The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 15, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 August 1874 — Page 2

The Aational Bawner

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J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprictor

{ LIGONIER, IND., AUG. 6th, 1874

COMMITTEE MEETING

The members of the Democratic— Liberal Central Cominittee of Noble county —together with such members of the party as may contemplate taking an active part in the ensuing campaign will meet at the court-house in Albion on FrIDAY, August 7, 1874, at 10 o’clock, for the purpose of fixing upon a time for the holding of a county convention and to agree upon a general plan for the inauguration of a campaign that will unite all the

friends of anhonest administration of publie aftairs. L AL S PARKER, Chadlman.

The following named gentlenien constitute the county central committee: Levi Kiester, Washington township: John Earnhart, Sparta; E. B. Gerber, Perry; M. M. Dodge, Elkhart; Geo. H. Lane, York; 1. k. Young, Noble; Levi Diller, Green; I. Amos Black, Jefferdon ; Martin Hall, Orange ; A. 5. Parket, Wayne; John Crone, Allen; Clark Scott, Swan; Michael Beck, Albion. e

ATTORNEY GENERAL DENNY decides that a justice of the peace is not cligible Iﬁ?&mxy liul)liu office until his term of oftice has expired. ITe must be eligible ‘on the day of election, or, at least, the day after.

Bro. FIKENTSCHER, of the South Bend Conrier,ais the ehampion name umtilu,wi'nf Indiana. .Of the six names comprising the Democratic State ticket at the head of his columps he spells only two (r(;,rrcct]y. g “sind der Sehnitzer zu viele, Hr. College.,

Gov. ITArRTRANET, of Pennsylvania, is the latest addition to the list of probable republican candidates for the Presidency. On part of the Democérats, another Pennsylvanian, in the person of Hon, IHeister Clymer, of “Old Berks,”is proposed-for the same oflice, <

THE INFLATION DEMOCRATS of Ohio are making a ilgespm':tta' effort to destrov the politieal st:un’li'ng' and influence of .\'m|:ltj,mj\‘\l’l:hnnnun, all beeause he stands by the Jacksonian doctrine of hard money for all. What a queer set of fellows some of. these Ohio Democrats are, anyhow!

THE PUBLIC debt statement shows a reducetion dnfﬁ'ing"July of sl,2Q2,.\‘(‘;(:; coin in the L'reasury, $71,113,210; currency, $106,913,232; coin certificates, F 55,460,000; special deposits of legal tenders for the redemption of certificates of deposit, $55,955,000 ; outstanding legal tenders, $382,000,000,© The total expenditures of the government for the fiseal year, ending July 30th, 1874, \4\'o}9, ;&F87,1:};‘},87:1.17= : Lol e e

THE ELECTION in Kentucky resulted in w rousing democeratic: majority, and in Mississippi the whites succeeded in eleeting the municipal officers for Vicekshurg and several other cities.— The *“colored troops” voted bravely, but the whites were not:yet prepared to submit to negro (lomin:l,tion, and consequently made a gallant and successtul fight for white supremaey.

AN eriTtoMe: of Senator Morton's speech at Terre Hidute is published in another eolumn. = A perusal thereof will enable our readers to ascertain what the chief of Indiana Radicalism can say in defense of his party and in denuneiation of the opposition. - There are certain poiuts‘in his speech which are well taken,but as w wholé we consider- it several grades below his former ‘key-notes.” | A review of Mr. Morton’s arguments will appear in our next. . L 3

W. S, MAnsHALL, of Warsaw, is chairman of the Democratic Liberal Congressional Committee of the old Tenth Distriet, and, as a matter of course, will continue to act as such for the District as now constituted until relieved by the appointment of a stuecessor, The committeemen appointed at Columbia City two years ago, are T, (. Mays; of DeKalli; Joseph A. Woodhull, of Steaben: Wm. llill, of Lagrange ; W. €. Wilson, of Elkhart; 0. D. -Willett, of Noble, 7

THE MORTALITY among children in the large cities has been unusually great during the past few weeks, In the city of New York the number of deaths have averaged 1,000 per week, 600 of this namber heing children under two years of age, Taking into consideration the miserable accommodations aftorded the poor classes, and the lack of ventilation and cleanliness necessarily resuiting from eramming hundreds of persons into abominable hovels, this fearful rate of mortality i not surprising. The intense heat of June and July generates diseases, and is espeeinlly destructive in its effects upon little children whose delicite organizations are easily. overpowered. Bat for the additions from abroad and the interior, the populafinn_ of Gotham wonld soon dwindle down to insignificant proportions.

'J‘nmrun'rr'U, words are those of a contemporary who says that in these ~days of general illxlli’hﬂ@ﬂ, everybody ought to have more or less of agf insaranee upon hiy property, because ~when oue. birns gt lie eannot well go 1o those wgaqiare, insured and pay a heavy insurance tax, and ask them for aid; and as those who do no_'t'in-; sure are comparatively few, there is a poor chanee to get help by those who burn out wninsured. It is not fair that those who pay their insurance should also be: asked to pay for the Josses of those who do not ifisure, as yu this way they would have to pay yhie Josses of others as well as their owy.' These age faets worth consid--ering by all property iplders, llf one _eannot well afford to get the whole nf “his property insured, let him coyep ‘the half, which in case of u total loss would always give him a start again,

THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY. For months it was believed that the Democrats of Tllinois had about concluded to remain passive during the political struggle of this year,and that the Republicans. and - Independents would be permitted to remain the sole occupants of the field. Such would it all probability have been the case had the lendependents taken advantage of the situation by meeting the just expeetations of the severallelements opposed to the dominant organization. Having failed in this respect—not as signally as their co-laborers in; Indi’:_ma, yet in a sufficient degree to impede the development of the new organization—it became apparent that the calling of a third convention was demanded by thousands of -influential and intelligent voters who could neither consistently -nor conscientiously identify themselves with either the Republi‘ans or the so-called Independents. In a quiet and unostentatious manner, leading Democrats and Liberal Republicans agreed that the best method of bringing to the front a formidable and. poweriul party would be to take possession of the democratic machinery and invite the co-operation of all men who believe in and advocate certain political doctrines. With this object in view the chairman of the old Democratic State Central Committee called @ meeting for the 20th ultimo, at which it was resolved to issue a call for a State Convention to be held at Springtield on the 26th inst. This! call embi‘zwes all voters of Llinois who desiré to promote the followingnamed principles: @ ..~ - First—The restoration of gold and silver as the basis of the currency of the country; the speedy resumption of specic-payments, and the payment of all national indebtedness in the money recognized by the civilized world. ‘ J } Second-—-Free commerce. Third—lndividual liberty, and -opposition to sumptuary laws. . ourth—Rigid restrjction of- the Govermment, both State and National, to the legitimate domain of political power, by excluding therefrom all executive and legislative intermeddling with the- affairs of society, whereby monopolies are fostered, privileged classes aggrandized, and individual freedom unnecessarily and oppressively restrained. ! Fifth—The right and duty of the State to protect its eitizens from extortion and unjust disecrimination by chartered monopolies. linois, as well as Indiana and Obio, contains quite a number of Democrats who are still wedded to the greenback theory invented by Mr. Pendleton.— These men manifest considerable opposition to the action ofthe committee in laying down a platform in advance of the convention, and loudly talk of rebuking the innovation when the hosts. are gathered at-Springfield. There is some force to, this objection; yet the ])P(’lﬂil‘l-l‘ condition of affairs in Tlinois fully justifies the course of the committee, The declaration of certain definite principles became essential by ‘reason of the facts already stategl, and it new 'behooves all who endorse these to come together and formally incorporate them into a platform. We recognize ‘in this movement the most practical and eflicient effort yet made to effect.a consolidation of men who have heretofore been politically divided but who of late have held identical views on questions which now engross publie atfention. There is no sense in maintaining a political rel@tionship which is not based upon prineciple. Democrzttiq int flationists and republican inflationists have & common interest; hence it is but natural that”they should seek political afliiiation in order to give their views practical effect. Andeso it is with hard money Demoerats and hard money Republicans. The latter two elements agree on most if not all the vital questions now before the country ; therefore;it is meet that a compact between them should be speedily and fitmly established: llow to do this, our Illinois l_)l'et111'011'~11_;n'e plaiiul y pointed out. It devolves upon those who think as they do to emulate the example. . ' : ,

THE IMPORTANCE OF DELEGATE ELEC- ' TIONS.

A contemporary truthfully pronounces it one of the curidgities of politics that so few mén, comparatively sﬁeuking, attend the delegate elections.— Among the non-attendants are many who never miss the regular fall elections and who deem it a duty to vote for the eandidates of their party. Yet these very men are rarely seen at the polls to vote for delegates, although the delegates elected are the ones who settle the question of candidacy and often make or mar a campaign, It may be safely asserted that those who grumble the most frequéntly and most loudly at the nanes on the tickets are those who by their presence and their votes never help to choose them. It is just as muech. the duty of a good Democrat to attend delegate elections as the general eleetions, IJe can at least have the satisfaction of knowing that if obnoxious men are nominated, he did his best to prevent it, and that if honest, able anidi_pxroper men are chosen, he helped’ in the good work. Small dnties are often the most important as leading to great results. let there be a geneval turn out on theday of delegate elections now approaching. » 4

Hon. W. W. Curry, candidate for secretary of State on the republican ticket, disposed of the democratic howl in the state platform on refroactive salaries in a speech at Greencastle last week in a very handsome manner. He said that only about %13,000 lhiad been paid to State officers in this way, and all that to six gentlemen for services, ive of them being Democrats and only one Republican. These were: Pat Shannon, $2.000; J. B.Ryan, $2,000; J. C. Shoemaker, $3,000; B. W, Hanna, $1,500; 0. M. Eddy, $2,900, and J. G. Greenwalt, (Rep.), $1,500.— Craesfordspile Journal, : Considering the fact that the Legislature which awarded these handsome bounties was largely republican, we fail to see wherein Mr. Curry made the “splendid point” attributed to him by our exultant eontemporary, The gentlemen named were either entitled to this'extra pay, or a republican Legislature was guilty of recklessly squandeying the public funds. Which horn of the dilemnia does Bro. Curry and the Journaj choosey

* PROPOSED DIVISION OF NEW YORK. The World advances some very strong arguments in favor of dividing the State of New York by forming a separate -State: government of the counties [of New York, Kings and Westehester. It claims that this portion of the State is obliged to hear two-thirds of the entire burden of State taxation and that notwithstanding this" fact the people thereof ard practically iwitliout representation at Albany or Washington. 'The interior counties,through their répresentatives, annually interfere with. the local affairs of the great city. seemingly taking special delight in framing laws that are distasteful to Gotham. The proposed new State would have a pop ulation of 2,000,000, which the World says, is larger than that of any other State in the Union with the exception of three, namely, Tllinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; or forty-five times as large as the population of the State of Nevada, _vwh"ich in 1870 was only 42,401, and nearly four times as large as thfla'impnla.tfon of the State of Connecticut, which in 1870 was 537,454. However, if the State is to be divided, the boundary line will probably be estal)lished further north, as all the ITudson River counties at least would want to be included \in the new State, or further south, and include New '_York, ‘Brooklyn, and their suburbs, and the adjoining islands only. v The counties of which the I\('\\"-,‘:‘._,}::{&l, is to be composed have a population of 1;;15,!1t51) against 2,866,790, the population of all the remainiiig fifty-five counties combined. Of the annual State tax, amounting to about %54.000,000, the metropolitan distriet. that is,New York,Kings,Queens, Richmorfd, and Suffolk counties, with a populition in round numbers of 1,513,000, pays $36,000,000, while the r(-hl:mihh]g' fifty-tive counties, \\'i{fh_ a pepulation of 2,866,000, pay only $18,060,000. "In other, words, the rate of taxation in the metropolitan distriets is $24.03 per capita, while in the rural distriets the rate is $6.20 per capita. — - These facts certainly prescut strong reasons for the division of the great iimpim State, and it is not to he won(lf;rgod that the people of the metropolitan districts are clamorous for separation and independence. They pay most of the taxes, while their interests are (i:()nSULl'nﬂ}' interfered with hy those who reap the benefit. '

JUDGE BIDDLE

The Chieago Inter-Ocean some time since pnl)lished a grossly incorrect review of the “inside doings” of the 15th of July econvention. Among other silly twaddle it undertook to show that Judge Biddle’s nomination was brought about by persons largely interested in the Kankakee draining scheme, and that if electpd he would be 'lljk:ely to rule adversely to the wishes of the property-owners of that swampy region. The Winamae Deniocrat, whoge editor knows a good deal more abdut this matter than the editor of the I nte')'-()ced'n, wants the peoﬁle of Northern Indiana to knosw “that Judge Biddle has never had the slightest connection with the Kankakee swindle, and that he has not even ina judieial sense, ever had :I]lYL]lil]g’ to do with it. Any charge that his nomition was made by the members of the Kankakee Draining (ﬁfolrfp;tny, or on account of any opinion adverse to the decisions of tlie Courts already made upon the subject, may be pronounced unqualifiedly false.and made for the base purpose of deceiving and misleading those 'whose opportunities do not place them in a position to cons tradict the mean slander.” We im\'eg not the least doubt that the Democrat represents -this matter in its true dight. o L

