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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

The case of the state of Indiana
against DR.. j. J. Vinall and A. l..
Wheeler was called for trial at the term
of the circuit court just passed: and a
noM prosseqm entered by the prosecu-
ting attorneys, as the state had failed in
obtaining any evidence on which the
prosecution could rest even a forlOrn
hope OF a conviction.
At an early day Of the term the pros.
e%cution announced themselves ready for
trial, and on motion of the prosecuting
attorney, the case was set for trial on
Monday of the second week of the
term, and he also moved for a special
venire for one hundred Jurors. returna-
bic that day. On Monday the case was
called for trial, and the attorneys prose
cutting it made AN application for a con-
tinuance, and, from the fact that the
state did not have a single witness in
court, they were compelled TO state all
the evidence on which they relied to
procure a conviction of the accused, and
after the prosecuting attorney, with the
advice and assistance of Messrs.
Carpenter, Reeve und Hayman, the at
torneys employed to assist in the prose
%cution, had fully stated the evidence,
the Hon. A. l.. Osborn, circuit judge,
refused the state Il continuance for the
reasons
That taking the whole statement as
true, there was not evidence enough to
even put the accused on their defense.
THAT a jury trying the case would
return a verdict OF not guilty without
leaving the jury box.
"-Anu InaJ the entire evidence, as
stated by the prosecution, was not slfi-
cient TO warrant a justice o. the peace
in binding the parties ovcr for their ap-
pearance at court"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
...............5.4 O3. 700. 81 %

We invite our readers. says the New
York World, and the whole country to
compare the expenditures for the W
years 1S6O-61 and 1S69-70 respective
ly. 1t will thus be seen that our ru-
lers expended during the last two years
of profound peace s613,6O3,S67 06.
From this must lie deducted in round
numbers about two hundred and forty
millions of dollars as interest on the
debt for the two years, which leaves
$500, 603,SG7 expended in carrying on
the government. From this another
deduction of about forty millions for
pensions during the two years must be
made, which the late Wal entailed, and
the balance will be found to be $685.
G03,967.
The total amount expended i'll the
two years of 1S60--61 was S129,675,-
GIG. From this must be deducted, for
interest paid in the two years, s7,177,-
4SS; which will leave a balance Of 1922
l99.429 expended to carry on the gov
eminent during the aforesaid two years
of 1S60-61. Now, we have increased
during these ten Years, or rather only
eight years, if strictly reckoncd, say
one fifth, which, If added to the 1922
499.4 29 (being s24,499,8O5) amounts
to S146. 999,314.
But the party in power have expend-
ed, after giving them credit for the ex-
ira interest on TIE debt, pensions, and
fifth increase Of population, S333, Coz
SCI against GIG. 999,314; or in other
words. for erery dollar expanded, erciu-
SIRE Of interest and pensions, By Me goc-
eminent, an 1860-G1, tie rulers IL 1869
20 erpeaIed Us ncort. a." r~s.:HLe TWO
~D0Dn.,ro AaD I~wENTf-StNE IN CENTS.
Well may all reformers Of revenue or
otherwise 90 with the above irrefutable
record before the country, and let The
people give their verdict.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

The Laporte Herald seems anxious to
compare notes with us and show up the
extravaganza Of Marshall county, and
the economy of Laportc county, and
takes advantage of change made III
the exhibit Of that county to show that
we have misrcpresented that county.
The figures We published were from
the Herald, and were changed by that
sheet after comparison, and conse-
quently We don't know what their sta
t%ionery account did amount to-as it
huctuates weekly; but if the Herald is
really DESTROYS of comparing notes. gen.
orally, We shall be happy to proceed
with the comparison We think we can
present coke ortwo' which the loyal
of Laporte will hardly relish-at least,
We are willing TO try-and w promise
not to make any such false and absurd
state ments as did the Herald when il
said that the court business of Lsporte
county was double that Of Marshall
when the facts show more eases in this
county than in Laporte last year; and
We have more acres Of good land
in this county than can be found within
the boundaries of Laporte county inclu-
ding the grand Kankakee swamps.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
Troubles MVIttnlY.

