The National Banner, Volume 7, Number 45, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 March 1873 — Page 2

+ 4 Hational Danner, 2 '4‘\*_--"::? (' eVs ! J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1873. S B 3 TSR 7LT RS RSO N ) A pispATcH from Omaha says that “Pattee’s great Gift Enterprise” has been denounced asa fraud by the Council of that city. . B e e Ex SexATOR Dick Yates, of Illinois, ‘has been appointed Government Director .6f the Union Pacific Railroad. Dick has led a' very intemperate life during the past /few years. i e ettty W Tue Indianapolis Journal is emphatically opposed to the bill passed- by both houses of our State Legislature for the abolition of the Common Pleas Courts, It is to be hoped, nevertheless, that Gov. Hendricks will give the bill his sanction, el It is intimated in certain circles that Colfax’s confusib‘p about the Credit Mobilier business:is attributable to the excessive use of tobacco, which resulted in “nervous prostration.” ~Of course the whole crowd of Mobilierites used tobaco to excess. Now let these modern philanthropists *‘go for” that nasty weed.

TuE second inauguration of President Grant took place last Monday. It is described ashaving been a magnificent affair, which these ceremonies always are. We publish the President’s inaugural address entire. It contains very fair promises for the future and some rather extravagantly laudatory sllusions to Mr. Grant himself. e ——— - B —————— Gov. HENDRICKS signed the temperance bill on the 27th "ult. .As the bill contains an emergency clause, it has thus become a law and goes into effect immediately. - Mr. Hendricks was not entirely satisfied a 8 to the constitutionality 'of some of the provisions of ‘the act, but deemed it best not to raise an issue with the legislative authority, preferring to al low the Supreme Court to pass judgment thereon. “

- Ter statement is made that only of every nine-of the 65,000 Protestant ministers in the United States have been able to provide for their families in the way of life igsérance, and of these not more than half can pay the necessary -premiums. This is a strong argument in favor of Mr. Blocher’s bill providing for the compensation. of Ministers for the performance of funeral services.

i CoLFAX 18 to be honored with a grand evation by his ardent admirers in the city of South Bend on the occasion of his re~ turn home next Saturday. Ot course, the South Benders have a right to do as they pléase in such matters, but 1t strikes us that they are not exhibiting a very strongattachment topublicvirtue by thus lionizing an officer detected in a number of disgraceful tiansaction, and who came very near being impeached by the popular branch of Congress,

. Hon, ArLex. H. STEPHENS has been elected member of Congress from the Eighth Georgia District. Alex.isratheran impracticable.and irreconcilable sort of a fellow, but is possessed of such extraor‘dinary ability that his appearance in the " halls of Congress must be a source of - gratification to those who appreciate genius and real talent. Besides, he is a - man of strict integrity—a characteristic - that does not seem to enter very largely ~ in the component parts of our modern , representatives. : :

Tur Indianapolis Sentinel says, speaking of the temperance law: *“Some of the men engaged in the liquor business appear to be possessed of the idea that they have a United States government license under which they can sell liquor by the quart and allow the same to be ‘drank upon their premises. The fact is, however, that there is no such thing as a government license. The nioney they are required to pay to the Revenue Collector is simply & tax, and the payment of the same ‘does not entitle the payer toany privileges whatever, that conflict with the local or State laws regulating the traffic.” :

A GREAT many persons, says the Bloomfield Democrat when asked to sub’ scribe for their county paper, make such excuses a 8 “I'm too old;: can’t read, too poor, I can’t get my children to read,” etc. We pity the man that is too poor to take his county paper, and no doubt if your children were offered something interesting they would read it. * Some say they are taking a city paper and that it is cheaper. This may be so in some re spects, but you fail to get the local home news in which you are mostly interested. You get principally foreign news, when by taking your epfinty paper yon can be supplied with both.

Tae Morgan county Gazette calls at—tention to a matter which greatfy interests the tax-payers of Indiania, It esti. mates that “about $200,000 of the sinking .tand of this State has not yet been dis tributed. The Legislature should see that it is disposed of according to the provisions of the bill adopted—in refer. ence to this matter—by the last regular session of that body. The Indianapolis ‘Journal and News aré opposed to . this.— Of course, they are. Because it takes money away from that city and county, and gives other cities and counties, and towns, 00, the benefit of its use. That’s purely a selfish view of the case. At least, we go regard it.” 8o do we. ‘

Fox Cmasrs have been all the rage for some weeks past in Whitley, Huntington and other neighboring counties. Our cousing further south also seem to have beéome infatuated with -this’ singular amusement, notably so in Fayette, Union and Rush counties. But the biggest chase yet reported is one in Franklin county, du _the 28th ult, A telegram from Brookville " states that “there were about ten thousand persons present at the fox drive that entered on Henty Remy's farm, two and a ; half miles north of Brookville. The drive - was a grand success. The crowd arrived ‘near the center about noon, with two fine, large foxes in the ring, which were cap‘tured and suctioned off to the highest bidder.¥

CONGRESS — CROWNING OUTRAGE. With the 3d of March expired the For-ty-second Congress. The session has not been one of general benefit to the people, No measure of national advantage received favorable consideration. The best that may De said is that the people have been afforded an opportunity to gain a view of the terrible -corruption pervading almost every department of government.. The Credit Mobilier investigation has opened the eyes of even those who persistently refused to sce what has -long since -been apparent to casual okservers of current events, !t s

