The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 34, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 December 1877 — Page 2

The Patiomn) Banner » m_-—w s e L < 'x‘.\'\' i “ ¥ J. B.STOLT., Bditor and Proprietor . LIGONIER, IND, DEC'R 13th, 1877, “‘No man worthy of the office of: President should be willing to hold &t ir counted in or placed there by fraud.”— U.S. GRANT. , .

It 18 NOow regarded a moral certainLy that the silver bill ij‘l&pass the Senate by a large majority¥and that a; veto by Hayes can easily be overcome.

- HoN. W P. FisneAck has received the appointment as clerk of the United States Circuit-and District Courts, and as Master Commissioner for the courts, to fill the vacancy occasioned by.the death of John D. ITowland.

GEN. JouN M. HARLAN having finally suceeeded in being confirmed by the Senate, took his seat upon the Supreme bench last Monday. That court is now again full, and we are of opinion that Gen. Harlan will prove a very competent judge. © -

+ By the admission of Mr. Eustis as U. S. Senator from Louisiana, all the States of the Union now have full representation ‘in the Senate, and there will be no further cause for agitation of the Seuther:i question, much to the chagrin”of those statesmen who depend ixpou party prejudice and sectional hate for their“succe's'é’i'n public life. it AT L

% PR TR S e e i ON MoNDAY last.the resolution to admit Mr, Eustis as a Senator from the State of Louisiana was agreed to by a vote of 49 to 8. The Senate is now full—76 members. The Republicans count 39, including - Conover, Patterson and Stanley Matthews, the Democrats 36, and the David Davis party L. . o Ea

‘Tug irrepressible Pinchback “last week wrote a letter very generously resigning all claims te a seat in the U. S. Senate, but paying his compliments in pointed language to the republican Senators who opposed his. admission and subsequently voted for Kellogg on a greatly inferior 'title. Kellogg is likely to be indicted for bribery and embezzlement. i .

Eastern Democrats don’t like the appointment of Senator Veorhees as a member of the Senate finance committee.—Kwchange, < = '.. 7

Well, suppose they don’t like it; what are they going to do aboug it? Eastern Democrats who are allied with Shylocks need not expect to have things their own way in the demio¢ratic temple. That time has gone by. -

Tug annual message of Governor Hampton to the-Legislature of South Carolipa is a manly and sensible decument. -He strongly favors piibli¢ s(;jmols-x'for_ the free education of all clajsse#, and ‘deprecates a repudiation of the§sta'te debt. On the latter quesLion hp argues in favor of a sett_lt;ment on a lbasis that will not impair the creditiof the State. o

‘Rev. L 8. KaLroc, f(mpeﬂy a Kansas polili -ian of unsavory reputation bt now a preacher at San Francisco, ,ha,sj.come' out with a veliement anti-Chin¢se pronunciamento. e thinks that.the Chinese are poisoning American society, and doesn’t want, them to come here and take the bread out of{the mouths of the workingmen. In this the Rev. gentleman is not far out of/the way. * i

‘ XTI s e : A RUSSIAN statement is published at Bugharest, which saysj’ it is better to, con&.inue the war than to conclude a patched-up peace which will sooner or later make another war necessary, Russia must obtain autonomy for the Christian population, independence for Roumania and Servia, increase of territory for Montenegro, and for Russla the possession of Batoumr and Kars and the free navigation of the I)hrdanelles. e e

JAMES B. BELFORD, the republican claimant for the seat for Colorado, has gone homeé to Deuver. He thinks that a new election will be ordered, and has ro hope of being admitted.— He favors the silver bill, which he says will pass Congress by a two-thirds vote, and, with the inter-convertible bond feature, will bring about resumption in thirty days. Mr. Belford is a native of Miftin county, Pa., and “until about six years ago resided at LaPorte, Ind. . A

THE RESULTS of the late election in Mississippi show that the republican party has about quit buginess in that State. The Senate will hiave one re: publican member and the House only

eleven. There will be four colored members, three of whom were elected ~ by the'Democrats and one by the Republicans. From this it would appear that the Democrats ‘of Mississippi do not object as strongly to colored office - holders as do the Republicans of Cleveland and Cincinnati. where they allowed their eolored candidates for legislative honors to be - ruthlessly glaugltored, o o 0

Tur extra session of Congress: Jasted seven weeks, and the net results of its labors may be summed up in the passage by both. Houses of only two bills which have become laws, and one . or two joint resolutions. These bills were the army appropriation bill for the cutrent year, and the naval defieiency bill.. About eighteen hundred bills were introduced into the House and reforréd to thie committees. -'The amendments, but the amendments "*’*'?“* , g WW’WXWMW%Q%MW g‘*”fl‘ﬁ W@aﬁﬁwvwﬁw%ﬁm B Rl S

. THAT FISHERY DISPUTE. - The fishery dispute, on account of ‘which Uncle Sam is to pay Canada 5} million dollars, grew out of the claims of the Canadian government for the privilege of taking fish in the Bay. of Fundy and the St. Lawrence ‘Bay, beyond the. line of three leagucs from shore, and for the privilege of entering provineial ports for repairs, fresh bait, and fish-packing. The question in dispute between the United States and Great Britain, outside } that of harbor, was on the construc- ' tion of the international law which gives jurisdiction to every nation over a belt of three marine leagues from theshore. The United States has held that that jurisdiction followed the coast line; Great Britain that it ran from headland to headlahd, making all bays inland waters. The treaty of Washington provided for the: constitution of the commission to settle the dispute, which. it has done by a majority award of five and a half millions of dollars. The original claims/ of the Canadians aggregated $14,800,000. Mr. Kellogg, the American commissioner, claims that the award must be:unanimous, and theend is probably not yet. On one occasion the American government proposed to settle with the Canucks for one million dollars, but the offer was peremptorily declined. The United States have an’ unexpended ‘balance of about eight millions of dollars of theGeneva award.