The heated bryils in congress. the di-
visions in different localities, and the de-
scrtion Of prominent men from their
rams, * bringing grief and trouble to
the Radical party. TIE y. Y. Tribune
says:
"Gentlemen in congress, You have done
a vast amount o. mischief this session, that
it will need all the energy Of the party to
undo"
And in referring to the action of con-
gress in regard to the income tax, the
same paper says:
"In the next campaign the Democracy
will OF fail to make effective use of the ac-
ton Of congress on the income tax: and if
they carry districts which have hitherto
been ours, BY pledging themselves to an
appeal Of this most oppressive and hateful
law, we trust that Republican senators and
representatives are prepared TO face the re-
sponsibility.'
The y. \. Times says:
"Grant is inaccessible to reason, and is
breaking down his party and himself"
Another Radical paper, the n. Y.
Post, says:
1.-THE president is q failure and n disap-
pointment, and he comPrehcnds rotding of
the duties Of his position"
Wilkes SPIRIT goes back on Grant
This is hard for a sporting editor who
has always been regarded as a compan
ion Of tho sporting president. The
Spirit says:
"our readers have observed That, down
10 the time Of our having taken his leci-
ded part. Gram lived in a fancicd popular
ny, and seemed 20 occupy almost an unbro-
ken throne. Look az him to-day who will
dare venture TO predici That the Republican
party will take him again ms a candidate, or
that a. abused aud Inundated country viii
again elect him for its leader?'
The Philadelphia Ledger, a popular
journal holding rather independent
views, abiding to congress, says:
"After q session cf more than seven
months there is but little result except dis
appointed hopes and vain expectations. II
would be most difficult for any one familiar
with congressional history to point out "A
session characterize by So great an amount
Of the mercst crprice in attempted legisla-
tor"
Don Piatt, the Washington CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
ciai, pronounced as "staunch a Repub-
lican as any in the land" throws up the
sponge, as he remarks:
The Iat> RYnbtocan party Is tie dcade,f
hing qLorc ground, and if the Surviving
friends wish 10 retain for il any feelings Of
respect. they will hasten its funeral. Upon
lts melancholy tomb let US inscribe this ep-
itaph.
After n brief but brilliant career tho
late Republican Earty.
of patriotic impulses, it built hu1e n,v;e.
organized vast armies, and thronob
long campaigns, with bloody
battles, saved The
nation
from the jews Of hell.
It's immediate cause Of dissolution was
Trichina-certain vcrmin, known
as thieves, rlunderers,
and protectiOnists.
who ate into it's vitais causing a
dreadful nausea, 4 bad smell, aud n
sudden death.
We nisat continue 10 an7 length
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

members it was carried. That was the
origin of the present magnificent edu-
cational school fund of Indiana. 1t was
a Democratic proposition. The Wigs
wanted all the profits of the bank to go
to the stockholders. Then, as now, the
opponents of the Democracy were mo-
nopolists, in favor of privileged classes,
and of legislation to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer. 1t was the
sagacity of the Democratic members of
the legislature of 1033-34 that defeated
the ; selfish schemes of their po-
%litical opponents, and forced an
amendment to the charter of a gigantic
monopol. which has eliminated in the
accumulation of a permanent school
fund Of over three and a half millions
Of dollars.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
The GchOOi Fund--.is Origin.

TIE indianapolis Sentinel, in speak.
ing Of the origin of the school fund,
says the Republican state officials say
that the total Indebtedness Of the state
to the school fund is s3,557,3f6 -.
This sum is placed in a non-negotiable
pond OF the state, bearing interest at
SIX Der cens. per annum-a total inter
est OF sH3 ,078 90 that Is divided r.
the various counties for educational
purposes. This fund came from tho
earnings Of the state bank of Indiana,
When the proposition for the charter
Of that bank was before the legislature
at the session Of 1833-3f, the Demo-
Gratis, then in the minority, tried 10 de-
feat it, bat Governor Whitcomb. then
in the state senate, finding that the
charter would be granted, proposed an
amendment to the bill, providing that a
certain percentage Of the earnings
should b' set apart as a sinking fund,
the interest upon which should eventu
ally De used for educational
The suggestion met with the bitter On
position of the Wing members, who
were then in the majority, but through
the persistent oforts of the Democratic
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

