The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 February 1877 — Page 1

The Fational Banner i PUBLISHED BY:. “ -JOHN B: STOLL, LIGON%& N:OB"LE COUNTY IND. 2 W e er~e ot g — - 'rerm@ﬂ?rs:lbserlpuom_ One year, inadvanee, ......oceelocsaaaanaao- $2OO Six months, in agk ,nce-@......._..........;. 100 Eigven copies tofne address, one year,...... 2000 #a-Sabscriberg outside of Noble county are " harged 10 cent! xira [per year] for postage, whith is prepaid by thé'pablisher.

Centennial Reduction in : 5. & . - Advertising! ' Three thoasand, two hundred and fifty dollars , worth «f newspaper advertising. at publisher’s schediile rates, ziven for s§7oo, and a toree months’ note accepted in payment from_ advertisers of re- , -eponsibility A printed list, %iviug name, character, aciual Daily and Weekly cirenlation, and Schedule Rates of Advertising, sent free to any address. Apply to Geo: P. Rowell & Co., News- . paper Advertising Azeqte,u Park Row, N.Y. 26 To Horsemen and those having Blemished Horses Dr. F. L, HATHAWAY, i S % TN ) ] : T VYETERINARY SURGEON sn old and reliable citizen of Ligonier, Ind., is . ready to treat diseases in horses, break and o handle colts for speed. etc., etc, Can be found at Shobe’s Livery Stable. 42-ly. __,__.____‘_______—_____—-———’———- D. W. GREEN, v 8§ , Justiceof the Peace & Collection AL, Office—Second Story, Laadon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. ¢ " D.C.VANCAMP, - ATFTORNEY AT LAW, Ligomnier, = : Indiana. Special attention given tQ collections and conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and coufracts. Legal business promptly attended qg. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmifh’sCashStore. 9-50 S e B : . G. ZIMMERMAN, Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Office over Gerber’s Hardware, @ Cavin-Street, : : Ligonier, Indiana. o January 7, 1875.-9-37 Spmbele o e SRS SRR TR W s lE. KNISELY, @ . ] . . { : LIGONIER, - '- L INDIANA. g=—Office on second floor of Landon’s Block. 7-3 7 ALBERT BANTA, Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIIER, INDIANA. | - ~] . Specialattention given to conveynucinf andcol_ections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup and all legal business attended to promptly andsccarately. Office over Straus & Meaghber’sstore, | ) 4 May 15187315-8-3 - H. WAKEMAN, { TnsuranceAq't &Justice of the Peace KEXDALLYILLE, INDIANA. .Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Wwill receive subscriptions to THE NATIONAL BANNER. - P. W. CRUM, - Physician and Surgeon, . LIGONIER, : : INDIANA, Office over Baum’s Grocery Store. v 9 n3-Iy. e e e e e e &G, W. CARR, Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, = - = = =~ '= IND., 7% itipromptlyatiendail calls intrustedto him. e and residence on 4th Street. © . J. M. TEAL, 4 D ENTIS T, Reoms over L. E. Pike’s Grocery, @Cwmr of Main und Mitchell Streets, . opposise the Post Office, Kendallwille, Ind> 8 All work warranted. &% . Igendnllvine. Way 1, 1874, : . ,_ . Langhing. Gas! S 1 & i = ~FCR THE- . 5. NP\ MAINLESS EXTRACTION ¢‘—Ny % > —OoF— ) Y X TEETH fe IR ¥, —AT— ; =" |\ Ir. Ganly Offce. =P 7 I tanis: UTice. & ) Filling Tem Spec{alty Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1875, 11 TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, Laporte, Indiana. - V.W._AXTELL, = * : Proprietor, Laporte, A’pr;‘l?. 1871, ‘

CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We xeep cunstantﬁy on hand and sellin large or A small quantities, to suit customers, Win>of Our Own Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but the Juice of : the Grape. . | SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier,July 3,"71.-tf . - Winebrenner & Hoxworth, HOUSE, SIGN AND OENAMENTAL PAINTERS | L laziersand P ’H" i _ Grainers, laziersand Paper-Hangers. b .~ of Fourth and Cavin Sts., oppo- — rfg!"c?:.;-?ee_ggrr's Cabinet Shop. pio * Ligomier, - - = - Indiana, a T L . sTOP AT THE--n: BRICK KELLY HOUSE EKENDALLVILLE, INDr ANA, \‘ EW COMMODIOUS THREE STUORY BRICK N Hotel,only ten rods trom the L. 8. &M.S. R. R. Depot, and foursquares from the G, k. R:R.— Onlyfive minutes walk to any of the princig_,‘al buinesshousesofthecity. Travelingmenan strangers willfind this a/first-clagshouse. Fares 2 per dsay. J. B.KELLY,Proprietor;® Eend®llville Aug. 3.1870.-14 eee T e PHILIP A. CARR., ATUCTIONEER, Ofers hisservices to'the publicingeneral. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoestore of P. Sisterhen.. . Ligonier, January §,’73-37 ] =2 v- IWNEKS, DEALERINMONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES =4 LIGONIER, IND. . Aprillg, 1871.-50 . _———-—————-————"‘-——-—— | AT AVILLA ¢ - 'v ) . . l;J . For Sale :Bargain! or Sale:Bargain! The suhé«:n‘oer offers for sé.le, on favorable terms, - A HOUSE AND LOT, Tuvorsoy situatedin the town of Avilla. THe House wag bniltvao years ago, and is a very gub‘sizntial an€ conveniently arranged dwelling.” Any peison wantiag to procure & comfortable house at Avilla, wilifind this a rare oppertunity. Forterms, &ec , address the subgcriber,or call upon LEONARD 8. HERSH, at Avilla, who i 8 dunly authorized te sell the propertg. J.B. BSTOLL, IT4ar : Ligonier, Indiana. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, { ) /// —_‘ : A (ﬂ.//ﬁ% W | / S N | $ 4 . z =3 e"° 557 Bt GG 4 L '/g} \ : ; I &Y.\ 013 ‘A <", "’:—’l 5%% l; 14 /AN .F e ] ! PA el N& 7 TNe ;l PR a{gg___y, = § /] : \o A _\‘4l,! )4 47 : 7 P ' £ ' e e J"_‘ eey L EENS, a: 5 —and dealers in— 5 Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Fancy Goods, § — ) i . : . REBPAIRING ‘Neéatly and y executed and warranted.. | urx :.’E;':'li'..m & Morris’ c‘elebtuodi ‘of the Big Watch; opposite the Banner .‘monk_l.l% : Sep, 80, '76-36

