ayetinde yer alır)

* Besmele’nin arapça yazılışı olan (Bismillahirrahmanirrahim) 19 harftir.*Üzerinde ihtilaf vardır.

* İlk vahiy olarak kabul edilen 96. surenin ilk 5 ayeti, toplam 19 kelimedir. 19 kelimelik ilk vahiy 76 (19 x 4) harftir

* İlk vahiy barındıran 96. Alak Sure’si toplam 19 ayettir. Alak, aynı zamanda sondan 19. sure ve 304 (16 x 19) harfdir.

* Son vahiy olarak kabul edilen 110. Nasr Suresi 19 kelimedir ve ilk ayet 19 harften oluşmaktadır.

* Bazı surelerin başında bulunan harflerle alakalı olarak: Giriş ayetlerinde Kaf (ق) harfi bulunanan sureler olan; 42. Şura Suresinde 57 (3×19), 50. Kaf Suresinde 57(3×19) adet Kaf (ق) harfi bulunur….

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ve 19

Mustafa kemal atatürk isminde 19 harf vardır.

Doğum tarihi 1881, 19 un 99 katıdır. 1881 rumi tarihe çevrilirse 1297 çıkar. 1297, 1+2+9+7=19 dur.

1881 tarihinden 19. yy sonuna 19 yıl kalmıştır. 1881, 19 un 99 katıdır.

1900 senesinde 19 yaşındadır. 19. yy bitmektedir. 1900, 19 un 100 katıdır.

19 mayıs 1919 samsuna çıkış tarihidir. 1919, 19 un 101 katıdır.

1938 ölüm tarihidir. 1938, 19 un 102 katıdır.

1938, 19+38= 57 öldüğü yaşdır.

1938, 19×2= 38 dir.

1893 yılında selanik askeri okuluna girdi. 19 sene sonra 1893+19=1912 (09/01/1912) de trablusgarp da tobruk savaşını kazandı, binbaşı oldu.

1893+9=1902 yılında okuldan üsteğmen olarak mezun oldu.

1902+19=1921 (19/09/1921) yılında mareşal olmuştur.

16/05/1919 da samsuna hareket etmiştir. günlerden cuma dır. 1197 gün sonra (1197, 19 un 63 katıdır), 26/08/1922 de büyük taarruz başlamıştır. 1197 günde 171 (171, 19 un 9 katıdır) cuma geçmiştir. 19/05/1919 da 19 arkadaşı ile samsuna çıktı ve 38 yaşındaydı. 38, 19 un iki katıdır. 1919, 19+19=38.

Samsuna çıkış tarihi 1919 dan 19 sene sonra 1938 de 57 (57, 19 un 3 katıdır) yaşında öldüğünde 19 tane 19 mayıs görmüştür.

Çanakkalede 57. alay komutanı oldu. sonra kendisi 19. tümeni kurdu ve komutanı oldu.

cenaze namazı 19/11/1938 de kılındı.

i. inönü savaşı türk ordusunun ilk savaşıdır ve 5 gün sürmüştür. dumlupınar meydan muharebesi kurtuluş savaşının son muharebesidir. ve 14 gün sürmüştür. 5+14=19.

nüfus cüzdanı numarası 993814-b dir. baştaki dokuz öldüğü saati, sondaki 14 yaklaşık öldüğü dakikayı ortadaki 938 ise ölüm yılını gösterir.

çanakkalede 57. alaya kumanda ederken şu emri verdi. “size ben taarruz etmeyi emretmiyorum ölmeyi emrediyorum. biz ölünceye kadar geçecek zaman içerisinde yerimizi başka kuvvetler başka kumandanlar alabilir” sözündeki toplam sözcüklerin adedi 19 dur.

“istikbal göklerdedir” cümlesindeki harfler toplamı 19 dur.

“ne mutlu türküm diyene” cümlesindeki harfler toplamı 19 dur.

İnanaçlarda

Bahailikte; 1863 yılında, kendisinin Tanrı’nın bir tecellisi olduğunu ilan eden İranlı Bahaullah’ı izleyen Bahailer, 9 ve 19 sayısını kutsar ve güneş yılını her biri 19 güne sahip 19 aya bölerek kendilerine özgü bir takvim oluşturur. Artakalan dört günü ise “artık günler” olarak adlandırırlar.

1990′da öldürülen Reşad Halife ise 19 sayısının Kur’an’ı koruyan bir ‘kod’ olduğunu 1974 de ilan eder. Keza Kur’an’da bazı surelerin başında bulunan, tanımı ve açıklanması yapılamamış 14 adet harfin (hurufu mukataa) 19 ve katları ile başında bulunduğu sureleri koruduğuna iddia eder ve Kur’an ‘da zamanında tahrif edilmeye çalışıldığını savunur.

Primer començarem dient que el motiu que ens porta cap al segle XIX és el bicing. Estem intrigats sobre el que faran els ajuntaments de l’Hospitalet i del Prat de Llobregat per tal d’obrir un camí entre ambdòs municipis,… i avui de casualitat ens hem trobat una proposta de CIU del Prat per connectar.

CIU va proposar a finals de l’any passat construir de nou el pont de Ferran Puig que estava situat a l’alçada de l’actual carrer Urgoiti del Prat. A la nostra banda del riu  seria el carrer 43, que es troba a Barcelona, a uns 60 m del límit amb l’Hospitalet, encara que també podia anar a parar al nostre municipi, a on està el dipòsit municipal de vehicles, això dona igual, el problema és com arribar a aquesta zona en bici.

També ens han comentat membres del Consell de la Sostenibilitat que el que s’està mirant és de fer una pasarel·la annexada al pont de l’autovia per travessar el riu. Però per ara no hi ha res definitiu.

Una vegada dit tot això anem a parlar d’aquest pont que sembla que porta una mica d’embolic,…

El pont de Ferran Puig, que es va construir al 1873, fins aquell moment el Prat es trobava pràcticament aillat i per travessar el riu feien servir barques a diferents punts.

Segons Margarida Gómez Anglada, A la  seva Tesi “Associacionisme i cultura en una societat en transformació”: “La posada en funcionament del pont construït i finançat pel propietari Ferran Puig (1873), que establí un peatge de pas, i l’arribada del ferrocarril (1881) van posar fi a l’aïllament secular del Prat. Però el 1925, el vell pont de peatge, conegut també com el pont dels carros, havia quedat obsolet, i el seu estat quasi ruinós era un perill per a les persones i cavalleries que el creuaven diàriament, com aixi ho posava de manifest l’informe de l’enginyer Pere Vallcorba al ple municipal del 12 de febrer de 1925. abans s’havian iniciat els tràmits necessaris per a la construcció d’un pont nou. L’any 1919 es van adjudicar les obres, que es van iniciar i dur a terme amb una extrema lentitud. amb tot, poc més d’un any després del seu inici, les autoritats locals denuncien l’estretor que se li està donant, que impedeix el pas simultani de dos carruatges. Les obres continuen, i el 1922 s’aprova un pressupost extraordinari per al seu finançament. Aquest tema portarà cua, i el ple de 17 de març de 1927 decideix decretar la suspensió de les obres finsd que no se solucioni el problema de l’amplada. finalment, la urgència de la situació obligà a continuar la construcció i el pont entrà en funcionament cap al mes de juliol de 1930, amb una amplada insuficient i onze anys després de la seva adjudicació. No sabem la data exacta de la seva obertura al pas, però sí que sabem , per les sessions de la comissió permanent del 15 de maig de 1930, que era immediat el lliurament per part del contractista i a la sessió del 24 de juliol es parlava de la recent possada en funcionament així com de la recissió del contracte de lloguer del vell pont de Ferran Puig, que havuia passat a l’Hospital de la Santa Creu de Barcelona. Amb tot la vida d’aquest pont va ser molt breu, perquè va ser volat, juntament amb el del ferrocarril, pels soldats republicans que intentaven retardar l’entrada de les tropes franquistes a Barcelona, el gener de 1939″

Imatge del pont de Ferran Puig construit en 1873, també anomenat pont dels carros. Del Llibre "Les barques de passatge del riu Llobregat al Prat i la seva explotació (1327-1873)", 2007 de Joan Lluís Ferret i Pujol. ISBN:978-84-612-1504-1. Segons el llibreés de l'Arxiu fotogràfic Gerard Giménez Mor.

