The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 5, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 May 1873 — Page 2

The National B ¢ dlational Banner 20 jt” T?‘» ,A b -‘ :' -”,% 2 ,3,5; G G GAT RTINS SRR | SR ‘ /N e o -—-—-———-*—*-——- J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER, IND'A, MAY 29, 1873.

TueE YELLOW FEVER has m(??.d_'e'_its appearance in New York, and several gases of cholera are reported froxh New Orleans. ’ Cledan up, gentlemen. [ L Ll &E—--SToKEs, the murderer of Jiny Fisk, has the assurance of a new trial being granted him by the Court of Aﬁ)penls. He is greatfy elated over this (ﬁo him) cheering information. | UL it i HoN. LyMAN TRUMBULL hgs been retained by the farmers of Illijnois to represent them in their suits ;hguins‘b the railroad corpdmtions. The kx—senQ ator is one of the very ablest attorneys in the country and may be relie{l on as a faithful advocate of the farmers’ rights. ‘ 1 I ' } ek S o e Uor. A.B. WHITTLESEY, lLormerly editor of the Evansville “Cum'ii‘r,” has been appointed assistant privatb secrotary to Ilis Excellency, Governpt Hendrickss The Col. is eminently suited {0 limns iinpgntnnt positlb Y, and will be of valuable assistance to the (Governor. = f ‘

WE are pleased to state upon’ the authority of the Lawrenceburgh “Register” that Hon, Wm. S. Holmja.n, the democratic répresentative in Congress from the (old) Third District, declined to accept the back pay voted Ehim by the late Congress. We felt confident all along thatso honest, honorable, and upright a man as Judge llolmm}} would never:touch a dollar of the.,salu%ry grab.

Masor Joun D, Evaxs, Auflitor of State from 1869 to '7l, died at Noblesville, this State, last Thursday,| of consumption. Mr. Evans was a shrewd manager, both in a business pioint of view and in matters relating to|official station. Having “saved” n])nu& $lOO,000 while officiating as State _Aiuditor,q it is needless to add that he wis comfortably situated; so far as \}mrld'l'y possessions are concerned. i

Ir PRESIDENT GRANT possosé‘fed the breadth of mind t‘q rise above mere party and selfish considerations, he would tender the appointinent of Chief Justice to that eminent statesman and sound eonstitutional lawyer, the ITon. Liyman Trumbull, Such an uct%would secure the cordial endorsmnq-nt of many who, in the light of M. (’g}rmli,j’s exercise of the appointment _l»o?\\'(*l' in the past, adjudge him incapable of paying a tribute to fitness and merit when the position is claimed by the tirt lcklingr politicians who surround him at]ig\’\'nshington. . . |

Trne BANNER makes its z}ppeairance, this week, in a new, and as we ‘l)*.‘ll6\'(‘, very handsome dress. The cost attending such an improvement ax Jounts to quite a nice little sum; but%etermined that the BANNER, in. poﬂnt_l of typographical excellence, shall fi')e“behind none of its contemporari¢s, we could not well resist the temptation of calling on the type foundry to sx}lpply u$ with the neatest of their manufacture. Our readers will no doubt be pleased with the change; we ther@afore deem ourself justified in expect}ng a commensurate return by way of targe additions to ourlist of subscribers.

Tt — | THE GREATEST DANGER thatnow threatens the existence of the Rehmb—lic is the grasping greed of the moneyed aristocracy. Its chief aim pdints to the concentration of power in|the hands of the few. Liberty cannat be permanently maintained where the influence of money supersedes the recognition of popular rights. | Legislation should therefore be so shaped as to protect the industrial classes from!g the encroachinents of powerful monopolies and the combinations of mi_llionaﬁesf. We advise no unjust or unreasonable erusade against capital, but are firm in the conviction that we have arrived at a period where the rights of the laboring classes must be zealously kguar(;ﬁed.

Gov. Dix having vetoed the “Lacal Option Bill,” the New York Assemgbly declined by a vote of 52 ayes against 60 nays, to. pass the bill over the Gpyvernor’s veto. Originally the bill had 65 votes, which indicates that the aréuf ments of Gov. Dix were too strong ’for at least thirteen of .the former adyocates of Local Option. The temperance men are reported as being v,:m'y indignant over what they allege ta be base treachery to their caunse on part of the Governor. They claim that he gave them direct assurances of symipa-’ thy with their cause when a candidate last Fall, and that he could not have been elected witout the votes of th'pée who favored the enactment of a stringent temperance law. -

FrANCE has had a political erisig.— | Thiers and his party urged the (Icl§xxi4 tive establishment of the Republie.— The Monarchists (Bonapaptists, Orleanists, and Legitimists) opposed this meagsure and defeated it in the Assémbly by sixteen majority. President Thiers thereupon tendered his reshy: nation, which was accepted by a viote of 368 against 539. Marshal MacMahon was then elected President of the Republie, which position he has since accepted. President MacMahon ‘was born in 1808; began his military career in 1830, in Algiers; was in the Crimea, and distinguislred himgelf greatly in the victory of Magenta. ' In the late Franco-Prussian war he h;.eld chief command at Woerth and Beaumont, and was defeated, He occu]ﬁiéd the same position at Sedan, but receiving a severe wound early in»thez,@lay, he was saved the humiliation of: surrendering to the Germans, Politically he is a Monarchist and will prob:?b}y lend his influence to the enemies of the - Republic. The retirement of Thiers foreshadows the overthrow of the| re_publican form of government and the establishment of a monarchy. Itmnay also-lead to another war with the ﬁrs Bmplee, - 00

~ Who are Legal Voters? Two of our exchanges ‘refer to a certain clause in the Baxter law which has evoked general discussion throughout the State. Weappend the remarks of both: v j There seems to bea difference of opinion concerning the meaning of the liquor law on the subject of getting the names of a majority of the legal voters of a ward or precinct on a petition ‘to sell; some contending that. it requires a majority of all who are entitled to vote in such ward; others,: that more than one-half the number of those who voted at the previous municipal election; and others who contend that it requires amajority of the names of those who actually voted at the preceding election, -There has beenr no decision on this point by the courts. The following is the section of the law on the subject: . :

