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The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
ct IOtIIe MAnNer,
MONDAY EVENING.

MVNDAI EVENING, July 81,
wHEAT-Was id larger receipt Monday than
for any day during the year, am counting to 9s 0OC
bushels! Tho market was demorslised, and even
Inspections were lower. 4c on rejected and 2(asc
on other grades. Levee lots wero almost unsable
and generally rated 2@3c below inspections on
sales. Buyers as rule were scarce, hoping for
yet lower figures. Primo and strictly primo rod
ii POOL 221S to 81 25; do white 81 Us 60 SKIS
Tappahannook at 81 80; 223 SKIS choice blue
stem at 81 40.
cORN-Low on all grados with . thoroughls
sidggish movement. White, choice 45c, In East
st. Louis, and 63@55c - elevator; choice uixed
and yellow, in lots, at 5l@52c.
OATS Held up remarkably, weSl usasr ths
largely increased receipts, anA Oh all dry lots IN
e'evatos can be quoted only a shade lower. but
there were aimoss 20 buSNrs fer seves and infe-
rice lots. Mixed. choice, SstSs priss s7,so +;
rejected 32e..
FLOUR-xXK and eSoiss45 Ss@Ss and 50 so
@7 so X and Xxx - TO q 5& urI
BARLEY-9Oo for choice. s.-.
kYE-Prime SIC. 4. .r
POTATOEs-$i 5O@2 per SBr.
CATTLE-Thero was little done in ssttyv on
Monday. Arrivals woro sm all, only 1877 hoaA
being reported. ghey sere mostly Texans and
inferior g. ades of natives. Exsra stecrs, weigh
ing 1900 and 1870 lbs, s595 25j rood to crime
stsers, averaging 100 90 1900 rbs., 81 25(11 rs;
stock steers averaging 500 to 1000 lbs, % a5@5o,
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
Frigntful Bridge Disaster.

Says the Fulton Telegraph OF tho 2sth
ult.: On last Saturday afternoon, about
! o'clock, soon after the bridge hands
had resumed work on the high bridge
over the Auxvasse, on the l.. & NJ. r..
railroad, the structure gave way and fell
with tremendous crash, carrying death
and destruction with it. This bridge is
over one hundred feet high. and the span
on which the men we're working was
about 200 feet in length. The pier upon
which it rested is about 80 feet of solid
and subtantial masonry, with over twenty
feet Of trestle work to sustain tho road
bed. Two spans Of the bridge had been
successfully raised, and the third and
last was nearly completed, requiring not
more than an hours work to make it
secure. Eleven men went to work at
l O'CLOCK.
It seems that the men we're aware of
the fact that the false trestle, intended to
support tho span temporarily and until it
was made self sustaining, by the system
Of bolts and nuts, was insecure and in a
dangerous condition. But as the span
was nearly complete, they determined to
60 on 1t and finish their work, trusting if
it fell at ALL that it would "swiug," as
usual, sufficient length of time to enable
them to escape catastrophe. They had
been working but few minutes, how.
ever, when the supporting trcstle began
to "buckle" or give way at the third
bent. The alarm being given, those who
could, endeavored to save themselves by
Jumping to the pier. Two of these we. 9
successful, but the third, William Broth.
ers, missed the pier and caught by beam
which projected over the coping. Here
he hung few seconds, when his grasp
relaxed and he fell distance of go feet,
among stones and broken timbers.
The other eight went down with the
timbers, some Of them falling more than
hundred feet Those who witnessed
the disaster supposed the men would all
he dashed in pieces, as the tmbers were
splintered and the immense iron bolts
were twisted like withes, or broken short
But of the nine men who fell, eight wero
taken up alive, some of them requiring
to be chopped out from under the broken
and tangled timbers.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
lndiaA NiFderS-Nine Men Killed
Their Tongues Cnf, ()u1.

From tho st. 'Joc Gazette ~o learn
that WIN. hlcMoore had just arrived
there, giving The details Of an attuck
upon " train near Fort Sill, Indian Ter
ritory, on the 25th Of June, by two hun
dred Indians. Nine men wero killed
and six. including Mr.. McMoore, were
taken prisoners ana their stock run off
The indians, after proceeding some timo
took two teamsters, john Jones and
Thomas Hayward, cut out their tongues
and chopped their ears of, after which
they burned them to the stake. UN the
9th Of July the othes prisoners escaped
whilo their guard was drunk, and after
marching one hundred and twenty five
miles reached Fort Brown on the 18th
instant One fourth of the attacking
party were white men, amongst whom was
the Eastern Texas despcrado, Stanley,
who boasts Of killing thirteen men
They had two white csptlves, one Of
whom is Mrs. Bowman, Of Gaudaloupe
mountain, Texas, and q Miss Emma
Bailey. They are a part of the same
band that fought the Seventh cavalry on
the 26th Of June, at Fort Wallace
Times.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

