The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 47, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 March 1874 — Page 2

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- SiNcE last Friday the Editor has been considerably indisposed, so as to be unable for the discharge of his editorial duties, a greater portion of the time, and is at present confined to his bed. ¢ : : .e g L WE areindebted to Mr. J. 11. Smart, Superintendent of the Public Schools of Fort Wayne, for a copy of the annual report of the schools. Itisavoluminous documeént of .over 200 pages, and presents matters of general interest. v ' : ” 00l e gt =3 © BAXTER I'écently lectured in the town of Lebanon, this State. Ile is thus complimented by the Pioneer of that place: “Our prineipal objection to friend Baxter’s lecture is that no country printing office has cap I's enough in its cases to set the entire lecture.” ‘ |

A sTRONG POINT is thus presented " by the New York Post: “The truth: is that one monopolist has more influence upon congress than a whole dis- - trict of his opponents, because his interest is coneentrated while theirs is di\'i(ile(.l and negrlec'ted.i This is,the' point which,,. the industrial classes have been long in discovering. lav- | ‘ing dism’n%‘g@d it, they propose to act: - accordingly.? . , Sl A n_o'l'smc;.tempemnce meeting was | ;recently held at Tipton, this State. j{‘_v.]mwyers, doetors, county officers and jidges made speeches. All the saloonkeepers—three in number—offered to retire. from the business of selling liquor, on condition that the druggists enter into an agreement for a like . purpose.. This the druggists xefused to dos and the “ardent” is therefore still’dealt out in large and small quan‘tities. ' i 5 e el > G by AN exchange makes this excellent point: “Our little army numbers 25,000. men, but the staff of officers count 633, many of them of the rank of brigadier general. "When the Prussian "~ .army numbered 400,000 men, its . staff was composed of 100 officers, all told. The Russian army of 800,000 men had a staff of :300 officers. The _ reader cap see by this comparison where so much-of the army expenses ~ go to. Our army is considered ‘all head’ and ne tail.’”

Wio shall succeed Mr, Sumner in the Senate is exciting widespread discussion, not only 'in Massachusetts but throughout the whole country. Chas. Francis Adams; E. Rockwood Hoar, and H. L. Dawes are the most pr”ominently mentioned names, The Legislature which is now in session will elect o successor next Tuesday. If that bedy were disposed to do a graceful act, and at the same time secure the services of their ablest and most distinguished fellow-citizen, the election of Mr. Adams would at once settle the contest. . 1

ALMOST comple’te returns from the New Hampshire election indicate that Weston, the democratie candidate for Governor, lacks only about five hundred votes of having an absolute majority over all his competitors. The Legislature is democratic in both ITouses, which secures Mr. Weston’s election to the Governorship by that body. The Republicans are greatly chagrined over their defeat and indignantly attribute its cause to the recklessness of the Grant administration and the pernicious influence wielded over it by Ben Butler. i

SPEAKING of the undecisive result of the New Hampshire election, the N. Y. Post indulges in these observations: “It is likely that had old names and organizations been abandoned and new ones substituted, coming fresh from the people, as in some of the western states, the opposition would have come out of this campaign with a larger majority than any party ever received in that State. The election was therefore a verdict against both the old parties, and shows that neither can be kept alive except as a balance to the inefficiency and corruption of the other. The final dissolution of both appeéars to be only awaiting a new party founded on principle.”

THe Indianapolis Journal pays this handsomely worded tribute to the lately departed Senator from Massachusetts: “Mr. Sumner was the most learned man in the Senate. Ie was an able lawyer, an accomplished linguist, thoroughly conversant with classical literature, both ancient and modern; and.a master of rhetoric and oratory, an elegant writer, a patron of science, and a lover of ‘art. There is hardly left in the Senate a greater lawyer, none to equal him as a linguist, none to surpass him as a writer and speaker, none to compare with him in knowledge of belles lettres, none to approach him in extensive and critical knowledge of art.”

ELSEWHERE we publish the official calls for both Democratic and Republican State conventions. We do this, to accommodate all our readers, of whatever political persuasion, that they may be able to peruse the invitations sent forth by the spokesmen of the two contesting parties. It will be "noticed that both committees have adhered to the absurd basis of representation which provides for nearly 1900 delegates, when it is a well known fact that there is not a hall in Indianapolis of sufficient capacity to accommodate that’ number of “representatives of the people.” A deliberative body of 500 discreet d4nd competent representatives ean accomplish the object for which they are convened infinitely better and.far more satisfac. torily than an unwieldy and boisterpus convention of 1900.

SUMNER’S BATTLE-FLAG RESOLUTION. The Springfield Republican prints a letter from Senator Summer to a personal friend in that city, dated March 20th, 1873, wherein, after alluding to his sickness, which he says goes back in its origin to the injuries received seventeen years ago, he speaks as follows of his battle-flag bill: - 1t seems to me unjust and hard to understand that my bill ean be called hostile to the soldiers or to the President, when it was introduced by me on May 8, 1862, and then again February 27, 1865, and when it has been commended by General Scott, General Robert Anderson and General Thomas, all good and true soldiers. If persons would only consider camfidly my original conclusions on this question they would see how natural and inevitable has been my conduet, as’if in such a matter I could show hostility or spite to anybody. lam a public servant, and never was I moved by a purer sense of duty than in this bill, all' of whieh will be seen at the end. Meanwhile men will founder in misconception and misrepresentation to be regretted in the Fight of day. Yours, etc., CHARLES SUMNER.

