The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 September 1873 — Page 2

The Hatiomal B The Hational Banney & :.-i-"-?"-;é.l"n:\%g":f!;-‘-’;’;-l\f:m 4 i v RPN ayee Ol T - allyy 7. B. STOLL, Hdiltor and Prepetetor, = LIGONIER, IND'A, SEPT. 18, 18783, BuTrLEeR says he put the salary grab through Congress at the urgent -request of President Grant. 'We have no doubt that such is the exact truth.

It is to be hoped ithat the public will not soon again be bored with visionary balloon projects. The Graphic humbug should suffice for vears to come,.

TuUE DEFEAT of Ben. Butler is received with great satisfaction by members of all the existing political parties. His connection with the salary grab rendered him extremely odious to all honest men. it

For one of feeble health, it is assuming quite a task for Senator Sumner to enter the lecture field during the coming season. His new lecture treats of eentralization under the title of the “Unity of the Republic.” ‘

Tur Boonville Enquirer comes to us in a handsome new dress—the type being of the same style as that used in the publication of the BANNER. We congratulate Bro. Swint upon the very neat appearance of his paper, and carnestly hope that.the people of Warrick county will extend that liberal support which his enterprise so amply merits, o ‘

HoN. GEORGE W. JULIAN delivered a masterly address before a farmers’ meeting at Rockville, Ind., a few days sinee. We will endeavor to furnish a syhopsis next week. Mr. Julian is one of the very deepest thinkers of the present time, and being an earnest champion of governmental reform his suggestions aye worthy of the highést consideration. ' G '

~ THe BANTER LAW has been pretty ~thoroughly discussed by Major A. W. UTendricks, Hon, Joseph E. M¢Donald, ‘Hon. A. (. Porter, and J. W. Gordon " —thef fqrm"e'r two arguing that the 1 law was ipconstititional, and the | lother gentlemen maintaining the opi posite view.. A decision will probably. © be rendered in course of a week or ten days, J el > WDO— - . Joux I ALEXANDER, the well known cattle dealer in Illinois, has brought suit on a contract against the . New Y{ork_' Central railroad company ~and other companies connécted with the Central, for damages in $250,000. Alexander claims the difference between the amount actudlly pa‘id‘ by him in 1870 and the lowest rate for which cattle were carried on compet- . ing lines. Ie paid $lO5 a car, while other shippers were paying $5O a car on the Pennsylvania railroad and con“uections. ’ " i

~ToxM CoRWIN, as he was familiarly called, was certainly one. of the great men of this nation. e was Governor of Ohio, member of the Senate, Congressman, Secretary of the Treasury, and President Lincoln’s Minister to Mexico until the advent of Maximilian—and yet his grave, at Newark, 0., is without a headstone. -Neither personal nor political friends, nor the Pt :It)‘9 'wh,ose annals his abilities did so much to illustrate, have been willing to expend even fifty dollars to mark’ his last resting-place, as we learn from an exchange which claims td know.

Tue thuch-advertised Graphic Halloon bubble has finally exploded. The erial transatlantic voyage was designated for last Friday. Thousands of people turned out (at Brooklyn) to witness the g-rand departure. * When about one-fourth or one-third filled, the balloon suddenly swayed to the morth, ripped half way around, with a great tearing noise, and fell flat to the ground. The immensé volume of gas which had been pumped into it, nearly 400,000 feet,escaped at the same moinent, wearly suffocating the bystanders. The explosion is attributed to the worthless material of which the balloon was composed and to the utter disregard of Prof. Wise’s instructions.

CONSUMERS of é'spiritu_nus liquors may find something suggestive in this paragraph clipped from an eastern exchange: “A few days ago a party in a liquor store in New York took a lighted candle and proceeded to a cellar to search for a leak in a wine cask. The leak was known by the scent in the air. - The vapor of the liquor had so impregnated the atmosphere that, like gas, it took fire and caused a tremendous explosion, injuring the person who held the -candle and doing great damage to the building.” . That is the sort of liquor made now-a-days in the cities to supply the country people with, and there is not one saloon in ten where such stuff ig not retailed. : "

As was clearly foreshadowed in these columns, Ben. Butler was ingloriously beaten in his gubernatorial agpirations. - The return of delegates indicated that he was about 120 behind Washburn. - Butler himself was a delegate, and finding on several test-votes-that his énemies had absolute control of the convention, he wisely concluded to withdraw his name as a candidate for Governor before a ballot could he had. Washburn was thereupon nominated without formal opposition, though the chagrined Butlerites shouted a vigorous “No!” when the motion to make Washburn’s nomination was put by the chairman. The Essex chief was evidently greatly annoyed by the hostile demonstrations of his enemies, and did not make anything like the stir his particular admirers confidently expected. .

