The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 April 1874 — Page 2

The Fatiomal Banmwer \ J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor, LIGONIER, IND, APRIL 23, 1874. “THr disaffected Republicans of South Bend have placed in nomination a people’s ticket for municipal officers, headed by Mayor Miller, a very popui lar gentleman. The contest bids fair " t 6 become extremely exciting. -THE UNUSUAL LENGTH of our leading editorial on the finance question should not deter any 'one from gi\}ing‘ the same an attentive perusal. It con- . ‘ains some facts which every business man, farner, - mechanic and-laborer ought to understand. i IN VIEW of the fact that the Senate is likely to concur in the House bill | for the free delivery of county papers within the county of their publication, we advise subscribers to the BANNER in Noble county to pay inino case more t‘han one quarter’s postage in :ldvanc_e.,

(o THR NOMINATION of Hon. M. C. Kerr . fromthe New Albany District seems to be generally conceded. As the Republicans are in a hopeless minority in that District, werenew the suggestion that they pay a merited tribute to Indiana’s ablest statesman by giving Mr, . Kerr a clear field.

THE anti-temperance ticket was re- - cently elected by a small majority in Washington C. H., Ohio, where the present prayer guage plan of atticking intemperance was first inaugurat“ed by Dio Lewis. The place had seven saloons and all were closed for a time'tln'ough the agency of the crusade, but now the seven saloons are all in full blast again.

| Wirn this issue expires the eighth _'volume of the BANNER. . Asthe paper speaks for itself and enjoys a larger circulation than ever attained by a public journal in Noble county, we do not deem it essential to glorify its past nor to indulge in great promises for the future, other than to assure its patrons that it shall always be made a welcome visitor at the fireside and a faithful defender of right and justice.

T#E RECENT ELECTIONS have awak.ened a feeling akin to despair among the republican knights of the quill.— Among tl{mse badly aficted with the “blues” we find the Richmond (Ind.) Telegnam which expresses the opinion that the “political finger of fate points snmistakably to the early ascendency of a democratic, anti-temperance party in khis country.” Yes, the unloading process has fairly commepced'an@will not stop until the men who so b;é,sely betrayed public confidence are pérmanently retired to private life. | ;

PENNSYLVANIA is threatened with a flood of serious dimensions. A tornado arose a few days since in Erie county, extending for some distance. Its violence at several points was terrible.” - Houses were unrqofed and otherwise wreecked. A few persons were killed by lightning and others severely injured. The damage done by the flood in the interior of the State is re}?orted to be very heavy. The Schuylkill river was swollen very high, but according to the latest accounts, the freshet is fast subsiding.

THERE seems to be no doubt that Brooks(Liberal Republican) was elected G‘.O\"érn(){ of Arkansas in 1872 by a large majority and that he was counted out-by the manipulators of the Grant party. Since thatitime, however, these same manipulators have . turned ag‘ainst Baxter and are now in harmony with Brooks. Baxter interfered with some of their dishonest schemes, and thus encountered their lasting hostilify. Under these circumstances it is not improbable that Brooks will maintain his position.

ELSEWHERE we publish a synopsis of the reports received by the Depa®. ment of Agriculture which ifidicatei that the quality of the winter wheat crop is far above the average, and the yield more abundant than for many years past. This intelligence is exceedingly gratifiying, but we appre-. hend that the reports are not as full' and complefe as they might and sho’d have been. ' So far as Indiana is concerned, we are pretty certain that no very flattering report can with strict regard to truth be made of the present condition of winter wheat. . THE REPUBLICANS of Elkhart county are setting their house in order for the coming campaign. - Their central committee miet in the city of Goshen ~ on the 14th inst, and unanimously elected Postmaster Erastus W, H. Ellis chairman for the unexpired term of Geo. D. Copeland. Bro. Starr was elected secretary. The county convention for the nomination -of candidates " for the various county offices and the . appointment of delegates to the State convention was ordered to be held o6n Wednesday, June 10th. - Aspirants for the more lucrative positions are " already announced. T.F. Garvin, the present deputy, is recommended for -auditor ; Capt. Orville T. Chamberlain, A. W. Banta and Thomas H. Daily for ‘clerk; Johm W. Stetler for. sheriff, and 7. 'G. Kay and Geo. F. Mann for recorder. .We are inclined to think that the Democrats’and Liberals will put up a ticket that is bound to defeat anything the Republicans may trot out. J ; ¢ T il < e e According to advices received from the Indian Peace Commissioners, who have reached Omaha on their way - home, there is no disposition on the s part of the-tribes visited by them to engage in war. The Commissioners _ assert that the warlike reports forwarded during their absence at the agencies were in the interest of cer‘tain speculators and ‘contractors. . Both fiow ‘M-VVCmmu hai;e pass- - ed the bill authomw the War Department to issue rations to sufferers by the Southw%mflwgz.. _ No relief - ‘'will be extended after the fst of September mn..a; 20l :

