The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 September 1875 — Page 1

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CITIZENS BANK, ‘-,' '-‘,:.‘. :_“-9. LIGONIER, .- znprana. Lo Ee ek ! : . k? N oke: (‘ i Tca ’ 3 First-Class Notes Wanted.. R 7 : ! ~ % STRAUS BROTHERS. -M. M.RITTERBAND, Notary Public. AN i, Ligonier, Ind., May 6, 1873.-6-26 i . T JAMES M. DENNY,Attorney and Counsellor'at Law. : .- T Office in the Court House, . ALBION, - - - - ‘- - IND. "8.15 ) ‘. COVELL, iy _ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, > : Kcndullville,;ln(lianfn ¥ ' Office in the Seeley Block, west side Main Street. —— e e BD. W. GREEN, : ' yoE i b $ ga 0 s JusticeofthePeact & Collection Ag, 7 Office—Second Story, La.;d_«»m’s Brick Blocll'. £ LIGONIEL, .. 'INDIANA! g| T DG FVANCAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ligonier, : :/: Endiana. . Special attention given to collections and convey- . ‘ancing, and the writing of.deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legal business promptly attended to. Officecover Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cagh Store. 9-50 2 2 _ 3 SR |N 38 le‘[fi‘ll‘)l{)lAN, e ~ Attorney at Law & Notary Public, . Office over Gerber’s Hardware, ! | . Cavin Street. .: : Ligonier, Indiana. | .- Jepmary7.lB7s.9-37 L p o | : CH, B EKNESELY, l CATTORNEY AT LAW, h LIGONIER, - <- & 11\‘1,)1,4;’\’_3. N g Office on'second floor of Lariden’s Block. 7-2° : WL, B, MMcCONNELEL, s 5 ZF o : : il ‘Attorney at Law and Cir- - . tuit Prosecufor, "~ Office in the Court House, Albion, I‘u(i._, All pro- | {essipnal business promptly and satisfactorily at- { ~tended to: | ) 9439 ‘ : ATBEIRY BBANTA, 3 Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. ‘ i LIGONILER, INDIANA. o Special attention givento conveyancing andcoll'chioxis. Deeds, Bumlsgnqd Morteages® drawn up,” | and all legal I)?Ls'me;-s attdnded to promptly and accarately. . ‘Office overiStraas & Meagher’s store; . L . oy May 15 1;’.‘2315-B—3{ } 5 i I, WAREIMEN, - s I 3 3 L 4013 , 1 hondaf ne [nsranceAg t &Justics o thereacs, o vKENDALL‘\']LLE,'INDI.\NA. . . Ofiice with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. = Will o receive subseriptions to THE NATIQNATL BANNER: DH. R. DEPPELLER, s *UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC PH YSICIAN, * Ofice over Cunningham’s Drug Store,east side of Cavin Street; Ligonier, Indiana, . 1, 10-2 ¢ = — e ————a J. STURGIS, | i - e PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, © LT WAMWAKS, IND, wgr Both night and day calls promptly attended to dt all times. i | Yo 10-3mé6 -

s G, W. CARR, i ¥ : o 4 1c fe ] ‘ Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - - - -i= IND, Willpromptlyattend all calls ihtrustedto him. Office and residence on 4th Street: :f 7'- . P, W. CRUNM, N Physician and Surgeon, _ i LIGONIER, : ' INDIANA. v Office, first door morth of Jacgbs & Goldsmith’s Store, on Cavin street, where I may be found at all hours; except whenabsenton protfessional business. g ‘ ‘Mayi2th, 1874, e L By TEAL, i Y e ~n3 I ST, s . Rooms over L- E. Plke's Grocery, "[ y Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, i opposise the Post Office, Kendallville, Ind. @@ All work warranted &8 Keudallville, May 1, 1874: i - - . M. A. MOYER, . : © (Successor to W. L. Andrews,) & : ‘SIIJ("R G-EO N DENTIST, ‘ KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. ", LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gasadministered for the painless extraction of tecth. All'work warranted. Examinations free. ' & Oflice, Second Story, Mitcljell Block.. . tf 8-14-1 y e .:v*){; = - - e e » ik 5 A&. GANTS,. > Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. . ) 7 P b Is prepared cn g ’}» & ¢ ;. todoanything . ,g‘ T, intheiriine. A e N T succesful pracf e S ooy Uice of over 10 e = '%'l‘.’“s justiftes ERE oG im in sayiug { fifi that he cka NTR ey giveentiresatel B W “-fi isfaction to all Ly R D A ‘who. may Dhégtow their patronage.” ¥ Officeone doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St.; . T

- TEEGARDEN HOUSE, 4 . Lapoxie, Indiana. - i V. W.AXTELI &+ =7 I’rn‘prictor. i .l Laporte, Aprils.lewr. - .- .. b c v SPOP AT THE b - . BRICK KELLY HOUSE N KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. : = VEW COMMODIOUS TH,REE STQRY BRICK .. ~' Hotel, gnlytenrods tfom the L. 5. &M.S. R. R. Dé¢pot; and four squares from the G, R. R. R.— 3 Only five minutes walk to any of the principal bpsinesshouses of the city. Traveling menandstrangers will find this a first-class honze. - Fare $2 per { aiye e J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, .- .- | Kend”Mville, Aug. 3:1870.-14 . SR s . PHILIP A, CARRE, . . L AUCTIONITE R, ; Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders'may be left at the shoestere of R . P Sisterhen.. . . > ¢ - Ligonier, Januarys, 7347 S X 2 e e L ARI el S £ 5 OV EINNES ) : " i - rxt z - . DEALERIN MONUMENTS, '~ . Vaults, Tombstones, : AND BUILDING STONES e LIGONIER, IND. b ; B Apri112,1871.-50 . ! o : ’_‘_‘"_"*’""‘VZ'.}”“” S S e ""‘T""'." ~ CONGORD & CATAWBA WINE, 5 - i — We-keép congiantly on hand and sell in large or = smiflt quintities, to suit customers, i . Wime of Our Own Manufacture, Pure — Nothing buf the Juice of Gt the Graspe. : ! - "~ SACK BROTHERS. . | Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf ; s o ‘Winébrenner & Hoxworth, £ . . MOUBE, BIGN AND ORNAMENTAL . - PAINTERS e Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. _ Shop near cornet of Fourth dnd Cavin Sts., oppo- . | site Kerr’s {abinet'Shop., T *"~ * Ligonmnier, --« « - Indiana, . B.R SHEFFER, 5 e kS s Y 1 » . House/Painter & Grainer, o 1s prepared to do all work in his line in first-class = - _style and at reasonable rates. e GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, and execated in exact imitation of the natnral : wood. Examineolr works: Shof on Mitchell St., e - “rear of Baker’s tin-shop, Kendallville,lnd. [6m6 = e Rl el e g ~ THE PHENIX TILE MACHINE, s e T elledapied o e mania of Tiie Mekers: o -Rz g * Sonic vy eT b sil 4n3 e i Sl Ti S &ke e =i o g ‘of mud, snd addi o e ol T e Y= 2 % L Ri s LN R e ndiamapelin Tnd, Ty ALL RINDS 0 eR e S ’mfi’@*fiy*v%'?-—’“

