The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 February 1875 — Page 2

s iAo e =1 The @mm%wm - = ) . PR RARY W 4 " J. B.STOLL, Editor and Properietor. ;LIGONIER. IND'A, FEB. 4, 1875. . MAT. CARPENTER DEFEATED! Just before going fo press, we received the gratifying intelligence that - Mat. Carpenter was yesterday defeated for United ‘States Senator, by the ‘election of Hon: ANGUS CAMERON, of TL.aCrosse, on the eleventh ballot.. Carpenter received 59, Cameron 69, scat«tering 3. : 2 oW : - The result was brought about by the coalition of the Democrats with bolting Republicans. The latter. offered the Democrats four names from which they might choose a candidate—Judge _Cole, ex-Gov. Lewis, Gen. Tuppey, and /Angus Cameron. The«democratic cauJecus nominated Cameron, conditionally, upon his acceptance of the platform that includes hard money, a tariff for revenue only, and the supremacy of civil anthority in time of peace. - - Mr. Cameron, Senator elect, was born in Caledonia, Livingston county, N.Y., . in 1826. He moved to. Wisconsin:in ‘lB5l, and has served six years in the - Suate Legislature, and was Speaker of the Assembly in 1867. He is a law- ~ yer, and a prominent member of the . Episcopal Church. ! e

NEXT WEEK we will commence the publicationof a comprehensive review of the testimony sofar elicited in the famous Tilton-Beecher trial. : Ly e L . "RoSCOE CONKLING, Grant’s most devoted spokesman in the U. S. Senate, is looming_ up as the probable re‘publican nominee forthe Presidency. MoXEY is still .reported very. easy in jtlig eastern markets. ’ Capitalists »are said to be pnxious to invest their surplus means jon safe business princiciples. ' 2N SY e it > EO— . THE New Jersey Legislature passed ‘a resolution cpngratulating the Tennessee Legisfature upon the electionof A. Johnson to| the U. S.Senate. This shows that -the. popular heart” beats warmly for old Andy. S

. THE BIRTH-DAY of Thomas Paine, the “boss infidel” as the Chicago T'imes fstyles him, was celebrated in style by his admirers in the larger cities, on the 29th’ ult. ~Paine evidently has many followers in these wicked towns..

' TeE Indiana Editorial Association met at the eapital last week and held an interesting session.- W.§. Lingle, of the Lafayette Courier, was elected President, and 11. E. Wadsworth, of the LaPorte Argus, Vice President. Both are excellent selections. -

. JUDGE Low&j has resigned the judgeship of the Allen Circuit, and the; “Governor appointed W. W, Carson his

successor. If the latter fills the place

hpprpximate%y as satisfactorily as his predecessor, "he will soon be honored as one of the best judges in the State.

We are pleased to observe that the lower -House of our General Assembly passed the bill pertaining to the publication of legal advertisements in German papers fssued in counties 'con,taining a“ population of 20,000, by a vote of 79 againtlo. Well done. =

- THE DEFEAT of _Sepators Mat. Carpenter of Wisconsin and Ramsey of Minnesota is now' considered certain. The Democrats and independent Republicans in Wisconsin have united upon: Angus Cameron; who is probably by this time elected. There is no telling who will carry off the prize in Minnesota. e :

LAURA REAM, the well-posted and piquant Indianapolis correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, thus pre--pares the slate for the Democracy of Indiana: = Hon. W. 8. Holman, Gov‘ernor in 1876; Hon. D. W. Voorhees, successor to O. P. Morton, in the U.S. Senate;.Gov. T. A. Hendricks, successor to Grant as President. It would ‘be difficult to map. out a better proigramme than this—always provided, that Daniel recant his finanéial heresy and properly atone for that grab. -

A BILL has been introduced into the Legislature, restricting County Commissioners in the matter of appropriations or expenditures for improvements to $5,000. *When greater sums are required, the project, it provides, shall be submitted to the people of the __county for their approval or rejection, - and the commissioners shall be bound in their acts by that decision. It is thought this bill will be amended to 4llow appropriations of $lO,OOO by the ‘Board, in which shape we think if. ought to pass. Those whé must fur- " nish the money should have a voi¢éin its disbursement when to be made on a large scale. e . P ——— 3 5 . . FOR NEARLY an entire week, the utmost excitement has prevailed in ‘Washington. ', The'Republicans of the lower House of Congress determined in caucus to push the civil rights bill %o its passage, while the Democrats - were equally: determined that this ~ should not be done it they could prevent it by parliamentary skill, or fili- _ bugtering. The first big fight commenced: Thursday and continued until Saturday night, the Republicans being finally obliged to surrender. Mr. - Randall, of Pénnsylvania, managed the ~parliamentary contest on the demo- ~ eratie side of the House, and that, too, -in masterly style. He was master of the situation throughout. “This so ex“asperated the Republicans that they finally defermined to change the rules -which had governed the House for - @le they carried their point, but not R e s it :&@w;m‘ﬂﬁwlw e i o ;ﬂ‘ffg «W m, ﬁh Zh :

: . “TRUETOTHEUNION” . " In all the comments on the election of Andrew Johnson to the Senate of the United States, that have so far come under our observation, but one —and that one a very low and despicable sheet, without character and utterly destitute of principle—has had the shameful effrontery to speak in contemptuous” and vile terms of the. noble ex-President -and to apply to him the epithet “traitor.”. We do not care about disgracing our-columns by the mention of this infamous publica~ tion. The fact:that a very largé majority of republican papers do not hesitate to recognize the merits of Andrew Johnson, and even express their gratification over his success, neutralizes a thousand-fold the mean utter‘ances of tlie low fellow who offers an irreparable -insult to the intelligence of his patrons by stigmatizing Andrew t Johnson a “ traiter.” - - L

