The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 April 1875 — Page 2

. SRR e e S The Aational Banner \% \ ; Y ":\’_\\ % g ‘, , J. B, STOLL, Editor and Proprictor. Lottt ot e ee e LIGONIER, IND., APRIL Ist, 1875. | : ; ~ "ToO A CERTAIN EXTENT, we favor _the suggestion of our Albion corre-: gpondent, “Uncle;Toby,” for a reduc- | tion of the number of members of the * General Assembly. We believe, however, that “U. T.’s” proposed reduction -is too'radical.. Twenty-five Senators’ _and fifty Representatives, we think/ would conmie a litfle nearer the true mark. Can’t you compromise on tlat, Wy et % 5 Uncle Tf)—b—y? : Snlag . * Tue U. S. SENATE adjourned Tuyesday of last week, after passing a reso- " lution approving the course of President Grant in the Louisiana mfi,t}er. The vote thereon was strictly partiépnv, ‘eéxcept that Booth, independent Re_publican of California, voted with the " Democrats against the _resolution. _Nothing of public. importance was transacted by the Senate during tlxe -'special session. - ST Z - IN 'DENNESSEE, bachelors over 30 . years of age and of sound mind _ax%e‘ taxed ten dollars per annum, tlie Tevenue - thus derived to go to the school fund. This law was enacted by the late Legislature of that State, and will be in force on and after the first of next May. It is rather tough on thel bachelors, but considered froim a purely economic stand-point, it willf»not" ‘take long .to decide that it will be " much easier to pay ‘the ten dollar tax. than to support a wife. i

© GEN. SPINNER, the clever old soul who during the past twelve years has ably and faithfully filled the office of; Treasurer of the United- States, felg aggrieved at the action of Secretary ¢f the Treasury Bristow in I'efusiné give him' (Spinner) absolute control over his subordinates, and upon: the Pr.esidexiaty’s refusal to intercede in his behalf, tendered his resignation, which was accepted. John C. New, Esq, cashier of the First National Bank of Indianapolis, has been appointed-Spin-n'er’s,spcces;sofl“\an(} will take charge of the office on the first of next July. -

- Druggists and all other dealers.are’ prohibited selling less than a quart of intoxicating liquors.under the ew | law, without first procuring a license. ' Seymour. Democrat. Y A reading of-the new law would ' certainly create such an impres,siégn. ~ But the Supreme Court' has daid {t down as a broad principle of law’ thétt ~ a general license law does not p,x»‘ovhiligt - druggists from selling liguor in quantities less than a quart, for medicingl DUTPoses. " Inasmuch as all qu(w)% sold by druggists are intended foy medicinal ‘purposes, the ne'w!a‘wwvilg not affect these gentlemen, * .- § - @— g:l | THOSE jewels which the Khedive of Egypt. presented to. the néwly mzu;-% ried -daughter of Gen. Sherman, arej now stated to be worth only $70,00¢ ,;in-E stead of $300,000, as ~'pl'e\’iouslyf ;re%ort—; ed. Theimportduty thereon is $17,500. § ;. The 'late Congress sought to relieve; “'the favored lady of the payment of thig © duty, but the bill was so bunglingly "drawn that it wholly* fails to meet;th{é requirements. The jewéls therefore _remain in’the New -York custom house, neither Mr. Fitch nor Gen. Sherman feeling able or inclined to pay the'duty. Taking it all un all, we are .of opinion that the Khedive made & bßad selection. | = g% iVI R

P. T. BARNUM, the prince of showmen, is preparing “toistart out with his “Great Roman Hippodrome.” Only the larger ‘towns and cities will be visited. . To give our readers something of an idea of the vastness of the “Hippodrome,” we append a brief extract from a recent interview with thel great showman: “My daily expenses! in New York,” said Mr. Barnum,;“are'% about $5,000, and they, will be one-i third more in the summer; last summer I sent to Boston a new tent 500 feet long by 300 feet broad; I have 1,800 men, women -and children in myemploy, 750 - horses, including 300 g‘ blooded ‘race’ horses, and ponies, ele-| phants and camels, English stags and’ stag hounds, ostriches, &. The 'cost,f‘ of the tent, seats built for 15,000 persons, and transportation of the Hippodrome, with its entire paraphernalia, by rail to Boston was over $50,000; yet though we were there but three weeks, we were more than reimbursed, ‘and there was a -handsome surplus.” We *kinder” wish P. T. would stop off at Ligonier.- S A

- The old 9th section of the. Baxter .. ‘law, the .one making drunkenness a - misdemeanor, is put in the new law, _after all, in a way that renders it in~operative again, under the decision of the Supreme Court. : It is not men“tioned in the title, and under %e rea- ~ soning of the decision would ng a:void;’ the real objection if it was, the consti- - _tution providing that “every act shall ~embrace but one subject and that ~shall be expressed in the title” It was evidently the design of the man- * agers of the bill to make this provision inoperative, as their attention was called to the decision of -the Su+ preme Court above referred to, and they confessed that the only way to ~make the provision effective was to - pass it as a separate act, which wasto “be reported from the conferente com- - mittee. But no such report was ever made.—Crawfordsville Journal, | ¢ We Tegret this exceedingly. The “only effective method of combating drunkenness is by some such law' as - abovereferred to. Letthe man whoso far forgets his manhood as to become beastly drunk, suffer the ektreme pen- ' alties of guch alaw a few . times, and . we think'he will soon learn to taper s e t— . : m&m has at last agreed to the pay- _ Mment of $2500 to the relatives of ~each American cifizen who was miur- _ dered at Santiago de Cuba by the _ Spanish Government. That was the B ,;’a'gi;“_,‘,]s:-’“% g ~\¥ igs T * setles the difficulty hetorn i)

