Ligonier Banner., Volume 19, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 September 1884 — Page 2

B SRS ! AR A . . The Ligonier Banner, J. B, STOLL, Editor, soo e e A ——————————————————r THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1884. S —— ; % ‘ 1 '.,“ ﬁ; R 2 B e ; S

Democratic National Ticket. | For President. GROVER CLEVELAND. : ¥or Vice President, : THOMAS A, HENDRICES. : — { '.i S i PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS./ At Large—B. W.Hanna, W, D. H. Hunter. First Distriet, - - Wm F. 'l‘.owfnsend.l Second, el Henry S. Cauthorne. Third, - .- - Aaron A. Cravens, Fourthy =« <« ~ « Frank E. Gavin. Fifth, - - - - Wiilis Heckam. Sixth, TRER - - N.R. Elliott. Seventh, - - - James X. New. Eighth, - - - - James M. Seller, Ninth. - - - - Wm,R. Oglesby. Fenthy . = e aie F;leld Kopelke. Eleventh, ~ - - - Wm, H. Harkens. Twelfth, - - S .William H. Dills, Thirteenth, - - - Mortimer Nye. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET, | : ~ For Goyernor, | . IS‘AAC P.GRAY. § b Lieutenant; Governor, MAHLON D MANSON. Secretary of State, 3 WILLIAM: R. MYERS. ) ; + Auditor of State, ] [JAMES H. RICE, . \ For Attorney General, : | FRANCIS T. HORD. L # . YorTreasuyer of State. s JOHN J./COOPER. T | Superintendent of [ Public Instruction, ' . . JOHN W. HOLCOMBE, ° 1 Reporter of the Supreme Court. ' . JOHN W. KERN. ! Judge of Supreme Court, Fifth District, J. A, 8. MITCHELL. -

DISTRICT TICKET,

e ! For Congress, : ‘ HON. ROBERT LOWRY. ‘ For Benator | , ASHER 8. PARKER, | : For Joint Representative, CApr. WILLIAM M. BARNEY. I . COUNTY TICKET, v : For Representative, : ‘,“ ELI B, GERBER. ; ! £ Fopr Trogsurers ¢ / ; CHARLES K. GREENE. . ; For Recorder, . . CHARLES G, AICHELE, - - - For Sheriff, & | ! WALI;._ACE’\V. NOEL | i For. Surveyor, : .. 'RUDOLPH J. SEYMOURE. S a ) Hok Coroner : - ROCCO GARREMONE. .- | For Commissioner —Middle District, JOHN H. BLY.» For Cmmissioner—Southern District, ~ WILLIAM C. DAVIS. : ; ol . “LET it be recorded” that James G. Blaine will never be President of the United States. ;

. MR, BLAINE finds it necessary to take the field in person. Desperate ills require desperate remedies; but, then, there is no remedy for James G. Blaine. T : ‘

+ THE redublican managers are heginning to scold the Prohibitionists for their obstinacy in refusing to bend thein knees to the Artful Dodger of Maine. 7 .

EVERY . citizen should make it a point.to come to Ligonier next Thurs«day to hear Indiana’s distinguished United States Senator, Daniel W. Voorhees. : o

DouGLAS, Seymour and Greeley entered upon a'stqmping tour. THey were greater men than James G, Blaine, but neither succeeded in securing an election. '

THE acquisitions to the Cleveland and Hendricks column are so numerous that we cannot undertake to mention the names of a hundredth part thereof, All that is admissable is the publication of the most prominent accessions to |the igz‘ram} army of Reform. 5 ~ g

THE citizens of South Bend are getting ready to-have a big timé next

week in political mattets. Gen. Ben

Butler is announced t¢ 'be there on | Friday, while Hon. Daniel W. Voor- | hees will address the democracy on | Saturday ~night. Such attractions | ought to make things lively.

IN pursuance of the plan proposed by the Mulligan letters, whenever Republicans write campaign secrets they

should not fail to. repeat the injunction of their file-leader, “Burn this letter.” Occasionally, howeyer, as in the case of Mr. Blaine to Mr. Fisher, the request is not observed. .

ThotGu Mr. Blaine observed, in his Mulligan correspondence, that he had “endeavored in writing not to be i indelicate,” the judgment of the people will be in November that he has made a complete donkey of himself, After the election Mr. Blaine will very probably coincide'in the opinion.

' MR. BLAINE. told FisNer that he would “sacrifice a good deal in order to get a spttlement.” We should suppose he could afford to after being paid $162,500 for selling $130,000 of railroad securities. The market rate of commissions was evidently up to the flush figures when Mr. Blaine was engaged it bulling the market, |

I¥ Janies G. Blaine was honest in desiring to have the correspondence with Warren Fisher made public in all the newspapers of the land, wby ¢id he not publish them ﬁara ago? He has had possession of them ever since he obtained them from James Mulligan in 1878 .by lying to that gentleman and promising to return ' them after he had looked th/‘em over. llf the .lettefs are harmless ' why did - Mr. Blaine beg with tears and “almost - on his knees” for Malligan not to-lay them before the congressional committee? Either Mr. Blaine has a very - short memory or he must regard his ~ political party &tbo ‘made up of a “ pack of knaves after the order of him-

EvIDENTLY James G. Blaine was thinking of himself when he said “it 'will be in my power ‘to cast an anchor to windward’ in your behalf.” At least hauling in $162500 commissions for selling $130,000 worth of ' railroad shares and bonds, he cast a strong anchor to secure his own financial well beidg as the expensa cf his honor. In the end he will find his brilliant exploit have been a very dear transaction, -~ ;

IN New York the latest accession to the Cleveland column ‘that is calculated to have especial weight is found in the person of Mr. George Jones, the chairman of the National Greenback State Committee. The Greenback strength has been mainly organized in that! state by Mr. Jones’ per: gonal efforis. In order to make lßlaine’é defeat a certainty, he has now resigned his plice on the committee and declared for Cleveland.

BUTLER has got it now! With that tough'and-réa'dy ‘intellect of his, he has figured out that there is no such thing as over-production; it is underconsumption. Why, of course; now we can see it plain as Mr, Butler sees his nose on his face. We ought to see it plainer, owing to Ben’s obliquity of vision. Come to think of it, a contemporary observes, Vanderbilt is no richer than Sergeant Bates. All that's the matter is that Sergeant Bates is poorer than Vanderbilt! It’s easy enough to think out these great truths if you only have the right kind of a mind to dv it. ' Ben has got it!

