The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 11, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 July 1878 — Page 3

The datiomal Banuer e %zu AND MISCELLANEOUS. Wesl's Liver Pills Cure Dyspepsia. " ATTENTION, FARMERS! See K. W. Fischer before purchas. ing your fish. Don’t forget the place—/86 Banner Block .6 th v i S - Abner Smith; a Hancock county farmer, has. one hundred and ninety acres of corn under cultivation. = Have you seen that Corned Beef at K. W. Fischer’s? It’sthe finest lunch in the city. " Dl TrgLef. . General Butler seems to think it is a good time to empty bis hat of those delayed bricks. ; ICE CREAM at K. W. Fischer’s TParlors, up stairs, over his store room,

Charles L. Vallandigham, son of the late C. 1.. Vallandigham, is/ about to enter political life in Ohio. :

" Ye lovers of good Tea want to try K. W. Fischer’s new Japan. 6-tf.

" ‘Fish, V evetabl}:s, ete., every diy at K. W. Fischer's.} = ./ 0t That Ca]iforniF Salmon at Fischer’s is splendid.s | 5 6-tf

- Go to Eldred’s Drug Store for Drugs and Patent Medicines. ; T

Brushes of all kinds for sale by Elwred & Son. | o S :

- Buy your paints and oils at Eldred & Son’s drug store. ' S

" The best mixed paints in the market are »’:‘o be found at Eldred’s drug store, ¢ : . o

Buy toilet articles such as perfumes, hair oils, tooth soaps and powders, tooth,. najl, hair -and cloth brushes, combs, &, of Eldred & Son.

- The gradual revival of business is attested by the Baldwin Locomotiye Works at Philadelphia in the employment of 1,242 men; 250 locomotives will be turned out this year, in place of 185 last year. v -

Deafness Cared.

- Many pergons have been cured of loss of hearing by using the CONSTITUTIONAL CATARRIE REMEDY. P’rice $1 per bottle.: lor sale by Scott & Sandrock; Ligonier, ° 10-2 m.

.t Accounts from the State, where the harvest is over in some parts, repre:sent that the-wheat cerop is immense. The corn under the influence of the present warm weather, @lso now promises.a fair crop in the State, and the same is the fact in Illinois. | 471 Dre Price’s Pet Rose . / | Is charming—the fragrance of sweet blossoms. Dr. Price’s Alista Bouquet is delicately delightful—ths odor of | dainty buds. The most exquisite per~: fumes for the handkerchief. For sale by all dealers in choice toilet articles.,

Mercedes, .the youthful Queén of Spain, whose wedding with King Al fonso took place only five montis ago, died on Wednesday of last week. She was not yet out of her ’teens, and her husband is but 22 years of age.

- But few people kffow what everybody~should know that Carter’s Compound Extract.of Smartweed cures

every.pajn. g o 0 0 40an6) ' - Don’t You Forget It.

The -farmers paid this week $2 per day for good harvest hands, 1t strikes us that'this is an excellent opportunity for the tramps to utilize themselves. But unfortunately ' the business of most of these fellows is confined exclusively . to shoveling snow in the summer and cutting grain in the wiater. These indu?trious fellows find it impossible .te chiange'occupations to suit the seasons.—Bhelby Democrat. ‘ Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.

_ The BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts,Bruises,Sores,Ulcers,Salt Rheum, Tetter, ¢happed Ilands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Kinds of Skin Eruptions. This Salve is guaranteed:to give perfect satisfaction in every icase or m.oney refunded. Price 25 Cents per box. Forsale by Scott & Sandrock, Ligonier.

Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton has been excommunicated from Plymouth church. Are we to' understand from this that the society considers her guilty and Beecher innocent? . It is a poor rule that does not work both ways.

Don’t You Forget It.

Therg is no one medicine that will relieve as many pains as Carter’s Compound Extract of Smartweed, a sure relief for diphtheria, coughs, _cold, cholera, colic, diarrhoea; rheumatism, asthma, phthisic, crofip, fever and ague, and has no eyual ag a liniment for man and beast. For sale by C. Eldred.& Son, Ligonier, and druggists generally. - | ; 49-m6,

An oil-train was thrown from the track of the New York Central Saturday night, by the -removal of a rail, and nineteen cars were wrecked.: The oil toek fire, and a brakeman named Truax wis burned to death. The engineer and fireman were injured, ,

Don’t be Deceived,

- Mény persons say “I haven’t got the consumption” when asked to cure their cough with- Shiloh’s Consumption cure. Do they not know that Coughs lead to Censumption and a remedy that will eure Consumption will certainly and surely cure a cough or any lung or throat trouble. ‘We know it will gure when all others fail and our faith in it is so positive that we rwill refund the price paid if you receive no benefits, Is not this a fair proposition? Price 10ct5.,50 cts., and $l.OO per bottle. For lame chest, back or side. use Shiloh’s Porgus Plaster. Price, 25¢ts. ~ For sale by C. Eldred & Son, Ligonier. : < !