- ANTI-SHYLOCK ORGANIZATION, : . We are pleased to notice that a meeting of prominent currency reformers was held at Washington Saturday evening for the purpose of form.ing an association, whose purpose shail be to enlighten the people in the eastern States and other. sections of the country regarding, and enlist their cooperation in the aims of the anti-Shy-lock party. Among those present were Jones, of Nevada, Hons. A. H. Buck‘ner, Thomas Ewing, William Hartsell, Wm. D. Kelly, and other members of the ITouse; Hon. Thomas. Durant, Hon. A. B. Mullett, Prof. Daniels, and others. Information was' received from' Senators Ferry, Beck, ‘Voorhees, Dyvis, of Illinois, and others, of their sympathy with the movement. . A committee was appointed who are to select one ‘Senator aiid one Representative of the Greenback party in Congress. "This latter party will organize some time during the week and appoint Its clerk, and will have printed thousands of documents containing ‘speeches bearing on the followinug points: First, the repeal of the resump--tion ‘act; Second, the recoinage of the silver dollar, of four hundred and twelve aiid one-half grains; third, the substitution of treasury notes for national bank currency. It is not pro--posed by the gentlemen named to form a new party. Bt

A STRONG POINT.

The strongest argument yet advaneed in favor of holding the Democratic State Convention on the Bth of January is that of the Plymouth Democrat, expressed in these words: “A number of democratic. papers throughout the State are somewhat agitated coneerning the time when, aud the place where the Democratic State Convention shall be held. We have always been of the opinion that the time for holding the State Convention should be permanently fixed on the Bth of January. Since that date has been abandoned, we have had. more or less . trouble eonciliating the granger and independent element, who somehow or other have heretofore managed to. hold their conventions prior tothe democratic conventions for the purpose of compelling the Dem‘ocracy to endorse their nominees under penalty of political annihilation if they did not do so. *We want no more entangling alliances of that kind, and the way to-avoid it is to hold an early convention. - The talk about holding ‘the convention at Terre Haute, Lafa.yette, or any other place than Indianapolis, is the merest nonsense, and is not worthy of the least consideration.” Some of our contemporaries in the southern part of.the State will hardly cconcur in the opinion expressed in the concluding portion of the above agtiole oe i e e

/THE NATIONAL GRANGE ON FINANCE, - At the recent-session of the National Grange, held in the city of Cincinnati, the following resolution ‘was adopted: o ; A

“The National Grange, representing as 1t does the agricultural element of every part of the United States, without intending to infringe any feature of its organic law which forbids the discussion of any question of party politics, believes it t 0 be not only its privilege but its duty to give expression to the universal voice of its membership in condemnation of all such legislation, either on the part of the general or State government, as tends to the injury of the great productive industries. In this spirit, and "with no. purpose to take part in the partisan politics of the country, we do hereby declare our disapprobation of the law demonetizing silver and committing the government arbitrarily to any fixed day in the future for the resumption of specie payment, and do, therefore, hereby express our sympathy with the effort now being made in Congress for the repeal of those obnoxious measures.” o 7 1

The vote on the silver proposition stood 34 in favor and 9 against; that on the anti-resumption 30 to 14, The South and the West voted for the resolution and New England against it. -

Tnoven William Pitt Kellogg has by a strict party vote, been admitted as a Senator from Louisiana, the merits of the case have not been inquired into at all, and it is but reasonable to assume that neither Judge Spofford nor the people of Louisiana will permit | the matter to end here. The seating of Kellogg is an outrage upon the will of the people of Louisiana only inferior in wickedness to the crimes of the returning board.. The time is not far <distaht when the Spencers, the Dorseys, the Sargents, the Pattersons and the Conovers will no longer be present in_the'Senate fo lielp out the Conklings and loars and - Bdmundses with S popiilon Will, W Haws ot 10 08 Judge Spofford occupy tho sost now T R e

'~ ROME CITY ITEMS. - Thanksgiving in Rome cmaand passed off without much ado. No wor--Bhip at the M. E. Church, Baptist church ditto. The people of Rome are generally poor. They feel thankful to ‘Almighty God for furnishing the ‘country with a bountiful supply of provisions, but for the policy of President Hayes and John Sherman, throwing the laborers out of employ-. ment 5o that they have not the wherewith to buy a portion of this bountiful supply, they have no thanks and nothing but condemnation. Even the turkey business this time was more dull than usual on Thanksgiving day. We see an article going the rounds of all the papers concerning the death of Ed. Holmes, Esq., who was said to have come to his death near Swan, in this county. =We take the limberty of correcting the location of that accident. The aceident happened about 214 miles from this place on Bill Resler’s farm. Doctor Covert of our town was: called, but before he got there the patient was dying. Mr. Holmes fell but a short distance, his head and neck striking in the rounds of a ladder, which caused his death. He leaves a wife and four children in limited circumstances. ; >

