The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 11, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 July 1873 — Page 2

| ° : ! Che Hational Banuer IR : J. B.STOLL, Editor dnd Proprietor, i fIEONIER, IND'A, JULY 10, 1878,

CONTRARY t 0 a generally entertained opinion, the acts of the late Legislature contain nothing relative to giving bounty for fox scalps. A bill to . that effect was introduced but did not pass. : 4 Bl IT 18 STATED in the city dailies that proposals are to be invited this week «by the War Department for 250,000 head stones to designate the graves of the Union soldiers who fell in the war of the rebellion.’ :

IN common with thousands of others we are grieved toread in the eastern journals that from the depths of bay, inlet and creek where oysters are wont to vegetate comes a wail telling that the spawning of last year was a failure, and that extinction is fmevitable ‘unless merey is shown to the juvenile bivalve. - T

- ONE day last week a number of Wall street bankers called on the President and requested the removal of Secretary of the Treasury Richardsomand the appointment of E. D. Morgan, of New York, as his successor. When Wall street brokers demand the removal of an officer, it is a pretty sure sign that he is trying to do his duty. We therefore pray for Richardson’s retention.

-It is difficult to think of a greater outrage than the course of the Grant administration in putting arms in the hands of the negroes who have been organized by the usurper Kellogg into regiments in order to'maintain him in the power which he has stolen. Verily, the patience of the people of Louisiana is being subjected to severe trials. : ' .

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN is in Paris, where he is getting up a lottery to dispose of 1,000 of his Omaha lots in aid of his Credit Fonchier scheme. The sum he proposes to realize is $2,500,000. He indites an epigram to say that he has one hundred millionaire partners in his great financial enterprise, and that the capital stock will be $1,000,000,

. THE . Boston Pilet, the organ of the Catholie Church in that section of the country, takes strong ground in favor of paying workmen their wages on Monday, instead of Saturday. Itsays: “Men’s lives are wasted, their families ruined, their morals murdered, by the spendthrift habits formed on Saturday night, the night of full pockets and no work ahead. This is the night of terror to numberless poor families in all great cities.” L WE are rather favorably impressed with the somewhat curious Proposition introduced into the Ohio constitutional convention by Lieut. Gov. Mueller. It is to establish what is called the principle of “recall” in case of members of the legislature; thatis, permitting the majority of any constituency to recall and dismiss their representative from the service whenever they get tired of him, whether his.time has expired or not. -

WE TAKE PLEASURE in stating that the late Congress “did a good thing” by passing an act to prevent cruelty to animals, to take effect October first. From and after that date all railroad companies are prohibited from keeping animals in continuous confinement for more than twenty-eight hours, and properly feeding .and Watering. 1L they are supplied on the train with food and water, this provision does not apply. A fine not exceeding $5OO is affixed for violation of the Taw.

THE SUSPENSION of the Atlanta (Ga.) Sun, a paper edited by the Vice President of the late Southern Confederacy, is announced with evident satisfaction by a number of influential southern papers that were not well satisfied with the reactionary tendency of that journal. They regard Mr. Stephens as being entirely too impracticable in his views, and a little too eager to apologize for Grant’s usurpations while professing the-most profound regard for simon-pure Democracy. )

THAT truly good man, General 0. 0. Howard, must have carried on pretty high, if one-fourth of the charges against him are true. In addition to other irregularities, it is alleged that the finances of the Howard University have been so mismanaged that it is nearly $lOO,OOO in debt, although about 81,250,000 have been expended from the public funds in its endowment, and that the annual expenses of the univergity exceed its income by s4p,000. ‘ !

AN EASTERN EXCHANGE regards the demise of the Atlanta Sun a forcible illustration of the fact that a newspaper to succeed must have something else in.it except “leaders,” even though they be written by so able a publicist as Alexander H. Stephens. Lineal miles of one man’s pet theories, with “Liberty Hall” at one end and “A. H. S.” at the other, are not just the things a go-ahead American desires to read. It is strange, but the Sun died of too much editor. ‘ i :

" THE Bt. Louis' Republican has information of a secret organization enffrely free from the Grangers and the Patrons of Husbandry, known as “The League of Justice.” The primary. object of this League is represented to be the repudiation of the railroad bonds issued by various county, town and municipal governments through the northwestern States, and the seizure and common division of lands that have been granted away to corporations by the United States Congress. It is claimed that the League is established in Kansas, Nebraska, lowa and Missouri, and is making headway in Texas, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. A membership; of 260,000 i 8 claimed in the various States, o

The New Departure in Ohio. Gen. Brinkerhoff, chairman of the Liberal Republican State Central Committee of Ohio, has issued a call for a Mass Convention of Liberal Republicans, to be held at Columbus on Wednesday, July 30th, for the purpose of consultation, cooperation and union with all others who may be willing to unite with them for the oyverthrow of the party now in power in the State and National Governments, and for the removal of the appalling corruption and abuses which threaten the very life of the Republic. “The necessity for prompt and united action by all patriotic citizens,” says the call, “is now more evident than before.— The revelations of official wrong-do-ing which have been made during the past six months, and the daring violations of every principle of good government which have been perpetrated by the party now in: power, demand from the people the: promptest condemnation in the presence of the impending dangers to the Republic. All minor. differences of opinion should disappear and all lovers of good government ‘without regard to party names or party prejudices should meet together and concert such action as will insure the overthrow of the men and measures which jeopardize the very existence of free institutions.— The Liberal Republicans of Ohio, therefore, heartily indorse the proposition for the proposed ¢onvention, and cordially invite all others of like convictions to unite with them.” The time fixed is the same as designated by the famous Allen county resolutions. It is intended, from what we are able to-gather from the Ohio journals, to effect a consolidation of all the elements opposed to the dominant party. The Democratic State Convention meets on the 6th of August. - If scheming politicians and place-seekers can be kept in the background, there ought to be no difficulty about securing concert of action.

