The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 August 1877 — Page 2

The Fatioma) Banney AN ey Wi oo .. STOLY., BEditor and Proprietor . LIGONTER, IND,, AUG. 23rd, 1871.

“‘No man worthy of the office of Pres{dent should be-willing .to hold it if sounted inor placed there by fraud.”— U. 8. GRANT: ol :

. None of the Jeading Ohio journals enderse that portion of Sherman’s speech at Mansfield ‘which relates to resumption. John will have to try, try agaih. s | : )

Tugr St. Louis pl}\tform demanded the Yepeal of the resumption act. A majority of a quarter of a million endorsed that platform and its candidates. Shall the voice of the people be respected? ~ . - ’

' How poEs John H. Baker, the Congressman fréim this District, stand on the question’of repealing the resumption act? His constituents, among whom we include @il the people, have axighttokuow, .. " ..

. Tue BANNER is emphatically opposed 'to the ré-election of Sam Randall as Speaker of the House, Itsfirst choice for that position is Col. Morrison, of Illinois; its second choice Milton Sayler, of €incinnati. |

Ir John Sherman wants to see the democratic' ticket of Ohio elected by 20,000 majority, it will only be necessary for him to remain on the stump until the second Tuesday of October.lis speeches will do thie business. f

WE are glad to learn that Congress_man Uamilton, of the Fort Wayne ' District, favors the election of Col. Morrison for Speaker of the House.— The democratic delegation from India- _ n4a ought to be a unit on that question.

Tue Indianapolis Journal raises its voice in favor of the repeal of the bogus resumption act., It is not improbable that the entire delegation from Indiana will' vote for repeal, unless John H, Baker should be ambitious to form the exception. g

THERE are a good many imhr’acticable theories incorporated into the various platforms adopted by the workingmen. who have recently held conventions in some of the leading cities. Tttese must be.eliminated before the movement can take deep root among the masses. People do not as a general thing fancy the idea of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. .

LATEST accounts from’ Europe indicate that the demand for American wheat will be unusually large—in the neighborhood/of one hundred million bushels. Now, if the infernal scamps in our qountry, who are doing their level best to force wheat down toa dollar pex;bushel, can be frustrated in their nefarious :schemes, there is -no reason why times should not soon be bettered. . | e o

WE give it as our deliberate judg‘ment that if the next Congress does not promptly repeal the résumption and silver demonetization acts, the greenback men will sweep a majority of the western districts at the congressional.” elections next year., A good deal of confusion and imprudent legislation in the future may be averled by heeding the public demand in good season, | ‘ ;

-~ IN Pennsylvania the greenback party is making a vigorous effort to rouse the discontented laborers into'an alliance with it. It is’said that twenty new clubs have been organized in the vicinity of Pittsburg during the past few days, and around Pottsville asimilar activity is perceptible. In the meantime both republican and democrati¢ county conventions in the “Old Keystone” State are passing resolutions demanding the repeal of the resut;lslption and silver demonetization acts. e L .

- THE “big papers” are not exactly enamored of John Sherman’s speech at Mansfield. Some of them give the Secretary prettysevere knocks, ‘While admitting that the wily Ohioan talked smoothly upon finance, they do not hesitate to point out various deficiencies in his boasted policy. - The Chicago T'ribune, for example, draws a hapPy .cox:llxpatison between Sherman’s financial policy and that of the famous Micawber. “The Secretary insists that he will resume, as Micawber did that he wm&d pay, -but is. equally oblivious or indifferent as to how he will do 80.” 5 : .

© The Tnrkish Logion at Washington nas received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Constantineple, official notification of the massacre and other outrages committed by the Russians in Bulgaria and in' Asia Minor. It appears it is ‘the policy of Russia to destroy everything as they go, ‘burning the villages, killing all the men, handing the wom‘m-over to the soldiers for the gratification of their : lulbs.—jﬂ‘z. gt . o And like complaints have been " made by the Russians against the . Turks. From all we are able to learn there is precious little difference between the atrocities committed on either side. They are a nasty set, all ‘around. T

