Ligonier Banner., Volume 15, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 October 1880 — Page 4

he Figonier Banner. . r *‘.‘_ o ’ 4 v s . : . '\\ ; o - (\\ e o - 2 el P I ————————————————————————————— A A . J. B.BSTOLL, Editor and Proprietor. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1880. el NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, < WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, : . OF PENNSBYLVANIA. . FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, _WILLIAM H. ENGLISH, i _ OF INDIANA. e e e Gen. Grant’s Testimony. ( Eztraet from Gen. Grant's speech at Bloomington, i * lllinois,) . “I have been gratified with my reception in the recently rebellious States. I passed from Philadelphia to Florida on my way to .Havana, and on my return came via Texas «from Mexico, thus passing through all the rebellious States, and it will be agreeable to all to know that hospimlit{' was tendered me atevery city through which I passed, and accepted in nearly all of them by me. The same' decorations were seen in every -State that are seen here to-night. The Union flag floated over us everywhere, and the eyes of the people are as familiar with its colors as yours, and look upon it as guar"anteeing to all the rights and privileges of a free people, without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

DoN CAMERON left his $ mark ip Indiana and Ohlo. . ,

BRIBERY must be made odious. Bribers must be punished. The safety of our republican institutions demand it. : : .

THE PEOPLE of Georgia appreciate Governor Colquitt by a majority of over 50,000, There is something awfully saddening in such solidity to the Republican heart. . :

- GENERAL WALKER has disposed of the second Republican bugaboo, about frauds in the Southern census, as effectually as General Hancock destroyed the first bugaboo about Southern war claims. It is a bad year for bugaboos, anyway. o

SIMON CAMERON's visit to Ohio and Indiana was not in vain. But Old Simon stubbornly refused to make the visit until after Garfield had completely surrendered to the uirant crowd, and pledged himself to the Imperial scheme in 1884, That's the secret of the Grant-Conkling-Cameron conference at Mentor. ' S

ALTHOUGH the Republicans of Sparta township succeeded in rolling up nearly one hundred majority, it must be said to the credit of the Dem: ocrats of that township that they made a gallant fight. They did all in their power; and their efforts are rewarded by a decrease of the republican majority of 1876. *

ALL HAIL to the gallant men of Orange township, who so nobly contosted every inch of ground in favor of the democratic ticket. They de-

serve everlasting credit for their devo- ~ tion to a noble cause. It is a grand «, consolation to reflect that there are still many good and loyal men in the county who can neither be bribed nor intimidated.

IT 18 EDIFYING to see what intense and new-born zeal the Republicans are displaying in the tariff just now. Considering that Garfield is a theoretical Fee Trader, that he was an honorary member of the Cobden Club of Free Traders, that he had Free Trade pamphiets printed and circulated in the West, it is quite natural that the party which supports him should condemn his convictions—provided he has any. . : ‘

- GOVYERNOR FOSTER, of Ohio, has run the republican campaign in that State, and hopes, should Garfield be elected, to run the Administration, as Sherman has run that of Hayes. Foster intrigued and conspired at Chicago to get Garfleld nominated for this reason. He is the most popular Republican in the State, and his abuse of the Gubernatorial office to run a partisan campaign is a striking illustration of the way in which the Republicans have demoralized not only the political but the official life of the country.

Tar Hebrew Leader thinks that abuse of Southerners is a luxury in which New Yorkers cannot indulge. “If there was a particle of truth in the outrageous misstatements made by Senator Conkling and his imitators, it would be another matter. But these are falsehoods black and palpable, and insulting to the intelligence of any merchant in this city. The trade which the city of New York is doing with the South this fall 18 thirty per cent. greater than it was a year ago. Crops have been larger, labor has been plentiful, and money has become abundant in that section. The result is that

our New York merchants are reaping the benefit. Every Southern steamer goes out loaded down with freight to its utmost capacity. The Pennsylvania railroad send out fifteen treight trains of thirty cars each every night, and other roads are doing in proportion.? . |

'THERE was but little *“scratching” done in Noble township—probably less than in any other township in the county. - ¢

ON AN HONEST and unbribed vote, Noble county was at least 160 democratic majority. There can be no doubt about this. A careful perusal of the poll list will amply attest this fact. - el ‘

. BiLL BUNYAN’s lieutenants were kept busy late into Monday night distributing the contents of that big barrel. York, Washington, Wayne and Perry were especially favored in this particular.

