The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 April 1878 — Page 2

- The Fatioma) Banner | ‘. :\ 3 : ‘y.'uv‘ 1 AN . oSy Wé 5 -—B.Ei'—o?rl ' Edud;- and Proprietor . . LIGONTER, IND,, APRIL 11, 1878. e e 00l “No man worthy of the office of President ;" shonld be willing to hold it if counted in or placed there by fraud.”—U, 8. GeanT, Joihie i Am! if we bzid a Thurman in the, House, Ben Butler might wait; a long time before he could catch our fellows as he did in that little doorkeeper affair. . . % . FREMONT, Ohio, the hote of Rutherford Hayes, is the only town in the United States where the “national” party has captured an entire munijcipal government. e

WE wouLD give a little something for the opportunity of addressing a “few brief remarks” to those democratic congressmen who made such blasted dunces of themselves'in that doorkeeper business. . - - .

SunseT Cox had another tilt with Ben Butler one day last week, and this time managed to get a little bit the advantage of his wily antagonist. Botlf parties got in some pretty good licks, but the winding up was decidedly in Cox’s favor. e L

CONGRESSMAN "HAMILTON, of the Fort Wayne District, made a dunce of himself by c?.llipg especial attention to his fearlessness in voting for Field for doorkeeper of the House, - Little Hamilton will discover)in due course that he chose a very poor way for seeking notoriety,

- THE REPUBLICANS have no right to shed crocodile tears over Gen. Shields. Some years ago, when the Democrats of Missouri elected him to Congress by thousands of majority, the Republicans ousted the ¢ld veteran,simply because his republican competitor had the meanness to contest his seat.

UNCLE BILL ALLEN ‘has not yet forgiven his distinguished nephew, Senator Thurman, for refusing to sanction the old man’s pgcul’iar views on finance as espoused during the exciting contest of 1874. They are not now and have not for several years been on speaking terms. What nonsense! 'Let them shake!

SENATOR VOORHEES delivered an eloquent speech to an immense and enthusiastic ecrowd at his home inTerre

Haute on the 20th ultimo. He dwelt chiefly on the question of (inance, ad-

. jmonishing his friends to stand by the - democratic organization as the only ; hope of securing relief from the op- ! pression of the grasping money power.

TuurMAN's bill to compel the Pa- | cific railroad companies to meet their just obligations to the government passéd the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 40 to 19.. Jay Gould and other lobbyists of the, great railroad corporations haye for weeks @een fighting this bill with all the power at their ~ command, and its passage i a great victory of justice over the corrupting .- influence of money. - - :

Tite Goshen 7'¢mes has (inally succumbed to the pressure and now expresses the opinion that there is no longer a necessity for therepeal of the resumption act. The Albion New Era and the Elkhart Review are now, if we mistake not, the only republican papers in this District that have not committed themselves tothe same position. - Shﬁitrgpeal or anti-repeal be made a square issue in this District next fall? What say you, gentlemen of the republican press?

Cot. Pork, the decapitated doorkeeper of the House, is.out in a fierce column ‘card in which he is indignant at being called by the newspapers such a kind-hearted man that he erred from impulse, He protests that he was belzbored and beédeviled by thé average Congressman : 8o much. that those whopn he befriend and those -wfy_ insisted on more patronage than he could bestow alike became his enemies and destroyed him. The main charge against Polk was that he employed more subordinates than the law authorized. Ben. Butler declares him innocent and voted against his removal

Tite SUPREME CoURT of this State last week rendered a decision, on appeal from Wells county, that under section 3,701 U. 8. stat., p. 736, United States treasury notes, commonly called “greenbacks,” owned and held-by a person, are, by law, exempt- from

_ taxation by or under State, municipal or local authority, either directly or - imdirectly, and therefore the appellee in this case had the right to refuse to list his “greenbacks” or United States treasury notes for the purpose of such

taxation, and to refuse to swear to his schedule, after the dssessor had insert--ed therein a certain sum of money on

account of his United States treasury notes or “greenbacks.” This deeision demonstrates the wisdom, justice and ‘necessity of that plank.in the demo_cratic platform whieh demands the taxation of greenbacks like all other money. - : s B THE CONTEST over the doorkeeper muddle. came to a close on Monday and ended' with the election of General Field, of Georgia, as the democratic caucus nominee, 'The Republicans, with the exception of eight, cast their votes for General Shields as a demo«cratic ex-Union soldier,in the hope of making some campaign capital against General Field, ap ex-Confederate offi.cer, whose disabilities have been removed only within & year. Several Democrats whoare the personal friends -of General. Shields, rather than vote WM:P% not vg at all,~Mr. Springer, of' Illinois, being ‘the only Democrat who.voted outright for the old veteran, The Republicans now ‘sul-Generalship to Egypt, and that he Ko Ao Mﬂw - meq ,

. TOMFOOLERY IN CONGRESS, It -is becoming altogether too common for the people’s representatives atWashington,insteadof devating their time and talent to the faithful performance of their legitimate duties, to engage in the worst kind of tomfoolery. We use this term as the most express--live that could be' chosen to properly describe their conduct. Every now and then, upon this or that pretext, soﬁ;e'reference is made to the late rebellion, and forthwith we see two or more notoriety-seeking members engaged in a heated controversy over the events of fifteen years ago. No matter how urgent public business may be, these hloody-shirt performances recur with periodical regularity, to -the infinite disgust of all sensible men, and to the enjoyment and delight only of the petty demagogues whose occupation would forever be gone with the disappearance of the ensanguined emblem. L] ; :

