The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-01-03

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GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.
A curious but terrible disease, called mel
ningitis, or inhamation OF the membrane of
the brain or spinal cord, has broken out at|
Tehuacana, in Limestone county, Texas.
Out of ten eases in the last few days. nine
had proved fatal in less than thirteen hours.
The Tehuacana University has been sus-
pended until the first of January. and the
people o! the town are fleeing to other parts
of the county and State.
The fog2ing business goes on in Dala-
ware. At Newcastle, . few days since, one
man was logged for the third time, "he
didn't care for anything" Eight others
were punished with twenty lashes each, and
several in addition stood for an hour in the
pilOry. The Otiense of each was petty lar
ceuy. IL may be proper to mention that
Delaware still belongs in the United States.
The carriage used by the Grand Duke AL
exis at New York is the privaGe carriage OF
Mr.. Van Ranset, and is probably the hand
sOmast vehicle in tie United States. 1t is q
clarence, lined with maroon silk that cost
~lO ptI Cius Itc VIII It's OtttuU,
cost So 000. Admiral Poiszet says: ut is
the prcttiest thing ever rode in
Professor Agassiz has written letter
with respect to the probable results of the
Ieep-sea dredging expedition. that is certain
to attract good deal of attention among
scientists. The professor commences with
the proposition that science ought to be
prophetic that is, that all forms of creation
are IN accordance with an intelligent plan
that is shad0wed forth in the mode Of growth
and other observable phenomena, and that
types not yet seen should be deducted from
those that have been seen. In corrO6oration
of this theory, ne then proceeds to register
his predictions as 70 what will be found in
the hitherto uHta'homed abysses of the
ocean, which he does with unqualified dis
tiDctness.
The Washington correspondent of Bos-
ton paper tells how the CatacaZy cOrreSpon-
dence got one. The documents came down
in tie usual way from the state department
and were submitted 10 the Senate, whence
they were sent 70 the room of the Secretary
where they were instantly seized by dozen
eager reporters. AS soon as Senator Cam
erOn learned what Was going on he rushed
among the reporters, gathered up the scat
tered papers and placed them in safe keep
ing as executive snd conf lential documents
Of the Senate. He was TOO late to save the
State secrets, however. and the country had
the full advantage of the reporters, indus
try. 1t is said that the officials at the state
department are very much annoyed at the
The chronieiinc of brute shrewdnesS, in
connection with the fire, seeming to be the
order OF the day, Il tine Ne TfOundland dog
belonging to Mr.. Thomas 3. Bryan, of the
Fidelity S3fe depository. is entitled to NO.
tice. This SagaciouS animal, finding that
the building was i'll flames, AID conCciying
t his duty TO make 4 canine CaSabianca OF
himself, and stay at his post until called
away, crawl d behind one of the great safes
If the establishment He had heard doubt
less of their being fire proof and the result
justified his disoernment. for although he
was badly sco.ched, he lived TO see the fire
spend its fury, aud emerged from his re-
reat in tolerably good condition, one OF the
lappiesr dogs in Chicago.
The French manufacturers are suffering
or their precipitancy. In the heat of the
var they declared they would never execute
,rders for Germans. Lattcrly they Lave as
Usual, sent their commercial travellers into
Germany, and they find that the articles tha.
hey formerly imported from Frsnce are
10 wpgoduced il Germany in equal elegance
md not inferior quality.
Oar countrywomen visiting Rome in the
uture. if they wish 10 enter American soci-
~, viz the general society of resident
m,r;cans. must not wait 10 be called on
hey must leave their cards with such resi-
lent ladies rs they may wish 10 know. The
JoIsul's wife must also be called on first. as
veil % the NmjaSS iti0r's wife. This last
ulc is peculiar - -imeric Ais no consufS
wife ui other nations requires this diplO-
matte ceremony, bus iG appears TO be o sane
ga non with ours. and little vexing social
Iifchgs may oc,ur il this is Eot attended 10.
That the last com.r is the one TO notify the
esd MS Of her being in place is very
enSibic rule, for IN 4 crowded city like
Come how is 4 resident to know?
For some ten days previous to his more
erlous Illness, the Prince of Wales had
,een more or less indisposed, the first &C gns
II il! health showing itself in an intlan.iia-
len of the finger, in which what is prop.
rly called whitl0w formed. Fe5rile
ymptoms supervened, which presently az
umed typhoid character.
The Chicago fire is not the most fearful
llsaster of the present year. The Chinese
loods, of which We have had brief accounts,
ubmerged u, 600 square miles of territory,
IN area exceeding that of One-third of Eng
and and Wales. When the fact that the
extremely dense population of China is ta-
Ken into consideration. the appalling nature
# the catastrophe will better be apprecia-
ed. The flood occurred in the northern
,art of the empire, and was occasio1ed by
he breaking of the banks OF a river.
1t appears from a.report presented IN the
,wiss STATISTICAL Society at the Congress re-
emily held in Paris, that Switzerland can
,oast of twenty-five public libraries, con-
aiming altogether go $40 voluLseS, and not
ever than $40 other libraries containing
81 93G, volumes. The most extensive
ibraries are those of Zurich, which con-
aims 100 900 volumes, of Basle. which has
4 900 and of Lucerne with $4,000.
The old Manassas battle field was sold
ew DAYS since tor eight dollars an acre.
When the war commenced It was snder
Ugh state of improvement, and the dwell
ing house upon it was one of the tinestin
hat section Of the State; but then q scourge
evastar ed it, and the open fields, and young
lines, and shattered mansion-all now bear
violence to The bloody conflicts of which it
vas the scene.