The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 April 1878 — Page 2

»Ne ) : - The Pational Banner — ~o | 42} -:\w“ = e : | 1 ¥S R P ; ) ”ﬁ”t ,«__‘ J. B.STOLY., Bditor and Propriector LIQQNIER. IND., APRIL 25, 1878. s “No man worthy of the office of President - should be willing to hold it if conptéd in or placed © there by fraud,”—U, 8. GRrant, ; ; _—-m m m e S —_—— WE again ask the republican press of this Congressional District whether | they are prepared to make the repeal ~of the Sherman resumption (confisca_tion) act an issue at the October elec-, tion? g % ———— - ——— ¥ Gt . ABRAHAM HEWITT denies, very emphatically, General Eaton’s statement | ~ that he (Hewitt) and Mr. Tilden are’ not on speaking terms. He says there l is not the slightest foundation for the statement. ' ° WouLDN'T it be a capital joke if Sam Tilden should yet be inducteéd into the office to which he was elected in 1876 by a majority of nearly a quarter of a million? It would be a glorious vindication of the majesty of the LS e ; | . THE Republicans of St. Joseph county talk of nominating Judge Stanfield for the Legislature. ' ¥From present indieations it would appear as if both paréies were determined to send their strongest and ablest mén to the next Legislature. i o . TuE editors who have been- telling their readers that the-U, S. Supreme Court decided some seven or eight years ago*that the issue of legal tender notes (greenbacks) was justifiable only as a war measure, ought to read the decisions of that tribunal to dis_cover their error. : THE BANNER leaves it to Mayqr Graves, Dr. Vincent and W. W. Skillen ‘to 'decide whether Gen. Cary had or had 'not a personal knowledge of a .- blatherskite paper at Kendallville, and whether or not his references to that matter had a local apphcation. The members of the Rome City Glee Club _,may decide the “apology” story. ‘

THE Coal Creek region, soith of Covington, was last week the scene of a bloody contest between colored miners and a company of militia composed of men who were formerly engaged in the work now being done by negroes. ~ From all the accounts before us we judge the “militia” men to have ‘been guilty of a gross outrage.

~THE HOUSE seems to be disinclined to follow the Senate in the proposed repeal-of the bankrupt act. Inasmuch as there is no probability of the Sherman resumption act being repealed during this session of Congress, owing to Hayes’ veto power, it might perhaps be just as well not to disturb the bankrupt law. The country will experience a striking want for its adjusting qualities. e ; i et - — . " THE vdistlnguﬁahe'd gentlemen who are figuring on the democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1880, had better join Montgomery Blair to put Hayes out and' Tilden in, at once.— Samuel is credited with a determination to occupy the White House some time. If putin at once he would yet have nearly three years to serve. At the end of that time he might be willing to let Thurman, Hendricks, Voorhees or Tom Ewing occupy the ¢hair.

- Toe Elkhart Review wants to be understood as being no longer opposed to the Sherman -resumption act. The New Era of last. week also seemed to lean in that direction, though very cautious about:sayiné 80 jin plain terms. 'When the Z7ra onee serews up its courage, to be as frank as the. Review, the republican press in the Thirteenth District will be'a unit on that question. €hoose your positions; gentlemen. Let the issue be distinctly wmade up for the contest next fall. ‘

CoME to think of it, some men con: nected with the newspaper business have met with marvelous success. We know of one, for instance, who can boast of having “succeeded” in being publicly horsewhipped by a gentleman whom an appreciative public subsequently elected State Senator; who was eminently successful in being voted an intolerable nuisance, and, by the pressure of public sentiment, driven from the county in which he then resided; who met with brilliant success in extracting $6OO from certain officials for eulogizing a gentleman for Congress whom he had but a few weeks prior denounced as a scoundrel and a thief; who, after sneakingly obtaining an official position, against the wishes of nine-tenths of the community, established a record which led to repeat‘ed investigations and an egual num- “ ber .of demands for his resignation; who, successfully managed to buy a reappolntment by executing a note - which he subsequently sought to repudiate; and who, last. but not least, enjoys the distinction of being report‘ed to the United States Senate as the publisher of a bawdy house paper. Yes, some men get along swimmingly in ‘this world! , ot

GENERAL DAVID Moss, of Hamilton county, is talked of as a Greenback ' candidate for Congress in the J.ogansport District. The General is an oldfashioned Democrat and a man of de- : cided ability. The entire anti-repub- ' lican vote of that District ought to be ' concentrated on him, Jn a recent issue of the Kokomo Dispatch that excellent democratic journal thus spoke of the General: sk “Especially in the domain of the gut% qwign-et the public finances SRy svo Mt Mattal Bich Bl b - modified somewhat in his opinions on o think that a judicious tariff on cerShin Shes of mssuiaccured aeticte SEEmadRIiIRR

