The Lincoln County herald., 1870-02-24

Ladies reposing" robes ave adver-
tised.
A meeting Of all the United States As.
SCISSORS in Missouri is soon to be held in
st. Louis.
A lady in Paris is mourning the loss
Of her eleventh husband, but is anxious
to complete the dozen.
The family Of General Samuel Houston
is very poor, and Texas papers are max.
ing appeals for aid for them. The family
consists Of his widow and three young
sons.
A Pennsylvania firm has rolled out a
finely polished sheet Of iron, three feet
long and twelve inches wide, and weigh
ing but three and half ounces. 1t is
thinner thun ordinary writing paper.
1t is rumored that Washington girls
change dresses with each other, instead
OF getting new ones Thus she papers
keep the description of dress in type,
and all they have to do after ball is to
change the name Of the wearer. This is
political economy"
A Southern paper mentions the case
of an eighty acre farm that had become
so exhausted as to yield bat four or five
bushels Of wheat per scre, but by the
use of clover as green crop had been
made to produce, this year, from 20 to 25
bushels Of wheat per acre.
The privileges Of the floor in the Uni.
ted States House Of Representatives were
extended, few days ago, to John Kits,
one hundred and eight years old. MIR.
Kits witnessed the surrender of Corn.
wallis. and took part in the last war with
England.
A younS man at San Antonio, Texas,
had sweetheart who went to a circus
with another man, when be got mad about
it, and shot her in the mouth with q pis.
tol, the ball coming out of the back of
her neck. That young man is not pas.
sionate, but then he can't stand every-
thing.
Some lads 10 Illinois recently went
into coal mine with q candle and dis.
covered keg Of powder. Anticipating
some spors they broke the kcg open and
laid /. train Of powder to the keg
Touching it off they were blown by the
terrific explosion entirely out of the minc
and horribly mutilated, their face and
hands burnt to crisp, and hair burnt of.
II their injuries are not fatal they will be
crippled for life.
In our State Legislature, the other
day, the bill to regulate the CONF ensation
OF teachers WAS amended in the lower
house 90 as to give females the same pay
as males where equally qualified and
performing like duties. And why not d?
This is matter Of woman's rights upon
which a great deal Of reform is needed
throughout this country, and needed in
Missouri as much as anywhere else. It..
Is matter, too, upon which for the pres
ent our women's rights sgitators may
more pr.6 'bly employ their time than
in their travelling conventions On woman
suffrage. ......
A correspondent Of the N. Y. World
has interviewed" Senator Summer aud
obtained bis view on the topic of tho re
coguition Of Cuban belligerency. The
Senator is strictly opposed to recognition
ss the case now stands, aud gives 20 one
reason that il would INSTANTLY involve US
in war with Spain, aud as couseq ueuce
nnal crash would ensus that would
shake the pillars Of the Goverament to
tho very foundation. Besides, he is no,
sure as to which would come out 6rst best
10 the event Of . contest between the
United States and Spain. Mr. Sumner
believes, however, that both Cuba and
Canada will te peacssbly annexed to .hs
Union within ten years, and that we shall
also absorb Mexico. West Indies and the
whole North American continent. Sakes
alive, ANT ve cliubin'l