Our spoke factory, under the management of Vincent & Bryan, will goon be in full operation, and bids fair to become a success. One more credit mark for the business enterprise of Rome City. L The President’s Message fell ‘upon Rome like a sheet of wet paper. Leaving out the financial part of it, nobody cared to read it. And on this point there is no reason why anybody should have been mistaken 1n what was coming. Mr. Hayes told the people in his letter of acceptance that “there must be no step backward” in this (resumptlon) Dbusiness. This was ‘why we cpuld not and did not support him. He also said in his inaugural address ;that he had not changed his mind. He now says that it mustand shall be done, and that, too, without the aid of silver if possible. Mr. Hayes is comfortably fixed with his $50,000 per year. He can afford to look down on the poor laboring man and tell him that “it is the best thing for “him” to have money as scarce as possible.” - Superintendent O’Rourke was. here on Saturday last, and we learned from him that the G. R. & L, R. R.now have the timbers on the ground to make the reservoir dam secure beyond a possibility of breaking. It was considered safe in its present state, but they propose to put in such additional improvements as will make it safe and substantial beyond the most captious doubt. . :

J. C. Geisendorff, of Indianapolis, is now here giving his flouring mill his special attention. We notice that there is a fearful crowd of customers around there daily. 'The “Flying Dutchman” 1s every where present. It is;the intention of Mr. G. to spend the winter here. He is putting up a fine mill shed for the accommodation of customers. . g :

The interior of the oflice part of the Rome City Woolen Mills has been undergoing some changes and repairs which. add greatly to the appearance and convenience of the same. If the proprietors: would persevere and make the exterior of that building as well as that of the mill building correspondingly attractive, it would add greatly to the beautyand durability of the entire establishment.

Mart. Hall is now absent visiting re’atiyes at Lansing, Michigan.

We'léarn that George Triplett has about given up the notion. of going into the saloon business for the present. We think this is sensible. What is the use of the second gin mill when the one we have is almost dried up for want of patronage ?

We imagine that President Hayes now finds himself in very much the same fix that.the old man did who was going to market, riding his jackass, and his little son' going along on foot. They met a man who said, “Old fellow, I think you had. better get down and let your little son ride.” The old man got down and put his son up to ride. Pretty soon they met another who said, “Young man, I think you had better get down and walk; let yom"\poor old father ride.” The son obeyed and the old gent again got up to ride. They had not gone far until they met tt&third man who said the hard-hearted old man ought at least to take his son up and let him ride also. This request was also complied with, but the load proved .to be too great for the poor old animal who sunk down and died. The old man then took in the situation and began to see what hé'had done and thus soliloquized, “Well, I havetried to please everybody, and have pleased nobody, and have lost'my ass in the bargain.” Two of our town boys had a little “set to” on Saturday evening last by way of pugilistic exercises. . After punching each other’s noses, and tearing each others’ clothes-es, one of ’ém squeated, when ihen and there the exercises ended. Mean whisky and a chew of tobacco was the cause of all the trouble. ' ! : i ,

And now comes Rome City with a first-class dramatic troupe. :They will make their debat about the Holidays. It is acknowledged on all bands that Rome City has the finest dramatie talent in America and when they get in good running order, Albion, Cromwell and other small places will rank only as side shows. , Dee. 10, Wi ALEXIS, A TREMENDOUS. pressure is being brouglit to bear upon the President to veto the silver bﬂi.ﬂiu’ am«lf,mmﬂd» pass the Senate, even in amended form, Capitalists from New Y ork and Boston are urging upon Hayes and Sherman the need of continuance in the present contraction of values; untl specie and greenbacks are equal in mined o !}f" B@, and ﬂ “ﬁﬁ-: ; ?‘?’ﬁ#"ﬁf 0 S RIS ANCEN AN AN likely that Hay m 1 be I rgg 8 *ﬂg"‘ her ca [é@’ its to veto any acf’*‘?"gﬁ"“"“"%*?‘ v char E e AAEE T e 3 (SRS b g it IR B R e s e LR

