The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 January 1879 — Page 2

The Fational @mxml o L SRR o o - AR RalYy Vi 7. B. BTOL, Bistor and Propristor - LIGONIER, IND. JAN. oth, 1879,

_“Bank paper must be sup;;ressed, and the eircu,l'aqng medium restored to.tlie nation, to whom it belon%s....Let banks continue, if they iplease, but let them discount for cash along or for Treasury notes.—Thomas Jefferson.

SIXTEEN BANKS in the city of New York reduced their capital from $35,000,000 to $21,965,000. : '

G. W. Curtis, in Harper's Weekly, discusses the presidential probabilities of!1880, and - concludes that' Samuel J. Tilden will be the Democratic nominee. : I

DAxOTA TERRITORY is standing at the door waiting to enter into the Union. 'Before Congress adjourns Dakota, with its broad, beautiful prairies and fertile soil, will no doubt he added ty tlie list of Statds, 0 0 o

TiE ancient city of Cork has refused to receive General Grant, avering that during his presidency he insulted the Cathblic religion, and the Irish race. This will be an eye-opener for Thomas Murphy, Grant’s friend and admirer. A notice of this will still remain inilBBo. .| Y

Gov. WiLLiAMs will, in all probabLility, in his coming message, recommend to the Legislature, the creation of a board of pardons, which shall eonsist of three State officers, to act with "the Governor. This will take away the only thing the opposition kad to harp upon, and henceforth the Governor must be_.a good manr® .

~ Tug -World’s annual review of the live stock miarkét of: New York City for the year 1878 shows aminerease in the wﬁ:{‘ifa of trade and in reeeipts of catile, sheép) and’ hogs .as compared with last year of 39,154 beeves, 141,635 sheep, and 511,157 hogs, and compared with lotals 20 years ago an increase of 338,191 beeves, 792,796 sheep, and 1419661 Yogs., . | c

THE *“BANKER Boss” ,havinz}g_ona‘ on a wild goose chase to Indianapolis to help convene the Democratic Legislature, and help us get “a finger in the pie,” we, “J jp." late of Albion, have t:ken the jr)f) of *sitting in the sanctum,” inflating our pocket-book, kicking irate callers down stairs, and taking upon ourself all responsibility of 1@9:1 correspendence found in this issue. i \

an; Indianapolis Sun says of the interest question, that ten per cent. " interest on money or loans isthe most y active peison-to business,. prosperity and happinese. -It means sudden impoverishment fot people of Ixjoderate means, degradation, and from [that to crime and death. . This run oé affairs can be of but short duration in this . State, as the present Legislature has * promised relief. : ]

~ Wit all the desire of the republi--can party to have the cipher dispatches investigated, not one of that party has yet offered a resolution to that effect. Lugene Hale, it is said, has carried an investigation resolution in his pocket so long the ddocument is .about to crumble, but as yet has not had the courage to touch it off. Republicans must hold the Zribune's revelations in fully as muchcontempt as the Democrats. . : :

THE D‘eTocrfats‘-'of the lower Honse in the State Legislature met in caucus on Tuesday evening and placed in nomination the following 'gentlemen: Speaker, Hon. H. S. Cauthorn, of Knox; Clerk, Webster Dixon, of Jackson: Assistant Clerk,T: C. Mays,of Auburn; Door Keeper, David Wilson, of Shelby, Asa nominatiou in the House is equivalent to an eiection, it-may be taken once for all that the above will officiate during the present session.

" Tug Plymouth Democrat was found- = od in 1855 by Thomas McDonald, and - has ever since been owned and edited by different mémbers of that family, but was recently sold out of the fami1y by Dan. McDonald, its last editor and proprieter, to Henry A. Pead. Dan, the late owner, is a‘true gentleman; an honor to his party, his name and the edicorial fraternity. If his dues be measured unto him, fair fortune will smile upon him her sweetest smile and his future, like his past, . will be bright and prosperous. -

ON the 231 d inst. an election will be held in Virginia to fill the vacancy in * that congressional delegation, caused by the death of Beverly Douglas. This, the Cincinnati Enquirer says, “will be _a soft thing” for scine body, as. the newly elected man can not take his - seat until the 27th, if he does so even at that date, he will have exactly five weeks to serve. Following the old rule' of paying, the new man’s dues will amount to thousarids, whereas if he received paynient only from date of taking office, it would remain in the hundred. General R. T. L. Beal and George C. Runs will doubtless be the n-omigees for the position., Gxdncgabu,.‘ﬁtruék a very ingenious plun to inflate her currency on her own account, dodging that clause - of the comstitution prohibiting any - State from issuing bills of credit, ' Its Legislature has authorized the issue of half a million of four per cent. bends, the denominations of which ~ be five W’ewb, and compare in - size with the greenback five doliar " bill. These bonds will be. issued in ~ Januliry, and each be composed of six ~coupons to be clipped annually. ; gia proposes to substitute these 4 per cent. bonds for the whole of its bonded debts ""mmﬁﬁm*‘* tached, do not conflict with the conA Mﬁ* g. e s

