The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 30, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 November 1878 — Page 2

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, @ * . @’ 4 The Fatiomal Lanmer e et e J. B{MOiL, Editor and Proprietor, e e T LIGONTER, IND., NOV. 14th, 1878. —— e GENERAL GRANT, the widow of the Nation, is looking out for his “third.” The wards of the’N’aﬁon were bountifully taken in and provided for by that republican benefaction, the Freéedmen’s Bureau, ; : S e et~ At @ THE APPORTIONMENT proposed by a confributor to the F't. Wayne Sentinel is, in our judgment, a little the best we have yet seen. Still, that of Mr. Wakeman has merits that entitle it to consideration. ~ e s < A —— “GRANT and a strong governnient” are not so much in demand just now as seemed to be the case a few weeks ago. Republican organs talk a little more encouragingly of John Sherman, Jim Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, and our own kid-gloved Ben Harrison.

IT LOOKS a 8 if the republican members of the Indiana Legislature were preparing themselves to vote either for the democratic National Banker,

Wm. H. English, or for the rampant “Hatist,” James Buchanan, for U. 8. Senator. Anything to beat Sycamore Dan. ; '

SCHUYLER COLFAX has retired from political life forevermore. He is now enjoying a comfortable home, with plenty of money at his command. Yet we apprehend he might be tempted to return to political life. Dan Voorhees’ seat in the Senate, we think, would draw him._ g ;

TuE forty-sixth Congress, according to latest revised figures, will stand. as follows: . House—Democrate, 152 ; Republicans, 128 ; Greenbackers, 10. Sénate—Democrats, 42; Republicans, 33; Independent (Judge Davis, of Illinois) 1. The figures in regard to the complexion of the House may be some-

what changed by very close Districts, but there is no doubt of a democratic majority. i

NO MORE PRAISEWORTHY Or patriotic work can now be engaged in by men having the welfare of the country at'heatt, than that of uniting and -econsolidating the oppositioa to the republican 'party. - All . sensible men must now be agreed that the grasping Money Power can only'be beaten by a united opposition. “Grant and a strong government” is the issue on one side; “Prosperity and the preservation of our republican institutions” on-the other. Choose ye. ‘ ; ;

- Tue TFoledo Bee, an organ of the National party, evidently has a proper conception of the duty of the hour. In a recent issue it gave this sensible advice: “The result of the efection Tuesday shows the folly of diyiding the greenback vote between two parties, and thereby permitting the Sherman

7 ring.to defeat them both with a minority of the votes.. Hereafter in States {where the Democracy adopt a sterling greenback platform, no separate organization ought to be attempted. The principle is what the greenback men are fighting for, and li’i:"x‘x.latters not under what name they go forth to battle.”

WHILE deer hunting 'with a party of gentlemen a few. miles below Columbia, 8. C., Thursday, Governor Hampton jumped from the back of an unruly mule, upon which he was temporarily seated waiting for his horse to be brought up; and badly fractured his right leg just above the ankle. He was taken to the city, and medical skill was promptly summoned to his bedside. Chloroform was administered and the fractured limb set. The Governor is suffering greatly, and the deepest ‘interest is manifested by the people. The surgeons 'think it will’ be some months before he will be about. .. ¢ ;

A WASHINGTON correspondent of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican tells how the managers of the 1880 eampaign will commence the Grant

~progtamme: “Exactly at the proper “ “moment he will probably arrive at -“San Francisco. He will duly receive “a splendid ovation, and he will then “proceed to recelye ovations all along “the route across the continent, wind“ing up with Philadelphia’s eager ova“tion at the last. On the heels of tﬁ?s “last triumphant reception will follow ~ “the Relubliéan Nominating Conven“4ion.” And that is the way the “Im- " perial Republic” 18 to be approached and inaugurated. St o

.~ JUDGE TOUSLEY grasps the‘situation in a few terse sentences. He r ‘saysy “If the ‘money of the world’ means the attendant misery and pauperism of the world, I don’t want that sort of a monetary systém for the United States, where we demand good wages and a comfortable liviug for all . ;men of industry and enterprise, no - matter where they come from or what * their race or religion. A volume of currency sufficient to transact the _business of the country, to keep the . wheels of industry in motion, by no means implies unlimited inflation or depreclated currency. We are willing to profit by the experience of past generations, but do not bind ourselves to repeat their errors or imitate their follles, If they have made dwarfs, idiots and criminals of a large proportion of their fellow-men, we do not propose fo reduce American freemen to a like condition. What we want - in this country is to enable ifs citizens %o enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit w%‘;w‘ghn id the countins il 4010 angac oo o i Zorm of the uaited opposition to- the R T it &fz ~; R 4«*4‘l’»‘3’&%“