. How that Rebel Flag was Captured, | To the Edilor of the lﬁdﬁwomm o ~ 1 B¢e by your issue of yesterday that the Governor of Texas ha %s Te- | quest of Governor Williams to return the flag of Terry’s Texas Rangers, captured by Captain Wiler, of Company F., Seventeenth Indiana, near Rome, Ga., October the 13th, 1864. I wasin that fight, and remember all about the | capture of that flag. The Austin Age, I see, says it was lost on the road by “their color bearer, and picked up by the Seventeenth Indiana. Well, that statement is very “thin,” and I sup_pose it is taken from some of their ~southern war records, whith for lying cannot be surpassed even by the Turks of :it)a;day-. ‘We were skirmishing with Terry’s - Texan Rangers on the 12th and 13th of October, 1864. During the moruing of the 13th, as we were driving them hack, they posted up notices along the roadside and at the crossroads, giving us aspecial invitation to attend a ball by Terry’s Texan Rangers, under the supervision of Buck, Ball & Co., at any time during the day. Our brigade, (Wilder’s) of course, accepted the invitation the first opportunity we got. During ourlittle skirmish, about noon that day, they found a place which they supposed would be suitable to carry on the dance. We took our partners and filed to the left of the road, and tried to join hands with them. The Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry echarged down the road, routed them, and captured two pieces artillery—we . charging them ‘at the same time on the left of the road. They fired a few rounds and lit out. Their color-bearer was shot down. Some one picked up their flag, but our bullets flew too thickly for him, and he dropped it and took to his heels. We ran them over twenty miles that day. Now they have the cheek to send all the way to Indiana and ask Uncle Jee}ms Williams to return their flag, as he was “kinder” on their side then. Such impudence! We of the Seventeenth Indiana ask the return of the'lives of the gallant Sergeant Lloyd, of company A; N. G. Allen, corporal of company M, and many other gallant and brave boys who fell in that action. Then it will be time ‘ enough for them to talk about the- return of that flag.. I'd be ashamed, if I were the Governor of Texas, to havea flag, under such circumstances, hung ‘up in the State-house of Texas. Theladies of Austin presented the brave Texas Rangers with that flag, and they should have kept.it when they had it, and made a better fight when they lostit. The Seventeenth Indiana gave that flag to theState of Indiana {(not to Governor Williams) and had it placéd in the librarian’s office with other trophies of the war. Returnit? No, never, to disgrace the brave dead and living soldiers of Indiana. Why, in a few more years those Southern folks will want us to tear up the headstones anad level the graves of our dead boys in all the southern cemeteries, because the sight of them will bring up sad recollections. We soldiers will forgive and forget; but destroy the old land-marks, flags and banners, never. If that blue flag, with “In God we trust” inscribed on it, is a disgrace to the State of Indiana, and if Uncle Jeems Williams wants to get rid of it, let him call a meeting of the Seventeenth, and we will have it' cremated, and then bottle the ashes and hide the bottle 1n a jar in some secluded place in the librarian’s office, for fear some man from Texas may see it and have his feelings hurt. I suppose it is about time for the women of Georgia to come in next. They madé General Forrest a present of a fine battery of flying artillery, which they bought in England. General Forrest is now dead. They may want something to remember him by. The Seventeenth had the misfortune to capture it. Yes, and there’s Gen- | eral John A. Washington —the last of the Washington family ; he was killed by the Seventeenth regiment, September 12, 1861." Virginia may want his arms. I suppose there will be numerous other calls. for other Indiana regiments to hand over their little trophies if this returning business is once com‘menced. We have now given our southern friends all the cow but the tail, and that, I think, we should hold on to ourselves. =~ J. 11. BOLENS, Veteran of Company F. Seventeenth Indiana. LIGONIER, December 4,

The Man Who Burned a Church 4o Hide . His Crime.

INDIANAPOLIS, December Bth.—'The jury in the case of Beaver, for the murder of Sewall, at Madison, Ind., returned a verdiet of murder in the first. degree, and assessed the death penalty. The Judge deferred seutence until a motion for anew trial is heard. Sewall ‘was a real estate dealer of Indianapolis, and was on his way to Madison, with the intention of going thence to Cincinnati, when he was murdered. The.crime was committed in New Liberty, Jefferson county, where Beaver, who wis known to be a desperate character, had a farm to sell. The deed was accomplished by striking the unfortunate man on the head with a heavy stone, and the body was then placed in the village church, which was set on fire for. the purpose of concealing the crime, but some of the neighboring farmers saw the fire, extinguished the flames and found the body. When Beaver, who had been seen with the murdered man, was arrested blood was found on his clothes. Sewall was a graduate of Yale, and founded a woman’s college at Covington, Ky, which a disagreement with the directors had caused him to abandon. 1l

Murder for Money.

MANSFIELD, 0,, December 7th.—A terrible murder was committed about midnight last night at the residence of William S. Finney, three miles -south-west of this city. The occupants of the house consisted of Wm. S. Finney, aged 70, his wife, his son, Rev. James Finney, wite and five children and a hired man. The murderer entered the house evidently for plunder, as the parties had recently sold a lot of hogs.: It is supposed the old people were awakened by the burglar, when he clubbed the old gentleman with a ‘gun, inflicting injuries whieh caused his death soon after. The old lady was also clubbed and so badly injured that she cannot recover. Mr. James Fioney and wife, who were sleeping in the next room, hearing a strange noise went to investigate, when the ‘murderer turned on them, knocked Mrs. Finney down and severely injured Mr, Finney, and then made his escape. A colored man named Edward Webb, formerly in the employ of the Finney’s, was arrested and locked up.. There is pretty strong proof that he is dpeguilty ety -~ "~ oG A QUEER case is now. on trial in St. ‘Louis. A little girl, it is alleged, died from the effects of poison, the result ‘of -wearing striped stockings. The parents of the child sue the merchant, -who sold the mmmmbﬁmw Tbﬁmﬂﬂmiﬁﬁmmo but denies ‘the eflicacy of the remedies used for 16 been in the coloring of the stock< ings. Chemists and medical experts. iz 5 , h%. ovelty but ) :%f»,‘& v 8 u%ﬁ TASER B

~_Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield Republicen, says he is “not afraid to die.” -Te opposed the military despotisms of Grant, and the scoundrelism of the padical conspirators, and in that way laid up treasure in heaven. o Ordinarily Congress takes a holiday recess-of two weeks. This year it takes nearly a month—:from December 15 to January 10. This prolonged rest is probably on account of the ‘arduous labors incident to the special session. But the’ country will not grieve, : e . Cold weather has removed all traces of yellow fever from the infected regions of I'lorida, and the. banished people are returning home. At Fernandia ice has formed half an inch thick, and a cold wind, blowing hard, has swept away the last remains of the dreadful disease. : : By judgment.of thecourt “Ashland,” the old home of Henry Clay, at Lexington, now a part of the Kentucky university, will be sold this month for the benefit of the creditors. The case is simply‘a prolongation of the old fierce warfare between two parties concerning the university. All accounts indicate that Senator Blaine is iu a precarious condition of health. Ie is represented as looking like a confirmed invalid, and his ccnversation as well as his dppearance is that of a broken, disappointed man. He sees.few people, and seems to have lost all his old vigor and vivacity.