To give our readers an idea of how Mr. Johnson’s election is viewed by respectable: riei)ubli_can journalists, we append.a few exfracts: ] The LaPorte Chronicle, a dyed-in-the-wool organ of the republican party, and, edited by congressman'Packard, says: “ For one, we are not gorry. “With all the vagaries of Andrew «Johnson, :* * *. * ¥ and much “more %t is odious-to us in his char“acter, we yet.belive that ha is true “to the union. He showed his devo“tion to the union in one great crisis “of the nation’s history. We do not . forget that when one after another “of the statesmen of the South were “fleeing from the nation’s capital as “«Cataline fled from Rome, staying on“ly to bid defiance to-the constitution “which’they had just sworn to sup“port, Andréw Johnson, then in the * Senate, ‘hesitated not a moment, but “ spoke brave and true words for the “union, and returned the scorn and “defiance of traitors with compound “interest. It‘may be that we are to “ see another crisis similar to that,and “if we do, we haye the clearest belief “that Johnson will stand as firmly for “the union as before.” : * Another republican paper, the Waterloo Press, has this to say upon the subject: “ Republicans will not be ac“cused of a_ partiality for. Andy, but “as‘between him and the rebel Gener“al who was his principal competitor, “they of course woéuld choose the. ex- “ President. Whateéver he may "be “charged -W(itll, he .never Was, and is “not likely to be, a traitor to his coun“‘try.”"“ : it i s %

" .~ THE THIRD TERM BUSINESS. - About, a week since’ Ben Butler ‘brought up the third-term'question in the Houseé. ITe and his crowd indica‘ted a line of policy which commits them to the advecacy of not only a ‘third, but a fourth and fifth term, provided one of their tools be the occu‘pant of the White House. This pernicious theory was manfully combatted'by Hon. E. H. Roberts, a republican member of Congress, from New York, whose language, so replete with significant truth, is thus given: “As T _read history, dangers to republics come, not as the gentleman from Massachusetts .A(Butl‘er)" "suggestéd, from below, but. always from above. Always the pretense is that the country feeds a strong man, always the pretense is that there is a disturbance somewhere; -that there is need of an army, and of military chieftains. Dietators come throughthe plea of necessity. I cannotconceivea contingency in which I would be willing to see acontinuous executive of this republie, and I ask the gentlemen of this side to consider whether or not they are willing now. to be put upon record as willing to invite a contingency in the future when.we shall be called ypon to meet the question of disturbance or excitement, of a cantinpous executive, of strong men in strong government. My faith is not in strong men. My faith is in the American people.”

.We call that sound sense. ' And its soundness is endorsed by an overwhelming majority of the people. If Butler & Co. dispute this, let them trot out their man Grant in 1876. .

PROTECTION OF GAME AND FISH,

During the past week a sportsmen’s convention was in session in the city of Indianapolis.-' The convention was well attended. The following extfacts from the" constitution of the association will explain the immediate objects of this organization: - Article 1. This -association is formed for the purpose of securing the proper legislation for the protection of game and .fish during the season at which it is unlawful to pursue them, and for the enforeement of such laws; to foster and encourage the improvement of the dog and gun, and to promote.friendly intercourse and generous emulation among sportsmen and to-protect farmers from vandalM. e e

. - Art. 9. Persons becoming members of this association shall be required to ®pledge themselves not to do any injury whatsoever to the fencésor the property of any one upon whose land they may enter, and that they will not shoot among or near the stock of any farmer, or near any house or barn, nor in any field where persons may be gathering.corn or grain. A :

Art. 10. That-each of this association shall, and does pledge himself to aid, to the' fullest of his power, all farmers in bringing to punishment all persons who shall wrongfully and unlawfully tresspass upon their ' rights.

A committee was appointed to draft a game and fish law, to be submitted to the present Legislature. It is high time that a step in this direction be taken by the Ilegislative authority of the State. Other States have moved in the matter and are deriving much benefit from the restrictions. i

. =There is & good deal of ill-feeling manifested by the people of Avilla ‘against the B. & O, railroad company. Their grievances are mainly traceable to the shabby treatment bestowed upon them in matters pertaining to, the location of the division sheps and thie failure to provide suitable accom‘modation for passengers, &. The Cromwell folks also complain of bad freatment. . © G ekt . TaE enthusiastic Democrats of Ten: nesses proposeto put, Andy Johnson in training for President again.

“SUFFRAGE AND TAX RECEIPTS.” Under the above caption we recently reproduced from the columns of the Tipton T'¢mes a communication speaking in commendatory terms of the law for many years ;in force in the State of Pennsylvania, requiring every man to produce his tax receipt before being permitted to vote at general elections. The same article has w a place in the.columns of the Bréwnstown Baniter, the-editor of which was a former resident of the “ Old Keystone.” He squarely commits himself in favor of a similar law for Indiana, advancing ‘the subjoined points in support of the proposition:: .» | : .“The law alluded toabove is still in force in Pennsylvania, and works like a charm now even as it has for many years past. The writer of the above article, however, is wrong fwhen he speaks of the law prescribing a “property qualification” for the right of suffrage. Such is not the case. The gist is simply that a man is disqualified as a voter unless he is upon the assessment list and has paid his taxes within one year (we believe) preceding the election.. The law requires that.the name of every man over 21 years of age shall be placed upon the assessment list of the township, town or eity in which he resides, a copy of which list is prominently posted so that all may see whether their names appear upon it. If any are omitted they apply to the assessor, who enters their names. He who has nothing, and has nothing assessed against him, votes the same as the man who owns ‘his $100,000." The object of the law is simply to compel payment of whatever taxes are assessed against a man.— The result is that there is scarcely any delinquency upon the duplicates, and tax-payers avoid such heavy penalties and costs as attach in Indiana by reason of negligence to pay their taxes in due season. If we had such alaw in Indiana, delinquent tax lists would ‘soon - cease to fill the county papers, and “all the world and the rest of mankind,” the poor as well as the rich, would bless the Legislature that had wisdom enough to putit up&\our stat.ute books.” - 5 ;

~ Our Brownstown contemporary states the case correctly. The only abuse we were ever able to discover under that system was the payment of taxes by candidates, who thus influenced a certain class of voters that can always be reached with the almighty dollar. This practice, however, prevailed only in a few localities.

