The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 42, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 February 1877 — Page 2

ww atiomal Banwer 7. B.STOLY., Editorand Préﬁr‘etor s LIGONIER. IND. FEB. Bth, 1877 - . Jrpee Davis, the Illinois United States Senator elect, is about 62 years old and is said to be worth from 21000000 to $2,000,000. He owns Jmmense tracts of land in that State. | Waex the Commission takes up the case of Louisiana, Mat. Carpenter and Judge Trumbull may be expected to say some things that will be worth ‘reading. They will make Rome howl. e i A — Gov. HAavEs says his case is in| the ‘hands of able counsel, and Ehat% the outdook is favorable. Of course, Brother Hayes speaks from a purely impartial and disinterested standpeint’ ‘ ; ;

SENATOR SHERMAN, by his shameJess and flagrantly dishonest course in the Lonisiana matter, lias so thoroughI+ disgusied a large miajority of the people of Ohio that his retirement frem the United States Senate may be confidently calculated upon.

- CONGRESSMAN BAKElifr\bill discover in due’ course of time that his vote against “The Plan” will yet prove his political death warrant. Il€ may have sleased the“blood and thunder crowd,” But Ire has at’the same time forfeited the confidence and esteem of 5 large element which has heretofore constituted no inconsiderate portion of his

WE wisH it were possible to bring the testimony in the Louisiana case to the attention of every voter %n the United States. It would cause thousands of unsuspecting citizens to declare with empnasio ot o more despicable set of scoundrels and scalawags than the Louisiana Returning Board can not be found outside the penitentiaries.

ArTHOUGH never identified with thedemocratic party, extreme republican papers are not at, all satisfied with the political “soundness” of Justice Bradley who has been selected as the fifth judge on the Electoral Commission. - He has rendered several decisions that are not in accord with modern republican theories. A man mist be a revolutionist in order to. pass muster with that class of republican journalists. o 2

It may appear incredulous but it is nevertheless frue that there is just now a good deal of quiet but earnest ialk in republican circles 'to’ devise some plan whereby negro suffrage may be largely curtailed or entirely

abolished. The stampede which thous-)ands-of negroes of the South have made into the democratic ranks has

so enraged republican politicians that 2\good ‘many now freely express themselves in favor of disfranchising the ~d—d niggers.” Verily, chickens do come home to roost. :

, NoxE of the papers, in speaking of the jndges on the Electoral Commission, seem to be informed of the fact that Judge Strong was elected a memberof the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1857, on the demacratic ticket. ~Such, however, is the case. He was nomi: mated and elected as a Berks county

Demoerat, and if he ever afterward

fopmally) identified himself with the /republican party, we are in blissful

ignorance:of the fact. Ile was an earnest advocate of a vigorous prosecution of the war, but that, in our judgment, did not make him a modem Republican, just as little as it did thousands of others who entertained similar views, -~ 1

~ CHARLES O'CONOR, in his great argument before the Electoral -Commis'sion on Monday, indulged in some pretty plain talk while denouncing ‘the copspiracy to count in Mr. Hayes. ‘With strong emphasis and heightened ‘color and action, he said that “there could not be a man in America worthy ‘the name of an American citizen who would make a claim for the Hayes €lectors without blushing, if he were capable of blushing.” The telegraph informs us that Evarts, who was sitting beside the speaker, turned toward Stanley Matghews as this was said, and it was generally thought to conceal a blush which was very plainly seen stealing over his sallow

‘THE SENATE of the United States ‘will be more|equally divided| political--Iy, 'after the\4th of March than it has been during the past 16 years. Without taking into account Louisiana and South Carolina, over which there will be contests, the I;ém_ocrats have 34 Senators; they also had majorities in the Legislatures of the other two States, and we doubt if the Senate will undertake to seat the republican candidates. Pinchback had 4 better cmim than Packard of Louisiana or Corbin of South Carolina can possibly urge, but Mortou could not force him upon the Senmate with Logan and Boutwell in it. President Tilden may hzve a Democratic-Independent maJority in the Senate before 1879. ;

OLp WELLS, he of the infamous Louisiana Returning Board, has had a severe ime of it during the past four or five days. He has been before Field's congressional committee to explain certain developments that have recently been made relative to the rascally proceedings of the Louisiana Retarning Board.,. When confronted with charges of havingconverted democratic majorities into republican majorities, falsifving the record, destroying official documents to conceal his infamy, &c., the old villain plead ignorance. But David Dudley Field made him toe the mark while examining him with reference to two letters he (Wells) had written last November in which he cunningly invited bids for selling the electoral vote of Louisiana at figures ranging from $200,000 to $1.000,000. Wells not orrIy became badly befuddled in vainly endeavoring to explain the letters away, but was at times so enraged

THE TRIBUNAL AT WORK.

" At the hour of going to press last week the appointment of the fifth Judge to serve on the Electoral Commission had ‘not/ transpired. But shortly after the news came that the four Judges had agreed upon Justice Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey. It seems to be generally understood that Justice Davis was the first choice, and that only his peremptory refusal to serverelieved him from doing duty on the Commission.

