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THE PROTECTION,
ANOTHER ASSAULT WAS MADE

ANO1HEt ASSAULT NAS MADE
cstcrday on the Protection Life INSURANCE
Company, this time in tue Criminal Court, tho
petitioner, Luther La1n Mills, at the INSTANCE
OF Joseph ODonohoc, asking that leave be
granted to file an information in til nature OF a
quo warrauto against the Protection, requiring
it to show bv what warrant it uses aud exercises
its rights, privileges, and franchises as a cor
poration. Leonard SWEET, William S. Everett,
and John J. Herrick are attorneys for relator.
The allegations set forth in this petition arc,
III part at least, the same which hare previously
been made in other suits in other courts. The
petition begins by setting forth the incorpo71-
tion of tue Company and its plan OF doing busi-
ness. It was provided by the act amendatory OF
the act organizing the Company that its capital
stock should be 100000, which might
be increased to. an amount not
to exceed sl,ooD,c00. By tho general in
surancc act Of 1860 it was provided that, before
any 1ifc-insurancc company went into operation
,1u'ler the laws Of this State, guaranteed capi-
tai of at least 100000 should be paid in in
money. On the 18th Of August, 1871, the Pro-
lection certified to the Secretary Of State that
its capital stock had been subscribed and paid
for. Il is alleged by the relator that, as mat
ter oil fact, cash was paid up, but That checks
were given By the stock-subscribcrs. It is also
alleged that, towards the close of De-
ccnbcr, 4 fraudulent affidavit was signed
and SWORN to by n majority of the
Directors, setting out that they had paid IN u
certain sum Of money in casll, and that there
lore trey got their certificates to do business.
u Is alleged that all TIC annual reports OF the
Company matte since 1870 arc fraudulent, in tint
they state that there was paid llp capjta stockto
ncertain amount, and that certain othcr amounts
haI been loaned out by tho Co,nnany on bonds
1bAslt rfNr<tcr fu.k
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DABBLERS IN LITERATURE.

Cr1caGo. Ju1v 13-Thc Chicago Times hos
lately publisbctl an amusing criticism of Mr.
1.ssc Grants letters from Enrone IN ,
papcr in this city. Il is ouitc possible that
| Jesse Grant NAV never become ,facaulay or
| Dc Ouinrev IN literature hut if is a i.tle hand
to be so severe on his first efforts One Of the
popular lallacies of the day is the idea that any
ono can write who can hold pen: and
that, having written, it is indispcusa-
HE to publish Friends receive n letter
which leads brightly in manuscript
and insist on its appearance in some periodical
and 10! no sooner is the familiar handwriting
| transformed into commonplace print, than .
| hundred faults start to light, often SO glarnp
as to be apparent even to the enthusiasticfricnds
No doubt there is sweet satisfaction In see-
iny one's writings in print for the first
time; but this satisfaction is fully balanced
by the humiliation with which We look
back upon these first attempts, and WON
der how We could have overlooked errors which
now stare us blanklY in the face, and arc, alas
as unaltcrablc as the laws of the Mcdcs and
Persians. s'1Vhy did not some one tell me
how bad it wasp we CRY, recalling the friends
who urged us on to publication, rs you won1d
urge a tin,id child t. its first sea-bath. Onr
friends did not warn us, partly because thew
really admired, and feared to DISCOURAGE ,,s:
partly because it IS exceedingly f;f1;cnlt r.
crticise manuscript, You NAV he eonvnccl
that. though it. has rood noints +,,ara
is something wrnnr about IT.. hnt nothin,-
but experience will teach where the
wrong is. As DR., Holland we'll SAYS, "Eo man
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BAKTON-June 8. at Princess Anne, Nd. William
e. Oldest son Of the Rev. john o. barton. D. D. AGED
II Years. ~ -"~A
Dr. Ba.ton formerly Rector Of the Church Ut Tim
Atonement OF this clly, and Is we'll knuwn here.
JENS0N-At the residence Of Mr. S. Larson. 10 stl
Ter-"t July II. OF consumption. Cary Je.son, aged "a
ycArs-
Funeral to Graceland Cemetery Sunday, July L. AZ
oclosk F.; m AZ members OF Centenary Church aso
DUSS-July H. Ut the residence Of bis son. Geor.n
". Dunn 3sfs Htssell-st.. OF paraysla samuel f
Dunn. aged 81 year. and 28 days. ~
Ee!nans WILL be taken TO Vncenncs Ind, for inter-
Sb- Vlnccnncs and Evansville {1ud} papers p1eu,a
copy. 'S''e
PETTIBoEE-Thc funeral Of Mrs Robert s. Pet,,-
bone will occur on this Sunday Afternoon nt "a,
O'Clock. from tho residence OF her parents sir And
Mrs. u. A. Dean. 3H West Washington ST. hy car.
rtaGes to losehil Friends OF the family are fnyiiet
to attend. ~
-LlNDEl:-0n Saturday, JulJ u. at her rcxfdence
e0l North Robcy ST.. Mrs Lilly A. Ltnder rr OF rhn
lale Gen. U. +. Under In her ts8tn year.
Funeral from Cosentry-sC Baptist Church to-day at
-:3o p. m. BY carriages to Gsacc1an1.
H0WELL-Su1den1y, Of heart discase, July H. Mrs.
Josephine II. Howell, aged ~.
70 Clinton and Danyillc papers please copy.
ABRoTT-1n Milwaukee, July II. In her SD year
Milwaukee,: William l.. Abbott, Of Fitsburg; aai
MIS-. E. d. Lathrpn Of Chicago.
Hcmains taken to Columbus, u. for iutermcut.
STEvESS0N-At In Grange. ILL.,. On the 18th Inst.
after long and painful Illness. Mary Young, aged az
year' beloved dausntfr OF Robert H. stevenson la.a
- Glasgow (scotlaFd) papers please copy.
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Total 10
,S1,T72,S S55
s*S~ %sssA& Assre~ e~ss@s =
THE NATIONAL

