The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 2, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 May 1878 — Page 2
The Fatiomal Banney e ei b : oG C L) V. 5 ; i "\\ 2 RO Y ) i R Ry Wi J. B.STOLY., Bditor and Proprictor LIGONTER, IND, MAY 2d, 1878, “No man worthy of the office of President should be willing to hold it if connted in or placed there by fraud.”—U. 8. GrRANT, J anE?fiEi&Ri_ons now are thaFEng--Jand and Russia are going to have a fight. e b AT last Secretary Sherman has issued an order to the, sub-treasuries throughout the country to exchange the new silver dollars for greenbacks. . POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY readily admits that his chief, Mr. layes, was’ not elected President, but-that fact is of no concern to him 8o long as he can retain his position in the Cabinet. Erring Brother Key has an eye to business. ' Dr. RERICK recently published a table of finance with which he at- - tempted to prove that the alleged contraction of the currency is not well founded. If the Doctor should be made the standard-bearer of the Republicans of this District, he will be afforded an opportunity of trying his hand at substantiating his figures and deductions.
I¥ there be an editor in this part of the State who feels safe '\in‘ undertaking to deny the declaration that from the Ist day of January, 1865, to the Ist day of November, 1868, there was a contraction of the circulating medium of over one thousand millions of tollars, we beg that gentleman to step to the front. We are in possession of official facts and.figures that we would like to utilize in a little controversy of that character. . ;
Tue BANNER charges against the contractionists that they: have enhanced the value of their bonds and money to the extent of over six hundred million dollars, and at the same time eaused a depreciation of fully eight hundred million dollars in the vajue of real estate, goods, chattels, &c., &c., besides reducing thousands upon thousands of willing laborers to abject want. Is there anybody in Indiana that feels like disputing this allegation? If so, rise to your feet.
TuE Nation is dead—the New York Nation. And few are left to mourn for it. It wasa waspish thing.—South Bend Register. , - Yes, sir; one of those so-called “hightoned” publications that manifest a supreme contempt for the opinions of practical men and laud to the skies the ebullitions of abstraet theorists and dreawers. It possessed’ some good qualities, and if its managers had relied adittle more on solid common sense in preference to preconceived ‘nations, its disappearance from the -field of journalism would cause general regret. ' , i :
- Frou the year 1864 to 1847, before the contraction policy was inaugurated, there wore no mercantile failures reported. The volume of the circulating medium, in those years, varied from eleven hundred to eighteen hundred million dollars, * In 1868 2,608 failures were reported ; in 1877 they reached over nine thousan'l, and the number is steadily on the increase. ‘The liabilities since 1868 foot up considerable over thirteen hundred million dollars. Yet John Sherman says we are the most prosperous nation on the; earth, and the work. of destroying greenbacks must proceed.
THE INDEBTEDNESS of the United States, privat#and publie, amounts in round figures to about nine thousand million dollars, the annual interest on which, at six per cent., foots up five hundred and forty millions. This sum the debtor class is required to pay anhually to the creditor class. It requires a deal of digging, plowing and chopping to earn that “little” interest account, especially while it takes two days to earn what before the contrac/tion period was earned in oné day.—But then, ye laboring men, there is some glory in working for the increase of the value of bonds and money of capitalists and bondholders, Itbrings us down to“hard pan,” and that ought ' to be glory enough for anybody! l
The Wrong Must Be Rightéd. [Byracuge Courier.]
"In the view of the Florida confession, Congress is bereft of évery pretext for longer delaying to take measures for a re-opening, in the courts, of the presidential question. ‘The thieves themselves who took the plunder are turning State’s evidence. Shall the - law still protect them, or the receiver of the stolen goods, in the enjoyment thereof? Shall the rightful owner be: longer debarred from his own? We " warn the Democrats of the Heuse of Representatives that the eyes of the nation are upon them, and that their democratic constituents look to them to strike quickly and vigorously for a rectification of the great wrong done ‘. the demoecratic party and the cause of popular government in the settlement of the presidential controversy, A title founded on fraud is a housebuilt on the sand. The sooner it is swept away and a new title is moored in the roek, the better for the country, the safer for the preservation of our liberties, Let us hear from Mr. Proctor Kruott and his Committee of the Judiolary, R el B : The Reissue of Greenbacks. . - The Lower House of Congress decided last Monday by a vote of 117 to 35, that in its opinion there should be no further retirement of United States legal-tender notes, but that, instead of canceling them, the Secretary of the Treasury ghould reissue them as fast as received. Fort, of Illinois, intro- - duced the bill. Of the negative votes - thirty came from the Eastern States, - Gibson, of T.ouigiana, was the only :nl:!m from the 'mm_ who rg:ng 61;0, ~ ithield and Monroe of Ohio, - Dayis of cfigmfi,m Williams of - Oregon, were the only ones from the . LOST—On 2ad Mlgl:‘t{a v e A T
Abusing McLin, ; Wm. M. Ampt, of Cincinnati, one of the“visiting statesmen” who were sent down to Florida to “fix” the vote for Hayes, publishes a very interesting letter from which we make the following extract: = : £
