Ligonier Banner., Volume 16, Number 47, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 March 1882 — Page 2

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; J. B, STOLL, Editar. b THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1882. . SPECIAL NOTICE. Y ...,.g Mg Persons wishidg to confer 'with me personally will please call at THE BANNER sanctum from Monday morning until Wednesday noon. - The remainder of the week I am engaged on the Daily and Weekly Monitor in the city of Elkhart., ; R : J.B. STOLL.

Tae Frankford Cresecent asks the following pertinent question: Lk «Why is it that the eulogists of Garfield, Blaine, Ridpath and all the rest, have gone out of their way and actually falsifled history in regard to Garfield and Rosecrans? They all make it out that whatever was done worthy of any praise by the army of the Cumberland, Garfield did (i& There is no need of this. The famd of (¥ttield is secure without tradueing the living.” And the editor of the Crawfordaville Journal quietly remarks: “Speaking of eulogists reminds us to say that Prof, Ridpath’s account of the battle of Chicamauga is the wordiest pieee of nongense that could possibly be written.”

THERE. HAS BEEN some talk of an early Congressional convention, but in our opinion it should hot be appointed to meet earlier than the middle of June, a 8 there would still” be four months left fora political campaign. This would be ampte fime for all political purposes, as hetetofore the campaigns have been too protracted and have only been injurious to political morality. The people ought to be allowed to attend to business as much as possible, as this is one of their inalienable rights, and the committee that undertakes to appoint an earlier convention will act in.direct opposition to the interests of the country. By all means let the convention not be held too soon. i § .

Ex-UNITED STATES SENATOR OsBORN of Florida, in an article published in the lugetmational' Review, says that Blainé’s scheme for a congress of the South American republics meant the confederation of nine of those republics into one nation, and the construction of a railway thrdfigh the entire South American continent, to be connected with the lines of the United States by way of Central America and Mexico. This is not Mr. Blaine’s first scheme, by any means, in regard to railroads, and by a strange freak of—luck perhaps,he always manages to make money by them. This latest scheme must have afforded him a vast deal of self-congratulation as long as it promised success. - ’

THOSE WHO enjoy scandal and expected a scandalous morsel will be disappointed, and those who dreaded certain threatened disclosures will congider it a cause for congratulation, to learn that the Sprague divorce case has ‘ at last been peaceably settled: Mrs., Sprague withdrew all charges save that of failure to provide, and ex-Senator' Sprague made equal concessions, andi the divorce was granted without thel disgraceflil suit that was anticipated. Mrs. Sprague will have the castody of her daughters and Mr. Sprague will keep the son. And thus ends the married life of the beantiful Kate Chase Sprague who_‘inearlyf twenty two years ago first met the then dashing millionaire Governor of Rhode Island.

"PHENAME of Hon. William R. Myers, of Anderson, has been announced as a candidate for the nomination of Secre: tary of State before the next Democratic State Convention. Capt. Myers +served one term in Congress, made an excellent record, and would be a strong candidate. .A number of prominent Indiana Democrats throughout the State have expressed themselves in favor of Capt. Myers. lle is popular with the soldiers of both parties who would heartily suapport. him. One well-known Indiana Democrat recently said that he “knew ofg#o Democrat who could “draw so heavily from the Republican counties in the eastern and northernpart of the State and yet carry so fully thestrength of the ticket in the Democratic counties as Captain Myeérs.” Public feeling being so strongly in his favor, his nomination may reasonably be anticipated. :

THE REPUBLICANS may take what comfort they can in the coaliticn for spoils’ purposes between their party and the Tammany strikers, but this vety coalition produced such disgust throughott the State that to it, in a great measure, 18 owed the election of a Democrat as suecessor ‘to the late Senator Waghner, who 'was last fall elected by the Hepublicans with nearly 7,000 majority. ‘The eleztion was held very soon after the alliance with Kelly and his folower§ was formed and resol(z-‘ tions were passed .by the convention which nominated Baucus, the Democrat, especially condemning that alliance. 'l'he following, from the Albany Argus, speaks for itself: “The renewal of the coalition with Tammany elected Mr. Cornell in 1879, and Garfield in 1880, and Carr in 1881, and by which renewal if sold itself to renominate and re-elect’ Mr. Cornell in 1882. has been seen and punished by ‘an election which revolutionizes a republican stronghold, and which reflects the opinion of the State.”

THE.INDIANAPOLIS DEMOCRACY. The Democracy of Center township (embracing the city of Indianapolis) met 'in convention last Satarday for township purposes. The convention was very largely attended. -Among the resolutions adopted unanimously we find the following: , Resolved, That the Democracy of Center township is in favor of sobriety and temperance, and fdr all proper means for the promotion of these virtues; but we are unconditionally opposed to the proposed amendment to the constitution prohibiting the sale and manufacture of spirituous and malt liquors; that the real issuein the coming campaign is prohibition or antiprohibition, The de?ocracy of this township is in favor of a full and fair digcussion of the merits of the proposed amendment during the coming State campaign. e o

This resolution is a re-affirmation ofl the principles enunciated’ by the Indianapolis Democracy in 1856, when prohibitory fanaticism was at its highest’ pitch. The bold stand then taken was ratified by splendid democratic victories at the spring and fall elections, of that year. A like result is expected this year, though the prohibition and woman suffrage organ at the State Capital —the Tndinapolis. amzmez—-‘ denounces the reselvtion of the Indi-

anapolis Democracy as “little less than a criminal blunder.” Query: Why didn’t the Bentinel man say so in township convention ? P

. THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT. When the Legislature of Indiana, at ita late session, voted in favor of proposing certain amendments to the con-, stitution, the advoecates of prohibition proclaimed it as their intention to oppose the election of any candidate for the Legislature who did not openly declare himself in favor of ratifying the prohibition amendment. Discovering & disinclination on part of a formida‘ble elemeént ot the républican party to aid in incorporating a prohibitory clause in the constitution, a change, of tactics was resolved upon, and the decree issued that the question of favoring the adoption of the prohibitory amendment must be ignored, and that henceforth the prohibitionists should simply require a pledge on part of candidates for the Legislature to vote for the submission of said amendment to a vote of the people. :

This is what might be called a sharp dodge, to catch the unwary. It is a delightful thing to talk about referring such questions directly to the approval or rejection of the people. “That is deniocratic,” says one; “that is republican,” says another. “All power is vested in the people, and they should have a chance %o vote for or against the amendment.” These are in sub-| stance the pleas of the demagogues who have engaged in a systematic at‘tempt to mislead and deceive the vé¥ ters of Indiana. : ; Let us go to the bottom of this prohibition scheme, and see-what is really contemplated. , ‘ During the campaign of 1880 not ¢ne ‘word was uttered by either of the three parties as to prohibition. No such isgite was introduced in that campaign. Prohibition was not even whispered. It appears, however, that in certain quarters Republican politicians secretly promised that in the event of the election of a Republican Legislature the liquor law should and would be so changed as to meet the wishes -and the demands of the advocates of total abstinence. When the Legislature met, a fulfillment of these secret pledges was demanded by those to whom these assurances had been made, These exactions caused great uneasiness among the Republican politicians who feared the result of the proposed legislation. (Caucuses were held, thei advisability of such legislation elaborately discussed pro and con, but no satisfactory action could be agreed ‘upf‘ on, Finally some shrewd fellow dis-' covered a way out of the dilemma, and the prohibition amendment was bro’t forth as an all-healing panacea tor the ills of the Republican body. The great body of the Republicans in both houses voted for the amendment, while nearly the entire vote of the Democracy was cast against it. The next point to be achieved was to remove the amendment from party politics. - This was another cunning device of the Republican schemers who thus seught to cast off their own bantling by throwing it upon the cold charity of an unsympathetic world. ' " Hence it is that special efforts are being made to inveigle unsuspecting Democrats into signinga pledge not to vote for any candidate for the Legisla‘ture who does not agree to vote for the: submission of the proposed amendment. .