A New Movement in Massachusetts. The State of which Ben. Butler is doing his level best to become Governor, has its little troufi:zs like other commonwealths. A formidable society has been organized, composed of labor reformers and anti-prohibition-ists. - The order has its branches, which correspond to the granges of the western farmers. The purposes of the order, as stated in its ritual, are “to influence the action of caucuses for the nomination of town, city and State officers, and more especially to obtain control of State and municipal affairs, by placing men in office who ?are liberal in their views and opposed to all so-called fanatical laws now upon the statute book, and opposed to all special legislation for railways and speculative monopolies.” The organization is said to already have a strength of from forty to fifty thousand votes. If successful in repealing’ the prohibition laws, an attempt will be made to pass a bill for the reimbursement of every person who has had liquors, distilled or fermented, taken from him under the operations of the prohibitory law. Old Ben, with all his ingenuity, does. not exactly know on which side to place himself. Ie is making speeches without meaning to temperance societies, and at the same time coquetting for the votes of the organization referred to above.

The Oregon Senator. =~ Last week we published some facts relative to the early history of th/e new-. ly elected U. S. Senator from Oregon. These statements have been fully confirmed by later developments, and are not weakened by the Senator’s own explanation,though we cannot and should not close our eyes to the probable fact that his mafriage to Sarah Hoom was an unfortunate one, and that he may have had good reason for leaving her. At any rate, these revelations have produced considerable excitement in Oregon.' The papers demand his resignation, and politicians of his own complexion join in the popular clamor. The Portland News, for instance, says: “Mr. Mitchell must resign his seat in the United States Senate, or the people of Oregon will, with one voice, demand his expulsion!” The only difficulty that seems to perplex the Republicans is the fact that the democratic Governor would appoint a Democrat in Mitchell’s place. They prefer to have the State represented in the Senate by an infamous Republican rather than by an honest and reputable Democrat. T

THE reckless waste of timber and the reckless devastation of timbered lands in this country affect Europeans with a shock of horror. They know better than we, because they know it of their own experience, how rare and precious a commodity timber may come to be, and how long a series of years is 'needed to replace it when once it has been greedily and recklessly wasted. We are coming to know- it also, and it is gratifying to find that there are bodies of men found to enter a protest against, the destruction. In New York the Hudson and 'its affluents are in serious danger of being made innavigable by the destruction of the forests round about their sources. Sz :

THE Philadelphia Board of Health has issued a pamphlet showing what may be done by individuals in warding off the cholera. It especially enjoins upon householders the,absolute necessity of keeping their dwellings clean and well ventilated from top to bottom, and not only the dwelling portions of houses, but the cellars, ygl)'((;s, and adjoining gutters. Great stress is laid upon the virtue of whitewash.— Personal cleanliness and temperate, regular habits are inculcated. Several excellent disinfectants, such as permanganate of potassa, pulverized charcoal, chlorine water, and chloride of lime, are recommended. @@ =~ '

EX-~-ATTORNEY GENERAL HOAR, of Massachusetts, Hon. M. R. Waite, of Toledo, and Senator Mat. Carpenter, chief defender of the salary grab, seem to be the most prominent candidates for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

How to Guard Against the Cholera. To guard against the Cholera, the Ft. Wayne Board of Health have adopted rules and methods to disinfect privies, water-closets, drains, and sewers. Emanating from high medical authority, these - recommendations should be generally adopted. They are as follows: Eight or ten pounds of sulphate of iron (copperas) dissoived in five or six gallons of water, with half a pint of crude carbolic acid added to the solution and briskly stirred, ‘makes the cheapest and best disinfecting fluid for common use. It can be procured in every town and by any family, and'if the carbolic acid is not ‘at hand, the solution of copperas may ‘be used without it. ; ; To prevent privies and water-closets from becoming infected or offensive: -Pour a pint of this strong solution into every water-closet pan or privy \ seat once or twice a day. .- i To disinfect masses of filth, privy_vaults, sewers, and drains: Gradually pour in this solution until, it reaches ~and disinfects all the foul material.— For the chamber-vessels used by the sick, and for the disinfection of ground ‘upon which any excremental matter has been cast away, use the solution of copperas and carbolic acid; for disinfecting extensive masses of surfaces of putrescent materials; and for drains, ‘sewers, and ditches, the “dead oil” of ~coal tar or coal tar itself is available; coal-tar may be used as a disinfecting } paint upon the walls of cellars, stables ~or open drains. ! Quicklime is used as an absorbent and drier upon foul walls and in damp Places; and whitewashing with it should be practiced in common tenements, factories, basements, closets .and garrets. .

