Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1877 — Page 4

TIIE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOKNING, JANUA11Y 17 1877.

Eire tTtX4T-L WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17. Nn li .tl- holds the fort. The Ixuiiana negroes begin to kick KelJndef David Davis, of Illinois, is sj-oken of fr United ?tates senator. Thse who like to contemplate the latter end of returning board radicalism may t-ee it In Packard's government in New Orleans. Packard has a government that nobc-dy f-cts and few obey. Such is the legiti..;te drift of radicalism supported by retiirTting hoards. - The situation in New Orleans remains enwxinuring for good government. Packard's n.-urping government is still cooped up in the state house, and his adherents are constantly deserting to the other side. The Ashtabula bridge disaster is undergoing a most marching investigation. A Mr. TomUson testifies that '"he wad discharged 'from the employment of the company beViiUMi be insisted on having the bridge 'ütn-nL't'iened according to original plans." fc.ih testimony is unfortunate for the company, but the world wants the bottom facts. Ai ri:K old z.iiii. The congressional committee are afUr "old Zach" now. Tluy want to know, you know, what part the old cannibal playd in the returning board rascalities. Ife won't talk much, lie is rather garrulous naturally, bat mum's the word now. He says he id a cabinet oiScer, and has some sort of an idea that that ought to protect Lim in Lis devilment. He confessed, however, that he had tut a dispatch to Flortda stating that troop- would be sent there probably to keep the peace. What nonsense this is. The elcctic n had been held over the whole country, and the votes were being peacefully counted. It was necessary, however, that some swindling should be done in Florida and Louisiana, and the only way was to boldly do it. and tl.eu have troops on bond to suppress the indignation and possible outbreak that would naturally follow the perpetration of auch r.u-.tlity. Therefore troops wer? ordered to Florida. Now does anyone suppose that old Zach cared an thing about keeping the peace of Florida? All that he was interested in was in securing the throe electoral votes, for Hayes. This ff.ler.il interference has been begun under radicalism in state elections, but where the the end of it all will be no one can foresee. W do not comprehend its full meaning. Verharr if it was being exercised in Indiana Uv-.ay to bolster up lien Harrison's claims to the governorship, after being beaten 5,'.j votes Ly Mr. Williams, we, could realize the full force of a cabinet officer's confession that Le had telegraphed that troops nrght le expected in a certain state and be might have added, what undoubtedly was the fact that they were- to be then. for the purpose of aiding in any piece of rascality that was necessary to br done in the interest of the Hayes elector. That the rascality was i-erj-etrated we have the. undoubted republican testimony of General ttarlow, who wc believe Occupies a front seat in the radical synagogue, and we understand that Representative Woodward, w ho was one of the special Florida congressional committee, a republican, had satisfied himself of the radical rascality in the Fiorla count, and Las so expressed himself. e hope old Zach will be made to tell all he knows of the "crook'cdnese in the returning board swindles. He was selected as chairman of the radical national committee bei cause of bis supposed intimacy with ''tricks that wer dark," and a certain looseness of principle that would find its appropriate place in the doubtful canvass that has recently been finished. Mr. Morgan; of New York, a dignified, honorable gentleman of ihc old school, who had some old fashioned ideas of honesty and decency, was laid a&ide to make room for old Zach. So, we say, make old ach tell ail that he knows. We would like to see the confessions of Morton and old Zach bound together in the same book. The book would dj to scare the children, or it could be used for a burglar alarm. OIK POKT10X. It is a difficult matter to decide just what u do when there is a burglar at your chamber d-jor, two or three more down stairs and one or two outside, advantageously posted for observation without and protection to the scoundrelä within. We take it that the position of the democratic party is somewhat analogous to our suppositious burglar-beset Hf'iuaiutance. What is to be done? The radical organs have been endeavoring to give a Falstaffian cast to thx? proper indignation that has leen exhibited by the democratic leaders, press and late conventions. They have thought to make capital by charging upon the democracy a disfosition to throw matten into anarchy, confusion and perchance armed revolution. .We want Vi say right here that this is "not the rvay of the democratic party, nor Las it ever been. It has always e ndeavored to find out' what the constitution of the country desired- and to follow its precepts. This disposition on the part of the democracy has been Looted at by the opposi tion. They have been called in derision "constitution shriekera;" the cry was "spot" tue raau that talks constitution. The democrats have been told to quit talking about the ccnttitution; it was a re minder of old pro-slavery times and the anti-war period. Or. the other Land the radical imrty always acted as if there wt n const: tuion, pc law, nothing Jjut their own whiun and carnccs to' satisfy

