Plymouth Democrat, Volume 23, Number 35, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 May 1878 — Page 1
KATES OF ADYEK . M pi ,:r' N! Hotnearei tran.ient adverlUiaf; , ar; Ucattua. .,;. Leaded local, act ia Brevier type, ten ceo f. . tine (or 6m iuseriioa, anJ. ova cent per Una for eaca subsequent insertion. Church and society announce enta, marriage an4 death notices, free. Business card, In Directory Column, par year one dollar per luia. ITT1 adrertising aa fixed by law : First Ifftion, om dollar per bach, iftj eente for each sabe quent insertion. 4r Blanks for Justices of tbe Peace, Constables, ec kept constantly on hand. PBISTINB ESTABLISHMENT. Daniel SIcDo5ALDf Proprietor. ESTABLISHED NOV. 13thf 1855. THE OUY ZMh PRESS H T.E COUTY, Imral:- 'r ra.r in v. .... t-.fj T I t4r r m :- i x btuitiU In KUtrM , 1 '0 1 l?M!jrr.t : 1 'br! Botrmth in 4 o-. - . -- PLYMOUTH, INT)., THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1878. "N"0. 35. Oft!-? on T.frt fwt, fl'..r of j
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I't"r. rVrviwa ry i.imih at 1'i.f) a. ui. and 1M p. n. KumUy Si-Iim."1 at IS ' id. ht. 1 hot.uui r piciMi. H'. J. J. 'aud", K''(r Prif i" -Ty un'lar at 10 ma. m. and 7;i0 p. m. huii iaT hl and Hi' if ('lna i 1 p. m. Ht. Mn lui'.V''.H..Ii-." H-. t: Zurett-n. iaitr. .ri-- - ry iin.iny at a . a. tu. anil ! ' a. lu. (ia'i lay rt:h.l at 'if' p. m. V"j-r at .1 ' p. in. Chritiar Church. II. V. Rvi. Pantor. S.ttIcp Trry Hun-tar at l'r.ni a. m. and 7.U0 p. n. riuuday Bcbix.l at li'iti m. Plymouth Commandfry, o. 2fi, Knitr ht Tpmplar 8tatl C'lncSar, atx-oml '1 k'.ir'ly in f-h m'mth. '. K. Toaji. KcrlT. J. VV.'IIih-kicto. K. C. " rijrui'.utU CuniHi. 'i.. t, K..yl and 8. 1 t i!tan. .HiKietl necuiiifi, cvun l V l.n-lir in u b H.nth. t). P. KLIMiBU, 111. M. W. N. Balt-ET, Ppeorder. I'lycuoutik Chaj.ti-r. No. -1''. K"vil Ari-h .yfMii. uttii meCnja, fi nit and third 'M'Miiiare in -ach aannlh. J. .'I. t'O.e-R, H. P. H. B RttVK, Recorder. Plyr.'mth I.li(i No 1-4J, F. dT.vTM. riuted meet1ti.-. lirt ami third Fridayi in each month. J. HitoeNi.r.K. Si- . A. I.. Kf avt , W. M. K-ilwinninii I-o-lu-i-, No. 4.W, K. .V A. M. hlatei1 m"1iiiitf. (1 rut arid third Tueadwyf in eaoh month. Chai Si TfHH, x-c. iL A. Cla;lt, W. M. Plymouth CUat'tvr, No. -ft, inl-r Kjutcm rtar. fitate.1 aiuetitiga, jirat anil tliini V. e-lnfiinv in eiu:h Bionth. Masr l ThaX-k, W. M. At. Kl.l!nKK. Sec. tiM) rat. lows. Amerirus Lola, No. Wl. rtated meetln, erery Thoru-I r eT.-n:i.. H. U. llln tK, N. Ci. H. H. P.rava-, Plymouth Eni-au-pm.'nt. No. YX PiUttid uievtiua aeroid ami four!:) Mondays in eatdi month. J. a . PatMKf, S ritKj H. j'Krrit, n. p. - riRR mufAJin. Adriatic Eneina Company. fctiit-Hl meetings ecnd Tuemlay in earU inomh. W.H. 11. Ct t.t-i!?. i-. E. K.Ba tSHiM, Foreman. Torrent Howe Comtany. trniten lueetinr, attond Tuday in ti-h month. J. W. Palmkr, Korfman. I'roU'-tion. H-Mite and Ij.1-It (iiit!iy. Stated Beetinc4. nmtToenday in e'h month. A. U. Kop, .S--C li. Si-KTEK, Foreman I.fA! ASCrTIONS. Plyiuouth Bui'ulir.i;, lMn ad S?tvini Awociation, No. 1. loard oi'XirvctorB no-t lirnt Moti'lny evening f each 1'i.mth. 1. li. Auxstko.nu, Prea. C. E. Tt), S.-e. Plymouth liuililin, Loan and Sarinim Awociition, Ko. 'i. ioard of .Dini-tor meet firxt MondMy in ejicu Bionth. W. B. Hi m, l'rca. li. A. Bbowx, Sec BUSINESS CARDS.' WILLIAM R. HKSS. ATTOKMEY ANU COUNSELLOR AT LAW, . Plymouth, Indiana. ocil'77 to ocll 7B CUAS. K ELLISON. ATTOHNKV AT LAW AND NOTARY PI7Elic. Cidli-ctlona promptly made and remitted. M ill prartica in the a v.-rai couria of Marahajl and iljoiniiif couniiea. Ollice with C. II. Kvcve. vpl.l, 77 Suio J. (.. S. L. &. J. W. PAKKS. ATToKJk EYst A COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Plymouth, Ind. Keal estate and collection at-nt. All levl huaineas entruted to tlicir care til le promptly att.-n h I to. Oliice on Cato utriH't, weat of iiUiu a urtiK utoro. janll7d , ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ollice: Laporte St., Plymouth, Ind. Thirty yt-ara reaident. Collectiona a Hcinity. Ageut for -Etna and Phienix Insurance CAiuipaniea. octl'77 J NilTsTTjEN LER, ATTORNEY AT U W AN D N'OTA RY PUBLIC, Kalomy iihwlc, Plymouth, Indiana. tifHH.'ial attention Kirt-n to tne a-ttititient of estates and guarutannliipa, partition of landa, coliectiou of claim, and forwionuni of luortgaua. ati4'77 W. J. UKN N EK. A TTORNEY AT LAW AND JCSTICEOF THE T Peace, and Collecting Ag. nt, Argoa, Ind. n'7tf P. O. JON'ES. ATTORNEY AT LAW AN1 DISTRICT PROSet:utinsf Attorney. Prompt attention piren to ail rlainm and colliM?ti.