The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 7, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 June 1875 — Page 2

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> £ J.vf:'a_. Sfdzji.EMg and Proprietor. . “ - LIGONIER, IND, JUNE 10, 1875. " . AX eastern journal is of opinion ? ' -that the western grasshopper must be " 'considered with abatements, referable © tohis influence on the grain market and the talent of stockjobbers’ for ar- = tistic lying, otherwise the terrible in- . sectfills too large a space.in the pube lic éye. . The journal from which we - ' quote saysthe reports that are ‘now ~ received from- trustworthy. private | sources in the westare bad enough, . but do not justify the earlier accounts . of grasshopper ravage and destruction.

THE WHOLE TENOR of Mr. Grant’s singular lefter to Harry White indicates that:the present occupant of the White House will not decline a third term more than he did tlhe first. © Wo to the office holder or office expectant ‘who shall interpret this riddle of the Sphynx as megning that he will not accept a nomination. ~ “Circnmstances,” ‘he says, may make the acceptance, “an imperative duty.” . It is the .part_of an adroit, successful politician to ¢reate the circumstances, ?.nd it is:the duty of faithful ‘office holders to rec: ‘ognize them When they are created. THE lc%\mj;* Ts .of several leading: papers on Grant’s equivocal effusion - on the third-term question,reproduaéd in another portion of Ythis week's RANNER, show that so far as the press is -concernéd the Presidenit has not succeeded in throwing any considera‘ble quantity of dust into the eyes of ‘watehful people. . In fact, Mr. Grant has simply. verified the.charge so often preferred, to wit: thatlie has a strong itching for a continued abiding place in the White House. If he is susceptible. of - instruction, he will have ample opportunity to learn tliat popular sentiment does not run in that direction.” , . - : 5 ————w— THE DISPASSIONATE MANNER in which the New York Tribune discuss; es the school question in Ohio is worthy of all commendation. It ‘meets the question from a proper stand-point, free from prejudice and ‘partisan confiderations. = S§ far, as 'THE BANNER is concerned, we have no hesitancy in saying that we regard all attempts at interfering wijth the common school system as mischievous in the extreme, and we deprecate the unreasonable demands of bigoted Catholics as greatly as we do the projected revival of Know-Nothing intolerance. ‘Both are anti-American, anti-Repub-lican, and directly in conflict with the liberal spirit of American institutions.

CONTRARY to the second “opinion ™ of Attorney Gerneral Buskirk, the city council of Logansport. elected an entire new-board of school trustees. . A “muddle” is the result of this action. The old board refuses to vacate. The auditor refused to.recognize the old board and issue to them a warrant for the special funds in the hands of the treasurer, and the old board has petitioned for a'writ of mandamus against the auditor to compel him to issue the 'warrant. The case will be tried this ‘week. Ex-United States Senator Graham N. Fitch has -been elected president of the new board. Togausport is r_diy}ided into two factions on municipal affairs—one led by Col. Fitch and the other by an old ringmaster named Dykeman. i : -

* TuHE END of theßeecher trial is rapidly approaching. Judge Porter harangued the jury five days. Mr. Evarts " has spoken eight. . Mr. Beach says he * will be hanged if he talks' more than ;three. days. Judge Neilson’s. charge - will prabably Gccupy three hours or so, - and the jury will be pretty sure to get ~ thé case Monday or Tuesday of next. - week, and to be sequestered for a num- ‘ ber of months unless‘they agree upon a- - verdict. - His" Honor, who gossips with them often in his room, says they are a very seusible set of men, and he has " mo fears for their behavior. At pres“ent the mind of the said twelve'isﬁespecially occupied with the question of - pdy, it being their unanimous opinion that they ought' to haye five dollars . per day. We think so too. | S s \‘ e - f——— 2 i EFFORTS have recently been made _to effect a re-union of the two wings . of the Presbyterian Church. Theyare kept apart by a very thin partition.— * The Church North says; * It does not ‘. 'wish to be judged now for what it said ~ or done in the excitement of war, and ~ that its sayings and doings then are ¢ ‘E‘fﬁi'eign to its present feelings and - purposes.” ‘The Church South replies ~ in effect: “If you will say that you re- - gret what was done in a time of exeitement, and now, on reflection, dis:+_approve, theimputation themgcast upon us, it will end all difficulty.” ' But _the Church North will not say‘that it ~ disapproves of its action during the’ .~ wir, and the Church South will not . Tenew amicable relations short of such ~#n admission. . Hair-splitting seems & ‘indeed a favorite ppss-time with theoe . 1 It wiLL be remembered that a strong. effort was made a few years - ‘ago to place the;telegraph lines of the . eountry u_n,lder» government control.— . What a huge Qleph?.,ﬁxt -the tax-payers /would have had o their hands, had * that project succeeded, may be infer;fﬁﬂfmm an article in the Philadel-ggﬁ-w calling attention to the fact that government telegraphy in i%’mm not pay ex;ﬁsnsles.; Last - yeariteost a half million dollars more

. thanit earned. The chancellor of the .~ excheguer holds up the telegruphic ex- -~ periment as a lesson to the English .~ government not to embark in other - like enterprises.’ The Ledger says:— ;%E"‘” a government telegraph could be %‘gimedkem, and run with as little - loss as in Greéat Britain, and if our of%‘g‘:ﬁm m 'sele’ct.ed on, _acqpu'q’t of __ their ability, fitnéss and good charac- - ter,as they are inGreat Britain, in- . stead of being appointad ‘for the good -of the party,’ then theré would fe fuw .ex reasons to object, o the expersmen.t - inthiscountry; butitis because things e e dif Ten: EWi ;5 ,:‘T’\' =2 AHC :‘; g ~ Dear thoke ills Iyg m“%g R T O

