The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 37, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 January 1878 — Page 2

The Fatiomal Lanner ‘ " 1 b e B.B!’OLL.EWorandProprietor’, ‘ LIGONIER,:’IND., JAN’Y 3d, 1878. “‘No man worthy of the office of President should be willing to hold it ir counted in or placed there by fraud.”— U.S.GRANT. | ¥ etk ~ls THERE any truth in the report 4 that Billy Williams is to be pitted against Hon. John H. Baker in the congressional race next fall? ' Who knows? . ' i el Ir the Indianapolis Journal succeeds in having its financial | vagaries incorporated into the republican State plat{orm", the Democrats will carry "Indiana by 100,000 majority. :

THE BANNER seconds the nomination of (Judge Gooding for Secretary of State. We want an earnest, able advocate of the people’s rights to head ~ the State ticket this year. Gooding 4 fillsthe bilexactly. . = ; THE Tennessee Legistature adjourned without adooting either one of the ¢ several propositions for thesettlement - of the State debt saddled upon -that commonwealth whils under carpetbag rule. Thisis interpreted as meaning repudiation. _

COn. JOHN S. SCOBEY, of Decatur county, will be a candidate for Attor-ney-General before the Demoeratic - State Convention. Col. Scobey was a ~ Liberal Republican in 1872, but has since fully identiﬁqd himself with the .- Democracy.. He was on the Tilden and Hendricks electoral ticket last year, and is one of the most effective i stump speakers in the State. . i

1, wl§h the beginning of the new year, mankind in general could' bé persuaded to act charitably and humanely toward their fellow men, this world might be made much happier than it bhas been for many years, A strict observance of the golden: rule would spread untold -joy and happiness threughout the world. But——-; well, it is useless to point to the futility of such dreamy thoughts.

‘THE STATE CENTRAL .COMMITTEE of the Indiana Republicans met in'the city of Indianapolis last;"ijursday and agreed upon the 5,1;ﬂ.-'gl’ayj of June as the time for holding the Republican State convention. About two hundred politicians of more or less prominence were in ‘attendance. ‘The proceedings are understood to have lacked somewhat in point of harmony on the finance question, butthe anti-resump-tionists .and silver advocates were largely in the majority. i

- THE Hancoek Democrat, published ‘at Greenfield, formally presents the name of Hon. David S. Gooding, of that town, 'as a candidate for Secretary of State. The Kokomo Dispatch in like manner proposes its townsman, A. F. Armstrong, for Auditor of State, and the Indianapolis Sentinel announces by authority that Gen. Mahlon ‘D. Manson, chairman of the Democratic State-Central Committee, is also a candidate for that office. "The probabilities are that both Gooding and Manson will be nominated without serious opposition. o i 7

| SAYS the Chicago Post: Eastern paroxysms over the probable remonetization of silver are rea%lvr. frightful te contemplate, The New York journals are raking the content for facts and falsehoods with which to frighten the ignorant poor, and unite the ‘commercial leaders. Some Wall streat institutions decline tolend currency on ninety day notes excepton :a good basis, while others are using the money of depositors to buy sterling bills on London. Meantime the West marches quietly forward with the banner of remonetization. e

SOME of ' the repﬁblican papers are discussing the propriety of calling Schuyler Colfax to the leadership of the Indiana Republicans, while others propose John Hanna, Tom Browne, John W. Gordon, and Judge Martindale. It is not our “put in,” but if we ‘wanted to give the republican party of Indiana a pretty fair show at some future time,.we would call Colfax to the front. At the immediate present his leadership would be of little avail, for no living man can this year lead the republican party to victory. It is doomed to crushing defeat. :

THERE ig no use’in mincing words; plain facts is what the people want. The contraction of the currency has done its mischievous work in all parts of the Union. That being an undeniable truth, the remedy must be found in the re-issue of the greenbacks retired from circulation. This does not fmply inflation; it simply means that the retired greenbacks be again putin cireulation to, revive business and set the wheels of commerce in motion. Four hundred millions of greenbacks was the limit fixed by law. This amount never was in excess of the business demands of the country. Let it be restored, and silver remonetized. We may then look for better times. .