Had this investigation been followed up with a vigorous prosecution of the of: fending parties, we would only be too glad to bestow proper credit upon those who controlled the expircd Congress. As it is, the doings of this body may' be summarized in a few words: It has exonerated Senator Pomeroy from the charge of bribery, given his colleague Caldwell, conviced of corruption, & new lease of official life, whitewashed the Credit Mobilier scandal, voted to increase the salary of every Senator and member of the present Congress $5OOO, and fixed the future pay at $7,5600 per annum. In a word, by the wvote taken shortly before its adjourn ment, 1t has taken $163,000 out of the Treasury, put the amount in its own pockets, and goes home to report progress to a confiding constituency. - T This abominable outrage was fagtened to the legislative appropriation bill, and increases the salaries of senators and members to $7,500 per annum and to include the present Congress. It proved a most characteristic piece of that kind of legis lation that is evolved from conference committees in theé last hours of a session. The House by barely three majority vot, ed to fix the salary of senators and members at $6,500- and to abolish mileage. — The Senate non concurred. A conference committee of the two Houses thereupon go to work snd Increase it to $7,500 with ‘actual mileage allowed, besides applying it to the present Congress, so that.every Senator and member voted $5,000 into his own pocket which he took after the hammer fell at high noon on Monday. Ot the Indiana members, . Packard, Shanks, Voorhees and Billy Williams voted for the outrage. Against it were Messsrs. Coburn, Holman, Kerr and Nib lack. The vote stood 102:in. favor, and 94 against. About fifty members dodged the issue by absenting themselves, or declining to vole, thus adding cowardice to knavery. They need not expect to thus escape the condemnation of an outraged people. s

The salary bill as it has finally passed Congress fixes the salaries as follows, per annum: President, $50,000; Chief Jus tice, $10,5600; Associate Justice, $lO,OOO ; Vice President and Speaker, each $lO,OOO, Senators and Members, $7,500 each. ‘ Senator Cragin, of New Hampshire, read a’dispatch to the Senate from the Republicans of that State 'predicting their defeat in the State election next week if this increase of salary bill gibould Dass and the President should not vetoit. In the face of this the Senate passed it. The Chicago T'ribune denounces this action of Coungress as “an outrage ,without paliation or excuse. The members of this Congress were elected with a full knowledge that their compensation was fixed by law. That compensation was $5,000 a year, and mileage computed at the rate of $8 for each twenty miles. The mileage of a member of Congress from Iltinois, computed at 1,000 miles, would ameunt to $4OO each way each session. The actual cost of travel is twenty dollars each way each session. The emoluments of a member of the late Congress, there: fore, were: Salary two years, $10,000; mileage three sessions, s2,4oo;—mak ing a total of $12,400, or $6,200 each year. Congress, however, in fixing’ the salaries of future Congresses, increased their own pay, and voted themselves $15,000 each for the two years,—ss,ooo ‘more than they had agreed to serve for. Taking this money will be nothing more nor less than an act of robbery of from $3,000 to $5,000 for each member who pockets it. It was an impudent raid on the Treasury for spoils to be divided among the members of un expiring Congress. The advocates of this nieasure gave as an excuse that their receipts did not pay their expenses,—meaning thereby their necessary expenses, Itis false. Five thousand dollars & year will pay—has paid—their Decessary expenses -in more expensive times than these.” , Let all honest men put the seal of con - demnation on this most villainous of all Wlainous transactions. i

- THE BOLDEST THIEF of whom we have read lately i 3 one Geo. E. Graham, who was arrested in Allen connty on the 24th, ard is now safely lodged in jail at Ft. Wayne. Assuming the character of detective and officer with cards of introduction, &c., he obtained a first class turnout at Liggett’s livery stable, went ‘to Monroeville, and in the night, on a b*gus warrant, arrested one Henry Eagy, on s charge of counterfeiting, and put him in’ irons. , Mrs. Eagy followed and stayed by her husband. Grabam searched and took away the money and whatever valuables both happened to have, appropriating the same to hisown use and convenience, He finally left his prisoners in the keep\ing of the town Marshall, wiio was also deceived, and went to Decatur. Before he got there his character had been discovered at Ft. Wayne, and a telegram caused his arrest by the eheriff of Adams' county on his arrival at Decatur. The} sheriff took him before Jjustice France, where Graham was arguing his case when sheriff Hance and constable Vanosdale arrived upon the sceme. Graham then. changed his tactics, and demanded sheriff Hance'’s authority for arresting him. The sheriff then produced his right to do so by presenting a pair of handcuffs, which he quietly put upon bim, stating that. this trial would be concluded at Ft. Wayne, all ot which justice France cheerfully assented to. His connsel will at. tempt his defense on the plea of emotion al insanity. i iy s

Tae NATIONAL BARNER is one of the best, if not the very best weekly pa. per in the State, and is ably edited, too. Its editor, John B. Stoll, was the first ‘ choice of Posey county, for Auditor of Btate, and we are not sorry. yet, and don’t expect to be. Though defeated .at the polls in the recent election, Mr. Stoll ‘bas a bright fum;fl'bqu;g_hlm, and will yet, should his life be spared, play an import. ant patt in the political ‘affairs of the state and nation.—M¢. Vernon Demoérat, We are unable to make a- suitabléac “knowledgn;efit : {ét thig handsome | co’u‘;pliment. A hearty “thank. you,” must

““DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE." : —— I The Senate, on the 26th ult,, passed & bill making it unlawful for keepers of public billiard tables to allow. minors te ‘congregate about. the room or to play; algo, a bill making it & misdemeanor to employ them in the sale of liquors. The House bas concurred in the Senate amendments to the bill amendatory of the Practice Act, giving the prosecution the closing argument in criminal cases.

