The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. PUBLISHED KVKKV THURSDAY BY LI3IGIITON A NEEDHAM* h. C. w Office one door wc»t of Po*t Office. TSEXS.-52.00 a Year in Advance. CHURCH DIRECTORY. FAIR VlEW—Union Circuit, Union i'p.—Rev. j. G. Toonpoom. Pastor. UNI V ERsaLIST SOCIETY .—No regular ecrvi cr*. Sabbath school at 4p. ni. 34. E. CHURCH—Rev.J W. McDouald. P»“‘ or Servicer ui 10* a. m., and 7 P- suu a School, 2p. in Prayer meetiug*. Thursday eve- Simpson charge—i* KeV J .I,f mon*. P.u*l >r. Service* at■!*'!* T hnrli Sunday School at o m Prayer Meeting* T i r» CHURCH.— Service* every Sun day at ititf a. J*.. and 754 r. >i- Sunday Schoo* famed lan* alter turning 1 hnroflav enine. noma* B. atop, raetor. Klßs l PRKSIiYTKRIAN CHURCH.-Rev S C McOune Paetor Service* at 10*4 a. m.and 7:46 p.'nr Sunday School, Va. m. Prayer meeting*. Thumlay evening*. _ CONGREGATIONAL CULRCU.—Rev. J. E. Snowden Parlor, service* at 10V4 a. m. and 7p. m Sunday School at I*V4 p. m. Prayer meting*, rbnraday evening*. TMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. Win. Wt.*o Service* on Sabbath at a. 10V* tr. *e 7 n. m. Sabbath school** a. m. Prayer meeting \Vedne*day evening. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Elder B. W. Johc*on. Pa*tor. Service* at 10y» a. m. and 7p. m. Sunday School 2}-4P- Prayer meetiug, Thursday evening. BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. J. F. Child*, r**- tor. Service* at 10V4 a. m., aud 7V4 p. m- Sun day School 9 a. m. Prayer meeting, Thursday even ing*. U- P. CHURCH.— Rev. R. A. McAyael, Pastor. Service* 10V4 a. m. and 7p. m. Sunday School 9* a. in. Prayer meeting, Thursday even in?*, at 7p. m. _ SECOND M. E CHURCH (Colored).-Rhv Coietnan. Pastor. Service* every Sabbath at 10V4 a. m. Sunday School at 3V4 p. m. FRIENDS MEETING.—Corner of Monroe and uigh street*. «>n let and 4th day* ot the w eek, at da. m on Ist day at" p. m. Sabbath School ltn .lediatelv after senrice* on l*t dav moraine. OONTY OFFICIAL DIRE-TORY. Jso. V Duos State H'-nator M E Ct'TT*. t Representative* J. P. Lacey, i C. P. Suable, Clerk of Court* Jamk* RcaS Auditor Jane* A Yoctfo Treasurer John Lahs»:»: Recornet ,1. \V JliNfSLtrr Sheriff G. T. CAttPEsrua. bnpt oi Sch.H.j*, N. Caves. Surveyor and Drainure Com r. P.wio Neeiiiiax Coroner J. K. Woods. Adams Tp,.-) Member* Board <*l J UHt' Hiatt, Pr*m«- i J*--... Supervisor*. J K Barnes. Jefferson Tp... I _ CITY DIB ECTORi. Mayor G»o. II- RAUGII. Mafshiii W N. BCCUAN4N. Treasurer. s. II «HaPM AN So'icitor J. KELLY JOHNSON V. V. FRANK KELLY. Street Commissioner ..W. H. SIMMONS. Trcbtees. Ist Ward HENRY -M A TOX. L. D. ROUNDS 2nd \V i d JOHN SIEBBL. J. A YOI NU 3rd Ward.. JAS. RHINLIIAR I'. D A. HL Its 1 4th Ward. H. C HU NTs MAN. -I McQIISIoN. TIMETABLES. CENTRAL R. R- TIME-TABLE Train* ooing Socxii. Trains ooiko Noistu. Leave Leave Arrive Arrive. 6 S'i a ti:80 a. n Mason City.7.oo p m. ctktP. w. 9:13 r. K. *.47 Ackley, 4:35 r x dep’t 12.2'.' I*. .V. Arrive. Arrive Leave. L-ave. 1;40 a X ii;00 a x Marshalltow n 2.50 p x >:0o a X. Leave Leave Arrive Arrive. ld:sv p x 11:111 a x Marshalltown 2:4<*r x S GI a x. 2:55 1:00 p x Uriunell 12:45 *1045 4:45 2:ob Sharon 11:35 a m 3:45 5:45 2:85 Oskaloosa 10:55 645 5:35 3:05 KddyviUe 10 *2 535 Arrive Arrive Leave Leave. 7:45 P x 3.45 p x Albia 9:35 A x 4:00 P x. CONNECTION* Mason City, with Mtllwauaee A St Paul Railway. Ackley, with Illinois Central Railroad. Mrtr*h»Uuwu. with Chtacg X Northwestern K. R. Griunell. with Chicago Ruck Island A Pacific R. R. Eduyville, with D,s Moines Valley Railroad. Albia. with Mo. River Railway. D. V. R. R. TIME TABLE. OSKALOOSA GOING East. Ne Mali. 10:54 a. m No. 4. Pacific Express 10:32 p. tu No. 6, Freight S:10 p. m No. 8, Freight 7:uo GOING WICfIT. No. 7, Freight, 4:15 p. m No. 5, Freight, 5.14 a. m No. 3, Paciffe Expre**, P- m No. 1. Mail 1* 35 0 m ORDERS. MAHASKA LODGE, NO 16. 1. O. O. F. REGULAR MEETING, SATURDAY B.ening of each week. Brethren visitingthe Citj are invited to meet with u*. W. U. DUKE, N. 0., T J, EISINMINGBE. »ec. nl2 COMMERCIAL LODGE. No. 188.1.0. O. F j hold- it* regular meeting* every Wedncs day evening Brother* visiting the city are invited to meet with u*. G. A. WELLS, .V. G J. M. BIHD, Sec y. 3. EOTELS. MADISON HOUSE. M. J PALMER. Oskaloosa. lowa. O ANCKOFT HOUSE. LOSOSHOBE A N ELSON. Proprietor*, Oska loosu. lowa. LI VERY. Ln.OWNIVG a McMULLIN. A 00., CITY LIVERY AND BUS LINE. Oikaloops. lowa. ATTORNEYS AT LaW. \\i s. ken worthy. ATTORNEY AT LAW. New Sharon. lowa. Hitt. \&r W. HASKELL. n ATTORNEY AT LAW. Oskaloosa, lowa, office up rlair* in ihe Old Court House, north wet: corner of Public square. n4O-u \I T. WILLIAMS, Al* ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Notary Pub- ilc. Oskaloosa, lowa. Office in Street iliock. room rececuy occupied by County Judge. 37 I KA J. ALDER, 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW. lowa City, lowa (Successor to Judge W E Miller,) nIS-tf DAVENPORT, BOeTON A FIsIIEK, ATTORNEi S AT LA W, O*ualoo*u, lowa. Ofi'ita. on the weal aide of the Puotic -quare. intneroo.u recently occupied ny Z. T. Fi*ner. nyyl Liston mcmillan, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oskaloosa, lowa. Ornc* in Known on'* Block, South aide, nil tIUABLKS J. DODD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Peoria, lowa, special attention given to the collection of c.aun*. Bu*iue*e attended to promptly. ternC. n*o. w. LarrEHTr. i. kellt jounbos. LAFFERTY A JOHNSON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Oskalooea, lowa. Office in Union Block, North eide ot the Pub lic Square, up stair*. W. H. sEEVEBa. M. CCTTB. hvEEVERS A Cun'S, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office m Union block, in room recently occupied j by Seever* A William*. n2l fO H M W. ucn W. I.IBWBIED. Lacey a shepherd. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, aj«d GOVERN- MENT CLAIM AGENTS. Prompt attention give# to collection*. Probate ba*iuee* will re ceive careful attention. Business attended to in iue U. S. and State Court*. Office over the National State Bank. Oskalooea. lowa. 21 PHYSICIANS A SURGEONS JIl. WILEY. M D Office and residence cor c*r ot High and Wuiiiugtm. *t#.. Ostaloos*. I.nc*. hp.-«Ul attention paid to the treatment of Catarrh. Eye acd Ear. Cancer, Scrofula aud all Chronic Di*ea*** and Disease* of Female*. Dr y ns* effected many core# ot Chronic ca*e* which other physician* bad pronounced hopele**. Certificate* of *u> hcan be shown to those Inter ested Country bu*ine*s promptly attended to liwfc L COFFIN. M D., Homeopathic Physician, 9 Oskal ’osa, lowa Office on Main" street. *outh-ea*t comer of poMic square. 4 u...,r* ea-t residence 3 block* due north of Episcopal church. 4 door* east, on *otnh side of Nor h street. Office hour*from to 9 a. m.. from 12* to 2 and 7 to 9 n m. Country promptly afUiidrd to HarenascE* 8 C Maine. MD. Portage Ltt>. Wi* Ex Go* T Lewrl*. Colutnhus wt* Hon Alex*MUChell. M C. Milwaukee! Wi* Ol Palm er y p lowa City. Iowa; A C Btrry. D D Kac.ne Wi* G K Newell. M D. Waterford. Wi* Rev Woodworth, Principal of Rochester !«*Viiute 7 J Patchln. M D. pus Uu Lac. Wts; Uon Wrn K Smith. J£x State Tre surer. P<>x Lake, tt’ir II >o Geo Br« mner, Union Grose. Wi*. 4-1 y OKS CAMERGN »pe tlu ty te l der »h« tr service* special attention win li paid to the ireatm'-nt of surgical ca*<-* dls -a* of the eye. ear. thr iat Itu-’V* and catarroal alf c tlons. AruAciat eye* which will tnov* in perleci harmony who the natural eye* inserted without pain Office for the presen at the late resident* of Ur. Coolidjje. n42v2i HC. HUNTSMAN. M D. A HU ST. M I) UNTSMAN A HUKsr. PHYSICIAN- d SURGEONS. (>*kaioo*a. iowa. Special attention given to the ractice of Surgery Office tour doors east of north-c-ast Comer ol public square. *2 I \H. D. A. HOFFMAN. 1 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Oskaloo*. lowa. Office over S. Dodge's Boot and Who. store. H on Main street, three hloek. east of the public square. DENTISTS. rvK M. L JACKSOK U Surgeon Dentist. Office H'wi bide of th. Hqaare. ovrr A Turn* hlore ilrttu* Olid. Oared VnWj »*«U<«T»o tu the extrac Hm CflM*. UM Volume 22. Number 13 ITNION SAVINGS BANK OSKALOOSA, IOWA doney Loaned, Notes Discoumed. Government Bonds, Gold Silver and Sight Draft* on the 1 rin cipa! Cities ot the United State* and Europe bought and sold Also passage tickets to and from alt the priucipalcities in Europe Interest allowed on deposit* ol one dollar and upward*. Revenue stumps for sale. Office hour* trom 9a. m. to 4 p. in E. H. GIBBS, Pre*. H. L. GIBBS. Vice Pre*. ISRAEL If «IBBS. Jr.. Cash. HOUSE MOVING. INDSON A HAYWOOD. HOUSE MOVERS. j To those who have poor house* or those who have not auy. The undersigned are now pre pared to move or raise old house* tor poor peo le cheaper th n the cheapest, and wiUgiv* good atislactlon. All work warranted. *3Stf EDSON HAYWOOD. JEWELER. Q H. CHAPMAN O. watchmaker and J EWELEIt. ■ionthSide Public Square. Oskaloosa, lowa. 20tf WAGONS, PLOWS, kc. WAGON. SMITH, AND PAINT SHOP. First Door East or Uuok's uaucut. The iid> rsigned would Invite hi* old customer* and the public to hi* new *h

KN TIST. norr»- -id** of FuWk Sritiare. Uraf diM*» JUal of N. J. Smith* hardware •tor«, uj* atalr*. NitriKta Oxide Oar ad iAiti later d 10 th** wnwt'.oaoft*-- tb o*l. A euppiy of ail the grade* In market, and at a> fair price* a* can be afforded In Uie city. I buy my tobacco in Kartera market* and am ready at all lime* to vouch for tu quality. Dot 'ore auppiied a* WHOLESALE RATES. I have as iuimeaw- stock of MPB» OV KVKBV OCMiKIVTIh CIGAR HOLDERS, TOBACCO POUCHES. BOXES. Ac. nmit sad examine my stock, cast aide public ■anara td door soalfc of Madiaoo Hooee, Oak*- hlTun FEB). SSCKMAM. The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. SAVINGS BANK GROCERIES. GIVENS BROS., DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES FLOUR, FELD, AND PROVISIONS! Arc now prepared to offer to the cl’izen* of Oe kuloosa and vicinity, for o o s s ZE3I CItOICF. TKAS. M OAItS, COFFEES, ANJ» Nl UiPS at price* which will defy competition. Our stock 4'.% XMiD FHI ITS. OYSTKItS, AO., are of the hot brand*, also Extract* and Baking Powders, a hit a luil line ot unadulterated spices. TOBACCOS, We call particular attention to our large *tock ol Chet* i g auil Smoking Tobacco* a* bclug uneqna'l< (l toi variety and qua ity in the city. A large *iuck ot FLOUR AN D FEED i* kept ron*tantly on hand which will be delivered fj v tflC Ol JUC. free of ex pence anvwhere ii the citv. We ate now aelling FOR uASH"''n; v' i "“""OBJECT lor all w|'th<>*e who* ix I for thef yr -eerie* to give u* a call. Highest m irkei price paid Butter. Egg*. Lard and other produce. GIVE ITSl T S A CAL L. GIVENS 13U05., n 9 North of siets-i’g Mill. mmmm dim, Dealfrs In Staple M Fancy Groceries, STONE, WOODEN WILLOW WARE Choice Tecs, Coffees Syrups, Pl’ftE GROUND Ac WHOLE SPICKS, CANNED FRUITS EXTRACTS, BAK ING POWDERS, Smoking and Chewing Tobac cos of the best brands, AH of which we sell at lowest living pri ces far CASH, FOR PRODUCE ONLY. We pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE I K :ah and goods F O If FKEKII KiiTTEH, EGGS, LAKD. Ar. R.