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

e o B T The Liganier Bauner. IHURSDAY,OCT. 2, 1884, Qe dIE T A\

Democratic: National Ticket, ) o I‘l‘esidcnt; ‘ ; ullleslll CLEVEIJANI). ,I i . iFor Vicé President, T THOMAS A, SIENDRICES., . PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. At Large—B, W. Hanna, W. D, H.Hun .er. First District, - .- Wm, E.Townsend. Second, L~ % Henry 8. Cauthorue. Erdy e . - Aaron A. Crave:s. Fourth, - .. w Frank E. Gavin.. Fifth, - - - - Willis Heckam. Bixth, o el U NGRS KEHOEE Seventh, - - - James A. New. Bighth, - . - - = James M. Seller, Ninth, - = = - Wm. R, Oglesby. Tenth, i - < s o Pred JCapelke, Eleventh, "i- - ' < Wm,H.Harkens. Twelfth, - ' - = William H. Dills. Thirteenth, - - - Mortimer Nye. DEMOCRATIC STATE TIOKET For Goyernor, o b ISAAC P. GRAY, - Lieutenant Governor, . " MAHLON D. MANSON. Secretary of Sfate, ; WILLIAM R. MYERS. Auditor of State, | . JAMES H. RICE, ) - For Attorney General. N FRANCIS T. HORD. . For Treasurer of State. :. | g .JOHN J. COOPER, L - Superintendent of Public Instruction, JOHN W. HOLCOMBE. - = 7 Reporter of the Supreme- Court. - . JOHN W. KERN. Judge of Supreme Court, Fifth District,. « J.A, S, MITCHELL. DISTRICT TECKET,

i For Congress, o HON. ROBERT.LOWRY. ‘For Senator, .- : " ASHLR S, PARKER, . . For Joint Pepresentative, -~ ' CAPT. WILLIA.‘[ M. BARNEY. : ¢ For Prose utor, : RANKLIN PCWERS. COUNTY TICKA . : * For l,{oprésenmfive,_ o ELI B. GERBER, - v 1 For Treasurer, CHARLES K, GREENE. For Recorder. ; . CI’IA.RLBEE G AICHELE. @ - ‘or Sheriff, : .. WALLACE W::NOB., | s lor Recorder, &g ! : . RUDOLEPH J. SEYMOURE, ] : For Coroner, - B ROCCOU GARREMONE. : . For Gommiswroner =Middie Distriet, { JONTHBLY ¥ Cmmoss foncr—Southern District, WILLIAM €. DAVIS, = 1 e o - i s ek e —E——— : IRAOORATO ATAE NN DEA‘W!OC“;"- 19 nll ,_NTIOR. | § aok o b The wombers of the ’ }"'_‘\:\'lUE'L oJ TILDIN nd CLKNELAND: and HENDRICH ~ claliz dre carnestly requested fo 1) rescnt at a tinion 'meeting of the ¢lu'ynext L = Sl s M im e n Sellcday Evening, Oct. 4 : e 4th, 1884 1 Good speakers will bie br‘eser_x.t; also the GLEE CLUB will enliven the oci ; ’ | . o casion with rousing songs. Do not ' fail to be present. It is Important.

. Mr. Bleaine is in favor of high taxes ~ but it is heped he will not want to tax everything else as much as he taxes public credulity. . : The man who takes up political strawe is now going through the trains and sending the results to the newspapers. It is hoped he will get - around to the trains on the-Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad before ong. . e ; e 4 R e ot v Wedo not believe that an intelligent republican can be found who has made " a critical examination of the Mulligan letters, believes James G. Blaine to be an honest man.! Yet there are thousands of inteiligeut men who will vote for him for president. Such is the effect of political prejudice. - Tar republican leaders will ‘move heaven and earth to carry Ohio. Dorsey and Dudley 2re to take an active ~ part in corrupting the voters of that commonwealth. On a free and untrammeled vote Ohio would doubtless. - be carrfed by the Democracy. What the lavish disbursement of & huge corruption fund between this and the . 14th day of ‘October may accomplish | time alone can determine. . RosCOE CONKLING plainly and emphatically tells the Blaineiles that he; will under no circumstances support the tattooed statesman for the Presi--deiicy. All efforts to swerve the distingnished ex-Senator from this resolution have so far failed and will ¢on tinue to fail. A high-minded man like Roscoe Conkling cannot be in- - duced to champion a corrupt jobber for the highest office in the gift of the people, - - _ : . o - el &) — e - Mpr. BLAINE is coming to Indiava -and will attend the State Falr at - Indianapolis it is said., Cannot he kill ' two birds with onestone —see the peoiple and give hLis testimony in the . Sentinel libel suit at the isame time? H,“Wp rather guess Ben. Harrison will _mot’find it convenient to let his client testify in’ advance of the election. . After that the testimony will be worthless, for the suit -will, without }%Wmdmmuud.‘ Wy | . WiLL Mr. J. G. Blaine and Gen. the same day? If so, we will wage est attractio “an:;uveg #ln Llnviist o it b e NS Aol oridin deche DR L T -l

Mr, Blaine has answered those questions at last, and the Indianapolis libel suit will doubtiess be withdrawn.

ACCORDING to the style of political morality which Mr. James G. Blaine appears to have been practicing, the' location of national banks has not been governed by.the demands of trade but by the rule of favoritism to those who were lucky enough to obtain charters. Hence he wrote to Warren Fisher that when the currency came to be expanded fifty or seventy-five millions it would be in his power “to cast an.anchor to windward” in the distribution, and secure for Mr. Fisher & $250,000 or $500,000 chaiter, to be located at Little Rock as “a matter of favoritism,” Ifi Mr . Blaine indulgsd in suchlittle freaks of “favoritism” as hauling around.bank charters while Speaker of the House, twlx_r.t, might we lot expect him to do a 8 President? It strike us that Mr. Blaine is altogether too handy a ran to bave in the White House for the spublic good. : ;

BraiNe declared on the floor of Congress, April 24,1876, that ho“never had any trapsaction with Thomas A. Seott, directly or indirectly, immediately or remotely.” « But ia his letter to “My Dear Mr. Fisher,” written from Wushipgton, Jauuary 26, 1871, he says he has “written to Mr. Caldwell suggesting that in case I (he) can arrange a meeting with Col. Thomas A. Scott to come on here,” and he adds, “I can do something, I feel very sanguine with Themas A. Scott,”! On Nov. 10, 1871, Mr. Fisher wrote to Mr. Blaine and gaid: “Taking intbh account the $lOO,OOO honuds you sold to Tom Scoit, and,the athount of money yourecsived on the Eastern contrects, our relative positions finaneially in the Littls Rock and Fr. Snith railroud besr a wide contrast.” . Certainly, when Mr. Blaine addressed the house, April 24, 1846, he told a downright falgehood, or else he has too imperfect & memory to make a Bafe president ! s |

