The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 April 1874 — Page 1

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CITIZENS’ BANK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. ; ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loauned on long or short time. ; NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. ORDERS for tirst-class securities executed on comp mikrion, i i AUENTS for Llnlpnrchasc and sale of Real Estate. ENSURANCE POLICLES written in firat-class comyanies, | | - }'IXCH ANGE boﬂizht and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal ¢ities of Europe, : AGENTS for the Inman line, . : Hamburg Line. }’ 7 PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seagmrta of” Kurope. 1 EiREH ANTS, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ accounts golictied, and all business transacted on liberal terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligouier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26

Lake Shore & Mich.Souti’n R. R. un and after December 14, 73, trains will leave Stacions as follows: ¢ ; GOING EAST: . Sp.N.Y.Ez. * Atlc. Ez. Accom., Chicug0....4.... 850 am..,. 33pm.. . K1khart.........1230 pm.... 950 ... 420 am G05hen,......... 110 ol X 0 i 4 A 8 Millersburg.... t 125 ...t1025 cecl DOB Ligonfer..i..i. 18¢ Sl a 8 .02 Wawaka,....:. T 1 49 081 08l Brimfleld...... t 1 57 e THs L B Kendallville.,.. 210 “....1113 Lo.omin Arrive atToledos2s @ ... 240.am....1000 4 GOING WEST: It Toledo. ... oeoesl2lo pm....1145pm.... 430 pm Kendallville.... 331 pm.:,. 310 am.... 840 Brimtield ...... 1345 . e ... 900 Wawaka....... 1356 iieald 86 s 819 Lighnier ....cvi. 4 04 sy 800 ciaw DOO Mﬁlersburg.... 1418 = 106, 4 ..., 900 Goshen ......-.. 483 Soeeilh 23 «.7.30:10 Rikhiart, .AR 450 7 & oM 4y =s[ 1035 MariveatChicago92o ... 850 ..., 7115 am tTrains do not stop. Expressleavesdaily both ways. : Accommobdat’n makesclosecounectionatElkhart with trains ﬁ‘oingEastand West. | CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. J:N.ENEPPER, 4gent, Ligonjer. P Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after March 29, 1874, GOING WEST. ; Nol, No 5, No 7, No. 3. : Fast Ex. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... 2:lsam 6 00am 9:4oam 2 15pm Rochester..... -...... -7 30am 10:50am 3 25pm A11iance....... s:4oam 11:00am I:4opm 6 13pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:lsam 12 b4pm 3:23pm - 7 50pm Mansfield..... 9:2lam 3 16pm 5:22pm 9 55pm Crestline...Ar, 9:soam 4 00pm 3:55pm 10:25pm Crestline. ..Lv.lo 10am 5 00am 6:lspm 10:35pm F0re5t.........11°34am 6 40am 8 13pm 11:59pm Lima..........12:34pm 7:53am 9.35 pm I:o3am Ft Wayne.,... 2:55pm 10:45am 12:30am 3:25am Plymouth..... s:o4pm I:4opm - 3:2Bam 6:osam Chicago'iv.ees. s.wgm s:3ogm 7:3oam 9:2oam GOING EAST. - NoSB, No 2, No 6, No 4. * Mail.” Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEz. Chicago....... s:lsam 9 20dm 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth,...: 9:26am 12 10pm 9 10pm 2 22am Ft Wayne....12,40pm 2 35pm 11 30pm 5 50am Lima.......... 3500 pm 4 2lpm- 1 36am .8 04dam F0re5t..,..... 4:2opm 6 22pm 2 45am. 9 23am Crestline ..Ar. 6:lspm 6 50pm 4 20am 11 15am, Orostline . .Lv. 6 15am 7 10pm 4 80am 11 30am Mansfield ..... 6 50am 7 37pm 4 57am 11.58 am 0rrvi11e....... 913 am 9 29pm 6 40am 1 58pm A11iance.......11 20am 11 10pm B 8 35am 3 40pm Rochester...., 210pm'........ 1042 am 6 02pm Plt.t.sburﬁ ....380pm 2:20am1l 45am 7°'lopm No, 1, daily, ex'cegt Mondaﬁ; Nos 2,4, 5,7 and 8, daily except Sunday; Nos. 3 and 6 daily.

