The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 January 1877 — Page 1

R R R he National Ban v = ~ PEnLISuED Byl 110 : ~ JOHN BL STOLL. LIGQNIER‘ NOBLECOUNTY IND. % La -/\-\o - : - . Terms of Subseription: anye-r,'ina.dvanee,..........-.............‘5‘.’_00 Rix months, iNAAVANCE. cceoeeiiieinaioacas 100 Bieven copies to one address, one year, e =t g&-Sabscribers outside of Noble county are | harged 10 cents extra {per year] for postage, . -which is prepaid by the publisher. CITIZENS BANK : : . ’ : LIGONIER, INDIANA. ) = 3 First-Class Notes wanted at a Low Rate of Discount. : 411 partiss having “*Pablic Sale Notes.,’? will do well to us befora disposing of them elsewhere. : ; ‘Exchange Bought and Sold, and Foreign Draftsdrawnon all the Principal Cities of Europe. - : ! g ' Agents for First-Class Fire and Life = Insnx;ance’ Companies. ¥ M s : v » STRAUS BROTHERS. M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. : Liganierélnd..l)ec 16, 1875626 -~ . P. W. GREEN, 3 . . . s Justiceof the Peace & Collection Ag T, Ofide—Second Story, Laadon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. g . C.\ "ANCAMP, ATFORNEY AT LA W, ~ Ligomier, : 3 : Indiana. | Special attention given to collectionsand conveysg:ing. and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and capiracts. Lezal business promptly attended to. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 oeee e e e et . G. ZIMMERMAN, -| Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Office over Gerber’s Hardware, -Cavin Street, : : Ligonier, Indiana. January 7, 1875.-9-37 . £ Sl and Soele iR e s T : X, E.‘KNISELY, € ATTORNEY AT LAW., LIGONIER, - - \-_" INDIANA. =~ oMceon second floor of Landon's Block, 7-3 3 ALBERT BANTA, , Jasticeof the Peace: & Conveyancer. o LIGONIER, INDIANA. Specialattention given to conveyancingandcol_ections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup and all legal business attended to promptly and sccarstely. Office over Strans & Meagher’s store, > A May 15187315-8-3 - . WAKEMAY, :"i S ) InsuranceAg’t &Justice of the Peace ' KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office with A. 'A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receive sabsériptions to THE NATIONAL BANNER. e e ——————————————————————————————— e e . .P. W.CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, o LIGONIER, : INDIANA, Ofice over Banm’s Grocery Store. - v 9 n3-Iy. - : ; E’G. W. CARR, - Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER - - - - -.- IND, . Willpromptlyatléndail calls intrustedto him. . Odice and residence on 4th Street.

.M. TEAL, * ] : DI NT TS T, =) Rooms over L. E. Pike’s Grocery, |- ; Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, .| | opposise the Post Office, Kendall- | w:lle. Ind. & All work warranted.<&B f ! Kendallville, May 1, 1874, .- - e | gy il B x: _" &x‘_‘-u. jl i ~FCR THE--0 S TS PAILESS EXTRACTION | ; , - ‘ * %‘i-';ﬁ; :L : S 5 N\ TEETH N\=7 TR - W=D D G Um - 1 D, Gants Ofce. N ‘ Fillh;g Tee—th—a. Specialty ] Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1873. * - 1-1 " TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, Laporte, Indiana. V.W.AXTELL, :. : : Proprietor. Laporte, Aprils.lB7l. CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We keep consiantly on hand and sellin large or small quantities, to suit customers, . WiaelfOur Own Manufacture, Paure — Nothing but the Juice of ‘ the Grape. . ; . 1 SACK BROTHERS. | ! Ligonier,July 3,"71.-tf BN e ee e ———— e - Winebrenner & Hoxworth, - HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL = PAINTERS, - Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. Shop near corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts , opposite Kerr’s Cabinet Shop. ; Ligonier, = - = - Indiana, ~ STOB. AT THE ) BRICK KELLY HOUSE | ' -KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA, \‘ EW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK /a¥ Hotel,only tenrods trom the L. 8. &M.S. R. R. Depot, and foursquares from the G, R.R.R.— Cnly five minutes walk to any of the principal buianesshoasesofthecity. Traveling menandstranzers willdnd this a first-classhouse. Fares 2 per “day. . J.B.KELLY,Proprietor, Eend”rille . Ane.3.1870.-14 ’ PHILIP A. CARR, AUCTIONEER, OTers hisservices to the publicin general. Terms ‘moderate. Orders maybe la\ft at the shoesfore of P. Sisterhen.. “ 3 * Liconier,Januarys, '73~z} ] C. V.INKS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, © Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONESL N LIGONIER,;IND. ~ Aprill2, 1871.-50 3 ;o AT AVILIA For Sale: Bargain! 'or Sale Bargain! The sabscniber offers for sale, on favorable terms, i & ‘s, /. A HOUSE AND LOT, favorably situated in- the town of Avilla. The House was built two years ago, and is a very gub- _ =tantial and conveniently arranged dwelling. Any person wanting to procure a comfortable houseat Avilla, willfind this a rare oppcrtunitr i For terms, &¢., aldress the subscriber,or call upon LEONARD S. HERSH, at Avilla, who is daly anthorized {o sell the property. o g J. lg STOLL, . oI . i Liconier, Indiana. A - HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, ¢ >,‘/§v/"‘"'-~ i ‘ eEin 4 o o T —eg %\ , / 2 3o\\ _/ . N\ = : ‘/"’) S R ——] { ] A) = » o ' 3 (‘;’:\{r”",w W k v R 57,':'\;:.\ A ’Q;' -:{y 5 "" b b T / ’ e -‘ \ "l&"-pp #\ , : 3 = AN o gin M/'}//’/ hsilr T =" | » : N * WATCH-MAKERS, = 3 » > +f e - JEWELERS, e © —snddealers in— Waiches, Clocks, Jewelry, Fancy Goods, ; s REPAIRING | gariiga of tno g Watch, opositethe Benner

