The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 October 1874 — Page 2

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" o et O AT % :“\\. " 3 J. B.STOLL, Editor and Prop‘rictm'. LIGONIER, IND, OCT. Bth, 1874 Democratic State Ticket: : e ¥ Secretary of State, : ': : : i [J. Exos Neer. Auditor of State, : : : EpeNezeg HrNversos. Treasurer of State, : : : Bexsamix C. Suaw. Attorney General; : :('l,.\l:l%}\'o}:{&.Bl'smuu. Judge of the Supreme Court, : Hozace P. BippLg. Sup’t, Public Instraction, : :° Jasmes IL Smary, DISTRICT TICKET: Congress—l3th District, : : Freesmas Kruievy. Circuit Prosecutor, : : : Wn, B, McConnEry, Joint Representative, : Grorae T. Barnzy, COUNTY TICKET: Repregentative, : : ¢ ¢ OvveEr D. WiLLerT, County Clerk, : + : 4 : H.G. ZIMMERMAN. Auditor, :oy s 0 o James C. STEwaRT. Treasarer, : ‘i 3t ¢ 2 ¢ Wux WALTMAN, Sheriff, : ; : ! : 3 Naruanier P. Bag Les. Assessor, 5. .t ¢ 2t ¢'y GEORGE KERON, Commissioner, 't 3 'z : ¢ : WrLtiax luzs Coroner, : 3 % 2 ¢ & & gonwe A, SWoaGEs. Surveyor, 1 : sl to% % Jous Gorngiv. EVERY FREEMAN ought to have a suflicient appreciation of the right of suffrage to turn out next Tuesday. —_— -——v——-ob-.-_ﬁ, o [ BEwARE of eleventh hour reports . ' v about candidates, on the day of election. It is not safe to give them credence.

ELsEwHERE we publish the regular Republican State, District and County ticket; also the State ticket of'the so called “Independent” or Granger pa-ty.

ELecT none but strietly horest aiul capable men to office. This is a time for reform, for integ}tity, for honesty, for capability, in the public service.

EVERY TAX-PAYER is directly interested in having goed, honest, efficient county officials. You can secure the services of such by makinga judicious selection next Tuesday. = =

SpoT the man who would sell his vote, It is time such fellows were held up to public scorn, They are a disgrace to the nation; they ought to be spit upon by honest men of all parties.

Thnoveu L‘heref_is-no excitement over politics this year, we believe a large vote will be polled next Tuesday. People do not talk a great deal, but they have been and are still doing/considerable thinking. ha

Was it right for Auditor Stewart to hunt up ex-treasurer Iddingds’ deficit of over $7,000 and oblige him to cover into the treasury the principal and interest of that sum? ¥f so, vote for Stewart’s re-election. If it was wrong, vote for John P. Kitt. :

“I sHALL vote-for that man who dared to do right,” is what a Republican told us a few days since in ex; pressing a determination to vote for James C. Stewart. That'’s a good motto for honest men of all pr*u'tig_s. Vote Afor the man whao,daves to do right.

IN DEPOSITING your ballot next Tuesday, remember our present faithful, efficient and energetic Prosecuting Attorney, W'l'/I;;LIAM B. McCoxNELL. He is an excelleiit young man and has made a splendid record as an. officer of the court. Always reward true merit. . 0 !

Jonx P. Kirt has been placed upon’ the anti-secret seciety or “American” - ticket for county.auditor. We very much doubt whether the people of Noble county can be induced to oust an honest, faithful and efficient, oflicer " by invoking the ghost of John Morgan against him. i b WaAs it right for Auditor Stewart to ! look up ex-treasurer Mendenhall’s account that exact justice be done tothe | county ? < If you think it was, vote for James C. Stewart. If youthink Stew- ‘ v, art should have liushed the matter up “until too late, then you ought to vote for John P. Kitf, = INx 1865 Senator Morton predicted thap if the ballot was given the negro it would inevitably bring about a war , of races, but no}xvitllstanding his pro‘phecies. and fears expressed at. that time, his conduct from that day to this has been to bring obout the very state - of affairs that now exist in all the - Scuthern States. o : Curry, Wildman, Glovér & Co. stand upon a platformi which endorses the civil rights bill, a measure which, if enforced by legislation, will compel “hotel keepers, managers of places of amusement, and all others furnishing . accommodations of any sort to the public, to treat the negro as the social equal of the white man. e+ — R IT souNDs decidedly funny to hear the only apologist of the salary grab in whole Northern Indiana—(consideration: a post-office)—talk about reducing the salaries of all offlcers “from President down to county oﬁ"ncizgls.”—— Satan rebuking sin is nothing 'as compared with C. O. Myers’ hypocritical twaddle about reducing salaries, . it ety & O — . _ LET there be no quarreling at the polls next Tuesday. Work zealously for your favorites, but never fail to + hold in due respect the opinions of ~your fellow-men. Every voter has a right to give respectful expression to his individual views upon questions of publie concern, without let or hind- " erance. The great privilege of free - speech should in no instance be abridgpolle 0

A PrRETENDED “Liberal (?!) Republican” publishes a lengthy communication in this week’s Standard, in which he endeavors to show that Stewart’s investigation of Treasurer Mendenhall’s financial record was done for electioneering purposes! A more silly statement could not be promulgated. Stewart called Mendenhall’s attention to his deficit over a year ago. Why wasn’t the matter fixed up? Liberal Republican, forsooth! Men of that faith don’t indulge in such absurdities. It takes a salary grab Girantite to write such communications, 1

