The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 October 1873 — Page 2

The Fational '@Mml -.:——-—-—'—-——_—.—__-;—,._.“ { g ’in/’h : e BN O - S RUY W 4 ‘ ' J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER, IND'A, OCT. 9th, 1873. . Circuit Prosecutor. . We are authorized to announce WILLIAM B, McCONNELL, of Steuben county, as a candidate for Prosecutor of the 85th Judiclal District, at the election on the 14th day of October, FINANCIAL AFFAIRS H&Z‘E&Efi} fmproved since our last. i sAt i At a special election held in the city of Ft. Wayne last Tiesday, John Goodwin, Independent, was elected city clerk over the regular democratic candidate, by a majority of twentyfive.

Hon. Joux LAw, formerly a member of Congress from fthe First Indiana District and one of the most distinguished citizens of Southern Indiana, died at Evansville last Tuesday, aged 77 years. ’ 7

" 'THERE were 43 fatal cases of yellow fever at Memphis last Tuesday and 9 at Shreveport. In response t:o urgent appeals on part of the local authorities, aid is arriving from all parts of the country. ;

IF you wish to retain the services of a talented young lawyer and faithful officer, go to the polls next Tuesday and deposit your ballot for William B. McConnell for ProSecufor of the 35th Judicial District. i

THE SUPREME CoOURT of Illinois having affirmed the constitutionality of the liquor law of that State, which in its main features is similar to that of Indiana, the belief is gaining ground that the Supreme Court of this State will -arrive at a like conclusion %pd sustain the law.

THE first number of the Indiana Courier, published at South Bend by Fassett & Brownfield, made its appearance last Friday. It starts out with a bona fide circulation which at once establishes its permanence. We commend the new enterprise to the support of the German-reading public throughout the State.

REV. PARKER MILLIGAI;I, the Terre Haute councilman who is accused of having committed a forgery, was discharged on the Ist inst., the jury being unable to agree upon a verdict.— Three-fourths of the jurymen voted for conviction, but the remainder held out against it. . The trial was conducted by able counsel, and the jury’s deliberations continued twenty-four hours.

A Goop MAN died at Indianapolis Wednesday of last week: We refer to Hon. John H. Farquhar, aged 55 years. The deceased was for many years a prominent business man, and since 1864 somewhat conspicuously cannected with political affairs. He was elected a member of Congress and at the death of Col. Eddy appointed Secretary of State, but generously allowed the salary to go to the family of his predecessor. He was indeed a good, honorable, and unselfish- man.

ELECTIONS Will be held next Tuesday in lowa, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, lowa elects a Governor and members of the Legislature for two years; Ohio a Govetrnor, State officers, and Legislature for the same period; Pennsylvania a Supreme Judge for fifteen years, a- State Treasurer (first time by the people), and Legisiature for one year. On the 13th inst., Oregon elects a member of Congress vice Wilson, deceased, and California, on the 15th, chooses a Supreme Judge. In' this State elections for Circuit Judges and Prosecutors will be held in such Districts where -vacancies were created under the new law. o

SPECULATING upon the political fu“ture, the St. Louis Republican sees no prospect for immediate results from the .opposition now existing against both of the old parties. It says:“The fact is, the sentiment of the people in ‘antagonism to the practide of both ithe Republican and Democratic parties is yet to be crystalized. We have no sanguine faith in the efficiency of the Farmer’s movements alone, nor in other special reform movements alone. But we do see in these movements evidences of popular unrest, the spirit of a resolution to break away from the dorruption, mismanagement, and irresponsibility of the time, and the beginning of an agitation that no disappointment can check and no partisan whip-cracking control.” v

. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE is the title of an association now in session in the city of New York. It isi composed .of Protestant ministers from all parts [of the ,wo}rl’ul, the plan of organization being ;lsi}nilar to that of the Ecumenical Council (of the Catholic Church) whicli assembled a few years ago at Rome. | Theexpenses of the delegates, amounting in the aggregate to about $50,000, will be defrayed by the church organizations in the /eastern States. Some of the most distinguished divines of the world are in attendance. Their deliberations will be watched with great interest by Christians of the Protestant faith.

Ix MINNESOTA the Democrats and Liberal Republieans, on the 24th, ult., “Resolved, That the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties, in State Convention assembled, willing to forego all party predilections for the general welfare, and to join with patriotic citizens of all parties to:rescue the State and Nation from their’ great peril, deem it best, in the present emefgency, to make no nominations of a strictly party character, but recommend all Democrats and all Liberal Republicans to yield a cordial support to the nominees of the Owatonna Convention,” This is virtually yielding the field to the Farmers’ organiganization, who nominated their candidates at Owatonna, = .

" “THurman on ReSumption. The views of soable a man as Senator Thurman are always worthy of public attention. And whe%&e dgg takes to throwlight upon™a égbjegt’ which momentarily affects eveg;nkf er, merchant, mechanic; farmer and laborer, we may be sure to receive the‘.l opinion of a thoroughly honest statesman. A few days since the Ohio Senator made the financial situation a lyarge“ part of his speech at Kenton.— He reviewed the causes which led to the panie, and then discussed the -remedies proposed. He divided the country into creditor %tates——New York, Pennsylvania, and, New-Eng-land, and debtor States—the Western ‘and Southern. The effect of the resumption of specie payment, in his opinion, would compel every man who owes $5 to pay $6, and would have a most crushing effect npon the debtor [ States. On this subject he continued:

“I do not helieve that the business of the country can ever be carried on with an irredeemable paper currency. I believe that to do so would result in the destruction of the best interests of this country. But Ido now say to you that in my judgment it would be most unwise for the United States to yield to this clamor of the creditor States, and undertake in the forthcoming Congress which meets next December, to force a resumption of specie payment upon the country without delay. 1 shall go to Congress next December, if God spares'my life, determined that while I will advocate a resumption of specie payment as soon as it can reasonably be effected, I will not crush the debtor class for the benefit of those who now are their creditors, and who are already in easy, and -most of them in affluent, circumstances of life.” )

