The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 August 1873 — Page 2
The Fatiomal Banney N=F Z‘,‘\f&'j’ilt. 3 \“ Y ) w TI\Y > & % J. B.STOLL, Editor and lProprletor. LIGONIER, IND'A, AUG. 14,1873 THE EDITOR was taken sick just about the time his services were most needed to “put on the finishing touches” for this issue of fhe BANNER. Whatever defects may be noticeable in the paper are directly attributable to- the cause above stated. |
NoTwITHSTANDING Butler's generosity in giving a lot to the Methodists of Gloucester whereon to build a parsonage, there are pgople in that town who want him to melt up “some of those silver spoons” for a communion service. The gratitude of some people is peculiar.
— e W Wy THE E‘lkhart Daily Review entered upon the second year of its existence on the 12th inst. It is not a large paper, but fully as large a 8 the publishers could safely make it. -At any rate, the publishers manage to chronicle all the local news worthy of note. They have our best wishes for their future success and prosperity. .
Tue Labor Reformers (f)f' Massachusetts recently held a convention.— vAmong other things 'tlixey resolved “That the Convention of workingmen recognizes the recent Congressional salary grab as.a clear steal, and consider those who voted therefor, and the President who lobbied for and signed the bill, as plunderets more worthy of the penitentiary than public trust.”— Stijong, but just.
\Txm Chicago Z'imes speaks of the Cincinnati Enquirer as the “organ of that bad-smelling prejudice called the Democratic party.” The Times will be_remembered as the leading. Bourbon paper in ‘the late Presidential campaign—so intensely “straight-out democratie” that it couldn’t think of? supporting Horace Greeley, and actual-' ly succeeded in getting 17 votes for O’Conor in the great city of Chicago!
Tus Peru Sentinel of the Tth contained the following, written while the Ohio Democratic State Convention was in session: “The newdeparturists have Gen. Thomas Ewing, George E. Pugh, Greesbeck, Hassaureck and several prominent politicians with them, and they can, at igast, carry off enough of Democrats to render certain the defeat of any regular democratic ticket that may be nominated. We hope that the convention now in session will ‘accept the situation,’ and the ticket with it, and make no further trouble.” : |
GERRITT SMITH, the great anti-sla-very agitator of former years and staunch temperance advocate, recently ggfive,expression to some very sensible, practical views., Mr. Smith says he would confine the restrictive action of the government to such liquors as intoxicate and craze, -and thereby fearfully imperil person or property; but as for beer heé would in any prosegution leave the question of its intoxicating or crazing character to be determined by the jury. With such simple legislation as this he is convinced that moral agencies would suffice to complete the work of temperance. o sl
THE St. Louis Republican, for many years the leading democratic organ of the Southwest, is not vex{;’ well pledsed with the, management'of the democratic organization of the present. It says: “Whenever it is about to sink out of sight they lend it a helping hand, lift it to the surface and cheer it up with words of encouragement.— ‘Whenever it seems to be making too much headway against| the stream, they adroitly heave Tammany round its neck and sink it again to the requisite level. 'Whether it sink or swim is a question for them to decide. The recollection of the Tammany frauds is one of the livest parts of the party, and no amount of talk about Credit Mobilier matters and the salary-grab can create an oblivion of the thirty millions, -robbery which Tammany is held to be responsible for.” . ;
TroveH smacking rather of the unique, we are quite favorably impressed with the manner in which the Connecticut Legislature adjourned a short time since. The Senators go down to the floor of the House, and the Lieutenant Governor takes the chair. Then the Governor, attended by a sheriff of the county and the State officers, makes his appearance, and prayer is offered by the chaplan. *An address is made by the Governor, who afterwards diréqts the sheriff to make proclamation of the approaching adjournment. Finally the Secretary of State declares the legislature adjourned sine die, ending with the propitiatory appeal—“Grod savé the Gommonwealth of Connecticut.” This may look a little oldfogyish, but it is dignified, and a little ‘more dignity ig just what is neededin our assemblies\ now-a-days.
TAXING the Indianapolis Journal (an advocate of the Baxter bill) as * authority, the new law is not likely to -diminish the number of saloon-keep-ers at the Hoosier Capital. It says: “There seems to be but little dificulty experienced by the saloon-keepers in getting the requisite number of signatures on their petitions, and if they are found dorrect the Board has no option but to grant the permit. This seems to be a defect in the law that makes it inferior to the old statue as a preventative of the increase of saloons. : No matter how low or characterless a ‘man may be, if he gets the signatures of a majority of the voters in the ward in which he does business, on his peétition the Commissioners are forced to grant him a permit. The whole number of petitions now on file in the Auditor’s office is fiftysix” D e
.© | “The Last Disgrace.” _ Under this caption the New York Tribum_ of the Bth contains an article fairly bristling with moral indignation. The language used therein is unusually severe—not improperly so, but quite in contrast with the mild manner in which that able journal is wont to speak.. It says: - : The last great scandal, touched lightly by:the press but bruited everywhere now, isnot of avarice and greed, but of intemperance and lust. Open, publie, brazen, flaunted in the faces of decent wives and mothers, and of pure daughters and sisters, a seame, foulfronted, sickening, beastly. Between the sensual sot, of brilliant intellect but vile associations and depraved habits, who so lately set himself and paramour on publie exhibition in this city and at Long Branch—between him and4he Presidency of the United States are but two lives, and one of them of the frailest tenure. Is the nation drunken that it sees this large disgrace paraded under its very eyes, and takes into its nostrils the stench of the offense, and makes no sign of nausea? Has dead and buried decency no resurrection ?