~ Those who recollect the speeches of Hon. H. B. Sayler, when he canvassed the old Tenth District as a candidate | for Congress in 1872, may remember the fierce indignation with which the gentleman from Huntington denounced the Massachusetts Senator for introducing this resolution. He “slashed, foamed and roared” in the most approved style, and appealed to the prejudices of his hearers, and eéspecially to the ex-soldiers, in a manner that at once stamped him an arrant demagogue and reckless ‘deceiver.— Now, that the illustribus Massachuset't.s Senator is no more and prejudice has measurably died away, it is l’)arel'y possible. that the spirit -of remorse may remind Sayler and his ilk of their injustice two years ago. , il O e FEMALE EXTRAVAGANCE. 1t is a noticeable fact that not only life-long advocates of temperance Jaws but a goodly number of ininisters of the Gospel express themselves decidedly in opposition to/the female crusade against the liquor traffic. Some | of the ablest and most popular clergymen have taken occasion to caution members of their eongregations against participating in these fanatical movements. But the most emphatic denuncitaion from such a source is that of Rev. C.'A. Herman, of Cincinnati, who recently thundered these words into the ears of his congregation: ‘ , If our mien would start a ecrusade against dry goods and millinery stores, and shut up about nine-tenths of them, the consequencé would be that our wives would be more economical, that they would be better housewives; fathers would be happy in their family circle, and 'half of the saloons would be compelled to close their doors for want of patronage. Here would be the right field of action for Dio Lewis ‘and those fanatic preachers. But this would not do. The dry goods merchants- contribute enough money .to aid in the crusade in order that the men cannot spend a cent for drink, but that the wife may spend the last cent for dress. ‘ { This honest, old-fashioned talk may not be calculated to elicit applause from certain quarters, but there is enough in it to set some people to pondering over the question: Are there no other abuses in our social system besides the consumption of spirituous and vinous liquors ?

THE REASON WHY. The Nation, an independent paper with republican proelivities, gives the reason why the railroad companies have struck for higher pay for hauling Mr, Creswell’s postal cars. It was the inordinate number of dead heads who rode free all over the country as far and as often as they pleased. This dead head list included not only all the chief men in the department, but all who hang arpund it. In the list were found Gen. Babcock, James T. Ely and Robert M. Douglas, of the personal staff of the President,;. and Mullett, the munificent government architect, who has cost the country untold millions. 'While Mr. Postmaster General Cresswell was warring on the franking privilege he might have found time to reform this other abuse which has been found lying so close %0 his nose. / ;

WILL some of our contemporaries who occasienally grow 'eloquent .in their demands for an “organ” at Indianapolis, be kind enough to reflect for amoment whether the non-possession of a “central organ” qmight not, after all, be considered an advantage to the party? We have something of a recollection that not a great while ago the then existing “organ’” at the capital occasioned a number of our editorial brethren considerable wunpleasant labor and that the general estimate of the concern was not of the most favorable character. Considering the past, it would be difficult to determine whether the benefits derived from an “organ” are notabout counterbalanced by the mischief which usually accompanies its operations.

DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—JeIry F. Miller, aged 106 years, died at the | residence of his son-in-law, E. F.Griest, six miles northwest of the city, on Wednesday of last week. With the exception of James Fruits of Ripley township, who is 111 years old, he was the oldest citizen of the county. - Crawfordsville Journal. Montgomery .county must either: be a very healthful locality or some of its citizens sustain a distant relationship to Methuselah. THERE was ‘4 prominent Granger from Hancock county, named 1. B. Comstock, wlio, in some remarks at the meeting of-the Democratic State Central Committee, on Wednesday night last, gave it as his opinion that the democratic party would carry the State at the next election by fifty thousand majority. Ide is now fifty years old, and never voted a democratic ticket in his life, but will swallow the whole hog this year.—Franklin Herald, f

The proposed Centennial appropriation has dwindled down.to $3,000,000, and there are grave doubts whether 1t can, even at this reduced figure, be engineered through. There is a decided feeling growing up against it all over the eountry, and membex_'s of Congress are beginning to fear it asa sort of second grab, . .