Gold from England. » (Deferred fl"Oln last week’s issue.) e The importation of gold, which began in small sums a short time ago, continues, and there are several millions now on the way to this country. The Bank of England has advanced its rate of disecount to 10 per cent. with a view of checking the flow of specie. It is doubtful whether: this’ device will avail, there being a large deficiency of breadstuffs in England and France. Gold will buy breadstuffs here cheaper than elsewhere; therefore, gold will come. About $700,000 in gold was shipped from Liverpool to New York for the purchase of breadstuffs, and thisis likely to be followed by still larger shipments, since the price of sterling exchange has fallen to-a merely nominal point. The London Daily News thinks that the present panic in the United States may cause a resumption of specie payments. It is quite certain that any large sale of gold at the present moment would force the price down to a much lower figure than it has reached at any time since the War, in spite of the new issue of greenbacks from the $44,000,000 reserve. Bl o

OUR OFT EXPRESSED apprehensions that the French Republic would be of comparatively short duration, is confirmed by the latest news from France, which is to the effect that M. Thiers has given his consent to the proposedalliance between the Republicans and Imperialists as the only means of preventing a restoration of the monarchy with the Count de Chambord as Henri V. The new party, now complete, is constantly receiving new accessions to its ranks. Nevertheless, the chances are so far in favor of the monarchists, who have a certain majority in the Assembly, the entire army, and an abundance of money with which they have been bribing the weak and ambitious among the politicians. That M. Thiers should have consented at last to the alliance with the imperialists is regarded as an evidence of the rapid strides which the monarchical cause has been making and the urgent necessity for immediate measures to preserve the now tottering republic.

' IN BooNE COUNTY, this State, certain parties were arrested for hunting on Sunday. The indictment recited that the defendant “on or about the ‘lst day of October, A. D. 1871, at the county and State aforesaid, was then and there found unlawfully hunting, the said Ist day of October, 1871, being then and there the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.” The court sustained a motion to gquash the indictment, whereupon an appeal was taken to .the Supreme Court, which ‘august tribunal last week affirmed the action of the court below, It was held that “on or about” when the day is essential to the commission of the offense does not mean in a penal statwte the very day. 'When time is the essence of the crime or misdemeanor, the indictment must show that the’ violation of the law was at that time. “Lawyers should be particular on this potit in drawing up their complaints.

YRLLOW FEVER continues its work of destruction. Thursday of last week there were 31 deaths from the disease at Memphis, 22 at Shreveport, and a corresponding number at other points where the pestilence prevails. On Friday there were 21 deaths at Memphis, 17 at Shreveport, 1 at Montgomery, Alabama, and an unstated number at Cairo, 111. On Saturday the death-rate footed up: ‘Memphis 30, Shreveport 7, ‘while on' Sunday it reached 50 in the former and } 14 in the latter city. On Monday: Memphis 37, Shrevepert 18. Fortytwo cases of genuine yellow fever are 1 reported from Houston, Texas.

HORATIO SEYMOUR presided over the deliberations of the New York Democratic State’ Convention. The apearance of the old statesman was | greeted with the wildest enthusiasm, His hold upon the popular heart is such as few public men ever enjoyed. ‘What a pity—no, what a disgrace—,th;at a man of such sterling qualities’ is excluded from "thé ' eouncils of the nation when the country is, so greatly indeed of his w@m;;m; gx-i _~pj:’-ience, and his ineorruptible honesty.

THE CROWDED STATE of our- columns precludes the possibility of redeeming our promise to discuss the merits and demerits of agricaltural Fairs in this issue.

e XVASit {0 Ohic—State Fair. Mg. EDITOR:—A visit of two days to the Northern Ohio State Fair grounds, apCley affords a p_kfie gr ligeratiire, r 'br%gf The isitg¥s would alimost imagine them;lv .tregding greeri lyw fields in paraflise, provided they did not see the motley crowds of all castes and colors, which to my mind is not indicative of spiritual realms. On Thursday we found ourselves, in company ‘with a “doiéfi' "Dodges from old benighted Ashtabula, ecrowding our way from Union Depot to the American House, there to register our names and secure breakfast. And when I saw the long list of Dodges I felt glad that my name was Progress, of Wa-

waka, Indiana. As we passed the east: gate on the Fair ground, which i 3 composed of 150 acres, bautiful mu‘sic arose from those grand amphitheaters.’. But sad sights meet our gaze. ‘Here is a soldier who has neither: hands nor feet, there is a man perfectly blind, and a little further on is a erippled orphan girl, saying, “Please, lady, pity an orphan,” and her wellfilled cup told that in many people’s ‘hearts there is a warm place for those ‘in need of friends. We lingered long | in the floral hall, viewing Vick’s display of flowers, that gentleman himself being present. We, of course, visited. the “hall of fine arts” and feasted on its beauties. | But when we saw the grand display of $BOO shawls, $3OO dollar suits of Napoleon blue,with large buttons, Queen Elizabeth ruffles a quarter of 4 yard in width on ladies’ f necks, and jewelry to match, I exclaimed, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity, even at.a State Fair!” TUpon returning to the city, who should we meet at the American but our much esteemed friends, Mr. and Mrs. Kime, of Ligonier, who had come to visit the, Fair. We should like to give a longer description, but could not'in a quarter ‘column. | PROGRESS. - Wawaka, Ind.. Sept. 20, 1873, g e - P ~—————

8 . Thoge ‘Special Preminms.. ; J. M. Chapman’s gold dollar for the best loaf of bread baked by a young lady under 16 years, was awarded to Miss Alice E: Harsh. v - J. Decker’s glass pitcher for the best five pounds butter made by a farmer’s daughter under 18, was awarded to Miss Malinda Hitler. o Two. entries were made for J. B. Stoll’s premium for the best “done up” shirt by a young lady under 16—one by Malinda Fordyce, the other by Emma Buchtel. The' committee adjudged the work so nearly alike that it was decided to divide the premium by awarding each of the competitors one dollar. ; ;

