The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 April 1876 — Page 2

The latiowal Banuey e N ~ =P R y J. B.STOLY., Editor and Proprictor ::3'“: ?;T : f";:’::.:,‘:f—'-’_—f‘___'f‘;_’:._v__’_._ LIGONIER. ;ND.. APR. 20, 1876. E THE STATE CONVENTION, | ~ As we go to press this (Wednesday) -afternoon the Democracy of Indjana are deliberating in. mass convention at Indianapolis. =As we go to press searly, it is impossiblé to give our read"ers any account of the deliberations of the convention, and the spéculations . in regard thereto aie so vfa;ried that it is impossible fo forecast, the * character of the ticket that shall be; .or perhaps has already beén; nOmihztted by them to-day. |- ’l‘lxe'indieatijcms, up to last night, were that thaq[bigf " fight would be between IHolman and Landers for Govegnor. - But thene is a strong ~probability that neither of these men can })e'nomi’uated,« and that " - thechoice must tall upon some ¢om- . promise candidate. To uttempt to predict who shall be sclected :18!‘11716 ; standard#bé:u‘er \\'ould’;gth‘ereforé, be: mere conjecture. ’ 1 ; - LATER.—Just as our forms go upon -the press, we Jearn the result. It ys as . follows: ITon. James D.aVilliamg, of Knox county, was taken up as a com- ¢ Promise candidate—TTolman and Lan:dexdd having withdrawn—and nominated for Governor -by -acclamation. Isaac P. Gray, of Randolph,“was niom-

inated for Lieutenant Governor. | .. The present Supreme Judges: were renominated, as wére also ‘N(-ﬂ;‘ for Secretary of State, Ilenderson foy Audifor. of State, Slmy‘v:fur Treus;tii‘er,l Baskirk for- Attorney” General, and Smart for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Gabriel Schmuck, of Perry county, was nominated for Clerk of the Supreme Court, and A. N. Martin, of Wells county, for Reporter*of the Stipreme:Court.

- The platform is generally acceptable, more 50 to the hard money men than tojthe “softs” It declaresin favor of the “ancient doctrine that gold and silver are the true ‘aﬁxd safe })asis' for the currency;’ demands the repeal of the Sherman resumption shani:, ;ecomm’ends retrenchment and reform: and presents Gov. Hendricks as Indiana’s first choice for the Presid_enéj—. o | .

The fight between the ITolman and - Landers factions was simply intense, “and at one time it appeared as If* the “c¢onvention would break up in a row. Holman received a majority of all the votes cast on the first ballot, but the secretaries made an error in figuring up the vote, giving Mr, lolman only’ 91615 votes }vhen ‘in reality ‘(as appeared upon subsequent iivestigation) he had received 974 -votes, more than enou'gh to!nomingte. : “Bl'fe,J eans” Williams’ nominaticn as a compromise capdidate| gave ‘general satisfaction. Ile is-an. hopest man, a farmer and Granger, bears a striking resemblancé to Abraham Lincoln, and is amplg'“qualiﬁed for the position. o Capt. Mitchell peremptorily refused to permit his name to be brought before the convention., : :

UNDER orders from the Secretary of ‘ithe Tredsury the issue of silver coin was begun at the various subtreasuries last Monday. -=~ = ' .

_ Dox PepßO and suite'left New York Monday night for San Francisco -via. .the Erie and Chicage line. The Empress rémained in. New: York.

THE Seeretary of the Treasury last Monday sent to New York $6,500,000 of bonds to be sold, the proceeds to pay judgments-in the Alabama claim awards. .0 |, ! :

‘GRANT “evidently does not inpend that economy-and retrenchmentin administration affairs shall extend to the White House. He has deliberateIy placed his veto on the bill ;‘edticing} the President’s salary from $50,000 to, $25,000 per annum. iy

THE ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the statue of Lincoln, the tribute of the colored people ‘to their emancipator, which' took place at ‘Washington. last Sunday, aresaid to have been very impressive. It is said that the mteresﬁing occasion was witnéssed by over 20,000 people. ! o

THE “weighty” editor, whose’ province it is to manipulate Tne BANNER ( quill, has been absent since Monday ‘noon, in attendance at the Democratic State Convention, and the “sul” has been & little “indisposed,” which facts . may be regarded as a suflicient apology for any deficiencies that mayl ap(pear ‘in the ‘editorial. make-up. of to,Jda;’s issue. ' Lhd i i . —— | - 'Tue Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, is now making a tour of observation in the United States. It.is saix; the - Emperor stands ¢ feet 3 inches in his ' stockings; and, when he snubs Fhree members of the American Cabinet, as - he did a. few days since, he is proba- . bly prepared to afford the satisfaction " uisual among gentlemen ‘wlio“fight .in ! ihis generation. ; et

.- Tue widow of the late A. T. Stewart “has assigned all of her decedsed husband’s share in' the dry goods| busi- - mess, as well as real and personal ‘property, except that situated in| New York, to Judge Hilton for the sum of 51,000,000, Mr. I{ilton_re.ceiveﬂ that amount from the estate, and has be- ¢ sides a power of attorney to manage ~ all the affairs of Mrs. Stewart. | ' = P b —o) THE Louisville Courier-Journal has ‘at length come out squarely in ffavor 5 of ‘a Simon:pure Democrat, for thé '~ Presjdency. It says that “Tilden or! - “Bayard or Hendricks or Thurman or' “Jerry! Black, any one or any two of | “them, will do, and no good De; ocrat ' “45_to make thém the especial objects *of abuse or ill will, for they are all “good men and true, and wo'r?hy of “Democratic confidence and support.”. R fos e i “ LAST MoNDAY the Senate of the ~ United States met as a Court of Impeachment for the trial of ex-Secreta-1y Belknap. As had been anticipated, , gounsel‘ pleaded want of ~ jurisdiction on the part of the Senate, and the conrt asked for two days to consider the subject and adjourned. | AW mepment of Wis point will probe: _ably be long and interesting, and the \decision of the Senate cannot be foreO i by e o i cone

