The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 30 September 1875 — Page 2

s E gt \ The Fational Banner i v ‘>,{ ‘v‘]' ) e SRR Wi J. B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor 2 EL : LIGONIER, IND., SEPT. 30, 1875 ASRSO B A Y SSRIY T TR CoLuMBUS DELANO, the corrupt Secretary of the Interior, has at last tendered his resignation, which President Grant accepts, with regrets! For shame! : ; ‘ : e T P —— s - 5 - TupCincinnati Enquirer evidently views with favor the prospect of a “coalition of . soft money Democrats with the soft‘money Republicans. It ~ tells thg hard money Democrats in . plain terms that no favors need be expected -from democratic inflationists. The..Enquirer is ready “for a "general i,.hrea'fl_{-upl.fi . [ Tiis is what the Chicago 7ribune says of Carl Schurz’s powetful address at Cincinnati: = “The speech is the more important, and will_prove . more, acceptable to the general reader, - because it is not partisan. It is not a. _speech delivered in the-interests of either the Democratic or . Republican party. It is the ‘views of a sound thinker, a profound scholar,anda cul- : tgired 'statesman upon a groat ques- , tion of public policy.® It is addressed. to the intelligence and henesty of the public, and can_hardly fail to meet with earnest attention.” ' ; ~ Fuk New York World 'concludes a review -of Carl Schuri:s great Cincin- ' nati speech in these words: “For ~ brilliant and sustained eloquence, for . the adornment of a harsh and intricatp subject with rich oratory, for interweaving a sort of passionate inter“est ‘into a dry theme and heaping together about a loéiéal demonstration a great variety of miner argiiments and illustrations—the address is beyon"dl praise, and no previous effort of “the orator surpasses it. There is uch material in;it for future warfare, and lesser politicians will draw from it as .from an armory.” ¢

MR."ALEXANDER DELMAR, the distinguished statistician, has written a letter‘on the European cros, which is an exhaustive resumeé of the situation . in Roumania. Roumania is a large’ exporter of wheat and maze, but the " conclusions reached by Mr. Delmar are that the wheat product of the . present season will be one-half below -the average, the corn crop being bareIy an average one. The late revisions “* of Mr. Delmar do not change his gen‘eral estimate of European._crops,, and - he’is convinced that the United States " will find a ready and remunerative . market in Europe for all the wheat ‘not needed for home consumption. This latter part is of interest to the © farmers of the West, as indicating{ -~ that good prices are likely to be realiz- -~ ed for all wheat which s fit to export. { % J e> W— ] _ “EVEX the Chicago 7Times, ,which - eertainly eannot be accused of beingA‘ . friendly to Mr. Schurg, is constrained ' to acknowledge that gentleman’s great _ability as a logician. It thus smfiks ~ of his masterly speech at Cincinnati: . “It is as terse, although long, as it can ~ be made. It is by farthe ablest argu- . ment yet presented in favor of nation- . al and gndividual honesty; opposed to .- - national honor and individual ruin. i We are not without hope that it ‘will be of some benefit to the voters of Ohio. Mr. Schurz cannot be accused of partisanship in his espousal of the cause of specie currency. .'le had -~ évery reason to drive him from_instead of attracting him to the republi- - can party. His present stand is the - result of an honest conviction, and/ ¥ the reasons he gives for the faith that is in him are “sufficient to convince -~ even the most prejudiced.” - : : 3 L T+ E—— - ¥ THE CONTEST in!Ohio is waxing .. “red hot.” Both sides are receiving | " help from abroad. The Republicans - who favor inflation are coming to the’ “defense of Uncle Bill Allen. | Henry " Carey: Baird, the great Pennsylvania .champion of the high protective tariff ‘policy; Hon. Samuel Calvin, apother - Pennsylvania protectionist and infla~ . tionist; Congressman E. M. Haines, ¢ an Illinois inflationist And independ- . ent-Republican; ex-Governor Curtin. - of S Pennsy}vania ; Hon. Moses W. Field, republican congressman from . Michigan, ahd several other anti-re-suinption Republicans, are posted for speeches' in support of Allen and ' Carey. "Dan Voorhees will :devote . about ten days to an active campaign among the Buckeyes. The only prom- l

~ inent speakers from’ abroad, on .the ~ other side, are Carl Schurz and Gen. | Steward L. Woodford of New York. Seing that the soft money Democrats ~ /and Republicans are making'a joint: ¢ effort to secure Gov. Allen’s’ re-elec- = tion, some of the democratic papers of '~ New York now openly call upon: hard ‘money I?emocrats to work gnd vote for Gov. Hayes. This looks *as if the - re-organization of parties, yaguely hinted at but a few weeks ago,-was making rapid progress. Lo e — > — - Tue CoUuNTY FArR.— Week _after - mext, commencing on the 12th of Octo- ~ ber; the Noble County Agricultural . Society will hold its twentjeth annual | ‘Fair. Then, in the language of the . &ree Press, the mammoth squash, the . elephantine ox, and the enormous pig, . {which have been a'source of home 1 pride, are brought forth to be gazed _at by admiring throngs. ' There is no * question that agricultural fairs ate _ productive of good in a number of - ways. They afford the farmer one of _ those brief breathing spells, coupled with friendly intercourse with his . meighbors, -and whigh he too seldom _ takes, and his relaxation and enjoyment are most profitable to him in ’*am new ideas which he imbibes. The - fruit of the skill a_mt} ‘experience ot fig_fi/félow«fm'mem is 'spread before M and the practical advantages or _ drawbacks attending new methods ~ and innovation are presented in com- _ prehensive shape. If he be a wide- | _ awake, enterprising agriculturist, he ~ knowledge. If he be slovenly and N i ]