S. Greenawalt was awarded Fisher Bros.” premium for best peppermint oil. : A. T. Kern’s -premium of 20 yards of calico to laboger’s family having largest number of children, 'was triumphantly carried away by our venéra_ble ‘fellow-citizen, Aaron Ogden, the father of 19 children. - For W. A. Jackson’s premium ($3 hat to the oldest man attending the Fair) four entries were made, viz.: ‘Adam Crumley aged 79, Thomas Kersner 67, Williagl Reynolds 91, Joseph Gensmore 81.—Mr. Reynolds is entitled to the hat. ‘ . Elias McDannel, who is the happy author of nine blooming daughters, ‘was adjudged entitled to one year’s subscription to the BANNER. J There: were no entries for the remainder of the special premiums offéred by our citizens. . In the list of premiums on the fourth page the name of Mrs. F. Schoenhuth, awarded one dollar for specimen of pretzels, was accidentally omitted. |

Annual Christian Missionary Conven- , tion at Wabash. The Annual Convention of the Indiana Christian Missionary Society will be held in the city of® Wabash, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 14th, 15th and 16th; commencing on Tuesddy at two o’clock.” It is- hoped that this will Be the largest and best convention ever held by the Christian brotherhood in Indiana—that each church in the State will send . delegates :and that each Christian preacher will-attend. ; .Half-fare tickets will be secured on as many railroads as| possible, and the Church. will provide entertainment for all who may attend. *

—Four thousand dollars in prope'rty; was burned up at Palestine, Kosciusko county, for John Sarber, on which there was $2,800 insurance. The insurance company now talk about overinsurance and a compromise. Whereupon the Warsaw Union says: “The people of this State have no protection from the. robberies of insurance coxgrganigs, ‘and many persons who are resting easy under the impression that’ their property is insured, when the test comes they will be disappointed. The law should be compulsory in its requirements on the part of an insurance company to fulfill. to the very letter the contract it-enters into with the peoples” . Wl e o

.Y—_——--.——-—Aa_---YELLOW FEVER is raging as badly as ever at Shreveport, La., and Memphis, Tenn. At the former place, the scourge is abated, if at all only by the frightful depapulation it has already caused ; there were twenty-two .interments last Thursday, twelve whites and ten blacks. Out of forty-one deaths in ?démphis’, twenty-seven were from yellow fever,,and the eitizens haye issued an appeal for aid, addressed to the whole country, and begging for the co-operation of the Mayors of the various cities tosecure it. Money is most needed to buy food, bury the dead, and shelter the orphans. The public charities are exhausted, and the wealthier citizens are much censured for deserting the city and . leaving to.'the poorer classes the care :of the aficted. Subscriptions may be sent to. John Johnson, Mayor of Memphis.

ONE thing every man ought to do at this 6&:{l@, viz.: Pay the small current debts which, as*a rule, are held by minor dealers, ¢r workmen, who need their money from day to day. There:is no doubt that “panie” has served as an excuse for not paying bills which might have been discharged. as well as not. The time has passed wheg this excuse has even a plausibility with 'refard, to'the debts in question. - For all theevery-day purposes of life, there is now an ample amount of money in circulation everywhere.. -

'SPEECH OF COL. WILLIAM C. % WILLIAMS. : % 5 ! f Delivered at the Noble County Fair, "~ September 25th, 1873, ' Ladies and Gentlemen :—lt will not be expected of me, on this'oceasion, to ‘make an address detailing the theory ‘and practice of farming as taught and exemplified in these times of ours. Nor -have I the presumption to think that I could tell the old and experienced farmers dround me how they ay best pursue their honorable calling so as to develop at once the highest possible state of cultivation and reap at the same time the largest amount of remuneration. What I know about farming is soon told. 'What’ you old tillers of the earth could tell me about your calling, would make quite a large book. It may be, however,that while

I am incompetent to instruct you inthe great lessons of agriculture—to teach you the mysteries of vegetable re-production, growth and decay; how to improve your stock, and the thousand and one things that enter in‘to the life of the practical farmer—while I will not presume to instruct you in these things, yet it may not ‘ misbeconie me, although not a farmer, ' to make some.comparisons in your line of business—place ;side by side the modes and implements of the past with those of the present and see if the farmers of the present day have not many reasons to rejoice at tlie improvements made over the slow and ‘toilsome modes of farming of forty and fifty years ago. And you farmers ‘of Noble county, especially you old .veterans whom I see.standing around me, looking so contented in ){'ou‘r'old

days, look back to a period of thirty ‘ and forty years ago.” Here and there, + at wide intervals, %2 ,small log cabin | stood; an acre or two cut out of the forest was all the farmyou had for tillage; dense forests on all sides, through which the deer wandered, the wolf howled, and the Indian pursued his precarious and lazy living. Your little crops of wheat were threshed out with a flail or tramped out slowly by horses or oxen. You spent days in going to mill and back; yet _although you were scattered about a good dealover the county,you werehappy and content’d,and I trust you always had enough to eat. You did not know what selfishness or meanness meant. What were the kinds of farming implements you then had? What were your market facilities? How near were your churches and school houses ? Your little cabini in the clearing was dearer to you than the finest palace in the world. How your young wife and little ones were, and you, their young and stalwart protector, was slowly yet surely building up a home that was to afford them a competence. I have but to hint at those early times and your memories at once call up the homely yet happy pictures. How is it to-day ? ILook all around this county. Dotting all over the wide domain, see the fine farm residences and monster barns; while acre after acre by the thousands show that your toil and labor of those early times have brought all this triumph to your children. Where now is your old flail and your sickle? Where are your old log cabins? I see before me the reaper and the mower, the wind pump ‘and the seed drill, and many other useful implements which tell you that you live in another age. - Then, you raised your crops to sustain your families, and you were happy when you knew that you had enough on hand to carry you through the winter and until harvest time again.. Now, you raise not only enough to keep your families