The plain English of this is, that Senator Mat. Carpenter, the fugleman of the Grant administration and President pro tem. of the United States Senate, recently visited President Grant at d,ong Branch to urge the appointment of Sanator Howe for Chief Justice of the Supreme Gourt; that during his stay in New York he was beastly drunk for several days and while in that.condition “enjoyed” the company of notorious prostitutes; that he was guilty of the same indecency at Long Branch—so much so, that the proprietor of the hotel at which he stopped ejected the Wisconsin Senator from his premises; and that his conduct throughout was disgraceful in the extreme. In ‘view of these revelations the people may well pray for the speedy recovery of Vice President Wilson that the nation may be spared from the disgrace of calling Mat. Carpenter her second highest officer! : e :
The Political Muddle in Ohio. .On the first page of this week’s BANNER are published the proceedings of the two conventions which recently assembled at Columbus, Ohio. We surrender so large a portion of our space for the purpose of énabling our readers to become familiar with the points of differences that divide the anti-administration elements of our neighboring State. - The platforms adopted by the two conventions are in the main unobjectionable, and both tickets are claimed to be possessed of great strength. It is needless to say that we greatly regret the division which led to the nomination of two- distinct tickets.— The “split” might easily have been avoided had it not been that selfish politicians crowded themselves to the front. A little self-denial and moderation would have kept the anti-admin-istration elements together. As it is, the Credit Mobilierites are morally certain of success. s Grant and the Salary’Grab. We have all along contended that Grant was chiefly responsible for the salary grab. '@ Merely »nto keep the matter before the people, we introduce additional testimony——oui‘ witness being the Chicago T7ribune: “We have been informed aforetime, by as good Republicans as there are in the House of Representatives, that, while the salary bill was pending, General Grant could scarcely be induced to talk on any other subject. Whatever matter of state might be brought up in the conversation, he would dismiss it impatiently, if not adroitly, and return to the only legislation in which he evinced. any interest, viz., the increase of salaries. We also know that the attendants at the White louse were the most assiduous and eflicient lobbyists in favor of the grab. Recent developments show that General Grant not only encouraged the passage of the bill, but that he was the originator, the prompter, and the -‘whip, as ‘well as the signer of the bill.”
What the Democracy Must Do. . The veteran organ of the Democracy of Western Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh Post—tells it in plain terms viz: “The Democratic Convention; that meets on the 27th instant, at Wilkesbarre, will lamentably fail to express the sentiments of the Democratic party if it does not utter an emphatic disapproval of the Credit Mobilier fraud, the increase of-salaries, and the vote of back pay to the members of the Forty-second Congress. There is no doubt of what the people think on the subject, and . their voice ought to find utterance through the press and ‘the-Convention.” True; but the old cry of “harmony” will probably interfere with your goodly intentions.— Congressmen Randall, Meyers, Foster and others voted for the salary grab, and they, with their friends, will doubtless foam over the Louisiana outrage, but object decidedly to a denunciation of the big steal. n el ;
TaE, New York Journal of Commerce ‘concludes a sedate, but wellcongidered article on “Casesarism,” as follows: “The question will keep and we shelve it for the present. If President Grant, or his personal friends, or the politicians who have linked their fortunes with his, would like to have it discussed in 1875-6, they can have it to the full. Unless we are greatly mistaken in judging of the drift of public opinion, they will find, when the time is ripe, that Cwsarism, or the possegsion of office for an indefinite period, through packed conventions, and the abuse of power, is one of the things that the American people will not stand. If the reverse of the expectation should be true, then indeed, and for the first time, should we despair of the Republic.” =
" BUTLER’S campaign in Massachusetts is working like a barrel of constabulary beer. Itis announced that “the Bay State will he politically crazy next autumn, and that demagogueism, chicanery, témperance and personal aggrandizement will be strangely intermixed—the devil taking the hindermost.” Vi
A Railroad of which, None can Com- __ Plain. , At this time, when a large portion of the Amer‘ica,n people are arrayed against railroad corporations, it becomes a pleasure to bear testimony to the efficient, honorable and just management of one of the grandest railways of the country. We have reference to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern —the pride of all the towns through which it passes, and the boast of trayelers from all parts of the world. Its superior accommodatiofi_s, low rates, and:general excellence elicit frequent commendations from its patrons; hence the absence of anything like an anti-railroad sentiment in this community. !