On Thursday last both Houses of Congress assembled in tlie House of Representatives to begin the count of the eleetoral votes. The President of’ ihe Senate, Mr, Ferry, presided. Senators Allison and Ingalls; both Republicans, and Representatives Cook and Stome, both Democrats, acted as tellers. The counting began in alphabetical order, Alabama being first -on the list. The votes of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Delaware were counted without objection—2s votes for Tilden. and Hendricks, and ‘9 for Hayes and Wheeler. When Florida was called, three certificates were presented—the ITayes certificidte being signed by- the late Gov. Stearns,and one of thie Tilden certificates by Attorney General Cocke; the third certificate, also for Tilden, was 'authenticate‘d by the present Governor, Drew, and by the Supreme Court.. The Democrats objected to the Ilayes certificate in writing, and the Republicans hastily drew up a protest against the Tilden electoral certificates, whereupon, under the rulesestablished by“The Plan,” the two Houses separated and the disputed certificates were turned over: to the Electoral Commission, which organized the same day, and formally proceeded to business on the day fol“lowing. 4 oo “The great case was brought to is:sue on Friday. The entire session was devoted to preliminary argument,— Speeches wert made.on behalf of the démocratic objectors by David Dudley Field and-Randolph Tucker, and on bebair vr ur Lannblicans by. Representatives Kasson and McCrary. Kasson’s speech is generally pronounced a weak effort. It became painfully apparent that the Republicans were poorly prepared for argument, so much so that both speakers on that side asked for more time to.make up ' their case, which request the tribunal very properly refused to entertain. _Saturduy was alsodevoted to spéecl3~ making, by counsel. . Richard T. Merrick and Judge Jerry Black argued on 'the' democratic side, and J. Stanley ‘Matthews and E. W. Stoughton on the republican side. ;Charles O’Conor presented a short brief embodying the evidence of recotd which the democratic counsel proposed to submit, to which Mr. Evarts made his answer on part of -the Republicans. Mr. O’Conor’s brief isge powerful document which, we venture the prediction, will not be disregarded 'by the Tribunal. It ‘redices the question right down to this, whether the electors holding a certificate based upon an illegal count shall be held valid, or whether- the certificate based upon the majority vote and the decision of .judicial tribunals of Florida shall be recognized "by the Commission,. The fact that the Tilden electors received a majority of votes at the election in November, 1876, and that upon the face of the returns as recorded in the office’ of the Secretary of State that majority is shown, cannot be disputed. These judgments: of the courts and. these acts of the Législature have afforded a compléte remedy for all defeefs of form, and’exhibit, now, the Stite of Florida by its entire governmen, executive, legislative and judicial, .chiming at the hands of the counting authority an honest and a lawful count of:her -electoral votes. These judgments'and acts have been concurred “in° by two-thirds of both branches |of the Legislature; by the .Governor; by .the highest Court in Florida, embracing three Republican judges; by the Circuit Court, and, in short, by all the organs of the govern‘ment ’in that commonwealth. If it is possiblé to refuse to count these votes, the conclusion will}be reached-that no -mistake or fraud in the returns of the votes of any State can by any. possi: bility be rectified by the State itself acting through all its organs known to ‘ the law. = . P , |

On Monday the. arguments ‘were closed on the preliminary question as to the character of the evidence upon which the. Commission shall decide. Great interest was manifested in the speeches of Messrs. Evarts and O’Conor. The former, ini almost incomprehensively lengthy and mystified sentences, endeavored to-show-that no matter how -the certificates of the Hayes electors.in Florida were obtained, bearing the broad seal affixed by the Governor they must be ‘counted, and the Commission had no power to go behind them. Mr. O’Conor scouted the idea that under a system of government like ours no remedy lexists for correcting error and fraud in a case of such magnitude. He answered Evarts is a masterly and ‘convincing style, clearly proving that the Florida board in exercising the judicial functions had exceeded its powers under the State law, and its verdict couid be reached and rectified. | - -

After the close of the argumeént the Commissien went into executive session, which continued until yesterday, when—as a telegram informs us—the Commission “decided by a vote of.B to 7 not to go behind the action of the returning board in - Florida, but will examine into the eligibility' of alject o . WEees Do

Hon. JonN IL. - BAKER, of this District, recorded his vote agzainst the Compromise Bill, thereby raising himself several degrees in the estimation of his constituents. *“Well done, good and faithful servant,” is about the way they think.— Warsaw;Republican. Now, ‘Quincy, we. will venture the assertion’ that three-fifths of ‘those same “cunstituents” would make the same commentary upon Mr. Baker’s action in that m_ai},ter_that a good Republican made on Morton’s, in our presence, one day last week. He said he thought “he made a plagued dunce of himeelf.” - g 5

SEVERAL Southern papers have expréssed themselves in decided terms against the (republican) proposition to deprive the negroes of the elective

. ALBION RUMMAGES. : Lord deliver us from the thieving rascals that oceasionally melest our quiet town! Two weeks ago that sheep was taken from Johnson, and again on last Friday night afine hog was taken out of Jacob Niles’ lot. ‘Also, one of Mr. Decamp’s hogs was taken. - At that rate it will take ten more sheep and hogs' to supply the family or families who have thus entered upon' wholesale butchery, until the Ist of May. Who will fu_mish the next? C it ‘ Protracted meetings still continue; but now at the M. E. church. - Sever;al strange ministers were in town over Sunday. . . “He that stealeth let him steal”—is not exactly as we find it in the Book of Books, but we so arranged it, to suit the Auburn Courier. - Next to an -oath, a thief will stand upon the “final record.” Oh! for the meaning of “swat” that we might apply it upon that editor. We do not object to having our locals used; neither do we have hostile feelings against “returning boards,” nor do weé harbor any animosity for comproniise bills” or “campaign plan;” but we do ask for a “fair count.” - ¢ 2

J A P means, “Justly applied principles,” understand that, for we’ll tell you N. O. More. R $

Judge Tousley is lzolding court in Steuben county, this week. - Jacob Niles bas a search warrant cut after his hog. _ Last week Sheriff Eagles and ourself were to Indianapolis for the purpose of bringing home an insane person ‘by the mame of John ‘Collan, formerly! of Ligonier. While in the capilal: we had the . pleasure and honor of eating dinner with our Representatives, Kimmell and Zimmerman. Afterward these gentlemen showed us around the city: The Court House now being “constructed there will be the finest building in the West. But of the State House we cannot speak so highly. i

