The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 February 1874 — Page 2

The Aational Banmer - J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER IND'A, FEB. 26, 1874, THE BEER QUESTION is_ being agitated in Chicago. The 'saloon-keepers insist upon obtaining a barrel of lager for $lO, while the brewers are unwill. ing to take less than $l2. The contest between the brewers and the venders, is decidedly animated.

Two GRANGES in. Bartholomew county, Ind., have passed strong temperance résolutions. They pledge themselves to co-operate with the ladies in their crusade against the liguor traffic, to discontinue business inter-

- course with-men opposed to this movement, and to vote for no man who is ' not an “avowed temperance man.— Business! ' :

- J.D. LYLE, Esq., of the Columbus Democrat, is a candidate for Auditor ~of Bartholomew county. If the sturdy ‘Democéracy of that noble county wish to reward a faithful worker and at the same time properly elevate one of the most genial fellows in all Hoosierdom, they can do nothing better than ; bestow upon Mr. Lyle a unanimous - nomination. e : :

W are grieved to hear of the death of A. Fabricius, editor of the Terre Haute Banner, aged only 31 years.— The deceased was perhaps the hardest worker connected with the press of Indiana. In order to insure the success of his enterprise, he worked day and night, and thereby doubtless shortened his earthly existence./ Peace to his ashes!'' o tuah f

SPEAKING of the Grange as a political organization, the Chicago Tribune pointedly remarks: “We afiefi opposed to serect political organizations as a matter of principle. , We prefer the Republican party,or even the Democratic party, to any party of grips and passwords that ever was or ever will be.” That platform is broad enough for more than one to stand upon.

WitH the beginning of next month, the Terre Haute Journal will change editors and proprietors. Our excellent and highly esteemed friend, James - B. Edmunds, ‘will yield the tripod to ~ Col. Hudson, an experienced and able journalist. Thouglf we have in the past differed on. a few points with Mr. Edmunds, we never doubted his honesty of purpose, and we shall certainly greatly miss his terse sentences,in favor of straight-out Democracy. What- / ever he may hereafter engage in, our best wishes will always accompany his movements. ot

» . THE FEMALE CRUSADE against the saloon-keepers of Shelbyville, this State, has subsided. One saloon, the owner of which was “spotted” for indictment at thé next term of court, for selling without a permit, has been closed; the remainder flourish as betore. It is generally believed that the ladies abandoned their work in consequence of a mild notification in the Volunteer that their biographical sketches would be made to adorn the columns of that journal. Strange to relate, these fair reformers are decidedly aversé to having their names and record spread before the reading public. - J

-~ IT IS CLEARLY NOMEEABLE that the Grangers will make a determined effort to control the election of local officers in this State next fall, despite the emphatic protest against political ,action by their national. organization. It has also become apparent that in democratic counties the Grangers will coalesce with the Republicans, and vice versa. By the adoption of this policy it is not improbabile that they may succeed in getting the lion’s share of the loaves and fishes; they may even cary the Legislature. Ifnonebuthonest and competent men were thus to succeed to office, there would be no real cause to lament such aresult; but suppose gfértajim political “dead-beats” and “retired wire-workers” who have crept into Granges and are daily gaining admission, are taken up and “boosted’, into office, is there any one so silly as to believe that reform will be their watchward after the election ?

ACCORDING to. Secretary Fait's report, Rev. Stoddard asserted at Albion that the membership of religious denominations opposed to secret socities “outnumbered the whole masonic fraternity of the United States,” and in ‘the very next sentence it is stated that “Mr. Stoddard demonstrated how the masonic fraternity controlled almost every interest in the United States.” Placed in juxtaposition, these assever ations are calculated to both-astonish and bewilder. ' Itis here declared that, though inferior in point of numbers to only a fraction of the christian church, these terrible masons actually; control “almost every interest in the United States.” This isindeed a compliment which Mr. Stoddard surely did not intentionably bestow upon the men whom he 8o relentlessly’ pursues. He thus in fact admits that masons must be a class of very useful, energetic, enterprising, skilled and learned men, otherwise it would certainly be impossible for them to stand at the head of “almost every public interest.” Admitting the statement to be well founded, we ask whether it is not rather ungenerous to wage war upon an institution which produces the talent whereby “ppblic interests” are advanced in so marvelous a degree ?

AT LAST we are enabled to commend an utterance by Parson Brownlow.— We have reference to his letter on the Civil Rights bill. /The fiery Senator decidedly opposes the mixed school feature of the bill, and says it would destroy free schools in the South. He advises the colored peopl,e to tell Congress that they do not ‘want mixed schools. . ? )

THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

For nearly two months the Senators of the United States have been discussing the currency question. The opinions expressed during this period are varied and in a few particular cases rather novel. Perhaps the ablest speech delivered on finances is that of Senator Schurz, who is the leader of those favorable to an early resumption of specie payments. The strongest arguments adduced against resumption are those of Senator Morton.

