The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 May 1873 — Page 2

+ ; Hational Bammer. ‘ J. B STOLL, Editor .ami Proprietor, THURSDAY.X MAY Ist, 1573.

", HESITATING. | In our issue of last weck we stated that anothér meeting of Liberals and Democrats was held in the city of Indianapolis on the 15th instant, to agree upon an address to the people on the political situation. We are not now in possession of an authentic report of the proceedings, but judging fromr somewhat vague references in one or two Indianapolis papers, and the non-uppearance of the address, it is quite apparent that the gentlemen in attendance failed to agree upon a satisfactory programme. The cause of this non - action may not be generally understood, but to our mind it is perfectly clear: theleading Democrats who attended these meetings are hesitating. ‘ Caution is an excellent rule in politics as well as in other relations of life, Cow ‘ ardice, on the otber hand, at all times evokes a teeling of contempt. If a statesman, or a poliq,iéia‘n, is once coqvinced ‘ that the interests of country and party de mand an advance movement, he |should have the boldness, the courage, to |BO ex - “press himself in language that cannot be misunderstood. He should have sufficient confidence in bimself, and in the justice of the cause, to proclaim aloud the bon est promptings of his heart. | . Though not fully apprised of the pre cise views entertained by the leading Democrats of Indiana, on the all import ant question of reorganization, sufficient has come to our knowledge to warrant the assertion that, with very few exceptions, they freely concede the necessity of taking some step by which the elements of opposition to the Grant party may be consolidated in a solid phalanx.| Upon this point all seem to agree. But little, if any, difference can be -discovered upon questions of public policy; no diversity of opinion exists as to the measures o be advocated or combatted. The only difficulty in the way is—the name. Strange as this may sound, there is far more importance attached to this|solitary item than a majority ot those who read this article may be willing to concede. The name of a party exerts an astonishingly powerful influence upon certain men. Aged Democrats who started out by voting for Jackson, honor and revere the old title, and will .be loath to part with it. On the other hand, there are those who believe In, and are enthusisstic advocates of, Democratic principles, and ‘yet have’ a decided aversion. to ass suming the " title of Democrat, Now, all these notions may be deemed trivial and-foolish, but they nevertheless * tell” in a campaign for political ascéndancy, -and hence serve as a stumbling block in the way of progressive movements. ' ~ But now comes the all-impnrtalnt question: How canand will these differences be reconciled? We might answer, adopt the name of Liberal- Democratic party. This would probably satisfy a vast ma jority of those whose votes may be counted'on to give strength and vitality to the contemplated movement, and yet fail to meet the demands of the more fexacting. We assume, then, that so far as this point is conceruéd, no harmonious action can be depended on. What then? Shall the great project therefore be abandoned, and the esrnest millions who feel and think alike remain unorganized (or disorganiz. ed, if you please), that the Butlers, Lo - ‘gans, Harlans and Camerons may achieve snother easy victory over the great maJority of the American voting population? ‘For vne, we answer in a most emphatic No! We cannot;’ will not, allow that guilt to attach to us. The 'propitiohs hour has arrived; a brave man wiil not now shrink from the performance of a ‘patribtic duty. - : .~ The politician who hesitates at this moment, out of fear of failing to elicit a - popular response, does not understand public sentiment. The people are at last thoroughly aroused —are ready, ay eager, to unite in a movement to save the goyernment, to reinstate honest men into power, to arrest the progress of centrali. zavion—to save themselves from oppression and utter rwin'/. =~ ; ‘ We, therefore, say to the gentlemen ~ who met on thre¢ different occasions during the past four months, for the purposes - already stated: Fear not; proclaim your - sentiments aloud, and a patriotic people will greet your appeal with a hearty Amen! :

HeNrY REESE & Co., of ‘lndianapolis, who was formerly engageéd in the wholepa‘le,‘ liquor bilsiness, but retired therefrom some time since,were arrested one day last week for neglecting to obliterate the words “wines and liquors” from their sign after quitting the traffic. They were placed under $l,OOO bail. The Sentinel; in referring to the peculiar law under which these gentlemen were indicted is led to remark: “There are also other peculiarities, not generally known, connected with the government laws regulating the sale of intoxicating liquids. For example, thé man who is a wholesale dealer must exhibit a sign to that effect, or he is liable to punishment. This applies to druggists, as weil as regular dealers. Anotber roling is that if one man purchases from another who is not authoriz. ed by the government to sell, the purchaser is held equally liable to punish - ment 88 the man who sells. Thisseems a little harsh, but the law insists that every man who purchaces shall know the man of whoni he buys has the legal right to make the sale, or else he becomes particeps criminis. Probably no cases have - been brought here under the two provi. gions last mentioned, and that of yesterday is the first of its kind ever brought in this district. There seem to be some ~ matters relative to the internal revenue laws ‘o fellsb can find out,’ watil he is - in chancery himself” '

BENATOR CARL §cHURZ sailed for, Europe on Saturday. His family has been visiting numercus points of the old world since last July. '

A Specimen of Grant’s Appointees. President Grant, at: the instance of Senator Morton, recently appointed Jason B. Brown, of Jackson couaty, this State, Secretary of Wyoming Territory, which appointment was, of course, promptly accepted. Brown took charge of his new office Jast week. During the absence of the Territorial Governor, Jason will have the privilege of officiating in the latter capacity. This will afford him an oppor tunity for future distinction —perhaps a seat in the Federal Congress, The name of this man Brown is not wholly -unfamiliar to the readers of the BANNER. We devoted some of our space to the fellow during the session of the Legislature in 1871, wlhen he was yet a member of the Democratic party. Now that be is a Republican of guod standing, it may not be amiss to remind his present political associates how they loathed the dirty dog, when Colonel Asbury Steele stripped the mask off the villain in the State Senate in the winter of 1871, In that.transaction this fellow Brown acted the double dyed villain. He firstfhduced the majority of the Republican members of the Senate to vote against the rght of Hon. John D. Sarnighausen, of Fort Wayne, to a seat in the body, (although he had been elected by a clear mujority of 136 votes) by promising that he (Bazoo Brown) and other Democrats would vote and give the contested ‘seat from Delaware and Madison counties to John W. Burson, the Republican claim ant. Prompted by a desire to see Mr. Burson secare his place, the Republicans fell into Bazoo Brown’s trap, and yoted to oust Mr. Sarnighausen, and to give the place to Hon.Ocbmig Bird, another Democrat.. Many of them hfcerwa‘rd»admitted the injustice ot their action. When the Burson case came up, then Bazoo, baving secured his part of the bargain, deliberately broke his faith with the Republican members, and bhe voted to de-prive-Mr. Burson of his seat. In his ar gument in behalf ot Mr. Burson, Colonel Asbury Steele auverted to Brown's trea chery in scatbing and burning language We quote from the Indianapolis Journal's statemeut of Colonel Steele’s remarks, as follows:, o v

