The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 September 1875 — Page 2

The Fatiomal Bai The Fational Baner . S AW R~ O A : 5 f\‘,\'\.‘ p 5 i J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER, IND,, SEPT. 16, 1875. ; Mg. JoserpH O’CONNOR, late editor " ' in-chief of:the Indiarapolis.-Sentinel, * has accepted a position on the editorial staff‘of the N éew York World. Mr. ! /O’Connor was by far the mopt accom‘plished journalists ever connected - with the Sentinel. It is to be regretted v é; that his merits were not suffictently -~ appreciated to warrant his retention.

AT THE INSTIGATION of Senator Morton, the Ohio ll;%publjcunis-_nvs}xprt time since dropped the finance question and took up the Ghegan bill— This had the effect of enlisting a number of hard money Democrats in the wvigorous 'suppf)rt of Gov. Allen. This unexpected turn of affairs seems tohave [)_l"qn}pted the ‘républié:u‘n le:\ulers‘ to again give the finance guestion paramount attentien, allowing the local politicians to manage the fight against the Pope: =, - '

~ AT HUNTINGTON, .considerable: of excitement has been caused' by an attempt,‘:made’ last Sunday gvenin.g,‘ to " destroy the town. While the citizens - were attending church a number of ~ firés werle started simultaneously and in v;lriqus‘,poi'tionsr of the—e¢ity, but, fortunately, all were discovered and extinguished before any serious damage was ‘done. - One Warren Ashley, “who is supposed to be at the head of _ the conspiracy, was arrested, and, af- " ter a preliminary exaniination, bound over to the circuit court ‘to answer -the charge of arson. iy

- A HAPPY HIT is thus made by the Cincinnati ' Enguirer: . “The New Yerk World views the actiou of the Pennsylvania Democracy very much’ after the manner of the profane farmer'who discovered that the end-gate of his cart had dropped out and permitted his potatoes to roll to the bottom of the hill. He contemplated the disaster insullen agony for amoment, ‘wiped the perspiration from his heated brow, and calmly remarked that he wasn’t able to do the subject jusﬁce:” There are many others, besides the editor of the H(.orlrl, whose feelings are 'admjrably pbrtmyed by this clever piece of literature. -

FARMERS s‘carcelf get th%o'l’igh one busy season until -another is upon thel_l}. The harvest was delayed and tedious, and it is scarcely a month since the rattle of the busy reaper died away upon ouf ears.:.Then the. shrill whistle of the steam thresher began fo be heard in theé Jand. And almost simultaneouslywith the advent of-the threshing machine and the first breaking of the golden sheaf, the prudent husbandman' set about preparing the fertile soil tor a futureigcrol). ~The weathér has been favorable, the soil was 1n good condition, and’we believe most of our farmers are done sowing. Now the corn is rapidly ripening and much of it is:ready to_cut, nor until the fodder is safely shocked, out of danger of threatening frosts, which must come soon, will the toiling, weary farmer be allowed a lolidayiof rest and recreation. Perhaps mot then. How thankful we should all be. that the land is blessed with abundance.

THE GRAND democratic victory in California is .of. infportanée in more ‘than-one respect. - It gives the»l)e;mg-. crats another State. and another vote im the- House of Representatives if ‘the ele¢tion for President should be thrown into that body. There are thirty-eight States in tlie. Union.” To elect ‘a President requires twenty votes. ~We count_the following for the Demoerats: New Ilampshire, ‘Connecticut; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Délaware, Maryland, Virginia, West ‘Virginia,;gorth -Carolina, ' Georgia, Alabaina, "Louisiana, ‘Texas,Arkhﬁsas,’lﬁénnessee, Kentucky, : Ohj;p,.'lndian_,n, Illinois, Missouri, Ne_yada, Oregon, and Califérnia.. This: ‘will do. If the- Republican United States ;Senate desires to throw out the Southern “electoral votes, and so make no choice for President, the election goes to the louse, where the Democrats are sure of twenty-four ‘votes out of thirty-eight. "We unite ~with the Cincinnati Enguirer in exclaiming: All hail to the Démocmcy of dalifornia, who have given us the * fourth vote more than was necessary.!

~ Hox. Cyrus 'L PERSHING, whom the Pennsylvania Democrats last week nominated for Governor, is a: native of Cambria county, and was ‘born in "1825. He has practiced law at Johns- ~ towrffor many years/and has devoted his life to his profession. Although a Democrat in his convictions, he was -not-a violent partisan, and was often ~ called upon to take a place on the -ticket.~ln 1856, he came within a few ‘hundred votes of defeating Col, Edie 1. for Congress in the strong"}x‘-epublican distriet of Huntington, Blair, Cambria and Somerset, and in 1858 he was " re-mominated for Congress, but was “defeated by S. 8. Blair by some 2,000, talthongh leading his ticket. ~ln 1862 ~ he was chosen to the Legislature, and served five years comsecutively. In ~ 1869 he was the democratic, nominee 'for Supreme Judge, but wag defeated iby Judge Williams by 8,791 majority. “Two years ago thepeople of Schuyl- . kill ecounty, irrespective of party, noem- ~ inated him for President Judge against - Judge Ryan, the democratic nominee, ,and he was elected by over 3.000 ma_jority. Sinee then he has devoted - himself to his judicial duties and dis- ' charged them acceptably. Ie is.a “mawt fine abilities,an effective speak- . er, andia very' agreeable gentleman. - Having lived in the same town, we ~ know whereof we affirm. Tle was a ~ warm supporter or Stephen A. Doug-, ?m 1860, during whic¢h campaign ~ we had the pleasure of _:‘,eaix‘-npsg;ng. - Cambria county in company ‘with Mr. . eabinet officers retire aﬁ ! by f\gggéggéa&%ﬁ»%% i';

PIERREPONT VS. THE BLOODY SHIRT. It always affords us pleasure to be enabled to bestow merited praise upon’ a faithful public officer, be he a Dem-' ocrat or & Republican. = We are-a firm believer in the doctrine of rendering unto Caesar that which clearly belongs to Caesar—of giving proper credit to him whose conduct deservessuch recognition. A i .