THE PEOPLE. of Randolph county gave Congressman Tom .Browne a _public reception at Winchester on Monday evening. The meeting was one of the largest and most enthusiagticever held in that burg. Gen. Browne addressed the meeting for over. an hour on national finances, . He defend--ed his vote in favor of therepeal of the resumption act, and advocated with Rreat power the remoretization of sil‘ver. Hissentiments were heartily applauded by all present irrespective of ‘party. At the close of the meeting a resolution was unanimously adopted approving of General Browne's course in Congress and instructing him to labor {oFthe passage o tho iyer bi. J

TENANTS uun'gigr LORDS OF THE' - Under the caption of “Remedies,” we republish on the first page of this week’s BANNER a significant article which recently appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Our chief desirein callirg editorial attention to this article is to apprise the farmers of Indiana and the West -generally of the designs which the Shylocks have upon: their landed estates. These designs are pretty clearly set forth in the New York Times, the leading republican and acknowledged organ of the mon-ey-lending and bond-holding oligarchy of the East. The article to which reference is here made contains one of the most startling and remarkable -propositions that ever appeared in an American newspaper. It boldly proposes, incredible as it may appear, to take the ownership of their lands from the farmers: of the West and’ make them tenants at will of the money lords of the East. Speaking of the difficulties of settling new farms and ‘of farmers who have but: a limited amount of ready cash wherewith to make improvements, etc., this organ of ‘the Shylocks says: : : - “There seems to- be but one remedy, and that is a slow one, and not imme‘diately effective. - To reach it, both Sarmers and capitalists need to be edueated to it, but it seems to be inevitable ‘that it must come about in course of time. ' It isa change of the ownership of ‘the soil, and the creation of .a class of land owmners on the one hand and of tenant farmersonthe other. Something similar i both cases to what has long existed and still exists in the older countries of Europe. Those farmers who are land-poor must become tenants Pmstead of the lords of the soil.” ‘Farmers of 'lndiana: thus speaks the organ of the'monied aristocrats of ‘Europe and the East, How do you like the programme? . Do you:want to see the peasantry system of Europe transplanted upon the fertile fields of the great Mississippi valley ? Remember, the monied oligarchy is composed of shrewd, practical,unscrupulous men who have for years, with great adroitness and persistency, been engaged in working their diabolical plans for the enslavement of the tillers of the soil. They caused the act of 1869 (declaring the bonded indebtedness of the country payable in coin, instead of greenbacks ‘ag provided by law) ; then they demonetized silver so as to give gold an excessive value; and finally crowned ‘their seriés of class legislation with the infamous Sherman- resumption act. The volume of the currency has been steadily contracted in obedience to their commands, so that money has been made scarce, and farmers of the West now find themselves unable to pay off the mortgages with which a great many farms Werg .encumbered when: greenbacks were cheap and plentiful. These sharks invested their money in ‘western mortgages when ‘greenbacks were worth from 70 to 85 cents, and now, with the aid of their tool, John Sherman, they expect to make money so scarce and difficult to. obtain as to place it beyond the reach of farmers, who are thus to be compelled to surrender their bonds and ‘make the money-lenders lqrds of the goil. : . e TR

GRANT HOBNOBBING WITH SHYLOCKS.

It is reported that ex-President Grant, while being royally entertained in furope, expressed himself in words as follows:. . “I hope the States will “not fall into any financial fallacy, “such as currency inflation, making “gilver a legal tender, or thelike, to “bring about partial repudiation and “national disgrace.” A Michigan paper, in noticing this twaddlesof the exPresident, administers this well-de-served rebuke: L ‘

“This language is from the man who, before he had been President a month, signed a bill to make the principal of the publicdebt payable in coin, thereby adding at least $700,000,000 to the -burdens -of the people. Now he is hobnobbing with the aristocracy of Europe, reveling in luxury and pleasure, and receiving the homage of foreign snobs and flunkies. Nice man he, to talk about “national disgrace.” If he wants to save the nation from further disgrace, he had better return home and use his influence, such as he has, in trying to undo some of the infamous legislation engineered through Congress during his eight years in the White House.” S 4

