The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 14, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 July 1878 — Page 2

The Fatiomal Bamuer y | = g | S cE Y 1 »0N Y S 0 Y ) : <SRN ' J. B. STOLL), Editor and Proprietor. ——;————_—.—.—-—»—————————“—“"——f———————LIGONJER,IND.,, JULY 25th, 1878. “No man worthy of the oflice of President should be willing to hold itsif counted in or placed there by frand.”=U. 8. Granr. = L ~ Democratic Congressional Con- / vention. | Notice is,hcréb’y given that a delegate convention of the Derhocrats of the 13th Congressional ~ Disttict, and all others in said district who eub= _scribe to’ the principles enunciated through the i Democratic Stafe Platform, adopted at Indianapolis on the 20th of last February, will be held at iy KENDALLVILLE, ' " On Tuecsday, August 20th, 1878, . * At 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of nominat- ! ing a candidate for Congress, and for the transfction of such other husiners as-may be presented.’ In accordance with the basis of representation hcrctormjei established the meveral counties arc [ entitled to send the follu\viug‘nnrimcr of delegates ' to Baid convention: 4 | Ke1{a1b..'........‘.....26i Koseinako . ...cooe a 2 Latirange. /oo slo 02 EReble Lo il LR E'khurt......‘...i....»38! Stéuden. .. okl i 08 Mnr5hn11....v........?s §odin i By authority of the CongrqsﬁionnLCentml Committee, - ' ° Cj &O. MoCLELLAN; Ch'n. - DAN VooruEES, the most eloquent orator in'the United sStates, will speak ‘at South Bend on the 27th. :

WaeN the New Era asserts that ToE BANNER has declared in favor of the fiat money theory, it simply utters acharacteristically ‘independent’ falsehood. / L

. I~ all kindnéss we desire to remind “the editor of the Lagrange Register that thzré is no law compeling him to read the financial discussion between the Standard and THE BANNER. |

- SuNsET CoxX, by no means thé best of authority, gives it as his opinion that New York will neither favor Tilden nor Hendricks for the Presidency, but that Thurman will be the favorite. i ; i

- SENATOR THURMAN is said to-be gaining strength in Pennsylvania as a presidential candidate. No use hurrying these matters. ILet’s first do a little something for the relief of the people... L L

¢ JOHN SHERMAN'S efforts. just;now are bent upon the hoarding of one and two dollar greenbacks. Since he is no longer permitted to burn up the people’s currency, he resorts to the hoarding process. | : S el

GEN. BANKS, like Jeff. Davis, is disgusting men of gense with his illtempered speeches. These frothy attempts at fighting over the battles of 186165 are only apprecziated by fellows who have not yet/learned that the war ended thirteen s/ears ago.

A MEMBER of the Potter committee says that an invitation will soon be given Semator Conkling to come before the committee and in the interests of honesty and justice inform it of such facts as are in his po;seésion bearing on the electoral frauds.

lIAI\fI}:TQN Fism, ex-Secretary of State, positively declares Gén. Grant is not: ;a candidate for the Presidency. Ie says the agitation of Grant’s candidacy came from his enemies. The N..Y, Sun says the unfavorable 'co_nfments by leading republican papers has squelched the Grant movement, ;

... THE Auburn Courier does itself no credit by speaking of Samuel J. Tilden as “the Little Squirt whose name “stood at the head of the ticket.” Such contemptuous ﬂihgs,at a man of Mr. Tilden’s acknowledged ability and statesmanship, are far more discredit‘able to the; assailant than damaging to the assailed.” el oy :

THE REMOVAL of Cornéll and Arthur as tustom house oflicers of New York is regarded as the signal of a determined warfare between the Hayesites and the Conklingites. The fight will be made in the forthcoming republican State convention. Conkling, as usual, will be the victor. The bulk of the party stands by him.

J FRANK MCKINNEY, one of Ohio’s gifted:and sagacious Démocrats, says: “We will carry the State by a handsome majority,: but at the’end of a - hard fight. The Republicans are making their last and final struggle to maintain power, and it will be a desperate one, but they will have to suco eamb b : e

THERE is now something of a probability that Judge Holman will not consent to run for Congress in the Richmond djstrict, He is understood to be a eandidate for U. 8. Senator, an office to which he is qminently suited. The people never had a more faithful servant in Congress than Judge Holman. He saved them millions of dollarg. © ; fla ;

THE DEATH of Senator Beardsley, ~ of Elkhart county, ‘will have a tendency to add largely to the importance of the impending contest in that county. His term would net-have expired until two years lence. With proper A management, we believe it to be among the posgibilities to elect a democratic successor. Every effort should be made to bring about such a result. It is 'alllimportant. Will the Elkhart ~ Democracy prove equal to theemer- . gencyoithehour?. = ... ..

- THE MAN who lays the flattering unction to his soul that the finance question will disappear from public thought and attention afteér the pres- . eént year, will find himself woefully mistaken and sadly disappointed. It is and will be the question for some * time to come;—solong as Shermanism is recognized on the statute books and in the departments of government, 1t will bé uppermost in the minds of the MP*WWM the perniciots polic m ligh fias brought ruin and misery upon this countr mhall Heve beoa sblesind,rost gat - ~ curses of an incenséd and outraged PRI ARARL il i 1 G

