Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 September 1897 — Page 4

&he Figonicr Banner. ¢ Eigonier Banuer, T4E BANNER PUBLISHING COMPANY J.E.McDONALD Editor. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897. TaE wheat market continues to vary from day to day, but the excitement has about worn down to the regular pitch. Only the wheat gamblers are showing marked interest in the returng, but local merchants continue to pay the highest price offered on legiti~ mate deals in the Toledo market.

SHaw. the republican nominee for governor of lowa, never held any political office. either legislative or otherwise. He is a banker. The strongest point we have seen made in his favor 18 that he never inserted a gold clause in any of the notes upon which he lent money to his customers. That is very much to his credit. ;

~TeE Indianpapolis campaign is getting warm around the edges and the situation is growing more and more fayorable for the democrats. All indications point to the overwhelming defeat of the republican ticket headed by Mr. Harding, the regular nominee. Six candidates for mayor are already i the field, and it seems to be the field against Tom Taggart.

WE ADMIRE the way the Pennsylvania democrats disposed of Mr. Harrity at the late convention, even if the gold bug shouters did make quite a noise on this occasion. If Mr. Harrity was not in sympathy with the party and could not support the candidates and stand upon the platform enunciated at Chicago. he ought to have resigned. And whenever the party finds a man at its head who is not willing that 1t should succeed, or is not openly a friend to its candidates, he should be fired at the first opportunity. :

W& WONDER what made the veterans at the Buffalo G. A. R. banquet so loudly cheer Mark Hanna—Dollarmark Hanna—when he entered the hall? In what regiment did he fight for the preservation of the union, and how many times and where was he wounded? How much of a pension does he draw? It might be well for some particular frilend of the new republican boss to prepare a onesyllable war record of this valiant soldier so that the coming generation can be taught to venerate the new hero. : g

A GREAT deal of grain from States west of the Mississippi is being shipped to the gulfi Port Arthur, Texas, is destined to become a very important point for exporting grain and cotton, The farmers in the West will save millions in transportation charges when railway lines are constructed to the Gulf of Mexico. Much grain is already being shipped from Port Arthur to foreign countries, and the time is not far distant when all the farm products grown in the trans-Mississippl region will be exported by way of the gult ports;, . .

GRADUALLY the passions engendered by the late war between the States are disappearing, and the people of both sections of the country are beginning to realize more forcibly than ever that they are one in the common blood of the republic. This observation is suggested by the cordial and fraternal sentiments which found expression at the Grand Army banquet at Buffalo, Notwithstanding the restricted character of this assemblage of old soldiers, it appears from the telegraphie reports that only the broadest and most generous feelings of patriotism were entertained at the banquet.—Atlanta Constitution. : .

ONE CcAN hurdly know what to expect from Ohio this fall. The history of election returus trom this State is full of surprises. Hayes carried the State in his presidential campaign by 7000, and a democratic governor was clected the next year by 22,000. Harrison got the electoral vote in 1888 by 9000, but the next year the democratic nominee, Campbell, was successful by 11,000. As a rule the stay-at-homes are responsible for these abmormal returns, but occasionally there is a surprise which upsets all precedents. Thus Harrison carried the State in 1892 by 1000, while the very next year McKinley for governor rolled up a plurality ot 81,000.

In nHls Philadelphia Labor speech Joha P. Altgeld said the country had had thirty years of colorless politics, in which both of the political parties were simply conveniences for organs ized greed. We deny this emphatically. During that period we had the politics of Samuel J. Tilden, and bet~ ter politics than that championed by that great statesman aud philosopher was never promulgated by any politis cal leader in this country, Thomas Jefferson not excepted. It was of the highest type, of the most practical character, of the loftiest patriotism, It meant reform of existing abuses and the strengthening of republican institutions. It combatted visionary schemes, such as are now eagerly embraced ’y Joha P. Altgeld and sought to be inflicted upon the American people by politicians who have no higher conception of pglitics than that of railing against everything that thas & substantial basis. “Colorless,” forsooth! Would that we had a Sam@el J. Tilden now. Heresies would be smashed as effectusily as was smashed the corrupt ring of Bess Tweed.— John B. Stoll, in South Bend Times.