EDITORIAL NOTES. fo TR = { The Huntington Herald is the most. ! enthusiastic temperance paper in Northern Indiana. - | The Huntington people are agitating gravel road and turnpike projects: | There are numerous other counties”' that ought to follow suit. ' o Tt is hinted that the present efficient | Superintendent of Public Instruetion, Hon. Milton B. Hopkins, is pubting himself in training for the next guber- | natorial race. IHe “runs” well and | would make a splendid Governor. ‘Hon. F. E. Spinner, U. S. Treasurer, | spent a few days in the city of India- | napolis last week. ! L ]

Senator Morton is troubled with a lame foot. Otherwise he is said to enjoy excellent health. = ol In order to pay off their school debt, the enterprising citizens of Butler, in DeKalb county, have issued bonds.to the amount of $B,OOO. : The Indianapolis?" Sentinel wants to know whether it is too late to organize a new party in Indiana. Keenan ought to be able to answer that ques tion himself. He has had an opportunity to consult the great men who habitually congregate at the capital to arrange these matters. : =

There is a loud and general demang that a new trial be granted Gen. Fitz John Porter; who was disgraced by a packed court martial. Nothing' but personal spite and political venom seems to stand in the way. - It seems to be pretty generally conceded that the Democratic-Liberal ticket in Connecticut will be triumphantly re-elected. - My, M'cLean', of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was imprisoned in the county jail for refusing to reveal the name of the person from whom he obtained important information relating to matters now' undergoing judicial investigation, - The Cincinnati Commercial’s pirophet, who foretold the nomination of Horace Greeley, now comes out with the horrifying prediction that Ben. Butler will be the next republican nominee for President.

The Pennsylvania Senate, consisting of thirty-three members, emp]oyslonly forty-five understrappers =to render service unto their masters. ‘Verily, the rascality of Pennsylvania politicians knows no bounds. i An eccentric sort of a preacher named Ezra P. Hershey, of Birdsboro, Berks county, Pa., is writing a book describing' his experience in leaven—and the other place—as he saw them in a trance. The information won’t amount to much, but since Bro. lershey finds it more congenial to write ‘a beok than to plant ecorn and potatoes, no one should begrudge him the “earning of an honest penny.” : Some -of the metropolitan papers again advocate burning of the dead instead of burial. We have a dreddful horror of such grave subjects.

Some of Gov. Hendricks’ democratic enemies are publishing devnun;ciatory communications of him int he Cincinnatl Enqguirer. - And last week Charley Reeve, of Plymouth, even managed to get a four-column whack at the Governor into thé columns of the Indianapolis Sentinel. Gentlemen, let us have peace! . * The official call for the holding of the Republican State Convention on the 17th day of June has been promulgated by chairman Wallace. Chairmen of county committees are requested to call conventions for the appointment of full delegations. Lo - Ward H. Lamon, who was President Lincoln’s Marshal for the District of Columbia, has written another letter in which/ he emphatically reasserts that Mr. Lincoln was an infidel. ~J. H. Smart; Superintendent of the Fort Wayne schools, is spoken of as the next Democratic candidate for the office of Superintendent of Public Instructions. He would make a good one, The Indianapolis Journal blandly informs the Libeml-Republicans that they are mnot considered a bad set of fellows, and that they will be cordially welcomed to vote the tickets of the Grant party. Considerate, indeed!

DeXKalb County. (Items clipped from the Waterloe Press.) - :,The Grand Jury report that they have examined the county jail, and find the same unsafe, unhealthy and unfit to confine persons therein for any length of time; L. D. Britton, foreman. ] : . Last Thursday evening, a man named Mains, hailing from Noble county, was arrested at Butler, in this county, on the charge of being too much married. ; A Granger, who lives southwest of town, made up his mind sometime since to pay no more profits to middlemen. . He accordingly sent his money to a so-called grange store in Chicago, where they sell ten yards of jeans for $1 and other articles in proportion.— Sometime has now elapsed, and as nothing has been heard ' from the remittance, the granger begins to suspieion there is an animal in the wood pile. : : The t&wn authorities have been feeding a'good many traveling paupers during the winter. : - A Justice of the Peace fined Prof. Cushman $l5, for swearing at the peo‘ple of Wolcottville. - - The Disciple Church is using a large steel triangle for a bell. It makes considerable noise. The Butler school has adopted the ‘plan of teaching on Saturdays and i keeping closed on Mondays. |

Democratie State Convention. The Democratic State Central Committee held a meeting at Indianapolis on Wednesday of last week, for the discussion of political matters, and taking action as to the holding of a State Convention, and the apportioning of delegates to the various counties. E.S. Alvord resigned his position as chairman of the Committee, and thé Hon. Joseph E. McDonald was appointed in his place. The State Convention will be held on the 15th day of July. The apportionment was arranged upon the basis of one delegate for every one hundred votes cast for Hendricks at the last election, and one for every fraction of a hundred, if over fifty. This gives Noble twentythree delegates. By :

A number of Warsaw’s most prominent citizens still take a nip “behind the door,” and preach temperance on the streets i 5

. COUNTY FAIRS, AGAIN. Immediately after our Fair last fall the writer hereof maﬂtknown throug:h the BANNER his views of what the Fairs as at present eondueted i'esiiit' in, and what he conmsiders a Detter course, a bringing back of the Fair fo the original intent of its: founders— The editor asked ‘“some lover of the fast horse to take up the cudgel.” | Though. the colt has been “long-a bornin,’” the fast mare is delivered at last. Dropping that metaphor and

taking up another, the writer of last week’s article on the flrst page of the BANNER has mounted his fast horse and shown his speed by instantly leaving the truth behind &im. Does- it follow beeause *the present system of management is denounced,” that, therefore, “a change of officers is called for?” - It may be that the writer, possibly being an officer, and determined on his part to permit no chéingq of conduct, sees that it means to him a change of officers. Tt is an inference, he has nothing else to show forit. He proves that he is right by charging those who think differently from him with being “old - fogies,” “grumblers, jealous and nyiserable,” “jealous drones who never have anything to exhibit, nothing at least that shows a mark of improvement,” and econtrasts them with the' fast horse men, whom he refers to as “the enterprising, intelligent class, who are adv:mcingn&th 9ivilization.” ; ‘ From this, the; writer gets down to hard pan, by giving one paragraph to the horse needed :by farmers, while the fast horse, the trotter, has two columns, made up partially by giving the views of some women 'and ministers. . nTe

