The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-26
IS. I've Thomas and ssmue, Knowland

(unclo and nephew, resulted in the instant
killing of the former and the mortal v ,und-
ing Of the latter......Co VIM. T. Phillips, q
prominent citizen of Kansas, has mysteri-
ously dissppeared...... Rich cinnabar mines
nave been discovered in Oregon.-..Chica-
COS death roll for the week ending July ID
foots up 307, of which number 225 wero
children under three years of age.--..John-
son L Jones' soap and candle manufactofy'
at Milwaukee, was burned July 10. Loss
SIS, 000.. 800. Ssdalia, No., Rising Sun, Inc,
and Piqua, Ohio, each had $4o,o 0o worth o!
fire on July I6......The man who started OUT
to navigate tho Mississippi from it, source
to its mouth in q canoe became tired OF the
job, and abandoned his little craisas reoria'
Ill, on tho 18th inst.
THs wheat crop of Southern Minnesota is
the largest over known, and the quality
excellent.
The South.
SEVEN persons were killed outright, and
several dangerously injured, BY q bridge
giving way beneath a railroad train near
| White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,on tho l!th
of July.-...The caterpillars, in unusually
large numbers, have appeared all through
I tut COttOH UClb Va
| earlier than ever before. Tho same report
comes from South Carolina. There is much
| depression among the planters in conse-
..Stilson Hutehins has sold his
one-third interest in the st. Louis Times 70
Henry Ewing for $4,000.
ApvIcEs from Pope county, Ark, the scene
of the recent disturbances, state hat Gov.
Hadley had gone there to investigate the
outrapes. The militia were in arms, pressing
horses and ammunition from the people.
on the evening of July ID, some boys
who were bathing in the river at Memphis
were fired upon by o Waterman named
Sturgeon, the weapon being a musket
charged with slugs. Three Of tho missiles
entered the head of a little boy named
Johnny Murphy, producing instant DEAN n,
his bloody work, Immediately Jumped into
a skiff and made his escape down the river.
The caterpillers and boil worms are play
ing havoc with the Alabama cotton fields.
A freshet in the Alabama river and tribu-
taries recently destroyed owe $4,000 600
worth Of cotton and corn crops.-..Judge
Linton Stephens (brother of Alexander d.
stephens), for many years prominent IN inc
politics of Georgia, is dead.
Tnx frst bale of cotton of the season was
received al Galveston, Texas, July 16, and
sold for % cents a pound, geld.
TIE VIZ Department at Washington has
details Of the massacre of the Leo family Of
Clearford, sixteen miles below Fort Griffin,
Texas. The father, mother, and q little girl
-:-La ----. e - -ora kIIlad nv aYYOWn.
then sca!ped, and the bodies left with the
arrows sticking in them. Cordelia, aged 10,
Susannah, aged II, and John Lee, aged 10,
were taken prisoners. Gen. .iusur fears that
more extensive operations will have TO be
taken against these Indians before they
will remain peaceable. Gen. Sheridan, in .
communication TO the Wal Department
says: I'VE can never stop the wild INDIAN
from numbering and stealing until We pun.
ish them. If q white man in this country
commits murder, We hang him if he steal
horses, we put him in the penitentiary. ]
an Indian commits these crimes, we Civ
him better fare and moro blankets. / thini
l may with reason say that under this polio,
the civilization of the wild red man viii
progress slowly"
Washington.
TIE Secretary of State has referred all tn
papers relative to the seizure Of the Cubal
~privateer Pioneer, st Newport, 70 the AT
torncy General. Meanwhile Che Pionee
remains under cover Of the guns Of th
steamer Moccasin......A Yumor 10 current Q
|, the capital that the President will shortl.
pardon q large number Of the lcss obnoxiou
members of the Ku-Klux organization con
r fined in tho Albany Penitentiary--..Th
German Government hiss notified this Coy
= eminent that it has adopted . metrical syl
8 tenn of which the unit Of value 10 one mark
value in United States gold - cents.
9 In the last three years the receipts of th
. . Postolice Department have amounted I
s17,S $40, $4,000. Tho loss by defalcation
g during the same time foots up f95 1000,
on%e-twentieth Of one per cent...-.6ecrctar
d Fish is represented rs being very much al
pampblet.....A Washington telegram say
q The claims fled at tho British America
ID Claims Commission exceed, il is state
ID ISL ,000, 900. OF this amount it is estimate
% that between one-feurth and one-ffth wi
is be allowed, or dollar for dollar the amour
that the Alabama claimants are likely
realize.
d Foreign.
ST A LETTER from Nassau confirms the int
70 1igence of the arrival of the crew Of Il
steamer Fannie, and says when the me
:. and cargo landed in Cuba, Ryan sent oil
l. scouts and captured the only Spanish pick,
:. post within nine miles. The nine men wei
o. executed N reaching Ryan's Campo.
o, man named O'Byrnc has recovered f25 in
y suit against the Chief Secretary of Irelan,
y fer damages caused by an attack of the p,
y lice during the Phonix riot in Dublin.
y, Another crisis, 10 threatened in France O
a the delicate and embarrassing question
~ providing. by taxation to meet the Gcrma
indemnify. The National Assembly was th
NJ scene of IN intensely bitter and exciting d,
q, bate, on July II, on the proposition to il
"a crease the tax on doors, windows and housa
"a hold furniture. Theirs accepted the pr,
~ posal, remsrking that the coup was bite
but it must be drained, without ainchinl
lie to the drcgs." The Fright" strenuousi
opposed the measure, and demanded a moi
" Left" were equally demonstrativc, and Ii
l. scene that ensued was one of great ~confusio
y. and Excitement. 80. The Orangemen's parad,
W in Canada, on the 18th of July, were unus,
ally large and very orderly.
n CONSIDERABLE excitement was created
Alexandria, Egypt, on the 18th of July, b
o shooting ARRAY, conducted in genuin
American style, between Consul Gener,
Butler and his Secretary, Wadleigh, on tn
one part, and three ex-Confcderate officer
q (Loring, Reynolds and CAmpbel), now i
4 the Khedive's service, on the other. Sc,
eral shots were exchanged, and Campbe
was wounded. There are conflicting &C
counts as to the origin Of the disgraceful a
> fair....Hesvy thunder and rain storms pr,
. svailed throughout England on the 18th {
Q July, proving very destructive 70 the youn
ning....The Cuban Gen. Ryan arrived ;
Key West on the 18th of July. He deni{
that the Fannie's troops were captured, an