The line of defense adopted by the Republiqan press to destroy the effect of McLin’s statement, by giscrediting the witness and charging him with drunkenness, will not be successful. He is not a drunkard, He_ is not one of your “men that are fat, sleek-head-ed, mean, and men thatsleep o’ nights.” He is a man with “a lean and hungry look.” ~Such men may be “dangerous,” but they are not drunkards. leis a man puny in stature, infirm in health, and lacking in. physical vigor. Ile is not a Northern carpet-bagger. * He hails from Georgia. lle had the power by the turn of hLis hand to choose the ruler cf forty millions of people. No ‘man in all history from the beginnivg of time had greater power intrusted to him. Ifis vote would have been cheap at a million of democratic money, for it would have elect« ed Tilden and destroyed the réepublican party” An editor, a lawyer: a Republican where it was dangerous to be one, how ostracized as a penalty for his Republicanism; overcome by domestic afflictions and defeated by a Republican Senate under influence of an arbitrary rule‘that no appointment is to be confirmed against the will of the Senator from the State of thie appointee, who, as in this case, may be a personal enemy; MecLin is rewarded for his most trying fidelity —yes, for being more than faithful to his party, with neglect, -dishonor gnd disgrace, and editors, in order to cover up this humiliating wrong, are j%irfying the crime of ingratitude by wfisrepresenting his habits. S 9
It is a great mistake. This line of defense will fail. There is but one square thing for Republicans to do, and that is to move for, or at least consent to, an immediate investigation as a party measure, determined to repudiate all fraud and to condemn every man who may be implicated, no matter who he may be. This will vindicate the President, and enable him to see who of those in the public service are involved in election frauds and unworthy of his further confidence, while those who areinnocent will be justified. Pt GB— e e : : Postmaster Gieneral Key Never Beliey- ' ed Hayes was Elected, WASHINGTON, April 28.—Gen. Key showed perfect readiness to profit by the fraud which he admits. In an interview to-day he laid down this creed: - “I have always believed,” he said, ‘that Florida and Louisiana were counted for Hayes wrongfully, and that, the electoral votes of both States should properly have been counted for Tilden.. I worked strenuously for Tilden, both before and after the elec-’ tion, and, indeed, made a speech in the! Senate during the ejectoral debate, 1n which I argued as sfrongly as I knew that Florida and Louisiana belonged to Tilden. It was after that that Mr. Hayes paid me the extraordinary ¢ompliment of inviting me into his Cabinet. I went into the Cabinet a Democrat, believing‘that Tilden was elected, and my views on that subject are | not yet changed. I believe Mr. Hayes, however, to be an honest man. I know that he honestly thinks that he was elected, and, whatever may have been the frauds practiced in theStates above named, I have good reasons for knowing that Mr. Hayes was no party to them. ' Therefore, no matter what may be developed in the future, it shall not influence my action. I shall remain in the Cabinet so long as Mr; Hayes is pleased to have me there.”
Famny Denies 1t AlL'
Mrs. Bannister (Fannie Richards) ‘declares with tragic indignation to the Detroit News, -ament the allegations _respecting herself and Bishop MeCosktey, that there is not a word of truth in the story. Her father had been a member of the British parliament for Greenwich; on his death bed he had ‘written to Bishop McCoskrey requesting him to act as her guardian, a trust the Bishop had aecepted; -as such he had had the custody of money sent for her support by her uncle, who had been a classmate of the Bishop’s at Oxford. She denied that Bishop McCoskrey had ever paid a single cent for her schooling or anything else, except from her own moneys. She had: never received but four letters from him, and these only of the most commonplace character; nor had she ever acted as his amanuensis. The letters which have caused all the Bishop’s trouble she declared must have been forged. He was innocent, and why he should resign and fly to Europe was more than she could understand. But he should never leave the country till she was vindicated, though she had to go on foot to New York to stop him.
: - Helping One Another. : [Cincinnali Star. 3 ! The appropriations covered by the new River and Harbor Bill are distributed in a manner which is likely to occasion some dissatisfaction in the future. All that Pacific coast extending from Puget Sound to San Diego Bay receives no more than West Virginia, one half as much as Tennessee, and only one-fourth as much as Ver‘mont and Rhode Island. It is posi‘tively asserted that money is appropriated for some streams which are too ingignificant to appear on maps, and which are destitute of water part of the year. In fact, the. charge that the bill was simply designed to drop appropriations down on certain Congressional Districts where it would do the most good does not seem to be unfounded. Tt is shown that about one hundred and sixty-six districts are directly and indirectly concerned 1n the improvements designated, and by a most -mysterious coincidence the bill received precisely 166 votes in the House. i
Senator Conkling Says Hayes Knew al
; (Statement of John F, Mines.) “I said, “Senator, is there any possibility of Mr. Hayes having been kept in ignorance of the steps that were taken for a fraudulent count, and that he may not have been a party to any wrong proceedings?’ After deliberation he said, “I am afraid there is no roowm for-doubt. The people who went down there in his behalf were personally too closely connected with him to permit any other theqri except that he was cognizant of aM that took place. I think that when the . matter comes Lo be taken up and the evidence is prodaced, it will be shown that Hayes is not merely weak, but corrupt as well’ He spoke of the rewards that had been heaped by the President upon the men who assisted in the Louisiana business, as showing that he was not merely an accessory afterwards but hefore the fact.” :
Dr. Mary Walker is said to be at the point of death, pneumonia having reduced her in strength until she is hélpless, She said to a Washington reporter the other day: “I believe I was ‘right, and I clung to my purpose. Could any one do more e g e g i —‘*“"‘4_'“(" - ‘»“-“—_ : Joseph Shields, of Davenport, lowa, a brother-in-law of Assistant Postmaster General Tyner, committed suicide on Saturday by cutting his throat with a razor. Financial embarrass. m“. S 4 ' 4
ALBION RUMMAGES.
