The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 April 1875 — Page 2

The Fational Banuer

' J.B.STOLL, Editor and Proprictor. LIGONIER, IND, APRIL 22,1875, ' RENEW! RENEW!! .

- With this number we conclude the ninth volume of THE NATIONAL BAN-

~NER. The new (téenth) volume com- - “mences next week, when THE BANNER - will appear in a greatly enlarged form. Subscriptions; may be sent' direct to . this office’ or paid to the following named gentlemen: -~ - - =5 - At XKendallville, to Henry Wake- - man, Esq,, office with A, A. Chapin.. At Avilla, to Sol. Baum. At Albion, to Col. Wm..C. Williams, 1 -at the County Clerk’s office. R . -At Noblesville, to Jeff. Addis; Esq.

AccorpiNG to the calculation of Speaker Blaine, the Dgmocrats need but forty-seven electoral votes in the North tosecure the next President, and these can be furnished by ‘the three States of New York, necticut and California. Connecticwfl§is secured already. At this rate e outlook for the Radicals is extremfly dismal.

BEN WADE declines b be the republican candidate for Go%ernor.of Ohio for two good reasoms. - OM®Ng that he has not voice enough to outdrown the roar of old Bill Allen, the lion of the Ohio Democracy ; the other is-that the office must seek’ the man, and he seems to think the office is not seeking him this year. The reasons are satisTactory. 17| e

“Gov. KELLOGG, in his message to the newly constituted Lonisiana Legislature,; warmly urges the enactment of . numerous - reformatory measures and expresses an earnest hope that the strife which has hitherto existed in Louisiana may forever be quieted—a sentiment which meets with a cordial response in the heart of every orderloving citizen of the Unfon: :

MoRE modest than Landaulet Williamis, Secretary Robeson 'has provided himself with an- elegant rosewood sideboard at the public expense, and some envious and mean-spirited people are making a fuss about it. But then Robeson has the advantage of Williams in a magnificent government yacht for his own accommodation and that'of his political friends. :

SENATOR MORTON is reported as saying since his.return from the abortive Mexican trip that “New Orleans is the deadest city on the continent.” It is buta few years since it was one of the most ﬂourlshing ports .along our whole line of cdast, Its decay, in spite of its splendid natural advantages, shows héw desperately wicked and corrupt.have been the political profligates. who have had the control of its fortune. . ° s

IT 15 hinted that Vice President. Wilson has given up his intended trip to Europe on account of an apprehension expressed in some quarters that President Grant may not outlive his present term. The President is said to be getting quite corpulent and is not very. careful of his diet or his drink, but he is too well preserved to give us any fears of his demise.~ The Vice President can cross the Atlantic and stay across without the least danger to the country or its institutions.

. THE CROSS-EXAMINATION of Henry Ward Beecher was resumed last Monday, after a respite of three days, rendered necessary en account of Judge Fullerton’s'illness. A’ perusal of Mr. Beecher’s testimony clearly indicates that he feels anything but comfortable in his present situation. His answers are lof an equivocating, evasive, and —candor ‘compels us to add—manifestly untruthful character. We wish we could think otherwise; but facts are stubborn things. . By his own lips has he stamped upon himself the brand of guilt. =< o c

THE Chicago Times, a few weeks since, published a large mass of correspondence from all parts of tlie western’ States in regard to the coming wheat crop. These reports show that the area of winter wheat sown is ful]y'up to the average, and in some lo-

calities has been increased, while the

' injury from the severe weather is set ~ down as inconsiderable. ' The indi~_cations 'in the spring wheat districts are equally encouraging, and on the - whole the promise of an abundant harvest is represented as being unusu- ~ ally flattering. All of which is very - good—if strictly true. e

SCARCELY a few days have elapsed since the whole country rejoiced oVer the amicable adjustment of the Louisjana troubles, when the deplorable intelligence is sent over the wires that more trouble is in store for that afflicted commonwealth. ~The Conservatives in-the House of Representatives have determined to seat those members returned by the retutning boatd whose seats were. filled by the Hahn Legislature after the withdrawal of Speaker Wiltz and the Conservatives.. Thisaction will give the Conservatives a majority on joint ballot, and the Republicans are apprehensive that a lack of good faith has prompted this action. If the latter be true, the Louisiana Conservatives havé committed a great blunder if not an unpardonable offense. Once agreeing to a compromise, every consideration of public duty and interest demands an honest and faithful compliance with the terms of agreement. The slightest variance therefrom. will deprive the Conseryatives of what they have thus far enjoyed in an eminent hﬁ. rree—the sympathy and confidence of f“érdéﬂo);inzpedpho:thq’ﬁmh,

' The President hds ordered the release of the Black Hills prisoners on condition that they will not return te the mines until germtsﬁon' is givenby the Government, =

