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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
w. II. BARTON.

"a of the Peace, Independence Iowa. Will
attend to all business pertaining to his office
promptly and satisfactorily. [li-2l-y1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13

LAST Saturday was gala day for the
skaters The ice Oh the pond was froz-
en- to the thickness Of a couple of inches,
and was as smooth as school boy $
face From morning till night the riv-
er was thronged by young men and
maidens, old men ard matrons, not to
mention the irrepressible small boy,
who was present III supcrabundance.
All enjoyed themselves to their heart 5
content in the hcalthful exercise, and it
was well they did, for the snow storm
OF the next day put an end to further
pleasure of this sort.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13

A committee from the Dubuque bar
has been appointed for the purpose Of
giving the retiring officers Of the Ninth
Judicial District-District Judge D. S.
Wilson, District Attorney j. B. Powers
and Circnit Judge S. Bagg--a happy
goodbye. From the proceedings we
judge there will be banquet with
speeches, toasts, resolutions and all the
ct ceteros that lawyers know about and
appreciate. The committee has full
power to fix the time and make all the
necessary arrangements Waterloo Re
porter.
THE card Of Judge w. H. Barton, at
torney at law and Justice Of the Peace,
appears in our advertising columns this
week. Judge Barton is one of our old
est citizens, and is worthy and deserv-
ing of all the confidence reposed in his
ability and integrity.
LIST of Letters advertised Dec. 18th.
8179:
Burk Miss Ann. Brown Miss Emma,
DemOnd Geo. W., Spencer Mrs Abigail
Persons Mrs. Jane, Rether Chas..
Smith G. 1.
When calling for the above, please say
advertised. WIN. ToMAN p. M.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13


SoEEBoDY sends US a copy Of the Ga
lena Gazette, of last week in which we
find an Explanation furnished that
paper by i. J. Hancock, the crazy
lightningrod man, formerly of this city
which is designed to show that he is a
much prosecuted individual. Hancock
therein explains that the proceed
ings inqHtrendo iunotico were instituted
against him by resident of this city
whom he names, but whose name we
withhold, who he says was rival with
him for the affections of his (Hancock' s.
wife. He says that he was incarcerat-
ed in the Insane asylum at the instance
of this party, without cause or provoca-
ton, and reflects upon the board of In
sane Commissioners, who he says made
no inquiry into his mental condition
except to ask the question:: Why did
you come home without your team
Hancock says that he Informed
them that the team had been
taken by attachment, and that
he came home to have man who
had mortgage On the team of 500,
come and get it. He further says that
he never went home feeling better ma
tured in his life; told his wife why he
came home without his team. when she
flew into Il passion as usual, went fol
him with a broomstick, and said that
she would have him placed in the asy
lum, which she did He says that the
article that appeared some time ago il
the Dubuque Times, stating that he
brandished KNIFE in the Office of J. G
Longueville, is false
This ''explanat!nn Will not, probably
do away with the impression in this
community that Hancock is either era
~ or a scalawag. possibly both. W.
have been giving him the benefit of tn,
former theory. as an excuse for swind
ling this Office out of bill of printing
| but we must confess that his actions
! favor the latter alternative.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13

CHARLES FORBES DRAMATIC Con-
pANY-The above excellent organiza-
ton gave the drama Uncle Toms Cab
in at King Opera House, last evening.
We have not space this morning to give
an extended notice Of the company, but
we desire to say that, in our judgment,
it is the best troupe that has visited us
for many day Mrs. Nelson Kneass,
as ''Topsy," and Little Camilla, as
Eva, especially are deserving of
much praise. The company appear
again in our city, in the great drama,
Black Diamonds" OF the troupe's
performance of this drama, the Bur
lington Ho,chcye has the following to
say:
BLACK Observation-Disclosures large audience
was present at Union Hall, last night, to wit
ness the performance of 'Black Diamonds"
by the Forbes Dramatic Company. The plot
of the play is founded on the strike of the
'Molie Maguires' in the coal regions in Penn
sylvania, and abounds in many thrilling and
exciting scenes. The actors were all well up
in their parts, and presented the play in an at
tractivc manner. There were also a number
of ludicrOus scenes introduced that served to
keep the audience in good humor through
out the evening. The play itself is of higher
order than some might be led to believe and
the troupe last night brought ont all the good
points, and are to be congratulated for the ex-
cellent entertainment given to our people.
Forbes dramatic company have now establish
ed for themselves Il good reputation in Bur-
lington, and their future visits to our city will
be met with cordial reception. for they are
certainly deserving of much praise. We also
commend them to our neighbors as furnishing
an elegant and commendable entertainment.
and hope that in other places they may meet
with corresponding success.
General admission % cents; reserved
seats 80 cents; children under ten years
of age, 10 cents. Matinee Tuesday aft
ernoon, Uncle Toms Cabin, children S
admission 10 cents. adults Is cents.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13

