The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 22, Ligonier, Noble County, 24 September 1874 — Page 2

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J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprictor, ‘ LIGONIER, IND, SEPT. 24, 1874. Democratic State Ticket: Secretary of State, : : : : ¢J. Evos Nevr. Auditor of State, : : : Enzxmzxuflmnznsox.i Treasurer of S§tate, : : :>BeNjayiN C. Spaw, Attorney General, : : : CLARENCE A. BUBKIRK, Judge of thé Supreme Court, : Hlorace P, BiopLe. Sup’t. Public Instruction, : : James H, Syarr. ' DISTRICT TICKET: Congress—l3th District, - ' : FreEemanKrLiey, Circuit Prosecutor, : : : W, B.McCONNELL, Joint Representative, : : GEOrGE T. BARNEY. i COUNTY TICKET: o Representative, : : ¢ : : 0. D, WiLerr. County Clerk, : : : ; ': H,G. ZIMMERMAN, Auditor, : =z e g 8 g J{slmzs C. STEWART, Tressuter, @ & & g 0 W WarmuaN, Sheriff, : ; ¢ ¢ : « = NyisonP. Exarne. Assessor, : : : i ¢ : : : GEoneeKEeuw, Commissioner, . & ¢ ¢ ¢ 3| : Witriasw Ines Coroner, : : : : : : : Jonx-A.SwoaGem Surveyor, : ¢ 3. o 0 s JonN Gornoip, - Mr. BAKER does not-seeem anxious to meet Freeman Kelley in joint discussion. At the hour of going to press, nonotification of Baker’s acceptance of Kelley's challenge has been received at this oflice. G el & — 5 Tue EDITOR’S time and attention being required on the Fair ground, in the discharge of his duties as Presidént of the agricultural society, the readers are expected to overlook the scarcity of editorial matter in this weeks issue, . - Wy v A - ~ PArsox ‘BrowNLow, the ardent southern Radical and well-known Senator from Tennessee, declares that the passage of the civil rights bill by the United States Senate has brought about the troubles which have broken outr in several localities in the South. The Radicals of Indiana have endorsed the civil rights bill in their platform and have thus deliberately given countenance to the scheme. to bring about a war of races.

Two StATES have taken proper steps in the direction of intelligent suffrage: Missouri has decreed that after 1876 every voter of that State must be able to read and write; Florida places that'date forward to 1880. We hope to live to see the day when no man, in any part of the Union, will participate in shaping the policy of State or nation unless he is capable of doing 50 on the strength of ntelligent investigation. '

Ir TIII-].I’EOI’LE.Of Indiana desire continual disturbances in the South, and eventually a war of races, they can accomplish that purpose by voting for the congressional candidates on the republican ticket. . This will encourage the negroes of the South to continue their demand for the civil rights or social equality bill, which measure is endorsed in the republican State platform, and which. is at the bottom of all the troubles that now disturb the peace of the South.

- SPEAKING of Theo. Tilton’s crushing indictment of Henry Ward Beecher, the Chicage 7ribune makes these striking comments: “It appears wholly impossible that such a story as Mr. Tilton here tells, supported: by the mass of evidence he presents, could have been invented by man or devil. It transcends the bounds of human capacity to weave such a conspiracy out of whole cloth. When we look for a motive for it we can find none,— for the charge of blackmail, never very pointedly’ put by either Mr. Beecher or the Plymouth Chureh Committee, is now pulverized by Mr. Tilton into dust. When we strive to take in the audacity, the mental grasp and the: omnicient care and forethought necessary to fit together the facts and circumstances,” and make them hold together against the assaults of Mr. Beecher and the able lawyers who defend him, we are bafiled in our efforts to comprehend such diabolical ingenuity and malice.” o B THE TICKET nominated by the Re/publicans of this county last Saturday j'c:mnot;! on the whole, be pronounced one of great strength. Mr. Ohlwine is a good campaigner and will leave no stone unturned to secure his election; but his long career as county

commissioner will furnish many obstacles to his success. Mr. Cox, for Clerk, is a clever old gentleman possessed of peculiar qualities to ingratiate himself into favor with the masses. John P. Kitt was nominated for the express purpose of préventing the Republicans of Noble township from voting en..masse for Stewart.: 'Mr, Kitt has the reputation of being a ~good citizen gd amply qualified for th'e‘Auditors p. He is not, however, a strong man, if he may be judged from his past career. lle was repeatedly a candidate for assessor and trus- . tee in his township, but invariably t syffered defeat. John D. Black is a Il':%r’mleSs young man, popular among ‘fthe‘ boys,” but does 7not compare in fitness, &ec., with his ¢ompetitor, i\lr. Waltman. John Morrow is a good, clever sort of a man; generous and kind-hearted to a fault.. No one pretends that he-is equal in point of ability to Mr. Eagles, his rival. Tenry Stump is yet a young man, and owes his nomination to the fact of his being a son-in-law of Isaac Tibbott. Henry will be handsomely distanced by his more competent opponent, Geo. Keehn. Old Jakey Wolf is trotted out for commissioner, and will be the worstbeaten man on the whole ticket. Bill Tmes, a faithful, tristworthy andjvigilant man, is bound to lay old Jakey on the shelf for all time to come.— John C. Swett’s incompetency for the surveyorship is so generally. understood that no reference need be made to the fact. Of Bill Holverstott we can - only say—well, hang it, let him fight it out with John Swogger! ©~ e sttty 4~ R . The Steuben county commissioners decided all the recent petitions for | p:rmits unsufficient, and dismissed W M g

&) N L AN 3 THE "TROOLY LOIL. Republican County Convéntion. REAPPEARANCE OF THE OLD ; STAGERS. Snubbing bf the Young Republii v cans, G 4 NOMINATION OF A FEEBLE TICKET, : And Adoption of a Slippery Elm Platform. ! - Agreeably to published notice, the adherents of the republiean party assembled in mass convention at Albion on Saturday last. . v A little before 11 o’qlock,Capt. Eden 11. Fisher, chiairman of the eounty central committee, called the convention to order. A

James ‘Colgrove, Esq., proposed the name of Hon. Wm. M. CLAPP as President of the convention. The motion prevailed and the Judge ascended the platform as he was wontto do in days of yore when 'the judicial ermine adorned his manly form. . e He proceeded, in fitting terms, to acknowledge the' compliment bestowed upon him. He said it was always an honor to preside over a convention, but he esteemed it one of special significance to preside over the deliberations of the people. Still remembering his fate as an aspirant for congressional honors before a delegate convention, he declared with deep’ earnestness that his faith in mass conventions was stronger than ever. In delegate conventions could be found the servants, while in mass conventions ' the people—the sovereigns of the land—were themselves present to give expression to their wishes. [Applause.] - : James U. Miller, of Kendallville,and Daniel W. Green, of Ligounier, were chosen secretaries.