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| - —OoF—— : | ) VT . ; | . . | SOL. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Biock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Moneyloaned on long and shorttime. Notes discounted at reasonablerates. - Monies received on depositandinterestallowed on specified time, . Exchafige bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principalcities of Europe, 8-2 TO THE FARMERS: YOU will please takenotice that I am stillengaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. .- Ifyou do not find me on the streei, egll-betore selling,;at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. e SOL. MIER. Ligonier,lndiana, May 7th,1874. —t f Bakers & Grocers, éé)&,vinStree,t.Ligohiér,lndian Fresh Breads Pies, Cakes,&c. ChoiceGroceries,Provisions,YankeeNotions,& ThehighestcashpricepaidforCountry Produc Mayll3,’6B-t1 ' SACKBRO’S EMPIRE Bill | d Hal ; Lilar all | eAN ——- ) ; Ten-Pin Alley en=-xlim e L. B, HATHAWAY, Prop’r, - HAS BEEN REMOVED TO THE 8 old _Pierce Bullding, ; : : i Ligenier, Ind, Tobacco and Cigars, Candies,Nuts, CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH LEMONADE, ‘All lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiards or tenpins, will find this to be just the place 24tf e —— - = - — £ GW, CHAPMAN. ' . " 3. B.BTOLL ‘Chapman & Stoll, ' AGEINTS. i ' _Office in the Banner Block, . LIGONIER, - - - - - |INDIANA. ‘ ‘ T E have a large list of piuejpertL‘;‘ for sale, con~isting of dwellings, choice fown lots, farms and western lands. Those wishing to bay or sell will tind it to théir advantage to cdll and see us avour office. April 6, 1876,

WEOFFERFOR S;!.ALE

A TRACT OF LAND, situate one mile west of Ligonier, consisting 0f 12 -acres more; or less. The land is all improved excepting one: acre. There is a good hewed log house, smgke house, spring house, cabin stable, a splendid well of water, &c,, on the property. .

A FARM OF 170 ‘ACRES, 150 OF which'is under improvement, in Washington twp. Fifty-five acres are-in clover, and. all isin good condition. On the property is the best orchard in the counnty, a good two-story frame house.with 9 rooms, good cellar, well andy cistern, 2 gprings of suflicient volume to water stock, good barn and out-baildings..&c. Between 45 and 50 acres of wheat were seeded in the fall,

215 LOTSIN WELLMAN’S ADDltion to the town of Ligonier. Theabove are all in one Block and'are corner lots, fronting on Martin and. Union streets., - - c

A CONVENIENT HOUSE. — A Frame Houge 12 -stories high, containing six rooms, in good condition, in Miller’s addition to Ligonier, on reasonable terms.

A, NICE LITTLE TRACT' OF Land, containing 30 acres, lying oné mile from Ligonigr, 14 acres cleared ready for corn. A very desirable home for any one who wishes to live near a thriving town. = ) .

A GOOD SMALL FRAME HOUSE in Chapman’s addition, with six rooms and %ood cellar, eituate on. a corner lot, hus good well of water and cistern, on good and easy terms, A NICE DWELLING HOUSE on Cavin street, one and a half stories high, ‘contain« ing 8 rooms, good cellar, well and. cistern, and is the handsomest location on the street.’ One-half down; balanceé on long time with interest.

A FARM, containing 320 acres, lying four miles south-east from ‘Ligonier, on' the Albion road, the most desirable farm for raising stock and grain in the county, well known as the Diamond Lake Farm, for sale on good terms,

. VACANT LOTS in. Wood’s addition to Ligonjer for sale on inviting terms; also, four Vacant Lots in Miller’s addition tocLigonier, Now is the time for bargains.

A LARGE FRAME HOUSE, two stories high, containing 10 rooms, with closets, wardrobes, and -outbuildings, such as summer kitchen, wood house, barn, corn crib and hog pen, about one acre of land, a good orchard—apples, peaches, cherries, currants . and grapes. THe most desirable sitnation in the town of Ligonier or a retiring farmer who wishes to educate his children. -For sale on terms easy to purchaser. S CHAPMAN & STOLL. e i S : VICK S - |

llustrated - Priced Catalogue.

Fifty pages—3oo Illustrations, with Descriptions of thousands or the best Flowers and Vegetables in the world, &nd the way to-grow them—all for a Two Cent postage stamp. Printed in German and English, o Vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. Yick’s Flower and Yegetable Garden, 50 dents inpaper; in elegant cloth'covers, $l.OO, . Addresg;, , JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y.

Vick’s Floral Guide a beauntiful Quarterly Jouraal| finely illustrated. and .containing an. elegant colored Flower Plate with the first number. Price only 25 cents for tLe year. 'l'ne ‘first No. for- 1877 just issued in German and English. =~

Yick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, in paper 50 cents, with elegant eloth covers, 9.‘1‘06. i Vick’s Catalogue—soo Illustrations, only2cents Address. AMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y.

VICK’S oo Flower and Vegetable Garden is the most beautiful worlk of the kind in the world. Ifeontains nearlylso pages, hundreds of fine illustrations, and siz Chromo Plates.of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored “fromn nature. Price 50 cents in paper covers; ‘sl.oo-in elegant cloth. Printed in. German and English, i Yick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. Yick’s Ca.ta.lo}ue—-300 Illustrations, only 2 cents . Address, AMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y,

. VICEK'’S ’ Flower & Vegetable Seeds ARE PLANTED BY A MILLION PEOPLE IN AMRRICA. SEE viek’s Catalogue—3oo Illustrations.only 2 cents. Vick’s Floral Guide, Quarterly, 20 cents & year. Yick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents; with elegant cloth covers-$l.OO, All my publications are printed in English and German. o - ©3Tm3 Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N, Y. ————— e oo = FPENIRENRPERNG To the working Class.—We are now prepared to furnish all clasgses with comstant employment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments, Business new, light and profitable. Persons of either sex easily earn frgm 50 cents to $5 per evening, and a preportional sum by devotlug their whole time fo the business. Boys and girls earn nearly a 8 much as men. That all who see this notice may gend their address, and #est the business we make this un~ paralleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for, writing. ¥ull particulars, samples worth séveral dollars to commence work-on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best Illusirated Publications, all sent free by mail.” Reader, if you want permanent, profitable work, address, Grorae BTINSON & Co., Portland, Me. ' 11-8-mlB et R eS P s o e Can’t be made by every agent every month in the business we furn¥sh, but those willing to ' work can earna dozen dollars # auy-light in.their own Jocalites, Have no room to éxplain here. Businesspleasant and honorable,, Women, and boys and girls do as well as mefi. We will furaish you a complete outfit free. The business pays better than au'yming elge. We will bear expense of starting you. artieulars free. Wrﬁ,e and see, Farmers antl mechanice, their gons and daughters, and all classes in need ot paying work at,%mme. should write to us and fearn all abont the work at once, . Wow is the time. .Don’t delay. Addréss TruE & Co., Augusta, Maine.. ; o 2 ) 11-8-mlB =R = f . P 2 ; encLisH § TOr Printers. ! 'News, Book and Job Inks, i all warranted of Superior A ¥ ?uality. "No cbeni’or in- -, R : erior grades of Ink made by us.y i ] = EXCELSIOR S | PRINTING INK CO. '-; : - MANUFACTURERS, 1. (Formerly of London, England), 184 & 186 MONROE ST., CHICAGO. " And 13 Barclay Street, New York, P L T e . SALL BRINDS ; : . i@ P 3 [ 4 L.egal Blanks .FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE,

SWORN STATEMENT

: —OF A— . ! BOSTON DRUGGIST.