:oy G A’S .f.v:"r ,w. R‘ i . In his remarkable epistolary effort on the third term question, President Grant delicately broaches the topic by saying that he believed it beneath the dignity of the office to which he has. been twice chosen for him to answer questions on this subject .before it should be presented by competent authority to. make a nomination, or' by “a body of such dignity and authority, “as not to make a reply a fair subject. “of ridicule.” _He then proceeds to administer a pointed rebuke to the Pennsylvania republic’z’xn convent;_i’oh by expressing -his surprise that “so many «gensible persons. in the republican, « pary should permit their.enemy to “force upon them and their party an “jssue that cannot add strength to the “party, no matter how met.” But the Pennsylvania Republicans having considered this question, fothing remain‘ed for him ‘but to spegk out. ‘ln ‘tebuking the convention for passing the resolution, Grant at the same time betrays the frailty of his imemory. On’ the 14th of last ‘September the republican convention: of Seuth Carolina passed a resolution. on' the subject’ of the Presk}epcy"which closed in these emphatic ‘words: “We pledge “our“gelves to.the support of: President « Girant for @ third term, assured by so

“doing.we shall preserve that peace “and unity throughout the whole “country so necessary for its prosper“ity.” This resolution, it will be remembered, was-adopted in aecordance ‘with the promise personally made by Senator Patterson to President Grant. at Long Branch a few weeks before. ‘Why then did he not- respond to this resolution “of the,republican conveﬁtion of South Carolina? Was not that convention. a body of ‘sufficient “dignity and authority” to relieve a reply from that “ridicule” of which he seems to entertain such extremé .dread ?— Would it not have been much more consistent with.fthe “dignity”. which Le is so.anxious to preserve to have replied to a convention which, with solemn unanimity, had nominated him for the Presidency than to have waited. eight months and make the response to a convention who rejected him with equal unanimity ? By frank1y putting away, the nomination thus tendered him he would have escaped. the criticism and the cry of “Cmsarism” and at the same time have avoided the unpleasant task of writing a letter to a convention whbse hostile action impelled him - thereto, if it sincerely expressed his true sentiments on the.subject of a third term. But in February last the republican convention of New Hampshire passed a resolution against. & third term which wis 1o less emphatic than that of the Pennsylvania Republicans. It seems, then, that the Republicans of New ITampshire are notv“a body’ of such “dignity and authority” as to merit-a response from the President. * New Hampshire has five votes in a national convention, and Pennsylvania has twenty-nine. This is what explains Grant’s notion of a' body of dignity and authority‘ﬁnd bis refusal to respond tothe resolution of the Repnublicans of little New Hampshire. “Since ‘the Ohio Republicans have re-echoed the anti-thigd term sentiment 6f New Hampshire _and Pennsyivanira, it is perhaps probable that he now'wishes. he had spoken a little sooner.-

" NOBLENESS OF HORACE:GREELEY. - If anything were needed to prove the exalted nobleness of the man wiio was so shamefully traduced during tlie presideinitial contest- in 1872, thye annexed paragraph would fully supply the deficiency: “The late John C. Breckinridge ‘'was a' warm friend of Horace Greeley during the latter years of the philosopher’s life.. - On one occasion, speaking to-the Hon. Heister Clymer of his obligations to Mr. Greeley, Gen. Breekinridge said:. = “After the late-unfortunate war-between the northern and southern sections of the United. States, you know I was compelled to flee for my safety. - While in Paris, cheerless, .friendleés,‘ homeless, and without a country, I received a letter' from Horace Greeley. It was filled with the most tender expressions of regard and sympathy, and ‘-urged me to return’to my home. ‘Come back,’ he wrote; ‘go to your own be loved Kentucky; aid in restoring the shattered fortunes of.the South and. your 'country;‘aigd I will be responsible for your safety, and assure your immunity from niplestation, or arrest. Now I submit to you, Mr. Clymer,. could I have done otherwise than call upon Horace Gréeley, or shall I ever cease to respect and cherish him?” . Pondering over the lofty sentiments contained in the above, we feel like offéring praise to the Great Jehovah for having been afforded the privilege of casting a ballot in favor of Horace Greeley for the Presidency of the United States.: : 3 , 1

. ATTORNEY’S FEES IN NOTES. Persons -interg¢sted in - promissory notes will find some intoresting readtrig in the decision of Judge Howland, of the Marion Civil Circuit. It will be ‘obsérved therefrom {hat Judge Howland holds. that attorney’s fees may be provided for if done: without condition. 'ln other words, if a note calls‘for “attorney’s fees” without the addition'of the words: “if suit be in'stituted on this note,” the stipulation is held good, but with-these words inserted in the ‘note the agreement is ‘rendered null and void. It will also be neticed that J udge\llowland pro‘nounces as utterly worthless the devices of the Indianapolis bankers who sought to evade the plain purpose of lt:he law. The reasoning of the Judge is clear, and while his decision may not be in strict accord with the intent of the framers of thélaw, the interpretation is obviously correct. It will’ ‘devolve upon the next Legislature to frame & law which will alike protect both classes—the bogrower, by Ilinj'it-‘ J ing fees of collection, and the lender, by enabling him to come in possession of what is honestly dae him,

Hox. James B. BEck, of Kentucky, is said to have prophesied’ that if old Bill Allen gets forty thousand majority next Oectober for Governor of ‘Ohio, he Will be inaugurated President of the United States on'the 4th of ‘March, 1877. It is pot very risky to ‘make a prophesy like that. If the old gentleman receives twenty thousand House may be considered * tolerably B e i Peh e g eet e S

NATIONAL TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. A national temperance convention was held in Chicago during the early part of last week. The ysual number of total abstinence champions, male and female, were in attendance. There was a good deal of speech-making, and, as a natural consequence, no little nonsensical bombast. The most practical measure was adopted the last day, to wit: - Recommending the organization of Reform Clubs in every State and Territory of the Union, and authorizing the appointment of a committee of three, representing the different sections of the country, that. persons. desiring to inaugurate such’ clubs might correspond with them and ‘obtain the requisite information. Mr. A. A. Williams, of Massachusetts, gave a history of these clubs in his State. He said that Maine had over one hundred of them, and Massachusetts seventy-five, with a membership of 80,000. The following was adopted unanimously: | : i

