The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 April 1878 — Page 2

The Fatiom) Banaey 1Y : - .QQ_’ i ” " 4 » ,’:\' ¢ .\’\’\ AT, a L By 'y } et eSyS S, J. B.STOLJ., Editor and Proprietor . LIGONIER, IND., APRIL 4th, 1878. “No man worthy of the office; of Presidcnt should be willing to hold it if connted in or placed there by fraud.”—U. 8. Granr, - i - Mg, %HAYES seems to be very little disturbed by Tim Howe’s ferocious speech. Howe can’t intimidate Rutherford 8o long as Schurz remains in the Cabinet. : ; f L s«4——o—-‘o“*-‘—-—*""‘_ i ~ ALEX. H. STEPHENS, feeble as he is ‘physically, is making, himself very ~useful as a legislator. | e dispatches business in a manner that would do credit to a robuststatesman of fifty. THE ARCHITECTS whose plans for ‘the new State House were rejected “have foolishly instituted suit against ‘the comniissioners. Such petty spitework will do them no good. IT 1S STATED a 8 a positive fact that Tilden and Hewitt are not -on speaking terms at present. . The latter’s bad management of the presidential imbroglio brought about the estrangement. : : i

ToM ANDERSON, of returning board .infamy, was released from imprison‘ment last Monday, by order of the Supreme Court. The ~other villains, | Wells, Cassanave and Kenner, are yet to be tried. s L

- AT-ELKHART the Greenbackers and Democrats formed a ‘coalition and elected their ticket (except Assessor) by about 300 majority. A few democratic gold bugs yoted with the Republicans, ' ‘

~ It is a very difficult matter to make political issues at a township election, _except on extraordinary occasions. People are pretty much in the habit of making their selection of candidates regardless of political considerations.

Dr. RERICK’S candidacy for Congress is growing in importance.” 1t is received with marked favor. The Doctor is looming up. [We hazard this statement without first obtaining permission from' the Press man at Water100.] ot .

- It sEEMS to be the .determination of both Republicans and. Democrats to bring out their “heavy guns”rfor members of the next Legislature. ExGovernors and ex-congressmen are on the slate for legislative honors in various parts of the State. |

MEeN who tenaciously adhere to abstract theories and fine-spun notions, and 'stubbornly refuse to deal with facts as they really exist, usually attach a great deal more importance to an acceptance of their peculiar views than to the accomplishment of beneficial objects., . . | L

Mr. HENDRICKS should bear in mind that Mr. Tilden became a member of the New York Legislature in 1870 for the special purpose of inaugurating the reform movement which he made a signal success upon his election to the governorship and which led to his nomination for the Presidency in 1876.

“TuE Cincinnati Enguirer ventures the prediction that either Indiana or Ohio will furnish the next President of the United States, and that his name is either Thomas A. Hendricks, Allen G,Thurman, or lenry B. Payne. A strong Thurman movement has already been inauguratéd atWashington.

TaE LaPorte Argus this week eni ters upon the tepth year of its exisi tence. Being the founder of that jour- | “nal, ‘we naturally look with pleasure | and pride upon its development and { snccess. Under the efficient manage- - ment of Messrs. Wadsworth & Kessler the Argus has become one of the most substantial newspaper concerns of “Northern Indiana. - o

BorH HoUSES of the Maryland Legislature have passed.the resolution a short time since introduced by the Hon. Montgomery Blair to test the title of Mr. Hayes to the Presidency by directing the Attorney General ‘to file a bill in the Supreme Court asking

that Court to give effect to the elector

al vote of Maryland by counting the . vote of Florida and Louisiana for ' Tilden and Hendricks, declaring them President and Vice President of the United States. Mr. Blair was warmly congratulated upon the success of his pet measure. gl :

; Tug somewhat surprising an nounge- » ment comes from Indianapolis that it " is seriously contemplated to “draft” -Hon. Thomas A. Hendrieks into an ac- ' ceptance of the nomination for Joint Representative for the ‘counties of Marion and Shelby, while the Hon. Frank Landers is to stand for Marion and Morgan. As candidates for Mar- - ion county proper Judge Turpie, Hon. 0. B. Hord, John A. Finch and Napoleon B. Taylor are;among the serious probabilities, 8o serious that the Re- - publicans are much excited over the prospect. The complexion of the next - Legislature is very important, owing - to the election of a United States Sen- . ator, and the importance is sufficient- - 1y great for the Democracy of Marion county to demand that the above can- (' didates stand. As candidates, collec- | . tively, they would be the strongest | material ever nominated for suech po- . sition, . it G e ~ With silver remonetized and gold ~ only about one cent above par, we - cannot see any propriety in the repeal of the resumption act. We suggest that in as much as we now have a - doublestandard with which toresume, ' W%“?impfion act be allowed to ‘ wfi n «gfl at our m makers ngi:te ~_ Why let the resumption ack stand, | Bro. Baker? *mor of re- | pontemplated by the Sherman resump.

