The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 March 1876 — Page 1

The Hational Baumer T ity - *JOHN B. STOLL. LIGONIER NOBLE COUNTY,IND. ‘c o st _;,—: :C: :——_ ; 3 - Terms of subseription: : 0inye5r.inadv"ance.........\....,.....‘...... $2OO Six monthe, in BdVANCE ..cvivncamanoaieoas 100 Eleven copies to-one address, one year,....... 20 ¢0 ga-Subscribers outside of Noble county are harged 10 cents extra [per year] for postage, ‘whichis prepaid by the publisher. - : >

CITIZENS BANK ITIZENS’ BANK, LIGQNIER, . INDIANA. First-Class Ndtes wanted at a Low Rate of Discount. All parties having *Public Sale Notes,” will do — we’ll}o see us befors disposing of them elseEBschange Bought and Se}&. and F*vre(ynv Draftsdrawnon-all the Pﬂh-inclpal Cities of Ex_ope. - i _ Agents for F &‘-Class Fire and Life . Insurance Companies. ;

' STRAUS BROTHYRS. . . M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. i - Ligonier, Ind., Dec 16, 1875.-6-26 .5 = e i e et e e e © JAMEs M. DENNY, : Attorney and Counsellor at Law. — Jdiee «n the Uourt House, : S ARBION, |~ 2 - 1 IND. 8-15 i L. COVELL, 4 ttorney-at-Law & Notary. Public - @arreétt, indiana. Odcein the Seeley Block, west side Mein Street. D. W. GREEN, : » 1, 3 » ’ Justiceofthe Peace & Callection Ag L, o:Bce—second Story; Landon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. ¢ T;. €. VANCAMP, | : . ol ATFTORNEY AT LAW, Ligonfer, : ‘s : Indians; Special & tention given to collections and conveysncing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and contracts. Legsl-businese ‘pmmp‘l"y attended to. Ofce over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Chsh Store. 9-50 . M. G.ZIMUNERMAN, Attorney at Law & Notary Public, _ Office’ over Gerber’s Hardware, Cavin Street. : : Ligonier, Indiana. January 7, 1875.-9-37 T LE. KNISELY, . { ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIQONIEK. e VI‘ND‘IANA. . wr-Office on =econd floorof L.:mdon'snglocL 72 : ALBERT BANTA, - Jasticeof the Peace & Conveyancer. : LIGONIER, INDIANA. Specislattention giventoc ymyeyancingandcollections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages dgrawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and sccarately. Office over Straas & Meagvher’sstore, . - S v May 15187315-8-3

I, WAKEMAY, i i 330 : TnsuranceAg't &Justic of thePeace ' KENDALLVILLE. INDIANA. . Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Wil receive subecriptions to Tug NATIONAL BANNEE. D‘R, R. DEPPELLER, TROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC PHYSICIAIN, . | Officeover Cuuningham’s Drug Store, east side ot 3 Cuﬁ: Srreet, Ligouier, Indiana. * 10-2 3 - P, W, CRUM, : Physician- and Surgeon, . LIGONIER, : INDIANA, -QOfice over Baum’s Grocery Store. | V 9 m3-Iy. ' - G, W. CARR, Physician and Surgeon, LIGON:Bx - -« IND., " Willpromptlyittend all calle intrustedto him. Office and residence On 4th Street. . Dr, (i’l.7 E. LONG, | . Homeopathic Physician, | Ligem er, - - - londiana. Surgical and Medical ‘Aid promptly and care- . faliyatiended to. Direares f Femaler and:'hil- - dren a specialty. - Office and Residunce over Sol. Mier's Bankipg Homee . /. 10 44

- .M. TEAL, j X T oww e Taeer, mm’mms over L E. Plke's Grocerv, Corper of Main xnd Mirchell streets. opposise the Post Office Kendallwille. Ind # All work warranted “&8 Kendallvﬂle, May 1,'1874. , ' L SRS ' | gy wx(’f\\“}; , Laumﬂygm_[; a = m P PAIVLESS EXTRACTION B s AE —or—--5= o }' < ; 1% . TEETH RN )\ oo \ | Filling Tecitio Spoci Uy 4 L'gmier.-lml.. Nov. 11, 18385. e 1-1 TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, : . Laporte, Indiana. V.W.AXCPELL, - : : : Proprietor. Llportp.épril.'». 1871, ' CONOORD & CATAWBA WINE.

We keep con«iantly on hand and sell in large or sin il gasaticies, to wait castomers. ? Wineof Vur Owa Manufacture, Pare — Nothing but the Juice of il the Grape. R . SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier,July 8, '71.-tf : : . Winebrenner & Hoxworth, - : HOUSE, 81GN AND ORNAMENTAL 7 PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. . Shop near corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts., oppo- : _ ' site Kerr’s Cabinet SBhop. Ligouier, - - « . Indiana, STOP AT THE g KENDALL VILLE, INDIANA, ; NIW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel,onlytenrods trom the L. 8. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and four s%nares fromtheG, R.R R — Oaly ggc minates walk to any of the principal basinesshonsesofthecity. Traveling menandstran. xer- willfind thisa first-clase houre. Fares 2 per ay. J. B, KELLY, Proprietor, Kend”'iville.Ang.3.lB7o.-14 ? -~ PHILIP A. CARR, v AUCTIONEER, Offers hiis services'to the pablicingeneral. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at-the shoestore of P. Sisterhen.. 2 g ! : | Ligonmier,Januarys,’73-37 y

ol OOV . INRS, | DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, " AND BUILDING SBTONES LIGONIER, IND. | e Aprill2, 1871.-50 ; e r . W.A.BROWN, " . . Manafacturer of and Dealerin ail kinds of FURNITURE, BPRING BED BOTTOMS, o . WILLOW-WARE, » - BRACKETS, &c COFFINS&CASKETS AIso:ILADIES’ SHROUDS of varions patterns,” Aways on hand, and will be farniehed to order Fanerale anz‘::::led wl_tix D:eﬂr,_u when d‘”iﬂmd i 2 = ai onler, 1n T Angnl%uh. (873 -8.15, . GILES’ L INIMENT lODIDE OF AMMONIA : 4 Fave Ache, Khegmasbism Goul R We sell more of Giiae’ Listweny lomins or Limmens we eversaw [tiss pleasurs to have Bos TR P