THE OTHER CHARGES, such as the convention being packed and the slaughter of Hon. J. B. Stoll, a Gep man, and Shannon, an Irishman, will deceive 1o one, and cannot possibly even command the approval of M. Stoll and Shannon; on the contrary, we know that Mr. Stoll finds no tfault with: the convention on account of the preference expressed, and that both these gentlemen have expressed themselves in hearty aceord with the democratic party and will give the ticket a cordial and hearty support. - Winamaec Demoeiat. i

. Correct, Bro. Thomas. So far ds the editor of the BANNER is concerned, he not-only does not regret that the choice of the convention fell uypon other shoulders, but {s actually rejoiced thereat. Ife went to Indianapolis with the fixed determination not to becomie a candidate, and only allowed himself to he swerved from that purpose one day before the meeting of the convention at the urgent solicitution of friends whose wishes he could not wheily di};rgg:ujd. It was ‘a foolish piece of Husiness on s parg to' yield, and no one appreciates more Jully than he does himself that he veceived just what he deserved, to wit: a handsome little “beat.”

MAN¥ON MARBLE says his World is “now exhorting the deocyatic statesmen of the West to fulfill their trusts, to rise to the I‘93lsonsibil§ies of leader. ship and ecall the misgdided men of Jlndiana and Ohio, from their following of Morponism, back to true Demoeracy, That work has gob to be done. It the old leaders wont da it, the old leaders will have to gp to the wall,— New men will rise up and take their places. The Hard-Money ‘issue eannot be put out of our polities nor compromised out. The evil is incessant. The issue after a dozen defeats would only haye to be renewed. Politicians may perish in the fight, but the HardMoney flag will never eease to rally true, Demoerats till it too is carried in triumph. to the Capitol.” Marble is both eloquent and emphatic in his declaratjons, and to us it seems he is just abopt right. % e

THE editors of several Grant papeps in thig part of the State are very much displeased beécatise the Democracy did not adopt a platferm to suit their ‘peculiar views. - Where is Myers of the Standard ean't say enough about it. For our part, we ‘?aht to get about as far from what Grant postmaster Wwould endorse as. poaﬁsiblg,,wd übuyn Coupler, wii i

. And especially from one who eriminally withholds mail - matter and steals five cent nickels from the patronsofhisoffies, . 1 o 1 ’ i : AN ,

ALL OVER THI STATE,

?'f?amnul and Politieal Pal‘:l;rml)ltg-] The Winamac Democrat says “there l s no candidate upon the State ticket E’who'will command a larger vote than Judge Biddle, and there is ne nominee - whose election will reflect more honor upon the ‘Conventions which have placed his name upon their tickets.— hﬁs -1011;:‘9)(1';9171’311'09 upon the bench as “Cireuit” Judge—nineteen years, has ‘made his mind familiar with all the intricate qguestions of law likely to be adjudicatedand well (it him for the. diuities of the pesition to whieh he is certain to be called.” S ‘ A strong effort is being made to dis- ‘ place Eb. Henderson from the Indepen- ‘ dent State ticket. Tis offense consists in seeking and obtaining anomination ‘ at the hands of the 15th of July con- | vention-—the Indepénﬂents asserting ’ it as a cardinal principle that-the office: should -seek the man and not the | man the office. It will be some time before politicians can be brought np ‘to that standard. L | . The Republicans of the Eleventh i~Distric§ have nominated James J‘ ' Evans, of Hamilton county, for CohL gress. James N. Tyner, the present ] : inciunbcint,’ would have received the | i nomination but for the fact that he | | I);a.l'ticilrzx§(l(l in the sulary grab. In :L} ' specch withdrawing his ‘'name he admitted that the grab cooked his goose. | Den F]':m}\'f, of ‘the Wimamauc D/:/'no_—l i crat, ‘]ms»’l)(\(;n nominated for surveyor’ Cof Pulaski-county. We are always tolad to record the recognition of a l brother of the quill, but a gtln'\'vyor-‘! 'ship for an editor seems so odd that 1 Lwe 1&&1'(1}.\"%1;11“\\' whether to conigratu- \ late or to ¢ondole Bro. Ben. o W, W. Barnes was defeated in his Leffort to secure the nomination for | joint representative {rom the Howard | county Republicans. e now propos- | es to start a Granger paper and nake I,it “rbd hot” for his suceessful competitor. Aint o ! senator Moerton will not deliver the | usual number of speeches.in this State, ‘ owing to imipaired fiealth, The duty im' re-sounding the k(“y-m;tv will therei fore devolve upon Senator Prait, wimi |is somewlrat interested in rallying the ! Loys around the republican flag. f J. Enos Neff, the democratic 4';l;lfiidate for Secretary of State, has taken } the stump. His competitor, Rev. Cur--Iy, has been going it for several'weeks. Judging from the tenor of the democratic press of the Evansville congres- ] i sional district, that plethoric Teuton, | Hon. Wm. Tfeilman, whom the I{e]mh-f] ’ licans have selected to make the race (for Congress once more, is® about the i toughest! nag that has ever been put | |on the track in southern Indiana. It } is not his ability which makes him so f formidable, but they do say Le lias an i awfal big pile of stamps and that he alwavs knows to place them where they ' will do the most good. This is com- " plimentary to leilman's sagacity ; but, tell us, boys, aren’t you a tritle severe on the incorruptibility of democratic voters ?. Stk ; They have threé tickets down in IHamilton county. Republican, Independent, and American. The last }n;uned party has adopted a teetotal temperance plank in their platform of anti-secret declarations. . Andy IHumphreys, who figured somewhat conspicuously in politics during the Sons of Liberty excitement, has received the demoeratic nomination for Senator for the counties of Gireene and Daviess Andy is a Granger; .hon(‘og we assume that the oftice sought him and not he the office, It is now claimed that Judge A. B. Carlton, Dan Voorhees' law-partner, is the auther of the :mtki‘-Bzflxt‘er plank in the democratic’ platform. Look to yvour laurels; Mr. Bell, = = Joy reigns in the house of Curty, Wildman ‘& Co, over the announcement thiat\the temperance Democrats of Westville, a small town in LaPorte county, have expressed a determination to vote the republican ticket. The Cansi county (Girangers have re solved mot to vote for any candidate | who treats or spends money to influence voterss {Candidates throughout | the State will be glad to see this doctrine generally applied. . | The Indianapolis Jalm'/nu‘l is engaged in a discussion with tlie Zelegiaph relative to the temperance question. As | an inm;u‘t_i‘al angl llli'biz\sed’ judge we feel constrained to say that the Z'elegraph is several distanees ahead.