~ In this connection it may not be ‘amiss to call attention to a significant ‘article which recently appeared in the | Chicago ' T'ribune, wherein the statement was ‘made that the silver dollar was abolished 80 secretly that General Grant, though he signed-the law, did not know it for eight months afterward, when he Wwrote o a friend expressing his regret that the coinage of the silver dollar was not progressing %o his satisfaction. It is also said that two years and a half after the passage of the act, General Hayes did not know it, since in all his speeches during his campaign against Allen in 1875 head-: vocated the payment of all our debts in “gold and silver.” The T'ribune thinks that hadthe fact been generally known, Allen could have beaten Hayes, and, of course, the latter would not have been thought*of for the Presidency. The less. Grant talks about silver and the finance question in general the better it will be for him. = His record. is far from enviable or creditable. THE city of Chicago applied a few days ago to the Urited States Trust Company, New York, for a loan of $1,000,000, to be secured by the revenue collected from current taxes. The loan was refused unless the bonds were issued on a gold basis. Applica- | tion for the Chicago loan was then made .to the American Exchange bank, and was declined except on the same condition. Chicago is where thebig meeting was held recently to demand that ninety-two cents worth of silver be made a dollar. Which leads us to remark again that honesty is the best policy.—lnd, Journal, . . The Journal ought tobe ashamed to | thus encourage the sharks of Wall | street in their contemptible efforts to | coerce the West into a submission to the infamous gold scheme. Pretty notions of honesty the Journal has, advocating a policy that compels the | payment of currency debts in gold. | Extortion would be the better expres- |

WHAT 3T MEANS,

We have more than once observed that a more suicidal policy than thet pursued by the Shylocks and theéir organs could not well be conceived.— They press their unreasonable demands with such persistency and insolence as if desirous of ereating the impression that they alone have the right to decide questions pertaining to the finances of the country, and that the masses must tamely submit to their schemes and designs. In view of these facts, the Chicago T'ribune very pertinently raises the question: Who are the-people of the United States in whose weal or woe the Government is to be administered? Three-fourths of them at present, and with an everincreasing preponderance of numbers, inhabit the West and the South. They are comparatively the pioneers who have inhabited what has already become the seat of ‘:empire in the great Republic of States, In the East, capital is lying idle for want of employment; mines are closed; furnaces and mills and factories are silent; labor is unemployed, destitute, and starving; the cities and towns and the highways are, swarming with tramps seeking food and rapidly tending towards crime; industry is comparatively at a stand, and why? The reason given is that the thirty and more millions of ‘ people of;.the Southern and ‘Western ‘States do'not or cannot purchase so ‘,much of the produets of the North~eastern States as they have done in former days. The South has been desolated and impoverished. The West has had to open up and (ggvelpp a vast ‘area. The West is richin production, -but it is in debt. It had to borrow ‘“cheap” dollars and pay large rates \of interest. It has seen ' those dolilars appreciate 15 to 20 per cent. in ‘value, but it is bravely paying its debts ‘ under the ehanged circumstance. The demand is now made that the gold dol- [ lar which is now represented by a ‘bushel of grain shall hereafter call for ‘a bushel and a half; that a mortgage which now calls for 100 acres of land } willrequire hereafter 150 acres to satisfy it; that all debts shall hereafter be paid not merely in dollars of the ordi‘nary value of 100 cents, but in dollars 80 appreciated in value as to be equivalent to 50 per cenf. more labor and 50 per cent. more property. ' The people of the West who have borrowed the depreciated rags of the moneylenders will pay all their debts in the current money of the land,—even in ‘coin,—but they can never pay those debts if there be no money save gold, rendered scarce and advanced in value by the demonetization of silver and the depreciation of all other forms of property. Is .t the best policy, then, of these money-lenders to persist in their scheme of confiscation and plunder, and destroy the people upon whose success, and prosperity, and growth in wealth depend the restora‘tion of business and the revival of the ‘industry in those Northern and Eastern States now overrun by tramps, and .whose labor is se largely unemployed ? ke

. LET THEM TRY 1T ON. The Inter Ocean speaks right to the point in noticing the insolent threats of eastern Shylocks relative to shuttingdown on western loans. Contrast the following from the Inter Ocean with the paragraph elsewhere quoted from the Indianapolis Journal :