“The whole number of votes cast for councilman in any ward at the last préceeding municipal election in any city, shall be deemed to be the whole: number of legal voters of said ward, a majority of whose names shall be signed to the petition of the applicant.— Plymouth Democrat. - The Courts, no doubt, will decide (1) that the Board of Commissioners can only take cognizance of the number of votes actually polled at the last preceding municipal election; and (2) that every legal voter has the right to sign a petition in his ward whether or not he voted at such election. Thus, if the whole nuinber of votes polled in any ward at the last preceding municipal election was 57, as was the case in the second ward in this city, this shall be deemed the whole number of legal voters in said ward, and the names of 29 legal voters to the petition of the applicant shall be deemed sufficient to entitle him to a license.—Vealparaiso Messenger.. We have no doubt that the Messenger interprets the law correctly. It would be a monstrous doctrine indeed, to maintain that because a qualified voter ‘abstains from the exercise of the elective franchise, he is thereby debarred from the rights and privileges conferred upon “legal voters;” or, in. other words, that the failure or inability to participate in an election necessarily reduces the non-voting citizen to the rank of an alien. We cannot believe that any legislative body would seriously attempt so fatal a blow at the inherent rights of American citizenship. And even if such had been the intention, we feel confident that no court of jurisdiction would sustain the proposition. : ‘

‘The Credit Mobilier Suit. Attorney General Williams, in behalf of the U. S. Government, last Monday filed in the city of Hartford, Conn., the necessary papers for blfinging stit against the Union Pacific Railroad company, and a large humber of capitalists connected with the Credit Mobilier transaction. The bill filed by the Attorney General partakes of the character of-an_ihdictment and is, in legal circles, regarded a very formida‘Dble document. A summary thereof shows this: The total liabilities of the Union Pacitic Railroad Company, Jan. 1, 1873, for United States bonds issued to the company, principal and interest, were $33,435,221; this amount is secured by a lien on the property of the corporation ; the company is.insolvent; the actual cost of the road was about one-half the amount of stock ‘issued and other outstanding liabilities ; stock was largely issued to enrich the managers; many of the contracts were fraudulent, and the nature of some of them has been concealed from the Government., _ The people will wateh the progress of this suit with marked interest; but we beg permission to remind our readers that it is not prudent to speculate very largely upon the government's success in compelling a restitution of the ill-gotten gains. .

A MAN supposed to be the identical Bender who murdered a number of persons in Kansas, was arrested near Cedar Rapids, Towa, on the 25th. It is quite likely that a number of similar arrests will be made in other localities, since so liberal a reward has been offered for the apprehension of the genuine Bender, and that innocent persons will endure more or less annoyance on account of some real or imaginary resemblance with' that fiend in human disguise. That the foul murderer will sooner or later-be captured, scarcely admits of a doubt.

AN INDIANAPOLIS dispatch of the 27th'says: “Barnum’s band of Indians (Kaw and Camanche,) enroute for the Vienna Exposition, are here for several days. To-morrow they will perform their death dance over the grave of General Canby at Crown Hill, and buty the tomahawk. Some of these Indians knew General Canby when he was stationed in New Mexico, and this ceremony is intended to express their sorrow at his death.” We think it would be fully as well to have dispensed with this tomfoolery.

Tue Plymouth Democrat reports that “the man who is too poor to take a-paper was in town last Sat-mjday', with his family. He filled his skin full of whisky, at ten cents a drink, bought a couple of dollars worth of tobacco to last during corn planting, and took his family to the show—the whole costing probably ten dollars; yét, it asked to take a home paper three months at a cost of fifty cents, he would be certain to reply that he is to poor.”

A FEW strong-minded lady residents of Boston have sent us a Woman’s Journal, with a request to “ please notice ” and thereby oblige the editors.— We make it a rule never to “notice” new journalistic enterprises without a eritical examination, and as our time is too precious to warrant a perusal of the stereotyped nonsense usually emanating from such sources, we tenderly consign the new candidate for public favor into our waste basket. :

BY EXAMINATION of our exchange list we find about a dozen of papers for which we have no earthly use. As postage will have to be paid on these publications in course of a month, we herewith give notice that a discontinuance of these “reciprocal favors” will soon be in order, We are “perfectly willing” to have the same rule applied to us, L %

- COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. ~ The following is a circular adopted by the State Board of Education, and addressed to Township Trustees, in reference to the appointment of County Superintenglents : : , - DEeP’T OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,% | OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT. ~ The thirty-third section of the ~amended school law provides as follows: - . . The Township Trustees of the seve'ral townships shall meet at the office of the Auditor of their respective counties, on the first Monday of June, 11873, and biennially thereafter, and appoint a County Superintendent, who shall be a citizen of said county,whose official term expires, &ec. The Legislature has conferred upon you, in view of your official relation to the public free schools, the power to make the appointments referred to in this section of the school law. - This power should be exercised with great care and deliberation, for upon the qualifications of the County Superintendent, more than any other officer, depends the success of the schools and the administration of the school sys-, tem in your respective counties; and for this reason, we take the liberty of offering the following suggestions touching, the qualifications that persons seeking the appointment should POSSess : ‘ - _ ‘, 1. As he is made the only legal judge of the educational qualifications .of teachers of your schools, it is of the first importance that he possess a thorough and critical knowledge of all the branches required by law to be taught in the public schools; other- - wise grossly incompetent teachers will occupy our school houses, and a precious revenue-will be wasted. 2. Since the organization, management and general superintendence of the schools of each county are entrust“ed to this officer, he should be selected -as far as practicable from the most experienced teachers of the county, and ~especially from those teachers who have kept abreast with the progress of our schools. - . ¢ 3. Inasmuch as the law constitutes him the judge of’ the moral character ot .all teachers, he himself should possess that -character in a pre-eminent degree. The appointment, therefore, should not be conferred upon any person addicted to intemperance, profanity or other vices. 4, Under the present law it is made. the duty of the County Superintendent to visit all the schools of his county, to hold a township institute in each township of his county once a year, and conduet the same; to labor in every practicable way to elevate the standard of teaching, and to improve the condition of the'schools of his county; to supervise the collection and application of the school funds and revenue, and to discharge all the duties heretofore discharged by the County Examiner, together with such other labor that must necessarily present itself in the prosecution of his - work., You should, therefore, select him strictly with reference to his energy, industry, honesty and business qualifi cations, : ' o