-~ THE FAST MAIL TRAINS. . ! ~ We have not, heretofore, said much ‘ in regard to the fast'mail trains recently placed upon two ‘of the great trunk lines, preferring to await results rather than speculate upon probabilities. Sufficienttime has now elapsed to attest the complete success of the en‘ter;irise; and a-brief deseription of these remarkabfe trains will not come agme, e p e e The first of the regular fast government mail trains started from New York on Friday morning, Sept, 17, at 4:15, over the New York Central, ‘Hudson River, Lake Shore & Michigan Sout'hern roads.. At~the same hour the fast mail train of the Penn--sylvania Railway left New York, for Pittsburgh, making .closé connection lfor Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. . The first mentioned train consitéd of three mail cars and four ‘drawing-room cars- for invited "guests and ypepresentatives ' of the ‘press. The latter train was made up of 'two postal cars and tenders and a sleeping coaeh. One of the New York .Central cars is useéd for letter distribution, and one for paper distribution, and one for storage of mails. Three

clerks have been detailed for each car. Thé Pénnsylvania c:trs'combiim inone the letter and paper cases. By this arrangemeént, the mails from New York are delivered at Chicago and St. Louis six hours quicker than ever before, and in the cbiintry beyond Chicago the mails are received about twelve or thirteen hours earlier than before, G R E

Postmaster General Jewell lias telegraphed the thanks of the Department to Thos. ‘A. Scott, President of the Pensylvania Central Railroad, for the success of the new fast mailservieé, in which he says: “No other country, e.a\"cépt Russia, can run postal cars 2,000 or 3,000 miles, or half those distances at d stretch,without running off the edge... Considering the magnitude of our territory, I believe our dispiteh of mails is now unequaled.”

In a similar message to ‘William H. “Vanderbilt, President of the Erie Rail‘road, he says: “The accuragy, system ‘and speed with which you are now | % . . . ,tras-nsferrmg our- mails are, I think, unequaled anywhere in the world, | and I believe marks an époch in:our progress. I can readily perceive and appreciate the advantages of rapid [transportat‘ion by the responses from our: officials and the:-public from the ‘Atlantic to the Mississippi.”

Few, even of our most experienced travelers, can form an idea of the excitemeut of speeding along at the -fearful rate which these trains make. "Dicken’s description of such. a ride 'may well be quoted:— . - “Breasting the wind ‘and light, the shower "and sunshine, away, and still away, it rolls and roars, fierce.and rap‘id “smooth and - certain,, and ~great works "and massive bridges. crossing up above, fall like a beam of shadew an inch broad upon the eye and then are lost. Away, "and still away, onward -and onward ever—glimpses of cottage homes, of houses, mansions, rich estates, of husbandry and handicraft, of people, of old roadsand paths that- look- deserted,- small and insig-nificant-as they. are left behind; and so they do, and what else is there but sueh glimpses in the track of the 'indomitable monster, Death! = . A . -“Away, with a shriek and a roax and a rattle, plunging down into thé earth again and working on in such a storm ‘of energy and perseverance, that, amidst the darkness and whirlwind the motion seems reversed and to tend furiously. backward, until a ray of light upon the wet wall shows its surface flying past like a fierce stream.- Away once more into the day and through the day, with a.shrill yell of exultation, roaring, rattling, tearing on, spurning everything with: its dark breath, sometimes pausing for a minute where a crowd of .faces are, that in a minute more are not; sometimes lapping water greedily, and before the spout at which it drinks. has ceased to drip .upon the .ground, shrieking, . roaring, rattling through the purple distance.” cr T

THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRACY, ‘The Democrats and Liberal Republicans of I\la.s‘sa(;hu'sétts assembled in State convention on .Wednesday' of last week. It was largely attended, and the utmost - harmony and enthusiasm characterized- its deliberations from beginning to end. Gov. Gaston, the first -democratic Governor elected in Massachusetts during the -past 23 years, and who has made an excellent record, was unanimously renominated. For Lieut. Governor and Secretary of State -two very popular -and able exRepublicans were selected with equal unanimity. - The platform adopted is sound to the core, as' will be seen from the following: . L '

1. We reiterate -the " declarations comprehensively made by the national conventions at Cincinnati and Baltimore in 1872, accepting the recent amendments to the Federal Constitution as a full, final and permanent adJjustment of ‘the political controversies incident to the late war, . - 2. We demand for the Union the support in full vigor of all its constitutional powers as the supreme authority, utterly - repudiating all claim .of right by any State to secede from the Union or to nullify its laws, and we demand for each State as equally inviolable the right to govern itself at its sovereign pleasure, subject only to ‘the limitations and obligations of the ' Federal Constitution.. . 8. In the interest of publi¢c morals, the nation’s eredit and the common welfare, we oppose any further issue ‘by the Government of a- currency inconvertible with gold, the world’s recognized measure of value, and we favor a speedy return to Specie Payments’ as essential to the revival of the commerce, business and credit of the country and to-the welfare of .the laboring masses. ! 4. We arraign the Republican party for its.extravagant expenditure and profligate waste of the people’s money, for its eorruption, for its peculations, for its contempt of constitutional ob- | ligations, for its extortionate increase of sinecure and of the . salaries of our _public- officers, for its oppressive, unjust and defective system of taxation, finance and currency, which have degraded public and private m’c‘])r?aiity. -and brought upon us the pregent depression in the commercial and indus: trial interests of -the country; for its centralization of power and its encouragement of moneplies and corpor‘ate corruption, for its continuanrce of | incompetent and dishonest men in office and for its general mismanagement of both the State and Federal ghverbinente - v ~The regular Republicans are greatly alarmed over. the strength developed Y S GuR ey o iy less Charles Francis Adams, an avow- |