© Judge Wildman ‘then arose, with paper in hand, to move that/the nominations be made in the following order: Representative, Clerk, Auditor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Commissioner, Asgessor, Surveyor, Coroner; also that in all cases the first ballot be deemed informal. : i

Tom Eells, the sedate county superintendent, attracted the attention of the chair and stated in measured terms that he also had a resolution to present on the same subject,.to wit: Resolved, That this convention proceed to nominate candidates for the vazrious offices in the following order: Coroner, Surveyor, Assessor, Commissioner, Sheriff, Treasurer, Auditor, Clerk, Representative. . [By way of explanation we will here state that the Weston men deemed Eells’ resolution aimed at their man; that its sole purpose was to'so‘ manipulate the nominations as to render Weston’s ‘success impossible. The anti-Weston men, on the other hand, declared that they wanted Eells’ resolution adopted in order to prevent Weston from getting votes by holding out inducements to candidates for the other offices—promises that would not be fulfilled after his own object had been accomplished.] ' A. A. Chapin entered his protest against Mr. Eells’ resolution by declaring it contrary to the time-honored usages of the republican party. : - Wildnian coincided with Chapin.— He said this matter had been talked up prior to the meeting of the convention. It had an object in view. Ile had attended co_mfgjy conventions for 25 years, but during all that time he had never heard of such aninnovation as proposed by his young friend Eells who had been in the county three or four years. Colegrove was of like opinion.— Who, he inquired, ever heard of nominating the Vice President before the President? Adhere to the usages of the party, let your deliberations be characterized by fairness, and victory will crown your efforts. [Applause.] Robert Dykes moved that Mr. Eells’ amendment be laid on the table; but Mr. Eells wishing to discuss his proposition, the motion to lay on the table was withdrawn. ' |

~ Mr. Eells then proceded to discuss his amendment. He had no idea that its introduction would create so much feeling. THe regretted exceedingly that he had not come to the State at 80 eafly a period as his venerable friend Wildman. But since usage was so foreibly thrust before him, he would remind the gentleman that only two years ago Fielding Prickett was nominated after all the other candidates had been placed in nomination. [Applause.] . Squire Crum, of Orange, explained that the reason why that was done two years ago was owing to the fact that Prickett held off to the very last moment before giving his consent to accepting a nomination. = | |

G. D. Hartsuck, of Kendallville, corroborated this statement of the gentleman from Orange. A general discussion now ensued, when Judge Wildman moved the appointment of a committee on apportionment; and, further, to lay Mr. Eells’ amendment on. the table until the apportionment could be effected.— Before a vote was taken,the Judge resorted to a “wee bit” of parliamentary strategy by withdrawing his motion, which also carried with it the amendment offered by Eells. THe chair then appointed two committees, one on apportionment and another on resolutions, as follows: COMMITTEE ON APPORTIONMENT. Washington-—Michael Bouse, Sparta—Moses Kiser, - ! Perry—J. C. Zimmerman, . Elkhart—lsaac Tibbott, Y ork—S. N. Neufer, : Noble—lsaac C. Baily, Green—Martin Winebrehner, Jefferson—-Smith Hadley, ' Orange—Wm. Dixon, : = - ‘Wayne—A. A. Chapin, ' Allen—Lake Ihrie, Swan—Ephraim Cramer, ‘ Albion—T. M. Eells. ~ COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. Washington—G. W, Piper, : Sparta—J. C. Johnson, ! . Perry—Henry Hostetter, Elkhart—G, W. Mummert, - Y ork—Orlando Kimmell, - : Noble—John P. Kitt, . Gl Green—Oliver Harp, e Jefferson—Joseph Ogle, : Orange—J. C. Gower, - Wayne--C. O. Myers, - ‘

Allen—E. B. Spencer, : Swan—John Drake, : Albion—F. Prickett. The convention then adjourned until after dinner. : P i . AFTERNOON SESSION.

- Mr. Chapin, from the committee on apportionment, reported that the vote for Secretary of State had been adopted as the basis and .that each ‘township was entitled to one vote for every 20 votes cast for W. W. Curry and one vote for -every fraction of 10: votes. and over, as follows: : Washington 5, Sparta 9, Perry 18, Elkhart 8, York 7, Noble 6, Green 4, Jefferson 5, Orange 12, Wayne 19, Allen, 10, Swan 9, Albion 5. Total, 117. Necessary to a choice, 59. ‘ The report was unanimously coneatredin, o : C. O. Myers, from the committee on resolutions, submitted the following report, which was duly ratified by the convention: ’ Resolved, That we, the Republicans of Noble county, in mass covention assemblad, do endorse and reaffirm the resolutions adopted by the Republican: State and Congressional Conventicna. Resolved, That we are in favor of such a reduction of the fees and salaries of all officers, from the President of the United States down to State and county officials, as shall conform with the wages of the laboring classes and the price of the produce raised by the farmer. y R