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BANKING HQUSE SOL. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Brock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. 2 { —_— : AR Mdneyloaned on long and shorttime. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Monies received on depositandinterestallowed on specified time, Exchange bought gnd sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on prindpaleit{es of Europe. . 8-2 . TO THE FARMERS: YOU willplease takenoiice that I am still engaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. : . el" Ifyou do not find me on the street, call beford gelling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. - .. SOL. MIER. “Ligonier,lndiana, May Tth,lB74.—lf i

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-.C > I - This Liniment 3 poeeéqssesgreat curative powers for various ailménts. For asthmatic complatints, difficult breathing. tightness of the breast; and ' silments of the_lungsjtis applied externally, on Fr -reast, and between: the shoulders. In case c.snarp pains in the back and linubs, head-ache, ear-ache, affections of the throat, or in cases ofinternal injuries, whether resulting from a severe stroke, fall or bruise, thik Liniment’is especially efficacious. It relieves ulcers, open wouands, salt rheum, white swelling, amilk leg, and: works charmingly on corns, chilblains, frosted hands, feet and ears. Nursing mothers suffering from swollen breasts, resulting from a stagnation of the lacteal fluid; will find this Liniment of incalculable®enefit by way of separating the swelling, allayicg tne fever, and healing the breast. ' By geveral applications per day, highly satisfactory results may be obtained from the use of this Liniment in the treatment of tumors. fistala, cancer, piles, and like diseases ;algo, for wounds resulting from scalds, burns and cuts, and from thebites of wasps,snakesand mad dogs, or poisoning from noxious plants. The French Liniment will also be found a veluable household remedy in cases of rhenmatism,croup, scarlet fever,diphtheria, quin¢y, bronchitis, scrofula, erysipelas,—for external applications. Cholera, ‘cholera morbus, colic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrheea and gripings in the bowels may be eflectually checked by the internal use of this celebrated Liniment, as follows: One-half teaspoonful fourto five ttmes within a period of {from one-half hour to two or three hours, according to the severity of the case. For colic, take one or two doses. For fiux or diarrhea,; infants, one year of age, require from 5 to 6 drops ; two years old, from 10-to 12 drops, given in sugar. - Rub the abdomen_ with the Liniment. For inflamation of the bowels, use the Liniment internally and externally. -

‘Price 50 Cents per Bottle. Prepared and manufictured exelusively by - . Dr. Geo. Cleis, 10-14° ~ GOSHMEN, IND, Go W, CHAPMAN. a 1 | 3IB.STOLL Chapman & Stoll, CAGENTS. Office in the Banner Block, : LIGONIER, - - - - - INDIANA. WE haveé a lax:ge hst of preperiy fdi sale, ci_m-sisting-of dwellings, choice town lots, farms and western lands. Those wishingt‘g buy or sell ‘will find it to their advantage to call and see us’ at our office. . April g, 1876, A TRACT OF LAND, situate one mile svest of Ligonier, consisting of 12 acres more or less. The land is all improved excepting one acre. There is a good -hewed log house, smoke house, spring house, cabin stable. a splendid well of watgr, ‘&, on the property. v . AFARM OF 170 ACRES, 150 OF which is under improvement, in Washington twp. Fifty-five acies are in“clover,-and all isin good" conditions On theproperty is thebest orchard in the county, a.good twwﬁtox(-iy frame house with 9 rooms, good ‘cellar, well and cistern, 2 springs of sufticient volume to water stoek, good barn and out-baildings. &c. Between 45 and 50 acres of wheat were seeded in the fall, ) 214 LOTSIN WELLMAN’S ADDltion to-the town of Ligonier. Theabove are allin one-Block and are corner lotg,” fronting on Martin and Union streets. ’ A CONVENIENT - HOUSE. — A Frame Housge 14 stories-high, containing six ropms, in good condition, in Miller’s addition to Liigonier, on reasonable terms.* A° NICE LITTLE TRACT OF Land, containing 80 acres, lying one mile from Ligonier, 14 acres cleared ready for corn. Avery } desirable home for any one who wishes to live neara thriving town. ) 2 : A GOODSMALL FRAME HOUSE in Chapman’s addition, with six rooms and good cellar, ‘situate on -a corner lot,.hus good well of water and cistern, on good and easy terms,..

A NICE DWELLING HOUSE on Cavin street, one and a half stories high, contain. ing 8 rooms, good cellar, well and ¢istern, and is the handsomest location on the street. One-half down; palance on long time with interest.

‘A F ARM, containing 320 acres,lying four miles south-east from Ligonier, on. the Albion road, the most desirable farm for raising stock and grain-in the county, well known as the Diamong Lake Farm, for-sale on good terms, - VACANT LOTS in Wood’s addition to Ligonier for sale on inviting ,ter_;lx:s; algo, gmr Vacant Lots in Miller’s addition to Ligonier, ow is the time for bargains.

< A LARGE FRAME HOUSE, two stories high, containing 10 rooms, with closets, wardrobes, and ‘outbuildings, such &8s summer kitchen, wood house, barn, eorn erib and hog pen, about one acre of land., a good orchard—apples, peaches, cherries, currants and grapes. The most desirable situation in the town of Ligonier or a retiring farmer who wishes to-educate his children. For sale on terms easy to purchaser. CHAPMAN & STOLL.

