The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 August 1874 — Page 2

The Aatioml B, The Aatiowal Banney & < - T e ‘ ¢ P AYa=® e 07, A f:‘\.. AR K<+ g ) 2% :\‘,\\,’ ) s ' J. B.STOLL, Editor and *roprietor, LIGONIER, IND, AUG/| 13th, 1874. COUNTY CONVENTION. To the Democrats, Liberals, and| all the Opponents of the Republican Party : : The Doniocmtic-Lilmrul Committee of Noble County, in pursuahce of the power vested in it by the Democratic-Liberal Canvention of 1872, hereby gives notice that a County Convention will be held in the town of Albion on Saturday, September 12, 1874, All voters of the county are invited to join in sending delegates to the convention who degire to promote the following purposes: ; I'irst—The restoration of gold and silver as the basig of the currency of the country; the speedy resumption of specie payments, and the payment ol all national iudebtt[dness in the money recognized by the civilized'world. Second—A tariff for revenue only. Third —lndividual Nberty, -and opposition to sumptuary laws. | Fourth —Rigid restriction! of the government, both State and National, to the legitimate domain ol political i)()wer, by excluding therefrom all executive and legislative intermeddling with the affairs of #ociety, whereby monopolies are fostered, privileged classes aggrandized, and individual freedom unnecessarily and oppressively restrained.

Fifth—The right and duty of the State ta protect its citizens from e}({l},ortion and unjust discrimlnation by chartered monopolies. -

'The Committee, believing the opposition to Republican misrule c&n harmoniously unite upon the foregoing principles, earnestly solieit the free co-operation of all men, regardless of past ‘political affiliation, in 4n earnest véﬁ'girt to place the local and general , government in the hands of men who are actnated by the principlés above enunciated. L 1

Each township will be entitled to send one delegate for each ten votes cast in that tdwpship for O. M. Eddy for Secretary of State at the election in 1572, such delegates to be chosen on the evening of Saturday, September sth, 1874, at the usnal piaces of holding elections, : . A, S, PARKER, Chairman,. K D. Grrair, Secretary, st

PrREDICTIONS are made that Jim Ashley: will be made the democratic nominee for Congress for the Toledo District. Jim-—no, James M.—Ashley; well, it seems we have heard that name before! .

W shall only be too glad to have Sam-Alvord as a witness in the “ratting” investigation. Consider yourr‘se]f duly subpeenaed, Samuel. Your Triend and co-laborer, C. O. Myers, will need all the assistance you can render.

JACKSON ORR, who once. residedein this part of Indiana and was two years ago elected to Congress from: the Ninth lowa District, will be permitted to retire at the-end of his present term. Jack took the grab. That did the business.

Jor LEDLIE, the doughty chairman of the Bourbon State Central Committee of Illinois, has issued a call for a State eonvention of ancient O’Connerites at Springfield on the 26th of August. Joe will hardly be able to make it pay as well ag he did two years ago. Grant is not running this year. 1 _

Toe WioLE STORY is thus told by the Albany Argus in a few lines: “Upon the Illinois platform the democratic party will sweep the country. It gives cassurance of a sound ﬁvnancial‘ administration, of vigorous commerce at low prices, of the overthrow ' of’imperialism and the annihilation of unjust and oppressive monopolies. And thus it responds to the popular demands.” - I

Tnr REPUBLICANS of the Toledo District last Thursday gave Congressman Sherwood his walking papers and nominated A. M. Pratt, of Bryan, by a vote of 6014 against 5214, Sher- ~ wood’s offense consists in removing good men from federal offices in Toledo and filling their places with men * who are obnoxious to the people, ala Sayler-in the appointment of a postmaster for Kendallville:

PAmris is in great excitement over the intelligence that Marshal Bazaine escaped from his prison on the Isle of St. Marguerite last Sunday night and succeeded in getting on board of a vessel hound for Italy. The details of the manner in which his escape was effected are not known, but it is supposed that; he used a rope-ladder in reaching the vessel. The French 3government;will take prompt action 1o bring to punishment all who connived at his flight.

Wi need searcely say that the contents of the call issued for a county convention, as 1i111)l§,§]1é(‘1 at the head of our editorial columns,embody a declaration of principles which the BANNER can most heartily commend. This affords an opportunity to inaugurate a movement in Noble county which will enlist the cordial support of hundreds of men who are eager to fight for principles—correct principles—that will stand the test for all time to come. Noblecounty thus takes the lead in sowing the seed of political regeneration upon the saered soil of Indiana,

GEORGE BERGNER, publisher of the Harrisburg (Pa.) Daily Telegraph, in whose establishment the editor of the TANNER learned his trade, died on the Hth inst. of typhoid fever, aged 57 vears. The deceased came to Harrisburg about 38 years ago, with just one dollar in his pocket. By industry and economy he soon managed to establish a small business of -his own, which gradually increased to such an extent that it eventually afforded an immense income. Mr, Bergner was for a number of years Stafe printer and postmaster of Harrisburg, and at the time of his death was worth nearly a million of dollars. : L]

WEDNESDAY of last week the Cincinnati and ¥ ,ouisville mail line steamer “Pat Rogers” took fire and burned to the water’s edge, about a mile below Aurora, Ind. The fire ‘was first discovered in the after part of the - deck room; it is supposed to have or- , iginated from deck passengers smoking pipes among* bales of cotton. It spread so rapidly that all efforts to check it were fruitless, and the engineers were soon driven from their posts. Fifty passengers are supposed to have been on theboat; of this number thirty-four are known to be saved. “The remainder perishied either in the. dlames or were drowned. Lgfer.—lt is NOW daﬂniteliy settled that forty.sjy persons -perished in the Pat Rogers «lisaster, i

A CORRECTION.