Mr. Colegrove then renewed the resolution previously offered by Judge Wildman that the nominations commence with Representative. The ayes and nays being so nearly divided that the chair declined to decide; a division was ealled for and the motion, of Mr. Colegrove declared carried.— [Applause.) : The convention then proceeded to the nomination of candidates.’ Samuel Ohlwine, of Sparta, 11. . Wheeler, of Allen,and John Weston] of Kendallville, were proposed for Representative. The informal ballot resulted as folows: Ohlwine 57, Weston 2315, Wheeler 2615. [Weston’s vote came from Elkhart 1, Jefferson 115, Allen 415, Orange 3, Wayne 19, Swan 414, Albion 2. Senator Bunyan entered a protest against the course pursued by the Wayne delegation in forcing a unanimous vote for Weston when about one-half of the delegates were - . . § opposed to him.| : , . Weston’s name was withdrawn, and Samuel Ollfl‘wine received the nomination by a vote of 6711 against 4934, as follows: o S Township, : Oblwine. "Wheeler. Washington. oo io | 5 Spartars 00l a 0 s 1 Yetry foo oo S sl ITy ; - Blkhabt. 00l vl s 1 7 NOrkeocooissonnanie io i g I 3 Noble: . " uagadin s = 0 5 1 Gréen. oo niiian m 4 deffersonyvioco sil e D iad Qramgers 00l st st g fs WAYHe.. oo sdnas s e o gLy 9y Allentcs e s 9 937 Swvan. o e 8 . 1 Alblon .. 8 i L o 214 Totals ' e 493 - : CLERK. Wm. Trumyp of Albion, Will Baker of Ligonier, Joseph S. Cox of Kendallville, and Joseph Cenlogue of Allen were proposed for Clerk. Informal ballot resulted: Tramp 1515, Baker, 23, Cox 4815, Conlogue 30. Baker’s name was withdrawn after the first regular ballot, which gave him 11)4 votes, anld Cox received the nomination on the second regular ballot by the follovki’ng vote: L First Ballot, Second Ballot. Tramp. Cox. Con- Traomp. Cox ConTownghips. logue. logueWashington.. 3 2 £ 5 Sparta..i.co.o 1% %M Bl ] Perry. v oiis o 9 9 9 Klkhart. ..... 7 1 : 7 1 Xork: itulvined 4 2 5 5 Noble ...... 1% 4 S Qreen. ...t 4 4 Jefferson. .o Bl o ) ol 4 0rappge......0 1 8 3 8 4 Weayne.. oo 9 83 9l -9% Alehs oL %9 10 Swan c.oo o @ 8 214 613 Alblomieisiiii- 6 : 3 2 Totals.... 173 Md4BLL Uoy 43¢ 62 51 AUDITOR. _ . TFor Auditor, J. M. Chapman of Perry, John Kitt of. Noble, and Samuel Broughton of Swan were announced. IThe first ballot gave Chapman 19, Kitt 551, and Broughton 423%. M. Chapman then withdrew in favor of Kitt, who was nominated on the sec,o'nd ballot, which stood as follows:

Townships. | Broughton. Kitt, Washington. = & oo 5 SRR L lani e e i 9 PO cciun o fhbe b tados . v ooiinons; 18 Hikhart coooe oeinnn 00l clla 8 Worke: i e oL T Wit Noble. oo L 6 gyaetis oot s T g Ry deflerßon . coiaidng tull Lol L Dl 5 Oanpe.. iel b T i 12 Wame: 0. TR 14 Alen- o odaiai s it e L 0 10 SWan L adisiiitasia e o Tl R 3 AJMION . S iade vl L L 5 '1‘0ta1..\..'..fl...........(...........‘..38_- 7 TREASURER. ol The ndmes of John D. Black of Jefferson, Wm. N. Voris of York, and James Greenman of Albion, ere presented for Treasurer, and the former was nominated upon the first ballot. ‘The vote stood (omitting fractions): Black; 96; Voris, 10; Greenman, 11. SHERIFF. Samuel Braden of Noble, Stutley Whitford of Wayne, John Morrow of Perry, Jas. G. Miller of Wayne, L. G. Wordon and S. T. Ward of Albion, were trotted out for the Sheriffalty and the first ballot taken with the following result: ; : : i Bra- Whit- Mor- Mil- Wor- Ward. Townships. den. ford. row. ler. den. Waehington. 4 1 %purza....... 4 6 ! 2 BRIV oo 17Y4 . 1 Elghart..... 1% 5/‘ . 1§ York . .ilip 4 31 114 1 NODIE vavuee: Y 4 . A % Green o : 3 3% Jefferson..... 15 13 3% Orange...... Y 34 614 134 X&;z}nyne 1}; ; e . oo BT X 1% 1 Swan syl 5 * 3/I 5 Albton; i gly 4 e — —— —= = D Toradi.. 38 80 2 L 1 2514 " The name of Miller was then withdrawn and the second ballot stood: Braden 12, Whitford 31, Morrow 43, Worden 13, and Ward 17. On the third ballot Braden received 7 votes, Whitford 44, Morrow' 47, and Ward 17. But Morrow sailed in on the fourth ballot with flying colors. - The following is the vote: | T Townships, Whitford, Morrow. Ward. Washington .. 00l b Bparta.boivec il 9 Perry.. i saleiisecds.. 18 b e R L g NOFR. o v iy oy 5 2 Noble' .5 iiemeaiisnaiis . 5 1 (3407 SRR S e e i 3% defferson, ...l iany 214 21 Orinige, ... .o i i 6 o WEBPHE it 19 e ABen s i 10 ; s BWER ... iiveieiiaiaa 9 2t | AIIOBL 5 Total . liio iy o ) 14 COMMISSIONER. ' The candidates for Commissioner were, Jacob Wolf of Perry, Geo.T. Brothwell of Orange, and Thomas

