Ligonier Banner., Volume 16, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 January 1882 — Page 2

gl {alt g 1‘.‘%“.,4,.‘,“5,,‘.,.”.:;..- e The Ligonier @umn! U e—— ', B.STOLL, Editor. | 'L‘HdR_SDAY. JANUARN@', 1882, i it i SPECIAL NOTICE. A I‘el'soxfs 'wishing to confer with me 'per-u sonally will please call at THE BANNER sanctium frorh Monday morning until Wednesday noon. The remainder of the week I am engaged on the Daily and Weekly, Monitor in the city of Elkhart, T e A ‘__J B. BroLr, ~ CHANGE OF FORM. f“;é Under the new management TiE BANNER appears this week ‘in a changed form, with several columns more of reading matter than hereto'(ore. We were impelled to this ¢hange by reason of the fact that the space allotted to us under the auxiliary plan ‘was entirely inadequate to the de‘mands upon our columns. = Every week;. during the past year, from two to four columns of matter had to be crowded out and laid over. With our excellent corps ofrloéalizers' and the additional force added to our editorial staff, the old/ arraq}gement no longgr served our purposes. Then, we do not fancy the idea of so much sameness in the make-up of the several county papers. ‘A little variation relieves the monotony of things. ' THE BANNER office has ample facilities for prinfing the entire sheet at home; its proprietors have the disposition to make it a home paper, and the editorial and reportorial staff will take pains to find interesting and instructive matter for its broad pages. We justify the expense incurred in effecting this change By the very liberal-and encouraging support extended to this office during the year just closed. For the ‘past eight:i or ten years THE BANNER has had the lead in circulation; it has the lead in 4 more eminent degres to-day. Our subseription list is composed of thie very best citizens of Noble county. It is a solid, substantial and payin list. Those whose names are on our subscription books had tfiem placed there because they like the paper; not " because anybo_ﬂy persuaded or coaxed them into doing go. Appreciating our efforts to give them a paper that aims to exalt rather than to tear down, no extra “drumming” has been necessary to keep up and extend the circhl_ation of THE BANNER. :

Truly grateful for these evidences of appreciation, the public may rest assured that under the new management no pains or efforts shall be spared to make THE BANNER a paper worthy of the support and esteem -of all good | citizens, No other promises need be made. Our work shall speak for itself. JUDGE DAVID DAvVIS says that, inasmuch as his deceased wife had but two sisters, and both have living husbands, the report that he is to marry one of them is necessarily false. At the meeting of the Indiana State ‘Teachefs’ Association at Indianapolis, about 50 teachers were present from various parts of the State. Governer Porter delivered quite a lengthy address of welcome. W e - RIDDLEBERGER, the Repudiator, has " been elected Republican Senator from Virginia by Republican votes, and will take a seat as a member of the Senate, as he could-fiot be elected ser-geant-at-arms of that body. g SMALL PoX and scarlet fever is raging to an alarming degree in New York, - During the year 1881, tﬁere have been 1,334 cases of small pox reported in the city. Of these, 450 have proved fatal. From Dec. 24 to Dec. 28, - 177 cases of scarlet fever were reported. Jex eel O e § Miss REBECCA CATES, who, in connection with her cousin Abby, were the heroines of the “British scare” of Scituate harbor in the war of 1812, has + just died at Scituate, Mass., where she lived all her life of eighty-eight years. Her cousin Abbyis still living at the age of eighty years. ' e e ¢ STATE SUPERINTENDENT BLOSsS has given notice that every -school trustee who fails te change school house doors ‘BO that they shall swing outwardly is liable to a fine of not more than $lOO and not less than $lO, with imprison ment if deemed advisable.: As there . are some 3,000 school houses in Indiana, the change will cost no small sum. SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, does not approve of the President’s financial | views, neither do the people of his State. In speaking of this matter, he says: “In common with the entire West, our people are opposed to what ig called tinkering.the currency. They " haye seen businessreviye and prosperity all over the country appear since the passage of the silver bill, and they " believe in letting well enough alone.”

- SPEAKER KEIFER, to his everlasting disgrace, has appointed such an elec- ' tion committee as would make anyone but a brazen faced individual blush. for shame. Over forty eontested cases must go before the committee, yet he has appointed but four Democrats to twelve Republicans. It will be next to impossible to get one particle of justice done with such an arrangement as that, and Mr. Keifer cannot be igno- - rant of the fact. . . THE CrROWD of office seekers at ~ Washington is by no means diminishing as the days go by. There are hundreds wsit.iﬂe 80 many hungry vultures for w ver they can get. They will take any position, from a mission abroad to a messengership in one of the departments. They all . have valuable talents rusting for want of Government use. One plan has been adopted in a quiet sort of way by a prominent member of Congress that would be of lasting benefit to the country and the individuals themselves if it could be made to work with all. " The plan is this: When one of the said office seekers comes to him for his influence, he immediately offers the ap“plicant a return ticket and advises him - to. go home, find some good, honest work, and then stick to it until his ‘eountry should need his services, enm : v :

~ ACTIVITY AND ENERGY, Kind reader, haye you ever tested, to the' ntmost extent, your capacity for performing a certain amountof work ? If not, make the experiment. Last week the editor of THE BANNER “tried his hand,” with the following result:

. Monday forenoon was devoted to editorial work for two papers. At2:l7 r. M.-we fook the train for Kendallville, made settlement with sixteen different parties, pocketed an ehcouraging quantity of greenbacks, laid the foundation for several cortracts in our line, talked politics, &e., with several friends, attended the Band Fair in the evening, went to bed at 11 o’clock, arose at 2:00 A. ~ returned to Ligonier; tried to sleep a few hours, but failed ; arose at 5:30, kindled a fire in the cook stove, filled the coal stoves, -and performed various little chores. Resumed editorial work after breakfast, peruséd correspondence, wrote & number of letters, made several settle meats, entertained callers, &e. At 3 P. 3. we took the train for Elkhart, encouraged “the boys” of the Democrat (now Monitor) office to push the work of 'getpiflg matters in good shape, instructed the local editor, gave attention ~to i;seé:eral matters of. business, made suggestions to the sclicitor, ordered new material, and returned home at 11 o'clock of that night. Welnesday was devoted to .editorial work, proof ‘reading, rendering accounts, &e., &e. Thursday we made a trip to Albion, in company with our young friend, F. P. Bothwell; transacted business with nineteen parties, chatted withiv number of persons from town ard country; started on the return trip A 'little after 4 p. 31, and arrived at home about 7 o’clock. Repaired to the cflice, to report the result of our labors to the book-keeper, who made the proper ertries; hurried down to thie Bannper Block Barber Shop, persuaded Willie Decker to yield us “his chance,” got gshaved, ran up-stairs in our domicile to changd garments, and at the hour of 8 appeared at the Latta mansion, just in time toiwitnéss the performance of the ceremony that united Mr. Rice and Miss Latta in the bonds of matri- | mony. Extended congratulations to the happy young couple, kissed the bride and the .. m., pertook freely of the | sumptuous feast— (had no time to take supper after the trip from Albion)— bade the joyous company adieu at about 10 q’clgck;‘ returned to the sanctum, and devoted a little less than two hours to editorial work. Went to bed at 12, arose at 2:30 A. 11, took the train for Elkhart, and worked almost incessantly from 7 in tlie morning until 11 at night. The work of Saturday, however, was the most perplexing and exi haustive of all. =An entire change in the make-up of the Daily took place that day. REight printers were kept constantly at work, minute directions being given by the writer, in the composing and press rooms, besides reading proof, editorializing, &c. . We had no time {9 take notice that the systein gdve signs of exhaustion. The work had to be done, and—thanks to the energy aud industry of “the boys” cu‘nnected with the cflice—the forms of the new paper (the Elkhart Daily Man itor) went to press in excellent shape at-half past-three. The refnainder of ‘the day was deveted to paying off the hands of the establishment, looking after minor matters, and mapping ouf the work for the week following. A 11 we, arrived at Ligonier, accompa nied by the lightning compositor, anc A. Snyder, the incipient pressman of the Monitor. Just as the clock i Grimes’ barber shop struck 12 we arose from the chair and hastened home ward to find rest from the Bardest week’s work we ever performed in ou e L :