. Why will you suffer with dyspepsia and liver complaint, constipation, and general debility when you can get at our store Shiloh's System Vitalizer which we sell on a positive guarantee to eure you. ' Price, 10 cts. and 75 cts. For sale by C. Eldred -& Son, Ligonier, Indiana. A :

“lIACK;-_METAQK”‘ a popular and fragrant perfume, Sold by C. Eldred - & Son, Ligonier, -« 43-eow-6m. ~ The Paris Ex position is doing a splendid business. One day last week it- had 198,700 visitors—26,ooo more than the best day of 1867. The number of strangers in the city last Sun- , day, the day of the National Festival, ' ,» was hardly less than 800,000. —————a—it Perew for Prosecutor, Sl [Angola Herald. . =~ . 'D. H. Perew, Ezq., of Woleottville, " will probably be the democratic can- .. didate for Prosecutor in %Jumml - - District. Mr. Perew. has -had-prosect e et and ifhbe o}rmiﬁiﬁti 16 liominatien this timie lie dyil J übtless be elected.” We are assured, by those L eRS

—Tarvest is in full blast.

—— Hurrah for the glotious Fourth! +. —The editor of TIE BANNER orates algßome City to-day. =

- —Farmers will not grumble at the upward tendency of pork. L

—The rain of this week interfered somewhat with harvesting. :

—Another rundway on Monday. This thing is getting rather monotonous. - A .

—Rain on Monday, rain on Tuesday, rain on Wednesday. Shall it be rain on the glorious Fourth ? :

—Some of our-citizens will celebrate the Fourth at Elkhart,’owing to the races to come off there to-day. wllot weather and the late rains, are causing the corn to shoot up rapidly. - It is making up for lost time, —Dr. Gard i 3 going to dedicate his new office, east of Sack’s bakery, next Monday." It is a neat little building.

—Dr. Seaton will be ut Eldred’s Drug Store on the 9th day of July, for the treatment of diseases of the eye. Remember the date. e

—TFischer’s ice cream, parlors will® be kept open on Sunday for-the benefit of those of our citizens who want té indulge in that luxury.“~The Bill Poster got the worst of it at the trial’'on Monday. ' The vender of that sheet was fined $3 and costs. The case was appeaied. ~—John W. Higginbotham and family left on Saturday Em,oyni-ng last for a tfip'throuqh Kansas, They will be absent about two monfuis. i : —Correspondents should bear in mind that brevity is the soul of wit. Boil down, gentlemen, and have your say in as few words as possible. —DBoys, exercise a little care in scattering fire-crackers and “sich” today. A good deal of mischief has ‘been done iné that way, in days gone by. : . |

—Onb the fourth page of this week’s BaxnNer will be found the address of the Greenback central committee to the voters of the Thirteenth Congressionnl Distriet, o o . - It is a mistaken idea that newspaper men need no money during harvest. There is no petter way of keeping the currency in active-circulation than by paying the printer. * — A good many do not know that the '(]isc})argix)g of fire-arms within the corporation’s limits, is umawful Such people run the unenviablechance of finding out this law by its personal application. ’ ; 5 —When correspondents from -the same locality write loecals upon one and the same subject, we are obliged to omit same from one.or the other, It would be a mere waste of space to miblish both. ' Sl

~—lndividual meritoriousness is synonymous with virtue and inner worth, rather than with riches @nd high sosial standing. We are sorry to state, however, that this great truth is questioned by some at the present day. —Remember Doctor IL.ambert, the Goshen oculist, visits Ligonier regularly every two weeks. Oflice with Dr.- Gants. Appointments for July 13th and 27th, August 10th and,%ii), from 2 to 5 p. M.~ Consultation free.

—Harry lans, the publisher of the Bill Poster, was in t()wﬁ on Monday, to defend his publication against the imputaticn of obscenity. Ile stoutly maintains that its ehief purpose is the exposure of evil doing.. There is a wide difference of opinion on that subject between llans-and many of our citizens. ' . L i

—Mason Long, the eloquent tems perance: orator! of Fort Wayne, wil?] address the people of Ligonier and vicinity on next Sunday afternoon.— All turn out and hear this great apostle of the good cause of temperance. Place of speaking yet undetermined. It ‘will either he in thel grove or in Kann’s lall. x S :

~The Hook & Ladder Co. of this place held its annual eleétion of officers on Monday- evening last. The following are: the officers:' Foreman, B. W. Cowley; Ist assistant, John Casey; 2d assistant, A. A. Harter; Treasurer, C. C. Buchtel ; Secretary, J. W. Peters; Trustees, G. A. Busch, J. L. Fordyce, W. H, Casey; Sexton, Hiram DBeard. _ R

