The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 August 1873 — Page 2

The Pational Banner N *’.:fi S, bt L Ly NG S A sBB RN v A e ' £k fizo o, (o PECNET A "-_u;:," ) J. B. STO‘LL. Editor and 'I"?"’?"‘""”’_'LIGONIER, IND'A, SEPT. 4, 1873. Tug indications are that the delega‘tion to the Massachusetts Republican C‘onvention will be pretty equally idivided between Butler and Washburn. A bitter fight is waging. | Tne GRANGERS of Tipton (‘(‘)‘ll‘fi‘—ty‘, Ind, held a large and enthusiastic mass-meeting ~on last. Saturday.— About five jthousand people were in attendance and listened tp an able address by IHon. J. W. Billingsley of Indianapolis. : !

ffilgfl NEGROES have anabsolute majority in~ three States of the American Union, viz: South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The whites are ‘gradually moving away from these - commonwealths, to leave the darkies in undisputed control of everything they can lay their hands upon, i e SoME of the colored voters of Columbus, Ohio, serénaded ITon. William -Allen, the democratic candidate for Governor, after the .delivery of his speech in that city last Friday evening. The venerable statesmhan acknowledged the compliment by bestowing a few friendly remarks upon his 'mlmffi admirers. i i e e IT 18 RUMORED that lon. Herschel V. Johnson, who was a candidate for Vice President on the Douglas ticket in 1860, is about to establish a democratic paper in the city of Washington —the money to be furnished from the North. Judging from preceding efforts, a good deal of money will be re‘quired to keep an organ of- this de+ seription above water. o

CONCERNING the salary grab, the (‘hicago 7'7ibune announces that with one exception, all the members of the next Congress have-drawn their monthly pay as allowed by law, at the advanced rates. The exceptional member is the Hon. Lewis B. Gunckel, of Ohio. e -has declined to draw aiy of the increased pay, which, he thinks, ought to be repealed, and, to show his sincerity, makes the répeal: begin at home and at once. -

. CONSIDERABLE FUSS is madé by certain papers in this State over the fact that the Indianapolis Sentinel declines to be considered a party organ. We can -see no just reason for complaint. The proprietors of the Sentinel have aright to do with their property what' they pledse, and above all things they have an unquestionable right to be independent of party.— There is.no law to compel anybody to take the Sentinel; Igaence there should be a stop to this nonsensical grmv/l@xg. W& have infinitely more respect for the present editorial management of the Indianapolis Sentinel than we had for the one - immediately preceding it. Last summer the Sentinel was an organ, but not one word of editorial encouragement whs given the candidates on the State ticket except Mr. Hendricks.. Its present posjtion is far more honorable; there is now no deception.. Whatever may appear in its columns will be received as the sentiment of a non-partisan publication and not as the edict’of a political headcenter. ; vy

JUsT as we. predicted, thé State of Kansas already reaps great benefits from the accéssion of the RussianGerman emigrants.- 'We read in Monday’s Indianapolis Journal that “immedidtely on the announcement that a portion of the Mennonite-emigration had settled in Harvey county, Kansas, a party of Louisville gentlemen determined to invest in adjacent lands and have consummated the purchase of about seven thousand acres, the value of which it is supposed will be much enhanced by the improvements of the thrifty Mennonites.” If the Hoosier authorities had taken some interest in this matter; Indiana instead of Kansas would in all probability have boasted of this desirable addition to Lier wealth and population, i Y

T — 4 —— e HON. R, MILTON SPEAR, who was actually hissed down from the candidacy for the chairmanship of the Pennsylvania Demoeratic State Convention, is a young man of fine abilities, and prior to his participation in the salary grab-had a glorious future before him. That one act has suddenly ended what might otherwise have been a useful and brilliant career.— While we regret his early downfall, our convictions tell us tlat his punishment is.none too severe. Ile was eloquent in his denunciations of repullican frauds; he should therefore also have been faithful to his professions of honesty and righteous conduct.— When a Democrat proves recreant to the publie interest, he deserves to go down into the same pit dug for a political enemy.. - 7| 7

EpwaArp BEANE, the conductor of the coal train which a few weeks since collided with the passenger train .on the Chicago & Alton Railway, and who made his escape on the night of that horrible, accident has at last been discovered, arrested, and - placed in jail at Chicago. A thousand dolla}‘rs reward had been offered for lvis apprehension ;- detectives scoured the country, but without avail. Tast, Thursday, however, a country st(n:e-I , keeper named Simon L. Miller, of the village Menee, Will county, 111., who . had been ‘acquainted with Beane.for many years, captured the refugee conductor without a struggle in a cornfield in Will eounty, and turned him over to the authorities. It appears that Beane had worked for a farmer in Indiana, but soon returned to Wil county and kept himself secreted in the corn-fields until his capture 'by Miller. i Lo :

An Emphatic Rebuke, ] The ' Pennsylvania Democracy met in State convention at Wilkesbarre, Wednesday of last weék. The convention was called to order by congressman Samuel J. Randall, who was" chairman of the State Central Committee. The temporarly organization was perfected in harmony, but ‘when the committee on permanent organization reported the name of congressman R. Milton Spear for, President, a delegate raised the point that it would be manifestly improper to permit a man to preside who had pocketed the back-pay which a dishonest Congress had voted its members. This sentiment was greeted with wild applause, and in vain did Mr. Spear and his ;I.):l.c'kers‘pleaul_ for mercy. The honest meén of the party were thoroughly aroused and gallantly maintained their position. Old Robert Monaghan, of Chester (0., spoke in.thunder tones against the salary grabbers. Though a life-long friend of Mr. Spear, he could not uphold him in this contest. “Taxation of increasing weight,” he remarked, “opposes our people. Advertisements of the: sheriff tqQ sell men out-of their humble homes stare us in the face jon every hand, yet the servants of the people at Washington, turning upon tl‘lewgho’nest people of the land, opened the treasury box and took $15,000 of the people’s money-for. services of about ten or twelve months, when old men have not earned more than that from the time they toddled from the cradle until they fell into theigrave. [Applause.]:Shall he ask us to endorse him’ and sustain his course? No, no.” : The pressure was too great, Mr. Spear was com,pelléd to yield, and honest old Dr. N e“lfiinger, of Philadelphia, was chosen to preside. The convention finished its work by denouncing all deviees of fraud, corruption, and dishonesty, and nominated an excellent State ticket, composed of lon. James R. Ludlow of Philadelphia for Supreme Judge, and F. M. Hutc¢hinson of Pittsburg for Treasurer. |