’_,, A rival cave in extent and beauty to ‘Mammoth cave, Kentucky, has just been explored near. Wytheville, Virginia. It is very easy of access, and the explorers saw no places of danger ag far as they went. The corridors are large, requiring neither stooping nor squeezing to pass through them. The United States Mint at Philadelphia coined during the month of November 400,000 silver trade dollars; 834,000 silver half-dollars; '722,400 silver quarter-dollars; 140,000 silver “dimes; the whole valued at $l, 011,660. No gold or other metal than silver was coined during the month.

'* There are indications of the rapid approach of a crisis in Parjs. Visitors in large numbers are leaving the city, and the gun shops have been closed by oxder of the government, It is possible that within a few days Paris may feel like congratulating herself on the fact that' there is an experienced soldier at the head of her government. bkt it

Three hundred years ago Armenia was an indep®ndent naftion, and had its own Christian Princes. At this time one-third of the territory belongs to Russia, one-sixth to Persia, and Turkey holds the remainder. The part Turkey holds is divided into provinces; is over sixty thousand square miles in extent, and' contains over three million inhabitants. :

A dispatch from Toledo, Ohio,dated December 8, says: P. H. Dowling, Esq., to-day received a telegram from the Postmaster-General reinstating him as Postmaster in this eity, in consequence of the failure of the Senate to confirm the recent appointment of Alexander Reed. Upon presentationof ‘the order the was office at once turned over to Mr. Dowling by the deputy in charge. Y ' A brother of Frank Rande has arrived at Galesburg, Illinois; from Fairfield, Towa, where he resides with his parents. By him Rande’s true name, Charles C. Scott, was made known.— Roy. S. Scott, the brother, is a fine looking, gentlemanly fellow, and he says for six years.they supposéd that “Rande” was dead, as they have not heard from him. lle will attend to: the sale of the pictures of the desperado, and do all he can to save his brother from the gallows. : A most demoniacal murder was committed in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday a week ago. Charles R. Magill, a cabinet maker, killed his mistress, Mary Kelley, in a house of ill-fame, by holding her on the bed, while he emptied his revolver into her head and face, then reloading laid her arm to one side, and fired four more shots into her breast, making ten shots in all. He’i then lit a cigar, walked to ithe door and waived till a-police oflicer came to take charge of him. Jealousy was the ‘ cause. : :

Surrender of Plevas.

Wounded and starved out, Osman has surrendered the stronghold of Plevna to thé Russians, thereby giving over as prisoners of war what remains of a large and once victorious army. Plevna has withstood a long siege, but hunger and sickness Lhave proved far too strong for.the heroism and devotion of the Turks, and to escape them they have surrendered at discretion. The stories that have come from inside the beleaguered city have been the cruelest—of daily deaths from the slow processes of diseases and exhaustion, and of a breaking up of discipline among the soldiers, and consequent acts of riot and butchery perfectly fearful to read. For the sake of common humanity the surrender has come none too soon, for it will only hasten by a little while the end which seems now so certain, judging by all the probabilities in the case. —lndiandapolis Journal. ; o

- THe siecE of Plevna has been very costly to the Russians, and its capture is a heavy blow'to the Turks. The position was considered almost im--pregnable, and nothing but the dogged determination and resistless valor of the Russians could have overcome it. On the other hand, it must be admit’ted that the Turks made a splendid defense, and their final surrender in _no.way detracts from its brilliancy.— . So far as fighting qualities are concerned they have shown themselves fully the equals of the Russians, while in maferial strength and resources of war they have developed a fatal weakness. The capture of Plevna does not ‘necessarily end the war, though if largely increases the probability of peace negotiations. The Turkish treasury is empty, her armies unpaid and demoralized, and her material resources exhausted, while those of her powerful adyversary are practically untouched. In this state of affairs the Sultdn. must see the hopelessness of prolonging the contest, and will prob‘ably make early overtures for peace. | —lndianapolis Journal. - il

Senator Patterson claims to have made a great hit by his speech in the Senate defending himself and attacking the President’s Southern policy.— He says he has received hundreds of letters of congratulation, and one i ‘from a Boston firm offering him two thousand dollars for twenty lectures in New Engiland on the Southern question and political affairs in the Southern States. It would be odd if in striking at the President he had struck oil.’ —f»lndianapoZis Journat, . .- - . Pror, SMART,superintendent of public instruction, has decided that justices of the peace are not debarred tmhmginpubﬁc schools, and | ﬁwgﬂ ave & right to arrange B L o 00l o Thoo s e R O R S IR S B AR TSR