Fotografia copiada del document editat per l'Ajuntament del Prat "Un flaix a la ciutat del Prat" i on aquest pont es denomina pont de les Voltes, que va entrar en funcionament en 1929, i que havia de substituir al de Ferran Puig, però va ser volat al gener de 1939

Imatge del pont de Ferran Puig i del pont de les Voltes anterior a 1939

Imatge del pont de les Voltes anterior a 1939

"La nit del 24 al 25 de gener de 1939, l'exèrcit republicà en retirada va procedir a la voladura del pont de les tres puntes o de Ferran Puig. Foto de Josep Monés i Amat, gentilesa Arxiu Municipal del Prat". del llibre "El Franquisme al Baix Llobregat" (2001) de Carles Santacana i Torres, Jordi Amigó Barbeta, Centre d'Estudis Comarcals del Baix Llobregat. Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 84-8415-237-5

Creiem que el text del llibre “El Franquisme al Baix Llobregat” és erroni i es refereix també al pont de les Voltes, ja que el pont de les tres puntes era un altre. Hem trobat la fotografia de sota que ho demostra.

Pont de les Tres Puntes, 1915

El pont de les Tres Puntes sembla un pont de ferrocarril, però hem trobat dues fotografies on es veu el pont del ferrocarril creuant el Llobregat.

Fotografia del fons fotogràfic Salvany datada al 1912. Pont de Ferran Puig i al fons el pont del ferrocarril

Pont del Ferrocarril. La línia Barcelona-Vilanova es va inagurar al 1881. No coneixem la data de la fotografia, al fons es veu el pont de Felip Puig. Fons de la Familia Cuyàs

A aquesta imatge es pot observar el pont de Ferran Puig des de la banda de Barcelona i al fons el Pont de la Gran Via. La fotografia no te data i s'ha trobat a internet continguda a una presentació escolar sobre l'historia del Prat de Llobregat.

On estava el pont de les Tres Puntes? era del ferrocarril?

Les imatges propietat d’Alex Domínguez Monès van ser de realitzades per Josep Monés. Podeu veure moltes més a la seva web. La imatge del pont de las Tres Puntas s’ha copiat de la web todocolección i es propietat de Baron fotografia & arts. La del fons fotogràfic Salvany és de la Biblioteca de Catalunya. La fotografia del Fons de la Familia Cuyàs és de l’Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya

L’ampliació consisteix en una nova imatge del pont de Ferran puig

Did you know that they’ve been around since the 1800s?
The first emoticons were published on March 30, 1881.
Since emoticons are so great, why limit oneself to faces? Thus assicons* and boobiecons were born.

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I couldn’t resist.  

Going to one of the Tea Bag protests that took place yesterday seemed like a waste of time, but I wanted to see what was really going on.  What kind of people were going to these and supporting them?  Well, your lovable, huggable blogger, a Godless American, went to the Glendale, CA protest to see what he could find out.

First, business had to be taken care of, so we went to the protest in Glendale, CA to find out what kind of Right Wing Wackos we could find.  I was a little disappointed, but then we are in California, just outside of Los Angeles so your average Right Winger here is going to differ drastically from what you may find in the Midwest.

Once, that was over it was time to relax and discuss the day’s events and what we’d do if we had a ton of money.  Then it was off to 1881 to chat it up with some local Red Necks.  I had a blast, and I don’t think I pissed off a single person there.

I didn’t get the chance to do this at the Tea Bag Protest, but I sure wish I could have.  Another lesson for Right Wingers, don’t give the mic over to a Lefty because they’ll just bring up facts and figures that take away from all the hullabaloo Right Wingers seem to favor instead of reality.

Portugal – Bom-senso e bom-gosto.

Em 1861, Antero de Quental funda a Sociedade do Raio e em 1865 edita ‘Odes modernas’. Na obra Poema da mocidade, de Pinheiro Chagas, Castilho faz um posfácio (advertência) onde critica os jovens da geração de 60. Como resposta, Antero publica uma carta aberta a Castilho, denominada ‘bom-senso e bom-gosto’, onde rebate as críticas do mestre romântico. Assim, inicia-se a Questão Coimbrã ou Polêmica do Bom-Senso e Bom-Gosto, que foi a manifestação responsável pela introdução do Realismo em Portugal, na qual tinha: Antero de Quental x Castilho (os novos realistas contra os velhos românticos).

Brasil.

No Brasil, o Realismo inicia-se em 1881, com Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas, de Machado de Assis. O Realismo segue uma linha: um romance voltado para análise social das classes mais ricas do Rio de Janeiro.

Game #4

Fred Goldsmith vs. Charley Radbourn 10/11/1881, @ Messer Street Grounds 1881

Old Hoss Radbourn takes the hill looking to pitch better than his Game #2 effort, and keep the hopes, albeit slim hopes alive for the Grays in this one sided DMB World Series.

Things started poorly for the Grays as Ned Williamson reached 1st on a throwing error at 3rd, and promptly advanced to 3rd on a Silver Flint single. Mike Kelly doubled into right center scoring both base runners, and faster than you can shake a charley horse the White Stockings were up 2. The offensive star of the series, George Gore doubled in Kelly to drive in the 3rd and final run of the inning.

White Stockings  3   Grays  0 (1)

In the 4th with a run already in, Silver Flint doubled in Goldsmith, and mercifully for the Grays, and Charley Radbourn, the skies opened up, prompting a 66 minute rain delay. Radbourn could no longer pitch when play resumed, and reliever Bobby Mathews made the best of it by offering up a gopher ball to the other worldly George Gore, sending the drenched home crowd to the exits, as they admitted defeat to the rain and a much better White Stockings team.

White Stockings  9   Grays  1 (4)

George Gore would end the game with a DMB World Series record 5 hits, and the White Stockings would have their 2nd straight DMB Championship.

FINAL- White Stockings  11   Grays  4

10/11/1881, CHI81-PRO81, Messer Street Grounds 1881
 

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1881 White Stockings   3  0  0  6  0  1  0  0  1    11 19  5     8  1
1881 Grays             0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  1     4  5  5     9  2
 

White Stockings      AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
Williamson        3b  5  1  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  .158    0  5  0  0
Flint             c   5  2  3  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .550    1  1  0  2
Kelly             rf  5  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .316    2  0  2  0
Anson             1b  5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .211   12  0  1  0
Gore              cf  5  2  5  3  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .722    3  0  0  0
Dalrymple         lf  5  1  2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .389    0  0  0  0
Burns             ss  5  1  4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .471    1  5  0  0
Quest             2b  5  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .278    8  1  1  0
Goldsmith         p   4  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .125    0  1  1  0
                     44 11 19  8  4  0  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  1         27 13  5  2
 

Grays                AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
York              lf  4  0  1  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .313    2  1  0  0
Start             1b  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .067   12  0  0  0
Hines             cf  5  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .188    1  0  2  0
Farrell           2b  4  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .063    1  4  1  0
Gross             c   4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .133    2  1  0  3
Denny             3b  4  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .188    1  1  1  0
McClellan         ss  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .083    6  3  0  0
Ward              rf  3  2  1  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    1  0  1  0
Radbourn          p   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    0  0  0  0
 Mathews          p   3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    1  1  0  0
                     36  4  5  4  3  0  0  4  2  0  0  0  0  0  0         27 11  5  3
 

White Stockings                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Goldsmith        W 2-0           9.0  5  4  1  4  2 129  81   40  0  0  0  0  1  1.00
                                 9.0  5  4  1  4  2 129  81   40  0  0  0  0  1
 

Grays                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Radbourn         L 0-2           3.2 11  6  3  1  1  64  43   21  0  0  0  1  1  9.31
Mathews                          5.1  8  5  1  0  1  72  53   25  1  0  0  2  1  3.86
                                 9.0 19 11  4  1  2 136  96   46  1  0  0  3  2
 

GWRBI: Kelly
Charley Radbourn was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 62, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to left at 2 MPH,
Rain Delays: 66 minutes.