SHERMAN’S LATEST TALK.

At the instance of Gen. Ewing, Secretary Sherman had a conference with the Banking and Currency committee of the House on Monday last. A lengthy report of the conference appears in the dailies. The salient points are that Mr. Sherman set out with repeated expressions of confidence that there will be no demand for gold when resumption begins; that the public will make no: demand, and that the banks dare not. He said it might as well bz understood that the national banks c¢an not ‘be allowed to convert their legal-tender reserves into gold, for if they should attempt it the government would withdraw its deposits from them, and the struggle between’ the banks and the government for the possession of government gold would end. General Ewing .pressed- him as to wlhether resumption by the treasury involved resumption by the banks, both as to their 1 notes and their circulation. lesteadily persisted that the banks must take care of themselves; and when he was pressed whether a demand upon the banks for gold and silver might not compel them to convert their legaltenders into coin, he just as steadily persisted that they would pay in legaltender notes only: Sherman rode rough-shod over thewsinking fund,— Ewing obtained from him the admission that in the four fiscal years ending June 30, 1877, the sinking fund was short nearly $33,000,000; an(% he intimated racher strongly that the boasted accumulation of gold for resumption was obtained by robbing the sinking fund of $55,000,000 in all up to February 28th last, and that if th;s goid were restored to the sinking fund, where it properly belongs, the treasury would have no accumulation whatever applicable to resumption.~lle met this. by asserting that the provisions of the resumption law appropriating any surplus money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated had been construed by himself and his predecessors, Bristow and Morrill, as superseding the act of March, 1869, which permanently appropriates and sets apart the customs as a special | fund for.the sinking fund and interest on the public debt. :

Sherman seems to be considerably displeased with the declarations of the leading New York bankers that his resumption scheme would ineyitably fail unless variously: amended and modified. In spite of all this, the “Wrecker” insists upon being permitted’ to have "his own' way, no matter what may befall the country. The only hope the people have-is to keep up the agitation for repeal until the Senate responds to the action. of the House. 3 :

Strong Men for the Legislature. (LaPorte Argus.)

* The Demncrats of Indianapolis talk of nominating such well known men as Gov. Hendricks, TFrank ILanders and Judge Turpie for members of the Legislature. They say they intend to go right ahead with the merry work, just as though the gentlemen named had:no.objections, That is more sensible than the talk that usually .comes from the lecal managers of the party at Indianapolis, It is an example, too, that other sections of the State might follow with immense advantage to the public interests. Itis a new departure in the selection of Legislative ean‘didates that every tax-payer ought to indorse and encourage by his active advocacy and earnest support.

Gold Talk. (Austin {Tex.] Capital.)

Whenever you hear a person prating about gold as the only “honest money,” you need not hesitate to believe that you areé listening to a knave, an ignoramus or an idiot. He is a knave if he seeks to double the burdens of debtors without sanction of law or equity; he is an ingoramus if he thinks this law or equity would warrant such a thing, and he is an Idiot if he would rob the enterprising debtor to pay more than double what is due to the indolent but vampire like creditor. Whatever such a person says takes color from depraved knavery, pitiable ignorance or stupid idiocy. ; :

John -Prospél:ing Finely. (Goshen Independent.) -

Honest J. Sherman has constructed a.block of sixty-four houses in Washington out of the savings of his pinchgut salary and other little subsidies, contributions of coal and horse fodder from his brother Tecumseh, and now in his usual bland manner informs the clerks that he has dwellings to rent and for sale, and since they are dependent upon Honest John ‘they very cleverly chip in whatever of rental or purchase money he may demand—always being assured that they are not cheating the old man by taking the property at reduced rates.