and meet the current.expenses of the year, but the large surplus goes to the market to finally reach the old world and feed its teeming millions. Then, you rode in the rudest kind of wagons, now, you ride smoothiy along in your elegant carriage. Now these changes, so marvelous in our eyes, “have taken place in.the short space-of .one generation. And what wonders may be developed in the next thirty or forty years, no one can predict. But it is very certain that, in this.age of invention, when necessity is stimulating the faculties of man to find out new and speedy modes of cheapening labor and dispensing with manual help, the next generation will be wondrously far ahead of the present in all things that can minister to the comfort and eonvenience of man. But we may not linger too long with the old settlers and the past. A generation of young farmers have come up who are more directly connected with the present and the future. - To them, then, I would say a word, for they are by far the larger class here. =~ | To the younger farmers must belong the responsibility, mainly, 6f making your county Fairs either a success or a failure. The success which may attend your efforts this fall must be a stimulus to better things next year. If your neighbor carries off the prize for the finest stock this year, you must gain it next year by bringing ‘here a better selection. I don’t understand that these yearly Fairs are merely to see how large farmer Smith’s hogs or pumpkins are, but to stimulate the farming class of the entire ‘county to the highest :possible excellence in all things that make up intelligent and successful farming in our ‘day. And to this end there is nothing that so harmoniously aids the farmer inour day as thorough practical education. Our public schools are peculiarly the farmers’ colleges. Here’ they first learn those branches which the:-a¢tive and intelligent farmer finds indispensible in his calling. Our common school system should receive the especial care and support of the farming class, and every effort made: to elevate the standard of qualifications™ required of the teachers. It is not enough thatthe teachers can write and . work out a problem in Algebra or Geometry. Shut uip your common schools, farmers, and the next generation will be almost I§Seless to work out the high destiny which each coming generation of our people must meet and carry forward. It is the intelligent and active. farmer who is the really inde‘pendent man, not independent in the sense merely of having enough to live on and to spare, but independent in his actions; one who thinks and acts for himself. It is to this class of high minded, educated farmers that the .country Imnust look to carry on the gigantic interests of Agriculture. Look then with jealous eye on every attempt to impair the usefulness of our common schools, by opening the door to any and every comer Wwho miay think that he is qualified to teach the young mind the highest lessons of usefulness. : I don’t.intend any reflections on our common schools as at present managed, or the class of teachers em_ployed ; doubtless our schools might he, improved, but I insist that the farmers, who are the principal patrons of . the publie schools, shall employ only. the very best teaching talent that can possibly be procured ; for the farmers’ | children usually end their school-days at. our common schools, and hence should have the very best advantages possible in the teacher. Looking over ‘this Fair ground, sweeping my eygs ‘away in yonder distance where farm after farm roll out in the bright sunlight ; looking back to the eatgr"settlement of this county; seeing so many. farmers assembled here, I may well ‘say that surely it is-a good %to be | here and talk of these great | my;{ | which kind Heaven has given us.

And while we greet old friends and exchange the customary salutations let us not forget that our lines and lots are indeed cast in pleasant places. We Americans are wont to boast of our institutions and our privileges. And well indeed we may. Only in a: free country like ours is the farmer and mechanic honored. The great mass of our people are farmers and: mechanies. They are indeed the ruling class, if they did but know it. All political power is in their hands. The great wealth of the country, however, is elsewhere. During the past few years the Great Monopolies have “been absorbing the wealth of the country, until in the west and north-west these giant organizations have precipitated a conflict between capital and labor. When men like Thomas A. 'Scott, president of some thirty railroads, controlling many thousands of nmiles of road and untold millions of wealth; who buys his way not only through state legislatures, but through corrupt congresses; when these men—the Jim Fisks, Tom Scotts, Vanderbilts, Goulds and others band together, they can control power and wealth enough to force any poutrage on the country. And if the‘' people: submit, how long will it be before these over grown corporations will band together and, seize your government ? The farmers of the west and northwest have come to their sepses, and - are moving to have a change in these things. People or monopoly must go down. ‘Let Jay Cooke and Clews and all the gang of reckless speculators go down in the crash now upon us, for they have had much to do in bringing this condition upon the country; let the bulls and bears claw and hook and gore each other; but let the people rermember that only by the most vigilant watching are.their liberties secure from the fell spirit that to-day, in the shape of -unscrupulous rail road corporations, is thirsting for the ‘control of the country. Already, as I have said, congress is its mere creature. It is stealing the public land, and obtaining subsidies of one kind or another from the government that are enormous. But I will say no more, only, in conclusion, that I commend to your thoughtful attention the study of the all absorbing questions that your fel-low-farmers and laboring men at the ' west are now endeavoring to solve.

~ THE MODOCS HANGED. Expiation of the Most Treacherous Crime of the Century. | , The execution of Capt. Jack, chief of the Modoc Indians, and three of his compeers, took place last Friday at Ft. Klamath, Oregon. Their offense, as will be well remembered, consisted in the murder of Gen. Canby and other members of the Peace Commission, while holding a conference under the protection of a’flag of truce. The particulars -of the execution are as follows: Lo e

Boston Charlie and-Black Jim were led on the scaffold first, and Schonchin next. They trod on it with apparent indifference, having evidently resolved to die as bravely as they have lived.— Captain Jack went easily up the stairway, but looked wretched and miserable. At precisely a quarter to ten o’clock A. M., the interpreters; Captains O. C. Applegate and David Hill, explained to the prisoners the nature of the order to-be read to them bythe Adjutant, - and at ten o’clock Adjutant Xingsbury: read the order: promulgating the sentence of the commission and the President’s order thereon, with the orders of the Sccretary of Wal and department commander in the premises. The tworeprieved prisoners, Brancho and Sloluck, yet stood on the ground in front of the scaffold, shackled and under guard. During the reading the pinioned vietims were seated on the platform of the scaffold, with their feet on the drop, listening anxiously, but of course understanding not a word of it. The reading occupied ten minutes, then the Adjutant read the order and commutation in the case of Brancho and Sloluck, and the poor fellows were taken back to the stockade, evidently rejoiced at not accompanying ‘the others to the happy hunting grounds. : Thé chaplain then offered an earnest and fervid prayer for the souls of the culprits, which was listened to attentively. : . ' At a quarter past ten o’clock the fatal nooses were placed around their necks under direction of Captain Hoge. It was necessary to cut off a little of Catain Jack’s long hair, which. was in the way of the rope.— Captain Hoge then bade farewell to the prisoners, and the black caps were placed over the heads of all the culprits. At twenty minutes past ten they stood on the drop, and the rope was cut by the assistant at a signal made with Captain Hoge’s handkerchief. The bodies swung round and round, Jack and Jim apparently dying easily, but Boston ‘and Schonchin suffering terrible convulsions. Boston and Schonchin repeatedly drew up their legs, but the two others seemed to die almost instantly. As the drop fell with a terribly deadly thud four ' poor, wretched human beings fell into eternity, and a. half-smothered cry of over 500 Klamath Indians who witnessed the awful sfectacle. Wails of deep and bitter anguish went up from the stockade, where the wives and children of the poorfellows had a fair view of the shocking scene. The coffins, ‘six in number, had been:placed rdir,éctly in the rear of the gallows, two .of them destined to be unoccupied, as the order commuting the sentences of sßrancho and Sloluck only arrived at ‘half-past ten on the evening before -the execution, and preparations had ‘been made for their execution with the others.