Wormy Fruit---The Cause. The number and variety of worms infecting fruit and fruit trees are, or seem to be, greatly increasing. One cause of this is the destruction of the smaller birds, which live upon the insects that breed them. Wanton boys, and “boys of larger growth” who call themselves men, not dnly shoot them, but drive them away from our orchards by the noise of their guns, when they are the best friends the orchard and garden owner has. The law prohibiting . the killing of the smaller birds, passed by the late Legislature, should liave been ‘enaeted; long ago. But it does not go far enough. The, unnecessary use of fire-arms any where’ on cultivated lands, or on reads bordering them, and by any other than the owner, although it looks a good deal like abridging the liberty of the individual sovereign, should be prohibited, and then it is to be feared it will be a long time before the song bitds will be as plenty and the fruit as fair as formerly. Too few of our farmers and fruit growers are aware ‘of the immense good the birds are doing for them in obtaining a living while thv_v cheer with their song, = -

‘ Good Sénse in Wisconsin. We are constrained to say that of all tlie political movements of the present year the action of the Demoerats ‘and Liberal Republicans of Wisconsin meets ‘our warmest and most cordial approval. -In ordering the issue of a call® for a State nominating convention, the State Central ‘Committee unanimously . i Resolved,. That in the opinion: of these committees the time has come when all patriotic and intelligent elec+ tors of Wisconsin, who seek the election of pure, capable and incorruptible men to office, and a complete and permanent reform in the public affairs, irresj‘}%tive of past political associations, should unite in-one convention upon one platform and upon the same candidates and assist in the sacred right of electing their own rulers, independent of the corrupt party in power, and the decision of all professional politicians and political rings, allied with or apologizing therefor. Here is a declaration to which all honest men can subseribe. It indicates e . i that patriotic men are at the head of the anti-administration elements of Wiscousin, and that the Ohio wrangle has no imitators in that commonwealth. - )

A CORRESPONDENT of the Pittsburg Commercial recently came 'across a newly discovered iron mine in Hardin county, 111,, which is likély to revolutionize the iron trade of America, and benefit the world. Nothing yet discovered bedrs any comparisou to it in point of purity of ore and the inexhaustible beds of the precious metal.— Already the miners have bored to the depth of a thousand feetin the solid ‘ore, without finding the end, and its literal extent is known to be over two miles, from-which the reader can judge of the never-ending supply of the most useful metal known, and the ore of a purer quality than any ever discovered, the ore by analysis proving to be over 85 per cent. of ore iron.

* We suppose Bro. Stoll‘t:xlleans well enough in his answer to the Register, but that is not exactly the way we would define our position.-—Winamac Democrat. ; e What is the objection, Dr.? Are you not in favor of the ticket which iy “composed of thdmost hongrable mern, takes the Loldest stand against ‘prevailing corruption, and is best calcu--lated to restore the government to its ancient purity ¢ - wrt

Tre Anti-Monopolists of Minnesota met in State convention at Owatonna on Tuesday. The irrepressible Ignatins -Donnelly officiated as temporary chairman. A long string of very excellent resolutions was passed, and a full State ticket, with Ara Barton for Governor, placed in nomination.

| THERE is every indication that the Expogition. (State Fair) at Indianapolis will prove a grand success. The most extensive preparations have been made to make it such. Half-fare tickets will be issued by all the railroads leading into that city.

Importance of the Negro Movement : in -Ohio, L A Cincinnati correspondent of the New York World attaches the utmost importance to the eonvention of colored citizens reeently held at Chillicothe. He remarks that the politics of the State of Ohio is in a measure in the hands of the colored men. In Hamilton county (prineipally comprised of Cincinnati), where there are more colored voters than in any other place in the State, there are thirteen members of the Legislature to elect. If the feeling expressed at the Chillicothe convention takes hold of the mass of the colored voters of this county, so as to put them in antagonism with the republican party, the democratic legislative ticket will certainly be chosen and Senator Thurman will be re-elected. Mr. Peter H. Clark was the orator of the Chillicothe convention. A year ago his voice was strong and influential in carrying the colored vote solid for the Republicans. He recognized then the fact that no colored men were given office by the Republicans, but he argued that it was time enough yet to.expect and demand office. - Last spring Mr. Clark received the compliment of a nomination by the Republican Convention of Hamilton county as delegate to the Constitutional Convention. This was an unfortunate concession for the Repnblicunsfi' to make, for the result showed that the prejudice against his race was not extinet even- in the republican party. = He was overwhelm—ingly defeated, while others on the republican ticket were elected. . Here came to Mr. Clark a demonstration of what he had feared was the: truth—‘that the republican party was no more moved by what he calls love of justice towards the colored people than were the Democrats. e discovered that a majority of the Republicans had favored the hegrd- as a matter of policy and not of justice, and that the disinclination to receive the negro as an equal political brother was quite as great among Republicans as among Democrats. Ile believed the only difference was that the Democrat proclaimed hig feeling, while the Republican, for the® purpose of consistency, concealed his distaste for negro equality. Having seen this, and seeing also the occasion when, hélding the balance of power, the negroes can elect’ a, United States. Senator, Mr. Clark determined to strike. It is difficult to tell now what effect this convention will have upon the colored people at large. They are exceedingly cautious and are slow to change, but they will be unalterable if once they take a position. - ;

- When, Oh When? And now comes Sam Winter with the grave remark in his Huntington Democrat that “it is again in‘order for some of the brethren of the press to enquire when tle heathen will cease to rage. Not long since the ‘idolater and unbeliever, under the suspicions name of Hendryx (there is something in-the name when the last syllable is d-r-y-x) and the garb of a Christian minister] deceived a chaste and modest young lady, in the southern part of this State, and left her a lone, lorn and drooping flower. N_oiv we hear of the heathen in Jackson county, Towa, as the ravisher of a half dozen little girls in a private orphan asylum, of which he had charge. His name is “Rev.” J. M. Schueller, of the Lutheran persuasion, and his victims range in age from eight to fifteen years. = The beastly heathen has fled the country.”

