The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 47, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 March 1877 — Page 2

4 B 9 -W - O o ~—- ’;f:» = — ‘- — = -3 . = e E FB ey oS 5 | - % X . “*i'\;._‘ X by 4 = —_— ‘ _J.B_STOLE.Editor and Proprieior, 2 g ¢ = LIGONIER IND. MAR. 15, 1877. e e e _._..—__._._.—————-———L——————————“No man worthy of the office of President shonld be willing to hold it if ommted wn or placed Liere by fraud.”— 1. SGraxT. £ B Pl el e i T=% avencing Nenresis will appear ts-and-by. Just wait. ' Tee SExave refused to join the Tjsuse In reducing the President’s sal=Y 1o 's2,;’.,a?+=;9{: per annum. Ruthersomd il therefore be enabled to pocket acool $50,000 a year during i entive term.,” £ ————Q—‘o’-————f ; SsXavors Thurman and Eaton wated asainst the confirmation of all of 3r. Tlaves’ Cabiret officers. They hold that Mr. Hayes was not elected, smd therefore refuse to Ssanction his wppointinentis. : s

© axs, 6f the N. Y. Sun, is. raising a Tund to purchase a picture of the i.suisiana Retdrning Board to be pre- - semed 1o Joe Bradley of the Suppres- ' swm Beard. The EHQIII_IO"%IS‘ sum of ~ shirts cents has already been contrib--1 Boes INGERSOLL is already disgust- «& wilh {ae Ilayes administration. #dseat expected to receive an invita- - tem teo walk inte Rutherforg’s little Cnluned, { Besides this little grievance, Rohert n"t believe in civil service! weform, et o Eof - TmExE is certainly one sincere. Re- ~ fagmer in ‘Hayes' Cabinet, to wit: sl Sebmrz. With all his vagdries =nd inconsistencies, we still belicve Jmn actuated by an earnest desire to :m" the public service. He won’t - stpal, and’ that is saying a good deal. T=E appointment of Dick Thompsom 2s a member'of Hayes' Cabinet dees ot give unbounded satisfaction _ %o the Ihdiana Republicans. They wouid have vastly preferred Ben Har- ~ risem, but Hayes didn’t have the cour- - a=e to offend Morton by calling Benjamin into his Cabinet. T aas CHANMBERLAIN gives signs of [his willingmess to “step down and. ‘oht,” - “gwevided he can get hold of some fat office frgpm Rutherford, to compensate “%dm for his condescension to allow the man who was elected to serve as ‘Geovernor of South Carolina. Generous, selfsacrificing Chamberlain! -

THaT sycophantic sheet, the Chicago Tribune, is almost beside, itself wwer the Southern policy of Mr. Hayes. 17 Ihis policy was directly the opposfime.&a‘t saliservient sheet would be Jusi as prolific in its conimendations. Joe Medill has fairlv. earned the title of the greatswashbuckler of the North-

TaE BaXweßr's ticket for 1880 is: The men who were clectéd but counted'outin ISYGfT‘;ilen and Hendricks. The wverdict of 76 ought {o be reremdered, as a vindieation of the maj‘esty of the popuiar will. The infamous Retarning Board device ' will hagipily be buried and damned Dy that

: Hsbw-n;u:s do change. TFive years 2o Carl Schurz incurred the displeasure of the “regular” Republicans by

vigorous denunciation. of the

Crant administration; to-day he is a snember of the new republican administration, which his old enemy, Morton, dare mot assail. Carl ought to feel

WmeExeEvEß Mr. liayes does someing ffat will entitle him to public

commendation, THE BANNER will tzve mo hesitancy in giving due credit. But we don’t propose to land him to Ihe skies for what he promises to dd. Tromises are good egough. as far as ey go, but action speaks a good deal Icuder, S | AT

oan independent, no-party, peo--I%’s drzan, the_Columbia City Com: mercial ‘indulged in a good deal of ilnstrated rejoicing over the presidemtial steal. When the “people’s dodge” is again attempted next year, we hope the democratic people’'s men of Whitley will remember this exhihflimotmvory joy: -

It is well enough to remember that, Gatamt started out very independently of the politicians eight years ago, just =s Hayes does to-day. And it will not Le Forgotten how completely Grant was subseguently led by Chfiand}er, Morton and Co. New brooms usually sweep clean, but the trouble is they are S 0 very apt to wear out by usage.

TEs s the way the World puts it: ~ The measure of the thingis about This: Hayes had a popular majority of a quarter of a million against him, = majority of 23 in the electoral colege against him, the House of Repre- » semtatives against him, the lf.w and he comstitution against him, and Mr. Justice Bradley for him. Alone Mr, Justioe Bradley didit. = = @ |

1" sdid the sparrow, "3!“:" fit«g‘ fireow, . 1 Xilled Cock-Rolin ' "

Tme BANXER rejoices in the fact that 3t was never sufiiciently enamor=d of Jndge David Davis to advocate 3is momination for the Presidency. Hie was a favorits with a great many ‘Pemocrats in 1572 and 1876, but for The Ife of us we could never detect ‘murihing in the man to render him an saal : -democratic adoration. e Bas Jor years held himself in readiwess o be made a democratic standMihtset’pr?skuo:w:n he has een 2 very unreliable democratic woler. 'We take no stock in such fel-

- TmE gmbst cbjectionable man in Hayes” Cabinet is John Sh‘eu?‘an, Secretary of (he Treasury. His course in =iding the Louisiana Returning Beard a its infamous proceedings at smuuiling the voice of the people has made him an object of contempt smong honest men of all parties. Besides Uhis, those who know him best =<y and integrity. Upon entering

MR. HAYES' SOUTHERN POLICY.