- —E. P. Koontz has bought, of Dr. Gants, the lot between Mrs. Stansbury’s millinery and Culyveyhouse’s gun shop, and will at once proceed to the erection of a two-story brick building for his use as a furniture manufactorv, which is to be operated by steam. Mr. Koontz is an energetic, enterprising man, and des_:ervin’g of Lhe_/ most liberal encouragement. ~J. W. Griffith receives a good “sendoff” in last week’s Kendallville Standard, for the republican’ nomination for {Sheriff. Jim has never evinced any particular love for THE BANNER, yet we would be loth' to place the slightest impediment in the way of his, nomination. In pointof fact, it would be a source oii gratification .to" us if the honor of a nomination were conferred upon:our ambitious townsman. Democrats, as a general thing, are disposed to be generous in matters ofthiskind, . . . v s

—Mrs. Johnu Conklin brought, us for inspection the other weck, a few specimens ' of ancient articles. They are the following: A hammer—the property of Mrs. Conklin’s grandfather, who gave it to Mrs. Conklin’s mother, who, in turn, handed it down to MrsConklin, three years ago, at 'w[xéh time the hammer was about 150 years old. It is a eyrious Jooking im‘plement as compared with implements of the kind now in use. A pair of flax mittens of whicelt Mrs. Conklin’s grand:mother (Elizabeth Raphsnyder) spun the thread and wove it into cloth from which they were made, They are now about seventy-five years old, and well preserved. A German Bible, formerly her gmndmjﬂzer’s, which is now over one hundred years old. Al--80, an English Bible, formerly Mrs. Conklin’s mother’s, which is one hundred and four years old. It contains fair specimens of writing done eightytwo years ago. - These relics aip very interesting ard/instructive, showing B %hew@#wﬁ%gmm that has tiﬂ the field ot mechanical w o e

—Vacant houses are searce. : - —lmprovement about town contin= 11es. . e ?

- —A lively day last Saturday for our merchants. : e

—Cavin st. is in need of a replenishment of gravel. ; ; —Plenty of rain the forepart of the week. It was opportune. o —Mr. Fleming, of the Hotel Fleming, returned from his trip East on Tuesday last. ) ; : ;

- —Hot weather has again appeared, but how long it will continueis a matter for speculation. © | . —Circuit Court has adjourned. A vast amount of business was disposed of during the term. . : —Capt. Barney, of Elkhart, was in town dast week, incidentally looking after the interests of the greenbackers.

—ln order to afford our types an opportunity to celebrate the “glorious Fourth,” we go to press 4 little earlier than usual, . 2 :

—Alenry Peough, oneof Lagrange county’s most vigilunt and. enthusiastic Democrats, made our sanctum his customary annual visit, last- Thursday. " —The ‘many friends of James A. Barns, hereabouts, regretted to learn of his failure to receive the democratic nomination for eclerk .of DeKalb county. | - oo s

—-George Luke, the father of Irof. Luke, after an illness of nearly'a year,’ died at his home in Holmes county, Ohio, June 20, 1878; aged 70 years, 2 months and 21 days. G —Capt. Braden is at home on a furlough. During the past three months. he has canvassed Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, selling thousands of fruif’ trees. Ile makes a favorable report of the wheat crop, but cori 1s not very promising in Illinois. '—Mr. Orlando Kimmell, of York township,drove through town on Monday Jast, as fine a looKing lot of cattle as we have ever had the pleasure of looking upon. 'J"hey were bought by the Selig Brotheérs,4nd shipped to the BEast. ~ There wert four car loads. of them. @ ! ;

~ —M. I. Delameter, the. tinner of Roanoke, was in town Tuesday and yesterday, visiting friends and looking after material interests. Tle says.the murder of young Keunedy by salponist Hilton excited the fiercest indignation of the people of Roanoke, and that if opportunity were favorable the blood-thirsty old coon would stand in imminent peril ot being Iynched. ~-Those cultured specimens of humanity, known as Gypsies, who have beev meandering about this part of the country for the last month, came to town on Monday and got “on a tear,” the “ladies” not excluded. “The course of true love did not run smooth,” judging from their pounded heads and general appearance, when brought into the justice’s office. The poor, deluded beihgs probably thought it was the Fourth. - : :

—Last Suniday afternoon, ‘while Mr. Kerr, with his hearse, was returning from thg fuperal of John- Shinke’s child, the texm—DMr. Shobe’s twe gray horses—tnok fright near the Banner Block and ran away. They were suddenly brought to a halt by dashing against the corner of the Fleming lotel building. :The hearse wus considbmybly daniag’re(},i otherwise no injuries of a serious character were sustained. Mr. Kerr has ‘cause to congratulate himself upon jiis miraculous escape from disastrous results. That team has some “get up” to it. The ‘bus runaway made it “spiribéd,” |

