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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07
nil Arm on Life Insurance,


"Bill Arp" the famous Georgia hu
morist, has been interviewed by sew.
eFal life insurance agents, and favors
the public in his inimitable style with
his experience:
A friend Il suppose he was friend)
found me and wanted to see me partiku.
larly. He took me little way back aud
handed me ont some little thumb pa
pers, full Of figures, and said he wanted
to insure my life. That skeered me
worse than anything, for it looked like
was in danger, and had just found it out
] asked him if he thought there would
be fight, he explained things to me,
and felt relieved, and declined to in
sure for the present You see ] felt
mighty we'll, and couldn't see the Heees-
sity. At the next corner met another
friend, who seemed glad to see me ex-
ceedingly.
BE held my hand in his several mo.
ments. He axed me il my life was in
sEred. He said he was agent for the
best company, he then explained to
me that | might die at any time; that
they didn't undertake to keep a man
from dying. Sol declined, but expressed
pY gratitude fer bis interest in NY vel
fare, and promised 20 BUY a policy as
soon as ] got right sick. Just as / left
him | heard him call some pheller q
burned phool. When / got to the hotel
there was man waitin' for me on the
same business. He talked to me for an
hour on the uncertainty Of life and GER
tainty Of death. thought he was q mis-
siopsry, He seemed npoh concerned
about ny wife and children, aud once
or twice wiped his eyes with pocket
handkerchief. Iknowed be Was friend,
and told him I would reject seriously
about the matter
] believe that eoHpany is a purely
philanthropic institution, aud would
lend 3 fellar q few dollars If he was suf-
fering. / think / vii Try 10 borrow
from their agent tomorrow. This
morning the first one come to see me
agin, and konkluded | was looking
nifty bad, and Axed him to excuse me Il
/ was not feeling we'll l went down to
DR.. Alexander aud got dose Of salts.
/ told him l was SICK, and the reason
why. he told me all about it, and said
there was about one hundred Of them
fellsrs in town, and they bored q hall
inch 81 the frst interview, and an inch
on the second in the sane hole. aud &C
on oil they got 10 the hollow. and The
patients give in and took a policy.
don't know about that, but VII say the.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07

the Provinces of Salerno and Avellino
therefore, be enjoys great popularity
and it will be a dificult matter to catch
him. His father, continues the Patrie,
has been arrested and urged to produce
his son. "Gastain will not surrender
himself a second time, was the reply.
On the first occasion he had been prom
ised some consideration, but on the con-
trary he was condemned to the galleys
for life. He took offense and returned
to the mountains. OF other bands in the
Province of Salerno, Basilicata and Cos
enza, do not speak. The troops are
out after them, and occasionally get a
shot at them and receive return shot.
Rewards, too, are offered for the cfpiure
OF four or five chiefs, but without re-
suits.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07
GROCERIES,
GROCERIES.
LYTLE & SHIELDS
TEA. COFFEE,
And Fine Grocery Warehouse,
ans MAIN ST, COR. ADAMS.

WE HAVE THBPLEAsURE TO INFORM
w cur patrons and the public, " t9At l,,,,i opI
recent large purchases q Cannea n,,,o, y,...s
Goods. Teas. Spices, Coaoes;
- ~. .St .rf hssf selected stock Of
$3.50 ~ ts--,, Groceries ever offered By us
in this market til.o ~ = position
IL. vi We cordially invite them II cnii
~ ~ through our stock, al rs Main street
s0-e5 LYLE h SHIELDS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07
The winter cloak.

