The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 August 1878 — Page 2

The Jational Banner . S ™~ ¢ | 4 A S x L >+ Wikhs ) ‘\\’h o A RRO l - 4 . \, ' ‘' | 8 ¥ 2 i | ; e eet RPO o S J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. - LIGONTER, IND., AUG. Bth, 1878, “NMo man worthy of -the eflice .of Presid¢ _ should be willing to hold it if counted in or placed there by frand.”—U, S, Gra¥T. : ‘ ‘Democratic Congressional Con- . s . vention. A Notice i 8 ﬁereby given that a d‘elcgate convention of the Democrats of the 13th Congressional District, and all ‘others in said district who subscribe to thie principles enunciated through the Democratic Stafe Platform, adopted at Indianapolis on the 20th of last February, will be held at : ~ KENDALLVILLE, |+ i ‘ ‘On Tuesday, Augast 20th, 1878, At 10 o’clock, A. M., for the purpose of n:;')’mim}ft-,‘ ing a candidate for Congress, and fgtt the trmi:l-"-f action of stich other business as may be'presentedl:: In accordance with the bagis (}f represematlgm heretofore cstablished' the ‘sevefal counties are entitled {o send the following number of delegates to said convention: '_ KeKa1b..t....b..... .26 (KOSCIUSko .ouenn... 27 LAGrange. . ...hi....-.l2B{lNoble. ... m. 007 E1khmt.......i.....‘:H’ Stenden ... he-ipnay 8 Marshall .. ..l 0000 J : By authority of the Congressional Central Committee, C, A, 0. MoCLELLAN, Ch'n.

- Hox. Jou~ 11. BAKER. feels some: what relieved. Tousley has declined

Ex-U. S.SENATOR FOWLER, of Tennessee, presided over the convention of. National Ggqenbackers held at Washington city last Tuesday. -

TueE REPUBLICANS in the Soutb, finding themselves in a hopeless minority, seem to feel disposed to yield the fiéld to the Nationals,

WoNDER if some of the republican papers in this district don’t wish they hadn’t been quite so much in'a hurry about pitching into Tousley?

Tuoven Judge Tousley is not a candidate, his earnest words to the voters of the Thirteenth District will neither be forgotten nor ignored.

IT was real funny to read the comments of the republican papers of this aistrict on the candidacy of iJudg'er Tousley. Their predictions, prophesies, prognostications, ete., were simply sublime, - - .

THE PROGABILITIES now arc that in every county in this District, with the possible exception of | Steuben, three geparate and distinet tickets will be in the field. That is the best way to test the real strength of the three parties. : B

Tur LaGrange Standard, an honorakle, straight-forward party organ, manfully retracts its erroneous criticism of.jour statement in regard to French finanees, but the “independent” New Erais not moved by a like wense of fairness, . :

HoN. MorGAN H. WEIR, the present Mayor of LaPorte, was yesterday nominated for Congress by the Democracy of the Tenth District. ¢'llis competitors were] ejt-State ' Senator

~ Joseph Henderson, of South Bend, « and Major John N. Skinner, candi-

date of the Nationals. Mr. Weir is a pronounced Greenback Democrat, and an able and effeétive stump speaker,

It is our sad duty, this week, to record the death of GErM BROWN, senior editor of the Steuben Republican. He died last Monday, after a brief illness -caused by over-exertion during the hot .weather. Deceased was among the best citizens of Steuben county, -and one of the most highly esteemed Jjournalists of Northern Indiana.— Peace to his ashes. : o

CONSIDERABLE surprise was created by the announcement, last Saturday, that the old established Cincinnati wholesale grocery house of R. M. Bishop & Co.s;h'ad fag;.ed with liabilities'amounting to $360,000. The senior member of the firm is the venerable Governor of Ohio, who. aseribes the failure to shrinkage in values and depreciation of real estate. A settlement has since béen effected with the creditors, and the business will be continued as before. )

THE DETEBMINATION'{); the Nationals of this District to fill the:vacancy occasioned by the declinat,i"o.ﬁ of Judge Tousley renders certain a triangular contest. The renomination of Hon; John H. Baker is generally regarded a moral certainty. The Nationals will probably nominate Capt. Eden H. Fisher, Col. Wm. ¢. Williams or Hon. John §. Bender, The Democrats will nominate on the 20th—whom ?— the readers of tjie BANNER will know inf two weeks from date.

| Tne New Era’s logic is positively bewildering. That astonishingly independent journal declares that Tde Fisher was a candidate before the State convention which adopted a fiat money platform, and that'the editor of this paper has been making speéches at greenback meetings; therefore, bshold, THE BANNER is an advocate of the fiat money theory! Won't somebody at the “hub” be kind enough 0 place a wreath ypon the massive head that is capable of emitting such profound logie? - - ;

THE LETTER of Manton Marble, revealing Mr. Tilden’s attitude toward the various propositions for the adjustment of the electoral count, will proyve somewhat damaging to the presidential prospects of Senator Thurman, The telegrams published by Mr. Marble indicate that haste characterized the deliberations of the Senate conmittee of which Senators Thurman . and Bayard were members, and that ‘Mr. Tilden had just cause for complaining of the important steps taken in that matter without affording an opportunity,for calm deliberation and reflection. Had Thurman and Bayard consulted with: the cautious and farseeinig Tilden, it is more than probable_that the Democrats would not

NATIONAL GREENBACK DOCTRINES.