- Why is it that these schemers are 80 tenacious in clamoring for such ‘sabmission, instead of bringing the question fairly and squarely toan issue at the next State election? - The solution may be found in the fact that they do mot trust to a full and free discussion of the merits of pro- | hibition, and that they hope to ward off such discussion by “taking the question out of politics.” The instigators of this scheme calculate upon a repetition of the amending process enacted a year ago, when the organic law was changed by a minority of the total vote of the State. They arefurtheranxious to relieve the republican party of fathering its’ own bantling. Why take this proposed amendment out of politics? What &re political parties for but to determine issues that periodicals ly come before the people? What more important issue can a party deal with than that of changing the constitution in respect to matters that directly afféct the material interests of the people?

" In the proposition to prohibit the ‘manufacture and sale of all kinds .of{ liquors areinvolved questions pertaining to taxation, industrial and man‘u~| facturing interests, public morals, etc.i Property of individuals and of corpo-, rations is at stake.. Labor would be materially affected. Millions of dollars areinvested in the liquor business. The large sums of taxes which these establishments pay annually would have to be derived. from other sources - from the farm, the workshop, and other branches of industry. Experience has taught beyond dispute that prohibition does not prohibit the use of liquor, It has been tried over and over, and as often abandoned asineflieacious demoralizing. Massachusetts has tried it and its people were glad to return to the license system. If prohibition proved a failure in puritanical Massachusetts, what hope can there be for that measure in liberal Indiana? The clatter and chatter about “the sacred right of the people to vote for or against prohibition” is raised’ for the sole purpose of diverting attention from the real issue. Those who talk so glibly in that strain are a class of individuals who either have selfish ‘ political interests at stake or who are afraid to take a stand for or sgainsti the proposed amendment. The man of principle and of positive convictions does not shrink from a free and open discussion. Prohibition is either right or wrong, politic or impolitic. Its merits or demerits should be brought conspicuously to public notice. From ‘ our standpoint it is wrongin principle, fallacious in theory, ineffective and demoralizing in its application, and in certain particulars detrimental to good society. It has a tendency to bring law into contempt and to make lawbreakers by the thousand. = It leads to daplicity, hypoerisy aud low cunning. ‘Until the taste for alcoholic drinks is extinguished and eradicated, liquor will be used in spite of all the prohibi, tory législation that may bepiled upon our statate books: Hence we take a decided stand in favor of a rigid li(cense law for the regulation of the liquor traffic, und the cultivation of a wholesome public senttment that will|

sustain the enforcement of the law for | vice. We would have drunkenness made odious and violators otthom:g subjected to rigid punishment. In-| stead of brioging law into contempt we. ‘would foster a due regard for its provisions. , How ‘many of those who are to-day clamoring for prohibition ‘have read the license law now in foree in Indiana, and.how many of them have wused their influence to enforce the same? Let these amendment shriekers examixt)e that law and inguire whether it is not well calculated to suppress intemperance if enforced. If nosuch efforts have been made, who is to be censured ? As for submitting the proposed amendment to the people, we can only say, in this issue, {hat the constitution of Indiana provides for the manner of amending that instrument, by requiring all amendments to bé affitmatively acted Tpon by two successive Legislatures. The purpose of :this provision doubtless is to guard against hasty and inconsiderate changes of: the organic law, and to divide the responsibility fdr such changes between the peopie and the legislative department of the government. If amendments to ‘the constitution were simply to he submitted to'the people the action of one Legislature would be all-sufficient. But the framers of the constitution were desirous of guarding against hasty ac- { tion, and therefore proyided foran interval of two years wherein the people are to consider the feasibility and gflvipgbility of incorporating the proposed ‘amendment or amendments into the constitution. At the next election for members of the General Assembly the people are to express their approval or disapproval of the proposed amendment, and if a majority desire its adoption, the newly elected Legislature, reflecting the popular will and satisfied of the feasibility and soundness of the measure, shall then ratify the action of the preceding Legislature and provide for submitting the amendment to a final vote by the people. The wisdom ‘of this provision is appar ent. It puts a check on all spasmodic attempts at changing the supreme law of the State and provides for ample time to fully consider and discuss the proposed chauges, Our prohibitionl friends do not like this plan of bhe‘ framers of the constitution. They protest against making prohibition an issue and insist upon the Legislature acting as a mere machine for saying yes, regardless of the opinions which ‘the members of that body may entertain. We are pleased to know that this unprincipled scheme js openly denounced by fnany of those who at first favored the prohibition movement. The. following from the Nashville (Ind.) Jacksontan, a staunch temperance paper, is directly in point: : A prohibitory amendment is before the people for adoption orrejection by the next Legislature, i That Legislature has not the option to submit that amendment to the people for l'zltificatiOl} WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE MERITS OF THE AMENDMENT, 5 .

The Senators and Representatives must vote for or against that amendment ON THEIR OATHS. If they vote that the amendmcnt's’l;all go into the Constitution, then they have ON THEIR OATHS said that the amendment is right. 1f they vote that the amendment shall not’go intp the Constitution, then they have said UPON THEIR OATIS that the amendment is wrong. ' Itis aweak-evasion to say that the question of “whether the next Legislature shall bt for or against prohibition, is not now ‘before the people. g If the next Legislature shall be FOR the ‘amendment and ADOPT IT, then the Constitution submits the action of the Legislature to the-approval or rejection of the people—and all that the Legislature does in the matter of submission is to fix the time and manner of voting for or against ‘the ratification of the amendment, .

The ¢ Jacksonjan ” ‘is & temperance paper, but it will not stoop to.the proposed fraudulent manner of obtaining votes for the temperance cause. Indeed, so objectionable is the course of the MANAGING FORCES of the Prohibition-. istsy that thie cause of prohibition i defeated as we believe, in the outset; and we see nq work before theistraightforward advocates of temperance, but what has always been before them in the great open field of precept and example. i

Local Correspondence. ROMLLE CITY. Now is the time to sow early seeds and plant your spring chickens. 4 Two funerals in town last Wednesday. . ~ The Freewill Baptists have organjzed a.church here. ' . Don’t forget the Greenback meeting at the Town Hall next Saturday evening. | , No nominations for township officers in Orange township yet. The politics of Orange township is a little peculiar and somewhat amusing. The Democrats ave totally helpless without the aid of the Gresnbackers. The Greenbackers are mnot powerful enough to control things in their own way, and a united oppositior beats the Republicans every time. Truly Orange is the interesting township of Noble county. o ;

The temperance cause in Rome is booming. Elder Blanchard, of Wolcottville, preached the funeral sermon of Mrs. Elmer Warner at this place on Wednesday last. 3 ' Elder Chase, of Hillsdale, Michigan, preached the funeral . sermon Mrs. S. W-. Dodge on Wednesday last. ? . The “Skillen House” is now rapidly undergoing repairs and will be ready for occupancy about the 18t of April. ' Jones & Weatherwax: are preparing to raise their new building and put another story under it. The upper part is to be used for bed rooms. Geo. R. and Milo Jones will hereafter occupy the room nyw containing Frank Drake’s hardwm for a meat market. ‘ 4t

Frank M. Drake 'having positively determined to leave town, Skillen will put in a small assortment of hardware in his new establishment. '+ John Dammann is fitting up room No. 3, in Business Row, to be used by himself for a restaurant, etc. Henry Dammann has again started up his meat market, and in addition to meat he keeps butter and eggs. If anybody in- Rome can’buy potatoes, onions and apples for much less ‘than a cent apiece, or 6 for 5 cents, they can beat us. = ' : Harry Reynolds, Esq. of Ligonier, will treat the Romanites to a Greenback speech on Saturday evening. ‘Turn out, gentlemen and ludies, and see the old coons skinned and the fur

fly.- : y'l‘he old sheds in front of the buildin on Business Row are all to be taken down and new awnings willssupply ‘their places. » ‘Trustee Waldron will, on the 25th of this month, let to the lowest responsible bidder the contract for improving }the Town House, public square, ete. Sealed proposals will be received until that time. ' Clark Pierce positively, unequivo-« ‘cally and unceremoniously declines to be & candidate for township trustee in (Ignge township. Doctor Hosier will soon be a resident of Rome. The Dr. would make a good ‘Squire. - | y ;

If there is any one thing of a political nature &at hat seems to be definitely settled it is this: George Jones will ke constuble’ after the first Monday in April.. : ~ Esq. Dunn. of Brimfield, attended the funeral of Mrs. Dodge last Wednesday. The old ’Squire solemnized the marriageof S. W. Dodge and Lydia Knight, when they tirst appeared before the altar, : The schools of Orange townszhip, outside of the towns, all commence on election day. 2 . Miss Fonnie Skillen was able to take fharge of her school again on Monday ast.