AN ANECDOTE used to be related of a Southern gentleman who was very fond of telling extraordinary stories of bis own exploits, and when a doubt appeared to prevail in the mindg of -gome of his auditorg, owing to the remarkable character of some of his narratives, he was in the habit of appealing to his favorite servant, Pompey, for the verilication of the circumstance, a 8 it happeped that Pompey lugually ‘attended his master upon his journeys. One day the master told goms visiting friends that coa huut-‘ ing expedition he Lad. made a very singular shet. Ho had discharged his! rifle at a deer which stood at long 'range, broadside towards him, and bad actually put a ball right through the’ animal's hind foof ands also just behind itg right ear. Oae of the guésts quietly reinarked that he did not com-= prebend hiow that was possible. Pompey was at once called upon for corroboration, He« seratched his head, ‘but declared the story was: true. He ! bud seen the- performance. At the woment his ' master fired the deer raised its hind foot and comtenced to scratel its ear. Thal settled it. Bat when the visitors were gone the negro i-p:'u‘u(;:s;cd that his powors wére being straified. .He implored his master lw‘ucn tie.told another lie to put the puinis covered a little closer together. It strikeg ws that Mr, James &. Blrine ought to hunt up timt old darkey and tuke- hiin into his employ. Some of the stories that Le has been telling in order to clear up tho record of his wedding experience are 8o extremsly ridiculous that he scems to require the genius of that old colored individual to dove-tail events togsther in a way that would give his sfories an air of plausibility. - [

“A FOOL'S ERRAND.”?

Svme years ago, Judgs Tourgee, a Republican politician of North Carolina, acquired a little reputation by writing and publishing a couple of political romances, designed to aid the Republican cause in the South, which were entitled, “A Fool’s Errdand” and “Bricks without Straw.” He met with suflicient encouragement ip the field of literature to warrant him in the belief that he might reyolutionize the field of journalism by applying his style of novel writing to the business of publishing a magazine: Iu order,therefore, supply “a lo_ng felt want” Judge Tourgee got up a periodical called the Continent, and filled ic with a mess of inappreciable trash somewhat after the style of the two books that firat brought him into netice. Some eritic, whoss iame we have forgotten, aptly styled his platitudes in the Continent, as the ‘‘dark countinent of American literature.”. ‘The pungent satire of the remark struck home with such force that Judge Tourgee suddenly retired from the editorial field and latterly has kept himself in geclusion.

|, But men of the calibre of the North Carolina romancer ars never entirely bappy unless they are airing their revws, and so the w‘indy Judge bas turned up togview during the present campaign as a Blaine speschmaker in the State of New York. Daring the past week he had the termity to tack'e Col. Eellows, of that State, also a newspaper writer, in a joist. debate. In his opening speech at Utica he sailed along.as smoothly as a graceful yacht on the brig4t waters of a placid bay, and fairlymadethe welkin ring with his laudations of the purity, grandeur andgraatness of the plumed knight. No doubt Judge Tourgee inwardly gmiled to think how hé was getting the better of. Col. Fellows, in the opinion of the aidience by his profuse scattering of, the flowers of rheforic for theiredifica tion, for the pleasant words fell gently on the car and as a piece of word painting his speech was very pretty, He closed with a brilliant flight of eloquence eulogistic of Mr. Blaine and sat down with an air that seemed to say, “Now I've done it!” ;

Imagine the Judge's surprise to see Col. Fellows open a volume of the Continent and hear him proceed to read an intensely abusive article, written by Tourgee himself, villifving Blaine. with all the intensity of his bitter political malignancy. The effect ‘was electrical, The audience yelled -and shouted in dersion, while Judge Tourgee beat a hasty retreat without waiting to bear the.conelusion of Col, Fellows' argument. As he "was leaying the room Col. Fellows called out, “When you take the stump again, Judge, don’t start off on “a fool’s errapdl” W

A DEFENSE OF BLAINE,

Carpet-Bagger McDontid to the .. Rescune. ;

At last an effort has been wade to defend James G, Blaine against the terrible charges that have been fastened upon him by the publication of his own letters to Warren Fisher, jr. The individualjwho has taken upon himself the tremendous task of defending Mr. Blaine i 8 ‘one Alexander McDonald, formerly a carpet-hag United States Senator for Arkansas. This defense has been extensively published in the -republican papers and may therefore be accepted as the best that the adherents of the tatooed statesmap can offer. : it

An examination of the much-vaunt-ed desenss shows that Mr. McDonald admits that James G. Biaine made the ruling on a poiat of order thas saved the Little Rock and Fort Smith land grant. He also adwiis that Caldwell made Blaioe tha agent for the sale of the securities of {he road for the road for the state of Maine. 'These are important admissions. They make out the primafacie case against Blaine. They sre equivalent to a confession thatdßlaing was rewarded for his ruling mi%mgfigomtment of agent for the sale,cff”%é ‘securities of the railroad company in Maine. This is pre-ci?-sely what Larl Schurz and - other ‘prominent Republicans charge against Blaine. Instead of mesting and refuting this charge, Mr. McDonald admits it in effect to be true. .

‘M, McDonald, of courss, unsertakes to argue that Mr. Blaius had a right to accept this agenoy, That is juost the point to be determiued, That is indved the burning question. Mr. Blaine was speaker of the house. 'ln thab capacity it was hissworn duty Lo servo the people:. Could he honestly dis‘charge his public duty aftsr placing the securities ot u railroad company which had sought and would agaiu geek legislation in Congress. Was it not against public policy that the Speaker of the House should put himsalf under obligations to a railroad company dependent upon Cougrass for the construction of its line? Mr. MeDonald pretends to think 'that these questions may be answered in the affirmative. But Mr. McDonald belengs to the Blaine school of moralists and his opinion will have weight only with the lobbyists and jobbers who meke a profession of looting the government.

It must be borne in mind that Mr.l Blaine wrote his friend Warren Fisher, jr., requesting him to acquaint Cald-. well \yith the fact that b 3 (Blaine) had ‘ rendered him (Caldwell) a great service in ruling the point of order whichl giived the Little lock and Fort Swmith land grant; thai Mr. Blaine sought to be “let into” this railioad job and declared thrt he would not be “a dead head in the enterprise;” thai Caldwell acknowledged his debt to Blaine by giving him the agency for the sale of the securities of his road in Maine; that Blaine sold some thirty thousand dollars worth of these securities in Maine and received $132,000 in those gecurities aud $15,100 in' money; that although Blaine was afterward obliged to take up the securities he sold in Maine, he succeeded in disposing of his own- securitlies at so-good a price| that he mads a large sum of money by the operation. All this'is shown by the letters of Blaine to Fisher and Wisher to Blainé; letters which were written in the friendliest spirit @on ‘both sides. Thbese facts ‘dispose of Mr. McDonald’s assertion that Btaine lost. money by the transaction a‘ndf that he was “roped in” by a lot of gpeculative sharpers, - § Even if it were true, 8s it is not, tthab Blaine was 6ut of pocket in-his dealings with. Caldwell, that could not: be used as an argument to- show that‘ Lie (Blaine) did not use the speaker’s office with the motive and intent of filling his pocket. Neither is it to his| credit as a public man to say that he permitted himself to become! the vicQ{ tim of a lot of railroad sharps. Such/ an admission is hardly areco}nmenda; tion of his fitness for the office of wresident. Finally, it will be obaerved that Mr. McDonald attempts no defense of Mr. Blaine’s delibsrate offer toluse his influence as speaker to establish a national bank at Little Rock. Such things, said Mr. Blaine, are matters of favoritiem and *I will be able to cast an anchor to windward in your behalf.” Doubtless Mr. McDonald, in the innocence of his pure and lofty ‘carpet-bag soul, imagines that this proposition of Mr. Blaine to prostitute the influence of his high ofiice to the ‘personal advantage of himself and his friends was entirely consistent with official probity and duty. e

BLAINE’S ANSWER.

