The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 March 1875 — Page 2

The Fational Banuer : s :;\".’_ ’;;. ’ ‘\:\ e R RSANN 5 : J. B. STOLL,Editor and Proprietor. ° LIGONIER, IND., MAR.25th, 1875. - Toe ReEPUBLICANS of Cincinnati havé nominated the.celebrated showman, John Robinson, for Mayor. The Democrats hayve renominated Mayor Johnston. : :

' 2L TS et W : . OF COURSE, it’s none of our busingss; yet we claim the libertyto remark that “if we were publishing the Plymouth 1. Mail & Magnet, we would put a very. emphatic vefo upon the abominable nonsense of the Idiot ‘who writes “locals” from Bourben under the nom de | ‘plume of “Yocoh) Schneider.” .No one - but- a natpral btrn fool would thihk of .keeping up t: at style of “writing” for any ‘consideg_able,lengtll of time. . THE English zommissionérs»of mining statistics esti'matiet‘-he production of gold and silver in the United States since the discovery of gold in Cali- - fornia, from 1848 to 1873 inclusive, at $1,426,800,000. | This sum is made up ~as follows: | Gold from California, © $985,800,000; from other States and Terrifories, $264,950,000; silyet, $156,050,000. Before the year 1848 the gold - production ampunte‘d to $14,440,000.— . The total gold: and silver production of the TUnited States, therefore, . amounts to $1)441,240.000. . Witn a vievjv to making party capital, theSoluthg’ Bend Tribune recently declared: “This Legislature has shown - itself to be extravagant, selfish, incompetent and undeserving to'the greatest degree.” . Asregards extravagancey the official figures show the entire ex- : pgnses of the/regular and special vsets- © sions to foot/up sllB,ooo,—just $75,- © 000 less than required for the republi-

can Legislature of 1873." For a refu

tation of the remainder of the 77ib- « une's charges we wespectfully refer to the digest of nef laws published in ‘another portion of this week’s BAN- | e E— o . TuE worst played-out political hobby . of which wj have any recollection is the inflation theory so conspicuously brought to the atterition of the.people " a year ago. Teo-day it is only referred “to-as having been a huge joke, a broad burlesque. The bubble is most effectually exploded. We congratulate our democratic contemporaries in - this part of: the State upon the good sense ~ displayed by them in taking a bold . stand against the pernicious theory which’ demagogues so persistently at- - tempted to cram.down the Jeople’s, ‘throats less than a year ago. =

SENATOR FERRY, of Michigan, was, by the Republicans, elected President of the U.S. Senate, to préside in the absence of Vice President -Wilson.— The democratic .Senators voted for Judge Thurman. Mr. Ferry, if he lives, will be the next President of the L'Tnitegl States, ' This is no guess work. President Grant’s and * Vice-President Wilson’s terms will expire on Sunday, the' 4th ‘of March, 1877, and, as their sugcessors can not be inaugurated till the Monday following, the President of the Senate, pro tem, Mr. Ferry, will become President of the United:States during the interim, holding the office just 24 hours.: wE e S

_Bro. SIBLEY, of the Lawrenceburgh Democratic Register, it seems to us, is undeservedly- severe in his denunciations of the Jate Legislature. “Shortly before its adjournment he published this editorial ¢ paragraph: . “If as“serted, the present State House is “ready to tumble down upon the heads “of the Legislature, we should say let “her tumble; it ‘would be- the most “ fortunate accident that could hap“pen to rid the people of the biggest “dam-phool legislative assembly that “has ever convened since the organi“zatjon of the State” We have an idea that, when Bro. Sibley comes to think the matter over, he will become convinced that such langnage is slightly unparliamentary and’decidedly unjust. . Ligd At g e

\~TnE secular. press does not often venture upon the discussion of religious topies.- Following-is a paragraph clipped from the Cineinnati Enquirer which we esteem peculiarly appropriate- and worthy of reproduction:— «“Apart from the consideration of the ‘usefulness and beneficence of ‘revivals ‘of religion,” we are -very far from believing that there is any danger that the world will get too much religion. ‘There is not one of the religions which God.has scattered among men that has not helped to lift mankind. They “have spread theirsweet fragrance and itheir loving kindnesses in the nooks -and corners of the ear#h. They have ~all held up to man an ideal life—a perpetual plea to live better. The la‘borer in the cause of religion should -reeeive encouragement - from . -all _sources.” S e

" Tar Indianapolis Sentinel calls ut-§ tention to a curious law which passed the late legislature, which is that official nepotism’shall be impossible. No officer shall have the right under this law to:appoint any relative to a subordinate position. . This is a righteous - measure, and one which should commend itself to every right minded citizen.—Ft. Wayne SBentinel. - e . 'We entertain veryserious doubts as to the expediency of a law which disqualifies a meritorious person from liolding an office because he may perchanee, in some way, be, related toone of the directors of a public institution. - Nepotism is as distasteful to us-as to any living man, bnz to declare by stat- - ntory enactment that near or distant - gelationship shall render a citizen in- . eligible to an office for which he may «_ibe peculiarly qualified, is going several - steps beyond reason, and is, to say the - least, of very questionable constifuSrAE, Whi: sSt S ko ' ’@ﬁ@éamwﬂo&w ‘o Tilton 54 Win: ~ sted Conn., isabout to bring suit for - slander against Beecher’s lawyers. . .ee T e