IN order to raise a large corruption fand, ex-Congressman, Page, of California, opeuly recommends that the republican national committee enter into a compact with Jay Gould, Huntington and other railroad magpates whereby these millionaires are to pay into the treasure of the republican committee a million for more dollars, in consideration of " which Lhe Blaine adwministration is to use it 3 power to prevent the forfeiture of 100,000,000 acres of railroad land grants that, under democratic rule, would doubtless revert to the United States. Voters, think of this. =« . : ]

Tae Chicago Herald gives a recipe for peace of mind in this wise: “Burn your own letters.” Now, it occurs to us that if the editor of the Herald would advise with James G. Blaine upon the matter the advice of the lat—ter would be for a person not to write letters in the first instanca. Mr, Blaine wrote a few and raquested that they be burnt, but soq‘aehow or other they turned up again about a dozen years after the process of itcineration ghould have taken place. Certainly Mr, Blaine furnishes a living instance that speculating. officials and dishonest politiclans ought ot to write letters. : ‘, :

THAT brilliant financier, Mr. James (3. Blaine, has had an impression that he was just a littls bit too sharp ever to be found out in any of his practices. But when he:wrote “no one will ever know from me that I have disposed of asingle dollar in Maine,” he ought to hhve remembered that he was givng himgelf away uniess he intended to deal fairly by the men with whom he carried on a correspondehcé. His transactions’in Maing and slsewhere could scarcely be. more thoroughly known than they now appear to be had he published his transactions -daily in flaming capitals as he pursued his business. Using his public position to extort vast sums of money from frlends has effcctually ruined ‘the “Mulligan man,” '

SPEAKING of the death of Secretary Folger, the Chicago Inter-Ocean said: ""l‘_kbe‘ blow which the New York voterg struck Secretary Folger was a blow in the face of honor, and brought dishonor to the people of that great state from which it will take years to recover.”) This remark had reference to Judge Folger’s disastrous defeat when he made the race for Governor of New York in 1882. The Inter— Ocean:, pught 'to bear in mind that Jamesg s Blaine,;tbeZisﬁgurad statesman whom thab; paper is now supporting Yor the ':}Presjidency, was the identlcgl person who importuned his friends [to vote agdinst Judge Folger in that campaign, A good many of Judge Folger’s friends will now reciprocate by voting against-Mr. Blaine.

-MR. BLAINE does not deny the authentigity of the so-called Mulligan letters| which have just been made public, ‘being Mr. Blaine’s shameful correspondence with Warren Fisher, Jr. llp fact, he stated4o the Kennebec Jgurnal that the lstters were *“perfectly harmless,” and he expressed the hope that the republican press would publigh the correspondence in full, Well,lif Mr. Blaine was honest in: desiring this correspondence.to be made publie, why does pot- the republiean press, accommodate: him by making the [publication? Democratic newspapers have generally published the corréspoudeuce, or the important fea-

tureif of it. Why do the Republicans hold back? We.very much fear that Mr. Blaine did not speak truly when he said he regarded the correspondenc? as fharmless, At least his friends do not go regard it, and they would be glad to have had Mr. Mulligan’s neck wrung when bhe gave those letters to theTpreas. : 5

HERE is a feature of current ‘political economy.that calls for consideration. According to the Iroa Age, while very many of the iron mills in the northern states are lying idle or running on short time,in consequences of | a stagnation of trade, the <most prosperous industry in Eastern Tennepsee, Georgia, Northern Alabama and some other sections of the South is {the business of iron manufacturing, There has not been a single furnace clpsed during the pregsent year. A cyrious and suggestive feature of this sipgular condition of affairs consists in the fact that many of the southern furnaces are running upon orders for iron received from. Pittsburgh and anufacturing places in states north of the Ohio river. Those people down uth seem to prosper notwitbstanding the fact that they vote the demaoatic ticket, v A —elO Gl 4 ‘ “Wno Killed James G. Blaine?” ill be the great political conundrum fter the November election. “I did,” uoth James Mulligan, “with my litfle letter pouch. I killed James G: Blaine,” will be the stereotyped anAR e e e S

SHAMELESS LIARS.

In a frenzy of rage because Mrs. Morrill; widow of Ex-Senator Morrill, of Maine, dared to proclaim James G. Blaine a dishonest man and unworthy of support for the Presidency, some misguided Republicans have had the brazen effrontry to declare that the letter purporting to have been written by Mrs. Morrill to Chairman Brown, at Columbus, Ohio, was a forgery. This declaration has brought Mrs. Morrill to the front again in the following letter to the Boston Globe:

To the Editor of the Globe: _ In reply to your inquiry as to the eorrectness of the report of my letter as published in the New York Herald, I will . simply say that it is correct in every respect. The knowledge of ﬁr. Blaine’s wicked and vicious life, and of his treachery to these now dead, two pure and honest statesmen like Pitt Fessenden and Mr. Morrill, prompted me to make the reply I did.

CHARLOTTE H. MORRILL.

It will now be in order, we suppose, to accuse the Globe of forgery. In faet, the republican campaign for the ensuing six weeks will be an audacious. schemo of dowaright villification and falsehood unequaled by anything in our political history. The leaders . are desperate. They see defeat staring iu their faces, and will resort to any and every deviee that may promise to keep alive their failing fortunes.

YIELDING UP THE GHOST.

No paper in the United States bas done more substantial service for the rePublicani party in the present cam: paign,and also in the campaign of 1880, than the Cincinnati Enquiren. Being nominally a democratic organ, its editorial columns are ihe weuakest of ahy newspaper making pretentions to-be classed in tbe front rank. At the same (ime its -correspondence, which makes up thelive feature of the ‘Buquirer, is entirely in. the bhands of Republicans. Georgs Alfied Town-s send, in his “Gath” letters, and Jamea H. 'Woodard, in his “Jeuhawker” writings, have given that paper all its prominence during the last hialf doz«n yeurs or more. These men are not only - intente Republicans, but they have ‘made their respective departments a means for doing a serviceable work for the republican party that could not have been accomplished in any other way. Dvmaocrats have long since beconfe disgusted wita the Enquirer, while Republi:{aus have circulated it with glad alacrity, knowing that uader the pretended banner of Democracy they could do the democratic. party an injury that an opeu republican organ would be powerless to perferm. L . Well, even the republican editors of the bogus democratic Enquirer are beginning to concede that their cham pion, James ‘G. Blaiue, i 3 in danger of an overwhelming defsat. “Gath,” in kis letters from New York last week, gave the following wail over 'the gloomy prospects of the republican party for which he has done his level best during the last three months: “The presidential election is in great ‘doubt, netwithstanding the republicans have carried the two New England states. In my conversation ‘with the most "ardent friends of Mr. ‘Blaine, I find that they admit the ex istenes of considerable opposition to ‘him, especially in this state, and particularly iin this city and adjacent !parts.” o ~ Let it be borne in mind that this is the testimony of & most ardent Republican, who is testifying to the reports which reach him from republican sources. Democrats meay well take courage and redouble their efforts when the enemy begius to give way ‘before their steady advance. Keep up courage, friends, and the day is ours