OBSERVATIONS ON THE FINANCE QUESTION., Some days since a valued friend residing in a neighboring county accompanied the renewal of his subseription to the BANNER Wwith the subjoined criticism of our position on the financial question: | g

I am very sorry indeed that you have taken the wrong shoot on the financial question. You, by your course, are bolstering up a set of monopolists. I tell you I would as leave vote for a negro driver as to vote for a bloated bondholder or banker. We are paying the National Bankers $24,000,000 per annum in the'shape of interest. Now,if we must have National Banks, let every one who wishes to go into banking enjoy that privilege; I believe in equal nights.. Now, for my part I am for repealing the National Bank system and substituting greenbacks in place of natfonal bank currency, and in the future I intend to carry out that motion by voting for men who will carry out, not only my wish, but the wishes of nineteen out of every twenty voters. For my own part, I have been under the iron heel of moneyed monsters and I do not in: tend to stand it any longer than I can help it. If I understand true Democracy, it means death to all monopolies. I have been ‘at Washington for some time during the debate on the currency question. I think I understand the question. If I understand the question, it is this: Our government is in debt over two billions of dollars; and is paying its interest promptly. Now, for argument’s sake, I do not care if green-backs were substituted for the full amount of bonded indebtedness, thereby saving to the government all ‘the interest on the outstanding bonded indebtedness, provided the holders of. the bonds are willing. Let supply and demand regulate the currency question; whenever there.is too much currency let a part of it be retired and bonds taken up again. 1 only throw out these crude notions for your benefit. Remember, I tell you now, that the Anti-Monopolists, or their votes, will control the election this Fall.

Youls, in the bonds of Democracy, = > G. W. M. G REPEN © It always gives us pain to be com'pelled\ on a' gr%at principle to differ with a good and esteemed friend. It makes us doubt the correctness of our own judgment. But then any man in our country ought to be pardoned for feeling safe while he is in harmony with such political luminaries'as Thos. Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Guthrie, Silas Wright, of the past, and A. G. Thurman of Ohio, Thos. ¥. Bayard of Delaware, M. C. Xerr and Judge Holman of Indiana, Horatio Seyniour of New York, Senator Stevenson of Kentucky, and others of the present, and with all the scientific writers of the world on the subjeet in question. . This is our consolation. We feel strong ahd hopeful in such company. A temporary popular delusion may condemn us.. But political truth is mighty and will prevail. 1 ’

The frank and bogitive letter of our friend suggests some reflections in reply. We shall make them in thesutmost kindness of spirit, but with equal [frankness.

1. We are not “bolstering up a set of monopolists.” We neither approve, support nor defend any monopoly, whether it be a bank, a tariff ring, a railroad company, a steamship swindle, or any -other combination of thieves. We advocate no policy except in the interests of all the people, and especially of the poor, the laborer and farmer. ?

2. On the great question of the currency, we cannot forget the wise and glorious teachings of the old democratic party, when it was in power, and so long governed our country, and with such' matchless statesmanship, and such unexampled results of prosperity, growth and development. Then every true and loyal Democrat demanded that the basis of all our currency should be gold and silver, and that all paper money should be at all times convertible into gold or silver. They looked upon an irredeemable paper currency as the greatest evil that could afflict civilization, society and business. Moved by this wise conviction, the Fathers placed in the Constitution an impassable inhibition that “no State shall make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.” That is the supreme law of this nation now. We believe that inhibition in its true intent and spirit is as applicable to the United States as to the States. It is true a packed Supreme -Court has decided otherwise. The Censtitution recognizes the irrepealable laws of nature; the decision of the Supreme Court does not; and as certain as the sun is light and not darkness, that decision must some day be reversed. 3. It is the supreme ‘duty of the government, as soon as it can be done without shock or disaster to business, to re-establish in ohr‘country a currency as good as the best in the world. None but the democratic currency of our own Constitution can meet this duty. Prior to 1861 that Constitution in the main was obeyed. Our paper money was furnished by institutions created-and controlled by the States. Therefore it could not be, and was not, made a legal tender. The obligation to redeem it in gold or silver was constant, irrepealable, and universally conceded. The people lost legs in ten years then by depreciation in the value of paper than they do now:in one yéar. Then, when excessive credit, wild speculation, reckless gambling and redundant paper money brought a crisis upon the people, they did not demand more rag-money, more inflation of prices, more banks, but they did demand that the Constitution be obeyed, the paper money redeemed, or, if there 'was more in circulation than they who issued it could redeem, then that it should be retired, the amount reduced,and the point of convertibility regained and maintained. Hence it resulted that, when the crisis of 1857 burst upon the céuntry, our paper money was #214,778,822, and in one year thereafter it was but m'ss,2‘o_B‘,334’;*jbefi?_‘ah“’aicmal contraction of $59,570,478 in one year, or over 25 per cent. of the whole amount when the crash came, Then business was resumed and the country entered ona new career of unexampled prosperity.