—lnquisitive ones are already agitating their minds overthe coming party seagon. They wonder who will bethe first one to inaugurate delightful and elegant entertainments. ;

| ‘Aésassinati on of Gen: MoCook. Gen. Edwin Stanton McCook, terri‘torial secretary of Dakato, while attending a railroad meeting at Yankton on the 11th inst., was brutally shot down by a banker named P.P. Wintermute, who harbored an eld grudge against the General on account of some railroad bonds, - The details of | tl;e'%’zm occurrence are thus given hy telegraph: o ; On Thursday night an altercation took place bet{:ween Gen. McCook and Wintermute, in a billiard parlor of the St. Nicholas Hotel, during which Wintermute used insulting language, which was promptly resented by the General, who gave Wintermute a threshing. The General then went to his room. Wintermute, washing the blood from his face, remarked that McCook could whip him, but that he (Wintermute) would shoot him, and immediately went. five- blocks, got a pistol, and returned. = A railroad meeting was in session in the hotel at the time Wintermute entered the assembly. McCook, unaware of his presence, also entered the room, when Wintermute rdse and, approaching, fired his pistol, the shot taking effect in the ](:Tft breast. The General grappled with his assassin and a second shot was fired, when Wintermute was thrown to the floer. During the struggle two more shots were fired, one of | which slightly wounded a bystander. Only one shot took effect that proved fatal.. The General lingered until 7. o’clock Friday morning, when he-ex-pired. ITe was fully conscions to the last, and died like a brave man. Wintermute is under arrest. . The city is! shrouded in gloom, and flags are flying ‘at half mast. At one time it was. feared| that Wintermute would be lyneched, but cooler counsels prevailed. The body is dressed in the uniform of a major-general which he wore during tho war. The coffin is draped with the United States flag, and a large coneourse of citizens will escort the: body to the depot from whenece it will be forwarded by a special train to his friends- in the East, accompanied by Gov. Burbank and other distinguished gentlemen. i - From a biographical -sketch we gather the information that General MeCook was the fifth son of General, Daniel McCook of Ohio, who was killed at the head of John Morgan's pursuers, in the engagement at Buffington Island. He was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and was probably in his 45d year when assassinated. He entered the volunteers during the war as Captain in the 31st Illinois regiment, which formed part of Gen. Logan’s division. e retired from military service, at the close of the war. Ile served ecreditably and received: promotion, and re-entered civil life at the close of the war. Ile was appointed Seceretary of Dakota Territory,; and was .much esteemed there by his official associates, ' His remains were interred at Cincinnati, on Tuesday last, by the members of the Masonic fraternity,

Terrible Railroad Disaster. + The Chicago T'ribune of Tuesday contains several dispatehes from Grand Rapids, Mich., giving rumors of a terrible accident as having oceurred: on the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad on Monday evening last.- A heavy express train, comsisting of t}'lirte‘en coaches, was diteched between Adaand T.owell, 20 miles east of Grand Rapids, Twenty persons are reported to have. been killed and a great'many wounded. The truth of thereport is evidenced by the departure of physicians from Grand Rapids to the scene of the accident, but every effort is being made by the ofticers of the road to suppress’ all information concerning the disaster. The State Fair having commenced at Grand Rapids-last Mouday, the fvrecked train was freighted with an unusually large number of passengers. S Later accounts aré fo the effect that the @ accident was occasioned by an ox suddenly jumping in front of the locomotive. The engine passed over him safely, but the tender, express, mail, baggage and emigrant cars wedre thrown from the track and smashed. Five 'deaths -are reported and a number wounded. B

= Finding Fault. The Angola 7'imes of last week contained this editorial paragraph: Much dissatisfaction is expressed by interested parties with regard to the manner in which Judge Tousley dispatched the business. brought before him during his last sitting here. We should presume that the Judge's duties were as binding, and should have been conducted as honorablyfthe last day of his services as the first. But perhaps a little bit of sourness toward the people of this “neck of the woods” for their action in a- certain convention about a year ago, had soniething to do with it. ‘ ‘ The Times should have been more specific if there really exists a wellfounded cause for this imputation,— Judge Tousley may not sustain the very kindest relations toward certain ruling spirits in Steuben, but we are lloth to Delieve that he would allow disappointed hopes to interfere with the discharge of his judicial duties.

| .. ElkhaM'’s Prosperity, | ‘ Last week’s Elkhart Review contains an elaborate exhibit of the improvements ‘made in that flourishing city during the past year. According to the Review’s figures the go-ahead spirit of Elkhart’s denizens netted thése gratifying results: Dwelling houses erected the past twelve months, 173. Value of the same, $159,565. Of these, 161 are frame dwellings, and 12 brick. ‘Manufactories and shops, 8— .cost .of same, $111,600. Business houses completed and under way, 9— cost, $28,300. Besides there are two «hurches, one $4,000 and the other $l,800, a school house $lO,OOO, and outlays for improvements amounting in all to $31,040. These figures nearly aggregate $350,000 or an average daily expenditure, Sundays included, of little less than $l,OOO. There lis something in this exhibit to be proud of. ik TA—— . ; ‘ - IN justice to Gov. Baker, we copy the following from the Kentland Gazette : L o L - Ex-Governor Baker is a model; conscientious attorney. He absolntely refused to appear for the whisky interlests, in the cause pending in the Supreme court, to test the constitutionality of the temperance law. He won't ‘take a fee to defend those engaged in ‘the great erime of whisg:ellingp All honor to Ex-Governor Baker, =

‘THE DRIFT OF PUBLIC OPINION. AS IT IS YIEWED IN MISSOURL | The St. Louis Regublican, having declared its independence of party, or ‘perßaps ‘more properly speaking its preference for new party associations, igdaboring industriously to convince its old friends that a new departure has become an absolute necéssity. In a recent article it ealls the old organization a.“creedless i party,” and then proceeds to show why this is so. . It says that formerly the Democracy thought it had an “enduring anchorage in the Constitution,” but now it cannot declare its determination to stand by the Constitution as it is without indorsing the whole policy of the Republican party. On the subject of tariff the Democracy are hopelessly divided. On the subjeet of State rights the party no longer ;knows. what it thinks, and its old standing hostility to national banks isalso gone. Hence the Republican concludes: “These di--Iversities of epinion among’ modern Democrats, and this antagonism of modern Democraey to the Democracy of fifteen years ago, account for the impossibility of constructing an effective and consistent democratic platform. The task cannot be QOne; the attempt to do it ends either in the Baltimore folly of readopting a Republican platform, or in such miserable bosh as has just been put forth by the eunuch Democracy of Massachusetts.. The Democracy has lost the capacity to tell what it wants; it can no longer perforin that first essential function of an independent, self-sustaining party—the construction of a ereed.” .

THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION, The California papers, since the result of the election in that State has become known, are busy in explaining what the people really intended to accomplish by repudiating the railroad monopolies. A few quotations will indicate the poptlar drift. The Sacrainento Union, an independent Republican journal, is very jubilant over th(‘a‘ result, and considers it the best evidence that man is fib for self-govern-ment. It says further: “We of the Sunny State have laid down upon the solid bed rock the foundations of a new party, from whose action in the next four years we may reasonably anticipate all the reforms necessary to the restoration of the State and National Governments to something like the purity, economy, and loyalty to the people that once characterized them, and Congress to a sense of decency which has been a stranger to it for the last five years” The San Francisco Bulletin, anti-railroad Republican, takes similar view: ’“The judgment of the people was invoked, vesterday, upon the issues which had been forced upon them by the railvoad combination, which not only assumed w own the Republican party of the State] but to own the State also. That judgment is a clear and emphatic condemnation of the railroad clique, and all the- confederate conspirators who have been working with them. They have been beaten in their strongholds. The tidal wave of popular disapprobation has swept clear over them.” @

“WIHO BURNED COLUMBIA ?” This, the Chicago Zribune says, is a question on the answer to which many million dollars’ worth of cotton claims depend. The. testimony hitherto has ‘been of a puzzlingly-conflicting nature, Gen. Wade Hampton swearing positively that.it was done by Northern troops, and the Union soldiers and officers who were witnesses hefore the Cotton-Claims Commission averring as positively that the cotton was burning when they reached Columbia.+ Gen. Sherman has just, made public some evidence that seems conclusive. It is the testimony ‘of an irregular detachment of the Seventeenth Corps, who entered Columbia three-quarters, of an hour before the regular entry of our troops. They saw the Rebel soldiers setting fire to.the bales of cotton in the stregts, and this testimony, says Gen. Sherman, is conclusive enough to warrant him in reiterating his former statement, that the destruction of the cotton was the work of the Southern army. This leaves the cotton-claim-ants the hopeless alternative of looking to the excheguer of the (‘fonfederacy for their damages. it THE GRAPHIC BALLOON HUMBUG is thus referred to by the'Chicago 7'7i-, bune: All the lgarned and inggnious speculations of the.enrious and the scientific failed, as might have been expected, to forecast the real fate of the Graphic balloon.. It ‘was to have been blown to the North Pole, driven over into Africa, chilled and collapsed in'snow-clouds, drowned by headlong descent into thesea. Nobody anticipated anything so ridiculous as that, when it was in course of inflation, the balloon should flop over, rip open, and that the only excitement and peril about the Aerial Transatlantic Voyage of which we have heard so much should be the commenplace risk of the spectators on tvh'e Capitoline Grounds from falling* canvas and ropes, and suffocating, ill-smelling gas.

The State Fair. . In order to correct any and all misunderstandings with regard to the State Fair, (or exposition) the Indianapolis Sentinel makes this statement: “A little intercourse outside of ‘the city of Indianapolis discloses the fact that there is a confusion of ideas about the Exposition and the State Fair proper. Some folks think yét that thére is to be another Fair for the farmers and stock raiders, and others are in doubt what portion of the Exposition month is fegarded as the stock Fair. To answer the question, briefly and directly, the State Fair for ‘the show of stock and award of premiums is from October first to tenth. Entries must be all in on or before noon of September 80th, ! From that time to the close of the Exposition, October 10th, each day will present a fair programme, in the ring and on the track as usual at the State Fair. There are already assurances that the stock rings and classes will be'full and' complete, and such as will do credit to the f{State, With the strong tendency to fine breeding now pervading the State, there is no doubt that the State Fair will bring together an exhibition that will repay a visit by all who desire to obtain the best knowledge by practical observation.” =

SoMe Ohio eouples are making a good thing out of the liquor law. The husband:buys whisky, shoots at his wife, wadllops the cgildren, and the saloon keeper comes down with $lOO rather than stand a suit,

THEWATERY GRAVE, SINKING OF THE FROPELLER IRONSIDES NEAR GRAND bl 0 mAVEN., o B Twenty-One Dead Bodies ‘Récovered.__ FRED. BITTING AND WIFE, OF NOBLE . COUNTY, AMONG THE DEAD, A frightful report comes, from the Michigan lakes. The propeller Ironsides, of the Englemann Transportation Company's Milwaukee & Grand Haven Line, foundered at moon of last Monday, about six miles off Grand Haven. Nothing is'yet known as to! the cause of the disaster, but the supposition prevails that she sprung a leak, or fell off in the trough of the sea and rolled over. - The Ironsides left Milwaukee port at 9:30' Sunday night, with a carge consisting of 13450 bushels of wheat, 500 barrels of flour, 50 barrels of pork, and a quantity of sundries—in all about 450 tons. She was in splendid sailing t®im.. The weather, when the steamer left, wns“ fine, and she must have reached the, middle of the lake before the storm sprung up. The steamer was built at Cleveland in 1864, and registrared A 2; 'tmumge], 1,123. She was overhauled last spring, yeceiving concave sides and arclies, and at the time of her loss was considered as staunch as the day she came out. She was valued at | $75,000, though tho marine register gives it at $55,000. e

