The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 36, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 January 1874 — Page 1

o k The-Hatiomal Hanuer “_ ! Pubhghedby . ; . Jvﬁ) ll‘_N B. STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLECOUNTY,IND. . CERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : 5tnct1yinndvuuce‘..L................‘;... .82.00 W Thispaperispublishedonthe 'fi'g#w ple. 8 Proprietor believing thatit is just c?h:‘!g tjbrm demand advance pay,asit is for City publishers. I Auyperson sending aclub oflo, accompalied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopy of the paper.forone year free 6fcharge.

LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received sub; twb without nos tice, ' ) # ’c“ gﬂ? i . ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned on loag or short time. - NOTES disconuted at reasondblé rates. : ORDERS for first-class securities executed on commission. : A ENTS for the purchase and sale of Real Estate, INSURANCE POLICIES written in first-class compaénies. p e g EXCH A NGE bough and’Bo ’mrms drawn on ;;m the- ities of Earépe. | 2 AGENTS _the daman, x M PR ‘%tml)ﬁ;g th‘é, ‘} : wm, b White Star Line, PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal reaports of Europe. ¢ 3 MERCHANTSY, Farmers’and Mechauics’ scconuty aolicited, and all business transacted ou’lﬁjlic!d_ terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligounier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 7

s Y ¥ %3 thtshuﬁg, Ft, W. & Chicago R. R, From and after Nuvember F. 1R73. . . i ._I?OING;;WE:S'P.;&-;%’ kg 1 el . FINOS, BNeW, No. 3, I 'Fm?t%z. 3.§{ail. Pac Bz, NightEz. Pittsburg...... 2:lsam 6 00am 9:soam 2 15pm Rochester..... ..L.... '7 23am 1l:8am 3 23pm XlMince.. . i 0. s:4oam 10 40um - I:4spm 5 53pm Orrville,.. ... 7:2oam 12 54pm 4:oUpm 7 33pm Maunstield..... 9:2lam 3 i6pm 6:3opm 9 55pm Crestline...Ar. 9:soam 4 00pm 7 :10pm 10:25pm Crestline. ..Lv 10 10am 6 00ara 7:45pm 10:35pm F0re5t.........11*33am .7 40am_ 9 30pm 11:59pm Lima......,...12:30pm B:ssam 10.50 pm 'l:osam Kt Wayne..... 2:353nir~J14 @oam I:2oam 3:2oam Plymouth. ..... 5‘:(!‘(})111 “9:spm 4:olam 5:45am Chicag0.......: 8.20 pm 7}§lopm 7:3oam 9;:2oam S : GOING EAST. - ; ¢ : . 1 NoB, = No 2 "#iNv6ey Nus. Mail. Fast Ex. Pa¢ Bx. NightFzx. Chicago....... s:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth..... 9:lBam 12 10pm 8 50pm 2 22am Ft Wayne....l2 05pm 2 15pm 1! 20pm 5 30am Lima.......... 3:2opm 4:2lpm 1 3Sam 8 (4am F0re5t........ 4:4opm 5 22pm 2 45am 9 39am Crestline .. Ar. 6:3opm 6 50pm 4 20am 1! isim Crestline ..Lv. 6 00am 7 10pm 4 80am 11 25am ‘Mansfield ..... 6 3Tam 7 37Tpm 4 53am- 1! 55am 0rrvi11e..,.... 9 16am 9 29pm 6 47Tam . 2 00pm A11iunce.......1b 00am 11 O3pm 8 15am 3 35pmRochester..... 48p§._;». --.5.. 10 40am. 6 (Opm Pittshurg ....[4 00pm" 2:2oam 1145 am 7 10pm ‘No. 1, daily, except Monday; Noe 2,4, 5,7 am??, daily except Sunday; Nos. 3 and 6 daily. Gir. Rapids & Ind.and Cine., Rich. & Ft. Wayne R. R. - Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To : take eflect November 2d, "73. " "GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Rlchmond ooiniin. i o 1000 am 4 00pm Newport i ilinsnie o 12301 14 30 ¢ Winchester:...,....... o dr I 8 eLB e Ridgevitle, (1. iiiiiia, 11452 . 540 ¢ Portland. -l oa? 1217 pm 610 Decataric calisiinii 136 “Fort Wayne, D......... 800 am 2 30pm : Kendallville f.. .20 .. j 919-% ‘gg7 e . Sturgis.cooaiaeiin C 0 e 1 531 Y i .‘{enﬁ0u.......’......,, 1122 % 600 Kn1amaz00.............12:95 pm 16 55 ¢ ! Montelth coocsv . 123 - 751 % Grand Rapids......i 2. 255 . 915 ¢ Grandßapids. .... ..d 325 700 am Howard ©ity. .o v 538 9ag Up. Big Rapidal; iioii 647 ¢ 10481 ¢ . ¢ Reed Cityictlisiciio 730 ¢ 1104 | s Clam Lake.-c.ii 00l 860 ‘¢ 1235 pm Traverse City. ..o il . 430 * . *GQING SOUT H. xpress Rxpress Expres 'l‘m%gi Oitg& sk .2 .'E wd 700 an? Olam Lake: ¥l ... . 5060 am. 1035 ** Reed City v vdisiviiiss 630 ¢ 1220 pm Üb, Bigßaplahl iig s (i 707 %2057 s Howard Ci1y..&8.5.. " 268 Farics e Grand Raptds. ... .%a.. TS Tl 5 Grand Rapids, . ....d.; 725 amll2o 425 % Montetthiaalas (il is 855 ¢4 19 50 nm ~ |557 Kalamazoo, o s iinid 9%,"‘ $4O. " 649 ** Mendon oo il GG Ea 3 798 3 Sturgie sgl ol T e 810 ¢ Kenda11vi11e...........12/51pm 951 @ 1[:‘nrtW:\yne............ ROQ ** 111 Deentinr:.ooiiinioi. i 309 * Argany & & Portlandozil o Ann ?(g};m 3 Ridgeville s lalilocl. S 440 1 TBV Winchestem, aiy. o 0e 5190 740 ¢ Newport i o 0 0 559°' B§Bo % : Rithmond ... 625 ¢ 90 ¢ Express trains leaving Richmond at 1000 a m stop “all night at Grand Rapids, . : Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run‘daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking efiect Nov. 3d, T 3, GOING NORTH, v GOING ~8()(7'!'“. Expr, £* Ml."*”‘”‘TATlO*\‘q' LKxpr.© Mail. 35) pm: 8 10am..Kalamizoe,.i1 20 am 645 pm £3@ ¥ gisB & liMonteith, . 410 27 556 ¢ Blb & 193’7 g L Allegan. (... 950 ¢ 521! 605 t 1083 Sl Gt an.LL 0 10,48 4 384 630 !'1%4 0% ..Fﬁlland..,.. 840 % 408 ¢ . 74R 1210 pmGrand ‘Haven, 741 ¢ %08 e a 3 BSR MR ekegon L 5 7. 00 f.D95 ‘4 - ey - F. R. MYERS, General Passenger aud Ticket Agent

- . . - . Uincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th Al day of October, 1872: : i eUING 80UTH. © STATIONS. ' GOING NORTH! No.2* No. 4 = “No.l WNo.3 440 pml2oom a..... Wabash... .1700 am 130 pm 310 ** 1040 am .Nor-Manchester, 750 ‘© 230 * 8157 1000 Bu il aSilverdivke . 81T = 318 ¢ 230 %% 906 NSI N RIBRW, . T 905 105 ¢ 210 = 820 % i ialecsburp. . 119923 % 500 ¢ 150 4% 880 e oS Nllord .. 9450 <530 ¥ 126 %0 0 s L New Paris 1005 ¢ 555 105 ¢ 700 * ..dp Goshen,ar..lo2s ¢* 620 * 100 S ..ar Goshen, dp..1030 ‘Y4 12 30% - Epkbßrt, . 584 ; iainsrun by Clevelandtime. . .. 4 A.G. WELLS, Sup't.. FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL The shortest and most mec;.;outc toéﬂd'annpulis. Closgeennection Arains on the Columnag & {‘rmpa ?fLe RamPy at Muncie Depy -mMnrrivgl of tfims at Ft. Wayne: s D LBAVRE s s A BRI VB < Xpigﬂf’l < & 500@111‘5\‘[:1“ it dobpm Mall'... ... .. 1216 pm Express...... .. .045 ** HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, £ 520 P | : /4‘4 '"'Ai/',@.}-“‘k J ‘. R 477., ,‘ - . : dfpe) g | R o ) % v W ey | 0 ’%’7{,"4}“ %@“%‘ - % I IR / 5 ~‘ '%i'.’*.‘_w- g /M%{ ': A 5 ok . N Sf. B, 3\"" | ; L Nlkl o § TR - LiAeNRE e iree S Y fgalt, B it i o ‘_‘s ‘t PP R ),;b'% ¥ 2 ,&—v Ll . «::;; P :,?» G . N TR - LA™y 3 »\’("\ S ,q : e : 1) g 3

o Watchmakers, Jewelers, . AND DEALERBIN : Watches, Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS Repairing neatly and promptly execnted, and warranted. . Agefits for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated e Spectacles. ¥ Sigh ofthe big watch, corner Cavin & Fourth streets, Ligonier, Indiana. .43 ' May 3, 66-tf - THE GREAT CAUSE HUMAN MISERY, Just published, in a Sealed Envelope. Price 6 cents. A Leciure on the Naturve, Treatment and Radical Cure of Seminal Weakness, or Spermatorrheea, induced by relf Abuse, Involuntary Emissicns, Impotency, Nervous Debility, and Imediments to Marrlage %enernlly; Consamption, g‘.pllepsy and fits; Mentaland P\l}:vvuical Incapacity, &c; —By ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M. D., Au.t.ho%of thgk‘l‘Green Book,” gzc. e o . T gld- n uther, irable Lect%& qfrqyﬁ‘hi{‘nﬁ exp',z'rienco' that the agful quep césof Self-Abuse miny be effectually removed without medicines, and withont dangerousgsurgical orerauone. bougies, instru. ments, rings or cordials, pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and effectual by which ewery sufferer, no matter what his condniq&n:miy.*e. may cure himself chenply.%rivately. and radically. Th{s Lecture mll,%r’,ovem “9_{? to thousands and thousands. *© "% G W b s?, Wer n‘h ina velope, to any address, ob hcd aec x,no iy d\;‘bl}s,h or two postage | 8, by addresein e publishers, : : vagmp. yz. EULV%I&V%E’S “él‘a'r‘rlage Guide,” 80 dents, | Address shers, : prict Bo.Conthy AARERAS. 38, KLING %G 0.... 127 Bowery, New York, Post-Office Box, 4586. April 17, 18’;3-.”0—11—2011254 i G

Wx its goomy attendants, 18w .. spi¥its, depressipn, invelu E +in logs of semen, spe torghcen loss of ‘powery’ dizzy head, io fhemory, a:«mlv,iuned ; PO d lmbecﬂl% d a sovers -'lg in HUMPHREYS HO 3 I ! SPYECIFIC, Nos SNT CIGET. RIS suvmtahniey REMEDY & p arrests O.MIM’ narts vigut‘,;na enetgy, life and vitality to T ntirgmang ‘They huve oured thousands of ’riez“ts a'puc‘hq'“f mth" and a large§2 Aal, which is V_e“!{!!% in obstinate or ol ases, or $} per singia box. ®eld by ALL ists, and sent by m;\il_on recefit of price. Ad AUMPHEREYS' ®PEC I HOMEQPATHI i EDIGINE CO., 582 broapway, N. Y.

