Ligonier Banner., Volume 16, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 March 1882 — Page 2

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' MPRCIAL Eo'rwl:. { " PPersons wishing to confer with me persotially /Will please 01l at THR BANNER sanctum from Monday morning until Wednesday noon. The remainder of the week I am engaged on the Daily and “'(’r‘kiy Monitor in the city of Elkhart, - b - J. B. STOLL,

Tie ANTI-POLIGAMY bill has now passed both Houses' without amendment, The Presidert’s sigunt\(re only is wanted to make it alaw. =

. Rev.TnoMAs K. BegcuEr, speaking " 0f the Republican party, recently said "wlt nears its end. But we could wish it might die decently, under assault; and not iridecently, its zealots robbing the graves of its great men, to_pound each other with the thigh bones of dead heroes for war clubs.”

[ JoHN RUSSELL Youxa, ,whq :'eported all the sayings and.doings of Gen. Grant when on his tour around the world, has received the appointment of Minister to China. It is said that the appointment was made at Grant's urgent request and is of course a reward to Young for writing up Grant during the past. o %

THE SENATE committee on Territories on Friday last unavimously instructed Mr. Saunders to report a bill favoring the admission of. Scuthern Dakota into the Union. The bill provides that a census shall be taken daring the coming' summer and if the population be found suflicient to entitle that /Territory to a representative in Cohgress, it shall be admitied as a State. g

THE MAJORITY of the American peoplo wonder why it is that Grant gmuld be in such need of pecuniary aid, The’reason ig simple. Ile owns three residences, a vtincely mansion in New, York, a $40,000 humble cot at] Long Branch, and the old homestead at Galena. While other men find. it hard enough to run one establishment, Grant must necessarily have three times the expense to bear, hence he is obliged to callfor aid frem the government. fp e pa

RevaDr, 0. A, Buragss, pastor of the Central Christian Chapel, at Indianapolis, died in Chicago on the 14th inst., of heart diseage. IHe was born in New York in 1820, and from- early mhanhood was known as a successful educator and preacher, [He served in the late war as captain of a company. I his later years he was President of Butler Uuiversity, where lie assisted in educating and gradualing a large nuiber of young men, who learned to respect and love him, o

‘BiLLs haye been sent in’ to the ITouse Committee on the expenses of the Garfield funeral, which will call tor an appropriation of at least $7,000. Among the items is one for $2,500 for “Inneh,” 1 which heavy gharges are made for various kinds of liquors and ‘cigars. - One undertaker’s bill called for #1,200 for. white gloves supplied, and every one who volunteered a service or a suggestion seems’ to have sent it heavy bills for such.. Ilarpies have taken advgntage of the couptry’s grief to make”a dive into the public treasury.

e vl @ e " Tae New York Herald, which is supposed to be good authority, asserts that the system of protectionynow pre: vailing costs laborers of this eo‘l;mt%y $130,000,000 annually. Those who are protectionists without knowing.why they are so should begin to investigate the matter. The protective tarift .system tends to inflate the pockets of : tbe few with money that properly belorigs to' the many, Every, year the rich grow richer and thlie poor grow poorer, -Anything like an even distribution of wealth is not to be expected from such a system. - Il is nothing " more or.less than robbery. While it is trae: that the system keeps money in. “the countty, yet at the same time laLorers have to pay a much greater price for the articles protected. *

I HAS BEEN SATD that Samuel J, Tililen is too old to run for President. However this way be, he certainly is not too old to understand the need pf laving a worthy leader put forward by the democratic party, and his letter to the Iroguois Club of Chicago, read betore the assembled guests on'the anniversary of Jackson’s birthday, shows that he appreciates the necessivy. He says: “The Government can never be restored. and réformed except from the inside, and- by the active, intelligent agency of the-Executive, We hepe that Providence will, in its own good time, raise up a man adapted and qual ified for the work, and that the people Wiil put him in possession of the Ex-

- ecutive Administration,through which wlowe that ngble mission can be accom- ' plished and the health and life of our political system be preserved and reinvigorated,” Mr, Tilden’s letter shows that even if be has not the strength ‘ and vigor of youth, his mind is still , clear:and as powepful as ever. | 'IN MEMQRY OF “OLD HICKORY."” ©. The universal tnterest with which all ciasses of Americans of to-day celebrate the anpiversary of the birth of Andrew Jackson; that sturdy old hero, the memory of whose unswerving-de-votion to the line of duty is yet fresh, proves that there is still that love for -t#e principles of true Democracy that gharacterized the whole career of Gen- . eral Jackson. His memory can néver‘ fade, and that it {\a sLill reverenced by " the Democrats of to.day was exemplified by the enthusiastic celebration of the 115th anuniversary of his birth at the Palmer House, in Chicago, under the auspices of the Iroqueis Club, of . that ¢ity. This club is a newly organized body, but it comprises the best Democratic citizens of Chicag, and to be 4 member is considered a distinguished honor, ' Some days prior to this interesting celebration, cards of . inyitation were sent to leading Democrats thronghout the United States. Many respended with their presence, aq% those who were so unfortunate as " to be unable to be present sent in theirregrets. The most notable guests pres-

ent were: Hon, Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indigna; Hon. R. T. Merrick, of. Washington, D C.; Gen. J. C. Black, and Hon. W. J. Allen, of Illinois; Col, J W. T. Vilas, of Wisconsin; Hon, F. T. Hurd, of Ohio; Hon. William Gwin,

of Callfornia; Hon. Henry Wattersop, of Tentocky, and others. The headquarters of the clubarg in (he Haveily | Thealre building. l)Jring the day visitors were shown around the city and late in the afternoon an informal reception 'was held, wheré political questions were ‘entirely avoided. In the evening'the club and its guests assembled in thedining room of the Pal‘mer House which was very beantiful1y and tastefully decorated, and par‘toek ‘of a magnificent banquet. Thig ‘social feast was characterized by the assemblage of courtesy, relinement, wit and intellect, -and the -eveming was. passed in an enjoyable manner that | will long be remembered by all pres‘ent, Telegrams and letters from ab- | gent Democrats were read, among them letters from Samuel J. Tilden; Senator Bayard, Gov. John M. Palmer, ex-Sen-ator- Joseph -1 'McDona]d, Heoratio Seymour, General Hancock, ex Speaker Randall, and others. Mr. Phelps, president of the club, introduced the first speaker, ex-Governor Hendrieks, who responded to the toast “Our Country” in a speech which elicited rounds of applause, Col. Vilas, of Wisconsin, in response to the toast “Andrew Jack-

son,” delivered one of the finest eulogies, perhaps, ever listenéd to by any audience. He was followed by Hon, Henry Watterson who made an eloquent address om the *“Democratic Press” and closed. with the assertion that the future is full of hope for ‘the democratic party. Frang H. H'utE}: made a masterly speech im support of “Tariff for Revenue Only” which/was enthusiastically received. Hon! R. T. Merrick, of Washington, in a logica! and eloquent speech, portrayed how' ~under a Democratic administration the } country might be freed of'the political evils and corruption with which it is now aillicted. Other able speakers, added Bstill further to the enjoyment of the occasion by appropriate addresses. The affair was a grand success, and much praise is due the Iroquoig Club for the manner in which’ they have tinfused new life into the Democracy of the Northwest: . b

CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE MEET- ! ~ ING.

