The Lincoln County herald., 1872-11-06

are feeding the predatory dog on poisoned
mutton.
The government Of England proposes
to purchase all the railways 10 the king.
dom.
The seasons cotton cropin Mississippi
is the best aud the largest tha, has been
gathered for mauy years.
In BarnesvilIe, Ca, last week, the
clothes Of q negro girl, who was nursing
an infant, caught FIRE, and both herself
aud the child were burned to death before
assistance could reach them.
A young man touched off a fuse in a
Wisconsin silver mine, the other day,
and was rapidly pulled up, when the rope
broke and he tumbled back, distance OF
forty feet. The blast then exploded,
but he escaped both psrils with only
slisht bruises.
Thos. j. Digby. . crippled Confederate
soldier, farming IN Baldwin county, Ga /,
has made on forty acres Of land. without
any assistance, 9 bales of cotton, 125
bushels Of corn, 25 bushels peas, 100
bushels potatoes, 4 stacks Of fodder, and
a large quantity IF hay, the whole valued
at 81, ITO.
Gov. Smith, Of Georgia, will shortly
issue invitations to the governors Of the
Western and Southern states, to meet at
Atlanta on the 10Th of November, for
the purpose Of celebrating upon the
subject of a canal to connect the Ten
nessee river with the Atlantic ocean at
VI near Savannah.
An American marble cutter has q
tombstone in his marble yard, made from
tho common limestone taken from the
hills north of Topeka, that is good
enough for any one. He has reduced i,
to as 6no finish as any Of his marble,
aud cut an oak twig and acorn above the
inscription that fully equals the best
marble cutting.
Mrs. Moor, who was supporting hel
husband in Topeka by hard work, saved
enough money to bring her husband.
niece en- to live with them. The husband
then during a temporary absence Of hi.
wife loaded up the valuables and ran of
with the niece, his brothers daughter
announcing his intention of marrying
her.
When an animal is killed or hurt b,
the cars on the Kansas Pacific the Sec
ton boss fills out blank form describ
ing the locality Of the accident, etc
One of the questions in the form is
"What disposition was made of tn,
animal ?" The answer returned to thi
query in the case of a Texas steer ru
over the other day was, "dispositio
mild aud gentle"
A young married woman in New Yor
wears breast pin which cxcl,es admira
tion. 1t is apparently beautiful car,
ing in some dark glossy stone of lion
. head, heavily set in red gold. In re
ality it ID the front of favor;te meer
scahum belonging to her husband II
was an inveterate smoker, but to pleas
her gave up the habit, and she wears tn
peculiar ornament as a trophy Of be
victory.
The least thing in suicides comes
, us from Ceveland, Ohio, where an il
4 dividual, rashly importunate, went
. his death after the following uniqr
preparations. lie first procured revo
yer and connected it with a species
clockwork, so that it should be fred c
at certain time. lie then got into bt
and took a dose of chloroform, aft,
t having placed the pistol behind his ca
He then, under the influence Of II
n narcotic, went to sleep, At the give
Il time the clockwork pressed the trigg
of the pistol, firing it of and launchir
a the idiot into eternity
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