{ A conference of representative Nationaliiemmheldqﬁ‘ﬁ'ash ington last Tuesday. In their declarations of principles they state that United States bonds should bear the burden of government equally with all other property, and any legislation that exempts said bonds from taxation is unjust.and oppressive. A full legal tender currency for all is favored; a currepcy alike in value in every man’s ; the immediate and unconditional repeal of the resumption act; the lawful liberation of coin hoarded in the treasury and the removal of all re- | strictions to the coinage of silver are demanded, realizing specie never can be suflicient to supply the commercial demands of the country. The issueof treasury notes to such extent as will fully satisfy the requirements of trade is ifavored, such 'notes to be made a | full legal tender. The retirement of bank currency-and the substitution of ‘| greenbacks is demanded. Tl_fe further | issue of 'interest-bearing bonds on any | account at any rate of interest by the. government is opposed, and while monopolies, subsidies and special privileges are opposed, a judicious expendituré of treasury notes on inteinal improyements and in the construction of such rail highways as will furnish protection to our maritime and land frontiers and. open new markets for | produets of American industry, is | favored. :

> JUDGE TOUSLEY. The Elkhart Review has had a vision—and a very astonishing ‘one at that. lere it is: Thulial ~ “Is Judge Tousley bidding for the democratic nomination? °llis seven column letter of deeclination, which appears in this week’s Ligonier BANNER, would indicate it. Hiram is-a sly old fox, and expects to escape joint discussion by pretending to be in too poor health to meet his competitor. But if he gets the democratic endorsement this dodge will hardly serve his purpose, lle wiil have to come before the people and define his position, not only on the greenback question, but on other questions that are occupying the public mind at present.” “Hiram” may be “a sly old fox,” but he certainly does not ask for a democratic endorsement. IHe has retired from the race in good faith—of this the Review may rest agsured. As to his being afraid to meet “his competitor” in joint discussion, thatis all moonshine. His admirable letter attests ample ability to maintain his position against the attacks of any Republican that may be put forward for that purpose. , i ! S — - E— : CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS, . ~ Nominations for Representatives in Congress have thus far been made in this State as follows: ; "1 First District—Thomas E. Garvin, Democrat; Wm. IHHeiiman, Republican; Thomas F. Deßruler, National. Second District—Thomas R. Cobb, DHemocrat. A :

“Third District—George A. Bicknell, Democrat.

Fourth District—dJ. D. New, Democrat; Leonidas Sexton, Republican. Fifth District—~Thomas M. Browne, Rep.; W. C. Jeffries, National. - Sixth District—Wm. R, Myers, Democrat; Wm. Grose, Rep.; Reuben A. Riley, National, e Seventh District—John Ilanna,Rep.; Rev. Gilbert Del.aMatyr, National. : Eighth District—A. J. lostetler, Dem.; Morton C.Hunter, Rep.; Henry A. White, National. Ninth Distriet—John R. Coffroth, Dem., (declined); Godfove S. Orth, Rep.; Leroy Templeton, National. Tenth District—Morgan . Weir, Dem.; Wm. H. Calkins, Rep.; John N. Skinner, National, - Eleyventh District—D. D. Dykeman, Dem.; Calvin Cowgill, Rep.; David Moss, National. | ; Twelfth District—Walpole G. Colerick, Dem.; John Studabaker, National. - :

Thirteenth District—lTiram S. Tousley, declined. SR . :

Here is an extract from the published portion of the speech as it appeared in THE BANNER which certainly fully gaatified us in the assertion that it was an “out-and-out stump speéch.”—New Era. i Hold on, Mister Prevaricator! When you penned your malignant “four-lin-er” you did not have a line of the Rome City Fourth: of July oration before your eyes! The facts are, you did n’t know anything about it, and *fibbed” about it at random! That’s “independent” style. v :

AT the republican convention of Elkharb,county, last week, the follpwing resolution offered by M. F. Skuey was unanimously adopted: ; Resolved, That the official conduct of our Representative in Congress, Eon, John I. Baker, meets with the un?ualiﬁed approval of the people of this county, and that we earnestly degire his re-nomination.

Tne DEMOCRATS of South Carolina have renominated Wade Hampton for Governor and all the State officers elected with him two years ago. The convention was entirely harmonious and boisterously enthusiastic. Noone questions the triumphant election of the ticket headed by 4he eloquent Hampton. g

“T'o meetings of this party (National) Stoll has been making public addresses,” &e.—New Era. Not a word of truth in your assertion, Mr. Prickett, and you know it. | e - 'Two years ago the Judge had “retir- [ ed{ from polities,” and only begged the poor privilege of serving the dear people, for gix years, in the non-political office of Judge. Now, inless than two years, the Judgeship is left to eare for -itself, while the Judge perambulates the District,in company with a lot of disreputable politicians, log-rolling for a seat in Congress.— Waterioo Press. . There, Baxter, that shot was pre‘mature. Now sit down, take a fan and cool yourself while you peruse and ponder over the Judge’s views of the ;;}ﬂitical‘ situation. Then, if you can see your way clear, fire again.— Angola Herald: - - v e

. 'We are in receiptl of a copy of the Noble County Agricultural Society’s premium list for their twenty-third annual fair, to be held at Ligonier, September 17th 'to 20th, inclusive, The pamphlet was printed at the BANNER office and is a neat specimen of typography.—A4ngola Herald. ‘Nine vessels are reported lost and six aghore in th?, storm on the southm coast of Cuba, on the night of : 1 y il L i % 5 e » ;

ROME CITY ITEMS.