~ LEXINGTON-CONCORD. ~° - On Monday last, the 19th day of April,- the one hundredth anniversary of the battle of Lexington was | celebrated with becoming ceremonies and insplendid"style'_at ‘two points of the staid old commonwealth of Massachusetts. ' Owing to local jealousies, a sharp dispute arose bgtween the towns of Lexington and Concord, both claiming to be entitled to the honor of the first_bloodshed in the great struggle for American In[(lependencé.v Celebrations. were accordingly held at both these places.. President Grant and the members of his Cabinet, together with many other government dignitaries, participated.in §he celebrations at both points-—first at Concord and subsequently at Lexington, Immense crowds of people were congregated at both places. = Despite the cold, unpleasant weather, the processions are reported to have been fully two miles long: At Concord, Judge E. R. Hoar ‘officiated as President -of the day, James Russell Lowell contributed a poem, and George William Curtis delivered the oration. At Lexington, Richard "H. Dana, .T;.,- delivered the oration, the unveiling -of the statutes of John Hancock and Samuel Adams ‘ was conducted by G.en. Cowdin, and at | the grand banquet a noble letter from the great British statesman, W. E. Gladstone, elicited words of the warm--est” commendation. 'The ceremonies ‘were _of the . - grandest' character throughout.. . The day was appropriately observed in various other towns of New England and New York. " A contemporary aptly remarks that the hundredth annive}rszll'y' of the day when- the first shot. fired in the cause of American independence was “heard around the ‘world” is- scarcely less worthy -of being memorialized by a national holiday than the day when | Ameriean - ‘independence was fully born.. America is fortunate above most countries in the completeness: with which all the earliest records of ‘her history asa nation have been pre--served; and the best means of preserving throughout all time the glorious story of the struggles for liberty successfully made by our forefathers is, perhaps, to maintain its memories 'in the public mind by a.patriotic celebration. of such historic days as this. In order to refresh the memory of our readers, we herewith append a brief recapitulation of some of the’ most famous incidents of the battles at Concord and Lexington: g ‘The first preparations for resistance to. the British Government by the American. Colonists were made in the spring of 1775. When the English forces entered and occupied Boston, the ‘munitions of war stored ‘up in that city by the Patriots were secretly removed to Concord village, twenty miles distant. Information of this ‘action on the part of the Colonists having been received: by General Gage,. the English Governor of Massachu‘setts, he dispatched on the evening of April 16th, a force of eight hundred British infantry under command of Colonel Smith and Major Pitcairn to seize and destroy the cannon, powder, and-small arms stored -in Concord.— Although this movement was carried out with all possible secrecy, and; although the troops left-Boston at dead | of night, intelligence of their approach/ was conveyed in time to Lexington and Concord by mounted messengers, of -whom Paul Revere has been immortalized by the poet Longfellow, in one of his happiest poems. “When the British, arrived at Lexington, on the morning of the 19th, they found the militia drawn up to oppose them. Pitcairn rode up shouting, “Ye villains, | ye rebels, disperse!, Lay down your arms, %m‘n you; why don’t you lay down ¥our arms? The. insulting or.der was not obeyed, and the British soldiers immediately fired into the 1 body of militia, killing a number of | them. The Americans reireated, however, in good order, maintaining a ‘skirmishing fire all the way to Con‘cord. - By the time the English arrived | there the whole country around had | been aroused by the ringing of-church bells -and by mounted- messengers.— The stores were captured and destroyed; hut the Colonists had gathered in sufficient foree to engage the King’s troops in the first decisive battle of the war for Indeperidence: ' Here the { British were severely worsted, notwithstanding :the efficiency ‘of their excellent arms-and a superior force of mechanically drilled troops, trained to |act in concert like one vast machine. | They had to contend in a species of warfare wholly new to them— A merican bush-fighting. The Colonists, | trained from infancy to the use of fire- | arms, shot with the most deadly aim, .| and the English were soon in full | flight. " The Colonists pursued them | remorselessly, shooting them -down | like sheep; and only the speedy arri: { val of Lord Hugh Percy at Lexington ‘| next day, with 1,700 regulars and can- | non, saved jthe regiment commanded | by Col. Smith and Major Pitcairn from | utter annihilation.. The pursuit of | the Americans was checked by Percy’s | cannon, and the fugitives managed to -reach Bunker Hill without being cap‘tured. .The British lost 198 men dand | officers in killed and missing, and 73 | wounded; and the Colonists but 41 killed or mnissing and 41 wounded.

In connection with this historical sketch it may not be amiss to add that that able and usually correct journal, the N. Y. World, boldly declares the assumption of the first blow for American liberty having beenstruck at Lexington and Concord, an errcr. It avers that “Rhode Island, not Massachusetts; was thé scene of the first act of armed resistance to armed foree.— Men of Providence, not of Lexington or- Concord, were the actors in that scene; Graspee Point below Pawtuxeth in Narragansett Bay was the spot. where the first British blood was shed and when began the American Revolution, and the 10th of June, 1772, not the 19th.of April, 1775, was the d'a'i'wn-day' ofAm?rican Independence. . |

~ Dispatches from ‘Tennesgee, Kentucky and Indiana report that the recent cold weather has effectually “done for” the fruit crop. |Apples, peaches cherries and strawberries are said to be thoroughly destroyed. In this locality the fruit-raisers are generally convineed that the fruit- and young yegetables. are killed, but it will require some days for investigation before the matter can be fully determined. The cold, though biting, was a “dry cold,” and the damage may not be as great as anticipated. The fruitraisers are prone to croak.—Cincinnati Enquirer, April 19.