GOSHEN CORRESPONDENCE. 1" GOSHEN, IND..'gept. 28, 1875. To the Editor of The National Banner : L ~ The Elkhart County Fair has come and ‘gone a® “the Society. for once made happy. The races of this year were none of the most exciting.’” As a general thing, poor horses were on the track. The gentleman from Noblé county has learned something of the home stretch of the trotter, “Tom Hunter.” We could hear him call: “See there, how beautifylly he throws himself on the home stretch!” “He will win, no mistake about it!” He hzid,( it seems, bet-one dollar on “Tom Hunter,” but, unfortunately, after he had won it, the stake holder was nowhere to be found,. and the enthl}si-' astic admirer of “Tom Hunter” was left to mourn the loss of his dollar—even after having won in the race. Miss E—, deputy postmaster of Ligonier, enjoyed the exciting scene very “mueh, but no doubt was better pleased when she no longer heard the ring of ‘“Tom ~Hunter on his home stretch” sounding .in her ears.. She it’is who can tell you how a certain, gentleman lost a dollar at the Elkhart County Fair. R o

The gas company have %entered upon the work.of laying down gas-pipes. It is well known that Goshen for some years'has had an excellent supply of that: article, though not of the best illuminating quality, yet sufflciently so to eause quite a commotion in certain quarters. - Ve ‘ The German element of our little city seem to be very enthusiastic upon the school question. - They, as we understand, petitioned our school trustees that a German school - be established by them at the public expense. The law contemplates that when personsrepresenting twenty-five children, who desire them to.learn the German language, ;shall petition the school trustees to introduce-the language into the public schools, that it shall be the duty of said trustees to have German taught in the schools ‘under their charge. I understand that the trustees have decided to introduce into our schools- the German language, as a branch, as soon as their new building is finished, which will no doubt be within the next sixty days. But this arrangement: of our trustees does not seem to suit our Germans, some wishing an " exclusive German school, while others:would have their children study both languages. No sooner had the school trustees décided to introduce the language into tlte school, than some of the petitioners demanded it as a right to enforce a teacher,. whom they had previously employed, tipon them. ,The Board refused to be thus coerced, and consequently would not employ their man, and now a few of the Germans are very indignant. - ° ' : The temperance people are yet on the move, and the project now under way is worthy the attention of all good citizens who wish to do the cause-a great good. It is argued that our young people do not frequent saToons because they want to go there, but because they have no other place to go. They seek company and recreation, and being unable to find their wants satisfied in-any other place but the saloons, they mnaturally enough find their way into these dens. To remedy -the evil, it is proposed to establish some kind of entertainment that will supply thé wants of our young people and save them from the pernicious effects of the whisky saloon.” Rev. Boxer is the chief projector in this movement.. He recommends the ‘establishing of ‘a coffee - house, where may be found. reading matter, innocent games, and various other means to make the place cheerful and pleasant. Dr. Beyerle has kindly offered two rooms in his new block, free of rent for one year, provided there is sufficient money raised outside to ‘guarantee a 'success. A meeting of our citizens will be had in a few days to devise means of raising the necessary funds to make the project a success. More in the future. JOHN.

- INFLATIONISM IN NEW YORK., . The much advertised and loudly heralded uprising of the anti-resumption-ists in New York city has taken place. The meeting Was held in Cooper Institute on Thursday -last, and was largely attended by inflationists as well as those .opposed to that.theory. It is claimed that the latter constituted by far the largest portion of the audience, and that the resolutions, though declared adopted, were actually voted down. The. World speaks of the gathering in this manner:“The rag-money men who called a meeting last night at Cooper Institute performed that valuable service of showing everybody what a beggarly array of empty-headed josies they are at most. Dick Schell presided, doubtless because he thought it a good joke, and he declared the resolutions ecarried which in fact. were voted down by a large majority, probably because he thought that was a good joke too.: As for the blatherskites who spoke, they are practically nameless, actually ingignificant and without a following.”

J. B.StoLI, of the Ligonier BAN‘NER, denies that he is to start a paper :at Garrett. Our informant was a gen‘tleman from Coldwater, Mich., who stated to us that he ‘was shown letters by Mr. Parker, of Garrett, in which he was led to belieye that Mr. Stoll was to engage with him in the above named business. As we are responsible for the report that has gone the rounds of the press, we make the above statement.—DeKalb Republican. _The Jetters referred to simply treated of the purchase of material for Dr. Parker--information ag to, the kind of type and presses needed for the contemplated enterprigse. Like seryices have been rendered for several other publishers during the past three or four years, not because we were in any way identified with their establishments, but because of an acquaintance with type founders and press manufacturers not enjoyed by the parties for whom we acted, ‘:

THeE BANNER for some time past has been engaged in a thorough discussion of the financial question. Bro. Stoll takes the hard money side of the question and @bly defends his position. The people are evidently against him, but he would rather be right than be’ bresident.—Plymouth Democrat. & _ The people,at least in this “neck o wobds,” sarinly. endorss. Tie Bane NER'S position on the finance question}