The bill amending the criminal code 80 as to give the State the opening and closing argument in criminal cases has been signed by the Governor, and is now a law. The Senate has voted in favor of increasing the per diem of township trustees from $2 50 to $3. Yeas 27, nays 15. The same body voted to increase coanty com’missioners’ pay to $5 per day, - e, < Persons living along lines of railway will be interested in knowing that the ‘House has passed & bill which provides that in suits against railroad companies for damages for stock killed,the judgment sball include a reasonable allowance for plaintiff’s attorney’s fees. The bill redistrizting the State, for judicial purposes, has passed both houses, and only awaits the Governor's signature to become & law. This bill provides for dividing the Stste into thirty-eight Judicial Circuits ; Noble, DeKalb and Steuben counties, constituting the Thirty-Sixth. It also provides for abolishing the Common Pleas Courts, and transferring their business to the Circuit Courts, It is also, in another bill, proposed to pay the Circuit Judges three thousand dollars a year, each, and to allow each county having the requisite population a Surogate with a salary of one thousand dollars a year, making the total expense of the State Judiciary, outside of the- Supreme Court, $206,000 per annum, " o

The House, on Wednesday of last week, almost without debate, and by an overwhelming vote, ~ passed a bill providing that any person holding office under the laws of the State who shall get drunk shall forfeit his office, the offense to be proven by the finding of a court or jury. The vote on the passage of the bill was T4told, : 5

The llou;jse last Monday passed Senate bill No. 10, so amending the act for the incorporation of cities as to provide that lots of five acres or more, situated within the co_rporrte limits of cities, shall no longer be"\exempt from assessment for municipal taxes. : :

The Chapman Drainage Bill passed the House M‘ofiuday,‘ with a couple of amendments, which will probably be concurred in by the Senate. The greatest opposition to the bill came from the counties whose people had suffered most by the operations of the Kankakee Drainage Law, but the majority of the House seemed to have grown tired of the subject, and the bill was put through on the foot line by a decisive vote, it

Both Houses have passed bills for the regulation of the State printing. The Senate bill creates the office of Superin~ tendent, while the House bill entrusts the matter of printing to 'a Board composed of the Governor, Treasurer, Auditor and S!tecretary of State. A compromise will probably be agreed upon before the adjournment. :

- Ministers of the gospel will be pleased to learn that a bill for their benefit was ictroduced in the House last Saturday. It is Bill 538, introduced by Mr. Blocher, and fixes compeasation of pastors, priests, ete., for preaching funeral sermons. It allows the pastor, priest or minister to charge a fee of from five to: ten dollars, which shall become a lien upon the estate of the deceased as other funeral expenses. In case the estate is valued at one hundred thousand dollars or more a heavier fee (anything in reason) may be charged; but in case the person officiating at the faneral shall have previously received a liberal fee formarrying the deceased, he shall not be allowed to charge a larger fee than is allowed in the first section. Referred to Committee on Benevolent Institutions.

By constitutional limitation the regular session of the present Legislature will terminate tormorrow. The Senate hasa large number of House bills yet to be acted upon, and fears are entertained that many. really excellent bills will fail to receive the attention which they merit. There was a good deal of valuable time fooled away by both Houses during the regular session. | : ! \

THE Liquor Dealers of Indianapolis are preparing to make a test case of the new temperance law as soon as practicable. The plan is to have one of the members open a saloon in g room never before uged for the ‘sale of liquors, and immediately violate every obnoxious section of the law, for which parties will be in readiness to indict him. The cases will then be pushed through the lower court to the Supreme Court as rapidly as possible. The object is to have the Supreme Court pass upon the copstitutionality of each section of the law. The Association will defray all expenses of the litigation.

TrE Indianapolis Journal of Feb. 21st informed us that “the leading Liberal Republicans of this State beld a caucus at the Bates Hcuse on Tuesday last. Quite a number were present. The political situation was tully discussed,; but without taking any decisive action, it was concluded to adpourn until the 13th of March, when legislative action, both State and National, will be fully developed.” This District was represented by Gen. Milo 8. Hascall and his brother of the Goshen Democrat. . ‘ - :

TaE SENATE at Indianapolis has ordered the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges of money being used to igfluence the votes of members in that body on the temperance bill. ' The tems peratice men allege that the ligdor dealers had a corruption fund of $250,000, and on the other hand it is chiarged that the temperance men offered $l,OOO per vote for their favorite measure. Both states, nients must be received with some allowA, o Ry e

« THE only reason why ' the polls were not opened on the 18th inst,, in several of, the townships of our county, was because the Trustees do not read a county paper, ‘and'knew nothing about the order authorlizing an election, Are men who .are tofally ignorant of passing events, suitable, persons to fill the important office of township Trustee?— Winamac Democrat, No—a thousand times No! , . | ‘

TRESIDENT GRANT'S INAUGURAL. ~ dHis Promises for the Seeond Term. The following is the inaugural address delivered by President Grant after he had formally taken the oath of office for: his second term: . Ferrow Crrizexs :—Under Providence, I have been called 8 second time to act as Executive over this great nation, It has been my endeavor in the past to maintain all the laws, and, so far as lay in my power, to act for the best interests of the whole people. My best efforts will be given in the same direction in the future, aided, Ttrust, by my four years’ experience in the office. When my first term of.the office of Chief Executive began, the country had not recovered from the effects of a great internal revolution, and three of the former States of the Union bad not been restored to their Federal relations. Tt seemed to me wise that no new question should be raised as that condition of affairs existed ; tberefore, in the past four years, so far as I could con trol events, I have endeavored to restore | harmony and advance the public credit, commerce, and.all the arts of peace and progress. ' A MODEL GOVERNMENT, ° It is my firm conviction that the civilized world is teading toward republicanism, or the government by the people tarough their chosen representatives, and our own great Republic is destined to be the guiding star to all others. Under our Republic we support an army less than that of any European power of any standing, and navy less than that of at least five of them. There could be no extension of territory on this continent which would call for an increase of this force, but rather might such an extension enable Gs to diminish it. The theory of government changes with general progress, Now that the telegraph is made available for communicating thought, together with rapid transit by steam, all parts of the continent are made contigu ous forall purposes of the government, and communication between the extreme limits of the country made easier than it ‘was throughout the old thirteen States at the beginning of oar National existence. OUR CULORED CITIZENS, The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave :and make him a citizen ; yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry~ with it. ' This is wrong, and should be corrected.. To this correction I stand committed, so far as Executive .influence can avail. Social equality is not a subject to be legislated upon, nor shall I.ask than anything be done to advance the social status of the colored man, - except to give him a fair chance to develop what there is good in him. Give him access to the schools, and when he travels let him teel assured that his conduct will regulate the treatment that he will receive. : _ REHABILITATION. » - The States lately at war with the General Government are now happily rebabilitated, and no Executive control is exercised in any one of - them that would not be exercised in any other State undér like circumstances. TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION. In the first year of the past Administration, the proposition came up for the admission of San Domingo as a Territory of the Union. It was not 8 question of iny seeking, but was a proposition from the people of Santo Domingo, and which I entertained. I believe ‘now, as I did then, taat it was for the best interests of this country, for the people of Santo Do mingo and all concerned, that the propo~ sition should be received favorably. = It was, however, regarded as unconstitutional, and, therefore, the subject was never brought up again by me. In future, while I hold my present office, the subject of the acquisition of territory must bave the support of the people before I will recommend any proposition locking to such an acquisition. I say here now, however, that I do pot share in the apprehension held by many as to the danger of a government becoming weakened and destroyed by reason of their extension of territory. . Commerce, education, and rapid transit of thought and matter by telegraph and steam have changed this belief, or rather this disbelief, that our Great Maker is preparing the world in His own good time to beccme one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer re quired. NATIONAL PROGRESS—THE INDIAN QUES i TION. &