. ABQUT PAYING TAXES. In our issue of last week we pub-

lished a statement of the Indianapolis Journal relative to an alleged important change in the assessment law, by ‘which; if tax-payers elect to pay their taxes ‘by two installments, the first should be paid by the first Monday in April, instead of by the third Monday, as heretofore. Itnow appears that the Jornal's statement' was based on an examination of the enrolled -copy of the law dn the office of the Secretary of State, and with the clear understanding that sueh was the law. It passed both louses of the Legislature in this shape and was so signed bythe presiding officers and by the Governor. At a consultation of the Governor and State officers, however, it was decided that: the word “first” in the enrolled law was a~ clerical error for “third,” which had crept in‘at some stage of legislation; and should be corrected.— The correction was accordingly made, as will appear from the following note from the Auditor of State: | . “In making the copy of the bin amending the act of March Bth, 1873, in relation to the payment of taxes in two installments, an error was made by a legislative clerk in writing the Jirst Monday of April, instead of the third Monday, as it stood in'the original draft of the aet. -The error was to-day corrected: in the office of the Secretary of State-by- the Lieutenant‘Governor, and Hon. David Turpie, ‘Speaker of the House of Representatives. The. time for the payment of the first installment of taxes is, therefore, third Monday in April, as” heretofore. . .. E. HENDERSON, e e T Auditor of State.”

DISGRACEFUL SHUFFLING.

It hasalready been .stated in these columns that the republican Senators, too" cowardly to face the music, had postponed a finale véte on the admission of Pinchback until next December. This ‘double-dealing policy is freely commented mpon by the independent press,- and . that," too, in no flattering terms. . And evén so devot ed an “organ” as the 'lndianapolis Journal has beeome disgusted with this. proceeding—so much so, that it comes down on Morton & Cp. with these truthful uttegances: - - = -

: “The action of the Senate in pest‘poning the Pinchback case till next Deceniber was neither statesmanlike nor manly.. The question ef his ad--missibility has been argued in one shape. or other ad nawseam.. {t); hasbeen investigated, explored, debated and discussed until the Senate knows as much about it as it ever can know, and .was as well prepared to vote on Tuesday as it ever will be.. It was important that the question should be rightly settled, -but even more important that it should be definitely and finally setfled in some way. The postponementleavesthe whole matter open for another year as-a disturbing element in. Louisiana politics, and: to be paraded again before the country next winter. No honest or manly explanation ean be given of the action. If it was because the friends of Pinchback feared an adverse vote, this shows they weére: afraid to submit the ques‘tiomr to ‘the tribunal which alone has jurisdiction of ig, and which must settle it at last. If it was done in order te prevent-the Louisiana Legislature ‘(whieh is likely unider the compromise arrangement to become Conservative) from -electing a Democratic Senator, the motive was an unworthy one. If it was done to prevent Pinchback from opening war upon the Republican par‘ty, this réason was the most contemptible of all. If the Republican party -can only be'saved by such trickery as ‘that, it is not worth saving. - In whatever aspect the case is viewed, we fail to find any justification for the action of the Senate in postponing it till another session of Congress.” / “To all of which, we believe, the American people will respond with a hearty Amen! - LT ’

GREAT SPEECH BY ANDY JOHNSON.

Andy Johnson délivered a ringing speech on the Louisiana question last Monday. The Senate was crammed with ;-anxious hearers. J ohnson spoke ‘with his usual plainness and effective‘ness. ‘He animadverted with merited severity upon the high-handed usurpation of Grant ‘in his policy toward Louisiana and Arkansas, and pictured in truthful colors the anti-republican ‘tendency of the administration. The ‘entire speech was'an able, earnestand patriotic plea in favor of our republican institutions and a just depunciation " of executive usurpation. ‘The Grantites are. terribly exercised over ‘Andy’s arraignment of the administration, and bitterly denounce him, ‘without, however, venturing upon the ‘hopeless - task of refuting his. arguments, =" s :

THE funeral of Hon. A. Y. Hooper, ‘whose’ death was last week reported by our Columbia City correspondent, took place on Tuesday of last week. Business was -almost entirely suspended out of respect for the distinguished departed, and an immense concourse attended the funeral. Rev.-Meredith, of this place, delivered an impressive discourse; appropriate to the ocecasion. Mr. Hooper was born in Logan county, Ohio, January Ist, 18235, studied law at Lancaster, moved to Huntington, Ind., in 1848, and in the fall of the same year he located in Columbia City, where he resided to the time of his demise, - He was Postmaster under Fillmore’s administration, and subseqnently served with marked ability in both Houses of the Indiana Legislatars. == . - -

THE people should see to it that the next Legislature is made of better material than the present. There are a few ‘men that might be retained, but. we fear that the majority would add nothing to the credit of the Hoosier State.—New Albany Ledger.