SRS 4 . ;{,fife talk in political ecircles, at | this time; is about Mr. Hayes’ Southern policy. = Blaine started out in the | Senate by offering a -vehement protest against the proposed abandonment of the ecarpet-baggers in the | South, and the organs of the extreme Republicans, whose conductors are ‘not in quest of government pap, are re-echoing the Maine man’s utterance. The more conservative portion of the ‘ republican party,—those who were willing to profit hy the misdeeds of | Packard, XKellogg, Chamberlain & Co., 1 but now that these fellows are no longer serviceable, evince an. ungo_v-v' _ernable desire to get rid. of them,— i applaud Mr. Ilayes’ “new departure,” and are quite ready to denounce as disturbers of the party’s harmony ‘all who have the temerity to demand the protection of the Packard and Chamberlain _“governments” . against the overwhelming sentiment of thé people,' not only of Sguth‘ Carolina and Louisiana, but of the whole Upion. It is evident that the Southern question has given Mr. IHayes. considerable concern. The election frauds committed in his'interest by the car-pet-bag Governors and Returning Boards without which he knows only | too well he could ne’v\é’r have reached the presidential seat, have apparently caused him to reflect upon the wrongs and sufferings of the Southern people. It seems that the events wliich have confronted him since the day after the election have constrained him to "think some little of the white man of the South in spite of his pretentious pity for:the poor negro. Hence he vouchsafes us the important and nov- ‘ | el information that the people of the Sbuthern States *are still imipoverished, and the inestimable blegsing of wise, henest and peaceful -local selfgovernment_ i3° not fully 'icnj(:)yeil.” ‘Mark the language! If he had said, The carpet-bag thieves who have fraudulently counted me into oflice in spite of the adverse decision of ,the pegple, are still engaged in their work of plunder, he would only have paraphrased the sentence a little vigorously. Ilence, using the language of the larrisburg Patriot; here we have | this.creature of the knaves who hav deliberately deprived the people o Sonth Carolina, Flerida and Louisian of “the inestimablé .blessing of ‘wise; honest and peaeeful local self-govern-ment,” with the assent and encouragement of the republican party, whining in the mostapproved hypocritical fashion over a condition of things of which | he.and his supporters for the Presidency are the authors and have hitherto beien theactiveand untiring promoters.

His crocodile tears . will doubtless start sympathetic drops in the lachrymal ducts of Morton, Sherman & Co., who will of . course agree with him that the :time has. come when “such local self-government is the imperative necessity required by all the varied interests, public and private,” of the Soutfiern States.. What'is to become of Chamberlain and Packard when this “imperative necessity” is met by Mr. Hayes, and how much of his title to the;l"re'sidency will remain ‘after the said “imperative necessity” shall have resulted in, thg recognition of I-lam'gpt’g)xf and Nicliql'ls'," the inaunglu'rzil address of the de facto President fails to foretell, In-6rder to tf_axfimel

up the consequences, .M. Hayes

thinks “party interests should lose their apparent importance and party lides may well be permitted to “fade into insignificance:” What a monkish devil it is just now! Wait till the retching at its stomach over the filthy frauds of the Returning _Bou;rds is settled by a draught of Chandler’s soothing syrup ‘and a few doses of Morton’s pills, and the devil a monk it will be. e

| NOT IRREVOQCAELE. The inaugural address of Mr. Hayes obens with the assurance ‘that “the sentiments ‘declared inaccepting the 'nonitin‘ution‘ for Ule.Presidency will be the| standard” of his official conduct, but he prudéntly prefaces the promise with the qualifying statement that he does not “undertake to Jay down irre-. vocébly principles or measures of administration.” ~ The public is to understand, therefore, that the pious’ pledges . of the letter of acceptance may be broken by Mr. Hayes if he should at any time conclude that the infraction has become necessary. Ie declares that he speaks rather of the motives which should animate the oec-. cupant of the Presidential chair in the discharge of his duties than of the volicy which he intends to pursue in the administration of public affairs. All this has rather ‘an uncertain sound. It reads as if the man who utters it meant to keep the word of promise to the ear to break it to the hope, and seives ‘as a verification of our observation last week that Mr. Hayes’ chief concern justnow is to withdraw attention from his clouded title by courting favors at the hands: of that quarter of a million majority which standsasaliving protestagainst ‘the validity of his election. =~ . -

THAT somewhat eccentric but exceedingly able and brilliant lawyer, Judge Jerry Black, gives us a fair insight into. Washington life in the following reply to an acquaintance who reproached him ‘with' defehding certain officials and contractors who. had fallen into trouble: “I' must earn aliving. lamalawyer. Under the. present administration,. there seem fo be but two metliods of getting a living in Washington. = One ig by robbing the Government, and {he other is by defending the thieves! I cannotrob the Government, and therefore, to avoid starvation, I must defend the thieves!” . -~ |

PRESIDENT GRANT, at the cbnelusion of his term of office, swung round thé dircle until he got back. te the _point he started: from before he was made President, when he was sent South to make report upon the condition of affairs in that part of the eountry. In his last Sunday talk he said: “I think the entire people are tired of the military being employed to sustain a State government.” ' It is a vast pity that he ever allowed himself tobe persuaded to contraryaction.