The scrufiulous care exercised by this corporation for the benefit and welfare of the traveling public is pleasingly illustrated by the following general order to passenger conductors, recently issued by Chas. Paine, Superintendent of the L. S. & M. 8. road:— “The civility and courteous bearing towards passengers, which distinguish the conductors upon this line, are the subject of frequent encomium from its patrons; it is with pleasure that 1 here repeat their praises. And I desire to call the attention of all, who have to do with the movement of _passengers, to the importance of ren--dering to all travelers such aid and information as they may need, bearing in mind that many matters which are plain to the experienced, need explanation to those who are not so. And I especially recommend to their consideration the poor and humble classes, most of whom are ignorant of our cus!;toyfils, many of whom aré unacquaint- | ed%;ven with our language, they stand in the greatest need of assistance. As strangers in « strange land, they should command the sympathy of everyone.” - | 2
Pure Hypocrisy. Speaking of the*resolutions adopted by the Minnesota Republican State Convention, denunciatory of the salary steal, our vivacious contemporary of the Martinsville Gazette pronounces these party declarations as pure hypocrisy.” “This iniquity, says the Gazette, on the part of a Républican Congress, has become such a stench in the nostrils of the whole people, irrespective of party, that the leaders in the grand scheme of public robbery have become alarmed and are trying to relieve the party of the odium of theft by the adoption of resolutions denouncing robbery. . We have but little faith in death-bed repentance, especi:flly on the part of the leaders of political organizations. 'Whenever we see, or think we can see, that the people of all parties have enough confidence in themselves and enough faith in thé popular movement now agitating the country to pin their principles only where they will do the most good, we shall begin to lrelieve that the era of “Republican simplicity” is again dawning, and that the time has atrived when there will be no_more gouging on the part of those called upon to transact public business.” -
Good Words from Maséachl;setts. _ The intimation that a large number of the Massachusetts Democrats would support Ben. Butler in the event of his nomination by the Republicans is indignantly and scornfully repelled by that ‘able and influential journal, the Boston Post. 1t saysall that Gen. Butler is'and has he ows to the Republicans, and adds: “He is a prize which the Republican party Has drawn, and they should have the exclusive credit and benefit of it, Any present timidity or confusion can be no temptation to Democrats who are bent on higher purposes thanmere vengeance;and they will not hesitate to repudiate all sympathy in'behalf of pretentions based upon services rendered to Republicanism alone. In all that has been obnoxious to right and justice in the Government Gen. Butler has been the most prominent; to support him now, under the flimsy pretext that he alone can break up the dominant party in this State, s no better than a demonstration in ‘behalf of Presiderit Grant himself, whom he represents, and the objectionable circle of inmates and advisers “about him:” i
Still Another New Departure Recom1. mended. Halstead, the irrepressible political quack of the Cincinnati Commercial, favors a new departure in the selection of candidates for Governor and indicates his preference thus: “The lawyers and the politicians, the soldiers and the statesmon—we have tried them and they are not wanted. It is in vain to seek among the professions for the man we are after. He ought to be a farmer, a cultivator of beef and bacon, beans and buckwheat, cows and corn, cabbages and' cucumbers, with a strong smell of the soil in his blouse and the fragrance of barn yards on his boots—a man far removed from contact with cities and unknown in the precincts of court houses, whom contractors have not contaminated nor monopolists manipulated.”
GEN. VAN BUREN is held responsible, by the . Special Comlmissié)x\‘» appointed’ to investigate the charges against him, for all the mismanage‘ment and corruption at Vienna. His ‘defense of the receipt of money from persons who received permits to sell liquors in the American Department is pronounced unsatisfactory, and he is said to have grossly misled the State Department by his stateipehts in. relation thereto. As Chief Commis‘sioner, he should have superintended every branch of the American Department, and should have selected as asBistants only honest and, competent men. This he failed to ‘do; and in consequence“gcorruption ‘and mismanagement that would have ruined any ‘private business resulted, to the lasting injury of American interests and the American fair fame. For this he must be held accountable, ‘
O. Hehl is bell boy at a Fort Wayne hotel. He complains that he is called for 80, much by the guests thatlie can’t get a wink of sleep. s
.~ OUR NEIGHBORS. o ~—Huntington lime sells at Goshen for one dollar per barrel. - —Mishawaka has a Mrs. Partington, and is ambitious of becoming a city. —After a lorig and exciting contest, the South Benders have agreed to introduce water-works at a cost of about $57,000. i i —A fair-sized business room at Warsaw commands the handsome rental of $7OO per year. It must be profitable to invest a little money in mortar and briek in that town. ‘ o
—Judge Osborn has returned from the West, and is now holding a special term of court at Goshen, for the trial of John Long who shot J. R. Hawkins, near Millersburg, a few months ago. —The “Warsaw Indianian indignantly denies that there have been any cases of cholera in that town, as reported by the Goshen Democrat.— We deem it very imprudent to give currency to the numerous reports that ‘are peddled about by thoughtless peo‘ple. :