Proceedings of Noble County Medical : ] Soeciety. : ; :

The Noble County Medical Society met at. Brimfield on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1875, according to previous notice. 5 Minutes of last meeting.were read and approved. b . Two cases were reported for examination. Investigation and an interesting discussion followed. - Drs. Singrey and Williams were added to the liss of members.

The Secretary made a.statement of the financial transactions of the society, which statement was aécepte‘d and placed on file. : o

Dr. S. W. Lemon was elected President of the society, Dr. Franks reelected . Vice President, Dr. Teal reelected Secretary, and Dr. Endley was chosen Treasurer. Drs. Erickson, I)\eqny'v and Leonard were elected a Board eI CenNors.: o T

" The socjety unanimously resolved in favor-of judicious legislation for the regulation of the practice of medicine. - [See resolution published in last week’s BANNER.] i NoTE — This resolution was not adopted in the interest of any particular school of medicine; nor is legis-, lation asked for as a means of protection to the. profession, but for the protection of a too credulous public. All the medical profession ask of our law makers is, that a law shall be made requiring medical practitioners to be educated in the sciences of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Chemistry, Surgery and. Hygiene. = Thus leaving the practitioner to adopt his own materia medica. This would be the practical result of a law such as contemplated in the resolution referred to. A system of medicine not based upon the above named sciences would be as dangerous as a system of theology based .upon an old almanac.

It was moved and affobfed that this society shall hereafter meet quarteryearly. s ; : The next meeting will be held at Albion, April 27th, 1875, at 1 o’clock P. M. !

On motion, the several newspapers of the county were asked to publish these proceedings. N.TEAL, Sec’y. : < ]- B — ; Fire at Kendallville. G ‘The wood shed at.the depot on.the L. 8. & M. S. road at Kendallville caught fire last night at about halfpast 9 o’clock, which consumed the building and its contents, it being filled with wood almost to the roof. At one time it was thought the freight and passenger houses could not be

of the fire company and aid of the cit--izens, both were saved, although they -were on fire and the books and furniture had all been removed from them, It is supposed the fire' was caused by sparks from the engine of the ascommodation train going west.: J. M. K.

WiLLiAM A. WALLACE the new Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania, is known in that State as “CoffeePot Wallace.” He acquired this sobriquet some years ago, when, as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, he sent fraudulent naturalization papers to be used by theDemocrats in a certain locality, with directions that they be steeped in a coffee-pot before being exhibited, in order to give them the appearance of age and genuineness. He will do for a Democratic reformer.—lnd. Journal. = The Journal, we think, commits an error in attributing that performance to Mr. Wallace. It was John W. Forney who introduced the coffee-pot method in Pennsylvania. Time: 1856. Result: Jimmy Buchanan’s election to the Presidency. arl e

—We enjoyed an exceedingly pleasant call from our old friend, Mr. Samuel Beaty, of Lagrange county, last Monday. He is one of those noble old citizens whom it is a pleasure to call friend. If Lagrange county had a few thousand just like him, what a glorious county that would be tu live inlo |

: INBIANA_LEGISLATUBE.\ : 1 . ‘Senate Pi-oéeedlngs. b e Jan. 29.—Senate bill 99, by Mr. Baxter, to regulate the granting of divorces and the nullification of marriages, was read the second time, and recommitted with instruction. Senate bill 115, to provide for the sale of property held in trust, was passed. It was enacted to meet an emergency existing in Indianapolis. The Senate went into committee of the whole to consider the resolutions instructing the Committee on Temperance to engraft in their bill on that subject the local option featire, a clause making the seller of intoxicating liquors personally liable, and both purchaser and seller responsible when such sale is made in violation of law.” The com‘mittee arose and reported the resolution back for the‘action of the Senate. The local option feature prevailed by ‘a vote of 28 to 20; the clause making ‘the saloon-keepers personally respon‘sible by ‘a vote of 31 to 15, and the remaining clause by a vote of 42 to 6. Jan. 30.—A Dbill was introduced to provide for the appointment by the Governor of six trustees of Perdue University. An attempt was made to obtain a test vote on the question of abolishing the office of county superintendency. :

Feb. I.—A resoiution was offered and made the special order of Friday morning, instructing the Commit@é? on TFees and Salaries to report a bill fixing the salaries of certain public officers ‘and reducing public exﬁéndi—tures. Several new bills were introduced and referred—one to prohibit the loaning and depositing of public moneys by courity and township treasurers to private banks and individuals.

Feb. 2.—Senate bill 23, regarding the assessment of taxes for city purposes, was laid on the table. * It provided, among other things, that all over five acres of land lying within the limits of ‘a city shall be exempt from city taxation. A joint committee of eight was provided for in a concurrent Senate resolution to revise the subject of uniform assessment of taxes and prepare a bill on.that subjeet. A resolution -was adopted instructing the Cominittee on Prisons to investigate the matter of the contract of the entire convict labor of the Southern Prison to the Southwestern Car Company. -