- COIN AND PAPER MONEY. ~ Although the financial question has ‘been extensively and in'some instances vigorously discussed in this country during the past few years, there is still room for the dissemination of information .upon that topic. - A large number of persons are still in- blissful ignorance of the'real points at issue, and will probably remain so for time to come—for the sitple Teason that ‘no matter how much may be said and ‘written, these individuals do not put themselves to the trouble .of reaching ‘bottom:facts. : ‘

Desirous of =eontributingour mite toward énabling such persons to reach a starting point respecting the mutual advantges and disadvantagee of coined moneyand paper money,we have concluded to- present to the \readers of THE BANNER a brief sketch of the origin of both species of currency, in the hope that the same may prove both interesting and- instructive to all who are in search of “more light.” . In the earlier ages of the world exghanges were made by bartering one articlé for another; as a sheep for a coat, a cow for a sword, a lterd of cattle for a piece of land. As society advanced, howeyer, the disadvantages of this method of trading began to be gﬁs“el'iously‘ felt, and some other system ‘was sought to be devised. b - The precious: metals; on - aecouhﬁ both of their valne and compactness, ‘were adopted among most communities as a solution to the problem, though other communities employed shells—the American Indiabs, for example—and still others other substitutes. ' At first the silver-was used, in bars. But the difficulty in assaying it, as well as'the ‘trouble o:f' wejghing it for each Separate transaction ‘gradually led to the stamping of it, and then to.the cutting of pieces of certain determined weights. - Thesé things were finally done by public authority; and heénce the origin of gold, silver and other coins. 5 .

The first piece of stamped money of ‘this (les>cl‘iL[)tioxlg“'zls doubtless minted before the historic period. It is said by Pliny, nevertheless, that the Romans had no coined money before the time of Servius Tullius. But:long prior to’ that period, the -Pheenicians and other commereial nations used stamped coins. It is plain, from more than ene passage in the Bible, that money of this kind was familiar to the ITebrews, at a very, early epoch in their annals, Iron was employed by the Spartans in coinage; copper by the Romans; gold and gilver by richer and more commercial nations. Generally, the early coins. of. all nations were éxceedingly rude. But' we must except those of the Greeks, who exhibited in their coinage, as in all things else, their natural »aﬁtqqde for the beautiful. B " Wae are indebted to the classic world for the term money, coins having, according to tradition, been first struck at the temple of Juno Moneta. The word ‘pecuniary is from the' Latin word pecus, a tlock; flocks and herds being equivalent to-money originallyCash is from the French caisse, or coffer in. which money was kept. The derivation of dollars is less authentically established.: Cent is from the Latin; shilling is Saxon. Thus all nations and ages-have contributed to furnish the every day terms of commerce. 8

FPaper money {lirst appeared in the shape of bills of exchange and promissory notes. Commercial transactions in England are still carried on, to a great -extenf, with these rﬁediums. Bank notes in the United States have, however,” almost monopolized the term. "Bzm'ks, thet_nselves, are the invention of a quite recent period. The word bank. comes, from: banco, the Italian for bench, because dealers in ‘money first sat on benches in the market -places of Italian towns, in the middle ages. The bank of Venice, the parent of all other banks, was - first ‘established -A. D. 1171; the bank of Amsterdam followed A. D. 1609 ; that of Hamburg, A.D. 1619, and that of England, A.D. 1694. The earlier of these banks, however, were not banks of issue, but of deposit and discount only. . S " The Chinese claim to have first discovered the device of paper money. One of- tlieir Emperors issued money 119 years B. C, called flying money, from the ease and rapidity with which it circulated. - It consisted of the paper p:omises of the government. The Empire was flooded with it, and the whole ‘was repudiated. The Emperor of Japan followed the example ‘with the same resylts. L

~ Massachusetts_in 1690 issued paper to pay off her debts contracted in wars with the French-and Indians. Though not finally repudiated by ,_t'he | govefr_iment, it depreciated in value to ten cents on the dollar. The Carolinas issued paper money to meet the expenses of their expedition against St. Augustine, It declinedyto about fifteen cents on: the dollar, On the breaking out of the revolutionary war, ‘the continental . Congress resorted to ‘the issue of paper money. In all it amounted to about three hundred and fifty-seven millions. These ‘bills at first passed ‘at their par value, but finally they stood in 1781 as 500 for 1 of specie.. - L e - Dauring the French Revolution assignats wereissued by the governments to the amount of forty thousand million francs. They were called “assignats” because the confiscated estates of the nobility and: clergy were assigned for their redemption. These assignats formed a description of paper money founded upon real estate -but they all eventually became worth‘less.” The government then resorted {to a new . expedient and issued mandai:s. ‘These differed from f the assignats in this: that while the first were based on a general claim upon the public propeérty, they were based on ~portions- of that property specifically enumerated. They were increased to three thousand millions and forced into circulation. They became as valueless as the assignats. :