" THE REPUBLICAN corruption fund did not achieve quite as much as the chief conspirators had expected. Our democratic brethren were on the alert. Some excellent workera have an abiding place at the hub, o .

- THE almighty dollar and negro repeaters secured two republican Congressmen in Cincinnati. Amajority of the legal voters of those districts, wanted Hunt and Banning, but negro repeaters decreed otherwise.

Now, fellow Democrats of Noble county: Youunderstandthesituation; you know exactly what there is to contend with. Your manhood, your patriotism, your self-esteem demands that you avenge the wrong and infamy of last Tuesday. This stain must be wiped out in November. Rally for Hancock ! ; -

NoBLE TOWNSHIP did not quite come up to expectations, but we are satisfied - that no honorable efforts were spared by their gallant Democrats to uphold the proud banner of Democracy. The Republicans had calculated on Wiping out Noble’s democi,ztic majority, but bribery and corruption did not quite accomplish its work. : : :

THE GALLANT DEMOCRATS of Allen, Jeffersonand Green townships covered themselves all over with glory last Tuesday. Most gloriously did they redeem their promises by rolling up grand democratic majorities. Even in the hour of adversity such efforts in behalf of good government fill the hearts of patriots with joy and gratitude.

. THE UTTER FALSITY of the infamous charge that Democrats depended upon Kentuckians to swell their majorities in the river counties, is demonstrated by the significant fact ‘that such counties a 8 Floyd and Clarke show large democratic losses as compared with the vote of 1876, The republican cry of importation - from Kentucky was raised solely for the purpose of covering up the negro importation schemeés of the republican managers. k o

~ A TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT at Pittsburg on Saturday night is another dreadful warning of the danger of overcrowding cars. It appears that the crowd on the rear platform of the first section of the train was 80 great that it was impossible for the engineer of the section which followed to see the danger signals. Itis further averred that the flag-man neglected to signal the second section, as he was bound to do, according to the regulations of the road. However it may be, fwenty-four persons were killed and many dangerous]y scalded. It is to be hoped that the investigation will be thorough, and that the officers of the road, one of the best managed in the country, by the way, will see that whoever is guilty shall be punished.

NoO SET OF MEN ever made a more gallant fight than did the Democrats of Perry township. From the opening of the polls to the close they la'borbd:faithfully, efficiently and patriotically, for the success of the democratic.party. Their weapons did not consist of falsehood, deception, chicanery, or bribery. They relied solely upon the justice of their cause. That the Republicans succeeded in increasing their majority of 1876 is no fault of .our democratic co-laborers. There is a legitimate republican majortly of from 10 to 15 in Perry township; all in excess of that number was made by “tricks that are vain and ways that are dark.” We cannot speak too highly of the men who resisted the temptations of the enemy by ' steadfastly refusing offers of bribes to sacrifice their principles and their manhood. They exhibited a most commendable spirit of unfaltering devotion to their country's cause. All honor to such men, For those fellows who bartered away their birthright for a mess of pottage ‘we have mingled feelings of pity and contempt. Some of them hardly realize the enormity of their offense; these deserve pity. Let us hope that they may come to a realization of their degradation in the eyes of honest men of all parties, and that they may soon learn to understand that the infamy of Judas Iscariot is no greater than that of the pretended Democrat who betrayed his party, his country, and his God. .

'WAYN®, York and Washington townships stand in eminent need of political reformation. :

TO THE GALLANT DEMOCRACY of Swan township, Greeting: You performed your duty nobly and manfully. Yea, you achieved much more than was expected. Your glorious work will be long and gratefully remembered. . L

'HANCock is too good and great a man to be deserted, just because unscrupulous jobbers and plotters have succeeded in preventing the real sentiment of the people of Indiana. The instrumentality by which Landers was stricken down last Tuesday cannot be used again in November. Up and at them, By the proud name of Hancock we can conquer. ‘ :

THE CHAIRMAN of the republican central committee of Noble: county, Wm. Bunyan, headed the list of petitioners for the appointment of federal election supervisors in Noble county. Every signer of that petition is a Republican. Let this fact be held in remembrance by the people who believe that the State of Indiana can take care of her elections without interference by the general government.

GATH writes from New York City: “Speaking about General Grant, my “informant remarked that the most “perilous thing involved in Grant’s “continued prominence was the undis“guised avowal of many of his friends “that they wanted no Presidential “slections, but a Protectorate or Mon“archy under Grant. Sitting at the “Union' League, of New York, a “night or two ago, my informant said “that three persons out of four in the “group conversing there denounced the “Republic, and wanted an absolute and “durable Government.” Certainly.— These gentlemen all believe in the Gar-field-Hamiltonian theory of a “strong government.” They are tired of being obliged to “shell out” every four years to keep the republican party in power. Their purpose is to per&e);uate their iron rule of the monopolists’ party.

