The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 37, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 January 1877 — Page 2

@he Fational -gum‘ WL ¥. B_STOLK,Editorand Proprietor, e LIGONTER. IND. JAN.4th, 1877. " SPECIAL TRAIN. , HALF FARE TO INCIANAPOLIS. Mr H. E. Wadsworth, of the LaTorte Avgwus, informs us that arrangessents have been made for a Half Fiyre _¥rsim to Indianapolis, to leave EaP.ote a 2 19 o'clock A. M., on the Tth of Jaznuaxy. Persons along the Lake ~hore, 'B. & O, and Pittsburg, Fort W zzne & Chicago Railways, wishing o participate in the inauguration cer«momies and the sthof J anuary consention will find: this an excellent srrangement for reaching the State Capiigl cheaply and conveniently. 2t.

COUNTY MEETING.

- Parsuant to previous notice,a numBer of citizens of Noble county met in the court-house at Albion, on Satur&sv last, in the afternoon,

The meeting was organized by the =lection of J. B. Stoll as chairman and Col. W.C. Williains as secretary. The ~hair briefly stated the object of the

«ppointed a committee of seven to re- « Port resolutions; said committee con- . si=ting of Seol, Baum, D. H. Perew, C. €. Aichele, John Thumma, Robert H. Buckles, Charles J. Weeks, and Alfred

Daring the absence of this commitise, Col. Williams, by request of the sndience, briefly addressed the \meeting on the issues involved ir\g the vresent national controversy. | At the conclusion of the Colonel’s rvemarks, the committee on resolutions submitted the following, which w 25 dnanimously adopted : 5

WuEREAs—It has been deemed adwisabie to call upon the people for an «ipmession of their sentiments relaZive to the extraordinary and revolu<iomary proceedings inaugurated by anscrupulous partisans to annull the verdict of the people at the recent wresidential election; and’ - WaEREAs—We, recognize in this. *3cked attempt an impending danger “«: the peace and order of the land and <he perpetuity of our republican institutions; T‘Lémfored , k Resolved—That as citizens believing in the sacredness of the constitution and the laws, we earnestly protest sgainst the action of unscrupulous sartisan Retarning Boards in disfran~Lising the majority of the électork in “he States of Louisiana, Florida and ~ocuth Carolina, by throwing out votes =r ihe avowed purpose. of reversing = decision of the people as expressed »1 the ballot-box—thus arrogating to ‘hemselves powers and authority =Lich, if countenanced and! acqui+=cad in, would inevitably lead to the subrersian of constituiional govern-

.« Beselved—That the arbitrary and pnwarranted interference of. U. S. tzrant with the affairs of sowvereign ~iales, and the use of the méitary foree to the establishment and main:enance of “Legislatures” having no iegal existence, and his undisguised mazchinations to accomplish the sue«=ss of the Chandler Cameron conspira<¥, meet the unqualified condemnaiion of every American freeman. Resolved—That we demand of Congrass a strict adherence to past prece<ents and the provisions of the constitution in determining the count of the =iectoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States, and “=e protest against the assumption of ihe ome-man power by which Mr. Ferry is expected to give validity to the decrees of the junta that seeks to substitute its edicts for the expressed will of the majority. \ g ~Resolved—That we are unalterably in faver, and demand a recognition of, the doctrine that the majority shall rule, and that nothing less than the recognition of this doctrine will satisi¥ the people in theadjustment of the question now at issue. ' :

On'motion of A.C.F. Wichman it was resolved that all who can make it convenient to go to Indianapolis on the Bth of January be authorized to =ct as delegates to the convention to = held on that day. . :

After brief speeches by Dr. A. 8. Parker and J. B. Stoll, the meeting =3iparmed. .

Gov. VANCE, of North Carolina, speaks {o the point in his inaugural address. He says, in referring to tifie presidential contest, that the willlof The majority must be obeyed, and that ¥orth Carolina will not falter when it romes to a decision upon that point.

TaE INDIANA LEGISLATURE convenes at Indianapolis to-day. In the Hiouse the Republicans have four-ma-jority; the Senate is-composed of 25 Dremnocrats, 24 Republicans and 1 InZdependent.. The latter has indicated 2 disposition to act with the Demoerats. b ¥

= Gov. RoBINsoN, of New York, was Aaly installed into office, as the succéssor of Gov. Tilden; on Monday last. Hoth gentlemen delivered stirring speeches on this interesting occasion, Gov. Robinson freely expressing his «tndemnation of the revelutionary «yurse pursued by. the Chandler consparators in trying to deprive the people of the services of Mr. Tilden as ihe duly elected President of the i nited States.: | b -

THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE is iikely to experience lively times until the senatorial question is disposed of. John A. Logan |s seeking a re-elec--tion, and is moving heaven and earth *to accomplish his purpose; but inasmuch as the Independents hold the - balance of power, there is some hope ~of a coalition being formed ¢between “them and the Democrats whereby exGov. Palmer or Judge Trumbull may be elected to that honorable position. - The election of either oue of these two distinguished gentlemen would reflect great credit upon Illinois,

~ Hox.Davip Dupiey FieLp, a Republican, and one of the ablest constitational lawyers of the country, was on Taesday last elected 8 member of Congress from one of the New York «ity districts, to fill the vacancy occasioned by’ the resignation of Hon. Smith Ely, :;o was elected Mayor on the 7th of November. , Mr. Field was nominated and elected by the Democrats, on account of his superion ability and because he insists upon Mr. Tilden's inauguration as President, it being bis conviction that that geutle-

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THE PRESIDENCY.