Last Monday evepfng Rev. Manford, Universalist minister, of Chicago, preached in the court room to a large and appreciative audience. Mr. Manford is a 'good speaker, and a man of great understanding. His preaching was like the testimony of a good man, upon the- witness stand; the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

We recently had the pleasure of making a short visit to our friends, Ed. Fitzgerald and family, We found them the same jovial set of old. After partaking of a good supper, we seated ourselves around the table and had a social game of—that is, we had a social chat until train time and we were obliged to go. . Ex-Sheriff Hough was in town last Monday and Tuesday. He looks hals and hearty. : Jap., S @ E—— ‘ A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. .Senator Conkling gave this as a reason for supporting the Arbitration Plan: “Becausel mean. to maintain at every stage of these proceedings that the republican candidate has been chosen President, because.l believe him a patriot and a good citizen, there: fore I wish to:take a title for him that shall be so clear that no one can say that he has clutched power.”—Chicago Tribune. . The 7'7ribuné, for obvious reasons, quotes the above from the incomplete reports published in the papers. What Senator Conkling did say is thus set forth in the Congressional Record :

““Mr. President, it is because I mean, at every stage which the law and the facts shall justify, to maintain that the republican nominee has been chosen Chief Magistrate of the nation; it i$ because I believe him to be a patriot and incapable of wishing injury or disparagement to his country, that I would have his title so clear that,dt can never be challenged with a pretext for believing that he, and they who supported him, meant to clutch usurped power, or dared not submit to a fair and constitutional examination of the truth of the election.”

If the T'ribune can extract any comfort from, this declaration it is entirely welcome. ) :

Our dispatches from New Orleans throw considerable 'light upon the subject of the Vernon Parish returns, concerning which the witness Littlefield has given such remarkable testimony before the two House Committees at Washington. He has swern to certain statements which, if true, make out Gov. Wells to be a most unconscionable scoundrel as well as an egregious fool; but it so happens that these statements also make out Littlefield to be a thief, and it is not unlikely -that later developments will show him up as a“forger and blackmailer. It appears that Vernon was a pet parish of the bull-dozers, who managed ‘matters so effectually. that the face of the returns showed some 700 Democrdtic votes and two Republican votes! The three polls which the Returning Board decided to excludg’ contained 178 Democratic votes and 110 Republican votes. Littlefield, for a purpose of his own which is now manifest, not only excluded the 178 Dermocratic votes, but added them to the Republican side.—Chicago Tribune.

. Admitting all of the above statement to be true, we have here a very, ‘apt confirmation of the old adage,. “When rogues fall out, honest men get their dues” Wells is doubtless an ‘“unconscionable scoundrel,” and | as such it is not likely that he selected any but those of his own stripe to aid i him in his infamous proceedings. L ——l G Dm— A Barn and Its Contents Destroyed ! by Fire, ; J. R. Jones, who keeps a dairy near Wabash, got up at 2 oclock last Thursday morning to give medicine to a. sick, child, when he discovered that his barn was on fire and by the time he reached it the whole building was enveloped in flames.. In the barn at the time were, according to the Courier, twenty-three head of cows, one bull, two yearling calves, one mare, ten tons ‘of hay, ‘milk wagon, and many other articles of value, all of: which was consumed by the flames. Mr. Jones thinks the barn was set on. fire by tramps as he has often discovered them sleeping in it. He sometimes had a fire in a fireplace in the barn to heat water for the purpose of washing. cans, &c., but is confident that the fire did not originate from this as he examined it carefully before retiring and is certain the firé was all out. He usually kept zhe barnlocked, but unfortunately neglected to exercise his wonted precaution on this particular night. The cows were all tied in the stalls, and the position of the carcasses showed that only t.vo got loose during the fire, the others being . burned to death in the stalls. It was a terrible sight to witness, and the half burned carcasses found in the ruins were suggesfive of the horrors of the situation. The loss is about $2,000, No ingurance. . .

SPECIE RESUMPTION. Yiews of the President Upon This Important Question. : The Time and the Opportanity Favorable for the Necessary | Le‘giglation.' S - anzress l'Yrged to i.t Once Provlde ;\for a Return to Specie Payments.’ WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3d.—The following is the President’s message to Congress on' the subject of the re.sumption of specie payments: - | To the Senate and House of Representatives: By the act of Congress approved Jan. 14, 1875, to provide for the resumption of specie payments, the first of January, 1879, is fixed as the date when such resumption is to begin. It may not be desirable to fix an earlier date when it shall actually become obligatory upon the Government to redeem its outstanding legaltender notes in coin.on presentation, but it is certainly mest desirable, and will prove most beneficial to eyery pecuniary interest of the. country, to hasten the day when the paper circulation of the country and gold coin shall - i : ; , HAVE EQUAL VALUE., At a later day, if currency and coin should retain equal values, it might become advisable to authorize or direct resummption. I believe the time has come when by the simple act of the legislative branch of the Government this most desirable result can be attained. lam strengthened in this view by the course trade has takenin the last two years,and by.the strength of the credit of the United States at home and abroad.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, the exports of the United States exceeded the imports by $120,213,103, but our exports include $40,569:621 of specie and bullion in excess of imports of the same commodities. For six months of the present fiscal year, from July 1, 1876, to Jan. 1, 1877, the excess of exports overimports amounted to $17,544,866, and the imports of specie and bullion exceeded the exports of precicus metals by $6,192.147 in the same time. The actual excess of exports over imports for the six months, exclusive of specie and bullion, amounted to $13,737,040, showing for the time being the accumulation of specie and bullion in the country amounting to : :

MORE THAN $6,000,000

in addition to the nations produet -of these .metals for the same period, a total increase of gold and silver for 6 months not far short of $60,000,000. It is ‘very evident.that unless this great increase of precious metals can be utilized at home in such a way as to make it in some manner remunerative to holders it must seek a foreign matket as surely as would any other product of the soil or manufacture. Any legislation which will keep coin and bullion at home will, in my judgment, soon . b R g

BRING ABOUT PRACTICAL ~.RES§"(UMPTION, - et

and will add the coin of the country. to the circulating medium, thus securing a healthy inflation of sound currency, to the great advantage of every legitimate business intérest.