SENATOR CONKLING REVEALS. .»Considerable excitement was occasipned last week by the publication of M%?mrvfﬁ*’% Sentor On to the political literabure of the gountry emwﬁ%:n of a gen{leman némed"i‘bhn F. Mines;who, as editor of Mr. Conkling’s home organ, the Utica Republican, was in excallent position to extract the “true inwardness” of the Senator’s opinions on the-subjects referred to in the “in-

terview.” Lo e The document is of such a highly interesting character that we very ‘much wish it could be placed entire. into the hands of every voter. Ittreats of a number of subjects, but the most important part is that pertaining to the monster ‘conspiracy which resulted in the inauguration of a repudiatedcandidate for the Presidency. On this point the eloquent New York Senator is reported as having said: . - “Soon after the Electoral Commisgion began its work, I ‘became aware that something wrong was goipg on. 1 ought to have suspected it at first, when Hayes and his. friends ‘were found to e bitterly opposed to my be-~ ing put upon the Commission (which, by the way, I never wanted to be,)and as strongly anxious that Morton should be there.” ' £ i - The question naturally arises, why was'Mr. Conkling excluded from the Commission ?- ‘l'wo reasons, as the New York Sun states the case, oper‘ated against him. First,he was known ,to be opposed to the noticn that the President of the Senate pro tempore should count the votes, which was the programme of Mr. Morton and the extremists; and secondly, the IHayes @manage:rs had received the impression that he would vot sustain the Returning Bogx‘rd of Louisiana, and they were afraid of his negative vote on the Commission.- They wanted no man of their side, Senator, Representative, or Judge, to be appointed, whose vote was not certain before he was sworn to try the case. Hence, Mr. Coukling, though a member of the committee which prepared the bill, was discarded for this cause, and through the intrigue of Sherman, Matthews, and the men who had Hayes in keeping. They felt that they could not use him, and then they made terms with Mr. Morton. - Mr. Conkling is further represented as having said: “From the moment that the Commission began its work I had an uneasy feeling. That something evil was.afoot I was sure, though I(‘:)(I)u}’d not get hold of anything. tangible.” : -

The distinguished Senator had excellent reasons for feeling “uneasy.” — The existence of a wicked conspiracy to annull the verdict of the people must have been as apparent to him as to other unprejudiced observers. Zach. Chandler, Jay Gould, Tom Scott, and other noted operators were found hob-nobbing with certain members of the Commission at the most critical time, and it would be singular indeed if no uneasiness had been created in the minds of honest men.. L Now follows a flashing declaration by the distinguished New York Senator:: e e

“Putting this and that together, I was pretty well convinced that there was rottenness in. Louisiana, and that “an effort was making to stifle all in‘quiry. I knew nothing, soI could not ‘speak; and when the Commission determined not to go behind the returns, there was no choice left but to endorse the regular returns as presented. »* ; k. * Siaaees *‘ * * : *® ~ “I am frank to say that I thought then there was something not exactly straight about that' Louisiana business; but now I believe that when the whole truth is known, it will sink this Administration—President gnd all—to the lowest depths of infamy.” 'Should not this bold declaration of the foremost leader of the republican party be- regarded a broad challenge for an inquiry into that-whole wretched business? It would seem impossible to smother investigation without easting suspicion upon every man who dares to interpose an objection. Let the whole truth be broug_htc?ou_t‘ without further delay. If a black, damning crime was committed as more than intimated by Mr. Conkl‘ing, it would be an everlasting disgrace to the American people to permit the perfidy to remain unrebuked and the conspirators to go unpunished,

‘ Represéhtatives McGowan and Keightley, of Michigan, from the Third and Fourth Districts, respectively, have naturally taken alarm’ at the widespread influence of the" National parties in their hitherto strongly Republiean, but now almost National, districts, and appealed to the Secretary of State for information relative to the present scale of wages, the prices of living and a comparison of the rates of living and the value of labor during the past ten years.—Chicago Post. Let these gentlemen trot out their figures—reliable, authentie, and not doctored to suit their purposes,—and we venture the assertion that the performance will prove the worst ungderitaking they could have thought of. ‘Talk about eomparison of wages and prices when thousands upon thousands are driven into idleness. Even if rates’ of living were one-half of what they are to-day, how in heaven’s name shall men who can’t earn fifty cents a day provide their families with clothing and food? R el

- BoME of the Floridareturning board scoundrels have eonfessed part of their rascality in counting the electoral vote of that State for Hayes. The whole steal will soon: be acknowledged. =

- The Weayer of Lengthy Sentences. 2 tBouth Bend Herald.) - Becretary Evarts unbosomed him- - Belf to a reporter in Chicago the other ‘day; that he is not a candidate for the ‘presidency; that he accepted the State department as a matter of duty und to do away with the machine; that the President is ealm; that he uﬁged Mr. Roosevelt for collector of New York because among other reasons he was a man of wealth and a man of fashion who drove his four in hand; that none of the cabinet were seekers after the presidency and that he thought the “making of the colored. man so important a factor in politics would be. disastrous to the republican party;” that when the President wmm -his' policy the . negroes was 10 ono leth 1o APROISE Bt the as no one left to ) _

' ROME CITY ITEMS. .. - Arriving at Brimfield, at a 16te hour ‘ili'the evening a short time ago, we aceepted a pressing invitation fo stop aver with our genial friend, T. P, Kesler, Esq. . It:was the first time in life 'we had the pleasure of visiting the home of this affable gentleman and

becoming acquainted with his estimable lady. “We were shown around over the homestead, and found seemrything in its place. His residence, barns, cribs, and out-buildings, all show that they have been constructed by a miaster architect, and for beauty, simplicity and conveniénce cannot be excelled in the county. We have not space to permit us to give a full description of this gentleman’s large estate, accumalated in a few years by the works of his own hands and head, but suffice it to say that he has in that vicinity (near Brimfield) near a thousand broad acres of rich land, the most of which'ls under a high state of cultivation. = llis male and female help are numbered by the score. Cattle, horses, -sheep and hogs in countless numbérs are grazing upon the fields. His granaries and cribs are all loaded, with grain of last year’s crop and everything on and about his premises seem to be in a thrifty, healthy, and prosperous condition. Verily, as a farmer T.P.is a brilliant success.— Many friends of Mr. K. have been and still are pressing upon him the necessity of his taking a seat in the next Legislature, but he emphatically refuses, asserting that his business at home requires his entire and undivided attention. But he is strongly in fuvor of the editor of THE BANNER for that position. Fgqr the present we must pass from this subject; may puargue it furtherin the future. :

Our township assessor, C. C. WatKins, is now busily engaged in the line of his official duties. We hope he will be especially careful on the dog question. =We want every snapper and growler of the Canine species duly enrolled and listed for taxation.