There Has Been Contraction. [Cincinnati Enquirer.]; :

A favorite Republican argument has been that there has beén no contraction of the .currency in recent years.._Sherman_shows that in preparing for resumption the greenvacks have been contracted from $382,000,000 to $348,000,000, @and that the national bank notes have been contracted from $346,000,000 to $299,000,000. Here is an acknowledged -contraction of about $85,000,000. £

Shoulder to Shoulder, (Columbia City Post.) -,

There should be no substantial disagreement between the democratic and national parties in this State.— The Democracy of the State have placed themselves 80 squarely on the record in favor of currency reform and measures lookirg to the relief of the laboring masses, that. we cannot see why there should be a division of strength. , S eet R The Law of Compensation, [Bt. Louls Evening Post.] O’Leary’s victory almost compensates for the Chieago fire, which was caused by the kick of his mother’s cow, which broke the lantern which fired the straw which lay in the barn which the peeler saw which was n’t put out by the strolling lout and burned the town that Cheek built. .~ - ] W— That Wounld Help the Country. : ] (Cincinnati Enquirer.) The work of contraction goes steadily on. The oldest business houses go down before it, yet no relief is promised the people. T'ifnes grow harder every day. Therepeal of the Resumption Act would stop the ruin, : Venturing a Prediction, _~|Mount Vernon Banner.] . The indications at present are that Allen G, Thurman will be the detmo-

ALBION RUMMAGES.

“To be or not to be,” was the question with Joe Shew when he was ruaning for Assessor the other day. From early morning Joe was on the ground taking in every. man that thought to exercise his rights as a freeman; and even at nineé o’clock at night he still stood guard over the place looking for a vote. During the night Joe would suddenly start up and startle his wife with such questions as these, “Oh! you have nodog, haint you ?” “Now, what's that barking in the cellar?” “Now you swear that horse is worth just two shillings, do you ?” ' “Pardon, pardon, T remember now, cats are not assessable.” 'We could quote others, but the reader might imagine that our as-sessor-elect was excited.

: TRev. Grear, Methodist minister here, was thoroughly “pounded” last Saturdayevening. The “pounding” was administered on Orange street, and by members of his own church, Strange as it may seem, Mr. Grear. was well pleased with the result, and_ it will take several days to take care of the spoils. . : - The teachers’ examination was large1y attended on Saturday last, and now applicants are made miserable over the uncertainty of expectancy. : | «New Leaf” and others, we will be there on the 6th. i What a-world of misery might be canceled if people would only stop to think. What with strongdrink, strong tempers, weak will and weaker thinking material, the: world is kept in a continued uproar. Obsta princz:}r)iis. g : AP,

s A Card, Ed. Banner and Brother Correspondents

We once more step to the front and make our bow. We would kindly thank “New Leaf” for the benevolence which he extended by inviting“ Trash” to *meet them on the 6th.” We didn’t really expect an invitation, because. we judged (rashly, we admit,) others by “Jap.” Of course we should like to be there, but as we have never learned the divine art of smoking and “3ich,” we must decline with thanks. Now, if it were simply a question of chewing “gum,” you might count us in every time. 'We experienced a thrill of earthly bliss which seemed like a fore taste of the joys hereafter when we were, for the first time in ourlife, placed on an equality with the*“lords of creation.” It must have been a 'mistake, but we feel highlyflattered, nevertheless. Anna Dickinson and Susan B. Anuthony, while vindicating our rights, never aspired to the heights of equality with those self-same “lords” which we have attained in a few short weeks inleading a correspondence to our home poper. . Thanks for your kindness, brother “ink slingers,” and although we are not a man, yet we are . : TRASH.

Lots of Wheat in the Country. " . (Chicago Post, April 1.)

A Chicago commission merchant hag been at the pains to collect comparative statistics as to the estimated amount, of wheat that will be on hand in the leading warehouses-in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Towa, and Minfesots. Twenty-one warehouses in Nebraska, nineteen in. Wisconsin—exclusive of Milwaunkee—fifty-six in lowa, fortyfour in Minnesota, a total of one hundred and forty warehouses, reported 2,011,000 bushels as the estimated amount to be on hand to-day, April 1, 1878, against 1,338,000 bushels on the corresponding day last year, an increase, of 673,000 bushels. The same report shows a decrease of 1,994,774 bushels in Chicago, or 3,452,604 bushels in both cities on March 16, 1878, as compared with the stock on hand in these cities on the corresponding date in 1877. This report also estimates that the farmers in- the districts in which these 140 warehouses are located still have from one-fourth to onethird of a crop on hand. Minnesota reports the largest stock in ‘warehouses; also the largest proportion—-one-quarter to one-half—of the last crop held by farmers. This is by no means an exhausted report. -