-mentber the plnce, S. E corner Pub lic Square, Oskalooea. nsl GEUCERIES4 PROVISIONS. Mattison& Bro. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in GROCERIES, Qeeeisware, GLASS, LAMPS, LAMP-FIX TURES, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, NOTIONS, Ac. Have on hands a large and vveil selected stock of everything in their line, bought for the Spring trade, our terms are Exclusively Cash, OR PROCUCE, which enable* us to sel at the very lowest prices. Our facilities for handling Eiis, Bitter, His, Hans, FEATHERS, BEESWAX, &c. Enable us to pay the Highest Market Price, in CASH or GOODS. Thankful for past favors we solicit a continuation of a share of the patron age- High Street, West of Square. 22 MATTIsON BRO. NEW FIRM. Delasbnmtt k Taylor, DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy Groceries, Flour tfe Provisions, Feed and Produce. High Street, 5 doors west of Square. The highest Market Price paid for all kinds of Country Produce. All Goods sold by us are WARRANTED M represented, or money refunded. -r V. B. DELAISIIMUTT.—I. B. TAYLOR fnS LUMBER YARDS. Lumber Yard! IWJIIARON, I. Kalbach& Son, keep constantly on hand a fall assortment of FINISHING BOARDS,DRkSSED SIDING, FLOORING CEIL ING, FENCING, COMMON BOARDS, SHEETING, JOIST, PALING AND SCANTLING, FRAME TIM BERS, SHINGLES, LATH, DOORS, AND SASH, Which we are selling at OSKALOOSA PRICES! KALBACH SON. tl*l »f. Lumber Yard! WRAY SON. DEXI.EUS IN ALI KINDS Or L UMUER SHINGLES, LATE, Keep constantly on hand a fall assortment of DOORS. SASH. JtRESsED SIRING, CEILING AND FLOORING FENCING. SHEETING, BARN BOARDS PALING. JOIST, SCANTLING, AND FRAME TIMBERS, FINISHING LIMBER, ETC., ETC, ETC. if you wixb anything in our line given* a Cal) and examine our stock and price*. I -gT*Lumber delivered to all parts of the city free of charge. Office on west High stree* "»ne door easl of Oity Mansion. n4Btt. ISAAC KALBACH SON, healers in PINE LUMBER Keen constantly on hand a ftili assortment of Finishing Boards, Dressed Sid ing, Flooring And Ceil mg, Fencing, Common Boards, Sheet ing, Pailing, Joist and SCANTLING FRAME TIMBERS, Shingles, Lath, DOORS A SASH We have on hand the largest stock In the City and invite all wishing anything in our line to call OUR PRICK S WILL BE FOUND REASONABLb Lumber delivered in city free of charge. lASUOttice a few blockssou’h-west of Square. nffil tf DRUGS Ac. Dr. G. N. Lekchlxr. J. C. Teecht.ek BEECHLER BEOS., Successors to Dr. S. E. Khinehart. Dealer* ih PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES, OILS, PERFUMERY, SOAPS. Proprietary Articles, Toilet and Fancy Goods Cigars and Tobacco of the finest brands always on hands. Pare Soda Water, Frcefrom Acids or Alkalies, atficents per glass.*! 'he Drug Store under the Madison House. Oska loosa. lowa. 358 m MUSIO MUSIC! MUSIC!! Melodeons Pianos, Organs, &c., May he found again at my DRUG, BOOK MUSIC STORE. I am Prepared to Supply the Wants o Tli In t'om in unity on Term* Etui Hi Chicago, Boston OR New York. SAVING TO YOU FREIGHTS TERMS EASY CAIHL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK. All lust ruincuts WARRANTED. W. M. WELLS. OakaiooaA. mm OSKALOOSA, IOWA, DECEMBER 7, 1871. I ain an animal painter. I have atudied my art in nearly every men aj;erie in the country, and ho have come in contact with atrange people, ami have seen uncommon Highi* and thuH it was that in order to draw at rnv leisure some newly arrived urea lures with the wildness oi the desert and jungle still within them, I joined a traveling company for the summer, and so beheld the thrilling scene I here record. The owner of the show w as a good hearted soul ol the rolling stone sort, who never gathered as much rnoHS as he deserved, and yet allowed no fun gus of funds to interfere with social fellowship or a kindly action and consequenily the people about him worked with a friendly will, and ex cept during the necessary journeying aud labor there were generally jolly times among the employes of the Grand Unrivaled Cosmopolitan Men agerie. There was only one man who never larked and sang, never joked and uever grumbled who, always silent without being surly, took his share of things to do, and seemed to set himself apart from his comrades in sheer loneliness of spirit that shirked no toil and yielded no confi dence. Gradually it fell upon him, as from his own choice, to attend the cages, aud to perform all the jobs that the boldest sometimes shrank from as dangerous, though he show ed no signs of fear, and evinced no distaste of his exceptional employ rnent. I watched him often as he busied himself about the beasts, and had to admire in this common look ing and uncultivated man the uncon scious coolness and courage with which he accomplished his self-ap propriated tasks. At length my cu riosity concerning him was sufficient ly excited to cause me to ask