Tkey sacrilegiously irkd to run tLa country

on the Pible, but even that good old book grew too old-fashioned for them and they feoon shot ahead of it, especially wln they ran against the eighth commandment. Now the fruits of this spirit are beginning to spring forth, and we find bogus radical state government?, returning boards, bogus presidents and vice presidents everything in a state of confusion, aud the worst, we fear, not in bight. Now, what ought to be the position of the democracy? They want no war. no confusion, no anarchy, no revolution. They want only what they are entitled to under the laws and constitution of their country. Th'-y say to the radical desperadoes in and around Washington that they also are entitled to certain rights under that tame constitution, and that is all they can Lave. There is a certain limit inside of which they can bluster, blow and bulldoze, but beyond that there is a different atmosphere. As for ourselves, and we believe we speak the sentiments of the Indiana and, perhaps, the western democracy generally, we have perfect confidence in our standard-bearers. Messrs. Tilden and Hendrics. They are prudent, wise, sagacious, conservative statesmen. By this time they probably have formed their opinions about what ought to be done. In a few wceks they will hare had still further op portunity to observe the drift of event. We are willing to wait for their decision. Whatever they decide for th democracy to do we are willing to abide by. We make no threats; wc advise cool, calm deliberation; we would siuefct the best thought, the calmest and motd trustworthy leaders, the most judicial nind.-t, to aid our w orthy standard-bearers in reaching a wise, satisfactory and judicious conclusion, and then, by the God of our fathers, let us stand by them shoulder to Shoulder. If they say go, let us go. If they say come, let us come. If they say stand still, let us stand still, and may the God of our fathers be with us in whatsoever He is preparing for us. This is our position. We think it a wise and prudent one. The radical organs w ill lie and misrepresent, as they Lave done Leretofore of course, as usual, Out upon this ba-Ms of "following our leaders' let us all stand.

A SEW KG AD 8TSTEJI. Senate bill No. 34, introduced by renator Stockslager, of Harrison county, is a revival of a similar bill offered by Mr. Harney in the senate and Mr. Kennedy in the house, in 175. It is a careful revision of those bills, embodying the same general system with additional safeguards and wore complete details. The main outlines of the tystern are as follows: To abolish the office of road supervisor and the present plan of road labor under it, and t make the trustee of the civil township superintendent of the roads in Lis township. It contemplates that the trustee, with the concurrence of the county commissioners, sha.l levy a tax not exceeding fifty cents on each 10U of taxable property and a poll tax not exceeding $2.00 upon each jerson liable to road labor. It provides for one road master who shall take charge of all the roads in his township and authorizes him, if necessary, to expend properly the money in his hands for road purposes as prescribed by the act. He may appoint subordinate road masters, all of whom with himself bhall give bond for the performance of duty. The work on roads is to be done by hired labor, or in certain cases by contract let under notice for bids. The trustee U re quired to keep the roads in good repair and to use surplus money in making substantial and lermanent improvement by ditching, embanking, graveling, etc. A further provision is that when private persons make voluntary improvements of a permanent character, the trustee shall, if Le Lave the means, co-operate by expendiug an equal amount of labor with the individual. Such are some of the leading feature ci the bill. Its details seem to reach every requirement to make the system complete so far as long and careful study can anticipate contingencies. The inefficiency of our present road system is conceded. Instead of improving, the public highways are growing worsej; they are said to be not as good now as they were ten or fifteen years ago, if gravel roads are excepted. What labor and money are applied are so badly directed that little real benefit is accomplished; the expense is largely wasted. The system is not business like, but desultory, weak and futile. There is evidently a prevailing demand for reform. It is a matter of the first imi-ort-ance loth t the commonwealth as a whole and to private citizens, A community is judged by the character of its roads and bridges. They involve the question of economy. The saving of muscle, harness and vehicles by good roads is immense; the profit in sieed, which is tinie-6aving, and ability to haul doable load all these thing, to say nothing of comfort and pleasure, urge the improvement of public roads. fkmething will soon be done in this direction. and it tmy be tue bill now under considera tion is a move in the right direction. It certainly should command the careful study of the legislature. We are in daily receipt of letters contain ing the most nubstantial recognition of the mrrit of the Sentinel. Included in the list of . ycererday'8 receipts was a letter from Mr. Randolph Hsrrts, of Newtown, in Fountain county, furnishing a stately list of subscribers, lu Lis letter, Mr. Harris says "The people here seem to be well pleased with the present Hpirit of the Sentinel. We 'wantapaj-er that is d-.cidedly democratic; 'that is willing to detend democratic prin ciple8, the principles upon which the gov 'ernment was founded." We can assure our numerous fricmla in Fountain county that they will find the Sentinel meeting the largest demands of the- democratic sentiment