Shaw of Elkhart. The ballot gave Wolf 8114, Brothwell 22, and Shaw 715, whereupon the former was declared the nominee of the convention. ASSESSOR. ! - Henry Stump of Elkhart, Geo. W. Woodruft of Albion, and Wm. Patterson of Orangé,'were announced for Assessor, and the former elected upon the first ballot by an almost unanimous vote.. : For Surveyor, the names of the present incumbent, John C. Swett, and James Trump were proposed. i~wett was nominated on the first ballot by a vote of 65 against 23—Sparta, Eikhart, and Wafrne not voting, the delegates having gone howme. Wm. Holverstott, of Jefferson township, was nominated for Coroner by acclamation. : On motion the chair was empowered to name one person from each township to serve zts?"ft county central committee. The following gentlemen were designated as such committee: Washington, George W. Piper; Sparta, Moses Kiser; Perry, IHenry Hostetter; Elkhart, Isaac Tibbott; York, Orlando Kimmell; Noble, John P. Kitt; Green, Martin Winebrenner; Jefferson, Smith Hadley ; Orange, Wm. Dixon; Wayne, Pole-cat Myers; Allen, Joseph Conlogue; Swan, Ephraim Cramer; Albion, Fielding Prickett.— Pole-cat Myers was made chairman of the committee. 44

On motion of Pole-cat Mpyvers, the nomination of Jesse D. Vail, of Elkhart county, as candidate for Joint 'l{ep_resentutivo, was unanimously concurred in. The conv;ention thereupon adjourned. e et § G A—— : . OUR COUNTY DADS. Their Doings atthe September Term. The Board of Commissioners of Noble county met in regular session at Albion on the 7th inst., continuing their proceedings eight days. ; PERMITS GRANTED. " Permits to sell intoxicating liquors were granted to Leopold Schloss and Sol. Ackerman of Ligonier, Herman Wehmeyer of Kendallville, and Bidwell & Kinney of Albion. | ROAD MATTERS. The damages of Joseph liehr, from the location of a road in Kendallville, were assessed by Nelson Drake, Wayland E. Daniels and Jacob Ackerman, re-viewers, at $5O. The Commissioners, however, decided that the county ought not to pay full damages, but that the- persons interested in the change should pay $25, and the county would pay the other $25. : Jacob Singrey and Jacob Easly reported favorably to laying out a public highway in Green township to ‘the width of 30 feet, commencing at the south-east corner of the east half of the north-east corner of Sec. 24, township '33 north, range 10 east.— Approved. ; John Walier, Henry Palmer and Platt ' B. Bassett reported favorably to Jaying out a public highway in York township, cominencing at the south-west corner of Seec. 21, in township 34 north, range 9 east. Appm\ged. Samuel Johnson and twenty-four other citizens filed a petition for a county line road between Noble and DeXalb. Noah Franks moved a continuance of said case, which motion was granted, and the hearing of the petition was continued until F'riday, September 11, 1874. . Anthony Blust filed a petition for a road in Swan township, from southwest corner of Sec. 18, running east on the south line of said Sec. to the place where said Sec. line intersects an established road. Viewers appointed. . ' | | E. B. Spencer and twenty-five others petitioned for the vacation of all that part of what is known as the Ft. ‘Wayne and Lima Plank Road that runs over and across the east half of the north-east quarter of Sec. 84, in Allen township. Viewers appointed. Charles Schanher files petition for a road from north-west corner of the east half of the north-east quarter of Sec. 20, in Swan township, running south to the south line of said See.— Viewers appointed. _ James McKee, Solomon Walters and Henry Waltman, viewers of the proposed road from the south-west corner of the east half of the south-west quarter of Sec.9,in Swan townshi}p, Tunning thence west on the Sec. line between Sec’s 9 and 16, 8 and 17, and 7 and 18, until it intersects a road crossing on said line near the south-west corner of the west half of the southwest quarter of Sec.7—report in favor of said road. Thereupon, J qlm Whan and others moved to set, aside the report, which mption was sus‘tained by the Board—whereupon the petitioners, by Jas. M. Denny, their attorney, dismissed said petition. _ ALLOWANCES. Eliza Thompson, county bounty . due her deceased husband, Thomas Th0mp50n..........55000 Joseph Berhalter, coffini for Timothy Curl, poor ' person of . Wayne toquhip. s s 1000 John C. Kerr, expenses as overSEBr 0L POOr. ... oo e .. 16068 A B. Park & Bro.for cook stove, - furniture, &e., for County Asy- . lam .. oo eei s 9] IR L. A. Bicknell, for boarding, washing, and taking care of ; man struck by lightning..... 1200 L. A. Thompson, for provisions furnished Armstrong, poor of Wayne township... ........ 236 Samuel Martin, for taking care: of T. Curl, poor of Wayne.... 16 00 John Q. Knox, for goods furnished poor of Orange township.. 1934 J.;C. Stewart, for money advanc‘ed for three copies of Eggleston’s work on Commissioners 7 350 P. H: Aldrich, medical attendance on Malinda Mull, insane, _Green township ....4......" 600 Silas Shobe, for .conveying a sick - Irishman to Couuty Asylum. 3800 John B. Stoll, for public printing 6 50 F. A. Black, one day at special . session of Board, August 14, J AR i i e e B 0 . ‘A, Black, superintending bridges, and expenses........ 700 F. A, Black, expenses paidouton trip to Ohio, examining county : jail sturctures, and proeuring plans and specifications for = Noble county jai1............ 99p William Imes, 814 days superin- i tending bridges and expenses ineident i . i 011 10 William Tmes, expenses paid out | on trip to Ohio, examining | county jails, procuring plans and specifications for Noble county jai1...... ..o 0000 D9O J. D. Black, for goods furnished John Mull, poor of Jefferson 1128 J. D. Black, goods for County Asylum .......c....0c...... 25568 J.D. Black, goods furnished priso H. G. Zimmerman, for writing. ~ two contracts for Board of ‘Commigsioners ........-..... 100