CARL SCHURZ. His Great Speesh at Cinginnali IS treat Spegch at Cincinnall. He Addresses Himself to the - Ohio Democrats, =~ - Making an Earnest! Plea in Be- - half of a Sound Currency, - AND EXPLODES Tf{E UTTER HOLfOWNESS OF THE INFLATION THEORY. . , Hon. Carl Schurz delivered a masterly address on the question of finance, in the city of Cincinnati last Monday night. Fe spoke fully two hours to an immense audience. Thousands were unable to gain admittance to the spacious hall. Murat Halstead, of the Comme-rf}ial, presided. We wish it were possible for us to lay the entir_e' spéech before the readers of THE BANNER; but this,on account of itslength, is out of the question. We must content onrself with a bare and bald outline of this truly gi'eat and powerful speéch,—a speech which ought to be placed in the hands of every citizen of the Rep,ubl‘ic. It is, to use the language of the World, perhaps the most powerful argument addressed to the Democracy thus far in vindicatign of the time-honored principles of the party, for it is in this light that it should be judged rather than as a Republican campaign speech. Mr. Sehurz opens with the declaration that he has entered the campaign in Ohio with no “determination to commit himself or ' the independent voters whom he is supposed to represent,to any alliances for the Presidential election next year. It is not out of partiality to the Republican party that he appears in the contest, but in thie hope of defeating the avoweéd purpose of the Ohio Democrats to carry into the Presidential campaign the issue of inflation, “a fi“nancial policy which, if allowed by “the National Government, would dis“credit republican institutions. the “world over, expose the American *péople to the ridicule and contempt “of civilized mankind, make our po“litical as well as business life more “than ever the hot-bed of gambling “and corruption, and plunge the coun“tr‘y into .all those depths of moral “and national bankruptcy and ruin “which, as all history demonstrates, “never, never fail to follow a course “so utterly demented in its wickea“ness.” In his alarm lest success in Ohip should result in<the subjugation of the democratic party to this inflation policy, and once more 'enkingle sectional animosity in the fever of & financial conflict, he has taken a stand ‘against the eléction of Governor Allen. £l ]

It is a remarkable fact ‘that M. Schurz in conducting his argument addrésses)hims‘elf directly to Democrats and reasons. from democratic principles. There is nothing in the conduct of the republican party or in its ereed that will serve for the foundation of an appeal for honest money, and the skillful logician instinctively perceives and acts upon this essential difference in the character of the two politjcal organizations. Alluding to the fact that he stood shoulder to shoulder with the Democracy in 1872 in advocacy of a return to aspecie basis, he assumes the right to - demand an explanation of the faithlessness of the Ohic Democrats to the principles they then maintained, and then enters upoun a maste_rly discussion to prove that the democmtfic party must oppose inflation if faithful to.its two fundamental dogmas: - “First, the “strictest maintenance of the limita“tions of governmental power as an “indispensable safeguard of free in{«stitutions; and second, an' honest ‘*and economical conduct of our'public Saffairs. : : The outline of the argument may be sketched in a few words; but the elaborate details, adorned with apt illustration, are worthy of attentive regard. The thesis of the speaker is that the control of the currengy by the Government is a dangerous power, which Congress will ever be under temptation to exercise for unwise or dishonest purposes. This control is surrendered by the resolution of the Ohio Democrats in regard to keeping the currency equal with the wants of trade, and the Democracy, ever jealous of delegating authority to public servants and anxious to maintajn the strictest rules of constitutional interpretation, thus becomes the champion of a system which puts the source of power and the standard of individual wedlth in the hands of public servants, In the words of Mr’Schurz: ' ~ “The private fortune of every citizen is placed at the merey of the Goyernment’s arbitrary pleasure. You cannot venture upon any business enterprise; you cannot sell or buy a lot of merchandise on time or even for cash; you cannot make a contract insgolving the outlay or payment of money, but the Government wiil’have the power. to determine: whether it will be to your profit or loss, and per_haps, in extreme cases, whether it will make you rich ‘or bankrupt. This, then, is the aw{ul power ¢f a Government iptrusted witl' the office of making and keepipg the yolumbe of currency equal to the wantg of frade.”

Not less fatal to the seécond fundamental priticiple of Demdcracy, the honésty and economy of the Government, is inflation. Inthe very-nature of the case a new issue of greenbacks could only find its way to the people through the creation of gre‘at public expenditureg. The first legal tenders flowed out for the expensgs of a costs ly war, the second could only be issued in payment for some vast scheme of public improvement. And, as the first era of inflation brought abont a season of unparalleled corruption and | crinie, the second would be followed by the same evil hatvest. 7 ~ “Let it be known that ditches‘)hust be dug, that embankments must be thrown up, and that railroads and steamboat -lines must be subsidized,: for the purpose of spending money that ‘the volume of the cuicency be made’and kept equal to the wants of trade’ What a Irarvest of jqbs, wigt |