Gentlemen:—l hereby certify; that I have had Catarrh for ten Years. and for the last six years have been a terrible sufferer. I was rendered partially deaf, had ouzzin% in the head, pains across the temple, dizzy spells, weak and painfual eyes; swollen and ulcerated tonsils, hard and constant cough, severe pain across the coest, and eve!? indication of consumption. My head ached all the time. The matter acqumulated o rapidly in my head and throat that I could not keep them free Frequently at'night 1 would spring out of bed,i seemed to me, at the point of suffocation. I would :then have recourse to cvery means in my power to ‘dislodge the mucus from my throat and head before being able to sleep again, = For a period of 81X years my tonsils were ulcerated and so much inflamed that I could with difficulty swallow. I finally consunlted an eminent sutgeon in regard to ‘an. operation on them, but at his request postponed it. The constant inflammation and nlceration in my throat, caused by the poisonous matter dropping down from my head, had so liritat.ed and inflamed my lungs that I coughed incessantly,—a deep, hard cough. Meanwhile my gystem began to show the effects of this disease, so that 1 %ost flesh, grew pale, and showed every %mptom of an early ‘death by consumption. hen matters had reached this stage, or about gix months ago, I began the use of SANFORD'S Rapican Cure ror CATARRIL. After using the first bottfe I began to improve rapidlg. The first dose seemed to clear my head #as I had not known - it to be for years. It seemed gradually to arrest the discharges: Itstopped my cough in three days, By using it as a gargle | soon reduced the inflammation and swelling of my tonsilg, so that they ‘Boon ceased to trouble me. The soreness across my chest disappeared, tne buzzing noises in my head ceased, my senses of hearing and ot seeing were completely restored, and every symptom of disease that had reduced me to the verge of the grave disappeared by the use of SANFORD’S Rap30AL CURE FOR CATARRI, g i

. I have been thusiexplicit because, as a druggist, I'have seen a great deal of suffering from Catarrh. and hope to convince many that this is a greatremedy. : i I am-familiar with the treatment of Catrrrh ‘as practiced by the best physicians, and have consulted the most eminent abou! my case. 1 have used every kind of remeddy and apparatus that has appeared during a period of six years past, and have, while followiu% their use, taken great.care of my general health, but obtained no relief or encouragement from any of them. ! Since curing myself with SANFORD’S ‘RADpIOAL Curg, I have recommended it in over one hundred cases without a single casé of failure, and have in numerous instances received wholesale orders from parties to whom I have gold one bottle. This is the only patent medicine . I have ever recom-. mended, never Laving beiieved in them before, although constantly engaged in their sale. Very gratefully yours, 7~ Boston, Feb. 23, 1875. _ G. F. DINSMORE.

SUFFOLK, 88. o Feb. 23, 1875¢ Thei personally appeared the said George F. ‘Dizsmore and made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true. Before me, .ot SETH J. THOMAS, ) Feb - " . Justice of the Peace. _— B Colling’ YOLIAIG Al ° PLASTER { Cures Pains and Aches, _ '+ It equalizes the Circulation. -" 1% subdues inflammatary Actiovn. . ; It cures Ruptures and Strains. | 1t removes Pain and Soreness. | It cures Kidney Complaint. i i | It strengthens the Muscle. L . It cures Rhéumatism and Neuralgia. It relaxes Stiffened Cords. S It cares nervous Shocks. - It is invaluable in Paralysis, - It cures Inflammation of the Liver. ! - It removes Nervous Pains, . - It cures Spinal Weakness. It is grateful and Soothing. It curer Epilepsy or Fits. - It is Safe, Reliable, and Economical. It is prescribed by Physicians. . Itisindorsed by Electricians. ° Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists. Mailed on receipt of price, 25 cevts for one, $1.25 for 6, or $2.25 for 12, carefully wrapped and warranted, by WEEKS & POTTER, Proprietors, Boston, Mass, | m \ CONSUMPTIVES TAXE O TI CE, . Every moment of décny makes yowr cure more hopeless, and much depends on the judicious choice of a remedy. The amoant of testimony in favor of Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup as a cure for Consumption, far exceeds all that can be brought to support the pretensions of any ‘other medicine, See Dr. Schenck’s Almanac, containing the certificates of many persons of the highest respectability, who have been restored to health. after being pronounced-incurable by physicians of acknowledeed a_hili'ty. Dr. Schenck’s Pn!m_onig' Syrup alone has cured many, as these evidences will show; but the cure is often promoted by the employment of two other remedies which Dr. Schenck provides for ,the purpose. These additional remedies are Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills.. By the timeiy use of these medicines, dccording to directions, Dr. Schenck certifies that most any cas# of consumption may be cured. e ) Dr.'Schneck is professionnl]g at his principal office, corner Sixth and Arch-Sts., Philadelphia, everg’ Monday,. where all letters for adyice mast be addressed. i

V ‘t ! | Purifies the Blood, Renovat@is and Invigorates the Whole System. THE MEDICAL PROPERTIES ‘" ARE » Alterative, Tomnic, Solvent AND DIURETIC.' : ; . P’ ° ° K vegetine | Reliable Evidence. Vegetine | Mz. 0. R.Srzv ;. ° | ) - Dear Sir—l will most cheerfully Vggetlne add my testimony to the great ;.. | -number you have already received ine | e Veget in favor of your'great and good Vegetine mgdicigle, VeeETiNE, for I.do not v think ‘enotigh can be said in its Vegetine praise, for I was troubled over thiri ty years with'that dreadful disehse, Vegetine | cCatarrh, and had sach bad cough--5 ing spells that it would seem as Vegeth though T never could breathe any . more, and Vegetine has cured me: egetine | : ! Vi g and I do feel to thank God all the Vegetine time that.there 1s 80 good a medigl ?ine as Vegetino, and I also think Vegetme:f it one of the best medicines for _,. i coughs, and weak, sinking feelings Vegetine | atthe stomach, and advise everyv b ;)gsduyr é‘.ot ltlalga gl;q Vegetine, for I can em i . PECED medicines that ever ]:veag.r e A ) Mgrs. L. GORE, Vegetine | ¢op, Magazine snd Walnut Sts., Vegetine Cambxjidge, Mass, GIVES Vegetine ‘ \ Health, Strength, Vegetine AND APPETITE. Vegetine { |o, Joehier s reiclyemarent ; se o 3 resetiid Her declining health was iggg;g:e' getl of great anxiety to all her friends. Vegetme A few bottles of Vegetine regtbred : her heglth, str%:gﬂ: 'alt‘lllglgg&etite. Vegetine » Insnrangzoazgskéal:Eﬁtz:]tg Agt., 5 : .49 Sears’ Buildin Vegetine | Boston, b A ¢ ; , Mass, Vegetine| . CANNOT BE Vegetine . EXCE LLED- : ' CHARLESTOWN, Mar. 18, 2t Vegetine |- 1. R. S’mvgns’:wn' r 1269 ‘ i Dear Sir—This is to certify that Vegetme I have nged your *‘Blood Prepara- : ;io‘rll’t’{# nlz{yt lf]a?ifly f(ér a‘elv.eml years, : n 1k that, for Scrofi - Vegetine | gerons Humors ot‘Rh;ggml(::ra%:- : tions, it cannot be excelled ; and a 8 Vegetme a blood Fnriﬁer or gpring medicine, i@is tl’h; lest th:}ngll have ever used. F ' ap ave nred almost everything, V ggptme I c;mnchecrful(;y ‘r(Cl)ml‘r,l?l{CE itnfo : any one in need of rnet :dicine, Vegetine | Your- res];ﬂf)ul;'.l"iw il . I Merß & A DINSMOKRE, | Vegetine | ) .No 10 Bureell vireet, Vegetine RECOMMEND i Vegeting| 51 BARTILY : ! Sovrn !§os-m§v Feb. 7; 1870, Vegetine Mz StEVENS: gsar il . .| - Dear Bir—l have taken several tine boitles of your Vearrine, and am Vegetine | conyinced it is a valuable remed .. | for Dyspepsia, Kidney Gompluing Vegetine | and general debility of the rystem. “I cm;r ‘llit;-]artfi;y retc‘:)mrggng it to all snffering from the above comVegetine plaints. | Youre nipectfull : acating | - Mes MONRY PARKER, Vegetine © B 0 Athoms Bireet, 40 , | p— dw _PREPARED by H. R.STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS ~Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1877..

