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The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

DRAKE AND THE CHIEF JUsrICEsHIp.- j
When Chief Justice Carter of the United
States court of claims decided to resign
and retire from the bench, his position
was offered by the President to Senator
Drake Of Missouri, and it was the Presi.
idents intention to make the appointment
this winter. Senator Drake is nov try
ing to obtain fulilment of that prom.
ise, but the President does not desire,
owing to the result Of the election in
Missouri, to spare Senator Drake from
Congress at this time, partly because q
Democrat would be likely to succeed him,
and partly because Drake is one of the
warmest supporters of the administra.
ton.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24
The Next Congress.

The States which have already held
their congressional elections return one
hundred and twenty seven Republicans
and ninety five Democrats, and twenty
one members remain to be elected; seven
from Georgia, In December; three from
California, and four from Texas in Fcbru
ary; three from New Hampshire, III
March, and four from Connecticut in
April next, Of which twelve are conf
IDENTIFY counted on as Democrats, leaving
in the grand result Radical majority of
only twenty nine members Times.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

A Washington special to the Kspubli
can says: Itappears that Thos. Fitch Of
Nevad, was defeated 10 the election for
Congress by most singular circumstance
A letter received here from Nevada ex :
plains it as having occurred through the
temporary importation Of between four
and five hundred Mornons from Utah. to
vote in the southeast counties Of the
State. These Mormsns were expected
to vote for Mr.. Fitch, but instead, they
oil voted the straight Democratic ticket
CMr. Fitch lost the election by two hun.
drcd votes
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

John H. Pope, druggist, Of New Or.
leans, says that the substance known as
sugar dripe" aud retailed as "golden
syrup" contains no sugar at all, but 10
produced by the destructive action Of
strong sulphuric acid (oil Of vitrioI upon
starch. To test the difference between
this and cane syrup, dissolve q teaspoon
ful Of tho "Rolden syrup" 10 a wine glass
OF ram water; then add few grains OF
tanic acid, when it will turn black as ink
It the article is spurious. IF the acid be
not convenient to procure, make cup of
strong tea which contains tamin) and
add teaspoonful Of the golden syrup"
and fair quality the ink will sppear.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

Twenty five miles Of the track of I'll
Northern .Pac,dc Road are now iaic
There are about 3,O0O men AZ work alouF
the limo.
A New Jersey lady rsproached he
lover for being drunk, and. he, like
we'll bred, sensitive man, went and huns
himself.
A Boston critic says Of recent Nils
son concert that 'every note fell upon the
ear like spray Of diamonds Such
note would pass anywhere.
AT Salt Lake man went down into 2
shaft to eco what was the reason that q
blast didn't 90 Off lie came up directly
10 installments, with q lot Of pieces OF
stone. eaea
A wealthy Kentuckian, returning from
u Southern tour, dropped into Alcmphis
restaurant for oysters, aud was amazed at
having them brought to him by his
twelve year old hoy, who had run away
from home.
a benevolent lady Of Lafayette, Ind,
hearing that the failure to subdue the
late fire was caused by defective hose,
sent tho Chief Engineer a pair OF her
own manufacture, lambs wool, double
heeled. er
The first avowed cause of the war
between France aud Prussia was the inter
ference of the latter powerwith the cleo
tion Of King of Spain The war still
goes on, while in the meantime our gov
ernmcnt has been officially advised that
Spain has elected king.
A new species of snake, of milk white
color, was lately discovered in Western
Virginia by Dr. S. W. Crawford, of
Brown county, Ohio. The tail has
horny appendage about }salf au inch in
length, arh,ch is used with deadly effect.
The body is SC slender that when held
up in the light Of the sun, it becomes
transparent.
At Kcenc. N. H.. the court was in ses-
sion when the earthquake came along,
and it ratified the house so the Judge
o,dered the Sheriff to arrest the man
making the disturbance. The Sheriff
found out what was the matter, and told
the Judge he would havo to hire some
one else to arrest the disturber, as it was
out Of his jurisdiction.
In Rhode Island bribcs are never Of
fered to voters, but this is the way they
do it. An honest man says TO an indie
pendent voter "lll bet you $40 you
don't vote for -" Voter-"I'li bet
you $40 will" Voter goes and votes
for -, wins the bet, and gets his
money or course no reasonable man
will call this bribery.
A recent letter to Bismarck, marked
"private," waa opened by his confdentia'
clerk, who had scarcely opened and read
a lew lines, when he was seized by vio-
lent pains in the head, and fell back in
swoon. Another clerk picked it up, and
felt the same symptoms. After u little
while they recovered, and carried the
document to chemisit, who soon acer-
taned that the letter had been poisoned
with veratrin, q subtle and dangerous
substance, lie odor OF which mounts into
the brain, and is very liable to produce
death or insanity.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