what a flying about of stray-millions! For, mind you, money will be no object; on the contrary it must be spent and the more spent the, better, for the greenbacks must be got out in obedience' to the mandate ‘to make and keep the volume of the currency equal to'the wantsoftipde) - = o At the close of this cogent demonstration of the inconsistency of true Democracy and an irredeemable paper currency, Mr. Schurz proceeded to show the falsehood of the statements made in regard to the coxx}rzlgtiqxx of the cuxfx'ellb3*, maintaining t,;mt no con‘traction had-as yet taken place. e illustrated the true policy of the nation by examples from its past experie;‘nce and by the course of France, and{closed with a refutation of the’ most effective and most dangerpus argument ~used by the inflationists, namely, that to increase the circulating medium is to increase the prosperity of the working-nlan. By ag{een analysis he showed how the tendency of a fluctuating medium was to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. ‘ el < B—————— RECORD OF CRIME, WIFE-MURDER, SUICIDE, ARSON. At. New Albany, Ind., early Saturday morning, Jacob Reutter, a. laborer, suffering fronr the effects of hard drinking, killed bis wife by crushing her skull with a hammer. Ie tlen set fire to the house and went into the back yard amd . cut his-own ‘throat, sevéring his awindpipe with a pocket knife. The couple were about fifty’ years of age. , 4 TRAGEDY AT MESHAWAKA, - James Mulligan, of Mishawaka, Ind., received injuries resulting in his death, while having a clinch with John Feiten, his brother-in-law, on "Thursday night, Sept. 23. Mulligan:had been in a state of ™ intoxication for some days previous, and Feiten had- forbidden the saloon which he frequented from furnishing him with any more liggor. This so incensed Mulligan that on meeting his Dbrother-in-law omr Thursday evening he picked a quarrel with him, and closed with him in a, wrestle. In this encounter he was thrown, and falling upon the curb of tlie sidewalk, his neck was broken, from whigh hurt death ensuéd on Sunday evening. .

A. FIENDISH CRIME AT BELLIWO PONTAINE, OHIO: &{0 0

.~ A Bellefontaine, Ohio, speeial to the Cincinnati Gazette says that on the 22d inst. Miss Laughlin, a young lady aged 16, accompanied a man named’ Schell and his wife on an “excursion to the reservoir, several miles distant. Mus. Schell, being fatigued, was |left with the team, and Schell with' the young lady started after wild plums. Schell returned without Miss Laughlin, stating that she had, strayed from him and tha’ he could not find -her. An alarm was given and a search made, resulting in the finding.of the body of the young lady this morning nearly nude, her throat cut from ear to ear, and the grass showing that a desperate struggle had occurred.— Schell, though' suspected, was not arrested till this afternoon, and upon examination a bloody knife was found in ‘his pocket. lleis now under arrest with g heavy guard around him from the excited people. = . Muig. Schell, wite of the man arrested for the murder of Miss I.aughlin, was arrested and testified’ before the coroner on the 24th ult, that her husband had told her he intended to ravish Miss Laughlin, and kill her afterwards; that their ride on Thursday was planned for that purpose, and that ‘her husband threatened to kill her if she followed him, when he went into the. bushes with 'l\giss Laughlin. "She says he Teturned®in about ~two hoursgstating that: Miss Laughlin foughtggshzfl'd he did nog sueceed in ravishing her, although af+ ter he had stabbed 'her, she -said: “Don’t kill me, Jim, I worn’t resist any more.” But he feared she would tell, and so killed ‘her, threatening -also to kill-his wife if she told of it. : Mrs. Schell also testified to other crimes committed by her hushand. e A masked body of men entered Bellefontaine, about 11 .o’clock, on Thursday night, -battered down the doors of the jail with sledges and rams, took Schell, and, after giving him about ten minutes to prepare himself, hung him to atree.in the court.house yard ‘inthe presence.of four or five hundred people. Ie made no confession, but persisted to the last that his wifd did the deed. Lietda : e e ——etl] OB— : The Corn Crop. i

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The September report of the department of Agriculture says of the corn erop: Could it be thorouglily ripened, its aggregate would exceed any previous crop, and -the yield per acre would be one of the best, notwithstanding the losses by the overflow of bottoms and saturation -of heavy flat soils, -such ‘losses proving less than the usual damages by drought and insects, while the rains have greatly benefited the crop on ‘the drier and higher soils. Nearly everywhere corn is late in maturing, from one to two weeks. A generally high condition i still maintained, the average being 1 per cent higher than in August. The State averages are: Maine 105, New Hampshire 100,"Vermont 8, Masgachusetts 100, Connecticut 108, New York 99, New Jersey 111, Pennsylvania 108, ‘Delaware 100, Maryland 106, Virginia, 112, North Carolina 103, South Carolina 87, Georgia 90, Florida 83, Alabama 111, Mississippi 116, Louisiana 85; Texas 89, Arkansas 103, Ténnessee: 114, West Virginia 107, Kentucky 103, Ohio 97, Michigan 101, Indiana 83, Illinois 05, Wiscongin 60, Minnesota 72, lowa 92, Missouri 111, Kansas 109, Nebraska 93, California 95, :Oregon 00 : i

—A brilliant wedding took place in the eity of LaPorte on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Max Hamburger, well

: known to a number of our citizens, | was.united in the holy bonds of wed- | lock with Miss Nettie Wile, daughter | of Jacob Wile, banker. The ceremony, |as we learn from the Herald, took place at the Synagogue in the’ afternoon, the father of the bride conducting the services. Tater in the after‘moon and in the eyening a reception ‘was held at the residence of Mr. Wile, The decorations at the Temple as well ‘as at the mansion were very elaborate, the finest that meney and good taste could command and devis%. The feas’ was prepared and served by a well known Chicago caterer, who furnished the waiters as well as the viands and .dishes, The attendance was very large, many leading LaPorteans being guests. A number were present from Chicago, Fort Wayne, Pittsburg and other cities. The toilets of the ladies were exceptionally splendid. . The presents to the newly wedded pair were very numerous, costly and beau= | tiful, e Gy —The school fund of this county is angmented by about *51,200 from whisky licenses since the new license law went into effect, and yet there is. | no evidence that the traffc has inereased above what it was during the | | two years of the Baxter affair: Which | _—The great specch of Carl Sehuiy, | g%?%’%}*‘w sfie

