The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 10, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 July 1874 — Page 2

The Fational Banner

/ "Qi.“ 'f'? Ay | Q\ Ny \\‘_\ RS L fl-\g?‘« By SAgREY ) 2% YA S AN J. B. STOLL, Edito¥ and Proprietor. LIGONIER, IND, JULY 2d, 1874. TOWNSHIP MEETINGS. Election of Delegates to the State " Convention. The Democrats and;Liberal Republican voters of Noble county are rc&nesied to meet in their respective townships on Monday evening, July 6th, 1874, for the, purpese ot;.selccv.ing' delegates to the State Convention, to p(e held at Indianapolis on the 15th day of July niext.,” The meetings-will be held at such places as the committee-man of each township chall désigrate. The whole number of delegates to which Noble county is entitled is twenty-three, The apportionment on the vote of 1872 is as follows: Q Wa5ghingt0n...........1|Jeffer50n.......c.......2 Sparta.....cnites o iOMANEE. oL 00, 00 Perey... il COEWRWNE o 0 Bikhavt...oooniie COBAMene 000 9 York.c...ooeuciitl GBS 0 0000 20D Noble...t.ciioiviis o BERIDIOR &20 o 000 ] Green. .. Nliviime iRI o

Members of the Central ‘Committee in the several towhshi‘pe are requeeted to give notice of the meetings and report the names of the delegates gelected to the Chairman of the Central Committee, = Inbehalf of the Central Committee, - Lt e PARKER, Cnairmanr

Noves Wrarre, the unfortunate nominee of the -“lndependents” for Secretary of. State, has formally tendered his deelination of the candidacy.,

THe 'l‘,ngr:‘mge Republicans talk strongly of trotting out Judge Clapp against John II Baker Fo_r Congress. lli. Iddings is still looking around for some one who will answer Zis purpose. ST ,

T > —— e » " PeorLi's TrckeTs will probably be placed in the field in Koseiusko, Whitley, St. Jusepll; Elkhart, Lagrange, and Steuben counties. There is also some talk of a similar movement in Noble county = - =

A GENTLEMAN named O’Conner, of Rochester, N. Y., now does the “heavy” ediforial writing for the Indianapolis Sc/&zl. The change for tlfe better caN Gbe estim*ute(l at less’ than two hundred per cent. , . 4 ;

TAMMANY HALL is making ar ;srangements for an exceptionally gran ‘celebration of the glorious Fourth.— The old stagers have the stamps anc the vim to render all such. undertak ings a brilliant suecess.

. SUNDRY Ohio editors actually insist upen trotting out old Bill Allen for the Presidency in ’76. They da this ehiéfly with a view to“laying out” Senator Thurman. Queer fellows, some of these Ohioeditors!

POSTMASTER GENERAL CRESSWELL has tendered his resignation, which is accepted by the President, who has appointed Hon. Eugene ITale to fill the vacaney. The exact cause of Mr, Cresswell’s resignation has not trangpired. Lo - :

Tue Mt. Vernon Democrat expresses the opinion t]mt'by' the first of August but two State tickets will be in the field in Inidiana. It matters little whether the prediction is verified or not. - The votes will be divided between two tickets, anyhow. ;

Tue Pylmouth Democrat vigorously combats the proposition of endorsing b, lenderson for Audifor of State. It denounces that gentleiman as being a demagogue and as having been largely in;sffrun‘mxtal in ‘procuring the pas-sage-of the late fee and salary law.

Tire proGrAMME marked out by the Massachusetts poligicians is to make Dawes Senator and Hoar Governoty The J)e"moci'ats boldly talk of smashing this slate by eapturing the ‘State at the next election and filling these oflices with men after their own ‘hearts. . !

J. BROWNFIELD, JR., has' become sole owner of the South Bend Union printing establishment. lI.S. Fassett, who wields a graceful ijen,lms become associate editor, while Chan. continues to “do up” thé locals. We are glad to learn that the Union is.in a very prosperous condition and that the patronage of’ the office is constantly increasing: = :

CONGRESSMEN of the republican p;ersuasion, and who are governed by a laudable desire to premote the interests of their office-holding oroffice-seek-ing constituents, now assure the heads of the several departments that they are satisfied the President acted from the purest motivés when he vetoed that ill-fated currency bill. A peep intothe flesh-pot produces a wond’rous change in the minds of. these inflation congressmen; s

THAT he may put himself in thorough training for the U. S:. Senaton ship, Henry I. Dawes positively forbids the use of his name in connection with a renomination to a seat in the House. Judges Hoar and Jewett have promulgated similar declarations. It i 3 a noticeable fact that a number of the ablest members of Congress, and especially, those: who have served in that capacity for six or eight years, evince a decided disinclination to continue public life at Washington. Isit possible that a congressional career is. less attractive now tham some years ago? b : v

v )~ —— e 3 PEAT is li}{e]y to supplant, at no distant day, the use of coal as fuel. A Jmachine has'been invented in aseclud'ed nook on the Hudson, in the State of New York,at an expense of some fifty thousand dollars, with which peat can be dried and made serviceable for locomotives, &e., at a cost of five dol-

_lars per_ ton. The managers of the * legding railroads in New' York have | already indicated a readiness to contract for the peat thus produced at the . rate of fifty thousand tons a year. We intend to give, next week, an interesting description of the new process

which should be attentively perused by our readers generally, but more especially by those along the Lake Shore

road, where peat is believed to exist in large quantities, Those dried-up ‘lakes and ponds may yet provea source of considerable revenue t 0 their owners. : e

