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The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

DAsrARDLY OUTRAGE On last Sun.
day night, Mr.. Thomas S. White, bach.
elor, about so years Of age, living 4 miles
southwest Of High Hill, was called out
about l2 O'Clock BY negro man known as
Henry Clay the Cd, who stated that his
wife was sick and wanted to see Mr.. W.
lie started to 60 with Clay, and had pro.
ceeded but few steps when he was struck
by another negro and knocked senseless.
Mr.. VS. eolored cook, hearing the nois e,
camo to the door, when Clay told her
thct White fell down she started to the
rescue, and was served in like manner.
They laid there in that condition until
morning, when they we're found by the
neighbors. White is improving, but il
is feared the cook cannos recover. There
existed an old grudee between White and
shs negro who struck him. He received
about six months ago, an anonymous let
ter through The post office warning hin
that he would be foully dealt with, but nc
attention was paid TO the matter at the
time Steps are being taken to arrest th'
guilty parties, and it is to be hoped the.
will meet with that punishment the,
so richly mcrls.-Montgomery Count.
Standard.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02
How long, y wise committee, have VI

How long, U wise committee, have we
vet to wait for that forthcoming address ?
Would it not bo we'll for the Democrats,
" some means or other, to have call
made Eor . convention, that some pro-
sramue may be submitted for the ensu
ing campaign? All can agree on con.
rention, if not on the practcablity OF
nominating State ticket /; so let's have
. convent ou, one that can express the
will Of u majority Of the party, and abide
,hcir decision. Let's have this matter
settled,
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

The Eeniau invasion Of Canada from
,hc United State assumes sarnestness.
Several skirmshes have taken place, one
scar Huntington, on the north bank OF
Trout river, and one between the Fenian
,dvance guard and the English forces near
pundee, Canada. In both cases the
Eeuiaps uere repulssd, in the hrst place
win one killed aud several wounded, and
IN the latter ease with seven killed and a
aumber wounded. General Donelly, n
Eenmn comnsandsr, died on the 9th ult
Of wounds received. The government
las in,eriered with the Fenian movement
10 enforce the neutrality laws, and We
Nose she matter will end here; for al
slough the wrongs Of Ireland may be
many, i, is hardly reasonable to suppose
that they will be lessened by such demon
,rasious, OF that the "Green Isle" will
ever thus be freed from the English yoke
But the Feniaus continue to make fur
shcr warlike demonstrations.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

TEXAS AND THE COUNTRY DIsGRAc' D.
Tho individual who misrepresents the
State Of Texas in tae United States Sen.
ateoa fellow known by the name of Ham
ilton, should be kicked from one end of
that huge sovereignty to tho other the
moment he puts foot on her soil again.
From his seat in tho Senate he has de.
clared the people Of Texas "as blood
thirs y set of cut throats as ever dis
graced Gods footstool," and last week, in
debate in the Senate Chamber, said
'instead Of granting amnesty to the rebels
we should take them by the throat and
knock them on the head p And Seua.
tors sat aud listened to this langu
without q word of rebuke. What a SCI
Of craven hearted poltroons l--what Sc
Of miserable, unmanly towards ther,
must be on one side Of that Senate Cham
ber DAY. BOOK.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

