The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 4, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 May 1876 — Page 2

Na 4 oA The Aational Banney Sy s : s e . B.STOLL., Editor and Proprietor. - ‘LIGONIER, IND, MA_.Y. 18, 1876 | DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. oey Govednor: -i - : = JFAMES D. WILLIAMS, of Knox. 7 For Lieut. G;ovcmor:, : X \ © “ISXAC P.GRAY, of Randolph. For Judges of the Supreme Court: - ' Ist Dist.—S. H. BUSKIRK, of Monroe, od Dist.—A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio. . 8d Dist.- J. PETTIT, of Tippecanoe. /4th Dist: J: L. WORDEN, of Wells. i . Yor Secretary of State: JOIIN E. NEFE, of Randolph. .' L For Auditor of State: : : ' EB. HENDERSON, of Morgan. 1 : £ For Trcasurér.of State: e BENJAMIN C. SHAW, of Marion. : For Attorney General: iy - ; C. X. BUSKIRK, of Monroe. * = For Sl}peurin_tendent of Pnblié—Jpslruptioné i JAMES H. SMART. of Allen, * . For Clerkiof the Supreme Court: ¢ GABRIEL SCHMUCK, of Perry. ’ " For Reportér of il}e Suoreme Court; ; - AUGUSTUS N. MARTIN, of Allen. e Wrrriax I BARNUM was, on Tuesday, elected -Wnited States Senator from Connecticut to fill the tinexpired term of the late Senator Ferry, : Tue field of politics is to be’ left “barren of Mosby. The famous guerilla intends to get an honest living bereaftér if he is not;too much crowded by circumstances. o

Tue President has anthorized the original Declaration of Independence to be taken from Washington to Philadelphia for exhibition during the time of tlie exposition.”” | . =

Tk Western Methodist ook concern, according to the statement made ta . tho ‘DML-'W'——*; o'-wrptm-cnuw_lnj session, is ‘practfcallyvi-nisolvent. Its liabilities are $40,000 in excess of its available assefs, i P 2

}j Tne Democrats of Ohio met in State » Conyention at_ Cincinnati’ yesterday, ~and a big fight was had over the seléction of delegates to the: N af:ior_ml Convention, at St. Louis, between the ~ friends of Senator Thurman and his Unele, 13ill Allen.” o e o

Trne much-heralded National Independent Greenback Convention for the nomination of a Presidential ti}éket is now in session at Indianapolis. ~About two hundred .delegates from various States of the Union are in attendance. The nominatiens. for President and Vice President will probably be made to-day. Ben Butler and Old Bill Allen are most prom'inen_t.ly named for the first position on the ticket.© .

//TuE MODE in which the ‘warfare on Chinese cheap labor has been opened in California is not calculatéd to enlist' much' sympathy for the. cause.

Meetings were held in San Francisco recently: in whieh resolutions- were passed recommending the destruction of the Chinese quarters in that city unless the government shall take immediate steps to abate immigration. ‘lncendiary ‘speeches were made in which the barbarqus proposition was advocated. ~ 4. ..

- WE REGRET to see in'several of our demoératic exchanges'a regular perversion of Mr. Orth’s name, thus: “Godless” (instead of Godlove) Orth. Whetlier this is inten?ed for witicism, malice, or sometlgirig. else, we are-of course unable* to determine. But whatever it may be intended for, TiiE BANNER has no hesitancy in saying that such perversion ought to be beneath the dignity of every respeptable journalist. No votes can be made by resorting to such warfare.

.. For the purpose of filling the va- " cancies created by the withdrawal of Frank Landérs and others, from the . Independent State ticket; the State - Executive Comthittee of that distress“ed party met at Indianapolis on Tuesday and filled vacancies on the State tieket as follows: Governor, A. Wolcott; Lieutenant Governor, Richard

Gregg, of Dearborn county; Auditor of State, Uriah Coulson, of Sullivan , county, vice Btindy, resigned; Judge

of the Supreme Court, Tl_iird District,

" W. A. Peele, of Wayne county,’ vice { Lindsay, resigned. “Now, sail in, ye " worshipers of the rag baby, and see . how many votes can be thrown away ~ for a hopeless cause. =~

- THE TEXAS PACIFIC RATLROAD bill - .introduced by Mr. Thurman extends . the time for the completion of the road under existing laws eight Fears, provided that the company shall finish 111 miles of road during the first year, and -'t;hat during evefy succeed- . ing year it shall complete at least 50 miles of the road on the eastern end and 20 miles on the western end, be- . ginning the latter'at San Diego, California. |.On this conditiom the bill - proposesto revive the land grant already made to the road, but it does. ¢ not guarantee the interest on the. - bonds of the company or extend any } " other aid not already guaranteed. The bill also contains a clause to protect ‘the rights of lome-stead settlers on ; publi¢ lands which, may De covered b‘y | the railroad grant. - : - S

TuAT “solid Morton delegation from Arkansas,” the Ohio Liberal remarks, is a fragrgmt crowd. Thg leading - names are }Clayton, Dorsey, Brooks . and ﬂ‘Poker'—Ja_ck” McClure. They - fought each other for years, and then formed a compact for a united raid -against the State. When Brooks was running for Governor he declared ~ that if he was elected he would “put - 80 many of the Dorsey, Clayton and McClure gang in the penitentiary that their legs would sfick out through the cracks.” When Brooks was défeated McClure remarked with unblush- ~ ing impudence that it had been done by the “usual republican’ appliances,” - & political phrase for false counting. “When they had counted Brooks out andcounted Buxter in, they found Shay cuught & Tistar, and startd the famous Brdoks-Baxter ar, having their legs out of the Penitentiary