An “extraordinary” performance of this description was witnessed in the House last Friday. After doorkeeper Polk had received the “grand bounce,” Gen. Bhtler offered a resolution providing for the election of Gen. Shields to the vacant vosition, without either party going into caucus for the nomination of a candidate. The little men on both sides made wry faces at this: unexpected move of the adroit states man of Essex; for, be it remerhbered, | Gen, Butler’s standing in the republican party has been greatly impaired by his independent course from the very beginring of the present session. That pestiferous little twaddler on the democratic side, Sunset Cox, inflated by thé good luck which attended his set-to with Butler the day previous, at once launched into a controversy with his old antaﬁgonsist, thus affording the latter tha very opportunity he craved to display l}isbsuperig)r love for battle‘worn veterans like Gen. Shields, and at the same time again ingratiate himself with the.blood and thunder radicals by his violent. denunciation of .those who participated in the rebellion. 1t is true, Cox and Blackburn answered, Butler’s diacribes well, but: there was no s{nse in falling into his trap by keeping up the discussion and vot‘ing down hhis resolution so as to enable a der'pocratic caucus to select a doorkeepér. . s ~ Sound Tjudgment and a decent regard for! popular opinion demanded the immediate adoption of Butler’s resolution. Instead of pursuing this course the democratic side of the house displayed the most disgusting schoolboy jealousy ever exhibited in a crossroads debating society. Nobody had any objection to Gen. Shields, because none can be urged, but Ben :Butler placed him in nomination without consulting anybody’ else, and therefore the majority must assert itself by making'its own selection.. That is about the logic which theé little clown from New York dished up and by which the democratic members permitted ‘themselves to be dragged into an exceedingly uncomfortable predicament. To vote against a man. like General Shields—a Democrat of the old school, a gallant General in two wars, a Senator from two States, an honest, incorruptible, and now unfortunately poor man-—simply to deprive Ben Butler of the honor which naturally would have attended Shields’ election, and to provide a place for an adventurer of whom it is only known ‘that he was a Confederate who subsequently served in the Egyptian army, is a blunder of unmeasurable magnitude —an act of such astounding stupidity thrt we turn in disgust from a further contemplation of the subject.

THE DEBATE in the House preceding the vote for doorkeeper was fierce at times, General Butler’s tone and temper reminding one of his exhibitions several years ago. In his appeal for General Shields as- a ‘candidate he characterized Field as one who at the close of the war ought to havé begen hung by every law,human and divine. Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, replied yery handsomely and very effectively t 0 that sentiment and to the policy of hate which the republican party had persisted in towards the South since the close of the war. As for General ‘Butler; Mr, Blackburn said ‘that the ‘only person who had been killed dur‘ing the war by the doughty Massai chusetts warrior was-the man whom ‘he had hanged in New Orleans. .

“The word damned,” says Tecumseh Sherman, “is a good word when appropriately used.” This isabriefembodiment of many years’ accumulation of practical knowledge.—Ex, .

- If Sherman were a country editor, he would probably consider the word of good service upon receiving a marriage notice of about a quarter of .a column in length, from a non-subserib-er, with a request to insert .in full, send a copy of the paper containing same, and enclosing an ancient 10-cent shinplaster to defray expenses! But for such an exhibition of unalloyed assurance old Tecumseh would doubtless consider the word several degrees too mild. . : el

"Friend Weamer, formerly of the Auburn Republican, is now the proprietor of the neatest little fruit and confectionary -store in DeKalb county. Success.to him,.—FHz. il

So say we. And if about a half dozen others who are now engaged in the newspaper business in Northern Indiana were to follow Mr, Weamer’s example they would be much more in their element and could render themselves far more serviceable than “in their present avocation.: e

Representative Springer is honored by being the only Democrat who voted for Gen. Shields for doorkeeper of the House.— Chicago Post. And that honor will sparkle upon his brow long after the other fellows shall have been retired to their former obscurity. g ; ; et - GR— . JUDGE BUCKNER'S bill to substitute treasury notes for national bank notes will be considered in the House on the 23d of April, provided it does not interfere with the tariff or appropria-tton-bllll‘ or pendipc special 'o_'rderg. -

' ROME CITY ITEMS.