~ MALICIOUS LYING IN POLITICS, ~ln. their anxiety to show that®otkers, besides republican aspirants, to senatorial honors, are guilty of using money to influence the votes of legis%ato‘rs,‘ the more. unscrupulous members of the republican press have been fn‘dustrious‘in giving circulation to:a ¢harge which each and ‘every one of them must-have kiiown to be false ang’ Talicious, We refer to the silly allg: gation that tfi election of Andy Johison was brought:abeut by’thé expenditure of $lO,OOO. The utter falsity of this latest attempt at blackening the _gharacter of one of the most honest ‘and upright statesmen of the country és'thus- set forth by a special corres/pondent of the Cineiunati Enquirer, ['writing from Memphis, Tenn., under date of March 18: : foia

" Quite a sensation has been created in the South by the publication in.the New Orleans Zimes, a few days since, of an article in’ which it was charged that Andy Johnson had bought his way into the United States Senate by buying the nine ;members of the Tennessee Legislature from -Memphis, ‘Shelby coutity. The charge was telegraphed over the ecountry, and was re‘ceived with surprise-and pain by hundreds who, however they might differ in political opinion from the Ex-Pres-iden’c,geb admired him for his sterling integrity which had never yet been tainted by-the breath of suspicion. A Legislative. Committee: appointed to_ investigate the charges find them ut-’ terly without foundation.. The charges originated in the brains of a base scribbler by the name of Smith, one of the J. Q. Thompson style of sneaking ' journalists.” He has been kicked from. every paper in.the city of Memphis; “and, finally driven from the city for his utter worthlessness-and disreputable character, and to wreak revenge on. Memphis people, he. finds a ventilation in such “a~gyespectable sheet as the: New Orleans T%mes, which foolishly gave currency to the venomous effusion. He Wwas probably backed by*‘{ “a class of politicians in Memphis who ‘have made a bifter warfare on Johnson, and, beaten in open fight, they resort to the cowardly weapons of slander, knowing .that if the charges were false, and proven so, still they might work-injury. ILast November, before the members of the Legislature were elected, an-‘attempt was made to “have the delegates pledged to support Andy for ‘the Senatorship.-: This failed, and it wasresolved that each voter should signify in voting his choice for Senator by writing the name at the bottom of the ticke%, and the dele-. ‘gation. were to support the man having the- largest number of votes. It was found that this would be illegal, and a plan was arranged providing ‘Senatorial boxes at all the polls. By these'means the voters expressed their preference and that choice was Andy Johnson, and all through that heated contest for the Senatorial prize the Shelby c¢ounty delegation stood fast by Johnson, and. by their persistent support succeeded in electing“him.— As this delegation is composed of nine of the most worthy eitizens of Memphis, and they, with other leading men of the city, are charged with bribery and corruption, there is great indignation among all classes at provoked charges that not only reflect upon the good name of a man of whom Tennessee is proud, but wound:the pride of the Memphis people, who are jealous of their good name.:

~'Will the time ever arrive when the political slanderer dnd traducer shall be-held to as rigid an accountability as is now the defamer of private char‘acter? We. tan see no good reason why an irresponsible scribbler for.the press should be. permitted to exercise privileges which are plainly denied to “a private citizen. A e . G it -Bl ' THE BEECHER TRIAL, On Thursday, two negroes, man and *woman, and a mulatto man, were the witnesses in Tilton vs. Beecher. ;All had been seri}.antsv to the firm or family' of Woodhull, Claflin and company, and gave evidence concerning the relations. social and otllel‘wise;fof Mr. Tilton 'to its members. -James B. Woodley, the first, testified that Mr. Tilton.urged the others -td“print the “Beecher- article,” -saying it would ‘make their fortunes, for -Plynmiouth Church ‘was rich, and would pay $lOO,000 to suppress it, and that Mr. Tilton said to. Mrs. Woodhull, “I am a man; if I publish it they will crush me— You are a woman, and they can’t hurt you.” This witness -Was .Cross-exams ined at length, and gave unmistakable evidence of having been in training for the .occasion. The two others spoke merely ‘to the -personal intimacy between Tilton and Woodhull, and were not cross-examined. The testimony of the whole ‘darkey tribe bore ‘the stamp of falsehood upon its face. > .

Court was not in session.on Friday and Saturday. On Monday twelve witnesses ‘were examined. Eight of them were called to prove an alibi for Mr. ‘Beecher upon the day (Jumne 2, 1873) when Mrs. Momilton,.accgrding to- her testimony, had a three-hours conversation with him, heard his corfessionseand his resolution to take his life. The statements of the other witnesses were of no-public interest.

. Victoria Woodhull has writtén a denial of the truth of some of the assertions made by ‘the colored witnesses who testified in the Beecher: trial Thursday: She says Tilton never stayed in her house but ong night, and that was when he wrote her biography. She never took lunch with him at Delmonico’s or Kuetz’s Restaurant ; never had a conversation with any negro on free-love, or ‘talked of . making one hiundred. thoudand dollars by fthe publication of the scandal in presence of any witnesses, as alleged. - She also says one of the colored men was dis<charged by her for untrustworthfulneSS. < 5 s ; Ak L e o~y - ’ AiE

Naval Cadetship.

Notice is hereby .given thab there is a vacancy ‘in.the Naval Academy from this District, and that on Thursday, May 13th, 1875, a suitable board will be ¢onvened at-Goshen, Indiana. to examine all candidates for admission to said Academy. '~ Candidates must be residents of the District, and be between fourteen and” eightebn years of age, and not less than five feet in height. ‘Such candidates must be of good moral ¢haracter, must be possessed of a sound constitution, and of a perfect organization. They will be examined in reading, writin‘%, spelling, arithmetie, %eomphy, and English grammar, For further information apply to.. - .- J. H. BAXER, M. C. .