~ - LIBERALS IN COUNCIL. - - An important political gathering took place in the ¢ity of New York on Monday and Tuesday of this week. According to previous notice'quite a large number of prominent Liberals and Reformers assembled for the purpose of agreeing Vuﬁon some programme: for their guidance in the greati presidential contest ‘of 1876. Most of the States were represented. Among the most noted individuals present - were Carl;'Schurz,;HQrace White, William C. Bryant, Prof. T. D. Woolsey, ex-Gov. Bullock of Massachusetts, Charles Francis Adams, jr., Congressman Seelye, ex-Senator Lafayette S.Foster of Connecticut, exGov. Cox,. of Ohio, Cyrus W. Field, Robert Collyer, James,S. Rollins, and others of more or less national prominence. = ! i r

. Tuesday’s deliberations were éspecially interesting and important. Carl Schurz, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported an address’ to the people of'the United States, which document was attentively listened to and its many strong points’ warmly a{f»pla,uded._ As; eould not qther‘wise be expected, the address is an exceedingly able and .fgorgible- political document, It starts out with. ' a patriotic reference to the centennial epoch in politics—what the Republie once was, what it was intended to be, and what it now is. © It asserts then’ that the people are sound anQ strong at-the core; that national obligations must be- fulfilled and the cu‘rs'é of an irredeemable paper ‘currency removed; that the time has'come when it is a question’ of life and death; that a corrupt monarch may live by the rule of force, but a corrupt republic carnot endure; that the will of the _peo-' ple has been subj ugat?éd‘t‘o the ends of politieal mercenaries througi the cultivation of a tyranunical party spirit, The keen words, the telegraphic account 'informs us, which were used to point out the men whom the Reformers would not support for the Presidency awakened proloncad.—prpleust e BITOUTS orapprobation, "x”’l‘he hope } exptessgd thflt “the Reformers would not'be obliged by the two old parties " to start a third and independent movement. was received with evident satisfaction. The unanimous adoption of the address followed as a_nfat.ter of -course.: In the alfSClxssiozi that followed Carl Schurz said 'that the width and breadth of the movement did not | depend entirely upon the names appended to the address. The virtue of l the cause was in the cause itself.

impression on the-Conference. Ile wanted an ‘honest Government ' and honest money.. He had come to tell the republican party that, if it deSiljed the support of* the Independents, it could get'that support by the nomination of Secretary Bristow. If the Republicans passed by . Bristow, _Mi‘. Adams said he would act with the democratic party if it nominated Tilden;. if these alternatives failed, he i}voulda-mll‘,vQcate an..independent re-

form tickét,";,vhich at least would give them the satisfaction of a consciencevote. T .

Speeches were delivered Ly se\"_eral others, but we-haveé neither space nor time ‘to give them: even a passing notice. We ean but express thehope that good! may. result -from this conference- of earnest and able representatives of the indenendent voters.

: © CONNECTICUT’S DISGRASE. ) The most disgraceful thing we have known a democratic LegiSlature to do for many, y-eurs' is the aetion of the demoecratic- members of the Connecticut Legislature. in nominating Congressman W. 11. Barnum for the U. S. Senate over so geod and true a man _é;s the present temporary occup’émt ofthat position, James E. English. Barnum is net only a monopolist-of the most pronounced character, but also an unscrupulous corruptionist. He has gi*dssly _neglec:ted'his ‘congressional duties ever since he became a mem-. ber of the House, and had no claims whatever upon the Senatorship. Tis qualifidations are of a very inferior order, but his money-making proelivities are immense. - ‘There is.no doubt at all but that he literally bought his ‘nomination for the Senatorship. Better things were expected of the’ Connecticut Dewmocracy. "English is a statesman of distinguished, ability, and would have made a record -of which every Democrat coyld well feel proud. His rejection by the caucus, after receiving the appointmient from Gov. Ingersoll, is a grogs insult to a g/oodt and faithfut public servant, such as Mr. English ha§,ever proved himself in official life. We are not at all surprised that the indignant Democrats of Connecticut loudly and bitterly denounce the perfidy of the one hundred legislators who nomiiiated Barnum over English. And-it-is not to be wondered that they are seeking to nentralize the damadging effect of this bargairi and sale’ by inaugurating a movement for the nomination of Senator English for the Presidency of the United States. The proper thing for them to do, however, would be to inaugurate 'a. bolt -in the Legislature and thus annul the disgraceful act of a venal and corrupt caucus. e

ASSURANCE has been given by Dr Lindérman, director of the. mint, that there need be no apprehension of a scarcity of silver coin,as there has been issileh_ $1,500,000 under the substitution provision .of the statute, while the treasury department has’on hand about $14,000,000, and the mint coinage will supply from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 a month. With the passage of additional enactments mnow pending. in Congress looking to the exchange of legal tender notes for silver, the whole silver reserve may be made available. _Another plan for preventing a dearth of small change is also pending looking te the issue of about $10,000,000 more of small notes,

" HEe has a brother or two which has led to 21l the confusion about Blaine, As often as Blaine may be investigated it'will turn out that one or another of his wicked brothiers is in the bond business. Blaine’s wicked brothers are more trouble to him than are the wicked partnerS of a famous editor out west, = The brothers can stand it,

