Ligonier Banner., Volume 19, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 31 July 1884 — Page 2

The Ligonier Bimer, } § ] g 'J. B, STOLL, Editor. = " THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1884. S ———— . ‘ﬂ"‘ oL X : o ‘:-Q b\*h‘ S \\\* N AR : : SN SR N R 7 : \\\:\"rl‘. ;L‘jlz_»jg’l.'};;}_\.‘ et “ R e NS N GRS N . Democratic National Ticket,

oo st R Prositdentos e iy J GROVER CLEVELAND. ¥or Vice President, THOMAS A, HENDRICEAS. o PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. « | ( At Large—B, W, Hanna, W, D, H. Hunter, First District, - - Wm. F. Townsend. Second, - - Henry 8. Cauthorne. Third, - - - . Aaron A\ Cravens. Fourti], |2 UG Frank E. Gavin, i e e Willis-Heckam. Sixth, - e v e INCRUBISE Seventh,| - & . . James A. New. Eighth, - - - - James M. Seller, Ninth, - - - - Wm. R, Oglesby. Tenth, - '« - = |[Fred Kopelke. Eleventh,” - - - Wm,H.Harkens, Twelfth, - - = William H., Dillg, Thirteenth, -. + - Mortimer Nyé. - DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET,

'+ Yor Goyernor, ISAAC P.GRAY. by * Lieutenant Governor, ‘ MAHLON D. MANSON. - : i Secretary of State, ' WILLIAM R. MYERS. ! /. Auditor of State, e - JAMES H, RICE. : For Attorney General.s FRANCIS T. HORD. - f For Treasurer of State. JOHN J. COOPER: Superintendent of Public Instruction, g - JOHN W. HOLCOMBE, , " Reporter of the Supreme Court. e JOHN W, KERN. | Tudge of Supreme Court, Fifth District ; .v J.ALB. MITCHELL. DISTRICT TICKET, ; e | For Congress, ~ ' HON; ROBERT LOWRY/ : 2 ~ GRANT's‘Secretary of the treasury, Hon. Benjamin H. Bristow, cordially supports Cleveland. ' 2eß = ~ ‘THE Albion New Era evidently feels very badly over the political outlook. It sees the handwriting on the wall. s : : 3 —tl - e LiycoLn’s ‘attorney general, James Speed, declares in & patliotic letter that self-respéct and a dne regard for his country, will not permit him to ~ vote for Blaine. - N THE republicans are trying to make a bargain with Tammany, but the bosses of that institution hardly feel like entering into an arrangement . that would inevitably: result in theix ruin.. Vil na

CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS have been oflieially notified of their nomination ‘ for the presidency and vice presidency. . The ceremony ;was a plain but nevertheless impressive affair. i i ; L e ;

A CLEVELAND ratification meeting

- was held in Elmira, New York, Tues- > ‘day night, at which 400 young men uniformed in tall white hats, dusters and carrying canes marched four ab{gast.: : " S R :

THE CONVERTS to Cleveland and ‘Hendricks are so numerous that we cannot possibly hope. to keep anything like a record of their names and occupations. They are to be counted by the thousands. .

REPUBLICAN MANAGERS are trying hard to persuade Senator Don Cameron to roll up his sleeves and go to work -for his old enemy, James G. Blaine. Don doesn’t seem to be in a hurry about the matter.

THE RESPONSE of Gov. Cleveland to the official notification of his nomination for the Presidency, was an able. eloquent and singularly impressive effort, ' It reveals the sincerity of a true reformyer and a pure patriot,

ACCORDING to a visitor who recently saw Mr. Blaine at Augusta, the latter has received as many letlers congratulating him upon the nomination of Cleveland as he has upon his own. He ought to have received more. -

- TaeE Harrisburg Patriot thinks Mr. B. F. Jones, the republican fational chairman, will have to reduce the wages of his employes a few more times in crijler to replace the .$lOO,OOO he will contribute toward the defeat of the Maine man. . *

SEVERAL people are beginning to ask where i 3 John Kelly? The dis-

tinguished statesman, it seems, has not been seen for several days. If his friends are anxious about him, they would do well to visit thie secret chambers of Blaine’s managers,

THE NOMINATION of -Gov. Bt. John is very distressing to our republican friends. Theéy realize that St. John is a “bustler” and is likely todraw heavily from the republican forces in localities where' guch drafts may prove disastrous to the “grand old

- WaEN " distingnished Republicans like Liincolw’s Attorney General, James Speed, and Grant's Secretary of the treasury, Benjamin . Bristow,declare against - Blaine on the ground that he is not clean-banded, it i#_mnot to be wondered thatso ‘many of the more intelligent Repubﬁcans}refuse to sup« porf the tattooed candidate. = = i . THE prohibition ticket in this state is quite an eye-sore ‘o republican politicians.” They are doing all in their power to demoralize the prohibition movement by inducing desertion from the ranks of " the new party, If the prohibitionists aflow.themselves to be thus bulldozed, theit: ¢ausé is certain to suffer beyond ' recovery. Self-re-st dmie hotnangael e S 4. by their guns_manfully and. bravely. . Any other course will: bting upon them the contempt umumﬂmaw sistency, firmogss and backbone. £ RS ‘th L e TS

Rt aaic it b T Nl W et R A e D B Ex GOVERNOR ST.J ou{«. the prohib-. ition agitator, has written a letter to the Pittsburgh convention, saying that ‘he is unconditionally in favor of a third party. The party that St. John is generally understood to be most in favor of is a party by the name of St. John. el . ‘ THE VICIOUS MANNER in which res publican papers attack the Hon. Thomas A. Hendritks i 3 the strongest and clearest proof that they know him to be a tower of strength in Indiana politics; His nomination made Indiana solid for the democracy. Our republican friends had calculated otherwise. ‘ / ;

__HoN. RicHARD NORRIS, a life long Democrat of Sbelbyville,JJas repudiated Cleveland and announced -himself for Blaine.—@Goshen Times. The Hon. Richard Noretis ceased to bo a *“lifelong Democrat” several years 2go. He openly ¢spoused the republican cause two years ago, and is now slated for an office under the ‘ republican regime. | ;

. CHINA does not appear to have studied the political siiuation/in Amerivéa very intelligently. She seems to have yielded to the demands of France un der the impression that| the French eagle and the plumed knight would be too many for hdr:. She ought to have known that the election of Blaine is very far from a certainty.

AMONG the changés that Patti recites in her application fox diviorce from the Marquis de Caux are degertiou and infidelito. The charge of infidelity may easily be believed; but that the fmpecunious marguis, who X"as living regidlly on the proceeds of Patti’s operatic art, should have deserted her,is somewhat difficult to crffdit. i

> DANIEL MANNING, the superb manager of the Cleveland forces in the Chicago convention, has been re-elect-ed chairman of the democratic state central committee of New York. ExMayor Edward ‘Cooper, a son of the late Peter Cooper, has been chosen chairman of the executive Committee. Under tJ:is management the interests of Gov. (leveland will not suffer. °

POLITICAL events combine to keep Mr. Blaine in a happy frame ot mind. A few days ago he was rejoicing over the nomination of Grover Cleveland, and now he is supposed to be equally well .pleased with the conference of the New York independents. Judging from hig satisfaction over these political in¢idents, it would appear that the only thing that might distress Mr. Blaine is his own election. '

" THE opposition that was worked up against Gov. Cleveland -among the workingmen of the east is gradually disappearing. As his acts are being discussed and . understood, intelligent lworkingmen are fast learning that in'stead: of being their enemy, Gov. ‘Cleveland has been their steadfast and trusted friend. We venture the prediction that Cleveland’s strongest and warmest support jn November wily come from the sons of toil.