A LADY PASSENGER.

An Episode of a 'Bailwayﬁ Train.

It was a bitter cold. night in January—a night when homeless wanderers on the moors might have sunk down and frozen to death, and the very marrow seemed to congeal in one’s bones. . ; i

“There’s obe great advantage in steam” growled a fat old gentleman in the corner seat—“wind and weather don’t affect it. No flesh and blood horse could stand a night like this, but the iron horse keeps straight ahead, whether the thermometer is at zero or boiling water heat.” ! Just then the conductor entered. “Tickets, gentlemen.” - o

“It’s a dreadful night, conductor,” I said, feeling with my stiffened fingers for my ticket in the breast pocket of my coat. e “Dreadful, sir,” feelingly responded the conductor. “Why, the brakemen can’t live outside, and so I look the other way when they crawl in, poor fellows, to get a breath of warm air at the stove. 'We have not had such a night as this since a year ago the 2d of February, when Tom Blakeslee, the baggage master, froze both his feet, and a woman, who was coming on from Chicago, got off at Brunn’s Four Corners, with her baby in her arms, a corpse.” ! “Frozen to:death ?” - “Ay, frozen to death, and she never thought, poor thing, but it was asleep. ‘My baby’s cold;’ said she, “but we ’Il soon.warm it when we get home’ It was just such a night as this.” And the conductor opened the door: and plunged across -the coupling into the next car, crying out: ' “Hardwick!” ’ i s {

It was quite a considerable city, with a handsome iron depot, flaring gas lamps, and the usual crowd around the platform, with their-hands in their pockets, and their cigar ends flaming through the night. \ Our car was nearly the last of the long train, and but one passenger entered it—a slender young girl, wrapped in a gray blanket shawl, and wearing a neat little traveling hat of gray straw, trimmed with stone colored velvet flowers. She seemed’ to hesitate, like one unused to traveling, and finally sat down near the door. /|

~ “Pardon me, young lady,” said 'I, “but you had better come near the stove.,” <« | ' S

- She startezd, hesitated ‘an iﬁ?t‘gnt, and then obeyed.

. “Does this train go to Bayswater ?” she asked in a voice so deliciously soft and sweet that it seemed to thrill through me. “Yes; can I be of service to you?.” “Oh, no—at least not until we reach Bayswater. 1 would like you to get me a carriage then.” ook ““We shall not be there in these three hours.” vt . “Do we stop. again ?” “Only at Exmouth.” She dreéw a deep sigh, seemingly of relief, and settled back in a corner. By the light of @ lamp that hung in its brass fixtures opposite, I could see her face—that of a lovely child. Apparently she was no more than sixteen with large blue eyes, golden hair, brushed smoothly back from her face, and a little, rosy mouth like that of a baby. i ! i : 1

“Do you expect friends to meét you at Bayswater, my child ?” I asked incidentally. - - “No, sir; I am going to school there.” “It will be an awkward hour for you to arrive-one in the morning.” “Oh, I am not afraid,” she said, with an artless laugh; “I shall go straight to the seminary.,” : So the express train thundered on, with a steady, ceaseless pulsing at its ‘iron heart, and constant roar. Suddenly the signal whistle sounded, and the train began to slacken its speed. . “Surely we are not at Exmduth yet,” I thought,” unless I have fallen unconsciously asleep and allowed the progress of time to escape me.” I glanced at my watch; it was barely half past eleven, and ‘I knew we were not due at fxmouth until after twelve. I rubbéd the frost from the pane and looked out. ; { We had stopped at a lonely little way station in the midst of a dense pine wood. : L “Is this Exmouths” - .. | : It was the soft voice of the pretty traveler opposite. “No—l do n’t know what place it is —some way station.” “Does the train stop at way stations ?” “Not generally ; they must have been specially signalled here. You are cold, my child; your voice trembles.” : “It is cold,” she said, in a voice scarcely audibter drawing her shawl closely around her. - e 5

“Oh, I wish they would hurry on.” “We are moving once more,” I said. “Conductor,” for the man of tickets was' passing through the car, “why did we.stop at that backwoods place ?” “Out of water,” was the reply, as he hurriedly passed on. Now, I knew perfectly well that this answer was not the true solution of the matter. Our delay did not exceed half aminute, altogether too short a time for replenishing the boilers, and where on earth -was the water to come from in that desolate stretch of barren pine woods? - : , Five minutés after, the conductor re-entered the car; I made room for him at my side. ettt

I spoke under my breath ; hef replied in the same tone: T “About what ?” : “About the reason you stopped just now.” i He smiled. b

“To tell the truth, I stopped to take on a single passenger—a gentleman who has come down from Bayswater,” “For the pleasure of traveling once more oyer the same route?” :

- “Exactly so—for the pleasure of traveling in a certain society. Don’t you be alarmed for your own jsafety; he’s a detective policeman.” ‘I was about to repeat the words in astonishment, when he motioned me in silence. “Where is he ?” s G

“The Detective? Ie sits by the door, yonder, with a ragged fur cap pulled over his eyes. Did you ever see a’more perfect specimen of a dilapidated ﬁg)untrym&m (o ] smiledé» I:cquld not help it, “What is tire cuse?”