It was briefly stated in our issue of last: week that a riot had occurred near Clinton, Miss., amidst which several lives were sacrificed. This riot occurred at apolitical meeting, composed of blacks and whites. Ames, the carpet-bag Governor of that State, and a miserable apology for a publicofficer, grasped eagerly atthe ODPOT--‘tunity‘of setting the dilnpidgited “out-rage-mill” once more in-motion. e endeavored 1o furnish new ev’igleuée of the “rebellious spivit'still alive in’ the South’ by telegmphing axaggerated ilcém‘mts ‘of the" disturbance to \Vashingtr}u and to thqn’oi't_liei'nﬁ'press,. ' With the gndst disgusting pusillanimi-ty-he sought to induce the general government to send troops: into his folhl’n()n\ve;tltli to suppress an ordina‘ry riot! All this the contemptible booby did to make™ political )Cill)it;(ll for a dying party. eis credited with having recently ade the remark that the hlood of 25 or 30 negroes would do-the I‘(*{)ul§li(fam p:il‘ly muich good! i ) R Fortun:itely for the cm.mtry,"(}eo. IL Williams is no longer a member of the Cabinet, no longer-occupant of the Attorney-General’s depurl;_lilelit. That inefficient and corrupt individual was several months sinee superseded by an able jurist and an honest. m:ﬁw, the Hon. Edwards T. Pierrepont, of New York. This gcntlﬂil:m does not consider himself ~an agent of ‘the more ‘(lfsrepu‘vmble ‘rcpublicsz politicians for the manufacture of southern ontrages. I-I%e remembers thet he-ﬁis now an officer of the government, and that tairness .and justice should govern his action. SR

Mr. Pierrepont has treated the demands of Gov. Ames for federal interwvention with such high regard for constitutional law that we: eannot consistently withhold our commendation of his -action: TFriday last he sent a telegraphic dispateh toG overnor Ames, substantially as fellows: “The United States troops are in readiness, but no orders have-as yet been issued

to -them; neither has a proclamation been issued. = Does there ,exist an insmlbdx'(lination so formidable that/you can not suppress it-with the:aid you have in the shape of State militia?” To . this disbatch the Attorney-Gener-al received no reply until late Saturday night; when Governor Ames made the explanation that the pelxditégq_lxestion was one:of races,’and he still considered the presence of troops neccessary. The Governor’s delay and the evasive character of ‘his dispatch so fully 'corrob;omtes‘ the truth of the original theory of Mr. Pierrepont, that, he felt warranted in asserting himself as follows: “I consider this as conclusive that no serious trouble now exists, and that the whole thing has die_df"mva;.'. If there ‘wére» any serious trouble, I -am sure Governor ‘\llie's"_\\:'oul(l haveresponded at once.” On 'the same day, shortly after sending ‘his message to the Mississippi, Governor,” Mr. Pierrepont received two dispatches—one from the sheriff of Hinds county and one from Jackson. 'Tl'ney both unite in 'é:tying tirat there is no trouble or -excitement wlhatever in their distriets.. The At-t%mey'-Genernl has every reason to be satisfied’ “with=-yea, proud of—his course in this matter.. In an “interview” lie is e}‘edifed with having said that ‘if he had to go* through this whole matter again he would not have acted any differently. Tle does not believe that, every time there is a disturbance in the South, the Gereral Government should be dragged-in to separate the combatants. Ife was in favor of teaching the people -of the. Soutlt thav they must depenﬁ upon themselves. Ile believes fully that the machinery of the State.-Govern-ments is ample to suppress any disturbances that may occur in the South, In this estimate he is doubtlessly sustained by existing fact‘_s,y‘zmd ‘we are glad to"learn that the President and a majority of the Cabinet are in full accord with Mr. Pierrepont on this Mississippi matter. -~ -~

. . SCHOOL TRUSTEES. ° - It will be remembered that Attor-ney-General Buskirk -gaye it as his opinion early last Spring, that under the amended school law it became the duty .of city councils and boards of town trustees to elect at their first regular meeting in June. three school trustees to ‘serve, respectively, one, two, and three years. Ata subsequent period the Attorney-General gave a revised opinion in which he decided that the law -contemplated -the election of school trustees only to fill the terms expiring at the time of holding such election. A large majority of the _cit'iea and towns of the State acted M con formity- with the latter opinion. - Logansport and a few other places, however, elected a full Board. A suit resulted from the action of the former, and the circuit court rendered an adverse decision, sustaining the view of the Attorney-General, The case was appealed, and on Fridaylast the Supreme. Court reversed the decision. of the lower court, as will be noticed from the following” extract: - . The.court is of opinion that-the amendatory act of March 12, 1875, superseded the amendatory act of March 8, 1873, and that we are to look solely and exclusively to the last act' to ascertain what the law is. By that act it is declared in express terms that three trustees were to be appointed in June, and as the act took effect on the 12th of Mareh, 1875, and as it is provided that “the Common Council of each-city and the board of trustees of each incorporated town of this State shall, at their first regular meeting in the month of June, elect three trustees, who shall hold their office for one, two and threée years; respectively, as shall be determined by lot, ete., it gecéssarilx results that the June mentioned in this act was intended to be June, 1875. Reversed.

