The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 43, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 February 1877 — Page 2

] —— * 7. ®_STOLJY., Editor and Proprietor. | ILIGONIER. IND.FEB,ISth, 1877. Mzs. M. SCHURZ, the mother of Carl Schurz, died at the residence of her som, in the city of St. Louis, on Monday, t.he 13th inst. i e - ~ JrpsE Txé_'_rx—l;, MBULL is said to be not one bit discouraged by the decision in the Florida case, and. siys that there sre at least a dozen insurmountable «hjections to be overcome before the’ electoral vote.of LouiSiana can be counted for Hayes. He'is of opinion that t\he question of eligible electors alone will prove a sufficient bar. ————— - — . Srsox CAMERON, the foxy old U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, has been sued for breach of promise by a viva¢ipus and attractive widow named Mary S. Oliver, aged 85.. Mary insisis that her “feelings” have been damaged 10 the extent of $50,000, while Simon denounces her demand as an altempt at wholesale blackmailg L Tae BaxNer believes with the World that whatever the upshot of the lectora] Commisslon’s course may =, the American people will never forget that it was the advocates of Mr. Haves who have refused to join in the quest of fraud, however mask«d, and in the search for truth, howev¢r covéred up and hidden, and who * have shamelessly contended for victo7, mo matter how achieved.

. SoxE of the thick-and-thin partisans who believe in counting in Gov. Hayes, right or wrong, are thunderstruck at the villainy of subordinate scoundrels wheo have forged and falsified election “returns in Louisiana as they were directed to do; but they have no word f‘ reproach for the principals whose ‘sgperlative villainy has intended to balk the desires of 40,000,000 of their ‘fellow citizens. As a contemporary remarks, the casuistry that excuses the devil at the same time that it denounces his imps will impose . upon my& S . . "

| Tue BANNER has no fault to find ‘with the action of the Electoral Commission in affirming the eligibility of Humphreys, one of the Florida electérs. The non-partisan action of Senators Thurman and Bayard on th:?is, guestion is worthy of the highest commendation, and amply attests their peculiar fitness tor the faithful and impartial performance of the duties devolving upon them. ,lIJ the Republicans were, represented on the Commission by men of equal fairness, no-occasion for fault-finding would present itself. '

SExATOR MCDONALD is represented as being extremely sanguine that the case of Louisiana will have an entirely different outcome from that of Florida, and says that the strictures upon the ruling of the Commission are & little premature. He feels assured that the case of Louisiana as it will be presented by the objectors and counsel on the democratic side will be so overwhelming in its strength that the tribunal will be forced to decide that the Tilden electors were legally chosen. Let us hope thatour Senator’s faith is not built upon gand. =~ |

. THE OBJECTION to the counting of the fraudulent electoral votes from Louisiana has been submitted, and is signed by six Senators and five Representatives. It asserts, among other things, thatithe Returning Board was unconstitutional, and that it had no iegal right to canvass the vote for electors, and also names four of the prei:ed or sg:called republican electors hoare ineligible—Brewster and Levisee, because they were Government wfficials at and after the election on t}ie Tth of November; Birch, because he is a native of Hayti, and was never naturalized, and Joseph because he has been convicted of felony in Georzia and served his time in the penitentiary, and never had his disqualification in consequence thpi:eof removed.

Gov. WILLIAMS has sent a message to the Legislature showing up therasalities of the apportionment made by the Republican Legislature; four vears ago, and recommending an amendment to the present law which virtuallydisfranchises many thousand voters. He makes the point that it is the intention of the constitution that the apportionment shall be made but once in six years, but that it will not prohibit the amendment of that apportionment, if it should be found to be faulty. If, the Plymouth Demoerat observes, an entire county had been omitted from the law, no one ‘would dispute the right of the Legislsture to annul it; and as the present iaw disfranchises many more than is oontained in an average-sized county, thers ean be no good reason offered why it should not be amended. Just how the Governor will get the Republican House to see it inr this way we know not. ) .

A OCONTEMPORARY fitly remarks that itis not the fault of the Demoeratic lawyers before the Elegtoral Commission that the case of the Haves electors has been pettifogged away from the high ground of truth and the right, down to an issue of technicalities and forms. The demoeratie party, conscious that it has fairly elected a President of the United States, and strong in'its control of the House of Representatives, accepted the establishment of the Electoral Commission in the faith that so vital a subject as the title to the

Presidency of the United States could aot fail to be dealt with by a tribunal

composed of American Senators, Representatives and Judges in a spirit " worthy of the great issues involved " im its decision. In the lahguage of | Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, the Ameri-

ean people looked to “unkennel fraud,

“though clothed in the stolen robes = of State sovereiguty, and to protect ®the United States from the l’gwlm'- “ nebs of those who use State power to * juflict State wrongs and to trample “on State rights.” The American people still look to see this done by Ihis tribunal. ; ‘