Resolved, That the time has arrived to more fully consider the relations of the National Government, and its respongibility for the alcoholic liguor traffic, and we hereby 'ask the Fortyfourth Congress to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia, and in the Territories of the United States, and to prohibit their importation from foreign countries, to require total abstinence from all alcoholic beverages on the part of all officers and subordinates of the civil, military and naval service, and to initiate and adopt, for ratification by the several States of the Union, a constitutional amendment which shall make the traffic in alcohol as a beverage illegal throughout our natior?al' domain. . '

The question of female suffrage was debated, but a resolution was defeated declaring women entitled to the electivefranchise,by a vote of 78 to 32. Miss' Dickinsor made some remarks, at the conclusion of which she was loudly. applauded. ' She urged that only political - organization and temperance ballots could defeat the evil of intemperance. - There was considerable of disorder during a part of the proceedings, and the convention did not seem to be overly harmonious,. NO SURRENDER OF THE BLACK HILLS. The authorities at Washington have failed to effect any satisfactory negotiations for the evacuation of the Black Hills country, and the delegation of Sioux chiefs took their departure on the sth inst., leaving the questién of opening the Hills to mining enter‘prises in greater doubt even than when they arrived there, two weeks ago. Each conference seemed only to complicate the negotiations and to create increased dissatisfaction. The chiefs propose a talk after they get home, but the government officials are by no ‘means hopeful that it will result in. anything practical, as the time is too short in which the appropriation, as a part of the terms tendered them by the Government, can be used within the present fiscal year, to say nothing of other objections which the delegation do not seem disposed to overcome. The temporary defeat of the negotiations is no doubt partially attributable to the intermeddling of traders and agents, but it is evident that the prop--osition first made, for the entire abandonment of the Black Hills country, which/ was promptly rejected by the Sioux, rendered all ‘other negotiations moreé_difficult. As matters now are, it is very doubtful whether the mineral portion of the Black Hills is open to settlement this summer. This is tather discouraging to parties already, enroute to the Hills. v

el - ——— OHIO POLITICS.

- The Ohio Republicans met in State convention last week and after a somewhat animated contest nominated exGov. Rutherford B. Hayes for Governor,and Gen. Tom Young for Lieut. Governor. The more liberal and pro--gressive wing of the party demanded the nomination of Judge Taft, of Cincinnati, for Governor, but the Western Resérve objected on account of his decision against the use of the bible in the public schools and on account of his anti:-puritanical sentiments generally. -Taft’s nomination was, warmly urged by. the leading republican papers of Cincinnati and other cities, as the only means of regaining the support of the disaffected Republicans' and semi-Liberals. The convention was evidently inh a dilemmay, If it had nominated Taft, the Puritans would have kicked out of the {races; having defeated him, the Progressives now threaten to vote for Bill Allen. Gen. Hayes served two terms -as Governor, and is a very respectable gentleman. The platform declares against a third term in modified terms, and is, generally speaking, a r;ather wishy-washy concern.

- THE INTELLIGENT and ' usually trustworthy Brooklyn correspondent of the Cincinnati’ Commercial, says there is a good deal of talk there relative to the course of the Brooklyn Board of Supervisors concerning the ‘matter of extra pay to the Juey trying the case of Tilton vs. Beecher.-— The Legislature some months ago-au-thorized the board to give the jurymen extra compensation, leaving the amount discretionary with the bosrd. The board, which is understood;to ‘be strongly in favor of Beecher, Has:as yet taken no action in regard to the jurers’ pay, and the point of discussion is the prevailing rumor that it will not allow any extra pay unless the jury reaches a unanimous verdict. This decision is said to be based on the ground that unless the jury agrees it will have rendered no public service and will not be-entitled to any extra compensation; but, as the supervisors are known to be friendly to Mr. Beecher, their: course -is thought by some to practically hold out a bribe to the jury. '

~ HAPrILY, the country is now’in posIsessionv of an explanation of - what President Grant regards as consistent .with the dignity of his office. ‘When a State convention of the republican _party unanimously nominate him for a third term of the Presidency, as in South Carolina, no response is necessary. But when a republican State convéntion in Pennsylvania reject him with equal unanimity, a reply must beimmediately sent in which the members are referred to the constitution, ~which ; does not, fix the number of terms for which a'man may be elected

Charles Powell, President of the Northern Indiana Editorial Association, wake up! : e President Grant is rusticating at Long Branch. | He is so delighted with his sojourn there that he declined to attend Phil Sheridan’s wedding in. Chicago. * 0 : Bro. Zimmerman, editor of the Warsaw Union, was last week made the recipient of a magnificent rustic chair, presented by a number of ‘his democratic friends. .= . £ <

Gen, Jasper Packard, of the LaPorte Chroniclehas purchased the Plymouth Republican, and will hereafter be the publisher of two ‘papers, one semiweekly and the other weekly. | - The illicit distillers, who are so relentlessly pursuéd by Secretary Bristow, have employed ex-Senator Mat. Carpenter as their principal attorney. Mat. will do his level best, and that is a good deal, to clear his clients. : One after another the republican papers of Indiana express a preference for Senator Morton for the Pres-, idency. If his nomination were dependent on Indiana alone, he would be morally certain of the candidacy. . The Indianapolis Journal evidently understands the meaning of Grant's funny letter. The Journal says it is simply a bid for a third term. A careful perusal of that remarkable document certainly justifies this conclusion. Senator Morton: is at° Washington for the purpose of finding places in the revenue department for a few more of his followers. We are hardly prepared to believe that his selections would be advantageous to the country. 'The question of conferring the right of suffrage upon women' will be separately submitted to the people of Missouri- at the time of voting on the proposed new constitution. Of course, the proposition will be overwhelming1y defeated. = e

- Some of the papers that are interested in the election of’an entire new board of school trustees appear to be considerably annoyed at AttorneyGeneral Buskirk’s late decision. They abuse -him as though he had committed a great wrong. \ ;

President Grant has directed that all land, lying contiguous. to the Mississippi river within twelve miles t& its mouth, be reserved for military purposes under the act a‘u”thoriziug Capt. Edes to construct jetties, for deepening the channel. b The Jeffersonians of Chicago are making arrangements for the establishment of a daily organ in that city. We hope they may succeed. A firstclass daily representing Jeffersonian principles is greatly needed there and would receive a liberal support in Indiana. v :

Thq opponents ofthe Grant party in Chicago have organized a club styled the Jeffersonians, to prepare for the presidential campaign of "76.— Their purpose is to organize the Opposition of Illinois under discreet management. - Ex-Senator L. Trumbull, James R. Doolittle, jr., and A. C..Hesing are among the leading spirits.