* Whatthe effect of this decision will be, we are unable to state. el

~ Ohe hundred and ten suicides have been reported in the journals of the United States, since the first of July. The mania for self destruction in this country is ‘;:ecomiﬁg fearful. France, even, 18 léft behind in this terrible es R e e

STATE CONVENTIONS.

Three political State Conventions ‘were held during the past week—‘Democratie Liberal Reform in Wisconsin, Republican in New York, and - Democratic in Pennsylvania. « - ~ In Wisconsin, the ticket so triumph‘antly elected two vears ago, with Gov. Taylor at its head; was unanimously renominated. A number of Jeading politicians had expressed :ther'nselves decidedly opposed tu the “renomination of Goy. Taylor, but popj ular “sentiment ran so largely in his favor that opposition was gracefully “yielded and the Governor’s nomination made unanimous. The platform 15 sound to the core, It demands thorough-going reforms and declares in favor of a sound currency based upon gold and silver., ~We earnestly pray for the suecess of our Wisconsin brethréen.: | : e

In New York, the Rep_ubli&ms nominated “Frederick#W. Seward for Secretary of State; and Gen. F. E.,Spinner, the recently retivred United States Tre;}surer, for Comptroller; the other candidates . were selected ~from the several elements or wings of the party. . The platform declares for a just, generous, - and %)rbemi'ng pojlicy toward the. Soutliy and a sparing exercise of national authority; for honesty and economy in publie service, and the certain and severe punish-ment-6f all wrong doers, with an especial reference to the Ganal Ring; for the speediest possible return to Véx.)ecie’pzt);n’)ents; for a revision of tlie whole subject of taxation ; opposition to a third term and to any project for the sectarian division or perversion ¢f the public school funds;

and a thorough endorsement of the Nitional Administration. Thé last named resolution gives this otherwise creditable platform a bad hue. But inasmuch as the Republi¢ans have nosort of “show” of successj, in that State, the unmerited endorsement of/ Grant’s corrupt administration is of little consequence. g - In Pennsylvania, our ’demgcratic brethren had a lively time of it. There were two points to be settled—first, the currency question; secoudly, the Treasury .Ring business. Teo understand the latter, it is neceSsary to state that for years the funds pf the State, instead of being applied.to the reduction of the.public debt, have been put to personal use. The Re-. publicans had eharge of the -funds, but in order - to keep things smooth and subgrgss popular indignation, certain derpocratic politicians were permitted %o share in the profits.of this nefarious business. One or two prominent “democratic journals had the free use of from five tolten thousand dollars of the State’s money. Even 1. S. Senator Waﬁlac,é was publicly accused of having his fingers in the pie. - The anti-Ring Democrats were determined to rebuke this debauchéry by resolution and ‘through the nomination of anti-Ring candidates for Governor and Treasurer of State. In this they succeeded. On the currency question the members of the convention were: greatly .divided. The delegates from the eastern counties were . almost solidly for hard money, while those from the western portion, ‘especially the. coal and oil regions, generally favored the adoption of a plank similar to that of the Ohio inflationists. They urged the ‘adoption of such a plank in order to secure the votes of inflation Republicans—~the followers of Pig-iron Kelley and Ben Butler. The Ohio inflationists themselves begged piteously for an endorsement of their doctrine, to help them in the election of Father Allen. The committee on resolutions had a desperate ﬁg]it,’over this portion of the platform. They were in- session two days. The vote in committee stood 25 for theOhio plank and 24 against. As the convention had resolved not to nominate candidates until: a platform had Dbeen adopted, the latter business was dispatched with great haste. The inflationists were so anxious.to push the platform thrf)ugh without debate that they set up a tl,'ememlous:yell as soon as the I'e,adingiqf the resolutions was completed. In this they were joined by a crowd of outsiders who seémed to have been engaged expressly for that purpose. Earnest protests were raised against committing the party to so delusive a policy, but without avail. The platform was declared adopted amid great confusion. The balloting for Governor was then commenced. James P. Barr, Wm. Bigler, Judge TRoss, A. C. Noyes, Daniel Fox, and Cyrus L. Pershing were the most formidable competitors. On the eleventh ballot, Judge Pershing was nominated by a vote of 145 against 94 for Ross and 11 scattering. On the third ballot Hon. Victor E. Piolette, of - Bradford county, was non_ﬁmxted for State Treasurer. Pershing ig a ‘gentleman of excellent reputation and will, if elected, make a cai)ital Governor. He is in favor of hard money, -while his colleague (Piolette) is understood to-embrace the paper money doctrine.’, Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, a capital» govd fellow and progressive Democrat, was permanent chairman of the econvention. :

: Half-Fare to Indianapolis. - “ Round-trip tickets (at half fare $2.40) are being sold at Goshen for Wabash, good to return until October 2d, to meet the wants of visitors to the State Fair, which is now in progress :‘tLlndiunabo’;is. . Lake Shore trains, Nos. 5 and 13, muke close connection at Goshen 'with trains: Nos. 4 and 2, respectively, for Wabash, ‘and which in'turn occasion only a slight detention at the latter place, whence halffare rates, via. Peru, can be procured to I{xdiamipolis, e