-iin left in hia care, and the ttlcrnent of dtHient's extatea. titnee in eoruer rorn fSeara brick Block, Plyniouth, Ind. jny l-t A MAS A JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention (riren to collection, a-ttltmecr vl deC4-dent' entaU-a and ruanlianhip, diesis, morv.'ai;'!!, and other con tract drawn up and acknowledgement taken. Othce orer buck Jt Toan'a bardnare .tore. junc;4-S " U. I. CRAWFORD, A TTORNEY AT LAW AN U NOTARY PUBLIC. CA. Collection promptlr madaaud remitted. Abtrart. ' title inruinheii, ileeils, niv. 't;tt and conaracts drama 7. otlice with C H. Keer. jnyl-tf iil I. LOU AN, A TTORNEY AT LAW, Plymouth, Ind. Will jtx practice iu all the court of Indiana. Itcing practitioner of many yearn' experience, aa.1 havinir allied 'be poaUiott ol ci rcu i tjuiice. he hope to be able to aa .l r l vli, put their ousxueaa lniu lilt nanus. tanVI A. C. & A. B. CAP RON. A TT5RNEYS ANI COUNSELLORS, REAL jT Estate and CUect.ne Airciita, Plymouth. Ind. Particular atwation )iivn to Uie s-ttlciacnt of d,"eaauta eataU-aami Ruardianshi :a. OUlcl in Brownlee'a toc, up suitrs. jan. . 1 j7iirAviLsT)N, y. n.. TT ELfLA S PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,.! RCOS, JLv Ind. Prompt atU'ntion given to aii professional aaut. either by oar or nijcnt. uxnea in e ns buildiujoa north aide Walnut at. janV77 C. C. DUUK. D fXTIST. Otb.e orer l'arka A Parka lai Oince, Plymouth. Iud. jan4'77 E. W. VIKfS. TTOVF.OPATUIC 1MSIC1AN A SCKGEON. 1 1 I'sj-liculsr atU'Tttitin roil to ohwtetrie pim tiee, an 1 illsi aana nf annu n and children, othce at bis residence, opposite residence 01 H. U. Thayer, Plytnoum, mis. j"t 1 DR. Wit. X. BAILEY, TTA5, AFT ER A LO.Vi ABi NCE EAST, X JL ; ,ia rosuuteii mlkmi anil autCA-ai practice in larsbad cxnnty. t arotuc dit-aw . of female, a apociaity. O c to Scars' new brick, Plymouth, Ind. jac-t 1 J. . MAXEY. T-KSUKES DLL1N.J) AND BARNS WITH JL content. Ac- ill lor tn Watertown Eire lueurauea C- N.Y. T ake no rtyfca more haimrdou than dweliinirs- Strirtly a dw ilimi bouse cooit ny. pays loa--a by lightning, whether tire ensue or not. avpUyi jTlT. I.(VKY "T EWEX.ER- CLtK Ws, WATCHES A JEW ELRY el retsxired nromcil and inawnrsmanlike manner. K.ee-,j for aa Clock. Watches, ;plated Ware. Jewelre. io.t Pen. and a full stock pertaxninif to hi trate. lkYui:i-t No. Mtci.i-aa street, vast aide. Ail work xrantesl. Jai'4T7 a. r. rniLiT. tT-'TCHSAStK ANU dEWEl.ER. WOtLD V V reawctfuiiy saaiwiKS to the eiuarn of Jdartli.il r(HiaT. and utc putiuc reneraiir, mat o r.aa aetueii in Hvmoutn, and can at ail liiui be found in tlte did Wt BaiVjcf , Uer ke is prei.red to do ail work in hi Une in the beat manner possitde, raid a tmsiiiuu tera . jPa-ueuiar atlenuoa sriren . sariai. . Aii work sr axraal i. jaj4 '77 H AILEY. -.. I'Rt IN CO., TT-ATEK MILL. THE BV.-r FLOCtt MANCf ulsiriurvd aia-ay on hand. (irisUni; done to order by a Srst-ci aniiler. Hiiihest market prii-e In cash paid at ail utuaa far w beat. J ill at north-east partoftowa. Jan4'77 " WM. M. MuSTCOMEUY, T IT'EKY, FEE1 AND 1-AI.K STABLE, OPPOJj Mte the Pafkar Uusr .flruouth, lad. I tUU esu,'iutsrcieBt Bay be buaV a of tb beat llrery abx 'i in Noitiie Imijiajna, tt hn.il wiil ba let to earw-XllB-niswwUsaaAtaaa-. Ja ITT
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TI0. Tho Iwraorary ffMarh8i! camnty are r"jutJ tn rnr' t In .nrnlln at Piy tnouth, Indiana, on .-.fit :r,.!tior 1 l-:. at oti'r otitk p. l"T the r.ir;n- .f twr'iuisiSn aiid.dat'-a f'.r ouniy ofH"t. and f"r the trinmrllou of m:h oUjer liuaineaa a n ay clue t f-r the .ouventiou. The wvml wvtwiiip are re'itl t hnld primarr rue. ti.i,' for s-i,!el!on of dci-gatea oa 6turilny. My 2.'.. The fdlifi the apporlionment of atlcgau t tliii iH-tcral U.wtthip-: TOWSSHJPT. I'ftio 1 . . , ntr InwiMMl...... tri--n...... IViurM.n.... . 1 iiiiMranoe. . 'i man..., ' mtii I'clk Walnut Total.. .