‘No Separation. : The assertion that the Democratic party does not want the co-operation of Liberal Republicans-meets with small favor in Cdnmecticut, or indeed in any other State. The New Haven Register (Dem.) imagines -that there are Liiberal Republicans whose votes will be badly wanted in New York next November, and adds: “Wedon’t propose to repel this class of voters in Connecticut, because they are true men and advocate sound prineiples. * * * *_ The convention which nominated Gov. Ixigersofl, Lieut.-Gov. Sill and the other State officers was made up of Liberal Republicans and Democrats, and we have yet to learn that anybody was discouraged, except the Administration Republicans.” The same view is taken by the Hartford T'imes, the Norwich Advertiser, the Bridgeport Farmer, and many other journals. . : '

The Chicago Grain Market. Yesterday’s Z'ribune says the grain receipts at Chicago during the past ten days have been unprecedented.—< For the forty-eight hours ending 11 a. m. on Monday there arrived 1,975 cars with grain, whieh, with the receipts by canal, make an aggregate of 880,000 bushels. Thereceipts of wheat, corn, oats, and barley from Aug. 23 to 11 o’clock a. m. Sept. 2 were as follows: Wheat, 1,900,451 bushels; corn, 2,368, 860; oats, 984,147; rye, 94,722; barley, 117,987, or an aggregate of 5,466,167 bushels. This does not include flour, of which about 35,000 barrels were received. The receipts would be even greater than these if the railroads had the cars necessary to meet the demand.

A Bread Panic Threatened in Paris. The high price of bread causes agitation in the populous quarters of Paris, out of which it is apprehended that~serious trouble may -grow. A special meeting of the Cabinet Council was called last week to consider the question. Several members of the Assembly have proposed as a remedy for the evil the immediate suspension of the duties as to cereals. _

I was stated a short time since that there were some prospects of'a branch factory of the Howe Sewing Machine Company being established at Mishawaka. A letter from the superintendent of the factory at Peru informs us that the Company has no intention of building additional factories in this State. v o :

OUR THANKS are due the Hon. J. D, Sarnighausen, State Senator from ‘the counties of Adams and Allen, for a copy of his very able speech on the Baxter bill. e

= OUR NEIGHBORS. ' . “ Joseph Troy fell from the ecars ‘while intoxicated, about ten miles from Auburn, in DeKalb county, and was killed. - . The Kosciusko county Fair will be ‘held at Warsaw on the 17th, 18th and 19th of September. L The North-western Indiana Confer--ence of the M. E: Church eonvenes at ‘South Bénd on September 10th. #A soldiers’, reunion takes place at ‘Wabash on the 9th of September, which will be addressed by Major H. B. Sayler and Gen. Tgm. Bro“{ne. An American_girl, Miss Crandall, took the first prize for general excellence as a German scholar in the LaPorte public school at the close of; the late term. i 1 t

- A horse show and trotting Fair was held at Waterloo, last Friday and Saturday. Five prizes were offered—three for, trotting, one for pacing, and one for running—ranging from $lOO to $125. " ; A raid has been made.on the retail liquor-sellers of Warsaw and one of them has disposed of his stock and jumped the town. . A saloon on the quart and gallon measure is to be established. e

The Warsaw Union says the reason Billy Williams gives for taking the back pay is that he hag to bribe every republican editor in the District from $3OO to 8500 to support him. Now let the brethren speak. e _ A contributor to the columns of the Warsaw Indianian writes: If you meet a miserable looking man, who asks you for five cents for postage, you may be sure he is one of Uncle Sam’s post-masters collecting your share of the salary steal. : . At Columbia City the pastors of the Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian congregations 'have organized a series of out-door meetings on Sabbath evenings, in the court house square. The attendance is good, and the best of order preserved. This is the way the Winamac Democrat describes one of its citizens:— “When you see a full grown, hale, hearty fellow who has never been known to miss a meal, standing around doing nothing for a year, you may bet he is not lazy, but has a constitutional tiredness about him.” =

The Roanoke Building and Loan Association has been incorporated by the filing of the necessary documents with the Secretary of State. The capital stock of the Company is $60,000, divided into shares of $2OO each. It is tco bad that neither Kendallville nor Ligonier’can boast of such an association. The South Bend T'ribune states that the biggest job of threshing this season was dphe on the farm of James Reynolds, Esq., Terre Coupee Prairie, one day last week. | William Luther, with a Richmond machine, threshed eight hundred and nine bushels of Lancaster wheat in nine and one-half hours. i : 2 The I’,aPor_te Argus is authority for the statement that there is considera‘ble talk about starting a large boot and shoe manufactory in that city and although the project is in its incipient stages there is a strong probability -that it will be carried to completion. Several capitalists stand ready to take stock in the organization.