Montgomery Blair Congratulated. ‘ [Baltimore Sun.] -

The House of Delegates to-day passed the llon. Montgomery Blair’s resolufion directing the Attorney General to institute proceedings to test the right of President Hayes to his office through the United States Supreme Court; Mr. Blair has stuck to this question from the first week of the session until the last. In advocating the passage of the resolution to-day, Mr. Blair said that provision was expressly reserved in the bill authorizing the Electoral Commission for such a proceeding as that contemplated by this resolution, if the power to make judicial inquiry existed. 'He said, also, that the bill contemplated to be passed by Congress to insure the action of the Supreme Court in the premises would be signed by Mr. Hayes himself if it were enacted. - The vote of the House on the resolution was—yeas, 46; nays, 28. The announcement of its passage was the signal for very warm- eongratulations, in pressing which upon the venerable statesman a crowd of members eagerly sought -and shook his hand. ' _ The- Greenback Cause in Michigan. [Chicago Post.] Michigan seems to be suffering from an epidemic of Greenbackism. The scattering returns from some of the leading counties/show ‘a strong vote for the National ticket. Grand Rapids, Jackson, Adrian, Coldwater, Hastings, Vassar, and some of the minor cities haye elected National mayors and eity officers. ‘'The usual mixture of old: party lines is shown throughout the State, as is common at unimportant elections. : i : ' Tricky Sherman, " - ' [Bt. Louig Republican.] The sudden friendship developed by Secretary Sherman for the silver dollar has brought upon him the severe criticism of the single-standard people, by whom Sherman is accused of “flop-. ping.” The silver folks, however, regard him as a trickster, as he has always been, and strongly suspect that his present afttitude conceals some doubtful or disréputable scheme, Luther will Show themy What He can do. - So many different opinions have been expressed about Luther Benson’s ability to write a book, that he has determined to get out a new book to be called “Strange biography of Absalom, his darling wife and two angelic babes.” It will be highly dramatic and sensational—lnd. Senfinel, formed a wfiiflmwm

ROME CITY ITEMS.

Our spring campaign is now over.— The election in Orange township on 1 Monday passed off peaceably, but at the same time there was a good deal of enthusiasm and determination manifested. The Democrats put no ticket in the field, which left the fight between the Nationals and Republicans. From the first it was manifest that the Republicans were fighting under very peculiar circumstances. - They claimred that the “Nationals” had but one idea, and that greenbacks. This they were forced to combat and at the same time professing to be greenback men themselves. Their cause also suffered severely from having got into bad hands, and being run by unpopular men. Esquires Krum and Dunn, of Brimfield, and Doctor Covert, of Rome City, were the principal managers of the machine;.and of course with such a:set of managers defeat was inevitable. The whole number of votes cast was 395. The tickets were headed “National Greenback” on the one side, and “Republican” on the -other. The straight fight was made on 'Trustee with this result: !

J. A. Waldron l%Natior_lal] receiyed.. .310 vo§e§_;_ D. C. Osborn [Republican] e e Waldron’s majority,-.--. ..o oL 1o 0285 Such is the effect of bad legislation on the part of the party in power, The. republican party in Orange township’ one year and a half ago gave Gen. Ben. Harrison (for ‘Governor) 110 majority, and they are now able to cast, all tbld, 85 votes. To the greenback men of Orange we will say: You have made a noble fight; you have achieved a ‘glorious victory; your cause is just and victory has perched upon your banner. To those who ‘sympathize with us and gave us their support we will say, you have done a meritorious deed and one upon- which you can look back with pride. And to those who voted the Covert-Krum ticket we will say, that you have sacrificed all principle for the sake of par‘ty and have met a just and well meri‘ted rebuke, which may cause you to reflect, and possibly be a lesson to you ‘in the future. ' :

After the ballots were counted out, a small jubilee was indulged in by the victors, consisting of cannon firing and songs by the Glee Club. So passed our April election. ALEXIS,

NAPPANEE CORRESPONDENCE.

~ Mud so deep; roads'most impassable. There never was a better prospect for wheat in this vieinity than at present. : : Our town is still on the increase.

Building has been going on all winter, and extensive preparations are made to build the coming summer. Another drug and grocery store combined was started up this ‘week, which makes two drug stores and three dry goods stores for our young town. A Mr. Cowan, of Goshen, bought Mr.-Eli Culp’s hardware store and is buying in a full stock of goods. Mr. Cowan means business. Vo on

\ Mr. Eli McDaniel, of Ligonier, is running a shoe store. Also, Mr. Sesline of the same place a barber shop.

"Mr. Peter Stahley is now in the furniture I@Efifé;‘is_ ‘and intends to run things right. Verily, Nappanee is a place of business for its size and age.