T A s o Ovur U. 8. SENATOR, Joe MeDonald, has been interviewed recently.” In his ‘conversation he expressed the opinion that the labor question will cut a big figure in the elections and no doubt be forced upon Congress. The Gener-' al Government, he thinks, should ex--ercise a general supervision over the through traffic on railroads, somewhat ‘analogous to the Federal police-power ‘over navigable rivers. Blaine and ‘Morton, he thin ﬁ"’ jihtle » oo to see Which will be the champion of N e T TR T O (SR SN |

| 10W PRICES FOR WHEAT, . The great curse of this country is the super-abundance of spoculators and stock jobbers, The markets of our groat cities are completely u;if the control of these sharks. They create panics, disturb values, regulate prices of commodities, and commit deviltries in general. . = ‘Just at the moment when a hopeful people looked for relief from the terrible depression which’ has been 86 keenly felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, they are confronted with the discouraging sta;;‘e-l ment of a constant decline in the price of wheat, the remunerative sale of which was to banish “hard times” from our midst! Despite the fact that all the grain which the United States have to spare will be ne¢ded by the people of ‘Europe, prices have been forced down beyond all reason by operators. in g’the leading markets. This has been accomplished by selling right and left, for future délivery, not what they own, but what they expect to buy when prices are screwed down to so low 'a figure as to/insure them enormous profits on their invest‘ments, at the expénse and to the great detriment of the producer. ‘We are pleased ts observe that some of the leading metropolitan journals hav{b the. courage to denounce these mischievous operations. . The Chicago Tribune, in an admirable editorial, tersely sets forth that abundant crops are directly associated with national prosperity. “It needs very -little acquaintance with political economy, as a science, (the Zribune argues) to see “that our wealth and comfort depend “ultimately upon the products of the “goil ; the surplas which remaing after “home needs are supplied being ex“changed for the other ecreature com“forts of civilization. Hence, the “more wheat we have to sell, the more “dry goods and groceries ought we to “be able to purchase; and the more “hogs the more jewelry, albeit we are “commanded not to cast our pearls be“fore swine. It is thus that commerce ‘“depends upon agriculture. 1f the “country prospers, the city flourishes, “and vice versa; for the city is, after “all, only the depot of the farm. Chi““cago receives the surplus grain and “live stock of the country of which “she is the focus, finds a market for it, “and in'return obtains the dry goods, “groceries, boots and shoes, drugs, “jewelry, musical instruments, and “pooks that make life in tlie country “enjoyable, and manufacturés the im“plements which enable the 'tarmer to “cultivate the soil and harvest his “crops, All else hangs on this, as the “denizens of the beehive depend upon “their queen. The money ' paid for “handling the produce of the farm on “its way towards the consumer, and “the goods which the farmer buys in “éxchange for the surplus, forms the “wages of an army of workers in the “city; and these, avith ‘the profits of “the operation, susfain the other in“dustries of | the city, as well ‘as the “smaller commuaities that cluster “around the ‘depots which dot our “lines of railroad.” c

After showing that it needs but little argument to prove that, if the farmer is impoverished by ngedlessly low prices, all the other iipterest's suffer thereby; commerce is prostrated, labor becomes a drug, and the workingman is unable to buy even the “cheap” bread, which is the consequence of the insane conduct of a few men, whose only apology is that they must live at the expense of the rest of the community, the Z7ibune proceeds to observe: _ “The question:is now pertinent: “Is the recent depreciation in prices warranted by the facts?”’ Let the facts answer. Take wheaf as an - instance. The market for delivery any time this ‘month declined s@6i cents during the week, to 98 cents, and the price for September has receded to’ 9314 cents, under the persistent’ hammering of less than fifty men,;the combined cap--ital of. whom probably does not exceed $50,000. This in face of the factsthat the quantity of wheat “in sight” is very small, only about 2,000,000 bushels, that the grangries abroad are.in a depleted condition, that the English authorities report a thin yield, that France will havé no surplus for export, that the exportable surplus of Califernia is only a quarter' to onethird of that of/ last year, that India is suffering from a wide-spread famine, that the Black Sea and its tributaries are closed, probably for another year, and that exporters are eagerly buying up all the wheat offered in this market at about nine eents per bushel above the price at which the bears are offering to deliver it in September. Surely, with so much of competition cut off, with 'such a fine quality of ‘wheat inviting consumption, and with such low freight rates as are now ruling,.our wheat ought to command at least a dollar 'per bushel in this market. That it would command this figure, as a minimum for the whole crop, but for the fellows who persist in selling property which they do not own, and- for which they could not pay if delivery were tendered to them, soomg almost self.avident”