Protracted illness caused Mrs.Gault to resign her position as school teacher, and at a school meeting on Friday evening last Mr. Rawson was duly elected as her successor for the remainder of the term. Now let us have a rest. y

A Union Sunday Schiool with Rev. Lovett, of Wolcottville, as Superintendent has been organized here and is now in fuil operation. It promises to be a perfect success. | :

We learn that arrangements have beengmade to start a “National Greenback” paper at Kendallviile. Mr. Sheriff, of Sturgis, Mich., is to be the editor and proprietor. This seems to be a move of great importance. A good, substantial greenback paper, ably edited, cannot fail to be a success. We repeat that we belieye the “National” to be the coming man and predict that the returns of the October elections will corroborate our opinion. We presume the editor will dissent. [Quite likely.—EDlTOß.] G e Tor the benefit of “Jap” we will say that the park is now being clothed in a suit of nature’s green, and the trees thereot will soon be clothed in summer foliage. Come up, Bro. “Jap,” and look it over. co : William Mendham has secured the position of en_ginéer on the new steamer shortly to be launched on the lake here. DBill understands his business and passengers will be perfectly safe under his engineering. o George Triplett is ikely to have his hands full the coming season. Heintends to run a bakery and restaurant at his present stand, run a hotel at the Mansion House and a restaurant in the Park on pic-nic days. , Now let him advertise or we will drop him like a dog does a hot potato.

~ Dr. D. A. Covert has “shook off” the dust of his feet against the delectable city and has moved to Slabtown or Hudson’s Corners, in Lagrange county. We wish the doctor success in his new location, but would advise him to abstain from politics. As Artemus Ward would say, “Politics is not the Doctor’s spear.” = - S

- Swinehart & Uwen are erecting another mammoth boat house for the accommodation of their immense fleet. No scarcity of boats at reasonable figures the coming season. So say the Commodores. ' ‘We learn that we are to have a new barber shop here. Some stranger, whose name we have not learned, has bought the building opposite the liike Side House and will start the barber business. lle has come to stay. Time will tell. -

Several families (new comers) have Jocated here within the past couple of weeks, ‘ s

* Dr. R. B. Williams has things all his own way here now. He has outwinded ‘em all. Doctor Yarnell is here “semi-occasionally, buthe gives his attention, we believe, exclusively to chronic diseases, water cure, etc. James P. Chapman is now preparing his “maiden” speech on the greenback guestion. He will have it ready for -delivery soon, and will make his debut in the Hawpatch. The Glee Club (of which he is a member) will accompany him thither and givehima send-off, Ll Ganh

The railroad company have moved the fences, and are now opening their new gravel bed here. It makes things a little more lively than usual. 8. 8. Scott, our former section boss, has left and gone to Plainville, Michigan, to assume similar duties in that locality. : | J. C. Geisendorff has disposed of his immense stock of ice here to the St. Louis Brewing Co., at Bt. Louis, Mo. He delivers it aboard the cars at $4.00 per ton, The proceeds will amount to near $lO,OOO. This is what we call hauling in the ducats. Philander Markham, former nightwatch at the Woolen Factory, has now taken a “posish” as section hand o;x the Grand Rapids railroad at this _ln a few hours Will Mendham and Fletch Moore, the first of the week, caught an enormous string of fish, at o it

- SPARTA ITEMS. o The farmers are all busy plowing for corn in this vieinity. 7 Samuel Bray and Arthur Adkins and comfpany are preparing to burn a large brick kiln the coming summer. They have the best of material and will no doubt manufacture a fine quality of brick. ; :

“ Nicholas Sherer, who recently traded farmis with Jesse Baker, seems to ‘be well pleased with the exchange.— Both farms are considered good, and 'we were pleased to learn that Jesse is 'well satisfied. 'We don’t think there was much of a speculation in the exchange for eitherone of the parties. " George Bender has made;considerable of improvement this spring in the looks of his farm in the way of fences, etc. We think it will have a tenden¢y to enhance the value of the farm.