Summary: After 5 DMB World Series where the starting pitching was the key factor, the offense finally came out to play. MVP George Gore hit .722 with 13 hits, 7 for extra bases, 2 HRs, and 9 rbis, all DMB records. The Grays on the other hand managed just 19 hits in the series for a .142 average and were out scored 47-10.                                          

                                                 MVP-George Gore Chicago White Stockings

                               1881 Chicago White Stockings
                                   League championship                                 

S Name               P    AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS
  Gore*              cf  .722  .737 1.500    4   18   13   2   3   2    8    9    1    1   0   0   0   0
  Flint              c   .550  .571  .700    4   20   11   3   0   0    8    3    1    3   0   0   2   0
  Burns              ss  .471  .526  .706    4   17    8   2   1   0    6    3    2    1   0   0   0   0
  Dalrymple*         lf  .389  .400  .611    4   18    7   4   0   0    5    3    1    0   0   0   0   0
  Kelly              rf  .316  .316  .579    4   19    6   3   1   0    5    6    0    0   0   0   2   0
  Quest              2b  .278  .316  .333    4   18    5   1   0   0    2    2    1    2   0   0   0   0
  Corcoran*          sp  .250  .250  .250    2    8    2   0   0   0    1    2    0    0   0   0   1   0
  Anson              1b  .211  .200  .316    4   19    4   2   0   0    5    4    0    4   0   0   0   0
  Williamson         3b  .158  .227  .158    4   19    3   0   0   0    4    2    2    1   0   0   0   0
  Goldsmith          sp  .125  .300  .250    2    8    1   1   0   0    3    3    2    0   0   0   0   0
  Nicol              of  .000  .000  .000    1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Pitchers               .000  .000  .000    4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Total                  .364  .393  .570    4  165   60  18   5   2   47   37   10   12   0   0   5   0

                               DMB team batting -- 1881 Providence Grays
                              League championship -- as of 10/11/1881                               

S Name               P    AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS
  York*              lf  .313  .389  .375    4   16    5   1   0   0    1    2    2    1   0   0   0   0
  Denny              3b  .188  .188  .313    4   16    3   2   0   0    1    2    0    2   0   0   0   0
  Hines              cf  .188  .235  .375    4   16    3   1   1   0    1    1    1    3   0   0   0   0
  Gross              c   .133  .188  .267    4   15    2   0   1   0    0    0    1    2   0   0   0   0
  McClellan*         2b  .083  .313  .083    4   12    1   0   0   0    2    0    4    0   0   0   0   0
  Start*             1b  .067  .176  .067    4   15    1   0   0   0    1    0    2    1   0   0   0   0
  Farrell            2b  .063  .118  .250    4   16    1   0   0   1    2    2    1    2   0   0   0   0
  Mathews            sp  .000  .000  .000    3    5    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Radbourn           sp  .000  .000  .000    4   11    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    2   0   0   0   0
  Pitchers               .250  .308  .333    4   12    3   1   0   0    2    1    1    0   0   0   0   0
  Total                  .142  .212  .231    4  134   19   5   2   1   10    8   12   13   0   0   0   0 

                       DMB team pitching -- 1881 Chicago White Stockings
                              League championship -- as of 10/11/1881                               

S Name               P     ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF
  Corcoran           sp   1.00   2   0   0   2   2   2   0    18.0    9    4    2    5    4   1   1    71
  Goldsmith          sp   1.00   2   0   0   2   2   2   0    18.0   10    6    2    7    9   0   1    77
  Total                   1.00   4   0   0   4   4   4   0    36.0   19   10    4   12   13   1   2   148

                              DMB team pitching -- 1881 Providence Grays
                              League championship -- as of 10/11/1881                               

S Name               P     ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF
  Mathews            sp   3.86   0   0   0   3   0   0   0     9.1   16   13    4    4    2   1   2    52
  Ward               sp   4.80   0   2   0   2   2   0   0    15.0   19   16    8    2    7   0   1    74
  Radbourn           sp   9.31   0   2   0   3   2   0   0     9.2   25   18   10    4    3   1   4    54
  Total                   5.82   0   4   0   4   4   0   0    34.0   60   47   22   10   12   2   7   180

                                                                   Chicago White Stockings

Game #3

Larry Corcoran vs. John Ward 10/9/1881, @ Messer Street Grounds

John Ward takes the hill in front of the home crowd, looking to win his 1st game in the DMB World Series after 8 previous failures.

In the 2nd John McClellan singled, and Charley Radbourn reached on an error. After Ward sacrificed both runners over, Tom York singled to center to easily score McClellan, but Frank Gore fired a bullet home to nail Radbourn at the plate for the final out of the inning.

Grays  1   White Stockings  0 (2)

With 2 outs in the 3rd Jack Farrell lined a solo HR into the left field stands to put the Grays up by 2.

Grays  2   White Stockings  0 (3)

In The White Stocking 4th, Cap Anson reached 1st after Charley Radbourn dropped his fly ball. George Gore tripled high off the centerfield wall to score Anson, and he would score on a ground out to tie the score.

Grays  2   White Stockings  2 (4)

The Grays immediately retook the lead when John McClellan walked, and with 2 outs John Ward would single him to 3rd. A Larry Corcoran wild pitch would allow McClellan to score.

Grays  3   White Stockings  2 (4)

In the 5th Silver Flint and Mike Kelly would hit back to back doubles leading to a 2 run White Stocking inning. And in the 5th Tom Burns would lead off with a triple, and Larry Corcoran would single him in. 2 more runs would score in the inning to put the White Stockings up by 4. Larry Corcoran pitched shutout ball over the last 5 innings and the White Stockings would take a 3 games to 0 lead in this DMB World Series.

FINAL- White Stockings  9   Grays  3

10/9/1881, CHI81-PRO81, Messer Street Grounds 1881
 

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1881 White Stockings   0  0  0  2  2  3  1  0  1     9 11  5     8  1
1881 Grays             0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0     3  5  8     6  2
 

White Stockings      AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
Williamson        3b  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .071    1  3  2  0
Flint             c   5  2  2  1  1  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  .533    2  0  0  1
Kelly             rf  4  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  .357    2  0  0  0
Anson             1b  5  2  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .286   11  0  0  0
Gore              cf  4  1  2  2  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .615    4  1  0  0
Dalrymple         lf  4  1  1  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .385    2  0  1  0
Burns             ss  4  1  2  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .333    3  4  2  0
Quest             2b  5  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .231    2  2  0  0
Corcoran          p   4  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  .250    0  2  0  0
                     40  9 11  7  6  2  0  3  2  3  0  0  0  0  0         27 12  5  1
 

Grays                AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
York              lf  4  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .333    1  0  0  0
Start             1b  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .100    9  2  1  0
Hines             cf  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .182    4  0  0  0
Farrell           2b  4  1  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .083    3  3  0  0
Gross             c   3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .091    3  0  4  1
Denny             3b  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .167    1  2  1  0
McClellan         ss  3  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .111    3  5  0  0
Radbourn          rf  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    1  0  2  0
Ward              p   3  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  .222    2  1  0  0
                     33  3  5  2  0  0  1  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  0         27 13  8  1
 

White Stockings                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Corcoran         W 2-0           9.0  5  3  1  2  1  97  59   36  1  0  0  1  1  1.00
                                 9.0  5  3  1  2  1  97  59   36  1  0  0  1  1
 

Grays                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Ward             L 0-2           8.0 10  9  4  2  2 145  88   40  0  0  0  0  1  4.80
Radbourn                         1.0  1  0  0  1  0  20  13    4  0  0  0  0  1 10.50
                                 9.0 11  9  4  3  2 165 101   44  0  0  0  0  2
 

PRO: Radbourn moved to p in the 9th
     Ward moved to rf in the 9th
 

GWRBI: Anson
Temperature: 62, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 5 MPH.