The Demoeratic Congressional Committee for the Twelfth District met at Kendallville last Tuesday. Charles Au Munsou, chairman, presided. BE. W. Brown, of Columbia City, was appointed secretary. The following gentlemen coustitute the committee: : Allen--M. V. B. Spencer, F't. Wayne. DeKalb—Wm, 1. Blair, Butler. L.aGrange -~ Fames Kennedy,” LaGrange. . e Noble—J. B. Stoil, Ligonier. i Steuben—Herman Freygang,Angula. /Whitley—Eli W. Brown, Columbia City. : | 'T'wo claimants for the chairmanship in Allen county presentec themselves —M. V. B. Spencer and Capt. C. Hetler., After a full investigation of the points in €ortroversy, the committee recoguized : Mr. Spencer as the duly elected chairman;, :

On the third ballot the city of Kendallville was chosen as the place for| holding the convention. , Quite a diversity of opinion exisied with reference to the time for holding the convention. Allen county voted for April, DeKaib for May, Noble for June, LaGrange for July, Steuben for October, and Whitley for May. After several ballots the menth of June was agreed upob, the exact date being fixed on the first day (Thursday) of that month. s : ; : The basis of apportionment was fixed at one delegate for ever 206 votes cast for the Democratic candidate for ‘Governor in 1880. :

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. A Democratic Steal. « E. E. Mwinmert, alias “Ziz,” of *“ Leader” fame, comes out in quite a personal manner regarding ““one or two democrats’ finding fault with the post-master at this place. The young ;Eent‘leman attempts to make a political matter out of the affair, in fact & “democratic steal.” To the people, or a large majority of them, who know with what carelessness thissoflice has been conducted, his malicious **fling” at one * who ‘has the honor of heing Justice of the Peace, express agent, grocer, druggist, &c.,”” will need no comment. The literary effusion is characteristic of'the young man. He only tated a part of the truth, A petition ‘was #ont in to the Department by D, T, Zimmerman asking that “One who has the honor to bed. P., ete.,” be appointed to the office, ¢Ziz>” did not state, as he should have done, that of the * few friends* who signed it ahout one-half were Republicans,| He says that a rebuttal was semt in, which -is true, and was signed by a Democrat who said that he had promised to sign a petition_ in favor of & Republican for the office ‘slffme time previous to this affair. Behold how much partyism played a part in both, Polities have had nothing to do with complaints that have been made in regard to the handling of mail. Citizens of both parties alike have. had cause to make complaint.' 'This is a plain statement of facts which ¢an be ‘substantiated. There is no personal ill» feeling existine toward the present P, M.; but the personal attack of “Ziz” demands a defense, We have been informeéd that the rebuttal was to the effect that if a change was anticipated and ‘‘whichis necessary” they could furnish a man not opposed to the party now in power, Such being the case the political part segms to have been on the other sidewof the fence. As relating to Mr. *“Ziz”? Mummert’s sneer at the office, occupation. &c., all we can say is that we have done the very hest in the line of duty whieh our: limited knowledge admitted, The Express office was taken,to ‘accommodate the people, and “Ziz’* has had his share with the others. As to being a grocer, druggist, &c., necessity compels us todo all we can in that direction to make a'living, as we have not sufficient means to follow the example of some—thatis, to be:a gentleman of leisure, ’ : : We have slunk back into the corner as far as possible, and have endeavored to give an excuse for the attempted steal”’ that will satisfy both “Ziz’’ and the public. We humbly subscribe ourself as “one who has the honor to be Justice of the Peace, Express Agent, Grocer, Druggist, &e.,” which means C. K. GEEENE,

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- OUR NEIGHRORS. - There ia onelonse of amali-poz in ﬁilﬂbn@tmrsg(@ hi: iy e quﬁrriintin g ;;‘_;,; z;‘;f } < | 5 “The Elkhart cunty court Bouse Was last 'week »mihrgfor‘ ¥pe ofyears for $50,000. - it : Scarlet fever is said to be prevailing to a considerable extent among the little ones at Auburn, . .

A nwnber of prominent I't. \Waynn men are getting up a petition praying for the full pardon of Sergeant Mason. Thieves entered the bakery ‘cﬁ Eyler & Selbey, at Latirange, one night last week and captured ;B’ght‘gﬁﬁﬁm No clue to thier identity. =~

* A practical tanner is wanted at Angola. Inducements are held - out to anyone who will open up such au establjshment at that place. G. Lovett, jr., a South Milford man, is said to be in possession of an American eagle that measures six feet Beven inches from the tip of one wing|to the other. ¢ ; ;

The Elkhart county poor farm centroversy has been settled by the commissioners deeding back the fxirm’ they had purchased to the former owier, Mr. Platter. by e

The large two-story brick residence of E. M. Ervinm, of st. Joseph county, was burned on Friday while the family was absent. The building was ingured for $5,000. Lo i )

~ Miss Odie Gunn, of South Milford, a few days since fell from a hay loft in the birn to the floor, striking upon her fiead and shoulders, The falt produced concussion of the brain., . | © Some miscreant placed a burrel of tar on the railway near Teagatden a few days ago, which was strack by tho fast| express. The engine and depot were'both badly tarred. - * - "It is,not even safe to rob children of their pennies. .\ LaGrange man mamed Cox is languishing in d‘uradpe vile on an indictment of breakimg the bank of alitile boy and stealing the contents. - ; Votaisih On Monday the 11th inst. the citizens of Columbia City met for the purpose of deciding whether their town should take on city-airs and responsibilities or not. Of the 504 votes cast 244 were in favor and 260 against it. | ,

The mail pouch, which was thrown off at Pierceton, Koseingko county, last Thursday morning, was run over by the car and one end of it was so much destroyed’as to scatter the mail for the distance of a hundred yards. . = °

The' ticket office of the Lake Shore road at Goshen was entered by burglars on Monday night of last week,and #45 in money taken from it. The thieyes have since been caught at Coldwater, Micli, and lodged in jail. CUyrus Robertson, of Steuben county, had twenty sheep bitten by dogs last week, and several of them died. The dogs were duly executed by being hanged by the neck till they were dead. The loss of the sheep amounts to about $75. e A. Hohnes, o brakeman whose home is in Butler, was caught between the bumpers while coupling cars at Churubusco several days since and had his collar bone broken and his shoulder ‘badly bruised, besides ireceiving serious internal injuries. 1 .

Churchill, the man who was arrested a few weeks ago for stealing goods of the railway company at Elkhart, was last week tried and found guilty and @b&ced to 30 days in jail and a fine of $25. He was aldo disfranchised for g period of 90 days. . Bowers, Churchill’s accomplice, has-not yet been tried. "Town lots at Claypool, Kosciusko "pouuty, the crossing of the C,, W. & M. ‘and the N. Y., St. L. & Chicago roads, are held at big prices. Theowners say that if the lots are wanted to build upon the prices will be moderate, but if they are to be bought up for the purpose of speculation, the prices will be arranged accordingly. ; An express package was received at Fort Wayne last week described on the-bill as “one boy, valise and basket, weight, 55° pounds.” The package is said to be red-headed, well-behaved and very talkative. He is eight years old and gave his name as Clark Wallis. He was being expressed from Parsons, Kan,, to Saginaw City, Mich.

A man was found dead in tlie road near a school house 1 Jefferson township, Kosciusko county, a few days ago, Ile was a man about 45 years of {age and was a.stranger in the neighborhood, where he had been seen once or twice and was regarded of unsoukid mind. A railroad ticket was found on his person from Kankakee, Illinois, to Chicago. : : On the night of, the 10th inst. the store building of Mr. Samuel Bair, of Stone’s Corners, DeKalb county, tovk fire and while it was burning Mr. Bair offered a reward to any person who -would force an entrance and secure his books., A son of Daniel Roop undertook the task. A kegof powder exploded, instantly killing him and demolishing the building. . : ‘A Fort Wayne dispatch tb the Indianapolis 7'imes, dated -March 15, says: “The trial James Baker for the murder of Wox- Howell, both well-to-do farmers of this county, closed Jast night, at 10 o’clock, when the jury ‘brought'in a verdiet of guilty of murder in the first degree, and inl)pi'ison-‘ went in the penitentiary du_x&ng life. The murder occurred in Augast laat-,‘ "when Baker shot Héwell. The case was taken to Decatur, Adamg county, by change of venue, and was on trial the past two weeks. The plea for the defense was insanity,” g {

A Fremont, DeKalb county, man 'who was, like Peter’s wife’s mother, ly%ing sick of a fever, sent for a doctor, who after having inquired into the |ease, took a small thermometer and -placed it in the patient’s mouth, then went into the next room to prepare ‘some medicine. The sick man, suppos‘ing the instrument to be.some sort of ‘medicine, and becoming uneasy because it refused to become dissolved, ‘concluded to swallow it whole, which ‘he did, much to the doctor’s consterna‘pation. Moral: Physicians should al~ways be frank with patients. . &

| Everybody Hnows It ~ Everybody knows what red clover ‘is. It has been used many years by ‘the good old German wormen and phy‘sicians for the blood, and is known ds the best blond purifier when. properly prepared. Combined with other medicinal hecbs and roots, it forms Dr. Jones’ Red Clover Tonic, which is good for all blood disorders, torpid liver, costiveness and sick headache. Sure cure tor pimples. " Ask C. Eidred & Ebg‘.'gmggists,,for it. Only fifty cents a le. £ 48-2-Iy. ANR ELIZ ﬁbun‘g’ will lecture &h Mor- | onist, Union Hall, Mar. 80,

