The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 45, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 March 1871 — Page 2

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‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’

J.B. STOLL, EDITOR. '

WEDNESDAY, MARCIK S, 1871

DECIDEDLY ‘LAUGHIABLE;

The Valparaiso correspondent [of the Laporte lerald, writing under the nom de plume of “Franklin,” bas discovered amare’s nest of such huge dimensions that we carnot desist from reproducing it in our columns: L

“I happen to know that it was decided in the councils of the leaders, who run the: Demogratic -party, to sacrifice Mr. Stpll, lon’g~%pfl)rc the meeting of the Legislature. . Mu.: Stoll denounced the Chicugo Times for its course about the war in Eurgpe ; a distinguished Indiana Democrat®wants the nomination of the Democratic National Convention for the Presi«dincy, and to sécure this. objéct he must Have theisuppofrt of the Z%mes, or he'co’d fot go into the convention with anzunUroken {support from Illinois. Hénce MraStoll must be rebuked. Mr. Wadsworth would have been a Director of the, Northern. Peditentiary, if Mr. Stoll had. not requested it. lam not mistaken.”

-The plain interpretation of the above is that our comménts on the course of the ('h_ic;ngn {limes have greatly exasperated Mr. Storey; that Mr. Hendricks could not scoyre the support of the Zinics, nor the vote of. Illinois, unless our views on thie FPrancq:Prussian war were condemned by fhe Dcm('\cmc'y' of Indiana! *And suck a condemngtionotd "Li 0 ;

- Now, al] this spunds cxcééainglyifunny; but “Franklin” gravely informs us .th:it he is “not mistaken,” TLetussee : In ‘the first place it is quite improbable wheth cr Mr. Storey ever knew that we disapproved of his course on the FEuropean war, and if he did, hc:sgrely would not make an ags of himselt by dqm’nndi%{ as a conditiion of his support of Mr.. Hen‘dticks for the Presidency that the -Indiana Democracy condemn us for believing ‘that France bad committed a wrong in waging ‘war upon Germany. . 2. Mr. Hendricks was himself in sympathy with the German cause,ibaving delivered a speech to that eftectat Indianapolis, and having contributed $5O to the.aid fund, collected in that city for the Germans.

~~ A word or..two with reference to that “rebuke.”, * Franklin,” bfeing a resident of Val iintafso, is doubtless aware that Mr. ‘Bloch--thesuccessful competitor of Mr. Wadsworth—freely and publicly denounc¢d the Chicago Zimes for its coarse at“dfs upon the Germans, and that the strongest m'gu‘mcnt M. Bloch advanced in his own favor at Indianapolis consisted of kis denunciation of the Chicago Times dur: ing thei ampaign of 1870, claimgng, as we bave. been informed, that he '(Bloch) “therehy prevented the Gérmans of North “ern Indiana from going o‘verf en masse to the rcpublican party I” - . i Now, then, if we were to be “rcbuked” onaccount of our Prussian synipat hies, is it not singular that this should be done throughi the medium of a veritable “Prussian,” who was perbaps more. severe in his co’niiymnution of the Zimes than we ourself? We submit these' few obscrvations to the consideration of “Eranklin,” withi the adyice that wlhen henext engages in divulging “grave matters of(State” that he DE careful not to ‘spread it out so thin.’

e e 4 B — Peace at Last, -~

* The following are the terms of peace agreed upon by -‘the German and French authorities: , ¢ ~ A

First—The cession of Alsace.and Metz, but Betfors to' bé restored to France. _Second~—The payment of'a ‘war indemnity of five milliards francs, =, Third--A portion of the French territory, with some of the fortified towns, like Sedan, to remain in the poss?_sion of the ‘Germans till the conditions of the treaty are fuliilled: s :

‘Fourth—The German army to enter Paris and occupy the Champs Elysces. Fifth—Peace to be proclaimed when the French' Assembly ratifies these conditions. p O e .

On Wednesday the German troops entered the city of Paris. They attracted universal admiration for their soldiery ‘appearance. They surprised the French, who owned that they could not beat them. "Th'c'f' grandest part of the spectacle was the march along the Champ Elysces with bayonets and: - helmets glittering in the sun, flags, torn by battle, fluttering in the breeze. . ¥ R

The EmperofVgl#am’s review of the German troops g%_fimfips is represented to have been & most magnificant spectacle. Notwithstanding his recent illness and age the Emperor rode dashingly down the line, and when the troé‘ps passed in review he sat erect on hischarger surveying the troops with deep emotion. He was most enthusiastically greeted by tfie troops.— When the order was given, the ltmds struck up, and, with splendid step, thirty thousand men marched past the Emperor and staff in so perfect a manner that each

-battery presented a profile as only one gun. ; a 0

‘The Emperor William started for Germany on Saturday. e » ;

Is the editor of the Muntington Demo erat not a little fast in his criticism of the “adjunct business,” and would it net have been more in cohformity;qvith journalistic propriety to have first ascertained whether “the, paragraph referred to emanated from us or some other paper? , Now, the facts are, we never wrote the paragraph which has excited the “moral indignatiori”"of the gentleman on the Wabash—-nor did we adopt it as our own. It eccurred in a lengthy article written by Col. W hittlesey, of the Evansville Courier, and had reference exclusivély to that gentleman’s futare conduct. Waiving any allusion to Winter’s ill'natured flings, and his evident degire to “pick a flaw,” we thus afford him an ‘opportunity of disp‘lhy_ing his “magnanimity” by doing simple justice o fairness mad tewth, o sole bt il omok

‘Tux Harrisburg Patriot says ; “Grant's Commissioners and the sub;ects of Baez

arg decidedly in favor of annexation.— Sustained by the paval power fof the . United States, Baez will have no trouble in securing an affirmative ‘vote from the poor mnegroes; ahd Grant knew his own men before he sent them off in the Tennessee,” ; it