Jeff. Davis addressed the Agricultural Fair at De Soto, Missouri, on Wednesday of last week. A great crowd was in attendance from Jefferson and the adjoining counties. He spoke at some length on the future develonement of the Mississippi valley and the political unity of its people and closed with some remarks on the financial situation, expressing the opinion that Congress had no authority to declare that specie payments { should resume at a certain date, and that in the present condition of the | country more currency is needed. - 3 S W Qi b The Mayor of- Lancaster, Pa., has announced his intention to suppress corruption at elections by arresting as _vagrants any voters discovered near | the polls in that city attempting to Ll el s e e s

’ 1.0.0. F. ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GRAND LODGE ~ OF THE UNITED STATES. A Brief History of the Body for Over .t - Half a Century. The Grand Lodge of the United States Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will meet in Indianapolis, at oOdd Fellows Hall, September 20, and continue in' session until Saturday, September 26. The gentlemen composing the Grand Lodge are, many of them, leading men in their several States, I'epres%nting the professions, manufactures, and mechanies. There is, thg;'efore, a degree of importance attached to this assembling at our capital of these representative ‘men from every State and Territory in the United States, the British provinces and Switzerlantl, independent of, and entirely separate from, the honorable and widely-diffused order to which they are attached, and which they are specially - here to represent. = The Grand Yodge I. 0. 0. F. of this State has made extensive preparations for their entertainment, and we doubt not the generous citizens of Indianapolis will also step forward, as has been done wherever this body has held its sessions, and bid them -welcome to the Tloosier capital and IToosier lmspitnl; ity' . ‘ 5 v

In view of this event, it will not be out of pTace nor devoid of interest to give a Dbrief history of the Grand Lodge of the United States, embracing a period of fifty-four years. e HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE. _. A preliminary meeting was held in tire city of Baltimore, for the purpose of organizing a National Grand Lodge of the Oxder, February:7, 1821, which was attended by a committee of Past Grands of the city of Baitimore. Washington Lodge No. 1 of that city had been .given supervisory powers over the Order in this country,~but there were no established powers, extent of - Jjurisdiction or-permanent offices, and in convention they were destitute of all regulation other than such as was, reflected by the dizt light of “ancient usage.” ' Matters of grievance was the principal business submitted to them; but their decisions were in no.case final or.operative, being merely recom‘mendatory to the Jodge, and were adopted or rejected, at option. ~ - - ‘Hence, the men who compesed this meeting looked forward to a-more permanent organization, representative in its character, invested with executive, legislative and judicial powers. In pursuance of this -idea, the following résolutions were adopted: Reésolved, That it is expedient and | necessary to separate the legislative | from the operative portion of the } Order, as well to secure system an‘d‘ uniformity -as greater efliciency in conducting the business of Odd Fellowship. : Resolted, That Washington Lodge,‘ No. 1, be inyited to surrender to the “ body of Past Grands the sole” posses-. sion of the charter received by said lodge from:England. _. i The meeting then selected grand officers, Thomas Wildey being elected Grand Master; the title was subse‘quently changed to that of Grand Sire. On the 22d of February, 1821, Washington Lodge;No. 1, surrendered her charter, with all the rights and privileges therein conferred, and the offi-‘cers-elect were ‘installed, the Grand Lodge of the United, States commeneced its career, and Washington ' Lodge took her position in the ranks where she is to-day, after a. eontinuous existence of over half a eentury. It 1s not our purpose, nor will it be expected, that we should follow and note the ups and downs, the various vicissitudes, the ruptnre and final separation from the Manchester Unity, of England, the successful struggle to eliminate the convivial practices, 4nd the gradualdimprovement made in the workings, especially the educational feature, of the Grand I.odge of the United States for the past fifty-four vears. These have become history-— a part of the history of our! own glo--rious country. Its beginning has been shown, and the fruit it has borne will speak for its progress, and we desire only to say that tghe body which is to hold its fifty-fourth annual session in: the city of Indianapolis has grown: from a ‘few earnest men to a bodyhaving within its jurisdiction 5,410 lodges, with a membership of over half a-million, and a revenue of $4,434,001.08. Lrege R *

HONORING INDIANAPOLIS. - ' The Grand I.odge holds its sessions annually, and is presided over by the Grand Sire, which is the highest office in the Order, and who is chosen biennially .by the body itself. Itis the supreme head of the Order, and from it emanates the secret or unwritten work; the traveling password for North and South America, Europe, the Sandwich Islands and Australia, and all laws -for‘the government of the Order not specially referred to local jurisdictions, such as dues, beneMits, ete.” Being purely republican in character, any member, however hum- - ble, may aspire to the highest office in the gift of the Order, his preference being based entirely upon ability and qualification—money cannot buy its “honors. - \ §

