The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 April 1877 — Page 2

LSR e e <AR B e D s s The Hational Banner ; ’ o I~ - o 5 2 Ao : : 2 . B_SPOLY..Bditer and Proprietor .’ LIGONIER, IND, APR. sth, 1877. e ~No man worthy of the office of Presdent should be ewilling to. hold it if wousied vn or placed there by fraud.”— .S. Gaaxr. | ———— A I —ee e SerTs CamoLiNa is disposed of, on = jusimnd eguitable basis. Now let #he Lomsiana case be disposed of in a iiie IREMBET. S Tax North Indiand Methodist Coniemnbe comvened at Blutfion yesterf=y and will probably remain in sessian one week. - e e M——— Twx- Elkkart Union is anxious to Jemrm hbw many publishers receivad shsir pay for advertising Centaur Linsusent. & for J. B. Rose & Co. We sre one of them, Bro. Sweet. TPaid in, ; Swll 38 daxsafter maturity. -~

Tes Baxxer's choice for Speaker of The House is Hon. Wm. R. Morvisem, of Tilinois. B¥ is a man of ripe

Fudsmen:, sound diseretion, lofty patrietism, inflexible integrity, and has %ackbope. This class of ‘men are wanted these times.

AxTER a good deal of trouble, PresiBent Haves has suéceeded in inducing e Following gentlemen to act as comssissiomers for the settlement of the doultidle government trouble in Louisimmz- Ex-Governor John C. Brown, +f Temmessee; John -3 Harlan, of Eentucky; Charles B. Lawrence, of Illimeis; Joseph R. Hawley, of Conmeticat, and Wayne. McVeigh, of ‘Temusyivania. AJI Republicans exe=pt Browrn. The Commission will giraceed 1o business at once.. %

- Tmx Baxxgr is pleased tp learn “rein 2 republican exchange that“Pressdent Hayes and family will not make the landlonds at the watering places rich to any great extent. On Satur@ar, speaking of the many invitations ke had to go to Long Branch, the President said that he should remain here the most of the summer, but if the heat became insufferable Mrs. Hsyes would go to their old home in Tremont with the children. He sdid e had mo taste for the life at fashiemshle Wwatering places. | It was not =hat he was accustomed to, and he thought lake breezes as good as sea m fit‘healm” I,

Jroee HARRINGTON, who led the Independent State ticket last fall, has withdrawn from the Greenback party. 'me might the other week the GreenLsciers met in Indianapolis to. nominsfte a ticket, and DBro. Harrington withdrew from the organization with This epigrammatic speech: - “I have tried since I joined this orFamization toactfaithfully with it, but &ave discovered to-night that a politi«ai Ting eontrols it. You are a set of dmmmed scoundrels, and I will withdraw and have nothing more to do with you” ’ e 2

- Tmex axp Now.—ln 1874 Carl Schmrz had some rather definite ideas on the Southern situation. In a speecn dedivered at the time he said: =

*The thieves control the ndgroes, =ni 31 was under their influence that ihéy bave been arrayed against the whites. The negroes are under the mmfnence of the most villainous scounwrels that were ever allowed to discrace 2 great and noble country.The republican. party is responsible for the present ’?ahdition- of the South. I @3 mot’ be a Republican to deliver 1= Seuthern people over to the worst =i of scoundrels that ever obtained political power” 7 . 25

- Mir. Schurz is a member of the present administration. He is.one of Mr. flz‘w:’ngadfisers, and ought, to see 10 it that “the worst set of scoun«drels thaf ever obtained political pow- « 1” are no longer permitted to disturb ke peace of cwo sovereign common-

. OixE of our Indiana exchanges expresses the opinion that “a good road izw efficiently executed would in ten wears benefit Indiana to the extent of mzny millions of dollars. It would smerease the value of farms, the price «f farm products, and in the saving of Time damage to teams-and harness ddeme, prove of incalculable benefits 4o the farming interest. There are grestl sections of splendid farming coymirs, whole ranges in towaships, in Indiana, that for six months in the wesr are practically cut off*from the world—this, too, ‘when railroad sta‘tiems and cities are within twenty miles. But we suppose this must poniinue 1o be so until farmefs learn %o send to the legislature semjrething =ise than nascent congressmen, anxSeus omly to distinguish themselves ‘45 sophomoric speeches, or heavyJweaded old pumpkins, without either the imtelligence or the capacity to represent their constituency” No:improvement z:gi ‘btgelookedl fprti'xll this ot farmers’ alone, dfim: to fi:%% msave 1o qualification than to ‘personal famcy and mmaginary poptilatitylj ;

Ix Boston, says the Journal, “the lamks are groaning over the low rates, at which they must buy prime paper wr have fnmlsL on hands unemployed. The supply of satisfactory names diminishes rather than increases, so that the best goes readily at 4 per «ent, and some almost as good at 414 ands. Other nmlinps not as favorably kuown range from 5 to 6.” Thisis wne rvesultof sending all our money s the East If manufactories,” insurance companies and all those enSerprises’ which constantly drain the West of its surplus cash could be Luill wp among us the interest quesGion would be solved, and it would not %e sach | a disturbing element among war cross roads statesmen and latent

degsiators.—Crawfordsville Journal. | This is exactly the solution of Ghst pubm The West has about -as large a number of manufactories s can well be susfained, and reliable -ih-smgthy insurance companies mre mot built up in a few months or even 3 few years. The true remedy, = our judgment, is for western bank«rs and capitalists to invite the surgius capital of tke East to the West. Tiean find ready takers at ample security. But the trouble 2, these genTiemen are more interested in mainSaiming kigh rates of interest than in - ng places for unemployed eastern ol selfishness, ‘is what's hurting

HAMPTON'’S VICTORY.