1t is not the purpose of this article to stigmatize, deride or Dbelittle the horse. the “noble,” “useful,” “gentle” horse, but the ignoble use to which he is put by meaner animals than he. Not the fast horse, or trotter, as sueh, but the “enterprising, intelligent class” who jockey him, who make him win the race or lose it—both for money—and the majority of whom, wandering from Fair to Fait, have horses which could not impart their qualities of speed and endurance to progeny, and if the could, are entirely unserviceable otherwise to the farmer. The county Fair is supposed to be intended for the farmer’s benefit, and the qualities which he most needs to look to,in the horse, are those which “speed the plough.” ; it . Just at_this time, when the annual meeting of the County Agricultural Society will soon be held (April 4th, 1874), if the editor of the BANNER will reproduce the last fall’s articles which has been found fault with, the farmers can see for themselves whether they were intended for their best interests or not.. D. H. REYNOLDS,

GERMAXN EDITORS’ UNION. The Meeting at Teérre aute—Organization and Platform. The members of the German press of Indiana held a meetingat Terre Haute on Wednesday, March 11th, and organized the “Gierman Press Association.” Those in attendance were A. Scidensticker, of the Indianapolis Z'elegraph C. B. Lizius, of the Indiana Deulsche Zeitung ; Julius Beetticher, of the Indianapolis Volksblatt; F. Lauénstein, of the Evansville Democrat ; S. Esslinger; of the Evansville Union,; R.Worch, of th& Fort Wayne Volksfreund; F. V. Bischowsky, of the Terre Haute Banner; -and R. Reinman, Adolph Frey, Carl Habicht, and J. H, Grunnert, of thé Central Committee of the State :Anti-Temperance Society. : The association was organized by the election of Julius Beetticher as President, and Rudolph Worch as Secretary. i Jinp 7 ATHEIR PLATEFORM, The association adopted the following preamble and resolutions, indicating their position on the temperance question: e Warreas, The agitation and legislation, prevalent in various parts of the United States for the last twentyfive years, to produce general sobriety by the'enactment of more or less stringent prohibitory laws against the traflic in spirituousliquors, has utterly failed of its objeet. 2 WHEREAS, ' Any and all enactments for effecting general sobriety, must necessarily and' utterly fail in their purpose, if not based upon the self-re-spect of the individual and a publie opinion which upholds the morality of the individual, by holding him responsible for every violation of! godd morals. . e WHEREAS, All prohibitory laws vitiate this principle and recognize the opposite, that the State must protect the individual against the individuality, by taking away every opportunity for obtaining any intoxicating beverages. SR Sy ol WHEREAS, The so-called Baxter liw is such a prohibitory law, with the additional objection, that it seeks to obtain its object—prohibition—under false pretenses and in ?n indirect manner. § 4 ’ ;

WuereAs, The Baxter law, in undue manner, restricts and encroches upon the personal freedom and liberty of trade of the citizens. ' dib WHEREAS, ' ‘We are, though opposed to total abstinence, decidedly in favor of general sobriety, and therefore, likewise condemn the Baxter law, because by its praetical operation it lessens the use of light drinks, thus leading to hypocracy and intemperance, Therefore, be it ,’ - Resolved, That’ we, the German editors of the State of Indiana, pledge ourselves as-citizens and editors notto assist any. .candidate.at the coming elections for State offices and Legislature, who is known to be in favor of the temperance law in'its present pro—seriptive form, or advocate still more stringent restirictions. ; Resolved, That we are in favor of a license law which permits the reasonable use of beverages in respectable places and suppresses every disorderly business of that kind. : : Resolved, That in the coming campaign we shall use our influence. in favor of that origanization which shall most nearly représent our views-and desire in this matter, and most implicitly pledge itself to abelish or medify the gaxt,er law. i g . The Association then adjourned, after deciding to meet annually. :

A BEAUTIFUL case of poetic justice was that of the-presentation, by his colleague, Mr. Boutwell, in the Senate, ‘on the last day of Mr. Sumnes’s stay there, of the:resolution passed by the Massachusetts Legislature, rescinding ‘their obnoxious censure of his battle, flag resolution. , For more than a year' Mr. Sumner had borne thatjﬁrdg?nify,ﬂ ‘and to be justified on the last” g‘bfzi liis Tife by a publie’ withdrawal ofithe accusation, was the érownffig'trivmph! ‘of the patriot statesman. =~ . = " |

o STATE ITEMS. | Mr. Curimple of LaGange is in bads .odor, because he “attel%ted to- steal some skunk skingfrom N. WeShurr's shop, _l_{9~se]fgf‘anc§§aise thq’wh%’:ﬂml to pay his way %a danee.” “He how %\? a chanee to “Gut pign \glgs”%g)n » stoned flbordbehind He jail gites. The women organized at Indianapolis two weeks ago. The first day’s fight resulted-in a ~complete victory: Outiof elevenspetitions - and applications for liquor license before the Counfour dissmissed, and ‘one taken under advisement. e