From Jenny June's Fashion Letter.
In our climate there is necessity for
cloak in addition TO The suit in cold
weather. and this season we have two OF
three different styles to choose from.
The latest and most fashionable is the
Dolman," close cut sack, with long
wide, open sleeves. The second ID
the sack mantle, with cape. The third
the Polish coat" long garment, body
and skirt cut In one in front, square
basque back over-skirt the back breadth
of which is laid in large box plat.
This coat is always made in brown
black, iron gray, or invincible green
cloth border, with fur, silver ooney, black
martin or gray aatFaOhan. The fur set,
consisting Of muff and boa, should
match the fur trimming of the coat.
This outfit is excellent for cold eli
mate.
In cities the dolman is more generally
worn, and is made in four different ma
terra ls--cloth, velvet, arRure cloth and
hlaok drap 'ete or Cashmere. The
finest OF these are covered with embroid-
cry, and often bordered with yak lace or
fringe. hh OF WOODEN lace is only u&eQ
for woolen material. Silk and velvet
dolmans are trimmed wish rich guipure,
cLaniilly or thread lace, and the en-
brodory is executed with the most re-
markable precision beauty and neat
ness.
The sudden and universal adaptation
Of embroidery to all kinds Of ladies' and
chjldrep's plothing is caused by the ease
with which ut has been discovered) very
effective embroidery can be executed by
the sewing machine. In all the large
establishments a steam engine is now
shployea which suns the elevator and
keeps two hundred or more sewing ma.
chimes going at the most rapid rate.
Embroidering is thus done more or less
well, at cost which enables the manu-
factprer 70 put it on the e.dollar jack
ct as well as on the two hundred dollar
cloak, and the most decided mark Of
distinction, therefore, about the embroi
dered garments of the present day is that
IL is done by hand
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07
PREMIUMS.
Notice to Holders Of Premiums

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIvHN TO PER
~, sons 70 whom premiums were awarded n
the late Fair. that the following rule, pub
ue enforced. with this modification: that par.
ties will be allowed thirty days from the date
OF this notice 70 collect their premiums. viz:
Premiums not called for within thirty days
attsr the award, will positively be considered
forfeited" !"
These premiums will be paid At the Chamber
Of Commerce. N6 Front street, within business
hour. for the next thirty days.
j. g. BALLEETLNE, Prcsidcnt.
LrnN TndUspALN, secrelary. w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07

Mrs. H. j. Small, an interested party
in a lawsuit before justice of the
peace at Edwardsyille, Illinois, after the
trial horsewhipped one of the witnesses.
She was not pleased with his testimony.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07

Woman is never complete. A rest
less night undoes the beauty of the day;
sunshine blurs the evanescent coloring
Of her cheek; frost nips the tender out
lines Of her face into sudden harshness.
Care plows its lines across her brow;
motherhood destroys the elastic light
ness Of her form; the bloom of her cheek,
the quick flash of her eye, fade and van.
ish as the years 90 by. But woman is
still true to her ideal. She won't know
when she is beaten, and she manages to
steal fresh victories even in her defeat.
She invents new conceptions Of womanly
grace; she rallies at forty, and fronts us
with the beauty Of womanhood; she
makes a last stand at sixty, with the
beauty Of age. She falls like Caesar
wrapping her mantle around" buried
in woollenl 'twoald saint provoke. n
Death listens pitifully 10 the longings oi
a lifetime, and the wrinkled face smiles
with something of the prettiness Of
eighteen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-07

are the friendliest, most sympathizin'
and kind-hearted men / ever struck
only | don't like so much talk about
collins and graveyards. don't like
the aaIts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24

ing tariff resolution susceptible of
different interpretations MrsWar.
den and his free trade clique cannot
find word of fault with the princi-
Piles of that resolution, 80 they say
because it does not tell what per cent
of duty each article ought to pay, it
"merits their unqualified condemna-
ton" All we have to say in return
is, that convention ind candidate
for Congress that have no ideas to
advance on the great subjects of the
day, an ill-assorted crowd of Sore
heads and Missionaries, that cannot
agree upon single resolution on the
Constitutional Amendments. the Ku-
klux Bill, foreign relations, the pub
lie debt, the legal tender question, the
rights of American colored citizens,
or the perpetuity of this Union, =
that dare not commit itself on any
great issues, leaving them all am big.
nous except Tariff for fear of speed
lily falling to pieces, are held together
by no bond but the hope of office, and
merit and will receive at the polls
unqualified damnation and ridicule.
5. The words that "4Mr Barber
has proUen by all has vOteS in Congress
that he IS fully in the interest of the
Eastern mOnopoliStS," are so easily
proved false, that we pass by their
malignant insinuation, by merely re.
ferrlng all who want to know his re,
cord, to another column.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
The Democratic Candidate for Con-
gress Calls for Votes.