The town of Winamae seems to be about’ as highly favored as Ligonier. TheDemocrat says: The town is at this time alive with worthless curs and hogs. Night" is made hideous with the noise which is sent out from .a ‘hundred throats every hour. The hogs are as annoying as dogs. There are 'hogs in town which can jump a fence, open a gate, or remove & board, in as short a time as a man. There must be over two hyndred hogs wandering about in a h.fitarved condition. The editoyof the South Bend Union recently took a ride over to Bremen, in Marshall county, and on his return “wrote the town up” in this style: “Bremen is a place of about Boo inhabitants, situated near the head waters of branches of the Yellow River; the population is largely German; the location is high, but thy streets are very narrow; there are in the town six manufacturing establishments depending on steam for motive power; locat~ ed in a heavily timbered county, it is destined to be a manufacturing town of no small pretentions. The B. &O. Railroad is already graded through the town, and the cars are expected as early -as Christmas, : | Autobiographical sketches are now in- vogue among the brethren of the quill down on the Wabash. Sam Winter tells his little story in this manner: “Our editorial connection with the Democrat began nearly fifteen years ago, when the paper was owned by Alex. C. Thompson, Esq. In 1860, we became proprietarily connected in its publication with the Hon. Wm. C. Kocher. In the fall of 1863, we became sole owner. There are but three editors in the State who have worked in the editorial harness consec@ively the same time. We are a patriarch in the profession; chalk our age at thir-ty-eight; have a good appetite, excellent digestion, sound slumbers, no gray hairs, no baldness, and are good for thirty-eight years longer service.”

South Bend and St. Joe county seem to be headquarters for the burglars who recently infested Lagrange county. Of their recent operations the South Bend 7T'rébune contains the following: TLast Sunday afternoen some thieves entered the residence of Levi Smith, in Warren township, while the family_ was absent, and stole a rifle, some clothing, and a pair of ‘boots, ‘ They afterwards entered the residence of James Dunn, a short distance from Mr., Smith’s, and took from it a couple of razors. Mr. Smith, when he discovered the theft, starwd‘{ after the thieves, and traced them as far as Laporte, but lost the trail beyond that place. He says they entered a house near Laporte, and took one hundred dollars in money and about fifty dollars worth of wearing apparel. : f 1

Abstract of the Appraisement of Prop- - erty in the Extreme Northern Tier of Counties of Indiana, for the Year'73, as. Revised 'by the State Board of - Equalization.

; N S : 2. |Valueof|Val.of lzmds{:h'erageiAv. val|No.ofci-| %= : inlue of’Value oflatst = ¢ :5: = TV uluel of per-|Total value}g =] - . sy Sl @ 2 v;é’ Improv |and improve|value of of lands| ty and ¢: | improv-and improve| >3 |~Z 2Z| sonal prop- joftaxables..|[=3| z R = =2 8 |'ments. iments. lands |and im-| town | Sz [.ments.. . ments s 2 |e= &El erty. 2o ISUABIZATION, : < =" | Dollars . provem.| lots. Pe . B ! <42 |43 EEI : Ze : e e e s e T T Allen ............[411,856.49[9,611,177/1,600,600$ 11,211,777/% 10.18$ 13.40 8,554/% 5,525,541/2,085,250H 8,510,791[H 647.01[5 995.00 i% 5,091,955.00,% 24,814,52316346]12 per ct. increase DeKa1b...........|227,186.02/4,315,246| 591,925 4,907,171 19.00 21.60 2,489| 214,599 282,650: 497,249 86.211 199.77| 1,398,707.00 ()’,803,127|2681 R e Elkhart ..........[292,130.57(7,910,769(1,282,284 9,193,053 27.05 31.62 4,093| 1,214,306:1,138,61-")? 2,352,921| 296.62] 575.05] 4,072,270.00 15,618,244 4692115 per ct. decrease Kosciusko ........{340,023.41 6,387,207!1,271,843 - 1,639,110 18.72], 2247 3,635 457,980] 656,152% - 1,114,132] 126.00] 306.50] 2,474,145.00 11,227,387{3587|50 per ct. increase. LaGrange .... .:..[236,700.593,802,551/1,633,473 5,436,024, ~ 16.06 22.96 1,791 134,440, 206,906 341,346 ......| ......| -2;145,180.00 7.922,550(2147] 5 per ct. increase Lake ........c..+..|304,788.05 3,896,145| 574,745 4,470,890 12.78 14.66 3,1207 ~ 184,050 172,145 306,195 42,96 08.14| 1,466,575.00 6,243,660‘1647 S R PaPorte ..........[369,114.41 6,203,6121 629,048 6,832,660 16.80 18.51 l 1,630,463;1,461;467. 5.00L9601 5L e 3’olo’s4B'o()[ .12,935,138'4!03 e Marshall ... ......|282,192.68/4,798,118' 631,108 - 5,429,226 17.00 19.24 2,905| 506’643§ 458,799 905,442| 17441 332.33] 1,719,335.00 8,114,003;5218(10 per ct. increase. N0b1e.............[251,501.57/3,611,026/1,749,581| 5,361,507 14.30 21.31 2,678 386,930 l 599,906/ 086,926/ 144.48/ - 368.53- 2,638,7 12-00; 8,087,1458186]. ... . v . il ee P0rter:...........|255,943.46|3,925,930 556,700 4,482,530 15.841 17.51 2,153, 466,100{ 550,175/ 1,016,275| 216.48| 472.00 1,741,186.00 7,2&9,991|2207 Seelvin s oy S St. Joseph. . ..., ...|{286,969.41 5,355,270‘ 7124,205| 6,079,465 18.66] 21.28] 5,752 1,897.820,1,092,090) 3,850,910| 320.94 624.12 4,562,490.00| 14,231,375 4448) . ... ..ol 5teuben...........[192,245.78]|2,612,740 1,310,520 3,923,260 13.59 20.40 2,075;1 - 252,400[ 292,576‘ 544,976 121.63] 25917 1,608,500.0()l 6,076,7 36!2106 20 per ct. decrease. Whitley . .........|[205,740.64(3,604,230| 451,028 4,145,262] 17.95| = 20153 1,556 222,362 210,528/ . 432,800] 1 4291 278.20, 17792:825.00| 6,370,977'2434'20 per ct. decrease