. The “Old Man Bender,” caught at! San Diego, admits that he is the party ‘wanted for so long a time past, but de‘mies having committed the mufders. Like a true son of Adam, he shirks it upon the women—and the women" can'tbe found. :

{ ALBION LOCAT.. | GOV. HENDRICKS AND THE LEGISLAe TURE. : I have read Gov. Hendricks’ letter eulogistic of the late General Assembly: of this State, and on hunting up ‘his- proclamation and message in reference to the special session, have been amused not a little that the ‘one ‘required, in the Governor’s judgment, the other to give the members a standing’at home and the Assembly aletfer of credit abroad. The fault fohd by the people is not that laws enough were not passed, but thiat so much time - of the regular session was feoled away over impracticable and senseless x}xeasures, that no time‘remajned in -which i to digest and pass measures absolutely. demanded by the”interests of the "Stat,e._» The fact is that our Legislature is much too large. Ten Senators and twenty Representatives are enough.— Give them a salary and when they ' have perfected the necessary legislation, let them go home. If it requires three months or even six, or, if they can (o the work in one month, let them take time and pass only such laws as are of general benefit.; We have too much of this crude stuff call‘ed legislation. Much of the time of our Supreme Court is taken up puzzling and guessing what the Legislature meant by this, that and the other act; and in many cases that cool and dignified Court are forced to declare the acts of the Legislaturg unconstitutional. With such a condition as this, legislation is fast Decoming.a farce.— One Legislature undoes the work of its predecessor, and what was law last year is wiped out in this. It is not a question whether the people are satisfied with a particular law, but they have.met to legislate and they must do something; and if they have not braing—enough to originate a sound measure, they have at least the power to abolish such laws as happen to be still in force. It is hard for our mest experienced lawyers to tell what islaw in Indiana. As soon as the lawyer and the people generally have made themselves familiar with what the recent legislation is, along comes another set of tinkers and.baggage smashers and upset the old and grind out a new batch of laws. I-would, as I have said, cut down the Senate to ten members and the House to twenty, give “them a thousand dollars apiece, and convene the Legislature .e‘vér'yQfive years, unless in the opinion of the Governor an emergency should oceur for an extra session between times. Since 1 everybody has a reform of some kind \ to present, [ present this matter of reform in the law-making branch of our’ State Government. Let the Constitution be amended. We are -too much loaded with legislation.. Now, I want it un'(lérstoog that T intend my strictures to apply generally; I have no reference to any particular General Assembly. 'With this disclaimer, I pass on. + 1 i

It is generally cgnceded, I believe that the late feghslation un the liquor business has given us!. i

FREE WHISKY, : until the‘Commis_s\ioners of the I‘espeqtive counties meet in Junenext. Why is this? Ts it design or is it blunder? How the law will- work, no one can tell; but of one thing we are certain: A handsome revenue will go ;in'to the school fund. Where arethe crusaders now? Why are they not moving on the works, since whisky and lager are having a free time of it? :Crusading did more to upset “Old Baxter Bill” than all other causes. combined. It was one of those crazy spel]ls which suddenly break out and run a rapid course and as suddenly collapse. Many women who last year were hanging about saloons singing and praying, sf‘anding in the rain or wallowing on their knees in the mud, W.oh’ld 1710 more be found doing such tllillgs this year than they would put their heads in a fiery furnace. : iR : THESE MANIAS' ; j assume new shape each year. Last. year it was icrusading. This year it is, at the W’“ést, spelling tournaments, and, in the large cities, religious excitement, léd by the Hammonds, the Moodys and Varleys, who go from city to city, like conquerors, and open out their exhibitions. Hammond confineshis' labors to infancy. Some of his converts, just learning to, talk, have expressed in ligping baby sentences the wonderful chahge of héart which they experienced under brother Hammond’s ministry. Next year it will be the Centennial and the Presidency.

‘EXOURSION TO AUBURN.

_ Last Friday evening some forty or ‘more of our citizens, most of whom were ladies, made an excursion to Au‘burn to witness the theatrical exhibition of the Auburn troupe;‘an invitation had been received Ly our troupe to visit Auburn to witness the -entertaininent. A g’ood deal of growling was indulged in by our folks because :they had to wait for the train, which was three hours behind, and ‘they did not, therefore, get home until day light. o * THE SHE-FORTUNE TELLER, who has oceupiéd rooms at the Bradey House for two or three weeks past, packed her traps the other day and left. Dora Comparet, who -seems to have ‘been her agent at thig place, says that she will return soon, and will then take private rooms, so that those who desire to take a peep into the future need not be interrupted. Some of our doctors have taken a lively interest in the welfare of this strange lady, and of c'bixl'se it was only in a professional way. If I were tomention the names of somie of our citizens who were silly enough to have this adventuress tell their fortune, yotir readers, who are acquainted hereabouts, would smile incredulously. Sk b . - COUNTY SPELLING MATCH, L have a proposition to make: Let's have a spelling tournament for the championship of the county, Let each township send its best spellers to Albion, on an evening to be designated, and let them go at it. Let a committee of one from each township take SR e e e T

