The Lincoln County herald., 1873-05-07

Inc bettle or tue 0lcn00aSlet 10 BtiH
soiss o.. About the close Of %he var,
sn immense 4sle oF Noressto,s Dictionary
vas caused by the insertion in a Chem
late edition Of Webstss's Dictionary, OF
certain vords which we're given signif
ssnos hvo'ins the Northe1s, o, Unios
idea. ALI Southern synpathize,s bought
Worcester's, because Of she absence oS
sny such sectionsl insSlt. Lately, ahe
Webster folks have endesvored to retallats
upon the Worcester people, By eriticising
. book ("Elemcnts Of History, ancienI
and modern critics by DR.. Wotces-
ter, in which occur the word "sebels,"
and passages giving . Northerp interprs
tation TO the conduct Of ,he Sa.. One
of the extracts is the following: "Con
federate prisoners at the North we're
comfortably housed and fed; but the
inhuman treatment and horrible suffe,-
inps of Federal soldiers in Southern
prisons, form one of the most shocking
chapters in the history of the Rebellion. +"
And now the Worcester people have
explained. The brothers OF the lexicog.
rspher have published a circular, In
which they state tba, the obnoxious ex
tracts quoted by the Websterians we're
written after DR.. Worcester's death,
and Interpolatcd in his work by the pub
fishers. so the fight goes on. Both the
dictionaries are good and if the contcs,
now being waged will result in a reduc
ton 10 the price OF dictionaries. it may
benefit the public st. Louis Dispatch
From the Bowling Green Post we
learn that on last Thursday, 18th inst, a
negro man named John Riggs killed a
white man named Armstrong, by striking,
him on the head with an axe. The affair
occurred on what is known as the old
Walter Crow farm, four miles east Of
Ashley. There was no intention on the
part IF either to do bodily injury. The
negro was twirling the axe before him,
while the white man was Aourishing his
knife as though he intended to cut the
negro. by some means Armstrong got
too close to the negro, and the axe, in
making a revolution, struck him on the
head, from the fleets Of which he shortly
died The negro had n hearing. before
Esquire Orr of Ashley. who bound him
over in the sum Of 5000 to await the
action OF the grand jury-sentinel
noGGIsH.-Nlrs. Turner, widow lady
living in this city, locked her house Sc.
curely about month ago and went into
the country to visit her relatives. Un
knowingly an old prowling SOW had taken
possession Of the cellar and was locked in
accordingly when the lady left home.
After having been absent nearly four
weeks, one of Mrs. rs sons. young man,
was sent to town to see that the house
and contents were all secure. Accident
ally he went into the cellar, and was as
tonished to find Mrs. Sow, still alive, but
the merest shadow Of her former self
in fact you could almost see through her
She was taken out and given some food
and water, and at last advices it was ex
pected that in a few days her health
would be so far recovered that she could d
visit the ncighbors for the purpose ol
helping to bring up" their garden truck
There is no question but that this swine
lived over twenty days without food o,
water, as the cellar in which she was con
6ned contained nothing whatever to sus
tain animal life. 1t is certainly a mos
singular case -Clorksville Sentinel.
An inquisitive chap stepping into I
marble shop asked Smith, who was jus
completing the sculpture of lamb
"Did you cut out that aninal?' 80 no.
said Smith, 1.-THE lamb has been there al
the time; l only took the marble from
around him. that's ALL"