The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 July 1874 — Page 2

The Pational Banner R v A‘ ARSI A e YA RIS : : ?m—h_ﬁ“_: J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor, LIGONIER, IND, JULY 16, 1874, Ovr shoulders are broad enough to bear the responsibility of mistakes, etc., that may creep into these columns during Mr, Stoll’s absence; he being in attendance at the State Convention at Indianapolis. : BRI e L THe mlivin.k returns in the Arkansas election from all the counties foot up as follows: TFor the Convention, 0,259 ; against 8,607. Of the 91 delecates elected, over 70 are Democrats :n%ggsm‘\iatives. ° e & B ——— AN ATTEMPT was made on” Monday last to assassinate Prince Bismarck, while riding in the country near Kissingen. The would-be assassin was promptly arrested, and has been identified. Much excitement followed the attempt, and the populace were with great difficulty prevented from lynching the man after his arrest.

Hox: JASPER PACKARD, of LaPorte, has issued a circulayr announcing that he is about to' commence the publication ofasemi-weekly newspaper in that city. In regard to its political status the circular says: “It will be republican in polities, with independence enough to commend the good and condemn the bad, no matter where they respectively exist.” It will be made a lively sheet whether it pays or not. e

Tue Ohio crusaders have at last debouched into a path that leads to reform and true temperance. They are reviving d@n old statute which provides for an inspection of liquor offered for sale and f6r the punfshment of those who sell adhlterated liquors. In this way, if they can secure the enforcement of asalutary law,the women may do great good, aud their effort properly pursued is worthy of public encouragement. i

ANoTHER rotten dam in Massachusetts gave way on Monday. No lives were lost, thépnks to a happy chance, _but much property was 'destroyed, t railroad;bridges were swept away, and tm.\tel will be interrupted for several. days, We suggest to the people of Massachusetts that they direct an immediate serutiny of the dams which are still in active use, leaving an .investigation into the Middlefield case to be made at lejsure. .\-,This is not a -time to be crying .over spilt milk.— There is still too muel to be done by prompt and decisive action,

TieoboßE TILTON has published another letter in regard to the Beechér scandal. The substance of it is that the letter to Bacon was not meant to bhe aggressive, but in self-defense; and that further provoecation was needed to call from him a full charge against Mr. Beecher, Such a provocation, he says, is furnished by the letter of Mr. Beecher to the Examining Committee. ITe accepts the ¢hallenge, and within ten days will give to the Investigating Committee_all the facts, having previously taken the care to sift them, and make oath before a magistrate to such as he desires to substantiate.— Mr. Tilton has taken the only .course that was open to-him; and he has taken it with all the promptness and moderateness of manner: that could have been expected. e

TuE receipts of produce at the City of New York, for the six months ending June 30, were the largest ever known in any previous corresponding time, and-the outward movement was correspondingly . large. The: receipts at the ports of Baltimore and Phila‘delphia‘show a-pi'op,ortionate increase, with likcis improvement in their general trade! The iron works and colieries Tately suspended are beginning to receive orders again. The great uncertainty which 2 Republican Congress held menacingly over the business of the country is temporarily withdrawn. Not until December can the currency be tampered with or the tariff tinkéred, and for a short space business men may go about their business freed from the menace of ignorant interference.. We can see the benificient result already. « . - et} Bttt

" Tue promise of alarge harvest in all parts of the country affords the hope that business will soon assume a better tone. Abundant as are the crops, the fear that;there will not be enough money to “moove” them may as well be dismissed: The bank statements show that. money was never more plentiful, and that the howl for more currency and more bank facilities is mere folly, In New York two banks of large capital have signified their purpose of dra{Ming in their notes and taking back their bonds to the extent that the law will permit, Other banks are reported to be preparing to cease the emission of notes and to confine themselves to discounts, In Chicago the establishment of two national banks has been indefinitely’ suspended. All this must be rather strange to the inflationists who have so loudly complained in Congress that there is not enough currency in the country to “move the crops.” The banks of the east are not only willing ta give up for redistribution what the recent act for Congress requires, and more besides, but the bankers of the west do not want to take it, as they have enough tosupply all the demands of healthful business, and move all the crops that the rest of the world can pay for and consume. The necessity of the redistribution clause in the currency act, for which Morton, Logan and other inflationists made lﬁ'«;h loud l

demands, is proved fo have no existence. There Was no necessity at the same time to legalize the issue of the $26,000,000 of legal tenders. For all practical purposes of the inflationists themselves the det may as well never have been passed, : 7 £ # 4

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. InbiaxaroLts, July 13, 1874. Having confined myself closely to business for a little less than two years, I concluded, last Friday, to. pack my satchel and make a visit to the capi- i tal of “the great State of Indiana.”— Taking passage on the fast express of ; our own unrivaled and unsurpassed Lake Shore road, I proceeded as far as Kendallville, where the celebrated and justly renowned clothier, Mr.Engle,en-. veloped my delicate frame in a neat and becoming“convention suit.” About 10 o’clock I boarded the train on the ‘Grand Rapids road,intending to change cars at Ft. Wayne, with a view to switching on the Muncie road. Learning, however, that a sleeping car had but three d%qprior been placed on the Grand Rapfids road, and that an opportunity was thus presented to ‘Test my wearied limbs upon a bran new, clean and tidy berth, I conecluded to revise my original plan of travel ‘and permit the iron horse to move me ‘ “on to Richmond”—not that Rich'mond of which we heard and read so lmuch during the war, but the thriving and prosperous city of , eastern Hoosierdom. At 5 o’clock, a “colored gentleman”—a representative of that important element which glorifies white gentlemen’s boots and votes the republican ticket with periodical regularity—politely informed me that we were within two miles of Richmond. Some little time being required to adjust wearing apparel and taking a wholesome wash, I promptly acted upon the suggestion embodied in the colored gentleman’s information. Richmond was soon reached, and, bidding ‘a cordial farewell to the elegant coach and its managers, I betook myself to the “railroad eating house,” whose polite proprietor kindly volunteered to supply the “inner man” with the delicacies of the season. - Having latterly devoted considerable attention to poultry raising, and having long since cultivated a fondness for the favorite dish of the Methodist clergy, I naturally expressed a -preference for spring chicken, which was served in firstclass style and by me devoured with a relish that can be better understood than described. :