: * ' OUR SCHOOL. 2o : Hank Bortner was selected again the other night to conduct our school. Hank has been in charge here for some time, and is 4n experienced teacher. _ THE TILTON-BEECHER CASE continues to exercise some of our professional men. It was a dark day for: Tilton on Thursday last. It appears that all the witnesses called on,that day were citizens of African descent. Let Vic. Woodhull be called ; she can tell more about this business than her servants can. It strikes many people that if Beecher is innocent, his 14wyers ought to have shown it loh'gf;go‘,‘ I suspect the game is one simply to ‘mitigate damages. The whole fro- ‘ gramme of the last six weeks has b?en’ to show that Tilton has been a fieelover and thereby has left his own ‘home open to the spoiler; that his wife knew of his infidelities and therefore paid off Tilton’s neglect with ‘Beecher’s “true inwardness.” -'Slna}(espeare, who kept his eyes and ears open, says that the fittest time to corrupt a wife is when she is on bad terms with her husband. But let us hope that Tilton vs. Beecher will not be strung out as was . | i . POPEJOY 5. RODGERS. “And that puts me in mind of Pope’s little card in your columns. Come, Pope; keep cool. I meant no offense. T only said in what the court records will bear me out. But let us have pégce, Fope. « . ot > ;

i - "MISCELLANEOUS. N\ The mud is fast becoming of that delightful consistence so grateful to

those having corns. Wb s Within the nine months of our exiStence as a corporation we have had three Marshals. Peter Sunday resigned, then Gib. Worden fell heir to the tin star; Gib. has stepped down and out, and now Sok Ilardenbrook does the honors. o : 3

. J. B. Kimball, Esq., of Kendallville, was on our streets a few days ago; he appears to haye about recovered from

his accident. = o “Billy McConnell, our efficient Prosecuting Attorney, has gone to Baltimore and other eastern cities on a few weeks trip. Quite a number of our citizens contemplate a trip east while the fare on thisroad is at present rates. " March 29th. i UNCLE TOBFE:

: el 74*»5-——' 3 Kendallville Locals. It is proposed to build a sidewalk on

the north side of Mott street. : A small child by the name of Sprin kle died here last week. Hartsuck took a blow at the German match the other day. lle failed to Uehibiti s i s ol Ed Lisle.is going to Boston to visit

18-brother, .« -1 o | The jury in the riot case disagreed

1t grew out of the Gindelsparger and Tiyon row. . - S ' ' Mr. Archy Daniels is home from the Ann Arpor school, visirtin‘g fri_endé. He pronounced the wordsat the spelldown last Saturday evening. : Mary Coleman, a little ten-year-old, took the prize .(Carleton’s Poems) at the spelling school last Saturday evening: : i b

-~ Dr. Barber, of:- Wolcottville, (Tormerly of this place) digd at Et. Wayne a few days ago. ”‘T“h'e'-Do‘ctor had Been suffering from stone in the bladder and underwent the operation of lithotomy,; from the effects of which he died. |The, calculus: removed was about the size of a hen’s egg, and siinilar in shape. It was passed around among the physicians,. and others of this place, during the fore part of thi week, and, I believe, is to be exhibit’eg fo the members of the Noble County Medical Association. ‘ {

Why don’t Pole-cat Myers “come down” with his apology to Mr. Loomis, as he agreed to? - { ‘O. D. Willett’s damages by the re‘cent fire at- Bryan, Ohio, were about $1,000,. mostly covered by insurance. 1 think it will now do to put in the “gentle spring” articles. Will the: new liquor law compel druggists ‘to take out a license and pay their mioney as any other dealer who sells less than a quart? - [No.— Ep.] e Bl el . The Marshal took ‘a fellow to the calaboose, last ‘Monday night, on’'a board. -- . : by f Bill Groh called his creditors together last Tuesday- to-talk over a settlement. - : Sl g

A case of incest isreported at'South Milford, Lagrange county, between a young man twenty-one years of age and his sister of fourteen. = The offspring of this illicit connection came into the world a few days ago, and the brutish brother has left the country. He will doubtless be indicted at -the next meeting of the grand jury of that county. | ' e j . 'The grape vines are :reported to be all right'in this vieinity. : & . Potatoes .are less frozen and more pléntiful than had been expected, in consequence of whieh there will probably be a decline in the price. L 0 Jack Weatherford added $lOO to the subscription fund for building the Presbyterian parsonage. 4 g The Rev. Goodman’s anti-Darwin lecture was not regarded as conclusive by those who have read and endorse that theoery of creatien. - — ' - <A fifteen pound fish was caught near this place and sold in the city last Monday. = oo . Prof. Bachelder will deliver a'lecture on education, soon. VINDEX.

Sunny Side Notes.

.. What a beautiful day this has been! We are more than ever convinced that the Great. Giver of all' good and precious gifts has nof forgotten to smile on us once more. We all the time thought & silver lining was lidden behind those dark, cold and Angry‘Tooking clouds of the past month, and now we realize it for a fact. Who does not feel like returning thanks for the three beautiful days just past? We confess we are inspired with new life and hopes,—even the mud looks ‘beautiful to us; the sweet singing of. the beautiful birds these warm, sunshiny days malkes us feel ljke cheering at the top of our voice; three cheers for Spring! i ‘ : .. Elder Thomas did not get to his appointment at this place. We fear sickness was the cause of his not being present. =~ G e . _Elder Rendal preached, according to previous announcement, on Saturday evening to a goodly number of our people. The writer was not present but learned from some of our representatives that the Elder's text may be found in Galatians, vi, 9th and 10th.

