The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 36, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 December 1876 — Page 2

- The Aatiowal Banner e =% ' g ‘ - - Sdaay o . & !:\’:“ -,:: .{{"‘:,\‘,,v Ty i .«.4‘-7“’“. s : :.4 ;}%Ll&'m;mranﬂl’mpﬂetar. 1 2 W | - - 13ONIER, IND, DEC. 28,1876 Te o - S COUNTY MEETING. No A B > 1u accerdance with the resolution "' .. pad by the Democratic State Cén-- " <3 Commmittee, the Democrats :of U Nede @..ﬁz;;:;, and all others who be- - 1. that the majority shall rule, will ... lin the Court-House.at Albion, o~ ‘*c:z_iunﬁ)",e\ December 30, 1876, . ¢ o'cock P. M, for the'l purpose of . ing delegates to a convention of " . .. people, to be held in the eity of : 1+ amapolis on-the Bth of next Janu- | ETE v ~ o | © . T. 41 there be a full attendance from- | 7iiue townships of ti:e county, that <l, voice 6f Noble county may be diso fiuetly heard in .its demand for. a ' {o.per recogmition ‘of the popular ¢ L constitutionally expressed at the O jeßetdex. | g 4 . | in behalf of the Democratic Central ; ;L.z?‘aalﬂé&‘, A gB. StoLL, C'L'n. | ] N 7 [ SPECIAL TRAIN, I . ‘ e -~ ALF FARE TO INCIANAPOLIS. e I E. Wadsworth, of the La- © [rote drgus, informs us that arrarngete=ents have been made for o Half Fare Frain to Indianapolis, to leave La- ' 't"arbe at 10 o'clock A. M., on the Tth of Famumary. Persons along the Lake s “Shore, B. & O and Pittsburg, Fort 7 =~ Warme & Chicago Railways, wishing . 1o participate in the inauguration cerI paionies and the Sth of January con- ~ hoation will find this an excellent - sarangement for, reaching the State - {apiol clieaply and conveniently. 2t. | "t e - e ———— ¢ - |. TmerE are indications that a deter--1 puined €ffort will be made tg secure . 4»» re-epactment of the PBaxter law i « Ihe invoming Legislature, with such readifications a 8 the experience’ of . iimes vears, ago would seem to. have © rendered pecessary in order.lo make © 7 NEw HaupsHlßE'S constitutional . esmvention has wisely” provided for. 12 ehanging ihe time of hiolding elections -~ "+ m March to November. .\ like .+ amze should be made in all other 7~ .t=s that have not yet fixed upon : I.+ first Tuesday after the first Mon--5 ¢ in November for holding general f’ ciians, lnﬁiana needs to meve in * girection, this winter. = - . . : i~ BB e~ : imE FITTEST WAY of closing ‘the - g eumigl year weould be a declaraT ITaby er:ez‘? good citizen” of the Re- . 3.3 that the voice of the people, : =titutionally expressed at the bal~ox, siall be respected in. dstori ning the presidential imbreglio.— " © ~iwould be an indication of unCE gfrizsg attachment to the' great . o imeiple of 'se'ff-gp\‘emment which .+ uid go far toward assuring doubt- ¢ suz minds of the perpetuit}“an’d safety ~« republican institutions. “=ENERAL SHELBY, of Missouri, no- " i.ioumsly kmown as a bushwhacker ;< ringthe late rebellion and as a bor-. i - rofian during the Kansas troubles, : ) := joined the guerilla Mosby in: his . sization of Ulysses 1... This may Be ' erraed falio?v;ngy the logic of events. ~-man engaged In-the unholy work of . weing slavery upon an unwilling " seopie and who led a force of bush- ‘ ju:a:rz in the treasonable attempt = abyeri the government, is a very . s+'sutfject to applaud the usurper of Lk Wkite House in his nefarious at- ' “o:ipt atstfiing the public will by 2z +ing force to the decrees of corrupt ~ %elurning Boards. - / i e —— - — ' " 1747 subservient organ of the Re- . .turning Board rascals, the Chicago " Erimme, imitateg Grant in treating - =% «ohtempt the unanvimous deciL =:om-of the republican Supreme Céurt + . i Fiorida in commanding the Re- - carning Board to recount the vote - amd declare the restlt _étécording‘ to twir personal wishes. Unable to ... v »t out'discrepancies in the decision oo ihe court, tie T:l‘i%;?me, like a de- [ coed thief, throws itself back upon . s ~dignity” and asks: “What are you .zuing to do about it¥” The vote hus ‘ wn declared for Hayes upon the . “uswdalent count, and, according ‘to " Lt Trilmnc’s eode of political morali- ; . Ihe homest count, decreed by the ! | wiirese court, ‘cannot be sitibstituted "ot the frandulent count! That is yor/incly - what might be c:gkp‘cct,ed : s 2 fellow engaged in. concealing . = =n property, but it sounds very .7 when emanating from & journal : 4=z ciaims {o respectability and dee ¢ {_M " .7k hatever may be said or done con- . wing the Presidential question, the . -suuiber 38 virtually settled, and will . s#ynzin unchanged until thHe final ewsnmting of the E;ectorl;l votes by the ~-sate at Washington, on the I,4Ll}‘6§ ' *« wrsary. The public will wait very' «.=iously for the arrival of that ih:}y, - © lill then itis as well for 4dll to ro<t easy and quiet.—Goshen Tié%s. . Uil the loyal editor of the Times = = the goodness to enlighten his . @2 ers from ‘whence “the Sénate” ¢ - wisur derives the authority to count .| The<lectoral votes? Is notthe House «! Lepresentatives vested with some “t%e amthority in this important mat- | . 2 * Look to the constitution, Bro. 1::';;3»;; Its provisions may not be to| ~ [swur liking, pertaining to this particu- - lur subject; but when an editor flies - %= #tars and stripes over a paragraph < 7k« the above, it is meet that he be - rrsiinded of the impropriety of defil- | ‘=z that glorious emblem by using 1t ¢ a cover for a contemplated outrage B et ol o’f&;mf res. <2t House of Representatives will | ‘have something to say about enter- | FE . .