ANOTHER SwINDLE.-The lateat new
scheme for swindling the farmers is on
the tapis. The article now offered is a
wrought iron rlow point, fitting into d
hollow square, the economy of which is
wonderful. Those who have been bitten
find that wrought iron points cost more
apiece than entire shares of cast iron.
AS these Plow point swindlers are under.
stood to be making a hurried sweep
through the country, papers des;rous Of
saving their patrons pockets will direct
attention to this swindling scheme. 1t
cost the farmers of the east about Two
hundred thousand dollars. .-Exchanco,
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

Tho small island Of Carnguin, in tho
philippines, was the scene of terrible
disaster on May lst. Subtorrauean con.
vulsions caused tho sinking Of a large
plain m III" '-'--a, "Li.' "-- G.u-~~
by on earthquake and rain of fire, and
the formation Of q volcano. Ono hun
drod and fifty lives were lost, and the
remainder Of the Inhabitants, about
twenty'six thousand, have deserted the
island. This was the place where all the
Manila hemp raised in the Philippines
was produced.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
Fatal Explosion OF a Ferry Boat.
SEVENTY. two PASSENGERS KILLED.

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One Of tfic New York and Staten Is
lend ferry boats, while in the slip a'
Whitehall, crowded with passengers, cx
plodcd her boilers at twenty minutes past
one Sunday afternoon. The dispatches
ssy .Le scene ocggared description Men
were struck dumb at their loss of wives
anH little ones, womon wete distracted at
having lost their husbands, and children
we're crying for their parents who we're
lost. scveuty.two dead bodies, up to
Monday evening, had been found, and the
hospitals are crowded wrth the wounded
ind dying. A Mondays telegram says
The great deck beams are torn and
splintered into all sorts Of shapes, while
the lighter wood work Of tho cabin is
literally sphutered into fragments. Here
and there among the rubbish are great
clots Of blood, fragments Of bodies, hair
and clothing, horrible mementoes of the
massacre. As CHASTITY trophies, the
policemen in charge exhibit to visitors
perfect skins Of two hands, fingers and
thumbs oil complete like gloves, .5ust as
they were wrcnched of the victims by
ths ssrribhe steam. "
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

The unpleasant odor produced by per
spiraticn is frequently the source of vex
alton to persons who are subject to IT..
Nothing is simpler than to remove this
odor, more effectually than by the appli.
cation Of such costly perfumes and ingre.
dients as are in use. 1t is only neces.
sary to procure some of the spirits Of
amonia, and place about two tablespoon.
fuls in basin of water. Washing the
face and arms with this leaves the skin
as sweet and clean as one could wish.
The wash is perfectly harmless and worry
cheap. 1t is recommended on the au.
thority Of an experienced physician.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
The..CamD Grant Horror.

We publish 10 day . detailed account
Of the. Camp Grant massacre OF fndish
women aud children. 1t is one of the
most dlabolicul butcheries that ever biack
enod the annals Of mankind. The occur.
renee demands tho profound dttention Of
our whole people and the most vigorous
action Of tho general government. To
,he main features Of the atrocity We have
already referred. Here was u party of
ono hundred and seventeen women aud
children, and but eight men, the latter
entirely helpless and inoffensive, gathered
for theis protection under the shadow Of
tho United States flag, near . United
States garrison. They had done no
wrong. They had been invited 60 settle
there, and had been promised protection.
They were industrious, provident, and
perfectly peaceful, were engaged in honest
labors for their subsistence, and in good
Offices also for the garrison. At day.
break, while oil we're 10 innocent sleep,
mothers and children, the women beside
the bundles Of hay they had gathered for
the soldiers and were to take to the fort
that morning, a party Of miscreants from
Tucson fell upon them aud massacred
nearly all of them in their slumbers
Read the narrowing account given of the
affair by Lieut.. Whitman, commanding
at Camp Grant, addressed to his superior
officer, and transmitted at length to the
Indian Bureau At Washington. Every
instinct Of humanity and Of justice is
challenged by this nournful recital. It
will be simply Infamous, an indelliblo
blot Of black ness upon our national his.
tory, denial of our civilization, should
the government fail to devote its best
energies to the discovery and the punish.
ment Of the perpetrators Of this fearfal
wrong
The authors Of the outrage are described
as Papagoes and Mexicaus. Some of tho
little Oses of the victims were made cap
tives, and the few survivors at Camp
Grant call upon our government to re.
cover these captives. The duty is one US
sacred as can ever devolvo upon govern.
ment, and should be discharged as
promptly as possible, at whatever ccst.
Miss uri Democrat.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