THE CENTENNIAL FOURTH. Preparations for & Grand Celebra- | o a o tion ab AIbIoR, e - Pursuant toan adjgurned meeting, the citizens of Albion met at the | eourt house on Friday evening, May 12th, 1876, to receivé the report of the committee appointed to make arrangements for the proper celebration of the 4th of July, 1876. e ' The chairman being absent, on motion,. Thos. M. Eells was appointed chairman pro. fem. St The "report %f ‘the committee, of | ‘which the following isa copy, was’ then read, and, on motion, was unanimously accepted: = - L ' President of the Day—William M. Clapp, of Albion. T - Vice Prestdents—George -T. Ulmer, of Washington township; Leander 8.. -Eagles, Sparta; Harrison Woeod, Perry; Isaac Tibbott, Elkhart; John Bowman, York; John Young, Nobie; | H. C. Stanley, Green; F. A. Black, Jefferson; Henry F. Dyer, Orange; Stephen Wildman, Wayne; E. B. \Spencel, Allen; Samuel Bmughton,‘ Swan. sl e ] i Reader—Samuel E. Alvord. : Chaplain—C. H. Blanchard. - Orator—Nelson Prentiss: Marshal—Thomas M. Eells. ; Commnittee of Arrangements— W. Y. Leonard, S.W. Lemon, Owen Black, Geo. W. Roof, Thos. A. Starr and N. P. Baglesor =i -7 [ B e * %Lk ¥ g * - In the selection of the officers of \ the day, the committee took paims to select them from the oldest settlers of the county, as the celebration will be a centennial one. ; ' 'On-motion of Mr. Saltzgaber, it was decided to present a prize banner to | the township having the largest dele--1 gation on the Fourth. .~ i - ‘Mr. Prentiss stated thay he had | conversed with a number of the vicepresidents, and-he found that they ] were ready and willing to do all in [‘their power to aid in making the cel- | ebration a suceess. They also promised large delegations from their respective townships. He said that Albion had never made 4 failsro-of celehratibs -the glorious Fourth, and he did not know. of any reason—if every man would “put his shoulder to the wheel”—why the coming centennial Fourth should not be celebrated | ou a grander scale than the citizens of 'Albion have ever befove celebrated | the, national holiday. : On motion, the Secretary was instructed to prepare a report of “the proceedings of the nmeting_iand furnish each of the county papers a copy, with a request to publish. : | T M. EELLS, C/’'m pro. tem} ‘ Tros. A. STARR, Secretary. ;

- THE ADVOCATES of land ‘reform will find a fruitful text for the propa‘gation of their doctrines \in the last Domes-day Book, .whieh has 'lgxtely ‘been issued. It appears from the sta‘tistics that one hundred men own 1n the aggregate 3,852,000 acres, or somejth‘ing ‘more than one-tenth of the whole area of England and Wales. In a population of twenty- millions of ‘people in TEngland and Wales considerable léss than one milliontare house owners, and of this number seven hundred thousand own small lots of less than one acre each. ‘The rental of lands in eleven counties ranges frém one pound eight shillings to two pounds an acre per Year, though in some of tlie other courties it is less. In England one person in every twenty is a land owrer ‘and one in every twenty-five inScotland. ILand reform in England, however desirable it ‘may be, is impracticable under the present laws of primogeniture. Itijis an impossibility under the law which makes the oldest son the successor of estates and dignities. The facts, though,: which are brought out by such a showing as England mrakes, are of the highest importance here. Those facts should indicate how our public domain should be used. They should warn our Senators ‘and Congressmen against the dangers of land monopolies. L : 4

-Ligonierds a wide-awake, gocd bu-. siness town. There is but one newspaper in the place, and that is THg NATIONAL BANNER, edited and published by J. B. Stell. We referred to the last election in that town where Baker ran’ ahead of the democratic ticket. And it now appears that so much dissatisfaction exists there with the democrati¢ managers, that at the late corporation election, the old officei's, including Ji B. Stoll, have been completely scooped out. \What can the matter be ?—Goshen Democral.

-~ “What can the matter be?” Simply this, you blasted old idiot, that you are trying to foree ‘a point without anything to base it upon. - Fi)r your enlightenment we¢ will say thiat politics was) not onée mentioned at our recent electiong: that among all the fools that eould possibly be raked together here not one would connect the vote cast for Mr. Baker with the result of May Ist; that there has never been any “democrat.-ié management” of municipal'affairs in this town; that there were but three Democrats on the “completely scooped” ticket; thiat the “old officers” were “scooped” because they favored the erection of a graded school house, and were known to favor publl=c improvements, and becauge they had incurred the combined hostility of the saloonists, the whiskyites, the Seventh Day Adventists, the antimasonic fanaties, the chronic grumblérs, the dead beats,; the bummers, &e. That’s what'’s the matter.