Mr. Stancliff, one of Rome City’s oldest citizens, died last' week at the age of 82 years. He was buried on Tuesday at the grave-yard on the Brim field road. Funeral sermon on the oc- | casion by Rev. Blanchard, of Wolcottville. L e HE Great excitement in Rome on Sunday last, over the news of the burning of Albion. “Jap” can now try his hand on the description of a great fire, and the heart-rending scene of four | horses roasting alive. seloah Esq. Stephen Krum, of Brimfield, threatened to prosecute some of the “Nationals” for firing the anvil and making merry over their victory on election day.. But the boys kept on all | the same. There can be no doubt that the noise affected the Esqr’s head to a degree almost unbearable, but still he ought to have borne it, remembering | that his son came within about 350 votes of being elected Constable. Another great failure in our town, F. U. Miller, our Postmaster, Express Agent and General Merchant, has made an assignment of all his goods, chattles, interest ard estate, legal and equitable, to Eden H. Fsher, in trust for the benefit of all his bonafide creditors. After paying preferred claims. there will probably be but little if anything left for his general creditors. -C. L. Luece & Co. and Emerson & Co., of Toledo will probably be among the heaviest losers. At present I ' cannot give the precise amount of assets and liabilities. A. P. Gerber left our town on Mon--day last and moved back to the Hawpatch. We hope fortune may favor him in his old neighborhood. - Fhere are many remarkable and funny incidents connected with our last election day, but respect for the dead (party,) forbids their meuntion. Pursuant to previous invitation we found ourself at the BANNER office in . Ligonier on Saturday last, for the purpose of making the acquaintance and | exchange a friendly greeting with the other scribblers of the BANNER. We met there “New Leaf,” with whom we had before no acquaintance. Ile hails from Noblesville, Noble Twp. Heisa good-looking, genial and intelligent .gentleman. He is no great talker, but a profound thinker. - His thoughts and .remarks are like his correspondence in the BANNER, viz: short but to the point. Welike “New Leaf”—a case of love at first sight. : “So,” we met that sedate gentleman from the fertile fields of Elkhart Twp. ‘We have met him frequently before, but as “So” he wasin disguise. With' |us it was a happy greeting. “So” is a. valuable acquisition to the corps of BANNER correspondents, and is j‘ust! preparing to.hold the reins of Justice ! between his fellow meb. : “X.L.C. R.” we recognized as an ‘old Republican friend, who went forth ‘and battled for his country. Hespent -his most precious time in the service. of his country, and thereby contracted a disease bordering on consumption. ‘Yet he is full of life, hope and deterimination, “We=flnd -ourselves- now very much alike in politics.. The Republican party has progressed so fast it has left us “far distant behind.” “Valet” from the county seat of the Indian, reserye, (Cromwell) has power with his tongue as well as with the peh, Heisamanofage andexperience, and being very religiously inclined he places his standpoint of morality pretty high in the scale. “Valet” is a good correspondent, and we are"glad we have made his acquaintance under the cognomen of “Valet.” -~ - | | “Lantz,” the Avilla correspondent, is also a man whom we had neyer before met. He is a fine-looking young man, professional pedagogue, an easy writer und good thinker, and if we are not mistaken he is now, or soon will be, a candidate for matrimony. | Wenow come to theinimitable“Jap.” Well, everybody knows ‘Jap.” He hails from the hud where local items are very plenty, but *Jap” is always from home. “Jap’ is a fine writer, gets up a fine article but he never has time to do it. “Jap” is frisky, full of fun, full of talk and full of business. If “Jap” was,a genuine Greenbacker he would make his mark in the world some day; my word, for that, e The foregoing are all who put in an appearance as localizers. Promptly at twelve we were by the editor conduct~ ed to the large and spacious dining hall of his residence where we were kindly invited to sit down to a table

groaning under the luxuries of the season,and presided over by the editress in person. That we were well dined and well wined, we call upon “Jap” to testify. He acted as our left-hand supporter on the occasion. After returning to the editorial sanctum aud hearing some very good and wholesome suggestions from the editor and others, the entire party engaged in singing a couple of our patriotic greenback songs, and then with a hearty “God bless you all” dispersed to their several homes., - o

~'Will Charley Baxter, editor of the ‘Waterloo Press, tell us if there are any “mild lunatics” up there? What isithe latest report from Waterloo precinct? Charley, please tell. ‘

: , . ALEXIS, ; iilw.‘E:‘A.‘.;:{)olntm('~‘|,lts. , The Northern Indiana M. I. Conference, recently in session at Anderson, made appointments for the several charges of the Goshen District as follows: - : . GOSHEN DiIsTRICT, A. GREENMAN, P. E.—Goshen, N. H. Phillips; Mishawaka, W. K. Collins; Oceola, E. Hall ; Elkhart, ¥. T. Simpson; Elkhart Cir--cuit, E. 8. Preston; Bristol, C.H.Wilkinson; Middlebury, E. P. Church; Vanburen, T. C. Neal; La Grange, C. E. Disbro; La. Grange Cir., N. Baker; Lima, C. King; Orland, G. W: Howe; Fremont, H. C. Klingel; Angola, C.G. Hudson; Hamilton,J. Rush ; Corunna, N. T. Peddycord; Kendallville, A. Cone; Wolcottville, W. M. VanSlyke; : Wawwk?l‘.ln.' P. Hartman; Liﬁonioir,‘A. E. Mahin; New Paris, G. B. Work; Milforg; A, J.Kerwood; Bremen, P.{ 8, Cook; Albion,J. Greer. A, W, Lampors is assigned to Ander- | son, ¥, B. Meredith to Greentield, H. J. | Meck £o Union City, J. J. Cooper o |

ALBION RUMMAGES. : A BIG BLAZE.