- The propositions submitted to the Senate are too numerous and conflicting to be enumerated in a brief newspaper article. What was at one time considered as the surest panacea for our financial ailings—the Sherman re-distribution act—has virtually been defeated. It proposed a more equal distribution of the bank-note circulation, i.e., the western and southern States were to be supplied with additional currency.” According to a very logical argument by a distinguished political economist,this measure would have been of very little importance. 1t is forcibly argued that “with such a currency as the national banks furnish the places of issue are of no sort of consequence. All the bank notes might as well be issued by one central institution as by two thousand local banks. They are never redeemed ; the banks that send them forth seldom see them again. Nobody who receives or handles them ever looks to see from what bank they come, their credit depending solely on the ~obligation which the Government has assumed to make them good. As they are never redeemed at all, there is no adlvantage in a redistribution of the points of issue. It is just as easy for a citizen of lowa or Georgia to get a shpply of currency as for a citizen of Massachusetts. The West every year receives a vast amount of currency for its'grain and the South for its cotton, and if they were not indebted to the Atlantic cities, they would easily retain it at home, If they had new local banks of circulation, notes could be got only by paying for them; and the same capital could as easily retain the money received for crops as it could procure new notes from the Comptroller of the Currency. If new banks were - established in the West or South capital would have to be invested in bonds to secure their ciréu'lation, and the owners of that capital could as easily secure a share jof the existing notes as find currency to buy ;the bonds.« | They can get turrency from the East by paying for it, as they could get, currency from Washington by ’payifi% for it. The new bank notes would not stay in the West or South, 74 : any more than the notes reeeived for the southern and western crops; because, being equally current every‘where, they would go to the seaboard cities to pay debts.” This view strikes us as being emingntly sound and practical. e ' !

A few days since Senator Schurz delivered another brilliant speech on finances, in which he demonstrated most admirably that an inflated, irredeemable paper currency was not the people’s money, but the speculators’. The South did not need more currency. ‘They need more capital, and should understand the differenec between capital and currency. They must create wealth by industry and productions, and would lose very precious time, as well as waste, their energy and influence, by looking to artificial means to aid them. Inflation would still more depress the agricultural interests of the South and West, and that interest was the chief source of wealth to those sections. It is true, the New England States had an excess of National Bank circulation, but the establishment of additional National Banks in the South and West would not remedy the evil. The Senator from Indiana (Morton) had argued that the organization of National Banks would be to increase the currency, as the money would be loaned by them, and returned to the bank -every thirty, sixty, and ninety days. That argument was a fallacy. Persong to establish these banks must buy the bonds in New York to deposit in the Treasury, in order/to get circulation. A thousand dollar bond would ‘cost $1,120. The money 'to buy this ‘bond would be taken out of home cir_culation, and for that 1,000 bond they ‘would- get- just $9OO circulation, so ‘that it would cost $1,120 to get %900, ‘Mr. Schurz argued that any inflation ~of the currency would increase, not diminish, the rate of interest. -

Senator Conkling also, a few days since, gave expression to some exceedingly practical ideas.. He said there were many things he did not know, but one thing he did know, and that was it would launch this nation.on a sea without shore, without harbor, to declare in favor of an inecrease of paper money. That propesition involyed a falsehood, a lie; and a lie in the end would upset everything, from an apple cart to an empire. It was false that a stamp upon baper fransferred it to a dollar. ThMr repre- | sents the cost of pr tion,and paper | money was merely symbolical of that dollar. 'When there was no coin dollar behind it, it was merely a false promise to pay. He would say nothing about the legal-tender act, but he would say when no war engages the country, when no over-mastering necessities' could be pleaded, guilty and mad indeed, in his belief, would be that action by which the two houses of Congress would undertake to solve the financial problem of the day by an unlimited issue of irredeemable promises to pay, . The great trouble with many Senators ig that they carg more to make & little political capital than they do for effecting ‘real beneficial legislation.— Such men as Morton, Logan, Oglesby & Co. are shouting for additional currency because they think that measure | is popular in the West. This may be the case, but a true statesman never allows his actions to be governed by such motives. All thinking men eoncur in the opinion that a xjdqemable currency is far preferable to inflation,

THE COUNTY SEAT. SHALL IT BE RELOCATED? KENDALLVILLE SAYS YES! And Seeks An Alliance with Ligol ~ onier: , V {nowf IT 'lS—’;; ABE DONE. Interénttng Facts ;;Ptgures Obminéd Through the ¢ Interviewing Process,’’

The question of the removal of the county seat from Albion to some point on the line of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad is again being agitated, and from appearances a vigorous effort is about to be inaugurated which, if we are to predict future results from the well known character and energy of the prime movers, certainly augurs a d’égree of success never before anticipated. - For some months rumors have been afloat touching the movement, but up to a recent date no definite information could be obtained regarding it.. A few days since a .