* THE GREAT DISPUTE, Precidential Developments and Prog“nostications. W The most imp(‘)rtanﬁ ‘event which has transpired since our last issue, bearing upon the presidential muddle, is the unanimous decision of the republican Supreme Court of Florida, deciding as.illegal and unauthorized the action of the Returning Board in' throwing out the votes of certain precinets, so as to change the result from that;.éstablished by the popular verdict, and ordering a re-count without resorting to that high-handed expedient. The Democrats, who thus sscure not only the Governor and other State officers but as a legitimate result also the four presidential electors, are naturally very much elated over this decision, .recognizing therein an. additional corroboration of their oft-re-peated claim that Florida had decided in favor of the democratic ticket and that the high-handed "course of .the Returning Board = would, nyotf bear judicial serutiny. The Republigans, on the other hand, aré disposed.to treat the -court’s decision as being of ‘little account, in view of the fact that the stolen goods (the electoral votes) have already been delivered and will not be surrendered. - PR o

There seems_to be some diversity of opinion among leading democratic lawyers as to the final dispesition of the Florida electoral votes, some claiming: that they ought not to be counted at all, while others maintain that the electors "receiving' an actual majority of the State vote shall be recognized: in- the counting of the electoral vote by Congress on the 14th of February. -

_ Latest advices from Florida indicate that the Returning B_oiu'd Trecognizes the decision of. the Supreme Court gnd will at ‘once proceed to a re-count. Gov. Stearns is repre}Sented as having said that the court’s mandates must be obeyed. - -, :

~ President Grant has again favored (?) the public with an expression of his views relutive to his'future course in the final determination of the presidential contest.. 'He makes great pretensions -to disinterested motives, denying that he at any time intendedto decide who of" the two leading candidates was duly - elected, and expressing a readiness to surfender his position to whomsoever may be deq]zired duly elected. . We thus give the substance of Mr. (‘}rant‘,’s latest utterance, not because we attach any »weight, to his premises, but simply. to keep our readers duly informed in regard to these semi-occasional declarations of the President. . Ly

The Republicans are considerably, annoyed over Gen. Barlow’s significant exhibit of the Florida vote.. They say it was a great mjstake in President Grant' to send such a man down. to Florida to look afier Hayes’ interests. Of course it was; but then Grant never.suspected that. Gen. Barlow had a conscience.. - : T

Cronin, the Oregon Tilden -elector, arrived in Washington City last week. He is. the Jion of the day. - His return has not yet been presented to the Deemrdent of tho Honate. s

Several Senators have expressed ‘themselves in favor of ignoring all technicalities with reference to the ‘eligibility of tﬁe’presid‘éntla] electors. The eontest is to be decided on other and broader grounds. C In Louisianathe discovery has been made that ei’_en after throwing out from eight to ten thousand votes for the Tilden electors, five of the. latter still had a majerity. In order to overcome this obstacle, Wells’ infamous Returning. Board simply added so many votes to those cast for the tive deficient Hayes electors that they, too, were counted in. I .

In South Carolina the situation- remains practically unchanged. The Chamberlain “Legislature” has adadjourned sine die, but Ruger’s troops are still watching the State louse. The tax-payers are paying one-fourth of their taxes to Hampton’s tax-col-lectors, and the Banks have tendered funds for carrying on the Hampton government; while, on the other hand, poor Chamberlain can’t put his fingers upon State funds to defray current expenses. Chamberlain will soon have to subside;* lis days of usurpation are pumbered. “He complains bitterly that northern Republicans have virtually forsaken him and are advising aspeedy surrender — which he bumbastically swears he’ll never do. .~

- President Ferry- has appointed as members of the committee to act-in conjunction “:ith"a similar committee designated by the Speaker of the House in preparing. a “measure for counting the electoral votes, the following Senators: . Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Morton and Logan, Republicans; Bayard, Thurman and Ransom, Democrats. The House ‘committee consists of Payne, Hunton, Hewitt and Springer, Democrats; McCrary, Hoar and Willard, Republicans. The House committee is a good one; the Senate committee. would have inspired greater confidence if Morton and Logan had been omitted. However, we are willing to abide fime, and- hope for the best. G N wetßre el R

Congressman Hewiit disposed of an opponenc on the floor of the House in a neat/way. The Radical was talking "p}gthe‘/ic'ally of the privacy of the telegraph on the debate 'as to whether the House should require the Western Union to obey the mandate of Morrison’s committee, and thought a telegram [should be as pritate as the maii, Hewitt thought so too, but in as much as-every letter of his which went -through the New York postoffice was opened, read and resealed, he thought it couldn’t matter much as to the telegrams. i creiiad

At a meeting of Forsyth post, G. A. R., Toledo, a resolution. was introduced to the effect that Hayes - was elected and must be inaugurated. by force, if necessary. Whereupon an ex-soldier arose and declared it as his opinion . that Tilden was elected and if hie had to' carry a musket again it would be to-see him:iinaugurated President of the United States.— Quite a number of the post backed. him and the resolution was voted down 14 to 18. Verily, the Buckeye soldier goeth back on Hayes. .

