The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 March 1875 — Page 2

The Fational Banner AR oy TalYy Vi ‘ -J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprictor. _——————— = LIGONIER, IND; MAR.llth, 1875. e O SRS ST FOUR THOUSAND copies of the BANNER are issued this week—the excess over our usual edition being mailed to farmers of Noble county who are not among our regulaflsubscriliers.. We invite a careful perusal of the entire contents of this issue, containing as it does, a great yariety.‘o‘f important matter for the general reader. ' The mammoth adyvertisement of our enterprising hardware merchant, Mr. J. ‘M. Chapman, is especially worthy- of ‘public attention. A two-page shpple—ment accompanies our regular.edition.

' NEw HAMPSHIRE elected State officers last Tuésday. There was no

~choice for Governor, neither of the can- ~ didhtes having a constitutional major- - ity. 'The Legislature is claimed by both parties. Two Democrats and one Republican were elected to Congress. . .~ THE OTHER WEEK :an attempt was “made to burn the records.in the war department at Washington. Five attempts, partially successful, have been made to fire the vouchers filed in the navy department. The frequency of these fires will lead to the inevitable conclusion that Boss Tweed’s plan has. been hit upop to destroy the evidences ~of corrupt appropriation- of public funds or public property. = o

SUCH' CONTESTS as the one now waging between the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore " and Ohio railroads are matters of serious concern to people who live along their main lines. An eastern exchange insists'that the money which is squandered in carrying through freights and passengers at a loss will be made up by increased charges upon local business,diminished wages to employees, and by deterioration .of material and depréeciation of stock, i i

. IN VIEW OE THE FACT that many of the railroads refuse to carry relief supplies free to private individuals, the Kansas Central relief committee request charitable people of the east not to make any further special shipments of that nature unless the charges are prepaid, in which events it is requested that the shipments be made "direct to the individuals, -being marked in care of the committee.” Supplies for gener® distribution. to the- destitate, if ‘consigned direct te the committee, will come through free, but no cars or grain of any kind will be transported free,. - tiu e laUEmeamES S Teau, 0T

.THE forty-third Congress expired on Thursday last.. Precious few, aside from the.office-holding ring, express regrets over its demise. The force bill, a most infamous ‘measure, ‘was not taken up by the Senate and is

therefore a “dead horse.” - The new * Senate organized on the sth, but noth‘ing of importance has as yet been ‘transacted by that body. When Andy

.Johnson entered the Senate and took the oath of office, a grand shout of continuous applause was sent up by the audience—an; ev%flence that no ~ public man has to-day a stronger hold ~ upon the public heart than the noble Tennesseean. ko : . ! HaviNe frittered away a large portion of the time allotted them by the constitution, the wise men of our State . Legislature were made€ to realize that the:most important legislation required at their hands could not be finished ‘within the constitutional limit—Sat- * urday night of last week. At least three important bills, essential to the public welfare, remained unfinished.— ' An extra session was thus remdered ~ unavoidable. Gov. Hendricks therefore issued a proclamation convening -the Legislature in special session, to ' commence.on Tuesday last. He wise- - 'ly admonishes our legislative Solons to confine their labors to the disposal of only the most important measures; and we are pleased to observe that the democratic members have ‘resolved to follow the Governor’s excellent advice by confining legislation to the ~ reveriue bill, the appropriation bill, the fee and salary bill, the temperance bill, and the per diem bill. Let them ad“here/to this resolution, and, by ignor- + ing all factious opposition, throw the responsibility of a disagréement upon - their political opponents. :,

SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS of No- ~ ble county appear to be no little out of patience with the editor of the Kendallville SBtandard for bestowing special eulogies upon our ' democratic representative, Mr. 0. D. Willett, at the expense of Senator Bunyan and the former representatives —including such Republicans as Judge Clapp, Elder Ziegler, G. W. Chapman, and D. 8. Scott, none of whom, according to ' the Standard, reflected so much honor . upon Noble county as has Mr. Willett. - While we"can easily discover in. the Standard’s criticisms a glaring injustice to Senator Bunyan in pronoune- ~ ing him totally unqualified for the position he holds and at the same time __ holding him responsible for the sins - of commisdsion and ommission by the + Senate, we must confess that we rath- . ‘er appreciate the SBtandard’s glowing _tributes to the gentleman selecfed by. ~ the Democracy of Noble county, especially in view of the fact that this - same gentleman, while a. candidate last year, was by that consistent journal sneeringly denominated a “carpet- - 'bagger from Ohio” whose interests were in no wise identical withthose of Noble county! It is decidedly a . good joke :to witness the Standard _ pointing out thé superior merits of a - demoeratic legislator while exhibiting the shorteomings of the gentlemen ~ heretofore chosen to legislative posi-