The Chicago Adventists prepared to go up at m_idniéht last Monday night. Up to the time of going to bress no news of their departure has peéen received. | iy

ALBIOIN LOCATL. ! GABRIEL’S §OLO. = [j “According tothe Chicago Advent- | ists, Gabriel will blow his awful horn | at twelve o’clock to-night, and the]i world will wind up its bobbin. What | a terrible thought!" Yet here I stand, l lighting my pipe preparatory to scribbling off a local:for-the BANNER! Two hours hence I may be flying through space with hair on end, amid the wreck of matter and the everlasting smashof worlds! So it was, we are told, in the days of Noah. But these latter ‘day prophets have fooled us so often ‘that we begin to laugh at them and feel like saying “go up, old bald head.” I can remember the great Millerite excitement of 1843, when-hundreds of deluded men and women, robed in ‘white muslin, awaited the sound of Gabriel’s bugle on the banks of the Schuylkill river. Some one up a tree, about eleven o’clock that April night, ‘blew a blast that would have satisfied even Gabriel himself, and yet the saints did not ascend. The world kepton as usual, and has continued to do so to the present hour, and I fear that the Chicago saints will be disappointed as the saints in-1843 were; besides, I want the maiter delayed at least long enough to finish the Beech-er-Tilton case. o

TAXES, * .-’ There has been a grand rush all day at the County Treasurer’s office, this being the last day for tax paying. T have heard a great deal of complaint about taxes; and have been asked 'by many why taxes areso high? = Taxation was always, and doubtless wiH continue to be, regarded as butdensome. There is no money that people pay that comes so grudgingly as taxes. Indeed, from more than one standpoint it is odious, ‘and only tolerated on the ground of necessity and public policy. | It is in a just sense & burden. ‘And yet, without it there is no security for any of the benefits that each individual enjoys by reason of the safeguards| thrmi’n around him by the State. | It is the price of safety to life and property. Yet, under the most favorable surrqoundings, life and liberty and property have their burdens, and in all civilized and enlightened nations taxation is one of them. Yet, you should remember; my grumbling friend, that your taxes are light as air compared with those of many nations I might mention. If you were compelled to pay heavy taxes and had no voice in saying who should make laws for you, and. who should administer them, then indeed might you champ the bit. But it is not so. “Think, my countrymen, one hundred years ago to-day, on the village green at Lexington, New England blood was shed in that first baptism of leaden rain that we, the children, should not pay taxes without a voice in the law that imposed them. Taxation drove our fathers into rebellion., They had: no voice in making law nor in its administration. They believed that no law was just that was not based on thé consent of the governed. For this, which included all their liberties, they fought, and bled and struggled. On this they builded whenthe strife of war was past. On this we stand today, and God grant that we may never move from so sure and solid d foundation. e : B X WHY? . i

' The question is frequently asked why taxes are so high; why there is no unniformity; why in ‘one’ county taxes are higher -than in another? The questions are pertinent enough, but I fear that it may not be so easy to answer as it is to ask them. One thing, at least, is patent to those who have watched and studied legislation in this State. = The loose and disjointed legislation from session to -session upon this most vital. of all questions has almost. entirely thrown the. construction of the law’ into as many hands as there are counties in the State. Nothing is settled, nothing is uniform. - So'loose and shambling has been the law that no two assessors in any county have been able to approximate in their construction.or even application of the law. ' The Legislature of 1872-3 gave us a bulky and senseless pfece of work in the shape of a: tax-law. The last Legislature, not to be outdone, hawked at and clawed into the same law, and now we must set to work to learn all over again. Can we not have a good law and then keep it? Why this eternal meddling with our laws? We want, of course, the best laws that can be devised; but until we make a radical change in the law making department, ‘'we must expeet the most unsatisfactory results in administration. . And in this connection, I am pleased to'notice that the South Bend Union, copies some of my views on this subject with especial commendation, and goes on in a terse and luminous style to point out how the reform might- well be applied to our National Legislature. But enough of this for the present..

: ELDER DAVID HOUGH, B of the “Henpeck” circuit, was in town last - week, and received the congratulations of his many friends that he has become onee more a hard-fisted son of toil. He showed us the blisters on his hands, the sure signs of hard work and good pay. The Elder still has his :eye set on Congraess, but I think, considering the disturbed condition of things in Salt Lake, that there: will be need of a new prophet among the Latter Day Saints, and Hough is the man, -

i COURT: came to a sudden close on Wednesday afternoon last, owing to the illness and absence of an important witness, and court adjourned over until July 27th next.. Judge Haynes, of the 26th Circuit, presided with dignity and efficiency, and won the esteem of all present by his affability and social qualities. A brilliant array of counsel was present and some fine arguments were made. The plaintiff, in the Blair case, as it is called, was represented Ellison, Ninde and Chapin ; the: defendants by Judges Morris, Best, Hon. J. H. Baker, and others.

