The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 February 1874 — Page 2

:4@ . . - The Fational Banner 3 8 } i e ee G R e \ J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER IND'A, FEB. 5, 1874 51 IT is said that twenty thousand peri rsons get drunk in london every Satfurday night. What a field for Baxter! e - B g Tie house committee on post offices has decided that the benefits of free -letter delivery by carriers shall not be - extended to citics with less than 25,000 inhabitants. ° et~ s WENOTICE in a number of exchang- ~ es that suits are being brought against bankers for taking -usurious interest --on loans. , The cases thus far decided have uniformly been against the defendants,, and heavy penalties were _ imposed in-several instances. : L NUuMEROUSs are the complaints that the Chicago Inter Ocean’s special dispatches from towns in Northern Indiana are grossly incorrect and in some instances wholly untrue. The managers of that concern should either procure reliable reporters or quit publishing special dispatches. :

/A BROOKLYN “GIRL sued a young man named Henry Graft for breach of prontise, laying. her damages at $20,000. The accused was acquitted on the ground of being by several months a minor. Marriageable girls will take notice that the promises of boys under age are not of much account. : —— e e { | Ir a mere visit to Warsaw, by Free‘man Kelly, can have the efiect of producing the utmost 'consgbx'llfitioll in the Indianian’s household, what a rumpus. will be created if that gentleman once coneludes to take the stump. Do you sniff danger in the air, Reub? e el e ! A ¥ELLOW named Naughton, residing in (,‘,iglcin.imti, recently cast a living dog into the furnace of a locomotive. The poor brute was thus liter‘ally roasted alive. It is gratifying to learn that Naughton’s wanton eruelty has been punished by the infliction of 4 %100 fine and imprisonment for sixty days. o B i el & R—— . " Tuis is the programme mapped out by Bro. Callis, of the Morgan county Guazette: “The campaign will soon open, and we propose to make it hot andy heavy °for, official plunderers, wolves in sheep’s clothing, fanatics, ring thieves, bigots, &e.” If Bro. Callis expects to get through with this huge job,~he will have to commence ‘business at once, 5 |2 et & Qe - e Tue National I’;.if"e Insurance Company, of Chieago, is bankrupt—gone where the woodbine twineth. A receiver was appointed to take charge ol the company’s assets, but he reports none to receive. Like a number of pther publishers in this pui't 'of the State, we were once a policy-holder in this institution ;—only long enough, however, to have our suspicions arouseéd. We quietly withdrew after the third or fourth paymé’nt.)

THE cIITIZENs of Ft. Wayne are taking active measures to secure the establishment of 4 United States Circuit and District Court in that city.— A committee consisting of O. Bird, R. S. Robertson, J. L. Williams, W,)II. With-ers,-and F.P. Randall will Qroceed to Washington to do ‘the necessary “bHut-ton-holing” among the members of Congress. The people of Northern Indiana are largely interested in the success of this mygvement. _ TR Y . o 0 " 808 TURNER, of Potosi, Grant county, Wis., was recently arrested for the murder of his brother Alberti— Since his incarceration, 80l confessed to the murder of a boy and two men on previous occasions. The details are hortible in the extreme. Tt is said Bob delights to talk of many persons he has killed. He gloatss.over the skill with which he hasconcealed their bodies, and declares that if they were got together there would be nearly forty ;of them. L Tl & W—e e THE CHICAGOITES appear to have considerable trouble with their municipal’ officers. A correspondent writes: “Mr. Colvin, elected mayor last November, has been in hot water ever since; and now the councilmen propose to oust him by having a new election in April. In o'fder to do this, they must obtain the signatures of 7,000 bona fide voters (beingone eighth of the total vote), to a petition asking for a new election. Some twenty-six petitions are in circulation, with what -prospect of success remains to be seen.” The great trouble seems to be that Mayor Colvin has a mind of his own and does not allow the ringmasters to manipulate him. ‘ : e SPEAKING of Grangerism, that thoroughly independent and fearless jour‘nal, the Morgan county @azette, gives vent to the following: “The ‘Patrons of zlusband}'y’ seem to be flourishing in thid county. A number of Granges have been organized and numerous new ones are talked of. If the Order does not allow itself to become the dupe of designing and scheming politiciang, after the manner of the ‘Grand Army of the Republic, it is destined to accomplish much good in the way of reforming abuses that are an abomination and stench to all hon-, estly disposed men.” Correct! :