THERE is a husband in Troy who dem
mands 81, 600 from a rich farmer who
kissed his wife. IF the Trojan can only
succeed in getting the may set up in
good business with MS wife as his capital.
Another disastrous conflagration has
taken placein C%onstantinople.
The Indians still continue to commit
outrages on the frontier.
\ man meeting an acquaintance ac-
costed him thus: "Ah, Mike, who do
you think | have just been speaking to-
Your old friend Patrick, and faith he
has grown so thin l hardly knew him
To be sure, you are thin, and I am thin.
but he is thinner than both of us put
together"
A Charleston German picturesqucly
committed suicide by going down to
Suilivan's Island and drinking morphine
in soda water.
An English swell has just given
a fashionable breakfast to a party of
other swells, which cost the very
moderate sum ofcieht thousand dollars.
Dickens kept five newfoundland
doss.and named them after characters
in his works. His t~avorite was called
Bundle.
In view of steamboats, and telegraphs
in the Holy Land a Paris paper asks
How long will it be before a cotton
factory is established on the banks of
the Jordan, and the echoes of the hills
of Palestine awakened By the shrill
whistle of the iron horse
An assistant Us Marshall in Louis
vile, in taking the census. asked a
colored woman what personal property
she possessed, to which she replied,
"Nothin' but desc tree chillen we're,
an dey ant wuth much since the man
cipation prOcklermatiOn."
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
Contrasting their Sins.

"An open confession is good for the
soul;' and it ia 4 good thing eycn when
those making it have got no souls to ben
eft. Tbs Washington corresp ndent
of the Chicago Tribune makes this ex-
position OF the policy of his Radical
friends in connection with affairs in the
South.
The Ku-klux Khan il a standing po-
@litical transparency, aud Oliver p. Nor
ton in the United States Senate, and Il.
T. Butler, in the House, mutually pass
it to and fro, like a couple of advertising
~promenaders. The whole policy and sole
hope of the plumber set in the South is
to invent and spread diabolical stories of
massacres, murders, rapes, masked bat
%teries. etc, and under cover of these lies
70 call out the militia, and keep the bet
ter populace by intimidation from the
polls. This is the game"
1t was to aid United States Ma,shals
in comsumating this %villainy that SUM
SER's bayonet bill was passed. These
men are well aware that a fair election
will be fatal to their partisan ascendcncv
end they are determined to secure by
foul means that which they know they
can not reach by fair. There is no 1ne
thing they dread SO much as a fair. un-
trameled expression of the public will
State Sentinel.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

American political history Is full Of
curious and singular incidents. For in
stance: three Of our presidents, all OF
whom participated III the revolution,
died on its great anniversary, the ith
Of July, namely, John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson and James Monroe.
From 1901 to 1925, the presidential
Office was filed by Virginians. During
tic same interval, with the exception of
four years, the vice p esidential Office
was held BY citizens Of New York.
No less than five of the greatest Amer
ic.n statesmen were born in the same
year, 1882: Daniel Webster, John G..
Calhoun, Thomas III. Benton, Martin
Van Buren, and Lewis Cass. From 1900
to 1865. only two persons filled the Of
fee Of chief j%ustico ofthe United States:
Jonn Marshal and Roger j. fancy.
Three presidents died III Office: liar
rison, Taylor and Lincoln.
Three persons were elected vice pres
s.dcnt before they came to be president:
John Adams Thomas Jefferson and
Martin Van Buren,.
Three vice presidents died in Office I:
George Clinton, Eldridgc Gerry and
VIM. r.. King.
Three wee presidents became presi-
dent by tho death of their chiefs John
Tyler, Willard Fillmore and Andrew
~Johnson-and every one Of them pur-
sued "A policy adverse to that Of the
party by which they were elected
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

+. II. Shook, on the corner south of
the Parker house, is selling sugars aud
all other staple groceries at unusually
low figures, and invites The attention Of
close buyers to an examination oF his
goods and prices, in the full belief that
they cannot fail to be pleased with both
lie de6es competition in TEAS
selling the best quality of Old IIy-
son at n doUor and a-haT per pound ,
Having adopted the ready-pay system.
he is determined to sell at such prices
as will make it to the advantage Of all
who expect to pay tor what they get -
tYaia Nth him
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
[. HI. Rec sr.

ATTORNEY II Law. aaa H. ,-:-
= III practice = Frl.oT. ~;a-i-. ThTrf-.
h"ScinsSo. n Va. - sa-~hcii. oaar:
tl"ns pTomptyaad rcientlr Attended -. as
~ ati"nti"n given - probate has a.-. =
eiiet5eu on lives 2n1 property. m ;hc 81
rt!ieS N IT, tniird states. >rcc.t s'.r o
plid 10 the prosecution or atme ~ ss-l..-a. f.-
wiIo"s ard heirs. far hcunfs, arrears o. 80,
-foas a3d oth'- Claims.
h.iereafts-FarWtn. .rield ( CO On .f.s
HSreoar = Co Cincinnati. ruskfv. P.~.r
:. .|raf. Benne.tS Co. F.tsalfr
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

An exchange d~iscourscd in the fol
lowing sensible manner on the value of
advertising:
.'Not long since a business man Of this
town, who has beep in the habit of adver-
Using in the spring and fall, called at our
office before the usual time: Il want to
advertise. fndt that occasional al e~.tisinr
don't pa: aud ! want an advertisement 10
stand the year round. | find that persons
irving a few miles from here suppose | have
goneout Of business from The fact that they
saw no advertisement in the paper: and ]
have lost ten times "a inuchas az advertise
mcnt would cost 1t is so: IA yearly adj
ycrtisemelt is "A constant invitation FOL trade
with you. giving assurance that you are al
ways prepared to supply the wants IF the
people in your particular department aud
serves as a reference az all times"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
Democratic State Ticket.