The corporation election in ILigonier resulted in the defeat of the old board, and the election of a new set of men. Among the defeated candi; dates for councilmanic honors is Bro. Stoll, of THE BANNER, who has so -worthily and ably served his town for years as trustee. e was an “improvement” man, and that’s what hurt.— Columbia City Post. _ o ~ Yes, that’s what hurt. It’s an un.pardonable offense in the estimation of some people to favor the building of school houses and the improvement of town and country. Still, we would rather be defeated a thousand times than be classed among the mossbacks and fogies who stand in the way of everything that is caleulated to henefit the community, = :

‘'THE SECRET SERVICE FORCE im ‘Washington is fot the protection of officials instead of {lre detection of crime against the government. The unanimous voice of the public is that the infamous machinery should be abolisbed. With Grant, Babeock, ‘Whitley, Harrington and Bell the secret service has-been brought into irs retrievable disgrace, -

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. e ;VVA‘BIIS‘:;;: D. C.., k'{z‘i:y 15, 1875. 3 - THE GRBEAT UNENOWN, |

to whom Mr. Blaine has so frequently | referred as the' man who will be sud- | denly sprung upon the Cincinnati Convention by the Grant clique, is | now known to be Mr. Washburne, of Illinots, now Minister to Paris. Grant owes his advancement in -life to Washburne, and is determined to secure him .the nomination if possible. It was ‘Washburne’s wish that his name should not be mentioned too early af a candidate. He is very unpopular with his party. and .he‘kum\;s it, and was therefore afraid to give his legions of énemies time to kill him off by showing his absolute unfit--ness forthe Chief Magistracy. Grant ilﬂ; the cat out of the bag the other day, however, while “in Lis cupg” and stated that all his’intluence in the Cincinnati. Convention will be used for his early and steadfast patron. But the President forgets that his influence, even with.the rapscallions of the republican party, has béen steadih and -rapi]y on the wane, ever since it has been regztrded -as a fixed fact that he has not the ghost of a chance of being re-nominated. Thefe are ! dozens of men in the republican party who will have more .-pérsonul influence on the delegates to Cincinnafi than U. 8. Grant; and it'is more thmi probable that. the convention, scared by the .earnesinéss and evident -pur~ pose. of- thé distinguished leaders of the “Liberals” and*Reform lg‘épubli- - cans” will throw overboard all theold party hacks, and take up such a man l"‘é (+. W. Curtis or Ge0..1. Hoar.- The friends of the several . t

'~ DEMOCRATIC ASPIRANTS ) -are all apparently hopéfql. Those o! Mr. Bayard are especially enthusiastic, and make up in zeal and hard work for |their lack of numerical st:ren-gth. But the number of his friends js g!'o‘v.ring" larger ‘week by week—l sho'd rather say 7 s political supporters, because all: who know the able and courteous Senator are his friends. The friends' of My, Justice Davis, of the Supreme Court, are ‘working actively for that (listixlg§lisl'le(l ‘gentleman, under. the direction ot Mr. John D. Defrees, an honest man, an able wirepuller, and a personal rather.than a politieal friend of Mr. Davis. The admirers .of Mr. Ilendricks, it is unnecessary -to ézi;*, are working vigorously for him, and are determined to ‘do their best to'secure his nomination. The southern members ‘of Congress, however, appear to be all Tilden Jmen, and the friends of the other candidates do not hesitate to say that there Is 2 growing feeling that his nomination may come to be considered a party necessity, by the time the St. Louis convention meets. It doeslook that, way now. . Itis difiicult fo see how we can elect a President wi»thﬂoﬁt the aid of New York. = Again, if the Republicans throw' overboard their hacks, and' select some man of irreproachable character, and with a good reform record, which it is quite likely they will do; the Democrats must put forward a man who has distinguished himself as a reformer and a praetical public economist. 4 ;

GRANT'S CHOICE FOR. THE PREST it o DENCY, 2 LT

A confidential friend of Pyesideﬁt Grant, vo-day, after inflating to the extent of half a dozen glasses of lager, said: “De youknow whois going to be nominated at Cincinnati?” The immediate answer f’r'__om neau'ly'_a dozen persons present was “Blaine.” “No, sir,” was the reply. “Well, then,” said several of his auditors, “Conkling, or Hayes?” . “Not right yet,” said the President’s friend; “you will have to 20 lower down i}i the alphabet. ‘The name of the man'who will get the nomination begins with'a ‘W, which his name is Washburne, the present Minister to France.” An incredulous laugh greeted this assertion. “I am willing to' bet $l,OOO against $lOO that Washburne is nominated.” _“But why do you think sb ?” _queried some one, “Why do I think so!” was theresponse; “because the ‘old man’ wants'; him nominated. You know: as well as I do that Washburne made Gen. Grant, and you also know that Grant never deserts hisf‘ friends.” . “But how about Conkling ?” was the next query. - “It is reported that he is Grant’s favorite| and that Grant is using his influence in Conkling’s behalt.” “0, that is all gammon,” said the Pn’ésidgn’b friend; “the President may seein to favor the nomination of Conkling, but is really doing all he can to sec¢ure.the selection of his friend Wasliburne. Mark my words! Either Washburne or Hayes will receive the nomination at Cincinnati. An arrangement is already made by which Conkling is to throw, the vote of New York for Washburne, in case he sees no chance of his own nomination., Dlaine will of course lead off on the first few ballots, but a comprofnisg candid'age tvill finally be selected, and his name is Washburne.” : o