Present Status of the Great Muddle.

If Ulysses S.Grant could be induced to seclude himself in some dark corner, whilein an excessively “enthused” condition, instead of causing his intemperate “notions” to be telegraphed all over the country in the shape of a pretended “inter¥iew, public. excitement might be measurably subdued.” About once a week he causes the; associated press to send/forth a column of his incoherent and seditious twaddle, and thus gives ‘nourishment to the excitement and ill-feeling wlrich still has an abiding place in many localities. The substance of Grant’s latest blast from the White House is indicated with, sufficient plainness, in another column, to relieve us of ‘the necessity of epitomizing his mischievt ous utteramces. - - . i 1

‘Conflicting reports cometrom Washington relative to the progress so far made by the Senate committee appointed to devise some plan for ¢ounting the electoral votes; some alleging that the committee is getting along very satisfactorily, and others -that no agreement is likely to result from the committee’s deliberations. - Let us have patience, and await events. It will be time enough‘to discuss’ the committee’s doings- after a report .is submitted. ik

T Gprtnoasiay Tomse nf Floxiaa, o other day gave an interesting explanation of the devious ways'of the Returning Board of that commonwealth. The case, briefly stated, is this: Apparently fraudulent returns were putin from two counties, the genuine returns from which were never produced. = The bogus returns were rejected by the unanimous action of the bogrd. The Tilden ticket being largely ahead, the Board then threw out the legal returns from' four other counties, and gave the Stateito Hayes. On the order of the Supreme Court the Board reassembled, but jnstead ot conforming to the commind of the Court as to counting the four illegally rejected counties, two of the Board counted the confessedly false returns from the other two counties. The report of this action was made to the court on Monday, and promptly disallowed, and an order was then issued explicitly directing the Board to count the votes accérding" to law and justice, Obedience to' this command would give certificates of election to the democratic ticket. ;' , . ‘

The House congressional committee charged with the investigation of the -South Curolinaglection has concluded -its -labors, and will- soon be ready to submit the result thereof to Congress. It seems:tobe pretty generally understood that the committee will unite in reporting thatthe face of the returns indicate a majority of 1,100 for Wade Hampton for Governor. and of about 900 for the Hayes electors. It is not to be inferred, fioi\'ever, that the votes as actually deposited in the ballot-boxes gave Hayes a miajority;. nothing of te kind. But the returns were so manipulated as to show an apparent majority for the Buckeye Governor. The Democrats will in all prebability make no further contest overtheelectoral vote of this unfiortunafe_com‘monwealth, conceding it to the Republicans even if improperly accredited tothem. It remains to be seen whether the Republicans will be equally magnanimous and demand the recognition of Wade Hampton’s election for Governor, in view of the fa@ct that those same returns give that gentleman a majority of severat hundred in excess of that of Mr. Hayes; or whether they will permit the usurper Chamberlain to- keep up his pseudo government with the aid of federal bayonets. Time will tell. . = . . It'is reported that the Senate .committee has agreed unanimously that nothing short of 185 electoral votes shall suffiee to elect. . If this action should finally be approved by Congress, the rejection|of the- yotes of Louisiana and Florida -woulg ‘result in throwing the election .of the President into the House and the election of the Vice President into the Senate —thereby securing the election of Tilden and Wheeler. T ;

. Senator Logan, being keépt busy in working the wires atSpringfield to secure his re-election, hag asked to be relieved from serving on the committee to devise a p]a"n for counting the electoral votes, which request has been complied with. . Senator Conkling has been selected to fill the vacancy thus created.; This makes a decided improvement in the cq,m?posi,tion of that important -committee. Mr. Conkling, though a strong partisan, is at the same-time a man of great ability! )

Another Disaster.

- The British iron ship Circassian, Capt. Williams, went ashore on the Long Island coast; two -miles from Bridgehampton,- on the 11th inst, while on-her voyage from London to New. York, having on board r 1 of the crew of an abandoned vessel,the Heath Park, of Dundee, Scotlaud, bound from Amboy for Liverpool. ' After some hours both shipwrecked crews were safely landed, annd nota life was lost. They were brought to-New York and sent to various hospitals. The crew in -all comprised 23 souls, and were subsequently sent back by the British consul to England. * On the day after the wreck the' Coast Wrecking company took charge of the vessel and tried to get her off. The storm of Friday caught 84 men, employes of the company, on board, and there were no means provided for their rescue. Finally, at half-past 4 o’clock in the morning, the ship went to pieces with an awful crash, according to the account of four survivors, who were ‘washed ashore Saturday morning, more dead than alive, on fragments of the wreck. No one of the remaining 29 men on board has been heard from up to the present time, and there is but liftle doubt that ail have perished. - : . . -

Tuesday afternoon of last week, as William O’Brien and James Long, of Pierceton, were driving in town ina sleigh, a team following behind became frightened, ran away and ran into the sleigh, upsetting and throwing the occupants out, cutting Long’s head severely, who is not expected to live, Mr. O’Brien is also badly injured, The ice business at LaPorte is quite extensive. There are four firms there which have 69 houses with a total capacity of 130,000 tons. It is thought 150,000 tons will be put up this year. ‘When the harvest is in full blast, from 600°t0 700 hands are employed. :

ALBION RUMMAGES.