WE. CAN heartily endorse every word “of the; following, clipped from* the Martinsville Gazette: “All our prominent Congressmen are preparing financial bills. It is said that i«n" the multiplicity of counsel there is wisdom, but it appears.to be a failure in this case. =We elect our Congress--men to take care of the interests of the people, but they seem less able to do it than the people themselves, If our representatives had paid more attention to the welfare of the country than to building up party, the many ills now suffered could have been avoided.jg LR

' JUSTICE TQ A DEPARTED JURIST. ’ The unfortunate nomination -of Hon. Caleb Cushing for the Chief J usf— Yiceship of the United States led to a number of very erroneous statements relative to the opinions held by prominent gentlemen connected with the federal judiciary. Among other historical inaccuracies thus brought to light is one affecting Chief .Justice Taney, who is accused of having, in the Dred Scott decision, expressed the sentiment that “negroes have no rights which white men are bound to ‘respect.” During the heated discus‘sion of the slavery question prior to the late war, unscrupulous politicians made frequent use of this quotation, that they might more successfully arouse the anti-slavery sentiment of the nation. Many honest, wellsmeaning persons were doubtless led to believe that Judge Taney had actually promulgated this atrocious doctrine and to this day hold him accountable for it. To correct this popular delugion, and in order to vindicate the fair fame of one of America’s greatest and purest jurists, we deem it a duty, at this late day, to reproduce in our columns the exact’ language used by Chief Justice Taney on that memorable oceasion: .

It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public epinion in relation to that unfortunate race, wlhich prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence, and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted. But thie publie history of every European nagion - displays it in a manner too plain to be mistaken. . ' They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; »and that the negro might justly and lawfully be redueed to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold, and was treated as an ordi-nary-article of merchandise and traffic, whenever a profit could be made by it. This opinion was at that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as ‘well as in polities,” which ‘no one thought of disputing, or supposed to be epen to dispute; and men in every grade and position in society. daily and habitually acted upon it in their private pursuits, as well as in matters of public eoncern, withont doubting for a moment the correctness of this opinion.” i And in no nation was: this .opinion more firmly fixed and more uniformly acted upon than by the English Government and by the English people. They not only seized them -on the coast of Africa, and sold them, or held them in slavery for their- own use, but they took them, as ordinary articles of merchandise, to gvery coun--try where they eould make a profit on thein, and were far more extensively engaged in this commerce than any other nation in the world.

" The opinion thus entertained and acted upon in England was naturally impressed upon the colonies they formed upon this side of the Atlantic. And, aceordingly, a negro of the African race was.regarded by them as an article of property, and held, and bought, and sold as such, in every one of the Thirteen Colonies which united in the Declaration of Independence, and afterwards formetl the (onstitution of the United States.’ - ' It will be observed that the Chief Justice recited the history of' African slavery and the sentiments of the European race upon the qjuestion';: and he simply Said. that, at the time q}”}mé(l‘ prior to the adoption of the Canstitition of the United States, the negro was considered as having no rights ‘which the white man was bound to respect. In thus reciting thé sentiment as then prevailing in the Ameiican colonies, Judge Taney simply ‘stated a historical fact which no intelligent person has ever attempted to disprove. - - lle did not endeavor {o show that this sentiment was just or humane, but dwelling upoh the case ‘before him in its legal aspeects, he - could not do otherwise than take cognizance of the circumstances under which theinstitution of slavery gained legal recognition from the founders of our government. . Whatever'opinions may have been entertained at the time Judge Taney delivered his opinion, the legislation of the past ten years clearly demonstrates that he interpreted the law as it then stood, not as he might have wished it to be. - The extinction of slavery, and the advanced sentiment of the country upon the rights of the’ negro, render that decision nugatory. There are but few who do not heartily rejoice that such is fhe ecase. - . R — e — ; "BULLY’{ DICK BUSTEED. ° Some years since a gay and festive lawyer ‘and politician of New York g @ | was, to the utter astonishment of -everybody acquainted with him, appointed a U. S. Judge for the Stzfte of Alabama. His name is Ridhard Busteed, but more familiarly recognized a 8 Dick Busteed. He is one of those | “lively boys” who attract attention by their convivialities and are tolerated in public life because difficult to shake off. Dick is not much of alawyer, and still less of a Judge; but he rendered some service to the Republicans | of New York, and was consequently deemed good enough to play Judge “way down in Alabama.” Ile thus played until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and now charges for his impeachment have been presented to Cpngress by an -outraged citizen of Alabama. Dick is declared to have. willfully neglected to hold Court at the times and places prescribed by law, and to have thus often kept litigants, yitnesses, jurors, and counsel dancing attendance on his caprice, at great expense to the people and the Government. The final accusation i that he paid court money to one Reynolds to hush up a libel suit brought by the latter against him. The prosgects of Dick’s retirement from the bench aye considered very flattering. Lol TR f TR TR O T ; ound on the fourth page of this week's BANNER. It contains something of value to all fvho may desire to subscribe for an able metropolitan jo“mal,’%& ] dorse all that appears from time in the World, but t{fl?fim ials are remarkably forcible and logic. | al, cannot successfully be refuted. '

, GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION. We notice in several of our exchangés a call for.the holding of a national convention in the city of Pittsburgh on the 4th inst. The. object of this convention is “to secure such an amendment. to the national constitution as will suitably acknowledge Almighty God as the Atithor of the nation’s existence and the ultimate source of its authority, Jesus Christ as its Ruler, and the Bible as the supreme rule of its conduct, and thus indicate that this is a Christian nation.” [This call is numerously signed by Governors, ex-Governors, Lieut. Governors, Judges, College Presidents and Professors, Superintendents of Ed“uecation, Bishops, Doctors of Divinity, &e. | The convention. will doubtless ‘De largely attended, especially by delegates from the eastern and middle States. P pe

att g We are free to confess that this ‘movement does not strike us very favorably. We believe with a contemporary.that instead of putting God in | the constitution, “it would be a great deal better to;put Him into the hearts and conseiences of the people.” -Like Manton Marble, “we have no faith in attempts to propagate veligion by political or g()\"ex'lll'llelltal machinery.” . Most excellent reasons for opposing this movement are set forth in an able article on this subject in the N. Y. World of the 30th ult,, fro_l}l which we quote the following: Such investigation as we have given to the subject convinces us that the framers of the constitution * intentionally forbore to. introduce the name and acknowledge the supremamy of God. From what motives? Out of an extreme solicitude -to gudard the new Governinent against any suspicion that it might ultimately lead to an alliance of church and state, a suspicion wliich would have been fatal to the proposed constitution. So careful and guarded were they on this point that they feared an ynfavorable inference from the requirement of an oath and imme- | diately subjoined to that section’ by, excess of caution, “but no religious test “shall ever be required as ja qualifica“tion to any office or public trust un“der the United States.” But even this did not allay ‘the apprehensions of the pepple, and immediately after the Government went into operation an amendment was adopted (the first in the list'of amendments) ‘declaring that “Congress shall make no law® re--specting an establishment of religion.” A recognition of the Supreme Being in the constitution would have been’ suitable enough in itself, and would probably have been introduced had it not been for this jealousy and fear.— *® gk % RButit would be very awkward and unfit to introduce it now s an amendment. It would be like saying grace several hours’ after' a méal had been eaten and digested when it dad been omitted on sitting down. to the table. - : L

The proper place’ for such a recognition would of course bein the preanible; but it was decided by the first Congress that amendments cannot be . » . . % inserted in the text of the constitution. Every amendment is in the form of a separate appended article.— The proposed amendment would have to be numbered as article XVI., and stand apart-at the tail of the instrument as an independent declaration. In that form it would be so odd and unsuitable as to be almost grotesque. The object of amendments to the constitution is either to confer some new power on ‘the Government or to restrain it by some new prohibition.—— A formal recognition of God standing alone as a tail-piece and an aftei-tho’t, would neither confer a power nor impose a prohibition. It would be an incongruous addition of a religious creedd to a political instrument. It is inconsistent with all American ideas of government -for a majority of the people to impose a.religious ereedupon the minority. ' e But suppose it done; suppose a national ereed or confession of faith engrafted on the 'constitution; what would be its effect.? Why, that every public oflicer, Federal and state, who took an oath to support the constitution, must swear to a religious creed. The circular we are noticing proposes to introduce God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible as articles of national faith for all public oflicers to swear (H.— The consequence would be that no Jew could hold any oflice, for no Jew believes in Jesus Christ. The respect‘able denomination of Quakers would be in. the same predicament, for the Quakers do not acknowledge the Bible “as the supreme rule of conduct,” but regard the inner light of the Spirit as superior to the written word. = Catholies would also be excluded from every publie trust, for although they respect the Bible they follow the guidance of the Chureh, not to mention the distinetion tlhiey make between the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible.— A religious dogmay established inthe ‘cohistitution would necessarily become a test and qualification for office, as every public functionary would have to swear to support it. Certain it is that no such amendment will ever be adopted by the American people. =