T e —— LoeB. | v " 1 ; ! Logal Gerrespondence. ¥V RN i TV . o SpEin g’ has cowe “gentle, - e" R “;,% The B 8 protracted meeting §t¢ continue S.. . e | The Giood Templar's organization is booming, ; - | The Greenback speech at the Town Hall on Saturday avening was an ‘eyeopener. (.o i We were informed that up to Saturday evening laststhe Baptist church had regeived 49 members. 2 = I APréfy I}tﬁl«p ched’tg the Rowans. on Sarbr ay év‘e‘?;{r‘xg"l‘g;g, 1A @1 county the Greenbagk ticket will earry. ~ The Republican town#hip caucus will be beld on the 25th. Tha Demo‘erats will hold tEeirs on the 97th. The | Greenibackers are alréady in the field. Indications now are that there will, be a'score of candidatés in Orange badty Defifen, = = o wTH 3% Skillen will' occupy his| new store room next: week. ° ; Mart Hall now seems to be over-run with blacksmith work. Business is, business and “blcod. will tell.” Don’t forget it. . ; il e .Dr. Green makes frequent visits to Ft. Wayne to eall upon his father who. 13 sick. b £ » Dr. Wiiliamg now looks yonnger and, ‘nnjoys hetter health and has more life and vim in him by 50 per cent. than he 'did before he got his, thigh broken. ‘The Dr.s lepairs have been valuable | and lasting. i ¢ Rome. City has reformed. lolemper- | ance aud sinfulness is now pointed at 1 with the {inger of scorn, : | Esq. Geo. W. Reed, of Cromwell, was prospecting in our town last week for a‘location for a dry goods store, but np ‘roo_m was to be bad. We would love ito welcome the 'Squire to our town. .

(ieorge Berry bas been refitting his barber shop and: now has one of the nobbiest rooms to.tie found. He also h4s a new barber. 1 e - John Dammann’s new restaurantis unow undergoing ; valuable improvements. Uncle Jimmy Madison is doing the work. J. . ¢hapman will soon tear away the old. loafer shed .in front of his building and put up something quite nobby. - . : Commoderes Owen & Swinehart will soon ecommand 100 vessels, 35 of which are bram, splinter new, They are all now receiving a new coat of paint and gsome of them have already taken to the water. , Harry Reynolds’ speech: on Saturday ‘night set the National woods on fire. ‘Now arrangements will be made to ‘have Gen. Weaver and Hon. DeLaMa- | tyr visit our town as early as the month of May, at. which time a general oubpouring of the people may be expected. ‘We will advise the readers of THE DANNER as the matter progresses, but ' the project may be looked upon as no ' sensation but an absolute certainty.

Sup’t . S. O'Rourke made our town a pleasant visit of a business nature last” week. Pal i 3 a genial, whole< souled fellow, chuck full of business, and a great friend of Rome City. He thinks as we do, thab there is no-doubt but Judge Lowry will be the Democritic candidate for Congress in this district.

" We aie told that Capt. E. H. Fisher | has been appointed inspector at the coming April election, P «1 _Tom Smith and “Cutty” moved Dn. Wilson's water works on Saturday. Ltl now stands bLehind Geisendorft’'s old. barn to scare horses as they pass alongl the public highway. oty Six carpenters, two masons and two. painters are daily engaged in repairing | the- ¢Skiilen House” which ‘will be open to tbe public about the middle of May. ;. Rumor has it that we dre to have a new bakery and restaurant in Rome. Mr. Mel.eod, of Kendallville, has taken the Dodge restaurant and bakery, or leased the same from KEsq. Cobbs, and will move here shortly and commence business. : : The Fort YWayne Gazette has.a large. circulation here, but nary eopy of the Sentinel comes to our town. The Sentinel undertook to “write down” Rome City because it does not like Superintendent O'Rourke and thereby uas got its foot into it. A gun well aimed atduck and,plover,&e.” The Sylvan Lake House and thePeter St. ‘Marie House will soon undergo valuable improvements by way 'of painting, &c. Let every citizen of Rome improve his house likewise. . Put out your shade trees by all means. Do not neglect it. Every good citizen ought to feel himself in duty bound to help to Improve and decorate the town, L g The ‘%icago Hxpress is getting a large cir®ulation here. Tverybody can afford to take it. Ten cents pays for it two mounths. 1 ALEXIS,

- WASHINGTXON TWP. ‘ Quite a demand for corn and hay. At last, in spite of all the predic!tions, Jacob Weigel has completed his ‘new road. [le threw it opeun to the tpublic‘ last Monday. Jake degerves -eredit for-his perseverance. ; We undergstand that there will be a Union caucus next Saturday afternoon.at the Center. ! : A Mr. Kile, from the vicinity of Pierceton, is conduncting a singing at Cold Spripgs. ' There is quite a demand for houses to rent in this vicinity. = Why couldn’t our “tewnship dad” build a few for the benelit of the poor of this township?- » s ~ Reyv. Miller willi begin a series of meetings 4t Salem soon: : . Some plowing was done last week. } Schools are mostly supplied with teachers in this township. What has become of the Stringtown i concert and Simpson? : i Constable Baugher and wife went to Manchester last week to. visit his ‘mother who is quite pick. The old laAy is nearing her live score years.: + Most farmers have their hired help engaged for the coming season. Wages are ranging from $lO to $lB. Better than they have been for some years. - . j o ~Only five new applicants for pensions in this township. Sail in, boys, weé think Grant is about done unless his family should increase so as to com-’ pel the “old man” to engage another pew. «Wm. Line, sr., is dangerously sick with lung fever at present writing. « Misses Anna and Lydia Luckey: returped from attending school at Colambia City last Saturdav, and now James C. smiles all over. . y

Adam Brown; of Decatar, Ind, is here:on business in connection with some real estate transfer in that county. i ‘W. A. Davis is not' very favorably impressed with Michigan, so he says. The New Hra labored in a half columa editorial toinform itsreaders what ofliceis-are.to be elected at.our coming election and for how long each is elécted,“in connection with- what kind of men should be selected for each office and daties devolving upon each onse elected, in which he tried, either'intentionally or througlt igorance, to mislead those not informed as to the acts of our last legislature. He Says: *“The assessors to be: elected in April will hold their offices for four years; and in addition to the assessment of personal property for taxation, it will devolve upon them to appraise the real estate of their township before the expira-tion-of their f;;rm"\of office.”” If he will take a few " ents'of time and consult Section 120 of (“an act concerning taxation,” passed by our last legislature, he will readily ‘perceive that the first asgessment oi-réal estate ' to be made-under this newact is in 1886¢:and every Bix-years thereafter. » Now the assessor that-is ‘elected this spring will hold. his office~until ~April; 1886, at which time his suceessor will be chosen upop.whom.will devolve the duly of appraiging the.real ‘estate; as the time of«heginning the assessment-of property is fixed on April 15th, of each

sear. Wil the New Era please ac‘] }:u‘a‘w]g ge tH % informing its‘ readers of its mistake " : 1 -~ Welearn that ames Luckey wil| ;ﬂ, !. «‘ -g!;_‘r .3;':;,:; spring. | 5 BaTm i, riell ‘and family left for Michigaa Jast Thursday, to visit his B Wiseonsin, where they will take up their abode for the time being. Will| and Tom Adair will follow soon. * j No doubt the sngw road law will meet with considerable opposition in this county. .} DorA. }

e T v 1 =SPRING HII.X. | . Lockwood ' Liamb now spends - Lis: time working at the carpenter trade. = e ) zi’f@&JS!néff?ﬁis gone to Ohio where he expects to speud the summer. ; Mrs. McDeviit has purchased a very fine horse. - There will be-services held at the! cburch Sunday: ! : = Busan Hire is on the sick list, being confined to ber room with the disease from which she has so-long been a’ sufferer. . , : -~ Nanpcy Galbreth has reached the respectable age of 71 years. - Eli Guftey, is mentioned as a candidate for the position of road saperintendent. We think he would be the right man in thé right place. Should the Democrats nominate him and he be elected, he will give sach satisfaction that it will cause every man in the township to exclaim with pride: B pluribus unum, esto perpetua.”