Mr. Kingsley, the proprietor of the men agt-rie, it he knew anything more ot It is every day surface. Mr. K ngdey hesitated a moment before he answered, and then slowly said ‘I ain rather sorry you question me about Quiet Bill—that’s wl at the men call him you know'—for no one else has cared to guess that there may be more connected with him than just the business he seems to belong to and all of the folks in thi* caravansary he and I are the only ones that know what he was before i e came here and if I tell you, it i* ju*t because you see a man’s a man for a’ that, and because I know you ii keep the secret. I don’t suppose u rpmt rnber. as the papers are no lull of tnuider now a days, one was com milled five years tifi tile e ther. Bill wax the chap that did it, and only escaped hanging: through having a smart lawyer, ami trot off in about the same way that ‘not proven’ sets a man free after a Scotch trial. But the people wher rt lie lived would have nothing to do with him, and he staid among them like an outlaw’, tor he had neither the money nor chance t«> go away, and could scar* ely get a stroke of work that would earn his daily bread. 1 was head of a small circus then—not Mich a stunning concern as this on hand now and when w r e put up the me through all. There is real grit as well as use in him, and I have seen it sharply tried more than once, and have never been sorry I gave him a helping hand in his time of need But it often seems to me—though he never speaks of it—that be always thinks he is serving out bis time for that old affair by taking up the hard est things he can do for I do believe lie has ou his mind some rude idea of personal atonement for the blood he shed. And now you know all I have to tell. Do you not let it speak out ot your eyes to him, even though your tongue ain’t likely to let it slip.’ I have no occasion to guard my -elf thus, for, now I knew his story, it was plain to me from his face that Quiet Bill hang, when lying prone on the floor of her cages, she lashed her powerful tail aud panted out low, ominous growls, as if the bloodthirsty spirit of her lost liberty was angrily astir and she woutd start up with a sudden hound that shook her prison, aud im patiently pace its narrow limits, with yellow eyes all aflame, and snarling iip drawn up over the strong and hungry looking teeth, and ouce or twice she rolled herself against the thick wires, and oaup,ht them in her great claws as if she longed to tear the resisting bars from their secured sockets. Bill kept careful watch of her antics, aud I heard him say to himself: ‘There’ll be trouble with that vix M.' But the rest of the oolleotion was feverish and fretful too, and between furnishing them all with fresh diinfcs MAKING IT EVEN. nd throw mg water on some io eo*'l them off, he had quite as much as he could do before the hour fixed for the performance, without devoting especial attention to auy one animal. There was a crowded audience from far and ntar *ln»le families, from the lather down to the babe in arms, were ranged on the hard bench es to enjo) the acting elephants and precocious pomes. There was even an extraordinary number of children, for a thriving school had entered ear ly, and noisily secured nearly all the front seats, and doiuhted anticipa tion shone on rows ol chubby and eager countenances. The p* a unt boys drove a heavy trade, and the venders ot mugs of mead h_d a very profitable and active time, and ail was going as merry as a marriage bell in the ring and out ot it, wheu 1 suddenly became aware that some thing serious was the matter, for I saw Bill slip quickly Irotn behind the cage of the still fidgeting tigress, and come to a statuesque stand in full front, of the auiunod people wbo scarcely observed him, amidst a round of uproaroua applause but he was in hi' shirt sleeves and dead ly pale—as well lie might be, having just discovered that the mighty beast beside him had, by some unnoticed frantic effort, so loosened the struct ure ot her cage that the next wrath ful movement would render it fear tully uusafe. There was not a minute to be lost in the creature’s evidently excited condition, further aggravated by the sounds ol the baud and tor meiiting attacks of exaspi rating llies; anu Bill rushed out in order to look for Mr. Kingsley among the audi ence, where he usually s it, and tell him to dismiss the crowd as rapidly and as quietly as possible, as not knowing what instant the necessary oower of p'oteetion would he past but not seeing him at the moment in his accustomed place, Bill scarcely hesitated at the responsibility ot an nouncing danger himself; but before his slow speech could be framed into words that could warn and not too severely alarm, it was too late. The awful animal, crouching waii ly in a corner ot its shattered enclos ure, gave one abrupt vault, and swill as lightning, amidst the startled shriek ot the terror stricken throng, dashed into the open space before the encircling seats. For a moment it stood still there, as though d;»z d by its freedom, while the struggling in iss of scared humanity, with scarce a regard for lite or limb in each oth t-r, fled in frenzied haste and fright. 8.. t just as she had gathered hers* it up I«r her second spring, our quiet Bill made a simultaneous lean, and landed square upon her bn.