5. Since his decisions upon all local questions arising from the school law are final, and his opinions upon all controversies of a general nature must first be obtained before an appeal can -be taken to the State Superintendent, reference should be had in' the selections to the practical judgment and strong common sense of the candidate. -We can not' in too strong terms urge upon you the necessity of ignoring all political or personal preferences in making this appointment, and of acting with sole reference to the qualifications of the candidates and the best interests of the schools. The County Superintendent beging a new and, it is hoped, a better era in the administration of our school system. If yourappointments are judicious, a fresh impetus must be given to the free schools of your counties—if injudicious, little or nothing will be gained. Upon your action on-the first Monday in June next depends, in a great measure, the character of the common schools of the State for the next two years. :

. THE command of Col. McKenzie was recently attacked on the Texas frontier, about 80 milesfrom Ft. Clark, by the Kickapoo Indians. The Colo: nel pursued his assailants and drove. them across the Rio Grande, killing nineteen; taking thirty prisoners, and" capturing a great‘many horses. 'This invasion of fhe Mexican territory is freely discussed in diplomatic c,hjclés, though no formal complaint has thus far been made by the Mexican government. The Kickapoos are a murder-. ous set of devils, and we think Col. McKenzie did right in pursuing' them as he did. If the Mexicans don’t like it, let. them take care of these redskinned scamps. Uncle Sam can’t afford to be trifled with. .

THE LAPORTE ARGUS comes to usin a new and very becoming dress. "As the founder of that excellent publication, we feel a natural pride in its prosperous career and stezidy growth in popular favor. = Its proprietors, Messrs. Wadsworth & XKessler, are men of sterling qualities, and right heartily do we rejoicé over the success Whiéh attends their efforts in giving the people of LaPorte a paper that is at once acredittothe community and an honor to the publishers. .

_LAsT FALL the people of Arkansas elected Mr. Brooks, the Democratic and Liberal candidate for Governor, over Baxter, the Republican nominee. But Brooks was kept out by forged and fraudulent returns, backed by the bayonet, after the fashion of Lousiana.— Baxter, however, turned out to be a preg}' honest man, and we now have a weéw phase of the political rascality of Arkansas. The Chief-Justice, McClure, is to issue a writ of mandamus and quo warranto to Baxter in the name of Brooks. The design is to depose Baxter and keep the case in abeyance for two years or more, leaving the office filled by the Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, Smith, who is entirely pliable in the hands of the Arkansas political thieves. This; in the face of the fact that the Court hag no jurisdiction, the Legislature, which has adjourned after declaring him Governor and refusing to entertain a contest, being the only party authorized to interpose in the premises. In the mean time Baxter is strengthening himself with State troops, and will resist any service of a writ upon him from the Supreme Court. Itis in this manner that Grant has reconstructed the Southern States. —Cincinnati Enquirer. i

‘While. repairing an out building, to ‘which was attacheg a chimney flue, on the premises of a gentleman, in South Plymouth, one day last week, at the bottom of the flue was discovered a lot of dead blue birds; and on taking them out, the workmen counted sixty, and judging from the number uncounted there must have been over one hundred inall, Itis supgosed the birds flew in for pretection from the storm, "and were unable to get out.— Plymouth Demaocrat, : 5

TERRIBLE TORNADOQ in lOWA WASHINGTON _AN;D KEOKUK COUNTIES VISITED BY A FURIOUS CYCLONE. . HOUSES, BARNS, AND FENCES TORN DOWN ' AND SCATTERED FOR MILES. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. | On Thursday aﬁtemOOh a terrific tornado or whirlwind, accompanied with hail and rain, passed over the counties of Washington and Keokuk, in the State of JTowa. It came up from the southwest, and passed out of Washington county a little south of Ydtton. The tornado was about one-half mile in width, and t01;é into fragments everything that came in its course— Houses, barns, fenees, trees, cattle, and human beings were caught up and whirled through the air like mere toys, and then dashed to the ground with such violence as to .produce instant death with the animate beings. The houses and barns were torn to fragments and scattered for miles around. © STATEMENT OF AN EYE-WITNESS.