Investing $2.40 of irredeemable currency in a small piece of pasteboard which entitled the holder to one seat in the cars of the famous Pan-handle route, I was soon on my way to Indianapolis, the great railroad center of the Northwest and the proud capital of Indiana. I arrived here about half past eight o’clock Saturday morning, and after securing rooms at the “Mason House,” leisurely strolled in the direction where the politicians mostly ci)ngregate. Hand-shaking soon became general and.brisk ; anxious inquiries were propounded’ and promptly answered. “Are you a candidate ?” seemed to be in the mouth of everybody who approached my humble self. “IHayen’t been able to learn whether you would be a candidate this year or not,” fell upon my ears from every direction. I “defined my position” to the best of my ability, in doing which I fully realized the advantages of being freed from a burning desire to-attain political distinetion or official station. It is indeed a | pleasure to mingle among a crowd of active politicians without being point--ed out as ““a red-hot, candidate.” THaving gone through the mill twice, I know exactly “how it is myself.” CANDIDATES AND THEIR FRIENDS. The candidate first on the ground is Mr. Ilu‘ghes East, an ' extensive landowner and pork-packer of Bloomfield, in the county of Greene. e israther . small in stature, has a erippled leg, but moves around with' a dexterity that is truly astounding. He is on the go all the time and “puts in a lick” for himself 'wherever an opportunity presents itself. Mr. East is filled with a pardonable desire to hold the key to Indiana’s treasury. He has spent "much time in working up his chances, “and if he fails to get 950 votes in the convention on Wednesday, it will not be on account of lack of energy or close application to “business.” - Eb. Henderson, the horny-fisted farmer who was honored with a nomination for Auditor of State by the “Independent” convention, but ecries for “still more” at the hands of the Democratie convention, is also actively engaged in pointing out the necessity of conciliating the farming element by endorsing a portion of the Independent ticket. Eb.isa lively boy andican do a heap of work on short notice. Messrs. Rice and Dodd, of this city, are'qu”ietly working up their chances for the Anditorship. From present appearances, Thomas B. Davis, of ‘White county, has the best chances to win the coveted post of honor, Col. A, T, Whittlesey is confident of securing the nomination for Secretary of State on the first ballot. Neff has not yet put in an appearance. Dr. Davenport arrived this morning;and is winning many friends. The Dr. will poll a much larger vote in convention than his competitors are at present willing to concede. cee ' . Pat Bhannon, candidate for Treasurer of State, has just arrived with a formidable delegation of ardent supporters of his claims. Pat is one of those jolly fellows whom everybody must like. lam of the opinion that if Col. Shaw, of this city, who is one of the best men in whole Indiana, wag not also a candidate for the same pogition, Pat. would be triumphantly nominated. As it is, the question -as to who shall be nominated for Treasurer is one involved in gre?at doubt, Prof. Smart, of Ft. Wayne, has the ingide track for Superintendent of ‘Public Instruction. £ q For Attorney General the name of Capt. J. A. S. Mitehell, of Goshen, is received with great fayor. His excellent qualities and fine abilities meet with general recognition, He has, however, two formidable competitors in the persons of Thomas W. Woollen, of Johngon county, and Sol, Claypool, of Putnam, it 6! i - Nobody seems to card for the Buprems Judgeship. There are iisny leading Demoerats who think that the mreﬁfoﬁnﬁm n&hm%ﬂﬁoml

ination against Judge Osborn,the only republican member of the bench, and nominee of the Republicans; Itis my

opinion, however, that this proposition will meet with considerable opposition. The platform will undoubtedly declare in favor of an effective license law and will demand the repeal of the Baxterlaw. On the finnacial question there is quite a diversity of epinion.— The hard-mdneyed men, so far, are in the ascendancy, but there i no telling what may, turn up by Tuesday night when the committee on resolutions meets to construct a platform. : _ J. 8.8 el E— Indiana Democratic State Convention. oy

Result of its Deliberations. [Special dispatch to the National Banner.]) INDIANAPOLIS, July 15.—The convention was called to order by Hon. Jos. E. McDonald, chairman of the State Central Committee. Gov. Hendricks was elected permament chairman of the convention, and, on taking his seat; delivered a forcible and - eloquent speech. .