WILMOT WINNOWINGS

Query. Say, what are the harvest wages going to be ‘this year? I don’t know, but think they will not be two dollars. Dear me, you don’t say so. That is shocking. e '

Washington township is well blessed with sc¢ribes. Surely they should know ' all the news, and plenty of it without stretching the items. Truth only is sufficient. - ' Diep—at his residénce in this township, JunwéT, 1878, Mr. James Brown ; aged 61 years, 6 months and 5 days. The remains were interred at Salem cemetery, Rév. Ruple preaching the funeral sermon. A large concourse of: friends and relatives followed the remains to their last resting place. Ile was a man of good moral star’;ding and held in bigh respect in the M.'E. Church where he:witl be greatly missed, He leaves a wife and several children to mourn their loss. TPeace to bisashes &

We close until after harvest, awaiting something to turn up; but have not yet spiked our gun. We still remain faithfulin our business as scribe. July 1,18%8. . .. « ED,

. The tabulated statement of the reports to the State Sunday-school -Convention shows: Nuamber of schools, 3,965 ; enrollment, 810,935 ; officers and teachers, 89,357; average attendance, 217,783 ; number of converts, 7,250; contributions . in schools, $15,434.79. In the last item an increase of abouf $6,000 was reported. The number of schools sending in returns was 122 less than last year, and the enrollment and average attendance was 10,000 less.

Farmers have been in the city lately .endeavoring to find' men to assist them at work in the harvest-field. They found men, but no workers. One gentleman approached no less than twenty “gentlemen of elegant ‘leisure,” vulgarly known as “tramps,” and offered $1.50 and board for a day’s services, but in each case seme objection was raised by the tramps, and they declined to accept the Grapger’s proposition.—Lafayette Journal.

The Daviess County Democrat says so far as the newspapers of this State have expressed an opinion upou. the sybject, are in favor of the enactment of a law by the next legislature extending the term of all offices to four years. and make a man. ineligible for election a second time in rotation. We believe this would be a good law and would be satisfactory to the people.— Winamac Pemocrat. :

John Smith announces himself a candidate for governor of Texas.— K, That must be a mistake, Ile is 4 candidate for the republicansnomination for Auditor of Noble county. s T AR N e Geo. M. Mecym, Fx-Treasurer of LalPorte, Ind, who defaulted with $25,000 ¢ounty money, was .S&t,m_‘d_ag‘ arrested on a charge of embezzlement, ‘and placed under bonds of $5,000. -

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SQUIBS.

~ “Oh dear, how cold,” was the song of week before last, but verily it is from the other side of the mouth now. .

There 8 nothing more pleasant to us than to view the golden grain as it is tossed to and fro on the gentle air. T. J. Wilson was the first in the field in this township to harvest, so we are told—laving cut scme on the 29th of June. o

The body of James Brown was. followed to the Salem cemetery by a large number of conveyances. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Rupley, of South Whitley, from Matthew 24:44. o

Robert Luckey has turned his house fronting the road and is having it remodeled, which adds greatly to the appearance of his farm. | : : : ‘We will venture to say the best wheat in the township is on the farm, of William Liine, sr. All from being well cloyvered. e |says it pays to keep the soil well clovered, which we doubtinot, as his crops always prove

- Some of our young men contemplate taking Greeley’s advice the coniing autumn. Correct, boys; go where there is room to enlarge your propelling propensities. :

_ Jacob Manier has Jeft for parts unknown to us, leaving behind his better half and a iumber of unpaid debts. Cause: he killed her goose : J. W. Weigel and R. J. Hartsock returned from Valparaiso where they have been attending school since last spring. A They are looking quite hale and ready to recreate in the harvest field. '

Our trustee has had his house repainted, and is lixing things up in No. one style, whichemakes everything appear different. Jim is one of Washington’s largest farmers and knows how to drive things, only he wants more land. il - 1 noticed some of the nicest cherries orf the farm of Joseph Clayton I ever looked upon. I.t,f'wus almost, impossible to resist clindbing thie feude, but I ‘observed theé old gentieman walching me,—l suppose because I was_ suspicious looking—and had to “oit.” : - “Alexis,” -could you not come over and giveé us a start on the greenback track? There are quite a host of greenbackers here, and all they need is some one to break the ice for them. We will cast in our mite. Martin Mumma and sister, of Adams county, are visiting friends and relatives here. They contemplate staying antil winter. o

Yes, “Jap;” do tell us at what time you . ——; we give it up, can’t spell that big word, but e mean retiring atnight. We are personally acquainted with Jap, for we “figured” at the same school, and are aware he would make a good sheriff. But come‘do{vn, Jap, and let’s have a talk on the.greenback question. :

It is very disgusting to anyong of moral habits to witness sach acts of moral depravity, which are becoming. more and more universal, and cherished by the majority of men. Souniversal is it, that it is almost impossible for a female to pass by without being the object of vulgar, ungentlemanly and unbecoming remarks. , “Ed” niust have been laboring w;itﬁ) some difliculty of the mind when he Ppenned that item in referénce to the Salem. Sunday school. We are informed by the superintendent, T. J. ‘Wilson, that_the school is prospering finely, and is slill on the increagse. s ; . DonrA.

e et - A SPARTA ITEMS.