- Like most of our contemporaries throughout the State, we received several weeks since a polite invitation to exert ourself with members of the Legislature in behalf of a proposed modification of the law of libel. This. invitation elicited, at the time, from the editors of the Elkhart Review, the subjoined comment: 2 : An anonymous postal card has been received at this office asking the editors to use their "influence to secure. legislation that will afford protection to newspaper:men from suits for libel. The communication details the annoyance to which publishers - are put by these suits, and refers to their frequency. To tell the candid truth, we are not in favor of affording any more than a fair protection to'the editors of newspapers on the- score of libel proceedings. The present law acts as a check upon many of them who would, if freed from its restraints, prostitute their journals to mediums of spiteventing. - There is now too much of a tendency .among country editors.to air their : personal -grievances and dislikes through their papers, and if one takes a dislike to an individual he is very apt to make assertions respecting him that are often untrue or maliciously. distorted. . Newspaper men have no more right to attack a man’s charaecter, through mere personal motives than arowdy has to mutilate his person for the purpose of personal ‘gain..” When the public is injured by the acts of any man, then newspapers ‘have a duty to perform in keeping the public informed respecting him, but there is no need that lies be hatched up or the private life of the man be lid bare. Nine out of ten libel suits against editors arise from some malicious falsifylng of a. man’s acts or motives, out of personal spite or to gratify a bitter animosity. ~lf our present law is moreof a check upon these men than a modified one would be, we say, let it-stand. ‘

We avail ourself of this late occasion to say that we must beartily endorse the.views above set forth. So long as a portion of the press remains under the control of shameless liars and habitual slanderers, it would be better to talk about making the law more stringent- than otherwise. We can’t see why anewspaper man should be allowed any greater latitude for lying; misrepresenting and slandering than a depraved private citizen. The truth should always- be permitted to be told, but the habit so common with the lower class of newspaper publishers of unjustly, falsely and maliciously assailing the character and reputation of men who have incurred their displeasure, ought to be subdued, and that. most effectually. We yearn to see the day when the last of this class. shall have been driven from the editorial tripod, either by force of public opinion or through the rigor of the law. : .

LATTA’S INVENTIONS.

- We take pleasurein stating that our ‘worthy townsman, Mr..SAMUEL L. LATTA, has in less than one-year received letters patent on four inven‘tions of more than ordinary merit. First on the list is his famous ButterWorker, patented July 14, 1874—an apparatus- of great merit and rapidly growing in popular favor amon packers and ‘dealers throughout thé country. ‘This invention is folJowed by his celebrated Faucet; patented November 10,:1874, equally merritorious and - constituting a valuable attachment to the Butter Worker. - S His third invention is Latta’s Improved Transport Car, patented Nov. 10, 1874. This car is cooled by the at‘mosphere, with the use of slats on the sides. and ends, so that as the car is moved a strong current of air is caused to pass through in every direction —thus keeping the goods both dry and cool. ' In order more fully to cut off all heat, there is'a horizontal me‘tallic cover thrown over the square of the car and -the roof then put on as usual, only that a space is left open between this covering and the roof, so that a current of air passes here also. There is also a second floor or ceiling -on the under side of the floor timbers, with -two openings: one just- behind each'truck, with an air gatherer dropped down when in motion, so as to force air between the floors and thus prevent heating from. the road bed. ' This caris designed for the transportation of all perishable goods in a better and safer manner than has yet been done by any car in use. - It also saves much expense,as no ice will be necessary. For the -carrying of butter and eggs it is peculiarly well adapted. £ g

- Latta’s Water Heater was patented January 26th, 1875. It consists of two cylindrical® cases lying - hofjizontally_, the smaller one encased in the larger, The eunds of the large one are then put in tightly, so that when complete the water lies all around the smaller one (which is denominated the Fire Chamber), except the front end. Into fthis | chamber is placed a cast . fire-plate, with _attachments that - make | the smoke flues; the door, with its rim, being riveted to the fire-plate, all is put in or taken out together. - On the top is a tank around the smoke pipe, into which water is placed to warm and prepare-for drawing down into the heating chamber as wanted. Arrangements are made for filling by means of a large opening on top, with a cover fitting neatly over it; also for drawing off at pleasure by means of a faucet at the back end. | y

Al of these inventions reflect great credit upon Mr, Latta;, who, we trust, will reap the reward which his genius 80 richly merits S B : —-———L’-——————— |

" TILTON-BEECHER.—Since our last issue, a juror sick at different times, prevented steady work. Mr. and Mrs. Ovington testified on the part of the defense, as also the other witnesses, Mrs. Putnam, R. E. Holmes, Miss Moore, G. W. Lincoln, A. E. Morton, 8. E. Belcher and St. Clair McKelvey, a journalist, all endeavoring to blacken" Mr. Tilton’s character rather than to exculpate Beecher. This ‘is a singular method of defense, or ‘would be in any other than a law proceeding, or in any other law case than one to retrieve the reputation of a minister of thegospel., ~

2 P e —_—-‘-_—7", Mr. James Murphy, Jr., some years aflraveling with Barnum as the Irish Giant, died in Baltimore last week.— He was eight feet high and weighed, whert in good health, about 400 pounds. Murphy was but 83 years of age and was single,

ALBION LOCAL.