SENATOR JamEs K. JONEs, chairman of the Democratic National committee, gives the following brief explanation of the rise in wheat and fall in silver: ‘“The increased demand for wheat resulting from failure of the crops abroad naturally causes its price to advance. while the decreased demand for silver resulting from the action of Japan and conditions of distress in India, naturally have the opposite effect on the price of silyer. Both demonstrate apew ‘the‘- correctness of the theory of bimetallism, and that is that supply and demand regulate the value of all things, including money. All this can serve but to convince thinking men of lthe absolute correctness of the democratic doctrines and strengthen that ’ party with the people.”” : THE MEESE MARRIAGE ASSOCIATION [New York Times.] The formation with the proper cere monies and sodemnities, in Auburn, Ind., of the W. L. Meese Marriage association, is an eyent of too great gignificance to be passed over lightly or subjected to the flippant treatment ot the professional jester. The Rey. Meese, whose name the new association honors, i 8 a venerable .clergyman who in his time has joined in the bonds of matrimony 2400 men and women. and who believes and asserts that' not one matrimonial uvnion made under his authority has ever been seyered by diyorce.

We. are not generally familiar with the matrimonial records of ministers, but we are willing to believe that Mr. Meese has been kept unusually busy by folks desirous to wed. and that the marriages he has condacted have been unusually happy tnions. Twenty-four hundréd men and women are a great many, and the tbought of one man conducting 1200 marriage seryices and boldly avowing some sort of responsibility for the multitudinous re-ult is, to the ordinary human being, not quite comprehensible. ' It has been the custom to regard a minister’s responsibility for the marriages he pertorms as strictly limited to his obvious duty to satisfy himself that no legal or moral obstacle to a union exists. Nor has it been customary to regard any marriage bond as either stronger or looser because of the character or ability of the accredited agent who formally created it.

Presumably, if twosthirds of the couples joined in matrimony by any given clergyman were to seek legal separation no blame would be attached to him and therefore no public account has hitherto been taken of either the net or gross results of the marriages performed by any one minister, until this Indiana glorification of Mr. Meese. This seems not only to proclaim to the world the unusual virtue and forbearance of a large number of assorted Hoosiers. but also to set forth a new doctrine, to wit, that some marriages are better than other marriages, not because some brides and grooms are more sensible and better bred than others, but because some clergymen know how to perform the ceremony better than others. Mr, Meese - tacitly accepts this doctrine by publicly accepting homage for the success of the marriages he has solemnized. We are compelied out of respect for his cloth to believe that he would have accepted in the same spirit rebukes justificd by the failure of a large number of them.

"The idea of the members of the new association seems to be that they are much better married than most other married folks. Herein lies the great importance of the ceremony at Auburn. Mutterings are still heard abroad that the institution of marriage is 8 failure. The mutterers haye many reasons to offer why it is a failure but none have been found sufliciectly conyincing. If it can be proved that the manner in which the ceremony is performed makes a marriage successful or the reverse, we are on the eve of a great social reform which will silence the mutterers forever. Branching Out, C. G. Conn. Thursday purchased the Elkhart Knitting Co.’s buildings of S. Maxon, paying $6OOO for the two buildings, water power and grounds. According to the Review the buildings are to be converted into a factory for the manufacture of stringed instruments—violins, violas, cellos, bassos, etc.—and the enterprise will be conducted on a large scale, it being expected to evepntually giye employment to 200 skilled workmen. The work of preparing the factory for operation will begin at once and proceed with all possible haste. Special machines, the inventions of Mr. Conn, are already being eonstructed for the eql.lipment of the factory, and Signor Pezzoni of New York is to take charge of the new department. He is a recognized authority and expert in such matters, having had a large experience in Italy before coming to this country, where he has continued an actiye factor in that branch of the manufacture of musical instruments -