~ The history of the issue of paper money by the United States bank, afterwards by the State banks, private banks (under the restrictions of State laws), the United States greenback, since the Confederate war, is too well known to deserve more than a passing mention, Seer e

) B RARYRER.. -0 Saturday night of last weelk elosed the forty days of the fast of Lent, and Sunday was the feast of Easter, observed by millions of Christians throughout tlie' civilized world, and to whom it is a foretaste of the blessed immortality secured through the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Notwithstanding the popularity of Easterobservance, there ‘are, doubtless, some of THE BANNER ‘readers who are not thoroughly informed as to the origin of this festi‘val, which dates back almost to the beginning of the Christian era, and for their benefit we append such facts as.'we h%}m been able{'_to gather concerning the history of this festival and its Lpép‘ular observance. From several references in the New Testament, we find that it was introduced during the Apostolic age, and that it was the universal practice in the second century, since Christ crucified, ‘risen and living in his chureh, was the ‘absorbing thought of the primi}tive Christians. Easter former]y ix}cluded fifteen days, z}n‘d was regarded as the greatést of all festivals, oreis - St. Chrysostom styles it, “the desirable festival of our salvation.” - While all Christiaus everywhere agreed as to ‘ the fact that Easter should be highly “esteemed, yet about the year 160 disputes arose as to the particular time when it was to be observed, )sonie keeping the Christian at the same time as the Jewish Passover, only substituting the Holy Eucharist for the paschal lamb, which was of the first full - moon of the spring, from the 14th to ‘the 21st of the month Nisan, whatever day of the week that hitppened to fall upon, while the Western Church deferred 1t to the Sunday after the first full moon. The controversy was finally settled by the Council of Nice, A.D. 325, which decreed that Easter should be observed on one and .the same day throughout the world,‘namely: upon the Sunday falling upon the first new moon after the vernal equinox, and always after the Jewish Passover. : % It mattered .not when Easter’ was celebmted,:iﬁ has ever been regarded as a season of | great joy. One imperi-, al edict states thay “in honor of the paschal festival which we celebrate from the bottom of our heart, we ‘open the prisons to »allfthat lie bound in chains, only excepting such as are guilty of sacrilege, treason, robbing of graves, ete.” . : ; The exercise of generosity and pardon, however, was not restricted to those in duthority. DTrivate individuals not only manifested their charity toward one another but in acts of liberality to the poor. These acts of piety and devotion were not confined to one day, but extended through the entire week following Easter, and were accompanied by religiouS services, preaching, and the daily celebration of the loly communion. : The white robes placed on the neophytesat their baptism on Easter were worn until the Sunday after, and then returned to the chureh, the new conx'el‘tS'beilng then admitted. to all 't:,he rights and privileges of other Christians. . .. 0.

To many these historical references ,to \phe‘usages of past ages have per‘haps but little interest; yet to the majority of Christians thie season is‘a precious feast, wherein the identical music is used and. joyful hosannas sung which havegladdened the hearts of millions of our race for centuries. He who 'wop/fd appreciate-the beauty and significance of these annual festivals ;'y/f;ts, illustrating the life ot ~Christ; must: draw near by faith and ‘enter the Church of God. She stands like a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows, designed by artistic hands. Looking listlessly upon her from without one sees no beauty, nor ‘can lhe .imagine any; but standing within, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable grandeur, “Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast.”— Cor: v: 7-8) -~ R

Among the popular observances of the day, the most characteristic rite, and the most widely diffused, i 8 the use of Pasch (from the Greek pagscha, the passover, i. e., Easter) eggs. They are usually stained of various col_oi's with dye-woods or herbs, and people mutually make presents of them; sometimes they are kept as amulets, sometimes eaten ; games are also played by stricking. them against one another. In some moorland parts of Scotland it used to be the custom for young people to go out early on “Pascha Sunday” and search' for wild fowls’ eggs for breakfast, and it twas thought -lucky to find them. There can be little doubt that the .use of eggs at this season was originally symbolic of the revivication of nature—the springing forth of life in spring. The practice is not confined to Christians; the Jews used eggs in the feast of the Passover; and we are told that the Persians, when they keep the festival of the solar new year (ip‘March), mutually present each other with celored eggs. From the Christian point of view, this “feast of eggs” has been usually considered as emblematic of the'resurrection 'and of a: future life:

INFLUENCE OF THE Y'RESS:—Un the intelligent and loyal press of the country the hopes of the nation depend. The people look to the press for correct information, and on this they base their judgment for governmental affairs. A bad paper conveys a moral poison wherever it- circulates. 'lf it 1§ edited ‘with commanding ability, its !power for evil is greatly increased, ~and this is still further enlarged in proportion to its circulation. How lvital, then, ip view of this,” becomes the necessity ‘of supporting. good pa-pers..-Every citizen wf{o believes in public and private nid fality should extend liberal support to his home paper. His first duty :should be to strengthen that. If he has patronage. it:'should go to the local organ before a dollar is sent to 'a';'fgaper at a distance, The principle of home protection should be applied to the local papers of the country.—Republic. | ~ The above accords exactly with the views on several occasions expressed through the columns of THE BANNER, A good home paper, published in the interests of the people, cannot be too liberally patronized; a bad one, the vehicle of malice and ' defamation, cannot be dropped too soon, The former deserves to live and prosper; the latter should be discarded, repudiated and consigned to an inhospitable grave. : i :

