The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 January 1879 — Page 2

The Itiomal Sanner g e T ’:\*‘ff:’* /\\‘x : LAYy Vb NP S e LIGONIER, IND., JAN. 16th, 1879

Bank paper must be supgressed, and the circulsmn§ medinm restored to the nation, to whom it belongs.... Let banks continue, if they please, but let them discount for cash alone or for Treasury notes.—7homas Jefferson.

~ You may set it down as a moral certainty that Daniel W. Voorhees will next week be elected U.S. Senator.

"SoMEe of the republican leaders at Washington evince a disposition to deny John Sherman the eredit of having accomplished resumption. Senator Edmunds is especially outspoken in ‘this matter. -Johnh can probably stand it. B sy

; it [ —— — - Tne Buchanan ¢crowd at Indianapolis have probably discovered by this time that their little game of bagging au oftice by virtue of an assumed ownership of a “balance of power” party is pretty well played out by this time. Their motives are understeod.

" GEN. MANSON, our future Auditer of Sfaie, one day last week, killed a large beef weighing 1,600 pounds, the greater portion of which he’ distributed ampng the poor people of Crawfordsvillﬁ. Ger. Mansor.’zs sympathy for the poor partakes of a practieal charsetor. e i e

, JoE McDONALD, Indiana’s senior Senator, has. introduced a bill in the United States Senate to authorize the local taxation of legal-tender notes, commonly called greenbacks. This is a measure of considerable importance, and ought to receive early consideration. . & o il

Two members of Congress died last week—Hon. Julian Hartridge, ot Georgia, on the Bth, and- Ilon. Gustave Schleicher, of Texas, on the 9th. - Both were jmen of far more than average ability and usefulness. Mr. Schleicher was anative of Germany, and weighed over 3&0 pounds. [t OLI ~ TaE CoLokADO Republicans : will ‘send Prof. N. P. Hill to the v. B.Senate, as successor of Chaffee, who ‘was once a citizen of Noble county. " The Prof. is worth a million and a half.— How much of this pildB was required to insure him the coveted position, the publicat large is nof likely to find out. - —-;-——'——-—-+v.————)_———.x-———7 : Mgs. EMILY THORNTON CHARLES, more popularly known as ‘Emily Hawthorn,” is a démocratic candidate for State Librarian. ' THE BANNER does not enjoy the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Emily, but her fame as a poet, &c., is sufficient to enlist its enthusiastic support in her behaif. . L :

' SPEAKER, CAUTHORNE, upon taking the chair as presiding officer of the House, delivered a very neat and wellconsidered address. 1f he adheres to the pledges theérein contained, as we have no doubt he will, his administration eannot fail to meet the hearty commendation of hig fellow-members and the people at large. :

THE State Board of Agriculture was in session, at Indianapolis last week. The election of officers resulted as follows: Robert Mitchell, of Gibson county, President; H. T. Sample, Tippecanoe, Vice-President; Alexander Heron, Secretary ; C. Dickson, Treasurer, and R. M. Lockhart, of DeKalb, General Superintendent.

© THEe Ohio State Central Committee of the National Greenback Labor party met at Columbus, en Thursday of last week, 18 out of 20 districts being represented. It was decided to take steps for more thoroughly organizing the party for the next campaign, and to hold a State Convention at Colum‘bus on the 4th day of next June..

- TuE death of Congressman Scheicher makes the seventh member of the Forty-fifth Congress that has died, the others being Leonard, of Louisiana; Welsh, of Nebraska; Quinn, of New York; Williams, of Mighigan; Bever1y Douglas, of Virginia,and Hartridge, of Georgia. - Several other representatives are on thegick list. The iinpure. atmosphere of the capitol doubtless contributes largely to this alarming death-rate.

BecAuse Speaker Cauthorne failed to recognize in James H. Willard, of Floyd county, a suitable person to be placed at the head of the Ways and Means committee; that young gentleman took occasion the other day. to make open complaint of the Speaker’s treatment of 'his claims.. The young man was exceedingly unfortunate in his remarks, and the general opinion is that he allowed his disappointment to get away with his judgment. e - £ GOLDEN WORDS are tih&e with which the vigilant. Governor Robinson closes { his message to the Legislature of New { York: “Thelaws which we enact do not express our will; they are the voice of the people. The money which we handle belongs t 0 them, and not to us. We can only take it from " them for the legitimate purposes of - government. - More than this is robbery. Official generosity is official erime” Legislators of other States would do well toheed this timely ad- . _Tox BUcmANAN, editor of the Indianapolis Sun, was cowhided at the Grand Hotel on the oth fnstant by a young lawyer named B % , Who s & Nauonal,