Game #2

Charley Radbourn vs. Fred Goldsmith 10/7/1881, @ Lake Front Park

Old Hoss gets his well deserved 1st start in a DMB World Series, but he faces last years WS MVP Fred Goldsmith.

In the 1st the White Stockings exerted their authority, scoring 3 runs, banging out 2 doubles, and getting a HR from George Gore, a 2 run shot off the right field foul pole.

White Stockings  3   Grays  0 (1)

In the 3rd, the extra base hit parade continued. Mike Kelly doubled, Cap Anson doubled and our old friend George Gore tripled off the right field wall, just missing his 2nd HR of the day. The offensive barrage continued as Old Hoss got horse whipped for 6 more runs before being removed after 5 innings. The White Stockings welcomed Bobby Mathews to the party with a selection of line drive base hits and 7 runs in 3 innings of pitching.

The 19 runs and 20 base hits, 9 for extra bases, are all DMB World Series records. Fred Goldsmith struck out 7 Grays for another DMB record.

FINAL- White Stockings  19   Grays  2 

10/7/1881, PRO81-CHI81, Lake Front Park 1881
 

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1881 Grays             0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0     2  5  7     8  2
1881 White Stockings   3  0  3  2  4  5  0  2  x    19 20  2     8  0
 

Grays                AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
York              lf  5  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .375    0  0  1  0
Start             1b  2  1  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .167   16  0  0  0
Hines             cf  3  0  1  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .286    0  0  1  0
Farrell           2b  4  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    2  3  1  0
Gross             c   4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  .125    3  0  0  2
Denny             3b  4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    1  2  0  0
McClellan         ss  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    0  5  2  0
Ward              rf  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    2  0  1  0
Radbourn          p   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    0  3  0  0
 Mathews          p   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    0  1  1  0
                     34  2  5  1  0  1  0  3  7  0  0  0  0  0  0         24 14  7  2
 

White Stockings      AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
Williamson        3b  4  2  1  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .111    0  2  0  0
Flint             c   5  2  3  1  1  0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  .600    7  0  0  0
Kelly             rf  6  2  2  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  .400    1  0  0  0
Anson             1b  6  2  2  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .333   11  0  1  0
Gore              cf  5  4  4  3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .667    2  0  0  0
 Nicol            ph  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    0  0  0  0
Dalrymple         lf  6  2  4  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .444    3  0  0  0
Burns             ss  4  2  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    0  4  1  0
Quest             2b  5  1  2  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    3  4  0  0
Goldsmith         p   4  2  1  2  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    0  1  0  0
                     46 19 20 16  7  1  1  5  3  1  0  0  0  0  0         27 11  2  0
 

Grays                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Radbourn         L 0-1           5.0 13 12  7  2  2 105  70   29  1  0  0  0  2 12.60
Mathews                          3.0  7  7  3  3  1  87  55   22  0  0  0  0  0  6.75
                                 8.0 20 19 10  5  3 192 125   51  1  0  0  0  2
 

White Stockings                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Goldsmith        W 1-0           9.0  5  2  1  3  7 137  84   37  0  0  0  1  0  1.00
                                 9.0  5  2  1  3  7 137  84   37  0  0  0  1  0
 

CHI: Nicol batted for Gore in the 8th
     Nicol moved to cf in the 9th
 

GWRBI: Kelly
Temperature: 61, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 1 MPH.

                                                                         1881

A rematch of the 1880 World Series. The White Stockings, thanks to the reserve clause were able to retain all the players from last years champions, with the only change being the addition of rookie Hugh Nicol. The Grays have a couple of new faces, most notably the future Hall of Famer Old Hoss Radbourn.

The White Stockings come into this series having led from wire to wire, thanks to their league leading .295 average, led by Cap Anson(.399), Mike Kelly(.323) and Abner Dalrymple(.323) On the hill the 1-2 punch of Larry Corcoran and Fred Goldsmith continued to rack up the wins with 31 and 24 respectively.

The Grays had a losing record in August and were in 5th place but got hot and went 18-5 to finish the season just ahead of the Buffalo Bisons for 2nd place. John Ward was still on the hill for the Grays but he managed only an 18-18 record. The emergence of Charley Radbourn and his 25 wins picked up the slack for the Grays. Offensively only Joe Start(.328) and Tom York(.304) batted over .300.

Offensively the White Stockings outscored the Grays by over 100 runs during the season. This decided edge should make things tough on the Grays’ pitching, and leave the White Stockings with another DMB Championship.

GAME #1

John Ward vs. Larry Corcoran 10/5/1881, @ Lake Front Park

The Grays go with experience in Game 1, sending John Ward to the hill, while the White Stockings go with Larry Corcoran over last years World Series MVP Fred Goldsmith.

In the 2nd Frank Gore roped the 1st pitch he saw from John Ward for a triple. He would score on a sac fly from Abner Dalrymple. The White Stockings would tack on another run thanks to an error, a wild pitch and an rbi single from starter Larry Corcoran. That would be enough for the victory. The Grays would commit 8 errors making it tough on John Ward, and Larry Corcoran would finish with a 4 hitter.

FINAL- White Stockings  8   Grays  1

10/5/1881, PRO81-CHI81, Lake Front Park 1881
 

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1881 Grays             0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  4  8     7  1
1881 White Stockings   0  2  1  0  2  0  1  2  x     8 10  1     7  0
 

Grays                AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
York              lf  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .333    1  0  0  0
Start             1b  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    5  0  0  0
Hines             cf  4  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    3  0  1  0
Farrell           2b  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    3  3  2  0
Gross             c   4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    5  1  1  2
Denny             3b  4  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    2  0  0  0
McClellan         ss  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    2  2  3  0
Radbourn          rf  4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    3  0  1  0
Ward              p   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  .000    0  1  0  0
 Mathews          p   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    0  0  0  0
                     31  1  4  1  2  1  0  3  3  0  0  0  0  1  0         24  7  8  2
 

White Stockings      AB  R  H BI  D  T HR BB  K SB CS IW HP SH SF   AVG   PO  A  E PB
Williamson        3b  5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    3  2  0  0
Flint             c   5  2  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  .600    3  0  0  1
Kelly             rf  4  1  2  2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  .500    2  0  1  0
Anson             1b  3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  1  .333   12  1  0  0
Gore              cf  4  1  2  1  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .500    1  0  0  0
Dalrymple         lf  3  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  .000    1  0  0  0
Burns             ss  4  2  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    0  2  0  0
Quest             2b  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000    3  6  0  0
Corcoran          p   4  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .250    2  2  0  0
                     35  8 10  6  1  2  0  1  5  1  0  0  0  1  2         27 13  1  1
 

Grays                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Ward             L 0-1           7.0  9  7  4  0  5 130  87   34  0  0  0  1  0  5.14
Mathews                          1.0  1  1  0  1  0  21  10    5  0  0  0  0  1  0.00
                                 8.0 10  8  4  1  5 151  97   39  0  0  0  1  1
 

White Stockings                  INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   BF HR IW HP WP DP   ERA
Corcoran         W 1-0           9.0  4  1  1  3  3 134  82   35  0  0  0  0  0  1.00
                                 9.0  4  1  1  3  3 134  82   35  0  0  0  0  0
 

GWRBI: Dalrymple
Temperature: 69, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 2 MPH.

Charles Gardner "Old Hoss" Radbourn
Born:December 11, 1854 Rochester, New York.
Died:February 5, 1897) Bloomington, Illinois
 

Old Hoss began his career with the Buffalo Bisons in 1880, where he played 3 games at 2nd base, and 3  games in the outfield, he was released in May before ever throwing a pitch for the 7th place Bisons. In Feb. of 1881 Radbourn was signed as a free agent by the Providence Grays. Over the next 5 seasons he would never win less than 25 games for the Grays, with a record high of 60 wins coming in 1884. He would pitch a no hitter in 1883 against the Cleveland Blues, beating the nicknamed challenged Hugh "One Armed" Daily by a score of 8-0. He would rack up these impressive totals by pitching underhand, and utilizing a curve and an early version of the screwball.