-Uing oaok, wiiii his muscular arms clasped tight around In r swelling neck, and bis leg- Wound close around her liilr and outstretched loins. Dismayed by this unexpected obstruction, for tiie space of a breath or two the li gress stood at bay then, with a hor r.bie roar rolled over and over in the ring. We could hear Bill’s bom s break beneath tor appalling eti >ns to dislodge him, for a sudden «ilenc« fell upon theseifi'h crowd ihatsway ed aside from fright to watch tior nocking contest between undauute man and untamed brute. In v.nr. she turneo and twisted, reared and plunged Bill held last, though ih< blood poured from his mouth aid blinded the beast’s s’gbt—held tasi with the grip of everlasting fate, till Mr. Kingsley, snatching a loaded pistol from a trembling ruffian at his sole who had just threatened with ii some women m his way of escape, stretched las firm hand, and sent a bullet straight into the savage crea ture’s bruin. One sharp convulsion of the heavy frame, one limit heaving of the burdened back, and she lay still at last, with Bdl partly under neath her crushing weight. Tender hands lifted him and bore his sciim*- less body to the nearest comfortable place, and more than one strong man dropped uushatued tens over the maimed comrade who had ro gal lantly sacrificed his own life lor oth ers for, it not companionable, Bill had done many a kinder deed for his associates in his unobtrusive way, that, when the hour of trial came, the roughest remembered. Turn by turn we watched by him, but we knew that nothing more could j be done tor him in this world and j even in his agony he was ko grateiul tor the interest manifested, that it seemed as if lie wondered that any haa cared for him, and it was touch ing to hear him gasp out between bis throes of anguish,‘how good you all are to me.’ But the end came soon. The doc tor told him, and he heard it caltmy and bore it bravely. Mr. Kingsley and 1 were beside him a tew iuon>.ents after, when he turned to the former and earnestly s;dd ‘I think I nave made it even, sir.’ ‘What, Bill ‘Why, you know, sir, I took a life, and 1 reckon I saved one the other day, didn't 1 Mr. Kingsley took the c<>l.l hands in b ilk of his own. *Y*-s, indeed, Hill, many more than one, perhaps, and gave yours, too ‘Then y>>u think it's even ‘Yes, Bill, I do.’ ‘And do you hi |u*ve that Tie, the great Jadge, will hold it even, too ‘Yes, Hill, I do think so for He is toll ot tm re ami loving kindness.' ‘Hut Me is just, too;' inui murid the d* i g Voice, f-r I heard a preach er once say He wanted an eye tor an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and then I knew I must give Hun a life tor me one I slew, and I’ve always been looking out for the ehano-. It was long a coinin’ hut I got it at last and I thank linn for letting me make it even.’ Mr. Kingsley was crying like a child. ‘My good old Bill,’ he paid, ‘I am sorry to lose you. You have been a faithful servant, and I shall miss you more than I can say.’ A glad light dashed into the dim eyes, ana, in spite of the exquisite pain ot every movement, he made one supreme effort and lifted Mr. Kingsley’s haud to his white lips. ‘God bless you, g\r he gasped out. ‘You took me when all the world kicked me out, and you've never given ine a mean word. God bless yon you're all in lite I'm loath to leave 1’ Tneu he lay silent for a little while, and we thought he was asleep, and would pass away so but suddenly be was looking at us, wide awake, and spoke out, firm aud dear: ‘And there was such a lot of little ones that day, too It’s all right, all right! I knmo I've made it even And then the peace of death set tied down on the pale face of Quiet Bill. Abolitionists were not tolerated in the South in 1850, Union men in I*oo, nor Republicans in 1870. In 1871 we aanu. According l told him of the establishment in Lincoln, the Capitol of Nebraska—a State n t yet fur years old- in an edifice costing SISU,- odo, et built from theavailes of pub lic lands, and so costing tax pavers nothing. I spoke of this edifice as burned down but immediately re placed by another. Then I descri bed the asylums of lowa—at Mt. Pleasant and 1 ndependence—»» ti>«. most magnificent etlinces m the Mate. Thereupon he asked me, “Eor what class ofqutients are these asylums V” I had some trouble in making him understand that these places were built aud fitted up with every modern improvement of no class, but that their doors open as freely to the poorest as to the richest, and thai ‘‘without money and without price.’ that they are mautained by a tax on all property tor the benefit of all per sons who may stand in need of t em, c. This inquiry regarding the class for whom our insane Hospitals an opened, led us taik ot various points of difference bet ween American ano European institutions: First there is no insane tax in America on any man whose gams do not exueed £4OO a year, while ah English incomes exceed jCIUO, are taxed. Again, while there is no charge for attendance on public schools iu America, those school* art: not, and are not considered, ‘’charity schools.” Nor is tnere any class of people by whose children they are not frequented. Again, no compulsory military service is known tn America. There was very little of it during the slaveholders rebell ion. Never, sinct- the civil war was over, has the s'anding army ot the United Mates amounted to tine thou mill part of the population, and mat army ha* just been greatly re iu.