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“en ‘OPYRIGHT SECURED.,] . o . TheHeir of the ill NEGET 0 Blvél 13 om . . Che Qttorney’s £eg. e : | .- . ALFRED B. TOZER, - - . "An'mm: OF “BOUND ITAND AND FooOT,” “WHO WAS TO BIAME,” Erc.,, ETC. ! I ‘CONTINUED. = | CHAPTER. XX. - _ If <o *' IN THE GROVE,. G Roland was alone: in his room in Mr. Clayson’s house nearlv all day. Grover .came in once or twice but'went right out iagain, and Fanny did »ot visit him at all, [-except to bring up his dinner, until just at Inightfall. ! oD ) “lam going over to Bertha’s very soon, ;now,” she shid. “Do you think you are | strong enough to go there with me?” . l ‘ “T wouldn’t miss gning for anything in. the world,” said Rol 1, beginning to busJ He about the room in making ready. *“Can ! we go by some street where I will not be [likely to be seen ?” el [ “Yes,” said Fanny, “we can turn off { from the main street just helow and follow i a path through the grove.- It will be dark 1 by the time we get started, and there will | bé no danger.” i | ‘ “Miss -Clayson,” said Roland, after- a ]short silence, “I ‘am very sorry that scene | occurred this morning. I hope it will lead. | to no unpleasantness.” P | | “It will all be explained in a few days, 1 ' suppose,”” said Fanny. | £ [ | { “Ihope :sO,” was the reply..“l can’t | bear this mystery, and shall do all I can’t 6 | brintr it to an end imur lately.” : } <What do- you imsigine Bertha will | say ?”.asked Roland; after they were on tthei r way. . ) i “I have no idea.” . . i ‘ " As they turned from the street into the Lorove' Fanny had . mentioned, Roland felt | the young girl clutch his arm excitedly. ‘ | “Some one is following us!” she whis- { pered, in frightened tones. - . 1. } { “I see ng ome,” said Roland glancing ! around. ' ; : | i “He just crossed the street and went |into the grove a little way up,” was the | reply.- . ‘ I “Was that the first you saw of hjm ?” | “No, he came out of a vacant lot just af-i | ter e left thie house,”” was the reply; “and |he has been following us ever since. Shall! | we turn back ?” o o | } “Certainly not,” said Roland. “The fel!low may have mistaken us-for some oné. lelse.. Besides, I am well armed if he should | mean mischief.” - = | In the center of the grove the path was! Ibordered on both sides by a tangled thicki et, and as they reached this place a crackling was heard in the brush a short distance |to the right. | | { “He is hidden in the thicket,” said { Fanny, clinging in terror to Roland’s arm.‘ {1 “Please release my arm, and. step hack a ! little, Miss Clayson,”” said Roland. “I | must have both arms freeif I am attacked; | besides, youwill not be harmed. Itis only‘ ‘me theyare after.” . ‘

TomTEy T T T SEEReR e - . Fahily did as requested, and Roland advanced carefully along the path; which was almost hidden by the darkness of the night. ; -« ' ‘ B ; “They mean to murder me,” he thought, a hard feeling: aking possession of .his heart. I will not die without a struggle, at least,” he muttered, keeping hisrevolver ready for instant use. - : He stopped and listened, and the noise in the thicket was zepeated, and: mearer than before. il At this moment, however, the J@)und‘ of voices was beard coming from the opposite direction. bt : Both Roland and Fanny felt relieved, for ‘they were certain that nothing would be attempted when others were so nedr. “We will’hasten throuzh now,” said Roland, giving his arm to the: trembling - girl. “We have nothing o fcar while others are in the grove.” ! B A& short dis!ance along they came upon the two men they had héard talking. Roland brushed past them without looking up, for he did not want to be regognized by any one. ' -

After they had passed them, however, Fanny said, “Did yov se¢ who they were?”’ <I did not,” was the reply. “¢lt was Eugene and Mr. Gray.” Roland started. o T . “Did they réecognize us?”’ he asked. | “I don’t see how they could have helped it,” said Fanny, in a trembling tone. . In fact she appeared more frightened over this meeting than she had over the possibility of trouble from the man who had followed them. . i ‘Roland made no reply. Hewas too busy ;:‘:ith his own bitter thoughts for conversaion. &

“If they really meant to have me murdered to-night,” he thought, “they have defeated the plan: of their own ruffian. But for their approach T should, probably have had it hand to hand with a cut-throat ‘hired to put me out of the way.” H His brain was in a whirl of disagreeable thoughts. “There is-a mystery about it all that I can’t comprehend;” he muttered. “T can’t believe that the brother of the girl I love is capable of such villainy, and still T fail to see a motive for any one else to attempt my life.” : While he was sti' pondering over the mystery Famaypaud |in frontof the house they sought. ' “There,” she saif “you see Bertha has company. There #ill have to be more dodging, I supposv.”” ! G : “T'rue enough,” was the reply, “what is to be dohe now? T must turn back, I suspeet.” .- , . 5 i ““No,” said Fanny, “it isn’t safe for you to go back how. If youhave no objection to sitting by the kitchen fire, I think I can arrange it.” o . “Am I to sce Bertha?” . “Yes,” said the girl, with a smile at Roland’s eagerness, “I will show you into- the kitchen, and you must wait until the way is clear and then come in.” - Roland readily congented to this arrangement, and Fanny ! accordingly passed around phe house and admitted him to the kitchen, where' he seated himself by the stove, - S ! : “Will you care if T leave you aloné for a little time 2’ she asked, after ‘seeing him comfortably seated. I will go around by the front door and enter that way. Bertha must know you are here, of course.” “Certainly,” said Roland. <I shall not be lonelyin this pleasant room.” To tell the truth, Roland was glad of the opportunity thus offered to be alone. He did not, however, make much headway in solving the problem he desired to cozsider, for he could not help but hear the .conversation in the adjoinj g room. . . He was both sta,rt‘led and surprised, in a very few moments, to hear Eugene enter the sitting-room. : “I was net mistaken, then,”” he said to Fanny, after the callers had departed, “in thinking that I passed you'in the grove. But I. don’t see your escort. Where is he ?’l 3 < S

