The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 July 1878 — Page 2

The Hationa) Banney b :;' 4:v 3 : v /4 i 5 ( E‘l | ¢ w“—v_ o ri v 't ARG : AN , _ " J. B. STOLL, Elitor and Proprietor. - Gttt \f - ._..——-————-—-——r'-—“—“—‘l pes = 1 LIGONJER,IND., JULY 18th, 1878. “No man worthy of th? office of President shouid be‘wll'li.ag to hold it if counted in or placed there by fraud. 0 Gk, e o : —— P T 7 T Democratic County Convention. . THe democratic ‘;roterle of Noble county, angall others who subscribe to the principles enanciated through the Democratic State platform adopted at Indianapolis on the 23d of last February, are hereby requeeted to meet in their regpeclive townships. at their usual places of holding townehip cracages, on. SATURDAY, AvGusT 10, 1878, between the'hours of 3 and 7. ~ and elect delegates to attend a county convention, to be held in the courthouse at Albion, on ! : ; Friday, August 16th, 1878, ] at 10 o’clock, A, M., for the purpoge of nominating candidates for Represéntative, Anditor, Treasnrer; Sheriff, two County ‘Gommissioners ,’(Qme for the middle and one for the southern district), Surveyor, and Coréner; also to appoint delegates to the congressional convention of the 13th distcict; and delegates to a joint representative convention for the counties of Noble and Etkhart. In aceordance with the basis of representation, heretofore established, the several townships of the county are entitled to send the following number of delegates to said convention—one delegate for every ten votes, and an additional vute for a fraction over five' votes cast for Governor Williams in 18762 G Washinglon ~....... 7}.orange. .....4...... 19 Sparta’..... ... ... 14 Wayne. ... L., 46 Perry coieciii. .- 88) ALIORAK .. LL. aol 9B TIRRANE: i sl -64 i IDLIBWAD: vosvles <od voge 1D WOPK s iis Jom s s S TEER IO oL b, o 0 b 10 Noble ;... 1., RS i GreeM.iia.. oy ssaane. 20]|Total No. Delegates 266 Jeflerson. ... b veqsr 22 Necessary to 4 ch0ice........L... ... ... 134 By authority of the County Central Committee, J. B. STOLL, Chairman. § lespiinle ‘ L ‘COUNTY COMMITTEE:__ Washington......iveceeevans ooy ... B, F\. Buckles. SPATtRL. . ass] dkpebansbiasdsslveodobnßarnhatt, POITY . v conban biot b€ acsain's chisns s ileibls TOLDOY, Eikhatt .bl idiassal siCiiast eil Dod g, York. .l vioadnigdio g BiOeone Hi Laue NOYIO .. jeumilvidaiiin s é R. Wiley. GreON.iuseuniih ssninsnsnnsss-Gharlesd; Weeks, Jeflaraon;.....o.. o b AdN Haxvqy Singrey. ORI, .. .55t debesi st suntas sl B T OTEW, WAYIIO. & o vsi b oveoae on sass s GHATIES G Alchicle, AU€D...oeeyisbannen.aann. QGeorge H. Fairbanks. RWAN boo aon it sas alisi. J B Renkenliorger, AMbION . e cilige v e i see gWL 'Co Williams, * The members of this committee are expected Lo gee/that siitable arrangements are made in their respective townships for the holding of township meetings for the election of delggates to this con‘yention, .

" Demoeratic Congressional Convention. i . : .__-‘ ‘ & _: . Notice i hereby given that a delegate conven-. tion of the Dem.ocri\tss the 13th Congressional. District, and ali others in said district who subscribe to the principles enunciated through the Democratic Stafo Platform, adopted at Indianapolis on the 20th of last February, will be held at i KENDALLV(LLE, On Tuesday, August 20th, 1878, At 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpoge of nominating a candidate for Congress, and for the trans-action-of such ather business as may be presented. .In accordance with the basis of representation heretofore estublished the seyeral counties are entitled to send the following number of delegates to said conventioh: | e g KeKalh. ..., ...0.. .08 ißoselugko .. il ... La()range............1QHN0b1e................27 BRSNS i .66 sonpiais MELBEORICN . coc s snbisono. 8 Marshall .............28]] ' . e "By an Ll;t)ri ty of the Congressional Central Committec, | C. A. 0. MoCLELLAN, Ch'n. - Tue Missouri Democrats adopted a ringing greenback platform last week. 7 ——t———————— i THe 'question uppermost in the minds of the people of this county is: Will Judge Tousley accept? ° e .‘.'. —— & S e b JupGE TOUSLEY, iir his letter declining to be a candidate for Congress, constructs a sound platform. ' Te e | I John H. Baker should decide not | to lock horns with Judge Fousley, will clmirm’an Thayer be put in trim for the fray ? ; SENATOR JOE MCDONALD gives it as his opinion.that the Democrats of this State will gain three members of Congress this fall. = | g -STEUBEN, DeKalb, LaGrange and Noble counties had the largest representation in the convention at Kendallville yesterday. i e o et L G e 2 ‘SomE of Judge Tousley’s friends enthusiastically claim that if endorsed py the Demoerats, bepanoarry Noble county vy 1,000 majority. | Jids T el ey &Qi i [

SINCE SATURDAY the heat has been s 0 intense that sunstrokes have become alarmingly numerous throughout the country. St. Louis and Chicago have suffered most. - -

THE VENERABLE PETER COOPER thinks that Ben Butler would make a good Greenbuck candidate for the presidency. That Fourth of July speech has given Ben eonsiderable of a boost.