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BANKIiNG HOUSE » St ) e : - SOL. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Biock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. | Moneyloaned on long an& shorttime. = : . Notesdiscounted at reasonable rates.: Moniex received on deposit andinterestallowed on =pecified time, - g Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principalcities of Earope. 8-2 TO THE FARMERS: g YOU will please take no:ice that T am stillengaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest mnrketﬂprice.’ . . Ifyou do ot ind me on the street, call hefore selling, at my Banking Office. in Conrad’s Brick Block % SOL. MIIER. Ligonier Indiana, May 7th,1874.—1f :

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, N yy Cpm SR 2 (Jﬂ% %B/J%Q | / > (omo, | A T ) ‘@%&: «,jf'j \\’-'\ ,‘.’ ) R\ T WATCH-MAKERS, . JEWELERS, ; —and dealers in— : Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, BRI —AND— C bt b - Fancy Goods, . REPAIRING “ Neatly ?.nd,prnm;my executed and warranted . ¥ Agentr for Lazarus & Morris’ celebrated p:;t-"filsz'orthe mgi\V‘atch, oppoeite the Banner Bluck, Ligonier, Ind. Sep. 30,7518

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Thig Liniment possesses great curative powers for variotis ailments. For asthmatic (:um;?l%’mu. difficuit breathing tightness of the breuwi, and ailments of the lnugs, itis applied externally on the breast, and beiween the shounlders. [u case of suarp paius in the back and lilubs, bead-ache, ear ache, affections of the throat, ur in cases otinternal injuries, whether resaiting from a severe stroke, falt or bruise, this Liniment is especially efficacious. -It relieves ulcers, open wounds, zalt rhenm, white swelling, milk leg, and works. charmingly on evrns, chilblains,. frosted. hauds feet aud ears. ‘Nursing mothers sufferiug from swollen Lrearts, rexnltivg from a stagnatioa of the iacieal fluid, will ind thig I:niment of incalculable beuetit by way of separating the swelling, allaying the fever and healing the breast. By several u3plicu;iung per day, highly satistactory rexnits may be obiained from the use of this Linimentin the treatment of tumors -tistala, cancer, iler, and like diseases ; also, for wounds resulting }’rom ‘scalds; burns and cuts, and.from the bites 0! wasps,snakessnd mad doge, or {)ulsuuing from noxivus plants . The #rench Liniment will also be found a vel u_nfble hoasehold remedy in gases of rheumatism,croup, scarlet fever,diputheria, quin¢y, bronchitis, gcrofula, erysipelas,—for exterual applications. = Cholera, -cholera morbus, colic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrbea and gripings in the bowels may be effectually checked by the'ine terval use of this celebrated Liniment, as follows: Oue-hall teasvoontui tour-to five times within a.peniod of from one-half hour-td two or three hours, according to the severity of the case. For culic, take vue or two doses. For flux or diarrheea, iufants, one year of age, require from 5 to 6 drups ; two:years vld, from 10 to 12 drops, given in sugar. Rub the abdomen with the Liniment. For inflammation of the bowels, use the'Liniment internally aud externally. ; i Price 50 Cents per Bottle. . Prepared and manufactured exclusively by - . v" - Dr. Geo. Cleis, 10-14Lf © ‘GOSHEN, IND.

Drs. PRICE & BREWER VISITED LAPORTE FIFTEEN YEARS. Chrs e e ases

. - OFTHE o i THROAT, ‘ AT ARSI LUNGS, : RN RS . - HEART, - STOMACH, ; , LIVER, i y \ . e U L RN N ‘ . HBAD, Nervee, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affectione of the Urinary Organs: Grayel. Scrofula, Rhenimaat‘ism.cnarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dysepeia, &c. = = : ('))nrre utation harbeenacquiredbycandid,honest dﬂealﬂlg and years of succeasful practice. -»Onr practice. notone ofexgeriment. hut founded onthe laws of Nature., with years of experience and evidence to suxtain it, does nottear down, make sick to make well; no harsh treatment no trifling, no flattering. We knowthecanseandthe :eme(r needed; no gnese work, but knowledge za!nedy bg years of experience in the treatment o 1 Chronicdiseases exclmive}{y; no encouragement without a prospect, Candid in our'opinions, reasonable in our charges, claim not to know everything. or cure everybody, but do lay claim:to rea=on and common sense.” Weinvite the sick, no matter what their ailment,to call and invesﬂfue hefore they abandon hope,: makeinterrogations and decide for themselves ; it will cost nothing as consulta fonisfree. e = Drs. Price & Brewercan be eonsulted asfollows: Ligonier, Ligonier- House, Monday, Mareh 13th. | : ~ Kendallville, Kelley House,Tuesday, March 14th, | 5 e LaGrange, Brown’s Hotel, Wednesday, March 15th. : Visits willbe made {ééanrl v-for years Residenceand Laboratory: WAUKEGAN, ILLIROY: g o ROl

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Is Delayed and Lite Frelou «d by nsing R. & T. Toule Elixir and Liquid Extract of Beef. * This mediciné can not under any eireum- - stamee fail to cure Indigestion, Constipation, Dyspepsin, Headache, Nervousness, Loss of Strength and Appetite, Lung 'Liver,‘m:\dder, Kidney, Btomach, Diood, and ¢ hildron’s Diseases. All Female diseases and weaknesees this medicine will positively cure. ‘ All eaved of Piles arising from nattral causes or by the use of injurious medicines aré permanently enred. Tlie pare Beef Juice and Blood grepared from - raw meat furnishes strength and nourishment. Jrofs 88, Wayne, Chemist and President of Cincinnatl College of Phnrmaey, suys’ . Crxenwamy; April 2, 1875, Muasma. Ricuanpson & TurLioeß? .- Grsrs—Having been made acquainted with the coms nosition, of your R. & T. 'Boﬁ e Elixir and g.lqul‘ Extract of Beef, would ray that it possesscs valuable medicinal Praportln. as all the ingredients emenm; iinto its coraposition have well-known and Pouu ve alunehml.,v-l-e‘: which combined fovether must form an eéxcellent tonie, eathartié, and nutritive medicine, and one well suited to religve many complaiuts incident fo.our - climate., Respectfully,. - E. 8. WAYNE.: - M youdonot find this medicine at one drng stors,. eall &t anvther, aud if it is not.on sale in your place, mmi o ym:&"‘ rggist order _‘u,‘,qruﬂmz-u. m" maf*wu mﬂﬁvwg