If this is the dodge, the only one left, to force resumptionupon the people of the northwest, let the eastern bondholders try it on. The West can stand it if they can, and, from the -present outlook, the West is in the best condition to play a game of this kind. Thggpmers of the vast north--west are in better condition fo-day than any class.of people in the country. The “prominent banker” spoken of talks of refusing to loan money on bonds of Western cities. 'The bonded city debt of the entire North-west does not amount to as much as that of one Eastern State, and not New York State at that. Does “a prominent banker” know that the municipal debts of five Eastern States - amount to $532,000,000,and that the interest of some of those debts is in default today, while the entire municipal debts of Illinois—perhaps the heaviest indebted of any Western—State would not aggregate $25,000,000. The West is abundantly able to carry its municipal and State debts without the assistance of the East. Thebondholders of the East will, therefore, be at liberty to loan their immense surplus wealth, as they did until 1873, on Eastern mortgage securities, at the rate of 60 and 70 per cent.-of the appraised value of the property, which had at that time reached the highest point of inflated prices, - This property has now depreciated enormously, in some instances as much as 80 per cent., and some of it will not rent for more than enough to pay insurance and the enormous taxation incident to State and municipal debts. Perhaps the Eastern capitalist would rather loan - his money in this way than on good Western municipal bonds. We shall see about that; but the talk of forcing the West into an abandonment of its just demands is several degrees too thin.

~ A TRUE ESTIMATE OF HAYES, ' . The Brooklyn FEagle, in a lengthy editorial, reviews the administration and its achievements since the fourth of March. The Eagle cheerfully gives Mr. Hayes credit for all the good he has done, and in a candid manner points out his short-comings as revealed by his vacillating course. Speaking of Hayes himself the Eagle says:

Mentally he is a feeble man. He is surrounded by sham reformers, political tyros or lack-sense visionaires.— Every tenth day he spurts in the direction of his not bad instincts. All the other nine days Le is either explaining why he don’t do right or he is pampering some knave with office, in order to make him keep his mouth shut. As a result an insolent Senate majority sits down 'on him hard whenever it wants to—and in the interim commends him to, the contempt of the other party by making him sidle up to Kellogg, Patterson, McLin, Packard and such fellows, The revenge that retribution, as the -agent of majority rule, expelled from the Government, by the derangements, slights, defects and insults those incumbents meet with, produces a tragic activity in the events of these days which will be the theme and the warning of history for centuries to come. - 4 4 ) W——— e 8 Travel is Imgededl- in the Roanoke valley,'in North Carolina, by & fresh- 4 e, and in the mountains of the west- - ern part of Virginia by snow. |

ROME CITY ITEMS.

Christmas day in Rome passed off very quietly indeed. We learn from the papers that many other towns indulged in the “flowing bowl” contrary to ‘the statutes in such cases made and provided, but Rome observed the law to the very letter. Neo drunkenness here, not a man was seen to stagger or even send forth a suspicious odor.

- The dogs have been making fearful ravages among the sheepin this vicinity. Mr. Sowers and others have had’ large numbers of sheep killed anqjj crippled within the last few days. It is a comfort to know that the dog tax of our township has thus far been sufficient to pay all damages. This' tax ought to be closely looked af= ter, and the dog owners made to pay up, or the worthless curs destroyed. - Our home dramatic troupe played what is called “Out in the street,” on Thursday and Saturday evenhings last. And it is acknowledged by all parties that it was rendered in a very creditable manner. For a new home troupe they exceeded the expectations of all ‘present. The audience was very respectable in size on each occasion, and all seemed to enjoy themseives hugely. Without attempting to particularize we will be permitted to say that Miss Laura Cobbs, in the character of “Minnie,” the sick child, was a perfect success, and “Carolina Pete”—he was, immense. Oh, well, what is a show ‘without 'a nigger? The troupe will play the “Hidden Hand” in a few weeks, when they will no doubt have a crowded house. They deserve and ought to receive patronage. : Mr. Travis, formerly of the firm of Fitch & Travis, is now the engineer at the spoke factory. The spoke factory is doing well, . . ' Dora Lane was the recipient of a very valuable Christmas present. It was presented to him by his wife. It is a boy this time. Deora talks of enlarging his farm. William R. Myers, who resides near the suburbs of Rome City, butchered three hogs last week, the aggregate of which was above 1,500 pounds. One of the porkers weighed 615 pounds.— The lard obtained therefrom was 70 gallons. Tally one for Bill Myers and credit the same to Rome City." ~ Charley Swinehart, the proprietor of the mineral springs, comes mnext and reports that he killed . three hogs, the heaviest of which weighed 420 pounds; rendered lard, 40 gallops.— Next! : i