W reserve some comments on the LaGrange Standard’s figures on the bond question for next week. We have a few facts and figures that may prove interesting to our LaGrange contemporary. i bl v

THE pesition of the three parties on the money question is substantially this: The Republicans favor gold, silver and national bank notes ; the Democrats gold, silver and greenbacks ; the Nationals fiab paper money. -

IN the report of the editor’s Fourth of July oration at Rome City the figures made us. say that the interest account of this conntry amounted toover $400,000,000, The figures should have read over $540,000,000 per annum, i iel @ —— s 4

TuerE aré thosg who ‘think Hon. - John H. Baker does not care sufficiently for a third term to engagein a con- ~ test with Judge Pousley. The big fight between thege gentiemen in 1872 is still fresh in thie memory of some of -the people of this district, * i ( Pl AV - ey ' Orthe present members of Conjress from this State the Démocrats have renominated Messrs, Cobb and Bicknell, - and the Republicans Messrs, lunter, Browne, Calking, and Hanna. The Nationals have made nominations in about half of the districtd of thé State. - They will probably have a candidate in eéach distriot. = Vs | L e — £ - Pur MicwiGAN DEMOCRATS did a very foolsl thing Jast week by trying to straddie the finance question. Their milk and wa "’f ons will have

~ BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT, &C, . [; .. But. it was only the small denomin- ); ations of these bonds (7-30 notes) that TR Tl focaognix & sliort. 'was §6O. This fact alone would pre‘vent their use very extensivelv as a circulating medium.Zagrange Standadggin o LD S 1 The 7-30 notes were issued in de‘nominations of $5O, $lOO, $5OO, and $l,OOO. In his report for 1871 Treasurer Spinner says there were then outstanding of these notes $475,000, in denominations of 2,008 Fifties, 1,825 Oue Hundreds, 209 Five.hundreds, and 84 One Thousands—showing a pretty fair proportion of Fifties. Now let us make a little comparilmfb& tween these 7-30 s and the legal tender notes (greenbacks). Treasurer Spinner, in the same report, maxes the following exhibit: o LEGAL-TENDER NOTES ISSUED DURING FIS- . * ' CAL YEAR. one DoHar.cvl., © o Rat e 340,000 EWODOMANS. <o v 0o 000 sk 16902900 FIVEDOIArs. ... ... covi.deciviinsaveivin) 12:560,000 :ljen D011m'5....... 2{3,400% Twenty Dollars. .. occievaesrenossoss 26,680 BAEEY DIDIAVS L o s vina v iivisanoinnis . - 9600,000 One Hundred Dolars..co.oeeeens. ... 120,000 Five Hundred D011ar5............... 34,860,000 One Thousand D011ar5......q.... ... 54,800,000 Now, for the comparison: Of the $475,900 seven-thirty notes above mentioned $104,900 consisted of fifty dollar bills (the lowest denomination) and $84,000 of one thousand dollar. bills (the highest denomination.) Of the $202,482,000 of greenbacks issued during the fiscal year 1871, $17,480,000 were of the smallest denomination (one dollar _bills,) and $54,8v0,000 of the nighest denomination (one thousand dollar bills.) Acecording to the Standard’s logic and argument notes of so high a denomination as $5O “would prevent their use very exten“sively as a circulating medium.” If this be true then a comparatively large proportion of greenbacks cannot be classed among the circulating me~dium, for,according to Treasurer Spinner’s statement, the total amount of greenbacks issued and on hand in 187 t was $381,077,449, of which5215,257,449 consisted of one, twogfive, ten and twenty dollar bills,.and $165,820,000 of fifty, one hundred, five hundred and one thousand dollar bills. A brief study of these facts and tigures will possibly convince our Lagrange eontemporary. that it 18 well to observe Davy | Crockettl’s advice: “Be sure you're right, then go ahead,” even in writing on finance. - 7 i

A NUT EASILY CRACKED, ; People who blame all the ills of the country upon contraction are fond of arraying the amount-of currency out in 1865, and to make any showing upon that basis thely have to add the 7-30 interest-bearing obligation to the currency pf 1865. Now, the facts of }xistorg ae that the greatest de;irce of prosperity and the highest prices of real estate, were froin 1869 to 1873, after the 7-30 notes had been retired. If they were really a part of the circulating medium, of the country, how came it that the great.est prosperity was after their retirement? Jan the Ligonier BANNER crack that nut?— Lagrange Standard. i

Yes; sir; and that without a particle of difficulty. In the first place it is not true that “the greatest degree of ““prosperity and the highest price of “real estate were from 1869 to 1873.” The Standard has no facts to sustain its reckless statement. The contraction period began in the fall of 1866, was relentlessly pushed during the year 1867, and continued on itg large -scale until No‘yember 1,1868, by which time the circulating medium had been reduced from $1,800,000,000 to about $780,000,000. Secretary McCulloch, in his official reports, repeatedly referred to the complaints of hard times, scarcity of money, &c, and the Standard will please remember that that pliant tool of the Money Power retired from-office in March, 1869. Bankruptcies, scarcely known=during the years 1864, 65, '66, ’67, became alarmingly numerous in 1868, and have increased ¢ver since. Prices of real estate may have run high in isolated cases, (Indianapolis, for example,) in consequence of extraordinary efforts by ‘shrewd speculators, but certainly not throughout the Union. The evil effects of contraction were most keenly felt after the rebellious States had drawn large sums of the national currency to its business centres, and after the commencement of the gigantic railroad enterprises throughout the great ‘West. No worse time could ' have been chosen for the withdrawal of the circulating medium. The true policy would have been the exchange of ‘the 7-30 notes for “lawful money” (greenbacks) in which they were payable. * Under such a policy no 197 of our railroads would have been compelled to make default in the payment of their bonds, the amount of which aggregates $798,367,665; bankruptcies would not have increased from year to year, nor the country filled with tramps and beggars. < :