it PIATPAPERMONEY., . @ ~_Our_Roms City correspondent demuzs tothe classification in last week’s three political parties occupy on the monetary question. Tle does not directly deny its ‘cq;:ectneéé,gbuﬁ;lginks the classification ealculated to mislead. With all due deferenco to “Alexis’s” opinion, we insist upon the correctness of our elassification. The Nationals have emphatically declared in /favor of absolute or “fiat” paper mon‘ey. In Michigan and some other States their leaders have expressly declared dgainst the present greenbacks, ‘insisting upon a clrange in the wording of the inscription, so as to make it read: “This is Five Dollars,” instead of “The' United States promise topay Five Dollars.” The Democrats, on the other hand, have uniformly expressed satisfaction with the present style of greenbacks, except that they be made a full legal-tender ror all debts, public and private. This is the difference, on that particular point, between the Nationals and the Democratg. TiE BANNER is not ‘in favor of “fiat paper money” in the Brick Pomeroy sense. 1t believes, however, ‘that it would be entirely safe -foi‘ the government to float from three to four hundred millions of greenbacks "recei@able (instead of payable) by the United States, in the payment of taxes and . other government dues. This form of ‘currency could be issued in lieu of the national bank notes, while the “promise to pay” greenbacks might remain as now--interchangeable iixto coin when thie government once procures a suflicient supply to resumeé. ~ The introduetion of the “flat” moaey theory is, in eur humble judgment, ill-timed, mischievous, and caleulated to: complicate the monetary issue.— L'here is no necessity for pressing it at this time. The first and main point is to overthrow the Jphn ‘Sherman school of financiers, to repeal the resumption act, provide for free silver coinage, and abolish the national banking system. To aeccomplish these obJects the people must elect a twothirds majority in Congress, for it may as well be. understood first as last that Hayes will veto every measure passed in the interest of the masses as against the Shylocks. The raising of minor issues, or quibbling about details properly belonging to the deliberative action of Congress, can' deo no possible good, but may be productive of great harm. Judge Tousley’s admirable letter points out the true course for currency reformers to pursue. I.et us keep.ig view: the main point and depend upon the ‘future for details. : o

FOR, THREE successive years this country has enjoyed bountiful -crops. The European war last year gave us fair prices for our surplus produce. Yet business has been dull, money scarce, bankruptcies steadily on the increase. . With extremely low prices this year, debtors will be able to discharge but very_ small proportions of their obligations. This will have the effect of maintaining the present stringency. Bountiful erops do not,as a general thing, follow each other four years in succession. Suppose, now, next year should witness a partial failure, what will be the condition of the country if Sherman’s finance pollicy is suffered to remain in force? Yet ‘the Republicans and Shylocks tell us there must be no change in the financial policy of the country. |

The Evrathinks the oration at Rome City on the Fourth was an out-and-out greenback ‘speech.” Well, suppose it was. Suchspeeches are popular nowadays, and they are growing in popularity.—Kendallville News. :

- Whether popular or unpopular, is of no immediate concern to the author of thatoration. The question is,can the Era man show that a solitary unfair or partisan statement occurred in the entirg speech? Ile was not there, and. his untruthful and’ malignant “four liner” was simply the ebullition of a mind contracted by prejudice and partisanship. Judge Tousley, Lawyer Evans, and other intelligent . Albionites, heard the spbeqh from béginning to end, and it would have been a very easy matter for the Era man to -have ascertained the exact truth—had that been his desire, More than two-thirds of the oratior had no reference whatever to the greenback question,

-J. B. Howe’s two books have beeml published simultaneously, One is a’ book of six hundred pages, the other twe hundred. The author makes some | new. propositions on ﬁn‘ance.—Ken-‘ dallville News. ¥ ; ’ |

. It will now be in order for the Shylock organs to soandly berate Mr. Howe for taking the, liberty of proclaiming views not in harmony with the peculiar interests of the house of Rothschild and the money lords who insist that there shall be no progress in the science of finance and commercial exchange. It will behoove them to brand Mr. lowe an “idiot,” an “illusionist,” a “sympathizer with communism,” or a “dead beat,” “houseburner” or something of that,, kind, Don’t be backward, ye talented slanderers! Wi

THE Ohio Nationals met in convention on Tuesday and nominated a full State ticket.. An attemapt was made to commyit the party to undisguised repudiation, but Sam Cary brought the fellows to their senses by telling them that he and others would have nothing to do with the party if that were done. Cary was chairman of thecommittee on resolutions. There is no fiat money plank in the platform. The convention was unexpectedly largely attended, every district being represented, = o ; : ; T T B s i - The National-Greenback-Labor party of theThirteenthDistriet nominated Judge Hiram 8, Tousley, of Albion, for Congress, er will be thorougm{ tousled before Baker, -probable candidate for ra«-e‘lecu_?,, is through with him.—South Bend Register. = - Don’t'you bet your bottom dollar on that prediction. If it should come to & race betwesn Tousley and Baker, we ventaro tho asserticn that your man

THE RIGHT KIND OF RESUMPTION, As soon as the war was over,France commenced to prepare for resumption, and on the first'of January, 1878, with an amount of coin in the treasury almost equal to the paper money out, resumption took place without a riffle in financial affairs, and the people not being in the least injured.—Lagrange Standard. T

{'We thank our contemporary for this crushing indictment of the insane Sherman resumption scheme. Yes, “with an amount of coin in the treasu“ry almost equal to the paper money “out, resumption took place without a “riffle in financial affairs.” That’s the very point we want the people to understand; that is the vital difference between the policy of France and that of the Wrecker Sherman. France set about to inerease her supply of coin—gold and silver. She did not demonetize silver, and thus cripple her ability to resume. She did not act upon the insane and suicidal policy that the supply of coin must be curtailed in order to give additional value to gold. Neither did she prostrate her business interests by withdrawing hundreds of millions of ner paper circulation, but prudently enlarged it. . As she accumulated coin, she could very safely: retire a portion of her paper circulation. Nobody was hurt by that, because it was simply substituting coin for paper. . The volume of the circulating medlum was not diminished. It réemaihed substantially the same. But how is it here? The programme was to reduce the paper circulation so as to bring it down to pretty near an equal amount with available gold. In other words, gold being difficult to obtain, paper money must be made nearly equally searce.. This is the Sherman resumpiion theory which the Standard strangely upholds. Our theory is, that the coinage of both gold and silver. be directly encouraged and fostered, so as to fill the vaults of the banks and of the Treasury with about as much gold and silver as the outstanding paper circulation amounts to. When the two aie about equal, then resumption may taKe place,“without a riffle in financial affairs.”