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EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, S N IRy | Meets gvery Saturday evening at their New Hall. J. B. BStoLw, See. : L. H. GreEN, N. G. WASHINGTON ENCAMPMNT : NO. 89, 1. 0. 0. F. Mects ‘the second and fourth Tuesdays in each : Month, at their New Hall. ! H. M..Goovsrxev, Scribe. W.K. Wour, C. P. f © E. A. MOYER, _ B (Snccessor to W. L. Andrews,) ui . SURGEON DENTIST, | KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. t rJQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the 44 paiuless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, Examinations free. g@~Office, Second ‘i Story, Mitchell Blosk : B-14-1y | P, W, CRUM, . Physician and Surgeon, " Ligomiér, =« » - . Indiana. Office at resdience ¢n Martin st., near corner of Third. 5 May 12th, 1869. . W. C. DENNY,M.D., Physician aind Surgeon, LIGONIEE, INDIANA, . Will promptly and faithfolly attend to allcalle ‘in the iine of his prefession—day or night—in town or any distarce in the country. : oL GRS W, CARR, ; ' Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, " Willpromptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Office on 4th St., one dooreastef the NATIONAL Banx~er office, . 3-43 €. PALMITER, ‘ Surgeon and Physician, ; Office at Reeidence. - | Ligomnier, - - «f fj ‘ lndi»tf:(nn.r - ATS. PARKER, M. D., : | I—IOMEOPATZE'II‘ST, Office ou Mitchel street. Residence on Eaxtetreet. - Office hours from 1010 12 a. M., and 2to4P. M. _ | KERDALLVILLE, INDIANA. - e +May 3, 1871 L G. ERICKSON, M. D., ~ Specialattention given to the trearmentof . Chronic and Surgical Diseases. Office hours from 10 o’clock A, M. to 2 o’clock, p. w. ~ Offiice and residence opposite the Groes House. KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. ° June 1, 1870, : ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA. special attention given to conveyancing and collections, Deeds, Bonds.and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and . accurately. Oflice over Straus & Meagher's store, May 15 1873 15-8-3 . JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House : ALBION, - 3 agt oy IND 615 L. ML, GREEN, ¢ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. i LIGONIERy - -.-- IN‘!)I‘A'QNA. Office second fluor tront, Lundon’s Brick Block, . I, E. KNISELY, i ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - - .INDIANA. - g Office in Mier's Block. S 7-2 o £ L. COVELL, ¥ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, | LIGONIER, INDIANA. ‘ Office, over Beazel Brotuers' new Harness Shop, | e Gavißlreet o o o : ' D. W. GREEN, ‘ . i 3 . . , Justiceofthe Peact & Collection Agt, Office with Or. Landond, gecond floor Landon’a Brick Block. LIGONIEL, INDIANA 9 v AY., . D ONE G TS T, ». Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., one block east of\Post Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Xendallville, Tudiana. 33~ All work warranted. Kendallville, May 3, 1371. . . e H. C. WINEBRENNER, | Housg, Sign, & Ornamental Painter, Grainer, Glazier and Paper- Hanger, Ligonier, Indiana. #&=Give me a call befure letting your work, and I will guarantee gatisfaction Fin_c_:Lery instance. o 5 lvBEl o : ‘A. GANTS, - Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - < ~INDIANA. . L " ‘ (lis prepared A : odo anything BERRLR N/\—ns% . iptheirline. A £ 3y Liie ‘£ WIN - succesful pracy ij;&ﬁfﬁgf'“gg;gﬂ"‘{;f'j tice of over 10 \“‘—::EM“ ooz yeark justities B e e biw in sayiug RGP 57 e g that beean YN .« e ig:]fve;ant,irtelw.%q Ve sfaction to : IR LR who may »"ef Btow their patronage., ¥ Ofli : of Kirhe's, Cgviuuﬂil.f.’e k= atiodent dorh IPEEEN.EE® A. CARR, ! AUCTIONEER, Offers Lis services to the publicin general. Terms moderate, Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen., Ligonier, Janaary 8, "73-37 TEEGARDEN HOUSE, + Laporte, Indiana. VWOAXTHEIES ¢ Y . Proprietis. i Laporte, April 5, 1871. | CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. ‘ __We sell Mr. L. SHEETS' Wines, ' Piire — Nothing but the Juice of ! : the Graspe._ i : yi L ACK BROTHERS, : ] KENDALLVILLE, INDIAg. | NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK i Hotel, only ten rods tm;n_-‘the'L. 8. &M.B. R. 'R, Derimt, and four squares from the G, R. R R — f Only five minutes walk to any of the principal bu- | siness houses of the city. Traveling men amfstran- | gers will fitid this a firet-clags houre. Fare $2 per i day. J.. 8. KELLY, Proprietor, i Kendallville, Aug, 3, 1870.-14

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DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. Aprill2. 1871.-50

H. R. CORNELIL,, Is now prepared to take/GEMS of a superiorquality . Having purchased oue of the great American Optical Company's ; MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for mukl,nﬁ 9, 18, 86, or 72 pictures, all at onegitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class. work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall. The follewing are the prices : 7 Pictures l‘or/gl 00. 16 o e R 32 9 S A R 8D T 2. % Atk s, 400 PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! ~ Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 15, 1871. i

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T s AL HERTZLER, i ! ¢ DEALER N “Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, 5 R ‘Spectncles, &e ! S DR/ Would respectfully i L e 3 ) L™ g ;‘l",4‘_‘\:— Q anhounce to the ci- . si: 11 \ B tizeme of Lliomer : * ( -8 and vicinity thathe C N ‘\-‘/ REMENG = has permanentlylo- > & B — cated in this place, Col ‘# PR and s gregared to T _;g; doinll ;n g‘of“re. i A e SRR 52 wiring in hie line -~=,;'s£":‘§o' Ll g; b u‘;?i»inesl.nsnd 5 receive a liberal share of public putronage 5’3;” f:otr?(rsvcuer:;n‘ted. Gli;e geatrial. Omscg lnn':: 4 ; f.the Ligonier Hounse, B A oo ORI kTt INDIANA.

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. GEO. M, SHADE & CO., CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. : Shops at Randolph’s Saw and Planing Mill. Orders solicited aucfublsfact!on guaranteed. 8-2 "'—"———'——'——————'——'—'-———. ~. - =: L OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE. “Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored, Impediments to Marrluﬁe removed. New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.— Books and Circunlars gent free, in cealed envelopes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No 2, South Ninth Strcet, Philadelphia, Pa;,—an Inetitatien having a high reputation for honorable conduct aud professional skill. [v6l3-1y) w.A. BROWN, #.* Manufacturer of and Dealerin all kinds-of FURNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, , WILLOW-WARE, . = e * BRACKETS, &c. COFFINS&E&E&ECASEKETS Always on hand, and will he' furnizhed 'to order.Funerals attended with hearse when desired. | : Btore Room: T i o ‘ Cer. Cavin and 2nd St*.} L‘g(’mel ’ Ind° | . August 7th, 1878.-8.15, ‘Banking House ; OF o SOIL.. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND'NA. Money loaued on long and short time. o Noteer discounted at reazonable rates Monies received on deposit and interert allowed on specified time, Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe. 8-2 __TO THE FARMERS: &-'OU will please take nofice thnt I am atill en-! %aged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. - . If you do not find me on the «treet, call before selling, at my Banking Office, second story Mier's Block. ;s SOL. MIER. .+ Ligonier, Indiana, May Bth, 1873. —l.f ] A New Hand at the Bel- . ows!l - | o s