The platform adopted by the convention is about “half and half” on the finance question, while the liquor question is -boldly met by a declaration in favor of repealing the Baxter law and demanding the enactment of a judicious license law. The abolition of the office of County Superintendent of Public Schools is also recommended. ~ The ticket is composed of the following geéntlemen: L .. Secretary of State—d John Enos Neff, of Randolph county. ot Auditor—Eebenezer Henderson, of Morgan county. b . Treasurer—Col. B. C. Shaw, of Indianapolis. . Attorney General—(C. A. Buskirk, of Gibson county. : ’ Superintendent of Public Instruetion—Prof. J. H. Smart, of Ft. Wayne. Judge of the Supreme Court—H. P. Biddle, of Logansport. Henderson and Biddle, it will be remembered, are also the nominees of the “Independent” or Farmers’ convention. The failure to endorse the nomination of Capt. Mitchell is generally regarded a grave error. There ,was a vigorous struggle for the nomi‘nation, the office being stoutly claimed by the southern part of the State which had no representation on the ticket whatever, @ . s

The convention was largely attended and the noise and confusion was at times so great that the chairman suspended business twb or three times uhtil,ﬁordei' could be partially restored. The ticket is generally considered satisfactory and will receive the united support of the party. L s e, - B—— { THE STATE CONVENTION. ey

The Demoecratic State Convention which met at Indianapolis yesterday was well attended, every county in the State being represented. Whole number of meleers, 1,900; necessary to a choice, 950. This, (the 13th) Congressional District was represented in the list of officers and members of Committees by the following named gentlemen: Viee President, Horace Corbin; Secretary, D. T. Hasselman ; State Central Committee, LaPorte leefner; Committee on Permanent Organization, W. 8. Marshall; on Resolutions, Dan. McDonald; on Finance, Capt. J. A. S. Mitehell. :

-~ Harmony prevailed in the meeting of the delegates by Congressional Districts, on Tuesday evening. = The Committee on Permanent Organization met late on Tuesday night and nominated Gov. Hendricks for President, and Joseph W. Nichol for Secretary.

THE verdict of the Massachusetts coroner’s jury which investigatedthe Mill river disaster censures the legislature for inadequate and’defective legislation’ on the subject of reservoirs; the mill owners for their parsimonious disregard of life and property; the engineers for ambiguous and insuﬁicient:speéiﬁénmions ;¥the contractors for want of delinquencies and want of thoroughness in their work; and finally, the county commissioners for accepting a dam soAshal?bily built when they had the power to order its entire reconstruction. Thisbrave verdict which includes in its denunciation the greater part of the people of Massachusetts is like a scattering gun in its delivery, nobody is hurt by it.— The owners of the dam were guilty of manslaughter and should be tried for it. /The capacity is latent in the jury that found this verdict to distribute the guilt of a homicide among the murderer’s ancestors,they having been originally responsible for his being.

BisMARCK'S war on the churches in Germany, though it has met with no formal oppdsition 'except from the Catholics, seems likely to lead to a most desirable result.’ It has driven together by a common danger all who value toleration of opinion, free-think-ers and churchmen, a combination never before possible, The principle engrafted hy Cavour upon the government of Italy—“a free church in a free State”—though nothing new in Anmerica, is an innovation now making rapid headway in Europe. The value of the principle in sustaining religious liberty by absolute non-inter-ference, is fast beginning to be appreciated in quarters where it has heretofore been misunderstood or derided.

BEER has been; declared by the Supreme Court of Massachugetts to be an unconstitutional beverage. The decision was made on the appeal of the Boston Beer Company, This company was chartered in 1829, with the right, to manufacture and sell malt liquors. . Certain of its malt liquors were seized by the constabulary while being transported by the agent. At the trial the sourt below ruled that the liquors were lawfully seized and liable to forfeiture. | Exceptions were taken on the ground that the seizure was a yiolation of the copstitution of the United States as impairing the contract in the company’s charter, The exceptions Were,_overruled.

A s7EP in the right direction has been made in the city of Buffalo.— Charles Sigwold, a bnilding contractor, whose carelessness resulted in the falling of a building and destruction of life, N 8 been gonvicted of man: slaughter in the f’oﬁff' h degree, :

CHICAGO FIRE, NO. 2. | The Scenes of Get. 9, 1871, Reneated l : on a Small Scale. : L | A Haaa of Shanties are Kindling Wood‘ . for Burning a few Palaces, [ Siax Churchec,"Tllree Hotels, tﬁe Post Of- | : Jice and oné‘ Th‘catua succumbd ] to tiie Flames. The Arca of Conjiagration Probably Ex- _ : ceeds Sixty Acres. % HS e g The %Toml Loss will not FExceed Five i Millions. : : R}umored loss of S:;ve}al ‘Lives. | Yestbrday morning reports reached 1 us that “Chicago. is burning again,”‘ and the dalies at noon were eagerly sought for, and read with intense in-;‘ terest by all. 'From the 77ibune we learn that the fire alarm sounded at about half-past 3 o’clock, on Tuesday afternoon. The fire originated in a building occupied as an ‘oil factory, ‘and, like the fire in 1871, owed its magnitude to the ready fuel of all kinds of wobden buildings that lay in its path, and in front of a stiff southwest breeze. It originated in a dis‘l‘trict of narrow streets, and where the inflammable buildings were stored l with rags, paper, lard, and the various | compounds denominated oil. In close | proximity to all these buildings were l an indefinite number of barns, cow- | houses, carpenter-shops, and every deseription of wooden structure into which human beings and dumb beasts could be crowded. Fed atthe start with the contents of 'an oil-factory, the fire rushed upon the fuel spread out before it, defying all human\effort to arrest it. By the time it reached State street the sheet ﬂ.‘unes',dl‘iven by the gale, was irresistible. It was not until the fire reached IHarrison street, where it met with the new built district, that it received any check; but even here, so great was its force and so large its breast, that it extended down State street and Wabash avenue several blocks. The resistance furnished by brick walls todfire from without, and prevention afforded by like walls to its communicaticn with others, enabled the firemen here to make a greater impression on it. It was curious to note that the single block and the Post-Office, which were all that escaped the-fire north of Harrison street in 1871, were among the first to succumb. Gradually the sweep of the fire was contracted on the flanks, and eventually arrested.