Its neminal headquarters are still in the city of Baltimore, and it has never been known to depart from an old established rule, to meet every alternate year in that city, until the present year the invitation of the Grand Lodge of Indiana has been ac“cepted to meet in our flourishing cap- ‘ ital. Last year the session was held: in Atlanta, Ga. : ‘ ~ OFFICERS TOR 1875-76. ~_Grand Sire —Hon. M. J. Durham, of ' Danville, Ky. L o i Deputy Grand Sire—J. W. Stokes, of Philadelphia, Pa. T Grand Secretary—d James L. Ridgeby, of Baltimore, Md. o JAssistant Grand Secretary—Thos. A. Ross, of Baltimore. : - Grand Treasurer—Joshua Vansant, “of Baltimore. . Sl Grand Chaplain—Rev. J. W. Venable, of Versailles, Ky. i ‘ . Grand Marshal—J. R. Tompkins, of Mobile, Ala. : 2 “Grand Guardian—VW. H. Foulke, of Wilmington, Del. S Grand gMessenger—J. . W, . Tudson, of Madison, Wis. : : e M— L ; Radicalism Tottering in Maine ! ~ lihmense Democratic Gains! The eleéti‘qn for State officers of. Maine tgok place last Monday. An unusually heavy vote was polled. Returns come in rather slowly, but they show very heavy democratic gains. From present indicatxoqs the majority for the republican candidate for Governor will be less than 4,000. Last year the Republicans carried the State by 11,000, t‘h‘eir‘ usual majority being about 20,000. Our friends gained largely in the-election of members of the Legislature. Morton’s’ bloody shirt speeches did not take well in Mudge, Lo 0 ~ The battle cry of the Maine Democracy was Hard Money, Home Rule, Free Trade, and Reform! . A pyman in Maine named W. V. G ogln i ras R e s R todelilng. .

The Mississippi Troubles. AMES’ ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBLE . FOR THE WHOLE UPROAR. = Senator Alcorn’s Views -—Ames in League With Murderers for Pol- - - itical Effect in the North. WASHINGTON, September 12:/—The following is the telegram received on Saturday by {the Attorney-General from Postmdster . and "~ Ex-Senator Pease (a negro): = = S£The excitement has subside}. A civil force composed of good, citizens of all political parties, and of Suflicient force to protect life and property, can be. had irt any county-of the State.— No effort has yet been made by the State authorities in this direction.— Until all legal means have been. exhausted, I am of the opinion that Federal interference is. unwise and impclitie, and willionly. tend to aggravate the evils.™

Senator Alcorn arrived in this city on Friday, and had an interview with - the Afttorney-General on Saturday.— He agrees with Postmaster Pease in relation to Federal interference, and is confident that’an attempt to assert the authority of the State would be sustained by the larger portion of the citizens. There is, he says, arclass of . dissolgte young men disposed to create trouble, but they: are a smal. portion of the people of the State. Their acts are not countenanced. by the better class, and the Tatter would aid at any time in putting them down, if for no other reason than to give security to their property. As to the negroes, he says they have no disposition to fight, and would not, unless driven into a corner and compelled 'to; To show their inoffensiveness, he says he las Dbeen living where there are a thousand blacks and but ten whites, and the latter never have dreamed of any personal insecurity. Ile chargeg the whole trouble upon the act of“%\w-w ernor Ames in ' absenting | himself from. the State, leaving the colored Lieutenant-Governor: in charge of affairs.. The latter is charged with Leing very corrupt, selling offlces and pardoning eriminals for a peeuniary consideration. e cites an instance where a man, feeling aggrieved because a woman had. spoken against his sister, went to her house, dragged her into the woods, hung her up by ‘the heels, and fired six shots of his revolver.into her Lody. The murderer was caught 'by the citizens and put: in jail, but released by %.ieutehantGovernor Davis without:ieven & trial, $3OO being, it is alleged; paid for his: release. , ; R

In another instance the Sheriff.conveyed a negro. prisoner, sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary for stealing from another negro, to tlie Jackson Penitentiary, and the negro was released and returned home on the same “train with the Sheriff. All confidence in ‘the integrity of the State Government has, he says, been destroyed. The young roughs know that they'may commit crime and escape punishment f6r a money consideratiton. The result has been, the Senator says, to change the State wlich elected him (Alcorn) Governor by thirty thousand Republican majority to & Democratic State this fall. Tt is believed here in Washington that Governor Ames, having become thorough= ly satisfied that Mississippi was losf to the Republicans, attempted to take advantage of the local disturbances at Clinton to create a diversion in favor of his partly in the North. ~ -

LONST IN THE LAKE. SEQUEL TO THURSDAY’S STORM. The Propeller Equinox, With all on . Boeard, Suddenly Swallowixd Up . s by the Waves. - CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-—A terrible disaster occurred on lLake Michigan ‘early yesterday morning, whieh has just been reported here. The propeller Equinox, on the way from Chicago to Bay City, Michigan, with a cargo of salt, and towing the schooner ‘Emma E. Mayes, loaded with lumber, was overtaken by the storm about two o’clock yesterday morning, near Point au Sable, 280 miles north of Chicago. Captain. Woodworth of the Equinox, came to the stern of the propeller at that time and:ecalled out to cut the lines. This was done and the propeller careened and sunk in a few minutes after. She. had on board a crew of 19 men and Captain Dwight Secott, of Cleveland, a well-known lake captain, who was accompanied by his wife and grand-daughter, making a total of twenty-two. The first intimation the schooner had of the catastrophe was the shrieks of the drowning. The Mayes could render no assistance whatever in the terrible sea that was rolling, and the entire crew of the- Equinox went down. The Mayes arrived here this morning. Larer—Tuesday’s Chicago 77ibune publishes a thrilling narrative by Reuben Burr, wheelsman of the propeller Equinox, and, so far as is now. known, the only: survivor among all on board that ill-fated vessel. Ilis account throws considerable light upon the circumstances attending the disaster. The loss of the Equinox was not the only terrible incidént of Thursday night’s storm. While the people of Chicago were rejoicing that, among the several wrecks near their shore, there were no lives lost; the Equinox sank with twenty-five persons, and fthe steambarge Mendota foundered. off Point Betsey on the Michigan . shore, near Traverse City. Her crew consisted of twenty persons, and of these but seven were saved.— The gale Was so terrific it is & wonder that any escaped. : :