. s die > . $ Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. ~ & Ft. Wayne R. R. . Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. o ~take effect March Ist, 1874, GOING NORTH. Exprees, Express. Accom. Richmond .= Jiaccii. i) 1010 am 350 pm Newport, i boiivain, ! 1838 ¢ 400 ¢ Winchester.....coeeses 11920 505 Ridgevﬂle. 1146 ** 531 ¢ Portland...ooveiiis o 1215 pm 600 ** Decatar......oviviv oy Tal Fort Wayne, D......... 800 am 225 pm K¢ndallville ........... 916 ** 403 * : %urﬁ15.....; Seaca o rogr st 59] enpon . aniiiis iy C L 1t 600 ¢ Ka1amaz00.............1215pm 655 ** Monitefth ooiii il sl Lldabde 3884 ; Grand Rapid5,.......a. 240 ** 915 . Grand Rapid5........d. 31C **- 928 am Howard Citg Bl9ss 1109 8. Up. Big Rapids.. 0. 0. 610 % 12 44 *% ReedCxtﬁ...L..‘.....,.. 6o ¢ 124 C1amLake............. 820 % 245 pm, '« < Traverse OlbY st eiiny o 040 8" A ./ GOING SOUTH. Express Express Express Traverse City.......... ; @ 730 am Olany Lake iiosec. 2i.y 500 am 1105 ** ReedCit}Y{.............. 627 ¢ 12 39pm Up. Big aplaseies ns OLt 11D % r Howsrd Cit¥.coccs 00l 805 ¢ 522 1 Grand Rapids......a.. - 030 430 Y Grand Rapids, .....d.. 725am11110 * 485 ** Monteith. (... -..0-0.. 851 *\l24o)pm 600 ** Ralamdzod, .. .0 98678 425 ¢ 6404 Mendon ... cooiain i a 1042 > ! 765" Sturgis cdv W iad iYL RO pan e Bigea T Kon &’Hv‘ﬂle.....;;....ﬁﬂpm 959 ¢ FortWayle...ag-ac..04 168 ** : 10.16:°" Decabnr. X %, .5 .a. 5. 307 ¢ Acgom Portiendi &. 5 ..., ~ 418.¢° 6boAm ‘Ridgeville Jo. 00. 00 442 ' 719 Winehester:. 4. ..... 505 742 % Newßort.. i........... 549 ' 880 ¢ Richmond ..\asisi.... 6154 900 % Express trains leaving Richmond at 1000 & m stop ; all night at Grand Rapids.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. : Condensed-time card, taking effect Nov. 3d, '73. GOING NORTH, ¥ GOING SOUTIHL. Expr. Mail. S!PATIONS‘ Expr. Mail. 350 pm 8 10am..Kalamazoo..11 20 am 645 pm 432°% 855 ¢ _ Monteith,,..lo 27 ** 556 * 518 % 937 YT Allegan. ... W5O 521 605 ¢ 1083 *¢ ...Hamilton... 910 * 438 % 637 ¢ 1104 * ..H011and..... 840 ‘¢ 408 ¢ 748 ¢ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 * 306 ** 834 ¢ 1255 ** .. Muskegon.. 700 ¢ - 225 * : F.R. MYERS, General Passenger and Ticket Agent Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R, Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th - day of October, 1872: (OING BOUTH, STATIONS. © @OING NORTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 § No.l Wo,B 425pm1200m a.....Waba5h....1700am 130 pm 3140 ‘¢ 1040 am .Nor. Manchester 750 ¢ 230 2 395 * 1020 ¢ ....SilverLake....Bl7 ¢ 3185 " 230 ¢ 905 * ......War5aw,,.:..905 ¢ 425 i 210 ¢ 820 ° .....Leesbm('lg.....92s 4 500 % 150 1+ 750 % ..,...Milford..... 945 * 530.* 1926 ¢ 720 . ~..New Paris...loos¢¢ 555 * 105 * 700 “s..dp.Goshen,ar..lo2s ** 620 ¢ 100 ..ar.Goshen,dp..lo3o * 12 30*¢ .., 81Rnart,.....1000 ° Praingrun by,Cleveland time. - i A.G. WELLS, Sup’t. 1868. EYE AN“ EAR 1874. o DR.C. A. LAMBERT, | (LATE OF omo.mo,)' . OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA. ,______________‘____________—————-—-——-—————'———"— Drs. WHIPPY & KIRKLAND, Office over Wilden’s Bank, - GOSHEEBEIN, - INDIAINA. Calls from a distance promptly attended to. T e R R L T L L

. P. W.CRUM, Ph?rsaclan and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = - . Indiana. Office at resdience on Martin st., near. corner of Third. Mayl2th, 1869. ». W. C, DENNY, M. D., | Physician and Surgeon, 1 LIGONIER, INDIANA, will Tomptly and faithfully attend to allcalls in the line of his profession—day or ‘night—in town or any distancein the country. - . - ‘ G, W. CARR, : Physician and Surgeon . ‘. LIGONIER, - - - ='= = IND. . Willpromptly gttend all calls intrustedto him. Office on 4th Bt,, one door east ef the NaTIONAL Bannzz office. g : j—fa;r ‘ | €. PALMITER, Surgeon and Physician, oL ¢ Officeat Residence. : Ligonmier, = = = = Indiana, A.S. PARKER, M.D., HEOMEOPATHEHIST, fiice on Mitchel street. Residence o:;Eaet street. Office hours from 1010 12 A: M., a?g tod ». M. : KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. May 3, 1871 - i ~ ' L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA, . Office, over Beazel Brothers’ new Harness Shop, : Cavin Street. . JAMES M. DENNY, . Attomegmund Counsellor at Law. | 8 ein the Court House, L ALBION, - - - » - - IND, 818 o N.H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA., Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block,

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| I, E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . ILlg ONIER, - < - INDIANA. ¥ Office inyMier’s Block, £ 7-2 7 . ALBERT BANTA, i. Justice of the Peaee & Conveyancer. ! LIGONIIER, INDIANA. - Special attention given to conveyagcin‘fx andcollections. Deedg, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Oflice over Straus & Meagher’s store, MEyvlb 1873 15-8-_3 .W. GREEN, = - ; = : 5 g Justicgof the Peace & Collection AL, Office with Dr. Liandond, second floor Landon’s : Brick Biock. LFGONIEER, - INDIANA. 9 T 7 M. A. MOYER, . (Successor to W, L. Andrews,) SURG EO N DENTIST, . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, Examinations free. g#-Oflice, Second Story, Mitcliel! Block. ¥ B-14-1y © ‘A M YEAY, - . D AT ST, Qorner of Mitchell"and State Sts., one block east of Post Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. §3¥~ All work warranted. Kendallville,'May 8,1871. : D B . T T S Nsot | D '~ A. GANTS, ; Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, * LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. i S : 1s prepared (,/;;— ) to do anything ;q/fﬁvf",-;”' BN inthei;l}ne} A [ e > succesful prac- ' 4 (&\é P soy tice of over 10 f s nana e | genrs justifies v e S e sei g him in sayiug APR &E o e = that he ‘can e G u_ﬁfc_. )m? ,ﬂﬁ?i . . N e giveentiresatVY R ,“’ isfaction to| all b AR ; who may bYestow their patronage. 8¥ Officeonedoornorth of Kime’s, Mavin St. PHILIP A. CARR, ‘ } » \ AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the bublic in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store oft P. Sisterhen.. : : Ligonier, January 8, *73-37

Oﬂ YES !—All you farmers who have sales to . Cry will do well to call on JOSEPH S. POTTS, : KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is as good at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-land cranberriés. Office at the Agriculture Store of*'G». A, Br:illhgrt. 42-6 m CONOORD & CATAWBA WINE. We sell Mr. L. SHEETS' Wines. I Pure — Nothing but the Juice of -the Grape. SACK BROTHERS, Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf : o