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LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877.

GRANDMOTHER CARLTON’S NOTIONS.

I don’t see what we're coming to, I can’t just make it out, With all the world upon the run, an’ things changed round about ;. With everything turned all askew from what it used to be, ; An’ sich high-fanlutin’ doin’s that it kind o’ flustrates me, ; They think I'm old fogy when I speak my mind and say, That folks are goin’ backward from the good old-fashioned way. I have granddarters as comely as the likeli“es_t gals around; s But they’ve got the queerest notions that I have ever found, ’ Though I s’pose they are new-fangled an’ that others have the like, For times are mighty altered since, a gal, I married “Ike,” ! To live in peace and quiet, and lovingly believe . & That Eve was made for Adam, an’ not Adam made for Eve. - : But my grandehild Kate, my oldest, she says that is out of date; I hear tell how she’s strong-minded an’ a woman’s advocate; “ s She’s goin’ to be a lawyer, goes to college every year, o And can arger like a preacher, though she don’t just make it clear; Talks “affinities,” an’ “suffrage,”. and equality I b’lieve; But she takes a deal o’ trouble to prove Adam made for'Eve. -

I don’t see what they calculate the consequence will be, . For they can’t change men to wimmen in any way I can see; | An’ the homes must be made tasty, an’ the children cared for, too, Which if women tend to business, the men will have to do, . ' Or have servants—l forgot them—l am so behind the time, 4 AR’ no hireling watched the slumbers of any babe of mine. They say lam olq fashioned, and at my notions sm%le, 2 ] But I tell them my opinion, though the truth és out of style; ; For I think that tfhings are somehow all gettin’ out o’ jint, With the wimmen runnin’crazy fo: the men to lose their p’int, So they can vote at "lection, preach and lectur’ I believe, An’ in fact put,on the breeches, thinkin’ Adam.made for Eve.

Then there’s my grandchild 'Lizabeth, she’s chipper an’ she’s gay; But I can’t reg'oné:i'le my mind to what 'pears now the way, She goes to parties painted white, her neck an’ bosom bate, With all her, gg'ess a-dragging round, an’ glass dust in her hair, There’s five young fellows courtin’ her; she says she flirts for fun, But ’pears just I@he “boys and frogs”—’tis only fun for one.

I can’t make out what she will do, she talks so 'mazin’ queer,| ! ! A tellin’ how “Jim Pink is sweet,” an’ “Mr. Duck a dear;” . : Tlow “Jack Fast drives a lovely rig,” an’ takes her out to ride,” . An’ she is “cuttin’ out a gal he used to like,” beside; : ! Then “Gus Fitzallon Wbrships‘hér, she can’t give him.the shake;” | An’ Spooney Georg_g Ip§2l spend his cash in presents she must take. ' , Alack! then -thére is lfittle Sal, or “Sadie” now the‘y say, ' : She was so modest, an’ so sweet an’ pretty 1n her way; But t’other day I heard them tell (iny-tears I could not hide) That she was goin’ to marry and be a banker’s bride, . = ° o He’s heaps and heaps of money, an’ that buys love now-a-times, Though he’s fat, an’ old, an’ fussy, an’ as bald as “Dudley Grimes.” : There’s a nice young man been courtin’ her, but he was thought too poor, An’ a“love match alliance” they never could endure; S : 3 So he was shown the dor lateh, his love to forget or hide, . - So Sal, so white and quiet, will be a 7éch man’s bride. : :

Alack a-day! I'm most upset with all I've seen an’ heard, An’ love an’ truth are out of daté, I'm very much afeerd, . ' My oidj heart it is heavy with its burden now-a-day ; i ) For I'lived and raised my children in an honest fear-God way, But my gxt;;,nvdch'ildren are different; an’ I can’t just make them out; Tor everything’s so altered an’ turned so round about s ‘ With babies little wimmen, ashamed to an’ kiss, , , A copyin’ their elders, like my darter’s five year Miss, x e Who goes beflounced to dances, with eurls in her head, - . A talkin’ "bout. her little “beaux,” instead o’ bein’ in bed: - :

With young folks bossin’ parents, an’ carryin’ things. their way, An’ the ministers a-sinin’ an’ fallin’ from grace away, ‘ : With money gildin’ villians, till. they shine 2’ most like saints, - . Awn’.the voung girls thin as fence rails, an’ gla:ubin’%on their paints; With poor boys chained from marryin’, an’ 7¢ch ones on the go, A smokin’, drinkin’, gamblin’, that they tell’s “wild oats to sow.”

But my old eyes are.keen to sée, an’ love makes them full clear, An’’tis many a night I’'m worryin’ about my grandson dear; For he’s my only grandson, an’ he’s han’some an’ he’s fine,

But tln_oughtlass,ﬁanfoft takes, I fear, a drop o’er much o’ wine; He says he's “sowin’ his wild oats,” an’ Jaughs about my fears; But there’s a crop grows “mazin’ fast, an’ blossoms into-tears. |

The good Lord Lelp the reckless boys, that’s ridin’ around so gay, An’ keep them from the/dzunkard’s graves that’s yawnin’ in their way, Ah'me! my old heart’s heavier the more I hear an’ see; : The great world’s runnin’ on so fast, will soon run over me; ¢ But I’m glad I am behind times, though they laugh at my olld;s?mys; For the folks were nearer Heaven in the good old-fashioned d ws. .

