The Lincoln County herald., 1871-07-06

q ing about the rsvages Of the chinch bug.
Hon. A. II. Stephens, health is i'm
! proving. He now weighs 20 pounds
; his weight about six months ago beiu,
l. only 20 pounds.
i, The Cspo Girardesu News (Repub
lican), hoists the name of B. Graf
Brown for President, and John Qu,nc
, Adams, Of Massachusetts, for Vice
!. President.
The dead 10 the battles with Prussi,
are rivaled by the dead 10 Paris. Th,
total number shot BY sentence of Cour
J Martial 10 reported at $4,000 in thre,
weeks. About 900 executions q day |
Il costs more to insure the life of a.
editor in Memphis than that of any othel
person, people down that way have such
an unpleasant way Of avenginy editorial
comments of personal character.
! A German laborer of East Hamilton,
Ohio, dangerously wounded himself Wed.
nesday with pistol, illustrating to his
fellow workmen how Mr.. Vallandigham
killed himself.
The special election ordered BY Il .
Governor in Montgomery county to gil
the vacancy occasioned in the Legislature
BY the death Of Representative Hammet.,
takes place on the 9Th Of next month.
Gen. Sherman says that the Goveruo ors
OF Louisiana and Texas, whom he met in
his recent travels, informed him that the
peace and order therein would favorab!y Y
contrast with any period previous to the
late war.
Gov. Alcorn, Of Mississippi, thinks
that if Congress will give back to the
Southern people tho money stolen from
them under the two cent cotton tax in
1865 6 z, it will 10 much to restore good
feelings In the South.
The writer of au obituary notice of an
estimable lady said that the bereaved
husband was "hardly able to bear the
demise Of bis wife," Imagine his dis.
gust on reading in print that the bereav, d
husband was "hardly able to wear tie
chemise Of his wife"
Missouri is certainly remarkable for its
mineral wealth. 1t has iron iu 46 coun.
ties, lead in 43, coal in SO, copper 10 "a,
marble in ii, zinc in q, fire clay in 16,
barytes in 1O. nickel In 6, besider granite,
tin, plumbago, gypsum, alum and anti
mony.
It is estimated that each Ku klux wit.
ness costs the country about $3.50, and
many Of them much more, so that the
temptation to visit the capital at the pub.
lie cost is sufficient for wandering carpet.
baggers, vicious negroes or low scalawags,
who form the table Of those called here
on the Radical eide from the South. Over
$4,000 have thus far been expended.
Hon. A. H. Stephens has assumed the
political editorship of the Atlanta Sun.
In bis salutatory be says:
The Sun will advocate and enjoin
strict obe1ence to all acts of Congress
and acts ofState Legislatures under them,
which have tho form Of law as expounded
by the courts, State and Federal, and I'm.
posed BY those in authority clothed with
power to execute them.
Three vacancies in the general assem-
My are to be filed by special elections,
one in Montgomery county, caused by
the death Of Mr.. Hammett, one in Wash.
ington county caused by the death of
Mr.. Gratiot, and one in the Eleventh
district Of st Louis, caused by the resig.
nation Of Mr.. Stone.
WHEAT.-We learn from Mr.. VIM.
Lindsay and others that the wheat now
being threshed is not turning out 80 we'll
as was expected. They think the crop
will not average so much as it did last
year BY third. The grain, however, is
good, and this will make up in some
degree for the deficiency 10 the yield.
The corn crop promises we'll, but needs
raiu.-St. Charles News.
How TO QUARREL WrrH A WIrs.-
Wait until she is at her toilet preparatory
to going out. She will be sure to ask
you If her bonnet 10 straight. Remark
that the lives Of nine tenths Of the women
are passed 10 thinking whether their bon.
nets are straight, and wind up with the
rcmark that you never knew but one who
had common sense about her. Wife will
ask. you who that was. You, with Sigh,
reply, "Ah never mind" Wife will ask
you Why you did not marry her. You
say, sbstraetsdly, "Ahl Why. indeed p
The climax is reached BY this time, and
regular row is sure to follow. aa
It 10 stated that fashionable denomi-
nation st Newark, N. j., are constructing
. church which will be provided with "all
the modern Improvements" besides few
extras. Adjoining the vestry is to be
built church psrlor. which is to be fur.
uished like modern drawing room, with
. piano and elegant furniture. Beneath
this room will be situated the church
kitchen, With hotel range, and all the
conveuiences for getting up "big dinners"
If anything more 10 wanting to complete
this paradisiacal place il might be added
inthe form Of ten pin alley, . cockpit,
nd ulono - .unE ,s,:cx :,,lou. .uI vnlo ~