The scarlet fever, scarlet rash, scarletina, diphtheria, &c., have made their appearance in our town, but as yet no cases have proved fatal. Should these diseases continue, it 'will interfere with the future progress of our schools. Let parents be on the look-out, and look well to their little ones. '

The wheat fields in this vicinity aré as green as meadows in June. The wheat has grown through the entire fall and winter almost withogt an interruption. Never in the knowledge of the oldest settlers did wheat fields present such an appearance at this season of the year. Should the win~ ter continue through as it has started, we may €éxpect wheat haryest in the month of May. Ao Phil. Bouyer has returned to his natiye town. Phil. has been away for quite a while. ‘ e

Billy McCrea, of Fort Wayne, and Frank Rodgers, of Chicago, are spending their holidays at home, in Rome. New Year’s'day in Rome was rather more lively than Christmas. The Lake Side House has got a new lamp and lamp-post. Quite an improvement. . - - i The lake is still clear. No ice to be seen. : o

Whilst everybody elsewhere has been swamped in mud, the streets of Rome have been dry and dusty.

Aaron Swinehart, of the G. R. & I. R. R., was in town on Monday. i " Mrs. Al. Tompkins, of the Lake Side House, has been visiting friends in Michigan. ey The editor of the Albion New Era is decidedly a Hayes man. So is our Doctor Covert. PR :

Dull, dull, dull—this is what everybody is bragging about. ‘ The hoop pole business has two or three branch offices in this town.

Our town will soon commence shipping spokes. i BEAUTIFUL CONSISTENCY. — Men half starved for want of something to eat, and half naked for want of something to wear, and yet advocating, the doctrine of Hayes and Sherman on contraction. Truly, the fool-killer ought to pass this way. ALEXIS. ——-———o—-——:? GROWING FRANTIC. 4 Speaking of the probable passage of the silver bill, that subservient toolof Wall street, the World, remarks: = “And since the peril of over-riding an Executive veto has been so apparent in the Senate, no solitary Eastern Senator, excepting Mr. Bayard and Mr. Kernan, has lifted his voice in remonstrance afid protest against the swindle. Mr. Conkling has been dumb in regard to this great and vital question, though he has found a hundred tongues to clamor for the loaves and fishes of the custom-house. Excepting to send a committee to appear in Washington before the Finance Committee of the Senate, the banks, insurance combpanies, trust institutions, private bankers, merehants and business men generally of New York City have done nothing and kept silent. Gov. Tilden has been silent. Lieut.~ Gov. Dorsheimer has been silent, though he was swift to speak in support of Mr. Conkling’s attack upon civil-service reform.” . : Too bad ; too bad. The people of the East are not frantic over the silver bill; indeed, it looks very much as if they were anxious for its passage. You see, the Shylocks do not yet own the people; not even in New York, As to Gov. Tilden and Lieutenant-Gov-ernor ‘Dorsheimer, we would like to know what right the World has to expect these gentlemen to array themselves against a ‘measure 80 just, so fair, so honorable, 80 necessary, as the ilver bill. Were they to do so Mr. Tilden's chances for reaching the presidential - chair would 't be worth &

EUROPEAN WARNOTES.

One of Russia’s demands preliminary to treating for peace is “rectification of the frontier in Asia Minor.” That ‘covers a good deal of ground. _‘ - There is no material change in the situation abroad. England’s offer of ‘medjation has been firmly declined by Russia. The Czar will receive overtures of peace from the Sultan, but will exact preliminary guarantees, and will only make peace on his own terms. The toune of the English papers indicated a very feverish state of feeling, ‘and new complications seem imminent. :

- The Russians have 'taken up the bridge at Simnitza, to prevent the destruction by ice. The bridge at Perosham has beén swept away, and there is a sudden interruption of the transportation of supplies across the Danube. It is probable that sufficient stores have already been accumulatﬁd south of the river to provision the troops until these important thoroughfares have been rebuilt.