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J. W. IIOT ijJlTOX, CV-'rnan. KUStfEE, Secrttar o. p. ASNGUNCE31E.NTS. FOR P.EP iF.NTATIVE. JAVFS M. CONFER, f Center Town.bip will be a randidiile for the noniia tlion of R-prest-ntative of Marshall County, siibjcc to the decision of the Iemix-ra'ic Nominating CinrentioD. JO-EPir W. IA VIS, 01 Bourbon towa-bip, present Incumber. t, will be a Candidate for the nomination of itepranentatire of Marshall CXnuty, subject to the duciaion of the Democratic No inating Convent ion. MERRILL WILLIAMS, of Walnut Township, will he a Candidate for Representative, subject to the decision of the Democratic Conrention. The many friend of GEORGE STOCKMAN", of Jlottrbi'U Townnbip, hereby auiiiiuo-ja his name as a fit candidate fur iff iresentative of Marshall County, subject to the d.-ci.-don of the Democratic County Conrention, June lit, 1078. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. PERRY O. JONES, present ineunibent, will be a Candidate for the notniiiktion of Prosecuting Attorney of Marshall and Fnlton Counties, subject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention. ' F. D. CRAWFORD if a Candidate for District Prosecuting Attorney of Marshall and Fulton Couutiea, subject to the decision of the Democratic Nouiimttui Convention. JULIUS ROWLEY, of Fulton County, will be a Condidate for Prosecuting Attorney for the district composed of the Countica of Marshall and Fulton, aubject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention. FOP. CLERK. OLIVER P. K LINGER, present Djputy, will bo a Candidate for tite nomination of Clerk of Marshall County subject to the decia.on of the iieinocralic Nominating Convention. FOR AUDITORPL ATT M.:DONALD, for many years editor of T'te Pttpnfmth i lemocr at. ia a cand idnte for Auditor of Marshall county, subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention. HIRAM C. BURLINGAME, will be a Candidate for the nomination of Auditor of Marshall County aiiiiji'ct to the decision of the Democratic N'ouiiuatiuit Convention. KKIM K. BROOKE. Deputy Auditor for the pa.-t seven years, will be a Candidate for the nomination if Auditor of Marshall County, subject to the Democratic Nominating Convention. A. C. THOMPSON, present Auditor, will baa Candidate for re-election, subject to the action ot the approaching Democratic Convention of Marshall Couuty. FOR TREASURER. JOHN FREDERICK BEHRENS will be a candidate for the nomination of Treasurer of Marshall county. sul ject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. SIGMUND MAYER w bo a candidate for the nomination of Treasurer jf Marrhall county, subject to tne aecision 01 tne 1 emocratic nominating coi.venmm. - .- - - . WILLIAM YEARICK will be a candidate for the nomination of Treasurer of Marshall countr. sub ject to the decision of the Democratic nominating couwriLiou. PETER SCI1LARB will be a candidate for the nomination of Treasurer of Marshall countr. aub ject tu the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. - . C A RR AH M. RICHARDSON, of Polk townshln. will lie a candidate for the nomination of Treasurer of Marshall county, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating conrention. JESSE BURKET. of Tinnecanoe TownshiD. will be a Candidate for the Domination of Treasurer of Marshall Ccinty, subject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention. - SIIFSA BLUE, of Tippecanoe townMiip, will be candidate for the nomination of Treasurer of Marshall coi'nty, aubject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention. G. R. REYNOLDS, is a Candidate fop the nom ination of Tr-'asurer of Marshall County, aubject to the decisi'-n of the Democratic Nomiiunauiiir Con vention, to be held June 1, 1.-7.S. FOR SHERIFF. DAVID HOW will be a candidate for the nom ination of Sheriff of Marshall county, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. M. N, ALLEM AN will be a candidate for t be nom ination of Sheriff of Marshall county, subject to th decision of the Democratic unminating conrention. V. J. TROYER, of West TownshiD. will be a can didate for the nomination of SberiiT of Marshall county, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. WILLIAM H. MILLER, of Green township, will be a candidate for the nomination of bherifT of Marshall county, aubject to the decision of the Democratic numinatin convention. JAMES W. MAXEY wE be k candidate for the nomination of Sheriff of Marshall county, aubject to the decision of the Democratic nominating conrenuou. SYL. REALS, present Demitv. will be a Candi date for the nomination of Sberitfof Marshall County, sul ject to the decision of the Democratic dominating convention. i BRAHAM A. MILLER, of West Townxhlp, will bf. a Candidate for the nomination of Sherifl or Mar shall County, subject to the decision of the DenioCiatic .Nominating convention. JOHN BAUER JR.. of German Township, will be a Candidate for the nomination of Sheriff of Marshall Countr, subject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention. DANIEL K. HARRIS, of North Township, will be a Candidate for the nomination of fcheritT of Marshall County, aubject to the decision of the Democratic nominating Convention. ADAM VIXSEDGE. of Center township, will be a Candidate for the nominal! n of Sberitt of Marshall County, ubject to the d a-iaion of the Demo cratic Noml-ialiiin convention. FOR RECORDER. JOHN L. PLACE. ofGerman township, will be a candid. te for the nomination of Recorder of Mar shall countr, suhject to the dec ision of the Demo cratic nominating convention. FLTASCGALENTINE. of Boarbon Township, will be a Candidate for the nomination of Recorder of Marshall Co'.uty, subject to the decision of the Democratic .Noiianatuia; convention. JACOB B. N. KLINGER. present Incumbent. wiil be a Candidate for the nomination of Recorder of Marshall County, subject to the decision of the iH'uiocratic omiL-attng convention. HUGH A. BROWN, will be a Candidate for Recorder of Marshall County, avibject to the decision of the lcmocraiic dominating Convention, EDWARD S. LEWIS, will be a Candidate for the the nomination of Coontr Recorder of Marshall County, subject to the decision if the Democratic nominating convention. JOHN J. BRYANT, of Union TownshiD will be Candidate for the nomination of Recorder of Marehall County, subject to the decision of the Demo cratic Nomin mint convention. GEORGE KIMBLE, of North township, will be a Candidate for the nomination of Recordi-r of Mar shall County, subject to the decision of the Demo cratic Nominating Convent:on. FOR SURVEYOR. ACHTLLES NOKTHpresentincurobeot, Is a Can didate for Surveyor of Marshall County, subject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention, to be held June 1st. FOR COUONT.R. DANIEL P. DUNN, of Polk Township, "ill be a Candidate for the nomination of Corouerof Marshall Countr. sut jii-t tr- th dj-i-ion of the .Democratic Nominating Convention. A. C. liOLTZENDORFF, present incumbent, will be a Candidate tor the noiui nation of Coroner of Marshall County, subject to the decision of the Democratic No .mating Convention. FOR COMMISSIONER. FIRST MSTRICT. JOHN A. BRAUGHER, of German Township, wiu be candidate for Commissioner for the firs district, subject to the d -ision of the Democratic County Convention, June 1stTHE PLYMOUTH DEMOCRAT Candidate for Public Patronage. Tu Pt-TltorTH DTMCcaaT, having battled manfully for me priuciples of the Democratic Party for the past twenty-three yew, mrsrrtfuily k you to Weenie a snbscrilsrr. by sending ia yoor iismi and fTta) for one year. (I ta fur sax months, or even Ml cents tor tnree B-unuu. Tb I'KMta nit Is the beat paper la Marshall County, by "a large aaaiority," and being the only Win "-ratic paper 1b Uie County, should receive tue support ot at lean tv thouaarid ixmocrais not now on iu subscxiptioa books.