Don’t Want Work,

A conductor on one of the local freights on the Lake Shore between Chicago and Elkhart has interviewed a large proportion of the tramps he encountered oa his train as to their desire for work. He found what has always been claimed—that as a class they will not work if they can, They make a profession.of tramping and consider it the easiest way to geta living, which they claim the world owes them, {n estimating the industrial condition of the country the tramp is not to be considersd. He is not a product of calamity, but rather of prosperity. He lives on the sympathies of humanity, without work and withs out effort. He is a product of the false standard that i being instilled into a great many young people—that labor with the hands is degrading and that idleness is preferable to industry, eyen if it reduces one to beggary and theft, —-Elkhart Reyiew. : Charter Forfeited. A dispatch says Judge Brownlee of the Howard Supreme court Friday deelared the charter of the Eel River raillway forfeited, and appointed Rich« ard Ruddell, president of the Citizens’ National bank, Kokomo, as receiver for the road. The road had leased itself to the Wabash and the court held that in so doing it had violated the charter granted by the state. 1f this })roceeding stands the constitutional test it will affect many millions of dollars invested in Indiana railroads and will materially affect the management of the Wabash, ; Hogs for Sale, ‘Two Cheatgr White brood sows and sixteen small pigs. Call and see them at my residence 2} miles ‘south of Ligonier. Josyra C. KIuMELL.

INTERESTING HISTORICAL NOTES And Many Points of Local History, Facts : and Figures Worth Preserving. BY S. E. ALVORD. | 11 The foregoing table of the entries of 1831—the first in the district—shows cloge correspondence between the entries and the actual settlements, Specs ulators were not attracted until the tide of actual settlement promised such development as would make investment profitable. The irreversible law of demand and supply guided an'l governed. Land for homes; land for prosperous agriculture; land for leverage. for uplifting the planes of the material, social and gpiritual temples that charaoterize and adorn a Christian civilization; land upon which to found a noble future and establich the honorable prosperity and happiness of the people—such was the growing demand, and it was only when its. permanent continuance was assured thatspeculators bestirred themselves to “‘corner’’ the supply. It would be.intensely interesting here to discuss that feature of the science of government which relates to the disposition of uneultiyated public lands and raises the questions: Whether the exigencies of the present—the desira» bleness of immediate revenue—should be allowed to contract the statesman’s view and decide his policy in favor of indiscriminate, unconditional sales, or whether it were truer statesmanship to ‘-cast prophetic eye’’ over the length~ ening, widening prospect of the tu ture—