If the United States had pursued the same wise policy asthat of France, there would indeed be no cause for complaint. France: forbid resumption until the coin accumulations of her Bank were about equal to the paper circulation. The total quantity of coin in France is estimated at no less than $1,200,000,000, as against $491,000,000 ‘in paper. The United States have about '5700,000,000 of paper as against $25d,000.009 in coin. France is a creditor nation; the United States are enprmously involved in debt. ‘Our peop#e pay annually $540,000,000 in interest, and $750,000,000 in taxes, .It takes nearly double the amount of;our circulating medium to meet these obligatigns. We pay in taxes $17.50 per head for every man, woman and child, and have $l5 per capita in circulation. The F'rench pay in taxes $11.40, the British $11.90, the Germans $9.24, the Austrians $8.22. The per capita eirculation in these countries ranges frem. $23 to $45.— Ours'is a new country, with ample opportunities for improvements. France is an old country, thoroughly improv-| ed and built up. It is therefore the hight of folly to insist that this country can get along prosperously with onve-third of the circulation of France.

e—— @ EB— - o WHERE 1S THE CORRECTION ?

Dro. Rerick, of the Lagrange Standard, was in a critical mood last week. He had given the Rome City Fourth of July oration an attentive perusal, and felt strongly tempted to pick flaws. We imagine he experienced some difficulty in finding a vulnerable spot, for the plain reason that the ‘address is pretty well fortified throughout.. But notwithstanding all this, our amiable contemporary must try his_hand at picking a flaw. He selected that portion which refers to the finances of France, quoting as follows: v : i :

Cast your eyes jupon France—the most prosperous country in ail Europe. Did she follow our example of financiering? No—a thousand times no. Her great war with Germany terminated in May, 1871. Six months ‘thereafter she authorized an increase ©f her paper circulation from $442, - 000,000 to $560,000,000, and did not stop at that, but authorized in May, 1872, an ;additiongl increase to $640,000,000. -~ Thus she was not only ena‘bled to promptly pay an enormous indemnity to Germany, in addition to surrendering a portion of her territory, but also to marvelously enlarge her already extensive business operations. —J. B. Stoll's Fourth of July Speech. : ; g

In his comments upon this the Doctor éays:- ol - i

“We question the correctness of Mr. Stoll’s report of the paper circulation of Franee, The highest note circulation the Bank of France was authorized to issue was $640,000,000. The highest amount actually issued was $583,000,000, and this was reduced to about 450 million dollars the first of January last, when resumption took place. And what is more astonishing, France has in the meantime paid her indemnity of one billion dollars to Germany, in coin.” Syt :

Now, kind reader, just compare the figures and see wherein rours differ from those' of Dr. Rerick. We gave the highest note circulation authorized at $640,000,000, and the Doctor does precisely the same. We were not speaking of the amount in circulation. Not a word was nttered about that. Our purpose was to contrast the policy pursued by the two governments after their respective wars. France authorized a large increase of paper circulation, while our government commanded & contraction. In this statement of facts the Standard’s own figures verify all we'said. - s ; el <@ W—— i ° Mr. Stoll, in his 4th of July speéech at Rome City, conveyed the idea that France had $1,200,000,000 paper circulation in 1872.--Lagrange Standayrd. Mr. Stoll did nothing of the kind. Your own quotation from his speech disproves the assertion. The language is plain, and we are surprised to find a straightforward party’ paper like the Standard guilty of such perversion. Better permit “independent” sheets like the Nets Fra to monopolao that business. .

ROME CITY ITEMS,

Two or three years ago the editor of THE BANNER took oceasion frequently to rap us over the knuckles, and dissent from us in our financial opinions. Now we must be permitted ‘to give him one rap. : In the lastissue he takes the liberty to say: “The position of the three parties on the money question is substantially this: The Republicans favor gold, silver and national bank notes; the Democrats goldYsilver and greenbacks: the Nationals fiat paper money.” We think this statement is well calculated to mislead publicopinion. The Nationals are entitled to the credit of the remonetization of the silver dollar, and we can prove this by THE BANNER. [Now, by Jinks, let’s have the proof.—Ep: BANNER.| Then, Mr. Editor, we would prefer to have you state it this way: ‘The Nationals are in favor of gold, silver and greenbacks—the greenback being made a full legal tender or fiat, and the Democrats have adopted the same sentiment. .

‘The congres'si,)nul convention at Kendallville on Wednesday last wasa perfect success. Judge Tousley will be the next Representative in Congress from' this district without' the shadow of a doubt. tav :

We learn. that our county convention (National) will take place at Albion on the 9th of August. ILet every genuine greenback man be on ‘hand. “Let the oflice ssek the man.” P

Our grand rally has been fixed upon for Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1878. Moses W. Field, of Detroit, one of the finest orators in America, will deliver the principal speech at 2 o’clock P. M. on the island. There will be speaking in the eveniug by one or more of the following speakers who have been invited to attend and will no doubt be here: Judge Tousley, Gen. Blair, Col. I. B. McDonald, Hon. John S, Bender, Col. W. C. Williams, Nelson Prentiss, and Judge Wildman.

“Dora,” your talk now has the right ring. Don’t wait for Albion commit-tee-men to organize you, but go to work. “1t is time to work.” Organize and enroll your greenbackersin Washington. Give us a good report in October. We will call and help you as soon as possible. Do your level best and victory will perch upon your banner. )

- F. U, Miller has succeeded in compromising with his creditors and by the aid of his father in Ohio has been able to pay up, and is now again upon “terra firma.” lle has opened up at his old stand and is catering to the wants of his customers. :

- Several persons from Rome City attended the greenback pic-nic in Clay township, Lagrange county, on Saturday last. Owing to the extremely busy season the attendance was not large, but a general good time was indulged in. ‘ : ‘. - J. P. Chapman is now “on deck.” His greenback speech is ready for delivery and will come forth at first call. It will be a good one. .

Mrs, James Madison, of our place, ‘who got her leg broken some .weeks ago, is now rapidly recovering. : That Judge Tousley will be elected to Congress seems-to be an undisputed faet. It |

Our Greenback rally here on the 14th of August will probably be the largest gathering of the people of Northern Indiana for a- number of years past. - . b

The New Era pays us an unmerited compliment when it says that we are “the head and front of the greenback element in the county.” If the New Era is sincere in this statement it will probably find out by the time the October election rolls around that we have a very powerful head and a formidable front. :

- Pic-nics and excursions are now the order of the day here. A number of Israelites from Fort Wayne Lave been spending several days rusticating in our town. They sojourned at the Mansion House and rusticated on theisland.