Attention, Independents—Call for a \ State Mass Convention, The following action was taken by the Central Committee at their meeting in this ¢ity, July 13th. : Resolved, That we depart from the usual practice of filling vacancies in the ticket by the State Central Committee,believing that the people should ninke choige of their own servants,and we theretore cali o 3lass Conyention to meet in this city, August 12th, fo nominate a candidate for Secretary of State, and to fill any other. vacancies that might occur, and alse for the purpose of ratifying the nomnations already made, and to transact any other businesgs that may arise. . Resplped, That gll the yoters of the State of Indinna who intepd to act jpdependent of the republican and depocratic parties, and ‘'who are in fayor of the ‘lndependent Partyiarve invited to attend. : : In accordance with the above resolutions, we hereby issue a call for a Mass Conventjon of the Independent Party, to"meét in Indiapapolis, onp Wednesday, August 12th, 18%4. This movement is in the hands of the people. to be controlled by them. ILet every connty in the State be represented. The place of holdnig the Jneeting will be duly announced, and arrangemients will be made with the railroads 101 reduced faye. - o , E. A. OLLEMAN, Cl’'m. A. V. PENDLETON, Sec’y. |

‘ f}‘}filu-:ﬁi demopmtic ‘congressio"nal conyentiong were held, in -this State last Tpegday. In the Fifth Pistvict (Richmond) Hon. W, 8. Holman, was yenomipated Dy neclumation; in the Seventl (Indjangpolis) Pistric Fpank Jandeps, an Indianapolis lawyer, regeived the nomination, and in the, Ninth (Lafayette) District Hon, Jjeander McClurg was chosen a 8 4 compromise eandidate. - The noypinees are all considered good nien, s

HORTON ON THE STUMP. | The Indiana Rag-Money Financier ¢riticises the Demoeratic Platforms. i HeTlinks the Saul_h Carolina Rasealities ! ; . Are Not Political,

He Wants the G vernment to Run the . Railroads and Opposes Canad. an | 1 : Reciprocity. : : Terre HAUTE, IND, July 31.—Senator Morton spoke (his evening to a large audience. He began by reference to the discrepancies in the uniformity of the democratic platforms of the various States, referring to 1 Maine, where the party had declared for Free Trade and for raising revenue by direct taxation, while in Pennsvlvania it favors a protective tarift, and in Indiana it affirms its belief in -a revenue tariff so framed as to afford protection to American industry. He also made reference td the position of ‘the democratic party on the temperance question, claiming their tendency | was against temperance reform. Of | the republican p:u'tyh(i said that nearly all that is known of corruption in that party has been shown by its okvn | diligent self examination ' and the | prompt exposure of every official delinquent who has been discovered.— The detection and exposure of the ('redit Mobilier, Sanborn and District i of Columbia transactions were the voluntary and earnest work of the republican party, and while it may show here and there a diseased member, vet it clearly reveals the healthy tone, viggor, and condition of the mass, Ile said for years to come the contestivill be between the republican and democratie parties, and between them tlere is no room for a third party, aiid every| one 'that is organized will be feeble Jand ephemeral, These parties répresent different ideas, tendencies, and modes of thought which aré in jrre- | pressihle conflict. : , ;i Referring to the bill passed by (‘on--gress fixing the amount of legal tenders at $382,000,000, he said it extinguished the threat of contraction, and is an explicit declaration against that policy. He reviewed the .debate in | Cengress during the consideration of the Finante bill, and quoted from his speech made during the first debate as defining his ' position which he| had -maintained {hroughout, and believed it. was the position substantially oecupied by those in the Senate with whom he acted, and to which all others have p;'zu:tim}iy arvived. ! The national banks: be said, afford currency thatis perfectly secured, in which everybody has entire confidenee, and is of uni- | formn value in every part of the United States; that is not easily counterfeited, { and is unquestionably the safest and most satisfactory bank currency this country has ever had. The proposition to destroy this banking system involves a radical change in the finances and business of the country—the collection and withdrawal of more than 900,000,000 of loans which these ] banks have made to the people; the vast derangement of contracts and the | distress which such an event must produce upon the business of the country, and years of doubt and exI periment before another system can | be established in'its place. He rel viewed the contradictory resolutions in the democratie platform, calling for the issue of greenbacks instead. of bank notes, and asking for a I'9‘l:l’(l"'nzt.(,) specie payment, and claimed that the former would under the latter be impossible. He passed to the subject of civil rights, and elaimed that the constitution of Indiana was even more explicit than the Ciyil Rights bill, and quoted from the Court of Decisions i 1 the State to show that the colored children could net be exeluded from the public schools. He said a mischievous ' impression had been cunningly made in the South that the President sympuathizes with the Southern Democracy upon the subjecet of | eivil rights, and will differ with Northern | Republicans upon that question, and this impression emboldens the movement against the negroes which is growing in the South day by day..| For this impression he knew of no foun--dation. No word or act of the President has given it countenance. In his December lessage he expressly recommends the ennctment of a law to better secure, the civil rights which freedom should secure, but has not he repelled with indignation the suggestion that the President will prove false to the principles of the republican party. In regard to the corruptions and disorders existing in South Carolina, he said there was too much ‘truth in them; but, he said, they were not political, and members of both parties participated in them. He spoke of the reciprosity treaty with Canada, and called attention to the fact that after the forimer treaty had beenin op- | eration cight years, Canada was more | hostile to us during the rebellion than | any other portion of the British empire, and he favored treating Canada as a foreign country as long as it re‘mained so. Ie _opposed Free Trade, favored a direct vote of the people for . President, and the regulation of traflic by railroads as well as other routes by the General Government. As to what regulations would be necessary, he said it should be left to the discretion of Congress, subject to the restrictions. of the Constitution. These restrictions relate to the uniformity of the regulations, that is—no advantage or preference shail be shown to one State over another. Uniformity and equal dealing with the people of all the States are impressed upon all the powers giyen by. Congress, so that they be not used for the upbuilding of another.— Cheappess and | uniformity of operation, speed, convenience, promptness, and safety,all point to connected roads and through lines, and those throughouttheir length should be governed by uniform methods and laws. The railroad interestis so vast and so inti- | mately affects the business progress and comforf of every pommunity, that it is of the utmost importance, not onlylto the people, but to the shareholders, that it be under the direction of general laws, and so far-as possible blended into an harmoaious whole.— The supervision and control of inter-: state - railroads by Congress, would | give rise toa number of regulations | looking to the safety of passengers, regularity of trains, uniformity of operations, conneetion, inspection of tracks, bridges, locomotives, and” cars, &eg,and ine many other particulars tending to promote the safety, efficiency, and development of the railroad system, and the interests and convepience of the people, That it is not possible for Congreas to enact general laws, establishing uniform rates for freight and passengers upon all inter-State railvoads, is tvo clear fo argument. These rates must necessarily vary on different roads, and in different parts of the country. ‘Fhe cost of construetion and of operating some roads is' much greater than others. Upon some toads the amount of business to be done very greatly ex: ceeds that on others, and 'there are so many circumstances which would muke a change of rates proper and necessiry thap ,wway assume at once | that ;;éuim;m ratey’ for ‘*gﬁm and [f@;ﬂisser}' eis cannot e csfablished.:‘But it seeins to me fp be. clearly within the power of Congress, and to | be. practicable, to establish boauds | rﬁﬁmwmwg@amt- : d with cerinn powers, 1 be govorned | by general regulations; within which | m&!m 1 &WWMW : and regulate the rates for freiglit and |