. - House Proceedings. ' . Jan. 29.—The'Joint Committee on Public' Buildings reported a concurrent Tesolution authorizing that comittee to receive from the Joint Committee on State-house 'Plans, appointed by the last General Assembly, all plans, ete., now held by them, and also the room, occupied by the comrili‘ttee,. and also discharging the said.committee " from further duty, which was adopted. The Senate amendments to the House bill to repeal: sections 272 and 273 of the assessment law were concurred in. The following House bills were passed: authorizing county commissioners to' .purchase gravel roads; 224, fixing the time of holding courts in the Thirty-ﬁfth Circuit.: - Jan. 30.—The morning sessfon was consumed in reading the reports of the majority and minority of the Judiciary Committee ‘in response to a resolution directing them to inquire as to the authority of the present General Assembly to redistrict the State for Legislative purposes. The resolution reported by the majority for the appointment of a committee to prepare a redistricting bill, was adopted. The House refused to print the reports. A resolution was adopted declaring that steps should be taken for the erection of an additional asy"lum for the insane, on the grounds of the Insane Hospital, west of the city of. Indianapolis. The bill making the procuring of abortion felony passed., The Committee on Fees and Salaries reported a bill making the per diem of members $6, and allowing mileage at. $5 for every twenty-five miles traveleds L : g

" Feb. 1.-—Houge bill 288, reported by the Committee on Fees and Salaries, reducing the per diem of members to six dollars, was taken up on second reading. = After considerable discussion, and the rejection of a proposition to make the bill retroactive, pending a motion to recommit with instructions to amend by striking out six and inserting five, the whole subject was made the speeial order for Friday morning. .~ Among the I)illg, passed were the following: ‘Benate bill 115, providing for sale, by order of court, of lands held. in trust in certain cases; also, House bill 101, regulating warehouses, and the storingy ihspéction‘and grading of grain; also, House bill 66, declaring agreements containe}d in notes, etc., to pay attorney’s frees in caseof suit;nuti-and-void; also, House bill-153,legalizing the incorporation of Portland, Jay county, and the several acts of its trustees and other officers; also, House bill 196, providing that persons brought before a Justice of the Peace may be held on a capias for twenty-four hours., = - 4

‘Feb: 2—The bill to reduce by onehalf the number of Senators and Representatives was reported back and tabled. The bill reducing the number of grand jurors to seven and their pay to $2 per day was ordered engrossed. The Committee on Education reported back the bill to secure the benefits of education to colored children, and recommended its indefinite postponement, which, after a lengthy debate, was agreed to. ‘The minority of the committee presented a report, accompanied by a bill, but afterward withdrew it. : o Peb B < ! —We “rise to remark” to the Era man that we claim the privilege of determining for ourselves whether or not to take notice of his efforts at criticising some of the contents of the BaxNER. - In matters of this kind we are usually governed by ‘the importance which attaches to such criticisms. In the absence of that important particular, it suits our pleasure to devote our space to more interesting matter than that of bandying words with a chronic fault-finder and grumbler, . =

RELIEF FOR THE STARVING. |

Depot for the Reception of Cloth--ing, Provisions, &c., for the ~_ Kansas and Nebragka . Bufferers. @

All chiritably inclined persons of this community are hereby notified that clothing; provisions. &c., intended for the starving people of Kansas and Nebraska will be received at ‘the store of L.. J. Dunning & Son, by whom these offerings will be forwarded to proper parties for distribution.

The proprietors of the Empire Mills, Messrs. Henderson' & Woodworth, have kindly volunteered to grind wheat free of charge, for the above purpose. Everybody willing to contribute to the relief of our starving brethren should bring their offerings at once, as above indicated. - Aid for Kansas and Nebraska Suf. , ferers.. At a meeting called at Kann’s Hall last Saturday, Jan. 30th, to consider the bést method of soliciting contributions for the Kansas and Nebraska sufferers, L. J. Dunning was appointed Chairman and D. H. Reynolds Secretary. 0 S Ll After consultation, on motion of G. W. Chapman, which was ameuded by others, a committee of ladies, consisting of Mrs. J. Judd, Mrs. Neville, Mrs. .Foltz, Mrs. T. Fisher, Mrs. Stoll, Mrs. Jona. Simmons, Mrs. J. Ohlwine, Mrs. H. Watchorn and Mrs. Walter Carfr; and of gentlemen, E. Reeve, J. E. Braden, C. Palmiter, A. Gants, G.T.Ulmer, A. T. Poyser, G. W. McConnell, D. Cunningham, J. P. Rogers and Wm. Morrow were appointed, each to can-vass-and solieit throughout the township. e : Y On motion, L. J. Dunning was appointed Receiving Committee, and C. Palmiter Shipping Committee.. On motion it was Resolved, That G. W. Chapman be authorized to visit the different school-houses. of the township and urge the inhabitants of the vicinity to action in this mattet. ~ We appeal to all in our communiby to do what they can for this charity. To the poor \i{hd‘:can spare only their mite, give it. - You know the value of a gift in time of need. To the rich and independent, give of your, surplus money, food, clothing, or- seeds for farm or garden, and Heaven will bless you “in basket and in store.” God loveth the cheerful giver. Bt L. J. DUNNING, Chairman.

An Appeal. from the, Grasshopper ! i . Country. S - Sroux City, Towa, Jan. 30.—-An exe- ‘ cutive committee, apponited at a meeting of the citizens of this city, have issued an appeal for assistance to settlers in Northern Nebraska, Southern Dakota and Northwestern Towa, whose lands have been desolated by the grasshoppers. They urge especial1y on the public the necessity of seed for the farmers. Food, clothing and money are alsoneeded. The territory where aid is needed is principally in the counties of Cedar, Dixon, Knox and Dakota, in Nebraska, the settled “portion of Dakota and that portion of _Towasituated in the Upper Desmoines valley. The committee assure contributors that donations sent them will be judiciously distributed. = The appeal is sighed by Mayor Warner and other prominent citizens. ; | The Kansas Sufferers. : To the Editor of the N, Y. World. Sir:—Permit me to inform the great metropolis that the situation in Kansas grows worse every day., Ten miles west of this place two families ‘have starved. One. contained. eight persons. The man was sick with the fever, and a terrible snow storm kept his wife from appealing to the other settlers for assistance. 'When found, the husband. wife, and six children were dead. The other family consisted of a.delicate woman and one child. The husband went to St. Joseph for help, but when it. came mother and ,child were dead. Many more will ‘starve unless helped, for there is not one man in a hundred with enough grain to last through the winter. Who will help ? JoHN J DONNELL, Corresponding Sec’y Burr Oak Aid Society. Buxr Oax, Jewell Co., Kan., January 21.