WILL THE SILVER ACT DEFEAT THE : RESUMPTION SCHEME? As the first day of January approaches, the advocates of forced resumption are casting about for some scape-goat upon which to saddle the responsibility and cause of the probablg failure of that scheme. These gentlemen find themselves in this uncomfortable dilemma: As a legitimate result of the financial policy dictated by the Money Power of Great Britain, Germany and the United - States, gold has attained an undue value, while silver has experienced a marked depreciation. So far as the United States are concerned, silver has been restored to its monetary functions, but England and Germany continue fo adhere to the ruinous -anti-silver policy. This has a tendency to keep down the price of silver. The coinage of standard silver dollars under existing laws will probably add’ ‘about twenty millions to the supply of coin with which Secretary Sherman is to begin the redemption of greenbacks next January. Under the law he can redeem these greenbacks with either gold or silver. The Cabinet, so ‘we are informed, has decided to leave it to the option of holders of greenbacks to demand either gold or silver. Now, if the silver dollar is intrinsically worth only 84.0 r 85 cents, thou}h\q legal-tender for 100 cents, it is folly to assume that anybody will take silver dollars in preference to gold, especially in view of the fact that redemption is only teo take place in sums of $5O and over. Now, what will be the ¢onsequence? A rush will doubtless be made on the sub-treasury for gold, of which Mr. Sherman may have one hundred and twenty millions. Nearly three hundred million dollars of greenbacks arenow outstanding—s63,ooo,000 being hoarded by Secretary Sherman in clear violation of the Fort bill. Bear in mind, now, that the law reQguires greenbacks to be immediately paid out again, as fast as redeemed. As fast as thus again put in circulation, these same notes may again and ‘again be presented for redemption. How long will it take to draw every dollar of gold out of the treasury, even though but one-third of the greenbacks be presented for redemption ? Time will tell.

- In a speech delivered October 31, at a republican meeting in New York by Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, Grant’s former Attorney General and recent Minister to England, the financial question received the speaker’s main attention. We quote this significant passage from Mr. Pierrepont’s speech: | “‘On the Ist of next January the Secretary of the Treasury will have,aa‘bundance of gold with which to résume and maintain specie payments, unless prevented by the Silver bill. Very little gold would have been needed for actual use, and no more would have been drawn. Now, the danger is imminent, that the alarm caused by making a depreciated silver dollar a legal tender, will make a run upon the treasury and clear it of gold. There is no question that the Secretary desires faithfully to execute the law as expressed in the Resumption act:and in the Silver bill, and to have gold and silver dollars circulate on a par, but of course he sees that no such equal circulation is possible. Avowed enemies of resumption with consummate tact helped the Silver bill through, Toreseeing, as they did, what a powerful hindrance it would be to any real resumption. The principles of that bill will slowly. mature their fruits, For a while the mischievous influences may not be very -apparent, but as the silver coin accumulates, and long before it reaches $200,000,000, as it may do in less than four years, disturbances must arise in our currenc whieh will be serious. 1f you g dollar of gold and find that you/can sell it to a broker for a dollaf and twenty cents in silver, knowing that under our law you can discfiarge any debt by silver, you will, of churse, sell the gold, and everybody will do the same, and gold will disappear from circulation,” . ‘

“Real resumption ” — resumption with gold, is what these gentlemen had calculated upon. Realizing the utter impracticability of the Sherman resumption scheme, they are now seeking, in advance, to attribute its prospective failure to the passage of the silver bill. The final upshot of this resumption business will be, that the money sharks of Wall street are afforded an opportunity of gobbling up the gold which John Sherman has accumulated by the selling of bonds upon ‘which the people have the glorious privilege of paying from 4 to 41§ per cent, interest per annum for twenty or thirty years. Gold, being dearer than silver, will not circulate, but will remain a commodity as it has been for the past seventeen years. How much better it would be to repeal the act before these Wall street sharks can make :}ieir raid upon the treasury, use the 'major portion of the coin now in the vaults of the treasury for the retirement of the bonds foolishly issued for resumption purposes, and permit the country to recuperate its wasted powers| through a revival of healthy trade, so as to bring about the convertibility of paper into coin through natural causes rather than legal enactments. Natural resumption is desirable; forced resumption always injurious and hurful, '

However, the repeal of the resumption act before January Ist is not to be looked for., The experiment will be tried. Mr. Sherman will be afforded an opportunity of demenstrating the practicability of his pet measure. Should it prove a suecess, the curren¢y question will disappear from political diseussion ; if etherwise, Sherman himself will be among the first to advise repeal. '

- T Plymouth Democrat thus speaks of the Indianapolis Sun’s intimation that Charley Reeve is likely to vote against Dan.Voorhees for U. 8. Senaary v - ;

. “We do not speak by authority, Sen- } ator Reeve and the writer never hav--ing spoken a word with each other concerning the senatorial question, but we think we are safe in saying that he will offer no factious opposition to the almost unanimously expressed will of the Democracy as in&md ed by the result of the late cam- “, _November 28th. is Thanksgiving

ALBION RUMMAGES.

Not another town in the county can boast of as good hitching posts as-Al-bion can. X ]

‘Mr. Eby will have, when finished, one of the finest residences in town.— It is so arranged that every room fronts-to the street. A plan original in the builder. A clear case of crookedness. : e

Avilla has the finest hotel in Noble county; and no doubt ranks among the best ‘in Northern Indiana, It is christened the St. James House, Its amiable host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop, are very efficient in hotel business, and the traveling:public will always find a warm reception, and well filled table. .