. Such advice does not come amiss. The people of Indiana centainly should be more exacting in the selection of candidates for legislative positions. ‘No man should be nominated or elect‘ed who is not thoroughly qualified to actively participate 'in shaping the legislative affairs of our commonweabiha. . v

It’'s a niee thing to belong to the royal family in this country. The Government owns a steam yacht called the Dispatch, whieh it purchased from a citizen of New York some years ago at a cost. of $150,000. It is furnished in the most magnificent style. Secretary Robeson’s prineipal business now is to get %}‘ excursions for the inmates of the White House. This is the only wing of the navy that seems fo be doing any good. =~ =

- THE BEECHER TRIAL. | Testimony of Various “’itnes_szg 8. E. Belcher said he had lved in Brooklyn twenty-three years; had ‘been a member of Plymouth Church since 1853 and had known Tilton ;:& .twenty years. They were on friendly terms, and when the Woodhull publication was out, witness spoke to 'gilton about it and told him if he had a spark of manhood in him he wauld not allow his wife £0 lie under those charges. Tilton asßed witness to came to his house, which he did, when %— ton read him the papers that vé’ere before the investigating ' committee and in this trial on his part. He %ve evidence before the committee, but gave only that which was called ¥for. They did not ask him to tell all he knew, and he was not going to volunteer information for which he‘waé not asked. el o SR St. Clair';McKelvey stated heglfad resided in Brooklyn since 1865, and was an associate editor of the BEooklyn Eagle.- He called on Tilton in the capacity of journalist about ghree weeks after the Woodhull publicétion. Tilton- refused to talk with+hifn in that eapacity, but said in the cagcity of friend he would ‘tell the stogy in the form of an allegory. It. says briefly: There was a man .fm%l another man; the first was young and the second was a friend Him.— The young man had to leave home sometimes, and once his wifé ‘told him the other man had madg im_proper proposals to her. The young man went to another friend ang with him went to the-spcbnd man anfl told him of ‘the accusation. He replied: “You are_ all crazy” or words to that effect. This second man then went to the first man’s house and oltained a retraction of the charges frc@n the wife. Referring to Mr. Bowen. the allegory ran: the first man ha(L_f;{aQ employer who had an antipathyg‘? to the second man - and made ‘stag_fements about him." He told the firstmot ‘to repeat them. ' ol s

Oliver Johnson said he had “known the parties to this suit for ‘twenty years. Am a journalist, had liziﬁeen one for forty years, was on the I@lepend—ent and the Tribumne, is no“§ on the Christian Union. Am partially .an Universalist and though g‘leecheru knows:it he retains me in hisemploy; am also a member of the Progressive Society of Friends, and a Spi?itualist. Had remonstrated with Tilto§ at different fimes for his connection with the Woodhull Woman Suffrage Movement. - il % : Isabella S. Oakly -stated Zshe had known Mr. and Mrs. Tilton er sinEe they were married, visited them often. She noticed a gradual chzmz in Tilton’s religious views between 1860 and 1870 which she considered on-ortho-dox and she heard Tilton gay he did not hold the same views onthe mar: riage relation he formerly §llad. .She had met Miss Susan Antho;’ﬁy, Mrs. E. Cady Stanton and Stephen Pearl Andrews at his house. She wiote a letter to Florence Tilton whex she found where she was at school- ghiclr was ljead in court. It began by’%ymllathiz‘ing with the trials of schgol life and expressing friendship onaccount of her mother. “Her soul i§ bound up with her children more Igow than if she was a widow, you shc‘)glld stand by her with loyalty in her ;gxtremity.—— Lét no one compromise you to act against your mother. I _cién’t say anything about your father, forl am abhorred with his conduc‘ég’ On being pressed for her metives! for writing the letter she said she was afraid if she was called on'the other side, she might say something, axﬁi she wished to prevent her being a \g%;itness on the other side. g

DEACON OVINGTON.

OmFl‘/i‘,day night, Mm%ahéth; as Dea~ con Ovington was getting ready to go to Europe, a clerk from Morris & Bearsall’s' office served him with a subpeena to produce two letters that were written on Friday night, July 10, one sent to Monroe Place, where the Plymouth Churcl investigating commitfee were in séssion, and the other to Mrs. Tilton at her home in Livingston 'street. %arly’ next day. Mr, Ovington assured ex-Judge Fullerton that if any letters had been written his wife wrote them, and that she would respond to the §ubpceena, and he was jallowed to go away to Europe, and his wife is to be gubpeenaed. Tlhe fact that letters were sent was discovered througi} @ search. of the: books of the American District Telegraph Company. Tilton told his coun--sel it was his greates;% puzzle to know why Elizabeth was so transformed in twenty-four hours, ibecause he had left her at home happy when he went to the committee, had found her sleeping when he returned, and was awakened next morning: by her farewell words. He told his counsel of his dilemma, and, after every sort of reasoning, they concluded to search the’ books of the American District Telegraph Company. They found that on Friday night a note:had been sent to Mr. Storris, at 34 Monroe Place; and an answer obtained and one sent to Mis. Tilton, - § o Samuel Wilkeson testified that Tilton had shown him his “true statement;” that Tiltonf only charged im‘proper advances, n§t adultery, against Beecher; that Tilton’s need of money appeared to be léis, main grievance, and that Tilton had emphatically denied the charge of adultery and repeatedly acknowledged the goodness of Mr. Beecher, 1 < : Rev. Edward Eggleston author of the “Hoosier Schjoolmaster,” and formerly editoria?é' associated ~ with plaintiff, testified to Tilton’s loose notions about marriage, his association with free love women, and his general laxity of moral e Al . On the 15th\i st. J' ohn W Harmon testified to the/ contents of Tilton’s “True Story,” which he thought contained the stat ement that Beecher had solicited Mrs. Tilton to, be a wife to ‘him. ‘Harmon said he had offered Tilton $5,000 fuf the “Irue Story,” but that Tilton oljjected toits publication. ~Jackson 8. Schultz, a prominent New York republican politician and business map, testified that he once “questioned Tilton 18 to eechers intimacy with Biizabeth, wnd that Theor dore replied; “My wife is as pure as w 1 -

