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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-10
TIE CINCINNATI AFFAIR.

The convention about which so
much noise has been made for several
months met in Cincinnati on Wedncs-
day Of last week. but adjourned over
till THURSDAY, and again till Friday,
OIL which day a string Of buncombe
resolutions were passed, in which all
principle is evaded or ignored, and
Horace Greeley, editor of the New
York Tribune, was nominated Tor
President, on the sixth ballot, through
the superior wire-working of Frank
Blair and Carl Schurz and d. Gratz
Brown, the "modcl Governor Of Mis-
souri," was nominated for Vice Pres
ident. Up to the sixth ballot Charles
Francis Adams was strongly in the
lead, and steadily gaming strength;
seeing which Gratz Brown appeared
In person and withdrew ~ a candidate
for President, delivering his friends
aver to the support OF Greeley the
additional strength this new accession
gave the later resulted in his nomina-
tion by a safe majority. The bargain
was contaminated by Greeley's adlier-
cnts clectiug Brown as a candidate
for Vice President. The motion to
make. Greeley's nomination unani-
nous, however. significantly failed to
carry. Numbers of Rcformers-in-
Guiding the Cincinnatians who signed
the call welcoming the convention,
Judges Stallo. Mathews and Hoadly-
have since repudisted the nominations
Of Greeley, and Judge Hoadly de-
clarcs he will stump Ohio for Geuer-
al Grant. With q protectionist for
President, a f~res-trader for Vice-Pres-
ident, and q non .committal platform,
the Liberal goose is presumed by the
ofice-seekers to be suspended i'll an
elevated position.
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School Repo~t.Sor 1871.

The following is the report OF onr
County School Superintendent, Mr.. j.
X. Tilson. as it appears in the Sixth An
uual Report Of the State Superintendent:
Public examinations. 20; private ex-
aainations, l.; male teachers examined,
81; males rejected, 4; female teachers
examined, 30; females rejected, 2; GER
tiiica!es issued, Ill; primary schools, 80;
high schools, ,; select schools, S; col
orci schools, ,; colorcd pupils attending,
80. SOL .udr-
Andrew eofGH.y still continues to move
onward in the -rd@t cause Of education
Old fogyism is fast dying away, and the
spirit Of progress is highly in the ascend
ancy; and manifestations Of an Increasing
interest in school matters are visible in
every part OF the county. During the
year, six new school houses have been
built, o are now being bnilt. Most of
our schools are being furnished with
map, globes and charts.
The total number of sub districts in
the county at present is eighty-two, not
including Savannah and Fillmore dis
tricts, organized under special act
Number public schools in operation
Primary, ninety; high, two; colored, two;
total, ninety four.
have visited nearly every school in
the county since January /, 1872, as that
the time,I commenced work; have
aiken much pains to aid and assist school
officers III the performance Of their
luties: consulted teachers, talked to pa
'ents and pupils, and have done what |
,ould to- render our teachers more
borough anil efficient, parents more inter
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True as Steel.

Col. Jackson C;rimshaw, of Quincy,
one Of tho founders Ot the Republican
party in Illinois. publishes Il letter in
the Quincy Wing. wherein he saws
though there is no man liz tho country
who has had worse treatment than he
has, he proposes to remain a Republi-
can pure and simple, without prefix
OF addition He says:
Il Will not sacrifice my Republican
IDEAS rer personal prejudiceS. 7 am
for the nominees Of the PHILADELPHIA
Convention. a.. b..
"Trunfbulf and those with him have
given no reason for leaving the Re-
publican party. The Cincinnati
movement indicate, NO iprincip!c-
proposes nothing. " IN
The assaults on Grant and his Cab
met have all failed-signal.y failed.
Mistakes have been mad, sn,: no
more than must occur il any Admin
istration. But no tangible assault OH
the Administration has been made
and sustained. MI
THE Cincinnati Convention viii
be controlled by the ex-oficers or men
i'll Office who wanted more patronage
than they were entitled to. 1t is true
that many Of my warmcst and best
friends have left me. am not IN the
unparlimentary habit of attributing
motives to ANYBODY. but there is moi
a prominent Illinoisan in, the Pos
sum movement that has not sought,
either, for himself or friends, State or
National office and have been idisap-
pointed" 10
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THE KU-KLUX.