THE LOUISIANA CASE. " During the joint session of the two Houses of Congress, Senator McDonald, of this State, presented a series of very strong objections to the counting of the Hayes electoral votes from Louisiana. They are based on the ground that the Hayes electors had not been duly elected; that their election had been certified by W. P. Kellogg, who claimed to be, but in fact wasnot, Governor of the State of Louisiana, and because the Returningßoard of said State was without jurisdiction for the reason that the laws of Louisiana conferred no power on the Returning Board to canvass or compute votes, since they constituted but four of the five persons- required by law, since these four were of the same political party, and since there was a vacancy in said Board which the four members had| refused to_fill; because the four members of the Returning Board had ‘full knowledge that a true compilation of the votes would have shown that the Tilden electors had been duly elected ; because said Board had offered for meney- to sell the vote of Louisiana; and because A. B. Levisee and O. P. Brewster, of the republican electors, had held offices of trust under the United States at the time of their appointment as electors. . Representative Gibson,of Louisiana, also presented objections to the Hayes ' and Wheeler certificates, because -

First-—The Govetnment of Louisia na was x}ot_r_epubl‘it:u in form. -

! Second—No canzrass was made on which the certificates of election were issued. ST P ’

" Third—Any alleged canvass of votes was an act of usurpation, fraudulent and void. e -

Fourth—Some of the electors were ineligible by the laws of Louisiana, and were disqualified from being electors as polding State offices.

Senator Howe, on behalf of the Republicans, subinitted an objection to ‘the Tilden.and Hendricks electors on the ground that there was no evidence that these electors had been appointed 1 such nianner as the Legislature required, while there was evidence conclusive Inlaw that neither of, them had been so appointed; also, on the ground that there was no evidence that McEnery was Govérnor of Louisiana in the -year 1876, while there was conclusive evidence that Kellogg was during the year 1876, and for several years prior thereto, Governor of that State, and was recognized as such by the judicial and legislative departments of Louisiana, ahd by all departments of the Government of the United States. - "

On Tuesday Senator McDonald and Representative Jenks presented- the democratic side ;and Senator Howe and Representative Hyrlbut the republican side. The-leading counsel on the Tilden side are Judge Trumbull, Mat. Carpenter and Judge Campbell; on the Hayes side Evarts, Stoughton and Stanley Matthews. < —t—————l O B ——— ) HOW OLD WELLS SOUGHT A BID. In the Louisiana investigation the committee unearthed a letter written by Gov. Wells to Senator West. The writing is admitted by Wells. It was given to Maddox to take to. Washington and it is chiefly valuable as. confirmative of the evidence given by Maddox before the congressional committee. The following extracts will show the character of the letter:

“I wanted to say.much to you which would be at least impruadent to put on paper. * * * Qur duties as returning officers have augmented the magnitude of the destiny of the two great parties. * *. * T fully comprehend the situation, as well as my duty to. the greatest living General, U. S. Grant, and not with my consent shall this oppressed people be governed by his parolled prisoners. aided by their white-livered cowards of the North. Let me, my esteemed sir, warn you of the danger. Millions have been sent here and will be used in the interest of Tilden, and unless a -, »unter movement is made; it will ... impossible for me or any other individual to arrest its productive results. = The gentleman presenting this ietter is fully aware of the moves, and, if you allow, will communicatef.” , togur . nds, and act promptly,. or -results . i 1 he disastrous. A\ word tothe w'se. du.ictly vrivate ahd confidential, » - Yours very truly, .. T . J.MADISON WELLS.”™

; It will be seen, says the LaPorte Argus, that the old scoundrel. first proceeds to frighten the Republicans into the belipf that the Demdcrats aré trying to Wuy the Returning Board, and then tells them that they will surely succeed unless they a‘:e outbid by the Republicans. He says: “Millions have been sent in the interests of Tilden,” ‘and then significantly adds, “unless a counter movement is made it will be impossible to; arrest its productive results.” No small number of dollars would do; it must be millions. There was a chance to make a good thing and Wells & Co. were ‘determined to be in-at the distribution. The result provesthat they werethere and their subsequent acts in the refusal to submit their work to public inspection shows eclearly that: they performed their work in a very fraudulent and bungling manrner. %

- B———— | ! THE FLORIDA CASE was disposed of by the Senate, on Saturday, byfapproving the decision of the Electoral Commission. The vote stood 45 yeas to 25 nays. The House delayed action until Monday, when on motion of David Dudley Field a resolution was adopted by a vote of 168 against 103 declaring that the votes of the Tilden electors should be counted, instead of those of the Hayes party reported by the Commission. The two Houses subsequently met in joint convention, and President Ferry declared that, the two Houses having digagreed, the decision of the Electoral Commission would stand.. The Florida yote was recorded_ for Hayes, and then the counting of the votes of uncontested States - proceeded. ~ Objections had been prepared against the coupting of a Mr. Chaffee’s vote from Illinois, he being a United States commissioner and therefore ineligible, but as the case could not have been brought before the Commission, it was deemed best not to present them, The votes of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas and Kentucky were counted without objection. = When Louisiana was reached objections were filed, by Senator McDonald, to the counting of the Hayes votes, and by ‘Senator Howe to the counting of the Tilden votes, and the case was therefore at once trans‘mitted to the Electoral Commission,

‘which promptly proceeded to busingss and is now hearing argument of counsel. A -decision is not likely to be reached before Saturday. = -