NEW GOVERNOR OF TENNEssEE.-Th he
Governor elect of Tennessee, John G.
Brown, is an ex.rebel, and the Nashville
Banner, fearful that the fact will shock
Northern proprleties, reminds the people
Of that section that the South Carolina
doctrine of notification and Yancy's
theory Of secession we're never engrasted
in Tennessee politics. and we're always
denounced by the political party to which
Mr.. Brown belonged. Neither John
Quincy Adams nor Gov. Hoffman is more
progressive, liberal and national than
John Z. Brown, Of Tennessee.
The people of Tennessee need not
apologize for their governor elect. He
is their choice, and that is enough. The
people of Missouri have elected Brown
to be governor Of their state why should
not the people Of Tennessee elect an
other for theirs? A few months ago
Radicallsm did not permit the people to
choose whom they preferred for their
officers. and the present action of Ten.
nesseo would have been taken as sufi
cient cause for subjecting that state to
the penal discipline of reconstruction.
But the rise Of the Democracy is accom-.
panied everywhere by the revival of the
popular will, aud the late Democratic
victories are making it lawful and allow.
able for the people Of States to elect
those whom they PREFER to ofice.-Re.
publican.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

The Kansas City Bulletin Of the 18th
relates the following particulars Of q de.
liberate murder "On Saturday last,
a man named John T. Lykins, started
from Weston, in company with o man
named Joseph Reddick, for the purpose
Of proceeding to the house OF Mr.. II, T
Roach, living upon tho Leavenworth
road Lykins had some money upon
his person, for which Reddick determine d
to kill aud gob him. Accordingly upon
reaching tho FIRST secluded spot in the
road. he shot Lykins in the neck, then 10
the head and once 10 the body. Leaving
his murdered victim, he proceeded to
Leavenworth and spent the night 10
dcbauch and returned to Weston on Sun
day morning. At last accounts there
was a strong probability Of Judge Lynch
being called into service"
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24
Our Coal Resources.

The coal mines Of Lincoln county arc
among the most productive of the State
and only need developing to make them
source of wealth to their owners and
uu immense revenue to the county
Heretofore no one has seen dt to take the
matter 10 hand few individuals have
opened small mines 10 supply local de
mands. but beyond this nothing has been
done to disembowel the vast strata OF
bitumen that underlies large portion of
Lincoln county. Recently, however,
some Eastern capitalists, who know how
tn appreciate the value Of such hidden
treasure, havo purchased five or six thou
sand acres of thesn mines, notice of
which purchase we gave in tho Herald Of
September 18th. These capitalists have
organized company for the purpose Of
exploring their valuable purchases, and
really Aat'ering. Borings have been made
and shafts sunk over on area of about
three miles, and coal of superior quail
ny has been discovered not more than
ten or twelve feet from the surface, the
veins being from seven and eight to ten
feet thick. A superior quality of canal
coal is also said to DO interspcrsed
through the mines.
Another matter Of great interest to tho
citizens Of Troy and the county generally
is, the manner 10 which this great staple
is to be transported into the vast com
mcrcial mart Of the State. The company
contemplate laying track to the North
Missour, railroad from tho mines, at once
unless some guarantee is given them that
the St. Louis and Keokuk railroad will
be completed without delay. In case
this assurance is given them, a track will
be laid from the mines to intercept the
road at or near this place. The products
Of these mines would be no small item OF
freightage, and the directors of the ST.
Louis and Keokuk road are doubtless on
the slookout, From a conversation we
had with ono Of tho directors and the
railroad agent Of this county. we learn
that the work which is cow but scarcely
begun will be rushed as soon rs the winte
freezes break up, and within ten or twelve
months the road between this point and
the North Missouri will be in running
order.
1horo is Other coal land in the county,
which In time will be developed, aud our
people will 6nd it much more convenient
and cheaper to burn coal than wood
The prices we have been paying for coal,
from l7a to 25 cents erbushei delivered,
will be reduced by competition to 10 and
l2a cents, making the cost Of fuel about
halfthat wood now costs at 50 90 per cord
and sl.0O for cutting. Besides this It
will render Lincoln one Of the most do
sirable counties in the Stale, and. induce
the immi grafton Of thorough business
and active families.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24
Executrix's Notice.