Heigh! ho, for-the “hub!” _ Wade Hampton, wade. We'll wade with you. | o ' B

° 'Who has not heard that we are now having splendid sleighing? Lk That' little visit paid us by our friends from Ligonier was just the thing. About sixty individuals,ladies and gen.tiemen, came-over; the most prominent among whom was Captain Braden. By this we mean that he was acting 1n his old capét_cit,y of captain. After our friends had take}nl supper at Mrs. Bredley’s, they fell in rank and marched to the cou.t-house, | where they met .with a warm reception by the people of Albion who had already gathered there.” After pleasantly spending an hour or so in the court-roomn, eating apples and tlirow-_ ing them .about, we began to thiffk this room too 'small for the rapid expansion of our joys, and:by orders from the “captain’ we again fell in rank and adjourned to Clapp’s Hall, where was found ample room for our highest flights and fancy. Come again, good people, come again. ¢ e The rsheriff has a new curry-cbmb. Court will set next Monday. Judge i Tousley’s face is not only lit up with suits, but is actually increasing in wize. * i P

.On New Year’s Day the ladies of Albion gave a free dinner in the court-room for the good of the littie folks; more especially the poor. The ammner was « grand success. O, the pleasure one feels in seeing every little face wreathed in smiles, the very expression of which is saying “A Happy New Year.” Can any one suggest a better ‘way to begin the-new year? ' P It is only occasionally that we seea drunken man try.in\g to walk on both ‘'sides’ of the street at. once, and then filey seldom succeed, generally managing to land about midway, just in time to be picked up by our marshal and marched to that house which is ‘built upon a rock, - Justice of the Peace Singrey has resigned his office. Who shall be appointed ? o

' The “bub” furnishes the county ten -school teachers, each and every one of the best type. = ; Found—ln'the court-room, by the Sheriff, a beautiful kid glove, the late ‘property of some_‘handsome lady. This glove will be returned to any lady giving satisfactory evidence that the glove was designed to fit her hand. Eadies, call on the Sheriff. " On last Friday night the post-office at this place was entered by some person or persons. Several letters were opened and a small sum of money taken, also a féew notions. Such as a mouth organ and meerschaum | pipe. By whom the theft was committed . is unknown. 3 g

On Monday forenoon the wife of James Charter, after living with her husband' foi",nearly twenty years, quietly took French leave of him, and has gofi'e to other parts, tiuking with her a small danghter. i.

Last Saturday the wife of James Hutchison left him to mourn her departure, but whither she has gone no one knows. In this case as well as the one above the name is Jane. Will you insist that “there’s noblfing in a name?” - - ] y ;

Running horses on the streets is a luxury not much indulged in. It costs from three to five dollars. 5 ~ On the Bth inst. M. C. Skinner, County Superintendent, will open a school in ‘the “big brick” in Albion. It is good that the house will be dedicated to its purpose by soable a man as Mr. Skinher: : . AT AP,

BENTON CORRESPONDENCE.

We would once more wield the pen, to. our best ability, for the columns of that most excellent journal, THE BAN'NER, at the commencement of this §ne‘y year. 'The centennial.year has -past and our country is not saved, yet we hope and trust the scale may turn, and is turning we think, for the better. But time alone will unfold to us the future, and we -who survive, the present crisis shall alohe know thé result. The past'is gone and its history is ‘known. Terrible, wondertul, disgrace-ful-(if you will allow me the expres- ' sion), is the history of our government for the past twelve years. Otlier nations see our present difficulty and clamorings. There is no nation upon this globe that has not in the past’ recognized the United States as having the best government; that we were progressive in our arfs and sciences. We were looked upon and respected by other countries as being able to discern right from wrong, and it was confidently believed that we would choose the former instead of the latter. But, alas! the news has gone forth from nation to nation, until they all see our jangling over the late election. O, that our country was restored to peace and prosperity! We are sorry. ‘We lament that the affairs of our government are in such-a critical condition, but we hope men’s passions’ and' prejudices may give way and their® better feelings rule their thoughts, that we may see the majority, and not the minority, rule. May the Supreme Ruler he!p us to be wise and look to the interest and future welfare-of our nation, and not to party power; that our ehildren after we shall have passed away may say, “Blessed be our ancestors for this noble and weli-constructed government.” Ole hundred years hence none of us will be left to tell of the past, but history alone Will{ unfold to coming generations the past difficulties. May the God of Heaven lead the rulers of our. land, that we may see peace and quietude reign throughout America, Rev. Cone’s meetingsare still in progress at the Colclazier Chapel, and the indications are that we will have a big revival at that place, = = : S - JoBN M. HANEY,

At Cairo, 111., on New Year’s day aloconotive engine, going down the inclined plane of the Mississippi Central road,\} got out of the control of the engineer and dashed down the plane at a fearful rate of speed into the transfer boat, H. 8. McComb, where it-collided with a freight car. The engine and car werd shattered, If it had not been for the car the engine would have run wto the Ohio river, No lives were lost, .

A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.

A Passenger Train Breaks ‘Through:a Bridgfe afi’t;‘: : - Ashtabula, Ohio.

A PLUNGE OF OVER 75 FEET.

More ';‘ha.n Fifty Persons Supposed " to Have Been Killed—Crushed,

Burned and Drowned.