The Honorable Allen Warden came
before q Grant County audience at
the Court House on last Tuesday
evening, to show them what the
"honest miller" knows about grind
ing. He tumbled Grant, Howe,
Conkling, Cameron and Barber, and
even poor Greeley, into his hopper
and ground them TO powder between
his upper and neither millstone.-
The "honest miller Of Lafayette" was
confident no felt ground swell that
was carrying him rapidly TO the halls
Of Congress. In fact he felt himself
already there running the govern
ment as easily as he runs his own
mill. His Honesty" would have left,
no doubt, with the impression that
all Grant County would patronize
his mill but for tho fact that he made
some personal thrusts at j. Allen
Barber that were not at oil appro-
pirate to tho occasion, end exposed
himself to the peril Of reply from
that gentleman. Having made the
challenge and received such a salts
faction, ellis Honesty" must feel
that there are more difficulties in run.
ming for Congress than in running a
mill His Honesty was ascertained
TO be many sided man. He bad
this advantage of Barber, he bad
been on all sides, and had larger
experience as political acrobat than
Barber He had been with Buchan-
an and the unwashed Democracy.
They were too stupid to acknowledge
his worth would not give him any
public honor even in the Egypt os
La Fayette. He takes French leave
of his old friends, unites with the Re
publcans when he saw his services
would be needed as candidate for
Congress; but even that uugrateful
party would not nominate the "honest
miller" at Spring Green, two years
ago So from the windows of his
mill he watches for the Greeley It'd
al wave" very dubious swell be
plunges into it's carried up to Min
eral Point. There he procures the
Democratic Convention to pass a
resolution written by himself direct
ly rejecting on J. Allen Barber; and
the modest, model miller, the patriot
who never had selfish throb in
his bosom, whose only purpose is TO
serve his beloved country aud fellow
citizens, received the first installment
of his lifelong endeavors, nomina-
tion for Congress. And the Hor.
Allen Warden in his great heart will
pity the people of this Congressional
District if they are SO blind to his ca.
paclty and integrity as not to elect
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
HOW TO GO WEST.

This is an inquiry which every one should
have truthfully answered before he starts on
his journey, and little care taken in exarni-
nation Of routes will in many cases save much
trouble, time and moAy.
The burlington Route" has achieved a
splendid reputation in the last two years as
the leading Passenger Route TO the west
Starting at Burlington it runs direct through
Southern Iowa 10 Nebraska and Kansas, with
close connections to California and the Terri
tories; and passengers starting from Lancas-
ter, on their way westward cannot do better
than TO take The C. B. & Q. and Burlington
Route.
This line has published pamphlet called
"How 10 go West" which contains much val
liable Information; large correct map of the
Great West, which can be obtained free OF
charge by addressing the General Passenger
Agent B. & M. r. r., Burlington, Iowa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24

him to Congress. A mighty states
man has risen up among US and shall
we not acknowledge his claims!
According to him, Senator Howe has
been guilty of tricks that would dis
grace a 4th ward constable. How
mean and contemplate does this
"henchman Of Grant" appear, COM
pared with the illustrious purity OF
our La Fay ette County miller. He
is thunder on the tariff. Just look at
the tariff on iron and the whole sys-
tenn of protection that Horace, the
viii e coated philosopher, has taught
the present generation to adopt He
argues that if "ierocious protection
st" is elected President, his evil ten
denotes must be counteracted by a
free trade Congress. If the people
are determined to put the devil in
the Presidential chair, the angel
Michael, the honest miller, should be
III 1OuEItH1 w GDdlh hiliAs ITO 70 @
wise precaution. The aforesaid MILL
or is opposed TO Grant through sheer
love and affection for the great Gem
eral. He confesses he was wrong in
1868 in attempting to place the Gen
eral in a position he was not quali-
fed to fill, and where his failure in
civil administration would dim the
Iustre Of his military renown. He
loves Grant too well to attempt a
second time to put him in a position
he is not fitted by nature or educa-
ton to fill. We are of the opinion
tho people of this Congressional Dis
trict have tho same sort of love fer
the .honest miller" to forbid their
exposing him TO any failure and dis
grace of this sort Unlike General
Grant the "honest miller" is opposed
TO appointing his relatives to office.
He has not applied for a family post
office since, be has become Liberal
Republican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
The Reported Beardstown Mob.