In reply to & bill of discovucy filed in the U, 8. District Court at Indianapolis by the attorneys for {ke Senuinel, to compel Mr. James G. Biaine to answer certain written Interrogatories, to be used as evidence in the libel suit which Mr. Blaine has brought agsainst that newspaper, a sworn statement has been made by Mr. B}ain‘ei revealing the following points: That Mr. Blaice married his wife twice-~the first marrisge beivg a se: cret ceremony at Milleraburg, Ky., June 30. 1850, in the presence of Sarah C. Stanwocd and 8. L, Blaine, without procuring a marriage license, and the, second ceremony being performed at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 29, 1851, in the presence of John V. LeMoyne and David Bell, for the purpose of curing ‘the legal defects of the first service. Mr. Blaine does not say what minister of the gospel or officer of the law committed the blunder of marrying him without a license in Kentucky, That the eldest child of this union between Mr. Blaine and his wife was born June 18, 1851, a little less than three months after the second, or confirmatory, wedding, and died during the year 1854; that a small stone monument, with date of birth and death, was erected at the grave, and although Mr. Blaine has pot seen that stone since Phe first week'in July, he understands the figure “1” in the date of the child's birth has been chiseled off—by whon he does not know. : 2 . That Mr. Blaine has read the “Life of James G. Blaine,” a book written by Russell H. Conwell, with an introductory by Gov. Robie, of Maine, in| which it i stated that “Miss Stanwood became his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa, in March, 1851, and that Mr. Conwell, the author, derived his infor-

mation from conversations with Mr. Blaine himasif. Sl '

- These are the sworn statements of Mr. Blaine, and for publishing facts plainly deducible therefrom the republicau candidate has rushed into eourt with a libel suit. Without stopping to icquire what outside evidence may bs procurad to throw further light upon Mr. Blaine’s family affairs, it is submitted to the candid reader whether the man himself hus not made an exhibition of private records that is calculzted fo mantle the cheeks of his family and intimate friends with the blush of shame. Here we have & picture of the republican nominee for the Presidency painted by himself, el |

JAMES @. BLAINE AS A FINANCIER,

In order to show how:elegantly Mr, James G. Blaine has learned the sciencs of “casting an anchor windward” in his own behelf, it is only necessary to lovk over his cperations as a stock jobber or confidentirl agent of the Little Rqek and Fort Swmith railroad, performed while he was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tak‘ing advantage of his office of Speaker, Mr. Blaiue disposed of stocks, bonds, ete., of that road to “friends in Maine” to the amount of $3890,000, for which he received in.cash the sum of $130,000, The syms paid him by the persong named below are stated as folJows: . i ' A.& P, Coburn, Skowhegan ........ .... $50,000 Peter F. Sanborn, Augu5ta................ 10,060 Anson P. Morrill, Redfie1d........cein0..... 10,000 Ralph C. Johnson, 8e1fa5t................. 10,000 P. i, Hazeltine, B evrisssesdisifie DO C. B. Hazeltine, A ks s sDR N MO, - e 0 5000

A. W. Johnson, ¥ Ss bk s BTy OO Hioß Johdson, T RR 1 Philo Hersey..... ™ snalin LBN Lot. M. Morrill, Augusta? ..........4...... 5000 A.B. Farwell,; oA it 0o SORBLWIame,- e s A 0 C. M. Builey,. " S 500, oAI o s i waSlSeu 0

for the amount of cash paid esch ¢t the aboved named parties recoived common stock, proferred stock and bonds eqgual to the amount of his cash subseription. Ihat 1s to say, the Messig. Senborn received $50,000 of ccummon stock, the same amount of preferred stock, and $50,000 in the bonds of the corporation, aggregating $150,000, for their cash payment of $50,000. made to Mr. Blaine. So with the other subsecribers in the proportion of their several subscriptions, For thus makingsals of $33‘0,000, of the securieties of the Little Rock railway,and receiving therefor the sum of $130,000 in monsy Mr. Blaine ‘was remunerated for his serviced us fol--Icws, ‘ : "

Sevenper cent. land b0nd5............... $130,000 Six per cent. tirstanor tgage b0nd5...... 82,500 L AT e 8162500

Now who says that James G. Blaine is not u most briiliant financier? To be sute his agency fees amounted to thirty-two thousard five hundred dollars more thar' the money he collected for the use of the road, but that only pioves that he cast his anchor “to the windward” with splendid suceess, The serious point for consideration in connection with this transaction consists in the fact that the stocks and: bouds which Mr. Blaine sold as agent for Warren Fisher, jr. and Josiah Caldwell, contractors for the comatruction of the line of railway, were made marketable and valuable by meuns of the rulings of Mr, Blaine as Spsaker of the House of Representatives. Ie prostituted his high office for the pur-. posse of giving the railroad an unwarranted value in the stock markets anc then acted as agent for the company tosell its inflated securitivs. But for his own recompense he was careful to take land bonds the value of which was b ased upon the lands vated to the corporation by the very Congress over which Mr. Blaine presided as Speaker ! Certainly, there nevér has beea a eaker of the ITouse of Representaes who made his publfe position net im such handsoms returns as James G. Blaine. . What he would be able to accomplish in case he should be elscted President of the United States is a preblem for the solution »f-the eurions, . i . ;

DANIEL W, VOORHEES.