Cloud Banners of the Alps. i Amongf the most exquisite scenes which delight the eyeof the European traveler are those wonderful rosecolorsd ; cloud banners, floating from the Alpine cliffs. But it is only in the sunlight that nature hangs out those beautiful tokens. Soitis only in the glow of health—the sunlight of our inner being—that nature reveals those physical cloud banners, the ‘rosy cheek” and “cherry lips” to praise which every poet of the earth has invoked the Muse to aid him. But tkey are as rare as the eynical Hood conceived Christian charity to be. Woman, eager -to retain this charm, resorts to French art and rouge. 'The effect is similar to that which would be produced by substituting auctioneers’ flags for the delicate glowing cloud hanners of the Alps. If woman would aid nature instead of adopting art, would seek health iustead of vainly trying to mask disease, she would not only win the greatest charm of womanhood—health—but she would avert much misery both from herself and others. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has received the highest praise from thousands of pale, delicate, suffering women. One bottle. often affords more relief than months of treatment by caustics;and other medicines. It is harmless in any condition of the system, and its use often.renders the mobest invalid exempt from that most trying of ordeals—a persoual consultation with a physician. It is the duty of every woman to become familiar ‘with the causes and symptoms of the many diseases to which her peculiar organization renders her liable, and ‘also to learn the proper means of nreventing these maladies. 'The People’s Medical Adviser containgsan extensive treatise upon *Woman and her Diseases.” Theauthoralsoadvises courses ‘of domestic treatment, which will ~often render the services of a physician wunnecessary. ' Every woman should read it. = A copy of the Adviser can be obtained by addressing the author, Dr. R. V. Pierce, at Buffalo; 'N.YXY. Price $1.50 (postage prepai,d.l Ea:'erite Prescription is sold by druggists. ' s R

The recent accident at Ashtabula goes far to prove that iron is not a fit material for bridges over which heavy trains are to pass. Intense vibration to which these heavy loads subject the iron tends to crystalize that metal until its tenuity is in a great measure destroyed, and: some sudden contraction caused by cold or other causes snaps the iroq and down goes the whole structure.’, It seems to be a question whether or not iron must not be entirely supplanted by some material to which this objection cannot be urged. 4y ;

A little girl who was sent for some indigo, forgetting the name, asked the grocer, “Please, ‘gir, what do people dye with?” “What do people die with ?” exclaimed the grocer. “Why, with the ¢holera sometimes.” “Then,” said the ch&d,‘“mother wants twentyfive cents’ worth of cholera.”

A Girateful Man. _ Soon afternoon on Saturday a well dressed man about thirty-five years old called into a dry goods store on Woodward Avenue and inquired of a clerk: ;

“Will you have the kindness to tell me the time of day?” = | ik - *A quarter past twelve,” was the answer. f y o

- “Thank you, sir,” coutinued -the man, seeming very much pleased. “Whatever you think ‘is right I will payyou’ : :

“I*don’t charge anything,” said the erk. fesue Cae i

¥ «“Well, that’s liberal, that is. I ad‘mire such-a spirit in a young man, and as a reward I will make you a present. Please accept these.” He handed over four blue-colored milk tickets, each one calling for a pint, and went on: ~ “Always remember that bread cast upon the waters will return. When you Kkindly informed me what time it was you little thought that I was the sort "of & clothes-pin to reward you. Take these tickets, and may prosperity ever attend you.” e , . “I—l am much obliged,” stammered the clerk. : '

© “Not at all, not at all, my good fellow. You cast your bread on the waters and ‘was rewarded. ' I will now ask you; in view of what has occurred, to trust me for ten yards of factory flannel, a hair-brush and a pair of suspenders,” . : i The clerk decided that he couldu’t do it, and the man received back his milk tickets and in high dudgeon started for the door, and as he was going out calied back: : “That’s the way of this false-heart-ed world, and I don’t care how soon the thermometer Kkicks 2e}'o’s head off I”— Petroit Free Press. -

BosSCHEE’S GERMAN SYRUP can now be purchased right at home, it is the most successful preparation ever ‘ins troduced to our people. It rlworle:s like a charm in all cases of Consumption, Pneumonia, Hemorrhages, Asthma, severe Coughs, Croup and all other Throat and Lung diseases. No person, has ever used this medicine without getting immediate relief, yet thereare a greal number of poor, suffering, skeptical persons going about the street with a susgiﬁpus cough, and ‘the voice of consumption coming from ‘their lungs, that will not tryit.« If you die, it is your own fault, as:you can go td your Druggists, Scott & Sandrock, and get a 'sample bottlejvﬁor 10 cents and try it; three doses will relieve any case. Regular size only 75 cents. - - 24-eow,

“Brutus Blinkenberry, said that gentleman’s wife, drawing a paper from her pocket in the privacy of the chamber on Sunday morning—“ Brutus Blinkenberry, I've counted, and out of the last thirt'{v days you have come home intoxicaled twenty-seyen nights; what do yot think of ”%3“{' self ?” Blinkenberry groaned. *“Well, what aré you groanihg about now ?” “Them three. nights” replied Blinkenberry, with an ekpression-of horrible suffering. . | : ‘

THE DEATH OF YANDERBILT,

Ris Closing Struggle.

