The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-19
NEWS OF THU WEEK.
The East.

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The East.
THE heat in New York, on July 4, was
intense. Many of the m%ilitiamen, while
p~arading, were Frustrated, several Of whom
died. Scarcely half of the number that
set out returned with their command.
Ninety-seven cases Of sun stroke were re-
ported in the city, "a proving fatai.--..Three
persons were killed and many injured by a
railroad collision on Long Island, N. Y,
July 4......Budd Doble, the wcll-known
jockey, who handled Dexter so success
fully. has, in view Of the alleged trial Of
Mr.. Bonner's horse Joe Elliott Of a mile in
2:l54, and the repeatedly alleged perform
ance by Dexter Of q mile in 2:is, chal-
1enged either or both these horses to trot
the Maid for from $1,000 to $50, 900 a side.
II the Ledger mar still adheres TO his
former objections to q public match for a
prize or money, Doble then offers to meet
any or all Of his horses in a match simply
for the sake Of fairly and regularly de-
cldiHg the question Of speed.....John p.
Bigelow, ex-Msyor Of Boston, died July 5,
aged A..-.The mortality in New York for
the week ending July S was terrible, the
death roll reaching l,659..--.The Long
Branch racing meeting just closed was the
most successful ever held in Americas.
The New York Times announces the con-
solidation of the Erie aad New York Cen
trail Railroad Companies under the direc-
ton of the English stockholders, Com
modore Vanderbilt being selected Presi-
dent with unrestricted powers. An ad-
vance is to be made in freight and passen-
rates West and Three men were
killed by a stroke of lightning, near Dos.
ton, July 5--..Margaret Elliott murdered
her daughter Jane, aged IL, at New York
july ), by strangling her TO death.
NEAR Utica, N. Y, July g. barn in which
a party of railroad laborers had taken shell.
ter was blown down, and two of the laboreri
killed aud several seriously injured..-..Tht
reported consolidation of the Erie and Cen
trail railroads, and the elevation Of Commo'
dore Vanderbilt 10 the read of the new
corporation, turns out tn be without founda'
tion.--.The deaths in Philadelphia for thu
week ending July 6 numbered 764-an in
crease over the preceding week of $50. One
half were children under one year.....Judg
John II. McCunn died in New York, July 6
from nervous prostration, the result of hi
modification and grief at being removed
from office by the State Senate on the grount
dhu "dllcdeduCc. JuueC wv
Gum left an estate valued at SIS, O00, Oe0....
Three boys were killed by an explosion o
fireworks in South Boston, July 5......A po
lceman was beaten to death by a gang o
rowdies In New York, on the night of July Z
In n day, last week, tweniy-thrce boy,
were sentenced TO the renitentiary, in
New York city court......E. l.. Sanderson
lawyer, sues the Brooklyn Union for libel
claiming $50, 0o0 damsges......A man fel
from the top Of the Brooklyn tower of th,
East river bridge, a distance of ope hundred
feet, the other dry. and, strange to relate
was unipjured.
A CUBAN war vessel, heavily armed, wal
captured off Newport, R. l., July 9, by
United States revenue cutter, and taken int,
New York. What disposition the Govern
ment will make of her is not yet statcd.....
The much mOoted question of the Erie man
sgement has been finally settled by tn,
election OF ?. II. Watson, OF Ohio, President
and Gen. Devin, of New York, Vice Presi
dent. They are in the interest Of the Eng
!Ish stockholders.....An explosion in tn,
IRON works at Quakertown, Pa, July Q
killed three persons md seriously injured
several others.
TIE daily New York Standard has sus
pended publication. This makes about 1o(
daily journals started and suspended il
New York within a quarter of a century
after . precarious existence. The capita
sunk in them has not been less than $25,
600 ,000.--.The great trot at Fleetwood
Park, Now York, on July 9, between Gold.
= smith Maid, Lucy, Henry and American
GIri was won by the Girl in three straigh
heats. Time-22l, 2l9l, 224. After th,
second heat, Goldsmith Maid was allowet
TO Withdraw, on the claim that she ha,
cut her quarter. Sporting men, however
generally contend that the Maid va
beaten on her merits, the slight crack il
her heel on whish she was withdrawn be
lng regarded as a mere s~ubterfuge. Th,
tine made is the best eve ac~complishe,
over the Fleetwood course, and good Judge
claim that, considering the track, it equal
the best of Goldsmith Maids performance,
1.-THE new directory of the Erie ~railroa,
are going to inaugurate some healthy re
forms in the management of the affairs q
the road. Their first move will be to Gu
of the Fisk and Gould side-shows, the OF
companies, car building companies, an
other concerns that have been suckin
Fries 1ife-blood. The Opera House an
the Twenty-third street Offices sre 10
Sold and the company will 10 back TO il
less pretentious office at the foot of Duau
street, where its real business has AWAY
been done.
The large brewery firms of Windenmaye
4 Sons, and Philip Brock, of Newark, \
j., are reported to have failed. The liabil
ties Of the former are $50 900; Of the latte
$iSo,o0c.-..Patrick Morriesey has been col
VtrtAd AT Ri, @ato ~ ~, " C. q
gree, for killing his mother ......Jam Burr
has been tried at New York, on the chars
CT murder, for killing John Hallorap, an
acquitted on the ground of insanity. I'll
prisoner was Immediately committed 10
lunatic ssylum......D David Paul Brown, tn
eminent Philadelphia lawyer, is dead.
An earthquake shock was sensibly felt i
various portions Of Eastern New York o.
the llth Of July.
The West.
Ar SEYMOUR, Indiana, on the evening O
the Fourth, a man in lighting the hal
preparatory to q theatrical performance
let fall a coal oil lamp in the midst of
group of children. The lamp bursl
spreading the oil in every Iirec
ton, setting the clothes of the chill
drcn OIL fire. The little sufferers raj
wildly through the hall, and before th,
flames were e~xtin guished, three of then
were burned 10 death ...... Another fearful
mine disaster is recorded. A Ere brok,
out in q new mine at LimavilIe, Ohio
July ., resulting in the death by suffocatior
of eleven persons.
A PARTY Of fifty Bostonians were lured ouI
10 the Pacific slope by a swindler who pre-.
tended to have discovered rich gold dig.
gings in a portion of Oregon inhabited by
Indians. The sharper succeeded in GETTING
Si2,o0 out Of the Hubites, and abandoned
them at 6an Francisco. Some of them are
left without funds 10 return home.....Two
boys were drowned in Luding creek, Gin
~cinnati, July 7......T There is a general strike
among the lumbermen Of Saginaw Mich