- Infanticide at Fort Wayne. : A special dispatch to' the Chieago Tribune from Fort Wayne, dated Aug, 25th, says: “A young girl gave birth to a female child on the sidewalk in Main street this morning, and, catching up the infant, she wrapped it in her clothing and started for the canal. Upon reaching it, the unnatural mother threw the child into the water and made good her escape, although followed by three or four gentlemen. The body of the infant was found this morning. It was a healthy female child. The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict that deceased came "to her death by reason of drowning at the hands of her unnatural mother, to the jury unknown, and that the child at the time of death was just born. No trace of the mother has been discov= ered, although it is impossible for her to escape out of the city.” :

Shocking Murder in Kansas. . A shocking murder occurred last Monday in Burr Oak Bottom, Kansas, opposite Forbes’ Station, on the St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railway. A man named Miller was walking along the road in company with two ' ladies, when one Merick jumped out of the bushes from the road-side and cut Mil¥er’s throat from ear to ear, killing him instantly. Merrick was pursued and arrested near Nodaway Station, ten miles above St. Joseph, Mo. © The matter grew out of an old feud between them. - PR L

“ExposiTioN HoTEL”.—We notice in Saturday’s Indianapolis Journal that two Goshenites—Mr. W. C. Childs, well known tosthe traveling public, and Mr. W. H. Venamon—are building a hotel at the Indianapolis Exposition grounds, which will doubtless prove a valuable feature. The building will be of frame, and in addition to a spacious dining room will contain a number of handsomely furnished sleeping rooms. It will be lighted throughout with gas, and in all respects will compare favorably with the first class hotels.

THERE i 8 great sorrow in the administration camp. ' A great and sliining light has backslidden, taking with him largespoils and emoluments. The famous—or infamous—Colonel Mosby has come out squarely in favor of the conservative candidate for Governor of Virginia, and the chief organ at Washington thus bewails his apostacy : “Is this bushwhacker to do as he pleases in both political parties? How like a guerrilla chief it is to dash into one party, secure a number of good offices for his friends, and then dash out agalg’t e ) ;

~ SPEAKING of Vanderbilt’s inmense wealth, the Graphic argues that.- “the financial Cesar is a blessing rather than a curse to society. He puts a check on the rapacity and power of corporations. Corporations are impersonal and irresponsible. Public censure does not pierce the scales of their armor. When a man enters a corporation meeting he leaves his consciénce, like his overshoes, outside the' door, and ceases to be a man until the meeting adjourns.” -

- - INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. - There are 600 cases on the.docket for the next September term of the: Cass Cireuit Court, and still the lawyers are not happy.. ' : Mr. Martin Stipp of this township informs us that he has lost within a few days all his chickens and turkeys with what is supposed to be the cholera. He lost about 250 young chickens.— Winamac Democrat. * John O. Hardesty, late of the Anderson Herald, will commence the publication of a weekly paper at Indianapolis on the 6th of September, to be called the Sun. The new paper is to be “Republican in politics, and otherwise readable.” :

A rough sort of a fellow nmamed Charles Young shot a policeman and a bystander Thursday evening in I't. Wayne. He was drunk, and the policeman, Woulff, wag' trying to arrest him. Both men were wounded in thé forearm about alike severely but not dangerously. o , " The receipts of the Starke county Ledger last month were: Wood $l.OO, cash $1.50, and a watermeélon; besides this two of his subseribers went back on him, oné for $10.40, the other for $4.50. The editor very justly thinks the dignity of the commonwealth of Starke county is not well sustained., .

Last Tuesday a week, as Mr. Kent, of Reynolds, White county, was driving along the road near that place, he ‘was met by two strangers, who assaulted him, threw. him from his buggy and drove off with it, leaving him insensible by the road way. Nothing has been heard of the inen or team since. “On the night of the 23d ult. Isaac Vanscyoe went to a place about a mile north of Trenton, Randolph county, td attend a dance.” Some one cut his h?}rne‘.’s"s to shreds, whereat he gotmad and engaged in a free fight, during whiel he stabbed Laban ILandon severely, if not fatally in the hack and breast. T i .

The Vincennes Sun gives 'a liitle idea -how corn grows over. on that side of the State. lere is the record of one stalk: Mr. S. €. Greathouse planted a field of corn on Dr. Patton’s river farm on the 19th of June, and measured a stalk on the 26th-of Au-gust-—just two months from the time it came up —and found that it had attained a growth of 16 feet from tle first joint to the tassel. This is an average growth of 3 1-6 inc¢hes per day. It is 8 1-4 feet to the first shoot.

A fearful aceident occurred at Mackenback and Marshall’'s Mill, at New! Corydon, Adams county, Wednesdaymorning, Aug. 20. Mr, ITarris Marshall, the junior partner in the grist mill, went out on the gin pole for the purpose of loosening the tackle,so that the pole could belet down and spliced, it being too short to raise the smoke stack. When the tackle was loosened the pole swung around and fell to the ground, a distance of forty feet, breaking Mr. Marshall’s left leg, between the ankle and knee, and breaking his right hand atthe wrist joint, the bones protruding, and badly l)l'wi'sin«;; his head and body. !