Roland did not hear Fanny’s reply, but it'did not seem to siitisfy her lover. ~ * - “More -mystery, Fanny!” he exclaimed, in an excited tone. “You are not dealing fairly with fne. Last nightTheard a man’s step in your hall when Grover said no one was there; to-day, in passifig your window, I saw a man sitting by your side, but when I entered the room he was not in sight. Just now I saw you walking in the grove with a stranger and you refuse to tell me anything- about it. What does it mean, Fanny ?” : : e o “I can’t tell you ‘now, Eugene,” was Fanny’s reply. “If Grover is willing, you shall know to-morrow.” o :

’ “See,” said Bertha, laughing, “I believe the boy is jealous,” = ' st “Do you know-anythin%jof this, Bertha ?’ ‘said Bugene, turning to his sister. : . “Yes, brather mine, I know all about it,” was the repig', “and : I don’t sympathize with you-one bit. You remember how you acted only two days ago about this prop. sYI S e eel e

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTLY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1875.

erey. . ~ It seems, then, that T am the only one kept in the dark,” said 'Eugene, angrily, “Fanny, T ask you once for all, will you tell me or will you not ?” ey “It is rot iny secret,” said the young girl, finnly, “and I refuse to tell.” = * Roland could stay to hear fio more. He walked softly to the door and stepped. out into the night. He felt that if he had waited in that room another second.he could not havé prevented himself from walking into the sitting-room, and explaining 11+ whole matter, -That, he thought, would baye ruined all hig plans. B In turding toward Mr. Clayson’s’ house the young'man unthinkingly struck into the path through the grove. - Se' busy was he with his own thoughts that he 'did not think of the pearil he had thus thrown himself into until he was mnearly half through crove, : '

Then he stopped and - gazed intently about him. All was still as death. - I may as well go on now,” he muttered. “Tt is-just as safe as to return.” £ " The next minute, however, proved the falsity of this reasoning, for he had not proceeded a dozen steps when aburlyficure arose in the narrow path and he felt. a strong hand clutching at his throat. -

In an instant he was striking wildly out at his assailant with his clenched fist.. His blows, howeyver, secemed to. have no other effect on the man than to cause him to tighten his hold én the youmgz man’s throat. . : | 4

He knew that he was being forced down, by sheér ‘strength, and reached after his revolver. As he did so he tripped on some obstruction in the path and both mef fell together. . i s

He tried to.cry for’ help, but the iron hand on his throat held him too closely for that. e | P L

- The struggle on the ground now bhecame desperate indeed. Weakened as Roland was by his former injuwg; hisassailant had every advantage until,*by. a -fortunate movement, the young man broke the hold -on his throat and drew his revolver. ~ Before he had time to cock it, however, Ames—for it was, no other—seized the weapon with one hind and drew a murder--ous-looking k‘?ifcl“(ith the other. ‘o | Roland; ut ering " short, shrill cry for help, endeavored tg shield himself from the % blow with his arm, and a terrible faintness ‘ came over him as ]?e felt the cold steel cut‘ting deep into thequivering fesh. : - Ames muttered lan oath as the cry‘of “murder!” rang out on the still night air ‘and raised the knife for a surer stroke. ; In that one second of careless rage, how“ever, he thoughtlessly’ removed his hand from the revolver,jand before the blow he ‘aimed could “descend, a sharp report rang out, and he'sprang back with a bullet in his breast. Y e oo Roland.was on hisfeet in an instant, and presented the pwevolver at the ‘prostrate, ‘mamn’s head. - . Ry <‘One motion, one effort to'escayx,iand I | will send 2 hall through your {;r.’.{in,-” ba vieds " = it - Steps were now leard ar ;,ooching frEe both directiona, anl Aoz made one farcg abtempt to gain Wiz feock, lut he was held hack by the cold ritnof steel which tonched his forehead. o ’ By some strange fatality, Galen Gray and Eugene werve the first persons on the spot. The former hafl been near the grove in one of his restless rambles, and Eugené ‘had already entered the grove on his way to seck the explamation of Grover, which Bertha and Fanny had refused to give. After them came a group of excited villagers, one of whowm earried a lantern. © “What is this?” exclaimed Gray, turn‘ing deadly pale as he saw the position: of affairs. St . ~ “It’s only one moreunsuzcessful attempt at murder, Galen Gray I’ said Roland, motioning twoof the men whom he recognized in t_%’c crowd to take charge of Ames. “Don’t let him escape,” he said. “He tried to murder me just now.” | ; " “Is he badly h=rt?" asked Gray, bending over his unfortunate companionin erime. Roland drew him rudely awny. i “Don’t let those megn speak atvord together I he gaid. "fioth are implicated in this deadly assault.” v _ "#What do you mean?”. demanded Gray, drawing back. b A . “}&sk that.miserible tool of yours what I mean, sir,” said Roland, “Ask him at | whose instigation he undertook to accomplish a deed you failed in. He cannot live ‘an hour, and perhaps he will tell.”” - If Roland’s object was! to draw a confession from Ames by predicting his speedy death his ruse was successful, for he beckoned to the village officer, who had just ‘arrived upon the scene, to approzch him. . “I ain’t &’ goin’ to stand this alone,” he said, in a voice plainly‘heard by every one in t_hq' little.group. - “Arrest Lawyer Gray “an’ that youngster standing byhim. They paid me for this job.” 2 “Every one looked surprised, for Eugenc Wallingford was the only one by the attor‘ney’s side. | g

© “T knowed you'd be astonished,” said Ames, “bug T ain’t goin to tell a.lie now. They are the ones'to hlames” * “Do you mean Mr. Wallingford > asked the officer. 3 : ! : : “Yes,” said Ames, “don’t let him git away, The manT tried tokill stood a-tween him an’ the mill property.”, ° The officer hesitated. = it ! “Take them in charee,” said Roland, «I can verify his statements.”? - ° e