OUT FOR CLEVELAND,

That the tide has set . irresistibly strong in favor of Cleveland and Hendricks may be plainly seen 1n the fact that O’Donovan Rossa’s newspaper, the United Irishmen, has come out in favor of the democratic candidates. After its effort to work up a Blaine feeling, the paper now falls into the current that is sweeping onward to democratic success with the enthusiasm of a veteran. In stating its position, Mr, Rossa’s paper says: “We have a lively recoliection of every administration of the republican party during the last six terms, and from the first term to the last term—from ‘the day Gen. Michael Coreoran was court-martialed for refusing to parade his regiment through the streets of New York in honor'of the Prince of Wales to the day the present President honored the Queen of England by presiding at the opening of the Brooklyn bridge on her birthday—we bave seen néthing but toadying to England and Englishmen. That salutation to the English flag at Yorktown looked like an invitation to Ea—gland to lay her wires to take charge of the country again; it was an insult to the memory of «ur martyred dead; and for no other cause but' because of that insult and outrage no American with Irish blood,; or any other manly bloud, in his veins, should vote for keeping in power a party who thus outrage the sacred memory of those who fought and fel) for the freedom

we-enjoy.” i These sentiments will find a responsive echo in every patriotic Irish heart. The action of Mr, Rossa in declaring for Cleveland at this time will have a salutary influence over ‘those few Irish Democrats who were misled into the support of James G. Blaine early in the canvass on the hypothesis that he would give us an “aggressive” ftoreign policy, and arn= tagonize English tyranny jn the dominion of the British government over- the Irigh! people. There never wus any reason for accrediting Mr. Blaine with any such laudable design, but when men commit a pelitical error they generally dislike to ac. knowledge it. Hence there are a few ‘men now stumping for Blaine whose hearts are manifestiy not beating yvery warmly in his interést. The hénest “about face” of o’Donovan Ressa will’ go a long way toward inducing the few honest Irish Democrats who have strayed into the republican ecamp to put themselvés fully in line with the democratic party, which is marching to vietory under the banner of Cleve land and Hendricks, With the party of Jefferson, Jackson, Marcy and Tilden again in power, the foreign policy declared in the case of Martin Koszta will again be established. and will be respected throughout the world. %L e ¢ BLAINE 18 & used-up citizen, His gush and bluster no longer d@v« thepeople . . . ook

e EXCEEDINGLY, THIN. : Mr. Willlam Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, has made public a letter written to him by James G. Blaine under date of the 6th inst., in which the latter attempts to clear up the scandal that has attached to his family relatioos by aaﬁg that he has been twice married to his present spouse. The first marriage, he says, took place, on the 30th day of June, 1850, just prior to my (his) departure from Kentucky,” and was solemnized in “the presence of chosen and trusted friends.” The second marriage, he says, occurred ~in the presence of witnesses in the city of Pittsburgh in the month of ‘March, 1851.” He does not give the day when this second ceremony was performed, but assigns as.a reason for a second solemnization of the marriage that he “"became alarmed lest a doubt might be thrown upon the validity of our marriage by reason of non-combpliance with the law of the state where it had occurred,” Mr. ‘Blaine having “learned that the laws of Kentucky made a license certified by the clerk of thie county eourt an indispensable requisite of a legal marriage.” | s ‘ We respectfully submit that this statement 18, to use a phrase’in common use, “exceedingly thin,” and Mr. Blaine would stand in a better attitude before the country had he never written it.- According to his DArra:tive, he had resided in Kentucky two years before his first |reported marriage is said to have taken place. He was a teacher in an academy having a wide reputation. He was a young man of marked intelligence. It will be exceedingly difficult for him to make peopls believe that he had not learned, during his two years residence, that a marriage libpnse was necessary to establish a valid;marriage under the laws of that state. Besidss that, it invelves ignorance on the part of the person who performed the marriage rites. A minister of the gospel, or a judicial officer of Kentucky, | would never have solemnized the marriage service without having a lawful license in possession as authority for the proceeding, It is noticeable that Mr. Blaine.does not name a singie one of the “chosen and trusted friands” who were present at his Kentucky wedding in his letter to Mr. Phelps. In his answer to questions propoundsd by the attorneys ior | the Indianapolis Sentinel, preparatory to the libel suit which Mr. Blaine has begun against that newspaper, he says that Sarah -C. Stanwood and S. L. Blaine were presasnt, but he fails te say where either of those parties may now be found. He does not name the party who officiated in uniting the bonds of wedlock. There is an absence of detail that makes his story decidedly “fishy.”

In-his letter Mr. Blains states that bis second marriage took piace 'at Pittsburgh in the month of DMarch, 1851, He admits that his deceased child was born in June of the same year. This admission, 1n tha absence of any evidence of the alleged Kentucky ceremony, will lead to.a geunerail impression. ameng -caundid persons, that the allegations made by the Indianapolis Sentinel were substantially true; and being true, Mr, Blaine must fail in his libel suit if he ever allows the case to come to trial. In answer tc the Sentinel’s interrogatories, Mr. Blaine has. not been ‘more explicit’ than in his letter to Mr. Phelps, except in points where the questions required greater detail. The evidence which the Sentinel can now introduce, Mr, Blaine having had hig say, will show that gentleman ina sorry light in a matter which he has himsgelf introduced into court. We doubt, however, whether a trial can be had in advancse of the election. - We think in the end that Mr. Blaine and . his friends will find that he has rushed into court most inopportunely, and instead of making political capital by his indecent haste, he has waterially damaged his presidential chances. This charge of “early indiscretion” against Mr. Blaine would never have been made but for the indecent charges affecting the moral character.of Governor Cleveland. The Republicans have made ' a terrible mistake in inaugurating a mud-sling-ing campaign. Loniaa

.. I is less than six weeks until the presidential election, but every now and then we have a new presidential ticket placed in the field. The latest is the nomination of W. L. Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania, for President, and Charles L. Waterman for Vice President. - These gentleman are presented by the “American Political Alliance,” whatever that may be. The several tickets, up to date, are Cleveland and Hendricks, Blaine acd Logan, Butler and West, St. John and Daniel, Ells+ worth aiixd' Waterman, and Mrs. Belva 8. Lockwood, without any running mate. If any party has railed to nominate, we suggest that they get in ling very soon, for preseuntly “the band will begin to play.”