- W. D. Page and family, of the Fort ‘Wayne News, have been stopping. at the Dodge House for several days past. Theéy put in the principal part of the time in taking in the finny tribe. S e

The Rome City lightning jerker, Mr. Graham, is still in Albion playing diamonds with his nose. :

Large Sunday-school pic-nic on the island on Tuesday last. Any one who ever read one of M. W. Field’s speeches will want to hear ‘him speak on the 14th of August at Rome City. Mayor Zollinger, of F't. Wayne, has been undergoing treatment.at the water cure. o i Dodge has erected two new bath houses—one for ladies and one for gents. Try’em. A o Dr. Collett has aswelled foot, but is able to be out. Lo ik : - Dr. Hosier has moved into the room formerly occupied by F. U; Miller, 5 ; ‘. ALEXIS.

THeE New Era is displeased with the Fourth of July addresses of Col. Wil liams and the editor of Tne BANNER because they said somethingin defense of the people’s currency and denounged the oppressive measures of the Shylocks. Mr. John H. Baker, the Era’s pet candidate for Congress, also delivered a Fourth of July address, at Middlebury. We are credibly informed that Mr. Baker then and there delivered himself of an intense partisan speech in denunciation of the Potter committee and the course of the Democracy in general.! Of course, the Era will not find fault with anything its congressional pet may have said against the investigation that causes aiders and abettors of the presidential fraud to quake and tremble, but it will never forgive Williams and Stoll for raising their voices in behalf of a robbed people. ol v 1t can’t be possible that this refers to the editor of the Ligonier NATIONAL BANNER.—LaPorte Herald. i 1t 1t does, it 18 simply a Baxterian He = oou ORI R N,

ALBION RUMMAGES,

Of noise, our town hath a plenty. - And now we‘heard a man say, “this is a great deal cooler than it was last Week” . o % ' w

Miss Ella Smith and Mrs. Decamp are emploved writing out Mr. White’s abstract of tities. i

Kendallville supplies our town ;‘with

~Tuesday -a number of our cjtizens attended the funeral of Mr. Nathan Frink, at Ligonier. Mr. Frink died at Elkhart and was brought to Ligonier for interment. S i

“Frank P. Bothwell, of Ligonier, 1s staying with us. e will probably help upon the abstract. - David Hough was seen upon our streets Tuesday. He seems tobe working up some case. :

Our marshal is working upon Dick Stone’s new brick. OQur town has all the sidewalk and crossings needed, consequently, therefore——. ;

William Imes, commissioner, talks of being a candidate for treasurer before the Democratic convention.

Loads of our people will go to Ligonier Saturday to attend the 25ct. show there. e ;

~The wheat crop is nearly all gathered, and the oats harvest has fairly begun. | ;

That patent gate can be seen attached to the tree near Stone’s brick. It is no s;mbt a good gate. : ‘ ““Will H. Huff will be found in his gallery this week. Ilis partner has gone to Angola. Will takes an impression in three seconds by the watch.

Whether Judge Tousley will accept the nomination upon the Greenback ticket will not be known in time for this week’s press, Next week we will be able to tell. o

Last week’s marriage licenses: Caleb Rakestraw to Catherine Engel; Thos. J.Stroman to DellaHighbargin; Isaac W. Baugher to Minerva Milburn; T homas. Pigott to Catherine Thompson. : : :

‘Mr. Ray, a temperauce lecturer, will lecture to the people of Albion, in the court room on next Saturday evening. Let everybody turn out and help work up a good audience. - JAP.

The Millionaire Senator’s Opinion. Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada, who has beensojeurningin New Y ork two weeks or more, has gone West. In a conversation the Senator said: “This new National party, my -correspondents inform me, is growing very rapidly throughout the West. I would not be at all surprised to hear that the Greenbackers will control the next Congress. In a measure I favor the demands of the Nationals: lam opposed to inflating the country with tons’of greenbacks, but L am favorable to any measure or policy that will bring relief to the greatest number. I think it would be wige for the Government to settle the industrious poor on the public lands and give employment to the many on publi¢c works. A system . of public improvements should be inaugurated. Something can and must be done to relieve the sufferings which exist among the masses. I am favorable to any just and wise measure that can be instituted for the public good.” -

Preferring Self-Destruction to Starva.

. tion, ; (Chicago Cor. Cinc. Enquirer.)

This city had her usual weekly wifemurder. This time the husband who killed his wife afterward attempted to kill himself, but, unfortunately, did not succeed. - The case is a very deplorable one, and, ‘to a certain degree, calls forth the sympathies of the' people. James Kennedy, a laborer; last Monday night shot and killed his wife, and immediately afterward attempted to commit suicide. He haslived happily with his Wifee and did not accuse her of any crime; but he had tired of life. Each day for many months he had wandered from door to door endeavoring to obtain work, but no one would employ him. -He made a final effort on last week, but meeting with no success, he concluded that e would rather kill his wife than see her die before his very ‘eyes with staryation. He therefore drew his pistol, killed the woman he loved, and then attempted to take his own life. The wound ingi:t?d upon his person will not prove atal. S ,

Do They Sniff Danger? . (Goshen Democrat.)

George Moon, of Warsaw, was in town, on’ Friday, at the same time with Fielding Rrickett, and J. P. Prickett; and on the day before, Capt. Iddings, andoneor two other “suspicious characters,” politically, we mean, were hovering around here. It caused no little remark, being so soon after the Greenback nomination at Kendallville, for Congress. However, the boys may all-be innocent of any “evil designs,” although W. A. Thomas was a little suspicious of Fielding.

Yoorhees Will Win. (Washington Post.)