Mr. John Wiseman, editor of the Washington (Iowa) Gazette, makes the following interesting statement: The storm commenced about 2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, somewhere in Keokuk county, the exact location being impossible to ascertain, but.it was probably a few miles west of Lancaster. That town was almost entirely destroyed. There were about twenty houses within its limits, and the inhabitants numbered 150. Theeyclone, tornado, hurricane, whirlwind, or whatever you choose to call it, was the strongest blow ever experienced in this Western country. It came on in a northeast direction, -passing: north of Talleyrand, and about: three miles south of Kiota, through the German settlement, destroying a vast amount of property, farmhouses, barns, granaries, sheds corncribs, and fences, and carrying off « cattle, hogs, sheep, chickens, turkeys,rand geese, and everything that came within reach. When it struck the Washington county line the tornado seemed to have raised and jumped a territory about ten miles long.— Touching the ground again, it caught up everything in its path. It alighted first at Frank Brown’s, six miles northwest of Washington. It rémained on the ground for six or eight miles, passing up to the Highland township line, where it lifted again, coming down in Midland township, but not doing any considerable damage. In that township, the storm . must -have exhausted itself; as we have no news of any destruction of property beyond there:— North of Washington, the buildings on the farms of Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Glichrist, Henry Walters, J. C. Cunningham, Thomas Walters, J. P. Babcock, Jacob Zeck, Mr. Garringer, Mr. Kerr, and of several others were totally destroyed. Mrs. Henry Walters was killed almost instantly, and one of her twin children, which was found in her arms,, died the next morning. Two others of her children were at school when that building was blown down, and they were seriousiy hurt. The remaining twin was in the house when that was blown away, but he escaped injury, although found in the yard.— Mzr. Gibson had a very fine barn, probably the best in the country, demolished. Mr. Babcock’s residence, the most substantial;in the/ neighborhood, was reduced to splinters. A part of it was carried a mile away and dumped-into a slough. Mr. Zeck’s house was lifted from the foundations into the air and broken up, the fragments being scattered like chaff. The dwelling of Mr. Davidson,. who lived near Jackson township, was struck and thrown down. He waskilled,and a hired hand named Housel was so badly eut up that he died in a few hours. In nearly all the houses I have mentioned some one was maimed or killed. The Huddleford school-house was destroyed. It was located near Thomas Walters’ house, fronting the roadway. The school was in session, and the teacher and nearly all the scholars were bruised, half a dozen of them badly injured, three of whom are not expected to live. A daughter of Henry Rohmel, who was in the school-house, was carried about a quarter of a mile and crushed almost to a jelly. There was apparently not a whole bone in her body. It is a wonder that all the children were not killed. The force of the storm was terrific, the ground.looking as if an immense flood had passed overit. As near as can be learned, the extent of the whirlwind wag thirty miles long by a quarter of a Ifmile wide, although it varied in some places a few rods inwidth. At seme points it was only a. few yards wide apparently, and then again it skipped large tracts, doing no harm whatever. Where it alighted, nothing could arrest its progress. A heavy iron cylinder was thrown half a mile, and cattle weighing over a. thousand pounds were knocked about as if they were:ealves. i,The buildings were reduced to kindling'wood. Fence-posts were torn. out of the ground, and for thousands of acres there is no distinguishing line between the fields, the water having obliterated almost all traces of the fences. Many of the flying timbers were so deeply imbedded in the soil that they cannot be removed, and there are pieces of land so fyll of these sticks that they resemble the back of a porcupine, and it is doubtful if they can be cultivated until the wood decays. I have heard some farmers say that they would rather take a new piece of land than attempt to raise anything there. Boards were driven through cattle and hogs, and I:heard that one soay was torn to pieces, and a litter of unborn pigs scattered around promiscuously. I have endeavored to estimate the loss to property, and my judgment is that it will be between $50,000 and $75,000. In Washington county, ten or eleven persons were killed outright or have died since, and the wounded prebably number thirty. Some of them were 5o severely injured that they are not expected to live.

| FORMER HURRICANES. . A special correspondent writes: “Such a wind-storm. was never before experienced in these counties. = The oldest inhabitant remembers a hurricane twenty-five years ago, that swept everything before it, but as Washington was then an insignificant village, the damage was not material. Five years later there was a hail-storm, which did considerable injury to the crops, but the: tornado of last Thursday is the severest ever known in Washington county.” : « THE TEMPEST ROAR, No damage whatever was done in Washington, the point nearest wherg the storm laid its destroying ‘hand being about 6 miles distant. The’ roar which accompanied this manifestation of the anger of nature was distinctly heard here, "and it is said by farmers, who live 10 miles away, that they heard a peculiar, rumbling noise, and could not avoid connecting it with the storm. ‘To some the noise sounded like a heavy freight train at night, when everything was reposing; tq others, like musketry, with an occasional digcﬁqat%e, or artillery. Scarcely any lightning flashes were visible, and only an occasional loud peal of thunder was heard. The rain fell in torrents, not in drops, but in sheets, there appearing to be a lake of water in the atmosphere. ' The whole county was flooded to the depth of several inches, and i iy feared the corn

already planted has been washed out. The little creeks and rivulets, which supply Skunk River, were swollen and overflowed their banks, carrying away trees, and causing the banks to eave in. APPEARANCE OF THE CYCLONE. . Those who saw the commencement say they first noticed an immense black mass, which to some resembled a huge hay-stack in shape, and to others a bal- | loon, with the .small end toward the ground. They"could not see beyond;' its borders, but, as it went by, they saw mud and boards flying in all directions. | Houses were torn from their foundations, as if they were chaff, broken and twisted into amillion fragments, some of which were forced into the grount two or three feet. Cattle were lifted up, carried some distance, and hurled head-long to the .earth. One heifer, three years old, was thrown into a diteh, head first, and when found her head and neck were buried in the mud. Several- steers had pieces of timber forced into their sides, and quite a number were thrown down so violently that their limbs and horns were broken. - * PROGRESS OF THE STORM. - It is impossible to give an adequate description -of the progress of the cyclone. It moved forwardiso rapidly, and those who saw it approaching were so badly frightened, that they thought only of their own safety. What met their view they could not avoid looking at, although fear seems to -have confused their minds and rendered them unable to give a satisfactory account of it. No man who possesses even a superficial knowledge of storms observed it. Those who were in its midst and escaped with broken limbs and bruised bodies have no distinect recollection of anything except that they were lifted up, carried along with the rapidity of lightning, and landed suddenly in the mud. A few who were in their dwellings, and as they thought safe, found themselves sprawling on the ground, but how they got there they are unable to tell.” Some sought a refuge in the‘cellars of their houses, and, while crouching in the corners, trembling from fear, saw the buildings lifted up and blown away. One house was thus demolished, and theroof of a granary near by carried off. - The latter was tilted up, and the grain in it was deposited in the openmouthed cellar. . : | " DEMOLITION OF A SCHOOL HOUSE..