After the more disastrmjls crash ‘of 1837, the same things happened. The paper money -was then $149,135,990, and one year thereafter it was reduced, or contracted, to 3116,1§8,,'910.= )

" 4. But now Congress attempts to provide our credit currency in part and to authorize the national banks to do so in'part. It relieves itself and everybody else from the constitutional obligation to redeem our If)aper money. It goes unredeemed, it becomes depre\ciated, it drives gold and silver—the true currency of commerce—out of our country in great part, and our people suffer in consequence in ten thousand ways. The products of American handicraft are driveén out of the markets of foreign nations; our countrymen alone enjoy the blessings of high prices on all mafiufactured commodities; the effects of inflation in prices here curse and oppress our own people, and directly and most aterially benefit our great commercial rivals—Great Britain, Germany and France. They enjoy the invaluable advantages of mixed ‘currenciés based upon the precious metals, that of France alone being a trifle below par in gold, and the peg‘}ple of those nations therefore have cheaper prices, 'a lower cost of production, and ean undersell us in all the great markets of the world. Thus the balance of trade is kept against us ‘and our rightful supplies of the precious metals are constantly drained from us.

5. Who are benefited ? Not the people, or the great body pf consumers. But the recipients of the chief advantages from such a condition of the currency are the bounty-fe’d and tar-iff-protected manufacturers of . our country. They can.raise their prices $0 as to keep pace with the tariff .duties (which they never pay) and the depreciation in our paper currency. Then the laborer, the mechanie, the farmer, all the consumers, are-coripel-led to pay their exorbitant prices, and if they attempt to escni)e and -buy in cheaper markets abroad, they-find the ports and doors of the eountry barred and guarded against them by custom houses and customs officers. How is the farmer affected by-all this policy ? Let us see. Our total exports last fiscal year were ,$649,13:j3,563. Of this vast aggregate the country is indebted to the farmers for i Indian c0rn......... |...$ 23,704,694 ‘Wheat Gl e 51,452,254 Wheat flonr ..o o 0 19,381,664 Raw c0tt0n....,.....| .[927,839981 Bacon and ham 5......... 85,022,137 Beef and cheese......} .. 18,808410 Lard and p0rk.......,... 26,252,850 Tobacco, raw............ 22,689,185 Grand t0ta1..........\.:.8120,331,125

Where are the prices of these great products fixed? Are they determined by the farmers themselves? Are they: 'settled on the basis of gold and silver, or of green-backs? It is a univeérsal law of commerce that the prices of the staple productions of any country, which are produced in excess of the domestic demand and éonsumption of them, are determined in the great markets of the world where the surplus is sold. Then the prices of cotton are fixed, in Liverpdol, Manchester, i and other great c?)tton-consuming i markets abroad, and not in New Orleans, or Memphis, or America. We “export about 66 per cént. of our entire ‘annual cotton. crops.: Suppose that foreign demand were by some revolution in nature, or in the relations of nations, suddenly cut off. What then would happen to the prices of cotton ? They would instantly fall to about one-third what they are now, or less. This same great law applies as well to all these other great staples. Your tobacco, corn, wheat, flour, pork, a‘pd other staples have fheir prices fixed chiefly in foreign markets. But what is the currencyiof those foreign markets? It is the currency of commerce, gold and silver. Then your prices are really regulated by the staridard of gold and silver, no matter how:; many greenbacks our country may issuei But are the prices of the productions of these bounty-fed, tariffprotected manufacturers determined in the same way, by the:same markets, and by the same standard of value? No, by no means; but only by our indz;tted, depreciated, paper currency. So that the farmers sell their products'by a gold standard and purchase manufactures by a greenbackistandard; and the manufacturers purchase the farmers’ products by a gold standard and sell to them their manufactures by a greenback standard. Who gains, and who is hurt by such a condition of things and of currency ? Every time, on every hand, in every turn of the wheel, the farmer is injured or plundered. A system that bears such fruits is neither fair, honest, nor statesmanlike, and ought not to continue. Thus you see how it is that paper money is the money of “protection,” and is demanded by the Protectionists.. We advocate a currency that shall be equally beneficial and fair and just to all classes of our people. This is true equality, and is the equality proyvided for and approved by the Fathers, and by the national democratic party when in its pride and glory. = ’ o