Let us give hearty thanks'that Congress has turned up its dirty - toes!— Never, in my recollection, have we had a Congress which possessed so lit‘tle of public confidence as the 43d Congress. Its last hours were spent in smuggling through the outrageous ‘equalizing bounty bill of John A. Logan and his supporters for the presidency, which would have saddled an additional debt of nearly two hundred millions of dollars on the country, if the President, in.a strange spasm’ of honesty, had not refused to sign the infamous bill. I will not stop here to discuss the measure. It was a bid for the soldier vote at the expense of honesty and decency. No one would rejoice more heartily than I to have every deserving soldier well pensioned ; but this bill proposed more: it made no ' distinction between the camp-fol-lower and the soldier who bore the dangers and hardships. ILet us be thankful that the President had the decency to pocket the bill. ' The Tndiana legislature has fooled away a great deal of valuable time, and as a result the bulk of legislation has béen left for the closing hours of the session, and we have not far to go to guess ‘what kind of a mess will be ground out. e ) ‘The County Commissioners were in session all last week, and will convene to-day again. The following gentlemen were appointed Assessors of their respective townships, and were duly notified by Sheriff Eagles to report before the Board on Monday and qualify: Washington—D. S. Longfellow, Rep. Sparta—William K. Wolf, Rep. Perry-—George Keehn, Dem. _ Elkhart—Henry Stump, Rep. York—William N. Vo{')is, Rep. Noble—John 'P. Kitt, Rep. 32 ‘Green—John P. McWilliams, Dem. Jefferson—Ezek. L. Teagarden, Rep. Orange—Joseph C. Vermilyea, Rep. - Wayne—John L. Gallup, Dem. =~ - - Allen—Wm. Broughton, Rep. Swan—Wm. Whan, Rep. . ~ Albion—Abel Barnum, Rep. ‘T hear of some dissatisfaction dbout one-or two of the above appointments, but it is a hard matter to please everybody; and especially is it the case in the matter of these Assessors. There was a large number of applicants, and a good many were, of course, doomed to disappointment. Several of them knew nothing of their appointment until notified by the Sheriff. As will be observed, George Keehn, Esq.. who was legislated out’a few weeks ago, has the appointment for Perry twp. This is an excellent appointment. So also it will be noticed that Mr. Stump, Keehn’s competitor last fall, has the appointment for Elkhart twp. With all these gentlemeén, except one, I believe, I have a personal acquaintance, and I think I may safely say that they are all men of good sense, sound judgment and well qualified to discharge the duties of their appointment. The County Asylum was let to Alex. Fields for the ensuing year. Alexander has given satisfaction to the Board and the public, and I am glad to know that confidence in him is not misplaced. Dr. Lemmon, of this place, was again employed as physician to the Asylum; Dr. Gilbert, of Kendallville, was also again employed t 6 attend to. the poor of Wayne and Allen townships.

“Prof. Ali Carossa, the Snake Prestitigitator!!” Pheebus! What a name! and all the way from “CairB, Egypt!” Well, the “ Prof.” held forth on Thursday night last to a very slim house.—’ I doubt very much whether he “tuck in ” enough to pay for the rent of the hall. If the “Snake Prestitigitator ” should come your way, Mr. BANNER, go see him, for he winds np his entertainment by “decapitating himself.” On Wednesday evening our Dramatic Troupe will open up again with some entertaining plays. Every town ought to organize a dramatic association. If pays. .It not only affords an evening of pleasant entertainment to the audience, but it is of real and valuable help to those who take an active part in the performances. - The Kinney Brothers opened up their new and handsome saloon on Monday last, having obtained a permit to do so from the Board of Commisstoners. George says.-that he will conduct the business on strictly temperance principles, and that none but the very best will be kept on hand, and that he will guarantee satisfaction or refund the money. ; ; Prof. Leslie’s Concert came off on Saturday evening last at Phillips’ Hall. The entertainment was. varied and ;pleasing, and passed off'very satisfactory to all concerned. I noticed one thing during the concert that is a crying evil in this place: half a dozen young Yahoos occupied the front seats and ‘kelz up a constant chatter and racket, much to the annoyance of the audience. Is there no way tokeep t}xése young pests out of such places? If I thought the young rascals would see this communication,l would give them a short lecture; but alas! such boys -never read anything, only on compulsion. If Prof. Leslie will repeat his entertainment, it will no doubt be very iac?eptable to our péop.le and to his patrons. L Coibiin