TEMPERANCE, It would seem that our people here take but little interest in temperance, as I noticed on Tuesday evening last but a slim audience to hear a Mr. Reynolds expatiate on the great evils of intemperance. He gave out that he would hold ferth on the following night, and hoped to have a crowded heuse, and wound up by saying .thathe would do like the old woman’s hen: “Johnny,” said the old woman, “you get some eggs and set the old hen.” Shortly after Johnny came in and informed the old lady that he had obeyed her command, and in answer to the question as to the number of eggs he had put under the hen, he replied: “one hundred!” i ; “What on earth did you put so many eggs under the old hen $” 5 “Why, mother, I wanted to see the old damsel spread herself!” . . ; Next night, however, not moré than a half dozen eame out and Reynolds of course did not spread himself. As thestory of the old hen is new, 1 tho't your reéaders would be pleased to hear % o . ¢ ; ; « “HERE'S YOUR MULE.” . , 8. T. Ward is one of our active, thorough going business men. He

lives on a hill south of town. Sime | was expecting to-day a niece, a young ' lady by the name of Miss Elsie Ward, | from Ohio, to-Visit him. A dispateh | to that effect was sent to Sime, and that she would be on the 2 o’clock P. | M. train. Judge of Sim’s consternation whe%gths operator here handed him this Mispatch: “Eliza Ann will be buried at 2 o’clock.” . : ® THAT CHALLENGE. i Uncle Toby’s challenge in the last issue of the BANNER is making some stir among the orthographers. Does any one want peanuts? Some of the boys are plodding through Webster’s | Unabridged and it may be that I will receive a call before long. : SUDDEN DEATH. Mus. Margaret Shaffer, a respectable - widow, who lived some two miles | southeast of town, died suddenly on vesterday at Seth Gilchrist’s where she had stopped t® rest, on her way home from town. , She complained of not feeling well, when she stopped at Gilchrist’s, and grew rapidly worse and in a short time died. 'Of the. cause of her sudden death T have not yet learned. ¢ e WINNESHIEK AGAIN. '~ Judge Tousley has returned from Indianapolis, whither he had gone on. behalf of the victims, and reports that ‘most of the cases can probably be knocked “higher than a kite.” Gen. Harrison, of Indianapolis; ‘has been ‘retained to attend to the cases. It may be that all of them can be squelched; at all events, a fight will be made to that end. Ciaa : IMPROVING. o Our mail matters are improving, .and .we are in receipt of our usual "amount of papers and letters, as of old. 7 : MEDICAL ASS. it * The Noble County Medical Association will meet at this place on the 27th of this month. Every physician in the county who desires to elevate the profession to that high position which it ought to occupy, ought to join the association and contribute all in his | power to advance the noble calling in all that will promote the interests of society and the individual standing and efficiency of its members. a 4 e TNTR L v P.S. "1t is now “midnight’s solemn hour.” The sky is cold and gray, and the air all damp and heavy; one by one the stars, like little birds, have, snuggled on their roosts. I wait to hear that dreadful horn. Yet ‘as I waif: : Sy ; “Every moment dies'a man, ' ’ Every moment one is born.” Alas!the world has come to anend ‘for many-a one to-night. : April 19th, UNcLE ToByY. - el @ RB— e g 3 v © The Louisiana Compromise. . [From the Indianapolis Journal.]

The final acceptance by both political parties in Louisiana of the compromise adjustment of the Congressional Committee is an event of considerable political importance. It involvesthe unseating of some members of the Legislature who have claimed seats, the putting of others in their places, and the formal recognition of the Kellogg government, with a pledge to render the Governor #all necessary and legitimate support in maintaining the laws and in advancing the peace and prosperity of the State.” This resolution was adopted by a large majority of both parties. The unseated members gracefully acquiesced in the arrangement, making frank and manly speeches on their letirement from the House, and expressing the hope that the adjustment would be carried out in good faith. Singularly enough, one of the unseatéd members, a. colored man, was, succeeded by his former master, and in his valedictory remarks the former said he withdrew. with the more pleasure because the man who was to take his seat owned him' in former days, and was an honorable ahd. worthy gentleman. A general spirit of conciliation seems to have been manifested, and the compromise is regarded as an accomplished fact.— It is possible, therefore, that the State of Louisiana is' about entering on a new and better condition than it has enjoyed heretofore. If both parties adhere to this compromise and submit their difference hereafter to the uncorrupted ballot-box, and if the Conservatives can bring themselves. to allow all men, black and white, to think and vote as they please, Louisiana will have made a great advance towards a truer and better civilization. ° i

Columbia City Items.