Arising next morning we were inforthed that the type founders in Chicago had made a mistake in filling our order fur new column rules, rubber blanket, &c., for the rehabilitated BANNER.- Here was another~ perplexity. The rules were needed on Tuesday, and, Monday being a holiday in Chicago, thers was no earthly hope of accomplishing arything by correspondence. A brief interview with our new partner, Mr, JAMES E’ MCDONALD, resulted in an arrangement whereby he was to go to Chicago ca the early Monday morning train and by moral suasion or otherwise procure the indispensable material. . Bravely and couragequsly. he entered upon his mission, and nobly did he accomplish all he had undertaken. By appointment we joined him on hig return trip at Elkhart. To oui utter amagemens hs told us that he not only brought the Chicago chaps to time in supplying-our itmediate wants but that he had also brought with him, snugly stowed away in a seat in the smoking car, a quantity of other material for which there was no immediate demand. To give our readers’an idea of what he accomplished we may state that he had with him a set of colymn and cross rules for THE BANNER, a large rubber blanket - for oar Campbell cylinder press, one’composing stick, a head for the Eikhart Weekly Monitor, two néw type cases, 50 iis..of new type, three specimen books, and seyeral printers’ Jbublications! “That’s what snap and determination will do,” we thought to ourself, and then, at about 12 o’clock, gought onr couch, wondering if sucha combination could or would fail in the attempt to give the people a paper that would not only beregarded a welcome vigitor at the fireside but an iudispensable necessity in every household of Noble county. e

LAsT FRrIDAY Guiteau told Mr. Scoville that he would laugh his case out of court if he.(Scoville) would keep quiet. As soon as -he- reached the dock he began to read a telegram, signed “A Host of Admirers,” which said all Boston sympathized with him, and he ought to be President.. Guiteau said he did not think the jury was going into the hanging business, and he would refex, his nomination to the Republican convention of 1884;

Wiy is it that Republican papers never mention “anything about the suits against Bamuel J. Tilden for in come tax, out of which, it was alleged, he had cheated the government? These suits have never been tried, and the simple_truth is they were utterly unfounded and were-manufactured ex: pressly for political capital. When Mr. Tilden ceased to bea Presidential candidate the suits were dropped, and | unless he should again enter publie life, they will never be heard from miﬂ- : | A 3 . :

WALTER FLOWERS; Erq; of Sheldon, 11!, declares himself very inuch impressed with the abilities of Hou. . S. Holman, of this State, and is in favor of him for the Demoeratic howination for President in 1884, . ‘

CrrisTlAN HiNkEY, of Dubois county, Ind., is seventy eight years (i.fi age, has twenty-six living children," aud does pot remember that he ever was sick. He sayg he doesnot kuow how a sick man feels. Mr. Hinkey is more forturate than the rest of man kind in that respect. 5 LA e el ‘ Tie WABASH combination has now secured the Indianapolis, Peru & Chi cago road and proposes to build a branch road from Plymouth to South Bend. -Almoest every importabt point it the Wabash valley between Toledo and St. Liouis is now touched by some portion of the Wabash system. e S i+ Ex*PRESIDENT” HAYFES has been asked to contribute his mife to the monumental fund and to the fund fer the widow Garfield. He refused to give a cent, saying he could not aftord it. He does not say what has become of the $200,000 he received as salary that belonged by right to Samuel J. ‘Tilden, but probably thought such ill-. gotten money would prove a curse rather than a blessing. Such meun lnﬂm)t for a long time, if ever, beesexXhibited by a public man. | THE Washington eomedy is still be \ing played and has an unprecedented fun. The murderer still goes through with his performanaces and the house still continues to apptaud. Guiteau has been threatened with being placed in the dock. and has actually: been placed there, but that does not prevent his sigkening anties. The trial is protracted day after day with chances that the machinery of the court will fall in pieces through the sickness of a jaryman. This is hardly the way to discourage vicious dead-beats from shooting men in the back in order to gain notouity. ; e ' Tir case for the government in the notorious Guiteau trial is concluded, and it is hoped and expected that by Tuvesdfay next the case wiil go to the jury. Guiteau’s counsel wiil probably ’attempt to prolong the trial by producing new evidence, in. wliich event it is believed that Judge Cox will rule against Scoville in the matter. The general .impression prevailing among ‘those who have listened to the trial is that the jury have already made up their minds as to the entiie sanity of the assassin, amd that their decision | will be given promptly at the close of the arguments. ' . SPEAKER KEIFER has succeeded in blocking the way to tariff reform for the next two years by packing the Ways and "Means Committee. Only tariff bils that are favorably reported g by the committee stand any chance of being adopted by the House. The powler' of the President to veto a bill'seems slight in comparison with that of the rSpeaker, which has not been vested in him by either the laws or the consti~ tution. The majority can accomplish | but little without the divine sanction of the Speaker, and representatives can do butlittle more than give their votes if not smiled upon by that functionary. They may introduce billg, tut nothivg | comes. of them, They can hardly 'make gpeeches unless the Speaker is willing: That fingtionary is sypposed to go by riles, but when an ynsernpulous Speaker is determined to set them aside, rules go for naught. : IF PARENTS would not deprive their children of one of the most prolific gources of learning, they should take ! and pay for at least one good newspa-

Tir cass for the governument in the notorious Guiteau trial is concluded, and it is hoped and expected that by Tuvesdfay next the case wiil go to the jury. Guiteau’s counsel wiil probably attempt to prolong the trial by producing new evidence, in wliich event it is believed that Judge Cox will rule against Scoville in the matter. The general . impression prevailing among ‘those who have listened to the trial is that the jury have already made up their minds as to the entifesanity of the assassin, and that their decision will be given promptly at the close of the arguments. ' :

SPEAKER KEIFER has succeeded in blocking the way to tariff reform for the next two years by packing the Ways and "Means Committee. Only tariff bills that are favorably reported by the committee stand any chance of being adopted by the House. The power of the President to veto a bill seems slight in comparison with that of the ‘Speaker, which has not been vested in him by either the laws or the consti~ tution. The majority can accomplish bat little without the divice sanction of the Speaker, and representatives can do but little more than give their votes if not smiled upon by that fusctionary. They may introduce billg, tut nothivg comes of them, They can hardly make speeches unless the Speaker is willing: That fnctionary is sypposed to go by riles, but when an ynserupulous Speaker is determined to set them aside, rules go for naught. | :

" Ir PARENTS would not deprive their children of one of the most prolific gources of learning, they should take and pay for at least one good newspapaper. The little cnes, and larger ones too, for that matter, do get 8o tired of their sthool books, the same things over and over and over, uttil they are ready to welcome something new and fresh as a traveler in the desert would a copl, shady fountain. They get tired reading in their bpoks that “Jjohn Struck James,” and “Mary i 8 an indus trious girl,” etec, ete, etc. A man would be ready to die of ennwui if his thoughts and reading were confined to two or three books, and life would become 80 monotonous that he would be ready for anything .exciting that might turn up. DBut yourselyeg in your children’s places and see how you weuld like it. -By all means, get them something new toiead and think about each week. 4 .

l Tue terrible Ashland (Ky.) tragedy, 'in which two young girls and a boy were murdered, jg abont to conclude in a triple lynching. The detectives have given up the theory that Gibbons, the father of the children, is the mur” derer, and suspicion has been directed agalnst three men hitherto unsuspected. They are William Neal, Ellis Craft and George Eilis, all white. Ellis has confessed and pade a statement that the party entered the house thro’ a window and outraged the two girls. Emma ‘Thomas, a girl who was visiting at the house, recognized Neal, and threatened to tell her mother, and Robert Gibbons, a young boy, starting to give the.alarm, was killed with an ax. They then kjlled Annie Gibbons, his sister, who begged piteopsly for her life, and then dispatched Bmma Thomas. Neal, the leader in the awful murder, broke down subsequent to Ellis} confession, and made a clean| breast of the fisndish deed. Ths three men were all present at the burning of the house, which they had fired to conceal tpeir crime; one of them drove the hearse at the funeral, ang another acted as pall-bearer, The citizens in and around Ashlarnd are terribly excited over the affair and threaten to lynch the three fends.

