The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-28
STATE ITEMS.

The St. Charles Sentinel says, on Travis
Murphys farm, in Dog Prairie about
. month since, 10 q meadow where there
never before hsd been observed any ap.
pearance Of a spring, quito large one
flushed forth, and Mr.. Murphy, who has
been obliged to bring water from . dis.
tance for house and stock, was at once
relieved of his labors a. water carrier.
Mr.. Henry Larimore, Of Galway coun
|ty, who is famous for his fine stock all
through this country has taken 81 ,43s iD
premiums, at the different fairs held this
fall. This was oil on four or five ami.
mails, shown separately iu the appropriate
rings or together as herd. So says the
Danville Star.
PRoLlrIc.-Granvillo T. Bigsersta6,
Of Clinton county, gathered AS bushels
Of jenneting apples from nineteen trees
this fall-an average Of twenty-five bush.
els to the tree. This is the most abun
dant yield from young trees we ever heard
Of. Cleaned from the st. 10. Herald.
At recent meeting Of the Directors Of
the North Missouri railroad, Hon. Bar.
ton Bates, of st. Charles, son Of Edward
Bates, and cx.Judge Of the Supreme
ourt, was elected President Of the road.
There have been over forty deaths
from Aux says the Faystte advertiser,
within the practice Of the physicians Of
Roanoak this last summer and fall.
An advertiser in the Fulton Telegraph
indicates that Westminster College, loca.
ted at that, place is to be sold on the 10Th
Of December, to satisfy u mortgage.
A few nights ago, Mr.. Polston, residing
near Warrenton, had all his fencing
burned, thus exposing his crops to the
depreciation of loose stock. Ills loss
was some S400.
The farmers Of Warren county met at
Warrcnton on the 18th inst, and organ.
lied an Agricultural and Mcdaniel Asso.
citation, of which j. r. Yocum was elected
Pro sident, +. Morscy, Vicc.Presidept, c.
A. Kuhi, Secretary, and Garrett Schuick,
Treasurer.
A mass meeting of the Democracy Of
johnson county is called to meet at
Warrensburs, on Wednesday, 18th Of
December. ".ill persons who arc op.
posed to the dominant party, and who
desire an economical adnistration Of the
State and national government, are in
vited." 1t is not expected that any Rad.
zeal mob will disturb this meeting.
Mr. n. b. Allen, residing near Fred
cricktowu, Madison county, having one
night recently had acouple Of sheep killed
as he supposed by dogs, baitel one of the
csrcasses with strychuiac. The follow
ing morning lie fonnd dead wolf and
fox at the place.
At = Democratic meeting recently hold
at Independence, Mo-, series Of resolu.
tons were adopted "subject to the ratit.
cation of mass meeting Of the Demo.
cratic party, to be held at Kansas City, on
the sth day Of January, 1865" The op.
ponents of Missouri Radicalism. in Jack
son county, seem determined not be mis-
represented in the future, either in Con-
gress or our State Legislature.
A year ago the place whcro Mobcrly
now is, at the junction Of the West Branch
and North Missouri railroad, was an open
and uninhabitabls prairie. 1t is now 4
beautiful aud thriving town, containing
two good hotels, two boarding houses, u
bakery and confectionery, four dry goods
houses, hardware aud tiushop, one drag
store, one boot and shoe house, billiarG
saloon, blacksmith, wagon maker, furni
ture and cabinet shop, two lumber yards
and one hundred private dwellings.
The entire family Of Dir. j. e. Gallo
way, residing in Rails county, came very
near being fatally poisoned one day last
week by eating buckwheat cakes. Il
appears that G. had harvested crop oi
buckwheat, among which had grown ,
considerable quantity Of jimsen weeds &
very poisonous plant), and had cut ant
threshed the buckwheat and jimscn with
out separating them. lie took some o
:hc wheat to mill and had it ground int
. -four, and the consequence was as abov
. stated. The life of one member of th