Aspec ial&ﬂhﬁmmmbgﬁn Dec. 10, contains the following: Stan--LIO?MQWWWf ilver question in the Senateto-day, in support of his resolution declaring the bonds of the United States payable in either gold or silver coin, is regarded as the ablest argument in favor of remonetization that' has ever been delivered in Congress. Mr. Matthews is not a very graceful speaker, but has a forcible way of putting things, and is gifted with the faculty of clothing his ideas. in language of unmistakable meaning. He spoke for an hour and a half, and held the attention of the Senate with unusual success. ' It was his maiden speach in open session, and his ‘debut had been anticipated with general interest and curiosity. Ilis fami: 1y were in the gallery as listeners. — Senator Jones says Mr. Matthews’ speech will convince the country, if it will not convince the anti-silver Senators. As soon as Matthews: had finished Senator ‘Conkling, seeing an opportunity to make President Hayes very unhappy, moved an amendrent making Matthews’ resolutions joint resolutions instead of concurrent resolutions, thus making a distinction without a difference, exéept that joint resolutions are submitted for the President’s approval, while concurrent resolutions are not. This would force President Hayes at once to declare whether he will sign a bill making United States bonds payable in silver as well as gold, and if he should refuse to sign these resolutions Mr. Conkling knows that a great many citizens favoring remonetization would be arrayed against him. ! el < —— i ; The Protest of the People. ‘To the Editos of the Indisnapolis Sentinel. Sir:—ls Hayes the President, or is he the bondholders’ tool, as Sherman ig his, and Wall street over all, and we are mere serfs only—first class slaves ? The money power is not a 'power to be reasoned with. It is dictation on one side, submission on the othes. They are our masters now, more positive in their demands and more tyrannical in using the crushing power than was ever. a planter of the South. When will forbearance cease to be a virtue ? Shall we wait until the chains are riveted on our limbs? We can raise a regiment of fighting men brave and true right here in, Tipton. We are ready at a moment’s warning to fight it out on this line if it takes all winter. The army of the poor oppressed, of those in enferced idleness and bankruptey is being increased every day. Revolution is in the atmosphere. The mills of the gods are grinding, and hell is to pay generally. For what? To test the people on the question (not of resumption, for we can’t resume a condition we never have had) of American—native born American— ‘ liberty. “So we say, give us liberty or give us death. SoP M, 1 Tipton, Ind.,, Dec. 5. |

The action of the House in regard to the Mexican question shows an excellent temper and determination to avoid trouble with Mexico. Leading members on both sides of the House, while; admitting: that our relations with that country are in a somewhat disturbed and delicate condition,showed every disposition tohave all pending questions amicably disposed of. The reference of that portion of the President’s message relating to Mexico to the Foreign Relations Committee, instead of the Military Committee, was in accordance \Emth this feeling, the desire being that the subject should be carefully and cautiously considered, with a view to preserving the peace.—lnd. Journal, :

- The amocunt of t‘estimm{’y in favor of Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup, as a caure for Conenmption, far exceeds all that can be brought to

support the pretoistous uf any otirer nedicine;— See Dr. Sc%gnck’s Almanac, which can be had of imy[ Drugg'ié't free of charge, containing the certiﬂct;tes of many persons of the highest i'e'spectability who have been restored to heal th, after being pronounced incurable by physicians of acknowledged ability. Sc!:enck’s Pulmonic Syrup

alone has cured many, as these evidences wjll show; but the cure i§ often promoted 'by the employme'nt»h of two other rexhedieé which Dr., Schenck provides for the purpose. ‘These additional remedies are Schenck’s Sea Weed Tonic

and Mandrake Pills. -By the timely use of these medicines, according to directions, Dr.-Schenck certifies that most any case of consumption may be cured. Every moment of delay makes your cure more difficult, and all depends on the judicious choice of a remedy. Schenok’s Mandrake Pills arelan agreeable and safe cure for constipation caused by bilionsness, and also for sallow complexion and coated tongue. There is no bet= ter remedy for disordered stomach and all the evils resulting therefrom, Dr, Schenck is professionally at his principal cffice, corner Sixth & Arch Sts., Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must be addressed.

Schenck’s Medicines arefor gale by all Droggists. : : 34-w3.-

THE MARKETS.

LIGONIER.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 60c; Oats, 25¢; Corn, 30c; Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Seed, $4 50; Timothy Seed, $1 25. , ProDUCE.—Hogs, live, § cwt $4 50, Shoulders, per pound, 08¢; Hams, 10c; Bees Wax, 25c¢; DButter, 15; Eard, 07c; Eggs, P doz,ls¢; W001,.1b,35@ 40¢; Feathers, 60c; Tallow, 07¢c; Apples, dried, s¢, green, P bu. $1.00; Potatoes, 40 ; Peaches, dried, 3 Ib.oSc; IHay, marsh, $5; timothy $B. ‘

i KENDALLVILLE. ' GRAIN AND SwuEps.—Wheat, white $1 25, red $1 24; Corn, 85¢c; Oats, 26¢; Clover Seed, $4 60; Flax, $1 00; Tim_othy, $2 00. - . :OTHER PRODUCE.—Iams, P Ibl2¢; Shoulders, 10¢; Lard, 10¢; Tallow, 6¢; Wool, 85c; Butter, 16c; Beeswax,2s¢; Apples, dried, 6¢; green, §: bu.,looc; Potatoes, 25; Eggs, § doz 16c. » CHICAGO, Dec. 12, 18717, - ~ GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $108; ~Corn, 417%ec; Oats, 2515¢; Rye, 56c; Barley, 61¢; Clover Seed, $4 75@4 90; ‘Timothy, sl2o@l 25; Flax, $133. = - PrRODUCE.—Mess Pork,{ cwt,sll 60 @ll 62; Lard, $7 80@7 9215; Hams; green, P 1,074 @08c; Shoulders,4c; Butter, fair to 200d,20@26, choice,l4@ 17¢; Eggs, P doz., 20c; Potatoes, 55, Povrtry.—Turkeys, dressed, © b, '390; Chickens, @ doz, $2 25@53 00. : TOLEDO.—Dee. 11, 18717. . GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $13115, N 0.3 W&ash, $115; Corn, 50%5¢c; Oats, 29¢; CYover Seed,s4 60, - . LIVE STOCK MARKETS. - CmrcAeo, Dec. 12,—CATTLE, graded steers, $5 20@5 40; choice beeves, $460@5 00, good beeves, $4 00@4 40; medium grades, $3 50@$3 85; butchers’ slack, 835088 10; stook oattle, §3 00 @%3 40; inferior cattle, $2 25@53 50. %M&wﬁales were at $4.06@4 15 for light weights; at $4 05@4 20 for common to prime medium and heavyweight packing hogs; at $4 [email protected] Mﬂhﬁiﬁéaﬁ ng grades.— w%mefm | e el R L SRARG Bon. Ll ﬁ%gw ~ Burrazo, Dec. 11.—Cattle, Shipp'g;