THE COMPTROLLERAND_ THE NATION- l P AL RANKE. The Comptroller of the Curreney,is a willing worker. In his recent report to Congress, he deems it no hardship to depart from his legitimate business of furnishing information, and sends a treatise to Congress in fa--.vor of the National Banks. Thebanks; it" appears, almost own the government. A well paid attorney could not have plead the cause of the National Ranks with more zeal, than did the ‘Comptroller. He Is a good officer.— Nowhere is he called on to advise Congress, yet laboriously does he give it. How many of our public servants there are, who are disposed to shirk 'their duties, but the Comptroller, pushes ahead, and does so much more than is expected of him. 1f this man, who is so prone teo shirk his duty, is a representative man inthe civil service, hy should there beé uny talk about Civil Service Reform ? On pages seven and @ight of the report, the Comptroller urge the continuance of the Na-

tional Banking system because it is unprofitable te the bankers, He says that “sihce the passage of the act of “ June 20, 1874, the National Banks, so “far from considering the privilege of “issuing circulation . a profitable mo“nopoly, have voluntarily surrender“ed $66,237,323 of the'r notes, which is

“*529,463,467 more than has been is“sued to all the banks organized since “that date, while 144 banks, with a *“circulation of $9,190,718, have gone “into voluntary liquidation.” - ' Here he argues to show that Natioual Banking is unprofitable; but on page four the Comptroller says that the surplus fund of the National Banks on the 20th of last June amounted te more than $118,000,000. This, added to the regular dividends, irregular dividends and the liberal salaries paid to -officers, hopelessly upsets his theory as te the unprefitableness of loaning one’s debt as money. - - We do not know what exceptional motive may have induced a few of these banks to retire, but the faet that all National Bank notes are redeemable 1n gold, on and after January Ist, 1879, has influenced s’ome'gf the more prudent bankers to quit business.— Notwithstanding this threat, there are still over 2,000 of these banks, in spite of the fact that they ate doingalosing business. | % The unlearned will never be able to understand, why, if they do not find the National Banking system remunerative,: they cling to it with such a death grip.

Tue Indianapolis Journal says that “Senator Winterbottom has a bill to “introduce which will abolish:the fees “of all county officers, and pz:m§v them a “salary. It will also make a big cut “in the emoluments of the State offi“cers.” That part of the bill referring to county officers fees is not just and should not be allowed to become a law. Should it become a law, the poor man who never owned a foot of land and never can, would have to pay his share of the costs of every transfer of real estate in his county. Thus would he pay without yalue received or a shadow of a chance to receive. The man who never gave er toox a mertgage would have to pay for every ’mértgage given or taken.— The peaceable-man who never had a law suit in his life, would have to pay the bills of those who delight in legal strife. Such a billh would: be no bet‘ter, nor more just than the: stamp act of 1765. i :

¥ AVILLA TIDINGS. : On Friday morning, January 3d, the thermometer showed 23° below zero. Miss Libbie Stewart is very sick., — She is with her brother, S, P. Stewart, in Avilla. : ] ‘Mr. Lamper recurned a week ago from Ohioe, where he was visiting relatives and friends. ‘ Dr. Cessna is praying for the country people to keep well during this cold weather. : On Thursday evening a double-deck-ed car of hogs were delayed here by the upper deck breaking{own ‘and killing three. About fitty hogs were unloaded while the car was undergoing repairs. - o 4

Seven tramps put up in the school room at Lisben on New Year’s night. As the teacher, E. M. Miller, entered on Thursday morning they gave him a kind reception and advised him to warm, as it was a little fresh. There being no signs of the bold pupils- dispersing, he went up street for a force and they were soon gone. S e Eighteen tramps in Avilla on Thursday night. Nearly all got their suppers at the Hilkert and St.. James Houses. The marshal furnished them with a bed about &§xl2—the calaboose. We had the pleasure of attending the dedication of the hall of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Kendallyille, on New Year. The tables were filled with delicacies, About 230 persons took supper. The address of Mr. Cox, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, was interesting, instructive and beneficial. The remarks by Mr. Wise, Past Grand, were humorousand much enjoyed by the audience. g The social dancing party was a grand success. Proceeds about $4O. The only thing that was not pleasant was that the hall did not hold all that wished to attend. Some of the Kendallvillites were ,obliged to return home' without dancing. Seventy-five couples enjoyed themselves hugely.— When Ed. Sumner and Elias give notice of a party, the people know it to be as represented. A few hats were taken from the ward-room, - The school commenced operations on Monday. - Nom pE PLUME, |

(i o —— e . . Weston, America’s great pedestrian, %tin takes the track on the 18th inst. He has undertaken to walk 2,000 miles on the roads of England, in six weeks, resting from midnight Saturdavs to midnight Sumdays. This will give him 856 hours to complete his morning walks, o Db T g ad oo ;gn:ia ‘h;?mﬁu;%ar Rapids,

- DUTCH STREET. - ME.EniToR:—In order to retain our metto, “Duteh Street: against the world,” it will be necessary to have it appear in seme Jnewspaper, and as it is situated 'in"N,oble cqu;ity,"we tho't THE BANNER a very desirable paper to'make known to'the world what we are doing. 3