- We were politely invited by M, T. Owen, Esq., on last Sunday afternoon to take a ride on the beautiful steamer, W. O. Houghart, which invitation we aceepted .with pleasure. We stepped aboard in company with Judge Tousley, of Albion, Capt. Ede Fisher, of Rome, and some of the elite ‘of ' the city of Fort Wayne and many other passengers, making a full load for this beautiful little favorite. We. ‘rounded Round Island and returned by way of the mi‘pex‘al springs, landed at the springs and took a drink of the miheral waters, and then landed safely at the wharf from whence we started. Anyone visiting Rome City will not have filled half their mission unless they take a ride on the W.O. Houghart. We learn that it is the intention hereafter to run to Round Island and return by way of the mineral springs every Sunday afternoon. Round trip twenty cents. s

JEDGE TOUSLEY DECLINES—This news came upon Rome like a bombsh_ell bursting in the camp of the enemy. As for ourself we were not taken entirely by surprise, having had a little hint of the matter beforehand; but we could not believe it possible until our eyes beheld it in print, and then we were forced to succumb. The Judge's production preceding his declination is: an excellent ' greenback document and should ‘be perused by every voter in this Congressional District, and elsewhere. But his reasons for declining are scarcely suflicient to satisfy his most ardent admirers, and hereafter, sheuld he ask favors from his friends, his action in this case “may rige up in judgment against him.” e The grand rally on the 14th promises to be a magnificent affair. Moses W. Field, of Detroit, will positively be here, and address the'mu'titudes at two o’clock, p. . Already"the old party hacks are trying to keep people from coming| to hear the truth, calling it humbug, ete., ete.; but remember that “truth never suffers from investigation;” the more it is rubbed the brighter it shines. We want everybody to come on the 14th and have a glorious tim®, - * Don’t forget to go to Albion next Saturday, August 10th, Nominate a good, strong ticket, nominate none but good men; and then see that they are elected on the seeond Tuesday ifi Oetoper, Let every township send in a good delegation.. 1f we select a good working ticket we can elect it in October. ‘ b e

" 1t is funny now to take up the county partisan sheets .and sce the announcements, office. seekers tryipg to elect themselves at $3 a puff. Letthe oflice seek the man, and then there will seldom be' mistakes. This rule has been adopted by the Nationals, and is bound to win. . - ;

~ Judge Tousley’s declination caused a little commotion, but the ranks are now closed up, and we are marching in solid’ column to meet the enemy.— Another, more valiant, soldier will be supplied to fill the vacancy, and we will mareh to victory on the second Tuesday in October. [Thereader will please bear in mind that Alexis makes no pretensions to being a prophet; he only prognosticates. - lesides, he is a capital good jokist.—lED. BANNER.] “We want no cowards in our ranks : Who will their colors fiy; ¢ : We want all valiz_mt hearted men, . : . W:ho are not afraid to die.” Our candidate for Congress will probably be supplied by the district committee at Kendallville on the 13th, or Rome City on the 14th. We say to the committee: &Select your best material; select the man who will aim directly at the Bull’s eye, no matter whom it hurts the' worst. = Greenback nominations at Albion, August 10th. The National Greenback campaign of Noble county will open at Rome City, August 14th, and then keep red-hot until the second Tuesday in October. ' o TAKE NOTlCE—Aspirants- to oflice who throw cold water on the National Greenback movement now will please step aside hereafter. Nationalg don’t believe in death-bed repentance, If you want to do good and be true to yourselves and posterity, show your colors now. | e Our enterprising young friend,Luther Howe, is starting a restaurant on his own hook. Luther is a good boy and deserves patronage. Loglﬂ for an advertisement soon. ‘Manison: Houge advertisement will appear next week. ' : Judge Tousley is attending the water cure at" Three Rivers, Mich, Our committee on banners will display some striking truths on the 14th. They are coming. ALEXIS. JUDGE TOUSLEY'’S LETTER,

' We have had the pleasure of reading the letter of Hon. Hiram Tousley, declining the nomination for Congress of the 13th District by the greenback convention. It ig an able production. He certainly must have given the subject much thought and attention, as he groups together many important facts and figures in such manner as to convince any man unless he should be filled with prejudice as an egg is with meat.— Goshen Democrat. i

: PAxTON, ILL., Aug. 8, "78. EpiTor BANNER:—I see in to-day’s Chicago T'imes a telegram from your place giving a notice of Judge Tousley’s letter declining the nomination tor Congress in'the Thirteenth District, published in your paper, and believing from the extract in the Zimes that it i 3 a very aple document, 1 enclosé you ten cents, requesting you tosend mea copy of your paper containing the Judge’s letter, and oblige . * . Yours &c., S. D: Cooren. _ A prominent citizen of Elkhart county, ina private letter, says: . “Judge Tousley’s letter is a most effective blast in the right direction. 1t does credit alike to his head and heart, and will make a good document for distribution. It strikes home with a force that the re‘publiqg,leﬁem cannot resist. It ought to be placed in tite hands of Republicans generally throughout the distriet.” - . The Logansport police have orders to arrest every tramp found in the atyimete.. . o b

ELKHART LOCALS.

- The harvest being ended, and the wheat garnered, I resame—not; specie payments—Dbut writing locals for Tie BANNER, : i

- How pleased must have been the people of the county to read the comments of THE BANNER editor on fiat money. We admire the course taken by him in that editorial. S

. The Nationals held a meeting in Wawaka last Saturday evening. The crowd was not large but 1t was very respectable. Dro. Alexishad announced that 'Squire Green, of Wawaka, had espoused the cause of the Nationals, but, alas! it was a mistake. The ‘Squire is in favor of greenbacks as asked for by the democratic platforms of the States of Ohio and Indiana. So when Charley is billed for a National they get hold of the wrong stick. Ie takes greenbacks (and wants more) in exchange for medicines, but he does nof refuse silver. -~ - ;

The Democrats are all expected to meet in council next Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'cluck, to sciect -delegates to attend tne county convention. Let us all attend, and try to select from the host of candidates men who will add strength to the ticket, and men who are asking for position through principle. o

Esquire Cookingham has removed hig family to Kansas, and intends to make that State his future home.