. —No cholera in DeKalb county.... Waterloo is still shipping wool. ...The physicians of Auburn constitute a board of health, to inspect out-houses, meat shops, ete, and report to the town council..... Grasshoppers are quite numerous in certain localities of DeKalb county. : —When they get riled at one another, it is fashionable at Warsaw te seek revenge by sending anonymous: letters to the obnoxious parties.— These epistles are said to contain low and abusive epithets, mean innuendos, and are. calculated to accomplish a great deal of misehief. y —The Eel River Conference of the Disciple or Christian Church, assembled ‘at Urbana, Wabash county,-on Wednesday, (yesterday,) and will continue its sessions until next Monday. Visitors and delegates will pay full fare over the €., W. & M. Railroad going, and be returned free on certificate of the officer of the conference. sl
—The Irishman Francis Tracy, arrested at LaGrange some time ago on suspicion of being either crazy or a burglar, proves, on investigation, to be an honest, hard:working laborer, a trifle weak in the" upper story. His home is in L.uzerne :county, Pennsylvania, and he was on his way back from a disastrous trip to Nevada when arrested. i N
—The Warsaw Indianian says:— “Dr. Jacob Boss is the owner of quite a curiosity, in th€ way of a cane. It is an ordinary reed walking-stick, with plain ivory handle, but in the head of the cane, is a cylinder escapement-time-piece, which gives.you the time of day, any time you desire to look at it. In short you have the time-right i your hand.? —Says the Goshen Democrat: “We understand our friend Childs has sold out his interest in the Violett House to his partner Jack Croxton. We are sorry to lose such an excellent landlord as Mr. Childs, but we are glad the institution has fallen into such excellent hands as Jack Croxton. We predict the Violett House will put on city airs under the new proprietor. f
-—A foolish sort vf a man named William Wideman recently parchased a half pound of powder and a cigar, at Beaver Dam, in the south-west part of Kosciusko county. Seated on the counter, he puffed his cigar and accidentally brought it in econtact with | the powder. An explosion ensued, Wideman’s face was badly disfigured, and a by-stander named Jacob Eiler lost a fine moustache. . —The many false reports concerning the operations of burglars in Lagrange county seem to have disgusted our contemporary of the Standard.— Hesays: ““There are reports of anumber of feeble attempts at burglaries, but there is so little actual burglary, and discovery of any person about, that we fear we will have to adopt the “spirit” theory to account for the window lifting and the various noises reported.” : .
- —Mishawaka is to have a cheese factory. A stock company is now be-| ing formed which will at once proceed to build a factory, a house for the foreman and family, and all other necessary adjuncts of such an institution, so that work may be commenced early next year. A practical cheese-make from the east will be secured to man age the establishment. The company will start out with at least 150 cows, and increase the number as circum: stances will permit. e
. —ln noticing the efforts of some of the Goshen saloon-keepers to obtain the requisite number of signatures to their petitions for a permit to sell spirituous liquors, the Times of thar; city remarks: “According to the opinion of Attorney General Denny, a maJjority of the voters who actually VOt? at the last election preceding must sign a petition before it can be recognized -by the Commissioners.” Co%— rect; but three or four able J udg(?s have decided thdt the Attorney General is mistaken. i |
—From the Lagrange Standard we learn that the commissioners of that county met on the 4th inst. and “confirmed the appointment of: cons{;abl\és for four Protective Associations. The new companies organized are, the Haw Patch Protective Association, the Clearspring Protective Association, and the Union Protective Aséociation, Clearspring Township. Cgn--stables were appointed for the Wblcottville Association, which is acting under a former organization. The bfficers of the Clearspring Association are: Leonard Peck, President; A. Henderson, Vice President; Jihn Price, Secretary; John A. Wemple, Treasurer. The officers of the others we did not learn.” : [ THE owners of the Wawasset have rendered themselves liable by tfieir violation of their certificate, which restricted them to fifty passengers, to a penalty of ten dollars to each ?13,5.senger, and the refunding of the passage-money. Suits are to be bro’t to enforce these penalties by the Steamhoat Inspector, and they will alsg be prosecuted for carrying exeum;&m ‘without license. - : 1
E tabbing and Shooting Afiray. (F{‘om the Lagrange Independent of Aug. 8) Lgst Tuesday evening between six and seven o’clock this vieinity was thrown into an excitement by the repmg that one of our citizens had been stabbed in the arm by a desperado, or one of the many thieves that infest this| country. A citizen of the county, Mr. Preston, was riding along and in some way the tugs became unfastened from the whiffletree. He jumped outand wag in the act of adjusting the same when this fellow rushed up and drew ‘a butcher knife from its sheath and call}ted Mr. Preston some hard names, at the same time brandishing the knife. As Mr. Preston had no weapon of jny kind whereby he could defend himself, he succeeded in quieting the man by telling him that he did not wish to arrest him. At this Mr, P. jumped in his buggy, and rode to town and informed some of the citizens that a desperate character had threatened his life a little way out of the village. Whereupon, John. Lutz, one of the members of the protective association, and a man by the name of Luphold started out in' search of the man and found him on Herbert’s hill, near the same place that Mr. P. had left him. They told him at once he could consider himself arrested, and for him to take a walk to town with them. He refused to comply with their request and drew his knife, stabbed one of the men, Mr. John Lutz, in the fleshy part of the arm, above the elbow, inflicting a se‘f\«:ere' and painful wound, and strik-. ingitwo or three more times, but owing to the dullness of the knife, he was only bruised. Mr. Lutz, in the meantime had drawn his revolver and shat the desperado twice, one ball taking effect in the breast and one in the cheek. These; two "balls didn’'t seem to discommode him’ much, and made for Mr. Lutz again when he called to one of his companions to shoot him as he was losing strength fast, from loss of blood and ¢ould not keep up the combat. a > .