GEO. M, SHADE & CO., CARPENTERS AND JOINERS, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. Shops at Rnndol({)h’s Saw and Planing Mill. Orders solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. 8-2 . OV _ IS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONKES LIGONIER, IND. ; April 12, 1871.-50 H. R. CORNEILIL,, 18 now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American Oplt&'cal Company’s MULTIPYING GEM CAMERA, Which hae facilities for making 9, 18, 36, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall. Thefoilowing aretheprices: 7 Pictures f0r.......................8100. 16 L MR B 0 ;o B 8 3000 70 Se g e 200, PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! - Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 15,1871, OFFER FOR SALE, BGGS for HATCHING From the following var?ties of Pure-Bred Land and Water Fowls, at $2.50 per Dozen: ; Dark and Light Brahmas; Buff, Black, White and Partridge Cochins; Brown and White Leghorns; White and Silver-Gray Dorking ; Pl{'mouth Rocks; Houdans; Bluck Red, Earl Derby, and Pile Games; Rouen and Aylesbury Ducks; Teulouge and Bremen Geere, s I warrant one half of each dozen Egge to hatch, if they do not I will rep'ace them at 50 cts. lger doz. Send Stamp for circular, Eggs gent C. 0. D, if de--sired. Address, - ISAAC LYNDE, 44-3 m. Marlboro, Stark Co., O.

BININGER'S OLD LONDON DOCK GIN. Especially designed for the use of the Medical Profession and the Family, possessing those in-tringic-medicinal properties which be%’ong to am Old and Pure Gin. . Indispensable to Femaler. Good for Kidney Complaints. A delicious tonic. Put lzlp in cases containing one dozen bottles each, and sold by all dru%{;ists, grocers, &c. A, M. Bininger & Co., estabished 1787, No. 15 Beaver St., New York. 271 y For sale by FPisher Bro’s, Ligonier, Ind.

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. : V.W.AXTELL, ¢ ' : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871, . \ : STOE A UF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. 8. R. R. Depot, and four u}uares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the princi.fal business housesofthe city. Traveling men andstransers will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per aé.- J. B:KELLY, Proprietor, endallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 "

A New Hand at the Bel- : lows! el < ) OULD respectfully announce to his FRIEND: W and l;hep put;]llcy innggr?eral that he has S started in business on his ‘‘own hook” at the well-known McLEAN STAND, ON CAVIN BTR., " and has néw on hand a large assortment of Table and Pocket Cutlery, Best silver steel Axes, $1.50, Tin, Sheet-Iron, }?orper and Brass-Ware, and all : other articles usually found in a First-Class Tinware Establishment - . Stove Pipe Made to order and kept on hand. Special atten tion given te roofing, sponting, &c. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, But alwa{vu agr low as can be afforded b{ straight - orward dealers. Give mchg call. | Oct. 16, "73-25t1 JOHN ABDILL. OBSTACLES TOMARRIAGE. Happy Relief for Young Men from the effects of Errors and A‘bnce&ln earlylife. Manhoodrestored, Impediments to an‘hsc removed: New method f treatment. New and remarkable remedies,— %ooxﬂ and Circnlars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South ~Ninth Street Phﬂaﬂel{phia, Pa.,—an Institutien “having a h,lfir reputation for honorable conduct .and professional skill: 60| [v6l3-1y) _.“—————-———* 'H. C. WINEBRENNER & CO., : . 'HOUSR, 81GN AND ORNAMENTAL T PAINTERS, @rainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. _ Ligonier, < - » - Jndiana, - ' 'Whitewashing and calsomining done to order. A~ CHve us a call befure letting your work, and e will guarantee satisfaction. 8-1, ¢, 8-47-Iy.

o is ~ Written by request. : INVOCATION, '~ BY MANDA LEVERING. The Angelist ir ringing, ringing, Ringing once again for prayers; - And the white-robed ones are sifging, We’re mingling our praise with theirs. Ring ye silvery tones of love— - Angels bear our prayers-above. ¢ Soft the music swelling, swelling; To devotion each essays, X And the heavenly ones are telling, ~ How humble, pure, are earthly ways i Where we bend in prayer the knee. - Virgin Mary, fair, to thee. | . Holy Virgin, smiling, emiling : On this fair sweet world of onrs, ] 0, remember sin’s begniling, L And the thorne are hid 'mid flowere; And the soul oft goes amiss, v : In such a changing sphere as this. § \ We are weak, Oh! Mary; Mary! i And our days are days of woe. i« Temptations lurking, O, how wary! . Holy Virgin, dost thou know? Human weakness makes life frail, : Caust thou meagure those that fail? . Yea blesged Virgin, willing, willing, To pass our many errors by. We havé the wopf, we weave the filling ' Of brightest hue, or darkest dye; e When at last our web is done, L Wilt:thou, smiling, bid us come? ‘Echoing notes, that flying, flying, Throbbing o’er the city’s din, To warn the surging crowd of dying, Chanteth now begin, begin, ; Ere the solemn mass is'said, s . And th.evcen{s.or swings, to solemn tread. The last, low sound scems telling, telling, Of a world where music reigns. . ’Mid all things eternal, dwelling > On the fair, elysian plains. Then, Oh! holy Mary e'er— | Lieten when bells ring for prayer. .