- THE ALLEN COUNTY nnxgcmcv. Saturday last the Democrats of Allen county made their nominations for county and legislative officers. Mayor Zollinger presided over the convention. For Senator, R. C. Bell, alawyer of fine abilities and a gentleman of much personal popularity, was nominated on the second ballot, his,principal competitors being 0. Bird and John P. Shoaff. Patrick Ilorn and Mahlon [lTeller were chosen for Representatives. Frank IH. Walkeé received the nomination for Clerk by a vote of 119 against 34 for W. S. Edsall, the IL;'esent'incumbeut—it being the sense of the convention that four years is sufficient for any one man to serve in a luerative oflice. The remainder of the ticket is composed of the following named 'gentlemen. Judge of the Criminal Court, James W. Borden; Prosecuting Attorney, Sam. M. lench, Auditor, Wm.T. Abbott; Treasurer, M. F. Schmetzer; Sheriff, J. D. Hance; Recorder, Joseph Mominer; Commissioner, Francis Gladio; Land Appraiser, Alvin Iall; Coroner, A. M. Webb. Mr. Koch, the present Recorder, was defeated for renomination, not by reason of dissatisfaction with his oflicial conpduct, but because the Allen county ]z')énu)crim: maintain that four years is long (;n(‘mgh for any man to hold office. The same theory seems to obtain in a number of other counties. In tlie main the ticket of the Allen Demoeracy is one of unusual strength. It will Tie elected by handsome majorities. : /

Mrs. MARGARET CAMERON, wife of Hon. Simon'Can'xe'l'qn,_died at her residence in Harrisburg on the 19th of Juge. Tler maiden name was Brua. Shé was married to Mr. Cameron in the autumn of 1822, nearly 52 years ago. —Pennsylvania Exchange. '

Mrs. Cameron was a most g‘r:ne,rous, kind-hearted woman. It was she who first suggested. to the writer, wlhen a poor orphan scarce 13 years of -age, the advantages-of learning a trade, and who advised us to obtain a situation in a printing establishment in the city of Harrisburg. "We were at that time working for a tenant of one of Simon Cameron’s farms, two miles east of ITarrisburg. Cameron then resided at “Lochiel,” his beautifully arranged and romantically situated suburban residence. Being sent there on an errand, Mrs. Cameron kindly called us into her sitting-room, and, after propounding certain inquiries imparted such noble, motherly advise that a recollection thereof is as vivid to-day as 18 years ago. - ; The body of this noble woman now lies ‘neath the cemetery’s -sod, with many others who have gone before; ‘ but her memory lives, encireled in ‘ clusters .of hallowed recollections, 1‘ bearing tribute to the rectitude of her character, the purity of her heart, the gentleness of her soul'Z the infallibility of her honor, and the sincerity of her friendship. i

‘‘Green be the turf above thee, Frierd of my youthful days, None knew thee but to love thee, None named thee but to praise.’

The idea of our Ligonier neighbor seems ‘to be that if he and Fred Douglass should chance to register at the same hotel, to save his self respect and personal dignity from hurt and stain, Mr. Douglass must either be thrust out, or else sent into the back kitchen with the scullions and ostlers. — Laporte Herald. . . Your Ligonier neighbor entertains no such idea, Mr, Herald. So far as we are concerned we would have no objc¢tion to Fred Douglass or any other equally clealljdilcl accomplished negro registering af the same hotel or eating his meals| inh the same room.— Our objections to the- defunct civil rights bill are based upon other grounds. We object degidedly to a law which \Voul(il inflict a penalty upon respectable la’imllordé for refusing to entertain greasy, ragged, smi‘cy negroes, who, encouraged and emboldened by such abominations as the civil rights Dbill, would seek to force their way into hotels where such patrons are not wanted. We further protest against the compulsory mixing up of white and black children in public schools . where , separate * educational facilities are cheerfully afforded and maintained by white tax-payers. And we further protest because ‘there is no decent excuse for-these continued efforts at eétablishing the equality of the races. As stated on a former occasion, we have no prejudice against the negro. e shall enjoy all the privileges to which he is entitled by law and the dictates of humanity. More than that he ought not ask. -

THE! TEMPERANCE MEN of New York State will not be cajoled into the support of the Republican State ticket, but have concluded to nominate a ticket of their own. They are particularly severe ot Gov. Dix for vetoing their favorite ‘bill which passed the Legislature last winter. - Dix is now trying to show that'he i, individuaally, a teetotaler but has no faith in prohibitory legislation. The temperance men, on the other hand, aver they are tired of being bamboozled by republican politicians. They say the course of the Democrats, whe openly - opi)ose prohibitory legislation, is far more honorable and consistent. Gov. Dix will doubtless be renominated by the Republicans, while the Democrats talk of making Samuel J. Tilden or loratio Seymour their standard bearer next fall. Either of these gentlemen would reflect honor upon the party. P i

: [ ST O et © PLATT McDONALD succeeds E. D. VanValkenburgh in the publication of the Plymouth Democrat, which is now iisued by McDonald & Geddes, two very competent, newspaper men. Platt is a first-class writer, whose return to the “chair editorial” we hail with the utmost delight. Our best wishes accompany Ed. Van. in whatever he may conclude to embark.