The 60 win total has some controversy, with some sources crediting Old Hoss with only 59 wins. The victory in question came on July 28th against Philadelphia. Radbourn entered a game in relief, with the Grays winning 7-4 in the 6th inning. He pitched 4 shutout innings, the Grays won 11-4 and the official scorer credited Radbourn with the win based on the rules of the day. Under the modern rule Radbourn would have been only credited with a save.
A Special Baseball Records Rule Committee decided that due to poor statistics recording prior to 1920 that the current rule established in 1950, would apply to seasons prior to 1920, thus changing his 60th win into a save. The Great Encyclopedia of 19th Century Major League Baseball credits Redbourn with 60 wins because the ruling does not apply to the seasons from 1921 to 1949, and it is slightly unreasonable to apply 2 different standards based purely on shoddy record keeping prior to 1920. David Nemec credits Radbourn with a win based on the rules of the day, and if it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for me.

Radbourn is considered by many to be the greatest 19th century pitcher, compiling a 309-195 career record, with his 1884 season one of the best of all time. Along with his 60 wins he pitched in 678 innings with 441 strikeouts and a 1.38 ERA.
How did Old Hoss manage to put up such lofty numbers in 1884?  In the 3rd week of July Radbourn had a record of 24-8, and was sharing mound duties with Charlie Sweeney. After Radbourn was suspended for loafing and insubordination, he was reinstated when Sweeney was cut from the team for missing practice. Old Hoss retook the mound under the proviso that he pitch every remaining game, and that he would be released at the end of the season. He almost managed to pull it off, pitching in 35 of the next 37 games, and in the process he racked up a 20 game win streak.
After the 1885 season he would go on to pitch for the Boston Beaneaters, and 1 season each with the Boston and Cincinnati Reds before retiring after the 1891 season.
After retiring he moved to  Bloomington, Illinois, where he owned and operated a billiard parlor and saloon. He would lose an eye in a hunting accident when his gun discharged accidentally.  Radbourn died at home of paresis possibly brought on by syphilis on February 5th, 1897. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. 
  

“What pitcher of today could go in day after day and give the performances that Radbourne did. No other pitcher ever pitched his team into a championship single handed. He had the brain, the arm, the strength, the endurance, the pluck, the curves and the speek. He was equal to any emergency, was coolness itself and a great general.”
—  Jim O’Rourke

"Radbourn became so good with constant practice that he could throw the ball through a good-sized knothole in the fence." Frank Bancroft, former Providence manager.

In this team picture Charley Radbourn is first from left standing with his middle finger extended.   During a Boston team photograph in 1886, he became the first known public figure to be photographed extending his middle digit to the camera, starting a tradition that continues to this day. Nicely done Charles!

Year         Age    Tm    Lg   W   L W-L%  ERA   G  GS GF  CG SHO SV     IP    H    R   ER  HR  BB   SO HBP     
1881          26   PRO    NL  25  11 .694 2.43  41  36  4  34   3  0  325.1  309  162   88   1  64  117             
1882          27   PRO    NL  33  20 .623 2.09  55  52  3  51   6  0  474.0  429  215  110   6  51  201             
1883          28   PRO    NL  48  25 .658 2.05  76  68  8  66   4  1  632.1  563  275  144   7  56  315             
1884          29   PRO    NL  60  12 .831 1.38  75  73  2  73  11  0  678.2  528  216  104  18  98  441   0         
1885          30   PRO    NL  28  21 .571 2.20  49  49  0  49   2  0  445.2  423  209  109   4  83  154   0         
1886          31   BSN    NL  27  31 .466 3.00  58  58  0  57   3  0  509.1  521  300  170  18 111  218   0        
1887          32   BSN    NL  24  23 .511 4.55  50  50  0  48   1  0  425.0  505  305  215  20 133   87  14        
1888          33   BSN    NL   7  16 .304 2.87  24  24  0  24   1  0  207.0  187  110   66   8  45   64   8          
1889          34   BSN    NL  20  11 .645 3.67  33  31  2  28   1  0  277.0  282  151  113  14  72   99   8         
1890          35   BOS    PL  27  12 .692 3.31  41  38  3  36   1  0  343.0  352  183  126   8 100   80  11        
1891          36   CIN    NL  11  13 .458 4.25  26  24  2  23   2  0  218.0  236  149  103  13  62   54  13          
11 Seasons                   309 195 .613 2.67 528 503 24 489  35  2 4535.1 4335 2275 1348 117 875 1830  54         

                                                                   1881

During the 1880 Season, Cincinnati allowed semipro teams to use their Bank Street Park, permitting the selling of beer, and Sunday games. Both prohibited by Wm. Hulbert and the National League.

Representatives of the 7 other teams in the NL voted to expel Cincinnati. Leading to the formation of the American Association in 1882.

The Detroit Wolverines would replace the Reds, maintaining an 8 team NL.

The NL continued to tinker with the walk rule. 7 balls were now needed to draw a walk. The pitching distance was increased by 5 ft to 50 ft. The combination of these 2 factors saw an increase in walks by 40%, and an overall batting avg. increase of 15 points.

In this the 6th season of the National League, Roger Connor of the Troy Trojans will finally hit the 1st Grand Slam in league history. He waits until September 10th before finally getting the National League off the Grand Slam schneid.

The White Stockings won 2 out every 3 games they played this season, thanks to the consistent play of Cap Anson and Mike Kelly. Larry Corcoran(31) and Fred Goldsmith(24) again won 20+ games apiece sending them to their 2nd straight NL crown.

Providence took 2nd place with the help of future HOFer Charley Radbourn winning 25 games. Providence was 29-32 0n Aug. 21 and in 5th place, but reeled off 18 wins in their last 23, taking over 2nd place exactly 1 month later on Sept 21. 

1881 Final Standings

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Stockings         84   56   28    0  .667     -   550  379
Providence Grays                85   47   37    1  .560   9.0   447  426
Buffalo Bisons                  83   45   38    0  .542  10.5   440  448
Detroit Wolverines              84   41   43    0  .488  15.0   440  429
Troy Trojans                    85   39   45    1  .464  17.0   399  429
Boston Red Caps                 83   38   45    0  .458  17.5   349  410
Cleveland Blues                 85   36   48    1  .429  20.0   392  414
Worcester Worcesters            83   32   50    1  .390  23.0   410  492

                                     League Leaders

AVG- CAP ANSON(CHI.)- .399	HRS- DAN BROUTHERS(BUFF)- 8
RBI- CAP ANSON(CHI.)- 82	WINS- JIM WHITNEY(BOS.)- 31
ERA- STUMP WIEDMAN(DET.)- 1.80	WINS-LARRY CORCORAN(CHI.)- 31
KS- GEORGE DERBY(DET.)- 212          NO PHOTO AVAILABLE

WORLD EVENTS

BORN:

ED WALSH- 5/14

JOHNNY EVERS-7/21

ALEXANDER FLEMING- 8/6

CECIL B. DEMILLE- 8/12

PABLO PICASSO- 10/25

BRANCH RICKEY- 12/20

JOE MCCARTHY- 12/25

DIED:

FEODOR DOSTOEVSKI- 2/7

BILLY THE KID- 7/15

JAMES A. GARFIELD- 9/19

3/18- BARNUM AND BAILEY’S GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH OPENS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

5/21- THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS FOUNDED BY CLARA BARTON

7/2- PRESIDENT GARFIELD IS SHOT BY CHARLES GUITEAU

7/20- SITTING BULL SURRENDERS

9/20- CHESTER A. ARTHUR IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT

10/26- SHOOT OUT AT THE OK CORRAL TAKES PLACE IN TOMBSTONE, AZ.