Columbia City Items.

Columbia City is not behind other places in one respect. . 'We have a case of small-pox in our town. Leroy Tomah is the victim: He was exposed on the cars while on his way home fo see a sick sister, at least it is so rumored. It is a light attack, however, which is some consolation. The city (I should say town) directors have taken steps to confine it to the present locality. s : The corpse of Wm. Tuttle, who died in Texas last week, was brought to this place for interment. His death resulted from injuries received while trying to get aboard a train of cars. 1t scems he was. & brakeman on the train by which he was injured. =~ Court commences to-day (Feb. Ist). There are several criminal cases on dockel. i et T _Union township, this county, had a big fox hunt last Saturday. Théy surrounded the whole township, but we have not yet learned with what sugeess,” - Wit e ‘ Some gentlemen from a distanée are here buying walnut timber in the tree. They have shipped several carloads on the D, E. & L railroad. -

"Horse buyers are making their appearance ' again. ‘A sign of better times: " . e L The Lutheran ‘denomination held their first services in their new Temple of Worship last Sabbath. They will dedicate it next Sabbath at half-past ten o’clock. , G iy While at Cherubusco last week, we: were informed that they have a’ magnetic well at that place which is 25 per cent. better than the famous wells of Michigan. It may be like the Huntertown oil well. - Who knows? We do n’t propose to take stock in it, at any rﬂte. v .. o ’ : : b ~ Mr. James Scott and wife are visiting the latter’s parents and their numerous friends at this place. =~ = Davenport gave an entertainment to a small but appreciative audience. His rendition of “Dimes and Dollars,” “Dollars and Dimes,” Was good, as was also most of his recitations. He is to show here again this week. - There is considerable sickness here | M&t}fﬁem i A ~ Wheat looks badly in this mun% but will perhaps come out all right in thﬁ Spﬂﬁg- iy i o : s. U. R » ; JE"

GENERAL ITEMS. | ‘A fire in Statford, Ontario, last Sunday, destroyed $145,000 worth of prop- . ergy; . o o A fire in the town of Sumpter, South ! Carolina, last Saturday, caused a loss of $70,000. o A Gov. Randolph, of New Jersey has been ‘elected to the U. S. Senafe, to f succeed Senator Stockton. _ % Mrs. Nellie Sartoris has returned to ' her -father’s house at Washington.— ‘She has left her husband—in Europe. | Three Indians: froze to death at the Red Cloud ageney, during the late cold ‘weather; also a number of ponies.— | They had nineteen days intensely cold ! weather. . N I

- Upon a second canv’ﬁ of the vote at -the last election in Montana Territory, on the Capitol Law, the Seat of Government has been ordered removed from Virginia City to Helena. . King Alfonso, of Spain, and Don Carlos have brought the affairs of that war-beleagured country to'a point at which a - great battle, not to be avoided, must prove decisive between them.

A guard of marines and’an extra force of watchmen for each floor to the navy department, Washington, have been detailed to prevent a recurrence 9; the attempts to fire the building.. . ik e

Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, has’ wisely returned to Washington, ‘leaving his cause: in the hands of his friends. The people do not like to have public servants desert their posts. of duty to electioneer for office. H The ice-gorge in the Ohio river at Cincinnati broke last Thursday, and the river is now, free at that point.— Fears weré entertained that the breaking of the gorge would cause great damage, but, the total losses foot up less than $50,0600. o It is believed that Tom Scott still firmly believes in the star. The possibility now is that the subsidy he asks will be granted in the hurly burly of the last week or so of the session, when there is no time to discuss'it. -

The opinion at Washington in reference to the refitting of the sea coast defences, is that this is not the time to begin work forthe benefit of gun contractors. New expenditures and subsidies ought to be at a -discount, when the Treasury is asking additional taxation. i :

Three unsuccessful attempts, within a week, have been made to fire and destroy the Navy Department at Washington, by incendiarism. There is evidently a determination on the part of somebody, to destroy the reeords. The would be perpetrators of this crime have not yet been found out. In Sweden a law has been passed allowing any married woman to do whatsvever she everlastingly pleases with the money and gains she makes during her blessed state of matrimony, husband or no husband to the contrary. This is a new law there, the gallant Oscar having just given his royal sanction to it. i ¢

Gen. Garibaldi arrived at Rome on Sunday, Jan. 24, and was received by the people with the most extravagant demonstrations of delight, the horses being unhitched from his carriage,and | the populace bearing him to%he hotel with acclamations. So great was the crowd and jam, that the old hero had to disguise himself to get through the press to private residence. :

A convention was last week in session at St. Louis looking to the furtherance of the project of engrafting God Almighty in the Constitution and acknowledging in the same instrument Jesus Christ as the savior and spiritual guide of this country. Prominent in the convention were several Infidels, who opposed with great zeal anything looking toward the undermining of religious liberty ‘in this free country. o ; o aa The Canada Southern Railroad Company has met with a severe accident. The transfer-boat A mherstberg, which transfers freight and passengers across the Detroit river, and connects the Canada portion of the road with the American portion, 20 miles below Detroit, froze fast in the middle of the river the other week. Efforts were made to liberate the boat by sawing it out, but the ice worked under it and froze to the bottom. It will probably have to remain in its present position for several weeks. s :

A letter from St. Joseph, Minn., contains a sad story of a mother and child freezing to death on the prairie near the town of Spring Hill. Mis. Shoner, accompanied by a daughterll years of ‘age, went out to call on a neighbor, the husband prudentf¥ _cautioned her if it stormed to remain all night. But a storm came up and the advice was unheeded. On the follow-. ing day Mr.-Shoner learned ‘that his wife had started for home in the evening, and anxiously began to search for them. - Both were found in the drifts with life extinct, the child having crawled some distance away from the mother. L peh :

