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THE REPUBLICAN.
J. W. SIDERS, Editor.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1878.
TKR OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One copy one year, in advance, tu. H
One copy six months, in advance $1. oo
One copy three months, in advance,. .. I.
Oar Papr.
The campaign ia over and we
shall now have more room for local
and general news, correspondence,
and literary matter. We shall labor
to make the Reitblt jan worthy of
the patronage of evey family in the
county. We candidly believe that no
family can afford to do without a
county paper, and we believe that if
every man would subscribe pnd pay
for his county paper, thus enabling
the publishers to expend on it the
time and iabor to make a paper that
would represent all the varied inter
ests of the county, he would in return
receive more than ten times the
amount paid for the paper in tbe in
creased value of what he has to sell,
and in the new branches of trade and
business that would be opened up,
giving employment and increased
wages and prices to all. As a local
and family newspaper during the
coming year, the Republican will be
excelled by no county paper in the
State. It will contain the latest home
and foreign news in a condensed
form, and up to the latest hour of go
ing to press. It will be a Newspaper
in the truest sense of the word, and
will contain twice as much general
news as any other paper of its size
published in this part of the State.
It is carefully edited, and its selec
ted literary articles, gems of thought,
items of interest, wit and humor col
umns,agricultural and domestic intel
ligence, and educational articles,
make it the paper (or everybody, and
we hope all our readers will endeavor
to get us new subscribers, and that
all who are in arrears will see the ne
cessity of immediately paying up,
that we may have the means to make
the paper what it ought to be. In all
the long years of the past the Rkpttb
ucas has had no official patronage,
and often, no doubt, when the sub
scribers grumbled and thought the
paper wfcs not as good as it ought to
be, the editor was paying out more
every week than he was taking in,
and was racking his brains as to how
he would get money to pay the hands
and keep the paper going, and at the
same time keep his family from star
ving, while many of his subscribers,
perfectly able to pay, had money be
longing to him in their pockets.
Friends, this is not as it Should be.
We intend to give you a good paper,
a paper worth all the money that we
ask for it, but we intend that those
who subscribe for it shall pay for it.
Now, to the heads of families, to the
wives, to the boys and girls, we say,
help us inerease the circulation of the
Republican and help to pay for it; a
few dimes saved by each member of
the family will pay for the paper a
year, and it will be worth more than
its price to every member of the family.
The Collosseum Theater, at Liver
pool, England, was the scene of a
frightful panic last Friday night ;
which resulted in forty persons be
ing crushed to dea.h. The panic was j
caused by a cry of Are, which proved
to be without foundation. Those who
kept their seats escaped the crush ;
and if the fire had been a reality,
ÄOi.ld have stood a much better
chance of escape by doing exactly
the same thing.
There i3 a turn in the tide of im
migration. During the month of
September, there arrived at the port
of New York, 16,678 passengers, of
whom 8,953 were immigrants. The
number arriving the corresponding
month last year was C.G73. Of the
8,955, 2,428 were from Germany, and
2,077 from England. For the last
three months in 1878, the imigration
was 25,200, against 20,109 during the
corresponding three months a year
ago.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger, says Mr. Tilden
will take no notice of the cipher dis
patches. In other words he will leave
his friends who are Implicated to
"hold the bag."
All possible fears that the existing
resumption law might be changed at
the coming session ot Congress are
now put at rest, Specie payments
will be resumed on the 1st of Janu
ary, 1879.
We have nearly $700,000,000 of pa
per money in circulation, and the en
tire volume has already reached a
practical equality with coin, the dif
ference being less than half a cent
on the dollar. The result of the Oc
tober elections shows that the coun
try will not listen to the demands of
the irredeemable paper mony advo
cates, and abandon what has already
been accomplished, for the purpose
of again going through the hard
times of the past.