6. Who advocates monopoly? Do they who want to restore a specie basis for our currency? Or they who want to perpetuate a currency, inconvertible, irredeemable,and depreciated, which is of necessity and by its vicious nature most valuable to a small and favored class of citizens, to the rich and powerful, to the manufacturers: and monopolists? . It is the experience of all mankind that a depreciated paper currency is injurious to the public welfare and virtue, to the preservation 8f the highest morality in the pursuits of private life, to the great classes who subsist upon wages, to the greater and more numerous class engaged in agrieulture, and to the poor generally.. Tt is amother unalterable law of currency that any inflation of a depreciated credit currency affects and advances the prices, first, of stocks and pecurities, the things in which 1 money-sharks, ' Shylocks, and stock gamblers deal, and secondly, of manu-

factures, tlte products of the protected favorites and the mondpelists, and thirdly, ¢f the real eéstate, especially the speculative parts thereof, consisting of city lots, and lastly, of the sons of toil, Avhich, however, are never ad-vanced~by-4any amount of inflation to the same extent that all other prices are. \ | 7. Then, what is the remedy for all these evils? It is not the payment of our bonds in greenbacks, because that in no way reforms or improves our currency, or tends even in the remotest degree to restore specie payments in the future. Tt is not a question of the manner of paying bonds: at all. The interests of the people in a good and honest currency are infinitely above all questions of bond payment in importance. 'We say the best and surest remedy, is.to be found in well guarded free banking on the irrevocable. and unalterable condition that every banker who. igsues a dollafi in paper shall be bound at all times, under severe restrictions and penalties, to redeem that dollar on demand in - gold or silver. That kind of free banking would give us a-pfirreqcy equal to ; the best on earth,’and it would adjust itself at all times and seasons of the ' year to the demand of the people ' as to its amount—in other words, its amount would then be determined by the great law of supply and demand. If too much were issued, it would be returned for redemption ; if more were needed it would be very promptly Issued. Such is the free banking that to-day prevails in Great Britain. No other free banking should be tolerated. Any other would only precipitate wild and wicked inflation, speculation, gambling, and financial and cominercial ruin. The free banking we suggest would be in complete and perfect harmony ‘with our Constitution and with the true!; principles of! finance. But free banking without redemption is simply free disaster and ruin.

GUBERNATORIAL ROW IN ARKANSAS.

Scarcely a week .passes’ but that ;something of a startling character is brought to the attention of the reading public. The'sensation of the present week is the exciting news from 'the usually quiet and peaceful commonwealth of Arkansas, Itisa gubernatorial row which has created the disturbance. By a revolutionary movement that has already caused serious complications, and which may yet lead to bloodshed, the former State administration under Gov. Baxter has been ejected by force from the public offices, and an almost forgotten contestant, Joseph Brooks, is in full possession. Brooks’ ¢laim to the office of Governor dates back to the fall of 1872. It was brought before the Supreme Court of the State and rejected by that body, on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction in the matter.— This decision was accepted by the Baxter party as ending the contest; but Brooks was as far as ever from resigning his pretensions. A snap judgment of ouster was obtained in ‘the Circuit Court of Pulaski county ~on the 15th inst.,, and within-five minutes Brooks and his friends proceeded to the State-House, broke open the armory, and took possession in the 'name of the high authority from which i their rights are presumably derived. ~ Both parties have telegraphed to President Grant asking for federal protection, but so far the administration has scrupulously abstained from intervention. Brooks has received no encouragement whatever, and Baxter has been put off with a suggestion from the Attorney-General as to the remedy which he may obtain in the State Supi'em@ Court. According to ‘press dispatches bloodshed has daily been ‘expected, but happily no warlike demonstrations have as yet occurred. The only broadsides ventured upon have been-in the shape of windy proclamations, The Bar of Pulaski county has denounced in unequivocal terms the action of the court that granted the order of ouster, the public of Little Rock have called upon all good citizens to rally to Baxter’s support, and, whi!le the usurper Brooks has received few accessions to his original army of 100 men, the Baxter headquarters are thronged with eager recruits. There is no doubt that Baxter has the sympathy of the best men in Arkansas, while on the other hand Brooks has the advantage of being in possession of the State House, the seal, archives, &e. He is protected by two pieces of artillery, muskets and barricades. Brooks is quartered in the State House, Baxter in a hotel.— Between these two, the United States troops are placed, with instructionsnot'to allow any violence or bloodshed. A slight skirmish took place on Tuesday, but although two hundred shots were fired, no lives were lost, and according to latest accounts quiét has again been restored. : '

IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Inresponse to a number of legal questions propounded by Hon. Milton B. Hopkins, Superintendent of Public Instructioré Attorney General Denny gives it as his opinion that section 5 of the act of March 8, 1865, as amended by an act of March 8, 1873— “Requires an organization of the School Board every year. This being the cage, an election should be had by the Sc¢hool Board each year, of a president, secretary and treasurer, and the officers should each give bond annually. Section one of the act of March 8, 1873, provides that ‘all vacancies that may occur in the Board of School Trustees shall be filled by the Common Council of the city or Board of Trustees of the town.” Therefore, any vacancy that may occur can be filled at once. Section nine, acts of 1852 (1 G. & H,, p, 64) provides that ‘lf any officer of whom an official bond is required shall fail within ten days after the commencement of his term of of: fice and receipt of his commission or certificate to give bond in manner prescribed by law, the office gshall be vacant’ I am inclined.to the opinion that if, after.the election of a trustee this year, the treasurer should fail o give bond, lie and his surities on his bond given last year, would be bound until his successor shall be. elected and qualified. But in order to save any question on this point, each trustee and the treasurer should be required to give new honds at once.. The

statute above referred to, it will' be seen, provides that if an officer fail to give bond within ten days after the commencement of his term of office, his office shall be vacant.” - The above decision, it will be understood, refers to school trustees of cities and incorporated towns. Special care should be taken that School Boards conform strictly to the law as interpreted by the proper authorities,

~_ County Seat Meeting. L Two meetings for the consideration of” the county seat removal project have been held since our last issue, one on Friday and another on last (Wednesday) evening. At the former a committee of five consisting of Messrs. Chapman, Straus, Mier, Woodworth and Palmiter) was appointed to'select grounds for the county building, and make other needful arrangements in the interest of removal.— This committee reported at the meeting last evening that they had selected four acres of ground in the N. E. corner of the S. W. quarter of Sec, 28, Tp. 36. R.B. This report was accepted and approved by the meeting. It was then agreed that $35,000 be raised by subscription for the erection of a court house; by asubsequent vote the 'amo_unt was increased to $50,000.— About $17,000 was subscribed at once ; a committee of six is expected to raise the balance in course of a week. The meeting adjourned to meet again next Wednesday evening.

Free Sewspapeps Once More. . A new postal bill passed the Honse one day last_ week, by the decided majoritylof 171 to 41, which abolishes the postage on. newspapers exchanging with each other, and provides for the free cix'ij:}alztthlA of newspapers in the county where published. - This bill (the South Bend 7'ri¢bune thinks) will undoubtedly pass the Senate, and the spite-work which Congress attempted on country newspapers will be removed. ‘ The following is the full text of the bill: That from and after the passage of this act the following mail matter shall be allowed to pass free in the mails: : _ 1. XNewspapers, periodicals, and magazines, reciprocally interchanged between publishers, and not exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, to be confined to a single copy of each publication. | / 2. Newspapers, one copy to each actual subscriber, residing or receiving the same within the county where the same is published; but carriers shall not be required to distribute such papers unless postage”is paid upon them at the usual rates. The Floods in the South. For the past three weeks the rivers and streams tributary to the Mississippi throughout the entire Southwest have been gradually rising. At last the water rose higher than at any time since 1847. The pressure at this time was such as to cause serious apprehension, and demanded the utmost care for the preservation of the levees along the river. A week ago this district was visited by a severe tornado and then'violent rain-storm, which lasted for several days. This was notably the case in Tennessee. -

The Cumberland River rose rapidly.— Some accounts state that from an insignificant stream, a few hundred feet wide and 10 feet deep, it roge in fortyeight hours to a volume of water one mile across and over 60 feet in depth. The consequences were most disastrous, The City of Nashville, ‘where the storm ‘raged wmost severely, was inundated“in a few hours. A local journal states that some 700 cottages were vacated, and the scenes, attendant upon their desertion must have been vividly exciting. Hundreds of people were awakened by finding their beds afloat, and they stepped out into three feet of water. Many were compelled to pole themselves and their families to dry land on rafts hastily constructed from planks and bedding. Many were saved from drowning by little less than a miracle, while the streets in the lower part of thecity are all submerged. -

+ The tailroad tracks through this portion of the State are injured and bridges Swept away. The Tennessee and Stone River are rising still, and the scenes which prevailed in Nashville are expected at other points.— With this pressure, it is not astonishing thatv the Mississippi River is dangerously high. The unfortunate City of Memphis, wearily reviving after the scourge of last summer’s epidemic, finds herself threatened with submersion. New Orleans is in danger of a flood. So urgent is the need for relief that Gov. Kellogg directed Gen. Thompson, State Engineer, to cut a crevasse in the dyke at' Plaquemine, and divert the water in that direction. This order was afterwards rescinded. The Engineer found that he could not execute it with safety to himself.— The; people of the district refused to per{fi,fi; it. The water all along the levee for miles was within a few inches of overflowing. The slightest ripple in the river plunged it over the tops, and streams were compelled to float by weak places, in order not to strain them. At Baton Rouge, and for miles on either side, the water has torn the levees away, and the openings are increasing in size, while the country round is being flooded. At Plaquemine and other points where the levee still holds out, the ecitizens are pledged to withstand by force of arms any attempt on the part of the State authorities to pierce their last bulwark, and Gen. Thompson was driven three points fixed upon as suitable for cutting crevasses. The statement made by the Mayor of New Orleans, that 1,000 miles of the State of Louisiana were under water, is not exaggerated. The accounts from the City of New Orleans are meagre, but even now a large district is submerged. Latest advices report the river still rising, in which case the disastrous effécts will be beyond all estimate.”