: . Manufacturing. .That manufacturing establishments are the only thing needed to secure the permanent growth and thrift of Lawrenceburg is a forgone conclusion. What we want is more manufactures, and 'what we especially do not want is to lose any that- we now ‘have. - In these progressive days the tendency is to centralization and monopolization. Small towns are swallowed up by large ones, and the fashion or plan of action in regard to manufactures is to send out missionaries from the large cities to induce the proprietors of pretentious manufactures, who are doing a good business, to move their estahlishments from the small town where it ‘had its birth to the large city, and by the argument of a large donation of money and grounds, and their shrewd [and also truthful] arguments as to the advantages of many railroads and other conveniences to the manufacturer by being located in the Gity. These agents of capital and business enterprise generally succeed in their object, namely, the impoverishment of the small town or city and the enrichment of the large city. This plan is the secret of the gr’owth and prosperity of many of the leading cities.-—— Monied men know®oo well that without the prosecution of business requiring the emmployment of mechanics and Taborers in the metropolises in wlich they live and own property, that their property would ‘soon becowme worthless and their bank account rapidly diminish. - ;

: “Toiling hands alone nrefhuildcrs, Of a nation’s wealth and fame;’ | : Titled laziness is pensioned, Fed and fattened on the same.” And we are not surprised at the adopted plan of| action, for shrewd capitalists generally “put their money” where they know full well that-noth-ing will enhance the value of their property more than the accession of manufactories. Will not our men of capital awake to a realizing sense of this matter and do all in their power to keep-all the factories we have and to get as many more as possible. Let us all pull together in this important interest.—Lawrenceburg Press.

_ Will He Explain? . [From the St. Lowis Democrat—Rep.] 1 . Carpenter, the Sematorial defender of the salary grab, has been invited to explain something else. His constituents, and especially some of them who are Republicans and decent people, want to know a little more aboub a transaction reported as having oceurred in New York and at Long Branch. Meanwhile, what is more fitting than that the same Senator should be first and the most zealous in defénding the salary steal? Lef us also remember the manner of the defense; the Senator’s touching and beautiful appeal to those who love domestic purity, with the plea that “Congressmen at Washington will have wives, and it is better that they should have their own,” and ought, therefore, to have a salary large enough to support their wives at Washington. It was a neat argument, and we were all rejoiced that the wiles and snares of ‘Washington life had only produced in this pure statesman a stronger affection for virtue. No one was cruel enough then to suggest that the salary for whieh Carpenter yvoted and spoke was large enough notjonly to support a wife, but to support somebody else besides. Wisconsin is a State in which domestie purity and official decency are somewhat valued, and yet, when Carpenter has proved that he did not behave himself as has been charged, he will have laid against him one other charge, supported by his own votes and speech—that of taking money of the people to which he had no right. The fact alone will suffice to settle his case in Wisconsin. ° |

We have heretofore neglected to make mention' of the departure from our office of Mr. Jacob Sessler, who has been in our employ nearly a year, working under our superintendent for several years, both in South Bend and Ligonier. .He has gone-to Toledo tocomplete his “time” working under instruections in a job-printing office in that city. Jacob is an honest, industrious iand faithful man, and always takes a deep interest in the welfare of his employers. Success attend our “Dutchman.’—Sonth Bend Union.

. NEWSSPLINTERS. | Lotteries have been abolished in Nebraghwe. g The public debt statement shows a reduction of $6,700,000 for the month of Augupte ## = 0t e There is a probability that a strong effortwill be made to restore the franking privilege at the next session of ‘Congress. _ el " The conductor whose train-collided with one on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad has been committed to. jail at Circleyille, 0. -~ - - redien The Railway and Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois have fixed the passenger tariff on first-class railroads in that State at 3 cents per mile. Two horse thieves were hanged by a mob in Benton county; Missouri, on Saturday, and another of the saime gang has been arrested and.is now in jail at Sedalia... : '.7" C.oiesn Cholera of a mvosjt* malignant type has appeared at Okawville, Illinois.— It runs. its coursé in- about three hours, and is -invariably fatal.. « The vietims turn black immediately after death. e SRS SRR

IN a letter to:some western grange, Charles Francis Adams says: “I see “little to object to and a good deal to “approve, Dut at this day it is net so “much profession that is wanted as “practige.” .- - 2o 4o lGoiel - The. State Reform Committee of Wisconsin have- cdlled “a convention to meet at Milwaukee on Sept. 23 tonominate, State officers on a platform in harmony with the principles - of* Jeffersor. . e There were 314 deaths in the city of Chicago last tweek; 12 less than the week before,. and 15 nore than in the’ corresponding week last year, " There: were's deaths from cholera against 5 week before last. .o . CaR Lk The Boston Journal calls attentidan to the fact that there are NOW -seyen political parties betore the country,: wviz: Republican, Democratie, Libei-. al, Labor Reform, Woman Suffrage, Temperance and Farmers, -~ ' It is a remarkable fact that a majority of the prominentleaders of Ohig. Democrats who go swith: the People’s party are from the ranks of the O’Conor men. -A - wonderful ~ehange. has comg over the spirit of these patriots. Dr. Wise, thelearned Hebrew Rabbi of Cincinnati, has aecepted i call to New York,and will remoyve thither at once. lis departure will le a loss to the cause of liberal, learning and catholic Christianity in the West. The Erie' Railroad, President Watson stated on Friday to the Directors, has recovered $8,312,380 worth of prop= erty during the year from the-ring by which it was plundered in the days of Fisk and Gould,and expects o compel the restitution of - much more. -~ .= - The committee appointed to investigate the Wawasset disaster -have made publie their report.. They have revoked the license of Nash, the engineer; they blamed the Company for employing unlicensed officers and for carrying mere passengers than allowed by law. : G e eRt

In Philadelphia. the Aldermen aré clothed with certain judicial functions, their fees in.all cases heing fixed Dy law. One of them, who._was recently detected in charging illegal fees; has just been tried, found. guilty and sentenced to nine month’s imprisonment in the connty jaal: . - 0 e e G

~ The Democrats of Towa.will hold no State. Convention this-year: An address has been ‘issued by the State Central (I‘.ommittegliul\'i'sin;.l: the Democratic voters of the State to support the nominecs-and platform put forth byt the Anti-Monopolists at- Des Moin-

Several of the lowa railread robbers are stated postively to be in Lafayette county, Missouri.. They have. been seen by those who know:them-at both Dover and Lexington. “They appeared in the latter place fen days ago and paraded themselves in the streets, but no one dared to ;11'_1/‘est them, ==~ Treasurer Spinnér doubts whether covering back-pay into the Treasury, as repentant members are - doing, places it legally beyond their reach.— Thie money is theirs by law, and, as ‘the transfer to the United States:is without consideration, it is a question whether any legal defense could be made to the suit of an heir-at-law, for instance for its recovery. - 2o