The National Greenback vote in
Ohio will not exceed 30,000; This is
a great surprise to all parties, but
only confirms the opinion expressed
by the Rkpublican during the cam
paign, that wherever the Greeuback
ers had shown any considerable
strength in the past, they would lose
heavily at present. The "flat Idea"
cannot stand discussion. Whenever
men begin to read botü sides and
think for themselves they cease to
vote the National ticket.
Last year there was a division
among the Ohio Republicans, and the
State went Democratic by 22,520.
This year the Republicans were unit
ed and made a vigorous canvass.
The result is a majority of at least
10,000, which represents a Republican
gain of over 30,000.
There seems to be no longer any
doubt that Edison has solved the
problem of illumination by electricity.
The light produced is eaid to be as
far superior to gas as gas is to a tallow-candle.
His invention is sub
stantially complete, and a compauy
has been formed in New York for the
introduction of the new light It is
claimed to be much cheaper as well
as better than gas, and if this proves
to be the case, we shall see our prin
cipal cities illuminated with it at no
distant day.
The next great political contest
will occur on the 5th of November.
On that day Congressional elections
will be held in the following States :
Alabama, Arkansas. Connecticut, Del
aware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ne
vada. New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Pennsyl
vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wiscon
in. These elections will settio the
political complexion of the next Con
gress. In another column will be found
i the particulars of the lynching of five
negroes at Mt. Vernon, Ind., Friday
night. It is said that the bodies
hung all day Saturday from the
branches of the grfat locust trees in
the court yard, and were looked at
with wonder by the thousands who
came from the surrouuding country.
That such a tragedy could be enacted
in our own State of Indiana, is a
shame on our enlightened civiliza
tion, However guilty of crime those
men might have been, the law should
have been allowed to take Its course.
The men who could cut an old man
to pieces and then throw the pieces
in a vault, are certainly not sped
mens of the majority of the citizens
of Posey connty.
The Ottuber Elections. . I Tenth District Win. H. Calkins,
Tho smoke has now cleared away Republican, soo majority.
and the result of tbe election Tuesday Eleventh District Calvin Cowgill,
of last week may be briefly summed Republican, 1,000 majority,
up as follows: Tho Republicans have l Twelfth District Walpole Coler
carried Ohio and Iowa, but have lost j iek, Democrat, 1,900 majority.
Indiana. The Democratic majority in Thirteenth District John H. Raker,
the latter Stato being about as largo 1 Republican, 1,500 majority.
as the Republican majority in Ohio
from ten to fifteen thousand. The
Democrats have also elected a major
ity of the members of the legislature,
thus securing the return of Voorhees
to the United States Senate. While
the result may taken as a whole
be considered a triumph for the Re
publicans, they have as compared
with the election of two years ago
lost seven members of congress, but
this was owing to the redistricting of
Ohio by the Democracy, and the com
bination of the Democrats and Na
tionals in Indiana and Iowa. Both
Democrats and Nationals come out of
of tho contest badly demoralized.
The small vote received by the Na
tional Greenback party, so called, was
not only a surprise to them, but to
everybody else. In many counties
1 where they were supposed to be the
strongest it was found that they
scarcely had an existence. In this
State where their organs claimed a
hundred thousand votes and three
congressman, they cast only about
one-third of that number, and with
the help of the Democrats, not by
their own votes, elected one congress
man. They claimed a hundred thou
sand votes and three congressmen in
Ohio, and they cast as nearly as can
be learned from the returns, about
twenty-five thousand votes, and elec
ted no congressmen. By uniting
with the Democrats in Iowa they
managed to help them elect two con
gressmen, but it is evident that with
out help from the Democracy they
would not have been able to elect a
single congressman anywhere. It is
absurd for them to talk any longer of
a great popular movement.
The Democratic party, by the com
binations that it has made with the
Nationals, and by its advocacy of one
policy in one section and an entirely
different policy in another section of
the country, has become badly de
moralized and Its iron organization is
broken, while the Republican party
comes out of the contest thoroughly
organized and united, a unit in favor
of honest money, with more members
of congress thau in lb74, and with
better prospects for future success
than it has had at any time during
the past five years.