03 N I G UL 1 eAoBe Ul PR i sy .+ BTATE BANK CURRENCY. ~ In a recent issue of THE BANNER. we expressed the bellef “that before the elapse of five years the State bapk;ta&%;vﬂl again be in operation. And this change will be bro’t about through the instrumentality of the Money Powe;&gu the East.” The South Bend Herald expresses doubts as to the fulfillment of this prediction, and in its comments takes occasion to observe: ) “We ithink it would be as sensible to talk about return,ingb to the system of slavery, as te talk about returning to the system of State banks, after all our bitter experience under the two systems. The people. have entered upon a new era on the currency question. Every paper dollar shall be a ‘promise to pay, backed by the national government, on a par with coin and at all timmes.convertible into<oin. Nothing short of this will answer in the future for ‘the business requirements of the country.” ; THE BANNER being firmly opposed to both National and State Bank currency, and in favor of & currency issued direct by the government, has no disposition o take issue with' the Herald. But the fact that a strong effort is being made 1n certain quarters to popularize the State Banking system is none the less apparent. The organs of the Money Power of the Tlast, notably The World, iterate and reiterate that the Eastern States can and will (if permitied) furnish a currency superior to either greenbacks or national bank notes. Andanear neigh‘bor of the Herald—the LaPorte Argus —only last week containéd this significant declaration:

“The third plan is a return to State Banks, and in many respects the system is preferable to all others. Itisin perfect keeping with the republican theory, of government, and with proper constitutional safeguards might, be made to.furnish a safe and reliable paper money, but it is hardly possible to give such a currency uniformity of value throughout the entire country, and that is a feature which we think will be insisted on by the people of all classes and all sections.”

Discussion will now be in order between the Argus and the Herald. We gracefwlly yield the floor to these esteemed contemporaries. : :

THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY was becomingly celebrated in old-fashioned democratic style by the Young Men’s Democrati¢ Club of Columbus, Ohio. About 300 persons sat down to the banquet. During the evening a letter ' was read from Senator Thurman, expressing regret that a severe cold pre--vented his attendance. He makes no allusions to ‘either himself or his political aspirations, and devotes his letter to a eulogy of Andrew Jackson. He declares that the principles of the Jacksonian quocracy are as important to-day as ever they were. In referring to Jackson’s fight against the United Statés Bank, Senator Thurman says that none can fail to see that a greater bank fight than that of JacKson’s time is now.pending, and asks if the Democracy of to day will follow the example set by their fathers on this matter. He refers to the increase in the public debt sin¢e Jackson’s time, and that it is now high/time to return ‘to the economical practices of the Jefferaonian Democracy. The letter says mothing about the money question. Bpeeches were delivered by Gen. Tom Ewing, Senator G. H. Pendleton, Durbin Ward, and- others. Gen. Ewing | pasSed a glowing eulogy on the merits ~of Senator Thurman as peculiarly fitted for the office of President of the United States. :

YESTERDAY’s Indianapolis Journal states that Judge Osborn, our joint representative, on Tuesddy introduced a bill to abolish the system' of paying county officers by the fee system ; pro‘viding for the payment of all fees into the county treasuries; fixing the salaries of clerks and treasugers at $1,000,. and of sheriffs and auditors at $1,500 in counties having a voting population of 3,000; proviling a graduating scale.of salaries in counties having a larger pepulation, to- enable them to employ needed clerical aid in doing the public business, and changing the law governing the payment of court fees by compelling litigants tp pay for work done at each progressive stepin litigation, so as to avoid the accumulation of costs and to prevent a vast amount of litigation now instituted by irresponsible parties, who aré not now deterred, through fear of being compelled to foot the bill, from going into court. i :

- Trouen the friends of Judge Osborn did not succeed im securing his election to the Speakership of the House, they have every reason to feel satisfied with the final outcome of the distribution of* public favors. Judge Osborn has-been placed at the head of the judiciary commitiee, a very important position, and-also has a place on the committees on Waysand Means, ‘ Insurance companies; Apportionment for legislative and congressional pur- { poses. Then the Assistant Clerkship of the House was awarded to Tom Mayg, of DeKalb, and two citizens of @{Sﬁéﬁnty’ (W. W. Skillen and Henry Wakeman) received ‘appointments: 4§ engrossment clerks, at a salary of five dollars per day.. Alexander McConnell, of Steubén‘¢ounty, son of Dr.G. W., has an appointment under Doorkeeper Wilgon, 80, on the whole, the 13th disteict fared pretty well this S T

MapaME Arﬁ;éa_lv, vﬁi&}m been walking in Mozart Garden, in the city of New York, since December 16, last Monday night completed het 2,770 th ‘Quarter mile, in 2,770 quarter hours, the -hgt quarter being made in shorter time ﬁhg any preceding one. She was in exeellent condition at the completion of ther task. IHer profits amount to oVer sB,ooo—a snug little sum for a month’s walking, : - e | ~ Bweeter, Cleaner, Purer. | Refined and intelligent ladi’ei use Dr. Price’s Uniqie Perfumes, Alista uquet or Pet ‘Rose. Such ladies e tastes for the beautiful, prove ionate companions, and will well-odored Bouseholds, To the rders all smells are alike; it is r, cleaner, purer, that enjoy rieh odors, . e e o

The Indiana Legislature. The Democrats Organize Both Houses, Governor Williams’ Message. The ge?era} agsembly of the State of Indiana met in regular session at ludianapolis last Thursday. ey When the Seénate ‘convened, Mr. Reeve, ef Marshall county, offered the following resolution: i ~"Resolved, That for the purpose of effecting a speedy and eomplete organ- } ization of the Senate, Daniel D. Dale, }of White county, be and is hereby chosen principal Secretary; Charles W. Ward, of Vermillion county. assistant Secretary, and Richard Huncheon, of LaPorte county, Doorkeeper of the Senate for the present’terw.