Thomqg A. Starr. of the New Era, has sold his half interest in that sheet to Mr. Prickett, who now owns the whole establishment. Tom proceeds at once to Hicksville, Ohio, where he will edit the Hicksville News. May -he thrive in his hew pastur®, and may Prickett grow fat in the old. ¥
Our schools closed last Saturday, after a long and successful reign. Two of the fair teachers have taken Greeley’s. advice and gone west. The literary which was connected with the school, we understand, will be continued by the pupils, but will not be any more public than it used to was, and that is right. : We are indebted to J. H. Hoffman, of Ligonier, for a specimen copy of “Joy Bells,” a new Sunday School song book, by W. A. Ogden, and now we presume we will have to go to Sunday Sehool just the same as if we were small. : oy
- W. L. Hoff will now have opposition in taking “photos.” Harvey moved his gallery to the south part of town one evening last week. “Impressions” taken at all hours. o
Dick Stone has let the job for the erection of a two-story brick building, on his east lot in the burned distriet, to Billy Broughton, county commissioner. : . : S
George Cribbs, late proprietor of the Commercial Ilouse, in this place, has moved to Bremen, and will there take charge of the Thompson House. -“Magna ” certainly can’t expect to hurt the parties he is. firing at with that little “potato gun” of his. ) ‘The telephonic season hasnow fairly commenczed here. Frank Ridenour ‘was off someywhere and exposed himself, caught it, and now we all have it, except Nelson Prentiss, and he is exempt, or else he’s had 1t before. Our people claim that the telephone works best with a linnen thread.
Thanks to the doer of all good things that the Rome City lawn has so early reached its verdancy. Now, “Alexis,” we will come up, if you will promise to show us around a little.
We met Owen Black going north from Ligonier, with a regular outfit, peddling window sash, and trying to raise the “greenbacks” to take him to Parisi : !
~ Last Monday the western bound express, on the Air Line, ran over and killed a woman, about one mile east of ‘Wawaka. The woman is unknown. She wore a calico dress, was fair complected, considerably freckled, light hair which hung in natural curls about her shoulders, and was apparently about 35 years of age. A German paper published in Cincinnati was found on her person, but nothing by which she could ke identified. It is presumed -that she had: strayed from some asylum for the poor. That little visit which we made to Denny’s on the Hawpatch, was hugely enjovedbywsl "~ . o
‘We shook hands with Ed. Kinnison, just before he started for France, on Tuesday last, Have a good time, Ed., and remember that bargain. JAP.
- Sanitary Report. ; To the Honorable T'rustees of Ligonier : The Board cf Health,in making their fifth annual report,take pleasure in saying that the past year has been one of good health for our people. No epidemic or infectious disease has pre- | vailed in our midst during the past year. Twenty-one deaths have occur-: red in town the past year, Of these 'nine were adults and twelve were children. There were three deaths by typhoid fever, one of consumption, two of gastritis, two of meningitis, two from meningeal tuberculosis, one from heart disease, one of paralysis, one of apoplexy, one of pneumonia, one from tonsillitis, one of cholera infantum, one from cause unknown, one of genéral debility, one from accidental shooting, one from bilious fever, one from croup—four more deaths only than occured the preceeding year. The Doard regard this as a very favorable report, the per cent. of mortality being very low. The healthy condi‘tion of our town ig unquestionably attributable largely to the police regulations enforeed therein, and while these regulations are better than formerly, they may yet be materially improved by enforcing a systematic policingof all streets, and alleys, and lots, at stated times during the summer, such as is now enforced upon Cavin street, and as suggested in our last report. et notice be given by the Mar-shal-that upon certain days that all residents of the town must collect in piles, upon streets and alleys, all gar‘bage; filth, manure, or waste matter. This should then be removed by the town under the direction of the Marshal, as the proper disposition of the collected matter is of the utmost importance. . Some such regulation, enforced under an ordinance enacted for the purpose, would be exceedingly advantageous, not only from a sanitary point of view, but in the general appearance of the town as well. The attention of the Board is invited especially to this matter now as the coming summer will probably be more sickly than usual, owing to.the wet and open winter just past. Many cases of noxious offence have been brought to the'notice of the Board.— These have been visited and directions given, and in each case the offence has been speedily removed. ~.'# Respectfully submitted, * o B WOENEPPER, b e G. W& CARR, : ¢ i €. PALMITER, April 26, 1878.° Bgard of Health.
Cyclone and Earfhquake.
A cyclone passed over the section of country four miles from Rome,Ga., on Wednesday of last week, clearing every thing as it went. As far as heard from, eight persons were injured, and several horses and mules were killed. ‘Trees three feet in diameter were twisted off and swept away, and nine dwellings blown down.
Many parts of Ohig and Indiana were visited by destructive tornadoes the same day. A number of manufaecturing establishments and other buildings were wrecked and several persons killed by falling walls. At Kensington, 0., a brick school house was almost entirely demolished.» Many of the scholars and teachers were seriously injured, several probably fatally. There was an-earthquake in the Yellowstdne region on the 15th. Three distinct shocks followed each other at intervals of half an hour., About two hundred feet above the soldiers’ barricada at Glendive, Dakota, the ground’ opened for a distance of five hundred yards, revealing a coal vein five feet in thickness.” There was an awful smell of sulphur, which nearly stifled every man in the little garrison.
