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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

A Kentucky man who attempted to
eros, high railroad bridge at Shepherds
Wills, in that state, q few days since,
stumbled aud tell between the ties, but,
fortunately, mahaged to grasp tie with
his hands, and there hung dangling, with
ono hundred feet Of sheer fall beneath
him lie was utterly unable to regain
the top Of the bridge, and he hung on
with death grasp dntil bis cries brought
assistance Lifted from his perilous po
sition he was led of the bridge, ap
parently overcome by the danger through
whsch he had passed. Then he got up,
as he said, to 20 home. walked few
steps, and fell to the ground dead, Phy-i
clans, who have carefully examined his
body, say that there was no bruise or
wound sufficient to disable him. much
less cause death, and are of the opinion
that his death was caused by fright.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21
A Southern paper gives an account of

A Southern paper gives an account OF
an eleclioneering visit Of the Hon G G.
Bowen, the bigamous candidate of Gen.
Grant for Governor of South Carolina, to
Edisto Island, whore he was received by
the negro population with as great hon.
ors as if he had been voudou idol. No,
only did they rend the air with their
cries of Bowen for Guhner," but blind
men groped up to place their hands or
him and mothers brought rags and hand
kerchiefs, laid them up against him, and
then took them away to use as charms tc
cure their sick babies. There can be nc
doubt in regard to Bowen's popularity
among the co!ored voters Of Ediste
Island. ,
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Joe Medill, as he is fsmiliarly called
is as much Of q character in Chicago, as
Horace Greeley is iu New York Mr.
Medill is one Of the editors of tho Chi
cago Tribune, and is past middle life
with a stoop in his gait, little hard o.
hearing. greatlys given to political econ
omy, a walking bureau Of statistics, and
full OF pet theories. lie is an advocate
for reformed spelling, We believe, and
for other reforms Of various sorts. II.
has the confidence of the public to 81
unlimited degree, and is figure head &c
many good movements. lie is no
strictly party man, but is worry or
igina and independent thinker. ..
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

With a standing army Of thirty thou
sand men at his disposal, General Sher
man complains that he has not men
enough to prevent Indian depredaton-
on our Western Plains. Well, then, let
him take some of the soldiers that are
scattered through the South doing dirty
work for the Republican purity. If all OF
our troops we're engaged in their legiti
mate duties, the General would have
more than enough to protect the poor pi
nneers OF the West tro~ tho Rud Man
Here are some specimen distributions OF
troops South Carolina and Georgia nave
each four companies Of infantry Florida
and Mississippi each three Louisiana
ten; Alabama, ak; Arkansas, one Ten.
ncssee, eight; Tex.s, forty, and Ken
lucky, ten. No one but Republican
politician can have the face to say thai
troops are needed in those states. exccpt
as holsters for the dominant party Their,
is some relief in knowing that to no mai
in the country is this d,sgraceful employ
ment of the army more revolving than tt
G. neral Sherman himself. States
man.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