. There are four orthodox churches holding services in the chfirch house of our town, and the fifth one in the Nappanee school house, Verily, all the citizens ought to become conyerted. . T i 4

! The barn of David Culp, five miles north of here, was struckabylightn}ing on Sapurday*evening lagt and burnt down, together with four head of horses, four cows and two calfs. Nothing saved except one reaper and buggy. No insurance. - i . Strong efforts are made to have a new school house built here this summer, The fact of the matter is, a large school house is needed here, and another thing needful is to lix.ve our town incorporated. ~ SOLICIT.

ELKHART LOCALS.

The weather for the past week has been such as would have done credit to mixed winter. Prophets say excellent weather for wheat. That plant is growing rapidly, and I presume the weather hag moretodo with its growth than anything else. : ‘

Tax money is as scarce.as locals. Treasurer Black says that not more than one-third of April installment ‘has yet been paid. The limitation runs out the third Monday in April. . Now let the people of Elkhart and all people govern themselves accordingly, and pay their taxes befofd the limitation expires. It is surprising the amount of increase to tax, by letting it run delinquent. This township last year made as good, or perhaps better, showing- in the list of delinquents of any other in thecounty. Elkhart is hard to be surpassed in any of itsundertakings, even though it never had but one representative in the oflicial department at Albion, and -he was elected nearly two years prior to coming into office. = A kind of probation, we presume. There will be nothing lacking as regards duty, though,when the time of .probation isout. - - =~ | Mr. Harry f. Bell of the Hawpatch was married to the daughter of Rev. Dodge last Thursday. Harry, come and see us and we will kill a rooster.

Dr. Nimmon is again confined to his bed. Was taken with a profuse cold sweat, and fever afterward. - Hope he may speedily recover. 80,

Lewis Hoops, of Elkhart county,-a well-to-do farmer and formerly tounty commissioner, was fool enough to invest $B,OOO. in a little patent right coupling to buggy phils and not being worth one cent to him sued the owners in the Kosciugko county eourt for the recovery of his money, Ten lawyers were engaged in the contest. The jury awarded Hoops his money andin effect stamped the patent right men as swindlers. Let the people look out for all such rascals.—South Bend Herald. ‘ , ARI b - The Plymouth Democrat says that Franklin Osborn was tried in the Circuit - Court last week' for stealing a buffalo robe from the barn of Alexander Young, some fime in November last, found guilty; and sentenced to the- ppnitentmwr the termiof one ,zgar, disfranchised for the period of I hree years, and fined twenty-five dol-

Better Times.

- When Secretary Sherman was asked if his plan would not produce an expansion of the currency, he answered that he thought it ‘would; and when asked if this, in his judgment, would be beneficial, he replied in the affirmative. The Infer-Ocean has repeatedly called the attention of its readers to the fact that after a commercial and financial depression good times have returned only with an increase of the currency. It was so after the calamitous times of 1837 to 1842; and again after the panic from 1857 to 1862.- There seems tobe .a sort of law of five years down-grade by contraction, and a corresponding five years of up-grade through expangsion. The last is the only road to returning confidence. Money must become s 0 abundant that capitalists will ‘be compelled to invest it in actual -business enterprises, as was invariably done thirty years ago,before the abominable system of bonded debtintroduced an era of profitable idleness for capitalists, and dissolving and disappointing resulks for active, energetic, and enterprising business men. We believe this is coming, and we warn our friends when it does come, to keep out of debt as far as possible. Thirty years ago rallroads were built with capital stock: The capitalist obtained no advantage over the stockholder. He had to run his risk with other investors, and this tended to prevent merely speculative and unwise undertakings. v We must return to the old policy.— ;‘Tangs and :cities, corporations, and indi®iduals must cease running in debt, except under absolute necessity. Ve must pay as we go, and only enfer upon such new undertakings as capitalists are willing to take stock in and’ risk their money in, taking an equal chance with all others.. The power to borrow needs to be curtailed. It is to the interest of all parties to curtail preferential loans, and place all operations upon the square of equality and fair dealing.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. ! :