Wheat in this vicinity promises to be better than the farmers prophesied. Mr. Gottlieb Schneider and wife of Fort Wayne recently visited at Joseph Calbeck’s. s

A. Adkins, of the Standard brick yard, has sold out to Charley Miller, of Springfield. e A Sundayschool has been organized at the Slusser school-house. Why can’t there be a Sunday school at the Good Hope school-house just as well as at all others? ¢

There is a den of insignificant chicken thieves in Sparta. Tearing straps off of barn doors and going across potato patches, seemingly unobserved, especially on Sunday evening when there are parties out taking moonlight walks, are some of their tricks.

There is no school at Good Hope this week, from the fact that Miss Caskey’s father is lying yery low, and is not expected to recover.

Poor old Joe was. very lucky in escaping the hands of the midnight. assasin, but fortunately his thick pants saved him from getting his leg broken, and prevented his capture.

Not long sinee while shingling the roof of asummer house, Mr. George Fisher fell about twelve feet, cutting his arm and bruising himself very badly. T : }

Mrs. Joel Seciist, of Mi—chig:\n,-ar_-rived at this place Friday a week, with Mr. Frank Gregory, on a visit to her daughters, Mrs. Jofies and Finche in Whitley county. Mrs. Secristintends gtaying until fall. : . Mr. Samuel Brdy, of the Standard brick yard, has finished burning his lagge Kkiln of brick, and he says they age as genuinely Jonatban as any other Nrick in the county. ! . .The, Fourth of July is almost here, Liadies), prepare for the occasion and look like - - Rose Bup. .

Through the kindness of Bro. Stoll, of the BANNER, while at Rome City, we are prepared to say that Ligonier is decidedly ahead of Valparaiso in the manufacture of native wines.— Plymouth Democrat. ’

To Sack Broes,, theé manufacturers, belongs the eredit of affording our contemporary the opportunity of bearfng testimcny to the Ssuperiority of Ligonier grape juice. . L : John Worley, a saloon-keeper, left Tiflin, Obio, over a week ago, to visit relatives in Defiance, intending to return last Monday: ‘Sin_aa.then nothing® can be leard from Him. Ife took about $3OO with him. - His friends fear { he has been foully dealt with,

~ ALBION RUMMAGES. Court adjourned last Saturday night. This term was a very quiet one. The docket numbered one hundred and eighty civil and a few State cases.— The grand jury found but one indietment of which we know, that was against Charles Irish, charging him with petty larceny, and he was sentenced to States Prison for one year, and a fine of ten cents. :

-~ Judge Tousley gave his decision in the case.of Bennett vs. Lake Shore R. R. Co, which was tried during the March term. This case was brought for damages sustained in shipping cattle during the strike of last year. The Judge finds forthe plaintiff, and the defendant has already taken an, appeal to the supreme court. The findings of the court cover forty five well written sheets of legal cap paper. Prof. F. A,/ Clancy will be here on the evening of the 9th, instead of the time stated in our last. Let everyone remember that it will be good for them to be there.

Albion’it to have ashow. Yes, sir; a circus on the 10th.” Even the ministers look af each other and smile., . -

Mike Rohan, a' brakeman, while passing under a bridge east of this station, was struck and badly injured. His skull isbadly fractured.

Tickets for the entertainment in elocution by Prof. Clancy can be had at the store of Cazier & Ilamlin. Also, at Piilips’ store. j :_

8o .soon as our “tricks” and “sayings” work injury to others, they are no longer jokes, but become mean, contemptible outrages, generaily perpetrated upon those we envy. Dr. Pickett has concluded to stop with us. We have not met the Doctor, but wish him success. But for this he will have to work, since he has chosen to stop in the midst ot a full corps of able M. D’s. : You can make no better use of a 25¢ct note than to pay it to see Prof. Clancy in the eharacter of “Old Woman.”