For Secretary Of State,
NORMAN EDDY, of ST. Joseph.
Fog Auditor of State,
JOHN c. SHOEMAKER. of Perry.
For Treasurer Of State,
JAMES 3. RYAN, of Marion.
For Attorney General,
BAYLESS W. HASNi. OF Vigo-
For superintendent of Public instruction
MILTON B. HOPKINS. OF Montgomery.
For Judges Of Supreme Court,
JAMES l.. WORDEN, of Alien;
ALEXANDER c. DOWNEY, of Ohio;
SAMUEL III. BUSKIlsK. Of Monroe;
JOHN PETIT, of iippecanoe.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

with such extracts. Suck confessions,
coming from their own organs, show
that the radical party is on the down
grade to destruction.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
County Ticket.

For Representative-M. N. GALENTlNE
Tor Clerk-D. MCDONALD.
For Aud;tOr-H. G.. BURLlNGANE.
For Tressurer-I0HN SOICE..
For Sherif-D. X. HARRIS.
For Recorder. ". H0UGHTON.
Fer Surveyor-J. z. HAWKINS.
For Coroner-E. IL. SHOOK.
For COMMISSIONER
1st Dist.-JONAS MILLER,
81 il" II. \. RANCR,
81 =" IL. kRAUSF.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
An Extravagant A6alinistra-
ton.

The following extracts are taken from
Mr.. Boutweils elaborate statement of
our expenditures during the last ten
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
|. y. isasige.

bN@hER lioi >l-Ihi- oidesiz So
, f'rfhiy-kicwr iinr~e j. .ru
= y f~-r-.-rTe .n4 f~ri.ru-.. act.ru n
ca.-rt0 tie waltN IF u1r o-v1
lsf'4a- 9lhiic Tho oWr 1ns ias pre-.
ana W.! "a II r.-alzr .-ine. uudrr ta- -7
T-rr1 -~tCftsr lf.u1r-
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
Hotels.
M(ardy House

NTANATIT. IND south DIP. r. r &
W II. adjoining .hc p,,~eenr,r.,aa
stepping hrTe val receive dr>l-ril-s
'ion 81 moasr.te rates. Ba.-ssa c,.t ~
and from ;hS cars fre..
- -. MoCrRI s.. Frr-t
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

WArER Nil, Tho hs~i coAr masrfaur~l
" always on hand Gris,ing dom - osder :.
a iI't ci3Fe miller Tie hlghrst mafksi pho' p
part of town.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

IsWe your H0mcsi
Insure your M~erchdndtsei
instn'e yonr FroperN'
Insure your WoRsss, Barns and
Steel against iosS and damqge by Fire and
Lightning, in one Of the following OLD AND
RELIABLE INSURANCE COMPANIEs;
Assets.
International. ". Iorh, S1,290,S44 30
North american 773,S43 -
-Ne'c Iork Central, 200 600 00
Tonhers d, Aem York. S1S,464 20
Home, Nc'c Harcn, 1,7S6,365s49
VIC are prepared 10 Issue policies on the most
favorable terms III any Of she above companie-.
Also. we have the General Agency of Indian. and
Michigan of the
Nerc IoTk Centrct MssTaacc Compaay.
Agents and Solicitors wanted.
Office tn Brownlee's block, MP stairs.
n~H25'69-12ly
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

W hoLESAlEllQUoB SroRF-puirItq
W u! m"dlciualan offs parrosr;.. go
Bank.
May Is. 1865. !. p. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

Our Goods were purchased with CASH eve
borrowed 10 al the voIy lowest prices. and chip
pei at he kac I0W fr1es of Freight. We propose to
sell Tor tdsh aud We don't caro- where you get the
money.
4. &. L Ok. e.. T.. TOAN. o.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