Fifty-five members of the next
Congress have been elected thus far
in the States of Maine, Vermont, Ore
gon, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa
and West Virginia. Twenty-eight of
these elected are Republicans, twenty-two
Democrats and four Democrat
Greenback fusionists.
With nearly $100,000,000 in legal
tenders under actual control of the
Treasury, and with a coin reserve of
over $200,000,000, it must be plain to
every candid mind that, without any
further preparation whatever, the
Government can fulfill its obligations
and redeem its outstanding demand
notes on and after January 1, next.
The cipher dispatches written in
Mr. Tilden's house, making offers to
buy electoral votes, seem to be troub
ling the Democratic leaders East very
greatly. There has been as yet no
attempts to justify them or explain
them away, and it is probable that
they will haveaconsiderable effect in
determining the result of the Novem
ber elections.
If local elections are an index of
the future, the Connecticut Republi
cans will make a good record in No
vember. Full returns from the town
elections show that of the 165 towns
that voted, the Republicans carried
80, the Democrats 55, and 30 are
evenly divided. Last year the Re
publicans carried 68, the Democrats
79, and 26 were equally divided.
A report which seems sensational
comes from the old wcrld. It states
that an agitation has begun in Russia
to compel the Czar to abdicate. There
may be some foundation for the re
port, though it seems hardly proba
bly; yet it is known that during the
last few years there has been a pow
erful bat quiet movement going on
throughout the empire in favor of
liberalism.
A special dispatch to the Chicago
Evening Journal, dated Oct 14th, re
ports that the Democrats of South
Carolina continue to refuse to allow
Republican meetings to be held with
out dividing the time with their op
ponents. At the same time the Dem
ocrats absolutely refuse to divide the
time at their meetings with the Re
publicans. The Democrats enforce
their demand for division of time
with the Republicans by aid of the
State militia companies, armed with
g"ns furnished by the United States
Government, at the request of Wade
Hampton and Senator Butler. All
the accounts agree that the Demo
crats are trying to terrorize the Re
publicans, and that Wade Hampton
is doing nothing to protect tbe latter
in their rights. In the district repre
sented by Congressman Smalls, the
Democrats have a body of llfty arm
ed men toride to every point where
a Republican meeting is called, and
demand a division of the time, and
when this is refused, they boldly
break the meeting up.
The mortality among Democratic
statesmen this year is positively
frightful. Mr. Tilden dies of too
much cipher, and Mr. Thurman of too
much "Ohio idea," and Mr. Hendricks
of too much communism, and all the
Massachusetts Democrats of too
much Butler. MIn the country of the
blind, the one-eye is king," says the
proverb. Chiefly because no other
Democratic candidate can be said to
have the breath of life left in his
body, the strongest now seems to be
Mr. Bayard, and he, although an ac
complished gentleman and, accord
ing to his light, a moat faithful public
servant, hasn't enough chance to biag
on.--N. Y. Tribune.
The National vote in Ohio did not
reach 30,000, it is said. The Prohibi
tion vote in 41 counties is only 3,886,
and in the State about 10,000.
Political Notes.
The local elections in Connecticut
indicate that tho Nationals will not
cast many votes there in November.
Mr. Tilden will treat the cipher tel
egrams with contempt. That's no
more than fair, since they have treat
ed him with plenty of the same arti
cle. lnter-0 MM,
Mr. Tilden's lawyer is held, in $10
000 ball, for trial.for stealing the books
which were being used to convict
Uncle Sammy of the income-tax fraud.
These are sad days for Graraeroy
rark.
If Republicans had not commenced
playing with tho rag-baby some two
or three years ago, they would have
carried Indiana last Tuesday. They
are solid now and will win next time.
Mich. City Enterjtrise.
Butler's sixtieth birthday occurs on
the 5th of November, the date of the
coming Massachusetts election. This
moves the Boston Herald to say it Is
quite probable the General "will feel
like 6ixtyn on that day.