center Township Pf-niocratlc Conrcnt'.on, 31ay ls.s. Rf!vd, '""hat In conformity to a recommendation of the County Out nil Committee, it i ordered that a Convention of the Democracy of Center Tcwnahip he held st the Opera Ilnuse, Plvmouth Ind , on Saturday, May S5, 17, at 2 o'clock p. m, for the purpje of selecting twtnty-five ddeati to ait-nd the County Convention to be held Ju. e 1st, l-7. IWiwf, That we roc otnmeml to the Townnbip Convention wh. n it shall awmhleon th-j 2oth day of May. the adoption of the following plan for tee seh-ctiofi of dei.-ate to the County convention : That a committee consisting ol u-n Democrat 1 appointed by the Convention, each iiieiotx-r of said committee to select the names of ten Democrats irom dill. -rent part of this township, making the Eai'-fl of one hundred Democrats to be selected, whose names shall be placed in a box prepared for the purpose, and that there shall be drawn by lot the names of twenty-five of said persons to serre a Delegates, being the first twenty-five names drawn, and twenty-five names shall then be drawn te serve a alternate Delea-ate. in the same manner, whose name shall be registered, and in case a vacancy occurs In the number of reeular delegates, that the first alternate drawn shall l first placed upon the delegation, and if more than one vacancy should occur, the acond alternate drawn be placeu u .n tne delegation and o on until the delegation atiall be filled troaa the alternate selecti-d. BEN. LTNKEXHELT, 1 ' JOHN HLAIN. VCommittee. D. Mi DONALD, J Centr Township Democratic Primary Election, May 25, ls;8. Where, The manner of voting heretofore adopted for the purpose of ascertaining the relative strength of the several candidate havinr proven unsalislwtory, and it beintr desirable that each Democrat in the township shall have an opportunity to cast hi rote free and untram i.eled. therefore, be it Jitsolrvd. That, for the purpose of Instructing said delegates a to the manner of casting their first vote in the County Convention, tr tit ordered that a Primary kUaion be held on Saturday May 2. 147, at the Court House ia Plymouth, to be opened at S o'clock a. m and remain open until 4 o'clock p. m., when it shall be closed. Said Primary Election shall be controlled by a board of Election, and shall be held in all respects, so far as
applicable. In the same minner as general etecns are held. Said board shall be constituted aa follows: One Inipector. TwoJudtrea. Two Clerks. Said Board shall receire the roles of all Demo crats of said township who may oiler to vote, and shall use duplicate Poll Boks, and Tally Paper similar to those used at general elections as provided by law. Said board shall carefully canvass the vote cast, announce the result of said election as to the whole number of votes cast for each candidate and certify to the same. One copy each of the pou hooks ami tally papers properlv cerihed to. hail be delivered by some member of said Hoard to he chairman of the Township Committee, who hall deliver the same to the Chairman, or some member of the Township Delegation authorized by the township convention to receive the same, and one copy to the Chairman of the Countr Central Committee to be by him preserved for reference. Said Board shall apportion the votes cast for the several candidates, and the delegates from said townships when assembled in County Convention, shall ea.st the rote of the township as apportioned by said board of canvassers, and the Chairman, under tue direction of the township committee, is hereby anthori.ed to procure a suitable room in which to bold said election, and procure poll books, tally heets, blank tickets, and do aov and all things nec essary to the successful carrying into elfect the plan uereoy aaopicu. BEN. LINKENHELT, ") JOHN BLAIN. j. Committee. d. Mcdonald, Democratic Judicial Convention. There will he a Delegate Convention, held at Plymouth, in Marshall county, on Saturday, June 1, 1S78, the purpose of nominating a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the 41st Judicial Circuit, and for the transaction of uch other business as niav come before it. The ratio of representation will be the same as that fixed for the stutt convention, to-wit: One delegate for every 100 votes cast In each county for Governor Janu s D. Williams in 1S7G, and an "additional delegate for every fraction of 50 votes or over. The following will bo the representation act cording to the ratio adopted : Votes. Delegates. Marshall Ccunty 2mi5 28 Fulton County . . . . 1724 17 J. W. HOUGHTON, Marshall Co. ISAAC GOOD, Fulton Co. The Democratic Voters of Marshall countr are requested to choone delegates to the Judicial Conrention above called on Saturday May 25. 187K. at the time and place of choosing delegates to the county convention. The scyeral townships will be entitled to representation as follows : Union 2 Center 6 Inwood 1 ireen 2 Bourbon.. 3 Tippecanoe... 1 German 4 North 2 Polk ; 2 West - 2 Walnut Total 28 J. W. HOUGHTON, Ch'tn. Pittsbursli, Ft. Wayne & Chi cago JCullway. OnandafterNor.il. 1877, trains will leave si tions daily, (except Su ndayj as follows :
GOING WEST. No. 1. f No. 7. I No. S. No. 6. FASTKxjPAC. KXiK'T II. MAIL. Pittsburgh ll.5pm .00am 1.50pm 6.00am Rochester 12.5o;ami 10.15 " 2.5S " 7.45 Alliance 3.10 " 12.50pm 5.33 " 11.00 " Orrville 4.45 " 2.26" 7.12'' 12.55 pm Mansfield 7.00 " 4.40 " .29 8.11 - Crestline ab 7.30 " 6.15 " 9.45 3.50 " Crestline tv 7.50ava 6.40pm 9.55pm Forest 9.25 " 7.S5 " 11.25 " Lima 10.40 " 9.1K) 12.25arr Ft. Wayne 1.30pm 11.55" 2.40" Plymouth 3.45 " 2.46am 4.55 " Chicago 7.00 " 6.30 " 7.8a " GOING E 1ST. ' No. 4. 1 No. 2. I No. 6. No. 8. N'T BX.PASTSz!pAC. II MAIL. Chicago 9.10pm 8.00am! 5.15pm Plymouth 2.46 am 11.25 " 9.00 " Ft. Wayne 6.55 " 2.15pm 11.30 " Lima 8.55" 4.10" 1.30 in Forest 10.10 ' S.20 " 2.37 " Crestline . ar11 45 " 6.65 " 4.20 " Crtetline LV 12.05pm 7.15pm 4..10am1 6.0oam Mtnsfteld 12.85 " 7.44 " 5.00 " 6.55 " Orrville 2.26 " 9.3S " 7.10 " 9.15 " Alliance 4.00 " 11.15 " 9.00 " 11.20 " Rochester S.22 1.20am 11.06 " 2.00pm Pittsburgh 7.30 " 2.30 " jl2.15pm 8.30 "