“I must do my dgy, gentlemen,” said the officer. “Is-there any one hereT can trust to tdke charge of these men?” he asked, S A number of men, all friends of Roland —or Hugh Gordon, as they supposed him to. be—at once volurteered, and Eucene and the attorney, for the first time in their lives, were under avrest. =~ : “Now that you have arrested us on this. monstrous. charge,”’ said Gray, eoolly, “what do you propose to do with us?” - “You must go to jail, I supposze,” repligd the officer. : : 5 Engene was too astonished to say.a word, in his own defense, The attempted mur-. der and his arrest for complicity in that attempt, completely unnerved him. " - Arstretcher wvas procured and Ames placed updn it. S 3 : - “Rémove him to the nsnrest house,” said the officer, “and send for. a. doctor. I will return and take charee of him after the other prisoners are sife.” As Gray, and Kugene moved away in charge of the officer, a fresh erowd of people, attracted by the unnsual commotion, came up. - o : Eugene was horeifel to see, among a number of ladies, the frichtened faces of Fanny and Bertha. * He made an effort to reach their sides, but the officer, mistaking the movement for an attempt to escape, drew bim roughly hack and and forced a pair of handeuffs on his wrists. : ! "Yobl;re excited now, Eucene,” he sgid, “but you will s2e the necessity of this by and by.”? | ; = . With a flush of shame mounting his pale face, Eugene endgavored to force his way into a position where the crowd wonld shield Him from the girls’ sight. But they s‘a.;v him, and Fanny went straight to his side. : : “What. ‘does this mean, Eugene?’’she cried, clinging to his fettered hands. “Who has been killed, and why are these irons on your hands?” ° . . Roland stepped forward to try and console the sobhing girl, but, remembering his share in the terrible scene, he'again stepped bagk;: ; Phariie el “You will tell me whatit means, Hugh p” said Bertha, approiching him.. “You are blee¢ding, too, who hasdone this? Tell mo! Conbyoutalkßl - Roland stood befora the ‘girl he loved with an unutterable longing to clasp her in hig arms; and yet ho knew that the terrible’ gulf which had separated them, was wgder now than ever before. g #*My God!” he said, “I can’t telly you, Bértha! Tell ker, some one; it would kill me.” o ik Fh

“Why, you see, yapng ladies,” said the officer, in the voice of a man who was performing a very unpleasant duby, “you see that man lying there tried to kill Hugh Gordon, to-night, and he implicates Lawyer Gray and Bugene.. We hope it will como’ out all right, for——-" : 2 . The scared Jook in Bertha's eyes stopped the officer at the very beginning of alf the eo;é%olam he conld ofifier her, e fiffi! , She stood & moment lka one bereft of all ower of thouzht or motlon. and then sanl ettt L i

slowly. to the ground in a leep faint. Roland sprang to save her,but was only in’ time to kneel by her side and raise her in’ his arms. Fanny had heard the officer’s explanation, and now clung to her lover’s neck with a~ - strength which bafiled the officer’s efforts to take her away.. ot : “You will not take him to prison!” she cried, in piteous tones, “and Iknow that he is innocent. Why don’t you tell them how it is, Eugene ?” she moaned. “It’s dark and.cold alone there in the prison,and I will . go with you, my darling, if you must go!” But ‘some one tenderly released her clinging arms, and Eugene and the attorney were led away. ) ‘j : CHAPIER XXI. . A RACE FOR'LIFE, e - After the departure vf the officer with - his prisoners, Roland was surrounded by a } group of villagers, all cutious to know the i meaning of the strange scenes of the'evening. - : et } - “We théught you dead!” was the excla_mation on moxe than one lip as his friends | clustered around him. ba Sl ~ He explained, in as few svords” as possi- | *ble, the events of: the: jast: three days. Then, for the first timne, he realized that he - was weak-and ill from hisinjuries. Secing his condition, two men volanteered to assist him to-his lodgings. rry ' “Where are you stopping ?” asked one of | -the men as they made their way out of the ! grove. ; : - e 1 ~This brought Roland to the vonsideration of & most important question.- After what - had occurred he doubted the propriety &t returnine to the pransant little room at Mr. ‘ - Claysen’s house. Sl - i |

~“Fanny and Grover fvill hate me now,” he thoticht, bitterly, “and Berth cannot fail of echoing their sentiments? in a . tenfold de rree, for-have T not just cansed her brother’s‘arrest on the most ‘teyrible of all charges ?” vl A 2 ¢T will stop atf the ‘hotel, to-night,” he said, after a moment’s thought. S A short distance down the strest, however, Roland and his: companionsg were: overk taken by Grover. Just as hecame up thev were turning off from the streef on’which Grovoer lived in the divection of the hotel.

“Wiltere - are you going, Mr.. Gordon? Thag is not the way home,” were his first words.” - : : =

“Why, I thought that my presencé atb your house ivouldn’t be desived a.ftigr——-” : «T insist on your returnipg tomy house,” goid Grover. “I have heard everything, and T can’t Delieve that yoßt have acted from any but honorablg motives‘in this sad affair? Gt : Roland hesitated. e : o] won’h take mno for an answer,”’ said Grover. “A oreat wrong has heen done to-nizht; and you mmnst help to rectify it. The task we have to-do.can bhest be. performed at my house. Bertha and Fanny are already on thé avay there, both almost wild with grief?” S : : :

}4 “T thank you for your Xingd épinion,” said oland, grasping his friend warmly by the hand, ¥but T can’t meet the girls to-night. Think of the misery and shame T have unwittingly caused them, ' : “You are too weak to stand . hérve long.” interposed: one of the men. “You. must have your wound caved for at once.”” - This decided Grover. . :

_“Take him to my house,” he said. “IHe will thank me to-morrow for being so obstinate about this matter”” - i So Roland wasg soon ' comfortably located ir his old quarters, snd -the physician sent for.. Tn a shorttime hiswound was dressed by the same doctor who had "attended him before, - - G

“If you keep on at this rate, young man,” said the old doctor, “vou will soon want to engage asurgeon by the year,and keep him with you night and day.” - - i “T hope the trouble is all over now,” was Roland’s reply. e ] . The wound was by no means a serious one, and the doctor said Roland would not be confined to the house for mioré than a day.or two—no longer, in-fact, than it ook his mervous system torecover from the hock it.had sustained. .

“It seems they can’t kill you, youny man,” he said, putting up his instruments. Afterthe doctor’s departure, Grover entered the room. | e “The girls ave here and anxious to ‘sec you, Hugh,’’ he said. ‘“Shall I tell them to come up? Both arve better now.” -~ . Roland said “Yes, but.he would have given anything to have avoided the interview. He expected roproaches and tears, and was therefore vervagreeably surprised when they entered the ioom, to see: that both were calm, even hopeful. : : “T can’t tell rou how grieved T am over to-night’s ocemry nces,” he ‘siid, “and still I'think I am free from any blame in the ma%bcr.” g dietis A e “: <A oreat mistake has been made somewhere,” said Bortha,*and my poor hrother is néw payinz the penalty.” e - “Did they really take him to prison?” asked Roland. o i .