Scott .Kessler* will probably be installed as post master in a few days.

Samuel Swank sold his 60-acre farm to A. G. Gibson and J. B. Smith, and, in company with Rev. Wm, Mawhorter, has gone to explore a portion of Kansas. We should be glad to see more real estate change hands, for with. the change comes all kinds of trade. e

AL I Smith threshed one field of wheat and it averaged 30 bushels to the acre. The price of this cereal is very low, but the yield peracre is gbod, and will have a tendency to slightly help the farmers. : : Mrs. Wm. Gage is quite.ill, and has been 50 for some time. I hope she may speedily récover.

Camp meeting at.LaGrange on Sunday next. Our people are preparing for it. :

Jacob Gerver, an old and respected citizen, died on Monday morning. Funeral services to-morrow. = . |

There was a temperance meeting at Wawaka last Menday evening. D:jC. Vancamp and Ilallenbeck delivered addresses, and 38 or 40 persous signed the pledge and donned the ribben.— Ligonier furnished a large delegation for the meeting. We should judge from the number who were in attendance from that place that the town ig altogether’temperance. Some of THE BANNER boys were there. Come again, boys, . - - So.

"-. CROMWELL ITEMS. . v : — 4 The Democratic voters of Sparta township are requested to meet in the school house in Cromwell, on Saturday next, August 10, 1878, at 3 o’clock, P. M., for the purpose of selecting 14 del egates to the county convention to be held at Albion. A full attendanee is desired. : )

The temperance meetinglast Sun: day evening was a grand success. Thé lady, Mrs. Ford, (who, by the way, is a sister of Mr. William Umbenhower, our esteemed fellow-citizen of this place,) did ample justice to the subject of temperance. She spoke about 40 minutes to a large audience and her arguments were replete with good praetical views on the subject. She may be classed among the most efficient workers in the temperance movement. ’

. John Vanderford, brother of Clark and Comer, merchants of this place, was drowned in Ogden Slip in Chica£o on the 20th day of July while bathing. The body of the deceased was brought to this place by his fatherand brother, and interred in the Wolf Lake gemetery. . ¢ :

Billy Kiser and J. J. Lash, candidates for county Auditor, were hete to-day shaking hands with their numerous friends: e :

Quite a'number of the citizens of this place took in the excursion on the 6th to visit the garden city of the west. Among the number were A. D, Maggart and lady, Mrs. L. B, Eagles and two sons. i

The question now isg, if it is right for a man to hold the office of Auditor for two terms, which would make eight years in office, why not give a Sheriff or Treasurer three terms which would only make six years? Mr. N. P. Eagles is now a candidate for ‘the oflice of county Treasurer. Mr. E. has faithfully and honestly discharged his duties for nearly 4 years, as Sheriff, and it will not be any injustice to any voter of Noble county to place Mr. E, in the Treasurer’s office for two years. : Mr. Galbreth’s chances are good for the nomination of Sheriff, so far as our township is concerned. ; - Aug. 6, ; : VALET,

“Eden H. Fisher for Congress. ‘(Fort Wayne Daily News,) Judge Tousley having declined the Greenback nomination for Congressman from- the 13th District, on account of ill-health, we suggest the name of Capt. Eden H. Fisher, of Noble county, as the most popular and best posted man in the Distriet. He should receive the unanimous endorsement.of the masses at Rome City, August 14th, ; : : i ] - ER— The fast train west on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad met with a terrible accident near Mingo Junction, O, at 1 o’clock, A. M., Wednesday, by colliding with a freight train. - The entire train except 'the hotel car and sleepers was thrown from the track and fearfully wrecked. Eleven or twelve persons reported killed, and from fifteen to twenty se. riously wounded. . _ ; - The new North Carolina Legislature stands as followsion joint ballot: Democrats, 97; Republicans, 50; Independents, 9; 3_‘?pbtful. 14; which. gives the Democrats 24 majority, g Thai;mingis at &gkl%ﬁm%:m, ol ery, Pa, have struck for ten cents ﬂﬁgﬂwvhich has been refused.-

S ONTHEWING, - .. GREENVILLE, O, July 31, 1 arrived here on Tuesday and like the place so well that I coneluded to stay a few days and restup. - Greenville reminds a Ligonierian of Goshen by its wide streets and beautiful shade trees. They claim a population of about 5,000. The business ‘men are all wide awake and energetic, and everything is conduected in true metropolitan style. The town boasts of a self-propelling sfeam firé engine, which is kept in a handsome buildimg erected in the middle of the public square. In the building is the town hall "and public offices. There are three first-class livery barns in the place, and it is a question with me as to how they make it pay. The “turnouts” are as fine in appearance as any that may be found in Chicago.. The barns are all built of brick and situatad on the business streets, and are kept as pure and free from odor as any of thedwellings. ot

" The town cOnta‘ms two first-class hotels and may well feel proud of them. Mr. Wagner, the popular and wellknown proprietor of the Wagner Hotel, is one of those whole-souled, jolly fellows one seldom meets, and is untiring in his efforts to make his guests feel at home. i = '

