The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 August 1878 — Page 2

The Hational Banner | ' } - - b'l,h ST L Ly ",\l»‘\\' : 'J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprictor, | LIGONIER, IND., AUG. 22d, 1878. “No man worthy of the office of Presidcnt should be willing to hold it if counted in or placed u.‘gl‘ by kaup.?’—U, 8, Guur; . DEMOCRATIC TICKET, | s : STATE: . ; : For Secretary of State.- : J. G. SHANKLIN, of Vanderburg Cbu?ty. P ' For Auditor of State. : MAHLON D, MANSON, of Mo9tgomery County. | For Treasurer of State, e : WILLIAM FLEMING, of Allen County. For Attorney General,’ ; 'I‘HQM’AS W. WOOLLEN, of Johnson County. * For Superintendent of Public Instruction, . © JAMES H, SMART, of Marion County. | pisTRIOT: | e - ¢« For Representative in Co.ngrcss:; : i J. B, BTOLL, of Noble Co. e For Joiht Representiative — Elkhart and Noble ' e Counties: o : J. D, OSBORN, of Elkhart County. . For Circuit Prosecutor: - ; 2 GQEORGE‘ADAMS, of:Steuben County. - e COUNTY: - L i For Representative: | JACOB SHAUCK, of Wayné township. ‘ i . /For County Auditor: & WILLIAM 8. KISER, of Albion. . For Treasurer: ; GEORGE KEEHN, of Perry township, For Sheriff: i RICHARD WILLIAMS, of Green township, -~ For Commissioner—Middle District: JOHN A, SINGREY, ot Jefferson township. ' For Commissioner—Southern Districts, JOHN P. MoWILLIAMS, of Green towus?ip. i For Surveyort - ' A, P, FRINK, of Wayne township. - For Coroner: 7 ‘. ‘B. ¥. MYERS, of Orange township, - GOV, JAS. D. WILLIAMS ' : ==AND- : ] , . | dHon. D. 8. Gooding | LT il el M AT RGN Ve ON— F . TUESDAY AFTERNON, ;' AUGUST 27, 1878, - WE HAVE only space to say, this week, that the ticket nominated by the Democracy last Friday is one worthy of general support. -~ Every man on the ticket is qualified for the , office to which he has been nominated. ~ Next week we shall speak in detail of the ticket. | a 9 ————-—-—-‘ob-—-——- i - THE NOMINATION of Judge Osborn for Joint: Representative for the counties of Elkhart and Noble meets with great favor among all classes who appreciate the necessity of sending competent legislators to the State Capitol, Judge Osborn is peculiarly suited for this position, and the people should be glad of the opportunity for securing his services, . - . b [ o], ot Bt A THE EDITOR of the Wolcotiville Gazette intimates that some che yffered him the postoffice of that village if he (the Gazette man) would support the editor of THE BANNER for Congress. Inasmuch as postoffices are under the exclusive control of the Republicans, ~under the present administration, we haye -somé anxiety to learn who the . influential Republican might be, that is taking such a lively interest in our election to Congress?, « = |.- ) Tl A—— e Tne' Cincinnati Enquirer. declares _ that “noothing is contributing more to the success of the Democracy in Indiana th‘en the plain, simple, straightforward speeches of Governor Williams, : A child can understand every word that he utters, His ideas are not buried under a cart-load of rhetorical flourishes; they are dressed in plain homespun, and go straight into the understanding of his hearers, and, what is ;'betber, they stay there, and will bear fruit in October.” - GEN. BANNING, the distinguished -representative from the Second Ohio District, was defeated for renomination. Instead of pouting and grumb- _ ling, the General stepped upon the ) platform and delivered this happy lit--tle speech: ‘ [y “My FELLOW CITIZENS: Of course, “the little disappointment is mine, but I remember that three times the generous Democracy of the Second District has elected and returned me to Congress. - I thank you for it. I thank you for the gener:ﬁs vote you have given me to-day, and it is my proud privilege now to introduce to you your gallant standard bearer, this day chosen, who shall carry the flag of the Democracy to success in the Second District, -breaking down revublicanism, fraud, rascality, wherever he finds it. I introduce Leonard 'W. Goss (loud applause), and, in this ini troduction, move that his nominat tiongﬁlth% uﬁ:eanimouq n&mination_ot * the an mocracy of the. Second ~ District. (Renewed applause.) - This is an example which disappointed ‘aspirants will most always find advisable to emulate. When a - man submits his claims to a convention, he ought to be willing to abide by the resulf, fairly obtained, ~ The terrible havoc made by the yellow fever in thie South and Southwest thlmt week may be realized in depicting the condition of the town of Grenada, Miss. In one short week - twelve hundred inhabitants hayebeerp reduced to two hundred, with onl thirty or!or@yo!tb:e { mrgmz ey i oA nmé"ma twenty-five. It issaid the scenes in this gl town beggar description. Tﬂ:, gsongedt men and women and helpless children are sick, dying or dead; entire families are prostrated and swept _ way in 8 fow brief hours. . E. B. Martindale, proprietor of the *%: 1 3 d ,L‘,* :";Laﬁ'ﬂv"'?i»“ ~q,,,‘«§i§ Q‘“v ~ ,&, 1 ;, Aﬁ"ﬂ g g‘wwmwﬁ ; "-.‘v,‘ Oy I ROTLE g 4 1 :Pt Sy 4*”‘"'3%)14“%‘83"1 R }..«,% m“ . ZOTENRESRD DReE. SUS 1O envergl e, 5‘&% s {ﬁ'*q‘y"%"m‘y?;vﬂ 0 ‘,”:?‘;‘“:':4' T e% L e o S e e