. We notice that “Vindex,” in last week’s BANNER, does some bragging on Andy Ellison’s mode- of spelling indictment. There is a first-class lawyer in Ligonier who spells equinoctial with an “x,” and a real living editor who spells serawny, “s-c-r-u-n-y!” If “Vindex” has ahything to gamble on Andy as a’ “spellist,” just trot him down to Ligonier and we will go two to one that our lawyer will distance him the first heat, and three to one that our editor will “beat him blind,” as Ire is lightning on the home stretch. : : AHS Elkhart township, March 28. |

-.” Mathematical Problem. - : GrEEN CEnTER, NoBLE Cot, IND, : . ‘March 20th, 1875, - ; . EDITOR BANNER:—It Seems there is no one in our part of the township who feels interest enough to write upon any subject that -would benefit the readers of. the BANNER, so, with your permission, I will set the example. About this time two years ago, there was quite an excitement in the mathematical column. I was a contributor as long as it was continued. I thought it beneficial and interesting, and am anxious to have it renewed again. I will commence first, with

SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS.

"To work square and cube roots with ease and facility, the pupil must be familiar with the following rules, the imrgortance of which cannot be exaggerated if we wish to insure skill, or even sound information on this subjeet L S Ist. ‘lf a square number be multiplied by a square number, the &roduct, will be a square number. * -

2d. If a square number be divided by & square number, the quOtientJ will be a xqquare number.. - .- . 3d. ¥ a cube number be multiplied by a cube number, the produet will be a cube: & S

4th. If a cube number be divided by a cube, the quotient will be a cube. There are several ways of working cube root. The old method, if a person is not in practice, is quite tedious, requiring seveénty-nine figures to produce an answerto the following sum: 91125, which please insert for trial. REQUIRED, The cube root of 91125, to use no more figures than will equal the quotient. =+ T. SOUTHWORTIL

Andy Johnson’s Great Speech.

The Chicago Times, which has all along been extremely hostile to the ex-President, made the following editorial reference to Andy’s great spéech in the U. S. Senate on the 22d of March: . :

- Andy Johnson succeeded yesterday in attracting a large crowd'to the Senate chamber to listen to his initial effort in that body. He obtained the floor shortly after the organization, and proceeded to the discussion of the question before the Senate—the indorsement of Grant’s Louisiana policy. He first contended that the resolution was not properly before the Senate, as 1t had no business to transact. any legislative work while in executive session. He then proceeded to review events .in connection . with Louisiana, affairs, and demonstrated beyond a question that the conduct of Mr. Grant in connection with the Kellogg government was a gross usurpation. He was not sparing in his denunciations of the acts, contending that they were wholly without constitutional or legal warrant; and-the part of a conspiracy to overthrow civil government in the south. so that those Stateg could he used to promote the selfish g?lds of the party in power. L o In speaking of the third-term bugaboo, Mr. Johnson paid particular attention to Mr. Grant. He did not regard the cry of imperialism as unwarranted ; he thought the danger from such a source was imminent, and that it was really the purpose of the President to retain executive control of the Government, even if he had to plunge-the country into another war to attain his end. He concluded by an appeal to his fellow Senators to save the constitution from destruction at the

hands of tlie republican party, and: to maintain inviolate the present repub-

licanh form of government. - Mr. Johnson’s speech accupied just two hours in its delivery. It .is spoken of as one of the ablest efforts of his

life—sufficiently so to convince his ‘admirers that he will be an ugly customer to handle in debate. .He was listened to attentively- by all of the Senators, more especially Morton, who exhibited symptoms of uneasiness, and but for the lock placed upon his tongue by the causus he would undoubtedly have replied. : . "THE SCHOOL LAW, ' The Changes Made by the Last Legis-: b e lature. = * By Senate act 118 the following important changes are made in the school law: - Pt . 1. The County Superintendent will be appointed by the County Commissioners in June. - e ~2..The compensation of County Superintendents is reduced to three dollars per day.. edai - 3. Applicants for license are required to pay a fee of one dollar for examination. and no per diem can be charged for time spent in such examina-. tion. s iy ; ;

4. The number ‘of days allowed ‘County Superintendents for: visiting schools is to be determined:'by the Board of County Commissioners, provided the number of days so allowed shall not be more than one half the number of schools in the county.

5. The number of days allowed: for office work cannot exceed twenty. The act approved March 11, 1875, so amends the act approved Mareh 11,773, as to provide that- persons - living outside of incorporated towns orecities may send their children to the schools of incorporated towns or.cities by the ?myment of tuition, and not have their property = subjected to taxation for school purposes in such cities orfowns as proyided by the old law. G - The act approved March 11, 1875,80 amends the law of 1865 as to provide that when a person proceeds to cuf and remove, or threatens to cut and remove, timber that grows upon any Congressional school lands so as to-de-crease the value of the lands, thé Trustee of the township may have power to.commence and maintain suit to restrain and enjoin the cutting of such timber. o Sy .

Another new act provides for the reorganization of School Boards and their election by the Common Council in June of each year, instead of April, as heretofore. ,

Tilton says Bessie Turner lies like a virago. If that is the case it shows that Beecher'’s lawyers are more persuasive than Tilton, for it is of record that Bessie wouldn’t lie for him. : R - e An outbreak occurred last Monday in the collieries at Buck Mountain, Pa., and a large body of armed miners visited the mines in the neighborhood; compelling the men to quit work and’ wounding three policemen. = =

. ¢IN])IA§NA NEWS ITEMS. ‘A Terre Haute weather prophet predicts that not a bushel of corn will be raised on the Lower Wabash bottoms this season. S The grocers at Indianapolis keep milk on sale. They pay twenty cents a gallon, and sell it at twenty-five. The milk is taken to the city on the different lines of railway. "~ Gen. John .F. Miller, formerly of South Bend, is prominently spoken of as the Republican candidate for Governor of California. California seems to like ex-Hoosier Governors. :

An organization of citizens of New Albany has been effected to start for the gold bearing regions of Arizona. The gold seekers will probably start for their new [field of adventure in the Spring. - - _ : : An Indianapolis gentleman has recently imported a dozen English stallions, which are said by papers in tpe mother country to be of a superior breed for draft horses. They are even said to excel the woild famed Normaggdy breed. L