Mr. Merrifield, the blind broommaker of Albion, has a stock on hand sufficient to make all of the best brooms It is reported that the Adelphians are again coming to life, and will probably be ready to play one of their popular dramas about the holidays. James J. Lash- will moyve to town this week. He gets the house lately occupied by T. D. Evans. Sheriff Eagles will again move on his farm, at Indian Village, when his term of office expires. b Gene Radabaugh has again come to

his home in jail, and brought with ;him George Griswold. Gene is very peaceable when at home, but when out will quarrel and then return, gen‘erally “under the charge of the marshal of Kendallville. . Jacob Shauck; Representative-elect, was in town o Monday. - * Wm. S. Kiser, Auditor-elect, has disposed of his interest in the insurance business to Frank M. Prieket, and removed his office into the Auditor’s office, where he will give his attention to the abstract business, until the commencement of his term of office as sAu_ditor" : George W. Chapman, of Ligonier, ‘was in town on Monday, and had six sheriff’s deeds transferred and recorded before stopping to take a breath. Rather hard on the abstract men. : H JAP,

" I 8 SILVER “FIAT” MONEY? The New York World pronounces uot only greenbacks “fiat money,” but includes in that category all the silver coin now circulating. It says: . “No doubt all silver coins have some intrinsic value which, so far as it goes, differentiates them from a paper currency. But neither in the form of our .silver dollar-piece. mor in our fractional silver coins can a nominal hundred cents in silver be made equivalent with a hundred cents in the form of our gold dollar. And if we turn to our minor coins of five, three, two and ome cent pieces we find a greater debasement still. All of these coins' are really “fiat money” in the sense that the government.declares that to be a dollar or a part of a dollar which is net what the government so declares it to be, and compels people to aecept as a dollar or a part of a dollar something which commercially speaking is no_such thing.” - If this is to be accepted as the eastern definition of “fiat 'm_oney,” the number of “fiatists” will be largely swelled throughout the country. If the silver dollar and the subsidiary coin is “fiat money,” then much of the odium which has of late attached to the “fiat” theory will be speedily removed. ; j

Tge Cincinnati Enguirer, discussing the possibility of a failure of an electjon of President by the people in 1880/ says that in any event the Naidnal House of Representatives in a vote by States can-only be tied against the Deocrats. Nineteen States have democratic- majorities in ‘their congressional delegations; eighteen have republican majorities. California is yet to vote. = Should thé Republicans carry three of the five Congressmen in that State to vote for President by States in Congress in case of the failure of an election by the people would be a tie.” But the Enguirer proceeds to show that in that event the VicePresident would act as President and the Senate would choose a Democrat to fill the office. Thus it is made certain that if the next presidential election should be thrown into Congress, a Democrat will be chosen. -

Tae charters of the national banks do not expire in 1883, as has been frequently asserted by speakers and papers.. As set forth by the law each banking association is given succession for a period of twenty years from the time it is organized. The first bank charters were granted in 1863, 80 that those will expire in 1883.— Tpose that were organized this year will have an existence of 20 years to come.-- Crawfordsvtlle Journal.

The Journal's statement is doubts les"ag correct, though we are not quite certain as to whether the chartering of new national banksdoes not expire with the year 1883. Such is the general impression—liable, of course, to be erroneous. 'We have not investigated that particular point with sufficient care to j usti,fy a positive declaration to that effect. If Bro. McCain has, let him enlighten the populace.

SENATOR BAYARD and a few other talented presidential aspirants should ever bear in mind that the democratic party is not maintained for the benofit of any one man or set of men. The Democracy will not follow the cluck of any one man or set of men, like & brood of chickens’at the heels of ahen, . The sooner some men in every community learn this fact, burn it into their memories with a hot iron, the better it will be for them. )

DR. DE LA MATYR has been interviewed. He will under no circimstanece vote for a goldite for President or'any other important position. Says the opposition to the Republicans must consolidate, and regards Hggd- | ricks the most available candidate for i the Presidency. | } :WE do not believe that part of the LaPorte Chronicle's statement, which declares that Senator Sarnighausen is engineering the movement for the defeat of Dan Voorhées. . foss PR o Forty-seven failures were rebo:ted in New X@:_rkt.csgmggmm@w of October, in which the aggregate liabilities amount to $3,218,612, ~

AVILLA TIDINGS.

EDITOR BANNER :—Nothing having appeared in the columns of your ‘valuable paper from our lively little burg; I will again pen a few items that may perhaps interest some of the readers. School opened Monday, November 4th, and everything is moving along smoothly. p Avilla is supplied with what has long been necessary, and was not in a shape to get. It is a first-class: hotel. It is under the supervision of Elias Lathrope, it is as well furnished and as comfortable stoping place as any in the county. Stop at the “St. James Hotel” in Avilla.: e

D. P. Miller was in town, and said the people of Avilla were too well behaved, as they had not given them (the Sheriff and Deputy) a chance to come and summons or subpcena any one. 2