- MT ROMNOD . THEELECTORAL COMMISSION. It Decides thatßeturning Boards are Omnipotent; THAT TRUTH CAN NOT BE - DIVULGED; : | That There is no Such Thing as .+ Correcting Fraud, | And that Ihe Electoral Vote of Florida Therefore Bélonxs to Hayes. " The protracted secret session of the Electoral Commission came to a close at 4 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon ~of last week. The result of its deliberations was anxiously awaited by a large crowd of interested persons who were in waiting -in front of the court-room. The following isthe minute on the official record of the Gommission: _

“On motion of Justice Miller, ordered that ho evidence will be received or considered by the Commission which was not submitted to the Joint ‘Convention of ithg two Houses by the President of the senate, with different gertificates, except such as relates to the eligibility of F. C. Humphreys, one of the Klectors.:

Judges Bradley, Strong and Miller voted with the republican commissioners in favor of the above, while Judges Clifford and Field voted with the Democrats—B in favor and 7 against its adoption. s ‘ On motion of (fommissioner Abbott (Demboecrat) it was s :

Resolved, That in the’case of Florida this Commission will receive evidence relating to the' eligibility of Frederick C. Humphreys, or of persons' named in certificate No. 1 as elector. e

Judges Bradley, Clifford and Field 'voting with the Democrats, the resolution was adopted. . s The Secretary of the Commission was instructed to inform counsel on the respective sides that at 11 o’clock of February 8 it will be prepared to hear argument on the question of the eligibility of Frederick C. Humphreys as an Elector., Humphreys is one ‘of the Republican Electors, and the question raised as to his eligibility is, that he was as-the date of his election a United States Shipping Commissioner, which is alleged to be such an office of trust or profit as to disqualify him from acting as Elector, but which office, it is asserted by the Republicans, he resigned befors the election. DISCUSSION ON THURSDAY. The arguments on ’lf,hilrsday, on part of the Democrats, were made by Judge Hoadley of Ohio, Judge Ashbel Green of New Jersey, and Richard T. Merrick of Washington. Judge HoadJey’s argument was upon the question of the eligibility of Humphreys, one of the so-called Republican Electors in Florida, and was an able and exhaustive discussion of the law' involved. The question of Humphrey’s eligibility -turns upon the acceptance of his resignation by Judge Woods of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Florida. Humphreys was a Shipping Commissioner, and asserts that he resigned on the sth of October, and that Judge Woods accepted his resignation, and designated the Collector of the Port of Pensacola as the proper person to fulfill the duties of the office until his successor should be appointed. At the time Humphreys’ resignation was sent to J udge Woods, the latter was in Newark, 0., and from that point wrote to Humphreys, acknowledging the receipt of his resignation and transmitting to him' his acceptation "of the same. The point made by Democratic counsel is that the appointment of/ the Shipping Commissioner is made by the Circuit Court; that Judge Woods is not the “Circuit Court;- that the court is not ‘held in Newark, Ohio; that the matter of ’resignat’ion and the acceptation thereof has never been spread upon the record of ‘the court, and that the l successor of Humphreys has never been appointed by the court. Judge Hoadley, in a clear and concise manner, stated the law and numerous decisions of the court upon these different questions. by i

Judge Ashbel Green discussed generally the value as evidence of the threel different -certificates ‘'made by the Republican and Democratic Electors, and dwelt at some length upon the decision of the Supreme Court of that State on the mandamus case brought by Drew against Stearns, and also the quo warranto proceedings instituted by the Democratic Electors. His argument 'was a clean cut piece of legal reasoning, and was strongly fortified by numerous references to decisions made by English and American courts upon similar questions. Judge Shellabarger and Mr. Evarts followed for the Republican side. The argument of the former was not long, and was very forcibly presented. Mr.iEvarts had an hour and a half of the time allowed Republican counsel, but' consumed only thre&fourth{s of an hour. Itwas very evident thatthe Republican counsel fancied that their case had been won, and that it was useless to waste further time in arguments. Mr. Merrick closed for the Democrats in an able, eloquent, and exhaustive speech. His efforts previously made upon the question of the admissibility of evidence was acknowledged by all who heard it to be an exceedingly able one, but his speech today surpassed it, and from the questions put him by Republican members of the commission it was evident that he made telling points, the force of which they were attempting to break by the inquiries propounded to him. ‘ln every instance, however, they were 'disappointed. Mr. Merrick, with his quick intellect and fluent speech, turned the point against ~his adverse Judges every time, and by his thorough knowledge of ‘the questions he was discussing, worsted them in the ‘encounter. ' ] A DECISION FOR HAYES. ; « The Commission devoted all of Friday to a discussion of the points in controversy. Cnnsiderablq-feejing is said to have been manifested on two or three occasions, and the debate evidently partook of a spirited char~acter. It is stated as a fact that the Republican members wanted to have the decision of the commission so drawn as to cover al the questions which might arise in the Louisiana and Oregon cases, and thus practically settle those cases before they were -referred by -the joint convention of ‘the two Houses. It was against this ‘monstrous proposition that the Democrats made their desperate opposition,

They succeeded, it is understood, by Justice Bradley giving his Republican associg.tes to understand that he meant to go slow, and they ought to be satisfied if he was only sure. : . There was no direct vote upon the ‘question of the eligibility of HumphTeys, as Thurman, Bayard, and Clifford indicated their beliet that his resignation was effected by his tender of it and the acceptance thereof by the Judge of the United States Circuit Court. They did not admit that it was a sound proposition of law that the Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Florida could perform the funections of his office outside his circuit, but they held that in equity the act of resignation was complete.