This first account is about some Native American school children who evidently got  tired of their “Yankee” school teacher’s scolding:

THE natural law which writers on jurisprudence recognize seems to be a good deal like old English law in some respects. The penalty of ducking for intolerable scolds, enacted by statute in England, is a part of the natural code among the young savages of America. In Dakota some of the Indian children attend school; the teacher being of the usual Yankee school marm standard; but a more than average hand to scold. For a time the Indian pupils submitted tolerably well to the discipline of the schoolroom, but recently an outbreak came all at once. The Indian pupils made, one afternoon, a dash at the teacher, carried her out of doors to the creek, and there actually ducked her in the water with her head downward! Of course this was rather below the English method, where a ducking stool was used, and the victim went down feet foremost, but it was the best plan that suggested itself to the untutored minds of “the young barbarians all at play.”

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) Feb 27, 1875

In regards to the law:

Counseller Ruddiman has in charge a bill mentioned before — but a propos in this connection, resurrecting a relic of the past in the shape of a whipping post for wife beaters and it is expected that Statesman Law, to be even with his colleague, will shortly rehabilitate the ducking stool as a protection for hen pecked husband.

Indiana Weekly Messenger (Indiana, Pennsylvania) Mar 16, 1881

THE Philadelphia Press is clamoring for a revival of the old law which punished “common scolds” by public ducking. It says there is increasing frequency of “common scold” cases in the Pennsylvania courts, and suggest that a “gentle dip or two in the Delaware” would be more effective than a “temporary sojourn in the house of correction.”

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) Jul 1, 1882

This “lady” (I use the word loosely) sounds like quite a character:

South Chester Items.

A case was tried at 7 o’clock last evening before Justice Fields. A warrant was placed in the hands of Constable Elliott, on the oath of Margaret Slack, for the arrest of Margaret Reynolds, charging her with malicious mischief in throwing stones at her windows, appearing on the street in a nude condition, and being a common scold. The evidence was corroborated by several of the neighbors. The justice bound her over in the sum of  $200 bail for her appearance at the next court. She could not get bail. Constable Elliott had a serious time in getting her to the lockup. He had to drag her part of the way. She was determined that she would not go to the lockup, but the officer finally succeeded in getting her there.

Chester Times (Chester, Pennsylvania) Aug 19, 1882

Com. vs. Margaret Reynolds. — Assault and battery, common scold, open lewdness, malicious mischief, drunkenness; in fact charged with almost every crime at the tail end of the catalogue of criminal offenses, next engaged the court. Mrs. Slack was the prosecutor. Mr. Slack was her chief witness, and all lived next door to each other. Poor Margaret claimed a good character, told a tale of wondrous good works and got off, never to come back again.

Chester Times (Chester, Pennsylvania) Sep 21, 1882

More on the law…and a warning!

THE law on the statute books of Philadelphia providing for the punishment of women who are common scolds has been revived and a number of scolding women have been arrested and released on giving bond to keep the peace. The penalty for this offense is ducking and the ducking-stool will have to be resorted to should anyone be convicted. As this law applies with equal force to all parts of the State, some of our Indiana people should cut the item out and paste it on the looking glass.

Indiana Weekly Messenger (Indiana, Pennsylvania) Aug 7, 1889

Now, this one is particularly funny:

THE JUDGE WASTED HIS BREATH.

A Judicial Lecture to a Common Scold.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — Elizabeth Schultz, the old German woman who made such a nuisance of herself that she fell into the hands of Jersey justice and was convicted of the crime of being a common scold, was before Judge Hudspeth of Jersey City to-day for sentence.

“Madame,” said Judge Hudspeth, as she stood up to receive her sentence, “you occupy a unique position before this court, having had the inestimable distinction of being the second person convicted here of being a common scold. There was a time in the history of this state when such serious and reprehensible offenses as yours were punished by means of a ducking pond. But in this advanced age and more enlightened civilization the laws have been altered, so that it is in the power of the court to inflict a more humane punishment. Madame, apparently you have no control of your tongue at all. You are a nuisance. You have driven people out of the locality in which you live. You have disturbed the peace and comfort of your neighbors. You have made of yourself an unmitigated nuisance. Your offense against the peace of this commonwealth is a very grave one. You must keep quiet and silent. You must understand this. You must keep your tongue silent. The court has considered your case, and has given due weight to the appeals that have been made in your behalf. The sentence of the court is that you pay a fine of $10 and the costs of the prosecution.”

During this speech Mrs. Schultz had remained absolutely silent. When it was finished her lawyer led her to the clerk of the court and she paid the fines and costs, amounting in all to $76. Then she left the courtroom and trudged silently home. It should be added that Mrs. Schultz knows no English, and hence did not understand a word the judge said.

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) Feb 15, 1893

A Common Scold.

POTTSDOWN, Pa., April 17. — Chief Burgess Evans committed Hannah Fry, a single woman, to prison, charged by Councilman March with being a common scold.

Bismarck Daily Tribune (Bismarck, North Dakota) Apr 18, 1893

NOTE: At least two others were tried, Mrs.Hannah Underwood of Hopewood, acquitted in1890, and prior to her, Hannah Young, from Washington Twp., convicted, but found to be insane, so she was confined to an asylum, per an article in The Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) dated June 13, 1890.

Might want to think twice before naming a daughter,  Hannah.

Philadelphia North American:

Ellen Getz, who was sentenced to three months in the county prison yesterday, should have lived in the old Puritan days. Mrs. Getz’s offense was that of being a common scold and of using language that would put the proverbial swearing trooper to blush. Such cases are rare now, in those days, however, common scolds were numerous, and sometimes they were publicly ducked at the town pump; in rare cases publicly whipped; but usually they were bound and gagged and stood on the main street for several hours, bearing on their breasts a placard labeled: “Common Scold.” Mrs. Getz escaped all this, and she was lucky. Let her reflect accordingly. It is hard enough to hear a man swear; but a woman! Let us hope that Mrs. Getz, and all like her, will take Judge Gordon’s advice and put a bridle on their tongues for the future.

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) Jul 18, 1895

FINALLY! A male scold gets his:

The shoe never appeared so ostentatiously on the other foot as it did the other day in a New York police court when a former subject of the kaiser was arraigned as a common scold and proven guilty on the testimony of the women of the neighborhood, whom he was always trying to drive inside from their doorsteps. He had even turned the hose on them when they stepped out for fresh air after ten o’clock. The court held him in $400 bonds for the future good behavior of his mouth, much to the delight of the neighbors.

“Who ever heard,” exclaimed his irate lawyer, “of a man being a common scold?”

“I did, just now,” his honor replied, “and unless he furnished $400 bail he will take a ride in the wagon outside.”

The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska) Aug 11, 1898

This may have been the first conviction for Fayette County, but Pennsylvania seems to be the most likely state to be charged with being a “common scold.” In fact, the law still may be on the books today, although I haven’t checked. I found an article from 1961 of a woman being charged with the crime. She seemed rather amused by  the whole thing.

For the first time in the history of Fayette county, Pa., a person has been convicted of being a common scold, a verdict having been rendered in the case of Mrs. Carrie Eicher, of near Brownsville. Adam H. Zeigler, a neighbor, made the complaint. Children started the trouble.

New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania) Sep 16, 1904

Carrie Eicher, who resides near Brownsville, Pa., in the vicinity of Uniontown, Pa., recently convicted on the charge of being a “common scold,” when she appeared for sentence was allowed to go on the payment of the costs, $35.21. Her attorney explained that she had moved away to Grindstone, and that she could no longer create a disturbance in the place where complaint was made against her.

New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania) Sep 28, 1904

For more on Scolds, see my post, “Common Scolds and Ducking Stools.”

LAZY Mary Ann Dees
Never dotted her i’s nor crossed her t’s,
So the letters resolved they would give her no e’s,
And they fed her on pods without any p’s,
And at last they banished her over the e’s
To the kingdom of fogs that is known as Queen V’s.

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) Oct 19, 1881

13 mars så tog ryskafolket saken i egna händer och ställde deras utsugare tsar Alexander II till svars för vad han har gjort mot dem. Efter århundrade av livegenskap, förvisningar och hemliga poliser så fick det vara nog.