. THE KANSAS U. 8, SENATORSHIP. . After a long, weary contest, ex-Gov. James M. Harvey was last Monday elected U.S. Senator from Kansas to succeed the disgraced Caldwell.— He received 51 votes on the first ballot, but, before the result was announced by the Speaker, sufficient votes were changed to give him 75,—fonr more than was necessary to a choice. Gov. Harveyis a natiye of Virginia, but was for a-long time a resident of Illinois, which State he left in 1857 to engage in farming in Kansas. The Tribune says of him that he has hitherto been a Republican, and has twice been elected By lfi§ party Governor of Kansas, a position which he filled from 1869 to 1873. If anything will unearth the indiseretions of a man’s past career, a Kansas Senatorial contest will do it; and the fact that ex-Gov. Harvey has passed through the late canvass without any disagreeable revelation, speaks well for him. Ie is reported to have declared himself to be a Reformer rather than a Republican, and ‘that he will go to Washington with the same independent vieWs’ and fitll‘poses as Booth, of California. e was one of the first men in the Reform movement, which he joined a. year ago. ; L

A Baby Shooting Ktself Through the ¥ .| Heart. : EMMETTSBURG, Md., Jan. 24.—A child of Jas. Sweeny, living two miles from here, aged 2 years, went up stairs today where a pistol had been left lying in a box. On hearing a report the mother, who was too much alarmed to go herself, sent her little daughter to ascertain the cause. The girl returned, carrying the baby in her arms. It was dead, having been shot through the heart. . | -

CLEVELAND CORRESPONDENCE. . CLEVELAND, Feb. 2, 1874, - Mgz. EpiTor:—Having a few leisure | moments, I thought I would have a little chat with the BANNER, which has beeome a very welcome friend at our fireside. A friend zi.iied with us the other day, who had just come from Ligonier, fresh with the aroma of Hawthorns, and the memory of the Ligonites. You may be sure’we enjoyed the visit hugely, and with all our talk did not fail to exStoll the .BANNER and its merits. The great agitation kept in vogue by contending parties received due notice, and provoked the story of a young gentle‘man going tg see. A black and white quadruped ran skipping across his path, and he resolved to capture it, and make a present to his sweetheart. His mind was filled with thoughts of pleasure, at hdving a real wildipet to

tame, and the praise he would get for his heroism, while he went valiantly in pursuit of the animal,” which had taken refuge in a hollow log. . lis delicate walking' stick 'was thrust gently in at first, then a vigorous punch, and the consequence was, the young man went hoine, a sadder, if } not a sweeter man. llis folks shut i “hfm up inthe smoke house, with a.¢ob fire and cold ham for a week, then af“ter shaving his head and beautiful Deard, his mother shut him' in the bleaching room for several days longer, during which time “his bird had taken wings and tlo,;w"u; teaching him a very-sad lesson, and not to meddle with upkno{vn mysteries, which may be all lfight in their place, and sometines very useful. :C. G. F. may get worsted in m‘gumenf, but - that does not make the. quadruped any the less offensive. The days of petty controversies are past. 'The time was when Pedo Baptists and Imjn\.ersioh;sts went around holding onhe another—one by the nose, the other by tiie ear, one trying to keep out of the water, the other trying to pull them into the water; thinking on that one principlé rested tl.le chief corner stone of christianity. We look back upon those things as belonging to an illiterate age, and to—duy “we meet on the broad basis of real fellowship and brotherly love; proving most cleaily that we accomplish theimost good by united effort. For in the end we shall be neither Jew nor Gentile, and only ,‘;‘Tli‘é pure. in | heart shall'see Gol.” "y The forepart of January we were visited by a terrible storm of sleet rain. - Trees were loaded down, and badly broken by the ice, and the roads in places were almost impassable. A township in an adjoining county estimates its loss in fruit trees at three million of dolars. But the sight was most nmgnificenf, as the trees gli‘s%ened in the winter sunlight, like an ocean of pearls. “The oldest inhabitant” doesn’t remember anything lilse it. - Business is dull, but we look for better things in the spring. . . A TRUE FRIEND OF THE BANNER.