We find in last week’s issue of the Warsaw Indianian the annexed editorial paragraph: : e Neighbor Stoll, of the Ligonier BANNER, was swindled out of the nomination for Auditor of State, at the late democratic convention, we are informed. lle had enough votes on the first ballot to nominate him, but some of the honest party managers seeing this, induced some of the counties to change their votes- before the result could be announced,thus encompassing his defeat. Verily the Democracy is an honest party! . In justice to all concerned we desire to submit the following statement: On the first ballot the editor of this paper received nearly 600 votes, against about 300 for Eb. Henderson, who stood next highest ;imong.t,?hose voted for as candidates for State Auditor. The second ballot clearly showed that the contest was narrowed down to Henderson and Stoll. Before -a third ballot could be ordered, as Mr. Hendrieks endeavored to do,the friends of lenderson prevailed upon the rival candidates to withdraw and cast their votes in favor of Ilenderson. This they succeeded in doing by reason of ‘the fact that most of the rival candidates felt “riled” over the presentation of Stoll’s name at so late a day hefore the assembling of the convention, each of these gentlemen having reached the ‘consoling belief that but for this unexpected “innovation” his own calling would have been assured. The only real fraud perpetrated on the occasion, of ‘which we gained knowledge, was “the action of Dick Bright's brother-in-law, Mr. Francisco, of Jefferson county, who cast the solid vote of that county for Henderson in spite of the fact tﬂ_at 18 delegates expressed a preference for Stoll and only 8 for ITenderson, and the action of the chairman of the Floyd delegation, who cast the entire vote for Henderson notwithstanding the fact that the delegation had previously decided to vote as a unit for Stoll. But even if these votes had been cast as honestly intended. Mr. Henderson would still have received the nomination. As we do not in the least begrudge that gentleman the honor conferred upon him, and being desirous of removing erroneous impressions and refuting false reports, we truts Bro. Williams will correct his statement in * accordance with -the above facts. - B

MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC-LIB-ERAL COUNTY COMMITTEE.

- Pursuant to call by the chaifman, the Demoeratic-Liberal -Central Committee of Noble county met in the court-house at Albhion on the"7th inst., A. 8. Parker in the chair, and E. B. Gerber acting as secretary. : : During the forenoon session brief remarks were made by F. Amos Black, Rev. Wm. Waltman, Daniel Keehn, Levi Diller, Sol. Baum, Geo. Keehn, R. S. Haines, John Earnhart, Jesse B. ‘Smith, Jplm'Pan‘cake, Jas. Earnhart, and others—-all-expressing themselves favorably to a liberal -call, so as to unite all the opponents of the party in power. : S In the afternoon session two vacancies in the committee were filled by the appointment of John Thumma for Noble township, in place of TI. 11. Young, removed to Kansas, and Chas. F. Bruce for Swan township, in place of Clark Scott. e

After somewhat extended remarks by Col. W. C. Williams and J. B. Stoll, on the present political sitiiation and the necessity of united aetion on part of those who believe in certain principles, the call i)ilblished at the head of our editorial columns was unanimously approved. The meeting thereupon adjourned. ]

Mucn ANXIETY has been manifested by the public in watching the course of the Beecher-Tilton investi%_gatioﬁ and to see what new phase ~would be developed by the statement ‘of Frank Moulton, which was published on Tliesd@y. There seems to be little in his brief statement, however, that would tend to strengthen the case and at present everything seems to point toward a compromise. Mr. Moulton appeared very much reserved in regard to what he knows about the difficulty between Beecher and Tilton, stating that it had been intrusted to him in confidence and that he cannot in conscience, and as a ‘ man of honor, disclose any confidences which have been placed in him; but at the same time he intimates that if any attempt is made to assail his po--sition as a friend to both parties, or to question his honor, he may be comipelled to make further disclosures. ¢ el - P——

DAN Vooruwes last Friday replied to the speech of Senator Morton, Jle experienced no difficulty in showing up Morton’s inconsistency on the finance question, nor in demonstrating the fact that other shinplaster republican politicians favored the payment of the 5-20 bondg in greenbacks. All this requires no proof; it is a historical fact, But all this does not imply that the Democracy must now commit itself to Thad Stevens' theory, which is that the stamp of the government ‘on a piece of leather is as good as a gold or silver dollar, nor has Daniel adduced anything to weaken our confidence in the corectness of the old Jackeopjan doctrine. On the other points considered by Mr. Vioorhees he is in the main eorrect. We shall take occasion to publish a few expracts from his speeeh in a future issue.

Tue Ligouniex BANNER récently reproduced in its columng an article from the Chicago T'imes,sevexely criticizing the Indiana democratic piatform and Gow, Hendrieks’ speech. In the same issue algo pne from the Chicago Tribune to the same effect algmugh not so severe.— Warsap Up7, j

As the BANXER has reprodueced 110 such artiele from the Chieago Témes, it devolves upon the vigilant editor of the Union to eonfess a slight slip of the pen.; What'we did publish in connection with the 7tbune article was 3 commendatdry effusion from the ven af the champion inflationist who presides over éhe golumns of the Cincinnati Engirer. The R4NNER is lot in the habit of copying from yng:itncipiea sheets like the Times. :

- . PAY OF LEGISLATORS. Some of the republican papers are trying to make political capital out of| the fact that Mr. Clarence A.Buskirk, the democratic_nominee for Attorney General, voted in the late seg,sibﬁ of the Legislature foran iriérea_sgé of pay. Believing that 'cvérylvmml is entitled to a hearing before ‘being condemned, we take pleasure in herewith presenting an explanation of Mr. Buskirk’s action, as given by himself 'in a recent speech delivered at his own home,in the town of Princeton. Mr. B. said:

It was charged against him that he voted for the- bill increasing the pay of the members from $5 to $8 per diem. Ife did vote for the bill. But that is not-all. They knew that in bearing witness against one’s neighbor, one was required to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Under the old system, each member was allowed %5 per diem, and appropriations for stationery. As Soon as the House was organized, Gen. Kimball, the teader of the Republicans, moved that an appropriation of $5O be made to every member for stationery. It could be drawn in stationery if a member so desired it; or in greenbacks. Not only this. A motion was passed to furnish every member, four or five copies of all the daily papersin Indianapolis. They were wrappedup, stamped and placed on each members desk every morning. There was no limit to these appropriations. It was a corrupt temptation to a member to vote Indirect pay to himself. Ile had voted to 'place the compensation at &8 per.diem because it cut off al} these ‘appropriations of a tempting nature. He voted for it because he thought he voted for areform. [ A voice: Correct.| As a politician, he would have voted otherwise. S e