Duteh Street is located south of Wolcottville, in Orange twp., is about two miles in length. and contains about one hundred and five inhabitants, and good prospects for the number still increasing. ' T | The “weather here for the last few. weeks has been very celd, perhapsthe same as in Ligonier. = g Some of the boys say they have not yet lost anything since the resumption, but came near losing their ears. The bdys say that Rev. VanSiyke returned from Ligonier, last Thursday, with a mahogany polish on his nose and face. 1t was that cold snap, you know. L The singing school atiOak Grove school ‘house is a suceess, and at the close a concert will be given. | ~ The Bingman farm at this place ‘was sold a short time since.te John Cochran, of Wolcottville, for §3,000, while several years ago the farm was held at $14,000. Call ye this coming down to hard pan? . : : “The, rabbit harvest is at hand, and the boys are busy gathering it. The rabbits-sell for 1214 cents per pair, which makes a little spending money for the Nfmiods. s £

In case a road is rendered impassable by drifted snow, is the supervisor obliged to render it passable, and if so, will the employees be allowed a receipt for work, te Le deducted from the poil tax in the spring, or is the township trustee to furnish the funds to pay for the work ? Mr. Editor, will you please answer? We, for one, should be opposed to Lave it deducted from the poll tax, as our roads need every cent allowed in order to give them a sufficient amount of work, as our roads have too long been neglected.

Those of your réaders who wish to know what has become of the Advocate can find full particulars by sending a three cent postage stamp to the Terre Haute Hxpress for the issue of January Bth. Col. Heath, late manager and editor of the Adwocate, has given a full account of the Advocate, which will be re-printed in the abeve named issue. Also, W. IL. Shupe himself proposes to furnish for the same issue his own version of the history of the Advocate. 1t has turned out to be a swindling cencern, as we predicted at|its first appearance. |

Among the most alarming signs of the times are the bold 'and defiant attempts of John Sherman to evade and violate the laws_of Congress, and the apparent indifference with which Congress receives the audacious assumptions. .As the democratic party will be on trial this winter, with a good working majority in the lower house, we hope that that-bedy will not sit indifferently, and allow the Becretary of the Treasury to ride rough shod over the will of the people. Secretary Sherman has engaged in a conspiracy to evade and defeat the silver act of February 28, 1878, thus virtually depriving the government and the people of the benefits intended to be derived from it. The law forbids the Secretary to. cancel, destroy or hoard the legal tenders after rédemption, but commands him to reissue them: and keep them in circulation. This law he disregards, by saying he shall issue them only in exchange for coin for resumption purposes, or when their superior convenience will enable them to pass at par with gold; so if gold should advance a fraction of a cent, the country may be deprived of millions of its circulation. He dees now, and: has from the commencement, violata the law. Many a poor: criminal hunted . out and punished on circumstantial evidence alone, and’ in every neighborhood scales of justice are established to Weigh crime and punish all petty violations of law. Why then should John Sherman go unconvicted -and unpunished ? A violator of law, and a criminal-by his own confession, the least that Congress can do is to remove him, and brand him with the red hot irons of impeachment. We hope the Democratic House may not be slow in taking steps in that direetion. e Brick.

Dr. HAM, of South Bend, at a recent meeting of the Medical Association, held in the city of Elkhart, took square issue in favor of breaking over the fog}lish creed of the profession not to use the press for the promulgation of meédical information. If medical science is truth, publish it. If the profesgion is a right and just one, it need not fear the serutinizing search of the world. Ifltis good and noble as was intended, why not solicit the press, and every other available means’of implanting it into the hearts of the people, and showing them the right way ? The Elkhart Review holds that it is not only the privilege but the duty of a consciencious physician, if by study of any particular disease or class of diseases, he is more fit to relieve the afflicted, to make the public acquainted with the fact. So say we, and if this became the custom, as it long seience should, the numerous quacks, or one-horse physieians which nocw crowd the profession, might either be betleﬁted or entirely discarded.

Com:non School Revenue. Below we give the apportionment of the school fund of Noble and a-few of our neighboring counties, as made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. :

Counties. No. Children Col.& ready Am’ttoeay bet, 6 and 21. for appor’t. County. Kosciusko. 9.408 $9,707.20 $11,777.52 Elkbarf... 11,143 11,778.03 13,817.32 . N0b1e..... 7726 17892906 9,580.24 - DeKalb... 6,903 685710 8,550.92 Steuben... .5,165 5,2562.72 6,305.68 Lagrange.. 5,226 7,776860 6,480.24 ghitley ... 5,908 540094 17,327.16 A11en..... 22,008 20,291.78 27,280.92 Marshall.. 8309 ......., 10,808.16 St. Joseph. 10,257 10,682.63 12,718.08 The other counties in the Stats aver-

BROADWAY RUMMAGES. ' The Modoe War—Auother, Battle Fonght by the Chief of: the Modsees, of Broadway, and the Chief of the Finger Chewers, of Indian VilClapedie .