The weather is fair, and the farmers of this community are getting their work in a good shape for the winter, and will take a good rest. All you farmers and mechanics should have a weekly newspaper that will tell you ‘what is going on in the business and social lines. I'find THE BANNER a 'good paper for that purpose. ~ The Masonic Social every two weeks is carried on in a systematic way. It ‘admits only the best society. The au}iqnce was entertained last Thursday evening by Dr. Cessna. He read an essay on the subject: “The necessities of the present time.” : -The County Board of Education made very good ruies and regulations for the schools of their county, and every teacher should ‘abide by them. Also, the rules made among themselves should be lived up to. - Let each trustee have the desired books at their respective places. Py .Mr. Furguson, the freight and express agent of the B. & O. R. R. Co. at this place, is kept quite busy plodding his way from' the depot to the elevators and back, since the wheat season has begun. The idea of moving the ‘depot should not be suspended, as it would make good accommodations for the traveling class. ' ' - Mr. Smith, a young minister of this place, went west to Nebraska to spend perhaps eight or ten months in teaching, and will then work in the missionary, cause. Our acquaintance is }short'. but we think him an efficient young gentleman. } ~ On last Friday we had the opportuinity‘ to go to Albion, by the way of the Catholic convent, about which everything was arranged in the most beautiful and systematic manner. - Miss Libbie Stewart is convalescent. She has been in town all last week ‘with her brother, S. P. Stewart. The Catholic school house is not ‘completed. It 1s doubtful whether it ‘be completed in due time to have -Bchool in it.this coming winter. g e NoM DE PLUME."

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SQUIBS.

Our farmers are taking in their corn at a lively.rate, and if we are favored with two weeks good weather hereafter, there will be but very little of it left out. : .

Sickness, in this locality, is about “ausgespielt,” and good health is being relished by not only a few. . A number of our citizens were quite unlucky in not having all their winter apples and potatoes stored away before the late frosts came. :

We are informed that D. 8. Hart is again on ths sick list with that dread disease, consumption. ; . We failed to make our appearance last week. Chuse, see small noticein another column. *“Jap,” please take notice and shake. o i

- While in Albion last Saturday we had the pleasure of meeting our old class mate, John Harkless, proprietor of the pietura establishment in that place. John is yet very young'and bids fair for the future. " - . . The house of L. B. Eagles, at Indian Village, after being raised for the purpose of having it remodeled, fell off the blocks on one side, last week, smashing one cupboard of dishes, one stove and a lot of crockery. Loss, about one hundred dollars. We are fold one of the workmen was caught by the foot in trying toescape and had to be extricated. No serious injuries. The house of Mr. Koher, west of Indian Village, came near being reduced te ashes not long since. The parents, on retiring for the night, turned down the light with the intention of leaving it burn ’til those of the family at church returned. After being in bed a few moments the lamp exploded, setting the room on. fire, which was extinguished after several efforts. !

Madame Rumor says Geo. Fetters is likely to become legal heir to the Smalley estate ere long. : ' The Salem class have engaged Rev. Waltman to preach for them another year. The selection is generally satisfactory, and his services are appreciated, there always being a good at~ tendance. : ‘ We learn that the parties who left here the last of September, for Kan--Bas, have not yet reached their destination, but have crossed the Kansas line; had & pleasant journey and are well pleased with that part of the State passed over. : o

John Gilbert is busy gathering in the porkers, that the cholera left, for Calbeck of Cromwell, John is saidto be as expert in taking them in as the cholera was. ; - s

" School will open next: week in t_hisl township, and it is hoped that the patrons of each school district will rendily comply with the acts of our county bpard of education in reférence: to purchasing the books adopted. Patrons, let your books be of one author; then your schools will be a success. We have too many aathors in our schools, which results in the consumption of too much time, with the dif‘erent classes of our grade, not allowing the teacher time to drill a clads e e o Ve —Subscribe for Tus BANNER,

Indiana News Items.

There are five hundred and eighteen private schools in Indiana, they are attended by thirteen thousand, five hundred ard sixteen pupils, and are instructed by Bix hundred and seventy-wi four teachers, ° o ‘

Negotiations for the sale of the Terre Haute Express to J. H. Beadle, a well known correspondent and journalist, have fallen through, and that paper will probably continue to be a greenback organ. Yy 10 Superintendent Smart reports the total revenue tuition fund at $4,975,874; expended the past year, $3,965,968 ; special school fund, $2,470,378.18 ; expended the last year, $1,685,942.88; togal. value of school property, $536,647. :

A lady of Marion connuty, teacher in one of the township schools, has discovered by careful calculation thatshe has in the past four years walked five thousand miles. And since she has made the calculation she has talked 10,000 times about it.. @ )

Three or four weeks ago the young ‘men of Clinton, Vermillion county, inaugurated a literary socjety called the “Senate.” The latest report says it is disbanded, for the reason that each one wanted to be a little Ben Butler and swallow up the rest. Fred Seider sowed his turnip seed July 25th; and now he sells turnips ‘which are hard to beat. A half-dozen are at this oflice, one-of which weighs Bix pounds and four ounces, and measures two feet and four inches in circumference.—Plymouth Democrat.

