The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-10-04
NEWS NaBRfEF.
The East.

NEWS NBRfEF.
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.e5GoT The East.
JAMES l. JOHNSTON, Superintendent of the
stamp Department of the sub-Tressury at
New York, is a defaulter to the amount of
eaoo, 900, and has fed the country.
CHAsLrs O,CoscR positively declines to al
che Use Of his name in connection with
he Mayoraity Of New York city.
J. A, 4. STEWART refuses to permit himself
10 be run for Mayor of New York.....The
aefaicstion in the Sub-Treasury at New
York 10 said to be not less than $ls5, geo.
q 0vEn the Prospect Fair Grounds course,
New York, the mare Huntress has lust ac-
the most extraordinary trotting
feat on record. A purse of $1,000 was offer
I'd to any horse that would beat the famous
Dutchman's time-7:323, in a dash of three
miles. Huntress accomplished the three
miles in 7:2l{, beating Dutchman's time
lit seconds. She trotted the first mile in
z:28, the second mile in 2:28, and the third
2:2ef. Oh dashed up the home stretch in
lsst mule under q strong pull, and did not
seem at all distressed at tho termination of
the race. What added to the wonderful per
Torrance o. Huntress over Dutchman is the
fact that the mare trotted in harness while
Dutchman trotted under the saddle and was
ridden by the great horseman Hiram Wood
ruff.
FORESTER, the alleged murderer Of Benz.
Nathan, at New York, has been discharged,
there not being sufficient evidence to war
rant his detention on the charge. He is now
held TO swat a requisition from Gov. Palmer,
oilii'nois, he being indebted to that State to
extent of some thirteen years penal
service-....A steam canal boa. has just made
tne trip through from Buffalo to New York,
ria the Erie canal, in five days less time
IMAM the usual horse iocomotion.
TAE movement toward shutting down the
oil wells, so as to decrease the prodution of
petroleum which was sgitatsd some time
ago and proved unsuccessful, has been re-
vived, and it is thought the move will be
saceessfully carried ont this time. The ex-
'cessive production, which has reached over
j goo barrels q day, has caused prices to de-
cline 30 low as to render the business I'M
rohtsble.....A fierce riot recently occurred
ssClinton, N. j., between two bands of Irish
negro railroad laborers. One Iriehman
ana three negroes were killed, and several
wounded.--Ex-Mayo Kalbfeish, one of
Brcokiyn's wealthiest and most prominent
citizens, has been sued by Mrs. Mary Frances
Wade, a dashing widow, for breach of prom
Use of marriage.
The West.
TIE value Of all the property in Illinois,
as fixed by the Board of Equalization, is
$4,000, o0o.....Quincy, ILL.,, has been agi-
tated BY the mysterious disappearance of
two young eirls..-..Forty-two Chinese chill.
dren, from Z to 20 years old, recently left San
francisco for New Haven, Ct, to be edu-
cated..--The steamer s. s. Merrill has been
burned on the Mississippi river. at Warsaw,
Ill. No lives lost.
Two Few national banks have been au-
thorized to commence business in Chicago.
1.-THE Mormon papers are much excited
over the disclosures concerning the Mountsin
Meadows naseacre-.-.A convict in the Illi-
nois Penitentiary, at Joliet, recently COM
nitted suicide by drowning himself in the
A VEIN Of lead has been struck in Morgan
county, In,..-..A man named Morgan was
literally sawed in twain, in a saw mill at
Benton Hsrbor, Mich, the other day...
The VIGILANCE committees in the region of
Fort Randall, Dakota, are making ii warn
for the desperadoes that infest the country
number of them having been strung up
recently
Miss PHOEBE CoUzzHs and Miss Snow have
been admitted TO practice in the District
Court, at Salt Lake City.....The New Yori
Papers containing the expose of the Noun.
tam Meadow massacre commanded from
Sz.o0 70 IS per copy in Utah. 1t has pre-.
aeeed . great sensation t~hrougout the Terri
0ry.-.+The Apache chiefs on the Dial,
Creek reservation, in Arizona, were detach
Cd, recently, in an attempt to sneak off o,
the war path. Gen.. Crook, with a guard
tried TO arrest them, n was fred upon b,
40 or 500 Indians. The FIRE was returned
killing 10 of the red devils, whereupon tn
whole party fed 10 the mountains, pursue
by w companies of cavalry.
HELENA, Montana, had a sharp snow
storm on the ed of September......The Texa
catsle fsyer is raging in Morgan and SEQ,
counties, III. Hundreds of cattle have bee
carried of, and the disease deties all trea,
ment.....Chicago has been apitatei bv an
other cold-blooded murder, the victim thi
tme being a printer in the employ of tn
itmes, who wss shot down, without any NJ
parent provocation, while walking the stree
az the heur Of midnight, by some unknow
hml..Ihe landlord of Dubuque flows
noe recently 'endeavored to carry out til
PROVISIONS OF the Civil Rights bill BY admi,
ihe hlgh-toned waiter girls rebelled. and n
insed 70 serve the sable guest, whereupo
tney we're summarily dism sed...,Auq
McDowell, Dr., of the firm of Mcdowell
So., tne Oldest carpet-house in st. Louis,
a HEAVY snow-storm is reported all alon
the uAion Pacific railroad, from Cheyenr
westward-".Robert West, of Kendall cunt,
tii.' suspecting an improper intimacy betvee
ms comedy wife and a neighbor named Mar
Newoerry, left fis home one morning W
cently, with his gun, telling his family
Tas going on q two days hunting excursio,
n me evening, while .Nswberry and Mr.
Hest we're engaged I'M social game of card
~ Isaious husband, who had G ncesfe
nsSiIdsrng the day about the premise
s1eaItniiy crept up to the window and do
a'eiy snot Newberrv in the back, kill
ing nIm. The murderer then went to
magistrate and surrendered himself.
The South.
PATTON ANDERSON, a Major General in tn
confederate army, died recently at Mem
phis.-1In E~lizabethtown, KY, a few dsv
nah named Hall quarreled With
n.sr% wnom ne struck with a small rattal
HoS. GARRETT DAVIS, United States sens
Tor Rom Kentucky, died at his residence Il