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W i’E Agents for the hest selling StaAl tionery Packagesin the world. It contafe |5 sheets Paper, 15 Envolopes, Golden Pen Pen-bolder -Pencil Patent Yard Meaxure, and & piece of Jewelry ~ Niogle package, withpair elegant Gold Stone Sleeve Buitons, [:)mnpaid, 25cin , 5 for g 1 tO. This pucknge har heen examined by the publisher of Tne NaTionaL Ban~»ER and fi.und as repr2rented—worth the money. Waiches given away to atl ageote, Circolur« fiee, BRIVE & Cu, 765 Broadway, New Yourk et e . o ; S perday at home. Samples worth 81 ss'r' s2o|ree S’rwuo:;& Co, Portland, Me, TH ETANITE(QO.. STROUDNMBURG, Pa., Fmery Wheels and Machinery. SGP\‘Y(‘HOM ANCY, OR:NOUL CHARMWING.” How either sex may lascinate and gain the | love and affectionr of any pereon they chooee, in- \ stantly. This art all can {)nsscsa free, by mail, for 25. cents;: together with a Marlivﬁze Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hinte to ‘Ladies etc - 1.0: 0,000 #old _ A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM & CO., Pub’s, Philadelphia 7

Ten years ago ‘Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell & Co establiehed their advertising agency in New York Ciuy, : Five years ago they absorbed the business conducted by Mr. John Huoper, who was the first to go into this kind of enterprise. Now they have. the sarisfaction of contro ling the most extengive and complete advertising connection which hae ever been scured, ard one which;wciﬂd be hardly possible in any other courtry but this. They have succeeded in Gmrkipg down a vompléx bnsm'eas‘ into o 0 thoroughly a systematic method that no change in the newspaper system of ‘America can escape rotice. while the widest ipformk‘tion upon all iopic‘s interesting to advertls;«afs i 8 placed readi ly at the disporal ot the public. ; New. York Times, June 14, 1874,

- Mrs. Joanna Judd, TAILORESS All Kinds of Tailoring Done to Order, Having left the store of J. Straus, Jr, 1 take thiz method of informing my friends that I can be foun in the drst house east of the new school building ot the north side of the river. or all or ders left at the store of Stansbury & Son, will receive prompt attention. ' 34-m3 Mrs. Joanna Belt, DRESS AND MANATU- MAKER. Rooms over Denny's Drug Store, in the old Pierce [ T Building, . ' LIGONIER, INDIANA. - ¢ & Al. work donein neatand fashionablestyles.— Prompt attention g?ven to ordera and ratisfaction guaranteed. CHARGES REANSONABLE. 'Public datronage respectfully solicited. <. 29-3 m

THEBESTWOOD COOKING STOVE Ll BUY? Itisthe Quickest Baker, Economvical, M“ST { Convenient | : and pu%able.% Sizes, Styles %Prfices-jdubsnu-every ome. anufacture WM. RESOR & CO., Cincinnati @, For Sale by John Weir, Ligonier.

2 2 - L - ayer’s Cathartic Pills, Sl o For the relief and &S * * cure of all derangements in the stomLy BT ach, liver, and bowT . els. They are amild fod ’«:;‘Q‘ aperient, and an L ARE . excellent purgative. R o Being purely vege&Sl R, NG, table, they contain® £ R s g nomercury ormine(¥t @iy, ralwhatever. Much g .. serious-sickness and e ki sufferingis prevent : ed by their timely use; and every family should have them on hand for their protection and relief, when rerwired. Long experience has proved them to be the safest, surest, and best, of .all the Pills with which the market abounds. By their occasional use, the blood is eriﬂed, the corruptions of the system expelled, obstructions removed, and the whole machinery of life restored to its healthy activity. ‘lnternal organs which become clogged and sluggish are cleansed by Ayer’s Pills, and stimulated into action. Thus incipient dicease is changed into health, the value of whith change, when reckoned on the vast multitudes who enjoy it, can hardly be computed. Their sugar coating makes them pleasant to take, and ‘)rcsen{es their virtues unimpaired for any length of time, so ‘that thex are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable. Although searching, they are mild, and ol)emte without disturbance to the constitution, or diet, or | occurntion. | ‘ Full -directigns are given on the wruir%er to pach box, how to use them as a F"m“f: Physic, and for the following complaints, which these Pills rapidly cure:— 2 e For Dyspepsia or Endigestion, Listless. ness, La-{uor and Loss of _Apretito, they should be taken moderately to stimulate the stomach, and restore its healthy tone and action. For Liver Con;‘l_alncfand its various symptoms, MBilious eadache, Sick llmiigache, FJaundice or Green Sickness, Biltous Colic and Bilious Fevers, they should be judiciously taken for each case, to correct the diseased action or remove the obstructions which cause it. . ’ g For Dysentery or liarrhoea, hut one ‘ mild dose is generally re:gn-ed. . ~ For llhe‘-?aaﬂmm,, out, Gravel. Pal. | :lunlan o thi.llean,: Pain in the ide, Back and ins, th?‘j; should be continuously taken, as required, to change the diseased _action of the system. With ich change those ‘ecomplaints disappear. 3 For Dromy “and ‘Dropeical Swellings, they should betaken in large and frequent doses to !produca the effect of a drastic ‘l"“rgc" or Suppression, a lurﬂ: dose should be t,akfln..as it produces the desired effcot by symathy. ; ,pmfn Dinner Pill, take one or two I’ills to | promote difestion and relieve the stomach. An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and bowels, restores the apmte, and invigorates the ~system. Hence it is o advantageons where serious derangement exists. Omne ywho fecls | Embly well, often finds. that a doge of thesa Pills makes him feel decidedly better, from their tleansing and renovating effect on the digestive spparatus, = : : TR ' PREPARED BY x Dr.J. 0. AYER & CO., Practical Chemists, 5 LOWELL, MASS., U. 8. A. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE

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LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1876.

THE OLD PIONEER.

' QUAD'’S ODDS. - | You may not have encountered him, but every city or village over twentyfive years old has an *old pioneer.” He is an aged man, walks with a cane, has a bent back and scant grey locks, and he is entitled to the unbounded respect of all citizens. By , - Many little privileges are accorded the “old pioneer.” He can open the cheese bex in a grocery, and help himself, hook apples, reach over for pea_nuts, have the head of the table when the firemen give a banquet, and if he crawls under the canvass on circus day, none of the circus-men strike at him with a neck-yoke. And - if the *old pioneer” says that it’s going to be a hard winter, a soft winter, a cool summer or a' rainy fall, it would be like entering aden of lions: forone. to rise up-and dispute him. He predicts political events, prophecies revolutions, remembers all about how the Free Masons Killed John Morgan, and confidently expects a column notice in the local papers when he drops off. £ 1 met one of these old fellows the other day on the cars. He assured ‘ me that riding on the cars was . far more pleasant than making i journey on horseback, and he said the country had improved sowe since he used to carry the mail between New York and Chicago. I was looking right at him, but he never blushed as he said that he used to make the round trip on hoseback in five days. T was wondering how he could have done it when he went on to say that New York contained only eleven houses, and:Chicago ouly four, at the time he acted as mail-carrier. I remarked that the mails must have been light in those.days, when he replied: - “Light! why bless you, my son, I never had less than fourteen full mail bags, and sometimes as high as twenty!” . . I expected to see him struck dead