‘The hard times and scarcity of money is not felt here to any great degree, and you need not be surprised when I tell you that it isall owing to the handisome piked roads. A gentleman told ‘me yesterday that the people had a pretty hard time the first two years paying for the work, but that there was not now a man in the county who would take three times the amount paid for them and do without these pikes. Ifthe good people in‘and about Ligonier who are opposed to piking their roads could come here and take -aride over these pikes they would soon cease their opposition. This county (Darke) has over7oo miles of free turn pike. The average cost for building is from $9OO te $l,OOO per mile. With an almost unequaled farming country round about Ligonier, the increase in \'ralue of property would soon equal the cost of construction. The pike taxes are so arranged that each township pays the same amount. Property along the pikes are not only benefited as to value, but the land in low places is-ditched and drained by-ditch-es on both sides of the roads.. The farmers are taxed for this ditching at the time of completion, but after that .the pike commissioners keep the ditches free at their own expense. The citizens know the amount of business these pikes have brought them and feel proud, as well they may, of so en--ergetic and go-ahead farmers. People of Noble county would do well to'send -a committee to this place to inquire into the mode of construction and cost per mile.” The commissioners would. gladly give all the desired information, even to the smallest details. =

~ The prospects for a good corn crop in this State are much better than in Indiana, but we are ahead on wheat. Daniel Hume is the heaviest grain dealer here, and in fact the only one. He ships on an average about two car loads per day the year round. Wheat is shipped to Baltimore, Philadelphia and Dayton. : : & We havealready consumed too much space and will close by asking the people of Noble county to lend their influence towardsecuring good piked roads. Yours for the pike, i

The Importance of County Fairs.

As the time for the holding of the next Annual Fair of the Noble County Agricultural Seciety is drawing near, a few words relative thereto would not, it seems, .at this time be Inappropriate, The editor of a leading agricultural paper says that “hundreds of letters come to me yearly asking for information that can be readily obtained at the Agricultural Fairs every fall.” A farmer who observes.the live stock, implements, muchines, and other interesting objects. at those fairs, and makes a study of them, will gain much valuable information. Those who attend these fairs with their goods and live stock, are pleased to have them seen and examined. It is their business to show what they have on exhibition, and we never yet knew of one to give an impatient reply to any civil inquiry made of them, but, on the contrary, have always found them' eager | to impart information; and this information is just what every farmer wants. He needs to Dbe instructed about the differences in character and value of live stock ; the uses and working of implements and machinery ; the value of improved grains and other products; che kinds of fertilizers that are best, and scores of other matters, not only of great interest but of value in his daily business. Farmers need to meet together and talk .with one another about these things, and compare views., Itis hardly possible for any two farmers to so discuss matters ‘relating to their business without mutual benefit. The County Fair is the 'place of all others for farmers to meet: with one another, and also to meet those who provide them with implements and various other supplies. It can be truthfully said that the County Fairs are the orchardists’, farmers’ and gardeners’ harvest time for col-: lecting the experience of others, and the harvesting of information that shall be of use hereafter. There is al--8o another consideration not to be ov- \ erlooked, and that is that every one ‘visits the Fairs to show as well as to see. If every one held back because he felt sure that some one else woyid ‘have something better, there w’du}gf)e no show at all. It is very pamiliating to be told by a visitor-#l've got ‘athome better corn, bet:sr wheat, cab: ‘bage, grapes (or whatever it may be) than any I see here” If you have madﬂ&miﬂf&keinnot“hwnﬁﬂay nothing about it, but resolve to do bet‘ter next year.- By all means, we say, attend the Tairs; show tho bost you ‘have of live stock and prognwm iaw:mgmimmmmmg have better, try to learn the cause of #he inferiority of your own, apply the Somls A nst Your an bat Ml ‘what ought tobe—“The Farmers’ | Wﬁ«g:%%ﬁ? st D shiet S ol e el s S ]

Indiana News Items. The potatoe crop is reported to be the best-for years, not only in quantity but in quality. : ‘ : The subject of .swimming-schools for ladies s agitated at Madison, Kokomo, and some other live and dead towns in the State. L Only thirty applications for the position of National Bank Examiner for Indiana have been ﬁllgd with the Treasury Department at V ashington.

A correspondent of the Bourbon Mirror who lately visited the Bentley huckleberry marsh believes 3,000 persons were at once there picking berries| : :

Three churches have recently been burned in Vigo county, and a few nights ago an attempt was made to burn the Bethesda chureh, near Terre Haute. i 8 :

~ GosHEN, August 4.—Tlog cholera is prevailing to an alarming extent in the northern part of this county. Many hogs are dying, the farmers being unable to check the ravages of the disease. .. . s ki

There is danger of making lead pencils too sharp. Andrew Decker, of Ontario, sharpened his very nicely,put it into his ‘hip pocket, and then sat down on it. It ran into his hip-only two and a half inches.—Lagrange Standard. . .

Prof. Sceovell, of the State Normal School, proposes soon to make a complete survey of the mounds,}l)efb'by the old mound-builders in Vigo county. The mounds number about sixty inall. 'Fhe Professor will locate them on a map of the county, and gather all data possible concerning them.—7Zerre Haute Express.. r : : At Sheldon, a village south of Fort Wadyne, during church services Sunday, Mrs. Harriet Fults made a violent attack upon Miss Sarah Riley with a club, and gave her a terrible beating "before they were separated. Cause, jealously on the part of Mrs. Fults, who is under arrest. Miss Riley’s injuries are very serious. :

During a severe storm near llynsdale, Morgan county, Sunday evening, a waterspout burst, and water to the amount of two feet on the level fell in a few minutes. It was attended ‘with ‘hail and wind, completely destroying about, one hundred acres of corn on the farm of Amos Stout, and blowing down a great deal of valuable timber. A

Sunday afternoon a tramp applied for dinner at the residence of David Wherry, three miles west of Marion. Being refused he set fire to the barn, which was totally destroyedq, together with two horses and a la.rge amount of hay, a threshing-machine, and several thousand bushels of wheat. The loss is estimated at $5,000, with no insurance. The tramp was arrested.