" The funeral of the late Hon. Sol. D. Bayless took place at Ft. Wayne last Sunday., The Sentinel, of that city, gives a graphic description of the fu-’ neral obsequies. It is said to have been-the grandest Masonic demonstration ever seen in the West. “There were fivé thousand Sir Knights and Master Masons in line, making.a procession a mile and a quarter in length. Ten bands of music furnished the dirges. : 4

- E. W. Brown, editor of the Columbia City Post,and also Clerk of Whitley county, has had his official records thoroughly investigated by a Deputy Attorney-General, who found the same all right. This, Mr. Brown asseverates, is a complete vindication of himself as regards the charges preferred against him when a candidate for reelection last fall. It should always be a source of .congratulation to be furnished with proof, that official integrity has notbecome wholl):-fextinct, and those who unjustly assailed Mr. Brown are in duty and honor bound to 'make full and ample retraction. That Big Storm, - The Indianapolis papers are filled with thrilling accounts of the great storm which visited that city and other portions of Central Indiana during the past week. The rain-fall is repregsented as being unprecedented. All Tuesday night the heavens were in commotion. The brilliant play of the. lightning is represented as simply magnificent, while the bursts of reverberating thunder were awful in their sublime grandeur. ' The rain descended in perfect torrents, and on Wednesday there was a-violent storm of wind and rain, which did great damla,ge to life and property. | Four per- ' sons were killed outright, and several others were wounded. The immense-rain-fall soon filled the beds of the streams in the vicinity, |and as the waters rose higher. and higher, hundreds of spectators lined the banks to : watch the unwonted phemomenon. 'On Wednesday night the people in the northeastern part of the city were awakened by policemen, and it was _soon discovered that a terrible inundation was upon them. The waters had burst out from the banks of Fall creek, several miles distant, and had taken a “short cut” to the river. The course of theflood lay directly through the cit%. Whole families were forced to fly for their lives, and the principal streets were soon several feet under water. Bridges were washed away, | culverts undermined, and a train on ‘ the Bee Line was precipitated into a i\}lley and several of the employes illed. . Ly . e e a * MR. CHARLES . NORDHOFF, COlTespondent for the New York Herald, is making a tour of the south for the purpose of studying its political condition. He is of the opinion that so ‘soon as the negroes cease to vote as a race against the whites as a race, or in other words when they divide up. into parties on the questions of the day, then and npt till then will all the trouble cease. g

Ix declaring against & third term, the Pennsylvania Bepublfcano speak of a faithful adherence to 'the unwritten law of the land. If they don’t adhere more faithfully to this “unwritten law” than they have to the written law, we wouldn'’t give them mJ:h;fpr their

Attorney-General Buskirk is so prclific of opinions that it is beginning to be doubtful whether his opinions are worth anything or not. ' Only a few weeks ago he decided that,-; under the law, there should be three school trustees elected in June: Now, affer a careful re-examination of the question, he has come to the conclusion that only one is to be elected. We give his opinion for what it is worth.—South Bend Tribune. .

What better could be expected when boys just out of school are elected? Buskirk may make a lawyer in time. Ten or twelve years will determine. Of course there is no question about what the law is, applying to our city, as we have just organized under a city charter.—Northern Indianian. - The new editor of the Indianian is not only an old practitioner at the bar but has also occupied the ‘bench} According to his contemptuous opinion of “boys just out of school,” Ae (the venerable chief of the Indianian) must be possessed of a large share of the. world’s wisdom.: = We therefore ask him to explain wherein the law differs as regards the election of school trustees by towns and by cities. It is barely possible that veteran lawyﬁers are some times just as liable to err as are “boys just out of school.” :

AT THE recent session of the Grand Lodge of F. & A. Masons, held in the. city of Indianapolis, the following named gentlemen were elected gran‘d‘ officers for the current term: Daniel McDonald, of Plymouth, Grand Master; Frank 8. Devol,; of New Albany, Deputy Grand Master; Dr. Andrew J. Hay, of Charlyston, Sen. Grand Warden; Bobeﬂ Yan Valzahy of Terre Haute, Jun. Grand Warden; Charles Fisher, of Indianapolis, Grand Treasurer; John M. Bramwell, of Indianapolis, Grand Secretary ; Rev. Thomas H. Lynch, Grand Chaplain; William Krimbrle, Sen.)Grand Deacon; Jas. G. W. Hardy, Jun. Grand Deacon; Albert P. Charles, Grand Lecturer; Jno. H. Beeber, Grand Marshal; Wm. M. Black, Grand Tyler. "It is stated that Mr. McDonald is probably the youngest man who ever attained to the position of Grand Master in this State. He possesses rare qualifications for ‘the position. e :

THE CORONER'S JURY on the Hol~ yoke disaster (burning of the Catholic Church) rendered a verdict on the 4th inst. The jury find that no blame is. to be attached to any person in immediate connection with the fire, but they can not too strongly condemn the almost criminal carelessness shown in the construction of the galleries and ‘means of egress therefrom. The jury declare that the parties who built and suffered such adeath trap to'stand should receive the unmeasured censure of the community. A The jury fursher find that the direct cause of the fire with its terrible sacrifice of human life, is attributable to the use of the trimming of laces, paper, etc., about the altar, and to the fact that the building was sheathed with pine sheathing, instead of being plastered. They strongly deprecate the use of such adornments and the use of such finish in places of public resort. -

