The National Banner, Volume 7, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 March 1873 — Page 1

THENATIONAL BANNER, PublishedWeeklyby : JOHN B:. STOLL, LIGONIER,NOBLE COUNTY,IND. . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ceich] IHNARERBS. ..0 s e 89,00 t"]’hwpageriapublishcdonthe’CashPrhwz’ple. its Proprietor believing thatit is justasrightfor hvm demand advance pay,asit i 8 for City publishers ¥ Anyperson sending aclub oflo, accompanied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge.

CITIZENS’ BANK, LIGONILR, : INDIANA. STRAUS BROTHERS, Receive monies on deposit’; issue certificates with interest on specified time; dealers in government bonds, gold and silver. Driw drafts on New York, Chicago, Toledo, and dll. European cities. Issue passn%'e-certiﬂcaws to and)from all principal seaports in Enrope. Agents for the sale and purchase of real estate; also, agents for the Imperial Fire Insurance Co., London, Capital $3,000,000. 'Special attention ﬁiven to collections in town and country. Discount Farmers’ and Business paper. : Grbfdhaften und Paflage - Scheine. Grbjdaften in aflen Theilen Deutjdlands werden billig und prompt dburd) Bollmadt eiugc&ogm. PBaj+ jagesSdeine von und nad allen Secehdjen Curopa’s jfind ftets bei uns ju haben. ! ‘ ©traus-Bros. - QLigonier, Ind., Oct, 23, 172.:26 .

Leke Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after October 27th, 1872,trains will leave ~ Stasions asfollows: GOING EAST: Sp.N.Y.Ex. AtUc.Ex. - Accom. Chicago....eve.. 950 am,... 585 pm.. . 700 am Elkhart...... .. 110 pm.... 955 vies Ll 20 Goshen,.....p. 128 v 019 vinsdL4o 4 Millersburg.,.. t 145 ...tlO3O ....1159 Ligonier........ 154 pnie3o-44 ...1215 pm Wawaka, . ..., 1208 . ...81057 0., 1280 Brimfield’...... 1216 ...tllO5 Ve vl 40 Kendallville.... 229 e L) 20 pes Arrive atToledo 580 Ji 0280 am, ... 510 GOING WEST : \ T01ed0..........1110 am.... 11 50 pm.... 11 00 am Kendallville .... 229 pm.... 251 am.... 308 pm Brimtleld ... ... 1244 & ....1806 ... 327 Wawaks....... 19862 ....13156 ....340 Li%'onier.....‘....'i‘()i.' Yaks 3126 Bt Millersburg.... 1820 - ~. t 340 . .... 417 . Qoslen . ..4:.. 836 ..., 358 sins %08 *Elkhart........ 4900 sio AUO VBO ArriveatChicagoB2o ... 820 ..., 940 *Stop 20 minutes forbreakfastand supper. tTraing do not gtop. - : Expressleaves daily both ways. ; : . Mail Train makesclose connection atElkhart withtrains going Eastand West. ‘ 3 CHAS. PAINE, Gen'lSupt.,Cleveland, J.N.KNEPPER, Adgent,Ligonier. B

Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after December 23d, 1872, ¢ | GOING WEST. : e el Nab, No 7; No. 3. Fast Ex. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg... .+ I:4sam 7:loam 9:loam 1 30pm Rochester. ... 2:52am §:4oam 10:25am 2:4opm Alliances...... s:lsam 11245 am I:3opm s:2Bpm Orrville, .. .... 6:slam I:4spm 3:o7pm 7:o6pm Mansfield..... B:soam 4:22pm s:o9pm 9:llpm Crestline...Ar, 9:2oam_s:oopm s:4opm 9:4opm Crestline. .. Lv. 9:4oam 6:loam 6:oopm 9:sopm Forest. . ..:....11°05am 7:55am 7 55pm 11:15pm Lima..........12:08pm 9:osam 9.15 pm 12:17am Ft Wayne..... 2:4opm 1] :50am 12:05am 2 :45am Plymouth..... 4:45pm 2:35pm 2:55am s:osam Chicago ....... 7.50 pm 6:3opm 6:ooam B:2oam i GOING EAST, NoS, No 2, No 6, No 4. . Mail, Fast I'x, Pac Ex. NightKx. Chicago....... d:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm’ Y 20pm Plymouth..... 9:lsam 12 02pm 8 55pm 12 50am’ Ft Wayne....l2:2opm’ 2 20pm 11 20pm~3 25am Limas. ... es 2:45pm 4 07pm- 1 18am 5 15am “Forest ........ 4:oopm’ 5 oSpm 2 27am 6,2%am Crestline . Ar. 5:35pm 6 80pm. 4 05am 8 05am Crestline .. Lv.ll:3oam 6 50pm 4 15am 8 25am Mansfield .....12:05pm 7 19pm 4 43am 8 Ssam 0rrvi11e....... 2:l3pm 9 20pm 6 37am 11 06am A11iance,...... 4:2opm 11;00pm 8 25am 1 10pm Rochester, ..., 6:57pm I;l2am 10.42 am 3 39pm Pittshurg ..... 8:10pm 2:2oam 11 45pm 4 45pm Gr. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. : w PR & Ft. Wayne R. R. : Condensed Time Card, Daily, except Sundays. To take effect December 15th, "72. GOING NORTH. No.T. Noi3. N 0.5. Richmiond & viciiiiis, 1120 am 330 pm Newporticalaii. iaic 1149 *5 - 3 5T ¢ Winchosterls vieiiiiv 1240 pm 440 ¢ Ridgewitla [ caviens . 106 510 Portland. 2L 10 . 134 ¢ 545 Decattir . e v 250 | Fort Wayne, A.)....... b ¢ ‘ Fort Wayne, D......... 700 am 340 pm | Kendsliville ioaz 0000 o 815 ** 486 ¢¢ Sturglsiisciailocivii oy 982 0 - 610 ; Mendon isiviviivianie- 1008 %% 648 ¢ ; Khalamazao, Aeeisaraalllo ** - T 40 ¢ ; KalamazooyD:.c...e 21120 ¢ 400 pm 800 am Monteith ikt ionae 1201 pm 444 ¢ 8423 ¢ Grand Rapldsiii. .. 140 ¢ 625 ' 1018 ** HowardClty, ..o.ijs-.. 343" ' B 3 ** 1218 pm Up. Big Rapid 5,....... 455 ¢ 9380 ¢ 137 & Rceg1()1tiy‘......‘....... 582 ¢ 2194 Clam Take .: 1. 700 % 830 ¢ GOING SOUTH. N 0.2.. N 0.3.. N 0.6 Clam Lakelcissiviicise ‘ 600 am 1120 am ReedCitﬂ.....;........ 723 1245 pm Up. Bigßapide...i....43oam 805 198 & 110wur?{_City.......... 980 'Y 010 8 g B Grand Rapids-........ 750 * 1159 am. 500 * Montelthy i Sor conaib 908 -143 pm. 1620 s Kalamazbo, Aoo 950 ** 1 900 ““" 700 ** Kalamazoo, D......... 1000 ** 630 am Mendon osbveraocesssssloß2 40 0 T3O 18 Sturgls ot oiias 1R S ThY s | Kendallville ...........1244pm 915, . FortWayne,sio . siae.. 160 4% 1030 78 | Fort Wayne.....ooeeeee 206 ¢ Decatutia cani i o 960 ‘Portland o Licii sl v 413 ¢ 700 8m : Ridgewlllel, i cinioii 443 ' 745 ¢ Winchester ......ov.e. 505 4. 814 ¢ Newponbesiise i, 506" 0 910 1 ; Richmon@ .. iive. G 205 'Y - 9454