Our jovial old friend, Levi Diller, Esq., of Green twp., was in_ town last Friday and entertained us with a deseription of his wonderful well. We also had a very pleasant chat with that genial old soldier of the cross, Capt. Funk, of York twp. Capt. Funk claims no kinship with the famous Peter Funk, of Chatham Street, New York. The Capt. related to us his eXper‘ignce with ‘the spooks and. witches some years ago in Ohio, and how near ‘he came, in consequence thereof, becoming a preacher. _ Judge W. A. Woods, of Goshen, will hold court for Judge Best this term. March Bth, ;75. i UxcLE ToBY. ' There was \a great snow storm Saturday night )and 'Suudzg extending from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi river, through the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, -Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Southern Illinois. At Memphis fifteen inches of snow fell, and there were drifts three and four feet high., Another snow-storm is also reported, last Monday might, throughout Pennsylvania, and Eastern New York, New England Washington. :

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. ' Senate Proceedings. v March 2.—The Governor’s message vetoing the Senate bill providing for the organization of camp-meeting associations was read. - The bill passed. by a vote of 27 to 17. The select com mittee to investigate the affairs of th\; : Prison North reported, recommending that the present prison officers be retained. Bills were passed—providing for the organization of Grange associations ;‘Nprbviding for six grand jurors, instead of twelve; vesting. inchbate interest of married women in the hands of their husbands in certain cases; giving landlords a lien upon crops to the value of rental; éiving persons thirty days in which to redeem personal property sold for taxes.” - " March 3.—Senate bills were passed —making it a felony 'to purloin bills of the General Assembly; changing the name of the Orphans’ and Widows’ Asylum of Indianapolis to the Indianapolis Orphan Asylum; authori',zuing County Auditors to make out a tax list enly instead of a tax duplicate ; ‘ facilitating the settlement of decedents’ estates; limiting the time when tax-payers can -repudiate aid voted to’ railroads on the ground that the company has not fulfilled its part of the’ contract under the law, when the tax is_extended on the duplicate. ,Thke following nominations of the Governor were confirmed: William D Bunyan of Daviess, and A. C. Hopkijns of - Marion Trustees of the Indiana State: Normal School. 3 o March 4.—The Committee on Public Buildings reported regarding the Prison South, recommending its aban- 4 donment at Jeffersonville. The House fee and salary bill, as amended by thél Senate Committee on Fees and Salaries, by striking out -all after the ‘en- | acting clause, and inserting the Senate bill on the same subject, was passed. | House bills were passed—Regulating public warehouses and the inspecting and mixing of grain; authorizing the publication of official matter in German newspapers. - :

March s.—Among the House bills passed were the following: ;Remedying erroneous entries on assessment duplicates of incorporated towns; providing for the organization of boards of trade. The amendments to thp Senate temperance bill were concurred in, with minor amendments by thqg Senate. SR 1

- March 6.—Mr. Sleeth introduced a substitute for his bill, which was stolen in the House, reducing the fees of the Auditor of State, and three attempts to suspend the constitutional, rule to put the bill upon its passage' failed for want of the necessary twothirds vote. House bjlls were passed —providing that suits on promissory notes may be brought in the county where the holder resides; providing for the organization of horticultural societies: preventing the assessment of the property of manufacturing companies above that of private firms; authorizing the ejectment of threecard monte men from passenger trains; allowing County Superintendents three dollars and limiting their visits to half as many days as there are schools in the county; repealing the gravel road law; giving stock companies the right to sell property; appropriating $B,OOO to continue the: work of the State Geologist. Messrs: Humphrey and Sleeth v[ere.fibf(ztcd on the conference committée on fees and salaries, and Messrs. Boone and Chapman were appointed on the conference ¢ommittee on the general appropriation bill. Mr. Humphrey subsequently stated that very liberal propositions had beén made by the Senate Committee, none of which were agreed to by the Hogse,{gomhlib—tee. The specific appropriation bill was amended and passed. . | B ‘March 8.-—The minority of subcommittee to- investigate the Prison South mniade a report exonerating the Warden and Directors. A majority report was' also read charging the Warden and other officers with peculations and misappropriation: of the: property and money of the State. The reports went to the table for future action. A number of resolutions were passed incident to closing up the business of the session. A handsome gold watch was presented to Lieuten-ant-Governor Sexton by the Senators, Mr. ‘Bell making the presentation speech and Mr. Sexton replyingin afew appropriate remarks. A resolution of thanks to Mrs. Oren, State Librarian, was adopted. - e ‘

House Proceedings.