Twelve years ago deacon Benson, of Fort Wayne, a man of 48, was worth $500,000. He speculated, lost money, became a passenger conductor, then a saloon-keeper, then a street car driver, then a pauper; last week he died in the hospital and was buried in the Potter’s field. . 3 :

Jim Foo, a benighted child of the pig-tail race, has been calaboosed at Fort Wayne for getting into his possession a Chicago ‘German girl. whom he forced to submit to his devilish lust.” The girl is nineteen years old, good looking, but woefully ignorant, and is believed to have been virtuous before falling into Jim Foo’s clutches. It is to be hoped that the sharp-witted Celestial will be vigorously dealt with,The “what-is-it,” that large, ferocious animal of an unknown species, has been heard in the woods near New Castle again. One night rE company: of forty or fifty men were out with a double-distilled determination to capture it, but it was no go. It makes a never-before-heard noise, and they can hear it snap its teeth, but there is no:such a thing as getting up close enough to sprinkle salt on its tail and capture it. ; ¢

Silas J. Bender, of Fort Wayne, was taken in to the tune of $l3O by a land shark giving the name of Amos Jordon, a few days since. Mr. J. sold 40 acres of land in Galion, Ohio, receiving the sum named as a clincher to the bargain, and finds that he is just that sum short. It turnsout that Mr. J. didn’t own any land in Ohio, and that he has departed for parts unknown, leaving behind him the bad savor of a swindler and scamp of the first water.

. It will be gratifying to the pride of Indianians to hear that the Indianapolis Board of Trade has been awarded the gold medal at the Paris Exposition for the best display of cereals. The -exhibit -embraced all kinds of grain, flour, meal, starch, feed, etc: The Indianapolis Journal says it was unquestionably the finest exhibit ever gotten together in this or any other country, and richly deserved the recognition it received. All the grains and products of grains in the exhibit were of Indiana growth and manufacture.

Armed Vigilants in Ohio.

The People of a Whole Connt% l‘iar‘ing for Their Lives, '

CINCINNATI, Nov.B.—There is great excitement throughout Darke county, 0., over a number of acts of violence recently committed upon residents of that county. Somemonths ago a man named Grier was murdered beside his wife at Palestine by a band of regulators. ' Afterwards a man named Quackenbush was ordered to leave, and did so. On the Bth of June last thirty men went to the house of Steve White, colored, and' kidnapped his son William, whom they took to. Winchester, where he was convicted of grand' larceny and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. He afterwards secured a new trial, At the same time the elder White received notice from the regulators to leave the county. He subsequently received two similar orders, and not heeding them, was shot dead in his house by a large body of men who were mounted. Thegrand jury found true bills against John Archie, Jacob Burdie, 'Wm. Shumale, Albert Dickey Solomon Furgeson, Oliver Morgan and Robert Hart, for kidnapping White, Yesterday} Marshal Shafer procured assistance and arrested the entire party. Wm. Shumale is worth $50,000. < Since the killing of White ten prominent citizens have received orders from the regulators to leave ,the county under penalty of death.— Mr. Putnam, a colored lawyer of Palestine, received such notice and, fearing his life to be in danger, immedi“ately left. e :

REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME

For Slaying the "Tall Sycamore.” (Michigan City correspondence of the LaPorte : Chronicle,) |

It is reported, upon good authority, that Senator John H. Winterbotham ‘ is to be Dan. Voorhees’ competitor for | U. S. Senator. The story goes that the Republicans have all agreed to support Winterbotham, and there are 13hard money Democrats led by Sénator Sarnighausen of F't. Wayne that will bolt Voorhees and go.for Honest; John. . A combination of this character seems probable, as Senator Winterbotham’s former record would make him a very acceptable candidate to the Republicans, and give the State a ‘ creditable representative. . = 1

Fair Warning. (South Bend Herald.)

The republican bankers and moneybrokers are in the market, privately offering large rewards for democratic and. greenback members of the legislature who will refuse to vote for the ‘Hon.D. W. Voorhees for United States ‘Senator. 'Already ‘our republican exchanges begin to name the members who are to be bought. The Duwocrat ‘who is willing to betray his party in the Legislature by refusing to vote ‘forits candidate for Senator had better hang himself in advance and save the people that trouble, . - it Sy Terribly Burned. A workman in a Troy mill. was guiding ared-hot rod of iron between two rollers. He stumbled forward,. ‘and the Tod entered his mouth, passed -oub through his cheek, and coiled d 2 Mmmgﬁ, He was

General Items.

The Western Union Telegraph Company earns $3,000,000 & year—paying about $1,200,000 a year in dividends.

J. Madison Wells does not go to Congress. He is as big a villain as Robeson, but did not live in New Jersey. . ;

Deaths by yellow fever, so far as authentic reports have been furnished, number 12,617, which represents about 40 ‘per cent. of the cases.

Christianity justly rebukes profanity but charity kindly puts cotton in its ears when a man who has had his toes stepped on begins to speak. An express oyster train was put on the Lake Shore road this week. About 30 car loads of oysters will go through to Chicago over this line every day. ° A small democratic majority in Congress is better than a large majority, for it will keep the party compact, without any :margin for -foolishness. A -destructive fire is reported at Cape May, N. J., on the 9th, destroying all the principal hotels, many cotfages and the greater part of the city. The late storm on the lakes was full of disaster to freighting vessels, many lives being lost, three ships going to the bottom, 1t is believed, with' all on board. 3 .