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REPORTS OY CITY OFriCEBS. Mr. J. C. Adams, in Lis speech at the meeting of the tax-payers at the Grand hotel last Wednesday evening, declared that it was necessary for the city of Indianainjlis to Lave an auditor, in order that her accounts might be properly kept. As Mr. Adams is botha member of the city council and of the legislature, it is reasonable to suppose that lie impressed his audience with the truth of his josition, for he was treating a giibject w ith which Le should have been familiar. But the facts do not warrant Lis conclusions. The city clerk cau keep the accounts of tLe city as correctly as could an auditor if Le Las the capacity and inclination to do so. It matters not by what name an officer is called. He can be denominated either clerk cr aud-' itor, and if he perfoims his duties properly they w ill be equally well done. Mr. Adunis intended to convey the impreion that it w as not the province of the clerk to so keep the accounts of the city that its financial condition could be known, and that if the people desired this to be done another ollice must be t reated. If this be done the salary of that officer must be paid out of the money collected from the people. We have officers enough. What we need, and what we must have, is that those we already Lave shall do their duty. If they will do this, there w ill be no occasion for the creation of others. If the city clerk :md city treasurer of Fort Wayne can so keep the accounts of that city that its exact financial condition can be seen at a glance, our clerk and treasurer can keep those of this city in a similar manner, if they have the capacity to do it. That the accounts of Fort Wayne are so kept is evinced bv the following reports made to the council of that city a few days ago: To Ills Honor the Mayor and t'otnmon tmuell. City of Fort Wayne: tieutlemen I herewith submit my monthly KtKtement of tlie iceounts of the city of Fort Wavne, lor the month of Iecember, Is7ö, accon'ipauicd with the tieasiirvr's report for the same mouth, us follows; FLO.TI'U I'KHT.