DELEGATION OF PROMINENT CITIZENS from Kendallville visited our town, and although the object of their coming was known to hut a few of our citizens at the time, it has since leaked out that a : ‘

COALITION BETWEEN KENDALLVILLE

I AND LIGONIER was about to be formed, having in view the removal of the county seat to some point on the L. S. & M. S. Railroad. In order to give the public an authentic version of the various rumors which filled the air, a reporter for the BANNER interviewed one of the Kendallvillians and learned from him the following particulars concerning the movement: ! REPORTER.—Mr. Delegate, the report is circulatéd upon the streets that Kendallville is about to inaugurate a movement having for its object the removal of the county seat from Albion, and that the party of gentlemen who are here with you have been in consultation with some of eur citizens for the purpose of securing the .cooperation of Ligonier. , DELEGATE.—I do not feel at liberty to either admit or deny the truth of the report. R.- I am credibly informed that your party has been in consultation with some of our prominent citizens, and if the question of the removal of the county seit was the subject of the conference, the BANNER would be pleased to present its numerous readers with a correct statement of the facts relating thereto. Most certainly if good reasons exist for such proposed removal they ought to be given to the people, who alone have the control of the matter. ]

D.—lt is true the citizens of lendallville have been for many years more or less interested in the removal of the county seat to some point where the many would be accommodated ‘rather than the few, but without a unity of action and of co-operation between * Ligonier and XKendallville any attempt to change it was known to be futile. - Again, the known rivalry between the two towns has always been such that no effort has ever been made looking to a coalition. Though I am not officially authorized to make a full statement of the facts, yet I am under no pledge of secresy, and hence 1 see no impropriety in saying that the object of our coming to Ligonier was that we might “reason together” upon the subject. R.—Upon what grounds-do you base the justice or propriety of removing the county seat from the “geographic centre” of the county ? D.—Webase-our contemplated move-! ment upon the broad platform of republican justice. The wishes of the few must yield to the benefit of the many; in other words, every citizen of Noble county is vitally interested in the location of the seat of justice and the repository of the publi¢ records in proportion to his wealth and the amount of business he has to transact with our county officials. In short, the county seat should follow the bulk of our population. If you ' will examine the census of Noble county for 1870, you will find_the population of our county to be classified as follows: ‘ Allen township, I,7s4|Albion township. 598 Elkhart * I,s4l|Green . 1,106 Orange o 2,o66|Jefferson: ¢ 1293 Persy, . h 3,135\N0b1e e ADIS Swan ¢ i I,29s|Sparta = 1,381 Wayne. . * . I,236|Washington twp.” 766 Kendallyilfe 2,164| York S 1,041 ’ 13,191 . W9B By an examination of these figures you will discover that if the county seat was.located at Kendallville, her railroad- facilities would accommodate a population of 13,191, or 5,693 in excess of the number of citizens who are now residing within easy access of Albion. _ In this calculation you will further discover that in' making up the list in favor of Albion we give her the benefit of the number of citizens living on the north lines of Sparta, York and Jefferson townships, who would be as much benefited by the location of the Court House at Kendallville as at Albion, the distance between the two' points being of less importance than the inconvenience of reaching them. It requires no argument to prove that the greater part of the official business of the county comes from the most densely populated districts, viz.: the northern and eastérn tiers of townships, where, al--80, the greater portion of our wealth is concentrated, our transfers of real estate made, taxes assessed, lawyers and clients reside, etc, Again, by comparing the census of 1860 with ‘that of 1870 the discovery is made that the increase in population in the northern and eastern tiers of townships was greatly in excess of that in’ the remaining townships of the county. R.—Do you regard the removal of the county seat at this time judicious, in view®of the fact that Albion has at last secured railroad facilities ? ' D.—All the caleulations made thus far are based upon the presumption that the B. & 0. Railroad Company - will complete their line through Albion at once, thus affording to Sparta and Washington townships railroad facilities. Of course the completion of the B. & O. road would not benefit York, Jefferson, Green and Noble towngships, so far as facilities of travel to and from Albion are concerned, owing to there being no intermediate stations between Albion and Cromwell. . £ i R.—ln case the B. & Q. Railroad is completed through Albion to Avilla, would not Allen township be as much benefited by hnving'?e coynty seat -at Albion as at Kendallville? ~ D.~I think not. 1% glance g\t the map of Noble county will reveal the fact that the distance from Avilla to Albion is twice that from Avilla to Kendallyille—one having the G. R. & I, and the other the B. & 0. road. R.—lln the event of the completion of the B. & 0. R. B«-?thl"mi% leloh,‘ will not the population of the territo-

ry tributary to that road increase in the same, if not gkeater ratio than the northern and eastern tier of townships? | ;