THEY ARE DESPERATE,

l In their desperation af the publica—tion of the new batch of Mulligan letters, made public during the past week, the Republicans have revived the scandal with which they opened ‘ the campaign, and are ringing all the changes upon the undeniable fact that ‘Governor Cleveland hanged two mur'derers with his own hand while he was sheriff of Erie county. Most certainly he did. Juries of American citizens found the men guilty of mur‘der, one villain having taken the life of his own wife; an upright judge passed sentence of death upon them and fixed the day of execution; Mr, Cleveland was the, sheriff, and. performed the disagreeable duty imposed upon him by the law with his own hands, instead of acting the coward and delegating the office of executioner to a deputy. Republicans are now flooding the country with engravings of these executions, with such words as “The Work of a Butcher” appearing in large capitals below. | Go ahead,. “gentlemen.” Every such evidence of partisan malice will make votes for Grover Cleveland. Heis a man who knows his duty in every position and has always had the manly courage to perform it. o 7

EX-GOVERNOR CONRAD BAKER will vote for Blaine and Logan because they have been nominated by the res publican party, and not because he considers James G. Blaine worthy of ‘any man’s confidence. @ °

THE MULLIGAN GHOST. It Walks Again in the Land of Maine, L & \ e e i yarren Fisher Furnishes a Bateh of Letters Alleged lfo pe in Blaine’s Winest Hand—Appeals That = . Would Cause Stones to Weep. o Messrs. Warren Fisher and James Mulligan have furnished for publication a large number of heretofore unpublished letters, of which they say: “To the people of the United States: .Believing that it is our duty to lay before our fellow countrymen the following documents which have been in our possession, we have placed . the originals for safe keeping in the hands of Messrs. Sohier & Welch, counselors, of Boston, and herewith submit their contents without comment. - The letters from Mr. Fisher are letterpress copies of the originals,” The following are the prineipal portions of the letters referred to: e ‘ o “AUGUSTA, ME., OcT. 4, 1869.—MY DEAR Mg. FISHER: Find inelosed - $lO,OOO check in payment of A. & P. Coburn’s subscription. I presume you will receive by same mail the 20 per cent due on all the subsecriptions already forwarded to you. and also on the following: Philo Hersey, $5,000; A. W. Johiison. $5,000; R. C. Johnson, $5.000; Nahwm P. Munroe, $5,000; C. B. Hazeltine, ss,ooo—all of Belrast, - | “This makes $125,000 in all I have disposed of. 1t is doubtful if I dispose of any more, but I shall know by .to-morrow; so there will b no delay to embarrass you in any way. No one will ever know from me that T have disposed of a single dollar in Maine so there need be no embarrassment in talking with Mr. Caldweil. I don’t wish you to settle that matter with Mr. Caldwell till you hear from me ggain. Please send receipttc A.. & P é%bnrn, Skoswvhegan, Maine. Yours truly, *J. G. BLAINE. “W. Fisher, Jr., Esq.”

“AUGUSTA, ME., 5t OcT., 1869.—55,000. My DEAR MR. FisHER: I enclose you two thousand dollar check, balance of A. & P. Coburn’s installmment; two thousand dollars in pay’tiof Anson P. Morril’s installment; one thousand dollars in p;}y’t of Lot M. Morrill’s installment. Lot M. Morrill’s subscription of $5,000 in addition to: those already advised, making in all $130,000. There may possibly be $20,000 more, but $150,000 will be my limit. ° & “Inote what you say about the importance of my keeping all quiet here, I fully n{)preciate y'r wisdom and y’rkindness, and shall endeavor to do just as you desire in the premises. The letter enclosing the Globe by same mail with this can be read by f‘ou to Mr. Caldwell if you think it expedient, I have endeavored in writing it not to be indelicate. Yours SRR “J. G. BLAINE.

“W. F., Jr., Esq. ; - The above two letters are in gontinuation of the two letters of Oct. 4, 1869. which have been already publsshed.

“AUGUSTA, ME., 18TH Nov., 18069.—My DEAR Mz. Fisuer: It is quite evident to my mind that at the approaching session of Congress there will be an exgansion of the curren'c?' to the amount of fifty to seventyfive millions of dollars. The form it will take, I think,iwill be an addition to the national bank circulation West and South.

My object iii'}v"ii'{i}ig is to ask in season if gour friends'.would desire to establish ‘a ank at Little Rock.

*lt will be to some extent a matter of favoritism as to who gets the banks in the several localities, and it will be in my power to ‘east an gnchor to the windward’ in y’r behalf if you desire it. Please think over the matter, and confer with Mr. Caldwell; and let me know y’r desires as soon as you reach any conclusion. There is, of course no special hurry; but I;thought -1 would suggest the matter in order that you might mature your thoughts in good time. Yours very truly, *J. G. BLAINE. - _ “Warren Fisher, Jr., Esq.”

“ForTY-FIRST CONGRESS, U. S.—IOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, - WASHINGTON, D. C., DEC. 7rH, 1870.—MY DEAR MR. FISHER: You have re¢’d Mr. Boutwell’s answer. I presumeyou will deem it necessary to come on here;'if so, let me know of it a day or twoinmadydiiee. o 0 e

-Y] have written Mr. Caldwell about the »8(:)1511{; no trouble in securing a b’k of $500,-

“Sec’y of War will not allow the use of the arsenal at Little Rock—says it' is im possible. Very hastily and truly, !§S G B

“lIOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 9TH, 1870.—MY DrARr Mi. Fisuer: 1 wrote very hastily, both to yourselt and. Mr. Caldwell, in regard to the bank. A -further conference with the Comptroller of the-Currency gives some additional facts which are of interest, and this letter is intended alike for yourself and Mr. Caldwell. Please show it to him. ‘They are now allowing 90 per cent cireulation on 10-40 bonds, instead of 80, and then 85 at different periods in the past. They give me the assurance that you shall have full $450 000 circuiation on a bank of haif a million capital. : If you desire I w.ll confer with Senator Riee in regard to the forms, ete. It might be better now to let hiin take the lead. Yours very trulljy, ©3. G. BLAINE. “W. Fisher, Jr., Esq.” :