The burnt district was compactly occupied by persons, and families of humble. circumstances,and who have been left destitute and homeless. The Tritune says+ “We do not uh(lerr:mte the loss 0;1 property; but we repeat to-day that there will be niuny hundreds of families, homeless and destitute, and who will stand sorely in need of the helping hand of their more fortunate fellow-citizens. The wisdom of the al;ti011 of the Relief and Aid Society, in refusing last winter to surrender their funds and distribute themiamo'ng the Communist, is shown in ‘the fact that the fund in their hands is now available for the relief of these vpeople, and of the other destitutes during the coming winter.” SCENES AND INCIDENTS. - The German Methodist Church caught ﬁre‘ in the steeple, and at the moment it commenced-to burn the bell in the tower gave one loud stroke, although there was nobody in the church at the time. A ludiecrous incident of the fire was the plucky and successful atbempt of a woman 'to save from a burning ‘building what she apparently held dearer to her than life itself. While the roof of her building was aglow 'with flame, she rushed into it, and, after a disappearance of about ten minutes duration, reappeared, bearing in her arms four cats, all of them howling and clawing in a most energetic style. Bearing her precious burden in her arms, she fought her way thro’ the crowd on Fourth avenue, and was soon lost to view with her feling affinities. ‘ S

The most painful rumor “afloat was that of the destruction in a‘Fourth avenue tenement-house of seven ¢olored children and an old ¢olored lady.— It was stated that they had been left there under charge of the old lady and that their retreat was cut off before they became aware of the situation. The story was not circumstantiated, however, and it must in the lack of evidence be set down as one of the rumors Which are always set afloat by foolish parties whenever a public calamity occurs. ‘ _Considerable commotion was caused by the report that A. W. Wheeler’s hardware store, at 319 State street, was full of gunpowder. A rush occurred as the flames seized hold of the build_mg, and a'German, who had the misfortune to lose his' footing, was trampled very badly. When the rush was over he was picked up in 4 senseless condition, hut aliberal applieation of cold water from a leak in the hose revived him, and, provided he has suffered no internal injuries, he will not be much the worse for his awful disaster. i S Second Assistant Fire Marshal Petrie, with his customary forgetfulness of 'personal consequences, suddenly found that he had fairly burnt the boots off his feet, A friend noticed his plight before Petrie did, and, hurrying off, soon came back with a pair of new boots, which the Assistant Marshal drew on with graceful acknowledgements, e

- ANOTHER ACCOUNT { says the fire originated in a small low

building that stood next to and adjoining the oil factory. The building was inhabited by a family of Polish Jews, who, the meighbors say, but doubtless incorrectly, had set fire to the houge twice last summer, About three weeks ago they had the furniture in the building insured, and it is said that jt has been afire twice since. There wag aiso a fire in-the rag shop adjoining the oil factory on the 8d of July, and the neighbors say the flames have been smouldering ever singe in this pile of rags. A woman living in the immediate rear of the flames says g 2 £ 3

that the Jews had moved out when the building was discovered to be afire, and they had no hesitation in charg-

ing them with the deed. =~ The flames made rapid progress froin the oil factory, which, on account of its character, caught spon enough {0 be by many thought to be simultaneous with the other. It was surrounded with a dense nunther of shanties, extending in each direk‘tion, north, south, and east. The oil, bursting into fire, flew in every direction, and it was not many minutes before' the whole neighborhood was a blaze of fire,

AT . i S STATE ITEMS. .

Reports from quite a number of counties indicate that the chinch bugs are playing havoe with the corn. Fort Wayne is in ecstacies over a new buss which is said to combine the advantages of street cars and the old timhe busses. ; [}

George Slater, of Valparaiso, while fooling with his rifle, on Monday, shot and instantly killed hissister, a beautiful young lady, aged 22. He is nearly crazy with remorse. o

At Huntington, on Friday evening, of last week, a young girl 15 years of age, daughter of George Fulton, while attempting to kindle a fire with kerosene, was burned to death by the explosion of the can setting fire to her dress.

On Saturday afternoon, July 4th, a fire occurred at Elkhart, destroying the residence of Mr. R. H. August.— The fire was caused by sparks from a passing locomotive. Loss, $1,000; insured for $6OO in the Howard. The furniture was partly saved.—Goshen Pimes. - i .

Two_doctors in Warsaw had a hard fist-fight on Monday. Itresulted from joking about a recent supposed case of hydrophobia, which one of them had been attending, but which turned out to be a drunken fit. Both gentlemen are highly respected, and the matter causes much talk. e Mr. Geo. French writes that fire broke out in the fields of his neighbors, Wertz and Doty, in Jefferson township, on Tuesday, and burned 12 or 15 acres of wheat — in the shock — for the former, and 4 or 5 acres for the latter. The fire also destroyed a large amount of fence for the same parties and Mr. French.—Goshen I'imes.

_About 10 o’clock on Thursday morning of last week a fire broke out in the sash and blind factory of Thorn & Kenower,- at Huntington, Ind., and despite the efforts of the fire. department the building and contents were ‘totally destroyed. The loss is not known, but it will probably exceed $15,000; ne insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown.

. The Goshen Building, Loan and Saving Association has been completely organized by the election of the following officers for the ensuing year: Directiors—J. -C. Beck, Ira W. Nash, Jno. W. Irwin, W. W. Hinchman, E. W. H. Ellisy J. W.' Liveringhouse, Al. Y ates, Rollin Defrees, R. M. Johnson. President —J. C. Beck; Vice-President —R. M. «Johnson; Z'rveasurer—lra W. Nash; Secretary—E. G. Herr. The first installment on stock will be paid in by the 25th inst., when some member_ will be made happy by the first loan of $5OO for the term of eight years.—Goshen Democrat, July 8.