“Murdér —a man and his wife and tWo little children—their throats-cut last night and the house set on I}re afterward.” e pipae

“Great heavens, what a monster!” We had continued.the conversation in a whisper .thro‘lghout, scarcely above our Lreath, and now the conductor rose and left me to study the faces of my fellow passengers with curious dread and horror. Somehow, often as I revolved the matter in my mind,.my fancx would settle on a coarse looking man oppo-

site, with a bushy beard and shaggy coat, with the collar turned up around his ears. I felt convinced that this an, with the Heavy hanging jaw was the Cain! and as I looked furtively a¢ross I caught the wide open, blue orbs of the fair little girl. S ‘Obeying the instantaneous impulse of my heart, I arose and went over to her. i i “You heard what we were saying, y child ?” L 5 “Yes—a murders-oh, how horrible!” “Do not be frightened—no one shall hnrt you.” - W . |She smiled up in my face with a sweet confiding innoeence. : |Our stay in Exmceuth was but brief, bLt during the delay I could see that the watchful detective had changed his seat nearer the brufish man in'the shaggy coat. J . “See,” faltered the young girl, ‘“they locked the car doors at Exmouth ; they are unlocking them now.” ; She was right. oo f “Probably they were tearful that the criminal would escape,” I'remarked in an undertone. | “Will you— mry I trouble you to bring a glass of wager!” I rose and made my way toward the water cooler by the door, but with difliculty for the train was “again un-der-rapid motion. To my disappointment, the tiv goblet was chained to the shelf. . e

“No matter,” said she, with a win ning smile, ‘I will come myself.”

I drew tke water and held up the cup, but irstead of taking it-ag\_she apuroached, she brushed suddenly past me,dpened the door and rushed out on}tlle pla.tt‘orm. G :

“Stop her! Stop her!” shouted the detective, springing to his feet. “She will békilled! Conductor! Brakeman! hold vp!” I - Thére was a rush, a tumult, a bustle. I was first upon the platform; but it was empty and deserted, save by a half frozen looking brakeman, wkho seemed horror stricken. ' | “She went past me like a 'shadow, and jumped off as ‘we turned Cairn turnpike road,” lre stammered. “Jumped off the express train!”

“Well,”.said the conductor, shrugging hisishoulders, “she must have been instantly [killed.. What mad folly!” - : e : “It’s five hundred dollars out of my pockets,” said the detective, ruefully. “I didn’t want a row before we got to Bayswater, but Iwas a confounded fool. A woman cornered will do any+ thing, I believe.” . - L “What!” I ejaculated; “you surely do not 'mean that ¢hild—"

“T mean,” said the detective, calmly, “that the child, as you call® her,.is Atilla Barton, a married. woman twenty-six. years of age, who Ilast night murdered four persons in eold blood, and was tiying to escape to Canada. That’s wlat I mean.”

The train was sfopped and a party of us, headed by the conductor and detective, went back to search for any trace of the beautiful young creature, whose lovelifless and apparent innocence had appealed so strongly to my sympathies. . Nor was it long before'we found her lying quite dead by the side of the (track, frightfully mangled by the force of the fall, and multilated almost beyond recognization. :

. “Well, she’s escaped. justice in this world, if not in the next,” said the detective, gloomily, as he stood looking down upon her remains. P “Do you suppose she expected to be able to spring off the moving train without injury ?” I asked. ‘ “Without much injury—women are unreasonable creatures. But I never dreamed of such insane folly, or I should have taken, prompt measures to prevent it.” : i

They lifted up the dead fair thing, and carried it"to the nearest place of refuge—a lonely farm house among the frozen hills—and we returned to the train, reaching Bayswater only a few minutes beyond our regular time. /And when, in 'the next morning’s paper, I read an account of the murderess, I thought of the slender creature’s blue eyes and rose-bud mouth with a strange, pitying thrill at my heart. i o : i Disease Grows Apace, Like an ill wind, and cannot be mastered too early. . What is a trifling attack of sickness'to-day may, if 'unattended to, become a serious case in a week., Small ailments should be nipped in the bud bifore they blossom into full-blown"maladies. If this advice were attended to, many-a heavy bill for medical attendancé might be avoided. When the liver is disordered, the stomach foul, the bowels obstructed, or the nerves disturbed, resort should at once be had to that supreme remedy, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, a few doses of which will restore healthy action and put the system in perfect order. It is a wise precaution to keep, this incomparable preventivein the house, since it checks with unrivaled promptitude disorders which breed others far more dangerous, and in their latest developments are themselves often fatal. 41-4 w

TAXING CHURCH PROPERTY.—lndianapolis is in a tempest of excitement over a proposition, recently introduced into the Legislature, to tax church property. Some of the pastors favor it and some oppose'it. There appears to be a great diversity of opinion on this matter in all lo(gralities and both sides produce good arguments. It is generally admitted that a reasonable amount of church property should be exempt from taxation but the idea seems to be that societies that can afford costly and.luxuriant places of worship can well afford to pay taxes. It is hardly probable that the law will be enacted the present session.—ZLaporte Argus. | :

One of the best.measures now before the Legislatiire s a bill introduced ‘by Senator! Reeve which pro.vides that in all elections for levying Ispecial taxes no person shall vote except owners of taxable property, and that women who own taxable property may vote at such elections, and al--80 guardians of minor heirs who own such property. The bill is baged on equitable principles, and is worthy of careful consideration.— Waterloo Press, e @ BRE—— 1

THE MoUNTAIN MEADOWS MURDERER.—It now looks as if T.ee must die. His counsel refuse to go any. further with his case, unless furnished with means, The opinion in the Supreme Court last Saturday, read by Judge Emensen, fully sustained every point ia the trial appealed, holding that Judge ,Boreman’s comments on the . facts @id not ipfringe upon the right of the jury. Lee appears to have no frieuds in the community.

The Gommissioner of Internal Reveniie has purchased fifty horses and cavalry equipments to be used by the infantry force.to, assist the revenue officials in the enforcement of the laws in Georgia and South Carolina. In a few days, therefore, we shall have the thrilling spectacle of a body of mounted United States infantry pursuing the illicit distillers of those States to their mountain fastnesses, :

PUB.LIC OPINION.

What the Papcrs Say of the Electoral : ' Commi ssien’s Doings.

‘Unsutistactory. Albany Express, (Rep.).