.- The Tradesman’s Grocery! ~ Everybody’s Grocery! - sHEAanitTEgS’bel_;.':ST'P;ALﬁjmn,mN_cY; i - Cured Meats, Provisions, | &e., The Best the Market Affords, =~ . An immense stock of STONEWARE and CROCKERY just - received. Extra bargains. Extremely low price. i Motto : B N YSN MS o ks, L Sells Groceries cheaper than any other house in fown - - Sells nething but first-class goods, - osl i - Keeps the largest and best stock to select from. e Has constantly on handa full line of FANCY GOODS, such as candies, toilet sfaps, money.purses, , pocket-books, table.cutlery, pocket-knives, &e., &e. o Sells a CIGAR for 5 CENTS as good as you can get elsewhere forlo. R R , L Buys for Cash and sells for-cash; hence his low prices.. . . T eg— e Lt Country Produce Wanted. - 4. DECKER, Ligonier, Ind. Ligonier, Ind., Sept. 97, 1877. RE : i ;

LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN - NOBLE-AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, L OUR STOCK OF L do amadhall W 9 & e 9 Men’s, Youths’, Boy’s & Children’s CLOTHING! Cloths, Coatings, Cassimeres, Furnishing Goods, EATS & CAPS, ' Is very large and complete. ™ - OUR PRICES BEYOND COMPETITION. Liothimg to ORDER s Our Spe CLally. i Ev‘er:y'(‘)‘hé'b_i‘iying é‘oéd_@ for: , will find it to their interest to examine our large stock * | before purchaiing elsewihé_rq o ~ ENGEL&CO., e \Wow stde Main street. -~} - Kendallville, Ind. August 8, 1877,-11-37 - ~ 3 rShR R v N

4 - _,: Ny, DOCIOR: PIERCE'S /—\"-: ALT.,ﬁXT.oK i sl v e 8/\ a 3 '\ i S, P R 2AR \» l)" il “’, ";" ‘.\"‘»'-“'::I [ h'f Y \:».l\,.‘x\‘ i h ; bR R | I’ | [l ek YURR A L A S S e RN R B (Fikeh ol e faliiad ‘_.y“_ﬂ‘” ARG 1 ! /// eW N -,f e et i*’i.":*i‘-"x?‘fﬁi fljit’w{a'tliﬁm W iy GO TNER N S ,"f{/ ]ﬁ"’ }a. Ah:le';iﬂf“‘l‘iu q?“ ﬂl;‘!“iﬁm‘ﬁ‘”," 9;:.:1,{ ﬁ%f‘f///}i“” st =2 o "&"“M‘,"‘x 3 i S > ;f“’LnM{l,;ﬂurM L M | Vil YN L T RN #’:lf:‘”W"‘[!‘ ;fa DR TR AN S % Rl WHN,.H‘kgl- oy 4 4 :/ %IR 4& 70 F SIS e R N R S N i L 2 g G ."“J"’f.f\‘;}, g W e THROAT, LUNGS,LIVER & BLOOD. {n the wonderful medicine to which the afilict ed are above directed for relief, the discovercr believes he has combined in harm«m,? more of Nature’s sovereign curative properties, which God has instilled /into the vegetable kingdon for healing the sick, than were ever hefore coml bined in one medicine. Theevidence of this fact is found in the great variety of mostiobstinate diseases which it has been found to conquer. In the cure of Brouchitis, Severe Ccmghs.' and the early stages of Consuraption, it has astonished: the medical faculty, and eminent Hliysicians lpvonmmce it the greatest medical’ iscover{r of the age. While it cures. the severest Coughs, if strengthehs the system and puri=gles the i)lood. By its great and. thorough blood-purifying -properties; it cures all ¥itie mors, from the worst Serofula to a common Blotch, Pimple, or Ern.g_ﬁon. Mercurial disease, iimeral-‘l’oisons, and their effects, are eradicated, and vigorous health and & sound constitution established. Erysipelas, Salt= rheum, Fever Sores, Sealg. or Rough' Skimn, in'short,all the numerous discases caused by bu(i blood, are conquered by this powerful, purifying, and invigorating medicine, - .. 4 If you feel dull, dro'ws{r, debilitated, have sallow color of skin, or yellowish brown spotis on. face or body, frequent headache or dizziness, bad taste in mouth, internal heat or chills altera. nated with hot fiushes, low spirits, and.gloomy - forebodings, . irx;le}ular appetite, and tongue coatodgou are si %erjgg from Torpid Liver, ¢ Biliousmess.”” In- many cases of “Liver Complaint? only part of these symptoms are experienced. As a-remedy for: ill such cases, Dr. Pieree’s Golden Medical Dise Jovery has no equal, as it effects n&)er;eet_;- cures,. ieaving the liver strengthened and healthy, SOLD BY DRUGGISTS AT $1 PER BOTTLE, Prepared by R. V. PIERCE, M. D., sOl'e ; Pxp?})riemg “at iho Wom.n'.s!';iusx?xx&n - Buflalo, N. Y. _. e e sTS