- - -
Mr. Moe!ler's wife and six children
perished in his burning residence at
Dayton Ohio, Saturday.
Humphrey Marshall is talked of as
congressional candidate for the Louisville
(Ky.,) district.
Jenny Lind is so embarrassed in her
pecuniary affairs that she thinks Of open.
ing a singin. school in Paris.
A little boy, the four year old son OF
Jacob Demory, of Bloomington, Macon
county, shot himself through the abdo.
men, few days ago, while playing with
his fathers sevolver.
| Two children, boy aged fourteen. and
GIRL aged thirteen, failing to get mar.
ried in Quincy, H., Friday, took the
train for Missouri, and when across the
liSe were married, returning to Quincy
to spend the honeymoon.
An excursion of clergymen to San
francisco has been planned in Chicago.
Tickets for the round trip S1l8, good
for sixty days from date $500 should be
provided for all expenses. None but real
clergymen are SLOWED to join the party.
A visit of few days at Salt Lake is in.
cluded in the programme.
The Boston Traveller says that mem.
Der Of o Massachusetts, house committee
was offered $50 900 to sign q certain re-
port, and subsequently made Q full ex-
planation to his colleagues thus: II went
home the other night, and after Harriet
q and l had retired, says l, Harriet, wkich
> had you rather have me to DO, bring
, home to you $4,000 for pin money, or on
: honest husband ? Says she, Thomas an
honest husband
Saturday last two brothers named
}, Wick and William Woods became en-
Q gagged in angry conversation in the bar
!. room of the Marvin house, Sedalia, when
l. Willom, the younger drew small pocket
# knife and made slashing cut ct The
10 Other. The blow took effect on the ief
D. side of the neck, making a horrid cash
0. reaching nearly to the mouth. William
/. was st once arrested, and while on hi
3 way to Jail, an attempt was made by on
10 Of his friends to rescue him, but he, too
4, was sosured, and both lodged in cells
Is That night both men broke out, tu
ID William was a--ested Sunday morning i
a. bed at his home, and once more locke
&c up. At last accounts, Wick lay in mos
ct dangerous condition. The woods fami
ct is one of the waalthiest in Tettis cor nty
re and the brothers have hitherto borne
n good reputation as peaceful and quie
citizens. Times.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

Most of our exchanges give 6attering
accounts Of the editorial convention held
at Kansas City week before last; but
somc Of them are rather severe on certain
hotels, and some dead beat" editors who
wese present. We were not there, sim
NV because wo had business TO attend to
shat was more Important 10 us than the
convention.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

Late advices from Washington show
that the prospect Of passing q bill Of
general amnesty is very sTim, and it is
probable shat all measures cf tins char
acter will 60 over to the next Congress.
here is plenty OF legislation for the ne
gro, but rone for the white man --excc pit
to Opp:ess him ...-.......... .....-..
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

A farmer living rs miles from Sio1x
City, Iowa, was shot in the back by In,
dams while plowing in his field, and his
head nfterward severed from his body.
The Indians were arrested and are now
under arrest, says telegram Of the 2S'h
ult, .t
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02
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Monetary vo'ue of the policy during tho pay
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The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

Two little boys between Eve and six
years Of age, set ere to some straw in
barn in Wisconsin, which soon enveloped
tho barn in Aamcs, aud the unfortunate
little fellows we're burned to death.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02
sonvcntioD.

A bill passed the lower house OF Con.
sress to give to soldiers and sailors who
served three consecutive months 10 the
war of 1917, and were now in INDECENT
aud dependent circumstances, q pension
Of eight dollars a month. The widows
Of such are also to receive the benefits Of
tha bill,
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

A boy named Willie Fowler, aged about
twelve years, was drowned while bathing
in a slough on the 22d uit., near 81,
Charles. 4ts
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

A won,an's suffrage association was
held at 81. Louis last Saturday. 1t was
resolved to hold a woman's suffrage CO.'S
vcntion in that city during fair week,
next fall.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

TROY, NO, JUNE 2, 1870.

The Day. pook says that the majority
Of the OeRocssts IN the State Of New
York, at the lste election, is near or quite
$4,000.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

REpyBI.lcAN OFFICE BURNED. Tues
aay night of last week, about eight
s'cloek. the Office OF the St. Louis Re.
publican was discovered to be on fire, and
the flames spread with such rapidi'y that
although the fire engines we're soon on
dhe ground, the whole building was IN the
course Of an hour a smouIder,ng ruin
The immediate loss Of the Republican,
70 say nothing Of loss Of time. etc.,
amounted to about sl15, 900 or SlSO, 900.
Of course such a we'll conducted estab
Eshueut was insured. The Republican
- the Oldest paper in the State, and has
always been the leading newspaper, which
it win continue TO be. The FIRE only
caused the delay Of publication one day,
when it was resumed somewhat shorn OF
its hugh proportions; but it will shortly
resume its wonted form, and 60 on as
before. The proprietors propose erect
ing o temporary Office on the old site
until they can have erected magnificent
structure that will bid defiance to fire
We wish them every success that is due
such enterprising and worthy journalists.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02