A vote was taken on the resolution which resulted in a tie vote—2s to 25, ‘—24 Democrats and one National (Bajors) voting for, and 23 Republicavs and two Nationals (Pointdexter and Davis) voting against the resolution. The Lieutenant-Governor gave the casting vote for the resolution. On motion of Mr. Sarnighausen the rules of the last session were adopted for the government of the Senate pro tempore. o v - Resolulions were adopted providing stationers’ supplies; for committees to wait upon the Governor and the House of Revresentatives, and on mileage, accounts, ete.

. HOUSE. : . The House was called to order by J. E. Neff, Secretary of State, and the oath of office was administered to the members. ~ The Secretary then called for nominations for Speaker. e ' | Mr. Willard nominated the Hon. I S. Cauthorne, of Knox county. i Mr. Herrod nominated the Hon. John Overmeyer, of Jennings ecounty. Mr. Carter nominated the Hon. John P. Works, of Ohio and Switzerland counties. i _ o The vote was as follows: Cauthorne (Dem.) réceived 53 votes; Overmeyer (Rep.) 38 votes; Works (Nat.) 4votes, . o 0 e T}xé Secretary, after reading the result of the vote, declared Henry S. -C:ﬁﬁthom_e Speaker of the ﬁfty-ﬁrst general assembly of the State of Indiana, phe oath of office being administered by Judge Niblack. - The organization of the House was then completed by the election of Mr. Webster Dixon, of Jackson county, as principal Clerk, Thos. C. Mays, of DeKalb county, as assistant Clerk, and David. B. Wilson, of Shelby county, Doorkeeper. i : The Sped Ker, after being conducted to the chair, delivered a very handsome address, after which the Houseé adjourned until Friday.: S THE GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. .

The two Houses met in joint session on Friday te hear the reading of Gov. Williams’ message. Following are the most important portions of it, given in a condensed form: ‘ From an attendanee in 1848 of 92 and an annual expehditure of $11,765.83, the attendance of the institution for the deafand dumb has increased to 828 and the expenditure to $62,994.99. Twelve hundred and seven pupiés have received instruction. The courSe’of study has been enlarged and improved to correspond to the pro-‘ gress in the common school education guagauteed to our children who have ‘ the use of their -faculties. A -table showing the comparative attendance and expenses of the institution since 1863 is given by the trustees in their report. More than one hundred children having claim to an’ education can not be received because of a lack of accommodations for them. You will be asked to provide for the construction on an addition to the present building. : | The average attendance of pupilsin | the institute for the education of the blind during the year ‘was 168. Five hundred and ninety-eight pupils have received instruction since the opening of the institute in 1847. The expenditures for the fiscal year were in the sum of $31,464.96, being $259.20 per annum for each pupil.” The estimate for'the ensuing two years is made upon an anticipated attendance of 120 pupils at s23o.each per annum. Additional accommodations are asked.

', Since November 1,1848, the hospital for the insane has received aund treated 7,648 patients, During the. past year 470 were admitted, and the same | nurhber discharged, leaving 614 remaining at the ¢lose of the year as at the beginning. The expenditure.was in the sum of $132,129.67: To provide for the large number ¢f.insane who ‘need treatment and several hundred who have been proneunced incurable, and in need of the care and protection ‘afforded by a State institution planned ‘and constructed for.the purpese, a new building, to be called the department for womean, was authorized by an act approved March 11, 1875. Six hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated and nearly all of that ‘amount expended. You will be asked to inspect the work done, and provide means for completing and furnishing _the building for immediate nse; Since the transfer of the soldiers from the soldiers’ home at Knightstown to the national home at Dayteon, the institution has been devoted te the orphans of deceased soldiers and seamen. The building was destroyed by fire on the night of September 9, '1877. The trustees used the money received upon policies of insurance for the construction of a building | much more shitable for the purpose than was the former, and applied an unexpended balanee of the year’s appropriation towards the payment of the additional expense, making $41,288,82 in all. You will be asked toireimburse the officers and teachers and other inmates for their losses of clothing and other effects by fire. The prison north had at the beginning of the last year 646 and at its close 605 conviets, 295 having been received, 340 released,and the average being 619, The disbursements were $75,2056.78, being $866,06 in excess of the earnings. =~ e

The prison south had at the béginning of the last year 590 convicts, received 335, making 925 in all, an% released 299, leaving 626 remaining at the close. The daily average during the year was 626, Since its establishment in 1822 it has received 6,526 conviets and released 5,000. More than tavo-thirds of those remaining are unmarried men. Less than one-third are over thirty yéars of age. Fortyfour are sentenced for life. The expense of ‘maintenance per man was $20.08, which was the lowest in ten years, being less than one-half the expenditure five years before. The total cost for the year was $72,733.19, being $28,680.53 in excess of the earx_"linfz‘s. : The reports of the trustees of Indiana University, Purdue University,

apd the State Normal School will disclose the fact that the higher education afforded by the State'is given at an expense far bevond ‘that of other institutions sustained by private contributions, and in excess ‘of a just economy. The pupils who attend the normal sehool do so to qualify themselves as teachers, the beiter to make a living thereafter. I see no reason why they should not pay a reasonable tuition fee, thereby making the support ‘of the school less burdensome upon the tax-payers, many of whom receive no direct benefit from it. The’ same rule could properly be applied to the two universities. é 7 The law authorizing each county to send two students free of charge to tlie universities should be. repealed and all stuadents should be required to, pay a reasonable tuition fee. ‘Our school fund is now reported in the suin of nine million dolldrs, which perhaps equals that of any ofher State in the Union. It is constituted of the State’s indebtedness (nearly four millions) the common school fund, held by the counties (about two and onehalf millions) and the congressional township school fund (also about two and one-half millions), each requiring peculiar care In its management. I. trust that it will be your pleasure to 80 administer this magnifi-ent endowment &s to produce the largest results in the interests of the rising genera‘tion.