If Blue Jeans hadn't sold his heifers
heifers for such an extravagant price
to the Lunatic Asylum, he might now
enter the list against Voorhees.
When it eoiues to judgment, Blue !
Jeans is wilder than a Texas steer.
Inter- Ocean.
The Ohio election killed Thurman.
The einher .dispatches have ended
Tilden's career. Hendricks is con
sidered in nobody's way as a presi
dential candidate, and Bayard, of
Delaware, is considered the coming
man in the Democratic party.
The Washington Pout says, In com
menting upjn the bed tu of Senator
Thurman: "He will soon be his
complete self again." Nevermore
will he be that. Time was when Mr.
Thurman's complete self represonted
a presidential candidate with a flat
tering outlook. That time is past.
Journal.
It makes no difference what later
returns from Indiana may show, so
far as the general effect of Tuesday's
elections are concerned, for the great
fact will still remain that Ohio has
been redeemed from the heresy of in
flation, and has again taken her right
ful place as an upholder of national
honor and honesty. No greater po
litical victory has been achieved with
in the past decade, and the result will
be hailed as an auspicious proof of
the return of good sense to a large
portion of the A merles n people.- -St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Congressional.
The Congressional delegation will
stand as follows:
First District Wm. Heilman, Re
publican, 800 majority.
Second District Thos. R. Cobb,
Democrat, 1,900 majority.
Third District Geo. A Bicknell,
Democrat, G50 majority.
Fourth District Jeptha D. New,
Democrat, G00 majority.
Fifth District Thomas M. Browne,
Republican, 1,000 majority.
Sixth District Wm, R. Myers,
Democrat, 000 majority.
Seventh District Gilbert Do La
Matyr, Democrat and National, 350
majority.
Eighth District-A. J. Hostetler,
Democrat, 8G8 majority.
Ninth District-Godlove S. Orth,
j Republican, 98 majority.
Posey County Indiana, lite Scene ol a
Terrible Tragedy Mi paitlWi
larsof Ihe Outrage.
A terrible tragedy took place at
Mount Vernon, Posey -county, Ind.,
last week. The following from the
Evansville Journal gilves the partic
ulars: The cause of the trouble occurred Mon
day night, when tight negroes, lawless
and drunken, went to a house of ill lame,
near the outskirts ol town, and knocked
Cm admittance. There were three girls
in, and one of them, asking what was
wanted, was answered that a messenger
with a note was waiting. She ;eiuil the
door, and a young negro stood on the
steps, and just Injhind him a gigantic fel
low with a cocked revolver, who ordered
the girl to open the door and couttiiaudcil
hU confederates to enter. The eight en
tered and demanded money from the girls,
who did not have any. The scoundrels
rifled tbe house tor plunder, during which
one girl attempted to eseae by the back
door. One of the scoundrels presented a
revolver at her head and told her he
would kill her if she went ; that they had
business with her. They tlum huddled
the girls into one room, and putting out
the light inaugurated a beastly carnival,
pii vonting the girls from making any out
cry or calling for help, by threats of in
stant death. A little after midnight all
departed leaving the women fainting and
sick On the next morning, in spite of
the election, there was great excitement in
town, and the officers, armed with war
rants, went in search of the ravishers.
Jim Good, Jeff. Ilookins, Ed. Warnerand
Wm. Chambers were arrested Wednesday
and put in .jail, the arrest being made as
quiet as possible in order to prevent
lynching. On Thursday the town wat
greatly excited, but no steps were taken
while the officers were in search of those
w ho had escaped. Last Friday morning,
M J o'clock, Deputy Sheriff (. S. Thomas,
Deputy Marshal Edward Hayes, OoB Sta
ble William Rüssel and Charles Baker
went to the house ot Dan Harris, sr., a ne
gro sixty years old, whose son, Dau Har
ris, jr , was to be apprehended on a war
rant for being one of the ravishers. They
surrounded the house and Thomas
knocked at the door and demanded admis
sion. It was refused. Thomas went to
i he Mile window with Kussel to parley
w ith the parties, and as they apfwoacked
a double barreled shotgun was pu.-died out
and discharged withiu three feet of them.