“AugUSTA, MAINE, 20 Dge., 1870.—My DEAR MR. Fisneß: I am in hopes now that I shall sceure $25,000, or nearly that. I find money very tight, - ! “I have seen most of the parties to whom bonds are due. Ido not have much trouble about the January coupon of the first mortgage bonds, but they of course growl some —on six of the bonds. I wnu*d gbe glad to hayve the coupon. I promised them individually to make it right'in the foture. I did not in any way* use the name. of the company, nor commit you to anything—only myscllf. g ! **On tne land bonds I cannot make them see the Niuity of removing the April coupon, and I promised to try and .adjust that matter with you after my return to_Boston, They all agree with one voice that no bond shall be exposed for sale. I wish you could give me the b fit of that fraction making 32 of the first nr rtzage bonds for the $31,500 due. - I'use ihe extra $5OO in adjusting -the interest matter, and it fits in: completeIy. I will make it all right with Yo‘u. ‘‘Please meet me at Mr. Caldwell’s private office on Snturdu{ at 12:15 <harp. Itisvery important that I have everything completed that day. Yours, in g’t haste, *J. G. BLAINE.” “Forty-FirsT CoNGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, 'JANUARY 26TH, 1870.—MY DEAR MR. FISHER: I have this moment writtén to Mr. Caldwell, suggesting that, in ecase. I can arrange a meeting in this city next week with Colonel Thomas A. Scott, to come on here. I have some reason for believing that a very advantageous arrangement may be mad}é for taking say $300,000. Let me have an accurate and reliable statement of your financial condition, and I can do something, I feel very sanguine, with Thomas A. Scott. “ think vou will not deem me unreasonable when I again and persistently urge that I ought to have good notes for the $25.000; and that I ought also to have the 882,006’ bonds, which were made by yourself and Mr. Caldwell the e?r‘ess.basis of the $25,000 loan. Ido not believe f"r company has a stronger or more equitable and legal claim than mine—while its personal hardships_ to me are bitter,and burning, and humiliatug; to the last degree. Sincerely your friend, ; ; “J. G. BLAINE.

“ForTY-SECOND CONGRESS, U. S. HoUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C., AprlL 21, 1871.—MY DEAR MR. CALDWELL: On the 29th ingt. the second note of the loan I negotiated in December last falls due. The first, for $2,03250-100, which fell due March Ist, I was compelled to meet 'at the gravest possible intonvenience. I drew on Mr. Fisher for the amount, but he declined to notice the draft. The note which falls due on the 29th inst. is for $2,578 85-100. 1t seems extremely hard and unjust that I should be compelled to pay this moneg. It was no more my debt than the debt of President Grant or Queen Victoria, and I cannot believe that you and Mr. Fisher intend to leave this burden on me. - A

*lf you do, it will ecrush me. I have no possiblé means wherewith to meet these notes, and 1 beg of you and Mr. Fisher, either or both, to come to my. relief. In a [ letter from Mr. Fisher, under date of Jan--uary 24th, he writes me as follows: ‘ln rei_mrd to the $25.000 which you borrowed and loaned to Mr. Caldwell, or rather Mr. Pratt, as it was assumed by Mr, Pratt, because .you received from him $50,000 land bonds for the amount. Upon my visiting the office for the first time after you left the city, Mr. Pratt said he and Mr. Farrington iave to you their individual bonds, and they kept the money, and in order to obtain that money and get it out of Mr. Pratt’s hands I obtained 50,000 land bonds, and took what I supposed to be money; but it was not there. Part of it had been missapplied to other matters; $15,000 of it I loaned Mr. Caldwell; the balance went into a house at Little Rock without my knowledge or consent, and Pullman cars, ete., ete.’ G “Now, my dear sir, if this be a correct statement, may I not hope you will relieve me to the extent of the 315,000? And Mr, Fisher will surely pay the other $lO,OOO. *As a wholly innocent third party, doing my best’to act as a sincere and steadfast friend to both of You, 1 ought not to be left qxigosed to financial ruin and personal humiliation. Sincerely yours, : 8 ‘ -~ *J. G. BLAINE, “Josiah Caldwell, Esq.” ; “*JoslAnr CALDWELL, No. 1 PEMBERTON SQUARE, BosTON, APRIL 25, 1871.—DEAR Fisuggr: I enclose letter from Blaine. 1 forgot to speak to you about them when 1 saw you tliis h]iJ m. I hope you can help him. ‘I would if it were in my power. Blaine is an important man for us to have foel all right towards us, and I only wishi that I was so situated that I could helphim. Yours very truly *4J. CALDWELL. This letter enclosed Mr. Blaine’s letter to Caldw%}l of April 21, 1871, % : “AUGUSTA, ME,, 14 June, 1871.—My DEAD i, Fasstun? 1 (ied vory' hard. Jesterday and day before to see you. lamin a very

T L T s ouf of my conneetion with the ¥ort Smith enterprise. I have paid and caused -to be paid into y'r treasury about $250,000, and the only result to me is the most {palnful perglexity. Now, I'have a proposition to make to you, which I think is most liberal and fair, going as far as I »possibly can go without ruining m¥self,pasl; allrecovery, “Now, if you will take up the $lO,OOO of -coupons, paving ma the cash therefor, and give me the $45,000 of bonds, I will let all remainder of our matter stand until youare ready to open correspondence on the subjeet yourself. = | ’ “] trust in consideration of our many years of friendship, as well as in view of the peculiarrelations I' have, held .in this matter, you will make an effort to do this. Yours truly, : *J. G. BLAINE. ‘““W. Fisher, Jr,, Esq.”

“BostoN, SePr. 30, 187.—MY DEAR BLAINE: It is the greatest importance that the parties owniugme interest in the $25,000, and invested by them in the Northern Pacific Railroad, should receive what is due them; and unless something is done about it I shall be forced to turn the document over to them and let you settle directly with them. Mr. Caldwell.tells me he has paid You his last note due you, and gave you the $50.000 land bonds in addition. I should jadge it was for i’our interest to settle the matter at on¢~. I remain, ! “WARREN FISHER, JR.” Mr. Blaine’s letter of Oct. 1, 1871, already published, is fhe answer to this letter: : " “BostoN, Oct. 24, 1881.—MyYy DEAR Braine: Yesterday I received your favor ot the 21st inst., to which I replied by teles gram: “Mr. C. has not been in this city for four weeks, He is now in St. Louls.> - =

In the meantime I ean say nothing further than what I have heretofore told you —that Mr. Caldwell represented to me that he had paid for your account, and for which | he has your receiplts, all but $2 500 of the! $25,000 which you loaned, and for which. you received as collateral $50,000 of the Little Rock bonds, which you sold, realizing therefor S3o,ooosllea\'ing you in advance of funds, even if Mr. Caldwell had paid you nothing. ; : ; “I have heretofore advised you that Lhad been frequently importuned for the securities of the Northern Pacific, and as a last resort I had to surrender your oblization for the benefit of the parties in interest, who now say that after so long delay they will not take thesecurities, but require you to refund the money. 1 remain, : “WaAgrreN FISUER, JR.” “AUGUSTA, ME., Nov. 3p.—My DEAR Mgz. Fisner: I write Mr. Caidwell this day earnestiy asking him to release me from the very Fressim: and painful embarrassmient entailed upon me by ruising the money I loaned to you and him last winter. There is still due to me $2O 000 land bonds and the Ist mortzage bonus $32,000. I have :Ilreud¥ ‘made one proposition for settlement. ‘must have the matter scttled in some way, and at once. Sincerely yours, | s v cRRe e ess Y BELATNE.