VVOULD respectfully announce to his FRIENDQ and the public in general that he has started in business on his “own hook” f at the well-known McLEAN STAND, ON CAVIN STR., and has now on hand a lurge assortment of S . : \ Table and Pocket Cutlery, Best silver steel Axes, $1.50, Tin, Sheehiron, (‘oppex' and Brass-Ware, and all other articles usually foundin a First-ClassTinwaer Establishment Stove Fipe Made to order and kept on hand. Special atten “tion given te roofing, spouting, &c. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, But always as low as can be afforded by atraightforward dealers. Give mea call. Oct. 16, '73-25tf JOHN ABDILL. BININGER’S - OLD LONDON DOCK GIN. Eepeclally designed for the use of the Medical Profession and the Family, possessimf those intrinsic medicinal properties wkich! belong to an oOld and Pure Gin. Indispensgable to Femalea. Good for Kidney Complaints. A delicious tonic. Pat up in cases containing one dozen bottles each. and sold by all drugfism' grocers, &. A, M. Bininger & Co., estabiched 1787, No. 15 Beaver St., New York. 271 y - For sale by Fisher Bro's, Ligonier, Ind. ; VICKES’ FILORAI. GUIDE 7 FOR 1874, : ‘2OO PAGES ; 500 ENGRAVINGS and COLORED PLATE. Publishad Quarterly, at 25 Cents a Year. First No. for 1874 just issued. - A German edition at same price. Address, 8 314 w JAMES VICK. Rochester, N. . ﬁ{ &Hignnae will give energetic men ‘ & and women ’ Business. That Will Pay! .| From £4 to $8 perday, can he pureuedin‘yonr’own neighborhood, and is strictly honorable. Particulars free, or samples that will enable you to go to work atonce, will be gent on receipt of two three cent stamps, Address J. LATHAM & CO,, 32-6 w 292 Washington St., Boston, Mass, A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Fremature Decn{. and all the eflects of youthful indiscretion, wil , for the sake of suﬂerinF humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for makig‘g the sxmgle remedy by which he was cured. Suffercrs wishing to profit by| the advertiser's experience can do 8o by addressing in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar st., New York. November 27, 1873-6 m-a & co i e e e *OAN.QITH Y O TO CONSUMPTIVES. T!IE advertiser, having been permanently cured of that dread diseare, Consumption, by a simPle remedy, is anxious to make known to his felow sufferers the means of cure To all who desire it, he will kend a copy of the {)rescriptlon used, (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure Curk for ConsuNPTION, ABTHUA, BrONOMITIS, &C. Parties wishing the prescription will please address | _Rev. E. A. WILSON, 194 Pem{_ St. Williamsburgh, New York. November 27, 1873 6m-a & co '

WANTED : 1,000,000 Feet of Wacon Box Boarbps, 8, 13 and 14 in. wide, 12 ft. long. 500,000 Feet of Hickory AxrEs, four by five and one-half inches, by | twelve feet long. Address A . ; g Studebaker Bros’ Manuf’g Co., wam | SOUTH BEND.IND. Here’s a Chance! GEO. W. REED, : Cronweil. l-dlan_-. L : Bq'nn assoriment of Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, And Bob-Sleds, ; Which he offers the phb'llc at : 10 Per Cent. Below Cost. | WORK FULLY w;hunurln. i N i gt pigpent e rvoivst

LIGONIER, IND.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1873.

~ THE NEW AND OLD. ‘ : BY MANDA LEVERING. | The year goes sadly out. I wait; ; What will the New Year bring? " Icannot know; not now, It’slate : '+ We sbon will hear the welcome ring. The bells will chime again. Time flies : Like a reatless shought it’s gone, ‘ We eatch at it invain, It dies % As dies a nightbird’s song at dawn. . Come closer to me, friend. Tt’smight; - I'm somewhat given to fancies wild | I teel a little strange. I might . - Grow timid ae a little child. : . _The fire dies out, 8o slow. The smok:_e‘._ - Y Goes noiseless upward, out— - ‘lt reems as if an angel spoke, Or spirits walked abont. : ' I'm very passive now. T feel ' As if the grave was near, for cold Andlone, the year is dying. Thg seal i {Of death is on the midnight serbil. It comes by minutes. Only hoursy . Short things, but what a strength Comes with their goipg. Power - ; . That stills the strongest one at length. The year's not strong. '"Tis weak g ‘Piminutive of all the earth, . - : The last pulsation’s done. Don't speak-— There goes the firet resound of mirth! .~ 1t has no share in that. Thebells Number but<its feeble days ; . Ourstrivings failinge. Only tells _ | Above the dead, another’s praise. . , /' Comeg, fold the pall above. Come hide - The ycar we loved so well, 5 Silent, away from the noisy tide : |- That dances after New Year bells. " Nay! do not mourn the ddys. Letfall’ . No tear of sorrow on the bier. : Remember, that our hopes and all Our visions fair, are here.

AN UNINYITED GUEST.

It was nearly three o’c¢lock on a hot summer’s day; the long polished counters of our bank, the Royal Domestic, were crowded with customers—money was flowing in and runniug out in the usual business-like manner. From a raised desk in my private room, I, the manager of the Royal Domestic bank, looked out on the busy scene 'with a certain pride and pleasure. The Royal Domestic i 3 not a long-established institution, and, without vanity, I may say that much of its prosperity and success is attributed to the zeal and experience of its manager. In corroboration of this statement, I ‘might refer to the last printed statement of the directors, laig before the shareholders at their annual meeting, in which they are pleased to say—But after all, perhaps I may be thought ‘guilty of' undue egotism and conceit, if I repeat the flattering terms in which they speak of me. ' . P - A clerk put his head inside my door. ‘Mr. Thrapstow, sir, wishes to speak to you. i i ‘Send him in, Roberts,” I said. » Charles Thrapstow I had known from boyhood; we had both been reared.in’ the same country town. The fact that his parents were of considerable higher status than mine, perhaps made our subsequent intimacy all the pleasanter to me, and caused me to set a value upon his good opinion greater than its intrinsic worth.— forapstow was a stockbroker, a very clever, pushing fellow, who had the Teputation of possessing an excellent judgment and great good luck. At my request, he had brought his account to our bank. It was a good account; he’always kept a fair balance, -and the cashier had mever to look twice at his check. : . Charlie, like everybody else in business, occasionally wanted money. 1 had let him have advances at various times, of course amply covered by securities, advances which were always promptly repaid, and the securities redeemed. At this time he had five thousand pounds of ours, to secure which we held City of Damascus Wa-ter-company’s bonds to the nominal value of ten thousand. My directors rather demurred to these bonds, as being somewhat speculative in nature; but as I represented that the company was highly respectable, and its shares well quoted in the market, and that I had full confidence in our customers, our people sanctioned the advance. I had perhaps a little uneasy feeling myself about ‘those bonds, for they were not everybody’s money, and there; might have been some little difficulty in finding a customer for them in case iof the necessity for a sudden sale. ' Tharpstow came in a radiant. .He was a good-looking fellow, with a fair beard and moustache, bright eyes of bluish gray, a nose tilted upward giving him a saucy, resolute air; he was always well dressed, the shiniest of boots, the most delicate shade of color in his light trousers and gloves, the glossiest of blue frock coats, a neat light dust-coat, in whieh was thrust a massive pin, containing a fine topaz, full of lustre, and yellow as beaten gold. i ‘Well, I've got a customer for those Damascus bonds waiting at my office; sold ’em well, too—to Billings Brothers, who want them for an Arab firm. One premium, and I bought at discount.’ ' o ' ‘I am very glad of it, Charlie,’ I said, and felt really pleased, not only for Thrapstow’s sake, but because I should be glad to get rid of the bonds, and the directors’ shrugs: whenever they were mentioned. ' . -‘Hand ’em over, old fellow, said Charlie, ‘and I’ll bring you Billings’s check up in five minutes. You'won’t have closed by then; orr if you have, T’ll come in at the private door.’ . I went to the safe, and put my hand upon the bonds. L Charlie stood there looking so frank and free, holding out his hand for the bonds, that I hadn’t the heart to say to him, as I ought to have done, bring your customer here, and let him settle for the bonds, and then I will hand them over. I should have said this to anybody else, but somehow I couldn’t 'say it to Charlie. There would .only be five minutes’ risk, and surely it was no risk at all. "