.- The Chicago detectives believe that one or more of the offlicers of the Manhattan bank, New York, were engaged in its robbery. That is the general opinion. ‘ :

Life is made up of joy and sorrows, and they who seek to increase the one and diminish the other are doing that which is blessed and well pleasing in the sight of Heaven. o - _The citizens.of Darke county, Ohio, are greatly alarmed in consequence of a series of outrages perpetrated recently on some locally prominent people by armed bands of vigilants. | Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, of Philadelphia, has been elected President of | the Women’s Christian Temperance’ Union and Mrs. Mary T. Burt, of Brooklyn, Corresponding Secretary. Gen. Benjamin F. Larne, one of the men who carried Winfield Scott off the field at Lundy’s Lane, died recent- - ly at the Home for Disabled Soldiers, near Dayton, 0., aged nearly 100 years. - Among the newly elected members of Congress is Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who is chosen from the Richmond District. He is a man of commanding ability and will be an-able legisator. i

The drainage constitutional amendment was carried in Illimois by a large majority. It providesthatlevees and drains may be constructed and supported by a tax levied on the lands benefited. i 2

*The Indianapolis Journal seems to be running John. Sherman for the Presidency in 1830. That’s good.— Nothing would suit the Democrats any better than to have the Republicans nominate John Sherman. - Another but unsuccessful attempt at body-snatching occurred on Saturday, this time at Detroit, At Cleveland, 0.,.0ne Minor has bé_?’n.sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine o $lOO upon conviction for the same crime. 3 :

Judge Hilton, by direction of Mrs. Stewart, has offered a reward of $25,000 for the recovery of Mr. Stewart’s body and the conviction of the robbers. The police have been in search of the robbers, but without success, as far as is known. .

Col. Robert Ingersoll purchased, a few days ago, at an old curiosity shop in New York city, some forty or fifty gods. They represented divinities of various idolatrous nations.: The use which the Colonel is going t 6 put them to is known only to himself. The London Daily Newsadmits that the American side of the fisheries question, as presented by Secretary Evarts in his note to Lord Salisbury, has some force in it, but argues that it is erroneeus on the whole. It fears that the date of payment of the award will be long past before the Americanssee and acknowledge the injustice of their demands. : In his efficial report of October. 2d, G(i)jn/et,al Ord gives a list of persons killed and wounded in his department by Indians since October 1, 1877. The number Kkilled is forty-six and the wounded six. 1t is self-explanatory and, the General says. a very sad commentary upon the efforts made at one time to reduce the force upon which our frontiers depend. : ;

Toady Key on Grant and a Strong Goy- | ernment. r [Washington corresp. Indiaﬁapolis Journal.] Your representative has conversed with, Postmaster-General Key, who, although much jaded by his long journey, is in excellent spirits. Inresponge to an inquiry, he stated that he had met no Republicans in his travels who were .opposed to the reelection of Grant. “There is no telling,” he added, “what two years may bring forth, but if in 1880 the peace and stability of the government be endangered, Grant will be in general demand. The advocates of a strong government will rally to his standard. While a few Republicans are opposed to the third-term idea, yet if nominated Grant would —certainly be elected, provided, as I stated, that the public tranquility is jeopardized and the necessity. is apparent for a return to strong measures.” : "The Balance of Power. (Plymouth Democrat.) - The statement that the Greenbackers hold the balance of power in the Indiana Legislature to convene in January next, and will thus be able toname the next Unifed States Senator, is not in accordance with the facts.— On joint ballot the Democracy have a clear majority of four over the Greenbackers and Republicans combined,— The Democracy have all the State officers, including the supreme court, thelegislature, a majority of the members of Congress in the next House, both United States Serators, and with the incoming year will have full control of the benevelent institutions of the State. In 1880 she will have the President, Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks —and her cup of political happines

’ Orthodox Methodism. The Rock River conference of Methodists are -bothered about Rev. Dr. Thomas, of the Centenary ¢hureh, Chicago. -He was understood to be-falling away from the orthodox belief and the conference, voted that he must fn%y declare what his belief is. Ia reply he stated that he holds * the moral inflaence theory.,” Alsothat he is not certain that the punishment after death is everlasting, nor has he reached any settled conviction whether 1t ends in ‘restoration or annihilation, %gh he has sought it with tears. Also that he can not 'accept the theory of verbal inspiration ef the scriptures, though he thinks: they wﬁtﬁfn t?kubem the woﬁd o*fg}ﬁd. e has promised to garefully avoid preaching heterodoxy m&%wmm as voted to take Aie e e

ROME CITY NEWS. ' EDITED BY “ALEXIS,” | . Who.is solely responsible for the contents of this Rome City now has two new drug stores. T e Ee Bill Mendham will be engineer at the water tank. SR Cobbs’ cider bottles haye been having a shooting mateh, - | C Our winter school commenced on Monday of last week, = s

Romie City is ‘to have a religious newspaper next spring. e i

‘Ede Fisher caught a seven pound pickerel on Saturday last. . = . = Oliver Parks is night watch on the construction train engine. . = _The brick work of Rinehart’s new building in new completed. gxo

From every indication we,will.h_a.vé first class schools this winter.