REAL CAUSE OF THE BREAK-UP, _ ~ Norrnery INpIaNA, March 6, "71. J. B. Storl, Esq.:—lt has been some time since I saw you, ‘and quite awhile since I bave written anytbing for 8 mewspaper. I haye been around considerably this winter, and among othet places down at the capitcl of the State, seeing what was going on there. Youare now well aware that the late legislature was busted up by the resignation of 34 Black RepubYicans, They had tobhave a'pretext—that pretext was, as they say, the attempt of the Democrats to pass what was called 'the apportionment bill; in regard to Senators and Representatives. Now, sir, this was only a pretext, the sheerest pretext.~ f‘ boldly assert, sir, that they: (the Republicans) never intended that the Legislature ‘should ever come to a proper close; Fronr the very day the assembly convened and was organized it was the intention to Ureak it up, all they. wanted . was some pretext. Morton was sent for—he came, saw and ordered. The plans were set and arranged to resign on the Burson case, but when Mr. Sarnighausen was turned out by a certain hocus pocus oper; ation of 17 Republicans and 4 Democrats, the slate was changed and the case became desperate. Tha Republican party 'had made a_terrible record in the matter by turning out Mr. Sarnighausen, hence whén the Burson case came on they did not dare to resign,lest it would become simply a personal matter; one by which they could not justify their action before the people, because the evidence was printed

and the ¢ase ,agaiitst __Bursoh‘ 'Was 50 terr

bly.damaging to Him,‘persoufglg “as well as poltically, "that they as a party did riot'dare to make his just gxpulsion’ from the Sfign”ate an excuse for brcaking up the ‘General Assembly. Nevertheless it fis 'a fact that many of the Republican Senators had made out théir resignatipns, but enopglr “could mot be abtained, lest: they would damage tneir dear party by so doing. ' Then, the next game was to worry out the time of the session by a system of continuous talking and motions on alt subjects. "Fhe Democrats of the Hgquse discovered these plans and sustained the Speaker of the House in a ruling by which no ‘one could explain his vote on any question, exeept by unanimous consent or; in’wfit,tng'. This rule applied to Democrats and Republicans alike, This they called the despotism of the spéaker and of

the majority, and mark you, this’on,fy applied to the explanation ef votes when the roll was being called. On all ques-

ions each member had ten minutes to be

heard on the fl?)fdl'._ Itisa fact that bu four Demoecrats ever consumed. the allot

ted time, viz: Speaker Mack, on the gift resolution ; Messrs. Neff, and Miles, on thie canal question, and Miles on the bank tax bill ; while on the other. hand, Calkins of Fulton, Calkins of Porter, Ruddell of Marion, and Biggs of Kosciusko, consumed more time than ‘any ten Democrats on the floor. . In short, the Brevier Reports will show that the republican members . consumed three-fifths of the whole time of the House. Go to the record for the truth of this assertion. In fact, they were boundrto rule—-they had been ruling with an iron rod so long that it had become a second nature to them—hence rule or ruin was their aim.

Now,as to thefretext f;finally adopted by them: The Democrats did not seck to - make a new apportionment, but simply to amend the old law to cure some of the outrageous'wrongs in the existing apportionment. The Republicans claimed it to be unconstitutional to qllow Qne legislature to amend a law enacted by a former -one, and therefore they would resign before such a step' should be taken. . Now to facts : The Bill 291 was.only engrossed and made a special order for, 9 o’clock A. Lf.,’ Feb. 22nd ; but, sir, the journal will and does show that there: was another special order which had been set for that hour, and of course would bave had pref‘erence, and no power could have set it ‘aside. So the H. B. 291 could net have come up until M= Taylor’s H. B. 344 had been disposed. of . Apgain, it was well known to the Republicans that H. B. 291 could not pass, as the Democrats had only 49 members present to vote, as the record will show. On the 22nd there may have been 50, which was one less than the re--quired n:umzer to'pass any law. A fact made known to them is that Messrs. Logan, Robertson, Rice, and-Curtis, (Dems.) were absent, confined to their _rooms by sickness, and could not have been pregent to vote. ~ Furtber : say .this bill should ‘have passed the House; it would then have gone to the Senate, when it would have taken three days to get it through, and then only by a vote of 28. Then they knew that Judge Hughes was away in | ‘Washington City, and Mr. Case absent on indefinite sick leave. But, say it had (after three days) passed in the Senate,: and then sent to the Governor, who could have fleld the same three days, and then sent it back’ with his veto to the House where it originated; then, sir, when the bill and veto calne back, they could have resigned before the Democrats could have passed it over his veto. They knew all these rights and advantages which the constitution gave to them. Butithey were bound to break up the session ; they were determined that the remaining seven days in which much and very important legislation could have been perfected for the people of the State, should be thrown away. 'They became alarmed at some of the very wholesome laws that would have passed by a democratic legislature; they became alarmed for fear that Governor Baker’s house rent would be cut down from $5,000 to $2,000, The Democrats had passed a bill cutting down the salary of Agent of State, which would have saved the people over $4,500 per annum, Baker smelt retrenchment .coming ; ‘then there was in process a terrible unearthing | ‘of the transactions of one Nathan Kimball, »lagF Treasurer of State—a‘select committee being atter him and his gang of bank-, ers. Then old Barnabas Hobbs became alarmed at the aspect of things in his rear ; then there was a fact cropping out that the Southern Prison was short some $15,000 or $20,000; then there was the Senate committee after the appliancers who defeated the bank tax bill two years ago by outright bribery. To be plain, ‘the elements around the radical record were getting warm—yea, hot, and would soon have produced a melted lava which would not only have erushed the leaders, but would haye buried the whole srew beyond redemption. . These iniguities would have come to the public t%aze.—‘This was what wae feared-—this the rea‘gon of the resignations at the tima. . They have resigned; let them go, I know that whep_hgz people learn the facts as they really exist; these Radical politi- | cians will not dare go hefore an intelligent quple..wwh tbewlpmeut AN excuse for their perfidy. I might give you more facts, but enonfl; at this fig;.m%l close with the promise that more anon will come from Oxg Waows PosyeD, !

- CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, FEB. 28.—There was a great scene of ‘merfiment in congress, to-day over a res‘olution which Mr. Wood got before the House, repealing the duty on coal. The; tariff men were very “much astonished to find in.the confusion that the resolution held the floor, and-endeavored, in-every way, to prevent a vote. They failed, how-~ ever, and it passed by 142.t0 45, more, than two thirds of the republicans voted with the democrats for it. ‘When the result was announced, some of the demo cratic members: got uip’ quite a little applause, and altogether there was'a good deal of rejoicing, that atter all the efforts which have been made from time to time the house had actually had a vote on the free coal question. The resolution is yet. to pass tlie senate, but the prospect there is not very good. o : ‘

Marcu 1.—71 h the' Senate Mr. Hdamlin moyvéd that the épecia‘! committee investigating thie alleged Ku-Klux outrages should continue their labors during, the Forty second Congress. Mr. Casserly and Mr. Blain advocated strongly the publication of the testimony. Mr. Hamlin’s motion was adopted, but the Deméeratic amendment was of course. rejected. Mr. Vickers objected to the second reading of the Free Coal biH. S PR In the House there were some of the Senate bills acted vpon, but a mass of bills still lies on the Speaker's table.— Theré, was no bill; of special importance before the.- House; and it adjoyrned two hours earlier thanr usual. =, &7 i

Maßr. 2.—The House of Reprgdentatives “was very assiduous in not doing what the great majority of the people desired they shéuld do. The incomé tax repeal could only muster ninety-one votes in a' House of 207 members. * A bill to provide mileage for the members was of course passed : as' were; resolutions whitewashing MajorGenerals Howard and Butler. A bill to discontinue the gifts of public lands to railtoad monopolies failed to get the necessary majority. There is, according to the report of the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, a dead-lock between the Senate and House on the Leg islative Appropriation bill, the former wighing to increase the- expenses and the latter desiring to retain the present status. In the Senate very severe comments were: made on the deficit in the Post office Appropriation bill, to which §24,000,000, were appropriatedi last year,&nd $5,000,000 this session, tlfe, estimate being parposely- undercstimated for, effcct at the last election.! = - o e Marcu 3.—Both Houses of Congress, a 8 it was the last night of legislative business for this Congress, (held evening sessions, which were prolonged until morn ing. In the Senate a bill to create three ‘new judicial districts was hotly debated, after which it was laid on the table, as a rebuke to the lobby. A report was made in both Houses on the Texas Pacific Railroad bill, which was agreed to. It is the House measure §lightly modificd. . In the Houge the pressure of bills was very great. About two hundred. bills, it is estimated, will fail in the House, and about as many in the Senate. Some of the most import: ant measures are relative to the revenue service. Amecrican commerce, naval rapk, and a dezen of subsidy bills fail ignominiously. ¥ HEETT P Marcit 4.—The Forty-First Congress expired, after a somewhat exciting-debate, at noon to day. : P : Immediately thereafter the Forty Sec ond *Congress was organized by!the re: election of the officers of the last one, and as’ the first business, the House adopted a Tesolution for the adjournmert of the session on the Bth inst.—Wednesday—which is yet to receive the concurrence ot the Senate. i Lo o e

San Domingo—The Land of Pléns and

Cockroaches. The stcamexf Tybee, from San Domingo 14th of February, arrived-at New York last week, and brought additional information in regard to Baez's “Republic.”— The World’s correspondent furnishes a vivid description of that-country and its -inhabitants, and is apparently ‘not well pleased with the capital, and he anxiously inquires what we will do with Santo Domingo City after it las been annexed.— It is a decayed city, tull of fleas and cockroaches, and offering no attractions whatever, even to the most enthusiastic annexationist. The commissioners are hard at work investigating everything they can possibly think of, and the task : before them is so arduous’ that they de not expect to return until the middle of April. What is said in regard to Cabral and his relhfiqns towards Baez is interesting in so far as it shows that there really are very few Dominicans opposed to annexation,but the c?mm‘issio'ners‘ as yet have only looked at the Dominican side of the question.— Baez takes advantage of the commissioners’ visit to present his little bill for Samana; he has no money to pay his officials, and urges upon the g:omdlissioners the necessity of pressing Itis claims at Washiogton.. L !

Indian Frauds. A Washington telegram annoupcesthat the synopsis of the House report on Indian Commissioner Parker, telegraphed by the Associated Press, gives but a faint idea of the contents, which make a volume of nearly 300 printed pages, and show a record of unparalleled raseality. While the committee do not find that Parker was personally corrupt, they do' use this language: “To the mind of the committee, the testimony shows irregularities, neglect, and ' incompetensy, and in some’ instances a departure from the express provisions of Jaw for the regulation of Indian eéxpenditures and the management of af. fairs in the Indian department.” e

We have heard the names of four gentlemen of our city. spoken of in conneetion with the office of Governor of our ‘State on the republican: side ; and it is claimed that this part ‘onfi the State is entitled to the candidate; and that republicans are in earnest about the matter, The names of the gentlemen are as follows;— Dr. E. W. H. Ellis, Hofl. Jos. H. Defrees, Hon. J. H. Baker, and Hon. W. A. Woods. Either one of the above namied gentlemen would make a better looking governor than the present-incumbent, and we have not the least doubt byt that either one of them has as much ability. But then Tet ug tell you, confidentially, you know, that the pext Governor of the State of Indiana will be & democrat.— Goshen Democrat,

~The New Albany Ledger says it is not at all belligerent, but' proposes to hold the hats of Mesers. Stell and Whittlesey ‘while they glean out the rings of political scavengers about [ndianapolis, Go in gn your muscle, gentlemen.— Franklin Dem, Horald, . -