I incline to think there may be-.a good deal of truth in all this. It is fav from certain that the republican candidate who leads on the first few ballets _will be the successful one, as the hisiory of nominating conventions show. Seward distanced Lincoln by a respectable majority on the second and third ballots in'the| Republican Convention ;of 1860; and yet Lincoln was finally ¢chosen. ~The race is not always to the swift, nor the:battle te the strong; and consequently Blaine must not be too sure of his nomination at Cincinnati. As for Conkling, ' he stands no earthly show of the nomination. It is barely possible that- he may . secure ‘a complimentary vote from the delegates from his owrState; but even that is by no means certain. As, for ‘his being the ehoice of the President, the idea is simpdy ridiculous.. Conkling is "(:.oxlfQS'sedly an able man; but hels excessively egotistical and arrogant in his manner, and is the very last man in the world for a man of Grant’s calibre to “tie to.” Fellows like Rufe Ingalls, Phil Sheridan, and Robeson are more to Grant’s liking; and although he may seem to be on friendly terms with the hightoned New York Senator, there can be no doubt he would prefer that some one else should be nominated at Cincinnati. But be this as it may, Grant’s ceedingly limited.. As a candidate, he

has dropped out of sight altogether; and, in the sunset of his power, is almost desertéd by those who, a year sinee, were proud to be counted among his friends and defenders.: ol

THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION was first suggested in 1869, and the proposition was received with general favor from the start. During that year delegations from several States went to Philadelphia to confer withthe centennialcommittee which had already been appointed by the city councils. The movement'took form when Cougress in Mareh, IS7l,l;assed alaw providing for an international exhibitior, the appaintment of a Centennial commission, (jte. " Theinternational feature of the exhibition was epposed by many members of Congress, and by none mote earnestly than Senator Sumner, whiurged that the exhibition should be distisctively American, as its main objsct was the celebration of a great natiogal anniversary in which the monarchidd governments of Europe had nosympathy and should have no part. Tle last speech of his public life, delivered iy the United States Senate, wasan eaniicst'protest againgt this feature of the bill. In 1872, Congress created DLy law a Centennial Board of Finance, with authority to raise subscriptions to the amount of $10,000,000, in shires of not more than $lO each, for the purpose of ereé¢ting suitable - byildings. ,Pennsj’lv)ania, through hergegislatude. contributed $1,000,000, gnd the city of Philadelphia $500,000. Sinicé then, liberal contribubutions froms many of the Northern and ‘Western States have been 'made in aid of the froject, and the present Congress applopriated $1,500,000 for | the same purpose.

NOBLESYILLE NARRATIVES

1t is sonie tihe since I have written anything frow this burg; and now 1 sappose a few items will noticome amiss: e :

" There has been but little corn plantedvin this neighborhood as yet, but if the weather centinues favorable there will be considerable planted during the cofming weelk, as a number of our farmérs areabout ready to commence planting. = | i , Mr. Editor,l notice in the last issue of TiE BANSER that you sdy there are a numbel of @nruly boys in the neighborhood of ‘é\"olf Lake, and that the citizens invoked the aid of the Sparta Rggulators. What for? I suppose to ¢ome and arrest a poor boy, and with threats of violence upon his person if he would not tell who the perpetrators of those sundry acts were. And I suppose thé boy had to tell something to clear himself. -~ Consequently he was taken before Tsquire Matthews and his affidavit taken. Now this same boy says that all he swore to before the Justice is false; that he was scared intp it. Now, Mr. Editor, I do not wish to screen anybody who indulges in ‘any ‘meanness, but I do think we have men that are as capable of haudling the laws in this township as-anywhere elAse,_and take daylight for it at that.” I think, from what I can learn, that the action of the Regulators does not meet with the hearty approval of a goodly number of the citizéns of Wolf Lake. =

As yet e have no. school’in this district. A ‘teachér, one who hus}ya certificate, can find employment here. Health is generally good in ‘this vicinity at present. o There'is a great prospect for apples, cherries and peaches in this locality, but as for “tater” bugs, we cannot say yet whether we are to havea full erop ornet:. o 0 i ’

Our assessor, John P. Kitt, is busy looking up the “dorgs.” = = Some of our citizens are talking of visiting the centennial exhibition. ' - We have two M. Ds. in our little place at present. . - - William Geiger has again resumed his old stand andi is selling goods as cheap as dirt. NEw LEAF. | . ‘May 13th, 18%76. ¢ ; ‘

' Letter from Colorado. » . SARINDA, CoL., May 6,76. To the Editor of The National Banner: < Not having written anything ';for, your valuable paper for some time, we came to the conclusion that a few items from this place would probably be interesting to sorhe of the many readers of THE BANNER. =/ = We still enjoy good health and like the country better than when we first came here. Hmigration froem the South is still strong to this part of the country! This has been a very favorable spring and the prairie is green and beautiful. . Planting, as a general thing, is about all ‘done in this part of the country. There are no grasshoppers heére yet and good crops are expected. = There are no Indians in the country now as we know of.

As regards the Black Hil¥ we think it a humbug. DBut settlers here are not opposed to emigration to that section, as we hope it will bring the red skins ouf of there and make this place more safe. i ;

We had no rain for several months, until within ajweek, since which time we have had a few showers, and it is raining at present. el We now- have a mail route established fromy Julesburg, California, to South Platte, Col. This gives us our mails'direct from the East.. = '

‘Our trading point, at.present ig Sidney, which is about forty miles from here. This gives us a good market now, on account of the Black Hills enmligration. - A.EiTROYER.

The Blaine -investigation, based on ‘the statement of Mr. Harrison, of this city, relative to the possession by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of certain bonds of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company, began’ yesterday before a sub-committee. of the House Judiciary Committee.— Messrs, Harrison, Millard, Rollins, Wilson, Scott, and others were examined. The evidence of Colonel Scott seems to very fully establish Mr, Blaine’s innocence of any connéction with these bonds. At %he same time the testimony of Millard and Rollins fully coroborates Mr. Harrison in all the statements he has. givén to the publie, Rolling admitting that he told. Harrison Blaine was implicated.—Indianapolis Journal, May 16th.