| NEW YORK, Jan. 4. — Commodore [LVan‘dgrbilt, whose decease has been | daily and even hourly looked for for | several weeks, died at his residence, | this morning, at nine minutes to 11 . o’clock, in the 83d year of his age. | After struggling against his lingering l disease for over half a year, ever since i Tuesday it has bten apparent to his doctors that his hours were numbered, and that at most he couldlive only a few days or a week. The long confinement to his bed, and his gradually ’, failing appetite was too much. for ‘even his wonderful constitution, and finally he succumbed. He has had a complication of diseases, and hisgreat age made the battle for life a hard one for him. He remained perfectly conscious to the last moment of his lilfe, and died almost without a strug- ‘ B% e o 1, | At 4 o'clock ‘this morning his con-ﬁ dition became worse, and he express-| ed a desire to see his spiritual adviser. / | The reverend gentleman agrived in a/ few minutes, and the C})mmodore/ | said: .¢“I think I am nearlyggone, doecs tor.” The latter prayed long and fervently by the bedside of the dyin man, and then some members qf tl:f family who were present sang a few bymns, in low tones. Sacred airs seemed to soothe the Commodore, an he grew a little easier. All his family were sent for during the night, and, when he died they were by his bedside. His eldest son, Wm. H. Vanderbilt, arrived soon after midnight,and remained to.the end.. All his daughters were present. and his faithful wife, who has been ever present at his bedside since he took sick, was at her post, as usual. Dis. Lindburg and Everett, whose skillful care and. attention have done so much to prolong his life were present, and did gll that medicalskill could suggest to stay the vital spark. They told both the Commodore and his friends to expect the worst. As morning slowly broke the veteran Commodore was resigned, | and appearéd to realize that his'hours on earth were drawing quickly ta a close. gty

News of his death spread rapidiy, and such of his family relatives as were not present were at once telegraphed for and made ‘aware of the sad intelligence. Very many friends called at the house and sympathized with the family. Ilis son Cornelius arrived before his father died. = The greatest sorrow is.expressed at:-the old man’s :death, and:his great struggle for life was the topic as soon as his death became known. Whenever a great event happens the pulse of the city, Wall street, must be always felt in order to ascertain to what probable height excitement will attain. But the death of the Commodore affected Wall street so closely that almost everyone’s first thought was to learn how the street would bearit. Never did so great an event produce so small an effect. | Wall street business went on in the usual eourse, as if nothing threatening had passed over its head. It was expected that New York Central stock would depreciate immediately, but, to the-surprise of many, the stock seemed to strengthen. From 10054 it rallied to 10034, then to 100 %. and linally reacned 101, The news produced scareely a rippleon the surface of the street. Every one talked of and speculated on it, but no one wondered at the effect it produced.

i Biographiecal. \ ~ Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on the 27th of May, 1794, on _Staten Island, not far from the Stapleton landing, where his father, of the same name, was’ a farmer and owner of a “periauga” or small boat, used for carrying “garden-truck” tothe New York market. Young Vanderbilt’s first independent business venture forshad-| owed something of the characteér of! the man. At the age of i 6, being de-| sirous of owning a boat, he bargained with his mother to cultivate a certain tract of the farm for the season for $lOO cash. - Having secured her agreement to the contract, he ingeniously. enlisted his school-fellows in the work. They enjoyed the fun of the thing—and Cornelius pocketed the cash. Purchasing the coveted boat, the boy engaged regularly in the ferry business, and during the war of 1812 profited largely in contracting for the transportation of supplies to the military posts in New York harbor and the vicinity. With his earnings from this somewhat hazardous business he built a' -coasting vessel, and in the course of four or five years was the owner of three schooners, which were employed mainly in the trade with southern ports. About this time Fulton’s steamboat invention proving a success, Vanderbilt engaged in steamboating as an employe with Thomas Gibbons,-one of the pioneers in. that line. Here he remained until 1829, when he Dbuilt the steamer Caroline, —which afterward was sent over Niagara ‘Falls during the “Patriot war” in (Canada, causing a terrible diplomatic row between England and the United States. From this time forward, Vanderbilf devoted himself exclusively to the management of his own steamboats, of which he built,’ in the succeeding thirty years, no less than fifty-five, and nof one of them ‘was lost by fire, explosion or wreck, while he owned them. The California gold fever gave profitable employment to the independent line of steamers- he ran in connection with the Panama railroad, and this enterprise first gave him the national repu- . tation he has since enjoyed. = In 1855 | he built two steamships and ran them -as a regular line to Havre. This line was discontinued when the rebellion broke. out, and one of the steamers, the magnificent. Vanderbilt, was offered as a_free gift to the Government. The gift was accepted, and the steamer was employed in the naval service throughout the war. For his “unique manifestation of a fervid and Turgesouled pattiotism,” Congress tendered the thanks of the nation to the Commodore, and gave him a gold medal specially prepared to commemorate the event. The perils of ocean navigation during the war induced Mr. Vanderbilt to abandon' steamboating ‘and to invest his great wealth in rail‘roads. Ile gradualiy acquired control of the Harlem, Hudson River, and }i. Y. Central lines, and consolidating them under his own management has since been absoluts master of those lines. Under his management the roads have been greatly ixggtoved,four tracks have been laid across a large part of the State of New York, angd the entire line put in splendid order—for all of which the traveling and freighting public haye the privilege of paying most liberall)‘:. Vanderbilt had a *“weakness” for fast hor:ej, and owned a number of very costly animals. On IHarlem Lune he was always’ a very fast driver, and few othefs than B.Oimf,p with Dexter gould:pm him with either Post Boy or Mountain Boy. His'driving sometimes partook of recklessness, and once he was thrown from his wagon. - His friends were anxious about him,