Advices trom Indiana indicate that Mr. Voorhees is making a very successful canvass. The Radicals are opposing him with the same stale charges that were hurled at him just ten years ago, and in the same words, as if the editorials of that campaign ‘were being printed verbatim. Ie came out victorious then, being elected to Congress by a safe majority. He is not likely to fare worse in the Senatorial contest against a discordant and demoralized party who fight with exploded ammunition. ‘

: Crops in Minnesota. St. PAUL, MINN, July 21.—Dispatches to the Pioneer Press from the heaviest wheat growing counties rep‘resent the probable loss to erops from rains and hot weather 20 to 40 per cent. In Goodhue, the first county in the State, as to the amount of wheat produced, the damage from blight is estimated at 50 to 75 .per cent., and many fields will yield but five to ten bushels to the acre. The harvest commences to-morrow 1n many places.. e il & AE—— e A Big Blaze at Defiance. - DEFIANGCE, 0., July 21.—This evening at ten o’clock a fire broke out in Kie Numan'’s livery stable, and at this hour (12: 80 A, ) is stili raging, having already destroyed seven buildings, among them the Crosley House. . The fire is now beyond the control of the firemen, and ¥'t. Wayne and Napoleon have been telegraphed to for engines, which are now on the way here. Sbr TR e A tremendous storm broke over Was.hington_ Friday afternoon, during which the Representative wing of t,l;? Capitol was yupk by lightning, Th fluid followed the wires which make the electric connection between the various parts of the hall and space from the ceiling with the engineer’s room in the basement. No one was injured and no damage done beyond deranging several coils of the eléctriclanewlm .

General Items.

: ~A _terrible ,c'ycl;;e swepf through North albany, N. Y., Sunday, making sad havoe. Pl e

« Bix squares of the town of Caitletsburg, Ky. were burned on Monday. All the hotels and business houses were destroyed. SR

A fatal case of yellow fever has just occurred at St. Louis. The disease ‘was taken.during a visit to a West Indian ship at New Orleans. » Hard times have reached Rochester, N.Y., also. The Democrat Chronicle, -of that city, publisheg nearly 20 celumns, closely printed, of lands to be sold for delinquent taxes. Small-pox is _spreading rapidly in Montreal, and many deaths are reported. The French Canadians will not ‘allow their families vac¢inated, hence the great ravages of the disease. There was an immense attendance at the soldiers’ and sailors’ reunion in Newark, 0., on Monday. ~ President ITayes and his party, also Gen. Sherman and Gov. Bishop were present.

- Two thousand American cattle is the average weekly number arriving at Liverpool per steamer, and in that city’s cattle market the American animals have for week’s greatly predominated. ) :

Over fifty-thrée million gallons of water from Artesian wells are daily used lln irrigating lands in Iroquois county, 111. There are 200 wells in a radius of twenty miles, none of them 75 feet deep. :

There is no need of a Greenback movement outside of the Democratic organization. All reforms, particularly currency reform, can be found inside of the demoeratic party.—-Cincin-nati Enquirer. ; - The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed United States Assistant Treasurers to pay out standard silver dollars to all parties wishing to disburse them on pay-rolls, and to excnange them for &1 and $2 bills. -

'l'he superb wheat crop of Minnesota, lowa and Wisconsin has been irretrievably damaged by the heavy wind and other storms and the terrible heats of the Jast fortnight, The loss is estimated at twenty to thirty per cent,

England’s interference with Russia’s ‘affairs in the Turkish question is said to have virtually bankrupted Russia for the present, thus showing that England still stands at the head of Europe in all matters pertaining to war power. ;

The United States consul at Buenos Ayres warns mechanies and others seeking eniployment not to come to the Argentine Republic, as business in that country is af a stand-still and men there are ready and eager to work at any . price. : b John G. Tappan, Treasurer of the Boston Belting Company, made fraudulent use of his position to extricate himself from financial difficulties, and issued notes on the company’s account to the amount of $600,000. The company has suspended. | - The monument and statute erected to the memory of the late Stephen A. Douglas, in Chicago, were formally unveiled on the morning of the 17th. About 1,000 persons witnessed the ceremony. Ex-Chief-Justice Caton delivered a short address.

The demand for. the four' per cent. bonds is reported to be so heavy that the government is several days behind in'filling orders. The proceeds of these securities are used in calling in six per cents, and thus a large stoppage of interest is effected. . Kearney, the Communist, has left San Francisco for New York. The workingmen in great numbers escorted him to the depot. Xearney has made a mistake in leaving California. He will find but few Chinese in New York andiany number of police. .

Hon. Charles Foster has declined to run for Congress in the wrong (Toledo) District. He says that his friends in his own District do not like to spare him. e will lay himself upen the alter, at home. Either the Seventh | District or his own will be wrong fox. him. s :

Mr. Hayes has suspenddd M. G. Parker, the postmaster of New Orleans. IParker is a brother-in-law of Gen, Buatler, and his removal is probably intended as a retribution for Butler’s course as a member of the Potter committee. Gen. Badger is appointed Parker’s successor.

. There is talk in Washington that should Gen. Ord again {ind it necessary to cross-over into Mexico after cattle thieves there will in all probability be a collision between Mexican and American troops and if there is, there will be a settlement which will relieve us of border troubles for awhile. The Democratic Convention at Austin, Texas, has nearly 1.500 delegates. It met on the 18th, and has been in an uproar ever since, trying to nominate a Governor. [LATER.—They succeeded on Tuesday by nominating Judge Roberts as a compromise candidate for Governor. Alllovely now.]

The Indiana National Executive Committee have put Robert Gregory, of Lafayette, on the State ticket for Attorney-General in place of David Moss, who has been nominated: for Congress in the Eleventh District.— C. C. Post, of Indianapolis, has been elected Secretary of the Committee.

The Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic began at Gettysburg Saturday under most favorable circumstances. The camp is on Cemetery Hill, east of the National Cemetery. It contains tents for a thousand men, and many have quarters at the hotelsand private boarding-houses. The town is filled with people. The Jews, while in convention at Milwaukee week before last, made a wise proposition to the effect that large. quantities of land in the south and west should be purchased, and the children of the orphan asylums when large enough to take care of themselyes, should be settled there. This would be practical charity of which more is needed in this country. =

Beaconsfield’s speech in the house of lords was an able one. He showed the advantages Great Britain had gained by the Berlin treaty, touched lightly upon the small fruits Russia had reaped after her enormous expenditure of blood and treasure, and felicitated himself and the country upon the fact that the sultan retained two thirds of his possessions, and that the portion which he had losthad been, heretofore, a source of weakness rather than strength, : Friday’s dispatches report St. Louis | as yvery near the end of the terrible scourge.which had ‘weighed upon it for the previous ten days. The cases | of sunstroke that day numbered about fifty, and of these not more than ten ‘were fatal, The total number of | deaths in the city from the 12(h to. the 18th of July last was 122, and ﬁgr the corresponding week of this July was 376, The difference of 254 deaths may be attributed to excessive heat.— Nine deaths from sunstroke ocourred in New York, and upwards of soven- | by-five serious bub not fatal cases of histbpposiintion. HE 68 sty and. ) Brooklyn were reported. =

' Indiana News Items.

Luther Benson is again in the lecture field. AR TR

" Goshen lias reduced thewxlgeaofxt& school teachers. (Eiaed A

The Lake Shore depot at Kendallville has received a new cont of paint. The heaviest rain-fall in twenty years occurred in the vicinity of Goshen on the night of the 11th. Seven inchesof waterfell. ' "+ - u 0 ¢

. Schuyler Colfax declines being the Greenbacker’s. candidate for Congress in his district. Ile says he prefers his present pursuitto that of again entering into politics. R )

Some of the republican State papers are kicking against the idea of Ben larrison being the only available candidate for the United States Senate, and are puffing J ohn'Hanna and others. There have been 254 business failures in Indiana during the last six months aggregating a sum total of $3,748,549. And what has been the cause of this in the midst of bountiful harvests? Ask John Sherman. -« .

Senator Voorhees: made a -rousing speech at Shoals; Martin county,showing that our “hard times” and financial troubles were all traceable to the con+ traction policy of the party in power, and invoking all, Republicans, Nationals and Democrats to ‘bury all prejudica and assist in removing this cause of distress from the land. . i John M. Koeh, late recorder of Al len county, took his own life on Sunday morning two weeks ago by swallowing poison. Ile had failed in obtaining a second term, and'this cause, together with financial troubles, led him to drinking, and recently ‘he had been grossly intemperate. “To this cause his suicide is ascribed. ==~ .

Nine years ago, Ad. Evans, living near Idaville, in White county, was bitten by a dog supposed to be rabid, but as no serious results followed the circumstance was forgotten. . About two months ago he began to show symptoms of hydrophobia, and rapidly’grew worse, until his friends were compelled to bind him in his bed with cords and chains. = At last accounts he was still living, but suffering intense agony. T E e R

The: State-_lloﬁsße‘ -Commissioners: have passed an order direeting the architect in his specifications to stipulate that the building shall be erected from Indiana stone, which; ‘they, say, is the best they have found in an extended research, and which can be procured for 25 per cent. less than any other. The foundation stone is to be taken from quarries in Decatur, Shelby, Jennings and Jefferson counties, and at Putnamville, and for the superstructure oalitic limestone: from Owen, Monroe, Lawrence, Washington and Harrison counties. = i

- Harvey Smith, of Garrett, fornierly of this place, was found dead on Sunday morning, one mile and a half north of Kendallville. A.jury of inquest was summoned to determine the cause of death, and came to the con-: clusion that it was accidental. It is supposed that he had concluded to bathe in the little stream of water where his body was found.. He had removed his coat and vest and was upon the point of unbuttoning his pantaloons when he was seized "with: an epileptic fit and fell into the stream’ and drowned. The water was not over ten inches in depth where he fell. ITe was subject to these spells.— Kendallville News. SR e IS

Democratic County ‘Convention.

The democratic voters of Noble.county, and all others who subscribe to the principles’euunciated through the Democratic State platform adopted at Indianapolis on the 23d of last February, are hereby requested to meet in their respective town= ships, at their ninal places of holding township caucuses, on SATURDAY, AvausT 10,1878, between the'hours of 3 and 7». a., and élect delegates to attend a county convention; to be held in the [email protected]' houseatAlblon.of 0 o hs syt e

. Friday, August 16th, 1878, . at 10 o’clock, A, M., for-the purpose of nominating candidates for Representative, Auditor, Treasus rer, Sheriff. two County Commissioners (one for the middle and one for thé southern district), Suzveyor, and Coroner; also to appoint delegates to the congressional convention of the 13th district, and delegates to a joint representative convention for the counties of Noble and: Eikhart. -