in his seat, but, greatly to my surprise, ‘he continued to live right on, the same as if he had never told a lie. “Ever have any fights with: the Indians in those early days?” -1 finally inquired. ¢ S “Injun fights! Well I should say I had a few—nal:bhal ha! I wish you could go home ‘with me to old Chemung county. ‘l've got seven dry ! goouds boxes filled with Indian top-* knots—seven boxes left; and I've been making horse blankets and doormats out of my pile for over forty years!” : ~ Py | ““Is it possible ?” j “Yes, it is. - I don’t.say this to birag, but you asked me a plain question and I answered it. T suppose I killed | 11,873 Indians during my early life; though 1-won’t say that these are the exact figures. It might have been 11,874 or only 11,872—1 am getting vld and can’t remember dates very well.” “Ever . see George Washington?” 1 asked. i 5 “See George Washington!” he echoed—“why, he boarded in my family over four years!”, ' - “He did ?” i “When was that ?” b “Let’s see! Well, I don’t remember just when it was, ouly I know itjwas quite awhile ago.. Yes, George boarded with me, and I've got a bill of forty dollars sumewhere against himi now. He was a little hard up for cash when he left us.” . £r “Did you ever see William Penn ?” I asked atter a while. ‘

. “Bill Penn! ha! ha! why, I wish I had as many dollars as'the number of times Bill and I have slid down hill together. His father lived in part of our house for eight jears,-and. Bill and I were like brathers. I could lick him, and he kn)#\t, but we never ever had a cross®*word between. us. Poor Biil!l When I read about bhis being blown up on’ a steamboat I said to myself that I'd rather have lost a brother.” 0 b I waited a good while and then induired: { “Were you in the Revolutionary wair ?” SRy “The Revolutionary. war! why, you must take me for a*boy!” he replied. “Why, I was the first man to jine! There was a week when the Patriots didn’t have any army but me, and there was so much fighting and marching that I aimost got discouraged.” *“Then you must have met General Lafayette?” i “General Lafayette]l Why, on the morning of the battle of Bunker Hill, W:ashington, Lafayette, Bill Penn and myself were playing a four-handed game of euchre in an old barn just outside .of Boston. Lafayette was killed just as he was dealing out the ‘cards.” ; 5

“I thoughtihe went back to France and died.” . ! “No, sir.” “But history says so.” : “I don’v care a plum for history, young man! Didn’t his blood scatter all over me, and weren’t his last words addressed to me? I guess I know as much as any history.” “What were his last’ words ?” “Last words? Well, sir, he didn’t have time to say much. A cannon ball struck him in the body, and -all he said was ‘Don’t give up the ship!’ Poor Laif! He was a little:conceited, but when he borrowed a dollar of you it was certain to come back.” “You neveér saw Christopher Columbus, did you?” I finally asked, determined to wind him up. : He was staggered for a moment, but then recovered and answered : “Christopher Co-lum-bus! Well, no I never did. My brother used to talk a good deal about Christ. but T never happened to see him. They say he didn’t amount to much, after all—used to get tight on election day, kept a fighting dog and a race-horse, and was always blowing around what he could do. I was always careful of my character, and they can’t say of me that 1 ever associated with low folks.” : : %

THE ONLY CONSOLATION the republican papers are able to extract out of the fall of Belkpap is, that they have found, in lovking over some ancient history, that the decapitated Secretary - was at one period of his life a rockrooted Democrat. - Therefore they - convlude that the democratic party is. accountable for the disgraceful conduct which compelled President Grant to address the crooked Secretary the following tender epistle: “Dear Sir: Your tender of your resignation as Secretary of War with the . request to have it acceépted immediately is received and it is hereby aceepled with great regret, Yours, U. S, Grant.” The probai Ilities are, that it will not be long before these same papers will be'trying tu show that the President, himself, was, at one time in his life, also a Democrat..’ It is not stated a 8 yet whether Schenck was ever a Dem- | oerat or whether Bavcock, Boss Shepherd and tlie rest of the Wasliington thieves wdre ever in any way connected withi.the democratic party.— Plymouth Democrat. | = : ﬁ’rﬁb ﬁﬁhﬁl‘g (Ind) 3;@;#3l‘%

GEO. H. PENDLETON. The Collection ofa $148,553 Claim . Against Uncle Sam, And His Little Fee of 50 Per. Cent. Causing “Gentleman George” a Heap ' of Trouble. £ The Transaction Undergoing - Congressionzl : ' ~ Investigation. Sr About ten days ago a decided sensation was created in political circles by the announcement that Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, who has hitherto enjoyed ‘the reputation of being one of the purest men of the nation, was iuibli-’ cated ina transaction involving' the improper if not corrupt collection* of a large claim against the government ; in other words, Mr. Péndleton was accused of paying Mrs, Belknap money to secure the agowance of a claim in favor of the- Kentucky- Central Railroad in 1870, the year after Gen. BelKnap's appointment as Secretary 01“; War. This charge Mr. Pendleton ‘in- | dignantly and emphatically denied.‘ and demanded an immediate investigation, which was instituted last week. ] As this matter is likely to attraet considerable attention, and bids fair to become. the theme of numerous dissertations, we herewith append a statement of the case as set forth by. parties. who have made themselves familiar with its details: During the last year of the war, the Kent‘ucky Central Railroad presented to the War _Departmenp“.\% claim ‘amounting to $148,553.82, bging the difference between the amount paid to said company for the transportation of United States supplies from May Ist, 1862, to August Ist, 1864, at the military rates allowed to the company, and the amount which the company -\V(»ul(l." lrave received for the services render¢d, provided the company had beeu paid for the same service 90 per cent. of its ordinary tariff lates. The'com- | pany. it will be noticed, had w]ree{d_\" been paid, and this was a claim for additional compensation—back pay,as it were. Mr. Stanton, then Secretary of War, referred the claim to. Quarter-master-General Meigs, a just and incorruptible man, who having examined it reported against its allowance. Pressure was renewed in the matter and it was again referred to Geéneral Meigs to report upon the equities ol the case. He made a lengthy report and renewed his recommendation that the claim be disallowed. On this Secretary Stanton made a final decision against it. This was in 1864. Sou the matter rested till 1870, when, Belknap being then Secretary 0f War, Mr. Pendleton appeared on the scene and presented the old disallowed claim again. At that time Mrs. Bowers, “the beautiful Kentucky widow” who subsequently became Belknap’s third wife, was flourishing largely in: Washington, 1 an inmate JOf his family, and as events have shown wielding, in connection with her sister, his then wife, a great influence over him in the way of procuring appointments, decisions, ete. =