‘Gen. Tom. Browne, late Republican candidate for (Governor, has removed from Winchester tolndianapolis andreentered the old firm of Gordon, Browne & Liamb. * He positively refuses to allow his name to bé mentioned in connection with the Congressional racein thie Fifth District. ;

We learn that one of our ‘country schools has 'introduced a new feature. When one of the girls miss ‘a word the boy who spells it-gets to kiss her. Several girls are fast forgetting all they ever knew about spelling, while the boys are improvigg with unexampled rapidity.—Lebanon Pioneer.

Warsaw is to have five days of musical jubilee in the new Opera house, ,commencing on March 16th, under the directorship of a gentleman from Chi‘cago, dubbell by the Indianian the Gilmore of the west, and the best musical talent to be found in Warsaw and other towns in Northern Indiana.

Reports from various parts of the county indicate that the greater portion of the growing wheat has been frozen out. There is occasignally a field in which the wheat is tolerably well preserved, but such instances are rare. The damage will probably amount to from three to- four-fifths.—Hunting-ton Herald. . | y

The artesian well apparatus is now in order and working! away at :the earth’s crust. The gas below: is so powerful that it works its way to:the surface through 1,300 feet of water, and burns for several Ininu€es. From this, one wouldjudge that- there is a pretty hot place somewhere below.-— Fort Wayne Sentinel. 4 ‘ 1. B. Chestnut and wife, of Argos, Marshall- eounty, who have lived together in Christian fellowship for the last thirty years, were separated one day last week, permanently, it is said for the simple reason that the oid lady thought it her Christian duty to take the conceit out of a fifteen year-old son with a flail, to which thie head of the family objected, whereupon a quarrel, final separation and ‘division of their worldly effects ensued. . There is a sort of a bronchial affeetion now ' raging in'‘this city in the form of a light epidemic.:: It attacks children prineipally but aged persons are not secure from its attack. The -patient at first experiences a slight fever, then a chill, after which the throat becomes very swollén and swallowing is attended by severe pain. A cough, attended by pain over the temples, nervous headache, and pain in the back then follows. It is supposed to have its cause in the rapid changes in the weather.—Kokomo Democrat. 3

The Marion Chronicle learns that, throughout the county of Grant, farm work is rather in.a hackward state. The winter'’has been so open and rainy that it has been almost impossible to pursue any work that required the use of wagons. The great storm of last year blew down mueh: fencing that has not been repaired. ' A large amount of valuable timber prostrated by those storms still lies in the woods—there having beén neither snow nor frozen roads on which to get it to mills. Many who designed building this season will be unable to.do so because of disappointment in getting legs to the mills for lumber. - oy It is your true Parisian who eommits suicide in the mostdeliberate and most romantic manner, but aside from the romantic we doubt if there is on record a more deliberate’suicide than that of Hugh MecCannon, of Franklin, this State, a young-bachelor, who became depressed on account of his business affairs. He was found in his ‘room, dregsed in broadeloth and clean linen, with a revolver in his hand, which had been fired into his head, back of the right ear.. -He died in ten minutes after the discovery. ‘He had wrapped about his neck and’shoulders a cloth. to prevent soiling histclothes. He left four long letters to friends, ready for mailing.’ A note pinned to his clothing stated that hé had killed himself, and desired to be buriéd in the suit he then had on. One, letter was to a Fort Wayne ‘minister, requesting him to come and preach the funeral Sermp; S e NiR S ik

T - B—- ' FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS. : Australia has joined Germany in'a strong attidude against ultramontanism. v : ; ~ The Asiatic cholera is raging at Buenos Ayres and from thirty to fifty deaths per day are'reported. TFifty thousand people have fled to the rural districts, including President Sarmienbig o g ST bt el The cholera has now raged in Munich, Bavaria,.eight menths;. to ‘the great, despairof. hotel keepers: and business men. generally, who have kept open. their. establishinents.at a ruinous loss. Thenumbeér ef deaths has been enormous, but.is now on'the ‘deerease; i in wtutrsd auidete b . It is not alackof food in' India that causes the famine but a lack of means to transport food from' whete it is plenty. to where there is mone ‘or a scarcity. A few railroads would do away. with all:famirnes-there, and the English Go.vemngen’t --quk}‘_ better spend, its ‘money’ that: way' than'in fighting untutored Aﬁjieart;s. FREI . 'The picked ‘members ‘of the Irish Rifle .?Agsbci‘a{fi?pjf l}geg?ﬁgj 'b‘f;ateh‘ the crack marksmen of Erigland I‘;C} Scotland in‘the recent contest at V gﬁme‘ton, are now looking 16 the United States’ fof"“f,gémeﬁ , Wworthy, of their meeting” afid have ‘sént a’ formal ‘éhallenge proposing “tO, shoot. against any eight native Americans ‘Whl.? -may be selected; Tor];g;e ““championship of the world”—the matgl_;tg,gomq off ‘next atitunih!" The rnges ate to be 800,900, 1,006 and 1,100 yards; ‘guns mnot to exceed ten’ bddnds_;weight; no téleseope sights; or hair‘triggers to be used, and no “artificial rest” to be permitted. ‘The c¢hallénge creates not a little ~excitement among “best shot” circles this side.of the Atlantie, and the matter is being earnestly considered by our - gentlenien of the trigger. - Hillsdale ‘Collegeé Burned.