In the reform school at Plainfield, at the close cf the year, there were 383 youths remaining. The number admitted during the year was 145. In the reformatory department connected with the female prison, 296 girls have been received since 1873. Respecting the now State house the message recommends the continuance of the present levy of two cents on each one hundred dollars, in addition to any appropriation which the LegisJature may see fit to make from the gereral fund. : f The compensation of officers having been fixed when times were flash, the Governor recommends 2 reduction of all fees and salaries.

3 CROMWELL ITEMS. The Modoc war is over and.all is quiet on the Potom=ze, but the cold wéather continues. Quite an interesting party from the Hawpateh and Ligonier paid their compliments to Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Jno. Gants, on Wednesday evening last. It was fun alive to see Will Galbreth, Ligonier’s town marshal, put himself outside of at-i:rx;ey.' By the way, Mrs. Gants knows just how to prepare the goaod things for such a party. A young tooth extractor came very near freezing to 'death one of those cald nights last- week. Ie had taken a little too much fluid éxtract of stirtealinctum. ; i An occasional racket at the billiard saloon. Too much soothing syrup does ‘the business. a 7 : Prof. Reed, of Waterloo, is conducting a singing s¢hool at Indian Village. He understands his business. . Mrs. Henry Hursey, in behalf of her daughter, -Nora, gave quite an interesting partgyi to.her young friends one evening last week. = About 20 children were present. ; : ' Jan. 14, 1879. . VaALwT, B — e = . A Dose of Their Own Medicine. - [New York World.]

. The Republicans of Indiana know how Bto 7 is themselves. The Senate contains 23 Democrats, 23 Republicaps and 2 Nationalg, and in orger to. organize it the Democrats did not proceed to an election of officers by ballot, but moved a resolution to elect: certain persens. 'There was a fie, and the Lieutenant-Governor,a Demoecrat, gave his casting vote for the motion, which was declared adopted, the precaution being taken of putting on a parliamentary stopper, so that the action is irrevocable. The Republicans contend fiercely that the election ¥as irregular, and are going into anticipatory hysterics in feur ef another “outrage”—the probable seating by the Lieutenant Governor’s casting voteof & Democratic contestant, making the Senate Democratic by 26 to 24, and enabling the Democrats to redistrict the State. Inasmuch, however, as the Republicans of Indiana united with the Know-Nothings in 1857 to organize the Senate, and as they appointed its officers by resolution no longer ago than 1877, and as the Repgblicans outside of Indiana have all been protesting that Vice-President Wheeler was right in using the ca_gting vote under similar circumstances, we really don’t see how they can make the outrage mill work on this occasion. :

Hrs. Anderson’s Four Weeks’ Walk. (Tuesday’s New York World)

The feat which Mrs. Anderson successfully completed last might is by odds the most wonderful of all the exhibitions of physical and moral endurance with which the public has of late been favored. %, * * At first sight it seems as if the conditions bound the walker not to take more than ten or twelve minute’s sleep at a time tor four weeks. In fact the walker has made many rounds when half or wholly asleep. This is not new. On forced marches it is net uncommon . for a trooper, overcome by drowsiness, to'sléep propped up by a comrade on each side, for one of whom he in'turn undertakes the funetions of support. And mountain travelers in Spanish-American countries know that Indians will sleep on their mules in a most miraculous style. The fact that she could train herself to thissort of somnambulism rather enhances than diminishes the merit of Mrs. Anderson’s performance. She has probably sustained the severest test of physical endurance ever undergone by a woman in a-civilized country.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan.' 13th, —Senator Hendricks left for Washington last night, for the purpose, it is darkly intimated, of getting Voorhees to stand by him for the Presidential nemination, under penalty, if refusal is made, of a withdrawal of Hendricks’ men in the legislature from Voorhees’ support for the Senate, ¥ _ This is the kind of stuff “enterprising” correspondents of metropolitan journals furnish their readers. There is oot even a decent. pretext for this absurd surmise. Mr. Hendricks went to Washington on legal business.