! Nine witnesses for the defense tes- , tified in Tilton vs. Beecheron the 16th. | The first six swore to Moulton’s deni- | als of the truth of the Woodhull scandal and to his assertion of Mr. Beecher’s innocence, Mr. Cooke, the seventh witness, testified from observation to Mr Tilton’s intimacy with Mrs. Woodhull, and contradicted Mr. Tilton on several ‘points, especially testifving that he was frequently urged in Mr. Tilton’s presence by Mrs. Woodhull, if not by both, to “write up the Beecher scandal” for-publication in Woodhull & Claflin’'s Weekly. John Gallagher testified to driving Mr. Tilton and Mrs. Woodhull to Coney Islands and elsewhere, differing about details from Mr. ‘Tilton, Rev. Mr. Halliday contrddicted Mrys. Moulton’s testimony, and was ready to testify that before the publication of the Woodhull seandal Mr. Beecher had communicated his anticipations to the . officers of the ‘church and left his course in their hands. £ sk : b

-On the 17th Mrs. Lucy W. Mitchell, who was Mrs. Tilton’s monthly nurse in the winter of 1870-71; testified that Tilton had on several occasions held exciting interviews with his wife dur;ing her confinement, causing her, to become nervous, restless and uneasy, and that she (Mfs. Mitchell) remonstrated with Tilton against such conduct. Rev. John L.Gay, of Bloomington, Ind., gave evidence of a lecture on marriage and'divoree (strongly tinctured with free love-ism) delivered by Tilton in that city in 1872. - Two post office clerks testified onthe.lBth that Tilton once paid the post office for sending a printed lecture of the notorious: Mrs. Woodhull to the subscribérs of his paper, The Golden Age. The lawyers consumed nearly the entire day in quarreling over the proffered testimony of Rev, S. B. Halliday, assistant ‘pastor in Plymouth Church. - sl &

_ The following day, Mr. Halliday coneluded his testimony, which consists mainly of denials of certain statements by Tilton and Mr. and Mis. Moulton relative to the church investigation, and of alleged expressions of the same parties as to Beecher’s innocence of the charge of adultery.® |

Bessie Turner’s testimony is little more than a repetition of her statement last summer.” She represents Tilton as ‘a queer, petulant, selfisli and egotistical sort of fellow; as having been in the habit of tramping through the house in his night clothes; taking down -and hanging up pictures and going from one bed to another to find out which was the softest; as having been quiteattentive to female friends, and as having on various occasions inflicted the most cruel and heartless: treatment upon his wife. Bessie says Tilton once knocked her(Bessie) down, and details a very romantic story of Tilton coming Qg_d her room on two -different nights, whispering advanced sentiments of love into her innocent ears, placing his hand upon her bare neck, and once carryingher to another bed while she was asleep! ~Naughty Theodore! s ‘

Bessie Turner testified on Friday that she woke up one night and found herself in Theodore Tilton’s room and bed. She discovered that she had been carried there while asleep by Mr. Tilton. Carnal-minded people, weighing this testimony, 'will be unable to banish the belief that Bessie was exceedingly unwilling to wake up. And while we can not but think that it is Beecher, and not Tilton, that is on trial in this case, it does seem improbable that Theodore should take the unnecessary pains to drag Bessie from her lonely couch in one room to his in another. This can only be accounted for on the theory, which Bessie’s own testimony is evidently meant to establish, that Tilton, when he slept, was especially fond of nice resting-places. Of course, if this-testimony is a true story, Beecher is innocent.—Cincinnati Enquirer. : : : -

Floods in Pennsylvania and Maryland. -~ ~ E

The rapid thaw last week all over the country brought flood, immense devastation of property, and some loss of life, the like of which has been unknown for years. At Marietta, Pa., the water moved an ice gorge into the town, blocking up the .streets and doors, bearing off helpless canal-boats and railroad trains, tearing away bridges. The water was higher than amidst the flood of 1865. At Pott Deposit, Md., the water stood fifteen and twenty feet deep in the streets. The whole town wasinundated and caused great loss of property. The wharves at Havre de Grace .were swept clean, the streets are blocked with ice and lumber, A force of 300 or 400 men have been at workto keep the railroad clear of ice above Pittston, Pa., the track being once covered for -two miles from six to thirteen feet deep! A depot on the Northern Central, near Harrisburg was ™ carried across thetrack, as were several canhal boats and houses.: The towns of Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Columbia, Danville, Sunbury, Watsontown and -other points along the Susquehanna suffered more or less damage from the flood.