Tue Fort Wayne Gazette {h’as been figuring on the wages and living expenses of the railroad employes in the shops of that city, and concludes as follows:: A man and his wife and three children, -we will say, constitute the workingman’s family. Ie pays for groceries per month, say $25 ; rent,slo; which amounts in one year to $420; add to this $5O for fuel, and we have $270 to be deducted from his annual receipts, $648, which is $l7B for clothing for his whole fa‘nﬁly, doctors’ bills, school books, ete. Reduce this onehalf, according to the new jorder for five hours worki%lg time, and it will puzzle anyone to see how the man can live. :

That ¥Fourth of July Smash-Up.

A collision occurred between Claypool and Silver Lake on the 4th, which completely demolished two engines, and injured some ten persons. MrMason B. Wells took the train out from this place in the morning, carrying the excursionists to Warsaw. Tim Casey was running an extra from Wabash, and was to stop at Silver Lake until the train from the north passed, but for some reason. he kept right on, and when between Claypool and Silver Lake, turning a short curve, the engines collided, scattering confufion and dismay all around them. Thomas Oberlin was the first to see the danger, and gave the alarm, when most of the men about the engines and baggage cars jumped off, and escaped without serious injury, except engineer Judson, who had his leg severely fractured. Mr. Delp had his wrist sprained; Frank Cook and Jos. Sanford were slightly injured. Mrs. A. G. Wells was on board of Casey’s train, besides a large number of excursionists from Wabash, who we are pleased to learn received no serious injury. The fault was entirely in Mr. Casey’s not going according to the time table, and stopping until the train from the north passed him at Silver Lake. We regret the' accident, as Messrs. Fesenden and Mason Wells are two safe and reliable conductors, and always take great care to prevent such occurrences on their road. The damage to the engines/ and cars will probably reach s2s,ooo.—Goshen Democrat: i :

THE ravages of grasshoppers in some of the counties in Minnesota have been so terribly destructive that all the crops have been swept away completely, as by fire.” The destitution caused _wby this visitation is so widespread and complete that upon the tes. timony of trustworthy men who have traversed the devasted region Gov. Davis has issued a circular letter to the Granges of the State, asking their aid to relieve the distress. Assistance has not been asked outside the State, but contributions from any soarce addressed to Gen. H.H. Sibley, at St. Paul, will be gratefully received and immediately used for the relief of the snfferers, |, ‘ ' : ] : g P : Baker, of Goshen, it is said, has been initiated by the Grangers, He proposed upon that occasion the following question for discussion: “Why, o’er all God’s green earth, is the soil spread bottom up, so that it has to be turned over with a plow before cropscan be raised ?”"— Elkhart Union.

They are canvassing towns in Michigan to find out whether the women want to vote. A majority of them grobqbly do n't want tg, but as far as eard from, a majorify think they would vote on temperance and other guestions if they had a chance. Sl O - e ‘Hon. M. C. KERR was me)minat_ed for Congress in the Third District. Mr. Kerr is among the few old democratic golitic‘ians of this State, who is as honest as he is mentally great. There may be 4 noble eareer in store for him yet—Goshen Demoerat. ! ‘ i —p e e A 'whole eargo of Tea just received at Bill.Groh’s. Buy, farmers! = *

' GENERALITEMS. ~ There isistill much suffering from the failure of the crops in Northwestern Minnesota. | i e Reports, from the various Indian agencies show that the Indians are becoming troublesome, and that serious trouble is threatened. Bt e ! John Moody and Lewis Rosentine, two ‘negroes, were hanged at Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday last for the mur- ' der of Abraham Behm. "'.l _ Weehawken, N. J., was the scene of a destructive ‘conflagration on Saturday last, in which 85,000 barrels of oil, and 60,000 barreéls of naptha were destroyed. The fire. was caused by lightning striking a*llarp:e tank filled with erude petroleum. The total loss foots up £700,000. e e A London dispatch announces the death on Thursday of last week of an aeronautic professor while attempting to tly from a balloon to the earth.— After rising a short distance the professor was lowered, and hung suspended from the bottom by a rope with the wings of a flying machine extended«— The balloon ascended to a considerable height, and at a signal the rope was cut, and the professor descended with frightful velocity to the ground, and was instantly killed. '

The Examining Committee of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, has held a number of meetings and cited a nuinber of witness before it, among them Mr. Tilton. The latter appeared, but declined to testify fully on the ground that the Committee was packed. Little further is: known of the Committee, which hold secret sessions, sometimes only one member of the six being present. It is confidently stated by the members of the Committee, however, that the investigation will be through and the report full, fair, and aceurate. =

A few days ago Dr. N. R. Smith, of Baltimore, criticised Dr. Hammond’s nervous theory of hydrophobia by saying that if the disease were communi cated through the mediumof the nerves the development of the disease would be instantaneous. The latter replies that lockjaw, a nervous, the result of injury to a nerve, is not instantly consequent upon the injury. Dr. Smith avers that immediate cautery is a sure preventive of hydrophobia. Dr. Hammond says: “Mr. Youatt, who trusted to caustic as a preventive, himself contracted hydrophobia, and Killed himself to avoid the painful death before him.” Thus doctors differ and patients die. But one cure suggested by Dr. Smith has not been gainsaid, to-wit: the killing, of all dogs and other useless and expensive parasites.