‘Last Sunday morning about 2:30; o’clock A, M. the cry of fire was heard, and in a remarkably short time the people of the town were out doing all that could be done to retard the progress of the conflagration that was now sweeping over what is Jocally known as the pinery. The fireoriginated in the stable of Marquardt & Smith. The fire was not caused by the kick of O’Leary’s cow, but was, ‘without doubt, kindled by the foul hand of ihe incendiary. When the flames were first seen they had much the appearance of a chimney burning: out, but they increased so rapidly that before sufficient aid could be summoned, it became impossible to remove anything from the stable, and four horses were consumed in the flames. So diligently, and with po much judgment and composure, did the people work, that many buildings were .almost miraculously saved, and a greater portion of the goods, with which the several rooms were stocked, Wpre saved. Denler not only proved himself a hero in battling with the destroying element, but when all was done that could be done, and while the | fire was still burning on every side, he boldly began the work of reconstruction, and before the smoldering embers shall have entirely died ouf, he will stand on his old ground behifid the new counter ready to meet his customers, and deal out to them his. fine bread, without which they are so loth to keep house. The losses as noyv | estimated are as follows: - William M. Clapp, $400; Marquardt & Smith, $1100; R. L. Stone,”sBoo and $25 per month on the building; Moltz & Hadley, $800; Jackson D. Black, $575; ;’(th”is' being insured he will recover i two;thirds of the appraised value.) W, 'B. Olds, $500; Markey & Welters, $500; Mrs. Denny & Kiblinger, $500; Masonic Lodge, $500; W. S. Hoff, $225; Denler & Frazure, $200; J. C. Wolf, $200; (at this latter we only guess. Mr. Wolf had his household goods stored away in the ill-fated building, and all were burned.) Nelson Prentiss, $150; Alex. Fulton,sloo; Samuel Freeman, ,$100; Robert Harkins, $3O; Si. Freeman, $7; Dr. Hays; $6; making a total loss of $10,388. 'This is the second big fire that visited 'our town in 78, and -still business is ‘improving steadily. Monday morning after the fire found those who were burned out comfortably located in other quarters,-attending to business as calmly and coolly as if nothing past common events had occurred. Albion, the doomed town, has lost this year about $15,000 to $20,000 by fire. Where is the $BOO fire engine? We individually lost $0.65 in the late fire. Our “three white kittens” being packed with Wolf’s goods, were wholly devoured by the maddened flames. :

~ That meeting on the 6th was simply immense, only our appetite was not as good as we might have wished for.

Court is lively this week. ~ - We wera over the Hawpatch last Sunday, and made a dinner of buiffilo bzef with our sister. - /

Pinyard has started his bakery and is now one of the most consummate “loafers” in town. Hehasa new showcase in his establishment.. :

'The boys talk ofanother masquerade soon. | : S

Samuel Wertzbaugh is again in jail, this time for switching our marshal with a whippletree. He found that worthy functionary lay snoozing under the influence of-—a night with the boys—and beteok himself of that opportunity. JAP/

How the Banks Inflate. [Cincinnati Enquirer.]

The organs of the banks are hostile to a sufficient currency, which they call “inflation.” But they are in love with bank inflation. ;The banks of the United States, according to the latest report of the comptroller of the currency,have “inflated” to theamount of fourteen hundred and sixty millions of dollars. They are lending this sum of money more than there 1s money in the country. Averaging the interest on this at ten per cent, the banks§ draw one hundred and for-ty-six millions of dollars annually on what they haven’t. The capital of the national banks consists of their debts. It is these and the money of other people which they loan. Keep up the common school and put in it a little proper education in political economy, and presently nosuch financial heresy will be tolerated. - :

Delaware Bend Correspondence. : (-Epitbmized_) Ll Sorry cannot attend correspondents’ meeting. Business before pleasure. Village rapidly - improving. Will soon be one of the boss villages. New depot nearly completed. f Election passed off quietly. Noth~ ing but Democrats here. Terribly onegided. * o s it W Attended a wedding recently. Not much cake, &ec., but lots of fun. The B. &. O. is now doing a big business, it being the boss stock route from Chicago to the sea-board. April 3, 1878. 1 MOLLIE,

A Poor House Burned.

BATi, N. Y., April 7.—-One of the buildings of the Steuben county poor house, near this place, burned last night and 15 inmates perished. Fire was set by an insane pauper. There were 60, or 70 inmates altogether. The details of-the terrible accident areblood curdling. . Over-forty were rescued. Several escaped, and one man was badly injured. The scene at the ruins is sickening in the extreme. I. C. Ford, who fired the place and burned with others, was thought safe to be trusted. ; : el

Has the Court Really So Decided? . [Connersville News.] =

The Supreme Court of this State has decided that a newspaper with a patent outside (or inside) is not a newspaper printed within the county, under the intendment of the statue, and we doubt, under this decision, the legality of the sheriff’s sales in this county. Parties .interested should look to this matter. It proposes to hold “administrators and exeeutors responsible” for publishing advertise‘ments in papers with 'pam\gt,e;mils. e G Ex-CoNGRESSMAN J. L. VANCE,who 80 mysteriously disappeared trom Cin~ cinnati a few weeks since, has been found at Ban Francisco insane,

' WASHINGTON CENTER NEWS.

,0n Wednesday of la;&w‘eek,.] ohn Stoner killed eight large’ garter snakes which were curled in a ball resembling, as Mr. 8. says, a ball of carpet rags. Great improvements have,been going on in this locality for the past week in the way of ditching. Several lakes near here have been lowered a foot or more, making our flat, swampy ground good farming land. How much better would it be both for the health:and for the looks of our country if all the lakes and swamps that are susceptible of being drained were thus reduced.

