The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 36, Ligonier, Noble County, 31 December 1874 — Page 2

Che Aatiomal Banuer % g A:l’_,_Z_:’}:::_::."Z.'T_ sAt J.B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER, IND'A, DEC. 31, 1874. ; TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. On and after the first day of next January the postage on the BANNER, to subscribers who do not receive it within this county, will be paid by us at the post-office here, in accordance with the new postal law which takes effect on that day. Our subscribers at a distance will please take notice that from and after that date the subscription price of the BANNER to parties residing outside of the county will be $2.10 per annum, or $1.05 for six months, positively in advance. As there is no postage on the BANNER to subscribers whose post-office is inNoble county, such persons will receive it at the old rates, to wit: $2 per annum, or $1 for six Taonths.

To AacH and all of our readers, a happy, happy New Year.

WE direct the' particular attention of teachers’ ipstitutes to an article elsewhere reproduced from the Rochester Sentinel. The ideas therein advanced coincide with our p;otions exactly. :

Tuge Indianapolis Journal has turned its back upon the inflationists and frankly avows its conversion to the sound currency doctrine. TheJournal's example is worthy of general emulation. While the lamp holds out to burn, &c. : :

A NATIONAL BANK has been established at Auburn; ca;ﬁt-al £#50,000.— The directors are Nick Ensley, Wm. Mcllntyre, and O. C. Clark, of Auburn, and George Hazzard & Bro. of New (Castle, Ind. The latter will have the management of the new bank.

CoONGRESS is not now, and has not been during the past week, in session. The usual holiday adjournment was ordered by both houses. Upon re-as-sembling the finance bill passed by 1l:e Senate will at onge be taken up and subjected to a (probable) lengthy discussion. i | :

REeAD the prospectus of the N..Y. World in anotlier column, and forward one dollar to its publisher for the weekly, oné| vear. It js just the paper for farmers, Grangers, and political students. There is no paper in the United States that surpasses the World in editorial abilitv.

UNLESS we greatly misjudge the signs of the times, the fight between Voorhees and McDonald is paving the way to the l{ ited States Senate for _either Judge }lloﬂman or the Hon. Jos. K. Edgerton. lli‘he election of either of these gentlemen would be hailed with delight in this latitude.

DovsTs having arisen as to the real position of Hon, Joseph E. McDonald on the finance Auestion, that gentleman has deemed it expedient to detine his position in. a card addressed to the Indianapolis Sentinel. He simplv reiterates, ‘what he said in his Greencastle speech, which we published last summern. :

KiNng KALAKAUA had a “big” reception at Washi gton, both in the halls of Congress J:ind in the White House. Since these grand receptions he has been taken Fo New York and shown the sights which that city so abundantly aﬁp’rdl He seems to be considerably elated,over the fine treatment bestowed upon him, and is said to be perfectly delighted with our hotel fare and theatrical performances. Kalakaua is evidently having a good time at {inecle Sam’s expense.

SoME of our democratic hard money contemporaries treat the . Senate flnance bill very harshly. They denominate it a “bill to revive the reputlican party.” In this they unwittinglv pay a high tributé:to the party sagacity of republican ,Seleator,s, while at the same time the remark is by no means very complimentary to the

democratic Senators who voted against the bill. If the Senate bill is calculated to' benefit the republican party, Democrats were very foolish to vote against it. They might just as well have shared in the glory and divided the credit that can be claimgd for the measure. :

N T GEeN. PACKARD continues to devote

% large portion of his LaPorte Chroniele to the Jéorrectjon of erroneous statements in the public prints relative to ‘men oceupying official positions. There'is room for a paper devoted to this purpose. Entirely too much lying is being indulged in at the expense of representative men; too much inelination to paint things blacker than facts justify. If Gén. Packard directs his efforts toward correcting this abuse, we wish him God speed. 'he only misgiving we have in the premises is his disinclination to “own ap” to things that are manifestly improper and wrong. The correction of mis-statements is always commendaLle: bat to palliate the wrong is quite another thing. { '

GENERAL SHERIDAN 'denies the report that he'has been orderéd to assume the command of New Orleans. On the other hand, it is assured that the General will make a pleasure-trip . to the South, and will on the 4th of January remain in the neighborhood “of New Orleans, in order to be on hand .in case of necessity. Ou the 4th of January the Legislature meets, and it is feared that there will be a new outbreak of public indignation, To judge from the tone of the New Orleans newspapets a crisis must be pending. Besides, several bloody riots on the streets of New O#leans, and the rencontre of ex-Governgg Warmoth with the editor of the Bulletin, point to such an occurrence. The excitesen? has grown toa fever heat, and the least disagreement between ARy menbers of the two parties may lead &9 2 yery !u-rigm riot. :

OUR COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM.

