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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

There will Be meeting At the Metho
dist Church tonight (Thursdsy) for the
purpose Of looking after the improve
msnts Of the cemetery. A tract Of land
adjoining the grounds has been pur.
chased Of the Messrs. Norton, With which
che cemetery will be enlarged. Several
hundred dollars, We understand, has been
subscribed for this improvement, and
tonight committee Of management will
b selected. Everybody interested in
this matter (aud who is potD should
sttsud,
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

"On with the dance, let joy DO uncon.
6ned," cay Thornhill & Buswell, and We
are convinced they mean what they say
when Observing the preparations being
made for the "Grand Fancy Dress BALI
to be given next Thursday evening.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Withrow's Town Hall is q charming
place for those who wish to "beat the
aoor in light, fantastic round" 1t has
been secured by the proprietors of the
Laclede Hotel for their Ball next Thurs
day evening.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

The "local louisiana directory" of
the St. Louis and Keokuk railroad have
had corps of engineers at work, it is
said, for the last week or two. At last
accounts the corps was few miles below
Clarksvillo, endsavoring to find the Lin.
coin county line. As mathematical lines
are imaginary locations, the corps not
being composed of men Of very large i'm.
agnary bumps, they failed in their en-.
deavors and gave 1t up, Jagg cd out and
went a.fsh,ng. We advise the "local
directory" to postpone any further
searching until the June rise. "Fish;n ng
On the water line" by that time will be
capital employment, and doubtless more
remuuerativc than making sham surveys.
Pike County Post.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

BUFFALO NURsERY.-Parties In seed
at trsss are especially invited TO give me
call, - have = 6ue large stock. and
an determined u sell them this fall and
esxt spring. Would tiks to trade trees
Sos good strong tight spring wagon,
suitable fos ono o. two horses. Wov'd
also trade for good mower and . good
No. Gov. Sec sdvestiseMsnt.
14tES. H. n. SHULTH.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
4 GENTS WAIVED fos an entirely nes
and fascinating vort q unusual intsrst.
The Home Of
GOd'S PeODle,

The grandsst and most popSlaS book sud, nov
selling faster than any other thrse books COM
binsd. Nearly 400 Supesb Ehgrsvings. One
chance to make money ever offered. One good
Agent wanted 10 svery Township. Send for
circulars with terma (unsurpssssd), descriptions,
endorsements. 10, "A. AUTCAINSOE B Co.,
S0S NoNh SiStk Stssst, 81 tsaiS, kos ts&3pS
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Dr.. w. w. Birkhead has moved his
Office TO the new brick building adjoining
Mr.. T. W. Withrow's saddlcry, on
Main street. Front room, up stairs.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
QlEls

At sunnyslope, Tincoln couaty, on Wednesday,
October 18th. 1871. ofcoavulsions, LILY, daugh-
Ter of Edward Yroadie ana Liisio Chambers
Hull, aged * months.
A. St. Louis, On the asa iHse., MARY FIDE-
SIA CON, wife Of Charles B. C,@, and daughter
Of Rev. Edmrpd %risas, aged 27 sears ssd 9
months.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

J. L. Van Vert, house, sign and car
riage painter, decorative paper hanger,
30. Office over J. r: Knox's bank.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
COUNTY OFFaCE1s.

COURTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY.
C,xcuIr CouRr-Third Mondays in March and
September.
County CouRr-Sccond Mondays In February
Nay, August and November.
PRoBArR CouRT-Second Mondays In January,
April, July and October.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Persons having real estate to sell will
do we'll to consult Messrs. Cake & Nc.
Lellan, real estate agents. They have .
few words to say to such in this number
Of the Herald, to which attention is d.
rected. Read their advertisements and
consider their terms.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

The proprietors Of tie Laclsde Hotel
sre busy preparing for the ball to be
given by them on the ID prox. Only
one week from to day.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Mossrs. Wilborn Il Co. are opening
a stock Of family and fancy groceries
in the frame building belonging to Mr.
Jas. X. Cannon, at the southern extrem-
ity Of the business part Of the town, on
Main street.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

The new planters House is up, aud
has the roof on, but is not yet completed.
It presents very handsome appearance
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Young gentlemen, secure tho company
Of the ladies you expect to take to the
ball next Thursday evening. Gallantry
shouldn't be backward in such cases.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Mr.. Herman G unter, our baker, expects
shortly to open confectionery store in
connection with his bakery
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