CLEVELAND, 0.. Dec. 20.—About 8 o’clock this evening an irou bridge on the; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, a_short distance west of Ashtabula station, gave way undetr the Pacitic express, a train which consisted of.eleven.cars, drawn by two engines. The entire train, with the exception of one engine, plunged into the river below, a distance of seventyfive feet. There were 140 passengers on the train. i : 2

Train No. 5, Conductor Henn, left Erie 'for Cleveland one hour late, and neared the bridge 1t Ashtabula about 8 o’clock. ; fenie

The falling train and-: bridge broke the ice in the creek, and those not killed by the fall or burned in the burning cars were held down by the wreck and drowned before they could be extricated. :

10:25—Many will be,.or kave been, frozon. - Cilizens of -Ashfabula are at the wreck, -and as many as can are working to rescue those who have not beén killed. The work, however,goes on very slowly.. ;

There were a great number of Eaptern people on the train. It issaid the seven coaches were all {?vell filled. The express messenger for the American Express Company is missing,and the locul agent at Ashtabula fears tuat he is among the killed. 11:20 AY M.—~The wreek has now burned down, but it will be daylight before much ean be done towards getting out-the dead. The special train with surgeons, stretchers, blankets, ete., whigh left here at 10:30, was drawn by two:engines, but owing to the deep snow on the track was two hours getting to Painesville, 30 miles from here and exactly half way between Cleveland and Ashtabula.

- THE VALLEY OF D] ATH. The following from a“sfiecial' to the Cleveland Leader is the latest from the wreek at Ashtabula: “The haggdard dawn which drove the darkuess out of “this valley of the shadew of death. seldom saw a ghastlier sight than was revealed with the coming of this morning. =On either side of the ravine frowned the dark and bare arches from which the treacherous timbers had fallen, while at their base the great heaps of ruins caused the ‘hundreds of men, women and children who had so suddenly been called to their death. The charred bodies lay ‘where they had been placed in the hurry and confusion iof the night. Piles of iron lay on the track or bedded in the shallow water of the stream.

“The fires smouldering in great heaps where many '({f the hopeless. vietims had heen all consumed, while men went about in wild excitement, seeking trace of a lost one among the wounded .or dead. £

HOW'IT HAPPENED.

““All the witnesses so,far agree as to the main facts of the accidént. It was about 8 o’cluek, aud the srain was moving-along at a moderate rate of speed, the Ashtabula station being just this side of the ruins. Suddenly and without any previous warning che train plunged iuto the abyss, the forward 10CoOmOotIVE alone gelving across in safety. Almost instantly the lamps and stoves set fire -to the cars, and many who were doubtless only stunned, and who might bhave been saved, fell victims to the fury of the flames.” The following has just been received from Ashtebula depot, Ohio, 1:20 P. M.: 'General Superintendent Paine is here and says there is no prospect at present of ascertaining the names of ! the killed and wounded. The railroad- folks are doing. what they can to get names, but it will be late before anything is known. ;

SURGEONS AT WORK

On the arrival of -the Cleveland train the surgeon of the road organized his corps of assistants and. made a tour of 'the various hotels where the wounded were attended to, such help being given to each as was possible, The people of Ashtabula lent willing hands, and ail that human skill and mercy could do to .save life or ease pain was' done. Jd'he train which came from Cleveland for the purpose was immediately backed into position and long betore daylight the least wounded 'Wei'é _being prepared for transportation to Cleveland to be sent to the hospitals or home, i The night’ was intensely cold; the wind blew a perfect gale and the SNOw in. many places drifted waist deep along the track. oward morning the beds. in the sleeping cars of the special train were made up and such of the wounded as could be removed were transferred to them. : ‘

Mr. Charles Collins, chief civil engineer of the road, describes the bridge as a Howe truss, built entirely of iron and about 11 years old. It was 69 feet above the; water, had an arch 150 feet long in ‘the clear, the whole length of the bridge being about 157 feet. It has been tested with six locomotives, land at the time of the disaster was considered us being in perfect condition. It was built inthe Cleveland shops.. Mr., Collins gives no opinion as to the cause of the geei-, dent, expressing himself as being ut: terly unable so to do. He ‘estimates the loss omrthe bridge at $75,000, but has no opinion as to the total loss by cars. As soon as the debris is cleared away and the bodies all taken out, which will occupy a couple of days, a temporary bridge, which was . built for the Wilson avenue crossing, ana is at Collinwood, will be put up. - e expects to have a running counection made within 10 days. | , A Passenger’s Statement.

~ Miss Marion Shephard, a young lady residing in Ripon, Wisconsin, was on the-ill-fated train, and having miracnlously eseaped from the terrible catastrophe without - injury, except a slight seratech on the right handg, arrived in Chicago on Sunday afternoon, and, being interviewed by a Times ref)drter, gave an extended account of the horror as she witnessed it, and from which we glean' the following DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY : |

“The passengers were grouped about, the cars in twos, fours, and even larger parties, Some were lunching, gome were chatting, and quite a number were playing cards, The bellrope snapped in two, one piece flying ‘against one of the lamp globes;smashing it and knocking the burning candle to the floor. Then the cars ahead of us went bump, bump, bump, as.if the wheels were jumpiig over ties. Until the bumping sensation was felt everyone thought the glass globe had been broken by an explosion, : ‘Several jumped up and some seized the tops of the seats to steady them: selves. A halt minute or so had now elapsed since the rope broke. Suddeiily there was e

o AN AWFUL ORASH, . | I can’t describe the mnoise. ' -‘There were all sorts of sounds. Icould hear above all a sharp, ringing sound, as if all the glass in the train was being shattered. to- pieces. Some one cried out, ‘We are going down.’ Af.that moment all the lights in ghe car went out. It was utter darkpess. I stood up in the centre of the aigle. I knew that s« m-thing awful was hap?ening, and, having had some previous experiénce in railroad aceidents, I braced myself the best I knew how.* I felt the ecar floor sinking from under my feet. The seusation of falling was very apparent. ' I thought of a great many thiugs; and I made up my mind that I was going to be Kkilled. For the first few seconds we Seemed to be dropping in silence. I eould hear the other pass-ngers breathing. Then suddenly the car wus filled with flying splinters: and dust, and wé seemed breathing sume heavy substance. For a wmowent I was almoss sutfocated. We went down, down—uh, if was awful. It seemed to me that! we had Leen falling two minutes. The berths were slipping from their fastenings and falling upon the passengers. We ‘heard an awtful crash. As the sound died away we heard heavy groans all around us. It was as dark as the grave, o e o