Tue Cleveland Plaindeales says: “Those Republicans who are circulating 'slanders about the private habits of Grover Cleveland would squirm and twist if the democratic press should insist upon .making public the reason that James G. Blaiij,e skipped from Kentucky, when a _vo’ung man, when challenged to light a/duel by a friend of an aggrieved party. If those Republicans continue to throw mud at Cleveland’s private | character they may bring out some facts very unpleasant to Mr. Blaine.” . ey

THE question,“What arqthe departments doing ?”? once asked with a considerable show of anxiety by the distinguished statebman’ who took Blaine into his cabinef, has recently been asked in other terms by Mr. Blaine himself;- The melancholy echoes of ‘the, vaulted corrido#s of the departments referred to answer, “Nothing.”

This, it seems, is thefdiamal truth, and there are many secret lamentations over the.absence of gtar-route plunder, and the generous Dorsey and Brady, who disbarsed it dljring the Garfield campaign. B :

- SAMUEL J. TILDEN telegrapled to. Albany, N.Y., last [Tuesday, expressing regrets at his inability to participate in the grand rafiﬁcatiou, meetling in that city. He sair‘d: i “Although I cannot be present in person with my old ’friends in Albany on that interesting occasion. I cor‘'dially co-operate’ with them in their support of the excellent ticket nominated by the dewgcratic national convention, and fedl Jassured that in its succesg at the elgetion, of which there @s every promise, the country will achieve a substantial victory for the cause of good government.” _' The reading of this dispatch was followed by cheer after cheer. It' was fifteen minutes before order was restored. Ourrepublican friends should make a note’df this event. © .

THE VILE SLANDERS that certain disreputablie and irresponsible repubJican papers have published in regard to Gov, Cleveland |is likely 'to result in the publication of certain statements concerning Mr. Blaine’s youthful indiscretions in/Kentucky. In the interest of public decency it is to be hoped that the advice of fair-minded republicans to stop the vile slanders against Cleveland, may be heeded and that the indiscriminate throwing of stink-pots may thus be discountenanced. Itis a high-handed outrage that political campaigns should thus be perverted by foul slander. Every good citizen should put the seal of condemnation upon these vile practices of unscrupulous partisans. :

Tue Boston Advertiser, which has opposed every democratic candidate for President during the past 60 years, now ‘supports Cleveland. It closes a well considered article on the result of the Independent conference in New York with these emphatic and unmistakable declarations: “We do not agreethat the highest office in the goyerament is above or beyond the reach of a remedy for party mistakes or party degeneracy, which is applied every year in les® important elections. The dangers apprehended from the success of a Democratic candidate for the presidency we believe, also to be imaginary, 1t ip} therefore, without misglvidg, but with a full sense of the responsi 4immreh the step implies, that we welcote for ouce the prospect of the’ slection of & democratic candlgﬂ; *’ww the success of

Toe York (Pa.) Dispateh, a republican, but lejpectable paper, says: “Mr. Cleveland as far as we know is a gentleman of good character, and we take no stock in the newspaper stories affecting his personal character. We do not believe in that kind of campaign work.” : i - THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE. ~After making due allowance for ex‘aggeration, the fact seems undeniable that eholera is spreading in France. Besides the ravages of the plague in Toulon and Marseilles it has appeared in sporadic form in other towns and Saturday’s accounts brought it te within a few miles of Paris.

There is probably no circumstance attending an epidemic so dangerous as that which produces panic. In the face of such an excitement the ordinary precautions that may otherwise bold the plague in check are lost sight of, While therefore the people should look: the: danger in the face, they should avoid excitement and panic. With the cholera raging in the com'mercial centres of Europe, as it is soon likely to be, the "probabilities are that it may be communicated to this side of the water. There are no signs of that yet, but it is a danger, Meantime every precaufion should be taken to prevent the germs taking rcot on American soil. Every ecity and town should direct its energies to remedial measures. Cleanliness is the great antidote for cdiseaseas ‘of this sort. let cleanliness be the order of the day.:

A MORAL AWAKENING,

| There is such a thing as going down into the depths of political infamy, so deep that the moral sencibilities of people will revolt againgt such manifest depravity. The avidity with which republican politicians of the “small fry” order; and partisan journalists, who deem 1t a privilege to do’ a work of detraction against political opponents, at ail times and upnder all circumstances, have seized upon a vile slander against the moral character of Governor Cleveland, for ‘the purpose of making po'itical capital in the presidential contest, does not speak well for their discrimination or mark them as efficient! judges of human nature. There is a limit to popular credulity, even in times of intense political excitement. When one who has maintained a good reputation in society as a private citizen is brutally and heartlessly assailed because he bgcomes a candidate for public statjon, men of all parties, who delight in fair play, are ready to cry out “shamse!” As lodg as Grover: Cleveland contented himself with theexerciss of his functions as a local officer and magistrate in the city. of Buffalo, no attack was made upon his reputation. But when his fellow-citizens called him fo ‘the acceptance of national” honors, straightway the batteries of political filth were opened upon him in the foulest of abuse. He has been accused of crimes, which, if true, ought to make him an outlaw in society. He has been published as the destroyer of female virtue and the parent of thirteen illegitimate offspring. The people of Buffalo, almost with ene accord, have denounced these reports as the inventions of Satan himself. The immediate effect of the slander has been that hundreds of voters have declared their purpose to support Cleveland who otherwise would have continued in their adhesion to the republican ticket. ;

Finding that the moral sensibilities of the people have been aroused in antagonism to such villainous political calumny, the assassins of character havé suddeniy changed their tune, and now ‘they say, “we hope these charges may be susceptible of contradiction;” “the reputation of Governor Cleveland is at stake, and he should,waste no time in making a denial;”" “for the sake of opr reputation as ax}eople, we sincerely desire to see the goyveroor of New York capable of preserving a private character worthy of his exalted office,” and 80 on. The Lafayette Journal greedily published the slander upon the democratic candidate, but finding the same recoil against thoss who ~propagated the falsehood, it made haste to declare that “it is very probable the story is a fabrication'so far as Governor Cleveland is concerned.” :