‘ . EXAMINING THE BOOKS., ' In a speech recently delivered at Wolf Lake, the editor of this paper pointed to the necessity of frequent changes in local gnd general administrations, as the safest and fost praeticable mezmsbof ferreting out irregularities and frauds that may have been committed by faithless officials. © The diécoyerics inour own county were cited s evidences of the correctness of this assertion. The republican party had been in complete possession of the county machinery for many years.— In 1870, after a fierce struggle, the opposition succeeded in electing their candidates for nearly all the more important ollic?s. Did the people profit by this change? The answer can be given by every intelligent and unprejudiced voter in the county. Auditor Stewart has uncovered “irregularities” amounting in all to fully $13,000. We may call this a clear gain to the taxpayers, as areward for their indepersd: ent action in 1870. i But we are not limited to Noble county inenumerating the benefits of achange of oflicers. The political revolution in the State, the same year, produced equally fruitful results. Astounding frauds by the Ham Conuer ring at Indianapolis were brought to light and nearly $20,000 returned to the State treasury from which this sum had been improperly and fraudulently taken. L :

More than this was accomplished by that change: The $40,000 interest which the State Auditor had been in the habit of “gobbling up” each year was by legislative enactnrent trans-. ferred to the school fund for the benefit of the school children of Indiana and the people of the several counties who wished to obtain loans at a reasonable rate of interest. -

- Need we prolong this record to force conviction upon the minds of our readers? We think not. But it is in order to show that even radica} republican leaders are at times compelled to admit or even point out the truthfulness of what we have above set forth. We call jupon the stand no less a -personage than Benjamin F. Butler, the radical republican teader in Congress, who in a recent speech delivered at Essex, Massaehusetts, showed to his republican constituents the urgent importance of a democratic triumph not only in Massachusetts but in the Union at large. “One of the great dif“ficulties in this State,” he s;fys, “is “that we have had a party in péwer al“most twenty years, and we have had “no change in the officers or adminis“tration; we .have had no opposing “party to balanee the books and look “them over and see if they were all “right. I haope, trust, and believe they “are all right; but I don’t know. No“body has examined them. It is your “old -eashier that always steals . the “money ; vour old, trusted, confidential “clerk that turns defaulter.” .

This, coming from Gen. DButler. o‘ught to be accepted as prosf that-there is occasion for the use of new brooms. To use the language of another, it is

as much as to say that the long ascen- ‘ dency of the republican party in Massachusetts and the Union has left thc_‘ people of both.in painful doubt as to the honpesty of their agents and the solvency of their affairs,. for which reason it is high time that the party in power were expelled from it ; that there was a change of oflicers and , administration; that, in short, we had the Democracy to balance the books and lodk them over and see if they are all right. -And this is true. It is indeeda profound and startling truth, and independent voters .ough"t to govern their ballots accordingly. | ] - R—— . BARNEY AND WILLETT. . The voters of this county will not fail to bear in mind that the 'representatives in the Legislature, to be elected next Tuesday, will be ealled upon to vote for aU. S. Senator in pldce of Daniel I). Pratt. The twothirds power in the U. S. Senate must be broken before sound legislation may be expected from that august body.— The Liberal Democracy are fairly entitled to one of the two Senators from Indiana® Morton is quite. enough to represent extreme radicalism at Washington. Barney and Willett will vote for a change—will vote to keep Pratt or Cumback at home.

Barney and Willett may be relied upon to oppose corrupfion wherever found; to oppose monopoiies and class legislation ; indeed, to stand by the cause of the people against the aggressions of the great corporations, and to work steadily to have the powers of these institutions restricted, as far as may now be possible by law. . Barney and Willett will faver a stringent license law, regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors; they will favor a judicious reduction of fees and salaries of officers; they will favor and support all measures 'of real reform and retrenchment, and will in every respect answer the wishes and wants ‘of the people, and as far as their votes and influence can go, in the great and needed reform now demanded by 'a “unanimous public sentiment. L e STATE ELECTIONS. { The following will be found conve‘nient as a matter of reference as to the time of holding the elections in the several States: ’ October 13—Eleection in Ohio, Indiana, lowa and Nebraska. October 14—Election in Georgia _October 22—Election in West virginia. : - 2 November 2—Election in‘Touisiana. November 3——-Elethion in Alabama. Arkansas, Delaware,” Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pemisylvania, Téxas, Virginid and Wisconsin. ‘ All the above named States (thirtytwo) elect Representatives for the Forty-fourth Congress besides State officers, varyip&.in each State. Rhode Island will elect members of Congress in ‘that State. The elections to the Forty-fourth Congress will be complete next year, as follows: New Hampshire, in March; Connecticut, in April; California, in September; Mississippi will, unless sooner convened, elect on the first Monday in December, 189 ;

' ABOUT CANDIDATES, g No better man ean be found in the whole céounty than George Keehn. lie is admirably suited for the oflice of County Assessor. He ought to be elected by 500 majority. Wil'lia_m Imes has been tried and not found wanting. IIIe has proved himself an excellent county commiSsionér,_, ever guarding the public interest. Ile ought to be re-elected by a rousing majority. . ; : _ I-J\(el'ybodf)‘f acquainted with N. P. Eagles readily and freely admits that he is just t—l'le'n‘mn to fill the office of Sheriff. He is intelligent, accommodating, and prompt. lis election is generally conceded. : A more exemplary young man than Jolun Guthrie, candidate for Surveyor, could not have been placed on the Democratic-Liberal ticket. ITe is as honest as the day is long. He'll do his work properly every time.. Let us all vote for Guthrie. !