Last Monday the hateful and malign
disposition Of RadicaIism was again made
manifest At Arlington 10000 Federal
soldiers "sloep the sleep that knows no
waking" and the annual decorations OF
their graves with flowers was enacted.
This is all very we'll. Let honor be paid
TO the bravo dead. But at the same
p,ace over three hundred Confederate
soldiers, who fell nobly battling for their
loved South, sweetly sleep in patriot
srares- While the Federal gsaves were
strewn with memorials, the Confederate
graves were eonspicuously decorated will
paste bo1rd, as a warning that no tribute
Of respect should be placed on them
Some kind ladies, however, essaysd Il
place coral nementos thereon, but th'
nognanimous % committee Of the gram
army Of the republic heroically suatche'
them from tho sacred spot, and threatene
with arrest any who should dare plac
others there. At the same pace, on
year ago, the same spirit scattered tn
flowers that wero placed or these graves
How does this compare with the noble
teuJer and generous spirit Of The South
true women, who, when decorating u
graves Of fathers, and husbands, and son
and rovcrs, who gave their lives free
for whs. they believed was right, did n
forget the mourning homes Of the Mort
but also placed sweet flowers on the sc
that eevsrcd their dead? We do n
envy ,hs tSelings Of those who wou
mock on enemys sorrow, or whose ha
goes down TO the lust after the spirit b
1owR
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-06-02
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09

HARLEM -~TWo OR THREE GENTLEMEN, OR A
gentleman mi wife he pe saany iatet
With Hoard, &C. IN small private family No. l1 East
1-lst street.
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UNFINISHED ROOMS 10 LET FOR nOrsERFEPING--
or with Board single gentlemen accommodated at So
per house ueghborooI excellent sCs sInh ave-
nue., near Tweaty-t third street.
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IIorE,.s.

CT JULIEN HOTEL, No. WASHINGTON PLACE.
- Elegant Suits and single Rooms to hotel
been thoroughly renovated and reiurnIhed.
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leg WEsr THIRTY-FOuRTH STREET. --IlA NpsOME.
IOc " iurnshed Rooms for families gentlemen
exchanged. ~ -
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1TC WEST TwENry.sECON sTREET-WELY,
r Il furnished Rooms second md third 1oors
with good Beard reasonable terms; location unrxccp.
tonabe.
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COUNTRY HOARD.

A GENTLEMAN, WIFE AND DAUGHTER WISH r.
~ spend the winter In private family occupying new
npnre handsomely Furnished W town; two rooms, with
psce Tor piano: VIII pay 1850 10 $40 month. refined
family DESTROYS OF reducing expenses plea
SAINT party best references boarding houses
Address a. Il. H., liet aid olce, Tor three days.
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NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY l87O-TRIPLE sHEEr.


7Q1 FAST FlFTrFNrH STREET. NEAR FOURTH
dVf sselueA few young ladies DO lurnlshed with
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A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE or QUIET HABITS CAN
~ find nicely frr sbe 'front.' Room In small prf
vale faulty, With Board tor vile. party IN search n
good comfortable home may address 81 81 WATERS, Herald
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(NOIMDnlOus SECOND " DOR: ALSO TWO SINGLE
~ Konms handspn,ely inrnshrd house first class; iCf
Fast Iw h street, Fourth entire
would be rented with fosld for present occupans IN
doubted references.
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A LARGE. WELL AND COMFORTABLY FURNISHED
N Room g. ut, WITH without partial Beard to gen %
nsa only al the oo pfiyae house M Eas fweaty
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CT JAMES HOTEL MARION (THrgrEEyrH WARD.
- Jersey City ~ Jfirst class fall aud wiuer Board
moderate pIices; elegantly furnished Rooms suite
sngy MI modern improvements baths, hot coli
waior: eight minutes from jersey CITY ferry New Jersey
riroad totsndt or Desbrosses thirty daily,
also III e. ines horse Apply tho premises or Is
GlLLS, WALES co., 10 Maiaeu lane, New York.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-10

that the present regime is not promotive
of the public good. has been established,
the question ie, what followsp Plainly.
that it is our duty to give pll possible
impetus to the present movement for
REFoRM. This movement seeks the good
of the State. It appeals to sober and
discreet men of both races and parties
to combine upon a liberal platform, and
to work for the common good. The pro-
position is to give good and honest 60
vernment to South Carclina-to put an
end to the reign Of plunderers and self
seekers-to secure peace between the
races and to encourage and stimulate the
flow into the State of capital and skill
and enterprise. Surely, suoh work is
deserving of patriotic effort.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-10
ConuMptA. September 8, 1870.

Mn. EDITOR: The press of this State,
in commenting on the letter recently
published by me- in favor of the election
OF Scott and Ransier, have charged chat
my position was takon by reason Of an
arrangement between myself aud the
leaders OF the Republican party; that I
was to be elected to the Senate of tho
United States the ensuing winter. In
reply, I beg to state, first: That have
never had any conference with Governor
Scott. or any other Republican. directly
or indirectly, with reference to tho Son:
torial election; and second: That have
not been, am not now, and aciU not be q
candidate for the United States Senate,
at the approaching session of tho Legis-
lature. Very respectfully.
JAMES l.. ORR.
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POLITICAL PLATFORMS-"THE INCLU-
sIvE BA1rED PLATFORM. THE New York
World says:
AS the season for constructing plat
forms is now ut hand, the viows in thi:,
regard of n certain facetious corrcspon-
dent of tho Mobile (A!a.) Register may
be of interest. According TO this inge-
nious gentleman, the subject is best con
sidcred under three heads, thus: ~ the
Old-fashioned Platform, which simply
stated some important principle or policy
in a few plain words; (2) the Exclusive
Scarc-crow Platform, which is really the
old-fashioned platform with tail to it
certain snowy immaterialitics, we'll cal
culated to drive off voters. being tackled
OH in the most unnecessary manner to
the main proposition; aud (3) the Inclu-
sive Baited Plutform, which starts with
d glittering generality and tails off into
huge string of tempting declarations,
each adapted to some specinl tasto. TO
this latter form, the Registers corrcSpon-
dent gives his enthusiastic support, and
kindly furnishes IL brief catalogue of the
best bait: rs that we are etcrnnlly OPP
we are i'll favor of giving every man who
'otco VIII us Ill omCc, anu W S"nc IlIcc
or four (for patriots;) that we are in favor
of the Prussians whipping tho French
(for the Gcrmans; that we are ia favor
of the French whipping the Prussians
lfor the French:) that we are opposed to
the army worm and the Chinese (for cot
ton planters, Crispins, and Californinns;) y
and that we are in favor of every mans
having forty mules. thousand acres of
land. and a barrel of whiskcy Qor our
American Tarcos) Beyond doubt, the
inclusive baited platform is II taking
thing.
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COLUMBIA, S. G..
Saturday Morning, September 10, 1870.
President Grant and tho Movement for
Reform I'm South Carolinn.

