The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-14

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ed spectator, who caught a ball on the fly.
The steamer Continental, loaded with several
hundred roughs ca route to witEess the bruis-
ing-match between Allen aud Hogan. was
seized by the Illinois authorities, the other
day, a few miles above st. Louis, and the
principal movers in the affair arrested and
bound over for trial. The roughs avow their
determination to carry out the programme at
all hazards, and the Governor of Illinois has
dispatched to the Mayor of East st. Louis 100
stand of arms and a quantity of ammunition.
AN old man ramed John st. Clair, who
lacked but a few days of being 10j years old.
was run over by train of cars and killed. at
Fort Wayne. Ind, 4 few days ago....A man
named Lemmel was instantly killed by a wad
fired from a cannon, at Loudonville, Ohio,
while iollifying over the election of Allen....
The Catholics of Iowa have "a churches, a
membership of 100. 900. and So schools, at
tended by S,065 pupils. .. Centerville and
Richmond, Ind. have for some time been
quarreling over the county-seat question, and
the matter has at last eliminated in open war.
The other day a mob gathered in Centerville,
and, after laboring all day with firearms and
stones. at last blew Town the jail doors with
cannon and effected an entrance. An army
of Richmonds took the field, marched on the
enemy. compelled them to e~vacuate
Centerville. and captured their artil-
lery. Casualties-Kiled, o; wounded, o..
Two men were frozen to death, a few nights
ago. in the prairie, near Kidder, Mo....John
Edwards. of Cincinnati, went home a few
evening ago in an intoxicated condition.. and
abused his family. His oldest son, Richard
Edwards. becoming enr:ged at his conduct,
seized a pistol and shot him through the alb
domen. ~inflicting a death wound. The Mo-
docs have at last reached their final destina-
ton. and will hereafter be at home y" on an
island on the Platte river, near Fort McPher-
son, Colorado, where there are no lava beds.
SENATOR WINDOWS Transportation Com
mittee visited Louisville. the other day. and
were received on Change. where resolutions
were passed commendatory of the James River
and kanawha canal. The committee exam
ined Capt. Adams and other engineers i'll re-
gard to the Louisville canal, and seemed sat-
isfied of the necessity of the Improvement of
the Ohio river. and Government control of
the canal. Gov. Beyeridge has succeeded in
preventing the st. Louis roughs from having
their prize-tight ON Illinois soil, and Allen and
Hogan propose to maui each other on Canada
soil, near Detroit The Wayne county, Ind,
county-seat war is over. and order reigns
once more &C.. Nike McCoole, the st. Louis
bruiser. Is under arrest on a charge of muir
dering Patsy Manly, another pugilist, who
was found dead. with a bullet in his heart, in
front of McCoole's grog-shop.. -. Nearly tho
entire business portion of Reno. New. has
been burned. Loss, 800. G0J.
SIxTEES foreign life insurance agencies are
in trouble in Dubuque. Iowa. for conducting
their business contrary to the provisions of the
laws of tie State. Suits have been brought
against them, a~ggregating a penalty of :217,-
900. The Chicago stOck-yards are full to
overtlowing with live stock. without any immc-
date prospect of relief by shipments to the
East. In view Of this state of affairs. the
Chicago papers advise Western dealers to re-
strict their shipments to that city for the pres
ent james l.. Tyler. a wealthy Chicago real
estate dealer, Las failed for 800, 900. His
estate is worth double that rum, and the
creditors will lose nothing. serious rail-
road collision occurred near Cedar Rapids.
iowa, on the Both nit. which resulted in the
death of John L. Watkins, the Superintendent
of the Iowa Division of the Chicago and North
western railroad, who was crushed between
two cars. The President. General Manager,
General Superintendent and Chief Engineer.
as well as other officials of the road, were AFRO
on the train, but ESCAPED injury.
A negro las been sent to the PcEitentiary
from Clark county. Ind. for marrying a white
woman. Iowa has Isis Oranges. The re-
cent rough weather has been very disastrous
to the lake shipping. several vessels having
been wrecked. and a large number more or
less damaged. The loss Of life is serious.
Thirteen bodies have been washed ashore near
Bayfield,, on the Canada ride of Lake Huron.
The Nodocs are to he removed from
Fort Mcpherson to a permanent location with
the QuapaWs. on the Neosho river, in the ex-
IRENE northwestern corner of the indian Ter
ritory. The Senate Transportation Commit
tee visited st. Louis last week. and after con-
ferriTS with the business mel of that city.
and listening to the steamboat interest in re-
gard to the capabilities a. = means Of trans
portation Of the Mississippi river, adjourned
to meet at Washington Oh Nov. Is, when they
will proceed to New Orleans and the mouth OF
the Mississippi.
TIE Illinois Board Of Warehouse Commits
sioners are preparing to bring suits against
several railroads for extortionate charses....
The Legislative Council of the Choctaw Ma
ton has voted against granting equal rights
to colored people, Of whom there are about
| 5000 in that nation. Gov. Bevcridge, Of
Illinois, has made 2 requi-ition upon the
Governor of Missouri for McCoole, Allen, and
others engaged i'll the priZo-ight near Alton.
Hon Levi Blossom, one Of the pioneers of
Milwaukee, is dead....A M.lSaukec dispatch
ruys: The storms CT the past fortnight
| have been the most severe since 1869. The
loss of PROF erty cannot lie less than Il, 00U,-
900. About 80 lives have been sacrificed.
Every propeller arriving here brings news of
disasters"
The defsul.ing Dubuque Savings Bank
cashier, Babbage, has fed from Iowa, and is
believed to have gone te Europe. Chris Raf-
ferty, the Chicago murderer, who has been
twice tried and sentenced to death. has been
granted a third trial by the Supreme Court of
Illinois.
THE OUTH.
TIE house occupied jointly by John and
jonathan Robbins and families, in Mercer
county, Mo-, was burned on the 2Sth nit.
Two of their children persisted in the flames.
two were fatally burned, and two others es-