The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The East

NEWS IN BRIEF.
The East
M. HENRY n. STANLEY has been com
PEELED to discontinue his lectures in New
York on his African adventures. for the rea-
son hat The receipts fell short Of the expense.
II IL stated that his failure 10 owing to poor
.elocution and badly written lectures...-.
Roeers. the murderer of Policeman Donohue,
was hung in Brooklyn, N. Y, last week.....
A proposition has been started in New York
to erect Q printer monument 70 MIR. Gree
Icy.
NlAR St. Joseph, Mo-, . few days ago, an
express train ran into . wa-on crowded with
people, which was attempting to cross the
iurinG two others......The owners of the
lucky ticket which drew the capital prize
($7s, oOo) in the Louisville lottery is q party
Of tan, most of whom live at Columbus,
Ind.
A GREKLEY National Monument Associa-
ton il forming at Boston, to raise $500, 900
for the erection Of an enduring testimonial
to Mr.. Greslsys memory $i7s,ooo have
already been promised 10 the fund-.-.M.j.
GEN, Hancock, who succeeds Gen. Meade in
the command Of the Military Division of the
Atlantic, will make New York his head
quarters instead Of Philadelphia, a. hereto
fore...The editor Of the New York
Josrnsl of Commerce. Mr.. Stone, has
brought Postmaster General Creswell into
demand full postage upon letters hail. prepaid
at the starting point. Mr.. Stone will push
the case TO . legal decision ......Hayor Hall,
of New York, denies the story that he is to
assume editorial management of the Herald.
1.-THE New York Fifth Avenue Hotel was
damaged BY Ere and water to the extent of
$4,000, last week--..The daughters Of the
late Mr.. Greeley appeared before the Surro-
gate, at White Plans, n. Y, the other day,
to offer for probate the last viii oftheir father,
executed Nov. 70, 1917. At the same time
counsel appeared to contest this will, offer
ing in its stead one dated January,
1871. The contestants are Samuel Sinclair,
Richard II. Manning and Charles Storrs.
Counsel for the contestants thought the will
executed BY Mr.. Greeley before his death did
great injustice, inasmuch - il gave all his
property to Miss Ida, with the qualification
that one-half of il was 70 be used by her at
her own discretion, to support and educate
her sister Gabrielle, and that some relatives
WOuA0 O0 oCPtiNOAS RAoPOtsy
them. The Misses Greeley then declined to
consider any proposals for compromise, and
regular proceedings for Tho contest will en-
sue, on the ground of the incapscity of the
tcstator to execute the will Of 1872.
The West
WILLIAM WILLxEBRINe murdered his father
aged 50, at Davenport, Iowa, recently, BY
stabbing him to the heart. The Bee Keeper
Association, at indianapolis, the other day,
unanimously resolved that the Italian bee 10
superior to the black....-.The Modoc Indi-
ans, Of Oregon, seem to have resolved on q
war Of determination against the white set
tiers. In addition to the soldiers killed in
battle, they have slain over Q dozen whites.
At last accounts the settlers were abandoning
their homes and fleeing to the forts. THE
exposure of the stupendous diamond fraud
continues to excite considerable agitation in
San r ahcis %, and steps are being taken 10
prosecute those engaged in the sWindle, one
Of whom has made . clean breast Of the mat
ter, and nance all the parties concerned......
Gen. o. C. Maxwell committed suicide at
Dayton, Ohio, the other day, BY shooting
himself through tho head with . pistol.
T.. Office Of the New York Express has
been destroyed by 6re.....s. N. Pile, the
w%ell-known liquor dealer, formerly of Gin
c~innati, died in New York last week.-..Ac
cording to the I" best authority" Mr.. Gree
ley's vacant place on the New York Tribune
has been offered to Vice. President Colfax.
...... Rumor eonnects the name Of Mayor A.
Oakley Hall with the managing editorship Of
the New York Herald, at the expiration Of
his ofEcial term.
Cincinnati was the scene ofa horrible acci-
dent the other day. A scaffolding ct the
water works gave way, precipitating eight
men q distance Of eighty feet, killing four Of
them, and wounding the other four..... Cairo
has been convulsed BY . $40 900 robbery, per-
petrated upon one Of her leading dry goods
frms-Messrs. Blum 4 Amesar.-.... The
scandinavian National Bank, of Chicago,
has collapssd..-..Capt Thompson, an old
lake navigator, says the recent storm on
Lake Superior was the ssverest he ever OK
perienced.
TIE steamer Emma was burned in thu
Ohio river, below Evansville, q few day ago
Loss on boat and cargo about $4,000.
Capt Bogardus, champion pigeon-sheoter
while out hunting near Elkhart, Ind, re
Gently, received IN ugly wound in tn
thigh by he accidental discharge of hi
fo~wlipg-piece.
The South.
TIE venerable Con. Leslie Combs was sh
through the heart and instantly killed by
noted Desperate named George Merrill, il
Grant county, Ky, last week.
TIE political trouble in Louisiana has re
csived . new complication. Gov. warmot
having issued his proclamation convenin
the Legislature elect, the United States Cour
was appealed 70, to prevent the meeting Q
that body, and Federal troops were the othe
day, BY order Of Gen. Emory, placed il
charge Of the State House, and eeres
and iagras allowed none except Stat.
ofdcisls..-.At last sccounts the dsublo-h head
cd Government in Alabama still continued
two bodies claiming to BE- the legal LeeisIa
ture. Each had admitted eight member,
who were refused admission by the othel
body, and both had appointed committees :,
90 70 Washington and ask the interference,
Of the Fedsrsl Govsrnmsnt.....Th The Missouri
Kaasas and Texas railroad has been CON-
plsted to Dsnnison, Texas, and the bridg,
across Red river has been completed. North.
ern Texas 10 thus placed within thirty hour,
OF 81. Louis, and the rush Of emigrants Il
that region 10 said TO be immense.
Ar Chattanooga, Tenn, . few days ago, q
desperate Knocked down Mr.. Colwell, . mer.
chant, and sitting down upon the PROSTATE
man, stabbed and carved him in Q horrible
manner killing him.. Then, when his ar
rest was Attempted, he shot and killed two
policeman and wounded . third, afterward
escaping across the river in . canoe.......Tw
chivalrous ed;tors-James H. Hayward and
Malcolm J. Browning-conductors of rival
sheets at 0rangeburg, 8. :, fought q duel
the other day. We read hat after the ex-
change Of two shots without bloodshed the
parties ssluted and left the 6eld......Th
Louisians political muddle grows more com.
plicated. The Pinchback OF Custom House
Legislature convened in The State House on