* There is a terrible: pressure being brought to bear to try to induce Capt. Ede Fisher to accept the office of township trustee. ‘: L Milan W. Fisher (Duke) left on Mon- | day last. for Michigan, where he will enter Hillsdale College. A bright fu ; ture is before him. He leaves here with the egood wishes of all. S We predict that the reason why there has been po political caucuses held in this township this spring is this: There is a great dezl of independence in the voters of Orange township, and they seem more than ever determined to *“sit down” on all cancus combinations, come from what source they may. They propose that the PEOPLE shall govern without the aid of dictators and the lash of the ring master. Earl Strohman, a three-year-old darling boy of Della Strohman (nee Highbargin) died of measles and diphtheria on Saturday last and was buried at the cemetery near Wolcottviile on Sundav. = Funeral services by, Elder Blanchard, of Wolcottville. Little Earl was an augelic boy and a favorite of all. Ie has gone to join the angels in the happy throng. Tommy Smith, the new Democratic committeeman, attended tbe meeting of Grand Sanhedrims at Albion on Sat’ urday last. We have received no report from Tommy, and do not know 'what .instructions he received. But ‘Tom has a good deal of sound sense ‘and good judgment and unless he will be' governed by these, independent of the opinionsand instructions of others, he may as well “hang his harp upon the willow.” . Vo AT RIS,

3 ——— e e J BRIM FILICLID. Remember the Lyceum next Friday evening. : ; | Rev. Chaplin, a Universalist minis’ ter, preached at the church Sunday evening last. . . Putt and Grapnis shipped several car loads of cattle and sheep from this place last Saturday. The dramatic entertainment Lyceum Hall, Friday and Saturday even ings, was well attended and was a success financially. Geo. Mayhood has been mentioned in connection with the office of Assessor. George is a Greenbacker and consequently . a good fellow and would ‘make a good Assessor. | . Butter is butter. .Last week as high as thirty cents per pound was paid fer that article of country preduce, but it is now only bringing 25 c%nts. ;

Brimfield has turned out ten school teachers, four of whom hold a two year license. What other town the size of Brimfield can make a better showing? ‘*Alexis”, we are ready to hear from you again. The line has been drawn. The Republicans have called a township cau cus for the nomination of candidates for the various offices. This means a political contest, and the opposition to this will most likely be a combination of Democrats, Greenbackers and Independents. But let the result be as it may, township elections furnish no accurate strength of a party. E. M. Coldren has concluded to become a granger. He has purchased a farm near town. E. M. ‘we welcome you into the fraternity and trust that you have got the wind and muscle to hang on. ~ : - We took a trip over to the “Hub” last Saturday. It had been nearly two years since last we were there. Found “Long John Smith” behind the desk in ‘Treasurer Lang’s office. John greeted us with a smile that reached from one ‘auricle to the other. Took a short stroll around town, and noticed a big improvement in the shape cf newly ‘erected business houses. Took dinner with “mine host”, Dick Williams, who, by the way, has erected a fine hotel and sets a good table. Albion is apparently an enterprising place, but undoubtedly it has more mud to the square inch than any other town in Northern Indiana. = Kendallville complains of her muddy streets, but Al.bion can discount, Kendallville two to one and ther have mud left. SKUTOFF.

———— - ——— WOLEF LAKI, (Received too late for last week.) | Farmers are procuring their helpers for the coming summer. Some of the boys seem to be in & hurry to contract. Go ahead, young fellows, the early bird catches the worm. Diphtheria is ragitig {0 some extent in this vicinity. . : : Dr. Robinson has become a free holder of Wolf L.ake. He has purchased a house and lot of Conrad Nicodemus, which he is rapidly repairing. Andrew McCloughen, bought a lot of Daniel Winebrenner on which he is erecting a dwelling. “Sun Set”, we are sorry to repott that the light fantastic will not take place in the drug store. : We understand that Miss Jessie McMann, of Ligonier, is employed to teach the spring term here, Miss Jennie Allen has contracted to teach the Green Center school this summer, : Gracie Haggerty islying very low of some disease, we did not learn what. The new drug store will be ready for occupancy next week. One of our boys, who lives near town, fell afoul of a Michigan horse jockey a few days since, |at ‘Ligonier, with whom .he traded horses. When ready to.start for home he discoyered that the horse was worthless, so he soid him for the neat sum of $lO and hired a horse to ecome home with. .

Schools of this township have all closed but two, which will close to morrow (Friday.) . o ; Miss Hattie Karr has returned from Green Center, where she has been for several weeks. Big dinners seem to be the rage now on the last day of school. A grand dinper to-morrow (Friday) at the Stults school. ] . There was a terrible rampus among the horses at the Poplar school house last Friday night. . The question for the average Wolf Lakeite for the past few days is: If a man sell a horse for $lOO and buy him back for $9O and sells him again for $llO, what does he make in the two transactions? We would like to bear the opinions of the different correspondents on this question. : ‘A young man of our town 13 years old, at his first examination foy teach ers’ license stoed 100 in history, 100 in arithmetic, and had a general average of 82. We challenge any reader of THE BANNER in the State of his age to match him in mathematics. The site for our new school house is a- beautiful inclined | plane betwesn Washington and Lake streets. Contractors, remember—bids will be received for che erection of our school bouse, March 81st. : Miss Bertha Jopp, of Ligonier, is the guest of B. P. Gray this week. H. F. Ufford, of Lewistown, Illiuois. was the guest of Stedmap Gray a part of last week, He returned home on Monday. | ' SHAKESPEARE.

YORK TOWNSIIP. Mrs. Long came very near dying, a few days since, by inhal‘ng an odor arising from the chemical action of several acids. b . Mrs. Norris is lying very ill with rheumatism and old age combined. Jerry Braudeberry was suddenly taken very ill Saturday evening after the Literary Society had adjourned, and

being “out -t his head”, chased a yoix‘mg t:mn of this distbrict nearly a mile, to shake haads with him we suppose. ""Howf‘-id-i,f PR : Pleasant Hill sehipol closed last Friday. . {f",‘“ v : ‘We think that it might be well for Miss Ho;t to again devote some of her time to reforming the intemperate of Wawaka and Pleasant Hill, for since she was here infemperance seems to be ratber on the.inecrease instead of diminishing. Her arguments might have a goud effect apon those who are in the habit of getting drunk and abusing their wives. - ~ We understand that James Morrell intends to sell out and go to Goshen tor the purposa of working in a factory. We hope he may be successful for be is a boss fellow. o :

Mr. Thomas Butts seems to be busily engaged in the hooppole blmi-‘i ness, judgiog from the number of loads. taken to town. : ! Meilis Neufer has returned- home from Ligonier, where she has been for some tiwe. el . A school ‘meeting will i be held at Pleasant Hill next Saturday evening for the purposs of selecting a teacher for the coming term. & We understand thal the new cliurch at W_a’\l.{zfia_ will ba dedicated, soon. Buth young and old of both sexes are engaged 1n waking preparations for the event. X e ; : The minister at Pieasant Hill in a recent sermon made a few remarks about certuin dilatory members and those remarks cauged no little excite: ment. We think’s?if the remarks had been a little less personal the effect would have been just as good. The “Troupe” thinks Cromwell i 3 a good place—ior mud. = ~ The Literary gociety iat Pleasant | Hli]ll ;lvilil close nex Mondg.y night, at which time altr#® iegs of the society, will be flanfifi,- i& TP Qe sedlety We are sorsy toBay that this wiilbe our last correspomdende. from Yoik township to yeur, viluable paper, yet wherevier we go we shall not neglect to send such interesting items as we may pick up t 6 the paper we consider the best.in the county. FREMONT.