‘ The Swindler Pattee. i James M. Pattee, manager of the Omaha Lottery, is reported among the missing. Last week wé chronicled his arrest and also his release on $3OO bail. He can neither be found at Leavenworth nor at Omaha, and it is now believed that he has sailed for Europe. His disappearance has induced an investigation, and the first result is rather digcotiraging to the patrons of the Omaha lottery. One Mr. Donnelly, for some time clerk to the manager, has made his affidavit that the whole business was a fraud. Among other things he says it has been the custom to-sell duplicate packages of tickets bearing the same numbers, and that the ldst “official” drawing was fraudulent throughout and a put-up job. : _ - The Indianapolis Journal, in referring to Pattee’s swindling operations, passes judgment on lotteries generally in this wise: “The Omaha scheme was probably no better and no worse than other lotteries, for the simple reason that they are all based in fraud. The fraudulént principle of the business 1s that the manageris to' get money for nothing from a very large number of persons, and that one or'two, or a few, persons, are to get back from him a good deal more money than they put in. Of course, it is gambling as much as faro, roulette or three card monte, and'the man who invests and loses his money in‘a lottery is’ entitled to no more sympathy than the one who puts it up on the green cloth. It is a dishonest, disreputable and demoralizing business.” S

; - Cause of the Modoc War. Hon. John R. Luttrell, member of Congress from California, has béen investigatinE thé cause of the Modoc war, and arrives at the conclusion that a few white outlaws are responsible for the whole affair. e says that the Modocs, while on Klamath reservation, were compelled to slaughter their horses for food, and that absolute hunger compelled them to seek their old hunting and fishing grounds on Lost river. In his réport to the Indian Bureau he regrets to add that “never “was there a time since the organiza“tion of the government that there “was 8o much corruption and swin“dling, not only of the government and “people, put of the Indians, as there is “being practiced on the reservations “of the Pacific coast.” A contemporary thinks it was scarcely nccessary for Mr. Luttrell to write this addendum. It is scarcely reasonable to expect Indian agents to be honest when the highest officers of the government are reeking with corruption, and sending forth fetid smells from innumerable jobbing,transacitions. If an honest one could be found our department at Vienna cduld be easily completed.

'THE State Board of Equalization have fixed the -rate of assessment on the leading railroads as follows: Per & Indianapolis Railroad, $7/500 per mile; Jefferson, Madison & Indianapolis, $7,760; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, $14,000; Michigan Central, $14,000; Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago, $15,000. The assessment of the. rolling stock varies from $1,673 to $6,000. At this valuation the railroad companies will be required to pay a much heavier tax than heretofore.

THE “new departure” seems to have been favorably received by some of the old wheel-horses of the Ohio Democracy. The Enguirer publishes a call, signed by seventy-five leading Democrats, including ex-Senator George E. Pugh, for a meeting to be held in that city to endorse the Allen county resolutions.

THE Terre Haute Eaxpress, the leading republican paper of south-western Indiana, pronounces the Baxter law a total failure. lln the city of Indianapolis it is confidéntly asserted that the Supreme Court will declare it unconstitutional. : .

- Students of Biblical geography have long been in doubt as to the exact locality of Mount Calvary where Christ was crucified. The Oriental Topographical Corps, sent out from England to study the topography of the Bible lands, think they have at last found " the spot so hallowed to Christians in. the hill outside of Damascus gate, near ‘the north wall of Jerusalem. The profile of this hill is skull-shaped, and this peculiarity strengthens the supposition that it is_really the scene of the crucifixion, which is described, in the Bible as a “place called ,Golgotha, ‘that is to say, A place of a skull.”

A CHAPTER ON MANNERS. MR. EpiTor:—l have no doubt that many persons and young people in particular would be miore mannerly than they are if they only knew what are good manners and what are not. Many well disposed youthful persons never had an opportunity of knowing. It is a sign of bad manners to look over the shoulder of a person who is writing to see what he is writing. ' It is bad manners to spit on the floor or carpet, or to spit at meals, and yet many people who thinkthey are genteel do it. If you must spit at meals get up and go out. Children ought to be taught at school that spitting is a mere habit. It is the height of bad manners to blow one’s nese with the fingers in the street or in company; use your pocket handkerchief, and if you have none, borrow one. It is bad manners for a man to walk the streets with a female and at the same time smoke his cigar or pipe. It is bad manners to occupy a seat while older people stand around without a seat. It isbad manners to walk between the company in aroom and the fire. It is bad manners to go into any person’s house without taking off your hat. It isbad maniers to use profane language in the presence of decent: company. It is ‘bad manners to use your own knife at meals in cutting off a piece of meat or to nse it on the butter dish-—get a clean knife. It is bad manners to go into any ;'person’s house with mud ox dirt on your shoes. It is bad manners to talk in company when others are talking or to talk or whisper in church. It is bad manners to talk in company to one or two persons about some subject which the others present do not understand. It is bad manners to stare at strangers in company or in the street. It is bad manners to say “Yes” or “No” toa stranger, or to your parents or to aged people—let it be “Yes, sir,” and “No, sir.” Itis bad manners to pick your teeth at the table and bad manners to pickthem with a pin in any company. It is bad manners to comb. your hair or dust your coat in the eating room. It is a sign of bad manners to rudely jostle those sitting or standing near you, particularly if they are strangers. It is a sign of low breeding to make a display of your finery or equipage. It is bad manners to boast of your wealth or prosperity or good fortune in the presence of the poor or those less fortunate than you are. It is vulgar to talk much about yourself, and it is very low and vulgar to lie.. It is bad manners to stand with your side to or to turn away your face from the person you are talking to—look them'in the face. Itis bad manners to walk into a private house with a lighted cigar in your mouth.- It is bad manners to stand in the middle of the pavement when people are passing or to make remarks about those “who pass. It is bad manners to éou:gh or sneeze at meals without turning your face away from the table. L.