: THE INDIAN WAR. = Gieneral Reports of Outrages. - SYRACUSE, KAN, July s.—On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Indians is the cry on all sides.— Yesterday Albert Lesenger was kiled by the savage fiends; and they are burning the railroad bridges and driving off the stock in our very midst.— On the 3d they burned a little bridge 40 feet long at Cameron. . { Immigration is entirely stopped.— Usually from: fifty to one hundred wagons passed daily. | : . Weexpect an attack at any moment. They are working.all along the railroad from Dodge (ity to Grenada. Lesenger was killed 2 miles east of Sargent, at a deep chasm, in which the cowardly wretches hid themselves.— They do their work in the daytime.— Lesenger was a good citizen and respected by all who knew him. - Gen. Crook, according to the Tuscon (Ari.) Citizen, employs Indian weapons for the punishment of Indians.— The free blanket and musket theory he has found radically defective, while the musket-Ball and bayonet are more useful. The¢ murder of Lieut. Almy and the' massacres ‘at Camp Grant stirred Gen. Crook up to the punishment of three chiefs, Chuntz, Pedro, and Cochinay. The heads of these noble red men were demanded as the.only terms of peace by him: He has-al-ready received those of the two latter, with a promise that the first-named warrior shall join his brethren shortly. . Bt. Lours, July .12.—A gentleman just from Fort Sill says that the Indian Chiefs, Santa, Big Tree, and Lone Wolf, are in collusion against the whites, and that serious trouble may be expected. Col. Carlton, with one company of the Tenth Cavalry, is on scout through thé Cheyenne country. Maj. Upham, withT one.company of the Sixth Cavalry, has gone to Medicine Lodge, and three companies of the Fifth Infantry, from Leavenworth, are scouting all along the trail from Wipchita through/ the Cheyenne country. [ L [Topeka, Kan., (July 5), Dispatch to the St. Louis o Globe.] ! ‘

l There: can no longer be any doubt ‘ that alarge body of Indians are on the war path, and menacing the lives and property of the people on the southern and south-western border of Kansas. The raid was inaugurated by the Kioways, and now comprises war parties from that tribe and from the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes. Lone Wolf and Kicking Bird are the leaders; and the outbreak is being made, on their i part,with unusual ferocity. The Quak_er Indian Agent, Miles, had to fly for his life from the Cheyenne/Agency. -- Three men were Kkilled and scalped, near Mozier’s ranch, in the Indian Territory, on Monday,and one of them, Patrick Hennesy, formerly Sheriff of Christian county, Illinos, was -tied to his: wagon and burned alive. Two men, herders, were scalped and killed within 3 miles of Sargent, Kansas,and two others on Bate Creek, Colorado, about twelve miles from Grenada. A party of hunters were surrounded by the Indians:on the Cimeron, and have been fighting for their lives since Sunday last. Eight of them have been killed, and there is little chance of escape for the remainder. A panic prevails all along the border, and the settlers are leaving their homes and hurrying into the towns and railroad stations. : : A strong party of Indians is reported at Bute Mound, thirty miles from Grenada,and the people of Grenada are expecting and are preparing for an attack on their town. - L Three companies of the Fifth Infantry passed here yesterday, from Fort Leavenworth, for the seene of the disturbance. : . Adjutant General Morris has gone to the front to organize and arm set‘tlers. : i | & ‘Gov. Osborne and ' Gen. Popé are doing everything in their power for the protection of ‘the people and the chastisement of the Indians, 1

The Toledo Blade utterly denounces and repudiates Isaac R. Sherwood, the Congressman fram that district, and gays, in one of its bitter paragraphs: “As Mr. Sherwood is likely to be the Republican nominee for Congress this fall, the Democracy will have the advantage of us in the matter of fitness, no nfagtter who they nominate,” ;

Seven days and twenty hours is the. recorded time in which & new steamen made the pagsage across the Atlantic. Several steamers of the same line have gone to the bottom of the ocean in quick time. ‘The motto of this cOmpang is “speed and safety,” not, as it should be, “safety and speed.”

Gold & Silver 8, A, HERTZLER, = JEWELER an WATICIHMAKER g =R J A 5 constantly SO RS e h g _SR ;:'kit\?_:?'i &4 slocl;nofaﬁg(lllz-gzgg N ‘l’2 _—l}f SAo Gent's gold andsil=4y i @ iy - ver Watches, gold = “ g lvl a&; and silver Guard 2 Rftees = and . Vest Chainsy B SRR 4§ Silver Plated Ware, 1. s .fg Spectacles, Violing, T e o Accordeons, Guitar " 0:‘;0_ = avd Harmonicas, e = and will be sold at - The Very Lowest Cash Prices, -

- A specialty made of repniring.-t"h,e ﬂncs{t",;_ I Swiss and American Watches. ©_ SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. - Store Rooms in the Ligenier HouSe, § h 8. 4. HERTZLER. Ligonier, Jnne 11, 1874, th o M