The Most Corrupt Election Ever Known In the ‘ History of Indiana. [Special tothe N, Y. Express.]

~ INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12.—Day dawre ed upon Indiana feverish with excite‘ment, and full of promise to the De‘mocracy.. The city is crowded with strangers. The hotels are full, and every train to the city is depositing visitors. When the managers of the two great parties retired at midnight to obtain much-needed rest, nothing ;was left undone. Every man had worked hard during the campaign, and it only remained for the people to de}posit their votes and the battle of the ‘ballots was ended. The Democratic Committee, under the able guidance of Mr. Barnum, has worked faithfully. ‘ ‘The members have watched the Radical trickery and plotting, and they 'have seen hundreds of poor ignorant ‘negroes imported from other States to override the people’s vcice and give the State to. Garfield. The election which is taking place to-day is the most corrupt in the history of Indiana. The Radicals have solemnly avowed to carry the State at all hazards and at any price. Ballot-box stuffers and experts in every crime known against the election laws have flocked to this city from all the dens in the East, from Chicago and St. Louis, and have offered their services to the committees for pay. - Bulldozing employes has been practiced to a limited extent at previous elections, but never to the extent to which it is supposed to be carried this year. Becret societies have been formed and workingmen forced into them against their convictions, upon the pretense that they will only be required to vote for Porter. The manhood of the workmen is to be subjected to the political bias of the employer. Republican tactics throughout the whole campaign in Indiana have been shaped to but one end—frand at the election, The matter was the subject of extended investigation on their‘ part all of llast winter. With this object in view they made a quiet move in the townships at the spring elections, and captured a majority of the Trustees in the State.

L Visitors from Chieago. CHICAGO, Oct. 12.—There was alarge hegira of Chicagoans to Indiana last night. A single railroad issued yesterday over eight hundred passes to various points'of that State between this city and Indianapolis. Not a few of those receiving these passes sold them to others. .

' : La Porte County, ; Special to the BAnNer, LA PoORTE, Ind., Oct. 13, 1880. - The returns are not all in yet, and can only give the approximate vote: Landers’ majority in the county is about 300, McDonald’s 20, and the entire county ticket was elected by decreased majorities. The figures will not change mauti;lg from those given above, The Repuyblicans used money without stint, and bought lots of votes; prices ranged from $5 to $25. Niggers and whites were voted by them, who were, beyond doubt, nonresidents. It is indeed surprising that the Democrats accomplished what they did. Trading and buying votes is what helped Calkins. The Republicans did more dirty work yesterday than was ever known in the history of the county. JonN,

Reports from the cotton fields indicate a good, largé crop, perhaps the largest ever gathered, and the labor in the cotton field is about 10 per cent, better in quality and efficiency than last year. 3

A Statesman’'s Plea. (N* Y. Express, Oct. 9 )

