The Lincoln County herald., 1868-06-04
STATE ITEMS.

Pike county, on the eth ult., sheared two
sheep, the aeecss Of which weighed re-
spcctivsly % aud lepounds.
Some ten days ago . party Of seven
young meh in Rails county went fishing,
and some Of them venturing too far into
deep water, one Of the party, DR.. II. II.
Smith, was drowned. .-.,.
John Eberman, Of Glasgow, has con-
structed the model Of . machine which
reaps, thrcshes, cleans and sacks wheat at
one operation. II is said to be an ingeni'
Gus mechanical contrivance.
A young man seventeen years Of age,
just out Of school, has hired house and
started . private school In St. Joseph.
From the proceeds Of his enterprise he
intends to support himself and mother.
The Mexico Ledger says q shooting
afr:.y occurred at "Ifayslip" school house
a short distance from Nlartinsburg, on
Sunday, the 2&th ult., between two young
men, named respectively Methcny and
Cory. The latter was shot in the breast,
and it is feared the wound will prove fatal.
Work has commenced on the first sec.
ton Of the Louisiana and Prairievillo
road. A party Of hands, with carts, picks,
shovels and camp equipages, arrived from
st. Louis, last Wednesday morning, and
proceeded to the end Of tho gravel, about
i've miles from this city, where the work
begins. Journal.
On the night of the 23d ultimo, two
negroes named respectively Thornton
Davis and Henry Campbell, got into o
quarrel at Macon City, when the former
shot tho latter, wounding him so that he
died next morning. Davis surrendered
himself, but on Investigation being had.
the homicide was pronounced justi6ablc,
and lie was released.
RoUan TREArMENr.-Last Sunday two
unknown men stopped negro about q
quarter Of mile south Of this place, and
after stripping him of coat and vest, pro-
cccded to administer q severe castigation,
literally cutting the negro to pieces. No
cause could be assigned by tho negro for
tho rough treatment ho received at the
hands Of the strangers.-Ralls County
Record.
James NJ. Stanislaus, young man Of
about twenty years, while in Houston,
says the Record, bought some chewing
gum. Chewing portion Of it until it
became hard, he laid it away, and some
time afterwards undertook to chew it
again, during which attempt small por.
ton Of it was drawn into his windpipc,
producing Inflammation Of tho bronchia
and lungs, resulting in his death in few
days.
George Brown, Of Wcntzville, was seri.
ously hurt, on the 24th inst, and his life
was at first dcspaired of. lie was haul
ing wood, and while descending hill the
wood slipped of, carrying with it Mr..
Brown; the mules became frightened and
ran away, dragging him with them, until
coming 20 tree, when he was caught
between it and the hub of the wagan, and
almost crushed to death. Cleaned from
the News.
The Benton county Index, Of the 9th
ultimo, contains tho following account OF
most atrocious outrage: "On Monday
last three negroes, two women and ono
man, caught young lady, named Miss
Crawford, living near tho Pomme dc
Terre bridge, and carried her about three
miles from home, where they stripped her
Of the last pieco of her clothing. Miss
G. made her way home, and in o short
time after her arrival thero, several per.
sons started in pursuit Of the negroes,
but at timc Of going to press, they have
not succeeded in capturing them"
The Inder rendeuco Sentinel, of tho 23d
ult., gives an account of . father being
shot by his son. The particulars are as
follows: One of Mr.. David Tally's neigh.
bors had lost horse few nights before
and Mr.. Tally, thinking tho thief would
likely pay his stable visit also, placed
his son and young man whom he had
hired, in the stable with guns, with in.
structions to fro on any man that Nigh,
be seen about the stable without hailine
him. Before day the old gentleman
wishing to know the result Of the night q
watching by the boys, approached the
stable without speaking. When near it
tho boys fred, killing him almost in
stantfy. .'-.
A negro boy abont twelve years of agt
attempted to poison the family Of Mrs
Fanny Logan, residing four or five mile.
from Wentzville, st. Charles county, il
the absence Of Mrs. Logan, by putting
strychnine in the we'll, in two vessels con
tanning meal, in kit Of mackerel, and II
tho milk. Fortunately the food was SC
bitter that it could not be eaten, and th.
family thus escaped. The strychninc had
been bought for the purpose of killing
rats, and one day when the family wer'
having some furniture varnised, the draw
er containing the bottle of poison was 70
moved, when tho rascal slipped the bot
Ito out and hid it. The boy, not wishing
to kill his mistress, delayed the projcc
until she went to St. Louis. Mrs. Logal
raised the boy ftom his infancy. lie ac-
knOWledged his intent to kill the family