From Ligonier to Kendalivilie. The fact that Bill Groh proposed giving a free dinner to ‘the denizens of Northern Indiana, was a sufliciént inducement for us, on Saturday last, to ‘rake around for a spare9s cents topay for aticket to Kendallville and retui‘n.' © We arrived safe and sound, and, in company with Tom and the two Charleys, wended our way to the business part of town, in quest of Bill's establishment. = We grew tired \\'nitinlg for Bill to make his appearance and cscort us in the presence of his Buffalpship, and so worked our way through the crowd to the foot of the stairway, where we were halted by a gentlenran who told us we could; go no farther; but, after telling him who we were, he stepped back, threw open the door, and motioned us upward and onward. Wei passed through, and soon found ourselves in a spacious room, with tables on eifllxmj side, and down the middle, ‘around which several hundred people, crowding one way and another to get a slice of “Buffalo, Bear, Deer or Venison,” ag one of Bill's many pretty waiter. girls remarked. Not having had anything to eat for several hours, we felt in good condition to take away the coveted prize to the one eat.ing the most, but we were too late; Bill just came In, and told us that Charley Murray, of the Goshen Demoerat, had been there, and everything, even to the most delicious part of the buffalo, had disappeared, into his capacious stomach. 'We winked at one of the aforesaid pretty ladies waiting on the table, when she immediately j disappeared," and soon returned with “a platter of delicioys meats, but we could not tell whether it was buffalo, deer, bear, ram, lamb, sheep or mutton ; ‘nevertheless we made quite a hearty meal of it, and must say we are »ini hopes of soon havinga chance to be at a similar treat. Everybody seemed ‘ well pleased; Bill was happy as a lark; greenbacks rolled in in quantities to suit, and everything passed off pleasantly. : Pl g - During the afternoon we called at Miller & Duerr’s establishment and were soon convinced, By the frequent cry of “eash,” that they too were selling piles of goods.' Johnny was in -good humor, rubbed his hands, did not 'know whether to-laugh or ecry, and made the remark, that“ This suits me.” “T would’t trust no man.” “Small profits and large sales gomuch farther than large profitss and sué.a man to getit”” - We called at the Helmer residence, and found Oscar’ getting” along right finely; the prospects for recovering entirely from his injuries are considered'good. . * / S 0 ~ Charley, the nimble, says it has the effect of driving the roots of his teeth down through the jaw, but we think it is only the hair on his teeth. . " That other Charley done it up brown, when he got off the train at Brimfield; | and we will add only a sentence clip-ped-from an exchange: “Twasnight. A couple stood in the pale cold maonbeams. Their lips touched, and there: was a sound like a cow hauling her hoof out of the mud.” i s ¢ Au Revoir. « BUFFALO PETE,

o STATE ITEMS. : i i T A - Land is lower in Pulaski county, all things considered, than in any part of this State or Ohio. = = | : . The Attorneys of Elkhart have formed an association for professional and social purposes. 7 ; The Post says, the Odd Fellows order of Columbia City, will have the most elegant hall in Northern Indiana. John . Musselman proposes to be an independent candidate for representative honors. in the ‘counties of Fulton and Cass. . The crazy fellow. " Mrs. Aquilla Phillpot, of Plymouth, recently presented her liege and loyal lord, with a six and a half pound girl’ baby, having two.teeth at its birth. Alex Bland paid- out $25,533.38 in Argos, for live hogs, during the past shipping season, and he was only one of five buyers who shipped from this | point. . . The Goshen and Warsaw railroad is finished to Marion, Grant county.— The deep cut in getting across the | Wabash river, for one mile, cost more ‘than all the work from here to War.saw. When this road taps the coal region of Southern Indiana we will derive a little benefit from its. construction.—Geshen Democrat. g