It affords us great pleasure to be enabled to announce that the President, with the full approval of the Cabinet; has directed the Secretary of War to prepare an order -transferring the troops from the State House in Columbia to their barracks; or, in other words, affording Gov. Wade Hampton an opportunity to obtain possession of the office to which he was elected,without further interference by federal ‘bayonets. The President’s order contains the follgwixigg: : Pon T Prior to my entering the duties of the Presidency there had been stationed, by the order of my predecessor, in the State-House at Columbia,S. C,, a detachment of United States infan-. try. Finding them in that "piace, I have thought proper to delay a decision of the question of their removal until I could consider and determine whether the -condition .of affairs ‘in that State is now such as to either require or justify the. continued military .occupation of the State-House. In my opinion, there does not now exist in that State such domestic vio‘lence as is contemplated by the constitution as the -ground upon which the military power of the National Government may be invoked for the defense of the State. *There are, it is true, grave and serious disputes as to the rights of certain claimants to the chief executive office of that State,but these areto be settled and determined, not by the executive of the United States, but by such orderly and peaceable methods as may be provided by the constitution and laws of the State. I feel assured that noresort to violence | is contemplated in any quarter, but | that, on the contrary, thé disputes in question are to be settled solely by such peaceful remedies as the constitution and laws of the State provide. Under these circumstances, and 'in this confidence,l now deem it proper to take action in-accordance with the principles announced when I entered .upon the duties of thé Presidency. You are therefore directed to seethat the proper orders are issued for the removal of said troops from the State-House to their previous place of-encampment, - " R.'-B.HAYES.

~ The transfer of tite troops is to take place about the 10th inst. It has been definitely ascertained that Chamberlain will offer no further resistance, but will quietly and peaceably surrender the office to his SUCCESSOT, A 8 he should have done long ago. He candidly admits that without thé support of the military it would be simply impossible for him to maintain his bogus government. Eight republican circuit judges have rendered decisions affirming-that. Wade Hampton was the legally elected Governor. . 2 - Since Thursday of last- week both Chamberlain and Hampton have had frequent interviews.with Hayes and his Cabinet. Gov. Hampton . stated from the beginning that he had no compromise to make and would listen to no propositions for compromise. ‘Neither did he ask for recognition by the administration. f{He simply wanted the troops removed from: the State House; the courts might determine the rest. Chamberlain and his few backers wanted some sort of a contrivance by which he might stand a chance of slipping in,but Hampton’s persistent and emphatic refusal to recognize Chamberlain’s pretentions put a stop to further negotiations ‘in this direction. . g i

. Gov. Hampton gave the President every assurance that theright of all, black and white, shall-be respected and maintained under his administration,. In’ a patriotic letter, "written just before his departire from Washingtbn, the gallant Governor of now free South Carolina expresses his profound gratitude to the President for the courtesies extended to bim, and in--dicates his belief in the. sincerity of Mr. Hayes in desiring a peaceful and just settlement of the Southern question. + — . 32T

OPINION OF A SOUTH CAROLINA REPUB- - LICAN. :

An interview with L. C. Northrop, Circuit Judge of the.Seventh' District of South Carolina, is published in the- Washington papers of last Saturday. After paying a high compliment to the manhood and integrity of Governor . Chamberlain, he proceeds to describe the situation, and says: -The Democrats believe as they do in their existence that lamptom received over one thousand majority of the votes cast, and is lawfully "elected Governor. They claim it has been decided ‘in their favor-by the courts, and they would eagerly defend it with thée last dollar and the last life. I have never seen such profound excitement and inflexible resolution. as exists throughout my section. It'is in every fibre of the atmosphere, ‘and must be felt to'be understood. It is a kind of frenzy that possessed the people of Paris in 1793. It has been waiting likeg chained tiger on the. first- movement of Hampton’s finger or-lips. If that movement had been made the whole army of the United States would have had business on its hands. It would have been hard for the South to see the State crushed out in bleod, and the end might have tested again the vengeance of the republic. They ‘will -do as Hampton says, and it looks as if North Carolina and Virginia would too. = In reply to a question what the result would be if Chamberlain was recognized and the 'recognition enforced, Judge Northrop said: o ~ I can only speak for my section. . I know the feeling there. Tt matters not as to the result whether Hampton is lawfully elected or not; the people believe it. It is the burden. of their thoughts night and day. Itis a terrible enthusiasm with them. . The large majority would. at first fold their arms in sullen despair .and refuse to pay a cent of tax.” No one would buy at a tax sale, and if he did possession would have to be given him and kept for him by troops. I am a Rebublic_an, every-inch .of me, and a Carolinian, every -inch ‘of me, and I don’t wans to see the State pass into the hands of the Demoeracy ; but T don’t want to see it go to the deévil elther. - 20 : PR

In reply to the question, If Hampton becomes Governor would peace follow, he said: “Yes, sir, it would, most undoubtedly. And with that peace would come ample protection to all people alike, and pioperty would -at once become enhanced in value by 25 per cent.” .

Jno. M, Langston’s colored friends called on the President on Friday to recommend his appointment as' Commissioner of Agriculture. The President replied that he would not appoint Langston, saying that he was aware that he was a good lawyer, but did not know that he had any pecfiliar qualifications as a farmer.— Sduth Bend Register. S

~ And in thus frankly telling these ‘darkey solicitors of patronage that Langston could not receive the covet‘ed af itment, -the President did a yery %3@%@ gfia_ipqworthy thing Let qualifieatiop phd not race or color Mthflmdard?_:‘ s R

ALBION RUMMAGES.