“Colonel Steele, in his -able argument in the Burson cage, saw fit to introduce the statement made by Mr. Brown after be had heard the evidence, to the effect that he (Brown) as one of the committee, would report in favor of Mr. Burson, and not only that, but two other Democrats with bim, would vote to give Mr. Burson his seat. This voluntary statement was strengthened by Mr., Brown giving Mr. Steele authority to denounce him on the floor of the Senate as a ‘lying, perjured villain,”if he did not stand up to Lis words. This was a poser to the ‘Y. and R. statesman,’ and when he rose to reply he tried the force of fierce declamation. But -oratory failed to offset the direct words of Colonel Steele, and Jason found, like, Macbeth once did, that the *damned spot’ self placed upon his scul, ‘would not out.’” _ Thisis the kind of men President Grant takes to his bosom and appoints to positions of trust and honor. Jason’s only “recommendation” is that of haviog, fora round sum, advocated the election ot Tom Brown in preferance to Hendricks, and that of General Grant in preference to Horace Greeley; or, in other words, of having been such a “straight Democrast” that he flopped straight into the Republican ranks. He is an unprincipled, worthless char latan, a political prostitute, a Judas Isca riot. His appointment is an insurt to public decency and an outrage upon popular sentiment.

LAST WEEK we published a letter writ ten by the Rev. Mr. Workman, whose wife is charged with murdering the widow Hedges. It will be remembered that he was quite severe in bis comments on the criticisms of the press, and that hestrenuoutly denied the existence of impropcr ‘relations with the murdered wowan. Since then the correspondence between the reverend gentleman and Mrs, Hedges has been made public, and sure enough the contents prove Workman to bave been greatly emamored with the charms of the lovely widow. The whole tenor of his letters indicate a desire on his part to convince Mrs. Hedges by biblical argument that there could:*be no impro~ priety in cultivating a'love affair between them; that the Patriarchs in ancient times took several wives to their bosoms without offending God; and, finally, that their happiness could only be made complete by a upion of their yearning hearts,

- ABoUT two weeks ago & large number of English farmers and skilled. mechanics arrived at New York trom Liverpool by the steamer Gity of Bristol. They consti tute the first installment of the colony of five hundred families from Dorsetshire, England, who have located on the lands of the Northern Pacific railroad compa. ny, in western Minnesota, where sevéral townships have been reserved. for their occupancy. The present arrival cousists almost wholly of men whose families will follow them during the present month, by which time their houses will be prepared. They are mainly persons of con~ siderable means and culture, and emigrate a 8 an organized community, being accompanied by théir pastor, the Rev. George. Rodgers. ' They will engage in raising graim and cattle on a largescale, and will establish manufactories of warious kinds at New Yeovil, the central town of their colony.

UNDER the act repealing the franking privilege, postage must be paid,after June 30th, on newspapers circulated by mail within the county wbefe-th@y are pub lished us well as without. On weekly newspapers the postage will be five cents per quarter, payable in advance; on dailies thirty cents per quarter, in advance. We advise subscribers to THE BANNER, within the county of Noble, who receive their papers by mail, to pay postage for a period mnot longer than a‘ix ‘months, as Congress will, doubtless, at an early day, restore the old law so far as the free circulation of newspapers within the county wherein they are published is concerned.

; THE OFFICIAL RESULT of theConuecticut election has just been made known, Ingersoll, the Liberal-Democratic candi: date for Governor, is electeti by 5,814 plurality over Haven, Republican, and 8,287 majority over the combined vote of Haven- and Swmith (Temperance candidate.) The remainder of the LiberalDemocratic State ticket has about 1,200 majority. On the Cnngrenianal vote the Republicans huve a msjority of 1,781 in the entire State. ; T

The Liquor Law-- The Operation of ‘the Oid and New. In the Circuit Court of Floyd county, thirty five saloon keepers of New Albany were recently tried for violating the .new liquor law. | These parties were arraign. ed for keeping their salouns open at a ‘later hour than permitted by the law, or in other words, for carrying on their business in accordsnce with the (old) law under which they obtained their licenses. . The attorney for the liquor dealers, James V. Kelso, moved to dismiss the prose¢utions, and in support thereof ar—gued the question very ably. - Judge Cyrus L. Dunbam, - before whom-these cases were trieq, rendered his decision substantially as follows: ' ' I'have carefully considered the questions involved in this motion, and have arrived at the following conclusione: - First. That when a pew statute cov ers the same subject: matters as the old, the new repeals the old. Second. When statutes are repugnant in their ‘provisions, the last one enacted repeals the latter. : L The vew liquor law covers the same ground as the old, and is repugnant thereto, henge the recent law repeals by Implication the old law, even if it did not contain the repealing clause, which it does. - - g The fact that.the new law makes it an offense to sell to minors, the same as the tormer; yet because of the change of penalties against such sale, a person violating the -provisions of the old law cannot be prosecuted under the new one; for to apply the penaltigs of the new law to offenses against the old would be to make the law to operate retroactively, which cannot be T'one under the Constitution, w bich declures against ex post facto laws, Ibe only question now left isas to whe ther the' exception in the emergency clause in the new law continues in force tbe old law asto licensed dealers: . First. Is the emergency clsuse consti~ tutional when, considered in -connection with the constitutional provision, ‘“-hat all laws should be general and of uniform operation throughout the State?” Ithink 1t 18, because the eXception is‘as to a-class, I.’e., licensed dealers, and it is uniform in Its operation as to all persons of the class Chis being so, did the Legislature, by their exception, intend to coutinue the old law 10 torce as to the excepted per sons, or did it intend they should engage 10 the liquor traffic without being subject to any law? - They being licensed under the old law to engnge in the liquor traffic on the conditions prescribed by this law, and having thereby acquired a vest vd Tight, certainly the Legislature, = by waking the exception as to them in’the emergency clause, intended to exempt them from the conditions of the new law; aod yet the inference is plain, from the language of the provisions of the new act, that the Legislature did not intend to let these licensed dealers oper. te withouat be ing subject to the same law regulating the sale of liquor. Ido not believe it was the inteutien to so especially favor them Hence, I conclude that the intention was to continue the old law in force as to licensed dealers, and that they are only liable to be prosecnted under it. Therefore, the motion to quash-is sustained in all the cases, where the indictment shows upon its face that the defendant wus a licensed dealer under the old law, and overruled as to: those where it does not show the defendant to have been 80 licensed. : ! . The New Albany Ledger, in speaking of this decision, says: “Judge Dunham has given this question much thought and a searching investigation, so that his decision will be entitled to the considera’ tion of all parties interested.” i