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, April 15, 1876. 'PRESIDENTIAL FIGURING. For several months previous to a presidential election, the lga,ding';dai‘-: lies generally indulge themselves in casting the horoscope asto how the various States will throw'thgir votes in the electoral college. The calculations of the New York World have been, in the past, singularly accurate; and its predictions as to the next race strike one as particularly so. ' 1t says that, of the-Southern States, the Democracy will | carry, without doubt, 127 votes. Its candidaté. will also get the, 12 electoral votes of the Pacific States, and those of Connecticut and New Jersey. It will, therefore, only be necessary to carry New York in order to elect a Democratic President, with several votes to spare; as the three States ,just named karry 50 votes, which, added to ‘the 6thers, will give 189, something over the necessary number. The lesson in this estimate, which appeals to every man’s common sense as founded upon experience and knowledge of facts, is that New York must be carried, at every hazzard. and that upon its 35 electoral votes hangs. the success of the Democracy next fall. The State has, in the mutations of parties and politics, become the key without which no predidential candidate can enter the electoral college with any assurance of bein g its choice. Blaine evidently feels the importance of this fact, and his anxiety.to ingratiate himself with the leading Republicans of the State explains the haste with which he left the Ilouse lately, and " journeyed toward the political Mecea. Conkling had been endorsed, a few days previous, by the republican convention which met at Albany, and ‘Mr. Blaine found it necessary. to §top, for a time, his scheming to hamper the Democrats in the llouse, and to go to New York,in order that he might unite all disaffected elements on himself. New York, then,must be carried; and the ability of a candidate to perform this should be, in conjunction with other qualities which fit him for the position, a pre-requi-site to his nomination by the St. Louis Convention. Such a man, with-the South ‘and Pacific States shoulder to shoulder for him, which t_hey: certainly will be, will be perfectly invinciblei and his election a foregone conclusion.

HOW MUCHWOULD HE HAVESTOLEN ? Just before Belknap’s downfall, he submitted, in réply to a vesolution of the House, his budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. It amounted to some $26,000,000,, or about $l,000,000, for each regiment in the service. The House now calls for a new estimate from his successor, and no little interest. is felt in his reply; as it will exhibit, among other things, exactly how much Belknap calculated to steal during the year. el A RADICAL GOVERNOR IN THE BAL- : ’ ANGE, .7 {h iil The . late ‘developments before the ITouse Committee on Expenditures in the Post Oflice Department have brought to Washington Governor John' L. Routt, of Coloradb, formerly Creswell’s. Second Assistant-Postmas-ter' General. The Governor is charged with having received $20,000 from one T'. P. Sawyer, an extensive mail contractor, in consideration of his guod office in securing . certain profitable contracts for said Sawyer. Routt, as Second Assistant-Postmaster'General, had the letting of all mail contracts, and it was during his incumbency that the corruption subsequently unearthed took deep/root; extending to every contract of importance in this country, On his retirement, this state of affairs was made manifest by a slight investigation; but nothing was ever made publics i‘lip'piica.ting Routt until the other day, when a witness before the Congressionat Committee testified that-Sawyer told him that he paid Routt $20,000. As 4 matter jof course, Routt denies this most strenuously ;' and, as Sawyer'is dead, the charge cannot be directly substantiated. ~ The “Governor” will c_ox%b—quently go back to his territory duly “vindicated.” - : : T

GRANT “SICK”—WHAT I§ THE MATTER WITH'HIM? o i Gen. Grant was “seriously indisposed,” the lodal papers reported, for several days last week. I would not consider the fact. worthy of mention, were' it not of some significance just at this junctiire. It has been rumored that the President has become seriously d;sturbed in mind, since the results of some of the recent investigations, and is now subject to frequent fits of “indisposition.” Many persons, who profess to know Grant’s habits, attribute these attacks to the effect of undue alcoholic stimulation ; but it is diﬁicult, in such cases, to determine definitely which is cause, and which effect. . Yet the President certainly has reason now, if ever man had, for ‘mental perturbation and distress. He sees the great- body of the people who once honored him as a successful soldier ready to despise him as the companion and defender of thieves.. Ie beholds the members of his cabinet falling- one by orne, beneath the axe of investigation; andan administration begun in honor and -glory, amid the plaudits of the multitude, going down, in its eighth year, ignored and dis}graced, followed by the execrations of a country whose confidence he has 8o long abused. ~ Is it any wonder that he should now and then feel “indjsposed?” © .- ' ; COMING TO THEIR SENSES, | o

Not the least of the good signs in ‘the, political sky, may be mentioned the position of neutrality and independence of thousands of the negroes of the South as expressed in their recent Convention at Nashville, Tenn. Such a position is just what their true friends at the South have always advised them to take; and, inasmuch as they expressed their determination to support that party which “kept its promises,” it needs not the gift of prophecy to foresee that a ]arge/?proportion, if not & majority, of the race, will eventually drift into the democratic ranks. It is the first time they| have asserted the highest privilege of freedom, sigce their emancipation, and gives promise of w brighter future for their race. . . | "A GALA DAY IN WASHINGTON. | While I am writing this letter, pro-: cession after procession, and thous-

ands of sight seers, are wending their way from all quarters of. the city and adjoining country, to Lincoln Park, to ,witness the ceremonies attendant upon the unveiling of Lincoln Statue. The departments are all closed, and it is a‘general holiday. Pennsylvania Avenue is thronged with pedestrians and vehicles of every description, and presents a lively appearance.. = | . - “NONE OF OUR FUNERAL.” - The democratic minority in -the Senate is being roundly abused by the repiblican papers for the failure to confirm Dana as Minister to England. They .say “You could have done it, and you didn't;” though just why the Democrats should be abused for;tl");‘e failure of his nomination is not particularly clear, seeing that it was’ “none of their funeral.” s - W— : KANSAS CORRESPONDENCE. =

GREAT BEND, KAN., April 13,76. Ep, BANNER:—ASs' this is a somewhat disagreeable. day to be out, we propose to spend part of the time in communicating, through the columns of your paper, with our friends in the Hawpateh, provided these imperfectly arranged l)incs:go not into the editor’s waste-basket.

