The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.


NEWS IN BRIEF.
The East.
VIRrUous and law-abiding Boston is agi-
,ated by the preparation of Q crime out OF
The usual order. Two barrels were found
floating in the Charlesriver. and upon open
ing them the body of q man, cut in several
was revealed. The murdered man
had on his clothes, which were Of the best
Everything seemed to indicate that
he was wealthy, and that he was muir
dored for morey.-....It is stated that
Mesdames Woodruff and Clafin, the New
York free-love agitators, have become
alarmed At the prospect Of the Penitentiary,
They admit the falsity of the published state
ments concerning Beecher, TIlton and Chal-
lis, and offer to retract everything and
abandon New York, provided the prosecution
is Withdrawn. The injured parties, how
ever, will not compromise, but are deter
mined to press the case until the libellers
are lodged within the strong walls Of the
State Prison.
Tue financial disasters resulting from the
Boston FIRE have been less marked than those
following the Chicago calamity. Stocks de-
clined an average sfless than Eve per cent. out
soon recovered one-half of the depreciation.
....HiRh Msnsard roofs served Is distributing
reservoirs fer the flames at the Boston ire,
and are believed to have cost that city $751;
0e0, 900. New York has the good sense and
the good fortune TO learn . lesson from this
experience of others, and through her Com
mon Council has forbidden any further cree.
ton of Mansard roofs unless built Of fire.
preof materials.--.The funeral pageant of
I.r.s and ;mnos;ng me. fbs nroces.;on oc.
cuPied one nour IN passing . gwen Polnt'
~ sacr.t.rx Robsson md ether 5i.t;n.
guished gentlemen, were in the line, and
immense crowds thronged the line OF march.
NO such iuneral demonstration mas oeen
made since Lincoin's death.-".Ihe -ftna
insurance company, OF HARTFORD loses over
q million collars oy the Boston nre-
TIE INVESTIGATION into the charges of
,.;h.rv - a. ph;,.d.,nh;. c;,r c,rn.;,u
'iD' wy
veals an amount OF corruption and yeoality
rivaling that exposed in New York last
year.--.The Centennial Commission has is
sued an address to the people of the United
States for subscriptions t. the proposed ten
million dollars fund. The Commission looks
to the unfailing patriotism of the people of
every lection to see that each contributes its
share of the expenses, and receives its share
of the benz fits of an enterprise, in which all
are SO deeply interested. 1t urges the for
nation in each State and Territory of cer-
tennial organizations, which shall in time
see that county associations are formed, so
that when the nations are gathered together
nr;d e ~ r contr;hm.ion. !. IN. can view WIN sa
national glo,y.
m. VA.
Miss VIRGINIA I. MINOR, daughter of
Francis 7. Minor, q prominent ST. Louis al
torn.v. brou.bt anti u.i,,,o,.of, D..
-. r,.1.:'' 'ne ~
trais OF Liection IN that city for refusing to
register her asa voter, laying her damages
AZ Sio'ovv..:"lhe great trespass suit OF tae
Emma Mining company OF Utah AGAINST the
LIMOS l9nnei OomPan mas beer decided
a.o.i' IsAc Oity IN iSvor OF the former, with
nominai manages OF $4,000, thus practically
setuing the question OF title. The issue in
vowed mllilons OF doilars--".Ex-Gov. Fair
chiid' OF Wisconsin, the newly appointed
consul to Liverpool, has left for his post of
duty-~-.Dr. Samuel Ashmore, of Topeka,
Kansas, in a drunken frenzy, recently shot
and killed his wife, and then cut and mutila-
ted her body in a horrible manner, in an it,
sane endeavor to take her heart out. 1t took
ten men to arrest and convey the mailman
TO Jail, 70 desperately did he struggle.....
Lafayette W. Graves, editor of the Lexington
(Mo.) InteAigencer, was shot and instantly
killed, last week, by Edwin Turner, editor OF
the Lexington Register. The difficulty grew
out of a political discussion.
tn, Nn
oA"aso' III vic" Vi ING
GOBelDLtltT OF AnlfhAr ron flo 1ratISn in that
city, and the insecure condition of;nsrrsr,.
has u,oed tha commo, O. --N
fourteen lsrge BsbcocI .nn;no. " pu se 8 s
The nort.hlo ann;no. .ns y iou! Vi
To ordar ths con.tr,1.tn osen .oLlce o.ation'
lam hall n - * w Ioo Lover win an
nres.rt for.. 81 " PoitEemen 70 the
Of each street r]nnr;nn ~ a. Wen az me END
e LA SESSION Of The lndisna Legislature,
tracted ou;ts = cr,Md ~ iS oii, s uss. ree., az
1t is said there 10 no opposition among Re
publican members TO the reelection Of sena-
tor Morton, and the prospect is that he will
be nominated by reclamation at an early
day, although the election does net occur
vi 1anuary."---Gev. Baker, oil Indiana, re
fuses 70 issue q cernncate OF election to either
nen Si snan.s 10. the seat in Congress from
the Ninth District, but has decided to leave
--..while the horse plague has spent it's
force in the East, and has almost wholly
disappeared in msny localities, it is just be-
ginning to make itself felt in the West. In
Chicago the disease is rapidly abatinp,
horses are appearing on the ~strests in large
numbers, the stage and street-car companies
are resumi ,g travel, and the streets are be.
nn..s assume .neir wonted business
CURED In that city since the distemper fret
from run1 ,S So, n-sH mi!wsaase !. suffering seriously
of the eouines being sicL' C;sc;nn..i Iyot o;
ribly afflicted with il, street trafic being
almost wholly suspended. In many of The
interior cities and towns of Illinois tho epi.