The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 January 1877 — Page 2

The Rational Sanner 4 1 Bamue : - L SN . SRy : 7. B.STOLY., Editorand Proprietor. LIGONIER,IND., JAN. 18th, 1877. Davin, DrpLEY FIELD has a majoritr of 3,449 votes in the Seventh fongressional District, New York. It would take Kellogg’s Returning Board about thirty-five: minutes to: «lect his competitor. - . = - Tee Atiantic and Pacific telegfaph company has made a laudable commencement for the new year by Teducing jts tolls for messages. This company now sends telegrams over shomt 30,000 miles of wire.{’ o | i —— el W ] ‘ <exator RoBERTSON, of South « ‘arolina, is a Republican, but he does not hesitate to express hisindignation #t the despotic:means employed. by Grant to prop up the feebleand fraudulent government of the Pretender Chamiseriain.’ - : ] ————————— “Ww. A WHEELER, defeated candi--dlate for Vice President, had an interview xcit;n Gov. Hayes, at Columbus, (vhio, one day last week. The meeting is| s4id to have beena very pleasant 4«#&. /The import of their conversa- _ tifmm has not heen made publie.. e g ] . _[TmEnE seems to be no doubt that a mpiority of Indiana’s legislators are ' m favor of changing the time for ‘holding elections for State and coun1+ oficers from October to November. That being the case, the necessary steps in that direction ought to be taken at once. ' it ; —_—————— e — ] _ Tuz wipow of the gallant General Caster has expressed her disapproval of 4he proposition to erect a monu--.ment in honor of the lamented wa;_rrior. The funds raised for this purpose, amounting in all to $21,015, are now 4o be distributed among the widows #nd orphans of the soldiers who fell with their heroic commander.

“Jrstice FIELD, cof the TUnited States Supreme Court, concedes that Mr. -Tilden is elected and that he

ought to be inaugurated. ~He indignantly denounces the Louisiana Re- " ‘turning Board as an organized!conspiracy against the ballot. Justice - Field isa Republican, and is one of _ the appointees of President Lincoln.

i_ THERE are those whi) contend that /Grangerism is steadily on the decline, /and thata few years-more will witme=ss thie fitter extinetion of that Order. ©n the other hand, we have the assurances of Grangers that the Order is in a most flourishing condition and “will continue to exercise its influence in various ways for many years to come.

GmaXT’s kitchen organ, .the Washington Republican, in speaking of the probability of holding a new election mext Fall, intimates that Grant is most Jikely to be made the republican standard-bearer, in which event his «lection would be assured by a sweeping majority —in a horn! Just try that on, and see how badly you'll be

© GEX. JaMES LONGSTREET was formerly 2 member of the Louisiana Re‘turning Board, but his disgust with 315 wars was such that he soon resigned. While he acted with the Republicans’ in the r?cént contest, he #ow admits that the Democrats carried Louisiana and he denounces the action of Wells and his associates as mtterly illegal and fraudulent,

Mexyoo is now furnished a notable example of the miseries to bu antici ‘pated in this country from the substitution of bayonet rule for the will' of The majority. The actual and fairly elected President of that unhappy repullid is in forced retirement, and two hostilé military commanders, ‘with armies at their back, are getting ready to decide whe is President-by a pitched battle. e e

THE PROSPECT: tor the colored depositors who put their trust and their Tunds in the Freedmen’s Bank is dismal enough. Leipold, one of the United States commissioners in charge of the assets of the concern, says, *“there are no funds from which to de-

clare a dividend, and there is no prospect of any unless Congress purchases the building owned by the Trustees and now occupied in part by the Govemment” ' . S

GEX. PaIL. SHERIDAN, a gentleman

who is not in; the habit of mincing _ his words, declared J. Madison Wells [ to be an in?amous cheat and scound.rel, in an |official report. He said there was (“not one honest man his’ friend” in all Louisiana. Even now, when the hopes of the republican party hang upon the ratification of a mew villainy perpetrated by this man, General Sheridan has not taken back one word of his published opinion, . either as to Wells himself or the men _ that are his friends. _ :

Ir the conspiracy should succeed in its aims, the Harrisburg Patriot de‘clares this would be the first instance in the political history of the country of an administration going into power with an opposition majority to confrout them in the House of Representatives. This fact that there is a vlear democratic majority in the Forty6ifth Congress in spite of all the corrupt powers of Grant’s administration and in spite of Bqtnming Board deviliry, is-in itself a sufficient proof of the fraudulent claim of the conspirslfus _iiqthe E lection of I@layezaf _ -

* EisswneEßE we publish the tempexance bill introduced jn both houses - of the Indiana Legislature. It ought o be carefully perused by every citi~wen of the State, in order that its provisions may be fully understood by ihe people before action is had thereon by the General Assembly.. Our legislators ought to be made familiar with public sentiment — whether a <hange of the present law is demanded, and if so, whether the proposed’ measure is such ggnj_‘asislikeiy to ~meet the wishesof tﬁm who have given the subject thoughtful consideralion '!bmﬁiﬁ.i&khﬁn main