NOTICE Is hereby given that letters testamen-
~ tary we're granted 10th undersigned by The
Clerk Of the County Court Of Lincoln county
No., on the estate Of j. @. Dederich Hedemann, ,
decd, on the 18th day Of Nov, 1870. lper-
sons having claims against said estate are re-
quirsd to exhibit them for allowance to the Ex
ecutrix within one year from the date of said let
ters, or they may be precluded from an, beneht
of said estate, aud IL not exhibited within t.c
years from the date of said letters, they viii be
forever buried. ELIZA HEDEMAN, Ely.
novl7n46p
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

The Republicans Washington special
tsJs: From the latest advices received,
Secretary Fish stated to day that the
feeling in Europe seemei to be more
pacific, and expressed the opinion that
there would be no general war. There
is no truth in the report that the United
States has been invited to the congress of
the great powers to effect an amicable
settlement ofthe existing difficulties, and
even if an invitation should be extended.
our government woul not accept 1t, as
we have never interferred in European
politics, and it's against the policy of
the administration now to do SO.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24
FINE WATCHES.
GENUINE 0ROIDE. COLD
SILVER WATCHES
IS. ST. $S, $40, SIP, SIS 10 $50.

The European War and extraordinary Money
Panic, during the past season, has induced US, in
order to make rapid sales and quick returns, to
throw our vast Stock upon the public market at
thirty to ftiy per cent beiop Whoiesaie Price for
Cash.
Read the Prices.
Fine Oroide Gold Cylinders, regulated and
warranted perfect time Keepers, usually sold At
$l2 to $i5, ut ONLY IS.
THE BEST QUALITY CYLINDERS AT 81
The Double Extra Refined, being very
superior quality, regulated and warranted perfect
timekeepers, equal in appearance and for time to
$3.50 Gold Watches, at ONLY $40 each.
The Double Extra Refined Solid Oroide
Gold, JaH je,eeted hvrs, finest Nickel works usu-
each.
Silver Watches.
Extra Fine solid Pure Silver, Hunting
Cssed OFFENDERS, 81.
Best Qualify Coin silver, Hunting cased,
full7jewelied levers, regulated and warranted
accurate timekeepers, ONLY $40. tr
The Very Best Quality Patent Lever and
Chronometer movements, full jeweled, Sl5.
Tho above classes of Watches are Hunting
Cased, perfectly regulated, and each varsant ted
by special certificate for two years.
AGENTS AND De LERs ordering six Of our SIX
free, making Seven el5 Watches for 500 Nc
discount can be allowed on our cheaper watehes,
All Orders for Single Watches. Cash MUSl
BE SENT IN ADVANCE. Send by Post Office
Order, Registered Letter, or Bank Check, psya
able to our order, and goods will be sent by Ex-'
press or in Registered Package, prepaid, at our
risk.
Orders for at least six witches or ever, viii. be
sent by Express G. o D., by depositing u small
amount with express agent, Or sending references
as assurance of good faith.
Write order plain, state X nd and price of
Watch desired, inolose price ss above directed,
and address
THE EMPIRE witch CO.,
No 100 Broadway, N.
p q. BOX 2040. tnovl7Sm
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

The greatest "paiu annihilator" in exis >
enoe is said to be On Indiana boy, who
has smashed q thousand windows this
year.
Mark Twain's baby is styled "auother
innocent abroad"
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

Some of the papers arc still talking
about the propriety of registry law
under the present aspect of affairs "a sort
OF liberal way Of registering voters to
prevent fraud, and all that sort O. thing
yon know. Out with it. There is no
need of anything Of the kind. Let us
inaugurate tho old style Of every man
voting regardless Ct preliminaries ou
election day, without being compelled to
lose the time and pay the expense Of
registering or lose his vote. Registry
laws are only engines Of trickery fol
willy politicians. Oat with them
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