The central part-and west wing of ‘the’ Hillsdale ‘Collége %l’din’g wére destroyed by five on’ F'riddy ‘morning, Mareh 6tH.""" The pianos, carpets, and all the valushis f.ﬁ‘\éuiﬁgﬁé' were saved, as also the magnificen _Tlibr(ag;if . Tthe. ‘cabinet was (:o‘mp]ejbelg* destrdyed, and’ 4l the spécimens, W ﬁ"‘_ﬁ:}d‘ taken _years to ackumiilate. "Thé firé "ori#iﬁ-& atad it dsthrought;ii & room "which hal.d be_efri», trish}y,pain,ted;,?&mgra Wh:ﬁh ~a large fire had heex %pla.cad" d, fo dry the ‘ ﬁaiﬁg - Tligé%%&%gg, .av.in¥ohar;&e -of it aré supposed to have fallen asleep, and hienee the catastrophe’ “The loss is. estimated ‘at $lOO,OOO, onrwhich there ig an insurance 0f.550.000 in different companies. . . .

INDIANA POLITICS. e i % ﬁ'l“ 'EAL CALLS FOR STATE | 5 i (‘ol\?\'l-)‘.\"![o&'_. TR Patheti¢ «Pronunciamentos by the o irmen of the Two Commlﬁee‘s.;; ¥ :%'DE%%TIC STATE CONVENTION. Therd a delegate convention held atlndianapolis on Wednesday, the 15th day of July next, by the democracy of Indiana to nominate a _state ticket, to be voted for at the October elecjon, 1874, and for the transaction of such other Sﬂsiéess as may properly come before it. ponh DG IRLIO 0L representation ju.-the convention. will be one yote for every one hundred votes cast in the“nﬁ(‘u&w%h Hane Thomes A. Hendricks for governor, at tLe election in 1872, and one vote for every fraction of fifty votes and over. Thé democratic party of Indiana, claiming fellowship with, and desiring the co-(%_peration of all good men withoutregard to past pa}ty afliliations, Who viéw the presént gondition.of our’political affairs as imperatively demanding reform, and who are disposed earnestly to labor for the overthrow of a corrupt party, and a profligate administration, most cordially inyvite all such to unite with it in council and in sction.

+;:In these times ef official corruption and political misrule, it becomes, more than ever, the duty of all good citizens to requlre a strict adherence to, #na faithfal compliance with, the priuciples npon ‘which our political institutions rest. ‘Justice and sound policy florbm that one branch of ix;ﬁustry ‘s,honld be cherished at the expense of another, or that exclusive privileges should be conferred upon any one class of the people; and therefore, the ppgqp]e view withalarm the growing tgg*p\ te monopolies:and class legislation, gh ‘th Ovegsﬁad'owing" influence of the money power in comtrolling legislation, and in. shaping the destinies of the country. These influences must be checked. : ; “ "The only certain and safe remedies for the dangerous tendencies of the times, are to be found in the strict construction of tLhe federal constitution, and'the assamption of no doubiful powers; an honest and economical admiﬁistrutinn of our p‘gb'_lic affairs, both state and national; the ostracism from publ.ig life ofall who are fonund guilty of official corruption, snd & strict subordination of the will :‘(;f the representative to the will of the people, regarding the great body of the people as the only H;t;_ibunz;’l for the ultimate decision of girestions affecting their. government, both ag to men and |measures, The people have no divided interests, but all ;}ikﬁ,@egi;e to see: e 1 e’ profected against the enerdachments of mere mopney power. 2. The industrial interests gnarded against the exactions of monopolies. : éf..'l‘ge‘,ppbng burdens enlightened by hevesty ‘m;rl;economy in the administration of pnb})c af-