The Graphic Balloon off on a Wild

: " Goose Chase. _ The Gog{hic balloon made an ascension last Monday morning, between 9 and 10 o’clock, from the Capitoline Grounds in Brooklyn, after the series of disappointments with which the public is already familiar. The bal--loon is the same that collapsed at the former attempt to inflate it. It is made of cotton, and has a capacity for 268,000 cubic feet of gas, but carries only 200,000 feet. Mr. Wise, the f originator of the trans-Atlantic excursion, did not go. The occupants were W. H. Donaldson, aeronaut; George A. Lunt, the artist correspondent, and Alfred Ford, a journalist connected with the Graphic newspaper. Mr. Donaldson expressed great confidence in the balloon, and in his ability to. land in France or Spain, possibly within thirty. hours. After this, it will not surprise the reader to learn that the balloon came down in the northeastern corner of Connecticut near enough to the earth for Donaldson and Ford to jump out. Lunt was caught in a tree, but finally reached ground unhurt. The balloon escaped, and may yet be on its way to France or Spain.

The President is credited with the statement that no extra session of Congress will be, called. While he thinks that the financial situation does not demand an extra session, he still makes the announcement that he will put out the $44,000,000 “reserve” s rapidly ag is consistent with the Treasury’s interest. a G

'~ NEWS OF THE WEEK. “The Pope says his enemies strive to induce him toleave Rome, but he neyer will. ! L . The lowa wheat crop is the largest and best ever raised in that State, but the eorn, it is said, is light. Advices from the Cape of 'Good Hope report that sickness has broken out among the troops. on the coast. The Evangelical Alliance, composed of distinguished Protestants, in this country and Europe, is now in session in New York. : ; It is stated that the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., will soon make a proposition to their creditors, for the purpose of enabling it to resume business. ' A frost is reported from Memphis, Tenn., -and Little Rock, Ark. The news isrendered important by the general belief that frost drives off yellow fever when nothing else can do it. ~ Collector Widener, of the second Distriet of Alabama, at Montgomery, is aydefaulter to the government to the tune of $20,000. A little more of Gov. Morton’s “happiness and pros- ’ perity.” ' ° T i

The President of the Frst National ‘ Bank, New York, urges the immedi-| ate resumption of specie payment, on the ground that such action will add $8,000,000 positive relief to the money market. ; g Sir Edward Landseer, the great English painter of animal life, died about ten days ago. He commenced his career of painfing in London fifty years ago, and for years he has stood at the. head of his peculiar branch of the art. s Colonel John H. Stewart, Postmaster of Pittsburg, has been arrested for irregularities in his accounts:. His defalcation - will probably reach $33000. As Governor Morton says: “The country was never more . happy and prosperous.” ~There has been a strike in the East Saginaw lumber district, occasioned by a reduction of wages by one company, and resulting in the withdrawal of 250 laborers from work. The shipments of lumber from the Saginaw River to October first exceed the shipments of last year for the same time by more than 50,000,000 feet. - Senator Conover, of Florida, who was charged with a deficiency of $6,000 while State Treasuger of Florida, claims that his acco{ints shpw the State to be indebted him M the startling sum of ninet%élori—}da might follow the faShion of the day, and give Senator Conovér a “loan- ) certificate” for the full amount. °

A" quarantine inspection in New York has elicited the fact that there has been yellow fever in the Lower Harbor ever since June 1. The fact has been withheld from the newspa—‘ pers in order not to create alarm, for which there is no occasion while the disease is confined to the Lower Bay. There have been sixty-four cases in all, and thirteen deaths. The statement that ex-President Johnson lost $60,000 by the failure of the First National Bank in Washington has been confirmed. As thissum comprised the bulk of his; means, which he has saved from a long life devoted to public services, and-as the above bank is not only helplessly broken but also dishonored, we have no doubt that the ex-President will receive very general sympathy in hisloss. ~ Secretary Richardson says that the Government will lose nothing by the suspension of Clews & Co., in New York, or Clews, Habicht & Co., in London; also, that if Jay Cooke & Co. pay 33 per cent. the Government will be no loser by the failure of the First National Bank. He thinks that the country will be gratified to find in the Public Debt statement that the “reserve” has not yet been touched, though he reiterates his purpose of using:it whenever he judges it to be necessary. - ' |

PATRONAGE THAT PAays.—That ncble institution, the Public Library of Kentucky, has permanently established its prosperity by the three gift concerts it has already given under its charter. It now boasts of a building that cost $210,000, with a Library of over 50,000 volumes, and a magnificent cabinet. The fourth grand gift concert for its further endowment will take place December 3d, and at this concert $1,500,000 cash is distributed to the ticket holders, the highest prize being $250,000, and scaling down to prizes of $5O, which is the smallest sum given. As ‘there is a prize to -every fifth ticket, it is easy to see that the patronage of this concert is a patronage that pays, there being great chances of great gains, and only small charnces of small losses. Hon. Thos. E. Bramlette, late Governor of Kentucky, lis the manager, and tickets and information may be obtained by addressing him, at Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky. .