‘Mr. D—l am disposed to think not, for the reason that the opening of new lines of railroad through counties as thiekly settled and as highly cultivated as this county do not offer the same inducements to emigration as the great west. The growth may for a ‘ short time be greater§but it will not consist of a staple, healthy character, | but rather of a transient, feverish, unreliable growth. . Ligonier is bound to grow, develope and spread in spite of Cromwell. Kendallville cannot materially be injured in her commereial pros-| perity by any growth on the part of Albion ;and the same may be said of Avilla. Inthe case of Kendallville,Ligonier and Avilla, their future is: assured; theline of demarkation is drawn; their trade is established, and for them to retrdgrade at the expense of Cromwell and Albion is a thing wholly beyond the expectation of even the most sanguine. “Westward the star of empire takes its way;” westward moves the great uneasy populace along the line | of new railroads. | It is in the great Far West alone that towns*spring up like magic; but Indiana isno longer a western State.. Her increase depends not on the advent of the iron highway, but upon her agriculttral resources, her manufacturing interests, her internal industries,—these things and these alone give tone, vigor, health, and permanency to her population.— What, let me ask, is there in the position and surroundings of Albion to induce an influx of pepulation? ' She certainly possesses, within her borders, no natural advantages, no water power, no manufacturing, no great energy, enterprise or pride of prosperity ‘on the part of her citizens. Her mexn of wealth, influence, and standing frown down every public enterprise, such as Loan Associations, the incorporation of the town, or the adornment of her puplic square. From year to'year the spider weaves unmolested his elegant drapery and festoons alike court-room and offices. No pride, no dispesition to interfere with the in+ dustrious Tabors of the Araneidae rankles in the bosom of the ancient, Albionite. Outside her platted precinets; how discouraging to the prospects of a inetropolis her surroundings! Nothing to encourage men of wealth, enterprise and business capacities to ‘ locate and establish markets for grain, produce and.the comnodities of com- , merce. - Even though some enterprising foreigner should sq far forget himself as to entertain’ the slightest idea of engaging in commercial pursuits within her clay-capped borders, the hitherto dormant ingenuity of some ancient fossil will encompass the overthrow of all his designs—even at the expense of unnecessary store rent? .

‘‘Pigmies are pigmies still. Though perched on’Alps.”

R.—What encouragement, if any, has your party received from our citizens? Mr. D.—l have some doubts ds to the propriety of my disclosing the, result of our -‘conference without’ first consulting my friends. 1 will say this, however, we are not discouraged by the result of our conference, and I have no doubt but that we shall receive the hearty co-operation of a great majority of the citizens of Ligonier and the other interested sections of the county, when the people learn fully the scope and object of the movement. It requires only a truthful presentation of the subject to convince every unprejudiced mind of the propriety and beneficial advantages -of such change. e ' R.—ln what way do you contemplate entering on the campaign ?

Mr. D.—As the law directs. .The first thing requisite is to obtain the signatures of 55 per cent..of the legal voters of the county to a petition asking for the relocation of ’‘the countyseat. [ln case Kendallville is to have the county-seat, the funds are already guaranteed and we can easily procure the necessary ground.] We propose to put into circulation two petitions-— one containing the names of the signer’s first choice for the relocation, the other his second. Whichever point, Ligonier or Kendallville, receives the greater number of signatures for first choice is'of course to have the county= seat. lln this waly a friendly, yet ‘spixited, rivalry will be engendered between Ligonier and Kendallville and the success of the movement assured. One.or the other torn will certainly get it. - : - R.—l infer then from your last remark that you are morally certain of obtaining the necessary fifty-five per cent. of legal voters. : Mr. D.—There .can be no question on that point. The census of 1870 settles the question of population in favor of Ligonier and Kendallville and the territory tributary to those points in the ratio 0f.13,000 to 7,000.— It is but reaSonable to presume upon the co-operation of a large portion of the population of Sparta, Washington, Noble, and York townships in favor of Ligonier; while the eastern part of Jefferson township can be safely counted for Kendallville—thus drawing very largely from the 7,000 credited to. Albion. We have carefully measured our strength and that of the opponents of the movement, and can safely predict not alone 55 but 65 per cent. of the legal voters of the county in favor of the proposed change. The only: thing necessary to a successful issue of the movement is a concert of action on the part of our friends—a thorough canvass—and a fair presentation of the advantages to be derived therefrom. 25