The San Francisco Post says that the total yield of precious metals in Peru from 1630 to 1803 is estimated at $1,232,000,000, which was at the dverage rate of a little more than $7,000,000 a year., Theyield of the Comstock lode since its discovery twenty years ago has been $275,000,000 or at the average rate of more thansl3,7oo,ooo a year. The, Consolidated Virginia and Cali.fornia mines have yielded nearly $lOO,000,000 within the last five years, or about_ $20,000,000 a year. There is every prospect that the annual pro‘duct of silver from all the mines -will greatly increase within a few years.— Rich deposits have recently been discovered, and the working of the exceedingly rich Cerro de Pasco mine, susgended fifty years ago by reason of its becoming flooded, will soon be resumed.— Chicago T'imes. . i Good. Dig out the precious metals, enlarge the coinage facilities of our mints 80 as to turn out from ten to fifteen millions of dollars per menth, pay off the bonds, and let our people have a good time generally. :

" Jupeine from reports from varions ;'pa'rst’"a of the country, the past week has proved the hottest in its history for many years. The greatest heat has prevailed in the west, each daily bringing us tidings of its baneful effects thro’ouf its different portions. Bt. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee have suffered the most severely, the former of ‘which reported one hundred and fifty cases of sun stroke on Tuesday. Twen-ty-four deaths from the same cause oesurved in Chioago on yesterday.

- THE NATIONALS. Their Congressional Convention T Tewly, Nomination of Judge Hiram S. T&usley‘; W S e Oolgrenss o Notwithstanding His Declination to be a Cane ; didate. - A The congressional convention of the National Greenback Labor party of the Thirteenth Indiana District was held at Kendallville yesterday. The convention was called to.order a little after 10 o’clock by the chairman of the district committee, Elder Thomas H. Stewart, who delivered a somewhat léngthy address on the finaneial con d‘tion of the country and the wants of the people. s : Capt. Barney, of Elkhart; proposed the name of Capt. Eden IL Fisher for chairman of the convention. The Captain modestly declined the honor and expressed the hope that it would be conferred upon some older man and ‘more experienced parliamentarian. NORRIS BENNETT, of Steuben county, was thereupon elected chiairman, and Thomas L. Graves, of Kendallville, chosen principal secretary, with J. R. Rheubottom as pssistant. 5 Gen. L. J. Blair, of Waterloo, sug‘gested that in view of the prevailing heat, and the desire of some of the delegates to return home on the afternoon trains, the business of the convention be disposed of as speedily as possible. : . ‘' Capt. Barney moved that a committee of one from each county be selected to report a district committee.— Amended by Nelson Prentiss that the several - delegations designate their committee-man, which suggestion prevailed and resulted in the appointment of the following named gentlemen as a ~ DISTRICT COMMITTEE: : DeKalb—Dr, A. B. Darby, + . Elkhart—A. M. Chambérlain, , LaGrange—J. R. Rheubottom, . Kosciusko—John Carter, Noble—Thomas L. Graves, Marshall—Robert Neil, ‘Steuben—Dß. F. Dawson. : Thomas L. Graves was‘su,bsequently elected chairman of this comnmittee. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.. DeKalb—Dr, Winslow,. : Elkhart—William M. Barney, ‘LiaGrange—J. R. Rheubottom, Kosciusko—John Carter, Noble—Thomas H. Stewart, . Marshall —J. 11. MeDuflie,

_Steuben—B. ¥, Dawson. After recess of one hour the above connmittee{, through thqﬁi_r .chairman, Mr. Carter, reportpd the following resolutions. which were unanimously adopted: . | : ‘Resolved, Ist, That we proclaim the right and duty of the United States Government to create money in suflicient quantity both todo the business of the country and to pay all national indebtedness, and thac the greenback currency, the same as gold and silver money, should be full legal tender for all debts both public and private. - 234, We are'in favor of the repeal of the national bank law. :

3d. We are in favor of the repeal of the resumption act. S 4th. We are in favor of calling in all interest-bearing obligations of the United States, and paying them according to the original contract at the earliest practicable date. - - Before the recess ‘was taken, quite a discussion ensued over the proposi#ion of Mr. Darrow to make the Wolcottville Gazette the district organ of the party. ' Mr. Bender made a lengthy speech in: opposition $o the proposition, which, by the timely interposition of Capt. W. M. Barney was quietly smothered without action. =

. APPORTIONMENT. On motion of Capt. Barney, the apportionment adopted by the Stabe convention wag adopted for this convention, giving the several counties the following representation: ‘DeKalb 10, Elkhart 14, Lagrange 8, Kosciusko 12, Marshall 10, Noble 11, Steuben 11, Total, 76. : :

NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS. - Candidates. for Congress were then placed in nomination as follows: Hon. Hiram S. Tousley, Col. Wm. C. WilJliams and Capt. Eden H. Fisher, ail of Noble, and Hon. John S. Bender, of Marshall, : ‘ - Capt. Fisher immediately withdrew his name. Judge Skillen- then read the following letter from Judge Tousdey: ; b . ALBION, July 15, 1878. ‘Hon. W. W. BKILLEN: ; " Dear Judge,—lnformed that it is the ?intenti,on of some partial friends to present:my name to the congressional jeonvention which is to assemble at Kendallville on the 17th inst. for the f’nomination to the office of Represent\ative in Congress, I ayail myself of the {earliest opportunity to say to you, and Ethrough you to the convention, that, if my name should be presented to the | convention, I cannet consent to be considered a candldate, and sincerely hope | the nomination may be conferred upon some one who is in better physical condition than wyself to make the race. In thus expressing a decided and emphatic disinclination to assume the responsibilities of a candidacy for Congress, permit me to assure you of my warmest sympathy for a cause, the success of which is doubtless earnestly desired by an overwhelming majority of the people, to wit: the permanency of the greenback as a circulating medium, unlimited and free coinage of silver, a volume of currency adequate to the demands of trade, and the adoption of finanecial - medsures that will secure employment to thcse willing to. work, enable the people to extricate themselves :from the embarrassments that are crushing thousands of men of enterprise and genius, restore confidence by setting the wheels of trade and industry in motion, bring happiness to those now in distress, and lead the nation upon a new career of ;rosperi‘ty. Ao j or the-accgmplishment of these noble purposes and aims, unity of action _ig'an indispensable necessity. Minor differences of opinion should not be permitted to stand in the we?iy of a united, earnest and determined effort to secure for the industrial classes of ‘this District such representation in_ the halls of Congress as their interests -and the general welfare of the whole o Yery mgmtméy. g | HIRAM B ToUSLEY. ple had the political right 1o draft

legal right to draft men into the military service, Ile said Judge Tousley was a man in whom the people reposod unbounded confidence, that hissympathies had always been with the people, that he understood and appreciated their wants, and was in every sense of the word the man to lead the people, irrespective of party, to a great victory fcr the people. [Enthusiastic applause.] VG Mr. Carter said the people of Kosciusko were well acquainted with Judge Tousliy, knew his noble qualities as a man, and while entertaining the kindest regards and profoundest esteem for Col. Williams ahd Mr. Bender, he believed Judge Tousley pre-eminently the most available man for the race. [Applause.] S ~ Capt. Barney, in behalf of the county casting the largest number of votes —Eikhart,—seconded the nomination of Judge Tousley. e ‘ Mr. Bender then addressed the convention on the importance of measuring carefully every step taken by .the new party, concluding his remarks with the obsersation that inasmuch as Judge Tousley uppeared to be the choice of a large majority of the convention, he begged to withdraw his own name and to-second the nomination of Judge Tousley.

Col. Williams, in a few well chosen and happily expressed sentences; alsg withdrew his namé¥ and pledged himself to a vigorous support of the choice of the convention. ;

The nomination of Judge Tousley was thereupon made by acclamation. A committee of three, consisting of Gen. Biair, Capt. Fisher and Col. Williams, was then' appointed to inform Judge Tousley of his nomination and solicit his acceptance. o After the transaction of some business of minor importance the convention adjourned. : : ] B WR— g | ROME CITY ITEMS. The Great Eastern Circus will ef/t--hibit in Rome City, on Thursday, July 25th, 1878. This great show comes well recommended as a first-class entertainment, and of course everybody will come and bring their dulcinea’s, their wives, and their children. Rome City has acquired such a wide-spread reputation for a place of pleasure resort that even a great eircus will pass a much larger town and show at our city. Let everybody turn out and give the circus a l;gagty welcome. ~ This show will exhibit at Lima, Ind., on the 24th inst, and at Avilla on the 26th. : '

Jake Kraner still has on haund a choice lot of pies, cakes, bread, nuts,

candies, ete. - _ 1 A little sensation origini.ted in our place on Monday last. A new telegraph operator was sent here a wé,e\l_; ago to asgist Mr. Owen in his dutles as agent and operator. e came from Richmond, Ind., a fine looking, business appearing fellow, and a good operator. Soon after he came things about ‘the office began to be missing, and continued from time to time until with Mr, Owen forbearance ceased to be a virtue. On Monday last asearch warrant was issued by ’Squire Dixon; constable Jones of Brimfield executed the writ. A missing revolver was found in possession of Mr. Graham; a $2.50 gold piece was found where he had passed it. A State warrant was issed and he (Charles Graham) was brought before the aforesaid Justice, tried, and required to give bonds for his appearance before court, on default of which he was committed to jail, S : £

The R. 'R. Co. are contemplating making some valuable improvements on their grounds here the coming fall and spring.. P. S. O’'Rourke says he intends to keep on repairing the island until it becomes the most beautiful park in the world. o S. W. Dodge of the Lake Side House: comes out this week with a telling advertisement. Read it and be profited thereby. - "Jake Kraner has constantly on hand a choice| supply of ice cream, soda water cold as the North Pole, and lemonade so cold that it. will make you squeal. Call and try it, .. Gen. Samuel F. Carey will address the multitude at Rome City on Monday, the 14th day of August. Commence to ‘make preparations now.— Come one and_all; come with wagons and with buggies; come on foot and come on horseback. Bring your wives, your children, fathers and mothers. Come with music and with banners.

Several of our greenbackers anticipate attending the great greenback pic-nic in Clay township, Lagrange county, on Saturday next. Our J. D, Chapman will probably deliver a speech on that occasion. . 7 Remember the big circus here on Thursday next. Come and have a good time. ; :

- Wewill be able to give the name of our candidate for Congress next week. ‘ : e ALEXIS,

Though they (the 7-30 notes) were issued expressly for currency, which they were not, they would not be used as a circulating medium. The fact that they bore interest at a heavy rate would cause them to be hoarded up as soon as put out as investments.—La@range Standard. e v - We have a distinet recollection of making a sale of a little property in 1866 and of receiving exclusively 7-30 notes as pay. The transaction is fresh in our memory by reason of the fact that the purchaser,—a close-fisted sort of fellow,—figured the accumulated interest for a half a day, up to noon!