" We have heard it intimated a number of times lately, Mr. Editor, that you would probably be the demoeratic. candidate for representative in the next Legislatare. We hope Madam Rumor is right this time, and we also hope you will be elected. Now, if this shculd all happen we want you to see to having a law passed to prevent the_ people from holding meetings and consulting as to what would be for their best interests, and then informing those in authority what they wish or desire. What right have the people to assemblein their several sehool districts to .decide who shall take charge of the welfare of their children, when thare has been a Trustee elected? We know this doctrine does not accord with the great charv of American Independence, and human liberty, but then it wonld do away ‘with a great deal of wrangling, and ill-feeling. By the same parity of reasoning we might also do away with all rour local elections and have all our minor officers appointed, and in making appointments it would be well to select such persons as would be .willixjg to exercise their authority to the full extent of the law. "'We would not, however, advise to go before«the ‘people advocating the above doctrine, }for they might be simple enough to 'become jealous of their rights and ‘elect you to stay at home. _[Our sare eastic corresponident will please par“don us for respectfully but firmly declining to stand on any such platform. We were educated in the popular sov--ereignty school of Stephen A, Douglas. ~—REmTer] = - = _ This is the time of year that after harvest promises are beginning to be made. : Mr. Frank Bassett has commenced working for Daniel IToak. Danis one of our luckiest farmers. lle has engaged a good hand. . : There is a good prospect for fruitin Sparta, as good or betfer than there has been for several years. L Somebody in Sparta seems tobe very much troubled about getting married. It’s a pity thereis no man good enough looking or even good enough to suit her. We think if we were so hard to please we would advertise for.a husband ; that isif we were bound to have a young_and handsome man or none at all. A . . ; -

The roads are getting much better in the vicinity of Sparta. Andy Wilfret has succeeded in getting away. The people let him go with some fear not of going but of coming back. If the man was not an accomplished villain, he was certainly guilty of the most outrageous and villainous eonduct. - s : Oppression shall not always reign; i There comes a brighter day; = | o ] When freedom, barst from every chain, Shall have triumphant sway. . ' TR L e B G UNER AR

ELKHART LOCALS.

A new boy at the residence of Wm. Nowles. : :

Meeting next- Sunday at Kansas School House, by Rev. Mawhorter in the forenoon, and Rev. D. P. Hartman in the afternoon, with a continued meeting for an unspecified time by the latter. e

Our people are lost, since the death of Dr. Nimmon, whom to choose for their family physician. We hear it frequently remarked, by many, what shall we do? It is hardly presumed that another can fill the place of the much lamented Doctor, as his knowledge of physics, and his very pleasant calls associated therewith, cannot be easily filled. Rev. Mahin very truly remarked that Dr. Nimmon did not take the widow’s last cow for pay.— People of Elkhart, let us get up a subscription, and circulate through Noble county, asking a donation of one dollar from each individpal, who can and will give, for the purpose of erecting a monument (such as Charley Inks sells all over the State) in memory of our family physician, and thereby show our respect. both to the living and the dead. ¢ a

. We hear that some of the old ex-of-ficers of Noble county are coming to the front asking in a_very private manner for the people to have mercy and put them again into office. People of Noble county, beware! The theory is not self-supporting that only those who have once been installed in office are capable of filling them, but many are ready and waiting to be in.vited into the service of the people.—. Then as genuine Democratic Greenback men, let ussay to all persons -who have held any one of the county offices for four years or two terms to stand back and give the rising genera. tion a chance. Now, people of Noble, | is business to be done in a business-like manner, and come right up, and bolds ly assert the fact that all may understand: that all persons who have held any county office for'two terms in ten years need not apply for office, or if ‘they should, defeat awaits them, - Two young ministers to be ordained soon, which indeed speaks well forElkhart. The boys have takenon the armor to preach Christ and him cruciLike Al olnet eclings, 84, ey bave their troubles and tribulation,

- Indiana News Items.

. The Indianapolis Journal of April 11th, contained forty.four notices of ‘bankruptey. :

A Valparaiso man has fifieen- hunting dogs. e sells them for from $75 to $lOO each. . : :

On aecount of the small pox excitewent the public schools at Pierceton have Leen closed for &e year. : The Noblesville Pndeperdent announces the name of David Moss as a Greenback candidate for Congress. -

The Ft. Wayne Sentinel thinks there have been fewer failures in that city since the panie of 1873 than in any other city of its size in the country. Trustee Shreeve, of Cool Spring township, Laporte Co., is discovered to be a defaulter in the sum of $3,000. His bondsmen are thought to be worthless also. : : :

Sylvanus Barnard, of Martinsville, recently sold to Colonel Streight, of Indianapolis, two hundred walnut trees, standing on forty acres of his farm, for $6,500. G i W. D. Garten, the Trustee of Patoka township, Gibson county, is “short” $17,038.96. His accounts are all right. and show that amount of cash on hand, or that should be on hand, but his pockets are empty. i The Wabash shops at Fort Wayne are running ten hours a day for the first time in three years. The Pittsbargh shops in that city are filling their order for Union Line cars at the | zgte of eight cars, complete, per day. #¥A singular case was tried last week ?ﬁ Liberty township, Grant county. A ather and son brought suit against a father and son; each side had oneeyed attorneys; and the jury consisted of three fathers and their three sons. . L

The great storm of Sunday afternoon and evening struck many points in Northern Indiana, but did no material harm. During a thunder-show-er the next day, Mrs. Jane Blue, near Bunker Hill, was instantly killed by lightning. el ok

Attorney-General Buskirk says there ‘ is an endless amount of confusion throughout the State among township trustees and assessors resulting from indefinite provisions of the law authorizing spring elections. He anticipates: there will be a good deal of litigation before the questions at issue are settled. Pt

~ When train No. 5, on the L. S. & MS., reached Kendallville Thursday fight, a tramp notified the conductor that his partner was on top of the sleeping-coach, dead. The fellow was struck bya bridge at Corunna, and his partner had held his lifeless body on top of the car until it reached Kendallville. v : ;

° The Elkhart Review says that the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan railroad will hereafter run trains from Elkhart 'to Indianapolis, connecting directly with Lake Shore trains. Hitherto passengers from Michigan, northern or eastern, were compelled to go to LaPorte to reach Indianapolis, or lie over at Elkhart for several hours.