Eyery property-owner is interested in choosing a discreet, impartial and fair-minded person for the office of County Assessor. George Keehn fills that bill exaetly. He is. thoroughly honest, is a man of good judgment, and will make a model officer. . Give him a lift. ! : :

Do the people want a live, energétic% and watchful county ecommissioner, : such as Mrt,dmes, or will they prefer an old schﬂerlike Jakey Wolf to run the machine? Isn’t it about time to give “Uncle Juk}ey"’ rest? Il has done enough—llet’s give the old mana chance to retire!

“The office 'of Sheriff is one of great care and responsibility. It requires a man of superior business capacity, of experience, of some legal kngwledge. N. P. Eagles possesses in an eminentidegree all these qualifications. Te is [peculiarly fitted for the office. He \\iil’l‘notl be dependent upon deputies, but will fill the office in person.

The present Board of County Commissioners is composed of two Repnblicans and one Democrat-—Wm. Imes. Would itibe good policy to make the Board aunanimously republican? Assuredly not: The people have had ample evidence to justify this answer. They have profited by “mixing.”’— ”l‘lmr,(vefore, we say, let evervbody, Republicans as well as Democrats, vote for Bill Imes. '

No one doubts thatl Geo. Keehn is better qualified for the office of County Assessor than his c'ompetitdr, Henry Stump. George has made two assessments under the present law and is therefore fully conversant with its provisions. llenry has no knowledge of thelaw and is wholly destitute of practical experience. Common prudence should prompt property owners to vote for Keehn.

- We but reiterate the almost unanimous judgment of those who have “watched and observed’ that John C. Swett is notoriously incompetent to fill the office he now holds and for which he seeks a re-clectior. Ile may not be to blame for this lack of qualification; but the people owe it tothemselves to retire him to privacy until he has acquired suflicient knowledge to “fill the bill.” John is yet 2 young man and ean afford to wait until he becoines wise. ¢ :

Henry. G: Zimmerman, the Demo-cratie-Liberal candidate for County (lerk, is peculiarly qu:lliﬁ(\(li‘()l‘ that Sposition-: e possesses, in an eminent d%egre:c, the Jeffersonian qualification. No man in the codnty, who might be elected for this important office, would take greater pains to keep a neat set of Hooks than Mr. Zimmerman. -Heis \J'eijy particular to see that everything passing through his hands is done exactly right—just as the law contemplates. There will be no aggravating blunders under his administration.— e understands the duties of the office and will perform them faithfully.

. Voters, when you vote for a candidate for Auditor—-a man to keep the books of the county—Dbe sure that it is. one competent to discharge that important duty. More money is lost by the incompetency and lack of vigilance of officials than in any other manner. . James C. Stewart has demonstrated that he is both vigilant and competent. Ie has not only discharged the duties devolving upon him, but has unearthed numerous “errors,” by ‘which the county treasury is reimbursed to the extent of thirteen or fourteen thousand dollars. Would it be just to withhold from him a due recognition of his successful efforts to protect the interests of tax-payers?

If the people of Noble county have learned one thing it 18 that they cannot be too careful in the election of a county treasurer. They need the services of a man of steady habits, of business qualifications, and of mature age. The Democratic-Liberal candidate fills this bill exactly. Mr. Waltman is a man of considerable business experience, and his comfortable possessions on the farm to-day are a strong guarantee that money is safe in his hands. He has made what he possesses not by speculation, but by careful and prudent transaction and a faithful attention to business. Mr. Waltman is deservedly popular among his neighbors of all political parties, which is pretty good evidence that he is the right kind of a man. , |

’ There is one important argument in favor of Mr. Imes’ election to the office of county commissioner which -should not be overlooked. Ile is a square dealing, honest and intelligent man with good business qualities, but this might not be enough to induce a Republican to scratch anpther man who claims something for himself in that respect. The reason to which we refer is thé necessity for having a Board composed of both! political parties during the building of the county jail. There is safety and economy in this, and it is a matter of too much consequence to be overlooked or disregarded on account of small political considerations. A little division of responsibility between the two parties will be healthy. It may save many a dollar of taxes. '

In the transcripts and records of causes taken up on appeal from the Cireuit €ourt, made up by the Clerk; many errors occur that cause a dijs)’llip‘sﬁl], attendant with large ammmts of icosts, which can always be prevented by Zhaving'a clerk possessing competent legal knowledge of the forms ,pff the records and the nmumerous requirementsof the statute as explained by decisions of the Supreme Court.—Persons interested in court ma-ttc’:vrs cannot, therefore, overestimate the importance of having a thorounghly qualilied gentleman in the dﬂigé of County Clerk. II G.Zimmerinan meets these requirements fully and ought therefore to-be elected in preference to one for whom the same cannot truthfully be claimed. :

The contest for Sheriff is a very important one. Mr. Eagles is pre-¢mi-nently the best man in the field for the office, and should-be the choice of at least every l)emocraft, as we know he will be of many Republicans, who desire to see a man at the head of the Slieriff's office who will discharge the duties promptly, vigorously and efficiently. TLet all' who desire honesty and capacity in the administration of our county affiirs Toll up their sleeves and go to work energetically for N. P. Eagles. We are for Eagles first, last and all the thme until the polls close on election day. - Let our friends e likewisa. - 2 o

"The voters of Noble county should bear in mind that they have a great deal at stake in the election of a County Clerk; that complications may be avoided by placing in that position a man whose legal knowledge enables him to make entries, &e., in proper form. H. (. Zimmerman has a clear understanding of the requirements of this office. Ile is an attorney, and by electing him the people will have no risk to run as to the accurate performance of the duties of the office.