Another Defaulter,
URrBANA, 0., April 80.— Weaver, cashierof the Citizens’ National Bank, is a defaulter to the amount of $46,750. Weaver resigned his situation a week ago, when the defaleation was discovered, but it was kept secret until the amount was made up by assessing the stockholders, and the bank is now in good condition, Weayer appropriated over $75,000 of the bank’s money, but the directors recovered ' $29,000. Other citizens of Urbana are losers to alarge amount. Among them, Weaver’s younger brother will lose $30,000, Speculation in grain is said to be the cause, e T e T e
National County Convention.
The National Greenback voters of Noble county are hereby requested to meet in county convention at Albien, on Saturday, May 11, 1878, for the purpose of perfecting a county organization and selecting delegates to represent the county in the National State Convention to be held at Indianapolis on the 22d inst. All those who favor the greenback cause, irrespective of past party affiliations, are cordially invited to participate. By ‘order of ; CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
. That Scllool.e‘Tesichc} Appointmmit. .- - 'WEST SPARTA, Apr. 29, "TB. To the Editor of The Banner : !
~ As a general rule Ido not stop to kick every “cur” that barks; neither do' [ think- it worth while to reply to-all that appears in print that is intended as special hits at me or 'my friends, especially when they are manufactured for the occasion by a broken down polifician and his assiStants, for -the purpose of gratifying a feeling of personal spite. But, as there have been several communications in Tng BANNER that are so unjust to 1.. B. Eagles, the former Trusiee, as well ag to myself, I wili ask to make a simple statement of “facts” in the case. . In THE BANNER of the 23th inst. “Magna” asks: “What right have the. 'people to assemble in their seyéral school districts to decide who shall take charge of the welfare of their -children, when there has been a Trustee elected ?” ete. In school district No. 8, known as the Broadway school, they held a meeting for the purpose of selecting a teacher. There were 16 legal votes cast at said school meet-. ing and 6 that were not legal, - Now, the old Trustee, as well as myself, believe in popular sovereignty to the full extent. There were three applicants for the schogl, and Miss Caskey received 7 legal'and 5 illegal votes; Miss Randall received 7 legal angd I.illegal vote, and Miss Snyder received 2 legal votes. By illegal votes we mean that there were on the list names of persons who had not been listed by the Trustee as parents, guardians, or heads of families, and therefore were not entitled to vote. - [See Attorney General’s - decision, pamphlet edition of School Laws of 1877, pagells.] My impression is that the district failed to make a choice. As there had been some difficulty in the school during the winter term taught by Miss Caskey, and the fact that full three-fourths of the scholars of the district were controlled by those patrons of the school who were opposed to her acting as teacher, the Trustee, rightly, as.l think, refused to employ her to teach that particular school. For my authority I refer “Magna” alias Charley, and his co-workers to same school law mentioned above, pages 117-119. In this connection let me say that I believe Miss Caskey to be a first-class teacher, and had it not been for an old feud that has existed and been growing and gaining strength for years past, and will continue to strengthen for years to come, her appointment would have been all right. - Where there was no one that remonstrated against employing a teacher who had received a majority of votes, the old. Trustee says that he employed such teachers in-ev-‘ery instance.
As to the appointing power spoken r of by “Magnra,” he doubtless refers to the appointment of a Road Supervisor, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of John Weade. The Trustee appointed the only person whom he knew of that would accept. IHad he known that “Magna’s” friends were anxious to be brought out to the noticeof the public,he would undoubtedly have appointed one of them to the important position, provided they would have taken an oath to perform the duties of Supervisor of Roads in District No. 8 to the best of their ability and in accordance with Jaw. 'The Trustee says that he 18 in favor of appointing and of electing'men to all oflices “who will exercise their authority to the full extent of the law,and as the law directs, and as they are sworn to do. “Magna” says, in a former article, that “the republican ticket -was all elected except the tail.” As Mr. John Weade was the defeated candidate, I conclude that he was the person meant. As far as I am concerned, and I think John looks at the matter in'the same light, I had much tather be defeated than have men that are entirely devoid of any and all right prineiples work their intrigues for my interest, and 'be elected by such influences. I think this statement is due to the people of Sparta township, to give them some slight idea of what grounds the Broadway clique have for all the out-ery they have made in the matter i at the April election. ‘SHARPS., |
WILMOT WINNOWINGS.