__The Russians have occupied the Balkan passes and established themselves on the Softa road. There is a rumor that the latter place has been evacuated. The Austrian journals express the opinion that Russia will intimate to England, in answer to her note, a willingness to treat for peace, if the Porte addresses the Czar directly. This seems warranted by latest advices from St. Petersburg. - ; Journals supposed to speak the opinions of the Austrian government do not believe that any real ground for expecting peace is to be found in the initiation of negotiations by England. One of the ministerial organs expects that the English note will be met by nothing better than an assurance that Russia is ready to negotiate directly with the Sultan. A reply of that nature would only be given, of course, for the express purpose of provoking a deelaration of war.

When the Turkish prisoners were on the march from Plevna {o the Danube, no vehicles were provided for those who broke down from weakness and disease. They were left in the roads where they fell, to freeze. No. provision was made for feeding the prisoners who did not freeze to death, and nothing is permitted to be known as 1o the number who perished from hunger or cold. Itis gratifying to be assured, in Russian dispatches, that the neglect to furnish proper means of transportation for the feeble and fopd for the strong, “was not due to ‘deliberate cruelty,” but to mere thoughtlessness. - — - P— ; Another Broadside from the Venerable | * . [Thurlow Weed. (Extract from a letter to the N.'Y. Tribune.) This question, stripped of sophistry and verbiage, presents a naked issue of capital agaiust labor. Shylocks, ever rapacious, are struggling to “keep up the rate of usance.” In maintaining the one standard,—thus narrowing our specie basis one-half,—they will strengthen and perpetuate their advantages. There has been, as there must be, between the thousands who labgr and the hundreds who enjoy the fruits of such labor, an irrepressible conflict. It is the duty of governments to see that the faces of those who labor are not held too closely to the grindstone. ,

The country:is threatened, ag is usu-~ al when capital takes an alarm, with the return of the bonds held abroad, should the holders be asked to receive their interest “in coin.” If foreigners choose to return their bonds because we offer to pay them. in the precise currency they agreed to receive, I do not see that either our character or our pockets would be injuriously affected. Foreigners, during our Civil War, “made haste slowly” in the purchase of our bonds. Nothing of friendship or patriotism was manifested. Capital, ever:cautious, doubted and waited a long time in Germany, and still longer in England. Most of their investments were made when their bonds cost them but 50 cents on the dollar. They have been receiving their interest in gold, until it is proposed to pay it “in coin.” If for this reason .they choose to send home our bonds we can afford to receive them, having large amounts of money seeking profitable investments. Nor is this the -only method of intimidation resorted to. We are told that if the money standards of the Constitution are restored, the Syndicate will suspend negotiations. = How far this threat will be carried remains $o be seen. The Syndicate is not a benevolent institution. It will go on with its funding operations, or discontinue them, according to the interests of the parties concerned. If, by a return of specie payments, upon a basis broad enough to meet the requirements of our commercial and manufacturing enterprises and industries, prosperity should follow resumption, the lamentations of bondholders at home and abroad would no longer be heard.

Wm. Fleming for State Treasurer. Wm. Fleming, Esq., of Fort Wayne, will be a candidate for State Treasurer. While t%e south and central portions of the State-arestriving for representation on the ticket, they fought not to have more than they are entitled to, and it has heretofore required a solid north to gain what was due us. There are several candidates in vhis section for this position and unless we unite on one man and stand firmly by him, there will be little chance of. winning. We belieye Mr. Fleming the strongest man yet mentioned, and we trust an effort can be made to concentrate our forces ‘upon him. He is from a locality which has never had representation on the State ticket. "He is a life-long, indefatigable, persistent worker in the ranks of the democracy. He has always been found where work and cool judgment was needed, and has never flinched a moment in arduous undertaking for the good of the party. We know he would make an excellent officer, and we believe -he deserves the nomination, because of his personal efforts and untiring exertions for the good of the party. —Auburn Gourier.

Anti-Shylock Party. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29th.—Senator Jones, of Nevada, and Representative Buckner, of Missouri, and Philips, of Kansas, the Executive Committee appointed by the soft money men and remonetizers of silver in Congress, who, it will be remembered, organized just before the adjournment for the purpose of making propaganda in favor of their' theories, have been at work sending out documents. Immediately after the reassembling of Congress the organization will be completed and work will be commenced in earnest. It is said that Hon. Benjamin ¥, Butler has promised to serve upon the Congressional Committee.