‘The marshal of Algona, lowa, publishes a card stating that he is going to keep small boys off the streets after night, and parents will do well to see that their sons are at home in the evenings, if they don’t want them to get into his clutches, - .

FOUR YEARS FROM NOW.

‘Has the fair-minded citizen of either ‘party considered the inevitable result of such a wrong as that which. has been perpetrated in Louisiana, if it is finally consummated by Congress? Suppose that the Democrats; having appealed in vain to the sense of honor of thei. oppenents; having exhausted every peaceful.method of redress without -success, having receded step by step, under protest, as tlleirﬁ'pi)nents. growing bolder in fraud advanced, should finally give ‘way; should declare that they valued the peace and prosperity of the country too highly to endanger it longer by continuing a contest, in which all the power was on one side and' all the right on the other. ~What then? They would take their appeal to the ballot boxes. Four years from now the parties would gather up their strength for a greztt' struggle, and the contest would be far more bitter even than the last. The Republicans would doubtless be beaten, as they were this Srear,’ but by more decisive majorities. ©~ What of it? This year it was easy, with no previous preparation, for the West to turn theé eléctoral vote of two States by means of the manipulation of the Returning Boards. They voted for Tilden, they were counted for. Hayes. What is there to prevent three or four, or,ﬁit> necessary, half a dozen States ,being -turned at the next election, if necessary, to keep power in the hands “of the republican party? The same men who have carried out this infamous conspiracy would still -be at the head of the-Government, and would probably . have .been preparing for such an emergency during all the next four years® The army of officeholders wouild have increased by thousands—it grew under Grant fully 20,000; the army and navy would be still more complete]y under republican control; and all the vast powers of the Administration could be swayed for one pur‘pose. How does the fair-minded citizen like the prospect? Would this be ‘anything but a corrupt despotism underthename of aßepublic ? Why would It.not be best for :all, ‘honest citizens to say now that this wrong must not be carried through, when republican Government can be saved by peaceful means rather than wait till the crime has been repeated, and revolution will be our only hope!? Let the:hovest Republicans speak out now.

- THE PEOPLE AWAKING. - The people have waited long, and with a vatience that has commanded the respect of the- whole civilized world. They waited to be convinced of the fraud in Louisiana, waited patiently while the votes. were being thrown out that had been honestly cast for Tilden. When the Returning Board for the second time buried itself deep 1n infamy, and declared the vote of the State for a man whom the vote of the people had rejected, still the people waited. They were waiting to know whether Congress would sustain this wicked act. Before long it became apparent that the President and the Senate would sustain it, would carry it out to completion by every device in their power. When the utterances of the President, and of prominent Republicans, in Congrtess ‘and out, and the 'tone of the republican press, made this -fact clear, the people began to wake up. They woke up to the situation in our own great State, Indiana, where a convention of the.whole State has been called. They are,waking up all over the Union, and —unless a spirit of fairness is speedily developed by the “powers,that be”— soon every city, every town, every village and every hamlet will be ablaze with indignation at the attempt of a party to steal the Presidency. The honest and fair minded men who voted for Hayes will join hands in this movement with the men who voted for Tilden. It is no longera question of polities, but of principle. ILet the conspirators who would' steal eour votes beware! Already the haifdwriting is. gleaming on. the wall, and their destruction is sure to follow!

SENTIMENTS OF A NOBLE MAN. At this juncture of affairs it may ‘not be amiss to publish the following extract from one of Wade Hampton’s speeches delivered during the late campaign:- ) These leaders belie us; they misrepresent us to the colored people, and ‘then refuse to meet us or give us the upportunity to open the eves of their constituents. ‘We wish to show to the colored people ‘thac their lights are fixed and immovable, and, furthermore, we would not abridge them if we could. I do hére, what I did in the couvention, I pledge myselt solemnly, 11 the presence of the people of Svuth Carolina and in the presence of my God, that if the dew.cratic ticket is elected, 1 shall. know no par.y, nor rate, in the administration of the law. So sure as the law pronounces a man guidty, so sure shall that man be punished. I shall kuow noghiug bug the law, and the constitution'of South Carolina and the Unised States. [lmmense applause.] We recognize 'the thirseenth, fourteenth, and tifteentn amendments to the coustitution of the United States, and accept them in goud faith. The colored people know that it is under those amendments that they enjoy the rights they now have. We stand upon that platform, and not one single -Tight enjoyed by the colored; people to-day shall be taken from them. They shall -be the equals, under the law, of any man in South Carolina. And we further pledge that they shall have better facilities tfor education than they have ever had. before. [Loud cheering.] o

Gov HAYEs will be the seventh ‘President elected without a majority of the popular vote. Lincoln lacked 944,148 of a popular majority, yet in the Electoral College he had a majority -of 57 votes. Buchannan, the last President elected by the Democrats, lacKed 377,629 of having a majority of the popular vote; which is considerably more than Hayes lacks, even counting the bull dvzed sections of the South, where a Republican was not allowed to vote.—Goshen Times.