THE Princeton Democrat favors the endorsement of three candidates on the “Independent” ticket by the Democratic State Convention, to wit:— Henderson, Mitchell, and Biddle. The Peru Sentinel is willing to accept Henderson and Mitchell. And a few other democratic journals insist upon repudiating the whole concern.-

THE GREAT SANGERFEST

A GRAND MUSICAL FEAST, SINGING BY OLD AND YOUNG.

Madame Lueé;—:ztrand Ovation. . . - CLEVRLAND, June 29th, 1874. DEAR BANNER:—The Smngerfest has come and gohe_; and while the melody of Pauline Lucca, and the music of the almost sublime| orchestra, lingers in our ears, we will try to tell to the many readers of the BANNER, a little about the musical feast we have had in our beautiful Pearl City. The long talked-of revel came at last; and like the roar of a thousand cannon over the plain, so came the burst of music from the noted Seengerfest. The immense building, situated on the Weddell lot, Euclid Avenue, is a sight of itself; it is 250x150 feet, and 40 feet to the eave,and 70 feet-to the pitch of the roof; it was well arranged, with large galleries around the sides and one, end, and seated, very comfortably, ten’ thou.;*a;nl people. .1t was very nicely 'grimmed and capitally ventilated, and was lighted by gas, which was all lit at once by means of electricity. It would be too tedious. to describe the decorations, or -enumerate the flags and banners, displayed by over one hundred socioties__ which were represented in the great host of musicians. The Philharmonic Ozrchestra, and Pauline Lucea, were the main characters; and the little. Prima Donna aequitted herself nobly: throwing the-lowest note to the remotest part of the enormous butlding,in a clear, audible voice, while her high notes were like some grand burst of melody from an instrument turned by divine hands. ‘

But.l must not fail to mention the first act of the programme, the street parade on Tuesday ; where all the different Societies, the noted personages, among them Gov: Allen, and Cleveland societies of almost every kind and order, including an immense company of butchers on horseback, dressed in ‘-n:lnifg[rms of blaek pants and hats, white shirts with red: velvet regalia. Of course King Gambrinus was, represented with his courtiers. 'The Light Artillery was out, and the Emmet Guards, Grays, and while I have no time to mention all of our own replesentatives in the parade, just think of the many from abroad. And.it is not too mueh to say, that the procession was no small part of thie Fest. Tuesday evening was the opening, consistiufig of welcoming addresses by Gov. Allen and other distinguished men, and music from some of the societies. Wednesday morning was the rehearsal and lake excursion,and in the evening was the first grand concert.

MADAME LUCCA’S FIRST APPEARANCE

After a magnificent overture by the orchestra, and singing by the Amei:‘i-_ can Sengerbund, there was a tremendous burst of applause, denoting the appearance of the pet of the troupe. As she came upon’ the stage, she appeared like a fairy let down among hobgoblins; her plump, fair form arrayed in what seemed to be floating clouds of rose colored illusion, over pink silk, trailing away in a pink mist behind the stage surroundings. After almost deafening applause, her superb voice rolled away in a burst of music Jike the approach of some greéat conqueror, éuu]cthen sank away in the sublime pathetic strain of some dying hero, whose glory shone far above defeat. And so she held us; one moment in wildest ecstacy, :mdthei",like as if some far gone memory was brooding over us, with a tenderness almost divine.— As the last note of Mein Lied died away, it seemed .as if even Swenger Hall could not hold the encore. She reappeared and most gracefully repeated a verse, :md then retired amid another: storm of applause. / : . There was more very excéllent music, but men are not pretty enough to talk about, so, we will just say, it was grand, both the vocal .and orchestra, Lucca came again, and lifted us above the plain of mortality, to realins where ‘ only so few can ever reach. It was but a repetition of the firsf appearance, i only, if anything, bettér. Then there was singing by the North American Sengerbund, and the Grand March from Mazeppa, by the orchestra, whichconcluded jthe concert. ' ‘

ON TII;L'RSPAY AFTERNOON

was the matinee; and oh! if I could tell it as a I saw it. The immense platform of raised seats on the stage,or back of it, was filled with seventeen hundred children, from the Cleveland schools. And when they urg&g/\to sing, “How lovely are the Messthgers,” it seemed some mighty wave of ‘white, pink and blue was about to overwhelm us; the waving of fans, and flutter of sashes, was, at least, verry dazzling. They were under control of Prof. Stewart, who has won no little fame by his exertions and success with such an army of children. They sang beautifully,and were roundly cheered; while the Prima Donna was as enthusiastic as any one. She sang again; this time dressed “all over,” in a beautiful blue suit, with no ornaments scarcely, saverich trimmings of lace and velvet. I should lose my verry little equilibrium, if I should attempt to describe her again, and I needn’t say again, for I have not, and never can do, ample justice to one who shows such rare power of voice; andsuch nice, delicate appreciation of the sublime harmony of music. The children 'sang four times, once in German, anfi, with the “Star Spangled Banner,” closed one of the best entertaininents ever given in (Cleveland. . : e

In the evening was Lucca’s last appearance, as she left that night for New York, intending to sail on Saturday for Europe, where she intends to establish an Opera, and return on a grand tour in about a year. Itisa pity that domestic trouble should mar the happiness in her great suceess. " Her separation from her first husband, the Count Von Rhaden, who squandered or kept a large bulk of her fortune, after her great devotion to him during the Russian war, where she followed him in the hardest of ways to minister to his wants, and nursed him back tohealth upon the battle ground. . Her

one child she is ozuiged to hidewith 1 her mother in far off Switzerland anl she is also obliged to secure'her aryings under the name of her prsent ‘husband. T almost forgot to metgicn that her song Th'ursday in reply b an encore, was “lome, Sweet Home, and I don’t care to ever hear any onelse sing it, to spoil that delightful mmory when first I realized the beaut of that touching ballad. Friday evaing closed the Sflenger“fpst,, :mfl the pinie on the Northern Ohio Fair Gronds Saturday, was!/the end of the geat German festival. Of course beerand native wine flowed freely, but here was uniform good order and ncone need to blush for our German frinds who have contributed s 0 much fo our enjoyment. L A.RE.