. | THE VOICEOF THE PEOPLE. - . The voice of the people has made | itself heard. The great meetings inWashington, Columbus and Indianapolis prove that the Democratic and Independent* masses are determined not to abate a jot or tittle of their just demands. From the morning after the election, when the corrupt design -of the republican leaders to count in | Hayes was full formed, until now, they have relied on the acquiescence of the people in-their acts. They trusted to their: submission to any wrong rather than bring on a struggle. They believed.that the men whose fathers. fought for the principle of representation with taxation, would tamely allow a corrupt Admin- | istration to wrest from them the right to choose their own rulers. By .this, ‘time they haveé learned bheir mistake. The people have kept the peaee, ‘and ‘propose to keep it, but because they | have been silent they have been by no means indifferent or unwatechful. They have preserved throughout an unbroken front, and have not yielded a single inch to the Republicans.” On the contrary, all the gairis are on the side of the Democrats. . The number of Republicans who concede Tilden’s election is growing every day, and the time is not far distant when they will 'be heard from, while the Democrats are showing every day a more resolute determination to stand up, for their rights. They are not ashamed | to meet in publie, discuss the gitua- | tion, and deuounce the plot to manu-, facture a President. -Do the Republicans meet ? - They dare not risk i, for they know that the first step towards a publie expression of opinion or an -organization to support Mr. ITayes’ -claims would disclosé the fact that a large proportion of their own pztrpy are against them in this matter., To sound the call to meet would only give the signal for theé fatal division Lto show itself.” 'How resolute and how fired with patriotic zeal the-dem-ocratic masses. are, the meetings of -the Bth of January attest. They have only to preserve this inflexible atti- | tude, and the contemplated outrage on the people will be frustrated, once and forever. B ’ S e CONGRESSMAN BAKER’S POSITION. In speaking of the doings of. the joint congressional committee having, in tharge the electoral college ques-: tions, the Washington 'conespondentzl of the Chicago Times:‘, ~under date of, January 15, impditszthis interesting /| information relative to the position of | the Congressman from this District, Hon. John . Baker: R

One of the principal questions now pending before the'committee undecided is whether a vote is perfected when it is cast,- instead of when it is counted. The Republicans hold that a vote is perfected when it arrives at the seénate .chamber, and the Democrats hold that it is not a perfect vote till it ‘has been opened and counted. It can be stated on' good authority that Willard, of. Michigan, a member of the committee, does not believethat the president of the Senate has authority to open and count the:votes, but that when it comes to finally decide upon any subject before the committee he will vote with his party. There is a growing feeling day by day among the morg mederate Republicans against ‘the extreme.republican theory of allowing the president of the Senate to’ open and count the votes. Mr. Baker, republican member from Indiana,said to-day that he had carefully studied this question several:weeks, and he had arrived at the conclusion that the president of the Senate had no right toppen and count the votes, and further, . that he thought congressional ~authority had no right to go behind the certificate of regularly-organized State authority, and that under this construction he did not see how Con--gress.could do otherwise than to count the vote of Mr. Cronin. ‘This he was quite well aware would result in the election of Mr. Tilden, but he thought it was. the only way the question could abe legally settled, and while it was a ~question of importance.to either party ‘,who was elected, it was a matter of | vital consequence that tlie question ‘should be settled in a purely legal and proper way, so that a precedent would be formed for all future complications of this so¥l. - o '

While we have no doubt. that Mr. Baker has given this subject considerable thought and earnest study, and while believing him to-have the éuclination to pursue a moderate course, THE BANNER isnot prepared to accept as literally true the vérsion given of Mr. Baker’s - views in the above extract. Mr. Baker, though ordinarily a fair-minded sert of man, is yet an'intense partisan, and will be slow to take a position which would lead to the inauguration of Tilden and Hendricks. | On the contrary, we have reason to believe that he expects Hayes and Wheeler to be inaugurated, and that he will lend-his'influence to bringing about that result. ‘lt would be gratifying to us te be enabled to place Mr. Baker side by side with such-Re-publicans asiHorace White, ex-Attor-ney General Hill, and others of the same stripe, but until’substantial reasons are afforded. for building upon that hope, we are loth to look for aid and comfort in that direction.

TaE London 7'imes addresses itself in very plain languagé to Gov. Hayes. It tells him that-he has been fairly and squarely defeated, and that it is his duty to ecounsel the peaceable inauguration of Tilden and Hendricks. The T'imes says the credit and fair fame of the United States demand that the will of the majority be respected. As Gov. Hayes some time since commented with much satisfaction upon an editorial of-that. influential and widely circulated journal, Bearing-upon the presidential co‘p_t‘roversy, THE BANNER would take great pleasure in hearing what Lie has to say of the article above referred to. = .