Miss Eva Fagles is to he assigtant gditor of the, LIGONIER BANNER. That paper, with its:Eagles and Banner ought to be patriotic—[South Bend Lribune. | Yes, and we plume ourselves on being .able fo goar high, and if asked by an irate, unappreeciatiye jndiyidual «who writ that?” might even gause him to Bee stars aud feel stripes, so great is our patriotism,

CnrAr PArPERS,—The Auburn Republi. can has discovereds after a fair trial, that ' a good county paper cannot be published at $1.50 pér annum, and in a recent issue notifies its patrons that the former price, $2, will be charged hereafter. A number of other papers will find that out in the course of time. 1f a “‘good country paper” cannot bring §2 a-year, the publisher had better ‘pile up his office in the st{get and’ purn it. No liberal-minded man will ever objeet to paying a decent price for his county paper. Those pinch gut fellows: who want it for Jess, we don’t want on our l hooks.—Goshen Demogerad, i :

The third annual reunion' «f the 44th TndWWnt was beld at La-. grange on'theddiokt. A\ brilliant reeeption mgim&them . e ~ Bart Shurp anft Bob McMurray, two of Eikhart’s pekty thieves, were las ‘Wweek senteneed Lo one year's impris® onmernt in the penitentiary. ‘ Avotler attempt at train ,wreckingi wis made last week—this time in Allen county. It looks alittle as though | wn «:rg.«.n:z-—d_ gang were-at work: "

Wedeesday night of last week the proprietor of the Buropeau Hotel, at Eiknhart, tell.down a stairway, injuring himself dangerousiy, if not fatally.

~John Casster, Superintendent of ‘the Elkhart Knitting Factory, was presented with a splendid silver water pitclier and goblet by the girls employed ia the factory, e Robert Jaivis, better known as “Old Bobby,” dred at Lima at the age of 82 years.” He had lived in Lagrange coutity for thirty years, living 4 her mit’s life, and dying as he had lived — alone. : M:s. Minerva Koontz fell from . a buggy near Lagrange aud wasiseverely irjured. The seat on which she and her two children were sitting became loose, letting them out on the ground. . o :

I.ast week a tree was cut down pear Bremen, Marshall county, from which a log fourteen and seven logs of twelve fert were cut. It ig said to béd the tallest tree ever cul in that part of the eountry. : { 7 A daughter of Ira Wyland, living two and a haif miiles from Lagrange, one day tlsi week, in the absence of her parents, climbed to the top of the house,and the roof being very slippery, she fell, spraining her ankle badly.

John ‘Nessel, who killed his brother while in a fit of ‘passion,.and was sentenced to two years’ imprigaument by the DeKalb Circuit Court, was pardoned op the 23d of December, after havivg served six months of the time.

* The editor of the Warsaw Indianian vigorously. denies the reports that are being eirculated to the effect that =mall pox is raging to an alarming extent in that city. He says there have been just three cases, and they have been so well guarded that there is scarcely any danger of-the dizease gpreading. - . . Very Rev. Father Sorin, founder of Notre Dame, and Superior General of the Order of the Holy Cross, seut many of his South Beud friends a Christmas present, consisting in each case of a huge pyramidal frosted cake, flanked Ly bottles of Le Grande Char—treuse and other wines. N

While Louis de Condres, with a pair of mules and a chain, was pulling stumps on his farm near Sonth Bend, the miiles got frighitened and ran away.. The chain was thrown around a small tree, which was pulled dowr, striking a little son of Mr. Condres’, injuring him 50 severely that he died in a few hours. :

A family recently arrived at Souath Bend from Germany in destitute circumstanges, and were sent to Midd!le bury by Jacab Smaugk, of that place, where they were kindly provideg for by some of ‘the Gerpan citizens, who furnished a house and provisions for the strangers. Such people are surely “good Samaritans.” : Jonathun Matthews. proprietor of the South Bend boiler works, while driving rapidly, attempted to turn a corner, and in 80 doing was thrown from the buggy on fo a stone pavement. His skull was crushed in over the left eye, and the scalp laid open geveral inches. He may recover, but it was a close call for-him. Articles of incorporation have been granted the KEureka Smelting Com! pany, of Eikhart, with a capital stock of $2,000,000. The purpose of the organization is to test, on a large scale, an mvention of <Mc. Bressler, of that city, who claims to be able to extract, through his process, all the preeious metals fromn rebellions gres, . Mrs, Beachler, of Whitley county, whose husbapd died of smali-pox, a few days ago, together with her babe, died with the same disease on Wed nesday of last week. Two others.of the family are still very low. One of the Dimmick family has also - died. Everything is being done that prudence could suggest to: prevent the spread of the diseasa, : ;

Benjamia Yohn, & gentieman living at North Webster, Kosciusko couuty, is the possessor of 2 book which was printed at Hartford, Conn,in 1798. It was written by John Winthrop, the first Governcr of Massachusetts, and ig entitled, “A Journal of the Trans agtions and Qecurrences in the Settlement of Me2ssaghnsetts, and other New England Colonies, from thse year 1630 to 1644.”7; #

A man, apparently dead, wag picked up by some section men, Saturday morning of last week, Lthree miles west. of Elkhart. When found he was lying beside the track, and it is supposed that he fell from trgin No.B. Hs 1s abouyt thjrty years of age. ]ln his pocket was foynd a rajlroad ticket from I.eadyille to Portland, Me, and some papers indicating his nameto be E. C. Coburn. He died soon after he was taken to the city. i ’

NOBLESViIIILI. Now write 1882. - ; : Dur shoe shop is jn full bigst, Oh, but didn’t that mateh cyack in church, the other uight! Ask Pete for particulars. | |Oa account of bad. raads, our meetings are not very well attended. - Virgil, when you were trying to get that hornet’s nest from above the window, did your foot go clear through the glass? _ : Btaiten Straus hag reraofed his house. 3 ¢ { Straus Bros. have traded the Aburn farmx to Jacob Hire, of Elkhart Bottom. Mr. Hire will take possession sometime in March. ot Boys, why did not that shiooting mateh come off Friday? . Chnt says the next timeé he brings turkeys you will krow it. » Mrs. Dora Winebrenneris lying very low with fevey. Bl o - J. P. Rensch, from Michigan is yisitiin%)friemm io this Jocality, ~ | ur winter school is ro?’ressing‘ finely under the supervis&n f Miss. ‘Stewart. . ‘ s John Baum and fawily are visiting in Oblo.:" - - - ... NEW LEAF. ¢ “rrel S Pmapy } ey . BDIEN VALLIY}, . . ‘g'ium' hag comy alefast, . . .1. . Vaccinatjons are in fujl:blasg.. . 1 The school is progressing finely, - - Thelyceum-isdoing well—the young debaters as well as the.old; - . . | Mr. M, Rowe’s family-was visited by their son and his wife, of Lagrange, lagt week ; also by kirs. Ballou, : . . Quite a large birthday party -at Mr. J.. Cramer’s, last Sunday.® - 7 - - ‘Where sre all of our preachers this winter? ‘Théy are like the snow ~uuly comé: unce ira'great white ‘and then don’t stay long.” Why isit? Are the peopld w 0 bad vhey can’t stand it, ‘or are they so good they don’t need a preacher. ! R R ST L Young men, what ig-the matter that those young ladies must go alone? Are you mfraid of them, ‘or are they: aftaid of you? .= = “ROXY,