- Have we not many reasons to be | f proud of our system of free education ? | i Certainly we have; for are not some | of the purest and bravest of men and |1 women sacrificing their lives to this |t noble work of teaching the young idea | ¢ how to shoot? Do we not hear every | ¢ day, more or less, of the toils and vex- | t ations these noble hearfs endure for | young America’s sake? Such devot- | g edness as is manifested by these pure- | 1 minded and intelligent teachers in bebalf of- the rising millions, is fast removing that cold indifference to- | ward their work, manifested in the | past gen_eration. "Here and there, we I occasionally notice a few of the an-{, cient land-maiks, but they are few, | only sufficient to suggest the question, | why was 1t that men in the past.were | not so proud of these elements of uni- | versal education as we now are? We | approach some intelligent man in |4 whom lingers a little of that relict of | indifference and coldness toward the | free school system, known of old, in |, order that the correct answer may be ¢ obtained. Ile tells us things then |, were different from now, that then |, the school buildings were of the poor- 0 est kind and the distances far between | 4 —a thing of itself which rendered ’ them useless to xgeitl'ly one-half of the | school population; but now the mat- | | ter is changed, now a sc_:ho,ol builling | of modern architecture is erected, as it were, before every door in the land. | ‘ Those buildings are no longer the log |- huts of our day, but monuments of : our educational greatness — monu- : ments of our boasted civilization. = Is this not something of which we have ; reasons to be proud? .Then the per- : sons engaged to teach the young were not such noble, self-sacrificing beings s as we now find in the schools of the | 1 land. They were often ignorant louts 1 who forced themselves upon the good : people as worthy persons competent | to perform the most difficult task al- : lotted to man,—the development of | the faculties of man. Those mén had : no training of their own, yet they | deemed themselves competent to ( mould the human soul after the fash- ; ion God intended. They could not | read intelligently, but still called them- | selves teachers of reading. . They |, could not spell the simplest words of | | their language, but thought themselves 1 qualified to teach others how to spell. | They could not write an English sentence without committing the blunder of using either a plural subject for g singular verb, or a singular subject | for a plural verb, but for all that they presumed themselves competent to teach Grammar and the etymology of the language. They had not learned the use of capital letters or the art of punctuation, but prided themselves in | being able to teach it all. They could not spell the name of the township, or give the name of the county in which |- they lived, but took upon themselves the important task of teaching Geography. With such a state of things, was it any wonder that the good, intelli gent people of those days regarded the whole system of education by taxation for the payment of ignoramuses, |, as the greatest lgumbtlg ever devised by man? Theory and practice was. never heard of in those days. Fxaminers and School Superintendents had not yet appeared to regulate the helm of intelligence. But now, that we have our intelligent and learned examiners to protect the public against the' ignorance of persons pretending to teach, we have a better opinion of this element of public education. We have Township Institutes, in which our teachers learn Theory and Practice, the art of arts. We have a law, | too, that requires every teacher to be thoroughly educated in Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, History of the United States, and Physiology. . Besides, he must be a man of good moral character and of steady habits, else he cannot become one of ‘this most honorable of all professions. With such a law, and men whose duty it is to see that every letter of it is duly complied | with on the part of the applicant, we | no longer have need to fear imposi- | tions. We are perfectly safe in en- | trusting our. children to him who comes recommended by our worthy County Superintendent as a competent person to train the young in the | way they ought to go.. All, tends to | add beauty and perfection to the system, and where there is so much en- | terprise mingled with intelligence and liberal culture, the blessings that flow from it cannot be imagined. We, then, congrathlate our readers and all others upon the great advanees made: in our system of Public Instruction. We are truly proud that none but competent persons are permitted to become teachers in this great temple of learn- | ing. That thig ig true is evidenced by the examination of several reports of |. the proceedings of townsbip institutes |} recently held in this county, and come piled by the secretaries of these organizations. These reports undoubtedly speak volumes for the high mental culture of somé of our country teachers, and certainly retlect great credit upon him who 'supervised the examination of these teachers. We learn from one of these reports that, “The Teachers of Spartey township held there first meeting at which the | Yolowing officers was elected for the ensewing day,’ but then it matters not ‘who were elected, since we well know that at a learned assdciation none but worthy and competent nien can hold office, *“A comitee to draft a program for the ensewing day,” was deemed an | esgential element to insure prompts ness in the digpateh of business. Now followed what the secretary is pleased to call “an interresting Lector on the Pheayey of teaching,” after which followed a diseussion, a “noumber of the members” taking part,” Fhe afternoon “gegton” was duly cslled to order when | another “able Lector on Reading” whs had which gave “sadisfadtion to all who herd” it. . They also had a “Lece 447 on Mathematics,” which no doubt embodied the recent investigations Snade dn the tramgit of Venus. Reports of “Comjtees” were heqid, pfter | , ; o ; N

which “officers was elected as folows,” for the next meeting. The next meeting, we have no hesitancy in saying, will prove highly interesting, as we notice in the programme “Theary of teaching,” “Orthepy,” “Method of speling” and “Misselanious” exercises. In conclusion, have we not - many reasons to be thankful to our law makers, our county superinténglents, and teachers generally, for the great advancements: made in culture and progress ? s OUR GENERAL INDEBTEDNESS, No subjeet furnishes a wider scope for thoughtful consideration than the question of finance. The more a man ponders over the magnitude of what we owe—VUnited States, States, Counties, Cities, Towns, Railroad and other corporations, and as individuals—the deeper do we sink in a fathomless and shoreless sea. We may compute our debts anywhere from six to eight thousand million dollars. The the't of either sum amazes a man. “Can they all be paid? Only in one way—by earning and saving—and if demagogues continue to rule there will be neither earning nor saving equal to the burden. All that patriotic and just men can do is to build public policy on the foundation,and guideitin the ways of principle and honesty, and try faithfully to save public credit and honor, without impairing public tberty—leaving the result to time and history.

If any man is a repudiationist, per se, he 'is simply dishonest, but every. man may become one by the law of necessity, and when it lgeqdmes a question and real issue between a public contract made by proxy, and possibly neither wisely nor honestly made, and the salus populi, the contract, not from choice but necessity, will have to yield. We cannot escape this conclusion, and that is all there is of repudiation. If that result is to come to us, it will come of its own accord and fast enough, as the tornado and earthquake come. Our dance of death from 1861 to 1865, and our bacchanalian and masquerade dance since, have made the piper’s bill very costly. If those who led the dance could be made to pay the cost It§ would be equity, but the burdens of society, like the rains and the dews, fall alike on the just and the unjust, and)we are all now in the same boat and drifting together to a port of safety or to the maelstrom—time will tell whieh.

LETTER FROM ILLINOIS.

Stray Thoughts on Christ"ianity. se, © eret Soeieties, The Banner, ‘ Polities, Ete., Ete, .