TrainsNos. S and 6 run daily. Train No. 1 leave r'litsnuran aaur except s-aturnar. lram no. leaves Chicago daily except Saturday. All otheri daily except Sunday. F. R. MYE1.S, Gen. Pas, and Ticket Aifent. .fc C Itailvrnr. On and after May 13, 1S77, trains will run on road, Sundays excepted, aa follows: this GOING NORTH, Indianpolia Voblesvlile Tipton Kokomo Banker Hill C... Pero Rochester Walnut 4 3iptn 5.4.S " 6.39 7.10 7.45 " 8.i5 9 2S " 9 4n " 7.25 an. 8 38 " 9.13 " 9.5x -10.26 " 11.10 -12 19 pi 12 86 fArgos Plymouth....... . lo.oo " 12.50 -1.14 " 1.34 " 1.11 -2 45 8.30 - 10.25 " Tvner 10.45 11. OS " 11.55 ' Walkerton Laporte Michigin c ity... 12.41) am GOING SOUTH. Michigan Citj Laporie. .- Walkerton ........... Tvner City........ ...... Pfymoatn. Krgo W ainut Rochester Pern Banker Hill C.... Kokomo Tipton NoWervlil' Indianapolis.. 9.10 am lo.oo M.4S " 11.04 " 11.24 " 11.45 - 8.05 - 8.50 -9.!9 " KMsO " 10.25 10.4M " 11.59 11.1-4 .. ,12.19p 11.24 " 2-12 " 1.02 - 2.55 " 1 .50 - 3.2.r. " I 2.27 " 4 . - I S.10 " 5.SO " I 4.10 " E. a MURPHY, Assistant Manager. V. T. M A IX! TT. General Manager. Gfk r Great chance to 111 11 cant get gold y III II Weneedaperso J 1.1 esubscription fo Great chance to make money. If yoa you can get greenbacks rson in every town to taee iption for the lanrest, cheapest. aod test iilustrsaed family publication in the world. Any one can become a successful aeut- 1 he most cl.-c inl works of art given free to subscribers- The jTice ' i so low that almovt everybody aubacribes. One agent report making over 1150 in a week. A ladr agent re porta taking over. subscribers in ten daya. All who encasre make money fast. You can devote sll your time to the business, or only your snare time. You need not be away from borne over night You can do it a well as ot her. Full particulars, directions and term free. Elegant and expensive outfit free. If you want praiiiaMe work, send us your aii ires at onee. It costs nothing t try the business. No one who engage fail to make crust par. Address) " The People's Journal,0 Portland, Jaaine. augSrTTjl
The Old Stone Jlill.
BY KCGEXE J. HULL. Down at tbe f jot ol the village hill, Mosjj arid gray, t.tanl tho old Srtooe mill, With its sngina; roof, it rotten flume, Il creaking wheel and its Custy room. Oroft. the miller, was old antl pray; He'U a heart of flint, antl a surly way. Hid eyes were sunken, 1iW nose was red, Antl the hair like h-iistles" upon his head. Hi furrowed feat ureal were dark nd prim. And he hated the world as it hulcd him. The one fair hope. ir. his darksome way. Was his blue-eyed grandchild, hllle May; And a love for her, sincere and true, W as the ouly virtue the oid man knew. The f.tirext flowers the world has known In the rudest places have olten grown. The sweetest Id-asKom of all tho year - May hootuct wither and disappear. The days went by with their toil and core The summer rosei bloomed fresh and lair And the winds ot autumn tossed and whirled The leaves ot the woodland about the world ; And the river ran bv the old Stone Mill - But the fate was dowu, and the wheel stood Mill, While the village children sadly faid : -The miller is gone, and the child is uead." The wavin willows apain arc preen, And the aummer eveuniL-s once more serene. Down at the foot of the villaa: hill, Mostly and gray, stands : he old Stone Milt. But the miller sits in the doorway there With a kinder look than he used to wear. Grief has melted his heart of stone, And brou-rht him nea er Our Father's Throne ; And he tells the children who come that way Ol the woudrous beauty of little May. Cantastopthis. 6TROPK. Oh, he was a &weet, youn";, lithsome man, And he moved witn a tender grace : And a smiie like the sweep ol an angel's wing Played over hLsr lair young face. ANTISTROPE. " I brins," he said, and the editor bowed, For he loved the lair younr tuintr " 1 bring." he mun a tired. " a poet's song, A lay ol tne oa I ly spring." C.IMAX. Then the editor gathered his cross-cut saw, And the nail-irrab, all the same ; The iig sledge-hammer, the lonsr crow-bar, Aud the club with the terrible name. CAT ASTItOTE. lie sawad him in two and flattened hin. out lie tore out each quivering lung; He pinned hitn up to tbe sanctum wall ; bo scattered, ana vet so youny. Burlington Jlawk-lCye. Carving Ills anie BY ELIHTJ BTJMtlTT. The scene opens with a view of the great natural bridge in Virginia. There are three or four lads standing in the channel blow, looking up with awe to the vast arch of unhewn rocks with the almighty bridge over these everlasting abutments when the morning stars iang together. The? little piece of sky spanning those measureless piers is full of stars, although it is midday. It is almost five hundred feet from where they stand, up those perpendicular bulwarks of limestone, to tho key rock of the vast arch, which appears to them only the size of a man's hand. The silence of death Is rendered more impressive oy the little stream that falls from rock to rock down the channel. The sun is dark ened, and the boys have unconsciously uncovered their heads, as if standing in the presence chamber of the Majesty of the whcls earth. At last this feel ing begins to wear away; they begin to look aronnd them. They see the names of hundreds cut in the limestone abutoients. A new feeling comes over their hearts, and their knives are in hand in an instant. " What man has done man can do," is their watchword, while they draw themselves up and carve their names a foot above those of a hundred full-grown men who had been there belor them. They are all satisfied with this feat of physical exertion except one, whose example illustrates perfectly the for gotten truth that there is no royal road to intellectual eminence. This ambi tious youth sees a name just above his reach a name that will be grfenin the memory of the world when those
of Alexander, Casar, and BonapUw ear from aboye