One of the women Of the Revolution,
and the mother OF a distinguished oitizetl
of Ohio, died on the 7th Of July, u,
Newark, New Jersey, at the advanced age
of one hundred and two years. This was
Mrs. Francis Finley. Her maiden name
was Winans, Of the New Jersey family
Of that name, a relative Of Ross Winans,
Of Baltimore. She was born in 1868,
and married in the last year of the Rev!
olution, 1888, eighty eight years since,
to the late DR.. Jonas Stanbery, who died
in GAINESVILLE, Ohio. She afterwards mar.
ried Professor Finley. of Princeton Col
lcss. William Stanbery, of Newark
Ohio, now eighty three years Of age, is
her third and only surviving child ; he is
an ex member of Congress, and was
Chairman of tho Finance Committee and
leader of the House for time during the
administration Of General Jackson. Mrs
Finley was lady of strong Intellect and
cultivated mind She was personally &C.
quaintcd with General Washington. De
Witt Clinton, Washington Irving, Robert
Fulton, aud many other of the great and
distinguished men Of the period Hel
fathers house was frequently the resort
of Generals Of both armies in the Revolu
ton, and she had vivid memory of all
the stirring events Of that period in her
vicinity. She was eight years old at the
commencement and sixteen at the ter
mination Of the wur.-Ohio States man.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

The fight in Louisiana between tho
Warmoth and Dunn factions of the Rad
ical party begins to show advantages for
the White, or Warmoth wing Of twenty.
eight delegates to the state convention, D,
whose names 'werc known on the Goth,
twenty -four were Warmoth men. The
other side, however, express confidence
in their ability to carry the convention,
which is to meet on the 9th of August.
A victory Of the Warmoth wing will be, ia
some measure, = defeat of the admins.
tration, as the administration has inclined
IN favor OF Dunn.-Republioan. ..,
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

There is very simple process B!
which mdsfins used for lsdies and chifs
drcn's dfosscs can be prevented frolh
catching FIRE Dissolve small piece Of
Gam in the water III which the muslins
are rinscd. Whea dry, if light be put
TO othem, they will shoulder slowly away,
but hot break into blaze. And this,
80 far from injdrng The muslin, tnipfovsb
III appearance greatly. +.
A piece Of vegetable charcoal laid on !
bsrh soothcs the pain, and If kept ap-
phed for an hour, cures IL completely.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
GrantiSm In Louisiana.

The Radicals of Louisiana are on th,
"split." There arc two factions-ou,
headed by Lieut.. Gov. Dunn, which i.
"toosh and toe.nail" for Grant, the othe1
by Gov. Warmoth, which is suspected o
aot favoring oar Aob-uobbing horse
Jockey President to such an alarming
extent. The Dunn movement of course
has the sympathy Of Grant, and here il
one way it is assisted, if We are to believe
the New Orleans Republican, q Warmott
organ:
We learn, on suflicieat authority, tha,
there arc now twenty five inspectors, re-
Gently employed in the custom house
but who have not been assigned to any
official duty. The conditions, however
under which they serve, require them to
be lively at the primary elections in the
ward clubs, and in the next state couvon.
tion. Iu consideration Of their promise
to work for the disintregation Of the Re
publican party by making q factious op.
position to the Republican state admins
tration-for this they receive from three
to four dollars per day from the United
States treasury until the meeting Of the
convention, or say an average Of $3.50
each. Before receiving their pay, how.
ever, they will be required to subscribe
to rather stringent oath, setting forth
that they have actually performed the
services, and the money is applied to
their own use. 1t is notorious that the
political roustaboutS who have thus beon
engaged for this short campaign do not
render any service to the government, and
consequently cannot take the oath with.
rs..i.
The same paper also says:
We learn that the officials who manip.
ulate affairs in tho custom. house we're
yesterday passing around a book, in
which is inscribed an oath or solemn OBJ.
legation to oppose Gov. Warmoth's ad-
ministration. All the employees are re-.
quired to sign their names to this oath,
or look elsewhere for work. We regard
this as immensely stoep, and respectfully
ask Mr.. Secretary Boutwell, if the test.
oath to oppose the Republican state ad.
,ninistratiou is q part of tho treasury
regulations. If so, by what act of con.
gress is 1t authorized 3?
The Same paper still further charges,
says the Missouri Republican, that the
federal Office holders at New Orleans
"are using the money and patronage of
the government to destroy the Kepubli.
can party Of Louisiana that the collector
Of customs, the marshal, and tho post.
mastor are the principal oonspirators :"
that "they are filling the onstom. house
with all the political vagabonds in the
statoj" that "they are giving large sala.
ries out Of tho public moneys to men
who are unified for any public employ.
ment and who are only expected to at.
tend club meetings; and that thoy arc
adding hundreds of men to rolls where
none are needed, paying them for work
never done."
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03
Cheap store.

SUdAR--7 lbs best New Orleans for 81 90.
C0FFEE-iA lbs best Rio for 81 90.
Ard other Groceries In Proportions.
GLASSWARE-9O Cents por set;
Butter Dish, Sugar Bowl, Cream Pitcher ana
Spoon. holder, all for 30 Cents,
GoBLETs-75 Cents per set Of Six.
Washbowls and Pitchers for 81 90.
BEST G. & D. THREAD scents b SPOOL
PINS Gents apapcr.
NEEDLES & Ccnts a paper.
And in fact all things N tho same Way.
gss' Please give INC call before going else.
where, and see for yourtelf
M T. BRITToN.
lold Stand of W. D. TH6RNHILL.)oA.
TROY, MO:
re- have bought W. S. Coopsr's Stock
NOTIONS, and will even undersell his old
prices. May Is, 187l-n20m'5
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

The ku.klux committee, on the 2Sth
alt examined II. W. Guion, q leading
lawyer Of Charlotte, N. c., who testified
10 the past Is we'll as present condition
Of things, that the people Of that state
had taken the Law into their own nauds
only in cases whore crimisals had been
psrdoncd. aud tho public protection do.
msnded suoh action sgainst outvages.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

Joseph II. Fore assassiuatsd Biz
Srotherin law. Mr. Munson Beach, on
the 9th ult.. in St. Louis. He was
sitting % the doorstcps when Fore came
sp and shos him. The murderer is q
young man. about twenty -four yoars old i,
and very dissipatsd tn bis habits. His
sifs, . serS intelligest sady, aud about
nineteen years Of age, dlsd . petition for
divorce on the 18th inst.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

The late advices reporting cholera in
Persian are confirmed, with tho addition
that the peoplo are also suffering from
famine, plague, and typhus fever. The
distress is so great that the authorities
have placed guards at the cemeteries to
prevent tho famished crowds from digging
up aud eating the dead. 'a '.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

One single pigeon, q favorite bird with
tho pigeon fanciers of Paris, brought into
that city during the siege 500 pages Of
oficial dispatches and $4,000 private
dispatches.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

The 81. Charles News isarns that tho
ssrs on the North Missouri railroad will
10 seduoed 10 fw days 10 half or Tess
than half the present rates.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

Geo. B. Clark has been dominated BY
the Democrats Of Washington county a
candidate for representative in the lsgis.
lature, in place Of Gen. Gra.iot. deceased.
|hs election is to be on the sth of Augut.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

E. Mcp. Anderson shot and 10 is
feared fatally sounded, James Richie, in
Monsoe sounsS on sAe 22$SK.
The Lincoln County herald., 1871-08-03

No more dram shop licenses will be
y'an'ed by the Boone Couag cou,A un.
Ill the 9th Of suly, 1858.
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How Nitro 81 yosz1ne isIEada

This wonderful explosive was
discovered in 1877, 10y an italian
named SobOro, but its practical
application was made by Alfred
Noble, a Swedish engineer. The
process 10y which it is made is
thus described: Every one knows
what glycerine is-a clear, syrupy
liquor, sweet to taste, and some
what greasy to touch. Its scope
of employment ranges from the
surgeons dispensaFy to the lady's
bOudOir. Chemists term it trail
motto alcohol, and it may be de
rived from fat or tallow by action
of lime and sulphuric acid. Its
properties are many and various,
but as they have no bearing upon
the present subject we shall alb
stain from noticing them. If a
quantity Of nitric acid, gIycerine
he poured into this, and carefully
stirred, the whole being surround.
ed Ivy freezing mixtures, we.obtaiq
that wonderful substance known
as nitro giyceTiuce, which has
more than ten times the explosive
force Of guupowder. 1t forms on
the surface as an oil ola pale yell
low color, is perfectly inodorous,
and has sweet aromatic taste.
1t is poisoncus, whether taken
internally or absorbed through
the skin, and small doses of it
produce distressing headaches. Il
does not explode when brought IN
contact with fire, and remains un
changed even when raised to tho
temperature Of boiling water bus
at about forty degrees Fahrenhcil
1t becomes converted into an icy
mass, which merely requires fric.
ton to develop all its explosive
qualities.
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a Moral Lesson.