Mr. 0. d. BURR, the deputy p NJ,
complains that the news gatherer of the
BULLETIN has overlooked or neglected
to chronicle some important improve
ments in the post office department., in
that he has recently built a walk to, and
attached door with lock and key to
his coal house, and has received no
complimentary notice for extensive
improvements" &c. The omission, he
thinks, is more significant from the fact
that the local editor of this paper is one
of trio Of young meu who room imme-
diately over the p O., and who, since
the above happy thought and prompt
action Of Orlando, have commenced
burning wood.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-13
Personal.

A. j. Bowley and wife, Of West
Union, were in the city one day this
week.
c. E. Brainard, Of Brainard station,
has been in the city few days this
week.
Mr.. Frank Hall, editor of the West
field, On. W Republican. is guest at
the house of Mr.. Frank Dickson.
p. A. Older arrived home from Phil
adelphia on Monday. Mr.. Fryer, who
was with him, stopped off at Chicago,
and is expected soon.
Bro Barnhart, of the Independence
Conseyratire, was up this way Friday,
on business, and remembered US. Call
again. Usage Ncms
Mrs, Meme Hyde, daughter Of Mrs.
.Iohn Hollett, of this city, who has been
living in Florida for some months past
has returned to Independence.
Mr.. Frank sRichardson, student at
the {. |. T., at Fayette, from this coun-
ty has been spending week vacation
in this city, and returned on Tuesday.
w. r. Fisher, formerly an employee in
in this Office, and now the operator and
agent at Morse station, on the B., G. r
& n r. r., was in the city on Monday
and Tuesday, on his way to the home of
his parents, in Spencer, Clay Co. Iowa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
THE LORD.HICKS CASE,

Thomas Lord, jr., eldest son of
the remqrkable husband of Mrs.
Hicks, has made statement Eela-
tive to the financial condition of the
old man, which, if true, demands
Of the late buSom widow an expla.
nation. He said.
"If it is only considered for one
moment how much his family have
received, and then on the other
hand how he has blen pushed for
money by another party, be has had
every reason to become worried and
sick, and has no reason to attribute
his want of peace of mind to the
a9tion Of his children. In the di-
rection indicated, aU qne time a
check Of over 100000 and at an
other time one for over 100000
were absolutely taken from him, as
I hays Fe4sqR t9 believe, by this
persen. In another yeap tlt9l Of
$240,o00 was obtained oy the same
persou. During the last seven years
it can be proved, as | am informed,
that the person referred to received
from my father oyer $s,50,0OO, which
-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18

One of the brothers went to the
spot and found two cubs in a nest
in the rocks. They were taken out.
The cubs began to whine and cry
piteously, and in a few minutes their
mother came tearing through the
woods and sprang out into the open
ing where the hunters were anus
ing themselves with the cubs. They
dropped the cubs and sprang for
their guns. The old bear threw
herself in front Of the cubs, and
rising on her launches backed to-
wards the woods, keeping the cubs
behind her, roaring furiOusly as she
kept her eyes on the hunters. Two
rifle balls entered her heart, how
ever, before she gained the thicket,
and she fell dead on the snow. The
hunters allowed the dogs to tear the
cubs to pieces.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
HANGED FOR DURLING.
How a stop Was Pnt 60 the Prac
tice fn Illinois.