SPRING Hlfdl. A number’ are still complaining of 80T arms. James Heshaw is now in our midst. Mrs. Ellen Cress spent last Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Richmond, of this place. James. Fail ieft for home last Wednesday, taking with him the good wishes of -all the young ladiés in this vicinity. . i 5 ~ Mrs. Mollie Catey, of LaGrange, spent last Saturday and Sunday with friends in this neighborhood. Mrs. C.is an accomplished lady. =~ ~ Melvin Richmond returned homse last Saturday, and will remain during the coming sammmer, | Boys, don’t stand in the vestibule of the church and make remarks about those gentlemen who take their ladies from the frent of the building, but go thou and do likewise. ‘ - Mrs. Susaa Cummings and daughter Maggie spept last Safurday here, visiting old friends. s Willie Guffey, of DeKalb Center, Til, is around grasping' the hands of relatives this week. £ [

Sugar making has about played out. The Elkhbart river is on a *high”. Such weather as we have been having is very unfavorable for the prospects of a good wheat crop. Miss Maggie Hough spent last week with her friend Miss Mellie Neufer, of Wawaka. She reports a pleasdnt visit, We understand that Eli Guffey contemplates selling his farm. Mr. George Wade.bas exchanged his farm r¢sidence for one in' Ligonier. We hope Mr. Wade may find the change a good one. Abe Wolf has had about 250 cords of wood cut this winter. : " David Hough is now confined to his room with aseverecold. SUN SET.

A LBION. T P Quite an excitement was caused one one mght last week by one of the chimneys of the jail burning out. The west end of town. was brilliantly illuminated and au alarm of fire raised. Commissioners’ court 1s over and lots of business-has been transacted. - Conrt, commences on Monday next. There will be a full docket again. Rev. Smith is lying at the point of death. ¢ Superintendent Singrey, of the poor farm, is on the sick list. : The oldest boy of Mr. and Mrs. F. Kimmel died last week of diphtheria and was buried in the cemetery at this place. | o P. Al Sunday coutemplates building a handsome dwelling houss tt;‘is coming summer. \ Work has already been commenced on the new depot. Oan Tuesday a freight car, loaded with live stock on the way to Dakota, juraped the frack and smashed one set of trucks. It was delayed at this place for eight hours. : Miller has opened his book store in the post office building. J. B. Stoil and J. E. McDonald were in town on Saturday and Sunday. They registered at the Williams Hotel, Mr. Palmer, of the firm of Adams, Palmer & Co., is in- New York purchasing goods. - The spring election is near at hand and we should be careful to select good men for the various positions. G.'C.

o WAWARKA, % "Johin Pickett returned to Eaglewood last Tuesday evening, accompanied by Noah Myers, who will work at his trade at that place. : Joho Haid started for Illinois last Tuesday to visit his brother. : The Minstrel Club, of Pleasant Hill, gave an enfertainment at Zimmerman’s Hall, Tuesday evening. The attendanee w.s large. Samuel Bittler, while passing out of the post office, slipped and fell, cutting a severe gash just above the eye. Mrs. Lucy Praul celebrated her 65th birthday last Monday at the residence of ‘her son-in-law, Charles Thompson. Twenty seven guests partook of a spmptuou&ginmfuaimx.which a numger Olf gifts were pfesented to Mre, raul. ~ s The Wawaka sehool closed on Fri day last. Mr. William Mummert has built” an addition to the post office building. We understand that Mrs. Lewis Bill - man contemplates going west with her parents. = . e Murs. C. K. Greene Jias returned home from Ohio where she has been visiting relativés for a few weeks past. ’Dolphus Thompson is preparing to g 0 west, He will start about the first of. April. f Miss Kate Knox has been visiting friends at this place. Cus.

BAKERTOWN. A’ httle gale passed through this place on Thursday last, continuing about two minuted® and throwing down feuces. Cyrus Stanley has moved onto John Singrey's farm, ‘ John Toster will probably be a candidate for Assessor in this township. He would make a goed officer. : John Brackney is our man for Justice of the Peace. Unel® John, don’t you Kkick, for we want a Justice on our side of the township once. ; The diteh located through the farms of J, Kimmell and W, Easter, is causing quite a stir among those who live along the intended lipe, as they will have to help make if, : J. Brumbaugh can bbast of a bran new baby a$ his house. . : ‘The man who says that a woeman controlled the votes of Bakertown Jast fall at a school meeting, got mad because he failed to get a grip of that kind on them this eq{vi-nm‘ The fact is, the voters of Bakertown ask no one to instruct them in voting on any .cc. casion, ,and;aufihmedn who attempts such a thing will always_ be sadly disappointed. LooK:QUT,

Mrs. Rachel Gortner, residing near Bristol, Elkhart coanty, daring the year ending March 12, wove just 1500 yards of carpet for different people in that neighborhood, -

EPITOME OF THE WEEK. S Sl Interesting News Compilation. e . XLVIIth Congress. WEDNESDAY, [ March B.—Tn the Scnate the motion to refer to the Finance Committee the bill for a Liquor Commission was lost, and the measure was laid aside. The Chinese bill came up. Mr. Ingalls’ amendment to limit to ten years the suspension of immigration was defeated by a tie vote. Mr. Platt made a lénzthy argument against the measure. Mr. Saunders submitted a joint resolution for a Constitutional amendment allowing the people to elect Marshals, District Attorneys, Postmasters and Internal Revenue Officers. In the House Mr, Reed reported amendments to the rules, which were laid over. Mr. Harris reported.a bill for the construction of naval vessels. A bill authorizing the purchase of the Freedmen’s Bank building at Washington for $250,000 was ‘passed, as was also the Senate bill appropriating $7,500 to aid the Society of the Army of the Cumberland to erect a statue to GGeneral Garfield.

THUrsDAY, March 9.—A resolution was passed in the Senate instructing the Secretary of State’ to ascertain the cause of the | imprisonment in Great Britain of an Ameri- | can citizen named Daniel McSweency. A resolution by Mr. Sawyer was adopted, instructing the Secretary of “War to.report the cost of constructing the Sturgeon Bay Canal in Wisconsin, with a view -to making it free to commerce. The bill for a Liguor Commission was taken up, and 1t was agreed that not more than three shonld be Prohibitionists. The Chinese hill was amended to provide that no Celestial shail be naturalized within the United States, and that no laborers can immigrate within twenty péars: The bitlwas then paSsel by a vote of—ayes, 20; nays, 15. In the House a bill was reported for the admission into the Union.of the Territory of Washington. The Agricultural Appropriation bill came up, and amendments were adopted for statistics in regard to the manufacture and exportation of oleomatzarine, for statements of reight charges by rail and river, to appro‘priate $35,000 for experiments in making sug‘ar, and to increase the allowance for investigating forestry, when the bill was passed. - ‘Fripay, March 'lo.—lln the Senate a resolution was reported requesting the President to arrange with Niearagua for the settlement ~of public and private claims. A resolution directing the use of Goverament vessels in disAributing supplies to the sufferers along the Mississippl and its tributaries was adopted. After debate the bill for the creation of a Commission on the liquor traffie, to be com‘posed of seven persoiis, was passed—ayes, 34; nays, 14. A motion to take up the Japanese Indemnity Fund bill was negatived by a vote of 14 to 34. An adjournment to the 13th was taken. ' In the House a minority report was presented, declaring U. D. Ball entitled to a seat as Delegate from Alaska. Four memorials from Utah, with over fifty thousand signatures, were presented, asking a suspension of action on bills relating to that Territory and the appointment of ‘an unprejudiced Commyission to determine the state of affairs. An appropriation of $lO,OOO for extra expenses by the Light-house Board caused by the flood in the Mississippi was passed. A joint resolu--tion for the use of Government steamers in distributing food to the sufferers in the South by overflow was adopted. The private calendar was then-taken up. An evening ' session was held to consider Pension bills, at which seventy-seven of the bills were passed. - Adjourned to the 13th. .