In accordance with the basis ‘of rcprés’éf}t'atfion heretofore established, the several townships of the county are enmtitled to send the following number of delegates to said convention—one delegale for every ten votes, and an additional vcte for:a fraction overs five voles cast for Goveérnor Williams in 1876 : 7 i i Washington (....... . 7|,orange. ,ic.... . .v. 19 SpRTUR o cucovia e JATWAYNG oL L g Perny - coaveivi i 88 LAHen L cls G IR Elßharte 0.~ o .19 Bwan. co L e YOrE coo..cosioaeiao AT B AIBIOR Ui T g Noble . ot 2. i 1t i ; Ry C Green............... 2||Total No. Delegates 266 Jeafferson.,..... ....i.. 2% ; Sl Necessary to p.cholee: .ol i v 10 By aunthority of the County Central Committee, : e J. B. BTOLL, Chairman, . COUNTY COMMITTEE: . ’ Wa5hingt0n...........c...i.0 .. B, F. Buckles. - Sparta....i...occsiiiacia.i... . John Esrnhart. PETRY. i e i ot L GEThOE CEIRRarSo L Sl bl s s M MG Dodiees Y0rk...0. ecoiiiiiayiiei i, George Hy Lane, Noble .oilogii Tty S O RO bR green.0.....i0 ks iUI Chdrlen d Weeka, dellerstn,. il i .."...I__{mv,? Singrey. Qrampe.... ... Ll S LN Pavew, Wayne. ... .....iiisioluiee 2w Charles:G Ajchele. A11en..c... . . i .0 ... George H, Fairbanks, SWAN. C..oaeia i loliaite, waa Js Bi Benkenberger: A1bi0n........v..s “yemiaadien, W O Williams, - The members of this committee are expeoted to sec that suitable arrangements are made in their regpective townships for the holding of township meetings for the election of delegates to this convention, . : e e ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS. - 7 »COUNTY AUDITOR. - - . _ WiLLIAM S. KISER, of Albion, will be a candidate for the nomination to the office of County Audaitor,. before ‘the democratic county convention, ks % ~ JamEs J. LasH, of York twp., begs leave to announce to his fri'em}’q and to the Dem_ocracyin &;eneral that he will be a candidate be~ fore the democratic convention for the office of Anditor of Noble county, Your support is respectfully solicited. | - g e ! -« COUNTY TREASURER. .- = GEORGE KEENN, of Perry twp., will be a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the decision ofthe democratic.county convention, . and ~respe‘ctfnlllyl solicits- the support of his fellowcitizens throughout the county. . .~ = Heury W. Schaefer, of Kendallville, will be a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of thq’.demopfgjs?,convention to be held at Albion, Angust 16, 1878, ‘By request of + - i 'Mmtygmm.u ; et SURRINE e e . ALBERT C, HARDENBROOK, of Lig“onier, will be a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the demograpic county convention to be held at Albion, on Friday, Augus}l6th, | WILLIAM GALBRETH, of Ligonier, will be a' e&qdldi’t}es tor"&ﬂﬂ-@fjmq county, ‘subject to the decision of the demotratic conven= ‘tion to be held Angust 16th, . e i o MR} I‘l-‘TNTOR&—PIW&&H&%“W: ggﬂ ‘pame of Rionarp WiLLIANS, of Green township, . to 5 ndudicn L 8 ol r Mg 00l county, subject to the decision of the democratic .coggxn'mon m;m‘_hélg?gx_; Eldsy;%;&n st 16th, 1878, andoblige . Many Furexie; CYI;USPULWG og York township, 10w and during the past two years Superintendo *’%“M 21 B 4 Nz | be & candio4 fof Shertf, sublact 10 the Wheeiston ofiie ey NPI St sieaton, - e o ma e e L A B s*« ’:‘l. ‘ .- »a 'mwzww'k*:

e an,;mvgnrmmnms. i $2O. 850. $lOO. $5OO. Invested judicionsly in Stocks (Optidns or Privi. leges), often returns ten times the amount 1n 80 - days. Full details and Oflicial Stock Exchangpe Reports free. Address T. Potter Wight & Co., Bankers, 25 Wall Street, New York. KEOKUKGREAT e 'fQ//cMazz{z/é S o Chercantdl. ~ COLLEGE. Kroxux, lowa, on the Mississippi. Boek-keepers, Penmen, “Reporters, Operators, School Teachers, thorouﬁhly\ﬂtted. Apply toved- . itor of this paper forha memb'e‘rehlif. at d’{scouut Write for cireulars to PROF, MI LER,¥Keokuk, fowa. o 5 FER G e R S A e

N . P@KSO”,S‘ A Clewing RnSES T Tohagey ~Awarded. Righest prize at Centennial Exposition for Jwe chewing qualities and excellence and lasting char.acler of cweetening and Jlavoring, The best tobaccs “ever made. As our blue strip trade-mark is closely dmitated’ on ‘inferior goods, see that Jackson’s Best is on every X:lu;:.- Sold' by all dealers, Send for samglb, free, 15 C. A JACxso7 & Co., Mirs.,, Petersburg, a et S R s

Beautitul Concert Granad } A s};n;;_noqs. coslt; $1,600, only R AN e ) 25, Superb Grand Sqnare Pianos, cost $l,lOO, onl sﬁ&s.s’qucga—‘U"}” Torieht - Pianos, cost $BOO, only é’ 155. New Style Upright Pianos, §112.50. Organs. 835, Organg [2stops, 872,50, .Church Organs, 16"500’1‘)5, cost $390, on}‘v $ll5. . Elegant $375 Mirror. 'op Organs, only $lO5. Tremendous Saerifice to close ‘out presengstock. New Steam Factorysoon . tobe ;arect-ted.r ll:!;awspap‘er w(ilth much information aboui cost of Pianos and Organs SENT FREE. ' Please address e - DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, N. J. B B A DAY to agents canvassing for the N Fireéside Visitor. Terms and ont- ; M fit free. -Address P.O.VICKERY, Aun- & gusta, Maine. : L TELEPHONES = ik For Business Purposes, ours excel LN "all others in clearrness and volume of o -~ tone,” Illustrated circular and testimonials for 3 cents. Address J. R, HOLCOMB, - Marnier CriEk, Omo, i "WSELLERS' LIVERPILLS i ‘have stood for 30 years the %ﬁndml-[{emed for the cure of Liver Complaints, Costiveness, Swty Headb i ache, and all derangements of the Liver: Read - L 3 ““Sellers’ Liver Pills cured me of Liver Complaint, which compelled me to quit work."-Wm. Andrews, S Baltimore. ‘“ I can recommend Sellers’ Liver Pills. ; They havesaved hundreds of dollarsindoctor's bills." ‘—Thos. Adams, Big Sandy, Kentueky. Price 25c. & Box, Sold by all Druggists and country Storc Keepers, . .R. E. SELLERS & CO., Prop’s, Pitisburgh, Pa. - CATARRH. A Man Cured of Catarrh of 40 . Years’ Standing! | SO. BAD ‘TIIAT IT IMPAIRED ITIS/ HYES[GIIT,,MA_DE HIM ALMOST DEAFY. S TROUBLED WITH Droppings in Throat, Buzzing in Head. and G " Fetid Breath. . - The CoNsTITUTIONAL CATAREH REMEDY is the first ariicle placed before the public that pro.posed to cure Catarrh by burlding up the Constitution. It struck at the robt of the whole difiiculty, and thousands aopon thousands of letters bave been received by the proprietors, settin # forth the marvelous.clires, and, what is remarkable, curing ‘not only theCatarrh, but all other ailments at the same time. This is what it always does, The following statement is only a sample of what we are constantly receiving from well known people, -0 whom you can write, and not to bogus ones.— Catarrh and its attendant evils, cold in head, hacking cough, incipient consnmption, headache, aing in/back and:loins, dizziness, langmdnekss,' 'Poss of appetite and general weakness, all leave together when the Constitutional Catarrh Remedy is taken asrccommended. e