Mr. James Jagger and Henry Colliflower, who had been out at duck hunting, came up just in time to renderthe needed assistamnce and emptied a load of shot into the fellow, when he fell to the ground which effectuaily put an end to further hostilities. At this writing Mr. Lutz is doing well, and we learn that the man who received the two balls and load of shot wilt recoi'er, as the wounds are not dangerous. He would not give his name, but in answer to questions put, he said hel was on his way to the soldiers home at Milwaukee, Wisconsini A testament was found in his pocketin wrflich was written the name of Nathan W. Stroup, but whether this is his real name or a fictitious one, has not been ‘ascertained. 7
LATER.—Since the above was in type, in answer to a few questions put, tl}ie wounded man, now lying in the Jail,says hisname is Adolphus Tuark, that his home is the Soldiers Home at Milwaukee,Wis., and that he was on his way to the Home. He further states, that during the War he served in both t?‘e rebel and Union armies.’ At the present writing he is rational and ans-° wers all questions readily, and that his wounds are not as bad as at first supposed. It is further reported that : this fellow in company with another entered the residence of Mrs. Carter, and demanded something to eat, and upon the point of refusing, each of them pulled a persuasive weapon, in the shape of a butcher knife, and told her she could take her choice. She finally yielded and gave them some bread and milk, which they put away and departed. Thisfellow should have a careful trial. sod : |
Nt S - —— . From Republicanism to Caesarism. | The leading journals of the country aredevoting considerable of their space to the discussion of the proposed third term scheme of the Grant dynasty, or what the N. Y. Herald appropriately terms “Cesarism.” Among the most rational views expressed on that subject are those of the Buffalo Courier which makes these observations:
| It is justly said that history repeats itself, but it is always with variations ‘which partly obscure its teachings from our sight. The change from isimple republicanism to Cssarism in |this country will not be.marked by a !coup d’etat, such as that® of Louis Na{poleon,” but many of the social and 'political elements around us are favorjable to it. There is an absence of those fixed sentiments on many subjects which pervaded the community when the revelution was accomplish‘ed; the country has become accustomed to the spectacle of military subordination and wxule, and many of our young men have formed their opinions during its existence; enormous wealth and luxury have not only been obtained, but this has been done with a suddenness never before known. The prevalence of a widespread laxity in moral and political principles, especially among our public men, is too plainly proved by the Credit Mobilier and other extraordinary legislation in congress and big railroad and other “iniquities in state legislation at Albany and elsewhere; property is becoming‘concentrated in fewer hands, and the opportunities of readily acquiring land and afarm ata nominal price are almost totally lost in. the older states, and social distinctions, scarcely known in the earlier day§ of the re‘public, are becoming the rale instead of the exception, while honest labor is less respected. These things and others connected with them go far‘to make up the body of a different government and aid those who, for the sake of retaining their honors "and emoluments, are ‘desirous that Grant should be reelected for a third term and as much longer as they can carry elections.
IT 18 THE OPINION of both the Herald and the Journal, of Salt Lake City, pretty plainly expressed, that the divorce suit brought against Brightm Young by Ann Eliza Webb, one of his plural wives, is nothing more nor less than a blackmailing operation. It is very certain that no suit for divorce can be entertained in the United States Courts between a seventeenth wife, the other sixteen being alive, and a polygamist. The purpose of the suit must, therefore, have been something beside the procuring of a divorce, ‘which the lawyers iof Mrs. Young No. 17 know perfectly well, cannot be obtained. It is predicted that there will be a compromise, and the Salt Lake Journal is of the opinion that Mr. Young will come down handsomely in order to prevent an expose of his domestic affairs. Many a man, not a polygamist, would do as much.—Chicago Tribune.
3 Wants to Know. - The Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court writes to the Secretary ‘of State to know if there is not a law whose publication has been omitted, providing for the payment of a bounty for fox scalps, and says: “A man in this county.rode thirty-six miles on a blind horse the hottest day this season with three fox. scalps nailed to a clapboard and claimed his reward. All the able bodied men about the court house were detailed to search for the lgav, but their labors were in vain, and the poor trapper, refusing to be comforted, wended his waf in sorrow and disappointment to his forest’ home,” For. the benefit of other trappers we will say that there is no such law.—lnd{anapolis Journal,
‘' INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. Gen. Meredith, of Cambridge City, has received another lot of fine cattle, purchased during his reécent trip to Illinois. Among them are a $2,000 cow and a $1,200 calf. L : Miss Mary, the accomplished daughter of the.Hon. John C. Shoemaker, ex-Auditor of State, eloped with a fellow named “Scrap” (for short,) last Monday.—Crawyford County Democrat. The Pharos says the present is the busiest building season ‘ Logansport has ever known. More brick will be laid, up this'season than in any two previous ones. 'The cry everywhere is “more mort.” - :
On Saturday afternoon Lester Burdict, alias “Coal Oil Johnny,” a baggage man on the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw railroad, was instantly crushed to death while coupling cars at the Bloomingdale depot, ' Fort Wayne.