' Masonie. The Masonic Grand Lodge of Indiana held its 56th annual meeting at Indianapolis, May 25th and 26th. " About all the lodges, some five hundred in number, were r%presented. Of the twenty-eight dispénsations issued during the year, for the formation of new lodges;, twenty-four were chartered, and the dispensations of four were confinued till the-next annual meeting. It was decided to erect a building in -the rear of the present temple, now in.course of construction, at a cost of perhaps $5,000, in the second story of which is to be the hall in which the Grand Lodge will hereafter hold it§ meetings, and an ‘assessment of thirty cents each year was-made on each member of the subordinate lodges toraise the amount necessary to complete the building. It is estimated that the.rents of the two buildings will not be less than $15,000 per year, which will pay the interest on the money borrowed, and leave from five to six thousand dollars annually, to liquidate the debt.- The property owned by the grand lodge is said to be worth about $190,000. The proposition submitted last year, to reduce thgl representation, was laid on ‘the table. il ; :

A revised code of the by-laws, rules, and regulations was adopted, and the requisite number ordered: printed for the use of subordinate lodges. :The receipts from all sources, during the year, were $16,740.53; balance on hand, $12,222.15; total, $28,962.66; disbursements, 15,713.28, leaving ‘present balance, $13,249.38. - There iare about 520 chartered lodges, and a membership of 80,000,—Plymouth Democrat.

Mrs. Tilton’s Brother—His Latest : i Statement.

" Sensations are rare of late in the Beecher trial, but Mr. Jos.. R. Richards, the Dbrother of Mrs. Tilton, whose testimony created so much comment, has prepared a short statement, published in the New York Sun, in which he affirms that for a long time previous to the publication of Tilton’s original charges, he had been cognizant of Mr. Beecher’s intimacy with that unfortunate lady. His attention was first attracted by the frequency of Mr. Beecher’s visits, and when hé spoke twdr.v'l‘ilmn of the matter, the latter §Boh poohed it away as an idle fear. Finally Mr. Richards made a confidant. of his mother, Mrs. Morse, and she questioned Elizabeth 80 closely that she confessed her sin, but condoned it by claiming that hey love for her pastor was 80 overpowering that no wrong could result from their intimacy. On one occasion Mrs. Tilton, when questioned by Mrs. Richards, her sister-in-law, confessed all, and added that so powerful was her love for Mr, Beecher that she would die rather than betray him.— These are startling revelations, but they can have no force in the present trial, though in the case of Mr. Beecher’s acquittal they will be of great value to the prosecution in'a future trial, which, under those circumstances, is & foregone conclusion.: :

Atrocious Peed by .a Nigger Whoe Ought to be Hanged. . . BALTIMORE, June ?.—On Saturday, near Oderton, a negro outraged Miss Jackson, a young lady of 18, most respectably connected and greatly beloved in the neighborhood. Her parents were absent, and she went to a spring, a short distance from the house, for water. 'While returning she was met by the negro who seized her by the throat and dragged her to some bushes, holding a loaded gun in his hand and threatening to kill her if she resisted.. Her clothing were torn in shreds, and : her face and neck terribly cut and: bruised. The negro was captured this morning in a swamp' and confessed | the crime. Several 'attempts were made to lynch him, but his captors got him on the train for Aunapolis. | il B ——en. MoNEY is ashade firmer in the great money markets, From this we may infer that business is a shade better.

- INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. | A South Bend man got “bunkoed” | at Chicago Thursday. He squealedafter he had lost $5.80. ¢ 5 Two houses in Mishawaka were struck bg lightning Wednesday of last week. One had rods and the other had none, but it made no difference to the lightning. SR ~ Indianapolis is'to have a Catholic newspaper, a censiderable portion ‘of the stock having already been subscribed. The first number is expected about July first. - . Horace M. Saint is among the applicants for selling liquor in Westville, Laporte county. Who would have thought a Saint would engage in the | whisky business ? e e Jefferson Davis has been invited to deliver an address before the Bartholomew county agricultural society this fall, and has signified his intention to accept, if the time can be agreed on to suit his engagements. Sk - Mr. Joe ‘Gent, of this city, hhs applied for a patent on_an improved dryer for meal and grain. The apparatus is a great saving over the present plan, and dispenses entirely with the dry house and other apparatus which cost from $1,200 to $1,500, while the new process will cost but little over $lOO and dispenses entirely with fuel for heating—it uses the hot air obtained from condensed steam.— Columbus Republican. - ‘ Most of Henry county speculators in Chicago wheat sold on last Monday at 99 cents. This wheat was bought at from perhaps $1.03 to $1.07 and the aggregate loss to the unfortunates in this county alone will certainly not fall short. of $30,000. And yet in a year or two the lesson will have been forgotten, and the hope of grain will induce men to risk all that they have gained by honest labor to the mercies of a wheat ring.—SBpiceland Reporter. ~ The storm’of Tuesday, June Ist, caused immense damage in this State, as we learn from the papers. Whole regions of the country were inundated, and the various railroad lines leading out of Indianapolis were seriously -erippled -by the washing ‘away- of: bridges, culverts, 'and road :beds.— Several trains were wrecked and travel temporarily suspended. The damage in the vicinity of Cambridge City is especially severe. The crops have also suffered. - The total destruction of property is estimated at $250,000. The coal shute of the B. & O. railway at Walkerton has a total length of 810 feet with a width of 22 feet and a height of 24 feet. The shule contains 32 bins or “pockets” capable of holding about 4,000 bushels each, and is so'constructed that a train loaded, using the dump cars, will run up the approach, on the west, unload at the rate of one car every one-and-half minutes. Trains can receive coal from either side, it- requiring. about a minute and ‘a half to load a tender.— In the building of the structure 150,000 feet of timber was used, a force of twelve men:finishing the work in sixty days. - Is is said to be the only thing of the kind in - Indiana.—LaPorte Herald. dExde '

