The Lincoln County herald., 1868-11-12

! A rslis Of the, fausd ran Msrriuae
10 tls sbeps Of 40 ixmsass sushos. weigh
Ing 9,O0p pounds, - teen faissd aud !,
on ,sshthition at Notfblk, w ~,
l,yoas, Michis.s IL. a hssdrcd acre
Of pcppermint under cultivation, and hal
made this yesr athoessnd ponds Of pur'
oil worth " . pousd. ir
| A woman named Warwick, living uea
Dayton, Ohio, murdered her husband Of
the morning Of the goth. Sho frat sho
him with revolver, then struck him sew
eral times with an axe. Cause, domestic
troubles. .
i The season just passed has been tb,
most favorable to the farmers Of Califor
mia Of any they have ever experienced.
Tho wheat crop has been immense, ost.
snd barley very abundant, and grain Of
every kind commands fair price.
Grounds have been purchased at Aurora
Ill.,, for the erection Of mills to roll oil the
iron Of the Michigan, Central, Chicago,
Burlington aud Quincy, Burlington and
Missouri, dnd Hannibal aud ST. Joseph
Roads, and their branches.
| States are now substituted for clap
boards in the erection Of houses, making
them Gre proof aud indcstructible. The
states are. put on in the form Of segments
of a circle overlapping each other. The
general appearance is described as pleas.
ing.
Ducks and geese arc far moro abundant
10 all the sloughs and rice lakes Of the
Mississippi than was ever known before.
This is probably owing to the large crop
Of wild rice that is found in every slash
and slough this fall.
A few days since Cincinnati boat
unloaded aour from that city for con-
sumption at Cape Girardeau. At the
same time another boat was lying at the
Cape Girardeau levee loading aour manu-.
factured there to be taken to Baltimore
for consumption.
An iron-jaw man, for so he is called,
has arrived from Europe. lie is pro.
nounced one Of the strongest men ever
seen. While holding By his legs to q
trapeze bar in the air he lifts horse from
the ground BY his teeth, rs we'll as per.
forming many other ieats Of strength.
The President has proclaimed a treaty
with the Sacs and Foxes Of the Missouri,
by which they cede to the United States
all their lands, in return for which ample
ooc,oan.,t;on. on,1 a tr,ok Nc land 20 @ A.
aside in the Indian country, South of
Kansas, for their future home.
The total debt Of the State Of Kentucky
on the 10Th day of October, 1860,
amounted to s38l9191,48. Between
the 10th Of October, 1867, and tho 10th
Of October 1868, the outstanding bonds
of the State have been redeemed to the
amount Of S992, ,008.
A few days since lady Of Gloucester,
Mass, had occasion to leave her house
fora few moments, and left her six months
baby ON the floor. On returnin she was
surprised 10 6nd the child missing. After
searching for sometime she discovered
that the family dog had taken the baby
to the garnet, and deposited it in basket
Of rags.
A man and his wife who live in a ten
ement house in Springfield, Massachusetts,
have not spoken to each other for severel
years. 1t is merely to see who will hold
out the longest. When the man wants
to say anything to his wife he addresses
lis remarks to their little son. who also
acts as the medium through which the
wife communicates with her husband.
Barley forms large item in the COM
merce of Toledo, Ohio. In the first ten
days Of October the imports OF this grain
from Canada were 1S2, ,SS4 bushels. The
duty on barley is l5c per bushcl, and the
total receipts Of barley duties ut Toledo,
this season, are s50,075,40. In two days
last week the receipts Of Canadian barley
amounted to l04 1884 bushels.
SUES FOR DAMAaEs.-From the Stock.
ton (California) Gazette OF September
Goth, We extract tho following:
civilian S. Moss, publisher Of the
San Francisco Examiner, has commenced
suit in the Foueth District Court, San
Francisco, against the city and county,
to recover s42, 1855 damages for the de.
struction of the Democratic Press BY q
mob, April 10Th, 1865 Captain Moss
claims s22, ,957 for loss of personal prop.
erty; $l4,35S for loss of rent.
"Where is your housc?" asked . trav.
eler in the depths Of one Of the old "sol.
emn wilderness" Of the West. "IIouse
I amt got no house." "Well, where do
you live ?" II live 10 tho woods, sleep
on the government purchase, eat raw
the Mississippi ,a. p,R;.. AGd IND, he added %
here. You're the second man I have
seen this last month, and I hear that
there's whole family come in about City
miles down the river. l'm going to put
out in tho woods avain 4"