From Washington. : It was decided recently by the United States Supreme Court that the dutiable quélity of sugars is to be determined by their actual color, and not by their saccharine strength. This decision reverses the position taken bythe Treasury Department. : ¢ Tue Adjutant-General of 'the Army was res cently requested by General Sturgis to order a: Court of Inquiry into the charges connected with his management of the Guntown expedition. = It is stated thatthe number of Indians held as prisoners on the Bth under the orders of the War Department was 654, Horm Tir Postmaster-General has . announced that after July 1 no allowance will be made to postmasters for sdvertising dead letters, unless authority is first obtained from the First Assistant Postriaster-General. e A piin for the admission of Washington Territory into the Union, as a State, with the name -of Washington, was reported in the House on the 9th. THE vote in the Senate on the 9thon the final passage of the Chinese Tmmigration bill was as follows: : Yras—Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Call, Cameron (Wis.), Cockrell, Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Gorman, Hale, Harris, Hill (Col.), Jackson, Jonas, Jones (Nev.), Miller (Cal.), Miller (N. Y.), Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Saw&’er, Slater, Teller, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker—29. Nays—Messrs, Aldrich, Allison, Blaér. Brown, Conger, Davis (ill.), Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Hoar, Ingalls; Lapham, McDill, McMillan, Merrill—ls. 5 % S

_ The Raii:s were announced of Camden, Davis (W. Va.), Grover, Hanton, Butler, McPherson, Johnston, Jones (Fla.) and Pendleton, in favor of the bill, with Anthony, Windom, Van Wyck, Mitchell, Hawley, Scwell, Platt, Rollins and Sherman, against it. i BursiNgess failures to the number of 143 were reported in' the United States during the seven days ended on the 9th—an increase of 15 over those of the prec@#ding week. GENERAL BrADY, late Assistant PostmasterGeneral, on the 10th gave bonds in the amount of $20,000 to appear for trial onthe indictment against him in connection with the Star-route cases, and ex-Senator Dorsey gave honds in the sum of $lO,OOO.

A WasHINGTON dispatch of the 10th states that Sergeant Mason, who fired at Guiteau, had been sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the army and to be confined at hard labor for eight years in the Albany (N. Y.) Penitentiary. General Hancock had given the verdict his approval. : . Tue State Department was informed on the :10th of the death in Liberia of Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, United States Ministen. His death occurred February 13. THE bill for a commission on the alcoholic liquor traffic, as it was recently passed by the ‘SBenate, provides for the appointment by the President and confirmation by the Senate of a commission of seven persons, not more than four of whom shall be of the same political party, or be advocates of prohibition, to hold office not exceeding two years, who shall investigate 'the alcoholie liquor traffic, its relations to revenue and taxation, and its general economie, criminal, moral and scientific aspects in gonnection with pauperism, crime, social vice, public health and general welfare, and who shall inquire as to the principal results of license and prohibitory legislation, The Commissioners are ta serve without salary, and report within eighteen monthg after the passage of the act. An appropriation of $lO,OOO is made for their expenses. The vote on the passage of the-bill was as follows: Yras.—Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Coke, Corger, Davis (111.), Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Frye, Garland, Geor%e-. Groome, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hill (Col.), Hoar, Layhum-. MeDill, McMillan, Mahone, Maxefi Miller (Cal.), Mitchell, Morrill, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Teller, Wadker—3l. Navs—Bayard, Beck, Hampton, Harrig, Jonas, Jones (Fla.), Mor%an, Pendleton, Pugh, Ransom, Slater, meee, an Wyck, Vest—ll 4. Messra. Kellogg. Jones (Nev.), andom, Cameron (Wis,) and “feller, in favor of the bill, were '%%ire({ with Messrs, Farley, Williams, Davis (W. Va.), Jackson and Johnston, against. Mr. Brown was paired with Mr. Sasunders, .

SERGEANT MAsSoON on the 11th was igformed of the sentence imposed upon him by the Court-martial for shooting at Guiteau. He received it with. apparent indifference. Already numerous petitions from various parts of the country had been received by the President asking him to pardon Mason. A WasHINGTON dispatch of the 12th announces the death of Lard AGeorge Francis Montague, an attache of the British Embassy, after an illness of three days. TuE President on the 11th approved the act authorizing the use of naval vessels in aid of sufferers by the Mississippi floods, and the act making an appropriation for' the proposed Garfield monument. - Tue Secretary of the Interior has ordered Agent Armstrong to sond one hundred Indian children from the Crow agency in Montana to certain farmers in Ohjo, to be developed in mind and musele. =~ . o g A REPORT was sent out on the 11th by the National Board of Health thati small-pox wis decreasing im all parts of the country. :

; . The East, ‘ Tne ‘‘fat boy,” David Navarro, who was twenty-one years of age and weighed 700} pounds, died in Pittsburgh, Pa., of small-pox & few days ago. ~ AxNlg Lovise CAny, according to statements pronounced reliable, will be married during the coming summer and retire from ithe stage.: - ; i i THERE hive recently been placed in a pond An Central Park, New York, twenty-one sea-: Tons, which were lassqed on. the coast four ‘Bundred miles ngrth of Ban Francisco. ;

Iy New York City a few days ago several of the leading retail merchants were afrested on the charge of cruelty in not providing their female clerks with seats. = After a hearing, in which the women expressed a willingness to testify in hehalf of their employers, the latter were discharged. : ! , : HAzAEL, one of the contestants in the recent walking-match in New York, was paid $9,330 for gate money and $9,000 for sweepstakes, and Fitzgerald secured the sum of $4,750. IN New York City the other day a Coffee Exchange was organized with a membership numbering 112. 5 AX explosion oceurred in two powder storehouses at Acton, :Mass., a few days ago. A large quantity of powder was destroyed and one employe was blown into the eanal and drowned. i i

THE Supreme Court of Rhode Island de¢élined recently to confirm the sale of the Sprague estate at private sale, but decreed that the property should besold in bulk at auckion; the upset price to be $2,880,000. THE will of Miss Sarah Burr, of New York, recently probated, provides for the distribution of nearly $3,000,000 among the benevolent and religious societies of that city. 0. L. GILLETTE, cigar mansgfacturer of Boston, failed on the 9th for $50,000, and J. Hadden, boots and shoes, of the same city, for §75,000. Three shoe firmsyhad suspended at Haverhill—L. A. Finney, Tenney & Fox: and Moulton & Gage. ; A Nuw Yoßrk telegram af the oth states that R. H. Cornwall, the veteran call-loan clerk of the Fourth National Bank of New York, had ensbezzled §70,000 and spent it in speculation on Wall street within the previoas three months. : : y

CoMMIS3IONER SaIELDS, of New York, has recently refused naturalization papers to Hop Sing, part owner of a silver mine in Nevada, on the ground that a Chinaman is not a free white person under the statute. It is estimated by a steamship agent. at New York that the arrivals at Castle Garden from the present time to January will be 600,000. ; . 8. H. Coxprr, a director of the Mechanic's National Bank of Newark, N. J., was arrest~' ed a few days Bgo on u eivili suit, the&éo'dfid, of the bank claiming that Condit had kaowledge of and profited' by the defalcation of Cashier Baldwin. The defendant gave hail in $250,00. : 5 THE American Cable Company has recently decided to establish communication with Brazil. ; ; SEVENTEEN HUNDRED employes at the Bloomingdale (N. J.) rubber works went out on a strike a few days ago. : West and South. ! OX the 7th the thermometer in Northera Minnesota registered twenty-fivé degrees below zero, and twenty degrees helow at Bismarck. ¢ Fa S

DispATCHES on the 7tM stated that at least 40,000 persons had been rendered destitute in the States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee by the overflow of the rivers. NEARLY every house in Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Md., was destroyed by fire a few days ago. There being no fire apparatus in the place little could be done toward extinguishing the flames, which were allowed to burn until there was nothing left for the fire to feed upon. Loss abaut $lOO,OOO. It was recently decided by the Supreme Court of Arkansas that the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad is liable for a loan of $lOO,OOO by the State on a mortgage which was notirecorded. X ; A PROCLAMATION for am extra session of the Illinois Legislature, to convene on Thursday, March 23,° was issued by Governor Cullom on @he 7th. The Governor specifies as subjects of action the apportionment of Congressional and Senatorial Districts, the transfer of the Illinois & Michigan Canal to the Federal Government, the revision of the Criminal Code, and the appropriation of funds for the Normal University. o AvUSTIN, Miss., was on the Bth almost entirely destroyed by the flood- caused by the breaking of a neighboring levee. The water was twenty feet deep in the heart of the town. A FEW nights ago burglars murdered John O. Massey and wife, respected citizens of Charlottsville, Va.