- TowN MARSHAL.—The Warsaw Union says that neither the Senator nor Repres sentative from Kosciusko county know anything of the passage of-an act relative to the appointment of a Town Marshal by. the Board of ’l‘rustees,-a;nd calls for information. We think the following a correct version: The penple of Elkhart have had considerable trouble with the Marshals elected by the people—the ems ployes in the railroad shops usually vot« ing for men that were anything but satis~ factory to the business men of the town. Senator Beardsley, who resides at Elkbart, conceived the idea that a change in the law would obviate this little annoyance, and accordifi;g!'y procured the passige of an act, shortly before the adjournment of the Legislature, making the office of Mar« shal appointive instead of elective. The bill was put through both Houses without, discussion, very few members what they were really voting for. The Governor, we presume, signed the bill with .the same intelligeuc understanding.

FroM WASHINGTON comes the.pleasing intelligence that a good deal of corres—pondence and = consultation is now going on between prominent Liberals ani Dem ocrats in reference to the ' issues which should be made before the country. ‘Amoog the ideas pressed by some West—ern politicians are: First, the affirmation of free trade and direct taxation, to be accompanied by a change in the Constitution, making praperty instead of representation the basis of taxation. Second, a demand for the abolition of the nation al banking system, substituting therefor a free banking law authorizing any cne to issue circulation redeemable by the government to the value of government se curities retired by bim, and returned canceled to the Treasury. Third, an internal improvement system by the government, directéd chiefly to the develop ment of our inland water resources, con necting those inland with the seaboard by canals and river improvements,

CONGRESSMAN-AT- LARGE ORTH writes to the Indianapolis Journal that-'un avoidable - engagements compel him to once more change the time and place for examination of applications for West Point cadetskips. The examination will be held at Lafayette on Wednesday and Thursday, the 7th and Bth of May. The Journal thinks the result of these repeated changes will probably’be-that very few competitorg will attend and the examination will amount to nothing. e}~ R—.WE would advise dealers in liquors and tobacco to see that their I¥ternal Res venue licenses are paid to-day. The law is very strict on that point, heavy penal« ties being imposed: for neglect of this duty. i

"Death of a Prominent Citizen, - Josepa Holman died at his home in Centreville on Thursday, the 17th, at the advanced age of 85 -years. Mr. Holman had been a citizen of Wayne county for '6B years. It.is claimed for him that he started the first fire ever made by white hands in the county. <He was & member of the first Legielature and also of the first constitutional convention held in the State. He was said to be the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in Indiuna. He was buried at Richmond on Sunday, with Masonic ceremonies, the funcral gatbering being one of the largest ever }wltnmeg in this section of the State.— Oambridge Tribune,

STATE ITEMS. ; There are in and about Kokome twen ty five fast horses in training for the turf, . The Dispatch says the city debt of Lafayette is $lOO,OOO, and the city orders selling at eighty cents. v The town Council of Huntington pro poses to charge $75 tor license to retail intoxicating fluids. i ' The Corporation Bcard of Rushville has contracted for the erection of thirtyfive strect lamps. i A twelve year-old Michigan City boy is in jail at Laporte for breaking the jaw of an adversary in a fight. G ' Fraok Swana was found guilty on a charge of rape at Fort Wayne, Wednes day, and sentenced to two years imprise¢n ment. S T ‘The Winchester Journal says land in that county is being assessed at $2O per acre, a very slight increasc over the assessment of 1869. : - : Tbe Elkbart Union intimates that the zeal early manifested in the prosecution of suits under the new liquor law is flagging. | The wheat in White coanty is reported to be in much better condition than the early spring gave promise of. : William Davis, of Lockhart township, Pike county, deserted his family last week to elope with bis step rPother.' The Monticello Herald reportsa perceptible decrease of drunkenness in that town since the passage of the new liquor law, i AT

- A wild animal with fearful voice and ferocious appetite is committing great bavoc aniong the hogs of Adams town—ship, Hamilton county, s 4 During the winter there were twenty seven snow storms at Monticello, and the nggregate fall of snow was five feet, seven and one eighth inches, = The Town Oonncil ot Wabash has appointed a committee to ascertain the cost and select the location for an artesian well in that -place. Dr. ,Chamberlain, of Waterloo, is the owper of a calf that is covered with a fine fleece of black wool, with here and there a; small tuft of white hair, some thing longer than the wool. At Princeton, last Monday. Mrs. Ha!l went out for an armful of wond, and daring her absence ber child, eighteen months old, approached 8o near the fire that its clothes ignited, and Burned the child to death. Ll ey A Vincennes gentleman, whoge passion for strong drink often gets the better of him, has notified all the saloon keepers that if they sell him' any intoxicating drinks he will prosecute them to the full extent of the law. : : A child of Henry Elvington, of Wabash, got a piece of ehicken bone fastened in its throat, about two weeks ago. = At last accounts it had not been removed, and it isithought a surgical operation must be resorted to, to save the child’s life. A s =~