McClurg Radicals, having nothing else
to 60 into ecstacy over, are clarifying
tho victory of the Democrats over the
Liberal Republicans wherever they had
candidates iu tho field. Well, we hope
they may have many Democratic victo.
ries to gloas over, aud have no doubt
they will since the removal Of all restric.
tions from voters. Everybody appears
well pleased at the result, and We are glad
to see il.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-11-24

"' '"~o wv NOV o'CdueT IoE EuSIauO.
lie was in the St. Nicholas Hotel for a
short time yesterday. He was nervous
and excited, although he attempted to
conceal his agitation. A friend asked
him what he was going to do with the
vast fortune left him. He replied be
meant to go slow. He made the re-
mark that "the lawyers shouldn't get
their clutches on it if he could help it,"
A correspondent of the Kansas City
Times, writing from Lees Summit on
on the 18th, gives the following particu.
lars OF sad case of self destruction !:
"Our usually quiet town was thrown into
considerable excitement this morning by
the intelligence Of a case of suicide.
The facts are about as follows: Mr..
Giles Wilson, of the firm of Wilson &
Hale, an old respected citizen of this
place, was found 10 his. room this morn.
ing with the entire top of his head blown
of, q shot gun by his side, and also o
note stating: 1t was my own deed lot
no inquest be held and bury me in q
plain, black, walnut coffin. Tho note
also referred to certain page in book
where would be found the cause Of his
committing tho rash act. Cause assigned
domestic trouble. He leaves three
children here, | believe"
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Next Week
ENGLAND.
500 Vessels Unable to Make Pert

QUO vessels Unable TO Make Fort.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The managers of In
man Steamship Company have sent out
great many vessels to cruise in search
Of the City of Boston. Easternly gales have
prevailed around the coast recently, and
it is reported, that not less than
five hundred vessels are off of Ire
land unable to make English ports The
officers of the Channel Squadron, Just
on the point of leaving Lisbon for Fayal,
have been instructed TO keep sharp look
out for the missing steamer There has
been no further advices. Premium at un-
der writer's.
Radical style of Government
The Saturday ReoieD says the repression
of lawlessness in Ireland should precede
any legislation. 49,
An able communication on the Irish
Question appears in the Times to-day, oc-
cupy1ng nearly a page. The writer an
alyzes and justfies the Irish Land Bill as a
noble and comprehensive measure, and
points out the defects in the bill and shows
how they may be easily remedied.
. Funny.
The Spectator ridicules the choice of the
Duke of Richmond as leader of the Tories
in the House of Lords
Opposed TO Isthmus Canals.
The Times reviews and discourages the
attempts to build ship canal across the
Isthmus of Darien.
SE0dds and Ends''
The Pail Mall Gazette says it is unable
to admire the American policy of seeking
to appropriate all odds and ends of ter
ritory in the market, regardless of charac-
ter, Of people, or value of land.
Promises
Mr. Gladstone to-day received deputa-
ton of Irish people on the subject of the
land bill now before Parliament, and in re-
Spouse to the address promised every neces-
sary modification in the details of the bill
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said, even against their own knowledge of
the fact, or else that he knew the fact to be
conclusive against him, and therefore
50 lght to pervert 1t.
ssThe Power of COngress.'
Referring to the remarks of Mr.. Butler
yesterday, in regard to Tennessee, he said
he knew there were moro Radical members
of the Republican party who were rapidly
approaching that point of declaring the
right of Congress to seize by the throat
any State that did not, in the opinion OF
Congress, protect the life and liberty and
property of its citizens, but this was the
first time this idea had been boldly avowed
in the House, and it required bold men
like the gentleman from Massachusetts, to
avow it. 1t was well that the country
should understand it.
1t was not particularly because the Re-
publican party wanted to obtain power In
Georgia that this bill was to be passed, but
because they wanted the principle estab-
lished that Congress has the authority to
seize any State-no matter which-that
does anything that Congress may think
wrong in the treatment of its own citizens,
place a military commander over her,
turn her out of the Union, dismiss her
Representatives and remit her to a militia
ry despotism.
The Coming Man.
He had no doubt that the Republican
party would follow the lead of the gentle
man from Massachusetts, for it always fol-
lowed the lead of its boldest man, and he
had no doubt that the gentleman from
Massachusetts had become leader of the
more radical element of the Republican
party.
Mr.. Niblack-He is already.
Mr.. Beck-He may be already, and will
be if he is not now. VIII the House stand
by this bill and sanction this usurpation?
The next step will be to turn out Tennes-
see, and when Tennessee is out, then will
follow State after State of those that are
obnoxious to the dominant majority of the
House, and civil liberty on this continent
will be at an end.
Speeches against the bill were made by
Messrs. Bird and Kerr.
Mr.. Kerr declared the bill to be the pio-
neer in an infamous system of Congression-
al legislation, and the initial movement in
a new career Of aggressive, unconstitution-
al and unwarrantable legislation; there
fore, he desired to enter his protest against
it and to call the attention of the country
to the novel and extraordinary character
of the proposition. If Congress could
prolong the tenure of Office of the Govern
or and Legislature of Georgia, as is pro-
posed, it could also with the same logic
declare that the Forty-frst Congress
should continue until the 4th of March,
1878.
At the conclusion of Mr. Kerrs remarks
the House adjourned.
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is in the abandonment of all political par
ties as now organized, and an honest sup
port and encouragement given to the
Administration in all patriotic efforts.
This will strengthen the conservatism of
the President and purify the halls of Con-
gress American statesmen would do
well to take lesson in political science
from the Germans of New Orleans in
their recent organization.
As to the future of Mississippi, L have
great hopes under the administration of
Gen. Alcom. lie is man of refinement,
political experience, unquestionable ability
and integrity, and will, doubtless, infuse
his sentiments to considerable extent into
his party in this State. He has the con-
fidence of the "newly enfranchised,
(who have exhibited more moderation in
this State than any other), as well as a
strong hold upon the old Wing or Con-
sentative clement.
Again thanking you for the manly offer
to repair an unintentional wrong,
l am, ETC., respectfully yours,
e. M. YERGER
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GREATPOPULAR DELUSION
Early Rising an Ingenious Hunbug
Let the sun Rise First.