P Young Ameriea. , ; * BY MISS MANDA LEVERING, - Under this prepossessing caption I wish to say something that I have thought this long timre. Perhaps my thoughts may not ' be in _unison with those of gome young ‘ladies ;' but, if you don’t like this article, let it be. by ot :

~ Young America, you understand, is an. | Bppellation of modern use applied to boys and girls in their teens who over-do the -matter in playing the Mr. and Mies ; that is : making simpletons of themselves, ast | grandpa says. I won't say that, but I 1 will say that it is a good way of measur~ing their brains for other folks. - Now, | let us see how! this ‘is done. In the first place we will notice the young Mr, by T'way of cémpli_menting the opposite sex.— Theré he goes down the side-walk with that fragrantj (?) weed' thrust in between his childhpod . pearls, while the smoke which flits past hie “shoo fl§” brim puts me in mind of a tea-kettle--only it isn't balf as respectable as one. A ‘person walk‘ing behind him would fancy they were scenting the breezes of Ceylon, and in passing him ‘would think that the little fellow had - visited his miother's lard can by the look of his hair, acd had robbed some fairy team of the traces and strung them from the button hole in his vest to his side poci&ct. But bé hasn't ; the dear little fellow protests he- is a faskionable young_man and big enough to see Miss Frizz Flounce home from the * mite,”— But-he goes on ; let us follow. Hold, he stops here at the corner and joins aiknot of brother bean-blossoms, who are discussing “ the next hop,” the last style of laydown.collars, or the value of & pinchbeck circlet for the “engagement finger.” | That, settled, here goes the whole group to that is-a-100-n. No. one Beanblessom enters - with a wink, and then No. two, three and four slip in behind the baise, to finish a sort of jbear. dayncé around the weak beer within. Now, while this bevy is out' of sight,” we will stepjinto this store, and’ notice another characteristic of Youpg -America. tlere, lounging on the counter and crowding around the stove is another group which can out-brag, out-scufffe and -out-sneer any group of Comanches. With

a shove, a push, & d—n, and “ goll darn,” they attract the. notice of every oiie that enters, put the merchant out of patience, and call, down the nnathemhs of “seventysix.” Pshaw! let us go oyt on the street again. - Whom have we here, sailing this way, velocipede style? Get out of the way, old lady from the country with your flannel dress and ealf-skin shoes, or you will hear from her. This is Miss Gimp ! Giggle, and Miss: Latest Style is coming " this other way. They will meet here op the corner and step “into the fashionable dress-makers to:go into ecstacics over the last new plate of fashions, or the lovely, bewitching bits of notional nothings in the show-case ;, then call at' Miss Mothwing’s to hear-the “new piece” thummed out of the tired piano, and:learn that “divine beauty” ot doing vp :the hair in delightful coils. All this time ma is at home getting dipner, baking bread, and belping Bridget with the washing. ~ These are only a few: thoughts gleaned from observation and realities ; but rather applicable to the fast young Americans, | who can waste time and money, while father and mother work until 10 o'clock at night, to provide the “ways and means” committee with pin-money. Don't put the shoe on if it is oo tight, I beg of you; but give it to young Othello afid Miss | Fly Away to night when you méet them at the inite. Doubtless they wear tight gaiters. 2 ; Maple Ridge, March 4th, 1871,

Card from Raw-Hide No. 3.

. .Eprror BANNER:—Apropos of editorial comment in this weck’s Standard, touching thew Welts of my respected progenitor No. 2, be it knowa that any further notice of an Individual so deficient in manliness as to’dodge behind s woman when i danger of physical castigation and permit her to suffer the Blows, would be to disgrace my honest proportions.. Possibly when the powers of the. ‘modern microscopg' have been indefinitely enlarged by mechanical skill, so as to develop all of the sporadic animalcule on the face of God’s creation, some trifling significance in the most. inferior order of created beings. may be discerned to attach to the editor of the Kendallville Stndard. Fhae Feligm ol " Raw-Hipg, No. 3. - Rome City, March 4, 1871., ,

[" From the Goshen Times, March 2d. 5 Teacher’s Institute. ~ The, teachers of Noble County met in Convention at Ligonier, last Saturday; for "the purpose of comparing methods and modes.of teaching the “young ideas how to shoot.” Thers were about 30 members in attendance, all of whom manifested great zeal:in the interests of the common schools. 'Miss Loomis, of the jLigonier. High Schoolc,rfia'vc« a lesson in ‘reading, which was very well conducted. Her plan was, first : - Assign small lessons ‘and kave the pupils study them thoroughly. Second, have the pupils read the les- | son promiscuously and then in concert. She thought concert reading would break up the monotone 80 _common among pupils, and teach them more fully to realize the necessity of paying strict attention to Grammatical .and Rbetorical - pauses.— She would encourage class criticisms.— After hearing various teachers read, she called upon them to recite their experience in teaching reading. This part of the lesson certainly became quite interesting, as the methods were presented and criticised, which criticisms occasionally bordered on the line of severity. Discussions in grammer, arithmetic, and schoo] government. next fallowed, all of which proved as interesting as the first. - In the evening Rev, Rhodes, of the M. E. Church, delivered a ‘lecture in the school hall; on the subject of Education. Though the subject was a familiar one, Mr. Rhodes made it appear in quite a new dress.. He drew.a comparison between the judgments of the refined.and less cultivated, which led the spéaker to consider education in its highest sphere. He pointed out the duties of teachers and parents with such minuteness and logie that nome who heard it could help bus reap great benefit from his suggestions, | if they put them to practice. It would be doing' Mr. Rhodes a great injustice to even attempt to give the substance of his lectire. . etk ‘

Suffice to say, all were much fplee\sed with it, since it was made up o plain, commpn-sense talk., Mr. Rhodes is :an able and forcible speaker, and a man who has the power ta infuse into the minds of all who listen to-him & love for higher education, and a greater interest .in the schools of our gountry. 'D. D. Luxke.