The thing was done in a moment; I was carried away by Thrapstow’s irresistable manner. I handed over, the bonds, and Charlie went off like a shot. It wanted seven minutes to three, and I sat watching the hands of the clock in a little tremor, despite my full confidence in Thrapstow; but then I had 80 thorough a knowledge of all the rules of banking, that I couldn’t help feeling that I had done wrong.— A few minutes, however, would set it right, Charlie’s white hat and glittering topaz would soon put inan appearance. - - i L XA

Just at a minute to three the cashier brought me three checks, with a little slip of paper attached. They were Thrapstow’s checks, for fifteen hundred, twelve hundred, and three hundred odd respectively, and his balance was only five hundred odd. ] ; - ¥ turned white and cold, ' ‘Of course you must refuse them, I said to the cashier. 5 e ;

When he went out I satin my chair quite still for a few moments, bewildered at the sudden misfortune that had happened to me. Charles Thrap- | stow was clearly a defaulter; but there was this one chance—he might have given the checks in the confidence of selling. those bonds, and placing the balance to his account. Indue course, these checks, which were crossed, z would have been presented on the . morrow. But it seemed that his credi- | tors had some mistrust of him, and | had caused the checks to be demanded - out of due course. ; . The clock struck three. Charles - had not come back. The bank doors | closed with a cling. I could endure the suspense no longer. Telling the ! bank porter that:if Mr. Thrapstow i’ came, he was to be admitted at the ' private door, and was to be detained l in my room till I returned, I went out and made my way to his office, which’ was only a few hundred yards distant. He wasn’t there. The clerk, a youth of 15, knew nothing about him. He was in Capel court, perhaps, anywhere he didn’t know. - Had he been in within the last half-hour? Well, no; the t clerk did not think he had. His story, then, of the customer waiting at his -office was a lie. , =

i With a heavy heart, I went back to | the bank. No; Mr. Thrapstow hadn’t { been in, the porter said. I took a cab | and went off to the office of Mr. Gedge‘mount,‘ the solicitor of the bank.. L. told him in confidence what had bap--5 pened, and asked his advice. ‘Could I | get a warrant, against this Thrapstow | for stealing the bonds ¥’ ‘Upon my word," said Gedgemount, ‘I don’t think you can make a criminal matter of it. It isn’t larceny, because you abandoned the possession of the bonds voluntarily. No; I don’t see how you can touch him. You must make a .bankrupt of him, and then you can pursue him, as having | fraudulently carried off his assets.’ | But that advice was no good to me. ! I think I was wrong in taking it. 1 think I ought to have gone straight off ‘ | to the police office, and put the affair !.in',the hands of the detectives. Digni- | fied men of law, like Gedgemount, al- | ‘ways find a dozen reasons for inaction, except in matters that bring grist to ‘their own mill. : T - i I went home completely dishearten- | ed and dejected. How could I face j my directors with such a story as that, g I had to tell? The only excuse that T could urge of private friendship and confidence in the man that had robbed us, would make' the matter only the worse. Clearly, at the same time that I told the circumstances to the direc- . tors, I should be bound to place my resignation in their hands, to be put l into force if they thought fit. And there would be little doubt but that ! they would acceptit. How damaging, too, the story would be to me, when I 1 tried to obtain another appointment. | .~ I had promised to take my wife and | | children for an excursion down the rivt er, as soon as the bank closed, and the | youngsters eagerly reminded me 6f my | promise. I replied so savagely and ' sternly that Ehe children made off in ' tears. My wife coming to see what - was the maftter, fared little better. I | . must have had a sunstroke or some- | | thing, she told me, and brought ban- . dages -and cau de Cologne. I flung . away in a rage, and went out of the - house. I must be doing' something, I 1 felt, and I hailed a cab- and drove to . Thrapstow’s lodgings. l . Mr. Thrapstow wasn’t coming home . that night, his landlady told me; she - thought he was away for a jaunt, but . she didn’t know. He occupied the ' ground floor of a small house in Eccles- - ford street, Pimlico—two rooms open- ‘ ' ing into each other. I told the wom- | ' an that I'would sit down and write a - letter. She knew me well enough, asl i had frequently visited Thrapstow, and ! she left me to myself. Then I began to overhaul everything, to try to find : out some clue to his whereabouts A | few letters were on the chimney-piece, | they were only circulars from trades- l ' nren. In the fire-place was a consideri able quantity of charred tinder. He | had evidently been burning papers re- { cently, and a quantity of them. T | turned the tinder carefull® over, | spreading it out upon ay,newsaper. I { found nothing legible except one little | scrap of paper, which the fire had not | altogether reduced to powder, on which 1 I saw the name of Isabel shining with metalic lustre. Then I went to the | bed-room, and searched that. Here, too, were evident preparations for ‘ flight; coats and other gyrments thrown hastily into cupboards, boxes | turned out, and an odd glove or two ' | lying upon the dressing-table. I carefully searched all the pockets for letters or other documents, but I found i nothing. The keys were left in all the receptacles, an instance of .Charlie’s thoughtfulness for others, in the midst | of his rascality. , L i Lying upon the washstand was a card, which was blank upon one side, but on the other had the name of a photographer printed upon it. The ‘ card was wet, as if it had been soaked l in water; and near the upper end of it | was a round irregular cut, Wlfich did | not quite penetrate the card. It had | evidently once had a photograph fasti ened on it; accordingly, the card had ; been wetted, to facilitate the removal i of the photograph, while the face of { the portrait had evidently been cut f out, in order to place it in a locket or | something similar. . | It struck me at once that the photo- | graph about which a man on the eve | of flight would take so much trouble, i must be of a person very dear to him; 1 probably his sweetheart. Although I | had been intimate with Thrapstow, he ‘'had always been very reserved as to ' his'own friends and associates, and I ' had no clue to guide me to any of them ! except the photograph’s card. ! Re-entering my eab, I drove off to ' the photographer’s. There was no | number or distinguishing mark upon | the card, and the chances seemed faint ~ that he would be able to tell me any- | thing about it. Indeed, at first, when . the man found that I wasn't a custom- | er, he seemed little inclined to trouble | himself about the matter. The prom- | ise of a fee, however, made him more reasonable,mand he offered to let me see his books, that I might search for | the name I wanted to find. It was unlikely that the photograph had.been done for Thrapstow; if it had, there would probably appear in the books only the useless record of his address, { already known to me. Then the man shook ¥ﬂs head. 'lf I didn't know the name, it was no use looking; the card l was nothing, he said ; he sent hundreds | out every month. What information could he possx)&ly give me? Then I tried to describe the personal appearance of Thrapstow.” But again he shook his head. If he hadn’t taken his likeness, he wouldn’t be likely to remember him; hardly even then, so’ m{ people passed through his hands. : ﬂ | this time he had been careless]y | B the card in his fingers, glanc-