; ] WrenkoN, LaSarir Co., ILi., | - December 25th, 1574, ) 'SUBSTANTIAL AID AND COMFORT. To the Editor of the National Banner:

As my time has expired with the paper properly named the NATIONAL BANNER, 1 hasten to respond. Therefore, enclosed you will find the stamps to secure its welcomeé visits for the next six menths. CHRISTMAS THOUGIHTS. ~ This is a notable:day, as it is the anniversary of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This is the day on which the wise men of the East looked forward to the star, that is to say, Jesus, who should rule them, not with a rod of iron, but with gentieness, and meekness. But, dear friend, as I am pleased to call you, look if you please at the lines of distinetion that are drawn between men in this, our eulightened day. God is no respecter of persons, therefore man has no right to be. * Let any man deny this, then he can deny the Bible. And if he ean do that, then he can deny that man exists; and that no'man can do. The blessed Jesus showed no partiality between his disciples, unless it was when He said unto them that stood by, “what is it to you if he remains till I come?” e was speaking then of John, that disciple whom He loved;and who leaned on ITis bosom at supper: L

NOT A PREACHER.

Now you may think I am a preacher. But, not so. Ifl were, I would preach the Gospel in its purity and screen no order that is outside of the Bible and humanity, which 1 believe

. ALL SECRET ORDERS are—contrary to God and his law. As I spoke against Masonry in my last and no man replied, I take it for granted that I shut the bars against all secret orders and no man can open them; if he undertakes it I will shave him without a razor or soap, as I am willing to bet my existence, if it was mine to bet, that God and His Christ are on the side of the Anti-Masons. T notice in the BANNER remarks frequently made by a Mr. Fait against secret orders. I wish him God speed Mr. Stoll, I don’t want you to feel hard ‘of me for speaking my sentiments, as I understand you to believe as I do in . FREE SPEECH AND FREE PRESS. iYou may belong to the order called ‘Free Masonry.~ If so, Tam sorry for it, Let me trace it a little further: It hinders the Gospel from being preached, it corrupts politics, and it helps bad men into offices of high trust. This I believe in my heart to be true, and I shall until Jesus comes. Then the secrets of the heaits of men ‘shall be revealed. Therefore, man, in “all his getting, had better get wisdom. ‘ln so doing, he getteth to himself great riches. : i i If I had time and space I could speak at length en many other matters.' But my space will not afford me the opportunity. I should like to hear a few remarks on S

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

from your city constable, Mr. Abram Hier, who is, by the strong ties of consanguinity, a second cousin to the writer of this awkward, though wellmeant, latter, S : PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.

- My choice of caﬁu,lidgttes are, for President, Thomas A. Hendricks, of indians, and for Vice President, Jas. R. Doolittie, of Wiseonsin, These are meny whom I believe we eap trust, although Ged says; “Curged bp the man that trusteth in man and ma;ket.h flesh his armor, whose heart depaffeth from the Lord.” Yours truly, ADAM CHRISTIE,

~ CHRISTMAS DAY. Q;,bs'orvnnée; of the Feast that comes » - But Ongce a Year. " Christmas has'come and gone. How | strange are the influences with which its coming affect us! What memories, of childhood fancies and realities! The whole past rushes in for review, with the return of this festival. In thousands of homes it comes cheerless, sad; the pinchings and blight of “«old and want, settle this once like a leaden cloud over the scene, loudly calling for sympathy and help. In other thousands of homes, the tokens of gratitude for greater favors were displayed by those who, while they pitied and helped the: forlorn, would not deny themselves the ]’iberty of commemorating the event because there was wretchedness which they could not relieve. If there were those whom the Christmas:-time - greeted with frosty touch, then hurried away to join the dirge of the dying year, there were others for whom it has left sweet memories, and keepsakes, tokens of affec‘tion, and beauties of thought not soon to fade from the mind:and heart. Tlts reunions, and gifts, and good wishes tending to train ué’ft;()' realize the oneness of our race and kind. . CHRISTMAS.IN THE M. E. CHURCH. A committee of general arrangements was appoihted by the “Teacher’'s Meeting” of tlie M. E. Sabbath School, of Ligonier, to prepare a Christmas Tree. They performed well and faithfully the work assigned to them. A Dbeautiful tree was by them most tastefully arranged, and loaded with a great variety of presents, many of which showed by their glitter that they were of no insignificant value. On either side of the treej at the corners of the rostrum, were pyramids, arrayed with gleaming beauties to be presented to the little ones, whose eager eyes danced as they gazed on the sil-ver-ware, statuary, pictures, vases,: &e., with whieh they were adorned.— The committee deserves great credit far the fidelity and. taste with which the arrangements were completed.— The attendance was quite good, the parents and- friends of the children manifesting a 'commendable interest dp the occasion. The exercises opened with :Lpproprfate.singiug by the school, ‘and prayer, followed by another song, and an explanation of the meaning of ‘a “Christmas Tree.” Next appeared ‘a “Santa Claus” in each side of the house, to the great amusement of the children. Then began the disrobing of the tree, and distribution of gifts to old and young, each scholar being provided with some gift from the school, by the committee. Teachers made presents to their classes, and classes to their teachers. Officers and teachers interchanged tokens of good willinlike manner, parents to children, antl children to parents; friend remembered friend with mementos of regard.— Some of the presents were of exquisite beauty, while others, though not so costly, spoke mno less certainly = the language of sincere affection. Throughout there was entire harmony of feeling and effort, heightening the conception of that truth which the angels announced to the shepherds on the plains of Judea, long ages ago. All were dolig}hted with the suceess of the occasion, even the representatives of “Christ Kindel,” as they went with their baskets of sweets for the children, seemed transformed from (apparent) old age into the buoyancy of youth again. May all who enjoyed that pleasant hour on Christmas Eve live to meet in the future to enjoy many such hours, and' may the spirit of general good will be so enlarged everywhere that the Messial’s peace shall fil} the world. :

1 tender here for myself and family, for the kind regard so substantially manifested toward us on the Christmas Tree, most sincere thanks. The amount received was ‘more than one hundred dollars, and is equally prized by us, believing as we do, that the origin of'it was in the impulse of a pure friendship. To those who solicited, to the donors, and to all' interested, we say, may you never have cause to regret the interest thus manifested. May your means increase four fold, and in the end, may we all gather in the better home where friendships ave not severed forever. ‘ . Y. B. MEREDITII, : e ——tl O PR—AWEFUL DISASTER. Emigrant Ship Burned at Sea—Newrly Five Hundred Livcs Lost. LoxDoN, Dec. 25.—A telegram has been received from Madeira, stating that three of the crew of the emigrant ship Cospatrick, from London to New York, had arrived at St. Helena and reported the Cospatrick burned at sea. The report lacks confirmation, but it is feared that the crew and passengers of the Cospatrick, numbering five hundred souls, have all perished, with the exception of the three reported arrived at St. Helenz}. G ‘ S LATER. — A second telegram from Madeira states that the Cospatrick was burned on November 17th in latitude 87 north, longitude 12 west. It is now estimated that 465 lives were lost by the disaster.