A city destroyed, because boy took .
kerosene lamp into a stabls-a yacht
burned on Long Island Sound, because
the yachtman threw down . kerosene
lamp-oountlsss individual cases of main.
ing or Of death, because kerosene Is used
carlsssly in the household-are not these
sufficient reasons fot declaring war
against fluid which is moro dangerous
than gunpowder? =? Kerosene oil is
peoilous stuff so long IS the slightest
trace Of the explosive oaptha is left in
it-but the chemical process of elimina.
ton increases tho cost, and 90 the dealers
buy the cheapest, to increase their profits.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

GREAT EXCITEMENT Among the
ladies preparing for tho tall next Thurs.
day evening.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

II yos Are poor, bs willing to appear
70. Those whose friendship ia 1osth
possessing vill sevss Judge sf ysss worth
AE shs ssigAt II 1elr 2u'ss.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
LOCAL AND COUNTY.

Messrs. Crump l. Wing have just
received their fall and winter stock Of
poods
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
They Offer for Sale the Following
Lands


No. l-Improvcd farm, lss acres, 3 miles
northwest of Auburn, 2 miles Of railroad and
miles of rock road, IS acres in cultivation. 1854
acres splendid timber, hewcd-log house l n sto-
rcs, stable and corn crib. Price $25OO, one third
cash, balance on time.
No. I-Coal land miles southwest Of Troy,
40 acres in the middle of the coal fields and
With half mile Of tho shaft at the Link mine.
Price $4,000, half cash, balance on time.
No. 3-2O2 acres unimproved timber land
81 miles south of Millwood aad adjoining West
prairie. Price $500, third cash, balance on long
time.
No. 4-rmproved farm Of 400 acres in Saline
county, ~ miles east of Brownsv lille an Hous-
tonia, on the st. Louis and Lexington railroad
200 acres fenced, 100 in cultivation, 90 acres in
grass, 100 acres good timber, hewed-log house
with rooms, cstern and good we'll; 8 springs
on the farm, log stables, III bearing fruit trees
Price 500 per acre-$SoOO cash, balance to suit
purchaser. Good nsighborhood and splendid
land.
No. 5-House and lot in Troy, frame house
80 by 40 and one story high, 4 rooms, closet,
smoke house, cistern, shrubbsry, &o.. lot 100 by
100 feet, 200 yards from town spring. Price and
terms $1,000 cash,
To Those who wish 10 Buy or Sell
Real Estate.
In this enlightened age not many purchasers,
strangers especially, hire conveyanoss and ride
over the country in search of farm for sale.
when there is Real Estate Agency to be found.
We advertise sxtensively and systematically, and
owners desiring to sell. and purchasers wishing
to buy, each earnestly hunting for the other and
his own interest, secure the greatest possible
safety and despatch on tho one hand, and the
, least expense Of time and moaey for search on
The other. by placing in our Agency the sale or
purcha 9 Of any property.
We require parties desiring to sell property to
sign . contract describing the same, naming the
length Of time the property is to remain for sale,
price and terms, and binding the owner 70 pay
our commission II . sale is effected.
Our COmmissi0nss-lf che price does not
exceed $500, our commission Tor sale ~ill be $50.
Regular commissions os ell sales AZ per cent.
CAKE Il MCCLELLAN,
Real Estate Agents, Troy, Mo.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
TO TEACHERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that tho undersign
~ Superintendent Of public schools Of Lincoln
county, No., sill, Ia accordance with the school
law Of the State, hold public examination Of
teachers, on the Ist Ssi urday Of every month, at
the court house in Troy, aad on ,hose days only.
Teachers will please bear this in mind.
VS.. P1NNSNSTSN. S-pt Public Schools,
s4i5aS.! kiscois esxAty. No.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
+. C. CAKE. j. NJ. MCCLELLAN.
CAKE T. MCCLELLAN,
Real Estate Agents,

Troy, Lincoln County, NO.,
Buy and Sell Land, Pay axes for Non
residents, Give Abstracts of Titles,
Write Deeds, Mortgages. Plats
of Lands, &c.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-10-26

Having on hand largo quantity of Collar and
Harness leather, all cf OUR OWN TAN, and
having taken extra pains in the tanning and
fnishig off by stuffng 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 manuiao-
ture Of
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
Sad Accident in Chln~- Many Lives Lost.