| In the course of the: sixty-eight years which have passed into history since the state of Indiana became an integral part of the federal union but few states have furnished a greater number of eminently distinguished men than our Hoosier commonwealth. Of her repregentatives in that highest of all legisiative bodies, the Senate of the United States, none have risen to greater eminence becauas of his signal ability in all the qualities that make a great leader than the gentleman who comes in our midst te-day for the purpose of addressing his fellow-citizens. Eloguent in speech, profound in the study of political science, patient: in research, devoted to the cause of right and truth, and quick in the perception of the merits of every cause, Senator Voorhees at once took a very high stand in the Senate upon becoming a member of that exalted body. His henorable career in the House of Represeniatives had already given him a national reputation, so that when hs became a Senator it was an easy thing for & man of his genius and eloquence | to step into the front rank of our first statesmen. Ordinarily a new Senator does not attempt to take an active part in the discussion of great questions of public policy. - But Senator Voorhees entered upon his high career at a time when one of. the leading questions was, the right and duty or the' law-making power to re-establish the lawful unit of financial values—the silver dollar—which had been surreplitiously demonetized in the inter= est of the wealthiest ¢lass of moneyed monopolists, and inldirept-aritagonism of the true interests of the laboring| masses of our land. Recognizing his duty to the people, Mr. Voorbees did not scruple to thrust aside established conventionalism and to take upon bimself the defense of the rights of the people. So nobly and ably did he maintain the justice of Lis cause that 'he was quietly accorded the vantage grouud of an oid Senator and of a born leader from the hour of this no— I ble vindication of a meritoriotis meas‘ure. He stands to-day among the distingulshed men of Amerioa, aud is Tecognized as ono of the great states- | menof theworld, . - ~ In looking over the list of great ‘men who have given fame and honor | to our state in the senate, we recog‘nize such names as Oliver H. Smith, Edward A. Hanoegan, James Whit-| «comb, Jesse D. Bright, Henry 8. Lane, Thomas A. Hendricks, Oliver I’, Mor. | fon and Joseph E. McDonald as men| ‘Who have g:ted well their. part, and|

honored the state which honored them. But mone of these eminent meni have done more for the reputation. of “Indiana than Senator Voorhees. We recognize in him a worthy successor of the great men we hava named, and a pepr of the greatest and best among them. His fame does not belong te any party, and it scarcely can be claimed by our proud commonwealth, It is a part of the heritage of the nation. :

In claiming gre4t eminence for Senator Voorhees we do not pretend to say that. in ‘a long and honorable career in the councils of the nation, ke may not have committed some errors. All men make mistakes; but in the case of our Senator whatever faults muy be found in his record count only ns the dust in the balance when contrasted with his faithful service, his distinguished merit."and' his sturdy honesty. During the eventful period of Senator Voorhees’ legislative career no breath of suspicion bas ever attached tc his fair fama. While others have grown rich in the public service, the most virulent of his enemies have never charged Daniel W. Voorhees with ‘any species of jobbery, or of connecting himself with rings or schemes designed for purposes of public plunder. Thse corrupt lobby hes found in him a persistent foe. His hands have been kept clean when bhis surroundings have been such as almost to tempt the very slect to ruin. He entered Congress a poor ‘men, and while scores of men, his inferiors iu all the elements that go to ‘make vp a iexder in the uffairs of ‘stutecraft, have msde their places bring to them vast fertunes, Mr. Vourhiees bas continued to live upon his:'salary and the emoluments of his professiopal life, haviog never sceu‘mulatéd even 8 comfortable competency.” Like Honest Oid Tom Benton, ‘of Missouri, aud sltogether unlike James G. Blaine, he bas scornsd to prostitute bis bigh offics to the purposes of private gain. : : It is right and proper that the people of Indiana should delight to honor such a worthy ‘public servant. No wonder. that .Mr. Voorhees is -enshrined in the affections of the people land that his presence with the masses ‘elicits an applause that never flags. Each echo of approbation but prompts the excited populace to shout his praises‘in a stili more resonant voice.

It is not improper to .say openly what everybody'knows to be trae—that Mr. Voorhees appears befors ths people of I[ndiana, in the pending campaign, as a candidate for re-election to the Sepate of the Urited States just as truly as if he had been formally

ndm!nabed-inconvention by his party for that offics. In voting for members of the legisiature every voter should bear in mind that he ig casting a ballot for or against the return of Daniel W. Voorhees to the Senate—of the United States, In,eindf:;ties and legislative districts this fact should be remembered by every voter as he comes to the balfot-box. "Lst no pargonal pique against a candidate for either house of the State Legislature cause a friend of Mr. Voorhees to commit the mistake of voting against him, which they most certainly do when .they vote against a democratic capdidate for Representative or State Senator. :

Bear in mind, too, fellow Democrats, that while Mr. Voorhees is the democratic candidate, his competitor likewise stands before you in the person of John II Baker, of Goshen. This man, who is now canvassing the state, beaping upon Democrats every opprobrium that language can express, seeks to occupy the place now filled by Mr, Voorhets. No Democrat who has respect for his marhood, for his party, or for the reputation of Indiana, can vote for a legislator that will preoer Baker to Voorhees. Especially no friend of Governor Hendricks cau be so forgetful. Baker has publicly declared that Mr. Hendricks has never knowingly done a worthy act in the course of his public career. Such an aspergion upon the character of a statesman of the purity, the eminence and distinguished ability of Thomas 'A. Hendricks demands the severest reprobation. The friends of Hendricks can avenge the calumay against their favorite by sending to Indianapolis a legislative majority who will prefer Voorhees and reject Baker.

. The issue is squarolyé)pen‘t)o the people. The candidates. appeal for support. On the one side is Daniel W. Voorhees, the friend, the champion and the pride of the people, and on the other side stands John H. Baker, a cold-hearted, selfish demagogue, whose vicious assaults upon Gov. Hendricks ara especlally worthy of public condemnation. We appeal with confidence to the voters of Indiana to honor the state and to be just to themselves in returning Senator Voorbhees to the high office which he adorns, and in which he has added high-renown to our glorious Hoosier Coramonwealth. e X

IT is beginning to dawn .upon the ‘minds of the republican managers that Blaine’s swing around the cfrcleis not going to save him from acrush. ing defeat. No plumed knight per—formance can so enchant the honest voters of this country as to canse them to vote for a man for the Presidency who by bis own letters stands convicted of having enriched himself by Belling his rulings as Speaker of the House to railroad corporations.

County Institute. Our qounty institute will be held in the Court house at Albion, Oct. 6, continuing five days. Among the instructors we expect D. D. Luke, J. A. Kibbe, E. C. White, W. B. Vangorder, and J. M. Olcott and W. A. Bell, of Indianapolis. Our state superintendent will be with us two days, if possible. ' . We hope to meet every teacher in Noble county at this annual reuniongof our forces, that we may discuss and ‘mature our plans for the winter campaign. : | Arrangemients have been made for evening entertainments, free toall. | Our program is more insteresting than ever before and of especial interest to ounr young teachers. W. P. Denxy. ; b - Superintendent. X Bucklen s Arnien saive. The heést salve in the world for burns bruises, :gt_s, tl%?e:;,« hi'l‘l}f rheum, fe;':tr sores, cancers, piles, chilbl In - ter cfiafigi}d'h'finds;ig&i@lflifi:?grpnpgionb, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re: quired. Tt lwmm&‘b iv:‘.;gerten umcflggr money Mué efunded. 25 cents per box, For sale by D, ;ql,u B s L o m e n D AL TG g s e i S TR RS R e s i I el

MUSIC AND MIRTH. A Brass Band Festival at Rome City at Which a Permanent Organization s Effected—Next Festival : at Fort Wayne. : Fort Wayne Journal, Sept, 29. ,/Bhe reunion of the brass bands at Rome City yesterday was one of the most delightful gatherings of the seagon, The bands in attendancs did not pumber 20, count ’em 20,” by a differencs of exactly sixtesn, bub the organizations that were there were the best in the northern part of the state—gentlenien who came to listen as well as to instruct their féllow-musicians. -