ACTING upon a suggestion made by Police Superintendent Walling, of New York, in regard to the effect of the reward for the recovery of Charley Ross without regard to the detection or conviction of the abductors, his father offers 5,000 reward for the rereturn of the child or information that may lead to his recovery, no questions to be asked and no attempt to be made to detain any one bringing the boy,

: -———~--—-*-:———:f~—.~‘ S Voorhees and McDonald hie fighting like kilkenny cats over the United States Senatorship. By rights the Senator belongs to Northern Indiana, and the Messengér favors Hon. Joseph K. Edgerton, of Fort Wayne, for that position. TLet Northern Indiana assert her rights.—Valparaiso Messenger.

T e e George Coquillard was found guilty of arson in the Circuit Court, at Sogth Bend, Monday afterngon, for which crime the. jury affixed a penalty of twp years' imprisonment. The burning was done some months sinee,— Coquillard disappeared immediately after the fire, but’ returned three or four weeks ago and gave himself up. ooe<ARR R £ 5 9 s

= A mERR conx_'cnt!irf);pf_ the Baptist chupchey of Northern Indfana will meet b Laßorte, January 2ith, 26th and 47th, - Breparations are making for a pleasant and profitatile gathering.’

N£w YORK, Dec. 28.—The Hon. Gerrit' Smith died at about 12:30 today, ‘at, the {lesidence ot;%}en. J olmJ .@orgmng - Mr. Smith, i company wi hig}wilé,f ag\i’?ed i® town on Thursday, forthe purpose of spending thqholi%wong@his friends. He was-in remarkably good ge.xltﬁ,——% cheek as ruddy, his eye as clear, his voice as firm, his step as elastic, as they had been for many years. Ile made arrangements to meet Charles G'Can_oi;i On %‘a‘tu:duy hearose early, and said to Mrs, Smith that he Lad, gﬁpf’fﬁhcommo%ﬁf Wéﬁ% g‘%?ti”n’g that he had not spent so merry a Christmas for a long time as on the day before. While dressing, his utterance suddenly became indistinct, and he was gently borne to a bed, barely able to say, in a faint tone, *Very,weak.” leimmediately became' unconscious. Ile seemed to be suffering under a combined attack of appoplexy and paralygig ; i

Gerrit Smith died at the age of sev-enty-seven., He was born in Utica, New York, on the 6th of March, 1797. He graduated at Hamilton College, at Clinton, a few miies from Utica, at the age of twenty-one. lis father was one of the largest land-owners in the United States, and Gerrit Smith’ was a man of immense wealth by inheritance. Twenty-one years ago, when he was fifty-six years of age, he was admitted to practice in tlie State and Federal Courts of New York, though he 'was never-a student atlaw. He was a philanthropist by instinct. When he was not yet thirty vears of age he was an active member of the American Colonizajion Society, and when, nearly ten years later, that Society became a confessed failure, he joined the Abolitionists. With no occupation, save -the care of the vast landell estate his father left him, he made it his duty tohelp lxis fellow-men. He gave two hundred thousand acres of land to various institutions of learning, and to more various needy inen; black and white. The Emancipationists found in him their most liberal donor. In his case avarice did not increaseé with wealth — saving Wendell Philips—connected with the American Anti-Slavery Society, and, ‘while the Society was always in need of. money he was always ready to respond to its demands upon his purse. He was elected to Congress in 1852, but resigned at the close of the first session. Two volumes of his speeches and - lettes have been published, and bear some resemblance in style to the writinrgs of his friend and co-laborer, William Lloyd Garrison. One of the most notable acts of his life was the placing of his name underneath that of Horace Greeley on the bail-bond of Jefferson Davis. Like every man of exceptional benevolence and eccentric philanthropy, he was not always “as wise as a-serpent.” TFor politics he had no taste:: 'The politic was beyond his ken. He was ever seeking to acs complish excellent, results in impractical ways.” Ile possessed none of the elements of statesmanship, unless a large heart and an exalted benéevolence are such elements, but his sympathy with his fellow-man, broad enough to include both Jefferson Davis and the ‘negro, has enabled him, after an unblemished life of nearly four score years, to leave behind him a name which will be sweet in the mouths of many men for generations to come. lis death was sudden, though at such an advancediage. Though not destitute of narrowness and prejudice, Gerrit Smith had fewer of those qualities of intolerance than the average “Reformer.” He is dead. If he ever manifested malignance, or bitterness, and if he often was guilty of political unwisdom, the world ecan afford to forget the fact in remembering hosv he exalted and beautified the sweet name of Charitv. ] @

——————] - B—— : Lead Ore in DeEalb County. (From the Waterloo Press.) Consider:‘}ble excitement has been created inithe western part of this eounty, by what is claimed to be the discovery of lead ore, on theold IHoratio Blake farm, situated on the Little Ceder-in Richmond township, and adjoining the Noble county line. A demand goes up for a geological survey of the vicinity by Professor Cox, the State Giéologist. The locality where the ore was found has already been dignified by the name of “Galena Point.” : S ;

(From the LaPorte Argus.)