Woskry’s Mistake.

The history of Bishop M’Coskry’s disgrace and ruin is in substance as follows: About three years ago this prominent Episcopalian formed the acquaintance of a widow lady named Richards and her daughter; Fanny, Mrs. Richards resided in Detroit, and was in poor circumstances. The fam--ily was frequently visited by M’Coskry, who talked very tenderly about Fanny, and finally-furnished the means to send her to the Detroit Female Seminary. During her leisure hours she would visit the Bishop’s study and copy his sermons. 1t was in her protector’s house that the first guilty aet was committed. The reader can easily guess the rest. Her lovers and visitors gradually multiplied until matters became too inconvenient and eomplicated for all the wealthy “boys” connected. Through M’Coskry’s inguence, she ‘was married to a young clerk named Frank Bannester, but in giving away his young mistress to a devoted husband; did not let the drop curtain down in time to forever conceal the erime. | The scandal mongers had commenced to mouth it, Fanny’s old lovers had gained possession of the Bishop’s passionate epistles and showed them to their friends and told them “not to tell,” and thus it gradually leaked out beyond salvation. Representatives of the Chicago T'imes visited Detroit last 'week and successfully worked up the case, and on last Wednesday, that extremely -sensational sheet heralded to the world the news, together with the details of the most disgusting scandal of the age. Bishop M’Coskry has stepped down and out, and the world still moves. Next|— Rochester Sentinel. . . :

That Big Strike. [Chicago Post.]

The labor treoubles in England have assumed a still more serious aspect during the past twenty-four hours.— At present nearly one-half of the looms in that country are idle. Of a total of 470,000 there are 217,000 looms under the curse of the strike. - What gives a bad coloring to the matter is the force used by & portion of the disaffected workmen to prevent others, who are willing to continue at their labors, from the enjoyment of ordinary privileges. The trades-unions are encouraging the strikers by every meansin their power. 'Whatever may be the right in the matter of a reduction of wages, it is clear as need be that the summary action of the leaders, in ordering a strike, is far more ‘disastrous than to have accepted a reduced scale. . el

- The Outlook in Michigan. o [New York World.] ~ In thirty-one of the most populous counties in Michigan, which gave Hayes a majority of 11,500, the supervisors elected stood in 1877 thus: | Bepublicans . - ;. .. 0 -rag) MeIOCIRLS oo 0 oo i 0 0 9d5 Natlodals . ... ... w 0 90 Last week these counties gave the following result, leaving a few localities unheard from: : REpublionns . ... ... ... a 0 .0 968 FJBIVOCIALS .. 5. o 0 i ies 200 BIRCIONNIE . Lo 00 i 00 188 The Greenback Movement in Marshall COllnty. v - [Plymouth Democrat. We attended the greenback meeting at Balcony Hall last Saturday ; thatis, ‘we went there at the appointed time, and found less than a dozen in attendance, and after waiting patiently about an hour without any steps being taken toward organization, we :leggtv.,{ Later in the atﬁai;nqu;;yqimar;, a preliminary organization was effected; and considerable “contracted” oratoty was “inflated,” the national banks were abolished, tl;&bo_nded indebted‘nesa was paid off ir .égxeenbacka, and .the meeting adjourned. = Wm. M. Tweed'’s burial was unos-| W‘W and %"}m“gr” ﬁiﬁ ] .mourners. The ‘6 was prayer. and @ gwwm»ﬂgwmmh ‘The procession consisted of eight car«m, e et sand G R T S R T SRR s el Rl T S R e

; General Items. . An entire business block burned at Washington, Guernsey county, 0., Friday morning.: Loss from $12,000 to $20,000; no insurance. * The famine in India is still distressirg. Nearly a third of a million people are receiving Government relief, and must for most of anothér vear. Senator Dan Voorhees files notice that he intends to do some more talking on the financial question. New York editors will sharpen their pencils. . ‘1 : There are six colored bishops in the Methodist church, each one of whom lives in the North, and the Southern negroes propose to stop paying them $50,000 per year, e

The Chicago T'ribune of Saturday has dispatches from all parts of the Northwest, showing a larger acreage of wheat ard a better outlook for erops in general than ever before. ; After all the Republican abuse it seems that Door-keeper Fields was a stalwart Grant man in "72. This fact must be embarrassing to that eminent patriot, Benjamin F'. Butler. - A tornado passed over Storm Lake, lowa, Sunday afternoon, doing great damage and demolishing many buildings. Five lives are reported lost, and many persons seriously injured. Two national banks in lowa, one in Hlinois, and one in New York, last week announced that they have resumed specie payments and will hereafter redeem their issues in gold! ‘The Senate bill granting a pension of $5O a month to General Shields has been passed. with an amendment inincreasing the pension to $lOO, in lieu of the pension now received by him. :

The great lock-out and strike in the manufacturing distriets of England stops 200,000 looms and 6,000,000 spindles, and makes idle 120,000 work-pec-ple. It is going to prove an awfal calamity. ;

The Chicago 7Tribune of Saturday said: “It is the general opinion that the grain .rates from this city to the East will be reduced within the next twenty-four hours.” The L. S. &M. S. road leads the movement for reduction. & s

Butler’s proposition to.reissue fractional currency and $1 and $2 notes to the amount of one-sixth of the whole amount of legal-tender notes outstanding received a snub by the refusal of the House to suspend the rules for its passage. . : An East Saginaw dispatch says: Not since the panic of 1873 has the lumber trade of the Saginaw Valley exhibited such an encouraging prospect. Transactions during the past week aggregated 25,000,000 feet, the bulk going to Chicago. ¢ o

William Orton, President. of the ‘Western Union Telegraph Company, died in New York, at seven o’clock, Monday morning, of apoplexy. President Orton was loved by all employees of the company, and by his sudden death they lose their best friend. Recently, when the Company talked of a reduction in salaries, hesaid, “I would sooner resign the Presidency than concur in another reduction of salaries.”