' The Lutheran Sunday School had a jubilee last Sunday evening. It was a splendid entertainment. - Miss Carrie Fuller gave an enter tainment at Central Hall last Friday evening. She is a splendid reader and her selections were good. She may come again. ‘ o Last week was a week of snow and cold in this part of the country. Book agents were around, notwithstanding. ‘The wheat looks well in this part of the county. : P No Granger store yet in Columbia City. . :

The voters of the corporation are requested to meet in convention next Saturday evening to nominate corporation officers to be elected on the first Monday in May. : : i

As soon as winter is over work on the new jail will be resumed. ‘We heard' some one say when we had that nice warm spell of weather that winter had broke. . From all appearances, ‘it broke about the middle, and- has since been gpliced, and yet there is room for more. The* Post commences this week with “Rosalie Rathborne.” - - Next week is court with us. ' People-are complaining about high taxes, and some of them want to know who done it. S. U. REropP. |

A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Bluffton last Thursday night, resulting in the death of Mrs. Ornan. Ata late, hour of the night she had been clearing up the rubbish in her garden and set it on fire. Stepping to a'blazing heap to put:on mere rubbish, her clothing caught fire, burning her in_a horrible manner. - : ;

Bullion to the amount of £208,000 went into Bank of England last Monday on balance. S :

THE MARKETS. LIGONIER. i Wheat—white....s) 15 H0g5—1ive..........2600 Amber—red ..... 11){Hogs--dressed...... ... Rye ... ...ol,iiis’ 15 Turkeys—MHve...... (B 0nt5....00.....0r.- 55 |Chickens—live,..... 07 C0rn,............@ 6518ee5waX........... 80 Potatoes,,.... [email protected]|8utter.......c......... 13 Blaxßeed..., ... 160 Lard...; aisalivnills Clover 5eed,....... §5O %ggn 10 W0a1...... ... 46@ 50 eat{1erp.........;.. 16 P0rk....’....perbr0?.00‘Ta110w...........:. 08 5h0un1der5.......... IQlTimothiviHay....,...lﬂdo Ham 5............ @l5/ Marsh BY-20-xs-..1000 ~ KENDALLVILLE. s Wheat—white..... #ll3B Live' H0g5..........8..;.. ‘Amber—red ....... 100{Dressed H0g®...... .... Bye ....i}ieicconys (651 Live Turkeys...c.... & 0at5......c.000n,.5 . 60Live Chickens...... .. C0rn.,.,..... @ 60|8ee5wax,..........." 28 P0tat0e5,.....;..... 8A3|8atter............0 15 Plaxßaed. .. ooc 11 00108800 e , oviiiisians: 3E Clover Seed.. ...@ 650|Egg5,............... 10 W001....i.... ‘@ 4b|Peathers, .......... 90 8avk,......i0 i tlaWy . i 0T 5h0un1der5,......,.. 10 Timothﬁuﬂy....-...1x 09 Ham5..........@ 12 Marsh Hay......... 800 e e e e eet e e ‘ . CHICAGO. ale e g Wheat—white .. §loo|Hogs—live..s7 .. gw ve Wheat—red ........ 95|Mees P0rk..2160.@ 21 95 Corn...i..ccoviivace, 72 Lavd...... 1420@14 86 Oats. ... ...c,i.l B Bhonlders. i 1% Barley. . cosedesve. 108 HAME . oven o ooneal. 12 TR I Wheat...... ... (o _'pt--.g 4sewaabialy , Ball 't i llﬁ}cfour Be’e'd.v..,.v.‘..‘. 660 COTH oo i TTIHORRL vialied

| Dispatches contain an.account of a ' successful attempt to wreck a train on | the: St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, | ; near Mankato, Minn. ‘The engine and | half a dozen stock cars were precipi- t tated through a bridge into a ravine-! below. About fifty head of cattle’ were killed, but the passengers miraculously escaped. e

DIED.

NELSON.—On the Haw§at¢h. March 26th, 1875, Mary, wife of Mr. Joseph Nelson, aged 66 years, 2 months and 17 days. Ee s

Deceased was born in Fayette county, Penn’a. Came to LaGrange county, about 1 years ago,— She was a good woman in every respect, was & faithful member of the Methodist Church, and her departure is sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends and neighbors. Her remains were interred at Eden Chapel, en the Hawpatch. Faneral services by Rev. Geo. W. Howe, i

I OFFEK my house and kitchen. two lots, with convenient well and cistern, good barn, about 40 bearing fruit trecs, with a variety of small fruit, making it one of the most desirable homes in Ligonier. If sold within 60 days, 20 per cent will be deducted from its real value. .. Jof - g g . JOSEPH C. BEST. Ligonier, Ind., April 21, 1875.-52-3 w

To Builders and Contractors. NOTICE is hereby given to Builders and Contractors that propesals will be received until the Ist of May next for the erection of a School House at Springfield, Elkhart township, Noble couuty, Ind. For plansand epecifications, call at the office of SG. W. MUMMERT, Trustee. Wawaka, Ind., April 15, 1875.—3w-51 + LIST OF LETTERS

,REMAINING in the Post Office at Ligonier, \ Indiana, during the past week: 4 Anderson, Jogseph « |Hoak, Hiram g Blake. Isaac = - |Hart, Miss Mary: | Foster, Henry Keller, Sada Gilpin, Alice * 2 |Yoder, Noah.. 2 Persons calling for any of the the above letters will please say ‘‘advertised.” : : H. M. GOODSPEED, P. M. Ligonier, Ind., April 22, 1875.

