The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 March 1878 — Page 2

The Fatiowal Banuer e i, I‘-’ { ,':\%& o\\‘\ 2 e e ¥WA RARN) ‘ Ve ; ' J . B:§TOL Ry Editor and Proprietor . LIGO_NIE% SD., MARCH 1, 1878. - - ~ ‘ should be willing to hold-it if counted in or placed there by frand.”—T. 8, GrANT. el -+ ConGßEss vetoed layes’ veto post haste;” Three eheers for Congress. L P e LT - EVEN the New York gold organs have no words of praise for Mr. Hayes’ veto. - : i o e AN e / : It is thought that Congress will marage to get through with the most important business so-as to adjourn. on the first day of July. P! el - e e £ Vicrory No. 1 has been gloriousfy won by the people. Now let the resumption act be repealed and treasury notes substituted for national bank bills, and the people can breathe mere freely. i i " I JUDGE TRUMBULL would at once - place himself in‘position to assume the ‘. active leadership of the Illinois Democracy, we think there wonld be lit--tle difficulty about achievinga decisive »vietory. . 1o ; St LR .. IN ORDER to forever settle the question of the right of the government to " make treasury notes an absolute legaltender, steps should at once be taken ~ to procure the ‘adoption ot ¢an appro- _ priate amendment to the constitution.

THE MAN who applies himself faithfully to the dissemination of sound firancial doctrines, designed to afford the eountry relief from the oppression of Shylock gllle, is.entitlgd) to far more credit than he ‘jho devotes his talents and energies to petty schemes for political leaders Hip. - : L

" BLUFF BEN WADE, as he was.popularly designated, died after a protracted illness on Saturday morning at his home in Jefferson, Ohio, aged 78 years. Ben gained a nationmal reputation by his courageous warfare against.slavery long before the anti-slavery doctrine had become popular.. .

~ In InnliNois democratic county conventions are adopting the Indiana democratic plattorm so far as pertains to the money question. The probabilities are that the forthcoming State convention will be in harmony with these declarations, and that on such a platform Tllinois will once-more wheel into democratic line. e .

It was hardly necessary for the I't. Wayne Sentinel to contradict the Kendallville Standard’s lie about the editor of this paper opposing the nomination of Mr. Fleming. Over here where the peculiar methods of that paper are best understood, the very opposite of its statements is invariably accepted as the truearticle.”

THE SILVER DOCTRINE has taken deep root in New York. Prominent Démocrats are fast wheeling into.line, uniting with Horatio Seymour inr the deelaration that under the constitution sih%‘is entitled to a position of equality Wwith gold. Thisisin accordance with the platform adopted in 1874 and Mflirmed by every democratic State convention held since.

HoN. ALBERT (. PORTER, of Indianapolis, has been appointed and confirmed First Comptrollgr of the Curréncy. Mr. Porter is a gentleman of wealth, an-able lawyer, and was formerly a member of Congress from the Indianapelis District. lle delivereda speech in Kann’s Hall, in this place, during the, eampaign of 1872. The appointment is a very creditable one.

" MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS were held in New York State last Tuesday. The. Greenbackers and Workingmen carried the cities of Utica and Elmira. Rochester and New})firg were carried by the Republicans, by feeble maj%ri—ties. Troy, Kingston and Rome wére carried by the Democratg. Jn Oswego and Auburn the Democrats and’ Na-tionalg-united and scooped the Republicané& handsomely. &

Ir CoNaRESS would now go to work: in dead earnest-and. speedily pass the bill for the repeal of the resumption act and the bilFreported by the house committée on currency and banking, providing for'the abolition of the-na-tional banks and the substitution of treasury notes, that body would merit the hearty approval of all who sincerely favor asound financial policy and an early revival of business.

. I is rumored that Dick Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, thinks of retiring from office some time next summer, owing to his advanced age and the iinpaired condition of his health. . If Uncle Dick steps down and out, and Hayes ghould conclude to give - John Sherman the grand bounce, we ‘would like to see John C. New, the late Treasurer of the United States, succeed the great “wrecker.” Mr. New: has sold his interest in the First National Bank of Indianapolis and is now in Washington. He is an ardent silver man and in hearty sympathy with the business interests of the country. : SOUTHERN INDIANA had the selec- ~ tion of Becretary of State, and the northern portion gets the A uditor, Treasurer, Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction.— New Albamy Ledger-SBtandard. ‘ What kind of a map have you got, anyway? According to thé one we “use, Montgomery county (the home of Gen, Manson, for Auditor) is In the ‘central part, and Johngon (the home ‘of our candidate for Afimey General) MM% napolls, Smart, for ‘Superintendent, properly belongs to - Marion coun Wfly the nom. + jnations could, not. well have been * this asdless ind onseless growliog ! 1, euaniey Liyouy, of. Likhars eounty, _'was last Saturday sentenced to one

TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER CAPITA, - From “Alexis'” report of Col. Will- | iams’ recent speech at Rome City it ‘appears that that gentleman has expressed himself in favor of a proposition to fix the volume of currency at ‘about one thousand million dollars.— 'This is in consonnance with a joint resolution about to be offered in Congiess providing a sixteenth amendment to the constitution. Thisamendment is said to have been prepared by George Jones, of Albany, N. Y., a zealous advocate of silver remonetization and greenbacks. It provides for a suflicient issue gf greenbacks by the government to make the circulation $25 per capita on the basis of the census of 1880. In order to maintaim the amount in circulatjon at $25 per capita, the amendment will provide that there shall be an increase in the issue ‘of 2 per cent. per annum. This annu-~ al 2 per cent. increase will, it is expected, supply the demands of an increased population on the basis of the census of 1870, in which the population of the United States is estimated in round numbers at 40,000,000 of people. The proposed amendment, if adopted, would increase the greenback circulation to $1,000,000,000. The paper circulation is now over $650,000,000. Goldsmith I. Hewit}, of Alabama, will introduce the resolution in the House, and Mr. Jones, of Nevada, will introduce the’ resolution in the Senate. s

- During the deliberations of the committee which drafted the platform of the Indiana Democracy the Hon. Frank Landers expressed himself in favor of a measure/that would permanently establish a circulation’ of from $2O to $25 per capita, though he did not then press the matter. Mr. Reeve, a {irm hard money advocate of Plymouth, also advocated that the volume of currency be fixed at not less than seven hundred nor more”than nine hundred million dollars. Any safe and sound measure that will place it beyond the power of a John Sherman to contract the currency will meet the ap?robation of the people. ¢ e N i —— CAPITALISTS NOT ALL SHYLOCKS. « It is a grand mistake to suppose that all capitalists and bankers are in sympathy with the confiscation schemes of John Sherman. Far from it. Indeed, we feel assured that a very large proportion of the bankers and capitalists favored the.remonetization of silver. These are men who do not look exclusively upon the selfishside of the question. They feel an interestin the general prosperity of the people, and have satisfied themselves that it is the hight 'of folly to bear down upon industrial interests to such an extent as to smother every aspiration of the toiling masses. These are legitimate bankers and humane ecapitalists who believethat wealth is intended to benefit instead of oppressing mankind, ‘They have souls; they have respect and sympathy for labor. They arethe very opposite of what are commonly termed Shyloeks. Contrast, for example, the philanthropic. Peter Cooper, a man of great wealth- and who never tires in contributing to the wants of the suffering and poor, with August ‘Belmont, the most vindictive and intolerant champion of,the gold and bond oligarchy. The one zealously promoting the general good, the other applying himself assiduously to the furtherance of the grasping schemes of the Rothschilds. " Then compare the millionaire, Senator Jones, the brave champion of the “dollar of the daddies,” with John Sherman, the cruel wrg(_;ker of business interests; or the opulent Dayvid Davis with the foxy Edmunds, etc,, etc. ‘We do not wish to be understood as contending that no good, gen-erous-hearted men opposed the remonetization of silver. On the contrary, we recognize among that number some to whose goodness of heart and generous nature we can bear cheerful testimony. While we deem them radically wrong in their notions and apprehensions, we accord to them what we claim for ourself: pure motives and entire sincerity.

VOORHEES MEANS BUSINESS, A Washington telegram of the 3d inst. says: “The Senate Committee on Finance will have another meeting on Tuesday to consider the bill for repeal of the resumption act; and, unlesssome gentleman expresses a desire for a:further postponement, the question will be voted on. Senator Voorhees, Who had many years service in the House, says there is as much dignity and courtesy in- a Senate Committee as there is in the Senate Chamber itself, and that thig disposition to yield to the wish of a Senator has prevented action on the resumption act long ago. Voorhees says that at the next meeting of the Committee he will demand action, without reference to the courteous demand of any Senator for a postponement. With true western grit, he will ingist that the necessities of the country are above and beyond any yielding to delay on aceount of courtesy. The impression is that the resumption repeal bill will be reported favorably by a vote of five to four. An effort will be madg¢ to pass it as it came from the House, 80 as to obviate the necessity of sending it back to the latter branch.” It is well that the people have such a servant as Mr. Voorhees to fight their battles in the Senate. For weeks and months the house repeal bill has been in the hands of the Senate finance. committee, and action thereon has been delayed from:time to time in consequence of the dilly-dallying of the resumptionists. It is time that such trifling with an important measure be discontinued. Let the resumption act be quickly repealed and treasury notes substituted in lieu of the national bank notes, and -the people will go, to work with renewed energy and restored confidence, to once more infuse life into the business affairs of the country TS 3 4 2 i - .The New York and St. Louis papers are publishing cases of extreme want and destitntion. . The facts may be furnished by any reliable person, and thus mum?immémlrma directIy beforo thie charitable, In St Louls She foles 2DU e soany pers, giving. Teidoace and name of wwwfim = W i

RESTORED!