-ed. Furtlo r, the homesteader who occupies 160 acres of land *or a Le ol £3, holos that laud tor the first six or seven years tree ot all tax, nor can the lan at any lime be at iached tor h*s debts. Nor can his household stuff, or farming irapli incuts, it not valued at mere than JC IOO In addition to this, there are no game laics in America which for bid any man from destroying all wild beasts or birds while trespass mg on his grounds. Again, m> Airier •can dissenter pays tithes to any Es iblisbed Church—indeed, there is no such church to w hich tithes could be paid. iHe truth is that the early Ameri can sellers came from the British middle class, and so have been sing ularly exempt alike from the roth and loam, as wells as from the dregs and lees of society. The former would not, and the latter could not, >migrate Hence it was natural that uuerica should be burdened neither on tin.- one hand with an aristocrat royal family, nor on the other with paupers. M icoulay estimates English pau pers, iu Goodyear at one thirteenth of the population. On the Mississip pi such a class is scarcely known. W hen a board ot charities in one ot the United States last year sent a circular to all the parishes asking "How do you mantaiu your poor?” The answers returned in hundreds of cases was: ‘We have uo pau pers.’ When certain wits were abusing the English climate, Charles the Second, declared there was no cli mate in Europe better, because no where could one comfortably be oui doors more hours in the day, and more days in the year. The Nebras kiau climate is not inferior to the English. It has eolderdays, and al so hotter days than the English cli mate, but ot those days which John Bull calls “nasty,” it has not one fourth as many as John Bull Grum bles at all his life long, and will for i ever grumble unless they drive him |to suicide, or to emigration—one ot the two. LIFE IN A PRINTING OFFICE. Its Annoyances, Exactions and Kisks-Evkuy Day Experience. Few people are aware ot the inside wot kings ul a printing office, ner ot the annoyances attended upon the publication ot a newspaper. It is impossible to form anything like a collect idea of the number of men there is in this and every community who make it a poiu* about every time hey meet you to tell of some impor tant tact that should be noticed in the p iper pro botm publico. Gener ally, however, it turns out that the item referred to is one which the m tonuaiit has an ax to grind, and the newspaper is to be the tree horse on v. liicli lie expects to lide into public tavor and confidence. There are some men who think because they lake the Republican we are under obligations to puff them and their business. It is a pr. valent though mi-taken idea that §2 for subscrip tion will make a man a peiminant stockholder in the establishment. The news paper business is a very exacted on all connected with it, and the pay was comparatively small. The proprietors risk a large amount of money for small profits, and the editors and printers work harder and cheaper than the same number ot mt n of any other profession rc quiriog trie given amount of intelligence and training. The life has its charms and its pleasant associations, scar ely khown by the outside work but it has its earnest work, and hours of exhaustion, which, likewise, are not known to tliO e who think the bus iness all fun. The Idea that news paperdom is the charmed circle where the favored members live a life of ease, free from care, is a mis taken cue. Business is business, and the journal that succeeds is the one that is run on a square business tooting, with the same system as a bauking house. The effect ot a horrible murder up on the private no less than the pub lie mind is shown by the tact that the handsome mansion el the late Ben jamiu Nathiu. one of the most desir able as to kind and locality in New York city, has never been occupied since the dreadful murder. It i* said that no good tenant can be found, and that the dwelling, whir was worth probably 10,000 a year, oould uot be rented to (lay to* halt the sura. The terrible tragedy ha* for the time destieyed the market value of the property. {Established July 1850. THE NEXT PRESIDENT. I Following the census ot 1870 will be i a reappointment of Representatives. A bill was reported at the last sess ion ot Congress which, we presume, will betaken up and passed at the present season. According to this bill, the house of representatives will consist ot 580 members. As the number ot electors of Piesident and Vice President is equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives, it follows that there will be 254 electoriai votes cast in the next Pnsidtntial canvass. Of this num ber, 178 will be requested to choose a President. The party or candi date which can secure that number i>t electoral votes will be the triumph ant party or candidate in the Dext national contest. Premising its fig ures with the foregoing statements, the bt. Louis Democrat of a recent date, expresses its conviction that the result by States will be, as shown by the following tables: BBPriitioAin. Maine T Michigan... 