There arc throughout the above occasional
references to an impairment Of the National
when measured by per cent basis. It must
be understood that this does not show IN the
slightest degree that the Company is actually
Impaired. BY its charter it does business on i t;
on q per cent basis. The policy-hodcr has to
pay smaller premium, but has an equal scct1-
ritz. The Impairment on this 4 per cent basis is
purely technical matter, and, as was said be-
fore, does not indicate that the policy-holders
run tic least risk.
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lssta1.' ---"-"'" 7S1, ooo
r..., =, .,o- -
4o'a,' -9'' ooo
hcs it WILL bc seer, that not only the entire
ca!1ih STOCK VI thc lseput'lc mas been absolute:
iY iriatesco away, DUB III auutlon, Sss43,4 49, OF
the premium income has been lFrctricvably lost
was eartered IN March, lS,9; the cornorators
xcrc Charles b. SAWYER, William =: Kay, Ran
dali ". Smith, John Il. Avery, Edward X
; K,Gers, l william s g. n'neara, . Charles u Far
Legislature Tor 1854 will long be remembered.
1t was tic era Of unlimited charters. Conpa-
mics lor all conceivable purposes were
endowed with corporate and most tx-
traordnary powers simpiy tor the ask
i;:.:. SPRINGFIELD was full OF lobbyists
A:tu scalensers OF all Sorts "C0i. Sellers - by
thc thousand Toancl from, the Legislative halls
" the leland bar aud back agaiu,. each intl-
vldusl with one OF more private hills in his
posiiets, and there was millions in it," Scv-
cral extraordinary i'fe-lnsurance charters were
granted at that session. Among Others was
tha1 specimen BRICK known as The Chicago q
3eoao company, which was empowered To inn-
port anu export tea aMd other merchandise, to
insure against loss Of life BY accident ur natural
acatn, u Insure property against loss or damage
~ nfe, 70 make lnsuFaire on marine risks, and
W rausS themselves 10 pe relhscre'!.
lns 1 e':aI.cs 81 tne iscpuol'c was simple one,
at3 w II hau 1ts eood points lot the corporators
Ta 4hn seoc~nol1cts. II ltlniIeo thetr liability to
t tns an.on'i1 VI stocN SUBSCRIBED once paid In,
.t.at Vas ine ensa o. u, 40 assessments could
9nsses ~ ~ lu"1s . VI ~" 70 mahe Eood any
~ 49, ~ n"sa .nc eaaai nau occoine impair
co,,d n,n III ese ul o.ssoiut.ou, INC cfeu'tofs
Vn.t,,ar .ba ~ a,ta; ~ ~ tue
f,r how ~ ,;.7o -sy - 4. t Innc
1,i,,ve ,,,,r,+,ss +h;e +s1,ra,ot -. ~ lilly epee
Suffice il to sav hat thc ;pstr,,,rant ~. ~
dormant for nearly T a ~ year. se'' "ud' and the hs
any, stems were taSc5 tn Apu 'pmn,v ~ ,.TIe ,r;th
the sec,ion ,rb;.1 ,,,or;.1ad ~ ~ ff ~ Win
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MEDICAL