- Wehave a man in this community ‘who claims that there was no person in heaven until sanctification sprung up,—which 'has been very recently, especially in these parts. 'lf his theoTy is correct, heaven must be -very 'sparsely settled and the Bible must beabook of error. .~ © | .l The Center school, under the instruction of L. 8. Clayten, is making rapid advances in learning. We think the citizens of the District wise in securing the services of so competent a téacher. . | Ui b It was reported through the Era that Robert Hartsock had gone to Kausas, whieh was a mistake. Rob. is still with us but will start for Valparaiso on the 12th of this month. ~ Several persons who clained to have ‘Fe;x*periencgd holiness of heart are now : q{tafreiin,?r"l;gg‘ their neighbors about fences and ®ock, which caused the following to suggest itself: - ' Oh, where ehall peace be found, A sweet and quiet peace; g . .. Where prowling stock and jangling men Their wicked ways will cease, : The deaf and dumb alphabet is used by a great many Salemites to converse by during religious services. Reports says, the wheat does not look as well as it did two weeks ago.

We do not'see what renters will de in the course of a few years, ag it is almost impossible to get a house. Several persons in this community have not as yet got a place into which to move.' ; ;

§ The Salem Sabbath School was organized on the 31stuit. The following are the names of the officers that were elected: James Wilson, Superintendent; James Bowlby, Assistant Superintendent; I. S. Clayton, Secretary, bt g : While Benjamin Brown was demonstrating his activity to a crowd of young men, one day last week, the limb broke on which he was performing, precipitating him to the greund, a distance of 10 feet. After his breath returned so that he was able to articulate he said: “Boys; if the Lord will forgive me for being a fool, I will nev--er do so again.” : : ~ If some people in this community were as good at minding their own business as they are at minding other folk’s, what a delightful place this would be... . e

- Improvement still goes on, Maxim Myers has had a fence put arpund his yard last week. i Persons who have examined the fruit trees say there will be plenty of apples and peaches if there is no more freezing weather; but the pears have all been killed. The small fruit is not hurt to any extent. . WL A.D. ¢ April 6th, 18’75. G ; :

ELKHART LOCALS

The edivor’s poetry of last week re minds me of the ,fol_lowing beauntifu lines: : . 4

“Dame Fate with you, though, need not fiirt, For you’re not poet enough to hurt.”

There is one safe plan for. the people of this republic concerning financial difficulties: Never go in debt; a-man who owes nothing can never fail. Another pretty good plan: encourage industry. Not hoarding up treasures here on the earth, where thieves are ever ready and watching to take it; but build houses, put vp manufactories, thereby employing laborers, and encouraging the circulation of money more freely, The merchant, the laborer, and 311 consumers, will inspire a zealous feeling among the farmers, and they, too, will seek laborers. Some are distrustful of the times, fearing contraction, expansion, panic emergency, which is all right in one sense; yet there is not sense enough in it to be reasonable, that a few of the moneyed aristocrats of our ccountry shall dictate and legislate these dreadful scenes mentioned above to their own interest, while the common people groan, and pay the last tribute required: People -of Noble county arise, put on the armor of democratic -greenbackacy and work. together, demanding of our next legisJature a reduction in the rate of interest; demanding also of our Congressmen money enough to meet the demands of the times, with its foundation fixed upon a basis of bullion deposit, or gold and silver dollar deposits. When we have accomplished this, we shall gee prosperity returning with ‘healing in its wings, making glad ‘fmany almost sinking hearts. : . Wawaka can boast of having two drug stores in full blast; also, a jewelry shop quite recently established. _ Our summer schools commence next Monday, April 15th. o Assessor Stump will be looking in‘to people’s feather beds, &c., soon.— Have your money on hand, counted and ready to give it in. L

Some talk of stoning our S\'mfmp roads, thereby making a sdlid foundation. and graveling the top for outward appearance. . Whoever says that a rough, strong road is not preferable to a deep mud- road, let him arise and tell why. The citizens of District 3 can get small stone conveniently enough to make it a profitable undertaking. In my opinion this is the only proper way to make a good road in black muck land. :

- People of Elkhart township: look around you, and see if you cannot spare a couple of dollars for THE BANNER the coming year. You all | want it, and all ought to have it. Every person should take his county paper and read it.- It gives news from “all parts of the county. Surely this is B

General Items.

Under Sherman’s resumption, with one dollar of “basis” to form four to a dozen dollars of promise, what would happen in time of panic? 5

~ The most important astronomical event, of the year will be an eclipse of the sun on the 29th.of July, during which minute scientific observations will be taken. ;