“W. Fisher, Jr., E-q.” “BosToN, Nov. 4, 1871.—My DEARr BELAINE: Your letter of the 3.1 inst. reccived. 1 hope Mr. Caldwell will respond to your request promptly and satisfactorily. 1 cannot say anything until I see Mr. Caldwell. Iremain yours, etc., etc., 5 t “W. FISHER, JR.”,

“AUGUSTA ME., 8- NOVEMBER, 1871.—My DEAR FISHER: iam pressed dailfy for the bonds. Let me assure ybu thatif I were suffering in this matter-alone I would not bother you. But how can Ildo this with Parties who have paid their money earnestvy demanding of me the consideration promised by me? I will sacrifice a, great deal to get a settlement. Ido not wish to seem importunate and troublesome, but if you knew the agonies I have suffered in this matter during the past six months you would pity me, 1 am sure, and make great effort to relieve me. Yours very sincerely, £ S ST 3. BLAINE:

“Warren Fisher, Jr., Esq.” . : “BostoN, Nqv. 10, 18{1.—MyY DEAR BLAINE: [amin reccxipt of your favor of che Bth inst., from which I am led to infer that the contracts I made through you to your Eastern friends have not been fulfilled on my part, for such i 3 not the fact,as I have delivered each and every one of them all the securities in accordance with the contracts. You are well aware of the condition of the road, and that you have re ceived your full proportion of the boeds. I think you can readily see that I can make no proposition further than as the road ‘progre=ses, to deliver you bonds_in accord ance. 1 remain with kKind regards, “WARREN FISHER, JR.”

The follo‘win% was in reply to *Mr. Blaine’s letter of April 13, 1872, already published: BO§TON, APRIL 16, 1872.—My DEAR BrAxE: Your favor of the 13th inst. reached me this morning. lam sur{)rised at its eontents. I have loaned you at vari. ous times, when you were comparatively qur, very large sums of money, and never have you paid me one dollar from your own pocket, either principal or interest. I have paid sundry amounts to others to whom you were indebted and these debts you have allowed to stand unpaid like the notes which I hold. I ‘have p'aced you in positions , Whereby you have received very large sums of money without one dollar of expense to you, and yott ought not to forget the act on my part. Of dll the parties connected with the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, no one has been so fortunate as yourself in -getting money out of it. You obtained subscr;rt._lons of ?’our friends in Maine for the building of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. Out of their snbscri}l))tions you obtained a large amount both of bonds and money free of cost to you. I haveyour own figures and know the amount. Owing to your volitical position you were able to work off your bonds at a very high price, and the fact is well known to others as well as myself. Would Eour friends in Maine be satisfied if they knew the facts? Are my associates satisfied to have yeu obtain $25,000 for Northern Pacific Railroad and you not plake the investment as per agreement? The course you have thought proper to take in regard to my request is rather a poor one, taking your relations with me, and I again ask you to consider itand grant it. You wilj find it much easier to pay by obtaining the credit, and I select that course thinking it to be the best. 1f you again decline 1 shall be obliged to use the notes or sell them to outside purchasers. Necessity knows no law. P :

- “Whatever bonds still due to you will be delivered as the road prolgresses. The other portion of your letter I make no reply. You know the facts, it is sufficient that I know them, and it is useless to mention them at this time. Please answer at once. I remain respectfully yours, : . “WPARREN FISHER, JR.”

The reply to this letteris Mr. Blaine’s letter of April 18, 1872 already published. The expression “obtaining the credit” in the above letter: refers to a request by Mr. Fisher that Mr. Blaine would give him a letter of credit, to be drawn against him by Mr. Fisher during a proposed European trip, Mr.Blaine bein% at the time indebted to Mzr. Fisher for borrowede money,. for which Mr. Fisher held Blaine’s demand promissorly notes. £ j = 'll‘he following is marked ‘confiden--1al1”:

“WAsHINGTON, D. C:, 16 APRIL, 1876.— My DEAR MR. FISHEI}: You can.do mea very ﬁreat favor, and 1 know it will dgive ‘you pleasure to _('lo. so—just as I would do for you under similar circumstances. - Certain persons and papers.are tx{‘iyin'g to throw mud at me to injure my candidacy before the Cincinnati convention, and you may observe they are tryin%it in connection with the Little Rock and Fort Smith matter. “I want you to send me a letter such as the enclosed draft. You will receive this to-morrow (Qllonday) evening,and it will be a favor I shall never forgetif you will at once write me the letter and . mail the same evening. The letter is strictly true, is honorable to g'ou and to me, and will stop the mouths of the slanderers at once. fe

‘‘Regard this letter as strictly confidential. :Do not show it to anyone. The draft is in the hands of my clerk, who is as trustworthy as any man can. be. If you can’t get the letter written in season for the 9 o’clock mail to New York, please be sure to'mail it during the night so that it will start first mail Tuesday morning; but ;i{ possible, 1 %ay Yyou to get itin the 9 o’clo mail Monday evening. Kind regards to Mrs. Fisher. Sincerely, ol

S *J. G B 2 On the back of this lctter was this indorsement: : e

“Burn this letter. Not knowing your exact agdress I sent thisto the Parker House in order that it may (not) be subjected to any danger in the hands of a carrier.