~ The first resolution on which the Commission ruled was offered by Gen. Hunton, and simply resolved that the Tilden electors (naming them) had been legally chosen, and that their votes should be counted for Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks. This was voted down, the vote being as follows: = .

YEAS — Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne, and Thurman—Tl7. ' :

- NAYs—Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, and Strong—SB.

Then Gen. Garfield offered a resolution to the effect that the Hayes electors (naming them) had been legally chosen, and that their votes shonld be counted for Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, and that Seuator Edmunds, Justice Miller, and Justice Bradley be a committee to prepare the decision of the Commission to be communicated to the joint convention of the two Houses. This resolution was adopted by a vote of eight to seven, the eight Republicans voting aye and the seven Democrats nay. The Commission then took a recess for one hour, and on reaséembling the decision was read and signed by the eight commissioners who voted for Garfield’s resolution. The seven who voted nay will not sign, as the law does not require them to do so, and they would not if’it did. 'The decision of the Commission sets forth the resolution of Garfield, and a brief statement of the reasons therefor, which in substance are as follows: . oo * First—That the Commission cannot entertain evidence outside of the certificate of the Governor as founded upon the determination of the Board of State Canvassers. : j Second—That the action of a State by its Legislature or court, taken after the Electors had cast their votes, cannot be considered as determining who were appointed Electors. - : . Third—The evidence presented does not show that Humphreys was a United States Shipping Commissioner on the 7th of November. :

. SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT and encouraging ‘is the following lextract from President Grant’s latest Sunday interview: *“Although he ‘ hoped Hayes and Wheeler would be declared elected, he felt somewhat uncertain as to the result, because he could not foresee what would be-'done in the.case of Louisiana. It would be recollected that four years ago, after his canvass for re-election, the two Houses resolved not to count the electoral vote of that State. Although the reasons in the two cases might not be similar, there seemed some uncertainty on the subject. Should the vote possibly be excluded, Hayes and Wheeler would in that case be defeated, and Tilden and Hendricks not elected, the latter not having received a majority of the votes of all the electors appointed, and, therefore, the election of President would be thrown into the House of Representatives, leaving the Senate to elect the Viee-President.” =

MAT. CARPENTER opened the-dis-cussion of -the Louisianaé case on Tuesday evening. Shortly “after the commencement of his vigorous and eloquent speech he indulged in what might be termed a-personal explanation, to this effect. : “I wish to relieve the public mind of a growing error. 1' particularly wish it to be known in my own home, Wisconsin, that 1 do not appear in this case as the counsel of Samuel J. Tilden. lam here to defend the interests cf ten thousand legal voteis whom four scoundrels have striven to disfranchise. lam a Republican, and I think the restoration of the democratic party to:-power an evil to be lamented, but I think the counting in of - Rutherford B. Hayes by frauds such as those I am here to; expose a thousand-fold worse. I cast my vote for. R. B. Hayes. If this tribunal should order a new election, I should not vote for S.J. Tilden, but I think he is the lawfully elected President of this country, and I am prepared to prove it.? - Uy :

THE POSITION of those who -argue against going behind wsurping Returning Boards is thus forcibly and accurately stated by the eminent counselor, Charles O’Conor: j , “We are told that there is no remedy; that Congress must sit by blindly and silently, and permit an alien to be counted into office as/President of the United States; must sit by and permit a set of votes, plainly and palpably fraudulent (given by individuals not only disqualified for want of having been chosen by the citizens, but being themselves absolufely disqualified by the Coustitution from acting in the office or from casting the vote), to be counted, and must permit the usurpation contemplated to take place merely because our wise ‘fathers (one would think that the compliment was intended as a sarcasm) had so chosen to constitute the Government which they created, that justice, however flagitious, might be perpetrated in open day, without the possibility of having any remedy or of even uttering decorously a complaint.” ;

The Growing Wheat.

The wheat fields open out well and the growing wheat looks green and vigorous. There is noné winter killed although some pieces sown early are looking thin from the effects of the fly ‘which got into the stalks last fall. 1f not injured from this or by cold weather there is a prospect of a good crop next harvest.—Elkhart Union.

Growing wheat never looked better or gave more flattering promises of a rich harvest at this/gseason of the year than it does now. All thefarmers are wearing smiling faces atthe bright prospects.— Rochester (Fulton County) Sentinel. ,

The wheat fields look as though they had been south during the cold weather.— Waterloo (DeKalb Co.) Press.

A Berlin dispatch of the Ist says Russia had determined on continuing the present condition of affairs in respect to Turkey. She would not declare war, but would maintain an army of observation on the frontier, thus compelling Turkey to do the Same, e

EAST SPARTA INKLINGS. °

Nelson Earnhart commenced plowing for corn last Friday. A number of | the farmers. in this neighborhood have a good supply of ice in store for summer use.