Remember, Ladies, when you want a nice broom for your Parlor or Kitchen, that J. Decker always has them onhand. 2t. I will offer special inducements, for the next 30 days, in Crockery and Glassware, to make room for an immense stock just purchased. Don’t fail to avail yourself of a great bargain. - J.DECKER.

THE MARKETS. LIGONIER. Wheat—white.....Bl 351Hogs—1ive. S aaree-$350 Amber—red ..... 127{Hogs-dressed...... 000 Rye.........i..... 50'Turkeys—live...... 10 Oats.....ocouuen... 2B|Chickens—live,..... 7 Corn, i ..i... % Mißedswax ... .0.. c W Potatoes. ... ... ... SDlButter. ... ... .. 20 PlazSeed: .. oo 180thardi s 00l e OF Clover 5eed,.....:. 500|Egg8,.--:reeucve--.. 20 W001....0.......@ 4%{Peather5........... 85 Pork....iial iscon . 0O00TOHOW: . aovvensss <O7 5h0u1der5,.....:... 07 Timot.hfiflay. awass e 3000 Ham 5........... @ 10{Marsh Hay......... 800 KENDALLVILLE., Wheat—white.....sl 40 Live H0g5..........8.... Amber—red....... 130|Dressed H0g5...... .... Rye ..... «i-n.... 60{Live Turkeys....... .2 Oats.:..ccvieevar-. - 33[Live Chickens «.... .. Gorn. ... ..o @ SO/ BecAWSX;. . -v..-- 00 Potatoes,.-........ 40/Butter. . .. .. .0... 20 Flax Seed - . ... . 150|Land;.. cccait.il 108 CloverBeed.. 00@ 450|Egg5,...-........... 18 W 001......... ' @ 43{Feathers, ........... 90 POPR, Lo i rßaomy L s OF Shonlders, ........ ..|TimothyHay....... 20 Ham5..........00@ ..|Marsh Hay......... 00 OHICAGO. Wheat..s @Bl 08}{’)[ P0rk....5....@81500 Corn.... @ 39 Lard....... TX@ T 4 Oats.... 383%@ 33% Shoulders,. 7%@ 7% RYB.veic voe-@ 65iR!b5...... . B%@ 8 Barley...-..- @ 122{Ham5...... 9@ 1014 ! TOLEDO. Wheat..§ @139 |C0rn....8 ..%’ 50 Red* .. ....@ 145 |[ClovSeed 465 465% Oats.... " 41@ 42%4|H0g5.... @ M GEO. M, SHADE & CO., LIGONTER, : INDIANA. ' Shope at Randol(fh's Saw and Planing Mill. Orders solicited and satisfaction gnaranteed. 8-2 Administrator’s Notice. NO’I’ICE is hereby‘»fiven that the undersigned ' has been nippointe Administrator of the estate of Dantel Breinnger, late of Noble county, - Said estate is mg)posed to be solvent. g e AMUEL OHLWINE, Adminstrator, October 2, 1878-28 3w - > ; . emaining in the post office at onier, Ind. R durlfig %he pastweek: = = g : | Railey, Monroe ‘Hocbltefler, Jonas : | BlmngsfiJosh,' Knox, Mrs. Frank ] ' Baker, Hiram ‘,fims, Jno. - . Benner, E. F. : ng, Mrs, E. Bebe, Miss Jennie - %e&\) bin, Mrs. Mary Gump, Miss Jennie ock, Moses ; Bna%hon,lflu Kate I% by, Miss 'ann ah Hamilton, Mrs. Late |W er, Geo gafggx‘;-gggan for any of thé above 1,3:,,, wil }p Fos e TRy R c%%omrt‘h i ! ‘Ligonier, Ind, October, 973, s

~ Execmtor’s Notice. = NOTICE is hereby fiven that the undeérsigned has been a}) poi te b{ the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Noble county, Indiana,: executor-of the. will-of Daniel Billman: late of said Noble county,’ deceased, The estate is Embmlf solvent. E JESSK B. SMITH, Executor. | October 2, I§7B-23-3w - s WANTED_General and Local AGENTS inall undccapied territory, to sell the. . - ¢ - BARTRAM Fat SEWING MACHINE OfDanbury, Conn. The Intest mmachine ount. 1t runs still, easy, and more rapidly than any other straight-needlésshunttle machine, - P © TO PURCHASING AGENTS we §lve better discounts than any other company. or particulars, icall on or address me at Rovm 6 Gradolph Block, "Foledo, 0. (24t4) N. F.HOPKINS, State Ag’t.

. EXECUTOR’S SALE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, »' Executor of the estate of Daniel Billman, deceased, will offer for sdle at public outery at the | late residence of the deceased in Efkhart township, Noble cournty, Indians, 1)4 miles west of Wawaka, | On Friday, October 31st, 1873, The personal property of said estate consisting of | Horses, Gows, Hogs, Young Cattle, Sheep, Corn in the field, Hay 'in the ‘Enrn.. Household and Kitchen Furniture, and various other articles too | numerous to mention. - - >l ) TERMS: —All sums of 3 and nnder cash; over. $3 a credit of nine months will be given, the parchaser giving note with aEprov.ed security, atsix | per cent-interest if paid when due, and:if not paid. when due ten per’cent. interest will be charged from date, waiving valuation and appraisement laws. Sale to'commence at 9 o'clock, a, M. .- i . JESSE B, SMITH; - Elkhart tp., Oct. 9, 73-24 © ¢+, Executor. APDMINISTRATOR’S SALE. NOTICE is hereby %iveix.th_a‘t thé nndersigned,’ Administrator of the estate. of Daniel Brenin-. ger, deceased, will offer for gale at public outcry, at thela e residence of the deceased, in" Washing~ ton township, Noble county; Indiana.on: + - | Thursday, October 30th, 1873, ' the personal property of said estate, consisting of - horseg, cows, sheep, hogs, wagon, farming utens J slls, household and kitchen furniture, and varions | other articles. : : % S TR . TEwms:—All sums of $3,00 and under; cish; over $3.00 a eredit of six months will be given, by pur- - chaser giving note with approved freehold security, waiving valuation and appraisement laws, with ten per cent. interest from date if mot paid when due. Sale tocommence at 10 o’clock a.m, .. 5.7} SAMUEL OHEWINE, Administrator. October 2, 1873-23 3w. - Ll el