A terrific tornado almost destroyed the village of Pomeroy; on the Illinois Central, in lowa, Sunday evening.— Two people were Kkilled outright and -about twenty more injured. Miles of telegraph wires were blown down.— At Rippey, forty miles south-east: of Pomeroy, it blew down coal-breakers: and sheds. When all the returnsare in, it will prove to be one of the most destructive storms that ever visited Towa. g :

The introduction of bull fighting in this country should be promptly suppressed by ‘the authorities. San Antonio, Tex., has been the scene of two or moreprutal exhibitions of this sort, in which the cowardly human originators of the “sport” did noteven redeem the affair-by risking their worthless necks. The fights took place between half-starved lions and furious bulls, ‘and resulted in easy victories for the jatter - 5 e

- ~At length the appeal of @en. Fitz John Porter for a re-examination of his case has been granted. He lately renewed his request, in a brief letter to President Hayes. and on the order of .the latter, Gen. Sherman has detailed a. board of officers to examine the record of the ¢ourt-murtial which condemned Porter, and such new evidence as may be presented. 'The board is composed of Gens. Schofield and Terry, Col. Getty and Maj. Gardner. :

The severest storm ever knowrrin the Black Hills raged there the latter half of last week. Heavy rain, snow, and- hail’ are doing much damage to the placer mines and shafts in the gulches, by flooding. Operations in quartz-mills are almost entirely sus-. pended. Roads are impassable, and as road bridges are washed away eommunication is cut off. Many of the: buildings in the course of the overflowed creeks are washed away.’

~ Another clerical scandal has sef the counfry in a Dblaze of excitement.—— Bishop McCoskrey, whose age is sev-enty-four years, and who' was for more than forty years bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, formed a lecherous liason with a giddy girl of twenty, which, coming to the knowledge of the offcials of the church in the -diocese, he was compelled to regign his bishopric and leave the State in disgrace. He and his aged respectable wife léave for Europe on the 27th inst. :

Saturday’s Tornade.

Full accounts of the tornado that passed over parts of lowa last Saturday afternoon represent it as one of the most memorablé on record. A special to the Infer-Ocean -says the force of the storm was terriffic, destroying fences, uprooting frees, overturning corn-cribs, etc. Horses, colts, and cattle were picked up and earried a considerable distance. Near Onawa the house of Mr. White was destroyed, and the contents scattered for miles. There was hardly anything in the house but' what was broken. The family fortunately wereaway. A man driving a team of horses, with wagon, harness, and driver were taken up bodily and carried several yards, and set down uninjured. Tne track of the storm was half a mile to a mile ‘and a half wide. There was very ‘heavy hail; aznumber of stones were fastened together in one mass measuring fourteen inches in circumference. The same storm was also very destructive in Northern Illinois. 'At Galesbarg nearly 300 panes of glass were broken in Lombard University. and the public schools suffered about -the same. A horse was killed by the large- hail-stones. Two men who were walking across a field near the city were bruised terribly before they could find shelter. The accounts that were coming in hourly show that it was the most severe storm that eyer visited that part of the country, Do You Henr That, Girls? . ~“I don’t have to,” is a bawdy house.

~ Blushes Like A Shy Maiden, ‘ :[Dr. Rerick’s Lagrange Standard.] i The editor of the Ligonier BANNER Wwill feelssomething “looming” against. his head if he does not quit mentioning a certain name as a candidate for Congress. 25 BIE - THE MARKETS. . v TIGONERR: o .o GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 50c; Oats, 25¢; Corn, 85c; Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Seed, $3 75; Timothy Seed, $1 50. i PropucE.—Hogs, live, ® cwt $2 50, Shoulders, per pound, 06¢c; Hams, 08¢c; Bees Wax, 25c¢; Butter, 15; Lard, 06c; Eggs, ¥ doz, 08¢c; Wool, 1b,50@ 40c; Feathers, 50c; Tallow, 06c; Apples, dried,s¢; Potatoes, 15; Peaches; dried, 07c; Hay, tame, $OB ; marsh, $4. : CHICAGO, April 24, 18%8. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat,Bl 103{ ; Corn, 40%5¢; 0at5,26%5c; Rye, 5914 c; Barley, 47c; Clover Seed, $4 00@4 35; Timothy, 8112@1 30; Flax, $1 45. Propuce.—Mess Pork,® cwt, $865 @8170%5; Lard, $6 90@6 92; Hams, green, 064 @0734¢; : Shoulders, 35¢; Butter, good, 28@33, choice, 24 @ 275 Eggs, § doz., 08c; Potatoes, 40@45c. Flour, per bhl, $6 00@7 00; Bran, per ton, $ll [email protected]. e PourTrY.—Turkeys, dressed,"B b, 12¢; Chickens, P doz. $2 50@$3 00..