THE DOLLAR OF THE DADS!

Hayes’ Veto Overwhelmingly Vetoed by Congress. ;

: Nl o The silver bill is now a part of the law of the land. On Thursday last both Houses of Congress passed it for the second time—and Hayes’ objections to the contrary notwithstanding — by moré than the requisite two-thirds ofthe vetes cast,” ' == ¢

The bill having had its origin in the House, it was to that body that Hayes sent in his veto message. No new points occurred to layes or John Sherman in' the preparation of this document. Having listened in silence to the reading, the House re-passed the bill by 195 yeas to 73 nays. .~ The Senate, having been duly notified of the House’s action, proceeded to vote in its turn, suppressing Messrs. Edmunds and Whyte, who were for making delay, By 46 yeas to 19 nays, it brushed aside the veto, and Mr. Ferry announced that the bill had become law. The vote in the Senate upon the first passage of the bill was 48 to 21. i -

JHayes’ veto, in face of the overwhelming majority by which the bill had passed both Houses of Congress, has been severely condemned. His reasons for vetoing are anything but forcible, having been over and over met and refuted during the protracted discussion. Sunset Cox fitly characterized it as “a ¢harge of fraud by a fraud,” and Senator Jones pronounced it mere “flap-doodle.” ‘

An Important Letter from Senator Voor--7 el heeßy i :

UNIITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, } . Wasminaron, Feb. 24, 1878, E.J. HuGHES, SR.—Dear Sir *—Y our favor of the 21st is at hand. ;

. I do not agree with you that the silver bill, even as it was amended, was worse than no bill at all. It is true that I-did not get exactly what I wanted in the bill; but the main principle involved in the whole struggle, was to restore Lhe silver dollar of 41214 grains, to full legal-tender as it was before the act of 1873.. That being done, the amount that ‘shall b icoined can ‘be increased at any time, next ‘week for instance. ‘if a majority in Congress ‘will agree to do so.. The silver dollar being again legal-tender money by law, we haye: the 3)3\513 on which to enact future meaSures. for its coinage. It is' true that two millions a month is not much; and I voted against any limitation being placed.on the amount that should be coined ; but you must remember that the Blaund bill a 8 it came from the House had nothing in it to compel the Secretary of the Treasury to coin.any certain amount. As to the Secretary not putting the silver money into circulation after it is coined, I think 1t will no ‘be difficult to make laws by which such a high handed attempt as that can -be defeated; I have no fears of anything of that kind. 2 : I hope you and all your friends will remember that this is the first financial victory for the people sincé our -present system was formed in /1862, and that we cannot expect every nec--essary-feature-of reform to be obtaixns, ed at a.single step. The fight before us is a long one and the ememy is strongly fortified, Other battles are before us, and I trust still greater victories. As for myself, I expect to follow up the fight in the cause of an oppressed people, doing .them all the good I can at any stage of the conflict. And what I fail to obtain for them today, I will hope to secure for them tomorrow. Ithink tohave voted against the bill restoring the silver dollar of our fathers, simply because that bill did not also provide for the coinage of as many of them as I wanted, would have been a mistake. There are other days hereafter for other laws. With kind regards, I remain very truly yours, - D. W. VOORHEES. Hayes Not Authorized to Declare Bonds Payable in Gold. [From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.]

When he (Hayes) says. that the bonds were sold for gold, and that both parties to the contract understood that gold alone was the coin in which they would be paid, hie seems to be utterly oblivious of the fact that he is not the government of the United States, but only one of its officers.— Neither the President nor theSecretary of the Treasury is a party to the contract for the sale of our bonds. That contract is made by the government through Congress, and that contract is expressed in the law and engraved in the bond, and expressly.provides that the bonds shall be payable in just such coin as is authorized by the vetoed bill. And when he, or any member of the executive .department, undertook to declare that they were payable in any other manner, he undertook an authority which was not conferred upon him, and which, if it had any legal value, would be good ground for an impeachment.