Your figures may or may not be correct; it is not material. Butsince you talk so flippantly about the popular vote, will you just be’kind enough to peep into the returns of past elections and then cell us whether -any man has ever been elected President of the United States without having at least received a plurality of the popular vote? The fact that Mr, Tilden has an enormous majority over all his competitors renders playing with figures by republican editors rather 4 hiazardous undertaking, The T'tmes’ twadale about “bull-dozed sectious of the South” is tvo absurd to merit refutation or comment.

i Loisl it 3 - | THAT METEOR. Jts Transit Across Our Coutinent. What Meteors Are, and What Has. ' Probably Become of This One. The meteor that passed throughthe ‘heavens last Thursday night was, ‘perhaps, the most extraordinary ever witnessed by the people of this local- ‘[ ity, and has created considerable interest and speculation regarding the strange phenomenon. A number of “our citizens witnessed its flight and describe the sight as having been one “of peculiar grandeur and magnificence. . At first it was-apparently as large as the full moon, and when it exploded it threw off a number. of, fragmerits, some of them apparently as large as a'man’s head and of various colors. The sound of the explo'sion, which was not heard until some minutes later, was like the rumbling i of distant thunder, but was stmnge}y prolonged for some seconds and ap- | peared to roll off and die away in the distance. .. The jah‘ing of houses and windows which accompanied the strange sound led many who had not seen the meteor to conclude that it was the 'shock of an earthquake. The evening was somewhat cloudy, so that the stars could notbe seen from many points, consequently it was difficult for astromers to determine the exact location and route of the méeteor, and reports of observations are somewhat conflicting. An approxiinate statement ofthe path pursued by the:aerial trziveler, while visible, is from some point south-west by west of Lawrence, Kan., to Miami county,on the western Iborder of that State; across Missouri, 'from Cass to Marion counties; across Illinois, from: Adams to Iriquois countiés; across this State, from the southein part of Newton county to 'Ft. Wayne, and from there across “Ohio to the southern portion of Lake’ Erie, and over the north-western corner of Pennsylvania into the State of ‘New York—a distance of nearly 1,000 miles. Its height was estimated at .some 75 miles, when first seen in Kansas, to 45 miles when passing over Ohio. Its time here wasnear9 o’clock, ard its height probably 45 to 50 miles. This latter fact will account for the ‘time elapsed between seeing the meteor and hearing the report of its explosion. In this conjunction the following from the Ameiican Cyclopedia, will be read with interest:. . *ln common language, the term nreteor is applied. only to those budies which, as globes of fire or as shooting stars, are - occasionzlly seen darting through the heavens at-unknown distances from the earth, and in undetermined paths. Sometimes exploding ‘and projecting ‘upon the earth fragments of stone called meteoric -iron, they are proved to be solid bodies in a state of intense heat, and these are known as aerolites or meteorolites. In ancient times these bodies were witnessed in different parts of the earth, and their appegrance was chronicled as among the most wonderful natural exhibitions. * = * .* They appearsingly at irregular periods, and move with great rapidity across the sky, exhibiting sometimes a dazzling brillianey, greater than that of the sun at noonday. A luminous train follows them, and their path has been known to remain brilliant for several minutes after they have disappeared. They send forth vivid scintillations and present various bright colors, and the same meteor is differently described as aeen from different places. Often they divide into two or more bodies which keep along together, and sometimes report like heavy thunder. They are of various apparent sizes, sometimes exceeding that of the moon. Their altitude varies as they approach the earth, and again'move away from it as they coutinue on their course.” The Cyclopedia gives numerous instances of such phenomena dating as far baek as 644 B. C., and running up to the present time. . Very many of them are described just as this one appeared last Thursday night, and which, unless entirely wasted iﬁw:«ty by successive explosions, has. passed beyond the earth’s atmosphere and may, for aught we Jknow, contifiue to pursue its course through the depths of unfathomable space for ages and cycles of ages yet to come, = ‘

.A Voice from Elkhart Bottom. To the Editor of The National Bauner: - : It perhaps is useless for me to attempt to write items for THE BANNER and the many readers thereof to peruse, yet as the election is over and Uncle Samuel is to be the lucky man, as we ﬁfmly believe, we will venture to pen a few lines. - We do not doubt that the editor of THE BANNER, as well as others who occupy a similar position, have been greatly annoyed since theNovember election with about such questions as these: “Who'’s ahead?” “How is Hayes?” “Who'’s elected*President ?” *“Louisiana and Florida .will go republican, won’t they?” “What’s the- news on the Presidential election?” “How long will it be before we learn the result ?” “What is Tilden’s majority ?” &c., &c. To these numero,u"g questions the editors can only reply in this way, and perhaps do: “We can answer all these questions in short meter as soen as we learn the result.”” We hope the day is not far distant when inquiries for the final result of the election: will no longer be made; when we, as a united people, shall cease to elamor over.the election returns, and allow the voice of the majority to be heard and acquiesced in, that truth and right may prevail, ‘ |

Now must cease the reign of wrong, s It has-ruled the earth too long; . Now must come that better day, ’ We cannot longer delay. ] o Svand the alarm! spread the light; “ Bpeed the plow for truth 4nd right. It is of no use for us to talk; | The nation no longer intends to balk, ; But with the majority of the peopie's voice. We've elected Samuel, the American’s choice. Then sonud the alarm! spread the light; Speed the plow for trath and right, - . - : J. M. HANEY. eet SR O~ -& QS 3 . The notorious Mrs. Clem is again at the front with some of her guestionable money itansactions. 1t is Baid now that she has weedled $B,OOO from 4 man named Clark, $4,000 from his brother, $4,000 from his sister, and $B,OOO from u Mrs, Barnes; in all $24,000. Certainly the ways of this mysterious woman are past finding out, et o L i - J.'B. Pockman, of Woodland, Cal., has a mare which exhibits remarkable speed and bottom, The other;day shie traveled 42 miles in two liours and six minutes, with only onestop of 23 minutes to feed and rest, = =