President Grant and tho Movement for
Reform I'm South Carolinn.
Mr.. D. 81. Chamberlain, the Attorney
General of the State, having made to
President Grant the report of certain
words incorrectly ascribed to General
Butler, drew from the President criti-
cism rejecting upon the Reform move
ment. Mr.. Chamberlain invests this
criticism with 80 much Significance that
he aff1rms that Reform journals "dare"
notpublish President Grants language.
We have this to say to Mr.. Chamberlain,
that SO far as this journal is concerned,
Gen. Grants words are not so potent as
he seems to regard them. Gen. Grant
WINS magnanimous in war, and we have
not failed to make this acknowledgement.
But his civil career las not been, III our
Judgment, creditable either to his mind
or his heart. In seeking O reform in
South Carolina, we have no reason to ex.
peot any special aid from President
Grant. Nor do we think that his gra-
cious favor is by any means essential to
We deny that his criticism is well found
ed and we repel the intimation of insin.
cerity that he undertakes to affix to the
motives Of those engaged in tho Reform
effort. And we do not hesitate to say
that from his high place it i'll became the
Chief Magistrate of the country to call
into question the motives of those en-
gagged in o certain political effort. Gen.
Grants troops did not prevent great
Reform victory in North Carolina. In
South Carolina, Gen. Grants note to
Mr.. Chamberlain will be alike impotcnt
to repress the free expression of the
popular sentiment us we'll as the popular
will
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IltE attention Of the reader il respectfully
invited to the advertisement of Brndfield il
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Gaiy selling the best remedies out for the
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NAronEoS's OUTLOOK FOR RAIN,

NAroLEoS's OUTLOOK FOR RAINY
DAY.-Thc Chicago Tribune says:
Our London correspondent assures us,
as an ascertained fact, that the Emperor
Napoleon has enough money invested in
the English funds to yield him Oh annual
income of 100000. This sum, capt.
talizcd Mt the English rate of interest,"
represents over E3.O0O,00O. He also
estimates that the Emperor has as much
invested in other countries. According
to this estimate. Napoleon has not been
unmindful of tue future. He has been
SO preparing matters that, in case of
trouble, he will not be left in poverty
Upon the interest of $780, 900, 900 ho can
manage to live quite comfortable.
CURE FOR RHEUMATIsM.-One of the
old and approved physicians in Hart
ford, who has very large practice, has
for several years used, with marked sue
cess, q remedy for rhuematism, which
we will publish, for the reason that the
article used can be obtained. not alone
at the drug shops but abroad in the
fields. 1t is the berry of the common
scoke-weed, or scoke. root-oftcn called
spoke root" These berries are put
into spirits-gin is tho best-at the rate
of two ounces to the pint. Of the tine
ture thus made, n tablespoonful is given
three times day. We nre told that this
simple remedy, persisted in for week
or more, has effected some remarkable
cures of this common and distressing
complaint.
In Mobile and New Orleans they arc
about to run street cars with India-rub-
ber motive power. An india rubber
band, $40 feet in natural length, is stretch
ed out to ten times that length This
is first wound around one drum, so that
as it unwinds, its retractile power pro-
pels the car, and, in addition, winds it
up around another drum as tightly rs it
was around the first drum, minus the
power lost in overcoming the friction of
the car. So it winds and unwinds, first
upon one drum and then upon the other,
until the loss Of power occasioned by
the moving of the car renders it neces-
sary to wind the thing up by renewed
application of steam power.
A smart girl in Minnesota popped the
question to her lover, asked the consent
of his parents, procured marriage
license, ordered tho wedding breakfast,
and had private conversation with the
man had occupied seven years in the
effort to ask her to have him, and had
failed every time. She finally noticed
that he had something preying upon his
mind, and having in the meantime heard
Miss Anthony, assisted him to get rid of
it in the manner described.
MAD.-The Parisian mob cast into the
Seine all works Of art commemorative of
the Bonapartcs, and, as if to be su-
premely childish, began remaining the
streets, while the Prussan trnmpets
were almost audible beyond the city
walls. Mirabeau said there was but Il
step from the Capitol to the Turpeian
rock. Applied to the Emperor, that is
Il sounding phrase. But the homely
English proverb, relative to tho easy
precipitation from the sublime to the
ridiculous. fifty characterizos the insane
Paris rabblement.
GA benevolent geutlemant Mt West
brook, Me-, lost his pocket.book with
$500 in it, and when boy returned it,
the man gave him sour crab-apple.