The statement of Mr. Orton, president of the -Western Union Telegraph Company, made to the House of Representatives, on Monday, declared that the dispatches called for by the New Orleans committee have ‘never been in his possession except ‘as an agent of the company, and that lately, without any action on his part, the directors deprived him of the custody and control of all telegrams that have passed over the wires. He expressed entire willingness to answer ag to his knowledge of any matters about which the %chmse desires information, excused his refusal to go to New Orleans on the ground of severe illness, and, protesting that he had no thought of disrespect to the house, asked to be discharged. The matter was reforred to the. Judiciary Committee.

FROM WASHINGTON.

STATEMENT OF MR. CRAPO.

The sensational phases in Louisiana are not the main ingredients in the caldron of excitement. One of the Republicans returning from the Louisiana committee has hinted at testimony which electrifies both Houses. The unreserved statemeht of Hon. W. W. Crapo, of Massachusetts, that the leged ontiages in that State were in the main fabrications, and that the Eliza Pinkston torture was simply an outbreak of blacks, and so far as the election is concerned there was no doubt: that the Democrats carried the ,State, has thrown the .Senate wing particularly into speechless confusion. Comments on this extraordinary refutation of the shameless Sherman report have formed the main staple of conversation. The deductions drawn by careful; men are to the effect that the bottom is beginning to drop out of ‘the tub built by Chandler and his junta. The revulsion of feeling has assumed a buoyant confidence on the part of the Tilden people hardly less enthusiastic or impulsive than when the declaration of ' Tilden’s election was made on-the Tth of November, for it is argued, whether the Louisiana House Committee make a unanimous report or not, the admissions of Crapo are. in ‘themselves ample to throw Sherman’s grotesque fabrications into limbo. 1t is upon the strength of lawlessness and intimidation alone that Sherman thinks Louisiana should be carried for Hayes, while C@apg, as strong a Republican as the Ohioan, declares, after six weeks’ investigation, having traveised -t?lxe whole State, that the election was as peaceful and orderly as in New England, and above all that Pinkston’s bruising jcame from the heel of negro bull-dozers and had nothing whatever to do with the white people. ' ; : SENATOR BOGY’S VIEWS. ° . An exhaustive argument upon the Oregon case was made i the Senate on Wednesday of ldst. week by Mr. Bogy, of Missouri, in ‘which he took the groynd that only two electors were chosen in that State; the election as to Watts being void. This agrees exactly with the decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in a -precisely | parallel case. The disability of a , federal officer, according to the decis- | ion of the court, is absolute and incur- | able, and vitiates the election, but gives no rights to a candidate having a less number of votes. Mr. Bogy’s idea is %hat two Oregon’votes should be counted for Hayes, the-bull-dozed States left’ as the Returning Boards fixed them, and the-duty of choosing | tlie President thus devolved upon the House. ' :

COUNTING AND DECLARING. . About ten days ago thes House of Representatives appointed a commit-tee-of lawyers to consider and report upon the constitutional powers and duties of the Houses, in relation to the counting and declaration of the electoral votes. The majority of the committee have agreed upon a report, the vital points of which are that the President of the Senate has lio power at all to count the votes or decide contests; that the House is co-equal with the Senate in authority over the subject, and that the concurrent action of both Houses is required to decide what are the legal votes of each State. These conclusions cover the whole ,ground. | There is no such proposition to be entertained as the rejection of the vote of a State. When a return is once decided to be legal, there is nothing to be done but count the votes it covers; but no papers can he accepted as a lawful return of the vote of any State without the consent of both Houses. .

CHANDLER UNDER INVESTIGATION. - The special committee on. the priv--Ileges, powers, and duties of the ‘House in counting the electoral vote ‘held a long session Saturday, and ex‘amined several witnesses, amon g them Setretary Chandler. He. was asked whether he had sent any dispatches to Florida since the late election in relation to money, and he replied h@ had not. Being |asked:-whether he had sent a dispatch to Florida stating that troops’ would, probably be sent there to keep the peace, he answered he probably had. He was then asked whether he had sent it upon his own motion-or upon some one’s else, and he declined to answer this question, basiug his refusal os the ground that he is a cabinet officer. The committee decided that he must answer, and gave him until Wednesday next to comply. The committee also examined ' Representative Purman, of Florida, and several other witnesses. The committee imposed an injunction of absolute secrecy upon the entire proceedings. ; A PLAN ALMOST AGREED UPON. A full abstract of the provisions of thae bill said to have been prepared bythe conference committee on counting the electoral votes was made public yesterday.* The veport is likely to be nearly or quite unanimous, though there seems to be still a point upon which party pressure may wreck the -whole scheme. As it stands uow,’the" bill provides for the meeting of both branches of Congress in the hall of the House; for the appointment of one teller by the Senate and two by the House, who are to count the votes ; that no return, where there is only one from any State, shall be rejected without the concurrence of both Houses; that when two returns are presented, and the Senate and House do not agree as to which shall be counted, each House shall appoint five arbitrators, and to this number the five senior judges of the Supreme Court shall be added; that these arbitrators shall have power to examine ‘the whole subject of the legality of the elections and returns, using for this purpose the evidence already taken by the congressional committees; that they shall decide which return shall be counted, and that their decision shall stand unless reverded by both Houses. The idea of settling the thing “decording to Hoyle,” or by lot, has been abandoned, it seerns, and the agreement is complete upon all points except the number of Supreme Court judges, The Hepublicans are apprehensive that a majority of the. senior judges will be too much inclined | to honesty to accept the Hayes idéa of Returning Board President making, |