THE DAMAGE to the railroads between New York and Chicago by the recent snow storms is immense. 1t is ‘estimated that 15,000 car-loads of freight are detained between Buffalo and Chicago, and there are as many more awaiting shipment at other Western psints. The N. Y. Central people estimate their -loss at $75,000, the Lake Shore af $45,000, and the Erie at $50,000 per day. The Canada South: .ern alone has 1,500 cars detained by the blockade. | : I 3 ; % o ol O AP i iiren The total cost par capita en average daily attendance in the Endma publie .M‘_FW $14.82. % e

ROME CITY NEWS. . The ice houses caught fire from a spark from the engine used in hoisting the ice. It was readily extinguished; B damsage. o o : ~ One of Rome City’s M. 5., Mr. Col-. lett, is on an extended visit to his brothers at Van Wert, Ohio, and yet Lotta is not happy. .Keturn, Doctor, return; the Ft. Wayne Gaczette is getting stale. : Mr. J. C. Geisendorff has fifty-six men onr his pay roll, who are putting up ice. : : : Mr. C. Crobbs, of Fort Wayne, will erect a building early in the spring, and it will be finished with first-class billiard:and pool tables. Our merchants do an exclusive cash business, or as near cash as possible. Two tons of ice every minute. How is that-for putting up the congealed liquid aqua? . | e e What is the general opinion of Parks’ cider vinegar made from the pumi‘ée of apples? 4 ; T'he Gospel Herald, edited and published by Messrs. Lohman & Warner, ‘at Woleottville, will be located at Rome Cily in a few weeks.

~ Jaccb Waldron, our township trustee, is suffering with a severe cold.— Had to call a physician. g " John Teal wishes to intorm the thiefavho stole the clothing from his clothes line, that he will furnish him the muslin and ask no questions, if he will let the clothes line alone. Occasionally our citizens are called upon for acts of charity, and they alwaysrespond cheerfully. How 1s that for hades?

~ The wife of John Dyer was buried Thursday, Jan. 9th. She died after a brief illness, and there is some talk of taking up the body for examination, j to find the cause of 80 sudden a death. ~ The farm- of Samuel Rimmell, in"cluding the surroundings, is kept up }in good shape. It looks like home.

Unq&e Sammy Smith, who lately purchased a farm near Rome City, is at home now, and he expects to pass the remainder of his days en earth en this farm.. A pleasant location. The Myers family in our neighborhood all have good, comfortable homes, and the new brick residence of Reuben Myers is a palatial farm residence. Everything has a cheerful look.

1t is currently reported that our efficient county superintendent, Mr. H. G. Zimmerman, has said, that the Rome City school, under the leadeiship of Walt. Denny, is one of the best schools in Noble county. : There never has been the general satisfaction expressed about ourschoel as at the present term. Itspeaks volumes. : Lo

We are very sorry to learn of ‘the sickness of Deacon Highbargin’s family. We hope for a speedy recovery.. James R. Rheubottom and family will mouve to Rome Citysoon. James does the printing of the Gospel Herald. Dr. Wilson will soon be & citizen of Rome. Then he can give the attent}'oq required to the water cure. Quite a number of our citizens are aﬁiic?d with the 3d day ague, anil it seems to bafile the skill of the physicians;—l means the patent medicine physicians. : :

’Squire Law is hauling wdod_ aceross the ice.” It looks a little hazardous, but sixteen inches of ice ought to be thick ‘enough to hold up the 'Squire on such occasion. That turkey received from Lagrange. As the late commander of the Turkish armies is yet on earth, the remains will be interred as soon as we have a thaw. Thanks. i Our saloons took advantage of the late decision of the supreme court as to legal holidays, and on Christmas they Kept open doors, and mang-a Tom and Jerry bumped each other by krowing it all the time. -~ According to the I’t. Wayne papers, the Mmsonic Gift Enterprise is a firstclass swindle. We are very sorry, for the people generally purchased tickets to assist in the enterprise. Hope the statement is without foundation, but it comes from good authority. Some parties are here from Indianapolis negotiating. for the privilegse of putting up ice, and they expeect to immediately erect five new houses with a capacity of five thousand tons. The ice business is in its infancy here.— Fortunes are made in a very short time. Mr. J. C. Geisendorff’s net profits from his last year's crop was between four and five thousand dollars. In this business ‘it is all reaping, no sowing. i 5 F. U. Miller will erect a dwelling house in the spring. ' Most of the time he cah be heard warbling, “When the spring time comes, gentle Annie,” &c. His friends feel very anxious about him, but from:present indications he will survive. Duse notice will be given. George Mercer is negotiating. Miss Mary Sigler, daughter of Jacob Sigler, is quite ill. She is an estimable young lady, and is missed from the society of our young folks very wuch. That destroyer, consumption, has laid hig-icy hand upon her. A goodly number of our young men find employment in the pine woods of Michigan during the winter season.— They rough it in those log shanties; the eatables consist of pork and beans, with tea for drink (no sugar or milk), for fitteen dollars per 'They' are somelimes located from ten to twenty miles from any post office or habitation%mhmhmur-mﬁm* ing home, and if you could see them in those blue and red blanket'suits, it would convince you that the climate they come-from must be very cold. Mrs. Haller Las boen conlned (0 hor bed for some time with that dread disease, inflammatory rheumatism. She mm&&m&mmmm The question that now agitates the ﬂﬁ*!ﬁm‘wﬁ”’% e o mﬂi‘«w what Binl ol e iimal T ﬁmmxmm 16 pultiog up the ue BN he ke

of the field, such as marking, plowing and delivering the ice ready for elevation into the heuses, &c. The boys are inclined to make fun of Newt’s thin legs. Newt. says they are not draught horse legs, but they are put up for speed. Tally one for Newt. - Wes. Sunday is the champion rabbit killer of Noble county. He has caught and killed over three hundred. He is the possessor of two weasels.— He lets Mr. Weasel into the burrow of the rabbit and holds a net over the hole, and out comes Mr. Rabbit a flying, only to find himself caughtin the net. : ; . The father of the wife of Levi Parks, who resided near Elkbart, is deceased He reached the ripe old age of ninetyfour years. , *