- Various suggestions are then made to remedy the glaring evils wrought by uhscrupulous .operators,- but ‘it is ‘quite apparent that the 7Tribune amply appreciates the difficulties stand/ing inthe way of a thorough suppression “of a parasite that is rapidly sap“ping the vitality of the producers “and produce trade of the Northwest.” —Atter tho above had been placed in type we learned that the ring has been broken and prices have an upward tendency. Good. '

- —llf the following appeal, which appeared in last week’s Whitley Comi mercial, doesn’t bring in the shekels, wedon’t know what would: . “We certainly think tisat.if some of ‘our “promising” debtors could but know how frequently and how keenly our sensibilities are pricked by our creditors suggesting to us, politely, that our promises have not been ful--filled, they would make an éffort to pay up. We are in a “tight row of ‘stumgs” and are almost willing to beg those owing us to come to our Fmbne” o . | _ Bubscribers to whom we send bills I e e once remit, us -we would not send the bills if we did ot need the money—Ha. - Certainly. Newspaper publishers

"SUAVIELATIENR. ¢ . Mike Good gave some fellow a severe threshing not long ago. Mike will not be imposed upon. Come, Barnum, and get the fourlegged chicken. There is one in the neighborhood, or at least there was. ' Jap, what for you make so much noise Saturday, Aug. 11th? =~

“Will you go to the Catholic picnic, Jim?” “I ’spose so.” “Will you?” “I guess 0.” *I think they’ll have a good time.” “Yes, I ’spect sO,” *“Good day.” Is that so, Jones? ' - Some of those girls, who have been spending a.portion of their time during twilight when all nature assumes a gloomy appearance, especially to those who are naturally a little despondent, singing, *Oh take me home to die, dearymother; Oh take me home to die,” now sing in still more solemn tones, “Oh take me to bed to shake, dear mother; Oh ‘take me to bed to shake.” Circumstanoegalter cases. Politics is being stirrgd up in Ohio. Is it not time that eyery voter be studying up political ¥eform? . ' The“bread and water doctrine”ofHenry Ward Beecher, who is one of those popular men spoken Cof a few weeks ago in THE BANNER, does not meet the approval of thinking men: in this place, and not only is he condemned here, but all over the continent. We did suppose at one time that:he was imposed upon, when people :accused him of acting the part of an adulterer; but since pondering upon his late expression, concerning ' the strikers, we have lost all confidence in: his purity. He defends a- theory which brings starvation and misery upon the laboring classes, lle shows no mercy, but openly espouses gigantic tyranny. He is one of those aristocratic men who look upon the man "eriga'ged in manual labor as an inferior being.

The funeral of Nathan Broughton, who was._a resident of Swan township for many years, and a highly respected citizen, was largely attended. His enjoyment for the last 12 or 16 months has been very limited, he being constantly sick. Ile was in the prime of life, being but 49 years of age at his death. The sermon preached by Rev. Lowrey was very practical, and certainly comforting and consoling to the bereaved ones. - There are 1,819 licensed saloons in Chicago, while in Avilla there are but two. : e - The new Catholic church at Avilla is moving towards completion at a rapid rate. It will beautify Avilla and the surrounding territory hugely. It is situated on an elevated piece of ‘ground and will make a grand appearance. e o Cyrus Field, he laid the cable; Tom Stahl owns a livery stable. . = The city attorney of Kendallville has some technical cases to handle, occasionally. . = o . ‘lf ague was a respecter of persons, and there were any good qualities about it, it would certainly visit the palace of the soulless Shylock and -shake him-up fearfully. His. interest would not cease, while the poor laboringman, when he has shakes, not only loses his time, but is compelled to pay. the bondholder, whose property is not taxed but whose bonds draw interest.

.Solomon Baum will likely be at home before this article reaches the press. Young man, do not go West, but stay and dig for wealth at. home. Those women who wash for a living have struck for higher wages in some localities. Go for aristocracy.’ The interest in the Avilla Sabbath Schgols seems to be decreasing. It will not do to grow indifferent to so ‘good a cause as this. 'Shoulder your musket and canteen and go to work with greater earnestness, ladies and gentlemen, and you will soon see the works of improvement, and the attendance increasing instead of growing less. : e R AUHE

~ COLUMBIA CITY ITEMS. = Luther Benson spoke in the Grace Lutheran church last-week. He ig a splendid orator, but we fear he does not help the Murphy movement any.’ He certainly is well. posted, and told some gliring truths. There is a little of “Old Broad-Ax” in him. He" held the audience spell-bound for two Hours. . = 0 o ] ' A number of our “young Americans” are going out duck hunting this week ornext. They are going to pitch their tents on the beautiful banks of some of the lakes, and make it hot for the feathered swimmers. |