On the 18th ut, in response to a res
%olution Of the House, the President sent
in a message of information in regard to
the status ofthe Ku-Nlux ia the south,
which is worthy of note. Attorney Cen
cral Alderman, himself 4 Southern man,
made a visit 10 the State o South Carroll
ma, to ascertain the truth by actaul OBJ
servation. \ joint committee of Con-
gress, civil and military officers ON duty
in the South, ~repentant and abjurlng
members of the ku-Klux organization
all give testimony Of the murderous outra-
gcs which have prevailed there for a long
time. Facts were never better prov
en- in the world. A very cloud OF witnesses
certify to them. The object Of these
~murdcrous combinations is to take politi-
cal power out of the hands ofthe recently
enfranchised masses. They really are
the organization of another rebellion
againit the United States. They aim to
carry elections in the interest of the Dem
ocratic party by terrifying, killing and
manning men who dare to vote contrary
to their will. They aim and intend to
take from the colored people the right to
vote, to bear arms in self-defencc, to
have their children taught in public
schools, and to accomplish step by step
the degradation of the black people OF
the South into a state of vassalage very
similar to that of the slavery from which
they have been so recently Sc, free
The Ku-Klux Khan are not composed OF
the outlaws and villains of the South
whom the people of character and stand
ing set outside of their recognition. Men
claiming to be the leaders therein lead
and constitute these assassin bands.
While our people are making a virtue
of crying out forgiving the right to vote
and hold office to all ex-rebels, these
fends are instituting a reign of terror in
order TO secure TO themselves political do
nlinion by disfranchising tie colored peo-
pie Of the South. The President must
be sustained, or the battles of the war for
the Union will have been fought in vain.
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TIE WORK OF O

It has trsnspired that Gen. Grant is
quite ss strong an advocate Of civil
Service reform as Senator Trumbull
or any other man could desire. Con-
gress having refused to MAKE HI appro-
priatioa to carry ont The programme
Of the civil service commissioners, the
President announces that lie shall give
the matter q fair trial at oil events.
without regard to the action of Con-
gress. The rules of the commission
ers prescribe, in general terB,, that
all appointm ,nts i'll the civil service
shall hereafter be made by competitive
examinations inswhich the most com
petent men shall win: that when TIC
applicants + 30 numerous as to SER
susly obstruct the examination, the
Board may select 8 practicable NUN.
her of those who seem best qualified:
that examinations may be be!diI The
several States when deemed necessa-
~; that the private secretaries of
heads of departments and the secret
service appointecs shall be excepted
from the rules; that heals of bureaus
shall be appointed from persons
within the department, by promotion,
whenever capable subordinants are
found, and when o found, they may
be called from outside at discretion ;
that consular on .es of over s., 900
salary shall be accepted from the OPP
GRAFTON of the rules, and all others
filled by transfer or competitive exam
nation; that H'when a vacancy occurs"
In the Office Of Customs Collector, or
Postmaster, in the larger cities in the
country (named in the rules,) the va
cancy shall be filed by promotion
whenever, in the opinion of the Sccre-
tary Of the Treasury and Postmaster
General, respectively, it shall be prac-
ticable; but when no subordinate is
found qualified, the vacancy shall be
fll:d at the discretion of the Presi-
dent; and that other important offices
in the postal, land, pension, or other
departments shall be filed by com.
petitive examination Of applicants
froLi the vicinity.
Another administration reform
was introduced in the House
on Wednesday last, by Mfr. Dawes
The bill provides for the adjustment
Of officers of Collectors Deputy Col
l~ectors, Assessors and Deputy Asses
sors OF Internal Revenue, the same to
90 into effect at the beginning of 1878.
The work. now done by this class of
Ulcers would then dcvolvc upon the
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ested in heoharacter Of schools which
they maintain, and pupils more interested
in their studies.
We have q Teachers Institute organ
ICED, which has been Instrumental in
doing much notwithstanding the public
school system, making it a success, and
qualifying teachers for their responsible
work.
We have some excellent teachers, who
labor With a zeal worthy the great cause
in which they are engaged. The demand
for this class exceeds the supply.
ecarnestly hope that the era Of pub
lie apathy. upon a subject which has a
bearing so direct and important upon the
rospcsity of our State, will rapidly pass
away.
Have all of the public schools in the
county been kept open at least three
months during the year.! l am happy to
say they have.
We are gratifcd that the present indi-
cations are giving a promise Of a. bright
future for the educational prosperity of
this part of Northwest Missouri.
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Supervisors Of Internal Revenue, of
which there. should not be over fifty.
We now have more than half thai
number of SUPERVISORS, besides al.
Assessors and Collectors. with their
deputies. 1t is proposed to give gu
pervisofs a salary Of 81. 1000 a year, ex-
elusive of travelling expenses, their
deputies s3.CO0 and their clerks not
over g., 600. These are larger salaries
than are at present given; but The
compensation under the existing s!s-
TEN is much greater; for there is a
uet-work..of fees and moietics which
arc the chief attraction CT a revenue
Office, ard under this bill all TIC fees
would go into the treasury.
We hope the bill will become a law
at this session, as its passage would
convince every sensible citizen that
the party in power is the party of re
form.
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In September last, Senator Trum-
bull wrote the resolutions in the plat
form adopted at the Republican State
Convention of Illinois, declaring "that
the Republican party, without any
new:.departures, is equal to the cor
recting of existing abuses, and the
perfecting of needed reforms, and its
mission will not have ended until they
are accomplished" What has occur
red in the past few months to induce
him to change his mind? If the Re-
publican partyis capable Of Correct
ing existing abuses and %perfecting
needed reforms" as he then said, it is
apparent that it was not necessary
for him to go out of the party on this
account. What, then, did he 60 out
for1
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The particulars of the late earth
quake in Syria, are coming to hand.
A letter from Antioch of tho 4th of
April says an American Protestant
church was severely injured and four
of the Americans killed. All the
members of the families of the mis-.
sionaries are safe. The number of
persons killed in the city of Antioch
was less than 800, but it is known
that there were 1900 Killed III the sur
rounding towns and country. This
number may wen be increased. Corr
respondents of tho London papers
praise Rev. Mr.. Powers, an American
missionary, for his assiduity in min-
lstering to the relief Of the afflicted
people.
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FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10. 1877.