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CHAMBER & PARLOR SUITS . Andallother kinds of Furnitare, - Wool Mattresses, Spring Bottoms, Chromos, - Brackets, Picture Frames, &c.' Undertaking Department Coffins and CasKets always kept on hand, ready for trimming. Alsoladies’ and gent’s Shrouds, ~ very beautiful and-cheap. Good Hearse : in readiness whon desired.- . = Bemember:_ Slg_;i"—of tlxe_mg‘ (lllaﬁj- L 83 Cavin Street, : : Ligonier, Ind. October 25, 1817~12-R%-1y ;= =~ "= - - . OavinStreet,Ligonter,lndiasi | P R {, e ST ‘ o Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,&c. e R ORGSR ST “Cholce Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions & g?‘é hest cash pi & foFtotintey jﬁf ce.. - & :«5:; } CAfe ) ~L»¢%‘£"\ -21:"‘““"‘33“ “‘; "%ﬁ% Qe i Ul HEAVY BOCETAGHE AND BEARD, heiggand | ’%l =d o e L 7500 Enclage it dimciions upepmig S sMd e | Ai L e M &BT O ety

el gl 7 T . i fhis Cut llustrates the Manner of Using |ST v o o DR. RIFPFROE'S MI L ;o X S e : T i Fountain Nasal Injector; ,) ol i 3 S v T e — N DOUCHE. @y 1 . S SE N /) LA & s ¢ 4 e 4 N W N 5 i ‘\\\ & : . ,- S " .‘\\‘\\\ \ ‘\;f ' NWE G EL SN | DL 7 T R\ & .‘. une il 5 \ \" o ; <N | 1A @\\\\\ =5 N g§\\\ e N = AN |~ This instrument is especially designed fo perfect application of :pe oke e 5 —, : < S S DR.SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY. |~ 1t is the only form of instrument yet invented ;- tvith which flaid ‘medicine can be :gn.rried high uﬁ) and ﬁfewzfectly applied to all parts of the affect- { ed nasal passages, and the chambers or cavities commumca_tm%therethh, in which_ sores ami “/nlcers frequently exist, and from which the catarrhal discl_xar‘(';o generally proceeds. The want - gt' success in treating Catarrh heretoforc has . 4 I*xsen}ar%gly from the impossibility of applying . remedies to these cavities and chambers by any of the ordinary methods. This obstacle in the way of eﬂ'ectinf ocures is entirely overcome by -the invention of the Donche, ItsTuse:is pleasant and so simple that a gnld can understand it . Full and cxplicit directions accompany ‘eath instrument. When used with this instrnmept, Dr, Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures recent ; wsattacks of - *Cold 1w tho S o Hiead ?by & few applications. | B 7 e : l : : EZP% & SYMPTOMS—Frequent headache, discharge falling into throat, some- . tamoes profise, watery, thick mucus, puritient, | offensive, ete. - In others, a dryness, dry,watery, wtak, or inflamed eyes, stopping up, or obstruc= _tion, of nasal passages, rix_ngm% in ears, deainess, hawking and coughing o eclegr fhroa*, " ulcerations, scabs from ulcers, voice ‘alicrc! ~nasal twang, offensive breath, impaired oy m::ﬁ' “deprivation ef stnse of sm.el’l and taste, Qizzis “ness; mental depression, loss of appotite, indis ;(:)esluon,fe-nm;ggd tonsils, bgi,gkung cm% ygh - Only a fow of these symptoms ave likely to 1 . yresent in M?gbse “‘9.‘”&1“": M‘P} W + Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, whenused with' nx‘-.‘mqrc'e’a' Nasal !)'qu‘eiio,:aml Ho'm gompanied with the constitutional treatment - ‘which is recommended in the pamphilct th:.t . yvraps each bottle of the 'Remedy, is'a perfect . , s?eciﬂc for thislonthsome disease.” f&t‘i&mim ant g, casant to use, containing no %dng or eaustic - rugsor BOWB-- The Catarrh Remedy issold rit 60 cents, Douchgat 0 conts,by all Bruggists. ._ -R, V. PIERCE, M. D., Prop’r, . AT e O o e il ,«“\v ‘ 19:’!‘ r‘. e L KH S 0 i B L Yers v scknowledred h e m e T TR T Se S e S R e S R (9;«‘ e o S e ﬁw;§ andles & Tight Barrel ot TR R A e Peene RO el TS B lemgnd S R R (ik*g«*%%“‘i% gt 2 . L\ 'Yi‘-l“?‘vw sl g,vy"k%»;;,\ i 4 SRSt SEA LR B Y ""“"”‘*‘““«“m" PRI se ey Leie R L T Lol N R R e suitable for Shingles will 4o well 1o Soall +~« KRIOHE %&‘»m SESE eSR e i E I AT NS eRO eit i : T e BWA T S Ok B PR