A few of the masons here are going to attend the masonic gathering at Cleveland, this month. : Another.incendiary. fire last Saturday night, August 18th, across the river this time, an old vacated barn. Some seem-to think it caught from the flues, all of of which may be true. It was a good run for the boys who are practising for the tournament at Goshen. We expect to make it warm for ’em down at Gushen, or else we'll not; don’t knew which. We expect to cgqrter a car, run up to Butler and down the Air Line to Goshen. We had a severe hail storm four/ miles southwest of town last week.— | Wind, hail, &e., but not much damage.. The passenger house will soon be ready for business. . Wheat is turning out better in ail parts of the country than anybody had expected. — Siis ! The prospects for better times were. never more favorable than just now. ~ The railroads are doing a lively business, and everyone feels that the long looked for good times are fast coming on, o AT R e

There is considerable sickness thro’ this patt of the country, judging from" the calls the doctors have. ~ : S 04N WARD, ‘ P = The 18sues of THE BANNER :dur,‘ ing the past two weeks ought to be “extensively sent to Ohio; Pennsylva‘nia and New York. We have about’ twenty copies of each issue that might o used for this purpose, Call at the Offico and have them addressed to

© WILMOT WINNOWINGS. -~ The voi-o:e( of the threshing machine is heard in'theland. = & ‘The German Baptists held a picnic at the grove last Sabbath. = ~ The council of the Evangelical Lutheran church met the Hawpatch and Cromwell councils, at Cromwell, last Saturday and united the two charges to the Salem Pastorate, which was considered to have been disunited. A pastor will now take these three into one charge after synod. Rev. A. J. Douglas will resign, as it will be physically ' impossible for him to remain. . We are sorry to part with him who has served so faithfully. Previous to this we gave the account of Mr. Shroaf’s death, while on a visit to some friends in Ohio. The funeral services were conducted at Salem, August 7th, by Rev. 8. Fields. The deceased was born in Champaign county, Ohjo, in 1815, and died August sth, 1877 ; aged 62 years, 7 months and 13 days. He was® man of good standing and possessed & good meral intellect. Je leaves a family and many friends to mourn his loss.

We have a little band for evening entertainments, called the Salem Dramatic Troupe, which will exhibit at the Salem school house, August 31st. The troupe is composed of ladies and j gentlemen of ability, who have endeavored to make the entertainment a pleasant one. For further particyi . G lars see #mall bills and posters.

The Salem Union Sabbath School are going to have a concert, Septembexf 9th. Several schools are invited to attend, at which time Revs. Shafer and Smith will be present. Everybody should turn out and make the entertainment a pleasant affair. . The excursion to Michigan City was, from il'eport;s, a pleasant affair; many persons participated in the trip and were highly pleased. We were’ sorry that we could not join them: But alas! for human expectations. : Health in this vicinity is not very good, many are taken sick within a short time. This, the doctors say, will be their harvest, RBD

‘ NOBLESVILLE NARRATIVES. ~ Again we record the death of another of our kind neighbors who departed this life the 11th inst., viz:— MARy, wife of David A. Keister, aged 70 years, 6 months and 1 day. Mother Keister will be sorely missed in our community. She was well beloved by all who knew her; a kind neighbor and, gentle mother., Funeral discourse by Elder Peter Winebrenner. Remains were interred in the graveyard near the Christian Chapel. Hog cholera is prevailing to some extent in this locality, and of what I can learnit is going to be bad. My loss so far has been about $l2. I'can freely lose that if it will stop here. Our farmers are busy plowing for wheat. The last rain will help the plowing, as the ground was very hard.

. Considerable sickness in this localiLy at present; but, as Doctor Ohlwine i}nforms me,none of a serious character. . The potato crop will be an abundant one in this locality. . = Some of our farmers talk of sowing wheat during this month. I think they had better wait until between the sth and 15th of September, and that will be soon enough. We raise good wheat in this locality, but it doesn’t yield 50 bushels per acre. A little too big, I fear.—[No, sir. That 50 bushel statement: is true to the very letter.— ED.] ‘ o As the fall of the year is drawing nigh, “shindigs” are getting to be the order of-the day. © THE BANNER is growing better every week. Who would do without it for the small sum of $2 a year? Eyery man who wants to be enlightened upon the events of the day can be accommodated by sending $2 to the BANNER Boss.- Yy I find that wood ashes put in slop is a good remedy for hog cholera. As I have tried it, I know whereof I afe .+ NEwW LEAF.