. The first point has been won by the Republicans. Possibly it praectically decides the election of Mr. Hayes. However that may be, the vote is unsatisfactory. A party vote is not what we expected from this commission. One side or the other is wrong and yet the congressional and judicial lides are rigidly drawn. :

No Justice to be Hoped KFor, Dubunque Herald, Dem, o

In view of this outrage upon justice it is scarcely to be expected that the Republicans on the tribunal will hereafter act as other than partisans on whatever questions may be brought before them for consideration. They appear to have consciences that can easily ‘justify the commisgion of any wrong so that the wrong is in their favor, nor are they so devoid of ingenuity as not to be able to make it appeﬁtr that while working with an eye single- to the inauguration of their candidate, they are acting in aceordance with the principles of law and honest conviction. i 2 What is the Use of Going any Fur- ; ther? 3 T Lonuisville Qourier-Jlourna], (Dem.). The vote of Florida has been given | to that contestant who has the greatest number of political friends on the tribunal. With all other Democrats, we believed our case was too.strong to be overthrown; but, with other Democrats, we submitted our case to the commission, and we, of course, with some disappointment, but in perfect good faith, acquiesce in the judgment. We do not complain of the decision, but there is room for criticism on the manner in which the members of the commission seem to vote. If every member is to' cast his vote on every question according to his politics, we do not see the use in ‘going through the formality of investigation and argument. L e Avolish the Commission. * Don Piatt’s Washington Capital, (Liberal). It is the duty of democratic Senators, members of the house, and the two judges who have shown a regard for justice, to-at once return to their several places, and break up this infamous returning board. We want to getg back to an arena where equities cay be considered. We want to get wlger'e we can make these bondholders and monopolists, corrupt officials, and . infamogs conspirators, feel that they are trifling with a dangerous element. This thing is sapping the foundations of self-government, in destroying confidence in-the ballot and a faith in our courts. There is no use in asserting that when Louisiana is reached it will be found too offensive for this national returning board of rogues to swallow. As well expect chastity in a brothel, honesty in ‘a den of thieves, or a shamé from a charlatan. A. tribunal from which Garfield can emerge, with his mean, weak face aglow with triumph, to telegraph layes that fraud has won, or Morton can hobble out of as if decay were without pain, is no place to which honest people can appeal for their rights. . fis

The Supreme Cour& Already DegradNew York Tribune. (Rep.). o

~ Dut the fact remains that party affillations have been made disagreeably prominent in the legal discussions, -and that Democrats will everywhere attribute the decision not:to the preponderance of the republican arguments but to the political. complexion of the Supreme Court. Thus we are fast coming to the result which we predicted as ‘sure to follow the dragging of the Court into politics. Already the reputation of that high tribunal is sensibly affected. The confidence of the people in its absolute impartiality isimpaired: Politicianshave learned by experiment that it may become a tremendous engine for party uses, and that the filling of a vacancy on the bench is an important object for. political chicanery and intrigue. As soon as the present difficulties are settled, we trust there will . be found enough of statesmanship in congress to undo| the mistake that has been made this winter, and to take up the question of a new law for determining ‘theresultof presidential elections with an earnest resolution to avoid not only dangerous complications but all possibility of another mischievous and ex-tra-constitutional remedy. e : Don’t Want the Truth, . The Republicans do not want to go behind the returns and get at the bottom facts ,and see who was honestly elected President. They are like the prisoner, who, when told that he would surely get justice, replied that, “that was just what he feared.” Their action presents a pitiable spectacle to men who want honesty and right to prevail in all things, But apparently the republican party 'is so thoroughly hon-ey-combed with corruption and: its leaders have so long led its adherents through a dance of riotous, profligate and' piratical political life that the majority of the followers have become callous to fairness and care only for power and pelf, regardless of its cost. to morals and decency. ‘The end of this high-handed political existence appears to be drawing to a close and an era of honesty and better times seems to beé dawning.—Laporte Argus.

No Fallure Known. ‘There 1s no case on:record where Dr. Morris’ Syrup of Tar,Wild Cherry and Horehound has failed to give satisfaction. On the other hand, wherever it has been used by our people, in severe colds, coughs,iasthma, bronchitis, ecroup, hooping-cough and consumption, they are enthusiastic in its praise. - Containing no opium or other .dangerous drug, it does not constipate, and is safe to administer in all conditions of health.. This is an important announcement, arid the suffering are advised to heed it, Trial size, 10 cts.; large sizes, 50 cts. and QOne Dollar, Sold by C. Eldred & Son, Ligonier, Indiana.; Also .Agents for Prof, Parker’s Pleasant Worm Syrup, which is sure death to worms, pleasant to take, and requires no physic. Price 25 cts. Try it » © 8-eow, !

There is a_disease becoming very prevalent in Northern Endiana, which threatens to be the destruction of a large number of our best young men and women. This disease does not seem to affect any particular locality ar class of people, but circulates generally, and seems to break out without any apparent cause; and our best scientists h‘a.v'eE proved ‘inadequate to present any antidote for the epidemic. Among the common people the. disease’ i 8 known as “Home Dramatic,” but physicians term it Damnati Asinus. A large number of towns in this part of the State are suffering severely with this epidemie, and it is hoped that some remedy may soon he suggested thgt will arrest the scourge, —Plymouth Democrat, e

Northerri Tndiana Items.

' Gleaned From Our Exchanges, . \ i e e .\ The fox ‘hunt mania- has again “b@ien out in Huntington. » | The Fort Wayne Volksfreund, a t(:}erman paper, has suspended publicaion. | | :

Scarlet fever and diphtheria rage to a limited extent in Fort Wayne. So 'says the Journal. ! .

Colfax’s lecture at Huntipgton was not a success. The audience voted the lecturer a failure. : :

Mrs. Angelina Griswold, the first white woman who settled in Fort Wayne, died two or three weeks ago. The Indiana Manufacturing Company, of Peru, is now working on an order from Glasgow, Scotland, for 15, 000 ‘tables. = Fort Wayne pickpockets attend church and 'play their vocation while there. There is nothing like combining business with pleasure. . An old codger of 70 years at Angola, a few weeks ago, deeded all his prop-. erty to a falr and fat widow of 40, as an induceqent to marry him, and she 1 did. R [

The prospects that the Legislature will establish a Superior Courtin Allen county is quite, flattering. The bill introduced for the creation of this court also provides for the abolishing of the Criminal Court. |

From what we learn the farmers of Whitley will erect an unusual number of fine residences and barns during the Op}esent year. The agriculturalists of ‘Whitley! are a prosperous class.— Columbia City Post.

The proprietors of the several meat markets in Angola complain ﬁ)f the difficulty of procuring good hogs for butchering for their shops. The hogs have been nearly alli bought up: for shipping, in this part of the country. —~Bteuben Republican.! “iig

We learn from those who are posted on the subject that the signs are not favorable for a good maple sugar season. We are sorry for this, as it will .cut short that delighttul acecompaniment to ‘hot-griddle-cakes — maple syrup.— Warsaw Indianiean. - .