The Methodist Conference Committee on the Cincinnati Book Concern have made a statement to the effect that the exhibits, when compared with former gquidrienniums, show that at' no period in its history were the assets and net capital as great as at present, and that the statement that the Western Book Concern is practically inselvent, and is in an unsound, dangerous and bankrupt condition, is both unfust and untrue, i o

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~ Fayette county has abandoned its Agriomitaral Fatp, . = o ~ The Washington Gazette says.that a week ago last. Saturday a young girl named Mattingly - was arrested in Veale township, Daviess county, on a charge of attempting to poison a family “nmamed- Hill by putting blue vitriol in- the bread. She says a woman in the neighborhood bribed her to do it hy promising her a new dress. The fifm of . Mille¥ Bros., of Evansville, 'sent out a few days ago over fifty reund trip tickets, good for two days, with théir compliments, to ladies ‘of Princeton and other towns along the BE. & C. R’y beyond.! This novel method of drumming eustomers was eminently successful. They all® went down and made large purchases aof the firm. i o There have -been some radical changes in the last century. A hundred years ago they kissed a lady’s hand; now you kiss her lips —that is if you'happen to be behind fthe wood pile and nobody is looking, Tand don’t want to disappoint her., It may take 200 years to get from"%er hand to her mouth, but we uever felt that the time was misspent. i They have a beautiful lot of fathers in Logansport. lLast week William Sessler drove hig daughter mad by inhuman treatment, and on Sunday William Hurst, who is a : chronic wife-beater, turned his attention to his daughter and almost bit a finger off her hand in a frenzy of rage. He was fined five dollars by a considerate justice of .the peace. :

A married man, named Davis, who had Been employed in Thomas’ flouring mill at Goshen until Saturday, 6th, eloped with the wife of George Staley, who resides in Wakarusa; Monday. Theicouple took the train in the afternoon, bound for Chicagtg, where Davis formerly resided. The elopement creates 'intense excitement at Wakarusa. Mr. Staley left a note explaintngall. & = 1 o S

_There is to be a ministerial ihvestigagion in this place before long,and it is thought that somebody ‘will sgueal about the time these gentlemen get fairly at their work. This thing of slandering ministers by a contemptible system of inuendo is becoming entirely too common, and it is high time that it’ was stopped and the malicious tongue. of the low scavenger and filthy representative of the cess-pool of moral depravity was silenced.— Connersville Examiner. = Foliie

The Brookville Democrat says: “AWolt ereek farmer brought to town the other day a load of wood which contained the following kind of wood. Here is his ‘report: Red elm, white elm, shell hickory, white hickory, pin: oak, black oak, white oak, blackberry, blue ash, gray ash, black walnut, iron; wood and sugar wood. Here are thirteen varieties taken from the same pile and ‘thrown into the wagon without any thought of selection. It was all cut from the same land and within a small compass. :

Tnr ciry of Chicago has paid pretty dearly for the felly of putting irresponsible {xﬁen in important local offices. Von Tlollen, the city collector ‘who has recently absconded with about $lOO,OOO was, says the Z'ribune, “a representative of the bummer class of politicians.” THe had never been il business for himself, had no social position nor reputable ‘connections; C%f any kind, was dissipated, and was iif all respects’ an unsafe man. Yet he was ‘suddenly picked up from the slums of local politics and’ placed in oﬂie@ where he had the handling of millions of d¢llars annually, and which should have' been filled by a man of.the most approved character and integri: ty. As might have heen expected he yielded -to-temptation, jand watching his opportunity to make a big haul has got away with a hundred thousand dollars of-the people’s money.—lndian‘apolis Journal. L e

With all the bitter experience whicl’ the people of towns and’ cities have had, in the particulars touched upon by the ~‘fomrnal, one would naturally supgosef that some sort of comnion sense rule would be adopted to render the election of bummers to oflices of public trust impossible. Beside the disgrace which attaches to the ‘elevation of scalawags and bummers .to such positions, the pepple althost inva.riabl'y suffer in a pecuniary, way as the Chicago case clearly demonstrates. But so long as men can be found who will vote for the class of 'in_é]ivid_uals here poi'trayed, simply to avenge fancied grievances, or to bask in the sunshine of the rabble, local government must necessarily fall in bad hands and become corrupted. =

—-1 t is the Goshen Z'imes shat places on record this ever sqason_ab]e item: “There is probably no’ animal in this country that gets the abuse and ill usage of the noble, intelligent Horse. Men will let them stand hitched from morning untitln;lg‘ht without feed or a drink of water, ratm or shine, sleet or cold, without even blanketing. Others never half feed tl}em, and will put on a heavy load, and beat the poor animals nearly to death for not drawing it. We have withessed some outrBgeous brutality toward horses, lateIy, and if it i§ continued we shall ‘endeavor te see that the law is enforced towards ‘the cowardly and inhuman owners.” ' i i .