“Yes,” replied Berth, the tears springing into her eyes, “Bagdne is in jgil_.f Cap nothing be done ? Must he stay there until this terrible matter is settled 27 - e “Would to licaven I could ‘do something !” égd Roland with a sigh, “T am sre you can do something,” urred Fanny. “You can’t Lolieve Eugene guilby of joining in the attempt on your life. I know that he isinnocent, for he never knew of your claim to this wretched property until Gray toll him in this very house only last night, and then you were spoken of as a dead man. It wasat your own request that your recovery was kept a'séeret from | him.” i SR

I have been blind, blind !’ exclaimed Roland, springin ; to his feet, forgetful, for the moment, of his wounds. “May God forgive me! Oh, my darling,” he cried, taking both of Bertha’s hifrds in his own, “that T should have caused all this misery when a little frankness would have spared Yol i o T i Bertha looked .up with a sudden hope mingled with the surprize in her ¢yes, ° “Thereiis hope then High ?? i “Hope, Bertha!”" Kugen> shall be out of pricon in an hour! Twigs mad not to stop the officer when ha arrested him !*? . “Oh, Hugh! if yoa can ouly do that!” “Don’t call me by thit name, Bertha. ‘Gray was right when he said that I claimed to be Roland E. Wallingford, ahd I made a great mistake when I told the people here to call me ancther name.” A “If Eugene had only known,” wasg all the reply the young girl made. ; © It is strange why the attorney should have taken suchran interest in the affair,” said Roland, thoughtfally, < for if, as you! say, Engene knew nothing of my recovery, he certainly could not have planned to have me killed, and it follows that Gray and Am:s alone did th .t delectable work, Bub, I fail to find & motive for such desperate: work,” ) : “I can supply that,” said Grover, Who had entered the room unobserved.” “Gray held Eugene’s cheque for-two hundred thousand dollars, and of course it wis worthless un-. less the will was decided in his favor.” “Why did Eugene give that cheqae?” asked Roland, a little suspicionsly. 2 “Simply because Gray claimed to have everything in hisowh hands, and he refused to aid him in securing the property, or even t 6 produce the will—which he declared to be in Eugene’s favor—without a large fee,” replied Grover. ' “That accounts for the first attempt,” said Roland, “and——" s : “The first attempb!” intervupted Grover, in sarprise, “is it possible that t}e wound {ou received . the night T Lrought you here was not, the flgsult of an accidental fallp? o i e “Gray struck the blow,”” said Reland, hitterly, and then, as near as I ecan learn, pitched me down stuirs. The ‘only &?& is that Fwas not killed,”” . =o o & “You must hvve borne a charmed life, My, Gor—Wallingford,” suid Fanny,smiling‘ns sh. ¢ rrectad herself in speaking thefi%"‘ffi e e “But Engena is in prison while we are’ osl e iM R Lo e e B G rik hiad iat s T A

can manage if,” said Roling, now ready for the start. I alone can secure your brather's reléase to-night, for it was my endorsement of Awmes’ statenrent that caused his arrest. T hope to have hin with me on my. return,” he added, guily, as, leaning on his friend’s arm, he passed out cf the door, . i “Do you knew where Amos was taken 20 asked Rolund, as soon as the young mi: hod Gwingd the street. - ' : . “Yos,? was the reple. “Uncle Billy’s use was the nearest pl;xca,.anfi so he wasg tonveyed there.” . e - You know the way, I suppose.” v s¥es,? - i : “Then lead me ther assoon as possible.” : “I hardly nnderst: A this,”” said: Grover, turning in the direction of ‘the house mentionad. o Han “The poor fellow probably won’t live lohg,? gaid Roland, “and I want to hear him testify to Eugene’s innocence before he dies.” - - ) e £ “Yes; ‘but wd\:l he do that 2 i “Why shouldn’t he 2 ; | : - T will answer your qnestion, by a.skgn'g one,’” said Grover.' “Why did. fiue mention him in eonnection'with the attorney, and thus cause his arrest?” e . “We can only un'erstand the' matter fully after a conversation with him,”’ answered Rolandi “Hasten, or we mdy be'too fafet " . o . . Owing to the darkness of the night, the unevenness of the village strect) and®he enfeebled condition of the wounded wman, but ' slow progress was made. ! Roland grew more and more impatient every minnte. ;- . o o | “If we should be’ tro late, Grover!”--he répeated at everylittie stop made to enable Him to gain strength for a walk, “if we should be too late, it would be terrible !’ I should mnever forgive myself. Can’t we walk faster 7 . e “But haven’t we testimony enough to cause Eungene’s releise already?” asked Grover, who considered his friend’s release already assured. - “Suppose the man dies affirming the statement he made in the grove, and Gray proves; revengeful ?” said Roland, with a shnfidér, what can we do then? . The case will have to go through the courts.” . ' “Nou are right,” cried Grover. ' “Ames must be made to tell the truth.,” y “Then let us hasten,” said Roland, but even as he spoke:his weight gréw heavier and heavier on Grover's arm. The excitement and the exertio avere telling upon him, in a most wamistkable maitner.

I can walkno farther,” he finally said. “You know what we desire to question Ames about, and you must legve me here and go-on alone.”. . ° : # SBut I can’t leave -you here, my dear fdllow,” said Grover. . “You don’t seem to realize that it is near. the middle of a very dark and ¢hilly nicht.’”’ : ; “But BEugéne—his life may hang upon a Mument e time ) TR aie Rl

Just at this momant a carriage, occupied by but ore person, loowad up throuzh the darkness, driving briskly toward the village hotel. 7 ‘?' i 5 Grover hastened to make fthe condition of affairs known to the gentleman, who proved to be an old fricnd. - “As it is But.a short .diktance to the hotel,” he said, “T will wx‘],s;ingi]y walk ' there and turn the horse and carriage over to you. Youknow where to leave it, I suppose:” o » o

~ Grover afterthanking his genevousfriend, warinly, helped Roland into the vehicle and drove rapidly to the house where Ames had been carried. e s . A little crowd had collectedl arvound the door, late ag the hour wisg, and it was with some difficulty that the two young men ‘gainéd entrance. As soon as Roland was recognized by the people they crowded around to congratulite him upon his escape from death,’and this only added to the delay, - (-t o g : . “Where is Ames?"” asked Grover, as soon s the door was reached. : = “kt wouldn’t take long to find him in " that house,” said one of the men, with a smile, “there ain’t ol}y one room.”’ “Is he alive yet #? i B . “Just alive, an’ that's all,” said another. ,“The doctor is werkine over him, but he ‘snys it ain’t no sort o’ nn —got to die” . ; Grover, with Roland still leanine heavily ‘o his amm, made his way through the crowded . doorway and: approached the roushr bed whercon ‘the attorney’s accomplice lay. " 1 e . The attendants steppad back when they saw the man Ames would have murdered standing by his side, and the young'man gazed with a feeling of awe upon the form Iying¥so kelplessly beforé him. 0 “If you have anything to say to him,you had Letter say it at once,” s2id 'the doctor, “for he can’t live long.” i i+ Roland leaned forwsrd to eateh the words | Ames seemed trying to articulate, but as ' he did soa great change camé over the dying man’s face, and his lips ceas:d to :move. Roland started back in disn: v.- o “It can’t-be that he is dead !” he said, %p--penlingi:to the doctor, who, still uncertain, “placed his fingers on his wrist, L : : " TO BE CONTINUED.