. The day was a delightful ove, and the altendance outside of the bands was about 500. It was a peculiarlocking party. There was little of the ordinary picnic about’ it. The visitore were music-loving people, who ceme not to row on the lake, but with an appreciation for sweet sounds that was manifested by frequent applause thronghou! the meeting. G The buuds present in fall uniform were the Ladies’ Band, of Andrews, led by George McCartuey; the Ligonier Cornet Band, the Corruna Baund and the City Band, of Fort Wayne. All of these organizations but the Ligooier Band arrived on the train from the soath and marched to the grove on the island, the Ladies’ band. in the van, playing a stirring quickstep. In an hour the Ligonier band arrived, and the three male bands united in onv monster band at tue croquet grounds,and played the quicksteps .“Lia Belle Creole,” by Minker; *Crpiscolus,” by Pettee, and “Palmer House,” by Pettes. The three bands are among the very best and stroogest in the west, and the volume of rich sound which rolled ouat ¢n the lake must haye gplit the sars even of the fish. The upited bands wors directed and led by that splendid musician, Phil, Keintz, of the city band. The’various musical organizations then udjourned to the tabernacle building, when the members were called to

ord: r-by Mr. Gart Shober, secretary of the city baud, who stated briefly the purpuse of the meeting, and an organizatio: was effecied by the selection of Mr.Shober for president. €., K. Greane, of the Springficld, band at Wawaka, wus chosen seeretery and an ox=cative commitise was selected consisting of Geo. McCartuey, of Andrews; Johun L. Gallup, of Kendaliville; Pred J. Rsinke of ¥ ort Wayne, and 8. Krichbaum, of

Ligonier. 1t 2appeared besides the bands mentionad there were repressatatives present from the Geneva cornet band, of Geuneva, Adamscounty; the Hunt-, ington cernet band, of Huntingtou, and the Springfield band, of Wawaka.

A menibar of the Geneva band, Mr, ‘L. H. Corbia, was chosen treasurer, and thie execulive committee reported in fuvor of a meeting of delegates from the diffsrent musical organizations, to be heid at the city band reoms on the second Wednesday of December next. ' The report was adopted, Mr. J.E.McDonald, ex-manager of tha Ligouier baud, made a short speech

favoring the making of 2 parmanent organization, with the present officers and exe~utive commities toserva until

their terme of office.expire, when their successors shall be elected at the next pand reunfon. A motion -embodying these ideas was carried unanimously. Several gertlemen ar~se t 0 express the hope that the next reunicn would be held at Fort Wayne, and this seemed to be the general desire. :

The execcutive committee, on motion, was then instructed to report a constitution and by-laws at the next regular meeting of the bands, and the business meeting adjourned. : The real enjoyment of the day now ccmmenced. The bands returned toa platform near the croquet grounds, and one after the other delighted the audience with ja brilliants concert, The City band came first, and rendered “Reminiscence from Meyerbeer,” arranged by Heindke, and 'the Vertrauten waltz, by Labitzky. The Ligonier batd followed with the beautiful overture by Von Suppe, “Poet and Peasant,” and the overture by Boetdieu, “Caliph of Bagdad.”

Then cams the Corruna band with the “Rivals” overture, by Pettes, and the Priscilla Pola Polka, by the same author, arranged for two cornets,

Last of all came the ladies’ band with two quicksteps, the “Amateurs Favorite,” by Herndon; “Trozen Quickstep,” by Legler, and the “Millie Waltz,” by Freagans. Rounds of applause greeted each member, the young ladies of the Andrews band being the most lavishly cheared. As a final number the City band, by request, then gave Miller's famous pot-pourri, “Ein Schrsz” (a joke), and the audience returned to the depot ‘with four bands which played a magnificent' march, the name of which escapes us. :

~ No prizes were awardéd assome people had expected. This was not a band tournament or contest, which too often breeds an antagonism between bauds which shonld nof exist. It wassimply a musical and social festival in which there was no rivalry whatever. Asg to the competitive excesllenca of the bands it is difficult to decide. Each of the male bands bad points in their favor beyond dfspute. In precision of attack and yoiume the City band probably execelled, and their tubas and alto and baritone players were much admired. The Ligonier band was especially strong and musical with the cornets and in concerted pieces, though the harmony was not always perfect, there was a sweetness and emphasis that captivated, :

The Corrunna band has few e¢quals anywhere, It is led by a skillful cornetist. The bases are heavy, powerful, and expressive,: and the clarionette playing &t times very brilliant. But our hearts go out to the dear little ladies band of Andrews. The girls are young ladies of superior musical culture. Some of them are very young and all of them retired, njodest girls, Their playing was wonderfally even aund sweet and disarms criticism. They ‘got more applause than all the other bands put together, and thie musicians were loudest in their praise. .

TTANWPA'TCEHIL,

> BY CHUMS. Wheat looks well since the rain. Some of the farmers are still sowing wheat. : :

James Morrow is again very poor with cancerous disease. . J. S. Hartzler and wife returned from Michigan last Friday, where they had been.visiting. ; | Christ. Yoder and wife and Mrs. Ramseyer, of Wayne Co, 0., are visiting friends and relatives here. ; J. Smoker returned home from the east last week. H. P. Cooper is living in la part of his new house. - " Mr. Ezra Lantz *is getting along finely with his new house. , ———eely P YORK TOWNSIHID. BY M. M. E. E, . Too much rain to be good. S. M, Neufer has the finest piece of wheat in this part of the country, J The cry is now, “Who is going to the Fair, and which one?” Miss Minnie Wright returned home from Griswood,lowa, from an eighteen months’ visit with I#r many friends. _Cale was sitting on the steps at| Blackman’s sehool-house last Thursday, and some of the boys said “that will be our next treasurer;” but just wait until the 4th of November., Some of the old Republicans need not think because they got hold of an emigrated Democrat that he is foolislilenongh to vote just as they say. It does seem odd to see an old married man swinging on the gate, : _ln passing through the country you| not only meet one or two who say “Hurrat oßy

TO THE PEOPLE. 1 A Frank Appeal for Pecuniary Assistance in the Coming | g'i : Struggle. ‘ | The following address to the people of the United States has been sent &G by the democratic national committee: To 'Tig PEOPLE OF THE UNITED StAaTES: The national democratic party of the United States has pledged itself to puri%y the administration of public .affairs from corruption; to manage the -%overnment with economy; to enforce he execution of the laws, and :to re‘duce taxation to the lowest limit congistent with just protection to Ameri“can labor and_capital, and with the | greservation of the faith which the naion has pledgred to its creditors and pensioners. The open record of the man whom it has named as its candidate for the presidency has been accepted by thousands of independent republicans in every state, as an absolute guarantee that, if he is elected all these pledges will be exactly fulfilled, and that under his administration good government will be asserted. To se: cure these. results, all good citizens must unite in defeating tfie republican candidate for president. His history and political methods make it certain that his ~administration would be stained by gross abuses, by official misconduct, and wanton exPenditure of the public money, and would be marked b{ an increase of taxation which would blight the honest.industry of our IpeoFle. Against ‘us, and ag.gminst these lonorable republicans who, for the gake of good government, have made common cause with us, notable combinationsh ~e been made. ‘They are chiefly ma up of four classes: 1. An army of officeholders, who, by choice or compulsior, are now giving to republican committees as part of the campaign fund of that part?' moneys gald to such officers out of the public reasury for services due to the people of the United States. : .