3 On Thirty Days' Frial. ; We will send Dr, Dyes Célébrated Elec-tro-Voltaic Belts and 6ther: El¢étric Appliances.on trial for thirty days 1o young men: and older persons who are afilicted with. dNe’&y,ous Debility, Lost Vitality, etc,,guar. fanteeing s})eedy relief ‘gnd ng,njple}';e“xes;‘, toration of viger and manhood.’ Also for Rheumatism, Neuralgla,~Paralysis, Liver and - Kidney diffioulties,. Ruptures, and maxg”‘o_ther diseases. Illustzated- pamXihl sgntfree, . Address V litalc' Belt Ooiy Marshall, Mich, , =Bg‘iy;7s_.p.r,lgco.,

The following named gentlemen are our auWil veduiye gnid veseipf tor-subscriptions to Troß BANNES. - Satngle#oples nay be obtained of Hiese gentiemen IBE of charge : G WAWAKK Clias. K. Greens. 0 . KENDALIVILLE 3. 13, Alchele. ~ ROME Clg¥_w.W A'-’?‘-‘%-ﬂ S e .gf‘v‘:‘i;ﬂ",z: .w i M""'ﬂfi‘zs)w o ‘l2‘ i“" e ~ﬁ ~..f..\ ~ti f 3 o % MERR AM...J, n Addis, : - BRIMFIELD—WiIIiam haes. : < Parties wishing to subseribe for THE BANNER will please call on the above pamed agents, pay thelr subscription In advance, and recelva the best paper I North-Eastern Indiana. - erin foan ib6ag o “:’:.;_‘“;:‘,“—_:'-,‘,:'.';' ;:' ey Local Correspondence. — ; IITIOM L CYTY. JJanuary 1, 1882, was 4 daisy. “Our town reeds a calaboose. 5 Our baby’s motlier iz still missing: Skillen sells K. oit al 152 per gallen. Jones, the butcher, is. shipping veal calves. ¥ ; This seems to be a good year fo: accidents. : - Oar Jusfice’s Court is in perpetual session. el Lawyer Barr, of Kendallville, is the “coming man.” ¢ ; . Our Copstahle stepped aside and got ‘his foot intoif., , : . We predict that the Ligonier Leader ; will miss its “[olivar.” . Some think that our uew eriminal code i 3 uncomfortably seyere, A young son of Beuj F. Meyers got his leg broken last week.

’Squire H. G. Cobba is tired of jthe Justice’s office. Next. Jerry Gault sold his organ, team and wngon to “Skip,"ef Ligonier. : Willi Wyatt aod wife, of Cromwell, made their friezla at Rome a holiday visit, s .

Our new Deputy Prosecutor, Holder, seems to be warming up ‘matters eonsiderablyv. .

“ Oar barber, -George Berry, goes on the road as a commmercial traveler —cigars A sgeeialty; 0 olee

“The Fort Waytce Herald says that “a change in' the propristorship of the Kendallville Standard is imminent.” Mr. Colelszer, the successor to Dr. Wilson iu tne drug business, i 8 expected hiere daily to take charge of g,e samae.

Mr. Watt P. Denny is still unable to take charge of his school, but hopes by good nuorsing to be able to euter upon duty on Menday morning next Mrs. Henry Smith, living three miles northeast of this plaee, was driving Hauk’s team, last week, when the hotses tovk fright, ran away, threw her out of the wagon aud dislpcated her shoulder. .

Lawyer David 11. Perew has sold bis library 'to Rev. Lovett, of Wolcottville, who will probably soon chapge his profession from that of a preacher to, that of a lawyer. Dave talks of going south to grow up with the country aud preach'democracy. ¢

The Auburn Cowurier has hoisted the name of Hen. Sam’l 8. Shutt, of DeKalb eounty, for Repiesentative in Congress ' Sam is an honest man and would do honor to'the halls of Congress. We are for Sam, tooth and toe nails, first, last and all the time, i. e, it Noble county presents no caadidate. While on this subject, we might as I well say that if this Coongressional matter ig to be made perpetyil with [ Fort Wayne, why not let Hon. W. G. 'Colerick have another whack at it? Our ship canal is not complete yet,and no doubt if Mr. C. could have another tetm, Rome City would be a seaport town. When Mr. C. was a candudate the last time, our canal was 8o far un'der way that we could almost see the tops of the masts fiuit ring in the | breege; but on seeonut of the drouth, continual wet weather,. or gome other cause, the main channel is entirely lost sight of. Guess we had belter turn the matter over to Sam Shutt and let him finish it up. : l We want Lo ask the citizens of Rome City a plain, candid and sensivle juestion,. Do you not think that our town ought to te incorporated? If we want to be respectuble #nd keep pace with Isltand Park (or half way so), we | must imnroye our town. - Qur streets, alleys, sidewalks, &c, must be put in decent shape. The alleys should not b» ‘used f 1 pig-pens and wood-yards, and the streets should nob be used for lumber-yards and almost everything else imaginable. We cannot get a good man, or one at all qualified, to auct as Justice of the Peace.or Constabls unless we have a calaboose or place to congigu inebriates until they cool off. With so wmany gtraugers, rufiiaas and dead beats vigiting our town we cannot expect to enforce good order uulegs we have a temporary prisen of seme sort. We ask you candidly to consider thess things, #nd many others bearing upon the same point. Talk and reason with ycur neighbor about it, apd thep let us gct. Why not discuss the question with esgh ofher and then sybmit the matter to a. vote of the people au the coming Aprit election ? We are in favor of incorporating; we are in favor ¢f a calaboose; we are in favor of good streets, good sidewalks, | guod cfficers and good order. Let us hear from “XXX" on the subject. _ “ Who shall be Trustee of Orange t township 2” is the questjon which now {exciws our voters.” We have had occasion to mention this matter in times past and gave notice that many of the friends of Geo. T. Brothiweil would urge him to accept the position. Another man of ¢qual qualifications and good character resides almost in the same neighborhood. We mgsan Clark Pierce, Either of these men would, iu our opinjon, {ill the ofqrce with hon- | or and d‘ugnity and perform theiy dutieB in such a manner ab to be a credit to themselves and an honor to the township. DByt we doubt whether either of thesd men would cosent to ‘be a candidate if they are required to be dragged through a dirty .political canyvass, in order to becomse even candidates. . If there be any necessity for .3 cafjcus, why not issye a gl to the entiro yoters of tha yownship, and let the voters, without respect to party, indicate their choice? Let men assert their ‘manhcod’ and let politics go to ‘the dogs. We hope that opeither Mr. '‘Brothweil nor Mr. ieree witi gubmit ‘his good name to any palitical caucus, "but* stand aloof if political tricksters ‘must have a party caucus and nominate'a party ticket. "On the first Mon day in April the peopie wiil burst ‘their political bubble, and it will disappedr'from sight forever, . ° . gl e ALEXIS