5 Modes of Burial. | For some time the savants of Europe have been engaged in‘an interesting discussion of no less magnitude than that of cremation, or burning the ‘dead. Certain bold and liberal minds have taken up this matter, which traditional and public feeling have rendered sacred, and advocated cremation from material reason alone. Theexpense from modern burials, the time lost, waste to the vegetable kingdom, and general inutility to mankind are the points argued in favor of the ancient custom of disposing of the dead. It was the custom, ages ago, with all civilized races to consign their dead to the flames of the funeral pyre, and when reduced |to ashes they carefully gathered them up and preserved them in urns expressly for such use. Neither was this custom deemed sacreligious, but on the contrary it was regarded as the fulfillment of the highest duty to the dead. The last instanee of cremation occurred at Pisa, August 18th, 1822, when the friends and poets, Byron and Leigh Hunt, burned the body of their friend, the ill-fated Shelly. The ceremony was solemn and impressive and awful.— The dead in the catacombs of Paris are not allowed to remain for a longer period than. seven years. Then they are removed and made to enrich the soil. In thickly populated cities how best to dispose of the dead is a serious question. Cemetery after cemetery is abandoned and left to neglect. Vegetable life receives no benefit from the: decomposition and animal life is shortened by it. The manner of burial, after all, is only a time-honored sentiment of the living. Custom has led mankind to regard burial as the-most sacred and proper. Aside from our sentiments and education there can possibly be no preference as to what disposition is made of the dead. Yet there is with us an instinctive dread, a sort of holly horror, connected with the idea of cremation. It would require a vast amount of stoicism and philosophy to cause us to abandon the present mode of burial. Were it not for the vast accumulation that years would bring, the Egyptian mode of burial by embalming the dead, if we but knew the secret, would be far preferable to our modern system. That art of the ancients has been lost to the world and will doubtless never again be discovered. But in it we recognize a great superiority over the modern plan of burial. Thereis nofield, however sacred and hedged in by traditional feeling, that the disciples of modernrationalism do notinvestigate; and it is not strange, that, in this, the evening-of the 19th century, they are examining this question critically to ascertain if possible whether 1t can not be improved. These men are bold thinkers, and do not hesitate to attack customs which time and tradition have rendered sacred.. This question is engaging a pretty general discussion in ‘the prints and by the original thinkers of every enlightened clime on the globe, and if the diseussion results in a revolution of our present.ideas 0f Christian burial, and the supplanting of them by those of cremation, it will be %‘ matter of no abiding consequence. or, after all, it is a matter of no great consequence by which particular process our bodies are disposed of after .the spark of life has fled. Whether our bodies become food for the worms of the soil, or for the fishes of the sea, or are consumed by fire is of no consequence to us after death. By whatev=er method, our dust shall return to dust and our spirits to Him who gave them—Kokomo Democrat. :

.. 'Treating the Wrong Disease. | Many times women call upon their family physicians, one with dyspepsia, another with trouble of the breast, another with pain here and there, and in this way they all present alike to theinselves and their easy-going and indifferent doctors, separate and distinct diseases, for which he prescribes his pills and potions, assuming them to be such, when, in reality, they are all symptoms caused by some uterine disorder; and while they are thus only able to palliate for a time, they are ignorant of the cause, and encourage their practice until large bills are made, when the suffering patients are no better in the end, but probably worse for the delay, treatment, and other complications made, and which a proper medicine directed to .the cause would have entirely removed, thereby instituting health and comfort instead of prolonged misery. : From Miss Lorinpa E. St. OLAir, SHADE, Athens county, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1872: ¢ “DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.— Your Favorite Prescription is working almost like a miracle. on me. I am better already than I have been for over two years.” : From Erra A.SCHAVER, ZANESVILLE. IND,, August'3, 1872: : “DR. PIERCE—I recefved the medicine you sent me and began using it immediately. As aresult of the treatment I feel better than I have for three years.” L S ‘lgmi%%l;us. Joay K, Hamutx, Opgnr, Irr., March " “Dr.R. V. Pieroe—The Favorite Prescription has done & good, which 1 am very thankful for.” e e

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1574.

' The Millerstown Calamity. The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Commercial of April 2d gives the following account of the recent fire at Millerstown, Butler county, in that State, by which seven persons were fatally burned and about fifty business houses and a large portion of the town were destroyed, . entailing a loss of $300,000: At 1:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, Avpril Ist, a firé was discovered brealking from the basement story of ‘the Central Hotel. J. A. Frisbee, the bartender, who happened to be sitting up with a sick friend, discovered the fire and immediately rushed through the halls to arouse the guests. There were, including servants, one hundred souls in the house, and directly the corridors beecame the scene of the wildest dismay. Fortunately no lady guests were' registered last night or the story of horror and death might % have been immeasurably more painful to detail. The flames drifted up the - wooden walls, and, quicker than it takes to tell it, spread over the entire gouthern side and were curling in a thousand tongues from cornice to ga‘ble. The heat had the effect to crack all the . windows on that side of the houkeé, and admitted the flame and smoke before the most expeditious of the guests could put on their clothing. Men rushed almost naked into the hall, some not even taking their clothing in their arms, and, anxious to escape with their lives, tore up and down the corridors, madly seeking some outlet from the pursuing flames. The wildest horror prevailed. Shriek rose upon shriek in heart-rending accents, all the . more impressive because ' they came from strong men grappling with death, with the odds so terribly against all mere human power. Many on the lower hall had found their way out of the building, and the proprietor of the house, who was sick, had been borne out. For an instant it was hoped all would escape, but again that hope was: Liashed by thei beseeching cries for help by those who had lingered to dress, or in the excitement of the moment were unable to undo the fastenings of their doors. To add to the horror of the situation, it was discovered that the flames had crept through the southern sleeping rooms and, following the draft along the corridor, had cut off the servants’ escape from the attic. Between prayers, and shrieks, and groans the scene was now too much for human hearts, knowing their utter inability to render aid.— Many turned away from the sickening scene they found it as difficult to endure as to relieve. Some of the girls had the courage and presence of mind to turn their drapery over their heads for protection, and rush through the sheet of flame; and thussome escaped. Others rushed back to the north side and cast themselves from the windows upon the roof of the adjoining building, whence they were rescued. Others sank bewildered in the suffocating smoke and, like some of the guests on the floor below, yielded without a struggle to the terrible death before them. But the climax of the situation had not been reached until Nelly McCarty, one of the dining-room girls, appeared at the southern attic window and proposed tq jcast herself to the ground, forty feet'below. 'A warning cry arose from the crowd, but the poor girl would not retreat, and wit‘g a wild cry of despair she cast herself forth and fell, a pitiful mass of broken bones, upon the pavement. The flames were now spreading so rapidly that every one turned to rescue his own property. Masses of sparks and burning shingles were falling on the roofs around. In half an hour the greater part of the town was burning, and women were rushing wildly to theé fields, dragging their children after them. No water was to be got, and no resistance was made after the first feeble effort. The scene at the Hanlon House was only a repetition of that which hardly a minute before had taken place at the Central, which was only across a narrow street. The proprietors made every effort to alarm the guests and, from the fact that all the remains had clothing upon them, had undoubtedly succeeded in their duty, but they were forced to flee, and when the flames had subsided three human bodies were observed to be roasting in the ruins, and a like number were exposed to view upon the coals of the Central. o