Folkviljan med stort folkligt stöd dödade Tsaren av Ryssland den 13 mars. Efteråt så har historiker menat att det var dumt pga av att Alexander II var liberalare än många andra Tsarer. Detta baserar sig på okunskap av hur arbetarklassen hade det i gamla Ryssland. Att tsaren leker liberal betyder ju inte att folk dör mindre i fabriken.

13 mars är en dag som ska firas, en dag då man visade att förtryck är inget som accepteras. Sen är nästan alla andra helgdagar firandet av gamla gubbar eller blodiga slag.

Tips på snygg väska att ha revolutionärt material i från Gucci

Coal Mines at Almy, 1871

The above picture is from the Wyoming Tales and Trails website. Warning: It has music playing.

A HORROR IN WYOMING.
TERRIFIC COAL MINE EXPLOSION AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE

TWO WHITE MEN AND THIRTY-FIVE CHINAMEN KILLED — THE MINE ALL ON FIRE. FUTILE REPORTS TO RECOVER THE BODIES OF THE DEAD — NUMBER OF MEN INJURED.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 4 — A special from Evanston, Wy., to the Tribune says: “The gas in the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron company’s mine No. Two, at Almy station, on the Union Pacific road, exploded at 8.45 last evening, throwing the flames many hundred feet high out of the main slope, carrying away the buildings around the mouth of the shaft, and setting the machinery buildings on fire. About 15 minutes before the explosion from 10 to 30 white men and 50 Chinamen went down to work for the night. At two a.m. 17 Chinamen, more or less seriously injured, had been rescued, many with limbs broken and badly scalded. About 20 dead Chinamen have been discovered, but have not yet been brought up. No white man has yet been found, and there are no hopes that any are alive. The jar of the explosion was plainly felt at Evanston.”

A dispatch from Cheyenne says the night shift consisted of 50 Chinamen and five whites. Two of the whites were brought out in a crippled condition, and 15 Chinamen were rescued through the ventilating shaft, all of whom were more or less injured. It is believed that 35 Chinamen and two white men, are now in the mine which is on fire. The mine is owned by the Central Pacific railway, and was being worked at its full capacity. The accident will cause a suspension of work for a year.

Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, New York) Mar 5,  1881

Frightful Explosion in a Coal Mine –
Forty Men Killed.

EVANSTON, (Wyoming), Mar. 5.
A fearful explosion took place in mine No. 2 last night. The cause is not definitely known, but it is supposed to be by gas generated by fire in the abandoned mine No. 1, which has been burning for the past six years, and is separated from mine No. 2 by wide walls only. The explosions completely demolished all the buildings over the main stope and, setting fire to these, burned them, together with the engine and other houses adjoining. There were sixty Chinamen and four white men in the mine. Of the latter, Mr. Gillespie, John Barton and Josiah Crosby were taken out dead, and Charles Beverage alive, but very dangerously burned, but may recover. Twenty-five Chinamen have been brought to the surface, all badly scalded and many with broken limbs. The balance are probably dead. The white men were all married and leave large families. The fire in the mine is now out, and everything possible is being done for the recovery of the balance of bodies and for the injured.

Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada) Mar 7,  1881

William J. Bolton

This first article I found after the one that follows about General Bolton coughing up the Confederate bullet. I found it interesting in that it seems the Democrats used similar campaign tactics in this past current election as were used back in 1880 (finding so-called Republicans who were “in the bag” for their candidate).

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HANCOCK MEN. –

Montgomery county is getting a good deal of newspaper notoriety because it is the birthplace of Hancock, and one or two of its leading Republican citizens have declared their intention to vote for the Democratic nominee for President. The West Chester Village Record strikes at the matter in this manner: At the same time that it is ludicrous, and therefore, somewhat entertaining, the persistency of the discouraged Hancock press in trying to find recruits among the Republicans of Montgomery county becomes rather tiresome. The fact that there are not or [of?] any consequence has been perfectly demonstrated for some time, but the Philadelphia Times, after having made several efforts, sent a reporter up to Norristown, a few days ago, to attempt something heroic. He was determined, probably, to bring back a bagful of names, if he had to copy them off tomb-stones. The result was that he came in with four names and lots of padding. Among the four, of course, were Dr. Read and George Bultock, who must be getting somewhat fatigued by this time at their perpetual elevation on Democratic poles, as captives from the Republicans, and the other two were General W.J. Bolton and Mr. B.E. Chain.

Winfield S. Hancock

It now proves that General Bolton is not for Hancock after all, and he publishes a vigorous letter saying so; while Mr. Chain, though a loyal man during the war, has always been a Democrat, and his support of Hancock was, of course, to be expected. It must be remarked that the Times, in printing without any revision General Bolton’s earnest letter defining his position, makes a palpable mistake. It looks odd, of course, and so would the letters of most men without revision by the editor and care by the proof reader. But the force and clearness of the missive are not obscured; it is easily understood, and its distinct declaration that the writer is not to be caught in a Democratic trap, even with a Union General as bait, will not be misapprehended. We suggest, with much respect, to our esteemed contemporary, that if General Bolton had written to it, saying that he was for Hancock, pains would have been taken to put his letter in first-rate order for the compositor’s hands, and that such a discrimination tells as much as a whole chapter of confession.

General Bolton had few advantages of education, but he was a brave soldier, and sustained terrible wounds at Antietam; and if he does not write a perfectly-constructed and exactly-punctuated letter, he makes one that goes to the front — as his leadership did in battle eighteen years ago. Had he voted for Hancock, we should not have assailed him; as he votes, however, with the party that sustained the Union armies, we all the more rejoice at his sound sense. But it is not about time to admit that the Hancock recruits in Montgomery county are not forthcoming?

James A. Garfield

Even the General’s first cousins, Republicans all their lives, will vote for Garfield, and the county is as unshaken by the Cincinnati nomination as if any other man had been chosen to carry the Solid South’s banner.

The Bucks County Gazette (Bristol, Pennsylvania) Aug 12, 1880

Antietam

After Seventeen Years.
[Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.]

NORRISTOWN, May 22. — General Wm. Bolton was yesterday relieved of a Confederate bullet in his neck, which has been a source of pain for seventeen years past. While Colonel of the Fifty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and awaiting orders on a mound at the time of the famous mine explosion at Petersburg, July 30, 1864, a Confederate canister shell exploded near him and a small bullet entered the lower right jaw at the very point where he had received a bullet wound some years previous at the battle of Antietam. Forty distinct incisions were made a few weeks later, but without success. Since then General Bolton has felt pain and oppression in his neck, especially during damp weather. Yesterday he had occasion to stoop while attending to a customer in his store, and was immediately taken with a violent fit of coughing. Placing his hand instinctively over his mouth, something dropped into his hand. On removing the blood and mucous covering  of the object he found it to be the painful little ball of Confederate cast-iron. It was covered with rust, weighed 273 grains Troy, and the surface was covered with sharp ridges.

Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) May 27, 1881

General Bolton of Norristown, carries a novel charm on his watch chain. It is the bullet which he received in the war and which he coughed up a short time ago.

Chester Daily Times (Chester, Pennsylvania) Jun 20, 1881

DEATH OF GEN. W.J. BOLTON.

Member of Vicksburg and Antietam Battlefield Commissions.

Philadelphia Aug. 2 — Brig Gen William J Bolton died to-day of heart failure, at the age of seventy-four years. Gen Bolton served through the civil war in the Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers first as captain of a company and finally as colonel of the regiment, and was brevetted brigadier general. He was wounded at Antietam and at Petersburg. Gen Bolton was a member of the Vicksburg and Antietam battlefield commissions.