* 1. -y : . Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Condensed time card, taking effect Dec. 16th, T 2, GOING, NORTH, 3 GOING BOUTH, No. 3. No. 1. STATIONS. N 0.2. No.d. 400 pm. 8 00am..Kalamazoo.. 950 am 700 pm 449 'Y B L M L Meuteith.. .. 908 ‘Y 620 * 581 ¢ BU6 't ivAllegan. ..., 828 ¢ 5387 ¢ G 647 ¥ Al st cMolland, .. 115 Y 429 747 ** 12 17pmGrand Haven, 616 ¢ 330 * 830 ¢ 1258 ‘., Muskegon .. 535 ¢ 250 . . F.R. MYERS, Gener‘:alPassenger and Ticket Agent. TRY . THE NEW ROUTE Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago R.R '_[‘l-IE Great Through Line to INDIANAPOLIS,” Cincinnati, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Clmttnnoo%(n, New Orleans, and ull points in tke gouth. Ask the ticket agent for tickets via : - PERU RAILL ROAD, On and after January 1, 1872, two daily Passenger Traing will leave LaPorte as follows, Sunday excepted: Day Express leaves LaPorte at 9 45 am and arrive at Indianapolis at 5 15 p m. The Night Ex‘press will leave LaPorte (Saturday excepted) at 11 50 p m, and arrive at Indianapolit at 7 25 a m, Woodrufl’s New Improved PARLOR AND ROTUNDA SLEEPING COACHES Always on time. i F. P. WADE, ’ Gen’l Ticket Agent, Indianapolis Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th day of October, 1872: £ GOING BOUTH, STATIONS. GOING NORTH, No. 2 No. 4 No:.1 WNo,B, 530pm11155m a.....Waba5h....1700am 200 pm 440 * 1035 am .Nor. Manchester, 745 * 310 ‘¢ 415 DBt i Silver Lake. ... 810 % 410 ¢ 335 ¢ 860 8¢ ~....War5aw,.....880 ¢ 510 ¢ 315 o BRO % i Leoßbung... 910 % 540 8 laB “Hiclrag s Lot TMilford. .. . 980 % 810 238 ¢ 20t i New Paris... 980 ‘' @b °* 215 ¢ 700 * ..dp.Goshen,ar..lolo ¢ 700 ¢ 210 ¢ ..ar.Goshen, dp..1015 ** 140 ¢ v cßlEhart, o 1048 ¢ ¢ Trainsrun by Clevelandtime. i © A.G. WELLS, Sup’t. FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL The shortest and most direct route to Indianapolis. Close connection with trains on the Columbus & Indianapolid Railway at Muncie. Departure and arrival of trains at Ft. Wayne: LEAVE. l ARRBIVE. Expre55......... 500 am Mai1............400pm Matl. . ....0..0 .18 15pm|Express....... 94"

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EXCELS[OR LODGE, No. 267, &y .O, B Meets every Saturday. evening at their New Hall. VL T GREEN, Seey. E-W KNEPPER, ¥. 6. WASHINGTON ENCAMPM’N"I‘ NO. 8. 1.0.0. F, Meects the seéond and fourth Tueedays in each : Month, at their New Hall. i | I-I.jM. GoonspreeD, Seribe. W. K. Wowr, C. P. i Dr.H. LANDON, LIGONIER, : i+ INDIANA. | Office second floor Landon’s Brick Block, - Nov. 58t, ¢B7¢. P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = =« = . Indiana, Office one door south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairs. Mayc2th, 5869. 1. W. C, DENNY, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, INDIANA, Will promptly and faithfully attend to allcalls n the line of his profession—day or night—in own or any distance'in the conntry. i G, W. CARR, — Physician and Surgeon " TIGONIER, = =~ & = - - IND, Willp~omptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Dffice ‘on 41.. St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL Baxneroffice. L ; 3-43 . . . C. PALMITER, Surgeon and Physician, ! . Office at Residence. e Ligonieéer, = = = = Indiana. A.S.PARKER, M.D., FHEFOMEOPATHIST, Office on Mitchel street. Residence on East street. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 P, M, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. May 3, 5875.