passengers upon inter-State railroads 80 as to-prevent unjust discriminations between different localities or classes of persons; to prevent combination between raijroad corporations and other persons to put up the prices of freight or passenger fares; to prevent railroad ecorporations taking advantage of the obstriiction of lakes, rivers’ and canals by frost (‘};r by low water to put up freights and fares beyond what would be a reasonable, fair, and honest profit; and, in short, to prevent ‘extortions'and impositions by railroad companies upon the people of the country, however attémnted to be practiced. They should be required to hold the scales evenly and fairly between the people of thé country on the one hand and the railroad companies. on the other, so that the yailroad companies shall have the full enjoyment ‘and protfection of their property, and be allowed to receive such rates of compensation as will make fair and reasonable return for their capitaf, skill, labor, and responsibility employed, these results to be arrived at under such ruies as may be provided by law or adopted by the Board of Railroad Commissioners for their guidance.— "The interests and rights of all parties should be protected with equal care and vigilance, the railroad companies to be left in control of their property. as far as may be consistent with public interests, and not to be interfered with by these Boards of Railroad Commissioners except in clear cases. BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL. | Mrs. Tilton’s Siatement. Mus. Tilton’s statement before the Plymouth Church Investigating Commiittee is published, and extracts.from it are furnished by telegraph. Very much of it reélates to the doniestic affiairs of the ‘Tiltons, and is therefore utterly irrelevant to the main issue. The public cares not at all what was Mzy. Tilton’s opinion of his mother-in-law, nor how great may have been the inefliciency of the servants who managed his house during the lecturingtours. Of scarcely more general interest are the révelations of My, Tilton’s infidelity to his marriage-vows. ‘They can only serve to palliate; not to disprove; the offense.. The rest of Mrs. Tilton’s statements is a distressing story.. She says that her husband beganto suspeet Mr. Beecher in 1863, and at that time elosely questioned her as to his-conduct in private, She took the trouble to charge her mind with Mr. Beecher's conversations and to repeat it to My, Tilton. This unwholesome intercourse continued without change until 1869, when Mr. Tilton accused his wife of halding eriminal relations to Mr. Beeclier.— She met this charge by a denial, and that was all. We should have expected that an ‘explosion of some kind would have resulted at once, bhut it does not appear that Mr. Beecher’s visits- ceased until many months afterwards, at the date wentioned in Mr, Tilton’s statement. Mrs. Tilton, by her own confession, found much to enjoy in Mr. Beechel’s society that she could not find in her husband’s.— When he came she “was aroused in herself;” “there was no damper befween her and Mr. Beecher as there was between her and her husband.” Perhaps it would have been better for all parties had she looked with less favor on a man whom her husband suspected. ,The most painful part of the. testimony as reported relates to the letters mentioned in Mr. Tilton’s statement as having been witten by his wife. ' Mus. Tilton confesses that she was wholly under the‘influence of her husband; that she wrote letters one day to contradiet them the next; and that she knew not what she did write. Having thus impeached her own veracity, she denies the authenticity of one letter attributed to her; and admits that in. other lettevs she groundlessly defamed Mr. Beecher and cruelly maligned her own mother. Tlie testimony breaks down by its own weight.—Chicago Tribune.

In the Beecher investigation little of importance was developed on Sut urday, except a synopsis of Mrs. Tilton’s testimony the second time before the Committee., She denied that she had ever acknowledged her guilt to Susan DB. ‘Anthony, and again stated that she had never written anvthing implying guilt on her own or Mr. Beecher’s part, except in copying what Mr. Tilton ordered her to write from his dictation. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, on the other hand, repeated her aceount of the confession made to Miss Anthony by Mrs. Tilton.

TiLToN has written a bitter letter to the Chairman of the Investigiting Committee. He is of the same opinion of the publie, viz.: that the;Committee is a whitewashing affair, gotten up, in the interest of Mr. Beecher and not in the interest of justice. Mr. Tilton declines to appear again before the Committee and. deelines to furnish it any further doecumentary evidence.— His reasons are cogent and will be generally endorsed. Mr. Tilton finds it a tough job to fight Plymouth Church.

Mr. Beecher bids his friends rely upon his diseretion and his truth.— Their reliance has certainly been tested tothe uttermost. The pastor of Plymouth Church ¢an never complain of the patience of the public or the trust’ of his friends in this unhappy business. If he is prolonging the agony of his well wishgrs to make the triumph of his vindieation more complete, the process is somewhat cruel. If the Beecher investig%ﬁi_ng committee stops short of eliciting all the facts in the great scandal, and acquits Beecher, then Tilton will sue for divoree, merely as a n?e:ms to bring out the evidence before a Court of justice, unless perhaps the libel suit just instituted may accomplish that end. : : - A New York writer declares that Plymouth Church will not part with Beccher, even. though Tilton’s charges against him be proven. That’s the doctrine. - Swear him and let him go. New York can’t get on without him.