The following is the inclosure referred to in the preceding: i

“BosTON, APRIL —, 1876.—H00N. JAMES G. BLaiNe, WAsHINGTON, D. C. DEar Sir: I observe thatcertain newspapers are making or rather insinuating the absurd charge that you owned or had owned $l5O, 000 of Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad bonds, and that you had in some way obtained them as gratuity. ' % “The entert)rxse_ of building the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was undertaken in 1869 by a company of Boston gentlemen, of whom I was myself one. The | bonds of the road were put upon the market in this city on what was deemed very -advantageous terms to the purchaser. They were sold largely through myself. You be-' came the purchaser of about $30,000 of the bonds on precisely the same terms that every other buyer reeeived, paying for them in installments rumm:f; over a considerable period, just as others did.. The transaction was a perfectly honest one, and there was no more secreey in regard fo it than if you had been buying flower or sugar. 1 ‘am sure you never owned a bond of the road that you did not paY for at the market rate. Indeed, I am sure that no one rec#ved the bond on any other terms. When the road got into financial difﬂc;lélties and loss fell upon you, Xou still re ined your bonds, and you held them clear through the reorfanlzation of the company in 1874, exchangng them for stock and bonds of the comPaIEY. e : ; - “You acquired also some demands against the new company b¥ reason of your having Joined with others in raising money when the compan?' was in pressing need. For the recovery of that moneir groceedlngs arg omeudin in the United States Circuit | Gotirt in A&uws;m which you are openly | a party of **.@mm&y

vestment and everything connected with it would have been very easy had concealment been desirable, but your action in the whole matter was as o;ien and as fair as the day. Very sineerely yours. > “W. R Jr"

The words “indeed lam sure no one received bonds on any other terms” were interlined in the foregoing letter in Mr. Blaine’s own handwrlting.

Bishop Huntington’s Views:

Among the prominent men of the country who spend their summers 1n the delightful old. county of Hampshire is Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, N. Y., who resides for the summer in an old-fashioned farm-house somewhat modernized, in the quaint and historical town of Hadley. Your reporter had a very pleasant chat the. other day with this well-known theologian on the Kolitical aspects’ of the day. While the bishop’s tastes and work do not lead him into politics, yet | he is a keen observer of what is going on in the political world, -and his deductions are made after mature reflection and careful investigation. AS to his own position the bishop -said: “I class myself with the independents, for I am in the habit of voting accor(lmg to the'character of the men placed in nomipation.” " In replrs; to a query as to his. oFinion of Mr.. Blaine, he said: “Well, I have no desire to publish my opinions to the world, nor do I care to hold them back. I have never been in favor of Blaine, whom I recognize as a trafficker in official influence, and I am very much pained to see so many of mg New England friends ]yielding up th high standard of morals so requisite to the Fresidential candidate in the past. Nothing has been said in this miserable attempt which can bring him into the society of the &)ure statesman -of the past. It would indeed be deplorable 1f the young men of this nation should be inform_eJ’ by this election that the people of the United States condone the offenses proved against James G. Blaine. The moral effect would be very depressing should they be told by liis election that they ¢an lie, defraud, became demagogues, bribe givers and takers, and still not forfeit the publie confidence.” It isa humiliating s;iecl'& cle to see so many men like IHoar, Dawesand others twisting his dishon--ored record in such a way as to become | a deliberyte attempt to make” his conduct reputable. To me theg action of those who sneer at the attempt'to purify the political atmosphere is con-. temptible.” : 3 _:As the bishop spends most of his time in central New York, his opinion of Cleveland has weight. In answer to his views of Cleveland he remarked: “His ‘Eu_blic life has been trustworthy, upright, and manly. Heis.a man of honor, and there is much in his public career to admire.” Touchmg upon the scandal concerning Gov.. Cleveland’s private life, BishoE Huntington said, with emphasis: “Believing, as I do, that this is-a thing oof the past; and no part of his present character, I shall certainly vote for him. Until I came into this state I never heard aught about this scandal. He does not look with complacency on the past,- and pis not living as a dissolute man. . According to the Christianigy which I teach we are to forgive, and as I understand he’is leading an ilonorab}e life in the present, I see no reason why I should not cast my vote for the reform. governor, Grover Cleveland.” In commenting upon the difference between the two candidates, the -bishop said, in a | meditative mood, “I have often thought of the striking contrast in the moral attitude of the two men, and wondered that some briﬁht caricaturist has not hit upon the idea-and sketched a: picture with Blaine upon his knees pleading with Mulligan for the letters, and Cleveland answering manfull}y when accused, “Tell the truth.”— Norhampton Cor. Springfield Republican. ;

—Vindication does not a]waﬂs vindicate. The determination with which the Blaine organs assert that their plumed chieftain has been vindicated lln Maine argues an; apprehension on their part that he needed vindication. If Lie is in need of vindication the people of thirty-eight States, not of one only, have the power to give - it to him. Whether thezrwill or not will not be known until November. e

TEMPERANCE COLUMN.

(Conducted by the W. C. T. U. of Ligonier. )

Report of the Noble County Conven- ? tion W.C.T. U. Convention assembled and called to order at 10 A. M., Seﬁtember 9th, with the president, Mrs: Flora Clap;i. in the chair. : :

After deyotional exercises, the re ports of delegates were read, four unions in the county being represent—ed. The reports read were encouraging in’ every respect, and especially the work among the yeoung people, temperance schools having been inau—gurated with much success. ‘The officers for the ensuing .year were elected by acclamatiof], ag follows: - : 3 - .

President, Mrs. Flora Ciapp, Albion Vice President, Mrs. Dr, Bowker, of La Otto. - : : Secretary, Miss Ella Prentiss, of Albion. i Superintendent of Foreign Work, Mrs. John Mitchell, Kendallyille. Superintendent of Heredity and Hygiene, Mrs. McConnell, Avilla. o Superintendent of Juvenile Work, ‘Mrs. J. R. Beazel, Ligonier. : ~ Superintendent of Temperance Lit erature, Mrs. Pepple, Albion. ~ Superintendent in Influencing the Press, M'ss Clara Goodwin, Kendallville, - . ! Superintendent of Influential Bodies, Mrs. C. B. Phillips, Albion. ‘ Superintéendent of Evangelistic Work, Mrs. Bowen, Albion. : Superintendent of Work Among Raflroad Employes, Mrs. C. Bliss, Brimfield. i Superintendent of Unfermented Wine at Lord’s Table, Mrs. Ross, Kendallville. ; i :

Superintendent of Work Among Young Ladies, Mrs. Walters, Alblon.j Superintendent of Fair Work, Mrs. H. Wood, Ligonier. Superintendent of Work for Pauper Women and Children, Mrs. Winegartner, Avilla.