The dead so far discovered (though’ almost undoubtedly .a further search among the debris of the Central will discover more) are Nora Canty, din-ing-room girl; Captain Oliver, of the Rynd Farm, guest at the Central; Butcher George, porter at the Central; Sanford Acker, guest at the Hanlon House; a young man unknown, guest at the Hanlen House; Philip Martin, guest at the Hanlon House. The registers of both hotels were lost. Nelly McCarty was removed to the house of a friend, and after receiving the holy sacrament according to the Catholic faith underwent an examination by the surgeons, who despair of her recovery, as she is injured internally. The general opinion is that the fire originated from escaping gas, but the Central Hotel people claim that it must have been the work of an incendiary. L

County Fairs—The Noble Horse. . [From the Kokomo (Ind.) Democrat.] The special committee of the Agricultural Society, appointed to prepare a premium list for the fair of 1874, met in this city last Saturday. The antihorse element predominated. The premium on the best pound of butter was put at $lO, while the premium for the best speed was put at the niggardly sum of $5O. Unless the programme is changed, unless the Society give a larger sum to speed, there will be no fast horses at the fair. Pumpkins, bulls, and turnips will be the only attraction. Nine tenths of the people who attend fairs go to see the races, that’s what they are, and if there is no superior speed exhibited, pronounce the fair a failure, and go away disappointed.— Speed will draw more people, make more money for the Society, and give better satisfaction generally,than all the squashes, chickens, and cabbages in Christendom. In fine, no fair can long sustain itself successfully if the fast ring is abolished. What would nine-tenths of the people care for a fair if there was mo display of speed? In a few years it would die completely. In order to induce fast horsemen to attend a fair,liberal premiums must be awarded, for their expenses are large. We trust the Society will not receive the report as itis. They should change it so as to offer large premiums on speed. We have no word against the premiums on farm produects, but we are convinced that a liberal premium should be given to speed. , AR i ~ We are confident that no case of ¢ough, ¢old, hoarseness or influenza, can withstand the counterirritant and tonic properties of Dr. Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial. It can be had of all druggists and storekeepers.

THE INDIANA FARMERS. Call for a Reform State Convention. A.number of representatives of the Indiana Grangers met in the city of Indianapolis during the past week for the transaction of business connected with purchasing agencies, It appears that while thus engaged, some of the ag'i'ilculturists discussed the propiety of ealling a state convention and accordingly issued the following call whieh appeared in the Sentinel of last Friday without a signature: - To the Peoplé of the State of Indiana : Believing that the people are honest and capable of self-government; ‘that the old political organizations are corrupt; that there is no trust to be placed in promises of either of the socalled great political parties ; that there are no questions that ought to divide the people of Indiana; that the dead past issues should be buried with the past, and that we should address ourselves to the living questions of the day; we therefore invite the farmers, and industrial classes generally, of Indiana, to met with us Wednesday, the 10th day of June,in the city of IndianaSulis, to devise ways and means to bring about such reforms as will emancipate ourstate from the intolerable burdens heaped upon us by the misrule of corrupt party politics.— Come, let us counsel together.

A callin the form of a circular is also issued to be circulated through the counties to the following effect: To the County and District, Voters: In response to the demand of the people for a reform in the conduct of public affairs, and the purification of local, state and national politics, the undersigned, independent voters, invite and exhort the people, irrespective of party, to come together in township, county, and district, to select delegate representatives, who shall meet in mass convention on the 10th day of June 1874, at Indianapolis .to frame such measures and select such men as shall represent their sentiments and carry out their purposes. In the selection of such delegates, it is essential that the friends of reform guard vigilantly against the intrusion of any one not known to be in cordial sympathy with the -objects of this movement.-— The success of this popular outbreak depends upon the exclusion of the party managers and self-seeking demagogues. That such delegates be empowered to prepare and announce a platform and declaration of principles upon which all honest men may join in hearty co-operation. - : ~ An Editorial “Lift.” ‘ The Indianapolis Sentinel, which has long since avowed its independence of party, thus comments on the farmers’ movement: : :

If the farmers have not mistaken their own earnestness, and the public indications are to be trusted, the beginning of a new order of things is foreshadowed in the call-for a popular convention put forth this morning.— The decision to make an independent appeal to the people will hardly be a surprise to any one who has watched the drift of pelitical discussion during the last two years. The late action of both political parties in this state, with: the stereotyped calling. into play of the practices of the past,left independent reformers no resource than a bold break for political freedom. It is appropriate that the initiative in this wholesome attempt should be taken by the farmers. Theyhave been in many ways the greatest sufferers by the. atrocious system of legislation carried on for years, and they, as the most deeply concerned, are the fit instruments to wrest the capacity of further mischief from the men who have controlled the destinies of the state so long. It is a moderate expression of the present attitude of political affairs to say that the people are looking anxiously for a way to escape from the party shambles, and that they will hail with deep, devout and grateful joy, the opportunity herein given for a sweeping purification of politics in all branches. The language of the calls and the workers in the cause,leave no reom to doubt that the appeal has been put forth after earnest delibera-. tion and with the distinct assurance that only the direct fruits of a thor--ough, genuine reform, will be accepted as its abiding results. The purpose of the call is to be by no means understood as a farmers movementonly. It is expected' that all men believing alike, and interested in the realization of certain reforms, shall join hands and work in unison to accomplish the purpose. Thigisthe political doctrine which is just now moving men, and this is the opportunity which the masses have beenlooking for. By the terms of the call it will be seen that delegate conventions are to meet in all counties and select representativesto, ‘meet in Indianapolis on the 10th ef June. That anticipates by some weeks the action of the political parties, one of which is called for July 15, and the other for June 17. This will: give the independents an opportunity to select the very best material in the, state, and put forth such an evidence of good works and good intentions as will virtually make the convention the end of the contest. :