The Baltimore & Ohio Shops at Gar- : « rett. - ; B ;

A dispatch to the Chicago papers states that the general officers of the Western Division of the Baltimore & ‘Ohio Railroad, among whom are Mr, ‘W. .C. Quincy; General Manager; Mr. Wilson, Master of Roads; Mr. J. C. Davis, Master Mechanice; Mr. William ‘Franklin, Master of Transportation, Ohio Divigion; and Mr: S. Houston, Assistant Master-Mechanic, all of the same company, arrived at Garrettlast Friday from Chicago in special cars to locate the grounds for: their shops, which are to be built at that place.— Work will be commenced as soon as the weather will permit. Theseshops will give employment to several hundred workmen, and, as it is the centre of the Chiecago Divisiqgn, it will undoubtedly be one of the main points. It bears its name in honor of the President of that Company, and has been entirely built up by the B. ‘& O. Company, : B

Mrs. and Mr. Malloy, of South Bend, are cavorting over the State, making temperance speeches, Mrs. Malloy is, and she takes her dutiful hubby along to keep him out of the fire.—~Mt, Vernon Pemoerat. - - L S

* Not much, Tom. Mr. Malloy, a hardworking, industrious newspaper man, devotes his time to publishing a small daily at Elkhart. The “little man” who ‘accompanys Mrs. Malloy. is her son, Ben Franklin, aged, five or sixsyears. Remember Davy Crocket’s advice, Tom, b NT D e \ ?Tv e s The terrible tornado which visited Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday, caused the destruction of hunfreds of thousands of dollars worth l fi{regr"l?,ert% ~and the ‘loss of many

INDIANA’S LEGISEATORS.

THEIR WORK DURING 68 DAYS.

Digest of the Laws Passed by Them and Signed by the Governor. . . [Continued from fourth page ] ]

: lIOUSE%;LL‘S. - [ 261. Authorizes boards of ‘county commissioners to order an election in two contiguous counties to determine the question of changing county boundaries wpon the petition of 50 voters of each county to be affected by the\ proposed charges, a majority of tfhe | legal voters of each county to determin,e—ﬁﬁ?;:estion atthe polls. In'the e;r,zﬁt of one county opposing thé change there shall be none.. This bill was passed to cover the case of Fountaine and Warren counties, but has general application. Sy - 839. Authorizes manufactur’g companies to hold mortgages on real estate to secure debts due them; also to hold sufficient reality to carry ontheir business. L POl fi ‘

284. Authorizes the incorporation and improvement of cemeteries by a majority of the burial lot owners thereof: = + : 7l

237. Legalizes the records of acknowledgment of deeds and mortgages heretofore recorded in any county, where the official character of the officer taking such acknowledgerﬁent was not certified to as required by law.

368. Authorizes the il}corpofaﬁon of State; District and County lorticulfural Societies. . | F o

343. Authorizes Councils of . cities and Trustees of towns to levy a special tax to pay the principal and interest of bonds heretofore issued. ; 26. ‘Authorizes Clerks of Circuit Courts to receive and receipt for amount of judgments of record in.{s}lcll courts, their sureties to-be liable for the safety of such funds. The cT)mmissioners of each county are to| fix the amount of the bond at.their first meeting after Mareh9th, and the June term 'is, the, one when this acn}ilon should be taken. When the amount is fixed and the clerk fails to give the bond then his office shall be declal‘red vacant. i . i o

207. Provides for the enclosure by a general neighborhood fence of lands subject to overflow, having pm‘ticglar reference to counties along the Ohio and Wabash. . ; ‘ | 309. Provides for the:erection of additional facilties for the incurably insane on the premises of the present asylum.- $350,000 is appropriated for that purpose, $150,000 to be expended this year, a like amount the next, and the balance the ensuing year. - 7. Awuthorizes the publication of offieial and legal notiees in- German newspapers in counties .of 15,000 inhabitants. 1 -

' 277. Requires suits on notes payable in bank to be brought in tlre county where the maker thereof resides. 410. Legalizes the assessment of taxes in towns which have not -complied fully with all the requirements of the law. 2 {i

409. Amends tlie savings bank act by providing against runs thereon, authorizing them to hold a certain per centage of deposits in case of a‘panic. 445, Vests policé power in conductors of railroad trains while on duty. 164. So amends the practice act that-unless all material matter in any pleading not specially denied, (exceptng allegations of value and damages) are to be taken as true. Matters in reply are‘to be held as though so specifically denied. : 132.. Makes it a. misdemeanor to maim or kill. pigeons when nesting.— Designed for the protection of squabs. 206, Amends the drainage act, mak-! ing it conform to the Ohio law. On* petition of one or more land owner to be affected by @roposed drain, the board of county 'commissioners is to appoint three viewers to compute cost, ete., and -file same with such board. The .petitioner is first to file a-bond to secure expense in the event of the commissioners deciding against him. The commissioners shall, from the report of the viewers, decide as to the utility of the proposed drain. Persons claiming damages must make applicdtion therefore at the time the petition for damages is considered by the board. 'lf remonstrance is filed, a new set of viewers is appointed as on road petitions. All damages are tobe paid remonstrants before drainage commences. The contract for drainage is to be let to the lowest responsible bidder. The assessment is to be collected as other'taxes. The'contractor isrequired to give -bond. When drains are constructed the township Trustee shall keep them open. Existing laws are not repealed only so far as they confliet with this. - - 95. Authgrizes Judges of Circuit Courts to issue Yemporary restraining, orders. and injunctions during vacations to any person residing in' their .eircuit.: : " e

i 118." ‘Amends the aet providing for County ' Superintendents of Schools, cutting down their per diem to $3, -and requiring them to visit two schools, per day; providing that County Com-" missioners shall determine whether schools shall be visited by such Superintendent. Under this act, as amend&d, Superintendents are only allowed as many days for visiting schools as equals half the number of schools in the county. They are allowed twenty “days for official work.. Applicants for ~teachers license are ve(/;uix_‘ed to pay al fee of $1 whether successful or otherwise. s