A vision, glorious with rural homes i - And modest wealth, contented competence And loyal pride—a nation’s surest source . Of strength and-honorable prestige— : and so in the glow of prophetic inspiration to provide for limiting sales to‘ actual settlers. by judicious conditions, in the beginning? is a question of momentous importance. | Finding that nearly the same close correspondence exists between the entries and settlements of 1832 as of 1831, the writer believes a satisfactory yiew of the progress of settlementand home founding can be shown in tabular form more briefly and clearly than by elaborate statement in text. Accordingly the following tableis formulated for 1832, showing all the entries in the county in that year: PERRY TOWNSHIP, . Acres, Mar. 12—H’y Hostetter,e & w 1.8 nw %{.15 160 16—Johnson Latta,frin & 8 14 ne 4,2 1. 0.09 , 25—-Wm, McConnell, frl ne %4, 2..... 1562.49 Apl. H—Robt, Datta,se 4,3 -.-.......... 160 I—lsaac Cavin, s % of sBec 2......... 322 May 2—H., Hostetter, w 3 se, 10...... ... 80 2—H. Hostetter. e }sw %4,10........ 0 June 12--1. Cavin, 8W X, 1.....cci. sesees 160 12—Wm, vicJonuell, B¥,nw { 1.... 80 12—Hugh Cavin. ne %, {1... ...... o 160 10—Hugh Cavin,w lsnw I, 12...... 8 12—8. Moses, ne 4&e 2 nw %7 10. 240 30—John Hostetter, eXse%, 10 ... &) ; 30— :ohn Hostetter, wX sw %, 11.. 80 | B—John Mfller,nw 3, 11............ .60 ¢gct, I—John Crance, nw Bw, 33,... ...... 40 | 15—H. Hostetter, nese, 27...... . . 40 | 15—H. Hostetter,e hf ne 29...... ... & | 156—Jos. Smalley,seqr. 29............ 160 | 15—Jos. 5ma11ey,5e5w,29............ 40 Nov. 3—Jacob Walters, eht ne,9 ........ &0 | 3—Jucob Walters,w ht nw,10...... 50 - 3—Jucob Walters, wht Bw, 10...... *0 Mar, s—-J. bungan,nenw, 32 ........... 40 | 13 -1. Dungan, sw gw, 33 ........... 40 | 13—I. Dungan, ehf 5w,33...... .. s 0 Oct. 15 —Andrew Newhouse, nhf ne,3... 8 ‘ 25—Andrew Newhouse, fris hf ne, 3, 64.83 3l—Jobn Tomlinson, whf nw, 17..., 80 Sept. 3—J. H. Eckert,Be ne, 18 . ........ 40 Dec. B—Jacod Walters, whf 5w,3........ 80 Total acres eatered _. . :;217.00 | : ELKHALKRT TOWNSHIP, Aug. 15—8am’l Tibbot, nw se, 20...... .... 40 ~ The amount of land entered 10 1832 was 3287 acres—all in Perry township except Samuel Tibbot’s 40 acres in Elkhart. The new names appearing in the table are: Johnston Latta, Wm. McConne!l. Robert Latta, Hagb Cavin, John Miller. Seymour Moses, John Hostetter, John Crance, Jacob Walters. J. Dungan, Andrew Newhouse, John Tomlinson. John H. Eckert—l3, who eutered 2047 acres. Settlers of 1851, viz : Henry Hostetter (440), Isaac Cavin (480), Joseph Smalley (200), [sa‘ah Dungan (120)- four in number —entered 1240 acres in 1832. These four persons except I. Cavin had entered in 1831 respectively: Henry Hostetter 80 acres, Joseph Smalley 480, Isaiah Dungan 160. So in both years their purchases of goyernment lands were respectiyely as follows:

Henry Hostetter .. svbss veewns DEOIACTER 18aac Cavin (@ll ba 1832) . ... .. . .49 ¢ Joseph Smalley.cc . 00. 000 880 aenißh Dunganm, o o 0 o ok allin Perry township, : ‘Andrew Engle of Ligonier says the settlers of 1632 numbered about 30, all in Perry, making the population of that township in 1832 about 63; of Noble 7, York 3, Elkhart 2; in the whole county 75. It is uncertain whether or not Richard Stone and family, John L. Powers, John Hall and Mr. Haines should be counted as in Perry at that time. If so Perrv’s population would have been 68 and that of the whole district 80, of whom 56 were adults and youths old enough to participate in the labor of econverting a wilderness to the uses of civilization; 25 women and young children. [TOo BE CNTINUED.)]