Dec. 1, IsTö Orders a float as per last report Issued durlnx month (Ioemlwrl as follows: For interest ou public debt For taxes refunded.. Kor streets, speelnl For home of the friendle For Are dep'i, speeiuJ For Keneral purpM's as follows: On aceouut of Sewers W .streets 317 00 Street liuhts 1,'i'iO 'M Insurance - Jul 00 Public grounds and build's. ;r. 20 bridge 27 ." Markets . 1 7Ti teneral e xpense Hrt 25 y70.?os iö 0 00 IS I't !) tS 67 J'olie department w Fest house 2 00 I Tinting 25 00 Fire depart tnout 72 Salaries of otfiee r 142 11 Committee duties ti Interest on orders rvdn'm'd ÜUl M lxcoMi, "old Tie, over the estimate of Morton, redeemed 3,X1 07 f lO.tiM tti SSI ,7 13 70 5,611 LT Total IH'diict orders redeoiniM this month Leave orders afloat Janu ary 1. ISi . Clerk's hal.tT. deducted ttives, treasurer's balance. Ir. oasli on linnu January 1, 1S77 ......... MONIiFD DEBT. January 1, lff77. bonds outHtutiuing. same tut lata mouth, 1 SUMMARY. K;2i.o oo ftEU00 00 76,131 Junuary 1, 1K77 IJouded debt as above January 1, 177 Floating debt as above. ............ i Jhu naryl . 1 s77 Total d-bt .lainmrv 1. 1M7 Hoild-i ÜCOI ..twrow w January 1, l7t Floating OeDl . i"o,Ai oo 734,203 M Decrease, January 1, 1K77 Cash on band.. 6S Jsnuary 1, 1S70 Cash on nana.. ow ui Net deTti of debt in 12 ' months 3115- - All of which Is respectfully submitted, Jou M. CJodown, City Clerk. Fokt Wavsk, January 9, 177. The city treasurer's monthly report w as read as follows: For the month of December, IsTtf. DR. . Cush tn treasury December 1, 1M7, as per rejort for XoveintxT fltJi)! Amount received during the month For pawnbrokers' licenses- !00 (0 For exhibition iiceuse,. . w w For liquor license 75 00 For iK-ddlers' license.......... 1 00 For collections oy maraei master ?i n the tax duplicate ! Itecelved of C. A. AOllluger, Fines for home of friend nitivor less - MW Fines for general purposes. 17 00 Fees lor general purposes... uu ri 75 815,713 5 CR By orders releeiued for general purposes as follows: ejn account of Sm w fr.... . 130 oo 1,007 3H 27 00 6 52 SO 8 .Vi 507 77 VH 00 2, 00 212 . 500 Streets ....m.. . I nsti rancfM.,.... Public bolldltigs . Market. -- ..... tieneral expend s - 10 liC Prlniln FirK iteprtmeut Salaries ... - Assessing .... ... Ly orders redeemed fur Intotost on public debt...-. Taxes refuntled 8treets,sp'cial.....,..... . Fire deoartment. six-cial... 11,773 15 0 00 IH 24 90 t!2 07 'A Arc rued interest allowed on orders redeemed 601 &s to.614 T. $ltt,099 68 Cash In treasury, Jan.l, 77. 1 15,714 &5 LEUOFK BALANCW", JAN. 1, 1877. 1K. Cash JIO.WH (w Oeneml purpons. 4,W6 22 Interest on public debt...... Sinking fund Taxes re unded - 72 22 Street, apeclai ...... 251 50 Tx duplicate ........ Home of Friendless.....Publication fees Fire department, special 1,002 61 CR. fllJSl 9 42 m l 20 00 . 5 00 Totals.. - f 18.31" 23 flK,3fi 23 Koleotr uuy submittal, C. M. Barton, City Treasurer. Fort Wayne. Iad Jan. 9, 1877. The reports were referred to the finance committee.