N1Es; G. THOMAS, ". D.. LADIES' PnYsrclAy:
al UbstctrtcaD, I'll last Huronst.. hc.Hcen Llark
and Dearborn patients obtain rooms and treatment
~ T. BAssETT, n. n, s7o WEST LAKE.sT..
". treats piles ns1ul& Ia auo. female couplAtasAs
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L1ENL u Es1Elu &1J ~ -oN
Total g, 41s).... ................S4,o 900, 927
Less reinsurcd t2O). ......,..... =. 49,. 81, 431
In force e. 396) :Sa, S6l $50
As the reporter pondcred over the figures,
wondering how much the policy-holders would
realize when the concern Is finally closed up, it
occurred to him that the time would not be ILL
spent were be to devote several days to his
torica1 investigation OF the Republic, with 4
view Of getting Ut the causes which drove the
Company into bankruptcy. It may as well be
said right hero that to nismanagemcnt, Eros8
ignorance, doing business at less tllan cost, a
desire to spread 3soycr all crca1ion,' and Ger
tat,1 amount Of sel6shness on the part
of some Of the management, at one
time and another, may be attributed
The ruuurn bercd woes which finally hurled the
CONCERN into the hands Of Il Receiver, and took
away from the 3,000 policy-holder the sacred
provision made by them for the future welfare
Of their families.
10 give the reader succlnct idea OF
THE APPROXIMATE ECONDITloN oFTHE REPUBLIC,
reference is made to the annual statement for
tnc. wear ending Dec. 81. 1876. From this t ap-
pears that tlc e=apital-stock is:
T.' Ta, yad aE cl0t Ut ,,a saFe5 m shares aS
TOTAL 9i7,36o
The assets were as follows:
National Life stack 81 70 600
Mortgage. and 1r;st-tceds. ........ A5, TIL
Real estate owned By Company. z. sO0
Other securities 1u3,t
To,.. - ............... 81, 5s0, los
The liabilities we're:
Policy clAims due, adjusted, and re-
sisted ...-.-..-.----. , t6s WV
Present yalue of outstanding policies. l. oS $50
borrowed money y.....-.. -. ...... 80, QUO
Diner debts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 47,.n
Total ...............--.-S1,5o 5o5, CAB
Summarized the statement shows:
C1plll 1l3hllIty S4t.+soU
Policy liability, etc. i%'"uo. o3o
Total 4sss. OU3
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4 Bold Dash into the Field--IB Sue
cess as an Amalg2mator.
Companies It Swallowed and How They
Disagreed NTH 1t.
How It Bought the National Lite, and
Lapsed Gently into Liquidation-
Prospects for the Policy Holders..Ihe theoretical
and Real Ialre Of The Assets.
4 Quo Warranto Applied for. Against
the Protection Life. n
TEE REPUBLIC.

The Republic Life Insurance Company, Of this
CITY, went into the hands Of Receiver on May
p last, and about ten days ago that official
filed his first report With tic United States
Court The document is very long one, Civ
inc;a complete schedule OF the assets OF the
COMPANY, at tho values as they appear on the
books: also, all the liabilities OF the concern,
except the present value Of the outstanding
~,,17..;ne 1rIi.l, fnt1nws.
, 1877-07-15

As compared with the statement of the year
previous, the assets, which include Sl.220,0)
National stock, show decrease ot $137, ,0O0, aud
item of impairment Of capital is exhibited an
increase from $J}Gf, ,0D0 to $:s31,O00.
The National balance sheet at the same date
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19
A New York Scandal.

A recent cowhiding scrape, in which
a distinguished New York lawyer fig
ures, has for its basis the terrible conse-
quences which result from a young and
willful girl having her own way For a
couple of years past a young lady. the
only daughter of a very wealthy man,
has been central figure in fashionable
New York society. She was very hand
some. not 90 years old, and the heiress
to a large fortune. OF course, she was
courted, flattered, followed. She organ
lied coterie, . OF which she was made
President. She received the attentions
of titled foreigners, and was the envied
of her set. But one morning during the
past winter the intelligence came ike
shock that she was married, had been
married year, andto a worthless young
fellow scarcely older than herself-poor,
but already drunkard and gambler.
The marriage ceremony was performed
at the Mayors Office, the infatuated girl
having been made TO believe that this
was only civil contract, and did not
constitute a real marriage, and that she
could disavow it at the end of a wear,
during which time it was to be kept
profound secret. Before the year ex-
PRED, however, the husband grew jeal-
Gus. threatened, and finally claimed her,
treating her parents with the most i'm
pertinent rudeness. and, TO her horror,
the unhappy girl found herself tied for |
life TO a person without ordinary decency
Or manhood. Probably a divorce would !
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19
Vegetine!
Necrosis, Scrofula, Dyspepsia,
General Debility,
Canker, Humor, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism,
Consumption of the Bowels.
CnARIE.rowN, MASS. March IS, 1853.