and are unwilling to accept the scheme unreservedly until the judges are sounded and found to be “sound” on this point. This hesitation, the report says, dlone prevents an' immediate submission of the scheme to Congress, and upon that rock of doubt the whole contrivance may possibly be cast away. It is expected that a final decision mdy be reached at an early day. i »

DAMAGING CONFESSIONS BY CHANDLER. *

The Radicals are in consternation over Chandler’s appearance before theHouse committee on privileges and powers. His testimony is damaging, both directly and by implication. He confessed that he had telegraphed Gov. Stearns, -of Florida, after the election, and before the result there had been announced, that Florida must be carried, but declined to reply when asked whether this telegram had been sent after consultation with the Presidént. He was given {till Monday to recover from his obstinacy. He will claim that his conversations with the President ate privileged and that he acted in the capacity of a cabinet officer, not as, Chairman of the National Committee, and that the House has no authority over him in this investigation. These revelations will smirch Grant, and we shall have ‘the edifying spectacle of a President prostituting his high office to back up Returning Board corruptions.” The } committee has in its possession copies of the original telegraphic correspohdence between Chandler and Governor Stearns, dve'tailing‘ the whole' plot to ‘carry the Sfate for Hayes. In one of these dispatches Chandler says:— “Florida must be carried at all haz‘ards. Ihave consulted the President, % and he says money and men will be furnished if needed.” The conspiracy implicates all the eabinet, and will be completely unmasked in seyeral days. David D. Field is conducting the prosecution on the part of the cominittee.

Ismaym G. HARRIs, formerly Governor of Tennessee, was last week elected U.S. Senator by tlie Legislature of that commonwealth. Mr. Harris formerly belonged to a school of extremists for which THE BANNER never bore any love. We would have great1y preferred the election of some man whose record does not present such odious features as that of Mr. Harris. However, ‘there are indications that he has reformed ; that he is no longer a_sectionalist, but is profoundly and devotedly attached to-an indissoluble Union ‘of States—a Union of hands and a Union of hearts.. In response to 'a serenade by his jubilant friends he gave utterance to these patriotic sentiments: “I cannotforget the fact ‘that the highest, truest, and best in‘terests of Tennessee aremost promot‘ed by that line of policy that recog‘nizes the great nationality — that ‘strives and struggles for the promo‘tion of the interests of its constitu‘ents. I trust to be able to place my‘self upon that pl_anebof patriotism far ‘above every sectional prejudice,—a ‘patriotism that knows no limit nar‘rower than the outer barriers,—the ‘country and the whole country.” If Isham will faithfully -adhere to these patriotic declarations, he may yet atonejfor his past transgressions.

. THE ICE GORGE. ?;mtr'ous Break-up in the Ohio. -The ice on the 1(j)hio, throughout its whole length, broke up [Saturday night, and on Sunday occasioned very great loss ab most of the shipping points. At<Cincinnati $lOO,OOO damage to vessels is thought to have been done; and at Louisville, Jeffersonville, ete., much injury was inflicted:”” Considerable damage was dotie at West Wheeling, but the effects at Pittsburg were most disastrous, and the ruin was unprecedented in the history of that city. - Seventy-two steamboats and 150 barges were in the river, -exposed to the crash of a vast volume of ice’ which came grinding down the upper Monongahela and reached the city at 6 o’clock p. m. The work of destruction lasted for several hours, and was witnessed by thousands of people, who lined the wharves and bridges of the Monongahela. = Anything like an estimate of the total loss cannot be given, but it will be over $2,000,000. A large number of coal tipples and shutes were earried away; and the damage to the coal interest is such that it will require two months to place the mines in working order. It is feared that several lives were lost, but the confusion was so great that it was impossible to verify all the rumors. ' i

EVERYTHING quiet in New Orleans. Pinchback and five or six other Republicans haye left the Packard “Legislature” -and joined the Nicholls Assembly. 'This leaves Packard’s bogus “Senate” without a quorum. Ex-Gov. Kellogg has been etected U. S. Senator by the Packard crowd. Returning Board Wells had a fight with Kellogg on Saturday. Pity the two scoundrels did . not “swallow each other up.” Many of the réepublican Jocal officers are recognizing the N icholls government. v