Mr. Buskirk’y reasons for - voting against statibnefy appropriations will be generally approved by the p’oq\)p]n. The appropriations constituted a very thinly disguised fraud: Yet, wethink the Legislature erred in increasing its own pay. No legislative body Should ever so far forget itself as to reach into the publie treasury for the pecuniary advancdement of its members. /

CHRISTIANS' ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Christian Church of Noble county closed its session at this place ]:ISL Monday, the 10th inst. The object of these annual gatherings are only for the purpose of worship and praise, and for the reunion of the several congregations in a county ; to hear reports from the field for mutual intelligence and encouragement. They exercise no aunthority over the organizations in matters of faith or discipline, as it is not an ecclesiastical body. The meeting was conducted by Rev. O. A. Burgess, President of the North Western Christian University at Indianapolis, who discoursed to large and ;attentive auences, during the entire meeting, in a most masterly and eloquent manier, very much to the edification of all who heard him. A similar medting will be held in DeKalb county, at Waterloo, commencing on the 21st inst. ‘_‘ e m—- | Congressional Delegates. Pursuant to public notice. in the BANNER, the republican voters of Perry township met in the Town lall last Saturday evening, D. W. Green acting as chairman and I. E. Knisely as secretary. The object of the meeting was accomplishégl by the appointment of the following named gentlemen as delegates and alternates: . DELEGATES! . ALTERNATES: D. W. Green, ' J. M. Chapman, J. E. Braden, - 11. lostetter, W. A Jackson, Win. Hart, 'E. Reeve, ’ B, W. Knepper, D. S\ Scoft, John M. Dest, J. C. Zimmerman, Jacob Kiser, Jacob Wolf. Paylor Vail'. - Of thedelegates all but Zimmerman and Wolf are pronounced Baker mqix. The alternates, with one or two exceptions, are understood to-favor the ‘nomination of Judge Clapp. i Wayne Township:—J. B. Kimball, G, C. Glatte, C. G. Waterhouse, Z. C. Thomas, S. Wildman, L. 11. Johnson, Geo. L. Kimmell, John Mitchell. Orange—Geo. W. Steinbarger, Venoris Taylor, Wm. F. Patterson, Wm. B. Dunn, Wm. Dixon. e Elkhart—F. M. Bucher, Jacob Gerver, G. W. Mummert. - Allen——Louis Iddings, Joseph Conlogue, Ephraim Myers, Wm. Whitford. —The congressional delegates from Kendallville are :all supposed to be favorable to Judge Clapp. - -

—Five Baker men against two Clappites as delegates from Perry township does pretty well. o —TFielding Prickett and Isaac Mendenhall are the cbngreséional delegates from Albion. - Both are understood to be committed to Clapp, though fully one-half of the Albion Reﬁublicans are reported as favorable to Baker. : :

—Elkhart township will cast her vote for Clapp en the first and second ballots. If he is nof nominated then, the vote of the delegation will he cast for Baker. So says one of the delegates. e

A RrerorM or Peopie’s mass convention is advertised to be held in the city of Ft. Wayne next Saturday to nominate candidates for the several offices to be filled in Allen county at the next election. The call is signed by severgi higndred Republicans and a fair sprinkling of sopehead Democrats, some of whom failed to receive nominations at the hands of the regular democratic convention.: An effort will probably be made to identify the Grangers with this movemsent. The great Granger pic-nic held near Ft. Wayne last Saturday may have béen something of a fore-runner for this “nprising of the masses.” :

Just see hgw the South speaks in relatiof to the attepyi to force negro equality upon tlie peaple. Keniucky rollg up a .'ma:jorit.y' of 75,000, }_-lf‘l‘l'(ll Tennesgee 50,000, all against the civil rights bill candidates. Whereyer elections have recently been held, the people haye condemned that proposed infquity in ghe most emphatic manner. ; .

FroM a paper sent us by our esteemed friend, John F. McDevitt, we learn that a cotton faetory is about to bé established in the eity of Huntsville. A donation of $20,000 is recommended by the local authorities. The capital stock of the eompany having pw >of this enterprise is not to exceedggsm,ooe,- » ;

! ALL OVER THE STATE.

Personal aq}l Political Paragraphs. . The Langimge Democracy will meet in county convention next Saturday. The People’s County Convention of Elkhart ¢ounty “will méet at Goshen next Saturday. !

The evening issue of the Indianapolis Journal, an unprofitable and needdess journulisﬁc venture, has been suspended. One Journal per day is quite ‘e’n(‘)ngh for Indianapolis. Pt 3

Last week’s issue of the LaPorte 4, gus was atout the liveliest and spiciest of that e.\'celljem journal sinee Its existence. Wadsworth: must have been

in excellent trim for active service,

The democratic Qinndi(}ute for Congress in the Second District is designated as “Jim Williams of Granger proclivities and Lincoln resemblance.” The old gentleman owns a little farm of 3,000 acres. : ' , Two eof the.democratic nominees for (Congress, James D. Williams ih the Second and Frank Landers.in the Seventh District, are Grangers. The former i.\'_‘n practical farmer and. the latter a pork-packer. o Rev. Marine, the grmt temperance apostle of F't. Wayne, is again engaged in hurling mud -at these who decline to accept his fanatical doctrines. .TlmJ reverend gentleman had better brush up on christian charity. , The best congressional nomination made by the Republicans of Northern Indiana is that of Wm. IL. Calking, of LaPorte. e is an excellent young man, and if elected, will make his mark in the councils of the nation. In Kosciusko and Marshall counties the “ Independents ” have nominated full county tickets. The immediate object of the former is to oust the republican officials, and of the latter to perform a like operation upon democratic " incumbents. . Th;lt done, "Ie trenchment and reform will be speedily inaugurated in every branch of the local public service. The Frankfort Crescent and a number of other demoecratic papers repudiate that plank of the democratic platform which demands the repeal of the law creating the office of county super? intendent of publie schools. Even the Lawrenceburgh Register, published at the home of Mr. Holman (who is the author' of that plank) emphatically condemns that proposition. In speaking of candidates for publie positions, the Butler News very properly remarks: “ Urbanity by the proposed official to those who place him in power should be thought of.” Cor'réctr Bro.. Weamer. “ No wman should be favored with office whose pél‘Q()11§l1 conduct does not warrant-the assumption that he will treat his fellow-men with proper respect in case of his election. e :