shall rot in oblivion. It was the name of Washington. Before he marched with Braddock to the fatal field he had been there and left his name a foot above all his jrcdecessors. It was a glorious thought of a boy to write his name sice by side with that of the great father of his country. He grasps his knife with a firm hand and clinging to a little jutting crag, he cuts again into the limestone, about a ftot above where he stands; but as he pats his feet and hands - into those gains, and draws himself carefully to his full leDgtb, he finds himself a foot above every name chronicled in that mighty wall. WThile his companions are regarding him with concern and admiration, he cuts his name in huge capitals, large and deep, into that flinty album. II 13 knife is still in his hand and strength in his sinews, and a newly-created aspiration in his heart. Again he cuts another niche, and 1 again he carves his name in large capi tals. This i3 not enongh. Heedless of the entreaties of hi3 companions, he cuts and climbs again. The graduations of his ascending scale grow wider apart. lie measures his length at every gain he cuts. The voice of his frieiids waT weaker and weaker, till their words are finally lost on his ear. He now for tbe Erst time casts a look beneath him. Had, that glance lasted a moment, that moment would
have been his last. He clings with a convulsive shudder to his little niche ia the rock. An awful abyss awaits his almost-certain falL He is faint with severe exertion, and trembling from the sudden view of the dreadful destruction to which he is exposed. His knife Is worn half way to the haft He can hear the voices but not the words of his terror-stricken companions below. What a moment! What a meagre chance to escape destruction! There is no retracing his steps. It is impossible to put his hands into the same niche with his feet, and retain Ms hold a moment. His companions instantly perceive this new and feaiful dilemma, aud await his fall with rlliolions that " freeze their young blood." lie is too high, too faint, to ask for his father and mother his brothers and sisters, to come and witness or avert his destruction. But one ot his companions anticipates his desire. Swift as the wind he bounds do vn the channel, and the fatal situation of tbe boy is told upon his fathers hearth-stone. Minutes of almost eternal length rolled on, and there were hundreds standing in that rocky channel, and hundreds on the bridge above, all holding their breath and awaiting the fearful catastrophe. The poor boy hears
the hum of new and numerous voices, both above and below. He can just distinguish the tones of his father's voice. who is shouting, with all the energy of despair: "William! William! don't look down! Your mother and l3nry and Harriet are all here praying for you. Don't look down. Keep vour eves toward the top." The boy didn't look down his eyes are fixed like a flint toward heaven, and his young heart on Him who reigns there. He grasps again his knife. He cuts another niche, and another foot is added to the hundreds that remove him from the reach of human help from below. How carefull he uses his wasting blade 1 How anxiously he selects the softest place in. that pier! How he avoids every flinty trrain! How he economizes his physical powers! Resting a moment at each, again he cuts. How every motion is watched from below! There stand his father, mother, brother, and sister, on the very spot where, if he falls, he will not fall alone. .Tbe sun ia Italf .3own.tlve.we.s. .The ! lad nad made fifty additional niches in the mighty wall, and now finds himself directly under the middle of that vast arch of rocks, earth, and trees. He must cut his way in a new direc tion to get over tbis overhanging mountain. The inspiration of hope is dying in his bosom; its vital het.t i3 fed by tho increased shouts of hundreds perched upon cliffs and trees, and others who stand with ropes in their hands on the bridge above or with ladders below. Fifty gains more must be cut before the longest rope can reach him. His wasting blade again strikes into the limestone. The boy is emerging painfully, foot by foot, from under that lofty arch. Spliced ropes are ready in the hands of those who are leaning over the outer edge of the bridge. Two minutes more and all will be over. That blade i3 worn to the last half inch. The boy's head reels; his eyes are starting from their sockets. His last hope is dying in his heart his life must hang on the next gain he cuts. That niche is bis last. At the -last faint gash he makes, his knife, his faithful knife, falls irom his nerveless hand, and ringing along the precipice, falU at his mother's feet An involuntary groan of despair runs like a death-knell through the chaunel below, and all is still es the grave. At the length of nearly three hundred feet the devoted boy lifts his hopeless heait and closing eyes to commend his soul to God. 'Tis but a moment there! one foot s wings off he is reeling, trembling, toppling over into eternity. Hark! a shout falls on The man who is lying with half his length over the bridge has caught a glimpse of the boy s head and shoulders. Quick as thought the noosed rope is within reacn or me sinking youth. ,o one breathes. With a faint convulsive ef fort tin swooning lad drops his arms into the noose. Daikness comes over him; with the words God! and mother! whispered on his lips just loud enough to be heard in heaven, the tightening rope lifts him out of his last shallow niche. Xot a lip moves while he 13 danglipg ove'r the fearful abyss; but when a sturdy Virginian reaches down, and draws up the lad, and holds him up in his arms before the fearful, breathless multitude, such shouting, such leaping and. weeping for joy, never greeted the ear of human being so recovered from from the yawning gulf of eternity. Joaquin Miller. It is told of Joaquin Miller that he wa3 too modest and bashful to be present on the first night of his play, but after success was assured he went to see it( and to avoid notice he stole into the top gallery among a bevy of col ored people. It was hot there and he took ol his coat; the pla delighted the people about him and he shared their merriment s heartily that the roliceran punched him three times with his pole for bein too noisy.