Resumption Flapdoodie. i e (Cincinnati Gazette.) , : 1t is argued, we are aware, by hightoned statesmen that having promised to exchange gold for greenbacks on the first of January, 1879, the promise should be kept, though the industries of the country should go toruin. That promise has already brought ruin indescribable upon the country, and yet the means to fulfill it are wanting. Besides, the holders of what are called our unfulfilled promise are not suffering. They do not feel they have been cheated, and if they prefer gold to greenbacks, it costs but little to get the gold, while silver can be purchased at g discount in either greenbacks or national bank notes. Furthermore, if gold continues to decline, paper will ‘be convertible into coin at par without any undertaking on the part of the government. In fact thelessthe government undertakes in the- premises, at present, the more easy will be the accomplishment of the equalization of the coin and paper dollar. A New Hog Diséase. 5y (Correspondence of the Indiana Farmer.) : I was sent for by a neighbor this morning to witness something new in the way of a disease amoung hogs, which kills them in double quick time. The disease appears to be a fit or spasm, very severe jerking of the whole animal frame. champing of the jaw, frothing at the mouth, the eye wild, muscles. twitching. The hog staggers, throwing of the head sideways, and then up, looking frightful. In ashort time the hog drops down, when it is ' soon relieved by death. My neighbor, Mr. Parnell, lost four, .out of thirteen, in one day, all effected the same way; we have pever seen anything like. it before. Now, Mr. Editor, if any of your many readers has seen similar symptoms in hog disease and found a remedy, we will be very glad to hear from them. J.J.SCHERMERHORN. Fountain Co., March 15.

Pensioners.

The total number of pensioners paid by the United States in 1861, the year of the outbreak of the civil war, was 8,686. The number rapidly increased until it reached its maximum in 1873, when the number was 238,411, Since then there has been a reduction each year till 1877 the number was 232,104, The highest number of widows, orphans, &c., was in 1873, being:llB,9ll; in 1877 they had fallen off to 103,381. But while more than 15,000 of these have disappeared from the pay-roll, the number of invalids has grown from 119,500 in 1873 to 128,723 in 1877, so that the average reduction has been comparatively small. Unless involved in new wars, it is likely the pension roll will hereafter be rapidly reduced. The total amount paid for pensions last year was $28,122,683, and of this‘more than one-half went to the widows and children of goldiers and sailorg, -

Stephens’ Savings Bond Scheme.

Aleck Stephens has yet another scheme for vithe investment of savings at a low rate of interest. ° He proposes that t(l)ie United States shall issue postoffice bonds of the: denominations of $l, $5, $lO, $2O, $25, sso°and $lOO, to be printed o; bankfnotg paper, and to be redeemable at any postoflice of the United States having funds for the purpose, or' any sub-treasury, when presented in denominations of $lO or over. These bonds are to bear interest at the rate of 3- 60-100, and ‘interest to be paid every three months at the rate of ninety cents on every $lOO. The bill was referred to the committee on banking and eurrency. - '

The New State House,

The Indianapolis Jowrnal gives.a view of the. proposed new capitol building at Indianapolis, as designed by Edwin May. It is to stand at the ‘corner of Washington and Tennessee streets, It will besoo feet long and 300 feet deep. From the ground to the ‘base of the flag-staff on the dome it is 306 feet. It is of the Corinthian style of architeeture. It will be ornamented with figures representing Justice, Peace, Laberty, Science, Mechzanics, Agriculture, Commerce and Law. The coat-of-arms -of the State will also be mounted thereon. It will be a magnificent building. el < R—- ‘ Tliey All Want It. ' ; [New York Sun.] : The Cincinnati Commercial favors the introduction of the bell punch liguor system. That intelligent journal estimates that from a tax of only one cent upon a drink a revenue of $35,000 a week would be produced in Cincinnati .without adding a mill to the existing imposts on personal and real estate. In Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati the Virginia method is likely to be introduced at a very early day; but we fancy that it will be tried elsewhere, also, before a great while, : el e 'Yhe Next Constitutional Amendment. ‘WAsSHINGTON, March:29.—The subcommittee of the house committee on an amendment to the constitution to provide a new ‘mode of eleptm%the President and ' Vice-Presidént have agreed on & bill limiting the Presidential term to six years and making the President ineligible for re-elec-tion. The suim mmittee are discussmw?hn to_secure minority representation in electing a President, =

General Items.

The Democrats carried the municipal elections in Toledo and Columbus, while the Republicans swept Cleveland by 1,000. ‘ Des Moines, Towa, is te have a grand blue ribbon procession in June. It is expected that fifty thousand persons will be in the procession.

The Nationals of Illinois held a State convention at Springfield on the 27th ult., adopted the Toledo, platform and nominated a State ticket. : .

