The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-31
: NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

NEWS Of THE MEEk.
-. = yis The East.
A DISPATCH from Scranton, Pa, May 16,
Persons just returned from the
scenes of the terrific mountain fire in the
of Tobyhanna report that the
was entirely surrounded by fire on
The villagers mustered all
their fofee, snd beat back the fire until they
IL under control. Had it not been for a
large swamp intervening between the town
and the fire, there is no doubt but the whole
Of Tobyhanna would have been destroyed.
TheFnhabitspts and those who have been
thele assisting them have had q terrible
week Of IT. some of fhe men not having
slept for four nights...-.An extensive FIRE is
reported as having occurred in Westford,
Mass Wednesday afternoon, destroying o
large quantity Of csrd-wood, and overrun-
ming a large wooded territory, preventing
travel on the highways. "
Mrs. BARBARA SnIrH, rendered insane by
the loss Of her child, leaped from the roof
Of q four-story house in Williamsburg, n.
\, Thursday, and was instantly killed.
Ar Paterson, N. j., Saturday, Libbie Gar
rabrant, the girl murderess, was sentenced
70 be hanged on tho 10th of July.....The
body of a real estate agent named Ober-
lander was found in East river, New York,
Saturday, with his throat cut. 1t is un-
known whether the case is suicide or muir
der.....At New York, on Saturday, a mes
senger Of the Gsllatin National Bank, while
on q collecting route, was robbed of q pouch
containing $4,000 in gold certificates and
checks and $500 in cash......A Port Jervis
IN. " special Of the 18th says: ain Pike
county, Pa, FIRE covering territory seven
miles in extent is sweeping over some of
the best land in this section. At Wagon
torsps, ~Callahan's, and Dowling's settle
ments, nothing is left but chsrred and smok-
ing ruins. Dozens OF families have been
compelled to flee for their lives. A quarter
Of a million of dollars will not pay the
losses in this section. The land Of the
Blooming Grove Park Association has been
swept over, and large numbers of wild game
destroyef." In Wayneburg, Pa, the fire
compel; 4 q suspension of coal Transports
lion oyer The Delaware and Hudson Canal
Ccnpsny's failroad, leading from the mines
totHonesdale.@ The lumber villages OF Car
ter and Gould, Pa, have been almost totally
destroyed, only three houses remaining in
the two places. Sussex county, New Jersey,
and Sullivan and Delaware counties, New
York, and Monroe county are still being
swept over by the forest fires, and the losses
are estimated as footing up in the millions.
.....A IRE in Philadelphia, Sunday night,
destroyed property 70 the amount of
OK Monday the d%ouble-sculI race of five
miles between Coulter and Cavitt, of Pitts
burg, and the Biglin brothers, of New York,
took place on the schuylkill river at rhila-
delphia. The Biglins won. Time 1901.
The woody region of limestone north of
P~ittsburg, Pa, has been much damaged by
a sweeping FIRE. The farmers dug trenches
to keep off the storm of fame......At Am
sterdam, N. Y, Tuesday, the knitting mill
Loss estimated at $45, 900.
The preliminary a~rraignment of Edward
Stokes for the murder of James Fisk took
place in the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
New York, "Wednesday. After a motion for
further time to afford opportunity for a
special plea, the Court adjourned the hear
ing for q day, and Stokes was returned TO
prison. .Greenwood's wooden mill, in
PhiladelPhia, Pa, was totally burned
Wednesday morning. The FIRE originated
in the picker's room. Loss so, 00O......T The
Gallatin National Bank, New York, has re-
ceived, through the mail, commercial paper,
drafts and notes to the amount of ST, 900,
oil which Its messenger was robbed on Sat-
urday last, the thieves proating only $63 by
the transaction.
The West.
A LAD IA years of age, son of Patrick
Grady, a resident of Davenport, Iowa, was
struck by lightning at about l o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, and was instantly killed, he
was Standing at q street corner at the time.
THE boilers of the Springfield (ul.)
city wateE1werks exploded Thursday morn
ing. Nc damage was done 10 the other
machinery, nor was any person injured......
At Lansing, Ill, Wednesday, a young man
by the name Of McCrscken shot his father
three times. The father was abusing his
then tried TO kill the son with q Ash-spear,
with the above result. He was still alive at
last accounts, but there wa no hope of his
recovery.
arAS domestic trsssdy occurred il
Chicago on Friday morning. A carpenter
named Edward Simonds shot his wife. the
ball lodging in the brain. Hethen blew his
own brains out At last accounts Mrs.
Simonds was alive, but was not expected 70
recover. Jealousy is the alleged csuse......,
report has been received giving the de-.
tails OF a massacre by Indians, Mexicans,
and negroes combined, Of persons in charge
o. a ran q supplies en- soute 70 Fort Stock
ION, at 11cverdae WE'LL, nesr old Fort Lam
caster ~ people With the train, seven
Teen souls ShaaH, were killed or Wounded.
except one woman. Words fail to convey
an idea of the sickening atrocities commit
ted BY the demons who overpowered the
tram. The men, several of them, were taken
ailve, tied TO wagons, and burned. An old
40 "a carried some distance from the
place OF attack and then shot and scalped,
der grsndchild had its ears cut off. was
scaiped, and had its brains dashed OUT.
A prominent and wealthy citizen of Kansas
City, No., named Wilkes b. Brown. was
called to his door Thursday night by some
person and shot dead.....Oue of
the ocilers in the rolling mill at Joliet, H.,
exploded st four O'Clock Friday morning,
s~eriously injuring two Of the fremen, one Of
whom, John Leonard died about three hours
after the accident.
NJ fsoria,liiyo Sunday evening, a man
named Hsnry Fieetmeyer became involved
ma quarrel with a neighbor named Vol,
when the latter drew q knife and stabbed
him five times in different parts of the
'ody, infiicting dangerous wounds......A FIRE
Flint, Mich, early Sunday morning, de-
Iroyeds E5O,ooo worth Of property......At
,hicaso, Sunday morning, two men named
daloney and Foley were shotswhile attempt-
an outrage on the person offs German |
'oman named Schults. t
-..@H rffEm Gss-s |
A MAE named Kirkhsm was killed by two
Divides at Rose Claire, H., on Saturday,.
It Peoria, Ill.,, on Monday, a German work
IAN named Johnson employed in the
'olsdo, Peoria and Warsaw machine and
epssr shops, mot with q fearful and fatal
ccident, he was elevating a car from the
'ack with q lot Of jacks when the car sud.