, By the passage ‘of the license law, the Democratic party will put into the school fund, of the State over $125,000 annually, besides providing for a more stringent and praetical regulation of the liquor traffic, than the Baxter law did. : ; ;

Mr. George Wallace, a resident of Muncie, has left his wife, five children and an 80 acre farm, with horses, cows, farm implements and a letter stating that he will never return, and that she is welcome to the property and.a divorce. By a singular coincidence a neighboring young: woman s also missing. : v et i -The case of Dr. 8. B. Collins, the LaPorte opium doctor, against his divorced wife and W. F. George to restrain them from compounding and selling his “Opium Cure” and using his list of patients’ names, came off at South Bend last Thursday, before Judge Stanfield. - It appears that.the doctor’s wife, previous to their separation, had learned the secret andalso compounded his medicines. An injunction was issued to prevent their using the patients’ names, but the Judge held that she had as full a right touse the formula of the “Opium Cure as if her husband had died, instead of getting a divorce from her.-

That Veto.

* A number of the good brethren have been inquiring as to the why and wherefore of Gov. Hendricks’ veto of the camp meeting bill. - This provided that over fifteen persons could organize a camp meeting association and hold an unlimited amount of property for anylength of time, free of taxation. All police powers- would also be given them. Nothing woyld be easier under such a law as the above, than to make'camp meeting associa‘tions a “fat thing,” a sort of religious bonanza in fact. A.few capitalists could form an organization and “scoopy’ in a section of rich land, hold it free of taxes for any length of time, yealize 200. per cent or so, and all under the feint of holding shoutin’ meetings once a year. It was not because he: wished: to.squelch that necessary institution that Gov. Hendricks vetoed the bill, but lest the original purpose and eobject of camp meeting associations should be prostituted ‘to mere selfish interest and personal aggrandizement.—Ft. Wayne Sentinel. ’

An election will be heldin Connecticuf on Monday, April sth, at which time a Governor and -State officers will be chosen. ©= : b

_ The ice in the Susquehanna is moving and there is danger of inundations at-Loek ,Haven, Pa., and-other pointe.

L BERTELS - o PAHT.—In Ligonier, March 27, 1875, ason to the wife of Jacob Palit; weight 10 pounds, . -

P - MARRIED: T : CARTER—PANCAKE.-—Li%)onier, March 25th, 1875, at' the M, E. Parsonage, by Rev. Y. B. Meredi‘'h, George J. Carter to Misa Pyrena Pancake; all of Ligonier. - e ! :

DEBRD . - ‘NEWHOUSE.—In the Hawpatch, March 16th, 1875, Amos Newhouse; aged 79 ycars, 8 months and 21 days. ‘ . 8 L REYNOLDS.—In Ligonier, Sunday,: March 28, Florence Ni¥htingnle, infant child of D. H. and B, S. P. Reynolds. Yo E%s WS STIGNER.—In Elkhart township, March 24th.: 1875, Elizabeth, wife of John Stigner, and daugh | ter of William and KElizabetn Golder; aged 20° years, 4 months and Bdays. " ! . ; © THE MAREKETS. LIGONIER. : Wheat—white.....sllo Hogs—live....coceu. L2O. Amber—red ..... - 195 Hoge-dressed...... ... Rye....c.c.c5..... 75'Turkeys—livei..... =, QR il SO‘Chickeus—live‘;.... s C0rn,............@ 70 Beeswax.... ;... 2 Potatoes,..... [email protected]|8utter........0...... 15 Blaxßeed. ... ... Iboiard 0. i o 12 Clover Beed,-...... 625|Bggs,. ... ... ..., 18 W 001...... ....40@ 45 /Feathers. .......... 70 Pork. .. _..perbrooooiTallow.. . ......-. 07 5h0u1der5.......... 10{Timothy Hay....... 1200 Ham 5............ '@l2|Marsh Hay......... 1000 L KENDALLVILLE. e Wheat—white.....slo9 Live H0g5..........8.... Amber—red....... 104/Dressed Hogs esr ol Ryel oo il 0 iTive Trrkeys 00, Oats.....ooiiie o 521 ve Chickens v 0. .. Gorng obl é 69| Beerwaxy ... ... 2B P0fat0e5,....... ... 6/ Butbabioe: .. ..., 18 Flax Seed .. ol 180 G 00l i 18 Clover Seed.. ...@ 625(Egg8,cocccccac.onun. 16 W 001......... @ 45|Feathers, seaeereeg. 90 Pork, . ooia oo uirallows .l 0 108 5h0u1dér5,......... 10 Timot_hfiflay...... .1309 Hams....ii..o.@ lQ'Marsh Ao 0 900 : _CHICAGO. 3 ; Wheat—white... §93V¢|Hogs—live..s... @Bs. .. Wheat—red ........ 90|Mess P0rk..2045 @ 2070, BOrI (i iy _6B‘.Lard aen..e. 1412.@14 25 Oate:. .. oo viioii. ) B Shodldess. .0l 7}5 Barley. o2t 0L OB HAsE go 0 g