“1 WAS THROWNDOWN

Just how T féll is mole than T can say: A gentleman had/fallen across me, but we were both orfiféur»;feet ina moment. Every one was'scrambling and struggling tor get sut. I heard some one say, ‘hurry ou; the car will be on fire in a minute.' Another man shouted, ‘the water 8 coming in and we will be drowne” The car seemed lying partly on pne side. In the scramble a man‘catight hold of me and cried out, ‘hdp me; don’t leave me!” A womary cried from one-cor-ner of the car, ‘lelp me, save my husband.” He was ciught under a bertls and some seats. 1 was feeling around in the. dark, tryiag to release him, when some merat the other end of ‘the- carsaid they were all right, and would help the man out. I igroped along to the-door,crawling over the heating arrangement-in getting to It. The fire had not ¢t broken out inour car.’ While I was getting out through the door the others were elimbing out through the windws.

‘On the left the cars were .on a blaze. On the right a pile of rubbish, as high as T coull see, harred escape. In front of me w:re sone cars standing on end, or in % sloping position. I followed ‘a man' who was trying to scale the pile of dsbris. I goton to a coach which wasresting on the edge o"theroof. The rodf wassoslip, @ v an | icy that J could 1t walk on It, and so I erawled along over it. The car was dark inside,and oh, what heartrending groans issted fromit. Itseemed filled with e o] i

PECPLE WHO WERE DYING

Two men, a Mr. White,”of Chicago,’ and a Mr. Tyler, ¢f St. Louis, helped mé down from the end of the car, Then I was in the snow up to my knees. Tyler was badly gashed about the face, and was cvered with blood Right .under our feet lay a man, his head down in a hole, and his legs under the corner of tiie car. IHe asked us to help him; and Mr. Tyler and Mr. White released histegs somehow, and some other men carried him away.. It was storming terrikly.: The wind was blowing a perfect gale. |~ Yo

- “By this time the whole secene was lighted up by the burning cars. I could see that thie bridge had broken off even with the:abutments. The abytments looked as high as Niagara. Away above us I could see a ecrowd of spectators. . Down in the wreck there was a perfect panie. l“llzl-v people were beside themecliven. 'Same were s 0 badly frightened and panie-stricken that they had to be dragged out of the cars to prevent their being burned up. I don’t want to appear invidious, but L must say that thie Womap, the fow who were not killed~outrigh§, behaved more courageously than the men, as a rule.- e g | 2 “Before we got out of the chasm the wliole train was in a blaife. The: locomotive, the cars, and the bridge were mixed up in one indistinguishable mass. -From burning heap came shrieks and, the most: e ' PITEOUS CRIES FOR HELP. I could hear, far al])ove me, the clangor of bells'in the village, aldrming the citizens. We climbed up -the steep side of the gorge, floundering in snow two feet deen. They took usinto an engine house, where there was a big furnace fire.. The wounded were broughtin and laid on the floor. They iwere injured in every conceivable ‘way! Some had their legs, broken, some had gashed and bleeding I'ac¢es. and some were so horribly crushied that they appeared to be dying. Two ladies, Mrs. Graham, of New York, and Mrs. Bingham, of Chicago, were laid on the floor. Another lady, whose name I could not learn, had sustained! terrible injuries. ~Her babe, which had been ecrushed, lay on the floor in another part of the room, and its sobs and eries nearly drove its mother to distraction. She begged me to lay the child on her breast, but they would not let me. The clothes on the wounded were frozen stiff. = It was a half hour, I would guess, before the p;hysi-i cians came. T S

“Atter a little while. we left the engine house and climbed & long, slippery flight of stairs, to the top of a bill, and were taken in omnibuses to hotels and private houses. The wounded were well taken care of. : -,.

Miss Shephard did -not visit the wreck again, but was told by persons who did that they saw several heads which had been severed from the bodies; that charred skeletons in a sitting posture could: be seen in the ruins. In the ashes and fragments of what bad been a car sixteen skeletous were ceunted. The majority of the lost seemed to.be killed outright, but there were many who died lingering, awful deaths, being first crushed and then slowly burned, The passengers in the *“Palatine” fared the best of any., All except Miss Shephard were more or less hurt, but nobody was killed: 1 . v

TIHE CORONER'S INQUEST.