An Unsigned Disclaimer, [From Saturday’s Indianapolis Sentinel.] The following communication was handed to the editor of the Sentinel yesterday by a stranger, who stated that he didn’t know who wrote it. As will be seen, it purports. to be-a disclaimer of something that was never asserted. : To the Editor of the Sentinel. Sir: Whereas, there appears in this morning’s Indianapolis Sentinel of the. 10th inst., what purports to be a report of the proceedings of a farmers meeting now being held in this city. WHEREAS, We believe this was intended to apply to the meeting of the business agents of the Patrons of Husbandry, now being held in the city, as it is very ingeniously inserted as a part of the proceedings, and thereby compromise us with the purported call for a meeting of the people on the 10th of June next, to be held in the city of Indianapolis, therefore Resolved, That said report is false in fact, that no such discussion has been had in our proceedings, and is entirely foreign to our objects, for we are here alone for the transaction of the business of the Patrons of Husbandry, and we hereby announce such report as unwarranted and unauthorized by this meeting. 7 | Resolved. That the secretary be requested to furnish the Indiana Farmer, Sentinel, News, and Journal a copy of the aﬁove resolutions, and request their publication. . INDIANAPOLIS, April 10.

| . More Currency Legislation. ~ [From the Chicago Tribune, April7.] The Senate has passed the Currency bill adding $44,000,000 to the greenback. currency and authorizing the further issue of $46,000,000 to National Banks. The vote stood 29 to 24." Senator Sherman’s attempt to have some recognition of a day for the. resumption of specie payments failed by the intractable majority of five. Senator Conkling was ' equally unsuccessful with his amendment forbidding any inerease of the public debt under the act. Senator Morton opposed it because it would prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing more greenbacks when they were needed to carry on the Government! -He mustered a majority of three to defeat it. When the final vote was about to be taken, the most influential members of the Senate, of both parties, rose, and, in brief and dignified speeches, vainly. sought to avert the diggrace which the majority were bent on consummating. Senator (onkling fore-, told that distress and disaster would fellow, and warned his colleagues that, the republican party-was pledged to an opposite policy. Senatiors Stewart, Anthony, Carpenter, and Flanagan joined in similar protests.” Senator Thurman said this bill portended the disappearance of the money of the Constitution for the next generation. Senator Sargent predicted the destruetion of the party and the leaders that attempted to flood the count}‘yn’ith irredeemable paper. Senator Schurz said he felt humiliated as’ an American citizen, and his fellow-country-men will share his chagrin. :

| A Substitute for Saloons. iy . The friends of temperance must provide a substitute for the saloons they close, or new rum-shops will be opened as soon as the present excitement dies away. We suggest the establishment of teaand coffee rooms, under the careful supervision of earnest and competent ladies and gentlemen. These rooms should be made attractive by having on file the leading magazines and newspapers. Harmless games, such games as checkers and chess, should also be provided, thus enabling the visitors to pass a few hours with profit and pleasure. Tea and coffee should be of first quality, and the charge per cup should not be more than five cents. These rooms would attract the idle, and by bringing them in contact with a better class than the one usually found in drinking saloons would tend to their practical reformation. The hard-working: man would also find these rooms attractive; and be induced to visit them with his family, thus throwing an additional safegard around the cause of intemperance. We are satisfied that these tea and coffe-rooms would be an excellent substitute for dram-shops, and, if ‘properly managed, we believe they would effectually prevent the re-opening of saloons when the present crusade against liquor'shall have lost its novelty and power.— Vincennes Times. j

The Real XMurderer of Mary Secore. Not many days ago a.man named Thomas ' Bradwell Douglas died -at Denver; Colorado, with consumption, and on his death bed made a confession over his own signature, that he outraged, ravished &nd murdered Mary Secore, a girl thirteen years of age, residing in the family of Mr. Seiderley, her uncle, in the township of Liberty, Mercer county, Ohio, ten miles from Celina, the county seat. 5 . A few days after the mangled remains of the murdered girl were discovered, two men arrested and then in jail at Celina, this being on Monday, the 6th of July, 1872, a mob gathered at that place, and breaking open the jail, Alexander McLeod and Absalom Kimmel, the supposed murderers, were taken out and strung up without ben-. efit of judge, jury, or clergy. Now to cap the tragedy comes this confession of Douglass, that he first ravished and then murdered her to conceal the helish crime. It was reported that Kimmel confessed being connected with the horrid affair just as he was about to swing. It would seem that the world has come to that pass thata ‘man’s word cannot be depended upon even in hjs ‘last moments, and which story is true is now something of a mystery, and will probably ever remain so. ot {] - : Walking on Railroad Tracks. A common and most dangerous cus--tom is that of walking on railroad tracks, and what is more it has been declared by the court of appeals in Maryland to be unlawful. A man named Lewis Frech was. walking on theitrack of the Port Deposit branch of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad some time since when he was struck by the cars and had one arm cut off. - He sued for damages but lost hig suit, the court saying that a “man walking on the railroad track as Frech wias there un‘lawfully and the agents of the railroad company inicharge of the train, having given all the usual and proper signals to warn persons of their approach, were not required to stop the train on discovering Frech on the track. Having the right to clean the track the company’s agents were justified in acting on the reasonable supposition that the plaintiff would be guided by his own sense of danger, and would leave the track before overtaken by the train after the signals of danger was given.” . g B— ; Telling on a Preacher. [From Senator Slater’s Franklin (Ind.) Democrat. ] Pink Fishback has been getting into trouble out at St. Louis. Pink told how a preacher had consented to share his room at the hotel with a young lady, and the orthodox gentleman sues him forsso,ooo damages. New, Fishback had no business to meddle in such little episodes. Suppose we were to stop at a St. Louis hotel, and a beautiful young weman, with streaming eyes and disheveled hair, were to.come screaming inaudibly to our room at the lone hour of ten o’clock, declaring that she was pursued by robbers or ghosts, and in accents wild but-musi-cal beseeching protection from the incarnate fiends, do you suppose Wwe would have the heart fo slam the door in her angelic face and leave her to 'the tender mercies of her infuriated } pursuers? No; not unless we were ‘much drunker than a christian gentleman ought to be at that early hour of the evening. - . .