G..Convad, for repairing bridge over Elkhart river in York.. 2000 A. D. C. Harvey, for setting up © stove, adjusting pipe, &e., at County Asylum... .... . 600 Tribune Printing Company, sta- : tionery for county offices..... 2430 Stone & Lash, goods furnished : County A5y1umy......0...... 520 C. B Phillips, for iron staples, links, &e., for court yard fence 115 C. B. Phillips, goods for Israel | domlbe 0t o L TR Prentiss & Landon, goods for ! John Mull, poor of Jefferson.. - 2 06 Prentiss & Landon, goods for County Asylum. .. ... ..... ‘B§Bo Trump & McMeans, goods fur- - nished County Asylum ...... 3087 Trump & McMeans, goods for GCounty Surveyor .. . ..... .. .. 20 C. G. Kistler, repairing pumps : for County A5y1um.......... 409 John Gappingér, house rent for . :Mrs. Thorp, poor person of Waynetownship. - ... .. 900 J. J. Lash, materials for bridge WOTK. ..o 2800 J. J. Lash, money advanced for ‘bridge over the Elkhart, foot : ‘of Cavin street, Ligonier. . ...200 00 Clapp, Phillips & White, burial clothes for James Snow, poor, : deceased, of York township.. 11 00 S. T. Ward, repairing boots and ° | shoes for paupers. ........... 295 S. T. Ward, repairing boots fer , pr‘fisoners'in jall.. oot gon Dr. W. H. Franks, medical attendance on family of George Schnelling, poor of Wayne.... 3500 C. B. Phillips, goods for county officerS, oo o 0 1940 C: B. Phillips, goods for Asylum 71 38 C. Z. Bidwell, s ¢ & 3985 Reed & Hill, sewer pipe, elbows e ferAsylami. 0 0 3180 Haney Bros., repairs to publie Durldimes .00 LlOl5 Dr. R. B. Williams, medical attendance on Martin Kelly, poor person of Waynetwp... 40 00 J.Straus, Jr. & Co., burial clothes ~ = | for Thomas Ruple, poor person in Perry township....... 300 Henry Palmer, for use of drill teonpoordarm ... L 0 . BOR David Hough, washing for prisjeners.. . o e . Biox David Hough, for serving notice on 10ad viewers. .. ... - 98 David Hough, for‘_ser‘_ving notice

of election of Justices of the Peace on township Trustees.. 19 90 David Hough, for serving notices " on county Commissioners,specjalgession .. ... o 0 0 460 David Hough, for boarding prisoners .-& . oo 19090 David Hough, for admitting and discharging prisoners........ 230 David Hough, for 8 days attendance Sept. term of Comm’rs 24 00 W. J.Young & Sons, for gurveyors Intstruments.. ... ......29000 Braden & Burford,for Stationery furnished county officers.....l6l 80 Indianapolis Sentinel Co., Stationery furnished Co. officers 96 30 Skinner & Mendenhall, for oil, matches &e., for county officers 230 Skinner & Mendenhall, for medicine furnished Co. Asylum... 145 Stone & Lash, for oil, matches &c., for ecounty officers........ 375 Abram Forker, for boarding and taking care of poor person of Albilonfownship - ../ . - 2300 David Hough, for money advanced for repairing court vard gatesr.. ... o 2o 195 Stone & ILash, for ink-stand, lamp chimneys &e., for county offlcers . . s i 9gB A. J. Fields, for provisions furnished County Asylum...... 2080 C. P. Bushon, for medical atten- . dance on poor'of Orange twp. 775 John Walker, Henry Palmer and” Platt B. Basset, for viewing . and reporting road in York township,each. ... ... ... 250 Henry Waltman, James MecKee and Solomon Walters, for reporting and viewing road 2 dayseach . 0 o 0 0500 Nelson Drake, W. E. Daniels and - Jacob Ackerman, for viewing road and assessing damages in Wayne township,each....... 250 O. P. Black, Jacob Singery and Jacob Easly, for viewing road in Green township, each... . 250 Wm. Groh, for goods furnished poor of Allen township...... 4800 Adam Dinginan, for nursing and taking care of poor person of Yorktownship.. ... .. ... 5000 Martin Wheelan, Jesse Engle, Hugh Wheelan and John Owen,: for assisting in nursing poor -of York township, each.. 300 Jacob Wolf, for examining and _accepting stone work of bridge in Perrvitownship. .. .. ... 200 Jonathan Shuttworth, for ditching.on county farm:.... ..., 1200 A. Fulton, for furniture for Co. Asylm: .. . s s 95 A. Fulton, for book case and set - of pigeon holes for Auditor’s Ofce 00l s b 9000 T. M. Eells, for services as Co. 5uperintendent..............109 00 Greenman & Stoops, for deliver- / ing stationery, and money ad- - vanced to pay express charges On‘Same. ... ... 0 e 00l 1080 A. J. Fields, for money advanced to pay express charges..... 196 Francis Porter, for ditching, &e., onecotnty farm ... ... ... 800 Adam Engle, for conveying poor -person to County Asylum'.... 150 John C. Swett, for repairing offegdable. . . o 0 0195 Stone & Lash, for medicine for - ;poor of Jefferson township. .. 5 J. J. Lash, for money advanced in removing Alice A. Graham

to Deaf and Dumb Asylum... 650 Orlando Kimmell for services as County Commissioners..... . 3500 John Whan, for 3 days services - and traveling expenses in procuring plans for county jail.. 16 30 John Whan, for superintending building of sidewalk around . the public square, erection of bridges, &e.. .= ... ... 1200 John Whan, for 1 day service at special and 7 days at regular session of Co. Commissiors .. 40 00 Wm, Imes, for 7 days services as - member of Co. Commissioners 35 00 J. C. Stewart, for services as Co. Auditor in vacation....;. { ..354 65 D. W. C. Denny, for one quaiter salary as County Physician .. 18 00 J. L. Gilbert, for one quarter salary as County Physician...... 2500 S. W. Lemon, for one quarter salary as County Physician...... 2375 Joseph Berhalter, for furnishing - coffins for a poor person of Allen t0wn5hip.............. 1000 S. J. Hadley, for ballance in full for erection of fence around court house 5quare......:... 700 J. C. Stewart, for services as . Clerk of Boardin term time.. 3575 James J. Lash, for money advanced for the construetion of sidewalk around court house.2s6 54 ‘A. J. Fields, for one quarter salary as Sup’t County Asylum..2lB 75 For the nursing, clothing and conveying Alice A. Graham, a mute, to the Deaf and Dumb L R DR RN ) ~ APPROPRIATIONS, . For erection of a bridge across - ~ Elkhart River in York twp, at what is known as the Niles bridge—O. Kimmell, Sup’t. .. .900:00 For erection of a bridge across - Turkey Creek, at Indian Village, in Sparta township—O. “Kimmell, Sup’t.. ..........15000 For the erection of bridge across Solomon Creek, in Section 9,