THE ‘THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. Democratic Congressional Cono ovenlienl Nomination of J. B. Stoll for. Con= - gress. / Judge J. 1. Osborn for Joint Repre- | ' 1 sentative. ik George Adams for Circuit Presecutor. The Democratic Congressional Convention of the 13th Indiana District convened in Mitchell Hall at Kendallville, on Tuesday morning, for the ‘purpose of placing in nomination a candidate for Congress, and to nomi‘nate & Joint Representative for the counties of Noble and Elkhart. The convention was called to order by C. A. O. McClellan, of W aterloo,” chairman of the district committee, 'who briefly summarized the businese of the convention, and invited the election of a permanent chairman, whereupon, upon motion of O, L. Ballou, Esq., of Lagrange county, Capt. J. A. 8. Mitchell, of Goshen, was selected chairman of the convention. The organization of the convention was completed by the election of Dr. Parker, gﬁ the Kendallville News, and Max Dembufsky, of the Elkhart Daily. News, as secretaries. On ‘motion of Laporte Heefner, Esq., of Goshen, the Democratic State platform enunciated by the Democratic State convention held at Indianapolis, last February, was adopted .as a declaration of principles for the Democracy of this District. On motion of O. L. Ballou, of Lagrange county, all of the Democrats . present from any county not represented by a full quota of delegates, were invited to cast their votes in such counties in the nomination of candidates. . . The next business was the presentation of candidates for Congressman. The names of Col. William C. Williams, of Noble county, Hon. John 8.. Stoll, editor of the Ligonier BANNER, and Rev. Jabez Shafer, of Lagrange county, were presented to the convention, and the announcement of candidates closed, when on motion; of Mr. Ballou, the candidates present were inyited to state their views upon the platform adopted, and whether they would support the nominee of the convention. Upon this subject remarks were delivered by the candidates, who were all present. The convention imm%giately afterwards proceeded to the nomination of a candidate, the first ballot resulting as follows: ! Stoll, Williams., Shafer, DOKAID v.oiivasitnee s 90 10 RN o o sasaen e sk B 12 . RIRBAN GG oo e 1 20 3 Noarehal. ioll . oeiiies 833 pes SRORBINBIO (ooscuviicaaves os o 7 5 e 5 1 Bewben i iivsiiaive 8 ot See G e e T Marshal county cast 424 blank votes. Total number of votes cast, 162; neither candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast, the convention proceeded to another ballot, with the following result: Stoll, Williams, Shafer, DeKalbiiovio i 20 3 5° LRErange. . civiaioia 13 o b EHERAYL L. 1 23 Marshal.ccoecoaaipiine, 23% i Yo e Koselusko. .. 0. isiioy v 2 i NOble -0t i 92 5 : s Bteuben.ic.i.iiiiviaie B 4 2} .. T0tn1..............},a}-ﬂ— -5-8-;: __.-‘3—Marshal county cast 4 % blank votes, ‘Total number of votes cast, 162. John B. Stoll having received a majority of all the votes, was declared by the chairman the nominee of the convention, and on motion of Dr. Kelley, of Kosciusko county, the nomination of Mr. Stoll was made unanimous. Loud calls were made for the nominee, who came forward and briefly addressed the convention, thanking them for the honor conferred upon him,and promising that he would make a thorough canvass of the District. Hi ~ Upon motion the congressional convention was declared adjourned, after which the delegates from the counties of Noble and Elkhart m®B and nominated Judge Osborn, of Goshen, for Joint Representative by acelamation. » S 2 J. A. S, MITCHELL, Chr’n. lel'Ax.. D;I;II;%I;‘,SKY. { Secretaries. Nomination of Cireunit Prosecutor., At the close of the above proceedings, the delegates from the counties of Noble, DeKalb and Steuben met for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Cirenit Prosecutor. C. A. O. McClellan was called to the chair and A, S. Parker chosen secretary. On mbtion, the convention proceeded to the nomination of a Circuit Prosecutor. L : ‘The names of George Adams, of Steuben - county, and D. H. Perew, of Noble county, were announced. e An informal ballot was then taken, resulting as follows: Adams, 28; Perew, 31. ; v : On a formal ballot Adams received 32 and Perew 89 votes. On motion of Mr. Perew the nomination of Mr Adams was made unani‘mous. : ed'On motion, the convention adjourni ! r | At ameeting of the delegates from the counties of Elkhart and Lagrange, it was resolved to postpone the nomination of Judge and Proseeutor, until Wednesday, August 27, at which time a meeting of the delegates of those two counties is called at Micldlebury, for that purpose. % ) W—— . ‘ Grant and Key for 1880, WAsHINGTON, Aug. 16.~Tyner of the Postoffice Department says that q:::nt‘ie, throu&l; his friends starting the talk about Grantand Key for 1880, 1t is said that Key’s trip through the country, which he has just started | n;qn. 8 being l:go‘swimmo purpose Bosed Dl 0f ‘eeslieg vy b o ~ " “"l?mx orth nhz’l %0: ~which MW‘ gave out, was conceived by the man on horsebick. Nothing vmofﬁcm than to continue nominally second in the W o 00l G next Tuesday. . “: § 0 s 0 O AR Rl L Y e R O S e s et e i