An Important Decision — Attorney’s e Fees. ] v

Judge Howland, on the Civil Circuit Bench, in the suit of F. M. Churchman Vs.. L. R. Martin, rendered a ‘decision which will be found of special worth to holders of promissory notes. The points at issue are fully explained in the following opinion; By the act of the General Assembly -approved March 10th, 1875. “Any and all agreements to pay attorney’s fees, depending upon any condition therein set forth and made part of any bill of exchange, etc.,, * * * . are declared illegal-and void.” In this case suit is brought upon five promissory notes, drawn apparently with the view to test the validity of this law, or, if it is sustained, to avoid the effect of its prohibition. The first contains an agreement to pay attorney’s fees if suit be instituted on the note; the second is drawn payable in gold coin of the United States, with a proviso that if paid at maturity, or before suit is brought, it shall be paid in any lawful money of the United States. The fourth and fifth contain an undertaking to pay five per cent. as expenses of collection other than attorney’s fees, the fifth being payable in New York City, and "specifying exchange as embraced in «the items of expenses of collection.— “The.third in order contains an uncon- ’ (flétional‘ agreement to pay. attorney’s - Tees. X

The ageement contained in the first note falls directly within the prohibition of the statute and cannot be enforced unless the act is held unconstitutional and void. I do not feel prepared to deny the power of the Legislature to pass such an act. ' I cannot, therefore, sustain the agreement embodied in the first note. I am, also, on due reflection, constrained to, view the undertakings made a part of the second, fourth and fifth notes, as simply ingenious devices, by a change of phrase, to accomplish what, by this act, is forbidden to be done. I.think they should be held invalid for this reason. e i S

" The third note, however, presents a more serious question. 1t is an agree'ment to pay attorney’s.fees without any “condition therein'set forth.” The act in terms only prohibits such agreements as are dependent upon some agreement' therein set forth. It is insisted that this promise is in fact conditional, the condition being implied that it will be operative only if _expense on account of attorney’s fees is incurred. This is preobably true, but to hold the agreement void under the act on'account of this implied condition, would be to give the act the effect of invalidating all agreements to pay attorney’s fees.when it in express ‘terms qualifies the prohibition and limits it to agreements depending on - any condition.therein set forth. Such ‘an interpretation would in" effect strike out a sentence from the act and nullify a limitation that was put upon the prohibition by the authority which enacted it. It would be to make general and universal what the Legislature made special and. partial. The rule of interpretation is to give effect to -all parts of the act. There is no ambiguity in the language which calls for judical surgery of thiskind. | Our highest court has repeatedly and cordially sustained agreements to pay reasonable attorney’s fees as a part of promissory notes. The Legislature has seen proper to forbid and declare void certain agreements of this character, but not all. The prohibition should not be extended beyond its express and clearly defined limits, and made to apply to all such agreements; especially when it can‘not be done without holding an entire clause of the act utterly meaningless and nugatory. 2 ~ The undertaking embraced in the third note is not invalidated by the act. —lndianapolis. Journal, S ' Burned to Death. DAYTON, O; June 6.—An aged lady named Hoff, widow of Dr. Hoff, was burned to death at her home, in Germantown, last night. She waseighty‘one years nld, ve%aqu and almost blind. While unobserved by her family her clothing took fire, from which ‘she sustained injuries that caused her .death in a short time afterward, Four little children of William Christian, lying near Versailles, Darke county.,we:nrbumod;toslwlmbonpw of days since. 'ghe'{ ‘were left alone at home, when the eldest, eight years of age, poured coal oil on the fire. ‘The can exploded, burning the chiltwohoums.. . o e

A disastrous cyclone has visited the coast of China, wrecking several vessels. j ML OB - Red Cloud received a great shock last week, when the ab-legate of the Pope told him he had another Great Father across the water. A panic seized the lard dealers in’ Chicago, last Saturday, and a heavy decline in prices was the consequence. A number of failures were reported. - Boutwell said of Evarts’ impeachment speech that he sought to make it immortal by making it eternal. His Beecher harangue is likely to be very immortal. L _ The country is anxious to hear what Mr. Beach has to say upon the:Beeeher business. He has been smothered. for four months. Let Evarts give Beach a chance. i

Twenty-two Chicago Aldermen, who counted the votes at the recent election in defiance of an injunction, were last Monday fined $lOO and costs each, and their counsel were each fined $3OO and costs. ; Taas

‘Barnum’s fat woman, Mrs. Rhom, died' at Baltimore last Friday. She 'was 29 years old, and weighed 583 pounds. Her height was six feet fouy inches, and around her waist six,feet. She was a native of Ohio. P

Jas. M. Sweeney, brother of Peter B. Sweeney, died in Paris last Sunday. The deceased was recently indicted, jointly with his brother, in suits growing out of the affidavit.made by Ingersoll, the pardoned ring convict. - The Sioux and Cheyenne delegations recently in Washington are taking in the sights of New York. Something of a sensation was created by White Swan; who wore at his belt, during the day, a long string of scalps taken in his various excursions.. : (e

Official information has béen re-. ceived by the Department of State at Washington of the abolition of slavery in Portugal. Spain is now the only European State, we believe, in which slavery is retained. The world has made grand progress within the last century. - . ; LT “The Cincinnati Gazetie ingists that the Catholics are conspiring to destroy the government. In this country the Catholics are five millions of; people and the Protestants are thirty-five millions. According to. the Gazetie’'s idea, one Catholic then can get away with seven Protestants: Pretty big odds.— Vincennes Sun. ; :

The Hon. J. Hale Sypher, congressional carpet-bagger from Louisiana, is under a cloud. Hisfinancial affairs have got into a very bad condition, owing, doubtless, to the scarcity of paper. money and the rascality of the hard money thieves of Wall street. His assets foot up $732 while his liabilities amount to $1460,000. Mr. Sypher avers that there is no meney to be made now, and he is certainly right, if his own experience is of any value as a criterion. o