The Republican State Executive Com
mi.tee Of Missouri has published a call
for the thorough organization ofthe party
throughout tn. State, and TO that
end direct that county meetings be
held ut the various county seats, on
the 25th inst, to appoint county commit
tees and arrange for tie appointment OF
Congressional committees. Prompt ac-
tion is urgd to secure thorough organize
ton throughout the State.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-10

ONE John T. Grip Is spoken of as a
Democratic candidate for Congress
maj at large. From a Democratic pa
per we learn he was N of the insti-
gators of the violent measures recent
ly enacted in Cass county. One who
has SO much respect for law ought to
be made 4 law-Makcr. Birds Of Il
feather" &c. s,.r..
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|. DOUBTLESS it was an easy task for
a Philadelphia jury to find a true bill
for libel against Charles A. Dana, ed
itOr of the New York Sun, but it
would be quite a different thing for a
Philadelphia jury, or even a Philadel-
phia lawyer, to find out if Dana ever
told the truth.
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Final Settlement,

CREDITORS and all others inter-
~ ested in the estate OF Henry T. Jones, de-
Ceased, WI take notice that at the next term Of
the rro5ate Court, 70 he held At The Office of the
Judge OF said court, iu savannah, Andrew
county Missouri, on Monday, the 18th dav of
June, lS'2, mike final settlement of said estate.
and ask to be discharged from further admins.
tratlon. 1 -Jt HfF WIN Il. ALLEN.
administrator Of Heary L. Jones, decd.
r W. >. G~ItEESLEE, attorney. 295
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THE Cincinnati Mass Meeting declares
in its platform that the civil service of the
Government is AN object ofselfsh greed"
We will take it Tor granted, as tLey must
know low it is Themselves"
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Final Settlement,

NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN undersigned, guardian of the person and
leurster Of the estate of John W Kinney, q minor.
has fled In the Probate Court Of Andrew coun.
y, q Just and true exhibit of his accounts with
his said wnrd, rs required by law, and that ut
the next term of said court, to be held at Sayan-
nah, in said county Of Andrew and state of
Missouri, on Monday. the 18th of June, 1872, ne
Will ask leave to nuke final settlement as such
guardian and curator.
JOSEPH SHELLENBARSER,
Guardian aud Curator.
" :, CH1LNtsr, attorney. g5
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HoN. /. {. Parker, Representative
in Congress, will accept our thanks
for a bound copy of the C~ongrcssion-
al Globe, AL = copy of the Census
Report for 1870.
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Mortgage Sale.
WHEREAS, Frederick Camp and

WHEREAS, Frederick Camp and
w Mary A. Camp, bis wife, BY their mort
gage deed, With power Of sale therein contained,
Corded Il the kecordeff's s&ce o. Andrew
county II the state OF Missouri, in Book number
10. al page S14,. conveyed to the undersigned
mortgage the following described lot, tract or
parcel Of land lying and being In Andrew ooun-
" in the state Of Missouri, to-wit:
The north half Of the northwest quarter OF
section twenty-five t2) In t0Mnship number
sixty-One (6) Of range number thirty -three CS3),
combating eighty acres, more or less, which
said conveyance was made to secure the pay
ment of a certain pfoufissory note in said mort
gage deed described, made by said Frederick
Camp to the undersigned on the first day OF May
A. d. 1871, for the sum Of six hundred and
twenty dollars, with interest from date at the
rate Of ten per cent, per annum, and due on or
before the hrst day Of May, A.. D. 1872.
And whereas. Il Is provided in said mortgage
deed that ii the ssid note shall not be well and
truly paid when the same becomes due and pay
able, that the undersigned may proceed 70 sell
said land, or any part thereof, ct public yendne
to the highest bidder ut the courthouse door In
the city Of Savannah, within the county Of An
drew aforesaid for cash, first giving sixty days
notice of the time, terms and place Of said sale,
and of the property to be sold, by publication in
some newspaper printed In the county and state
aforesaid.
And whereas, said note and the interest there
on are now due and unpaid; now therefore, by
virtue OF the power In me vested by said mort
gage deed, l will, ON
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Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, Charles Browhell and
Nancy Brownell, his wife, by their mort
gage deed, with power Of sale, listed the seven
tenth day OF DECEMBER. A. ?; LEG, and record.
the State of Missouri, In Book number nineteen
n9), at page one hundred and ewenfy-four Q24l,
conveyed to the undersigned mortgage the fol-
ing and being in Andrew county In the State Of
Missouri, to-wit: -,
The south half ofthe east half of the northwest
ann1Sts, Of d section number w, r. eleven ever. G nI,i n township .S;19rp
five t25), containing forty acres, more or less;
which said conveyance was made to secure the
payment Of three certain promissory notes In
by said Charles Brownell to the undersigned on
the seventeenth day Of December, 1883, one OF
which Is for the sum Of one hundred dollars due
of three hundred and twenty-five dollars due
twenty-four months after date, and one Of which
Is for the sum Of three hundred and twenty-five
notes bearing interest from date ct the rate Of
ten per cent. per annum.
And whereas, 1t Ia provided in said mortgage
Iced that that, if The said i'd notes iA.il not b well and
able, that the undersigned may proceed to sell
said land, or any part thereof, stpublic vendue.
TO the highest bidder, ct the courthouse door In
drew, for cash, frat giving thirty days notice
Of the time and place Of sale, and Of the prop
erty to be sold, BY publication In some news
And whereas, the last two described notes,
together with the interest thereon, are due and
unpaid. now therefore, by virtue Of the power
in ME vested by said mortgage deed, I viii, On
Thursday, the 18th day of June,
A. u. 1877, between the hours Of ten O'Clock in
tho forenoon and i've O'Clock Ia the afternoon Of
that day, at the south door Of the courthouse in
the city of Savannah, Andrew county, In the
state OF Missouri, proceed 70 sell the above de-
property Il public endue to the highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy said note and inter-
est. together with the cost and expenses attend
ing said sale. JAMES ETCHISON,
Mortgage.
Savannah, No., May 10, 1917: 3sH
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Saturday, the 18th day of July, 1872,