ing at it now and then, and suddenly an idea seemed to strike him. ‘Stopa bit,” he said, and went into his dark chamber, and presently emerged smelling strongly of chemicals. ‘Look here, he said triumphantly. I looked, and saw a very faint ghostly impression of a photograph. llt’s printed itself through, said the man—they will sometimes—and I've brought it to light.— Yes, I knew the original of that— Again he dived into a closet, and brought out a negative with a number and label to it. Then he turned to his book, and wrote down an address for me—Mrs, « Maidmont, Larkspur Road, Notting Hill. : Away I went to Larkspur road.— Mrs. Maidmdnt’'s house was a small, comfortable residence, with bright window, verandahs, gorgeous windowboxes, and striped sun-blinds. Mrs. Maidmont was at home, said a very neat, pretty-looking maid; and I sent in my card, with a message: On most important business. The maid came back to say that her mistress did not recognize the name, but would I walk in? I was shown into a pretty drawing room on the first floor. = An elderly lady rose to greet me with old-fashion-ed courtesy, at the same time with a good deal of uneasy curiosity visible in her face. This was net the original photograph, who was a young and charming girl. S : ‘Madame,” I said rapidly, ‘I believe that my friend, Charles Thrapstow, is well known to you; now, it is of the utmost importance that I should ascertain where he is at this moment.’

‘Stay,’ said the old lady. ‘You are laboring under a complete mistake; I know nothing whatever of the gentleman whose name you mention ; a name I never heard before.’ Gy

Was she deceiving me? I did net think so. : : ;

‘Perhaps Migs Maidmont may know,” | I said eagerly. - . . : | "~ ‘Miss Maidmont is not likely to have formed any acquaintance without her mother’s knowledge,” said Mrs. Maidmont with dignity. There seems to | be no alternative but for me to retreat . with apologies. ; - “I am very busy, you see,” went ¢n ’ the old lady, with a waive of the hand ;'and indeed the room, now I look- ‘ ed about me, I saw to be strewed with | preparations for some festive event, a ball perhaps, or from a wreath of or- | ange blossoms that I saw peeping out gf__ a milliner’s box, more like a wed;ing. I was about to take my departure reluctantly, when ayoung girl,a charming young - girl,; bounded into the 1 room ; she was the original of.the photograph. ' ; " “Oh, mamma!” she cried, here'’s a letter from poor Charlie to say he ! can’t possibly come to-night! Isn’tit | provoking? And I want to consult | him about so many things.” A J “Well, my dear Isabel,” said the gld lady plaeidly, ‘you’ll have enough of} his company to-morrow.” From which | I judged that my surmise as to the | wedding was correct, and that Charlie was the bride-groom-elect. ‘ “By the way,” she went on, here’s a | gentleman, Isabel, who insists: that we g know a Mr. Charles—l forget the name | now. X 1 il i

“Thrapstow,” I interjected. = - “A Mr. Charles’ Thrapstow. You know of nosuch a person, Bella?”

“I know of no Mr. Charles but Charles Tempest,” said Isabel. “It is singular, too, that the initials of our friends should be the same.— May I ask if you have given your portrait,.taken by Bluebore, of Kensington"'—" ! . ; < 3

“Upon my word,” said Mrs. ‘Maidmont, raising, and sounding the bell, this is rather too much from a total stranger. We don’t know your friend, and we don’t know you. Susan, show this gentleman out.” e “But a gentleman,” I cried, ‘with blue eyes, and yellow beard and moustache, and tarned up nose.”

“No more!’ cried Mrs. Maidmont.— Am I to repeat once more, we know nothing about him?”

What could I do under the circumstances but take my leave? In Susan, however, I found an unexpected ally. She had heard my parting words of description, and she turned to me as we were descending the stairs and said: *‘Miss Isabel’s young man is exactly like that.” Half a crown and a few blandishments, which under the circumstances, I think even my worthy spouse would have condoned, put me in possession of the facts. = Miss Maidmont was really going' to be married to-morrow morning at St. Spikenard’s church to a Mr. Charles Tempest, a very good looking young man, whom they hadinot known long, but who seemed to be very well off. My description of my friend tallied exactly with Susan’s of the bridegroomn; but the coincidence might be merely .accidental. el

“Had Miss Maidmont a photograp of her lover?” I asked.® ' i She had in her own room, it seemed. Susan couldn’t get it now without suspicion; but she promised to secure it and bring it with her if I would meet her at 9 o’clock at the corner of the street. .