The address of ex-Governor Seymour last night was remarkable for dignity, breadth of view and elevation | of sentiment. Senator Conkling showed what an able partisan politician could do to stir up strife, and set section against section, and faction against faction, in an embroilment that would be disastrous to every business and vital interest of the country. Secx:etary Evarts showed what an ingenious and witty pettifogger could do with a vocabulary of twenty thousand words and all the arts of the rheterical juggler at his command te blind the eyes of the people and make the worse appear the better cause. Mr. Seymour calmly discusses the gravest issues now before the coupntry ‘with a dignity, and forca and fairness ‘which cannot help commanding universal admiration and respect.- He ‘presents topics which every citizen ‘should carefully consider, and in a wiay which must powerfully impress whoever reads his address. The contrast between his noble and generous and patriotic utterance and the partisan effort of Conkling and the professional quibbling of Lawyer Evarts is striking, and mnst impre:s everybody. The address presents a number of points which deserve special mnotice. Mr. Seymour points out the double peril of all governments—from the resistance to rightful authority on one hand, and from self-destroying abuses apnd corruptions on the other. In this country we have to face the danger of resistance to Federal autkority, and the constant peril of centralization .and the abuse and corruption of tbe Federal Government. To-day the danger lies in the last direction. The whole tendency of successive republican administrations has been to augment Federal power, to encroach on the rights of the States and the domain of the people. Mr. Garfield defends and advocates increasing the power of the General Government. Why should home interests be controlled by the authorities at Washington? Mr. Seymour took up Senator Conkling’s argument where he left it. Allowing that the North is richer than the South, how is the matter to be helped by increasing the power of the General Government? The Senate can prevent the passage of any bill, however good, or the repeal of any law, however bad it may be. But more than half of our people live in nine States, which have but eighteen Senators out of seventy-six. Is there any reason why New York with its five #pillion of people shall insist that twentv-five of its citizens shall have no more voice in its home affairs than one man in Rhode Island? The great vital interests of the people should be cared for and settled by the people themselves, who understand them, and not by men two thousand miles away, who know nothing about, them. 'l'his is the democratic doctrine. The whole course of the republican party has tended toward repudiation. From 1867 to 1877, inclusive, eleven years of peace, the expeunditures of the Government, exclnsjve of pepsions and interest on the debt, amounted to $1,645, 000,000, an,annual average of $149, 500,000, more than twice as much as ‘they were before the war. With less ‘extravagance it could have paid $500.000,000 of the public debt, and have spent one-third more for erdinary expenses than between 1856 and 1861. In the eleven years, $249,000,000 were spent on the navy, and this directly on the top of the $350,000,000 -spent between 1862 and 1866. Yet now, after all this money has been squandered upon the navy, we are told by Republicans that we have no navy worth speaking of. If the taxes of the people had been properly applied there would have been no greenback agitation. 'l'he people cannot help believing the words of Mr. Schurz agaiost the Republican Administration uttered some time ago: *“The party, in ninety-nine out of a hundred cases, has shielded fraud and corruption.” It is not a change in theGovernment, but in its administrators, that the Democrats propose, while Mr. Garfield and his adherents propose a radical change in the Government itself. “We are combatting the theories of Mr. Garfleld that the Government is changing and ought tochange.” Thedemo-. cratic party protest against this action 1 which unsettles the policy of -our Government, which threatens disturbance to all its business pursuits, by putting control into the hands of those who know less than our citizens about their own affairs. We rebuke the theories of Mr. Garfield with words from Washincgton’s farewell address. “Let there ge no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed,” ,

. Hurrahing for Jeff Davis. At one of (eneral Manson’s meetings in Southern Indiana, a few days since, some sinister wretch gave a “Hurrah for Jeff Davis.” Quick as lightning, a stalwact Democrat; who had been cheering the bristling points of the General’s speech, whirled upon the man on whose lips the name of Davis still lingered,and with a terrific blow, right from the shoulder, sent the hurraher, heels ur, to grass. An investigation of the affair developed the interesting truth that the enthusiastic Jeff Davis disciple was one of the most rampant Radicals of the neigborhood, and that by hls ° hurrah he had sought to make a little empty republican capital. In his Aurora speech Saturday, General Manson narFated jthis experience, and concluaed with, ¥Democrats, whenever you hear a man hurrahing for Jeff Davis, knock him, and a hundred chances to one, yow'll knock a Republican? =~

The registration of voters in New York and Brooklyn shows a large inc¢rease over any former year. This increase in the vote is favorable to the Democracy. The World estimates that the democrati¢c majority in New York and Brooklyn will reach ninety thousand. : :

Lack of principle frequently causes people to make asses of themselves,

‘ The Greenback Exposure. Mr. Dyer D. Lum, assistant secretary of the Greenback National Committee, charged General Weaver and other managers,_ with having sold the Greenback party out to the Republicans, who furnished them with funds to carry on a campaign in the. republican interest. Mr. George O. Jones, the financial agent of the Greenback Committee, made a general denial of Mr. Lum’s particular statements in a card published in the papers. Mr. Jones is not an entirely unknown entity in New York. He is said to have figured as lobbyist in Washington. He 18 the kind of a Republican to have confidential relations with ex-Senator Dorsey, of the Republican National Committee, whose connection with the corrupt District Ring when he was in the Senate was a matter of general notoriety. The denial made by Mr. Jones was of .too general a character to have any weight, but what little importance it possessed has been destroyed by Mr. Lum, who returns to the attack with fresh specifications. Mr. Lum evidently knows what he is talking about, and is preparec to prove his statements. But the course of Weaver in Arkansas, Alabama, Maine and Indiana, demonstrates beyond a doubt that he is the agent of the Republicans, and is doing all in his power 'to further their interests to the injury of the Democrats, without regard to the, Greenback cause, to which. he seems to have turned traitor. It will be remembered that this same Weaver tried for weeks last winter to introduce into the House a series of resolutions designed to de range the business of Congress, and distract public attention, and calculated to injure the credit of the country; but he was prevented by the Demecrats, and has shown a special spite ‘toward them, and an equally strong ‘disposition to dicker with and serve the Republicans, ever since. The exposures of Mr. Lumm were not needed to show him up in his true light since his efforts to defeat the Fusionists in Maine have been made public.—XV. Y. Hapress. : -