Moreover, the people wonld like to see such chanres effected in our financial system as will guard against the rapid fluctnations in prices, consequent upon tbe sudden contraction and exPgn,wn‘ of our currencyy with such:additions to itS present volume as the business of the country’ requires, adopting and discriminating in favor of Jegal vender treasury noteés ad against national bank'currency. : - . *There is-no hope of securing these reforms ~thmqé)h the agency of the party in power. We tﬂe rg call u?ou all ;iood_geeple{ to meet with tthe polls, in behalf of thesé proposed measures, and to aid in staying the progress of corruption ang..r?io;i%le‘ (i w g 3 By order of the Democraiié State Central Com;mittee. - - J. E. McDONALD, Chairman, voAL T, Wanrreesey, Secretary. i : ' EUnder this appertionment.the counties of this of the State are entitled to representation as follows; Allen 64 delegates, DeKalb 19, Elithart 29, Kosciusko %2, Lagrange 10, LaPorte 32 Marshall 23, Noble 23, Steuben ‘lO, St. Joseph 25, ‘Whitley 18. Total number of delegates in the entire State, 1897.] ! ; REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. The.Republicans of Indiana are invited to meet in Delegate Convention, in the city of IndianapoLlig, at the Academy of Music, at 10 o’clock’' on ngneqday, the 17th day of June, 1874, to give ex'_p'{e_ssioh to their political faith and purposes, and ~to nominate candidates for Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer -of State, Attorney General, one Jadge of the Supreme Court, and Superintendent of Public _lnetruptiou, to be chosen at the; next general election. ~ , _ The Republican party, having been formed cn ‘the basis of the immortal Declaration of Independence, and avowing itsell the part‘yv of equali“ty, justice apd progress, able to rectify its érrors, ‘as well as to correct the wrongs of its adversaries; hs&vixvxg successfully fought the battles of human liberty, and being the only party of known principles, able {\u}d}_w\i}ling to ‘n}ect’ any cmcrgcq_cy of governnießty ﬂﬁes all good“men who sympaqhise in these principles to participate 1n its deliberations and assist in its victory. ‘ . Upon the Lasis adopted by the State Central Committee, the vepresentation is fixed at oue del- | egate for each‘ one hundred votes, and one for each fraction over fifty votes; cast in the several counties for W. W. Curry for Secretary of State, at the general election in Octover, 1872, .

Chairmen of County Committees are requested 8 Bée that County Conventions are held, and delegates appointed on the aboveé basis. with the view of haying a full representation, Chairmen’ of Congtessional Districts- will arrange for meelings of their delegates at some suitable time before.the hour. of the meeting of the Convention, to- namé their Committeemen and other representatives, g Sot By ordér of the Sfate Central Committce. : , WILLIAM WALLACE, Chairman, Jrrome C. BurNETT, Secretary. 2 tUnder this apportionment the counties of this part of fire" State are‘entitled to representation as follows: Allen 85 delegates, DeKalb 19;;!?111{_11:1“ 30, Kosciusko 28, /Lagrance 19, EaPorte! 3¢, Marshall 19, N0b1e.23, Steaben” 18, St.* Joseph 33, Whitley 14. - Totdl humber of delegates in the entire 5tate,1,889.7 "+ g 5 Aig Notes from the National Capital. .The ¢ '("'*ué'stion in Congress is stilLyngettled.” It 18 gradually narrowingltself down to the fact that the circu]&%'medium will be apaper medium.« But.whether this paper medium will be furnished by the government alone,'or by the national banks alone, is a quesm‘future decision. The bill for the reorganization’ of the army, as ﬁnalg_ag‘reed upon by the House Military": Committee, makes a reduction of eight regiments in all, cutting down the infantry totwenty, the artil_%ery to four, and the cavalry to eight: gngi;ents;h AT@J will leave the Aggregate of the army at twenty-five thousand instead -of thirty thousand men, a¢:i€ now stands; ' TN ~The Senatelias passed the bill providing for the appointment.of five com'n‘i%ssioners, who- shall serve without salary, to investigate theé manufacture and sale of malt andspirituous liquors ,ﬁhﬁughput the several States, and gather statistics and evidence of every kind touching theé sibject. The sum of, $lO,OOO is appropriated for the expenses of the commission,. . ' e Lt <Atk A L TheTowidlana’ matter sﬁm% Congress. . Senator ‘.Ca.rpenggr"j~ nade ambther forcible speech the other week, in ‘Which he discussed . the shallow: arguments of Bf(’n'?tori‘in a manner that surprised . the party folks, and filled them withalarm. ' He wanted to know by what' right or process Cohgress could . throw out:the electoral vote of Louisiana as illegal and yet count in E}éi;é %ﬁwwoge; as legal. No one atmpted -to answer him. It is time théat this miserable farce should end.

: Let the People Talk. sLa 0 U OMARHATTAN, KA., April 8, 1873. “ R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo,N. Y :—Your Favorite Prescription has done my wife a world of good. She has taken nearly two bottles and has felt better tl.l%'p'a;st Jtwoyweeks than'at any time in'the past two years. No more geriodical pains; none of that aching back or dragging sensation in her stomach she has been-accustomed to for several years. I have 80 much confidence in it that T would be. perfeetly willing to warrant to certain customers of ours who would be glad to get hold of relief at any expense.i Islave {ried many Latent Medicines, butnever had any occgsion to extol one before, a 1 YVery.truly yours, ity huussia e=oßo B, WHITING: L-MiS. E..R. Davry, Metropolis, lil,, writes, ‘dan. oth, 18731 “Dr, R. V. Piéree—My dister is using. the Favorite Prpscﬂ;!ﬁt,ionﬁmith great benefit.” ZMirY ANN FRISBIE, Lehman, Pa.. wrifes, May 20th, 1872: “Dr. R. V. ce—What I :hava’ffa‘liéabgg; your ‘,ldnﬁmﬁs'vr;bﬁen of more benefit' to than all ‘ethers and hundreds of doetory’ billg.” = S