"~ TOLEDO.—ApriI: 23, 1878, . GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, Michigan, $1 29; No. 1 white do $1,29; éxtra do $1.31; Corn, 4414 c; Oats, 28¢c; Clover Seed,B4os. © = = ...

LIVE STOCK MARKETS., Cm(%a 0, Apr. 24.— CATTLE, graded, steers, 5 00@5 25; choice beeves, $450@4 90; medium grades, $4 00@$4 40 = butchers’ stock, s3so@s4 00; stock cattle, $3 50@$4 25. R Hoas.—Sales of light weights were ab $3.25@3 35; common to choice heaVy $3 40@3 65 ; packing hogs, $3 25@ $3 40;»infer101: lots, $3 00@3 25. = SllEEP.—ChOlce‘s3' Ts@s 15 fair to good, $3 00@4 50. e e BurraLo, April 23.—Cattle,Shipp’g, $500@5 50; Sheep.s4 26@545; ‘Hogs, | good heavy $3 70; light $360. - A timely dose of Schenck’s Mandrake Pills is sure to prevent an attack of biliousness, when a short neglect of hhoiwarﬂv-in'g' _symptoms. may ‘vde-_ velop a se;‘ious case of fever, either }zili,ous,, intermittent or typhoid. poe : : Schénck’s Mandrake Pills remove all cauges of biliousness, promptly start thq secretions. Q,f' f?he liver, and give a healthy tqne to the entire system. It Is no Qr_dinnry discovery. in,medict}l science to have found a harmless cure for this stubborn complaint, which accomplishes all the results heretofore produced by a free hge of cal-: omel, a mineral justly dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged to be destructive in the extreme to . the human gystem.: That -the prt_)pertieg of cer= tain vegetables comprise all the virtues of calomel without its injurious qualities; is now an ad- - mitted fact, rendered indisputable by scientific tests. Those who nse the Mandrake Pills will be fally satisfied that the best medicines are those i provided by nature in the common herbs and roots of the flelds. 2 Sre - These Pills open. the bowels and ‘correct all bilious derangements without éulivatio;i_ or any |of the injurious effects of calomel or other po';.v‘ sons, The secretion ‘of bile ig regula_fe‘d as .\i'ill_ be sesn by the altered cojor.of the hosis, thadis appearance of the sallow complexion and: the cleansing of the tongue. e ~ Ample directions for use gccompany. each; box of pills. Prepared by 'J. H. Schenck & Son, at their principal office, corner of Sixth and Arch ‘Streets, Philadelphia, Price 25 cents per box, For gale by all druggists and dealers. . 504 w, AGENTS WANTED Pure Teas in Sealed Pack--5 =mAgents wanted everywhere to sell AZCSe==lcys 10 families, hotels. and large ~consumers—thé largest stock in the country to ‘select from—qualities of all descriptions, from the’ highest imported, to'the lowest grades- a larg]e‘ discount, ahd a handsome Income’to all who gell . for us—country store keepers; drn‘qustS'who wish to sell teas in sealed pound packages, peddlers, and 1n fact, all' who wish to obtain-an honorable ‘living, by sellin'ﬁ teas should write us for a circular:- =4 HE WELLS TEA COMPANY, P. 0. Box 4560. .- No. 201 Falton St., New York. April 18, 1878,-59wd = - o f S

TWAILILS,S . HEALTH APPARATUR Is a combined Gymmasium, so constructed thak it will atraighten and limber the (back, expand the chest, and strengthen ever(f' muscle in the body in ‘one-tenth the time and trouble ofdny other ﬁzymnaanc apgaratus now in use. All persons, arge or small, ladies as well as gentlemen, can practice upon it, no matter how round shouldered they vmai be. We gu’&mntee that it will ex--| pand the chest from 2 to 5 inches, and make a. person from ¢ to 2 inches taller in one month, practising 5 minutes daily. This dpparatus has ciared, and we Fnarantee if will cure the worst kind of dyepepsia without medicine. The above is endorsed by the most prominent physicians in the U. S. Send for illustrated circularto = : AMERICAN HEALTH APPARATUS CO., 523 w . 697 BroADWAY, NEw YORKCHEAPEST AND BEST. Chicago Weekly Pest THE PECPLE’'S PAPER. 3 3 ] i S 32 Columns, filled with ediforial; news, agriculb4 tural, miscellany and market reports. iOne copy, one year, postage paid,......... 75 ctB, {Clubs of Five. postage paid...........z....70 ctB, Clubs of" Rep, postagé paid ................65 cts. Clubs of Twenty; postage paid....... ......60 cta. THE DAILY POST. - One Year, Postage paid...c.......87.00. . Parts of a Year in Proportion. * = We propose to greatly enlarge Tur Dary Posr during October, after which the price will be $lO per year. postage paid. All who subscribe before enlargement, at the present rale of $7, will re-' ve the enlarged paper to the end :of their time thout extra charge. Same terms to Agents on both Daihy and Weekly as last year. - (s Address, 7 THE POST, - 25-1 y 88 Dearborn Street, Chicago Take pleasure in infbrming the people of Ligo-: nier and vicinity that they have the best selected s .+ stock of all kinds of S For Men, Boys, and Chiidren; also, an élegan assortment of wear for Women, Misses and Chil~ dren. All styles and qualities to select from.— : Willbe goldas .. - =5 ¢ .~ BOTTOM PRICES, o Having adoptedithe = . = LOW PRICE SYSTEM! Which re"t}’izires selling at very small profits, the | public will appreciate the necessity of ready or L el - bpecial Attention givento CUSTOM WORK.: We guarantee ﬂmﬁé{_ﬁ;@ _st’éek and wmimhnehlp : MENDING done EXPEDITIOUSLY | “ Corn - Field -GATTERS,” ~Of our own make constantly on hand, | GIVEUSACALL, | : - , - ﬁ . i r .. ,'Jﬁ_& ; g T R *“‘ BraDe | -+ . ASUERTAIN PRICES, | m»mww i ’é’%éﬁa%% e i e T S ae