=
tice in Illinois.
Philadslphia Timss.l
l know but one instance of a
man having been hung for killing
another in a duel. In 1880, two
young fellows living in Bellevills,
st. Clair county, ILL.,, had a person.
al quarrel. 1t seemed to be impos.
sible to reconcile them, and their
friends determined to getupa sham
duel between them, hoping that the
ridiculous issue of the affair would
bring them to their senses. One of
them, Alphonso Stewart, challenged
the other, William Bennett, to meet
him with rifles. Bennett accepted
the challenge, and the parties met
near the village. 1t is said that
Stewart was in the secret and that
Bennett was not, but believed it to
be a reality. In any event, after
the guns had been handed to the
principals and they turned to take
their positions, Bennett, who
claimed that he suspected some sort
of trickery, rolled a bullet into his
gun. The seconds, hardly able to
keep their faces straight, concluded
the arrangements, and ut last gave
the word. The rifles exploded al
most simultaneously, Bennett, of
course, remaining untouched. Stew
art fell to the ground mortally
wounded, and expired shortly after
ward in great agony. Bennett was
at once arrested, put upon trial,
convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree, and sentenced to be hanged.
His friends made the most strenu-
GUS efforts to have him pardoned
Failing in this, they tried to have
the sentence commuted. But the
governor remained firm against all
entreaty. On the day appointed
for his execution, Bennett was
hanged in the presence of an enor-
nous crowd. This was the first
and last duel ever fought in the
State of Illinois. The hanging ol
Bennett put a stigma upon the
practice, and it has been looked
upon with adherence ever since.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
RAILR0ADa.
MEMPHIS and CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

soUEDULE ON AND AFTER FEBRUARY
, o, ISzS;
gail and Express, daily-u.55 pm 5.45 pm
3omerville train, daily
(0Xcopt Suuday).-....... 800 pm 8,10 am
3rand Junction accemO-
dation daily Except
rday...-".,......,-... I.4O pm o.'O a m
f1me Twenty WtnUteB Faster thaA
City TtmR.
The II ,55p.m. q r0.n makes the qukek-
as slime ever mado to Chattanooga, Knox
lille, Lynehburg, Washington, and the East,
And will stop at all Regular Stations, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, except Flag Sta
lions between Collierville and Memphis.
Bonneville tratn VIII stop HG reg
n lar and flag btRttOUs.
The II .55 pm. train makes close connection
nd Gran1 junction fer all 0ints south on Chi
oago, st. Louis and New Orleans railroad.
The 20 p M. makes close connection for
Jackson, Tenn, and all points north of Grand
Function.
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
4. S. DAVAN1,
llOt Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
Net Assets, Jan, is7s-...-.-s4l.4e .4eg, ,O05.5s
s5l.osl, ,l7s sc
DIaBURsED IN 1879.
10 Policy Holdors......... ....""$6. .ols, ,75S. 6s
S5l.osl,l79ee

THIS Company is purely mutual, not hav-
l. Ing dollar Of stock. Its pOiey-holders
are the only members of the CORPORATION. IL
IS therefore in effect, simple partnership Of
persons Tor insaring each others lives. There
being no stock, there can be no sale of the
Company from one set Of owners and man
ayers 70 another but its affairs remain per-
petually in the entire control of the members
themselves. to elect board sf twelve direo-
tors each year, This board meets weekly,
ana directly supervises all the business Of the
Company. - Wv
Ihe Company issues whole life policies with
either annual premiums for life, which il pre-
ters and recommends, or with a Limited NUM-
Der OF premiums; il will also issue lonR-term
endoWments. Experience has shown that
these are the most advantageous forms Of NIL
leie'' both to the individual and to the Com
pany, We SHAH, therefore, restrict ourselves
The surplus. earned in any year is returned
20 tho following year, only by reduction of
premium, thus limiting the payments 10 the
actual current eost of the insurance,
IA thirty years, this association OF men.
united IN interests and purposes, as a single
feature IN It's history, has paid to the repre-
sentatiVes Of seven thousand five hundred and
sixty members who have died the vast sam of
twenty-five millions one hundred and twenty
nlne thousand five hundred and thirty-six
s-$25, ,l29 $50 .O0-as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
TONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY IS, 1878.