The fallacy of the Standard's assertion is rendered apparent by the fact that all the various forms of treasury notes issued by the government and circulating as money ‘bore a certain | rate of interest, except greenbacks, and even these would have been made interest bearing but for the fierce opposition of Thad. Stevens and E. G. Spaulding. o : : : ———'v_-—-——"o“—-—-._.. IF the circu’ating medinm of this dountry were doubled, what a garden spot could be made of the great Mississippi valley, = =

ALBION RUMMAGES.

I have heard five hundred men say within the last twe weeke, “This is a terrible hot day,” and I begin to think there is something to it. Students expecting to attend the Normal should engage their rooms now. Several have already found stopping places. Those who come first have first choice,

- How long is a man under ebligation to another, soul and body, for work given him, when he receives for pay, only what he has rightfully earned? Who will answer this?

- The show last week was lightly attended, but was, I am told, of good quality. I never saw a more beautiful balloon ascension than was wit‘nessed by our people on that occasion. ~ George Hostetter, who just, left the workshops at Michigan City last March, is again running for a position at that place, with everything looking favorable for an eleetion. ‘Those wishing to be electioneered must call -at his residence, “cross bar,”- as business will not permit him to leave. Ice 1s a very scarce article in this place. Butchers c¢an not save their .meat on account of a lack of ice. No soda water, no more ice cream, no ‘lemenade, and no more —— well, what' is there left to make glad the heart of man? <

' "We have made the acquaintance of Dr. Prickett, and find him a genial sort of a gentleman. Ie will certainly make friends here. ' The Doctor has two Spitz dogs which are beautiful to look upon. - S Since the financial question is the most prominent one at issue among the parties, it will be good for every man and woman to read closely the financial planks of the democratic platforms as they come forth from the different States. So far they are very good, right to the point, and of such material that no man, let him be a Republican, Greenbacker or a Democrat, can object to them, with one exception, that of Michigan, dees not quite,come to our standard, but &his ‘only goes to show that Michigan -is not the center .of financial wisdom.— The Democrats have struck the financial key note, and no other will chord as does their tune. |

R. L. Stone’s buildings are progressing finely. Monday the masons began the brick work, and Dick will soon be to home again at his old trade. Heis also erecting a wooden building which will be occupied by Al Denler, one of our excellent bakers. b

. Charles Graham was lodged in jail Monday evening, he having stolen a revolver, a gold coin and a greenback;. Upeon invitation he has consented to remain until the October term of court. T 4o

For the benefit of my brother correspondents I will just mention that I invariably horizontalize between the hours of eight o’clock, . M., and four o’clock, A. M., wet or dry. There is a stranger in town who is, I think, selling patent gates. Wherein the patent consists T know not, but think he will work up a good trade, for nearly all the gates are wonderfully “swung down.” Well, no wonder, these are beautiful nights. - Rev. Johnson, of Auburn, preached in the Presbyterian church last Sunday. e ‘lf a man should step up to me today and say, “l 1 think this will be another exceedingly hot day,” I would take it as a personal favor, and thank him kindly for the coveted information.»- .- i

Marriage licenses issued during the week: ~John J. Snurr to Ida M. Barr; Frank Hadletz to. Dora Bauman; Andrew K. Stienberger to Lottie A. Con. rad. ; e Prickett. of the Era, is mistaken concerning that investigating committee at the Bradley House. Purse and money were found and delivered, the results of this investigation. So worketh the “Potter,” in fraudulencies.

White and Chapman have three men writing up a complete abstract of titles of the Noble county lands. : G JAP.

GRANT VS, RERICK,

As we have heretofore shown, the Secretary of the Treasury estimated that about 80 million of these inter-est-bearing obligations were used as currengy. President Grant so spoke of them.in one of his messages, and 80 did some Congressmen in speeches at, the time, and so have some financial writers.—Lagrange Standard. Now let us see how well Dr. Rerick and Gen. Grant agree. In his message to Congress, December 1, 1873, the President said : :

_ “During the last four years the currency has been contracted, directly,by the withdrawal of three per cent, certificates, compound-interest notes, and “seven-thirty” bonds outstanding on the 4th of March, 1869, all of which took the place of legal tenders in the bank reserves to the extent of sixty three million dollars. RS e

“During the same period there has been a much larger comparative cony traction of the currency. The population of the country has largely increased. More than twenty-five thousand miles of railroad have been built, requiring the active use ot capital to operate them. Millions of acres of land have been ‘opened to cultivation, requiring capital to move the products. Manufactories have multiplied beyond all precedent in the same period of time, requiring capital weekly for the payment of wages and for the purchase of material; and probably 4he largest of all comparative contrae‘tion arises from the organizing of free labor in the South. Now every, laborer there receives his wages, and, for want of savings-banks, the greater part of such wages is carried in the } pockets or hoarded until required for use.” : B - Gzuut here says the Qurrency,was] contracted, from 1869 to 1878, by the -withdrawal of 8 per cent, certificates, ‘compound interest notes, and seventhirties, to the amount of $63,000,000, but according to the Standard's argument the President did not know‘ what he was talking abous, ITowsoever, we are willing to let the above extract.from Grani’s message stand ‘against the gquotation from the Stand- . The best 15 tho cheapest. So use Scott & Sandrock's Sealing Wax. 12-tf

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SQUIBS.

. ¥Bay, do you know Who':.?l);dm" is? “No, do you?”. “No.” +I believe itis ~—=" “No, I think it is—" Now, kind reader, never mind who it is.— We will try to omit all secret flings and inuendes as items and will try to bear in mind, “if you have nothing good to say, say nothing.” : Rumeor says we are to have another wedding soon.' Keep yvour eyes “peeled,” boys. ; : We are happy to say that D.S. Hart has recovered sufliciently to drive the reaper through harvest.