Iloudin, the jfagiciau. Ever since the capture of the strange empire of India by the English, or for mors than 100 years, the civilized people have been learning of the marvelous feats performed by the native jugglers. aturally, Houdin's announcement of the Indian basket trick made a great sensatioa. The curtain arose, and disclosed a wicker basket of oblong shape standing upon what appeared to be a light table without any cloth cover upon it. The juggler entered, dragging a beautiful youth, dressed as an Indian prince, wearing a robe of whit cashmero, embroidered with gold, while upon his head waved a peacock's plume heI4 l?y-a diamond star. " Mercy ! mercy !" cried the child. " No, no mercy. TTou are an Indian, a.i a prince, and must die," was the savage response. " I am but a child," cried the innocent boy. "That will not preeni my killing you." With piercing shrieks the child broke away and rushed to the side wing, only to be seized there by his executioner, who, lifting him in his arms, plunged him into the basket, which he closed,
strapping down the cover. Then he drew hi3 sword, and, having tested its sharpness by striking it into the floor, be thrust it again and again, while the yictim in the inside gave the most heartrending cries of pain and agony. Each time the sword was pulled out it was seen to be covered with blood, while the sobs and groans from the in side of the basket grew fainter and fainter, till at length they ceased, and a ghostly silence ensued. During the scene the excitement among the audi ence was intense. Ladies hid their faces behind their fans, some wept aloud; men shouted hoarsely, "Enough!" The smiling juggler bowed, and proceeded to unstrap the basket, which he turned mouth up wards, to the audience, showing it to be entirely empty. In the midst of the applause which followed from the amused and relieved audience, the lit tle Indian Prince was seen to be seated in a box in the center of the audience, kissing his tiny hand to those about him. as well as to his friend, the executioner, on the stage. The trick was performed with the aid of looking-glasses inserted between the table legs a contrivance now commonly used in pantomimes and pther show pieces upon our stage. But it was a new thing then, and the scene was remarkably well played by IIou din and the child. As soon as the boy got in the basket he opened a trap door at the bottom of it, which wts placed over a corresponding opening in the table. Hidden by the looking glass, he crouched below between the table legs, and shrieked and.sobbed until the proper moment came for him to descend through a trap in the stage, and so pass around to the box in front of the theater. A sponge full of red liquid was placed at a certain spot inside the basket, and the sword passing through this, seemed to be dripping with blood. It was imperative that the juggler should not pass in front of the table, else his legs would have been reflected there, and that would have disclosed the center secret. Houdin became dissatisfied with this trick, and made many improvements in it, which the jugglers of our day have still further perfected. It is palpable that this cannot be the way in which Indian jugglers perform the trick in the market place, or other public squares in broad daylight. They have no looking-glass tables, no traps through the earth. Houdin's theory concerning them was that their basket had an opening in it either at its front or its back, and that while buckling and strapping down the cover, with knee lifted np and pressed on the basket as if to tighten the leather strap more securely, the child crept out under the bent knee and hid beneath the voluminous robes of the juggler. Then, while the sword is piercing the basket and the child's sobs are most heart rending, the crowd gather into a compact mass about it, and into the crowd the child easily escapes without being seen, and runs away. At the proper moment he comes running back as if from a dis tance, and of course tbe astonishment of the crowd is unparalleled, for the basket has in the meantime been opened and shown to be empty. Har per's Magazine. The Woodehnck. Woodchucks are a very curious animal. It is made of hair, and eye, and has two front teeth, and can see a man with a gun when the eyes are shut and bolted. I have seen a dog shake a woodchack until both were black in the face. A woodchuck can snivel np his nose and show his teeth and look as homely as I can without trying. They sit on one end an-1 eat with the other. A woodchuck can get home faster than a gun can shoot. He is round all over, except his feet which are black. When eaten tber retain the flavor of their nests, and seem to have been cooked without being pared. A fat woodchuck when eaten properly is no laughing matter. They come under the bead of domestic animals,' and there ain't no place like home when a dog goes for one of 'em.