- Four prisoners. broke jail one afternoon last week. They escaped through the same old hole in the privy, and so: out through the wall of the building, wheretothers have so repeatedly gone before them. . And yet when the breach -is plugged up with brick and\.‘ mortar, the next Grand Jury will examine it and pronounce it all sound, and the next jolly set of jail birds will fly down through the same old hole and kick themselves through the outer wall. But sensible people will ask the foolish question, “what do wehave such a jail for?™ and nobody will answer it. We. hear that three of the prisoners have been retaken, and the people will have to pay all the extra expenses incurred in their capture, of course. — Goshen Democrat, ' N o -B— - : $ The Indians. ~ Gen. Sherman argued on Saturday: before the House Military Committee in favor of placing the Indians in charge of ‘the War Department. He thinks that they would be better treated and more effectually keptdn order by the army than they ever;can be by ‘the Interior Department under the Peace policy. - The murder of Gen. Canby and the whole Modoc trouble he imputed to this short-sighted and ‘ undecisive Quaker policy.' His opinion of the release of Satanta and Big i Tree by Gov. Davis was expressed with the bluntness that generally characterizes Gen. Sherman’s utterances. Instead of being hanged as they should have been for the murder of the twelve teamsters they killed, -they were, in consequence of this act, back on their reservations, ready again to roband murder. lle did not say he hoped they would get Gov. Davis’ scalp, but he intimated that if they did hig tears! would be few.—Chicago Tribune. i .

‘ A =uit for %5,000 Damages. "An important trial commenced last Monday in. the Circuit Court, Judge Woods, of Goslien, presiding. W. W. Smith brought an action against Docter J..Stough, of Waterloo, for mal‘practice in the treatment of Smith’s daughter, who died suddenly and un- ‘ der mysterious circumstancgslast fall. ‘The damages are laid at $5,000. The best legal ability has been employed oni both sides. Messrs. Morris and Ninde, of Fort Wayne, and MeClellan of Waterloo, for the plaintiff, and Chapin of Kendallville, and Mecßride and . Morlan of Waterloo for the defendant. Fuesday was occupied in the examination of -witnesses. ‘The argument before the Jury was opened yesterday aftérnoon by Jauidge Morris, in an able eftort, followed by Mcßride and Chapin for the defense. Mr. Ninde closed the argument. The Jury returned a verdictithis morning in favor of the plaintiff and assessed the damages at slooo.—Auburn Courger. - S £ e > —_ : ' WHAT'S UP NOW? ’ j T Attention, All Ye Regulars! The Noble County Regulars, of, Sparta township; are requested to meet at‘the usual place af meeting in Crom- | well on Satqrduy, Eebruary 7Tth, 1874, at 7 o’clock sharp, for the transaetion of important business. ' ' By order of THE PRESIDENT., s | e .el A e | & - Warcu For Tunrm—The Urbana _Citizen “warns people against R. R. ‘Fenner & 'Co., of Urbana, 111, who sellirights to a patent subsoil plow in sucli'a manner as to secure farmer’s notes, for certain sums of money, without their knowledge. i : e ———— o For pure coal oil, T JFor pure liquors, ‘ For unadulterated drugs, - IPor all kinds of patent medicines, ~ For toilet articles, : - For every thing in the drug line, 1 ‘Call at C. Eldréd & Son’s. ) MARRIED: ‘SAMS-BAKER.—Jan. 2, 1874, at the residence of the bride’s’ parents, in Green twp., Noble co., by Elder Peter Winebrenner, Mr. Sylvester Sams, of LaGrgnge county, to Miss £da Baker, daughter of Samuel B. Baker, of Green township. - BELL-MURPHY.—Feb. Ist, 1873, at; the residence ofthe bride’s parentsin Ligonier, by Elder P. W. Crim, Mr. Joseph Bell, of Milford, to Miss Mary Catharine Murphy, of Ligonier, . ] : DIED: : HILL.—In Cromwell, on Friday, January 30th, of dropsy, Mrs. Hill: aged about 80 years, , D T T S eYS " R AT S SS S S AR YTt THE MARKETS. o | LIGONIER. / Wheat—white.....slso H0g5—1ive..........5. .. Amber—red ..... 142|Hogs-—dresged...... 675 Rye.......c....... 75 Turkeys—live...... 06 Oats. J..loiaiioio s d42iChickens—live, .- .. 4 Corn, - ... 0 @ BOißeeswax: ... . ii. .t 30 Potatoes,.i.... :.@ BolBotter. .L. ulne. 25 r BlaxSeed ... oo 3 60iLavd. ... cwilill 0 U 7 | Clover Seefl,..:ccc. 816|008 .o .0 0000 15 “W001....4 ... 40@. 43| Featherg.... :...... "7 POIR L e o sTANIOW S G 06 - 5h0u1der5......... 08|Timothy Hay....... 1200 in1am5.....\,.... @ -10{Marsh Hay......... 1000 by i CHICAGO. ) Wheat..s @ $1 23%|M P0rk....5.. .. @Bl4 60 Corn:l..: !.-..@ 58%iLard....... . ..@927} Oatg.... .--.@ QijShoulders,. -.@ 5? Rye.:... i ..@ 80{Rib5....... ...@ 7% Barley... §l2s@ 128{Ham5...... 9%@ 103 | . ~'} TOLEI,)O'. ’ - Wheat.../1..... ~163{C0rn....$ .. @$ 66L Red * .(...@ 149%‘ClovSeed @ 51’? 0at5...... @ 4T/Hogs.... 69%0@ 7.00 R ee e 1868. | v 1874, EYE AND EAR, ™" DR.C. A. LAMBERT, 4 " (LATE OF onI10X@0,) : ; OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA. . GEO. W. KRAMER, Designs ‘t"?§ all kinds of buildings, on reasonable terms. Wk done on short notice and %nar’an,_ ~ teed. Swmerintending or Building also done. . KRAMER & BENDER, - | ' CARIENTERS AND BUILDERS, At RecordelsOffice, ' [4l] ~ Awrpiox, Ino. . LIST OF LETTERS. Remlni in the post office at Ligonier,lnd. | -dnflnfihepustweek: st Calb, Peter’ : Paulgon, Heinrich %ma,ru.i ; . |Prickett, mip"l‘enni_p < Mack, Huey [Riker, Miss Elvira A letter sddresged “T, William & Co., Publisher,” in retqed, the destination being omitted. . Personsalling for any of the above letters will dlease iay?&.dve_rfile.g; ae S i Gl “H.M. GOODSPEED, P. M, Ligenier, hd., F'Obflw’! §' 1814, ‘ R :