. ‘The Noble County Normal School begins on the §th day of August. It will be held at Albion, under the superyision of Supt. Zimmerman, assisted by Profs. Skinner and Luke. . Marriage licenses issued in the last week: George A. ITuntsman to Sarah J. Wright; John Dutts to Allie Mead ; Alauson G. Hill to Laura Belle ITyatt. Judge Clapp will soon be seen on our streets sgain, the conquerer of a prolonged and severe spell of sickness. That it be so, is the wish ofithe entire communaity. j o Albion will not celebrate. Its people thought the better part of valor would be for once to give way to its neighboring small villages. JAP. " . A Wonderful Diseovery. = ! Dr. King’s California Golden Compound, and what is still more wonderful it costs nothing to give this great remedy a trial. It will positively and speedily cure dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache, coming up' of fuvod, jaundice, liver complaint, biliousness, general debility, drowsiness and low spirits. 'This wonderful remedy will positively cure, and that where every other remedy has failed. To prove that it will do all ‘we claim for it you are presented with a trial bottle by your druggist free of éost, by which yon will readily perceive its wonderful curative qualities, and which will show you what a regular one dollar size bottle will do.. For sale by Scott & Sandrocek, Ligonier., : A Wm. N. Lake, the pedestrian, completed his walk of seven hundred half miles in seven hundred -consecutive halt hours Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at Vincennes, Indiana, S MARRIEBED. ' RAEESTRAW_ENGLE.—In Ligonier, June 27, 1878, by A. Banta. Esq., at the Ligonier llouse, Mr. Caleb Rakestraw to Miss Catharine Engle, ‘both of Steuben county, ' CUSTARD—-SHEPARD—ALt the residence of Mr, . N. Mellen, station agent, Wolcottville, Ind , on June 18, 1878, by Rev. W. M. VanSlyke, Mr.. Alexander Custard, of Mendon, Mich., and Miss Eji‘}a Shepard, ot Orland, Ind. j e - IS ‘SHINKE.—In Ligonier, June 29th, 1878. Henry, son of John and Anna Shinke; aged 1 year, 4 months, and 9 days., ; The funeral services were conducted in the German language by a Lutheran minister, at the M. E, Chnreh, on Sunday afternoon, and were largely attended.. e i : Carp or Tranks,—We desire to return thanks to the many friends who bestowed upon us their kind attentions during our late bereavement. | . © Jony Surnke, : Nt * ANNA SHINKE,

A NORMAL SCHOOL ' 4 For the benefit of the Teachers of the District Schools of Noble County, will be held at *ALBION, IND., Commencing August sth, and Con- . tinuing Six Weceks. : The objects of the work will be” - A Roviolw of the Common School Branches; Improvement in methods of instruction, and The Management of Schools and School work. - : o 4 2 : * ‘Tuition, for the Term, : $5.00. T will be assisted by Mr. M. €. Skinner and Mr. - D. D. Luke. s 5 H. G. ZIMMERMAN, . -« Albion, Jane 26, '7B-wi4 Co. Sup’t, ;'l‘bWN ORDINANCE NO. 31. . In Relation to Sidewalks : Be it ord@ined by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Ligonier, in the County of Noble, and State of . Indigna; - - e Sectian 1. That the owner of Lot No. Nine, (9), in Figher & Co’s Addition to the town of Ligonier, be and the same is hcreb}y; required to ?ade and: plank the sidewalk on the east side of said Lot Number Nine, within the time, upon the grade, and in the manner hereinafter specitied. Szorios 2. Said sidewalk shall be constructed upon a grade with the natural or regular grade of the street; that it shall be five feet wide, and in all,other things and respects constructed of the materials and im the manner provided and gpeci_tied in Section Four (4) of Town Ordinance No. ‘l4 in relation to Sidewalks, passed by the author“ities of said town September Ist, 1875, and that the same shall be compleléd in thirty days from ihis date. ! ; ; Passed end approved this 23th day of June, 1873, Pnbl'l:ahed dJuly 4, 1878. : 2 : wl P. HUMPHREYS, Altest; : President of the Board. J. M. Horeman, Town Cleik. Ligonier, Ind, July 4 1878 ~11-w2 ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE i sOFS 0 VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. NOTICE is herelﬂv glvcxi that %’ virtue of an order of the Noble Circait Court of Noble County. Indiana. the nndersnﬁned. administrator “of the estate of John Strang, deceased, will offer for gale at public anction on : : ' Monday, .A‘lﬁu“sﬁ Sth, 187 s, At 10 o'clock, A, M., on the premises, the west half of the north-west quarter of section 21, township 38 north, range § cast, 1o LaGirange county, Aud will offer for sale at public auction on the Sucaday, August 6th, 1878, At 10 oclock .i, Tots No, 46, 47 and 48, ana ‘she-undivided two-thirds of Lots No, 44-and 45, in Straus’ Addition to Ligonier, Noble County, Ind, - TERMS OF SAL i~ One-ihird cash. one-third Lo six monthe: and one-bird i gne your, with ok sor sop T mw&a My ’4 RT O 1 INISON, ey e iy