Miss Hannah Galbreth made a visit to Syracuse last week. Mr. Benfer had the ili luck to !ose a valuable cow last week, worth probably $5O. ; The number of school childrén enrolled in this distriet is 60; numberdof voters, 20; number of children _under six, years of age.#ebout 20; total, 110. The whole number. ot inhabitants is about 149, and among - this’ number only two deaths have occurred within the last two years, and in the same number of years only one birth. Both parties that died were over seventy years ef age. \What other district in this evunty can give such statistics? Born, March 11, 1882, a son to the wife of John Milner; usual weight. - Mrs. MeDevitt recently sold a fall blooded Jersey cow for #75. It pays to raise blooded stoek. SUN SET.

BAKERTOWN. Two Jnches of snow fell on the mort inFof the 15th, . Lambert McFarland is preparing to build a house this spring.” Six of cur citizeas have, as they suppose, made secret arrangerhents for embarking in 4 few, days on the old ship Matrimony. IF might be well to look to the strength of its stracture before going on board, for many are shipwrecked now-a-days in attempting to cross the sed of life in tlrds old bark. - Are those disasters to be attributed to increasing tempests, or is the vessel getting weaker? There is no manifested opposition as yet to Frank Stanley for Trustee of Green township. If he wiil accept the office again there i 3 no doubt but that he will be elected. The question 18; Who will be road superintendent ?

We have heard & number of people say they have livéd without sinning for from one to seven years, but strange to say, they do not. appear to be more circumspect than those who profess christianity, yet confess themselves sinpers. Why is this thus? Wise people are not easily caught in this talk trap unless it be baited with works to correspond with the talk. A skillful workman loves to let his work talk. : Remember the caucus to be' held at Jetferson Center, Saturday, March. 25, at 2 o'elock. Look OuT.

BRIZFIILILD. (. B. Hart visited in Ohio a few days last week. - : ~ If anybody wants to know the num per of ties between this place and Kendallville ask A. C. Emahiser. As we passed ilirongh a sugar bugh the other _dayg.#m ‘a barrel suspended about forty feet with the top of a tree stuck into the bung hole. The work of fun loving "boys, no doubt. ‘ ‘ : E. M. Coldren did not buy the Lepird farm, as we stated in a previous local, but bought forty acres of the farm owned by the late Isaac Pancake. Owen Lane and Bert Parkman, Brimfield boys, have each secured a position on a westernroad as telegraph operator. It is rumored that we are to have a new doctor at this place. : Miss May Griffin’s school closed last Saturday with quite a namber of visitors present. Miss Griflin was the recipient cf a handsome gutograph album from her pupils.; L.ast Friday was the tenth anniyersary of the . wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Mayhood. Without willing it they ‘were pleasingly surprised by.a numher of their friends dropping in on them with about twenty-five dollars worth of presents. SKUTOFF. e R N R Commissioners’ Court Proceedings

i : . Second Week, ‘ : : SEVENTI DAY. Board met pursaant to adjournment of Saturday. Proceeded to open and consider bids for medical® attendance on the people who are entitled to receive help from the county, and awarded sams as follows, per annum: J. T. Green, Orange twp...... ... 8840 J. W. Hays, jail, county asylum, Albion and York twp’s..... .. ....80 E. C. Ohlwine, Spartatwp... ......35 Maric:llus Robinson, Washingten & Nobte'twpa..iv + ohi. (... ...40 C. Palmiter, Perry twp..... ...i....44 J. P..Cesana, Allep tWp...........<60 JiTeDunn BSwan-bwp,... ... 00, .018 R. W. Bartley, Elkhart twp ......50 E. G. Freyermuth, Wayne twp.._....50 J. L. Baker, Greem twp... .........30 Board appointed Lewis Iddings inspector of precinct No. 18, Allen twp. (vice Lake Ihrie, ineligible) and in like mannper appainted Eden H. Fisher inspector of precinct N0..13, Orange twp. (vice\Joseph Bailey, ineligible.) Adjourned. a , ; EIGHTH DAY. Bills audited and allowed. Board adjourned. A . ' NINTHO DAY. Board-made the following appropriations: $3OO for repairs on highway near the Hursey farm, Geo. W. Mummert, superintendent. $7OO for a new bridge in Jefferson twp., J. A. Singrey, superintendent. - Board adjourned nntil next ferm in course. : 2

| TOWNSHIP CAUCUSES. | JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, - The Democrats of Jefferson Township are requested to meet at the Jefferson Genter Bchosl House on Saturday, Mareh 25, 1882, at Lo’clock;p. M., torthe purpose of nominating townsbi[i) officers to be voted for at the April election.: Also, to appoint a committeeman and to transact such other buginess as may come before the meeting. Tuomas HUDSON, § Committeeman, WAYNE TOWNSHIP, The Democrats of Wayne townahi;l) are requested to meet in Gappinger’s Hall, in the city of Kendallville,SATUßDAY, MARCH 25, 1882, at 2 o’cloek P. M., for the purpose of nominating township officers to be voted for at the April election; also to appoint a committeeman for the‘epsu!nﬁ' two years, dnd to transact such other business asmay come befere the caucus, - J. L.Gavnee, Committeeman, s % o ORANGE TOWNSHIP, . ! 2 ,'ghc_Demo_crats, Nationals and Independé]‘g.s'&; Oga}{;bge township are requested to meet'in’ the Towh Hall at Rome City, MON DAY, MARCH 27, 1882, &t 8 ¢’¢clock P. M., fori the purpose of nominating townshiﬂ offigers t 0 be votod fi ,»the,;goming Apr election g}:ﬂ tramag such other business a 8 may éome béfdfb;the“meeﬂﬁf. ; : T, H. SMITH, Committeeman,

- While n building was being moved across the track wr Seuth Rerd last Fridy o fretghy inesn wentaprongh Mo v:!!i:".w\rzviﬁ\ﬂl]lr‘qﬁ’hf‘l!;! itv’ T'he i sta wan tor datniged eXeept the des struction of e lucomotive headlight.

EPITOME OF THE WEEK. it ST i ; ! _ Interesting News Compilation. | e e ¥ i XLVlith Congress, i Turspay, March 14 —lln the Senate a‘ memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin was received, favoring the improvement of the Mississippt River in connect'on witly the great lakes. Mr. Harrigson, from the Military Commnittee, reported that 50,000 persons were driven from their homes by the overflow of the Mississippi, and preseénted a joint resolution nppropriating £lOO,OOO additional for the sufferers, which’' was passed. The Postal Appropriation bill was taken up and debated. A special message from the President was received, recommending legislation to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. In the ,House the Scnate Anti-Polygamy Dbill, after a long debate, was passed without amendment by—ayes, 109; nays, 42. The AntiChinese bill was then taken up and debated to the hour of adjournment. = : WEDXESDAY, March 15.—1 n the Senate the bill appropriating 20,000 for a monument on the battle-field of Monmouth was passed. Mr. Ednfunds, on account of illness in his family, obtained indefinite leave of absence. Mr. Garland called up his bill to expend §15,000,000 on the levees of the Mississippi, and- appealed for Federal aid for the South, ag did also Messrs. Jonas and Vest. The Postal Appropriation bill was amended by adding $150,000 for clerks. Mr. Allizon submitted the report on the Contingent fund of the Treasury. In the House Mr. Houk reported back a bill appropriating $291,000 for the payment . of 1,300 claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, and it was passed: Mr. Rice oﬂ'ered‘ a Tresolution directing the Judiciary Cqm-‘ mittee to report if the conviction of | Sergeant Mason by -a military court tvas not in violation of the laws aud Constitution of the United States. Mr. Hiscock reported back the Senate bill to increase the relief far the Mississippi sufferers to $200,000, and au- ' thorizing the expenditure of 4 portion thereof for labor on the revees. The bill was amended 1o appropriate $150,000 and then passed. . TACRSDAY, March 16.—1 n the Senate Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to increase the pensions of persons who have lost a leg or an arm or been permanently disabled in the military or naval service from $36 to $4B per. month. Mr. Sherman presented a protest by soldiers against restoring Fitz John Porter to the army. Mr. Logan addressed the Renate on his bill to expend the revenue from liquors in popular education. The Post-office Appropriation bill was taken wup, .and the ftem for fast mails was increased to $650,000. Mr. Edmunds secured the insertion of a clause providing that Senators or ;i Representatives may frank any package con- | taining only printed or written matter. In the House Mr. McLane, rising to & question of privilege, charged that the Speaker had invaded the privileges of the House. Aftér considerable argument, Mr. Kenna offered a resolution declaring that the Speaker has no right to reprimand members; but withdrew it after an explanation by the Chair. . Mr. Converse introduced a hill to prohibit the ‘consolidation of railway companies. Mr. Belmont offered a reso- ~ Intion, which was passed, that Jacob R..Shipherd furnish copies of all correspondence and any other evidence tending to show what he attempted to do to ehforce the claims of the Pernvian Company. A resolution was also passed requesting the President to arrange with Nicaragua for the scttlement of claims.