Railroad Facts and Figures,

In Indiana there are 6279 09 miles of main track, 291.89 of second main track and 1968.42 of sidetrack. The largest railroad in the State is the Pennsylyania; the smallest the White River. The Michigan Central is double track clear through the State and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 1s double track all but six miles. A number of the roads haye more miles of sidetrack than of main track. Marion county has the greatest nnmber of roads. Lake hasthe greatest number of mileg of main track and Marion has the largest number of miles of sidetrack. ' There are three counties in the Stage that have no. railroads—Brown. Ohio and Switzerland. Crawford, Perry and Washington have only opne each. Marion countly has 17 railroads, Lake 16. LaPorte and St. Joseph 13 each, Porter il, Vanderburg 10. The others all have less. In St. Joseph cgunty there are 150 18 miles main track and 47.95 miles side track; Lake, LaPorte, Allen, Marion and Porter counties exceed in main track; Lake. LaPorte and Porter owe this to their proximity to Chicago, the many lines having to cross those counties. The Big Four system includes about 50 different companies. The Pennsylvania system has the bizgest mileage —1214.19 miles main track, 67,15 secand main track and 384.83 sidetrack. An Excellent Law, : The Chicago authorities are vigorously enforcing the ordinance and protecting the public against the glaring fraud of covering fruit baskets with red tartleton. An exchange remarks that the gauzy coyering of red or pink will give a tempting ripe color to as green a peach as compassed the death of ‘‘Johnny Jones and Sister Sue.” &he growers of peaches at Benton Harbor have been notified not to use tarleton any more, as the commission men are required to remove it in compliance with the law, '

o Marriages. . “Married, at the. residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Robert Luckey, in Washington township, Sept. 1, 1897, Mr. Homer Starkey and Miss Jennie Luckey. I'he principals are among Noble eounty’s best teachers and are therefore well and favorably known. and no word of praise is necessary to add to the good opinion and high esteem in which they are held. The wedding was one of the pleasant events of the season, about fifty guests being present. among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Judge Adair and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Stroug of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs, Esthick and Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Hontz, Syracuse; Mrs. Dr. Hontz, Leonidas, Mich.; Miss Charlotte Drake, LaOtto; Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Luckey, Mr. Thomas Luckey and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rendel, Wolflake. The supper was, to speak in mild terms, simply grand and showed the finish of the modern adept in the calinary art. The judge, who is a great host, was not wanting here, and -all did ample justice to the occasion About this time could be seen without, by the dim light through the windows, about fifty beings as quiet as lambs in the fold. Suddenly, however, there was a change, and the silence was broken. It seemed that the very gates of pandemonium were unloosed. How can boys make so much noise? Bells, guns, pans, boxes, horns, cannons, all going at once. What an unearthly din! The appearance of the bride and groom had a quieting effect, and soon that noisy gang slunx away as stealthily as it came. 'This little episode, however, instead of having a marring effect served only to add zest to the occasion. The bride and groom have the good wishes of everybody. * *

At the residence of John lonks on South Main street last night, Miss Vada Inks of this city, and Arthur Wanamaker of McComb, Ohio, were united 1n marriage by Rev.. George E. Musson of the Christian church. But few close friends of the family and immediate relatives were present. The parlors were beautitully decorated with, ferns and palms. Miss Nellie Watchorn officiated at the piano,%the wedding march ushering the happy couple before the assembled friends. The bride was attired in green brocaded satin with pearl trimmings, while the groom wore the conventional black, After the ceremony all sat down to a splendid wedding dinner served in seyeral courses. . Miss Inks. the bride, is a well known Ligeniersociety young lady and-a bright girl; while the groom is well known to many of our people, having been a former resident of this city. He is now located at McComb, Ohio, where the happy couple wili take up their residence at once, leaving for there on the early morning train. Quite a number of handsome and valuable presents were received. Mr. H. H. Decker and Miss Lois Parker were married Sunday afters noon, Sept. 5, 1897 by Rev. G. E. Byrer. The newly wedded couple will at once begin housekeeping here. May prosperity be theirs. : Mr. Martin Jackson and Mrs. Letha E. Todd were united 1n marriage Sunday afternoon, Sept. 5, 1897, Rev. G. F. Byrer officiating. Another Surprise. It will be a surprise to many members of the uniform rank Knights of Pythias to learn that they are virtually under the jurisdiction of the United States government and are subject to call at any time. They are recognized by the war department as minute men and may be called upon to repel a foreign inyasion at any time. There are 50,000 in the United States, or more, than one~third the numerical force of the national guard, The order was organized during the Civil war in Washington, D. C., and 1n that way obtained its military standing.—Albion Democrat, .: -.0 The editor of the Democrat, who is an active.and well~-informed Knight of Pythias, will be surprised to find out that there is nothing in the above report. The Uniform R#nk is not under the jurisdiction of the Umted States government any more than any other lodge organization or drill company, and is not recognized by any authority as minute men. We think, howeyer, that were they called out the most of .them would respond upon the shortest possible notice. The Uniform Rank was not organized until twenty years after the war, and then only as an auxiliary rank to the regular lodge, which certainly has no military standing. ;