FASHIONABLE BARBER cFfrNGO rac
q bfh SIM. Under Na-ksk Elrifi's store-
sharing. Hair Cuttirr. Shauvroitg. Ar daar
~ The be-' style ar%ficuiar s~trcutiun rifen 80
p!'ins iisiT and NLirlsrs. nlghost pice 20
for lsdic-'la.r.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

1t is seldom that we have q cand;-
date for congress whom We can so hear
lily recommend to the suffrage Of the
people as our candidate in this district
Mr.. Anthony. He possesses those
characteristics necessary IN atrustworthy
representative Of the people-honesty
and unfinching adherence L. that which
he believes to be right. lie Is not only
popular with his own party, but his
character is 50 far above reproach that
many leading Republicans have spoken
of him in the most fattering terms.
The following FROM the Valparaiso u
defte, a rabid Republican paper, pub
lished in the town where Mr.. Anthony
has resided for the past thirty years, in
dicates the estimation in which he is
held by his neighbors:
Mr. Anthony $ the Democratic nom
inee for congress. We hail his nomi-
nation as q sign that. should the time
ever come when the Republicans were
70 be defeated !, the Democrats would be
found to have grown tired Of such can
didates as Dirty Dave, and other men of
his kidney, anC were disposed to try
what virtue there is in gentlemen. Mr.
Anthony must be beat. but it will be a
pleasure the Republican party has not
often experienced to beat u gentleman.
Also, the following from the Laportc
Herald:
Judge Anthony, the Democrat, can
didate for congress, is a native of yir-
ginia. He e%migrated 20 Indiana at an
early day, and while a young man,
studied law with Judge Stephen Major.
Of Dearbon county. lie subsequently,
settled in Valparaiso. where lie has re
sided ever since. Always a Democrat
Of the old school, he has not been much
In active politics, but was a member OF
the state senate from 1sj2 10 1886. He
Is near sixty years of age, a member of
the Presbyterian church, and a man of
-ery considerable wealth.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
Ready.

The Democracy Of Marshall county
are fully prepared for the coming I'M
portant political contest. Our ticket is
complete, from secretary of state to the
las; name on the township ticket. All
our candidates are before the people,
and We defy any honest man to say that
the entire ticket is not a good one, COM
posed Of men Of ability, integrity and
the sterling qualities necessary to fit
them for the positions they seek. 1t is
now for the people to say whether they
will give their support to such men. aft
or taking into consideration the fact
that they are the representatives of
Democratic principles-principles that
guarantee equal rights to every section
Of the country, which protect the inter
ests Of the poor laborer against the IA
pacity Of the capitalist, of tho hard
working farmer against the insatiate
greed Of the manufacturing monopolist,
which maintain the supremacy Of the
laws and the sanctity of the constitution,
and a policy Of honesty, retreEchment
and strict economy; or whether they
will lend their aid to those men who.
under the guise of Republicanism, have
sr years betrayed the interests of the
Iaboring man: sold the great west into
slavery, violated every principle of the
constitution, abrogated every law of the
land, and winked at corruption, peeula-
ton and dishonesty which should make
svery honest man blush.
We have everything to encourage the
belief that the people are thinking over
the present situation Of affairs, and will
speak, in no uncertain voice, their con-
demnation of radical injustice, misman-
agement and dishonesty. We can, and
should roll up a majority this fall,
doubling that which we have ever be-
fore given
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

GovERNoR FENToN is eloriGed for
rescuing from drowning a child whom
his bic dog pushed into the water. IT
he had not rescued the child. he would
have provel himself greater brute than
his dog.
A Republican paper of Now York
says that next to the corruption of
President Grants rule, the most strik-
ing feature of his administration IS is
folly. which nobody cap deny.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
kOOntz 4 TTt.>S.

MEAT NAEkET.-h new Market. 80 vfi
wi ssPpiy rho eisizeus 81 Plymouth. art e.
rounding country nith ibc hest orniify ~ Fro
rrrarr~ cfanti-ds Lard. -silou. ~sus-r -
bia'io'cs ser' - : 1-t rlsss Most ns't~ S-"'
~ h,rf Ma = ~ - = - -'su5
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25
miscellaneous
/. 4. fhilrsol.

"TATCFFN NkEE NNR JENEfkE
srccurnH .t1a1uo 9. th, .itiz,--
fhsl c1HutA nrdtac lf. He r--a.fE. E.t
- ttlci in liNWfntsh. .r& casa 80 b, tia.e-
y me I '-' ice hlitnl vf-f he H. f
10 q" sl work in liz itue n a.. i,-f
rihic- snd on rc-ouahi. t~li,~ Targicr q.
Ton :l'.h II repairing. AtWek variance
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