Atrocious Crimes. e Boston has for a short time enjoyed a sort of unenviable pre-eminence as the theater of 'the most atrocious crimes. The shocking murders committed by the boy-fiend Pomeroy have been followed by the slaughter of'a five-year-old child in a church belfry by a man who appears to have served an extensive apprenticeship in the gsame hideous trade. But crimes like these actually pale into trifles beside the hideous story which comes to us: from' New Orleans. It is equal .to anything ever told of the,cannibal savages of the Pacific Islands or Central Africa. A pauper negro had-dieu of the small-pox, and the 'employe whose duty i(?mwas to carry the corpse in its rude cdffin to its place of interment had started on his way when a noise - attracted his attention te: his cargo, and he discovered that the dead man was not dead atall. He had burst the cover off the coffin, and was making an attempt to sit up, when the- driver, with a cruelty inhuman,, picked up a brick and struck the poor wretch over the head. Finding that this extrgordinary proceeding was at‘tracting the attention of the people on the street, the driver took the .cushion from his seat, pressed it down on the face of the struggling man and: delibeérately sat down on it. And he drove to the cemetery in this faghion:. He was willing, it seems, to commit this revolting crime rather than lose the trifling fee due him for.conveying the corpse to'the graveyard. A nums ber. of witnesses attest the truth. of this awful.deed, done, as it was,on one of the principal streets of New Orleans in the broad light of day.— Happily for the credit of humanity there are few crimes on record whose cold blooded .malignity and uttet heartlessness are equal to this. « = -

Temperance—Why the Cause Dees not - Flourish. S : ~ [From the Elkhart Daily Review.] . - The national temperance convention at Chicago did not awaken the interest which such a gathering might be expected to do. The great reason 'is that, while there are some men of pow‘er among the delegates, there is a notable absence of persons who are capable of engaging. in any reform judiciously or with'moderation. The. majority are fanatics, persons who are constitutionally unfitted for a fair and candid discussion of any subject. This was shown in the . discussion of the prohibition resolution, when one of the lights of the organization said he would not advocate the use of liguor in the sick room even if it would save the patient’s life. As the Review has before remarked, the;temperance .cause is blocked by just such advecates as these, The fact that so few men and women of intelligence and culture can be found in the van of temperance reformers has had a damaging influence on the cause. The majority of the public advocates of temperance are fanatics, men and women who would make a failure of any cause. The: temperance work must be led by people of greater breadth of information and with a more eatholic. spirit than characterizes the. majority of its present leaders, in order to make it successful. Such persons as Henry Wilson, Theodore Cuyler, Anna Dickenson, Schuyler Colfax and the like, can help the cause, but they are crowded into ‘the backgrounds by men and women who are their inferiors in everything but consummate brass and' fanaticism. £, i . hSRAgMILLE?.h-;l& Lizxmnler.l)‘nne ::h, gg,mh;t the res ; ', Mrs. Mae ¥ J. Georgmf?nﬂlel; l‘ked g'; ys, 2 mos. and 2dys. TEHE MAREKETS, - LIGONIER. Wheat—white....B]l %ﬂwknn. cesaneya:s6oo Amber—red ...... 112{H dressed...... ... Ry cisviinssivenss '7s‘mngu‘yu'—-nve.’..... 06 Oate.....icoceee.. . 58|Chickens—live,..... 05 C0mv.‘........‘...g ‘6s| Beeswax .i.... ...i.O 80 P0tat0e5,........@ 100{Batter... . cuseren. 16 P81ax5eed.......... 250|Lard.... ...... ..&.0 18 Clover 8eed,....... 650 m 11 W 001...... ....30@ 50 Fenther5...........:. 7 P0rk........per br 20 00| Ta110W.... s.iconess 07 5h0u1der5.......... 10/Timothy Hay....... 1500 Ham5....v....i.. @l3 umpi AT ) xvn;»-am. e 011 }gi Dm Hog;i “edsnasssß6 00 mber— assansy T o 3 emsesE aws e Ry 0.,... asmaausee “fm:mfk‘oy"!:-,".. SR oats..ccvneyvie... BB|Live Chickens 0,... .. Cornye.iviveee @ TOIBEEBWAX,.uu vasens §g /Putpm.'.‘.‘,...a.,.‘ 75| 8utter......i.....0 18 Plaxßeed. . ....... 1501 Lard,. . . Sieeneal 14 Clover Seed.. ...@ 6 80|EgRS,.ccoveemunenins © g W 001.......... @ ' 4b{Feathers, ..:... ... 5g;:i......_,..:...“. ‘ 10 g‘mo'.i!”.”% Hbme.rrn® |lBﬁTy TR 1) gg nmm _white... § 96| Hogs~live..B7Bs¢ z ! ‘Wheat—red ....... 90{Mess P0rk..1940 @ 1945 MI . ‘lli?tﬁ,’ﬂ‘i“; ,%i ':‘11?%/ )00 ‘-’ Batley T 2M 11 SO LG ee R A iy 1 e RA T T TRN o o Aot &y /‘;!hlf;; e ,:: ':‘,l!-"' 5M ; :' ‘w' X ;’ ?‘;@;f‘ ,‘i ; S e

T Original Boss Clthing House! I SIRAUS IR Is lbe‘yoind. du__eisﬁion ‘the «i)fst Place at which to buy Cld‘tl‘lji'ng.v_ LOOK AT THESE FIGURES: Nice All Wool Suits for. ... $8.560 Striped Summer Coats for. ..~ .76 Blue Cloth Coats,unlined,..| . 2.50 Union Cassimere Suits, '/ .. 6.00 Cottonade Pants, aslow as“ . .76 oty 8 o 8 the very best: 1.60 Bestbrown DuckOverallsat very low prices. All Qther Goods Sold at Proportionately Very Low

The J. Straus, Jr, Boss ColA splendid lot of Summer Clothing for men and boys, Justrecewedat thé-Boss Cloth--IngHouse, and Whlchwﬂl be | sold at : gréaﬂy' reducedpmces A ﬁne _é,ééf;rtﬁlént of iﬁforﬂ ed plece gOOdS };ijtlst ;I'e'ceijrga 'a; | tié Bons Olothing Howss

LR S e s s e e PRI e e T gl I Everybody come and see my splendid and unsurpass- . | ~éd assortment of Summer Goods. .

~ JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF THE LATEST STYLES OF - i o':‘-"".," it ; o 9 o ‘ Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s TRUNKS, " . WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWEST PRICES. . "' ~ Every Article and Style of Wearing Apparel can be . had at this establishment. o P willphy ALLtoeallatl v . h '- - i 4 ‘ \ ' &: i s The Original BOSS Clothing House o o I STRAUSIJR. . Bargains for Old and Young, Rich and" Poor. 'We will posi - tively not be undersold!" Remember these facts! Ligonier, Ind., June 3, 1875. e s . ! \ e S MILLER COUPLER and PLATFORM, with the wm'mmtsn Amnmxmcmmim'e; ] ! 5 ey, 2SO Y ] i io@xCity '6;6 ‘DQ”:?,.._.S.&/ % \K\‘\?{% _a;%etro,-m e “o% CERNT SISI vl B N Y, B s e oet N B, SO O, | B O\ ORRRS SR ,Lo '&;\ SRERVNA -'° so, X ! BTSN @i o] dhelr °° ‘sq sT.Lo SA””’O{ o “ qu) Pdrkersburg| \ ol | Ayt Lot ‘Lomsviue. : o e L ; BOy, v NF—2 T / ; ot:-‘-sqpttt,,‘ : Shdginee T % | Lexington ' : / i -w A ey A

. AND GRASS SEED SOWER. ToE BUCKEYE FORCE EspoDeinn o\ el | 4 ; . land SEED SOWER is so. well known //é'b ' throughout the grain growing portion (‘\ g e i :j_“‘_ ;_; ; of the world, that we de not deem it ' DBy e /,Z/ =7, necessary to-enter into a minute de- ' 'V"' R .‘-‘—iif'f/\/‘ ‘. seription of all its parts, and will men- "‘,g, Ve ,l/ / \\‘ o “ tion only a few of'its leading features, .o NNC L% \L O \ t but: would invite particular attention < ,z—"‘" (N | to our new improvement in the field o= EE—— <" N\ ] for 1875. - v T Ve £ Sl s e - Lk -+~ New Force-Feed Without Change of Gears.” ' There has been an increasing demand for.a positive forcefeed which can’ be regulated for any desired quantity, without any change of gears and with--out, carrying around a lot of extra gears. - This very desirable feature is ‘accomplished with our new force-feed, and in a very simple and effective - manner. Thefollowing cuts represent our new Feed: ;

= T . L R NN : - H"V:\%% . N “ni""';j"h ."_I'ZFY:'I'KJTWEI“MX%'fxw “ \\:‘ .:“lﬁ—v:?-iging.:‘.u'!."m"”""‘" : e 2 Clay . T?‘Vie:v'v of Feede;';s'et for small quantity. ‘Vieyv of Feeder Eg__ej., for larée quantity. : : - The Feeder consists of a feed-cup, in which thére i$ ‘placed an adjustable = _revolving disk with teeth on the side near the edge. These revolving disks are all fastened on the feeder-shaft, and moved laterly to vary tle space between the disk and the side of the feed-cup, which varies the flow of seed as ‘ may be required. From the fact that they are all fastened on the sameshaft, . when one' is moved they are all moved, consequently tlte: change is uniform 3 in all the feeders. . You need not change a peck at once, but can vary as lit‘tlefas you please; even a pint, or less if you desire. - The quantity sown is . regulated by a very simple device at the end of the hopper.- 'lt is merelya | ‘sleeve with a spiral groove, fastened on the end of the shaft, to which is at- .2 tached the in.dicgtor arm or lever. There is a scale on the end of the hopper = =~ with _ﬁgures,mdx‘catin‘g the different quantities of grain to be sown per acre, = and simply moving the indicator to any desired point in'the scale, and tight- = '~ ening the thumb nut is all you have to do'to make the change for any desired = \;j ?u?nt}ity. « The feeder is so plain and simple that we think no farmer can % fail to appreciate its advantages. It is just what farmers have been wanting, and just what manufacturers have been trying to make; something thatean - . be adjusted instantly without change of gears. Every one who «se;as,i_t gives . - expressions like the following: “That’s it;” “You have got it now;” ‘Just ‘what we want;” “We are tired of carrying so many gears, and then lra,i?e b 5 make change of a peck at.once;”: “This just suits me and I must haveit;” _“lt'is so easily regulated, I can vary just as little as I please;” > “Anybody .= can set this without making a mistake;” “I never saw anything feed as evdnl L ‘as this, just as regular as a stream of water;” “See! it will sow anythi'nmiﬂ; e . wheat, rye, barleg-oats, flax, peas, beans, corn, timothy and clover seed, and then it does it.so nicely, Qit:ipertamlg ‘does beat them all;” “There is some sat- . istaction in using such a Drill" _Such are the expressions which farmers g they see the feed, and they are not. mistaken; it is all they say BUGHEIE: . o oot eeel b e SR e e - The manufacturers haye had eighteen years’ experfence in the manufacture of Drills, and are familiar mmmt%aéﬂn sin this country and in Europe, - .and we can confidently assert that it has no eg mwwh&e We ask youto, Gfiﬁfnﬁiﬁ.mdﬁﬁ‘fNldeﬁlﬁt will be snited. There are many _other valuable fﬂm&rﬁuﬁ&m%' cke] WWWW other Drill. = & T S R - ﬁ"’%’gggm@g?ﬁ -J. M. CHA. ‘”g TAN. fi{;? e eho dola NSO A RS R e e R ”‘%‘W«”&%%w Lo e e et s e gsal DR e B e e T W R

——StlaW Hats, al'nge and]we‘ll ‘éel%ctéd -‘é;fock fqumeﬁ and goy,s “_’Q%I.I', just rétéei.ve'd'.at‘ the Boss' | Clqthmg House oi J : S’m&}xﬁs, A “ Nﬁaw Lihn’én S’ﬁiﬁs fqr}men dl]d boys, aQn ienidless val'.i'eitj ‘ajiléz,'ﬁll'ecéiireti_4aﬁﬁh_e B'oss}‘C\lbt%h-“ )‘ L e | I ‘.v'y‘qu._'A\Vé){lld:.'};e ”COOI ! It you Wéulci stay cool P bliy"o;.rlé ‘of those ,IJI.IIIICII{_SIIItS;;tO he had it g'thje ‘:'"Boss Clothmg House-j!z