Two years ago a man went fo the Black Hills from Nashville,Tennessee. Fortune seemed against him until a week since, when he discovered a gold mine worth $109,000. ' “Liquor started it, liquor kept it up; and liguor ended it,” says Thorpe, who was hung at Auburn, N. Y., recently. Here’'s a whole temperance sermon in eleven words. . ‘“Tlow to keep an umbrella” is the| title -of a newspaper article. We know how that’s dohe. Dig a hole in the ground, eighteen feet deep, place the umbrella at the bottom and cover up with earth. ’ : . Colonel A. K., MecClure, of the Philadelphia Z'imes, one of the most astute politicians of the country, has broken into the lecture field, and is delivering his “Recollections of Abraham Lincoln” to delighted audiences. e John Sherman admits that while there is an established difference of one quarter of one: per cent. between gold and greenbacks,resumption would break the treasury. And yet he insists on his forced resumption. A’ little Racine girl had a narrow escape from death a few days since by undertaking to jump a rope a hundred times in ?uccession. She accomplished the feat, but was suddenly: taken with fits which continued for over four hours. - t _The two headed child born in Canada some weeks age will not be exhibited to the public. Its parents refuse to allow any but the nearest relatives to look at it, and have refused a New York speculator’s offer of $25,000 for a five years’ lease of the child. Moody, the evangelist, is simply alJayman, having never been ordained. ‘He had been urged fo take orders by various ministers, but after carefully considering the whole ground he does not believe that it would aid him in his chosen work of preaching the gospel. 5 . . The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that all assessments of real estate made at two-thirds of its value, the general custom there as well as elsewhere, are invalid, and that the law requiring property to be assessed at its fair market value-must be complied with. Samuel Ward, of New York, has ‘left $1,000,000 for the establishment of a college of .music in that city. The heirs will not dispute the legacy, and the executors will at once comply with the directions of the: will. Mr. Ward’s brother, by a will, leaves also half a million of dollars to be added to the other bequest for tge same purpose. . )

The- election in Pennsylvania this year promises to be an" unusually warm and exciting one. A governor, judge of the supreme court,, lieutenant governor, secretary of internal affairs, are among the officers to elect, besides members of the legislature, whose duty it will be to elect a United States senator to succeed Senator Cameron. b

The supreme court of Massachusetts has just decided a suit of some importance in a theological light. A man in that State gave his note for a subscription to the church, but at maturity failed to pay.. He was sued by the trustees of the church, but the highest court has now decided that a note vhus given without consideration does not carry with it an obligation to pay. : e

A New Yorxz gentleman was smoking and playing with his baby, a child two years old, the other day. In a spirit of fun he puffed some smoke in the little one’s face, when he saw that it lost its breath -and was -suffocating. Everything possible was done to reljeve it, but.it died in a few moments. ‘Many a child has been nauseated and sickened by inhaling the fumes of tobacco with which the air was heavily laden. ; v :

At an aunction recently Brigham Young’s personal property was eagerly purchased by the more zealous of the Mormons, who seemed to regard the articles as talismans of¥peculiar virtue. His gold wateh was sold for $9OO and the small guard chain for $3OO. The bidding for these while quite spirited was as nothing com"pared to that for his spectacles. The amount paid fer a pair of plain gold rimmed spectacles was simply fabulous. The purchaser stated that they would cure the worst case of blindness possible. ; ; : The little town of Waltham, Vermont, with a population of two hundred and ninety-four, is enjoying a condition or painful beatitude. ' There are no town taxes to pay, no bridges to maintain, no minister to support, no doctor to rout out at midnight, no church to shingle, no lawyer te fee, no town paupers to starve, and no jail to find tenants for. As a consequence the inhabitatits of Waltham are destitute of the luxuries of “rings” and all the pleasurable excitements growing out of the municipal villainies of modern times. And yet in their ignorance they are said to be a contented people and reasonably happy.

A Great Mistake-—-A Bad Blunder. [Tuesday’s New York Sun.] i

. The brave, competent, honest old soldier, Gen. Shields, was defeated in the House of Representatives as a candidate for the office of Doorkeeper. “We aresorry for this. Gen. Shields is the -man who ought to have had the place.: He is in every way fitted for it. He could have performed its duties with dignity and honor. He would not have connived with foolery or jobbery.. An office that has been disgraced by two successive incumbents would have been honored by Gen, Shields. ,- s

The Democratic Representatives in the House have made a mistake. The Hon. S. S. Cox of this city has made a blunder. o o :

' The majority of the House attempted to smooth over theéir action by subsequently passing a bill to put Gen. Shields’ on the army retired list as Brigadier-General, with a salary for life of $4,125 a year; but this is not what was wanted, and it is not likely that the bill will ever become law. -

< A Very Mild Protest. : (New Albany Ledger-Standard.) "There seems to be a determination on the part of some of the eastern financiers that there shall be a contrac‘tion of the currency, at least, to the extent of the.legal tender notes. Itis now proposed to redeem the outstanding greenbacks in 4 per cent. bonds. Such a measure will increase the interest bearing debt to the extent of about $350,000,000. e el € GE—— e e % Mrs. Molloy has been invited to locate at Natick, Mass., as a temperance missiohary at an annual salary of $2,500, but her allegiance to South ‘Bend ¢an not be bought even at so handsome a price as the good people of Natick have seen proper to offer her. ~—Routh. Bend Register, = .

Fickle-Minded Judges. [Crawfordsville Journal.]