G. ERICKSON, M. D., Special attention given to thejtreatment of‘ Chronic and Surgical Disedses. flice hours from 10 o’clock A, M. to 2 o’clock, P. M. Qffiice and residence oEposite the Gross House. : KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. f Junebpsibe e JAMES M. DENNY, . Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, ) ALBION, - - - - =+ - IND, 6-16 I, B. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIEE: = == INDIANA, g 7 Office in Mier's Block. . 7-2 L. COVELL, ; Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publiec, : LIGONIER, INDIANA. - Office, over Beazel Brotners’ new Harness Shop, Cavin Street. | Th. M. GREEN, = Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. ‘LIGOCNIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon!s Brick Block. | P. W. GREEN, Justiceof the Peace &Collsction Agt 3 Office with Dr. Lanond, second floor Laadon’s _ i Brick Block. LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. 9 . JAMNMES J. LASH, : AGENT FOR THE- ‘ Continental Life Insurance Company, OF HARTFORD, OONNECTICUT, 5 Office in the Court House, Albion, Noble Co., Ind

' . RICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. Special attention given to conveyancin‘ig andcollections. Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptlyand accuratelv. e . May 26th, 1869, WML L. ANDREWS, ‘Surgeon Dentist, Mitchel’s Block, Kendallville, Allwork warranted. Examinationsfree. 2-41 ' 3.4 TEAY., DN TS T, @remwmmm Corner of Mitchel) and State Sts., one block east of Post Office, room (IYYY Y Pover the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallviile, [ndiana. Js9=All work warranted. Kendallville, May 3, 1871. e T AL GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, : : LIGONIEB, .. INDIANA. i v g Is prepared | S A to do anything | £ intheirline. A ?44 i ~ succesffnl pra{:(; PNN e S tice of over y \""‘/\_ .. " K?Mei justifies S e o etvesamai Al him in sayiu e "%?“ that he can e. T e giveentiresatU R ,“.’ isfaction to all Eimcin a 0 P who may bestow their patronage. 8@ Office one doornorth iof Kime’s, Cavin St. : J PHILIF A. CARR, : AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. . ; 3 | Ligonmier, January 8, *73-37 / Mrs. GEO. McLEAN, Jr., TEACHER OF MUSIC, LIGONIER, .: : INDIANA. Gives instructions on the Piano, Melodeon, and Organ, at her residence over McLean’s Hardware Store. “Terms moderate. ; : enna e TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, . Laporte, Indiana. V.W.AXTELL, : : : Proprietor, Laporte, April 5, 1871.

BATES HOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, G.W. WESLEY & SON, - - PROPRIETORS: The Bates House is the largest and most commodious house at the State Capital. Indianapolis, Jan. 18, 1871.-38 i LIGONIER HOUSE, LiGONIGER: & » ¢ & o INDIANA, S LEWIS & KOBER, Proprietors. : This splendid hotel has passed into new hands, and hasbeen entirelyrefitted and renovated. Good Sample Rooms. Free Buss to and from the Cars. - April 10, 1872.-6-50 : : CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. : We gell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. - Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. - SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 8, "73.-tf 2 . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY B%CK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. &M. 8. R. R. DeXot, and four s&inares from the G, R. R. R.— Onl%h ve minutes walk to any of the principal businesk houses of the city. Traveling men anxfstranﬁcrs willfind this a firsi-clase house.. Fare $2 per 81{' J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, endallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14

, C. V.INKS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50 ‘ —_— H. R. CORNELL, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American Optical Company’s MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for inakqu? 9, 18, 36, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a trifiing expense, within thercach ofall. Thefoilowingaretheprices: 7 Pictares f0r............. 81 00. 16 o W il R 80, 327 e BSNi, B O 70 S T ~ ) PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! Ligonier,lnd., Nov. 15,1871, , | FOR SALE. A FARM or 80 acres, one-half improved, with | tg;)%e amil‘ Or%yar% situlut; t,}nee'?ﬂnes éonthwes awaka. Xorterms inquireofd. B. 810 of ui““" or Drod & memc’."" T . Kendallville

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GREAT LIBERALISM ! LIBERAL PRI.CES. Strike While the Iron i Hot!

THOUSANDS come and %ive us a call and carry away Goods by the load into the Country, our DELIVERY WAGON Is consiantly bfmy - Delivering Goods ’, Throughout the City. Do not allow Iyorlrselr to think there will not be room for you for ourg STORE ROOM

! 1s like the j IRISHMAN’S SHANTY ! - Still room for one more.sCome and ( : ¢ i : See How IL.iberal o - AND = '_‘ : ‘ GOOD NATURED“ | : H Our Clerks are, "Always a Smile on Their Face, To think their i’roprietors allow them to

| ¢ ‘, Sell so Cheap! ) o We keep on ixaixd A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EVERYTHING Fo " To be had in theGROCERY: LINE ! " We also geep on hand a Iﬁliisnpply of

WINES AND PURE LIQUORS ‘WE.ZDO NOT spncmjr PRICES ‘ : it | . SUGAR'S, Teas, Coffee and Syrups ! - | on lé;:oun;tofthe . ~ ENORMOUS PRINTER'S BILL, And in order :o ::211 ::;hve:rx; we must do on‘r - -’ECQ&OJKIC;JL.K | ASSURE YOU SATISFAOT.ION..' . GROH & HIGH, - Eendallville, Sep. 4, 1871, i

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 158%73.