. To*a looker-oh in Venice” there is amusement in the discussion now going on between the Goshen Democrat and:the Albion New Hra, in regard to the rules of order .of {the House of ‘Representatives. We mildly suggest that they are both a little out in their ‘reckoning. Murray declares that the suspension of the rules requires a two-thirds vote, which is true, but.-he insists that then the measure in question is to be votéd on, and may be passed on, and may be passed by a lean miajority, and Prickett insists that it would require a two-thirds vote -to pass thé measure. But the rule is, that the one vote only is taken. The question is, “Will the House suspend the rules and pass the resolusion?” llf two-thirds vote in the affirmative, it is passed; if not, it is lost.—LaPorte Chronicle. o i

Tue DEMOCRATS of Connecticut have donefthemselves no honor in _electing Wm. H. Barnum to the United States Senate over ex-Gov. English. Barnum is a man of wealth, and has ' been a'congressman for several years, during which time he has been absent from his seat oftener than any other .member, His reputation is that of a do nothing, and .chronic absentee. Ex« Gov. KEnglish,on.the contrary; is a man of brains, ability and scholar;ship, and ought to have been kept in the Senate, —Ft. Wayne Sentinel. o ! TN e B—— X - HoUsEKEEPERS—There is no adulteration in Best Chemical Saleratus made by DeLand & Co. It is absolutely pure, hence is much cheaper and better for cooking purposes than Bak. ing Powder and most brands of Sale- | ratus. Try it and be convinced yourSRR ey R «»—M*-————» e e - Passengers purchasing tickets to | the Centennial, via. Lake Shore and | Michigan Southern Railroad can have the privilege of a ride from Albany to | New York on the Hudson :tiyv”arw

. GENERAL ITEMS." « '« The “school board of Chicago has passed a resolution asking the young lady pupils of thé” High School te dress in as simple a style as possible for the public exhibition on graduating day. e el Sl A prize fight has been arranged to take place soon at Cincinnati.® It is very strange that a civilized community will permit themselves to be disgraced by such a scene, and still stranger that they will allow their shame to be published to the:world. are A party of young men were giv;ing a charivari to a newly married man named Dahlgreen, last Saturday night at Mt. Vernon, 111, when Dahlgreen ‘became enraged and fired at'the érowd through a window and killed Willis Lawry and wounded twe others.

A :disas-trous fire broke out at Rock Island, Illinois, at a late hour Friday niglht,- from the center of the double store on Illinois street; occupied by L. S. Gates & Co., dry goods. ' Thé loss: of the building was complete, of the stock about one-fourth was saved. Total loss, $70,000; insurahce, $60,000 . The Treasury Department is about to.put/in circulation $3,000,000 df silvet coin which it has accumulated outside of the regular mint production. This can be issued without regard to. the recent act of Congress, and will tend to relieve to some extent the great pressure for small change. : J ] -

The Keeley motor has again-come to the front. Keeley claims that he has entirely completed his wonderful dnvention, and that it will shortly be exhibited at the centennial.. He says that a machine capable ofibearing a ,pressure of 35,000 pounds to the square inch has been secured. Themachine is eight feet high and three feet wide, - An Ottowa, (Can.,) dispatch states ‘that the freshet there -continues. A .boom broke Friday night, letting out over 100,000 logs. Two hundred men ‘were at work at Aylmer Saturday endeavoring to construct a boom 1o ‘cateh logs before they passed on the boom gelow. “Should the latter break the dathage that must follow ean not be estimated. . .. . Wl i

'Already complaints begin to bhe heard of extorfionate prices at Philadelphia. T'be most outrageous figures, have been charged in some instances for very ordinary .accommodations;’ and some of the caterers within thé grounds are perpetrating downright robbery. The managers should see to. this immediately, or the success of the Exposition may bé very setiously: affected. - . 3 ‘ I

The condition of the ex-Empress: Carlotta is very sad; Her physical health is good, but the unfortunate la-. dy can‘no longer recognize her nearest | relations, and the visit of anyone who i 3 not one of her regular attendants, irritates her beyond expression, She has occasionally lueid intervals, but theyézu‘e of very brief duration, and at sulch stimes she only occupies herself. in domestic pursuits. . i it

The Mexican revolt under Diaz does not appear to be making much headway. The government is slowly gathering a force that will probably crush insurrection right speedily. If it does not, the revolt will.‘probably spread and assume fmore formidable proportions.. . Everything depends on promptitude. A little success on the, part of the insurgents will embolden: thousands to join them merely from -motives of plunder and forced loans, “which is but another name for robbery. . At thé rate negroes are dropping off in tlie South, either through their own lawlessness, or the destruction of election riots, there won’t be many left at the next decade.. Word came up.from ‘the South of a row between negroes and the whites at Liaurel Hill, Wes# Teliciana Parish, near the Mississippi line, on Friday night of lagt ‘week. About " thirty negroes went to the’ - store of a white man in that'vicinity, calléed him to the door and riddled him with bullets. A posse of Bayou Sara -went out Saturday for the body. The negroes would not give it'up.. ‘A fight ensued and three negroes were killed. Two white men are missing. ‘The negroes are gathered. Eleven ‘hundred are said to be under arms. ' The whites are going down from the ‘neighboring counties in Mississippi. | A serious:fight'is expected. - ¢|, .