~ The Exchange System. : Of the many notices that appeared prior to the enforcement of the new postal law, we deem the following, which we clip from the Lebanon (Ind.) Pioneer, the most appropriate and candid, and, therefore, suitable as_an expression of our own views upon that subject: : : To Our ExcHANGES.—The system of newspaper exchanges is: more .a matter of business than of courtesy, though the reverse of this is quite generally believed. Our list is already quite large—larger than is necessary or profitable, yet we shall reduce it but very little, as we have no disposition to part with any of the familiar visitors which have so long found more than welcome to our table, but under the new postal law we must ¢ut down the list of -eur exchanges somewhat. For friendship’s. and courtesy’s sake we dislike to erase a name; but as there is not a paper in the land but what is in a like situation, all will see that delicacy and courtesy must give way to “business.” We in turn shall receive the “cut direet” from others, and shall take it not at all unkindly. Therefore papers which do not receive the Pioneer of next week will see where the new postal gazelle comes in.

“Book Agents and Other Nuisances.” The Mishawaka Enterprise comes to the front with this fierce denunciation: We hear it rumored that a sort |of vigilance committee is about being formed in our midst, for the extermination of book agents, peddlers, lightning rod agents, and other nuisances—especially book agents. We want to join them. It is really astonishing how people will be cajoled and swindled by these cheeky agents. The wares offered by them are generally of the poorest and most worthless character, the books being especially unusually trashy and useless, and the prices asked are, of course, extortion-. ate, for the agent must make a large commission as his share of the. plundef. We have a case in view now, where an agent recently took subscriptions to the amount of over one thousand dollars, for a work that many of the purchasers will never more than glance at, and one that not half a dozen of the subscribers will feel like sparing the money for when it is called for by the agent. Keep your money at home, and when you need any book, order it through your news agent. .

Lxss than two years ago Mr. John Sherman, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asserted on the floor that a large reduction in the expenditures of the Government could be-and ought t 0 be made. Probably Mr. Sherman told -the truth. At all events a man in his position ought to know what is possible in the way of retrenchment. Furthermore, the last Congress made a pretense of retrenchment by abolishing the franking privilege, and reducing the number of ‘internal revenue officers. -How happens it, then; that the approp,giatioxps for the fiscal year upon which we have just entered are $22,000,000 greater than were those for the past year ?— Where is the retrenchment that could have been, and ought to have been, made? If expenditures could have been, and ought to have been, reduced, it is probable that the appropriations could ‘have been and ought to have been fully $30,000,000 less for the current than they were for the past year. Why are they notless? Will some organ of the party of “glorious memories” and- “great moral ideas” rise to explain ?—Bugffalo Courter. The. immense sales of ‘erockery at William Groh’s lately have occasioned that firm to again stock up new. - Call and see the new dishes. *

. FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS., There have been additional shocks of earthquake in Belluno, Italy. Belluno, Italy, has been shaken by an earthquake. A volcanonear Farra has commenced an eruption, and a lake near by it is boiling. - _The Shah of Persia, on leaving Buckingham Place, distributed $20,000 among the servants and the Policemen who were on duty during his stay there. e i The Shah of Persia has been met by President MacMahon and other officials of Frarce at the aréh of Triumph, and we'coined to Paris. He is to visit Italy. i The Russians have destroyed the Khivan town of Maugit because it made a desperate resistance, but.they spared Kilai because it surrendered, immediately. The captors found 10,000 Persian slaves, many of whom claimed their protection. -Ex-Empress Eugenie has been prophesying to a reporter of a New York paper in Geneva. The downfall of ‘the wretched .Thiers makes certain the return of France to order—that is, to Bonapartism. She predicts that ‘France will become' the conservator of European peace and dtder, and the extirpator of all communistic and anti-Christian societies. France will again lead the world, will restore the Pope to his old dignity, and pulverize Germany into insignificant States. The Shah of Persia, now on a visit to Europe, confers gifts in a truly oriental style of munificence. He was particularly liberal to the imperial servants both at Potsdam and Berlin, bestowing the sum of $4,000, in cash, besides gold watches, shawls, broaches, and the like, in abundance. The Emperor got a very costly gold:snuff-box,’ set with diamonds; the Empress a necklace of rich brilliants; while minor dignataries received the Grand Cross of the order of the Sun and Lion. How welcome this free-handed Shah would be made in Washington! - . By its subjugation of the independent Khanates of Turkestan, of which Khiva was the last to yield, Russia, despite English opposition, has carried its territorial aggressiéns in Asia up to the boundaries of India. It now proposes to extend its'railroad connections through Baku, on the Caspian, to Teheran, in Persia. In this way Russia. hopes to tap the East Indian trade which now goes by water along the dangerous route skirting the shores of the Arabian Gulf, and passes up the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean. This plan has redoubled English apprehensions of the designs of Russia, and is considered by the Daily News as a formidable attempt to :paralyze British commerce in the East. . :

° Grant’s Proposed Third Tefm.WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.—lt appears that the movement of the officeholders to secure the renomination of Gen. Grant for a third term has already culminated. It is stated that the preliminaries were arranged at Long Branch, several days ago, and it is not denied that the President is cognizant of it. “Those having the matter in charge seem to count very largely upon the divisions supposed to exist in the. ranks of the Jpposition, and upon their ability to rally the moneyed interests of the country to the support of their scheme. Under the head of moneyed interests they include the National Banks, the railroad corporations, and the large capitalists. These, they allege, are for Grant, because, under his administration, it is not likely that any legislation will be enacted hostile to these institutions.— Another argument used is that there is no man in the ‘Republican party who has developed greater popular srtength than Grant, and it is hardly probable that within the next three years he will have a dangerous rival. Of course the official patronage will be used in manipulating conventions, and in securing delegates. Some of the President’s friends think itis too soon to agitate the question of the succession, but the matter has been kept very quiet; and it was not expected to be made public until at least a year hence, If Grant should fail to get the nomination, his friends assert that he will be able 'at least to namé his successor. : ¢