. At}‘minlstratob’s Sale. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, by virtue of authority in him vested by the will of James Gillespie, deceased, late of Noble county, will gell at private gale, on

Friday, April 30th, 1875, the undivided two-thirds of the undivided onehalf of 23 fcet off of the north side of Lot No. thirty-two (32) in the original plat of the town of Ligonier, Noble county, Indiana. Terms of Sale: X Cash, 3¢ in six months, and the balance in one year, with 6 per cent. interest on deferred payments; the purchaser giving hotes secared by mortgage on the f)remis’es. JOHN WEIR, Executor of the last will of Jas. Gilléspie dec’d. Ligonier, Ind., April 14, 1875. 51-w3

Winebrenner & Hoxworth, : HOUSE, 81GN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, " @rainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers.: . Whitewashin%.VCalsominin;iand Decorating doné to order. e have purchased the right to : -use Cross & Bastine’s Patent Transfer Graining Machine By which we are enabled to de far superior work than can be done by hand, it bein% a perfect imitation of the natural wood. ‘Samples of the work can be geen at this office. Shop corner of Fourth and Cavin Stg., opposite Kerr’s Cabinet Shops Ligonier, - = = - Indiana,

-TOWN ELECTION NOTICE. NO'l‘lCE‘is hereby given by the undergsigned, Clerk of the town of Ligonier, Noble county. Indiana, that on £ &

Sl Monday, May 3, 1853, inthe Barber Shop of H. Saissline, in said town; an election will be held by the qualified voters of said town -?f Ligonier, for the fpm-pone of electing the following named officers for said town, to.serve for the year commencing May 3d, 1875; to wit :— One Trustee for the Firet Ward; one ‘Trustee for the Second Ward; one Trustee for the Third Ward ;" one Trustee for the Fourth Ward; one Trustee for the Fifth Ward; one Clerk; - one Treasurer, and one Assessor. Polls will open at 9 o’clock A. m. of said day. ; ; In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ~A—~, and affixed the Incorporation Seal SEAL of said town of Ligonier, this 15th day of April, 1875. ST " THEO. 8. ELDRED, 9.-51-w3 ° Town Clerk.

Banking House ~ OF. o SOL.. MIER, : ‘Qohra(l’s New Brick Block, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Moueyloaned on long and short time. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Monies received on deposit and intereet allowed on specified time, ' - ; i Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principnl cities of Europe. i 8-2 /- TOTHE FARMERS: You will please take nolice that I am still engaged in buyixl_? wheat, for which I pay the highest market I{n‘ ce. : i Ff you do Bot find me on the streel, call before ‘selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. SOL. MIER. Ligonier, Indiana, May 7th,3874. —if /

W. A. BROWN, ~ Manafacturer of a:Ild Dealerin;all killdS or FURNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, ; WILLOW-WARE, .. s . BRACKETS, &o COFFINS&CASKETS Always on hand.. and will be farnished. to order Fung;g:: illit(t’gxllg?d-with hearse when desired. Cer. Cavin and 2n;]sBtr.} ngomelj, Ind .. .t . August7th,lB73.-8-15 o . ‘ IS— _‘ [s - Money Made! The Times Require a New, Depart- .+ ure, and I am Ready forit |

2 v?‘ﬁy{:“ "1 /| : ) e ! A i HearYe! HearYel :: { ; 7. " .\‘. ’\ Y \ ] ‘ 4 S CLOTHING }J g 20 Per Cent. helow & | )ﬂ’ % New York Pricesg V= JSmwdrs, o e T ﬁ?“"‘*;;‘__ . In Ordér to Close O'u,t‘ my large stock of Ready-fade Clothing I have determined to sell 20 per et. below New Yerk Prices! - I ivijil pay heople to comé from a distance of 20 fo 50 miles to buy Clothing at J. Straus, Jr.’s Boss Clothing House, WG COME Am;)“sm}on YOURSELF, AT %.sTRAUS gRs Boss CLOTHING House, Merchant Tailoring 'a Specialty, Apritog,iessme, ¢

EGGS FOR HATCHING., | 1 will furnish Eiggs from the following pure bred Fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Persittingofl3: | Silver Grey Dorking ...............0c05...... 88300 | GoldFaa Webtams. ... .ol 300 Silver Spangled Hamburgs...... ........... 200 L Dsrszhmse...:......-..,..,. aeliiio s 200 ,L'Em ahma5.................... .00 ..., 200 White I.efhoms..;‘.. iuataesuenit ol uIE T SR Buf@eehing .. .. .. e 350 Parfildpe Cofliine., . ........ . ... 0 .. 80 - HASIONE, ... Lvl s b e T RErkrrnors.—Dr. H. C. Pardee, Dr. I. C. Harer, Werner & Gaskill, Geo. Maus, P. M., Marl‘goro. O.; Dr. A, Gants, Ligonier, Ind, ; \ - © R.MASON, | 505 y - .. MarlSoro, Stark Co., Ohio. | “NO-CURE! NOPAY! -] DR.S.CLAY TODD. ~ The Celebrated Physician for the k . Cure of Consumption, Epileptic Fits, Liver, Kidney, Spine and Heart Diseases, D%spepsia, Nervo- | ous- Debility- and- all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, - Scrofula, Old Sores, Cancers, Tumors, and all Female and Chronic Diseases, is so sure of his success that he will make no charge for his services until the patient is fully recovered, except Jor his Medicines. :

The sick are earnestly requested to call wpon him at once and save time and money and perhaps their lives, as ke is said to cure when all others fail. His Medicines are extracts or active

: ' principles of , ROOTS, HERBS AND BARKS used by the Natives of South America and the East Indies,the Doctor having spent many a year in * SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE

in those countries.