'Henry Baker is attending school at Valparaiso. =~ . ¢ i
Farmers are busily engaged in turning the soil for corn, oats, ete. . Wheat looks well, and the prospects for an abundant fruit crop is promis--Ing. : . =
That crowing humbug didn’t make it win at Etna, and is now, as “Alexis” says, ausgespielt. i Some bathing done now; but we prefer stilts when wading, in order to keep from getting wet.. Now, that Boston has a few dry goods on, it clears our skirts of making that great mistake. :
The Boston Band is played out; at least they are silent. Serenading is therefore a thing of the past. i Fashionable neck-ties for young men are now in order. They consist of a lady’s sieeve with her arm in it. - Henry Grindle became tired of sin: gle life, so he took to himgelf a wife of the purest stripe We wish them well inkte, ... st AR g
- Mr. Engle died, after a short illness, at his home in Troy twp., Whitley Co., on Wednesday, April 24th. The funeral was held on Friday at Pleasant Grove. el PRI e
} Sehools are in full blast, and all are putting their best foot foremost, although whooping cough is interfering to some extent. At least that is the case with us, ; : Ep. el W—WASHINGTON CENTER SQUIBS. Several cases of scarlet fever in this neighborhood. iy Maxim Myers, who has been ailing for a number of years, is still ons the decline, . o : The Dunker Brethren will hold their annual meeting on the first of June, at the residence of Aaron Metz’s, near. the Center House, | ‘ _Some miscreants stole a very valuable dog from Elizabeth Clingerman while she was attending chureh. Would it not be advisable for to continue Sabbath sehool through the entire day, thereby saving an immense gight of trouble for parties to hunt fishing places to pass the remainder of the day? Some one pleage explain. - - The gentleman.who had set such a ‘nice trap to catch some school girls who had been tresspassing on his ground accidentally caught his mother, and from reports does not feel very bleasant over the matter. W.A, D, . The new Catholic Church at‘;Afllu ' will be dedicated on the 19th of May, by Bishop Joseph Dwenger, of Fort| Wayne, ' . o
e CROMWELL ITEMS. S ~ Pete goes home with the girls bareheaded. . w 0 ‘The newly married Bly has gone to ‘housekeeping, and is happy. : ~ Mr. Houston, the foreman in the grist mill, is on the sick list. The Singing Association is progressing finely and numbers about 75 scholars. / Rev. Mahin, of Ligonier, will supply us with. preaching every two weeks this summer. ‘ i Charles W. Maggart has been employed as assistant at the ticket office and elevator. i The Union Suriday School is about played out. A re-organization will be soon had, when we hope things will pass off a'little more smoothly. Mr. Fred. Waltman, son of Rev. W. Waltman, has been very sick during the past two weeks, but'we are happy to say that he is slowly recovering. ' 'Mr. Van Heyde, the new agent and operator at this station, is well pleased with his location, and, so far as we can. learn, the people in general are well pleased with him. He comes among us an entire stranger, but has good recommendations. : £
The “Dew Drop” in this place is by many considered a nuisance, as all kinds of hellishness is being continually practised there. A few evenings sinece a young man from the country who had a little too much “snake” on board, made the remark that he could whip the best man in the town. Just then he had hard work to get up. ~'That gravel road meeting, of which mention was made in last week’s BANNER, brought together quite a large number of the citizens of Sparta twp. The meeting was held in the church, and Mr. T. F. Taylor acted as chairman. Dr. John Gants was reqguested to explain the object of the meeting, which he at once did to the satisfaction ot all. After some deliberation it was agreed by all that the proposed pike be extended from Indian Village to Ligonier. The prospects now are that the road will be put through.— There will be another meeting held at Indian Village ‘on Friday évening next. Citizens of Liigonier are requested to hold a méeting at once, and consult with each other on the matter. April 29. : VALET.
BROADWAY ITEMS. : : “In God we trust.” .. We have resumed. One of the new silver dollars came into our pessession last week, and after a full consideration, and consultation with all our friends, including our mother-in-law, came to the conclusion to take another dollar’s worth of NATIONAL BANNER. Can’t do without its weekly visits. e ;
The Union Sunday School at this place has been reorganized; Charles Fitzhugh superintendent. o ~ The new school building at this plaee is now “fixed up” and school has at last . commenced. John -Stoner is the teacher. ;
The roads in Cromwell and vicinity have again returned te their normal tondition, owing to the late rains, and the enterprising citizens of the town are awakening to their interest as a commercial point, and have concluded to improve the roads leading into that place. * We have not been informed of what the’improvement is to be made, whether gravel, cobble stones, Nicolson, or the macadam process. Surely something must be done or trading at that point must cease, No appropriation. has yet been ‘asked for to open the mouth of Solomon creek. Let Cromwell do that, then spread wide the sails of commerce.: X.I.C.R.
Some Breezy Paragraphs.
During the great storms of last week, Old Boreas played a good many fantastic tricks. We copy a few interesting notes from the reports: v At Bucyrus, Elias Powell, 75 years ‘of age, a prominent citizen, during the heavy thunder storm of Thursday, dropped dead frem apoplexy, brought on by fright. : : In lowa, at -one point, the ground was strewn with wild ducks, geese, and brants, with feathers blown off, and many disemboweled. °Atanother, chickens and turkeys had every feather blown off them:
At Wall Lake, lowa, Mr. Davissays he saw seven horses lying dead, which had been raised in the air fifty feet and dropped dead. Elsewhere, cattle, horses and five calves were thrown a hundred feet in the air and not killed. Near Wall Lake, William Hollen saw the storm coming, and ran to the barn to let the cattle out. The storm struck him, and barn, cattle, hogs, and all went up into the air, and have not been seen since. .
- A boy was seen driving some cattle and calves into the town. The storm struck the cattle. They were seen going info the air with heads and tails together, as if with backs broken. The boy has not been heard of since. The house of Daniel Leitz (also in Towa) was blown down. The family ~were within at the time. The mother had a child in her arms. The child was torn from her arms and found in a marsh east of where the house stood. Mrs. Leitz was found half a,mile west. At Detroit, on Thursday, the most curious feature of the storm was the very plainly-marked boundary line visible upon the river about two-thirds across, and extending up and down stream as far as could be seen. On the American side all was turbulence, the white-caps and spray chasing before the gale, while on the Canadian side, beyond the storm, all was comparatively quiet, small sail-boats even showing no extra exciting experience. J————-—‘+<—-——-——f c : Kecping Stolen Properiy.