- From the sworn testimiony given by different persons before the coroner’s jury. we elicit the tollowing | ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

concerning the terrible wreck and the fearful sacrifice of human life; The train was a double-header, that is, it -was drawn by two engines; jthere were on board, perhaps, 200 persons; the train probably ran off the track before the bridge went down, as the passengers testity to a bumping sensation, like running over, giés-, before the cars fell into a‘ : THE AWFUL CHASM.. ~ [ The first engine cleared the bridge, but, ber tender was off the track. The: wreck occurred at about half-past 7 o’cldck on the evening of Dec. 20th. Mr. Chatles Tyler, a resident! of St. j Louis, was a passenger on the ill-fated train. He was in the sleeping ecar Pualatine, in which there were nineteen passengers, and being asked by the Coroner to give a deseription in his own words of the accident, proceeded to give the following =

THRILLING NARRATIVE: The first warning we had was the bursting of the lamp in the front end of the car. I remarked that I guessed it was the frost, I aftértvard learned

- > A SO S S that it was the bell-rope snapping as the forward car broke loose. I next felt a sensation as if we were off the track for an mstant. Mr. Lyons exclaimed, “My. God! we are going down!” and wa went down, ' The ear appeared to have sailed 140 or i5O feet

THROUGH THE AIR ZIG-ZAG . before we struck the ice. All the lights went out, and we were in perfect darkness and the wildest coufusion. The car in the rear of us,the sleeping-car City of Ruffalo, I think, fell ‘a&must‘, perpendicularly and smashed about 10 feet.off the rear end of our car. There were two men in the wash-roow, which was' at ihe rear end, ab the time, who must have been mangled beyond all recognitisn. With these exeeptions not one in our car was ‘killed. /I climbed out and onto the City of Buffalo, and pulled Miss Shephard after| me. I clung to the carand:. o 00 10 ! _ ' MISS SHEPHARD SLID DOWN, hanging on to me. She dropped into very deep snow, and I followed.! "I saw a man in the Palatine, who was perfectly insane with fright, trying to get out of the window. I helped him out, There was not a groan that I could discover to come from the car in the rear of us, the City of Buftalo. Every soul in that car must have been killed: outright, - The car was crushed by another car falling on to it. It was 30 minutes after fire broke out before the : Eroaan =}

TRAIN WAS HOPELESSLY ABLAZE. Up to that time a few men could have put it out.with snow or a.few bueckets of water. . 1 .

- He thought water would have saved lives. ‘One and a half hours after the bridge fell, at 5 minutes before 9, three women were alive under the locomotive, who might have been rescued *if there had been plenty of water at hand. He is accustomed to traveling, and has been in the steamboat business for OVG}I? 20 years, and Peen over this road 10 or - L . A DOZEN TIMES A YEAR : for some time. He thinks his opinion on the n uh}ber of people on bodrd showdd be better than of ap average traveler, being always observant of sueh things. . All the cars- were well filled that siight.. The eonductor told him that the smoking-ear was well filled at the time of the accident, He does not think that ary ‘blame should be attached to the company for the accident. He thinks they were doing the, best in their power to get them ner the road. ;He thinks that the citizens did all.in their power, both at the time of the accident and afterward in : S

THE LIST OF KILLED.

The revised and compléte list of the killed. in-the Ashtabuld eatastrophbe, as published in the Chicago Zlimes, tvots up 92. ( I'he investigation of the coroner’s jury is still'in progress, and further developments may yet Dbe made. o L e

General Items.

_ Mr. R. E. Earll, from Northville, Michigan, where is located one of the most extensive establishments in the country for hatching fish, was at Wa- | bash' by order of the United States Government, two days last week, and emptied into the Wabash river 9,000 @Galifornia salmon, of about forty days age. ; ! +The Pennsylvania State Dem’ocr,gitic Committee met, at Harrisburg onithe: 22d, and issued an address to the|people of Pennsylvania, declaring their belief in the fuir election of Tilden and Hendricks, and calling: upon hoth Houses of Congress to jadopt such, means as may lead to the official declaration of suech' result. i |

There is . speck of disloyalty among the English agriculture laborers, | Mr. Joseph Areh said in a recent speech that if hel went to war he must not count gn taking the agricultural laborers to be Shot™at TOr thirtesn peuce per day. . They are determined! that until they had obtained the franchise they would take no part in the wars of England. il | o

A mysterious fébl)ery, recently occurred . in-the National Treasury! Department. A package containing $12,000, directed to a Chicago Natiopal Bank, was abstracted;, and another package substituted, which, .on being received, was found to contain nothing but brown tissue paper. The bank officers believe that some dishonest clerk in the [l'reasury Department abstracted th?’}paper.‘ [ z i Woodward, the Tweed ringsterlately captured in- Chicago and sent to New York, has eftected a compii)omise with the authorities and seeured his release. He surrenders property and bonds worth $155,000, and, although the prosecution has not been formally dismissed, it is understood he will not be further molested if he makes his testimony against others. of the ring as valuable as he has promised. - On Tuesday morning, Dec. 26th, a disgusting case of mayhem happened in Walker’s saloon under the New Chicago Theater. Two young fellows named John Hatton and Chris Rooney, had a dispute which ended in the former seizing Rooney’s left ear in his mouth and biting the lobe clear off. The young beast then picked up the piece of mutilated flesh and attempted to throw it in the stove, but was .prevented. - ] A minority of the House Judiciary Comiittee will report on the Qolorado question to the effect that Congress bias- no right to delegate to the President the power to pass upon the char-. acter of. the ‘constitution adopted by an incoming State, and complete the act of admission by proclnma;tiun‘.v They will at the same time: report that the constitution adopted by the people of (olorado is republican in form and recommend its .admission to the Union by act of Congress. :

A troupe of Jubilee singers, consisting of seven or eight mémbers, were arrested at Otis, for an assault on thejproprietor; of the Otis house. They attempted to jump their hotel bill, when their baggage was levied upm, whieh the troupe thought was not exactly right, and a general fiee fight ensued, in which the proprietor had his nose broken and was stabbed through the hand by one of the women. William Giles, the leader of the troupe, is charged with having provoked the fight. e