~ It now transpires that E. Cady Stanton, Susan B, Anfthony and a few more of that ilk had knowledge of the Bilton-Teécher business many months ago, through the confessions of Elizabeth and Theodore, G

It is believed thata clew to the kidnappers of the Ross child has been found in the traces of a party of pretended tree speculators who were in Germantown some days before the abduction, A e

A fire occurred: at Muskegon, Mich., Saturday morning, destroying about 100 business-houses and.- 200 residencess. ~ The loss will be from $600,000 to $BOO,OOO, on which the total insurance will not be over one-third. A new comet with an interminable caudal has just been discovered by a gcientific idler. The utter tailure of Cogga’s comet to raise a terrestrial rumpus has weakened the popular faith in the celestial nomads. The new visitor will be coldly received. €l Terrill, whp domé months ago 'kitl‘efrlg‘ Q’ngi I’f;il‘\'eypﬁ?’?xg; Yras ta 'fegW'f days ago'adfyitted to bail in the sum of $lO,OOO, Judge Major presided at the trial, and it was Dy his peculiar decisiqn” that " the ¢haﬂeﬂsﬁ to mortal combat addressed to the editor of the Enguirer orignated. =~ ¢

STATE ITENS.

The finest churcli-altar in the West, | composed- of the niost costly foreign | ‘marble, was erected Friday in Trinity | Chureh, of Fort Wayne; to tlie mem- i ory of the late Charles D. Bond, by his | Wwidow. The workmanship i§ elegant, |

Tuesday night of last week the house | of Ilivam 8, Biggs, a lawyer, of War- : saw, was entered and robbed of $lOO | i money, and all. of Mrs. Biggs® jes- ' elry. This is the second lhouse robped 4 L in that neighborliood within a week. | Murs. Irel’ll‘yﬂ'}(‘uyl({]g 'A(_)'f v}l’.,iérceth; i gave birth a few dayssince to a female | child with two faces, one on each gide of its head.. This monstrosity has| been viewed by leading physicians.— The mother and child are doing finely. " The Daily Bulletin, published in Goshen. cantains an aceount of the poisoning: of a family of six persons, five miles east of that ecity, while at. dinner at the residence of lLevi Miller, on Thursday. A doctor was called, and the vietims are improving slowly. - A man Dy the name of Henry Lewis died with' sporadic cholera, at. the boarding honse on Harrison street, at | an early hour Saturday morning, after a brief illness of only two days.— | He had no relatives nearer than Patterson, N. J.,; but received every needed attention.—Eikhart Reecicw. e A man named Konance made a desperate attempt to- eommit suicide on Thursday, at Millersburg. He went mto the cellar under his residenee, at-: tached 'a rope to a bean, adjusted the noose around his neck, and was gbout to jump into the jaws of death, when caught in the horrible act, and pre- - vented from dohp go. - 0 o]

Walter McEnroe, one of the three laborers who were accidentally hurton the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, west of “ Albion, recently, died last” Friday. The: wherabouts _of his ‘home and friends cannot be ascertained. Any information of the saane will be thankfully received by the McKay Brothers; caniractors, Fort Wayne, Indiana. , =

Wednesdaygof lust week while Tenry Hamilton, g wealthy farmer, living about 4 miles north of Muncie. was in that town with his 'family, his houge was entered by some unknown péisons, and valuables to the amount of about $2,000 stolen. The missing articles consist of over $l,OOO in notes; #5O in money, clothing, ete. No clew totheaobbers, - s o 0

The Granger picnic at Ter?ij‘(g.ﬂ‘;;ute' on the 29th ult., in- point of numbers and enthusiasm, was a suceess. There were 400-0 r 500 teams-in the procession that paraded in the principal streets of the city. Speeches were made at the fairgronnds by Messrs, Olleman, of Marion ; I urinié; of Hendricks; and C. W. Stewart, of Vigo Co. A dance took place in the evéning.

The excitement at New Haven, Xllen county, in regard; to finding" of oil, is well grounded. Petroleum still flows in a~well on a'farm near that place,. which was sunk about s week ago.—: Strong traces of . oil were found soon after commencing work on the well.—-. Two years ago a well was dug near the same farm, but the oil flowed into it so fast that the owner, through ignerance filled’it up. . 0o 0

Two aged Polanders, & man and: his wife, living near New Carlisle, St. Joseph county, were murdered about two weeks ago and their house burned over them. XNo clue to the murderers and incendiaries have yet been obtained. - Money was the supposed obJect, the old Polander having, it was supposed, about six hundred dollars in a belt around his waist before the deed wascommitted.. = 7 &

HoN. GEORGE A. BUSKIRK; of Bloomington, Ind., brother . of Judge Buskirk, of the Supreme Bench, died of paralysis dt his: ‘home on the 23d ult. He was addicted -to: drink, but since the shooting of ‘Rose, & bar-ten-der, he has led a more temperate life. Ie was*once Speaker-of the House of Representatives, State Agent;and was' at the time of his deatlr president of the Bloomington National’ Bank. =

- On \\vt{dlléS(l}t}ﬁﬁ‘C’E]lingpf last week an unforfunate affair. occurred -at Maysville, Allen county. ' A meetihg held at the Methodist Church was disturbed 1y noises outside, when two yowyig men, - Seth Carrington and another, unknown, went outside to find out the cause. * A revolver in Currington’s rear pocket was accidentally discharged, the ball taking effect in the other young man’s bowels, causing injuries which proved-fatal. - The name of the unfortunate young man is not yet ‘ascertained o xS a e

- Waterloo is agitated from center to circumference by a'“sensidtion.” One week agoyesterday a young unmarried woman, named Minnie Shinnaman, employed at the Lent House, gave birth.to a child. .On Wednesday the dead body of the child was found in a pool of water.” The young mother was removed to the residence of her stepfather the next day, ,)'zmdfa, physician summoned. © She now lies in a critical condition, having ha‘q'no proper treatment or attendance until Thursday. The affair’ is- somewhat mysterious, as tlie girl has borne a good reputation, and speculation asto the authorshipr of her ruin seems fruitless. —Fort Wayne Sentinel, August 3d.. A special telegram from Goshen to the ‘Chicago Z'imes, July 81, gives an decount of a wholesale poisoning: A farmer named Levi Millerswas building a barn, and had several carpenters in hisemploy. At 12 o’clock they went: to dinner and ate heartily. Shortly after dinner, and when about to resume work on the barn, the entire par-. ty ‘of six .persons, ineluding My, Miller’s family, wife and_ three childven; ‘were suddenly taken deathly sick, and 4t was feared they would all die before medical aid could be obtained. A young man named Schrock started for. his home, some rods distant, immediately after dinner, but when a short distance from the house, in the thick woods, he too was stricken down, and lay there for two hours in mortal agony, unable to move or call for assistance, before he was discovered and taken home in‘a dangerous condition. — The poison was administéred in the food, but whether accidentally oy otherwise remains a-mystery. - |