ED. BANNER:—As hostilities have again broken out between the parties above described, we will try to give your readers some’ of the particulars of the battle. 'On.the 20th ult. some

of the braves of Indian Village were bauling fence posts t» make a fence around the cemetery- at ‘Broadway, and in passing the wigwam of one of the chief braves of the Modocs, neticed a singular kind of sleigh, containing the bride and groom, made by putting a buggy box onto a common two horse log boat. One of the haulers remarked to his companion, “that was putting on style.” This remark about the sleigh is seéemingly what offended the Modoe chief. The haulers passed on, unloaded their posts and on their return, found the. Modoc chief out in the road with coat and blanket off, sleeves rolled up and ready for bleody wofk. After a few preliminary words the chief of the ‘Modods and the chief of the Finger ‘Chewers concluded they would do the ‘bloody work for their tiibes themselves. The battle commenced by each giving a prolonged war whoop poculiar to their tribes, then with toe to toe, and déath and destruction in each fierce and burning eye, and withhands firmly clasped, they —. Well,, Mr. Editor; what followed, I think too bad to be reported. But I have since heard that the Modoc chief has a finger that he is very careful of. It is said to look as if it had been chew‘ed, then spit out. It is certainly a disgrace to civilization, that at every move made to improve and make that cemetery a proper place for the burial of the dead, that there must be a brutal, disgraceful fight. I believe with “Sharps,” last spring’s correspondent to THE BANNER, that strife ;a,’nd contention will centinue in that %community as long as some of the present inhabitants remain there. I ‘have heard it suggested that this. trouble commenceéd in pelitics, then went into the church, but will be settled in h—l. ‘Truly, &e., : : Plous JonN.

: WEST SPARTA ITEMS. ; Ep. BANNER:—The principle event of the past week in this vicinity was the Musieal Convention, under the direction of Prof. J. F. Kinsey. Thinking an account of the same would be. intsresting to many of your readers, we send you the following report: The Convention assembled in Broadway Chapel, at 2 p. M, January Ist. Sessions were held during day and evening, closing Saturday evening with a public entertainment: - The work done consisted in the stndy ef ¢hurch music, voice culture, glee practice, and the rendition of selections from the Old . Masters. In all this werk Mr, Kinsey’s reputation as an excellent teacher and conductor was fully sustained. A large number were in attendance from a distance, among whom we note the following names: Mr. C. R. Reed, a professional teacher and conductor of musical conventions, of Waterloo, Ind.; the Misses Trumbo, Eliot, Adams, and Mr. Adams, all of Troy, Whitley county; Mr. Black Miss Poyser and Mrs. King, of the Hawpatéh; The success of the convention was largely due to the excellent: management of the committee, Messrs. John Weed, J. C. Wyland and ‘William Knappe. These gentlemen, assisted by their estimable wives, were untiring in their efforts to provide for our temporal wants. The tables were fairly loaded with good things, proving conclusively that the ladies understood well the cuisine art. We also had the pleasure of an acquaintance with the Galloway Bro’s, Perry and Anderson, who gave us splendid sleigh rides, and plenty to eat and drink. And finally, to cap the climax of all good thizgs gone before, a grand dinner was given at the church in which the ladies excelled all previous efforts in that direction, and our palates were tickled with the choicest bits of roast turkey, reast chicken, and-in fact everything the daintiest epicurian could wish for.— We believe the eonvention will result in permanent goed, and cause a desire for the cultivation of a higher grade of music. In conclusion we have naught but praise to bestow upon the good people of West Sparta for their efforts in this direction, and hope they may live to emjoy many more con“ventions of a similar character. A MEMBER OF CONVENTION.

~ WAWAKA PARAGRAPHS. Miss Ida Calvert, of Warsaw, is visiting friends in our place. Miss Hyre left for her home at Bryon, Ohie, last Saturday. She had been the ;guest of the Misses Folwell. Mr. Alva Nowells had his left arm broken above the wrist, last Thursday, while holding a fractious horse which threw him afainst a post. Dr.R. W. Bartley attetided. s The German Methodists will have services each evening of this week.— The second quarterly meeting of Kendallville eircuit will be held at this place Saturday and Sunday next. School commenced last Monday. Mr. E. J. Woodruff, principle, presides over the adyanced grade; Mr. B. A, Konkle'administers the birch in the intermediate, and Miss Ella Folwell teaches the young ideas how to shoot in the primary department, Of weddings just a few. On the evening of the 31st of December, Geo. H. Hecker and Miss Lucy L. Sheneman were united in the holy bonds of wedlock by 'Squire Greene, On January Ist, Frank Allen and -Miss Ella Butt joined hands and fortune, to brave the storms of life, under the benediction of Rev. M. M. Dodge. On the same day, at the residemnce of Mr, Emmitt, north of this place, Mr, W F. Bash and Miss Lucinda Emmitt, before Rev. p P. Hartman, promised to forsake all others and’cleave one unto another until death doth them t« 4 i ST, E,ﬁl‘o. ‘ N oat R e R

. Indiana Newg Items. A young man named Bell was frozen to death in Jennings county ChristBG e T - LaPorte propuses to-put up 1,900,000 tons of ice this winter, aside from/vast quantities s%ipd for packing at other points, . ¥.ls estimated that 1,500 men and 100 teams will be employed in thé work. = Parodoxical as it may seem, the iL,aPorte folks are having | harvest in mid winter. - . As a little instanee of the blockade on the Michigan Central, it may be ‘mentioned that Conductor Billings .counted eleven freight trains on Sat‘urday between Cassopolis and Niles, |a distance of 14 miles.. Passenger ‘trains are! now runmning on time— South Bend Register, 6th. Guetig, the Indianapolis murderer, who has been praeticing fits” and insanity to ward off his sentence of death, has been speedily cured. One of the jailers heard his conversation with a fellow prisoner, in which he exposed his game. The jailor then informed &im that he must cease his “monkeyg,” which he did. -