rolilical Sotes. The fact is that the proper remedy for the frauds committed in 18"0 is that which the people themselves will adopt in 1SS0. There is every reason to anticipate that the wrong will then be righted. Buffalo Courier. The venerable Zach Chandler is said to have brought with him to Washington several quaint and curious forms of profanity of his own invention during hi3 late respite from the active Cires of office. It is also said that one of his oaths is liable to be fifteen minutes in passing a given point, Wash. Post. The Republicans have no right to sheet erocodffe'tears over Geri. Shields. Some years ago, when the Democrats of Missouri elected him to congress by thousands of majority, the Republicans ousted the old veteran simply because his Republican competitor had the meanness to contest his seat. Lijonier Banner. The Hon. Zachariali Chandler, when asked whether he really believed that Hayes had 1S5 votes and was elected, when he caused that alarming intelligence to be promulgated by magnetic telegraph, replied that he did, but added that he might have been mistaken, as there is bo certainty in anything Hayes is concerned in. Oregon will elect a governor, a legislature and a member of congress on the first Monday in June, and the legislature elected then will choose a United States senator to succeed Hippie Mitchell.the notorious corruptionist The latter acting with the Demo
crats secured the election of Mr. G rover to the senate. Courier-Journal. Col. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, writing from Washington, says: JJut on tne noor or congress, in the public declarations of the party leaders, and in the Republican organs it is to be the accepted policy that the president is faithless, and that he is to be ignored as without either enemies or friends. It is well understood, too, that such is to be the key-note of Pennsylvania in her convention of the 15th of May. There is to be no denunciation of the president, no issue raised, with him on any question of policy, but the party is to signalize its severance from the administration by ignoring the existence of a Republican president, and recalling it to its ouF issue tin" which it" ran" before the new-fangled ideas of conciliation and elevated public service came to vex those who bad climbed into power by steadily degenerating party machinery. And what Pennsylvania is expected to do under the lead of Cameron, Xew York is expected to do under the lead of Conkling, and Maine under the lead of Blair.e, and Ohio, without leadership, by common consent. I do not guess in saying that Blaine, Conkling and Cameron never felt more secure in their leadership than they do to-day, in the settled purpose to cut the party organization loose from all complicity in a responsibility for Hayes. Such is now the well matured plan of battle on the part of the implacables, and they confideLtly count on what they call the amiable obstinacy and general-good-for-nothingness of thd administration to make them successful. What We Eat. Dr. Wilkes, in his recent work on Physiology, remarks that, " it is esti mated that the bones of every adult person require to be fed with lime enough to make a marble mantel every eight months." It will be per ceived, therefore, that in the course of about ten years each of us eat three or four mantel-pieces and a few sets of front door steps. And in a long life I suppose it is fair to estimate that a healthy American could devour the capitol at Washington, and perhaps two .or three medium-sized marble quarries besides. It is awful to think of the consequenees if a man should be shut off from his supply of lime for a while and then should get loose in a cemetery. An oidinary tombstone would hardly, be enough for a lunch for him. AdeUr. Wriliiiff for the Tress. Waste no time on introductions. Don't begin by laying out your subject like a Dutch flower garden, or telling your motives for writing. The key note 'should be struck, if possible, in the very first sentence. A dull beginning often damns an article; a spicy one whets the appetite, and commends what follows to both editor and reader. Above all, stop when you are done. Don't let tbe ghost of your thought wander about after the death of the bxly. Don't waste a moment's time in vindicating your production, against editors or critics, but expend your en ergies in writing something which shall be its cwn vindication. I itz John Porter has not secured a reopening of his casp, but te has obtained the next thing to it, viz: the ap pointment of a military commission to examine all the evidence bearing upon the case and decide whether tbe presi dent should reopen the matter. The Xew York Star editorially annonces that "strawberries, the coming season, are expected to be of an especially fino flavor, owing 10 the presence of a microscopic parasite said to possess remarkably aromatic properties.
The Last Good Mght. Good nit-ht, my love ! The way to dark For thee and me; Only a single step beyond ,- Can either see. , Our paths diverge nay, do not weep, God knoweth i-et; Kiss me trood night and let me sleep, I long to re All worlds are His wh 1 cares for us ; T were sweet, dear love, To go together from this home To that above. But all our Bearenly Father's way Are surely right ; In lile or death. We'll trust ia him, 80, love, good nihu . , Still I am thine and thou art mine ' In heaven aa tieie; Me thinks the veil will not be thick Between us, dear. Thou wilt come soon ! Work while lis day, And serve the right ; Ueiuember that 1 wait lor thee JUear love, icood night.
Sews and Gossip. The debt of Virginia is 41,002,103. Xearly 400 idle craft lie at the New Yoik wharves. The wages of sin keep right along at the old figures. There are 132 children in tbe Chicago poor house. Get what you get honestly ; use what you get frugally. " Uncle Tom's Cabin " has been translated into Japanese. Brooklyn is running into debt at the rate of $1,500,000 a year. Tennessee has 20,000,000 acres of land, with 0,000,000 under cultivation. Barnum is the central figure at popular temperance meetings in New York. Tbe Queen has a picturt) of the akhoond of Swat on her parlor swatnot. Ex. The Mollet bell-punch has been used in China for 200 years. Concord Statesman. The vice-president of the great United States traverses Washington in a street car. The softer and flufller a summer dress is the more it youthens you. . Eldorado Exchange. Vinnie Ream is going to make a bust of Senator David Davis. The Hell Gate explosion will be nowhere. Hawkeye. A London paper finds fault with tbe pronunciation of a preacher who reads from the Bible: "He that hath yaws to yawr let him yaw . i,.'.',',' . Under Sherman's resumption, with one dollar of " basis " to form four to a dozen dollars of promise, what would happen in time of panic? A beggar toy about fourteen years of age walked along Sixth Avenue, yesterday, bearing this placard: "I have been blind for forty years." N. T. Paper. A Nevada politician was elected on the merits of one single spech. All he said was: " Fellow-countrymen, follow me to yonder saloon!" Detroit Frte Press. , The two great astronomical events of this year are the transit of the planet Mercury across the face of the sun May 0, and the total eclipse of the sun July 29. The most important astronomical event of the year will be an eclipse of the sun on the 29th of July, during which minute scientific observations will be taken. The effect of the Moody and Sankey meetings in New Haven is to fill the tabernacle to overflowing, but to empty all the ether places of worship. Mr. Moody dispenses the bread of, life to those who are already overstocked with it, and sinners stay out in the cold. Tbe Fort Wayne Sentinel says it should be remembered that in the State of Indiana 213,526 Democrats have only four members of congress while 208,011 Republicans have nine members of congress. A greater outrage upon popular suffrage that to is Infamous apportionment was never known. Official reports of the American life insurance companies show that their losses paid in the five years 1860, '65, "70, T5, and 10, aggregated 8130,54.,090. The number of companies in 1S00 was 17; in 1SG5, 30; In 1870, 71; in 1875, 45 ; in 1876, 38. The numbers of policies in the same years were, re3pectively, 50.040, 20t,392, 747,807, 774,625, and 796,179. The East India collection which was on exhibition in the British section of tbe centennial, and attracted a great deal of attention, and which has since remained on exhibition at Memorial hall as a temporay loan from the British authorities, has been presented to Pennsylvania by the British India oSce. Tbe value of the gift is very great, the cases in which the collection was packed alone costing 85,000 in goldDispatches from nearly two hundred, points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Kansas and Missouri, covering tha whole of the western spring wheat region show that the acreage ia nearlr fiftv nr cent, greater than last year; that the condition tvid prospects are better than at any time sJncr, I860; that the season's work ia three to b!x weeks ahead of the usual time, and that there is an average of fifteen to twenty per cent, of the old crop en hand.