It is unnecessary to say that these quasi excuses would never have appeared had not the monstrous fabrication aroused such géneral indignation that there was danger of Gevernor Cleveland receiving vast accessions of: strength because of his persecation. ‘The liars and hypocrites rolled the slanders as a rich morsel under their ‘tongues when they first appeared, without asking, “can thesethings be true ?” But when the stern justics of the people became aroused, and they said we are not willing to take this statement without corrobodration, it began to dawn upon the-minds of the slanderers that tbey had made a mistake, Life-long Reépublicans aroge and said, this man Cleveland was our sheriff, he was' the mayor of Buffalo, and was elected governor of the state without any reproach upon. him; but now he. is assailed because he has been nom:inated for the presid&ncy. and we bear witness that we never heard of these things. Then began a sycophantic whine that Governor Cleveland ought to make a public denial—~that it is due to the people that bhe ‘should faruish evidence of the untruth of the charges against him, , L £95:

A statement 'that Governor Cleveshould prove a-negative is so ridicalous that it would excite' derision if the subject was not of the most serious character, There are some things that cannot be }]isproved. because the libels aré built upon nothing but bitter malice and baseless assumption. .There is nothing todisprove. 'l'he'base slander does its devilish work of defamation, because no proof can be furnished to disprove a thing that has no foundation. A character may be ruined by libel and slander and unless those who circulate thas libel can be made to pay damages in money for their defa-| ‘mation it must rest with a_discrimin. ating public ta pronounce a righteous verdict in tgxe pi;emisesf Generally, ‘the men who attack private character are pecuniarily irresponsible and ‘utSorly worthless. ' . o 0 ~ In the case ot Goyernor, Clevélaud, the indignation of his neighbors has constitated his defence. They rally| around him in vindication of his pris | vate character and his public sérvices. | B el g Lo R o] R SRR LA S Bl S A T

They recognize the spirit that prompts his assailants to be ignoble in the highest deg’rea},,. nd hence they resolve to do him justice. The unanimity of his support in-Buffalo puts to the blush of shame those who would ruin his ~ PROHIBITIONISTS IN THE FIELD. . A speck war. lately appeared on the horizon pf the temperance work of Indiana, growing out of a determination on the part of a controlling portion of the Prohibitionists of the State to enter the| political arena as an independent element in party politics, and of asmall of the band to make the Prohibition movement a tail to the Republican kite, witha view of aiding the success pf the Republican party at the next State election. A paper circulated in the various counties of the State was largely signed, during the months of May and June, asking that a State con*vention be convened-at a proper time, for the nomination of a distinctive Prohibition State ticket. A call was acpordingly, issued by M. E. Shiel, editot of the Monitor Journal, the State temperance organ, published at Indianapplis, convoking the temperance peopletof Indiana to meetat the capital on the 24th of July for the purpose of nominating a Prohibitionist State t_icke{t After the call had been published Dr. J. A. Houser, president of the Chris’;ian Temperance Union, and E. B. Reynolds, president of the State Temperancic Council, without consulting the executive committee of their respective ofganiza,tions, repudiated the action of Mr. Shiel and called a second convention.," the avowed purpose of which was|to make a declaration of sentiment merely, -but would oppose separate npminations. The result of this int:erfeﬁ'ehce was that Houser and Reynolds were, in. turn, repudiated by the distinctive organizations over which they had Dbeen elected to preside, and the action of Mr. Shiel was cordially endorsed. | . :

The result of all this divergencesof action and | opinion was that on Thursday of last week, two temperance conventions ﬂgssembled at Indianapolis. The largest and decidedly the popular assemblage met in the English Opera House, and was called to order by Mr. Shiel. All the Congressional districts of the State were represented at this meeting by a class of men and women who have [been for a leng time identified with the temperance work of Indi-| ana. They,are at least sincere and carnest in | their purposes and by their action on|this occasion have signified their interLtion to cut loose from both the leading political parties of the day and to organize a new party, of which the"wf)rkif putting a stop to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall be the animating idea and objéctive point| Over thi§ convention Col. Eli 8. Riir, of Indianapolis, preside® It made a| declaration of opinions embracing the new party idea as its mainspring of action, and in accordance ftherewitli it proceeded to nominate a Prohibition State ticket made up of the following named persons: -~ For Gdvernor—Robeért S. Dwiggins, of Jaspey county. i

~ For Lieutenant Governor—Elwood C. Siler, of Hendricks county. i For Secretary of State—Bénjamin F. Carter| of Marion county.

For Aiditor of State—Eli Miller, of St. Joseph county. - . : For Treasurer of State—Andrew J. Taylor, of Allen county. :

~ For S‘tferintendent of Public Instruction—Dr. - Ryland I. Brown, of Marion county. : - Nomingations for the offices of supreme court reporter, attorney. general and Jjudge of| the supreme court, and the f,ormati.o{x of an eléctoral ticket for presidential purposes, were referred to ;tho state executive committee, and will be announced at an early day. ‘ RespecEing the candidates presented by this dominant factien of the Prohi‘bitionists of the State, and for whom the temperance people of Indiana will be asked [to Yéte, a brief statement of th'eir’pa,sF record may be in order. Robert@. Dwiggins is a well-known ‘citizen“éﬂ Renuselaer, being a - prominent. l'mxglér,of that part of the State, and in years past an active Republican politician, He was a member of the state selllLato from 1870 to 1874, and took an active interest in the passage of the “Baxter bill.” He was also a presidential elector on the Grant and Colfax ticket in 1868. For some years Ppast Mr. Dwiggins ha{s been engaged'in the banking business. He is a man of fair ability, a fldent speaker and an active canvasser.

Elwoodj C. Siler ‘has not been known as a politécia,n.. He is a minister of the gospel of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, as they are commonly called. Among his own people he is well known and very| popular. He has been an active temperance worker for many years,and will prove to Le a strong candidate in Pll the Quaker sottlements of Indiana. | j

) Benjaan F. Carter 'is an insurance agent at Indianapolis, and purely a man of busine%ss. He is an upright citizen and highly respected in ‘business circles. He%a native of Orange county, and favorably known in the southern part of thf State. - Eli Miller is a resident ‘of Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., . He has been the state orgﬂnizer of the order of Good Templars for many years, having devoted his |tinie almost/ exclusively to that end. | He hds a personal acquaintance thronghont the State wherever there is a Eood Templars’ lodge. | . Dr. Ryland T. Brown wad formerly a rvestdent of Crawfordsville, but has resided at Indianapolis for twenty years or more. He was a college professor for some years in the North’ Western Christian’ University, now Butler University. - He served for several years as | state geolagist. Dr. Brown is a man advanced in ‘years, but is in full physical and mental vigor. He has been engaged in|the temperance work for a life time, and is devotedly attached to the cause of prohibition. . . i "A.J. Taylor is a carriage manunfacfurer at Fort Wayne and is reputed to be an excellent citizen, but he is unknown in political life. | Accordingto their past political assce Republicany_except, Mr. Taylor, who is said to have been & Democrat, party, embracing thoso opposed to nominating| & State ticket, and who g e teally anxions to have the Republican._party smeceed at th November| Wk L e L T R MR

though the doors were open and all might attend who desired to do so. The convention took no further action than the passage of resolutions favoring a cons*tituti'onal conyention, and recommending that temperance advocates in various counties of the State vote for legislative candidates who would earnestly support both constitutional and statutory prohibition. A settled hos~ ‘tlity to Mr. Shiel was manifested and a determination expressed to establish a ‘new temperance organ in opposition to t the Monitor-Journal.