March 2.—Among the bills passed were the following: ~ House bill 343, providing that children may be transferred from outside districts to-town or city sehools, without their parents incurring tax on their property for the support of such schools. Housé bill 402, allowing the wife of an insane husband to sell and convey such real estate’ as she possesses in her own right. House bill 401, providing that municipal or political corporations shall not incur debts in excess, of five per cent, of the taxable property therein. ¢ : .

March 4,—The House spent the day in considering House bills on third reading. Among those passed were the following: Amending the law defining libel. . It fixes punishment at notexceeding $l,OOO fine,or six months imprisonment, and provides that the truth of the matter published may be pleaded in justification. Providing that in criminal prosecutions before justice, when_the complaint is not sustained by the evidence,’ and the justice or jury is satisfied that the complaint was made maliciously and without grounds, the costs shall be taxed against the prosecuting witness. Providing for the removal of county, township or municipal officers who refuse or become incapacitated for performing their duties. Fixing the salary of the Attorney-General at $2,000 and allowing him certain fees and. $l,OOO for clerk hiré. Authorizing the incorporation of mercantile associations (Grange purchasing agencies.) To protect sheriffs and constables from payment of costs when they have

leried upon property the 'title to which is in dispute. - Providing for the apyointment of justices of the peace in sase of vacancy. Giving justices exclusive original jurisdiction in civil snits involving $300; concurrent jurisdiction to the extent of $6OO, and al= lowing confession of judgment to the amount of $l,OOO. Amendinyt:e assegsment law so as to make payment of taxes in one or two insfallments optional; providing that4f the first installment is not paid when due the ‘whole amount shall be considéred delinquent; changing the time for the payment of the second installmgnts from November 15 to October 15, and providing that the treasurer sha]l keep but one set of books and receiv no additional percentage for collection in two installments. i

\ . March '6.—The following Senate bills were passed: Making Allen ‘county a separate judicial circuit; to provide for the organization of State and subordinate Granges of Patrons of Husbandry; giving rairoad companies to whom aid has been voted by counties two years additional time to complete their roads; authorizing County Commissioners to agpoint justices in cases of vacancy; providing for the removal of officers guilty of ‘becoming intoxicated; authorizing Judges of Criminal Courts to issue writs of habeas corpus. Late at night committees of conference were. appointed on the Fee and Salary bill, on the Revenue bill, and on the General Appropriation bill. The committee on the former reported a failure to agree, and wergitlischarged. The committee on gne lather bills reported an agreemenp, but bdfore action could be takqj it- was anjounced that the Senate had adjourned, and the hour of 12 o’clock (midnig; aving arrived, the House ;:’g.djournex ntil Monday. , \ March B.—Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on Public Buildings, sub‘mitted reports of a visit to the State University, and in relation to the pro_position of Henry C. Wilson to fuknish a temporary building for State house purposes. Mr. Bence, from the special 1 commifttee to investigate the charges of cruelty in the treatment of inmatey of the Insane Hospital, reported thaty they had made as thorough an investigation as the limited time allowed them would permit, and found the charges groundless. Atnoon the House took a recess till 4 P. M. Onre-assem-bling, the usual courtesies were passed ; . between the two- Houses, and at 5 P. ‘M. the General Assembly adjourned without day. - ! %

SUNNY SIDE NOTES.

. If, when flarch comes in like a lion it will go like a lamb, and vice-versa, be true, we may expect a regular im- : ported merino at the latter énd of the present month. In all our existence we do not remember of seeing s 6 much _snow and cold weather at this time of -year. Just think of a solid foot in depth of snow (saying nothing abolt the drifts which are from two to six feet deep) the eighth of .March, and mercury fourteen degrees below zero. If it would not be wicked, we would alm,j&ft" wish we would have died when we ‘«Qg}re little, or been brought up in the sunny south. But it is said “there ;g//zevét a loss but what there is some

gain;” |consequently we take consolation in the thought that shoe leather will be cheap, from' the fact ‘skinning will be the order of the day soon if the weather continues cold much longer. . : - " Notwithstanding the severe weather the good people of Kansas, in large numbers, meet frequently to “praise God from whom all blessings flow.”— On Friday evening, 26th ult., Parson Howe of Wawaka preached in an eloquent manner to our people from Acts i,B: “But ye shall receive power, afer that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.” According to previous ‘announcement, on Sunday evening Elers Mawhorter and Rendal of Springg\&Q discoursed to a goodly number of our *people. Elder Mawhorter done the preaching, Elder Rendal following with ;%Zrtatipn. They are of the Free Will Baptist: persuasion. They left an appointment to preach again in three weeks. . ao