tfow, wc ask the tai p:y;rs w! thi city to

critically examine these reports. They give the exact financial status of the city of Fort Wayne. There is no guessing at anything, nor estimating anything, but they show the precise amount of her receipt? and dibursements for the month of December, tnd her total debt and the means she has with which to pay it. When did our city officers ever make similar reports to the council of this city? No man is old enough to have seen such expo-itions of the condition of Indianapolis as these reports show of Fort Wayne, and there are those now living who have know n the city from its birth. It is evident, therefore, that it is not for the want of a sufficiency of officers that we are kept in ignorance of what concerns us oil so greatly, but by the neglect and inelhoiency of those we already have. This remark is not alone applicable to our present clerk and treasurer, but applies with equal force to all their predecessors. From the ineorioration of the city to the present day, its accounts have been kept in a manner entirely umvorthy of the interests involved. When the city was small and her revenues limited, there was not the same necessity for exactness in her accounts that there now is, but even then they should have been so kept a? to enable the people to know what they oVed and what they had to pay it with. Hut now, when the annual receipts and disbursements of the city approximate a million of dollars either way, it is of the first importance that the it'ople should be particularly advised of all these receipts and disbursements. The law requires that this shall le done, arid Mayor Ca veil promised in his inaugural address that the Taw should be enforced, but notwithstanding the provisions of the law and the promise of the mayor, no one know s today how much the city ow e nor the amount of money in her treasury. Heretofore the city has been governed by a partisan council. This, is the main cause of our prt-Hnt difficulties, for the party in power was more intent to continue its domination than to legislate for the good of the whole people. This evil ought to be corrected, and if we mistake not the temper of the people, it w ill toon be done. The meeting at theGrand hotel last Wednesday evening was but the outcropping of a deepseated determination on the part of the tax-payers to stamp out party jolitics in conducting the acairs of this city, and commit their interests to those who would consider the interests of the w hole people paramount to those of a political party.

THE CASK. The country Las been thoroughly informed in regard to the presidential contest. The triumph of the democratic party in November is a fact of history. "Tilden and 'Hendricks," says the Washington Union, "will be president and vice president after 'the 4th of March unless the due course of 'law is defeated by force. Upon any con'atruction of the law Tilden was duly 'eleeled, and w ill be chief magistrate tü jurt. 'He has the votes of 1SÖ electors certified, as 'retired by the act of congress, by the gov'ernirrj of the several states. If the certi'licatoi are held not to be conclusive evidence of the persons apiointed by 'the states, and the inquiry i to he made 'as to who were actually appointed, Tilden will have 116 votes four by Florida, eight 'by Louisiana. The vote of Florida has 'been adjudged to hira by the supreme court of that state, a majority of which is republican; and this result is declared to 'be correct by General Harlow, one of the 'republicans selected by the president to go 'to Florida to eustain the fraudulent re'turning board. But, though a thorough going partisan, he wad not blinded t the gross fraud by which the returning board counted out the Tilden electors." The caeis fairly stated by the Union. It is a-s strong as truth and law can make it. If fraud can succeed now, there is no reason to le urged why it may not succeed hereafter. To admit the possibility of its triumph is a confession of weakness and cowardice. To anticipate redress for frauds committl in 1S76 by an appeal to the ballot box in 1S0 is .something worse than imbecility. If erjury and returning board villainies can wipe out such a triumph as was achieved in November, 1576, the peo ple may rest assured that during the intervening four year the bulwarks of despotism will be strengthened and the people w ill be free only in name, and even that may not be conceded. The case as It now stands is simply this, the people must assert their rights and prepare to defend them or quietly submit to a condition so humiliating that death in any form would be preferable. The time for talk and argument is repidly passing away The time for action has come. The people realize the fact. It is clothed with all the (solemnity of a struggle for independence. It can not be dwarfed. To underestimate its significance is a crime; to abandon It is national suicide. What aglor-ms "mix" the old ladies on Walnut Hills, who confine their reading to the Cincinnati Gazette, must Lave been in all day yesterday. On the editorial page, first and leading column, one of the chaps thh.t does the heavy writing makes inquiries at to the 4,000 Oregon check. A few inches further on, the next heavy writer knows a4 about it; he thinks he has found it cov er! with corruption; Las traced it to a New York bank, and volunteers the astound ing information that Mr. Tilden runs the bank. Then the third heavy writer comes on, in the same column, and he takes a "whack" at it, in this way, that the draft was made at a New York bank, and that Mr, Tilden is simply a director of the bank. We wonder where the "boas" of tha Gazette office was. Perhaps another returning board rascal was in Cincinnati seeing the sights and wanting to see Halstei d. A large and o d Loidmlle dry fiooda firm, T. lw tlcvia & um, has failcO.