Miss Anna Slabaugh '‘has been taking lessons in instrumental musie at Cromwell this winter. :

It is rumored that William Slabaugh and Alban Brancher intend to. buy a two-thirds interest in the Cromwell grist-mill. o : The snow has all disappeared from the fields and the wheat looks finely, but there is danger of it being injured by freezing yet if not protected by future snows. Sl | ;

Elder Culveyhouse, of Ligonier, will minister to the spiritual wants of the people round about the Spangle school house next Saturday evening, and Sunday at ten o’clock. p e

I amjof the opinion that it would be a very good idea if.some farmers would put a mark on all their stock, as an East Sparta farmer recently lost half a day’s labor and came very near wearing out a suit of clothes running. through the woods and swamps trying to drive a hog two miles. , When he got home with the hog he was pufiing and sweating like a hero, and as soon as he could speak above his ‘breath, he remarked that he never saw as contrary a hog in his life. Then, to his utter disgust, he learned that the hog which had caused him so much trouble was the property of his neighbor and that his own hog was still on his neighbor’s premises. ! Elder Brenton Beall will preach at the Sparta. schoo! house one week from next Saturday evening, Sunday ‘at ten o’clock and Sunday evening. An effort will be made at that time to secure Mr. Beall’s service at that .place, once a month, for the next year. Broadway seems to be the rallying point for all lovers of good music. Some of the members of that Musical Association have a distance of from three to four miles to go. “But they all attend regularly and seem to enjoy the society of the good and enterprising people of Broadway. | There will bz a vacancy in the office of Trustee of Sparta township this spring, the present incumbent intending to remove to Washington township in a few weeks. We expect that our very efficient Auditor, Mr. James C.Stewart, will appoint a man belonging to his own party to fill the vacancy, and hope that he will)appoint a man who will suit all ;corgcerned in both parties as nearly as possible. We, therefore, think it would not be out order to mention a name. We heai&i number of léading men of both pgrties speaking very favorably of Wm. A. Smith, one of our most substantiak. farmers, residing near Cromwell. We are of the opinion that Mr. Smith would make a No. 1 Trustee. Heis considered a good financier and a man of good’judgment, and is, undoubtedly, well qualified to fill the office. We, therefore, name Mr: Smith to fill the vacancy in question. ; y We will now say to the editor of THE BANNER, and to the readers of that valuable paper, that this is Spartan’s last communication. But we expect THE BANNER to-be a regular visitor to our houseé just the same as when we were writing, for .we would be very lonesome without it. We would be pleased to heat from all the other, correspondents of THE BANNER throughout the county regularly, and hope to hear from some abler writer ‘from this part of the county than your ' humble servant has been. Fare you ! well: - . 'SPARTAN.

T e THE MARKETS.

LIGONIER.

. GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 60c; Oats, 33c¢c; Corn, 50c; Flax Seed, $1 25; Clover Seed, $8 75; Timothy Seed, $2 00. ¢ i PropUCE.—Hogs, liée, P cwt $5 00, dressed $6 40@6 50; Shoulders, § 'lb, 13¢;" Hams, 14c; Turkeys, live, per ib, 6¢; Chickens, 4c¢; Bees Wax, 28c; Butter, 16¢c; Lard, 10c; Eggs, ¥ doz, 15¢; Wool, Plb; 35@40c; Feathers, 70¢; Tallow, 8¢; Apples, dried, s¢; green, § bu. 25¢; Potatoes $1 00; Hay, § ton, marsh $B, timothy $lO. - .

KENDALLVILLE.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, white $1 44, red $1 42; Corn, 45¢c; Oats, 37¢; Clover Seed, $9 00; . Flax,sl 50; Timothy, $2 25, ! Wi OTHER PRODUCE.—Hams, @ 1b 12¢; Shoulders, 10c; Lard,llc; Tallow,7c; Wool, 35¢; Butter, 16e; Beeswax, 25¢; Apples, dried 4%4c, green, P bu., 23c; Potatoes, $1 00; Eggs, ¥ doz. 16¢.

CHlCAGO—February 13, 1877.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $1 815% ; Corn, 413 c; 0at5,3514c; Rye,7oc; Barley, 6114 c; Clover Seed, $8 65@9 15; Timothy, $1 75@1 95; Flax, $1 55@188, i |

PrRODUCE.—Mess Pork, Pewt, $l5 50 @l5 55; Lard, $lO 55@10 60; Hams, green, Pb,73 @9 c; Shoulders, s;¢; Dressed Hogs, @cwt, $6 76@7 10; Butter, fair to good, 16@1%7¢, choice, 256@ 28c; Eggs, P doz., 16¢c; Potatoes, #Bc @sllo. . pedu

PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, §® Ib, 11@12¢; Chickens, s@loc; Ducks, 8@ 10c; Geese, T@9c.

TOLEDO.—February 14, 1877.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, amber, $1 5614, No. 2, Wabash $150; Corn, 44 %c; Oats, 3914 c; Clover Seed, $8 90.