FripAY, March 17. —ln the Senate the Chair submitted a resolution of the Towa Legisiature for an amendment of the act donating publie lands to the State for agricultural colleges. A resolution against the withdrawal of silver Cortificates was referred to the Finance Committee. The Post-office Appropriation bill was taken up and passed, ineluding the restoration of the franking privilege. The Fortification Appropriation bill was passed. Mr. Shermun introduced a bill to print 80,000 copies of Blaine’s memorial address-on Garfield. Bpeeches on the Tariff-Commission bill were made by Messrs. Beck and Pendleton. In the House the Senate bill extending the northern boundary of Nehraska wis passed. Mzi. Page failed in an effort to resume consideration of the Chinese hill. Seme time was spent on two Bills for the relief of postmasters for losses suffered by the defalcation of elerks, but both measures were killed. The Speaker submitted an estimate by the Secretary of War that 85,000 persons were rendered destitute by the overflow of the Mississippi. Mr. ‘Dunnell reported a substitute for the hill to amend the Internal Reyenue laws. ; S.(’rrmxu’, March 18.—The Senate was not in gession. In the Houes the entire day was devoted to debate on. the Chinese bill, Messrs. Deuster, Guenther and Brumm speaking in-favor of, and|Messra. Speer, Moore, (Tenn.), Flower and Williams (Wis.) against,; the hill. A e ; 2

- From Washington. JUDGE BLATCHFORD formally notified the President on the 14th of his acceptance of the nomination for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, THE Senate received a statement. from the Sccretary of War a few days ago showing that for thé past ten years the costof maintainiag troops in the Indian country had been over $22,000,000 pér annum. A ¢cALL was issued on the 14th by the Secretary of the Treasury for $15,000,000 continued six-per-cent. bonds. ' : PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 14th, In a special message to Congress, transmitted a communication from the National Board of Health relative to legislation for the Bre\‘enf tion of the spread of infect'ous diseases. The communication sets forth that the National Board of Health had advices showing ‘the continued spread of small-pox, especially along the lines of the transportation of immigrants, and the Board thought that tlre gpread would continue during the current year unless prevented. The Board recommend such amendments to the act of June, 1879, for thee prevention of the introduction and the spread of contagious diseases, as will make the provisions of that act applieable to all vessels sailing from foreign ports, without imposipg upon the United States Government the obligation of proving that such port is infected; also a specific provision requiring the vaccination of all immigrants not pre viously vaccinated.

Ix Washington on the 15th the attorney for Sergeant Mason made application in the Distriet Court for a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the Court-martial had no “jurisdiction in time of peace, and that jt imposed an excessive punishment. * - I was announced on the 15th that the business of the United States Patent Office at Washington showed an increasc of twenty-five per cent. over that of any previous year., A REWARD of #3ou was offered on the 15th <by the Commissionsr of Internal Revenue for the capture of each.of the men engaged in the assassination of Deputy Collector Davis, in Tennessee.. : : T Star-route cases came up for hearing on the 16th, but, on the request of the defendants, the Court postpowed the trial for one week. = It was unanimously resolved at tlie Republican Congressional ciaucus, held on the evening of the 15th, that the tax on whisky and tobaceo shpuld not be reduced. . TaE resignation of Colonel Cook, the special attorney in the prosecution of the Star-route cases at Washington, was announced on the 16th. : AX appropriation of $1,000,000 for the Hen‘nepin Canal was on the 16th agreed upon by the House Committee¢”on Railroads and Canals. el : SERGEANT MASON’s counsel on the 17th declared his determination to- investigate the hasty shipment of the prisoner to the Albany Penitentiany while a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was pending. Secretary Lincoln had promised to glve tha case due consideration. i Sl _Tur Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has chosen General Rosecrans as “{ts Chairman. :

DuriNG January and February the exports: of provisions, tallow and dairy products ag: gregated $22,447,776. : ON the 17th Judge Cox was engaged with Mr. Scoville and the District Attorney at Washington in going over the Guiteau bill of exceptions. - BusiNgss failures o the number of 138 were reported to have occurred in the United States during the seven days ended on the 16th. ; S . A rECENT Washington dispatch states that Guiteau was making nearly $5O a day by .the sale of his autographs and portraits. . Tup caleulation was: made by Southern Congressmen on the 18th - that it would take 81,000,000 to feed the sufferevs in the Mississippi Valley during the next sixty days. AX attempt to secure eouu%el_tor Guiteau’s ﬁ was a failure, Mr. Scovil e_state‘a on the : . The assasgin was sure he woild be re-

leased by the court in bane, in vwi cuse proposed taw leave for Europe, and, after “de ng” the continent, retarn {0 the, United Btates to leeture, Rcovilio thought I would: ‘be better for the cranks of ‘she fuf@re that Guiteau should be hanged, . . - - B OhEEk . AN insame citizon "of Waterbury, Vthf’ named Patrick MeCoffin, recently killed his wife and mother-in-law with an ax, and hid their bodies in the cellar. ¢ : A sTRIKE of the employes of the Pacifle Mill corboration at Lawrence, Mass., on the 14th stopped 64,000 spindles. o Prrso C. CALEOUYN, President of the Fourth’ National Bank of New York City, who was prostrated by the recent discovery that the bank’s old and trusted loan clerk was au em- , bezzler, died on the morntig of the 14th. At a sale of coins in New York City the other day a Confederate half dollar of 1861, of which only four were struck, brought $370. A Sommer Island sixpence was bid oft at $lOO, and a shilling of the same coinage §t $5O. L : Tor House of Representatives of Massachusetts recently passed a Prolilbitory Liquor hill by a vote of—ayes, 1053 nays, 80. At South Bethlehem, Pa., nearly two Lundred eitizens were prostrate with small-pox on the 15th, and the Board of Health ordered the hurning of forty tar-barrels in the streets. ‘A CrnrxaMAN named Henry Leon, who had resided in the United States for, over seven’ . years, was naturalized in Philadelphia the other day. 2 o . THE boiler in the shoe factory of Goodwin ‘Brothers, at Lynn, Mass., exploded afew mornings ago wrecking the building and killing several persons. : : ; Ravrstox, McQuane & Co., bankers ut Petrolia, Pa., failed on the 15th, with liabilities supposed to be $300,000. SERGEANT MAsoN arrived af the Albany (N, Y.) Penitentiary on the 16th. > “TEN years at hard labor in, State Frison” was the seutence recently pronounced upon Horace Hammill, the defaulting Secretary of the Newton Building Association of Camden Comatae N T dabs s e Ox the'l6th the New York Stock Exchange suspende 1 for thirty days two members-who indulged in a fight on the floor. ° A PROMINENT Baptist educator, Rev. J. T. Champlin, D. D., died at Portland, Me., a few days ago. : TuEe shrinkage in the New York Stock Exchange values during the last twelve months is ‘estimated by the Graphic to have been §800,000,000. - “ A mECENT dispatch from Gloucester, Mass., states that the fishing schooner Bellerophon and the crew of fourteen men had been lost. A FEW days ago a lunatic named Remshaw shot and dangerously wounded Dr. Gray, of the Utica (N.;Y.) Lunatic Asylum. He believed he was an ambassador from Heaven and Guiteau. e petui THE Republicans of Rhode Island Lave renomited A. H. Littlefield for Governor. Fire destroyed the Calvary Baptist Church ‘at New Haven, Conn., a few days ago. Loss, 75,0003 insurance, $50,000, : AN aged couple who lived alone ina farmhouse near Reading, Pa., were attacked by two masked burglars a few nights ago, who bound their vietims and plundered the house of $1,500. : Apylces on the 18th stated that small-pox ‘was spreading through ILchigh and Berks’ Counties in Pennsylvania, and there were said to be two hundred cades at South Bethlehem. ¢