Peculiar Accident to a Woman.

| Friday afternoon an accident occurr_red in the barrel-hoop factory located at Milford, which will necessitate the 'amputation of a Mrs. Troup’s arm. She was engaged in running a planing ~machine when the accident occurred. In some way she caught her right hand \in the machine and mangled it in a terrible manner. In fact the accident ;was 80 serious as to necessitate the ' amputation of the arm at the elbow. IThe Warsaw I'imes says the work of running a planing machine, it 1s !s,tat'ed, is too difficult for a woman’s ' strength and the proprietors of the factory, Messrs. Johnson & Wright, -are taken severely to task for not hav- | Ing employed a man for the position. i The accident is said to have been due, _partly at least, to defective machinery. | These, howeyer, may be only afterclap ' gtories. : :

M. E. Chuarch Notes,

Sunday schaol at 9:30; preaching at 10:30; junior league at 3:00; senior league at 6:30. : The Junior leagye will give a socigl at the home of Mrs. John Weir on Thursday evening, Sept. 9. Among the miany good things to be gerved will be ice cream apd cake. Everybody is ipvited to be present, and especially the childrep. =~ - The evening seryjce will be cons duocted by Miss Shank of [ndianapolis, State secretary of the ¥oung Women’s Christian asgociation, and Mijss Laura Beazel who is under appointment as organizer and secretary for the Southern States. Miss dbhank will present the state and national work and Miss Beazel will present city work, A most cordial invitation is extended to these gervices. - Presbyterian Church Supper, The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a 15-cent supper in the parlors of the church on Friday eyening, Sept. 10. The following will be the bill of fare: Veal Loaf, ; Ham Scalloped Potatoes. Cucumber Salad. Celery. Cheese Straws, Pickled Eggs. ! Jelly. Mixed Fruit, Ice Cream, Cake, : Ooffee, CASTORIA. _ -The fac- N : Hiassure ~ iy of s e . 'I‘QZ‘-

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The New Pension Agent,

Mr. Leighty, the new pension agent at Indianapolis, professes to be much surprised to find that all his clerks are protected by the civil service rules. They are not only protected by the rules but also by a public opinion which - will demand that the rules be enforced. Mr. Spencer was ayowedly removed before the expiration of his term for the reason that he had run the oflice as a political machine and had discharged republicans because they were republicans. Now Mr.Leighty thinks it strange that he cannot do the same thing—at least that is'a fair inference from his surprise at finding that he has no places to give republicans. The difference between the sit“on now and the one existing when Mr. Spencer went into oflice is obyious. Spencer violated nolaw when he swept the republicans out. Mr. Leighty cannot discharge the democratic clerks without violating the law. We are not going to assume that he will violate the law. Our purpose is simply to call his attention to the fact that the people of this community do not desire and will not tolerate a return to spoils methods. With the exception of the mén who want places, the peo~ ple ask nothing except that the oflice shall be efficiently managed as a part of the classitied service. If there are any men who ought to be discharged Mr. Leighty has full power to discharge them, provided he is able to give a good reason for his aetion. - There are no limitations upon him in any way mconsistent with the good of the serv--Ice. All he has to do is to administer his office as a great public trust tor the benefit, not of the republican party or his political friends, but of the whole people. He will find 1t much easier in every way to go right than to go wrong, and if he is a man of ordinary good sense he will take the easy course —which in this case is the patriotic and lawful course.--Indianapolis News.