' THE FIRST OF APRIL. . BY WATOHYUL JOE. . To-day is the first of April, and we . Must move again; what a job ’t will be, And all who rent, (with me you'll agree) Are interested inthis April spree. - We are now packed up, ready and waitin’ For the drayman. - You know old Tom Clayten? He’s never on time, but always too late/in i Getting around; he ’s slow as old Stm‘. : Well.' he’s come at last, of course in a hurry; Everything's in a tremendous flurry; - A regular tear up, 'tis enough to worry - The patience of'Joh.: *“Now, Kitty, bestir ys,” Says the drayman; “How many loads have yon To move?” Says I, “Perhaps I've two.” Says he, “I've some other work to do, And it’s necessary to rattle things through.” The first is the stove, goes on with a crash; The pots, the kettles, and other.old trash; I expect they’ll all be broken to smash; This is what goes for a man’s ready.cash: : ‘We've taken one load, and have just got back; ‘ Natarally enongh, my hands were both black, I wiped the black off, on the clean flour sack: *‘Simeon !” says Kitty, then she hit me a whadk, On went a barrell, a bedstead, a box, The sausage machine, my old shoes and socks; An old arm chair, and two broken crocks; In moving things get some terrible knocks. # Katty,” says 1, “Is there anything more?” ** Yes !"” says sné, and she almost swore, | I went in the room, and there on the floor Was baggage enough for wo loads more,. . **Simeon,” says Kitty, “don’t you forget . The soap in the cellar.” *“Well don’t fret; You are always mad when we move; I'llbet We've moved eight times, and you've never failed ; & yQt-" We've got all moved, and ’tis almost night; . The stove's get up, but the pipe’s not rigkt, There is not enough of elbows qaite; "Tis plain we’ll have no supper to-night. “p go right down to the hardware éton For an elboyv or twe; Il just get four, ; In case we have to. move any more, ‘We'll bave enough of the elbows, sure.” At last we have got the stove all right, And Kitty’s been working with all her might, : * Simeon,” says Kitty, ‘‘won’t you please light A fire in the stove; and I'll get us a bite,” * I don’t like to move, or I don’t like to rent; Like the rest of mankind, I don’t feel coatent. Te buy some propetty of my own, I'm dent, As sure as my name is Simeon Kent. - Our family is small, just Kitty and I, There is time enough yet; Ithink byand by That we’ll—*Now, Simeon, don’t tell a lie,” Says Kitty, as she wiped a tear from her eye.

NORTHERN INDIANA I'I‘EMS.I ‘AN election will be held on the 25th of April to determine whether the town of Plymouth shall become a city. The Democrat 18 favorable to the proposition. THE Lagrange Independent says:— “Judge Osborn is an editor as well as a lawyer. His paper, the South Bend Union, is one of the most substantial and ably edited papers in the State.” ¢

BAM WINTER, of the Huntington Democrat, hits the nail on the head when he says: “The” Northern Indianian don’t like the idea of Billy Williams and them ‘other fellers’ raising their salaries. Yes, the Jndianian does an immense amount of talking of the right sort, but spoils the thing afterwards by ‘welcoming home’ the ‘fellers’ guilty of the acts which it so virtuously condemns. And yet the Indianitan is consistent.” - :

A NaverTY FELLow.—The Columbia City Post goes for a fellow named John Q. Thorn or Chatles Thornton, a plasterer, who was formerly engaged in plastering in Columbia City. The chap is not only extensively martied, and “one of the most unlimited liars,” but he is still engaged in the business of marrying and continuing to lie. He will for a time do a different kind of lying from that he hasbeen doing to unsopbisticated females. He is injul. .

THE Lagrange Standard claims that Greenfield Township ie the richest township 1n sgricultural products in Lagrange county. It has 2,000 acres more of improved land, $300,000 more of farming implements, $20,000 more of live stock, than any other. - 8o says the sensus of 1870. Springfield ranks next in number of acres of land improved, but the value of its farming implements ranks lowest: in the county. i

DousLE TraCK.—The Pittsburgh Ga sette says that the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company have now completed thirty seven miles double track east of Chicago, also thirty seven miles west of Pittsburgh and fifty two between Pittsburgh and Crestline, meking in all 126 miles of steel rails. This summer they intend to make farther progress in the work and complete the double track clear to' Chicago. It Isto be all laid with steel rails,

TaE EDITOR of the Kendallville Standard, who is an applicant for the Post Office of that place, went down to Huntington the other week and interviewed Congressman Sayler. The Democrat notes this little circomstance 1n these words: He came, he saw, but we are not prepared to say that he conquered. If the rumors are true, Charley is after the Kendallville Post office, and if he can pay a 8 much to secure it as any of his competitors (the Major is bound to make something out of his first and last term), he will probably be the lucky m The Stand ‘ard, in the following com%ents, has made a strong bid for the Major’s support, but: politicians are proverbially ungrateful, and it is not likely that the flattering pen of Charley will have a feather’s’ weight if not backed by the commodity which makes the horse go: “Then again it is for the interest of the country, that a salary be paid sufficient to command the best talent of the nation. It is not policy to make the ﬁglg 80 small that a poor man cannot afford to go to Congress. We want men of brains, not merely men of wealth, in Congress. - Such men as Major Sayler, who, bad not the salary been raised, would have been better off, financially, to have cantinued the practice of bis profession, to have served one term in Congress.” We confess it is a good puff, and the Major should be grateful for it; but, after all, it is nothing more than the truth. The Major is a man of brains, transcendent and powerful, 'and asall of us know that his practice was worth about $lO,OOO a year, it is a great condescention for him to submit to a sacrifice and scoegt a salary of $7,600 a year. It is a remark. able sacrifice to which the Major is sub‘mitting. But we wouldn’t mind making ~one of the same kind. g " There s sarcasm for you, my lad!