The city of Philadelphia. is now threatened with a mammoth law suit, much more of an elephant, in fact, than the permanent exhibition. The Pawlett family have confided to a lawyer seeking notoriety that all the land upon which the city is built beJongs to them, and that they intend to have it. All the harm theg can do, however, is to put property holders to the trouble of hunting up titles and

~ General Items. . Burchard Hayes, Rutherford’s son, 18 going to open a law office in New York. . i : . To raise and manufacture tobacco in this country, over a million persons are required, : L ~ Gough is going to England to lecture. Usual coat tail gestures and illustrations will be given. ‘ i The Peruvian government has granted a subsidy of $120,000 to a company ‘which proposes to import Chinese laborers direct from Hong Kong. The Peruvians believe their mining and other interests will be benefited instead of harmed by cheap labor.

‘William M. Tweed, better known as the “Boss,” has offered to confess judgment on all suits now pending against him. The corporation counsel of New York has accepted the offer as to certain minor suits but reserves his de:cision as to the $6,000,000 one. The Singer building in Chicago, lately occupied by Field, Leiter & Co., ‘and destroyed by fire, is to be rebuilt. 'The remains will be pulled down and the whole building put up new, seven stories high, Mansard roof and fire . fgroof, at a cost of a quarter of a milion.

Beecher has reduced the price of his, lectures. He formerly asked $5OO a night; he is now content with $300.— He lectures two or three times every week, just enough to secure the dollar a day “necessary to give'a man a com‘fortable life; if he asks for more he ¢is not fit to live.” -

While the popular delusion is gaining ground that Brigham Young’s death was the final blow to polygamy, it might be well to state what is going ' on all the time at Salt Lake=City.— On Thursday, December 20th, there were sixty-five polygamous marriages solemnized, and on the Thursday preceding forty. : s e Mr. J. W. Mac Ward, a colored exSenator from Florida, went to Washington and applied for the Belgian mission. When this was denied he applied for the copnsulship at Liver-: pool, and failing in this accepted a position as watchman in the postoffice. We like to see a man willing to serve his country in any capacity. i Teaiculture has been shown by the agricultural bureau at Washington to be feasible in this country, and a pamphlet giving insfructions has been carefully prepared. It is probable that the truth of this statement will: be thoroughly tested,and,ifit is found to be practicable, tea will soon become: one of the staple products of the Inited States. : ; o

~~Thé diggers in the idebris of the Barclay street"( New York) fire continue to turn up the charred remains of a human -being now and then. It would be a matter of some interest to she public if a reliable statement could be made as to the number of lives actually lost in that disaster. It is presumable we will never learn what the cause of it was.

The silver wedding of President Hayes and wife, which was celebrated last Monday night at the ‘White House, is reported to have been “a quiet scene of happy enjoyment.”— The guests were all old friends of the President and Mrs. Hayes, and among them were many who attended their wedding a quarter of a century ago, including Rev. Dr. McCabe, the officiating minister. i

THE proposition to restore the income tax is likely to develop unexpected strength in Congress. )Ii; is ascertained that the sub-committee of the Ways and Means Committé%’ will report favorably upon it, aundthe chances are that it will be engrafted on the revenue bill and so brought before the House. Those who favor the measure say it will start with friends from both parties, and will secure aid from all who wish to lower taxes on whisky and tobacco. This last combination makes a st;ronv; . A republican Senator ffom a Western State said the other day: “I have been three times to see the President since I came here in October;. twice Gordon-was there before me, and all three times Ben Hill came in before I left. They were evidently on better footing there than I, and I found it impossible to secure any conversation with the President on political matters in my State, so I came away unsatisfied.” To which the Indianapolis Journal adds: “It is little things like this which make Republicans think the conciliation business is being somewhat overdone.” ;

Texts for the People.

“Exorbitant rent (commonly called interest) is silently but surely devouring the substance of the people.”— Peler Cooper. B “However fertile a country may be, interest, even at two per cent. will ineyitably oppress the producers.,”—ZEdward Kellogg. ‘ oy *“Bank paper must be suppressed and the circulation restored to the nation, to whom it rightfully belongs.—ZHhomas Jefferson. | ' : “If the Londholder refuses to take the same kind of money with which he bought the bonds, he is an extortioner and a robber.”—dJohn Sherman. ~ “The amount of money needed in a country should he determined by the wants of the people, and can only be done by a national paper money.” — Henry Carey Baird. g : “While our present monetary system, which is a shameless: fraud, continues; the poor man will become poorer, while fraudulent money brokers and bank note manipulators will absorb the products of labor.”—F. W. Hughes, of Pennsylvania. .