{ but few .dared venture to suggest to . him more care or less rapid driving. .*__The west part of Fourth street, New . York, has been properly styled “the Vanderbilt neighborhood.” Many who gaze on the old-fashioned house iin which the Commodore passed the last 20 years wonder Khat he could have ‘chosen so plebiah & spot, especially since Stewart and Astor built their abodes in Fifth avenue. The reason is found in the fact that hlfwanted. breadth of space rather than style. This he obtained at a low price and ina neigborhood convenientsto Broadway and to the Manhattan club, besides being equally distant from the railroad offices and from Wall street. Here he purchased four sul?stantial houses. One of these, with suitable improvements, formed a dwelling.. Thenextafforded a fine office, to which ‘use its main floor was assigned. The front parlor was occupied by a confidential clerk who had grown ol%in the service; /and then passing the: folding doors one might behold the Commodoresitting at his table—either conferring with his subalterns or en- ‘ grossed with deep calculation.. Adjacent to this was. i first-class carriage nlouse with stables Tn the rear, and at a few minutes’ notice hig fast team could be ordered to the door. The. fourth dwelling could accommodate those of his retainers he chose to keep ready for immediate call. In this way the quiet street became the centre of| an immense railway dmpire. When: the Commodore was on the sea his rivals were George Law, Commodore (Garrison, and other men of that class but when he became a railroad man he entered the list with a new set of rivals. These were Daniel Drew, Jim Fisk, Jay, Gould, Erastus Corning, Dean Richmond, and their associates. All of these men were compelled to fecl that they had met their master. His board of directors in: each of his. roads were mere puppets of of: his creation.. | Their names -were. used simply because .an’ election. must be made. : Mg

Vanderbuilt’s first union was of sufficient duration to admit a golden wedding, which was. celebrated in great form in 1863. On this occasidn the children presented to their parents a model of a steamboat ‘made of gold. Mrs. Vandeibilt survived this ceremony only three years. For some years the Commodore had been interested in the Crawfords, a southern family whom he assisted during the poverty which 'accompanied the war. When the rebellion -closed they came North, and the present Mrs. ";anderbilt accepted the Cdmmodore’s hand.

The Commodore Ssome years ago, built and endowed the Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn,, ata cost of $750,000; and on another occasion he made a present of a handsome church to a favorite preacher. -

. Conkling Spealks Mildly.

Great fexpectations were excited in the U. S. Senate, last Thursday, when Mr. Cmikling squared himself for a speech npon a 4 memorial, which he had presented, from a.number of the ‘wealthiest and most distinguished citizeris othhe State of New York. The memorial begged Congress to secure a lawful and satisfactory declaration of the reslet of the Presidential election, and theipeaceable inauguration of the duly chosen- executive. Mr. Conkling hap saidl novthing i public siuce ‘the sesgion began upon the momen‘tous subject of the petition, but his private expressions have been understood to be strongly against the scheme of usurpation’ contemplated by Ferry, Chandler, and Grant. There was a great exhibition of interest on the floor and in the galleries as the Senator began his speech, but it was not very richly rewarded. The only phrase that seemed, to possess any peculiar significance 'was one declaring -that, in the great issues now before the country, “Whoever attempts tostand “ on wrong and falsehood will be over“thrown.” An application of this to the Louisiana swindle would not be unnatural, but the senatorial Adonis said nothing to indicate an intention thiat.it'should be so applied. The rest of the speech consisted in a sucecession of wellrounded - sentences, full ‘of sound but riot of fury, signifying nothINg:s & e ‘ :

E e<O B Another Blast from the White House,

Grant has been “interviewed” again. Which is:to say that he permitted a reporter to call at the back door of the white house and receive a document that had been prepared by Zach Chandler and Morton as an expression of Grant’s views; to be published for the misleadingof the people. The paper given out last Sunday night is remarkable only for a little more reckless and idiotic lying than those which preceded it. The President is represented as saying that he did not think “there had been a fair election, such“as they have in New England, in “any Southern State, except, perhaps, “in Delaware.” The monstrous absurdity of this “opinion” is ¢nough to stamp its author as the most outrageous liar of the age. That it is willful. and not merely. ignorant lying, is proved by the remark following it, that “a free election in Maryland -« would have elected threeßepublicans. “t 0 Congress.” Maryland voted under ‘Grant’s own nose and before his eyes. It is simply impossible that in a State, a large section of which lies immediately around the national ecapitol, and all parts of which are in con‘stant communication wic? Washington' and the country at }arge, there | could have been anything else than as free an election as was held in the adjoining State of Pennsylvania, or in any other part of the north. If Grant had any self-respect remaining after his long association with the thieves’ rings in Washington, he would refuse to allow his name to be used in connection with lies so outrageously foolish and transparent. S

The Votes that Wells Stole. : [From the? N..Y. Sun, Dec, 15.1 & Gen. Sheridan once telegraphed to Grant that Wells, now at the head of the Liouisiana Returning Board, was a ‘dishonest man. William A. Wheeler afterwards reported to the House thut the Returning Board of that State were liars, cheats and frauds. JohnSherman now says that Wells and hisassociates on the Board are remarkably worthy, conscientious officers, and he thegefore accepts their eight stolen votes and gives them in return a certificate of good character. ; The Republicans in the Senate propose to make Sherman their President, so that he can count these eight votes for Hayes and Wheeler in the presence of the two Houses; while Wheeler, a member of the House, looks on approvingly, and the Capitol is surrounded with a cordon of bayonets to prevent an interruption of the proceedings as Sherman counts the votes that Wells stole. - < e il - e . . The Presbytery, of Newark, New. Jersey, aré trying a Rev. Mr. See ;gor permitting women to occupy his pulpit. He defends himselt by-"snimg' that the women of Corinth, whom Paul interdicted preaching‘ in‘publie, were not fair representatives of the women of the present day.