2. Organized bodies of men’ who, having secured bz corrupt means the imposition of duties which are in excess of all sums needed for the wants of the government and for the protection of American labor and capital, and having . thus gained enormous wealth, are willing to pay . largely to the republican campaign fund for the promise of their continuance:and increase of such duties, which constitute a system of bounties to monopolies under the false ({)retense, of protection to American industry. 3. A host of unscrupulous contractors and jobbers who have grown rich upon publie plunder, and are ready to pay tithes of what tixey have acquired in order to avoid all risk of being called to account for the evil methods by which their wealth has been gained.

4, Cor%orations which, having spoiled the public lands by aid of corrupt agencies in the republican party, believe they will be compelled to give up their ill-gotten gains if that ;l)a.rty is driven from power, and are therefore willing to keep it in place by giving it a %ex:centage of their unrighteous profits. J - This committeee has not troops of officeholders at its command. It will not azree to sell the future legislation of con%ress for money paid now into its parfy treasury. It will not promise fmmunity to thieves. It will not contract to uphold any corrupt bargain heretofore made by the republican party with any. corgoration- for alll the wealth which such corporation can foffer. It api)ea'ls to the people against one and all of these opponents thus corrui)tly banded together against the friends of §ood government. The number of 21l these opponents is small, but their wealth is great, and~it will be unscrupulously used. Anactive and vigorous campaign must be made against them. Their paid advocates must be met and defeated in debate ulpon the platform and in discussion in the newspapers. The organization of all who are opposed to them must be perfected in everls( state, city and count%' in the land. lon}e{y is needed to do this-hon-est work. Your committee,refusing to adopt the methods by which the repub‘lican party fills its treasury, calls upon all good citizens for the aid which it requires. It invites and will welcome contributions from every honest man who is opposed to theelection of James ‘G. Blaine as president. No contribution will be accounted too small. Wherever a bank, banker, or postal money-order office can be found, the means exist for placing at the disposal of the treasurer of this committee individual or collective contributions in aid of the great cause in which we are ‘engaged, or money will be remitted te Charles J. Conda, treasurer, at No. 11 West Twenty-fourth street. When victory is achieved over the unscrupulous combination which is now endeayoring to thrust James G. Blaine into the presidential office, the recorded list of such contributions will be-a roll of honor such asno other party in this country has ever possessed. . Our opponents can not be saved from disaster by forcing their unwilling candidate to speak to assemblages of the people. The man who wrote the Fisher letgers will never be the choice of the people for the presidency of the Unitedgtates. \ ARTHUR P. GORMAN. Chairman Democratic National Executive Committee. o .

The Mulligan Lettérs.

The Capital tells this story: Something has been said about Mr. Fisher writing to Mr. Blaine to ask for a consulship. Ever since the revelations of 1876 Mr. Blaine has been quietly talking consulship in a way to reach the ears -of Mulligan and Fisher. Some time ago he procured an inteérview with Mr. Fisher and the subject came up. Mr. Fisher has a family growing up. His wife is a sister of the Banker Sistare, of New York, and is a woman (?f esprit. They have a good income from trust funds which is not affected by his business reverses. .It would not have been an unpleasant thing for Mr. Fisher to have gone abroad and held a consulship while he sent his children to some good school. But this was not what Mr. Blaine wanted. As soon as the subject came ug Mz, Blaine began to sound Fisher about the letters in Mulligan’s possession—whether =he woulad see them, and whether Mulligan would not like to. return to “the old countiy” in an official capacity. Mr. Fisher asked, Mr. Blaine’ how much he would be willing to pay for the letters in Mulligan’s possession.. Mr. Blaine warmly declined to mention any sum, saying with great emphasis: “Buy. them; i I TELL YOU TO BUY.”

Fisher continued to express a doubt. Mz. Blaine shouted: “Every man has his gnce.‘ I tell you to buy them.” When Ir. Fisher reported this conversation to Mulligan he rell;lied that there was not lgone% enough in the Bankof England'to buy the letters. He flid nat want a consulship. Mr. Fisher found that in Blaine’s mind the return of all the-copies of his letters and consulships for the men who' had them, were ideas closelty_ associated, so nothing ever came of it. )

Samp_l_e__A__rfltheses, “BURN THIS. Whenever concealment is desirable avoidance is advisable.— Blaine in House of Representatives. S Burn this letter.—Blaine to Fisher, ] NO DEADHEAD, | Ido not feel that I shall prove a deadhead in the enterprise if I once embark in it.—Blaine to Fisher. : Owin%‘ to your political ]i)osition you were able to work off your bonds at a very high price.—Fisher to Blaine. “OPEN AS THE DAY.” M{ whole connection with the road has been as open as the day. If there had been anyt}un%to conceal about. it I should not have touched it.—Blaine in ‘ House of Represenlatives. ; _ No one will ever know from me that I disposed of a single dollar in Maine. Blaine to Fisher, : : | WHAT, NEVER? I never had any transaction of any kind with Thomas A. Scott conceming bonds of the Little Rock & Fort Smith road or the bonds of any other: railroad, or anfiv business in a,nz way connected with railroads, directly or indirectg-, immediate or remote.—Blaine {gm ouse of Representatives, April 24, I can do something, I feel ve% san%uine with Thomas A. Scott.—Blaine T 1?'8 RG St it the $lOO,OOO ~ Taking into| account the ‘ bonds %n%isold &0%‘{3}1180(3;1; > *ll ”?i* our relative positions, financially, in the Tittle Rook| & Fort Smith Railféad, Dbears a wide contrast.—lsher to Blaine, | Nov, 10,1871, e Broiiee *l9’s” goods at Higginbotham's, |

- Why Blaine Felt Safe. = A correspondent of the Chicago Times: hits the nail on the head ‘when he says: If I remember rightly. Mr. Blaine made a personal explanation in the house on April 24, 1876, in which he defended himself with great boldness ag;d _ self-assurance against certain rumors and charges that had been set afloat touching his conduect in regard to divers railroad enterprises and other jobs in which he could not have. honestly. participated because of his official position. This was several weeks énor' to the appearance of Mullizan before: the investigating committee at Washington, and the co*nse(%uent revelation of those celebrated letters. ° i ~Blaine prote{sted “his' innoeence in that speeeh. with ‘such a]ip,a.rent sincerity that it caused a marked reaction ' in his favor all over the country. Did 'he not defy his assailants to produce- a ‘ single line of correspondence or other writings of his that worsd-in any manner implicate him in any transactions with those corporations that depended oa congress for their charters and subsidies? s ARt e