That irreverant journal, the Cincinnati
Commercial, calls upon President Gran,
to withdraw our men Of wsr that have so
long teen keeping Baez in power 10 San
Domingo, in order to send them to the
Mexican coast to protect our commerce
against the outrages of the freebootcrs
and pirates who are carrying on there
with a high hand. .... .......-....
This call will doubtless be in vain
There is money to be made in San Do
mingo, while in Mexico nothing bettol
can be done than to protect the lives ant
property Of American citizens. Betweer
the two Grant cannot hesitate for mo
meDt.-New York Sun.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Mr.. Wesley sherman, Of the vicinity
Of Wentzville, has Invented and secured
a patent on one of the best portable
fences we have ever seen He has it on
exhibition at the Louisiana fair this week
and will also have il ut the st. Louis
fair in October. He proposes to intro
duce it us rapidly as possible Il is cheap
and du,able, can be adjusted to smooth
or rolling land, and can be moved with
great rapidity from one part Of the farm
TO another. without injuriug it in the
least If a proper effort is made to 10
troduee it into general use we thipk i,
will supercede alf other portable fences.
st. Charles News.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The New York Sun says: The proc
Iamation which Grant directed Akermsn
70 draw up, ordering Akerman's Confed.
crate brethren to stop breaking the laws
Of South Caro- ina. and especially in the
county of Spartauburg, has not yet ap.
peard The cause Of this probably Is,
that Senator Scott, Chairman of the
Congressional Ku klux committee, hrs
been furnished with letter from Spar
tahburg, signed by twenty Eve leading
citizens of that county, inclndina three
of Grants Office. holders and four Repub.
licau members of the Legislature, assur.
ing Scott that no Ku klux outraees have
been recently committed in that county.
Grant will have to resort to some Other
dodge to put South Carolina under
martial Law in order to get delegation
favorable to his denomination.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The Detroit Post tells this on Colonel
Green, editor Of the Boston Post: "The
Post building 10 seven stories high. and
the Colonel's sauctuU is situated upon
the very topmost floor One day an
emac,ated individual. who looked as if he
we're just walking around to save funeral
expenses, stepped into the cashier's Office
and inquired for Colonel Green. On
the top foor, said the clerk. But
feebly demonstrated man, I'm in rather
poor health, and don know how IN the
orld m ever going to get up swell,
remarked the clerk, impatiently, go up
.s' far al you can, and then knock at
-ome door and send up for the Colonel.
The attenuated man sighed plalntively,
hut started on his way Up, up, up he
went until, almost fain,ing with the ex
srtion. h. pushed open the nearest door,
and in voice barely audible from want
Of breath. gasped out. 'Is--is God ih P
The poor fellow evidently imagined that
he had reached a higher altitude than
the facts warrented."
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Ben Butler meets with stout opposi-
tion from his party, the Grant faction Of
the Republicans in his aspirations to the
gubernatorial chair of Massachusetts,
1t is likely, however, that he will get the
nomination, in which case another RaGi-
cal will probably be put in the field, and
then tho Democrats will stand first rate
chance to elect John Quincy Adams
So mote it be.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Senator Sherman says the National
banks pay $9,OOO,0OO III taxes to the
States. That is Que good feature Of the
system; button the other hand, the Fed.
ernl government pays the bank $50 900,
900 interest on deposited bonds, and
that isn't quite so nice; for if the cur
rency were all greenbacks the people
would escape the tax which this interest
represents.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The Radicals who expected the Democ.
rscy of the country to shoulder and de
fend the Tammany frauds in New York
have been sadly mistaken. Democrats
don't approve Of plunder when alleged
against memb bers of their party any more
than they do the rascalty Of their oppo-
nents. The desire Of the Democracy is
an honest administration of municipal
state and general government.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

A man was brought before an Illinois
mag istrare and fined $3.50 for being
drunk. He smiled blaudly and drawing
out a dollar bill said "Al right, Mis-
ter Magistrate. l suppose you remember
whes | sold out my saloon in Pekin
had IS. SO on the slate against you. With
this dollar that will exactly pay my lines
You must excuse, me Squire, for th'
litle spree Of mine but don't see any
other way of collecting my bill against
you than this"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

A Quarrel, both lively and lovely, ap
pears to bs brewing at Washington be-
tween the pay masters and the Treasury
departments. The one charges the
other with the blame Of not sooner dis
cnvering Hodges, defalcatlon Of ueaaly
half million, and in the meantime, the
people only know that their money has
been stolen, through the crimsnal neglect
OF ometody whose duty it was to watch
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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Buffers tears at Worcester over the
memory of his father reminds the Boston
Herald of one Of Artemus Wards stories
Ar'emus Ward had just lost his father,
and one day. at the store in his native
village, he met veteran drurkard some
ninety years of age, who had been con
stantly corned on new rum for abou,
forty years. "Wall, Charles" said the
veteran, $50 you've lost your father. "
Charles assented WALL" continued the
veteran. "l've neither ather nor other. "
And the old cuss." Artcmus used to say
cleaned up against a barrel Of No 2
mnckcrel and wcpt because he was a.
orphan"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The New York World is disappointed
because the Tribune has no words in de-
nunciation against the scandalous cor.
rup,ions which have been discovered in
the federal service, and thinks the at,
tacks upon the New York officials are
more for the purpose Of condemning the
Democratic party than the dshones'
men. How could the World expect
honesty from such source?
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