The wheat crop in Howard county is fully one-third less than it was estimated before it was cut. There. are choice fields that will yield twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre, but. they are scarce. The average yield will not be ten, and may not be more+than eight bushels. - . ¢
The prevalance of the burglar epidemic at Laporte has given an irasci- ‘ ble old gentleman a fine opportunity for robbing his premises of a lover of his daughter, to whom he had some objections. He has posted the following notice: “Any man found around these premises after 9 o’clock p.m. will be shot on the spot.” . The first case under the new liquor law was tried before ’Squire Westand a jury, at Brookville, on the 23d. The defendant was Dr. Calder, of Cedar Grove, who was charged on afiidavit of Adaline Cleaver with being intoxicated. Several witnesses swore the Doctor was drunk on the oceasion referred to in the indictment, but he swore he was not, and the jury said they believed him: 1 SR
A man named Wesley Close was brought before Squire Curtis at Mishawaka, on Tuesday, charged with having unmercifully beaten his little four year old_ child. The testimony for the prosecution was to the effect that the child’s back was one mass of black.and blue spots caused by ‘a recent beating, and that the father had been in the habit of whipping it with unusual severity. The Justice fined Close $5 and cos%ts]. [ ‘Recently an entire family, living near New Carlisle, St. Joseph county, ‘were suddenly taken sick, all exhibiting the same symptoms and plainly indicating that poison had been taken into their systems. Nothing but ordinary victuals had been eaten and where the poisonous matter was obtained is a mystery. Somé think it was the effect of the Paris green that had been .applied to the potata vines. ~ The South Bend T'ribume says that a Riece of paper was recently picked up in that eity, near a dry goods store, upon which the following memoranda of articles wanted was written with a pencil in a female hand: “Pins, button gaiters, bustle, thread, bosoin pads, hose, cuffs, ! west end, bath packet, hoop skirt, handkerchiefs, note paper and envelopes, rufiling, pink and white powder, gloves, needles, 'camphor, candy, comb.” The poet says, “Man wants but little here below,” fortunately he saved his reputation by not including woman in that assertion.
Among the new laws of ‘the State which recently went into effect under the Governor’s proclamation, are those prohibiting the hunting of game on enclosed premises; ang also prohibiting minors from playing on billiard, bagatclle, or similar tablos, and pro scribing penalties and giving the State the opening and closing in criminal prosecutions. There were one hundred laws passed in which there were emergency clauses attached and twelve in which there were no such provisions made, and which consequently were not binding until their publication in all the counties.—ZLogansport Pharos. ~ The Auditor of State has prepared a tabular statement of the property owned by the Western Union Telegraph Company in the various counties in the State. The total number of miles in the State is 6,628. "The amount of tangible property returned in the State foots up $150,937.40. The State Board of Equalization at a recent meeting .assessed the capital stock above the tangible property to the amount of $649,062.20, thus placing the total valuation of property owned in this Commonwealth by the company at $799,998.60 or $120.70 per mile of wire. This is the first corporation 1 which capital stock has been. taxed. G : ;
Galvin Stewart, proprietor of the Summit City Hotel of Fort Wayne, a few days since eloped with a woman named Alice Gerard, who had been employed at the hotel. About five weeks before leaving he obtained from his wife over one thousand dollars in cash, which she had received from her father a few*days before, and took the greater part of his wife’s clothing; also a gold watch and some jewelry belonging to her. He sent the woman ahead of him, and, it is supposed, joined her on the road: He has two children, one aged three years and an infant six weeks old. It is said this ‘Alice Gerard has now four husbands still living. < o T. C, Phillips, of the Kokomo 7~ bune, thinks his family monopolizes pretty much all the smartness of Howard county. In support of his claim he tells, in the last number of the 7%%bune, how three nephews, whose ages range from five to eleven years, cought a huge catfish and proceeded to clean it. In order to behead the monster alongbladed knife was procured and held across the neck by the two younger lads—the youngest steadying the ‘blade- while the other grasped the handle, and the oldest stood ready with a hammer to strike. The blow was given; and an inch or two from the first and second fingers of the youngest boy’s hand dropped on the block, while not a scrateh was| observed upon the fish. Nextday that boy was fishing again. : |
The Fort Wayne Sentinel gives a somewhat lengthy sketch of a man named John Mooney, confined in the Allen county asylum as a lunatic.— ‘For nearly a year he had seemed to be entirely rational, and a statement to the effect that his brother was ineclined to, favor his release from confinement was published in the Sentinel.— This was shown to Mooney, who read it over and over again, and seemed deeply impressed with the joyful thought that he would, in all probability, soon be a free man again. He spent much of his time at a window overlooking the approach to the asylum, evidently looking and longing for the messenger that should bring him tidings of relief; but he came not, and the Superintendent was ‘Bhocked, last Thursday night, at heariing strange noises. proceeding from Mooney’s cell. On repairing thither it was found that he had become a ‘raving maniac. His attendants are ‘divided in opinion as to whether this Bad change in Mooney’s condition is the effect of hope deferred or the result of studying too closely the local :: Eag‘e of the Sentinel, At all events /the case is a most pitiful one, :