The Indiana Farmer warns itsread - ers to beware of some well-dressed, oily-tongued gents who are calling apon the farmers pretending to be gathering agricultural statistics. They stop for dinner, or stay all night, and hand out a ten dollar bill t» pay for it. The bill is counterfeit. The agricultural department is not gathering statistics at this time., |

A special from Huntington to a Ft. Wayne paper says that great excitement- has been caused there by the action of Dr. Israel Reed, of Roanoke, who, on Wednesday, went before the grand jury and made full confession of his guilt in the recent body-snateh-ing horrors at"'Roanoke. He gave testimony implicating several other physicians heretofore of good standing. :

Wm. Godfrey, who lived about five miles east of Claypool, was assisting in sawing down a tree, near that place, on Tuesday last. When the tree was about to fall, he stepped to one side, but unfortunately stepped in the way the tree was falling, and being caught by it, was crushed to death instantly. He was buried at Mount Pleasant on New Year’s day.— Warsaw Republican. 4 On Monday night of last week Mrs,. Azel Sparklin, of Goeshen, the last of the early settlers on Elkhart prairie, died. On the following Tuesday night Mr. Eli Sparklin died. Wednesday at 2 o’clock P. M. another member of the family died, making three since Monday night. John Sparklin and his eldest daughter are also very ill, and fears are expressed for their recovery. Cause not positively known. ‘

General Items. Tke new Second Baptist church at St. Louis, a fine stone building cesting $175,000, was entirely consumed by fire on Friday. e Juan Moncasi, who attempted te assassinate the King of Spain on the 25th of October last, was executed on the morning of January 4. ‘ At Geneva, N. Y., the diphtheria is raging in epidemic form. People are leaving the city to escape its terrors, and it requires nearly all the well ones remaining to care for thesick. Numbers die daily, and the horrors of the situation are almost as great as in the late yellow fever districts.

Great comsternation has been'eaused in England by the suspersion of the Cornish bank at Trure, Cornwall. Its. deposits are said to amount to 500,000 pounds, and the stoppage will cause great distress among the traders of West Cornwall and will further check industry in the Cornish .mines. The Honore Block, Chicago, occupied by thg Chicago post-ofiice, was burned te the ground last Saturday aftermcon. The fire originated in the basement and climbed to all of the stories by way of the elevator in 20 minutes. Several narow escapes ware made. Loss, $86,500,0f which $75,000 was loss on the building. The damage was covered by 200,000 insurance. The mails were principally saved intact. % ;

: . The Polar Wave. : INDIANAPOLIS, Jan’y Bd.—This has been the coldest day of the year, the thermometer at 6 o’clock this morning standing at 24° below zero. This euts off all prospects of a peach crop. NEW YORK,Jan.3.—Two brakemen on freight trains on the Central New Jersey and North Pennsylvania roads were frozen to death this morning. - BISMARCK, Dak., Jan. 3.—The mercury, at 6 A. M., was 33° below zero. RicamoND, Va., Jan. 3.—The ther- ' mometer at sunrise was about 7° above . Zero. : £

UTica, N. Y., Jan’y 3rd.— A fearful snow storm and gale, the worst ever known, prevails in this,section. The Central trains are struggling bravely but hopelessly. The Rome road is snowed over for the season. CINCINNATI, 0., Jan. 3.—Mattie Cary, 9 years old, living near Vincennes, Ind., started for school, a mile distant, yesterday morning, and some fime afterward was found lying on the ground and badly frozen. . s BUFrrALO, N. Y., Jan. 4.- On Abbott road a dead horse attached to a cutter was found standing up to its head in a drift. Several funerals have been postponed on account of the impossibility to reach the cemeteries. It required 12 locomotives and a snow-plow to. bring 6 coaches filled with passengers, and a baggage car, from Batavia to this city last night. No trains will leave on this road until 2 p. m. to-morrow, weather permitting. e ¢ i et ) - E— i ROCHESTER ITEMS. ' Every one is busy taking the full benefits of the good sleighing, * McConnell & Lape still occupy the grist mill. : - A large amount of ice is being sawed and drawn to the ice houses of Ligonier, from the mill pond of this place. . : g , Mr. McConnell is fast recovering from his sickness caused by a fall in the mill. =~ | f o MARRIED: Christmas, J. A, Regula, of Ligonier, to Clara Rogers, of this place, by Elder H. R. Carter. Mr. Regula gave a wedding dance on Cluistwas uight, also an fufair dance on New Year’s night, both being well attended, - 5 ~ The house of John Schlotterback caught fire from thestove, on Tuesday last, while all were absent. When Mrs. 8. returned she gave the alarm which Kas heard by none but the school children who immediately proceeded to the rescue, When the fire was put out the zinc had already fell to the cellar and the stove was about to fall. Had it not been for the return of Mrs. 8. the house and eontents ‘would have bsen destroyed. Mac.