One buckshot grazed Russell's cheek aud
eighteen buried them selves in Thomas's
face, throat and breast. The jugular vein
was cut and a fchot went through his
heart, bile his shoulder was blown off.
He staggard a few feet and said, 'Boys I
am shot to death,' and fell dead with a
struirgle. Ed. Hayes advanced to the
window and was also tired at, and on his
pail emptied a shotgun into the window
at Harris, but neither va9 hurt much,
Harris getting a few squirrel shot in his
arm. The officers altogether made a raid
Jm the house then, and after two or three
hours' struggle succeeded in getting old
man Harris, Rut young Dan was not
then-. When they took old man llaTis
to jail at about U o'clock they found a
great crowd, armed with pistols aud guns,
hungering for the lives of the men in jail,
and fur Harris in particular. Several ot
them attacked Harris as he was carried
through, and nearly succeeded in shooting
him, and but for the excitement else
where which diverted them would have
tlope it. He was nut iu j.dl, and Jim
Haves. Jim Dunn, Raker and ethers lock
ed ihemscives in, armed to the teeth, and
defied the mob, which was howling out
side, demanding entrance. L nder the de
termined resistance of the officers, how
t ver, the enraL'c 1 Mttth jjraiiiuMy con
cluded to wait till night. One colored
man who came into the mob, began to
talk freely and was shot in the back of the
neck by somebody, aud will be laid up for
miiiii: time. Early in the morning tele
grams concern ing the crisis were sent to
Evansville when- many of the lending
citizens of Mount Vernon were attending
1'nited Stales court, and it became rumor
eu that Gov. Williams had la-en called on
to send the Evansville Rifles and Light
Guard militia. This put the mob into a
(K-rtect frenzy ofexciteiue.it, and 200 men
armed with IUI and pistols Were ordered
to the dMt to await the coming of, the
Hain und prevent the militia irom getting
off. A caunon was got out of the quarters
and uuüsr charge of the remainder of
the crowd wu hauled to the
court house and planted in front of the
building facing the street to the depot.
The militia did not come, us there was n
authoritative call for them, and at 2
o'clock the excitement had somewhat sub
sided, although a med men were crowded
in Die streets and around the jail. Not a
negro was to be seen iu town.
Jim Good, one of the parties, was p..r-
doucd by Governor Williams three
i months ago, after serving two years on a
I iS.. .. . t. i!.. :.. - k.
Neighborhood Notes.
The Republicans of Miami elected their
Representative by six majority,
Cass county, heretofore Democratic,
gNw I Republican majority ranging from
:;00 to 500.
The Rochester RepuUicon says there is
a large emigration to Kansas from that
vicinity this fall.
An animal of the lynx species is report
ed around Lagrange. It visits the slaugh
ter houses It night and feeds off the beef
heads. Criminals are becoming numerous in
Howard county. The jail at Kekomo is
full, and now they have to ship them to
neighboring cities.
A fanner named Leonard Coy, living
eight miles east of Goshen, fell from an
apple tree, Friday evening, breaking his
neck. He was about sixty years of age.
The LrPorte Ilend-l says General Pack
ard has sold his household goods and
broken up house-k.v-ping at Lal'ortc. lie
and his wife go to Chicago for the present.
About 7 o'clock Thursday evening nine
prisoners in jail at Kokomo for grand lar
ceny, made their escape by tunncliug un
der the walls. None have yet been cap
tured. At the recent term of Circuit Court in
DeKalb county there were 39D civil cases
on the docket, all of which went over to
the next term, as the time was all taken
up with ciiminal cases.
LaPoite county gives a Democratic
plurality of about 500; but Major Calkins
has 117 majority i'or Congress in the coun
ty and yOO in the district. The Green
backers cast about 170 votes in the county.