- *Qur new superintendent. of public schools held his first examination last Saturday, at which a great number of teachers were present. Everything passed off very - satisfactorily, until the Supetrintendent reminded the teachers of their duties in’' giving money for mailing letters. - Forgetting one among the first principles in ‘ a business life, viz: that “when inquirinfg after your own business, enclose a stamp,” some found fault, and called it *¥small;” but névgr mind, those teachers are “ditto,” and can find nothing else upon which to feed their gossiping machines. S - It costs but one dollar to partake of two frugal meals and sleep with the ¢haplain of the Northern Prison one night. Mike, the Kendallville marshal,‘has tried it and knows. At Walkerton, last Friday, we saw the bloodiest man in the West. Chas. Vatt and Tom Wolf’s big iron poker did it. 'And now Walkerton wants to incorporate. e

Our public schools are again in session. The pupils and téachers are in good spirits. There are féwer students in school than last term. Many, of the ladies are going to, teaching in a few weeks. Albion certainly does furnish more teachers than any other town in the county. .

Rev. Wilkinson preached his farewell sermon last Sunday evening. He spoke . a good word for all, but more especially-for the ladies. But sich is life among preachers. ; :

George Hartsuck, chaplain in the Northern Prison, is about to lose his pesition. - The TRepublicans should take into consideration that old George has ‘done them many a hard day’s work, and now that the salary is raised from eight hundred to ten hundred dollars, they should think well before taking ‘it away from him. They will certainly lose ‘his, influence in the county. o ~ The Presbytery will be in session at the Presbyterian church in Albion during this week.

Last October there were five hundred and. ninety-six convicts at the Michigan City Prison; now there are six hundred and sixty-one. The increase is.so rapid that they are not able to find lab'pr forall; consequently they have on hand at present about two hundred that are nearly idle, and hereafter they want nothing but firstclass workmen to'apply. - Our white barber, Al, Hefner, has sold out to Sam Freem.an, colored, and is going back to Kendallville, where he will put up a first-class room. Al, it grieves us to lose you, but our loss is our neighbor’s gain i; therefore, success. S g

. 1f we thought there would be any news about it, we would tell our readers that we haye a new niece. - Samuel Ey Alvord sells as high as $5 worth of Mmarriage licenses in one day. A The hard winds last Sunday did some damage in town. It lifted the tin roof on Phillips and Clapp’s block, unroofed an old stable and blew out a blind of the cupola of the court-house. All this time it was doing a grand work towards drying up the mud. . Frank M. Prickett has beerr very sick for a fow days, but is again slow1y regaining his health. : Court 18 still in. session, but doing little: ! :

John Smith has gone to Kendallville, to give the people of that vicinity a “fair count” in tax paying. | Where, oh where, is our artist now ? ' He has left our town with & sullen brow; And gone to the country to hold the plow, [ Where he’li end his days that way, we allow, Or, perhaps, if he should longer live, " Come back and take our negative; . Three times we sat in his chair pensive, “And yet we’re not quite figurative. ! . - First time our color resembled lead ; . Next time the expression was quite dead, The third godd, but then instead, * | . Ie threw me!down and broke my head, - Another grtist, we implore; s i A trade for him we will restore; And giye him a room on the second floor Above the corner grocery store, : 4-2 1. - “JAP: qCT : : o COLUMBIA CITY ITEMS. Spring is coming. “I heard more than a dozen say so.” Oh, well, let it come, we were here first. . Blue river is_raging because of so much water. , : The usual .Easter ceremonies are observable here, and the Catholics are demonstrating, as these gre their holidays. : ; Prospects: for wheat were never any better, and all things indicate an early spring trade in all branches of business. ; ;

The Board (of the city) have not fully decided what kind of fire engine we are to have; but will decide before many days. | : e We are having some. ‘extra bad roads just now and they-are not improving very' rapidly, although the wind of yesterday (Sunday) dried up some of the mud. Y -

Our place is becoming noted for boat building, as there has been a number of them built this winter. . The brewery is to be partly rebuilt of brick.

We are not troubled with tramps or dead ‘beats as much as we were since the Indidna Vagrant Law has become so generally known by them. May all who are in need of work; &c., find employment soon, is the wish of your humble servant whose motto is . O. N. WARD:

~ About two weeks ago Dr, Mary Walker; was ejected from the Treasury Department by, one of the doorkeepers, on the order of Secretary Sherman. She is an inveterate place hunter and had exhausted the patience of the Seeretary when the order was given, She brought the door keeper before the Washington Police Court, had him fined for obeying orders. Thus were Dr. Mary’s rights yindicated and’ a precedent established by which women ean bore the heads of the Departnients to their heart’s content. gl

* The melting snow and the fall of rain has caused trouble in' Chicago. About seven miles square of the southwesgtern part of the. city is flooded. The water has risen in some cases into the floors of the houses, and folks trave] on rafts.. There is great damage done to property west of Western ayenue and south of Harrison street. The farms along the Chicago & Alton railroad and Desplaines canal suffer hea‘avily. The canal has brokeén in several places, and flooded the lowlands for miles. = £

-A. Oakey Hall, ex-Mayor of New York, has turned up in London. - The Tweed trial, in which Hall 15 ™ixed up, is said to account for his mysterious departure from New York. :