- ROME CITY NEWS. - Our M. D’s report health excellent. ~ “By Smoke,” this is the coldest winter I ever saw. - L . ' “Alexis” is off for Indianapolis.— Hope he may be successful. ' ~J. Rhinehart. is ensconsed in hisnew brick store. Lucy is happy, and so is ®lrs. Brothwell. e ; - The only prevalent disease in gur locality at present is that distressirg ‘eough. Remedy: string, rock candy and whisky. . . © We have not heard any arguments lately, while gathered around the stove at the store, that feather beds are unhealthy to sleep on. ' Fishing through the ice is excellent. A single person usually catches from 70 to 80 fish. They catch them now with a glass button. y

The stone are being delivered for the foundation of the new hotel, on the site of the o}d Lake Side House.— It is to be a superb structure. ’Squire Krum, of Brimfield, has returned from Indianapolis. Weareinformed that his case in the United States Court has been continued. The saw logs are slipping in rapidly at our new mill, and ere long the whiz of the saw will be heard, and by Judas, won’t Leonidas make the slabs fly. _ Court is now in session, and you fellows at Biimﬁe]d whe have been “heads I win and tails you loose,” for turkeys, can go before the grand jury and get your dues.

The G. R. & 1. K. R. Co. contémplate erecting a large and commodious eating house on their grounds here early this coming spring. Come to Rome then and enjoy yourself. : Ice! Ice! Come to Rome City and see the ice fourteen inches thick zoing up into those large ice houses. by steam, on an endless chain, cake after cake, and no stopping. It will well repay you to see it work.

A soldier, a member of the bloody 69th N. Y., who lost one leg; one arm and had a large portion of his face shot away, was put off of the . R. & I. R. R. Saturday night train. Cause: out of funds.’g, Employees, do your duty. We met a gentleman from Albion the other day, and upon inquiring about the good people of that place, learned that Fielding Prickett is yet speaking in Swan township. Where, oh where, is Knisely.? Ike, can’t you relieve Prickett ? .

- The Rome City Pool, which purchased fifty tickets frobm the Tort Wayne Masonic Gift Enterprise, arée negotiating withr the Superintendent. of the G. R. & I. R. R. for a special train to Fort Wayne, to look at their forty acre farm—if they draw it. - The citizens in and around Woleottville are terribly excited over the discovery of the treatment of Jonathan Law’s wife, who has bieen insane for some years past, and has been kept in an out-house. On cne side of this out-building corn fodder is piled up to protect the woman from the cold, chilling blasts of winter. Impossible as it may seem this lady,a mother, has not had any fire in this room for four years, the time she has been confined, and yet she has passed through this terrible weather alivke, but was found in a horrible condition. Her cjothing were frozen to her knees, ice was found in her bed and she is badly frozen. . Where, oh where, is Bob Ingersoll? Oh shades of church steeples leave us. We understand that Mr. Law had employed another persen’totake care of his wife, and he supposed that she was properly cared for. Itis evident that he was a little careléss of her condifion, if the facts above stated by trustworthy persons are true. ‘ We are having excellent sleighing, nearly as good as we had in 1855, the year of the great Methodist revival at Ligonier, ' During the meeting one of our old citizens, the Rev. Mr. Clock, was invited to assist in the good work. _fWhen the reverend gentleman get, warmed up, he jumped over the pulpit and screamed at the top of his veice: “IHere is a Clock that has not yet run down; turn to the Lerd orall go to h—l.” E i

| The Next Legislature. The next Legislature makes the following showing as te trades and eccupations. Members of the Senate: Lawyers, 22; farmers, 10; merchants, 3; physicians, 3; editors, 2; manufacturers, 2; foundryman, 1; contractor, 1; preacher, 1; lumber dealer, 1; bank= er, I;tailor, 1; accountant, 1; occupation not given, 1; total, 50. In the House of representatives the several occupations are as follows: ‘Farmers, 31; lawyers, 24; wmerchants, 12; physicians, 8 ; preachers,4 ; quarrymen, 2; bankers, 2; editors, 2; accountant, 1; dentist, 1; liveryman, 1; manufacturer, 1; mechanie, 1; railroader, 1; lumber dealer, 1; occupation not given, 5; total, 100. Loy o

A postmortem examination was held by the deectors of this place on the body of Jacob Keagley, whe was found dead in bed on Thursday morning last. His heart was found filled with dark coagulated blood, and the mucuous coat of the stomach so softened as to be readily rubbed off. The immediate cause of death was probably the formation of the elot et blood in the heart. What was the cause of this is more obscure, but it was undoubtedly connecfed with the diseased condition of the stomach, or rather with that and the, cause of that. the excessive use of strong drink. The deceased had for some time cemplained of his stomach.—Lagrange Stand-~ ard. ' L

Chew Jaoksoxn'’s Besr Sweet Navy Tobaceo. 13-31-1 y THE MARKETS. ¢ oo LIGONIER. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, 87e;-Rye, 40¢; Oats, 20¢; Corn, 80c; flax seed, $125; timothy seed, $1 25. clover seed, $3 75. . . Propuce.—Hogs, live, P cwt $225; Shoulders, per pound, 8¢; Hams, 09¢; Bees Wax, 20c; Butter, 14; Lard, 04c; Eggs, 9 doz.; 22¢; Wool, 1b,20@ 30¢; Feathers, 40¢; Tallow, 05¢; Apples, dried, 3c. Potatoes, 50; Peaches, dried,oBc; Hay, tame, $8; marsh, $6.