Moulton, the mutual friend; has .come out of a ten days’ ordeal witliout once crossing himself. He is said to be the best witness ever on the stand. All the wiles of lawyers, all the tricks of cross questions, .all the insults of browbeating attorneys were unavailable te trip him once. In all his ten days’ trials he has only once manifest--ed impatience and never has hesitated with his answers, unless it might be on a date or -a relation of time, He ‘has strengthened Tilton’s case, and liis straightforward way of telling his -story has weakened the confidence of Beecher’s friends in his utter innocense. ' ‘The witnesses called ' after ‘Moulton have given very little that is ‘new, but have substantiated Mr. Moulton’s testimony In some important ‘particulars. Sl s

, The New State House. » INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 27.—The State house committee submitted a report to -the Legislature to-day, a very lengthy document, arguing for the necessity of a new capital building at | once, and suggesting a tax of 5 cents on $lOO as sufficient to pay for the same within six years. Eighteen plans were submitted to the committee. The three recommended are, first that- of Charles Effinghouse of Terre Haute; style, classic Roman, and cost $1,600,000, much after the style of the “National ?api’tol;’ :Second plan, that of J. C. Johnson, of Newark, Ohio, style modern renaissance, three sto- ' ries, with Mansard roof, cost $1,800,000; third plan, that of G. B. F. €ooper, of New Albany, style modern ren‘aissance, in form of a Gueek cross, “each front 850 feet in length, cost $lOO,OOO more than the second. All the' plans have a central dome from 270 to 288 feet'in height. = . Forty five years ago, or in 1830, An‘dy Johnson crossed the mountains as. ‘a-member of the Legislature ot Ten--nessee. What a chasm of time does this man’s extraordinary history bridge! He has held all the high offices of his town, county, State, andNaﬁomadwm%ﬁhmmmﬁw of his. new g%to erm, have. had DA Who.eveL Lly thy T nited

| THE BAXTERLAW. | IT WILL NOT BE REPEALED. | The Senate Re-Affirms its Main Fea- | s o tares, - o e | Indighation Thereat by a Leading License { : - LuwdJournal. . - G | ' [From the Ft. Wayne Sentinel of Saturday.] = | l* The most important piece of work | yet done in the State Senate is the aci tion of that body in relation to the lo- | cal option features of the proposed temperance bill. The debate, on | Thursday, on theresolutiofi to instruct | the committee to embody in the bill a provision for local: eption was the : | casus belli and some ringing speeches ? | were made by gentlemen on both sides | i of the question.; -Among these Sena- | tors Sarnighausen and Bell, of this

‘county, and Mr: Baxter, the champion of ‘the cause of - prohibition. were | chiefly noticeable, - Mr. Sarnighausen | led off in an argument of great force, ‘which we reproduce elsewlicre. He | 'was followéd by Mr. Baxter in an able | ‘and eloquent speech.. When the svote was taken, six Demoerats went over | to the side of the enemy. The result | ‘of the vote was detérmined by thik act | 'of defection, and is a virtual endorsement of the Baxter law as it stands. | It is not probable that any amend‘ments materially altering the provisiong of'the law will be reported by | the Senate' committee, as the bil)/in that case could not passithe House.— | It is quite likely that no change' will | be made in the law at all. This is perhaps all that-ean be expected,, yet | the conduct of .those six Democrats | who ' deliberately violated the pledge | they have made to their constituents cannot be too severely ¢ensured. 'The ‘platform of the Demoeratic party dis-. tinctly deelares against the 'Baxter law and in favor of a licenselaw which will protect society and afford a large addition to the school fund. ' The Senate is so constituted that unless the | friends of the license system were to receive some help from Republicans, the measure could not be carried.—. This, indeed, was rather expected.— The defection of'six Democrats, therefore, defeats one-of the main objects” -for which the people cast their votes. It is an act of treachery to their con‘stituents which should not be passed over very lightly. - Those men have richly merited: the contempt of theirfellows and the distrust of their constituents. This paltering - will only delay the event. The Baxterlaw cannot stand, because it is .oppressive.— No law can sustain.itself which seeks ,to prescribe the limits to individual inclination, : ' What is suppressed in public will reappear with.ten fold vigor in secret.: No onebelieves that the Baxter law has diminished intemperance. ‘Local option has been .tried with no good reésult. Where the majority are in ‘favor of licensed liquor establishments, there they will flour‘ish in ‘spite of theé large temperance minority. ' Where the majority favor ‘abstinence, the minority will drink | surreptitiously. - In either case the evil is not suppressed. There is but one course lett which promises. good results, - and that is to regulate’ the ‘sale of intoxicating liquors as well as it may be dene by appropriate legislation. - It cannot be suppressed, but it may be regulated: o oo 000

- The Senate’s Action. . | = INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29.—1 n the Senate a long debate took place on a bill for the amendment of the divorce law, so that parties thereto shall be witness, during which numerous amendments were submitted and rejected.— Jhe bill and a pending committee report was recommitted, with instruc--tions to amend so as to.extend the rights,of the law of.attachment to applicants - for “divorces, 'The session was taken up ‘with' bills on second reading. In the afternoon the temperance question was discussed, Senators Given, Sleeth and Henderson opposing local option and in favor: of license, and Senator Neff, chairman of the temperance committee, in favor ol local option. At the conclusion, the vote was taken amid great excitement, and resulted in favor of local option by 28 ‘ayes to 20 noes. Three Republicans voted against and six Democrats in favor of it. The resolution would not have passed ‘had the Democrats voted solidly. The Hability of the seller was adopted by'3l to 16. The following is tlie vote on local option in detaik: = = oo "“'Those who voted for local option were: . Messrs.. Baxter, Republican; Beardsley, R.; Bears, R.;Boone, Demoerat; Bunyan, R.; Cardwell, Independent; Chapman; R.; Cree, I.; Daggy,’ R.; Davidson, D.; Friedley of Scott, R.; Hackleman, R.; Harney, D.; Haworth, R.; Heugh, R.; Howard, ‘R.; Humphreys, D.; Johnson of Parke, D.; Major, I.; Neff, R.; Oliver, R.; Rhodes, R.; Ringo, D.; Roe, R.j Scotf, R.; Tobin, ‘R.; Underwood, R.; Wilson,