I was punctual tomy trust, and at 9 Susan made her appearance with a morocco case containing. an exeellent likeness of my friend, Charles Thrapstow, massive pin with a topaz in it, and all. :

Now, what was to be done? Should I go to Mrs. Maidmont, and tell her how she was deceived in her daughter’s lover ? That would have been the rway best adapted to spare the feelings of the Maidmonts; but would it bring back them five thousand pounds? I thought not. : ,

“Miss Maidmont,” I soliloquized, will find some way to warn her lover. Even robbing a bank may not embitter the girl against her sweetheart, and no doubt she’s over head and ears in love with Charlie.” Noj; I determined on a different plan. L I rose early next morning, dressed myself -with care, put on a pair .of pale primrose gloves, donned my newest beaver, and took a cab to St. Spikenai'ds, Netting Hall, )

The bells were jingling merrily as I alighted at the church dgoor; asi‘;x?xll crowd had already gathered on the pavement, drawn together by that keen foresight of coming excitement, characteristic of the human species. ‘Friend of the bridegroom,” I whispered that verger and 1 was forthwith shown into the vestry. Theclergyman was there already, and shook hands with me in a vague kind of way. , “Not the bridegroom ?” he said in a' mild interrogatory manner. Iltold him that I was only one of his friends, and we' stood looking ‘at each other in a comatosé kind of way, till a little confusion at the vestry door broke the spell. ‘Here he comes!" whispered some one; and next moment there appeared in the vestry, looking pale and -nii::tgd, “but very: ‘handsome, . Mr. Charles Thrapstow. ~

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I had caught him by the arm and led him into a corner; before he recognized who I was. “When he saw me I thought he would hive fainted. “Don’t ‘betray me,” he w}{spe‘red{ e e * Iheld out my hand with significant’ gesture, ) v h eiie ca . “Five thousand,” I whispered in his ear, . v s “‘You shall have. it in five minutes.” - *“Your minutes aire long ones, Master Charles,™ T said.: - &7o e - With trembling fingers, he took out a pocket-bogk, and handed me a roll of. notes, -~ e I’ meant it for you, Tom” he said. Perhaps he did, but we know the fate of good.intentiens. -, - ot . It didn’t take me long to count over those notes; they were exactly five thousand pounds. * - - “Now,” said I, Master Charlie, take yourselfofff’ .o on T e _ “You' promised,” he urged, “not to betray me.” o “No more I will, if you go.” .~ : “She’s got ten thousand of her own,” he whispered.. . ... e . “Be off, or else”— - o “No; I won’t,” said Charlie, making up his mind with a desperate effort, *l’ll make a clean breast of it.> = ..

' Alt'that moment there }\as abitofa stir, and ‘a general call for the bride- ' groom. The bride ‘has just arrived, - people said. He pushed his way out to 'the carriage, whispered a few words to Isabel, who fell baek in a- faint.— There was a’ great fuss and bustle, -and then some one came and said that there was aninformalityin thelicense, and that the wedding couldn’t’ come off that day.. ..oy e o ~ . I'didn’t wait to see anything further, “but posted off ‘to the%bank, and got there just as-the board were assembling. I suppose some of the directors -had got wind of Thrapstow’s failure, for the first thingil heard when I got .in the board-room{ was old Venables grumbling out: "“How - about those Damascus bonds, Mr, Manager?” 1 rode rough-shod .over old Venables; and tyrannized considerably over the board in general that day, but I could’t -help thinking how close a thing it was, and how very near shipwreck I had beert - i SEf

As for Thrapstow, I presently heard that, after all, he had arranged with his creditors, and made it up with MissMaidmont. He had # tongue that - would wind round anything if you on‘ly gave him time, and I wasn’t much surprised at hearing that his. Welddin‘g,-v } day was fixed. . He hasn't sent me an invitation, and Idon’t suppose he will, -and I certainly shall not thrust myself forward a second time as‘n uninvited guest.}- e e . o HEE o o—— : PERTEET, THE NEGRQ WIKE- . MURDERER.: - ITHE STORY OF THE CRIMINAL: ' His Execution, after Three Trials.:

JoLIET, 111,, December 19—Andrew Jackson - Perteet, his name being a corruption or contraction of La Petite, was: born at Monticello, Ga., in 1814: His father was a large plantation owner, his mother a slave, He was possessed of consideraple ability and received some education. He claims to have served ag Jefferson. Davis's body. servant in.the Mexican war, ‘and -sub‘sequently to have been; for a* short ‘period in the navy. ' ‘He obtained his freedom in 1850 and in 1851 came to Southern Illinois, where hie married a negro woman,and for some ten years kept a barber’s shop. When the war broke out he- enlistéd in ‘the Twen-ty-fourth . ‘Masgachusetts, - Colonel Langston, but was subsequently transferred to the Twenty-ninth Illinois.—. While serving as recruiting sergeant .at Chicago in 1864 he fell over a curbstone and broke both ‘knee-caps, crippling himself for life; 1n°1867 he became State Deputy .of the Good Templars, and in that - capaeity, and-as a class-leader and Sunday-school superintendent of the Methodist: Chureh, made some pretensions to piety. - Subsequently, however, he fell from grace and became a pedler of policy tickets and frequenter of low dives.- : . - THECRIME. = <" @ & In September, 1871 his family and himself:- had separated. Their. rela‘tions had not been harmonious.— Twice his wife had attempted to com, mit suicide, and they all lived in an atmosphere of flat-irons and broomsticks. Perteet was,. on the 16th of ‘that_month, residing on: Clark street and his wife and daughter, the latter ‘a girl -of eighteen, on .Polk street.— - Their last quarrel had been-about her and her lover, a man named Newsom.’ On that morning, a Saturday,:Perteet came to-the daughter -and told her that she would néver see her mother alive, at the san,;p time telling her to get married before he “did it.” ‘Lucinda drove him out with a flat-iron, ~and thought no more of the occurrence till evening, when-he returned and had some conversation with her mother and herself. Presently Mrs. Perteet went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea. Her husband followed her. 1&\ second afterwards Lncinda ‘heard & noise in the kitchen as if some. one were spilling water on the floor.— On entering the room|she saw- her mother, alone, standing in the middle of the floor and' c¢lutehing- with both hands” her: throat; from which -the blood wys spux’t‘illg‘tlike water from ‘a. faucet. She caught thedying woman, who barely lived a minute. - . -0 EL o THEPRIALRA. S The fivst trial took place December 21 1871, Judge J. H. Knowlton defending the prisoner, and claiming thatthe murdered woman had snatched the knife from her husband’s hands and committed suicide. The jury, after a-brief delibertion, returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was senteneed fo ‘be hanged’ January 12, 1872 On the 16th-his counsel obtained a writ of supersedeas, delaying the execution till the case could he.argued in the Supreme Court, which did not -meet till ‘September.” The Supreme Court, considering that the lower court had erred in refusing to grant a change of venue onaccount of the pop-. ular prejudice: against the prisoner, granted him a new trial, -In November, 1872, Perteet was again arraigned at Chicago.‘m‘ui»qbt‘aine(lf a change of venue to. Will ‘County, there being still, despite "the lapse of thirteen months, enough popular prejudice in Cook County on which to base an affidavit. He was for- a third time brought into court at Joliet, January 118, 1873, and again a verdict of guilty was rend;r%d -and -’sent%;::;e oft:;eath passed—February 14 being the appointed day. But his eounglsecﬂrg another writ-of supersedeas, for granting which Judge McAXlis_taxﬁ was severely criticized, claiming that proceedings had been nullified by the failure of the State’s: Attomag' to file the writ of remittitur, sending the case back to the Criminal Court from