According to the Lagrange Standard, the citizens of that county are paying their- taxes earlier this year than last. On the first of last February the Treasurer had given some 200 raceipts. On the same day this year the number of receipts given is over 400, ; ST

The Steuben Republican is informed that Mr. H. Freygang has received an invitation from Mr. Adam Forepaugh, the great showman, to organize a band of musicians to head his vélircus the coming season, In the event of his acceptance, Mr. F. wil] act as leader of‘the band. i ;

‘A friend, who has taken some pains to figure the matter out, -informs us that the amount spent each year for tobacco in this place |would pay all the taxes assessed by the town corporation, and that the amount paid for intoxicating liquors would more than pay the school fund tax.—Steuben Republican. L : ‘We are pleased to learn that Master ‘Frank Andrus, the son of Rev. E. Andrus, of this village, has secured the appointment as cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, from this Congressional "District, through the nomination and recommendation of Hon. John H. Baker, member of .Congress.—Steuben - -Republican. e U

Mayor Zollinger, of Fort Wayne, while returning home on Thursday night a week ago, from a surprise party at the residence of the Sheriff; was halted in the street by three roughs who were evidently intent upon doing his Honor personal violence. A couple of shots from a revolver, however, persuaded the fellows that it was unhealthy te stay in his: presence. ; L

A couple of Antioch chaps were arrested a few days since for selling ice for lard. They had taken a couple of coal oil barrels to the river and by gradual filling and freezing until the barrels were nearly full filled the remaining space with gut lard, and sold it to parties at Wabash for such:i— Tricks that Antiochuses don’t know are vain. and not worth knowing.— Huntington Democrat. ' Sl

' The spiritual visitations to the house near the depot in this city have ceased—-the former tenants of the property having removed to another part of the town. We had but little confidence in these particular spirits at any time, and we are neither surprised nor sorry that they have made up their minds not to follow Mr. ‘Chamberlain to his new home. Spiritualism, it seems to us, is the biggest delusion of the nineteenth century.— Warsaw Indianian. Lk

Cloth peddlers are canvassing Steuben county again. As the same class of sharpers did last winter, they sell their goods in $l5O lots, and in the absence of money are perfectly willing to accommodate the unsuspecting farmer by taking his note. We understand they have effected a number of sales. The Republican has frequently warned the public to beware of these perambulating rascals, and if our farmers get swindled, as did a number in this county last winter, they ought not “squeal” when their notes become due.—Steyben Republican: - A 5

The following is quite *‘kissy.” .We clip it from the Huntington Democrat: “A young lady at Roanoke bet a young man a kiss that Tilden would be elected—he te pay if Tilden won, she to pay if Hayes was elected. 'On the morning of the Bth he called and paid the bet; on the 9th he called and took it back. That evening she paid the bet. Next morning she' took if back, and he paid; then she paid, and he paid; and so they have been kept by the contradictory dispatches ever singe, and both declare their willingness and ability to hold on until Congress decides the question, They don’t like the new. compromise bill.”

. Extensiverepairs and improyements are to be made in the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway “when spring opens.” Stone, steel rails and the ties are being delivered along. the line of the road between Chicago and Warsaw, and between Forest and Van Wert, and a large farce of men will begin operation in the early spring. The company has purchased a large stone quarry in Ohio from which stone is now being taken. It is proposed to have the entire road bed of stone. New ties will be laid, and steel rails will be put down. A good part of the track already consists -of steel. The Pitisburg, Fort Wayne jand Chicago Railway will soon be the finest in the country in the way of trac}t and road bed.—Fort Wayne Sen~ tinel. : b

An exghange remarks that “quail on foast is worth two in & bush.?

General Items.

[ A baby elephant ‘was born to “Bet--By,” oneof Forepaugh’s staff of performing animals, at’ Germanfown, Pa., recently. Mr. Forepaugh says he would not take $20,000 for the infant. .: i S 4

The Mutual life insurance company, of Newark, N. J., has goune out of business. Its 18,000 policy-holders have ‘been re-insured in the National Capital life insurance company of Washington. - o Jalag s

. George Milburn, president of the Toledo Wagon Works, has been voted a six month’s leave of absence, on account of his health, and upen recommendation -of his _physicians he will probably take an extended sea yoyage shortly: R

‘Mr Pratt, late Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ‘stated officially that the 'whisky ring had stolen directly from the government $4;000,000. " All of the thieves who had been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment have been pardoned. - ; il

- Reports from all parts of the country show an improved feelingin business circles, with a prospect of a very fair spring trade. This state of feeling i 8 produced in part by the low price of gold, and the general result of the past year’s-foreign trade. = °

Herr Barth, the German explorer, who was engaged in surveying the Portuguese possessions in Africa, recently committed suicide at Loanda, ywhile delirious ' from fever. Herr Moher, another German explorer, engaged in searching for the sources of the Congo river, is also dead. -

The Euclid avenue Opera. House, of Cleveland, which cost $200,000, was sold the other day at sheriff’s sale for $50,000, and purchased by a printer, Faiétbanks of the Herald. Can it be possible that a printer owns an opera house! We have been looking into the dim future, but:nary an opera house greeted our vision. . o

- Cardinal McClosky has issued a letter; inviting t}ll;e faithful “to unite, according to- their means, with their Catholi¢' brethren- in = presenting a worthy testimonial of their filial homage and affection to our Most Holy Father on his golden jubilee or 50th anniversary of his episcopate, which will be on‘the 21st of next May.”

‘A great many men say they can not take a paper. They will often invest from $lO to $5O in a swindle, - when if they had taken a paper and kept posted they would have been from $8 to $4B ahead. Always take a paper, even if you do learn not to believed every swindler that comes along with ‘his story that you can make $lO by investing $6. . - Lone o e

White of light kid-gloves are’ no longer confined to evening wear. It is becoming fashionable to wear dark gloves: with evening toilets.. A light blue dress and pale brown kids are worn together; a light green dress, with gloves of silver-gray shade; a flesh colored dress and dark red kids. It takes nice discrimination to keep these things in harmony. .

‘Mr, Ruggles has committed the Assembly of New York to a sweeping educational reform. By the resolution passed last week, the whole appropriation of a million and a half of dollars for thé support of the Normal Schools of the State is cut off on the ground that they do not fulfill the objects for which they were established. The friends of the schools must now make their stand in the Senate. .

Adrian, Mich., has a novel sensation in the.shape of a little scan. mag. in ‘which a blushing widow of eightytwo summers and a youth of twentyfive are the shining lights.: ' The widow runs a farm, ‘and the young man works on the farm and runs the widow. Their intimacy has been so close that the widow gave birth to a very, healthy - child| the other day. The young man proudly acknowledges the corn, and the widowed mother would not take a farm for the little accident.

- Some inhuman wretch endeavored to, perpetrate a wholesale murder recently at Albany, Oregon. .One of the gentlemen connected with the courthouse discovered a bag of arsenic fitted to :the pump in such a manner that when drawing the water, it would’ percolate the sack and poison the liguid,.and be sthe cause- of wholesale slaughter,/as the Central school is supplied with' water from the well. ‘What induced the unknown wretch to compnit'a 80 great a crime cannot be imagined. : L ; g

A young man, looking.somewhat like a Southerner and somewhat like an Oneida Indian; was discovered among. a crowd of snow-shovelers at the Central Railway station in Syracuse, N. Y., last week. While wgiting for -the pittance due him it was observed that he seemed. desirous of being. by himself, wholly avoiding his late comrades. This poorly-clad buti prgu'd shoveler was Bushnell Forrest, second son ‘of the noted Confederate General, N. B. Forrest, of Fort Pillow memory. A