‘ - NEWMANS .o CARRIAGE & WAGON MANUFACTORY,

T e Taues N Yy S SO\ ; X\ TS QV_A T2\ o North-east corner of Cavin Street. -~ LIGONIER, Y i: .:: TDODIANA XLL STYLES of (:awlngzes and Buggies, Blso f Wagong, made of the best materiald nd in the me &t snbgtantial manner. The 'proprietor has adopted all the modern imnprovements and inventions for the prompt execution of all kinds of work - in his line. Only the best of timber used, and none but the best workmen employed in every de- - gurtment—lno:.ing. Wood-Work. Trimming and ainting. The work executed by my painter is such as to defy competition either 'East or West, ' - He also executes S Ornamental and Sign Painting, FAR’M ERS, look to your own i‘nlelrcsts and patronize Hoxe Mecuanics whose work is inevery respect equal if not superior 1o that-of establishments abroad. My work is all warranted. 1 have been among you 18 years. and expecting to remain with you in the future, I shall' make it my ‘-smd%m please by doing snti:f:;’ctory awork -at the very lowest prices. . J.NEWMAN. - Ligonier, June 11, 1874.-7-6 m = - Fdor GOOD NEWS TO ALL! L. SCHILLOSS “lOULD respectfully annonnce to the citizens of Ligonier, Ind., that he hasopened up the 7 i oy Grocery and Restaurant Buriness, and is prepared to farnish anything ylm may want. o ‘ : ICE CREAM: i By the Dish. Ice Cream and General Refreshments furnished Parties, Pie-Nic¢s, &e., on shorg notice, and at very reasonable terms. 5 4 | WARM MEALS o ‘At all Hours. Day boarding by the wee¢k or meal ! CANNED FRUITS. . : . The greatest assortment in Northern Indiana, consisting of Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn, Whortleberries. Pine Apples, Pears, Peas; Strawberries, Gooseberries, - Cherries, California Grapes, Green Corn, Apricots. g g CONFECTIONERY . : 5 In abundance; Pruneg, Currants, Figs, Raising, Oranges. Lemons. Smoked Salmon, Sardines, Almonds, Pea-Nuts, Hazlenits, Cider, &c:, &e ~ &e. : "TOBACCO: Cigars,iFine Cut, Smo} ing, Plug, Shorts, &c., of the best quality, and all other articles usually kept in a first-class Grocery and Restaurant. st POULTYRY, BUI'tYER AND EGGS. I will pay cash for all kinds of country produce. Remember that I wijil furnish you with anything you may want. Feb.l9: ”‘l’4 4‘\:—_“‘ : ————— e TINEMPORIUM JOHN ABDILL, At the old stand of Goh: McLean, 'l‘ms‘ const.‘lntl‘yon hand a large and complete assortment of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware 5 Y "‘. 1 T : 2 Forks, Hoes, Butts,Screws, Locks, Latches,Straps Hinges, Pocket gnd Table Cutlery, &e.. . - .~ Algo, a'full line of the ccﬁ]eln'nl‘e‘d e; o MISHAWAKXA PL.OWS, All of which will be gold at bottom figures l'or"'cstsll." = PO ! Especial attention given to thelaying of TIN ROOFS, PUTTING vl»'lf oF EA\'PI"I"R()VCIIS,{ | and all kindsof -~ =~ i - JTOR WORIR. . Call and éxamvine goods befote buying elsewhere, . ‘ REMEMBER THE PLACE .. gll % % T 'SIGN OF, THE LARGE COFFEE POT. May 21, "18-25tf - JONNABDILL. . THE LIGONIER | - ACADEMY OF MUSI¢ l" / 4 e g Ve | JNO. H. HILL; ‘Printipal.. - . FIRST TERMCOMMENCES.4 - MONDAY,JUNE 15; 274. | SECOND TERM COMMENCES = = @ MONDA'Y, AU C. 3‘l, WA THIRD TERM COMMENCES ! = ° MONDAY, NOV. e 274, A NORMAL COURSE. Will be o¥ened for the benefit of those who may desire instruction in the Theory and * : - Practice of Teaching. =~ "~ - Terms of Tuition—Payable in Advance, = | Per quarter of 10 weeks, Piano, 15t grade, 20 lessons per term............ ...._‘....;.....3100011 Per quarter of 10 weeks, Piano, 2d grade, 30 . - lessons Per termy. .i. vue. o ada silSolo B 0 Per quarter of 10 weeks, Organ, Ist grade, 20 .. lessone pertermi....\ .. coiis o ius il o 1000 Per quarter of 10 weeks, Organ, 2d grade, 30 | - 1 lessons per termi vvy o Lol kißl Vit 960 Cultivation of the voicé and singing, 20 les. . 1 BORB DPEr Lerml .oo ivinse s iia vt i il AL 1000 Thorough Bass and Harmony, 30 lessons. .. 1500 _Clergymen, who-are dependent upon ‘their salaries for support, and who send their children to us, will be charged two-thirds of the\above rates, Competent Agsistant Teachers will be émployed.: All the adyantages of a good homeé, Music School are offered. No eftort will be spared to make the ‘term pleasant and 'proﬂtable. Tuitidn fees wilF be refunded in case of protracted illmess, (. - . _ROOMS AND BOARD . - - . . Can be had at reasonable rates. The Principal. I~ will assist #n procuring Rooms and Board. = S DROQRMBN: T e | The Academy is on the second floor of Lgndon's Block ; entrance first door north of Jackson’s Hat Store. The Principal will lfiyq ‘his attention to teaching Slnging Schools, Musical Conventions, Charch Choirs, Glee Clubs, &c. For furthér particulars apply to or address = gra e 1 ; - . JOHN H. HILL, Principal, ° 4-tf Ligoxrer, NopLe Gou‘x«'nql'unu,/NA. LASTCHANCE ’ e AN EASY FORTUNE. A N An'»io’i;u;ni'_;".: i PUBLIC LIBRARY of KY.