Later reports from Cass County,
ILL.,, put a very different face on the
reported murder and threatened
lynching. 1t seems that Mr.. Diffen-
bacher and E. c. Milstead had an al.
tercation on the fair grounds At Vir-
ginia, beginning in a friendly attempt
of Mr.. d. to explain certain letters
at which Milstead had taken offense.
Milstead became angry seized Diffen-
bacher by the throat which be held
while be struck him in the face. A
scuffle ensued when they fell, and D..
finding that he was under and not
able to get loose, got out pistol and
fired, intending to wound him in the
leg, but the charge entered the bow
els and was fatal. Mr.. Diff bacher
surrendered to the proper officers.
There is no truth in the reports of
his breaking jail or that mob went
TO Beardstown to lynch him, or any
of the sensational reports of mob vi
olence. So testifies an eye witness,
through the Missouri Repub iicuR.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
A Thriving American abroad-His
early days in the Mines.
We cut from an exchange the fol-

We cut from an exchange the fol-
lowing item:
cdr. Evans, the American dentist, is as
famous and popular as ever in Paris. His
business is said TO be worth TO him over $780,
600 per annum. Royal families come TO him
from all over the continent"
The remarkably successful career
of this man has been often noticed.
He was originally Tennessean, and
came to the lead mines of Benton,
Wis. and vicinity, about 1916 or
l847. He is described by Judge
McGonigal who then knew him we'll,
as large, strong young man, q
great wrestler and fighter, man of
rough exterior and some vices, but
everywhere popular for the great,
generous heart, the kindness and
sympathy, that he ever showed for
the weak and needy. He had a
wife and child, with whom he lived
10 various towns all through the
lead regions, practising his profess
sion OF dentistry. He was even then
an excellent workman, and frequent
y expressed his intention of going
to Europe TO practise. When next
heard of, he had risen to emineuce
as dentist in Paris. By some
means we can hardly understand.
but probably by superiority over
the Parisians in his art, be became
the favorite dentist of the imperial
family of Napoleon, and has held
full sway ever since More forum
ate than his late master, he did not
lose his place by the Prussian war
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
That Bloody Chasm.

Hon. Allen Worden in his Lancas>
ter speech on Tuesday evening last,
said that the past should be forgot
ten, except some facts such as that
Greeley was the founder of the Re-
publican party. That he was far
more truly the founder of protec-
tion-this is to be forgotten. The
"honest miller" also told us we must
shake hands across the bloody
chasm, but with whom? Here he
and Mr.. Barber differ. Barber wants
to shake hands with the majority in
North Carolina who are Union men
and Republicans. Barber says there
is no chasm between himself and
them. But Mr.. Warden wants
to shake hands with the minority in
that State who endeavored to over
throw the Union and establish slave
r. on its ruins. Barber says if the
"honest miller" prefers to shake
hands with such patriots rather than
with the Republicans, let him shake
1t is a mere matter of taste. We
opine the people of this district will
make tho same choice as their wor.
thy representative, as to which party
in the Southern states they will be
in political sympathy with. There
is pretty wide "chasm" between
the Greeley men and the national
offices, that needs filing up. The
"honest miller" is engaged in this
lob,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
Seventeenth Annual Fair of the Grant
County Agricultural Society.


The Fair of last week was de-
cided Improvement upon those of
some other years. The fine weather
induced large attendance, and the
determination of those in charge of
some of the departments, that the
show should be as fine as possible,
produced a material gain 10 the
amount entered.
The high wind that prevailed on
Friday was a source of some dust
and discomfort, but the crowd of
persons in attendance made the
best of it. There was also the US
ual amount of dissatisfaction at
judges awards, and some excite
ment over the races. The whole
number of entries was near 500
The financial condition of the soeie-
ty is decidedly improved, as the
expenses and premiums amount to
some $500, while the receipts were
about $3.50. This will discharge a
portion of the Society's debt, and by
proper management we may hope
next yerr to see it placed on a
sound basis.
The show of cattle was extremely
meagre and no departments of live
stock was very we'll represented
Farm products made a very fine
show, bat there were only four fruit
entries. The hall for the display of
things beautiful was we'll filled and
no finer array Of ornamentals has
been shown in Grant County. A
large crowd witnessed the races,
which resulted as follows Glass |. |.
three entries, "Sleepy Dave" owned
by S. J. Walker, "Mollie," by Frank
Lewis. and "Fennimore," by John
Varrell won by Mollie il 2:54 Fen
nimore coming in second in 80.
Glass X. X. three entries, Fennimore,
Mollie, and "North Hawk" by w
l.. Wells; won by the latter, in 2:52,
and Fennimore second.
ne IoiioWlng is the ilsJ OF ofhcerS
for the ensuing year, elected on Fri
day last:
President--Hugh A. Moore, of Lancaster.
Vice observation-disclosures Okey, Cassyile,
and WIN. H. Foster, Lancaster.
Treasurer-W. w. Robe, Lancaster.
Secretary-T. A. Burr, Lancaster.
Executive Commttee-E. Hull, Lima, T.
Carrier, Boscobel, Thos. Tormey, Fenmmore,
Robert Newman, Little Grant, L. Holloway,
Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
LIBERAL J-ES sQUELOHED.
w iisOu and Garfield EmphaticaIIy Deuv all
Connection with Credit MobiIier stock