- On the 10th of September the balloon of Professor Wise, about which so much has been said, will start on its voyage from : Brocklyn-across the cocean. by means of the: clouds -and the winds. We say’it will start, but there is. an important gqualification put in by the New York Graphic newspaper; which is a sort of sponsor ‘of the enterprise, to the effect that it will do so “unless some unforeseen event should. occur to render it impossible.” “The -unforeseen = events have been occurring ever since the Fourth day of July, the day it was originally advertised to start: = =

' Doubts about Back Pay. - In regard to the¢ matter of covering in back pay,a Washington special of the 26th, to the Cincinnati Gazette has the following: - “Another question has been raised concerning back pay. Treasurer Spinnerholdsthat Senators and Representatives sending their checks to him for the amount-due them, under the inerease of salaries, do not thereby part witli -the legal title or money, and that if they should.de-mand-the return of theé funds’ at any time, or institute proceedings for reclamation, they would be very likely. to succeed. The Treasurer has never' been legally authorized to receive the. money of the penitents, and, besides, they part with it with no consideration, either expressed or understood. However, General. Spin_ner?s ys that the question belongs to the %awyers,-' of whom he is not ene. On the other hand the accounting. officers of the department say ‘that money once covered into the Treasury cannot be withdrawn, exeept by express act of Congress, and that if any of the gentlemen ‘who have: desposited their drafts with Treasurer Spinner expect to recover -‘megey on -them in future, they will be didappointed. - '

Probabilities of Ceesarism, ~. ' For the present,” Cerarism is a laughing-stoek, but it is more' than probable that in a very-short time it would have the direct support of several classes of the peopulation, inctuding the following: 1. The whites of theSouth. = 2. The blacks of the Seuth. 3. The Northern monopolists of all kinds, the land-grabbers, subsidy-grab-bers, salary-grabbers, tariff-grabbers. 4. The federal office-holders.. But Ceesarism would find stm;]}y opponentsin the great mass of the Northern people who are not monopolists, are not:afficeholders or office-seekers, and who are not interested in schemes a%flnst the public Treasury. “All' the fraditions of these people, their religious and seécular education, their industrial habits, their political and social hopes. and ambitions are ‘eh’ti_te%ft)stx}a to it; and these people will b ".m_,:elfg-'to unite against any proposition in that, direction, whether it come in forin of a third election to'the Presidency or in any other shape.—Chicago Tribune,

e - PHEB 'SPLITY IN 0810. © .. "'(Optaion of Tink Wadsworth, of.the Laporte ;s o _ . The ticket is a good one and richly deserves success, but we cannot help predicting its defeat and regret exceedingly that the various elements of op-" position could not have concentrated their strength on one ticket and made their principles successful, even if their partiality for party names had been compromised. It hardly becomes honest men, who are really .actuated by principles in their opposition to the- - unsavory -administration, to allow hopeless divisions to arise be-= cause of a pig-headed_ perversity for party names. Parties are constructed something as business partnerships are. formed—because of the mutual -Interests of those associating together * —and we think, nd sane man, would ' ‘object to forming an auspicious business partnership because of a differen¢ce of Opinion in regard to the euphony "of the proposed firm name.— Such a matter would be easily and speedily compromised, and why should not men who are working for the advancement of principle act as sensibly and as practical as in private business’ affairs? - ‘But. we ' fmagine that the’ real key to the difficulty in Ohio is'the United States Senatorship. It if gen“erally conceded that theé legislature will be closely divided in polities but with a fair probability of a conservative majority. If the opposition were united-there would be but little doubt ‘of their gaining control of the legislature, in which evént there are some half dozen men standing. ready to SWoop down on the Serfatorship which - will be made vacant by the expirationz Jof Judge Thurman’s term. The plotting and counter plotting of these aspirants has been the true cause,of this open rupture in the ranks of men who one year ago were heart and hand laboring for the same object. It is'sim- - ply a fight of a few politicians and the péople will be made to suffer because of ‘their failure to see the true cause of the difficulty. Judge Thurman has made an able and valuable “Senator and in all fairnesszhe should ‘be returned ‘to his seat, but‘éhe matter is hardly of suflicient importdnce to Justify a complete disruption of a political alliance that once boded much “good for ‘the country.. The platform adopted by the regular democracy is. progressive.and fully up with the demands of the hour, and it shows that there is no valid difference between the Democrats of Ohio and their Libcral Republican and dissenting democratic friends. The fight is simply a_ fight of politicians about party haypes, and it is all caused Dy a péculiar qnality of selfishness ‘which is found only - with:the shyster politician who always stands ready to saerifice his I)l_'incipl§\3‘ on the altar of his personal ambition.

The Republican party indorses a President who, for $lOO,OOO, signed a bill - that . took $1,000,000. from the Treasury,—a bill that was begotten in avdriee, enacted in iniquity, signed in dishonor, and earried out in disgrace. The President is tainted with $lOO,OOO worth- of this disgrace.—Faylorville (I 11. Demoerat. ' 1 e s ~The following is a popular sign for farmers ‘who are bored to death by agents: ‘Don’t want any lightning rods; have no'rags or old iron to sell; dot’t. want to buy any tinware; my life isn’t-worth “insuring; don’t need any tracts,,books or newspapers; don’t want tobe hothered ; look out for mantraps, spring-guns, shot-guns and bull dogailinai o Sy -