Banking House 3 . ,- OF . : : 5= 1" - SOIL.. MIER, @ Conrad’s New. Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND’NA, Money loaned on long and hort time. o ‘Notes discounted at reasonable rates; Tis . Monies received on deposit and intereet-allowed, on specified time, Wk A Exchange bonght and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Earope.. o B TO THE FARMERS: Y’OU will please take notiice that Ifam,étm,eu_-: gaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest markett{)rice. ; 9 If you do not find me on the street, ‘call before selling, at my Banking Oflice, second.stog Mier’s Block. g : SOL. MIER. Ligonier, Indiana, May Bth, 1873. —tf ;

Noble Co, Agricultural Society. Finance Statement fo:}" the yéar ending April I; 73, SECRETARY'S STATEMENT. There were allowed and orders drawn ‘on the Treasurer for the following bills, to wit: - . L Premisme ioo sty g ROO Kl Worke b isbl s el Lyl si 0 Police services ... . .c-i. o duddiziiSiin T 9080 Enmberi: .l il i oot GON Meérchandise. io.. .k ifiociiinniin o liie o D aRe Printing ....i...ooicciieiiaaiiianla, 5710 Secretary’s 5ervice5.............i0.10i... 702000 Treasurér’s: * Sl sae s SRR RO Gen’l Supt.’s ** Stoyiituiwein Dra st d(1 B President’s i sa el Ly sl see RN Postage -o el i smnlkn BNt i 180 Stationery. - ol .iosoiaE o iela 380 Freight on Agricultural Rep0rte.......00.0. - 715 Rent of Fair Gr0und5............0c.:.2:0°8500 Total expenditure5.........c.<.:.........5108009 By order of the Board. : Sl H. G. ZIMMERMAN, Sec’y. TREASURER'S STATEMENT. - i RECEIPTS, - X | e Balance on hand, from former year........ 5211,32 Licenses/on Fair Gr0und.......M......0c..0 17.00 Family tickels and gate receipt 5........... 985.80 Proceedsiof seat rent.. ... il iiodi s 94400 From, county, show 1icen5e5......%........ 125.00 Cashiof A. R. King.. ..o Cioroloe g inal =9O Total Receipts...... i i 8_1:4—24-15.’ | - EXPENDITURES, . 4 Paid orders of 1872 and previous years....sloo9.Bo° “Ba'ance 6n hand...... .;.........1.....3414;‘62 . - J. B. STOLL, Treasurer. = Grandest Scheme Ever Known, N Nl . gy ; ¢ : Fourth Grand Gift Concert A FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE .'} iy 12,000 CASH GIFTS $1,500,000. ®250,000 For $5O. The Fourth Grand Gift Concert authorized by special act of the Legislature for the benefit of the Public Library of Kentucky, will take place in Public Library Hall, at Loui'sville,’Ky., on “ S WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 38, °'73B. Only sixty thousand tickels will 'be gold.: The tickets are divided into ten coupons or-parts.. - At this concert, which will be the grandest musical dlsglay ever witnessed in this courtry, the unprecedented sum of 3 e R

divided into 12,000. cash gifts, will be distributed by lot among the ticket holders, : AR LIST OF GIFYS: ~ ' ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........:. 85250,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........... 100,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT............ .. 50,000 ONE GRAND CABH G1FT.......:... 25.000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........... 12,500 10 CaSH GIFTS $lO,OOO each..... 100,000 30 CASH GIFTS 5,000 éach..... 150,000 50 CASH GIFTS 1,000 each. ... 50,000 80 CASH GIFTS 500 each..... - - 40,000 100 CASH GIFTS 400 each..... - 40,000 150 CASH GIFTS 800 each..... 45,000 250 CASH GIFTS | 200 each. ... " 50,000 225 CASH GIFTS 100'each...... . 82,560 11,000 CASH GIFTS 50 each..... ~ 550,000 TOTAL, 12,000 GIFTS, ALL CASH, S mns amounting t 0................... $1,500,000 The distribution will be goaitive, whether all the tickets are sold or not, and the 12,000 gifts allpaid in proportion to the fickets sold. -, e : -PRICE OF TICKETS. = = Whole tickets $5O; Halves $25; Tenths, or each -Coupon, 85; Eleven Whole Tickets for. $500; 2214 Tickets for $1.000; 118 Whole Tickets for $5,0005 227 Whole Tickets for $lO,OOO. No discounnt on less than $5OO worth of Tickets at a time. e Tickets now ready for sale, and all orders. accompanied by the. money‘grom‘pfly filled. Liberal terms given to those who buy to sell again. . 2 . - THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, Ag’t Publ. Libr, Ky., and Manager Gift Concert, 24 w 4 Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky. CTION NOTICE. .

By virtue of a precept to me directed and delivered by the Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court, a copy of which is hereto annexed, I do heréeby give notice thaton =~ = . R Taesday,October,l4th, the same being the second Tuesday of October, 1873, there will be held an: election in the several townships of Noble county Indiana, for the purpose of electing a Prosecuting Attorney for the 35th Judicial: Circuit of the State of Indiana, composed-of the counties of Steuben, DeKalb and Noble, as set forth in the annexed precept. =~ ‘ .. Davip Hoven, " Sheriff of Noble county-Indiana, STATE OF INDIANA, }S‘ct‘- e NOBLE COUNTY. e The State of Indiana to the Sheriff of