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON- . VENTHWN. @ A LARGE GATHERING AND GOOD WORK. = NOMINATION OF A STRON& TICKET. . AwLpIoN, Aug. 16,1878, Pursuant to call of the phairman,‘ the Democratic County Conventicn met at Albion, August 16th, and at the usual heur was called to order by the chairman of the County Central Com- | mittee, who took occasion to delivera short address, in which he alluded to the democratic victory at the polls in 1876, and the fraudulent defeat by the electoral commission, and that “when in 18580 we elect a democratic presi‘dent, by the eternal he shail be inaug- | urated.” The Convention then:pro‘ceeded to elect a chairman and secre{taries, resulting in the election of J. B. Stoll as Chairman, and D. P. Miller and Sol. Baum as Secretaries. The following resolutions were presented to the convention for governing the-same by O. D. Willett, and on motion adopted: § Resolved, That each delegation be’ requested to appointachairman whose duty it shall be to return the votes of their respective .townships, and that such return be made fo the secretaries. who shall exter the same on a tally sheet, without announcing the result until all the townships shall have made their returns. : o Resolved, That in presenting the names of candidates for nomination, neither speeches nor eulogies shall be permitted, - ' The following named persons were announced as candidates for the several offices to be filled : . Representative—Chas. V. Inks, of Perry; Jacob Shauck, of Wayne twp. Treasurer—Henry W. Shaefer and Henry Wakeman, of Wayne twp.; Jason Prouty, of Jefferson; Geo. Keehn, of Perry; Rev. W. Waltman, of Sparta; William Imes, of Orange. - Sheriff—Wm. Galbreth and A. C. Hardenbrook, of Perry: W.D. Carver, of Allen; John R. Smith and Solomon Crossley, of Wayne ; Richard Williams, of Green. S s Commissioner—Middle Dist.—Thos. Graham, of Allen; John A. Singrey, of Jefferson. A Commissioner — Southern Dist.—J. P. McWilliams, of Green twp. Auditor—James J. Lash, of York; Wim. 8. Kiser, of Albion. . Surveyor—A. P. Frink, of Wayne. ' Coroner—Peter Banta,of York twp.; John Shoacker, of Jefferson; B. F. Myers, of Orange. 4 - Moved and adopted, that in lieu of resolutions, those of the Democratic State Convention of the 20th of February, 1878, be adopted. o "Moved and agreed: That the delegates, when they meet; appoint a chairman' of the Central Committee, to act during the nexttwo years. 7 ~ Moved and agreed: That the first ballot for each of the four principal offices be informal, = Moved and agreed: That the convention convene again at 1 b’clock, p. M. Moved and agreed : That the convention adjourn until 1 o’cloek, r. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention having been called to order by the Qhair, the following votes were cast: Informal ballot for Representative: Ohaso V. InKe ddisails s b ei sl 1110 Jacob 511a.uck...................,........._...1»17 'FORMAL BALLOT. i Shauck. Inks. Washingtol oo ssdisiehiaisi s G o 0 (F Bpaita s iiie o rnt e 0 14 1 i ARG RN e TR R e e el Bllkharte. . coiiiveiiigai aigae 08 0.0 12 WK . it 03 08 MODIe b e e 1D OO iv s dviridi baliiicdiaian olg oot 0T JOHOISON: oo viy beae waiis 20 voo OFBNES .iyooaiiiovans vassanvesace 08 hos 11 WAYNC, oo ohiiiashsnsansnavsene 414 0 0404 AMen G isaana il 2000 08 BWAD o s s s B L RADION, ok iGNy 08 04 . MPOLAL i e e aot 198 t On motion of Mr, Inks, the nomination of Jacob Shauck for Representative was made unanimous. | . Informal ballot for Auditer: William 8. KiSer....veeoeadichieagiinseee.. 1754 James J, Lash . ooveall i Sailo, Soiievie, 9016 FORMAL BALLOT : : . : ‘ . Kiser, Lash. Washington .. oieesvieneniiiieaee 05 (000 02 Bparta cvie ik s clnidiveediaeas A 4 el POHIY Joovh Gl iciiiianiieniia =29 iy 09 RBlRhart. il iens e s A 8 siie 08 NORR vie et e 08 o 08 NODIe vy it il ibain s rsd 0T 000 0208 BPEON . i eiive dshiisnernsia 18 Tl 04 JeHeTIoN. ... o s e 1T 0B FORANER. sicuniicsinesbanavinonnossa 11 il 08 DWAVHE oovs et iiiviieviiiniaan .81 0.5 AMeN s ee a 8 ol 1 BWAN e e lb e e AIBION.. o vvuvasiambionsnndibonson 112 i o T0ta.1,..5ﬁ,........";.............,..' 191 . Informal ballet for Treasurer:] Wi, M, Bhaeler.. ..o i i ity sundea a 0 George Keonn, ..o . cuiiccivaasndosernaiiiso sTI Henry Wakeman. . toiici i irareeds seainnasna2B JASON . PrONBY . covidainnrvats cumsanaeiecans st William Imes...c.civevetcrannacacsiiasons-.60 Mr. Waltman withdrew his name before and Mr. Wakeman after the informal ballot was taken. ,