Pendleton was intimate with Mrs. Bowers, was managing her p?opert_\, and stood in contidential relations towards, her. His relations with this “beautiful Kentucky widow” therefore gave a peculiar fitness /to 'his selection to present this old . disallowed Kentucky claimﬂ-: The case was once! more referred to old General Meigs, who must have been surprised at the resurrection. He reported decidedly and strongly against its allowance. Then Pendleton’s argument was submitted to Gen. Meigs and another report called for. Again he reviewed the -whole -case and reached the same conclusion as before. He reminded Secretary Belknap that the claim had been repeatedly disallowed, and of the danger of establishing such precedent, In the course of lis report, returning the papers to the Secretary of, War, Gen. Meigs said: “If the' company have any legal or equitable -right to the allowance they ask, Court of Claims and the Houses of Congress are open to them, and, without specific legislation directing an allowance; I do nof think the War Departient should . pay the money asked. . A .

“Every claimant for so large a sum not heretofore allowed will be able to set torth reasons for not having suec ceeded heretofore, and for revising or reversing the action of the Secrevary of War under whose administration the service on which clails are based was rendered. ; . “[t is nowhere shown that the United States is or should be, through the War Department, liable to claiins on account of damages done to any railroad by the enemy, . ' i “The whole course of the argument of the Hon. Mr. Pendleton seems to be influenced by, or to tend. to establish, such a principle.” | S Evidently it was no use trying Gen. Meigs any more, so a new ‘tack was taken. The case was referred to Assistant J udgg ‘Advocate (General Dunn for an opinion, who, after due consideration, reported to the Secretary of War that in his opinion it was a just claim and should:be allowed. This was on the 27th of May, 1871. Two days later Belknap indorsed on thereport that it had received his “personalconsideration,” and he had “no doubt as to the justice of the claim and the propriety of its allowance.” = Mr. Pendleton was on the ground to press the matter. The claim was referred to the Third Auditor, and rushed through the treasury department under whip and spur, a warrant payable to Mr. Pendleton for the sum of $148,553.82 issuing on the 12th of June, 1871, the ‘requisition from the War Department being issued by Gen. Belknap, Secretiry of War, and largely unde’réth_e’im.d fluence of Mrs. Bowers, “a beﬁutifnﬁ Kentucky widow,” who subsequently becuins ‘his wife and who happened to be an intimate and confidentiul friend of Mr. George H. Pendieton’s. R TR SRR e Ll i T e

ny betore Clymer’s committee Tuesday of last wek, and denied positively the statements that he had used illegitimate inducements to secure the passage of a claim by Secretary Belknap.® He testified that he was President| of the Kentucky Central Railroad and administrator of the estate ‘of Bowler, his brother-in-law, which ‘owned three-fifths of the road.. The road had a claim against the war department for transportation of army supplies amounting to $150,000 in round numbers. 1t had been rejected by Secretary Stanton. Believing it to be & just claim he took it before Sec- ‘ retary, Belknap. As president of the road .he made a contract with himself as attorney for the road, by which he ‘was to receive ‘5O per cent. of the. noney obtained from the war departwment.. The claim was ordered paid by Secretary Belknap, and Pendleton got $150,000 in round numbers. Of this he touk 50 per cent., of $75,000, tor his fees. Of the balance he took three-fifths as the share of the Bowler estate, amounting to $45,000. Fifteen thousand was paid to a former agent of the road for services. previously performed in attempting to obtain payment of the claim, leaving $15,000 for the railroad company, out of which was, paid Pendleton’s salary as president. of the road. He testified, with, emphasig, that he'never paid $lOO to any person connected with the government or to any mesber of Belknap’s family. - e L

; Xantippe. v It seems that the memory of this woman, like that of her; renowned husband, is likely to be "keépt alive to the end of time. She is said to have pussessed a very irritable temper, and her name has become a synonym of “vixen,” or “scold.” Itis more than possible, however, that the judgmerit passed upon her by manki{{d has been too severe, A more charitable disposition would undoubtedly have discovered in her many good qualities, and have attributed her failings more o physical infirmities than to moral obliquity.. ‘The party most intimately acquainted with her, and therefore best able to form a correct opinion, uives her ¢redit for many domestic virtues, It is now well known that many of the diseases to which women are subject, have a direct tendeney to render them irritable, peevish, cross, morose, unreasonably, so they chafe and fret over:all those little ills and annoyauces that a person in health would bear with composure. It is fair to infer that most of the tantrums of Xantippe were due to these causes alone; and could Socrates, as he returned from the senate, the gymnasium or the atheneum, have stopped at Pestle & Mortar’s drug store and carvied home a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptions now and then, no déubt he might have evaded many a “curtain lecture,” allayed many a +domestic. broil,” made it much more pleasant for the children, and more enjoyable for himself, and rescued his wife’s “name from the unenviable, world-wide and eternal’ notoriety it has attained. Thousands of women bless the day on which Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription was first made known to them. A single bottle often gives delicate and suffering women- more relief than months of treatment from their, family pby-

sician.© In all those derangements causing backache, dragging-down sensation, nervous and general debility it is a sovereign remedy. Its soothing and healing properties render it of. the utmost valuewto ladies suffering from internal fever, congestion, inammation, or ulceration, and its streigthening effeets, tend to correct \lisplacements of internal 'parts,ithe | result of weakness of natural sup'ports. - It is sold by -all druggists. e & B Increase of Saloons in Indianapolis. {lndianapolis News ef March 7.h.] The statistics reported by the investigating committee of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union’ yester day should have the serious' thought of all decently dispused people. When the Baxter law went into operation Marion county had 276 licensed sa-' loons; atits repeal she had 248, all but one in Center township, being a decrease of 28. Now she has 398, being ‘an increase of: 150, all but 5 ot which are .in Centef township. Of courseé” nearly all of these are in the city, and! each onecontributes to keep the courts .and thé poor house full, and to in--crease the cost and danger of livingin a city.’ At.the present rate of progression, and as long as men, claiming to be reputable, lend themselves to any wmeasure for partisan ends, it will not be a great while betore the vicious elements will have Indianapblis entirely in their possession. - We-are guing to the bad very rapidly. = |

Origin of " woafer”’ Many years ago, a heavy/set Dutchmau in the city of New York, ou the’ Atlantic frontier, acqiired 4 fortune, and reared to womannood a handsome daughter. : = A young Yankee, who had great capacity for the enjoyment of rest, teli in love, either with the money bags of the ancient Amsterdawmer or his handsome young daughter ; and made himselt exceedingly plenty in and about the DPutch domicile, much to the affliction and vexation of, the parental head thereof, who, whenever he discovered the aforesaid wooer, exc¢laimed to his daughter,— . “There is that logfer (lover) of yours, the idle, good for nothing,” ete. And from the ebullition, of paternal wrath was born the Ameri¢can word, “loafer,” meaning an idle man, hanging about,'and enduring rest in an uncomplaining and contenied manner.