While these proceedings were ta.kingl place at Indianapolis another convention of national fame was sitting at Pittsburg for the avowed purpose of placing candidates for president and vice president defore the American ‘people. “This national convention sat itwo days and was attended by ladies and gentlemen who have been identi‘ﬁed with prohibition movements since the beginning of the agitation. Their councils resulted in the nomination of ex-Governor Johw P. St. John, of Kansag, for President, and William Daniel, of Maryland, for - Vice President. M. Daniel was a member of the conventipn and signified his acceptance. Gov. St. John telegraphed that he would abide the demand made upon him, though he had previously declined to be a candidate. . nis :

Thus it may be said that a new party has sprung into existence, and it is one that is destined to be an important factor in American politics. Whatever it may do in the elections of 1884 its existence will not#e ephemeral. There is a powerful and growing element in this country that has come to regard the question of prohibition as paramount to all other matters of public policy now denianding the attention of the people. While it has had a formal organization for a number of years i several states, there has been no general movement to - centralize its force until this year. The real existence of a Prohibition party may now be said to have begun. : 2 In giving an outline of the work of the past week we do so simply in a historical sense. We have not been able to see that the cause of sobriety and order will be promoted by means of political organization. We do not think it will. At the same time it is idle for men to shut their eyes to the factthat the Prohibition party is an gecomplished fact, and that its existence will be an important element -in future political campaigns, i

Letter from Indian Territory.

EpliTors BANNER:—For some days I have been thinking that your readers would be interested in reading a letter written in the “Indian Natlon,” and as I am here, I will endeavor to tell them as much as my limited time aud observation will permit. | I am located fifty miles south of the ICansas state line, in the town of Vinita, in the Cherokee nation. The population of thé little tewn numbers a few over 800, and they are the happiest people that I have ever seen. The population is nearly all made up of Indians; but few whites live here that have not got Indian blood in their veins or claim it £ :

The country is as good here as you will find anywhere in the west, and the people are nearly all making a good living and are- prosperous, the principal ocecupation being stock-rais—-ing. . Some wheat and corn is raised, but not upon an extensive scale. (rame of all kinds abound, such as quails, turkeys, deer and antelope, and is easily captured, making no small part of the provisions of the people during certain seasons of the ye.r. This_part of the country is well watered and the banks of the streams are covered With (ine timber, such as oak, elm, pecan, uickory, cedar, and pine. 3 . -

Excuse me one moment until I find out what this commotion wmeans. I find that the racket on the street was occasioned by several Indian boys driving a wild wolf into the town and under a house upon the opposite side of the strest from the hotsl. It was soon lassoed and brought from its hiding place to make sport for tho populace, by its antics in' endeavoring to make its escape. £ i

As I was going down street last evening I was attracted by some splendid musie, and I stepped into the room, finding a modern billiard hall and saloon, with an up-stairs gambling room attachwent, which is well patronized. It will do you no good to call for “beer,” but you can get all the “cider” you want. The music is furnished by Indians from an organ andi two Gddles. Thres churches are supported here. I visited one last Sugday, and found it with as cosy and pleasant an interior as I have ever secn. They have an able preacher and a fine choir. ' The instrumental music is furnished by an organ, two violing and a bass viol. The preacher plays the “first fiddle,” and to use the old expression, “he got there, Eli,” . The question ‘may come up how I ‘came to be here away from my people and among the Indians. I learned that a large building was in course of erection, and I started for this town, and upon my arrival I tock the eath and immediately weut to work upon the foundation of a large building, 50 xlOO fect, three stories high. Those that think that the Indians have no enterprise shonld take a little trip to Vinita, 'They have two railroads to carry their live stock to the huugry “Yankees.” They also have a lively and well supported weekly newspaper, called the “Indian Chieftan,” that gives them all the news, and a big town clock that gives them stand:ird time. Withal, this is a prosperons, pleasant country, and its people are happy in their being left alone. I hope to| see my Ligounier friends soon, and un-| til then good bye. t ; . * " XYours,ete, . W Bourie. Vinita, Indian Territory, July 20, ’B4. ¥

A Startling Discovery.

Physicians are 6ften start,l.ed by remarkable discoveries. The fact that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and all Throat and Lung diseases is daily curing patients that they have given up to die, is/startling them to realize their sense of ‘duty and examine into the merits of this wonderful discovery; resulting in hundreds of our best physicians usiug it in their practice, Trial bottles free at D, S, Scott & Son’s Drug Store, Regular/ size, $l.OO, [2O-yl-4 : - After Harvest; ; All persons owing me by note or book account are respeetfully requested to comply with their 'prazﬁ_iscgﬁto_ “pay atter harvest.” Now is the time, | Ligooier, Ind., July 22. = 2w

NEWS DIGEST.

The Greely reliets?u‘admn has sailed from St. John’s for Portsmouth. The failure is announced of Buford & Co., extensive plow manufacturers of Rock Island.

The Newport property of James R. Keene is said to have been sold to a New Yorker for $BO,OOO. L

A. child of 8 years is said te have died of yellow fever Wednesday on Third street, New Orleans. : . A hail-storm three miles in width caused a damaﬁ of $50,000 to crops in the vieinity of Huron, Dakota.

General Rosecrans has accepted an invitation to be the guest of the city of D_aygm at the soldiers’ reunion next wee . ;

The democrats of West Virginia nominated E. Willis. Wilson for gov‘grnor, after a stormy session of nine ours. A L

An assignment has been made l{)ﬁv J. H. Xerrick & Co., machinéry-dealers in Minneapolis, whose liabilities are $lOO,OOO. : ‘

A fire originating in the block factory of Harvey & Farr, at Gloucester, Mass., spread until groperty valued at $500,000 was destroyed. S :

Three children of Joseph Ashley, of Suamico, Wisconsin, went out to pick berries, and were drowned while bathing in the river. - Brittan Budd, a 10-year old Chicagoan sojourning at Oconomowoc, caught with a rod and reel a pickerel weighing nineteen pounds. - : . By the explosion of a steam thrash-ing-machine near Litehfield, Ills., two men were Kkilled: and six others were: seriously scalded. e ~ ‘Helen Owens, a handsome and educated young lady of Anne Arundel co., Md., has €loped to Washington with a ‘mulatto coachman. -

John C. Eno, the wrecked New York banker, has rented a furnished housein Quebec;and has been joined by his wife and three daughters. Frequent attempts atburglary forced the council of_Freegort, Illinois, to contract for h%htmg the streets by electricity for five years. | Lewis S;‘)lencer, a colored man - who died in_the §oor-house of Niagara county, New York, is believed to have been 115 years of age.

The receiver of the Marine.bank of New York is paying a dividend of 15 ger cent., which will cause- the disursement of $600,000. : S

Ex-Minister Sargent, now in Massachusetts, has received a dispatch requesting him torun for Congressin one of the California districts. -

John C. Bacha, representing himself as a millionaire cattle-dealer, of Las Vegas, was drugged by thieves in Cincinnati and robhed of $13,000.