I : [New York Staats Zeitung ] : The republican journals reach the climax of shamelessness when in view of such revelations they plant themselves upon the impregnability of the President’s legal title. This is what makes the situation so miserable. To have at the head of the republic, and to be obliged to keep there,a man who has reached his office through fraud, and who most probably was net only knowing to the fraud, but a helper in its perpetration—this is a, revolting _disgrace, and only the basest party: §pirit could endure it' patiently. If there is a lawful -method of sending to the devil a man so deeply dishonored, and who dishonors both his office and ‘fhe whole nation, the American people may well congratulate themselves on the fact. A President so branded ig deprived of all moral authority, and -whatever legal authority he may posgess is reduced to the most pitiable value. S : , o
“Young ladies who wear laced shoes should be careful Defore going out on ‘the street to see that the laces are properly fied, and not allow them to flop around the ankles.—Liconike BANNER, And they should also see that the garter is properly takled in its place, and the hole in the heel of the stock--ing is properly plugged up, and the little suspicion of dirt scales immediately under the aforesaid holeis scraped off. Young ladies should be tidy. —Columbus Democrat. : : et 4 R—— - It is predicted that in fifty years the pine forests of the United States will all have disappeared. In many States propeity owners, foreseeing the wholesale destruction of the forests of all varieties, are putting out young trees alon% road sides and boundary fences. ‘Whole groves of black walnut are also be:::’& made, especially in the North-
¥ - . B o New Singing Books For - __Sunday Schools. The Golden Shore, by J. F. Kinsey, : . _Bingle copy, 30 cents, per d0%z.............53 00 Joy Bells,by W. A. Oepzy, author of **Bilver Songs,” * Songs of the Bible,” “‘Crown __ of Life,” &c. Single cogy. 35 cts. ; per doz..s3 60 Heavenly Carols, by Bavrzert & LozEnz, authom of ‘‘Golden Songs,” **Songs of the Cross.”ete., Singlecopies, 35¢. ; per d0z.83 60 Songs of Gratitude,by J. }!. FiLL¥ORE, author of “Songs of Glory,” etc. Single copiee, 35 cents; per d0z..............x...53 60 These books have jnst been published, and are: regarded as.the best of the new books issned.— The popularity of former bos; ks by the same authors is a sufficient guarantee that these are np to the standard of excellencein %n,a.n tity, quality, and gnrity. From among these books sny school can be snited. I have justreceived a la?e gnantitsy of each, and schools can be farnished at once. unday School Records, Class Books, Lesson Leaves, and Papers furnislied at publisher’s rages, © . J. H. HOFFMAN, Bookseller, April 11, 1878,-51-2m . . Lizonier, Ind,
General Items.
~ Forty four bankrupteies in Chicago last Saturday. ‘ S A recent Boston bankrupt, Nathan Matthews, was reputed worth six or seven millions in 1870. The real-es-tate crash crushed him. :
Paris Dboarding-houses and hotels have put the price of living up to so high a figure as to make a visit there exceedingly costly. Put money in thy purse, if thou thinkest of going thither. A great name disappears. The “Erie Railroad” is no more. ’Tis the New York, Lake Erie, and Western now. Hugh J. Jewett, late receiver of the Erie, has been elected President under the new management. - : ' Secretary Evarts was recalled from Windsor, where he had gone to bury his dead son, by a telegram from New York* announcing the dangerous illness of another son. Surely, the hand of affliction rests heavily upon that family. s s
The labor troubles continue in Manchester, Eng., with no prospect of immediate adjustment. Theloss of time and waste- through idleness already amounts to an enormous sum, which must eventually be made good by the operatives. ! ’ : The House last week took up Senator Thurman’s Pacific railway sinking fund bill and passed it by an almost unanimous veie,—only two members voting againstit—Butler, of Mass., and Lynde, of Wis. That settles J. Gould, we hope forever. ;s The annual report of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad . for the year 1877 shows the freight earnings to be $9,476,608, passenger earnings, $3,202,199; other earnings, $825,351 ; total, $13,505,158, against $13,949,176 for the year 1876. o England continues in her warlike preparations. The news is to the effect that 5,000 men and two batteries of artillery are to be at once sent to Malta. Her torpedo fleet is to be as perfect as human ingenuity can make it. Her regular fleet is to rendezvous at Portland. - . . At a meeting of the Mrs. R. B. Hayes Temperance Society at Washington ‘Friday night a resolution was passed that the Society discard its name on account of Mrs. Hayes countenancing the use of claret punch on board an excursion steamer on'the Delaware River last week. :
. The late floods have proved a god‘send t 6 the Michigan lumbermen. On the Au Gres 26,000,000 logs thought to be hopelessly “hung up” will come out, and 20,000,000 on Pine River are moving. The logs on all the streams ‘will reach the mills. The water in some places is so high that rafting has been suspended. . v The peach-trees on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan are now in full blossom, and present a beautiful appearance., They have blossomed at least chree weeks earlier than usual. Every limb is covered -with blossoms, giving promise of a very large crop. There, is .a good prospect for strawberries, grapes, and other fruit in that section. Ats:3o Monday morning an explosion of the gas-main leading to the Detroit Free Press buildings occurred. The gas ignited, and instantaneously the whole edifice burst into flames. There were at that hour in the building the chief pressman, two mailing clerks, the night engineer, and five pressmen, all of whom escaped after the fire broke out, two of them being slightly injured. The two buildings were thoroughly gutted.—The presses,. of which there were twelve, and .the. machinery of the Free Press, were more or less damaged. The job-rooms contained about $40,000 worth of material, which is utterly destroyed. The loss is estimated at $50,000, with $42,000 insurance. The editors of the paper lose considerable personal property.