The terrible storm of last Thursday night was one of extraordinary severity throughout the Northwest, and a great deal of damage was done,. to all kind of property. At Lawrence, in MecHenry County, Illinois, a train of cars went through a bridge, ‘killing several employes of the road and one passenger. At a station in Wisconsin, another train crushed in a culvert, killing - two! passengers and severely wounding five others. At Harvard Junction a train was ditched and several persons injured. The rainfall in locations west and north of Chicago was great, nearly all the streams are overflowing and staunch bridges are being swept away. . As the gale blowed from .the west and northwest, it left the west side of Lake Michigan comparatively calm and did not damage shipping interests but -very little. 1t is feared-that the gale made sad havoe on the east side of Lake Michigan, on Take*fluron and the lower lakes, as there is quite a number of vessels over due at Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo, that have not been héard from, : o £

Meat is very dear in England -and very cheap in. America. Could some means of sending meat across the Atlantiec without logs or without impairing its-condition be devised our exporters would make a large ‘profit, and the price of meat in England would be reduced. Hitherto experiments in the transportation of fresh meat across the Atlantic have not met with such suceess ; g)ut the invention of the “iceberg car’” has rendered it practicable to bring meat from Chicago to New York in perfect conditior’. It is now proposed té send an iceberg car to Texas, to load it with meat and bring it to New York. If the experiment succeeds it will only be necessary to ship loaded iceberg cars on board ocean steamers to supply England with meat to anw%nb sufficient to reduce the price to 4 | s@egﬁﬁﬂl m@%ﬁ%

INDIANA NEWS ITEMS.

- Gen. R. I Milroy, the old “Grey ‘Eagle,” has been appointed agent for several tribes of Indians in Washington Territory. e . A son of James Barkey, 10 years old, three miles east of Plymouth, was killed on Thursday by a cow, which knocked him down from the fence and tramped him to death, . The Fort Wayne Courier-Dentbcrat —a ‘mew demoeratic inflation organ, started to supplant the Sentinel-—has very quietly given up the ghost. Itis an exceedingly bad time for new organs. e 0 : :

One Ia Duke of Girant county was sent up for three years, last week, on conyviction of attempting a rape on his young daughter. .John Gallagher, for rape, was sent to the reform séhool for five years. [ Cesgoin e

The ;Argos correspondent of the Plymouth Democrat savs John Crow threshed 855 bushels of wheat from 40 acres; Gep. Emmons 209 bushels from S acres;¢ and Charlie Huff, 1,220 bushels from 55 acres. Fodrin

Dut few of the G)!"illlg(‘s of the county’ have kept up their organization this summér, , Some contemplate reorganizing for the winter but it is probable that many of the. societies will never meet again.—LaPorte Argus. - o e i

Charles Krout cut and killed Carey ITicks in a quarpel near Ft. Wayne on Thursday night. There was a-erowd of young men nearly drunk who had been out on a spree to serenade a newly married pair, and the consequence was. a murder, the second death in one week on a similar oceasion. ' A wealthy farmerin Osolo, welearn, had to borrow all the bags in his neighborhood - lately, in order to store his present crop of wheat whieh he had threshed the otheyp day, and this because his barns were all stored full of ‘wheat of.the twn|or three previous seasons.. It's pinching times with him—Eikhkart Union. :

2 { . Siys the Plymouth Democrat:. “A horrible accident, resulting in the instant death of Noble D. Lovely, an old citizen of this county, occurred a few miles northeast of Plymouth, last Friday, at about 11 o’clock. Mr. Love1y and some boys were eutting timber, and in‘falling a tree, a limb was; some way detached, and thrown violently backward, striking Mr. Tovely with such force as to crush his skull, and killing him instantly.” i

The Soldiers Reunion at Reckyville, Park county, this State, on‘ Wednesday of last.week, was largély attended.. It is estimated that at least thirty thousand persons were present. Gen. Sherman aund Senator Morton were the lions of the day. Morton’s speech was delivered with all his old venom and hatred. He waved; his bloody shirt over lLis,heml and spent a great deal of breath in’abusing the Sou and Jeff. Davis. .|“Too thin, Senatgks The time for that to have any polifical effect has passed. v ; ! S ——ﬂ«;—b—- s .+ LATEST NEWS ITEMS.

The wheat c'rQi)‘iu Minnesota, Towa and western, Wisconsin was badly damaged by the recent heavy rains. ° , o T Sl o . Georgé' A. Smith, Brigham Young’s chief leutenant, is dead./ He was Second President of the Mormon church. S A destructive il‘isease has broken out among the cattlein the vieinity of ;Buffalo, New York, Tt is similar to ‘epizootic. R .

‘Moody zu’lds,Sankey have been holdg revivals at Northfield, Mass., land rousing the people to the pitelr of enthusiasm. - ; L

Sixty three Chicagoans died during August, under circumstances sufiiciently suspicious. to require Coronar’s inquests.. : i

A terrible explosion took place at thecelluloid factory in Newark, New Jersey, by which several men were killed, . ‘1“"1,1 twelve " injured, |, - Loss, $75,000. 4 Sl

The ecrops in. Kansas pan oub immensely. The secretary of State estimates that the State Will have 55,000,000 busliels of surplus corn for exportation,: ; :

The bank of Huntington, West Va.; was entered in broad day light, on the 6th inst., and robbed of $15,000 by three men who compelled: the cashier to open the safe. o ; On the night of the 9th instant four accidents occured on, the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. .They were all occasioned :by the recent storms and defective bridges.