SINKING OF THE PROPELLER. - The signal of distress was hoisted at niite o’clock Monday morning, but so terrible was the heavy sepg and high ‘wing that no assistance conld possibly reach the vessel. She labored in the troughs of the sea from 7:30 i the mornfn_g until the time she sunk.— The passengers and crew—of whom there were nineteen of the former and thirty of the latter—manned the lifeboats and left the steamer about 11 A. M., the last boat leaving her at 11:50. When the last boat had got aboutja quarter of a mile from her she went down. There were five boats with the crew and passengers, One of the boats, having on board five men and four women, capsized, and only one man reached the shore. Four boats had reached the shore up to eleven o'clock of that evening. The hoat with Capt. Sweetman, his wife, and five passengers has not yet been heard from, and it is feared they are among the lost. ‘Thirty-two persons are known to have been, saved. i :

STATEMENT OF THE IRONSIDE'S CLERK Mr. N. E. Watkins, of Grand Haven: “We left Milwaukee at 9:40 last night with nineteen passengers and a crew. of thirty men, and were due in Grand Haven between 5 and 6 this morning. The cargo consisted of 13,000 bushels .of wheat, 500 barrels of flour, 125 barrels of pork, and some miscellaneous articles. This was a. light cargo, since the boat could carry 1,100 tons. A moderate breeze was blowing from the southwest which constantly increased until it became a terrific gale before daylight. I did not get up until 9 o'clock, when the boat was rolling fearfully. I immediately went below -and found. the men working at the pumps. The water had already put out the fires, and the engines were useless. I then went to the office and got the passenger-register, money, and manifest; and went onthe hurricane deck, where I found Capt. Sweetman getting the foresail on. He was thoroughly self-possessed, and the men obeyed orders promptly. We then made about three miles toward shore. The 'signal of distress had been raised at 9:30. About 10 o’clock the passengers all put on life-preservers. for it was evident the boat must go down. At 11:20 the Captain ordered the boats-to'be manned. = In the first boat all the lady passengers, except one, were placed ; in the second boat weve ten or twelve of the passengers and créw. I took charge of the third boat, which c¢arried seven passengers, including one lady, and two of the crew besides myself, all of whom were saved. After I had pushed off, I saw two other boats leave the w%eck, in one of which I supposed the Captain to be. My bLoat was hardly half a mile from the -Ironsides when she sank, stern foremost, about five miles from shore. It was ten minutes past 12 when she dissappeared. She;was estimated to be worth about $115,000; was thoroughly everhauled last winter; and was considered one of th€ staunchest boats on the lake.” ~ e : Among the passefigers of the illstarred vessel were Mr.and Mrs. Fred. Bitting, of Noblesville, this county.— Lhey took the train at this point some‘thing over a week ago, intending to make an extended visit in Wisconsin and Michigan. A telegram announcing the sad event was yesterday received by Sheriff Hough. The bodies remain in charge of ‘the coroner at Grand Haven, packed in iceto keep them in good condition as long as possible. (The corpses arrived here this morning and were at ‘once takeén to Noblesville for interment.) - . Mr. Bitting was for years engaged in the lumber business at Noblesville, but recently sold his interest to the Ziegler Bros. About a year ago his saw-mill ‘eéxploded, Mrs. Bitting’s then making a miraculous escape. The deceased leave three or four children whose anguish over the sad fate of their parents way be better imagined than deseribed. ;

Reform Movement in Wisconsin. We have already referred, to the call for a State Reform ' Convention in Wisconsin, to be held at Milwaukee on the 23d inst. The ‘animus of this movement is indicated by this extract from the published address to the people: - “Fellow-citizens: - Let us arise and turn the money-changers out of the temples of legislation, Leét us inaugurate an era of real and not merely pretended reform. Let us bury the past and build for the future. ' Let ug adopt a platform of solid principles, of living and not dead issues. Let us ignore the old party wire-pullers and nominate a new. ticket of honest and able men. If the citizens of Wiseonsin really want reform, now is. their opportunity. They can choose their own delegates to a people’s convention, and control it without reference to the aims of any Individual.” :

—Justices of the peace should be on the ‘look out. : The law- directs the county superintendent of publie schools to exarn‘line their dockets in search of fees belonging to the school fund.' i ety

The great fire in Havana rendered 12,400 people homeless. Organ-grinders are' set ,at streetcleaning in Quiney, lllinois. _ Nebraska took -the first premiium for fruits at the Boston exhjbitton. Cholera is killing the inhabitants of Bangkok, Siam, at the rate of 200 a day. - y . : . Colored men’ visited the principal mills in . Chaxleston last week and forced nearly 2,000 men to strike.! ; " The stock of old wheat and provision is about exhausted in Europe. ‘The demand on America will be large. | John Irving, in jail in San Francisco, insists upon the truth of his for--mer statement concerning the Nathan murder. : ‘» o Suit has been commenced against J. W. Wright for $lOO,OOO for failure to pay the bounties due to certain Indians. - : : It has been decided to bring the man Irving from San Francisco to New York, to seé what he knows about the Nathan murder. : : The' latest concerning the yellow fever at Shreveport, Louisiana, is that the place has been almost depopulated by it and the subsequent panie. Senator Matt Carpentec was anxious to address the Knights of Pythias in Milwaukee on the 9th instant, ‘but was quite distinetly informed that the order inculeated morality.— Matt left. v