R.—lt is apparent that you are very' sanguine in your - calculations, and wholly ignore the possibilitylof Avilla and vicinity uniting their fortunes with Albion in view of the early completion of the B. & O. R.R. | Mr. D. —The well-known rivalry between Albion and Avilla, and tha‘ shabby treatment of Avilla by Albion, forever precludes such a possibility. The Avillaites are human, and it would be utterly beyond the nature of things for them to return good for ‘ evil, to assist Albion in retaining the county-seat after Albion’s studied ef- ‘ forts to prevent the B. & O. R. R. en- i gineers from even visiting Avilla while prospecting a line for their road. | Avilla’s self-respect forbids such an alliance. : : : i

At this point a hasty glance at his watch warned the delegate of the near approach of train time, thus bringing the interview to an abrupt termination. ,

TEMPERANCE SERMONS.

~Judging from the following resolutions, unanimously passed by the Methodist Conference at Waterloo last week, we infer that temperance sermons will be quite common in Northern Indiana, at least -so far as the Methodist brethren are concerned: Ist. Resolved that we will preach a temperance sermon at each .point on our several charges at least once per quarter. . / ; P 2d. That we hail and welcome every good feature of the Baxter bill, and will use our {lxxllfluenoe to support it as %;?)i as it remains ‘upon our statute

The proceedings further show that Mr. Baxter, the great temperance man, had a very flattering resolution passed to his credit as a temperance lecturer,

ASSOCIATION. v ————— % 3 \ Minutes of Meeting held at Albion, February 20, 1874, = | . According to previous: annpmncement, the Association, with m%mm citizens, met in the;.’cofirt-lieuse’sggo% . o'clock A. M. to hear an address upon’ the evils of secret institutions by Rev.. J. P. Stoddard, of Illinois. At the appointed hour the house was called fo' order by the President and the mieeting opened with prayer by the‘Secretary. The minutes of the last meet--ing wete then read and approved.— The President, after a few introductory remarks, introduced to the audience the Rev. Mr. Stoddard, who proceeded at once to address the audience on the evils of secret institutions. In his remarks he stated that Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, of Kansas, delivered a lecture some time since in Farwell’s Hall of Chicago, condemning Freemasonry for interrupting our Courts of Justice. And immediately after this speech those public papers that lauded Mr. Pomeroy as an -honest, upright politi‘c¢ian, now began tozwork for his defeat in the approaching election. Bro. Stoddarql then went on to enumerate the churches in the United States who by their law refuse to admit to its membership those belonging to secret oath bound societies. The U. B. Church with a membership of 130,000; the Quakerslso,ooo; the United Presbyterians 70,000, besides many minor denominations, such as the Free Methodists, Wesleyians, &ec., &c., with an aggregate membership out-muiibering* the whble Masonic Fraternity of the United States. By allusion to#he masonic chart, Bro. Stoddard showed how the Madsonic Fraternity controlled almost every p_ublic interest in the United States. Closing his interesting illustrations of Masonry, the house adjourned to meet. at 214 o’clock p. .

AFTERNOON SESSION,

.+ A few minutes after the appointed hour the house was called to order by the President, and after making known the objects of the afternoon session, remarks were made by several citizens upon the importance of political action as the most successful way of furthering the cause of Anti-Masom'y. A motion came before the house and was adopted authorizing the VicePresidents of the several townships to appoint .a committee to enroll the an-ti-masonic strength of ‘his township and get-as many as will to meet in convention at Albion on the second Saturday pf next April for the purpose of ‘making nominations for the various offices, to be filled by the approaching fall election. The following resolutions were then offered and unanimously adopted: ; Resolved, That degeneracy is written upon the records of all political parties that have become powerful and that we are rapidly approaching a crisis in the: politics of our country, when the people, regardless of former political affinities, must decide whether our country shall be officered by men recognizing allegiance to Freemasonry and kindred institutions or by American citizens not entangled by secret alliances; and do therefore recommend that a mass convention of the , citizens of Noble county be held to put in nomination a full ticket to be submitted to the voters of the county at our approaching fall election. | .

EVENING SESSION.

At the’ appointed . hour the house was called to order by the chairman, when Rev. Mr. StQ(Tdard opened the meeting with: prayer, after which he proceeded at once to discuss upon the affirmative of the following resolution :

Resolved, That there is no man living that can be a good christian while living out the principles of Freema-~ sonry. 5 , P

Rev. Stodard in the course of his arguments proved by Albert G. Mackey, Chase’s Digest, and others, that Blue Lodge Masonry has nothing to do with the Bible; and that masonry is merely founded upon the traditions of men. He argued that' masonry hinges upon the fictitious story of Hiram Abiff, and that masonry depends foriits very life and existence upon the fictitious legend of the Temple builder; that Hiram ADbiff i 3 to masonry what Christ is’ to christianity. The audience ywhich well nigh filled the court-houseé seemed much interested with Bro. Stoddard’s many graphic illustrations and all gave good attention and treated the speaker with that respe’j which is due our ministerial reformer, and which is a credit to the citizens of Albion. . At about 914 o’clock P. M. the meeting adjourned. C. G. FAIT, Secretary.