Indiana News Items.
A large company of tramps were encamped east of Lalorte for several days, foraging upon the people. Friday evening the sheriff with a posse dispersed the enemy. ' ) William IL Sefton, of L.agrange, left his. house on the 22d, while delirious from the effects of a chill. ITe was tracked some distance, but was finally lost,; and no trace of him has since been found. - :
Charles Lang, alias Pete McCartney, the notorious counterfeiter, made an unsuccessful attempt to-make his escape from the Northern prison Thursday night, but was detected by the right guard. He%had sawed off three of the iron bars te his cell door.
George Wagner, of Lafayette, now lying at the point of death, has been steadily drunk for five years. He was a passenger conductor for fifteen years, and saved a handsome property. Later he started a saloon, since which time he has been drunk constantly.
Isaac A. Case sold a horse last week to a Michigan man for $300.. The horse was of the “Bill Latta” stock, and must have been an extra animal to command such a price; but Ike won’t have anything about him but the best.—Goshen Democrat, April 17.
Senator Morton’s remains were taken from the vault and buried in the family vault in Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis last Monday. The immediate family and a few prominent persons were present. Rev. D. Bayliss and Rev. Cleaver conducted the religious servites.
The Goshen Union Sunday-school plan “a grand international social and festival” May 4. It will havefive refreshment stands, that will represent France, Russia, Turkey, Germany, and New England, presided ovér by persons costumed in the styles peculiar to those nations. =~
~James Baynes, Cashier of the First - National Bank of Salem, who has heretofore borne a good reputation, owned a'good residence, and lived well, mysteriously disappeared on Thursday of last week. 1t was at first thought he had . become insane and wandered away, but later developments show that he is a defaulter to the amount of about twenty thousand dollars. All of this waslost in stock speculations on Wall street.
= William Orton’s Estate. : NEW YOoRK, April 20th.--The estate of the late ‘Wm. Orfon, President of ’ the Western Union Telegraph Company, is reported worth about $150,000. He had policies on his life for $62,000; $5,000 in favor of each of his _children, the remaining $22,000 being payable to his widow;:
Bk e D CURE A Would respectfully inform' their friends and the public in general that they have entirely withdrawn from the saloon business and have refitted their establishment intoa .~~~
@ _f'._-J‘ | : . e e - STORIS. o They have 8 large :\'nid judicionsly é’eléctcd stock : . ;»—-Of—". 5 el : s Freshand Pure Groceries, which they ofi‘cr thé public at the very : " lowest prices, 3 i Sk Call and sec us.” We will make it an ohject for the people to favor us witfh their patronage. . - . Lioeser & Sax. - Ligonier, Ind., April 25, 1878,~14¢ -~ ; L . F. W. Shinke & Bro. Take p!casufcvin informing the people of Ligonier and vicinity that they have the best gelected - stock of all kinds of i : For Men, Boys, and’ C'fii.'dren; also, an elegan - assortment of wear for Women, Misses and Children. All styles and qonalities to select from.=—~ : ' Wlll_bg £old at Y BOTTOM PRICES. i : :Having adofll‘ed,the s e LOW PRICE SYSTEM! Which requires selling at very smiall profite, the public will appreciate the necessity of ready or : prompt: pay,. - SRy - Special Attention givento ™ - .. CUSTOM WORK. We guarantee first-class stock and workmanship.
MENDING done EXPEDITIOUSLY “ Corn - Field GAT TERS,” of our own make édnsfiant]y on hmid.‘i“'" : GIVEURAQALL, o EXAMINE OUR GOODS, ~ ASCERTAIN PRICES, and buy at the old relisble shoe store of * - o F. W.SHINKE & BRO. Ligonier, Ind., March 21, '1378‘.-12-7 ST X NEW GOODS. 'NEW PRICES. )Lnrgost_.npd Vn'cst'Stoc‘_k of- 00l ' © For Clotliug i:ver Broug’hvt:{"to 4Ligoxiler‘. . T ST ADO . ED.RAPSCH 'l_nvitcs:the public in general to. visit; him’a‘t his 7 ; - & . '.'s. : Merchant Tailoring . ESTABLISHMENT, And see what he has in thecloth line for Clothing : ‘p?%‘ iSS ‘Qd - & f"/\" e A / -_, "\ o ‘ M’, i/ HoarYe! HearTelyl fRC : ¥ B CLOTH] ' ’ W 3 20 Per Cent b‘élow‘"" , B New York Pricessy T . A o KIS ‘."}”"‘f : e o ey S g NFPI® s "7 = RAPSCH'S ¢ | g "?’:fi’f"{:’\.’:~”~'<v‘?-"«'."v "tig .ll