o _‘__H,___ SRy ORTWEIN, the brute who some weks since murdered an entire family nmed Hamnett, in the vicinity of Pttsburgh, has been found guilty of rurder in the first degree. Ilis attoreys are endeavoring to obtain & new tial on the insanity dodge. = There bing no earthly|‘doubt of Ortwein’s ailt, it is to be hoped he will be spedily hanged. g

Indiana Pplitics,

ITon. D. W. Voorhees has writien u letter declaring that he will not be a candidate for any office, and definirg his position on the question of payirg oft the bonded debt of the country. Ie is opposed to any change of the original contract, and says the bonds were to be paid in legal tenders. Put tle government presses to work, pay off the bonds in greenbacks, and hard times will be over—in a horn!

The Paoli Eagle is out of humor..— Dubois and Martin counties have instructed their delegates in the Senatorial convention for that district to vote fdr ITenry A. Peed, the gentleman who slept in the middle when there were three in the bed. Mr. P. also voted for the increase of pay in the last legislature and the Eagle proposes to go back on him foif it. Allis not lovely in that district.—Swullivan Democrat. .

A Farmer's Convention: held in Franklin, Indiana, passed resolutions favoring the selection ofl. candidates for' office irrespective of party; demanding rotation in office and the inauguration of the one term system ; in favor of burying the animosities engendered by the war, and deprecating the efforts of certain ambitious demagogues to keep alive the feeling of geetionalism. 5 {

From present indications the ticket nominated by the 10th of June Farmers State Conivention will have no supporters in this county. As yet we can not hear of a single voter who openly favors either the ticket or the platform. The delegation who attended the convention, we believe, without exception, unite in designating the affair as a failure, and predict that ' a better start will have to.be made before a third party is successfully launched into existence.—LaPorte Arqus. :

It is suggested in a number of our Democratic exchanges, that the nomination, by the late Independent State Convention, of Ilon. Ebenezer Henderson, for Auditor of State and Capt. J. A.S. Mitchell, for Attorney General, be indorsed by the Demoecratic State Convention. Both these men are sterling Democrats, and-well qualified for the respective positions they have been chosen for. There would be nothing inconsistent in choosing them as.Democratie standard -bearers, and we think they would both make good races; neither of them is our first choice, but we would cheerfully support them both, if nominated.—Peru Sentinel. : ‘

WiieN President Grant performs a good act we are even more ready to grant him the praise due than we are to condemn what we believe to Dbe wrong in his actions.. We have given him the full meed of praise due for his judgment shown in the appointment of Judge Bristow to be Secretary of the Treasury, and now we take pleasure in according him praise for his- appointment of Post Master-Gen-eral. Mr. Hale is comparatively a young man, ounly 38 years of age, with culture and breadth rarely possessed by Congressmen now-a-days. He has done most excellent seveice, during the past session, in the cause of retrenchment and reform. ConsequentIy we can congratulate ourselves that there will be very little opportunity fon swindling and thievery during his admimistration of our postal affairs. We congratulate the President and the country on his having been so fortunate as to secure the services of a really first-class man to fill this important position. —Ff. Wayne Sentinel, 2 TR S e(5 AR THE United States Senate recently passed a bill to prevent ‘newspapers from ecriticising members of Congress and to check.the tendency to expose the corruption and thieving which prevails at Washington. The House had sufficient good sense to reject the outrageous measure, but perhaps it was because the members come into more direct intercourse with:the people and feared the result'of such a step toward absolute tyranny. The gentlemen who attempt to muzzle the press will be likely to be remembered when they seek a re-eleetion, . Public men "who are honest and desire to remain so have nothing to fear from free and untrammeled newspapers.— Laporte Argus, S e

Te - b The Crops in the Northwest. (From Monday’s Chicago Tribune.)

Reports of the condition of the crops at stations along the lines of the Michigan Southern and Chicago & Northwektern Railroads are published in this morning’s issue. = The prospects for! all grains in Indiana and Michigan are excellent, but.in Ohio wheat is in bad condition, varying from onethird to two-thirds of a erop. There is not more than two-thirds of the average yield of hay in any of these States. Fruits are doing remarkably: well. Returns from the country traversed by the Northwestern Road in Wisconsin, lowa, and Illinois, are to the effect that the acreage of grain is large, the prospects: better than for many years past, and the amount on hand at the stations small, A significant feature of the reports which we have thus far printed is that they indicate a considerable increase in the amount of corn put in over last year. The farmers seem to regard it as a sacrifice to abstain from planting corn, when the climate and soil are peculiarly adapted for that growth, and the effect is likely to be a crop almost equal to that of 1872. This year, however, no diastrous consequences would follow upon a large crop.

The Elkhart Observer tells the sad story that Matie, youngest daughter of J. B. Stephens, was drowned in the Elkhart river Monday evening of last week, between six and seven o’clock. She and her elder sisters were bathing in the river, and the little girl, either by stepping into a hole in the bottom of the river, or by the force of the current, got beyond her depth and was drowned before assistance:could be rendered her. ‘ : :

STATE ITEMS.