A vote for William Waltman is a vote for a safe, reliable! Treasurer. "l‘here will be no deficits in his accounts. He is a cautious, prudent manager; heisthoroughly honest. He is the very man to take charge of the public funds. .

~ Voters, if you desire to check cor--I'upti(;n, centralization, despotisgn,and exclusive privileges to corporations and monopolies, see that your ticket on eleetion day has upon it the name of Freeman Kelley for Congress. o et G Qo B b . BAXTER LAW OR LICENSE! - The Tell City Comumercial, an independent paper, has this to say in relation to the most conspicuous issue to be determined in the election of State officers next Tuesday; “ihe question of temperance is about the only issue involved in the State canvass; therefore, there is little room to halt between two opinions. Those who are in favor of carrying the State for a license law should vote with the party that embody this principle in their platform and advocate it in the canvass. The Democrats hold that a license law is better than the Baxter Taw, and do not attempt to dodge the issue. Hence, 21l men who are in favor of a license law and oppgse legislation that restrains the liberties of the people, should ivote the Democratic State ticket withoutt a seratech. They should particularly vote and use their influence to eléct members-of the T.egislature, who stand squarely upon this liberal platform.. We have been informed that Mr. Curry, the republican candidate for Secretary of State, does not hesitate to boldly assert that he is running upon the témperance platform. Men of such radical opinions as Mr. Curry should be left at home to indulge in preaching the gospel and drinking water.” PROFESSIONS VS. PRACTICE.

A contemporary calls attention to the fact that in 1869, when President Grant was first inaugurated, the number of federal office holders was 54,207. According to the official register for 1873, the number of federal office-hol-ders was 86,660. Here is«an increase of sixty per cent. in four years; 32,453 additional officials to get their bread and butter and perquisites from the | public treasury.. This is civil service reform with a vengeance. Theappropriations have kept pace with the increase of officials, until our civil list is the most expensive in the civilized world. Meantime misgovernment is rampant at the South, ghusiness is prostrate in the Northern States, and laborers throughout the country are distressed and despondent. And this is' the retrenchment and reform that is paraded. in republican platforms ‘and glibly proclaimed by republican thofs. - From such a condition of affairs a change is-imperative. The loud promises of the republican party have only been followed with disastrous performance. It is folly longer to_expect economy from profligates or relief from robbers. Only with the overthrow of the republican party can correction come. ¢ e - GE— - J MAKE YOUR CHOICE. = ' Senator Pratt expresses himself unconditionally in favor of social equality between the negroes and whites.— His term of office expires next fourth of March and the State Legislature will have to elect his successor at its next session. Those who desire Senator Pratt’s re-election that he may execute his plans in regard to social equality, will vote for the Republican candidates for the Legislature. Those who are in favor of sending some one “else to represent the State of Indiana in the United States Senate, will vote for the Democratic candidates. Therefore, we say, vote for Geo. T. Barney and Oliver D. Willett. { s T iy > W— e ‘3\ protective tax on imports is prohibitory. The protected article cannot be imported, and the home product bears the price at which the protected holder chooses to put it upon the market. These protected articles, be-| ing generally articles of prime neces: sity, the people are forced to buy at the price demameigg; thus the many are unjustiy taxed"'for the benefit of the few. Workingmen should vote for no man for Congress who favors a protective tariff, ; :