. New Bakery! ;e!& g : : Everything New! = + Everything Fresh! 15{61'- .13 years connected with the ‘véide]y:-imown : - Grocery and Bakery firm of Kolb & Gross, at " ' Goshen, would respectfully announce that v« 'hehasjustfittecdupinthe = . MIDDLE ROOM e | ——OF THE~ - : i‘BANNER BI.OCK el e i e B ‘ s v o Yy ¥ BAKKERY. and now offers the public 4 choice and extensive s : assortment of s Grroceries and Provisions © WOOD, WILLOW, GLASS, "CHINA AND STONE WARE, ALL NEW AND BOUGHT FOR CASH, 'a‘nd to be sold at Prices that must give ] satisfaction, ‘ ; * We cannot undertake to enumerate all we Keep in stock; but we can say ‘hat in this establish- | ment you will find everything 'to__b"e foundin'a S 1 AR . o - First-Class Grocery. . -~ - ¥ . - Fresh Bread Daily! S 15 : EATING HOUSE!‘ln our edting room we will at a.l times have something good for the *“inner man.” Fresh cakes, ‘pies, oysters, hot coffee and tea, served at all hoars. . vt ASRDL R S 8 ‘Come in and make yourselves at home.dggfle want 0202 RAEARRG ARG ELp s doslng COUNTRY PRODUCE Bought for Cash or taken in exchange/for goods. ) i © K. W. FISCHER, ' 'Ligonier, Dec. 13, 1877.-31 tf : CabineT ShoP T AN : b e o Cabinet Wareßooms : L L @n 54 2 5 /i 4,/7,(,/ 5 x Sy 3 , / \~.:_ y\:';“y." " : : / :{Q‘\‘ F /AN N N » 5 _—_g B . 84 - e e i Ll - . SR D. KERR Would respectfally announce to the citizens of Noble county that he has constantly on hand. "+ % alarge and superior stock of T . & : Cabinet-Ware S consisting in part ol e : - DRESSING BUREAUS, TABLES, STANDS, - ‘'WARD-RoBES, LOoUNGES, CUP~ . BOARDS, MOULDING, . CHAILRS 'ANDVBE!)_STEABS. ‘And in fact everything usually kept in a First- " Class Cabinet Shop, Particular attention * ' paid to the Undertaking Business, ' COFFINS a.ways on hand and n}ade.t'g order on short no- . tice. ' Alsoall kinds of shop work made'to order, : étanimm Ware Rooms on west side of Cavin reet. corner of Fourth Street, Ligonier, Ind, .B A good Hearse always in readiness. : Ligounier, November 29, 1877.-12-1 - : _ o PIMPLES. - Twill'mail g‘reé) the recipe for a simple VeezTABLE Baxym that will remeve TaN, FRECKLES, PIMPLES and Brorcuss, leaving the skin soft, clear an@ beautiful ; also instructions for grodue--ing a.luxnrmnt‘}mwth' ot hair on a bald head or - smooth face. Address, inclos;n§ 3 cent stamp, Ben. Vandelf & Co., 20 Ann St,, N. Y.~ 51-6 m _of that drudg‘é}:e.% um ﬁ%bmg!apk remedy, is anxious to mageﬁ.![‘zgwn” his fetlowsufferers the means of cure, 'To all who desire it he will seud a copy 01-the;grgectipupnmedl (free ,ozschn;ﬁe,-) with the directions-for preparing and ueiné e same, which they will ind & sURE OURE FOR CONSUMPTION, ABTHMA, Bm‘"‘:’i“” fie s Parties wishing the prescription, v llﬂ&lﬂn .address.. | . . 1 K A WILSON, 51-m6 - mgrPem_lEt‘;’.,;_ numbmﬁ‘r. “POCKET PHOTOSCOPE”, 4% ‘maguifying power; d&mm“‘ﬁ““"‘g} ‘shd]d* in cloth; foreigu substacnes in wounds; gmﬁ.%(&enﬁ- ?S\Or cur . v‘ﬁ elf e T e REAPIEE BORTG P 66 RO Al Address W. H. CHIDESTER, 216 Falton St.N. Y. _ERRORS OF YOUTH. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from ‘the_effects of youthful indisoretion, will for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who - 'm ) profit by m@%wr;wﬁwm’ h Gall Gl BY ataressing 28 pri bt LORRUCNCC., . Slem "' JOHN . OGDEN, 4 Cedar 81, N. ¥. Notico to Meirs of Petition o N‘ i 43%53* ! e e h‘""" \dmintatiktor oFthe detate ot Johy Bitars’ R S ;i,’;:,;;,,gf,':»a-«‘rtng- oatitie S ot »'; * A R TR e X N ,‘ii,{,;‘g%:é;qﬁi teder T«{g pOreonal being insudl i AR CEUY. AR SRR Suw A 3 j L ERVIRL BY & PEULLIOR *.ﬁv‘ *‘V%"‘*W"" S o e R [ AR MR Wl o e RS e e i