Three men were killed Thursday on a farm near Rushville, Indiana, by the explosion of a steam thx:as_hc;', and five others received serious injuries.

With $850,000 due from ligpor-dealj ers under the Scott law, Cincinnati finds her police fundalmost exhausted, with no legal way to replenish it. The managers of the world’s e:aposition at New Orleans have placed $5,000 at the disposal of the:governor of each of the states and territories. .

After damage of $50,000 had been done tg fire at the mission of San Jose, in California, the oJd ehurch was saved by the use of claret wine as an extinguisher. Sy The Virgidia court of appeals has declared unconstitutional the act of the last legislature prohibiting school sup%jintendcnts from taking a part in polities. ; o

At the request of the United States government, two Americans who were recently arrested in Mexico for defaming the president havibeen set at liberty. . i

The people of Dayton, Ohio, expect 100,000 visitors this week, the occasion being a soldier’s reunion and the unveiling of a montment one hundred feet high. & Morris Oliver, at Warrenton, Va., stole a box containing $ll,OOO from the residence of Dr. C. P. Cogper and hid it in a hay-stack, where it was found the next day. ; : : Rev. Hiram C. -Dayne, secretary of the American board of foreign missions, will in October take the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church of Cleveland. Frs

The report of the existence of pleuro&neumonia on a farm near Hightstown, ew Jersey, has called attention to the barbarous teeatment of stock at the Trenton yards.

Colonel J. W. Davis was nominated for congress by the republicans of the Third distriet of West Virginia, and H. L. Morey by the same party in the Third Ohio district. :

Frank Calvert, the divorced husband of ex-Governor Sprague’s second wife, died in a Cincinnati hotel under circumstances which @ indicated that he took his own life.’

I. J. Moses, formerly governor of South Carolina, was arrested in Chicago Sunday evening, on a requisition from Boston, for embezzlement, and was placed in jail. , A row between police officials at Buffalo eulminated in Sué)erintendent Curtin’s causing the arrest of Commissioner Newell for holding office without being a citizen. ;

The court of errors of New Jersey has released two printers of Deckertown who were sentenced tolong terms in state prison for eriminal libel perpetrated by their employer. A railway ° Slaperintendent in the south has groused a feeling of indignation by {{rohibiting “the distribution alon%lhis ine of advertising matter belonging to foreign roads.

The distillery of A. Overholt & Co., at Connersville, Pennsirlvania, and several thousand barrels of whisky ‘were burned early Thursday morning, causing a loss of $600,000. :

During the absence of her husband Mrs. Herne fled from a stock farm in Dickinson county, Kansas, with a gambler of Abilene, taking $4,000 in cash given her for safe keeping. ; Mrs. J. G. Swisshelm, whose name has for forty years been a familiar one to the American public, died Tuesday evening at her home in Sewickley, Pa. She was born in Pittsburg in 1815,

A gentleman from Philadeg)hia has shown the secret-service officers in Chicago a $2O treasury note made wholly with a pen, its execution being 80 complete as to deceive akeen expert. A fire inside the walls of the penitentlary at Chester, Illinois, destroyed the dry-houses and machinery belonging to the brick contractors, and injured the blacksmith shop of the ‘prison.

__W. T. Kailey, postmasterof Camden, N. J., has been arrested for the embezzlement of $3,000. A warrant has ‘been issued forthe apprehension of his agsistant, Jesse K. Mines, on the same charge. : John Hill, who represented a New Jersey district in‘ congress for three terms, and was largely instrumental in ‘securing 2-cent postage and the postal ‘card, died Thursday at Boonton, in his 64th year. 2 L :

Thomas J. Navin, the abséondjng mayor of Adrian, Mich, has maile from a Cuban town a letter opening negotiations for a compromise with the estate of E. 8. Clark, which he robbed of $90,000. . E_.arlg Saturday morning, in Minneapolis, Officer MeLaughlin was fatally shot by a ga.ng of rou%hs. The villains were captured, but a large force of police was required to prevent them from being lynched. : :

Georg]e B. McCord, the sheriff at Marshalltown, lowa, was nearly killed by two burglars whom he followed into the country. One of the criminals was captured bg.c'itizens, and narrowly escaped lynching. : | Henry Hayman, an English gentleman who wason his wag home from -San Francisco, was found dead in his room in a Chicagohotel. "Hisbody was embalmed, and a cablegram was sent to his relatives. : e General Weaver was nominated for coni;:ss from the Sixth distriet of lowa by the democratic an‘d“greenback conventions. Thomas J. Wood was nominated by the democrats of the Tenth Indiana district. The vessels of the Greelfr relief ex';ﬁiitlon sailed from St. John’s Friday. ‘he surviving extglorers will disem‘bark at Portsmouth, and the bodies of the dead will be placed in _ charge of Gen. Hancock, on Governor’s Island! Colonel E. W. Cole, 6f Nashville has purchased the greater portion of Lookout mountain, and intends to set engineers at work on a railway from Gha&anoo&a‘ to the summit, affer the moéﬁj btatte Mountfw afa%m A,:;»ing.. attorney of Huronm; Dakota, h léfm;&%):ﬁo answer the charge of | % ‘He was formerl .aniti%nbt Chicago, where, he obtained de arg-

ltiq'ry stalements from sixty veteran soliers. : e _ Fifty-one men have been placed in jail at Pittsb% for criminal treatment of a demented girl . who wandered among the caﬁps ;alon§ the Monongahela river. Her jewelry, valued at %52(})], was found in a shanby at Eliza‘beth. »

The Mississippi River Logging comPauy, atameeting held Wednesday in Clinton, lowa, resolved that all mills be shut down for the season September 15, with the concurrence of sevene%g?ths of the mills inthe northwestern states. iy :

In the suit brou%?t by whélesale .itiwelers of New York to compel M. C. cDonald, of Chicago, to refund $lO,000 for diamonds 'for which he gave chips to a gambling salesman, Judge Blodgett decided in favor of the defendant. - ‘

An inventor&o’f. the ‘estate of .the late Cyrus H. Mc¢Cormick, of Chicago, shows stocks and bonds aggre%g(t):ing $3,000,000, an interest- of $1,870, in the harvester company, and real estate producing an income of $128,775, besides vast amounts of other property. John W. Mason, one of the pioneers of Kendatl county; Illinois, who passed away last week,. owned one thonsand acres of choice land, but clung like a hérmit to an old log-house in the densest part of a large grove. He preserved every newspapgr he ever received. ]

A party of masked citizens of Sabina Ohio, drove the inmates of a brothel into the street, early Wednesday morning, and blew up the house with ({;iant powder. The keeper of another disorderly place was taken from bed, given a coat of tar and feathers, and warned to leave town. S

Near Pocomoke City, Maryland, Irving Mills went riding witha g)unog widow, the daughter of. Capt. L. L. C, Davis, who objected to his attentions. The father rode out to meet the couple, when Mills deliberately murdered him with a revolver, firing after a fatal wound had been inflicted.