F. BEAZEL, : v“ A\ln.‘upfuc:nrer‘ of : : Saddles, Harness ; ~—\\p—— TRUNKS, _I,.IGON:EER, INDIANA The pro.f)rict(;r wi!lzlie pléa;efl a; ax;'y btim; Lo wait on all who may wi’sh anyt{hipg inthe 1:ilbl(‘ ol; : HARNESS, /ooibe oo aisiy SADDLES, ; ' BRIDLES, e i BEHERS \ S dric a 1 BOORTIARR, 04 i G FLY-NETS, - - : BRUSHES, - : : : : CARDS,

&c., and in fact everytking pertaining to this line : of business. | e s B i ] ¢ S i ALI & - Especial attention is called to the fact ‘that he is now engaged 1n the manufacturing of all kindg of TRUNKS,. .. - Which, in = fnh e Style, Finish, Durability & Price, Are far superior tp.thbse of eastern m:mu:fagttire'. Call, See and Buy. October 30, '73-27tf -+ ~ . F. BEAZEY.

COMPANY, ’ SOUTI BEND, INDIZA: : , Manufacturers of =~ * ; : X R i ’ ‘,4. v Doors, Sash and Blinds, _ . All kinds of 1 WINDOW and DOOR FRAMES, . MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stairs, Stair-Railing, Balusters, Posts, &e, - : -7 And dealers in. L e Rough and Finishing Lunﬁber._‘ = L ST e e e : 'FHEY, have their Factory constructed with all‘A the modern improvements both in arrangement. and machinery, n{xd are amply prepared for thrning out a large amount and-variety of first-class work promptly, =.- : e i ~ The success of thig¢ Company bas fully demonstrated ‘that it was a needed ingtitution, and that ‘ in getting ont orders for.any.of the above named material for builders and others, they have given, _entire satisfaction.” They are-warranted in saying that . : hema ABULLDERS ORDERS & Are Filled Without Delay. \VE will'he pleased to furnish estimates on all kinds of work in-our line. . Corréspondence from those engaged in building, respectfully so* licited. - Slot dog = - Fagle Manufacturing Co. ‘South Bend, Ind., March 5 1874, 2 o ‘ﬂt.’):-':lm;", 'FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS!

j ; A sty Fisher Bros Will Sé}l all Goods in tlh(*irr_ V]‘i_ne £l L ! AT COST, FOR CASH. l Our st;ick mi;.:ists otJn f'qllvline' of .; 2 : i * 3 mMd 0 - z ~ Drugs & Medicines S Allkindsof et Patent Medicines, School Books, Stationery, LAMPS & LAMP CHIMNEYS, ~ PURE WINES AND LIGUORS, 3 For Médicinal purpoees’onﬁ;‘b?ééidéé i . _ Toqéﬁtin“‘érons :tbr;ment-iqu:' 5 CALL, EXAMINE G‘;lel).s"AN’;;’_ BUY Hoh .. Frsner Bro's. - Ligonier, Ind., December 11, 1873.- " . AS the time'approaches when our.ladies wil'be -+, on the look out for their'i_ine shoesfor .« =~ SPRING & SUMMER Wear, we would czl.l-l‘;hevlir apten_tién t-'o Llié’éte(;k of F. W, SHINKE & BRO,, Who have tl‘ie"éx‘clnsfive‘ sale of tﬁjé;iust]'y:cyel'ebrntéd Chog o sl ™y e NORWATUK SHOES,” Style, Fit, Finish and Durability, Call and examine them and we know you willnot purchage anyother, - s

They woufh also res(?ectfully' annonnce that tixeir large and complete stock of - For Men, Women hxid Children hive'b,een ’r‘ed,u»ced po #.OO gothe . tp Ay B 'VERY LOWEST NOTCH, : t.m‘(‘i. muﬁt and shall be éold. i . % PRICES TO SUIT TEE TIMES ! 'CALL,_ Price eur Goods, and select therefrom g while our steck is complete. oA EllsyPwonlFalbobednost &odé-b:t‘péif.éhstomers’"”" who haye been hgﬂiing their br%d\ieje. for - higher- <. prices tocall and settle their illgs‘to‘neg{ # ~© ' REMEMDER THEPLACR: Shinke’s Brick Building, ... CAVIN SIREET, LIGONIER, IND. - . February.lo, 1874-8:97. /i o hbmiind B & i . AT e SRy

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MILLIONS OF ACRES 1 ; - TG RECH FARMING LANDS IN NEBRASKA, NOW FOR SALE VERY CHEAP. TEN u_:f;_us CREDIT, INTEREST only 6 per cent. Descriptive Pamphlets, ;L;'?lTSect:fond 1 Maps'sent free. - THE PIONEER. A handsowe Illustrated Paper, containing the Howmestead Law, mailed free to all parte of the world. . Address O. F. DAVIS, i : Land Commistianer U. P. R. R., k i . EEE va,uu. NEs,

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