Toxt Youe lias become Goverhr of Ohio. Ilayes did not tender his: resignation yntil after he became assured of the Presidency.

~ JOHN SHERMAN. = | “Some of the republican organs are finding fault with the democratic Senators for voting almost golidly (if not entirely s 0) against the confirmation of John Sherman as Secretary of.the Treasury. The Chicago 7tmes justifies this action on part of the democratic Senators by saying: “No man ‘in the Senate was more offensively ‘conspicuous than sSherman in engin- | ‘eering the frauds by which layes ‘was counted in. He went'to New, «Orleans to stiffen up the waning cour‘age of the Returning Board, and re‘mained’with that den-of thieves until ~fully assured that there was no possi‘hility of an honest count of the votes. “lle was the stage manager of the ‘Pinkston farce, and on his return ‘north submitted a report which was ‘nothing less than ‘a marvel of malig‘nant mendacity. It could hardly, be ‘expected by any rational person that ‘Senators of the Tilden party would ‘yote their own -condemnation by in‘dorsing Sherman. The votes of some ‘of them were needed to make a quo‘rum, and enough responded to the poll-call for that purpose, voting ‘against the confirmation, of course. ‘lt is.as well in this as in other cases ‘to ‘give the devil his due’” Exactly. . If the democratic Senators had treated Sherman as he really deserved they should have withheld the necessary votes to make a quorum. With the aid of Cameron and his followers, Sherman’s nomination might' thus have been defeated. 5

THE INDIGNANT PEOPLE of Monticello, N. Y., manifested their supreme contempt and loathing for the. three unserupulous partisans of the Supreme Court in no uncertain manner. Judges Miller, Strong and DBradley were hanged in_efiigy in the park in front of the Court House in that town on Tuesday of last week. Strong was hanged on:the right, Bradley in the centre and Miller on the. left. The ‘inscription on the placard attached to Justice Strong was “I want God in the Constitution;” that on Justice Miller, “Phrow conscience to the devil, fraud reigns supreme;” and that on Bradley, “No man worthy of the office of President should be willing to hold it if counted in pr placed there by fraud;” “I am crucified between two thieves.” Strong has for years contended that God shall be recognized in the constitution of the United ‘States, having participated in several “conventions for the accomplishment of that purpose. It is very evident Ithat there is a greater necegsiby of ‘having God implanted into Strong’s “heart than into the federal constitution. ¢’ ,

It APPEARS that the Dominion of Canada has been overdoing the business 'of government railway building and- has to face a growing indebtedness with an empty -treasury. Last year there was a bad harvest, and the receipts from customs were diminished, owing to light Impor’ta§tions. These things, added to heavy subsidies to public improvements which do not yield any return for outlay, have made the outlook very blue indeed. There agpears to be no escape from heavier faxation in order to meet the emergency, and a higher tariff is the remedy redommended. This,thd Harrishurg Patriot avers, is the usual and the most insidious form of raising revenue. : s :

. JupeE HOLMAN rendered excellent service to the country by his determined opposition to the passage of a member of jobs that were sought to be rushed ‘through Congress on the last day of its session. Ie stood at his post untfl nearly exhansted, uttering an emphatic “I object” to every bill that had the appearance of a job to take moneyvimproperly\ out of the treasury. -Ilehasindeed earnedthe title of “watch-dog of the treasury,” and a great pity it is that so useful a public servant should have been defeated at the last election. lis | retirement from the halls of Congress is- an incalculable 10ss to the country. '

SlyoN CAMERON, *deeply and thoroughly disgusted with the new administration, has resigned his Senatorship in favor of llis son Don, late Secretary of War. The resignation \_i'as conditioned upon the election of Don as his successor. As Cameron practically owns tlie republicax@ party of Pennsylvania, no difficulty was experienced in procuring ax{ almost unanimous endorsement of the swap by the republican legislative caucus. Don: will be elected U. S. Senator on Tuesday. | - )

SENATOR SHERMAN’S resignation makes it obligatory upen the Ohio Legislaturd, now in session, to elect a new United States Senator. Stanley Matthéws (Hayes’ brother-in-law) and old daddy Taft (Grant’s late Attorney General) are the leading: candidates for the position. Gen. Garfield, who was regarded a very strong candidate, has withdrawn his name in obedience to the wishes of Mr. Hayes, who wants him to remain in the House as leader of the Repyblicans. - o

e — - ———— IT has at last been decided that Indiana is to have a new State House. ‘An Indianapolis dispatch of Tuesday says: The new Stave, House bill has finally passed both Houses of 'the General Assembly. It. provides fer the appointment of four persons, equally divided politically, who, with the Governor, shall constitute the State-House Board. The building is to be located on the site.of the present State-House, and cost not exceeding g2OOBOOO.

‘Tne Republicans of New Hampshire carried the election on Tuesday by about two thousand majorigy. Two Republicans and one Democrat are elected to Congress. The Legislature is largely republican, el

WiAT Carl Schurz really did want was the Secretaryship of the Treasury. 'His acceptance of the Intérior department is the result of a compomiee, o A

I¥ Zach. Chandler had known that Schurz was to be a member of Hayes’ Cabinet, would he have bull-dozed Florida and Louigiana?