The Lonely President. (Washington Telegram.) There is abundant evidence that the President’s veto of the silver bill has alienated a very considerable proportion of the few friends he had in Congress, and that his enemies in the Senate will have less trouble hereafter than heretofore in antagonizing his nominations. One Démocratic Senator, who has supported all of Hayes’ nominations up to, this time, said today: “I resolved some time ago lo sustain the President in' all his nominations that I honestly could, but his action in vetoing the silver bill has absolved me from any such contract. He dees.not, desexrve support.” : X Stinging Rebuke, N : " (South Bend Herald.) ¢ No veto message was ever treated with as much contempt as the one Hayes sent in to defeat the passage of the silver bill. It was not even printed, referred to a committee or even defended by a single man in either branch of Congress, but the bill was taken up and passed over the veto by a greatly Increased majority—much more than two thirds. o Jonah Wants to Swallow the Whale, . (Wolcottville Gazette,) ; : If the Indiana Democracy are really in favor of, the frinciplgs seb forth ia their platform, let them come over to the Nationals, at whose hands these principles will be sure to be ecarried out. ' ; o : _Mr. Fawecett, editor of the Delphi News, was clubbed and cowhided by. an infuriated mother and her daughter on Monday afternoon ?gls,‘wtfjw;ae,k. for the use of langnage. i _hi,fi_vqflg{t,‘ bearing upon the character of the daughter. The general opinion prevailed that he editor received a meriF oy il s e O e e

ROME CITY ITEMS. oy

BURNING OF THE WOOLEN FACTORY.

At a quarter before three o’clock on Friday morning last a fire was discovered in the north-east corner of the dye house of the woolen factory. The bridge watchman on the G. R. &L. R. R. made the first discovery, and immediately gave the alarm. Mrs. Tompkins, the landlady of the Lake Side House, immediately commenced ringing the bell and erying “fire!” which soon created a general alarm in the vicinity. When the first parties arrived- on the ground the fire had already made its way through the roof of the building. The supply of buekets and help being limited, and the wind blowing from the north-east, the fire soon reached the main building.— All hopes of saving ‘the building or any portion thereof were then given up, and all hands set to work to rem.ove everything moveable from the buildings. The machinery all being fast and very heavy, it was of course out of the question to remove any part of it. A few loose articles, such as reeds and a few warps, &c., was all that was saved from the mill. The office and. dry and wool rooms, &c., next received : attention, and the most of its contents ' (dye stuffs excepted) were got out, including safe and books. In the shoxt space of one hour from the time the fire was first discovered the. entire building,—including machinery, office, dry room, wool roomr and bleach house’ —all lay in a mass of ruins. Mr. Fisher, the business manager of the firm, was absent at Chicago purchasing stock, &e., preparatory to starting up in a few days,and when he received the telegram of the casuality had already made a large purchase of wool. There was no insurance on any part of the prpperty destroyed. The loss is estimated at about $25,000, and falls. heavily on the firm of Clapp, Fisher & Zimmerman, who have been running the factory with little or no profit for the last four years. But especially will the loss be felt by the povertystricken town of Rome City. Scarcely was there a family in the town not directly or indirectly interested and expected to get some portion of their living from this factory. But soit is, Rome: City Woolen Mills is now athing of the past, and will perhaps remain so for all time to come, That the buildings were purposely and maliciously set on fire will not admit of a doubt, as there had been no fire in the building for several months, and no combustible matter of any kind in that (or any other portion) of the building. Indeed, it must have taken both labor and pains to kindle a fire in the portion of the building when first discovered. Take it all in all, it would seem to be entirely too large a fire for so small a town. We will say in conclusion that the éitizens (with slight exceptions) rendered every possible assistance in saving what could besaved from the dev;ouring element, and especially is praise due Mrs. Tompkins, of the Lake Side House, whose energy ‘and industry was'such that she blistered her hands ringing the”hotel bell, after which she 'labored"'in'mryin§“l goods to such a degree that shebrought upon herself a spell of sickness. It was - with almost superhuman efforts that the frame business row was ‘saved. It was thought at one time that the post-office building would certainly go. This would have left but little of the business part of Rome City.