66. Abolishes attorneys fees'on iron clad notes, so that in cases where notes are made providing that any per cent. whatever shall be collected off of maker, the attorney who collets the note can not collect his fee off the maker thereof. i s e

~ 70. TFixes Sundays, New Years,the Fourth of July, Christmds, and all days recommended by .executive of State or nation for thanksgiving and prayer, as holidays, too be recognized in the banking business. e ~16. TFixes the salary of the Governor at $6,000 per annum, to takeé effect upon the successor of the present incumbent.. The present salary of the office is $B,OOO. : ; bl

479. Legalizes the acts of the boards of trustees and other officers of incor-, porated towns where the inspeetors of elections: have failed to make the returns of the election of such officers in the time prescribed by law. 0%

288. - Fixes the mileage and per diem of members of the General Assembly at $6 per day and $5 for eyery 25 miles of necessary travel to and from %the capitol, and they to furnish their own stationery. - The principal and first assistant secretary .of the Senate, the chief and assistant clerk of the House shall receive $6 per day, and their clerks from $3 to $5, aoeorg“ing to rank and responsibility. : . 8. Amends sections 102, 107, 108, 125 and 270, and repeals sectiou 270 of the assessment act. The law requires. - a re-#ppraisement this year and every five years thereafter. Township assessors are to be elected every two iyears, and receive $3 pér day, with privilege of appointing deputies.— County Assessors are dispensed with. No property shall be exempt because of errpr%rgade.by ﬂéﬁ ‘ﬁeﬁgogg-j - 463, 1 eag:] lat part of the grav: el rdadmg‘w i(tska authorizes assessment of adjacent property for con-

struction and maintenance of such roads. | P e ~200. Legalizes the extension of gravel, etc., and turnpike roads beyond the terminal point mentioned in.the articles of association. S

203. Legalizes the acts of fcountj; commissioners in loaning money and purchasing and conveying real estate, and authorizing them to sell and con}r_ey county lands,’ and security thereor. - el =

. 224, Fixes the time of holding court \in the 35th circuit. In Steuben, first fonday of ‘February, fourth Monday in- April, first Monday in September, fourth, Mondayyin November. DeKalb, on the Mondays succeeding the courts in the county of Steuben. lln Noble, the Mondays succeeding the courts of DeKalb.' The terms are fixed at three wgeks in Steuben and DeKalb, and four weeks in Noble. This law is now in force. & ik

* 821. Instructs township assessors and State and County boards of equalization, not .to assess incorporated manufacturing and mining companies organized under the laws of the State, at any greater value than-if they were the property of private individuals now in force. (G o :

44, Authorizes County Commissioners to purchase books and stationery for all eounty officers, and preseribes punishment for corruption and undue influence on the part of any and all “parties concerned.. The importance of this bill will the better be understood when the faet is stated that the same was mislaid so that the Governor could not signiit in the time prescribed by law; but the bill, be-comes-a law néver@eleiss; - ' 277. 'Amends the aet ‘concerning obligations to pay so as‘that the holder of any note or bill of gxchani negotiable by law, merchant or the law of this State, may institute one suit against the whole or any number of the partiesliable to such holder, but shall not at the same term of court institute more than one suit on such note or bill, provided that no judgment shall he rendered in such suit against any maket of such note, draw= er or acceptor of such bill,sunless suit is brought in the county where one or more of such makers, drawers, or ' acceptors reside at the time such suit is began. This law is now in_ force. 182. Provides in all cases when any’ tract or lot of land is divide into parcels -so that it can not be described without describing it by metgs and bounds, it shall be ;the duty of the owner thereof to cause such land to be surveyed and platted into lots, such plat to be certified to and recorded.— In case of failure to comply, with the law, after thirty days notice from the Auditor, the same shall be done on order of such Auditor and taxed to the owner thereof on his'tax levy. This law is now in force. : :

- 138. Is - designed 'to discourage wolves-and foxes by encouraging parties to hunt them down for their scalps. Itauthorizes County Commissioners to.offer rewards not to' exceed $2O for their scalps, provided such animal is over the age of six months.

GENERAL ITEMS.

- Estimates have - been made by leading lumbermen, on the amount of logs cat during the past winter in Minnesota' camps, and place the-total at 150,000,000 feet, being three-fourths of the amount sawed last season, which was 200,000,000 feet. " - The good wife of the future Leg\%/lator will not have the thought to console her through the campaign of building fires, slopping the pigs, getting up wood, &c., that her “dear Isaiah is down at Ingenoplis: making his’eight dollars a day.” - Six dollars per day is the price now fixed for the services of these .rural Solomeons.— Wabash. Free Trader. . g Cen it

. Precisely seven years ago Monday the impeaehment trial of Andrew Johnsen was initiated. On Monday as if by some remarkable coincidence, he delivered a telling speech on the Louisiana question in the U. S. Senate. His words excited the closest attention and will commend themselves to the people of all parties. — South Bend Union. " o : o

A destructive tornado passed over Georgia in the vicinity of . Augusta Saturday. Several towns in the interior suffered’ severely in the loss of property. Reports from the country are confused and unsatifactory, but there seems to be no doubt that the "storm was fearfully destructive, surpassing.in extent and violence anything of the kind in that séction for years. Sl T

' John Mitchell, after an exciting life in Ireland, the United States, and the late Southern Confederacy, went back last year to' Ireland, and was elected to the English parliament from the county of Tipperary; refused adnmittance, .he was promptly elected again a few days ago; and now death has settled the controversy. He died last Saturday, sixty years of*age. St. Patrick’s day was pretty generally celebrated all over the country.— In New York some 20,000 people participated in - processions — probably double that number in the general festivities. .In St. Louis, Memphis, and in Terre Haute, and New Albany the parade was more than usually brilliant. No disturbances are reported.