" There was considerable “bushing” done in this vieinity during the sunny hours of harvest. : :

Some kind friend in Kansas favored us with papers stating wheat was being threshed there, and the yield was good ; also roasting ears yere in use. Quite a number of our people visited Rome on the Pourth, and we are told some of them ecame near recreating as did the apostles in ancient times. e

That person who had the impudence to turn Mr. Griesinger’s stock out of his pasture on Sunday was seen doing it, and it will be to his interest not to do so again. KW & Fishing and bathing are the order of the evening now, and it is carried out in full.

We observed quite a party of boys and girls boating on last Sunday, and judge from their appearance that they were having a fine time. ; Wonder if our greenback meeting workt soon come off? They are waiting for some one of the Albion committee to make their appearances— Come, gentlemen, don’t be backward, or we will take the field ourself. : Paul Beézley‘s log barn was burnt on the 9th inst, consuming a harness and most all his farming utensils. The horses were saved by the utmost exertions of his wife, using the pitehfork to force them out. The fire originated:by the children being allowed too free access to themateh box.

At present writing Jacob Weigel is dangerously ill with typhoid fever. Persons having hogs to die should exercise a little more care in’ disposing of their carcases, as the stench is. yery disagreeable to those passing along the road. : There is a great deal of wheat in this vicinity spoiling; some have unbound it the third time. .

‘Some vile wretch who had more “sand” than brains played sad havoc with B. F. Brown’s borrowed buggy recently in the way of cutting the cushions to pieces, causing him' to lose a day, in harvest and two dollars to get it fixed. If the person that did the deed is ever k?an, we would prefer not being in his boots. . The store at ‘Boston was burglarized lately. The loss was small, being a few handkerchiefs, &c¢. We suppose she was in need of them. g 5 . DORA.,

; ) <O~ SE— 2 MICHIGAN CITY CORRESPONDENCE.

MioHIgAN City, IND,, July 13, 1878,

Ep. BANNER: —1 left this place on the-evening of the 2d inst., for the pur: pose of resting and visiting my family and friends in Noble county. On my way from here to Ligonier I noticed that wheat was very light for some miles east of LaPorte, and corn small and weedy, but as I journeyed eastward the crops improved in appearance, but I saw no better prospects anywhere than in Noble, which leads to the opinion that you have as good an agricultural county as there is in the State. e =

On the morning of the fourth I took passagé on the eatly train east for Rome City, arriving there at‘eight o’clock, A. M., where quite a crowd had already assembled, but it was swelled to a throng upon the arrival of the excursion trains on the G. R. & L. road, Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, in spite of the heat, which was intense. The order of the day was eating, drinking; boating, dancing, &c., and an oration in the afternoon, delivered by the editor of TriE BANNER, which was listened to by a large and attentive audience. While at Rome I had the pleasure of meeting many old acquaintances, among whom were Capt. Fisher and Judge Skillen, whom I had not seen for several years. In the eveuning I accompanied Sheriff Eagles and family to Albion, and enjoyed their hospitality, returning to Ligonier on the sth. Allow me to say that I think Ligonier is one of the best towns in the northern part of the State, but I noticed some signs of negligence in the matter of keeping up side-walks, especially on the north side. I know times are too close for making improvements, but with a little labor the loose boards could be nailed down so that pedestrians could pass along without being in danger of breaking their necks, and the thistles removed so that two could walk abreast without being punished by the thorns. . . st

The political war cloud seems to be gathering; and the army of candidates increasing, so much so that the forces are becoming quite formidable. Go in, boys; it is a free fight, but somebody will get whipped. : My visit, like all things pleasant, soon ended, and on the eighth I bid adieu to:friends and started on my return to the prison, arriving in the evening. Found all quiet, and on "ghe next morning renewed my arduous duties, which seemed doubly so after an absence of a week. = . ' The weather here at this time is very warm, and it rains almost every day. © . A.J, CALDWELL, ~ Wind and Water in Wisconsin, - MADISON, Wis,, July 13th.—One of the heaviest and most continuous storms ever known in this section prevailed here all night Wednesday' and all day Thursday up to midnight of that day. - The heavens were one continuous blaze of light and the water came down in a ﬁﬂ The erops thxmhoutgﬁhis %ﬁ counties areseriously damaged. Fields of oats, rye, tobacco and eofn & ey 08~ trated . so badly that th = 1l be worthless: Thie storm is reported to have extended throughout the State and the damage to crops is almost inealetdable, - © 0 L D

~ General Items. - Gen. Joe Lane has. offered his sb{vices to the Governor of Oregon against the hostile Indians. - General Lane is now in the76th year, but hale and hearty and full of ‘pluck and energy. : o e e

‘Senator Gordon has- bought 960 acres of land in Worth county, Georgia, whieh he will stock with sheep. He proposes to demonstrate the:profitableness of wool-growth in the South. - : S e

. The Congressional contest is now becoming general. Conventions are meeting almost erery day and putting in nomination favorite sons. . The crop of statesmen is unusually heavy this year. i e e . The heavy rains of last weekcaused -a break five rods long in the hydraulic canal at Goshen on Saturday, stopping six mills and factories and flooding many wheat-fields along the bottoms. Several hundred ‘men will' be put to work at once to repair the break and make other repairs, - ' b

1t 1s reported that the counterfeiting of silver coin throughout the country. has reached an alarming extent. The counterfeits include all denominations, the larger ones being the most numerous. Their cost doesnot exceed forty per cent. of the genuine: They are diflicult of detection. T.ook out for them. s ot e i