WASHINGTON T'WP, . Now weiwrite it 1882, e . Wm. Eine, sr., goés to Pennsylvania on‘business this week. Clark Myers go:®to Kokemo to enirag‘g with the niedical firm of DeWil- | s e N il g H B. Cobaugh intends visiting Colorado in the spring, for the benefit of highealth, = =0 o . Mirs. | W. MaKkemsop, of Pierceton, spent Christmas with her patents in Lhis vicixi.ity-.h v s & B e ' - Who took the ngrth pole for a Ghrist.. mas treed ? QB %v e .| Considerabje petry tplevin% has been going on. in.this vicinity lately. .. ! Our towopsman, Abel Mullen, is doing cnrpegter work-on the west end of the B.:& O. road. - i Clint: Whitemar, ‘of Missouri, .is visiting friends jo this yicinity. Clint hag been gbsent about g‘veyeura - ' With this-issue.we tip our hat and extend .the [~ of fellowship to the associate “editor, James . MeDonald. ! kris'thought the late warm’weather has se sufficiently-matured the eggs uf the fly that they wiil be destroyed by’ the late freeze. iy o Who says things haye not changed 9 Why, sir, doetors used to bleed their - ggng'nm to death and then cure themn. ‘Now ‘they "cure thient first and bleed then¥ aftérwards —in the pocket. , ‘Daring 'Xﬁy}mf at u,!e;s«ice capitul ;‘&e;;h,.“ the 'P’mg?e,'q - mieéting ‘our ‘Cousin, Cyris Smith, well kndwh to all

We observed that there is net so large an acreage of wheat sown. between this place and [ndianapol's as iujurmer years: alse, that it will.not compare favagg:l”’f‘awiu:_ e growing wheat intivs @ounty. = & o ~ On last Monday night we had our spiritual wants administered Lo by the “bov preacher,” of Ludianapolis, M. Harrison. i S

' - During our B'ay at the State capital we visited the institntions for the blind, deaf and dumb, insaue, and the Female Reformatory. The overseers ‘are very obliging and spare no paias in. entertainiug visitors. Wo weie shown through: the blind asylum by a lady teacher who was formerly a pupil in that iustitution, and is also blind. “The sight presented on being ushered into 4.{)9 school-room, by those intelligent little fellows groping their way, a 8 it were, in darkness, aimost overcame us. No pen can describa our sympathy for their misfortune. Shoatd we have our cheice of any such lisfortune, we should prefer Leing deprived of our spesch or hearing, or have all our limbs paralyzad, but for God’s sake, let us have our sight. Adien, 1881! Thou hast completed thy task, and as thy emaciated form tades from our view and we take last glimpse of thee, and while Tast flow the tears of sadness down our pallid cheeks, we are compelled to exc'aim in tones of grief, “gone! gone! forever gone!” when a geuotle rap at our door informs us ot the approach of a stranger, who in jryful accents exclaims, “Happy New Year!” aud cur grief suddeuly changes to joy on being informed of the existeuce of more time (covtrary to Mother Shipton) in which we can tight all our wrongs, profit by our mistakes, and better our future. Will it be dope? 'Echo answers, “will it.,” . i : With the greatest of kindness we say to ome -of our citizens who has taken pains to censure our weakness. 4s a writer, that we are not “hired to write items,” hence you are pothing out of pocket when not a reader of any paper; neither are we ° seeking notoriety.” We do not harbor the least idea that our productions would compare with those of Fraunklin or Horace Greeley, and no one realizes our unworthiness as we do But to conclude, we will gladly lay down our Faber and surrender the space allotted to us to one whose mental superiority knows “just what ought and what ought not to be written; when and when pot to write; how and how not to write,” Its a burning sliame that such “an inspired” genius should live in obscurity. By all means let's hear from you, and we will sneak off and hide, and have our friends swear we never existed. [Never miud, Dora. Keep right on until you hear word to ‘the contrary from thuse at the helm.— Ep | Dvoings in Washington in 1881. Bicths; Males, &; females, 8; total, 16. Deaths: Males, 7; females, 4; total, 11. Marriages, 8. During January we flad four deaths, three births and one marriage. Increasge of population above deaths, 5. Of the death of males, three wer. Democratic aud two Republican voters; of those leaviog the township, five were Republicans and two Democrats. As to those coming into the township, we have been unable to ascertain their politics We had the pleasure of ligtening to the address of welcome to the teachers by Governor Perter, who delivered a very elaborate one; also, a very spicy little speech by the Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, which was applanded to a greater extent than was the welcome. In all, the meeting was an instructive one, and we feel wholly compensated for our €xpense. DORA. 5 et W EB—— . CIROM WISLd..

A ljappy new year to all, especially 'to THE BANNER correspondents.

The year 1882 was ushered in to us in this locality very pleasantly and quietly. Tle inhabitants of our village are all well, with but a single-ex-ception —oOs Engvall, who, 'we are informed, has the bilious fever.

Our Sunday School is now in & very prosperous condition. A full line -of sapplies for the school has besn received to make the little ores happy. Miss Minnje Stall, of Noblesville, spent the first day. of the new year in this place, the guest of Mr. Bunger. C. W. Maggart returned to Witten burg College this week, after a few ‘'weeks’ visit at home.

" This week we have a phrenological lecture every evening, by Prof, Bate man. :

The dance at UJnion Hall, fast Friday night, was a success .in €Very par ticular. . The particulars are as follows: DBusiness commences on the first floor, that'is, something to drink, and then dancing begins. We wonder how the ladies (if we may be allowed the expression) like to have the drinkers bluw their breath’ in their faces. Then until two o'cloek or later, a con'stant ascenaing and descending is kept up until alarge majority lose their equilibrium, -and at the' breaking up ’uf the concern, oh, goodness gracious! ‘it seems as though hades (new translation) is let loose and the comtents are poured out in liquid form on the inhabitants ‘of the village; the yells, the screams, the swearing and vulgarity, such ag hag nos bepq gince the dags of 35dom ahd (fomorrah, until all the peaceful citigens are aroused from their slumbers, and we are told the saloons are not closed until long after the set time of law. Such is a faint description of the dance proceedings, and yet some of our wouldbe’s say it is all right. Mr. “Look Out” must be apn o}jd Baptigt of jranside peyrsigasion, believing that the I.ord must come down and take people by the hair of the head and pull them in. We think the Lotd ‘ has given thatinto the hands of tue peopie and they ought to attend to it If “Look Out’ will refer to the dictionary he may convince himself of the correctrness of the assertion.

I James D. Beer, one of the men that has been here {ur scine tiwe gatbering | history, ias aeseptea & position in' the T'raders’ ofiice at Chicago. ¢ Quite a number of turkeys were gambled off last Saturday in our burg. Well, that is all right. The dice.box is used to beat, the card-table ‘s used to beat, the billiard-table is used to beaf, and who cares! There is no law in Cromwell, Well, maybenot, Some ou6 says we’ll gee by and by, e { e ‘ BAKERTOWN, | Ths old year with 2] its memories is numbered with the past. The new fear cdomen’in with progpects of bless ngs, bringing with it prosperity, health, prosperity and pea Ge. : Our next institute is to be held at Hill’s school h)use, Sa‘urday, January Tth.” 'G. W. Barr is expacted to give u lgeture. qu&ec', “¥iglish Lateratyre, and how to teach it Devate, by J. M. Bonham and S. C. Fianks. Sabject: “Resolved, That Bryant's poetic:l works are superior to Longfellow's.” Music and everything to make it interesting. The dog that committed the crime deseribed in our last is stjil Jiving. In--Banity. ig'hha‘};lea. £44 . I wonder if the parties who broke our school house pump some time ago .ana rendered it useless,: will - take the insanicy dodge if called upvon to settle the damages? OQOur trustee does not want to repair it any more, as this is‘ the second time iy hag been broken wantonlys e il ¢ o | . Hon, H. (. Stanley's nephew, of W;zgna county, is here on g visit. Fliat is the matter with the b ys of Green and J¢{ferson who are minors? “When they go to Albion, they get ar \‘rest’ed.,tm&l‘n\vj- 1, or fined from seven tosixteen ,ﬂlhéé._ Do they get drunk ? 1f they do, where do they get their Hdiquor? - If it is equally, wrong to sell it i them, why ls that done witn im bunity ? If our present laws regulat Ing the sale of ;h?éxicath:g liguor. are obt enforced, why ask fur mo& on this ’sut‘jﬁm"? i E ; 3 ' Eide 1‘ A, B. Brees, of Spencerville, Uhio, is expected to preach at our