A fiispatch from . LaCrosse, Wis., says the prospects of relief from the terrible grasshopper scoufge, which for two years past has been inflicted upon -the people of Southern and Western Minnesota, is not flattering. A farmer of Blue Earth county recently found in one peck of earth 800 eggs, all of which, after being placed near a stove, hatched: out. Quite a number, discouraged withs the prospects, have abandoned their homesteads and left ‘the country. If the prophecy proves correct, these counties most afflicted will’ be utterly deserted in a short time. . 3

' ,The Interior department, under ‘advice of the President, is anxious to bring to Washington a delegation of Sioux . Indians, to negotiate for a modification of the treaty of 1868 in regard to the Black Hills country and hunting privileges of the Sioux north of the Platt and Smoky Hill Fork of the Republican. There being no appropriation legally applicable to pay /the expenses of the delegation, the Indian office jand Interior department have asked| the Indian committee in the Senate/for advice as to the propriety of bringing the delegation and trusting to future Legislation to legalize the fund necessary for their expenses. - ' R - Qolorado with a population of 40,000 has been admitted into the Union ‘of States. She is to have equal representation .in the U. 8. Senate with the great State of New: York which the g , ‘has a population of 4,500,000. She ~will have a hundred times the power in the Senate, proportionally, than has New -York or Pennsylvania. Her population would not make a good ‘Congressional District in Ohio .or Massachusetts, yet she is clothed with all the power of aS% _‘-{:he ‘admission of Cdlﬂraﬁ«;.}aw' tate lsa misera‘ble trick of a dying »-:p;;rﬁya in the vain “hope of perpetuating its power.—Ko-

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PRICES LOWER THAN THE Parties 'pu;'cl_lz};si;’ig goods’ of us will bear in mind that our Stoek is cntuély ncw, has beenpmcha%d at B»o;t-toilirFigu‘”.ih’es, ~and that we will sell goods at least .=+ 20 Per Cent. Lower Than Any Other Firm fn This Town or Connty, We Have AU-Wool Swits Wihich We Will Sell at $9.00. Store in Room No. 1 of the Banner-Blook, Gor-dth-and-Guvin Strests: We also sell at thesamephceall}\mds of T urniture made I_)'y‘ | B Dodge& Co,at ldﬁvgrprircgé.: than a’ny, - .0 L. ¢ othet firm in ‘town or county.”, . bl Mgopter Inflanatt - 8 T it L ge gl

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CITIZENS BANK. LIGONIER, : - INDIANA. | DEPOSITS received subject to check without no <+ tice. b % s : ‘ADYVANCES made on approved collaterals.: : MONEY loaned on long-orshort time:. = | NOTES disconnfed dt'reasonable rates. v ORDERS for tirst-clags securities executed oncom “<migsion.. v g sl s i D e AGENTS for the purchase and-sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICIES written infirst-classcom-anies. SaSa et g G %XCHANGE botht and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal¢ities of Europe. =~ = = AGENTS :for the Inman line," } SASAAE ;oo HemburgTine, f g b PASSAGE TICKETS sold on. all the ,princ‘l;?;:] seaports of Kurop®. @ v oon MERCHANTS’, Farmers’and Mechanics”acconnts golicited, and gll business trangacted on liberal terms, ~ oo STRAUS BROTHERS. ¢ Ligonier, Ind:, Oct. 23d, 187226 = =

Banking House 1 SOL. MIER, } Conrad’s New Brick Blook, LIGONIER, IND'NA, | Money loaned nnb'lénmxd‘.ehox"t‘timé. e - Notes discounted at reagonable rates. Sl . Monies received on deposit and intereet allowed -on specified time, =~ ' i Tt s Exchange bought and sold; and Foreign Drafts ~drawn on principal cities of Europe, i Bel | TO THE I'TARNI_ERS % .You will please take n;‘{!':i(éo that Tam still enaged in hnyinj,wh_eat, forwhich I pay the hi ie&tmarketlf 08 ettt s ff you do mot find me on the street, call before selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Blook, L o ch e s SOLSMIRRG Ligonier, Indiana, May 7th, 1874. —<{if = ot . Ligonter Park Association, Adjourned Meeting of Stocks - molderw, | :7TY THEt?:odkgc;‘ldéis"uffthje Ligonier Pﬁrl;lAssOélation arg he requested to meet a - fice of the Secrﬁtm{hmonlg, ?m é’? 'at thg qf 1 . . SATURDAY, APRIL 34, 1875, ] -8t 1 o'clock, ». M., sharp, for the purpose of making a final decistion upon: th proposed chang th% selection of o F&W(égf”feh‘m iﬁ | .By Orﬁergt‘goq%g?%mi-%cf@u.&; “& |D, W. Grexx Secretary. -LL.?M!«I t‘ : Ligonier, March 18th, 185545w3 ' The ticket agent of “Happy Cal. Wagner” is under 8500 bonds at Mont: gomety Amamvﬁform ‘viglation of the Civil Rights Taw.