Sad Accident in ChinaI. Many Lives Lost,
#oss Kong teee.1s1 correspondence OF the New
York Times.
An accident at Canton has attracted
considerable attention among the native
population. The foreign settlement of
Shameen is built on an artificial island,
separated from the mainland by canal,
across which two or three bridges were
built by the British engineers, under
whose supervision the island was filed
In. A few days since a Chinese house
on the native side of the canal caught
fire, and two fire engines took up their
position on one of these bridges, the
better to command the burning build
ing. The bridge was crowded with
natives working at the engines with
considerable zeal and effect, when sud-.
denly, without moments warning, the
trestlework gave way, and engines and
men were precipitated into the canal
Some we're crushed beneath the engines,
and many more beneath the huge tim
bers of the structure, while others were
drowned before help could be extended
to them. 1t is computed that there
were from eighty to one hundred per-
sons on the bridge when it collapsed,
a few Of whom escaped with their lives.
Eighteen corpses only have thus far
been recovered, but several yet remain
beneath the debris at the bottom of the
canal The fabric having been con-
structed by British engineers, advan-
tage is, of course, taken of the fact by
the anti-foreign agitators of the city,
and considerable 1l-feeling has, in con-
sequence, been manifested, though
happily, as yet, confined to words.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
Wild ReastS In India

A report of the war waged in the
Province of Bengal against the wild
animals and snakes, has recently been
sent in to the East India Government,
and similar report in reference to
alligators has been sent in from the
Province of Madras. One alligator in
one district had, during one year, des-
troyed one man, thirteen head of cattle
and fourteen buffaloes. The Madras
Government pays S25 for each alligator
over eight and half feet long, killed
by the hunters. In the Bengal district
over SIS, 900 were expended in short
time for the destruction of poisonous
snakes, although only six cents were
paid for each. In Behar, the wolves
are very troublesome, particularly as
the people are superstitously opposed
to killing these animals, believing that
any village where a VOLTS blood is split
will be affected by i'll luck. In another
Province herds of wild elephants have
been ravaging the country for two years,
In consequence of adifferenceo of opinion
between the respective authorities, as to
their powers to raise forces for the pro-
lection of the people.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
WILLIAMSON Co, Texas, Jan. u.
Ammnn.n-rnn A Dre..Inu

Mr.. w. II. Sotham, of Detroit, in no.
ticing the operations of Mr.. VIM. Smith,
on his farm in Wayne county, Michigan,
where ten miles of cedar posts are built
and fifteen miles of tile drain laid down,
says:
was much gratifed to find that my
theory and practice were well sustained
on this farm. Mr.. Smith showed me a
field of grass, partly cut and partly un-
cut, about half of which was dressed
with barnyard manure and its liquors ;
the other was left to its own culture.
The half dressed, Mr.. Smith estimated
at three tons per acre, while that not
dressed cut but little over tOn-both
being in similar state previously.
This was guesswork, but the contrast
was truly great.
You remember that the noted Leibig
considered ammonia almost the only
fertilizer in manure. Ny experience
taught me differently. I have long con-
sidered ammonia decaying agent, and
that it never enters the plant at all ex-
cept to destroy it. I admit, that the
more you can get of it into the soil, the
more you release the fertilizers that are
in il, and when you put it In, in the
shape of guano and other artifcials of
the same nature, they rob the soil of its
fertility to support the crop, leaving it
sterile for the following one, and if such
system is long pursued, farewell to
good farming.
Some fifteen years ago, a letter of
mine appeared in the Mark Lane Ex-
press, published in London-a paper,
/ suppose, which has greater and
wider circulation than any other agri-
cultural paper in the world. 1t was co
pied into several agricultural papers in
this country and in England-the doc
trine being so different from that pre-
yiously taught by Leibeg.
He, full of wrath at my supposed ig-
norance, pounced upon me like ''1he
lion upon the lamb,n and said, if the
public believed such doctrine, the coun-
try would be ruined, and Immediately
advised all farmers to put an expensive
covering upon their manure heaps to
keep the ammonia confined there.
This example was followed throughout
much of England, and every man was
anxious to save the ammonia who un-
derstood the meaning of the word. Lei
beg had ordered it, and it must be so.
About three years afterward Leibig's
opinion changed. The mystery of such
heavy crops from top-dressing, where
all the ammonia escaped, was puzzle
to him, and by some scientific knowl-
edge of his own, he found out that
ammonia was not the fertilizer he had
it to be, and he wrote sn
apology to the Mark Lane Express for
his abrupt contradictions to me.
The covering of manure-hsaps is now
with. and ammonia is al
lowed free access in the air after it has
done its duty in decaying the comTc't
heap.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17