ROBBERS blew ‘open the post-office safg at Needham, Mass., a few nights ago, and then set three buildings on fire, destroying property valued at £20,000. ; Tur works of Pond’s Extract Company, in Brooklyn, N. Y., valued at $lOO,OOO, were destroyed by fire a few days ago. . Two PERSONS perished in the flames which destroyed the round-house of the Oil Cjty Road at Newcastle, Pa., a few days sipce. Three engines and four coaches were also burned. ; It was announced on the 18th.by a New Yorlk paper that the Mutnal Union Telegraph Company had informally agreed totransfer tis wires to the Western Union, and that the. Baltimore & Ohio line would also bé handed over to the monster enteprise. o A FEW days ago F. A. Palmer, late Auditor of the city of Newark, N. J., was séntenced to State Prison for twenty vears, for forging warrants on the Treasury. e ResoLuTiONS were passed at a recent public meeting in Reading, Pa., requesting President Arthur to pardon Sergeant Mason; and the sum of $2,300 was contributed for the family of the unfortunate man. : : Ar-Lawrence, Mass., on the 18ththe strike at, the Pacific Mills was reinforced - hy-she withdrawal of four hundred weavers, * Ir was reported from Boston en the 19th that about one thousand horses were sufiering from a disease similar to the black scratches, which was believed to have arisen from the use of brine on the, street-car tracks. ¢

West and South. Tue Arkansas Democratic State Convention is to be held at Little Rock on the lf'ith of June. : TaE alleged Gnl‘ﬁe}_ﬂE(TT}use-Rosecraus leiter is pronounced'a foygery by thé Cincignati Ggzette of the 14th. > : ' REPORTS from the flooded regions of the South on the 14th were to the effect that the rivers were falling, and it was believed that the worst of the deluge was over. : - At Dallas, Tex., a few days ago ex-Mayor J. M, Thurmond, during a quarrel in the ‘county court-room, was shot dead by Robert E. Cowart, a prominent attorney. The Coroner’s Jury found a verdict of self-defense.. A FEW, days ago some robbers fired the house of Josiah Hodges, near Llano, Tex., and Mrs. Benson and two grandchildren were burned to death. : THE Straits of Mackinac were reported free from ice on the 14th, and navigation between Chicago and Buffalo was unobstructed. ONX' the 15th the Hide and Leather Baunk of Chicago drew $15,000 from the Pension Agen¢y, and remitted it to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, dn New York. - _ 0 THE cavalny and artillery stables at Fort Leqvenworth were destroyed by fire a few days ago. No less than thirty horses perished in ‘the flames. - ) : PeTER HANSEN, four years old, was killed at Omaha, Neb., a few days ago by. the aceldental discharge of a revolver in thé hands of a man cleaning the weapon. - Tue Mission School in Indian Territory was destroyed by fire a few days ago, and four children were burned to death. _ A’ DISPATCR from New Orleans on the 15th states that Lieaks in nine levees had taken place within twelve miles of each other. The overflow Commissioners had issued 130,000 rations of flour, meal and bacon'.to nine thougand people in the parishes of Catahanla, Ouachita, Point Coupee, and in the region bordering on the -Atchafalaya River. There was one vast sea of water for forty miles around Helena, Ark., with hundreds of people struggling for life and something to.eat, and the same condition of affairs existed in the opposite State of Mississippi. A cALL was recently made for a Nationa) Prohibition Convention t 6 be held in Chicago on the 80th of August mext. . .. A Numper of houses in Arkansas City, Ark., were destroyed by a tornado on.the 16th. Noliveslost.: ' 7 ;

© ACOORDING to & Helena (Ark.) telegram of the 16th the valley of the Mississippi, for a distance of 1,000 miles, was overflowed to a width of 10 to 120 iniles. The greatest suffering' was apparent between - Vieksburg and Memphis. The loss of human life was believed to be in excess of one hundred, and stock were dying from starvation at every mile of the overflow. Many people were subsisting upon the carcasses of animals found floating Inthe water. ! - Durixg the twelve months ended February 88, 1882, there' were slaughtered and packed by Chicago packers 5,100,184 hogs, against 5,152,191 during the twelve months previous. At San Francisco a few days ago the unusual phenomenon of 'a thunder-storm was witnessed. : Lo g 0 At Bt. Joseph, Mo., a few days ago five boys excavated a-biding place in a hillside, and on subsequently .going there to play all were killed by the falling of the earth. i ~ TWENTY-FIVE rioters were on the lith indicted by the Grand Jury at Omahafor assault with intent to commit murder. Edward ‘Walch, President of the Labor Union, had ‘been committed to jail, and Barhey Shannon, formerly a member of the City Council, hadbeen held to bail in the sum of $2,000. *- THE Governor of Tennessee, in his recent call for a special session of the Legislature, made uo allusion to the settlement of the State debt. @ L

THE Bimms Automatic Car Company of Columbus, 0., récex_ltly mad®é an assignment. Liabilities, $150,000. Tug Legislature of Towa adjourned sine die at noon on the 17th. i Tug Btate Board of Raflroad and Warehouse Commissioners of llinois have fssued a revised and amended schedule of railway freight rates, to take effect April 10, Reports on the 17th from the flooded cot try showed a continued increase of suffering. The levees above Milliken’s Bend; noar VicksW. Miss;, had broken in four places. It 8 estimated that 85,000 people in the subs merged districts were dépendent entirely on

‘Qovernmens rations, At Tazop Qimih:& ne hundred dwellings wero overfigwed and . deserted, Over five thousand mules had been ‘drowned on the upper Tallahatchie River. ‘Constant reports werc being made of Tives . lost in endeavoring to escape.’ S el g“éﬂ‘n: Court of Appeals of Kentucky on the . Yith gtayed the excéution of Isaac Turnmer ' three minutes before he was to mount the geaffold, e . TrE Central Pacificßoed at Emigrant. Gap .and Tamarack was blocked by snow-slides on” the 17th, b s e Ix the Madison (Wis.) Post-office a few - days ago fire destroyed 15500 letters, many of - which were said to. contain money - orders, drafts, efe. - e ‘ ' Oy the 18th dispatches from the flooded. eountry stated that about ‘twenty _thohsanafl square miles of ferritory weré under water, the depth ranging from one to thirty feet.. Whole’ villages were situated in’ the midst of’an - land sea, houses wore tiel fast totrees to prevent their floating away, and steamers going by had to proceed slowly s 0 as hot to produce ; any heavy waves, lest they throw the houses over. Eutire towns lln;d”been' swept away, and ,many others weré practically deserted, the inhabitants having fled to the hills for. safety. The destruction’ of ‘stoek was: tre-’ - mendous, and the loss of human life was said to be appalling. ~Government relief -boats were doing all that' was possible to relieve the: sufferers, P o e CONTRIBUTIONS amotnting to $106,000 were ‘announced by the Garfield Monument Com-. mittee of Clevelandon the 18th, of which &75,+ 000 was raised at home: A new appeal vas made to swell the sum to §250,000., I A FURIOUS snow-storm was raging on . the 19th all along the line’ of the Union Pacific Railroad, which ‘had stopped -trains and threatehed much damage-thereafter, in the shape of fleods. At Genea, Nev., anavalanche of snow had buried three whites and fiffeen Indiafs. - e S T A yourH at Wheeling, W. Va.;named Milligan, while intoxicated, shot and killed Frank Dayis, aged eighteen, a few. evenings ago. A FEw days ago a thief was geized in the - Bdnk of Minneapolis by President. Wilson, while attempting’ a robbery.. Subsequently’ the prisoner was ~discovered: to -he William Burke, who stole money frot the Bank of Co-~ hoes, N. Y., and for whose azrest a reward of $2,000 had beéen offered.: .. & 7.t ol &ty ON the 18th a messengor. left | Chicago to present to President Arthur a petition for the, pardon of Sergeant Mason. The paper was 2,500 feet in length, formed a cylinder ane foot: | in diameter and had 120,000 signatures. . - A Mpyeuls dispateh states That on thel9th the region south of that city was swarming with buffalo-gnats, who were killing -what little stock was saved from drowning, <