The Graysville correspondent of the Sullivan Dembocrat estimatés that there wiil be a good yield from two thirds of the land sown to wheat in that neighborheod —provided it escapes the ravages of the chinch bug, weevil, and army worm, or is not blighted by frost, excessively wet or dry weather, or rust'or smut. 4 © A boy was.found dead drunk at Farmersburg, Sullivan county, a few! days ago, and being brought before the Justice and requested to tell where he obtained bis: liquor, ' declared that having climbed to the top of a big white-oak tree after a bird’s nest, he found, instead of eggs, & bottle ‘of Hostetter’s bitters, which he drank, and nothing could induce him to vary the story. e

The Scuth Bend Register denies tbat Mr. Colfax has any wish to're enter public life, and says: “We have heard him say repeatedly and uniformly that he did not want any office of any kind—that for the first time in twenty years he belonge:l to his family and himself instead of tue publie, and er&q"oyed the rest and quiet it brought to him too well to think of consenting that this ownership *should be changed.” : The Rochester Spy says a citizen of that place obtained from an accident insurance company $5O for half an inch of thumb chopped off by a plaver. Taking this as a besis for its calculation, the Spy finds that ii the man were chopped entirely up and his partner were sufficiently expert in assorting the pieces he would realize $50,000 cn him. ’

The Winamac Democrat, commenting upon the statement of an exchange that of over one bundred cases of cerebro spinal menignitis inone township of Clay county, only thirteen recovered, and they through the beneficent effgcts of the boiled corn sweating process, adds that all who were treated by that process in Pul. aski county died. The Democrat says that the physicians there admit !their treatment was so unsuccessful that it might have been better for the patients had the disease been allowed 'to run its course without any treatment at all.

An anti secret society convention was held recently at Westfield, Hamilton county, at which'speeches were made denouncing secret Societies—notably the.or. ders of Masonry and Odd Fellowship-—as in opposition to all the principles of the Bible, of religion, and of our republican form of government. Rev. Mr. Kiggins declarcd the obligations of the Masanic order to be in direct conflict with morality and religion. A constitution was adopted, and a permanent (not secret) as-¢ sociation organized. Resolutions embodying the spirit of the speeches were adopted, and also one pledging the members of the society against supporting any man for office who may belong to any se-. cret order. The convention lasted two days. o .

The Benefits of the Franking PriviDy e ‘ltisalready obvious that theabolition of the franking privilege will entail consid erable inconvenience on' persons having business with the government. It has heretofore been customary to send out, franked, a number of official publications, but hereafter a rule will probably be adopted, in all the departments, requiring those who desire such documents to remit the postage necessary to.insure their transmission in the mails; Inaddition to this, all letters addressed to the heads of the departments and bureaus, which are now free, will have to be prepaid by the writ, ers afterthe first ¢f July next. There will be some gain to the government in this, but the rule will bear hard on many people of small means who bave govern—.ment business, especially - pensioners. Changes in the pension laws from time to time make it necessary that pension pa‘pers should be sent through the mail for examination and alteration; and ag these documents are often bulky, the expense will be considerable. It is much doubted whether the repeal of the tranking privi. lege will be & popular act when it goes tairly into effect.— Wash, Tel. to Oincinna. ti Enquirer. : g ; 5

Ir all is true that is said in a letter of Theodore Tilton, Rev. Henry Ward - Beecher is certainly not & it man to oc. cupy the pulpit. He i 8 directly accused of adulterous practices with the wives of -members ot his congregation, and even of ueing force to accomplish his lustfal pur“poses. : [, i

NEWS OF THE WEEK. : § , Rl e A general Indian wat js. looked for in Oregon. e . Twenty thousand miners of the Leicestershire district are on a strike. Ex Governor William Pickering, of Illinois, died Tuesday of last week. : Advices from Gondokoro give assurance of thé safety ot Sir Samuel Baker. The manufacturing town of Joachenisthal, in Bohemia, has been destroyed by fire. s ; | . There is serious trouble” between the Bishop of Pernambuco &nd the Masonic fraternity. c : ' Eli Brown, the famous western thief, bas been held for trial in New York, without bail. ~ : ' The bill for the regulation of the clergy (a Goverument measure) has passed the Prussian Diet. ‘ ! Many families are léaving Spain for France and Eogland on account of the disturbed state of affairs at home, . On Saturday Judge Blodgett, of the United States Court, declared the Great ‘Western.Telegraph Company to be bankrupt, . e : In a speech in the Prussian Diet, Bismarck denied that be had instigated the occupation of Rome by the Italian gov ernment, . o . : AA s Cholera has broken out in Vienna.— Persons who contemplate visiting the Exposition should be prepared to meet the old enemy. el e - The report of the Cincinpati Board of Trade shows the value of manufuctures in 1872 were $143,400,000, a gain over 1871 of §7,000,000, S Advices from El Paso del Norte to the State Department give notice of a very bed state of affairson the Mexican border. : : ¢

Spanish Government troops have rewvolted ; vast numbers of people are fleeing from Spain, and in Mardid the Commune has been proclaimed. | A .rhass meeting: of English Deniocrats will be held in Trafalgar Square, London, May sth, to protest against. Government’s neglect to reecognize the Spanish republic. . ’