On Thursday evening of last week, the Deputy Lecturer of the National Grange, Geo. T. Barney, of Osolo township, organized a new Grange'in this county atFairview, a point about three miles below Goshen. They started out with twenty-seven members, with William Hardzog as-Master, and John W. Simmons as Secretary. It bids fair to grow and flourish, as the members are all intelligent and of the go ahead kind. The females included, seem to have: %ivategl and filled the eye of our Osolo friend, who' declares them to be move intelligent and charming than any he haslately seen.—Elkhart Union. : .

The remains of Dr, Livingstone have arrived in qufgon‘,' and been placed in the rooms of the Royal Geographical Society. The ffineral train was met at every station on the route from Southampten by thogsandl of mourners, who testified in this manner their respect for the memory of the illustrions explorer, .. =~

© WINTER WHEAT. l Génerally Favorable Reperts from "' All Quarters. | . WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—The Department of Agriculture has received very full information concerning the appearance of the wheat throughout the country. The returns cover a large proportion of the winter-wheat area in the States. The winter has been . extremely favorable in all sections. No previous season has been more generally so since the inauguration of the crop reports. In the South there are very few exceptions ‘to the general vigor, and even luxuriance of the growth have appeared. In the Gulf Coast region, the winter pasturing of wheat fields has been pragcticed to the advantage of the crops.— In New York and Pennsylvania, the weather since the middle of March has been unfavorable, on account of the sudden changes of temperature -and cold winds, to the injury of wheat on clay and undrained lands. In Ontario, Niagara, Livingston, and Gen~esee, four counties which produce - one-third of the winter wheat of New York, average expectations are entertained, though some injury from freezing and thawing on low ground is reported. ‘The promise is remarkable in Pennsylvania, nine-tenths of the counties making favorable returns, many of them very flattering. Fully three-fourths. of the counties of the Ohio Valley report either an average or superior condition. . Beyond the Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas have still fewer unpromising representations. There are reports from the Northwest, which are more favorable than usual. The prospect in Califurnia i 8 very promising, though complaints of injury from an unusual cause, wet weather, comes from several counties. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture reports a promise of 40,- \ 000,000 bushels in the State. e

The Senate Currency Bill.

-The Senate Currency bill, which has now passed -both Houses of Congress, and which will probably be approved by the President, provides for an increase of $18,000,000 of greenbacks, in addition to the $382,000,000 now out. It also provides for an additional reserve of greenbacks, to be kept by the: National Banks in their own vaults, which the Comptroller of the Currency estimates at about $44,000,000. It authorizes an increase of National Bank notes.to the amount of $46,000,000, but the conditions annexed to the privilege are such (as we have previously shown) that the banks will not be likely to avail themselves of it— The net result, therefore, is a contraction of the currency instead of an expansion, and this verifies what; the Tribune has’ insisted upon from' the beginning, that Morgan, Logan, and the other inflators had not sufficient intelligence to comprehend the effect of their own measures. The bill, as passed, is not necessarily a bad one.— Its worst feature is that it opens the door to a further inflation, by setting a precedent for increasing the volume of legal-tender notes without making any provision for their redemption.— Chicago Tribune. | : | B—— - Sumner’s Successor. | William B. Washburn, the Senatorelect, was born in Winchendon, Mass., Jan. 31, 1820. He is not a member-of the Washburn family so distinguished in recent political history. That tribe came from Livermore, Md,, its chieftains are Cadwallader C., Israel, Jr., and Elihu B. The new Senator from Massachusetts is a graduate of Yale College. He has always been engaged in manufacturing, and may be supposed to favor a high tariff on conscientious grounds. In 1850, he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1854 to the Lower House. Subsequently, he was President of a bank. He was ‘chosen to represent his district in the Thirty-eighth Congress, and continued to serve until his election as Governor in 1871. He was re-elected Governor in 1872 and 1873, and held the office at the time of his selection by the Legislature tosucceed the lJamented Charles Sumner.