It has been reported from reliable authority that a huge reptile in the shape of a black-snake has been frequenting the waters of the St. Joe river between the old paper-mill and the Pigeon-street bridge. ' Quite a number have seen the monster, and describe it as being about 10 feet long, with. a flat head, white on the bellv, and very black and glossy on the back. Its rendezvous seems to be near the old paper-mill.—Elkhart News.

The residence of Rev. Father Oechtering, of LaPorte, 'was burglarized Friday morning fo the extent of about $6OO in jewelry and other personal effects. The work was evidently performed by experts, as no trace of how they entered or left the premises was vigible. The bureau-drawers were unlocked, rifled of their contents, locked again, and all traces concealed in such a manner that the robbery was not discovered until late in the day.

The Fort Wayne Gazette says that the project of constructing a double track narrow gauge railroad from New York to Chicago and thence West to Omaha is now well under way. It is an old project, which the panic of 1873 collapsed. The road will pass North of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, from Pittsburgh to Salem, thence through the counties of Stark, Holmes, Richland, Marion, Warren, Hardin, Allen and Van Wert, in Ohio; and Adams, Wells, Huntington, thence to Chicago and westward, it will strike the Fort Wayne road at Salem, Lima, and Van Wert, and at nc other point until it reaches Chicago. {

Terrific Storm in Southern Indiana.

LouisvlLLE,Ky., Aug.2.—The News has intelligence of a most terrific wind and rain storm that visited a large portion of Southern Indiana yesterday afternoon, the extreme southern edge reaching within about ten miles of this city. A gentleman who was at Bloomington, Ind., informs us that a very large quantity of fine timber was blown down, fences prostrated, barns leveled and unroofed, and many buildings damaged. The growing eorn was torn up, washed off or laid flat, many hundreds of acres being destroyed. On the line of the Ohio and; Mississippi Railroad, from Lexington northward, much .damage was done to crops, fences and forests.

The New Orleans Board of Health on the Ist reported twenty-four new cases and seven deaths from yellow fever for the twenty-four hours preceding. = Quarantine against freight and passengers from New Orleans and Vicksburg is being rigidly enforced at Memphis. Two more cases have occurred at Cincinnati, one of them fatal, the victim being a colored man named Banks, who has lived there for ten years. Considerable excitement' prevails, and the strictest quarantine regulations will, it is expected, be enforced. A steamboatman is sick in New Albany with a pronounced case of the fever, but is recovering under treatment. :

Two heavy rain-storms, accompanied by thunder and lightning, swept over Philadelphia Thursday morning, doing considerable damage to the Exhibition baildings and goods therein. A portion of the roof of Wanamaker’s great clothing establishment fell under a weight of water, but only one salesman was slightly injured, Cellars were flooded level with the street in many places, doing immense damage to goods stored. Culverts were chioked, trees blown down, and roofs demolished. . , : *

The Secretary of War says he has news from the Rio Grande that several Mexican companies are being organized to repel raids across the river |by United States forces. Matters are ‘regarded as becoming serious, Raiders upon this side of the river will be followed into Mexico, though the sincere wish of the Government is that ‘there. will be no occasion for any future crossing by our soldiers,

Paris green used by a farmer in his potato field came mear destroying a pienic party near Ottawa, 111. They had their luncheon spread on a grassy plat in an adjoining field, and the wind blew a quantity of the poison ‘over the eatables, At one timeit was Jthou‘%ht;‘thatmqt one of the party WORNLETRORSOR: -2 L L 0

; General Hems.. The Potter investigating committes will resume its sessions in New: York on the 12th inst. Members of the MacVeigh commission have been summoned. ol It is'said negotiations between Bismarck and the Papal Nuncio are progressing satisfactorily, in consequences of important concessions made by Bismarck, ST ;

~ Russian troops are returning to Russia to the number of 5,000 daily. -The Roumanian army 1s expected to make a triumphal entry into Bucharest, accompanied by Bulgarian trophies.

Dennis Kearney, the California Communist, was formally received at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Monday evening, by one of the largest gatherings, ever held within and around its walls. Not one-fourth of the crowd could gain entrance. v

A most shocking case of incest has just came to light. - Joseph Allmond, & well-known farmer and trader, living near Wentworth, North Carolina, was arrested Saturday on the charge of raping his daughter, Carrie, a baxom girlof fiftebn.. . o e

A very severe stormi visited Springfield, Ohio, Friday night. The lightning caused the city fire-alarm to ring ‘three. times, and also struck a frame kitehen in rear of a house ‘on-Linden avenue, scattering the furniture and articles within as though a thousand iends had been at work upon them. The Mastin Bank, of Kansas City, Mo., has succumbed to the pressure of the times and closed its doors. A ‘statement is made that .Kansas City ‘had on deposit %72,000, the county “$llO,OOO, the State $252,000, and that the State Treasurer’s bond will probai bly be rendered worthless by the failure. : i B

The Union Pacific is out with a pronunciamento declaring their intention to continue the sale of their lands as heretofore, in spite of Secretary Schurz’s recent decision, that the lands granted to the Pacific railroads now remaining unsold are subject to- preemption at a maximum: priee of $1.25 per acre. . e

The first bale of new -cotton from the Mississippi Valley was received in New Orleans on Wednesday of last week. It was classed good middling, and sold at auction for-1814 cents per pound. The cotton was well ginned, fully matured, of good color, silky, good staple, and superior’to any first bale received for some years. .