Boston expects, by the opening of the Hoosic tunnel, the construction of new routes of transportation and new combinations of old ‘ones, to \monopolizs the grain trade on the seaboard. : : "~ Johun Warren has murdered Michael Sullivan. Both were idmates 6f the Portland, (Me.) workhouse; Warren has a wife in the State prison, and the wife and child of Sullivan are in the almshouse. . A special cable despatch gives information of a premeditated desperate attemnpt by the monarchistsof Francejto overthrow the Thiers Government, and of grayest apprebension of civil war in Fraunce. ° ‘ Foar thqusnhd seven hundred 2ud six teen applications for liquor licenses have becrn made in Philadelphia during the past month, two hundred and sixteen more than during the same period last year. ‘ ; Baron Justice Licbig, the celebrated German Chémist, is dead. As a chemist he has long held a front rank among scientific men, while his researches have béen of great practical use to all, particularly the farmers. - . : . It is thought the Erie Investigating Committee of the New York. Legislature -will present a bill in that body for the prevention of closer relations between the Erie and Atlantic & Great Western railway companies. ' L The Ohio Senate is in favor of paying the Morgan Raid .claims of its citizens, both of those claiming damages for prop erty destroyed by the Union troops, and those who suffered at the hands of the rebe] raider,

- The Japanese Embassy at Berlin have interviewad an eminent professor of juris- | prudence on the question of establishing “the Christian religion in Japan under the authority ot the State; The professor earnestly dissuaded them from making the attempt. : o ' Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, has been aflicted with a terribleriot, because tbe brewers advanced the price of beer. Sixteen -breweries were wrecked by the rioters. Twelve persons were killed, and torty wounded. - One hundred and twen: ty of the rioters have been arested. The shore ends of a new Atlantic cable bave been successfully laid at Halhifax and the deep sea cable will be attached and laid soon This makes the fourth At lantic cable, and all the companies have decided to reduce the tariff on the Ist of May from one dollar to seventy-five cents a word. : d

Wm. E. Leffingwell, a noted lawyer of lows, has been employed as counsel for Edward S. Stokes, and has gone to New York to take charge of thecase. He was the democratic candidate for congress, last fall, against Aylett R. C)tton, in a strong Radical district; and was defeated by a very small msjority. ; — Donald McKay reports (first) baving seen forty Mod: cs four miles southwest.of the first battle field, that he believes the tribe still in the lava beds, and that desperate fighting is to be anticipated ; and (second) that they have left the lava beds, and that there has been no fighting since the 17th instant. ° : ' Two ex Congressthen went on a spree together in Cleveland Monday night and )got very crunk. After the carousal both went to sleep-in the same room. In the morning one missed - his watch, aud suspecting the other of sfealing it, had bim arrested and taken to the police station ‘where thé fact of the spree was elicited. It would be interesting to know the names of these two honorable bummers.

e Burned to Death. ; . . Larayerre, Ind., April 27.—Last night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the dwelling of a Mr. Klees, near Otis, Ind., at the crossing of the Lake Shore and L. N. A. and C. Railways, caught fire and burned so rapidly that Mr. Neist, an old man, father in law of Mr. Klees; Mrs. Klees and five children were burned to death. Mrs. Klees could have escaped and left the children to perish, but endeavoring to save them was jost. Old Mr. Neist, having a broken leg, could do nothing but await his terrible fate. Mr. Klees and his brother-in law escaped, but were badly burned. .So intense was_the beat that the citizens could only find a very few bones, the bodies all being burned tb ashes, 5 CINCINNATL, Ohio, April27.—A woman named Jenny Haggerty, a paralytic, was burned to death in her, sleeping room about midnight to-night. She oceupied a tenement, the passage to whieh Ted through a stable loft. . The stable burned, thus isolating her from assistance, The' daniage to property was slight.

Ex-Gov. CARNEY, of Kdnsas, publishes a long statement - showing that Senator Caldwell was the man who broke the pledge of secrecy upon the transaction by which the former was induced to withdraw from the Senatorial contest on con sideration of $15,000. He says™ he kept the contract, and the money also, and that if Caldwell had only been faithtu! to his promises - “he wnuld to-day have been n member of the United States Senate, and neither himself, his friends, nor the people of Leavenworth would have beén subJjected to the degradation fthegi have had to endure”” In the mind of Mr. Carney, Caldwell’s chief offenss consisted, not in bribing at wholesale, but in tétling it af t.rward. Devious are the ways of Kansas morals.~ .Y. Tribune. -

A Barbarous Custom, A shocking story comes trom Aftica. A treaty having recently been concluded between the King of Bonny and the King’ of Opobo it was, in ‘accordance with the _ancient custom, ratified by sacrificing a slave in a'very peculiar manner. From the crown of the head down over the trunk au incision, as if for halving, was made ; then several stout men seized hold of the victim, while some others hagked the body into two parts along the line in dicated through the incision. One bhalt of the body the representative of King Bonny, and the other half the ambassador of King Opobo flung icto the sea; by which the contract 'was considered irrevccably sealed. King Bonny tried very earnestly to avoid this useless and cruel _part of the ceremony, but the Africans ~were not to be dissuaded fram abandoning a time honored usage. . The vietim | himself did not appear much disturbed .by-the fate in store for him. His consola tion was tbat his butchers would be repaid with the same coin in the next world. -— Inter Ocean. ; 5

APROPOs of the controversy hetween the farmers and the railroads in Illinois, it appears that the simple minded rural18ts out that way are able to hold their own, even with the crafty railroad men. For instauce, the freight on Hbgs, from Des Moines to Chicago is some s3o'a car less than it is from local points on the same route seventy or eighty miles nearer Chicago. The smart shippéer charters cars for bogs from Des Moiues, with the privi lege of stopping over tor one train at the way station, puts two hogs on each car at Des Moines, and when the car stops at the way station fi'lgthem up and goes on his way rejeicing. Of such is the kingdows ot Illinois. =

-LoTTERY DEALERs —A law has passed the Legislature which is very stringent on lottery dealers and venders in tickets of the same.” f{'he penalty sffixed is a fine in any'sum not less than $5O or more than $5OO, and imprisonment in the county jail-not less than ten nor more than nine: ty days.— Bryan (Ohio) Democrat. ;

‘THE nerve structure receives strength and renewed vitality and the whole nervous %system ie rejuvenated by administering SMoLANDER's Buonv, and its wonderful curative properties completely cure kidney, bladder and glandular diseases, mental and physical debility diabetes, gravel, and al} maladies of the urino-genital organs in females, whether single or married, as well as nervous-de-« bility, no matter how produced.