‘A plot for a novelist is furnished in a dispateh from Madison, Wis., which recites the history of a man who was. the. involuntary witness of a murder, and pleaded guilty to it in order to save a woman. . IHe was senteniced ‘:.3 prison for life, and has ‘alt‘eadz served seven years.” @ov, Taylor has now pardoned him, the ‘facts being clearly le,stabliﬁh_ed, and gd pgﬁiti?n for his re- . eing- signed by the- judge and j?rir;e{Who. couvicted him. dg ¥ Jdl

i : The Emperior William of Germany is going to ltaly véry soon, probably in the antumn. = There wi%gea delighttul interchange of com tesies between him and the Pope, of course.— Linagine tlie prodigal relirning-home unrepentant, and the old : riarch. with & rod of affliction lying ifi wait for him behind the hall-door. riogge . i At Ul e l;_d“;%k%___fw‘?:; ‘g‘ 2 1 a / The trgveling band of Amerlean base-ball %my}egxﬁz i 8 é&rscﬁhm erable atténtion in Kngland. - If M. Bull will take possession of them, andkee‘y them on tga'tslﬂ%ffﬁé‘ﬁﬂr% wilt willgly chil fhe Alabiima “fe: count “sghare” | . oo o 0 o

T YWyR e s T RS e A e e ~ ANNOUNCEM E‘f‘«‘ﬁ' ~ P e o '-"“f‘"’:“!“"\"b"”". oo TRUSTEE_ELKHART TOWNSHIP, ‘Please announce.through the columng of your\fulmxhll;iz);:pqr the m}gxe oan. Q. Gibson for Trostee of Elkhart township. By request of L or s . v MANY Vorers, . S COUNTY TREASURER. & - -William Waltma |of Allen township, will te a candidate for the oflice of County Treasurer.subJect to the decision of the Democratic and liberal Republican convention, . L R I eS TN CRTR . IR - A fullassortment of Dye Stufs at Eldred’s Ding Stoze A Slot - MILLER - BRILLHART. - July 3051874, ut {he residence of the bride's fathér, G, A JBrilthart, in Kendailville, by Rev. J. E. Ervin, M. Jar. U, Miller and Miss kda L. Brillhart. e o L TEE MAREKETS, . Lot LIGONIER. Wheat—white. . .. -$lO5 H0g5—1ive.......... 5 w 0 Amber—red ... 1 os/Hoge -dressed...... . 0 Rye.....iioi.. 60iTorkeys 1ive..:... Date o e 30‘0hiek¢ns——live,. i 00 Corn,icc.ci..li.@ 75|Beeswax ‘el s 80 Potatoes,..... .. @. 40 8uttex}.........,‘."}..“.‘ IR BlaxSeed .. .. .. vollsedoy. o s 1D Clover 5ecd,.<..... 600|Bpgn.;. .. . e | Wook. ;oo i, @ JdsFeatherb.ii i@ . 80 P0rk........per br 24 00iPallow.. .. ... © 06 5h0a1der5.......... 11{Timothy Hay:.. ... 11000 Hams..... ... .. @ls{Marsh Hay........ 800 ‘-'—————-—-——'-'————-—_‘__..____________T__ : ; KENDALLVILLE. : Wheat—white.....§l 12 Live Hogs. ... .- ¢ Amber—red....... 04 Dressed H0g5...... .._. Rye-~...0 i..... 1.. 50{Live Turkeys ...... =OO ORte...oico . o illive Chickens .. 00 CG0rn:......... (a 4 75,8ee5wax,........... .2R Potatoesii..... .1 do[Butter.:.=. = 15 ‘F1ax5eed.......... 150 Lard,.;...'.....,».ig., 10 ‘CloverSeed.. ...@ 5 00tEgg5....... s W0n1......... @ 4151Fealhers, elraaa 1l Pork... -0 0 litallow. 0 as Shoulders,...... ... 10;Timothy Hay.__... .150) Hamsiof...l...@ 1% 'MarshHay .. .7. 800 L I)’iSSOL[I‘TION NOTIUE, }N()TXCE‘ is hereby given that the co-partnership heretofore existing between. D. M. Reynolds. E. J. Dodgednd J. W. Musser has this day beén dissolved:by mutual consent—D. M. Reynolds retiring.. The business will be continued by E. J. Dodge & Co., who are authorized to settle all accounts of =aid tirm. D. M. REYNOLDS, - , E.3.DODGE |- Ligobpier, July 20, 1874.-83¢ J. W. MUSSER. |

ESTRAY NOTICE

' (\AME to the premises of the undersigned in: '\ Sparta twp, one mile west of the Sparta farm, . -2t the Widow liathawuj"s residence, ont Monday, . July 6th, 1874, a Mare and Colt. The mare.is-ofa - bright bay color, bright spots on shonlder and has - <collar mirks. The colt is irou gray, with” dark muane and tail, and is one vear old. The owner Cean'liave: the same by calling and paying expenses, : : . JAMES ?) ‘GODFREY, 13-3 t i : Ligonier, Tndiana. koo ol et e el R - CANCER s CU}iED \g-ith,(mt the aid of the knife, poisonous sécharotics, and caustics, by a simple and Bei‘tntific system lifmedicmiun. By removing the tumor only, the “geat Qf}th(} .disease is notreached . -and is sure to break out again witi\;incrensed violence. I cleanse the blood from arw canceronsmattér, by a local applicution, kill and removethe | Tumor. Itisgthe only treatment that will enre * -cancer, T'also treat Scrofula, and other diseases. - Residcuce near Grand Rapids Depot. . ° : e - JOSEPHI')&E E. SILSBY. 1} 5-2yl ~ KendallyiHle, Noble Co., Indiana.i eow (INEVTEORE "]?HE‘SEUONI) TERM of the Ligonier Academy of-Music will commence on Monday, Augrist Biet, 1874, A regular singing-school will be opened iv connection with' the Academy, next term, holding two evening sessions each week. The Principal is agent for the American Organs, Ilallett. & Cumston Pianes, Hayden & Son’s Pianos, . “efe. oF7old Pianos and Organs taken in exchange for new ones.<@n Pianos sed Organs tu,ne(T‘mnd cleaned on short noticé. - For further | particulars enquire at. the Academy, roonis in the Landon: Block, first'deor north n{ Jackson’s Hat - Store. © [%12-tf] © .J. H, HILL, Principal.