. The “Gentleman in Black,” who is the tutler demon of dram-shops, assumes his sourest aspect when the rapid grogress of Vinegar Bitters is reported “down below.” The People’s Vegetable Tonic is playing the mischief with his bitters fired with rum. All diseases which those demoniac nostrums aggravate, under the pretense of relieving, such as indigestion, sick-headache, constipation, rheumatism, gout, and intermittent fevers are cured by it. ; Ll

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_ GENERALITEMS. ~ The reduction in the public . debt during the month of March was over two million dollars. - . - ek - Myers, the first converted New York saloon keeper, has opened: his. saloon again. He could not make temperance ‘lecturing pay half so well as selling Wwhishy, It isinow ascertained that the esI tate of Horace Greeley will probably represent a value of $125,000.. At the time of his death it was ‘reckoned at about $25,000. The only heirs, we believe, are his two daughters. - G 0 The first ambition of every married man should be to get a house and home of his own. Ben. Franklin said, and truly too, that: two flittings are equal to one fire. . ... - . The Pennsglvaniqf railroad company -have directed the general manager of their lines to take the necessary steps “for stopping the sale of all liquors at the hotels and eating houses owned by them along their lines of railway west of Prttsburg. .~ - @ oiiaaie

' John Hay, of the New York Tribune; and John C. Nicolay, the preseént Marshal of the Sypreme Court, are writing a life of Abraham Lincoln. - Both of these gentlemen were formerly: private secretaries of President Lincoln, and will prepare tleir biography with great care. . s e

. i Serred Washington dispatehes indicate that the British Government will ' accept the invitation- tp participate in the fortlicoming Céntennial Celebi';ation,at Philadelphia as soon as the guestion whether the celebration is to be international or national has been settled by ourselvas: wsl b

The Mississippi Iregislature has passed a bill, otre of the provisions. of which requires the majority of the males over 21 and females over 18 in a city, town or township to sign a petition for license to sell liquor before any. ﬁkmh license shall be granted.— The bill has been signed by the Governor and is now-alaw, . .. © DeKalb County Items. [From the Wa’;’erlqo Press, April 9th.]. .~ : E. W.Hooyver, formerly of this place, has received the republican nomination for city clerk of South Bend.— Good for Eli. 5 Groaal -1t is given out that Prosecutor MeConnell is expected in town before long, when the saél{e of intoxicating liquors is to be “investigated.” - The time table on the Ft.'Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad, will be found on this page. Trains now pass this station as follows: Going south —Mail, 10:45 A.M.; Accommodation, 6:02 p.M.; Indianapolis & Cincinnati Express, 12:57 A. M. Going north— Mail, 11:48 AL M.; Accommodation, 7 P.M.; Detroit & Saginaw Express, 8:18: A.M. Palace sleeping coaches are attached to the express frains. .= .

.+ [Frem the Auburn Courier, April 9. - Grangers are multiplying in this county with great. rapidity. e Mr. Freed, at Corunna, gave $l5O to a missionary collection. Liberal. -

An excursion to Hutchingon, Kansas, is offered over the Eel River and connecting lines to start’ May sth.— Fare from Auburn; round trip, $40.80, By this line you pass through five different States, and the finest scenery in the West is pregented..” =0 - Last- week sixty-two car-loads of material, ties and iron arrived, over the Eel River line, at the Junetion for the Baltimore, Pittsburg & Chicago Railway. Eneugh track has been laid on the new road to admif of the cars being run -thereon, and track laying commenced this week. The bridge builders are busy at work with a large force, and the tie contractors are pushing things as fast as possible.- =~ ..

The stave factory paid out for material last Saturdyy $1,150 and the hib and spoke factory¥s9oo. - A distribution of two thousand dollars a week helps along very much'in ‘any town the size of Auburn. It all comes from manufactories, and shows. the importance of this branch of labor to every communitby.: - i e Virginia—A Prediction. One year from to-day will witness the largest stream of immigration pouring into Virginia that ever went: to any State sipce the formation of the. American | Union. = Our reason’ for making this prediction are these: Ist. . The climate is superior to that of any other State—mild winters and long and cool summers. Out-doors labor can be perform&l every day in the year; cattle.and sheep can be carried through the entire year with little feed. e - 2d. Productions; the soil produces to perfection every grain, grass, fruitand vegetable peculiar to the North'-! western States, in addition, nearly all the valuable staple crops of the semitropics succeed well, with almost absolute freedom from droughts of failure, because of the great number of water courses in the State precipitaing moisture during the hot season. Bd. 'The lands are the lowest in the Union at this time. ‘Western lands, surrounded by the same appliances of civilization, are selling for three times as much per acre as the same quality of land here. A farmer there can only work out doors about two hundred days in the year, and one hundred of that is devoted to making food for his stock to eat while they are idle in the stable. ( Here a farmer can do out-door labor three hundred and sixty-five, every one of which can be placed to his profit, as his stock requires little fodder, hay or straw to carry them through the winter.—Hw.