At Minneapolis, last Monday night, the body of Mrs, Mary Lyons was found at_her residence, horribly mu~ pilated. Tler husband is under arrest for,the crime, = v o

FROM WASHINGTON. ' AN ECONOMICAL CONGRESS. ' It has been verified by the Appropriation Committee that in rdund numbers the expenditures of the For-ty-fourth Congress have been $50,000,000 less than those of the Fortythird Congress. Not so bad for' an “Investigating Congress.” 7 L . EXTRA SESSION. - There is a good deal of talk about an extra session of Congress. The latest information is that no extra gession will be held, the capitalists of the East being opposed thereto. It is estimated that the expense attending such special session would run up to a half million. :

\_ TIIE NEXT CONGRESS. | All the certiticates of election have not yet been received by Clerk Adams, and he has not yet been able accordingly to make out a roll. An examination of the certificates he has received, however, and the official. canvass in the several States show that, conceding every doubtful case and all three seats in New Hampshire to the Republicans, the Dem?)cmts still have three majority. The majority at the opening of the House will be larger, as members, whose seats are contested on double retyrns will be excluded altogether at the organization undera precedent established by Clerk Me Pherson. In all other {cases, when a clear right cannot be stown, a, right ‘ to participate in the opening proceedings will'also be denied. el HAYES' INGRATITUDE TO CHANDLER. It -is now known that when Mu. Hayes offered a seat in his Cabinet to Mr. Hale it was with the knowledge ‘that Mr. Chandler, Mr. Hale’s father- { in-],;étw, was earnestly lendeavoring to: fkeefp his own position as’ Secretary of ‘the Interior. This, of course, made it “Impossible for Mr, lale to accept the office, and Senator Blaine was therefore justified in regarding Mr. Hayes’s offér in such circumstances as a mere device to placate him without satisfying or intending to satisfy his claims to an effectual recognition by the new Administration. 'The refusal of Mr. Ilayes to eonsider the name of Mr. Frye, which was then urged by Mr. Blaine, confirmed the latter 1n his view of the case. - ; LOUISTANA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. | Although Mr. Hayes has triumphed over the Republican malcontents in the Senate in the confirmation of: his Cabinet, the extremists profess to have bLeen promised something of a compromise by which the Chamberlain and Packard concerns are to have at least some show for final recognition. -The understanding is.at present | that Vice-President Wheeler, Senator ' Hoar and Charles Foster of the House, the three 'to select two Democrats from the Senate or House, shall constitute a commission, “by invitation of the President,” to proceed to Louisiana and South Caroling and make some political compromise! on the basis of the well-known Wheeler compromise of 1874 in the former State. If this plan should be carried out the present status quo is to be continued in both States and the'troops will not be removed. Another proposition is to hold a new election in the two disputed States, which, however, is opposed on~ the ground that such a course would be clearly unconstitutional and in conflict with the business and agricultural interests of these unfortunate commonwealths. .

" THE NEW CABINET.: | . On Tuesday of last week, Mr., ITayes sent the following Cabinet appointments to the Senate for confirination: William M. -Evarts, of New York, Secretary of State; John Shermgan, of Ohio, Secretary. -of ' the Treasury; George W. Crary, of Towa, Secretary of War: Richard ' W. Thompson, of Indiana, Secretary of the Navy; Chas. Devens, of Massachusetts, AttorneyGeneral; David M. Key, of Tennessee, Postmaster-General, and Carl Schurz, of Missouri, Secretary of the Interior. On Saturday the Senate confirmed these appointments without serious _opposition. "There| were enough republican Senators reédy to defeat, Evarts ‘and Schurz; but the Democrats declined to enter into an arrangement With them for that purpose. - s - | : ~ COMPOSITION OF THE SENATE., - All the new Senators have now been admitted, except two from Louisiana andone from South Carolina, As now constituted the Senate consists of seventy-three members; of these thirty-nine are Republicans, thirty-three Democrats, and one Independent. The Independent is Judge David Davis, of Illinois. In reorganizing the committees. Dayis has been counted as a Republican. : i

Washington Center—Close of School. Wednesday, March-7th, 1877, closed ‘a four months’ term of school at the Township School-House, taught by Miss R. A. Wilson, The day was an entertaining one to tlie spectators who were present,on that occasion, The exercises . in ‘the forenoon were the recitations of the |different classes, which 'proved that‘the scholars had been improving their time and that the teacher had, been doing her duty. The patrons of the district who were present were astonished to see and hear the various accomplishments of their children. At noon the dinner, consisting of roasted chickens, pies, ‘cakes, etc., was placed upon the tables, and all who were present gathered round, thanks being returned by Rev. J. Weigel. The dinner was enjoyed by all. In the afternoon essays were read by the scholars, and by the teacher, also. These were well gotten up and instructive, very much so indeed. After these the report of each seholar was read and a beautiful present given to each student, as a reward of merit. We were then dismissed with a farewell essay, read py the teacher. We have had a good time in_ general at the Township School-House this winter; good teacher, and good scholars. Therefore,the scholars were sorry to part from each other, and from the teacher also. . G. 8, Bousk.

- Indianais tohave a new State House at last. For fifteen years, at each session of the State Legislature this measure has been presented and urged, The housé-is not to cost, according to the bill, mete than two and a'half millions of dollars. Now if the construetion of the building can only be so managed that the State will not be swindled, the people wil] interpose no serious objeetion, | Va

' KENDALLVILLE LOCALS. The city was well filldd with country people on Saturday, and our merchants were kept pretty busy. . Perhaps: the good sleighing induced our rural neighbors to turn outand do their trading before the roads get muddy again. ‘A goodidea. : - On Thursday of last week Marshal Browand arrested a young man named Peter llouder, on charge of robbing a Rome: City bummer. An investigation, however, proved that said bummer had been drunk and had' given his money to Houder for safe keeping until be could sober up. Accordingly, the defendant returned what meney he had in charge, having spent a pottion of it, and the case was dismissed.