" ' PORMAL BALLOTS ; , [] 15t Ballof, [T 2d Ballot. @ W 9 Bl 2] B E 5 o H| B = | B rownsmes.|| 8| 2| 2| 8 2| &8 gl =i Bl Sl et bt LRI e ] H) éﬁasltxmgton l.‘i;é 2};?—3 ..én. 3 57 Brtf. .o 3 Pgny 87|21 |2 7 21” 16%'1. Eikbarta. e bl st lo cong Vork icoo. [l otehsaer il WAt boil o ‘g0b1e....... W |. I avlnails reents..... || 1 19 9 Hleeas {l5 | 5 Jefferson ... ||..-- 4. -..|19 Bl 129 A 8 %'ange...... 4% ,8% % g 4!2 lg‘ ’l7l aAyne.,..... o vese A11eyn....... 6 | vilagasl 8 ‘:/2 17A‘ Bwan .. .ooo:ll8. 113 d i ateei - 3118 v e { A1bi0n......|| 4 ‘s i 3 2| 12 ' T0ta1......||78 |19%i353%| 791110614174 |se3 1 Mr, Prouty’s name was withdrawn after the first ballot. - |~ IT ad Ballot. [[4thßallot. TOWNSHIPS, - . 3 -g ;” " g‘ é“ ! Washington .... .... '5 s % 1 (; Sparia....... “ 8 3‘- 3l 4| 9y POLEY . ssacvisend oot 20 181001 077 18 TIRHSIt o bl i 10N by, ¥ Yokl e b e BODAO, < oo v iinionm L ssvifanist s IO adu i oL A = FOMBON iiiaa siveevae) Feaes L o G i RS JBNBTBON ovaiiiivansldive b M ILH 8 129 OTBORO yvoucssndavasalts BEOALE Bl 18 WaYNe ...iiiviaaina]] 23] H 1508 TR AHON siceciivdeints 9l 1) 18f 11 |l7 WO ul i e 81385 8 .11 Aibton,.. s bl LGA 0 S L TOMEL.,cesenevsenee || 1111 88| 2} 11283 1373 Mr. Imes’ name was withdrawn afterthe’thi;rdbﬂllot. el e Informal ballot for:Sheriff: ?o%arg‘gl’l}hmﬂ,.. Sescsmmelnanansaeeslatyy .';.\154 S Bl e ‘The nawmes of Hardenbrook and Galbreth were withdrawn before the yote

Lo FORMAL BAXROT ! 0 4 " 2 . TOWNSHIPS, I 23 ?gg 5.E i B Washington...........v.ociifl ML r Bparia o e al ). 9igl . FORY . iiooiii oonsasinscoe Bl GLOE 5T Bikbart. ..o oo iot P b b B P RRSR T T G e s Noble .. .ol orniiinmatstiiy loy GTBER . 00l 00l eit ek | Jefferson..-...........;.-....‘.| St = J Orange.-..................-...[ 5[.. J 4 e WaVEe, 10l A11en........,-.......-.........l shrl sl o). SWAN ol L sl e 291 TR AR SR SR 101.. 2 ’ Tea oM 25163101g] 1 eet et e et e e ettt ettt et ettt - Commissioner, Middle District: ; : Singrey. Graham, WSBlngtOn . 00l L s S BRBEI o ccoicooooiiaai el R BN s R BERBaRE L. e g g NORR Coe ol e e e oLR R S e T BRI o 0 e e eidse JeREISON, L 1L Ll e ABNEE L e ee Ty WBYRR o e e an i g Adlen ol s e BWADG L s e g ARIOn 00l Lbt e e e Towl . John P. McWilliams, present Commissioner for the Southern District, was re-nominated by acclamation. . For Surveyor, A. P. Frink was nominated by acclamation. . For Coroner, the ballot resulted as follows: ; : Banta. Myers. Weslington: 0i.... .o .. b e RRELG oL e R e TRy il g S BIRHOYD oo o o e s NOPR Gl oi e Nable ol alia sol e e G(obl s e o JRHBINON L U I R e e OBNEO. Ll il e e e WO oo i e e T e e A11en..;.......................,-..._.._.. Jodky 98 SWAN -l aaia ilah IS e SADION Lo a 0 SMatal . e e SR e