A small village -near Springfield, Ohio, was-visited lately by a severe hail and thunder storm. ' A man sleeping in .a hay mow was struck by lightning and instantly killed. . -

At Hartford, Conn,, last week, Gold: smith Maid failed in the attempt to beat her record of 2:14 last fall. She was driven to a sulky with a running mate and did splengid work, making amilein 2:14%4 s ;

‘The Thursday night storm was disastrous to the vessels on the lakes, and accounts of great destruction of life and property are coming in. Onef vessel with 20 persons on board went’ down, and all were lost, ' ,

I'n Nevada they have a law imposing a tax of $1,200 petr year on every gambling' place in the State, and the supreme Court has decided that the law is right and that keepers of gambling dens must pay it or quit their vocation. Lot e e

The Sixth Annual Industrial Exposition at Cincinnati opened with a grand parade. The city looked very beautiful in its holiday attire, all the buildings being decorated with flags, ete. -The procession was nearly five miles long. il - Decatur, Alabama, has been infested with: cournterfeiters for some time past. Officers of the secret service recently made a successful raid on them and have arrested some of the wealthiest men in the vieinity who have been engaged in counterfeiting. The Bank of California has been reorganized, with D. O. Mills as President, and will immediately I'e§mme business. Seven million: dollars have been subseribed to tide the bank over its present. difficulties, of which Senator Sharon, D. 00. Mills, Michael Reese, E. J. Baldwin and Jr. Keen contributed .‘}51,009,000 .efehy

A terrible hail storm oeccurred on the Union Pacific Railroad, at Potter’s station, on the 3d instant. The hail ‘stones were from four to six inches in ‘diameter and of waFious shapes.— They broke through the windows of the Pullman palace cars and great ‘excitement ensued.: Ladies fainted and many received cuts in the face, plec - o A special to the New York Herald says that all the country between Servia and Montenegro is in full revolt, fally 10,000 insurgents having taken the field. Two towns have been sacked, all the Turkish villages burned, and thé Turks massacred. The Christian inbabitants have taken to the mountains for safety. A general war is regarded as inevitable, L ~ Professor W. J. Beal has discovered that certain kinds of plants are carniwerous. Ho has been experimonting and s one.plant devour 7200 ingects.. Now, what will our vegetarian friends o, singa plants 1% mont ol e e

- THETWENTIETH Nl IIN ; 1 o T ormaee i | ~ NOBLE COUNTY ¢ _ T - ; o L isae e Lo I;I(fr()N’IEIi., i Tuesday;Wednesday, Thursday, . and Friday, & Q()'l‘{)ll(llé 12, i:l. 14 & 15,'»’7.‘_5, The Premiiim "I‘ist;lnal’s been dmll;led “over those of former yénrs, and in some cases they are trebled. o ~ . ) : oii i Trotting & Running Races To come off on the third and fourth days, promise to be a most brilliant teature of the Fair. Some very fast

horses are expected to be present.

a iy 14 . A Firemen’s Tournament Will bo the miain feature of t;he i . third day!. S Additional Stalls and Stabling»foi‘ I_ Horses and Cattle Have beén erected at I grent eXpehsc. : . LET ALL OF OUR : FARMERS, Manufacturers, and Stock Dgalers And all others who zu'e_'inperested{,' 'TURN OUT! A 2 . ! 2 v - ] o £ P And bring their families with them on this occasion, a 0 F. BEAZEL, : s .\lunut‘ﬂctnrer Y : e 4 lavaa Saddles, Harness ¢ L 7“,.._ o K Q "TRUNKS.

LIGONIER, INDIANA

T er Ib? LR [ TR all who may widh aoy thing 10 Lhe e oF HA\IS{NEss, e ‘ ADDLES, = - _BRIDLES, ! : L i WEHES, o e : - COLLARS. L FLY-NETS,. . e / BRUSHES, : al - CARDS, &c., and in fact evérything- pertaining to this - of'business. Espeoial attention is called to the fu‘ct‘ th-;I he isé now engaged 1n the manufacturi‘ng of all kinds o 0 * . TRUNKS, [ B . Which; in - Style, Finish, Durability & Price, } Are far superior to tlm_s_é'of easfé}ii" manufacture. Call, See and Buy. October3o,’73-27tf, |© - £. BFAZEL. | — e i — AND — . : : 4 ™ e n .: . ; CABINET WARE ROOMS ’ ~ ‘- % * . ’_."- : » : v o V B D EEBRE, Wouldrespectfully announce to the citizensot " Noble county, that lre has constantlyon, : hand alarge andsuperiorstockof . . - CABINET WARE. . Uonsistingin ﬁart’t‘)f i DRESSING BUREAUS. . “» WABDROBER: . . . R L Ao Rl bt ‘xj()ul\;GEfp,' sy & s Lid i ¥ ; i $ e e COUPHOARDE, ~ OMAIRS AND BEDSTEADS, | Andin (astevesything usually kept in o First 3&“ ﬂ?ﬁ rticular mﬁ&ﬁ*ﬁl tothe Undertakiog Bas :% Eindaof Bhon Wotk madetodrdes. ... .’ . Furnitnre Ware Roome on west sido of Cavin |