: LEGAL SPARRING. A law suit took place in our town on Thursday last before’Squire Dixon. His honor held court at the Lake Side House. L. E. Goodwin of Kendallville, and T. M. Eells of Albion, were the attorneys in the’lcase. Considerable of legal sparring made it quite entertaining for the disinterested listeners. e SILVER-GREENBACK MEETING. ~ Pursuant to previous notice the “Nationals” met'at the Baptist church on Saturday evening to listen to a financial speech from Col. Williams, of ‘Albion. The evening wasrainy and the ‘night was dark as pitch, but still the house was filled with an intelligent audience of gentlemen and ladies. The meeting came to order by calling ’Sqaire Dixon to the chair. The Glee Club was then called upon for a song, and responded with the. following Which was received with rounds of applause: : : SONG. » . Air—" Battle-cry of Freedom.” i Let us rally for the greenbacks; rally once again; Shouting the battle-cry of freedom. We will rally from the hill tops, the mountaln and the plaing : . Shoutigg the battle-cry of freedom, : CHORUS. : The old silver dollar, hurrah! boys, hurrah! : Down with the Shylocks, and up with the star, Yes, we'll rally round the greenbacks, rally once * again, ; o

Shouting the battle-cry of freedom,

We will welcome to our number, the honest; true and brave; =~ < G e Shouting tkLe battle cry of freedom. Although they’ve made us poor, they shall never make us slaves; : Shonting the battle-cry of freedom. :- 5 ..+ Chorus—The old silver dollar, &c.

We give notice to old parties, that they are now played out; ° : .° . Shouting the battle-cry of freedom. - Republicans and Democrats have all gone dp the spout, 3 ca Shouting the battle-cry of freedom. . Chorus—The old silyer doliar, &c. The Indepcndent Nafiloxfialé have taken Ihe thing in hand; L s -~ Shonting thé battle cry of freedom. They propose to manage matters, as the people ; now demand, - : » _Bhouting the battle-cry of freedom., Gerle €horus—The old silverdollar, dc. Our elections next October will tell a eheerfal - oAnley SE e Shouting the battle-cry of freedom, Old rotten politicians will then turn deadly pale,. Curging the battle-cry of freedom. CHURTUS, B biing Our old daddies’ doMars, hurrah! boys hurrah! Down with the Bhylock and up with the star, Yes, we’ll rally for the greenbacks, raily once ‘again, " : ok .- Bhouting the battle-cty of freedom. After singing the song, Col. Williams was introduced and made one of his most eloquent and patriotic efforts in agpeech of about an hour and a half. ' He made the fur fly from the Shylocks and gold bugs; showed in a, most glaring light their corrupt legis~ lation for yecrs past and proved most conclusively from the past record that e RS e L e e F old Wwflfimfii%& fi‘?‘ Id not be longer trusted. He absolyed and re<

nounced all allegiance to old party ties, and exhorted all, both old and young, to break the chains of bondage and be independent, free men. He gave notice that we needed more greenbacks and were bound to have them; he thought perhaps a thousand millions would do to start on, inasmuch as we had got the dollar of our daddies, with many thanks to Hayes and Sherman., The speech was listened to with the most profound-attention and much cheering, and the Colonel took his seat amidst continued cheering and deafening applause. |

. On motion it was unanimously carried that the “Nationals” hold their nominating convention for township officers on Saturday, March 23d, at 2 o'clock, P. M., at the Baptist church in Rome City, and that there be a ratification meeting held:in the evenifg of the same day, in the same place. Nelson Prentiss, Esq., of Albion, will probably be the speaker on that occasion. The meeting adjourned after a song from the Glee Club, and three rousing cheers for the “Nationals” and the greenback cause, ‘

MISCELLANEOUS.

Our public schools ended last weék_.

_County Surveyor Johnson was on duty in and about town on Friday last. School Supérintendent Zimmerman visited our town officially last week.

A few things were carried so far away from the fire, on T'riday morning that they have not,been heard from since. e =

- Tne NATIONAL BANNER is now a very expressive name. Wonder how sectional Democrats down East like its doctrines? 5 :

D. T. Miller,j of Vicksburg, Mich., was in town on Friday last. He came down to inspect the ruins. =

Our popular and promising young teacher, Mr. J. P. Chapman, will probably spend his summer vacation in lécturing on greenbacks. Nuf sed. .

‘Down at the heel. Running at the nose. A deep indigo blue, will scarcely express.the feelings and appearance of Rome since the burning of the woolen factory. . ALEXIS,

ELKHART LOCALS.