The delinquent list will appear in the organ” this week. So far there hasn’t been a word said by the reformers about letting it to the “lowest bidder.” = % % ok “Wesare glad our neighbor has got it at 'full rates. We wouldn’t be dog enough to underbid him a cent if we had a chance. The law says the printer shall have so much and it is right he should have it. —Columbia Clty Post. : The position of the Post does honor to its publisher. The compensation fixed by law is reasonable, and whogoever publishes the list ought to get full pay. : ' :

. Governor Blue Jeans took his seat on Monday: His inaugural address appears to be plain, matter-of-fact and sengible. We hope his gubernatorial career may be so acceptable that Indianians will have no cause to blush over their choice at-the polls.—Mishawaka Enterprise. = o] Your hopes will be amply. realized. The only “canse to blush” will be found in the shameless disparagement of Mr. Williams’ abilities by Zach, Chandler’s unscrupulous hirelings during the late campeign, ; ;

Tux balloting for Senator in the Massachusetts legiglature, on Tuesday, did not promise an immediate election. The républican votes are nearly -equally | divided between Hoar and%outw,bl], while the Democrats support Abbott, and there are twenty or thirty scattering yotes, but not enough, if concentrateé, to elect either of the Repub: licans unless the other’s forces de, sert him. e P

THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. The Bill Pending in Both Honses of the General Assembly for the- - Suppression of Tippling- ‘%3 e Honsese . g ~(From,Friday’slndinnapolis Jouénal.) L The following is a summary of a bill introduced simultaneously in the two llouses—in the Seniat'e by Mr., Underwood, and in the Hduse by Mr. Mgorman. It is understood to have been prepared by the leadefs of the temperance movement: o Section 1 forbids the sale, barter, or giving away of any intoxicating liguors on ‘Sunday or any election day, except on physieians’ prescriptions, under a penalty of $lO fine for the first offense, $2O for the second, and $5O for the third and every subsequent offense, with thirty days’ imprisonment in the county jail. Any physieian giving a prescription for the purpose of encouraging tippling shall incur the above named penalty. By’ intoxicating liquors js meant all spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or any intoxieating liquor used as a beverage. L e

- Section 2 forbids, under like penalties, the giving or selling of intoxicating liquors to minors except on the! written order or permit of his or her ‘parent, guardian, or employer. : Section 3 forbids, under like penalties, any person engaged in the sale of | intoxicating liquor to allow the same to be drank in or about his pidce of business, or in any building or room or out-house or ®ny of the premises | connected therewith or in or about any boat, tent, booth, or wagon used for the time being asa place, in whole or in part, for selling or bartering or giving intoxicating liquor. ~ Section 4 forbids, under like penalties, the keeper of any saloon or eat-ing-house, store, tavern, shop, boat; bootb, wagon, or tent, or other place of business from allowing intoxicating liquor to be drank in or about his saloon, eating-house, store, tavern, shop, boat, booth, wagon, tent, or other place of business, except by members of his family or-persons in his employ, not including boarders. . Section 5 provides for the arrest of any person found intoxicated in any public place, on warrant issued by any mayor or justice before whom an affi= davit shall be lodged. The‘penalties attaching to ‘the misdemeandr of drunkenness are $1 fine for the first offense, two for'the second, and five for the third and every subsequent offense, imprisonment not exceeding ten days. : :

Section 6. If any husband or wife, son or daughter, brother or sister, father or mother, master, employer, or guardian shall upon affidavit before any justice of the peace or mayor of the city, set forth that.a certain person, naming him or her, . obtains intoxicating liquor and uses the sameto the neglect of his or her business, or to.the injury of the affiant sustaining one of the relations aforesaid to said’ person, then it shall be the duty of said justice of the peace, or mayor, to notify all persons by pesting notices in five of.the most publie places of the township of said affidavit, and order them not to sell, barter or give intoxicating ligquor to the person named in the affidavit without a written permit from the affiant within the six months next succeeding thie giving®f the, notice, and should any person afterward sell, barter or give intoxicating'liquor, in any quantity, to the person alluded to in the affidavit and notice, contrary to the conditions of the notice, he shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in section 2 of this gct. The costs of such affidavit-and notice shall be taxed to-the affiant; all other costs. arising under this act shall be taxed as costs are in: other cases of misdemegnors, and the defendant, if found guilty, shall' be imprisoned until all fines and costs are paid or replevied. . e Sy

Section 7.~ Every person who may by the sale, barter.or giving away of any intoxicating liquor cause wholly or in part the intoxication of any person shall be liable for and be compelled to pay a reasonable compensation to any person who may take charge of and provide for such infoxicated person, and $2 per day in addition thereto for every day such intoxicated person may be kept out :of business or employ in consequence of such intoxication: i . i -