The act to provide for resumption of specie payments authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds of either of the descriptions named in the act of Congress approved "July 4, 1870, entitled “An act to authorize the refunding of the national debt,” for not less than par in gold. . With the present vaiue or 244 per cent. bonds in the markets of the world they could be: exchanged at par for gold, thus strengthening the Treasury to meet final resumption, and to keep the excess of coin over the demand pending its permanent use as a circulating medium at home. All that would further be required would be to ‘ : REDUCE THE VOLUME OE LEGAL- . TENDER ‘NOTES [ : in eirculation. To accomplish this, I would suggest an act authérizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 4 per cent. bonds, with forty years to run before maturity, to be exchanged for legal-tender notes whenever presented in sums of $5O, orany multipie thereof, the whole amount. of such bonds, however, not to exceed $150,000,000... To increase the home demand for such bonds, I would recommend that they be available for deposit in the United States Treasury for® banking purposes under the various provisions of law relating to the National Banks. :

- I would stggest further that National Banks be required to retain a certain per cent.of coin interest received by them from bonds deposited with the Treasury to secure their circulation. I would also recommend the repeal of the third section of the joint resolution for the issue of silver coin approvedj July 22, 1876, limiting the subsidiary coin and fractional eurrency to $50,000,000. % :

’ lam satisfied that if Congress will enact some such law as will accomplish the end suggested, they will give relief to the country, instant in its effect, and for which they will receive ’ the gratitude of the whole people. [Signed] / U. S. GRANT. - EXECUTIVE MANSION, Feb. 3, 18717. | Our Musical Concert. HAwpATOH, Feb. 5, 1877. To the Editor of the National Banner: The vocal concert held in the Poplar Grove school-house last Saturday evening, was a success, taking into consideration the fact that many of ‘the performers were inexper%nc’ed and never had appeared before an audience. - The pieces, with only a few exceptions, were well rendered. Mr. Black seems to have taken special -pains with his elass. This being his first effort to hold a concert, he may well feel elated with his success.— Hawpatch possesses numbers of good -singers, and we believe there are few classes of the same size anywhere in the country that would do hetter. By practice and proper. training, they may attain to such a degree of profic%ency, that they can appear before any audience with credit. The music was both sacred and secular, and of a pure| and refined character, but'there werel some persons present of such gross tastes, that such music did not interest them, and they sought to entertain themselves with a series of grunts and senseless expressions. It would be well if such persons would form a society ot their own, and not foree . their silly' performances upon those who prefer something better. : . 5 R. A:-Zooxk. |

~ THe DeEMOCRATS have a strong case in the [Florida disphte, but that of Louisiana is a great deal stronger. The infamy and lawlessness of the Wells Returning Board is so flagrant that no tribunal, having the slightest regard for law and equity, would so stulfify itself as to confirm its treasonable attempt at annulling the popular will, .

Indiana News Items.

Six hundred and fourteen con;mvicts were enrolled at the Northern Prison, on the 26th ult. (kb f

The Plymouth Denipcmt and Republican have both been reduced from nine to eight-column papers. - Forty converts have been “enrolled on the books” of the M. E. church at Knox; thé fruits of the late revival there. ¢

The contract for the Steuben county jail was awarded to Letzenberger and Zollers, of Fort Wayne. Their bid was $17,047. :

Thompson & C€o. a LaPorte icepacking firm, have shipped over 1,500 car-loads of the crystal commodity to Chicago this season. ~ i | The LaGrange Register reports that D. Berry, living a mile or two east of Van Buren, declares himself to be the Son of God. e : The Indiana State Board of Agriculture wants the Legislature to helg them out -of a debt of $90,000 which. has accumulated against the institution. i

The Grangers of Kosciusko county have organized a Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Over one hundred and thirty thousand Jdollars-have been subseribed. | .

The Fort Wayne Qazette says: A boy 11 years of ‘age, living | in Frenchtown, had a tooth extracted the other day which pmwduced a hemorrhage, resulting in death, 1 . . Small-pox_is reported as existing in many of the cities and towns of the country. - LaFavette township, Allen county, is the rearest point to this place it has yet reacsed. = Miss! Jeannetta Tryon, of Raub’s station, Cass county, has completed a quilt containing 22801 pieces, or 151 blocks, each block being about threefourths of an inch square. i

Peter Schlarb, a Plymouth attorney, has feet so large thatit requires ten cubic feet of hot air firnace and one hour's time to- warm them through after being once chilled. What a cussed lie. i ‘

Hydrophobia is faging in Bedford and Martin counties. The Shoals Herald says that Mr. Part has been compelled to kill his ealire pack of fox hounds, and that a Zreat deal of valuable stock has been bitten. The town of Rensselaer is in a fair way to lose a beautiful square donated for park purposes by S. C. Van Rensselaer, of New Bruntwick, N. J, by meglecting to take care of it according to the terms of the donation. -

The engine and boiler of the Canada Southern “pile driver,” was recently hauled down to Waterlvo from Hamilton, and shipped to other parts. This makes the citizens of Hamilton think the railroad 1 not for them, just yet. g L

A gang of burgiars in the southeastern part of the State, led by Jim Robbins, of Ohio county, have terrorized over that neighborhood for a long time, but- have finally been broken up by the arrest of Robbins and Greeley Sage, ol ' An illicit still and [250 gallons of spirits have been seized .in the cellar of Jacob Meyers’s house in Harris township, St. Joseph county. Meyers is an old and wealthy farmer, and ‘was once before caught in the illicit manufacture of whisky. | :- .