There is kind hearted brother in law
in Evansville, Indiana A man named
Dnpnn had boon killed by ruu.~ay
horse, and his ueighbors subscribed lib
crafty for the relief Of the wi ow and
her children A brother Of the man who
was killed kindly collected the subscrip-
tiuns, and then put the money in his own
pocket, alleging that the deceased was
indebted to him Tho widow sued for
the moner, and the brotherin law was
compelled to disgorge
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

There appears to be q slight difference
Of opinion between General Hawley Of
Connecticut, and General Butler, Of
Massachusetts, Butler ssys that Hswley
is coward and q black guard. and Haw.
ley says that Butler is a thief and liar.
There are occasions when it isswell to
suppress the real truth. but this does not
seem 10 be one Of them. We hope to
hesr frOw both agoip. p.--pstroit Free
Press.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The Buffalo Reflex thinks that tn,
premium OF the finest baby to te expected
ut the Greene county fair should have
been announced at least year ago, SO IA,
to give every body fair chance to &c
ready for the exhibition
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

John Quincy Adams has been nomi.
mated by the Democracy of Massachu-
setts to run against the Beast aud some
other Radical that expects to run for the
gubernatorial chair Of that state. The
Radicals seem to think that if one mar
cant beat Adams two can.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21
EIish McK,m. Young man residio

EIish Mckm, young man residing
in Canton. was shot ami killed on Tues
day last, while returning from turkey
hunt, by the accidental d,charre of his
fowlins piece. This, says the Press, is
the third accident of a similar kind tina,
has occurred in that vicinity during the
ast six months.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21
President (Irapt never 'ioses sight o


President Grant never loses sight Of
the main chance The Washington
Patriot says "The President Of the
United States honored his winter capital
with visit Thursday last, and after a
hasty brerkfast, was among the early and
punctual visitors at the Treasury to re
ceive his salary, it being pay day lie
has now been absent exactly three
man,hs, commencing with the FIRST OF
June, but proposes to remain away unit
the beginning Of October. During this
time he has drawn from the Treasury
Sc 250, and has passed parts Of three
days in Washington, or at tho rate of one
day per month for which he has received
the compensation Of SO 0S3 day Ia
other words, General Grant, for signing
his name during these rare visits, has
pocketed the wages Of fourteen hundred
laboring men, who work ten hours and
receive 81 80 each SO that it Is some
thing to be President in u practical point
Of view, when the incumbent gets S25. =
900 a year for amusing himself and is
presented with bonds, houses and horse,
to the extent Of half million. No
wonder he seeks a re election. Ohio
Statesman.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The St. Charles News thinks it would
be advisable for the directors Of the St.
Louis and Keokuk railroad to have the
words sixty days aud twelve month";"
stereotyped, as the people have been told
about once every month that the road
would be under contract and completed
within these specified periods. The
News also makes mention of the meeting
for an election Of directors that was held
at this place Tuesday in connection with
the Louisiana self constructed directory,
and says:
"Now We would like to know if the
St Louis and Keokuk road is composed
of two separate parts, with two distinct
boards Of directors; or, is there only one
ST Louis and Keokuk railroad, and If SO
which one is it? 1t is time that this
thing of two little towns 10 Pike county
pulling against each other and retarding
the progress of an enterprise Of so great
importance to the people, was stopped.
And We eau assure both boards of direc
tors that St. Charles county or city will
never aid them to the value Of one cent
until the question is settled. They will
not invest their money in an enterprise
that has neither com encement nor
ending They want something tangible
and certain before they agree to tax them
selves. The managers of the road had
better stop quarrelling among themselves,
or give up the thing entirely and let it
take a fresh start"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Thos. W. Conway, a member Of the
Union League Association, writes from
Louisiana that Gov, Warmoth's admiuis
tration has secured q state of pcrfec,
peace in every part, that the Ku-klux
has died under it, and he sees no need
for the league any longer as means
Of peacefully securing the rights Of loya
men. Mr.. Conway is entirely too honest
to gain the confidence Of his party
they'll never believe him in the world
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The United States saprene court will
meet the 10Th Of October. Tho dock ct
contains n largo number Of eases, the
most important of which is that affecting
the constitutionality of tho income tax
which will be argued At an early day.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

