The Lincoln County herald., 1870-05-12
Victoria expec,s another grandchild

Somebody has badlg viciimised Georgia
fruittgrowers by selling them youpg pop
lars for peach trees. -.
A single tree in Kentucky has Abeen
the gal!ows Of four victims Of lynch law
duting the last twelve monthsd lt(t
A female preacher marrisi q couple
lately in Iowa. At the end Of the cere
mony tho minister kissed the groom.
A Western reporter does not say gen
tleman died suddenly, but that his 'soul
instsntaneously dropped its humanity"
A new, jsuuty aud stylish article oi
dress for the ladies is double breasted
coat, which buttons high 10 the neck and
bas wide turn dove collar.
Chief Justice Cole Of Iowa, favors
woman's suffrage, lookeg upoRb as the
grand preventive for crimt, lawlessness
and intemperauce.
The ejitor Of the jefferson City Times
wants to know ''aho shall be our next
Governor p The officers Of registration
will answer that question next fall.
Au Illinois grave digger, who buried a
man named Button, sent . bill to his
widow a. follows: 40 naking one
Button hole, SO 60" sI 20 .-....
The Texas County Pioneer editor has
receised mysterious present, which he
says "is n glass concern and holds about
a quart" How long does it hold a
quart? .'....
Tho Wisconsin says a Catholic priest
| ip Milwauke6 has notified his city pa.
rishoners that the dance call "waltzlng'
must not be INDUCED in by them any
more
General Butler intends to order d.
vision muster next autumn. Heretofore
be haa been opposed to divisions, taking
everything in sight, and grabbing wildly
lor the remainder. .i.
George g. Hawkins, tn New York
bonnet frame manufacturer, who receGtly
failed, owed over foar hundred poor
working girls for services, the amount
ranging from $50 to 800 each.
The emperor and empress of Austria
washed the feet Of twelve poor old men
snd women 10 the throne room at Vienna
The ceremony was Witnessed by Rsust
aud all the nobs aud nobbesses.
Martin kilcannon, sentenced at the
late trm Of the Macon circuit court to
SO years in the penltentiary for murder,
subsequently made his escape from the
county Jail, and has nos been kearn from
since
On the adjournment Of the iowa Leg
islature, the enthusiastic menlbers Of the
House presented Miss Mary f. Spencer
engrossing clerk, with an elegant silver
tea set, and her little speech on the occa.
sion was received with "a fury Of cheers y
Petersburg, Virginia, has a fasting case
that rivals that OF the Welsh girl. The
person who has finally succeeded in ig-
norlng with impunity the demands OF the
stomach is "a devotedly pious lady, of
angelic beauty, who is kept alive by a
dsily application Of oil to her breast
The Salt Lake Telegraph Of April Is,
says che grasshoppers are putting In an
appearance in huge numbers in several
parts of the city as we'll as other places
The warm weather has brought them out
Lively, and the little black nischiefs go
hopping over each other IN thousands for
the nearest vegetation.
There has been in progress in the
Christian church in Columbia, for the
past two weeks, says the journal, a very
interesting revival, Rev. T. p. Haley, Of
Platte county, conducting it. There
have becn thirty-one additions to the
Chusch up 20 this time, among them some
of the most psoninent citizens.
Paper napkins for table use rave just
been introduced into the restaurants of
Gesmauy. They answer every purpose
for one using, hat of course ll;not stand
washing any more than paper collars.
Three Of them cost less than . cent, and
they are made of all sizes. ...f ...
Fort Sumter is in danger Of being
carried off by tourists A Charleston
paper of the 22d ult. says that "If all TT.
Sumter excarsionists bring away as much
OF the fort as party of eight northerners
did Yesterday az relics, the government
if it waits awhile, will De saved the ex-
pense Of leveling the wall"
A nus for che curious to crack may be
found 10 the we'll used at the Black Hawk
Foundry. At FIRST it yielded very nice
soft water, but it has been geadually be
coming hard, showing very hesvy trsse'
of maguesia and copper This spnpg, al
the frost was coming out Of the ground
the vater suddenly became soft, and nov
shows heavy traces Of iron, and iron only
-[Central City Register.
It is said that of the eight hundret
Radicals in Howard county, ah told, vi,
Hundred at least wers made voters by thu
Fifteenth amendment. As the whit
RAIDS expect to derive throe.fourths O.
their strength from this scoufce, will the.
give the black men three-fourths of tn
offices ? This is fair proposItioI, and
the Democrats of Howard should see I,