Another Slough from the Baxter Law. A dispatch from Indianapolis, dated: April 7th, says: The Supreme Court. to-day declared unconstitutional the eighteenth section of the Baxter bill, which reads as follows: “In all prosecutions under this ‘act, whether by indictment or otherwise, it shall not be necessary to state the kind of liguor. sold, or to describe the. place where sold, or to state the name of person or persons to whom'sold. In all cases the person or persons to whom intoxiqatin‘% %iqu()rs_ shall be; sold in violation of this act shall be competent witnesses to prove such facts, or any other tending thereto.” Much rejoicing to-night among antitemperance people. o

‘HAviNe eaten and drunk at the expense of the Pacific Mail Company, and acceg;ed its hospitalities at Chester, the House of Representatives will probably refuse to continue the subsidy of $500,000 which ha’;."lzf“d by reason of the Company’s failure to meet the conditions on which it ‘ given, . A sub-committee of the Postal Committee has ‘unanigxou!lg a%r:ed to recommend that the ‘subsidy be covered into thé Treaswry. = =

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' STATE ITEMS. ' —— 45 i - Kokomo has organized a company for the manufacture of gas and coke. - - The machinery has been ordered for a fork and hoe handle factory at South ' Bend. - o Sri ' A citizen of Laporte has agreed to give the temperance’ ladies $l,OOO to carry on their war. T 2o __An Evansville child'was rendered idiotic from the effect of falling with its head on the pavement. _~The Baltimore & Ohio road are daily receiving |iron at Walkerton and will soon be I;ayiﬁg track lively. i, ! _ Knighstown is trying to establish a burial case factqry, with a capital of $40,000; $26,6569 has been subscribed. Wayne county harvested a larger crop of maple sugar and molasses this - year thap for a quarter of a century past. | ~ - ‘A South Bend hen is satisfied .to | construct eggs 614 by 714 inches on ‘week days, but makes them 634 by 8% on'Sunday. - ‘, : > Sarah E. Moon has been granted $737 by the Fulton County Circuit Court, in her suit again’t asaloon keeper for selling liquor to her husband. . “The directors of the Pulagki county agricultural association are hunting up the evidence to prosecute the per--son who broke into the enclosure and stole the lumber from some of the Sheds, | ¢ Pt . The -Tipton ZTéimes léarns that the druggists of that place have agreed to ship their liquors, ‘and all alcohol and ‘wine will be in the hands of an agent ‘who will only, issue such as is needed for medicinalfpurposes. o ~Elisha Coffin, a workman employed in the hub and spoke factory of Rains, Stratton & Co., of Kokomo, had an arm torn off and was otherwise badly injured by being caught in a lathe belt last Thursday afterpoon. The Lafayette Opera House Association have -determined to give a drawing in order to get out of debt, and have appointed a commitiee to interview Gov. 'Bramlette, of Kentucky, as to the best method. §

The saloon keepers of Evansville have organized an association and have resolved to patronize no busiress firmi who arein any way connected with the temperance crusade, either personally or through relatives. | & | Judge Test, of In?ianapolis, fined a young man fifty dollars and costs for signing a petition to obtain a permit to sell intoxicating liquors, when he was not a legal voter. ‘- The Judge said on account of some mitigating circumstances the fine was made lower than it otherwise would have been. We learn from the Rochester Sentinel that the judge of the Fulton circuit court rendered a judgment against James W. Bramen, a saloon keeper, at the suit of Sarah E. Moon, for damages caused by- said Bramen selling intoxicating liquers to her husband. The suit was brought under section 12 of theißaxter law,, . L

- 'We had a repetition of the old calf story during the present term of our Circuit Court. The animal in controversy was valued at about $l5, the cost of litigation amounted to about $3OO, to sz%y nothing of the charges of six'attornéys.' ' Will our people never learn wisdom and settle such disputes outside of courts?— Winamac Democrat. gLI " A writer in the Muncie News. sims up what has been acconqt)lished by the temperance movement there:— The different churches have been firmly united and cemented together in christian fellowship, dram drinking has greatly diminished and drunkeness has proportionately abated, public opinion ‘hﬁs been educated to-a higher temperance standard, and & most stringent ordinance has b"e}e;' passed by our city council to prevent drinking in public places. . Theliquor men of Delphi have form--ed an organization, and, among other resolutions, adopted the following:— Resolved, That we, the retail liquor dealers of Delphi, county of Carroll, and State of Indiana, pledge ourselves as citizens and legal voters not to assist any eandidate at the coming elections, for either city, county or State ‘offices, and Legislature, who is known to be in favor of the temperance law lin its present proscriptive form, or advocates still more stringent restrictions. . e

Quite a sensation wasiproduced on our streets recently by the/appearance of David M. DeWitt, a gentleman of diminutive stature, from Acton, Marion county. He is four feet'and one inch in height, weighs ninety-eight pounds, and is forty-two years of age. His paﬁants»a.re people of more than ordinary size. He ran away with his wife because, of the opposition of her parents to the match, but he is now their most esteemed son-in-law. He has two children. His eldest son is but six years old, yet his head.reaches to his father’s armpit. . Mr. DeWitt has a large brain, 'is a man of large intelligence, and follows school teaching as a profession.—Lebanon Pairiot. L. L. Dorsey, the famous breeder of ‘Golddust horses, has accepted the chal--lenge of Mr. James Wilson, of Rush county, the breeder of Blue Bull stock, to trot four or five races—two colts, the get of each of the rival stallions, to be entered in every race—for one thousand dollars a side each event; and in addition: Mr. Dorsey proposes to name a horse, the get of Golddust, that he will trot against any son or daughter of Blue Bull, two races—. mile heats and two mile heats, go as they please, for same amount of money. Races to take place at Louisville, the last three days Of April. These races. are attracting much interest in the city, where horsemen are about equally divided regarding the merits of the two stocks.—lnd. Journal. .We regret to learn that John W. Zigler is losing many of his best blooded cattle and 'the disease that kills them is something that bafles ‘the skill of the best cattle doctors in the. country. Already some five or six of the cattle have died and one cow was valued at $l5O. An examination shows a hard and indigestible substance is found in the stomach; it appears to: be composed of dust from hay and the fuz from millet seed. Nothing -has yet been found that will give the least relief and the creature dies within a few hours after it is attacked. Mr, Zigler has the best herd of blooded cattle in.the county, and one of the bést in the State, and it is a'seriouc m,gg;‘er to lose them. If anybody can givé him a remedy they will do a good work for the country.—LaPorte Afm,, S B