_ Truly we can rejoice.” The silveér bill having passed overthe President’s veto, the indications are that silyer will take its stand along the side of gold, its twin brother. The gold mo‘nopolists that preached from every ’ stump, fxom every organ of fheirs, that resumption meant an increase in value of the United States greenback, “intime gone by, certainly begin tc realize that- the common people have been enlightened upon the subject, only to know that their nefarious preaching meant the retiring or destruction of greenbacks; that the times shall be oppressive to the industry of our country, thereby giving to them a greater chance than ever to loan, to trade in western lands, to oppress the laboring -class with their exorbitant rate of interest. Farmers and mechanics, there is.yet a chance for us: and-let us not neglect one effort, and our interests (by looking after them .ourselves) will be respected and looked after by those who represent us in the legislative halls of our country. Let us resolve (and mean business) to vote for no man who will not work to. his utmost ability tohave the resumption act repealed, and let the volume of greenbacks be restored to $400,000,000, as fixed by law. : We know that under the universal law of currency, gold and silver are too weighty, too cumbersome, too inconvenient, without currency notes of some kind.— Therefore let us- have these direct from the government. Section 8 of the Constitution says Congress shall have power to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Then no one can doubt for a moment the right of Congress to issue, if the exigencies of the times demand it, greenbacks, graybacks or any othér backs, that 'the laborer may reeeive a recompense, equivalent to a living; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. : Roxy, of Ligonier, asked another what he was going to do? “Oh, nothing,” was the answer. Roxy replied he was helping to do that work, and it is about time it 18 completed, as there are 80 many of us working at it. Why are so many thus idle? DBecause the times are too close for men that have a start in business to employ them at a living price, and it is a quality of our nature to not work without a- recompense sufficiently for sustenance, ‘and no man can work and support a family at ‘75 cents. per day, working for one man to-day, and losing to-mor-row looking for work. But I must close this, or perhaps some may think I am going too far with my views. _ The protracted meeting at Wawaka has been overwhelmingly successful. 'God yet has a people in the world, for ‘the accessions to the church at Wawaka of about 40 members says so. ~ Lorani Woodruff, of Albion, who was teaching sehool in this township, is quite sick. Hope he may speedily recover, as he is one of the best school teachers. School marms for summer schools are plenty. Like male teach‘ers, it would be better to hire some of them to stay at home until they are old enough to be leaders or teachsars of children. = =. = ’ A, H. Smith- has purchased of Mr. Orlando Kimimel a 9 months old calf -of the male gender. Abe says it pays ‘better to have gbad;stoelg_: ‘Abe is going to work for the South Bend Plow Company the coming summer. I must stop writing and say these things are i ~~":"‘ 4 s LAR i‘ll' .'. —”n 'sO' % ' Studious Pupils. = ~ Repart of Township School (District No. 6) mngg:;townsmp for the last month of the term ending February-27,1878,~ - .. 0. o Sooh O nORuOENoONeNt ~ Linda Bouse .%dma Brown, Mar) ilbert, Al et e W on, fsorie Datme Dk Buuis Qeorge Gilbert, John Wilson. The follow ng average was 95, or over: Linda Fohn ?i' Stk b SAURSERREIENS: 810 T o fearlots bßk iastitoe s SSevdint et bb st SRR G

. TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST.

An Entire Family of Eight People Burned to Death, and all Buried in One Coffin,

WATERLOO, Ills., March 2.—A terri‘ble holocaust occurred on the morning ~of March Ist, at Joy, or Fish Landing, 20 miles south-west of Waterloo, and’ 12 miles south of Harrisonville, on the Mississippi River, on the farm of Lewis Thorn. _ The fire occurred between 3 and 4 c’clock in the morning, and the theory of its origin is from a defective flue. - - The house was a light frame building, one and a half stories high, and caught fire in the garret. Before the inmates in their sleep were aware of: danger, the building fell in, smothering and burning the whole family, congisting of eight persons—father, mother and six children. The Coro-, ner arrived here this morning from' the horrid scene, but can give little information aside from the evidence: ‘brought out before the jury at the inguest.. . : - Niek Kauth, who was Kaiser’s nearest.neighbor, a quarter of a mile away, -said that he was with Kaiser about 10 -o’clock the night before, at the river, waiting for a boat, to get some letters, .and that they took a drink.together and ‘separated. The next morning, when } he got to the fire, the house was falling in, but could not see any person ‘ around:. The witness. was well acquainted with the family, which con-| ‘sisted of Moritz Kaiser, the father, Ellen Kaiser, the mother, John, Leonardy I{larry, Edward, Tommie and Ellen Kaiser, the children, aged from fourteen years to one month. So terribly burned were the inmates of the ihouse that Kauth could not recognize | any one o%them. * ) .. Moritz Kaiser by birth was a swiss, and his wife American—poor but hardworking people. The very next day they intended to move to a farm of Austin James. By asingle stroke they ‘are sent to eternity instead. The bodies of the eight persons were so thoroughly consumed that they were buried in one coffin. :

Gonig Like Hot Cakes.