Old Sol made a fearful récord of. mischief last week. In St.; Louis alone there were nearly one 1 md’}'ed cases of sunstroke, fifty of them on Saturday, and a large ghare gf them fatal. A newspaper man in [Elston, Mo., was killed! by eoup de doleil.— There were nine fatal cases in da?s,a,t-, Cincinnati, four at and near Burlington, lowa, as many at Quincy, 111, on Saturday, and others at” Litt_lg Rock, St. Paul even, and humerous points, down East. Many-I,.horses,'wlre ‘also struck down, especially those attached to street cars, It is a terrible “heated term.” L B S

Tuesday’s papers are nearly filled with accounts of suffering and death from extreme heat in many parts of the country. The most terrible effects reported were in St. Louis, where 150 prostrations from sunstroke occurred. on Monday. Fifty deaths were directly traceable to the extraordinarily high temperature. Factories and mills in the city were compelled to shut down. Even the negroes, who are supposed to be beyond the reach of solai effects, were stricken down, Many deaths are reported from other places. Stock on the trains suffered severely, one shipper in Illinois losing over $l,OOO worth of cattle in a single shipment.: In some quarters the cperations of construction trains and section men-had to be supended, fii

Republican Congressional Convention.

Notice is hereby given that a delegate convention of the Republicans or the Thirteenth Congressional District will be held at Kendallyille, Wednesday, August 14, 1878, at 10 o’clock A. M.,. for the purpose of nominating a candidate for representative in Congress. and the transaction of such other business.as may be presented. The several counties of the District wilibe entitled to the fellowing number of delegates, the basis of representation being the same as that adopted | by the Republican Staté convention of 1878: ' SR S Steuben i..JI. .l o L s INODIe {ot '“;T"«”f"r;""'-"'""';""";137 ﬂl‘kl;;l;te-\“%g‘ Dekalbs. 0 e KOBCIMEKO. ... oo .o doe s (SIS TL 16 Marshall ol olsoolloiii i Rel sl By order of the committee, | - e 11. G. THAYER, Chairman, Plymouth, Ind., July 2, 1878.. L et W—— 1 Gen. Butler Nominated for the Presi« : deney. sl BosTown, July 6th.—The Ward 10 Greenback ‘Club of thig city unanimously adopted the following resolution last evening: - @ . v Whereas, The llon. Benjamin 1. Butler was the only representative from Massachusetts in the last Congress whe espoused the cause of the people, S S NG Resolved, 'That the lon. Benjamin F. Butler is our first choice for President in 1880. TR

John Miller, a well-to-do farmer of Tippecanoe county, brings suit against Wm. F. Reynolds, of Lafayette,in the sum. of $lOO,OOO, for alienating and destroying the ‘affections of Mrs. Miller for her husband. The suit will atiract more than ordinary attention, and the scandal mongers will devour the sweet morsel with hearty relish. At the last term of the court Mrs. Miller was the plaintiff in a suit for @ivorce against her: husband, -but lost the case. Mk sl b s On e S

A Furious Hurricane. . - | AMSTERDAM, N. Y, July 10th.—A broom factory, nearly completed, was demolished by a° hurricane which swept through thé village this afternoon, Nine workmen were buried in the ruins. Robert Bergen, Frank Hart and Patrick - Egan, of Amsterdam, -were fatally, and the rest severely, injured. Several other buildings were damaged. 4 b ‘ eey - —— e L d “The reasons why Dr. Price’s Flavoring Extracts, Lemon, Vanilla, etc., are superior to all others is' because they are prepared from choiceselected fruits and aromatics without coloring or poisonous oils, all the flavoring principles are retained unchanged by chemical action, highly concentrated, requiring less to flavor.. . = - Might Better Things, - [Bt, Louis Globe-Demoerat.] ' We believe John:Sherman to be en‘tirely innocent of the great transgression, but at the same time we are bound to say that he would greatly purify the pablic service by leaving it. sqe Gave John Away. =. . S oot - 'When Mrs. Pinkston was married ‘the last (fu’ne Secretary Sherman didn’t. give the bride away. The rule was reversed. - Eliza gave John away—deadgwny. . = oo . ANNOUNCEMENTS. = | oousry Auprrom ¢ e “WiLniam ‘B. KisER, Mﬁlbiﬁn;‘.*év&l%. be a candidate fonméam%n@tkpa_.;o the office of County Auaitor, before the democratic county _convention. Lo he el { ‘GroraE KEENN, of Perry twp., will | “be a_cand d&m&:’ Oounty Treasurer, subject to “the duclsion ofth \g’mwrs\t;c county Sanveation, and resp tfﬁzgé cits thesupport o his fellows ¢itizens throughout ;M‘;conv;y{ ot ALBERT C. lIARDENBROOK, of Lig‘onier, will bo a candidate for Sherift, subject to praidtdy S uah obe held at Albion, on Friday, August.loth, = . Winuian Ganerers, of Ligonier, AR L R T T Lo I S ab Kendelllat &y that 116 is & candidate Tor ShoUE suhlecttothe. Moctaton of the d ﬂ“%f’w%“ eL e e e L g‘g"m%%%ﬁ‘f’m‘* SeG S R B