We staited from Ligonier on Monday mornipg, April 3d, and after the usual deluys” and failures to make railway cpanections, to which all green: "uns are Swhject, we safely arrived at Hutchinson,Reno county, Kansas, on Thursday evening ‘abodt 5 o’clock, having been eighty-five houre -on. the way.. At Hutchinson we spent a few days with some friends and acquaintances, prominent among whom is Mr. E. M. Yoder, ayoung gentleman formerly of Maryland, and for a short time a resident of the lawpatch. Mr. Yoder has a half section of very fine land south-east of Hutchinson, about nine miles from the town, and we were pleased lo see the fine wheat; growing on it. The/land in this vicinity is a rich sandy loam, and as beautiful as the éye could wish. But ‘as this portion of the country: is al: ready quite thickly settled, homesteading is “ played out,” and we will go on a little further west. Before we go, however, we will attend a Kansas:Sabbath 'sclool. In due time our friend E. M. Y. has the mules hitched and “we: hop into the wagon and all take a ride.” As we approach the place, we can see people coming in from -all directions, drive up to the school house, unhi;ch their tqams and tie them to the wagons, for such a thing as hitching-posts have not yet been thought of on these open prairies, where not a tree nor shrub can be seen for -perhaps fifty or sixty miles. We' were surprised to see so many people (not less than seventy or eighty) meet on such an occasion in a place we were hitherto led to suppose was but very sparsely populated. Their gengral appearance and courteous manners were also far|superior to our expectations, and inf- perfect harmony. with the beautiful appear--ance of the district school house in which they met, which is'a stone one, and in finish and comfort far exceeds many if not «ll of our Hawpatch school houses. ;

On Monday, April 10, we arrived at Great Bend, where we are. now staying. We have rented a room and are enjoying the position of “chief cook and bottle - washer ” dand complete “master of the situation.” We are not yet permanently located, but expect to bein ashort time. The weather, up till yesterday morning, April 12th, was very warm; but since that time we have-clouds, rain, and to-day snow is falling; which, howeyer, melts as fast as it falls.. No frost at all since we are in the State.. But this is getting rather lengthy, and I'll stop. More anon.: JoEL MILLER.

- WnEN Dom Pedro arrived :in port at New York last Saturday, three Cabinet officers, Secretaries Fish, Taft and Robeson, went down in a vessel to receive the Emperor.. But they were handsomely snubbed by his Majesty, who curtly refused to go on board their vessel. A New York special says: “It did not transpire until a late hour last'night that, after the reception.of Secretaries Fish, Taft and Robe Son by the Emperor of Brazil on the steamer Hevelius, he curtly declined to come on board the vessel sent down for him, and that, in the most civil manner possible, he had given the committee the cut direct. The Secretaries were, greatly chagrined at the result of their mission down the bay, and said little or nothing abouf the cool treatment they got from the Brazilian monarch. They were chagrined in many respects. They took especial pains to exclude all newspaper reporters from the steamers and their rooms. at the hotel. Imagine their disgust, then, when they reached the Hevelius, to find two newspaper men aboard the vessel and in the mgst amicable and democratic intercourse with the monareh. A Heraldreporter had been his companion throughout the whole voyage, and a Sun reporter stood at the Emperer’s elbow and pointed out to him the Secretaries as they came on board, calling them by name. The Emperor interrupted Mr. Fish in his speech two or three, times, and finally told him that he must decline any sort of reception. The Secretaries left the vessel within ten minutes after boarding it, and saw no more of his Majesty during the day or since. The fact is, the Erhperor ‘and Empress ran away to the play of “Ilenry V.” as soon as they got their dinners, and the Emperor employed the rest of the night behind the scenes and in the press-room of the Herald building.” e : l

b Centennial Motel Rates. £ . The Grand Central, the largest hotel in New York, has been recently refitted, refurnished and redecorated in elegant style, in view of the approaching Centennial. ‘The new designs in fresco-work, especially, which adorns the halls, parlors, dining-rooms and exchanges are the richest, and ‘most exquisite in the country, 'While other hotels will probably adhere to their present rates, the Grand Central, justified by its-immense capacity to accommodate 1,500 guests comfortably, will make a popular reduction, and schedule its’ rates from #3to 84 per day, Ranking in‘every réspect with the finest hotels in America, this liberal reduction can-l not fail to meet with popular approval

- WAWAKA MEDITATIONS. = . As Rome City ;;so anxious to hear from her little sister, Wawaka, I will sound a clarion note of gladness thro’ the columns of our faithful ,BANR{&*CZ. | The mud and molasses days - are gone, and the gook{l:)ld matron, Spring, is putting on her dress of green—the same she wore in the days of Martha Washington. .|l |. = . '