. Seetion 8. - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer ‘or other persen who may be injured, in person 'or property or means of support, by any intoxic¢ated person, or in consequence of the-intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person, shall have a right of action in his or her name, severally or jointly, against ;any person who shall have sold, bar- | tered or given to said intoxicated person "any intoxicating liquors within the thirty days immediately preceeding the filing of the complaint for the damages sustained and for exemplary damages, : Section 9 makes the owner of property leased to a person engaged in selling intoxicating liquors, who is cognizant of the fact that intoxicating ‘liquors sold in such premises are drank in or about the same, .or in adjoining premises, and doés not immediately serve notice of ejectment against the tenant, jointly liable with the dealer for.all damages, including exemplary damages. A violation of any provis‘lon of this act shall operate as a forfeit of the lease. Married women are given the same right to bring suits, te control the same and the amount received as unmarried women. :

Section 10 authorizes minors to. bring suits for damages by their guardian or next friend, and all judgments obtained are made a lien upon all the real estate of the judgment debtor. Section 11 provides that words importing the singular number, used in the act, may be applied to the plural, and words denoting t{he masculine gender may be applied. to the feminine. ek

Section 12 declares any device to keep a tippling-house in evasion of this .act a misdemeanor, and subjects the offender to the penalties prescribed in section 2. | | =

Section 13 provides that in the frial of cases arising under this act testimony shall be admitted as to whether the offense complained of is the firstor any subsequent one, and also provides for compelling attendance of witnesses, ; e

Section 14 compels the person arrested for intoxication to give infor‘mation as to where he obtained intoxicating liquors within thirty days preceeding the filing of the complaint. If he refuse to do so he shall be imprisoned till he econsents to testify. ~ Section 15. Justices of the peace, mayors of cities, superior, circuit, “eriminal and police courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction in all cases arising under this act, and it is hereby made the duty of every district or prosecuting attorney to prosecute such cases, but in the ab--Bence or neglect of such officer, an attorney may prosecute the same, ang a docket fee of five dollars shall be a part of the cost in the case, which shall ‘be for the services ot the attorney prosecuting said case. 2 Section 18 repeals all conflicting laws, and section 17 declares an emergency, with a proviso that persons who have license to sell intoxicating liguors under the preseiit laws of the State shall not be lLiable to the provieions of this aet as to sections 3. and 4 during the continuance of gaid license, but no license shall be granted after the passage of this act, =~

ALBION RUMMAGES.

Cjreuit Court ‘being in session, one would suppose items no rarety. But we find them partjcularly scarce. Of course, we are abundantly supplied with“limbs,” and- all the intelligence of the county is centred in our midst, therefore we dare not submit our fate without a passing'notiee. | Only a few cases have come to trial, while a goodly number of judgments, ete., have been taken by default, and otherwise. One particularly interesting suit was the case of a-DeKalb county farmer vs. the B. &0. Railroad Company, resulting in a judgment of $275 in favor of the plaintiff. The eriminal cases were moderate. Thé jury, after being locked in “that little room” for about fifteen hours, decided that the man ‘who wrapped himself up in Dr. Gants’ lap robe should pay a fine of one cent and be i'mti)risoned in ‘the county jail twenty-four hours, while, on the.other hand, the man who “borrowed” Josiah N ewman’s screw-plate, wzis sentenced to jail for sixty days, disfranchised and deprived.of the right to hold office for one year. This dates to the 13th inst., and still our people are in litigant spirits for the éoming week. - . Gold is worth only 614 cents premium, and still no “let up” in the weath-

;Lofnfg before this goes to press, we will hear that Palmer is Illinois’ favored Senator. « |

“Mollie™ 'writes, “Don’t forget the Literary.” Would that we could say: the same. But, alas! wehave no such institution in our town. Where are our boys who will one day be called upon to conduct our public affairs, plead at the Bar or sit on the Bench? ‘Where are our girls who 'will be called upon to make our temperance lectures, deliver public readings and fill the ministerial pulpit? They 're here, but we see them not; neither do we hear them. : e

. Wilson Knappenberger is gbout the only man that goes out buggy-riding these times. Last week he gave our town a visit in that 'way. s The Ashtabula disaster has, doubtless, something te do in daily belating the trains on the B. & 0. road from one to two hours. . :

Ed. Engle’s physiognomy is wreathed in smiles as he counts over his increased income, occasioned by the prolonged “spell” of good sleighing, which nightly calls out numerous .sleighing parties;, : - ‘

The othey day we.noticed a njan coming intb town,from the west, with a few small fishes upon a string. They were yet wiggling and writhing in i;he last stages of life. Cruel monster! to 50 brutally lacerate the rrioui;hs of ,;"l;he innocent little fishes, only to catch and throw them away again. =

,&nd now, t},}at the holidays are'o;ver, we begin to think of that class in elocution, promised us by Prof. Fertich, Shall we write and call in the Prof.?

Even vfnow, the “big brick” is fnot dedicateds nor_-‘can we say wheh it will be. We have heard rumors that the school will commence next Monday, but, for fear we may be mistaken again, we would only ask you to keep an eye to the future. ~ = = | Being somewhat interested im" the “Kansas Letters,” we would ask that more be inserted into the columns of THE BANNER. JAp.

l - THE MARKETS. LIGONIER. v | ] GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 60c; Oats, 34¢; Corn, 45@50¢; Flax Seed, $1 25; Clover Seed, $8 [5O. | PropUCE—Hogs, live, § cwt $5 25, dressed $6 [email protected]; Turkeys, liye, @ ih, 6¢; Chickens, 4¢; Bees Wax, 28c; Butter, 18c; Lard, 10c; Eggs, @ doz., 22¢; Wool, @lb, 35@40c ; Feathers, 70¢; Tallow, 8¢; Dried Apples, 415¢c; Potatoes $1; Hay, {2 ton, marsh $B, timothy $lO. : | " i 3 KENDALLVILLE. | GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, white $1 33, red $1 40; Corn, 45¢c; Oats, 36¢; Clover Seed, $8 25; Flax,sl 25; Timothy, $2.25. ~ OrHER PrODUCE.—Hams, P 1b 12¢; Shoulders, 10¢; Lard, 11c; Tallow, 7c; Wool, 35¢; Butter, 18¢; Beeswax, 25¢; Apples, dried 414¢c, green, ¥ bu., 25¢; Potatoes, 80c; Eggs, @ doz. 20c. : { .CHlCAGO—January 16. 1877, Chicago produce markets were moderately active, with but sligot change in wheat and other grain. 'There is a decline in| pork and lard since_\last week’s quotations. Gold closed at $l- - . GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, $1 2914 ; Corn, 44c; Oats, 35%4c;, Rye, 72¢c; Barley, 6014¢c; Clover Seed, $850@9 00; Timothy, $1 60@1 75; Flax, $1 45@160. ' ProDUCE.—Mess Pork, Pewt, $l7 20 @l7 25; Lard, slo9o@lo 95; Hams, green, P 9 llb, B@9%c; Shoulders, 635 c; Dressed Hogs, Rewt, $7 26@7 55 ; Butter, fair to good, 18@25¢, choice, 27@ 3203;' Eggs, ® doz., 25¢; Potatoes, 90¢ @%l 10. ¢ | PourtrY.—Turkeys, dressed, {3 Ib, 10@11c; Chickens, B@9¢c; Ducks, 8@ 9¢; Geese, T@9c. : ; TOLEDO.—January i, 18710, GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $1 4634, No.2white Wabashsl 42 ; Corn, 4414 c; Oats, 39¢; Clover Seed, $8 80@ 8 90; Timothy Seed, $1 62@1 75 ; Flax Seed, $1 35@1 40. . ! : | GROCERIES—PROVISIONS, &C.—Potatoes, P bu.Bo@Bs¢; Flour, § cwt, fine $4 50, superfine $5 50, extra $7 25; Lard, 11@12%5; Butter, fresh rolls, 20@22¢c; Eggs, P doz, 23@25¢; Dried Apples, 434, T . MeEATS—Dressed Hogs, $7 50@"7 60; Hams, 1214@14c; Beef, hind guarter, 9 Ib, 614¢c, fore quarter 415¢. . | PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, 11@ 1214¢; Chickens, 11¢; Ducks, 11 ; Geese, B@des ! ' LIVE STOCK MARKETS. = v Tiae Chicago cattle market was very quiet, owing to lack of ‘supp_lies -and the difficulty of shipping to| eastern markets on account of snow!blocdades For the same reason, eagtarhj markets are bare of stock, and higher prices ‘than prevailed last week are noted at ‘most points. We quote as follows: . CHIOAGO, Jan, 16.—Cattle, ext heavy, B cwt, $510@5 69, good to choice $440@4 85, common to fair $3 00@3 65; Sos a 0 U EE NG S extra heavy #6 50@7 00, common to gre e Sesaeslintes @6 20. _Sheep, good to choice heayy, B 2wt 84 2003 25, air to medium 85

News Items.

The will of the late Commodore Vanderbilt was offered for probate on the Bth. It distributes a large amount of stocks and. other property to-his relalives; but the bulkijgoes to his son . H. Vanderbilt. e The Chicago Infer-Ocean of the 3d inst. says there was very little doubf that the entire mail from New York to the West was burned dt the Ashta‘bula holocaust on the 29th ult. The raail was a large one,. ; :

A Washington dispatch of the 7th says the manager of the Western Union Telegraph office there had sent to New York all the telegrams received at ‘or sent from Washington during the campaign, The manuscript made a car-load of freight. aa Thesl2,ooo package which was stolen somewhere between the Treasury Department in Washington and the National Bank of /Illinois, in Chicago, was restored, less about $lOO, on the 77th. Al government clerk named Ferd. Winslow committed the theft. 3

- The Short Mountain and Lykens Vdlley (Pa.) coal mines were on fire off the sth, and had been since theist. A loss of several /hundred thousand dollars had already been sustained and there was a probability ‘that the loss would be considerably augmented.

