The Lincoln County herald., 1869-07-15

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Strong Efforts ars being made to sstab
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Pallmsu's celebrated sleeping cass an
nov being used on The North Missouri
railroad. ,sre q. sr "a.'
The total taxable wealth Of touisiaua,
Pike eoSnty, 10 Get down at 1,A64, ,491,
and the nu.bsr Of inhabitants At 1900
0a the 9th inst, Eugene Rounwiek,
three ysars old, Vas run over in Kansas
City, By . bakers vagos. and fatally In.
jused. Co., .r'ft sa 40. .i''
Two cases Of sunstroks occurred in g..
joseph on the l0th Inst. Neither Of
them proved fatal, however
On the I'd inst, wn. Mccoy, residing
near Rashville, Buchanan county, vas
struck BY lightning while ehopping wood,
aud instantly killed.
Statistics show that the Bapsists Of
Missouri have 740 churches, With mem.
iasship Of l0,olA TAsss ere slso esu'
thousand colorsd Baptists 10 tie State.
Matthew G,veus, Esq, one os the old.
est and most respected citizens Of Pike
county, died At his residence near Clarks
Vile on the % inst, aged 81 years and
1 months.
wm. Cole, Of johnson county, who
shot his wife while she Was exeiente.
March orb, 1860, has received bic 6nal
trial at Mansfield. He Was sentenced to
be hanged August 9Th.
A single "stool" Of wheat having six.
teen perfected heads, containing eight
hundred aud thirty.cight kerne!s,I was
grown on the farm Of J. J. Monaghan,
Esq, near Sedalia, pet.is county, the
present season.
On tho Goth ult., Mr.. William Hoffman,
residing in the northwest Of Cass county,
while uubitehiog his horses out on the
prairie, whore he Was ploughiug, was
struck BY lightning and killed.
II. c. Morris, . young marrisd mau Of
Jackson county, who was en-.
gagged with some horse traders in the
Indian Territory, was drowned in Cow
creek, on the LIST inst, by being thrown
from his horse into the water.
On the 9Th inst, the house of q
farmer residing near Rushvills. Buch-
anan county, was struck BY lightning,
and . little boy was killed. Ths other
members Of the family were severely
shocked.
On the 4sh inst. John O. Jones, q
young man residing 10 Andrew county,
was drowned in One Hundred and Two
river, at McCandiss' mill, while attemp'.
ing to cross the stream on horseback,
while il WAS swollen from heavy rains.
The following newspapers in this State
have recently suspended publication
Index, Warsaw Star, Kiogsvills; Led.
ger, Hillsboro; Union, Savannah; Blade,
Alexander; Gazette, Springfield; News,
Independence; Spectator, ChilIicoths /;
Missourian, California.
A disappoisted lover attempted suicide
at 81. Joseph on tho 9th. He Arst tried
to poison himself, but it wasn't poison
the druggist gave him. He thon rssortsd
to pistol, but tho cap snapped. If he
lives long he'll thank that druggist and
pistol.
The 81. Joseph Herald has been pu, .
chased By A. H. Haliowell. formerly pro.
prietor and editor Of the Kansas City
Journal, and John L. Bittinger, formerly
au editor and proprietor Of the Herald,
Who took possession oa the 1st Of July,
Messrs. Wilkinson and Posegats retiring.
Charles Murray, . 6sudish seouudrsl,
committed Q Pape on q little Girl tan vears