From Appletons' Journal
There is no greater delusion than that
which imagincs early rising important for
health no greater error than that which
places it among the virtues. While early
rising has been sung in poetry, and adyo-
Gated in proverbs from time immemOrial,
it has been secretly and rightfully cursed
by its unhappy victims ever since civil
cation conceived the idea of comfort.
But we are all so bound by the law of
custom, so cndearcd to a proyeTb of a
musty sentiment, that our lips continually
give faint assent TO the value of early
rising, even while we long to resist the
tyranny which it imposes upon us.
What frightful aggregate of discom-
forts accumulate upon man who
practices it through life-who every day
is ushered from sleep into the raw, blank,
chill, dull atmosphere of early morning,
and begins his days existence before the
sun has dispeIled the fogs, dried up the
vapOrs, warmed the air, and made ready,
like natures great servant f-all-work, as
it is, the earth for our use! Early rising
means hurried dressing in Il dim, half
lighted rOom-a sleepy, yawning, STUN
bling descent down dark, cold stairways-
a rapid breakfast in a gray, cherries, sun
less room, while cold shivCrs run down
the back, and q sensation of deginess
creeps over the entire body-and then a
precipitate plung into the mists, and va
pOrs, and general rawness in the day
begun in this way, and no health either.
The sun should be up before us to give us
light, and warmth, and comfort;
our breakfast-rOom should be cheer
full with his beams, and our break
fast should be partaken with the
ease and comfort, the delIbera-
ton, the social enlivenment, that can
come only when we rise at rational hour.
A breakfast eaten by candle light, or
snatched in the gray, chilling dawn, is an
abomination. Early rising, hence, opens
| the day with keen discomforts. 1t is pro-
ductive of numerous social ills; it sOurS
the stomach, promotes irritability, disOr-
ganizes the nerves, creates bad temper,
and makes of domestic bliss a mockery.
A voyager, long suffering from sea-sick-
ness, declared that, if once on land again,
he would devote the rest of his days tC
hunting up and flogging the man who
| wrote
81 life on the ocean wave
Similar sentiments animate our hear
when we recall that ancient distich, Scar.
| ly 10 bed and early to rise"-but it is no
necessary TO quote what we all know anC
have suffered from.