- East Hawpatch. : AveusT 18th, "76. Ep. BANNER:—As the last issue of THE BANNER contained several statements from West Havpatch, on wheat raising, I esteem it my duty to give the readers of THE BANNER oné from the East side. In the first place, we have none.of those mammoth stumps up here. Thank God, ours rot down; consequently we throw them in for good measure. g . August 6th, Glant and Marker drove onto our street with their new improved Three Rivers Thresher, the best machine, in our opinion, that ever was on the “Patch.” Saturday evening, August 11th, their books showed 4,519 bushels of wheat’and 1,091 bushels of oats threshed in .one week, making an average of 055 bushels per day. The wheat averaged 35 bushels strong, per ‘acre. The abovewheat grew on 129 acres, 17 of Which were fallow plowed. Can the West side beat us? If you can, trot out your stubble ground, and let us hear from you. v Sei

‘Our new school house (namely, Poplar Grove) is just completed, and a fine one it is. 'We shall always have a particular regard for our efficient trustee, Mr. Rendall, for building us the best in the township; also Goshorn Brothers who did the work.— Everyone is well pleased. It isan ornament to the country, | Now, Mr. Editor, as this is our first effort we drop the quill. ¢ e oW HL B AOK,

> P ) S o T vy GRS & | A Dakota Town Almost Destroyed. * Deapwoop, Dak., August 18.—The town of Gayville, two miles from this place, was almost _entire(%v destroyed by fire this morning. nly one or two houses were saved. The fire originated in Varne’s restaurant. There being no water for fire purposes the flames spread rapidly, and in three ‘hours” destroyed about two hundred houses, ranging in value from $5O to $2,600. The total loss is estimated at $60,000. 'There is no insurance, = _The heaviest hail storm ever known in that section of muntryw oyer | Orrville, 0hi0,:% Thursd {m;;ighg, ?;tormlamngls%“ inutes. Sﬁ aﬁ? large as walnuts fell, covering the. geound to. the depkh Uk Six inghes. Ma Yﬁdﬁs&mﬁ and considerable stock not under shel.. ol 0 e

= .. SWANIOCMS. - - Since our last contribution from the township of Swan, we have-had some weather exceedingly hot. Notwith standing all this the oats has been cut and ague kept down by Dr. Schutt.— Swanites are careful about victuals and drink, or more would be sick, so some people think. / : It is good to be well, it is bad to be sick ; mosquitoes are plenty and of course they are thick. Sl )

- John Sherman, the rogue, is doing a deed which is placing the poor class in still greater need. ~ Norest in this world. The harvest has been cared for, and now it is nec_essary in order that we sustain ourIs;_elv.es and fellowman, that we agaih ‘prepare the soil for another harvest. But we work with greater ease and comfort than usual, because we realize that we have been richly rewarded for the past year’s labor, for which everyone should feel thankful. We do not, however, desire to work for a set of thieves and bondholders, such as John Sherman, Jay Gould and others who are robbing the-laboring class of their property by burning up the currency of the country and holding untaxed bonds. This will not do. The fire is already kindled. ; ‘ . I wonder whether that correspondent from Swan who writes for the Kendallville Standard is still laboring under moon influence ? :

We. stated in our local not. long since that Brambee Vangorder’s hand, which had been injured by a shot from a revolver, was attended to by Dr. Williams, of Kendallville. So we were informed, and made the mistake through a misunderstanding on the part of some one. Beg pardon, sir. -

Flies are exceedingly numerous.— Persons will be very grateful for this information. e Harrison. Fulk threshed 12 dozen of oats, and not very large binds: either, receiving 28. bushels. Thereis a prospect of regular preaching at Hopewell church at present.— We'll see by and by. : ? They say the world to an end will come in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one. We were always taught that the world had no end, but after this event takes place, a change in geography will be necessary. ; A few peaches in Swan. : Quite a number of swine are dyipg with hog cholera in this section. Wheat is turning out well. . RS S H. A.R.