While on a visit to the north-east-ern part of this State, ‘last week, we found the people of a portion of DeKalb and Noble counties considerably excited over the-discovery of lead ore in apparent abundance, and unusual richness: The discovery was made in Richmond township, DeXalb county: while digging a well a large quanéj,ty of ore was thrown out, and furffier search has developed the fact that quite a scope of country is rich with the mineral: - Whether it will prove to be of sufficient extent to warrant extensive mining is yet to be deter‘mined, but if one half the stories prove true, it would seem to be something more than a small drift deposit. The ore,is said to contain about 95 per cent. of pure lead. | T e M—— L The Louisiana Qutrage. Nearly two months after the election, the returning board of New Orleans announces the result. - The Republicang are allowed a majority of one in the lower house. of the legislature. Of course no honest man will’ dare affirm that this report has not been villainously doctored. The votes of whole parishes have been thrown out to maké room for republican candidates. It is a great mistake to suppose the people will longer put up with this injustice. There was a time when they could not help themselves,. but they are now thoroughly aroused, and more than that, they have the sympathy of the intelligent people of the north. s . :

Enoch Arden again—this time in Oshkosh—oh gosh!—lloveliest village of the Wisconsin plain. . T'wenty-three years ago Mr. Johnson went to Utah, and after a reasonable lapse of time, Mzys. Johnson made Mr. Foster the happiest of men. ‘A few weeks since Mr. . Johnson, having accumulated a fortune, eame back to Oshkosh to look after his family, and found himself the step-father of some grown-up children. After a p%easa_,nt- visit of a day or two Mr. Johnson went back to Utah, without disturbing his successSoT, $ b T

Ahbont 200 Mennonites arrived at Pittsburgh,-last: Monday morning on the Pennsylvania railroad, from the easty- This band is bound for Atehison, 'Kan., for' which place they departed later in the day. They were as orderly a class of emigrants ag one would ecare to see. ! i

~ Hon. Joseph K. Edgerton, of Fort Wayne, is the choice of the Democracy of Northern Indiana for the United States Senate. . He is.one of ourablest and purest men.— Valparaiso Messene7L, Vosplnintys Sery £ ¥ . ARt e R - Annual Settlemept.

As eustomary, we desire before the first day of January, 1875, to make settlement | with all- persors ‘having accou_nts -Open on Qur. books far job printing, adyertising, &e. | §We, earnealy deare all sueh ageopnts to.he hal: anced be QFQrt?thQ“}"L%‘?gm%%Qf thfﬁ Rew, yeat. It makes o R aroupid to have fréqhent sefifements,

GENERAL ITEMS. ' %The emigrant ship Cospatrick, from London for New York, has been burned. atsea and 465 lives are reported lost. : :

_ The trial of a number of conductors and passengers on the Erie Railway for the use of fraudulent tickets began ' Wednesday of lust week, at Port Jervis. , )

‘ponsiderable excitement prevails in Black River Falls, Wis,, growing out of. the fact that a child resembling Charlie Ross has been left by strangers with a family there. The matter is being investigated. ;

“ About 200 mechanics and laborers on the foundation of the new custom house. and post-office building at St. Louis, Mo., were discharged on the 23d inst. and; work stopped, the.appropriations having been exhausted. - J. B. Spratt, an old and wealthy. citizen.of! DeKalb, in Buchanan county, Mo., was fatally shot by Mr. Brown on Christmas day, and the latter was severely wounded by a son of Spratt, 14 yvears old. The affair grew out of an old feud.

A fight took place between éx-Gov-exnor Warmouth, of Louisiana, and D. C. Byerly, manager of the New Orleans Bulletin,last Saturday, in which the latter was fatally stabbed by the former. The cause was a newspaper controversy. '

‘Advices from New Orleans received at Washington indicate the probability of.a collision within the next few days. It is understood that the President will substitute General Terry, or some other officer, for General Emory, now in command of-the ])epni‘l,mont of the Gulf. .

“The bacon sent some time ago to Tuskeegee, Ala., for the relief of sufferers by the flood, is advertised to be sold for unpaid freight by the railroad company which transported it. Comment would, of course, be wasted on the carpet-bag officials whose duty it was-to distribute the bounty. A fire at Batesville, Ind.; last' Stnday, destroyed the furniture factory of I. Schrader & Co., with aloss of s£loo,ooo, and adjoining building, of the estimated value of $25,000. No insurance on manufactory. Nearly all the-people of the town depended on the factory for a living, and its destruetion will cause great suffering. And so it now comes out that the Credit Mobilier erew never even paid for surveying the millions of acres of public land granted it. This is like declining to defray expressage on a present, and we are glad the Supreme Court. of the United States decides ‘there are to be no more patents without payment in advance of the costs. Jim Fisk’s worldly estate turns out to be considerably worse than nothing. His creditors, among whom is the notorious Josie Mansfield, have been quite successful in establishing their claims; now they only wish o get their money. An inquiry as to Mr. TFisk’s spiritual estate would be perhaps interesting, but too indelicate. If he is no better off in the other world than he was in this, he is poor indeed. A most remarkable and shocking case of suicide is the one reported from ‘Washington last Monday morning.— A Presbyterian- clergyman, pastor of a church, helding a high social station, was detected in the act of stealing a book; was mercilessly exposed in a newspaper; set his house in order; and, while the bells were ringing the people to church, without even pro viding for his own congregation, cut his throat. The facts are more pathetic than any comment upon them could be. The clergyman was wealthy, and had been previously suspected of insanitv.

Every day's news confirms the report that Senator Chandler’s chances for re-election are growing beautifully less with the most encouraging rapidity.. The Detroit f'ree Press, which regards the contest as “none of its funeral,” and consequently speaks of it impartially, says: “On the whole, though the conflict languishes on both sides, the supporters of the senior Senator have lost the most ground, and if there shall be as much change in Legislative opinion duaring the month which is to elapse before the vote is taken .as there has been during the past four weeks, it is not impossible that Chandler’s name may be left out of the contest altogether.” 4

Mr. Tilton has issued a card to the public in answer to the pronunciamento lately published by Mr. Beecher in the Christian Uition. 'the answer is at once severe and complete.— It makes.a close review of the facts of the civil suit brought -by Tilton against Beecher, shows the injustice of requiring the prosecution to “dwarf and shrivel” the proofs of Mr. Beecher’s prolonged criminality to two particular days, and closes with'a challenge to a speedy and relentless prosecution of the criminal suit brought by Beecher against Tilton. Mr. Tilton intimates very broadly that Mr. Beecher dare not allow the ciyil suit td proceed on the basis of a full investigation of all the facts, or the criminal suit to proceed on any terms., This. is exceedingly plain language.— 1t forces upon Mr. Beecher the alternative of accepting Tilton’s proposition or being condemmned by public opinion. - e