LETTER FROM WHITLEY COUNTY. ' Sourn-WHaITLEY, March 15. DEAR BANNER:—It bas been so long since I tried to write anything for your columns, that I don’t know whether my _pen will work very kindly ornot. Guided by the waggish mind of Mark Twain, or the keen intellect of a McCullagh, it .might glide along quite smoothly, though it is of & poor kind. But for one who has dealt in syrups and pills, ipecac and quinine, and “sich,” since the close of his sbort editorial career, a pen, even of the finest quality, seems somewhat like a spat+ula and is liable to forget, and attempt to do the ink up into 8 powder instead of spreading it 1n intelligent, readable productions; so you see, dear John, that ;» habit is everything. But I, at least, wish to say, “How do you do?” to the many readers of the BANNER, and to assure them that I have not yet forgotten the many kindnesses which I received at their hands, and especially do I desire to keep.burning brightly the kindly relations that sprang : up between my co-worker on the BANNER, Mr. Zimmerman, and its old, as well as present, editor and myself during our labors in the late canvass. . To me the marring of such friendship, or allowing it to die out under the gradual, but chilling, process of forgetfulness, is everything but _pleasant ; therefore, allow me to say for myself, that while Bro. Z. is buried with law books, and you are toiling daily to make the BANNER the same worthy sheet ‘that you always have made it, and your Jbumble servant is engaged in “killing and making alive,” not a friendly link is broken 1n the chain that was forged in the recent campaign, and which I trust will last, even till the Good Master takes us to Himself. ‘Then to the general readers of the BANNER I extend my hand, and be you Democrat or Republican, I wish you long life and much happiness. . In little Whitley the BANNER is read quite extensively and is well reccived. In Noble county every family should feel it their duty to take it regularly, for what can possibly furnish.so much pleasant and uséful reading matter as a good home paper? There is usually one paper of each party published in & county, and I do think that we should always patronize both papers in our own éounty without any regard to their political complexions There is no one thing in a county that does so. much toward developing it as a good newspaper, and a couple of dollars for each paper is so small a sum for the majority of people that with a very little effort it can be made and spared each year: l I believe if farmers would take more pains . to furnish their boys with good reading - matter, that a great many of them would save more than the amount of its cost in the way of having fewer fines to pay for. the misconduct of their boys in church 'and at other places of public gatberings. Let boys and girls read and learn when it costs so little. There is not much sickness in this part of the country now, and it costs twenty cents apiece for doctors to get shaved, owing to the Jength of their faces, and I ‘presume some of them lisp their little prayers for “daily bread” quite earnestly. Well, right here is where I have got them, because I don’t shave, and I board; but the invocations-ef my landlord will prob ably answer both of us in this direction. . There have been several cases of that _terrible disease, cerébro spinal meningitis, in this county, recently; but so far as I know it has very much abated. Several little olive plants have been swept into the grave by this fatal complaint. Credit Mobilier and thB Temperance Law have been the chief topic of conver. eation of late, The former has lessened the faith of many in the integrity of public men ; the latter brings ovt all kinds of arguments—some praising and others cursing it. Well, it is hard to please all, and I presume it always will.be. So the world wags. ‘ ' Hon. C. B. Tulley Lkas returned home from Indianapolis “and is crowned with the usual amount of legislative honors. Mr. Tulley has mude us a highly respect‘able Representative, and our people are generally well pleased with his action in the House. More anon. J. R. B.

‘ Pomeroy, HMarlan, Patterson, The New York Sun calls attention to the fact that poetic justice has reached the republican Senators who were most fierce and vindictive in their hostility to Charles Sumner. Pomeroy, the first of these, was the Senator who rose in the republican caucus and moved that Charles Sumner be deposed from the chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and that Senator Cameron take his -place. The brand of infamy bas been placed on Pomeroy and he has retired from the Senate of the United States followed by the contempt and scorn of the American people. Following Pomeroy is the pipus Harlan, It was Harlan who was selected to make 8 gross attack on Mr. Sumner’s motives for opposing the Ban Domingo job. His speech was distributed by the administra tion postmasters by thousands, and he received his reward in new favor and patronage. Harlan now sits in the pillory with Pomeroy, a pronounced corruptionist and jobber, who traded in politics and piety, rung psalms and dabbled in Indian jobs, held prayer meetings, grabbed public lands, and preached temperance while practicing knavery.. : ;

Next comes Patterson, of New Hampshire, who was a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and assisted in elevating Simon Cameron to the place of Charles Sumner. At the outset Patterson stood with Sumner in opposition to the San Domingo job, but he surrendered his convictions, recanted his faith, and went into the service of the administration. .ﬁe,iq.po;;he"inbst disgraced of all the ‘Credit Mobilizers. After accepting the booty of Oakes Ames and selling his vote and influence, he went on from evasion to denial, and at last to downright perjury. He takes his place in the pillory by the side of those other eminent Christian ltngumer., Pomeroy and Harlan. There are others like them who are awaiting a