Elegant Goods of eveiji i)ééci;ipi : tiom to seleét from. Good . i Fits Warranted. . 11-4-417 il ED, RAPSCH. o - : CabineT ShoP AN e e Ll L A & Cabinet Wareßooms V : ! a“”;fi -‘ e ,/‘n;‘h !:\f‘\\‘\ e ‘ sl /';/; “'.' i - ¥y sy \._\:H ) ' >\\::)rs \ , r: s _, : afREEERTE . o Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Noble county that he has tponstsntl-y‘”ont hand . - . ! alarge and gnperiorstock of . Cabinet-Ware. G ,con%"is_tigg in’pagt.‘fiof' DRESSING BUREAUS, TABLES, STANDS, > WARD-ROBES, LOUNGES, Cyp- | . BOARDS, MOULDING, | CHAIRS ANDBEDSTEADS, And in fact everything usnally kept in Bwt- : ~ Claes Cabinet Shop, « Particnlarattention ./ | Paldtothe Undoriaking Business, | B.ways on hand and made to order on short no- | s el 2 rfim PR e R e R wereet. corner of Xourth Sireet, Ligoniery ind, | + EA good Hearse alw '?fg readiness, - | Ligonier, November 20, 1877.+12:1- =~ = | E e " LSRR C PR R S e B e A et
}—,.:‘ 2 —{ i’ o vMR - New Grocery! -~ New Bakery! Everything New! v, F . ¥ e - Everything Fresh! YNHURRYY | §YRRERY For 13 years connected with the vividely-known ‘ Grocery and Bakery firm of Kolb & Gross, at.’ . - Goshen, would réspectfully announce that .2, he hasjnst fittedup in the : . MIDDLE RoOOM o i ——OF THE~—~ - : ‘ : ‘ BANNEI{ BIL.OCIK i —AND— © . > '._*: = - <4 fl- o i IBAKIKRY, and now offers the public a cimice ‘and extensiye ‘ : assortment of Ll : o:9 o g (Groceries and Provisions . WOOD, WILLOW, GLASS, CITINA AND STONE WARE; ALL NEW AND BouGHT FOR CASH, “and to be sold at Prices that must give - i satisfaction, 24 We cannot x:ljtlértake to enumerate afi we keep in stock, but we can say-‘hat in thiz establish—ment you'will find everything to be found in a i L : : ~ FKirst-Class Grocery, Fresh Bread Daily! Fresh Bread Daily! ~ EATING HOUSE! In onr eating 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. ¢ = : PARMERS, . Come in and make yourselves at home. We want your patronage and guarantee fair dealing ; and clever treatment. z Bought for Cash or taken in exchange' for goods. o .. K.W. FISCRER. | _Ligonier, Dec. 13, 1877.-34 tf . = AGENTS WANTED Pure Teas/in Sealed PackAge wanted ‘everywhere to sell . ages-"!‘g s to families, hotels and large consumers—thle lgrgest stock in the country to select from—qualitiés of all descriptions, from the highest imported, to the lowest grades-.a large discount, and a handsome income to all who sell for'us—counfry stoye keepers, druggists who wish to sell teas in sealpd pound packages, peddlers, and 1n fact, all who wish to_obtain an honorable living, by sellin% teas should write us for a circnlar. " THE WELLS TEA COMPANY, - P. 0. Box 45608 No, 201 Fulton St., New York. April 18, 1878.-52w4- . i
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PIMPLES. ‘ 1 will mail (Free) the recipe for a simple VrgeTABLE Barx that will remeve TaN, FRECKLES, -PIMPLES and Broronrs, leaving the skin roft, | clear and beautifal; also instructions.for producing a luxariant growth ot hair on a bald gead or smooth face. Address, incloehfi 3 cent stamp, Ben, Vandelf & Co., 20 Ann St,, N. Y. *5l-6m - ~_TO CONSUMPTIVES. The advertiser, haying been permanently cured of'that dread disease, Consumption, bK 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 prescription used, (free Jof charge.) with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a surE oure rOorR CONSUMPTION, AsTnmMA, BRONOHITIS, &¢. - Parties wishiug the presoriptien, will gleage ; address. P . E. A, WILSO} 51-m6 ' 194 Penn St., Williamsburgh, N. Y. - _'——,_——""—-——“—i—-——-————_ & , DEY Has i POCKET PHOTOSCOPE,Lgteat .magnifying power; detects counterfeit money; - 'sh’o%dy in cloth; forei%n substacnes in wounds; flaws ‘in metals; examines insects, flowers and plants, 25 cents, stan{ps or currency. Van Delf & Co., 20 Ann St.; N. Y. 51-6 m ‘h————_—————-‘—'_‘_‘————-——-—*‘ AGENT 8 profits per week. " Will prove it or forfeit $500,— , w New articles, just patented. BT R . Sam}l)‘lea sent free to all, Address W. H,CHIDESTER, 216 Fulton St,N.Y, A GENTLEMAN who suffered for yéars from 4\ Nervous Debility, Premaiure Deevc:{ and all ; the effects of youthful indiseretion, 11 for the sake of sun’erlgf humanity, send free to all who . need it, the recipe and direction flor‘mkln& the _simfile remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers = prg AR LI EMGR l can do so by address’ ¢ Slom " "JOHN B. GADEN, 43 Gedar Sty N. ¥ . Po G “»‘_,- "‘""‘:. ""' Nf i‘ X & - Town Election Notice. - - ‘N OLICE is hereby given by the undersigned, N rown Gk ot é Town'of Ligonter, Tadl: 4na, as required and provided by law, that. - On Monday, May 6, 1878, Ak o ;m essrs. Knepper & Peck, in sald OWn O] H}m onier, an e¢lection yill be held forthe or sald Town for the en ui g munici Al year, vizi—Fiye T ustees (beinj mm‘«’*mn‘ Mk‘;i one Clerk. one ;wm ind one Assessor. - Polls will be ope nBt 80’clock A, & gec i L e . JOHN H, HOFFMAN, Town Qletk, ' CApril i, ee VR