NEW YORrEK, February 27.—Orders from Western cities for subscriptions to the new popular loan of four per cent. bonds are being received in this city at an.average of nearly one hundred thousand dollars a day, principally from Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinunati. ‘One order was received yesterday from Racine, Wisconsin, for $50,000. ; > Dealers in. this class of Government securities state that the great Western demand has sprung up recently for Government bonds of the small denominations—causged, itis believed, by a growing lack of confidence in savings banks. They say Western farmers who have sold their crops at remunerative prices are putting their earnings into the popular loan. A single or‘%g: from Philadelphia yesterday called for $60,000 in these bonds. . - °L =

A prominent bank offcial, who operates largely in Government bonds, expressed the belief that Secretary Sherman’s most sanguine expectations of the success of the popular loan will be fully realized, and that the subseription for the first year will be largely in exgess of $100,000,000.

The Treaty of Peace.

Cable dispatches confirm the report that the treaty of peace between Russia and Turkey was sighed on Sunday. In formally announeing the signature. in a dispatch to the Czar, the Grand Duke Nicholas refers to the fact that the day on which the Christians were thus delivered from th@é Turkish yoke, was the anniversary of the emancipation of the twenty-three million Russianslaves, the proclamation of -freedom having been issued by the emperor on the 3d of March, 1861. Referring to the treaty in the house of lords, Mounday, the earl of Derby said he had received an imperfect version of the terms, and could only say that they did not include the delivery of the Turkish fleet, nor affect the Egyptian tribute. = A Constantinople dispatch says the line of Bulgaria extends south of the town and Gulf of Burgas, but that the new principality does not include Salonica. The money indemnity is reduced from the. forty million pounds originally claimed to twelve millions. S »

Tom Anderson’s Trial.

NEW ORLEANS, March Ist.—W. P, Converse, the foreman of the jury which tried. General Anderson, has published a very long statement concerning the case, with especial reference to the conduct of the jury. He refutes all the stories about attempts to deceive the two colored jurors. . He says that as soon as the jury retired he, having been chosen foreman;- asked for an expression of opinion as to the verdict. A few moments’ conference showed that there was no opposition to a verdict of guilty. A paper had been prepared leaving a blank space to insert the verdict. He said if* there was no objection he would ‘write the word guilty in the blank space. A juror immediately proposed a recommendation to mercy, and this wds promptly and sincerely concurred in by all. - The verdict agreed on was then written out, and each signed his name in testimony of assent. Mr. Converse is a well-known and highly respected citizen of New Orleans. L e——— i D ———et - - The New York Greenbackers, New YORE, Feb. 25.—The Executive Committee of the Independent Greenback party has issued an address, saying: Shortly a joint call will be made for a State: Convention by the officers of all independent State organinzations, to meet. unitedly as the National party: @ The address says: “We can prevent the re-election of every Congressman and Assemblyman in this State who, directly or indirect--Iy, opposed the remonetization of silver, and it is our duty to do so.” . -

Paris felt- an earthquake one day last week, not a regular California shake, but a little tremble, and the people are frightened half out of their wits. Much of the city rests on the huge vault of the catacombs, and an earthquake of any importance would break the thin shell of foundation, and send bouses, palaces, monuments. and people into the yawning abyss.— The hint of such a thing makes the Parisians grow pallid with fear, and the least jar of the earth brings them to their knees muttering their prayers,

There is some excitement in Cedar Creek township over a bold outrage committed there a few days ago.—Some tramps went into the house of Benedict® Schlatter, while his wife was ouf doors, and took from the cradle her infant’child, about five months old. One of the brutes took the baby in his arms, but was pursued by the mother, who overtook him at a distance of about a mile, knocked him down with a club, and took her child home.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. : TR i e e Rumor says that Vanderbilt has bought up a controlling interest in a line running nearly paraliel to the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad, on which work is under way, to be finished the first of July. It will make a com é)lete opposition line, cutting into the traflic of the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio ron&{ % ind_will act a 8 a feeder to the New Yor &afi tral,

One-Man Power. - - . ; (Chicago Post ... = = We earnestly hoped that the President would not go to the extremity of a veto. We hoped this in the interests of the President himself and of the great political party which he, to some extent, unavoidably represents. There could be no doubt of the success_ of this particular bill, ever since the vote in the Senate on its original passage,: and therefore, we felt no.alarm regarding its fate. The veto power with which the President of the United States is invested is g prerogative which should be rarely, if ever, exercised. It 1s repugnant to the pride and self-respect of a great nation thatany one man should be more powerful than the Legislature of that nation, -unless upon very rare and extraordi‘nary occasions. 'We cannot eonceive that the framers of the Constitution ever contemplated, when they provided for the Presidency, that its importance as a department of the Governs ment would overshadow almost everything else. They did not contemplate that a mistaken, even though conscientious man, holding that high office, would assert, and be: able to maintain, his opinions, unless the whole nation rose up, as they have in this instance. - If the founders of the republic did expect to create an autoeracy then they were not as wise as we .generally give them credit for having been. A system is wrong where the popular voice has so much trouble to make itself heard and respected as in this mattar. = = :

A Big Blaze at Hot Springs, Arkansas. LrraLe Rock, March 5.—A private dispatch from Hot Springs announces that a terrible conflagration is in" progress at that place. Nearly the whole of the business part has already burned, including the Hot Springs Hotel, American THouse, numerous™ bath houses, banks, printing “offices, ete. Details not yet received. il

THE MARKETS.