: The Secret ot It. Comparatively few men show their real disposition to the girls they select as life companions, and the bride who has formed her own ideal is often disenchanted during the honeymoon—the most trying period of married life. This is the secret of most unhappy marriages; the husband is not nearly as devoted as was the lover, and perhaps his tastes do not harmonize with those of his wife. The fate 'is " horrible which a pure and faithful girl may endure by encountering in him whom ‘she marries not mere actual cruelty or injury, but stupid incompetency to ‘understand a woman’s needs, dull forgetfulness of the daily graces of lifs, and oblivious of -the fact that while men have the world women have only their home. This grossness of masculine ingratitude does not, indeed. often lead to visible catastrophe, nor ‘grow into such absolute tyranny, but they equally tend that way. They drag down a wife’s soul to a point where she must despair; they change the subiime meaning of marriage to vulgarity and weariness ; they spoil the chance of the best and finest of all education which each man obtains who wins 8 reasonably good woman for his companion, and they completely destroy any hope of domestic happiness. What right has any man to ex: pect happiness in a home when he brings no sunshine into it? What right has he to look fur the graces and refinements of early love when he violates them by rough speech, ill manners, and the disregard of little things upon which the self-respect of a wife is built and maintained? The cynic who rails at marriage is generally one and the same with the thoughtless egotist who flings into the presence of, his wife careless, sour-tempered and’ stubborn, though he never went to see his fiancee except on his best behavior. Husband, preserve after marriage those pleasant manners, thoughtful cares, attentions and careful ways which contributed so much to win the woman of your choice; they constitute the true secret of happiness.

. $329 Everywhere. "~ - (Chicago Times.) , fhe three hundred and twenty-nine (s329—the amount of Garfield’s loan of Qakes Ames) craze is running through the country like wild fire. It broke out first at- Bourbon, Indiana; leaped thence to Washington, thence to New York and New England, and will infeet the whole North, K Everywhere tbe mystic figures spring into being like magic; they become literally the hand-writing on the hall. All the Irish-Americans who sat down to save their country at Saratoga had $329 in gigantic chalk marks staring at them from their desks, Allthrough the New England towns $329 is marked on the sidewalks and fences. People go to rest at night never dreaming of what is before them, and in the morning their eyes light upon the $320, chalked everywhere, The houses of Republican politicians have been covered with the sign, Democratic politicians make their bets $329. Portraits of Garfield are decorated with $#329. Public buidings are so blazoned. 'The mischief crazed is rising, and will probably not stop until, like the epizootic, it spends itself upon the Pacific coast. - ; |

Independent Voters Will Decide. [Lagrange Register.] .

It is the independent 'voters who will decide the great political contest this fall. While partisans may get excited and make & great noise, the independent voter will keep perfectly cool, consider the best interests of the couuntry, and vote to perpetuate them. This most sacred duty of an American citizen he will exercise according to the dictates of an honest conscience. Such voting will make permanent and secure the grand liberties -of our republic. |

- While examining vour half-dollar pieces, just take a look at your ten cent coins and you will doubtless be rewarded by tinding some lead ones.

o The Grant Conspiracy. "~ WASHINGTON, October: 10.—A gentleman who isin the confidence and often in- the .councils of the Grant ring of the republican party and who possesses one of the three hundred 'aé\d six medals worn by -members of the “Old Guard” who fell with Gransg at Chicago, informed a reporter to-day that the appearance of General Grant and his friends in the canvass in Garfield’s interest dates from a promise made by Garfield to the Grant bosses that he. would not stand in Grant's way in 1884, and would lend the interest of his administration to help on the Grant boom when'the proper time arrives. This, the gentleman affirmed was the object of the recent reference of Conkling, Grant, Cameron: and Logan, at Garfield's home, and although vhe negotiations had been in the main completed before that time, the formal agreement was made there. - Garfield, on his - part, agreed” to abdicate all pretentions to a second term, and to fill the offices at his disposal with Grant partisans, so as to get the boom for the *Old Man” into gouod shape in 1884. The gentleman declared that it was the purpose of the Grant leaders to make Grant the presidential candidate of the republican party in 1884, and if Garfield should be elected to so shape things that both” his nomina‘tion and election ' could < not possibly ‘be prevented. - *And then,” remarked ‘the gentleman, significantly, “if Grant i 8 President again, law or no law, we mean to keep him President while he lives,” = This utterance from ore of the most trusted of the Grany leaders, when taken with Grant’s recent declaration thatin a cértain contingcucy ‘the ‘law ‘and constitution would be disregarded, acquires a startling sig’nificauce. People who thought the ‘third term 'ghost was laid at Chicago, can see-how they were' mistaken and, possibly, can see now that the only way to entirely exorcise the evil spirit is to destroy the republican party which gives it habitatin. =