¢ : ISTREVEFES - o ol --August 20th, 1873, iu Ligonier, a son to the wife of JAyzs Trirrs; weight 10 pounds’ ; . Augukt 30th, 1873, in Ligonier, a son to the wife Of Rev. Learnrrs; weight 12 pounds. * LT NS REITETD - : _August 217 '73, by Esquire Johnson, Mr, JAMES CAMPBELL to Miss CATHARINE CONKLIN; - danghter, of James Conklin, all of Sparta twp. September 3d; 1873, by and at téhe residence of Rev. F. A, Sale, Mr. CHARLES F. SiU'SEY to Mrs. SARAU A. SOCKMAN, both of Albion, o TEELBRAM A RIS | y LIGONIER. : Wheat—white.....sl4s H0g5—1ive.......% $390 Amber—red ....;. 137/ Hogs-—dressed.....~ g 9 7 Rye i sis...ialo B 0 Turkeys—live.-. 2... \jo Oatelil.deiiiiin 725 Chickens—Jive,. . -t N Qornyz:Orroo il P4O Beeswax..oi .o, 98 Potatoes,t Ly e 35 Butter: .. .iv.ioc...y 214 FlaxSeed®........ 150{Lard.-.. ...... ....." 06 Clover-Seed, ... 14 60(Eres, Loco-si.rool 0 14 ‘Wool, Ao i Joo@ -40{Feathers..o 00l 85 Porle. cul s haval v 00 Ballows s oi o 108 5h0n1der5,,.,z......" 00, Timothy Hay.......C000 - Hame. ..cul.. »@. 00{Marsh Hay........L 0p § bt * KENDALLVILLE.. Wheat—white.... §1 45 Live H0g5..... ... 8.... _Amber—red.:....: 136/Dressed H0g5...... -.... Ry 6 il el 601 Tive Thrkeyß 00l v L OBlYs..wickiviiaes - 3iTdve Ghiickens .cool. - oo C0rn;..:......:40@ 45|8ee5wax,..........2% 00 Potatobs,:.ci. aB, 40IBgtter. i odi i 1S Xjaxßeed ek D BOERRA Sia il S L 08 CloverSeed..ooo@ 450|8eg5....10......... 12 WOOLEI AT S 5 .45)Feathe_rs, Skl oy eae 00 Porkles. =oo caialow, it i DY Shoulders,..c...:.. US;Timotl_xrv{Hay..... wOO Ham5..........00@. 12{Marsh Hay......... 00 | e cemisiaitppeel et e g i i 5 CHICAGO. Wheat..§ ° @sl 13}5‘1\( P0rk....815 80@§15 90 Corn. ;i.- @ 39%iLard....... %@ 08 Odts.., " @ - 27% Shounlders,. %@ 7% ‘Rye..... ..66@ 67%‘Ribs.-.... . 8@ 09 Barley.. .. @1 26/Ham5...... IY@ 11 TOLEDO. . ; ‘Wheat. $ @ 155 |Corn.:.. § 46%@$ & Red ** ... I'd6}4@ 146 [ClovSeed 465 @ 465 X Dats...." 32%@ 33 |Hogs.... 580%@ -

LIST OF LETTERS :Remniningi‘n the post office at Ligonier, Ind., ¥ during the past weck: \ Busch; George W. ILamb, AR, T Buruett, Thomas Moore, Miss LibbyCatony Peill. - Miller, D. N, ‘ lluff, Jacob Person. John " Hutcliigon, Delila 2 |Piatt, Hogh Hutchigon, Miss Ann Roadenbergh, P i]ifl Imons, Mrs. Almira Steinberg, Mi cky Klick, Miss Mollie Schrock, Elia Keller, Miss Lizzie ,Wautz, Miss Kogers, Miss Eva Yoder, Fanny Personscalling for any of the above letters will pleasesay **Advertised.” : H. M.GOODSPEED, P. M. Ligonier, Ind, Sept. 4, 'T3.» = j ' n - (rrandest Scheme Ever Known. 1 . \ 3 Fourth Grand Gift Coneert FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 12,000 CASH GIFTS $1,500;000. #:250,000 For&so. The Fourth Grand Gift Cencert auihorized by sPe(:iul act of the Legislature for the benefit.of the Public Library of Kentucky, will take place in Public Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky., on - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, '73. ‘Only sixty thousand tickets will be sold. The tickets are divided into ten coupons or parts. ~- At this concert, which will be the grandest muwsical dis;l)lay ever wit?emd. in this conntry, the unprecedented sum of s \ . divided into 12,000 eash gifts, will be distributed by lot among the ticket holders, - LIST OF GIFTS: ONE GRANS CASH GIFT. ... ... 0,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT.........5. £OO,OOO ONE GRAND CASH GlFT.{,..:cenee 30,000 ONE RAND CHEE GEF L (Dooes N ‘nfi;.,r 10 CASH G}?‘rg &Mfi 100,000 30 CASH G 5,000 each.....” 150,e00 ;2 B 0 CASH ‘GIFTS. - 1,000 each..... 50,000 /. 80 CASH GIFTS = 500 each..... 40,000 100 CASH GIFTS _ #ooeach..... 40,000 150 OASEGXFT 2 'mm""}r_a;‘}_ 45.000 20 G‘%%‘ GIFTS - 200 ea ,fif‘i : 50,000 225 CASH GIF ‘lOO eachs. 0 82,883 11,000 CASH GIFTS * - 50eachiedt. 550,000 TOTAL, 12,000 GIFTS, ALL CASH, . . amounting t0..-....-.......’....,.31,5()6'000 , "The distribution will be positive, whetherall the tickets are:gold or not, an?m? 12,000 giftsall paid Jn proportion to the tickets sold. b -+ PRICE OF TICKETS. ) ‘Whole tickets $5O; Halves §25; Tenths, or each Coupon, §5; Eleven W%fil“g&%a : e R ! : : ole r %10 ~No disc on les han $5OO worth of Tickete st s Her g T‘cke“llo' ".4 oL '.‘/5 a 4 {-:- i ’\x,- 3“‘ ‘companied by the mon promptly filled. Liberal terms given to those who bay tosell agmn: - 10wl " © Pabiic Tinvaty Bolldtnge Loulsvilie, Ky: