The following notices appeared in Dearborn County, Indiana newspapers for 1880:

Lawrenceburg Register – 22 Apr 1880 – Page 2, Column 6

NOTICE
Is hereby given that my wife, Caroline Hoffman, has left me without any just cause, and this is therefore to notify all persons not to let her have anything on my account, as I will not be responsible for any of her contracts.
Harrison township, Dearborn County, Ind.
JACOB HOFFMAN.

Lawrenceburg Register – 30 Sep 1880 – Page 5, Column 6

Notice.
Notice is hereby giving that my wife, Julia A. Walser, has left my house and home without any reason whatever. I therefore give notice that I will not be responsible for any debt that she contracts whatever, after this date, September 23d, 1880.
JAMES WALSER, Manchester, Ind.