A BLOW AT THE COUNTRY PRESS. - The abolition of the franking privilege, says the Philadelphia Press, takes with it ‘the free exchange of newspapers with one another. The public may not understand what this latter provision exactly means. As the law now stands every publisher is allowed to send free through the mail one copy ot his publicaticn, be it daily, weekly, or monthly, and in return to receive in exchange, free, another publication, being prohivited from sending more than one copy of the same periodical to the same address. The result has been to give each newspaper a large list of exchanges, from which is gleaned all the mail news, the greater part of which would never otherwise have more than & local circulation. The loss of the exchange list would be the death blow to the vast majority of country weeklies, and not a few dailies, and therefore the repeal of the existing law has been from time to time somewhat ungenerously advocated by great city journals,” who believe they can afford to do without it, and that the passing away of many little suburbsn sheets would materially increase their own cire culations; and further that for the few exchanges they really need they are willing and, able to pay postage Naturally the effect would be bad even for the readers of the great dailies, for it would destroy the variety of their news. It has been suggested that this measure was not allowed to go with the franking bill with any idea that it would stand, but merely" as a spite work agamnst the newspapers for their almost unanimous advocacy of the abolitton of the {ranking. privilege, and with the hope that, findipg themselves in the same cates gory with members, they would cease their cry. The very journals, however, that would profit by the loss of a free exchange, the city dailies, are those whose.power has killed the franking privilege, and are even less disposed now than before to stop their war upon it. The free exchange of newspapers has never been a great burden upon the post office, nor has the privilege ever been abused. It is, indeed, scarcely possible to abuse it. It has worked with advantage to the general public, and for that reason ought to stand. It is a matter that concerns the Press, with its large corps of correspondents, but little. Possibly we would gain much if the free exchange were done away with, yet we cannot allow so unjust a measure to pass without recording our protest. The large newspapers now send free in exchange to many small sheets throughout the country as a compliment. ‘This is done at an expense to themselves, without any return, and if they are further called upon to add to this expense by paying postage on -these undesired exchanges, ‘they will naturally promptly discontinue them, and the punishment of Congress therefore cannot fall upon those who have taken away its long cherished privilege, but upon wholly innocent parties. Deprived of‘obtaining news—they cannot afford the telegraph aiy more than they can afford both to pay postage upon and the subscription price ot their large contemporaries, who will not accept themselves, a 8 such price, but who exchange only with one another, thus forming a moncpoly of journalism—the little unof fending local sheets die, and the people of the villages must look mainly to the city dailies for what is going on in the world. There has been considerable 'doubt as ‘to whether the abolition of the franking privilege dlso destroys the free exchange. Our special correspondent at Washington telegraphs us that such 1s the'fact. The postal committee of the House hes agreed upona bill which provides for prepayment of postage on all printed matter except Ipon newspapers circulating in the coun'ty where they are published. This has not yet been passed. The bill for the abolition of the franking privilege has been signed by the President, and goes into effect:July Ist. If the bill. of the postal committee becomes a law, county newspapers can exchange among themselves, which will amount to just nothing at all—a provision for which Congress will doubtless receive their thanks. :

The Oakés Ames Gvation. Following the example of the Swuth Benders, the friends of ‘Congressman Oakes Ames honored that distinguished gentleman witha grand ovation on the occasion of his return home, at North Easton, Mass,, on the 13thinst. The principal featuresof the demonstration consistr ed of a banquet, several speeches, and wild clggering. Several miristers of the Gospel participated. The President’ of the feast,in his welcome address, referred to Ames as being “gold out ot fiery cruci: ble ;" also, that “noblest work of ‘God—an honest man!” Ames, as a matter of course, responded with a eulogy upon bimself. - ' Kind reader, what do you think of these ovations? Is this-the way to promote purity in. public life—“ovating” men charged with a gross offense against public morality? Isit a wonder that politicians act upon the assumption that the greater their rascality the firmer their hold upon the popular affection ? |

AN AFrriNITY.—For the following item we are indebted to the Waterloo Press: Jed. Morse, of Angola, is under arrestat Midland, Mich., charged with the murder of Miss Mary Ladue, with whom he ‘had been living in a criminal manner, at the latter place. Morse married a repectable young lady of Steuben county, but “pxote,esing" to have made a mistake in his “affinity,” he left her and went off with Miss Ladue. He will be very likely to be afforded time to reflect over the uncer’A tainty of affinities, in the Jackson prison,

An ingenious ° machine has been invented for spreading mortar on walls. It consists of a trough three and a half feet long, furnished with two trowels one above the other, and the mortar is spread by the moving of the trough up the wall between two upright scantling by means of pulleys worked by a crank. The inventor claims that the machine effects great saving of labor, time snd expense

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A Neat Swindle, - - The Philadelphia Press is ‘responsible for the following: The other ' day at about 12 o'clock M., a carriage, ‘elegant enongh in all its qppoint‘ments(toa%; a private “turnout,” drove up 'to the door of one of the largest establishments on Chestnut street, not far from Twelfth, and from it descended a gentleman, at least g 0 to all-appearances, attired in the most fashionable , manner. . Sauntering inside with an easy grace, he requested to see some jewels, stating that he desired to make a large purchase. He carried in. his hand & bandsome case or bag, .which ke deposited on the glass before the clerk, who stepped forward to wait upon him. He was very particular in his choice, but at last selected about $2,000 worth. of. jewelry of various kinds'and styles. As ‘the clerk was about to put the mumerous little boxes into-one large receptacle the stranger said: “Wait & mement ;we can do better;” and opening his case, which still remained on the counter, he took from it and banded to the- clerk & neat’ little box with a key, sufficiently large to bold all his purchases. . Into “this the clerk put the jewelry, and handed it back to hie customer, who locked . it, leaying the key in the lock, and replaced it in the bag, closing the latter. Then ‘putting: his gloved hand into his breast- pocket, be’ exclaimed in great surprise: “Well, how forgetful I am! I have left- my book andmoney at the hotel. - I must go back and getit. Very careless of me, very. You will, of course, want to keep this. It would’nt do' to trust anentire stranger . with such' valuables,” “‘and opening the bag, he again took out the little box-and: handed it to the clerk. “It'svery annoying, but I.will drive right to the Continental and be back.in a few moments,” With a few commonplace remarks the elegant gentleman returned to his carriage, and was seen to ‘drive away in the direction of the Continenta), taking with the nice and innocent little bag he had brought. They waited. at the store for. him a long time to-come back. - In fact,’ he hasn’t come back: yef: At last a light dawned upon the terrified clerk, and he’ reached for the beautiful little box with the beautiful little key. - “Oh, it's all. right; of course;” he hoped in spite of his! suspicions. ‘“Something has-detained the gentleman, but I may as well make sure.” He is sure now. The beautiful little box with the beautiful little key contained old, worthless iron padlocks. No news of the thief. Every reader will: see at: onte.how the swindle was accomplished. The man had two beautiful little boxes, with two beautiful little keys, in that in-, nocent little bag, and of course gaye the right one (that iz, for him) ‘to the elerk when he left. - S ;