MARRIED: : ARNOLD—SHRIGLEY.—Dec. 16, 1874, at the M. E. Parsonage, by Rev. J. W. Dillon, Mr. A. S. Arnold, of kigonier, Ind., to Miss Eliza A. Shrigley, of Zanesville, Ohio. DX EiED MILLER.--In Elkhart twp , December 28, 1874, Catharine Miller, wife pf Jacob Miller, deceased ; aged 60 years, 2 months and 12 days. | | R RIS R R B 7S WO SR AR R F TNy SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS. Ed P0tter..........5200 Jacob H0ntz....... 200 B F Pearman.:.... 125 JK8y1er.......... 200 G K P0y5er........ 200 Augustus Yorkey.. 150 E Cummings...... 200 A K Tr0yer........ 100 John W Kern,.... 182 Levi Kiester....... 200 Mies Mary A Beach 100 Dr A R Johnson... 2006 Joseph Smucker... 200 Dr D C Ke11ey..... 200 Lawsen Hier...... 100 A J Kistler...... .. 200 Hon D S Scott...., 2to-J K Edgerton......x2 00 Wm Cavin......... 150 Nathan Kent...... 200 John Spackeen,... 200 E A Besacker..,... 200 Isaac D J0pp...... 75 Henry Gates....:.. 110 John M0rr0w...... 100 John A1bert....... 150 G W McConnell... 200. NP Eag1e5........ 200 J L Lape..----..-«s 200 Philip Bowman.... 300 Elijah Johnson..:. 200" John Schwab...... 200 Joseph Hill.. ... ... 1 00 C T Greene........ 270 J J.5atber....5..500 25 W M8amey....... 200 John -Bursey....«x 100 H 5ec0r........... 210 Henr{ Stivery,.... 105 D W Ditmer....... 200 Abel Long. ........ g)) J W McCamman.. 100 JohnCuanm...... 1 Geo W Recd... ... 200 J A11man.......... 290 J K Hartzler...... 200 John D Morrell.... 100 James Burroughs.. 100 Aaron RKing..... 100 8 P 8ef1er..,...... 200 John L Cavin...... 200 JesseC Hoover.... 260 James Hoagland.. 2 00 Meyer 8aum....... 200 W M 8e5t......... 200 %oo?old Strang.... 100 Harrison Swank... 200 E 81ackman....... 30 Henry Prough..... 200 P D Mi1er......... 400 L. Jdenk5........... 2¢o=Vic Berlincourt.... 50 Jacob Fightner.... 200 Hon A Y Hooper.. 200 gol‘;n Wei1r&.......; gog ﬁ%uﬁl Chﬁistie..... 110 ohn Br.. ik 2.0 ‘O Hamilton...... 100 W Tt sl 100 78 Henkelrs I 400 JM Black... ....: 200 A 0Fi5her......... 100 Judson Palmiter;.. 106 JHFait...........-204

Administrator’s Notice.. | NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned LN} hasbgen appointed Administrator of the es. tate of Moses Maxwell, late of Noble county, dsceused. Said estate is supposed to be insolvent. ' WILLIAM ERDLEY, December 17, 1874-84w3 : Administrator.

LIST OF LETTERS

,Rcépnimﬁg in the post office at Ligonier,lnd, uring the pastweek: . Golden, Misg C, . cobs, Frank Aottt > v MRS 2 < i Mailed to *‘ Miss Katie A. Plank, Lima, Ind.,” r Bhyof the above Itters will Lizonier, Tnd.. Pec. 3 ;'1.9749 RN

THE MARKETS. -

- LIGONIER. . .« o Wheat—white.....slos Hogs—live... ...5.. 6 00 Amber—red ..... 'lO2/Hogs-~dressed...... 725 Bye . .ccoiiiiio i B 0 Tarkeva-live . /.. 08 Oats ... .00 .0 ... 50{Chickens—Hve,/ 5. 04 Corn, .o 00 @ BGißeeswax ... il 2§ Potatoes, ... .. . @. 60 Butter. ... ... il -25 Flax Seed... .. ... QQK)»Laré...A....... i 013 Cloverßeed,... ... 550 Eggs,.......v.iines :g-) W 001...... ... .40@' 50 Feather 5............ 75 P0rk........per brlB 00 Ta110w.... ......... . 07 Shoulders....... ... 10 Timothy Hay....... 1600 Ham5......._.... @l2 Marsh Hay......... 1200 X - KENDALLVILLE. Wheat—white..... 8704 Live H0ge:.........§0 00 Amber—med....... |O2 Dressed H0g5...... 8 (0 Rye..... ......... 60!Live Turkeys........ 06 0at5............... 50|Live Chickens ... . *O4 Corni... . 0 @ 85| Beeswax,. . i... 0. 09R Pofatoes.. .. 60iBntter... ;.. i . 98 Flaxßeed.. ... .. .. 160 Eard,. . /00l Sl Clover Seed.. .. @5 oiEges,. . il 95 Woal. . . @ 45 Feathers, ... ..c.... 75 7 ov) o SRR L Tallow: oo 06 Shquiders,...... ... 10, Timoth Hay......:403 Hamis -, i@ 14 Marsh iylny..-. a 9 10

i -CHICAGO. . TR Wheat—white . § 90{Hogs—live..§775@ §8 25 Wheat—red ....... 83{Mess Pork..JlßBBo @ 1400 Corniitlocoiiiiid iesiTdvd s 130274 ..., Oati o 0 o 0 U 5y Shonlders v i foln 617 Barley:. -0 qesipange 0 gae TOLEDO; = v it o Wheat.. . wem sTN ORUB ol R oaiel - Red ' p 0... ... 110,Clover Seed ... ... 565 C0rnv..'..'.........] GO Hoos. .. .. BYS