Over thirty United States prisoners from Fort Smith; Ark. are on their way to the Indiana and Michigan peni= tentiaries. They consist of half-breed: Indians, negroes, and eight white men; all from the Indian Territory, convigted of horse-stealing, violation of the revenue laws, and a few of them being accessories to murderers. . - Gov. -Cullem, of Illinois, has been appealed to for a company of militia to protect the coal mines at Stanton, Maceupine county, which are threateited with destruction by s?r-ikitgg miners. He has ordered the’ Sheriff of thie county .to the scene of disturbance with orders to call to his aid such force as may be found necessary. . - - The eclipse of the sun on July 29th was viewed under most favorable circumstances at nearly all pointson the line of totality. Prebably the most important - scientific result aehieved was telegraphed by Prof. Watson, of Ann Arbor; Mich.,from Rawlins, Wyo.. Ter, to the effect that he has discovered a new planet within the ‘orbid of Mercury. . W R ORE e L

Michael TRees, of San KFrancisco, news of whose death at Wallenstein, Germany, was received Saturday last, leaves an estate approximated at $lO,~ 000,000 or more, and, with the exception of Senator Sharon, was the largest real estate owner in. San Franeisco. Some years ago he made a will leaving the great bulk.of his estate to benevolent institutions. . -

_ Sitting Bull has made overtures tothe authorities at. Washington to return to the United States. = Ie desires immunity for past offences, and o be allowed to retain the pomies which lis band now ‘has.« The authorities, however, have declined to entertain his propositioen, owing to the fact that of late he has had emissaries among the Sioux attempting to arrangé for an outbreak, and has pledged his assistance.

A terrible wind and rain storm passed over Detroit Wednesday afternoon of last week, doing considerable damage. During the storm the flat roof of the east wing of the molding shop of the Detroit Stove Works became .overloaded with water and fell in. : There were about thirty employes in this part of the building, of whom only one was seriously injured, Menry E. Hilbin, who was' badly crushed. The damage to.the building, ete., ig estimated at $1,500. o

Up to noon Friday 195 cases of yellow fever in New Orleans had been reported on the books of the Board of Health. The average is-Bix deaths and thirty new cases-daily. The disease is specially hostile to children.— Boats and trains from the South are crowded with terror-stricken people flying from the scourge. New Orleans. people consider the outlook very gloomy, and state that the fever in thecity is not, as is usually the case, confined to any particular locality, but has made its appearance 1n all quarters. Sl s

Saginaw county, Mich., was visited Friday afternoon by the most terrific hail-storm ever known, there.’ It lasted less than ten minutes, and was only two miles in extent. Hail-stones which feéll on one farm measured nine inches around. Forty window-lights in a house were broken, and every house in the neighborhood was damaged. Apples were split by the half, corn torn-down and oats driven into the ground. No casualties were reported. ' Terrific wind and rain-storms the same day are reported from Southern Indiana and Topeka, Kansas,

On Thursday afternoon of last week two tramps stopped at a farmer’s residence near Irontén, Henry county, lowa, and, after getting a good dinner from the farmer’s wife, and learning that her husband would not be home till evening, suddenly'-seif'zed her, out+ raged her person, and left.her insensible. They had ‘stopped the cries of the farmer’s little daughter by rolling her up tightly in a blanket. - When unrolled the child was nearly suffocated, and died in an hour. The neighbors are scouring the country for the fiends, but at. last accounts had not foundthemd o

One of the moss daring and successful bank robberies recently perpetrat--ed occurred in Bloomington, 111., Tuesday night of last week. The rooms over the postoffice, occupied by the Bloomington Banking Institution, were entered by robbers, the safé open-. ed, and $4,000 in mo’gey_ and $12,000 in ‘mortgage or coupon bonds stolen. The figures of the safe-combination ~were_ kept on a postal card, and the card kept in a dmwb}f. .This the robL ol s B e safe. They then printed in large letters on mﬁ%&‘ﬁ@awmm" .and pinned it on the wall, - .

_ Monday afternoon Washington wag .-, visited by the ‘most te‘t;rifﬁ:?stnm i known there for many years. Some 4 {fifty houses were unroofed, and extensive damage done to many houses in course of construction. A colored woman was blown into the river with the house in whieh she resided, and drowned. = Several persons were injured by lightning. The Patent. Of- ; fice, Smithsonian Institute, office of - the. Post, the Churches of the Holy . Cross and the Communion were struck by lightning, but not seriously damaged. There was very great destruc- - ‘tion of sewers, and the cellars of business houses near Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street were flooded. The avenues in front of the Executive -Mansion and the Treasury Department during the storm resembled a rapidly flowing river. Hundreds of sparrows were killed by hail. Shade trees were broken ‘and blown down. The dam- - age to public and private property - -will reach at least $75,000. - A singular feature of the present visitation of Yellow Jack in New Orleans is. that the disease attacks all classes and in alllocalities in the city, the native and colored elements, usually exempt, suffering along with the ' rest. The filthy condition of the city, arising fromi insuflicient drainage and lack of propér sanitary measures by the local authorities; is nndoubtedly ‘the- cause of its existence and rapid spread.. . . R