July 31st, 1554,

LIST OF GIFTS: . ' ONE GRAND CASH G1FT...........8250,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FY........... 100,000 ONE GRAND CASH GIFT. ... . .0.. 'zg.noo ONE GRAND CASH G1FT........... “50.000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT............. 25,000 | 5 CASH GIFTS, $20,000éach.... 100,000 10'GASH GIFTS, / 14,000 each.... 140,000 .15 OASH GIFTS, 10,000 each.... 150,000 20 CASH GIFTS, 5,000 e:‘cgg..:.. 'lo'o,KDG 25 CASH GIFTS, 4,000 each.... 100,000 30 CASH GIFTS, 3,000 each;.., 90,000 50 CASH GIFTS, 2,000 each.... 100,000 100 CASH GIFTS, *“ 1,000 each.... 100,000 240 CASH GIFTS, ~ booeach.... 120,000 500 CASH GIFTS, 100 each.... -50,000 11,000 CASH GIETS, 50each.... 950.00 a Grand Total, 20,000 Gifts, 411 eash, $2,300,000 PRICE OF TICKEYS: Elu':le Tießet. ..o iiiee e B gg_.::i RIYER . Taoi .5 35 el 200 'l‘eu:hg, or each C0up0n....... - 5.00 ¥l Whole Fickets f0r........... ' 500.00 22 1-2 Tickets f0r................ H{ooo.oo . For Pickets or information, ' , ' THOS. E. BRAMLETTE, 4 e A‘n@mm nager, 4wd ' Public Library Bullding, Lonisville, Ky. .

CABINETSHOP .:7“‘.?._‘,/'"' ':il'i‘-}".r“v'»_;i‘;é*t v o - .l ANMLIS : CABINET WARE ROOMS! L URID, KERE. _\ll;ohltl resl;ec&l’ully announce to the citizers ot . Noble county, that Le has constantly on ~+. ' bandalargeandsuperiorstock ot = CABINET WARE, e > ~ Consisting in part of DRESSING BUREAUS. © 'WARD-ROBES, i L TABLES, -, : LSTANDY, , : A ety o LOUNGES. | s CUP-BOARDS, : e e MOULDING CHAIRS AND BEDSTEADS, ' Andip fact everything usually keptinia Firstclass Cabinet Shop. Particular attention paid ‘to the Undertaking Business. - 4 COFFINS ALWAYS ON HAND. } And lnade to order, upon sll.ort notice. Alm";_\l‘ ~kinds of Shop Work made to order. “Furniture Ware Rooms on west side of Cavin Street, corner of Fourth street, Ligonier, Ind. B~ A good Hearse always in readiness, ngo_xller. Mny_?l. 1871, - L e : REYNOLDS = o N NIRRT R 1D TOY FURNITURE COMP, ; Locatéd oppoeite the Expire M!1..,1.F\v,‘ e LIGONIER, @ = © TFNDIANA. ‘:|e - < e E. J. DODGE, President. - .

TNDIANA.

'OUR new Factory ig now in full operation runi ing 10 hours per day, and we are prepalled to -. do, at short notice, all kinds of :

Planing & Matching,

RE-SAWING, JIG-SAWING,

: TURNING, CARVING, &c. Also manufacture Wood Mmildlng.ﬂ, l’.mck.- : . ets, Ballusters, aud : TOY FURNI TURE, . - I F i Such as Tables, Bed-steads, Cril 8, Bureaus, Chairs, Ward-Robes, swings, and 250 Patterns of + Parlor Bracketr, Book Racks, Toi- ¢ lets, Hat Racks, Towel Ragks, &c., &c. | We (-;'u:lr:mt(-v All Work to be Second 1o Non_c-.. We have new- machinery and- first-class hands, and do fine work, so bring along your Planing in the morning and carry-lit home with you in the afternoon. Call and See us. Goods sold WHOLESALE AND RETATIL. Ligonier, Ind., June 11, ’74-7-6m : e —————————————————————————— ————————— F. BEAZEL, e s : ‘Manufacturer of ) Saddles, Harness AT L AN ‘ TRUNKS.

LIGONIER, INDIAINA

The proprictor will be pleaged at any time to wait on all who may wish anythingin the line ot '

&e., and in fact everything pertaining to this line : ‘ of business. Especial attention is called to the faét that he is now engaged 1n the manpfacmring of all kinds of TRUNKS, T " ‘Which, i = Style, Finish, Durability & Price, - ;Are far superior to those of .edstern manwfacture. . Call, See and Bu%r‘. October 30,°73-27¢f F. BEAZEL. AS the time approaches when our ladies will 5S¢ — on: the look-out for their fine shoes for SPRING & SUMMER | ‘Wear, we l‘wén]d call their attention to the stock of . F.W.SHINKE &BRO,, ‘Who have the exclusive sale of the justly celebrated A e . "NORWAULK SHOES,” Which cannot be surpassed by anything in ihe - o ‘market for e : o it s Style, Fit, Finish and Durability, - Call and examine them and we know you willmot = __ 7 _ purchage any other, They would also re?ectfnl]y anmonnce that their : large and complete stock of ; : Boots & Shees

‘For Men, Women and Children have been rednced : i to the! : A : "; "ERY Lo‘YES'l‘ NOTCH, -an ,muét and shall besold: - ‘ i ' oo i 5o SRS i i ; diigds i R R ; JPRICES TOSUIT THE TIMES! ' ('ALL; Price our Goods, and select therefrom - LCA, 144 :l::ﬂe,g‘r»llﬁgk lzgmmtou i “They would 8186 request those of their customers “who ha l;'bedn':mlg' their for higher i »‘*’-{ apli‘é::tn' call and settle m?ggt' ;neq.! r : e 'lel: x&‘wm"&ux ol e e REME . ,ﬂ‘ﬂhm, e bl Shinlkad d % o] Shiiko's Briok Building, | . CAVINSTREET, LIGONIER, IND. rﬁqhm:yrs, 1874-8-27, o R'um sl g Liah Era 1