- Mr.J. W. Zigler lost six head of valuable cattle by:.the scourge which struck his herd on the sth and 6th inst. 'He made a post mortem examination of one of the animals,and is certain that its death was caused by the Hungari-' an grass it had eaten. The “second stomach” was found full of the seed compacted into a yellow'mass, as hard, tough and insoluble as a plug of tobacco. Mr. Z. tried hard to save the sick cattle, but nothing seemed to do them -a particle of good after they were stricken—physic and all other treatment utterly failed. 'The first serious symptom was a slobbering; then came spasms of the jaws, and after that of .the head and fore parts; and finally the poor beast seemed to be consumed with something like a “maditch.” Mr. Zigler has no doubt that the disease which killed his stock was acute inflammation of the stomach, caused by the seed of the hay eaten.— LaPorte Herald. - o 8

¢ BIRTHS: : COVEL.—April 20," 1874, in Kendallville, a 2 daughter:to the wife of Arthur Covell; weight 8 pounds. | S UARTER—MONAI?.—AgflI 16, 1874, bfi Rev. J. A. Cutler, Mr, William Carter to Miss Martha McNair; all of Noble county, Ind. i SUMMERS—MELVIN.—ApriI 16, 1874, at the residence of the bride's Fnther.bg Rev. Z. Thomas, Mr. Solomon Summers to Miss Sarah P, Melvin. B '_——_V e e SRR e e SRR e S Sty : DIED. ' MEAD.—-In Sg(arta twp.. April 5, 1874, of lung fever, David B. Mead, aged 28 years, 10 months and 11 days. - PIATT.—At Wawaka, Noble connty, Indiana, April 16, 1874, of lung fever, Lorenzo Piatt, aged 33 years, 8 months and 14 days. : 2 He leaves a wife, one child and many relations and friends to mourn his loss. Ren. served faith{ully as a private in Co. C., 30th Indiana Regiment, durfhg the late Rebellion, and was twice wounded. He was highly. esteemed by all who knew him for his many noble and generous traits of character. Friznp. . ISBELL,—ApriI 18, 1874, at his residence in Avilla, Mr. Joel Isbell, aged 37 years, 11 meonths and three days. 3 SHIDLER.—ApriI 9, 1874, near Goshen Ind., of consumption, Miss Jemima Shidler, aged 18 years. Her funeral took place at the Christian Church of this place. z

THE MARKETS. ' LIGONIER. - Wheat—white. ..., 8145 H0g5—1ive..........§490 Amber—red ..... 138/ Hogs—dressed...... ... Rye.........:..... 100 Turkeys—live...... 08 OAtA. ... .. eaUl ccm&m.,-lm.-..... 04 C0rn,...c0cez....@ DEBOUNNER .. Siiiii... 80 %{)tné0e%.........@..;%m;ter.......i........ 693 axSeed...... ..« % G i a . - Clover Seed, . ..., .. 500|Eggs &.. 10 W 001...... ....40@ 50|Feather5....1...... 15 P0rk........per br 16 00|Tallow.... .;\...... 0T Shouiders,.....-... ~10/Timothy Hay.:.....12 00 ~11amn.......i - @ ls_l[mhisz.-;......'..... - KENDALLVILLE. . . Wheat—white..... 8147 Live H0g5.:........8 ... lA‘mber-—red.-...... lgssi)lw - {i0gn...... ke € cnacy cscansading UrEeys..i.... B e m'v:ml.. 04 g0rné&;....... @lgmx. gg Otatoes, .. ... cis e ¥ F1ax5eed.......... 150|La §etronnabsmeenee 10 Clover Seed.. ...@ 500 R e e T | | W 001......... @ 42(Feathers, ~......... 100 gl?;ki&"'""""" 'éi‘T ”"ifl&"'""lz% u1der5,......... ; : s < - Ham5..........00@ 11%fifl..g....,. 809 ww*q ® gf’slscfi?:o}g $ ' @ 16 " B ork..s.. .. Cohgi:i ©..: 685¢iLard. ... § 'Oiflg et Rl fi'smufim.. e Rye..... ..@ 92%|Rib5.......8% @ O% Barley....sl 55@ 158 Ham 5...... 10@ 11 e et . e e e P o e e WA O T e T g Wheat.. . > .. oth ..: 8 .- ' Red . .....0 ~ls9}4\olov.seqd L@ 585 0at5....... ..@ Slißogs:... o . Another lot of Hawk’s Cement at Eldvodln: ‘Buyabox. - o 0 2%

: I,? just reoeivigg one of the langeSt~Stmks of . ol Pt Rl b b )‘ — Groceries, Provisions, Queemsware, Glassware, = e CUTLERNY. &e. ‘} And é_vex"ything pértninil‘lgfn'-tllé;Pfiopl,E’s W%NTS, all of Whi(til‘ -le ' Will he sold éheaper than ever. ;o ] ‘f‘ lam selling new Fresh Pickerel at a - Five Dollars per half Barrel. Good Rio. Coffee, 3; pounds for ~ One Dollar: 4

I have received 5,000 gallons ! Stoneware--selling at 10 c. per gal. ;} PRICE LIST | ,\Vivl‘ll appear in thO‘BANNE.Iii-Qf Ma)’? caSidL . ‘ 1,1 am Sélling Tea;'f‘Chéapi(}ér!fithan any Te@p ' i o Company, | : . Subscribe for the Baxner to kee{p\_ yourself posted where to L ' ' BUY CHEAP‘GOODS. e