| My efforts in the future will be directed to the restoration of good feeling between the different sections ot our dcom: mon country, to the restoration of our currency to a fixed value; ag compared with the world’s standard of values, gold, and, if possible, to & par with it; to the construction of cheap routes of tranosit throughout the land, to &he end that the products of all sections may find a market and leave a living remuneration to the producer ; to the maintenance of friendly relations with all ourineighbors and with distant nations; to the establishment of our commerce and share in the carrying them upon the ocean; to the encouragement of such manufacturing industries as can be economically pursued in this country, to the end that the exports of home products and industries may pay for our imports, to the only sure method of returning to and permanently maintaining a specie basis; to the elevation of labor, and by a humane course, to bring the aborigines of the countzy under the -benign influences of education and -civilization. It is either this or war of extermination. Wars of extermination, engaged in by people pursuing commerce and all indusdrial pursuits, are expensive even against the weakest people, and are demoralizing and wicked. Our superiority of strength and the advantages of civilization should make us lenient toward the Indian. The wrong already inflicted upon him should be taken. into account, and the balance placed to his credit. The moral view of the question should be considered, and the question asked : Cannot the Indian Le made a useful and productive member of society by proper teaching and treatment? When the effert is made in good faith we will stand approved before the civilized nations of the earth, and in our own consciousness for having made it. All these things are not to be accomplished by one individual, but they will receive support and such recommendations to Congress as will in my judgment best serve to carry them into effect: I beg yoursupport and encouragement, ik : "' CIVIL SERVICE REFORM - "It has been, and is, my earnest desire to correct abuses that have grown up in the civil service of the country. To secure this reformation rules, regulations, meth - ods of appointment and promotion were established and have been traced. My efforts for such reformation shall be continued. To the best of my judgment the spirit of the rules adopted will be maintained. s ©OO . T ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. v I acknowledge before this asscmblage, representing, as it does, every section of our country, the obligations I am under .to my countr¥m_en“fbx the great honor they bave conferred on me by returning me to the highest office within their land, ' and the further obligation resting on me to render them the best service within my power, . This I promise, looking forward _with the greatest anxiety to the day when I shall be released from reqpunsl%imiea, that at fimes are almost overwhelming, and from which I have scarcely had a respite from the _evgn,tiglfiflrip%upon ¥ Bumpter, in April, 1861, to the present -day. My services were then tendered and sccepted findg %vfif“ call for troops Agrowing out of that event. T did not ask fortfiww position, and wes entircly without lfnflugm or e'a? acquaintance of Bgasons o i 95?% bub was resolved to perform my part in g@fi_flgfl@;‘}fil‘éfiming

the very existence of the nation. I performed a conscious duty without asking promotion or command, and without a revengeful feeling toward any: section or any Individuoal. | ; o — VINDICATED. ; Notwithstanding this, throughout the war, and from my candidacy for my pres ent office in 1868 to the close of the last Presidential campaign, I have been the subject of abuse and slander scarcely equalled in political history, which to-day I feel that I can afford to disregard, in view of yeur verdict, which I gratefully accept a 8 my vindication. j

STATE ITEMS. John Lawsoc% Deputy Auditor of Foun tain county, committed suicide on Tuesday morning by taking poison. - Cause, whiskey. _ ’ ; . The Madison Board of Health report forty cases of small pox treated up to the present date, ten deaths, twenty-three recovered, and seven cases stilli‘on band. -~ Dillard Ricketts, President of the Union Railway company, is suffering from mental abberation, brought on by too much thinking relative to financial affairs. There has been 6,000,000 pounds of tobacco raised in Warrick county this season. This has,been sold at an average of seven cents per pound, aggregating $420,000. : : A hydraulic company is being organized at Lawrenceburg, to furnish water powcr for manufacturing purposes. The city is asked to give $50,000 in aid to the project. : The Odd Fellows Mutual Protective Association of this State have received 544 applications for policies. This in less than two months’ existence, indicates a healthy growth of the business. It is rumored that the Michigan Central Railroad Co., intend building a railroad from South Bend to Three Rivers, ‘Michigan. The route talked of would begin in South Bend and take in Mishawaka, Elkhart, Britol, etc. Mr..J. H. KAPPEs, of Indianapolis, du~ ring the last year, erected 20 neat cottages within the city limits. He sold them to laboring men, to be paid for in monthly installments. This year he proposes to repest the experiment. This is a commendable mode of assisting those of small means, and might be imitated with advantage in town as well as city. . . A haunted ' house is creating a good deal of excitement in the neighborhood of New Lebancn.: The noise that haunts the building is simular to a person strangling. During scveral evenings of last week as many as twenty-five persons visited the supposed haunted premises, and -all confirmed the report of the mysterious noise ; but noexplanation could be assigned as to its cause. e

