The Lincoln County herald., 1869-06-24

.fnURSDAY JUNE -, 1859
r We have been abseas durise the week
.,ast on Buiusss. If this Issue Of the
Herald presents . better or worse ap'
vSSsxHUs, .asssitsts Il TO that cause.
suPrLixsxr.-Th, pelinqusnt Tax
sList viii b. B ssefal document 10 many
Of che. tax payers Of this county. We
1--WE IL ia supplement. Persons not sub.
seribiss fsr the Herald can obtain them
a tbis oaiss for twenty-five cents . copy.
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t,,.r 1, STATE News.
- I've msa dess, II IL said, we're killed
n Upton, Cooper comfy, . few days
g. Dr. Stewart, rss13iss meas Macon City,
'has planted forty acres Of potatoes this
season. II took 500 bushels Of potatoes
for seed.
The lIsnuibsl Courier says there are
just evenly .Gvs applicants for The Office
Gus. Collector in that Qhs Eighth
District, and twenty-seven for that Of
Assessor.
A Sountifua peach crop 10 sspsessd in
,Je6srsee county. Al present the young
fruit Is psrtisalarly promising, and a. the
trees generally ere not overloaded, the
fruit will be larger and better than usual.
A few days since, young man resid-
ing q. Burlington, Boone county, for the
pitiful sun Of one dollar, killed poison.
ous snake By biting its head Of With bis
teeth. So says correspondent
Mr.. G. L. Gsrlis, Ciscsit ADD County
Clerk Of Barry, since 1864, died at Cass.
willie on the 9Th inst. He was highly
esteemed aud had married an sstimable
lady but few months previous.
On the 9th inst, . man named Mason,
imprisoned 10 the Iron county Jail, on
the charge Of numbering . negro, 10
Peverly, Jefferson county, last fall,
walked sut Of his cell, and made bis %.
cape.
Tho xmy worm has destroyed sixty
acres Of corn for Mr.. ]. W. Thompson
r,sdius .sue eighty miles northeast Of
Paris, Monroe county, so that 1t had to be
ro.plauted. The same pest is said to BE-
troublesome in other parts Of tho county
Minor Neal, Of Cooper county who
was tried at tho recent term Of the How
ard Circuit Court, on the charge Of falsely
taking the test oath. 10 order to be reg
istered as .: voter, was XenoTsb9 &C.
Quilted BY the jury who we're only about
Ave minutes in making their verdict.
Tho Journal says Mr.. L. Hume, livini
three miles east Of Columbia, Boon'
county, has a field Of fifteen acres o.
wheat, tito aysraga'hight Of which is si1
feet, with heads generally about Eve Of
six inches long, and "this is only an aver
~sse specimen Of Boone wheat"
The trial Of William Cole, Of Webster
county, for the murder Of bis wife, com
msuced at Marsh6eld, ON the 9th instant
Three days were consumed in iupannsl
,ios . jury. I'm the llth, the taking o
testimony on the. part Of the State va
entered upon, which is the last heard o
the trial - yet.
Hon. John c. Orrick, Of 81. Charlie
was married 10 St. Louis last week to Nils
Neppis Allen Of that city. A large an
brilliant company was.prsssns to witnss
tho ceremony. The happy couple starse
Immediately on bridal tour to Californi
over the Pseiao RaiiiosX and they vii
probably bs gone about tvo months.
On the sM inst, . young man q
twenty years, residing iu Cedar count,
named Willis E. Giiispsie. dsAbsratsl
shot himself in shs bowels, because :
yosus lady Of fifteen, to whom be ha
been engaged in marriage refused to full
bsr engagement. He lived ssass' thirty
Viz hours after. At times expressing sat''
faction At his set, and st others regret
o. the 18th inst, while Dr.. Gibson an
IL. NeNslly, . tailor, Of Boonvill
Cooper county, were riding out 10 . o.
riags, The horses ran away and the vshie
,vas ovs,surpsd. throwing the oceupan
ont. Mr.. MeNally was 20 badly ipjur'
that hs died To- half sn hour. He Y
formerly resident ec Rochsport. Boo
county, aud about forty.avs years Of q