The Florida Vote in Court. The Relurns Ordered to be Counted ~ . on Treir Face. > Which Will Give the Stite to Tilden . by 142 Majority. v &oe 5 & TALLAHASSEE, Fla., December 22.— The Supreme Court’ this afternoon awarded a peremptory mandamus requiring the Board of State Canvassers to count all returns regular on their face. The Court decides thaj the board has no ministerial power, except in 80 far as to judge whether returns are so false, ‘fraudulent and irregular that honest men cannot determine the vote,and if irregular they are to be laid aside and not counted, otherwise'they are _to be included in their determination. The Court re-; fers in its opinion to the sworn answer of the respondents that all the returns, on file are regular on their face, and that no returns had been rejected except for causes appearing outsideordehorstherecord. I'he Coust makes speci»l mention of Hamiltony Manatee, Monroe and Jackson counties to be counted by the board under its order. Three of those counties had been shockingly “bull-dozed” by the State Canvassers and Manatee thrown out bodily. The decision was unanimous, Justice Westcott delivering it. Emmous, for the respondents, gave notice of a motion to amend the answer, whicli will be heard in the morning,but it cannot change the opinion on the principles decided to-day. Whatever motion may be made, as the matter now stanes, the Presidential question seens to be settled.! The returns on-their fuce, as the board is required to count them, give Tilden 24,434 and Hayes 24,340. As the returns are to be covnted on their face Tilden will gain 23 additional majority in Clay and 25 in Hamilton, which, if added to his majority of 94, will make 142. Hayes gets the Lenefit F the Archer fraud and the frauds in Leon and Jefferson counties. The decision elects the Democratic State ticket by about 550~Davidson (Democrat) to Cungr_essqby about the same, and defeats Finley by four votes, with the Archer: fraud and 23 more majority in Clay county, which the board in the first count was allowed to fall back upon. Cowgill, one of the State canvassers, said to-day that whatever the Court decided he should Obey. o SR i

An Independent Re¢publican Opinion, [From the Nation, Dec. 21.] ; ~ Let us say, in the first place, that we have little doubt that if the officers appointed by law in the two States of Louisiana and Florida had done their duty honestly, they would have given the majorities to Mr. Tilden, and that we consider the counter charges of intimidation brought by Republicans against the Tildenites of no more weight in the present case than’indirect claims in a court of law, because not .proved, and in most cases not provable, before-a competent and impartial tribunal. In other words, we Lelieve in the election of the President by legal machinery and legal proof; Anglo Saxon fashion, and not by newspaper charges or popular rumor, or the “solemn belief” of philanthropic men, French or Mexican fashion. We have little doubt, too, that the operations of the returning boards, if not instigated, have been connived at, or encouraged, by the republican official hierarchy from top to bottom, and that their indifference to the moral character of the process, provided the resuit be in their favor, has been brazen and shameless. General Barlow’s report on the Florida count constitutes an a fortiori argument against the count in Louisiana, as we believe the Florida board was the more respectable 'of the two. We will add that we think the situation greatly aggravated by General Grant’s mental condition, which appears to be one of great irritabiity, great combativeness strong personal feeling, and lamentable susceptibility to the advice of bad aud dangerous men. _ :

Mr. Henry Warren, the general traveling agent for the Noble School Furniture Company, was 80 unfortunate as to lose $420 of the! company’s moaney on Monday of last week, He stopped . for the night at Gallion, Ohio, putting up at the Central House, Stringham and Dyer, proprietors. Before going to bed he took from. his pocket a wallet containing $420, which he handed to the nightclerk, named Dunbar,-with instructions to put it in the safe. The clerk did this in Mr. Warren’s presence, the latter - demanding and receiving a check, a duplicate of which was tied around the wallet. In‘the morning he asked tor his money, but was told by the proprietor that the package was missing, and soon’‘the empty wallet was fouud in front-of the hotel. Suspicion at once fastened upon the clerk, Dunbar, and a young mau who slept in the hotel office, and who drove the ’bus for the house. They were arrested, and after some very eclose questioning about the affair, Du.ibar “peeped” enough to firmly convince Mr. Warren thiat he (the clerk) had a hand in the robbery. They were held for turther appearance in bonds of $5OO .each, Mr. Warren, meanwhile, coming on home, arriving here Saturday night. The laws of Ohio bearing on matters of this kind plainly say that landlords are liable for valuables deposited with them, but whether Messrs. Stringham and Dyer are responsible for this suin remains to be seen.—G@oshen Times, Dec. 21.

Letters from General Miles indicate that he thinks the Sioux war, which opened so disastrously in the early summer, is practically ended for the present. Sitting Bull’s band has been Leaten and compelled to divide, a part of it being driven across the Yellowstone, while many of its. members are seeking refuge at the agencies. . The hostiles are supposed to have about exhausted theirsupply of ammunition, and of course they wili be compelled to quit fighting if they cannot, otherwise obtain more powder and lead, It is altogether probable that General Miles takes a too sanguine view of the situation, and it will not be safe to leave much at risk, trustipg to the peaceful disposition of the:scattered bands. They will open communications’ with the agencies and trading posts, replenish their stock of ammunition, and be ready for fresh mischief wheén the grass isup .in the spring, unless they are then confronted by an overwhelming force. - . .