~ A sad affliction is reported in a Madigon family, & father and three children having died of smail pox, leaving only a heart-broken mother. With her own hands, and unaided, this brave woman cared for her dear ones while living, and when death brought them relief from their sufferings, the wife and mother performed the. last sad duties before they were consigned to their final resting place. : . ~ George H. Martin got tripped up in his little game of confidence at Wabash, and was sent up two years. This was his trick: He would go to the express office and send a note (spurious of course) to some city bank where it was due, tak - ing the agent’s receipt for the same. Arm. ed with this paper, he easily effected a loan, depdsiting the receipt as security.— About the time returns were expected trom the city ‘bank, he would disappear. - Delaware county can lay claims to the possegsion of the meanest man in the State. A woman named Thomas lately died while her application for divorce from her huband was still pending in court. That she had good couse for divorce, and even fo- dying, appears from the report that after her death Mr. Thomas started a subscription paper, circulating it himself, representing that his* wife was dead ; that he was -very poor ; and that he wished to raise $5O to give her a respectable burial.”? He raised the fifty dollars, but, instead of paying his wife's funeral expenses, he bought a new suit of clothes, in which he is now on the lookout for another wife. :

County PaArEßs.—The following 13 what the Cincinnati Trade List thinks of those characters who complain of their county paper, and instead of helping to support it send off for large city papers, and thus help to sustain them: *“A gentleman writes to us that his county paper is se poor that he has stopped it ; therefore sends us three dollars for the 7rade List. We repeat that we don’t want subscribers on those terms. A man’s county paper is worth more 'to him than any other paper in the world, or if it is not, is his own fault. If thecounty paper is properly encouraged, it may be relied upon for information of more value to the people in whose interest it is issued, -than can be found in all the city papersin the United States. No man can afford to stop the paper that publishes the official advertisements of his county, the public sales, markete, court news, and other local intelligence. If the paper is poor the people are more at fault than the publishers, for not giving it liberal patronage. However poor ‘the county paper may be it is alwaysworth more .than it costs to those interested in the affairs ot its locality.” ’ : —————ll - ———— A Young Lady Burned to Death, Miss Tate, a young lady living at Monroe Butler county, 0., wasso badly burned on-Monday, Fsb. 24th, that she died of ber injuries on th day following. She was in a buggy with a bri’gal party, driving to Hamilton, which stopped at Kyle’s station, on the Cincinnati & Springfield railroad, to rest for a short time. On starting out again, a number of heated bricks, wrapped in clothes, were put -in the bottom of the buggy as foot-warmers. ‘One of them soon burnt through the covering, the fire communicating with Miss Tate’s underclothing, and rapidly extending 'untjl her skirts were ina flame. As soon as the fire was discovered, she jumped from the buggy, and-a portion of her clothing was torn off, but not before her person had been so terribly burned as to cause her death.

DANiEL CAssSEL, a resident of northeast Richmond township, died very suddently last Wednesday evening. During the forenoon he had been actively engag. ed in work, feeling as well as usual. Tak: ing ill about noou, he died during the early hours of the night. His remains were interred in the Masonic Cemetery, in this place, on Thursday, with due Magonic honors. He leaves a wife and four small children to battle with life’s unceasing toils. Fortunately, the husband and father had made ample provisions for theis maintenance by having a life insurance policy in the Masonic Mutual to the amount of $4,800, which will be drawn ina few weeks by the executor of the estate. — Oolumbia City Post.

TuE question has been raised whether those saloon keepers whose licences have several months to run will still be amenable to the new temperance law in other respects, as for instaree, having to olose at 9 o'clock p. M., being pecuniarily liable for damages, etc. We entertain no doubt that. they will be so amenable. ~ A license to sell liquor. is not in the nature of a contract, but merely a permit subject at any time to be modified by additional police regulations, varied, curtailed or. revoked. At least this is the judgment of the Jour nal, but an appeal liss to the Supreme Court,—lndianapolis Journa], _

NEWS OF THE WEEK. \ . Boston hashad mnother conflagration, Loss about $40,000. A number of persons were killed and wounded by falling walls, : s

Chieago is about to follow the example of Cincinnati in baviog a grand annual industrial exposition and musical jubilee, and proposes to inaugurate it on the second anniversary of her “big blaze.” Frauds on a great scale upon the Bank of England have just been discovered.— ‘They were perpetrated by one Warren alias Horon, an American, who forged the name of the Rothschilds and, other great houses.

_The fires of Boston and Chicago have told with such effect upon the London and Liverpool Globe Insurance Company that at their late meeting they were unable to declare a dividend, which gave rise to a stormy discussion. - : New Orleans is again thrown into & state of excitement.- Gevernor McEnery: has issued a proclamation calling out the militia, whichis to be disbanded *‘so soon as-the present emeérgency and exigency in public affairs shall cease.”

The inventory and appraisement of the estate of Horace Grecley and his wife has been completed and sent to the Surrogate of Westchester county to be filed.— The daughters will each have a fortune of $lOO,OOO, after all the legacies, including that of the Children’s Aid Society, have been paid : . - e

‘Evans’ the well-known Pennsylvania claim agent, who has beén brought to trial at last for the gross frauds charged against him, offers to testiy that the late Gov. Geary made 4 verbal contract with him by which he was to return 10 per cent of all the State moneys he collected. The evidence has not yet been admitted.

A serious insurrection has broken out among the socislists in the Russian prov inces of Volhynia and@ Podolia, where the insurgents are reported to bave committ ed frightful excesses. The Russian Government has despatched troops for their suppression, and it is thought the outbreak is more serious than hitherto report: ed, as the Russian authorities forbid all despatches relative to the trouble. The great frauds recently discovered on the Bank of England are creating an immense sensation in London. = Among other securities involved are certain fivetwenty and ten forty Uunited States bonds. It 1s generallv thonght that the forgeries were perpetrated by a ring of American swindlers, for whom a reward of £2,500 is offered, while it is calculated that the bank’s loss will amount to $1,000,000. There are signs of trouble in Louisiana, Gov. McEnery has ordered all males between the age of eighteen and fortyfive to enroll themselves in the militia and be ready at any moment to uphold the authorities. The Legislature has passed a resolution calling on him to use force, if necessary, in reinstating the three Judges in New Orleans who were displaced by the Pinch back faction and to sustain them in their official acts.