The Célebrated Tmported ~ Draught Horse, kf =QbA ARI “SCOTSMANY

can be seen at the stable of C. Palmiter, Ligonier. lorsemen:ave invited to call and see’ this magnificent animal. ! ey P

- PEDIGRER, 51y 4 - Scotsman is a bright bay, with strip in the face, and six years old; was ' bred by Mr. Ray, of Hazelfield, Castle | Douglas, Scotland. o ' His sire is Mr. Mure's “Champion of Loehfergus,” One of “ Champion’s ? colts was imported to: Australia, and thence to New Zealand,.at very high figures.” “Champion” was got-%)y the famous horse “Glancer,” the property. of the late Robert ‘Anderson,|Esq., of Dunmore. “Glancer” was sire to ' Vietor,”: “* Blacklock * Prince’ Charles,” and many other valuable horses. Rl s o | “Scotsman’s” dam ' was. Mr.| Ray’s celebrated pure bred Clydesdale mare, which has been. so successful in ‘the prize ring at all the local and open shows to numerous too mention,and is considered one of ‘the best brood mares in Scotland, o " “Scotsman,” when two years| old, gained third prize at Pertly Highland society show; when three yearsold, the €6O prize at Falkirk when, fou years old, the higher prize of £Bo;'and when ffive years old, the Northumpberland premiuin-of €lOO. He has also gained several valuable prizes since: his arrival in this country in competition with twenty-five and upwards of other imported horses. eis of one of the best prize-taking families *of Europe. | - i : i “Scotsman” was purchased by me | of Peter “Crawford, of Drumgoyack, Strathblane, Scotland, and shipped on hoard the State line steamship State of Indiand, on Iriday, the 7th day of August, 1875, at tvile, port of Glasgow, | and landed at New York on the 18th of ‘the same month, and since sold: tb’ ‘C. Palmiter and others, of the Live: Stock Association- of Ligonier, Indiana, on the 10th of April; 1876. . = - I hereby certify that the above pedigree and statementof the above named horse, :‘s correct. | T.G.DUNCAN, i.Ne _ i . g Prairie Lands. “The Last Chance for Good: Agricultural Lands,. on Tex YrArs’ Crepit, at Six PEr CENT, Interest. | Don't run any risks, l:‘x’l:go to & country that has | been PROVED TO BE Goop:: Send your address by | POSTAL CARD to Land Com'r 8..& M. R, | R, BURLINGTON, 10WA, and receive SEEART S S T éna?lm D TRIP RATES, toJan. 1.187%

$1.200000 PROFIT ON $100! Made any day in Pais and Oalls. Investac_cording to your means. $10,%50 or $lOO in Sfoclk Peiviteges has brought a small fortune to the careful investor. -We advise: when and how toeperate safely. ;Book with fall information . . BENT FREE. “Addressiorders hhmuil or. telegraph to . : BAXTER & CO, Bank ers and Brkers, 17 Wall Stﬁ.;?. ' A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from " Wervous Debilitf', Premature 'Decnf'. and ail | the ‘effects of youshful indiscretion will, forthe sake of suffering hnmanlt{. send free to all who need it, therecipeand direction for m_nkh&g'-&he‘ simple remedy by which hé was cared, “Sufferers ‘wishing to profit. by the advertiser’s experfence ean dogo k B@dgesain yin Eerfecr. confidence, : _Jg&nf OGDEN, 42 Codar St., New York, 34-6m-Abbott-nctrm e o

b s jus feans ol O Uil eckerol. | - Groceries, ' ~ Provisions, -~ Wooden Ware, . L e ; }"' o »W’lliqllj‘he%is Offéi‘ill-g' at "‘ . : ' - Lowest Cash Prices. ~——~o~——§ oL : L ' L MY STOCREm . Hine (at and Plung "Tobacco * Ts the Targest ih Northern Tndiaha, and will be sold LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. : ‘_v'o‘, i " . i ; o o v‘*;'l‘:;Liii'l{Q'Ce{,yiﬁg one of the ‘la‘réest. Stocks of b Queens-Ware, Glass-Ware, - and Table Cutlery, Ever ljfj*dughf totln% c:ec’clonof the cm‘i,“nt-ry', to which I invite theb,‘e‘spéei_alfaﬁten-’tidp of the Ladies. Call ‘and see our Stock. - No Trouble to Show Geods. lI pay the- nghestCash : Pl4i¢e~ for all Kinds of Cqﬁpt’ry "Pro- ‘ _”.du_.clel', 'md vvsé,ll g'oocl's“vbelovs? competition. e L 'DﬁCKER- . ENGEL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. %mm LARGESTANDLEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN |" . NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. -, ‘We: are now receiving an immense stock of Men’s, Youths', el d D L Bogs anid Children’s e Furnishing Goods, Traveling Bags, Cloths, e A e, | Cassimeres and Vestings, |.. .And All Other Goods for =~ . ' 9 A ' 7Y XX MENS® AND BOYS' WEAR, { These goods have beén purchased from the manufacturers Lo b o 0 and importers direet, e ' And will be sold at prices lower than the same classés of goods haye sold for more than 20 years past. Do not buy a dollar’s worth of ‘goods for Boys’ and Men’s Wear before examining our stoék;argdﬁbuvrlplv'i'qés: el RS | T ' T FNGFL & CO.. mewpmUennckmuowng) . Fendallville, Ind. CApHil 20,1876,-10-87 2 ST e : e 8 o) |

FOl9 10, 12 and 15, Dolla,rs - BOSS GLOTHING HOUSE e e "“"—0"“" L b | ~ Elegant Dress Suits? | - Superior Quality of Goods! Tmmenso Assorbment of Boys’ Clothing ! Largest and Best, Stock of HATS and - CAFS thisside of the Alleghanies! LraeGt Bl il DR R e