Place the second Sunday and Saturday of Januars. Look Our. . JEFFERSON TWe. __Our towship iostitute will b beld fiext Saturday at the sehool house Mo distries No. 7. We hope there will be a goodigurn gue” =5 0 A wateh meeling was held at the Jefferson Union Church last Satuiday uight. i e The marshal of Bikertown has not m-ie the shuiting up of hoes he [i:ds inside the co:poralion a suceess {inancially, ; Henrv Wrencl'’s three brothers (two from Michigan and one from, Otiio) have been here visiting and settling up their father's estate. ; . According to ‘thedescription given by Alexis of his female baby he must have given it a close Inspection. I 3 is our opinion that a teacher of a district school who is too lazy to be his own jnitor would not make teaching a success. We think the adv:c* which Guiteau gave the jary would apply to teachers also. j L. J. McCounell, one of Perry township’s teachers, gave us a call wiile passing through Jefferson last Friday. Mr, McConnell is a very warm friend of the prohibitory amendment to our constitution. : . The heaith of our community is excellent, i The pupils in our schools are not all vaccinated yet.’ John Earl, sr., of Jefferson, and Wm Arthur, of Green, took a trip to Ohio last week. FARMER

W ENDALILVILI . Not abseni-minded, Lut too - much Christmas. - - Mr: Miller, of whom mention w:s made last week, died liccember 31, 1831. He was one of the old settlers, having lived on the farm wheré he died over thirly years. ¢ L ‘Mr. Charles Shuliz died last Tue:day, aged 35 years. He leaves a 2 wife and «n>2child. He was buried Wednesday afternoon by the Odd Fellows Mrs. Pennel, livieg two miles northeast, ¢f this cily, gave h:r Bix-year-od daughter an overdoss of m rphine, last Thursday, causiog its death the following night. The mother is nearly crazed with grief. -~ I'he Trastee of Allen township h:s not yet seen fii to accept the new school house that was' built east i Allen Chapel this fall. - e Merritt Sockman is spénding a few days visiting his uncle and cousinsin this place. He is an employe of the S udebaker ficm, of South Bend. . The Christmas tree and concert at the Baptist Chureh,last Saturday evening, was well attended. The meeting at the Disciple Chureh, the same evening, was a grand affsir. Billy Bogartus, fofmerly of this city, but now an employe of the Chi cago Book Concern, spent Christmas here, ; Alf Connor and wife, of Mourve county, Ohio, are spending a week here, the guests of R. W. Laßue, The Baud Fair closed last Saturday night. All agree that it was good. The hill was used ou Mouday for a dance. ; 0 Mrs. Margaret Potts, who has been visiting friends near Zanesville, Obio, for geveral weeks, returned home Monday evzning, and Dick has a cook once more, - : . Preparations ars being made for gkating at the rink. Childs & Devoe have placed their thresher engine on the ground, and the water fur {l;oding will be pumped by steam. : . Those seyen young men who met at the residence of Thomas Daike, ore half mile north of town, the other night, to “bell” William DBogartus, thought btest to cegse making night ‘hideous when Mr. -Dake appeared at the door with a revolver in band. Bogartus now propounds the following conundrum: Why is Dake .like the Lord? Auswer.- Because he cast out seven devils. Do AT

: ALBION, e - Court commenges on Monday next. Mrs. W.' W. White has removed to Miéhigan: i P Quite a number from Kendallville .were in our town Monday. * Several divorce, cases will come up in court this term. : e John Dressler is visiting in Tiffin, Ohio. ; ~ QOne of the men at woik on the construction train met with an accident Saturday that may ecripple him for life. While unloading some iron rails one of them c¢rushed his leg so badly/that amputation is thought to Le necessary. B cr s The weather for the past two weeks has been rather hard on the livery men.: - *“Joshua” has been to Chicago within a couple gf weeks payt. Treasurer liang went to Indianapelis last week to make his settlement with the State 'l‘reasuréq. - Only one irmate in the county jail at present. : Work on the Walters and Shuffer brick block has been commenced. - . B. F. Frazure had a family re union at his residecce on New Yeay's day. The bad roads ave yather hard on saw mill men, Johnuston, eur blacksmith, has moved his family to South Whitiey. New subscribers to THE BANNER are coming in. GUN CaP.

YORK TOWNSILIP,

Roads \-mj mugn:“ Mrs. Rittenhouse is still on the sick list. Ear : .

Jack Frost has given us another reminderof his dormant power. A good start for the new year. : Spelling-3chool at No. 1 turned out to be a false report—so the boys say, The teaeher of No. 3 has given up his school to Mr. Eagles, Thé trouble had its origin in agn old guarrel. This, together with a lack of firmness on the part of the teacher, resulted as above gtated, - -

Dances, parties, oyster suppers, &c., seemed Lo be first on the programme during ‘the holidays. We had the pleasure of attending an oyster supper at Mr. Depew’s, and found it to be. a success. A pumber of games were engaged in, both before and after supper, after which the merry ecrowd separated, wishing each other a happy new year.

Misses Rmma and Tiny Bowser, of Goshen, and formerly of this place. are visiting friends in this locality. Mr. Neufer was entertained on New Year's eve by a party of his old chums. He says he was “glad that Jerry left. the cider barrel.” e All are invited to attend the literary at Pieasant Hill, Saturday evening. No admisgion fee, oL NO.1) !} S | SPRING FIILL. ~ Ob, how the farmer wishes for good roads. ‘ : Mr. and Mrs, Joe (falbreth, Libbie Ke:hn and Frank Cunningham eat ‘their Christmas turkey with Mr. and ‘Mrs. David Hough, <. Good attendance at ehurch potwith standing the bad weather! * Jobn Blake has purchased a $125 ‘organ. i : ; Levi Glant and Miss Celestia Cunningham took Christmas dinner. with Eli. Guffey, : s iRy el Mrs. MeDevitt will build a new resis dence next sumuwer, which will be a great improvement. ° o Melvin - Richmond visited with his parents last Sunday. Dan. Billman will build a brick residence next summer; and still there- is room for imprevement in the neigh - borheod. .. foe don St - Rumor has it that one of our young ladies” will be taken in marriage next spring by a worthy ¥oung man, All right, we will try and have our mouth ready for turkey., = o We ' have good prospects for sleighing. Hope the weather prophet will 8o ordain, S RUSRBY