Noble county, greeting: = '\ I. William C. Williams, Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court, do hereby certify to the Sheriff of Noble county, Indiana, that an election will be held in said Noble county, at the several voting precincts thereof, on the- = - = | Second Tuesday in Oct. 1873, for the purpose of electirig a Prosecuting Attorney for the 356fh Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, coth< posed of the countiesof Steuben,DeKalb and Noble. e Said election to be held in - aceordance with the provisions of the 82d Section of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, ap‘proved Mareh 6, 1873, for the election of Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys in certain cases therein mentioned. - You are therefore héreby commanded to give the. notice thereof rew by law, to the electors .of said Noble n testimony whereof I have hereunto set m: has;xd,and ammd*th:fifhf v this _of September, . 18¢s. " Fhe 6 WILLIAMS, Glerk,

it T A — e — FOR SALE.—A farm of 100 actes, elgh-. A * "ty acres nudgtfige plow,. forty-two acres in wheat, a good orélard, good buildings and fences in good repair; situated in the Hawpatfi. on the main ma:{: Also, a Housge and town lots in the town of Ligonier. Enquire of {vBn2] - T COVELfi’Ligonier. Ind. OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE. Happy Relief for:Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses in earlylife. Manhood restored. Jlmpediments to Marrinse removed. New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies,—* Books and Circalars gent free, in sealed énvelopes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.—an Institutien having a high reputation for honorable conduct and professional skill. - - 5 fv6 13-Iy]

SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. " CavinStreet, Ligonter, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ChoiceGroceries,Provisions,YankeeNotions,&c Thehighestcash price paidfer Country Produgce Mayl3,'6B-tf. e SACI(v BRO'S, ! LSe Ay HERTZLER, Con T R DA LYR IN - Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, S e Spectacles, &e A PO N b 5 ;%ky\fl_/\' ol Would respectfully (g A RERC Y. announce to the ci--2% S‘,/ [BSREE tizens of Liionier‘ B I)(> W= and vicinity thathe - TN o Filt = has permanently loLB LY g MESEBEE— cated in ‘this place, O SRyesetl—. and is pregared to = P+ 5 dolall k{n glofnre-' R N ring in his line e —f—l\:_—;"‘e” g?bu%ineu,md “hopes toreceive a liberal share of public patronage All' work warranted. Give me a trial. Office five “doors north of the Ligonier Houge, 8-21mé l‘ - LIGONIER, INDIANA; - - SOUTH BEND & : %! > 2 MANUFAOTURERS @F g - Iron Cormice, " WINDOW AND DOOR CAPS, ' ROOFRIN@, SPOUTING, Etc., Of all kinds: - Plain and Ornamental Heads of Lions, Tigers, Eagles, Persons, &c. : . ; M. B. YOST & CO, 8-101 - N 0.72 Michigan Str., South Bend, Ind.

~ W.A. BROWN, -+ Manufacturer of and Dealerin all kinds of FURNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, . ; oo WILEOW-WARE, | i 5 BRACKETS, &c. COFFINS&CASKETS Always on hand, and will be furnished to order,. Funerals attended with hearse when desired. "° Store Room: 2 tisi T Cor. Cavin and 20d Str.} ngonlela Ifld. TECANET August 7th, 1878.-8-13. ] A PP OR SATLE?Y! I' WlLL!s')e’ll cheap- for cash, or on easy termsof : ?ay.ment, the valuable Stock and Grain Farm, lately.owned by James McConnell, and known as THE DIAMOND LAKE FARM! ‘eonsisung of over three hundred acres of land, about 5 miles south-east of Ligonier, in the southwest quarter of section 31, town 35, north range 4 _east, and north-west quarter of séction 6, town 84, north range 9-east, embracing sgoil, timber, living waterand generaladvantages, makingitone ofthe most desirable farms, especially for stock raising in Noble county. & Gl , .ALSO:—Lots No. 6, 9. 11, 15,16, 28, 27, 28 and 29 in Wood’s Addition to Ligonier; also, lots 7 and g inblock 4, and 7 and 8 in block 3 of Millr’s Addi tion to Ll;li&onier. { : - " TITLE GUARANTEED BY ME. ‘ - Apply to-Izaac E. Knise];. esq., Ligonier, orto : < ~ - JOSEPH K. EDGERTON, Feb. 28-tf. ! Fort Wayne, Ind’

. Notice to Bridge Builders. - “Sealed Proprosals for the erection of ‘a bridge over the Elkhart River, near George Growcocks, in Perry township, Noble county, Ind., will be received by the undersigned, until 10 o’clock A. M. of Saturday, October 11th, 1873, at the Auditor’s office in Albion, at which time and place the same will be opened and-awarded to the lowest responsible bidder—the undersigned reserving the right to reject any and all bids. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the County Auditor; a copy of the specifications will be left at the BANNER office, Ligonier. WM. IMES, Sup’t. Brimfield, Ind., Oct. 25, 1873.—3 t.

KELLER & KANN'S , e o ‘ = Winter Stock : IS now- coml;léte. and h;fi been selected with the usaal care and ability of Mr. Jacob Keller, who has.been watching the market and has boughta. LR _better class of Fall and Winter Goods, ,55 ‘s kn hias evér been brought into - EKEENDALLVILLE, : S ~ —and at— : LOWER PRICES Than for the Last Ten Yea-rs.) ' : § We call especial attenfién'to ! o Our House Furnishing Department, : e consisting of o ‘ CARPETS, £ i) : MATTINGS,. TABLE LINENS, B - ‘ BED LINENS, TICKINGS, : s e BED SPREADS, 'MARSAILLES QUILTS, i o TABLE NAPKINS, AND SPREADS : B il ... IN EVERY VARIETY. s We havo an elegant stock of Winter Cassimeres For our Custom Department, sure to please. . - 2 KELLER & KANN | | Kendallville July 10, 1873. ; CABINET SHOP " = AND - .

L RD.ERBR. .. Would fespeétf\illy announce to the citizens of . Noble county, that he has constantly on 2. vi hup(lnlnrgeudwperioru&ockof , ‘ CABINET WARE, i Cousisting in partof : DRESSING BUREAUS. WARD-ROBES, o N e . - STANDS, - L e ' e cOP-BOARDS, b e S O ERING ~ CHAIRS AND BEDSTEADS, Andin fact ever y‘thinilmm_ly keptina First- ~ class Cabinet Shop. - Particular sttention pl/\ ‘tothe Undertaking Business. | = COFFINS ALWAYS ON HAND AT kinds of hop Work made s order. " A A C HORTES AIWAYS 10 ToAdIneNS: =