About Preachers. The, fime has gone by for duli preachers. The activities of the age, the diffusion of knowledge, the spirit of inquiry, the prevalence of doubt, the subtility of false science demand live, strong, earnest, capab.e: men to preach the gospel. 1t will not answer to educate dullness and mediocrity. ‘lt was forbidden that a son of Aaron should be a priest if he had any blemish, Even a flat.nose excluded him. And the age wants no half baked ministers. The worst will not hear tiiem. The heathen knows too much for them, They are not wanted on this earth. To get money to -educate dull boys begause they are pious, is robbing (od, and afraud upon the ‘Church/~Egchange. o

MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM.— Suppose two snakes of equal size and length should seize each other by their tails, and proceed to swallow one an= other with equal speed, when they: had carried the process as fur as possible, how much of each snake would the other huvlt(al fhwi‘é’ﬁ;&d gten;l:;bow far apart would their heads b B T Rl SO

THE DEMOCRALIC CAOCUS. The Payne Bill Passed as Aménded - After a Slight Stiuggle. * - _-WASHINGTQN, March 15.—The democratic caucus met again to-night on. the financial question, Hiester Clymer presiding. There was a very. full_‘ attendance. The debate was cdnﬁnedtto the five-minute rule, and lasted until

11 o’clock, when the voting’ commenced on half a dozen substitutes ~and amendments to the Payne bill. Finally the latter was adopted by a three-fifths majority, and is as follows: A BILL to provide for the gradual re- .. sumption of specie payments.. = " Beit eriacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That it_shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury during each and every year, from and after July 156, 1878, and until the legal-tender notes ofithe United States shall be appreciated to par value with gold and shall be con--vertible into coin, to cause to be set aside and retained in coin an amount, equal to 3 per centum of such legaltender notes outstanding; and from ‘the -date of ' such . convertibility s aforesaid, the amount of coin set aside and retained as aforesaid shall be lield as a resumption fund in respeet to said legal-tender notes, and shall at no time be less than 80 per centum: of such outstanding legal-tender notes: provided, however, that the coin so setaside and retained as above provided shall be counted as a part of the sinking fund for the purchase or payment of the public debt, as'required by section 3,694 of the revised statutes. ~ - ~ SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of each national banking association during each and every year from and after July Ist, 1876, and until the: full and complete resumption ot the payment in specie of its circulating notes, to set agside and retain from the coin receivable as interest on the bonds depusited with the Treasurer of the United States as gecurity for its cirealation an amount equal to 3 per centam of its circulating notes, issued to such association and not surrendered,’ and from the date of its resumption of speeie payments’ as aforesaid the amaount of .coin 1o be held and maintained as a resumption fund shall at. 1o time be-less than 30 per centum of: its outstanding circulation: provided, hlowever, that the coin by this section directed tc be set aside and retained shall be edunted as a paru of the lawful money reserve which said associations are by existing laws required to maintain. dinue

SEC 3. That so much of section 3 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the resumption 'of specie payments;” approved January 14th, 1875 as requires the Secretary of the Tredsury to redeem legal-tender notes.to the amount of 80 per centum of the sum of national bank notes issued to any: banking ‘assuciation, increasing its capital or circulation, or to any association newly organized as provided in said section, and also so much of. said section 8 as relates to or provides for the redemption in‘coin’ of; the United States legal-tender notes on and- after Janudry Ist, 1879, and all other provisions of law inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. o

‘AT Anecdote of Ateck Stephens. A writer in Harper’s tells this pret-i ty little story of Aleck 'Stephens:’ A Doctor Royston, doubtless a' most ex~ cellent man, had sued Mr. Bennett, a farmer, for his bill. *“Little Aleck,”. as Alexander is minified by his friends, told his client, Peter 8., that the case of service and its value were proved against him in legal form, and there was no real defence. ' But the old farmer insisted that his lawyer should “speak to the case.” Mr, Stephens told him that he ought to speak himself if - he thought a speech could be made, and was surprised by the retort, “I will, if Bobby Toombs won’t be too hard on me.” Mr. Toombs. promised, and Peter Bennett began: = = ; “Gentlemen of the jury, .I ain’t no. lawyer and no doctor, and you ain’t nuther. And if we farmers don’t stick together these here lawyers and. .doctors will get the advantage §o“f ‘us.’ [ ain’t no objections to lawyers or doctors in their place, and some is clever men, but they ain’t farmers, gentlemen of the jury. Now this Dr. Royston was a new doctor and I sent for him to come to doctor my . wife's sore leg. ;And he did, and put some salve truck:and rags on, but it did no good, men of the jury. I don’t believe he’s no doctor no way. There's. doctors, as I know s doctors, sure enough, but this ain’t no doctor ut all.” This was evidently telling, and Dr.. Royston put in with, “Look at my diploma, and see if'l am not a doctor.” “His diploma!” said the new-fledged ‘orator with ;great ‘contempt. “That ain’t nothing, for no piece: of paper ever made a doctor yet.” . .« «Ask my patients?” shquted tlhe now furious physician, . - = e

This was the conventional straw that seemed to break the back of the rator’s patience. “Ask your patients!” he said; with a slow ‘and mournful deliberation. Ask your patientsT” »“WHY. THEY ARE ALL DEAD!” « Then, in®rapid declamation, he named case after case well known, but mostly among the negro servants of his neigh--bors, where his opponent had treated them, and. continued:: :Ask-your patients! Why, I would 'have to seek: them in.the lonesome churchyard, and. rap on the silent tomb to get answers from the dead. kit You know they can’t say nothing to 'this case, for you've killed them all. The applause closed the speech and the defendant had his case., -

Floods in' Eurepe. s | Much damage has been caused in: Germany and Hungary by the recent | overflowing of the rivers. The prov--itces of Saxony and Silesia were affected with special severity. The Elbe broke through dams and dykes near Magdeburg, Kalbe and - Wittenberg. The Visula overflowed its banks near Pless in Silesia, and inundated . the country for miles around. - Great numbers of the inhabitants were compelied to seek safety in flight. . Entiredistriets in Posen were flooded, and in the city of that name many persons were drowned. - The Empress of Germany has visited Magdeburg since the fidods to ‘preside’ at-a meeting of the Womens’ Relief Association, and the Diet will be asked to make an appropriation for the sufferers. In Hungary fifty-five villages near the border were on March Ist. nineteen feet under water, and' the new city of Pesth in ruins. The Emperor and Empreéss of Austria have s-nt 60,000 florins for t?e relief of sufferers by the inundation.