the proposition of string games
one may see church members, dea-
cons, and for aught | know, clergy
men themselves, joining in the rude
sport. l have known it a serious
ground of objection to public
schools, on the part of the well-bred
parents, that they would not con-
sent to have their young daughters
rudely kissed by half the town on
such occasions; and / have seen
such prejudices gradually removed
by the substitution of dancing"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
Is Kis.inE an Act Of PisI,,

A writer to the Woman's Jour
nal takes up the cudgel on behalf
of dancing, and implicitly of the
waltz, on the ground that as it pen.
etrates the ruder districts of New
England the boisterous and vulgar
social games of the rural "settle-
mepts" disappear, If there is no
dancing there are "string-games +"
and whatever these things may be
they are said to require the kissing
OF all the women III the company
each by large number OF men.
This rude aud indelicate familiari-
ty, the Journal says, flourishes
under the very eyes of our revi-
yaliSts, in the church Socishes
themselves, whore the mast inno.
cent square DANCE would be severely
censured. In a late murder trial
in Vermont a certain guilty dee-
con gamitted that Ae first
made the acquaintance of his pars :
mOur at a 'church social at his
own house. While old and yaurE
were playing an old-AsbiOned game
tha dedpon, qs q forfeit, was
s4ntenced to kiss Mrs. O.. Like
Francesca da Rimini, he lays all
his troubles to that kiss. Since his
arrest he has stated up to this time
he had been true IN thought as well
as in deed to his wife. The naiyete
Of this confession seems almost alb
surd; but did ever q sinner, indicted
for murder, trace all his erEoEs back
TO the demoraliging influence of a
single danoeY Left to themselves
at school festivals, the young people
would like to dance. The dancing
being held Objectionable, something
else must be introduced, and, On
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
AN AMERICAN LADY ABROAD.

Singular Conduct or the woman
who Had her Horse &hOd with
GOId-Her EccentTicItlea I'm spsin.
A correspondent writing fsom
Barcelona to a London newspaper
says:
"The British consul here has
been called upon to take action in
a very singular affair, which has
created no little sensation in the
north of Catalonia. About six
weeks ago a lady who, during last
autumn, astonished the inhabitants
of Edinburg by having her horse
shod with gold, arrived at La Jun
quera, a small village upon the
Spanish side of the Eastern Pyre-
nees, upon the high road from Per-
pignan to Barcelona. She had with
her, in addition to a large quantity
'of camp furniture, the horse which
had been shod with gold, aud about
eight thousand pounds sterling in
English sovereigns. The Spanish
custom-house is at La Junquera,
and the officials detained her there
for several days, spspecting that
the gold which they found in her
bag was the proceeds of robbery
committed in France week or two
before. 1t was soon ascertaincd
that the lady had been unjustly sus-
pected; but when she was informed
that she was at liberty to continue
her journey she declined to leave
the small inn at which she had been
living under the surveillance of the
Spanish police. There she remained
for some time, paying at the rate o.
G2 per day for accommodatior
which is usually charged five peSe.
taS (about four shillings), and oc,
casionally throwing money from the
window to be scrambled for by the
children of the village. These facts
having been brought to the rotict
of the civil governor of the prov
ince (Gerona), he communicated
with the British consul at BARGE
Iona, who sent his secretary to La
Junquera with a letter advising the
lady to come to Barcelona, telling
her that In Junquera was not a safe
Aplace for her to remain without any
protection. She declined, however
to move, but she appears some time
after this to have paid a visit tC
SaragoSsa, from which place she
was brought, under escort of the
gendarmerie, to Barcelona, and the
consul placed her in a hoteI
there. But she started again
the next day for La Junquera, where
she had left her horse and the
bulk of her luggage; and there she
still is. Hitherto her eccentricities
have been SO far a protection to her
that they have attracted the atten-
tion of the police; but for which, to
use the British consuls expression
'soEe of the Carlist brigands hang
ing about the frontier would have
cut her throat long ago. AS it is,
she was robbed two or three weeks
ago of e2OO and of her gold watch
and, though the thief was arrested
by the French police across the
frontier and the money found upon
hini, she refused to appear and
sign the statutory declaration which
would have enabled her to recover
the money. | happened to see this
very eccentric person, but without
knowing who she was, while at
Perpignan in the early part of De-
cember, She arrived at the princi-
pal hotel in the town with her
horse and baggage, giving twenty
francs to the man who had led the
former from the station, and the
same sum to the conductor of the
omnibus"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
BhrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CARD;