The baunking heuse of William M. Ream, at Zanesville, Ohio, was entered by four masked men, on the night of the 14th inst., andover $lO,OOO stolen. The bank building is a two-story brick, situated in’' the buaines's part of the town. The secondflour is occupied as a dwelling’ by Rean’s family. About 1 A. M, Ream wus suddenly aroused Ly two masked me) onieither side ot him seizing his writs, While two others stvod at-the fogt of the bed with revolvers. - Rgam vas ordered to accompany three of "xh_em to the vault, the fourth remainng to prevent an alarm being given by Reain’s wife. On reaching the vanlt Ream was ordered; to unluek fthe door, and the thieves took $10,2® theretrom, leav'ix(nlg goid aud silverpoin, ete,, untouchs ed, 3y iy s A dangerous cownterfeit half-dollar has been detected in Chicago. The cuin is heavily platél! with silver, and: supposed to be cotiposed of block tin and gluss mixed. It is deficient in weight, but.not so huch 80 «s to cres ate suspicion, All tle coins which had Ii)’;-;g found up tothi 17t are stamped |

- General Items. The messengers who. carry the electeral votes of the several States to ‘Washington will receive a total of $8,857 /for the service, The Oregon -messenger will receive over $9OO. A Torontp (Can.) dispatch of the 19th, says W. B.C. Barber, an assistant accountant of the Bank of Montreal, in that city, had been arrested upon the charge of embezzling $lOO,OOO. Little Rock, Ark., has been severely afflicted by the fire fiend. Two weeks ago the greater portion of the businesml portion of the town was burned, and last week another fire made a clean sweep .of it. 0

Hénry Lamb, of Mt. Auburn, lowa, was thrown from his buggy fhe other day and so stunned by the fall that he was unconscious for three hours. When he recovered his senses he fo?.réd-fthat one of hisarms was frozen solid. vl ;

A short time ago FFréed Huntzinger ﬁ:tered a ciave near Elk Mound, Wis,, ind Kkilled three lynx. The animals were snugly esconsed for the winter. Farmers in that vicinity had. 'several times tried tosmoke them out of the den, but all efforts in that direction signally failed. Mr, Huntzinger boldly entered the place, revolver in hand, and by a series of well-directed shats, put-an end to their career. He obtained $2l bounty for tln‘%e scalps, and sold the liides for several dollars more.

News was receivediat Cheyenne, on the 14th, of a recent terrible massacre in the Big Horn country. Twenty-six miners started for the Big Horn. Mountains on a pruspecting tour. The miners ;encountered a;Sioux party, and every man is believed to have been killed. : S

On the 19th, the Sioux'lndian Commission concluded itslabors and made report thereof to the President and Secretary of the Interior. Accompanying the report was thedraft of a treaty entered into with the Sioux. By the terms of the treaty the Black Hills are surrendered to the United States. Gen. Shermanreceived a letter from Gen. Miles, on the 19th, in which the latter expressed the opinion that the Sioux war is substantially over, and that, if the Indians are properly treated and the treaty obligations on the part of the Government are fdithfully observed, there will never be ‘another Indian war. 'ln this opinion General Sherman is understood to concur. v

Fifty thousand tons of Seranton coal were sold:at auction on Thursday of last week, by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad company, at the tollowing prices: For 6,000 tons of steamboat, [email protected]; 8.000 tous grate, $2.80@%2 8214 and $2.85; 6,000 tons egg, $2.87%@52.90 and $2.9214; 25.000 tons of stove, $3.65@ $3.6714; 50,000 tons of chestnut, $3.25 @53.20. . : .

The preservation of peacein Europe seems better assured at the present moment.than it has seemed since the outbreak of the Servian insurrection. Russia’s intended occupation of Bul+ garia is abandoned, and a neutral power is to be asked to hold thatprovince. The Western powers will of course gladly support this :solution, but the difficulty will be to finda neutv?l power willing to perforin such a duty. Switzerland has declined, and it seems 'to be thought Belgium also will refuse to have anything to do with it. * Very wisely. -“Small boats should keep in-shore.” ; :

The President of the Western Union Telegraph Company lately telegraphed to Mr. Morrison, Chairman of the House Louisiana Investigating Committee, declining to furnish certain messages sent| and received. over the wires by officials of the Federal and Louisiana State Governments. Mr, Orton says he had ~waited a few days “in the expectation that similar application would be made by a committee of the Semnate, so that tho action of the company, being the same in respect to the messages of both political parties, could not be attributed to a desire to préjudice or promute%the ititerest ;of either,” Mr.. Morrison on the 15th, telegraphed to Speaker Randall this refusal on the part of Mr. QOrton. - - - B