The store reom formerly occupied by Geo. P. Alexander, in the Jones Block, near the Helmer House, is undergoing repairs and G. B. Teal will soon'move in with his stock of hardware. et o |

Peter Ringel has a curiosity in the shane of acalf with.four fore tegs,i. e, the hind legs and fore legs are alike. llis calfship was preserved for publie exhibition. ; ‘ The spring term of our public school_ commenced on Monday, the teachers and pupils having taken a woek to rusticite. ; % !

-I'here were two funerals in the city on Sunday. One the child of Thomas Evans, living two liles west, on the Brimfield road, | wfjl died of inflammation of the lungs. - The other was a Mrs. Gindelsparger, who died of consumption, from which she had been suffering for the past three years. She had been a resident heré but a short time, and but a few of the citizens, not ‘even some of the near neighbors were aware of her sufferings until after her death. i ”

Yesterday (Sunday) was a busy day for Elder Bassett. In addition to his riegnlzu‘ gervices (morning and evening) as pa.stor of the Baptist church, he preached the funeral of Mrs. Gin-, delsparger in _the morning, and that of Evans’ child at 2 o’clock p. m, Pursuant to a notice previously given by Mr. Chapin, chairman of the Hayes and Wheeler Club of thisf_city, the Republicans here met and appointed, or rather, "designateii as their ehoice for such aprointment, Mn.]J ohn Harding, as the ndw Post Ma#er of Kendallville. Ifithey succeed in ousting Myers, I think the change will be averygoodone. . - | : Henry Lang has gone to Avilla, where he intends ecarrying on theboot and shoe business Success to you, Henry. | o : b Keeping saloon nust be a profitable business, judging from the number of places where they deal out the spirituous draught in this city. ~Why is it men cry “hard times! hard times!” and still help to support so many grog-shops 2. Red-Ribbon, please pass this way. 't L

John Beck, of Albion, was in the city one day last week, and in eonsideration of certain infractions of the peace, and at, the instance of Judge Wildman; contributed a “V” to the school fund., + ! S Postal Clerk Cammeron was one among the number hurt at the railroad collision last Friday. e left here on his way home last Saturday, He lives in Fort Wayne, I think, but am not positive, , } - There are a few cases of diphtheria reported in this vicinity., S.E.V.

WILMOT WINNOWINGS

It is all quiet about the \vilzla‘ge at present, except in regard to t'!,ie final result of the presidential.contest—a subject which consumes a' good deal of gas. . o ol There will be preaching at the church next Sunday, by Rev. A. J. Douglas. | ‘ The public schools in this vicinity are-closing quietly, ‘having given entire satisfaction. 'Fhe spring scheols will begin in a short time, and somebody else will have a chance of gaininghonor. © ' i

The village grist-mill is quiet at present, for lack of grain, in. consequence of which the miller makes more"‘thau the proprietor. I

Work seems to be scarce and hard to get. We often hear the inquiry, “What am I to do this summer ?” and it causes a great many sighs and wonders. When will this, panic cease? When will the times be 'better? .are questions frequently asked here. Now that the presidential contest -is over, we will hope for better times in this community, and we think there will be a long rest on that subject. Mrs. Mary Cooper is very ill, but ‘hopes are entertained of heg recovery. M. Alfred Roush is h:gpy again. ; It ’s a boy this time. : ~ We are glad that we have none of ‘those individuals in this community who; serenade people in such a rash style as they have near Hecla, and that ~other class, visitors of hen-roosts,— 'we keep no such tramps as those. There is no use in tolerating persons -of that stripe in any civil community. The German Baptists of this place ‘held a protracted effort some time ago at the Lutheran church and .succeeded in adding three "persons to their membership. S : The church interest in this community is very encouraging at present, as there are a number of lambs in the flock who are willing to sacrifice most of their time and money in building up'the cause, under the leadership of very pious ministers, “Ep. e ————— | Deputy Sheriff Miles, of Goshen, recently arrested an enterprising specimen of the genus homo, with predominant amative_proclivities, who has: resided there during the past year and was known as Charles Jones. This, however, was an assumed name, his real cognomen being Ball. It aprears he had previously enjoyed the luxury of two wives at one time at Marion, this State, on account of which there’ was a lively demand for his presence in that place. "Accordingly, Mr. Jones, alias Ball, has made an excursion to Marion, and will, after the adjustment of certain preliminaries, probably go to Michigan City and learn a trade. We hope he will obtain a permanent “git” there, - ST AR ‘

Mr. Cyrus Nixon, Clerk of the State House of Representatives, being tendered a suit of clothes by his subordinates, declined the offer, Sensible Cyrus. He tolds the would-be donors to sell the clothes and give the proceeds to. the poor—do anything with them they pleased, he could not take them. Who thinks any nrore of a man who ‘loudly displays a gold watch, presented him by his subsecribers ?—=South Bend Register, : VR s

.= News Items. The Yuilding trade is reviving in Brooklyn, and the plasterers have struck for $2.50 per day, an advance offfifty cents. : g The Gorham Manufacturing Company and American Watch Company, New York, burned out on the Tth inst. Loss $1,500,000. - John D. Lee, the Mountain Meadow murderer has again been sentenced to death, and his execution will take place on the 234 of this month.