CHARLEsTovN. MASS, March 3, 1853.
Mr. H. II. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-The following is statemen. Of my
experience with the great Blood Remedy. VICE.
TINE. have been keepin. boarding house here
for many yearr, and have had the misfortune to
have rcat deal OF sickness in nv family. In
one case in particular noticed the wonderful ef-
feet ~ NHeETiSE.
About the wear ,s47. young man. then sixteen
sears old. ~ho was n distan laiiye of mine,
came HON. from sea. He had injured his left leg
on board the ship some months before. and when
the chip came into this port he came 10 nv house,
being feeble that he could not 20 to his home in
Lowell. His leg WAS swollen above the knee more
than twice its natural size, and he was Obliged to
drag it along after him, having no use OF II what
ever. The effect OF this had reduced him to .
mere skeleton. His father came down, and en-
ployed DR.. George HAYWARD Of Boston to attend
him, who then occupied Prominent position in
the Massachusetts, General Hospital. lie pro-
nounced IL Il bad Of Necrosis; said he must
be removed TO the hospital. have his leg opened
and the bone bored to allow the discharge OF mat
ter there collected; otherwise the leg must be am
putated.
Not thinking IL advisable TO pursue this course,
and having used VEGETISE. the great Blood REM
edy'in the past with so good effect. concluded to
try it in this After taking IL regularly for
six weeks, his leg was but little swollen and his
gene al health SO much improved that he did not
look like the same person. AT the end OF five
months h. went home TO Dwell peri city cured.
lie remained ia Lowell until the commencement
OF the war; the. joined tie army, ana pro-
nounced .ound and well man.
Ne ABOVE l. Dut one cas- Ous OF many where L
have seen this Blood Remedy used with unparal-
leled success. have taken II myself for twenty
years. more or less, for Dyspepsia snd General De-
bility and il always appeared to give me new life
and yigor.
One lady boarder was completely cured from
Canker Humor. after she had suffered for years,
aud tired almost everything else without recsiving
any benefit Another lady was cured from Liver
Complaint. which bad ease. and so consid-
cred by the many physicians who had attended her
from time 10 time.
have known its use by other boarders for Rheu-
maiism with extraordinary good effect.
\ lady took il for Consumption Of the Bowels,
and found more relief than in anything else she
she could procure.
do not want to over-estimaie its usefulness;
but do want those suffering from sickness to
know what this good medicine has done and is
still doing, for know what il i 10 be imposed
upon when sick, and ihink /; is wrong Tor any
one to oy.r-e-timaie remedy at the expense of
the he pess sick and L. for one. will not do il IN
der any circumstances whatever.
Mis-. ALINA :. MONROE,
16l Chelsea Street
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19

have been obtained had it not been for
the interference of the relatives of the
young man his family is respectable
one), who finally prevailed upon the
parents of the girl to extend sort of
sanction to the marriage, which they
did, by issuing invitations to grand
party, to which 800 guests were invited,
of which 30 only were present. A house
was bought and furnished by the father
of the bride, and the young couple went
to housekeeping. The other day the
mother called, found that her daughter
had been struck and beaten, and was
summarily ordered down stairs and out
of the house by the scapegrace son-in-
law, who, mad with drink and rage,
himself put her out, and told her never
to darken his doors again. The next
day he was cowhided in the street by an
indignant nephew of his mother-in-law
and cousin OF his wife, who is now out
on bail. So much for secret and hasty
marriage-Jennie June'S Letter.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19
The Crown Prince of Germany is a

The Crown Prince of Germany is a
compositor by trade. and Kaiser Wilhelm
is a glazier, though he has not practised
his profession in number of wears.
All the Prussian Princes have to learn
some handicraft. not in order to provide
against hard times, but that they may
learn the feelings of the common peo-
pie. unser Fritz has never worked at
the case more than eight hours a day.
and never can be pursuaded by his en-
ployers TO do so.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19
Advice to Correspondents.