LATEST NEWS'ITEMS, Emperor William will leave Germany eertainly by October 3rd, to visit the King of Italy. “Prince Bismarck will probably attend him. : : The Pope held a . Consistory at Rome, last Saturday, and econferred upon Cardinal McClosky the ring and title of Lanta Maria Sapro Minerva. Cincinnati is putting its sewers to a new use—capturing wild animals. On Sunday one of the African leopards in t-he zoological garden in that city escaped from its cage, and after some persuit iby the keepers took refuge in a sewer. Both ends of the sewer. were blocked up, and the beast securely Dottled. Tt is hoped to capture him after 'he has’ been properly reduced by stirvation. °° : - The friends of Mr. Beecher proposed.to give himra grand reception at the Brooklyn Academy of music on his return from his summer vacation. To this end a committee of prominerit citizens was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. But now Mr: Beecher writes to them declining to be a party to such a recéption, on the ground that it would tendto keep alive feelings that ought to subside.

~ Alexander Delmar, whose views in regard to foreign statistics are entitled to respect, has published a review of the erop prospects of Russia. The general conclusion reached by the statistician, after a thorough examination of the subject, is that the harvest throughout the empire will result in a full average yield of' wheat, and Russia will be. able to export, this vear, at least 75,000,000 bushels of bread-stuffs. T

~ Women were accepted as jurors in Wyoming for two years, until a new interpretation of the territorial code caused them to be omitted from jury calls. The Rev. D. J. Pierce, of Lar--amie, says that two years was a reign of terror for evil doers, and that the women on juries enforced the Sunday laws, reformed Laramie, giving it a season of quiet and freedom from crime, , and made the ‘territory the most ord;ii'l y of any. o “The proposed amendment to the Constitution of New Jersey, prohibiting any diversion of the public school funds for the support of sectarian schools, or the levying of any taxes for that purpose, was adopted by the rather - decisive majority of 43,314. The Republicans and the Protestant Democrats and the liberal :Catholics, generally supported the amendment; the great mass of Catholics and a sprinkling of sectarian Protestants voted against if, and for a division of the school funds among the sects. Mrs. Bella French, a lady who is well known throughbut this Stateand ‘Wisconsin| as a; writer and publisher. of several papers and magazines, attempted, at Baraboo, :Wisconsin, to, commit suicide by taking hydrate of ‘¢chloral. Iler condition was discovered before life was extinet, medical aid was summoneg and her life was saved. She had writtén a note, in which she gave, as a reason for the rash act, that she felt too weak to.battle longer with the world, for instead of encouraging a lone woman who was'trying to succeed in the -world, she had been met with slander, and preferred to leave the world,-rather than struggle longer. At last accounts she was in a fair way to recover, B e

INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. A Unitarian ehurch has been organized in the eity of LaPorte. Mrs. Judge Farrand has an orange; tree in LaPorte that is bearing fruit, and she recently picked thirteen ripe oranges from it. ; .

A young man killed himself near Maysville, Allen county, last week,iby falling against a -§tztll in thestahle and breaking his neck.. : e

The acreage of;wheat being sown this fall will probably exceed that of any season before in Lagrange county. The seeding will be generally finished this: week.

- An old Milford (Lagrange county). farmer remarked the: other day that the farmers in that township had, on the whole, better crops this.year than, ever before. ! -

_f‘Elihu_ Baldwin, an old bacheior of Fort: Wayne, died, leaving his whole estate, valued at about $40,000, to be divided equally between the American board-of foreign missions and the American ITome Missionary Society.

~“The First National Bank-at Valparaiso, says 7'he Vidette, has, at the cost of $5OO, procured a new and wonderful safe-lock, which not even the one who locks it can unlock till the time expires for which it has. been locked. This-#§ the second oneadopt: ed in this State. s

