The Lincoln County herald., 1871-04-27


tor Morton, General Butter, William N.
Evarts, Secretary Boutwell,, Senator Viii.
sou, General Banks. Governor Gsary,
Horace Greslsy, Fred. Douglas, General
sherman, General Mesde, Ben sWsds,
Senator Harlsp, William d. Kelley, Joho
A. Bingham, and James A. Garfield.
The names proposed for the Revenue
Reform ticket for President, 90 far, are
ex.Secfotsry Jacob D. Coz and Governor
B. Gratis Brown, of Missouri. , r
Major Stevens, the dwarf, died in the
town Of Kingston. Ulster county. N. Y,
about two weeks ago. FIe was upwards
Of 6fty years Of age at the time of his
death, and was exhibited long before
Tom Thumb or Commodore Mutt.
An epitaph on a husband and wife, IN
. country church yard, concludes with
quotation meant t. be polite, but which
certainly may be coustrued two ways.
1t Is 40 follows: "Their warfare is ao-
complished." ea ".a".s...
They are going to put rresid dent Grants
portrait on the revenue stamps for impor.
ted cigars. To show, We suppose. how
the people intend to smoke him out in
l872-Times. .''" -' '..r
A double pig preserved in alcohol is
ON exhibition in Gsllatin. This curios-
ity has one head, two perfect bodies,
two sets Of teeth, eight legs, four ears
and two tails. Every leg is perfect and
Of full size. Decidedly curious freak
3. The Catholics Of the United States
are raising s50O,O00 to donate to the
Pope on the 18th Of June, the ami
versary Of tho conservation Of Plus
TX. as the infalible head Of the Church
twenty FIVE years ago. rsI..
Very recently about twenty white men
we're discharged from the Washington ar
seual by General Calender and the same
number Of negroes put 10 their places.
The whites agreed to work for 81 rs per
day. The negroes who were wanted to
vote, are given 81 so per day.
In Portland, Maine, q lady recently
sued saloon keeper for selling whisky
to her husband, and recovered 500 and
cost. Such suits, 1t is said, are gettiog
quite common 10 Ohio. In one town
fourteen saloons have beed closed from
fear Of prosecution. A verdict in favor
of q wife for 500 was given at Ironton,
in that State.
Boarding at some Of the Washington
taverns is costly. Senator Fenton has
been paying for parlor, two bed rooms
and ON Office, at the Arlington, $1,000 q
month. s. s. Cox and bis wife paid $3.50
a week. Simon Cameron's bill for two
rooms was $500 month The others
pay their board bills and lay up fortunes
out Of $4,000 year. ~ 80 . -..''.
The TRUTHFUL HsN.-A youthful
hen found an egg, aud yielding to the
vsrnal instinct. sat upon it until the
process Of incubasion was complete. Her
mother who laid the egg and had taken
great pains in shaping and eoloriug it,
came along, and seeing only the brokss
shell, burst into tears aud said "Alas,
my daughter, who has destroyed my fa.
vorits eeg2" The feathsred offspring
quickly responded. II cannot tell . lie,
mother cannot toll . lie; / did il
with my little hatch it," I'd. ls.5
CURE FOR AaUE. We wish to give 4
very simple remedy for fever aud sgus,
aud We wish to emphasize it by saying
that it has, to our knowledge, proved very
efiicacious. It is simply common salt.
A tea spoonful taken in water and tea.
spoonful deposited inside each stocking
next the feet as the chill is coming on.
That's all there. il Of it; but, knowing
that it had been ef6cacious 10 "breaking'
the chills and pcrfecting . cure, We put il
in our editorial columns, where no hum.
bug remedy shall ever 6ud . place,. il
We kuow,it.,-Cleveland Herald, ~
A sad sight US Witnessed oI Broad.
way, on Satuaday night. 81 A. little stree,
beggar aceosted gray headed maa who
wss shutting along with bundle ol
Tribuuss sticking ont Of his pocket, and
asked him for . penney. Horace gased
at him moment and said "You little
devil, Why don't you go West and buy 4
fsrmF' Another boy here Interrupted
saying 20 ,Johunsy, what's the good I
akin him. He just sos busted playing
keno. New York Democrat. u ~
T. ArrEMPTrD MURDra IN TIE PENI
TESTIARY.-The notorious Thomas Con
nelly, who murdered Mrs. More in THU
county last June, end who was sentences
to be hung for HE crime but sseapet
throughthe cleuency Of Gov. MeOlurg
who commuted his sentence to inprisen
ment for fife in the pssitsptisry, and who
last March again stained his hand
with murder By 'stabbiag fellow con
vict named Lafayette Burns, tried on las
week to murder q negro convict who Va
conveying him food. The isstruusu
used was fashined out OF au' ,rsn hoo
i taken from . water bucket TIE woup
inflicted was serious bat not daugssoul
1 Connolly gave asa reason for bic act tha