A son of C. Lloyd; of Orient, Osceolo county, Mich., was recently burned to death by the house taking fire. The lad, about ten years of age, was asleep in the garret, Mr. Lloyd was aroused by his son’s cries, and tried to reach the second. story by the stairg, but was driven back by t'e fire. He then went outside and placed a ladder to the window, and. soon ‘reached the boy’s bed, but found it empty. He continued the search on his hands and knees, until he fell through the floor down to'the. first floor, when he was compelled to abandon the poor boy to the devouring flames, When rescued, Mr. Lloyd’s hands and face were terribly burned, . o e ' Near Mason City, 111., two brothers named Wiley Horne and ; William Horne, prominent farmers, were arguing politics, when William became. angry and attempted to cut his brothor with a large butcher knife. 'Wiley’s wife, being present, attempted to seperate them, whereupon Williain struck hier with the knife, nearly cutting her ‘hand off. Wiley immediately took possession of a shot-gun lying by, and discharged the contents at his opponent, shooting him in the right arm, inflieting a dangerous wound, making amputation of the arm necessary. The woman is in a dangerous condition, being wholly unconseious from loss of ?lgqi;. Her wound is thought to be atal: P e St .

. Foreign Items.

.'The Convent-of St. Elizabeth, near Joliette, Canada, wuas burned on the night of the 25th. Thirteen persons, mostly children, perished in the flames. The convent was occupied by Sisters of Charity, fifty lady boarders, and some fifty charity ehildren and infirm parsons. - : B o

_ Another revolution has taken place in San Domingo. President Gonzalez, whio was @alled back to power when President Espaillat was deposed, again relinquished his office; on the 9th of December, and embarked for Porto, Rico. Ex-Presidént Baez has been restored to' power.. Commerce was utterly paralyzed. .- : v The new Turkish Constitution was solemnly proclaimed on: the 23d ult. It provides for the indivisibility of the Turkish Empire, and declares the Motiammedan rcligion ti:e religion of the State, but guarantees the tree exercise of public worship by all creeds. Two legislative: bodies are provided for, and in other respects it resembies the constitutions of the monarchies of Europe. ‘ U A dispatch from Fort Davis states that the Mexican revolutionists have captured Mr. Miller, an American banker at Chihuahua, and demanded $B,OOO ip gold 4s a ransom of his release. Col. Andrews, with a force of ‘infantry, cavalry and artillery, has gone o his rescue. The revolutionists are reported 400 strong, and have threatened to shoot Miler if they cannot hold him. A fight is inevitable, Naurow Escapefroma Horrible Death. Fiy (New Era, December 28th.) it j

‘On Tuesday afternoon of'last week, Mr. P. A. Sunday, ot Albion, ‘narrowIy escaped a horrible death, which, in coutemplation, even makes us shud: der. Itseems that he was walking on the railroad track 4 ‘short distance west of town, in eompauy with one or two other citizens of this place, and in crossing the tirst cattle guard west of town, he got both of his feet fast between the middle ‘railing and was held as if in a vice. All his ' efforts and those of-his companions to release him proved futile, aud before his companions could secure the means -of releasing him from his perilous pns&‘inion‘ the ominous rumbling of the mail tiain which passes here at 8:11 p.:m., was heard, and the next moment the train was seen approaching at tull speéed. The cowpanions of Mr. Sunday made the most frantic efforts to attract the attention of the engineéer and have the train stopped, by waiving their hats and handkerchiefs, butseemingly to'no purpose, adthough when the train came in sight and when the signals were first m%tde, it 'was some distance away, and cquld have been easily stopped. had the engineer observed the signals and-been disposed to heed them. It was not until it was® almost upon the seemingly doomed man, that its spred was ‘slackened. = With death staring him in the face, Mr, "Sunday threw himself forward withl his head towards the approacbing train, when, as if by a miracle, one of 'his feet was, freed, and then throwing himself as far off the track as vossible so as to lose anly one leg if possible, in his frantic efforts, the other’ foot was treed from the position in which it was ' held, and as lie rolled off the track, theengine brushed his clothing, so close was it wpon him. The feaiful agony of the moment must have been tenfold more terrible than death itself. A party offrailroad-men, just 800 yards east of where Mr. Sunday was held upon the track, signaled the train to stop, for some other purpose, without knowing of Mr, Sunday’s condition, but to no purpose. We do not k,how what explanatéon the engineer gives ¢f his conduct. s

Reductions of the custom house forces in varipus parts of the country, ordained by recent acts ofr Congress, LUUK efeovy” IaSL MONJay, giving the mustered-out battalions a ¢hance to enjoy their New' Year’s unburdened by official cares. And yet it is to be feared they will not be happy. The saving in the item of salaries will amount to about $350,000, of which Chictgo suffers in about $16,000. G e -o —

The exhibition of the Illinois State Poultry ‘Association, at Bloomington adjourned on the 29th ult. Considera‘bld displeasure is manifested by exhibitors at the poor progpect of receiving their premiums. The exhibition, though a fine one, has been financially a failure. The maunagers say that the premiums will' be paid pro rate after the bills of expeuse are paid. o

Cross and Sickly Childron ¢an be made healthy and strong by regulating their stomach and bowels with Castorig. It..is more effective, than Caster Oil, and is as pleasant to take as honey. For Wind Colic, Sour Stomach, \Vq‘!rms and Costiveness, there is nothing in existence equal to Castoria. - o £

Why Will You Suffer froni Rheumatism Sprains, Stff Joints, Swellings, Burns, Scalde or Weak Back, when the Centaur Liniment affords certain relief.: Many artietes soothe pain: to a certain extent, but the Centaur Linement eares. The White Linimeuit is for the human family, the Yellow Liniment is for horses and animals. . -

‘No One Need Suffer from Piles.