= , iy DECKE;,;.VSVAD‘;ERTISEMENT:--GROOERiEs/_Afib--éfilqvlsxofis. o s e Y}Al‘ways up to time, nbow respectfully makes his bow and pres:;elni_:s,}t'i) the people his SUBJECT TO CHANGES IN THE MARKET. w All Gooda adverfiéqd wil ke fullyll'lp to the standard, avsA I afin not dealing in inferior Goods l - nor shott weights. These, and all other prices,-are for CASH only. . =

' ' SUGARS. | 9 Ibs Crushed Sugars, f0r......................... 5100 9 Ibs Granulated “, - f0r...................«..... 100 B A (offeeSugarfor. ... . ..o . ol es s 100 10 s Extra “C” Whitef0r..............[ . cwin. ~ 100} 914 Ibs Best Brown Sugar f0r...»............ cil 100 i ma Dark Brown for. ..o o Lo i i 100 ‘ R COFFEE. | The Best Rio west of New York below Market price. I will give yru the greatest bargain in this article, as . you " know Uncle Sam will persist in sticking on the tariff. Best Young Hy50n............51.10 worth $1.50 per -ib. Choice Yo'ng Hy50n............ 100 worth -1.25 -« ! Good “ ® Lasiiada s S 0 worth 1000 Best Guap0wder.............. 110/worth 150 . Choice Gunp0wder,........... 1.00 worth 1.25 {iood Gunp0wder............. BSojwaorth 100.- ® 5] The Best Japan Tea... ....... -80 worth 1.00 “ ! Which fact is attested by hundreds: of tea drinkers in| e Noble and adjoining counties. . | TOBACCO. < 3 pounds Smoking Tobac¢eo f0r.:..:..0....0..... .sl.()ol. S pounds SHorta fori... ... ... . oo idiiiea a e 10U Good Fine Cut T0bace0.........: %, .2.50 worth .60 e s o B warth 75 Decket’s Gold Leaf........... L. 4. .60 worth .90 Tadish Beard ... ... oo 90 worll I.lo| Imperial T0bacc0.........u............ 90 worth I.lo} Mayflower. ...........1.00, retailed everywhere for 1.50 i . PINEE. o 0 N bestCoaTish, 0L o inE ot s OB RN s O e ) B e e .(')8" e e Mess Mackerel (headsoff) . ............ . ... 00, .I‘B‘ fresh [abrador Herring oo .00 oL v 05 e HALbat by 1;’ HINE SALT, perbamreli .. v o ol i ..:32.00!