in Sparta twp. O. Kimmell, Sapt: ... asooo For the erection of a bridge in the town of Swan, on theold | Plank road--J. Whan, Sup’t.. 7000 For the erection of abridge over Lewis Branch, at Shaw Mills, - in Jefferson twp.—J. AVhan, 2 SBapt Aol For the erection of a bridge on 5 the section line .road between Sections 22 and 23, in Jefferson twp.—dJ. Whan, 5up’t....150 00 For the erection of abridge over the outlet of Bixler Lake, in Wayne twp.— W. Imes, Sup’t.l7s (0 For the completion of the stone : ~ abutments, for bridge at foot : of Cavin Street, in Ligonier— ' Wolmes; Sap't. . ... L 0.20000 For theerection of a bridge over = the Elkhart River, at the foot of Cavin Street, in Ligonier— W.dmes, Supt.. 2.0 00, 10000 Anmes Randolph, for erection of - additional span to what Asknown as thc Blake Bridge, across the Elkhart River, in Perry township: ... .20 .. 8500 S — -Q) I—— THE INDEPENDENT STATE TICKET, It will be remembered that the Independent party of this State found it necessary to drop their original nominee for Secretary of State, Mr. Noyes White, and that a subsequent convention of the “faithful” placed in nomination Rev. Bowles to fill the vacancy. A few weeks ago this gentleman was nominated by the Independents of the Lafayette District for Representative in Congress. Deeming it 'somewhat out of order to run for twa offi‘ces the same year, Rev. Bowles concluded to resign his position on the State ticket in order to make the race for Congress. Thus another vacancy was created. B After diligent search the managers finally succeeded in finding a gentleman to head their ill-fated [ticket. It order to gratify public curiosity as to the past career of the latest victim, we reproduce the subjoined editorial ‘“send-oft” from the official organ of the new party, the Indianapolis Sun: s ‘ Rev. Isaac C. Stout, of Jefferson county, has been selected as a candidate for Secretary of State, to fill the vacaney occasioned by Rev. C.:J. Bowles’ declination, and who had concluded to be the mnext Congressman from the Ninth District. Mr. Stout is a man about forty years of age, was born and raised in Jefferson county, Indiana,is a farmer and owner of asteam saw and grist mill in the county. He is a minister of the Baptist. Church, and his previous political affiliations have been Democratic; but now he is an Independent of the staunchest type—an upright man in all the relations of life, and a good speaker. : ~ No'successor has yet been found to take the place of Mr. Graham, who was honored with the nomination for - 3 5 . . % Superintendent of Public Instruction, but declined Its acceptance for reasons that require no explanation.

WHO ARE THEY[

A Brooklyn corresponderit of the N. Y. Tribune pays a merited tribute to some “sensible farmer girls” in our neighboring county, and we doubtnot there will e numerous inquiries—especially among the young men—to know who t]‘lP}' are, and, ‘were we in possession of tl'mt; information it wo’d give us pleasure to point them out to our readers as worthy models for emulation. Ilere is what the writer says of them : . :

I have been traveling in the West, and spent a Sabbatl recently with an old friend in DeKalb county, Ind. * * He is a successful farmer, with a large family of girls, all of whom assist him in the field when o¢casion requires. This summer one of them raked fifty acres of hay and assisted in putting it away—a circumstance which I think worthy. of note in these days, when women are seeking a mission. Notwithstanding the time they spend in hard labor, these young ladies, possessing fine voices, provide the music for the family and neighborhood, and, self-taught, have learned to accompany themselves very acceptably on the organ. The moral of which seems to be that what women want is not Spportunity but inelination to accomplish whatever they will in the world.

THE LOUISIANA' DIFFICULTY Inay be briefly summed up in these words: The administration determined upon upholding the Xellogg government and accordingly instructed General Emory to demand the abdication of the Penn administration. This request was -promptly complied with, the Penn party . disavowing any intention of resisting the federal government. No disturbances have occurred since last week. The people generally prefer a military government to the Kellogg rule. Negotiations are pending for an amicable adjustment.4f the controyersy between the rival factions. -~ ' s ——— - DE—- ' Crime—North and South.

It would seem from the following dispatch that hpman nature is the same everywhere, North and South: “HARRISBURG, PENN., September 1. -~While a negro, who last week grossly assaulted and afterward killed a girl aged five years, was being taken to the Tonawanda Jail, he was taken from the wagon by masked men and riddled with bullets.” | : - As the masked men were not “unregenerated rebels,” little notice is taken of the affair. '

] < BR——————— Horrible Negro Outrages in Tennessce—Where Are the Federal Troops?

MeMpPHIS, TENN.,, September 11.— In Henderson county, of this State, on Saturday last, three negro ruffians seized a young white woman who was on her way to a neighbor’s, and carried her to the woods, where they first cut her tongue out to prevent her ecries being ’ heard, and, then outraged her, each one in turn. She was found the next day,and on the following day the citizens scoured the country, found the villians and hung them. On the same day a negro man outraged a white girl near Edgar Station, in the same county, was soon afterward found and hung to a tree. e e~ BN Later returns from Colorado indicate a majority of 2,000 for Patterson, the Democratic candidate for delegate to Congress. This will be a damper on the hopes of aspiting gentlemen who have Lioped to represent Colorado in the Senate of the United States.— The policy of the republican politicians as to the admission of new States may be said to have received a decided check. : : el <O B—e | : The citizens of Wolcottville, are taking some action toward having' their village incorporated, v b e e O I : Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York T'ribune, is reported dangerously ill from conjection of the brain.