. A sure cure for the Bliu'p, Bleeding, Itehing, and Ulcerated Piles, has been discovered by old Dr. Williams, (an old Indian Remedy) called Dr. William’s Indiar Ointment. A single box has cuved the wonst old chronic cases of twenty-five and thifty years standing. Lotions, instroments and Flectnaries do more harm than good. William’s Ointment suppocts the tumors, and acts as a soothing pouliice and medicine, gives instant and painless relief, zndis prepared exclusively for piles aud pothing else = Over 20.000 grateful patients attest ite virtues, an‘d physiclans of all schools endorse it unequivocallyl ; 3 Sg'un all gpurious advertisements and imitations of Dr William’= Remedies. Sent free of postage. secure y sealed from observation for £ 0. = Address Dr Frazier, sole proprietor, 318 Erie Street, Cleveland, Ohio. s 7-;{. :

PIMPILIES, Ao I will mail (free),the recipe for preparing arfiimple VEGETABLE fiALM that will' remove FaAN, FRECKLE:, PIMPLES and BrorCues. leaving the skin, soft, clear aud beautiful; also instruc-. tions for prodacing a luxariant growta of hair on a bald head or smooth face. Address, Ben. Vandelf & Co., Box 5121, N 0.53 Wooster St., N. Y. :

TOCONSUMPTIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently enred of that dread diseare, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxisus tomake kuown to his fellow tufferers the means of care. . Toall wh) desire ir, he will send a copy ol the prescription used, (fres of charge). with the directions for préparing and using t,fie same, Which they will find a sver oure for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, Bronourris, &c Pirties wishing the Iprescription wiil pleasd address, ' Rey. E. A WILSON, | - 194 Penn St., Williamsburgh, New York,

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from ‘ . Ne:vous Debility, Premntare Decay, and all | the effects qt youthful indiscretic n wiil, for the sake of syffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the' simple remedy by which he was: cured, Snfferers wishing-to profit by the advertiser’s experience can do 8o "’~¥ addressing i perfect confidence, | . JOHN B. OGDE +, 42 (‘edar Bt., New York, e 37-6 m-a and co . ety A s 4 TRt et et oo b MARRIED. Jl <z GRANT—-CARMEAN.—On Sunday Eve., December 31, 1876, at the residence of the bride’s pureuts, by Rev. Lichtenwalter, of Milford, kev, F. A. @rant, of Indianapolis, to Malind +' Car‘mean, of Perry twp, Nobieicounty, 5

b L-IDIBID. : TIEDEMAN.--On Friday eve., December 20,76, in Goshen, Mrs. Mary B, Tiedemun; aged b 0 . years, 4 mouths aud 26 diys “The deceared was born in Virginia,-August Bd, 1826; nud mbved with her parents to Fayette €o., Pa., in 1828, whore they Temained until 1836, wheu they cane to this Stnte and settled in Blk- - hary county She was a sister of our esteemed trieud, Mr. Robert Lucky, of Washington townwe: ship, thig connty, - e ; : 7 ; s

The Undersigned Will, During the Next - 60 DAYS, - Sell Anything in his Line, Such ax Gents’ Furnishing Goods, __HATS AND CAPS, &ec., Without Regard to Cost. .. ' | THIS IS NO HUMBUG i o AS‘I]"II_Q&Q‘ Got to Sell . $25,000 }\Vorfh of Goods within that time, om account of making a : ' ~ change 1n my business position. » L l s co e ) NERAN ~ | Original Boss Clothing House, LIGONIER, INDIANA. ! . ; Ligonier, November, 30, 1876 «47-tf =+ 3 ~J. DECKER l, : B&sad O -l 'ls still'in the Fielll with one of the X.arg- ! 0 est Stocks of ‘ \;ii>. 4 o : | 4 ODOACERIES AEDTRO VT lOUVEREED, QULEAY W AR, . Table Cutlery, i - VVhiCh:llleOfiértS »f:'oi“sale at - 4 . GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! o : . : S o | ! The Greatest Bargains in ’ That have ‘ev‘er 'beé;‘liofiéred to the people of Northern Ihdiana. ‘ o . .. L amoffering a » - Japan Tea for 50 cts.fiper“lb. | el camhlo"‘c_ be bofighft: elsé{vllél'e for less than 75 cents per pound. - Hundreds of my customers can attest to thisfact. lam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. o eot ! -[-‘--———o""‘“_‘.'“ : ' ' -f : 'MY A’ST’()’C{K OF e DUEENSWARE & GLASSWARE _. Isl'.the"m‘bst 'c.oméléte in thisvs‘ec.fiion‘ of the clouAnt—ry.‘ s “"_‘o“l—' ‘ 1 - I Can Save You Money, L’;y cz;l.ling and -e__x;afi]ining my goods before buying élsewhe;e- -' LIGONIER,IND, NOVEMBER 23, 18%. ./ - = . BNGEL & OO'S ADVERTISEMENT. ./, LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN ~ NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. . ENGEL & CO., At Kendallville, offer an immense stock of - - : ‘ | i b | \ o - For Men, Youths, Boys & Children. .| Also,a Complete Assortment of - | Coatings, Cloths, Cassimeres, Hats, Caps, Traveling - | Bags,and all Other Goods At Prices Beyond Competition. rnGt el g c S R e e s