The Romanites have pretty mueh quit practicing law at Albien.

Everybody in and about Rom,'e/ City is fixing to take THE BANNER.

- The hogs in this vicinity are dying with diphtheria or sore throat. =

Neighbor Shumway has again started a meat and vegetable market. =

Jake Kraner can beat the world, the flesh, and the devil making pretzels;

The Wolcottville :G‘aZe;tEaeT has been transmogrified into the Gospel Herald.

Dogtor Williams and Doctor Wilson have both gone into the drugbusiness. Dodge dedicated his new building with a dance on Friday night of last week. SEEea s e e

- We are making extensive preparations to attend Dick Williams’ inauguration. 5 S o ) y

A new saw-mill will soon be in full blast on the site of the “Magnet Woolen Mills.” Fe e

‘Rabbit harvest is just beginning to ripen. Thecrop in this vicinity promises'to be abundant. - - . .

The wild geese are flying in all directions. Of course we are to have all kinds of weather. s

Billy Buchanan’s turkeys look so much like wild: ones that the Brimfield hunters shoot them. G

Jacob Waldron, Esq., is making a very efficient officer as township . trugtee. Who will dare deny it 2 .- \: The new improvements about the depot grounds are such that a blind man could not miss the way to the park. - S P

Doctor Reynolds delivered two lectures on the temperance question in our town last week, which ‘were well teceived, 1. o v

Rome City heals the sick in’ the Scriptural way, by calling in the Elders and the laying on of hand, &c., &¢. Ask ’Squire Dixon. Sorry to see that our old friends, Doctors Knepper and Crum, have got into a confab with the preachers on the aleohol question. : Wirt Dodge gives notice that after the next meeting of the County Commissioners he will run a “gin mill,”— Tally three for Rome. - . = = Ben. Butler was beaten, but he was neither killed nor conquered. He is like a precious gem: the more he is: rubbed, the brighter he shines. He is neither buried nor crippled. He will | be heard from again in the near future. ‘ There is.too much intellect thére to remain long idle. The editor of THE BANNER wants a correspondept-f_rom every township in the county. -Ye Knights of the quill, arouse and answer to the call. -Let him have a reporter from every township, and a “boss” one from the city of Kendallville. Give the readers of THE BANNER the benefit of your talent, and the news from your vicinity, Now, don’t you forget it.: = : Mr. Walt Denny .is teaching :the higher department, and is the principal of our schools. J. P. Chapman. continues in charge of the intermediate department, and Miss Brick has charge of the primary department.— The teachers all seem to und‘erstandfl‘ their business, and seem determined to do their whole duty, and we confidently look for the most flattering results from the effects of their labors. the'coming winter. Let the patrons do their duty. L ’ The late November elections ar past, and there is no great change in the political aspect of the country.—~ The Nationals have succeeded in electing several members to the next Con® gress, and are now considered by all to be a power in the land, which commands respect and are fast: approaching to power. One thing is very prominently visible in the late -elections, and that ig this: Had the opposition been united, they would have carried everything before them, and would have swept the Shylocks completelyfrom power. Hear them rejoicing over their victory in Michigan: An unbroken Republican delegation to Congress from that State, but look at the figures and you will see that there is not one of them elected by a majority vote. The same in most all other Northern States. Let this admonish the opposition to unite. We must: unite against a common enemy, and let us begin to set matters in order now. Let us profit by the past and be wise. = We care nothing for men, but for principle everything, - '

Prison Directors. = - . ¢ & :i(LaPorte Argus.) ¥ Nearly every county in the northern half of the State has developed from one to four candidates for Ditector of the Northern ‘Prison, Unless the present prison law is changed —and in many respects it ought to be materially. changed—there will be three Commissioners to elect. The salary is only about forty dollars a month and the law c¢ontemplates a yisit to the prison.once in two weeks. It is necessary for the Board to meet regularly once a montb, and by the time these requirements are complied with it will be seen that the loss of time and other necessary expenses will be sufficient to pretty effectually use up the income from the position, especially if the member resides any conﬁiﬁ%gt@m@f‘x- ance from the prison ' comprehension, b 4 = 1 the case, no matter which party is in power. A class of people seem to be 100 e i i oo A 4 R TOR W 1 R TICERTEL TR [ RO % SO "R bl o R AR R e L 3

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

It having been widely advertised ‘ander the caption of L

“America Ahead in Spool Cotton,” that the Jury on’ Cotton textiles, yarns and threads, at the Paris’Expositien, decroed a Gold Medal and Grand Prize to.the Willimantiec Linen Company for “:Spool Cotton especially adapted for use on Sewing Machines,” over all the great thread manufactures of the world, we owe it as a duty to the public and to Messrs. Jd. &P, Coats to announce that . . -

No Grand Prizes were Decreed at . Paris for Spool Cotlton.

WE are advised by cable of the fallowing awards : !