S The Markets, LIGONIER, March 6%thé.t, white, $1.65, red, $1.55; Rye 60, Oats 28, Corn 35; Potatoes 50, Flax Seed 1.50; Clover Seed $4 50 to $5.00; ' Wool 55 ; Live hogs, $4.00, dressed hogs $4.50, live Tur keys 9, live chickens 8; butter 20, lard 6, eggs 20; feathers 80; Tlimothy hay $15.00. : %

Cuicaco, March s.—The produce mam kets were rather active yesterday. Mess pork [email protected]. - Lard [email protected]. Dressed hogs [email protected] per 100 lbs,, the outside for light. Wheat 1.193{@1.2114, Corn, 311;@815;. ,Oats, 2615 @262. Rye 63@65. . Barley, Tlc for No. 2, and 72c¢ for No. 3. :Live hogs were in active demand, and prices ruled firm throughout, ‘the closing rates being $440@5 CO. | There was littlg doing in the cattle and sheep markets, and values were nominally un: changed. o . Torepo, March s.—Wheat-dull ard [ower; No. 2 white Wabash $1 75 ; amber Michigan, $1 67{@1 68: No. 1 red, $171; N0.25149@166; « Corn, high mixed, 39@39%4c, low mixed, 3834 ; yellow, 40¢. Michigan Oats 34; Clover seed, $5 00; dressed hogs [email protected].

. SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS. Wm H Black, Ligonier...‘...-i?........:....8200 J J McLallin iRI LSOO Jl* Bolens, B ad s T R L Schloss, . e 200 John HUFrancigce;: & i o deai o niin GG Jonathan Smucker, -.lsu i oo B 0 Wm Hills, . Sl o e ) Adam O Shroyer, ¢/ o= s 050000 Mefierßaum, gt A H Wemple, eR R T J L Palms, v PTG S S e Charles Weed, - SR aclak lns v Lol diieodore Mayer,: ‘6. Liibar s G B John Rex, ot e 900 A W Keel,- S e Ol D B Gerber, M piiatane s s 0 A M Parsons, Ll U Rol L Covill, sl 900 ‘Daniel Hartzler, i R R Bd Randall; Avillai. 0o vl sl a 0 George T Barney, Eikhart............ ..... 100 John Wilson, 8rimf1e1d......................"1 00 J R Randall & Son, 1ndianap01i5............ 100 Wm Pearman, G05hen.............:........ 200 Jeremiah Dunafin, Eden Mi 115.............. 200 A Feltheiser, Cr0mwe11..................... 200 A G Johngon: Wilmot: +iiiioiv .05 100 X T Smith, Woledo: siias v iwo o 1165

OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE, Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects of Errprs and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored. Impediments to Marria%e removed. New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.— Books and Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes, Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.,—an Institutien having a high reputation for honorable conduct and professional skill. | [v6 18-Iy] e e gttt THE surest and most direct mode of removing or counteracting kidmey, bladder and glandular diseases, mental and physical debility, diabetes, gravel, female weakness and uterine compliint, is ‘to occasionally partake of SmoLANDER’S BucHU.— This vegetable medicine may be relied upon as being a tonic, diuretic solvent and alterative, and the best preparation of Buchu. £ e Bressep are they who seek relief from * Liver Complaint,” “Biliousness,” Bad Blood,- Pimples, Blotches, Eruptions, Rough Skin, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas and Scrofulous diseases, by the use of Dr, Pierce’s Alt. Ext. or Golden Medical Discovery. for they shall be happy in knowing that the cure is complete. Sold by Druggists. 642 m : nit s R In Sparta township, February 28th, SUSAN, wife of 'Jacon MYERS; aged 69 years, 1 month and 8 ds. In Sparta township, March Ist, MALISSA, wife of JASPER GREEN; aged 26 years and 26 days. m . i MARRIED: e T e T e Nei AL P gl ; March 2d, 1873, at the residence of Francis Stfi’ | by Rev, Elias Schrock, Mr, EMANUEL HOSTET. LER, of Wayne county, Ohio, to Miss MARTHA ‘GRANT, of LaGrange county, Ind. ‘ — | On Thursday evenlnfi, February 27th, 1873, at the residence of the bri e’m&rents, Orange town. snifi, by Elder Blanchard, Mr. MARK KINNISON to Miss MARY TIDD. : ‘ ‘With the above notice a most delicious cake was | placed upon the editor’s table, for which “thei printers” return their heart-felt thgnke and join} in congratulations to the happy couple. | os e R \ - March 2nd, 1873, in Ligonier, at the residence of the bride, b{ Rev. F. A. Sale, NELSON PREN-l TISS, of Albion, to Mrs. JULIA BALDWIN. .

A GOOD FIT, SURE! ‘ A new cutter just inaugurated at the Cléthing Emporium of J. Strans, Jr., & Co., Ligonier, Ind. Let a Discriminating Public Judge of his ability by giving him a trial. Everyf bbdy‘in\fited to call and leave an p;vdér for a new guit. 1