WASHINGTON LETTER,

The Solution of tha Vexed Question Progressing, But Very Slowly, at the Capital. Nome of the Innnmerable IMtnt Fröre! l'ropo! for Kavlnir the Country. IHpoclal Corresioudence of the Sentinel. Washi.noton, Jan. 9. Altogether there is a beaer feeling now than before between the democracy and the conservative wing of the republican party, w hich is shown by the quiet and good natured tone in which the question of the succe-sion is privately discussed. Every man seemed called on to at ply far a patent on his process. The designs are various and unique. obody wiil associate with, much less rccognue, any statesman who can not submit a plan. The latest agony in tuis line is toe new election process forced in Zieh Chandler's foundry and rivetted with republican nail. It works like a charm. You just declare the Lvd election ofl", pull Ferry down from hi pedestal to the floor of the senate, elevate Morton with a derrick to Ferry's seat, then call him Mr. Acting President, wind up the macnine.and it will run till next ovember, at the end of which time the republican party win put anotner name at uie masthead and try the game over aeain. Past exierience will then enable Zachariah and Oliver to place money and troops where incir useiuiness win appear on tne grana tinale. This scheme has called forth the following illustration by Buell in to-dav's Caoital: You have heard of the two fellows who courted th same girl. One of the 1 Hows was poor in tins world s goods, but he was bandsome aud lionet, and th Kirl lovtsl him. The other fellow was a republican. Ho had held an oftieo tor several years, and, tn eouseouence. was wealthy. Hut hn was au and i he licentious pren said ho was a thief. Tnerc fore the patriotic irirl despised bi n. Hut the old man, the father of the girl, mado a n turntiiK board or niniHeir, and sought to count the hud, stupid and wealthy young man whom she despised, into her anVctions. tehe demurred, avowing that she had of her own tree will, hv a larze msloritv. chosen tin other youuir "man, who was poor but honest and of comely proportions, llkewls; possessed of brain. Finally the old man sug getxl a compromise. H propod that tliey should all betrm over aain. That she should diMdiM both suitors and then let them eorno again to woo her a second time. Then the Hteadiast mulden replied in her anguish and her constancy: "Oh! father, do not trifle with rne. If I've zot to marry that youne man v horn 1 despise. count him in now and be done with it; but if I am to be permitted to exercise a chi.ice ol my own, let me eivus; the one I ne already chosen, without further nonsense." If we must have Have, let him 1- couut-d in and done with it. But if the peonlftare to bo per mitted to exercise a choice of their own, let them esoouse the president they have already chosen. No8tock is taken in the scheme, probably because, as I'rofes or Scclye puts it, the par ty which could originate such a measure and thus further protract the business deEression all over the country, would be uried cmt of sight at the. first opportu nity. A" TO A NF.W ELECTION. There Is, however, a scheme not yet for inallv submitted to congress, which will, no doubt, meet with some considerable atten tion. The Hon. Fernando Wood will bring it up bt fore the house inafewdavs. He suggests a new election in the three disputed states. South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. The Ian has many strong points and may be passed, lhe election is to be held, according to this arrangement. before February II, so that the returns may be ready for the count on that day. It is honed the irujxrtanee of the issues at stake and the proinlueucv niese suites win men assume uciure the country will put all the citizens on their best behavior, and bring about results that shall be un-icetionably beyond the touch and revision of thiev ing returning boards. The ob jection chiefly urced to this measure is the lack of any constitutional provision lor it. That is true, Mr. Wood replies, but neither U there any constitutional prohibition, and in an "emergency of this kind which is not likely to recur for a hundred years and possibly never again in the history of the country, the two houses of congress may certainly venture upon any plan which will temporarily secure a way peacefully out of the di the ul ties. As far as tne demo erats. are concerned I don't think they have given the matter much attention and they wvuld be slow to sanction Ir unless it should present itself &s a sort of la.'t resort. Tilden . . . . a t i 1.1 md Uendncks nave been cieany eiectea. The democracy will insist on their rights and will heartily eoncur, no doubt, in another appeal to the juries in the three states. if that should seem the only peaceable way to secure justice at the hands of thet Washington knaves. The republicans are talking some of tins, and i n order to give a fair idea of their sen timents, expressed from a conservative standpoint, I will repeat a conversation I bad this morntngwitn enaney foster, republican member from Ohio. THE HAI'ICAI. VIEW". "What do you think of Wood's programme for another election?" "Well." said. Foster, "John Logan used to say, when he played poker and had drawn four aces, he never discarded to try for a king. Now, what do we want another election for? The committee gives us t?outh Carolina. No use trying it over in that state." "But Judtre Lawrence, one of the republican committeemen, ust back from that state, says he believes irom the testimony there waj as much intimidation on one side as the other." "That so? Well, I swear! Lawrence says that, eh? Well, (with deliberate candor) if Lawrence says io, I've no doubt it's tru. But we've got Florida, it appears, as I don't see any indication that the court will issue another mandamus." "But then you noticed that the board had to reopen the returns' from Baker and Clay before securing a msiority for Hayes on the face of the returns?1' "Yes I suppose there will be a juabble over that" '"How about Louisiana?" I then Inquired. "Well, that is a worse muddle than any of the rest. I don't exactly like the looks of things down there, I confess. I've read a great many of these affidavits, and well, it seems to me that the board acted properly enough in some instances in rejecting returns, but in a great many cases they threw them out on d n flimsy pretexts." If any of Foster's papers get hold of this honest confession and print it. 1 hope they will insert "very" instead of the expletive before "tlimsy," for Charley is a bright and shinin' liht in the Christian world. It is hardly possible that the senate, even under the mock-turtle liberalism of (3onklinir. Edmunds and Frelinehuysen, will re spect Louisiana. There might be a doien republicans in the house who would ppeak and vote as Foster thinks. They can swallow Pouth Carolina and Florida without ny trcubl?, but Lc&iani survuccs cclic ia