_A Memphis woman who don’t mix up withl common folks hired a steamboat, at an expense of five hundred dollars, to take her to a pic-nic and return, and no one but herself and the crew was allowed to go on the boat. - Drinking and smoking are vile hahits, but they put a’'good deal of money into the Treasury. From July 1,1872, to May 1, 1873, the government ‘revenue from spirits of all kinds (not including' beer) was $41,941,196, and tobaccoiin its various forms, $7,176,413. Ttisanill wind that blows no good. ' s

Mz, Saniuel Levy, Mayor of Shreveport, La., has telegraphed that the yvellow fever is increasing in that city. Money is needed; all the well who could have fled, and the poor must be cared for by charity. This is a distressing state of things. Its mere mention oni such duthority ought to arouse the sy.npathies of the generous and humane, L ,

The President has appointed A. R. Shepherd, the Boss Tweed of the local Washington City ring, to the office of the Distriet of Columbia, in place of Henry ID. Cook, resigned. 'Mr. Shepherd, during his connection with local polities of Washington City, has developed talents at the business.— His qualifications must be well known to the President.

Five. hundred persons are down with the yellow fever at Shreveport; sofar, 146 have died. The mortality last Sunday was 24. Nurses and physicians have been sent from New Orleans, and the deplorable situation of the sick, who for days could get no medical attendance, is somewhat alleviated. - The dread disease has reached Memphis, where eleven deaths occurred on Sunday. :

Tuesday was the day appointed for the Credit Mobilier of America to come into court. It is'possible, however, that some days may elapse before the case is actually taken up.— The bill in equity filed by the United States is a document of 134 printed pages. It is directed against 176 defendant corporations and individuals, most of whom have filed answers.— The case itself will probably be on the docket as long as Jarndyce. vs. Jarndyece. .

+ . The deaths by yellow fever in Shreveport ieach thirty or forty daily out of a population of only 4,000. Five of the six operators in the telegraph office are sick, two are dead, and the manager is dying. The citizens of St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington and New York are raising money to send to the relief of the wretehed people, and are greatly assisted by the generosity of the Western Union Telegraph Company, which carries all messages free that concern relief for Shreveport, and also transmits money-orders without charge. :

Republican Rejoicing over Butler's el + Defeat. The LaPorte Herald—a paper noted for its loyal adhesion to the republican party, but yet sufficiently independent to protest against the imposition of too oppressive burdens—thus rejoices over the defeat of Ben. Butler for the Massachusetts governorship: i The Republicans of Massachusetts have done a grand and timely thing. In their convention last Wednesday, they overthrew that terrible political desperado Ben. Butler, with a complete discomfiture. Butler 'is ‘a man who has all the resources, cunning and recklessness of the Devil; he wrought with all his might, had the aid of many powerful adherents, and the potent influence of government officials—but at the supreme/ moment he went under without a fight and without much of a struggle. The first two or three votes showed him to be at least one hundred delegates behind—and he succumbed to his doom. The doughty Ajax was not only beaten; he became a suppliant—begging that his head might not.be cut off in the resolutions. But his prayer was not heeded, and the sharp ax came down on his neck. Better and more significant than the defeat of the “Essex Chief,” is the platformadopted. * * * Ttsbold,clear utterances attest that the masses of our party are sound: and true, and mean that the organization shall be kept free and pure. Our brethren of the Bay State have not only crushed the “head centre” of the Salary Grab; they have denounced the grab itself—and have sent manly words of rebuke and warning to Washington. * -* * Thanks to the Republicans of Massachusetts, the old Bay State is still worthy of her history, and able to set a wholesome -example of moral courage in polities. ; -

; Strgnge Fatality. i The Chicago Tribune says it is a remarkable fact that Gen. E. S. McCook, who was recently killed at Yankton by Wintermute, the banker, is ‘the fifth member of the family who has met a violent death. Charles M. MeCook, the youngest, was Kkilled at the . first. battle of Bull Run; Brig.-Gen. Robert L. McCook ‘was assassinated by guer~ rillas; in Tennessee, while sick in his ambulance; Maj. Daniel McCook, the father of the family, was killed while in pursuit of Morgan, during his Ohio: raid; Brig-Gen. Daniel MeCook was killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain; and lastly, Edwin 8. MeCook, after meeting bravely#all the hazards of the War, was assassinated at Yankton, as the telegraph has already reggrted. Three sons remain: Col. Geo. . McCook, the eldest; Maj.-Gen. A. McD. MeCook, now. in Texas; and I(Zaf’pt. John McCook, who is practicing aw., R s i

- INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. The County Board in, Wayne county refused all applications for liguor license in that county. T , Gov. Hendricks has ordered an investigation into the hanging of Del.os Heffren in Washington county. . A party of two hundred men from Howard and Miami coanties started last week to the Arkansas Valley in-southwestern Kanses, to prospect for and buy land,. e ° New societies are the order of the day. In Harrison county, this State, one has been organized called the “Friends of Economy.” =We have yet to. hear of any enemies of fhat cardinal virtue. i : The Governor and Attorney General think that theére is no need of a State proclamation for the election of Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys in October, but that the election will be held as usual under the general election law. o : :

The most painful piece of husiness we have heard of lately was the resignation by an unmarried pastor of an Jlndianapolis church, occasioned by the jealousy of quite a number of the yvoung ladies of his eongregation who wanted to marry him. He didn’t want to miarry and they did. At Logansport, last Sunday eveniitg, five desperate characters succeeded in making thgir' escape from jail by knocking Mr. Gammet, the jailen, senseless, while he was rempving the supper dishes from the cell. Mrs. Gammet endeavored to close the door, but the prisoners were too quick for her, and knocked her down, and escaped before the alarm could be given. They are still at large, though every effort is being made to rearrest them. = The jailer and wife are not dangerously hurt. : b

‘A telegram from ¥rankfort says Fletecher Meredith, editor and proprietor of the Clinton Republican Banner, was shot about 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, by John A. Douglass, whose wife has a millinery shop upstairs. Douglass concealed himself in the loft, when Meredith entered the store and engaged in conversation with Mrs. Douglass. *Dauglass shot a hole in the eceiling, the ball passing thro’ Meredith’s wrist and entering his right breast. Thel wound is considered dangerous. | : !