About seven miles north-east of the town Washington stood the “Beedleford School- House,”. an old frame building, made of square timbers.— Nothing remains on the site, but a quarter of a mile down the road were found what had evidently .been portions of it. School ‘was in session ‘when the cyclone made its appearance. The rumbling frightened them, and they gathered around the teacher, Miss Smith, thinking she could proteet theni. The building shared the same fate as the others which came within the grasp of the tornado, and téacher and scholars cannot imagine how they got into the roadway. The wind demolished the windows first and rushing into the building lifted it up as if it were made of paper and knocked it about like a shuttlecock. A daughter of Henry Rathmel, aged 11 years, was in the doorway, and, seeing the blackcloud coming, started to run out. No one knew what had become of her until they found he mangled bedy half an hour afterward in the mud a quarter of a mile down the road. She mnust have been raised by the wind and carried along. She ihad very little clothing -when found, and her remains were covered with mud. Miss Smith and six of the scholars were injured, three or four of then dangerously. One very singular thing is, that the mud was blown so hard into the faces of many of the children that itcannot be washed off. . Some of their faces look as if they had been tatooed with India ink or powder. - Miss Smith: says ‘the first thing she realized was that she was standing in the road, surrounded by the boys and girls. She does not know how they got there, being unconscious of having made an ascent into the air. e

. ASAD SCENE. - . ' Near the school-house, across the road, stood the- dwelling of Hénry Walters. It was reduced to atom{f and Mrs. Walters was instantly killed.— When found, she had onre of a pair of twins in her arms. The little fellow was bruised and cut; and died the following morning. The other one escaped, though no one can”tell how. This infant lives, being unable to, tell his story. Three of her other children were in the school-house and received serious injuries. Two of them are not expected to live. ' A MODEL FARM DEVASTATED. About a quarter of a mile south of the school-house is the farm of Alexander Gibson. None of the buildings ‘are standing. His house was the finest in that part of the county. All his orchards are valueléss. His farming implements are gone and his stock dead. He was not at home when the storm destroyed his property. Hisson aged 14, and a hired man, named Baker, attempted to get to the house, but were overtaken in the orchard. The latter had an arm and a leg broken by being thrown down violently, and the boy was rendered unconscious. Miss Gardner, Mrs. Gibson and three children were in the house, and were precipitated into the cellar, the building flying away like a bird. The first named was badly injured, but the others only slightly. Sixty fat steers were carried off by the wind, some of them weighed 1,400 pounds, and landed into a slough -twenty rods off. [They were covered with mud, and a few looked, as if they had been rolled over-and over for a long distance. A hog was observed through whoseé body a large piece of scantling had been driven. On this farm, the heifer mentioned was ‘buried in the mud head first. All the spokes of a new wagon were torn from the hub, and the iron cylinder of a corn-sheller was blown away, as if it were as light as a fall leaf. An applé tree was torn from the ground and forced into one side of the granery, and looked as if it had been planted there. The corn in the cribs was scattered.— Over 250 trees were uprooted to appease the appetite of the storm, but ‘the more it took the more it required, until - it became, so full that, like the glutton, it was obliged to cease. f HAILSTONES, - L " There was very little hail in Wash-/ ington, but specimens were exhibited which were brought from beyond Keota and near Lancaster. One piece, weighed in the presence of several reliable ecitizens, turned the scales at geven ounces, the circumferenee of the pieces of ice being nine inches. Several pieces still longer than this are said to have been picked up. _ KEOKUK COUNTY. : Very little definite information has been received of the extent of the dam-~ ages to property and the loss of life in Keokuk county. A letter from Harper, between Sigourney and Keota, contains same interesting facts, and is subjoined; = HAI%PI?R, May 23.—A fearful storm commenced south of here yesterday afternoon, although we did not suffer much from it. Hail fell in large quantities, some of the stones being as large as a hen's; egg, and rough like a mufed vt s e v v noticed a dark cloud in the neighborBond bt Mimiamts. s slte sottivod hare We watched it, and it fook anortheast

direction, becoming blacker every moment. ?At the same time, we heard the most fearful roaring. It was terrifie, sounding as if it was tearing everything out of the ground and grinding all to splinters, and it did that in the Snake River bottom, south of Colehouse’s house, where the storm seemed to come from. I have no news from ‘the other side of the river. It carried away all of Matthias Beven’s fences, sheds,and barns. Jacob Baker’s house and barn was also destroyed, and one of his children killed.. Michael Foose’s house and barn and everything in his place was torn topieces, and one of his ehildren killed. Peter Marsh’s houses were swept away, and Mrs. Korth was killed. Mr. Engledingle’s wife and child were killed, Mrs. Engledingle ‘ being literally torn to pieces. She was cut in two in' the middle; and only one of her limbs has beenfound. One of Mr. Horace’s children was killed. It was carried a guarter of amile away. The storm swept everything before it. The Baden priesf at mass this morning ‘said there were to be six funerals in his congregation at Clear Creek. This - will give you an idea of the loss of life. Several men and a number of ,children are reported missing, and itis thought they were lifted up and carried off by the wind. Your brother ; '~ DANIEL HOFFMAN. A" FLOCK OF SHEEP CARRIED AWAY. | Near Skunk River woods a flock of 1,500 sheep were quietly grazing when the stormh arose. With an instinctive dread they gathered in a circle, that .companionship might -alleviate the ‘sense of danger. They congregated .directly in the line of the storm, and when it.came elevated them until, as an eye-witness expressed ‘it, “they looked like a flock of birds.” They circled round and round, the velocity of the inner current overcoming the attraction of gravitation, until the cantrifu al motion moved them t) the edge ot the cyclone, where, the velocity being diminished, they fell to the earth. Of the 1,50040n1y 40 were found alive up to this afternoon, and it is believed that the remainder were killed. They were absolutely divellicated.— Their remains are found lhanging on the trees and bushes, and strewing the ground. - o . LOSS OF LIFE. : Six children, three married ladies, a young lady, and two men were Killed by the storm. Twenty-four persons, mostly children, are reported wounded ; several of this number will probably die. ! ' Terrible Cyclone in Kansas. ; SIX PERSONS KILLED AND TWENTY- ' ' ONE WOUNDED, SIX MORTALLY. Osage Mission, Kan., May 27.—The most violent tornado ever experienced in_ this section, occurred about eight miles southiof this city on last Thursday afternoon. A whirlwind tempest desolated a tract of country a half miile in width and six miles in length. Two houses , were lifted in the air, and blown to atoms. Six persons .were killed outright, six mortally wounded, and fifteen dangerously injured. One slittle girl was carried one-fourth of a mile and drowned in the creek. Persons were stripped -of their clothing, and birds of their -feathers, Horses, " cattle, and hogs were killed. Fourteen families were left entirely destitute. A seene of continuous and awful desolation is presented. . -