. THAT “MoDOC WAR.” ' MR. EpDITOR:—An article appeared in THE BANNER of Jan. 9th from the pen of “Pious John,” relative to whick, for the sake of my friends, and the community, I wishtosay a few words, being personally interested. Whatever may have been the motive of the writer,, or the sources of his information, the sport-making productioen, to say the least, should be repudiated as a series of false insinuations and gross misrepresentations of the circumstances to which it refers, sent out to repreach the innocent and clear the guilty, te dupe and -deceive the readers and to increase the prejudice in this neighborhood.] Now, if parties who &re not concerned in an affair, would attend strictly to their own business and not meddle themselves as “Pious John” did in this affair, we think peace could be brought about much sooner than to purstie the conrse that he has. Now, in regard to making sport of both me and my sleigh through the columns of the paper, 1 will say thayd think that is enough to condemn the writer and the perpetrator of the ill-mannerly trick, I would also further say that I have little or no disposition to engage or time to émploy in controversy with persons who, reckless pf all consequences, and regardless of the principles of humanity and common civility, will publish to the world gross misrepresentations and anathemas of the most odious character and then retire behind a fictitious signature. . .~ Now, in regard to the fight, there were plenty of witnesses present who can :testify that I only aeted in selfdefensé, uunder the most justifiable circumstances. The obscene language that was used in hearing of several ladies was simply outrageous, and I am willing to (and probably will) have it tested in open court, then that will settle the question who it was that disturbed the peace, while they were hauling material to fence the cemetery which contains their departed relatives. And that will also weigh “Pious John” in a balance, who will be found lacking one of the mostessential parts of piety, whidh is truth. by o) gl JoaN T. POLLOCK.

ATTACKING JOHN SHERMAN. Senator Beci( Accusing Him of Yiolntiﬁg the i : 'L&\Y?—lnqniry Demanded. WAS'I_II&GTON, Jan. B.—ln the Sen-‘ ate Mr. Beck (Dem., K,,) called-up the resolution providing that the co'mmu-“ nication from John Sherman in answer to the resolution calling for in--formation relative to the amount of silver coin 'received in payment of customs dues, be referred to the Finance Committee te 'inves;igate as to whether the laws relative to the payment of customs dues and the payment of interest on the public debt with the coin received therefrom, have been and are being cemplied with, and report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Beck said that he had opposed the specie resumption, It had been reached, but by the ruin of hundreds! of thousands of the besvt:r)gen{of the country. Xe was seeking to require Sherman to use silver coin as he did the gold coin in the payment of interest, and forbid him from increasing the bonded debt of the country. Sherman had not answered the resolution of the Senate as a public officer should do, He knew he had not paid:a dollar of the silver cein for interest on the public debt. He quoted from the answer and spoke of some of it as nonsense, and showing scant respeet for the Senate and none for the law. Sherman was the trustee and agent of the people, and not of the creditors of the government. . He had no right to allow the bondholders to say ig what coin they would take their interest. l

‘" Mr, Beck then argued that Sherman had Inereased the interest-bearing debt of the United States $105,000,000. This was not a very flattering exhibit when business of all kinds was so depressed. He spoke of Sherman as the autocrat of the Treasury Department, and said it was true, as -Bismarck said, that *he who holds the money bags controls the politics of the country.” Congress ought to see to it that the laws are executed in the interest of the people. Unless Sherman could show seme law authorizing him to divert the silver coin from the purpose for which it was intended, he was guilty of official misconduct. In a short time the Finance Committee would be controlled by new men, and then it would be seen whether Sherman could violate the law as he pleased.. Public officers should be made to obey the law. Half of the deficiency bills annually before Congress arose from a disregard of law.

The resolution for the inquiry was passed. . o

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—What makes the average publisher mad, is te receive a half-column prospectus from a 75 cent paper, with request to publish .itin considerdtion of an exchange. Cheek still predominates among metropelitan publishers.

| BORN. =~ BURKET. —Jan. 12, 1879, in Perry twp., 8 daughter to Mr. and Mrs. F. Bofket, - "

o NLARRIBID. : HILL-HUPP.--J anum&& 1879, at the residence of thé bride’s father. Harrison Hupp, in Green township, by Elder Z. Thomas, Mr. Louis Hil and Miss Minnie H. Hupp, all of Noble county. HOSHAW--CRAWFORD.—January 12th, 1879, at the residence of the bride’s fatber, Mr. Thomas Crawford. near :Lif:onler,. by Dr, P. W, Urum, Mr, John Hoshaw to Miss Mana Crawford, all of Noble connty. G ; i ALLEN—BUTTS.—January Ist, 1879, at the resideuce of Peter Banta, in York t‘ﬁ’" by Elder M. M. Dodge, Mr, F. P. Allen to Miss Ella M. Batts, all of Noble county. : o HERALD—-DENNY.—January 9, 1879, at the rese idence cf'the bride’s father, Mr. William Denny, . on the Hawpatch, Mr. Milton Herall and Miss Mary M. Denny, all of LaGrange county.