Tar Jowa: Legislapture a few days’ ago adopted a resolution ‘submitting to a vote of the people the proposition to strike the word “*male” from the Constitution. A PARTY of fifty-nine Indians in the Taos Pueblo District of New Mexico recently killed one Deputy Sheriff and mortally wounded another. The fight grew out of some arrests for drunkenness. : CHARLES SHELTON, John Redmond and Harry French, charged with murder, were taken from jail at Albugquerque, N, M., the: other day,*by masked men, and hanged to thé nearest tree. . ] A BiLL forbidding the jissue of railway passes was defeated in the lowa House the other day, the vote being 31 to 65. PiepyoxT, the celebrated trotting stallion, was recently sold in Chicago for £30,00). ExGovernor Stanford, of California, was the purchaser. : ! : Tue Supreme Court of Ohio recently decided that the railroads in‘ the State purchased by ‘Vanderbilt and consplidated under the name of the Ohio Railway are competing lines, and the grouping is declared illegal. - A rEW days since; the Governor of Mississippi appointed H. H. Chalmers Justice of the Btate Supreme Coujt. b By a recent decision of the ‘Appellate Court at Chicago a physicidn not holding a certificate from the State Board of Health has no valid claim for services vendered to his patients. 4 4

Disparcaes from Memphis, Tenn., on the Oth report the continued rise of the river, and the condition of the surrounding country, as reported by refugees constantly arriving, indicated a terrible state of things. At Edmondson’'s Btation, seventeen miles from Memphis, the water was above the tops of flat-cars on the railroad track, and other villages in the vicinity were i@ éven a more desperate condition. 3 i, Pror. WiLmor, a school teacher at Harrisburg, Ark., was murdered a few days ago by County 'freasurer:Smith, in a dispute over the punishment in school of Smith’s.child. Ox the 9th the National Committee of the’ Greenback party in session at Bt. Louis resolvad that all State and National Banks of issue should be instantly abolished, and that 2 National Convention should be called. ! TaE Chief State Engineer of Louisiana on the’loth sent the following answer to a telegram from Washington asking for information concerning the overflow in that State: “The- overflow in Louisiana covers a large patt of the rear lands of East Carroll, Madison, Tensas and Concordia, and considerable areas in West Carroll, Moorhouse, Richland, Ouachita, Caldwell, Franklin and Catahoula. A large territory is now being overflowed in’ Point Coupee, Avoyelles, St. Landry, West Baton Rouge and Lafourche. The Point

Coupee crevasse will add much 'to the overflow of the parishes below the mouth of the Red River, also much overflow along the Rep River bottom and every parish on the Mississippi. The extent of damage and suffering it is impossible to estimate at this junc: ture. The annual product of cotton alone in the parishes above named is fully 300,000 bales;: valued at $15,000,000. The- outlook - is- ‘exs: tremely discouraging.’ i ' THE steamer Sidney, plying on the Ohioßiver, burst her stéam-pipe a few mornings ago near Ravenswood, W. Va. Two persons were killed and fifteen wounded, 7 ; A PROGRAMME for a Convention of Presiding Elders of the Northwest, to be held in the Clark Street Church, Chicago, on the 6th, 7th and Bth of June, was arranged at a recent meeting in Chicago of a committee of Presid ing Elders from the Rock River and Wisconsin Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. - All the"Presidlng Elders- of the Northwestern States and a number of Bishops are expected to be present. The object is to discuss matters which pertain to their work. THE Governor of Nebraska called upon’ President ' Arthur on the 10th for regular troops th suppress a labor strike at Omaha. General Crook was ordered to proceed to the ‘ scene of trouble and co-operate with the State authorities. Three hundred employes of the smelting-works had left their posts for fear of raids by the strikers. el NINE business houses in Decatur, Tex.,were destroyed by fire a few days ago. ' - At Chicago a few days ago a young gentletieman of Dublin, Jreland, who with his hrother was making an extensive tour of the United States; died suddenly of pneumonis. THE yother night a railroad brakemap, of Fountain Station, Ind., whose wife had sepavated from him, went to the place where she | was living and killed her.. When arrested he was found asleep with the corpse of the mupdered woman in his armse - BT MorMON missionaries have recently made about fifty converts in the vicinity of King's Mountain, N. C. ; % * SEVERAL days ago Captain J. M. Lee, of the United Statesarmy, was ordered to Mississippi to report on the necessities of the sufferers by oyerflow. He returned to Memphis on the 11th, and states that the destitution had not been half told. The levee between ‘Memphis and Arkansas City was broken in’ forty places, and at some points the Mississippi was fifty miles wide. : Lt Ar Cleveland a few days ago & man was instantly Killed by touching both poles of an | fim'fle“fi‘.mfi& - e SRR

- BEVERAL companies of State militia and of. United States troops arrived at Omaha, Neb.,: ‘on the 11th, for the purpose of enforcing the laws and preserving order. = A slight fracas between the strikers and the soldiers occurred on the 12th, in which G. P Armstrong, & machinist, was fatally wounded and one or two others were injured by the military. =~ Tre National Greenback-Labor Convention' at its recent session in-Bt. Louls elected :the following Executive Committee: ~Alabama,. ——; Arkansas, Simon White; California, Als fred Moore; Colorado, F. C. Beckwith; Connecticut, A. J. Morton: Delaware, A. R. Fisher; Florida, James ‘H. Wentworth; Georgia, ——; Tllinois, Dr. H. J; Parker; Indiang, Kersey Graves; Towa, H. A. Bpencer; Kan'sas, J, McCreary; Kentucky, C. B. Mitchell; . Maine, Solon - Chase; Massachusetts, B. M. Mencham; Louisiana, =—; Maryland, —; Michigan, -Leo Miller; Mississippl, ——; Missouri, F. A. Leavitt] Nebraska, —; New Hnmgf;l}iré, J.. G.- Green- | leaf; Néw Jersey, —; New York, Geo. C. ’ Beecher; North Carolina, R. G: Randolph; % Ohio, H. O. Bheldon; Oregon, J. C. Hutton; Pennsylvania, Robt. Anderson; Rbode Island, Johg J. Moore; South: Carolina, —; Tennessee, —; Texas; Colonel Chambers; Vermont, L. B. Averill; Virginia, J. R. Taylor; West Virginia, -J. B.: Horner; Wisconsin, John E. Thomas; Washington Territory; M. 8. Boosh. Colonel Chambers, of Téxas, was elected Chairman of the committee. - Vacancies to be filled by the vote of the committeemen, transmitted by mail to the Chairman. -

. Foreign Intelligeacs. .. .EaIGRATION to the United States from Gerniany is said to promise to assume larger pro-. portions than that of last year. -.~ ‘. A PROPOSITION i 8 being considered.in Parls to form a bank to replace the Union Génerale, with a capital of 50,000,000. francs, giving shareholders and. ereditors of the wrecked: concera & chance to share in the profits; -~ It is stated that Envoy ‘Trescott ‘and the Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairshave drawn up & protocol to serve as the basis of a treaty of peace between Peru and Chili, leaving in abeyance the subject of indemnity, =’ .. © DURING & blizzard a few days ago the farmhouse of John Taylor, near Meadowlea, Mani‘toba, took fire and was destroyed, and his wife and three daughtets were frozen to death. on the bleak prafrie... o"o e : A CABLEGRAM of the Tth states that symptoms of a fresh revolt In Poland against Russlan tyranny were apparent. - R DyY~NAMITE in cases of hats remaining unclaimed was found by customs officers at Mos.cow a few days ago: A secret press was .also discovered at Odessa, and - several Nihilists were arrested. 3 4 A

THE British imports during the month ‘of February decreased: £83,800,000,. and the exports increased £2,100,000, ‘compatred with' the same month last year. - - S It was stated on theBth that, at the next nmieeting of the Consistory, the Pope would appoint seven new Cardinals,. of whom Rev. Dr. McCahe, Archbishop of Dublin, woild he one. 5 i in