Drawing of the Louisville Lottery. LovuisviLLE Ky., July B.—The city has been utterly demoralized to-day by the ‘drawing of the Public Library Lotteéry. All the tickets were sold, and the drawing took place as advertised. A considerable crowd was present, who cheered whenever one of the larger prizes was drawn. Only' one thousand of the ten thousand gifts offered were drawn from the wheel, the smaller prizes being determined -by approximation to the:capital prize.— The first number taken from the wheel ‘was 62,485, and drew $2OO. Number 20,803 was the 826th number drawn, and took the,capital prize, $100,000.— The followinghare the principal prizes: Ticket 5,630, $58,000; No. 64,170, $25,000: No. 21,764,\520,000; No. 98,743, $10,000; -No. 10,550, $5,000. The following tickets drew $l,OOO each: 41, 740, 57,695, 41,2171, 73,783, 32,768, 91,663, 17,199, 87,464, 9,380, 67,689, 86,737, 93,611, 94,046, 23,771, 16,383, 97,990, 87,940, 51,652, 92,901, 92,716, 16,552, 63,650, 27,281, 10,919, 4 ; -———————_*——-—-——-— ! Terrible Flood on the Hocking Valley, Ohio. 3 ATHENS, Ohio, July 6.—The Hocking- has been on the rampage. The heavy rains of the 2d, 3d and 4th insts. have produced a flood in the Hocking Valley which far exceeds anything within the memory of that peculiar individual, the oldest inhabitant.— There is not a vestige of bottom land from the head of theriver to its mouth that has-not been submerged. ’%lle grass, wheat, corn, and oats crop on the river farms from Rush Creek to the Ohio River are ruined. The damage to crops alone in this Valley will reach far into the hundreds of thousands; and when you add to that the loss of fences, bridges and other property, the figures will be fearful to contemplate. . - _

THE Cleveland ZLeader and some other papers continue to figure away on the per-centage of Republicans and Democrats in the salary-steal. Who cares what per-cent of Republicans or Democrats, in the last or present Congress, shall steal or refund thékmoney ? It is a question of persons, nat party. It brings every man, individually, face to face with an outraged constituency. Charles N. Lamison, with 5,000 majority in his Democratic distriet, and Horatio N. Burchard, with 6,500 majority in his Republican district, have'both alike, and equally, placed themseélves beyond hope of re-election. Whatever the percent calculation may show for either party, it will not influence a single vote in favor of any man who has got one dollar’s share in the salary- steal.—Chicago Tribune. ;

‘Horrible—Collapsing of a Balloon, A dispatch from Detroit, Michigan, dated July 4th, sgzls; “Prof. Lafontaine, of Brooklyn, Mich., was instantly killed at lonia this afternoon, by falling from a balloon. He had ascended 500 or 600 feet when:the baloon collapsed, The ropes ia.ssed from under the basket, and the Professor came down 100. feet from where he ascended, to the horror of tenor twel?«'e:i thousand spectators. o

-~ NEWS SPLINTERS. " A man, woman, and child are said to have gone over Niagara Falls, Saturday. : The -Senate of ' Connecticut has adopted resolutions condemning the salary-grab project. ok B ’ Another terrible tornado visited ‘Kansasg on the Ist, destroying property and lives and doing much ‘damage. Gov. Campbell, of Wyoming Territory, declares the Sioux and other powerful Indian tribes to be'peaceably inclined. ; Captain Jack and Curly-headed Doctor are described as sick, gaunt, and weak from: confinement at Fort Klamath., : s . The Free-lovers have been communing at Battle Creek, Mich. The Spiritualists there disclaim connection ‘with them. ; ; . : A coroner’s jury in New Orleans has found Colonel Rhett, who fought and killed Judge Cooley in-a duel, guilty of murder. e - A deficit of $35,000 having been discovered in General Howard’s Freedmen’s Bureau accounts, a court-mar-tial is to be ordered. -

The newsboys and bootblacks of ‘Chicago celebrated the “Fourth” on tre fifth in a free excursion, picnie, and banquet. No accident. In Otterville, Missouri, a Methodist churech was completely destroyed by ithe storm of Tuesday of last week and several residences were badly injured. The men charged avith attempting to assassinate-Gov. Kellogg, ‘of Louis‘iana, have been acquitted. The jury consisted of ten negroes and two white men. - e The people of St. Louis charge the presence of cholera there and 100 of the deaths of a week to the defective sewerage and filthiness of their streets. it " The crops throughout the entire ' Northwest are quite proinising. The Colorado bug is very -destructive in localities, but its devastations are not wide spread. ! Mr. Beecher writes a letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Fagle, in which he declares all the stories, recently told affecting his moral character are wholly and utterly false. ' . - An immense forest fire in Cumberland and adjacent counties of southern New Jersey, has just been quelled, ‘having burned over 5,000 acres of land and destroyed $35,000 of property.