About the ablest defence we have seen
Of President Grants policy of stocking
the government with his own and hi
wife's relations is, that Oliver Cromwell,
while he was Lord Protector of England,
app ,inted his four sons in-law and six
brothers 10 law to important public
Offices This will doubtless bs satistso
tory to all "round heads"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The tunnel through Mount Ceiis vas
officially inaugursted on Sunday by the
French and Italian ministers and she
local authorities OF both countries. vho
passed through 1t in . gaily decorated
train provided for the occasios.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

"Away dcown in Maine" the Republi
can candidate for governor was electc /
East week BY about 10000 majority
Nobody is surprised. ..a ... .
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The Pittsburgh Post publishes an arti
clio suggesting a constitutional amend
nent giving alion born citizens right to
aspire to the presidency, and thereby
placing them on q level with the enfran-
chised negro. .'''' '"'.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Many u true heart that would have
come back. like the dove to the ark,
after its drst transgres>ion, has been
frightened beyond recall by the savage
charity of an unforg wing spirit.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Radical deianltsss arc not much on tho
dectcase. The two last are Superlntend
ent Morton of the money order depart
ment Of the postofIice in New York to
the tune Of Sl15,000, and Pay master
Hodge to the tune Of over a million.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

TURNED UP.--For several months We
have lost trace OF our former townsman
and later editor of the Klrksvillc Horald,
Alfred G. Ellis. Monday evening we
received a copy of the Shelby Sentinel,
published at ShelbyvilIe, Kentucky.
Being the place where several years pi
onr boy yhood was whiled away under the
guardianship of our good friend Mr.
Henri +. Middleton, the then publisher
Of the Shelby News, and with whom We
learned much that We know Of the
art pressIvative, we naturally took
great interest in looking over the loca
items and the familiar names 10 tn.
advertisements. Giancing at tho head o
the editorial columns, we saw "Alf G
Ellis, editor and proprietor" and imme-
diately underneath his salutatory, w
were not greatly surprised, however, being
aware Of Alf's naturally rowing disposi-
tion, and felt secret satisfaction in th,
knowledge that he had pitched his ten
among so genial, social, whole soulod ant
hospi,ablo people as bless shelbyvill
and the rich, fertile county Of which it i
the soat. There nestles in our affection
very warm feeling lor old Shelby an
she friends We know there more than
half o score Of years ago, and we will vel
come the weekly appearance Of the Sen
,iuel with pleasurable delight.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

W. James Emmett Va. accidentally
and very seriously shot the other day At
R,ckbridge mills, Boone county, BY a
rife which he had set as . trap for q
suspected burglar % 10" ..9' 49, y"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

~ The fading OF flowers and the falling
of the, leaves, the decay Of nature and
the approach Of winter, are all impress.
i've embIems Of the departure of man
from the earth '0..'
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

80 individual who has rrscbed she age
af three .scorel years and ter has been
bound over, at Keytesville, on. 4, charge of
stealing hogs lie ei, is making 2 bad start
in lille.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

A soldier of tho war Of 1912, Mr..
Francis Erwio, long q resident Of Perry
county, died at his residence, IN St
Mory's township, last week. '"''"
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Those who look upoh Grant as only
saiting an opoatunity to gracefully de
cline seconil nomination, may as well
bet on Sewurd and Chase setiring to pri-
vste life. n.f.r. aI.Us -r. '..s
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

@he Tammany war in New York goes
3ravely ou. The country ansiously
swaits Che sesult.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

The Sedalia Democrat hoists the names
Of s. p. Chase for President, and B.
Gra,x Brown for Vice President, with ihe
remark that "thcre is q ticket that car,
win" 1t' .lf aHtI- i."r
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