Call on Dr. 8. Clay Todd, corner of Calhoun and Columbia streets, Upstairs, Rooms Nos. 8, 9 and 10, Fort Wayne, Indiana. ~ bl-tf

M. E. KENYON,

(Successor to 8. A. Hertzler,) dealer in fine Gold ~: - and Silver American and Swiss '~ .

WATCHES.

Having bought out Mr 8. A. Hertzler, and permanently located in Ligonier, I would respectfully invite the attention of the tpeo?le- to the fact that I shall make a Bpecialtﬁo Solid . Gold and FINE } ROLLED PLATED )

Jewelry and Chains,

Embracing aIF of the latest and most approved § styles, for both

LADIES’ AND GENTS’ WEAR,

g : e Which I shall offer at prices that will defy competition. I also keep on hand a beautiful line of fine golid gold SEAIL: RINGS.

Being a practical workman, I shall pay especial ; attention to the: :

REPAIRING .

And adjusting of fine .watches, and'all work entrusted to me will be done in a first-clags manner - and warranted. ¢ !

ENGRAVING Of all styles done with neatness ‘and dispatch at i M. E. KENYON’S, | In the Ligonier House Block, Ligonier, Ind. - Oct. 29, 187427 L Ry F. BEAZEL, . “ S Manufactnrér of s 3.0 > 2 Saddles, Harness S —~AND— - ¢ . { 5 TRUNKS, LIGONIER, INDIANA ‘The pro‘)rictor will be pleased at any time to wa on all who may wish anything in the line of HARNESS, .- ' .SADDLES, o - BRIDLES, . - . ) - COLLARS., | L FLY-NETS, ~ S BRUSHES, ; CARDS, &c., and in fact everything pertaining to this line : of business.

Espeoial attention is called to the fact that he is now engaged 1n the mwn{acpuring of all 'kinds of TRUNKS, ¥ ‘Whieh, in : : 2 Style, Finish, Durability & Price, Are far superior:to those of eastern mann’fnctnre.‘ Call, See and Buy. October3o,73-27tf * F. BEAZEL. | CABINET SHOP : . ' — AND » G ;‘:",Rc Do KERR, “". ‘jfonld respectfully announce to tlm citizernsof * Noble county, that'he hasconstantlyon “handa large and superiorstock of = : CABINET WARE, s . : é’? kr . Consgatiuz in p?nt of L DRESSING BUREAUS. . . WARD-ROBES:, ' . - " TABLES; Weid e L e itk g i e 4 ¢ . LSTaIIRYEEE o ... . CUP-BOARDS,. el oD HOU;DING ~ CHAIRS AND BEDSTEADS, Andinfact every thing us il‘gh ptina First aﬁ‘ﬁm&%&%ﬁn 'ium_&ﬁ paid tothe Undertaking Business. =~ . COFFINS ALWAYS ON HAND. Gt oo Abe 1o Corhr T Bour et Ll 10 PRI Y S ey