ROME CITY ITEMS. L A, h » 2

We gave notice sometime ago that if our mails were carried ‘past much oftener we would feel compelled to | notify the authorities of 'such fact. It is no small ‘matter to have important letters carried past and daily pa-. pers received the second or third day after publication. Such has trequent1y been the case at this office, and we | believo it to be caused by nothing but | extreme carelessness on the part of those who have the matter in charge. | On Friday evéning of last week a con- | siderable (if not the largest portion) | of the Rome City mail was carried past and returned the next day. If| the authorities wish to find out who is to blame, all they will have to do will be to find what mail-agent went north on the G.,’&l; R. R., on March 31st, and let him give a:satisfactory reason why the mail was not put off at Rome City; otherwise let him step down and-out. This has happened SO frequently that it is time if was stopped. The people here would like to know if Rome City has any right which a mail route agent is bound to zespect? We hope the authorities will look after the matter without delay. i ! 4 The Kendallville correspondent of the New Era thinks he has found the | meanest man living, and we believe he has. The man who will sell the potatoes his wife bought with money earned by washing to get money to buy whisky is too mean to deserve the name of a h‘,gfman being. But how much meaner is he, pray, than those whospend the money for whisky which their wives and children ought to have to buy “potatoes” and the-in-dispensables for family use, and such fellows we meet with in almost every town. And what are we to think of those who receive such money, know--ing the condition of the families of those from whaom they receive it? Here ,are questions demanding the at‘tention of our Lyceum.™ * Mr. Fitch, our druggist, has been taking lessons in human nature. He tuok two &hillings worth from a traveling man from Detroit, but he doubts seriously whether he got value receiv-i ed for his money. W e

We cannot refrain from mentioning the failure of A. B. Park & Co., of Kendallville. - They have made an assignment of their entire assetts to Hon. O."D. Willett. Assetts, $30,000; liabilities, $20,000. Here is a_“home ca§ie’-’ worthy of consideration. These men were looked upon as among the best business men of the county—honest, economical and industrious. They had in their possession three dollars’ worth of merchandise for every, two dollars ‘they owed. Their creditors made a rush, and 'they were forced to succumb. Here is another evidence of the beauties of ‘contraction. If we migtdge ‘not, this firm were of those who_ Bupported “specie resumption” at the earliest possible moment and were warm supportérs of him who said, “We will take no step bfickxfiard.” We ask these men and others whose time has not yet quite come, what-do you think of Peter Cooper and Greenbacks, now? “Experience teaches a dear school,” &c. : : | Hon: Elijah ‘Weir, Senator for Noble and Lagrange countles, made ' our town a very pleaéant visit last week. -Mr. Weir’s health is somewhat improved since his return home. He is now able to crack a.joke, and his head is pretty level on politics if he did vote against building a new State House. Pk Ve

- Hon. J. C. Zimmerman made our town a flying visit last week. His stay was so short that we had but little time to interview him. ' We learned, however, that his old acquaintance,' Neuralgia, has stuck to him very closely during the winter. .= ° ~Mr. Robert. Dykes, Director of ‘the Northern State Prison, called at our town* and had a .very pleasant talk with his-old ,friends last week. Mr. Dykes is a man of good judgment, good business qualifications, and good morals, and is evidently the right man in the right place. : ! Geo. W. Roof, Esq., the founder of the Record of the Times, is now permanently docated in our town #nd a citizen amohgst us. His correspondence for the 7mes under ‘the nom-de-plume of “Pap” will hereafter be very interesting to the Romanites. But by ‘what right does a fellar subscribe himself “Pap” who has not now, never did have, and never expects to have a child ? :

-Ed. Richard, we believe, has pulled out and left town. Ed. will be missed here, as he had quite a practice in the law business. ] |

Quite an excitement in town on Monday last, through fear that the waste way would give way and let our lake go-down the Elkhart river again, as it did in years gone by. It was a very close call, and if it had departed, Ligonier would have heard somethin’ coming. i X

The editor of THE BANNER says that the'cash side of his Rome Oity list of subseribers has a bad look, and if many of them don’t come to time at once, they will find that their paper has failed to come, and they may imagine to having heard something; drop, aud for further particulars they| can inquire of Esquire David Law,] And we will add that we think the editor is right, No subscriber to THE BANNER can place his hand upon his breast and look upward and say that he does not get the worth of his money. And, further, all should remember that democratic editors have a hard time of it. = They get no government patronage, They have elected but one President in sixteen years, and he was counted out,eight to seven, Now, let every patron of THE BANNER heed this call and come up like honest men and pay their dues, and thereafter rest with a good conscience, : ALEXIS. [These remarks ought to have double weight, in view of the fact that the persons referred to had their names placed . upon our list in violation of the pay-in-advancerule,on the strength of assurarices that payment would be made within “a few weeks.”—-Ep,]

It is announced that Prince Bismark will soon take a prolonged leave of absence. He has grown nervous and irritable under the strain of the constant antagoimsm with which he has had to contend as Chancellor of the VT semiva 1 is - 7 3 Empire ._aud is sgi,d;f;oa ?‘tl;x}:gtly long for a period of rest auw g 0.....

WILMOT WINNOWINGS.

He that is too proud teo ask, is too prhud fodecelye. o o ) Our friend, Mr. J. S— contemplates being an auctioneer. We learn that he has had good success in his attempts. We wish him well, and may he profit by it. e _"I/‘he protracted efforts held at Oak Hall, by the Christian sect, closed lg,ét Sabbath. They succeeded in adding seven members more to their membership. s ' Rev. J. Weigel conducted a series of prayer meetings at the Lutheran church,beginnin g on Thursday evening of last ‘week and continued until Sabbath evening, and on Saturday at 2 P. M., Rev. A.J. Douglas held preparation services, after which the usual church duties were attended to. Also on Sabbath at 1034, A. M., public preaching, after which communion services. Quite a number partook of the emblems. These meetings were well attended.: :

We have very ‘pleasant weather at present. The bright/rays of the sun as they fall upon the earth look very cheerful. Wee hope it may so continue, as the spring school will soon begin; so that the smallest of our juveniles may have a chance of attending. sy e L Rumor has it that some of Pleasant Grove’s fair haired -daughters contemplate giving their hands and heartsin marriage, this coming spring. We kind o’ feéel sorry that we have not the privilege of accepting that offer. However, we congra;tulaté those lucky -persons on their expectations and hope that they may do. well. - Compulsory education, a question of great importance, was discussed at a small school house in an adjoining eounty. The question -was decided in favor of-the affirmative. It now turns ‘out that those who helped to discuss that side of the question try to keep ) children from going to school because one who hag been nearly destitute of the necessary comforts of life, has entered into the school to profit by that decision.. Now, if compulsory education means to quit school, I would not preach it up; if not, why shéuld -one guide the whole neighborhood ? Compulsion then compelled one to ‘quit and the regt resumed. This is queer compulsion. | Ep.