A Fishing Village Floating About on a Huge Xce-Floe in Saginaw Bay.. ' __Three hundred men went adrift in East Saginaw Bay last Monday on a cake of ice, on which: they had built a fishing-village, and which was driven away from the shore by astrong southwest wind. = The cheerless craft bore them out into the lake till a change of the wind to the west brought them up to the eastern shore of the bay, where 200 of them managed to escape at different points. Two of the men were drowned in attempting to reach land, About 100 are still on the ice, and the escape of them all from the perils of the breaking ‘ice and the freezing weather can hardly be hoped for.— Monday night must have covered one of the saddest scenes that ever called for human sympathy, and it is to bé hoped that the light.of morning may bring rescue of some kind to most of these unforfunate creatures. -

LATER.—ADbout 75 or 100 men are still on the’ ice-floes in Saginaw Bay. They have been carried about 10 miles out, and ¢an be easily observed thro’ field glasses.'' Several small parties came to land on Tuesday, and no such apprehensions seem to be entertained for the safety of the rest as were felt the day before. None have been drowned in attempting to reach shore, although the passage is very perilous, having to be made over broken cakes of ice. soe Fool g s

At a meeting of the lessees of the Wabash and Erie Canal, held at Lafayette last week, it was determined to abandon all further efforts to keep it up.. It was shown by the books that for the last eight years the receipts had fallen short of the expenditures until now the liabilitiesamount to thir-ty-four thousand dollars, which will have to be met by the lessees personally. The canal will be surrendered to the Trustees on the 10th of May, and then the bendholders will have it on their hands to be kept up by thém or abandoned altogether. = .~ '/

. WHITLEY COUNTY.—TWwo prisoners ‘%fi'rouwgi’fdé rickety jail effected their escape on Sunday evening by tearing off the thin coating of lath and plastering overhead in the hall, thereby gai%g access to the outside, when escape was easy. Both were serving out fines and cost. ... Baxter spoke at Columbia City on Sunday evening a week ago.... Judge Lowey tied 2a ‘wedding knot in the Clerk’s office re‘cently: His Honor also kissed the bride. e

“DeEKALB CouNTY.—Says the Waterlog Press: Farymers very generally report the wheat crop seriously injured, and in many cases totally destroyed, by freezing. Making all due allowance for the chronic grumbling that is always heard, and there can be no doubt but the crop is badly damaged. The broad cast sowing is invariably frozen out, and the few good fields there are were drilled in. We hear of one man who declares that if he had bought a drill last fall and put in his wheat, and then destroyed the machine, he would now be ahead. .

LArPorTE CoUNTY.—A distressing seandal has fallen upon the city of Laporte. To sum it up in a word, one Dr. S. B! Collins, a married man, and the wife of Colonel S. O. Gregory, fell into an illicit attachment for each other. The consequence was that, breaking through all barriers, both were divorced from their lawful partners, and have been married to each other.— Though not transgressing in this second marriage, the letter of the law, the citizens are-so outraged by the affair as to express their abhorrence of it by burning the newly wedded pair in effigy, on Monday night of last week. The high standing and respectability of Mrs. Gregory’s family kept the matter from publicity a long time, and sympathy for them afflicts the whole town now that all is made public.— The Chicago 7T"imes made a sensational article giving the history in detail. -

LAGRANGE CouNTY.—Elder 0. V. Lemon spent last week at Cincinnati, in session with the Book Committee, of which he is member, of the M. E. Church.) 'The committee, we understand, passed a resolution ordering their book agewts.to throw the publications of the church upon the general book market, and no lénger depend upon the ministry for their 5a1e.....