_ Last ‘'Words of a Déomed Man. This is what George Driver said while on the scaffold, about to pay the extreme 'penalty of the law for the murder of his wife, for which bhe was executed in ‘the Cook county jail, in Chicago, on the 14th stant: / e el , “I haven’t very much at all to say, Mr. Sheriff, but will remark before 1 go- that I hope ye all here before me see where I am standing now. ’T was drinkiog whigky brought me to this. Only for it I wouldn't be in this place now." Do ye see. this rope; all of ye around me here? [The doomed man caught the noose in his hand and held it up.] Ye do? -Well, when ye drink that bad whisky think of this rope that is going to end my life. In five min: utes I’ll be—none-of us can' tell where; We can’t say only to trust in the goodness of God- In Him I put-my trust this day, Give up drinking whisky young men and all of ye.. Give it up or 't will bring ye to hurt some day. Be sober and be good to your wives and kind ‘to everybody.— Whisky will make thie best man mad. "I had as good a wife as any one of ye has now, and if I hadn’t been drunk I'd never have taken her life, nor would I be here myself. But whisky, I say it again, whisky brought me to rhis. - I had that pistol in my pocket,” and when she enraged me 1 caught it in my. right band. In changing it to my lett it went off and shot her. It was the poisonous drink :that was in me that did not let me see what I was doing. Ob, avoid liquor, lct me say to ye once more. That day when I shot my wife, I didn’t know what I was doibg until the thing was over. Then it oceurred to me that I might have burt the poor thing, so T came back and the constable told me what I had done, and he arrested me for it. . My last words to ye allare: Look at my position standing on this gallows. Let it be a warning to everyone to keep from getting in the same trouble and meeting the same bad end. - May God, in His mercy, receive my'soul!” =~ =‘-

One ' Hundred Thousand ‘Buffaloes VeotiEkaireds (A et | [Frem the Denver (Col.) News.)- B The station of Dodge City, on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Road, is the principal place of shipmentof the buffalo meat and Lides in Kansas, - They do very little there besides outfit hunters, barter and quarrel' over: the game, ‘extinguish disputés and disputers.at .the point of arms, and have lively times. generally. The srithmetic of the extinction of the ‘bison ot the Elains ‘s terrible, and, if the statistics be right, It-would seem that the flush times for meat and hides cannot last long. The railroad reached Dodge on the 23d of last September, and since that time 43,029 hides have been shipped, and in the same brief season 1,436,290 pounds of buffalo meat. ~ Each hide counts a buffale ‘slain, and 48,000 hides in three monthe convey an 'idea’of magnificent "butchery that forecasts the speedy extinction of the prairie denizen. The buffaloes that are killed in sommer, or early autumn, in wanton croelty, miscalled sport; and for food by the: frontier residents, are mnot taken into this account. =~ . The greater portion cf this meat’has been shipped to Kansas City, Saint Louis, Chicago, and other Eastern cities. The above figures, though indicating an immeasge slaughter,” do not represent the total of this season’s hunt. The grand total for the season of 1872-8, around ‘Dodge, will probably reach one’hundred thousand head. .~ . i o o oel

Many persons are liable to extreme suffering from felons on the “finger. = The following prescription is recommended ag a cure for the distressing ailment : “Take common rock salt, such as is used .for salting down pork or beef, dry in an oven, then pound it fine and mix with spirits of turpentine in equal parts. - Put in a rag and wrap around the part affected; as it gets dry put on more, and in twenty four hours we are cured; " the felon. is dead.” It will do no harm to try it. - 5

WitH the expiration of the franking privilege after next Jnne, no mail matter will be carried free by the Post Office,— This law will require the payment of postage on newspapers distributed within the counties where they are published, both of which have hitherto been free. - The bill reducing ‘ordinary letter postage to two cents failed topass. = THE administration newspaper at Concord, N. H,, thinks it was .*a 'dishonest trick” for Liberals to vote for Demacratic candidates for ‘Congress, after -h‘m’n% nominated - straight-ont candidates o theirown. = ==~ o 0