~ Subseription Receipts - From June 26th, 1878, to July 3d, 18781 Henry Prough. ... §2 75| A. Gi11ett......... 200 John Thumma..... gou”'rhos. Hadson..... 100 W. H. Bender..... 2 00[|W, M. Cushing.... 400 C, E. Hathaway:.. 200{| Siaeely M . Administrator’s Notice. | NO‘I‘IOE is hereby given that the nndoni%ned‘: “has been npgombquAdmlmstrator of the eatate of Samuel V, Swearingen, late of Noble county, deceased. Said estate is snggond ‘to be solvent. JAMES C. STEWART, . June 20. 1878.-3 w Administrator. .o ‘ : New Grocery! New Bakery! YYRTTEYY | G9NYNEH Everything New! " Everything Fresh! For 13 years connccted with the widely-known Grocery and Bakery firm of Kolb & Grosg, at - Goshen, wonld respectfully announce that: : . he has just ty’gcd up in the MIDDLE ROOM - “' i . ——OF YHE—- - ; : BANNER BI.OCK

. —AND— ‘ Ls g , BAKERY, and nd\v'nﬂ‘e}'é the public'a choice and extensive S assortment of ‘ ) (Groceries and Provisions ! WOOD, WILLOW, GLASS, CHINA AND STONE WARE, ALL NEW AND BouenT Forß CASH, and to be sold at Prices that must g‘ive : { - satisfaction, = . Wie cannot undertake to enumerate all we keep in stock, but we cah say thatin this establishment you will find everything to be found ia a Le . S . 3 £ : - First-Class Groeery, {lO ’ % D.] Y Fresh Bread Daily! A ~ X 1 EQ.’I ING HOUSE! In’our eating roem.we will at a.l times have something good for the *‘inner man.” Fresh cakes, ples, oysters, hot coffee and tea, .. served atall bouars. : B A RNME RS, Come in and make yourselvesat fome, We want your patronage -and gaardutee fair dealing tlll(l clever trentmentf

Bounx=ht for Cash or taken in exchange for goods, I K. W. FISCHER. Ligonier, Dec. 13, 1877.-31 tf s CabineT ShoP ] —AND— : o;; i 3 a 3 Y Cabinet Wareßooms 3 . A v:. T ¢ 3 : [,-vm.f\ ”v/;j oSS it M S ' : . Y 4 \\\ N M : \i ® \ﬁé R ] ML TR :-‘}:‘*\{ ‘5)(;2?.' Sl afs S 7 g R.D.KRERR Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Noble county that he has constantly on hand alarge ard superio;r stock of : i = ; Cabinet-Ware, consisting in part of'r“' ‘ DRESSING BUREAUS, TABLES, STANDS, . WarDp Rosgs, LouNagzs, CurA BOARDS, MOULDING, CHAIRS AND BEDSTFA”S, And in faet everything usually kept in a First‘Class Cabinet Shop, Particular attention . paid to the Undertaking Business, COFEFINS ; a.ways on hand and made to order on short notice. Also ali kinds of shop work made to order. Farnitare Ware Rooms on west side of Cavin Street. corner of Fourth Street, Ligonier, Ind. §¥" A good Hearse always in readiness, Ligonier, November 29, 1877.512:1. :

e PROVERBS. . A % SRR L, Y. 2 *‘No one can be rick waen the stomach, liver, blood and kidneys are healthy, and Hop Bitters keep them sO.” . v “The greatest nourishing tonic, appetizer, strengthener and curatiye on esrth, —Hop Bitt,eis_.” 3 ¢ It is imposgible to remuin long sick or out of health, wherg Hop Bitters are nged,” * : “Why do Hop Bitters cure so much?” *‘'Beranse tkey give good digestion, rich blood, and healthy action of all the organs.” ‘“No matter what your feelings or aﬂ:ments are, Hop Bitters will do yon good.” | E "Rcmcmbcr. Hop Bitters never does ‘harm, bat good, always and continnally.” § : o ‘Purify the blood, eleanse the stomach «nd _§ sweeten the breath with Hop Bitters.” : * Quiet nerves-and balmy sleep in Ilop Bitfern? : : | “No heaith with inactive liver ana urinary “§ orgaus without Hop Bitters,” : . Try Hop Cough Cure and Pain Relief. For saLe uv C, Euoarp & Son anp Soore & § Banvrook, LigoNiEß. . - Ilq4m§ _ LIST OF LETTERS :j P EMAINING inthe Post Office at Ligonier, Rgmmu.amngmwmnm&: e Mast, Mrs. Sarah | Summers, James Poreons calling 10r any of tho above fetters will. “ﬁ VP, M B