The Rev. Parker Milligan, Pastor.of the United Brethren Chureh, of Terre Haute, and a member of the Common Council for the Second Ward, has been indicted by the grand jury of the Criminal Court on the charge of forgery. It is alledged that he forged the name of a prominent citizen, reeently deceased, to a receipt for the su]t)n of $lB6. My Milligan is a man of property, supposed to be worth $60,000 or more, and the smallhess of the amount of the alleged forgeiy excites much surprise. = His friends express entire confidence in his innocence, and believe he will be promptly acquitted.— Mr. Milligan was absent from the city when the indictment was found. He returned on Thursday. Last Sabbath he officiated in his pulpit, with his usyal serenity, and made no allusion to the charge against him. The affair has caused :much excitement.

TFor several months past the actions of Samuel P. Freeman, City Clerk of Ft. Wayne, have been freely commented upon, and rightfully condemned. - A few weeks ago his-wife made application for a divorce, on grounds. of drunkenness and adultery ; but friends interposing, the petition was withdrawn and amicable relations again established between the two, and for the last two weeks they have been living together. , Last Saturday night it is said that Freeman drank quite freely and didinot go, home npntil a late hour. About 'two o’clock Sunday, morning his brother-in-law was wakened by a moise- in the house, and searching for the cause of it, Freeman’s lifeless body was found suspended by .the neck, from' oné of the windows by a rope, one end of which he had made fast to a bedstead, and the other about his neck, and then jumped out of the window. A few vears ago Freeman served the Sentinel as city editor. Latterly he has identified himself with politics, and was serving his third term as City Clerk. He gave as a cause for his desolute course family difficulties, stating that his mother-in-law, who made her home with him, instigated the trouble. Among several letters that he left he chargés her with being the sole cause of his difficulties. He also makes serious charges against other members of his wife’s family. ~ He had thre;tened to take his like several times in the last few weeks. : |D4 R : New invoice of cutlery just received at Decker’s. : Sk

s " BIRRTEIS: : Sept. sth, in Ligonier, a daughter to tire wife of JEssE L. DunxinNG; average:weight. . MARRIED: In the Baptist Church at Bluffton, Ind., September 11, 1873, by Revi W. W. Robison, Prof. GEO. W.HUGHES, of Ligonier, to Miss LOU. C.SMIT!, of Bluffton. - : Just as we have expected for some time past.— An exhaustive diagnokis developed the fact that premonitory hymenial symptoms had taken a strong hold upon his otherwise hen]?ful physical developement. While his bachelor ffiends bid the decedent a long and eflectionate farewell, they con»gratgmte the fair one upon gaining what they have forever lost* - : " May pleasant days their lives attend, , And strew their path with'flowers, _ May sorrows blast—ne'er overcast - The sunbeams of their hours. R B R sELSCE A R BT ‘ DIED. . Sépiember 11th, 1873, in Washington twp., Mr. DANIEL BRENNII\‘G}}‘.R; t}ged about 59 years. Deceased had been a resident of Noble county for about sixteen years, and was held in high esteem by his neighbors, Peace to his ashes. Sept. 17, in Pérry township, NOLLA A., son of gat(‘]ayette and Mary E. Miller; aged 6 months and 22 days. - 3 S

Estray Cow, STRAYED, on Monday, August 25th, 8 COW, reddish color, white streaks, 7 years old, rather straight horns. A suitable reward will be paid to | any person who will give information that- will lead to the discovery and return of the cow. ‘ ALEX. LEETH, 819 At Sisterhen’s Shoe Shop in Ligenier. ! L %4 FAIL Farmers, Don’t ;" Read! 1,000 BARRELS OF APPLLS ‘ WANTED. ‘ T 3 las removed his place of byE' REEV L , siness into the . b PFPEARCE ’STORB ROOM, Next door to Straus & Meagher's, where he will pay the highest price in CASH for Choice Fall and Winter Apples, Hand picked, and carefually hauled without bruising. Thiscan be done by placing plenty of straw in the wagon-bed, letting it come up at the sides and ends, placing the apples in carefully on the straw in bulk. Apples hauled in bags or sacks will not be purchased, : Sy ... Mr, Reeye will also continne to pay cash for BUTTER & EGGS + and-expeots to handle large quantities of- - “During the season. Parties having any of these “articles will do well fo calt-and see him beforo “gelling, and thereby secure a bargain, Ligoner, Ind., Sept?ql_s. lwwfi : ey

VISITORS TO THE FAIR - TAKE NOTICE! FINE CLOTHINGOur stock is now compléte, fln»d,"we‘ w«;u'ld"agk' bauyers to call and examine our goods and set ";')rl-'kl ces. Our stock is the largest and mosteomplete’ ever expored for sale in.this town,:md eml)rgxcés all the Latest Novelties for fen’s & Hoys® ,“'»él’;r_}‘ We have also a very large assortment of I!l‘mv;,?s and Boys’ Underwear, s . In our CUSTOM DEPARTMENT we have d great variety of the verylatest Impd'rtntioh's» 'of, Fine Wowpsteds and Woolens, which. we will guarantee to make in a.siyle not to be: stirpassed by any house in Ligonier. el J. STRAUSR, Jr., & CO; C ke ‘. Ligenier. Ingdinna.