On the Second IFloor of the ¥ BANNER Brocr.” Enquire of ; | : i[‘. Ig. A%l‘()L]Jo 3 1] g ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE: The undersignad will sell at Pulic Auction at the llate residence of George Bothwick, 'deceased; in York townghip, Noble county, one-half mile east pfSparta, on . @ ' Satarday, leugnyary 24, 1875, The following personal property: Wheat, in the ground and by the bushel; Corn in the shock; Rye, Potatoes, Oats, Buckwheat,Clover and Marsh Hay, Four bead of Cattle, Two Hogs. Stx Shoats, a number of Farming Utensils, and other articles too numerous to mention. ’ Terms will be made kuown on day of sale. Sale to commence at 10 g’clock: A. a. e . : "JOHN L. WOLF. December 10, 1874 33w3* Administrator i m - : TO CONTRACTORS. - Jail and Sherifl”s Residence. 4 Avprror’s Orrioe; ALBioN, Ixp. ] DeceMisEß 17th, 1874, } QEALED proposals will be received at the AudiL) tor's Office, in: Albion, Indiana, until January 28th, 1875, at noon, for thei farnishing of all materials and labor required in the éonstruction and completion of a Jail and Sherifi’s residence in Al: bion, Noble County, Indiana according to plans and specifications furnished py 1. J. Tolan & Son, Architectg, of Delphos. Ohio. o Plans and Specifications can be seen nt}hc,'Audivor’s Office, in Albion, on and after this date.— The work is required to be completed by the first day of December, 1575. . : e All proposals must be accompanied by a certified bond in the sum of $l.OOO that the hidder or bidders will give the proper bond if awarded the contract; aud no bid will be accepted uuless such bond accompanies the bid. . : The Contractors wiil be paidin moenthly estimates as the work progresses. . The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. T By order of the Commissioners. JAMES C. STEWART, Auditor. Albion, Ind., Dec. 17, 1874-31w6 i et

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POSSIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS, IS OFFERED BY THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY.TO THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY, NEXT, OF TIHEIR FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING.— THE MANAGEMENT ARE ‘PLEDGE]) TO T{AE RETURN OF THE MONEY IF THE DRAWING SIIOI.’LI) NOT COME OFF AT THE DAY NOW API‘OINTIZD. S 2 ; ONE GRAND CASH G1FT.........,.85250,000 ONEGRAND CASH G1FT........... 100,000 ONEGRAND CASH G1¢T........... 735,000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT............ 50.000 ONE GRAND CASH G1FT............ 25,060 5 CASH GIFTS, $20,000 each.... 100,000 10 CASIH GIFTS, 14,000 each..... 140,600 15 CASH GIFTS, 10,000 esch.... 150,000 20 CASH GIFTS, 5,000 each.... 100,000 25 CASH GIFTS, . 4,000 each.... 100,000 © 30 CASH GIFTS, -3,000 each.... 90,000 50 CASH GIFTS, 2,000 ¢ach.... 100,000 100 CASH GIFTS, 1,000 each.... 100,000 240 CASH GIFTS, HOO eaech:... 120,000 500 CASH GIEFTS, 100 each. ... 50,900 19,000 CASH GIFTS, Soeach.... 950,600 Whole Tickets §3O. Hualves §25. 'l‘(’:hlhs, or éach Coupon, £5. KEleven \\"lml«r'l":(-k"ii;ﬁfog-\ For Tickets, or information, address - '

- THOS. E. BRAMLEI'TE, Agent and Manager, , Louisville, Ky, - - Bbwi FORT WAWNE, MUNCIE AND CINCINNATII " RAILRCAD.—‘ Muncie Ronte.” Condensed time card, taking effect Dec. 18, 1874, ; GOING SOUTH. . Mail & Acc. Night Ex. Ind’s Ex. Detroibiso i o 0 01020 pm. . 5 40pme Soii g Grand Rapids..,..lo 15 12 00 dieina Saoinaw - ooisaaatian o 3 38 N Jackson i uii D4O am 940 5 4iam Fort Wayne, ... “IU4O 210 am 2 00pm ORsian, - o 01200 ' m 2bB R 47 Blufftoh .- ... ..32:83pm =3 28 820 C. Keystone o dcicicnliGoos cno i 4.02 Montpieliers .. ... 14 . 403 415 Harttord oo oo 0087 425 ¢ 4 45 Ratoniis. -0 .12 01 441 e 10 Muncle. .- .....0 240 510 545 McCowans:-:, .... 2 59 Newcastle ........ 3.5 sl Cambridge City... 4 30 ieiee o Beesons ... i .i.. 450 Connersville....... 510 e e Indianapolic....... &t.. 735 am - 800 Louwisville oL oot A 10ppEsi i o Cincinnati........ 7 40 ‘GOING XNORTH. i Cine'i Mail Night Ex. Muuac. Ace. Cincinnati:< ..l 630 am L. Lounisville. ..cli. S R A 11.10 pm Indianapolis..... : 735 - . 4 Rsam Connersville.....lo 00 o, s 8ee50n5......... 10 15 e C:unbrid%e City..lo4o S LR Neswcastle.......ll°4o Seßieeue McC0wan5.......12 18 pm Lo e Muncie...... /..12 35 10 15 5 635 Haton - biooao o 0 10 4R SR s Hartford. :i 0137 11100 7.85 - Montpelier... 4.. 2 04 - 11 37 8 03 Keystone......,. 213 LR e R 81unfft0n,.....4.. 2:45 12 20 am 8 50 Oselan.ic i ofii 317 S 1283 926 Fort Wayne..[.. 405 | 1%45. 41010 Jackeon..... |...11 45pm 6 50 3 40pm Saginaw:.: odi. Ll 11500 Bgh ] Grand Rapids,.. 6 30am -~ 530 pm' . 930 Detr0it......4... 330 11 00 am 6 30 . No. 3, night express, will run daily except Mendays. All other trains daily except Sundays. LE _ Through sleeping cars on night traing betwee: Indianapolig and Detroit, ranning via Mnnc}e, Et. Wayné and Jackson. S : . W.W. WORTHINGTON, Gen. Sup’t.. Rosert RinLie, Gen’l Ticket Agent: e et B e TIME FOR ;

SETTLEMENT.