Fulton county elect the Democratic
ticket, with the exception of Recorder,
The Democratic majority on the State
ticket was about fl'O. The Democratic
candidate for Auditor was elected by eight
majority. The Nationals only cast 200
vote.
The Repnblicans of Starke county were
badly acooped at the rjcent election, but
if they have the courage to keep their or
g.niation intact, they will rind that in the
end such a defeat is worth as much to
them as a victory for a victor in the fu
ture is assured.
Jacob Roberts, who lived some four or
five miles west of Columbia City, com
mitted suicide last Friday, by chopping-
the main artery of his left arm entirely off
with an old ax. He bled to death in a short
time . but was discovered by his family be
fore life was entirely extinct.
There is a young lady in this city who is
Jostly considered a prodigy by all her
Ml )ls. She is left handed, hut by careful
training she can chew gum on the streets,
in the presence of the most refined com
pany, aud at public meetings. She is rap
idly learning how to w ear diamond jew
elry and heroically struggling to prevent
herself from learning anything about
household duties. Her ambition is to be
the spouse of a very rich and noble pirate,
and her destiny is to be the wife of an in
fernal fool, Lil rte Argun.
Horace Beais, an employe on the ma
chine floor of the Walworth & Lawton
factory, met with a disastrous accident
while at work with a universal wood
worker, yesterday, by getting his left hand
caught in the cylinder and every linger on
it was more or less mangled before he
could extricate it. The injured man was
lakes to the office of Drs. Partridge fc
My when it was necessary to amputate
the second, third and fourth fingers. Mr.
Beaut is a married man and has always
been a careful, industrious workiuau.
South lttnd Ikrdd.
Lewis Abbott, who was tried in DeKall
county last week for the murder of Fred
erick Ilolton, last May. was found guilty,
and sentenced to the penitentiary for lite.
The jury was out scven hours six of the
jurymen being in favor of hanging. The
trial lasted two weeks. Seventy special
Jurymen were summoned, and sixty of
them were rejected. Tbe prisoner is only
about 33 years of ae, but ha9 already
served two terms in the Mate s i'rison.
He Is a dangerous character, and probably
the best place for him is where he can do
the Slate some service.
The signs of an approaching Indian war
continue to increase, and It is now firmly
bel'eved at the War Department that the
event is Impending. The leading mrlcon
tents are the Cheye lines aud the Sioux,
and the scene of war, it'll occurs, is likely
to be in Dakota.
The Mystic Water Company, of Boston,
have discovered that James Lee, a former
proprietor of a bleachery at Somcrville,
Massachusetts, surreptitiously connected
his establishment to their princical water
main, end for twelve years used water to
the value of 00.000.
Rill Longley, was executed at Giddings,
Texas, Friday, in the presence of a vast
crowd, for the murder of Wilson Anderson,
in March, 1875. Longley was a noted des
perado. He had killed eight men, six
white and two negroes, besides shooting
several others who recovered.
Later advices from Clio, Mich , in re.
gard to the Conquest family, whose char
red remains were found iu the ruius of
their home, state that Mr. and Mrs. Con
quest were found with their throats cut
irom ear to car and their skulls crushed
in. The baby's throat was also cut. The
coroner's inquest is in progress.
At the Chicago races, Saturday, there
was a special trial of Hopeful for a purse
of $1 000, to beat the best wagon time on
record. First heat, 2:10 second and
third heats 2:17 each. Hopeful and Great
Eastern leave for New York to day. Ra
rus will trot against time at Omaha this
week, Swcetser, the great pacer, w as pur
chased by Mr. Perrin, of New York ; price
unknown
Even kings may be robber.. Louis II.
of Bavaria has been subjected to a visita
tion of this sort at the palace of Reuth.
Three Indians entered the palace and car
ried away a tea service, two Japanese
cups, a watch and some jewelry, the
whole valued at 30,000 florins. The men
were subsequently captured while hold
ing a carouse over the watch, which they
uaJ pawned.
R. WILLIAMSON
Has Removed into his own Store, on the East Side of Michigan Street,
Between EE Ii WS aid EBB'S MI BUSS !