HATS. | The Largest fi:p"d, Best Steck of Genis? l)re?p' aund Business Ifats, nt . - |‘i: 3 A g ~ J.STRAUS, JR., & Oo's., g ; i LIGONIER, IIN, W ANTED: 5 st 9

CONE M11.1.10N . 1 e L e B \ Ll « A AP AN ey B N =a oan BUR Bl‘ ?“1 20,600 HUB BLOCKS, b For which we will pay the ighest Maricet Price. Fop Particulars Ine quire of ; e Studebaker Bros. Manuf’g Co., : B Ve : 20-2 m © . SOUTH BEND, IND. - S, A, HERTZLER, DEALER IN [ 6 Y 2il v Basw ’l T Clecks-Watches, Jewelry A 4 ' 9 v A s Speetacles, &e A 2 would respecttully = 3‘5 - JEBTaln 5 —‘@%, announce to the ei_=gE man] (== E @ tizens of Ligomier, Igt AR e Y and vicinity thathe TAN R = haspermatiently lo- = i 53! E[‘; 2k= cn?d i this pltllce. e AN = and: is prepared to, ) oie, - = do all kinds of re\'4‘—;_3_s? pairinz in his line : =g—r==Y" " olbusinegs,and: hopes to receive a liberal share of public patronsage. Alkwork warranted. Give me a trial. - Office five doors northof the Ligonier Houge; - . 821m6 LIGONIER, INDIANA, - v OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE. Happy Lelieffor Young Mei from the effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored. Impediments to Marriage removed. - New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.-— Books and Circulars sent free, in sealéd enyelopes.. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION,No. 2,South. Ninth Streét, Philadelphia, Pa.,—an Institutien having a high reputation. for honorable conduct avd professional skill: Loven Teß 1819

lEvery Man, Woman.and Child in Figonier and Surround:*BT : »-',:"i i"\"' : o ¥ i "*", Y ;_.' :;,‘ ii = ,‘_;“,:}{’, : : ¥o 5 e -:.r v - ing Country, are Respectfully Invited to Callat = i }‘, e‘e..»-< % - 5 T . ¢ /St _»' : 5. X Sund D‘ e I_‘___—_"—_——--____—-——-—-_—_‘“_——' YT TR ~,4._.u,u .9‘A:‘l Ve ~ T- = . TRy AL TTITR T N -‘» ' o And examine the most extensive, b(;s‘tt selected and chef'\ppst stoci{ of Groceries ever pro}ght to this place. “‘Cailvl,,' see, and be ;‘:nnvinced! | —T A o ——-;(())‘:-'—-—-—— :is E o VI RBERNS-WARE and CLASS-WAPE QUEENS-WARHE and ¢ LASS-WARI Tor gale in large and EII;.:IH guantities: -+ . : : [Aug. & 1873,-8 15] gA J. IiEfJKEB.

SPRING TRADE, 1873.

@ e g : "o Firstin the Field! F. W. SHINKE AND BRO., mwejnét received a ne;v :m.d com;flbtci smckgf : ¥ ol Boots & Shoes -~ Menand 13.0;3{;5, e OF ALL AGES AND SIZES. ,AI‘.ESQV.T FinoShoss, = - - Gaiters,and . Gec o Blippersy . _FOR THE— Ladies and Cl»l’i‘l'di’*ét"ii’. QAP Sty ot mjst Wt PRICES TO SUIT TE TIMES | = REMEME fi#_ wn;f m:fl"» Shinke’s Brick Building, AV SRR, TAGONTER, D,