. A young'lad, aged 15, named John. Globe, employed at Wooster & Co.’s drug store, F't. Wayne, was -propably fatally injured last night by the careless handiing of a revolver in the hands of a companion. They were fooling with the revolver when it was accidently discharged,’ the ball striking Globe in the head and lodging in the rear of the right eye. If the lad recovers, - which. is . considered very doubtful, he will lose the eye, * .° A dispatch .from, Gioshen says: A bold attempt was made Sunday after- | noon by five crimrinals confined in the county jail in Goshen to break out. | The prisoners were let out of tlieir cells inte the hall to air themselves. They had been out but a short time when' the wife of the jailer, hearing an unusual noise, proceeded to the 1 hall, where ghe discavered the laen at - work ecutting a hole in tfe wall thro’ which to escape. They had reached the outer layer of brick of the thick ‘wall, when. she gave the alarm and they were again locked up. ' . At Lafayette, on Monday morning, an unsuccessful attempt.was madd to j fire Peter Burns’ up-town ' saloon. Sevetral hours later a barn adjoining Burns'down-town saloon was set on fire, The barn, Burns’ saloon, - city - -calaboose, Jaschka’s saloon, and Bob, Walls’ salvon were destroyed. - Loss, $7,000; insurance small; divided between the Teutonia and Mechanics’ of | Milwaukee. Sparks set fire to thei ‘block occupied by A. Earl & Co., wholesale grocers, but the flames were extinguished with but one hundred dollarg loss. At one time the business portion of the city was in imminent danger, a strong wind blowing. . At,12:30 o’cloek last I'riday morning Col. Thomas B. McCarthy died, of the yellow jaundice, at his residence on North Illinois street. For several days past he has been sinking rapidly, and his death was expected at any hour, Col. McCarthy was born in Mead county, Ky., July 10,-1820, and was, therefdre, 55 years old at the time of his death. .He served during the war, and in 1864 was elected Auditor of State on the Republican ticket. | For several years past he has been ~one af the proprietors of the Sherman ‘House. Through his genial nature he made hosts of friegds, and few men could boast of such a large circle of acquaintance in the State.—~lndianagolis Sentinel, s . .oy _ GrANT, through Attorney-General | Pierr% informs Governor Ames | of Mississippi, that no more govern- | mnww@m sent to. aid the | carpet, baggers of the Southern States, | except where the rul mfig» .by | the constitution and laws are strictly | fi"ff,@*wfé"‘fiff’k%w% Basole Rt feat 11 o RS B

THE TWENTIETH -\ »h . 3 \‘ . / | Lgp e ' NOBLE COUNTY 5 _, ‘5 " : AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ok ! ;‘—\l‘v’illbe,hc‘xd i : . LIGONIER, - Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, - ond triday, .. - OCTORER 12, 13, 14 & 15,75, The: Premium ’l‘,i_st has been doubléd -over those of former years, and in - some cases tliey are trebled.

- THEBE- = i . » ° ,‘ . Trotting & Running Races ‘To come oft on the third and fourth ‘days, pl‘qmise to be a most brilliant | feature of the Fair." Some very fast i horses are expected to}be present. | ) e )/,‘\ G e : § , j AT 's Tournament A Firemen's Tournament Will be the main feature of the: S third day! ° o L Additional Stalls and Stabling for ‘ Hors‘eis and Cattle ' llat'e been ere’ctédi at a gre%tt ekpense. rEdapvoßOvß ’ FARMERS, Manufacturers, and Stock Dealers i ‘ S : And all others who are interested, TURN OUT! And ‘bring their families with them on this occasion, = “. [+ 20 F.BEAZEL, ~:_- T Msnnfm/:tlire:; of » : Saddles, Har { 4O I NAQQ daddles, Harness TRUNKS. LIGONIER, INI_).‘.[ANY.A. The prro‘)rictor will be pleased at any time to wa ' ~on al wh';o Inay wish anything.in tbeline,‘of HARNESS, L SADDLES, e ot BRIDLES, y : D EITPS, Lo e S COLLARS. e FLY-NETS, L BRUSHES, : % CARDS,

&c., and in fact e'yé:ythihg pertaining to this ‘ of business. S | Especial attention is called t(l‘t the fact that fe is now engaged 1n the mauufacturing of all kinds o TRUNKS, | ; i Which, in o i Style, Finish, Durability & Price, Are far superior to those of eastern manufacture.. Call, See and Buy. October 30, '7T3-27tf . ‘F.-BI"-AZEL. CABINET SHOP ~AND — . CABINET WARE ROOMS 2 . : B D KERR. - Wouldrespectfully announce to the citizensof Noble county, that he hazconstantly on . . handalargeand superiorstockof ’ CABINET WARE, ;PU : Y | .~ Consisting in partof -: ‘ DRESSING BUREAUS. WARD.ROBER. ' '~ " s soav L STARDE, e 2k LOUNGER, ¢ Lt :‘I d N ’?' A'}‘,' L g GUPBOARDE, s o MOTLDING ~ CHALRS AND BEDSTEADS, foiba Catusiabins Dack “&fi&f@w