OBSTACLES TOMARRIAGE. Happy "telief for Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.— Books and Circulars gent free, in sealed envelopes, Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South Ninth Strcéet, Phniladelphia, Pa.,—an Institutien having a high reputation for honorable conduct and proféessional skill. . [v6 13-Iy]

BIRTEIES: ' April Qsth,“iB73. in Perry township, 4 son to the ‘wife of Isaac Lantz; weight. 10 pounds. s ' MARRIED: ; ‘Saturday, April 19th, 1873, by E. G. Chamberlin, Egq.,in Goshen, MR, HOMER MILLER, of Perry tewnship, to MISS LOUISA JANE HILLS; of Ligonier,. ! B " {April 26th, by and at the residence of E. Rich* mond Esq., in Ligonier, MR. FRANK GRIMES o MISS LOTTIE MoDEVIT, all of Perry township. L 0 3 | L DIED.’ . Wednesday, April 30th, at 1:30 .., at his resideuncein Ligonier, FREDERICK MACKLE; aged about 42'years. . ¢ : ¢ Funeral this (Thursday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock. A generalinvitation is extended. . : _The deceased had an extensive .acquaintance throughout the western part of the county, and was universally esteemed an honorable and upright citizen. Unfortunately, he some time since yielded to the temptations of the cup, and thus hastened the extinction of an otherwise useful life. His sad fite serves as another admonition that excessive indalgence in villainous compounds is sure to lead to untimely death. - . i Now, that the epirit has fled from his body, let us charitably forget his errors and hold in cherished remembrance the good deeds of his life.

TEHE ™M A.RKETS. LIGONIER. ¥

|H0g5—1ive..........5425 i‘Hogsf—dressed. cay DA 'Tarkeys—live...... 10 |Chickens—live,..... 07 »'Beeswax.....-. = el | Butter.....pweoe... 20 plagrd oo s s 06 PRgge e eit 010 jiWeathergiocc i ... 89 iPallow o ot 07 ilTimoth{ Hay....,..1500 |Marsh Hay......... 1300

Wheat—white.....sl 70 Amber—red ... ... 1 60‘ Rye il L iRD (OREES Vo G o] Qorn.. ... .00 35‘ Potatoes, .. ....... =9O, ElaxSepd. . il ... 160 Clover 5eed,....... 400 W001_..7.....45@: 50 POk . oml s o Shoulderac.: ... 06, Ham5..........08@ 10|

CHICAGO.

; M P0rk....517 30@517 35 ; Lard....... 905@ 910 [Shoulders,. 6%@ 6% Ribs....cov | B¥@ 8% iHams’.... Seiole@ 12

Wheat..sl 26 @sl 26% Corn.... 388 @ 38% Oats.... 31¥@ 81% Rye..... 69%@ 70 Barley.. - 70X@ = 78 I

° TOLEDO. Wheat..§l 7414@%1 89 |Corn... 8 451 @$ 46% Red* .. 176 @ 182 |[ClovSeed 465 @ 465 X Oats ..., 81%@ 388%|H0g5.... 58034@ 600 ; H. C. WINEBRENNE R, ' { ' 5 Honsg, Sign, & Ornamental Painter, Grainer, Glazier and Paper-Hanger,, Ligonier, Ind'{na. ' B~ Give me a call befure lét-. ting your work, and I will guarantee satisfaction in every instance. [vBnl : DR. L. KEEHN, JHOM@EOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. 5 " LIGONIER, INDIANA. X - Orrioe—Over Straus & Meagher’s store. L . Resipenor—North of Peck’s Planing MiilT Calls promptly attended toyday er night.: [vßnl o A REQUEST. - Having waited for a long time on some of my customers to call and settle their accounts, I again make the request for all persons indebted to me, to call, without further delay and settle, and hope they will be kind enough to do so without further cost or trouble. My old book accounts must be settled n;;. i i WM. GROH, Kendallville, Ind., April 24th, 1873-52w3 e CANCER CURED without the aid of the knife, poisonous ‘secharotics, and caustics, by a simple and scientific system of medication. By removing the tu“mor gnly, the seat of the disease is not reached, and g] sure to break out again with increased violence. 1 cleange the blood from ALL cancerous matter, by a lotal applicution, kill and remove the Tamor. ltisthe only treatment that will cure. cancer. I also treat Scrofala, and other diseases. Residence near Grand R%pids Dcfl)ot. ; v s JOSEPHINE E. SILSBY, - 7-52y1 .~ Kendallville, Xoble Co., Indiana. . TOWN ELECTION. | . NOTIUE is hereby given thaton Monpay, the sth day of May next, at the room owned by Dr. A. Gantg, on Lot No. 51, in Ligonier, Indiana, an election wn&be held for the purpose of electing the followiz’xlgo cers; : Five Trustees, one Clerk, one Treasurer, and one Assessor ! . ‘Witness my hand and the incorporate seal of said (L S ) ‘town this 9th day of A;I)ril, 1873. i I H. G. ZIMMERMAN, April 10, 1873.-50-3 w Town Clerk. '~ LIST OF LETTERS Remalnmg in the post office at Ligonier, Ind., during the past week: ASLY S B VYRS W RS Rl e o PN o

Graham, Thos. Haines, George } )| Hardenburg, Ralph Jones, Miss Emma Jones, Miss Elmira . Latta, George E . Miller, Migs Susannah I.{,‘}Plea_ Q:Lttharine

Arnold, AS - > Brainard, Jos. Carggnter MissLucelliaD Calbert, Mrs. J Cheetham, Joseph Emel, Jeshuetta Engle, John C F Gard; Mrs. Mary ..