_ BORIN. DRANE.—January sth, 1879 in Eikharct twp,, a son-to Mr. and Mre. Daniel Drane; weight, Bibs, KRUPP.-January 4th, 1879, in Perry twp., a ton . to Rev, Mr. wa’y Mrs._'Krnﬁp; ums{'wzrgi:t.. STAGE,—January 3rd, 1879, on the Hawpatch, 8 son to Mr, and ﬁ'u. i., W. Btage ; usual wmt.

__NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i ml~~vv\lvvv~l\o\_'4'\'"\4;buu\m\fvufu\" A : A DAY to agents canvassing for the : M Kireside Visitor. Terms and out-. - & fit free. Address P. O. VICKERY, Anq ¥ gusta, Maine. : TR R e s 2 5 Chromo Cards, &¢.Cupids, Mottoes, Flowers, 'No two alike, with name, 10c, Nagsau Card 00, Nagsan, N. Y. L ad sl 3 0 Fancy Cards, Chromo, Snowflake, &c.. no & alike, with name, 10 cts, 'J. Minkler & Coy, Nassau, N. Y. Yo 884 40 MIXED CARDS, with name-toc. Agentsouts fit 10 cts. L. JONES & CO., Nassaq, N, Y. % “MMW'Newspaper Advertising Burean, No. 10 Spruce B¢, N, Y. Vick'’s Floral Guide. ‘A beautiful work of 100 Pages; One Colored Flower Plate, and 300 Illustrations. with Descriptions of the "best Flowers and Vegetables, and how_to grow them All for a Five CeNT. Sraxe. In English or German. =~ | S The Flower snd Vegetable Garden, 175 Pages, Bix Colored Plates, and many hundred Hngravinge. For 50 cents in paper covers; $l.OO in elégant cloth. In German or English. =~ = - Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine—32 Pages a Colgred Plate in every number and many fine Engravings, Price $1.25 o year; Five Copies for $5.00; Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents. - Vick’s Seeds are the best in the world. Send Five CenT STAMP for & FLORAL Guing, containing List and Prices, and plenty of information. -Ade dress, (38w3) JAMES VICK, Rochester, N, Y.

Y - § . SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of a certified copy of adécree and.an order of s2le to me directed by the Clerk of the Nob'e Circuit Court of Noblecounty, Indiana, in the case of Taylor .J. Vail vs. Joseph Henderson and Mati'da J. Henderson (John Lane bail), 1 will offer for sale at public auction &t the door of the court-house in the town of Albion; county of Noble, and State of Indiana, on e v Friday, January 15th,/ 1879, : Between the hours of ten o’clock.'A. u , and four d’clock, p. m., of said day, all of the right, title and interest of the said defendants for, to and 1n the followinig described real estate, to wit: “The undivided ong-third (2¢) of Out-Lot Number sixty-two (62), in the town of Ligonier, County of Noble, and State of Indiana, - 3 NAT[IANIEL P. EAGLES.. : Sheriff Noble County, Ind, Isaao E. KnilstLy, Attorney for Plaintiff, =~ Albion, Dec. 18th, 1873.-36w3-pf 86, = * s

I have moved my place of business from the Banner Block into Dr. Gants’ building, op- - posite Brown’s Furniture Rooms. - I have purchased the nicest and best stock.of . PIEOom GOODS 0 Ever brought to Ligonier. Those wishing Clothes Cheap for Cash can do well by e e E pp RABSON 2 DON’T be Deceived by Buying Elsewhere.-5 Ligonier,jlnd., Sept. 4, 1878 -44 tf . e :o e

Drs. PRICE & BREWER TT A RTTA TR T £ S A L 2 RYMTR S R R IR 7 ’ FL.ANE cten ] CEILA IR 2 3 - 2 VISITED LAPORTE e A S D o > _— BSAT T S R SATvTS O B S ARTESS. TR A IO A A SRR ST NGNS T . HAVE met with unparalleled success in the BB ireatmentofa : B A Chronic IDiseases __‘mw-—.,—* e CFTHE . S THROAT, en et 'LUNGS. = . o WINEBR., . HBEAD, Nerves,Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Af fections of the Urinary Orrrﬁms, Gravel. Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dys< pepsia, &c. ae L e w gurreputa.tion hasbeenacquiredbycandid,honest dealing and years ofsuccessful practice.. . : Ourpractice,not oneof exgerimsnt, butfounded on thelaws of Natute, with years bfexperience! and evidence to sustaln. it, doesnotteardown, make sick to make well; no harsh treatnient, no: trifling, no flattering. We know thecauseandthe remedgy needed; no guess work, but knowledge gained by years of experience in the treatment or Chronicdiseases exclusively; no encouragement’ without & prospect. Candid in our opinions, reasonable in our charges, claim not to know eyerything, or cure everybody, but do lay claim toreasonand common sense. Weinvite the sick; nomatter what theirailment, to call and investigate beforethey abandon hope, makeinterrogations and decide for themselves ; it will costn‘ot%inga"g consuitationisfree. o<o otio Gl G R __Vigits willbe maderegularlyfor liears. LTS S Residenceand Laboratory: WAUKEGAN,ILLI. NOIS.. . : : : B 9