NOBLESVILLE NARRATIVES

Again are we called’ upon to record the death of another of our aged mothers, who departed thislife on the 25th inst.—-Barbara Winebrenner, mother of Elder P. Winebrenner, aged 70 years, 9 months and 20 days. The remains were taken to the Christian Chapel, where a very able and impressive: funeral sermon was delivered:by.El-“j der James Atchison, after which thei remains were interred infl;&a&qmetery‘ near the church. Mother Winebrenner is gone,and ourcommunity mourns for the departed. She was a good christian, having taken up the cross many years ago, and was always ready to minister to the wants of the needy whenever and wherever found, A bright star in the camp of Israel has set to rise no more. Peace be to her dshes. .- =0 : cahe

There is some talk of changing the time on the *mail ronte between Albion and Churubusco, via Wolf Lake, Merriam and Green Center, which, if carried .into effect, will give us mail only twice a week—on Tuesdays and Saturdays. I do not approve of the proposed change, and do hope that it will not win. Our mail arrangements give genperal satisfaction as they are at present, and should be left alotre. ~ 'The, deep snow is.gradually disappearing under the genial rays of Qld Sol. : e Our post office will change l}ands on Monday. : The prayer meetings at the Chapel, every Thursday evening, are well ‘attended. o Wmn. Hitler, of Sparta twp., has secured the services of Geo. Kitt for a farm hand during the coming summer. George is a No.l hand, and Mr. Hitler may well feel proud of his success in securing his services. Sutaga

I do think that Albion stands in need of some more corporation laws, because when us’farmers go up there to pay our annual rent, all the hay, straw, and almost everything else we may take with us, is liable to be consumed by the cattle which.roam the streets all day long. M. Henry C. Stanley, of Green twp., |must know how the thing works,. for we recently heard him advise a. young man to unhitch at a certain point, if -he desired to keep anything in his sled five minutes. Itell you it is annoying. March 81,17, -~ - NEW LEAF.

INORTH-WEST SWAN ITEMS. ’l*hg township of Swan has an abundance of mud, small wagon wheels g 0 in to the hub. | Farmers are choring and hunting up tools; '* Rubbing the dirt from their horses and mules, =

Snow still covers the wheat fields in spots; Very vromising it looks where it is not. We think that next fall our granaries we’ll fill, And then there’ll be happiness on vale and on hill. John Renkenbérger is'losing some sheep, And thoeo that are dead ho will soll vory Clicap; - Now come, sheep-buyer, and try your luck : On a few dead ewes and g lifeless buck,

Some cowardly scamp, whose firstname is Wiil,"" Makes it a specialty degsto kill; - = He does this too withount cause, .. ; 5 Regardléss of right or moralities laws. Isaac Harp smiles; no wonder, by gum, 4. He now is the father of a ten-pound gon. o Paden Moree, who preaches at Bwan just now, A few days ago lost a big blackcow. . =

Cur school has closed; scholars are glad, Because the roads for walking are bad. ' The pupils, each one, a great deal did learn; Mr. Singrey truly his wages did earn. Health, in this place, is now number one; Every one is healthy and chuck fall of fan. - - We hope, in addition to this, there will be Before a‘great while a lot of specie. - Everybody is pleaged to he:.l'r Mr. Hayes Tslkin.g in favor of more prosperous dayg. ‘ We hope that such men as Morton and Blaine Will not be allowed to boss things again. 4-2 H. A R et Y & E—— - Hayes expressed himself pleased to learn from an Arkansas delegation last Friday that an era of good feelr ing had been reached in that State. Yes, Arkansas has been-under democratic rule for three years. oz Y g el A B— | x One of the growing exports is the shipment of beef-cattle to England. Last Saturday the steamer Istrian took out from Boston to Liverpovl a cargo of 278 head, the largest shipment ever made. . . - e e el 4 AE— Sl Peter B. Sweeny, one of ‘Boss Tweed’s ring, who has been in Europe for along time, recently came home to meet a suit against him for- seven million dollars and seven criminal indovmenwy - . x !J

'%ndiana News Items. Auburn Courier: A-tighg barrel stave factory will be erected at' the junection by a solid Canada firm. |- There is a case of counterfeiting at. Valparaiso, involviag several parties. A.yo_ltmg man named Grant is under arrest. . : 50 i

“The saloon keepers of Richmond have agreed among themselves that they will do no back door business on Sunday.. : i

' The farmers in Floyd county that sowed oats and planted potatoes in February are now looking around for more seed. ‘ ;

Fort Wayne is badly infested with gamblers at the present time. ~Most of them are in-a state of chronic ‘imf pecunibgity. = I et

- John Zimmerman, of Harrison county, met with a severe and mysterious loss the other day. He lost his speech, and is unable to articulate a word. No cause is assigned for the phenomenon. . : .

A girl only fourteen years of age, and an inmate of the Fulton county Poor House, gave birth to a child the other week. The devil’'s favorite aid-de-camp must be running at large in that county. . John N. Runyan has sold his trotting horse, “Flying Morgan,” to an Eastern man for $750. “Morgan” is'a beauty and will make a record, with a little training, that will be hard to beat.— Warsaw Republican.

