Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-04-02

ED. BULLETIN During the past two
weeks we have had enough of local sen
sation to appcasc the appetite, and make
happy the most greedy of sensational re
portcrs. In social affairs VIC have IL scan
dial that can discount the Brooklyn speci
men, and then beat il to death, if scandal
ever dies In tragedy, we have had one
of the most horrible and unusual cases
ever recorded; and we have also been the
arena in which has been taught legal
battle, which, for humorous and serious
incidents, is rarely exceeded
The scandal was first ON ,he.boards and
involved parties whose names, were they
given, would surprise nearly every ..onc.
The young wife, who opened the ball, and
whose back is at the highest elevation,
has shown spirit and ability in resenting
her wrongs and in furnishing her truant
lord, that is certainly splendid. Whe:h-
er it thunders all around the devoted
heads of other implicated parties is no,
SO well known. The case will be brought
before the courts us soon as possible, and
will doubtless end III divorce There
are statements III the case which develop
conditions in social life almost too strange
to believe. AS usual, charity finds little
place among those passing Judgment. and
it must be owned that there is little room
for it ''if half is true that is told"
Next in order came the liquor suits
The party who filed the information
against the saloon keepers is Il man who
never NEEDLES with the business OF other
people, unless forced, rs in this case, to
do SO. If ever a man was justified in Il
prosecution, it was the man in question.
just how much people Can stand of row
dy ism and rLiflanism is uncertain, but this
winters experience in Winthrop would
indicate that there is scarcely limi If
!. man III opens TO carry about wooden
leg or is otherwise disabled, even when IA
him, then it seems, he has the unchailenged
privilege of defying the law and bringin 9
ruin and unlimited expense upon the whole
immunity. 1t would be cheaper to put
suci men upon the pension list of the
county than to allow such defiance of law
and decency. The effort to check this
trade brought out all the trickery and low
cunning peculiar to the class everywhere.
in spite of this, rs was noted in last week 5
BULLETIN, one of the saloon keepers was
sent to Jail, which, by the way, amounts
to but little with Il person who thinks less
of himself than does any ordinary quad
ruped. In the second case verdict coult!
not be found, rs the evidence was limited
to two witnesses who. of course, refused
to testify to anything positive This
proved fatal situation for the prosecu-
ton, and was til more aggravating as
there were dozen men who, had they
been permitted, would have proven the
case. Defendant No 2, was at once re-
arrested upon an indictment found by the
Grand Jury and taken to Jail by officer
Patterson, unless suitable bonds for APP
pearance could be procured by him.
These cases occupied some four days, and
furnished excitement for those having the
time and relish for such diversion One
dignitied feature of The plan of the de.
Tense was an attempt to hide the witnesses
This plan was baffled by a search warran,
that found one of them slowed away in a
saloon garnet, where he was enjoying soil
tary reflections and Il straw-bed tick lie
hllSut 40 We HtN OtClt lClt tlcIc us LII
as his evidence was concerned.
These cases were scarcely disposed OF
when the report came that Mrs n Bar
ney had attempted suicide by shooting
herself. She is woman of about fifty
years Of age, and has always b en- much
esteemed. Extreme depression of spirits
induced her, rs she states, to attempt the
terrible deed. 1t is hOned that the wound
may not prove mortal, although the bull
let was directed precisely towards the
heart, and failed to cause instant death
only because of being slightly turned
from its course by /. steel of her corset
That this method should have been Sc.
lected by woman having not the least
knowledge of firearms, is remarkable
Many are induced to withhold reproach,
feeling that we ought to practice the idea
expressed by Charles Reade's hook title,
put yourself in his place" More anon
W.