MITCHELL vs. STEWART. PROBABLE CAUSE OF JOHN'S HOSTILITY - TO AUDITOR STEWART. A LITTLE MATTER OF |sl92 24 TAX INVOLVED. ' ‘ Auditor Stewart Believes in Rich “Men Paying their .lnégt Preportion of Taxes as well as ] Poor Men. g i : KENDALLVILLE, Oct. 3, 1874. Ep. BANNER:—Our worthy townsman, Mr. John Mitchell, President of the First National : Bank, has of late | been unusually active in organizing opposition to the re-election of our present efhicient County Auditor, Mr. James C.Stewart. I say unusually active, from the fact that Mr. Mitchell is not in the habit of taking a very lively interest in the election of officers. Ile has, for the past few weeks, called substar tial farmers into his Bank for the express purpose of influencing them to vote against Stewart ‘ and in favor of Kitt. Prompted by a curiosity tolearn the probable cause ! of Mitchell’s m:xiéty, I instituted various inguiries, and now believe myj self in position to thr.wa little light upon-the subject. . : It appears that in some mysterious manner Mr. John Mitchell’'s assessment of 1871-72 was dropped from the -duplicate to. the amount of $7,200.— The tax upon this amount, tor twoi years, would lmve' been $192.24. .(,)vfl course, the assessmient being “drop-. ped,” the county was the loser to just 1 that a.mu,upt. After Fisher had retirved from the A uditor’s oftice and Jim Stewart taken his place, the latter happened to look up the tax duplicate, and, com- } ing aeross John Mitchell’s name, was naturally astonished to find him assessed with so ®md#ll an amount of ‘taxable property. An examination was instituted, and the above facts revealed. Stewart, a firm believer in the doctrine of exact justice to all men, did not deem it right for the richest man in the county to escape the payment of a just proportion of his taxes, and accordingly taxed John Mitehell up with the above-named $192.24. In doing so, he but followed the dictates of right and equity. Now, I do not pretend to say that this is John Mitehell’s sole cause for fighting Stewart by button-holing and letfer-writing, but we all know that purse-string considerations have very Tnuch to do with frail humanity. But, let me ask, should the hard-working farmer, n;xechnnic and laborer not stand by Auditor Stewart for his very action in this case? Does it not show that under his administration rich and poor are treated alike? <ls he not entitled to p"l'ztise_illstemY of censure for protecting the poorer tax-payers by compelling the rich to pay just what is Jue from them to the county? I say, emphatically, YLES, and believe all fair-minded men will do the same by depositing their ballots next Tuesday for,James C. Stewart. . S [NQUIRER. T b T Paniel . Pratt—The Kind 0»(‘ a Man T . He Is. - Mgz. Eprror:—Will you please publish? tue “following extracts from a speech delivered a few weeks ago by Senator Daniel D. Pratt, at Kendallville. Speaking of the civil rights bill, Jie says: » « And when this bill which has passed the Senate shall have passed the House of Representatives—as it will as sure as the sun rises—the last bulwark of the Democracy will have passed away. We have heard until we are sick the Democratic . apprehension of social equality being brou®ht about between the two races. * * * I repeat to you, my friends, that against this great measure of justice there is nothing that can be opposed,except unreasoning and unreasonable prejudice. ek * Let the Democrats sneer at them (the negrces) on account of their color and the conformation of their features. Yet logok at the question from ahigher standpoint. I have no right to indulge in ‘any prejudices founded on mere sense, the sense of sight or smell; they are not responsible for their color. They are not responsible if they have not a Caucasian heel or nose. * koo Now pause right here. The colored man is the image of Geod, and I have no right to slight the image and throw contempt upon it. What authority have I to say whether Adam -was white or black ? x = * - There can be no doubt in the philosophic mind that there is no essential difference whatever between the two races.”

Mr. Editor, this is the same Senator who in his speech on this same civil rights bill in the Senate, spoke of the “foreigner as ignorant to the last degree, a pauper or a criminal, unacquainted with eur laws, and not capable of even speaking our language.— More than one-third of a million emigrants from every country in Europe annually land upon our shores and are heartily welcomed to the privileges of citizenship, with whom, it is not unfair to say, the negro population of this country will bear favorable comparison in all the elements that go to make useful citizens.” The above extracts, Mr. Editor, are sufficient to show the voters of Noble county what a radical and fanatie this Daniel D. Pratt is. His term of office | ag United States Senator will expire “on the 4th of March next. He is now ‘ engaged in making a thorough canvass of the State, and, should the Republican party succeéed in electing a majority of their candidates to the Legislature on Tuesday next, he will undoubtedly be re-elected to the United States Senate. Let the voters take notice and govern themselves ‘accordih_gly.—v Every vote cast for Vail and Ohlwine is a vote for Pratt for Senator. They are the candidates for the Legislature on the radical ticket, and are pledged 10, vgte for Pratt. On the other hand, if'you desire the defeat of this man, vote for Barney and Willett—men who will never vote for a Radical and fanatie like Daniel D. Pratt. S : ] <O BR—— Opening of the Waterlos Fair. WATERLOO, IND,, October 6.—The Northern Indiana Agrieultural Fair opened to-day, and will continue four days. The prospects are very flattering, although the attendance to-day is only fair. All the departments are well filled, and show a decided improvement- in live stock, agricultural implements, fruits, and grains over former years. Most ogf the railroads are running trains carrying passengers. at half fare. . P‘ ‘

- STATE I'l‘l-}g[?. { "The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Road has made a sale of $2,000,000 of its sa(*mulrnu,»rtg,rug‘(l bonds in London. ; v ' A Vigo.eounty peach grower realized some $1,200 off of five acres of peach orchard, from which he sold a erop of 850 bushels. .

The 14,000 pound bell has been hung in its permanent place in tlie tower of the new church it Notre Dame, near South Bend, without accident.

The South Bend 7ribune, of last Thursday, announced that the Rev. Father Lemonnier, Presidient of Notre Dame College, is sinking very fast, and can nhot much longer survive.. He has been seriously ill for some time past,

The burning of Clarke & Weaver’s stave factory in Rochester on Wednesday morning of last week is a calamity to the town. The tirm lose £6,000, and 25 laborers are thrown out of employment. -It is not yet decided whether an attempt will be made to rebuild or not. |

Says the Rising Sun Recorder: A box containing 600 live snakes was on a steamboat at our landing a few nights .since. Each snake wasin a box to itself, and the total weight was 650 pounds. The box came from Nashville, Tenn., and was destined for the Cincinnati Zoological Garden.— The collection represented every species 'of snake save three indigenous to the United States. _

It is a pity old Diogenesis not living now. If he were he could find his long sought “honest man” at Madison, in the person of a German tailor, by name Frederick Reightmyer. IHe was given a box by the late Dr. Schussler, containing $25,000 in bonds and money, which he might have kept, for no one knéw of the transaction but himself, but the old fellow was honest enough to carry it tothe doctor’s famBy oo _ e

Quite g number of men have been discharged from the railroad shop, _somegﬂnt‘ them among the oldest employes of the company. This is unt‘ortuTmte just as the winter is.coming on, and we sincerely regret the necessity.~ The hard times and the war which the grangers have made upon railroads have so materially redyced their business that it is impossible for them to keep up the full complement of hands.—Klkhart Revicio.