Mrs. Annie Pierce, the widow of a famous lieutenant in fhe confederate army, hanged herself at her home in Baltimore - bécanse she was unable to provide for her three children. Before the war she was the belle of Staunton. The Confederate society will care for her orphaned offspring. ; v A tramp fell or was knocked from a freight train at Erie on Sunday night, losing a leg. On his person-was found money enough to keep him for years.— He is hié;hly educated, and claims to. have held an important position in the civil service in }).)ublin. He gives the name of John Oscar Graham. r The health commissioner of §St. Louis, after fully investigating the ‘rumored case of cholera on hoard the steamer Annie P. Silver, reports that the family involved were never in France, and that their child-died from summer complaint. Theyare Italians, and have lived in Louisiana for the past year. : !

The assi%nee of Grant & Ward, New York, has filed an inventory showing liabilities of $16,792,647, actual assets of $67,174. and nominal assets of $27,~ 139,098. Ile reports that they kept no i‘p‘urnal or cash book, had no comfﬂete list of assets, and rghy?othecated arge .amounts of securities left with them as seturities for loans. ¢ ‘

Over five thousand brickl&yers and laborers on new buildin%g inNew York struck Monday for nine hours of work. It is reported that most of the emplolzers yielded the point by noon. Bricklayers receive $5 a day for front work, and $4 for rough work. It appears that the plasterers only labor nine hours a day and stone-setters eight. - ;

The dry-goods house of Wear, Boogher & Co., of St. Louis, has made an assignment to Nathan Cole. Their liabilities are believed to ~be about $£4560,000, and their assets are -reported at $620,000. The largest home creditor is the St. Louis National bank, which holds $25,000 in pﬁper. Most of the %ndebtedness is in New York and Boson. i Bl e

The receiver of the Manufacturers’ bank of Milwaukee reported to the depositors that the assets might realize 75 per cent. Many of the creditors then accepted an offer bf Messrs. Conro and Hasbrouck, formerly }i;:e.sident and vice president of the ‘bank to convey their claims and take certificates of indebtedness for the full amount, with three years’ time on the final payment. . Creditors are asking the appontment of a receiver for the St. Liouls Ore and Steel Company, Ethan A. Hitcheock, Qliver JF. Garrison, and Charles P. Choutean bein%named for the position. The company has 'a capital stock of $5,000,000 and was formed during the boom of 1881 by | the consolidation of four concerns.. There is $2,600,000 bonded indebtedness and $300,000: of floating paper. Sk Digpatches from Dakota, Nebraska. and Minnesota, indicate a good springwheat crop. The Dakota reports say that the yield will be twenty bushels an acre, making a total yield of 26,000,000 bushels. Hail storms haye done damage in several localities, but the damage was not very general. In Nebrasga the winter wheat. will yield thirty to forty bushels an acre, and %?ring wheat twenty to twenty-five, o dam&t%e,from rust or bugs has been -done, and the injury by storms is entirely local.” Minnesota reports say that the yield will be 44,000,000 bushels. Coﬁl’ oats, barley, and rye promise well. . The Indiana prohibitionists were unable to agree on the policy to be. pursued in the presgnt canvass, and asa result the representatives of the party held two conventions in Indianapolis Thursday. One faction, headed by M. E. Shiel, E. F. Ritter, and others, favoring the nomination of a state ticket, ‘the-other headed by E. B. Reynolds and Wiil Cumback. opgosed this, The former nominated R. S. Dwiggins for governor, and E. C. Siler for lieutenantgovernor. The latter determined to organize a constitutional amendment association, the object being to secure the election of members of the legislas ture who would vote for a constitutional convention, thus affording the’prohibitionists an opportunity to express their views at the polls in the selection of the members of that body. :

A special from New York says: The .work of ‘scaling down jits schedule of rates is ﬁoing on steadily in the office of -the Baltimore & Ohio Tele%ra%h Company. Under the terms of the poolin§ a%reement between the Balti~ ‘more & Ohio, the Bankers’ & Merchants’, and the Postal Telegraph, the rates of the combination are to.be gradually put on the basis of the present DPostal Telegraph rates. = The latest ‘‘cut” announced by the Baltimore & Ohio is from New X ork to St. Louis, and it will take effect Monday. The rate for dag messages between these two places has been reduced to 25 cents, and the rate for night messages will be 15 cents for fifteen words. This, it is said, is'a reduction of 50 per cent from the Western Union rate.

The minersemployed inthe collieries of' the bituminous and -anthacrite regions of Pennsylvania are forming a powerful combination. The organization, under the name of the Miners’ Amalgamated Association, will absorb all the associations that have been formed within thelast few years by the miners and laborers. The Amalgas mated Association will not confine its operations to the ,Pen.asylvania_'cpal regions, but will extend its {umsdiction to Ohio and the other Western coal fields, It is estimated that /the membership already reaches over:100,000, and it is confidently belisved by the organizers that a membership of 200,~ 000 will be seeured by next September. The leaders claim that the new organization is merely for protective purposes, and is not intended to be ag‘grpsmve in its character or to foment strikes. -

Wednesday was: parade d;g in the national Grand Army of the Republic encampment at Minneapolis, and the greatest day of the meeting, Nearly twenty thousand were estimated to be in the ranks, and such an assemblage as collected in honor of the day surpasses anything that had been imagined. Over one hundred thousand peoEﬂe were packed along the thoroughares through which the parade passed. Every available spot was crowded. Even the housetops were utilized for observation, = Thousands of = teams lined the sides and intersections of the streets jand avenues, "while yards, ~walks, and windows were alive with people.. Business all through the city ‘was susgended, and the unanimous sentiment was cordially in' favor of | gl‘vmg the honored guests an assurance | agggen hands and hearts were ex- | tended to them. 'There were 100,000 Visitors in the cify. The wildest en- | ,gi{xuaiasm existed over the whole route, | _‘ml_lg x%arade was one hour andi'ntzventx ) minuves passing a given point, an was four mﬂe&*ﬁm‘g. g%l‘hthughé‘u‘;"%he : ‘whole hmeéajfne»:»ecﬁt&nue% ‘roar ‘of cHQErng and hyrrahing went up, every | FRE R e L ey LUE WOU-ENOWR officers who figurd®sa

prominently th military altars Tecelved a double outpouring. .. ... _The national convention ots,%tsl}iibiw tionists openedits session at Pi ‘mﬁ‘. Wednesday, with _-_mo,delggbegc{m‘, : tendance. The opening address was made by Gideon I. Stewart, who urged. that the leading political parties be ,%xried in the grave of thehq)llmr, power. ‘William Daniel, who was chosen ?m--porary chairman, expressed the conviction that the temgerzgnce voters could put Mr. St. John in the white house.” At the evening session Prof. Samuel Dickey was made ‘permanent president. TheConventionmet Thursday at 9 o’clock. Telegrams from various temperance and prohibition societies throughout the country wers read and applauded, and the influenecé of reform elubs in New York, Massachusetts, and elsewhere was represented to the convention- t?' several -delegates, a Massachusetts eletgate‘claming that the reform clubs of that state represented 14,000 voters. R. H. Mc« Donald, of California; John P. St John, of Kansas, and others were placed in nomination for president, but the overwhelming sentiment in favor of the latter caused him to be selected by acclamation as the candidate. Wm., Daniel, of. Maryland, was: nominated tor vice president. The Flat_;fqrm'favors the abolition of internal revenue taxes .on liquors and tobacco, and - declares that the ballot should .be placed in the ' hands of ' woman forher protection.