Sullivan, charged with the murder of Hanford in Chicago, has been acquitted after two trials. They believe in shooting to redress grievances. . Joe Coburn, the pugilist, convicted of shooting with intent to kill two policemen in New York, was on Tuesday‘of last week sentenced to 10 years in the State’s Prison.

In the surrogate’s court on the 13th, all injunctions having been withdrawn, the Vanderbilt will was admitted te probate withoutfurther opposition on the part of the heirs. A new and fatal disease resembling eerebro-spinal-meningitis has broken out among the horses in New York. A similar disease is also making great ravages among the horses in Canada. The Connecticut House of Represéntatives on Tuesday passed a bill making the legal rate of interest six ‘per cent. in the absence of a contract. The bill previously passed the Senale.

A case of genuine patriotism is reported on the part of Joseph 11. Lewis, .4 wealthy citizen of Hoboken, who has bequeathed a million dollars towards paying off thé Natipnal debt.

A Washington item states that Simon Cameron was asked, after the executive gession of the Senate adjourned Saturday, why there was not a more determined opposition made to Schurz and Evarts. .He answered: “What in hell could we do about it?”

James Kihgon,f_-sp?e‘culahor of lard and provisions in New York, has failed; liabilities, $lOO,OOO. * Kingon idisappearéd last Friday, and seut a mes‘sage to his brokers saying that he had had big losses. Reports place these at from $400,000 to $1,000,000. New York and Chicago are the largest creditors. ;.- : :

A Montreal dispatch announees that an English company with $25,000,000 capital is buying up 3,000 sGuare miles of timber lands in Canada and purchasing Jumber mills on the Ottawa and Gatineau rivers. Sir John Rose, of Morton, Rose & Co. bankers of New ¥ork and London, is at the head of the company. ;

There was a heavy gale in New York last Friday night which did much damage. Three persons were killed by falling signs. The Phoenix chemical works were blown down. A great many houses were unroofed, chimneys blown down, ete. ILoss, $30,000, Above Peekskill the Hudson River R. R. was washed so that trains cannot pass. @ - :

A company has been organized in Edinburg, Scotland, for the purpose. of purchasing and slaughte}‘ing beet cattle. and other stock in th'e United States and Canada, and also to purchase farm and dairy products to sell in Edinburg and other parts of Great Britain. Recent experiments have developed the fact that beef, etc., can be successfully transported across the ocean, and now this new and important enterprise is about to be carried out, which will result in great mutual ‘benefit toiithe countries on both sidéi of the waters., The United States wil reap the greater benefit from this exchange of hey products for foreign gold,. for we have a surplus of these articles, which will be in demand at higher prices, by the openiing of this new foreign market. ¢ }i;rhe Coroner’s jury which has been in'vestigating” the Ashtabula :bridge disaster rendered a verdict last Thurs--day. They find that the fall of the bridge was the result of defects and errors made in designing ahd constructing it; that a careful inspection of it by & good engineer must have; revealed these; that the responsibil-' ity for the disaster and the loss of life thereat rests upon the company which, by its chief executive, planned and erected this bridge; that the heating ~apparatus in the cars failed to cemply, with the law’s demands, which makes the company responsible for the origin of the fire; that for the failure to put the fire out they are responsible who first arrived at the'scene ‘of the disaster; and the chief engineer of the Ashtabula fire departmentis censured for not doing his best to quench thé flames. e

Death of Chief Justice Moses.

CoLUMBUS, S. C., March 6th.—Chief Justice Moses, of the South Carolina Supreme Court, died at one o’clock today. . Chief Justice Maoses, although upon theé bench as a Republican, and acting with that party ever since the close of the war, sided with the Hampton party throughout the recent contest at the polls and the subsequent proceedings in court. On the very day that the Tilda-Norris case, which involved the question as to whether Hampton or Chamberlain was {the legal Governor of the State, was to have been decided by the Supreme Court, Mr. Moses was stricken with paralysis, and since then the decision has hung fire because :of the bull-dozing process to which Associate Justice Jonathan J, Wright, colored, has; been subjected. The death of Chief Justice Moses will tend to ,complicate matters in South ‘Carolina very much, as both Gov. Chamberlain and Gov. Hampton will appoint a successor to. him, and as the tull court consists of only three justices and the two surviving 'members of the bench are unable apparently to harmonize in a decision, the contest over the governorship will probably not be Isettled without the direct intervention of Mr. Hayes. ‘ e

Vanderbilt’s Mouney. o A New York dispatch, March 11, says: _Objections to the will of the late. Commodore Vanderbilt filed in the Surrogate’s office yesterday by his son Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, aver that the document offered for probate is not the last will of the deceased; that it was lii}grmd by either the testator or by witnesses at his request; that the deceased was not in sound mind when the document purported to have been signed; that it was procured.by fraud -and undue influence of William H. Vanderbilt; and that by a desire to concentrate his fortune in the person of William H. Vanderbilt deceased had been incapacitated from making | a fair will, and disregarded his other ichildren. it ; ‘ s Poan G M o A * A terrible tornado on the Bth inst. is reported in the .southern part of Alabama. It first appeared on A. Goummet’s plantation, in Talapoosa .county, completely demolishing every house on the place except a negro cabin; Goummet’s son and a negro were killed by the flying tiaber,; the two ladies and a number OF children in the house weré caught under the roof, but Wt;re all rescued. Thehouses on several other plantations were demolishedJ but there was no other loss of life. = Chief Joseph’s band of Nex V;Perces Indians is located in a narrow gorge of a tributary of the Grande Ronde river, Oregon, which 100 could hold against 1,000, They talk of joining the Sioux against the whites. Gen. Howard has gone to see Joseph to try togethimtoyield. . " = Presidents are made, not clected,— eflt.fiouiaf'inm. T aieeg