The New Castle Courier says: “One night last week Mattie Jamison, a young girl of Lewisville, and aged about 14 years, was induced to accompany Emeline Tarr and Annie Chestnut to Cambridge, where, with the connivance of @ Marshall Hipes and William Ofiit, of Cambridge, she was taken to a house of prostitution, and after being made drunk, her ruin was accomplished. The accused parties were bound over for trial in the sum of 1,000 each. ]

, There are altogether too many young fellows about this place who have made up their’ minds that “they have done all the hard work they intend. to do.” Some of these fellows seenr ; to have determined that the world owes them aliving, and some of them declare they will (be driven to burglary or some other criminal means of obtaining a livelihood. Such scalawags must be watcehed and if they do not go to work at' something. they should be cared for somewhere where they can notidisturh the property of other men.—HElkhart Review:

-Gov. TlTendricks has taken the trouble to appoint delegates to the “Capitol removal convention,” which is to assemble at Louisyille, Kentucky. As the delegates get no pay, both parties receive a share of the honors trom the Governor. Six are appointed from the State at large, and three from each districet. Those from the State at Jarge are ex-Governor Baker, Hon. Graham 'N. Fiteh, Hon. A. P. Edgerton, ITon. (. W. Julian, Hon. H. 3. Sayler; Hon. Levi Sparks. From the 13th District, John B. Howe, M. A. O. Packard and J. R. Beardsley. . THE LICENSE PRCPOSITION, " The opponents of the Baxter law with great nnanimity insist upon the enactment of a stringent liceuse law, Tn the city of Indianapolis thé proposition is already being agitated to fix the license fee at $l,OOO. It is said that the small saloonists are considerably exercised over ‘this, suggestion and that these men already “squirm in their boots.” To this Harding’s Herald retorts: ‘ .

That’s just what we want, in lieu of shutting them all up, which seems impossible. - Close the hell holes at any rate, and if a man must get drunk, let him do it like a gentleman, at some respectable place, and not go reeling through the streets with a pack of Arabs. at his heels. The rum holes which could afford to pay a thousand dollars license wouldn’t be numerous enough to affect the morals of the city to any great extent. e

THE Indianapolis Journal, speaking of the reduction of the wages of railroad employes, says: “There is great agitation among railroad employes over th'e talk of reduction.of pay. The locomotive engineers are especially anxious, and seem determiiled to ficht any such movement to the bitter endr, thinking they have got down to hard-pan. Railroad officials state that no reduction is to be made immediately and there will be no change at all, should business increase to anything like that of fall and winter seasons past.” ;

A semi-official statement of the Prince of Wales’ pecuniary liabilities has appeared in one of the London newspapers. The young man’s debts have not been paid by the Queén.— They do not amount to one-third of his annual income, and scarcely any of them have been due longer than a year. It is true, however, that his annual expense exceed his income by some thousands ofpounds,and it is very likely he will be compelled to ask aid of Parliament, All thisis highly instructive as showing the royal impudence of the family of which the Prince is a member. :

The direct.cable which was being laid by the steamer Faraday between Europe and the United States has been lost. It parted in a heavy gale, and all efforts to recover it have been unsuccessful. The cable, it is understood, belonged to the old Company; and its loss will not be so deeply regretted as if it were an independent and rival Company which had suffered. At the same time, as the accident will discourage to some extent the laying of new lines, it is a misfortune of some magnitude. :

. Tue executive committee of the National Board of Underwriters, have recommended all companies belonging to that organization to cease issuing in Chicago. Leading merchants and business men favor a plan of mutual insurance, and are rying to get along without the companies, and do not appear alarmed. 3 bobed ilin

: GENERALITEMS., | Senator Brownlow publislies a card announcing himself a candidate for | Congress from the Second Tennessee Congressional Distriet. -= . | The Grand Lodge of the United States ‘ 1. 0. O. F. elosed its annual session at Atlanta, Georgia, last week. It will | meet next year at Indianapolis.. = i A terrible affray is reported at Sil- 1 ver City, Nev., between two parties of miners, resulting in the death of five I men. The quarrel greéw out of an ef- | fort on both sides to gain control of. the Justice Mining Company’s property and eclaims. | v A dirveful plague is now spreading | throughout Northern -Africa and along the entire Southern boarders of the Mediterranean sea. Some of the surrounding countries and island Governments have issued official notices forbidding the landing of passengers, animals and susceptible goods from the infected ports. R Protracted dry weather has prevented the plowing of sod grmgmls.for' wheat, and delayéd sowing in cornground” in the Ohio valleys. - On'account of the failure of pastures, much live stock has been put upon the market which otherwise would have been: kept over winter: If rain does not ceme soon, the results will be sexious. Water for stock s scarce already in many sections. . e