- The Elkhart Union réports that two men died of small-pox near that town. They are the last cases of that disease in the town. - L Friday morning, at Batches’ sawmill, Tyner City, an unknown German fell on a saw,which was rapidly revolving. The saw cut his head off clean in a second, and also cut off one arm. lle has no friends in this country, and his name is unknown. Ile had been employed in the mill but a shorttime. . Last night witnessed the departure of H. F. Keenan, late of the Sentinel, from this region of country, and on the 15th of August he will bid a fond adien to the shores of his native land from on board a vessel conveying him to Elgrope, where he will spend two years*in completing his edueation.-— Imdianapolis Journal. - The shirt and pants of William MeDole, the supposed murderer of the Bradlpy family near Lawrenceburg, have been found spotted with human blood. An effort had been made to wash it out with cold water. It is now believed that the murder was committed before bedtime Monday 'night. ' The feeling is intense at Law‘renceburg, and is éxpressed by muttered threats of lynching. l~ - Wednesday, June 24, was a gala day for Columbia City. The fine new hall of Columbia Lodge No. 176,1. 0. O. T, was dedicated in the preésence of a large assemblage of Odd Fellows from various parts of the country. A large procession of Odd Fellows in full regalia, marehed through the principal streets. Past Grand Representatives Thomas Underwood and John MeQuiddy were the orators of the ocei- | sion. ‘ ’ Alice Johnson, of Elkhart, a girl of {thout 17 years, employed in the family o George Harrington, was burned to 1 ceath on Wednesday of last week.— e attempted to start fire with kerosaie, when the can exploded, enveloping her in flaaes. - She ran out doors ard around the Louse several times, when she was caught by a man passilg, and the flames extinguished, but Iwt until she was terribly burned.— -Sile lingered until labout ‘midnight, vhen death caine to her relief. : A horrible accident occurred about our miles west of Monroeville, Allen :ounty, Thursday might. A farmer named Lorgain -attempted to fill a lighted kerosene lamp, when the oil in the cam ignited, and a terrible explosion foHowed. Mr. Lorgain was severely burned .about the head, neck and breast, and his three children, aged four, six and eight years respectively, who were standing by his side, were so terribly burned that they all died a few hours -afterwards. With great difficulty the house was saved. On the 2d of July two fat heifers will be exhibited on the streets of Elkhart, accompanied with bands of music, one twqg and the other three vears old, one of which was put up to tatten last fall, and the other during the winter. = The whole| process of teeding, watering-and caring for the fanimals will be explained at the exhibition. Other attending -circumstances will make the show more'than usually interesting to country and town people both. The fat heifers are to be slaughtered and put in market for the 4th of July. / e On Tuesday morning, June 16, a most bloody murder wast comniitted, near Lawrenceburg. The victims were Mrs. Bradley and her two daughters, aged respectively nine and eleven years, Mr. Bradley, who is a very poor ‘ man, was working near (ilo, Clearmont county, Ohio, and Mrs. Bradley, with her daughters and a son three years i6f age, and a babe six months old, lived in a little lug hiut on Tanner’s creek, about two miles from Lawrenceburg. The deed was not known until late Tuesday evening, ~when the little boy was found wandering about crying “Mamma,” and going tothe house three bloody corpses were found, with the infant, all dabbled with its mother’s blood. The murders were committed with an ax, and the mother was most horribly mutilated. - Evidently a rape was committed on the mother, and then 'she and the girls were killed to keep them from telling it.- Suspicion rests “upon a man of bad character, named William MeDole, who is under arrest. The evidence against him is very strong. ; - e OT— A MURDER AT WATERLOO. — t Miiled for Sixty Dollars. | Through the courtesy of Mr. Chas. A. Hays, of this city, we learn that at Watenloo, this morning, Alamander T. Inman was arrested for the murder of {ohn Burtnett, of Knox county, 0., near that place last Tuesday evening. The circumstances of the murder are as follows; Burtnett was riding to-. ward Waterloo, and when within two miles of the town he was overtaken by Inman, who struck him over the head with a club, felling him to the earth, Ie afterward dragged his victim to the roadside and robbed him of a sum of money, about $6O in all. ' The body of the wounded man was found shortly afterward by a passing horseman. Strangely enough, Inman was also still on the ground, stupefied, as it appears, from drink.— The dying man only spoke once, ma= king a request to be taken to the residence of a Mr. Huffman, where he almost immedjately died, Inmanin the meantime went to the house of'a widow woman of the neighborhood, and informed her that he had committed the deed, and counted the money before her. The money was contained in a pocket Book which he drew from his pocket. His trial is in progress today at Waterloo, the result of which we will receive to-morrow. The prisoner is about 85 years of age, has a fine appearance and good address, but bears the mark of dissipation. The sentiment of the community is that he ;is guilty, and it is pretty certain that he will be convicted of his crime. The prisoner has a wife and child at Butler, where he resides, lehas borne a somewhat hard character for several years. A son of the murdered man is on the ground and will leave no stone unturned to secure the -conviction of the prisoner.—Fort Wayne Sentinel, June 29. bt

Mg. HALE has definitely accepted the place inthe Cabinet made vacant by the resignation of Postmaster-Gen-eral Creswell. The politicians are unable as yet to determine what may be the significance of his promotion.— One view is that he ig to econtrol the post-offices "in furtherance of Mr. Blaine’s aspirations to the Presidency ; another that he is Lo “fix” Michigan in such a way as.to secure the re-election of his father-in-law to the United States Senate. Possibly Mr. Hale may work for both of tliese ends; but it is certain that any calculations which take no account of his own ambition will be seriously defective. '

SECRETARY BRISTOW has refused to accept a coach and pair, which a zealous personal friend asked the privilege of presenting to his wife. There is danger that Mr. Bristow will be dis"misse«f for casting reflections upon the President. He will then figure in history by the side of the Sunday-school here who refused to lie about a little m’t?t'er of calico, and was discharged for pretending to be better than his ‘master.—Chicago Tribune, nd x i 1 3

b GENERAL ITEMS.