it LOWELL, Mass., Feb. 12, 1876. Mgsses. LirrLEFIELD & Co.: . - Lk _. I have been entirely cured of Catarrh by the ase of the Constitutional Catarrh Remedy. I have had 1t for forty years, and go severely that my evesight was im‘mired by it, I wasalmost dead, ‘my head was always stopped up I could not: breathe freely, often at” night I could not sleep, being kept awake by a dropping in my throat, gometimes so badly as to almost strangle me.— The discharge from my-nose was fetig and my breath was always foul; I had, too, a continual buzzinﬁ in my head, and héadache almost all the: time. During forty yesrs 1 haye tried almost every medicine for Catarrh in the market, but without receiving any permanent, benefit until I used Constitutional Catarrh Remedy. After nsing two botties I was much relieved, and used ip all gix hottles and am now COMPLETELY cured. - My ‘cyesight is. good. I can hear as well as ever I could. - Thdve no disagreeable discharges from my nose, no droppings 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, ogliion e s = 3 - (Signed) ¢ EDWIN GOODWIN, - Dover Street,; Lowell, Mass.

* Price §l.per bottle, Ai’émphlet of 32 pages, glving' a treatise on Catarrh, with innumerable cases of cures, sent Frer by addressing the I\}pmprietors, . Lrrrueriend & Co., Mdnchester. N. H, - Forsale by SCOTT & SANDROCK, Ligonier, Ind. : 10-m2 ¢ : ADMINIS%‘RATOR’S SALE i S —OF— > iS¢ e 3 e VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. NbTICE is hereby given that by virtue of ﬁn : N order of the Noble Circait Court of Noble County, Indiana. the undersigned, ‘administrator of the estate of John Strang, deceased, will offer for sale at public guction on .. v : - Fonday, August sth, 187, "At 10 oclock, A, m.,Ton the premises, the west half of the northswest quarter of scetion 21, town.sbzip 36 morth, range 8 east, in LaGrange county, Indlana. - Sl . . ; And will offer for sale at public auction on the premises, on At ; . Tuesday, Aungust 6th, 1878, At 10 o’clock, A. M., Lots No. 46, 47 and 48, and thelundivided two-thirds of Lots No. 44 and 45, in - ‘Straus’ Addition to Ligonier, Noble County, Ind. .- TERMS OF SALE,~--Onc-third cash. one-third in- six months, and one-third in one year, with Bix per centum interest. Deferrcd payments to . be secured by notes and morigage, without re--lief from valuation laws, = . : e HIRAM KINNISON, - July 2nd, 1878.-w4 - -~ % Administrator ; # ’ : » . SHERIFF'S SALE, BY; virtue of a certified copy of a decree and an : 2 order ofsale to me directed by the Clerk of . the Noble Cirenit Court of Noble county, Indians, in the caze of Frederick W. Straus, Jacob Straus, -ana Mathias Straus vs. John D. Hart, Mattie Hart and Harriet E. Jones, as Administratrix of the estate of Moses Jones. deceased, I will/offer for sale at public auction -at the door of the court- - house, in the town of Albion, County of Noble and State of Indiana,‘on . "Tuesday, Angust 6, 1878, : Between the hours of gnf o’clock. A. m., and four o’clock, ». m,, of said a‘{,‘a)l_ of the righ&mle, and interest of the said John D, Hart, Mattic Hart, and Harriet E Jones, as Administratrix of the estate of Moses Jones, deceased, for, to and in the following described real estate:

Lot mumber sixteen (1€) in the original plat of Cromwel, in Noble county, Indiana. e - 'NATHANIEL P. EAGLES, { L L i ‘Sheriff Noble county, Ind. 1. E. KnisxLy, Atlorney for Plaintiff. G Albion, July 11, 1878,-12-w4.-p. f. $6.25..

Ry L < £% A NORMAL SCHOOL For the benefit of the Teachers of the District . Bchools of Noble County, will be held at : ALBION, IND., Commencing August sth, and Cono tinulng Six Weeks. - o " . The objects of the work will b A Review of the Common School Branches; Improvement in methods of instruction, and The Management of Schools and School work, . . S Tuition, for the Term, : . $5.00. I will be pasisted by M. M, ©. Skinner and Mr; ,’ ; . D. Lnke. i ; 3 ; “H. G, ZIMMERMAN, Albion, June 26, '7B-w4 . €o. Sup’t, . LAKE SIDE HOUSE, "ROME CITY, : NOBLE COUNIY, : INDIANA, ~_~ TERMS, §1.50 PER DAY, - THIS popular House has lately been refitted, re- . furnished. and thoroughly rehovated from ﬁarrett to cellar, and is now in first-class order. The proprietor will gpare no pains to makeé his {ﬁnegm coml‘orta,gh.i A new and splendid Bath ounse connected with the 'lmndiﬂ&. - Fishing - ‘uckltg mg other gamin%:ppﬁrufﬁ! rnished o ests who are sportsmen.- Free conveyance to. ; g‘;‘es}s Wiahinﬁto kl:?hé Lake Shemq(lir "ngﬂ Railroad at Brimfield. eAL k. __LIST OF LETTERS Rnﬁ%{mﬂg : !?n%gu Office at Ligonier, SRR i “Margrot, George .~ SN s‘}s:%}{"*”" any of Bi& Jetters will 4 m Bed.'t Wl L plonse By M. ~ qoovspßED PM, ' Ligonfer, Ind,, July 95,1838, N T ey w‘zj e &%’ PESON NDEACH. .- . MY ;ﬁ?% d board without just case and pro. | vocation, all persons are hereby eautioned not to gnat her on my acconnt, as I will not be respon. . -sible for her debts contract f,i g his dat ﬁg’ e o e A e SRR B e B B R “Ligonior, Ind, July 15, 1878-10w3. .T L [ Mﬁmfm