: Al Coal Oil Horror. A New Yerk dispateh, March 11, says:' A fire attended with fatal consequences occurred to—n}-‘ght in the fivestory tenement, No. 27 Ludlow street, occupied by Germans and Polish Jews. The children of Mrs. Manson,! who have rooms there, upset the kerosene lamp, and soon the, room was in a blaze. She hurried ont with her children and gave the alarm. The other occupants of the room ifled in' terror. In the rush Hattie Manson, aged 10, and a baby of 7 months she had in her arms, were left behind:. Israel Levines, wife and child were burned severely in their flight. | They left behind two children, David aged 6 and Abram-aged 8. These were taken out by the firemen, but Abram was dead and David nearly so. Little Hattie Manson was rescued, but the baby eould not be found. : i

A ‘great temperance revival is in progress at Elkhart; and Elkhart needs it. At a meeting Friday several citizens well known for intemperate habits signed the pledge.' The work is under the direction of Hollinbeck and Cassedy, two.young men reformed and convei'tedj undér Moody in Chicago, who are doing good work: in behalf of temperance.~South Bend Register. i b :

| BIRTELS, RING.—In Ligonier, March 12, 1877, 4 danghter to the wife of R. R. King. { H Gy

i MARRIED. i KREAGER—SMITHE.—March 11th, 1877, at the residence of the bride’s parents, near Cromwell, by Rev. Z, Thomas, John D Kreager to Mattie J. Smith; all of Noble county.

THE MARKETS. LIGONIER. = -

GRAIN AND SEEDS —Whesdt, red, $l- - Rye, 55¢; Oats, 32¢;Corn, 40@45¢; Flax Seed, $1 25; Clover Seed, $3 00; Timothy Seed, $2 00@2 50. . Propuce.—Hogs, live, @ ewt $4 50, dressed $4 76@5 00; Shoulders, ® 1b; 08¢; Hams, 10c; Turkeys, live, per I, 7e; Chickens, s¢; Bees Wax, 23c; Butter, 15¢; Lard, 09¢c; Kggs, ® doz., 10¢; Wool, @b, 30@35¢ ; I'eathers, 75¢; Tallow, 07; Apples, dried, s¢, green, P bu. 30c; Potatoes 75@85¢; lay, {3 th, marsh $6, timothy $B. | . L

KENDALLVILLE.

GRAIN AND SuEEDS-—Wheat, white $1 45, red %1 388; Corn,4s¢; Oats, 36¢; Clover Seed, $8 50; Flax, $1 00; Timothy, $2 00. <

OTHER PRODUCE—-ITams, § Ib 10c Shoulders, 08¢; Lard, 09c¢; Tallow, 7¢ Wool, 35¢; Butter, 15¢; Beeswax, 25¢ Apples, dried 415¢, green, § bui, 25¢ Potatoes, 90c; Eggs, ¥ doz. 08¢c. -

CHICAGO—March 13, 1877.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, $130; Corn, 3914 c; Oats, 3235¢; Rye, 60c; Barley, 50c; Clover Seed, S7TS@S 65; Timothy, $1 40@1 70; Flax, $1 40@1B S 5 Propuce.—Mess Pork, Bewt, $l3 15 @l3 3735 ; Lard, $8 95@9 10; Hams, green, 3 Ib, 73{@8c; Shoulders, s¢; Dressed Hogs, ¥ewt, $5 50@5 603 Butter, fair to good, 13@16e, choice, 253@ 28c; Eggs, B doz., 13c; Fotatoes, 75¢ @sl 10. . : =

; POULTRY.;.Ttxrlceys, dresscé}, ® Ib, 10@12c; Chickens, 10@11¢; Dueks,s@ 8c; Geese, b@ie. . |«

TOLEDO.—March 13, 1877

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $14815, No. 2. Wabash, $1 48; Corn, 4315¢c; Oats, 34c; Clover Seed, $8750; Timothy Seed; $1 75, o - GROCERIES—PROVISIONS, &C.—FPotatoes, P bu. 85c@1 00; Flour, R cwi, fine $5 00, superfine $5 50, extra $7 25; Lard, 10@12c; ' Butter, ; fresh rolls, 20@22¢; Bggs, ¥ doz., 1215 @l3¢; Dried Apples, 434 w 0 (0 . e

LIVE STOCK® MARKETS.

CHxICcAGO, March 18—Gattle, heavy, B cwt, $5 75@6 00, good. to choice $4Ts@s 25, comman to. fair $3 30@4 20; cows and heifewss, $2 50@3 90. Ilogs. extra :li;eavg $¢ 86@5 15, eommon to choice hegvy, $4 60@4 80, light .84 90 @5 00. Sheep, good %o choice heayy, P ewh, $4:25@5 25, fair to medium 3 00@3 T Pl : _ Burrro, March 13.—Cattle. Market - dull:and prices lower, Good shipping, 'ssoo@s 15, butchers’ $4 25@4 95, stock ‘cattle $3.65@4 27. - Sheep, fair to good, P ewt., $4 35@5 60. | Lambs, averag'ing 75 Ibs.,, $6 40. Hogs, light $5 50, good hedavy $6 40. . | :

- X R/ 4 TO CONSUMPTIVES. The advertiser, having béen permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by & simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of care; T'o all who desire it, he will send a copy ol the prescription used, (fres of charge), with the directions gc;)r preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure ovrge for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BrovoulTis, &c. i Partiés wishing the prescription will please address, Reyv. E. A. WILSON, " 194 Penn St., Willigmsburgh, New York.