SPECIAL INDUCEMENT: et The Largest and Best Selectcd-;_in No'l_ftheril" Indiana, \GLASS AND QUEENS-WARE, Table Cutlery, Castors, , . s And a great many Novelty Goods at COQt 'fbift%l;e next Thiri'vt)if"Days./‘ G

MILLER & DUERR'S ADVERTISEanNT.,-Gréquig;Es ANDPRO§SIO{&~{;S. : ) . ~ THERE IS NO NEED OF BEING WITHOUT . . WHEN YOU GAN BUY OF - o MILLER & DUERR . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA, ‘" :* AT SUCH ENORMOUSLY LOW pnr;'zas AND HUEiIIoOODS I;—VARRANTED.’ e Good Rio Coffee, per pound only : : :30 cents. Good Brown Sugar, 13 pounds for : : : : $l.OO Good Tea, 3pounds for ::: : : : : : 100 Best Smoking Tobacco, three pounds for : : 1.00 Best Chewing Shorts, three pounds for :': : 1.00 Good Chewing Tobacco, per pound only e Kerosene Qil, warranted 110 test, per gallon, : .12 L | All koth“el" (]"00(% at Corléspgfldin@jéi Loances g’ 'é | Three hundred sets of J. G. Meakin’s best Iron Stone . China Cups and Saucers at 70 cents per set. = 300 sets of same brand of Plates, 55 to 75 c. per set. Evyerything ‘else in the Crockery Line must and shall b’éfisq‘ldéa’c the same low rates. - . _ CASH PAID FOR BUTTER AND EGGS. | . BRING YOUR TEAM AND MAKE A MAUL.

L SYRUPS. Silver Drips, which leaves all others in the shade, at the ; Snla}l 5um0f......... .80 cents per gallon, worth 1.00 - Golden Syrup.x..... -+ .60 cents per gallon, worth .60 2 b, Canined Peaches, peredn. ;. ....0% . . . L 2’{3 2 Ib. Canned Strawberries, per ic;m Yol 225 ! 2 Ib. Canned Tomatoes; percan........1............ 20 3. Ib..Canned Tomatoes, perean..........0. ./ .. .~ 30 - MISCELILANEOUS. | y AT i ! Ve i 3 Bb, Dried Pegehiggv T Jov sel L dd 00 | 61, Proams. cu vl si i iis ei s 100 10 4b. new Esglish Currants for.. ... ... ....... 1.00 26/tb Hominys vurs 0 i wOO o 0 b CanadaPaas: oi.o. .0 L = qhy g.lb, loose Mutcatfleßaisinsy.. . .uf i . B 0 Stove Polish, 4 papers forvo... ...l ... 925 CIGARS; 8. goodones for vin oo i ol 88 BLUEING, 4 large 5izeb0xe5f0r......J.......... 25 BLUEING,B sinall gize boxes f0r:............... .25~ 14 cakes good sive Glycerine Soap f0r........%..... 25 Best D. B: DeLands Saleratus 3 p0und5f0r........ ..25 Pepper, 35 cents per pound.or 3 pounds f0r........ 1.00 r.(;,in-ger, perpemnd. < s licca s Lol B 0 - Mustar@q, perpotind, .o iaet o e L 80 Cloves, ioblislaiione s e il e L il 0 ’ Fout Dime Boxes of Mabchesifor...o. ... .. .1 1'95 | Seven:boxes oI Coffee E55encef0r..,.....00.,..... 25 ’ Four polind good. Starch, for, ... i ... .00 ... 95 No. I Wash=tdbaiol omo i s e e 100 | Thé best-wagh-boardeut o i Lol .. 95 Best Factory Bhieese, perpound. ...t vi i 15 | Chesthuts,/perguart. il Lo dnail 0 45 Pea:Nutsgperpound: .0 v 0 vl g 0 5 French Mixed Candies c.o vican (o i 1 95 Stick Candy; perpound. cizsy ..o ol o 0 .00 90 l 100 of the-best-Xellow Invelopes f0r......|....... 26 24 sheets of lefter Paper & ... 2 o ios

___EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE SAME PROPORTION.— |