Washington Post, The (Washington, D.C.) Aug 3, 1906

Dr. Perry H. Talbott, editor of the Greenback Standard, published at Maryville, Mo., was assassinated last Saturday evening at nine o’clock, while at home surrounded by his family. We have seen no intelligent opinion expressed as to who did the shooting; Talbott before he died said he thought it must have been a paid assassin of the national banks, “some enemy of the great cause which I represent.” We regard this as ridiculous, and regret that a gentleman of the profession should leave such a foolish statement behind him.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Sep 21, 1880

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Capt. Lafe Dawson, attorney for the Talbott boys, visited them at St. Joe yesterday. It is understood that he is working up a confession by which they are to be released. The plan is supposed to be to have Wyatt, the alleged insane participant in the murder of Dr. Talbott, confess that he did the shooting. This si expected to procure the release of the Talbott boys, and then Wyatt is to get off on the old insanity dodge.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Jul 2, 1881

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IT was stated in one of the afternoon’s Greenback speeches that the Democrat and Republican parties were now each represented in attempts at assassination, but that the Greenbacks had escaped the odium. The speaker is evidently not familiar with the assassination of old Dr. Talbott, editor of a Greenback paper at Maryville, by his two sons, who were stalwart Greenbackers.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Jul 16, 1881

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A more fiendish murder than that of Dr. Talbott was never perpetrated, yet there is increasing indignation — particularly in the office of the St. Joe Gazette — that his murdering sons will probably hang for the crime.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Jul 18, 1881

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The Talbott boys have made another confession, which is to the effect that neither one of them had anything to do with the killing of their father, but that Will Mitchell, Mrs. Talbott’s sister’s husband, is probably the real culprit. A few weeks ago one of them confessed that he did the killing while Dr. Talbott was beating his mother, but as that did not satisfy the Governor, another statement had been made. This is the third story of it they have told, and Governor Crittenden will not be blamed for accepting the verdict of the court in preference to either one of them. They will be hanged at Maryvill to-morrow.

The gist of the confession consists of a conversation that Albert heard between Mitchell and Wyatt, and in which Wyatt tells the manner in which they accomplished the shooting, and the events that follow are given in long detail. There is another conversation given before the date of the murder between Wyatt and Mitchell, in which the latter consents to do the killing for a consideration. Mitchell is considered a leading spirit of the murder, partly out of revenge for the death of his wife who caught cold after having been ordered by Dr. Talbott from his home and died; and, second, because the doctor refused to let him marry his oldest daughter.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Jul 21, 1881

ST. LOUIS, July 22. — The [Post-Dispatch's] Maryville, Mo., special says: Albert, Rand and Chas. E. Talbott, convicted of murdering their father, Dr. Perry H. Talbott, on the  18th of September last, and respited once, were hanged this afternoon in the presence of from 8,000 to 10,000 people. Up to a late hour last night they expected gubernatorial interference, but at midnight went to bed after a lengthy interview with their mother and sisters, and Miss Lewis, to whom Albert was betrothed. Mrs. Talbott was very bitter against the Governor for not commuting the sentence of her boys.

The prisoners received the last sacraments of the Catholic church this morning. It was an exceedingly affecting scene between the prisoners and their relatives.

About noon, Charles, the youngest one, broke down completely and begged that something might be done. This unnerved the women and made a terrible scene. The women were removed. Mrs. Talbott frantically resisted, but the guards led her away crying, “I hope you will be satisfied when you have killed my boys.” The brothers were taken to the gallows in an omnibus, being strongly shackeled. The women and the crowd followed. The scene when the trap fell was very solemn, the whole crowd uttering groans.

Helena Independent, The (Helena, Montana) Jul 24, 1881

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Although it is notorious that the Talbott boys quarreled incessantly with their father, and finally killed him, one of them said a few hours before the execution that “We will soon be seated with our dear father on the Great White Throne.” It is probable that the old man, when he saw his two sons alight on the Great White Throne beside him, knocked them off with a harp, spades and neck yokes not being used in that country, and therefore not available to throw at members of his family, as was his custom here. Old Dr. Talbott was the Elder Mitchell of Missouri, and his last words were that he had undoubtedly been murdered by National bank presidents, although one story of the murder told by his sons is that when they fired the fatal shot, he had their mother on the floor and was jumping upon her. The idea of such fiends roosting lovingly on the Great White Throne is supremely disgusting.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Aug 9, 1881

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*ANOTHER MURDER AND A MENTION OF THE TALBOTT MURDER*

A worthless whelp named Birch wanted to marry Anna Lanaham, one of the daughters of an old farmer near Rock Rapids, Iowa. The old man objected, and drove Birch from his house. The consequence was that Birch and Anna, assisted by Maggie, another daughter, and Mrs. Lanaham, wife of the farmer, devised a scheme for getting rid of him. One day, after he had returned from a farmers’ meeting, Maggie slipped up behind him and put a bullet through his brain. Her sister Anna then broke out a window pane, so as to make it appear that he had been fired upon and killed from the outside by some unknown party. The murder was planned some time in November, but it could not be carried out until a few days ago. It was a terrible affair, and every one of the fiends who were engaged in it ought to be hung, but we suppose every exertion will be put forth by maudlin sentimentalists to save them even from the penitentiary.

Old man Lanaham may have been a disagreeable old fellow: he may have bored his family to death by eternally talking about the iron heel of monopoly that was crushing the life out of the farmer; he may, to the neglect of his family, have spent his time in talking over public wrongs; but he had a right to live until he worried himself to death.

The telegraph informs us that he was killed just after returning from a farmers’ meeting.

We infer from this that he was a reformer, like Dr. Talbott – that he was one of those men who try to reform the world before they endeavor to reform their families. Talbott was always hurling thunderbolts at the red-handed monopolists who were choking the life out of the farmer and laboring man, but while he was doing this a plan for his murder was being concocted in his own family.

We do not believe there ever was a kind, indulgent and provident father murdered by his own children. The man who thinks of his family first and the public weal later is in no danger of his life at home.

The manner of Mr. Lanaham’s taking off probably furnishes a pretty accurate key to his character. By neglect and abuse he inspired hate into the hearts of his wife and children to such an extent that they desired to get rid of him at all hazards. He was doubtless popular with the world, as all men are who devote the greater part of their time to it, and we are not surprised that the community in which he resided is now crying aloud for vengeance.

Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) > 1882 > February > 17

*****

A private detective named Brighton, who was interested in ferreting out the murderers of Dr. Talbott, the editor of a Greenback paper in Maryville, Mo., has been arrested in Illinois, and brought back to Kansas City to answer a charge of crookedness.

Atchison Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) Dec 22, 1882

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* TALBOTT’s DAUGHTER AND THE CRIMINAL, CHARLES NORRIS *

CHARLES E. NORRIS.
A St. Joseph Clerk in the Role of Forger and Lover — A Curious Agreement.

ST. JOSEPH, May 3. — The man who was arrested here Wednesday for attempting to obtain money on a forged draft of Heller & Hoffman, of St. Louis, turns out to be Charles E. Norris, formerly in the employ of Heller & Hoffman, and he is wanted by that firm for forgery.

It now transpires that he combined the business of love making with forgery as he had since his arrival in the city formed the acquaintance of Miss Jennie Talbott, daughter of Mrs. Belle Talbott living at 607 South Eleventh street, in this city, and a sister of the Talbott brothers, who were hanged at Maryville for the murder of their father, Dr. Talbott, who had made a written contract with Norris, which was signed by both, dated April 29, agreeing to live together as man and wife.

The Talbott girl had taken several meals with him at the Pacific House and he took her to Bailey’s dry goods store and she bought goods to the amount of $70 and attempted to pay for them with a forged draft, of Hiller & Hoffman, but Bailey being suspicious, took the draft to Hax’s which had been indorsed by Hax’s clerk, who by this time had become frightened, and it was determined to arrest him then, which was accordingly done.

Norris was arraigned before Recorder Oliver, waived examination and was sent back to jail to await the arrival of Heller with a warrant for his arrest.

Atchison Globe, The (Atchison, Kansas) May 3, 1884

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For more information about Perry Talbott and his family, “Our Family Gallery” has genealogical information, more newspaper accounts and other information about this family. [I am not related or connected to the site, just ran across it looking for information about the Greenback Standard newspaper, edited by Mr. Talbott.]