Mr. Gilton’s Second ! tatement. A Fearful Indictment of Mr; Be('clx‘oir..‘,iHis Guilt Established Beyond the Possibility of a Doubt. = On Friday last Mr. Tkeodore Tilton issued his second statement of the great Beecher Scandal, Ifiis a document of great length, extraordinary force, and of High literary merit. He subjects the church committee’s report to a scathing review, annihilates Beecher’s answer, and presents an ar-. ray of new faets and'documents with a force and consistency that must earry conviction of Beecher’s guilt to é\_'eryd impartial- mind. The points of ‘Mr! Tilton’s second indictment are briefly recapitulated below: ono 1. Mr. Tilton commences by _answering the two statements of Mrs. Tiltan, that he had been for ten years jealous of M. Beecher’s reputation, and was delermined to ruin him; and that he had been maltreating her for the same period of time. This he does by producing various friendly and even affectionate ‘letters that passed between himgelf and Mr. Beechér down to July 8, EISTO‘, the date at which he first became aware of the criminal intimacy between Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton; and by giving extraets from his correspondence with Mrs. Tilton down to the same period of time. lesupplements this with the emphatic 'statement that never until that date, July 3, 1870, did he entertain an unkind thought, or utter an unkind word, to either Mr. Beecher or his wife. ‘2. He then gives, assuccinet narrative of the time, place, and manner of Mrs. Tilton’s confession of her seduction by Mr.-Beecher, and fixes the date of its consummation, Oct. 10, 1868, by an entry in Mrs. Tilton’s diary, “A Day Memorable,” which words she said she had used to mark it in’ her own recollection. dh L o 3. Then follows a letter from Susan B. Anthony .tb Mus. Isabella. TTooker, full of indignation against Mr. Beech‘er, both for his erime and for his want of veracity concerning it. The ‘supposed significance of this letter:is that: Mrs. Tilton had confessed the ‘crime to Miss Anthony, and that Miss Antheny and Murs. ITooker were in correspondence concerning it as a thing about which there could be no dispute. 4. He mnext defends ~Mrs. Tilton against the charges made against her by Mr. Beecher that she made the first advances, For this charge, says Mr. Tilton, “I brand him as a coward of uncommon baseness,” Elsewhere Mr. Tilton deseants with burning sarcasm’ on the groveling character of one who will accept the last extreme. favor of a woman, and then appoint a ¢ommittee of six to publicly investigate her econduet. S =

5. The character of Mrs. Morse, Mls. Tilton’s mother, disclosed in @ series of letters, seems to correspond fitly, with! an astounding act attributed to herby Mr. Tilton—that of seizing her own husband Dby the cravat and: choking him till he was black in the face, after- which delicate -attention he (Mr. Morse) summoned the family together and legally and Tormally separated from her—the separation continuing to this day. Mrs. Morse’s letters contain’ frequent allusions to the relations existing between Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton. e

6. The most important document not heretefore published is the letter from Mrs. Tilton te lier mother (inclosing one to Mr. Tilton,) written at Marietta, O;, a few months after her confession. This - letter is truly-a Theart-rending document, and no one can read it without being moved to pity for the anguish of soul in which it was composel. It contains repeated allusions to he offense, and speaks. of a confession she had made to her mother, known to her daughter Florence, which was likely to 1101 a deathblow to the latter, friih e

7. After giving a statement of Henry (. Bowen's accusations against Beecher ;substantially as diven by Moulton, Mr. Tilton gives an explicit accounttof his interview with Beecher at Moulton’s house, where Mrs. Tilton’s confession was disclosed to him, and shows by a comparison of dates that at that itime he had nof lost his position on the Independent and the Brooklyn Union,and was not in an impoverished condition, but was in the receipt of an income of $14,000 per year, Consequently, that Mr. Beecher's statement, that he (Tilton) was exasperated with him _for having caused him to lose his situation and salary, is an afterthought- and a falsehood., ' 8. Mr. Tilton next shows that Mr. Beecher’s allegation that his despair of mind, so poignantly expressed in his letters to Moulton, was caused by his having advised Mrs. Tilton to separate from her husband, islikewise an afterthought and a falsehood, because he never did so- advise her, but on the contrary, when Mrs. Morser was trying to bring about sueh'a separation. advised the contrary. , He points out the fact that Mr. Beecher’s second and long statement before the Brooklyn Committee admits that he never gave . such advice in person, although his first statement makes that.the sole ground of hisdifficulty with the Tilton family. The second Beecher statement reduces this supposed offense to a few words written on a serap of paper to Mrs. Beecher. ‘Moreover, says Mu. Tilton,” supposing that he wrote those words to his own wife, he knew that they had done no harm; no.separation took place, and there was nothing to be sorry for. o e 9. A'singular extract from the records of Plymouth Church, the original of which Mr. Tilton says he has in his possession, is introduced to convict the Plymouth Church Committee of prevarication. The Committee alleged ‘that Tilton’s sole and only charge against Mr. Beecher down to alate period was for improper advances to his wife, from which they argued that his latest charge was a new thing trumped up for the occasion, whereas the church record shows that he was cited on the 17th of October, 1873, to appear and answer to a charge of slander —the ‘slander being a statement by him that Mr. Beechier had been guilty of adultery with Mrs. Tilton. - The dates of the ufterance of the alleged slander are given, and the names of the witnesses to whom the same was uttered. 10. Mr. Tilton’s association- with Mrs. Woodhull is stated to haye been begun with. the concurrence and advice of Mr. Beecher, for the sole purpose of suppreLssing the dreadful secret, and protecting Mrs. Tilton’s reputation. = Mr. Tilton affiyms that it had] no other object than this, and that, right or wrong, Mr. Beecher shared in it personally, and that it' involved no .criminal intimaey. . = o 11. The charge of blackmail is attacked with uncommon vigor and com-. pletely demolished. ‘Mr: Tilton -adds that Mr. Beecher \procured his own wife’s consent to the mortgage on his lhouse by deception. - .l < 12. Mr. Beecher’s letters are then ta-, ken up and subjected to a searching analysis to show that his agonized expressions are all consistent with onething,—the crime of adultery,—and are not consistent with any other fact or pretended fact in the case. - 4 talftl IMr. ""?u%f conelug;&*m**‘fl‘ startling reflection upon the remorse which must forever assail Mr. Beecher,in view of the desolation he has wrought. “L have, in times past,” he

says, “seen him suffer from his éwn . self-inflicted tortures in contemplation ~of the very crime for which he has now been exposed to the scorn and ' pity of the world. 1 know well enough “how his own thoughts have bowed him in agony to the- dust; ang this is | enough. Wherefore, in contemplating | my empty house, I thank Heaven that .1 amspared the pang of this man’s | temorse for having wnought a ruin - which not even Almighty, God ecan | repair!” -