To be in fashion with other cities, Wawaka is to have a spelling match this Thursday evening:, e An Irish woman onge said”she “could kape a secret thaf she could, because she kalled her husband long yars before and baried ,hix;fi;x under the ave of the house and his day she had niver told it, an divil a bit if she niver would.” We, like her, have a profound secret, but we dare not tell it. However, the curious can find out by making inquiry of Grandpap Bissikammer. S

Our school was out on Wednesday, the 8d inst. No doubt the teacher feels greatly relieved; but the mothers on the other hand are terribly annoyed by the noise of the rolicsome girls and boys. But such is life—we were little once ourselves. -

‘We expect something on the spreadeagle style, from the pen of the editor in this week’s BANNER concerning his new, beautiful, and charming, as well as useful, little engine, together with his new job press. We also expect a. few bugle notes from John Milton Chapman, which will undoubtedly send a chill (plow) wherever it reverberates. - : )

Dudley H. Reynolds of Ligonier paid us a little, visit last week, spending a night with us, which we enjoyed hugely. Lo e

.Parson Howe will preach at our school house on' Tuesday evening of next week, the 16th inst. A.H. S. Elkhart twp., March Bth. -

" One of the most atrocious murders ever perpetrated in Chicago is recorded. A saloon-keeper on West Lake street was assaulted about daflightr Sunday morning, and his head literally chiopped to pieces with a hatchet.— The object of the crime appears to have been plunder, for he had been expecting a large amount of money.— The murderer, however, obtained but little. As yet the perpetrator of the crime has not been detected, nor has any clug to his person or whereabouts been discovered. '

West’s Vegetable Liver Pills are the only Proprietary Pill we know of that ‘the formula is made public. They all ‘clalm some secret in the manufacture of their pills that they dare not publish. Thereason is plain. They know - fifiat if they let‘dpeople ’kx&ow ‘l:zl:;: | cheap, common drugs, and perha mereury they make their pills of, nobody would buy them. Your druggist will show you the formula. Sugarcoated thirty pills in each box. : ———— - E—— DiseAsgs of Men, Women and Children, Nervous Debility, Fits, Dyspepsia, Consumption, Old Sores, and all Female and Chronic Diseases are cured quickly and permanently by Dr. S.Clay Todd, N. W. Corner of Calhoun, and Columbia strets, F't. Wayne, Ind. Consultations Free. All Medicines, Purely Vegetable, compounded by the Doctor in person. Home references sent free. P. Q. Box 1361. [45-tf ————l - B—————— ey . Farmers and citizens who expect to %o any painting will find it to their terest to call and purchase; their ad, Oils, Varnishes, Putty, Turpentine, Colors, Brushes, &c., of Cunninghagp at the Star Drug and Book Store. Alligoods guaranteed:strictly pure and pricgs cheaper than the cheapest. A wora to the wise is sufficient. ~ 46. - Onerof our business men who does not redd the Beecher-Tilton trial, was asked Ry a lady friend, “how do you feel to-flay ?”.“Oh, s 6-80,” innocently: replied Mr. Merchant, and wondered why his questioner blushed and left the store in Buch a hurry.—Elkhart Review, Margh Bth. . - Mr. Whitelaw Reid, of the New York Tribune, sent last Tuesday $2,000 more ‘ to Kansas anndNebraska for Bufferers in the region devastated by grasshoppers. This makesia total of $12,100 “sent from the ZT'rgbune dollar-fund for the weedy in thosge States. . L .%¥ * . 5 THE rush lat Cunningham’s DrugStore for wall and window papers is | easily accounted for: It is the finest, largest and cheapest stockin Ligonier. P}per and border trimmed ready. for hanging. o - 46.

LApies will do well to examine T. E. Casey & Cd’s. fine stock of Shqes, which they have just received from 6t:he eastern market. 46, Persons who contemplate builmg this season wijl find it to their interest to buy their Paints, Oils, Varnishes, &c., of C. Eldred & Son. - 46. | *o——— z EvERYBODY|and their relations are going to selecttheir Wall Papers-from Cunningham’s immense stock of gold, satin, white, buff, and cheap papers. . TWENTY THQUSAND yards of Wall \Paper, and ‘ope thousand Window urtains for sale at very low figures t the Star Drug and Book Store. ' . . Eldred & Son always sell Drugs and “everything in their line at the very lowest-living prices for :cash. Callandsee. = = - : 46.¢ 7 ——4o’-—f— b . EVERY DESCRIPTION of goods for men’s and boy’s” wear are being sold at greatly reduced prices, at Engel & Co’s, at Kendallville. 317