Where he will have no rent to pay, which will enable him to Sell Goods Cheaper than
ever before. As he is going to Retire from Business, and wishing to
do so this w inter, he will sell his Entire Stock of
Dry Giiods Clothix7 Boots Shoes, &c
At and BELOW COST, viz.
Bliick-Silk-Finish Alpacas, worth $1.35 at 92 1-2 Cts
Dollar Alpacas at 80 Cents.
65 Cent " " 50
50 " " 3714
37
16
16-Cent Alpacas at 1254.
15 U jo 14.
All-Wool Cashmeres w'th $ 1 , at S5C.
" 90 65c.
at 47c.
GENUINE BEAVER OVERCOATS Worth $18.00, at $14 50
Genuine Beaver Overcoats $12 00 and at $8 00. $9 00 and $10 00.
And OVERCOATS Down to $4 50 and Less.
Men's, Youth's and Boys' Clothing will be sold Correspondingly Cheap at the aame
Reduced Percentage. Men's, Youth's, and Boys' Boots will be Sold CorrespotK'.
iiiL'ly Cheap. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Cloth Gaiters and Leather
Shoes will be sold at tbe Same Rate. Shawls. Blankets, Beaver Cloths,
Reppellants and Water-Proof Goods for Ladies' wear will be Sold
Cheaper than ever before in Plymouth. Also -Hosiery, Gloves
Dress Gooods. Oil Cloths, Carpets, Trunks, Satchels,
Valises, and many other Goods too numerous to mention.
The entire Stock of Goods to be sold at and Below Cost, to wind up the business.
It is not for one day or for one month, but will continue until all is sold. There is no
humbug in this. Call and see before you buy elsewhere. There -.ill be no bait thrown
out to you on any one article of goods and then try to make you (if possible) pay
double for other goods. If he was to remain in business, he could not afford to sell
Goods at the Great Reduction he has made in Prices as previously mentioned. 41ml
TWENTY-ONE
YEARS AGO!
We mapped out and declared our business principles viz. honesty, en
terprise and liberality and we can truthfully say, to-day. that they have
been fruitful of the happiest and most satisfactory results We hereby
thank our numerous friends and customers for their long extended pa
tronage, and beg further to state that we will endeavor to merit your
custom, by the cardinal principles above.
Respectfully,
live ntTS M iiiciicc for mix', lie is a bad
man, all his accomplices have bad charac
ters except old i I arris, who is said to have
been very well behaved man. At 10:20
the mob, numbering seventy five to one
hundred Ml, marched around to the rear
of the court hou.se, with coatf reversed
and faces veiled. The guards of the jail,
William Koener. Kd Hayes, Mat. Nelson,
Charles Baker, Frank Wright and Charles
Schoehit, were overpowered in a few mi'i
Utes, silently and with little struggle, M
cept by Ed. Hayes, who struck out right
and left, but was thrown down and the
keys to the outside door taken from him.
Several of the maskers went inside, but
had to work a half hour at the cell doors
with sledges la-fore thev got in w here the
four were. After a short time the in '
came out with the four men botiud ami
witli ropes around their necks. The
masked guanis formed on each side and
marched to the south face of the square,
aud hung Chambers and Good to one
tree, and Hopkins and Warren to another.
The limb that Chambers was hung on
broke aud lie fell heavily. He fainted,
was restored mi l was asked to tell all.
He gave a rambling account of something
else, and said he w as innoceut. The rope
was thrown over Hie stump of the limb
and ran np again. The crowd, which was
driven across the street as the hanging be
tinn, was, after ;." minutes, allowed to up
proach the !odics. As the crowd rushed
forward the mob quietly slipped away, un
masked, and the members mixed with the
bystanders. During the tiring to distract
attention, Alex Crunk, the sheriff elect,
Ab. Crunk, his brother, John Crunk, his
nephew, and John Patterson, builder were
accidenlly shot. The sheriff w ilt lose an
eye and the others are paiuf illy wounded.