Mrs. Charlottee De Forest ]‘fgbert,.a sister of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, died at her residence, on Staten Island, on the sth inst.; aged 85 years. It is stated as a remarkable factx that she and her brother closed their eyes a few moments before.they died, and that they remained tightly closed after death, The Commodore’s funeral teok place on the 7th.. The floral offerings were of the most simple character, and all attempts at display were studiously avoided.. oo

James, Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, was horsewhipped, on the 8d inst, by Fred. May, brother of his aflianced. Bennett was to have married Miss May on Christmas, but failed to put in. an '‘appear’ ance. January 3d was fixed upon subsequently for the ceremony, but he failed again. Young May encountered him just as he was leaving the Union Club House, drew a rawhide and struck him three severe blows across the forehead, when bystanders interfered and separated the rassailants. Subsequently the parties left the city to fight a duel in Delaware. / The Tousiana republican ILegislature having asked the President for military protection against apprehended violence at New Orleans, the latter called an extraordimary meeting of the Cabinet on the Tth, and submitted a reply prepared by him, which was. unanimously approved of in the Cab.inet and forwarded to Gov. Kellogg. The reply, in substance, declines:to recognize either Legislature, particularly as a committee of each house of ‘Congress was engaged in investigating all the facts of the late election, including the contests of the two Governors and two Legislatures, both claiming to be legally elected.. o ‘The investigation of the Ashtabula disaster began on Monday. The Ohio ‘Senate has adopted the IHouse joint resolution providing for it. The committee on the part of the Senate consists of Burns and Brown, of/Lucas county, and ITaines, of Preble. On part of the House, Brunner, Converse, Wiltsee, Stone and Barrel. Fhe coroner’s jury have been laboring with. the serious question of the responsibility for not throwing water on the burning wreck. This very ugly matter lies between the railroad company and the fire department of"Ashtabula. The agent of the railroad company positively denies issuing any order to prevent water from being thrown upon the wreck, while on the other hand the firemen declared they were prevented irom throwing water by railroad subordinates.” The investigation may develop some very damaging facts, if not criminal. ;

At Fort Wayne, on Wednesday of last week, a Mrs. Havemeyer, in overhauling a trunk left at her house by a servant girl, found the body of a male infant wrapped in a cloth. The owner of the trunk, named Jessie Ambaugh, a young woman from Monroeville, aged about 20, was forthwith arrested and locked up on a charge of murder. She stated that 'she gave birth to the child three .weeks ago at the residence of Hon. Neil McLachlan, where she was working. Next morning she wrapped it in a cloth and took it to Mrs. Havemeyer’s, more than a mile distant. It died on the read, having been frozen to death, and she placed the body in a trunk. She refuses to give the name of its father. A Coroner’s inquest was held.. =~ ‘

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. | BNeEL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOURE IR .~ * NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. . .Oﬁ‘gp;Baflia{nce dfthe,ir'Largé Stock of o - . AND OTHER GOODS . MEN'S AND BOYS® WEAR, Rl ARG Reduction From Regalar Pricss! Do Not Buy a Dollar’s Worth of .. :“Goods Before You - . | SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. v ENGEL & CO., The Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, neobMieoumneumuiame) Kendallville, Ind. - January 11, 1877:-10-37 b ¥ ! GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE! 'r]jile.tijf‘ndéréigne(l Will, I.)l’ll‘inglthe Next Sl 80 DANE e Sell .Anythi}ngvix}r %iis Line, Such as EnE RR NE AR § i 1 Gty Nl e S of ; Gents’ urnishing Goods, ~ HATS AND CAPS, &ec., : | _Without Régal;d to Cost, THIS IS NGO HUMBUG TH () S __C JA\ JHI Ujm) G | AsSlHave Got to Sell . , 25,000 : Worth of ‘Goods within ‘thatjtir‘ue,’on account of making a _ change 1n myjbt;singss position. = ‘ £ T Original Boss Clothing House, LIGONIER, INDIANA. -: . . “ngonier, ANov’emlg), 187 Q -47-tf ) "J.DECKER Is Still i,h",.the..F‘i:el’d vt lone‘ of the L.argLo L "‘eStS’tockso‘f'- c ‘ BT el . ‘ 7 Whiéh ﬁe.dife'rs Qfor;séle‘at- : GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! '1 o 0 : The Greatest Bargains in Thét ‘.h;‘We‘v é%;_el' been bff,ere(i to the pgopie of NQ;'fhel'n Indiana. Japan Tea for 50 cts. per Ib. ‘ évhic‘h.v.ca'm?io{:‘! be boﬁgpt“else‘iyhére for less than 7 b cents per pound,ﬂ‘ "Hﬁn"dl!-edsv(‘)f'my,‘,gd‘stopiers can gttest to this fact. lam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. o mMesPocrRGR - QUEENSWARE & GLASSWARE - Is the most completo in this section of the conntry. = 1 ’q -N-‘---O __‘__ ﬁi‘ : ‘ . - ICanSave You Money, By calling s examining my goods before biing esewhere *Z%@@i ' | LIGONTER, IND, NOVEMBRR s fee 0 L el eNSRO e D e e e