A meeling was held in Washington this ‘week of representatives of different sections of the Labor-Green-back party, with the dbject of systematizing their operations and to establish there a National Committee. hin ' A five-dollar countorfeit legal-ten-der note of! the new issue series was received at the Treasury in Washington City Saturday morning, Thenote wag printed from the original plate on inferior paper. e 1

~ ANNOUNCEMENTS. Lo Tl Oy AUDITOR. : 't WiLpianm S. Kisgr, of Albion, will be a‘candidate for the nomination to the office of “County :Auaitor, before the democratic county convention, - : e L - JAMES J. L.AsH, of York twp., begs leave to announce to his friends and to the Dem,oeracy in general that he will be a candidate before the democratic convention for the office of*: Auditor-of Noble eounby, Your support dig respectfully splicited. : : . If% . QOUNTY TREASURER. - Wirnuiaym luzs, of Orange township, begsleave to inform his friends and the Democraoy of Noble county in general that he will bea c¢andidate for County Treasurer, subject to the de | cision’ of the demoeratic nominating convention - . GEORGE KEENN, of Perry twp., will .be a_candidate for County~Treasurer, subject to the ‘decigsion ofthe demeocratic county conv;a_p&’»n. and _r,espe'c‘tfullg solicits the support of his fellow- . citizens throughout the county. S - Henry 'W. Schaefer, of Kendallville. “will be a candidate for the office of County Treasurer; -subject to the decision of the democratic conventiou to be'held at Albion, Aungnst 16,1573, |By request of e . M 2 NY—VOTE\];{S. - JASON ProuUTY, of Jefferson twp.. is ,a'candidate for the Demoecratic nomination for Treasurer of Noble county. X - e N. P. EacLEs, of Albion, will sub.mit. hiz name to the :forthcoming Democratic .county con;ven‘t.i;)n for the office of Treasurer. . Sl ST M : | ALBERT C. HARDENBROOK, 0f Lig= " onier, will be a candidate for Sherift, subject to the decision of the democratic county convention to be held at Alplon, on Friday, August 16th. . - WiLrniAM GALBRETH, of Ligonier, -will be a ¢andidate for,Sheriff of Noble county, subject to the decision of the democratic conven“tion to be held August 16th. : - Mgz. EpITOR:~-Please announce the name of Rrciarp Winriams, of Green township, . ag a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Noble county, subject to the decision of the democratic, convention to he held on Friday, August 16th, 1878, and oblige = - - MaNY FRIENDS. O¥RrUS POLLOCK, of York township, now and during the past two years Superintend_ent.of the Asylum for the Poor, will be a candi- " date for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the re~publican county convention, S : ¥ o B e e il ; - JonN R. SmlTll, of Kendallville, respectfully announces to the people of Noble coun-ty-that'heis a candidate for Sherift, subject tqthe decision of the democratic county convention. | CIRCUIT PROSECUTOR. , DAvID 11. PEREW, of Noßle county, gis;u candidate for the office of Circuit Prosecutor for the counties of Noble, KeKalb and Steuben.

i . - ‘ P, 25 R NS S N B = B A R SRN SA — = 7“",‘1;":; 2 224 > “V/‘g: : ‘_‘ 3 "\"V’_: "- f; —— 7—;’/«3’;\} i TN Al At . */’/ S S A - THE PEOPLE’S DOCTOR. Dr. Bruce's charges are so very: low, compared with other specialists, his prac. tice so large; his cures so numerous, aid in ~many cases wonderful, that he has become . widely known as *“ The People’s Doctor,”” a designation of which Hhe is particularly proud.— Valparaiso Messenger. After carefully examining his patient, - searching out and locating the cause of disease—without overwhelming him’ with questions—Dr. Bruce compounds and prepares for use special and specific remedies ' adapted to each individual case; varying " the medicines given from. time to time, in order to continye good effects, until a - ‘ cure is petrfected. 3 e . He makes chemical tests of urine, when necessary. . Consuﬁation Free. — Treatment the cheapest and best—only $l.OO to $2.50 per month—less than -one-half his * former prices: and about ore-fourth to one-tenth theusual charge. His unprecedented success is ‘based upon over twenty-one years _experience iin the treatment .of all chronic ~or lingering diseases of men, women and ~ children ; particularly those of a delicate, ‘obscure, complicated or obstinatei’char~ acter; and his certificates of remarkable - cures are very numerous. . e Special -attention given to the diseases - peculiar to women, and to those of puberty ~in the young of either sex; also'to those of ‘men, contracted or brought on by “indiscretions and excesses. . ' . o Hls a’?{ointments will be continued for years. he very first places ever visited “are still upon his list, and where longest - and best known he has his largest practice. .- For further particulars, and essays 'on "-"C'a'tarrh,'" “ Cphronic ‘Diseasgs," ’u..The Liver,” “The Kidneys,” &ec., see large . Girculargs’ o oo ; Sl . His days at LIGONXER, Ligonier House. are as t?llom! F sth Visit, Wednesday, Sept,2sth, At GOMHEN, Violet House, on %@“ enchoftheabovedates. .. At KENDALLYILLE, Dodge Honse. on Thurs/ days after theabovedates. = AtLAGRANGE, Dodgo Houso, on Friduys after the'sbove daes, 1L EE S 3 B e A\ STURGIS, Bitiot Houss, on Saturdays aud afflicted person to give him a call. ~ © oAn W‘m S n !*g‘%mﬁmﬁ ng; 20 3 chenp and spesdy cure maybe. the 351 i :\%E met ( farnished, - ﬁma;‘iw%%&ggmw ‘\;';? i (I SANERTR A e G TR - ©.C.BRUCE, M:iD, ey iyl A A sellipon e autphie SRR b vt e Badl