11 New Hampshire 4 Wisconsin 11 Vermont 4 Minnesota 5 Massachusetts 13 lowa 11 Conuetticut C Nebraska 3 Khude Island 4 Kansas 5 New York 84 j California fi Pennsylvania 28 Mississippi 8 Ohio 21 I South Carolina 7 Indiana 10 Florida 3 Illinois g2O j DEMOCRATS. Delcware Si Georgia 10 Maryland 8 Tenne-eec 11 Virginia 11 Kentucky 12 West Virginia 5[ DOUBTFUL, Total (10 Missouri 14 North Carolina 11 Arkaii-a- 5 Oregon 3 Alabama 9 Louisiana 7 Nevada 3 New Jersey 9 Texas Total 69 The Democrat then proceeds to ••ay We have placed no States in the Republican column in regard to which there are the least particle of question; While Missouri and New’ Jersey, which ace reckoned in amongst the doubtful States, are, in our judgement, morally certain to vote the Republican ticket. But as 'here has been no tdection iu Mis souri since enfranchisement, to dem onstrate the fact, of which we are fully convinced, that the State is still Radical, and as New Jersey elected a Democratic Governor in ihe recent canvass, although at the same time choosing a Republican Legislatures, we have removed them from the list ot the Republican States. We be lieve they will come back with vic torious colors, and demand their rightful place. Thfre are other States in this doubtful column which may be showu in this progress ot the canvass to be wrongly classified. But as it stands the Republican candi date will have forty seven more votes th m aie nece-sary for bis elec tion. Give the Democracy every doubtful State and New York in ad diton, and its candidate will still be defeated by 28 electoriai votes. The probability is that Gen. Grant, if nominee of the National Republican Convention, will leceive scarcely less than two hundred and fifty electoriai votes, and a popular majority of hun dreds of thousands. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Certificates of Authority Revoked by Auditor of State. STATE OF IOWA, AUDITOR’S OFFICE, Des Moines, Nov. 25, 1871. Whereas, It appears from satis factory statements received at this office, that the following named Fire Insurance Companies, heretofore du ly authorised io contract tne business o* Fire Insurance, in this State under the authority of law, have, in conse quence of meeting with extraordina ry losses in the recent great tire in he city of Chicago, and from other causes, had their capital siock im paired, each of them, to more than twenty per cent, of their paid up cap ital and Whereas, It appears to my satis faction that the said Fire Insurance Companies are iu an unsound condi tion No\o therefore Hy virtue of the authority of law, and in the dis charge of my duty to the people of lowa, I hereby revoke each aud all certificates of authority heretofore given to each and all of the follow ing named Fire Insurance Corapan ies and their ageuts, which permit ed them and each of them to con tract the business of fire Insurance in this State up to the 31st day of January, 1872 KIN PENDED. Albany City Albany.- New York. Atlantic Brooklyn Aurora Auroria IlllDoi*. Autialo City Buffalo New York. buffalo F. M Cit> Fire Hartford Connecticut. Cleveland Cleveland Otiio. Commercial. ...Chicago Illinois. Coin.. F're Haiti .rd Connecticut. Kuterpnae Philadelphia ...Pennsylvania. Fulton Fire.... New York New York German Cleveland. Ohio. Independent.... Bor ton Ma«aacknaett*. Lamar New York New York. Loriilard Manhaiton.. 44 Market Fire 44 44 Merchant* Chicago Illinoia. Merchant* Hartford Connecticut. N. American New York New York. N. American... Hartford Connecticut. Norwich Fire. ..Norwich Pacific San Francisco.. California. People'* Pn numFire. ..Hartford...’ ....Connecticut. Uepublicar Chicago lllinoi*. s ctmty New York New York. f* taf e Chicago. lllinoi*. leutonia Cleveland Ohio. Washington New York NetvYork. Western Buffalo Yonki-r* N. Y. Fire N. Y in testimony whereof I have hereun to set my hand [l. s.] and affixed my Seal of Office, at the City of Des Moines, the twenty filth day of No vember, A. I). 1871. JOHN RUSSELL. 25dit. Auditor of State. STATE AND STATE HOUSE MAT* JTERS^ Insurance Companies Which can do Business in Joica. Tlie following list of Insurance Companies sufticently solvent to be permitted to do business in this State, will be of general interest and pub lic value. It is an official copy, which we have been furnished by the kindness of Auditor Russell. Companies. Location. .etna Hartford Conn. Am-icon Cincinnati Ohio. \im rican Chicago ill. ♦American Central St Lout* Mo. ♦Anchor F. M St. Loui* ..Mo. ♦andei Cincinnati Ohio. Auroria ..Cincinnati Ohio. Brewer*. Milwaukee Wi*. Connuental New York N.Y. Farmer* Freemont 111. ♦Fireman’* Fund San Francisco Cal. Fnnkiyn Fire Philadelphia Pa. German Freeport m. Germania New York N. Y. ♦Great Western Chicago m. Hanover New York N. Y. ♦Hartford Firo Harttord Conn ♦Home Columbus o, io. Home. New York N. Y. imperial London Kng. In*. Co of N. America. .Philadelphia P*. International New York N.Y. l.ivpool, Loudon A GlobeLundon Kng. ♦National Boston Mas*. National Hannibal .Mo. ♦Niagra.. New York... ...N.Y. N. Britinh A M -rcautile.London Fug. ♦North Missouri Macon Mo. Phenix New York N. Y. ♦PhtEuix Harttord Conn. ♦Republic., New York N. Y >prmgfleld F. M Sp ingfl- Jd Ma*s! ♦State Hannibal Mo. .l<» eph F A M Si. Joseph Mo. ♦S' Paul F. A M i-t. Paul Minn. T lumph Cincinnati Ohio. *U ooKeokuk ..81. VlOMaraballtown... .12,9O0Mont»na .41.cuo.Mt. Piea.ant .".OOOMuscatine ..4tU OOO.kaloo.a .22,7HOOttmnwa ...S-s .V'OWa er100... .2*.DOi Wiverly Aiismoga Buonsbo-o Burlington Cedar Fall. C dar Rapid. Council Blufla Davenport l)c* M iine«"*'.. Dubuque Fort Mad..on The Company proposes to pay 25 per cent, of losses in cash as soon as claims can be adjusted, and to give its obligations to pay the remaining 72 per cent in three equal install ments, at four, eight and twelve months from the Ist day of Decem ber, 1871.