"The Democrats. of DeKalb county last Saturday placed in nomination the follu“;ing ticket: Representative —Miles Waterman; Auditor — Wm. Mclntyre; Clerk—l.. D. Britton ; Sheriff—John Treesh; Treasurer—-David Murray ; Commissioner--Geo. Dm'@zm e Coroner—J.J. Latson. This is generally pronounced a very strong ticket. It ought to be elected by over one hundred majority. ' The Republicans of the Fourth District have nmominated for 'Congress, Mr..\\'. 3 Robinson, a substantial farmer, of ﬁl?ecatnr' county. Mu. R()b_ivnsor¥ is als a Granger, and will receive some support dutside of his party. This district has a republican majority of about 750. Robinson is understood to be in favor of making national bankbing,. free, and also in favor of a suflieient amount of currency to earry on properly t’he business of the eountry. ~ The Indianapolis Sun, lately converted into ‘an Independent organ, says that Henderson and Mitchell, two of the nominees on the State ticket,,must be displaced by men who are not Qk)éking office. Lt says their efforts at seéking nominations at the hands of the democratic party exhibit them in the light of office-seekers instead of seekers of reform. And vet the Independents will have to go sorme distance before they will find the equal of Capt. Mitchell. ‘ I Reub Williams, of the Warsaw Indianian, has had a tough time since his return from that voyage “down the river.” Hear him: “We returned from our trip down the Tippecanoe River, one: week ago last Thursday, feeling in the very best.of health. That evening, however, we had a slight chill, and on the next day attended a picnic ‘afew 'mileq west of town; got caught in the heavy storm which occurred in the af terljooh of that dgy; eame home, took another chill which ended up with quite a severe attack of bilious fever, which completely incapacitated us frow labor of any kind. We are, however, again at our post, having fully reeovered frqom the eonly “speld of gickness” we have had since 1852, and will endeavor to make yp foylosf time,” e Loy : ) - Bp—— ! | AN IMMENSE Granger pic-nic was held at Salem, Washington connty, on the 6th inst., in which every Grange of the Third District 'wzis represented. The crowd was variously estimated at from 15,005 t; 20,000.° Messrs. Buchanan and Ollemal}. of indjanapolis, were the principal speakers. The fogpier rehashed his inflation vagariés and took particular occasion to assail er. Kerr's pegition on the finance question, ' The pie-ni¢ was apparently gotten up in the interest of Mr, Cravens, who is the independent candidate for Congress against Kerr, .

NorTH CAROLINA, Which two years ago turaeg] the tide in favor of (}f'a'nt's re-election, has spojien in tones of thunder “against the civil rights iniqnity. Only one Republican succeeded in being elected congressman, and the total majority foy the democratic candidates for Congress foots up jusg rETTORE L e

—FWo wuongmons communications, one signed “SHYer Jide” aud the other “Sam,” have been rec2ived and laid aside, Will people never understand that it'ls against the rples of newspaper ﬁ_ig}l‘a to publish lepters whose authors neglect to give ns their real names? - i Wil T

. BEECHER-TILTON. o Moulton Corroborates all Tilton has sSaid—A Terribly Damaging Statement. e The Chicago T'ribune has dispatchied | Gath to New York to work up the Beecher scandal. Moulton has given the incident of Tilton’s first meeting with Beecher after his wife had con- | fessed her wrong. Moulton, at Tilton’s request, went after Mr. Beeclier. Moulton met Beecher just geing into the chapel, touched him on the arm, and said: “Theodore Tilton is at my house in a strange state of mind. - Ile knows of your affair with his wife.— Ife has her ‘confession in writing.— You had better come with me.” Like one paralyzed first, and automatic afterward, Beecher walked away. Tle entéred the room where Tilton sat,and Tilton locked the door. There was no violence. ‘With low, deliberate speech Mr. Tilton gave Mr. Beeeher an account of the wrong he hrad done him, proof by proof, incisive and cumulative. Mr. Beecher sat there like & stone, deéspair and silence upon him. When Tilton finished, he waved his hand and said: “This s a dream, Theodore.” After a while he said louder, and with a sigh that seemed to come from remorse and terror: “You have a rieht to kill me; I have forfeited my life to you. Take it.” “No,” said Tilton, “but yvou shall not walk merrily over this town, while I go tomy work with sorrow and a- sore heart every day. T will compel you to know that vou are discovered, Mr. Beecher.”

"~ Ille unlocked the door and let the ptiest go out. Beecher walked away with ‘Moulton, and the ;latter said: “Mr. Beecher, you two men have your children to save; let me bring you together, or work to Kkeep the secret down. Ido not want to see you ruined. Tlis children are dear to me, but bhe careful how you follow Theodore. His own misery will push him “far enough. If you add anything to it,you will pull this city down.” “Tlas Theodore got that eonfession ?”’ asked Beecher. - : : | “He has, and I have seen it,” said Mownlton. o “O, my God!” said Beeclier, *where can Lot What shall I.do?” Yet Mr. Beecher did know where to go. lle went that night to the house of Mrs. Tilton, and got from her a written retraction. "The same nightiMrs. Tilton told her husband that she had given the retraction, and again Moulton was called in. Ie went, as I have déscribed: above, to Mr. Beecher, and compelled him to give the paper up. From that time forward, Moulton,cértain that Beecher wonld play fickle, kept all the documents, and that is why he has them. . i - W— { . Beecherisms. They are speaking of Mr. Beecher for editor of the new Administration organ in New York, Mr. Beecher has gone out of politics of late years; he may return and attempt the purifica‘tion of the old party. : : . Tilton’s parents have beén interviewed. They are of the opinion that Elizabeth is a good woman and that Theodore is’ deserying of confidence. They flout the idea that insanity runs in the tribe of Tilton. Gt Our favorite pastor, IHenry Ward Beecher, told a Brooklyn reporter the other day thathe abstained from reading the newspaper reports of the great scandal. ITenry is evidently better off than the most of us. Ile may have lost his reputation, but he. has preserved his morals. — Cincinnati Enquirer. -

It dosen’t' help Beecher’s case to prove that Tilton is a erazy man. If Beecher could prove that he himself was crazy when he wrote the Tiltonian letters it would be much more in his favor.

