The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-07
STATE ITEMS.

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A lit.ls child Of Mr.. Koeling, Of War.
rentop, Wild plsyiog il 4 tub Of water,
on the 2ssh, clipped. and fell hesd first
into the water, snd was almost drowned.
A doctor being called Ia II was restored
We CLEAN from the Banner.
Mr.. B. +. Starks, Of Ray county, . few
days since, paid his subscription for the
Conservator 10 silver coin. The editor
seems troubled about il. and wants to
know ifanybody else 10 going to play that
trick upon him.
A serious If not fatal ARRAY, occurred At
Siartinsburg, Audrain county, on the 18th
ult between James Martin and Andrew
Mann, which resulted 10 Martin beisg
dangerously injured. Three days after
ward Mann was arrested and held to bail
on charge Of assault with intent to kill.
| A lot Of red mon on their way down
the Missouri in canoes, paid Lexington .
visit on the 2lst inst. There were four.
teen canoes loaded with them. They
had campsd on the opposite side Of the
river In Ray county. Their destination
seems not to have been known.
The Pike county Fruit Growers Asso.
citation held q meeting at Louisiana on
the 22d inst, at which committee was
appointed to procure fruit statistics. in.
ctuding tho number Of fruit.trecs in the
county, tho quantity Of fruit grown in
1867, and the number and varities Of
fruit. trees and vines planted in 1867, and
1868. Pike is one Of the best fruit. grow
ing counties in tho State.
On tho night Of tho Sd. ult. o fire
broke out in bakery adjoining the Re.
cord printing Office, at Carrolton, Carroll
county, and before anything could be
done to extinguish it, tho Office and con i.
tents, with the exception Of some 5000
worth Of material, was totally destroyed.
The dwelling Of Mrs Mountain, adjoining,
took Gre and was destroyed, although the
contents were generally saved.
At the recent railroad election in Mon.
roc county, the question Of railrosd sub
scription was submitted to tho citizens
at large. separate polls being kept Of the
registered and unregistered voters. The
result shows a popular vote of over 1000
while less than 400 are on tho registered
list. "Free Missouri" is o great country,
where four. .ffths Of tho tax payers have
no voice IN the selection Of their rulers.
A marriage on horseback took place in
front Of one Of the stores, on the public
square, at Otterville, Cooper county, q
few days since. A young couple had
come 10 town hunting the parson, and
hearing be was at one Of the stores doing
some trading, they rode up in front Of it,
aud without dismounting proceeded ia
have the knot tied, to their great delight
and the amusement Of the numerous spec.
tators. Having duly compensated the
p, rson, they left him to finish his tra
ding and went on their way rejoicing.
The original site of the town of Louis.
lana, Pike county, was laid out in the lat
ter part Of the year 1919. on the south
east quarter Of section 18, township 81
range one west, the plat Of which wa
filled January 4, 1920. Tho property
was then owned by Samuel X. Caldwell
1t is believed the Grst house built aftel
the town was laid out was q log cabin
built by Rev. John Matthews. The tow'
was then and for somo years afterward:
tho county seat Of Pike. The presen
population Of Louisiana Is about 5000.
The Clarksville (Pikc county, Sentinel
says, that ordinarily very quiet burgh III
afflicted with periodical spells Of fighting
shooting and occasional stabbing and cut
ting" A couple Of little scraps Of thu
kind occurred there on the 25th ult., in
one of which Cook Oyler, engineer Of the
ferry boat, was stabbed in two or thre
places, by passenger named Toll, whom
lie had asked for his fare. In the Other
case, there was "nobody hurt" The Sen
: tinel advises those pugnacious parties Il
swap thcir weapons of, and then pei
each other with grass, in these periodica
= set tos.
The Clinton (Henry county, Indepen
dent, Of the LIST inst, speaking of the fol
low Murphy, who married negrsss, q
Warrsnsburg, month ago, has the fol
3 lowing in answer to o Radical statemon
|. that Murphy was Democrat. 1t says
If it il necessary, VIC can procure tn
names Of over one hundred persons VIII
have known Murphy several years, VIII
{ will certify that he is one Of the leadin
Radicals in that portion of Missouri
Murphy himself says he is q Radical, an
furthermore, bis marrying the nlgge
, wenoh is indorsed BY half the Radical
in this towa. ...
! A very pretty and interesting daughte
d Of Mr.. W1. Chiles, aged two years res
2 ding near Bloomfield, Galway count
!. was drowned ten days since, in tub cor
: taiuing not moro than bucket Of watel
It appears the aother had been washin
some vegetables in small tub staudiu
just outside the kitchen door. Hnvin