The editor of the Bloomfield Demo¢rat bemoans the theft of a wheelbarrow and spade, which well nigh ruined him. .He ought to part with either his wheelbarrow or his newspaper.— A fellow can’t run everything, you know.. - ¢ 1 ;

Anthony ‘Niago, a Miami Indian, aged .seventy-two years, died at his home' in Plymouth, Marshall county. on the 19th ult. Niago had been a resident of the above named county for fory-nine years. He was a zealous Catholic, and dieda firm believer in that faith. e .

A man by the name of Swartz died very suddenly at Plymouth week before last and was buried very quietly. Soon after the funeral the widow married a man of questionable character named Garb and now the citizens in and around Plymouth think that Swartz‘iwas foully dealt with. The South Benders tried to put a stop toithe doings in a -concert saloon by a suit against the proprietor for permitting a woman to dance “in tights.” A trial by jury was had and the saloonist wds acquitted, the jury being unable to discover any difference between “tights” and stockings. John Black, living near Perrysville, Vermillion county, while drinking -from a bottle last Monday, swallowed the cork and was choked to death. The Hoosier State says: Mr. Black had been a resident of Highland township for over forty years, and during that time had spoiled considerable liquor. s

~An Anti-Drive Well Royalty Association has been organized at Goshen, with Mr., Wm. B. Garman as President and B. ¥. Oaks as Secretary. The object of the association is to resist the claims of Hill and Stephenson, of South Bend, to colleet royalty for the use of drive wells, from any member of the association. i {

Kokomo has a weather prophet.— His name is Allen Porter. During the warm spell in Februl‘?fl\, Allen predicted just such weather as we have been having all through Ilast month. Everybody laughed and said Allen was a fool, but he has been vindicated. Mr. Porter now steps.to the front and says there will be two snows in April. We wish we could believe that Allen is telling a lie, Mr. Joseph G. Allen, a resident of Wasnhington township, Grant county, is said to have fallen heir to $1,250,000. The windfall comes in the same old way—a rich old uncle in England dies and bequeathes it to him. As Mr. Allen has for some time been trying to “pound” a living out of a very indifferent portable saw mill there is no doubt he will appreciate the good fortune which has befallen him.

Fort Wayne: Sentinel: A - petition has been pregented to the ceunty.comTnissioners asking them, in accordance -with “the law recently passed, to donate $lO,OOO to the agricultural society. . The petition contains several hundred signatures, including' the names of nearly all the heavy property owners and tax payers in the city. It is understood that the commissioners have very wisely made the donation prayed for. e i

A bad accident occurred on the line of the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad four miles east of Worthington one day last week. The accommodation and freight train was thrown from the track on a twenty-foot trestle by a broken rail, and twoifreight cars and a caboose were plunged into the chasm beneath. The caboose was filled with passengers, but no one was killed out-right. Several were so badly injured, however, that they are not expected to live, and one; Henry Padgett, of Freedom, has already died. Elder W. F.. Black will at once begin the study of law. They always make straight for the legal arena if they “resign” the. pulpit. Nothing fits'a man for eminence in jurisprudence so eminently as an apprenticeship in ther pulpit, which terminates with a little unpleasantness, in which the preacher finds it necessary to call in the “red-eyed” arbitrator. Elder Blag&has devoted himself to the study of 1 so consciéntiously during the last two months that there can’t be much more for him to learn. We expect to hear of him being admitted to the bar in a few weeks.—lndianapolis Herald. -7 .. i ;

A terrible tragedy occurred Wed—‘ nesday morning of last week, in Waltz | township, Wabash county. - John Eltzroth, an old citizen 0T the melghborhood, some months ago left his wife and moved with his children to California. Some days ago he returned and has acted ecuriously ever since. Wednesday morning he deliberately shot his wife and then himself: ‘with a revolver. A small girl gave the alarm,and when the mneighbors¢ arrived they found them both dead. Eltzroth and his wife had not lived together pleasantly for some years. Thisf.afid the loss of his property, which had been sold under. mortgage, probably caused ‘mental "aberration. He was about 50 years old.

BIRTES, MILLER.—In Perry township, March 28th, 1877, & daughter to the wife of Lafayette Miller; usnal weight, e ; e S i ———————————— CMARRIED. : GALE—KERSCHNER.—A¢t the residence of the bride’s mother, in Sparta towrehlp, by Elder G, W. Chapman, Mr. George Gale to Miss Mary J, Kerschner, all of Noble county, I SR e SA B S O XSO ‘_-*-————————l*———-——'-————-—-‘——_) T 1 s : T DLEID L GALBREATH.—In Ligonier, March 30th, 1877, Charley Denny, son of William and Eliza Galbreath’ aged 3 years, 10 months and 10 days. Charley was,born in Denver City, Colorado, on the 20th of _Lls.y, 1878, and had been a great sufferer during his whole infancy, with the exception ot about three months. =~ i DrSOUZA.~In Kendallville, April 2d, 1871, of . pneumontia, Will H, DeSonza, only son of Henry and Emily DeSouzaa; ged about 385 yarcs. & Mr. DeSouza was bofh in Kingston, Jamaica ‘West Indies, and came to this place several years ago, working for some tim.e at the harness and saddlery establishment of F', Beazel, He had been running a shop of his own &t the time of his death, The deceased had been bed-fast buy three days. His remaizs were brought to this-place for interment, Ho was a brother of Mrs. M, M. Ritter TR e

- SANFORD’S it ¥ . FOR CATARRH. ) tMo&t’snthe Wants of Thousands. Gentlpden,—We have sold SANFORD’S RADICAL CurEe fof nearly one g;ar. and can say candidly that we never sold a similar preparation that gave such universal satisfacsion. \ge are not in the hablt of recommending patent medicines, but your prcgamuon meééts the w:nts of thousands, and we think those afili¢ted should be convinced of its great merit, so that their suffering will be relieved. We have been in the drug business for the papt twelve years constantly, and sold everything for Catarrh, but yours leads all the rest.— If you see pro;fir you can uee this letter or any part of it that-you wish. Veri truly Nyoure, - i S, D, BALDWIN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Drugs, Books &} ' Stationery, Washington, Ind., Feb, 23, 1876. GREATLY AFFLICTED. Messrs.J.o. Bosworth & Co,,Denver: Gentlemen,— I take plasure jn recommending S‘turozn'a RapioAr, Cure ror CaTARRE to all who aTe afflicted with this disease. I wag greatly afilicted with'it'for along time, and cured it with two bottles of the above ourE. About a year afterwards I was again taken with catarrh quite severely, and immediately sent for another bottle, which fixed me all right, giving me relief from the first dose. lam confifdent that this remedy will do all that s claimed for it and more too, Wishing you success in its intreduction, I am, very truly yours. { i g ; A. W. SMITH, ~ Denveg, Col., Oct. 4, 1875, of Smith & Doll. . Bach pa‘ckgge contains Dr. Sanfoid’s Improved | Inbaling Tube. with fall directions for use in all ¢ages. ~ Price, $l.OO. For sale by all wholesaleand retail Drugg,ists thronghout the United States. WEEKS & POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale Druggists, Boston, april ) ) AND ; i 3 : CURED BY X i AR = lall7m e’ VOLTAIC IR 2 go) ; Plasters Messrs, Weeks & Potter : Gentlemen.—One year ago I was seized with a severe jattack of Rheumatism in my right hip, to which T was subject. I tried the various liniments and rheumatic cures, but without the least beneflt, when my ON, druggist suggested one of your CoLLINs’ VOLTAICPLASTERS. The effect was £¢lmost magical, for, to my grateful sm(-lprisc, Iwas almost imwmediately well again, and was able to work upon my farm as usual, whereas, hefore the n({)plicmion' of the Plaster, I could do nothing, and every step gave me pain. A few weeks since. one year from the firet attack, the disease returned, but I am' happy to say the second Plaster proved as eflicacious a 8 the first, and I am now well. My w.fe wishes me to add that one Plaster has cured her of aivery lame back. We think there is nothing in the world of remedies that canp compare with the CoLrnins’ VorLTalo Prasters for Rheumatism and Lame Back, and cheerfully recommend them to the suffering. Yours very respectrully, ROBERT COTTON. Orland, Maine, June 6, 1876. = | . NOT A QUACK NOSTRUM. Gentlemen,—l hereby certify that for seyeral yeavs past I have used the CorLing’ VoLTAIO PrLASTERS in my practice, and have never known them to fail in affording speedy relief in those cases for which they are recommended. They are not a quack nostrum, but a remedial agent of\lgr,eat valne. Very truly yours, - /W.C.COLLINS, M.D, Bucksport, Maine, May 27, 1874, Sold everywhere at 25 cents. (Sent by mail, carefully wrapped, on receiptofpri%g, 25 cents for one, $1.25 for six, or §2.25 for twelv®, by WEEKS & POTTER, Proprietors, Boston, Mass, . april

DR. SCHENCK'S STANDARD : . REMEDIES.

The standard remedies for all diseages of the lungs are ScHENOK’S PULMONIO SYRUP, SCHENOK'S Ska. WEEp Tonsio, and SoHENOK'S MANDRAKE Piris, and if taken before the lungs are destroyed, a speedy cure is effected. . :

To these three medicines Dr. J. H. Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. ; The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the lungs; hature throws it off by an easy expectoration, for when the phlegm or matter is. ripe a slight cough will throw it off, the patient has rest and the lungs begin to heal. To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do thig. Dr. Schenck’s Mandrake Pills and Shenck’s Sea Weed Tonic must be freely used to clcanse the stomach and liver. Schenck’s Mandrake Pills act on the liver,removing all obstructions,relax the gall bladder the bile starts freely and the liver is soon relieved. Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant and alterative; the alkili of which it i§ composed mixes with the food and prevents souring. It assists the digestion by tening up the stomach to a healthy condition, so that the food and the Pualmonic Syrup will make good blood ; then the lungs heal, and the patient will surely get well if care%s taken to prevent fresh cold, e

All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck, either personally or by letter, can:do go at his prinelpal office corner of Sixth & Arch Sts., Phil., every Eionday.' Schenck’s medicines are sold by all druggists throughout the country. e aprt

ERR@RS OF YOUTH.. A GENTLEMAN who suffered tigr years from . Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion will, for the sake of suffering. humanity, send free fo %11 who need it, tke recipe and direction for maKing the simple remedy by which he was cured, .Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experience can do so o\; addressing in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OgIIE'J’N, 4?2 (;edar St., New, York, @ o 00 .