NO, 38.

. General Items. - Ex-Senator/James W. Nye, of Nevada, died at White Plains, N. Y., en Christmas day. = " o 70 Mrs. J oseaF Kelly was fatally burned at Columbus, Ohio, on the morning of the 30th ult., by the explosion of'a coal oil lamp she was filling. =~~~ w[_' Swamps in -Louisiana are so dry that a man ‘may ride on horseback or a wagon may be driven through tracts -of country |impassable within the memory of man. =~ : : A few days ago citizéns of Ft. Grif-’ fin, Texas, captured eleven men who were trying to run off twenty-seven head of stolen horses, and hanged thela all'in the ‘woods. . b Prominent railroad men estimate the loss of the Michigan Southern Railroad Company, by the accident on their road at Ashtabula, Ohio, Friday night, Dec. 29, at $1,000,600,- =~ - = A Washington (D..C.) dispatch of the 30th ulf,, says the Postmaster-Gen-eral would heareafter require monthly reports from all Postmasters instead of quartasly wanorts as at vresent. = The steamer Circassian, ashore on the bar of Bridgehampton, L., 1., went to pieces (I'l_l the night of the 29th ult., and twenty-nine persons, the employes of the Coaf‘st Wrecking Company, perished. « [ .-©v Pl ;

A Cineinnati physician sued another man simply for. calling him, on a postal card, “A liar, a quack, a. thief, a !murderer, a raseal, a ruffian, a_vililain, a forger, a perjurer, an ignorammus, a pretender, and a general dead beat.” f S iy “P. P. [Bliss, author of “Hold the Fort,” "'fhe Armor Bearer,” “Almost ,Pers,ua;dfd."’ and scores of other popular songs, was on the train that went down w?th a.crash to terrible destruction at Ashtabula, Friday Dec. 29th. Himselt, -wife and . two children, all perished in the disaster, thus blotting out an entire family. S Thert} was a gloom-inspiring suscpicion for a few'days that Mr. Swan, the New York Union league defaulter, had _brz)ught'discre'dib upon his- asso--ciates and neglected his opportunities 80 far as to steal only about $40,000. Later advices 'show that Mr, Swan - was n(:dpuch disreputable goose as that. The amount of his stealage'is now set down ‘/anywhere from $lOO,OOO to 's3oo.o(Jb,‘ and’ the returning board has “not yet completed the count. S Judée; Mackey, of South Carolina, reached Columbus, Ohio, on the 29th ‘ult, bringing a letter from General Hampton to Gov. Hayes. -The letter contained a copy 'of the former’s recent inaugural, and stated that profound E)eace:preva,iled throughout the State. | Gen. Hampton announced his intention of relying for his vindication ‘upon the proper legal tribunals of the State and country. A -similar letter .has been sent to Gov. Tilden.” - :

£l Govx'rnor Beveridge, of Illinois, the -great E&,merican pardoner, turned 20 convicts -loose on the community in the ,]:ijs't_ month. of his term;, among theém Gregorie Peri, an Italian saloonkeeper, who, on the day of the great ‘Chi¢ago fire (October 9, 1871,) cuttwo men to pieces’ with a huge knife because a third, a stranger to them, did not pay for his drinks. - Peri was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life-imprisonment,which in Illinois is from five to six years. In Peri’s case it was less. . 5

Housekeepers “ will regret to learn and 'will feel deeply interested, in the fact that the carpet-eating bugs have been imported from Europe, and are, rapidly gaining "a foot-hold in this country. This wretched insect con‘ceals itself beneath the bordei's of car‘pets nailed fo the floor, and edts away these portions.” - Occasionally- it locates itself in the- cracks of the floor, following which it cuts across ‘whole breadths of carpets, leaving a line .which seems to have been cut with scissors. . It destroys new as well as ‘old carpets, and, if allowed to breed “and multiply, may reduce us'tg bare floors soon. o i e The late terrible railroad -disaster reminds people: that there should be sqme plan by which passengers on railroads might be registered and the registersretained. The habit of trayelers to keep their names and destinations to themselves is so common that very few persons in a rajlway car are known to their fellow travelers. All through passengers might be registered at the terminus of any road over which they are to ride-and all persons going over 100 miles should be .asked to register at the

ation where they take the cars.— ome such. plan seems necessary in

lew of the trouble of ascertaining

ho. were victims of an accident.,— ertainly friends of those who are ipposed to be aboard a train would > saved a great deal of suspense by yme means of registration.