The.Rev! J. F. (Hendenning hasasked the Presbytery of Jersey City to investigate his conduet. = Ile was~charged with seduction by a young lady on her death bed. DButtheneve-, rybody asks investigation in these days. The exarfiiple of thieves in Con-: aress has had this -effect. If he is guilty, Mr. Glendenning has only exhibited something above the customary effrontery of great American scoundrels. | : , S The much dreaded yellow fever hias made its appearance at the Pensacola, Tla., Navy Yard. . Several deaths. have occurred. The Washington au-. thorities have issuedthe most stringent regulations to prevent the spread of this terrible scourge.’ Vessels from that place to other ports will be subjectésl to the most thorough. quarantine. The town andnayy yard are, as it were, cut off from communication with the outside world. There is not much danger of it extending very far north, as a frost is fatal to its ravages. The Conservative State Central Committee of louisiana has issued an address to the people reciting the causes of .the late revolt and its vesult. The White Leagues, they elaim, were organized as balances to Black Leagues, composed of negroes, which' at one time were numerous throughout the State. Results of the late lévolt are said to be the demonstration of Gov. Kellogg's ‘weakness, and the reassurance of the negroes that no harm to them is contemplated.. The address is partisan, and not judicial }in tone. It is, however, intelligent and truthful in its general statements. t Thirty-three indictments have been found against Mellrath, the ex-Audi-tor of Minnesota charged with defalcation. e bears up bravely under the load, and claims to have discover- ' ed important errors in-the Legislative - (Committee’s report. - Altogether he is hopeful of being vindieated from the accusation of intentional misapropri-

ation of funds. It is fair to say that the people of St. Paul are not visibly affected by the explanations which he has thus far given'to the public. They hold . to the theory of “his guilt with amazing persistence. - Outsiders who might otherwise be - prejudiced by popular clamor will do well tq recolleet that Mellrath gave himself;‘up, when he was out of reach of the law, at the time asserting his ability to establish his innocense. e e & CR— P . TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, - - Our intelligent contemporary of the '];»l'o\\'ll3%4,»\\'l}X Banner, who held -the office of Township Trustee for several years and’consequently has a just appreciation of the responsibility attached to that important trust, gives utterance to these timely remarks ‘which we take pleasure in eommending to the careful consideration offall our readers: e

The office of Township Trustee is of paramount importanece to the people, | and care should be taken to eléct none Lut good, honest and competent men, No county officer possesses a tenth %mrt of the power which is exercised by a Trustee. The Trustee literally holds the destinies of his township in his own hands. He is monarch, with alinost unliniited powers, of the entire educational interests of the township over which he presides. He einploys all the school’ teachers, fixes their salaries, levies school taxes at hLis option either of a greater or lesser amount, builds school houses, buys school furnituye, audits and liqguidates accounts, eontracts debts for the peoplegto pay, and regulates the number of (Tuys in which the sechools shall rewmain open each year. He has absolute control of the roads and bridges in his township, with power to'levy taxes to build, maintain and keep them in good repair. Jleis paymaster for all sheep which may be slain by dogs, and it is for him to-adjudicate the claims for damages arising therefrom. He is overseer of the poor of lis township, with power to render them whatever aesistance he may deem proper. In a township like Brownstown, the Trustee annually disburses funds ranging from 6,000 to $B,OOO, and all athis own discretion in the exercise of the one-man power which: the law gives him. There are no less than four different taxes which ' a Trustee can levy at his option, viz: Tuition, Speeial School, Township,. and Road. The result is that there is no uniformity in the taxation assessed for the various townships, some paying very high while others have comparatively little to pay, just as the various Trustees have seen fit to levy. It is plain, therefore, that, in view of the klngly powers possessed by and vast responsibilities resting upon Township Trustees, none but .good men and true should be elected to fill the office—men who will have the. general welfare at heart, and who will strive to do the greatest geod with the least passible burden upon the people by way -of taxation. Men of undoubted capacity and rigid integrity should be elected in all ‘cases, who will discharge the duties of the office honestly, faithfully, efliciently and economieallyein: o e . Regulating Fees of County Officers. [From the Logansport Journal:] = = All parties are agreed in this State, that something must be done to reduce and regulate the salaries of county officers. ‘We are dicidedly in favor of paying each officer a fixed sum_ quarterly, equal to the value of his personal services, the value of this personal service of the respective officers to be graded aecording to the business or population of the various counties of the State. Eachhzﬁéé‘l‘ should have the selection of his own deputies, and clerical assistance, at such compensation as shanfm’m“m%r to time be fixed betheßoa:d“% ty Commissioners. Under this plan. the people may know exactly what they are paying their officers, and what itmmte&a{ﬁa*hﬂirmmﬁw offices. It is local self-government,in a very important matter. . - . o ‘.,