_ The Rev. J. M. Trump filled the desk of Rev. Noftzger last Sunday evening, and brought out some fine tho’ts on “Charity to an Erring Brother.” He said the beam wasso large in some eyes that it greatly magnified the little mote’in a neighbor’s eye. Alas, too true! i hot :

Mrs. Molloy, of Elkhart, has an engagement to lecture in Wawaka next Saturday evening, én temperance. We expect a feast, of fat things, as the reputatioh of that lady’s talent stands high. B e

" Rey. M. M. Dodge is off ona fur lough to Washington, New York and the Centennial. It is whispered that he has gone to geta patent on‘some railroad fixtures. | Success to you, Bro. Dodge, for we want a chiurch built in Wawaka next summer, and if you make a fortune we know you will forgive us that debt we owe you. :

In going to the post-office the other day, we met a thick-set gentleman with blue eyes and heavy beard,-and your humble servant being very inquisitive, and he very communicative, we askdd him of the health of his family. gne assumed a theatrical attitude, while hot tears rolled down his cheeks, and said: “Things have at last come to a ecry-sis in my, family.” “When did it happen?” we asked in sympathy. “One day last week,” said he, “and it* weighed 10° pounds.” “Well,” said we, “let her cry.” “Yes,” said he, “she shall cry all she wants to, and Dr. Gard shall give her all the soothing syrup in his office if necesSaNg o

'We have a new fashionable millinery shop this spring by Mrs. Becca. Steinberger. * CENTENNIAL. - Abpril 17th, 1875; . - ,

© . ALBIONNOTES. - ¢ : Albion has for some time been neglected by our newspaper £OlTTESpOndents. This should not be, for it is the grand central point of Noble county, —the place where farmers, merchants and mechanics, from all parts of the county, come to pay due tribute to Uncle Sam, and at this particular time our Treasurer and his deputies are exceedingly crowded by the rapid expansion of the “rag baby.”

. Business is. good, considering the many obstructions to locomotion. Traffic consists chiefly in fruit trees and evergreens. . . :

Twenty-five. teacheis attended the special éxamination held on the 14th. A y.odng man in town has quit the pernicious habit of ehew'ing; ﬁabacco, and is about to bid farewell to smoking. He has reduced the number to six cigars per day. ' Hard times!

* The old jail is undergoing . great changes, and will be known soon as the office of Messrs. Prickett & Tousley; b : :

Albion schooéls are again in session,’ and are under the control of Mr. Johnson. The schools ‘are attended by a goodly number of students. Mr. Johnson has also in his school several micé, which, like “Mary’s lamb,” insist on going to school. -, The other-night when we ‘were suddenly snatched from the arms of Morpheus by our bed-fellow violently clinging to us while he repeated the beautiful words, “Oh, dearest, do:be mine!” and thereafter making & ftremendous noise with his lips, we naturally supposed he had dreamed something, == v o b : v

At present there are three good Sabbath schools in town, viz.:"M. E.,: Lutheran and U.B. The M. E. school purpose giving a concert next Sab‘bath - evening. A general invitation is extended. . R. E. LLoyw. April 17th, 1876. ;

Burning of thga—(?n-éa;y Hémestead.. ' The house in the woods at Chappaqua, formerly occupied by Mr. Greeley, Wasctotally destroyed by fire last Friday evening. The building" lias been unoccupied and unfurnished for some -years, and was being placed in repair for Col. and Mrs. Smith, who intended residing there during the summer. This cottage was for nearly twenty years the home of Horace Greeley. In' his “Recollections of a Busy Life” he wrote of it as follows: “In the little dell or glen through which my brook emerges from the wood wherein it has brawled down the hill to dance across a gentle slape to/ the swamp' below, is fhe spring —pure. as crystal; never - failing, cold as you could wish, it . for drink in the hottest day, and so thor+ oughly shaded and sheltered that, I am confident, it was never warm and never froze over. Many springs on. my farm are excellent, but this is peerless. It determined the location of my house, which stands on a little plateau or bench of level ground half way down the hill, some twenty rods north of and forty feet higher than itself. I ’r?'ever saw a sweeter spot than was-thelittle plat of grass whichmy house has supplanted, with tall woods all around, and a thrifty growth of young hemlock starting thickly just “west and south of it. I do not regard this as a judicious location; it is too much shaded and shutin; it is too damp for health in a wet time; it tempts the chimney to smoke, especially when the atmosphere i so heavy that the wind beats down over the wooded hill that rises directly on the north and east; but the hottest day is cool here; dust is' unknown,

and n 6 rumble from any highway disturbs meditation or piques curiosity. My house -is not much—hastily construected, small, slight and wooden, it has +at length -been almost .deserted for one recently purchased.and refitted on the e‘dge of the village, just where my private road emerges from the farm on its way to the station; but the cottage in the woods ig still my house, where my books remain, | where I mean to garner my treasures, and wherein I propose tobe ‘at home’ to anyione when I address myself to work, and especially to the consummation of a yet unaired literary project.” There is reason to apprehend that several rare books and documents were in the house and have been destroyed by the flames. . Charles Allen, the colored boy who stole Mrs. Dr. Jackson’s gold watch and- chain m@t week at Goshen, was, arrested in Cleveland, brought to Goshen, and locked up to await-trial,

- GENERAL ITEMS, Mr. Bayard Taylor has gone to Philadelphia to represent the New, York Tribune as “a staff correspondent” at the Centennial. “e | The fifth semi-annual meeting of the Eastern Indiana Dental Association will bé held at Connersville on the 9th and 10th of Muy, An Austrian Prince, who is.an ardent Catholic, has refused to.give his daughter in marriage to young Her: bert, son of Prince Bismarck.

