The Lincoln County herald., 1869-05-27

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ooutsrs pap1 10 Boston. n
Land that cold IN virsiuis fsus years
ago for six dollars % acre win now bring
thirty. y.ra
There are . million Of Bsptish In
Great Britain and Ireland. '
Dusla afs sowvf almost daily oscur.
reuoe In Paris. 9omstinss ~ many o.
two or three {. day are ysserdsd.
The EayiisA eoueis Aass just decided
that . ninse sasast'bs 6asd fss breach Of
promise. .s,s slaeso4 lfs s.bg
Boston 10 70 hass psw Aally. pspsr
with capital Of eSeo, 900, wAisA 1s 10
advocate free trade. T+
A gang Of countsrfsissss afs eircu.
lating large quantities Of bsSss Ansri.
can and other coin IN Panama
You can oftsn 80 Q dam By . mill sits,
but you can't always see mill By dam
site. "F't -
Mr.. George Peabody, who = In H.,
health, has expressed : desire 10 return
to this country and end bis days here.
Cyrus W. Field failed in 1851, but hss
since paid up, and added . million to bis
pile.
Mrs. Britton A. Hill, Of 81. Louis,
heroine Of The Hill divorce case, was
drowned recently At Nice, France.
An English clergyman identified bic
Bible in court from the marks Of il hAv.
ing bcen used ~ razor strap.
It is with narrow.soulsd people %
With narrow. .necked bottles, the less they
have in them the more noise they make
on pouring out.
The Executive Committee Of the 81.
Louis Agricultural Association propose
inviting Horace Greeley to deliver IN
address at their next fair.
The last stone on the last pier Of the
bridge over the Missouri river was laid
on the 9Th inst. Nothing now remains
for its full completion save the finishing
Of the wood work already three .fourths
done.
+ A party Of young fellows found fault
with the buttcr on boarding. house to.
Bile. "What is tho matter with it?' in.
quired the mistress. "Just you ask it, !"
said one, "it is old enough to speak for
ITSELF"
It is said that o shipwrecked Yankee
was lately rescued from one Of the Mar.
quesas Islands, whose 6rst question on
being discovered was "How did the
Mexican war finally come ont p He
had been soldier who left Gen. SCOTS
army before the campaign closed.
The sum Of 1000 in premiums will
be distributed at the coming Fair Of the
81. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, for the fastest trottiug
horses. The new track will bs half 4
mile in circumference, and there will b
seats for 5000 people.
Capt. J. L. Stephens, Of Boonville, has
on exhibition at that place . specimen oi
coal taken from bis mines in Cooper
county, weighing 1900 pounds, in the
centre Of which is mould in the shape
Of an ordinary brass kettle Of large sise,
The impression, il 10 said, 10 perfect
even to the rim. The singular formation
10 . puzzle to the savans Of that region
On the 24th ult. the wife Of Judge
James Human, Of Humansvills, Polk
county, Missouri, gave birth to two boys
and . girl, averaging over six pounds
each. The father Of this trio Of babiss
is SO years Of age, has had three wives
and is the paternal relative Of some Is
children.
TO ascend . staircase eighteen feet high
! requires thirty-six times the force that
Is required to walk eighteen feet on level
ground, and would therefore bs equal 4
level wslk Of 1924 feet. 80 then per.
son shut up In the house, and In need Of
exercise, can walk his mile BY going up
these stairs, cay sixteen timss. .. ,aT
On the 9th inst, . man in Kausa
City wss carrying I costly lsokipg-glasI
past quarry just % tho workmsn wer,
setting of = blast. He Was eilled 4
hurry up, but hs very lsisursly pursust
the even tenor Of his way. A soant
came, smoke, sxplosiou-and ftsgmen
Of rock deceuded fairly upon the Splsn
did glass, shattering It into I've huldrst
pieces. The man was unhurt.
Corcorsn, The Washington banker, ha
Just made magnificent dopation TO thai
city. The house and grounds owned b,
him, and during the war occupied BY tn
Government, hs has decided over 70 [
body Of trustees 70 DO used - . free ar
gallery, and in addition hss placed there
in fine collection Of paintings. u /
stated that % soon - the trustees shal
haxa takAn nossassion NJ Aurnsk Hal