| Not for the first time Congress is to be importuned to engage in the profit--léss hunt for the North Pole. That interesting. myth is to be- discovered gixis time according to Howgate’s idea. e would establish a colony for garrison, supply and observation, at a point north of the eighty-first, degree of rorth latitude, to be maintained regularly until the end sought is reached! This colony is to send others still further.north, and, some time when Boreas'is off his guard, ‘and the ice, yielding to -a suppositious season of mildness; will permit, the open ‘Polar Sea is to be reached. Congress will be askied to appropriate $50,000 for the punpose, to be expended under the direction of the President, who is to be authorized also to détail such officers and vessels as may be necessary for the|work. Itis just possible that better|iise may be found for' the money. ol % ~-ff:—-—"¢--—'———— 5 | How They Make Pins, ) A’ snappish; voracious, little dwarf of 4 machine pulls in the wire, bites it off by inches incessantly, one hundred|/and forty bites-a minute, and just as it seizes’ each bite a little hammer with a epocave face hits the end of the wire three taps and “upsets” it to a head while he grivs it in.a counter-: sink held between his teeth and lays it sideways in a groove, where levers and springs playing lightning, point the|pins, and whenee they are drop‘ped into a box.- The pins are then polished, ‘and ~two very intelligent machines reject every crooked pin.— Anpther automaton assorts half a dozen lengths, and a perfect genius of a machine hangs the pins by the head and transfers them te slips of, paper and by one movement sticks them. all through two corrugated ridges in the paper, when the work is finished. " The pin machine is one of the near--est approaches to the dexterity of the human hand that has been invented. It is about, the size of »-?sawi;ns ‘mas chine, which.it closely resembles.. - The following notice is posted conspicuously in a Scotch office: “Shut he door, and when you have done alking on business, serve your mouth Adesame way. . . o v

THE ONLY UTEAM PRINTING ' HOUSEIN NOBLE COUNTY' JOB PRINTIN MINTING Gards, Bill-Heads Cireulars Posters! &0., &0., EXEOUTED Y 0 ONDERIN THR | . Neatest and, Promptest Manner - - AND AT REASONABLE RATES, G‘A.ppl: Here Burore_(;;deﬂnz Elsewhere.~go ~Foreign Items. ~ A Vienne special of the 28th ult., says the Russians had crossed the Danube, .

A London dispatch of Dec. 28, announces the reappearance of the plague at Bagdad. ; :

} Queen Victoria was vroclaimed Empress throughout India on the first day of the year. !

A gale of unprecedented violence prevailed on the south coast of Eng- ~ land on new year’s day, doing an immense amount of damage.| Nearly every town from Dover to Portsmouth was inundated by highitide, _

A Constantinople telegram of Jan. 1 says' the Porte had directed the issue of 3,000,000 Turkish pounds addi- | g‘onal of paper money. The announceent had created a panic and many of the shops were ‘closed. There was much excitement and distress. ||

. A Constantinople telegram of Jan. 2, says there was little hope that the Porte would agree to the propositions - of the Conference. The RepresentaIti]‘e"{iest%% lig%ssiab agd ]Enggadx fh?:ria_ notiposals were rejected, they would quit ~ Constantinople.. Miiitary preparations continued unabated. L ;

A Paris dispateh of the 2d inst. reports a treméndous gale raging on the Atlantic coast of France. = Four villages were threatened with destruction by high water, and several lives had already been -lost. One of the cables between France and England had parted. The Franco-Hollandris Bank had been declared bankrupt.

Berlin dispatches of December 20th - announces that the Porte had declared | its willingness to make.concessions, and offer ample security to the Pow- - ers, but absolutely refused to permit tlie ocd®pation of any one of its provinces by the troops of any Power what-: L ever. , The armistice had. been pro\onge%or two months. Prince Milan had refhstated the Ristics Ministry, @ | which waiconsidered a warlike move- | ment on the part of Servia.

Marshal von Moltkeis an early riser and loves early risers. Not long ago,’ while roaming about his estate in Silesia at day-break, lie was pleasedto find a peasant woman who had just unearthed, and was bearing away a bagful of potatoes that would have proved a load for a lusty mule. With a kind word- for her industry and promptness the old soldier gave her a thaler, and subsequently discovered that she was a night-thief who had ravaged his fields persistently, but whom his steward never Had been able to capture. : j el ¥ — ! ' RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. The Montreol express train broke ! through a bridgf near Pittsford, Vt., on the night of the 29u1t., and the entire train was wrecked. Only two of the passengers were hurt and 'these not seriously. | | b A sad accident occurred last Thursday morning on theGrand Trunk road, near Gilead, Me. The regular passenger train from Montreal, consisting of an express car, b:gzage, smoker, firstclass passenger coath and a Pullman ; sleeping car, had just crossed Ped® body’s bridge when it ran into a snowbank. LTl)e whole train was precipi-. tated over the bank, a distance of ten feet. The fireman was so badly hurt: that he will probably die; the engineer, baggage master, a brakeman and an expressman were all more or less injured. 'No injuries are reported to passengers, though several of the cars were considerably damaged. ;

On Thursday afternoon of last week a collision, with serious consequences, occurred between two switch engines of the Erie raillway at Black Rock, N. Y. One of the engines had a baggage car attached and was going to Black Rock for Grand Trunk connections; the otlier had [no cars attached.” The meeting was a pre‘ttLviolent one, badly smashing the first’ locomotive and somewhat damaging the second. The tender was crushed in upon Engineer Perault, pressing him against the hot boiler and injuring him so baaly that it is thought he cannot recover. A conductor, switchman and three brakemen also sustained injuries, though none of them were regarded as fatal. Both engines were wild-catting, with instructions to look out for each other. The injured engineer was considered one of the most reliable on the road.

Why the Democrats Cavried New ! York. :

John I. Davenport testified before the Congressional Committee that “the reason why the democratic majority in ‘fhe city was so large was becausg very many Republicans voted the democratic ticket.” . 'This statement, coming from so pronounced and intense a member of the parfy, has greatly disturbed the republican managers. ; S . The statement is ‘nevertheless strictly true, and the fact will admit of a much wider application than Davenport gave it. Mr. Tilden received a'large republican vote throughout the State of New York. 'We do not refer to Liberals, but the Republicang who voted for Grant in 1872. It is a moderate estimate to say that 20,000 such Vvotes were cast for Tilden.——Ngw York Sun. :

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