i ’ h s [#" it S elo X Dbertisenents, ) . ;‘. & .i : A , < : t 18756, WHERE NOW? 1876, -To MICHIGAN., one of the foremost, flourishing: -and hgzx’l;hy States!: -.- @ s gy . ' WHAT FOR? ‘ : - ,TobuyaFAßMoutofthe == ° . | ONE- MILLION ACRES ! ‘of fine farming lands for sale by the GRAND ot . RAPIDS & INDIANA R R. - Strong soils Ready mlarkels. Sure crops. Good - schools.. R:R.rung through center of grant. Settlements all along. - All kinds of products, raised:- . _Plenty of water, timber. and building materials. Price from $4 to $lO per acré; one:ﬁmrth dowir, balance on time. - ; 2 { _ BaSend for illustrated pamphlet, full of facts; -and‘ﬂg,u_res, and be convinced . Address ; i ; Rt i W. A. HOWARD, Comm’r, , e e A = I Grand Rapids, Mich. P.R.L. PEIRCE, Sec’y Land Dep’t.. =~ 4#td

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. ; .. Established in 1835. ) ety Send stamp for pamphlet containing priees for dyeing and cleaning dresses, shawls, clothing, and household fabrics; list of colors and how to select them; the kind of goods to have dyed and ‘how to eend them. Packages received from nineteen States last year. A small eg:lpense saves a large outlay. . Address ~ Ww, R. TEASDALE, 46t4 265 Walnut Str,; Cincinnati, Ohio.

SHARPS RIFLE €0 ' A 8 ! : Ve 3 Mannfacturers of Patent Breechdomli.ng, Military,. Sporting‘and Crecdmoor Rifles. The Best in the World, Winner at International and near--1y all other principal matches atCreedmoor. (See: Official Record.) SR Spring Rifles, - - - - & < . . 830 to S3S.. Creedmoor Rifles,with Elevations for 1300 yards,, Send for Illustrated,sztal%dgue. 1890 'i%“d $125.. ‘ARMORY AND OFFICE, . G. WESTCOTT, - HARTFOED, CONN, - - . . President,.. ADY‘E RTISING: Cheap: Good: Systematic, All persons who contemplate making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should send 25 Cemts to Geo, P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET-BOOK (ninety-seventh edilion), containing lists of over 2000 newsparpers and estimates, showing the cost. Advertisementstaken for leading papers in many States at a tremendous_reduction ftom publishers’ rates.. Grr Tus BOOE. -—_—-——_—-u——_—____—_—_—_.—.—____,_ LO(}AL AGENTS WANTED everywhere, 4male or female. Li%ht. honorable, money-mak-. ing business. Particulars free. -Address = 46t4 . ;1 0 GuS. WALKER; Erie;Pa... —_—m ) 5{ ‘A WEEK to Agents to- sell an article: - 7 salegble asﬁ‘lour; Profits immenge: Package: free. Address BUCKEYE M’F'G CO., Marion, 0.. $2 @0 & month to agents everywhere. Addressy G E%ELSIOR M’B’G CO., Buchanan, Mich. e e et e e e ettt e G \per day at home, Termsfree. Adss 8 s2o~gress Gro.Stinson&Co, Portland, Me \ ENS BN A WEEK guaranteed to MaleandFei A ‘male Agents, in theirlocality. Costs . ‘N NOTHFNGto try it. ParticuPreFree. P.O.VICKERY & €Q., Augusta, Me.

‘WPSYCHOMANCY. OR SOUL CHARMING™ | 'How either sex may fascinate and gain thé love and affections of any person they choose, instantly. ' This art all can %ossess. freé, by mail, for. 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,000 sold. - A queer book. Address . T. WILLIAMS & CO., Pub’s, Philade)phm.- ; .+ . Notice in Attqchment; i ' HARRISON H. HUDSON,) . B . Va. ' . “WILLIAM KELLEY, . " e AND SAMUEL BUTT: J. : ‘ Before Cyrus Pollock, a Justice of the Peace of: York township, Noble County, Indiana. NOTICE is hereb¥ given that a summons of X garni€hee was igsued by me in tl%e above en-. titled canse, and that the same will be determined: before me, at my office; on the Bth day ot May, A._ D. 1875, at 10 o’clock, A. . 7 el CYRUS POLLOCK, Justice,. - . Xork Twp., March 18, 1875.47-w3 e o o s e — e A Clergyman, while residing tn Sonth Americs, as missionary, discovered g uasq and simple reme~ dy for the Cure of Nerveus Weakness, ﬁ:\rly De-’ ca{f Direase of the Urinéi{ and Seminal Organs, and the whole train or disorders bronght on by baneful and vicious habits. - Great nambers have geep cured by thie noble remedy- Prompted by a - esire to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I - will send the ne_eol‘gt for preparing and using this -medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any one whoneota t, Preear Oharieddiva, *7 °"° ° Ay o JOSEPH T, INMAN, e Station D, Bible House, Noble 00. Agricultural Society. e T e ﬁomm. . Election of Officers. ty, for the election of offcers for the ensuing year, MACHIB R e e ‘D. W. Gexex, Seoretary. i B e