Those who voted against local option were: Messrs. Bell, D.; Bowman, D.; Culbertson, D.; Givan, D.; Gooding, R.; Grove, D.; Henderson, D.; Hendricks, D.; Johnson, of Floyd, D.; Peed, D.; Sarnighausen, D.; Skinner, D.; Slater, D.; Sleeth, R:; Smith, D.; Stockslager, :D.; Thompson, R.; Winterbotham, D.—2o. @ =+ . =~

Death of John Hough. - ForT WAYNE, JAN: 31.—A feeling of deep: gloom overspread: the city ‘when the news of the death of Hon. John Hough, whieh oceurred at 7:380 last night, was learned.. Mr. Hough's death had been momentarily expected for some time, but it nevertheless caused deep grief and sympathy for his relatives.: ‘He was one of our oldest and wealthiest eitizens. Benevolent in helping all needing help, and has fostered many institutions that are a credit to the tity. Imhis capacity 'of Indiana:Agent for G. P. Bissel & Co., of Hartford, Conn,; he became well known throughout the State. He was noted for his. SOQI&,I_;,:%;I@I?QICS' as well as- for his striet integrity andfearlessness in the path of what he considered to be the right. . -There is not one among our citizens: whom we could not afford to lose better than Mr. Hough, is the general expression on the streets. He was a Presidential elector in 1868; and was an outspoken Republican, admired by his political enemies ag well a§ by his friends. Hisage was fifty-six, « SAW MILL FOR THE PEOPLE, A ﬂ‘“.!?::;*mwﬂ.:z“m&::‘:m Z4l, atd will do as much work (power aud hands bei ,3‘;}; ing cousidered) as the best Civcular Miils, Its R tgmme}sﬂ_mblﬂcks.‘lnﬁ working parts T B 4 Bl 28 are of tie most substantial and perma. - S ;"' B ent §[§cl,,bf'lll§ made envirely of iron G ,’,:‘dm guul.i,;tk":‘; : u;n:m:’ﬁ _pp‘-l:‘n: ; R : B It gencrans driven by threebing en. BRI e ok ekocoriung e borse power. Aol s e e R WP et by o wen, Send tofcirar. : Inqiagaxiﬁii§"lliﬁﬂé; : 'CHANDLER & TAYLOR, e R e 0. 30 Kentucky Avenue, Indinapolls Ind, = - QOures all forms o ' Private MCM&I"M‘A&- i Nonger eotaUaebol Ly FW,:}*g T pradtice will prove. ‘Ag ce. cna be relied en. TOW"‘ persous no fred oly ﬂ‘_“‘&‘ e . _Spermatorrig ﬂ#u&}t 3ikL nﬁdlm‘aﬁ* 11Oy, 08 the rosul of srue anvse dn Droucing oo o i el ewing CHL SorvovemE wat Wmh i ot v S S MARRIAGE GUIDE, . | S %Wwvﬁﬂtg*vﬂ‘”“*‘wé\mg Eav .';4 j.'i’ ey »&}éﬁ*ﬁ;ws}éﬁm«é»&@a:,sfva" m&m%*w# f:§7ﬁ‘s%‘*ﬁ-\ ';é::

. THE MARKETS., . CEv LIGONIER. : = ¢ i . Wheat—white.....Bslo2 Hogs—live.... vecees 575 Amber—red ... . 100 Hogs--dressed...... 675 Rye........ii1. .60 Torkeys—live...... 07 Oatsi.c.oiii li.. .- 50[Chickens—live,..... 05 Corn,,.. .ol @ 0 BeBAFRX couo .oo 30 Potatoes, ... . <@ SO Btter.. oo L., 20: BlaxSeed. ... ... [ 165|Lard.........cc 0. 12Y4 ! C10ver8eed........ 60/|Bugs;..tsrasen..... 207/ W001...0.. ... ds@ 750 Feathers. .....n.... 76 ° P0rk........pet br 21 00 Tallow, .. ... ..... . gg 5h0u1der5.......... S'l‘imothgl!ny......‘.u Temeioo 2 @ 131 Marsh Hay...... 7.1000 i - . KENDALLVILLE. - : . Wheat—white.... $lO2 Live H0g5......... §6 50 Amber—red....... 100]Dressed H0ge...... 750 Bye . oriapeis. il 600 ive Turkeéys....... 06 Oats.... .70 ....... BliLive Chickens ;... 04 . C0rn....+.... @ 63 8ee5waxX,i.......... 98 ‘Potatoes,i .. i. L 60{Butteru sl Ll g Flax Seed.... . ... 151};Lard..._.;...»...,.... 1y Clover Seed.. ...@ 650 Hgg5................ ¢ 22 W 001......... @ 45/Feathers, ........;.. 90 Borkcion s S 0T Tallow, .00 020000 08 Shoulders, ......... . ‘S'lfimothﬁﬁny_.......lsoo . Ham5..........@ 12 Marsh Hay......... 900 T 7 CHICAGO. " ; Whent_white... 2 86% Hogs—live..B7ss@ $785 Wheat—red ....... = 83 Me=s Pork. .0"00% 1825 Corn: eet oty e v 1342 @lB 50 OREE Lao 5907 Shonlders: . ..oui... 6% Barley. : b 0 VO HaMe: .. .5 Y 0