Mot 9heatsr. . renter on = )fsrm near
Tlattsburg has harvested 432 bushels Of
No ISheat from q ninctrenN . .-s psscha
aou 1850 bushels of, corD from ffty acres.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

'he 0.od&n.A EnYy'rer .uras. ,h.t
Nerc IS me gift that President Grant has
never rsoelyed-shs sift of CAB. ---u-a.-s,,.s
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

y 800, 1000 defulcaiiom is reported III
ths PhilaeelphiS mint. Next.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

=. Women will henceforth be admitted to
Pohe Weslyan University. ut M,ddls,own,
Cons, on khe sssIe ,efns ", men,
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21
Expenditures Couparsd,

or Radical exchanges make much Of
the protested economy Of the Grant
adqiuistsstipu. On the t5th the Demo
cratic committee issued q, b,ief tabular OF
gevsrnmest. erpsed,tsres uodsr Grant,
compared with Democratic administra.
tions. The Lincoln administration IA
omitted 10 tho comparisons, becsuse 10
had the expenses Of fths war, The cost
per capita, exclusive Of interest on the
public debt, according to the Pierce nd !.
ministr1tion, vas ono dollar and ninety.
six Cents /; according to Buchanan's two
dollars aud nineteen cents. aud according
to Grants four dollars and twenty six
cents, Including the principal and inter
est on the. public debt. The amount per
head IN . population of forty millions is,
under Grant, ten dollars aud twenty.eikht
cents. The figures further shows that
Grant spends per year one hundred and
ninety millions seven. hundred r. and
ninety six thousand three hundred aud
fifty Eve dollars, exclusive Of principal
ana interest on the public debt, being
more than Polk, Van Buren,, Pierce and
Buchanan spent in four years. The
total amount of taxes collected for the
last fiscal year is placed at four hundred
aud eleven millions two hundred and
ifty, five d, thousand. dollsrs. The tahlss
are all compiled frop offc al reports sub.
mitted to aud printed by congress.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21

New Mexico has elected Democratic
delegation 10 Congress and legislature
largely Of the same stripe
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21
Vas .tken Buller's FaIter Rossea

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Gsneral Bstler is said 40 ailese, 10 eS,
cuso for spme of his foulness LAST weed,
that the Republican ehaaged BIN vitb
being ,thdson Of "a saslw who wss hanged
VI course ve did no such thing, but Se
should hsve Nern ms iorgctiui as But
Ter himself, IL he'd 7 Omitted ." etS'e
that. there was an opinion that Captain
Butler, of Deor6cld, Nes,, .Mampshire,
was banged. aud this opinion is still
currcns a,aohg Z the New iltismpshire
people. We do not assume is TO be true,
but it is worth mentioning, that Colonel
Joseph Ciiley, o soldier OF lSl2 Senu
tor in Congress in 1916. aud u cousin %
the Buffers, told an acqpaiatance ten or
twelve years since, that Captain Butler
was generally thought to be hanged for
piracy in the, West Indies Il is we'll
known that for several years the Gut Of
Mexico and the waters Of Cuba we're in
tested with pirates, some of whom wcfe
Americans. and who were not broken up
nlI Commodore Portcr's expedition ip
1918. 1t is among these buccaneers that
tradition puts General Buffers father /;
but upon what evidence the. tsadition
rests we have never beard. and do not
regard the matter as Of much importance.
Inasmuch, however, as Butler expects to
be chosen Governor on the strength of
having changed rebel" it may DC as
we'll for him to show that there wss no
hanging in his own family in the first
half Of tho century.-Spring6ld RePub
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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-21
DEFY COMPETITION
F OR CASH!

Having on hand large quantity Of Collar md
Harness leather, all If OUR OWN TAN, and
having taken extra pains in the tanning and
6uishig off by stuhing it with Meats Foot Oil.
and knowing that by sending it to the St. Louis
market our farmers could never reap the benefit
of it, we were Induced to go into the manuiac~
ture Of