. THE BEPUBLIOAN TICKET. e For Secretary of State: ! ~ W. W.CURRY, of Perre Haute. il Tor Auditor of State: o JAMES A. WILDMAN, of Kokomo. -~ Tor Treasurer of State: i JOUN B. GLOVER, of Bedford, - s For Attorhey ‘General : * JAMES C. DENNY, of Knox. Superintendent of Public Instruction: JOHN M. BLOSS, of New ‘Albany. For Judge of Supreme Court:: ANDREW L. OSBORN, of LaPorte. - “For Congress, 13th District: ~ JOHN H. BAKER, of Elkhart. . For Cireunit Prosecutor: . - JOSEPH L. MORLAN, of DeKalb. For Joint Representative: JESSE D. VAIL, of Elkhart County. : For Representative: SAMUEL OHLWINE, of Sparta twp. o For-County-ileak s 2ii—- - JOSEPH 8. COX, of Wayne. | : For County Auditor: = .- JOHN PoKITT, of Noble.:: ~ For County Treasurer: . JOHN D. BLACK, of Jefferson. : ¢ ForSherii: - .JOHN MORROW, of Perry. . _ i For County Commissioner: Sl S FACOB WOLE, of Perry, - - For County Assessor; . HENRY STUMP, of Elkhart. ‘ For County Surveyor: - JOHN C. SWETT, of Albion. e For Coroner:

War. J. HOLVERSTOTT, of Jefferson. INDEPENDENT STATE TICKET. TFor Secretary of State: ISAAC C.STOUT, of Jefferson. ; ¥or Auditor of State: e THOMAS J. TRUSCOTT, of Posey. - . Tor Treasurer of State: NORRIS S. BENNETT, of Steuben,. Superintendent of Public Instruction: A. . GRAHAM, of Bartholomew. For Attorney General: J WILLIAM A. PEELE, of Wayne. ‘ "~ For Judge of Supreme Court: - HORACE P. BIDDLE, of Cassl . Where Shall They Go? A Liberal Republican, writing to the Indianapolis Sentinel, thus settles in his own mind whatf it is proper and right for persons of like political faith to do under present circumstances: I The Evening News of Sept. 16, 1874, contained’ an editorial wherein it stated that the ILiberal Republicans could not now vote with the Democracy as that party has taken the back track. : Being one of the humbler . members of the liberal republican . party, I want the News to tell us with what party we shall vote 4f we do not vote with the Democracy? It would seem by the language used by the News, that the republican party is entitled at the present time to our support. (‘an any ILiberal Republican, after leaving the republican party on account of its corruption and mismanagement as expressed in the Cincin- ' nati platform, now return to its vile Cassociations® Tls it any purer to-day than it was when we left it? On ithe “other hand, has it not grown more and more offensive to all lovers of good government every day since 1872 % “The astonishing frauds since that time exposed have revealed to themation a party of plunderers whose sole” aim | has seemed to be to increase their salaries and to cover up theirr iniqui“ties of all sorts and kinds. Ilave the Liberal Republicans forgotten the infamous lying that carried the campaign in their favor? Have we erased from our minds the venom with which we were pursued Dby the pensioners on public pap? - Our characters and motives traduced and misconstrued ? Have we forgotten how all the erimes . in the calendar were imputed to, and all the genius of demons exerted to destroy our leader ? And after he had asked God to forgive them, died, and’ then they coufessed themselves false ‘accusers.. . No, we have not forgotten these facts. The republican party to~day is more corrupt than when we left it. =No healing balm has entered it, and no power on earth can save it from death and burial! So far as the- - Republicans -are concerned . they will vote with the democratie party, and the News cannot, by flying the “Independent”: flag at its mast- | head, while doing republican electioneering, deceive us. We want the News to understand it is not expressing the sentiments of the Liberal Republicans in'this State when it seeks to lead us back into the party we left from abomination until some improvement is shown in its administration. The democratic platform is one that every citizen can support, and, if carried out faithfully, good governmernt will fol--low. The people have suffered, and, although the view of the News may be honest and uninfluenced, they do not express the views: of the Liberal Republicans. : L DSs e J An Ovation to Beecher. Mzr. Beécher has returned to BrookIyn and on Sunday last he preached in Plymouth Church. His reception amounted to a frenzied ovation. The ~church was filled with rare and ccstly flowers, and the atmosphere was heav(ily laden with their sweet incense.— Not half of the immense crowd gathered to hear the great preacher could be accommodated. They stood in the lobbies and climbed into the windows, but were dislodged by the police, of which a goodly force was on the ground. -We have here an exhibition of what people will do for one whom they imagine has been: persecuted.— Many of these people know of their own knowledge whether or not Mr. Beecher is guilty. But, guilty or in- | nocent, his reception by his congregation is the same. It is man wership. Mr. Beecher might with safety publish his shame and an appeal to his church would be met with just such a reception as we have witnessed. We believe Mr. Beecher has at last brought suit for libel against Tilton and Moulton. This step he was most likely forced to take from the pressure of public opinion. The igssue must now come fairly before the courts and weé may expect to reach ere long some solution of this wretched business. Bl e el - B e o . - Now Eat Grapes. ; Flour and meat we think we must ~ have; but for the bilious, for persons troubled with the various. difficulties of the stomach, the liver-and the kid‘neys, grapes 'a‘fq;a‘gxﬁ‘@%ggit,{gﬁﬁd s “at the same time a valuable medicine. ' For children, for the delieate, and for ‘the robust, also, what autumnal food s equal to nice, fresh, Ti .rap‘eb'? . ‘And emphatically we say that grapes “are strong food; that in them we haye not only ‘*Mmiﬁé Laguy d the only jnat;f, led sugar, th : Dy the % 00l Gk superior to that chiefly exotic pro_especially - for ‘sedentary . purposes in Wm&m s 0 the healthful . acid .and :a notable 4 thﬁ «‘g“‘&:}"";&f:n sr* = «‘aﬁ{%ﬁ% _become necessary constituents of the Toloodn-tninion e vl oOL