A couple of perambulating tea dealers are selling goods to the citizens of Steuben. We have some of the same sort down here; but the officers of the law found fault with the manner in which the dealers secured their stocks, and “sat down on them.”

The Kosciusko County Superintendent don’t fool away any money on Ivery rigs when e makes thie “grand rounds” of the schools in the county; but instead puts his breeches in his boots, grasps a carpet sack containing a clean shirt and some crackers and cheese, and strikes:out. :

_ Delotus A. Shaffer and Thomas E. Billings, both of Huntington, became involved in a quarrel at a house of ill fame in that city, last Saturday night a week, which led to the shooting and dangerously wounding of{Shaffer by Billings. According to the Herald's version of the matter Shaffer got nothing more than he deserved. - At the Swing schoolhouse, Tipton. county, the teachershot a young man named Ward, and then took to the woods. Ward’s father preached at the schoolhouse, and said something which offended the teacher, who calledihim td account, when the son came to his father’s help with the result mentioned. The bullet, which entered the right hip, was extracted, and the wound is not considered dangerous. s : :

Mr. William Collins, of Wabash, who has extensive ice interest at Warsaw, meditates a suit against that city for damages resulting to him from having, by order of the city council, to remove a bridge he had erected to facilitate the transportation of ice from the lake to his ice house. He claims that a compliance with the order entailed a loss of not: less than $l,OOO upon him, which sum he is going to try. to secure through a lawsuit. The citizens take sides with Mr. €., and almost universally pronounce the action of the council unwarranted by the exigencies of the case. S

. “The Academy of Music, the princi- ’ pal and liveliest place of amusement in Indianapolis, was: destroyed by fire ‘on the 27th ult. There had been no performance in the theatre for a week, and the origin of the fire is unknown. The property belonged to N.R. Ruckle, and was mortgaged for $75,000, fiveeights of its value.” Several business houses were situated under the auditorinum in whieh the stocks were all more or less INjured: - Dicksan and. ‘Losey, mandgers'of the theatre, also, lose some $5,000 or $6,000. The total loss is estimated at $lOO,OOO, partly ¢overed by insurance. : 1\ | Twenty-six years ago, when Miss Prude Burson, residing one and a half miles south of town,. was a little child only seven years old, she put a tooth which had just been extracted from some ope into her ear, and pushed it in sb it could hot be seen. She told her mother what she had ‘done; but after a careful examination her mother concluded she was lying,. and paid no further attention to_the matter. But Prude never forgot what she had done, and has always contended that the tooth was in her ear. A few days agoshe got hold of a large sacking needle and commenced . fishing for it, and it was not long till she “snaked” it out.. The tooth is about as large as a grain of corn, and is in a fair state of preservation.— Miss Burson is now thirty-three years old, and says that the tooth never injured her hearing or caused her any inconvenience during the twenty-six years which it remained in her ear.— Newport Hooster Slate. ~ :

The advocates of women-suffrage have hit upon an unfortunate time to push their proposition for a sixteenth amendment. A - contemporary: -very truthfully observes that the pw%le are more anxious to preserve the liberties they enjoy than to venture upon any new experiment. In fact but for the extension of the suffrage to the negro population of the country the evils that now afflict us mights have been avoided. Take away the negro vote from the republican candidate for President and Ohio, Pennsylvania and probably Illinois would be added to tﬁe list of States ggiving majorities for Tilden and Hendricks.

<. ! I * News Items. . Charles I’;getmore, aged twentysix years, died in Cincinnati on the morning of the 28th, of hydrophobia. he deceased was bitten last summer glree times by one dog and once by another. " Messrs. Moody and Sankey began their revival meetings at’the Tabernacle, in Boston, on the afternoon of the 28th ult. It was estimated that 10,000 people were turned away from the doors, being unable to gain ad.mission.

, Judge Carpenter, of Columbia, S. C., in a matter pending before him, on the 29th ult., decided that neither Chamberlain nor Hampton was legally installed as Governor of South-Car-olina, and that Chambérlain is lawfully in possession of the executive office, on the ground that he is entitled to hold over until his successor is duly elected and qualified. i Jonx D. LEE, the leader of the Mormons in the Mountain Meadow massacre of twenty years ago, was to have been shot last Friday a week, in Beaver, Utah, agreeably to the sentence of Judge Boseman in October; but at the last moment, the exeeution was defferred and his case is to have a rehearing. The evidence against Lee was .very damaging and conclusive. The alleged Indians,” whom the Mormons have asserted were the murderers of the 140 people, are proven to have been Mormons disguised as Indians. It is hardly probable that Lee can avert his doom.

A brave Chicago woman last week mortally shot Dave Ragiv, a burglar, who, with two of his accomplices, had entered her room in her absence. She put thetrio to flight, with her little revolver, and the/Wwounded desperado, has since died.. Another plucky €hicago woman recently awoke and- discovering a burglar in her room,.instead of screeching or covering up her head with the bedclothes, let drive with her pistol, and, though she unfortunately tailed to hit him, drove him out of the house in the shortest possible order. The moral is: : Let women be vaught to use firearms, and burglars and tramps will become less bold and lawless. : A