- The following named persons were ~chosen as delegates to the Congression--al Convention, to be held at Kendallville on the 20th inst.: :

. Washington—Thomas J. Wilson. Sparta—George W. Reed.. = Perry—D. Hough, E. J. Dodge, J. E. Fleming, Hiram P. Cooper. : Elkhart—/J. J. Knox, M. M. Dodge. York—George H. Lane. . Noble—J. Thumma, E.W.Matthews. Green—W. C. Arthur, Wm. Dayvis. Jefferson—F. A. Black, J. A. Bruce. Orange—David Law, T. P. Kessler. ‘Wayne—C. G. Aichele, O. D. Willett, J. L. Gallop, Jae. Young, K. Miller. Allen—E, H.Sherman, S.Fairbanks. Swan —J. B. Renkenberger. ; Albion—Michael Beck. . Henry Wakeman was chosen chairman of the County Central Committee. The following are the mémbers of the Committee, as selected by the several township delegations: Washington—Robert 1. Buckles. Sparta—George W. Reed. * - - Berry—Charles V. Inks. : Elkhart—Matthew M. Dodge. York—George H. Lane, i Noble—C. R. Wiley,. - 1. Green—John P, McWilliams. . Jefferson—J. I Singrey. ' Orange—David H. Perew. : ‘Wayne—Charles G. Aichele. ; Allen—Davis Black. : Swan—Simon Whonsettler. Albion—Samuel M. Foster. The following resolution was presented to the Convention by V. C. Mains, of Kendallville, and adopted: . Resolved, That David H. Perew, of Orange township, is the unanimous choice of this convention for Circuit Prosecutor, and that the delegates to the Convention to be held at Kendallville on the 20th inst. are hereby instructed to cast the vote of the county for his nomination. After three rousing cheers for the ticket, and its sure success in October, by motion the convention adjourned sine die. e D. P. MILLER, . Cie e QoL LISA T

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SQUIBS.

“Hurrah for Washington! Every man was to his post last Friday,which was the subject of several remarks from other townships, especially several persons of Perry remarked that they had been in the habit of doing business witliout Washinggon. Washingtonians, you have made agood show with your neighbors which told them you were alive to your interest. Now let your march be “onward and. upward,” and not fall back in the rear again. - , L mlae

If we were to judge from the preparations Albion made to refresh the “inner man,” the Albionites were of the opinion that Noble county was almost destitute of Démocrats.

‘We are informed that H. 1.. Finley of this locality has disposed of his farm and will soon join his brother-in-law, John Makemson, in Kansas. We are sorry to part with so amiable a citizenas H. L, .~ ' i The citizens of this vicinity heartily endorse the BANNER boss for Congress; and should you, J. 8., be nominated we are confident you will receive a number of republican votes in this precinct. B ' A little son of Maybee’s, near Oswego, was buried last week. Its mother was formerly Miss C. M. Secrist of this place. - | Joseph Thorn, formerly of this place, has charge of the Boston mill. The wife of James Bowlby, near Salem, is dangerously ill at: present writing. Sl 7 Persons wishing to purchase fat or stock cattle would do well to give our farmers a call. j L i

Corn is earing well and the crop will be immense in the vicinity, as the late rains were opportune.

This has been a splendid season for ‘work, and most of our farmers are up with it and likely do some seeding in this month. S

Wheat is not yielding as well as was-predicted. The general average does not exceed 18 bushels per acre, ‘although a few fields rate as high as 85 bushels. i ' . The sermon delivered by Rev. Waltman, at Salem last Sunday, on the “gseasons,” was an able effort and lis tened to by a very appreciative audience. : : , In our estimation there are but few things more cowardly than for any person having malice toward another to resort to the press to satisfy their ingatiable mind, This should be looked upon as one of the lowest type of humunity who has neither human feeling or principle, Whenever our human respect becomes so small as to ‘permit of us stooping so Jow, we want ;some one to kindly invite us to take abackseat, | Doma.

ROME CITY ITEMS.