TOWN ?RDINAN(’)E ‘No. 10. T velation to side-walks

Storion I.—Be it ordained.by the Board of Trus- | tees of the Town. of Ligonier, Indiana, that the owners of the following described lots, parts of _lots or lands, to wit: Out lots fifty-nine [593 and. sixty [6o] as per nurhibers on plat of said tqwn on the map of Andreas & Baskin of Noble ¢ouiity, “(made 1874) which said lots abut on the sonth side “of Miller Street, in said town, hetween Water and | Chathdm Streets; the said lot fifiy-nine [s9] front_ing one hundred and eighty-six [lB6] feet on sald | Miifer street, from Water street west, and owned by Frederick Schoenhuth ; said lot sixty [6o] frouting on said Miller street, from said lot fifty-nine -[s9] west to Chatham street, and owned by Charles ~“Wolf; also, lots five, six, seven and eight in block one of Fisher’s Addition, and of lots six, seven, ‘eicht; nine and ten, in block four of said Fisher's ‘Addition to =aid town of Ligonier, he and are ‘hereby required to‘drade and plank the side-walk on the noith front line of said described lots and landg, in the manner, and within the time herein--after specitied and provided. ‘ Srerion 2.—The grade of said 'side-walk shall .be the same as the grade of the north front line ‘of said lots, except for the!following named lots, -the grade of the side-walk s‘bnll be substantially “as follows: from the surface‘of the ground at the north-east corner of said lot fifty-nine [s9] the -grade shall be regular to a point eighteen [lS] “inches above the surface of the ;;,'{mxd, and which said point is ove hundred and tWenty 11207 feet west of said north-east corner of said lot: from said point, 18 inches above the surface of the ground, as last named, the grade shall be uniform to the. surface of the ground at the north-west: corner of gaid lot fifty-nine |s9], and from the surfate of the ground at the north-east corner of said lot sixty [6o] the line of said side-walk ghall be on -aregular grade to a point eight inches below the surface of the ground at the north-west corner of said lot sixty [6o]; from the grade at the last named point to a point six inches below the supface of the ground at the north-east corner of lot six, in block oneof Fisher’s Addition, the said: side-walk shall be on a uniform grade; from the grade at the last named point, to the north-west ‘corner of lot five of szid block one of said Fisher’s Additidn, the grade sha!ﬁlbe regularto the surface of the gronnd at said Foi,' 1 . i © SEcTiON 3.—Said side-walk shall be five [s] fect | wide in front of each ofsaid Jots, planked with white oak plank one and one-half [li] inches thick, and not more than eight inc Les wide; said plmx}( shall be nailed on three white oak stringers, ‘not.less than 3x4 inches, with 10-d. nails; which _steingers shall be firmly ‘gmced on cross ties which :shall be.not more than/six feet mpart. And all !parts of said side-walk, which, by the proxigions “of the second section hereof, is required to be built on a line higher than the surface of the ground, shall havea foundation of earth filled np to the grade of the line fur said side-walk as hereinbefore described.: Sroriox 4.—Said side-walk shall be completed’ " by the first day of October, 1874, and in defanlt of the owner or owners of any of the lots hereinbe“fore named complying with the requirements of this ordinance 1n bailding =aid side-walk to the ~satisfaction of the Board of Trustees, or neglecting orrefusing to build said side-walk as herein required, it shall be the dunty of ithe Marshal of said town, at expiration of said time to proceed to advertize and let the contract for the constrnetion of the same on lot uf éach owner so makingdefanlt, as required by law, and atithe cost of the irespective owners, S . .. Passed and approved Angust.4th, 1874, . Published Augnst 6th, 1874, |

Sl b el JORN BUSTIORL, - LaAltests o President of the Board. Turo. S. ELorEp, Town Clerk, COL)s

NOTICE.

TO ALY, WHOM IT MAY COXNCERN, JOTICE is hereby given by the Board of TrusN tees ol the town of Ligonier, Noble county, State of Indiana, that at the next meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Noble county, said ‘State to be held on the first Monday of. Séptem- | bey nuxt, 1874, the said: Board of Trustees will preeent te the said Board of Commissioners of said county, a‘petition praying for the annexation to said town of Ligonier, of the following de- | seribed territory, contignous thereto, as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the east and west quarter section line of.section 29, township 35 north, in range 8 east, of Noble county, State of Indiana, and on the center line of Muin—strect in Fisher & Co’s. Addition in Ligo;nier runningthence northlo.7s-100 charns; thence ; “east 35 chains; theuce south 39.70-100 chains to a point 20 feet east of the north-east corner of lot eight in Goodspeed’s Sub-Division of Randali’s Agdition to Ligonier: thence west 10.16-100 chains to the center of Johnson streetin said Randall’s Addition; themce south 2.25-100 chains; thence ~west. 7:.50-100 chains to the center of Jay street in " Ligonier; thénce north on the east line of Straus’ Addition 31.50-100 chains to the -egst and west quarter sectjon line of section 22, township 35 north, rangess east; thence weston said parter *section line 16.50-100 chains to the place ofqbeginning. : : ey : ‘A%s‘o the following territory contignous to saiq -town: Commencing at the cenire of section 27, township 35 north, range 8 east in said county of Noble, and running thence west 2.25-100 chains to the center line of the Fort Wayne public road: thence south 11 degrees east, 14 chajns ; thence eastl4 chains; thence north 18.94-100 chairs to « the south-east corner of Smith's Addition to Lig. onierj thence west on the south line -ofrsa¥d Smith's Addition to the place of heginni 2. Also the following contignous territo;}v: Com--mencing at the south-west corner of lot 14 in block six of Miller’s Addition to Ligonier, running thence south 20 chains to the west quarter part of section 27, township 35 north, range 8 ea‘st.l;: said : county; thence south 18.91-100 chains; thence east ' 20 chains to the south-west-corner of lot 8 in Chap‘man’s Addition to Ligonier; thence north 38.94 100 { chains 4 thence west to the place of beginning, | Alsothe following contiguous terrgtorg_;nz‘om. .mencing st the intersection. of the center line of ~Morton styeet, in Randall’s Addition toLigonier, samwgsﬂ and the center line qr,tﬁmpn‘.wégn .in said Addition, and running thence sonth 57 “links to the north line of the %ﬂ.ﬂﬁ(}f@ & Michi- . gan Smh.ernkanwg, &ndﬂi !h& lience south = | 75degs_east along the north line of said railroad 25,63-100 chains to the east Jine Eection § m : 35 north, in vrmnf;a,s east; running thence . |on eaid section | u%u&r ine to the northeast corner of sdid section 27; thence north on the _east line of section 22 of said township and range ¢ e ast ling of SUerman girest, 18 sd Randall’s. | Addition, nhd ait the narth-e 8L cOTRET Of Bald Adeekit it e ginter ling of sald M@rton strcet with the SnEre like of N T Bl B 41 a v ASEFEIHT AT (ORI L e S, s *L“ ‘3?}: ?i N< e PR O IR et