.~ Foreign Intelligence, =~ A Berrix dispatch of the 14th staes that General Skobeleff, the. distinguished Russian General, had been arrested and imptisoned in a/National fortress. = = i : Tue principal of a boys' seminary- near London, Eng., after.several 'day'ei trial for the murder by poison of a velative, has” been found guilty by ‘the jury and sentepced to deaths U e A HAND-CAR on the Méxican National Road, containipg James "Pyett, an ~American’ civil engiucer, and three Mexicans, metwvith aniaccidenti gta bridge the other day, and the four men were killed. - L e AX explosion of fire-damp in the eoal mines at Belevez, Spain, a few . days sinee, “caused the death of six persons. - - h e IN St. Petersburgh on the 13th the anniver‘sary of the assassination of the late Czar of Russia was observed with solemii ceréemonies: It is estimated by the British Secretars: of War that £15,500,000 will be - required to sustain an army of 132,015 men for 1882 - A FEW days ago the shaft of the -Lumley Colliery, in Durham, Eng.; fell’ in_and entombed 150 workmen. They sabseguently made their ezcape through another shaf; tag o

THE Austrians are said to have lost two . hundred men in the recent engagement withthe Crivostians near Jankow:.[. . 500 o QUEEN Vicroria left England on the 15th . to sojourn for-a period at Mentone, Italy. Previous to her departure she telegraphed ‘Archbishop McCabe, of Dublin, expressing her thanks for the reference to her jn his recent pastoral letter. Lo S aai ; AFEW days ago Robert Plgmberg stole $5OO from his employer in New York, and fled with it to Montreal. He has'just heen convieted, ‘under the new law, of bringing stolen funds into/Canada. =~ -1 - i ieais THE story, published some time ago, that ‘two hundred young girls had been massacredby order of the King of Ashantee, for the purpose of using their blood to mix- maitar ‘with which to repair one of the State huilds ings, is denied by Prince’ Buaki, father of the: King. Loy e . A DISPATCH from Panamaon the 14th gays advices by mail did not . confirm- the firstréports concerning the earthquake in: Costa Rica. The damage wiought and the number of lives lost had been greatly exagezerated:® At is said that; in the belief that the Nihilists will cease their attempts at assassination;. the Czar of Russia will extend clemency to political prisoners. B A LoNDOX cablegram contradicts the statement that Skobeleff had been arrested.. = - A MEMORIAL favoring greater leniency ‘to“ward imprisoned suspeets has been ‘signed by fifty Liberal members of the British House of Commons. Sceretary Forsterhas annotinged that the daily period of ‘solitary confinement will be shortened ninety 'r_nimite;., HE e A RECENT cablegram from Bérlin states that Austria had finaily determined fo annex Bog. niaand Herzegovina, and {that Bismarck was urging the Porte to acquiesce. == -+ o 7 Tar German Empire has a total popula tion of 45,234,061, according to a recent census, an fncrease of 2,503,636 ‘during -the last five years. . SR O i

AL¥FRED DAMON, convicted recently of steals ing money letters from the post-office in Montreal, was sentenced fo ten years in the penitentiary. ; e : TE AT Odessa; Russla, the policerecently seized a clandestine press and copies of a proclamas tion denouncing the late political trials. = A rEW days ago the towhs' of. Sao Joas, Macahe, Paraty '‘and Pirahy, in Brazil, were almost entirely destroyed by a flood, and many persons were drowned. - i Ox the 18th Mr. Glxdstone was’ denounced in the British Parliament as an unspeakable tyrant and deéspot. : S LievreNANT HARBERreached Krasnojarska, Siberia, on the 18th, and: notified the Nayy Department that he would there await.the arrivil of Lieutenant Danénhauer, = ~- 5 . HENRY G: RoGERS, who was Minister . to' “Bardinia underf President Vlaq Buren, died in the almshouse at Latncaster, Pa;, onthe 20th. - Eacmof the fifty-eight oyster pirates captured by'the Governor of Virginia were ‘on the 20th given one year in' the penitentiary,: and the fleet of seven vessels «waf§ confiseated.. . - Nrw ORLEANS dispatches’ of. the 20th report that the breaking of the levee at Ship’s Bayou had submerged most. of * the plantationsin Tensas Parish, La.- The water: was twenty feefdeep. - ‘ : » O the 20th g rate-collector named Craw_fq‘rd, in County Meath, Ireland, and ‘& police ‘inspector named Doherty, In County Sligo, were ghot andfatally wounded, =+ '~ Ava sale of the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs in Virginia on the 20th the porch of the hotel fell, killing one.man and injuring tWelve: - el o Two TREIGHT traing on.the Pennsylvania. Railroad collided mear Downington, Paj; on -the 20th, Eightcen cars: were thrown over an embankment thirty-five feet high, and-were dostroyed. Clemi Kesser, a fireman, was killed, and William Filley, -engincer, fatally injured. SR R e Ar Cherryfield, Me., on the 19th, as Mrs. Hattie Sprague, & widow, wad leaving church, Chester Cunningham: stepped forward with-a knife and killed her, from jealousy. . - = ! T'wo'HUNDRED employes of the starch-works 2t (len Cove, L. I.;'struck 'on the 20th for-an advance in wages, and took possession of the: factory. At Troy, N. Y., five hundred molders went out on a strike, .o Faasirden

Ix flie United States Senate on the 20th the ‘ Diplomatic and Military Academy bills were reported with. amendments, as wasalso the act fer the admission of Dakota. = Messrs, Beck and Morrill made speéches on the Tarifl-, Commisgion bill. - Mr, Pendleton presented a meniorial of the National:Tobacco Associa~ tion protesting against the passage of a free leaf bill and asking the abolition of export stamps.© In the House. 'a message: from the = President was . submitted -mtating that, in ‘compliance with the Congtitution, the Governor * of Nebraska, on his request, was given authority to employ troops to protect the State against domestié ‘violence. Bills were introduced + By Mr. Hub-~ hell, to abolish all taxes on banking and the -stamp tax on matehgs and perfumery; by Mr. King, appropriating . $500,000. .for the -relief of sufferers from the overflow,of the Mississippi River; by Mr, Ladd, to prevent confrac-: tion of the volume of -the cuveney; by -Mi Minning, to appropriate. $5,000 for a mopin--‘ment at the grave of Thomas” ',)‘ege‘rsoﬁ;fhyMr. Beach, ‘appropriating $lO,OOO for a memorial shaft at Washington’s head-quarters at o 0 R R 157 bills and resolutions Were Introduced, mostly of a private character, =~ -