PUBLIC SALE BILLs “NATIONAL BANNER” STEAH

JPRINTING OFFICE. l G.IVEN in regard to: ATLANTI¢ & Paci¥ro Rarie. BOoAD Lanws, without charge, by. - -~ : Ligonier, Ind,, Aug. 15,<tf. Vet PLMGOVELERL: - Residence for Sale;.' R A two-story frame dwelling and I'l-4 acreso land, north of the River, in Ligonier, s offered for sale. On the premises are an orchard, good barn, and other out-buildings. The whole will be sold at a bargain, and on liberalterms. For furtherparticulars, inquire atthisoffice. - s Ligonier, Dec. 13,1871,88 . ~=. vv = Dissolution of Co-Partnership. NOTICE is hereby given that the co-partnershi heretofore existing: between: the undgrsign‘eg has been dissolved b?' mutual consent-<Frederick Mackle retiring, All accounts -will'be séttled by the said Fred. Mackle, whe has-placéd the books in charge of D. W. Green. Esq. . All,({),ersen's’inz debted are requested .to make immediate settlement, The business will be continued at the old stand by Henry Green, - < FRED. MACKLE, e S HENRX GREEN, - " Ligonier,lnd,, Feb. 27, 1873, 44 w 3 * Ll Administrator’s Notice. ' - NOTICE is hereby givefi_« that the ‘undersigned has been aminte " Administrator of the estate of George McLean, sr., late of Noble cotnty, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be golyent. ' - ~ All persons having claims againstisaid estate will present them, duly aut.beuticated,.‘f(’)r,s‘e‘me-’ ment ; and those knowing themselves indebted to said estate will make payment immediately. = .. L - ... HENRY HOSTETTER. Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 25th, 187344 w 3 -=~ "

The GREAT FIGHT at AVILLA ! . ROSTARE:. Ifas now openéd out a iérgé -and fall line of’ ( Ssy ‘0 - 5 b s (eroceries, Queensware aud Tinware, Which he proposes to sell* at Reduced. Prices for Cash, or Country Produce taken in Exchange, = and solicits his share of public-patronage. . - GO AND SEE EIDM.. Get'up and run, and grin, o 7 To see his customers a]l come.dn,, . Jam, 23-393 m -, o 7 LR STAHL, . ARARE CHANCE! WHISKY and Groceries-at COST. Theodore Mayer . Would respectfully announce. t}'uit :h'exw;'llv sell his ’ entire stock of * e s GROCERIES AT COST. Less than cost, Fafnxers, come and avnil-ydhfsélfi Of;thifi opp_ogh_mity.- e e NOTICE TO DER TORS. ALL PERSONS knowing themselyes indebted o - the undersigned are herewith notified that all ‘accbunts remaining unsettled by the:lsth day of March next, will be placed in the hands of a Jiistice tor collection. 2 THEO;MAYER. - Ligonier, Ind., Feb, 27, 844 W 3 s FARM & TOWN LOTS . FOR SAILLEY!

I WILL sell cheap ‘for cash, or on . edsy ,termsof‘ . ?ayment, the valuable Stock and Grain Farm, | lately owned by James McConnell, and known as . B I R 3 PN THE DIAMOND LAKE FARM! consisting of .over thrée hundred” acres-of land, about 5 miles south-east of Ligonier,;in the southwest quarter of section 31, town 33; north range. 9 east, and north-west quarter of scction 6, town 34, north range 9 east; embracing. soil; timber, living water and general advantages, makingit one ofthe most desirable farms, éspecially/for-stock raiging in Noble county. s i ST ALSO :—Lots No. 6,9, 11, 15, 16, 26, 27,28 and 29 in Wood’s. Addition to Ligonier; a}so, lots 7-and 8 in block 4, and 7 and S -in block 3:of - Millr's Addition to Lligonier. 23 R TITLE GUARANTEED. BY. MEv ‘Apply to Isaac E. Knigely, esq., Ligonier, or to = JOSEPH K. EDGERTON, . Feb. 28-tf. ; .- i Fort Wayne, Ind. e el S L s NOTICE TO THE PUBLIE! RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. NO_TICE is hereby given that I have this day so‘ldj my entire interest in the Mercantile Business: of the firm of S. MIER & €O. to my {ate partners, Messis. Jacon Surers and NATHAN W ERTHEIMER, who will.continue the business at the old place. All accounts and notes due said firm of S. Mier. & Co, are payable to ‘the undersigned,. who also assumes the payment. of all “debts contracted by and for the old firm,: An.early settlement of ac~ counts is earnesfly requested,: ' .. L&l For the accommodation of thosé having accounts to settie I have opened an office in the Front Room on second story of *‘Mier’s Block;”-entrance from thealley. I will also continte to transacta @ = - GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS - in the same office, ie T A e To thoge who have kindly patronized me duting’ the past twenty years, I desire toreturn my. sincere thanks, and respectfully soli¢it for the new firm a continuation of liberal pat_rona%?-. o ide ! . : 5 SOL, MIER: Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 17, 1873.-aw3-44 s {iPR e

+GUARDIAN’S SALE. NOTICE is hereby give% that the utidersigned, Guardian of Eugene Latta, a minor, will sel}l at public auction on‘the ptemises, at the residence of Robert L. Curl, on "¢ % R S S Friday, March 28th, 1893, The undivided one-ninth' part of the north-west quarter of section one, township-thirty-five north, range eight east, in Noble county, Indians, and the undivided one-ninth part of the eéast half of the south-east one-fourth of section thirty-three and the east half of the south-west one-fourth of section thirtg-six, all in. township thirty-six north, ranie eight east, in LaGrange county, Indiana. - ik RNIS OF SALE:—One-third cash, one-third in six months and one-third in twelve months; notes to be given for the deferred paynients with interestfrom date, waiving yaluation and appraisement laws, secured by good freehold security. =~ Sale to begin at 10’clock, p.oae, i Tt C Y : .- . JOHN Mo¢DEVITT, February 26,7344 w3B - " . Guardian. ‘