. THE INDEPENDENTS, = Want a Puare Man, Hence' Endorse S Cleveland: = 1 o The Republican Independents who are disgusted with the nomination of Blaine met in. New York Tuesday. - - " William Curtis read the call for the conference -and avas interrupted with applause when he reached that part which related to the Republicans “who will not vote for Blaine and Logan.” Charles R. Codman was ' elected President. A list of the Vice Presidents and enrollment committee was read. It included the name of Carl Schurz, Gen. Darlow, and C. J. Bonaparte, of Magy]and. In his address Col, Codman gaid: : i I R e

. We have decided:to cast aside party ‘affiliation for the time being. The The nomination of theßepublican party for the Presidency is an insult to. American manhoed, Blaine.has not cleared his record from the eharges that he used his public office for private ‘gain, and we fear he will’ continue his usual method. He will prove no deadhead in any enterprise he may embark in, We make. n‘o‘ohar%as against his private chardeter; but laine is not fit to be President of the United States, There is no great. issue clearly defined between the two parties, so that we have to confine ourselves to the question of the fitness of.the candidates. ‘We have not taken upon ourselves this demonstration to-day without plead-: ings from brothers in our party. t%stop. We have been told that' if the Demniocratic party gets into power the good results attained by the war will be lost. We have ‘been-told we should’ elect Blaine in order.to B;na.ke' the United States respected abroad. Other potent arguments have been offered to us, but we have been impervious to. them. The question has been put to us: Will you support the pyar@g‘ that carries on its elections by fhe -aid of the shotgun and murder?” We will be just. No- man deplores events in certain localities more than I‘do, but those localities alone should be held responsible. The® whole :South or. the whole. Democratic party.should not be condemned because -of them. They were circumstances that no fedéral interference could have prevented anyhow. We shiall not vote for Blaine or for any man who will uphold such disgraceful scenes. We want for a Presient a man who is incorruptible, and if he'be able and energetic as well, So much the better. - We have nob far to look for such a man: He i§ the .Governor of the State of New York and nominee for the Presidency of the Democratic party. ‘Let us put ourselyes on record as againstpolitical corruption.. No man shall be asked for pledges here, and certainly none will be given.. Let us consider matters in a businesslike way, that wlien -we have coneluded our labors we may gol to our homies with the knowledge that we did what. we could for the benefit of our country. When Mr. Codman coneludéd M. Schurz moved that a committee be appointed to acti-on resolutions; and addresses. = A Commiftee on Permanent Organization was also. appointed «fter which numerous ‘speakers addressed the meeing. .- 1,0 ol 2 Jdie iig s

A tecess of an hour .was taken, and at theend of thal tinie the:conference againconvened. - 00 e Gem‘ge Walton Green, one of the SecretarieS, took the platform, and in a short address review “the%»rogress of the independent';moveqlxent hroughout the country.. He read lettérs from all the New. England States. giving the u?m'es of hundreds of well’known Reptiblicans who ha@d announced their determination ‘not to vote for Blaine. Letters from Pennsylvania and New \ J erse% were also read containing protests f’ many, Republicans against the ;R%mb ican cSndidate, . .. ' On motion of Mr: Denning, of New _York, the Chairman appointe& the following'gentlemen as the g ational Independent Committee:: arl ‘Schurz, Theodore - Bacon, .John H. Cowing, Charles P Miller, P. R. Bower; George W. Folson, Ethan. Allen Doty, George Watson Green and Horace 1. ﬁen‘ningf of New .York; William J. Frobes, J osegh Tucker, . Joseph ~H. Walter, ‘Samuel Hoar, George 8. Levitt and Winslow * Weaver; of "Massachusetts; Simen E. Baldwin, C. F. Armstrong and F. W. Farnam, ‘of Connecticut; Daniel Drake sSmith, Simon Huntington and W. G. Peckham, of New Jersey; Francis B. Reeves, Stuart Wood and Joseph Parish, of Pennsylvania. T. Claflin, of Illinois: was added to the committee. e A

1., Mr. George William Curtis then read the address on behalf of the committee, in substance as follows: “The paramount issue of the Presidential ‘eleetion of this Iyear is moral rather than Political. &' eoneerns. -the national honor and character and honesfy of administration rather than general policies of the %overmnent uxt)on which the platforms of the two gwu" ies do not essentially differ. Parties, ‘indeed, now cohere mainly by habit and tradition and service, and since the great issues which have divided them have -been largely settled the most vital political activity has beéen the endeavor of iood citizens in both parties to adjust them: to living issues, and to make them effective - agencies of ()ﬁolitical progress and reform. The in 'sgensible, necessity of. this course hds been long apparent, for in a time of profound peace at home and abroad the most thpeatqrgin§ national peril'is an insiduous &ohtma : corruption, a. mercenary and demoralizing spirit and tendency. the result of whatris well described by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, as ‘the shameless doetrine that the true way by yvh_lﬁh‘_' ‘power should be gained in the republic. 1s to bribe the people with the offices created for their service, and the trueend for which it'should be. used when. g‘ained ig. the promotion of selfish amition and the gratification Qf'gers_onal, revenlge.” This - corrupt | spirit has so rafi,d y developed that they seek ggl;,ti- , cal power not onlyto /gramg%am ition and reven%e', “but to promote private: gain. A tendency more fatal to the public welfare cannot be conceived, -and when by ;é'ubliq ,mélfference this | con'ug)t element is able to demand that the country shall approve it by according to it the highest honor in -its gift every patriotic “eitizen should use all

efforts to defeat the demand. Had the Republican party selected a candidate Wwhose success promised inflexible honesty of administration, purification of the Government and the elevation of the party standard, every Republican voter would have gl:idly supported the nomination, but these are precisely the anticipations -which the nomination forbide, o - on A e . “Upon the practical questions of ‘tariff and finance and other 3ile\si§ions ug' on which both parties aredivided with~ in themselves we are also divided in '&{;inion. We_shall vote, therefore, in .the choice of Regresenta.ﬁves- and oth- | €1 bfficers according to our individual | opinions of their political views and their personal | character. Divided on | pthe;;gﬂue&t&nsg we_are united in the] convietion at-theh_ighest office in the | ahoelntaly”. unauspecied” tntsaty, ﬂ;ﬁﬂbe%‘négpblicﬁﬁiﬁqminsﬁonmpf<gentaa, oandidate whom. we cannot | 8u » the Denioeratic party. x%w Sents one whose name is the synonym | calmg}ge and honesty and | The address then: goes on to review | icludes by declaring that “his: quali-|, ~ 7 overnment.and such 88 Hig indes ! AN O el SR B U R SR S O R D e i S R s S QR NS e LT A

pendent voters desire. Such voters canot more mmiv accomplish their desire to defeat the election of the Republican candidate than by voting for the eandidate who represents: such qualities as ‘Governor Cleveland. a&gw;ebnf nee, therefore, recommendsthat Republican and Independent voters, who for any reason canuot sustain the Republican nomination and desire to defeat it, support the electors ‘who will cast their votes for Grover Cleveland. ' © - <The Chair was authorized to appoint a committee of ten-to supervise the ‘work of the campaign, It was decided to devote most attention to New lYork, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey. S - g¥The fears of death from cholera, with no time for repentance, may keep a great many people from yoting for Blaine.’ Sl Gk ed gy . = The Democratic leaders everywhere are getting ready to io enthusiastically to work for the ticket. This is not chleulated to diminish the impatienee and disgust with which Blaine beholds the indifference manifested by the administration at Washington. - .. POLITICAL MORSELS.