' Shock, Miss Elizabeth, ‘ Mailed without stamp=to Jogeph E. Kaufiman, Bristol, Indiana. x ' Persons calling for any of the above letters will please say “Advertised.” | o H. M. GOODSPEED, P. M. Ligonier, Ind, April 17,73,

e LIGONTY BB T Ny, ACADEMY .« : Leii e T e e T GEO. W. HUGHES, Principal. TUITION FROM $8 to $lO PER TERM. : ‘gr«afigmgg?mfmg fall informatioh may be ob--5 8! a 2k 3 e e O RN 1. HOFFMAN, Sy, DM T e JRdgonien Tug, ÜBEFUL INFORMATION! (GIVEN in regard to Aruanrio & Paowric Ram- 1 “'roAD Lanvs, without charge,by -~ . Ligoner, Ind,, Aug. 154, L. COVELL.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, 12,000,000 ACRES! = ’ h o . CHEAP FARMS! The Cheapest Land i;_—-mafketz for'sale by the, 5 UNION PACIFICRAILWAY CO. ; In the Great Platte Valley, e 3,000,000 Acres in Central Nebraska Now for gale in tracts of forty acres and upwards on FIVE and TEN YEARS' OREDIT AT 6 PER OENT. Ne ADVANOE INTEREST REQUIRED, ' - = - “2p o . MILD AND HEALTHFUL CLIMATE, FERTILE SOIL, Al ABUNDANCE OF GOOD WARER. . - ST THE BEST MARKET IN THE WEST! The great mining regions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah’ and Nevada being supplied by .the farmers in the PrLaTTE VALLEY, "% | S SOLDIERS ENTITLED TO A HOMESTEAD OF : : 160 ACRES. : ‘ = THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR COLONIES. - _ FREE HOMES FOR ALL! Millions of acresof choice Government Lands open for entry under the Homesiead Law, hear this GreaT RAILROAD, With good markets and all the convenienc¢esof an old settled country. - ! MBSt : Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Lands. — - Sectional Maps, showing'the Land. also newedition ofdescriptive Pamphleywith new Maps, mailed free‘everywhere. e e R “IT " Address -1. 'O.F.DAVIS, + Land Commissioner. U. P. R R., - ° 46 i : ' Omaua, NEB.

LANDS IN ARKANSAS. % t 35 P 2 The Little Rock and Fort Smith Rajlroad offers for sale- 1,000,000. acres, _lme,rich valley of the Arkansas River. These Lahds arg nnsurpassed in the production of cottun, corn, fruits, vegetables, and all cereals.” The inexhaustible fertility of the soil, the ciimate (average temperature for'vhe mos: of Dec., Jan., Feb. and March about 43 deg. #-)per-. mitting agricultural labor about 11 months of the year; the unguestionéd health of the yailey; the varivus and abundaut timber, good ‘water, and water powérs, with'the rapid development of the State in Railroads, population and general improvement, combine to render these lands the garden «f the country: - : e e Uplands I%um $2.50 to $7, and River Bottoms from $lO té H 0 pei- acre, -on a credit of six yearsand annuptinterest. Pamphlets and Maps™ fur-: nished gratditously.on applicationto =~ - ' N. 5. HOWE, Land Lommissioner, - i Litileßock, Arkansas; IWANTED, 3 mA S 10,000 FARMERS To improve 1,705,000 acres R. R: Lands, frée from | mortgage and located in the middle region of Western lowa — the“best corn, wheat and eattle. producing belt in the West, 15 hburs’ distant from Chicago. Climatle and soil unsurpassed. Meadow and plow land with pare running water e\fenfl‘y‘ distributed. - No-fever and ague. Average credit price, ¥6 per acre. ‘Send for a guide. "It costs nothing, and gives gdescriptions, prices, terms, .maps, and bow to reach the lands. Addréss JOHN: B. CALHOUN, Land’Commissioner Towa Rail Road Land Co., Cedar Rapids, Towa. - ‘- o ¢ Chicago,Offiee, 65 S. Canal St e 50

p | B AN B ik : FOR ONE DOLLAR. 5 25 / e We will send 'R E ¥ by mail, 'on receipt of One Dollar, 25 packets of echolce Flower Seedsaid our Catalogue. containing upwards of 1,000 varietiesy with ful! directionsfor calture, to any address in. the United States. Catalogues free onapplication. DEE & DOYLE, Seedsmen and Florists, - ; 157 Tremont St‘rcet, Buston._\ Ty Wholesale Agents for Ohio and Indiana. s MITHS AMERICAN OBGAN. SMITHS | AN ORGAN. s 9 < X.Spang’sConcert Organs, DEALERS SUPPLIED AT MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES Catalogunes sent free. .= " ° J. F. HARRIS & CO., Columbus, Ohjo.; RI O = » T) ! B g AGH == e LBV LR e atk] - Sewing Machine Is the BEST MACHINE in the WORLD. Agents Wanted. Send for circhlar. Addresss: © “DOMESTIC” SEWING MACHINECO;,N-¥& .

}EESTABLISHEFDiSQQ.;H | WELCH & GRIFFITHS, | " Manufacturers of Saws. L o SUPERIOR TO' ALL.OTHERS..: .} EVERYSAW IS WARRANTED: FILES, BELTING & MACHINERY, | 53~ LIBERAL DISCOUNTS. 25 - - | & Price List and Circulars Frc_g.'»_@u o WELCH K GRIFFITHS, . -~ Boston, Mass., & Detroit, Mich, =~

SMAMVS

USE the Reisinger Sash Lock and Supportto’ - FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS! : i Lb YVAWLDU ¥ s No spring to break, no cutting of sash ;'cheap, durable, very easily applied; holds sash at: any place: desired, and a self-fastener whenthe sash isdowh. Send stamp for circular. -Circular and six copperbronzed locks sent to any address in the U.S ,postpaid, on receipt of 50 cts. Liberal inducements.to: the trade. Agents wantéd, Address REISINGER SASH LOCK CO., No. 418:Market St., Harrisbarg, Pennsylvania. oiaiee L e R

Write ok a & o , Auy OGS SN I GRH\T WESTL'(?\‘__JMJ«‘\\QUN WO : Tt O b S WRKC s 179 Smithfield B¢, Pittsburgfi,‘Pa; AH:""‘* : Breech-Loading Shot Guns, $4O to $3OO. - Double Shot Guns, $9 to $l5O, Single Guns, §3 1o $2O. Rifles, §3 to $75. Revolvers, $5 to §25. Pistols, §1 to 8. Gun Ma—terial, Fishing Tackle, &t. Large discounts to dealers or elubs. Army Guns, Revolvers, etc.; hought or trad-‘ ed for. . Goods sent-by express C.. 0. D, to be exam-; ined before paid for: - . o lnut Biep D 0

