The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-05
LOCAL. BRETITIES

CIRCUIT Court adjourned last Sat-
urday.
COUNTY Court meets a week from
next Monday.
Go and get some nice fruit cans of
II. ii. Dobbins.
Dolly Warden Groceries at e. +.
Schmitt's North Side Grocery.
Dobbins will give you5 quires
of good paper for 10 cents.
MEETING of the Grant and Wilson
Club at the Court House tomorrow
night Saturday.
COME to the Ratification meeting
in Savannah on Saturday, the 18th
4 grand time is expected.
ONE of the balloons sent up from
st. Joe last week was found twenty
eight miles north of this city.
Dolly Warden Cigars, Pipes and To-
bacco, at G.. E. Schmitt's North Side
Grocery. 81
A FINE "boy baby" was left at the
house of Judge Kelley on Monday.
We are informed it is an "~cleven-
FOUNDER"
We understand there will be q
bridge built across Third Fork where
the Ma, syille and Rochester road
crosses that crceS.
A GOOD and timely improvement is
the commodious and solid sidewalk
built around the lot Of the PrcsDyte-
rian Church, last week.
Dobbins will give you 25good
envelopes for 10 cents.
"OArIs," in an elaborate communi-
cation, in another column, glowingly
sets forth the attractions and great
ness lin the minds eye) of Phoenix
City. 1t viii be read greedily.
Our subscription list is constantly
on the increase : yet it should be near
" double what it is now. Let Il
Republican friends continue their eff
forts, and give us twelve hundred
subscribers.
WE learn from Rev. S. Rice that
the coIored people Of st. Joseph pro-
pose having a grand picnic ncar this
city OH Wednesday next, to which u
colored citizens are cordially invited.
Messrs. Wilkerson and Henderson
are expected to be p!cscnt.
In the School Superintendent re-
port in the REPUBLICAN, several
weeks ago, the school taught by Mr..
Erastus Ward was called one of the
worstin the county. Thetypes were to
blame for the error. 1t should have
read that the school house was II of
the poorest, &c.
PICSIcs in our vicinity do not seem
to hTc very well this year-nearly ev-
ery one has been interfered with by
rain. The Sabbath-school picnic on
Friday last had hardly got under way
when a shower dispersed it, to the ev-
idcnt disappointment Of the young
folks and old folks with young hearts.
LAST Saturday, while a number of
workmen were engaged OIL the pivot
pier cason, of the railroad bridge at
st. Joseph, the casing for the airlock
gave way, precipitating five of them
into the water, a distance'of twenty
five feet, one of whom, j. T.. Lee, was
drowned.
A TRAVELLER stopped at the house
of a farmer and inquired Of him, SIS
this the poor farm?" Stranger"
replied he with a sigh, 'jest 60 and
look at the cussed chinch bugs in that
field over thar, and if you don't think
this ought to be a poor farm, I'm pow
crfully mistaken" He didn't stop to
examine.
The Princeton Adraace III speaking
OF the Grant and Wilson ratification
meeting there last Saturday says:
Mr.. Parkers'a speech, during which
tiiI,c Tie utmost good order prevailed,
was wcisreccived by the entire au-
diencc, and thsse living at a distance,
although their crops were suffering
for attention, did not regret that they
had spent a day i'm coming to hear
him. r
Mr.. Parker will address the citizens
of Andrew county at the grand rati-
f~cation meeting in this city ON
Saturday of next week, and VIC pre-
dict a large representation from n
country. Let every one hear him
who can possibly make arrange ments
to do so.