‘Why did he speak so boldly? ‘Why did he feel so safe? Ilad he the least idea that any of “My Dear Fisher” lets ters were yot in existence? . I think. not, and my reason for so thinking is based on a remark which I find in his sworn statement before ‘the committes; wherein he sought to justify his dis~ honorable capture of those letterSfrom Mulligan, who had declared that he would use them to protect his own honor if mecessary, Said Blaine: “There is nothing in those letters that I shall have occasion to blush: over:” Is his cheek hard enough to permithim to swear that way to-day? . . = . e continued: “There-is anotherreason that made it [that is, Mulligan’s possession of those letters] peculiarly exasperating to me. That is, that in the month of September, 1872, TFisher and I, after'very long, and, in 'the main, very pleasant business relations, extending back to a period when'l was a very young man, had a final settle: ment, in which we éxchanged receipts. Ain full. It-was said that all letters on cither side, and all papers. and seraps of paper should be given up, and. I stpposed they were given up. Sl e - There you have it.” You see hedidn’t know that Mulli-gun was loaded. = -

O'Donovan. Rossa on Blaine.

“I am now and henceforth will ‘be opposed to Blaine,” was the startling. declaration made. by Rossa to a New York Zelegrain: reporter. “The statements have gone the rounds of t_her‘ country,” he added, bringing his hand down with a thud on his desk, “that I | and all ' my disciples of the dynamite school have gone over to Blaine. I now pronounce that statement false.” - = - “But you had some leaning that way eatly in.the canvass.” > -7 .. %o “YVery true, but many things have: transpired since to cause me to take a decigive stand against Blaine. The Hurlbert letters, published in the Herald, showed how cold-blooded was Blaine when_lrish-American ‘citizens ‘were lan%uishing in British dungeons. That will be I‘emembered~aguins€ him, an da%ainst any other American official who g ays the toady to. Engl:md.; Tell the Republican party that they made a big mistake in ,su-}gposing that because they purchased a few newspapers they purchased the Irish vote. The Démocrats are united on the candidate, and; it is very likely the Democrats will win this time. The: country seems to. be tired' of the rule of the Republican party. During its twenty-four years of administration the ,character: of the nation at home and abroad has_ fallen so low that the name American citizen is fihing spoken of only with gontempt. We have seen Republican . ministers—and Lowell worst of all—play the‘flunky to England till his retention atthe court of St. James'is an insult to the sPirit of the nation. The character of the nation has fallen low begause. the responsibility of the nation and of the nation’s flag fell upon the shoulders of men who thought more of their. individual ambitions than of the.natién’s fame and welfare. I. could give you reasons for the next hour, but 'I have said what is sifficient. You can just ‘say in the Zelegra®: -~ ‘Thus ends the Blaine dynamite boor.’?” E o

What Blaine’s Fricnds Said of ¥Him.

I have no wish to. assail Mr, Blaine, nor need I do so.- Twenty=four hours in your presence would not be time enough'in which to. read Republican testimony, and that alone,of hisfrightful unfitness: to be’'.President of the United States, 'le is the same man of whom the Cincinnati Commercial said efoht yearsago: = = - 4 - o

“Do you really mean that a man who has been a stock-jobber in subsidy railroad schemes would be a good reform candidate for the Presideney?” ;= -

«He is the same man. of whom. the same Republican paper said:. ..5 . “The Blaine letters prove all he has. been charged with. - The troublesome fact is that there is a low tone of'tfpublic morality in the estimation of the uses of public - position” for . private. gain.” sa A e L And again the same paper on June 16, 1876, said: ™ e “Ve make no personal war upon-Mr. Blaine. His: public record condemns him, and it would be the madness of the moon for the Republican party to g'}o, to’ the country under :his leadership.’ : g : James G. Blaine -is also the same man of whom that other Republican journal, the. Cincinnati azette, thus published its opinion in 1876:. > o “The exposure of Blaihe will have the effect to putthe Cincinnati convention on its gudrd. - Had he been nominated before the disclosures were made the party would havebeen reduced to the necessity of forcing him- off the ticket or accepting the alternative of an overwhelmin%{ defeat.” . The same paper again spoke of the. same. man, then as now a candidate for the Prosi_denc?l, as follows:. . e “These letters confirm the report that Blaine was a speculator in the securities of subsidy railroads. * *.* He became one of the ring, and speeulated largely in the securities of the: com--\gz’my. This dark transaction cannot ‘be exglamed away,- It will sfand against Mr. Blaine as long as he lives, and is in itself sufficient. to condemn him in publi¢ estimation.” G Again, the same man stood for the following photogmgh,_which was taken by the same Republican newspapers - “Yesterday it was the Kansas ! City bondsswhich were traced to the immediate vicinity of Mr. Blaine. Let us see: e has now appeared at different times with somewhat painful clearness in connection with -the N or%l{rem‘ Pacific, Sioux City, Union Pacifio, Kan+ sas Pacifie, Atlantic & Pagifie, Mlssgu‘—~ | ri, Kansgas & Texas, and the Fort Smith { & Little Roek.” LR S s Sl

.. It was of James Blaine also that another great Western Republican journal, the Ghicafo ~ Tribune, wrote, when on the 4th of June, 1876, it said:~ . “It is perfect nonsense to talk now of making him (Blaine) the Republican candidate for President. The party cannnot afford to be Igllzbr:ec‘l on the defensive side and go through the campaign explaining, denying, and defending the wild-cat railroad stock speculations of anybody. Mr. Blaine is smart ,enou(izh to see that -he would be disagtrously beaten and his party probably luined.” SR But why })ursue- the Republican proof further? Blaine has not changed in his character nor in his methods, nor have the editors of ;thpse_-pafieris changed their estimate of him. Their support of him now does not ..m,fia'n that e has reformed, but that they have from party necessity accepted him %uSt as he was when they denounced im -as more fit for eriminal punish-: ment than for Politlca}" ‘promotion.—~ Senator Voorhees’ Washington, Indiana Speeeh., S e

A Clergyman on Blaing, - Rev. W. H. Boole, a Methodist preacher, an army chaplain and always an ardent republican, lectured to his flock in- Williamsburg recently. M, Boole glanced briefly at the platforms: of the republican and democratic par-’ ties to show that there was little or no: difference between them: The republican party had been promising . for twenty years to remedy evils that were still in existence. Then he referred to the attacks: upon Grover: Cleveland’s: character ‘without comment further than the remark that, admitting the worst to be true, it was not likely that his mmmn&@ o the adminisesy of anv b ? b “be il