Five converts were immersed in the Schuylkill, near Green Tree, Penn., recently, by the Rev, Jacob Gotwals, Dunkard minister. The water was very cold, but-the . current was so swift that no ice had formed at the point where the ceremony was performed. Inaccordance with the Dunkard ritual each convert was immersed: three times—in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,. One lady nearly fainted from the effects of cold and exposure. Another lady who was rather stout, was taken off her feet by the strength of the current, and the minister was so cold that when he caught her he had no strength to holl her, and was carried down stream with her. Two bystanders on the bank plunged in and rescued -them just as they were on the point of ‘being swept under the solid ice.- The converts had been urged to. ‘wait until warmer weather, but were unwilling to defer the ceremony. ‘ The officers of the International. Exhibition Company, now engaged in preparing the Main Building for the Permanent, Exhibition, are meeting the sameé-sort of experiencé encountered by Director-General Goshorn before the opening. of the Centennial, viz, the difficulty of finding space for all who degire to display their pro-‘ duce and manufactures. An official. bulletin contains a diagram of the Main Building, showing how it is to be arranged for the Exhibition. The Main Building will be a reduced reproduction’ of the great Exhibition. An interesting -feature will be the numerous: foreign courts fronting on l the main avenue. - These courts have been re-arranged with excellent effect. -Additions have been made to those heretofore, in -the. Main -Building, while some have been extended and their architectural effects hightened. All the principal foreign nations will be represented by caurts, and several States will have ornamental inclosures for their exhibits, S

HOUSEIN NOBLE COUNTY JOB PRINTING Gards, Bill-Heads,Cironlars, Posters i &.o.,Eo..x;lourzn?o_oxnxxln THE s Neatest and Proniptest Manner AND AT REASONABLE RATES. . E¥~Apply Here; Betbr;;;deﬂnz Elsewhere, g 8

NO. 44,

WIT-BITS.

Western se‘ttlei%_e—six shooters.

"Often a man drives a pair of grays, while he himself is driven by duns.

A lady has been found so kindhearted and lazy that she will never beat an egg. =~ - ' i

- A girl at twenty says, “Who shall I have?” At thirty she asks, “Who will have me ?” 3

Goond- natured ladies do not expect bald-headed gentlemen to raise their hats in answer to passing salutations. -A cynical lady, rather inclined to flirt, says most men are like & -cold, very easy caught, but very hard to get rid of, 4 @

It was a little three-year-old who remarked “that she didn’t want to kiss her papa because he had fringe on hig mouth”” : . ¢

. Beauties generally die old maids—they set such a value on themselves thav they don’t find a purchaser until the market is closed, ° it g

Did any woman, ever look in the i glass without giving herdress a jerk In the back, and wishing sne nadeyes ey in the back of her head ? L A Nashville man,answered a Chi~ = | cago advertisement, “How to win .at poker,” and received for his two dol- | :lars'tﬁevfollowing: “Hold four aces or don’t’ poke.” -

“Why did Herod kill the boy babies and not the girls?” asked a Sunday’ school teacher. “Please, sir, wasn’t it because he objected to the Hebrews and not to the Shebrews?” I

- “I think, wife,that you have a great many ways of calling meafool.” “And I think, husband, that you haye a great many ways of being one.” . |

'~ An Irishman who had blistered his ' fingers 1n trying to put on a pair of new boots, exclaimed aloud: “I believe, - I shall never get them.on until I wear| ’em a day or two.? P “What is the use of that man painting his name twice on that sign ?” said a gentleman to his friend, as he point- * ed to asign that read, “J.E. Weller, Jeweller.”

- An Irish housemaid boasting of her industrious habits, said she roseat four, made a fire, put on the kettle, prepared the breakfast, and made all the beds before any one in the house wasup. - . - : A negro was put on the stand as a witness, and, the judge inquired if he understood the/nature of an oath. “Well, you just bet I do,boss,” said the | citizen. “If Iswear toa lie [ must = | stick to him.” i

A Pennsylvania clergyman seeing a young man standing in the doorway of the church and looking hesitatingly about, paused in the midst of his sermon and said, “Get out, young man, she is not here.” :

“Why in the world don’t you go to work ?” inquired a citizen of a lazy fellow who was trying to borro w some money of him. “Go to work ?” echoed the man, “how can I do anything till I know for certain who is going to be the next President?” ' SRt

Their little girl gets confused. Af=—ter being tenderly tuckgil ap in her crib, mamma said: “Now your prayers, Janet.” The reSponsej‘came‘ from' the little one, half asleep:’“Now I lay me, down to sleep, when: the wind blows the crp,dle will rock. | Amen.”

The cobbler’s last- words: “I feel that’' I wax weaker each succeeding day, and that I am fast approaching my end. A.few more stitches and all will be over, and I ,?jhall. g 0 where « there Is, rest for the|weary sole ‘and every sorrow will be heeled.” Having said .awl he wished, he calmly breathed his last. ;

: Nothing Eost by Charity. i [Detroit Free Press.] ! | One of those toil-hardened, truehearted chaps often read of in romance made his appearance on the Campus Martius yesterday; and his sympathies | were at, once aroused by the sight. of three or four old men standing around with théir buck-saws and waiting for work, - ; ~“I’ll be hanged if it isn’t hard,’ he [ said when they told him that they bhadn’t had a stroke of work’'for over a month. : j “How would you like to have some oysters §” i : ; They smacked their!lips by way of reply, and he gathered up a crowd of eight,, marched them down to:a restaurant and ordered oyster stews for each one. i “It just does my soul good to see them eat!” he, said to the proprietor of the place as the eight commenced to work. : : . “Yes; it’s a delightful sight,” was the reply.. i : “It makes me feel good in here,” said the stranger, laying his hand on his heart. o ‘ “A good deed brings' its own reward,” was the soft answer of the restauranteur as” he calculated ‘his profits. o ‘ .“I can’t rest here., I must do further good,” said the big-hearted stranger, and he rushed out and brought in three negroes, a chimney-sweep, two. boys,. and an old woman, and ordered more oysters. ; ! The fifteen people went for oyster soup 1n a manner to amaze, and their guardian nudged the restauranteur in ‘the ribs and said:, O “See the gentle lambg! Oh, that I could feed the poor of all the United . States!” ' : ‘ - “You are agood man, and heaven will reward you,” replied the proprietor, -as he filled' the dishes brim full ag;in. Bl The stranger said he wanted to. bring in just five more, so as to say that he had fed an even score, and he rushed out after them, wl&le-the restauranteur sent after mote oysters and crackers. ' The stranger didn’t return. He was last seen climbing into a farmer’s sleigh on State street and guiding his team to the west. The fifteen in the restaurant licked their plates. clean and departed:in joyful procession, and the last one had passed out before the man who furnished the soup had %ot through wajting for the return of te‘hi big-hearted stranger, There were oaths and slang phrases and watchwords and expressions, delivered in the purest of English, but what mattered it to the fif‘teen soup-devourers. B _ There is no hope by legal - means, ‘that we can see, to suppress tippling houses, but there is one way it can be done without any expense or trouble, and that is by non-use of all intoxics,ting drinks. The more peoplejwho refrain from strong dﬂ(:lt the less the number of grog shops that can find support. - A mill would stop running if you could cut off either the supply of Wptﬂﬁm om%%mh: ALV Vs < .t.» 4 I : P ",