We missed connection with our squibs last week. Hope nobody was seriously inconvenienced thereby, - Our excursions and pic-nics are so numerous here that it is kard to keep pace with them. Excursion on Tuesday of last week from Grand Rapids; eighteen coaches well loaded; many Germans; much lager, but withal a nice crowd. Excursion from Van Wert, Ohio, on Wednesday; four coaches. A splendid crowd and the best band of music which has. visited our fown this season. Excursion from Vicksburg, Mich., on Thursday, under the auspices of the M. E. church. An orderly, good looking set of people, but not much fun. Excursion on Saturday from Plainwell, Mich. This was a very lively crowd; seemed to have nothing but fun and frolic in their minds, and was by some considered a little rough. Thus ended last week’s or, we ought to have said, week before last’s exercises. A

Last week, Wednesday, came our grand rally, and with it came all that had been anticipated. Hon. Moses W. Field, in a speech of two hours, made many converts to the greenback cause. The programme as announced on the bills was carried out to the letter.— About five thousand persons were present. The Columbia City firemen, under the lead of Col. I. B. McDonald, added life to the already well inspired‘multitude. Thoy had with them a choice band of music, In the evening addresses were made on the street by Hon. John S. Bender of Plymouth, Col. Wm. C. Williams of Albion, and General L. J. Blair of Waterloo, with telling effect. Thé exercises closed with' a dance at the bowery, and a storm from the west. ' Our (Greenback) convention at Albion was not very largely attended, for this reason: The Nationals had no candidates running around “drumming” ,up their friends to support them. The call for the convention was published only in the Albion New Era, & republican sheet with: independent pretensions but which is con‘tinually throwing cold water on the National party. Notwithstanding our numbers were small, our ticket ig acknowledged (as far as we haye been able to hear) as good if not the best irr the field, and we opine that the Bth _day of October will show our numbers to be much greater than our enemies would now have us believe. :

‘On Friday evening of last week J. P. Chapman, Esq., aad Col. Williams, addressed the people'of Wawaka. We were absent on' account of ill-health, but we are told from those who were present that there was a good crowd, and that the speeches had a telling offect. %

#'’he Universalist meeting hers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday last was well attended: On Sunday there were twenty-five coaches from the north and south, and a big crowd in town. Good preaching and all went away satisfied. We will agree with our good old friend, ’Squire Dunn, in at least one thing. Ie says that Brimfield needs badly another dry goods store. Well, we will say this: That if the proprietor of the principal dry goods store of the place is such an infernal fanatic that he will not permit a pester for a greenback meeting to be put up in his store, then he is certainly unfit for a dry goods merchant or any other kind of business, and by all means for the good ‘of the eommunity, let some sensible man set up in Brimfield, and let all sensible, liberal, national, greenback men patronize him, .

Secretaries.

The Democrats on Friday last en- | dorsed one of our candidates, A. P. Frink, for county surveyor. This shows that our nominations are good, and that Mr. Frink will be our next county surveyor by a large majority. But if the Democrats are in fact sincere in their greenback“pretention_s,_ why did they not show their faith by their works and endorse the entire ticket, which is unqualifiedly greenback? [Now, Alexis!] ~ Cok Wm. C. Williams, our brave, noble and fearless candidate for Congress, will undoubgedly challenge his competitors to travel with him over the district, and divide time. This is right.” Let the truth be investigated, and that which will not bear investigation, let it fall to the ground. Truth will never suffer from investigation. We think that the inconsistencies of gome gentlemen when investigated will look pretty thin, Wade' in, Colos nel. “Lay on, McDuft,” &c. iy Col. Williams will speak in Wolcottville and Brimfleld soon. Appoint your time and give him a rousing meet,ing, gentlemen. ' Laua Still more improvements in progress. The fifteen acre lot east of the lake has been leased, and is now being underbrushed, and will soon-be ready for country pic-nics free of charge.— More about that matter hereafter. - Forty-nine buggies anchored in front of the Lake Side barn on Sunday last. Another steamer vsTill soon be placed upon the lake. b = The two last improvements of our town is a pea-nut roaster, and a picture gallery. These two institutions promise to be a permanent institution inour place. -~ o And now the agitation is: Shall ‘we incorporate Rome City? We presume it will be done, as a large portion of the mind work is already in operations. «= ol Dnsapct il s st

Doctor C. A.-Wilson’s water ¢ure is now in full blast, and promises' to be a magnificent success. The Doctor is kept busy from morning to night waiting on his customers. We will speak of this more at length hereafter. Let every genuine greenback man gtand firm with his shoulder to the wheel. Do not be induced to follow a “phantom,” which may possibly have a greenback motto, ALEXIS. . A $2,000,000 Failure at Sharon, Pa. PrrrsßUreH, Pa., Aug. 16th.—The Neshannock Iron Works of Sharen, Pa., under the firm name of Bradley, Reis & Co, failed to-day, - They have filed a petition in bankruptcy, with a schiedule of liabilities amounting to néarly $2,000,000. This failure is largely due to the failure of Kimberly, Carnes & Co., of the same place, and of Reese, Graff & Woods of this city. |

ELKHART LOCALS.