—llf you want horse or jack bills, sale bills, cards, or any kind of printing, don’t forget that the BANNER office is the place to have it done, and at remarkably low figuros. Give us a ¢all,: .

. STATEITEMS. | I Lung fever is now prevailing among | ‘horses in Dearborn county, - | % A man named Sheets, in Fountain | county,has just enough little Sheets to | ‘maké a quire—24. , l The Columbia City stave factory | purchased 200,000 staves from the st | ‘td the 24th of February. Sy - i, Lippecanoe_cattle dealers are buy- | ing cattle in Chicago and shippin’g? them to their farms to-feed. . =~ Two nephews of Mayor McGinley, of Lafayette,named Herschel and Heén- | ry Bilderback,were most brutally murdered in California, in the early part | of last month, . C ‘Henry Carl has been held in the sum ; of $l,OOO bail, at Fort Wayne, fors| the larceny of goods from the cars of' | the Toledo, Wabash and Western rail- | road. ; ’ - o

s H, Loomis, senior proprietor of Loomis & Miller’s flouring mill, South Bend, fell through a hatchway of the mill, a djstance of some fifteen feet on “Thursday last, and was geriously injured. - . - - '

Orange Stage, who was on trial last week at Plymouth for the- murder of ‘Charles A. Tibbetts, in a salloon at South Bend, last - Spring, has been acquitted.. It was proved to the satisfaction of the jury that the murder was committed in self-defense. . _ The Newcastle Republican gives an account of a wonderful clock now on duty in that office, which was made with a pocket knife, by Will. Shirk. a young man of that place. According to the report this ‘piece of mechanism can do everything but talk. * The Petersburg Democrat says that on the 6th of last month, there was a child born twa miles south of that town with mouth,eyes and ears, but no head. The eyes were on top where the head ought to have been.. . It was of ordi-

nary weight, but never breathed. Seventeen dollars a month is the highest wages that we have heard of being paid to the very best of work hands. Others are offering from twelve and a half to fifteen dollars, owing to the age, ability and reputation of the hand as a worker.—Sullivan Union.

~According to the-new fee bill the salaries of the Vigo county officers will be as follows: Clerk’s pay reduced from $6,000 to about $4,500, Auditor’s from $5,000 to $4,200, Sheriff’s from 85,000 to $3,800. The Treasurer’s office is not materially affected,-and the Recorder’s not at all. .

The iroxige in course of erection across the river at South Bend, was blown down last Friday night, and three workmen went down with it into the stream. Two of them escaped without serious ‘injury, but the other, Mr. Ben White, died the next day from the effects of his wounds. =

- The IrisE societics of New Albany propose to celebrate st. Patrick’s day by a grand parade and religious services. Bishop de St. Palias, of Vincennes, will conduct the ceremonies at the Holy Trinity .Church; and deliver an oration upon the life and services of Ireland’s patron Saint. = .

A correspondént of the Nashville Jacksonian, writing from Mount Liberty, says : “The measles have been here thicker than hops, visiting all who never had ‘them. Almost all who took them were obliged to call a physician. The measles were followed by luig, or typhoid tever, causing some very dan~gerous cases.”” '

Senator Jason Brown was presented with a gold wateh fat the Bates House Monday night last ‘as a reward for his great services uf the democratic ‘cause. It was a very appropriate present, because the time will determine ‘that gentleman’s sfatus with the rank and file of the Democracy. — Zerre Haute Journal. ]

* Miss Pamelia B. Clark, of Noblesville, deaf and dumb, had been for some time past receiving attentions from a /young man of good appearance and pleasant manners who, it appears, had made her acquaintance under an assumed name. (i{ecently she was decoyed into a. room in an out of the way place by this man, drugged and rav. ished, Her friends have no clue to the identity of the scoundrel. We have been made acquainted with the facis in a case where a white man, not two wecks married, made a propogition to prostitute his wife to a negro for ten dollars, and actually brought her down town for inspection. To his credit, be it said, the negre proved the whitest man of the two, refused to have anything to dd with the matter, and informed his employers of the facts.— The white man fearing trouble has left the city.—Lafayelte }oumz'al. Ty

A fire broke out in South Bend at 10 o’clock Sunday evening; in an auction house on Washington : street, next to the Washington House, and spread west to Bartlett’s groecery store. The buildings, four in number, were all destroyed, but most of their contents, ex-

cept that of the auction house, were saved in a damaged.coudition. ‘The parties who suffer most are Stokes & Busbee, merchant tailors, and Jackson, barber. They all had more or less insurance, but the exact amount is not known. i :

Could our ministers occasionally hear the horrid oaths uttered on our street corners by boys, from eight to twenty years of age, we imagine that they would feel like calling by name the father of such a boy whenever he attended church: The other day we heard one of these ill-bred chaps swearing like an‘old sailor, and, when talked to about it, be gave a knowing wink, and said, “Dad belongs to_church, and of course I can swear as much as T

‘please.” We could not help but think that that father was neglecting a very important duty.— Mishawaka Enter: Pprisé. b

John Starman, who killed a man at Mehon, Hyntington county, some years ago, was confined in our county jail whence he made 'his escape by means of skeleton keys, was re-arrested at or near Springfisld, Illinois, and brought back, tried’ and acquitted—was hanged in Kansas for murder and horse

stealing a few weeks since. He had been bribed to commit murder by one John Miller, who formerly ov'v'n‘ei and lived on the farm now owned by O.'D. Sigler, E&q., near Roanoak. The plot was discovered, and Miller and one of his sons were taken in charge by a body of regulators, who sent them “on the other shores” with a strong eord snd#. a short shrift.— Huntington Demoorag,

l‘ . MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: : | The proffer of England’s “mediation | has®been accepted by both Qarges in the dirpute between Egypt and Spain. I The bill to make the District of Col-' ' umbia & territory has become a lay.— ' Small as it is in domain, it is by far the {~most populous of the territories. - i ~ A public demonstration was made in | niversary of. the abdication of Louis | Philippe. * The proceeding were or- | derly.