LIGONIER.

' GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 50c; Oats, 25¢; Corn, 25¢; Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Seed, $4 00; Timothy Seed, $llO, = = . “2.oiw PropUCE.—Hogs, live, P cwt $3 90, Shoulders, per pound, 07¢c; Hams, 08c; Bees Wax, 25c; Butter, 12; Lard, 06c; Eggs, P doz., 10¢; - Wool, 1b,25@ 35¢; Feathers, 50c; Tallow, 06¢; Apples, dried, 6¢, green, P bu. $1.50 ; Potatoes, 25 ; Peaches, dried, 9 Ib.oB¢c; Hay, marsh, $4; timothy $B.. = = :

KENDALLVILLE.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, white $1 16, red $1 14; Corn, 35¢; Oats, 22¢; Clover Seed, $4 00; Flax, $1 00; Timothy, $2 00. : 2 B

OTHER PrODUCE—IHams, ¥ 15 08c; Shoulders, 07¢; Lard, 06c; Tallow,6¢; Wool, 85¢; Butter, 14c; Beeswax,2s¢; Apples, dried, 6¢; green, § bu.,looc; Potatoes, 30; Eggs, ® doz. 10¢c. . CHICAGO, March 6, 1878, GRAIN AND: SEEDS.—Wheat, $108; Corn; 4154 ¢; Oats, 24¢c;-Rye, 5414¢; Barley, 45¢; Clover Seed, $4 30@4 50; Timothy, $1 17@1 30; Flax, $1 30. PRODUCE.—Mess Pork,® cwt,slo 00 @1010; Lard, $7 151{@7 22; Hams; green, 0534 @062%;¢; Shoulders, s¢c; Butter, good, 22@28,” choice; 12 @ 18; Eggs, ¥ doz., 11c; Potatoes, 40@50c. Flour, per bbl, $6 00@6 50; Bran; per ton, $l3 [email protected].. ° e PovLzry.—Turkeys, dressed, @ Ib, 08c; Chickens, § doz. $2 Ts@Hu 50. .. ‘7oLEDO.—March 5, 1878, - ‘GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, Michigan, $1 25; No: 1 white do $1.24; extra do $1.26%4; Corn, 444¢; Oats, 24c; Clover Seed,s43Bo. - = .~ .. - LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, Mar. 6.—CATTLE, graded, steers, $4 50@5 35; choice beeves, $400@4 50 ; medium grades, $3 50@%3 75 ; butchers’ stock, $325@%3 50; stock cattle, [email protected]. - 7 v

Hoes.—Sates of light weights were at $3.95@4 00; eommon to choice heavy $3 85@3 90; packing hogs, $3 80@ $3 90; inferior lots, $2 50@3 50. . SHEEP.—Chaice $3 25@3 55; fair to gdod, 83 25@400. . Bu¥rALo, Mar. s.—Cattle, Shipp’g, $500@575; Sheep, $4 40@5 50; Hogs, good heavy $4 15; light $350. ~ .. °

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RN E ARy New Grocery! ~ New Bakery! Everything New! - , ; i -t - Everything Freshi! K.W.FISCHER, .For 13 'yeérs connected wi:h the wideiy&mofip Grocery and Bakery firm of Kolb & Gross, at - ' Goshen, would respectfully announce that . he has justfittedupinthe = | | MIDDLE RCOM T : ——(-‘op'r'flt:’-—‘ » j ; A‘ BANNER BLOCK A% Y ‘lxl 2il ! . i fo i e o BAKERY. and Row offers the public a choicé and exéenaive = ~ - mmsortment of | e ‘Groceries and Provisions ~ .WOOD, WILLOW, GLASS, CHINA AND STONE WARE, Ary, NEW AND BOUGHT FOR CASH, ~ and to be sold at Prices that must give et : salisfacfiion. S . ;‘W_e cannot finderfifie I;'Oe'nn%nera;e all we keep [in stock, but we can say thatin this establish‘ment you'will find everything to be found in & - First-Class Grocery, Fresh Bread Daily! - EATING HOUSE! In our eating room We.will at all times have e e "“‘g‘* IS TR e e e FTARMERS, TTR N ~EEv RS sy e