malignant, liberal type. We may yet eee crnando Wool a- th great pacifier and itenteeof the only adjustable, free-work-:ig presidential prorena. 8. P. it. 1IIE M.ITR AT UlttE.

Union City has the smail-jox. Ifayet is In fasted with chicken thieves. Iyv-iooee has Lad a se ntion in the shape of a $2,000 fire. Fort Wajne wants two more fire engines and more balls. There are forty farmers in the present house of r?pre8entativc. There we at present 2.') UudenLin attendance at the Kpiceland academy. Philip Tbeauror, of Attica, Lad Lis thumb taken otFby a buzz saw a few days since. In the January apportionocnt of the fcchool fund, DcKiilb county geta J.IM.Ä. The amount of revenue collection's made in Lafayette during December was (3,2ti.41. The First National hank of Lafayette has rprliTcM its capital tock from f(iü0,000 to $300,000. A burglar recently went through the Albion iost off.ee, but only realized about $15 for his trouble. Eighteen pensioners of th war of 112. residing in Indiana, have dwsl during the centennial year. Counterfeit fives and ten on the national banks of Kichr.wnd, Lafayette and Mancie are in circulation. All of our exchanges speak of the late ccld snap, when the mercury fell from 16 to 24 decrees below zero. Tippecanoe county has drawn from the state treasury $lö;W7 on account of the common school fund. The Union agricultural and mechanical association of Union City have increased their capital stock to $10,000. Solomon Perrin. of Brownstown, was" seriously wounded a few days bin ce by tie discharge of a pietol w Lich he had in hia pants pocket. The Richmond Jeffersonlan : On Monday of this week. William Rogers, of Clark township, killed seventeen quails at one shot. Too thin. Alonzo Watkins, a resident of Jam'-town township, Stuben county, committed suicide on Wednesday of last week, by hanging. He had no family. Evansville Courier: The charter question hangs fire. The lare army of legal talent that is concentrated on it should bring the matter to a speedy solution. Loganp-port Pharos: A man created quite an excitement in a Fourth street saloon yesterday by exhibiting an enormous jackrabbit, weighing nearly twelve pounds. A little eirl of Franklin, named Gracie Ovcrstreet, fell Into the fire ai the residence of her father, and before being rescued was so badly burned that she Ls likely to die. W. II. Yoder. of Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, committed suicide at (fothen on Wednesday by blowing his brains out. No cause is known why he committed the ra'ih act. A couple of scamps calling themselves Semon Brs. opened a candy store in Kendalville a few weeks a;m. and after getting in debt as much as possible, lit out for porta unknown. Columbus was visited by the fire fiend on Monday and Tuesday. The green house of Mrs. Cooper and a storehouse occupied by Mina Law were both destroyed. Loss $15,000. Fort Wayne Sentinel: Henry Wiebke was recently victimized by a young man in his employ who forged his name to $500 of no:'e3 and embezzled about $&X) of his funds. The younj; man has decamped. Lafayette Cou.ier: Lafayett is always ahead. A young man named Wilson, a shoemaker, heard of the new pold discovery last night, and left for the Wood River country by the Valley road to-day. Cambridge City has 80S taxpayers. Amount