; The Haytians are preparing for war. These bellicose people are determined to resist their annexation to the United States éven at the cost of a European agent and 50,000 Snider rifles. ‘ A sensible proposition is at present engaging the attention of the people, of South Carolina. It is designed to prohibit the creation of a State debt under any circumstances, hereafter, without the sanction of a two thirds popular vote. : O

The war in Cuba drags its slow, length along—a battle oneday and adLesions given in to the government the next. The lateet accounts are that fiftytwo insurgents were killed in a‘recent engagement, and 4,000 persons took the oath of allegiance to the Spaniards.

There is a rumor that Mr. Wilbur F. Storey contemplates an early retirement fronr the stage of active journalism, on “decount of ill-health, and that he will dispose of the Chicago Times, at a reasonable . valuation, to a good customer.

Carl Scharz, who has been among the hardest workers of Congress duting the late session, is now detained at home much of the time'on account of the illness of his wife. Iy addition to this affliction, excessive work has so affected his eyes that he can neither study nor write except by daylight.

| The German’s claim that but a single German flag has fallen into French hands during the war—that of the 2d battallon.of the Sth Pomeranian infaritry regiment No. 61, Ina night attack the standard-bearer was killed in a wood, near Dijon. | The number of French flags taken by the Germans is said: to be three hundred. P

At a recent meeting of the Congressional Temperance Society at Washington, one of the speakers remarked that he longed to see the day when a President of the United States should declare from the capitol that no man shall hold position of public trusts who was addicted to strong drink. He evidently favored some one'besides’ Grant for re-nomination.

- It is reported as a fact, that a liquor seller in Illinois keeps a temperance’ pledge laying in his bar, and does all he can to induce his customers to sign it. No man, after signing the pledge, can.get a “snort” at that' bar for love ormoney. To those who refuse to sign he gives the meanest whisky he can procure, cquivalent to saying “sign or die.r - g

The mountain airs<of Montana secms to have had an invigorating effect upon the judgment of ex-Governor Ashley. He now declares that should the Radical party be dragged into' nominating Graut again, any respectable Democrat can beat him; and mofe than this there i# no one upowr whom the Radicals can saccessfully ‘concentrate, as against Grant.

The South Carolina House ot Representatives have passed a bill for funding the whole existing debt of the state in a new gterling loan to be negotiated in London. The bill expressly pro- - vides that until all the present debt is paid the state shall contract no new debt or liabilities,unless. the same shall be agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the people of the state. The Syracuse salt monopolists ‘are beginning to complain of the activity & Western competition.. Perhaps they will demand an act ot Congress to protect them against the injurious effects of the western salt springs. . Such legislation could’ not be more vi--cious and oppressive than that which has so long compelled the whole country to pay tribute to thé Syracusans, — Chicago Republican. A correspandent from Brownsburg, Hendricks county, writes to . know whether the new fish law prohibits snaring. While in express terms.- this manuer ot taking fish is not specified, still it was the evident intent of the legislature to prohibit everything but fishing with hook and lipe. We there-fore-advise our correspondent to be on the safe side, and abstain from the use of a snare, as ‘it would be liable to be construed as a ‘manner of “trapping.” —lndianapolis Journal.

': The legislative investigating com- - mittee on the New FHamburg disaster -examined Superintendent Toueey for three hours yesterday, He was very explicit in stating that there was a violation of orders in regard to the application of brakes. His testimony. was interesting as to the length of time axles are used—three years on passenger cars, but without regard to time on freight cars ; though when eonstantly used they become brittle just as soon on the latter as on ‘the former. Metropolitan journals are often exceedingly stupid.” Here, for exam;le, is a paragraph from the New York 77ibune— a paper which ought to be.bet. ter informed than to permit the appearance of ‘so ridiculous a misstatement.in its colnmns: = “Vallandigham talks of connecting himself with _t%e Indianapolis Sentinel as principal political writer, and of taking' up his permanent residence 'in the Indiana capital.” Val, when hé talks about his own future at all, contemplates spending a considerable ‘share of it in"the Senate of the ‘United States, to which he expects an election at the hands of the next Ohio Legislature.—Chicago Republican.

A 'most attrocions murder was committed at Richmond, Allegan county, Michigan, on Tuesday night -of ‘last week. A man named O’Brien, a laborer on the railroad, and ‘who also kept a boarding house at Sherman’s Mi}})l,’fhad returned from Holland, City a 8 far as Richmond, where he stopped at a tavern for 'the nig‘ht, having $2OO, In his possession. Dhuring thé evening e was called out by two men, and was never seen aghin, . Before dzylight an ‘ old shanty, not far distant. was burned’ and in the ruins were found the rémaits of & human' being past identification, but a knife and two remnants of ¢lothtug were 'positively 'idepltifled.'hyiw.; OBiien’s wife 4 belonging IWi <. T+t tién, hisindd Fogle aud Hiywisd, have heen arrested on suspicion, |

““Some of the Democrats are wrat-h’ful!‘ over the Bird and Sarnighausen ease.— They are certainly very unrecasonable,— | what eould be mare just than to give each | entleman a share of the pudding? Sar-| | %fighausc ‘luxuriated in the first balf of | théfi“&@%’i it was meet that Bird should | be allowed the last half. . Democraticjus: | tice never had a better exemplification.— | ~Hoansville Journal. + - | ‘We beg to remind our. “staid! cotempo: rary-of the Evansyille -Journal-that the ‘t&%fi“firm&mw in“the™Atten ésunty | case s ot aa- exemplification 6f Demo- | crati¢ justice. The German Senator was.. not ejected by the Democrats-but by the | united ‘Radical vote aided by two Demo_crats who followed the ‘lead of Jason B. Brown, the great unappreciated. Itisan ! exemplification of Radical justice and shows how they love the Germans.—-Sul- | livan Deémocrat.