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CATARRH. ‘A'Man Cured of Catarrh of 40 oo (Wears? Standing ! ¥ SO BAD THAT IT IMPATRED IS EYE- . SIGHT, MADE HIM ALMOST DEAF. s TROUBLED WITH ; Droppings in Throat, Buzzing in Head, and eoo i Felid Breath, - e ‘Th'é C-busi'n‘umo-xu. CA;B;Anlzil Rumepy is lheA first arlicle placed before the public that pro,s)oscd to cure Catarrh by burlding up the Conslitreton. It struck at the root of the whole difficulty, and thousands.opon thousands: of letters bave been received by the proprietors, settin g forth the marvelous cures, and, wlat is remarkable; caring not only.the Catarrh, but all other ailments at the same time, This is what it glwa{s does. The following statement is only a sample of what we are constantly receiving from well known people, to whom you can _writeé and not to bo%us ones,— Caterrh and its attendant evils,i cold in head, hacking cough, mci{)iem consumption, headache, Pams in back and ‘oing. dizziness, languidness, 088 of'applftxte and general weakness, all leave together when the Constitutional Catarrh Remedyis taken as recommended. Al o noow LOWELL, Mass., Feb. 12, 1376, Mgesses. LirrLErigLd & Coi: : A .- I havebeen entirely cured of Catarrh by the ase - of the Constitutional Catarrh Remedy. . I have had 1t for forty yearg, and so Severely that my evesight was imgaired by it, 1 was almost dead, 'my head was always stoppedup I could not breathe freely, often at night I could not sleep, “being kept awake by .a dropping in my throat, gometithes so badly as fo almost strangle me.— The discharge from my nose was:fetid and my breath iwas always foul; I had, too, a continual buzzing in ‘my head, and headache almost all the timé. Dn ring forty years 1 haye tried almost every medicine for Catarrh in the market, but without receiving any permanent benefit until I used - Constitutional Catarrh Remedy. After dsin{: two bottles I was much relieved, and uged in all six hottles and am now COMPLETELY cured. - My ocyesight is good. 1 can hear as well as ever I could.. T have.no dizagreeabic discharges from my nose, no droppingge in'my throat. can breathe - ‘perfectly free-and sleep every night soundly. My .general-health is better than it has been for fourteen years, and all owing to the Constitutional Catarrh Remeey. 8 ; A - (Signed) EDWIN GOODWIN, - hee ; : - Dover Stregt, Lowell, Mass. " Price’sl per bottle. A Pamphlet of 32 pages, giving a treatise on Catarrh, with innumerable cases of, cures, sent rßek by addressing theNpi-o-prictors. LrrruerieLd & Co., Manchester. N, H, - Forsale by SCOTT & SANDROCK, Ligonier, Ind. - - 10-m2 ety AP . FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, 1878. Extraordinury Attraction! . $7,000 IN PREMIUMS! 1,000 IN.SPEED RING!

" Fair.commences September 9th, and continues * throngh the week. o : ] 3 . Liberal arrangements made with all the RailTORGE, |t e il . : © Send oW. W, RookmiLy, Assistant Secretary, for programmes. S : lstwem * - ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE - Pl —OP-s 1 VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. NOTICE is hefelg' Eiven:» that by virtue of an .order of the Noble Circnit Court of Noble . County, Indiana. the undersigned, administrator of the estate of John Strang, deceased, will offer ~ - for sale at public auction on 5 = _’vlﬂogulay, Aungust Sth, 1878, At 10 o’clock, A, »., on the premises, the west ‘ halfwf the north-west quarter of section 21, town- ; sh? 36 north, ranze 8 easty in LaGrange county, - Indigna, - ;i : ' : : And will ofter for sale at public auction on the premises,on . T 4 3 o 0 ; Tuesday, August Gth, 1878, At 10 o'clock, A. M., Lots No. 46, 47 and 48, and the undivided two-thirds of Lots No. 44 and 45, in - : Straus’ Addition to Ligonier, Noble County, Ind. TERMS OF SALE.--One-third cagh, one-third in six ‘months, and one-third in one year, with six per centum interest., Deferred 'pﬁfments to y _ll)ef%ecntcil byﬁ%pt_ci: and mortgage, without re- _ ief from valnation laws, . e e G Sooig et HIRAM KINNISON, - |July2nd, 1878, -wd ¢ - Administritor T . - 9| '> T -,‘ ‘. : % _ 'SHERIFF 3ﬁi ALE. A — Y virtue ofa cer.t,lﬂg%c” yof & decree and an B{»—'or_d'ei' ofsal toﬁ directe ‘UY » Clerk of I be e R ORy ana Mathias Straus ve. John D. Hart, Mattle Hart And Htrict K, Jonos, a 5 Adminisiraieix of tho ‘sale at public auction'at the door-of the court- - hogee iy R toe, of Albion, County of Noble . naSuoof Indlmlion. . o 0 g Tuesday, August 6, 1878, | Dotweon tho howrs oLQILO'SIock, 4. i andfour . i ntoral”of tho said" John DoTHati Mautts -‘lﬁft—if' ot I Jones, | ‘;"‘:‘s"“’7?’“}__s’*"z”%;‘;T'Z j | the estate of Moses Jones. deceased, for,toand /in the following desex %w . Lot number. sixteen (16)in N so] - Oromwell, in Noblecounty, Indlsna. . NATHANIEL'P.BAGLES, = oL e BherE Novle conntyoaed, . 1. B. Rnusury, Atlorney for Plainti. = - Alblon, July 11, 87812 wi-p. L 8685 RIL R N e R s e e e SR AR S R gt _For the benefit of the Teachers of the District 0T 00l of Noblo Gonnty, wil be hetd st e %&m AN - & AT R TR | Thooheets of tho work wil g ‘A Raview oTthe Oolimon Behool Branchus: Fronutad £l nireralyneeieget ) [N ARSRAKOMbRS [t SONCO A 0 Muhag ﬁ»@% e e faa eel e 15%-@%#l LS DST SR e R TR, e e e