FORGERS ARRESTED. Big Game—Weston and Gresuer. CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—A report was published here yesterday, relative to the arrest of certain parties, supposed to belong to a gang of forgers, who had been operating extensively in this city, New York, and other places. It is now known that yesterday morning Constable Hartman arrested, in this city, two men named Weston and Gresner, on the charge of forgery. It appears that these men, working in connection with a man named Stevens and other accomplices throughout the country, have for some time been ‘carrying on a system of forgeries, from which they have realized large sums of money. In January last the Third National Bank of New “York was defrauded out of $27,000 by means of checks purporting to have been drawn by Winslow, Lanier & Co. - About the same time a check for $40,000, purporting to have beéen drawn by the New York Life Insurance Company, on the Union Trust Company, of New York, was psesented and paid. There had been other similar operations known, but never made public. Representatives of New York houses employed to investigate these forgeries have been following up the suspected parties for several months,and have found. the leader of the gang. He is a man of wealth and respectability, named Stevens, alias Henderson, who has been known here as a speculat%r in grain and stocks. Next to him Comes Nelson A. Gresner, a wealthy man of Minnesota, and formerly member of the legislature of that State. Associated with them, was one E. B. Weston, of this city; formerly a real estate agent. On examining Gresner’s trunk, after his arrest, it was found to contain a large assortment of implements necessary to his profession, including microscropes, acids, brushes, pens and tracing implements. In Weston’s possession were found a number of washed drafts, on which everything had been obliterated by acid except the cashier’s signature. When dealing in drafts it was the custom to buy them for small amounts and then 'obliterate, with acid, all ink-marks excepj—the cashier’'s name. 'Before thig was done, however, a careful erasing was taken, Then, when the larger amounts were written in on the face of ‘the draft, they had on the tracing a fac simile of. a number of the tellers and of the figures which were used in the greater amounts. In dealing in checks, they would learn from some one in a bank or office of a firm depositing in a particular bank, just how the deposit account stood, in order not’ to overdraw the account. It is said that some forged checks have been drawn for sums as high as $75,000, Developments 8o far indicate that these men are part of ‘an organized gang of the most dangerous forgers that has-exist-ed for years. It is estimated that they have swindled various banks out of millions of dollars. @~ = - Stevens was arrested near Grand Haven, yesterday, and is now on his way to New York. The officers having in charge Weston and Gresner left for New York with their prisoners yesterday evening. el

¢ The Wheat Crop. The returns received at the agricultural department at Washington show that the wheat crop of this country . is the largest produced for many years and is generally of an excellent quality. ' The entire production this year is estimated at more than 825,000,000 bushels, an excess over last year of more than the average exportation for ‘the last five years, which has been 61,500,000 bushels. . The greatest amount ‘ever exported from the country in any one year was 90,000,000 bushels, which ‘ can be largely exceeded from the crop of the present year. What is said of \ .wheat will also apply to most of the ; other crqga of the ,c&lntry, both.as to | those gathered and those still growing, The cotton crop 18 especially promis. ‘ ing, the estimated yield being placed ‘ at not less than 4,500,000 bales. v ‘ e e "'“k: “‘m - : “'\'* -. A dispatch from Bucharest says it s rﬁ%*md that the fever epidemic in ‘the Russian army in B‘u:faﬁa is in--creasing. - 'The troops are a 80 in want of food, and they retmr unless. ‘they can receive it in coin of their own country. They threaten to surggh@ft: ﬁfm*& e army is very. N o w 0

. Indiana News Items. There are $130,000 held on mortgages on real estate in Greene county by insurance companies. iy The Brazil miners met Thursday and decided not'to go to work until their employes granted the ten cents additional per ton demanded. ; - Four Fort Wayne desperadoes attempted to rob a street-car driver at that place Friday night, but were driven off by his frantic yells. There will be a meeting at Huntington on Saturday next to take into consideration the matter of restoring the old Wabash and FErie Canal to its former usefulness. . Seven South Benders started down the Kankakee river in a boat Wednesday of last week. They are going to Great Bend, on the Arkansas river—a distance of 2,000 miles—whete they ‘will locate. . :

Twenty-three rattle-snakes, nineteen garter-snakes and one blue racer were killed while cutting a small field of oats near New Carlisle last week. The binders occasionally made bands of them.