GROCERIES —PROVISIONS, &C.—Potatoes, P bu. 80@95¢; Flour, ¥ cwt, fine $5 00, superfine $5 50, extra $7 25; Lard, 12@12t4; Butter, fresh rolls, 20@21c; Eggs, ¥ doz., 20@22¢; Dried Apples, 414, : fie

- MEATS.—Dressed Hogs, $6 90@47 00; Hams, 12@12%4c; Beef, hind quarter, # I, 614¢c, fore quarter 424¢. ;

PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, 10@ 11c; Chickens,B@9c; Ducks, 10 ; Geese, T@Be. - 'LIVE STOCK MARKETS, CHICAGOQ, Feb. 13.—Cattle, ext heavy, P cwt, $6 00@6 50, good to choice SH480@5 25, common to fair $3 90@4 20 ;. cows and heifers, $2 15@3 75. Hogs, extra heavy $6 25@6 55, common to choice heavy $5 Bd@6 25, light $5 75 @5 90. Sheep, good to choice heavy, P cwt, $4 25@5 75, fair to medium $3 25@4 00, ‘ Caécmo, Feb. 14.—Hogs. Receipts 18,000 ; market moderately active, but 15 to 20 cents-lower. We quote: light #ss 50@5 75, heavy mixed $5 65@6 10, shipping $6 00@6 30. : BUFFLO, Feb, 13.—Cattle. Moderately active, good shipping(l3oo to 1500 1b) $5 @5 'l6, butchers’ $4 75@5 8714, stock cattle $3 10@4 90. Sheep, prime choice 1001bs, $5 60@6 50, medium to good $4 80@5 50. Hogs, light $6 25, good heavy $6 65, o i

- News Items. - £ T ¢ 'The steafi:er George Washington, of Cromwell, Canada, recently went ashore on Cape Race, and all hands are supposed to have been drowned. Fourteen ;bodies had already been washed aghore up to the morning of the sth. {l‘ A 'mass meeting of unemployed workmen was held in New York City, on the evening of the 3d, at which resolutions were adopted calling upon the Legislature fgr an appropriation of $2,000,000 to furnish work for 55, 000 idle men. j G There {were 720 deaths in Chicago during the monthof January,of whom 488 were children under ten years of age. There must be something radically wrong in the hygienic conditions of a city which shows sq alarming a death rate as that. ‘ Henrietta Grinnell, a servant in‘the employ of John 'O. Magie, of Elizabeth, N. J, attempted to murder the whole family by putting arsenic in their milk. The milk made five persons very sick, and one is still quite low, but.is expected to recover. The girl was arrested. : ‘

The hostile tribes of Cheyenne and Gallala Sioux under Crazy Horse were defeated in several engagements with the United States forces, commanded by Gen. Mills, lasting' from the Ist to the Bth of January. The Federal loss was three killed and. eight wounded. - Indian loss not reported. . . ; Senator Cameron denounces the breach of promise suit brought against him as a black-mailing scheme.. The widow in the case was dismissed some time ago from a position in the Treasury Department, and he declined to have her reinstated. Hence, perhaps, the trouble. Uncle Simon says-he will expose the whole scheme. : The life insurance companies are, many of them, in a bad way just now and there is a great deal of distrust among the public. Life insurance is one of the branches of business which was greatly overdone in this country during the flush times, and now that the hard times are bringing every kind of business down tohard pan, the light-weight companies and the self-inflated ' corporations are rapidly going to the wall . ; According to a Columbia (S. C.) dispatch of the Ist, Gov. Hampton .having granted a pardon to Ariza Rosborough, a colored prisoner, the Sheriff of Chester county refused to release him, on the ground that Hampton was not the Governor of the State. Judge Mackey thereupon, on the petition of the prisoner, issued a writ of habeas corpus, and on hearing decided that Wade Hampton was the legal Governor of South Carolina. The Sheriff’s counsel appealed the case to the Supreme Court. . : .‘The ' Chicago 77ribune proves that the recently 'so-called “miraculous” cure .of Mrs. Robinson, which caused such a sensation in religious and other circles, was not a miracle at all, but a clear case of fraud. It was simply a ’case of hysterical paralysis, and was cured by a threatened application of hot iron, Which had the effect of frightening the woman out of her ‘fancied ailment.” Somehow the practical people of this world have a very general impression that the days of miracles 'have long gone by, and are disposed |to be rather skeptical on ‘that point. ;

'/ Mrs. Jeanette M. Robinsoun,of Chicago,says that'she has been cured of paralysis in direct answer-to prayer, and several of the clergymen of the city vouch for the truth of her story, She was, according to her account, a helpless invalid for seven years. Ihysicians were in vain, and she steadily grew worse. Her jaws became fixed by long disuse, and she could not speak. One day when particularly despondent, a physician having just told her that she could not recover, she read in her Bible the text, “All things whatsoever ye ask, believing, ye shall receive.” She had faith in that Scriptural promise, and she prayed fervently that she might be miraculously cured. Suddenly she was able to move her jaws, and to speak. She got up and walked without difficulty, and has been well ever since. - - ' it

. The drug store of Mr. James Wilson was broken into Sunday evening, by thieves, and $2OO worth of jewelry taken. We understand that this is the third time that Mr. Wilson’s store has ‘been burglarized since he has been in business in Goshen.—Goshen Democrat.