The Brooklyn ZKagle ia,-?um‘ trying to demonstrate that Mrs. Isabella Beecher ITooker is insane, because she believes in the guilt of her brother.— There is an impression in this part of the country that the Brooklyn Eagle has gone crazy. ,; ‘ o

We don’t believe that Mr. Beecher would add strength to the new Republican organ in New York City. The theory that when a man ‘who hdsn’t moral character enough to preach, he is the proper person to edit a newspaper, has been exploded. ; Beéecher’s unmarried sister, (‘atharine, in her letter to the 7'»ibune, concludes by saying: “This is not written in aid of a brother who is seen to be still more beloved and respected than ever: it is an appeal for the protection of myself.” What have they been doing to Catharine? : Like Secretary Richardson in the matter of the Sanborn conftracts, Mrs. Tilton pleads that she did not know what she was signing when putting her name to the paper 'of which her husband has sought to make such terrible use. - : ‘

. The libel suit against Theodore Tilton has been quashed. Justice Riley, before whom the suit was brought, holding that a third party not personally interested nor supported by the party libeled, has no legal right to bring suit for libel, dismissed the complaint. | :

© Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton says that when the Beecher-Tilton case comes before a civil court she will willingly appear and testify, but she respectfully declines to appear before a, committee whose avowed policy is to attack the character and impeach the integrity of every witness whose testimony is not favorable to My, Beecher. 2 4

Two letter's of Mr. Beecher to Moulton requesting the production before the Committee of all papers relating to the accusation of Tilton are published. The first letter is dated July 28. It asks Moulton to eclear his mind and memory of everything that can-beatr on the case. The second letter expresses astonishment that Moulton refuses to use the ddciments in question, and says they were committed to lrim only for safe-keeping; that Mr. Beecher was fearful of his own careless habits, and chose Moulton as a custodian of his papers. :

A delightful state of morals exists in the ambitious town of Elkhart. We duote frow Fridayg’s Repierr: A delightful row occurrsil at Holmes sa. loon last night about midnight. A lof of men and women were holding high cartival tliere, when tlie wives of two of the mén smelled a mice, and called to their husbands to come home. The responge they received was not satisfactory, The _kéeper of the saloon kicked one of the'besiegihg wonien half way across the side walk, and her screams called a crowd. The other womarn then began to demolish the fyo({}t of the saloon, kicking in the glass and biedking inthe gogh. Finally her man cante outand she marched him home, and the street row was 'Bnder% When they got home they had sond high words, but soon became quiet."

The oldest man in Wayne eounty and, perhaps, int the State, was buried in Hagerstown ‘on ‘the first of last We‘.olg-l ‘lzis na.w;le was 'Cast:?‘tgr, and he only lacked a fey days of being 110 )‘.ch"g'ol‘d'_‘ v %‘F}.‘Y" 'H{i: : Powe. 5 TLo steamer Henry Ames, from St Louis for New Qrleans, sank near Waterproof, Miss,_ on _.;Ex%w nagllt.e Three iives lgst, Loss, $120,000. }‘

stealing Wheat.

On '_l“l’llu'ﬁdilyg,l;l.s(: two men cauie to the i'm‘x"xn of Mr. W. 11. Waldron, near Brimfield. claiming to be contracting for wheat at $1.15 per bushel. In the absence of Mr. W, his son showed them the bin containing the wheat, which they examined, telling the boy they would be back again. This engagement was pl;ump't.ly“m‘et, as the sequel will show.* They then proceeded to Wawaka, hired a team from Téal & Thompson (to be used, as they claimed, in peddling crockery), returned to Mr. Waldron’s barn about midnight and commenced loading the wheat, putting it in the bed with a scoop-shovel and basket. Deing overanxious to get such.cl'xéa.‘ij~ wheat, they filled the wagon-bed too full, so that, in connection with the leakage from the bottom; the grain scattered most fearfully all along the road, which proved; to' the, sorrow of one of the men, an.easy_:m(ii effectual means of detection. St

Though Mr. ‘Waldron slept in the barn that night, the theives were not Leard, and he did not discover_anything wrong until he saw the scatters i)iés in the morning. e thereupmi' straddled his horse and followed the trail, which led to our. quiet town. But he arrived just a little too late. The bird had fliown. The thief had sold tiie wheat, got his money, put up his team at the livery stable of Silas Shobe and made tracks for (as we supposed) parts unknown. But, after looking up the niatter a little, it was discovered that a boy at Mr. Shobe’s stable had got a letter at the post office directed to George W. Benjamin, which was post-marked at Goshen.

Thereupon Lewis Covell, Esq., and Mr. Waldron telegraphed to Sherift Egbert, of Goshen, to look out for said Benjmnin, giving him a description of the thief. At about two o’clock in the afternoon the sheriff telegraphed: “I have got Benjamin. Come and identify ‘Lvour man.” Whereupon Jac. Sheets, the man who had bought the wheat, in company with Constable IHathaway, took the three o’clock train for Goshen. i ;

- The man Benjamin was at once recognized as the wlieat vender and was taken in charge by the constable, by whose strategy thirty-one dollars of the thirty-five were recovered. The thief was brought back and, on examination before ’Squire Green, plead guilty to§the charge of grand larceny and was ordered to give bail in the sum of five hundred dollars, in default of which he was lodged in the Noble county jail to await trial. Benjamin’s abcqmplice; who had come to ];igorliql'rl_))' way of the ILake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad to share the spoils, failed to connect, and had the honor of going on to Goshen with the parties who went there to identify his associate in ecrinte, and who did not suspect him until i was too late. The two thieves were canvassing through our towns, one with pictufos ‘and ihe other selling pressboards. :

Ladies, beware when vou buy goods of canvassers, that you do not let them ' know where you keep your money, nor the amount you have on hand. Some of thiese fellows are canvassing for no other purpose than .to look up sites, as Bénjamin said he was requested to do, for other parties who would do the stealing afterwards.