I 9 () per day! Agenis wanted! Allclasss') to $-)’ 0 es of working peaple, of eithersex, young or old, make more money at work for usin their epare moments, or all the time, than at afi%‘-‘ thing else. Particulars free. Address G. STINSON &.CO., Portland. Maine. - Vi gt n gy ECHANCE!! We will pay all Agents $4O per week v oAsH who will engage with us AT oxce. Everything farnish< ed and expenses paid.- . Address = e " A COULTER & CO., Charlotte, Mich.

| / . For’ any case ,oof Blind, = : Blecding, Itcihing or Ul- ‘ cerated Pjlesthat Dr 8 Bing’s PiLe REMEDY fails | g to cure,. Itis prepared. Pif ' @ B expressly to-cure the ¥ Pijles, and nothing else. Sold by all Druggists. = Price; $l.OO, .- < 88

On TUESDAY, JULY 8, 713, the Third Grand Gift Concert, under the management of Ex-Gov. Thos. E. Bramlette, and-atlthorized.by\speciafl,‘,a'ct of the Legislature, for the benefit of the Public Library of Kentucky, positively and nnequivocally j comes off in Public Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky., | when 10,000 Gifts, all cash, amounting te $500,000, will be distributed by lot among‘thé ticket-holders, The money to pay all these gifts in full'is already. in bank and get aide for that purposé, “.as the folfowing certificate shows: . - 2 i Orrior or FARMERS’ AND DROVERS! BANK, | LovisviLLe, Ky, April 7,1873. f * « This is to certiffi that/ there is in the Farmers’ and Drovers’ Bank, to the credit of the Third Grand - Gift Concert for the benefit of the Publi¢ ‘Library of Ky, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, .Wh-ici’;' has been set apayt by the Managers to pay the gifts in full, and will be héld by the'BaukLamiY paid out for this purpose, and this %nrpos,e only. - (Signed.) .. R. 8. YEECH, Cashier. Only a few tickets remain unsold, and Eljey will be furnished to the firet applicants at the following prices: Whole tickets, $10; halves, §5; quarters,’ $2.50; 11 wholes for $100; 56 for_%OO';‘l 113 for 81,000, and 575 for $5,000. For tickets and fnll information, apply to' -~ THOS. E. BRAMLEITE, ] a .l Tounisville, Ky, or F.I. DIBBLE & CO.',‘.' oy R AT oS 154 La Salle St., Chicago, 111. . [vSni-dw] b g e R hes & How Lost; How Restored. Just published, & new edition ¢f Dr. '\l‘,nlverwelj’slcélelpgial_el! Essay sbn the radical cure (withont medicine) b of Spermatorrhea or Seminal Weaknes, Invoruntary Seminel Losses, Impotency, -Mental and Physical Incapucity,lm?ediments to Marriage ete. ; alsa Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, -lnduced by self-indulgence or sexnal extravagance,” .. E¥=Price in a sealed enveloge only 6 cents. =~ The celebrated anthor, in this adniirable essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years’ saccess: ful practice, that the alaimin'% consequences-of self-ahuse ma{ be mdlcal&y cared without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife; {)ointtng‘ out a mode of cure at once: ‘simple, certain-and effectual. by means of which‘every sufferer, no matter what his condition may ‘ b:l'l may cure himself cheaply, privately, and radi~ “edlly. batls e R e Bar-This lecture should be in the hands of every youth and every man in the land. -~ .. - ‘o) o ~ Sent, under seal; in a plain envelope, to-any ad- | dre’ssiapost;paid,'.on maefptwcmm&gow S e e i :Also,-ngcdulm&mc : fa(ismm a?mkma} cents. dress the. y SRR A s % AS.J.C, KLINE & CO;, (APM EERBTIUOORIY: G v i s (e 2 T e e B 0 T e At g s B @‘ RUVRAREYBN et fPHAT REYNOLDS HAS GRAPE VINES AND A Berry Plants of his own ralsing for sale, t he can warrant as to kind and fig» Ligonier, Aprillo,7B.4f : D,H. R¥ W\

GREAT LIBERALISM ! o .‘}::;-“i‘&l’—' . © % ..\ |%,. # ; : ;' ~ LIBERAL PRICES, Strike While the, Iron i Hot ! T . DELTVERY WAGON il R . :Isconstantly busy i ' 5 Delivering Goods

i & J 3 2 4! Throughout vhe City. -Do not allow iyourself to ~ think there will not be room for you for our STORE ROOM NS T M IRISHMAN’S SHANTY ! . S Stiiixat;mfprone l}xore. Comeidnd See How Liberal e- ; i ,/GOOD NATURED ' e . Our Clerks are,“' 7 - Klways a Smile on Their Face, Tothink their Preprietors allow them to

YA D Dealers and Agents, send Yor § A l E S our Catalogne of New. PotaSR GLoTT e A tden, Pt Trees, &civ A Valuable Treatise: All sentfree. ‘Extra offers. == . L.D.BCOTT & CO: Huron,; Ohio. . /..

Sell so Cheap ! & We kecp on e : . p . A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EVERYTHING LS moniint the e . GROCERY LINEL! “ We aim xeep on hand nmmiupply of :

WINES AND PURE LIQUORS o »WEZ,DO NoT sP«EciFY ‘PRICEé | : 2ot Onallour ; | . SUGARS; | ¢ fi\fffiuébs %fi‘m#s Bl “”‘;Aj‘né in fird;;ttiull:m cheax;Wemnitdémt ‘ \‘ T businessvery -

- FCONOMICAELY:: ' We cannetaflord’t zimm%n' . OFFICE anafi?i}‘?}. 23. %'mn'io!}'&i it for our advertisement, butcome andwewill 1 = = - i ¢ Erl 1 AL - -‘; _..~».:m> ;\:}6"’ ASSURE YOU SATISFAQHION. ( | Kendallville,Sep4, 1670, eL e i eS A R e S