- The Greenback meeting at Wa'wakaxl on Friday night last, was better attended than the oneprevious. Colonel { Williams, of Alvion, delivered an unusual speech in showing up the corruption of the republican party. The Colonel’s ability to do that is second to none. Horace Greeley maintained that the government had no right to 1 coerce a seceded State. The democratic party claims that no party has the right to coerce individuals. Claiming this for the Democracy, I have to l criticise our National brethren in this county and especially in Elkhart township. After claiming "Squire Greene as an advocate of their principles,they now volunteer to put forth the oldest white man of Noble as one of their county committee—the one that encountered many hardships among the Indians; the one that killed more deer than any other and enjoyed the. sport as much as auny other; the one ‘that-has never consented to be one of ‘that party; that one is Isaac Tibbott, of Wawaka. lisopinion is like my own, that the country has a burden resting upon if, that is needed to be removed, long before th National party can become a power in the land. The country wants action by next Congress to remove some of the difficulties 1n the way of frade and commerce. And in my opinion it is next to an impossibility to elect National men in sufficient’ numbers to effect any change in the next Congress, or .the one after thenext. Therefore, in‘asmuch as the democratic party are in favor of greenbacks and the remov= ‘ing of national banks, the issuing of -gréenbacks by the government, let us ‘all, Democrats and Nationals, support the nominee of the Kendallville convention, and elect a Democratie greenback man to Congress, and in‘connecfion let-us see that man of the principles go to our Legislature. For with “him goes another of the same class to the U. S, Senate. See the three links, how nicely they harmonize, one with the other. People of Elkhart township and of Noble county, let us secure all this, and show to the world that we are friendly to the rich, and ‘the poor man’s friend. Let us not be deluded by new parties, new associations, untried principles, everything new. DBut better let us be vigilant, active, friendly, and ready to act for the best interests of the entire people, and not the few. Lo

Basket meefing on the bank of the river near Springfleld, held .by the Tunkers. e 80,

“D.” of South Washington Reviewed. - Ep. BANNER:—Mr. “D.” of South MWashington, says, “we agree with *Dora’ in regard fo trustees hiring teachers who are not qualified to teach a school,” and toshow what poor sticks are employed as teachers, he says, “we have heard of one. who parsed a neun in the objective case after an intransitive verb, and gives Columbus the honor of making five voyages of discovery.” Mr. “D.” in his effort tQ cast odium upon some teachers has displayed profound ignorance as to his knowledge of grammar and history. Ist. May not nouns often be governed in the objective case by intransitive verbs ? : s :

It is an old rule of language, that intransitive verbs govern nouns in the objective case, where such nouns are of kindred meaning to the verb, as “he jumped a jump.” See the following - grammars:: Pinneo’s, Brown’s, Whitney’s, Ilarkner’s, Bartholomew’s and Chandler’s, ' i How does “D.” know that Columbus did. not make “five voyages of discovery ?” . 3 ; :

Columbus sailed with several Portuguese expeditions in the west coast of f\frica, but how many is not known. Columbus’ first northern voyage was made in the year 1477: This voyage was made three years after he had meditated the discovery of a western route to India, See Irving’s life of Columbus. e : . In 1492 Columbus sailed from’ Spain in search of a northwest passage to India 0 :

In 1493 he made his second voyage across theAtlantic, discovering Jamaica, Porto Rico, ete. - . , * In 1498 he made his third voyage across the Atlantic, discovering Terra Firma at the mouth of the Orinoco. In May 1502 he made his fourth voy= age across the Atlantic in search of a new diréct passage to India. See Irving’s life of Columbus, Dr. Thomas Biographical Dictionary, and the American Cyclopedia. G . Of his first voyage, 1477, Columbus, in a letter, says: “In 1477 I navigated one hundred leagues beyond Thule.”. Thule, by many is supposed to belceland, while others think Columbus reached the shores of Greenland upon this voyage. ' ' E = To say nothing of expeditions to Africa, the teacher who taught that he made five voyages is vindicated as follows: @ :

Ist voyage beyond Thule, - - 1477 2d “ across the Atlantic - 1492 3d € . S ;“ ; L - 1493 4th € “« Teae O DRI N g '1498 BED ¢ a 0 N TN see TR

. QCarping critics must not forgetthat in their efforts to place others inabad light, before the public, they often expose their own ignorance to such an extent that the public condemnation. falls more severely upon themselves than upon the objects of their censgure. Ao

’ "We admire criticisms that have for their purpose the eleyating of human nature, but when they border upon the ocean of gossip and fault-finding ‘they fall beneath the dignity of criticism. We admit that many teachers are not qualified for their work as they should be, but finding fault with them on that account is not: a remedy for the evil. ‘Will not “Dora” and*D." stggest some plan: by which the evil of incompetent teachers. and critics chn_be eliminated from uirschienls and editorial stafls? .~ SPARTA. LN eag sement :jl‘me%thsﬁhxel;,?tgg;gﬂﬁ leans y the 17th instant, as reportby tho ow Grisi i,

ALBION RUMMAGES.