NEWS SPLINTERS. . The Ohio Constitutional Convention adjourned at Columbus last Friday to meet at Cincinnati on J?ecember 2. * The Cherokee Indians are getting civilized, and are having an electionriot among themselves at Clay’s Bluff, MO. ‘» 5 - “_._, = The losses by the fire which oceurred at Portland, Me. on -Saturday, ?mgunfi to $600,000. Five lives ‘Were ost. ' L + The planing-mill of Dietz & Co.; in Chicago, and adjoining sash factories. and lumber yards, were last Thursday destroyed by fire. .ALoss, $70,000. . The Jews of Chicago have petitioned Mayor Medill to prohibit the carrying on of trade in the neighborhood of their synagogues on Saturday, as it in-. terferes with the observanee of their Sabbath. Ry AT
According fo the latest estimate, it is thought that seventy lives were lost by the burning of the ‘Wawasset on Friday. TFifty-six bodies have been recoyvered, many of which had been partially eaten by crabs and could not be identified. R S D L
Six German beer-sellers of Worcester, Mass., have been fined slooeach and sentenced to ‘six months imprisonment to the House of Correction for violating the very stringent law of the State. They have been required, in addition, to give bonds of $l,OOO each not to violate it again for a year,
-~ A young man who was married lately in Cumberland, Md.,, first aggra-vated-the officiating minister by presenting him with a marriage fee of 85 cents, fand then capped the e¢limax by returning after he had walked away a few steps and borrowing 5 cents.of that, on. the ground that he was “a little short just then”—leaving the clergyman 10 cents for his fee, The bodies of sixty-seven of the victims of the Wawasset disaster have been recovered. Both white and colored stragglers have been seen robbing the corpses washed ashore. A thorough investigation into the causes of the disaster is demanded, The feeling. in Washington is that the steamboat company is responsible -for the accident. : 5 S e tiice
The steamer Wawasset, ranning on the Potomac River b“etWea;é\Vashing—. ton and Curriman, took five last Friday at the Chatalon Landing. -There were 117 registered passengers. on board, at least forty of whom were drowned. Half of the ' passengers drowned were women and children.— Only six bodies have been recovered. The origin of the fire is unknown. A bloody battle is reported to have occurred between a hunting party of 240 Pawnees and a large force of Sioux, near Republican River, last Tuesday. The Pawnees lost about one huridred men and most of their horses, arms and supplies. | They were pursued twenty-five or-thirty miles, and only. escaped in the darkness. ‘The Sioux were the attacking party. = The Paw-; nees lost many of . the- best. men of their tribe. o e e
The* Granges of Minnesota, several of which have already appointed delegations to attend independent political conventions, are ordered by their Grand Master to annul this action. Heinstructs them that the rules of the Grange forbid any political movements by its members, acting as such. As individuals, however, they are free to act as they think proper. This order will not interfere with the success. of the Conventions, as thefarmers will send delegations appointed by public meetings instead of the.Granges. = =
INTENSE excitement was created in the vicinity of the’' Southern Ohiolunativ asylum at Dayton, a few days aga, by an attempt to outragea little girl of twelve years by a man who offered the child money to show him the road to the asylum, and as they reached the woods, just near it, he caught hold of her, struck ‘her, and while insensible dragged her into the woods; but a gentleman passing in a carriage saw him strike her, and at once gave chase. ‘The fiend escaped, and-so:far has hot been arrested. A large party started in pursuit and séoured the woods, but no trace could be had. -+ ¢ 2o %0
Election Troubles Among the Indians inKansas.ii - mes PArsons, Kan,, ‘August 11.—A dispateh received from the Indian country to-day says the Downing-Ross party have beaten the reformers, but: Bell has - obtained letters written by Ross and Jones to Washington; show= ing treachery to the principles of the party. The full-bloods are said to be indignant and aroused, and that Ross and Jones must go the bush to save their lives. It is also asserted that death sentence has been passed by certain Indians uponi“Colo.nel"'Bfon-diliot," James Bell, and others of the progressive and reform party. There is no question but anarchy.and crime are largely on the increase, and many of the best men in that locality begin to believe their only safety lies in" a strong central territorial form of government, under -the protection. of the United States. - A S eek