A’ full stock of custom-made Boots. and Shoes, for Men and Boys just received at T. E. Casey & Co’s.” ~ 46." (T ee e ST ke N IDYTRIED . Woom g GANTS.—March 10th, 1875, in Ligonier, of tg.phoid: fever, after -an illness ofthree weeks, Ed, son of Dr. A. Gants; aged 6 years, 7 mos., 20 days, Little Eddy was an unusually bright boy and, young as he was, he had drawn around him a large circle of friends, who will sadly miss him and sincerely regret his early departure. - . . A R i eB R TR, : : - LIGONIER. ; Wheat—white.....slos H0g5—1ive.......... 5 50 Amber—red...... . 100;Hogs—dressed...... 750 Rye.......... 1.... 65 Turkeys—live...... 06 0at5.........c0... 50[Chickens—live,..... 05 C0rn,............@ 7C|Beeswax...... ...... 25 P0tat0e5,[email protected]|8utter.......5....... .23 ElaxSeed.....c.ivs-210 gud.... chsiaebone 12 Clover 58eed,.i..... 600 Kopß,. ... <.._...... 25 W 001...... ....45@ 45 Feather 5............ 65 P0rk........per br 00 00| Tallow-... ......... 07 5h0u1der5.......... = 10{Timothy Hay....... 14 00 Ham 5............ @l2/Marsh Hay......... 1000 .+ EENDALLVILLE. by Wheat—white.....slo2 Live H0g5..........56 55 Amber—red....... 100/Dressed H0g5...... 7,00 Rye..... «ecev...i' 69)Live Turkeys....... 06 0at5...............” 52|Live Chickens...... 04 C0rn,.......... @ .63|8ee5wax,........... 28 P0tat0e5,....2.:....100|8utter.. ... ... y:i 20 81ax5eed.......... 150fhardy.. . c...i L., 018 Clover Seed... ...@ 625/ Egg 5,............... 20 W 001......... @ 45|Feathers, ‘...i........ 90 Pork, .....0c .00 OFPMllow, ... ... 500506 Shoulders,..... ... BlTimotth{ HAay.......14 09 Ham5..........@ 12{Marsh Hay.........' 9.00 ‘ CHICAGO. Wheat—white... § 567%|Hogs—live..£800 @ $7 60 Wheat—red ....... Sa'Mess P0rk.:1827 @ 1830, C0rn,......0...... 64iLard ... 1320 @l3 22 Oats.... %.,....... 53!5h0un1der5..........0 63§ Barley:: .. Lo 105(Hame: o .00 .00 10 i TOLEDO. Whest... .. ... 1120ats. _....._....0. 0 BB Red * ........... 107{Clover 5éed......... 630 C0rn.....0...i... 69, H0g5........ 4. ... 825 mq w Xbdbertisements, ety Abbertisemen fi;‘ e v 1875. WHERE NOW? 1876. To MICHIGAN: one of the foremost, flourishing and healthy States! : M e WHAT FOR?' ' & To buy &8 FARM out of the L ONE MILLION ACRES! of fine farming lands for sale by the GRAND - RAPIDS & INDIANA R.R. i Strong soils. Ready markets. Sure crops. Good Bschools. R.R.runs throufih center of grant.” Settlements all along. Allkinds of lproducte raised. - Plenty of water, timber. and bui din; materials. Price from $4 to $lO per acre; one-fourthd wn@l balance on'time. LSRN Aa-Send for illustrated pamphlet, fall of facts,s and figures, and be convinced. Address =7 | W. A. HOWARD, Confir.. . i } . ‘Grand Rapids, Wich. P. R. L. PEIRCE, Sec’y Land Dep't. Clahtd

Teasdale’s DYE House. ¢ Establisled in 1835. £ Send stamp for ¥smphlet containing prices for dyeing and cleaning dresses, shawls...elothing, and household fabrics; list of colors and how select them ; the kind of goods to have ‘B:d and how to send them. Packages received from nineteen States last dyeur. A small emge saves 8 lnge outlay. Address . Wx. R. \ DA'LEiis»46t 265 Walnut Btr., Cincinnati, Ohio;