Our State Legislature has decided, upon a test vote, that the Fourtegnt_h and Fifteenth amendments to' the Constitution do not confer the right of suffrage upon women. o

PIMPILES. I will mail (free) the recipe for: Yreparing a sim%le VeGETABLE BaLM that will remove Tax, RECKLES, PIMPLES and BrorCHEs, leaving the gkin, soft, clear arrd beautiful; also instructions for producing a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head or smooth face. Address, Ben. Vandelf &'Co., Box 5121, N 0.5 Wooster Bt., N. Y.

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debili?, Premature Decaly. and all the effecte of yonthful indiscretion will, for the sake of suﬂ'erin{; humanity, send free 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 8o xg addressing in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar St., New York. 3 37-6 m-a and co

§1200,000 PROFIT ON §100! Made any day in Pats and Calls. Investaccording to your means. $10,850 or slooin Stock Privileges has brought a small fortune to the careful investor. We advise when and how to operate safely. Book with full information sENT FREE. Address orders by mail or telegraph to BAXTI%R & CO., Bankers and Brkers 17 Wall St:.s FiY & -1y A‘_.__.——————-—-——————-——'——‘——'—‘—“ : = oo DIED. BAKER,—On Thursday, February 8, 1877, in Benton twp., Elkhart county, of Scarlet Fever, Larley, son of Philip and Sarah Baker; aged 6 yrs, 6 months and 16 days. : The parents have the sympathies of a host of friends in their’sad bereavement,:: M,E.W. BUCKLES.—On Tuesday, February 6th, 1877, in Washington township, after a long and liugering illness, Mrs; Winnifred Buckels; aged 72 years, 10 months and 14 days. . i Deceased was born in Jefferson county, Virginia, and with her husband removed to this county over forty years ago. She experienced religion ﬂfft‘y-ﬂve years ago, and has eversince maintained an irreproachable christian character, Inher last, painful and protracted sickness, she exercised great patience and christian resignation, and manifested entire confidence and unshaken trust in the Savior. Four children and a great.number of friends and rc]aﬂ_ves are left to mourn her loss, but not as those who have no hope. Her funeral was attended on the Bth by a large and sympathizing congregation, after which her remains were interred in the Buckels cemetery. C.W.

Administrator’s Nale,

NO‘I‘ICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Admirgistrator- of the estate of Brice D. Knapp, deceased, by order of the Noble Circuit Court, will offer at private sale, at the premises, On Saturday, the 17th day of . March, A, D, 1877, ‘ at 1 o’clock, p. m., the following property in Noble county, Indiana, to-wit: - :

The undivided two-thirds of Lot Number Five, in Wellman’s Addition to Ligonier. And if not sold at said time, proposals will be received thereafter until the game is sold. Z

The widow will also sell her undivided one-third at same time and npon same terms as the balance may besold. . 5

TERMS OF SALE.—One-third cash; one third in nine months, and one-third in eighteen months, with six per cent, interest; notes and mortgage to be given to scure deferred paymente, M.D. HAYS, Administrator, February 12th, 1877.-11-43-4 w : :

' Administrator’s Notice.’ NOTIOE.Is herebiy given that the nndersigned has been ap;}»{o nted Administrator of the es:lat.e of (Ililcho)ag S seeil("a. ltzwt oif- Nob‘l)e é:lountly, IT iana, deceased. Said estate i 8 probably seivent, ; CALEB sEm:Ls. Adm’r, February 15, 1677,~43w3 >

Novle Co. Agricultural Society. : | Notiee of Meeting. | The Directors and Slockholders of the Noble Oountg Agricyltural Society are hemb{notiﬂed that there will be a meetingyheld at the Town Hall, Ligonier, Ind., on s Sat.nrdé.y, March 3rd, 1877, | At 2 o'clock, p. M, for the purpose of making arrangements for the purchase of grounds, etc. By order of W. W. LA%‘TA, Pres't. J. H. HoFrmax, Sec’y. : % 42-3 w. If you wish to grow viegetablea for sale, rea :GA_RDENING FOR PROFIT! B If you wish to become a commercial florist, | . read i : e = Practical Floriculture! If you wish to garden for home use only. read GARDENING for PLEASURE! : All by PETER HENDERSON. ] Price $1.50 Each, Pestpald by Mail. s CATALOGUE 2%, —OF—BEVERYTHING ] —~FOR THE— : : GARDIEN! - o Nambering 175 pages, with three colored plates, sent FREE to all our customers of past years, or to those who have purchaged any of the above books, to others on receipt of 25 cents. Plain {)lant or seed catalogues without plates, free to all applicants. . e ‘. Seedsmen, Market Gardeners an B Florists, . 35 Cortlandt Street, New York. Y SERSEERTEES 41-w-S e i N &} ¥ £ i lL s O W e THEBESTWOOD COOKING STOVE : - T 0 BUY? o Py & 4 | ) It is the Quickest Baker, ‘ Economical, MOST Convenient : ‘ and Durable. Sizes, Styles & Prices to suif every oue. s Manufactured by_ L . WM. RESOR & CO., Cincinna#i 0. For Sale bv John Weir Liconier. -—-—-———-——f-——-——-

; -—.-IN ALL KINDS OF--, ; Dry Goods, ~ Queensware, ~Groceries, ' Clothing, . /{ ; &c., ;cIII on‘ :: M Baum, HaineszCo., 1 ‘ );:-A.T“' | e e | AVILLA, IND., Where you can buy any of the nb?ovc art.icléé ) _ —A§T-— = Bottom Prices. | . Call and Gonviﬁce Yourself That - it Pays to Buy at This Es- = tablishment. o Avilla, Ind., January 4th, 1877.-11—‘3?‘-“ e j BEAUTIFUL b Silk Handkerchiefs, = ‘ —at the— : :“ : LADIES' BAZAAR, , s i the : Bal_nner Bloélf, Ligonier, lqd; CHEATP for CASFI.