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. LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS. ~ The Chicago 7'ribune, in replying to an article of the Carlinville (Ill.) Enguirer, discusses the political, situation as follows:- * ¢ ‘ Eatan A ‘, The necessity for a reform in the Ad. _ministration of the Government, which ‘was made the basis of the Liberal move‘ment.at Cincinnati last year, is no longer a matter of political theory buta demonstrated fact. - The abuses and corruptions which were charged in the Cincinnati indictment have been clearly proven inthe Congressional investigations of the Credit Mobilier, the i.‘ouisiana usurpations, the Pomeroy and Caldwell election Afrauds, and numerous lesser corruptions,. North and South.. None of these ‘have been punished. The republican party ‘has, therefore, shown itself either unwilling or unable to correct abuses, and is, therefore, no longer wofthy to be entrusted with the functions of the Government: The democratic party, by its record <n the slavery question, in the war of the rebellion, and in the corruptions of Tam‘many, has put itself in such a position that the people will not trust it, as has been shown over and over again., This does not necessarily imply animosity against individual members of the democratic party, as the Fnquirer infers. It being improper for the republican party, and impossible tor the democratic party, to administer the Government at all, andimpossible for ‘the republican party to administer it in the interests of honesty, economy and justice, that duty must devolve upon some Gther party sconer or later. lln order to accomplish this result, the new party must bea unit., It must be united, compact, with a single organization, with all its powers inhering in -Itself. The experiences of last November show what utter folly it is to expect that a double organization, working by differ - ent machinery, can accomplish anything. The party must pull together in one harness. ‘This is a free country, and there is no law prohibiting Democrats and Republicans from remaining in their respect-. ive'parties, but as long as they do so, they .do not'belong to the Liberal party, and ‘cannot work with it.. The folly of a double organization,. working under all sorts or leaders, without a common agre-ment,-and with the ideas of the old par-. -ties still clinging tb them, cannot again ‘be repeated. The Liberal party must be composed of the honest men of both the Republican and Democratic parties, units ing {or the common good 1n one party, under one name, one creed, and one leadership, and under no other ;condition is success. possible, either immediately or remotélycoe - et :

. * Im & Nutshell. - _The peanuts, of which hundreds of bushels sre sold yearly in this county, are assorted after being gathered. Thegood and defective are separated.. Thisis effected by-the use ot & fan somewhat like a wheat fan A box or bin is placed in front of the fan, with a plank division in the centre of -it, somewhat higher than the box. ' The nuts are placed in this fan, which, when put in motion, blows the light a 0 imperfect ones over the centre board into the further bin, while those that are full and heavy drop into the near bin. The trade understand this and denominate the two qualities as firsts and seconds ; the former, cf course, selling for the highest price. The retailer sells both at what appears to be-the-fixed price of late, tén cents per quart, but he who.sells geconds makes the larger profit. - ~ The quantity of peanuts grown in the Southern States amounts: t 7 several mil-. lions of bushels :annually and their production is, said to be more - profitable to the farmer than either wheat, corn or to= baceo. s

ALr Howaßrp, the well known Violinist, died at Propbetsville, 111., of congestion of the lungs, on Sunday, Feb, 23d, aged 49 years. The Prophetstown Spiks says that Mr. Howard was induced to advertise an entertainment, {o be /given on Monday evening, and made no com - plaint of feeling unwell, with: the exception of having taken a slight cold, in riding from Lyndor. On Sunday evening he had been engaged in writing- letters to friends, and upon rising from the table -at which he was seated, remarked that he was afraid ‘be was going to have one of his bad spells again; and laid down upon a sofa in the room. He experienced mueh difficulty in breathing, soon after he laid ‘down, and in abont five minutes, during which time bhe /suffered considerably, breathed his last. '

TaE Massachusetts syndicate of 1851 bas lived long and prospered. | Geo. 8. ‘Boutwell; Democrat, was Governor ; Henry. Wilson, Free Soil, was President of the Senate; Nathaniel P, Banks, ‘Jr, Democrat, was Speaker of the House; and. Benjamin F. Butler, Democrat, was leader in the Legislature. That syndicate placed Cliarles Sumner, Freé Soil, in the United - States Senate ; afterwards Henry Wilson. got in through the Know Nothing door ; and now Boutwell himself is' “placed,” vice Wilson, better provided for. Sumner and Banks are not now of the syndicate. Dawes was in 1851 a Whig leadéer in the minority, and is in the minority now. - & :

. A SHOCKING murder. took place near Findlay, Ohio, on. Thursday evening, March 13th, in which a farmer named Nicholas Bensing, aged: 45, was the vic+ tim. The murderer ica young man named Jacob Gartee, about 18 years old, who had been working for.the former oa the farm. The killing was done with ' a pistol, and the'affair looks ' very. much ag though there had been an improper intimacy existing between the wife of Beansing and Gartee, and that the murder was a planned affair between them. Both parties have been arrested and. lodged in gaxl . [ s

" Loox Out.—The season’ for ‘swindlers will soon be here, strangers will be calling upon farmers asking thewn to sign contracts for some kind of implement. Wa warn you against all pretenders. Avoid traveliog ' swindlers who are constantly traveling through the country and asking you to sign contracts. We have here in Nobie county, houses that sell all impliments, wares and goods used by farmers. Watch the columns of.the BANNER and see who are selling such goods as youarg in want of. N .

GeN. JosgrH R. HAwWLEY, the Hartford (Ct.) Congressman, is speaking brava words to his coustituents.. In a recent speech he said: . - : “The gentlemen who belong to tha dominant political party are digging tho grave of that party... I am willing ta assist at the digging and the funeral, and I don’t eare what party comes after it.— ‘We can’t have anything worse” : Gen. Hawley presided in the Chicago Convention 'of 1868, which nominated Grant and Colfax, | el ; 3 e~ A e . % % PRESIDENT GRANT has reappointed his brother in-law, Casey, Collector of New Orleans. Last year, in compliance with the .representations of Judge Bcofield, Chairman of the Cummitt,éqj‘ﬂeg‘;{@yh leok iggo ﬂuz} condition oi;ﬁhm n Louis. ‘iana, Gen, Grant promised to remove Cdy, Mwh e, nie resignation, ~which never was offered. G s