GEN. VAN BUREN writes an indignantedenial of the general charges put forth against his management of the Vienna business. He makes bold to address the President and Secretary of ‘State, through:the public print, and ~doesn’t scruple’ to denounce Mr. John *Jay, the Minister to Austria, as a liar and a villian of the deepest dye. He never farmed out the American section of the Exposition, as alleged; it was the “accursed vanity” of Jay that started the evil brood of malignant lies which have brought Van Buren home, and in wrath and disgrace. The General protests much indeed, over much, and in a good cause would better have omitted the expletives,, which do not 'serve to strengthen his own case, nor weaken Mr. Jay’s position. -

The new internal revenue law went into operation on the 20th, the offices of assessor and assistant assessor being abolished and all this class of officers numbering about 1,400, being must-! ered out of the service. Hereafter taxes will be collected by stamps issued to tax-payer by the collector, and those who fail to provide themselves with the necessary special and spirit stamps will be subject to a severe penalty. -

Terrible rains have followed the tornado in lowa, and a flood is feared, the Towa, Des Moines, and Beacon Rivers are rising and overrunning the bottom lands along their course. Along the Des Moines the water has risen to within ten feet of the bridge, many of, the wharves are flooded; and the river is rapidly reaching a point beyond which’ it cannot go without creating widespread disaster. 5

President MacMahon’s second message to the French Assembly promises that the home policy will be conservative, and that he will follow the foreign policy of Thiers. As in his preceding: message, he alludes, pointedly, to the army. Hisremark in connection with the reorganization of the-army, that he desires toregain for France rank among nations, will have a deep meaning for French ears. - e No species of kidney, bladder and glandular diseases or diabetes, gravel, Jnental and physical debility and ex‘haustion of the vital forces, and complaints caused by youthful excesses, which most generally saps the thread of life before its time, can remain proof against the curative properties. of Smolander’s Buchu. It is unequalled for female complaints in' all théir phases.. . ) i The late Chief Justice Chase has left bequests of $lO,OOO each to Wilberforce University and Dartmouth College. The rest of his property is divided among -the members of his family. The portrait of Chief Justice Marshal, by Peale, which was presented to Chief Justice éhase by the Bar of New York, is given to the Supreme Court of the United States. Capt. Jack, with twenty-five warriors,has been heard of in the Pitt River country. He says he and his followers will die with their arms in their hands, but, notwithstanding this valorous utterance, there are signs that half-a-dozen of his braves are hovering about our camp to get a chance to surrender, The rest are said to be scattered, - George Francis Train is not to be sent to the Insane Asylum on the hasty order of Judge Davis, whose conduct in the matter is severely criticised in some of the New York papers. Judge Fancher says Train is entig‘ed to another chance to prove himself sane, and gxed yesterday for a second investigaion. : T

The Cottonwood “branch of the Modog tribe has surrendered to General Davis. The force numbers about fifteen and fifty women and children. - William Seeger, State Treasurer of Minnesota, has been impeached and removed for corruptly misapplying the State fuhds, - = ' L Tue New York T'ribune is to have a new bn%;iq%agine &ltoriegl higg, IS.utr&: mouly otty tower, the whole t eqsm?&%,ooa? ¢ : o

REMEMBER . - THAT REYNOLDS HAS GRAPE VINES AND. Berry Plants of his own rnls!n;i;,ror sale, that he can warrant as to kind and qua ig‘. SR Ligomer, Aprillo,7B-tf = D.H.R XNOLDS‘.‘_ ; GEO. W. REED, ‘ M&nufacturér of . s ; . T ll Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, CARRIAGES, &C., Cromwell, Noble County, Ind'a, - - e)\ O\ P\ Being firmly established and"having'sﬁ‘expeﬂence of twen:(ygﬁve years, . - i b GOOD WORK and Fair Dealing GUARANTEED* BEST MECHANICUS EMPLOYED. " ; Crom}xell, Sept.. 11,'72.-20 " ° sirh s U I WiLL sell cheap forcash; or on easy teri;ié_of payment, the valuablé Stock and Grain Farm, lately owned by James McQonnell_, and known as THE DIAMOND LAKE FARM! g 2 2 i = & gk $< ‘; congisting of over three hundred” acres of land, about 5 miles south-east of Ligonier; in the southwest quarter of'section 81, town ' 35, ‘horth rauge & east, and north-west quarter of scctién 6, tewn 34, north range Y eagt, embracing.goil, timber, living water and generaladvantages, makingitone ofthe most dezirable farms, especially for stock rafsing in Noble connty.. ° e ALSO:—Lots N 0.6,9 11, 15, 16 26, 27, 2S-and 29 in Wood's Addition to Ligonier; also, lots 7-and g in block 4, and 7 and 8 in block 3 of Milh’s Addition to Lligonier. o g - TITLE GUARANTEED BY ME. Apply to Isaae E. Knisely, esq.. ‘Ligonier, or to . JOSEPH K. EDGERTON, Feb. 28-tf. o - Fort Wayne, Ind.