-Near Mason City, 111, recently, a boy hung himself in his father’s barn with a halter. The only reason for the'deed known is that his parents had threatened to whip him. He.escaped the whipping. s Petroleum V. Nasby’s (D. R, Locke’s) new comedy-drama’ of “Inflation” is thus characterized by a Baltimore Journal: “The play is essentially an indifferent one. The dialogue is slipshod,, unnatural,-and often intolerably prolix, the humor vapid and pointless, while of plot there is mnext to none.” il Sy

Miles, the bank-robber, is so anxious that no guilty man should escape that he will consent to emerge from his seclusion in the Vermont Penitentiary and re-enter public life as a witness before Proctor Knott’s committee in the safe-burglary investigation. Such devotion and self-sacrifice should not go unrecognized, and probably would not but for the unpatriotic obstinacy of the Vermont- authorities, whose consent cuts an important figure in the scheme.: - S &

<A car load of horses was discovered in New York on Sunday by Bergh’s oflicers in a famishing. condition. They had: been 100 hours without food, and had pretty well ghawed off all the,fra.me-wogk of:the car. 1t seems that they came from Montreal, and-their owner missing his. connections did not keep with them. .The railroad people are blamed for leaving the car out-on thé tracks without making the least provision for the StOCk. ‘\ : % . : : ;i :—.————,-:-—4—-—-——— ~ INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. _ A man was. found drowned at Plymouth last week.. His jidentity is unknown. T Can v . The famous old pacer, “Hoosier Tom,” wassold at Lawrenceburg the other day for $270, at auction. _ Mrs. Ruth A., wife %ﬁ,Augustus M. Jackson, managing editor of the NewAlbany Ledger-Standard, died Sunday maoarning last, aged 52 years. L Two young children of Mr. Charles Pecket, of Union City, died frem the effects of poison last Saturday night. Ig is supposed that they had eaten of Some old fruit with which they had been playing during the day. S e

.~ David Xepton, a grandson of Simon ‘Kepton, the celebrated Indian-fighter, living near Monticello, has in his pos--session the hunting-knife once owned by his illustrioys grandfather. He is willing that it'should go to the Centennial if it can be returned to him.

The Boonville Enquirer says: “It’s all a mistake about the fruit being killed. Peaches, no doubt, have suffered to some extent by the freeze, but to judge from: the blossoms,the trees will have all they jcan bear; whilst pears, apples and cherries seem tqhave entirely escaped injury.” Loty

‘l‘he steamboat Robert E. Lee, now being built at Jeffersonville, will ‘be launched on the 21st. The News says: The launch ;will be the grandest affair ;of the kind that has been witnessed above the falls for many years. Visitors from all the cities and towns around the falls will be here on this occasion. s s simion o 4

- Among the recent applicants for reliet to the township Trustee at Fort Wayne was a man named Rogers, six-ty-one years old, who in times past was a prominent politican of ‘Pennsylvania. He served in both:branches of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and was a member of the Pennsylvania ‘Constitutional Convention of 1838 i b .

Near New Haven, Allen county, on Monday of last week, the body of a man,was found hid away in a brush heap, having evidently been murdered. He was not known in the‘neigh~ borhood, although Mr.. Powers, a New Haven merchant, thinks the man was in his store two weeks prévious and purchased the pants found upon his person. e

: ] - BMme—— - { AMost Horrible Crime. ? i+ A crime of the most revolting bestiality has just been brought. to light at Norwalk, in Huron. county, Ohio, about 25 miles west of Cleveland. G: B. Kuentz, teacher of the German Catholic school at that place, has beén guilty of thé fiendish erime of outraging a large number of girls attending the school. The number is said to be 80, ranging in age from 9 to 13 years. On Wednesday of last week, one of the girls confessed it to the priest; but it was smothered until another victim told it to her mother. The exposure created a great commotion in' the community, especially among the Germans, many of whom at once proceeded to the priest of tlLe parish, Father KEilert. Those who called first were advised to say:nothing about the matter and keep it still; but the parents of the outraged children would not accept the proffered advice, which Hhas provoked threits‘_ against the priest by many members of the church. It was at first supposed the erimes of the fiend were confined to a few, but new.confes-. sions have been coming to light until the number is probably above 30. As yet few names of the victims have been; made public. Kuentz at first denied the charge to the priest, but was brought to time facing'.a revolver in the hands of one of the parents. He then acknowledged the matter to the priest and gentlemen present, and. after making a confession the priest informed him that all that would be required of him would be to leave these parts . immediately, : which: Kuentz at once in some way did, rather mysteriously;to those who were on. the wateh for him'with minds fully made up to end the matter rather sud- | denly, i et i ’ ~ ° Indiona ntithe Centennial. | _The Indiana exhibit is ready and should be on the centennial grounds in ten days, and it would be humiliating if it should not arrive there in time to be arranged for the opening.