The terrific storm which ‘has: been prevalerit’ in the West visited Milwaukee and seriously damaged its surroundings. Other cities and towns are reported as laving, suffered severely, . T v : .- The storm in Springfield, Mo., on Tuesday of last week, demolished a ‘very large stock of wool and manus= factured goods, ruined the storehouse, and blew several buildings from their foundations. . - Buffalo was shaken by an earthquake last Sunday, which came in three shocks, at intervals of about two hours. No damage was done beyond the alarm naturally excited by an occurrence so unusual. Later reports” confirm the intelligence of lpss| of life at the burning of Miehigammi, in Nortl ern Michigan. Upward of forty persons were burned, or drowned in the lake, while endeavoring to escape from the flames. - An explosion of the magazine -of the Cambria Coal ‘and Mining Company, at Batesville, Bedford county, Pa. which contained 70 barrels of nitroglycerine and 700 barrels of giant powder, occurred on the 3d of July. "A Catholic father of St. Louis has warned his congregation that he will read from the altar each Sunday the names of all persons belonging to the parish, who may have been found drunk during the preceeding week. Three - Modocs, Miller Charley, a father-in-law of Captain Jack, and a young warrior, came into Fairchild’s ranche on Wednesday of last week and surrendered. They are to bring ghe women and children from the lava eds. Sreasi S

The military commission to assemble at Fort Klamath for the purpose of trying the captured Modoes will get in work early in July. Colonel Elliott, of the First cavalry, will be the senior officer of. the commission, and Major Curtis judge advocate. It is stated that the Postmaster General will expend $300,000 during the summer in increasing the mail facilities of New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis and San Francisco. He will increase both carrying and distributing force. - WE notice that several papers are predicting that the Alexandria youth ‘who is to carry a rebel flag unfurled from Bunker Hill to Omaha will come to harm. 'We do not share in this anticipation, unless, indeed, he should run against the Fool Killer or a lunatic asylum. A band of 200 Arizona Indians has crossed theline and entered Chihuahua to 'spoil the Mexicans. Capt. Jack and his ecompanions in confinement are reported to be growing wan and weak from the effect of their imprisonment. The number of Modoc captives has been increased by the surrender of three more braves, with their women and children.

Major General Thomas J. Wood, residing in. Dayton, Ohio, i$ accused of practices not altogether honest in acquiring a large number of shares of Pacific & Atlantic Telegraph Company’s stocks. General Wood is a director of the company, and by misrepresenting the value of the stock he succeeded in buying out the Dayton shareholders at about fifty cents on the dollar of what their stock was worth. ! : i E

Reports: from Northwestern lowa state that the grasshoppers are still working serious damage to the crops in’ that locality. Immense fields of wheat and oats that a few days ago promised an abundant harvest are now utterly destroyed, and the grasshoppers have commenced on .corh. Osceola; O’Brinen and Clay counties have suffered severely, the larger propo;’ti(:in of all the crops having been ruined. ) :

Another foreign steamer has been wrecked near the baleful SambroLight, which drew the Atlantic to its destruction, but there is, happily, no loss of life. - The place where the City of Washington went ashore on Safurday in the fog seems to be about fity miles from the scene of the Atlantic horror. How many passengers she carried is not stated, but most of them were probably emigrants, like those of the Atlantic. "They and the crew have been saved, but the vessel will be a total loss, A : ’

PARSON BROWNLOW is still abusing people through the newspapers. He will never learn to grow o&d’ gracefully, it would seem. And as for dying, _whether gracefully or otherwise, he is ‘evidently determined never to gratify thé public in that way either.—Lowisville Courier-Journal. :

. INDIANA NEWS'.H&EMS," et - Kokomo has an ordinance vacating the office 6f any munijcipal official who: shall get drunk during his term. ' .. Hon. Geéo. A. Buskirk, of Blooming- ‘1 ton, shot a saloon keeper named Rose, on Wednesday, for refusing to: give hunHauer, ... oo o Fifty of the leading citizens of Terre. Haute have issued a call* for a publie | meeting to advance the manufaetur--ing interests of that city. That is the | way to doit. Ah e - It is said there is a man in Térre Haute so mean that when a fly lights in the cream pitcher he takes him up and washes ‘him in his coffee to save the cream a_dherix‘xg- to hislegs.: "% : Indianapolis has over three hundred tax payers whose assessments of personal property exceed $5,000. The total assessments_ of . personal . property: in the city is $15,000,000, and of - real ‘estate $50,000,000.. e o The Tipton T'imessays: “The fam- fi ily of Mullen, near Boxleytown, is pro--lific. The old farmer, John and. his’ wife, raised twenty-one children.to inherit the farm of eight hundred acres; and now comes their ~daughter, whe married Mr. Meehan, and first presents ‘her husband with triplets, then fwins then triplets again,” ... " Tet The assessment returns from 82 of the 92 counties of Indiana, indicate that the aggregate of taxables in the State will be. increased .to about $l,--000,000,000,-0r a little more .than 50. per cent. above -the aggregate of 1870, Fifteen of the 35 ‘railroads that have been appraised, indicate that the total: appraisement of railroads will amount to about $50,000,000, an- increase of four hundred per cent.- over their last assessment. - o IR g -

THE BiLL of the salary-grab must be repealed, and the pay of the President, Congressmen, and. all restored toits original limit, and: before any proposition is entertained for ‘increasing it a pending ‘amendment of the Federal Constitution, proposed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States, sitting in New York in 1779, ought to be ratified by a sufficient number of States to make it a part of the fundamentallaw. ~The wisdom of that amendment has been fully demonstrated *by\the event.— Rochester (N. X.) Unioni ;. =