GO TO J-DECKER'S . _ : To.:ﬁﬂd-;g'hb::‘ Largest and BestSelectedStock c' . - —";A;‘)Fe .‘ (ROCERTES AND PROVISIONS, PISH AND SALT. PRICES ALWAYS: \s L,O_W.' A.S;: 'rm_wwx«:s'x‘ : . "I wlsovkéeé t:t'xe beslstock of Qﬁeenév&aré; L ‘ - . G‘-lasswa.re, TABLE CUTLERY : NGR"I‘III‘EII\B‘IQ I\nIANA i ; MOTTO: 1,0 PI"E[E —7_'l;ls mp LOWESI : . " J. DECKER. . I;ig(iuiert, 3.l‘ud.', May l‘;~lB';l.2“v—'t’f : l \ CABINET SHOP CABINET WARE ROOMS!

Would respectfully aunounce to the citizengot Noble county, that he has constantlyon - ~ handalargeand sSuperiorstock of - - CABINET WARE, ; - Consisting in part of si “- DRESSING BUREAUS. = . .= - WARD-ROBES, | [ | i+7 | . _TABLES: S C 0 BTARDE. _4 . LOUNGES, . - & OUPBOARDS, . MOULDING ‘CHAIRS AND BEDSTEADS, - Andinfact ev}e;ything usually k'e.p't'in' 3 F;,rstclass Cabinet Shop. Particular attention paid tothe Undertaking Business. = . e COOFFINS ALWAYS'ON HAND And made to_order, upon short notice. - Also, all kinds of Shop Work made to order. -+ * Furniture Ware Rooms on west side of Cavin’ Street. corner of Fourth street, Ligonier, Ind. =¥ A good Hearse alwaysin readiness, Ligonier, May 24, 1871. L T e SOMETHING NEW: LIGONIER?!

The sabscribers would inform the citizens of Ligonier and surrounding country, that‘tboi keep constantly on-hand'a large supply of botl WELL AND CISTERN PUMPS, - With & Without Cylinders, Which will be furnished to customers as desired, at reasonable prices. Those desirirg one of the most serviceable and most durable pamps now in use, will find it to their advantsge to give us a call at our Shop, at:the: South End of the New Bridge, béfore purchasing elsewhere, These Pumps are of the best n'unuficturl"'e;i‘nd' ‘. _of firat-rate wood; sllbave " SUBSTANTIAL CAST IRON SPOUTS; Which are a great advantage over wooden ones both for convenience and durability, : Allof Our Pumps are Warranted to Work Well sn. Deep or Shallow Wells ! - REPAIRING FUMPS : Dasé on ah@ﬂ notig'e‘,,jnd T ‘ ALL, PUMPS. WARRANTED! Well Digging & Cleaning - We are Brepu-’reii’to’ Dig New Wells, Clean and Sink Old Wells, Drive sad Repair Iton Wells, and in fact to do any and -evervihingin our line on the shortest notice. - - Al Kinds of Country Produce! Taken at Cash Prices, in exchang: r»vmm : rr‘raammxr the plage. near ‘r:om““‘ of the Naw Higidge,: - cma o : - .PURL & HAYDEN. Ligonier, March 8,187, ~~ .

- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 12,000,000 ACRES! CHEAP FARMS! The Cheapest Land in market for sale by the- - PACIFICRAILWAY (O, - .o Inthe Great Platte Valley. 3,000,000 Acres in Central Nebraska Now for gale in tracts of forty acres and upwards ‘on ¥ive and TEN YEARS' OREDIT AT 6 FER OENT. Ne ADVANOE INTEREST REQUIRED, ; - MILD AND HEALTHFUL CLIMATE, FERTILE SOIL, AN ABUNDADNQE OF GOOD wﬁn. : THE BEST MARK IN THE WEST! The great mining regione of Wgominﬁ, Colorado, Utah and Nevada being supplied by the farmers in the PLATTE VALLEY, : SOL‘BI‘X‘IBS ENTl’i‘i,\!ﬂlD TO A HOMESTEAD OF cosdeari s e 160 ACRES. i : | THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR COLONIES. . FREE HOMES FOR ALL! Millions of acres of choice Governmeni Lands open for entry under the Homesread Law, near this (“;’nzn‘ RalLroap, with good ‘markets and all the conveniences of anold settled conntry. - i - fede Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Lands. Sectiohal Maps; showing the Land. also new edi- - tion ofdescriptive Pamphlet with new Maps, mailed free everyswhere. - i ! e Address -~ O.F. DAVIS, s -~ Land Commissioner U. P. R R:, | 480 ‘ OmMaya, Nxs, s ‘Wholesale Age'n-';s_ i:): ()ﬁo and Indiana. : SMITHS AMERICAN ORGANS. Spang’sConcertOr X . . ¢ X:Spang’sConcert Organs. DEALERS SUPPLIED AT MANUFACTURERS' . . - PRICES _ Catalqogues seuit free, : " J. F, HARRIS & CO., Columbug, Ohio. Wuwws.m—m ‘USE the Reisinger Sash Lock and Support to N(I)‘ springto break, no cn tting of sash; cheap, durable, very easily applied; holds sach at any place desired, and a sélf-fastener whew the sash isdown. Send stamp-for circutar. - Circalar aud gix copperbronzed locks gent to any address in the U.S ,postpaid, on receipt of 50 cts. Liberal indricemerits to .thetrade Agentswanted, Address REISINGER -RASH LOCK €O No. 418 Market St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ) : 46

(ESTABLISEED 1830.] -« WELCH & GRIFFITHS, - . Manufacturers of Saws L SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. ; CEVERYSAW IS WARRANTED. FILES.BELVING & MACHINERY, ‘. B LIBERAL DISCOUNTS. a 3 _ -8% Price List and Circnlars Free._a3 WELCH ASAGRIFFITIHS, . Bostom, Mass., & Detroit, Mich.