The widow of ex-President Tyler has.recently joined the Roman Catholic church. Archbishop Gibson confirmed her last week at Georgetown. - ~ Eighty-five failures occurred in New York during the menth of March, with liabilities amoupting to a little over seven millions, and assets that barely reach three millions. At present New York is clearly ahead in this line of business. - : . A counterfeit of the new silver dollar has been shoved on the public. It is composed of a base composition which has the appearance, ring and toughness of the genuine coin. Dr. Linderman pronounces the work even better than that of the silver dollar, and says it is the most dangerous bogus piece that has yet been discovered. The nominalreduction of the publicdebt in March according to the treasu+ ry books, was $2,213,614. Only 8751, 857 of currency remains in the treasury, the internal revenue receipts having fallen far below the estimates for ‘several months., The coin belonging to the government in the treasury vaults amounts to a fraction over eighty-millions. ‘ . ~ General Grant, his wife and son were presepted to the Pope on Saturday. They were received with every mark of distinction, and made a favorable impression on all about the vatican. Cardinal McCloskey presented them, receiving them at the door of the Pope’s | apartents, to which they were d§nducted by M. Chatard, rector of the American college. i Rande, the desperado, when sent fo Joliet prison refused to work,and was immediately put in solitary confinement, and will be starved into subjection. He wanted to go at once to writing his life, and became insolent. when told that he could do nothing of the kind. . The feeling against the jury has grown very indignant because the sentence was imprisonment for life instead of death.

A large number of horses have been bought in Chicago: lately for shipment to England. They are said to be for use upon street railways in some of the Scotch cities, but shrewd horse “sharps” do not think special care is taken to select animals adapted to that sort of work. On the contrary,several hundred picked up in Chicago ap pear to he better fitted for the saddle, and the inference is.that they are intended for cavalry service. It is understood that the cash is on hand for the purchase of twenty thousand horses of this kind, and that agents are buying in all the principal horseraising regions of the West. b It is said by the gossips of New York that Theodore Tilton and his wife are to be reunited, and that he will take her to Europe. The children are very anxious:to have their parents once more peacefully living together, ‘and have been importunate in their pleadings. It wasstated that Mrs. Tilton would not listen for an instant to such a proposition unless her husband retracted all that had been charged against her. It is sur~ mised in certain circles that Tilton will wring from her a confession, with which he will confront Beecher, and again the suit will be brought forward. For decency’s sake, it is to be hoped that this is false. o

- . EUROPEAN WAR NOTES. . Urgent requisitions have been made by the English war office upon the contractors for the supply of picks and shovels. /They expect to make such havoc among the unhappy Russians when the war begins, that vast quantities of tools for burying the dead will be absolutely necessary to preserve the health of the victorious British. : / A fact which may be of some importance to England is the encamp: ment. of the Egyptian army on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. If the Egyptians are compelled by imperial orders to remain neutral, their neutrality will not be unfrieudly to the English; and it is possible that the position now held may be delivered to the British if the latter should succeed in landing an army in that part of Asia Minor. According to previous announcement the Queen’s message in relation to mobilizing the reserves was read in both Houses of parliament on Monday. It states very briefly that the present state of public affairs in the east constitutes a case of great emergency, within the meaning of the acts of parliament, and that therefore the government is about to direct that the regerve force and the militia reserve force be forthwith called out for permanent service. Theemergency seems to be of the kind that will keep, for the debate upon the message was postponed for a week. ‘ '

‘While the Russian’ forces south of the Balkans are concentrating around Constantinople and Gallipoli, and fortifying their lines in preparation for hostilities with England, the army in Northern Bulgaria is moving back to the Danube—the line likely to be assailed by Austria. Russia has an important advantage in this absolute liberty of action, which.enables her to make every disirable disposition for a war of offense or defense, while her prospective enemies are fionsuming' time in diplomacy, and unable to move a single battalion to the probable field of action until war is formally declared. :

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. WASHINGTON, #March 81.—1 It is further learned that the caucus of republican senators yesterday resolved that unless the President makes a right-a-bout-face at once, and stops appointing Democrats and consults with Republican Senators in the matter of appointments, he will be considered as no longer.a Republican, and will be treated accordingly. Quite a long dis_cussion was had eoncerning republican senators who had supported the ad- - ministration. It was bluntly asserted that they were responsible for the virtual control which the Democrats “have in the Senate; that if they had been true to their party the President would have been forced to yield; and even now, if they would agree to act with the party, the President could be balked from doing any further damage to the party machine at least.—Concerning those Senators—Burnside, Cameron, of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Matthews, Dawes and Hoar — who are the only ones who have kicked out of the party traces, it was decided that they must hereafter act with the party or they would be treated as Democrats, . e : . The notorious Tom Cottrell,of South Bend, has donned the red ribbon, and is now out lecturing with Edward MO“OY. S s e

voan Rel Wb s ForT WAYNE, Ind., March 30.—S. B. Freeman, for several years quite well known in business cireles, here, aman of fine education'and many accomplishments, is in a dying condition at the Pittsburg work-house. Rum is the sole cause. Ll e GOSHEN.— At the township election last Monday, the republicans elected their candidates for Trustee and Justice of the Peace, Mr. Jacob Hahn receiving 65 majority and Milton I. Beck--82. The Democrats elected their candidates for constables by majorities ranging from 50 to 100, and elected Israel Wyland assessor by 267 majority. The democratic majority on the aggregate vote cast was about 60. Over 1000 votes were polled,which was considered very heavy for a local election.—Democrat. Ll S e e THE MARKETS.,