—Alexis does the Democratic-I.ib--eral Committee of Noble county in_justice. Anti-ring Republicans are not only invited to vote the forthcoming Democratic-Liberal ticket, but to participate in the nomination of a ticket which will be fairly divided hetween the several élements of the Opposition. Equal and exaect justice will be meeted out to all who identify themselves with this advance movement in the right direction. ‘ —Mr. Tim ludson, accompanied by his two daughters, is, rusticating ‘way ! out in Colorado. : ,

G d Pic-Ni Grran ic=-Nie fI‘HE CATHOLICS OF KENDALLVILLE WILL . hold their Annnal Pic Nic for-the benefit of the church at ' | "I REED'S GROVE, ° ‘One half mile south of Kendallville, on Wednesday, August li}ﬂi, iS74. GOOD SPEAKERS and a goed Band of M UNSIC have been secured. . An excellent DIN= NER, ICE CREAM, LEMONADE, &c., will be served. AMUSEMENTS for the Old and Young — All are cordially invited. By order of THE COMMITTEE. . : oAI : .- ROME OITY, : . —ON—— TUESDAY, August 18Sth, 1874, At 7'o’¢lock . u, i Speeches will be delivered by - . HON, CLARENCE A, BUSKIRK, Of Gibeon county, candidate for Attorney . General, and 4 al HON.JOHN E.NEFF, Of Randolph county, cangigats for Secretary P gounty Sardigats for geur The people of Noble and adfoining counties are requested to turn out and listen to these able orators. These gentlemen will also address the people at Angola, Monday, August 17th, and at Aaburn, Wednesday, August 19th, ‘ N OO TTHE MARKETS. .Wheat—white.....sl Ogﬂogg—live,, e isan 800 ‘Amber—réd ..... 163{Hogs-—dressed.s.... .0 Bye o o 60 Turkeys— 1ive...... 0ate..............0 35|Chickens—lYive...... 'OB GOrn, 5o ai @ T BeesWAR il i s Potatpes,..... ..@. 40{8atter...iu....... .16 Eiggﬁeeq.......... ToEard. a 0 10 Clover 8eed,,...... (00{8gge,............,.. 1% Wag 1...... ... Jo@ ﬁ?%atﬁan...,,-‘.,_.:.-.- 85 P0rk........per br 24 00|Tallow.::. .\;..vs.. 06 5h0u1der5....:..... 11/Timothy Hay....... 1500 Ham 5...:........ @lB/ Marsh Hay......... 1000 e et ettt KENDALLVILLE. Wheat—white.....sllo Livé H0g5..........8 Amber—red ....... 105/Dressed -H0g5......" .... BYQ.ovii vorisvers. SOILIve Tarkays ...-.. 00 83;_5..,.....“..... .. |Live Chickeng ..... gﬂ O, il @ YSIBEeRWAW L.l 9 | POIMbOCR sy« i ggw‘.‘;""?"'t':;' b .F1&x5ecd.......... 1 MGy seevagnenae ] Clover Seed.. ...@ 600 Egg&ﬂ.. 2 Woob.iviih-.. @45 PG ol 100 ork.l sl ellaw, 00l OB TORIARLE, -1 v e g o 10 'l'lmuthﬂ“ﬂﬁ'y..;... .16 09 &mln--!r_r;:;é jggg KN‘F“ E“Y":_’:_;;'_" 8400 ‘ e tive riaum Wheat-—white. .. §k —live.. @ § Wheat—red ....... amm;.msngmm SIGFR % o e L LArd ... ... 1462@1475 { el o En e A RN Yﬂe’".-..;‘.-.,-_,', ; ; ¥l e iio s TEBHBMSIN L i L | h e SRR sads st e naesine &%92.‘5::_:'__‘__ .;..-114—]mo,ver 5eed...:...n QW‘l O oo BBIHIORE. Lol it N 0 KX R SR Y : 30 dap e R 151