Can’twait until it suitsyour

convenience to sell

your wheat!

The Year 1874 is rapidly drawing to a close, and it behooves all to make settlement before the begihning of the new year. Our customers are therefore hereby requested to eall between this and‘ the last of the year to settle accounts. Prompt settlements being beneficial to both dehtor and credigtmr, we trustall our custom- ‘ ers will take the hinf and “render unto Caesar that which is Cesar’s” ‘

F. W. SHINKE & BRO.

Lined Boots made toorder - " and kept on hand,|

Dead Beats will do well to prepare themselves Iwith the Ready Change, when calling at'this Ettabﬁa’h_menay for . Soling their Boots, or they wilt . e obliged §o leaye on . o Adam’g Soles. Decembers; 1§74-9.9, i

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500 PIANOS & ORGANS New and Second-hand, of First-Class Makers, will be sold at Lower Prices for cash,or on Installthents. or for rent, in City or Country, during these Hard o Times and the Holidays, by HORACE WAT. ERS & SON, 481 Broadway, than ever before offered in New York. Agents wanted to sell Waters’ New Scale Pianos, and Coneerto Organs. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. Great: Induce- - ments 7o the Trade, 4 larg:discount to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Lodges, Schools, cfe

EPILEPSY OR FI ;8 Cared by the use of Ross’ Epilepti¢ Remedies. !igl.\l. FA(‘K,\G; Free. For cirenlars, evidence of gnccess, &c , address 34wd ROSS BROS., Richmond, Ind.

@ = o Qeo)qyper day at home, Terms free. Ads!'); s2odress GEro S‘rmsc'm&()o.Porthndv,Mf

A WEEK gnaranteed to MaleandFemale Agents, in their locality. Costs - NOTHINGto try it. Particul'reFree. P.O.VICKERY & CO., Angnsta, Me.

Geo. P.Rowell& €o.

couduct an Agency for the reception of advertisements for American NEwsrArEßs—the most complete establishment of the kind in the world. Six thonsand Newsrarers are kept tegularly on file, open to inspection by customers. EvervAdvertisement is taken at the home price of the paper, without any additional charge or commission. An advertiser, in dealing with the Agency, - * 1s saved trouble and correspondence, making one contract instead of a dozen, a hundred or a thousand. A Book of eighty pages, containing liste — of best papers, largest circulations, religious, agricultural,class,political,daily and country papers, and all publications which are specially valnable to advertisers,with some information about prices. is sent FREE to any address on application.— Persous at a distance wishing to nm&cc contracts for advertising in any town, city, county, State or Territory of the United States, or any portion of the Dominion of Canada, may send a concise * statement of what they want, together with a copy of the Advertisement they desire inserted. and will- receiver information by return . mail which will enablé them to decide whether to increase or reduce the order. . For such information there is no charge. Orders are taken for a smgle paper as well as for a list; for a single dol- - lar as well as for a larger sum. Offices (Times Building), . ohy - . 7 {lParkßow,N.Y.

Drs. PRICE & BREWER e EAVE R TN T _— “'m w « v 2 TR S R TSI AN I,V 7TR AS g lIA VE met with unparalleled succers in lh‘o‘ - treatment of all ; Chronic Diseases _____._._.___._______.__J._. e . OFTHE , I A SRR LA v i THROAT. OO P ST LR ST TS T TNy LUNGS, Y 3 f - HEART, > AR TT 0 e R e STONMIACH, | O TIRRINSENSINTE SO S LIVER, & A R SIS TR Lt G | . HEAD, Nerves, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Organs, Grayel. Scrofnla, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, &c. Ourreputation has been acquired by candid,honest dealing and years of successful practice. Our practice, not one of experiment, but founded on the laws of Nature, with years of experience and evidence to sustain it, does not tear down, .make gick to make well; no harsh treatment no trifling, no flattering. We know the cause and the remedy nceded; no guess work, but knowledge gained by years of experience in the treatment of Chronic direases exclusively; no encouragement without a prospect. - Candid in our opinions, reasonable in our charges, claim not to know everything, or cure evc—.rybo&y, but do lay claim to reason and common gense. We invite the sick, no matter what their ailment, to cail and investigate before they abandon hope, make interrogations and decide for themselves; it will cost nothing as consulta ion is free. 5 Visits will be made regularly for years. Drs. Price & Brewer can be consulted at At Kendallville, Kelly House,on Tues- .~ day, the 16th of February. At LaGrange, Brown’s Hotel, on Wednesday, the 17th of February. Ligonier, Ligonier House, on Thursday, the 18th of February, 1875. At Goshen, Violett House, on Friday, the 19th of February. ¢ Residence and Laboratory: WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS. 20-tf

The best plagee in Noble and adjoining counties i rzbto-buy i U Substantial and Durable” Trunks : —iB At— . | A. METZ"S, . ' Ligomier, : : : Indigna. He has just received a spleEdid assortment of Trﬁnks wwhich he will sell :\l‘ - - Very Low Prices, much ¢ than ia éimilaf article can be purSk r'hagc'd Isewhere. Call and see. * . s YAty . 1 | HARNENS and SADDLES. Fumlers, call at my éhop and ascertéin_prices an: harness, saddles, whips; &c. lam selling atbhot- | ‘tom figures, and Warraqt my goods to be firat- : class—durable and su}batanual. Oct. 29, 1874.-27 1 ; A. METZ. ; HOLIDAYS ! HOLIDAYS ! Fancy Lamps ! Faney Lamps'! .: ¢ - AR : Children’s Toys! s - Fine Perfumeries! . o Nice Hair Brushes ! A Good Line of POOKET BOOKS ! ~ Forany of theabove Si‘t}dﬁgzﬁo)t ELDRED'S DRUGSFORF, - Ligonfer, Ind., December g, 1574224