Canada Southern Extension. | A new interest to the Canada Southern railway arises from the fact that a new trunk line is now proposed between Chicago and Néw York, by that road. Since Vanderbilt got control of the road, says the Toledo Journal, it has been -rather expected that the road®vould never reach further on its original project, but be turned to the Southward to meet the Air Line at Elkhart, thence by Lake Shore double track to Chicago. It is now stated from New York that the work stopped only on account of Vanderbilt’s illness, and that in .course of time the road will be fin- { ished beyond Fayetté. Mecanwhile comes a new proposal, to patch up a through line by Eel River road, thus: The Canada Southern is built to Fayette, and the grade made and tied down 25 miles further to Eden. From Eden to Butler, the eastern ‘terminus of the Eel River railroad, the distance is only nine miles, and the Eel River Company has proposed to Build a track to Eden if the Chicago and Canada’ Southern will complete its line to that place. By this means a continuous line will be established to Logansport, Ind., and thence to Lafayette, St. Louis, Omaha, \&c. ¢ This arrangement,” says a ()l}i}cago paper, “would also give the Eel River railroad a direct connection with Detroit and the North and East. The Chicago division of the Baltimore and aghim railroad crosses the proposed new route twenty miles west of Eden, thus furnishing a direct line to the Chicago and Canada Southern to Chicago by passing over twenty miles of the Eel River track. The Eel River company has agreed to pro-rate with the Chicago and Canada Southern and the Baltimore and Ohio has offered very favorable terms for the use of its| track to Chicago. The distance from Eden' to Cficaqo is about 150 ‘miles by the proposed route. It is | claimeddtha.t th}f:re‘ is no linlse:ntion of abandoning the original purpose of building an independent line from Detroit River to Chicago, but the new line will be used until the: main line is finished.—Steuben Republican. o ‘

Aaron Hart, aged thirty-five. years, and living within five miles of Martinsville, was found dead within a few yards of his home on Monday evening of last week. He had left Martinsville the previous night in a state of intoxication, and when near home the team hd was driving ran into a stump, throwing the wagon over and tumbling him out. It is supposed the injuries received from the fall, the effects of whisky, and the extreme cold weather were the causes of his death.

The anpual report of the clerk of the swamp land record was filed with the Guvernor last Thursday, and presents in a general way the condition of the swamp lands since his appointment, on the 10th of January last. - He ‘has sold 102 tracts of laund, aggregating 4011 acres. Legislation is asked for confirming and seeuring more than 8,000,000 wcres of land, which can only be done by a bureau for the coniplete collection of all records bearing on the subject. L W

$l2OOOOO PROFIT ON $100! Made any dav in Puts and Calls. Invest according to your means. $lO 230 or slooin Steek Priviteges has brought a small ‘fortune to Ihe careful investor. We advice when and how to operate safely. Book with full information SENT FREE. Address ﬁrz(ierai:imai&mc tgexraph to X R 4 o Bankers and Brkers 17 \JVaLn,Si:.S E’Y '

, Cross and Sickly Children can be made healthy and -strong by regulating their stomach’and bowels with Castoria. ' It is more: effective thap Caster Oil, and is as pleasant to take s honey. For Wind Colic, Sour Stomach, ‘Worms and Costiveness, there is nothing in existerce equal to Castoris. , - -

Why Will You Suffer from Rheumatism Sprains, Stiff Joints, Swellings, Burns, Scalds or ‘Weak Back, when the Centaur Liniment affords certain relief. Many articles soothe pain to a certain extent, but the Centaur Linement enres, The White Linimert is for.the human family, the Yellow Liniment is for horses and animals.

No One Need Suffer from: Piles, A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding, Itching, and Ulcerated Piles, has been discovered by .old Dr. Williams, (an old Tndian Remedy) called Dr. Wiiliam’s Indiar Ointment. A siugle box has cored the worst old chronic cases of twenty:tive anid thirty years s.»andingﬁ . Lotions, instruments. and Electuaries do more harm than'good. William’s Ointment supports the tnmors, and acts as a sooihing pouliice and medicine, gives instant and painless relief, znd is prepareﬁ exclusively for-piles and nothing else - Over 20.000 gratéfal patients attest its virtues, am} physiclans of all schouls eudoree it unequivocally. / % Shun all spurious advertisementrs and imitations of Dr William’ Remedies. ' Sent free of postage. secure y sealed from ov~ervation for §1 0. “Address Dr ‘Frazier, sole proprietor, 318 Erje Street, Cleveland, Ohio. : 7-yl. M : L MARRIED. i GROWCOCK—HELMS.—-December 24ih, 1876. at the residénce of the bride’s fusler parents, (Ja- ; i;)b McNatts) by the Rev. Jacob Rittenhouse, r. David Growcock. ot Nobie county, to Miss Cena Ann Helms, of Eikhart couunty. : GREEN \ WALT - PLANK. -December 24, 1876, ‘at the residence of the bride’s parenis, on I'retty Prairie, by the Rev. lsaac Smoker, Mr. Samuel Y Greenawalt to Miss Catharine Plank, all - ot LaGrange county. . w , I DBIED. - FOUGHT. —December 23, 1876, on the Hawpatch, . Mr. Samue! Fought, He was s member of the Methodist Church, in good standing. . . Gl . e LIGONIER. Wheat—white.....§t 35 .| Live Hogs, pcrlooB4 50 Amber—red....... 137 | Dressed Hogs,** 640 Bye.i..ooiai-icio 60 IT'arkeys, live.ci.) 0ut5....... ..c.v. 82 FChickens, live..:.. . 4 Corn.-c... ... i 45] ! Beex wWax...i..-.. 928 Pothtoes t.cii . 100) | Baer ... (it 18 Flax 5eed.........81 45 L Lard........c..... 09 Clover 5eed....... B 75| ißgds.. ... .L.... 90 Wool ii.oi. .. 0 aol | Feathere. .L. ci.. 10 Pork. ... i ... ‘ Taldow ... 0 B 5h0u1der5......... 11! |Hay -timothy § 10 00 Hams, per 1b...... 13 !'Hay—mareh ... :8 €0 CICAGO. Wheat, white.....§l 301 lHngi, Hve......i7 628 Wheat. red ioo.o Mess Pork...i.. 1650 Oorn i Sxlimard o 200 p 0 0n18............ 344! |Shoulders....... [6X% Bie. . midHeeni .l ex : o TOLEDO. = Wheat white..... $144 'Oats.... Sesedbidie 85 < red.ic i 143 'Hnes', 1ive........6 65 COrNeueencnccaa... 44%|(Clover seedi.... 900 o = . s Enterprise at Cromwell ! A First-Class Grocery Established. desires to inform the people of Sgutu township + and adjoining country that he had opened a First-Class Grocery at Cromwell, with a fall.and cdmpﬁate stock of Groceries, &c., which (he will gel’ ' | At Bottom Fligures. Connected with his Grocery is g % e Vgl | Where something good te eat may be found at ail b : - ° times. : Ao ‘Oysters by the Dish ox Can. » < Btop in and be convinced that Reed’s Grocery and Restaurant is tLe place to get your money back. P . Dec. 21 '78.-tr