It is rumored in Washington that Secretary Fish will soon be removed because he cannot be induced by the negotiatéors of Cuban bonds to recognize the| insurgents as belligerents. Fish has been resigning many times these four years; and it would not be wise to venture much upon the present rumor. - : ; | Voters in New York will have an opportunity to. choose between all the political parties known to recent American history. The Liberal Republicans have determined to hold a convention, and put a ticket in the field, and their action has been anticipated by the Republicans, Democrats, andl Prohibitionists. e Hon. Lyman K. Bass has refused to accept the office of Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury, in which he was confirmed by the Senate. The position is a responsible and honorable one, but the salary attached to it is inadequate. Mr. Bass is at present Congressman from the Buffalo District, and has small| hopes of re-election. The fuller details of the catastrophe at Syracuse show it to have almost equaled in econsternation and terror the sinking jof a ship at*sea. The transition from a hall thronged with happy, laughing, chattering people, to a mingled mass of falling timbers and crushed and suffocating human beings, all in a pitch darkness, with the wails of the wounded and the sereams of the terrified 'women' and children, is one diflicult to be imagined. A calamity thus falling like a thunderbolt into the midst|of feasting and merrymaking seems “oubly awful in its death-dealing blow. e The éxtensive stables of Nickerbocker & C 0.,, of New York City, was destroyed by firg about 8 o’clock on Wednesday evening of last week. Theé stable contained 120 horses and about 500 tons-of hay. Owing to the rapid spreadiof the/flames pbut twenty horses were rescued. The, kicking of the horses as the flames spread around them was fearful. The stables were about three lundred feet long. Some sixty ice ‘wagons, which were in the immediate vicinity, were saved, with the exception of two or three. Total loss by burning of buildings, houses and;stock of| the Knickerbocker Ice (‘mfilmny will reach $lOO,OOO. There is no insurance on the property. The origin of the!fire is not ascertained. Congressman Sloss, of Alabama, has appeared in|a new zole. Reaching home on Friday last he learned that one George . Long had been slandering his daughter. Instead of remonstrating with him, or ecalling himn out, or instituting suit, Sloss settled the case by taking his gun and filling Long so full of buckshot that he is not long for this eartli. The most remarkable feature of the case is the satisfaction of both parties. Sloss is satisfied because he has shot Long, and L.ong, upon being informed that it was Sloss who had shot him, remarked, “That’s all right.” This would seem to indicate either that I.ong was gratified because Sloss was even with him, or that it was soothing to his pride to be ‘assured that he was shot by a Congressman. e : ) Tl < —— Northern Indiana Crop Reports. [Telegraphed mh the 27th of June to the Chicago i | ~ Tribune.] BrrLEßr.—Wheat, about half a crop; corn and oats, an average crdp; hay, light. . Fruit of all kinds give ja good prospect. | : - t ;

WATERLOO.—Wheat will not DBe over half a erop; corn, oats, and hay, a good progpect. The probability is there will be a.good supply of all kinds of fruit in this vicinity. :

CorUNNA.—Wheat not over onethird ecrop.| Apples, average. Cherries, half crop. Peachesin abundance. KENDALLvILLE—The prospect for the wheat crop is good. (orn, full crop. llay, better than usual. Potatoes, fair. Apples, nearly an average. All other fruit light. P

’ BRIMrIELD. —Wheat promises to he -a full crop. | Ailarge breadth of corn planted and looking well. Qats, an average crop. Hay,short. Apple crop does not promise well. Peaches, more than an average. Cherries short.— ‘Other small/fruit a usual crop. LlGONlER.—Prospect favorable for a large crop, of wheat, corn, and oats. Never was better. Peaches will be plenty. Other frnit nét more than enough for home use. dlay light. Potatoes, promise better than for many vears. | : .

GOSHEN..—Wheat medium, killed badly on the clay. Cornis late, stands well, and many expect a fair erop.— Oats an average. ITay. very good.— Applgs abont half a crop. ; Peaches the best we have had for many years. Small fruitg very large crops. LAPOorRTE—The prospect for wheat and other grain. in this, vicinity are gaod—mucl% better than hisual. g