GREAT BARGAINS [or the People ! bt 0 PORESHALY SELL ALB GOODSINTHE: ..~ ™' 11 " & FEVVIEER T TaXNNE ; "Pos'it'ivc'_lly' atcost,fo‘r3o(]ays only, (from Septémber 16th to October _l6th, 1875,) to make room for Fall Stock. Read the Price List below, ' _ retail and cost, the prices lam selling goods for during the 30 days. '~ : i ee e es e =l . RETAIL PRICE. COST|PRICE. . Swiss Watches, in coinsilver cases.. .. .... $15.00 to $25.00/§lO.OO t 0.520,00 Ladies’ Gold ‘Watches... . ............each| 30.00:to 75.00| 25.00 to 6500 Ladies' Rolled Plated Guard Chains ... each|{ 12,00 to 25.00| 'B.OO to 18.00 Ladies’ Rolled Plated Opera Chains....each| 12.00 to 25.00 -8.00 to 18.00, Ladies’ Rolled-Plated Necklaces....:..each| 250 to 1000/ " 1.50t0 7.00% Ladies’ Rolled Plated Sets of Jewelry..each; 6.00 to 12.00{ 4.00 to 9.00 ' Ladies’ fine Solid Gold Sets of Jewelry..each| 10.00 to 35.00 7.00 to 25.00 Solid Gold Plai and Band Rings ... ....each| 3.00t0 7.00] 175t0 5.00 -Bolid Gold Amethist ahd Topaz Rings..each| 5.00 to 30.00| 3.00 to 22.00 -~ Solid Gold Cuff Buttons ... :..........each| 4.00t0 15.00|- 3.oo°'to 12.00 -Solid Gold Studs .., -<7 ou it udoceach] 2,00 t 0 12.00] (1.25 tos © 9.00 Rolled Gold Cuff Bpttons.. ... /... each| 1.00.t0 500 f .50to 3.00 Rolled Gold St-uds.g.;.-.,.:.f‘....fi.- vi.aiineachl 1,00 to - 4.00] 150 to - 2.50 Gold Pens & IToldets, E. 8. Johnson’s Manuf.| 250 to 1200] 1.50 to 9.00 . Gold Tooth Picks and-Penicils, ¢ ¢ | 2,50 tol 10.80| 1.50 to . 7.00. i+ SILVER PLATED WARE: . ‘ o Qastorsi, o v hadoii oo Lial s coéachf 3,00 ko 18:00) 1,50 to, 15.00 Cake Baskets . ;<. .50 <. eachl 8.00 to 18.000 £ 6.00 to 15.00 Lard Beeelvers.o s vnl (0000 dieach] 260 to 10:00] 1,500 . 8.00 -Butter Dishes: 2w catl o Sl oot Wl leach] 8,00 to 415.00] 6.00 to 12.00 Berry Dighes:. v i aco- o i oo (each] | 8,00 to 20.001 6.00 to 15.00 . Jee Pitehers. st isiiisio s 0 eash) 1500 to 85.00] '12.00 to 25.00 JGoblets iz, 00l sel i i each] 250 to - 6.00{ 1.50 to 4.50 - Pickle-Casbors .t el ooy vi) each] 8100 0+ ]5.0().\1 6.00 fo 12.00 Tea SPoons. .., . isli v 0 v per settl 2.00 to 8.50( “ 125 to - £:so_ * Dessert-and Table Spoons.. :: .‘,..‘..per‘sett‘l 400 to 16.00| 250 to 4507~ Dessert-and Table anjk's Codsooa s spler setbl 850 to 7.00} . 2,50 to - 5,00 ])essert:t:mdvT,algl-e‘hn‘-‘iv‘es,,..,..‘..p).perlsett} 5.00 to 40.00; 3.50 to 800 And all other Goods in- that line too numer-/; ™. j . : iimooustaamentions o L G | - Celat latee G o ; Weightestinre: Tdaystd oo wOOO L 0 488 0. 9.00) 1 85000 . 7.00. * Weighit,strike; 8 day ......iive. 00 0 6,00 f 0 12.00]° 5.00 to: 10,00 Sprngiatrike -l day s iin enn L ;\ 5.00.t0 10.00{ 4.00 to 700 ; ‘Spring, strike, Bday L.l 000 Ul 60080 12.00{ 475 t QOO Spring, time, bday. ;.00 b et . sofite 5000 300 to: 325 Eraswras so e e S ee S PR e e e - This List eontains onlya few of the numerous goods I have on hand thatvill be sold fot the ost price, for 30 days onriy. Take advantage ~of this opportunity, as you will perhaps niever be so lucky in the future. o LRE WY W E VRIS T 4 TS I . o M. KKENYON, ' - Fiigonier HHouse Bloclk, Liigonier, Indiana. SBN GEL & 008 ADVERTISEMBNT. . .. :‘;t,j:-—:z‘(:;:.—.‘v-l?:’-"f»v‘:'-'—afnr:,fi-?,—:f—if:;fg—';q_—;::l}_?;‘,:;. ’.’,';.’,"t ee VI v e ot i LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN ;y;=:%S¢o iy ! Rk 1 = P . -+ - NOBLE'AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, -, e TR L LNENOW RECETVING THEIR-—

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- 4—Remember the Sabbath day, six days shalt thou come in andvp_urchase ) your Clothing, - Hats' and. Caps, &c, of J. STRAUS, Jr., and on the seventh day eéxamine yourbargaing =~ o o WU e g | = - s.—THonor the Clothing House of J. STRAUS, Jr., for lie. will save you: money by -buying of him.- " o s e . 6.—TFEou shaltnot kill your time looking in other Clothing Jouses, for if I can’t sell'ehe&ipgr-than they do, I don’t want you to buy. . * e . .I—Thou shalt steal away from all other Clothing Houses, and comesto J. STRAUS, Jr.’s Clothing House for bargains.. . | o el : --B.—Thou shalt not bear: false witness against J. STRAUS, Jg., for I will, canr and do undersell any other Clothing House in Ligonier. e ~ 9—Thou shalt neb forget that J. STRAUS, Jrs, Original Boss Clothing, /' ‘Store contains the best and C»lleapes__t:Clothing in Ligoniér, Py . 10.—Thou shalt not forget that J. STRAUS, JRr., welcomes the public to | comeand examine his stock, whether they buy or not, - It is Everybody's Interest . J.STRAUS, JR’S riginal “500%" Clothing House. ; Hl)g new and Klegant Stock is simply immense. No use in try; ,g{,&to_jepumemtg.; ‘We can meet every demand of the fiéublic. .We have Suits for Old and Young, Big and Little, Rich - ;‘and Poor! We sell at Bottom Figures! All we ask is that ‘. gS2 s ; ";_v_;‘ L i e :ie, 54 ;', o Everybody in Noble and CALL and TAKE a LOOK at Our GOODS. P Easßa e s R egy L 0 Y iRN ok i s eLoTRGL L ot .z;;":’.‘ 3 gt e be e e Caps for Men and Boys: Latest