. Shrinkage in Wheat. T In order to ascertain the shrinkage which wheat undergoes from evaporation, when held in the bin over winter, a very interesting experiment has been tried, ' About six months ago, a long sack was prepared and filled with 200 pounds of wintér wheat, accurately. On November 12, 1879, it was placed in a grain-bin in the barn; and in order that the grain in ‘the sack ‘might fairly represent the average of. that in the bin—the bin held about 150 bushels—the sack was sunk in the grain as far ds possible; say to an average depth of about two feet. In this position ‘it has remained six months, or until May 12th, when it was brought forth and weighed. The" second weighing showed an increase on that of six months before, the weight being 200 pounds plus a fraction of one pound. -The result was unexpected; and we can only conclude from it that, during such seasons as those of 1879 80, wheat shrinks from evaporation - absolutely - none at all.. ‘The shrinkage so often complained of by millers and others, doubtless comes from “rattage,” leaks in the granary, and like obvious sources of waste. The slight increase in the weight of the sack of grain is perhaps attribytable to a slight variation in the scaleg used in weighing. It is an interesting fact that this same sack, when exposed to. the rays of the sun at a temperature of 95 degrees, 11:30 A. M. till 3 P. M. shrunk exactly one-half pound. —N. Y. Hxpress. - == ' |

- - Views of Chicago Business Men. 'CHICAGO, October 9.—A number of Democrats of thls city, well known in business circles, have signed an address to the public,-which will appear in the 7'¢mes to-morrow, claiming that the election of Hancock will not endanger or disturb the business in- - terests of the country.- They refer to prostration of business in the country, and also to the causes of the hard times following the pinic of 1873 and the eventual return of prosperity, and say that the latter is due to natural causes. They conclude: “Hence the- - that the country owes 'its. prosperity to the party in power, or that it will. go to ruin if that party is . turned out of power is an audacious one and an insult to the intelligence of every business man.” The signers are as follows: Levi Z. Leiter, H. A, - Kohn, Robert Law, Clinton Briggs, Perry H. Smith, Coorad Seipp, Chas. Gossage, John H. Prentisg, Charles Henrotin, D. A. Hewes, George L. Dunlap, J. K. Gisher, W. D. Kerfoot, John A. King, W. H. Skinner, Best, Russel & Co., A. M. Waterbury, A. F, Seeberger, B.- Lowenthal, John R. Walsh, W. C. D. Grannis, Cyrus H. MecCormick; Francis B. Peabody, J. V. Clark, H.D.Colyin:® . = .. =

Connecticut €Certain for Hancock,

NEew HaveN, Conn., October 10,— Complete returng. from the recent Connecticut town elections, show that the Republicans carry but seventynine out of one "hundred and -sixtyseven towns in the State, a net republican loss of twenty-four towns, as compared with the elections of 1877, when the Republicans : carried one hundred and three towns. In the strong democratic centers of New Haven and Bridgeport, no elections ° were held. While local issues in a large measyre influenced the vote, the result is regarded as encouraging to the Democrats,’and no doubts are entertained but that: Connecticut will cast its Electoral vote for Hancock.

. Spread the Good News. As a family medicine and tonie, there is no remedy at pressnt giving such universal satisfaction. and effecting ‘so many astonishing cures, as Electric Bitters. = Our druggists report -a lively' demand for them, at times being unable to supply the many ‘calls. All Bilious Attacks, Liver and Kidney Complaints, Diabetes and Gravyel, readily yield to their curative qualities. Sold by all druggists, af ffty cents a bottle,” © Y. * A wretched - old bachelor wants tq know how. many laps the average young man makes during an evening'g courting a week before marriage,