Now that our convention is over and quiet again restored, we have little to do until October, and then quietly go to the polls and elect the entire ticket nominated. I will not speak of the doings of the convention, for embodied in THE BANNER you will find complete minutes of the day’s work. Unlike the Greenback convention, we adopted resolutions, and they aresuch as will stand through all time. Democrats are not afraid to let the world know the principles upon which they mean to act. Let everyone stand by the ticket.- Defeated candidates who had been working in good faith can and will support those more successful. : e gt il

Judge Tousley still agitates the financial questionof the day, and many are’ the people in the county who should hear him speak on the subject. ‘DiEp—Aug. 19, 1878, Mrs. Thomas Evans. Mrs. Evans has been sick a long time, with that slow but fatal disease, consumption. LB Will Scott, of Ligonier, was in town on Monday last. Will looks wel and is about to open a law office in Ligonier. Success be to you. e ' Will the Republican mass convention bring a larger crowd than the Democratic delegates did® -

Mark, the lightning rod. man, has been in fown for several days., . - Late marriage licenses: Lafayette Swank to Emma Inks; Henry Aswalt to Emma Fuller; and John Forker to Emeline Strater. - : Sie

‘Squire Greene, of Wawaka, denies being a “solid” Greenbacker as reported by “Alexis.” Purely a mistake, but such mistakes are common. - ol

- Another new building in town. Ben Frazure is putting it up, and when completed we will have one moregrocery store in town. Our town is again improving. e s

_ Had we the office of coroner of this county, we would have been mightily tempted to hold an inquest overafew of thé candidates last Friday, but since they have so much revived that they would hardly pass for dead. The Catholics of Avilla(and other towns will hold another fair on the

28th of November, 1878, at whichseveral prizes will be: drawn, among which are a good gold watch and a cow. Since I got the cow last spring I have concluded to take the watch thenexttime. o v i Lwa g

The Normal is flourishing in number, and we think itis in work, as they have held four examinations since the opening of the school. '~ Densler will have a dance in Stone’s new brick building on niext Friday afternoon and evening., =~ it i O Miss Frink, daughter of Dr. Frink, of Elkhart, was visiting friends and relatives in' Albion during the, last week, - Sl

James C. Stewart, Auditor; has completed his telephonic line of sevenand a half miles from his town residence to his farm in Noble township. Now at any time and without difficulty he can speak to his family who seem “so near and yetso far.’. ... - JAP,

. ' .-~ BROADWAY ITEMS.: = = Wheat threshing is now the order of the day. o e Thereare no tramps passing this way now. Too much work; it frightens themaway, | e Albert Weade and J. L. Ohlwine are attending the teachers’ institute at Albion, They are enterprising, energetic boys, and if they can manage to keep out of Congress, will make good, useful citizens. == -.0 .oy : Somebody ought to get up an excursion somewhere. el

The young men of this place and surrounding country will be pleased to know that John ¥. Johnson is the boss barber. IHe has invented a machine by which he can singe off the hair one sixteen-one-hundredths of an ich closer to the skull than by any other process. Any young man ought to be ashamed of himself that will go into society, with great straggling locks nearly five-eights of an inch long hanging down his back. Next. . It’s too hot to talk politics. If the election should come off to-morrow there isn’t a candidate who could stand it to shake hands enough toelect himself supervisor even. = .~ ~ Wornan is naturally gifted : with quicker wit, better judgment and greater self-possession than man. But there are few, very few women who can appear at ease and look pleasant ‘whén a sudden storm rises and blows all the house plants off ‘of the front piazza. L e ; If what the country now needs to revive busimness 'is . the issuance of more greenbacks, why is it that in 1873, the year when the panic and depression began, there was a larger paper circulation than there is now? . Rejoice, young man, in, the days of thy youth, aqd thou, old man, in the wisdom of :l?briper years. “Dare to “do right;” take the pledge, put on the. red ribbon, hold.up your heads and throw out your chests and carry yourselves erect, and have gome style shotbsen. -~ .. - 00 . A rumor has gained circulation that ‘an army of communists and socialists in the east, headed by Dennis Kear‘ney, have bound themselves to assas--sinate all the great men in this counitry. Good bye! We leave for some other country immediately. .

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

A Powder Magazine Blows, up, With Fearful R

During a storm Sunday afternoon at Pottsville, Pa.,the powder magazine ‘ of H. A. Weldy & Co,, containing 1,100 kegs, was struck by ligh,tn‘in?_.: A terrible explosion followed, demol‘ishing the magazine and scattering the debris in’vafn‘.easteﬂ{;‘direetion.maii,ng.v .a gap in the neighboring woods fifty feet wide, and killing three of a pic‘ni¢ party, and more or 16ss injuring ‘geveral. b TR ; T i W 5 ek S ~ James Allen, while out hunting near. Wabash, the other day, shot; “on. aswﬁg‘g‘z,‘ Spr R e

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