A suit has been instituted by William Rogers, against the county commissioners, to set aside the will of David Rogers, wherein he bequeathed all his property to Lagrange county for the purpose of establishing a home for the orphan and poor of the coupty.— The complaint sets up two eauses for declaring the will void: Ist, On account of unsoundness of mind of the testator.” 2d, The want of legal power and authority on the part of the Commissioners to take the legacy on the conditions set eut in the will.— Standard. | P e Xotes from the National Capital. - Thesuit brought by Mrs. Gen. Gaines against Caleb Cushing, mentioned a short time since, was decided the other day in the Equity Court by Judge Wylie, who continued the injunction prohibiting the issuance of the papers concerning the title from the Land-Oftice to Mr. Cushing. - The. Senate. spent some time last Friday in undoing its action of the day before in accepting Mr. Cooper’s amendment to the Redistribution bill. Mr. Merrimon’s amendment to increase the National Bank circulation to $400,000,000 was then adopted by the vote of 28 to 25, an amendment for the adoption of free banking bleing rejected.. S : . In order to cover the estimated deficiency of $700,0004in the Postoflice Department this year, the Senate Appropriation Committee have decided to recommend the abolition of the Postal-cars on railreads, and of the free delivery of letters in cities. No reason is given for the first recommendation; the second is urged on the ground that it involves an expense borne by all the' taxpayers of the country for the benefit of the inhabitants of a few large eities. The House of Repi‘esexitatives, onthe motion of Mr. Holman, recently called for 'some information that a good many people will be glad to get. They want to know how much money has been paid by the Government for the transportation of troops and military supplies over those railroads of the country: which asked and got| subsidies' ofiland and money on the condition that they should perform this service for the Government without charge. Before talking about the supervision of the entire railroad system, Congress ought to see whether it cannot hold these railroads to their bargain. Bei. o e

THE incidental expenses of the Senate during the session of 1872 were swollen by the cost of 2,017 pounds of sugar, 70 boxes of ‘lemons, 90 pounds of tea, 37 gallons of Colegne, 10 gallons of bay rum, 462, hair-brushes ($2 to $3 each,) 300 or 400 combs, French cosmetics, toilet powder-puffs, etc.— No one who readsthis list will wonder hereafter at Senator Conkling’s black hair and beauteous complexion. A man who is given évery year six brushes, five combs, half a gallon of Cologne, and a modicum of bay rum besides a general assortment of pow-der-puiffs and French cosmetics, ought to be more “trim and trig fra’ top to toe” than John Anderson ever dreamed of being. ] ; i

Some Democratic papers appear to be trying their hands at, putting Re‘publican candidates for @ongress, in the field. If, when the time arrives, the Republicans are not competent to select their own candidates wit Out the assistance of their enemies, it will be something new under the sun. — Lagrange Standard. : : This ‘being a free ‘country, we are loth to eoncede that democratic papers are debarred from the privilege of discussing the aspirations of prominent Republicans. The Standard’s objection has become altogether too gtale for presentuse. ~ ' . - ————————e il <+ P—— A i : The True Mount Sinai. : . Loxpox, Feb. 17.—Dr. Beke, /the English traveler, reports that he has discovered the true Mt. Sinai. It is situated one day’s journey northwest of the village of Akaba, in Arabia, at an altitude of 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. Dr. Beke says ‘that he found the remains of animals that had been sacrificed. He also discovered Sinaitic inscriptions, which he copied.

3 = el &W— e L * —Young men desiring marriage licenges’ to marry young girls under eighteen years of age; should always take with them to the clerk the written consent of the parents or guardians of such minor girls. One young man had to return home to a remote {)art of the eounty, last week, without license, just to obtain papa’s consent, —Lagrange Standard.

SoME of the most defective MSS. received at this office, comes from school teachers. Many teachers don’t appear to’ understand what capital letters and punctuation points were invented for, and they either are not acquaintéd with orthography, or else they are a very careless: set of writers.—Columbis Democrat.

WU Sl O S hen ot Gt Bt ePOw s von THUS ASSIST IN B trIL-DmffG‘ UP YOUR OWN TOWY., ~ . NO MONOPOLY. . - "Live and Lét L've,” Is Our Motto The Interests of the FARMER and MANUFACTURER are RECIPROCAT, Lot oL e _;,A, 'fi:v'; )w‘V’: -_A‘;;_; e V::.;‘}:;,7;_;1;:.::;'31““ Sy _ ,Np_Tf[C;E THEPRICES: = No. 4.—2 or 3-Horse Sod \Plow,v 2 Points and Clevis, : $ll.OO No. 2.—t3eneral Purpose - Plow, 2 Points and Clevis, : 10.00 N 0.2.— -, %1% = Steel Monld # “ s 1280 No. 2.— eow Oast Beam Improved, :: : : 10.00 T WETSRAEE | D s i \"‘»_'v‘_;;f_ ]o\{l7; o 3 Tennessee White Iren, ‘Crystalized harder than _Sfeel,'v'afindf'W'm"mntgd to Scour in any : i kind of Soil. 1| b o DO NOT FAIL TO'SEE OUR PLOW BEFOR E YOU BUY. : ' Every I?-—-iov&* Fually \W"ari‘zlnted. . LIGONIER, éi\ipg;;:\m.} ol GERrBER, TREASH & Krmensavw.