A CHINESE SERVANTS ESTIMATE OF
CARDS. There is good story told in
Washington about a Chinese servant
employed by Admiral Porter, that on
reception day the duty of attending
the door was assigned to All Sin. Ac-
customed to the social usages of his
own land, where visitors rank is in
dicated by the size of the card, and
where a huge yellow one means the
presence of a prince, he treated the
little bits of pasteboard with con-
tempt. While nodding his head and
tossing the bits of paper uncermonious-
ly in the basket, the gas collector hap
pened to present his bill The long,
yellow slip took All Sin. With pro-
found salaams he bowed the astound-
ed gas-man into the presence of the
amazed family.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
Summary Of Important Congressional
Matters.

! The House has passed a resolution
to pay Mrs. Leftwich, the widow Of a
contestant for seat, two thousand five
hundred dollars, for expenses of the
contest.
A bill has passed both houses pro-
viding for an international exposition
in Philadelphia. e-s T'
The Senate has killed all steamship
subsidy bills.
The Senate passed resolution pro-
viding for compensation to the Georgia
Senators Hill and Miller from the date
of their elections, July 29th, 1868, and
contestants Farrow and Whitley from
their alleged election to the date of
which they were declared not entitled
to seat. @
Both Houses have passed bill au-
thorizing the duplication of lost or de-
stroyed registered bonds in certain
cases. ess
The House passed civil service ap-
preparation bill, which leaves out all
appropriations for new government
buildings except at the League Island
Navy Yard. The vote on the passage
of the bill was yeas 112, nays 70.
The House passed a bill repeating
the duties on coal, by yeas IA, nays As.
A resolution was passed to continue
investigation of the alleged Ku-Klux
outrages in the south by special COM
mittee. .,-
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was concurred IN by
the House By this bill the rights, so
long exercised by the Senate of making
treaties with scattered bands OF Indians
within the territory OF the United
States, is ended A provision is incor-
porated that hereafter no Indian nation,
or tribe, within the territory of tn
United States, shall be. acknowledged
or recognized as an independent ma
ton, tribe or power with which the
United States can contract by treaty.
The Senate passed the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill. Some reduc-
tions Of appropriations were made as
follows: Improvement of the St
Mary's Falls Canal and st. Mary's
River, Michigan, from $3.50, 900 to $780,
600; for the improvement of the Des
Moines Rapids, from 1915, 900 to $780,
600; for the Falls of the Ohio River
duu bu6 AOu1oN1uc Odud1, IOu p1tO,OOO
to 5000, 900. Appropriations were also
added as follows: Harbor f Alton,
H., $500; mouth of the Missouri
River, $25, 900, and for a general survey
of the Mississippi River from Alton,
Ill, to the mouth OF the Missouri, in
cluding the harbor of St Louis, $25,-
600; s2S, 900 for the Fifteen Mile Falls.
on the Connecticut River.
A bill was passed in the House pro-
viding for board of three commission
ers and a clerk, shorthand reporter
and messenger to examine the claims
of southern loyalists. The commits
sioners are to have So, 600 year each,
the clerk and reporter g, 500 each, and
the messenger 8, 200. -
B4- NORTHWESTERN HORSE NAm Co.,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
Astonishing Skating Feat.