- House and Lot for Sale. For sale, onfavorable terms, ‘a good, onesstory - dwelling house (containing five rooms) in Run- | dall’s addition to Ligonier. The premises are in first-class order, supplied with a good weéll, teees. &c. For partioulars, iquire u’f.J._%’. Stoll at the BaNxur office, [l2-4w] - N.P. BOWSHER: - | HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, | ¢ s!/ : LR :';, | : =a7 : |PP ,M‘. T ~‘ s % b= e v Ml =y L ’A' : 5t AT ¥ £ ’- b P A LTN Re 7. i . | b b A ;'/,'//;‘/‘A'?." i 2 R | ol i TORF7 ﬁ/ﬁ' Gt NS .‘ § 2RO < i .:V, Dt . s & RT d L . ¢ ey ‘oflpnwy Watchmakers, Jewelry, o B % 2 R ”: AND DEALERBIN © . N ; Watches. Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS Repairing neatly and promptly execnted, and . --warranted. . - ; ;Agente for Lazarus-& Morris” Celébrated . Spectacless ii i ¥ Signofthe bigwatch, corner Cavin & Fourth - streets, Ligonier, Indiana. &8~ Jam'l, 1874, \ _..,.____-._...___.._..~———‘—“——-——..—_T.._.: . P THE LIGONIER - ACADEMY OF MUSIC, | JNO.: H. HLLL, Princtpal. - * . FIRST TERM COMMENCES e MONDAY, JUNE 15, 274, e SECOND' TERM COMMENCES: .« = MONDAY, AUG. 31, °74. | THIRD TERM COMMENEES =~ ..~ = MONDATY, NOV. 11; *74. A'NORMAL COURSE i Will be opened for the benefit of those who-may | desire instruction:in the Theory and Wi ; Practice of Teaching, 7 . e | Terms of Tuition—Payable in Advance. . Per quarter of 10 weeks, Prano st grade, 20 . Jessonsperterm ..l L opian o eOO Per quarter of 10 weeks, Piano 2d grade, 30 laSEons parter Co il se il 50 ‘_Pei‘ quarter of 10 weeks, Organ, Ist grade, 20 - lesgons perterm.. ... i il eeS 0 00 - Per quarter of 10 weeks, Organ, 24 grade, 30 © © NG lessonsperterm: .. o .oiii ol i i 1l Caltivation of the voice and singing, 20°les- -~ - sonS pertermiic. .Lo oo Gl Gao -Thorough Bassand Harmony, 30 lcssons... 1500 Clergymen, who are dependent upon ‘their salaries for support, and who send their children to us, ‘ will be charged two-thirds of the aboveé rates. = ~ Competent Assistant Teachers will be employed. - ~ All the adyantages of a cood home Music Schaol ‘ are offered. No effort will be spared to mike the | term pleasant and protfitabie. Tuitionfees will be refunded in case of pm!r:\gte{l illness. e : -ROOMS AND BOARD -y < Can be had at reasonablerates. The Principal will assist in procuting Rooms and Board. . i Ry X FEESS 4 ! LOCATION:, it The Academy is on the second floor of Landon’s Block ; entrance first door north of Jackson’s Hat Store. "The Principal will give his attention to teaching Singing Sehools, Musical Conventions, Church Choirs, Glee Clubs, &e: For further particulars apply to.or address ° ey - JOHN H 7 HILL, Principal, - 4-tf Liconter, NoBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. —"“‘_"“—‘—_“-"‘-‘-_Q_L‘“‘ "._'—'—"f"‘—“‘_‘““ﬂ, 7 TOWN ORDINANCE No. 10. In relation to side-walks: v i i Srorion I.—Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the T'own of Ligonier, Indiana, that the owners of the following described “lots, parts-of Igts or lands, to wit: Out lots fifty-nine (597 and sixty [6o] as per numbers on plat of said' towii on the map of Andreas & Baskin of Noble county, (made 1874) which said Jots abut on the south side of Miller Street, in eaid town, between Water sind Chatham Streets; the #aid lot fifiy-nine (391 fronting one hundred and eighty-six [lR6] feet on said Miiler street, from Water street west, and owned by Frederick Schoenhuth ; said lot sixty [6o] fronting on said Miller strfe‘p, from said lot fifty-nine [s9] west to Chatham street, aud owned:by Charles Wolf; also, lots five, six, seven-and éight in block one of Figher’s Addition, and of lotssix, seven, . eight, nine and ten, in block four of said Fisher’s Addition to said town of Ligupier, be and are hereby requnired to grade and plank the side-walk ou the north front line of=said 'described.lots and lands, in the manner, and within the time hereinafier gpecitied and provided. . Bt Srorion 2.—The grade of said -slde-walk shall be the same a§ the grade of thie north ffont Tine of said lots, except for the following namei lots, the grade of the side-walk shall be substantially as follows: from the surface of the &round at the ,nurth-c:xsf corner of said lot” fitty-nine [s9].the ‘erade shall be regular to a pointseighteen [lB]. inches above the surface of the gtound, and which’ said poivtisone hundred and tweuty [l2o] feet. west of said- north-east” corner ‘of said lot: from said point, 18 jnches above the¢ surface of the around, as last naned, the grade shall be uniform to the surface of the ground at the ‘northewest corner of said lot fifty-nine 159], and from the surfa.c of the ground at the north-east corner of said - lot sixty [6o] the line of said-side-walk ghall be on f aregular grade'to a point eight .inches below the - surface of the ground at-the lorth-west corner of - said lot sixty [6o]; from the grade at the last -named peint to a point six inches below the surface of the ground at the north-éist cornerof lot six, il block one of Fisher's Addition, the said 'side-walk shall be on a:uniform- grade; from the grade at the Jast namedipoint, to the north-west corner of lot five 0{ ss.id block one of'said Fisher’s Addition; the grade shall be regular to the surface of the ground at said({)oim. : s R Sremion 3.—Said side-walk shall be five (5] feet wide in front of each of said lots, planked with white oak plank one and ‘one-half [l}] inches | thick, and not more than eightinchcs wide; said plank shall Le nailed on three white oak stringers, not-less than 3x4 inchds, ‘with 10 d. nails which ~stringers shall be firmly placed on cross ties which shall be not more than six feet apart. And zﬁ]. - parts of said side-walk, which, by the provisions of the second section hereof, isrequired to be built: oua line higher than the surface of the ground, shall have a foundation of earth filled up to the @zrade of the line for said side-walk aaherefn})efore : / described. o e o =

Srorron 4.—Baid" side-walk shall be completed. by the first day of October, 1874, and in default ot the owner or owners of any of the lots hereinbefore named complying with the requirements of: this ordinance in bailding =aid side-walk to the satisfaction of the Board of Trustees, or. neglects ing or refusing to bnild said side-walk as herein teguired, it shall be the dnty of the Marshalof. said town, at expiration of said tame to proceed to advertise and let the contract for the construction nf the same on lot of each owner so making: defanlt, as required by law, and at the cost of the ge;})ective owners. Lt “ e assed and approved Angust 4th, 1874, - - Published Aungust 6th, 1874, . I .. : ' ¢ JOHUN B. STOLL, Attest: : President of the Board. Taro. 8. ELorED, Town Clerk. .~ = 9-15