THE MARKETS. ~ LIGONIER. : GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 6uc; Oats, 35¢; Corn, 50c; Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Seed, $8 90; Timothy Seed, $1 25. e ! Propuce.—Hogs, live, § cwt $5 50, dressed $6 50@6 75; Turkeys, live, {3 b, 6¢; Chickens, 4c; Bees Wax, 28c; Butter, 16¢; Lard, 10c; Eggs, $8 doz, 15¢; Wool, §lb, 35@40c ; Feathers, 60c; Tallow, 8¢; Apples, dried, s¢, green, bu. 30¢; Potatoes $1 00; Hay, @ ton, marsh $B, timothy $lO. - KENDALLVILLE. GRAIN AND SrEEDS.—Wheat, white $1 38, red $1 37; Corn, 45¢c; Oats, 38¢; Clover Seed, $9 00; Flax,sl 50; Timothy, $2 25. ! _OrHER PrRODUCE.—Hams, § Ib 12¢; Shoulders, 10c¢; Lard,llc; Tallow,7c; Wool, 35¢; Butter, 16c; Beeswax, 25€¢; Apples, dried 414¢, green,{ bu,, 23c; Potatoes, $1 00; Eggs, ¥ doz. 18¢. = 27, & _—%__ CHlCAGO—February 6. 1877.. * GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $1 2815 ; Corn, 42%4c; Oats, 35%4¢c; Rye,69¢; Barley, 60c; Clover Seed, $875@9 05; Timothy, $1 80@1 90; Flax, $1 65@160. - ‘ A b ProDUCE.—Mess Pork,®ewt, $l6 15 @l6 20: Lard, sloBo@lo 85; Hams, green, P 1b,734@94 c; Shoulders, 515¢; Dressed Hogs, @cwt, $7 10@7 25 ; Butter, fair to good, 16@17¢, choice, 25@ 28¢c; Eggs, ¥ doz., 25¢; Potatoes, 90¢ @bl 15. .

PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, {3 ib, 11@12¢; Chickens, T@9c¢; Ducks, S@ 9c; Geese,4@T7ci| b

TOLEDO,—Febrpary 7, 1877.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $14514, No. 2, Wabash $1 4314 ; Corn, 45¢; Oats, 85%s¢; -Clover Seed, $9 00@ 9 20; Timothy Seed, $1 90@2 00; Flax Seed, $1 35@1 40. ° : GROCERIES—PROVISIONS; &c.—Potatoes, P bu. 90@95¢c; Flour, P cwt, fine $5 00, superfine $5 50, extra $7 25 ; Lard, 12@1214; Butter, fresh rolls, 20@21c; Eggs, § doz., 26@28c; Dried Apples, 4%4. : S : MEeATS.—Dressed Hogs, $6 90@'7 00 Hams, 12@12%c; Beef, hind quarter, Pb, 614¢c, fore quarter 4145¢. = PourLTrY.—Turkeys,” dressed, 10@ 12¢; Chickens,B@9¢; Ducks, 10 f}eese, 8c- i # : ks i

LIVE STOCK MARKETS,

Cuicaco, Feb. 6.—Cattle, ext heavy, B cwt, $5 60@6 00, good to choice $4Ts@4 90,:common to fair $3 Ts@4 00; cows and heifers, $2 75@38 75. . Hogs, extra heavy $6 50@6 70, common to choice heavy $6 00@6 40, light $4 75 @5 25. Sheep, good to choice heayy, P cwt, B 4 75@5 50, fair to medium $4 00@450. - . : BurrLo, Feb.s.—Cattle. Moderately active, good shipping(l3oo to 1500 Ib) $5 35@86 90, butchers’ $4 656@5 00, stock cattle $3 65@4 10. Sheep, prime choice 961bs, $5 335 @5 90, medium to good $4 90@5 75. Hogs, light $6 10, good heavy $6 55. Pl

50 « 50 yrans UNIVERSALISM, ¥rars The STAR IN THE WEST, Cincinnati, 0.,1s half a century old in 1877. All interested in Univer= salism should subseribe for the semi-Centennial year, 1t will shine for ALL. Eight pages, weekle a,l{ the News, Markets, etc. Large portrait of JOHN MUR-~ RAY, free lt;‘o) a'.'l‘l subcclx:ixbe:i gar 1877, “;I’erms, 82.52 er year, postage paid. ress, WILLIAMS! DaNTwELL PUBLISHING CO., Cincinnati, O« "

PIMPLES. I will mail (free) the recipe for ?teparing a simple VeerranLe Barm that will remove Taw, FRECKLES, PIMPLES and Brorcues, leaving tha skin. soft. clear aixd. beiautifulz also instructions for prodncing a luxuriant growth of Balr on a bald head or smooth face. Agdress, Ben. Vandelf &.Co., Box pl2l, N 0.5 Wooster St., N. Y.

ERRORS OF YOUTH. A GENTLEMAN who suffered fer years from A Nervous. Debl\it!y. Premature Decay, and all the effects ‘of youthful indiscretion will, for the gake of sufferini; humanity, send freé to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured, Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser’s.experience can do so Q? addressing in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 (edar Bt., New York, 37-6 m-a and co

; 3 1 /'TO CONSUMPTIVEN. The advertiser..havirég been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by & simple remedy, ig anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. 7To all who deeire it, . he will send a copy of the Prescription used, (fres of charEe), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sURE QURE for CONSUMP?ION, ASTHMA, BRONOHITIS, &e, Parties wishing the g{escription will ﬁleaae address, ey. E. A, WILSON, 194 Penn Bt., Williamsburgh, New York. e TDIEID LOCK.—January 27Tth, 1877, in Green Township, . Mary S., danghter of George Lock; aged 5)8 years, 9 months and 28 days. ! | RAY —Jan. 27. 1877, at his residence, in Green townghip, Mr, Wm, Ray; aged 54 years, 2 mo’s and 27 days. i . ‘ MOCONNELL—In Angola, Thursday, Jan. 25th 1877, Mary A, youngiest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. G. W. McConnell, aged 8 years, 4 months and 24 days, 3 . Little Mary was an unusually bright child, and will be sadly missed in the Doctor’s household and among their wide circle of friende. : ! -—-——v-—-——-——'——"—"—"—'_"‘——“".- "«._—s Novle Co. Agricultural Society. Notice of Mecting. ; The Directors and Stockholders of the Noble Cquntg Agricultural Society are hereby notified that there will be a meeting held at tXxe Town Hall, Ligonier, Ind., on : i 5 . Saturday, March 3rd, 1877, | At 2 o'clock, ¥, M, for the I of making arrangements for the purchase o! %nnds. ete, l;g._otder of W. W. LATTA, Pres't, J, H, Horruan, Sec’y. 403 w,