Never write with pen or ink. 1t is
altogether too plain, and doesn't hold
the mind of the editors and printers
closely enough to their work.
If you are compelled to use ink, never
use that vulgarity known as the blotting-
pad. If you drop blot of ink on the
paper lick it off. The intelligent COM
positor loves nothing so well as to read
through the smear this will make across
twenty or thirty words. We have seen
him hang over such piece of copy half
an hour, swearing like pirate all the
time, he felt that good.
Don't punctuate Wcpreferto punct-
uate all manuscript sent to us. And
don fuse capitals. Then we can punctu-
ate and capitalize to suit ourself, and
your article, when you see it in print,
will astonish even if it does not please
you.
Don't try to write too plainly. 1t is
a sign of plebeian origin and public
school breeding. Poor writing is indi-
cation of genius. It's about the only in
dication of genius that a great many
men possess. Scrawl your article with
your eyes shut, and make every word as
illegible as you can. We get the same
price for it from the rag-man as though
it We're covered with copper-plate SEN
fences.
Avoid all painstaking with proper
names. We know the full name of
every man, woman and child in the Unit
ed States, and the merest hint ut
the name is sufficient. For
instance, if you write char
acter of something like drunken
figure 49," and then draw a wavy line,
and the letter NJ and another waving
line, we will know at once that you mean
Samuel Morrison, even though YOU may
think YOU mean g Lemuel Messenger"
1t is great mistake that proper names
should be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the pa
per, and when you have filled both sides
OF every page, trail line up and down
the margin, and back to the top of the
first page, closing your article by writing
the signature just above the date. How
we do love to get hold of articles written
in this style. And how we would like to
get hold of the man who sends them.
Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the
woods, with a cannon in our hip peck
ct. Revenge is sweet; yum, yum, yum.
Lay your paper on the ground when
you write; the rougher the ground the
better.
Coarse brown wrapping-paper is the
best for writing your article on. If you
can tear down an old circus poster and
write on the pasty side of it with Il pen
stick, it will do still better.
When your article is completed,
crunch your paper in your pocket, and
carry it two or three days before send
ing it in. This rubs off the superfluous
and makes it lighter to
handle.
If YOU can think of it, lose one page
ont of the middle of your article. We
can easily supply what is missing, and
we love to do it. We have nothing else
to do.-BnrlingtonH dwk-eye.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19

An exchange thinks that women
are equal in point Of endurance 10 men,
but until women demonstrate their abili-
ty to undergo the fatigue of chewing n
toothpick on a corner half a day, and iii
up playing billiards all night, the ques-
ton hardly seems worthy If argument.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-05-19
Y eg etine!
The Best Spring Medicine.

Mr. II. p. STEVENS:
Dear sir-Ths is to certify that have used your
Blood Preparation IN my family for several years
and think that. for Scrofnla or Cankerous Hiimors
or Rheumatic affections il cannot lie excelicd; and as
blood purifier and spring medicine IL Is the best
thing have used and have used almost every
thing can cheerfully recommend 1t to any one IN
need Of such medicine.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. A. A. DlSSMJRE, 10 Russell street.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-20
rULIA CoNsOLIDArED MINING

sI CO aPANY. Location Of principal place
u has nes-, San ttaneisc /. .aliforntA-
Location Of works. Virginia Mining District.
s.nr~y county. Nevada.
Saiicr -rierc are delinquent upon the fi
~ a.. deer ,,ci stock. On sccount of as
.e...aen 10 ]. levied On t.e 3tn lag %
apr 1. 1911. lao several amounts Get opposite
me names o: the respective shareholders. ~
sniI,NA.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-10-11


In the Sherman family there were
eleven children. dependent upon the
meager income Of their fathers legal
practice. A young man named Ewing,
who had worked his way through
college, and had come from the salt
works, where some money had been
earned. settled in Mansfield to prac-
tice law. His ability was recognized
by Mr.. Sherman, who assisted him,
and when upon the bench turned
over much employment to Ewing.
Upon the death of the father the
young lawyer had become Hon.
Thomas Ewing, and for kindness re-
ceived wished to make some substan-
tial return. He resolved to take one
Of the boys and give him through
education. At a stated time he WISH
ted the family, when the five lads were
brought before him. He turned to
the eldest saying, (which had 1 bet
ter take?" She replied, "There is lit
tie 'Cump;' he's the smartest.' The
suggestion was received, and the boy
"Cump" has become the general OF
the United States army.