: ST R & < SHERIFE’S SALE, ; BY virtue of three executions (which bear equal dates) to me issued by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Noble county, Indiana,—two Jin favor of William H. Vanslyke.vs. Jacob Sommers, and one in favor of Jacob ‘'W. Straus and Frederick W. Straus vs. Jacob Sommers—] ‘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-~ SRR Saturday, March 15th, 1873, Between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and £ o’¢lock p. m. of said day, the following described real estate, to~wit: Oneacreofland out of tLe south-west corner of the following described premises, to wit : Commencin % at the intersection-of'the east line of Chatham and the south line of Miller street; in Fisher & Co.’s Addition to Ligonier, thence running south 7.93 chains, thence east 2 chains, thence north 4.19, chains, thence east 3.80 chains, thence north 3.70 chains,; thence west to the place of beginning, centaining three acres more or less; said premises bei.nzs in the south-west quarter of section twenty-two (22), town thirty-five:(3s), Range eight (8) east, allin N'oble county, Indiana, = - ©" - ] oo DAVID HOUGH, : _Sheriff of Noble County, Ind. IsunllE. KnisgLy, Att’y for Plntff. "~ = Albion, Ind,, February 18, "73.-w3-p £ $9.00 :

Notice to Non-Residents, - THE STATE OF INDIANA,‘} i : NosLE County, 4 e leks B In the Court of Common Pleas of Noble county, in the State of Indiana, June Term, A. D, 1878: Frederick W.Stracs and Jacob Strans, ¥s. Sarah Stultz, Peter Stultz; Jesse Pfipper. John Pepper, Susan We¥el Jacob Weigel, Nancy Mcßfide,giobert Mcßride, Samuel Secrist, William Secrist, Hart.zel Secrist, Simon Secrist, Wesley Secrist, ‘Catherine Secrist and George W. Piper, - - ; : BE IT KNOWN, that on this 25th day of Febra- ... ary, in tne.year 1873, the above-named Ilaintiffs, by their attorney, flled in the office of the Clerk of said Court their complaint against said Defendants, in the above exx_titlped ‘cause,; together with an aflidavit of a 'oomfictent pergqn.- that said’ defendants Jesse Pepper, Nancy Mcßride, Robert Mcßride and Hartzel Secrist are not xfgqic_feuts of the State of Indiana. - el i Said defendants, Jesse Piper, Nancy Mcßride, Robert Mcßride, and Hartzel Secrist,.are thg;grore’ | herebiy notified of the filing and gqnfiency of said comp _aigt against them, and that unless they appearrn answer or demur therelo, at th,d‘,m{llns of said cause on the second dag of the nextierm o sald Court, to 'be_-begun and held at the Court. House in the town of Albion; on the third l@ondas in April, 1878, said complaint, and the mattérs an things therein contained -and "alleged: will be haarfi and determined in their absence, * == - - t 100 Wa C. WILLIAMS, Clerk. = I. E. KNIBELY, Art,ornéqy for Plaintiffs, "> Albion, Ind., Feb, 27th, '78,-44-w3-p f $lO5O - -

a.' . ke e Al o Tnnn‘mnbuams ofNoble, La & Girange, Elkhm and ad- | Jjoinlng' Co‘unti‘cs are xfespeci- 5 fully invited to call immediately B i“. : 5 | The Clothing Ewporium ! e —_“or— ' i

J.STRAUS Jr. & cOo. IF‘OR the exjam(égggéet%fstgg’khmgest jar\idé\xdoet Of al! styles nuq gn‘nlities! j ~ Dress Coats and Business Suits Qfevery description and of the very. best an@lities. ok . Boys’ Suits of every Conceiv-

-2 able Style. B Hats and Caps, W,oolen'Jackets e e ~ and Underwear - :OF EVERY KIND, ‘ . Latest Styles of Neck-Ties. FINE éLoTH FOR Dntss SUITS. Scotch Cloth, Caésimdres, Imported and,'DofimesjficGoods for Business Suits.

A new ‘and immense stock of material for Overcoats, Inour ; Merchant Tailoring Department! p we shall-.employ's i : ; S ! g ‘Fashionable Cutter, -Whose work will give entire satisfaction to all fa--3 voring us witht their patronage. | y AIL snits warranted to fit and to give undoubted ; ;. satisfaction, . e : .=" EXTRA BARGAINS IN | | SOLDIERS’ COATS and P&NTS. Sy C. 3 STRAUS, Ju & Co. Ligoner, Ind., Oct. 23,5812, " «‘ ... HOME MADE| - ? 1 ‘ TN j BUFFALG-LINED BOOTS Warranted to Give Satisfaction; f; . and sold at ‘ de THE VERY LOWEST FIGURES,

; % ! at the- e gl . | 1 et Brick Shoe-Store e3L : ‘ ' ‘ . =OF— ; - ; (\‘ : : ‘ ‘ 'F. W. SHINKE AND BRO., _ ' L : S Ligonier, - - - - I%u;iian‘a. g -i)ecénibei- =6th, §B7e, 4 >_ NEW GOODS ¢:L ) % | s - —AND— e : LOW PRICES. KELLER & KANN ] Resx%ectfhl’lly solicit an examinationfof their i ° ; New Fall & Winter Goods, : - Consisting of all styles in : : - SERGES, CASIMERES, HOHAIRS, POPLINS, EPANGLINES, SATINS & VELOURS: - SHAWLS. i In thig line we are prepared to show ‘the most at. i tractive line it has ever been onr plem%ure to oflfer to the ladies of this section. | > o L | : itaaas: . CLOTHING: | This stock is immense, replete with everything .in style, at astonishing low prices.. To this department we have added a room entirely devoted to the custom trade. Having engagad.aflnt#class eatter, who is thoroughly master of hi business, a . -perfect fit is warranted every time. Our stock of ggspim‘erea consists of every description of American avnvc%l ilz'rench Plo?s::'n(x;‘:e:,i Englisg 3 tong, Beavers, neys, Pilof eviots, and Scotch good ;Im:tllll ll’chol&g t'hstg can lzot be}?)'n?ld, any t%xei-e el:é n this.section of country. : bound to be satizfled. ey : WINE e ar.e s Lo i

L S b BQQTS ANID SI—IO.ES. CARPETS; HATS & CAPS, QUEENSWARE, i AT VLANNE S, c : S t e th ét,ore. All to bg had cheaper thag .&%‘%Ri KANN, . Kendallville, Dec. 27, 58753 | [