Between the hours Of ten o'clock in the forenoon
and five O'Clock in the afternoon Of that day, Ut
the south door Of the courthouse In the city oil
souri,, / oceed to sell the above described real
estate ut public vendue 70 the highest bidder,
for cash, to satisfy said note and interest, to-
gether with the costs and expenses attending
said sale. EZRA WEST Mortgage.
Savannah, Mo-, May 10, lS72. 29S
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"ruE Mound oIrun

Is III school OF the west, q live institution,
thorough. practical, and aaording advantages
superior 70 any other. Over two thousand stu
from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Nil
nots, Kentucky, Texas, Colorado, and other
states tributary to the trade Of st. Louis.
For circulars and other information, address
SIR Tus,. a.. nrcE. pr,..,.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE Is hereby given that letters of admin
~ i~,'rlrion upon the estate OF John r. DE
Fell. late of Andrew county. deceased, have
been granted IT, the Undersigned, john g. he
Ball, Ivy the Probate Court II IN. county Of An
drew. ip the state of Missouri, bearing date The
claims agains; said estate. are r.qatred 10 cN.
hibit them to me for allowance within one wear
aiier the date Of said letters, or they may be
preciuded from any benefit Of such estate, and ii
such claims be not exhibited within two wears
from the time of the publication OF this notice,
they viii be forever barred.
JOHN s. DEBELL,
May :, l3.2 a9G Administrators
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the 18th day of June,
Final Settlement.

CREDITORS and all others inter-
are NOTIFIED hat the undersisn:d intends. n tSe.
next term Of the Probate Court for Andrew
county, Missouri, to be held at Savannah, in
said county, on the 18th day Of June, 1874, to
make final settlement Of aid estate:
ALLEN Jolt,
Public Administrator, In charge Of the estate Of
NJ. b.. Sebra, deceased.
W. s. GnEENLEE, attorney. e99
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have then placed in the family of one Of the Pro-
%fessors, under his especial csfe, and on very
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The public debit has decreased during
the month Of April, Sl2,5eS,0cS. And
yet the Cincinnati "rcfcrmers' arc IN
blnny.
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to the many misdoings ohargeable to the
present rulers at Washington.
Grant promises to do better now, and
to support the thieves no longer. We
are glad to hear it, and will do all we
can honorably to aid in the redemption
OF the State. But what commentary
is it upon the Administration, when the
only alternative they can offer the ho-
nest people of the State is. That they
shall sacrifice their political convictions
and go over to the Grant party, to pre-.
vent the Grant party from plundering
them!
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NATURAL CASA PHENOMENON IN rHE
OIL REGIONS The Titusvilie Courier.
OF the 9th, gives the following interest
ing particulars of the Newton we'll. on
the Nelson farm, six miles North of that
city: ut has been down about twenty
days and has continuously poured forth
such volume OF gas that it was found
impossible to pump it, as the valves
would not work. The tubing was pulled
Wednesday, and the we'll was cased in
order to let the gas blow off, 30 that it
might be pumped. After the casing was
put in, the sand-pump was lowered for
the purpose OF agtating the we'll, and
the gas raised column of water, throw
ing solid stream into the air 100 feet.
The noise was terrific, and could be
heard for distance of more than two
miles. The noise was something like the
loud roar OF thunder. and when the 90.
lumn burst at the top it threw the water
each way for fifteen rods from the we'll.
The water was exhausted in about twenty
FIVE minutes, and then column of gas
followed, rising with tremendous force
fifty feet above the derrick. The ont
pouring of the gas makes q roaring noise
that can be distinctly heard for two
miles from the well. The noise around
sounds like the rushing of whirlwind.
The column can be seen mile from the
we'll. No tools can be put into the we'll.
AS soon as the attempt is made, with
such force does the gas come out that
the tools are carried into the air. From
descriptions of eye.witnesses this is pro.
badly the greatest gas we'll ever strock
in the oil region. Up to last evening
the gas showed no signs of being ex.
haussed. The people in that vicinity
are very much alarmed, and the cattle
run about the fields perfectly wild with
fright