Among the names of Members. of Congress who voted . for the hack-sal-ary steal, given last week,; we unintentionally -omitted -that' of Senator JOHN A. LOGAN, of Illinois.’ We print his name in capitals, because he is entitled to more than = ordinary prominence in the affair, as e at one time opposed the bill because the sum was not fixed at $lO,OOO, ‘instead of $7,500.° He finaliy _concluddf, however, that the latter sum was better thanno raise—Chicago Prarie Farmer. : : AL e

THe aljolition of tlie franking privilege will redound to the benefit of the express companies,"as some of the departments of the government; and per=haps all of them, have decided to send. their heavy packages by express, it being found much chedper than to pay postage thereon, .. = - &r -y

June 29, 1873, in York twp., at the ‘tesidence of Eli Dice, by Rev. Blanchard, Mr: LAWRENCE WRIGHT to Miss LILLIE JOHNSON, all of Noble county. : e d . July 4th, 1873, at the residerice of the bridé’s pareunts.in Kekndal'lville',bißev. J. E.Ervin, ERANK A. BIXLER to Miss FLORA E. GILBERT, both of Kendallville. - .~ : SinlEy THE MARRETS. . LIGONIER, ' i v o, ot Wheat—white. ... 8145 H0g5—1ive.......... 8350 fimb,e,z—-red SR g?;féogfi——dreslsifié%. Crras wmas L TP 5 Turkeys— v & age R 0i’m.....-_.....,.. 4 Sd[Chicke{m—liVé,;..‘;- e C0rn,.........i..... 50iBeeswax (. ial 30 Potatqes;: ... _.")o"Butte_r. NG ey 121/1:. ElaxSeed....... .. Ip@lEard. oy catr i uiie. 7508 Clover Beed,- ... .i"v /. I_Eggs,. SidaarNS s A g’m1);1...... ... 40@ _‘43|'lli;ea]\]the;x_'s..,,_v.v....'.... ‘S)? ork. .. icinnianonin D Maltowe S B Lol iyl ‘5h0u1der5.......... 08/Timothy Hay-...,..1500 Ham5..........10@ -:|Marsh Hay.”:-....1300 T KENDALLVILLE.: . =0 & Wheat—white. [2..§1'66: Live }.lngs'. Sha il Sggs fim—ber—rcd eae ou 48;|£),,ressed le(iogs:‘...'.; el huye il el b 0 Eive Rarkeyß D) L i g Oz)).t,s 30|Live Chickens e Corniciinic it 45‘8ee5§w:1x,..i.~<..._..'- 00 P0tat0e5,....... .. 50X8utt'erfl...'......'._..‘..v 13 RlaxSeed. . ...cicii 160 Lard, Zusivs waui 008 Clover Seed..o 00 @ 4 50| Bggs,. .| [. 1011110 10 ;Vool Ve vo2 88(@ 42 Fezlt.']thers; viataiess el 00 JaTR ot o e TRlow i D eS O Shoulders; .o ... C7‘Timothy:}lay.’.,.. -.1590 Ham5..........00@ °“lo|Marsh Hay......... 13 60 i : L OHICAGOD = Fvies it Wheat..sl 163;@851 16’.;,‘}M Pork.. --$l5 85@§15 90 Corn.... 38%@ 37% Lard......- 'B(}’o@' 810 _gazs.... 29%% ?g 1'1811111‘;:1““" g;g ’; ‘Barley.. 60 @ 58 |Hams...... 10@ ‘1134 T L s, akas gy CA 7 eAU ) N s 4 Oats..." ) 38x@ 35 |Hogs:... 580%@ - .

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1 i 3 4 ,Eo'r lists of papers in other States, address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., 41 Park Row; N. Y. - . SEND 25 CENTS FOR THE fe ADVERTISERS GAZETTE, ‘A _book of 144. pages, showing how, ;vhen and where to advertise, and containing a list of nearly 3,000 newspapers, with much other information of, interest.to-advertisers. Address GEO. P, ROW« / ELL & CO., Publishers; 41 Park Row, New York. L [lO-w4 . AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT ¢ %+ +—OF THE— ° 5 Receiptsand Expenditures bRy R O . : ( o NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, For the Year Ending May 31st, 18'223.1 ;\N L { Tothe Honerable Board of Commissioners of Noble' County; Indiana:. oo THE undersigned, Auditor of said county, respectfully submits the following Annual:Report:of Recéipts and Exgenditures of said county for the current year, ending May 31st, 1873: YT STATEIREVENUE. . : Staterevenue derived from tax - * iper.October setitlement, 1872.§ 57058 . . State Sinking Fund do do 119 86 : State revenue derived from tax el per May seitlement, 1873.... 3,5i3 79 State rev. derived from Docket s - fees-of Circuit C0urt......... 77 00 s Total receipts. ...........8 4,345_7-.:5’ e . -Am't paid Stateé Treasurer..... $ 4,34073 7. COMMON SCHOOL REVENUE. Amount derived from tax per: 5 Oct,;settlement, 1872........ .8 1,116 99 . Amount derived from tax per May settlement, 1873...... /. 9,647 31 Amount derived . from interest ‘on ¢ommon School Fund/... 1,25125 : Ampunt derived from liquor li- : dedse cul. ol s/t o 1.850000 : e | ; T Tatal receipts... .. u5....513,965 865 : Am’t paid State Treasurer..... $13,265 55 i Xerived from interest on . Congressional Fund........ $ 1,284,68 Am’t’paid Twp. Trustees...... . $ 1,284 68 — : ROAD AND. TOWNSHIP FUNDS. Road fulids deriv'd rrom taxper ./ . " October-settlement, 1872.....8 92682 Road funds deriv’d from tax per' - ) - May settlement, 1873..3..... 9,911 40 ; Special ech’l funds derived from’ "~ - ? tax per Oct. settlement, 1872.. 1,059 86 : Specialsch’l funds derived from tax per May settlement, 1873. 12304 99 : Township Funds, derived from {ax per Oct. settlement, 1872, 244 99 ! Townehip Funds derived from - : " tax per May settlement, 1873. 2,14072 ‘Dog funds derived from tax per : _October settlement, 1872..... - 133 00 ; Dog fands devived from tax per : May settlement, 1873........ 1,042 31 i Twp tuition funds derived from . tax per Oct settlemient,lB72. 20561 « Twp tuitioh funds derived from ? tax per May settlement, 1873. : 3,060 00 :