A special telegram to the Chicago
Inter-Ocean from Washington, dated
the 18th says:
Senator Henry Wilson arrived
here this morning. He authorizes
your correspondent to make the IN ost
positive denial of the charge 80 wide
ly circulated of late that he received
from Cakes Ames an interest ia the
Credit Mobilier. He wishes the de.
NAL to be made in the most c0mpre-
hensive sense and at the same time
80 as to meet every detail of the
scandalous charge. He never invest
ed in the Credit Mobilier, or in its
shares, bonds or stocks, nor has he
ever received from any one or owned
any interest OF any Kind in that com.
pany, nor in the bonds or stocks OF
the Union Pacific Railroad, or of any
other railroad or corporation that
has been before Congress for legisla-
ton since he has been in the Senate.
In short, the use of his name in the
alleged list of members of Congress
who are alleged to have received in
terests in the Credit Mobiler, il
without shadow Of justification, and
the charge based upon it is absolute.
~ and unqualifiedly false
GENERAL GARFIELD PUTS HIMSELF
RIGHT.
General Garfield, who has Just ar
rived here from the Indian country
yesterday, had the first opportunity
of seeing the charges connecting his
name with receiving shares Of tn,
Credit Mobiler from Cakes AIMEE
He authorizes the statement that ht
never subscribed for single share o
that stock, and that be never receiv-
ed or saw u share Of it. When th,
company was first formed Georg,
Francis Train, then acting, came e
Washington and exhibited a list o
the subscribers, containing the names
of leading capitalists and some mem.
bers of Congress, The subscription
vas described as popular one o
$1,000 cash. Train urged Genera
Garfield to subscribe on two occa
sions, and each time he declined
Subsequently he was again in formed
that the list was nearly completed
but that chance remained for him t
subscribe, when he again decliroI
and to this day has not subscribed o.
received any shares of stock or bond
of the company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
Death of a King.

Charles XIV, the King of Sweden
and Norway. died last week aged
46 years. In 1857. owing to his
fathers illness, he became Regent,
and continued to act as such until
King Oscars death, in 1859, when he
succeeded to the throne. King
Charles was popular monarch, ami
greatly beloved by his people. His
son, Prince Oscar, succeeds him as
King.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
Mr. Barber's Tariff Views IN 1870.

Mr.. Barber's Tariff Views IN 1870.
The following letter, the original
Of which is in our possession, was
written by Hon. j. Allen Barber,
June 7th 1870, to gentleman in
Boscobel IN reply to letter of in
quiry upon his tariff views. This,
be it remembered, was when his
name first began to be used in con-
nectlon with the Congressional nom
nation of three months later:
DEAR SrR:-Yours of yesterday received
this evening. In regard TO my opinion of the
tariff:
| am opposed TO tariff for protection PER
ST.. The Government is largely in debt, needs
revenue on that account and to support the
government, and, within absolutely necessary
revenue limits, duties should be so adjusted as
to favor home manufacturers and home pro-
auctions. But the government should collect
the greatest possible revenue from mere uxu-
ries, and leave as free as possible those things
needed for the health and welfare Of all.
Absolute free trade and direct taxation
would be more oppressive TO the new states
than any protective tariff that could be devils
ed. No one advocates it. of any party"
These opinions have governed his
whole course in Congress ar we de-
fly any one to show wherein his votes
in Congress are inconsistent with
them. He has nothing to add to or
subtract from them now, and it is
more than probable that most Of his
opponents views coincide exactly
with his. Yet as they must have
some issue on which to attack Mr..
Barber, and 40 other could be found,
they have set up this artificial one.