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~,_,_,d;.&__ 3 . THe care people ‘take in preserving their old family Bibles had been demonstrated to a surprising degree since we reported the existence of one, two or more hundred years old, some time since. We did not suppose, before that, there was one in the eounty one hundred years old, but-sinee then a number have been reported older than that, and vow Philip Alspaugh, of Johngon township, has brought and left at the Standard ‘office the largest copy we have yet seen, in excellent state of preservation, that was printed in 1649, and is now consequently 2206 years old. 'The text is -German, and well illustrated. The book is 18 inches long, 12 inches wide and 5 Inches thick.-—Lagrange Standard. . = =

When the new Tee Bill went into effect the Clerk .of Bt. Joseph county proposed to turn the, oflice over to his sucecessor, whose tertm commences in QOetober. ITe estimatesthat after paying clerk hire and all other expenses, hie would be out of pocket about!sso Dby that time.. But his successor ig not, anxious for installment Defore his time—Lagrange Standard. s The Inter-Ocean is engaged in the very questionable business of slandering Secretary Dristow. .A«lpaper that can defend all of Delano’s Indian op+ eratio @hoummb%me o injure B desens publio oficer by Riusig bim, Givaarmigmal

Gov. Hendricks’ Serenade Speech - . at Zanesville, Ohio. TIIE SCHOOL QUESTION—EVERY MAN - - HAS & RIGHT TO HIS OWN OPINION . .IN THE DOCTRINES OF THE COUNgI v ) ' The-following is a full synopsis of - Goy. Hendricks’ serenade speéech at ' Zanesville, Ohio, on the 3d inst. Addressing himself to the citizens of | Zanesville, he said: - I thank you for the honor which 'you have done the . Governor of your own State and myself by this ceremony. S¢ far as it is extended to myself; I.accept it at your hands with my gratitude and thanks, more because L feel that it is extended to the State which I have the honor to represent. « I am very proud of the State of Indiana, and perhaps, as you have serenaded me as the Governor of the State, you will permit me to refer very briefly to that State, = Until the finaneial trouble came upon us, Indiana was in a ve}ry flourishing condition, and ‘pel"hapf, since the financdial " troubles came, she has been as fortu,nate as any of the Western ‘States. ' Until recent disasters by floods, she was, taking into consideration ‘the financial troubles, very well to do. Indiana has occasion to be proud.of a few things, and none are of more im- . portance than her school system. In -every neighborhood of that great State there Is provision made for giving to each boy and girl a good education. They have nothing to do nmow but to attend the schools and pay attention in order to be qualified for the duties and pursuits of life; and a man can lszty very little beyond that in favor of his Statethat will be a higher comDliment to her institutions than the suitable provision that has been made’ for the educétion of her children.— ‘Our, State has a population of nearly two millions. The expenditures from the State Treasury, tor ordinary pur“poses, for the TLegislature, the Executive and the Judiciary departihents, amount to about fifty cents for each person in the State—a little less than one millimi‘ dollars, for a population of almost two millions; and will you be pleased 'to consider the fact that theState government of Indiana—as it is eertainly true of the government of Ohio—the State government of In- - diana furnishes to the people of that, t State laws to regulate all their domestic affairs, with e

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which goes down into every neighborhood? It. is the government that provides for- the multiplied ‘interests: of -the people in their home associations, and does it not strike you that a government costingbut fifty cents to- the person by the year is a cheap government? Will you be pleased to consider, in~comparison, the fact that the government of thie United States, as now administered, costs the people of the United States, for ordinary purposes of the government, leaving out everything that :came to us from' the war, about $150,000,000 a year. TFor a population in the entire country of nearly forty millions of people that is nearly $4 for every. man, woman, and child in the United States, and when people tellfyou to abandon your local self-government, that . government which gives you protection ‘while you live, and sees:to your estate among your children. when, you are dead; wlien men come around and tell you that you are to abandon that local self-government and-lo6k to a central despotism for the’protection that socidty requires, then turn to the fact. that -this home government costs to the people of Indiana but. fifty cents, while' this central government costs four dollars for each person.in the whole country. . . . I do not propose to make a political speech; but, my countrymen, I cannot avoid saying this: That your institutions depend upon gyou, dépend upon your cool judgment. “When ycu'come tt Luy a farm, cor to buy a house:in your city, or the young . man comes;to select a partner for life, ) ‘You RELY UPON JUDGMENTN * You do not spend §our money in the purchase of property in the commencement of a buginess except upon the exercise of the very best judgment that you can command. You do not. allow yourself to be governed by af fection and prejudice. - - When _yo;q conre to act upon the affairs of your countny, will you allow politicians to come before you and appeal to your prejudices, or will you require, theny to address your judgment? = Thereis an® effort in the State of Ohio at this time to beat your very able Governor from his re-election, (which has been’ customary among you) not bécause of anythingthat appertains to his administration, not ‘because of any political prineciple : tkat he lholds, not because of any question of finunce or governt ment, but by an appeal to your Prot--estant prejudice, to take your judgment from you that politicians may own you. Do you menintend to allow that? I was Protestant born, had an education as Protestant and belong to a Prptestant churceh, but I haver such faith "in my religion that I will leave it where the great anthor of that religion left it, by an address to the judgment of the ‘people. [Applause.] When it comes that.l shall have to rely upon political associations for, the preservation of my religion, I will have but little rope for that religion; and he who thinks to make his Protestant religion more secure and a better religion by taking it inside of the republican organization of this country, and making the Chandlers, the ‘Logans, and the Mortons the high priests, I would not'give much for him nor his religion either. [Cheers.] Do you recollect that beautiful spectacle that was presented eighteent hundred years ago? An humble man apparently, but he was God and man, came into’the city of Jerusalem with the humble men that were selected as his disciples, and when he came into Ihe temple, he found. it being perverted; from the purposes to whicl.it was dedicated, and being | e . [USED BY THE MONEY CHANGERS. Did lie join the strong party? Did lie associate hdmself with the money changers? Did he seek political strength to'build up his church that he was going fo establish? No;but instead of that, @lmost alone and against the prejudices of the times, he went into .that temple and drove out the money changers. Ah, now instead of ‘that example being followed, I hear of men try%ng‘ to make political associations fot their ;eli%iqn. © What a heautifiul example.that was eighteen hundred years ago! The author of our faith standing alone with his disciples, in the midst of popular prejudice, appealed ;a ) 10 | Omi'?&l'{imi& - tgmog&géwt lfifia’gfi?fim the great doctrines that he proposed s tho it tho church U e v going to establish in the world. And Fhat upihh Shett That fand % jtion": prineiple -of which was alleglance to heaven and 'f;%fi{‘j“?t ¥ \r‘%"i\“%'fif‘?fli;é?‘ :q?“,»',’»l SR e‘? S’F s S