- TOLEDO. Wheat...... .....c 121 oatB.....o.cne..iiie B 8 Red ** ........... Ll3{€lover 5eed......... 650 C0rp...........0.0 69, [email protected] iaan Toy R N T YDU PSP S S e SOMETHING NEW! THE LADIES OF LIéONiER AND VICINITY are especially invited to call at * Mrs. Agler’s New Millinery Store, In the rooms formerly occupied by Mrs. Rada- ' baungh. 2d door south of Sisterhen’s. : .. MYSTOCK IS NEW % And carefully selected, comprising everything . desirable in Millinery and a full line of ‘ Ladies’ Furnishing Goods. Quality and Prices to suitall. ” Dressmaking done in the neatest and most fashionable manner. A long experience in the business makes me confident in asking a liberal shm;;s of your patronage. Straw Braids and Silk Work done to order: fily aim is to five entire satisfaction. . ‘ Ligouier, Ind., March 25, 1875-48tf ' ; For Sale—Dirt Cheap. An Ice Safe or Beer Cooler, together with comgl_ete Bar Fixtures, for sale at a decided bargain Ky Al -~ BOWEN & HELMEi. endallyille, March 31st, 1875. =+ . " Netice in Attachment. i HARRISON H. UPSON, ). . ik ; V 8 { i . WILLIAM KELLEY, : AND SAMUEL BUTT. J & . : Before Cyrus Pollock, & Justice of the P £ York township, Noble County, Indissn. o . NOTICE is hereby given that a writ of at- -\ tachment and a summons of garnishee has beeén issued by me in the above entitled canse, and that the samewill be determined before me, at my office. on the Bth day ol May, A. D. 1875, at, 10 o'clock, A. M, GYRUs POI:L S o L | POLLOCK, Justice ~ York Twp., March 18, 1875 47-w3 K’,_ Sj, 5 JLIST OF LETTERS JR EMAINING ip the Post Office at Ligonier* RELEER P ot »t ponie ‘Bellinger, Mre, A | Hushaw, James Brock, Thos, ‘ml;p;x.finnlé» e Dogan, Mirs Mandy |[Self, Jacob = i E Yoderdnnm Ay - .0 1 o A lelter addressed Miss Blla Maxwell, Auburp, 1";“ is dtalned, Raving no stamp, | ‘ersons calling for any of the the gbove letters | a oAT T oORE BED, P. M., |

00K! LOOK! LOOK! L@ K‘!‘ Y - covisgs Weo have now ':ofié‘ne’d ",Vfou:l',,'_-éntiréi: new stock of ‘well. salécted .| MENS’ YOUTHS AND BOYS. = - Gents Furnishing Goods, PRICES LOWER THAN THE Parties pui‘gl;lgéi“ggf,g@)fods, ofgq ; wfll Vlé)eal', mmmd }thafit :_ou‘r Stock is elilti'j}é‘,ly.ifllgw,. lias been purchdsgd ab ;B(v)ttc‘naniglu;gs, ‘ md that we will sell g’o‘o‘dsdt"lveast‘,. E 20 Per Cent. Lowsr Than Any Other Firm in This Town or- Contty, We 11(&;;; '}4ll_ iquoz';éfufi;;é m;'}f;:h- We' Will Selt’ ut $9.00. o : ———o——— : de S Al We Aslk Isa Trial. * Store in Room No. lof the Banner Block, Cor. 4th and Cavin Streets. We a’i]S()fs,;;_e.lrl ‘11: ftlxe.f.'qa.:_n’)ei;'p"l}vavce.f ail kirnds-(;.f‘?F ‘ul'niitfire’ made by - s T Dodge & Co, at loifiél‘ v}fi_ficeé*vt'h;;ndany - fe ‘;,f-)f;}l.(-“l‘.‘fil"ll‘l in town or é(~>u‘ut‘y.x i ifporlr Toglmn} - LS MTRR & SAX

TOWN ORDINANCE NO. 12, T 6 Establish Firve Linits: . = .00

'WHERE:_&.\‘,. -A petition has been presented to,. £¥ Y and rceeived by 't%c Board of Trustees of the town of Ligonier, Tndidna, praying for the estab--lishment of fire limits within said town and to prevent the erection of ‘wooden bnildings within Saidilimites SO & e e Dale i aTas 0 . WnerEas, Said petition wag signed by the requisite number of.6wners of the real -estate’ within the proposed. limits described: within said peti‘tion; therefore,. = - SR LURS il R f

Section 1. Be it ordained by .the Board of Trus- 1 tees of the town of Ligonier, Indiana, That thefire limits shall extend ‘to-and include all lots abutting on the East ‘and West, sides of Main street from First street-to Fhird street in'the orig.. inal plat of the town, embracinglots 89, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 63, 61, 65, 66.-67, 68, 69, and 70,7a8 described in said petition, in dddition to'the fire limits already exismngbin satdtown, 1 i e s , See, 2. That-it shall be unlawful-for any person to erect within said fire’ limits any wooden build-. ing therein. = Lo s e Seec 3. Any wooden building erected in violation of the provisiong of this ordinance ate hereby declared a public” nuicances~ and if the owner thereof, or his agent; shall not remove such bunilding within ten days from the time he shall receive | notice in writing by the town Marghal to remove the same, stch officer shall remove.the same from | the fire limifs of-thetowny - ® =, wooe'll iSy Sec. 4. Any person who shall;violate any of the proyisions of:this ordinance, shall up@gx convic—tion be fined in any summot’ exceed_in% ten dollars’ for each day. he shall permit said building to remain within the said firelimits.. .~/ =

'f"fiéééfiffihigfi-éfiifi,'¥§7s3§fi'd'a£prave(i iy o thn s JOHN B STOLL Pres't, Attest: . THEO. S. ELDRED, Cerk. = .« |

Notice to Non-Residents. The State of Indiana; Noble:County, Ss. '