Indiana Endeavorer Strength,

There are now 79,440 Christian En-~ deavorers in Indiana according to the report of Miss Jennie T. Masson, state secretary, making up 1892 societies. Of these 8285 are Presbyterians, 1064 Cumberland Presbyterians, 93 United Presbyterians, 7860 Christians or Disciples, 5571 Christians (not disciples,3347 Friends, etc. Many blanks-sent out for statistics have not been returned The returned blanks show the three denominations leading in number of societies to be: Presbyterian (not Including Cumberland or United). 196 societies; Christian or Disciples, 171; Christians (not disciples), 141. The banner district in the number of societies is the Twelfth, composed of Delaware. Madison, Randolph, Henry, Jay and Blackford counties. It has 120 societies with 4452 members, - Serious Accident, A peculiar and serious accident occurrea Saturday foremoon about 10 o’clock at the home of Daniel Stuts man, four and a half miles west ot Goshen. The 14-year old adopted son of Mr. Stutsman, Rohrer by name, shd from the haymow to the barn floor, a distance of ten or twelve feet. A pitchfork with a broken and splintered bhandle was resting against the hay. and upon this the lad struck with great force, the sharp handle penetrating his body near the coccyx, which bone it broke. The injury was most painful, the fork handle penetrating his body. to a depth of five inches, It 'is not thought hy the attending physicians that his mjuries will prove fatal, hows eyver.—News. .

Don’t Know Wh_y! Mrs. Frank Mann, of Ontario, LaGrange county,took her !ife on Tuesday of last week by swallowing a dose of strychnine. She told her husband in the morning that she was going to town and when asked why she was going she replied, to get some poison. He thought she was ’jesting but when ghe returned she showed him‘Y‘he bottle. Her manner did not impress him that she intended to yse it to take her life: She passed ipto the house, swallowed the fatal dose, 13y down on a bed and died in a short time. She was 24 years of age and had been married six years. No cause is giyen for her ragh deed.— Kendallville Sun. Regniatoru' Reunion. There will occur on Sept. 18, at 10 o'clock a. m., in G. A, R. hall, Ligon--ler, the annual reunion of the Regulators of 1858-59. These old timers will have an all-day meeting. They are the men who made it possible for Indianians to go to bed in peace and awaken 1n the mornm% to find their property safe and their throats uncut. The citizens of Ligonier propose to honor these heroes on this occasion as never before. Reminiscences will be indul%ed in after the dinner honr, and historic scenes will pass in panoramic review. A delightfull time is looked for. . Get your job %rintinz done at ThE BANNER office. First-class work at the most reasonable prices. :

Wasted Lives

Some people use their energies in # way that wastes the greater part of them. Hurry, worry, irritation, vexation, determination and foolish'anxiety keeps them constantly wasting precious vitality. ' This is foolishness. People do not want irritation or stimulation. When anyone is tired he wants rest, not stimulants. When anyone’s energics begin to flag recuperation. not irritation, is wanted. -

*All tired out.” some peoplesay; ¢'l need a stimulant.”” A very mistaken idea. No doubt such a one is in need of inyigoration, recuperation, but not stimulants. Stimulants draw upon the vigor which one already possesses; they produce no yigor. - When one is tired out. nervous, weak and despondent Pe-ru-na is what is needed in the system. Pe ru-na inyigorates, recuperates. builds up. vitalizes, enriches and reinforces. Unlike 'so many other remedies it does not simply irritate and stimulate. Pesru-na is an inyigorator to nerve and biood. Send for a copy of Dr. Hartman's latest book. Address The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co.. Columbus, Ohio. . Weather in August, 1897, The following table. zompiled by Capt. J. E, Braden for THE BANNER. shows the weather for the month of August: : Rainfall—4% inches. s Frosts—2, on 20th and 21st; on low ground. . Foggy morning—l. Av. daily temperature—7o. : Warmest day—29th, 90; ay. for the day, 79. , Prevailing wind—S. W.