Drs. PRICE & BREWER m’ LRI T IRE fox TR e, S e S G. 5 5703 26 . o S T S VRS . P T OT,sIS T T, SRRt 5% Z 5 : FIFTEEN YEARS. S T N S TR S TL7O R TR ] A S A Y S W SRS T TR HAVE met with ﬂnparall’eled success in the treatment of all’ i Chronic Diseases Te e ARTS B T L sS e AR M7STR S S TBTSIG TS e e ™ i | ! : OFTHE - ;TR . - ; THROAT. ' RS DA ) % <?Ao { . { P STOMACH. LIVER. i ORRETIRIINST WY TPENDY s o HEAD, Nerves, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Organs, Grayel. Scrofula,: Rheulmaéism. Catarrh, Aelﬁxma, Bronchitig, Dysepsia, &c. : v gnrr'e‘pntation hasbeenacquiredbycandid,honest dealing and years ofsuccessful practice. Our practice, not one ofexgeriment, butfounded onthelaws of Nature, with years of experience and evidence to sustain it, doesnot teardown, make sick to make well; no harsh treatment, no triﬂin(fg,_no flattering. Weknow thecauseandthe reme: dy needed; no guess work, but knowledge gaine bg years of exlperience in the treatment ox Chronicdiseases exclusively; noencouragement. without a prospect. Candidy,m our foginions. reagonable in our charges, claim not to know everything, or cure everybo&y, but do lay claim. to reasom and common sense, Weinvite the sick, no matter what their ailment, to calland investlfate before they abandon hdpe, makeinterrogations and decide for themaelves; it will costnothingas consultationisfree, : Drs. Price & Browercan be consulted asfollows: - Ligonier, Ligonier House, Wednesday, February 28th, 1877. s ‘Kendallville, Kelley House, Thursday, March Ist, 1877. : i Sturgis, Mich., Elliott Hotel, Friday, March, 2d, 1877. e ? Visits willbe maderegularly for gears. < Basigeneend Laboratory: WAUKEGAN, FLLINOIS. Sl 90-tf

, ENGEL & co’s ADVERTISEMENT. LARGEST AND LEADING OLOTHING AND HAT HOUé% n L NOBLE AND ‘AD'JOI;N:ING COUNTIES. . . | EMaEX. & CO. o Oﬁ'gr:Ballanqe of their Large Stock of : . AND OTHER GOODS o MEN'S AND BOYS®' WEAR,: 8 Lol | Reduction Fon Regaar P WGUIGHON FTOM RGN [TICES ! Do Not Buy a Dollar’'s Worth of - 'Goods Before You SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. S‘» frann o L : ENGEL & CO.O, ; The Popular CLOTHTERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, metmmepewnckemiiee) Kendallville, Ind. GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE! 'l‘hé.rvaﬁ;dersigngd"VVﬂl, During the Nbez‘tt 60 DAXS Sell ‘Anything.in his Line, Such as - NIRRT B | 'f‘, ".:he = . . ; Gents’ Furnishing Goods, "HATS AND CAPS, &e., : ‘ Withollt Rega;tjd to Cost.‘ : THIS IS NO HUMBUC THIS IS NO HUMBUG | |, ~ AslHave Got to Sell ' 825,000 ‘Worth ,bf .Good,s Within that time, on account of making a - change in my business position. ' 2 e astoaaan aiie s Ll S RTIRELR, O, Original Boss Clothing House, LIGONIER, INDIANA. . 0 Ligenier, Novemw, 1876 -47-tf , Bt ’ J. DECKER Is still"i‘,t;tl‘lé Fleld with one of the Large ks ' est Stocks of i i

ROCERIE, QCEENS-wARE B 4 . B & ! ) lUUEIEED, QULLY 1 ANL, ~ Table Cutlery, ol e offers for e ¢ GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! The Greatest Bargains in That haﬁe Q_Vél‘tbeOll offered ‘o;o the people of No(r‘thiern Indiana. e .--v‘l/ai'npﬁeri_nga _ J J apan Tea fpr S5O _cts. per Ib. Whlch ,vc_anno’t"bé -. bought‘ elsewl‘lle‘re‘ fol‘ less th;n’ 75 cents per ~pound. ‘Hundreds of my customers can a’gtést'to this fact. lam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. ’: ‘* n- v‘ ----—o—-——— .- - ' L | o o MY STOCK OF iy t ‘ls,’dhe‘~ mdgﬁ___qqmpl,e‘_te in I;his section of the country. _ -~ ICanSave You Money, ‘ By ‘c_z"tllivng,bvdn;l% 'éxéminigg' my goods before buwg elséwhere . Ltie g e b