There is a fair prospect that sucha stigma may fail on the State, for the | committee have no funds to forward the twenty-five car-loads to their destination. This freightage and the amount due on the building foots up $3,000, a sum which the few who have been aetively interested in preparing the display, cannot be expected to furnish from their own pockets. The’ children have done their part mnobly, and the ladies have raised a fair sum by strenuous endeavors. In fact; those from whom little should have been demanded have given much. The fault lies;with business firms. Very few -of the manufacturing and mercantile establishments have given | anything to help the State’s display, | Indianapolis is now being canvassed to raise the needed amount, and it may be furnished from that city, but we warrant a small donation from | any firm in the State will not be amiss. 'L'he pride; the eredit and the best interests of Indiana, demand gpeedy action in this matter.—South BDglreowee: . 0 0

1 O REQ DT, YW L N iy N o . b eI R ol el ¢ "‘“i‘\‘l“‘\wiﬁ“:‘\‘%‘%.\\Eiiit-" M : g ¢ % - e 7 I< i Be by i ’R; = S Bi ¥ R ‘\\ &*s\ T “ o . Lo Eieay -''7il% ‘; il g > s i v ~ THE BEST PROOF THAT THE ‘ OLIVER Chilled PLOW Is the best ever introduced is that thedexﬂagldipr;thém far ex- - beeo e foeelethe supply, thoughs. ¢ e i 8 Ls it Al e ; are being made this year! * Another proof is that ievery Plow XWit3e..! . | - . o 3 ! Manufacturer in the country is imitating and infringing upon . 7 i 2 s i 3 % it as far.as he daves. Every farmer who has ever tried.one - L WILIUSE NOOTHER. : The Buckeye Junior Cultivator! e e s e o - This iseither a Riding or Walking Plow, and so . A‘:\ s Erane o "-;." "’:‘;i, gonstructed that it is especially adapted to either . ‘j \“‘\, : & f“)‘:‘r\’fiﬁ‘i\( modé and very easily operated eithef way. Itcom- | ﬂ,/’ ?—i&\‘:\v@{";iﬁ:“ﬁ:/ \;} '. i~ bines all the best featares and valuable improvefEﬁ* wﬁ’;"ﬁ}?’k‘.ﬂ‘ﬁg w‘ _,},{)A ‘ments of the Senior Cultivator, and besides, has * sQg L %&’);—f-‘j",‘_{;*wf:';f‘r&q 5 . many others of importance peculiar to itself. ‘We !:lg%?‘ﬁﬂ%’"‘i\;’}‘i‘i)’,‘ ' 2= invite your attention to some of the advantages i i.,\ﬁ?,?;ﬂ}iﬁ§a_“;\ _ﬂffégf:; ‘this plow possesses, and we confidently askert N ERSY '\\u)/;,,,affgigézmm as a Combined Riding or Walking Plew;it has no ";.:;,.é':;‘ “:-1%-,-‘:3‘;;:—;: <;.£;,_ superior, and we think no equal in the market,— e 'ﬁ—faﬂff}:ggj;i‘:—;i’g_z%‘%‘ Some ofitsadvantages and important features are _-gz%if-‘—:?%g:. readily geen. Call and examine it. TeTh e 2 ; ) + I sell the well-known =~ = - el Buckeye Reaper & Mower, | o - _ftfrontcut'm-nr(:t;iigev.".wi’tthi.H_y‘e'r'sTablel?gkg‘and ; Q:ﬁ%’ ::'_ ‘*‘T"(J, | ‘THE'RUSSEL PEERLESS, - (N} %m g a rear cut machine with Reel Self- eBL2 N B, Ybt Rake. ' The two .combine all:the good f_%f{ -a‘ _,—»—;-f\' ; g . : et e Te T e e W ) f»etu'res ever devised for Mowing and - :;%_% 2 _,35;,‘ ,r;; ) . 'Reaping Machinery. . ik R =

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’Don’t Let Yoﬁr, Bobts ‘and':.Shoes RUN OVERI| = S LYON'S. T "‘—Paten‘t ‘Metallic » 1 ;/’ CoereyeNts | 1 S BOOTS & SHOES /< "'_'?ROM‘EE‘% : - Running Orer, £~/ . : ® . W. SHINKE & BR9. e S ey b Somratiha Old Boots and Shoes That h;i\"e’ been ;'ﬂn oVef. The habit of running over boots and shoes is formed from wedring cpooked shoes w]:g;xny:fggg}.m‘ye continue to ! Fine Boots, © SHOES, . . GAITERS, SLIPPERS, &c. " ,ctd;be.t 7, 1875-9-48 | - ’ s

- e BRIy TAIIT.ORR. Having, ﬁermanently ‘ocated in Ligonier, would respectfully say to the citizens of the place and _ surrounding’conntry that he is’prepared to de - . : .‘,‘ ¥ 3l ¥ v All Kinds ofCutting and Making o short notice éxnd’;\t the most | Reasonable 'Tgrms. Clothing 'Cleaned and . Repaired. e:z £ i : &ﬁo‘ﬁi&b’uil@ng betyr‘jbén' Hoover's Restaurant ; #ud Ackerman’s Grocety, on Cavin Street. -;,.Lgop%rsggychns‘«lqk& 3 R —_— AR vju' ‘;:;;A .;ﬁt‘k:‘ntf';ﬁ-x-‘ TS P | ‘ X will make it am ohject for farmers to call on me, in the their Hides. Money can be made by following this advice. Gi L e e o l Ritt prane s e ‘}i“‘l.‘. f’,'g?'&hwj ‘:L;ﬁ} A 8 J{t: g ‘\" ; ‘"‘i,a;:'i;;;;,;-i:aif;‘z":j’ig@ﬁiﬁ.;:\ moris Kaufman,

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