1874.- OUR SPRING GREETING. 1814 LIGONIER, --~-~ - . INDIANA, = = f}all and See the Bga;ttiflll SPI-.i#g Styles,just receivied'-. such as : ' DRY GOODS, BO’OTS,SHQES' . ~‘Hats and Caps at Bottom Prices. Qur étoci{ can not be smpa;fi;;?o(izllln((;lfu?!!(l)t(i)t'{‘gi%’giéyfigfigh::ggs;%cix; ;vonl(l call attention to.r-:m . . LADIES' FINE GAITERS. - / R: . ;;\lso,t‘o our imimense stock of : | : | FLANNELS, YARNS, JEANS AND BLANKETS. ' : Whiéh we are ofl‘eripé ;t Pactory Priges, defying il'l combé_fition. ’ : .

.v.b.‘ 2 ; . Our Price List, for Cash Only : READ, REFLECT a'lid THEN EXAMINE the GOODS."' Standard Prints, per yard, fr0m..... ... i 0 i v e e 5n...-T7 to 10. cents Ginghams; s low as..lusiiidgiaiia oy Lo ge s A s Standard Sheeting, per pard,. ........ ... .c..ioliieii. 00, .. 2.8 10 1214 cents’ Bleached Sheeting, I.yard wide;. scn v il dhii s 5. 8 i itloBents | | Lansdale Sheeting, per yard. .. ... . .0. 7 ic.iis b et eouces b conts Papér Cambries, per-yard. i. 0 G i v vo TD ety : Tiekingyper yard. .. > ... 00, oo o 2 el -+....12%4 to 25 cents Table Cloths, all-Liunen. . ... .o ihi aav iuraslvils (0 o (S SN Denims, per yard. ... ;..o i bliiddin v vainioe. 8 en e S SECIONNES Carpet Warp, per pound.. ... .. ovirswaios vinshans s bosangass s sn - v .80 CONLS Factory Flannels, formerly sold at 55 cents, will now be sold for! ....40 cents Hoosier Jeans, best, formerly sold for 75 cts., will now be sold for. .621£ cenfs |, Woolen Yarns, best, formerly sold for 1.10, willnow be sold for. . .....90 cents A very large and well selected Stock of Staple and 1 FANCY DRESSGOODS. All Wool'Delalnes, per yard.c. i iiodi:l oS3O RG4SO eants Wash Popling, ag low a 8 ... 00l bt i aivaskinior 5900 « - Fonn ooa o 2935 conts Striped Reversible Sh‘awls.v. e eedTariheeliaseeeisee e iiays ....$2.00 A complete assortment of White Goods, just received. INOTIONS AND FAINCEY GOODS, Coats’ and Clark’s-(}otton Thread; four spoolafer. - .. . tid... ... 885 Alexander Kad @loves ;o Pl i v WHBR G 0 Jis ... LTS Ladies’ HandKerchiefS. .. .. ... 0. ou s miiisvnme vuvs By oo enmrs povieasl 08 Ladies’ Cotton HoSe .......covieiinipe i Liilll 000 OL, 0 : GOOR QORI .....s RS el o s ee i R R JTiadies’Belts ... ... ..i% R ee e e / BOOTS AND SEHOBS. : ' Men's Stoga Boos .. L 5 Lo Ui iTI oL GRS RYR 0. 8888 | Men's Hand-made Kip Boots: .. . . o iinsl., v vivianlonsicvissnsey #BO. | Men’s Hand-made Calf Boots. ... ~ :. ... o Vda il G 0 QO2BBO Ladies’ Shoes, all ealf. ;. ... .oy dia loGai i b 8 o s ine 488 Ladies’ Button Gaiters, be5t....... ... .. 08 oo o v vl 800, Ladies’ Lace Gaiters,‘good.......r._..;-.'.r........._....z...«:q.‘-,.‘..-..-.;._:;.;«y.,.,-f- ‘-50} Ladies’ Congress Gaiters, Joblot. ... (. oyiveiineniiiinonisinniogon B 0 A Large Assortment of Ladies’ Seamless Shoes, 00l Nice Line in Carpetcut Very Low Figures. ' We are unable to gife pflcu for',oqi- innmm’m vnn'l.\jlt ,- .‘ T ~ Come and Seée for Yourselves - : That our Goods are offered Cheaper than at any other Store in Northern Indisna. ™~ BUYING AND SELLING FOR CASH ONLY, . 7 = (5% [ BN CRp AR iy Lt BRI RRRN. 4O F Th g e Ui, DORT N e crONE PRICECASH STORE. | Lifinfilfi,’ilnfilAna;}s BPsE At anpe JACOBEW DNIMT April 9,18%-50tf g o SRR RSN SAN AER RIS &SR P. 8. Agents for B. Butterick's Patterns. A complete stock constunily on