BIRTHS S Too "iOn'the 18t inst., a son to the wife of James Locxy. At Ligonier,c a daughter to the wife'of Isaac Aoxrrvan. No cigars, Co MARRIED: . . At the residénce of Mr.-Walter Carr, near Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 28, 1571, by the Rev: 8. H.' Rhodes, Mr. C. W, KING, of Noble county, to Miss SARAH A. METZGER, of Lowell, Séneca county, Ohio. 7 SR - S DIED. T On Foi)rmn'y iT-Kh, 1271, in ’F‘{rkcy'; Creek 'pr.; Kosciusko county, of searlet fover, NATHANIEL LEWIS, son‘of Nathaniel Crow; agéd 3 years, 3 monthsand 27 days. 3 . ** His little spirit floats above, : o A seraph in the sky." : - :

LIGONIER MARKEZX REPORT. . Wheat-white, ... 1:40 .-’C0rn,....... .40 tO Wheat—Red,..... 1'25 Bees Wax,.,..,... 38 - 0dt5,.....00...... 42 (8atter.......,15 to2o . Potatoes, ........ 75 'Lard,........ ... 10 Flax 5ced,....... 1:75 (Bfas, .. ... 154 W001,......;..40 to. 42 ;Feathers....: ... « 80 | e s SN ¥ S i . N T oy ~ KENDALLVILLE MARKEDT 1 (Corrected Weekly bu William Craw.) < Wheat—white, ... 1 40, jCofn,.. . .u.0n.... 45 - Wheat—red ...... 123 |BeesWux,,...... .30 ° Oats, 00l 400 Butter, Lot B{-’v . Potatoes,..ii..... @5 1Lard,.....vi0..0 710 Flax Seed,......:. 175 (Eeea,. .. .on ... .20 Wool .:....... 40 to 45 [Feathers,........ 90 Clover Seed....... 6 15 Ta110¥W.......... =O7 - P0rk..w.......... 820 {Hay.............60b Tuarkeys,Live,..:. 08 |[Chickens, Live.~. 05

Keep the bleod pure and avold tevers by using a bottle of Poland’s !Inmor Daoctor, the great system renewer, gold by Moore & Tharp. = ) Do not wait for a cough-or kidney dizcase to go as it esme, but get Poland’s White-Pine Compound to care at once.” B . -

—Fellow’s Worm Lozenges isthe only remedy in existence combining harniless qualities with delicious taste and amazing power.. Sold by Moore-& Tharp. o o 4yl st-alt -

. —All cases of debi)ity'pemilinr to i_‘émulc';s will find a sovercign remedy in Doctor Swétt's Fémale Strengtheniug Cordiali Sold by Moore & Tharp.

HOWARD SANITARY AID ASS'N/ For the rclicf:ng(l;cure_'(;:( the erring and unfortun-

ate, on principles of Christian Philanthropy. Essays on the Errors of Youth, and the Follies of Awze, inrelation to Marriazeand social evils, with sanitary aid for the afflicted. Forwarded free in sealed envelopes. Address; Howarp AssocraLoN, Box P, I"hfiufleh)‘b@. Pua. ‘ Jyne 16y

Administrator’s Notice,

Notice is hereby given that I have been appbinted administrator of the "Estate of Joseph Fogle, deceased. Saidestate is supposed to he salvent. B -SQLOQO.\' MIER, Adm™r. Ligonier, Feb. 14, 1871, . ) )

Administrator’s Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed,administratrix of the estate of John H. Howser, late of Noble county, de—ceased. The estate is probably solvent. i BARBARA ANN HOWSER, Adm'x. March 1; 1871.t8%: . - : -

Fé,rmeré',iAttepti‘on. s FLAX SEED TO LOAN!

We ate-now prepared to loan Flax Sced for Sowing, to all who may desire it. . ' ) STRAUS & MEAGHER. . Ligonier; March 8) 1871, ° . ) o

SOM'ETHING NEW —IN —. : ;

LG ONIEIR?

The subscribens would fniorm thé citizens of Ligouier and sufrounding country, that-they keep constantly on hand a large supply of both WELL AND CISTERN PUMPS 3YJ 3 | i O ‘e | 3

o w! . }g, + With & Without Cylinders, I\\'.‘§lch\ will'be furnished to customers as dosired, at reasonable prices. = Those desiring -one of the most serviceable and most durable pumps now"in use, will find it to ‘their advantage to give us a call 2t our Shep,-at the Sguth End of i the New Bridge, l)efi)x'q fpurchasing elsewhere. | T,!]é‘se Pumps ate of the best snmflufitéture, and i of first-rate wood ; all have ; SUBSTANTIAL “CAST IRON SPouTs, - Which are a great advantage éver wooden.ones . bath for*¢onvenience and durability.. o Allof Our I’Lu;'zp.; arve Warranted to Work Well an Deep or Shallow Wells REPAIRING PUMPS : 5% Doue{bn ghort notice, and z ALL PUMPS WARRANTLD! Well Digging § Cleaning ! We are prepared to Dig New Wells, Clean’ gnd Sink Old Wells, Drive and Repair: Iron Wells, and in fact'to do any and evervthing in our line on the shortest notice. - g o e All Kinds of Country Produce ! Taken 4t Cash Prices, in exthange for Work. t=F"Remember the place, near the south end of the New Bridge, 3 it ' i PURL & HAYDEN. Ligonier, March 8, 1871.". )