THRE CA hs Bi
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily........-..5.SO pm. n.3O pm.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday ....... .........7.0 90 am. $50 7. m.
Pngsengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Nail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with tho Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
( For tickets and information apply at Ticket
Offices Oh and 2S7 Main street, and at depot
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or to the undersigned.
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. AE''t, Memphis.
NJ. S. JAY. q. P. ayd I. Ag't, Little Rock.
w. Z. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
l23-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
LEGAL.
mo. 2S7S.l
Nonresident Notice.


In the Chancery Court Of Shelby eountv. Ten-
nessee- Madison j. johnson ct al. VS., Mary
Trice ct al 10 "'Hi'
TT. APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendants. Marv Trics
widow. and John TRiOe and Tandy q.
Ir!oe, Qply heirs at law of Tandy M.
lriee1 deceased, Elizabeth Trice widow
and deyiael,. asd L.. II. Foelemsn as eAg
seator et W. Z; 4rice, deceased, are non resi-
dents Of the State Of Tonaessee, Il Is there.
fore ordered that they make their appear
spce hespiAa At the Courthouse in The ciiy oil
AsmgAigL ToRn1 en- or before the Rrst Mon
dAy Ia March. 1875. aAd plead, answer
OF rdemNr ,to complainanps bill, or the same
will be,taken for confessed as TO them, and
ssi Tor hearing ex, parte; and that copy Of
this order be published once week fer four
suggestive weeks In the Public Ledger.
This 10Th day Of January, 1878.
A oopT-Attest:
EDMUND A, 0OJE, o, and NJ,
by X. j. RLAVg, p. G. and N.
Adams, Rixen Y Adams, solicitors for com
PlalnaRh' I8.lSel45-lI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18

The avenues leading to an early grave
have often been opened by a cough or
cold. Thousands have been cured and
saved by Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. 1t is
cheap; only 25c bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
MESSISS!PPI'& TENNESSEE
AKLR0AD.
CBRDULE:

ON and ter Wednesday, November IA,
" 1877,tr,i will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
Main Train daily..........., 500 pm. 1:C5 pm
Sardis Accommodation
daily lex. Sundays). ..~ll:50 a.m. 9:l5 a. In
Freight Train daily lex.
Sundays) ......... ........... 6:0naT1. 400 p. IN
64-t Nj. BURKE. Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
louisville and Great Southern R.R

1850 pm. Night Express-(0n Saturday
this train rubs only to Milan Connects at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago; at Nc
KenEie for Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta
and tho Southeast; at Guthrie for Hopkins
vile, henderson ard Eyansyillo; at Louis
Vile for all points North and East.
HOO am Day Express-Connects for st.
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North aRd East.
$40 pm. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily except Sunday.
arrival of Trains.
Express. m
.....,..'..o'l 10 u. IN
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis>
Vile, aud on Night train TO Nashville.
For tickets or Information. arply at Ticket
Office, 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
etroet
/ JAS. MONTGOMERY, Sup't Memphis Div.
4 JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
62.i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18

Total amount paid tol a. 80
December 81. 1876. sSS'I20,0S6 SO
Facts and figures like these commend them
selves to the intelligence and judgment of all
men. They carry conviction upon hare nra-
senta'loh' and need no argument or illustra.
'ioA to denOnstrate their significance.
JANIS GOODWIN, President,
JACOB L. GREENE, Secretary.
JOHN N. TAYLOR, Asst SeC'y.
D. fl. WELLS, Cd Asst Secretar
E' b. DOUGLASS, Sup't of Agencies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
PUBLICATION.
Western Methodist
Gath Year.
l6 xxvi-l5dtw

1HE WESTERN METHODIST is THR
official organ of Six Annual Conferences
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, viz:
Memphis, North Mississippi, Arkansas, Little
Rock White River and Indian Nj n.
,emphis is the commercial an goOSraphi-
cal center of the section over whi this paper
circulates. An average of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-18
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.


EMPHIs ANDLOUisvILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.