) I ) i Bl 4 | Aal WW | Nim A Lumber Yard in Ligonier. ~ LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, Of all classes and grades, képt constantly on hand. Pine Lumber, thoroughly seasoned, dressed or in the rough, from a Fence Picket to @ Stick of Timber, sold at Bottom Prices. Call and. See Us before buying. Yard on Cavin : Street, north of Kerl’s F: urniturqgtore.ﬁ -y tesmlpws. Knepper & Peck. DECKER’S ADVERTISEMENT. - i _‘.‘l\lorev()h‘es'ts'.fof tbi(:)fSé‘»’Spl‘éﬂdid, New;iii‘lfesh L JAPAN & YOUNG HYSON TEAS Just received ab J. Deckeér's, Ligonier, Lovers of Good Téas would do well to try them. L E “ALL GOODS WARRANTED. TWENTY Pounds for ONE Dollar. I have a few thousand ‘-‘pounds'jmore of those Peaches left which I will close out at 20 Pounds for $l.OO. Don’t wait until they are all gone. ‘I have also received a 4o very finelohof g . ENGLISH CURRANTS, ' Whichlwill sellat . SIXTEEN Pounds for ONE Dollar. Théy are nice eand,flk'es‘h;.‘ : .They ‘never ‘befrore have been sold as low as this. Other parties sell only 8 pounds for $l.OO, All Goods warranted. ‘lf not as represented the money will be refunded. ~ Give me mrcarll. i L ' o | - J.DECKER. Tigonier, Ind, May 15, 1878.-46 tf. - ; e ; e

Great Reduction in Prices. Having made arrangements for.a large quantity of Shingles, I shall sell for a short time at the following prices for the celebrated brand of ‘(. PELTON" STAR SHINGLES: | 16inch, $276 Pex M. 18 inch, $3.25 Per M. Why buy inferior grades of Shinggles when you can get the “Pel- ¢ ton” at theseprices.

> o F. W. Shinke & Bro. Take pleasure in Informing the people of Ligonier and vicinity that they have thc best selected stock of all kinds oF 5 o F(;r Men Boys, .aud Chi.dren; also,: an elegan assortment of wear for Women, Misges and Children. All styles and qualities to select from.— ; ] Willbe goldat - T 3 . BOTTOM PRICES, - b Hgv,iné t;d‘optéd {h'e,j. S ] LOW PRICE SYSTEM! Whiéh réqnircs seil_ing '\t ver;v.s‘mah proﬂ'te,v’ the public will appreciate the necessity of ready or P prompt pay. sy ol dpecial A'ttentio‘n given'to '~ s CUSTOM WORK. We gnarantee ﬁ’istﬁ-claps stockﬂxiix;dﬁwm kman'eii_jp,'_ ; Gpiamieaes sil o Bl MENDING done EXPEDITIOUSLY “ Corn - Field GAITERS;? ~ . Of onr own make constantly on hand. GIVEUSACARL, . @ EXAME EOUR GOODS, R ECE e S ,"A._o"v»:k ' ASCERTAIN PRICES, ~ and buy at the old reliuble shve/store of ‘J c -~ ¥. W.SHINKE & BRO.. Ligonier, Ind., March 21, 1878.<19-7].

DR PRIGCGE’S § S 0 ALY Ale, AT R BW) AD, ) BAKIN G "%t XIANORING SRR A K o B v S DA AT agrege Jgem N o (&R 4 Pey POWDER: Noall S EXTRALTS . LR/ D/ w 2 'l};f’fk)":) ol e /" XJ‘MISQ _ Eminent Chemists and Physicians certify that these goods are free from adulteration, ri. her?r?f}oré—éﬁ'éet?vu produce mm . than any others, and ‘that. they u«0 them in tixejr owuhmﬂ%ﬁ o D DRI Q YNIQUE PERFUMES aro tho Gems of wl) Odars. ]]R PRIEE S zggﬁnﬁ"?-ﬁg agmg}k;.!}gaﬁ?gm L 11U L ) LEMON SUCAR. A wibstitute for | LMD, - et 1o TR EXTRACT JAMAICA GINGER. From the pure oot. STERLE A PRIES LR MR BN L i b e ‘ ‘x Bes it 7Cﬁ STEELE & PRICE, Manfrs,, Chicago, Bt. Louis & Cineinnati,

NEW GOODS. " NEW PRICES. : | Largest a;‘nd Best} Stock‘of “For Clothlng Ever Brought to' Ligonier. ED. RAPSCH Jnvites the public in general to visit him at his e -9 % Merchant Tailoring ESTABLISHMENT, ‘ And see what he has in thecloth line for Clothing b %4; ""3'_ - - (HearYe! HearYel§ i i CLOTH; B ~. q 20 Per Cent. bélovf 5 B € New York Pricess i~ ‘ ‘ v US| RAPSCH'S i 11-4-4tf = o ED RAPSCH..