: ; 5 i :\.DIBD‘-'. i i HIBBARD.—In Ligonier, January 11th, 1879 of dropsy of the heart, Naxoy 8., wife of Daniel 8, Hibbard; aged 56 years, 7 montos and 20 days. Sister Hibbard was born in the town of Pary, Waghington connty, Maine, on the 21st day of May, 1823; married to Daniel 8, Hibvard August 20, 1849; migrated to Detroit, Mi(;h“.!. in the year 1854, and became a resident of Ligonier in 1867, Thirty years she was the happy companion of her now bereaved husband, faithfully performing the ‘duties of her station, and enjojing the esteem of alarge circle of devoted friends. Peace to her ashes. Funeral on Monday, the services being' conducted by Elder Culveyhonse, Sheres LEMlNG.—Jaauary 13, 1879, in Ligonier; of con= gestion of the lungs, Janz, wife of Gabriel Leming; aged 34 years. ! el Ceraßi v Her remains were interred at Salem Chapel, on the Hawpatch. e Bt

‘THE MARKETS. OLIGONIER, . 0 GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, 87c; Rye, 45c; Oats, 25¢; Corn, 30c; flax seed, $125; timothy seed, $1 25, clover seed, $3.756.... .. @ & Ay Propuoe.—logs, live, P cwt $290; Shoulders, per pound, 8c; . Hams, 09¢; Bees Wax, 20c¢; Butter, 14; Lard, 03c; Eggs, R doz., 22¢; Wool, 1b,20@ 30¢c: Featliers, 40c; Tallow, 05¢; Apples, dried; 3c. Potatoes, 50; Peaches, dried,QSc; Hay, tame, SS; marsh, $6.

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Youcan StO{) that teasing, hacking cough with Dr. Smith’s Cough Syrup, or have your money refunded. With such a liberal offer, will any person continue o Cough! Cough! Spit! Blow! Wheeze and whisper with a throat filled with s!img mueous, with bronchial tubes so nearly filted that breathing is very difficult, and yet say there is no remedy?. Away with sach nonsense! One bottle of Dr. Smith’s Cough Syrup will give you immediate relief. 3 It is a sure cure for Diseases of the Lnnﬁs, ‘Throat and Chest, such as Coughs, Colds, Tickling in the 'l'hroat, H’oarsenéss, Asthma, Quinsy, Bronchitis, Croup and Whooping Cough.-Wasting of the flesh, attended with Night Sweats, is speedily contrelled by it. Sold by Dmggmt%atsoéptsaA e e .= or a Good Appetite, Strong N\ Y| Digestion, Sweet Breath N 7'& Sound Sleep and Glear Com: NS 8N | plexion, use Dr. Smith’s StilbSB =.. W | lingia Blood Purifier. It is S h¥ Wegel | NOt a cure for all ills, but so 6 y’“ . positive are we of its merits, SAVCE S W | that we offer, in good faith, Batae = O | S2OO to any person aﬂiicted -vt e Y witxtild disease ofitheeulfogi,éivlerKNIt Curcd mMe 0N |OF neys, which ely ~ = use. wilf not cure. y If you have Liver Disease, indicated by a coated tongue, foul breath, poor appetite, fre%uent headache, dull Baln in the side, or any of these. symptoms, use Dr. Smith’s Stillingia Blood Purifier, - ‘lf you have Kidney Disease, with dry and feyerish skin, capricious appetite, pain in the back and hips, which at times changes to shoulders, breaking your rest at nith, this medicine will cureyou, or we will forfeit $2OO. ¢ Bad Blood, appearing in the form of Pimples, Boils, Blotches, I}lcers, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Rheumatism, Lameness, or Swelled Joints result from dis- - eased conditfon'of the Blood, for which Dr. Smith's Stillingia is unrivaled. It should be used by all who need a medicine to strengthen, tone up, and invigorate the entire system. Sold by Drugg’issts for 75 cts, DR. B. A.SMITH & CO., Prop’s, Erie, Pa. °

l EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT {OF THE SEORETARY OF TiIE: : MOTUAL AID ASSOCIATION : Of Elkhart County, Indiama, For the Year ending December 28, 1878, 1 | 7 | — ey Total No. Policies in f8r¢e........ ... 1,202 - A gain during the year of - ...l ...cOO 70164 Aggregate amount of Policies,.%... ... $1.983815 ‘ Gain dguring the year....0c...0.aiil 192,903 e " RECEIPTS. Thien e Cash on hand, last report.... veceeeacaan.§ 459,20 Collected on Sepf, Assessment— i Lt By Christ, 5chr0ck..........5 i iiiaianee s 378.00 By John McCu110ugh...............caen. 20538 By Moges SIMIIONS. cacaa o ingicnans . 8300 By George HaversticK.......cooomeicivee - 2718 By George Applecicol o aiviii o ovaicks s BSOBR By Jasol RORTEL .. cciu. i il vl ol BTES6 By Urlah Bitott .. .ol 0. s i iiova st 140,48 By Irwin Berkeypile.....c.coe.zecisennen, 5340481 By John Marker..............secasnca-as 108,80 By C. W. Nusbaum.. ... ..o oale.io 1000 By Ohelst. Haoley. . ..., .0 a 0 G- NOO.OY Interest from Joseph Z011inger........... = 10.00 Total on hand and received..........:.53,219.04 4 EXPENDITURES. .. . = 4 ‘Paid W. A. Beane, publ, last report..--.§ 500 Paid Starr & Beyerle, ** ‘¢ % o 0 .500 Paid Samuel Car%er, damage 5........... 4500 “Paid Mennonite Pub, Co;.vrolic; book:. ~ R 250 ‘Paid Mennonite Pub. Co., index book., 500, Paid R. V. Cory, house burned........ . 17500 “Paid W. A. Beane, for prl_nt.ing 2,000 pol- - ¢ | jcies and 1,000 ‘applicationsf...... 4300 : Ps‘ldﬁpng Eeuh. house burned. ...... 1.609,% - Paid Abraham Stuteman, damages byfire’ = 100 ‘Paid Dan, Brenneman, = * = lightn’g 100 ;m.m@ri@um ‘@tgpﬁtﬂ?; estimate lﬁ Mmﬂﬁlﬂd&w B, Peters (00l ‘s&’ ey refunded to J. 8r0wn.......c.... 53 Christ. Schrock, services as Director:.., . 2190 ~John McCullough, ~ *¢ =~ % e 00 1197 George ar'?t%c oMLI N e I 8 ‘Moses Simmonsg, - - ¢ o o 0 0 478 % ohn Marker, © 4 % w 0 940 G e O Lol o B Dhahmioe v o oos o R Irwlnißerkeypite, . 4 %N GG B | 0. W. Nu I‘;&%@,‘ LR gg - Christ. H le e (3,».,\-‘-‘;.~ Dy ‘~_-;f"‘,‘:il;{jl;,’,;.v‘.‘-"{; 1591 \ Joseph Zollinger, services as President.. - 000 & 8. Cripe, services us Treasurer. ... I§oo R %ﬁg“ e . e ot SRR SR T YR SD OIRARAIRE Sl - yearw, and has pald losges arid. eXpenses to the };’“‘F“f}“t,}‘ S R Tar et hta,\. R, ﬁ,éa;L!g;‘!,;,#,v....,,‘,',,.M,v_ ¥ E"hw%‘ s‘rqg‘w‘x" i e g REER e Sy Py bgreckli sty rfi dolbumaleh i My bl e Al L L AR ARN ED MOBUPRIEY s el e

J. DECKER » ~ Basjust ;eceivéﬂ : : 3,000 pounds Candy ,W‘hich he wil eé'ﬂ ab Wholesale ér Retal Pr_lc‘e,a.y' | dier v J. DECKER.

- Just Keceived at J. Decker’s = 20 HOGSHEADS OF New Orleans Sugars, The onlir sdgars whlcli,'are etrictlyﬁpure. All : those who want the pure Sugar itself bad better - ‘avail themselves of this opportanity. They will ' be sold at Bottom Prices. ’Receivedv daily by express and sold at the very o lowest rates. 2 § LRMEE L e R

: ‘lhaveon hand the lu,r;es(i etot?l% of = t Which lam selling at prices to suit the times. I S e willigivea » e Special:Discount on Teas. e ~ J. DECKER.

Mocha and Java Coffees, Sugars, Teas, ~ Molasses, Syrups, Canned Goods, ' Pickles, Catsup, SBauces, Spices, - - Nutmey, Cinnamon, Bak- : ing Powders, Buck- = S e eehend Flour,and 10,000 Other Arwrticles too - Numerous to mentionn. . L . J. DECKER.

. Ibave the best and the Jargest stock of i Queens-Ware, Glass-Ware TABLE CUTLERY InENbrtl'lern.lndi}ana, and will givé ISpeclal Bar- ; : gams, b et - J. DECKER.

I askmy friends to call on me and examine my Stock, and I will always shole you goods with great pleasure. ol i .J.DECKER.

I Py Cash for BUTTER & EGGS. 5 |.. . DECKER. Beforj:' buying yofr Px?eeenta call and examine’ ) e ‘my stock éf W ASES 4;:..'1 0?0'00 Other Articles u’table for m - ‘Holiday Presents. :Ze o . J. DECKER. - Ligozgier, Ind., December 12, 1878,-13-34-tf.

SA “".Tr‘—?—‘*—-*‘—-—v-—*——.——T 5 ,m‘g*o OUR ELEGANT - f‘ NEW QUARTERS. e L _ ! MoORE ‘BOOMI ; }MORE GOoDs! MORE CHANCES el SPOR- : @ 0 N Rareßargains i P , . Cofdially invite their friends thgoughout the country to call anyl see them at their elegant . § =~ new quartersin UNION BLOCK, anfl examine their large and 5 superb stock of | X ¥ - |READY-MADE QLOTHIN G For Men, Boys and Children. Lower Than Ever; 8o low as to create profound - astonishment in the minds of all who are not familiar with our facilities for buying at the A in eastern markets. Our chief - R e Duild v 758 ARS A TIL b enbig S W e *’i%@;%ﬁﬁw% MR ifﬁ"i?“ e