PGt o { : : Great excitement has been occasioned in Chicago because of the alarming prevalence of scarlet fever and diphtheria. The mortality amongchildren has been very large. . ; . LIST OF LETTERS ; : REMAINING’ inthe Post Office at Ligonier, | g Indiana,duringthe past week : ; § ‘Bellman, F A Stogle AF ‘Bomgardner, Sam Trumble, C E : Fisher, Mrs Sarah Zook, Miss Rebecca . ; Persons calling for any of the aboye letters will please say “advertised.” | : (- 7 H. M. GOODSPEED, P. M. ' Ligonier, Ind., February 8, 1877. i SHERIFF'S SALE. BY VIRTUE of a certified copy of a decree s#nd order of sale te me-directed by the Clerk of - the Noble Circuit Court of Indiana, in the case of the Town of Ligonier vs. Asher S. Parker, 1 will offer for sale at Publi¢ Anction, in the Town of Albion, cotnty of Noble and State of Indiana, .On Satarday, Marck 3, 1877, between tne hours of ten o’'clock, a, m., and four. o’clock, p. m,, of said day, the following aescribed real estate, to-wit?: A : G Oat Lot number Sixty-four (61) as the same is numbered and described on the Recorded Plat of the Town of Ligonier, in Nosle county, Indiana, being all the right, title and interest of the said defendant therein. : . ~+ . NATHANIEL'P. EAGLES, . v ; Sheriff of Noble County, Ind. H. G. ZiMuERMAN, Plaintiff’s Attorney. . Albion, Feb. 4, 1877.-42-w4-p £56.25. —_—_———— : y SHERIFF'S SALE. BY VIRTUE of a certiried copy of a decree a‘hd order of sale, to me directed| by the Cle=k of the Noble Circuit Court of Indiana, in the caseof John Hier vs. Hawley Peck, I will offer for sale at Public Auction, at the door of the court house, | in nEc Town of Albion, couutyof Noble and State -of Indiauna, on . b H Saturday. March 3, 1877, between the hours of ten o’clock, a. m., and four o’clock, p, m., ofsald day, the following described real estate, to-wit: : : Tots number’ four (4), five (5) and six (6) in Block three (3), and lot number seventeen (17), in Block six (6], all in Miller’s Addition to the Town of Ligonier, Noble county, State of Indiana, NATHANIEL P. EAGLES, Sheriff of Noble County, Ind. IL G, ZimaermaN, Plaintifi’s Attorney. . Albion, Feb. 5, 1877 ,-42-4 w-D f 86,25, QY i ~ SHERIFF'S SALE. BY VIRTUE of a certified lcopy of a decree and order of sale, to me directed by the Clerk of the Noble-Circuit Court, of Nob'e County, State of Indiana,in the case of Christian Yoder and. John D. Zook, as Administrators of the estate of Joel Zook, deccased, vB. Simon J. Zook, Sarah Zook, William B, Ferrall, Frederick W. Straus, Jacob Straus and Matthias} Strans, and William A.Snofith and Samuel Smithas Executors of John A. Smith deceased, I will offer for sale atipublic auction, at the dopr of the Court House in the town of Albion, county of Noble and State of Indiana, on i Saturday, March 3d, 18?7, between the hours of ten o’clock, a.m., and four o’clock, p. m., of said day, the following described real estate, to-wit: ; ! ~ The South-West quarter of section eight (8) in Township thirty-five (35) north, Range nine (9)\5 Eagt in Noble county, State of Indiana. ; Excepting therefrom thirty (30) acres of land - off the South side of said quarter section—being | in all 130 acres. ¢ i NATHANIEL P, EAGLES, : Sherifl of Noble Couanty, Indiana. H. G ZiamErMAN, Plaintifi’s Attorney. . Albion, Feb. 3d, 1877.-42-4 w-p f $7.50. Notise to Non-Resident.

State of Indiana, Noble County, Ss. ISABEL KELLAR,- . VS, } DIVORCE. i SAMUEL KELLAR. : 1 : In the Noble Circuit Court, Janwary o Term, A. D, 1877, \ BE it remembered that in said court, on the:lsth day of Janunary, 1877, came said plaintiff by her attorney, Isaac E. Knisely, and filed her aftidavit in these words (h j) showing, among other things, that the residence of said defendant is unknbdbwn, but believed to be somewhere in the State oflllinois. Thereupon, on motion'of plaiatiff, it was ordered by the Court that notice of the filing: and pendency of a complaint for Divorce therein by said Isabel Kellar against said Samuoel Kellar, be given by publication in the NATIONAL BANNER, according to the statute in snch case made and provided. : ¥ Said defendant, Samuel Kellar, is therefore notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against him, and that unless he a&)pea.r at the calling of said cause, on the second day of the next term, of said court, to be begun end held at the Court Honsge in Albion, on. thé third Monday in March, 1877, said complaint will be heard, and said cause determined in his absence. Attest: - SAMUEL E. ALVORD,

S " Clerk Noble Circuit Coar I. BE. KnlseLy, Attorney for Plaintiff, Albion, Ind., January 17, 1877.-39w3-p { §8 00 - Notice to Non-Residents.