_ IN THREE IMPORTANT TRIALS, = - For General Use, Lightness of Draft, Edse of Management, . Quality of Work, Simplicity and Durability of . =~ -, Construction, it has ‘no- E’qual boy i &l At Ashland, thq, August sth and 6th, 1874, the * oo Wwas declared, by five disinterested aﬁ_dvimvpartia‘l Judges, to be ; THE CHAMPION PLOW ON THE GROUND, . . in the foHowing six points of éxcellence: . = Ist. DraftinSod, - |ath. Simplcity ofConstrucifon, 2d. Drafe in Stabble, ‘-ﬂh; snéa'd;nésé;bfn‘mi;:, 3d. Quality of Work InStubble, | 6th. Ease of Management: e It was also,the Cheapest Plow on the Ground. The following is a detailed Report of the Committee, published in the Ash- ' e . land Times, of August 13th, 1874: o i "~ Names 6(Plows,;-'---,-ﬁ--‘-;.-'-'l‘ BRYA‘Nv‘ SO-Bend“_Shu\-k. ‘nﬁpeym. ly.L.G,ibbs‘ Shelby. . 30 Drait i Stabbla: o 1 |ke | dom | B | MRX | sy | el 3d—Quality of Work in Stubble . Ist | 2d"". |2d"! 2a " } lat 2a : 4th—Quality of Work in Bod. ./ + 8 [.of .. IW i 88 oW sth—Simplicity of Constroction, = - Ist siige il G s 6th—Steadiness of Running..:.l st .000 o 0 T s 2d ’ 7th—Ease of Management......|" * ' 18t raaliag S 2d . Sth—-Du.rabthy,._...'...;‘....‘...._1a 2d . 1 , l, l Ist : 24 = We,_ the Committer, consi—i—i:;ﬂli BRYAN f!ne ‘Best I:IOw on th; 'Ground; t;_M_l:. : . @ibbs second best, and the Shelby third best, gl &N : DANIEL AMBROSE, yopw sprepis LAO WERTMAN, . . ALFRED SLOCUM; . - JOHNCSEIBERTS, ghrioripr, MOOREZ) At Kendallville, Indiana, May 7, 1874, the BRYAN PLOW car. S off the Victor’s Palm. . ‘ : 4 .__.',“”“‘ —‘l—’:—i—g e —-—‘}——— : P R i . . o ’“‘ yraft ’n od 4 lI)rg ,tvi" stupl)lel(!u;!ii:‘?gd\.Voxk‘Quill:lé)t:{b‘l!e(:rk ! BRYAN PrOw. ... .iiljalie.zi] . 5603 e 35815 s }iy dEE B g e2d ! South Bend Plow. 1.. Do deadlar QIR o 4080 ¥ ad S Ist .Kendallville P10w...:.«........l e I 384 W- i o l 24 : GEO. SAYLES, Chairiman, 1, ; ok . EPHRAIM MYERS, 8 B, HOMES, --« - XRREMANGABLR, - srrsin BATLEY. At Van Wert, Ohio, Aprillst, 1874, the BRYAN PLOW was 35t0 100 POUNDS LIGHTER DRAFT than any other Plow on | e ~: . the Ground doing the fame work. . ; ‘L The following is a report, of the trial, the draft being taken by Joras Stuckey: The BR¥AN PLOW, No. 2, twelveineh cub........,... ... .:...400 pounds. [-Burch, or North Fairfield Plow.. ...l vt oL ags .« South Bend Plow, No. 40, twe1vedine1reut................... ..450 5 “ *. =%+ No: 30, ten-and one-half inclicut......:. ... .850 ' « “ Lon o Neadn tenvgel eubi ol o 0 Ut Bs e o Ball Plow. i oo inag gl Ll Li e wi o C01umbu51’10w‘......_;......'»..,.f}... Blarpigtans .'..‘_. ..._,;,.,“:.’___475 % ¥ Fort Wayne Plow.. ..o, L, ceesien 800 The signal victories which the BRYAN PLow has acliieved, in a number of : ‘trials in which the leading plows of Ohio, Indiana artd Michigan' - 5 © . were engaged, must make it pre-eminently 3 : The Champion Plow .of the North-W est. ~ WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON . with anything now manufactured in the line of Plows. : G S f@*For ‘sale by . : e"4 i : RIS L s e gEast Side Ca,y‘in'Stneet, Ligonier, Indiana. : c‘b“ : S : ISS~ Remember we, also -sell the celebrated. Coquillard Wagon and Keep con- | stantly on hand a complete stock of Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Nails, Lath, Shingles, Farming Implements, etc. In short, if you need anything in the Hardware Jine, it will be to your interest to givemeacall. > . " ], W, Ligonier, Indiana, April 22, APIB-Dh24E. o e e : . : ENGEL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. : THE LARGEST CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN NOBLE AND - - ADJOINING COUNTIES, L Lo i ol ORI DROLDRT el | : i : & o s - ¥ b ¢ .. l % : . LUE AJ o ® ] R Le

; For Mens’, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s Wear, *~ ~ : ' i : : Vi O i i et FURNISHING GOODS, HATS AND CAPS, CLOTHS, COATINGS, | Cassimeres, Vestings, Jeans, , And all ot her Goods suitable for Men’s & Boys’ Wear, gt prices LOWER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE WILL sm:%u THEM, ~ln Our Merchant Tailoring Department: (Under the charge of ﬁrsfc-class qukmen,) we are prepayed as usual to make to order every description of Men’s Garments at very reasonable rates. Call and See Our Stock and Prices Before Buying, coos eT WL Pay Yoa. | . ‘ A ENe et ] ENGEL & CO. January.7,lBls . -0T . ‘ L KEENDALLVILLE. Gerber, Treash & Kriechbaum, . L 4 =—MANUFACTURERS OF —— - T FARM, FREIGHT AND SPRING Carriages, Plows, Shoyel ; Plows, ' 2 idhey iy . ~ARD A VARIETY OF—— ' _ Gl ve Manufacture and offer the above goods to the public, confident that the are equal to any in the market. .We are pre aredggbmke all l:l‘;fiis of Cut): ings on short notice. Having added ;‘gl"eaﬁg;to -our facilities, we are better than ever prepared to do all kinds of Jobbing, and would eall special attention of MILL M&T, and all others using mmzw ] ucg ved ENGINE LATHE, which enab;esﬁs.tﬁ’?@o%l kinds of MACHINE REPAIRING. Our CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT is conducted in all its bran%m by EXT PERIENCED MECHANICS only. 01 o /1t (10 11 { 'i ~ I’.' - ( 4' "-—!-—-L o 'a"'y.:}"a‘,ﬁ g’fil* er,;"‘,‘*t §s"Special Attention given to all kinds of Wagon and_g9y Q» g 2 ~ :. 3o lf'b‘hin ?ﬂ e“o‘ iy y :.‘?,, TS e e —g-wq’ &m R Thankful to our friends for past favors,'we con ially invite them and the. Sour nteréet fo examine our stock bofore purchasing isewherer ke 1t 40 Ll Ll L e e ] . Office and Works—Corner of Ist wdﬂaviammﬁ:ﬂ i