' g Grover Cleveland has got no t’aq-‘ ; ‘too marks.—~N. Y. Truth.. - - ' , Kslt is eharged that Logan’s 80,000 acres of land in the Southwest is held :in his son-in-law's name. . " -<. . _ €&¥The Galveston News thinks the | | Democratic majority in: Texas this ° year will bg about 90,000. . & The only foreign indorsement the nomination of Blaine has yet reteived comes from the Hawaiian Press. " = g 5 The Brooklyn Hagle says Blaine is not exdetly like Henry Clay, because he woudd rather be President vth;in be, right. > o : et g The New York Tribune cannot be . said to be without influence whenits | support of Mr. Blaine drives 6,000 union : printers to oppose him.—Chicago News. - i People who think Clevelandisn’t a big enough man to fill the Presiden--tial chair should reftect that it doesn’t |take very much of a man tofill a hole ‘made by a Hayes or an Arthur. i

5" Mr. Plaine introduced Logan at Augusta as’a “gallant hero.” What a pity that a' “gallant hero” should ‘fl,ay. second violin to-a man who, served 'in the amll?y by means of a hired substitute.—Baltimore Sun. . - : K&Behind Blaine the people recog- . nize in distinet outline the sinister fea-, tures of Jay Gould. A President whom Jay -Gould wants the coun_tr?r : ‘must instinctively distrust.—Philadel- - ‘phia Record. i : . i -€5 The Republican organs still continue to denounce Mr, Curtis for having a conscience and a moral character. . Those sort of things do not seem to be tolerated in. Republican politicians in {good standing. ey Ry & Mr. Cleveland will poll nearly the whole of the Democratic vote, he will ¢ get the largest independent vote ever cast for a party nominee in the country, and he will, we '—_ﬁrmlﬁ believe, be -the/ . next, President of the United A States.— . Brooklyn Eagle. s ! %5 The sale of theplumedhoodlum’s = . political history is said to have fallen off considerably since his nomination. The canvassers are doubtlessfinding an unexpected number of independents who believe in Blaine’s book no more ' than they believe/in his statesmanship and his political honesty. 3 : * &5 Representative Perry Belmont is® in possession, it is said, of a number of “accusatory aflidavits against Mr. Blaine.” 1f this is a fact, the public* is pretty certain to see these “accusa-. tory affidavits,” for Belmont hasnot forgotten the Peruvian claims investiga‘tiom, and /bears Blaine no good-will: | €slt may be - retp'eated that a man ; with such traits of private and public ° character, broad-minded and brightminded, self-poised, self-reliant, inde- : {)’endent, and courageous as Grover ‘Cleveland is—has the sterling qualities that befit the office of President of the United States.—Philadelphia Ledger. . . Es" Col. John A. J o¥ge, author of “A Checkered Life” and the victim of the St. Liouis whisky ring, has ‘written a Republican campaign song entitled - “I'm.a Tattooed Man,” It 18 sung to .. the air of “Morning by the Bright, Light” (Col. Joyee, who is an ardent " .admireroT Blaine, should be engaged to chant this mellifluous song at Republican meetings during the campaign.— New York World. e : g “The. rural Republican 4veaklies: in thig part-of theé country,” says the Springlield (Mass.) Republicans; “are. sorely tried over the nominations madeat Chicago. Notone of them;we be- | lieve, accepts Candidate Blaine heartily, all deprecate the selection of such a. candidate, .and/ though most of them will stand by the ,pary, it is with un-.-disguised effort and /‘repugnance that: - | this position is taken.,” : & Blaine may be able to buy Tam:many, but he lel;, not- be able to buy the ‘New York indegendents.i__'l‘he men who oppose the Republican party because of the record of its candidate, as well as those who oppase the gartv because of its pledge to support tariff robbery, will vote for Cleveland. The- - of Kelly’s political bummers does not necessarily take. the State of New Y ork from the democrats. - .—Chicago Times. "~ - . L

‘OUR NEIGHBORS.

Goshen will soon have a creamery. It will be in operation by the first of October. = . P 8 e Prof. 'W. Hl Sims, of Brownstown, this State, will superintend theGoshen ‘schools during the coming year. ‘Louis Winneken, aged 18, was killed last Monday afternoon near F't. Wayne ‘under peculiar circumstdnces. He was driving a team attached to a reaper, Wwhen the team was frightened by the explosion of a gun in the hands of a boy shooting at a woodccek. on the ‘side of the road. The boy was only slightly injured; but Winneken was thrown frcm his seat and; being caught in the guard of the reaper, was litterally cut to pieces. L -Henry Ritter, jof Steuben county, who-is in his 82nd year, with the old« fashioned = sickle, cuf, bound and shocked about 60 shocks of wheat this year. S

A farmer named Gorden went to ~ Goshen one day last week for the purpose of drawing $l5O from the bank. Before be got out of town some one either picked his pocket of the money or haloabit. & it

. Burglars have been operating at ‘Warsaw lately, = . - : John McDonough, late catcher of the Fort Wayne base ball club, died - at Mt. Clemans, Mich, one day last week, from injuries received upon the ballheld. - it : :

A Warsaw butcher was arrested one day last week, charged ‘with killing a heifer belonging ;to 'another party. During the delay in making out same necessary papers the culprit got away and is now at liberty. ! Frank Edler, for many years organ--Ist at the eathedral at Fort Wayne, dropped dead at his home from heart disease. Deceased was 62 years old, . William Snell, a well-known section boss on the Wabash road at Auburn, dropped dead while at work Tuesday of last week. : : - A German butcher, named Myers, fell down’Btairs, at his boarding house, . at Elkhart, on the afternoon of the 20, and was instantly killed, He :s;rul?k upon his head, mashing his' - skulle e & ~ Reinhart Miller, a railroad employe at Elkhart, was instantly killed Sun-_ day of last week while returning-from ‘work upon a railroad velocipede. He was struck by an ineoming pasdenger mfnmgfwrmam ~ Charley MoGulloch, a Goshen painter, fell from a scaffolding at Benton