Sed 1 to Slopson, t'other day,
why don't your business never pay!"
When Dawkins had that shop of yours;
A sellin' pills and ager cures;
Soap, candles. tape, and buttons blue,
He made If pay and why don't you'll"
He answered slowly, .'Tis no GO
But what's the reason, dun no -
So seeing Dawkins, "shorely SOON
SEE |, ''Come here you sly old coon,
And tell me how you made your money,
land do not look so mighty funny,)
How did you make your cash, say,
By keepin' store just up the way!"
There's Slopson, civil aud polite,
WHO always tries to do what's right;
His stock is good. his store is clean,
Yet no one near the door is SEEM"
'Well now" said Dawkias with grin
@Ths reasons plain to purblind eyes
The body doesn't advertise"
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Alice Cary's Sweetest Poem.

1852 aa--a@
No apology is needed al this time for
reproducing the following exquisite
lines by the lsmented Alice Gary
lines which, in the Judgment of SO
competent d critic as Edgar a Poe,
deserve to rank among;the very finest
contributions to.;he poeticiliterature of
this country:-[SL Louis Home Jour
nal. F-1e1 EaE a1es -e--s CT - a.-
ofaIl the beautiful pictures, -.
That hang on Memory's wall,
Is Que of dim old forest,
That seemeth best Of all;
Not for its gnarled oaks oldcn,
Dark with the mistletoe:
Not for the Fiolets golden
THAT sprinkle the vale below
Not for the milk white lilies
That lean from the fragrant hedge,
Coquetting all day with the sunbeams,
And sealing their golden edge;
Nor for the vines on the upland -
& Where the bright red berries rest;
Nor the pinks, nor the pale, sweet
cowlips,
1t seerreth TO me the best. -
Ponce had little brother
With eyes thatwere dark and deep
In the lap OF, that olden forest = -
He lieth in peace asleep;
Light as the down Of the thistle, % s..
Free as the winds that blow. -
We rored there the beautiful summers
The summers of long ago; .
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And one of the autumns ewes
Ima5e for my little brother
A bed of the yellow leaves.
Sweetly his pale arms folded
2 My meek in meek embrace,
As the light of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face;
And when the arrows of sunset
Lodged inthe tree trops bright,
He fell, in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by The gates oflight.
Therefore, of all the pictures
That hang on Memory's wall.
The one of the dear old forest
Seemeth best of ali.
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About the year 1855 the legisla-
ture OF Pennsylvania passed a res.
oiutlon that ''no member thereof
should come to the house barefoot
or to eat his bread and cheese on
the steps,
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elast instance of modesty is
that OF q lady who refused to
wear a watch in her bosom be
cause it had hands.
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Grant, according To Webster'S
dictionary, is "a term applied to
conveyaHces'of every kind of real
property"
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Its said that ifall that the dogs
OF this country eat was fed to
hogs, it would make $4,000, 600
worth of pork. Add to this the
value of sheep they destroy, and
something Of an idea of the curse
of dogs can be obtained.
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A lawyers clerk wants to know
if a cross-examination can be a
good-natured one.
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window in his shirt extremity-to
let down the curtain, as if he
didn't care a cuSs whether the en-
tire population of the street be-
held his anatomy or not; then puts
out the light and bounces into bed
like a greatcalf jumping into a
pile of hay--curls himself up,
his knees nearly touching his nose,
lies so moment or two, turns on
his back, stretches his limbs out,
swears at the tucking in one of the
hedclothes, grunts, gets over on
the other side and is asleep. Then
comes the snoring and snorting.
Isn't there a difference in style !?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-06-17

A San Francisco hardware deal
er, in advertisingrevolvers for sale
announces that he will also fur
nish collects for practice,
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When an. Arab woman intends
marrying again after the death of
her husband, she goes the night
before the ceremony to pay a Wis
it to his grave. There she kneels
and prays him not to be offended,
hot to be jealous. As, however,
she feels he will be offended or
jealous, the widow brings a don
key laden with two goats skins
filed with water. The prayer
ended, she proceeds to pour water
upon the grave, to keep the hus-
band cool under the irritating cir
cumstances about to take place,
and having well saturated him,
She then departs.