On the % inst. three Newburghers,
name respectively Charles F. and
George June and Gilbert Carpenter,
skated from Newburgh to Albany, a
distance of 100 miles, in seven hours
and five minutes skating time. From
Newburgh to Poughkeepsie, distance
sixteen miles, they found the ice very
rough, and were one hour and fifty
minutes skating that distance From
Hyde Park to Catskill, forty miles, the
ice was in SPLENDID condition for
skating and ioe-boating, and they made
that distance In two hours and hall,
or an average of sixteen miles an hour.
just before reaching Castleton they
found the ice to be very rough, and
were compelled to cross and recross
the river several times. On the last
mile of the one hundred Charles f.
June made "spurt, and skated it in
three minutes and one second. The
feat is believed to be without parallel
in the history of skating on the Hud-
son.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17

ANOTHER THEORY DouBrED.-Charles
Dickens, it has been repeatedly stated,
was victim to some extent of too vio-
lent and persistent exercise, and every
body who has got himself out of bed at
an untimely hour in the morning, "to
get the fresh air." or for some other
nonsense, remembers with bitter feel
ings against the one who advised him
to do so, the exhausted state which re-
suited from his experiment. in the latter
part of the day. The New York Lead
er has labored article to show that
exercise is not necessary to good
health, and proves it position by some
remarkable examples. "Louis Napo-
leon," it says, "was close shut up in
Ham FIVE years, and all the time was
'Fulgarly healthy, while since he has
been confined in Williamshoe he has
had fat time of it. and was never
better" M - es.s
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
Paris before the Surrender-A Mil
- li0uaira In, nisfra0o 49,

uOHhlIt IN DIsbToSS. IfHft-
M. Labourchere, whose fortune is pu
at half a million sterling, writing from
Paris to the London Daily News, jus
before the capitulation, gave the fol
lowing pitiful account of his sorrows
"I am looking forward with horribl
misgivings to the moment when shal
have no more money, so that perhaps
shall be thankful for being lodged ant
fed at the public expense. Ny banke
has Withdrawn from Paris, and his rep
resentative declines to look at my bill
although 1 offer ruinous interest. Al
for friends they are all in like condi
tiOn, for no one expected the siege tC
last so long. As for my hotel, need
observe that / do not pay my bill7 bui
IN hotels the guests may ring in vain
for food / sleep on credit in a gor-
geous bed-a pauper The room is
large. I wish 1t was smaller, for the
frewood comes from trees, Just cut
down, and it takes an hour to get the
logs to light; and then they only smol-
der, and emit no heat. The thermome-
ter in my grand room, with its silken
curtains, is usually at freezing point
Then my clothes-I am seedy, very
seedy. When I call upon friend the
porter eyes me mistrustfully. In the
streets the beggars never ask me for
aims. The other day I had seme news
papers in my hand; an old gentleman
took one from me and paid me for it. i
had read it, so Ipocketed the halfpence.
l had been absent from Paris before the
siege, and returned with a small bag.
1t is difficult to find tailor who will
work, and even Il he did / could not
send him my one suit to mend, forwhat
should l wear in the meantime2 Decen-
cy forbids it. Mypeajacket is torn and
threadbare, my trowsers are frayed at
the bottom, and of many colors.like
Joseph's coat. As for my linen, viii
only say that the washerwomen have
struck work, as they have no fuel. i
invested few weeks ago in pair of
cheap boots. They are my torment.
They have split in various places, and
L wear a pair of CATERS like
those of a. respectable ecclesiastic-to
cover the rents. / bought them on the
boulevard, and at the same stall I
bought bright blue handkerchief
which was going cheap; this / wear
around my neck My upper man re-
sembles that of dog stealer, my lower
man that ofa bishop. Mygreatest troub-
les are my buttons. When L had more
than one change of raiment the buttons
remained in their places; now they
drop off as though 1 were molting
iowl L have to pin myself together
and whenever 1 want to get
out of my pocket I am afraid
Of falling to pieces. For my food, 1 |
Allowance myself, in order to exc ont as
ong as possible my resources. I dine
md breakfast at a sccond-class restau-
-ant. Cat dog, horse and rat are very
veil as novelties, but taken habitually |
hey do not assimilate with my inner
nan. Horse, doctors say, is heating;
only wish it would heat me. give /
his description of my existence, as it I
S that of many others. Those who |
lave means, and those who have none,
lnless these means are in Paris, row in I
he same boat"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17

THE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oh in the world is HAZARD & CAswE1L's,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected lvers, by CAswELL, HAZARD &
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and stoeet. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior TO any of
the other oils in market,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17

IT appears that the number of can
non delivered after the capitulation by
the Paris authorities to the Germans,
having fallen short by four of the num-
Der officially reported, the missing ones
were demanded. An answer was re-
turned that there had been mistake in
the count. The Germans refused to
accept the explanation, and four new
cannon are being cast to make up the
deficiency.