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| . (CHICAGO, April 35,1878, - GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat,sl 123 ; Corn, 42%5¢c; Oats, 28%4¢c; Rye, 6215¢c; Barley, 46¢; Clover Seed, $4 00@425; Timothy, $1 00@1 25; Flax, $125. - PropucE.—Mess Pork,§ cwt, $775 @8 00; Lard, $7 17% @7 2¢9; -Hams, green, 061/ @072%4¢; Shoulders; 814¢; Butter, good, 25@28, choice, 18 @ 22; Eggs, B doz., 08¢c; Potatoes, 35@40¢. Flour; per bbl, $6 00@7:00; Bran, per ton, $l3 [email protected].. SN

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Hoas.—Sales of light weights were at $3.00@3 75; common to choice heavy $3 40@3 60; packing hogs, $3 40@ $3 65 ; inferior lots, $3 00@3 25.. . SHEEP.—Choice $3 50@5 50; fair to good, $3 00@5 00. iR BUF¥FALo, April 3.—Cattle, Shipp’g, $500@5 50; Sheep, $545@5 85 ; Hogs, good heavy $4 80; light $360..

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. 6». j v -AND— s & : : :‘and row offers the public a /choice an—d extensive el g Tassortment pf | o ‘(xroceries and Provisions ~ WOOD, WILLOW, GLASS, - CHINA AND STONE WARE, AL NEW AND BOUGHT FOR CASH, _f'nnfi tobe sold at Prices fhat m;;gt give ‘ ! satisfaction, i We /cmmdt undertake to enuwerate all we keep in stock, butwe cansay thatin this establish“ment you will find everything to be found in a - First-Class Grocery, - Fresh Bread Daily! resh Bread Daily! EATING HOUSE! - In ‘our eating room we will at a’l ‘tim«;i? hgve something good for the *‘inner man.” Fresh cakes, ples, oysters, hot coffee and tea, > ” served',a!". all hoars, ° - : . L PARMERS, : “Come in and make yourselves at home, We want . Pyoutr patronafie and guarantee fair dealing vl e e ‘«_:levcr treatment. | : COUNTRY PRODUCE -B‘ou;;,ht‘ for Cash or taken in exghhnge for goods, | ) e K. W. FISCHER. Ligonier, flac. 13, 1877.-34 11 s ; NEW GOODS. ‘2O -‘ Largest and Best Stork of - - Fo; Clothiixg.Ever Bipught to leon!erz . ED. RAPSCH Tnvites thefipfivblic in general to visit him st his’ v > T e o | ; Merchant Tailoring ‘' ESTABLISHMENT, | And see what he has in the cloth line for Clothing -

~ & 7o A : =fi? f’,"'-'\;i:"»fi =/ 2 Y S g/ tearel Hear¥ely e S ‘ ‘L_} T 3 . i CLOTH; i SN ! - ) : § b N 2 20 Per Cent. below ¢ ° | a ¢ e i TR RS e 5 New York Pricesgs R AT g S & & e g ™7 =] RAPSCH'S & A=s o e o SS e 3 {7 T e e Elegant Goods of every Descrip» ... tion to select from. Good - Fits Warranted. 11-4-4tf ; ED,RAPSCH. e e e e YW ° ‘ F. W, Shinke & Bro. ‘Tako pleasure in informing’ the people of Ligonier and vicinity that they have the best selected : . .stock gf all kinds of - . For Men, Bo¥s, and Chfldten;«also,'anfielegsnt‘ -assortment of wear for Women, Misses and Children. All styles and qualities 10 select from.— - Wi Willbe soldat . . el o 2 b o ° 'BOTTOM PRICES. {v LR Heein adopted the = “» . ':- ; 2 ¥ ! » ¥ : LOW PRICE SYSTEM ! ‘Which Are’qtflres selling at very small profits, the public ‘will appreciate the necessity of ready or : . ; . prompt pay. e S . Special Attention given to. G ‘We guarantee first-class stock and worit‘x_na"hship_z MENDING done EXPEDITIOUSLY “Corn - Field- GATITERS,” = GIVEUSBACQALL, . . and buyatthe old relisble shoestoreof 5%‘; NGy MATCR @ly IBIR-IRST - i