The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-09-13

birth TO eIghtc nidf0n, tnIee OoyS
girls. They are all living, and are healthy
tiary, at Anamosa, is 10 be of cut stone, i've
stories high, $40 feet wide by 935 long, IN.
closed by q wall y feer high and 8 feet
thick.
The reported Indian raid on q Govern
ment train between Carson City and Fort
LYON turns out to be q canard .-..Ihe
Northern Pacific railroad engineering parry,
under escort of Gen. Stanley, at last advices
had reached the Yellowstone. Iney had
encountered two parties OF hostile indians'
with each of whom they had a slight brush,
both ENGAGEMENTS resulting In the rout OF
the redskins...-.A boiler IN SCOTS mill near
Snrirqfeld. ILL.,, exploded the ether day,
killing two of the proprietor's sons, and Sc
verely ipjuripg several others.
A SON of Isnac Estow, Of Homer, Mich,
died the other day, after one dsy's illness,
from the effects of a r~attlesnake bite re-
ceived a year ago, which never affected him
before......Mrs Kent, of Canton, Ohio, killed
her child, recently, and then destroyed her
own life by drownipg--...The number OF
deaths in Chicago for the week ending Sept.
l WIS 299-a decrease of SIS over the pre-
ceding week.
The San Frapciscans are beginning to Sc
| riously doubt the genuineness of the report
| ed diamond discoveries in Arizona.-..At
Oshkosh, Wis, last week, en- old man Of IS,
named Stevenson, murdered his wife by
shooting, and then cut his own throat
The South.
THERE is much suffering in Southwestern
| Texas on account of the drought. Thou
sands of cattle are said to be dying on the
prairies for want Of water.....The destruc-
| ton of cotton by the worms in Alabama is
| almost complete, and fears are entertained
| of universal bankruptcy among the plant
ers. In some sections the plants have been
thoroughly stripped of their foliage, and
left as bare as after a heavy frOst..--.The
testimony of Capt. Richard King, the largest
cattle raiser in Texas, before the Border Com
mission at Brownsville, strengthens that
heretofore obtained, proving the Mexican
officials guilty of gross neglect of duty, and
| of completely in the outrages committed on
| that frontier. he declares that the continu-
| ed attempts on his life compel him to main
tain an armed force for the protection Of his
! life.
TIE annual statement of the trade and
commerce Of Memphis, Tenn, shows an
increase of so per cent. over last year. The
population is 6 0,000......A young man named
Jewell visited the Jail at Brentville, Va, re-
Gently, aud deliberately shot one James F.
Clark, confined IN a charge Of seducing
Lucas and Ned Harris (colored) were re-
Gently hanged at Columbia, s. c., for muir
der. Owing to the ropes being improperly
adjusted, the culprits struggled horribly for
ten minutes in their desperate efforts to free
themselves.
TEE Pope county, Ark, troubles have
broken out with renewed violence. The
County Clerk and a Justice of the Peace
have been killed, and intense excitement
prevails. TIL Governor will probably place
the CO Inty under martial law---.Col. Blan-
ton Duncan, the chief manipulation of the
Louisville movement, had a set-to in the
Gait House, in that city, the other day, with
DR.. J.. NJ. Keller, a prominent Louisville
physician, in which the unterrifed Bourbon
leader camc off second best. As only ma
lures weapons were used, no serious damage
was done. Only q little blood letting-noth-
ing more-...Advices from Brownsville,
Texas, give q favorable report of the pro-
grees that has been made by the Commission
sent there by our Government TO investi-
gate the depredstions of tho Mexican
marauders, and the thief bsdgered people
of that section express themselves highly
gratifed with the general results of the in
vestigation. Claims TO the amount OF
So, 000, 900 are said to nave been proved on
the part Of the sufferers.
A DIABoLIcAL plot of q gang of desper-
ADDE'S 70 throw tho trains of the Richmond
and Fredericksburg (Va., railroad from the
track, with a view TO plumber, has been dis
covered and frustrated, and some OF the out
laws are under arrest.--.In some sections OF
Alabama the cotton fields are so overrun by
the caterpillars that the worms can be ladled
up In burrows by %handfuls, and it is said
that unless the present high prices are main
tanned tho crop will not pay the cost of pro-
ducing.
The Peoples Bank, of Nashville, Tenn,
has collapsed, with liabilities amounting TO
$500 200. The assets are stated at $I14,0 900.
Washington.
The Interior Department recently sold at
auction all the unclaimed models in its pos
session, applications for patents for which
had been refused to the unlucky inventors.
The models were arranged into lots, and
| sold sill the way from S. TO SIPS per ot......It
is now announced that President Grant has
| reconsidered his determination to issue par
dons TO certain parties confined in the Al
bany Penitentiary Is Ku-Klux, until a
more thorough examination can be had in
their cases.
THE United States Marshal for the West
ern District of Kansas has been directed by
the Department OF Justice not to seize goods
in transit for points beyond the Indian Ter
ritory by railroad, unless he shall be fully
satisfied that they arc contraband.
TIL railway postal service of the country
was increased during the year ending June
| 80, 1872, 1887 miles. There were at that
time 54,471 miles of railroad mail service in
operation......The receipts from customs
revenue during the month of August are
estimated at SIS ,000, o00-being the largest
amount ever received from that source in
any one month.
JUICE LEWIS DEsr, brotber-in-law TO
President Grant, made q raid on the Office
of the Capital newspaper the other day, and
assaulted the managing editor, Harvey
Reed, with q walking cane, infictipg q
gentleman. The affair grew out of the pub.
location of an article rejecting on the Dent
family THE following is the public debt
statement for August:
Six Der cent. bonds. .......-& 81 .363, 0S2, so
Five per cent. bonds.- 4l+.567 800
--$l,777 .6Is. 800
Lawful money debt..-....... So 663 O06.0O
Mafured debt.-..-..-..-... 6,7g,675
Lexal.tender notes ...-.... S.06,0s6 .l52
Fractional currency-. 40,sl9.201
Coin ertihcates...----..- 35,964,sO0
--$2 go. 23 .72s
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Total debt. .---$ 81. 26,, Ia, $50
Total Interest 29,s5l,Si
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Cash In Treasury, coin.... 72.9l8,s17