The Lincoln County herald., 1869-01-01
The wife Of Mr. Kelly, living ten

The wife Of a Mr Kelly, living to"
miles south Of Brooiheld, Linn county,
q short time since gave birth to three
children Two boys and girD weighing
respectively 8, q and 7 pounds. Twcn
ty two pounds Of babies at one time is
great deal, If not too much, Of a good
thing. The father has survived, and the
motho. aud children arc said to be doing
we'll.
They have an association at Kansas
City called "Tbo Society Of Bearded
Men," who ore giving series Of social
parties. Tho most respectable gentlemen
aud ladies Of the place participate in
these festivities, but no person Of tho
male persuasion is permitted to enter
their charmed circle who does not sport
O hirsute physiognomy. In q word, no
"barcfaccd william" gets into that crowd.
There appears to be row in the Rad
icul camp in Saline county. Tho editor
of the Banner says portion Of the party
are determined to have him "crushed
out" a process to which hc docs not in
tend quietly to submit On the contrary
he tells them clay on McDuff,' and
promises "to make il lively" for his ad.
versarics before they get through.
During the year just closing, there
have been thirty four 6rcs and alarms Of
fires in st. Joseph. The most disastrous
was the burning Of the Pacific House, on
the 10th ul,imo, the losses on which are
stated at s13O,OOO. Tho aggregate losses
during the year amount to SlSO,0O0, on
which there were insurances amounting
10 s65, 900, a little over onc.third the
value Of the property destroyed.
A meeting Of citizens of Barton, Jas.
per aud Vernon counties was held at La.
mar, Barton county, on the 10Th ultimo,
ut which it was resolved to use cndeavors
to raise $3.50, 1000 to aid in the extension
Of the railroad located from Sedalia, by
way of Clinton, in the direction Of the
counties named. The amount was divi.
dcd by assigning sl50,000 to Barton,
and $500, coo each to jasper and YER
non. The third Tuesday in May next
was fixed upon as tho day on which tho
people of these counties would be called
to vote OH the proposition.
Dr.J. W. Luckie, Of Mexico, Au
drain county, who has gathered some
thing of cabinet of curiositics, has re-
Gently added to it white quail. Th'
bird is pure white, with the exceptio,
Of few brown spots. 1t is ono Of nin'
captured in net few days ago, tn
other eight members Of the family bein!
all Of the natural color. 1t had been re
pcatcdly sccn in the last few weeks, an,
DR.. Luckic offered reward to any on
who would deliver it to him, and thus h
has secured what he justly regards as
: great "natural curiosity"
Capt. II. Il. johnson, tho recent
: elected Attorney General Of this State
t was married on the Gath ult., to Miss NJ
b. Martinez, ot Independence, Jackso
county.
On Tuesday, December 1st, 1868, Nj
, and Mrs. George W. Dolman, OF Brun.
, wick, celebrated their golden weddin.
. Fifty years ago on Tuesday this venerabl
couple we're united IN tho "holy bonds q
wedlock."
An OK policeman took poison in S
Louis the other day. and his wilo refuse
to allow him to be left in her house. II
was taken to the Sisters Hospital to di,
but by the care and attention Of phys
!. clans is now slowly recovering.
g A correspondent to the Republican
$ from Macon, No., says there was rather
novel package went through that city I'll
other day by express, being young Il
g dian boy ofthc Snake tribe, about thi
g teen years old, with tag attached to Il
It collar Of his coat marked - Francoi
). Waverly, Missouri, G. U. d. s55 on
n charges, which amounted to $50, maxim
p" S75 worth of Indian. lie was shippe
&c per express ut Omaha.
THO Louisiana Agricultural and Nc
a chanical Association has purchased twcl
10 ty.seven acres of land within mile
n tho town of Louisiana, which it is il
;. tended to fit up for fair grounds. TT
10 prico paid was s5,400. This makes
Sc second Association Of the kind in Pil
d county, very creditablc grounds havir
70 been fitted up at Ashley, eighteen mil
west of Louisiana, several years since.
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