ENGEL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. | | LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN - ' NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTJES, . . . S BENGEL & €O, | | - ARE NOWIRECEIVIN(} 'I‘IIEIR,————;; el xgxxxxxxxxx.vxxx:gxxxxxkxx.\'xxxxxxzcxx x'xxxxxxxx##xkxxxxxxx'xxxxxxx: " : o : j e . | Y o= AL Ylyun UUD e : X)\)\XXXXXXX?( X."(X.\’XX?(XI\'XXXX'X‘XXXXXXXX XXX'XXXXXX.XXX}'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ol S e W

Men's and Boys' Wear! Men's and Boys' Wear To which they call the attention of ~ their Patrons and the Pubsoo He generallg ! o o-;A2 \ ; g ) Prices Always the Lowest. ciirn D ENGEL &0. N entilte My deaste L Tl Kendallville, Ind. September 166 h, A18T5.-10:11 - 702 T Um e See L b s ! : "EN COMMANDMENTS L i e t.’—”l‘hou s‘linﬁ, hfave!r‘)o o‘t_lrér”‘Cldthing, 01215' from J. STRAI'.S, Jr’s,, for I sell the best and eheapest. - A 1 =l L ; 2.—Thou shalt'not make any graven image or any likeness of Clothes, for you can buy them of J.STRAUS, Jr. cheaper than you can make them, - ~ s.—Thou shalt not take the name of other Clothing Stores in vain, for J. STRAUS, Jr, sells 25 per cent. cheaper than any other louse in Ligonier. - £—Remember the Sabbath day, six days shalt thou comeiin and purchase your Glotl_xing;f"Ha'»ts{,im'gl Caps-,f &ey, of J. STRATUS, Jr., and on the seventh day examine your bargains. = 00l e e : s.—Honor ﬁhe@lothiug-ﬁouse of J. S-'IffRAUS,_‘fIR., for he will save you mdney/by buying of him. - meg i _ ; .- 6.—~Thou shalt not kill your time looking in other Clothing Houses, for if I can’t sell cheaper than th@y do, I don’t want you to buy. -~ . ' | & T~Thou shalt steal away from all other Clothing Houses, and comie to J. STRAUS, Jr’s Clothing House for bargains. . Sl ~ - B.—Thou sh"alt not be.a’r false witness against J. STRAUS, Jr,, for I will, can and do undersell any other Clothing House in Ligonier. ' : e '9.—Tllog.sl}nl't not forget that J. STRAUS, J Rr.’S, Original Boss Clothing Store contains tlie best and -cheapest Clothing in Ligonier. , . 10:=Thou shalt not forget that J, STRAUS, JR., welcomes the public to come :md_exnmihe _'hivs stock, whether they buy or not. : L - ¥t is Everybody's Interes St e 0 NGy TN AT .J. STRATUS, JR.S S ds o . D g E ' ‘ nal “BOSS” Clothing House Original “BOSS” Clothing IHouse.

His new and Elegant Stock is simply immense. No use in trying to emumerate. - We can meet every ‘demand of the pub--lic. We have Suits for Old and Young, Big and. Little, Rich i'and Poor! We sel_l“,_at Bottom 'Fig_qres I “All we ask is that Everybody 1 Noble and - Adjoining Counties CALL and TAKE a LOOK at Our GOODS. A Splendid Assortment of Hats and. ‘Caps for Men and Boys; Latest ~ Styles, Nobby. Can’tbebeat! * Ligonter, Ind Septi 168 7 sy J.HTRAUSJr.

M. E. KENYON el el o - %9 (Successor to S. A.. Hértzler;) dealer in fine Gold _ and Silver Amevican and Swiss WATCHES. Having bought out Mr 8. A. Ifertaler, and permianently located in V;l.l‘gouier, 1 would rasfpectfu_ny invité the attention of the peo*ﬂq to the fact that 1 shall make a spogialty of Solid Gold and FINE . oo ROBLED PLATED: - g ... Jewelry and Chains, Embracing ﬂl»ii)'f the latest and moﬁl't'.ﬁpﬂiow , styles:forboth .. .~ .* LADIES' AND GENTS' WEAR, Which T shall offor at prices that wniaeiynémpztitfori. laleo.keep on hand a beaniiful line of ki wo i sellg BOId ISk SEAL RINGS. i ; A e L O SARSRA S AR ahi iR S G Being a practical workman, I shall pay especial & e ,- L ‘.uendvp!u;o:ghintl_ ."-v 2 o ';"i',;"'_' . BEPAIRING . Ana’ adjisting of fine_watebes, and all work en--'trﬁ!‘c?\l%ﬁ!%ﬂiﬁidmﬂ‘? firet-class manne, | R O e e . e et B e sl gl s

°ly ° 5 B : $/ 03 : Still in the Field ! | o A e ! Ghal ot / il Dull Times Made Lively ! ull Timss Made Lively ! i i 5 s ¢ ! i< _porTAmßEsT—. | ! 'Fine and Kipßoots DL e OAT ] o g i i \ 3 ] 9 ; Whose manufactures are gs;lwcially commended' on account of their durability and neatness. i A i i ; : .. SHINKE &BRO. R eep no second: ‘workmen in their ‘13": P i e S e \,;_"Aeoliple'te;‘swekoff e t Bow’s BooTs, RN ¢ Baeol ket a ‘ i D ?QW)Q—‘ Gy s : i i Uiy Xigs s Foa |, i MENe, . WOMEN'S - And Children’s Shoes SRR S A B BebeCtRTIY ‘WhEh SOR AR Bt & Hathir sstbain p- i x;ﬁ“@f Lined Boots made toorder -