The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
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II You want TO buy Anything. adyer-
tisc i'll the REPUBLICAN.
If You have anything to- sell, adver-
tise 1t i'll the REPUBLICAN.
GIRLS! Only four more days of
leap year. Now or never!
WE have quite a number of horses
in the county that run fast-at the
nose.
PROSPECTING for coal in the vicin-
ity of Cameron, Clinton county, is
talked of.
Buy your postage stamps at the
~post-ofice, for there are counterfeits
in existence.
HOG cholera is said to be quite
prevalent in Holt county. many shoats
having died.
"PARKER," is the name of a new
post-office opened in Clay township,
Andrew county.
ALIrTLE girl three years old ,daugh-
ter of a farmer named White, ofHar-
rison county, was burned to death
lately.
On Saturday morning last the ther-
mometer indicated sixteen degrees
below zero. Pretty good for a
Southern" State.
A BRUTE named Wilcox whipped
his wife at Corning, Holt county, a
few days ago, inflicting injuries that
endanger her life.
REV. Mr.. Gillies will deliver q SER
mon on Sunday morning next, at the
Sixth Street Methodist Church.
Subject : 1.-THE Advent Of Christ"
Snow fleas are said to be a sure
indication of the end of winter, and
as they have already appeared the
weatherwise argue that the worst of
the winter is past.
On Thursday of last week a man
by the name of Pierce was thrown
from a wagon and fatally hurt, at
Stewartsville, DeKalb county, caused
by his team being frightened by the
cars.
THE Maysville Register says the
drouth s:in continues in DeKalb
county. The cisterns are all pumped
dry, and the wells are getting low.
The wheat crop, it is said, will be q to-
tai failure.
If people will persist in driving
their animals while suffering from
premonitory symptoms of epizootic,
| they may expect to have a horse flu
neral on their hands before they get
through with it.
THE REPUBLICAN will be dubbed
with either one of Harper's publica-
tions, the Magazine, Weekly or Ba-
Ear, and the two sent to one address,
for one year, for s. 90. Now is the
| time to subscribe.
OUR streets on Saturday and Mon
day were almost barren of horse or
mule. On Tuesday, however, despite
the epizootic, the Square was CON-
fortably lined with teams, whose
owners had come to town for Christ
mas supplies.
THOSE property holders will
whom the assessment lists have been
left by the County Assessor, should
not neglect to bring them in before it
is too late; for the law compells the
Assessor to double the assessment in
case ofsuch failure.
New YEARS will soon be here and
the holiday season will then be over
Those who failed to provide them
selves with toys, are informed that at
| Shedrick's may be found a few more
ofthose nice toys saved from the rush,
which will be sold cheap.
THE Nodaway Democrat says 1t
is reported that the epizootic has
made its appearance in this vicinity,
| though in q very mild form. We
have heard of only one or two cases
In town, and from reports, the dis
ease is much more prevalent in the
country.
ABOUT two weeks ago, at a coun-
try dance in Gentry county, two mcn
fought for the ~'sets," and the ono
getting the worst of the fight after
wards stabbed and killed the other,
who died Immediately. The MUIR
derer escaped, and the citizens are
after him.
FROM ". W. Booher, Esq, of Mon
roe township. we learn that our
neighboring town of Rochester was
put in a furry by the alarm OF fire,
on Saturday last. The house of Mr.
w. Il. Welborn. took fire about
O'Clock in the afternoon from a de-
fectivc fiuc, but was put out prompt
" BY the citizens before much damage
was done.
A GRAIN warehouse was burned
Gil Wednesday oflast week, at Craig,
Holt county, two freight cars also
being consumed. 1t was the work OF
an incendiary, who was caught, and
while being taken to st. Joseph by
the Sheriff, jumped out of the car
window while the train was going