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years f}lt'om. Nervous Debilit’y; Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion will, for the sake of snfl‘ering humanity, send free {o.aH who need it, the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured, Sufferers wishing to profit by the iglvertiser’s experience can do so l{; addressing in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar St., New .Y ork. 3 37-6 m-a and co o

Enterprise at Cromwe}] !

A First-Class Grocevy Established.

GEORGE W.REED desires to inform the ’peofilc of Spa%rtii township .and gdjoining country tlla’t he Imi} opened & . y 0 | . First-Class' Grocery at Cromwell, with a full and complete s'l.c.)ck of Groceries, &¢., ! \ -which he will gell 5

At Bottom Fligures. Connected with his Gro&dry B o

- A RESTAURANT ' thcre something good to eat may be fonnd at all times, . Oysters by the Dish or Can. : Stop in and be convinced that Reed’s Grocery: and Restaurant is the place to get your moncy back. Dec. 21. 76, Ce . . Choice Flower and Garden Seads, | STRAWBERRIES,PEACHES,{&(: ? New Sorts, by Mail. ~ Plants of the newest and finest improved sorts, carefully packed and prepaid,by mail. My eollection of Strawberries took the first premium for the best collection, at the great show of the Mass. Horticultural Society in Boston. I grow over 100 varieties, the | most complete collection in the country, including all the new, large American and imported kinds. Priced de--scriptive Catalogues, gratis, by mail. Also, Bulbs, Fruit Trees, Roses, Evergreens, Choice Flower,,Garden, Tree, | Evergreen, Herb, or Fruit Seeds, 25 packets of either for $l.OO, by mail. G C 'The True Cape Cod Cranbero NJeberry, best sort for Upland, C Lowland, or Garden, by mail, . SJe prepaid. $l.OO per 100, $5.00 per 1000, ‘Wholesale Catalogue to the Trade. Agents Wanted. Ll B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurserjes and Seed Warehouse, Plymouth, Mass. Established 1842, 45-w4 LIST OF LETTERS ann’nme in the Post Office at Ligonier, | AV Indiana,duringthe pastweek: o Bailey, Mis nfim t Btettler, Miss Kittle _Persons calling for any ‘of the above leite g wfimmur'-&gflfi S doee e Ligonfer Ind., Margh 18,1077, |

R =5 iot oo SRR LABGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN ~ NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. - . ENGEEI & 00. - Offer Ballance of their Large Stockof =~ ° CLOTHING! . AND OTHER GOODS | MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR, L At a Great L Reduction From Regular Prices| Do Not Buy a Dollar’s Worth of . Goods Before You - SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. - ENGEL&CO., The Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, Vst Kendallville, Tnd. GREAT CLOSING DUT SALE! Tlle_ Undelslgned—-{;;1;,— 1 )111fing'/I',]lo ‘ Next 60 DAYS, - S(’.-lfl," Anythlng in his Lilfxel, Such as i |Gents’ Furnishing Goods, HATS AND CAPS, &ec.,

‘ : W’i_thpili:'Regérd to Cost, o THIS IS NO HUMBUG L 1 R ‘_ Bl ._(1_1_(: r ‘_} __C "_/(-'_4- : L(J e __E__/( ( ,_(‘_! . 0 Asl Have GottoSelll . . ’VVortl‘l?of_Gobaé ‘Wifihin,tl;at thne,'ofiaccount of making a . change in my business position. ? b R - J, STRAUS, Jr., 1 Original Boss Clothing House, LIGONIER, INDIANA.. a 0 v -, - Ligonier, November 30, 1876 -47-tf P > Is still .in.f 'thet F‘l’eld with one of the L‘a‘m@,— peo bl Jest i Stodkes oy . | | CDOACDBIEY DUERAC wiADD :.>|4e: | | a 5 { \

P e e ANTY—— - Table Cutlery pee o e Whieh he offers for sale at : b ( 4 : : PSN f | s - | GREAL'LY REDUCED PRICES! " = : - 1 v‘ ‘—-—"Q-"—'——— £ :; { il BN b ' 3 ; ATy The Greatest Bargains in i I ':I " —‘»w.} . . e g 1( ' Theg have ever been offered to the people of Northern Indiana. - ccirca o amintfiemag s a 0 0 OLI Japan "Tea for 50 cts. per Ib. :,;,7 . - o : | fop. . r 3 - which cannot I_)e,,_,bought elsewhere %forlless than 75 fients pe . pound.: Hundreds of my customers can -attes§t to this fact.' . Se’: e i 3 I amn Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. e e e s e e £ B 0o die e T T e mpoclc O SO —n-q‘-«:-—m» - _:"-. VAIV—; : v 5. ; 2 5 }.Vurfl‘#-"- 70 i DIIEENSWARE & GLASSWARE ITs the mos ~wt?ipléte*f;inf’ohm:Swt,m“ng the eoyntry, - Y B M 2 I}l 4)-iairv§ dg%"i&“’gfi’s!g{,ii‘ ~5 ‘By s ITiy RO o wi?’%‘xflg“%» AR R Fi’“’i”%gfimf‘ o J DECKER. Gtenegae sk LR Y R ol B