State of Indiana; Noble County, Ss. SOLOMON :MIER, 1‘ . G VH: : FERDINAND KLEMM, | ! ANN KLEMM, | . COMPLAINT TO HENRY WIESE, - » FORECLOSE MORTCATHARINE WIESE, | GAGE. LUDWIG WIESE, ] AMELIA WIESE, anxp | MAGDALENA WIESE. J s ot Inthe Noble Circuit Court,March Term, LA D AR . BE it remembered that on the 9th day of Jannarv,”’A. D. 1877, the same heing thé second jaridicial day of the Jarnuary term of the Noble Circuit Court, fer tlke year A. D. 1877, the plaintiff in the above entitled cacse, by his Attorney, filed in open Court an affidayvit in these words, (here insert), showing to the Coart that the Defendants Henrich Wiese, Catharine Wiese, Ludwig Wiese, Amelia Wiese, and Magdalena Wiese, (widow of Henry Wiese) are not residents ol the State of Indiana. ‘ R Said non-resident defendants, and each of them, are hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against them, and each of them, and that the same is founded on a contract.in relation to real estate. Thereupon, on motion, a notice by publication was orderedto be published according to law in Tnr NATIONAL BANNER. Said non-resident defendants are therefore hereby notified that unlegs'they appear and answer or demur at the calling of said. cause on the second day of the next term of said Court, to be begun and held at the Court House in the town of Albion, in said county, on the third Monday in March, A. D. 1877, said complaint and the matters and thing(;ls therein contained and alleged will be heard and determined in their absence. . Attest, SAMUEL E. ALVORD, - - Clerk Noble Circuit Court. Isaaco E, ENI3ELY, Attorney for Plaintiff. . : Albion, Ind., January 17, 1877.-39w3-p f $lO 00,

I BEAUTIFUL : ° ) : : ." Silk Handkerchiefs, Je - b —at the— LADIES BAZAAR, { : +~in the— : ‘Banner Block, Ligonier, Ind, CHEADP for CASIKI. Drs. PRICE & BREWER RS TRNDIBTLT B T AR RRO el WA Dl 2R TAT T R S e B wﬁ Do HAVE : EERIRSTTTESOR VISITED LAPORTE y RLTL T S RS S 0 OTI. G b 4 4 T &Ba 4 0 L AT S W_ . FIFTEEN YEARS. .R R T AARVo T ASe el O AT, AN N R R B RT R AR e 3 HA_VE met with unparalleled success in the treatmentofall . Chronic Diseases ee e e 4 il . OFTHE i 3 BEREITAREL (5] / THROAT. Y LUNGS. = " HEART | g - e LIVEg ‘ 3 ORI - | HEAD, Nerves, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Or%lans, Grayel. Scrofula,. Rhm}mz:éism, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitig, Dys~epsia, &¢. : : . i ¥ Ourreiputaﬁon hasbeenacquiredby candid,honest dealing and years of successful practice. Our practice, not one ofexperiment, butfounded onthe laws ot‘Nature. with years ofexperience and evidence to sustain it, doesnot teardown, make sick to make wefl; no harsh treatment, no trifling, no flattering. /We knowthecauseandthe remecfy needed ; no.guess work, but knowledge gaine: bg years of experience in the treatment ox Chronicdiseases exclusively; no encouragément - without a prospect. Candi({ in our oginlons. reasonable in our char%ea claim not to know everything, or cureevery! oéy, but do lay claim to reasom and common sense, Weinvite the sick, no matter what theéirailment, to calland investifshe hefore they abandon hope, makeinterrogations and decide for themseives yit will costnothingas consultationisfree. . o Drs. Price & Browercan be consulted asfollows: ' Tigonier, Ligonier House, Wednes- | day, February 28th, 1877. -~ Kendallville, Kelley House, Thursday, March Ist, 1877. i Sturgis, Mich,, Elliott Hotel, Friday, o isits wi maderegularly for years, o Resitenceand aboratory: WAUREGAN, ILLL |

b ANGEL & cé-’g,iygnvEßszz‘:msﬁmf, l LARGEST AND LEADING OLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN 17 oe o one. ™ L, ' Qﬁ'er:,iß,_,afllgﬁée _(")f}f»i_:peiera.rge Stor(sk of t CLOTHING! . AND OTHER G—O”‘Q'DS“‘ MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR, - A% a.:AG:reat ‘ o Rednction From Regular Prices| Do .No‘t'_‘ﬁ_ Buya ‘Dollar's Worth of .~ ' Goods Before You SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. ' ENGEL&CO., The Populur CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, . e e anin street. "}~ Kendallville, Ind. -'l"],:l?er’4 Undel~sigpéd—;;l'l)llring thq l\:Tgaxt‘ .60 DS, : ' ééll Anyt}ung 1n Ilis ILine, Such as Lv . READY-MADE CLOTHING 1] B BEE B RAE 081 -_ nllw Gents' Furnishing Goods, ~ HATS AND CAPS, &e., Withqut Rg'gafd to Clost, - ‘ : As I I-I?-yg' Go tp Sell - o $25,000 Worth o'fiGood'S iyithih' that ﬁ;:ix.ne', onl'é;c;éount of 'makihg a o " change In my business position. Nt _ e J. STRAUS, Jr., OrigtualTows ot Mo, ZIGONER: INDIAV 4. Is ;till m ﬂlé Field Iwivith one of théz Largo e [ GRS, - 1 ‘ W‘hic-h!_he'voﬁe.rsfor sg,le o » GREATLY REDUCED PRICES!

The Greatest Bargains in "I‘hat"hzivév’ erel; been offered to the pédple of Northern Indiana. siew i o Hamofteriog g - - J gpall "Tea for SSO cts. per Ib. Whléh canniot be bought elsewhere for less than 75 cents pel; pound. : Hundreds of my customers can attest to this fact. Tam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. .MY STOCK OF v . Is'khe m.(y)'sti ’Vcomi)vle‘té:in this section of the country. : ~ ICanSave Y uMonéy, = By calling andexa:mmmg my goods before buying e}qeﬁhere ‘ TLIGONIER.IND.,NOVEMBEB 88,3800 sne conl el