RoLLNG PrRAIRIE— Wheat, a good average crop. Corn bids fair to be a large ecrop., QOats look better than ithey have in six years. NEW CARLISLE—The wheat crop is considered by all to be above the average. Qoats and grass look fine.— Prospect for fruit is good. Sovurn BeEND.—Wheat very fine; better than last year. Potatoes a fair crop. Corn| looking fine;larger crop than . last year. Oats, very fine, and large crop. | * MisHAwAXA.—The present prospect for crops of| all kinds are very good. OsceoLA.—The prospects for wheat and other grains are good. s e ——— Laying the Corner Stone for a Magnificent Structure. One of the grandest events ever witnessed in Chicago was the.laying of the corner stone of the. Chicago Custom House on "Wednesday of last week. The number of strangers in the city was estimated at one hundred thousand, and from twenty-five to thirty thousand were in the procession which was several miles in length.— The oration, was delivered by Grand Master James A.Hawley. 'The Postoffice building covers an areaof 344 by 240 feet and has three main stories besides an attic and basement. Its height to the main cornice will be 82 feet, and to the corner of the attic story 90 feet. - The building- will be surmounted by eight square towers, one on each corner and one over the middle of each facade, reaching a height of 175 feet. The first story will be 31 feet in height, the second 23, and the third 25. Grand porticoes and stairways lead intp the building from each street, the Custom House and SubTreasury being reached from Adams and Jackson streets, and the Post-of-: fice from Dearbarn street, the mails belng received -and sent out from Clark street. 'The postal department will oceupy the entire basement and: flrst floor. The cost of this vast and elaborate structure will be in the neighborhood of $5,000,000, the lot itself having been purchased for $l,250,000, \ e

HoN. EuGeENE HALE, appointed Postmaster-General vice Cresswell, resigned, is the present member of Congress from the F%th District of Maine. He was born at Tarner, Oxford county, Maine, June 9, 1836 ; studied law; was admitted tothe bar 1857, and commernced practice; was for nine successive years county attorney for Hancock county; was a member of the Legislature of Maine in 1867 and 1868; was elected to the Forty-first Congress, and has been re-elected to each succeeding Congress. He is a son-in-law of Senator Chandler of Michigan,

- THEBEECHERSCANDAL., - Tilton Sp’ea.ks,—Beechefr l‘rin,n’omie’ed', - Guilty—His 0\"1'1 Sigl‘latul’re' -'; Proclaims Mis Guilt. . _Theodore Tilton publislied-in the. Golden Age, of June 26th, a seven column article touching the -~Be‘ech}er_; scandal in defenee of himself against the charges of the Rev. Leonard Bacon, moderator of the late. Brooklyn council, that Tilton has been it cow-. ardly : slanderer -of Beecher, whose magnanimity alone saved him from-a disgraceful exposure. Ilaving suffered in silence for four years from these and similar misrepresentations - put before the publie by Plymouth Chureh, Mr. Tilton says that neither patience ‘nor duty will pefmit him longer to conceal the actual faets from the pub- \ lic. ITe then goes on to say that lie has mever slandered lenry Ward: Beecher, but on the contrary has sacrificed his own reputation to suppress the truth about him,. and that he never has refused to appear before a church and answer- all the. questions. regarding the scandal that ‘might be put to him. Tilton gives liis reason for severing connection. with: the church as folows: “After I had been for fifteen years a member: of Plymouth Chureh, and had become mean- , while an intimate. friend of the-pastor, ' knowledge ¢ame to me m 1870 that he had committed an offense against me which I forbear to name. °= Prompted by my self respect, I immediately and forever ceased my attendance on his ministry.” - Ife publishes the following as an extract—from a document signed by Beeeher: ' - v BROOKLYX, Januaiy Ist; 1874,

1 ask Theodore Tilton’s/ forgiveness and humble myself before him ay I do before my God: - e would have been ‘a better man in any “ciréumstances than T haye beén. - 1 ask nothing except that he will "remeniber all the other breasts that wounld~ache. I will not plead for myself. ~ 1 even wish that T were dead. G Mot e [Signed.] -~ HIW. BEBGHER,

Cutting Down th ?’“’:\Eos- of Laborers. ForT WAYNE, June 28._#—71‘%& order issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company that on and after to-morrow, June 29th, all the men employed in their shops are'to be cut down to five hours labor occasions considerable discussion, and some hard feeling. This company employs betweén eleven and twelve hundred men, a great many of whom have Dharely lived since the reduetion last. winter of ten per. cent, and the hours of work. Under the; last order all laborers and hielpers will receive but sixty-two and:-one-half cents per day, and have to: support large families on-this pitiable sum.—

Such a state of affairs makes itself felt in-all kinds of business:.. o

Killed by Lightning.

Forr WAYNE, June 29.—A terrible accident. occurred at a small village south-west of here last night, during the 'heavy lightning 7and riin storm. A young lady, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Devine, was conversing with a caller, when the lightning struck the house. and, jumping to her, strueck her on the hips, blackening the flesh and burning her clothing, (She lived but ten minutes. The youngiman who was visiting there was so severely stunned as to-render his life in peril. Ile is conscious, but perfectly deaf.— The rest of the family were considerably stunned, but were not seriously hurt. Strange to say, tlie building was entirely unharmed. L

The following particulars of the legislation of Congress during the late session were enumerated by Mr. Garfield in the House of Congress: =~ "/ Last year, - Thisyear. NAVY . Soouteieoceiatee - 822,250,000 "$l6/750,000 ATmYy ....ooeeeno a 0 32750,0000 97,750,000 Legislative.... o .c.. 0 ... 23,750,000 .- %0,500;000; T0rtificati0n............0 "1,880,000 .° 904,000 Indian..ocosian s nido o 5.5050:000 5,500,000 Military Academy..,.: - - 344,000 < - - 339,000 Deficiency <..... .. ... 11,278,000 4,004,000. We always ‘lmvé’such reported ;‘é’», ductions during the ;year when Congressmen are to be eleeted; The only drawback is that at the next session they pass a deficiency ?.I_)ill mor'e than swallowing them up.. This dodge of the present Congress in the semblance of economniy is, therefore, an old one. -

- SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS, Matthias Straus, Ligomierc... .ol wlil 28900 t{(,hn D. Morrell, e s s Thomas Hill, A vaseiieete et vamaaer 200 Owen Davis, A vet ol 200 Luzeon Gilbert, A A col sSR 100 A.J. Shull, o Selelbhilliliiaooo2 00 Archibald Wilson, = Do ives el ROO Alexander Givens, ‘St -ou il lula Tl iE il 0D William Craig, i s sl (0 A. W. Parsons, A sl BLG SR Jonathan Simmons, ' LLiill i Sl e DH. Reynolds. . S & e D. W_ (. Stage; PR S ey Samuel Hartzler, < rape gl in DAV D) R. S. Latta, s taR s e e 00 Daniel W. Green, .* o oo oiaslioion D Jiail 900 J. Co Wollid 8L0.,, - ' = oo clugids ot il Harlan Parks, o e G e John Crone, Kendallville.«. sl vaa it sadnicc §7OO J. W. Helmer, £ s i S e ] O E. P. Davidson, L {ovie s o ypaaivaion slabn 000 T. B. Dyer, oy iemne g andaan 100 JdoJ. Sprinkels oBt s nil es e s ) Jacob g’oung. i fesdiasaianiidiel., 200 George C.'Glatte, ;‘* [ovomanion e anenws 200 W. &J, R, Bunyaif. * o e e et 2100 H. H. Wehmeyer, * cidssripenvisaacne ]OO John Duerr, 3 cestsanabaansdanen DOO Renben Miller, § * sedst nidedke Ll 00 Reuben Bloomfleld, ** .. i i llatii 100 Geo. W, Brown, Wawaka._ ..., /.o .0 00 200 Samuel Frauks, | . o oo oo Soli i 0 100 Daniel Huff, i sI SR ) William Knepper, »#§ - (200270107 20007 100 J. W. Marshall, h el ani mtenial il Thomas J. Young, Meriam:.......0.... .00 1.00 John P, Miller, 7 vite ¢ Soohd Uy s sSt SaEu George W. Brown, - ol loun DU 00 William M. Clapp, A1bi0n........... 0020 . 400 William E, Bowen, * wplie sTSN 00 John Banta, - Rl LD R 0 David McArtney, Avilla, .., ico.liii i iil 900 Henry Hall LLI Sl D 90 J. G.N. Wosika, ChiCag0,........:.....000 200 Leopold Straus, e eSS i R Joseph Zollinger, Goshen,....c. ... lo .o ... 400 L. D. Thomas, eh st vl S S 00 Joseph Weaver, Brimfield,:. ... ... .l .. 1200 Walter 8. Morrow, ' ‘4. o 0 uianies Sseten J: T. Moore, Bryan,Ohio,.... 5. :..2., cvevie 2:00 O, W. Willeth st det oing ot 3eee: 200 Eld. J. E Har,is, Uticax O i B o 1 Jacob Bake, Contrerus; 0................... 200 H, J. Landon, Denison, Texas, ...i.. . .... 50 Phi_lig Klick, California....... SR S Matthias Smith, Butler, Mi550uri..........-. 100 Wm. Liine, Heela, ot s 205 a 6 Ed. Schroyer, Rome City........2.....5. .. B 0 Samuel Beaty, LaGran§e. S NN s e Wm. Shambaugh, Wolf Lake......... 5...... 300 Fred. Hoffman, Butler... ... 00 "01 7 969

BIRTIEIS: . o GAGE.—June 2, 1874, in Elkhart twp., a gon to the wife of Wm. Gage; weight 7 pounds. : ~ .. BUSSING.—June 24,in Elkharttwp, a daughter to the wife of John Bussing ; weight 7% pounds. - HENRY.-—June 22d, in Ligonier, a-daughter to the wife of George Henry; usual weight. de SMITH.—June 29, in Elkbart twp.; a son to the wife of Jesse B. Smith; usual weight.

DIEBED. -

MILLER. -June 28th; in Elkhart twp., of consumption, Daniel F', Miller; aged 64 years, 2 mos. and 1 day. = . Kon Mr. Miller was born in Somerset county, Penn., and when 4 years of age moved with his parents westward and landod in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. He was married in 1834, when he moved to Holmes county, and in 1857 came to DeKalb county, in this State, where he remained until 1870 when he removed to Springfield, this county. The remainswere foHowed to the grave by his sorrowing family, friends and neighbors. ‘He was a member of the German Baptist Church for 25 years. An impressive funeral discourse was preached by Rev, Joseph. Ebey, S . AMR AUSTRAW.—June 26th; Lagrange 00., Samuel Austraw; aged 79 years, 4 months and 8 agyu‘ :

He was a native of Westmoreland. county, Pa:, and has lived here for the last 20 yéars.. He had been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for 50 years. : O e o

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Remaiumg in the post office at Ligonier,lnd. during the pastweek: et E Bener, Mrs, Elizabeth |Kauffman, Levi iy Coobs, HD “° 'Kiser.,Mrs.-. Eib v Carr, Mise Janey - |Morrie, WJ .~ - " King, Miss Elizabeth = |Statzman, Matilda ; Kay%or. George lWi)pon, lilss R J. il ; Wellg, Rangom =~ - i Persons calling th of the above letters W“} iR GOODSPEED, P, M. Ligonier, Ind,, July 2d,1874, - , = 55

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