The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. will be held each Friday afternoon at 814 o’clock in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. Everybody cordially invited to attend. : MRs. M. VALENTINE, Sec’y. The regular meeting of the ' Boys’ Look-Up Legion will be held every Thursday, at 4 P. 1., at the residence of their superintendent, Mrs, Z. A. Bothwell. The bgy’s are all specially requested to attend, HENRY REEVE, Sec’y. All the members of the’ “Girls’ Look-Up Legion” are requested to be present at the next meeting of the society, which will be next Wednesday at 4 o'clock P, M, as there is business. of importance to transact. - P MRrs. M. E. FRANKS, Sup’t. ———— : ' .Resolutions of Respeect. ] The follow action was taken by Excelsior Lodge, 267, 1.0. O. F., on the death of Fg'ederick Heffner: 8o : ‘WHEREAS, By the inexorable will of} God, our worthy brother, FREDERICK HEFFNER, has gone to that borne from which no traveler returns, beloved by all’ good brothers; in all good words and’ . works he was zealous, faithful and true. ‘Such brothers are always missed from the: field of usefullness; therefore, g ; RESOLVED, That the loss of Bro. Heff-] ner ig irreparable, and we can only end?av_or’te profit by his precepts and exam-! ;' o i p:lméox,vnn. That Excelsior Lodge, No.: 267, I. O. O, F., in his death has lost a true: and faithful member, his wife a good com-: panion, his children a kind father, and the. ‘community a worthy citizen. = - RESOLVED, That these resolutions be: transcribed upon the minutes of this Lodge: and that a copy be sent to the bereaved: family, and to each of the Ligonier pa« pers for publication. . A : F, E. HEPLER, o i . D.W. Gannnn;-} Committee, J. L. DUNNING, : £ _

Noble County Fair at leonlerﬁ] Sept. 30 alld Oct. 1,2 aﬂd 3. -

. HON.DANIELW. VORHEES will addreg the oitizcxfé of .Li_g(‘)nim"a'ml surrouviding country at tln:) e Fair Grounds at Ligonier, Lo e x | THURSDAY, OCTOBER , 1804 E\'pryb(’)dy :7'11();11‘41 Cmné 01Alti and hear the Silver "I‘()n;};;xe(] Ur.afo%', : BDEAATATU DTRATATY REMOVALI EEMOVAL! I will soon remove my large stock | ot edefeedl B DRUGS, " .0 4 - MEDICINES, ‘ FANCY GOODS, - TOILET ARTICLES, . oo PAINTS, OIES, &C., into the room lately occupied by T. E. Casey’s Boot and Shoe Store ~ In the meantime I will close out goods so low that all will find bargains. Do not fail to call on me at my present location. . . o WILL McDONALD.

NOBLE CO.FAIR LIGONIER St 0 andoctl, 2 and 3, Best Fairin Northernlndiana No Ehtry Fee,Excepj"t inSpeed ng SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. quk for- announcement next week.

YORK TOWNSHIP.

' PoBYMOMUBES The -family of ’'Squire Gesaman is and has been sick with the typhoid fever, but is slowly improving. . Miss Emma Butts visited A. Gill at Wawaka last week. S We were surprised to think. that. there were ladies in York who had-to get a livery rig to take a buggy ride. -Brick-top said “Zip, I got you.” | -Chalmers don’t gothe long road to Ligonier just for fun, and from there. to Cedar Beach. = . . v Seeding is about over in York., - Our school trustees recently weut foChicago on the school furniture busi--ness, accompanied by County.Superin(tiendent .W. P. Denny and W. Woren. - . : : i A good many of the folks spent last: Saturday evening in Ligonier, and reported a good time and big erowd.. - Watkins, the thresher, in moving. his engine from 8. M. Neufer’s. clover field set a straw stack.on fire, .= -~ o People of York think they heard an earthquake last Friday afternoon.. Miss Simmons, of Goshen, visited with J. Sullivan’s family last week. - - If the people of York raise any cane, Charley T. says he iq prepared | for them. i SR AR D. M. Sullivan spent a few days in Chicago. CldadaraT s el A child of ‘Mr. and Mrs, J. Butts ‘died September 18th, aged 9 months. ; ‘ Noble County Fair at Ligonier Sept. 30 and Oct, 1, 2 and 3. js : The Blane Libel Sult, = . The Indianapolis Sentinel will issue, about Sept. 25,8 l‘qrg‘egupplement con-, taining a history of James G. Blaine’s suit against it, and a volume of facts concerniog his private, ag well as public record, showing -the truth of the Sentinel’s publications regarding him: Price of supplement, postipaid: Single | copy, 10 cents; three copies, 25 cents; eight copies, 50 cents; twenty copies, | 81 Special rates to committes, olubs | and news dealers. Address | e

Early Sunday morning a week, at Columbia City, & house of ill-fame known as Minnie Howard’s, was attacked by a mob of intoxicated roughs and stoned for half an hour. This soon became tame work, and the men opened up a volley of shots from thelr revolvers, which proved more effective, and caused the occupants of the house -to return the fire. William Grund, one of the attacking party, aged 23, rTeceived a shot in the breast, just ‘above the heart. The ball went clear through his body, coming out near thespine, and he now lies in a critical condition. William Jones; a town tough, was shot in the left knee, receiving a wound which will require the amputation of his leg. e . 'LIGONIER MARKET REPORT. URAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber $79 ; Rye, 50c; Oats,26¢c; Corn, 55¢; flax seed, $110; timothyseed, $2 00; cloverseed, $5 00, . PrßODUCE.—Hogs,live,Bs 50 t 0 $6 25; Shoulders,per pound,loc; Hams,l2¢; Bees Wax,. 20c¢; Butter, 12@ Lard, 10c; Eggs, ¥ d0z.,14¢; Wool, Ib, 22@ 30c; Feathers,6oc¢; Tallow, 7c; Apples, dried, 7c; green,7oc.; Potatoes 45¢; Hay, tame.sB 50 o

Greenamyer & Redman, would call the attention of tHe public to the fact that they have recently(})umhased the fixtures, &e., belonging to C. G.ﬁlfistler inthe . Drive Well and Pump 2 Business, ! 1 tfull uest their patrons to ; 'un mﬁt}gg(r’n: c);flegt Kistler's o?c‘l‘stplllad. ye All kinds of pumps and fixtures for any kind of a well constantly kept on hand. Wor{done with neatness and dispatch, and at fair reasonable prices. i it GILVE US A CALL. 5 ‘ GREENAMYER & REDMAN, * - Ligonier, Ind.,Aug. 7,1884-Bm, = ¢ Wits: All Fits stopped free by Doctor: S after first day’s use. Marvelous cures: T gol iy ?““‘ y ’:\ vﬂ"-:zv.—. 5 « ':;'\'é.‘ z« % &:‘*ﬂ;