Congress has just passed a.bill admitting Colorado into the Union of States, Colorado will be known- as the “Centennial State,” and the thirtyninth in number. : s ke 7 ; } —--—»-'c‘:n“.“nn—-———-— 3 i : " French Plate Hand Mirrors, Vases, Mugs and Toys at Eldred & Son's. *

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" TIRED OF LIFE. ‘A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN AT. . TEMPTS SUICIDE, = "~ ~ Arsenic the Instrument. - On ‘Saturday evening, March lith, William_Snyder, a well known and highly esteemed citizens of Turkey Creek township, in Kosciusko county, was taken 'so seriously and. vivlently. sick as to excite suspicion of poisoning. The extreme anguish resulting from violent vomiting, extorted the cintession from the sufferer that Le had ‘bought ten cents worth of poison and had swallowsd *the whole of it. The vomiting was'so prompt and severe that the poisonous ‘drug was ejected without producing fatal results, and it is thought. that‘he will’ recover. No one.knows any cause for it as Mr. S. is'in good circumstances and has nothing to trouble him. He: lost his wife two years ago,and Amos' King, whose wife:is: Mr. Snyder’s sister, takes. eare. of his two '_chi]d-rcn,? living in Mr. B.’s house, and, as far as is known, all 'is pleasant and ‘h'armo-i nious.— Warsaw Indianian. ~ |

~©_ Wouldn’t Register. = - They tell this story of a greenhorn, who recently made a vijsit to the Hub: Seei_ng a hotel sign, he entered and inquired the price of lodging. "~ “One dollar,” said the obliging clerk, ‘handing him a pen and pointing to the yegister.: .o et e “What am I to.do with this here pen ?” said therustic.” . ; / “Why, put your name on the book,” said the'clerk, “and I will assign you A room/ationee’s Lo i “Not as; you know . on,” said the young man, “you don’t catch me. My father signed his name oncet onto a book, sichi as those ’ere patent-right fellows carry round—not nigh so big as that—aid bhe had to pay $l,OOO. No, sir, - ’es, I ken pay my way, but-1 don’t sign no note, you bet!” | What Sort of Religion is Needed. “-(Jane @ Swischelm 10 Chicag(_),’l‘ribune.)

We need'a treligion which means “16 ounces of sugar for a pound,” and no sand init; and no more of the sort in- which sobriety “has nothing to" do ‘with salvation!” "We need that every religious teacher-who has been decrying “works,” and holding up. faith as. the all'sufficient pass to heaven, shopld take to himself a portion of the blame or the deterioration of publie morals, and do works for: repentance, by, ‘persistently presenting Cbrist’s standard of <dife-us’ the only sure proof of acceptance with him. -Let us get done with the religion of sniffle,” and call, on all men, everywlére, tu repent and square - their lives by the Sermon on the Mount:, v o o .

£ . The People Want Proof.' : There is no meditine prescribed by physicians, or sold by Druggists, that carries ‘such evidence: of its success and superior virtue as - BOSCHEE's GERMAN SYRUP for severe Coughs. Colds . settled .on: the “Breast; Consumption, or any disease of the Throat and Lungs. A. proof of that fact is that any person afflicted, can get a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try its superior effect before buying the regular 3ize at 75 cents. It has lately been introduced in this country from Germany, and its wonderful cures ave astonishing - everyone that ‘use; it Three doses will relieve any case. Try it. Sold by Scott & Sandrock. -22-eow

. A western exchange tells ‘its read--ers how “to mind their P’s” in“tlie folgowing_paragraf)h:‘ B i © “Persons who ‘patronize papers should pay promptly, for the pecuniary prospects of ‘the press have a peeuliar power in pushing forward public prosperity. If the printer is paid promptly, and his: pocket-book kept. plethoric by prompt-paying patrons, “he puts his pen to his:paper in peace, his - paragraphs are more pointed, he _paints his pictures.of passing events ‘in more pleasing colors, and. the perusal of his paper is a pleasure to the kpeopl’e; Paste this piece of proverbial philosophy in some place where all persons ean perceive it.” e

. SIXTEEN thousand fanatics have been found in the United States, who have joined in a petition to the Senate ‘to deprive.any member of the Masonic fraternity, or any other secret organization, from being elected or oppointed to any-office of trust or honor. Just thinkof it. What horrible suspicions these petitioners must have in their minds of what Masons are to each other'or what they do in their secret halls: ~The Millenium is not as' near at hand as many would suppose.— ‘South Bend:Register. ... & =

.~ A few days ago Stephen Hodson. of Randolph county, who lias been blind in the right eye for twenty-five years. a’white, shiny substance growing over the eye, had sight restored in a singular ‘manner., -He was out chopping ‘wood when a chip struck his eye, viofently knocking him down. He lay on the ground for some t,ime‘s'uﬁerinsz great_agony, but when he arose’ his eyesight ‘was perfectly fvstore‘d, the sharp edge of the chip having cut the covering that had so lbn% covered his eye' i , S/ 5 i :"h, 3 ; (

. General Sherman posijve]v déclines ‘to become a candidate for President. He says the country has been afflicted Jong enongh with militany Presidents. ‘Sherman’s head is level. , ; aods v on ol K Sl Ca-et il - “Alßaleigh (N, €.) dispatch says. -A monstrous ‘thing: Hal‘:p,ened here ‘this morning. in which a bulldog :fought peopTe who tried to rescue i.a’n_‘ idiotic woman from @ fire which was consuming the house in which l. she had been placed for safe keeping. - -Mary Ann Dolan was the .daughter “of Pat Dolan, . proprietor of the College Hotel. [She was an idiot; and was kept in a sort of coop -in an outhouse used. as a kitchen. She was 25 yeats of age. Theéicook had gone out, leaving the door - fast-. ened and the idiot.in her coop. [ln some way orother a fire -bi‘oke-otlt, ‘but the woman might have been saved had not a big and ferocious ‘bulldog stationed himself before the “door and fought' the fireman like a fiend, as if really possessed. of the devil. It was in vain that the men ‘attempted to enter the };‘lnce; it ‘was impossible to do so. The dog ‘would ‘not :,-budgé' except ito snap ‘and fly at the firemen. The idiot woman seemed exalted ior frenzied , b%‘th'e,» fire, and danced and sang “The Prettiest Little Girl in the | Country” at the top of her voice | and as gaily as possible, - After the | flames were eﬁl"ﬁ tished it was found that both her logs wero burned off, and dothing remained of her | m—— 1o ToB Wiknain: Leginlatuid 8 |2 LAY ] %ﬁﬁ%ﬁwﬁ pproprissing