‘now what it is.. Do you'think it bet: ter.to take that religion into political associations? '~ I'am not very old, but I recollect that was tried once before. It was tried in the dark days of Know-. Nothingism. 'ln 1853, 1854 and 1855, when, men went into: secret, associa-~ tions to:fight against the-Pope and the; foreigner;. they ' hid “themselves from the light of day and front the sight of men, and thought to make religion stronger in that way. . But no. Instead of-religion being made strongler; it was being ‘used. by politicians, not for religion’s sake, but 'for party gain. -Is that to be repeated? - Is it to be repeated in Qhio-or’ anywhere?’ If there be any Protestant who - fails to trust in his religion as he.used, and. thinks that'he must secure political association-to strengthen and hold it ‘up, let -him go. + He will néver -make a good Demoerat, and Ido n't believe he will ever make a ‘good’ €hristiau: [Applause,|' . The doctrinié of this! country is that every man has a rightto his religious opinion. If I chooseto believe one way and .you chaose to believe another way, it is neither your business what I believe, nor my business what you believe.. - - i 7

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO YOUR CHOICE!

’ _lf you choose to bea Methodist, it +is'your right; or a. ‘Presbyteriin, itis'| - your right; or.a Roman‘Catlivlie, it.is’ your right. ~ Just think of a State be/ing tossed abotit and ‘an effort. being. made by politicians to make a gain of votes out of a propesition like this! The Legislature says by alaw that a man in the ppenitentiary, a madn in a; benevolent institution, ora personin’ a work liouse; if they want to Jliave .the consolations of religion;shall have ‘a right to'the advice and prayers of the pastorof his own chinrel, That 1. what the Geghan bill'is, I believe;: and they are making qnore fuss over the Geghan bill now than over the financial’ mismanagement thatis leaving the laborers upon the street corners begging for.employment.: This politicians’ paity gets away from the. real question tlrat is before the Ameriecan people, and the question is whether the peopleican-be tooled in this way. Don’t you say that is right? If you are & -Methodist, and- mistortunes should eecur to you, and you should: have to be taken to oneof tlie benevolent institutions of the State, and you thought you saw the shadow of death coming over you, and you wanted the consolations of your religion, and-you asked that the chureh-you belonged to should send their' minister to consete you in tliatsad- hour, has somebody, because lie is a’ trustee, the right to 'say that you shall not hayve your own’ minister,. but that- you shall have the, minister.of lis church? . Why, even the convict in tlie prison has a right to his conscience, - ITis erime does not deprive him of that.. The eonvict in Fthe prison has avight to worship God according tohis own conscience. That is the whole of the Geghan bill—that' anybody connected with the publicin--stitutions -of the State requiring the services of a minister ‘shall ‘have the _right to choose - who shall come and’ MINISTER TO HISSPIRITUAL WELFARE. Is there a man in this crowd who says that it is wrong? . You would despise yoqr_s’elffi youundertook to dictate to the poorest, meanest criminal in the penitentiary " what- class® of preacher should pray for him in case he thought he was going to die. .And yet they want to draw that into the political. contest of this year, Stand by your. rown interests. Welave had bad government. - Mismanagement and ' bad times hiave comeupon this country.— Labor and capital ate: both suffering. now, i S Soo Ko AT

have got to make that decision, and shall 1 say that:you will make it Wit,, a view to your own interests, and the interests of your children, or that you ‘will make that decision with & view to. some -possible “influence that the Pope of Romeé may have-oyer your— You -had better -have an ‘eve on the man ‘that is -in" Washiugton, rather ‘than the man that isin Rome. " (Loud ‘applause)) ' This® “Washington City, business has come’down to you. ' You are feeling it now. ~Business feels it, labor feels it; and yow owe. it to your-, ‘selves, you owe it to your own intelligence, to see-that the election of 1875 shall turn upon the . real questions which are before the. people. (Applause.) .l sl sgt e Centennial Birth-Bay Paity of a Ree _ markable Old Lady. ' . A Nashyille dispatch to the Louis-. ville ‘Courier-fournal, -dated August 27th, contains this sketeh of a remarkable woman and- her ‘family: St " The one hundredth birth-day of’ Mrs. Mary V:,m‘;gir’lm wis celebrated at her home in Williamson county to: *day.. . She was born in Nottoway county, Virginia; August 27th; 1775, - She is. the mother of seven boys and eight girls, fourteen-of whom are married. The family is not only. large in numbers, but giants in size, but few of the men coming under six feet, even down to the fourth gereration. Five hundred .persons ‘assembled aroundt the stand, garlanded with ilowers, toso honor to her one hundredth birth day. ‘Short addresses were made, and there were songs and .prayers: =~ After. ‘the religious services the nssembly form-ed:-a procession, in which. were one hundred of her descendants, herself at the:head, and marched to a grove where they partook of a sumptuous dinner. - lerfaculties are unimpaired. She hears well, uses no spectacles and frequently walks a mile. She-at-tributes her :long life to -habits of uninterrupted” industry ‘and ‘uniform ebedience to her hushand. = She woye the ¢loth which uniformed her grandsons aud great. grandsons,. soldiers in the Confederacy. She has now four hundréd and fifty living descendants.

i LII’XII(IG RELIGION WITH POLITICS. —Some -of the Ohio Republicans are unwisely attempting to make the difference between Catholics and Prot‘estants a polifical issue: by untimely discussions of the Geghun Law. lln Canada the disgraceful disturbances | over the remains of Guibord seem to be fomented rather by the Cathiolies than the Protestants, concessions being refused on both sides, and in the New Jersey: elections of Tuesday a distinct issue was-made by the Catholi¢ ‘clergy; whieh naturally gave rise to. such epposition that the scliool amendment. was carried by ah unexpectedly large majority. ~ It is & pity that such guestions should ever be lugged into polities, and the wise of ‘all _parties will' strenuously . oppose their introditction. - At any moment ‘they may c¢ause_ irretrievable trouble, as even now they seem-aeady to cause iteNe WoGmaphies o 0 v 00 - The baleful effects of indulging in al-| coholic stimulants are well illustrated gthe cage of Larmar Grifiin, of Ohio. [Te 'is only 116 years old. = If he had ‘been_abstemious—had with -,S}gartan : self-denial eschewed the habit of rumsy mighe O e 200 years old as well asndt. e A 43 axapeiating B 0 SR ok SUnAY. - PO-ACCEeDL UepDoOsivs Ol 4CCOUEEL. -~ 1