With all its Loathsome Attendants- Cured by Four Bottles ~LOF THR— ; 5 Gonstitational CATARRH Remedy The ConsTITUTIONAL CATARRI REMEDY isthe first article placed before tke public that proposed to cure catarrh by building up the Constitution.. It struck at the root of the whole difficalty, and thousands upon thousands of letters have heen received by the progriétors, setfing forth the marvelous cures, and, what is remarkable, curing not only the catarrh -but all other ailments at the same time. This is what it always "does. The following statement is only a sample of what we are constantly receiying, from well known people to whom vou can write, and not bogus ones. Oatarrh and its attendant €vils, cold in the head, hacking cough, incipient cons’nm?sion; headache, pains In-back and loins, dizziness, languidness, loss of appetité and general weak- | ness, all Jeave together when the Constititional Catarrh Remedy is taken as recommended. - : Apamg House, 371 WASHINGTON -s'r..} : s 4 Bosrox, Mass,, Feb. 14, 1878, § Mussgs. LirrLErELd & Co.p . Shu Deay Strs:—lt gives me great p'le&;mrejto; l;t the publi¢c know through you that by the use of your Constitutional Catarrh Remedy 1 have been cured of one the worst .cases of Catarrh, I'am to-day and have been since I left off using the Remedy . as free from it as whenlwasborn, = ~ For ten yearsl had the disease in-the worst form. There was a -continual filling up of n;x head, and a feeling as if 1 wanted to free if, an it was no sooner cleared out than if woald again commence to till uxlm At nlghg_ and mornlq{;r it -seemed to assnme its worst form. When I laid . down there would be a ranning of mucus from my head to my throat, which caused me to awake ina cbok’_xpicon(}mozg.- Thisbrought onacough which lasted for some time, and I timu'ght I had Cousumﬁt:on. B e B Al Your Remedy was recommended to me by & friend who had used itand Bu;bcnmaaf 8 Bevere case of Qauttlg.;';'-?hﬁz'iﬂ?ii ottle gave me such relief that I felt I could not say too muchfor your Remedy, I boright it of J. Noble, Druggist, 55 Green st., Boston, who. will vouch for. what ) say: ‘ln ﬂ*%mﬂ?nrmwww -Baid before, am eﬂﬂr@bm Al s o oL RECTRESONAE R:P 7 ‘L ;":L bd}l Jﬁ'ii“ '\*n P‘. e 1 5 Lﬁl&;“}%’:{ Bpnep ioviiie ou Catardl. WL SR Xor sale by D. ». SCOTT

J. DECKER : >H‘asjustrbecelve‘d . " v 3,000 pounds Candy :Whirch he ;v;rill é;l) atjl\ri‘holesale or‘ Retail Prigﬁs. ‘ . J DECKER\

~ -~ oust Received at J. Decker’s . ' 20 HOGSHEADS OF K PRt S i s : S 2 New Orleans Sugars, The dn)y‘Bixgéi-a which are etrietly?gui-e. All those who want the pure Sugar itself had befter avail themselves of this opportunity. They will 7 _'be sold at Bottom Prices, -

FresHOysterS Recelved dmly by exbr;ss and e(\ald" at the vet; iy -~ ° lowest rates. o e i J. DECKER. lm‘ -—-I&l- TR 2 ' J e I have on hand the largest stock of Whieh lam s;lling at prices to sﬁit the times. 1 ; ! wi]l}give a it | SpecialiDiscount on Teas. ; J. DECKER.

Mcchz and Java Coffees, Sugars, Teas, ‘Molasses, Syrups, Canned Goods, - Pickles, Catsup, Sauces,Spices; " Nutmey, Cinnamon, Baking Powders, Buck- . : ‘wheat Flour,and : 10,000 Other Articles too - Numerous to mention. - o J, DECKER.

; I h"ave‘th'e best and thg largest stock or‘ : Queens-Ware, Glass-Ware 2oy e _Aﬁni. b - TABLE CUTLERY In Novrth,erxyn Indiaiﬁa, and will give Speciél ﬁnrSy gains, ‘- J. DECKER. o ol aslk my friends to call on me.and examine my Stock, and I will a,lwg,ys show you goods with great pleasure. Lo . J.DECKER. e | 5 DECKER, Before buying ;your Presents call and examine Lenly * mystock of ; ; ‘;tnd‘.zo.,poo Other Articles Suitable ifo‘r ~ Holiday Presents. e J. DECKER. Ligonier, Ind., December 12, 1878,-13-34-tf.

INTO OUR ELEGANT " NEW QUARTERS. . MORE ROOM! MORE GOODS! - MORE CHANCES : “—SHOR~— ; Rareßargains MAY : HIRSCH Z . Cordially invite their friends throughout the country to call and see them at their elegant . new quarters in UNION BLOCK, and examine their large and . - puperb sfockof: 0 _ READY-MADE For Men, Boys and Children. e PRI Lower Than Ever; So low as to create profound astonishment in the minds of all who are not familiar with our facilities for buying at the . Yory Lowest Figures = - at’Whichgnﬁ mﬁwﬁuﬂmd o in eastern markets. Our chief ; Aimdsde o nd o Duild Ui is Trado by selling at a mere trifle over other firm has ever bafors ab- | tempted in Northern Indians.