There was a live hog weighing some 600 Ibs, and three shoats, in the. express car of the five o’clock evening train on Monday, for transportation of which there was $33 express charges.—Lagrange Standard. : s

As we go to press, we learn a dispatch has been received by the Sheriff, announcing the re-arrest of Stephen Jenks, the murderer of Geo, Mallow, somewhere in ‘Michigan, and that he will be délivered as soon as requisition is obtained.—Lagrange Standard. - Mr. Wm. Ellison, two miles south of Lagro, raised 4014 bushels of flax seed on three acres of ground, being an average of 15%4 bushels to the acre. This is the largest yield reported at the Lagro market. Theseed is known as the Wisconsin seed.— Wabash Courier. '

A tramp was chased by thirty or forty men at Garrett, last week, and hung up by the neck to make him confess to stealing a ‘watch. When almost strangled, a practical joker confessed that he had taken the watch to have a little fun, and handed it over to the owner. .

Some time ago Joe Myers, an Evansv‘&lle blood, married a trim little prostitute of that city with the intention of making an honest woman of her. She was not only willing to reform, but insisted that he should do likewise, and tried too shoot him Friday for seeking out other loves. Judge Dyer granted them a divorce and bound her over to keep the peace. . They are having a brisk temperance excitement at Columbia City just now. The blue ribbon movement has taken the place by storm, and we are informed that the entire bar with but one exception has donned the blue.— The roll call contains over a thousand names, and embraces many of the leading citizens of the town who have heretofore not believed in such combinations. — Warsaw Union. o An old lady, apparently near 60, was killed Friday afternoon at Hillsburg, Clinton county, on the lafayette, Muncie and Bloomington railroad, by throwing herself under the rear car, both trucks passing over her, severing her head from her body. Her name is thought to be Wells, and it is said she has friends in Chatsworth, 111., as she was in Lafayette on Wednesday -and telegraphed to parties in Chattsworth. It seems that she had no» money, and the conductor declinad to let her ride further. - Stephen Jenks, who murdered Geo. Mallow, at Ontario, Lagrange county, seven years ago, was recently arrested at Bay Cily, Michigan, and has been brought back to Lagrange for trial. He was arrested at the time the murder was committed, tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life. A new trial was granted, but whilst awaiting for the trial to take place,: escaped from the Lagrange jail, and no%hing has been heard of him since, until last week the news of his capture by detectivé Dice, of Sturgis. There was a rewargl of $l,OOO offered for his capture—ssoo by Lagrange county, and $5OO by AMrs,‘ Mallow, widow of the murdered man.— Lagrange Standard. fiite :

: "ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. : ‘A Swan Woman Elopes With a Showman, Take ing Her Husband’s Money. SWAN, Ind., August 20.—0 n Saturday night Mrs. Platner, a young married Jady, and daughter of Theodore Wirner, a highly respected resident of this locality, eloped with a showman named Allen, taking her personal effects and a certificate of deposit for $4,000 on Kendallyille and Ft. Wayne banks. Up to this time ne trace has been obtained of the fugitives. Search is . being made by the husband and father, assisted by many friends.

THE MARKETS. | LIGONIER. GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 65¢; Oats, 23¢; Corn, 50¢; Flax Seed; $1.15; Clover Seed, $5 00; Timothy S;ed, $2 00, o Propuce.—Hogs, live, cwt $4 00, Shoulders, per pound, 9¢; Hams, 12¢; Bees Wax, 28c; Butter, 14; Lard, 10c; Eggs, ¥ doz, 10¢; Wool, 1b,40@ 00c; Feathers, 70c; Tallow, 07¢c; Apples, dried, 6c¢, green, bu. $75; Potatoes, 20; Peaches, dr., per Ib. 10; Hay marsh, $6; timothy $B. =

, KENDALLVILLE. . GRAIN AND SEEDS,—~Wheat, white $1 18, red $1 17; Corn, 50c; Oats, 20¢; Clover Seed, $0 00; Flax, $1 00; Tim~ othy, $2 25.- L 5o OTHER PrRODUCE—Hams, @© Ibl2¢; Shoulders, 08c; Lard, 10c; Tallow,6¢; Wool, 37¢; Butter, 13¢c; Beeswax,2s¢; Apples, dried, s¢; green, ® bu., Tsc; Potatoes, 25; Eggs, ¥ doz..9¢