. Sherifl™®s Sale. = By virtue of an execution andorder of sale to me Issued by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Noble county,; Indiana, in the case of Isaac E. Knisely vi. Thomas Barnett and Christian R. Barnett, I will offer for sale at public auction at the Court House door in the town of - Albion, county.of Noble and state of Indiana, on % . . S e g v ~SATURDAY, Maych 25th, 1871, Between the hours of 10 o’clock, a. ~ and 4 .o’clock, », m,, of said day, the following decribed real estate, situate in said County- and State, to wit: The north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section thiriy-five, township thirty-five north of rang\sceight east. ' -~ DAVID HOUGH.. . .~ ~Sheriff of Noble County. - Albion, Ind , Mareh 1, 1871 —g6 - e . FARM FOR SALE. - ~The heirs of Jolin Barhan, deceagéd, offer the following-described real estate for &ale:” Itis located 2 1-2 miles worth-east of Albion, and 8 ‘miles squth of Brimfield, and ¢ontains one hundred and sixty acres, sixty-five acres of whigh -are cleared and under cultivation ; the balanee is well timbered, except some marsh. There is a good brick house, a bank bdrn,young orchard and a good spring on the farm.’ e " The . above-mentioned prodpe'rty'cap, be .‘%m--chased for §6,000, one-half down, and the_ halauce in $5OO annual payments, with 6 per cent, interest, and securéd by note and mortgage.; - .- For particulars, eall on or.address, ;. . '« & | : STEPHEN C. BARHAN, : Albion, Noble Connty, Indiana. March 8,1871.52 t = -, " e

Notice to Non-Resident, STATE OF INDIANA, | i L : "'CoUNTY OF Nopie. g _ 8 Adella McClin vs. Daniel McClin. In the Noble Circuit Court.of Noble County, in ‘the State of Indiana, April Ternr, A..p, 1871. Be it known, That on this first day of March, in the year 1871, the ‘above:named: plaintiff by her attorneys, ftled in the oflice of the Clerk of said Court, her, complaintagainst said defexp dant, in tlie‘ahoye;'eu'fixfledca\)sg, together with: an affidavit of & competens person; that said .dofendant, Daniel McGlin, 15 not a:resident .of the State of Indiana. - . R Said defendant ig, therefore, hereby notified of thefiling'and. ‘pendency of -said complaint against'him, and that unless he ap?ear and answer or démur thereto, at' theé’ealling of Baid “cause mmsivogd day ot(‘l* the: nrext “team of ie,fle_ urt, to.be begun and held at the Cqurt gb mmffle:tb@n of'um,m the th}tidfibn day in April, 1871, said complaint and the ;natters aH% _tgings the‘f%-fin qontaige.d and _ablf eged, will be ewq etermined in his ab--sl | Wi Oy OFILEIANS, Ulork, WiLbxan & STAHL, -Attorney for plaintiff, - Albion, March 1, 1871.p.f.58,10, i

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FORT WAYNE. DOWN GO | THE PRICES! Y: | ‘ +——-—~— |i ‘ . ; CWm. GROI’S e ‘e e }‘Prlce List! OFFICIAL PRICE LINT, o FOR CASI ONLY I 'YOUllg‘l_l)"sqil Tea, 75 cts Ib. | do. 1 do 83 « ’, -d§ ~do 95 @ ," o d:o N d(i%l'()() L | do . dol2y o« | Best in- Market, 160 ¢ i Gunpowder Tea, 125 " ; o do do 140 « i"l%bs% in the World 160~ « Fair Rio Coffee, 20cts. Good Rio Coffee, 22} cts. - C s e o] Prime to Choice, 25 cts. Java ('ofi'eé, 5 ets. v i ) )luch"a, 30 cts. . Syrup, 75 cents pvr gauon. ,

Syrup, $1 per gallon. ™ | 5 Sil?’él‘ Drips, choice, 81._15.2? v New Orlgdns Molasses, $1: Cl';is}led 'Sugm'», 15 ets. per Ih. Powderéd do 15 ;:“ ". Granulated ¢ 15 ¢ A G(fiee Sugar, Standard , 14¢. N.e}\"Ol'leaxis }Sugal'_, 14c. " Brown Sugars, t){c.‘ IR Brown Sug(‘u;s,'llc.‘_ ' | Brown Sug:ug,_lé{;b.f Best Brown in T oWn, 18e. °

60 DOZ. OAK SPLIN'T ’ CORN BASKETS ! Just Received, and will he sold - at a bargain! \ Pepper, very clean, 40c¢.’ Pure Ground Pepper, 50c. Ib. CINNAMON, CLOVES AND ALL " OTHER SPICES, - At Greatly R‘cdiu‘:ce(l Prices. Fine S‘alt, $2.95 bbl. N, Y. or ~ Michigan. 1 - ¢ No. 1 White Fish $6.50 bbl. - Liberal Discounts Made on Teas, Y in 5 Ib. Packagos. | .

Also, GOODS JOBBED T 0 RETAIL

DEALERS AT LIBERAL RATES.

Kerosene Oil, 30c. per gal.

Wm. GROH. Kendallville, Sept. 14, 1870.

ATTENTION! ~ Cabinet Shop Cabinet Ware

R.DEKERR

Would respectfully announce to the-cit izens of Noble county, that he constantly ‘has on hand a large and superiorstock of " CABINET WARE, consisting in partof . - .. . DRESSING BUREAUS, ooy R -~ WARD-ROBES TABLES. | ' ; ' ' - STANDS, LOUNGES, - : e A . CUP-BOARDS, CHAIRS, ] - RRIA BT MOULDING, BED-STEADS, . sl sl and in fact every thing usually kept in a first class Cabinet. Shop, = Particular attention paid to the B pen i UNBERTAKING, BUSINESS.

; ~ ; - COFFINS lways.on hand and.mgde. .to qider upon ! shortnofice i« wlieais frlgs biapeiit: ) s.s Agood Hearse always in readiness, Also, all kinds.of Shop Work made to order. Fiurniture Room'on"west' side of ‘Cavin 'streét,'“Li%onier, fige - . May Brd, 1866, :