The Supreme Court, some months ago, decided that a married woman who promised to pay for medical services out of her separate estate was not bound by her promise. Subsequently the same court decided-in the case of Richards vs. O’Brien, from Benton county, that a married woman who promised to pay for a piano out of her, separate property was bound by her promise. But on Thursday last the'court granted a rehearing in the latter case, and now perhaps the muddle will be fixedup. .~ " - ¢

No “Kash Men” Wanted. [New Albany Ledger-Standard ]

It is to-be hoped. that the men selected by the Democrats as candidates for the next legislature will be number one. The legislature of our State, ‘heretofore, has been composed of too many drones. Let us have men of intelligence to represent us. We have that kind of. men, in all of our counties, and let us bring them to the: front. Torce them out. I.et no man be put in nomination who spells cash with a k.. ot Lo THE MARKETS. | * LIGONIER, e GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 50¢c; Oats, 25¢; Corn, 3503, Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Seed, $3 75;° Timothy Seed, $1 50, .« it PropucE.—Hogs, live, § cwt $3OO, Shoulders, per poutid, 06¢; Hams, 08¢;Bees Wax, 25c¢; Bufter, 15; Lard, 07c; Eggs, §¥ doz., 08c;: Wool, b, 55@" 40c; Feathers, 60¢; Tallow, 06¢; Ap-: ples, dried, 6¢; Potatoes, 15; -F’éaézches,w dried, 07c; Hay, tame, $10; marsh, $B. ‘

CHICAGO; April 10, 1878,

GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat,sl 1034 ; Corn, 40}5¢; Oats,2s%s¢c; Rye, 581¢; Barley, 41¢c; Clover Seed, $3 90@4 25; Timothy, $1 00@1 25; Flax, $125. PrRODUCE.—Mess Pork, cwt, $9 00 @9 02%; Lard, $6 95@7 0¢; Hams, green, 061{@072%4c; Shoulders, 4%4c; Butter, good, 25@28, choice, 30-@ 35; Eggs, R doz., 08c; Potatoes, 35@40¢.. Flour, per bbl,, 's6 00@7 00; Bran, per ton, $l2 [email protected]. S

~ PouLTrY.—Turkeys, dressed, @ b, 12¢; Chickens, P doz. $2 50@%3 00.

"TOLEDO.—ApriI 10, 1878, GRAIN AND SEEDS—Wheat, amber, Michigan, $1 26; No. 1 white do $1.27; extra do $1.37; Corn, 4314 c; . Oats; 30c; Clover Seed, $4 50. e . LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, Apr. 10.—CATTLE,graded, steers, $5 60@5 25; choice beeves, $450@4 90 ; medinm grades, s4oo@s4 35 ; butchers’ stoek, gs b50@%3 75; stock cattle, $3 25@53 75. S Hoes.—Sales of light weights were at $3.45@3 55; common to choice heavy $3 66@3 90; paeking hogs, $3 10@ $3 65; inferior lots, $3 00@3 25. - . - SHEEP.—Choice $4 50@5 50; fair to good, $3 Ts@s 5. ; sl BUFrrALo, April 9.—Cattle, Shipp’g, $500@5 50; Sheep, $545@5 85; Hogs, good heavy $4 05; light $385. .

. v .ASK the recovered ':gn S == dyspeptic, bilious suf-’ “ Ny 'MM o]\ B ferers,victims of fever AL > @ "and ague, the mercui (, rial diseaged patient, : \\X P - how they recovered WY, @ healthcheerful spirits e ZB and good- appetite; AV 0] 3 & they will tell you by o s %L taking SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. s The cheapest, parest and best family medicine - in the world! ° e o For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Bilioas. attacks, -SICK HEADACHE, Colic, De-: pression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn, &c., &c.- ; Pk : This'nnrivalled Southern Remedy s warranted | not to contain a single particle of Merdury, or any injurious mineral substance; biit is ~ Purely Vegetable, - - containing those. Southern Roots and ‘lerbs, which an all-wise Providence has placed in ¢ountries where Liver Diseases most prevail, It &ill care all diseases caused by Perangement of the Liver and Bowels. . o e The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or bad taste in the mouth; Pain in the Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism; Sour Stomach ; Loss of Appetite; Bowels alter~ nately cgstive and lax; Headache: Loss of mem--ory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do something which ‘ought to have been done:: ‘Debility, Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance - of-the Skin and eyes, 4 .dry Congh often mistaken for Consumption. CRp AR el R : Sometimes many of these.symptoms attend the disease, at others few; but the Liver, thelargest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the ‘ disease, and 1f not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness and DEATH will ensue, T ¢ Tcan recommend as an eflicacious remedy for disease of the Liver, Heartburn and Pyspepsia,Simmons’ Lifer Regulator. Lewis G. Wunder, 1625 Master Street, Assistant Post. Master, Phila.delphia. o L R ‘*We have tested .it§ virtues, personally, and know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousness, and Throbbing Headaclie, it is the best medicine the world: ever saw. We have tried: forty other remiedies before Simmons’ Liver Regulator, hut none of them gave us more than temporary relief; butthe Regulator not only relieved, but cured us,”—En. 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ZEILIN & CO., - ] e . PHILADELPHIAS Your valuable Medicine, Simmons’ Liver Regulator, has sayed me many‘doctor’s bills, I use it for everything it is recommended, and never knew it to fail. I have usedit in Colic and Grubs, with my mules and-horges, giving them übout ~ half & bottle at a time.. I have not lost one that “I.gave it xo,‘-iotxm recommend it to every one. that has Stock asbeing the best medicine known . for all complaints that horse flesh is heirto. = : 5 b E. T.TAYLOR, 501 y.. . Agent for Grangers of Georgia.. ~_ PIMPLES, I will mail (Free) the recipe for a simple VraETABLE By that will remeve TAN, FRECKLES, PIMPLES and Brorcumes, leaving the skin soft.. .clear and beautifal; also instructions. for ‘gro’ducing a luxariant growth of hair on a bald head or smooth face. Address, lnclqainls..a cent stamp, Ben. Vandelf & Co., 20 Ann St,, .“Y., .. 51-fm_ "0 CONSUMPTIVES. | - The advertiser, ha.vhég been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, bg'a simple remedy, is anxious to make known.to his fellow= sufferers the means of care, To all who desire it he will sead a copy of the g;‘escripﬂqnf used, (freé [ of churﬁe.) with the directions for preparing and ualng the same, which they will find a SURE OUBE ' Forß CONSUMPTION, ASTEMA, BROyORHITIS, &C. & Parties wishing the prescription, will §l€m address. o e MK WIESON e s]-m6 194 Penn St., Williamsburgh, N. Y. T s AOPNDLY Tas POCKET. PHOTOSCOPE”, st mz%mfying{ power; detects connterfeit money; sh ‘,d{‘}n cloth; tom‘ni-qnbmem in wounds; flaws 1n metals ] exam ne_!ﬂ!_mm:;ﬂ%m:md: g}anm 2B cents, «'?’ ‘or gurrency, . .&m ONP=PY MM AGENTS profits per week. S/ AQt) thr-ptnvg}t,‘};ﬁxbrm sﬁ» Y i oW g:w mmr :Just&nitm. HATS G O essent free toall, - Address W H, qnxw?&&mﬁm% ERRORS OF YOUTH. A GENTLEMAN who snfored for year from _the effects of youthful indisoretion, will for the ﬁa‘& i ferin " _ 01 t Y, | end (-‘,;"“ ‘.'i \éé‘é'.i,, " aeodthe retbo sd atation o maklag the mgf 0 by addressing in perft confidence, - 61.6 m JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Ocdar Bt., N. ¥o Revnlyane L, e g, Sooe s Rt ﬁf%ﬁ?&éim#&‘?’“r SR T TR OO A, wwwﬁ‘}k" wg‘»}g_«q;ﬁw‘:?emi« wwmnnwsyta,f-r‘ﬁ;}“‘,g ;;»3\71:%414 5 e