"Total receipt5.............531,129 50 7 Dedact road receipts redeemed . by county treasurer.......... 7,387 29 _Paid township trustees........ . $25,70921Lo BRIDGE' FUND. Am'’t in County Treasury, June § 18f, 1872 Liasi i s B 3,793 6% Derived from tax, October set- s tlement, 18TR2:.. ;... Gl 555 33 Total Teceipts. .- nreunis mm : Expended during the year..:.. 2,869 30 Bal. in County Treasury, Jum;,_'15t,18’(3........‘........’......_ $ 1,45972 : COUNTY INFIRMARY_V FUND. - f Bal. in Co. Treasury, Junel,”72 $ 8,313 33" i Derived from tax, October set- : :Ctlement, 1878 oo coiivicaiaas 1,149 48 : Derived from tax, May settlement, 1873, il i i ciacacne 3,@1918 : | Total receipt5.............813,081 93 : Expended during the year..... 885176 -~ : Bal. in Co. Treasury,June 1,"73. T 84,2017 | 4% 4 AGRICULTURE. Am’t in County Treasury, June i JIBTR Lol eyl 60 00 Derivedfrom Show licensedur- ~ . - vingthe-yearscicc s iy 65 00 = Total Tece1pt5........-....8 12500 - Paid Treasurer of Noble County - Agricultural 50ciety......... . S T0A9500. . COUNTY REVENUE FUND. Deérived from tax, Oct. set., *72.$ 1 666 08 i A 4 o May * '3 23,804 41 Yui w 0 Wo, Offie, Fund. 248118 - fooe old assessor’s blanks - " and old blank b00k5....,.... 2092 Derived from sale of old stove. 200 ¢ . ¢ road damages.... 50 00 Refundeéd, to County ‘l'réasury : - By Harvey il p cdel il iuTy 300 R Derived from docket fees Com. : Pleas'Colrfcoi s aseiis- 71900 Derived from Jury Fees, paid by ; County Clerßic.ii caiidonsns 5050 . - ; ““Total receipts.... . ... - §98,79703 - EXPENDITURES OF COUNTY FUND. Overdrawn June 15t,1872......8 8566 : 3 On account of P00r............ 1,485 54 : s Stationery........ 1,638 82 : S Public Buildings. 174 76 a Moo OdminalsSoli ol 540 00 s Raadsao dolciis MR 00, . <.t 1) Coanty Asylum.. 2,840 72 ¢ .1 Connty Officers... 8,05245 . ; . C.P.Judge Salary = 264 35 4 e igecinc5.......,... 667 28 : A A 0 ARSRROrB. . vaast.. 16825 Lpliie s Public Printing... - 578 70 o aAt et SR ON TR SR regnd - 5705 © 4% Road damages.... 12 50 k et Klectonsaaiivic.. - 15045 ; W MiltGaeyiol oo 81400 : Sl iTG R 4 e Insanity .......... 41230 3 % "B S e 574 S & Deaf and Damb.. 12 60 oo 1% . "House of Refnge. 40 41 : © % C. P, Pros, salary 5154 : we Bailife - Liohiios 188500 L : 7 Co. Phéeichm... - 21500 ; e %cehm- xaminer. =“l)gg9s e reent Y ahbs 69 H L Téadhdmsutnh ""50 00 , ‘. - Returning Fines.. 840 aoo % Coroner’s Inquest 18 20 . ~+ - “ - Land redemption.: B - - Total Expenditures. .......$20,153 26 ; Total R_eéei?:bro’t for,wa‘pd...m O $98,79703 Deduct total expenditures..... . ° 20,15326 ‘Bal. in County Tressury, June o : o Tah Wit e - SBBT L G RATLROAD REVENUR, & ¢ Derived from tax, per May set- =~ By o tlement, 1873. ... iiavanessns 1,000 8] ; - Am't in County Treasury, June S : O ARk IR i cE ek s e $ 1,009 91 "1 Respectfully submitted, - e SRt JAMES C. STEWART, _ June 26, 1873-9-3 w Auditor t_)f Noble County. © . LIST OF LETTERS ‘ ‘Pemainingin the post office at Ligonier, Ind., B dn;hg"thopustvnekx:m o sl iind; ear, J.-B. = er, Mrs. Polly. : _Fahl, Andrew M;mm ' “Gillett, Miss Elzora 2 |Rentfrow, Miss Ella Groves, D. L ° . ' |Reed, Miss Minnie Lemon, Lizsle O, |Smith, Mra,do B,® — e 7 essed Wm. Somner & Co., Cincin‘Datl, Obio; J, W, ndianapolis, Indiana; Miss Lucinda Hofell, Lowell, Michigan, remain e e e eTt Wit Ligonter, tad,Tuly 16, ? ;-".‘J"["ifi *