Ohl man Harris, as was afterwards dis
covered, was killed in the lall, and was
literally chopped to pieces and the flesh 1
thrown into a privy in pieces by the rela
tives of the murdered man.
On Saturday night two burglars entered
the house of an old gentleman named Kil
lian, who lives in the neighborhood of
Bull Creek, Tippecanoe county. There
was no one about the house except the old
gentleman and his wife. He objected to
having hi estate administered on at that
time of night, and showed fight, but the
ruffians were too much for him and the
old lady, and succeeded in getting eigh
teen dollars. In the melee the old lady
was considerably hurt, being stru 'k on
the head several times with a club. One
of the robticrs was struck by the old gen
tleman with a gun, which may lead to his
arrest. Journal.
Kosciusko county gave an average Re
publican majority of 40o. Baker's major
ity, for Congress, was 421. The National
Greenbackcrs only polled about 1G0 votes.
News of the Week Condensed.
The Republican majority in Iowa will
be J 5,000.
The Russians are reorted marching on
Constantinople.
The Republicans gain ten towns in the
Connecticut election.
General CoKou, Vice President of the
Southern Pacific, is dead.
A prairie fire thirty miles square was
raging in Minnesota last week.
War between Afghanistan and the Urit
ish forces is thought to be inevitable.
Kugene Cronin, of Presidential count
notoriety, died at Portland, Oregon, Satur
day night
Hopeful beat Ranis and Great Eastern,
Thursday, in Chicago, in three straight
heats. Time 1 1 :17. 1 :18.
The President and Cabinet have decided
that they cannot use the army to enforce
the revenue laws in Arkansas.
Reports from interior poiuts in the
State of Louisiana and Mississippi show
the yellow fever is still spreading.
The postal convention is discussing the
question whether the postal service has
been converted into an express business,
Vicksburg is gradually resuming its
regular appearance, business houses arc
being reopened, and some cotton is com
ing in.
John Shaffer, of North Vernon, and his
paramour, Sadc Jackson, have been sent
to Madison on a change of venue to be
tried for the munter of Shaffer's w ife.
lion. Charles E. Lewis, a distinguiahed
member of the British Parllamcut, is
among the recent arrivals. He proposes
to make an extended tour through tbe
United States.
The Town of Edinbttrg, Pa, was visited
by a very destructive fire Sunday. It is
reported that two hundred and twenty
five houses were destroyed. Loss, $4'H),
000. Fifteen hundred hands in the Sunny
side mills, at Holton, England, have been
thrown out of employment in consequence
a strike of the twisters.
The most severe storm known for fifteen
years prevailed off the coast of New Eng
land Sunday. The damage to shipping is
immense, and several lives have been lost.
Twenty or more prisoners escaped from
'ail at Rochester, New York, Friday night,
by boring through the wall and staling
the enclosure. The gang include the
worst burglars in the couutry.
Thomas H. Drew, one of the most ven
erated men of Virginia, died at Richmond
last Wednesday, in his ninety fourth year.
He was a son of Captian Thomas II
Drew of revolutionary fame, who served
in Washington's life-guard.
BECKER S WOLF.
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Bankers, and their Boys.
Merchants, and their Boys.
Farmers, and their Boys.
Mechanics, and their Boys.
Laboring Men, and their Boys,
And the rest of the Human Fami
ly, will find on our counters every
thing worn by Man or Boy.
A Little of our Music.
Frost Killer Overcoats
Philadelphia Worsted suits
Rockingham M "
Zero Overcoats
Boys Suits
Boys Suits
$2.65
4.62
5.50
5.00
3.50
3.75
We are Closing Out our stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, at
less than cost. We have no room to handle them.
We carry the only complete line of Oar
pets and Oil Cloths in Plymouth.
We respectfully solicit your custom, knowing that it will be
to your interest to trade with us. The proof of the pudding
is in chewing the string. Come and taste of our pudding.
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BECKER k WOLF.
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