Resumption in 1879, if funding cannot be resumed, has become impossible. And the probability to-day is that the Bland bill, pure and simple, will become a law over the President’s veto unless the people of New York bestir themselves.—N. Y. World. -

‘Bestir themselves, en? That is to say, the Shylocks of the East must shell out liberally to defeat the will of the people by buying up some purchasable Senator to sustain the expected veto of the man in the White House. That is the favorite argument with the-sharks of Wall street.

The. dwellers of the Azores are threatened with famine; on account of the failure of the Indian corn crop. The population numbers about a quarter of a million people. ’

! THE MARKETS. : LIGONIER. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 50c; Oats; 26¢; Corp. 30c; Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Seed, $4 35; Timothy Seed,sl6o, - Propvor.—Hogs, live, {9 cwt $3 50, Shoulders, per pound, 08¢; Hams, 10c; Bees Wax,. 26c; Butter, 14; Lard, 06c; Eggs, ¥ doz, 15¢; Wool, 1,30@ 40c; Feathers, 60c; Tallow, 07¢; Apples, dried, 6¢, green, P bu. $1.50; Pota~ toes, 26 ; Peaches, dried, §# Ib. 10c; Hay, marsh, $5; timothy $B. s g _ No Chicago, Buffalo, Toledo or Kendallville markets were reported.

POPULAR PRICESAT DECKER'S, To My Patrons and the Public in General :' Ha{ying‘recekiy\ea,:angi"adding'déﬂy,‘-:‘g"la.‘i‘-gé;-stock’ of . % : tROCERIES, | lam pijepai{(‘a‘d'torgell e = . Japan and Young Hyson Teas "Lower Than Hver == | Also, Special Bargains in Finé Syrups. I have the 'Laﬁ.rgést ‘ Stock of Canlies for Holidays, at prices to suit everybody, Queensware, Glassware and Table - Cutlery is Complete, b ‘and I shall offer extra inducemertts during the Holidays in : : ordigr to reduce my very large stock. - - o Call and examine our splendid stock - ~_of Holiday Goods . At Bottom Figures. LLigor;i'er, Ind., Dea. 20,1877. = -J. DECEKER.

=SSFR & 00's ADVERTISEMBNT. LARGEST AND|LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN ~ NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, e Men's, Youths', Boy’s & Children’s Cloths, Coatiﬁr‘g{s; Ca'ss_ime;;es, ‘:E_‘ux‘-nis‘hiéng Goods, EATS & CAPS, o P k‘_[fs--very large and complete. e OUR PRICES BEYOND COMPETITION. ‘ ]ﬁveryonelga;l;g goods fqr '} : ,' . MEN’S or BOYS® WEAR, ' will find it to their interest to examine our large stock : , be%fore pqrchaﬁn'g ehew-heye. e : | ENGEL & CO., St Hatn eneee -} - Kendallville, Ind. ' L.ook Out For L T ON WYX TR JOHN WEIR. . AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF =

COOK 'AND PARLOR STOVES! b L - { % . X : i Hl3‘ ‘ 5 3 GOOD LOOK AT THEM. LIGONIER, Sept. 27, 1877, Ll e e J STRAUS,Jr., | AND TAKE A LOOK AT ‘ [E IMMENSE STOCK OF NEW CLOTHING 3 ¥ o 2 3 i ,";_ i U P i 2 % % e ~ Furnishing Goods, = - A TRULY #A GNIFICENT SELECTION! - Prices Lower Than Ever. Lt o SR A e s G riE B U eSRSR B e e R e e Ligonier,lndiana,Aug.3o,77. T QUVR ATIS -r§ S v&i&ﬂms%: l\'~4t’;'j~? e lrr.%“.d:-:;‘i m‘ii, .'\?“?‘%‘ ~ ‘ \‘ 3;@3 :‘ii‘};;‘, RN NNt SACIRE ekl L B R oL e e f‘n‘:“m«‘?.r...ﬁ:» TR ToNSTRR S e N o o Shene G BRI