e eUO (L R THEBEST WOOD COOKING STOVE . T RuYY | It is the Quickest Baker, B, Economical, MOST{ Convenient and ]Du‘frable.; Sizes, Styles lg Pr,fices .tdnssuil BYEry 016, anufacture 1 WM. RESOR & CO,, Cincinnati: 0. For Sale bv John Weir Ligonier.

THEENEMY OF DISEASE! TO MAN AND BEAST ~ IstheGrand Old LINIMENT, WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST OF 40 YEARS, i THERE is NO SORE IT WILL NOT HEAL, NO LAMENEANS IT WILL NOT CURE, NO ACHE, No PAIN THAT AFFLICTS THE HUMAN BODY.OR THEBODY OF A HORSE OR OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMAL, THAT DOES NOT YIELDTO ITS MAGIC TOUCH. A BOTTLE COSTING 25¢., 650 c. or ‘I.W, HAS OFTEN SAYED THE LIF_E OF A HUXAN BEING, AND RESTORED TO LIFE AND USEFULNESS ..Lx' A VALUABLE HORSE. w 7

’ LIST OF LETTLERS REMAINING in the Post Office at Ligonier, Indiana,duringthe past week: Bailey, Monroe Gilmore, J. . Smith. 8. B, ; Letters addressed to *Amos Burden, Alliance, Q.,” “Mrs, Lib’bi‘y Evans, Albion, Ind,” *‘Miss Estella Parmer, Three Rivers. Mich.,” and **Lewis Cros;. Constantine, Mich ~” ave detained, they not having been properly stamped. s Persons calling for any of the above letters will please say “*advertised.” | H. M. GOODSPEED, P. M, Ligonier, Ind., Dec 28, 1876 : . . for Prin enaLisH§ Tor Printers. PNews, Book and Job.lnks, : all warranted of Superior - quality: No cheaior in. : | {:rlo: grades of Ink made - Yy us, - 0 1 EXCELSIOR ; i PRINTING INK CQq : MANUFACTURERS, . (Formerlyof Londan, England), | 184 & 186 MONROE ST., CHICAGO. ' And 13 Barclay Stréct, New York,"

fhg’ ' Undersxg'nedn;v-01-l_: Durm é the Nextv " Sell Anything Inhlf4 Llne,Such as WAV REBE 0T Gents Furnishing 'Goods, ~ HATS AND CAPS, &eé., - mgarﬂ fo Cqst. ' o _ - -_ Ag’ 1 Ifave Got ;to Sell ‘ Wdi‘th of Goods within that time, on’ accou;ﬁt of making a . . change 1n my 'busiﬁkess.positi(in._ i Dot bl STy Ortrinat bou tfsaring Koka il s 0143 J. DECKER Is stil’l in the Field with one of the LargWROCERIES, QUEEN-WARE - Table Cutlery, : :—‘i"W’lvivi(}:_vhv'llei‘oll"ersforvsale at - _

GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! The Greatest Bargains in | That hd&*e ever bkev‘é.‘n Olfél-éd to'thej}:)e“ople of Northern Indiana. ‘ Caon A amloffering & - | e : Fapan Tea for 50 cts. per Ib. wli‘lch cantot be bought olsewhere ‘:foréleés than 75 cents per > pound. H-un(lred's of my custolpe}g can attest to this fact. lam Making a Specialty in Tobacccs. . : ~—o~—_ ' . . S MY SDOCHKH OF @ | Is’fhé' n;@sst coniﬁiete in 'thisvslectimtl of the country. o —————o——— . . L ~ ICanSave You Money, By calling ’andf'év%é‘rhin.ing’ I’iiy’ goéds before buying elééwhere. LIGONIER, IND., NOVEMBER 23,1876, i . ENGEL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. ' LARGEST AND LEADING OLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IX - NOBLE AND ADJOINING G.-OUNTIES( = , V AtKendallvﬂle 6ﬁ‘ei an immense stock of o For Men, Youths, Boys & Children.. L Als'_o,La.qumglgteAssortme;it b b Coatings, Cloths, Cassimeres, Hats, Caps, Traveling . Bags,and all Other Goods At Pricos Beyond Compeition. N. B. No Trouble to Show Goods! . ENGEL&CO., The Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, . iyttt Kendallville, Ind. |