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REAL ESTATE BULLETIN. . STRAUS BRroOs. & Co. ‘ Any of these tracts for sale or trade on easy tevms. Call at Citizens Bank, Ligonier, Indiana. ' _Since the last issue we have sold the Shrock farm and the 56 acres near Millersburg, and have purchased the following : 80 ACRES on Elkhart Prairie, !5 mile west of the Zinnschool house near Benton. New house; fair barn. ‘ : 160 ACRES, 2 miles southwest of Warsaw, Ind. Buiidings fair, good land, 25 acres of timber. % ‘ 23 ACRES off of the south end of Robert ' Cary’s farm near Syracuse. 17 ACRES one-half mile of Topeka, a part of Burton Peck farm formerly owned by Chas. Ditman. 135 ACRES in Noble township, two miles from Wolflake, six miles from Albion, excellent honse and good out-buildings. Flowing water the entire year. Formerly owned by John Crandall. : 40 ACRES one mile west of Eden Chapel, Hawpatch, part of old Isaac Cavin farm, no buildings. Market-—Ligonier and Topeka. 40 ACRES one mile east of Topeka for merly owned by George Peck, fair house, good barn, wind pump and orchard, excellent location. Good house and lot with gooa barn, on the north side, Ligonier; for sale or trade 160 LCRES in Etna townihip known as tho‘Garr farm, . ] 140 Acres 3 3-4 miles west of Albion. Fair' house,barn and out-buildings;good wind | pump, About 125 acres under cultivatiun, balance timber, no waste land.- All in a high stateof cultivation; good fences, 2 good orchards. Just purchased trom J. W. Long. . Call quick; for sale cheap. Also several Michigan farms for sale.

STOP! STOP!! Y : ’ il G A (S L 2 - - e ; n\\"‘:f‘-""llllp;fl ":.\.\‘..::;«,\,,. AT RTI '||‘-\v\li,;‘|l‘.'“ g Wl "i_i.‘).’.}‘:" T i '4‘s I " i ‘-:* e )" BTOCK-BREEDERS ATTENTION. ————— If vou want the best hogs ever raised 1n Noble county, Look Over my Fine Herd. ‘We have a lot of pigs for sale. The Fine Boar, “FREESILVER” Sired by D. F, jr., grand sire, D. I, heads the herd. ‘‘Free Silyer” weighs over 6CO pounds. See our herd of Poland China Hogs : before buying anything else. - C. G. KEISTER & €O, 248, Wolflake, Ind.

Bargains in Real Estate, We want to sell tae following described Real Estate. The prices are low and terms will be made satistactory to the purchaser. Look over the list: : 80 ACRES excellent farming land, black ‘loam, buildings poor, known as the Sullivan farm, 7 miles east of Ligonier. 40 ACRES good land, well improved, cood timber and fine truit, known as the -Wright farm, 8 miles east of Ligonier. 80 ACRES .land, No. 1 hay farm, good barn, log house, good stone milk house, nice young orchard, 7 miles north of Ligonier, known as the Bowen farm. 80 ACRES land one-half mile west of Elkhart, with No. 1 good buildings. 160 ACRES land as good as lays out of doors, well improved, 2!4 miles from Wollake. known as M. Kimmel farm. 140 ACRES land, nice farm, fair buildings, 2 miles from Wolflake, known as the Leo Mellinger farm. 200 ACRE farm 4 mile east of Ligonier, well improved, brick house, three barns, one of the best farms in the county. 40 ACRES 8 miles south of Ligonier, good “, land, brick house, no barn, knqwn as the I- Kiester farm. , : Call in and see us before buying nd. We can suit you. Mortgage ‘Loans a speciaity. L i . SoL MIER & SoN., Bankers. -

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