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, NOTICE is hereby given by the Board of Trustees ol the town of Ligonier, Neble county, State of Indiana, that at the next meeting of the Board of Comimissioners of Noble county, said State, to be held on the first Monday of Septem. ber next, 1874, the said Board ofTrnitees will present to the said Board of Commissioners of said coynty, a petition praying for the annexation to eaid town of Ligonier, of the following described territory, contignous thereto, as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the east and west quarter section. line of section 22, township 35 north, in range 8 east, of Noble.coun= ty, State of Indiana, and on the center line of Main street in Fisher & Cols. Addition in Ligonier runningthence north 10.75-100 chane ; thence east 35 chains; thence south 39.70-100 e¢hains to°a point 20 feet east of the north-east ‘corner of lcet eight in -Goodspeed’s Sub-Division of Randali’s Addition to Ligonier: tience west ﬁ).lﬁ-] 00. chains to the center-of Johnson. street insaid Randall’s Addition; thence south 2.25-100 chaing; thence, west 7.50-100 chains to thé center of Jay street in Ligonier; thence north on the east line of Strans’ Addition-31.50-100 chains to the east and west quarter section line of section 22, to nship 35 north, range 8 eagt; thence weston sn?d quarter a(i;:tion line 16.50-100 chajns to the place of beginB i G s e L ‘ "Ajso the tollowlﬁg territory contiguons to said town: Commencing at the centre _titgectidnm, township 85 north, range 8 east in said county of Noble, and running thence west 2.25-100 chaing to the center 'liné of the Fort Wayne public road; thence south 11 degrees east, 14 chains: thence east 14 chains; ‘thence north 18,94-100 chairs.to the south-east corner of Smith's Addition to Ligonier; thence, west' on the sonth line of saﬁi Smith’s Addition to the place of beginning. . Also the following contiguous territory: Com\g:\eréﬁlnig a}; h}lﬁe soxlttlx;viv?st comier of lot .14. i in ogk glz of Miller’s Addition to Tigonigr, rjoning: :éenca sonth 20 thain gb g)é )vsz{tt~.qﬁa§wr,§arﬁfos | ction 27, townehip:3s north, range's ast, in s4id eounty; thence south 18.54-100 chains ;'thence east 8 chains to the Bonth-west corner oflot 8 in Chap--man’s Addition to Ligenier ; thence north 33,94 100 chains; thence west to the place of beginning. - .. - Algo the following contiguous territory: Comencing 4t the intersection of the center line of ﬁarton atreat, in Randall's Addition to Ligonier, sajd county, and the center line of Johnsoy street, in sald Addition, and running thenge m&}l}b‘! links to the north line of the Lake Shore & Michi-. gan Sonthern Railway, and running thence south. 75 degs. east along the north line of-sal’d' railroad. 25,60-100 chalns to the cast line of séction 27, twp. 35 nerth} in nm'?e 8-east; ranning themce north | on said secticin 1i &le 7.?4-130{!0‘:2“&33 h‘ﬁhﬁmrgjir st pornep of said section 27§ thénce north on the gst gﬁm o‘;'sectiol Eshof said tow%&! D and range 3:97-100 fhﬂhre‘!”‘th, ce"wést 14.05:160 chains ¥ 10 s lte U Suorman sireet, {0 eald Hangaile Addilion; and gt the noith-aast cornen pfisaidi Addition | thence south 1(0.-8F-100 chains so.the eenter of Morton street. in sa yaditions apy thence: west on the eenter line of sald Morton street | 10.50-100 cohains to the intersection of the center line of sald Morton street with the centre line of | said Johnson strees af \acwut.begg_mglf.r e In witness whereof the satd Board of Trustees of said town of Ligonier, County and;;ﬁtn,;g{(pue said, have hereunto set their hands this sth day of | BPQ‘( PR e e SRR T 2 ;ﬁ&) AR LR i? 3& a 6 ey . e LLAND, i 4 i Ml v UB RN e . Members of the Board of Trustees of Ligonter, Angust fth, 1874.-15w3 ~ G e R e s SR s e e

R : RS - BININGEBRS - 7 OLD LONDON DOCK GIN. Especiallj designed_for thense ‘of the Medica Profession and the Famaly, posseﬁsinF those in 4 trinsic medicinal propertice which belong to an {old and Pure Gin. = 5 : Indispensable to F:‘:mnlcs. Good for Kidney Capiplaiats. A delicious fonie. Pnttapin cases contain- ) . ing one dozen bottles each, and sold hy all drug- : giste, grocers, &e. A, M.sßininger & Co.; established 1787. No. 15 Beaver St., New York. 271 y -~ For sale by Fisher Bro’s, Ligonier, Ind. - i G G G, i A Cl(:fg)lualu._svhile residing in South America, ) as missionary, discovered a uagl“e and simple remedy for the Cure of Nerveus Weakness, ﬂ)arly Deay, Disease of the Urinary and Seminal Organg, and the whole train or disorders brought on by ‘baneful and vicious habits. Great \mm%ers have “been cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by 3 -desire to benefit the afilicted and unfortunate, I will send the receipt for preparing and using this medicine, in a sealed envblc:fpe. to any one who needs it, Mree'of Charge. Address, ! ; £ . JUSEPH T. INMAN, : : Station D, Bible House, 8-50-Iy. y 0 New York City. ‘ Tin Emporium JOHN ABDILL At the old stand of Geo. McLean, ims constaotly : onhand a large and complete assortment of : Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware Forks; ]‘st, Butts,h‘cre\\'s. Locks, Imlch(-s.smun;. - Hinges, Pocket anid Table Cutlery, &c.- ! - : s ;\l.j'u, a full line of th(; celebpated | MISHAWAKA PLOWS, . Allofwhich will be sold at bottom figures for cash, : : - Especial :mvmiuﬁ given to the Jaying of [ TIN ROOFS, PUTTING UP OF EAVE TROUGHS, _ s S and all kinds of S Ly Tam Wee R, _ |- Call and examine goods before buying elsewhere. - i % REMEMBER THE PLACE B A% SIGN OF THE LARGE COFFEE Pofr. May 21, 732511 JOHN ABDILL. : LOOK! LOOK! WII.IL.TAM JAY. _ (Suecessor to J, Keasey) - Manufacturver and Dearer in : . 2 ‘l d Wagons, Buggies, Carriages, " 8 ALY KINDS OF _‘l 2 U REPAIRING, : 5| 5 N PAINTING AND TRIMMING e Done to Order. ' e | ALL WORK WARRANTED. - Public Patronage Selicited. ‘ b : : : nF‘FICE and Manunfactory on first street, first : : door west of Ligenier Plow Works. 8:51-1y : : ' NEWMAN'S : i N CARRIAGE & WAGON L MANUFACTORY, :

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