-~ TERRIBLE CALAMITY. The Lurning of a Large Cotton-Mill. - « Forty Young Girls Perish in the Fiames. -»By the burning of a large cottonwill at Fall River, Mass., last Saturday, forty young girls—operatives—lost their lives, and many more were fatally -injured by jumping from the windows. The operatives at work in the fifth story were penned in by the fldmes, and, bewildered, refused to avail themselves of the firei-eseapes, ' hence the large loss of life.’ A dis--patech from Boston Saturday night gives the following: “Mills Nos. 1 and 2, of the Granite Works, Fall River, had been running about twenty minutes when the operatives in No. 1 were startled with a ery of fire and the ‘escape of smoke from the fourth story. In this, next to the upper floor, was the mule-warp spinning department, and there were nearly 100 girls ‘at_work, under a male overseer. On the upper floor, the fifth, about thirty girls were employed, spooling and warping cotton. These were the youngest of the operatives. With the alarm the flames seemed to leap to this attic, coming from the windows below and up thegreat tower in the _ centre of the building, in which were all the stairs communicating with each story. The fire caught in the mule-spinning-room, in the northeast corner of the mill, from friction in a mule-head, and spreading, by means of oil on the floor and about the machinery, with great quicknpess, rushed toward the centre tower, the only means of escape forthose in the fourth and fifth stories, besides four fire-es-capes, two on each gable-end. Once getting into the tower, the flames ran up to and through the single entrance to the fifth story, then, springing to the roof timbers, filled the two great rooms, 450x90 feet, with dense black smoke and flame. While the flames were making such terrible headway, the operatives bécame fairly wild.— The overseers saw there was no way possible to check the fire, and gave their sole attention to those whom they had at work. They: called to them to save themselves, and pointed out- ways |of escape, prinecipally fireladders. The overseer of the spoolingroom, who remained till nearly suffocated, states that the scene in his -room—and it must have been worse in the room below—cannot be depicted. Children ran about erying and ‘begging piteously to be saved, yet ‘wrenching themselves .away when “taken foreibly to the tower while yet there was some chance, or to the iron ladder that reached two of the scuttlewindows of the south end, opening upon: the roof of the balcony at the head of the Twelfth street fire-ladders. It was impossible to*get the great majority. to take this method to save their lives. - Some wanted clothing, | others something else. As the fire frightened thenzaway from these ladders,, they rushéd tqo the windows at the® south sgable end, nearly 60 feet from the ground, but dared not jump down. Cotton ropes were put out for them to slide down by, but no sooner would a rope be lowered than there ‘was a rush for it from below. Too many would take hold, when it would break, and all clinging to it would come down in a bunch. Similar scenes were going on in the mule-spinning-room. The flames had ascended rapidly to the entrance of the tower on the “fourth floor; cutting off their means of escape, but the operatives had ‘two- ladders of the south gable directly before them, and were urged by the overseers and citizens below to take them. Some did, but others rushed headlong, upon the balcony, and dropped or threw themselves from the guards. There was ample time for every one to have been saved, had the girls taken the course di- . rected.” i : .

GENERAL ITEMS. As a consequence of the partial failure in Missouri and Kansas, large numbers of hogs are being bought from those States to Indiana for the purpose of fattening. = - ’ The direct cable between Ireland and the United States, which was being laid by the steamer Faraday, is supposed to be lost. Nothing has been heard from the steamer for several days, the telegraphic communication with it, which was at first constant and frequent, having been suddenly interrupted. - :

_Carles Perkins, formerly United States consul at Lisbon, and his wife have been arrested at Paris on a charge of swindling. Perkins has been exercising his talents among unappreciated foreigners. ‘ln Louisianahe might be a chief justice, or in South Carolina a governor, and have the entree of the White House ‘and the riglit hand of noble senators. What a pity such talents should be wasted on a foreign shore. il : .

A Paris letter to the New York Times says the Woodhull and Claffin band has arrived there and is going to make some revelations, and also give their views uporn “Free Love, a sect very popular in the United States, which prescribes marriage as immoral.” Notwithstanding the character of the work which they propose to do for this country, it will be borne with entire unanimity here, if they will only agree to remain where they are. Anything they can say or do would be preferable to their presence here. If theie is a redeeming feature to the Beecher scandal, it is the fact that it has rid this country of these pests, and few will care to inquire how it was done. | : {

Henry Benjamin Ste. Marie died suddenly in Philadelphia, on Thursday of last week, from heart-disease. The Philadelphia ZLedger says: The deceased, it will be remembered, was the man who captured John H. Surratt, for whom the government offered a reward of $25,000. He received from the government-but $lO,OOO, and Ste. Marie instituted a suit for $15,000, the remainder of the reward. His counsel were D. B. Meeney and F. Carroll Brewster. He obtained a judgment in the Court of Claims, but the case was carried by the attorney-general to the United States Supreme Court, where it is now pending. The deceased was a native of Canada and was 41 years of age. fe s & ]A I — s % Reports from Colorado confirm the election of Patterson, the democratic candidate for delegate to Congress, by. a handsome majority over his republican competitor and an independent democratic candidate also in the field. The republican majority in 1872 was 1,300, Itdoes not seem to make much difference at what point of the compass an election is held, the results are uniform. The iniguities of repubHean administration have transeended thetlin;gs ;fi anduthr:umd, as sggportunity offers, the people are simply throwing its advocates overboard.