ST AN B T S Se L B ST el e Blessings be with them, and ¢tefgl prai q)& _Who gave us noble lives and noble cates. | Flic Poets, who aif earth hidve made us helss _Of bruth an @ pre delight by heavenly lays, : 4 NEW YEAR HOPE. . th- am T sorry that the year is dead?’ Waoa o ‘Some sharé it had of weariness and.pain’ = | - - I would not have again— AT Some hapghi:&ea that with it need not diey . - But little that I'prize did it achieve; = = - = I'would not live it through afresh—not T{ . - Then wherefore should I grieve?, - Not for the year that passed away at eve, . But for the other year that ghould have béen, That in my ho‘m WAS Seen— i e The year that was o full of living days, -~ | Wort.h[_ of better tPm,hsti'., SRR e Whose words found subtle rhythm; such as 2 QORRDME sy e Lot R | Near me sometimes in dreams, -° i The passage of whose hours & - = Was strewn with happy fancies; thick as flow-erf-=l e LEE " For that I grieve, L e For the lost vision which to-day I leave, - . The hope, more dead than this recorded -year, ; And far more dear— ; s Formatlgrievc. Sininr dnddisha s Whatbs%-ys the New Year? *All that Has not' gon SRA Shall be with me, i g And all that by-gone years have never seen - + " “This yearshall see+= "« - .. = - Then wherefore hgrie\‘e?”f Dt Tknow the rogue is laughing in his sleeve—--5 Yes! yes! Yethell‘tPfe! * = . g Ty .5 j ) aq'qarct, Vd’”f. » -—A——‘O’——-——~ z i ', .‘, . THE FALL OF ,Az-MOUNTAIN. S Some seventy years ago an old man sat at the door of -his cottage in the Swisg'village ‘of Goldau enjoying the “warmth of the summer sunshine and the view of the fresh green valley, dappled here and there with dark clumps of trees. All around the great purple mountains stood pp against the skf*,.»us if keeping Euard over the pretty little village in their midst, with its tinylog huts clustered ‘beneath’ the shadow of the neat whité church, like chickens nestling under the wing of the mother hen. e i e

A big, florid, jony;look‘jn%_ man came. striding up. ‘the path, and’ held out his hand to'the old peasant with a hearty ¢ Good-day, Neigchbor Kraus.” "~ = ¢ Good-day,” Neighbor = Schwartz. Fine weather, to—-daf';."_ _“’Bcaqti;\til. We'll have a famous harvest this year, please God.” . v S ‘I hope 80, neighbor. -~ Won't {m}' sit down a minuteé? It's warm walking.,’ “Thanks; I will. - Holloa! what's the matter over yonder?”’ Fow G Right opposite theny. five thousand feet overhead, towered: the “dark mass of the Rossberg, the highest of the surrounding mountains. -Just as Sehwartz spoke its huge outline seemed to be gitated by a sﬁght ‘tremulous motjon, ‘l‘irf:‘e the ‘xiody(,]ihg of a plume of feathers. . - - ¢« Well, my friend, what are you staring at? ]_)i_gF you never see the, trees shaking in the wind before?”/ ST «“Of course; but it seemed:to me somehow as if it wasn't only the trees that shook, but the whoele mountain.?’

*You're easily scared,’’ chuckled the ,old man.: I suppose you're thinking of the old- saying- that the Rossberg’ is to fall some day. Bahl they've been saying so ever sitiec I'wasa child; and “it hasn’t fallen yet.’?:. ... P et Schwartz laughed, and the two friends went on talking. = But suddenly the'visitor started up with g look of unmistak: able terror; and no wonder, Hisspiked staff, which he had stuck earelessly into the ground beside him when. he sat down, was wmoving -fo and. fro of ilself! “Good gracious! do.you see that, Father Kraus? And look at those birds yonder, flying sereaming away from the trees on the Bossbergf Something is wrong, say what you will.”? 3 At that moment Hans Godrel, the miller, came flying - past, shotxting: “Run for your lives! The stream’s dried uE, and that al:‘v-a{s' comes. before an eart q'ﬁake or-an avalanche. Run!”’ ¢ Pooh! T'll have time to fill my pipe. again,” said old Kraus, coolly produeviu%his tobacco pouch. i ut Schwartz - was too - thoroughly. frightened to wait_another monent.. Down the hill he flew like ‘2 madman, and had barelgf got clear of the village when the earth shoek under his feet so violently as to throw him down. :He sfprang up again just in time to see poor old Kraus’ cottage vanish in g whirl of’ dpst like a barsting bubble. -~ . +* The next'moment there came a: terrific crash, followed by another so muchlouder that it seemed to shake the very sky. In a moment all was dark as night, and amid the gloom ‘eauld be heard a medley of fe'aglﬂf sounds—the rending of strang timbers, the hollow rumble of falling yocks and gravel, the crash. of wrecked buildings; the shrieks of the doomed inmates, and the roar of angry waves from the lake below, asif allits waters were breaking Jaose ataniga. . ot ieooae O The last house of the village; on -the side farthest from the "Boss%erg, was that of Antoine Sepel, the: wood-cutter, who, at the firss alarm, snafched up two of his children, and made for the op-: ,Fosit_e hill-side, calling to his wife tofolow with the atber two. Bpt the young- | est, Marianne, a little girl of six, had just ran back into the house, and before her mother could reach her, the first crash came. The terrified woman seized the. other girl, and fled without looking behind her. ¥ - s N But the old servant,iFrancoise, gould: think of her little ,fmtox*ita-ev'en under the shadow of coming @pstruction. She | darted inta the house,“and had: just | eaught the child in her arms, when the tremendous din of the final crash told her that it was'too late. In an instant the house was lifted bodily from its. place, and spun round like.a top.. The | child was torn from her_clasp, and she' felt herself thrown violently forward, the strong . timberg falliug fto. pieces , around her like a pack of . cards, . Still, Lowever, the brave woman strigeléd to free herself; but the weight: that-kegt ; her down defied her wtmost strength. For her own safety she cared little, although a violent pain in her head and a numbness along her léft arm teld her that she was severely hurt.. But where: was the child? o e e

* ¢ Marianne!” cried ‘she, ‘in’ despera- &! L P jon : ; e

““Here T am,” answered a tiny voice, seemingly not far from her. “I'm not f\urt a bit, only there's something holdng me down; and I can see light overhead quite plain, -Won't they come and take us out soon?”’ s B

“No, there’s no hope of that,’’ said the old woman, :feebly; ““this is. the day of doom for us all. Say your prayers, darlinF. and commend yourself to God.”’ Anc up\vard through -the “universal Juin, amid xfhattaemad‘l,'o,<;lta “and uprooted mountains, stole the child’s clear, sweet voice, praying the Erayer that she had learned at her mothér’'s knee.It rose from that grim cliaos of destruction like Jonah’s prayerfromthe depths of the sea, and I_er it was- heard and answered. - L et RAT e

How ldng%the two prisoners remained pent up in that living grave they could never Eave told; but all at once Ma. rianne thought she heard a voice ealling her name, and held her breath to listen. Yes, she wasnot mistaken; there was a_voice calling to her, and’ it was the voite of her father! e Sepel, having :seen his wife and the other three children placed ‘in safety far ug the opposite hillside, had hurried back to seek the missing girl. " But it was vain that he looked for an{, trace of the village or even of the valley it~ self. ' The green, sunny uplands, where the laborers had been wo&i 1z -and the children frolicking but a fe\_\[r\ipurs “before, were now one hideous disorder of fallen ‘rocks, bare gravel, and black cinderg dust, amid w%xioh, he wandered: at random, calling despairingly uponhis: lost darling. = L e But the answer came at last: a clear, musical call, which rose from a shape-~ | less heap of ruin that even he had failed to recognize as his pretty little cottage. Hurrying to the s£°t’ he be-: gtxm to tear away the ‘rubbish with_the $ ren%th of a ‘giant, and speedily drew: forth the child unhurt, the falling: tim-. bers, as it by miracle, having formed & kind of arch over her, co'mp%ote’!y protecting ker from injury, . .. 0 Brave old. Francoise had been less fortunate. Hep left avm. was so badly hurt that she never recovered the useof it, and to the end of her life she was slways timid and nervous from the effects of that terrible night. But, compared with the rest of the ill-fated ¥il;:ggm she might well esteem hepasff tunate. Four-fifths of thawt were