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RE6 e 7 s 994 D OOMEST7/7¢ 4 B dlia - ] D) ; B 2o AN\ TR e Sy " W - PR D - / A , _.l ER“%- 5 - AGEN s WANTED Send for Catalogue. DOMENSTIC SEWING MACHINE €O.. New York. HeW 'Tis DONE, or the secret/Qut.— Mustachc and Whiskersiin 42 days. This GREATSECRET & 100 others. Gamblers'Tricks, Cardiology, Ventriloquigm, all in the ORIGINAL “Book of Wonders,”” Mailed for 25 cents. Address D, C. CUTLER, Carthgge, Illinois. i MON RY Made Rapidly with Stencil & Key L/lOL EY Check Outtits. Camloiuee and fall particulars FREE, ‘. 8. M. SPENCER, | . WERAL e 117 I{amﬁrer St., Boston, TORWINGCOT A QQMaleor Female, WORKIN G CLASSHaIeor Female, ‘anteed. Respectable employment at home, day or ‘evening; no capital required ; falliinstructions and valuable package of goodsxent frée by mail. Ad“dress, with six-cent return stamp, . ML XOUNG & CO., 173 Greenwich St., N. Y. =4O @y perday! Agents wanted! Allclags~sD f;O $2O esof working people,.of eithersex, young or old,'make more money at work for us in _their spare moments, or all the time, than at any“thing else. Particulare free. Addrese G. STIN‘SON & CO., Portland. Maine. . [vBn2 e - AND - ' SAW MILLS, . With‘improved Head Blocks and Sawyer Valve. » " "BAYLIES, VAUGHAN & CO, Send for Circular, Richmond, Ind. : : » A REWARD. WAy &= “For any case of Blind, . {Bleeding, Itching or Ul- . ‘ : icerated PilesgthatDx - Bina's PiLe REMEDY fails B \ to cure.; Tt is prepared 9 . .expressly to cure the | y - Piles, and nothing else. .Bold by all Druggists. Price, $l.OO. . 88

10,000 GIFTS. - $500,000 e g ». . OnTUESDAY, JULY & 18, the Third &swad Gift Concert,under the management o‘fEx-Goyf,‘ _Thos. E. Bramlette, and:authorized by special act of the Legislature, for the benefit of the Public Li~ - brary of Kentucky, pogitively and unequivocally ‘comes off ii Public Library Hall, at Louisville Ky., “when 10,000 Gifts: all cash, amounting to $500,000,, willbe qistrlpnted by logam\o’u 2 the ticket-holders.. The money to pay all these gifts in full is already in bank and set aide for that purpose, as the fol-, fowing certificate shows: e i . OFrIOE oF FARMERS’ AND DROVERS’ BANK;, ) e LovsvirLe, Kv., April 7, 1873. This is to cer_tifi that there is in the Farmers” and Drovers’ Bank, to the credit of the Third Grand! Qift Concert, for the benefit of the Public Library of Ky,, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, which: hag been set apart by the Managers to pay the gifis in full, and will be held by the Bank and paid out for this purpore, and this )%rnrpmee only. - .+ (Signed.) R. S. YEECH, Cashier. ~-Only a few tickets remain unsold, and they will be fornished to the first applicants at the followingpﬁces: - Whole tickets, $10; halves, §5; quarters, $2.50; 11 wholes for $100; 5G for $500; 113 for $l,009, and 575 for $5,000. For tickets and full infor~ mation, apply to THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, [vBnl-Bw] s 4 Loulsville, K. - SHERIFF’S SsLE. e BY virtue of an order of sale to m%,siss'ned by the > +Clerk;of the Courtof Commor Pleas of Noble county, Indiana, in the'case of John Ryason vs. Frederick Schenhuth and Jac Sommer I will offer for sale at public auction, at the Court House door in the town of Albjon, connty of Noble, and State oflndiana, on - Gl . L Satarday, June 7th, 1873, Between the hours of 10 a’clock a./m and4,o'clock p. m. ot said day, the following depcribed rea lestate, sitnate in said county and State, to-wit-o "Three Acres of Land, | out.of the south-west quarter of Section thentytwo(22), township thirty-five (35), north ot range -eight east, Commencing at the intersection of the east line of Chatham and the south line of Miller ‘streets, in Fisher & Co.’s addition to the village of Ligonier, running from thence south seven ‘and ninety-three one-hundredth chains, thence east two -chains, tbence north four and nipeteén one-hundredth cLains, - thence east three: and eightly one-hundredth chains, thence north three and seventy-four. one-hundredth chains, thence west to the place of beglnnin’g, allin Noble county, Indiana. AVID HOUGH, e Sheriff of Noble County, Ind. - : Isaro E. KniseLy, Att’y for Plntff o : Albion, Ind., May 8, '73. —n2-w3-p f $8.25. : ;

NEW GOODS e " —AND- ' ‘ LOW PRICES. KELLER & KANN - - Respeejfully solicit an’ exnfmlnation of their o s ) ..‘\ .‘ 5 7\ New Fall & Winter Goods, " Consisting of all styles in SERGES, OASTMERES, MOHAIRS, POPLINS, EPANGLINES, SATINS & VELOURS. . SHAWLS. - In thisline we are prepared to show the most attractive line it has ev’o:g)_epn our pleasure to offer - to the ladies of this section. 2 | CLOTHING. This stock is immense, replete with everythi in gtyife? a?s:t:ni;llln!i’:n‘ ,)o\"ﬂﬂgees. 'w'!'o thts?epa% ment we have sddega room entirely devoted to the castom trade. Having enga*od & first-classe eutter, who is.thoroughly master of his business, .. perfect il is warranted every time. Our stock of émmwo_o_mhu of every ﬂuctlgtion of Ameri- . and French Cassimeres, English Meltons, Beaw_ers,mn&oiiihtﬂ Ohéﬂn&g'mﬁ Becoteh goods, iwntli.;s cl;oic:ﬁ% ft’_‘un xa)t be :f utnd gnywhere else~ in this section of conntry. Just try n Dound fo be satiefieq, 1 Tooo AE BOOTS AND SHOES, . CARPETS, HATS & CAPS, QUEENSWARE, Jnns u’nﬁz e, Al et chnpr o i gyt Kendallville, Feb. 6th, 1673, |