' ‘While some are rushing to the seashore and other watering places for. ‘health or recreation, a plain Hoosier chooses a cheaper and more sensible way. A«Mr. Pine, of South Bend, having an invalid wife, and himself wanting a sniff of fresh air, has éaused to be constructed a handsome covered. wagon, in which: he and his family will soon start overland for Texas.— ‘The wagon body is fourteen feet long and has easy cushioned seats, under ‘which compartments are arranged forl stowing a small sheet" iron cooking stove, which can be adjusted and fired up in the wagon, for dishes and.cooking utensils, for beds and bedding, and all things necessary for their living without in the least being dependent. on; the outside' world. The journey will be made by |easy stages;. the party stopping to fish, hunt or otherwise’ amuse themselves at will.. No cruel hackmen or extortionate hotel bills for them! 2 G
Republican papers will still assert that the farmers’ movement is a thing cooked up by the Democracy for Re-. publican counties alone. - The fact is that the Democrats as a. party, have no more to do with the anti-menopoly movement than the man in the moon, but that individual members of the Democratic party fall rapidly in with said movement, is a faect, 8o much so, that they fail generaly to call their, own organization, together.—Peoria (Ill.) Democrat. S el
- It is certain that if the granges take any part in politics it will be to overthrow the present corrupt dynasty. Now the question is, ecan they keep out the politics ? It seems almost. impossible for them to do go. Can they accomplish anything without making their ballots an instrument Oftt power P—Burtington (Iowa) Ga2ette. (Gres
. GRAOE GREENWOOD put the following conundrum ta Senator Carpenter some time ago, but at last -accounts had received no ‘answer: “If it is hard for a Senator, {6 be a goog Chrigtian on $5,000 a year, what are a g(firooc'i,l’grk’s chances of salvation at
_NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, 5 o » ( $3,000 FOR 20 CENTS. Before you start on'a journey, buy an Accident Insurance Ticket of the Railway Passengers Assurance Co., of Hai'tford, €onn. Tickets for saleat railroad stations. Ask for anlnsuranceticket —-—-—,.___*“_______‘_____ e WABASH COLLEGE, - CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. Fall Term opens Sept. 10, 1873. The Collegiate Scientiflc, Preparatory, Mercantile, English and Military Departments—the latter with gymnasium '-—togeL{Aer with the buildings, cabinet, apparat‘uses, libraries, society halls, dormitory, etc., present great attractions tostudents. Threerailways ‘pass through the'town. Seand for catafegues. JOSEPH F. TUTTLE, President.
- (randest Scheme Ever Known. Fourth Grand Gift Concert .. . FORTHE BENEFIT OF THE ° ] S B 3 __"_» Y 12,000 CASH GIFTS $1,500,000. Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift. V 250,000 For K 50.. Th.eAll‘onr,th} Grand Gift Concert authorized by ‘Bpecial act of the Legislature for the benefit of the Public Library of Kentucky, will take place in Pab--lic Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky., on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER S, 8. Only sixty thonsand tickets will be sold and one--half of these are intended for the Edropean market, thus leaving only 30,000 for sale in the United -States, where 100,000 were disposed of for. the Third Concert. - The tickets are. divided into ten coupons or parts and haveon their back the scheme ‘with a full explanation of the mode of drawing. ~At this concert, which will be the grandest musical disglay ever witnessed in this country, the unprecedented sum of g 2 : $1,500,Q00, divided ‘inte 12,000 cash gifts, will be distribuged ‘by lot among the ticket holders,. The numbers of the tickets to be drawn from oné wheel Dy blind children and the gifts from another. o LIST OF GIFTS ¢ _ : ‘ONE GRAND CASH G1FT...........§250.000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........... 100,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........... 50,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT...__...... 25,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........... 17.500 : 10. CASH. GIFTS $lO,OOO each..... 100,000 30 CASH GIFTS 5,000 each..... 150,000 S 0 CASH GIFTS 1,000 each..... 23,000 §0 CASH GIFTS 500 each..... ,000 160 CASH GIFTS 400 each..... 40,000 -150 CASH GIFTS 300 each..... 45,000 - 250 CASH GIFTS* 200 edch..... 50,000 .. 825 CASH GIFTS . 100 each:.... 32,500 11,000 CASH GIFTS- 50 each..... 550,000 TOTAL, 12,000 GIFTS, ALL CASH, - Bmounting t0...................851,500,000 The distribution will be positive, whether all the tickets are sold or not, and the 12,000 gifts all paid in proportion to the tickets sold—all wnsold tick—ets berng destroyed, as at the First and Second Concerts, and not represented in the drawing. 4 e PRICE OF TICKETS, . ] Whole tickets 850; Halves $25; Tenths, or each Coupon, §5; Eleven Whole Tickets for $500; 2214 ! Tickets for $1,000; 1;3 Whole Tickets for $5,000; 227 'Whole Tickets for £lO,OOO,- No discount on i less than $5OO-worth of Tickets at a time. i “The unparalleled success ofthe Third Gift Concert, ag well s t' e satisfaction given by the First -and Second, makes'it only necessary to announce the Fourth to insure the prompt sale of every tick- . ¢t. The Fourth Gift Concert will be conducted in all its ‘details like the Third, and full particulars may be learnéd from circulars, which will besent free from this office to all who apply for them. . Tickets now ‘ready for sale, and all orders accompanied by the money grompt]y fled. Liberal terms given to those who buy to sell again. ; 3 THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, » Ag't Publ. Libr. Ky.,'and Manager Gift Concert. > Pablic Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
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