The Lincoln County herald., 1868-12-24
STATE ITEMS.

and killed, near Edna, on the 24th ult.
Oyer 10000 head Of swine have besn
slaughtered 10 81. Louis during the pres
ent season.
A Reverend store.keeper in Memphis,
Mo-, notifies persons contemplating mar
riags that If they will buy their outfit Of
him, he will marry them free of charge.
The Kirksville Herald tells Of man
living beyond the Charlton training bis
horse to walk on stills 90 he can ford
when that classic stream is high.
The entire block Of buildings on the
north side Of the public square, in Chilli.
cotho, Livingstone county, was burned
on the 18th inst.
Abel Gilbert, ESQ.,, father of Ion. 8.
A. Gilbert, of Weston, Platte county, ar.
rived at that place on the 14th inst, in
eight days from Salt Lake City.
NJ. G. Little has been appointed Chief
Engineer Of the Louisiana and Missouri
River Railroad. Mr.. Little is man Of
large experience in engineering, and is .
faithful official.
In Lexington, on Wednesday last, q
little daughter Of Mr.. Patrick Lyon was
so severely y6dfncd that she died in great
agony short time after. She approached
too close to an opon CRATE, when her
clothes took FIRE, with the usual result.
On last Monday night the residence of
Mr.. Ford, opposite the Christian Church,
in Plattsburg, took a,c from defective
aue, and came near enveloping the entire
building 10 flames. The. "devil" Of the
Register Office extinguished tho flames.
A clerk in q tobacco store in Kansas
City, during the past four weeks, sue.
cecdcd in squandering the funds Of his
employers to the amount of s1,4OO.
Wine, women and faro were at tho bot.
tom Of the affair. The young man was
arrested.
Eureka Lodge Of Masons, at Bruins.
wick, Charlton county, has selected Rev.
Thomas L. Smith of the Episcopal
church, to deliver on address on the occa-
sion Of the installation Of the recently
elected officers of the lodge which takes
place on the Goth instant.
The sale Of lands along the liue of tho
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad con.
tiaue to bo very heavy, notwithstanding
tho lstcness Of tho season. At tho land
Office at Brookfield since the 1st of Octo.
Der, 300 acres have been conveyed to
actual settlers at ON average cost, per
acre, Of 50.
The jewclry store Of Simon Morris, of
was broken into on the night
Of the llth inst, and robbed Of eighteen
watches and a quantity of jewclry worth
about $1,000. The thieves were subse.
quently caught, and all tho property re.
except one gold watch and somo
small articles Of jewelry.
A workingman on the bridge at Kan.
SOS City, named r. Maher, was drowned
on the 18th inst, by tho leo giving way
and letting him through. He had hold
Of a rope for security, but went under and
lost his hold. He reappe ared some dis.
tance down, and attempted to tear of his
coat, but failed to do so, an went down.
He lately went there from St. Charles.
Tho editor Of the Marshall Banner q
few days ago escaped fearful accident
from the explosion Of coal oil. He was
10 the cellar drawing it from barrel,
when the oil ignitcd from burning can.
dlc. Fortunately he had presence Of
mind enough to turn the faucet, and
smother the FIRE before it reached into the
barrel, otherwise he would have mot with
q horrible death and a great destruction
Of property.
The Jefferson City Peoples Tribune
says: We are again glad to welcome to
our sanctum that sterling organ of the
Democracy Of the Southwest, the Spring.
field Leader, under the control and man.
agemsnt Of D. q. Kennedy 4 Go. The
office was destroyed by fire some two or
three weeks since, and We hardly expected
its temperance thus early after such q
\ disaster but the energy and enterprise
Of our friend Kennedy is equal to any
emergency, aud by his ability aud talent
The Leader has been made one Of the
lirst papers Of the State.
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