New Grocery! - New Bakery! Everything New! - Everything Fresh!. K.W.FISCHER, -Ffbr‘ 13 years connected wi(ﬁ ‘lhe.wi(';ely-kno‘wn : “Grocery and Bakery firm of Kolb & Gross, at @oshen, would respectfully ahnonnce that & <he hasjust’ﬂttcd up in the s . MIDDLE ROOM g ) | ——OF THE— - : BANNER BIL.OCK s e ii | e T BAKERY. | :nn;l aadw (;ffcx's the public a choice and extensive gl asgortment of ) Grroceries and Provisions ' WOOD, WILLOW, GLASS, CHINA AND STONE WARE, ALL NE\}' AND BougHT FOR CASH, and to be ’sold at Prices that must give . : satisfactlon, =~ - We cannot undertake to enumerate all we keep in stock, but we can say thatin this establishment you will find cyea‘ything to be foundia a Ne » . First-Class Grocery, -

n s Y Fresh Bread Daily! - EATING HOUSE! In our eating room' we will at a.l times have something good for the *‘inner man.” Fresh . -cakes, ‘pies, oysters, hot coffee and tes, g served at all hoars. 2 o s : ~ FTARMBERS, - ‘Come in and make yourselves at home, We want your pn_trona%e and guarantee fair dealing ; and clever treatment. - f COUNTRY PRODUCE ‘Bought for Cash or taken in exchange for g?mds. 3 o . XK. W.FISCHER. Ligonier, Dec. 13, 1877.-34 tf - i NEW GOODS. . NEW PRICES. o :Larg(-st and Best Stock of* i v . For Clothing Ever Brought to L'!g(t)nie'r. : _— A . Y OVEN ; - ED. RAPSCH Invites the public in genérul: to visit him at his i = & . Merchant Tailoring ' ESTABLISHMENT, ' And see what he has in‘the cloth line for Clothing ol = 7N R . Al 1 1 N fiog i S Y # ; -Sl {HearYe! HearYe!s : %Q‘é:;.) -’ : ! B S h P CLOTH] . \[ \ { i 3 7 . B 3 20 Per-Cent. below % i ‘v; 3t TR B W New York Pricesy B N\ ’ sl ‘&% ' . ‘l“ \ 'b ; —-AT— : ’§§ i B RS Elegant Goods of every Descrip- . tiom to select from. Good . Fits Warranted. 144tf - ED, RAPSCH. F. W. Shinke & Bro. Take pleasure in informing the peopl ipo-. nier and vicinity that thoy nave the hest sclecsed ; ; ) ~ 2 : - 1 For Men, Bo¥s; and Children; also, an elegan. assortment of wear for Women, Misses and (ﬁik ' dren. "All styles and qualities to select from.— VWL ~Wall be'lol-d“ﬂﬁ»- 2 . 0 - BOTTOM PRICES. . Havingadoptedthe LOW PRICE SYSTEM ! Which reguires selling at very smiall profits, public Wil appreats the necessity of roudy o ch T e pGmDE NY. : oo DhedlAtention giveste | CUSTOM WORK. We gnarantee firsi-class stock and workmanship. 'MENDING done EXPEDITIOUSLY “ Corn - Field GAITERS,” GIVEUSACALL, - Prond Dot AT EHATIHE SRR s L AR ”m‘” "RTAIN PRICES R e o g