— Burlington Haiek-JSyc. DEATH OF GEN.ANDERSON. The hero of Fort Sumter, died at Nice, France, on the 26th of Octo*“‘ her. He baa been in Europe nearly two years, endeavoring to recruit hts health, but in vain. We find a condensed biography oi Gen. Anderson in the Cincinnati Chronicle from which we take the following extract: Robert Anderson was a native of Kentucky, his birthplace beiDg near Louisville. He was only twenty years old wheu he graduated at West Point and entered into active service as a Lieutenant in the army* In the Florida war he gained promotion to a Captaincy, and subsequently distin guished himself in Mexico, whither lie went with Geu. Scott in 1847, tak ing part in the capture of Vera Cruz, and serving with great creditthrough out the rest of ihe campaign, which terminated in the occupation C? thjs Mexican capital. In the severe and destructive battle of Molino def Rey, he received, eaily in the engagement, a bullet wound iu the shoulder, in spite of which he gallantly led the detachment which first entered that stronghold, and maintained his posi tion until victory was assured. It was found impossible to extract the bullet, and the wound was a source of much suffering during the remain der of his life, no doubt laying the foundation of the disease which has disabled him in years past for active service. Iu 1853 he took charge of the mil itary asylum of Harrodsburg, Ky., which was founded under his aus pices. After serving on a commis sion to investigate the condition of West Point, In 1860, he was assign ed, in November of that year, to the command of the defenses of Charles ton Harbor. His headquarters were in Fort Moultiie, a work of little strength from the shore side, having been constructed to resist attack from the sea and not from the land, from which it was easily command ed. On the 20th of December, 1800, the South Carolina ordinance of Se cession was passed, and the purpose of taking possession of the United Stater property in the harbor of Charleston was immediately mani tested. With a little force of less than seventy men, in the works of Fort Moultrie, Major Anderson oonld not hold out against the batteries erected on shore, and an easy victory was expected in this first evert of treason. Fort Samter was a work of very different character, and capable of sustaining a prolonged siege. An derson’s quiet removal to that strong hold on the night of December 20th, with >ut awaiting orders from Wash ington, surprised th« rebels and elec trified the whole country. Here he maintained himself, without rein forcements and with only a feeble and unsuccessful attempt on the part of Buchanan’s Administration to send him supplies, until on the 14th of April, after sustaining a prolonged canouadiug, he was compelled to surrender, as detailed in the follow ing official notification to the Secreta ry of War bTßAMsnip Baltic, off Sandy Hook, April 18. ’01—10:30 a. m., via New York. Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty* lour hours, until the quarters were entire ly burnt, the main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge walls seriously injured, the mag azine surrouudtd by flames, and its door closed from the effects of heat; four bar rels and three cartridges of powder only beiug available, and no provisions remain ing but pork, I accepted terms of evacua tion offered by Gen. Beauregard—being the same offered by bim on the 14th last., prior to the commencement of hostilities— and marched out of the fort on Sunday af ternoon, the 14th instant, with colorflijfly ing and drums beating, bringing away my company and private property, and salut ing my flag with fifty guns. Robbr"' Anderson. Major First Artillery Commanding. Hon. Simon Cameron, Sec’y of War. Gen. Anderson was everywhere received by Union citizens with the greatest enthusiasm, and his name had a warm place in all patriotic hearts. The long siege just gone through, unhappily, had left his ner vous system so seriously impaired as to unfit him tor the leading part he would otherwise have played in the subsequent events oi the time. Aside from a command, expected to be rather nominal than aotive, assigned him in Kentucky, where his influence was strongly felt on the side of his country, the General was nnable to render important service daring the war. Subsequently he was plaoed on the retired list, on good pay, which, with his other incomes,plaoed him above want. He lived ohiefly in New York, until 1809, when he went abroad. A curious incident of the Paris Commune is brought to light in one of the papers. A tobaoooniatoloaed his shop, and, in order to protect it from pillage and burning, he wrote a plaoard, ‘Closed on aooount of death/ and pasted it over the door. He had ao&roely finished the job, however, when a ball struck him from behiad and killed him instantly. It meat have been some cooeolatioA to flad that he had not lied* 43,500 108.000 10.000 10,0110 B.UOO 86,000 13.500 27.000 3.000 P.OOO