<. The Coal Mines. = b _ Thomas Wilson, Jr., State’ Mine Inspector, recently filed Wisannual report with Governor Porter.. The report sets forth thata compe- - ‘tent mining engineer is badly needed in the ‘State, as the ventilation of most of the mines Is quite bad, and should by all means be made| better. ~ Mr. Wilson says that there were gbout 5,000 men and boys employed in and; about the mines during the year 1881, and/ in thdt time there were but ten fatal acci: dents, which were mostly due to the carelessness of the unfortunate’ miners. Indiand is ° now the fourth coal producing State in the Union, and -the Imspector says there is no need of fear of a coal ;famine within her Borders. - The report says the first coal mined in"’ the State was 'ln Warwick County in 182, The coal was taken: out by :Alpha Frisbee from the outerop-: pings -of 2 seam on Little Pigeon Creek,, » seven miles east of Newburgh, and three miles: from the point where the creek empties into the Ohio River, and-was mined by stripping the surface shale’ that" was over it at this point. . The first coal shaft was sunk by John ~ Hutchingon in 1850, one mile ‘east of Newburghion the bank of the-Ohio River. This _shaft’is &till operated. Coal was first mined ‘in Perry County by F. Y, Carlyle, in 1849. The Tuspector says that the new mines in Pike and surrounding counties will largely indrease the supply of cealduring the present vunr ‘Pike and two of the adjoining counties - ‘are upderlined- with two immense beds of ‘codl, extending - under the .whole, seetion of _that country. The region is crossed by the New Albany & St. Louis jAir-Line and the Byansville & Indianapolis Railroads, and some cof-the coal has already bven shipped to St. ’Louis markets. The.lnspector submits the following fable : 0 1 U Al B lagll nEsed !Li’t k-l 1 :§ i ik i ‘wé < : s . COUNTIES. 25| £§| e 88 SEI 8 3 ) . (EEL SBOS S o s imn R e » LGlAY....onoen.o B| 85 2,236 921,228] $558,408: DRYIOR . 2 is s ,‘sl' 569, 201,553 121,500 DUbOIE. i ik 2 6,9101 6,000 Fountainwo...o...l 5 402 177,880} 113,000 Knox.. & o oaf, 281 1361 53,474 8,000 OWeH. . iiiopeiaona 1| - 84| - 231211 BLO0O: ° Parke.............| 11 350 143,146 163.500 Piße. ik 50 2‘2,830; 25,000 Porny:. ol aacea Moo 2510 138500 176.600 5u11ivan.......00n )l 40 (1160 ©36,0330 100,000 Bpengcer.. .\l G 312 1101 4,400 3,000 ‘Nermilion. .. il 201 621 18537 8,000 VRO vsiicl o vl 4 571081 1+ 51,800 29,300 Vanderburg ..o | 3] 48| .67M7. T 1,502 Warrieke: ~ oonif |0 170 34,9470 9400 Cmotal i LBT A 55T 1,771,588 $1,642,210

«° . . Nearly Buried Alive. - At Evansville'a few evenings ‘ago Gustave ‘Beéckermeyor apparently died. He was at ‘once properly laid out for burial; and the first night.after his death nothing unusual was ‘discovered, but the second night the watchers in attendance noticed the eyes twitching. An electric battery was apglied to the corpse, but -without effect. A great many doctors were - called in, and they all concluded that it was a remarkable case as decomposition did not set in. The man was subsequently buried. A physician cited another case which occurred’ .at Evansvile recently, where a young girl ap-! parently died very suddenly, and was prepared for burial, but afterward was restored to life. . A reporter interviewed the lady in question at, ‘hér . sister’s. residence.. She objected to . having her mname ‘published, but 'gave the facts “in the case. She said that one ° Saturday © night, mnot long ago, -she attended a singing-school, and ‘after’ hery return home was- seized with = convulsions, from which she‘sank gradually into a coma-. tosé condition, in which she lay four days. Her friends, thinking her dead, cut off her “hair and prepared her for burial. Her neck and Jimbs were stiff, her lips were purple, and “hér eyes were fixed and staring. Her body; ‘however, was not cold, and a physician pre-' _scribed the application of hot Iye to the body accompanied by vigorousrubbing. This treatment was continued without intermissiondur- . Jing one night and until ten *o’clo¢k the next. morning, when her cheeks became ‘flushed, and she began to breathe and show. othery gigns of life. © The young lady said that she. ‘was conscious ‘during the whole time her friends thought she was dead, heard and understood everything that was said, and wite: nesged the preparations for her burial. She - “deseribed her- feelings “as terrible in the exe~ r R e .

i ol Indiana Items, !, + At MeCowan’s station, on the Fort Wayne: Road, a young man named Charles Ester‘brook attempted to board a train a few afternoons ago, but fell under the wheels and suffered the loss of both of his legs. He resided -at Springport, und was a telegraph student. . J.W.F. Gertish, President of the Grand Temperance Council of Indiana;has issued a circular announcing the meeting of the cbdun“eil in Indianapolis, Aprik6. Allof the various temperance societies in the State are entitled ‘to'send delegates. . ; .~ The prisoners in the jail at Evansville have: conceived the idea that the building is haunt--‘ed, and tell a variety of strange stories ahout | the apparition, which takes at one time the shipe of a dog and again of a black hog. . A few nights ago a train-boy was struck by ‘an east-bound freight on the Wabash line, near Delphi.and instantly killed. The body ‘was horribly mangled, the entire trainrunning over it. : LB C A farmer named ‘Oliver Jones, w:? residesjseven miles south of Richmond, was found dead in the road near-his home, st,,aaylight 8 few mornings -ago, by one of his neighbors.. He came up to Richmond! at night and was drunk when he started home. It is supposed that his horses ran away and threw him ous of his buggy, breaking his neck. “~ One of the able county ’squires of Indianapolis jndorsed on the transcript in an appeal to the Circuit Court: ‘Januery 13 1882 fild in myg offes 14 day at 3 ocloc ‘in the giver leia ee s g S At Lafayette, a few mornings ago a German laborer named Deitrich Vondir Hidi commit-: ted suicide by hanging. gney The Indianapolis grain quotations are: , Wheat—No. 2 Red, $1.272¢'@1.23. Corn—No. 2, 67@67%4c. Oats—4bs@4B'4c. . The ' Cineinnati quotations are: Wheat—No. 2 Red, $1.30 ‘@11.31. ‘Corn—No. 2, 681{@68}4c. - Oats—No. 2, 49@50¢. Rye—No. 2, 90@9%0Lfc. Barley—[email protected]. | o - The residence of William Stewart, near Greensbuiy, was burnéd to the ground a few nights ago, and Mrs. Mary-McElroy, 106 years| of agey-perished in the flames. % ... = For _the- second time within the last five months the cooper-shop of Wilshire & Bement, ‘at Evansville, has been destroyed hy‘fire. - Lossy 10,0007 insurance, $7,000, © . “David“Abshire, a farmer living near Stock‘dale; Wabash -County, had a pitched battle’d few days ago with his wife, whorushed at him withan uplifted ax. .. Abshire took the weapon away from her, and_then beat her so severely that she would probably die. It is said the neighbors do net blame Abshire, as. the woman attempted to kill a former husBand: . b i : :

It {s announced that the State asylums for _the insane being overcrowded, the incurably insane are being sent to their respective countiesas fast as accommodations are réquired for new patients. It Is therefore.ptoposed that two asylums for the incurably insane be erected; one in the northern and the other in the southern.part of the State. : G ‘- Jacob A. Crossland, for thirty years a prominent wholesale merchant 6f Indianapolis, died a few days ago. . - Two hured ana sixty-four ears were turned out by the Indianapolis €ar Works in February.. : : s During January 149 letters were dropped into the Indianapolis post-office without _stdmps, and ‘lßl during February. 255 " Mary Herman, an inmate of . the county asylum: at Jeffersonville, died on the :16th after a fast of sixty-one days. She wag partially -insane, and refused to take any food what ever: e ; i - Farmevs in Southern Indiana dre said to be fairly pushing their spring work. “Most of ‘them hiad on the 16th - sown “their oats «and _planted theit early potatoes, and many of them had their com. ground broken up and were préparing itfor planting: Wheat could DOJOOK. DOYLRTs oo o imarons | The total membership of the Royal Arca- - num in the State is 775, jod * The furniture wo’rlg%:f tiie CootegsMorrison “Company, at Connersvilley valued at $60,000, were destroyed by fire a few days ago.’ : There are yet twenty-six cottntiésof Indiana that have not taken the weather service. | Bugene Stevenson, of Indianapolis, shot him_self through the heart a fow days ago hecapse 'his affection for & lady was not reclprpc:;aa. . Dr. Philander 'C. Leavitt, one of the ‘cldest _and best-known physieians in tho State, dieda ‘Acton_ a few nightsago, where he had pracs ticed medicine thirty-one years. During the ‘war he was surgedn of the 100th Indiana regiment. : S ’* The County, Commissioners of Huntington County have docepted plans for a new fail asd et idne. o Bt i o