WX ek S SR S éﬂa {m:%*‘é’@}m ‘glbo& e e:‘u wqg,«» o o ‘ﬂ:‘ the bell of its steeple, wh %‘% of Lake Lo VErts, |wi * down the val- - ley, was completely choked up by the .. falling rocks; and the water thus dis- «‘: feolhigh over ‘the i’”"’; r &a‘&gmﬂm« sweeping away every living thing upon. . it 'Ehegl?ncgh a 'Zi:“‘l vals - ley. is still a frightful desext, and here a‘gd there amolnfg the sumuﬁﬂing,hﬂh : you may find some white-haired grandtather who himself witnessed the calam-~ ity, and will fell ‘you, in his. quaint. mountain speech, how the Rossberg fell‘\ ?oniGoldau.—fDavz'd Ker, in Harper's i .gu_a_zg‘l’eople. e & ooy ..~ . Hannah Jane! . Poor, old man! he walked fecbly and disconsolately about the leaf-strewn cem--e‘teri'and paused now and then with a" weak, irresolute air of uncertainty that ‘betokened a failing and troubled mind; he seemed to be 'lookin%-fer some one or something, and yet he did not stay his footsteps at any of the graves, and he ‘passed the costliest monuments without a glance. Présently. he retraced: his way and, seeking here and tlhere among - the anmarked graves in the same listless, dazed _way, ~ approached a lahorer ‘ in.one of the avenues, and asked, trem- - alouslys oo | : - “Can you tell me where Hannah Jane is buried, m%r friend ?*? e The man looked up roughly, and if : the speaker -had beén arrayed in fine broadcloth with a weéd on his silk hat, he would have given him an ungracious - -answer; but he saw a thin: old face set in a frame of white hair, a bent and shrunken form'in humble garb, and he answered réspectfully: L ¢ Who did you say, sir-——wot.name?"’ ‘“Hannah 3ane; sﬁe’s my wife, you know, and because of my son they . . buried her here instead of down in our countty graveyard, where we used tolive years ago.. My; son’s a big man here—a business man—and he gave us a lot worth two hundred dollars to bu her in.. Ibought a Virginny rose a.ndrg sweet-briar. and ‘some sweet-williams, and planted on it; mebbe youw'd know it A ROW s e

“Idon’t know as: Ido,” said the workman gently; ““but if you think youcan fell me about where the grave is, 'l try and help ye.”” - e .+ They walked up and down for a little, and then the old man stopped beside a splendid white marble shaft that reared its fair proportions far above-the uei%hboring monuments, and ‘shaking his, head feebly, 2aid, with the old irresolution: - {

~lf's very strange, an’ T can't make itout at all—mebhe I'm gettin’ old; but Iwas sure this was the'spot.”* . : The workman put up his hand to hide a smile:. N : i b 3

- “That ere grave don't look like as it ever had sweet-william planted om -it, does it, old man? I'm favorableto them flowers myself. Hallo! Wot did you say the name was?’ e . ““Hannah Jane,” answered the old man, reverently lifting his hat from his white hairs, ¢ andwherever you are, my dear, God bless you!” he added, lodking up.to Heaven. : - - “Wall, now,” said the workman, getting down on his knees to look at the lettering on the bran new shaft, ‘this beats me! Here's a H and a J-a-n-e; what’s the rest of the name, old man? Foster?? ! (i

“Yes, yes!” answered the old man, cagerly; then a look of bitter disappointment crept over his face. “You don’tmeanit,”” he said, slowly, “‘they’ve never gone and.put their great monument over Hannah Jane, she that wanted birds and flowers and the blessed air .of heaven above her and the sun shinin’ and the dew fallin’ on the spot where she slept; she that built a laddér to the skies in good deeds and was humbler than aleetle child, and would rayther have had a board at her héad, down in the old graveyard, with plain Hannah Jane on it, carved by me! It don’t seem ri%ht,’ that’s alll’? b DRI . He went away sadly ‘and lingeringly and he never came back, but t%xe man he talked to planted sweet-williams and rose slips on the grave, and it looks strange to see them tanFledin wild profusion about the stately marble, and whenever he sees a funeral stop near that spot, he looks to see if- ahother grave.is.dug there, “‘for some day,”’ he says to himself while he works, “my old man will come- back to ‘his Hannah Jane.Y—Detroit Free Press. =~ * -

A Dose of Medicines

* Probably you've had your little wrestle with medicine. We have. Usually when we.are sick we feel in duty bound to take the advice of a physician, in justice to our -insurance company, and to do nothing that he advises in deference to our own taste. However, we have to pay him all the same, and seo at last we ‘resolved we’d get our mone{y’s worth by doing what he ordered. He gave usa piéce of paper on which. was the diaram of the travels of a fly suffering %rom a horrible attack of delirium tremens—at least that is what it looked like—and we took it to the druggist. He looked at the thing from all four di= ‘rections; andvith an-expression of dense ignorance that convinced us he didn’t know what in blazes the thing meant. “T'his was very reassuring. However, it occurred to us that the man was no en-~ émy .of ours, and” would takepams—ts see that whatever he gave us was harmless, so we-resolved to see .the thing through.” He evidently made up his’ -mind What to give us, when he started to go, and the thought occurred to ns to say: ¢ Make it something that doesn’t . taste bad.” He looked _at us with profound contempt, and said: «Ifyou want this prescription put up as written, you’ll have to take the taste that goes withit.”’ He was ovidently bound to keep up the pretense of knowing what that diagram meant. We feared that'we hai offended him, -and said no more. He began to mix. - The first ingredient he put in the bottle was -a particularly disagreeable looking yellow. The next was color-

less, but had a perfume as of & soap factory.. Then came stuff of a’scum-on-a-mudhole green and various other things that looked as though they mingt make a man wish he was seasick so he’d feel -comparatively well. Having got the compound together, he gave it to us. Our courage began to fail, but we had resolved to see tho®hing threugh, We paid him and took the stuff home. Then, having drawn the curtains and shut the door. so- nobody could see us, we proceeded to swallow a dose.. The druggist had charged us $2.75 for the compound,” and we had thought the price . exorbitant. But we new aequit him of -the extortion. “We had got our money’s ‘worth. Such a taste as that couldn’t be furnished for less.—FHachange. ‘ —— o i Story With a Moral—Read Your Bible. . Since 1874 the County Freasurer has ‘{é&rly reported that $4,000 of county onds then due andon which interest. had ceased, were still unpaid. At first o attention was ,gaid to it, but as the years rolled on the opinion began to. preyail am'onFthose, who ‘took notice of - the matter that some miserly fellow { who owned them had probably hid ‘them * away. and, - died Witgont disclos- . ing their lurking place to any one. "Of ©OUrse every one was surprised when they twere presented last July, andit ! was then -discovered that they were in the possession of one of the ﬁeizknbxn business:men in the county, Mr. Pagn | Bigelow, ‘of Baldwinville. . Mr. Bl§el W | found - themlaid safely away in the leaves: .of his Bible: - ./ . P e " The moralis obvious. . There is no telling how mueh a man loses either in th;s world or mﬂié"héikw&mg his Bible.—Syracuse (N. Y.) Hevald. i > ¥ SETTIRNGY . il 00T R R G ‘.é» e [akotifoh 1o s SRy bt SR ‘bottles, - His olerk’s room .adjoining, B e the svont Bt i‘i‘%f% 36 s“‘7@:‘;%“ ) RN g R g R e VR L T England. He gives away great sums inz ;‘s“’* @h‘wh& ] % %,:'i;:‘?‘ﬁ‘} < SeIR S S SRR TT R L OGHR o¥y