J.& P. COATS, GOLD MEDAL Willmantic, Linen CoSilver Medal.

and we claim for the winners of the First Prize that as theéy have established in Rhode Island the Largest Spool Cetton Mills in the United States, where their Spool Cotton is manufactured t_hrqugh every process from the raw cotton to thg ﬂnished spool, AMERICA, as represented by Messrs, J. & P,COATS, is still AHEAD IN SPOOL COTTON. ; Auchincloss B ~Auchineloss Brothers, , " Sole Agents in New ‘York for a 2 30-w4 i J. &P. COATS. ee TR TR SWEE POKSON S Y et <2 § Chewing BamSESTeI Tobaceo -AN ddl?ltprwe' E ition fi ﬁn‘: n:hcewin;.}mhties a:lti mﬁa}md xhl‘:;ﬂ"ln;l:ha(’): acler of sweelening and Jlavoring, The best tobacce . ¢ver made, As our blue strip trade-mark is closely Amitated on inferior £oods, see that Jackson’s Best is on every éﬂug. Sold by all dealers. Send for s‘am%k, free, to C. A. JAcksoN £ Co., Mfrs.. Petersburg, Va. - Before You Start, ’ f}et ‘on Aq:cident or Yearly Policy in the ). At Local Agency or Railway Station, ad dothers engaged in the formatlg‘: otetl;g.:zlls gr orches%?gs should selgc‘l‘ Igr = ournew descriptive cat- - :ﬁ-‘% clusively to ! { = 7 { mforma};lon concern- . g Ty \_“ . inzl;,Ba.nd aod Orches- \ & @dl| b{ P tral requis'tes, and con- \QEELL L Akt £ talnmselegant engrav- ; . -.. ings of the latest and most approved style of in~ ,struments now in use, Mailed free. Address & ‘LYON & HEALY, Stateand MonroeSts., Chicago,

- A R e OT e T RT e T iy, B A DAY to agents canvassing for the Jireside Visitor. Terms and ontfit free, Address P. O, VICKERY, Au- : gusta, Maine, ' -

25 Fanoy Cards, with name, 10 cts., plain or goid. .. J Agent’s outfit, 10c, 150 styles, Hull & Co., Hudson, N, Y, e ST T MO

25 Chromo Cards, Cupids, Mottoes, Flowers, 3 &c. No two alike, with name, 10c. Nassau Card Co., Nassau, N, Y- 30t4.

AGOLD MEDAL

has been awarded at the Paris Exhi= bition of 1878 to ‘ L CLARK'S -

‘BestSIX.CORD SFOOL COTTON, 1t ‘is .celebrated for being STRONG, 'ELASTIC. and of UNIFORM STRENGTH, It has been awarded MEDALS at the great Expositions, from the first at Paris, in 1855, to the Centennial at FPhiladelphia in 1876. In this country CLARK’S O. N, T. SPOQL CoT--TON is widely known in all Sections for itsSuperiorExcellence in Machine and Hand Sewing. Their Mjlls at Kewark, N. J.. and Paisley, Scotland, are ‘the largest and;most complete inthe world. The entire process of manufacture is conducted under the most ﬁomplete and careful supervision, and they claim for their dmerican produc‘tion at least an equal merit to that produced in Paisley Mills. As

NoGRANDPRIZES were awarded _at Paris for SPOOL Cotton,

they are glad to announce to the American publicthat they have been larded;a GOLD MEDAL, being the highest award given for Six-Cord

Spool Cotton.

Géorge A CLARK & Brother, ' SOLE AGENTS, a 400 Broadway, New York. | F. W. Shinke & Bro. ‘Take pleasnre in rnforminﬁ the people of Ligonier and vicinity that tbely ave the best selected 4 ; stock of all kinds of For Men, Boys, and Chifdren; also, an e]egax; assortment of wear for Women, Misses and Children. All styles -and qualities to select from,— : Wlll be gold at ; : . BOTTOM PRICES. . . Haying adopted the : ' G . LOW PRICE SYSTEM! "Which requires selling af vefy small profits, the public: will .appreciate the necessity of ready or el prompt pay. : ' 3 Special Attent!on‘ glven to ' : . CUSTOM WORK. We guarantee first-class stock aqd woykmans)iip. MENDING done EXPEDITIOUSLY - “ Corn - Field GAITERS,? Of our own make constantly on hand, . . GIVE US A CALL, - ~ EXAMINE OUR GOOODS, © ' ASCERTAIN PRICES, _« and buy at the old relisble shoe store of s L B F. W.SHINKE & BRO. Ligonier, Ind., March 21.»1§78.-12-7 ! ~ POULTRY! lam now ready to receive Poultry delivered at my Butter and Egg ~Packing House, for which I > PAY CASH! Large TH N b e pary i seagon, small ones later, Greese should be well fattened and sold between the hti-;%lﬁthof December, Bmall and poor fowls will not he taken at any prics. - - Ligonjer,Nov.7,lB7B.-99-w6 Application for License, . of Notle U Mﬁgﬂ%;}%y " next regolar ;re« 1878, for & licenss 1o retail spirituous, vinous and: