The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 August 1877 — Page 2

1 ° b , The Flatiomal Banney ~ ,A ; ‘ ‘ i~ : > i ’:\‘-.\s‘ B 5 J. B,STOLT., Editor and Proprietor LIGONIER, IND., AUG. 9th, 1877.

“*No ‘man worthy of the office of Pres‘dent should be willing to hold it if sounted in or placed, there by fraud.”— U.BGRANT, "0 el

~ SoMe wild man must have had a hand in editing Saturday’s issue of the, Indianapolis Sentinel. e ‘

For a party of “grand moral ideas,” we think the Republicans: of Ohio played a very naughty trick in putting a noted Voegler on their State ticket.

" JoumN SHERMAN must have had a hand in framing the financial plank of the Ohio republican platform—which fact alone ought to cause that party’s overwhelming defeat in October.

THE DEMOCRATS of Ohio have a much better platform than the Republicans. With asound platform and an unexceptionable ticket they ought to carry the State by a round majority, and we believe they will. =

. THE organs of the gold ring in New York are dissatisfied” with both the democratic and the republican platforms in Ohio. Outside:of-the gold ring, nobody cares.for the likes or dislikes.of these subsidized organs. .

BEN BUTLER, we venture to predict, will play an important role in the next session of Congress. He will press the finance question to the foreground and assume the leadership of the antiresumiptionists. Ben is plucky, and ambitjous for leadership. e

Tae greenback men declare that their causé has been gaining many converts of late. Some go so far as to declare thatif an election could now be held in Indiana, the greenbackers would sweep everything' before them. Perhaps, and perhaps not. ©

SO FAR as-doctrine’is concerned, Major Calking, the ‘republican congressman from the LaPorte dls!rict, is a pretty fair Democrat. Theoretically a Democrat but practically a Republican, seems to be the Major’s predicament. = Get off dot fence, Majah! -

Ir the greenbackers really desire to attain something in the interest of la‘bor and industry, they cannot too soon discard the wild and wholly impracticable theories taught them. by such blatherskites as Brick Porfferoy and others of his ilk. These theories are the veriest nonsense, and can no more be expected to gain the favor of men of jidgment and sound commop sense than that the teachings of his satanic majesty will be adopted as the tenets of'the christian church. The absurd corn-stalk argument in finance has helped ‘the greedy bondholders more, than all the labored efforts of their subsidized organs, ' - ; _

' A CONTRIBUTOR to the columns of the South Bend Register, with a good deal of force, remarks: “It s a very narrow-sighted policy to starve labor, and the sure result must be in the'end trouble and strikes. I hold the' railroads more fresponsible for the trouble that has fol}owed than the workmen, who ‘in' desperation, ground down to. the quick, overflowing with the feel- _ ing of outrages and wrongs inflicted, Tose in their madness and unreasoning passion against the mighty power "which should be a friend, -but which - they had come to look upon as an enemy. There is a moral duty the roads owe to the public, in paying well the men in whose care and keeping the - public place their lives and property.”

IN REPLY to the severe reflections of “the press the friends of Gov. Wil~liams claim that he was never asked ¢ for troops by any locality” save Fort Wayne and they wanted regulars. He ~informed them they could have three hundred militia at his command, but _ that he had noregulars. The Ft. Wayne authorities declined the use of militia on the ground that they would probably be resisted -and bloodshed and des‘truction of property follow. It iswell, as. the South Bend 'Herald remarks, Mr. Williams should receive credit. He cannot order the milita{ry hereand there about the State without the re- - quisition of the sheriffs when these local officers are powerless to cope with the mob. Time will vindicate the Governor, B f

STANLEY MATTHEWS has opinions of his own, and dares to-express them, too. Before the recent republican convention in Ohio he urged the adop--tion of certain resolutions on finance ‘which, if adopted, would have insured - arepublican victory. But he was de- . feated through the earnest opposition of Gen, Garfield and Charley Foster, - both prominent resumptionists. In rereply tosome eriticisms of the gold organs of the East, ‘the irrepressible - *Stanley proclaims aloud that he believes in the restoration of the silver -~ dollar as a legal tender for all public and private debts. He believes that - greenbacks ought to be made receivable for custom duties. He believes “that 8o long as the bullion in the sil- . ver dollar remains of less actual value .. the face of it the Government ought o pocket zat::ﬂamee and hsd;;; . monopoly of the coinage. When silbo thinks private parties ought to be eße R e B L eTR g _ ought to bo provided and the date for Loy wae ACMACE BB SMERhIeYOUs. Ho befites thai fhe 5, 43¢ and 4 per AR R RR T | emb MO SRR allver ad ‘*ff’z""””éw"*w ? @»M@W “

~ The readers of THE BANNER are aware that the course of the Ohio Deed itself to our judgment, and that we have frequently taken’ oceasion to express dissent from their actions and utterances. This fact renders it all the more gratifying that we are now enabled to cordially endorse the platform recently adopted by the brethren in Ohio, regarding it not only sound in all essential points but also a model of terseness and brevity. Asa contemporary fitly gxgprésggs ifb, this platform “contains no cunning double meanings or ambiguots phrases with which platform makers some times undertake to-deceive the people.” The Democrats of Ohio declare that they are opposed to contraction and in favor of a greenback currency and of remonetizing silver, but there is no demand for inflation or for the payment of the public debt in -anything but lawful coin. A revenue tariff and opposition to subsidy are reaffirmed as part of the creed of the Ohio Democract. = While the southern policy of Mr. Hayes is endorsed as a recognition of the democratic- doctrine of self-government, the Ohio Demeccrats declare that the gigantic fraud upon the electoral system by which he was elected to the Presidency cannot be tolerated. This is the real issue upon which the Ohio Democracy enter into the campaign with full coafidence of success. While their opponents are divided into two hostile camps on the question of the policy of Mr, Hayes, the Democrats are united upon platform and candidates. By selecting for Governor none of the prominent politicians whose names are mentioned in connection -with the United States senatorship, they have wisely postponed that contest until it properly.comes up in the Legislature.

Though we have an abiding faith in the success of the democratio ticket, we cannot close' our eyes to the fact that the Republicans will permit no stone to remain untouched in order to ach“\ieye‘ victory. They have nominated a tricky demagogue for” Governor in the pérson of Judge West, who will portray the beauties of modern republicanism in glowing colors, bestow touching eulogies upon the laboring men, and promise thenra speedy return to an era of thrift and pienty—all to be forgotten after the election. Then there is Stanlpy Matthews, the ‘champion intriguer of the period, who has a special interest in the success of his party. Hayes, anxious for a home endorsement, will find methods of ignoring the civil service rules and rendering the party all the aid in his power. 'With all this, we still regard the Republicans doomed to inevitable defeat. The anti-Hayes Republicans ~are numerous, the general discontent \ is great, and an oft-deceived and gross1y betrayed people are clamorous for a ! change. = S

- BREAD, NOT BAYONETS, A good many papers are now dilating upon the “ best and most efféctive method of suppressing mobs and strikes,” some arguing in favor ef a well-organized militia and others in favor of a large standing army. If these journals would employ their time and talent in devising methods of relief and a removal of the causes which produce strikes, they would be more- profitably -engaged. Bayonets are well enoughin their place, but the hungry stomachs of a million stalwart men are not to be appeased through such instrumentalities. No, gentlemen ; there is noneed of a large standing army or of an expensive militia. Lawlessness will be put down by the strong arm_of order-loving citizens, but you must not undertake to substitute bayonets for bread. When you undertake that, the number of available bayonets will be found entirely too limited. Banish gross injustice and downright iniquity from the land, and there will be no need of resorting to the bayonet for pi'eServing the peace. ‘The laboring men of this country are neither fiends nor out-laws, nor shall they be made serfs. They havecleared forests, built canals and railroads, reared cities and towns; they fought the battles of the country and by their valor averted a dissolution of the Union. We want to see them enabled to keep body and soul together whilé performing their arduous duties; to feed, clothe and educate their children de‘cengly.; to. enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. t

The Chicago Zrébune has found out the reason why we had a strike in Indiana—a democratic Governor. Said Tribune devotes a column to this subJect, and regrets that we elected Williams instead of Harrison. We have seen & great many weak things in the Tribune, but this last effort to make political capital is the most shallow and contemptible of anything which that sheet has printed for a long time. In Illinois they have a Republican for Governor, and they have had ten times: as much trouble, but the 7'7¢bune sees nothing wrong in polities in that State. But it finds it “meat in due season” to make politics the cause of trouble in Indiana.— Plymouth Democrat, i st

‘The trouble with the Tribune during.gxe past two weeks has been that some of its editorial writers were scared out of their wits by the Chicago rioters. Aside of this consideration our Plymouth contemporary must bear in mind that there are a good many light-headed -persons in large cities, and that a goodly proportion of them manage to hold some kind of connection with the daily press. ;

- Tee Fulton (Pa) Democrat says fears are entertained by many tha&a pestilence may be bred in consequente of the great number of swine that have died recently at and near McConnellsburg from cholera —many of them having not been buried at all, or at a very short distance beneath tHe surface of the earth.—FHuw, B - In-view of the fact that large num‘bers of hogs have died and are daily ‘dying in this locality, we cannot too strongly urge the deep burial of every _hog that dies, whether from choleraor ‘some other disease. . Don’t drag them -out into some convenient fence corner or brush, but bury them deep into the earth, that no bad smell or odor may spread pestilence in the neighborhood.

The Wheat Crop and Business. Indiana Farmer. | o _The wheat has been safely harvested, and from all g ections the reports as to yield and quality of grain are favorable.. The damage done by the mid%: has been confined to narrow lindits and will make but a small figure in the-gonera‘l‘es iimate of the crop. The yield has been a large one, and as the price still rules fair and is likely to continue so, we may safely predict a large improvement in business in a very short time. The dullness that now prevails in business circles’ cannot long continue after our farmers have turned their %heat into money and are paying off their store bills and other obligations and supplying themselves and familiespfw_ith the clothing, furniture, food and other comtorts of which so many have too long been deprived. The faces of business men are already broadening out and the wrinkles that have been forming during the dull times z%re beginning to relax, in anticipation of the better prospects in the near future, when their goods and wares will be in better demand, and their customers will settle up old scores and will again pay as they buy. The farmers have the decided: advantages of all other classes in the prosperous crisis we have reached, and they should feel grateful accordingly. In the first place the indebtedness is comparatively small. ‘Thanks to the lesson that has been learned by so many of them in the last three or four years, debt| has been avoided much more generally than in former times. Again, the stringent times have reduced the prices of all kind of manufactured goods, farming implements, musical instruments and all other articles farmers need to buy, to the lowest point they have reached since the war. -On the other hand a foreign war has raised the price of all transportable farm products, particularly wheat. So the farmer is blessed with large crops, good prices and a brisk demand, and at the same time is offered goods of all kinds at the very lowest rates at which they can be manufactured. 3 :

Here is a call for gratitude on the part of our readers who have been prospered as we have represented.— Let-them not be backward in manifesting the sentiment. One of the ways in which this can be done is for each to act his part in starting the wheels of trade in motion, by paying his little debts, if any have accrued, and purchasing necessaries and comforts for the family, and thus-aid in giving employment to the hundreds and thousands of unemployed and needy workmen and operatives in all our large cities. : L

Secretary Schurz denies the statement recently made that W. H, Kemble, of Pennsylvania, paid him $1,500 for repeating the same speech three‘ times in the campaign in that State. He declares the story utterly false and ridiculous, and says that since 1856 he has been active in thirteen ¢ampaigns, State and National, from two weeks ‘ to four months at a time—an average of six to seven weeks; that in most of these campaigns he paid the bulk out of his own pocket, sometimes when he could ill afford it, and to the utter neglect of his private affairs, He gave to these campaigns not only his labor and time, amounting to little less than twenty-four solid months, but not an inconsiderable amount of money also.—-Exchange. We doubt not in the least the exact truthfulness of this averment. Very foolish and wholly unfounded notions are entertained by agreat many people in regard to compensation accorded to public speakers. While a few, who should more properly be classed among public lecturers than political speak-: ers, have -doubtless received liberal pay for tﬂeir campaign services, we know it to be a fact that men actively engaged in politics scarcely ever receive more than is absolutely required to defray their traveling expenses, and some not even that. Such men as Bob Ingersoll, Dr. Hayes, Henry Clay Deane, &c., tialk politics for a stipulated sum, just as they would lecture on -any other subject, but such is not the case with men like Morton, Voorhees, Hendricks, Kendleton, Schurz, Doolittle gnd others whom we might mention. They labor for the “causs,” and look for their reward in another directioh, | . T

An hone#t, hard-workings farmer named Joseph Cecil, living three miles southi)f ‘Mt. Etna, was swindled to the amonnt of $lB7 one day last week. The sharpers appointed him agent for a patent bed-spring, and induced him fo sign what purported to be contracts; but found out, affer their departure that he had signed an order for $lB7 worth of the bed-springs and -had a}_so«signed his 'promissory note f%t at amount. Farmers, and everybBly else, should be slow to sign any paper at thesolicitation of strangers.—Hunlington Democrat. We'll wager a bran new 50-cent piece that Joseph Cecil is not a subscriber to his county paper. He may possibly read some city publication filled with & vast quantity of stuff which he gither does not comprehend or in which he has little or no interest. If Joseph Cecil were a reader of alive county pﬁpar he couldn’t have been duped in that way. G

It is somewhat remarkable that New York, the largest city in the country’ and with the largest communistic element, had no rioting whatever and no near approach to an outbreak. It was doubtless due to the thorough preventive measures taken by the military and police.—lndiangpolis Journal. = - . Be candid, Journal, and admit that an efficient democratic city and State administration may have had something to do with it. And don’t forget that New York city is in the habit of rolling up 60,000 democratic majority.

1. B, Halsey, three miles south-east of Plymouth, has the boss wheat, so far as heard from. He threshed six hundred bushels from fifteen acres, which is forty bushels to the acre, besides the rakings, which will probably yield thirty bushels more, The wheat is_very* nearly perfect in quality.— Plymouth Democrat, ~ £ _ That is certainly a very creditable showing for Matjshall county, but won’t do to compare with the achieve’mepbs of- someé of our Hawpatch farmayy, Rl

The condition of affairsin the Pennsylvania coal mining regions is not encouraging. In many districts the miners are all out, and it is expected by the middle of this week the strike will become general throughout the -anthracite region, No violence is being attempted, but the miners are firm ‘in their determination not to work at former wages, To use their own lan‘guage, they declare that grass shail grow in the mines and wsteg%:r from the mouth of fhe shafts before work

'THE RUSSO-TURKISH WA R. S ;i (e The Tables Turned on the Russians. SouthßendHersld. % .. In the heat of our home difficulfies the foreign was has received but fiftle attention, The Turks suffered severe losses in Bulgaria and have been diiven at all points to occupy their second line of defence, but not without inflicting great damage on the en*é%y Suleiman Pasha was defeated on ‘the 27th ult. at Kara-Bunar, losing ten guns and several thousand in killed, wounded and prisoners. . All the recenb reverses of Turkey have more lately been offset by the complete and overwhelming victory of Plevna. The Turkish forces were estimated at 50,000, partially fortified, flanks resting on the river Vid. The Russians mov‘ed upon them with as large a namber, two corps infantry, three brigades of cavalry and 160 guns. After two days’ ‘heavy fighting the Russians succeeded ‘in carrying two advanced positions ‘with terrible loss, the Turks driving them out and regaining their lost ground at sunset. The battle field fell into the hands of the half savage Ba-shi-Bazouks at night and the dead were plundered and the wounded butchered in cold blood. The Cossacks stampeded the camp next morning by dashing in with the information that the Turks were upon them in force. A retreat toward Bulgareni became a rout. The Turkish authorities report the enemy’s loss 8,000 killed and 1,600 wounded, and a large quantity of arms and ammunition captured.

Mr. Vanderbilt on the Strike. The N. Y. Herald of July 29th contained an interview with Presideut Vanderbilt in which he defined the reasons for the great troubles of the present time. Hereviews the situation and says the whole is the result of general business depression, He makes the statement that the New York Central is employing the same number of men that-it did one year ago, but while the road ran 80 trains last year it 'is running .but 30 now. He says the returns from the business of the present are greatly reduced from the returns for the same amount of business done last year, while the amount paid for wages had not been reduced near in anywhere the same proportion. He further sajd if prospects for business on the first of June had been as bright as they were when the strike occurred the last reduction would not have been made. Mr. Vanderbilt has been very much abused, but a thorough perusal of his interview with the Herald. shows a willingness on his part to do what is just. He says when the excitement is allayed he will confer with the employes, and he keeps his word. The New York Central railroad employes have trusted him, and peace reigns there, and business is resumed. : SLs He pi‘ofe{ges himself as anxious to be just to all his employes as they are to have justice at his hands. He certainly was very candid, mild and conciliatory in his interview.—Elkhart Review.

: . Fatal Fire in Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, 0., August 3.—Pestering’s cigar-box manufactory, at the corner of Eighth street and Broadway, was destroyed by fire this morning, The . operatives, most of whom were girls, endeavored to extinguish the fire without the aid of the fire department, but they were unsuccessful,.and the time thus lost possibly lost some of them their lives. After reaching the firgt floor the flames spread with fearful rapidity, and in an inecredibly short time had reached the roof. The girls were at - work in the third and fourth stories.. Some of them escaped thro’ windows to the roofs of other buildings, but'it is feared that 8 or 10 perished in theflames. - ¥From the faetory the fire spread to six frame dwellings and one brick ilwelling, which will prove an entire 088. b 5

Ligbility for Property Destroyed by 5 BMobs. Indianapolis Journal. S Neither a city nor a State is liable at common law for property destroyed by a mob, though a Legislature may subsequently recognize such lia-, bility and provide by special legislation for the assessment and payment of damages. This was done by the State of Maryland in the case of Hon. Reverdy Johunson, whose house, with all its furniture and contents, including the most valuable law library in the State, was once destroyed by a mob. The Legislature subsequently appointed a commission to assess the damages, and reimbursed the full amount. The principle of the liability of the State for property destroyed by mobs-has been recognized in other American cases, but it only exists by special statutory provision.

' From Roanoke. : Ep. BANNER:—On the 29th of June Bro. Graham of Ligonier met with us and in-the evening delivered a short temperance lecture in the M. E. church. Sixty-two persons signed the pledge and donned the ribbon. Sinca then we had several meetings, addressed by Geo. Barry, of Pittsburgh, and some of our home speakers. - July 12th we effected a permanent organization, with Josiah S. Grim as President, J. Wasmuth as Vice-President, Alex. Cresinger as Secretary, and E. Olds as Treasurer, Bro. Dellameter, Wm, C. Chaffee and Miss Allie Zent constitute the executive committee. . We now number 462 members, and the work goes bravely on. ' 'TINNER.

' AN “implacable” republican paper at Lafayettie, Ind,, is trying ty prove that we are now having a democratic national administration. It resorts to this line of argumentation: The lower house of Congress is democratic, the Senate is nearly a tie, the Hayes administration is republican only in name and democratic in practice! Did you ever ? 4 ' i :

DYSENTERY.—It is said that dysentery in its worst form can be cured, after all other medicines have failed, by drinking wheat flower stirred in water, in quantity of abeout half a tumbler of water, made to the consistency of cream with the flour. It may be advisable to add a pinch of salt, or the flour may be eaten in"its dry state, The same effect may be produced in cases of chronic diarrhoea.

Burt’s great saw-mill and salt-blocks, near East Saginaw, Michigan, were burned early Friday morning, Six million feet of lumber and 8,000 barrels of salt were destroyed. The entire loss is estimated at $200,000; insurance, $85,000. Two hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment, The fire was the work of an incendiary, — ety 4 ER— ‘ Nathan Broughton, of Swan township, but lately ‘hvixig in Avilla, died in that villaga last Monday morning. Mr. B. has been suffering from diabetes té:r' gome ’;&‘f‘“ ‘past, and dtlsz\ﬂx4 ‘was not unexpected. He wasayounge brother of ng_t?%em missioner

- /Indiana News Items. Menday morning the huildings of fhe Indiana Fertilizing Coxi_xggmy at Sellef’ farm, the “Bridgeport” of Indianapolis, were burned to the ground, | inyolving a loss of $15,000; insurance B 0,000; in five companies. The fire ;y, cidental. o - ?‘%@Q&ummwd, sitting for Greshaga a the U. S. Distriet Court at Indiapapolis, has been trying the strikers for interference with the property of railroads-in possession of the court for contempt. A number have been convicted, fined and sentenced to from thirty to ninety days in jail. :

‘Whitaker & Schwelker’s store at New Haven, six miles east of Fort Wayne, was burglarize® Saturday night of over $4OO worth of jewelry, cutlery and cash. The robbers had also begun to drill a hole in the safe; but were frightened away, as the drill was found in the safe shortly after. - Ira Ford reports one field of 9 acres of pulse wheat, yielding 38 bushels to the acre, 68 Ibs. to the bushel, and that his neighbor, John Price, threshed 41 bushels to the acre, of 70 Ths. to the bushel, from 7 acres. Mr. Ford’s entire crop averaged 2814 bushels to the acre, weighing from 66 to 68 bs. to the bushel.—Lagrange StandardA few weeks sinece ten car loads of horses purchased in Illinois for the English government passed through Wabash over the Toledo & Wabash Railway. They were destined for the English cavalry and were purchased by a Mr. Holman who has a contract to furnish that government with one thousand head. He delivers them in ‘London. | i

<. The best answer to the mouthings ‘at Gov. Williams for alleged indifference and neglect of duty |in pot putting down the strikers by force is .in the fact that not a single life was lost and not a house or car wds burned in the entire State, while in|every State using the military free was bloodshed and great loss of property.—South Bend Herald. Two hundred men who|were on the strike at Elkhart have been discharged. While the public must deeply sympathize with these poor fellows it is no more than they haye a right to expect. There is not one out of ten who eyer make anything by such a ‘movement, and certainly the other ' nine must suffer more inthe end. If the tender hearted railrpad company could do so it would probably put every one of them in the pdnitentiary.— South Bend Herald. - During the tornado west of Elkhart ' several weeks ago the regidence of Mr. Walters was demolished and everything scattered b{V the| wind. Soon afterwards Mr. alters wrote to Hawks Bros. & Co., that|a note which he held against them fpr $lOO with .other valuable. papers | was carried away by the gale. On Thursday, July 20th, Will. Ellis, postmaster of this city, received a. postal|card from ‘a farmer in Hillsdale county, Michigan, asking him if he knew of a firm in Goshen by the name of] Hawks Bros. & Co. In his letter hp stated that while plowing in his cornfield he had found a note for $lOO payable to Mr. Walters and signed by Hawks Bros. & Co., Goshen, Ind. The note had been carried by the wind over '7O miles. —Gloshen Times. i

The Platform of the Qhio Republiey cans. South Bend Herald. ; The Ohio Republican Convention nominated Judge W. H. West for governor and one Voegeler,a German lawyer of Cincinnati, lieut¢nant governor.: The platform adopted first reaffirms the principles of the (lincinnati convention of June, 776. This is a declaration of the speedy specie resumption scheme of John Sheyman, which is throwing the country into bankruptey and turning labor out tto starve. The convention does not [seem. to have thought it wise to be more explicit on this important questiop. Secondly, reaffirms the negro and constitutional amendments, which dpn’t seem to be pining for any attention in politics just now. - Thirdly, ¢alls for the remonetization’ of silver, and declares for a bi-metalic currency with silver as a legal tender—*“ except where otherwise specially provided by law with coinage and valuation ”—which evidently means except for public debts. Fourthly, is opposed t 6 land grants or money subsidies or ggvernment credit to railroads, which is aimed at the proposed southern schemes of internal improvement. Fifthly, i Resolved, That, we are opposed to the renewal of patents ba' act of Congréss, which are burthensome and oppressive to the masses of the people, and oppressive to the laboring classes. which is the only resplution worth reproducing entire. The sixth and last plank is a sop to the disaffected laboring classes, recommending congress to establish a national bureau of industry and take charge of the railways and provide for arbitration of differ--ences between employers and employes—devilish nonsense.

IT 18 PLAIN that the Russians have suffered a very heavydefeatinEurope, and following so close upon the serious disasters to their arms in Asia, the first campaign of the war may be set down as a success for the Turks, At all events the Russian plans have been thrown into the greatest confusion, and it is exceedingly doubtful 1f the Czar will be able to reconstruct them so as to resume effective operations this season. The Russians have made two grave mistakes: they have underrated the forces and fighting qualities of the Turks, and have exposed their own forces to defeat by dividing and scattering them. The only way for Russia to retrieve the recent disasters is to hurry forward reinforcements to the seat of war in such numbers as to make her advance absolutely overwhelming. She has the men, and ought to have pursued this policy at the beginning.—lndianapolis Journal, b o

A TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST. A Poorhouse and Seventeen Inmates " Burned to Ashes, ~ 81mcog, Ont., August s—The poor‘hquse on the Industrial Farm of the county of Norfolk, one mile from this place, ‘was discovered to be on fire at 11 o’clock last night, and the building being of wood, it was quickly reduced to ashes. - Notwithstanding the exertions of the few people who reached the burning building seventeen human beings were burned to death. The cause of the fire is unknown. An inquest was held to-day and adjourned until Wednesday., Hundreds of peogle,, ‘vigited the scene of the ruins toay.,

- WB, OaDEN, the first Mayor of Chicago, and first President of the U. P. railrdad, died Friday. at his residence in New York, Mr. Ogden was formerly one of the directors of the P, Pt. W. & O, road, while residing in Chicago, Ogden, a station on the U. P. road, was named in honor of him. His - wealth was estimated at from six to ten millions of dollars. He came to Chicago in 1832, being then 30 yearsof ' :ge ‘He had a snug sum to sturt with, and by judicious investments in ‘reai_; -estate realized the fortune he has left: It is only about two years sinee his leTiage With & waiden lady of New e g

" Platform of the Ohio Democracy. . The democratic party of Ohio, in State convention assembled, renews its pledges of devotion to the union -and constitution with its amendments. It declares as essential to the preser~vation of free government faithful adherence to the following principles: Strict construction, home rule, supremacy of civil over military power, separation of church and State, equality of all citizens before the law, liberty of individual actions unvexed by sumptuary laws, absolate aecquiescence in the lawfully expressed will of the majority, opposition to all subsidies, preservation of public lands to use of aetual settlers, maintenance ‘and perfecting of the' common school system, pertinent to issues now pending before the people. e 7 Resolved, That we look upon the inauguration of R. B. Hayes to the high office of President of the United States, in spite of a majority of 'the electoral and popular vote given by the people to Samuel J. Tilden, as the most dangerous encroachment upon popular rights that has ever been attempted in this or any other free country. Repetition of fraud will not be tolerated. 2. Destruction of the industry of the country and the pauperizing of labor are the inevitable fruits of vicious laws enacted by the republican party. v :

3. That as a means of relieving the distressed portions of the community and removing the great stringency complained of in business circles, we demand the immediate repeal of the resumption act. :

4, That we denounce as an outrage upon the rights of the people the enactment of the republican measure demonetizing silver, and demand the passage of a law which shall restore to silver its menetary power.. 5. That we favor the retention of greenback currency as the best paper money we have ever had and declare against any further contraction. 6. We congratulate the country upon the acceptance by the present administration of the constitutional and pacific policy of local self-government in the States south so long adveeated by the democratic party, which has brought peace and harmony to that section of the union. * ; - 7. That the registry law framed by the last ‘Legislature is burdensome and expensive and discriminates unjustly against thé poorer classes of voters, and we’ therefore demand its immediate repeal. 8. We favor a tariff for revenue. 9. We favor the issue by the general government alone of all circulating mediums, whether paper or metallic, to be always of equal tender and interconvertible. 10, That we condemn the acts of the federal administration in using the regular troops of the United States to interfere with elections and other political :affairs: of the States as unconstitutional, unlawful and unjustifiable, and destructive of the rights of the people and of the States. :

John W. Garrett the Father of the - Trouble. Gath’s Letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Garrett is the father of the great riot. - He haslittle or no knowledge of human nature, and had experimented upon his operatives so frequently and so successfully that he had no idea they could make a successful strike. At last they had no alternative but to strike or die. He never kept up any relations of reciprocity or sympathy with his men, and yet indulged the dream, at times, that his mere monetary success would make him President of the United States. People in this. country do mot respect money disassociated with democratic charity. Mr. Garrett will hardly die with the fame he expected.. He is not popular in Baltimore with the rich; heis ‘not known to the poor. A respectable man in many respects, he forgot his plain duty to the men he employed. He never sought to improve their condition, though they were véry faithful tohis interests. He cutdown their pay three times in the course of a few months, and yet Increased their work. Like another Pharaoh he made his bondmen build bricks without straw. This man has been incalculably exposed and injured. He has not years enough left to retrigve his reputation as a great and good American.

;. A FREAK oF NATURE.—On Saturday last our attention was called to a horse on the streets that had five feet. A casual glance at the horse did nof show anything unusual, but on examination we found that the right fore leg had two feet. The extra foot is about the size of a young colt’s, and seemingly, perfect in form, and projects about three inches from the ankle, four or: five inches from the ground: It does not interfere as we could learn with the horse's traveling, or harm the horse. The horse is a small sized animal, not much larger than a pony. We did not learn the owner’s name, or in what pdrt of the county he resided. If Barnum owned the animal he would make a fortune with it in one season.—Albion Era.

- THE MARKETS. " . LIGONIER. R GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 50c; Oats, 26¢; Corn, 50c; Flax Seed, $110; Clover Seed, $5 00; Timothy Seed, $1 50, b PropUCE—Hogs, live, ¥ cwt $4 00, Shoulders, per pound, Bc¢; Hams, 10c; Bees Wax, 25c¢; Butter, 1214; Lard, 10c; Eggs, {8 doz,, 08¢; Wool,. 1b,40@ 00c; Feathers, 70c; Tallow, 07¢; Apples, dried, s¢,green, ® bu. $1 00 ; Potatoes, 25; Peaches, per bu., $2 50; Hay, marsh, $6; timothy $B. :

o KENDALLVILLE. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, white $1 80, red $l-25; Corn, 60¢; Oats, 30¢c; Clover Seed, 80 00; Flax, $1 00; Timothy,s22s. = o OTHER PRODUCE.—Hams, ¥ blic; Shoulders, 08c; Lard, 10c; Tallow, 7¢; ‘Wool, 87¢; Butter, 12¢; Beeswax,2s¢; Apples, dried, 4c; green, ¥ bu., Ts¢; Potatoes, 40; Eggs, ® doz. 9c. : . CHICAGO, Aug 7, 181717. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $111; Corn,46c; Oats, 26¢; Rye, 56¢: Barley, 41c; Clover Seed, $750 @ 7 60; Timothy, $1 27@1 30; Flax, $1 30@135. ¢ EEg PrRODUCE.—Mess Pork, Bewt,sl3 30 @ 138 85; Lard, $8 67 @ 8 70; Hams; green, P Ib,9@ 10c; Shoulders, 05¢; Bautter, fair to g00d,22@24, choice,l6@ 20c; Eggs, § doz., 13¢; Potatoes, 33. PourTry.—Turkeys, dressed, 8 1, 10c¢; ‘Chickens, ¥ doz. $3 oCo@s3 25.

.~ TOLEDO.—Aug. 7,1877. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—W heat, amber, $125%, No. 2 Wabash, $1 11; Corn, 80}4¢; Oats, c; 27 Clover Beed, $5 00. e a 7 ! LIVE STOCK MARKETS. - CnicAgo, Aug. 7.— Cattle, graded steers, §5 50@5 75; choice beeves, $510@5 80, good beeves, $4 26@4 85 ; medium %ra s, $3 50@%4 00; butchers’ stock, $2 60@$3 25; stock cattle, $3OO | @#%3 50; inferior cattle, $2 25@#3 &0, Hogs, bacon grades, 8% 25@5 &o§oom-;: mon to cholce heavy, $4.85 @ $5 10; inferior lots $4 25@4 60. Sheep, poor to choice, P cwt, 2 15@4 80, - BUFPALO, Aug. !«rgﬂt&ﬂ@;@i&gipg% $426@85 50; cows and heifers, $3 60@ 4 50.,,;-::_,31&693;6:?;;@%.‘% ngsmm Hogs, good heavy 85 50; light' 85 00, ISR IR S B i (R Rl S st R S i ES R SNO

L Semecosaa e During the Balance of this Month = _»"Weshé;llf,clqsé;()ut . —OUR-SUMMER-STOCK= mégardless of Regular Priges!) We must have room for Our FALL STOOK., s Clohing to ORDER s Our Specialty It Will de to I;o"ok‘ a;t—O;r Stock Before Buying,.t_; eetaas Hun et} Kendallville, Ind.

For the Next Thirty Days Summeß Clothing GREATLY REDUCED PRICES A FALI STOCE.

Don’t neglect this chance. It is the - *bevsvt, ydﬁ’_ll 'get this yéar,: - - s Moo J. STRAUS, Jr. .

» SHERIFF’S SALE. - BY virtué of a certified copy of & deeree and or: der of sale to me directed by the clerk of the Noble Circuit Court of Noble county, Indiaga, in the case of Geot%e W. Chapman vs. S%;?’ne Golden, Wesley DeWitt and Amanda De 168, T will offer for sale at'public auction at the door ‘of the court house, in the town of ‘Albien, county of Noble, and State of Indiana, ons - - Friday, August 10, 1877, : Between the hours of ten o’¢lock; 4. . and four o’clock, ». M. of said day,atl the right, title and interest of the said Stephen Golden, Wesley DeWitt and Amanda DeWitt, to and in the following described real estate to-wit: gl o Lot number ten (10) in Strans’s Addition to the town of Ligonier, Noble county, Indipna. . . NATHANIEL P. EAGLES, Bheriff of Noble County. . Isaao B. Kniszry, Attorney for Plaintiff. : Albion, July 19th, 1877.-p. f. $6.00-13-w4. * .

SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of a certified copy of a decree and order of sale to me directed by the Clerk of the: Noble Circuit Court of Noble County, inihe State of Indiana, in the case of ,Georﬁé Swank vs, Frederick Gigle and Hahnah Gagle; I will offer for sale at public auction'at the door of the court house lin the town of Albion, county of Noble, and State of Indiana, on : ; SR did Friday, Angust 10th, 1877, Between the hours of ten o’clock A. M, and four o'clock ». m,, ofsaid day, all of the right,. title and interest of the said Frederick Gigle and Hannan Gigle for, to ‘and in the following described real estate; to wit: A | Lot number Five in Block Four, in the village of Springfield, Noble County, Indiana. - .~ z .+ NATHANIEL P. EAGLES, - ° ' Sheriff of Noble Connty; Indiana, F. Prioxerr, Attorney for Plaintiff, . 1 duly 19th, 1877.-13-w4-pfs6 - - 3

o 2 e - Notice to Non-Resident. State of Indiana, Noble County, Sct: In the Noble Circuit Court of Noble County, in the State of Indiana, October term, A. D, 1877, PETER WINEBRENNER } nann i VB. : s G 4 SARAH E.WINEBRENNER,) i BE IT KNOWN, that on this 7th da{ of July, in the year 1877, above-named Plaintiff by his attorney filed in the office 'of the Clerk of the Noble Circuit his complaint agaiust said Defendent, in the above entitled cause, together with an affidavit of a competent person, that said defendant Sarah K. Winebrenner is not a resident of the State of Indiana. - . S :Said defendant is; therefore; hereby notified of the ﬂlinf and pendency of said complaint against her and that’unless she appear and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause on the second dady of the ‘next term of said ‘Court, to be begun and held at the Court :Housge in the town of Albion, on the Third Monday in October next, said complaint, and the matters and;ﬂ;hagt therein contained: and alleged will be heard and determined in her absence. =~ .. ovoo s : ..~ SAMUEL E. ALYORD, Clerk. Isaac E.Ewnisery, Attorney for Plaintiff. July TABTHM Bw, wil obl

! 8 o Attention, Soldiers! While eneglog’ed a 8 a clerk in oneof the Depar'bments at Washington, D. C., I acquired a thorough knowledge of the manner in which to ;in'o-» ceed in order to prcsecute snccessfully and quicks ly all Pelgion, Bonntiy. Back-Pay and, in fact, all kinds of Claims, coming before the Departments at the National Capital. - ol | . REJECTED CLAIMS, and claims of long standing madeaanecialt& ! s ORIGINAL,INCREASE, and restoration claimants should call on or address me at once, ALL SOLDIERS who were prisoners of war, except commissioned officers, are entitled ta 25 ‘cents per day as commutation of rations during the time th%v Nwm DrSOROEN. 000 % THE BO 'Y LAW of the State of Ohio provides for the pa‘yr%ent of $lOO to re-enlisted veter- - an volunteers; that is, to such soldiers as, while ‘servlnﬁ in tpfee’; year organizations, .re<enlisted while having. ﬁ',;" thanone year yet to serveinthe cam‘orgw zations, : - s . ALL FERSONS having claims against the Na+ tional or ang State Government, will do well to ;:all v%toﬁ ag wﬁﬁ%‘:f u\i:l 1}1:“56‘ Per%%x‘nlseavlvlu n{g nd me at the Jewelry s ,rooﬁ»- n: W, nbotham. s&. OCK RT. I;lﬁii?ox'dm', June 14, 1877.-8-wB, ' Batn ‘ ! 3 - - '::'" 3 9 " i REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. ¢ P A‘ ¥ & o . ; i 4 - FPARM containing 126 acres, 40 aores improve A ed, 40 ctek.-m%,ﬁwfunﬂi 40 acres in. - good batren timber. ‘ Good bt d;y:. Sitnated In ?e gentra of a-hgmtw% ;:Fl e Ind. md&ai;oh easonat em:w - further particulars . { i ,'_’-_T:"\-? +B. CASSE “‘- R i MR Bﬁ Imot, Ind, " | "B E NN toVorking Agents everywhere v g} 1 B Wk AV 3"’; ‘& end ‘;:‘%&ﬂ“*ﬁ o PIERE ypeedily cured, Painieas: o publicty. | J CRUNY fm«, *““*‘,‘gﬂxw B d & b 4 o it w,mg}a B O R S LS PR PD G L e R S L eRS e A

'Dr,s. PRICE & BREWER m M A e TT S AP S B BRI S DCG IS ]j] AVE met with unparalleled snceess in the treatment of all ; Chronic Diseases : - OFTHE THROAT, R - LUNGS. ' T HEART : STOMACH. : L AR - O RSN OERIBCTS : | . 2 2 o HBADZNerves, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Or%;ms, Grayel. Scrofula, Rhelgma;iam, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dysepsia, &e. - : : = 2 (gurre ntationhasbeenacquitedhyc&ndid,hon. 2 est deal&g and years ofsuccessful practice, Our pructice% notone ofexgeriment, butfounded onthe laws of Nature, wit years of experience and evidence to sustain it, doesmnot tear down, make sick to make well; nio harsh treatment, no trifling,no flattering. We knowthecanse andthe r'emef - needed ; no guess work bé:t knowledge guinec\y bg years of e:gerience in th treatment oz Chronicdiseases ex siveky; -0 encouragement without a prospect. - Candid in our oginion's. rea‘sonable in our charges, claim not to know everything, or cure‘evetybo&y, but do lay claim torea~ son and common sense. Weinvite thé sick, no - matter what their ailment, to call and investigate before they abandon‘hope, make intenointlons,, and decide !Qfgfamseltes; 1t will costnothingag’ consultationisfree. . i 5 ] Drs. Price & Hmw‘gr can be conanlted asfollows : . Warsaw, Kirtley House, Thursday, August 24, 1877. R St Ligonier, Ligonier House, Friday, ' August Bd, 1877. - e Visits willbe maderegnlarly foryears., ' Residenceand Laboratory : WAU?EG.AN. ILLINols. e 29-tf Notiee to Builders and Contract-

- S Rl o '»"“"q“"' OrS: | 2 : THE undérsigned, Trusted’dt Sparta township, Noble county, India.n?. will until 2 o’clock P, M O ‘Saturday, August 11, 1877, Receive sealed proposals for furnishing materia] for the construction or erection of a twosstory Brick School House (30x50)in the vill"%eo'l' Cromwell,.and for a one-story Brick School House on Broadway, District No. 8. - g o Also, sealed proPosau for doing the work in. the constructfon of the above named buildings, either in whole or inPax't. a 8 parties may prefer. Bidders are also privileged to offer progosals for: furnishing material and doing the work. Plans and specifications may be seen at my. ofefice near Indisn Village, ; ";l(‘ih:’ ?gﬁie.rs_igned reserves the right to reject anyan o X July 26, 1577.-14w2 . grnnm; - NOTIOE TO CONTRAOTORS. OTICR is hereby given that the undersigned N ~will pe at the%oldenaﬁ e mmm township, Noble county, Indiana,on ~ ; ~ Saturday, August 4th, 1837, At 10 o'clock; A, M,, for the purpose of receiving . proposals foi'tfn : iab N 2 in “ﬂ;ﬁ:{“‘“ west end of uﬁ dge All will require about two. ;ﬁr of dirt. - The time for ~doingg§§ wotk and | wmw;ﬁﬁn: day.of ««b‘?{ by the Superintendent, ‘The conteas ibe let 3 r ‘all bids 18 reserved. S 0 R SAEE of aufitlng Bty Truiien Wi R Seah 1k %g‘*;‘gﬁﬂv* T M e 5 “.‘é?‘\fﬁ?’*ﬂw‘?‘*&:mﬁa whichbcwas et s b wishink to Drofit by ths shearbisis ot e .