A DIsPATCH ou -the .Bth' states that the Canadian Minister of Justice would not permit the extradition of Miller,: the escaped Pittsburgh convict, without a guarantee that he should be tried only, for the .offense for, Which he is extradited. AL AT a bimetallic meeting in' London on_the Bth seven countries were represented; 1,200 persons being in- attendance. The- Governor of the Bank of England ‘advocated the free coinage of sflver. . .- L no s * Ox the Sth King Milan, the new monarch of Servia, issued a. proclamation thanking: the European powers- for their friendship, ahd promising, by way of platform, that his energies would be devoted to the dissemination of virtue and enlightenment. =~ o 0 It has been.recently reported® that nine Europeans, journeying from Tunis to Gafsa, were murdered between Tunis and Kairwan. Brrrisu official circles on the 9th: admitted that war between Russia and Austria _wa'é imminent. e o AN appeal was recently made to Minister Lowell on behalf of American citizens arrested in Ireland. - Mr: Lowell feplied that while the Coercion act was contrary to the spirit of American. and English jurisprudence,."it was nevertheless the law.of the land, and controlled all persons domiciled in the proclaimed districts. Sol et ey

A PROCLAMATION-issued-a few days ago by the King of Servia announeced'the elevation of the Principality to a Kingdom, Heé expressed gratitude to the European powers for their sympathy toward Servia, and said. nationalenthusiasm was a guarantee: that if* the fu.. ture the spirit-of Servia’s immortal liberator, - Milosch, and of the hero-marttyr, Michael, would be homored. ." " s R THE rate of discount of ‘the .Bank . of En--gland was. reduced to four.per cent. on the 9th. : £t i AX Antwerp (Belgium) dispateh of tlie 9th announces the failure of Louis Falcon, chiefly in the river plate trade, with . liabilities: amounting to between .£2,OOO,Q"Jfi and: £3,000,TaE recent explosion of a- large amount of/ powder in one.of the Canadian Pacific tunnels, in Britishe ‘Columbia killéd one man and wounded threg'others.- "~ T.O G Lrroy GORDON, who . was: superintending the construction of: the Red River bridge at Winnipeg, fell. from a bracket to the ice, thirty feet below, a few: days ago, and was-in-stantlykilled, 00 oe e e A RECENT eablegram states that an. Ameri= can company at Constantinople, backed by Minister Wallace, was éndeavoring to securea concession for a railvoadin the province of: Bagdad, = o S RobERICE MACLEAN, the person whoshot at Queen Victoria, was indicted on the .10th for high treason, an. offense punishable with. death. NN e

A sPY was_recently arrested near Lyons, in France, who was sald to be a Captain in the German army. On his person were found maps and plans of the defensive work. ~ .= | THIRTY Jews left Russia a few days ago to become farmers in Palestine; ' Their : capital aggregated 85,000 rubles. - R -IN the French Senate an amendment to the Primary Education bill requiring schoolmasters to teach their pupils their duty towards God and the country was rejected—l 67 to 123. PeNDLE & WAITE, London and New York woolen merchants, failed in the former ecity on the 11th for $250,000. ;. . "5 -

AN appalling earthquake recently occurred fn Costa Rica, ‘Central America. Four towns were swallowed up and several thgusatid_ persons perished.: o lhr g 2o J. RussELL YOUNG, the journalist, has been nominated by the President as United States Minister to China. - : e T NAVIGATION on the Hlinois & Michigan Ca--nal opened on the 13th. - S A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th-states that Guiteau was more - taciturn and was only Anterested in thé sale of his photographs; ete.. He was actively engaged in correcting the proofs for the new edition of “Truth.’? " A FIRE at Winnepeg, Manitoba, on the 13th: destroyed eleven .business - places. Loss, QOB e . DELTA, La., was on the 13th abandoned to the flood, the people fleeing by every possible means. g o

THE Duncannon Rolling-mill at New.Bloomfleld, Pa., was burned on the 18th. = Loss, $75,000. Three hundred men were thrown out of employment, =~ s e ‘JamMes M. Davis, Deputy Revenue Collector - at Nashville, was waylaid and ‘shot dead by a gang of twenty moonshiners, near McMinn(ville, Tenn., on the 13th. 'He is said to Have arrested fully three thousand, men for illicit distilling. . 7 4 : A TRAIN on the Gulf Road, fifty miles south of Fort Worth, running at the rate of twenty- . five miles an hour, on the 13th leaped over the space of a rail which had been removed by ~wreckers, and went swiltly on. S A OABLEGRAM from Dublin on the 13th states that affairs in Ireland were improving, and tenants were availing themselves largely «of the Land act.- - 5 e Ix the United States Senate on” the 18th Mr. Sherman- presented a resolution of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce asking Con~ gress to relieve the sufferers by overflow along the Mississippi.i A resolution was adopted directing the Secretary: of the Interior to fur nisha list of Indisn reservations at which ‘troops are stationed, and information inregard to” the destruction. of :timber. The Tariff-Commission ’bill - was taken: up, and Mr. Slater -urged the adoption of a free-trade policy. In the House the Speaker presented‘n memorial .from the Assembly of Utah asking a. suspension of action on the affairs of that: Territory. until a thore ough investigation can be made by a committee. The Army bill, appropristing $20,203,880, was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Bills were introduced: By Mr, Dunn; to authorize females to enter public landgs. by Mr. Robertson, for = the protéc‘tion of life and property endangered by floods. ‘of the Mississippi River; by Mr. Hooker, appropriating £500,000 for the relief of sufferers by the overflowing of the Mississippi River;. by Mr. Hezeltine, to make United States notes legal tender for customs; by Mr. Cassidy, to uuthorize the fssue of silver certificates of & certain denomination. A discussion upon the ‘fint:f'dymr bill oeoupled the remainder of ‘the day.. 5 oA o i Y

~The following table, recently compiled by the Secretary of the State Statistical Bureau, will befound of interest and value, showing, as. [tdoes, the total taxation of each county in the State, according to the duplicate of 1881, and giving the expenditures aud taxation per capita, based on the population at the time of the census unumeration in 1830:

2 g Nw & —————————————— i eret, | s e | S | . ARRME L i $58,015 78 §2 21 $3 83 Allen i ] 310008 ! 319 576 mnnrthobmew ma ggls gg Blackford ............ 87,678 71 .2 88] 470 BOON® .:.e.vonenriniedd 95970 311 1271 369 BrOWD.......c.coeens.| 20,914 48] 165 201 CArroll. i, ....iies.n..| - 318,905 320 185 6/48 CASS, oo ieien | 153451000 165 574 CIATKS .« lavsnsavananas] - 130,226 03 1 90| 455 Oyt eopg 16 CUNLON, ..\ 2vneeeeones] 116,082 70! 126 484 Crawtord: ... 100 ol w.mosl 01| 260 Daviess. ... i 67,0420 174 3811 Dearb0rn...,.........| 1343% 39 210/ 504 Decatur,.; ............| ~ 119,565 08| 2 39| 605 DOKAID. ...\ cireanesviet = 112958 BAL }xu 555 Delaware. ...oe.oee.s-. | 142,885 83 04 623 DUBOIS; oo rsvonisoseieln 57.476211 125 259 EIKDArt. ... ... coeeeee| 157,462 571 1 441 BRYetta: ..o vatesconss 74,163 54| 2 851 lONd T L 90,430 49¢ 171 367 Fountain..., ....i.... 12_4.615&‘ 139 615] Frank1in..............| 102783 85¢ 134, 511 POl 67,090 22! I‘\ga_ 469 GHDBOND. | Jyi% craensvse 154546 23 131 679 GIANE., o irserre soes] - 166,368 03 aml~ 704 Greene. ... ..v.vivenss 83,332 00, 180 36 Hamilton... .........| 15033841 380 807 ‘Hancoek. ... iv.... 95;\8:6‘;?49. 18 850 “HArFison. .. oigie e 58,809 03, 116, 276 . Hendri0k5............ | 148,00611‘ 181 66 Hbbey o 0 e 129,255 4 104 -5 88 HOWAPd. .. .o conneren| 118,014 59 221 608 Huntington.... ......| 182151 225 818 FUPREON L 97,096 28| 186 425 SPRBDOT o 0 L e 52,286 17! ljfl‘ 56% Ju& - 78,804 66, 189, 405 Jelerson. . i ieies MO:K.IQ‘ 228‘ 402 Jennings. ... ci0......] o 58,508 02! 114] 356 J0hn50n.....c.........| _ 128,005 57| 3.18 =650 KNOX . oieiaresssnncts-|” 6,814 73, 2581 444 KOBCIuSKO. ... vuevr.r.| 170,766 760 1230 6 & .Lfir&ngc........,.... 83,482 50 1 76| 584 Takos; .- AR 89603 55 112 593 Danoee o b 142,907 59 1.42{ 462 Lawronos. &il sogeca| 163 am MadiSoN ... .o .. seere| 146,862 39/ 1391~5ats -gufl%n.......,.,......' 547,665 12, 8 62! 533 arshall.©... 28 ... ms.gm 21 1 58! 452 Martin s L 53458 131 126, 397 MR, ... et cee| 135,877 241 276 559 MONPOO . . iousissns 60,882 65! 211 88 ‘Montgomery .........| 151,447 70| 175| 554 M0rgan........v......| - 119480 53 219, 632 Newton... bl TLIN TS 243 8750 Noble..i. oo .0 113,680 84 124 420 ORIO ...k niesennnsns], - 2028770, 1:03 472 OTANE® .ov avenee ol 4047502 1 41| 282 OWEI. ~ w 00l asiaac il aaany 81 84l 418 PRAIR it 129,076 50! 8 77| 663 Berry. .l 64,412 383 161 379 PiK€ v .uuaiusnennnnen.| - 00,620-10: 183 370 POTtr. .. orriinenr,| 8028900 11 471 518 Bosey. . i Sis e eeeen | 83,716 411 3 67) 401 Pask Joui i N 49,416 20| i 1 88 sOz Putnam..............i 109,946 0%/ sai 488 Rand01ph............| . H 3,16247 113! &41 RlPlOTiniiiis srasess 62569 37 134 290 JREN sy 153,085 04, 882 T 9 Seote s cinn s 28,526 101 121 389 - BRelbF L, 0l Saie ey 156,841 19, 264 621 SPERGOT v s soeven | TLOOT 15| 140348 tarke LG 34,397 23/ 230 674 8t JOSEpH. ...........| 158,055 25| 166 -4 3 Bteuben. ~ve..r vouss: 69,656 15, 17::| 476 Sullivah o v 74,996 46| 152 3 & Switzerland. .....,.... 47,104 57| 160| 353 Tippecan0e........... 203,731 49| 2 59| 566 TIPLON. ez et ioenene.a| . 68,364 84 170 461 UnHON, (555 o ieaensoen| o 48,513 10, 158 6& Vandérburg..,......Jf 808,987 81l 557) 732 \:omlillio'n“..,...‘..i‘. 67,760 36| 191 563 | VAZOir. . vove virnseeeal ® 229508 571 151 505 ° Wabash.......c.enseot 159,015 03] 217 620 WHRPTON ook daidven 86,018 53 2 73| T4B WALTICK. .. v vmveeanens| . TH2OO 220 202 883 ‘Washington........... 67,972 98/ 102| .8 06 Wapne oy 223,283-241 190( 578 WollS. . fueiivenans o], 8206 531 255/ 484 WD e e 79,118 19; /183 573 CWhittley ... ..o iveen| - 85,740 02 138} 508

T0ta1.... e eeee.. 870,148,007 79! 82 05/ 85 13 e % Indiana Items. » : _During the last ten years Jackson County has built a new court-house and jail at-a cost” of $106,000, and fourteen bridges at a cost of $112,210, and on the Ist’the: county did not owel a dollar and had funds in the treasury sufficient to run the county govermment for the next year. ‘L ; . Under a récent ruling of Judge Walker the Attorney-General of the State has filed suit to. recover the amount alleged to be due the State from the ex-County Treasurer of Marfon County.. The amount involved is thought to be about $lO,OOO, but the complaint calls for. judgment for $50,000. : One of the buildings at White's Institute, a ‘Quaker educational establishment five miles south of Wabash, was burned to the ground a few mornings ago. - Loss, $3,000; partly insured. ; e : R - A little girl, three years old,” was ran over by a freight-train near Greensburg, a few days since, and had both feet cpt off. Bhe went through the ordeal of _amsntauon,‘v' and was’ doing well at last accounts, i s “'A young man was instantly killed at Franklin, the other day, in trying to cross the rail road track by climbing overa freight-car while in motion. S :

The State Board of Agriculture has declined a proposition to subdivide: the State fair grounds and dispose of the lots, the whole to realize $103,000 in seven years. A seven-year-old son of Henry Hamlin fell over the banisters in the public school building at Irvington, near Indianapolis, a few days ago, fracturing his skull, and died a ehorts time afterward. C i 5 _ Tippecanoe County has now ‘fourteen tollroads, with a capital of $167,530, on which more than 20,000 was collected in tolls last year. It is proposed that the county should buy the. ‘roads-and make them free. ; ~Two hundred and fifty-three cities and towns in thé State have organized Boards of Health. : 3 A .

Citizens of Winamac have subscribed $6,000 toward establishing a woolen factory in thaf foWH, o S

A meeting of the Republican State CentralCommittee was held at Indianapolis a few evenings ago.. The members of the committee stated that the probabilities were that-the State-Convention would not be held until' Au{ gust. - The following ofticers were elected: President, Samuel E. Williams, of Laporte; Vice-President, Charles M. Walker, of Indianapolis; Secretary, Alexander €. Jameson, of ‘lndianapolis ; Treasurer, Harry C. Holloway, of Indianapolis. : - * At Indianapolisrecently Charles Enos;eged twelve years, was attacked by a savage dog and badly. bitten, his right arm. being bitten in twelve places and his ear. nearly torn from his head. SR s 5

Judge Kilbey’s recent decision in the suit of _the colored people of Cambridge City, Wayne County, against the School Board of that place; to compel them .to admit colored children'to the white schools, denies a writ of mandate on the ground that it is discretionaty with'the Board under the laws of 1877, The decision 1s based on the supposition that separate schools have been provided equal in every respect to the white schools. This how‘ever, is not the case, and a new hearing-has heen asked on an amended complaint stating that such schools have not been provided. Thomas Dunn, an employe in the roundhouse of the Hamilton & Dayton Road, at Richmond, was run over by an engine and killed a few afternoons ago. : : = Charles Brooks, colored, set fire to the bedding of a sick fellow-prisoner, in the County Jail at Logansport, a few afternoons ago, and, had it not been discoyered in time, the man would have been burned to death. Afterward, when the Sheriff attempted to lock Brooks up in a cell, the latter resisted, and struck and beat him badly. Help hdd to be summoned, before Brooks could be conguered. Miss Bettie Grimsley, a young lady -of Goss port,has been appointed Signal-Bérvice Observer for Owen County. She is the first lady 'jn the State whe has obtained such a pesition. : = B

" John Young, wholived a short distance from Rockfield, Carroll County, committed suicide by shooting himself a few days ago. He became depressed because ‘of inability to work, and although he had plenty, he seemed to fear that he would come to want, G John'L. Newman, a prominent citizen of Indianapolis, was found dead in his bed a few mornings ago. He was seventy-five years of age. - : i Bince the starch-works at Columbus began operations, a little over a year ago, there had been manufactured and sold by that company, up to the Ist of February, 5,000,000 pounds of starch, worth five cents & pound at wholesale —5300,000. ! i - Brick-laying on the new State-house at Indianapolis was commenced a few days ago, atid a large force of menwas put to work, - Ninety-six orchardists of the State have answered the request made by the Secretary of the Tndiana Hortleultural Society by naming the variety of apples best suited for home use and market. The favorites are in the order named: Maiden blush, Early harvest, Ben Davis, Rambo, Winesay and Home beauty. » Rev, R. L. Cushman, *white digging out a - stump on his farm near King’s Station, Gibgon County, recently, uncovered a lot of In-dian-arrow-heads, which had evidently been buried at the root of the tree. There were elghty fiirit arrow-heads in the lot, and the mauner in which they were placed indicates that they had been deposited there by some punianbanas: o oo ;