‘Gf‘"fiam bent. He also refexred fi} the Blaine libel suit, and remarked, with a slight touch of scorn, that the man who so dramatically flew to the- - in defense of the honor of his . Satily was now willing 1o & t the suit (!E,qaver‘untn after the November elec~ W ~ Rey. Mr. Boole said: “Mr. Blaine is a I,o§_u,=_i,can, and I have to accuse him of duplicity and deception in writing ‘these words. He could not vote for or. against the ggqhxbgtlon amendment, ‘because prohibition is a ‘local issue. '[Lau‘ghtgx;{;fievjwas a citizen of Maine, | and 1t was the right and du z of every citizen of Maine to vote on that Is§s.'¥e. I He weuld not obtrude a local issueinto national ;fi)litxcs; When he voted for gover,x_w‘r e votedion a local issue, and is vote for lieutenant governor was on a local issue, and so was -’.prlg]hlbltlon a local issue. But Mr. Blaine refused‘to do his duty as a citizen of Maine, and ‘could:not vote for or agamst. an amendment making constitutional what had been for twenty-five years a statutory. law of Maine, and by his own words of explanation -he convicts himself as a trickster.: EApplause.] The state of Maine voted upon purely local questions months before the national election, and as a citizen of Maine Mr. Blaine. shonld have stood up to the rack in defense of the institutions of - .that state. He did not do it and he tried to cover his cowardice with a pitiful e:glanation.” EApplau o] . Mz, Boole then showed that while Mr: Blaine was pretending to be a prohibitionist he was also in hearty %vm-' Bathy with the -I_iciuor traflic }bg.rea ing is letter to Charles Emory Smith, in which he makes the proposition that the national sup}lmli,es e reduced and ~ state taxation lessened by >dividing. among the states the revenue from the ° tax on liquors, adding complacently that “the tendech would be to increase rather than dimish this ratio as time rolls'on.” Mr. Boole said he merf:ly read this -letter to show that Mr. Blaine was not a prohibitionist. “I . would not care for that,” he added, “were it not stated to us that he is.”— New York World. . : e ———————— ¢ . : John B. Gough Agains{; Blaine. Mr.. John B. Gough, in a speech at Bostoi, a few nights since, said: ' Fel-low-citizens, I am no politician, and I ;am not going to make a political speech. For-forty-two years-T have been fighting this liquor trade—against the trade that robbed me of seven of the best .years of mylife. T have long voted Jhe republican ticket, hioping always for help in my contest from the- repu{r)|lican partif.‘ But we have been expecting something from that party in vain, and now, when they have treated the most respectful appeal from the most respectable men in this country -with silent contempt, I say it is time for us to leave off trusting and to express our opinion of the party. [Applause.] I do not believe m compromises of any sort, nor have I believed in them atany ‘time in my career. I have fought the drink traffic right straight through, and T want prohibitionists to' show an uncompromlsing front to that traffie. ‘| [“Hear!” “Hear!”] Weare fighting a tremendous evil, and we must make sacrifices. if they "become necessary. - But there must be no compromise with the enemy. You must stand to your | principles. They talk abouf pretec--1 tion, but we temperance Seuple have | no protection whatever. [l‘heers,] We | 'want protection from the liquor frafiic | for the widow and the oxrhzm ‘and the children. [Applanse.] Thatis why I ‘| changed my politics, and if I live un't til the first ‘Tuesday in November I | shall give- my vote for a prohibitory ‘| candidate. [Cheers.] -With political - | parties' and with demagogic methods I of argument and abuse we have noth{ing to do,. Ibelieve that free whisky lin the United States: and Benjamin | Butley’s teachings would bring a bloody ‘| fevolntion in this country in less than | five yeats, and I pray ,God to give u 3 |’ good men to rule over us. I have defined my position, and with God® -help T will stick to it the rerhainder of my ‘| dife. [l.oud ebeers.] ’

OQURNEIGHBORS.

" William Beyle, ‘who was tohaye been hanged at Fort Wayne this week, for murdering & fellow, tramp, has been granted a new trial. | g '

~ William Martin, of Allen county, was instantly killed one'daylast week Ly the kick of a horse. He had been married but three weeks, and his young wife is nearly crazy at his loss. o

~ The barn of Samuel Cline and its ‘contents including 4wo valuable horses was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning, the supposed work of incendiaries. Loss $l,OOO. e .E. V. Case, republican nominee for. Recorder, and Isaiah Piatt, candidate for Surveyor in La (irange county, were forced to withdraw from the county ticket last week by the party managers. Zachariah Dawson, a well-known De-. Kalb ‘county farmer, committed suicide by hanging in his barn September 18. He had been subject to insang spells forsome years, and this was the second attempt upon his life within the last vear. - B Jer

. Puck Welsh, who was stealing a ride on a freight train on the Pittshurgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad Sun~ day night, jumped off of the train as it was passing over Blue river, near Columbia City and fell a distance ot fifty feet, sustaining fatal injuries. - The most horrible mishap which hag ‘occurred in this county for a long time happened on Thursday afternoon, about three miles east of Bristol in Washington township. A little child of Nathaniel Mummert, aged about two-and otiehalf years, was discovered between 5 and 6 o'clock headdownwards buried ina barrel of soft soap, its feet only sticking out, in which position it is supposed it had been in for about a half an bour. Of course when found, life_was extinct, death no doubt speedily, following its plunge from smothering. It is not kno?m’just how the accident took place. ' It is too heartrending to contemplate.—Goshen News. ©

Lt DEXTY. ' - In Blkhart twp., Sept. 18, 1884, of cholera ins: fantum, €harles Oscar Butz, infant son of John and Allie' Butz; aged 9 'months and 2days, Serg«.ice at the Sparta Church, conducted by Rev: J. imons. : i

Antlri in OCTOBER 6th to Kendallville Fair, %% sot ses KENDALLVILLE FAIR, October 6 to 10, 1884. Send to J. 8. Conlogue; Secretary, for premium list. - -

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$5O _ REWARD . $5O | T JIEYOU FIND THE EQUAL OF ¥ - A SRR |LORILLARD'S & TLOWSHARE__ PLUC TOB 0. “The Dime Cuts’ . be as » Wirth & ll)'a?k%ie%. 00 %82 QRN AT Chicago. : 2 For sale by J.Decker, Ligonter, Ind. Ikke Holland, Ligonjier, Ind. s % ‘; 4 > - 5 s ‘The -latest imgroved way to’ cook (())yst'ers. Ask your dealer for a can of BOOTH'S e{sfers : and you get the Squizzled receipt and eleven others free. Try them once and you will use no others. Insist on havinf Booth’s Ogtam. : : . 8. L. FRASER & €O., £ 25w3 Gen’t Agt’s, Toledo, O. . . : : LIGONLER MARKET REPORT, >’ GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber #79°; Rye, 80c; Oats,26e; Corn, 56¢; flax seed, $110; timothyseed,s2oo; clover seed, $5 00, i __Propuor.—Hogs,live,Bssoto 86 25;" Shoulders,per pound,lo¢; Hams,l2¢; Bees Wax, 20c; Butter, m@tfmfl 10c; Eggs, d0z.,14c; Wool, b, 228 - 80c; Feathers,ooc; Tallow, To; Apples, dried, 7c; green, 70c.; Potatoes