: 9 SHARP'S RIFLE 00, Manufacturers of Patent Breech-loading, Military, Sgorting and Creedmoor Rifles. The Best if the Weorld. Winner at International and neare g all other principal matches at Creedmoor. (See Official Record.) sne i Spring Rifles, - - = « « < o = ?w'to $3B. Creedmoor Rifles,with Elevations for 1800 dya;di, Send for Illustrated Cat&hifue. &lflfln ;m-. ARMORY AND OFrICE, .G. WESTCOTT, HaArTrorpo, Conx, President. ADVEB'I'IS!N G: Cheap: Good: Si/atematic, All persons who contemplate making contracts with news{mpen for the insertion of advertisements, should send 25 Cemnts to Geo. P: Rowell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for. their PAMPHLET-BOOK (ninety-seventh edition), eoy taining lists of over 2000 newspapers and estimates, showing the cost. Advertisementstaken forleading Paperw in msfi States at a tremendous re-’ duction from publishers’ rates, - GeT THE BOOK. |- | LOOAI. AGENTS WANTED everywhere,. male or female. Li§ht. honorable, money-mak-ing business. Particulars free. Ad&rgss - ! 46t4 G. 8. WaLKER, Erie, Pa. A WEEKK to Agents to sell an article .75o'aleablcu‘gw' r. Profits immense. Package %e. Address BU CK%#E M'F'G CO.,Marion, 5‘ () & month to agents everywhere. Addresd S2GOEXCBnLSIOR’iT'G CO., Bachanan, Mich, 352 $2033r d(& at home, Terms fre‘&. Adress Gro.Stinson&Co, Portland, Me ! A WEEK guaranteed to Maleand¥Fe. ¥ ' male, Fum.-in their x«.ml;e Costs' : NOTHINGto try it. Particul’reFree. .M P.O.VICKERY & CO., Augusia, lo.'? flPsmnpnmoY. OR BOUL o?Zn‘mNG » How either sex may fascingte an: pfr‘ the love and affections of any person they choose, instantly. ) art-allcan possess, freg; ! m}l‘f for 95 | _togethier wifl MiMacriagh Qo e, P, ol et Fnt e e i sold. ) L LOT AN G 0 Fub'e, Pritaderphins .

F ——-Co:~—¢— , . ds LR ‘FER:D,M{‘ER; e o e 'HENRY SAX. e B o NG . ajgglerebyfiggnnounee; that" they will, ‘'on the 17th day of March, L g - 1875, dpeng new|. ; o InsLigonier, in RoomNol of the BANNER Brock, Wi’gh an en o tue n’e'rw,‘ and czil'éfully_ sélé,c-te(f‘Sto‘ck o ? | e e e B ; e & 4‘ N o, y - & : ' Hats, Caps & Gents’ Furnishing Goods. ’Everybofiyls 'Cord-ially' Infritéd to give us a C(all',‘ Examine Goodsjand o e el 'We alédéeu i the ’same place all 'kiflc.]s‘ of F urniture made by \\y .J. Dodge & Co., at lower pifiags thamany = %’ B! ‘_'»oth"ei" 'fi.’rmv'in town erqoufity\.\ ot ‘ . ipmitiiauie) -0o L MR BRAX

¢ivo » / S . Gerber, Treash & Kriechbaum, : e ; ———-QM‘ANUI‘?V:V\CTI'RERS Geilis b T L FARM, FREIGHT AND SPRING ' Light Buggies, - . Light Buggies, Carriages, Plows, Shovel Plows, e {‘i ST A L AND AVARIETY OF i|l : ICULTUR'L IMPLEMENTS ?fe Ma‘n'uf;actixr,e and: offer the above'goods td ‘tl.xe-pub.lic, confident that if:hey .- re equal to any in the market. .We are prepared to make all kinds of Castings onshort notice. Having added greatly to our facilities, we are better than ever prepared to.do all kinds of Jobbing; and would call special attention of MILL ‘MEN, and all others using machinery, te our Improved ENGINE LATHE, whieh enables us to do all kinds of MACHINE REPAIRINGQur CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT is'conducted in all its branches by EX- ~ © == . PERIENCED MECHANICS only. ; Sl

@"’Special ‘Atf’e‘ntion given to all kinds of Wagon and_ SBy Carriage Repairing, Blacksmithing, Painting, Trimming, &e. v Tihfl.fikflli to our friends for phst fafrors, we éordially invite them and the public in general to give us a call, feeling confident that we can make it to ygpr interest to examine _our,stock‘ before purchasing elsewhere. ; *Office and Works—Corner of Ist and Cavin Streets, Ligonier, Ind, March lith 1875 d6m3 . 2 3 : L . ENGEL & CO’S Ai)VIES:‘R;I‘ISEMEfiT, THE LARGEST CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN NOBLE AND . Fie t o ADJOINING ‘COUNTIES,: . - Beß - . AT KENDALLYVELLE, o s R _ OFFER DECIDED . 5 ; . . TFor Mens’, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s Wear. - < Refitee dF A eD e FURNISHING GOODS, HATS AND-CAPS, CLOTHS, COATINGS, . Cassimeres, Vestings, Jeans, = .. - And all'ot her Goods suitable for Men's & Boys' Wear, at prices LOWER THAN ANY. o,zgni; nonflwlkp SELb,TnEm. RPN eTR e g’lfl‘ Bl \F AR EIRL : .In Our Merchant Tailoring zflg!m'nelt 3 (Under the charge of first-class: workmen,) we are prepared as usual to make | to order evety description of Men’s Garments il yery yeasonablovatess © Call and See Our Stock and Prices Before Buying, el - TeWWAIL Pay Xeou, | | Woun miliors Brick Baniaingt . ENGEL & CO. e R e R