of taxable proterty. fJU-Mll. Taxes ass 'ssed lor 1876, 1,717.0. Taxes assessed on property and real estate, $11,101.90. This includes the delinquent llbt. Richmond Palladium: A horse covered with white wool, much like that of a sheep, was the center of an admiring crowd on Main street today. The, horse is a natural curiosity, being covered with long early hair or wool from head to hoofs. . Liberty Herald: .During three weeks ending January 1, 1S77, O. Keffer shipped to Cincinnati 93 car loads of hogs, averaging 44 hogs to the car, or 4.200 hogs, and averaging in weight 350 pounds and paying to the fanners of the county over $38,000. Richmond Free Pres.: Last night about 8 o'clock Jimmie Rhodes' s horse nd the United States mail wagon were takn from, the east end of the union depot and no tidings of them have been had sin:e. The tracks in the snow showed that tie horse had been turned round and heaced east, though after leaving tlie depot all trace waa los. Terre Haute Journal: The denocrats of Vigo countv and this city oocury the vantige ground in the political rieid. A fair working majority exists in the county and the city is close enough to make local elections brine out the best men for the various offices. If no mistakes are ma!c and the organization is kept in efficient condition, it will be entrnsted with the city and county government for many years to come, Muneie Times: Burglars entered the house of Mr. Hazelton on East Jackso'n street about 2 o'clock this morning. Mth. Hazelton waking up saw the villain standing near htr bed with a revolver in his hand. She woke her husband, who rose up, whe'n the burglar lied. The family were tefrribly frightened, but could discover nothing missing. Mrs. Hazelton had reeived a package ly express yesterday, and that is what the scamps were after. Richmond Palladium: Mr. Charles Kuraler, who has -een exjerini nling witk electricity for some time, has now in operation at his home one of the most iugenius applications of the subtle fluid to the wants of every day life, we have ever heard of. He has an alarm click in his room so connected with all parts of tne house by wires and batteries, that when the alarm strikes at 5 o'clock a. in., his hour of rising, tte .gas in the )arlor and sitting room is lighted, and the fire lighted in the kitchen stove. Lafayette Courier: A Wabasfc conductor Lringi a big story from Berlin, a station on the line of his road. At that place he saw $2,800 in silver which two men had fotind. It apjearj that the trea-rare was btiyed under an old building on a farai near Berlin by a farmer who died atout a month ago. The sons of the deceased have been searchme for the treasure ever since the death of their father, and were oaly rewarded for their trouble on yesterday. It is thought that th deceased "also burled a quantity of gold coin on the same farm, piior to Lis death, and his bereaved win will now institute a diligent search fur that also. Every man, woman and child at this season should Uike Dr. J. II. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier, because it pnrilies and enriches the lkod, pives vigor, strength ai.d vitality to the whole body and evstem. Dr. J. II. McLean's offloe, SH Chestnut street, SU LouU.

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