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~ GENERAL ITEMS. i £ e it e -Belknap’s bonds have been placed AL §26/000, ¢ A el fé - Judge David Turpié is ufgedgﬁy:his 'f‘ triends to become a candidate for Goyernor of Indiana. e . Since the passage of the act of Jan. 4th, 1875, the contraction of national bank eurreney has amoynted to $20,s - .- - Orville, the President’s dear brother, | confesses that he has; enjoyed a'slice off of the trading post subsidy loaf, but he says that it was very thim, . | -—An Indianapolis sage predicts that before the year! is out nien will be wearing knee breeches dnd’ buckles, queus, powdered lair and other revo- g | lut\io_uary finery. : : Eo e One very material point of difference between a gold coin and a g(r)eenf 4 back' is, that the former is.a dollar, and the latter only a promise to pay & dollar., Once let the 'government -prove its ability to redeem the promise, and the greenback will become as good asigold. " iR e ‘President Grant 'requested the res- | ignation_of Minister Schenck at the ‘urgent demand of the British g(‘)gem- o ment. John Bull got mad about S.'s: ‘Emma Mine transactions and peremptorilly demanded that he should: step down and out. / " A scallawag republican congress- ¢ man from Alabama has been trappelf. He sold a cadetshipi for $3,000 and swore the appointee was from,hisowh b State, but it turns out that the young ~ man: was from New York. He will® be ousted from his seat. = v _ The postmaster and his assistant,at ‘Oooksville, Tenn., have both been arrested for robbing registered lefters. But this is such a small affair, when compared ! with the! huge subsidies, rings, bribes and. pre'senzﬂ of the present age, that it is scarcély worthy of mention. Sy R

. It is authentically stated that thereis an organization, having its headquarters at Buffalo, gotten up for the purpose of furnishing jurymen and witnesses to try cases and bring about just such verdicts as may be required - ab thé&r 1;;31(15: - It begins to look ]ik)e money. and thieves will soon ruin the . country. i oy A word to railway managers: The public- is willing to be taxed for the | necessary running expenses and repairs of railroads and. for reasonable . dividends. ' Therefore, it would seem to be cleéarly for the intéfest of the, railroads if the managers and officials would lay before the public regﬁlar re- | ports of the actual cost of operating ! their respective lines. Such a course would be their best defense against ° ignorance_of their affairs and the injurious eriticisms to which they are .80 largely subjected. Moreover, stock= ‘holders ard creditors would have less/ | ground for complaining it such puabi " liecation weré made at least once g year. ' 4 L : ' . e et et~ I — e ' “packnowledge the Corn.” !

The phraseis variously accounted / for. The following is, we believe, the true history of its origin: . . In 1828, Andrew Stewart, M. €., = said in a speech, that Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, sent their hay stacks, . cornfields and fodder to New York and Philadelphia forsale. . = . Wieckliffe, of Kentucky, called him to order, declaring that those Scates. did-not send ‘hay stacks or cornfields to Ne\{r York for sale. s St ‘wWell,” asked Stewart, “what do. you send?” = L ol " «Why, horses, mules, cattle and hogs.”” | : : el wwell, what makes your horses, mules, cattle and hogs? You feed a hundred dollars worth of hay to a horse, you just animate and get upon the top of your-hay-stack and ride off to market. How is it with, your cat- - tlef? You make one of' them carry . fifty dollars worth of hay and grass to the Eastern. market; how much .corn does it take at thirty-three ecents a bushel to fattem it?” - iy ~ “Why, thirty bushels.” Belle M + «PThen you put that thirty bushels into the shape of a hog and make it walk off to the Eastern market.” .. © Mr. Wickliffe jumped up and said: . “Mr. Speaker, I ‘acknowledge the “corn:” ; P A

.An oid Time Office-Seéeker. | Gov.: Jack Tyler, of Virginia, and old Jack Dade, had been chums and had “punished” a great deal of the “juice nectarious™ together, If Dade was illiterate he was agood soul and. compagionable, and Tyler, one of the old time fellowsand a man of great abilities, liked him anyway. After - Tyler was inaugurated Dade made a trip to the capitol to see him: ‘The & interview was'characteristic. = | &Jack, oldboy! how areyou? Come . in,” said the Governor, greeting .the \\ old man as of yore. - . A “Governor Jack,” said Dade, for they always called each other Jack,. «I want anoffis.” ! | : 2t ‘The Governor. lz}ughed-. ““Jaek,” said he, *what are your qualifications ! for office ?” : oS “Well, now, Governor Jack, I Kin mix drinks. I kin mix‘your whisky sling, i and your port ‘X'mg sangeree and your tod,” said Dudle, going over “the catilogue of compounds, “and I l;in'dritlk ‘e and you know it i 80 they laughed together on the stg‘ength of reminiscences. '' | G “well, Jack,” said the Governor, +what kind of an office do you want #: i - “@Governor Jack,” was the response.. ¢ wants a offis- with hell of” big pay “and nothing to do?” N R | ———«oq,-,.—f-—- fid o - —The dwelling house of Daniel Fag vor, in Vernon county, Wis., (son-in-law of our townsman, Alex. McConnell) ‘was destroyed by, fire on the = night of the first of March. Most the household goods were consumed - by the flames: Miss Mattie McCon‘nell, - who has been' living with Mg [Favor’s family about a year and &, ‘half, writes that Mrs. Favor froze her feet so seripusly, while wading thro the snow on the night of the fire; that it was feared amputation would have - to be resorted to. We are pleased to ‘learn, however, that, thanks to sk *s ful treatment, this extreme mensure TR b s ve o | will not have to be adopted. . = . —lt is said that daring leap ye ar | the girl whe cotints all the gray horse | she sees, until she has got up to ahuy | dred, will be marriod in & yeat to first gentleman with whom sho shake { bands after counting the ome. hs | dreth *W"ﬁ“*s @,@m A€ f ot T i A;w;;,%yémw 1 ,~'f~v?’"i’}~%§{”i’;f*%;' P e