THE MARKETS. LIGONIER. X GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 60c; Oats, 33c; Corn,4o@4s¢; Flax Seed, $1 00; Clover Seed, $8 00; Timothy'Seed, $2 00@2 50. . . . PropUCE.—Hogs, live, § cwt $4 50, dressed $4 50@4 75; Shoulders, 9 Ib, 08c; Hams, 10c; Turkeys, live, per b, Tc; Chickens, sc¢;: Bees Wax, 25¢; Butter, 16¢; Lard, 10c; Eggs, {8 doz, 1214¢c; Wool, Ib, 20@30c ; Feathers, 75¢; Tallow, 06; Apples, dried, s¢, green, bu. 40¢; Potatoes 80@95¢; Hay, izz}gtoni, marsh $6, timothy $B. T KENDALLVILLE. GRAIN AND SeEDS,—Wheat, white $1 48, red $1 40; Corn, 45¢;_Oats, 37¢; -Clover Seed, $8 00; Flax, $100; Timothy, 8295 ' - e ’ * OTHER PRODUGE.—Hams,; @ 1b 1lc; Shoulders, 08c; Lard;llc; Tallow, 6¢; Wool, 36¢; Butter, 15¢; Beeswax, 25¢; Apples, dried 414¢, green, | bu,, 25¢; Potatoes, 90c; Eggs, 1 doz. 10c. i i CHICAGO, April 4th, 1877. ! GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $127; ‘Corn,42l4c; Oats, 3334 c; Rye,64c; Barley, 55%c; Clover Seed, $550@8 60; Timothy, $1 50@1 65; Flax, $1 45@155. Ly ‘ | . PRODUCE.—Mess Pork, Bewt, $l4 25 @l4 30; Lard, $9 42Y4@9'45; Hams,. green, ¥ Ib, 625@7c; Shoulders, 4%c; Dressed Hogs, ‘Bcwt, $5 85@6 10; Butter, fair to good, 18@22¢, choice, 25@ 30c; Eggs, B doz, l4c; Potatoes, 105 @sl 1214, b - PourTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, ¥b, 12@13c; Chickens, 10@12¢; Ducks, 0@ 12¢; Geese, T@9¢c. -

: TOLEDO.—ApriI 4th, 1877. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $1 56, N 0.2 Wabash, $1 503 - Corn, 45¢; Oats, 8414 c; Cloyer-Seed, $B4O. * | . . LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, April 4th.—Cattle, heavy,P cwt, $4 20@, 5 40 good to choice $455@5 50, common %20 fair $2 10@3 25; cows and heifers, $2 7T5@3 75. . Hogs, extra -hoavy #4 50@5 50, common to’ choice heavy $5 20@5 30, light $4 50 @5 10.° Sheep, good toichoice heayy, | B cwt, $4 Ts@s 715, fair to medium $4 40@4 60. : K ! BUFFLO, April 4th.—€ Cattle. Ship’g, $5 20@5 65, butchers’ $4 75@5 15, stock cattle $4 10@4 30. Sheep, fair to good, B cwt., $5 65@5 75.. -Lambs, averaging 75 s, $6 10. Hogs, light $5 25, good heavy $5 50. 45 S TRUSTEE’'S REPORT. ANNU;KL report of the Trastee of Elkhart twp., Noble countiy. Indiana, for the year ending March 9th, 1877, of the receipts and expenditures of Tqunghip, Road and Dog Tax: 3 L RECEIPTS. : Balance on hand March 9¢h, 1876: | i Township FaßAs il vicinniinacisvoahi. $426 67 Road Funde. oo o iiiiaiiinalg s 8989 Do PRE PURARIL. (0 i i iiieiae anend Receipts daring the year: L { ATy i OLR R I CME e e Road Pundaaiiic. v ki avovansdios 42663 Dog TAXTORAR vl iiiiias it o 1638 Total Reoelpta:..-. £l esencuens o $1639 32 EXPENDITURES: | Fatid Township Funds.cc...ooiiiiciini i an. .. $170.50 Bord Baull ... iviciiiviiieindibinviaass OSEUT D0gTaxJ!‘nnd5................,..-'......‘...'. 98 37 Total Exfm;dlluros. e eneaueie o 08810 BAL&fiGE‘ON HAND MARCH; 1877, Mownehip Fands. oo . ...ociiibiobiiiaa.a 995617 RoBa Tundes.cacov. ciiihie.iasaidicuiness 189945 Dog Tan Ewnds. coos bl il ITT 6 ' Motal amount on hand:..............5... §603 38 ; : / - JOHN W. RENDEL, : - Trustee of Elkhart Township. March 20¢h, 1877,-49-w8 - ah FOR SALE OR RENT: | A Brick Business House| For Further Particulars Call at The Bamner o S e ¢ Seonliiaß B e - s

LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IR | NOBLE AND ADJOINING GOUNTIES, ~ Offer Ballance of their Large Stockof | ' | AND OTHER GOODS aol L MEN’S AND BOYS® WEAR, ‘ S et AY g Girent . heduction From Regular Prices | Do Not Buy a Dollar’s Worth of i G_oods*Before You . SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES, ~© - ENGEL & CO., The Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, e ntstde Main wireet. =} . Kendhllville, Ind. Jannnr%"ll.,lf‘s"{v‘/.‘-»10-37f ; e ¢ . » 2 i |EXCLUSIVELY TO THE LADIES! L JUST RECEIVED e e T}lE———; o Ladies’ Bazaar, I @m the Banner Block, L’igfolnier,xnd.,) (‘ A LARGESTOCK OF ELEGANT |Spring Hatsand Bonnets, Silk Neck-Ties, Lace Bibs, Latest | Style Neck and Hair l?OWS, Fan- | . ey and Cheap Embroideries. o : Also, a New Invoice oL | 2 |Elegant Silk Handk'rehiefs |/ and Ladies’ Back-Combs. |a _F‘ULL ASéORTME—I_\IT OF LADiEs FANCY | __"GOODS GONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. J« DECKER Is still in the Fi,eld, V’jifih one Qt: the Lal’fg- ‘ L . - est Btocks of L

- Table Cutlery, el ‘\Vi%(fh-he offers for sale at ‘. GREATLY Reduced PRICES The Greatest Bargains in That have ever been offered t(; the people of Northern Indiana. Bl e lam offering a 1 T Japan Tea for 50 cts. per Ib. Whic'hvcsifilfiotél;e bought k..’elvsewh'eré iOl less fl;axl 75 .csents per . pound. Hundreds of my customers can attest to this fact. i e :,' : % . - E! ; e : Tam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. SL S empokor ) - Is the most complete in this section of the country. - ICan Save You Money, By salling and examining my goods béfore buying elsewhere] ' LIGONIER, IND . NOVEMBER 28,1878 v '