CHICAGO, Aug 21, 1877, GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $106; ' Corn,42¢; Oats, 23¢; Rye, 51c; Barley, 69c; Clover Seed, $750 @ 7 60; Timothy, $1 26@1 50; Flax, $1 26@128 ; i PRODUCE.—Mess Pork, Bewt,sl2 15 @ 12 90; Lard, $8 22 @ 8 25; Hams; green, P b, 9 @ 10¢; Shoulders, 4%c; Butter, fair to g00d,22@24, choice,l6@ 20c¢; Eggs, ¥ doz., 10c; Potatoes, 33. PourLTrßY.—Turkeys, dressed, 9 1, i-lOc; Chickens, P doz: $2 00@#$3 25. | “TOLEDO.—Aug. 21,1877, - GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $126%, N 0.2 Wabash, $1 27; Corn, i‘47q;}soats, ¢; 25 Clover ‘Seed, $5 00, _ LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, Aug,2l.— Cattle, graded stoors, 8 50@i. 00; cholce beches, 85~ 15@5 ‘?Dﬁ:‘f@ beeves, $4 25@5 00;.medium g , #3 50@84 O ilmchm mo(ﬁ 2 50@%3 00; stock cattle, $275 % 8 50; inferior cattle, $2 00@$2 40. ‘Hogs, bacon grades, $5 30@5 40; com‘mon to choice heavy, $4 70 @ss 00; L\ rior lats $4 ‘:ii's;rﬂ 80, Sheep. . ) Sice Juth 84 UOE 08 got TR i»«.{?.\“‘ - @:ﬁeﬁﬁéw’*;g‘*u eSR By 880, Sheep. ® cwt. 84 50@4 80— | "%\ﬁ . tf% %*ﬂgg Kko Yt {%”"‘"’* Pit M TTR e B e

Ps R e S OSBORN'S This Machine is & XEW IpEA and ‘i»xiveﬁt\iohﬁgd’the most perfect machine in use for thoroughly SEPARATING AND CLEANING all kinds of Grain and Seed. It is supe. rior to any known Fanning Mill, doing much work that & Fanning Mill CANNOT DO. - OATS, Cockle, Chess, Sl i i L - together, can be gepa- | Wo%;l Bi?:ku:ivtlile%d ::d At 3 R U rated rapidly. er esfrom. . il T o v : Spring Wheat, = PSR i 1 SEED GRAIN can bo RYE, Cockle, Chessor == S AT Im .. cleaned nearly : c"(':"t’nmfﬁnmigs’x""". N | il ey a 8 [ast as for market. Caps, Timothy, &c., . | B S Asa Timothy and Clover vR I N iek 2 » d : 4 o ; vy ‘8 2 oo Barley, and NGI BTSN - other machﬁ{esd‘;epan‘t-\ Buckwheat for market: E s i Red Top, Fox Tail, and for seed—separating - :' ) [ : “-f ing Ofty XO, Q@ats from Barley, (for s B B | Pigeon Grass, Smart seed) perfectly. : ; I’#\]% : eil Weed, Dock, Clover & : WILL SEPARATE :}n e Ne BT ¥, Sand from Timothy. Wild Mustard, Bastard | N L= - Rag Weed, Plantain, Flax, FOX TAIL, Pigeon e ey B E= Fox Tail, Wild Peas, Grass Seed, Wild Buck- i [ @8 Pigeon and Tickle wheat, Sour Doek, and : ; 1 T iEeE=— Grass Seeds, and other every other foul seed from |l & foul seeds perfectly and Flax Seed. . ; 3 S SRS o ,rp.pidlyfrom()lover. It will clean per hour for market, Wheat 30 to 60 bushels; Barley, Rye, Oats and Buckwheat, 40; Flax, = . 10 to 20; Clover Seed, 20 to 30. 2 Farmers, Warchouse Men, and Grain and Seed Dealers who wish to obtain = The Best Grain and Seed Separator yet invented! will buy the OSBORN MILL. Its work is perfect in all kinds‘of Grain and 3eed, and its excellence is attested by Fiérsét lg;'mn‘iums;in last two years at State Fairs in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Towa, 'Wyiscong sin, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, an&_ in all competitive trials at District or County Fairs: e : : Fo The exclusivg right to make and sell this celébrated machine, for the States of OHIO, INDIA.NA, MICHIGAN ’and KEN”'I‘UOKY s 18 ve_sted in - $ o Joseph K. Edgerton, proprictor of the Fort Wayne Steel Plow Works, nd the Machine is manufactured in the most perfect manner at that establishment. For Descriptive Circular, address : : : i Fort Wayne Steel Plow Works, 23 West Coiumbia St. , Fort Wayne, Ind.

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