Fednalaes o O MOLRDO: i Wheato o 5. X 10°0Mte .l B 0 Red ** ... ... 108 Clover 5eed......... 680 Aarm -.o o Lo Haeh TTS ‘Hen. 8.8. Daily, of Delphl, is out lecturing on temperance.. He addressed St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society at Peru on Tuesday, evening, Indianapolis ' contains ' 760 - places where liquor is sold, and less than 400 Dblaces it is sold legally. 'So says*Rev. George C. Harding. =-~ = - Executor’s Notice, .NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has ‘been appointed Exeentor of the estate of Sophronia S. Steere, late of Noble county, deceased. Said es!ate is supposed to be solvent. ¥ G ; JAMES R. BUNYAN, February 4th,,1875.-4hw3 L ~Execator, . OAUTION. ' MY"WIFE.. ELLEN, having left my bed and A board without canse or provocation, I hereby cantion the public against trusting or harborIng her on my account, a 8 [ will not be regponsible for any debts of her contracting. ) S JOHN HAYS, Sg, | . Ligonier, Ind:, Jan. 25, 1875.-41'w8 .

; 3 ' o ‘ Dissolution of Co:-Partmership. NOTICE is hereéby given that the partnership . heretofore exie:in%between'the‘hnderafgneg ander the firm name of J. Straus, J , & Co., is thig day dissolved by mutual eonsent,’ Jacob Straus| Jr., assuming all liabilities’and Lo whom all ac!t counts and notes.due the late firm:are to be JpaidJ i ] Y .. JACOB STRATUS, Jr., Foils £ e .SIMON STRAVUS. - | Ligonier, Indl; Jantary 29, 775-41w3 |

. WM B. McCONNELL, Attorney at Law and Cir- - - »ouit Proseentor, . i - (Office in the Counrt House, Albion, Ind. All professional businese pramptly and satisfactorilyattended to. . f 9-39- ~ WOOD SAWING. , - GEO. W.BROWN, Living 2 miles west of Wawaka in Elkbart town- = : ship, i 8 supplied ‘with first-class . 'BUSZ AND DRAG SAWS, and is prepared to saw wood any desired length, from five cords up to one hundrad. Terms to snit the times. Tbanl&ful_ for past favors; I respectful1y sohéit eotinued patronage. . 32-3 m | - Ligonier Park Association, Meeting of Stockholders. THE Stoekholders of the Ligonier Park Associ- ' atiogsare hereby requested to'meet at the of« | fice of theSecretary, in Ligonier,on = SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 1875, . at 1 o’clocg; ». M.,.sharp for the Hurpoae of deciding npon ‘gjproposed change in’ the gelection of a Fair Gmﬁ%A SR : - By'order-of Board of Directors, . : Sy st so g BUSTOLL, President. © = D. W' Geerw, Secretary. [. . v 1 Ligonier-January 21, 1875,-39-8w ~-~ .. ¥ e ers'r_ OF LETTERS , Remnimng]in ‘the post office at Ligonier,lnd, during thepastweek: (. |- {) ‘| Collins,-Migd Francis Sawyer, Miss Kate | . Hamshe’r."%]omnn 3 lSmlzman. ‘Adam | Nickerson.'Miss Eila |Tate, Geo. W. = { ;i Pixley, Mrs: Eliza 'lWherl.v, Geo, F.* ¢ | i Popejoy, Miss Alice. 2 {Yoder. Mra. R. A, . - Persons calling for any of the above letters ’wil'l"‘ please say ‘*Advertised.” LT ; L Ehganind el O HOMAGOODSPERED, P. M. {7 _ Ligonier, Ind.. Feb. 4, 1815, iy ———-'—-—*————-_—-—-—-—w——' v L s AAEEY RLD TOMY FRIENDS.

.. Havingurchased the interest of my ‘hrother,; "’F.'im_on,f in the Ligonier Clothing Hoiﬁf, FOR CASH, it/ will readily be undegstood ‘that I am in need of every doMar due the late firm, - : ~ I‘theréfore respectfully call upon all indebﬁ;%to the late firm to favor me witliﬁ ‘z_lng’early call. Every payment thus mgjﬁé; “will" be of assistance and “will be,cf"t;‘fgl‘y ?nemvembe're'd and appreciated by LeXouss Troly, d L e LT3 STRATS, IR, D;) You Need (?lol.nlnig':nr.'llnder wfar? 40 i [ It e, et g the Boss Clothing House ¢ £t . o ; J.STRAUS, JR., ‘Who, ha.viné-be.come exclusive owner of tqu 8fmbliéﬁmgnt on most favérable (cash)' tém}s, will S Vse]l’you_Clovulir‘xg and Under.vsfear at_ é NEW YORK PRICES. Tou éan positivelyi malgb money by availing y,oul'-“ 'gelf o’% thié opportﬁnitj'isi 3 give my customers _tﬁe‘ fnﬂ‘beﬂeﬂf‘of tl;e»bargai_n. -Cdlllitnd be convinced. G j‘t _Eeinember t_l‘xe' Place, - ' _ NEXT TO LIGONIER HOUSE. el e i J. STRAUS, Jr. Ligquiex;nd.-.~Feb: 4,804,441 L Ni W FIRM! i jf_,_.,:‘,',,-,. o T e Notice of Co-Partnership.

HE-.gubuc is hereby notified that T I have, on the. first day of February, 1875, admitted my son, GEO. W. SISTERHEN, as a.partner in/ my boot and shoé establishment.’ The name ‘and stylé'of the new firm will be known as P. SISTERHEN & SoN. - All persons indebted to me are therefore hereby requested to call and make IMM@IATE SETTLEMENT, in orders that the old books may be closed. © = ' P.SISTERHEN. ' Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 4th, 1875. P. SISTERHEN & SON, Beote&Shees RN e S G e . Ligoniér, Pelie, wvess . - e