F.BEAZEL -,-\ 1 Manufactorer. ol': 7 - '4', l Gy £ : i h 3 { < - 3 2 i Saddles Harness | . y S ALQLAUUDD " ~AND—". i TRUNKS, B e LIGONIER, INDIANA.! The proprictor will be pleased at any time to. wait | on all who may wish anythingin the line of * JI HARNESE, <. s jloeie SADDLES, . e BRIDLES, i | S TP - 1 ; COLILARS: - S | ~FLY-NETS, . | , . "BRUSHES, | - L OARDS &c., and in f:\c:t ¢verytkvingkpert:'xiu’»ing to.this ii'né ; of business. i Especial attention is called to the fact that he is now engaged 1n the manufacturing of all kinds of TRUNKS, " : U Webieh, i e Style, Finish, Durability & Price, Are far superiu;; to those v(’;f‘-e:-xéterhé m?nfifilctlll:e. : Call, See and Buy.{ . October 30, "73‘.—‘.2‘711' e F. BEAZEIL. AS the time approaches when our ladies wll be - on the look out for theijr filie shoés for . . NG & SUMMER Wear, we would call t4he,ir att'féxililo‘n t&ti}é gtbck of v F. W.SBINKE&BRO,, © 'Who havethe exclusive sale of thejus!:ly*cele_ibratédv 0 : e g NORWALK SHOES,”| Which cannst be surpassed by nn'y‘th'.ir')g i the ; marketfor - oo : i %3i:) A‘ L ; Style, Fit, Finish and Durability, i Call and examine them and:\fl'e know you wifl»hoi | + -purchase anyother. .= 7. [ <5 g They would n’lsb respectfully annorlxice that their -« lwkge arid complete stock of - - R Boots & Shoes Boots & Shees DOOIS & dOesS For Men, Women and Chtilll«iren have Been fédliced sl to the: ,1"" . VERY LOWEST NOTCH, v ooand nmst}and‘shu'}rl be sd]gl., ‘ s % i 7323, % : 5 . ] ".“' g 3 PRICES TO SUIT TEE TIMES ! CALL,_ Price our Goods, .and select thererrom ; while our stock is gomplete. : _e e o They would aiso re(inést"-.tilos‘e of fhéir ‘cnslt.on'llérs who haye been holding their produce for higher prices to call and settle their bills at once, REMEMBER THE PLACE: - o Shinke’s Brick Building,| CAVIN STREET, LIGONIER, IND: . February 19, 1874827 o 0 o - GOOD NEWS TO ALL! L. SCHLOSS . WOULD respectfally announce tor the citizens. Y'Y of Ligonier, Ind., that he hagopened up the Business, and is prepared to fumiéh«finjfihfihé}fii; : (AT WARDLG - W e , OYSTERE . iy By the Dish or Can. = Persons getting up suppers| wal gpd my oysters fresh, a‘nd% iviugsefi) ‘theprggat i reasonable terms. . el 1 | WARM MEALS. . = At all Hours. Day boarding by the week or meal” : CANNED FRUITS. =~ The %rentest assortment in Northern- Indiana, consist nfi of Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn, Whortle- | berries, Pine Aigles, Pears, Peag, Strawberriés, | .Gooseberries, Cherries, California Grapes, Green Cors, Apricots. A e i e il CONFECTIONERY . ! | In abundance; Prnmesk Currants, Figs; Raising, Oranézen. Lemons, Smoked Salmon,: Sardines, Al-| _monds, Pea-Nuts, Hazlenuts, Cider, &c., &c , &c.. o ‘TOBACCO. : - s Cigarg, Fine Cut, Sthoking, Plug, Shorts, &e., of the gest :;nal.it'y', a_x':d.anoth%'f grtfi:t@s‘psqus'nx klapf, In a first-class Grocery and Restaurant, .~ POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS. | I will pay cash for all kinds of country produce.: Remember that I will furnish youn with anything | youmay want. - - Feb, 1974 42-tf __SHERIFF'S .SALF.,-;;&;; DY virtne of an order of sale to me issned by the | B ‘Clerk of the Circnit Court of Noble cmuny.fi: : diana, in the case otMmß;Ann.(ga am, Admin-1| 'W@}tfigm of James E. Graham, de-1 ceased vs. Daniel - ;wu@gfla_g ale, at pub- | lic auction, at the onrt-Housé door, in the town | of Albion, county of Noble, and State of Indiana, | On Thursday, March 12, 1874.{ Between the hotirs of 10 o’clack .w. and 4 o'clock | p. M, of sa.?ds day, the folrpwfi‘g' dneflbedhm ‘tate, to wit: - S e aainl SR e Lt Do, ptnty-twa (D Bmihs apdieee 1 hemaan s R IR &%0 u(s"flfgggmrmv lang, L. H. Green, Mflefl : rßlainss, oo o o " Albion, In'd;, Feb, 18, 1874-4 ” -pi§ese. |

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