. LIST OF LEATERS -~ - Remaining in the post office at Ligonier,lnd,, - € dprlngfbhe}pnstwe»ek:‘ : R ‘Boomhower, John Pixley, James Be'“i Jdehn .- . - |Pollock, Jha.ger' : : Fahl, Ben. |Sdlby, Miss Ted e Fab], Andrew, Seiby, Mrs. Susan & Main, €. C.. " ¢ |Stahl, John H. : ; A letter for ‘!Cray & Rood, Toledo, 0.,* remains ‘in-the office, having been mailed withont stamp. _ Persons calling for any of the aboye getters will please say ‘“‘Advertised. 1 e et i aam oo on kol M GOODSPEED P M .- Ligonier, Ind, Sept. 18, '73. i & : . Adm infstrator’s Netice. : I\TO']‘ICE is Hereby given that the undereigned l ‘. has been appointed .%;iminis_.trator of the es-~.-tate of Henty lene, lateof Noble connty, deceased..* ~ Baid estateis supposed to be solvent. . S e s s S HENRYTHOSTRRTER; September 1 1873-3w--20 o Administrator. ; TOR S [. A farm of 100 acres, eighlOR SIXLE‘ T ty acres under the plow, forty-two acres in wheat, a good orchard, good buildings'and fences in good repair; situated in . ‘the Hawpatch, on the main road. Also, a House -and town lots in the town nthf’nnie,r. Engquire of . fvBn2] =-~ .. L. COVELL, Ligonier, Ind. GRAPES FOR SALB! €‘ : g N y i 4 ! _ TfiE UNDERSEIGNED WILL| HAVE SEYERAL S iia . tonsof - . Choice Grapes For sale about the 10th day of Septembe, in qnani . itities to enit purchasers; ; : Price only 5 Cents per FPound., - ‘Those who ask for lower rates need not agply. ; e S _ LEOPOLD SHEETS: Liggn@r,}nd..' Aug. 28, 73-18w3. : o SAC K BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. 5 C?.\"inStr:eet, Ligonier, Indiana. F-r._é.'slr Bread, Pies, Calkes, &c., Choié’e(i'rocefieé,l’rbvisions,Ynnkee'Notions,&c‘Thehirhestcash pricepaidfer Conntry Produce © May13,68-t1: SACK BRQ'S. CADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. ’I‘IIE undersicned, Administrator of the estate of Henvy Cline, deceased, will offer for sale at public anction, at the late residence of the deceas‘ed, in Perry towneship, Noble county, one and onehalf miles west of Ligoier, on o Thursday, October 2nd, 1873, The personal property of said estate, consisting of 3 lorses, 3 milch cows and young cattle, 10 hogs, 36 sheep, 1 two-horse wagon, bob-sleds, drill, hay irake; ‘y:}nv‘svfi-, harrows, &c. Wheat in the barn and ‘field, cornmn the ficld, bousehold goods, and other articles too nunierous to mention. - “Teras made knowh on day of sale. Sale to commence at 10:o'clock, a. m. : aa & HENRY HOSTETTER, - Septemberll, 1873-3w-20 Administrator. Gravel RBoofs That Will Not Leak. ‘A A IV desires fl'«» c_afi the attention 13, (“AB BEX of the public to the fact that ‘there have heen but two .ge,nbfine gravel roofs put up’in the town of Tigonier, ¢he of them 17-and the other -2 ‘years ago. These roofs are all that is claimed for thém, and should not beglassed with a . somewhat similar but ‘vastly inferip® process of rooting lately introduced, in this town. Mr. Caffey having gained & thorough knowledge of putting on gravelroofs that will not leak and are very durable, respectfully solicits a trialand guariitees entire satisfaction. For proof of this, he refers, with permission, to Tim ForsYTHE ‘and W. A. Browx, Ligonier, Ind. - . The roofing on the Hillsdale Chair Factory build-* ings ig of Gravél Cement, and gives ns-entire satisfaction. * “Crowern & Husnarp, Proprietors. - “HiHsdale, Mich., Auagnust 20, 1878, 8-17-3t-eow algmaanalah B SRR s

ALVANIZED IRON WORKS ! SRS e eTy o e :. E > MANUFAOCTERERS OF ' 2 . Eron Cornice, WINDOW AND DOOR CAPS, - "ROOFING, SPOUTING, Etc., . "s'f_afl k'uuvlsc. fildin and Ornamental Heads of Lions, Tigers, Eagles, Prsons, &e. St SM W YOS & GO, 8-10% j N0..T2 Michigan Str., South Bend, Ind. . W. A. BROWN, - Mamufacturer of and Dealerinall kinds of - F“URNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, S WILLOW-WARE, S . BRACKETS, d&e. COEPINS&CASKETS Al\V:;}_'S on 'iihiifl, "nu_’il will be ‘l‘urznishcd to order. l}?uheral_s:n_ttlended wit;h hearse when desired. “si .- Btore Room: ) Jab s ‘Cor. Cavin and 2nd St','.} Llgolll€la Ind A : . August 7th, 1873.-8-15, Banking House o .. MIEIR, Second Story Micr’s Block, LIGONIER, IND'XA. * M‘()fi,éyvlonned on long and short time.. ; Notes discounted at ({ensonable rates. - ~ Monfes received on deposit and interest allowed on specitied time, ! - Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts firngn on principal cities of Eurqpe?; Lt 82 2o B i MO THE FARMERS : -Y’OU will please take notice that T am still en- ~- gaged-in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. | -If you do not tind me on the street, call before gelling, at my Banking Office, second story Mier’s Block, = osy - SOL. MIIER. . Ligonier, Indiana; May Bth, 1873.—. f

GIEO. W. REED, Manufacturerof e Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, T CARRIAGES, &C., Cromwell, Noble County, ln(l'a. oo N T A . : fieiug firmlv cstablisiled-and having an experience of twenty-five years, GOOD WORK and {'air Dealing GUARANTEED® BEST MECHANICS EMELOYED., CljbmWel], Sept. 11,72.-20 MEDICINES. FISHER BROTHERS S ' " (At the Old Arnold Stand,) LIGONIER,IND’A. g ; Not the oldest, but the o Largest, Most Complete & Cheapest DRUG HOUSE in Noble Co. L Allkimasof . . ' Patent Medicines, -~ Pure Dxugs, FPLUID EXTRACTS, CHEMICALS. All Goods gnaranteed ‘Fresh and_Keliable, PURE WINES AND LIQUORS, FoRrR Mgfiiclnal’ipunfi ses, lnclmgioy 0063?3 She?r;m\}gi’;;e?g;?i}%;nii ,Ho;;m\ é, 28, Keliy’s Istand Brandy, POW’%, ) tacky ~1- 71, Bourbon sud RySWRIMEES. ;. - PERFUMERY, Toilet Articles and Faney Goods Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, 5 s o Pm‘ "‘ &e.’, “. 3 'i«'. ?; 3 At Tower prices than at any house in the county! Physicians Prescriptions _Comipounded RO s ';gmgr»figgpm? ‘m;m’u naybady s cise per: lolors; Family and Domestie Dyos, 86, Ma: ‘ehine Ous of every desoighione L e