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the Supremeé Court,’ The gquestion. came up before the Supreme Court in October and was decided against the prisoner, three Judges dissenting, execution being fixed for December 12— Frdaylast - : CONDUCT IN PRISON. Perteet all along proclaimed his utter innocence of the crime. He had a rabid hatred of reporters. In Chi- - cago and at Joilet he passed his time writing most voluminous memorials in a hand and of an orthography entirely his own, and in religous exercises:—exhorting, praying, singing,and quoting Seripture with African fervor and fluency. While in jail here he frequently lectured to the prisoners on phrenology, and was admired if not understood. He also presided -over mock trials, and on one occasion delivered a lengthy opinion against icapi’tal punishment. He felt certain that he would never be hanged, and “would tell upon his fingers the numer-" ~ous instances of recent occurrence in “Chicago where men had doye murder and - saved their necks, leaving' the impression that he had entered deliberately into thé¢ crime. - “‘As'the fatal 12th drew near he began to lose hope. He made a most piteous appeal to the Governor, but invain. In compliance withthe request of his counsel Perteet held out and refused to acknowledge his guilt-until Friday. morning last. The gallows \\@in position, the weights had been tested, the guests had gathered. At nine o’clock,.quur hours before the time of execution, after praying and sobbing for some time with Rev. Mr. McLeod, he made a tardy confession. He covered his face and said, “I am very guilty; I deserve to be hanged.” At halfpast nine hesent the following telegram to Governor Beveridge:,

“Will your Excellency grant me a | respite for one week? lam not prepared to die, and for my soul’s sake - ‘and for Christ’s sake grant me this earnest request. - Through the flattering hopes of my counsel I.was almost sure of a commutation; and hence I put off my duty to God and to my own ~soul until almost too late. I feel that I cannot die. . Let me live only one - week longer, and a poor guilty sinnerwho confesses his crimes will never “forget you. May God bless your Excellency. - 0 ALJ. PERTERTS - At ten o’clock the guard was reliey“ed. Perteet said to the retiring officer: 1“Would to God you ceuld bringme re- . lief.” ; E

At half past ten a white muslin shroud and cowl were brought into the jail. © It was not destined for use thatday. . Sy e

- A RESPITE, : : At ten minutes to eleven a messenger came whistling to the door, and with the remark: “Guess the nigger won’t hang to-day,” handed the Sheriff a message respiting the murderer for one week. = Miss Arnold, the Sheriff’s sister ran~ . up the stairs to tell Perteet that there was “good news.” He turned pale, and tottering to his feef, with mouth and eyes open, glared at the door till the Sherifl appeared and commenced reading the dispatch. e . . At the first words—“suspend the execution”-+Perteet fell to the floor like an ‘ox smitten byl the axe of the butcher. It was some minutes ere he could be revived; then exclaiming, “Glory! glory!” seized his guard roundthe neck and almost choked him with | a mighty hug, while Rev. Mr. Small; . with streaming eyes, knelt beside him, praying and shouting: “Glory to the highest; our dear brother is free!’ The last week of life passed like the others, in devotion and hope. _ L . As already stated last week,Perteet was finally executed on the 19th of December. Before his death, which occurred at 2 o’clock, he made a full confession of having committed the- - which he has heretofore. refus- - - ed to admit fully. It is also said that | he has written another confession, in # which he says that!it was his intention to kill not only his wife but his' daughter. Though Perteet repeatedly -expressed himself as eminently satisfie -ed with Judge Knowlton’s legal coun- - sel, he evidently had not so much con= - fidence in that gentleman’s theological | advice. L fe il e

< - -—~~——‘i-‘-»——-~ - What Country Papers Do.

City papers are paid for publishing notices of religious meetings; they are . paid for publishing notices of marriage; they are paid for publishing notices of deaths and obituaries; they are paid for publishing notices of society meetings; they are paid for pub- ° lishing political tickets; they are paid for publishing notices of commencement of schools, .and for publishing notices -of Sabbath school meetings; they are paid subscriptions a year in advance. The Government carries city papers by the car load across the continent for the same postage that it demands of the country paper for carrying it a half dozen miles, or for sim‘ply handing it out of a- post office.— - Country papers are expected to puklish all these things for nothing; and carry, as they generally do, an average of a year’s delinquency of its subseribers, instead of a years payment in ad- . vance. The country publisher,thrown: into competition with the well-paid city publishers, must pay hight cash prices for his paper, type, ink, and other articles used in the business:— Yet he is expected to make a paper | equal in size and in mechanical appearances to 'the pampered city jou:nals.—Marion Chronicle.— S

Some time ago, one of our hard fisted countrymen entered one of our grocery stores, and after passing the time of day, and making the usual comments on the weather, and warms ing himself, asked oné of the clerks if they had any pe:«%xts. “The clerk replied they had, and set out a glass for the old gent to try. He tried them, and kept trying them until he. had about emptied the glass, when he observed . to the clerk that he was very fond of good peanuts, and that his wife was. also fond of Peanute, and he thought those were the best . he had tasted for a long time, and finally told the ‘clerk he would take a cents worth.—Lagrange Independent. i st E— e = Secretary Fish denies -that his son-in-law, Mr. Webster, who is the Spanish Attorney in New York, and who held this posi¢tion two years before ‘Mr. Fish succeeded to the portfolio. of the State Department, has ever communicated with him on the subject of Spanish relations. : T b Qr—— e e n “Ye are the children of the devil,” was the text of a divine in the morning, ‘and in the afternoon he said, “Children, obey your parents,” =