RICHARD 8. WILLIAMS,) ’ R PEGMABILIMIL e v S POT heist e jle |Ci \ ;SAMUNL M, CORNELE, |ll the Nolla Clrentt SIDNEY QORI { sna, Juhe term; 1875, ABRAHAM B. MILLER, I £ S e MARY E. MILLER; ~J. =~ e - - Application for léave of Court to Issue Bxecution, and -Order. of Sale upon decree of foreclosure of mortgage. BE«IT‘KNOWN ‘that on this.3oth dthy of March, in the year 1875, the above named plaintiffs, - by their attorneys, filed in the office of the Clerk’ of the NobleCircuitCourt,their.complaing against said defendants in: the above entitled caunse, together with: a‘n;aflfiavit of a’competent person, that said d%femiante are not residents of the State of Indinna® i=i v o lisis e ‘ Said defendants are therefore hereby notified ot the filing and pendency of sald complaint agginst“ said defendants, and thaf nunless they appear and answer or demat thereto, at the calling of said cause on thegecond: day of the next term of erid court, to be be‘inn and held at the Conrt House in the town of ‘Albion; on the First Monday of June next, said’ complaint, and the matters and | thin%s therein contained and alleged, will be | heard and determined in their absence, : l ! o - Wa.'.C. WILLIAMS, : ; - Clerk of the Noble Cirenit Conrt. | TousLEY, PRIOKETT & ZIMMERMAN; . | { -.o - Attorneys for Plaintiffs. | . Albio, Tnd,,March 38, 1875.-49-w3-pfslo. |

“NICHOLS, SHEPARD & 0.8 - “FIBRATOR’ THRESHER The BRILLIANT SUCCESS of this GraluSaving, Tlme-flnv_ln‘f"-’l?ll RESHER, is taprecedented in the annals of Farm Machinery. Ina brief period it has become widely known and FULLY ESTABLISHED, as the “LEADING THRESHING MACHINE” . 3 ;. ah AL q 4 | 3 55

R S ATy ; Y LY ST~ i: : o_t ' 7‘ :fi—_, ‘ -. N\ TR R B=¢ T\ TR SRy L eLT oo eva A ,T‘l:““.ft“*_f‘w;{,/f—*:\' B %/ : GRAIN RAISERS REFUSE 6 submit to the wasteful and imperfect work :of Gther Threshers, when posted. on the vast superiority. of this one, for. savin%~grain, saving time, and doin rast.thorou#lg and economical work. Tlfimsnnnus FIND IT highly advangageous to rum: & machine: that has no “Beaters,” *Pickers,” or {'Aprons,” that handles Damp Grain; Long. Straw, Headings, Flax, Timothy, Millet and all‘such difficult grain and seeds, with EN=TIRE EASE AND EFFECTIVENESS. Cleans to.perfection ; gaves 'the farmer his thresh bill by -extra saving of Krain; makes no *‘Litterin%s i requires LESS THAN ONE-HALF the usual Belts, Boxes; Journals, and Gears; easier managed; less regalrx; one that grain raisers prefer to employ and wait for, even nt,mlvsg‘e‘ed | priees, while other machines are *‘out of jobs.” ‘Four sizes made with 6,8, 10 and 12 horse “Mounted” Powers, also a speclality of Separators ‘alone,’ express1y for BTEAE POWER, and to mateh ‘oth?’: Horse Powers, S If mterested in grain rawsing, or threshin write for Iliuptr‘nteg Circulars %s'nr"mfl)' Wl,g; full partiulars of sizes, styles, prices, terms, etc. | - NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO., April Ist, 1875, e ma‘“kflfllfiixfim

F.BEAZEL, 4‘ A © Maunfactufer of - S ) ?T: 5 ' IdUdles, - Harness sb o AND—r ) e ; ( 1 AR i 3 i o | TRUNKS."' gk e : g 1 Siye‘s B h S rl ;ee_ L . o ' IGONIER, INDIANA ;\ ; : ” R > ) » : . { The proprictor will be pleased at any time to'wa °| . “on all who may wish anythingin the line of 5 e + % f : : 5 A HARNESS, ¢ . ' : : .. BRIDLES,. : S T WHIPS, - = . ot e COLLARS, . i o ok . FLY-NETS, . e i v BRUSHES: - G oAb | &c., and in fact everything pertaining to this lime e : of business. o : | Especial attention is called to the fact that he is now engaged 1n the manufacturing of all kinds of f i s : - Style, Finish, Durability & Price, BlA.re far superior-to those of edstern manafa@tnx:éf i 1 Call, See and Buy. | October3o,73-27tf ' F. BEAZEL. l'; - - — “ - e . ‘M. E. KENYON, | (Sncceseor to' S, A. Hertuler,) dealer in fine Gold l il ?nd Silver American and Swiss i WATOHES, b|on el "‘.,(' 5 = 2 e 5 }“~”l'“‘j ik Set TR ‘ Sl Josia I Le ke ! i i e ‘lHi_\:v}ii. > bought out Mr. §. A. Hertzler, and‘pen'ng.: : | n.e_'fit/l;glo‘eated_h;, Li;zonier, 1 would respequllfg invite the atteylioxé]fo the ixeor'le to the fact x"kz' ; | I shall make a;flie aztßo Solid Gold and FINE S SRR ERRERR ) ~:~._: .‘ w'.; "; 5 “ $ : '}" ’ ' S !" '.'. - Jewelry and Chains, HEmbracing all of the Tatést ‘ahd most approved . Wi fwpate 0 RO LADIES’ AND GENTS' WEAR, ‘Which I shall offer at prices.that will defy compe;fi“fi:pn. lalso keep ,o'n:&iml iwbunulg llnepot s o e Selßgotd te b . : f)@A N ‘.s'. . . e o BRI . ORPPATREIN ‘ A ”7' L I ’;%fic*»xugfl‘"” o NS T e wm g LB ey L HMNGRAVINCC B e i el