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... ASHE-DEVIL, il s ~An Almost Incredible Story of Fiend- |- ish Crime in Missouri. ' - - St Louls, September 6th.— A hor'rible case of crime and murder has ‘been made public in Franklin county, | Missonri. -In 1872 a widow: woman ‘named :Rebecca Eades lived in the “country. She had two adopted child‘ren, Kate and Louis Merrill, aged re--spectively thirteen and six. One day -in the spring of ' that year she became! ‘angry with the boy, and seizing an ax, | beat him to death. The murderess,| assisted Dy two men named Charles | Eades and 'Wm. Howard, concealed - _the body'in a stone oven, but subse-' quently carried it away and secretly - Dburied it. * e ; Tt e g « Kate was the only witness to/ the Laiurder of her little brother, and for that reason it was resolved to get her. “out of the way. They dared not com“mit'a second murder, but they bound ‘the girl upen a bareéback mule, and ~ .took ‘her forty miles into- ‘Pla‘ite counLy, Missouri.« They carried : her.sinto ‘the center of a dense forest and cruelly abandoned her, confidently expecting her to staive. After innumerable™ hardships she found her way out of ‘the woods) and, arriving at a settle.ment, told her sad story. o . The heartless* womhn and her two' confederators had4led, and no trace of ‘them could be found., Last-week the .drrest of Eadeés was effected,®and to‘day Mrs, _Ea(Les,wa's discoyered in this city, living under the name of Baltinghouse. She was arrested, and is now on/her way to Franklin county. MMany -other revolting. crimes are charged against - her. . She is forty years old, but: well preserved and ‘good-looking. Aniong other things she.is charged with, conhspiring to assassinate her father'and mother in: 1871, her object Deing ‘to get possession of her property. The murderous plan was frustrated by the timely discovery of the | “father. ol ST A

; A Dying Party., i . Notwithstanding the desperate ef: forts of republican leaders to galvaih--lize new life into the administration party, the evidences that it is gragdually passing into the things that “W;'eyc‘ ‘are foo. plain to, be mistaken. The elections of last year:shoywed that it had lost the confidence of the country, and the Philadelphia 7'imes well suylg :“ “Everything since then has simply helped themx down hill. ‘We have had, xevelations of fraud and conspiracy in - the Post Oflicé’Department, fraud and conspiracy in the Interior, Depaitment, fraud and ;conspiracy in: the Treasury Department, fraud and con‘spiracy in every office where there is ~a chance to steal and the opportuhity.. to bribe. 'lnvestigations have fairly trod on pach other’s lieels, and while. afew have had:a juét ending, the many have been silently ignored. That! the President.and his Cabinet decline, to recognize the precarious position which the party occupies, and hold ~obstinately to the ‘belief that the ad- - ministration has still a Igmjority following, may be the result of ignorance or indifference; but \vhnt»theyg%use to see, thousands of Republicans kiew with constantly increasing - alarm. Jopelessly divided upon the question of the currency and the tariff, theve is not a single live issue upon which to make a Presidential fight, while, ‘their opponents have a suflicient platform in their demands for an honest and economical, administration jof the national government.” S Gl —— The Catholics and Public Schools.

- The New Xork Z'imes notices they fact that the Rev.s. Malone, pastor of the Roman Catholic church of Sts. - Peter-and Paul, in Brooklyn, on . Sunday of last week, in jallading tg the opening of the parochial schools, paid a warm tribute to the eflicierfey of our pullie sehools, Ile never, he said, had spoken a wo’rLl agdinst them, for hie knew the great good'they had done, ‘and the benefits which they had conferred, upon the people: of ‘this country. Had it not beén for these schbols ‘we would not, he asserted, have sueh a powerful government as that which we now possess. Notwithstanding ‘this ‘commendation of “our < public schools, the reverend gentleman urged his parishioners to send their children “to the parochial schools.” The cliurch desired it, and as a minister of that cburch he was bound to obey its commands. ITe said that as they could not have a division of money for edu.cafional purposes, it:appeared to him - that there ¢ould not be found, in accordance with all principles of justice and right,” a better system than we now llave in our public schools. - e A D & DB —— 5 5

. An Important Discovery. ,The latest discovery preventive of boiler inerustation is zinc. It appears that an engineer on board the Frencli . steamer :St. Laurent, after making some repairs in the boilers, left- aceidentally. therein an. ingot of Zinc. Some time after, in searching for the bar in the generator, in which, meanwhile, steam had been maintaineéd, . he found, to his gurprise, that the metal had disappeared, and also that {he incrustatidn I¢ft by the water instead of being hard and firm, was amere mud, easily *washed. ouf. Re‘peating -the experiment, during an--otler voyage, the same result was réached. 1t is also stated that M. Tue-: seur; a French cliemist, after examining intothis remarkable cirecumstance, - concludes that the zine }orms a wvoltaic couple with, the iron of the boiler, zine being the negative pole and the iron the positise. .. It then happens, as im all bat@fies, that the zine isconsumed, whilé the iron is protected ° ‘both from oxidation and dissolutior. Additional tests of this simple preventive, if such it may be termed, will be looked for' with special interegt. oo L £ : i

- Tur Indianapolis Jowrnal displays . very bad taste in its Temarks about. - the proposed address of Jeff. Davis before the Rockford, I, agricultural society. ¢ It'says: “If he consults-his personal safety, not tospeak of public decency, he will cancel the engagement.”. -We do not see how it-would be contrary to public décency for Jeff. Dayis ‘or any other former rebel to ' deliver-a speech ‘in Illinois or any other State. - And we can see 10 1{(‘)3« ‘ _sible reason why he should entertain. fears for his personal safety. if lie »* chooses to make such speech, 'ltis not a part of the platform of the rve-: Ipubiican party ot the policy of the Northern people to deny freedom of speech to any citizen, north or south. ‘—Cambridge City Tribune (Rep.), - ~ The U. S. pension” list reached its amaximum with the fiscal year ending “June 30, 1873, From the close of the war up to July, 1873, the peng}m wm;j \ éontinna};y}. increased. Oh Juneé 30, 1873, the Humber of pensioners onggf% rolls WR,B"L’BE&II; On Jidne ?J,-;z e ‘the number was 232,907. On Juneso, 1875, the ntimber was 228,034, a de. over twiceas: mmmks from 1873 to - L e e | Yhs 0,000,030, Al ARHOURL DI A | i et Sy ‘“;:\:7 ] Hfg}?,fi,«z}’w B O : )