The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

OJIefeu 10 cOnprOInlsc tncI tuntohNo"'S
frauds by the payment into the Treasury of
S271, 900.
JOHN GAfrNEY was executed at Buffalo,
n. Y, on Friday, Feb. II, for the murder of
Patrick Fahey. The cash value of Mr.. Gree
ley's estate has been appraised at !120, 900.
EDWARD S. STOKES, the slayer of James
Fisk, Jr., h was to have been hung at New
York on the 2sth of February, has obtained a
stay Of proceedings, and will, in all probability,
be granted a new trial. -. Robert Emmett, son
of Thomas Adds Emmett, the Irish patriot, and
nephew of the celebrated Robert Emmett, died
at New Rochelle. N. Y, recently. The deceased
was long an eminent member of the New. York
bar. The projected New York illustrated
evening paper, the Daily Graphic, will be
issued March Is.
The appraisement of the estate of Horace
Greeley and wife has been completed. The
daughters will each have q fortune of at least
900, 900. after all legacies, including that to
the Children's Aid Society, have been paid.
Resolutions III favor of woman suffrage have
passed the Lower House of the Maine Legisla-
turc by a vote of Ga to "a.
IHE We'll.
THE Grand Jury at Jacksonville, Oregon,
has indicted a number of Capt. Jacks Modoc
warriors for murder.
The tribulation of the Mormon leaders, III
view Of the possibility of decisive Congress
sional action against their peculiar institution,
is becoming daily more manifest, and their
removal from Utah is being seriously dis
cussed. 1t is intimated that negotiations have
been renewed for the exclusive possession of
one of the Sandwich Islands.
A SALT AXE dispatch states that agents of
the priesthood are circulating for signature a
petition to Congress for the appointment of a
commission to visit Utah and investigate the
matters at issue between the Gentiles and Nor
mons. The object liz understood solely to
stave Off legislation till better arrangements
can be made to defeat the Government effort
to enforce the laws. .Mrs. L. J. Sutherland,
of French Grove, ILL.,, was recently choked to
death by a rabbit bone.
The passenger train going west from Tolono,
ILL.,, on the Toledo, Wabash and Western rail-
road, encountered about a dozen illegal fare
men bound for Sodorus, and upon the conduc-
'AA AASh w Iht t1hN Oh'
they drew their revolyers and virtually took
possession of the train, arriving at Scdorus, a
distance of Il miles, in triumph. The same
day a conductor on one of the Illinois Central
trains was arrested at Tolono, charged with as
sault and battery, in forcing a man off his train
for refusing to pay full fare....A general
smallpox panic exists at LaSalle. Ill. Ayoung
man was taken ill at a public ball there, the
Other day, and a few hours afterward was in
full eruption with tho disease. The widest
CONSERVATION was produced by the circum-
stance, and many families left the place.
III SOUTH.
A DREADFUL accident occurred recently near
Richmond Va. A temporary ~trestle-work
across two of the pillars of a bridge in process
of construction across the James river gave
way, precipitating a party of fifteen workmen
into the water. Nine were rescued, the re-
manning six being either drowned or killed.
Two hours before two other workmen were
drowned while attempting to reach the bridge
in a boat. Two companies of Choctaw In
dams recently went On a hunt for horse
thieves, captured sixteen, and, after holding a
SOuhSh u Wei choh u Va tllclu-
The steamboat Henry A. Jones, from Hous-
ton, for Galveston, with a cargo of 442 bales
of cotton, was destroyed by fire on the morn
ing of February Is, in Galveston Bay. Twenty
one lives were lost among them we're the
captain. first and second clerks, first engineer.
cooper. The survivors, twenty-seven in num-
Der, were taken to Galveston by the steamer
Henry Forbes.
A recently ran into the draw
bridge across the Cumberland river at Clarks-
vile, Tenn, completely demolishing the Htruc-
ture.
WASHINGTON.
IT is announced that Minister Nelson is to
be recalled from Mexico. He will be substi-
tuted by Col. Foster, of Indiana....A large
number of witnesses have arrived from Kansas
TO testify ill the Pomeroy case.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections have reported that the election of
Senator Caldwell, of Kansas, was invalid, but
they do not report in favor of expulsion, be-
ieving that he was in some sense the victim Of
sharpers. 1t is stated that President Grants
Southern tour will be of the greatest signifi-
canoe to the people of that section. The
President contemplates starting on the Doth of
March, and expects to be accompanied by
nearly all Of his Cabinet, besides MANY dis
tinguished Senators, members of
Congress, and others. Richmond, Va, will
be the first stopping place. 1t is the Presi-
dents purpose to make this the initial move
ment in his next administration in his at
tempt to harmonize the people of the North
and South. He will look into the condition of
the South socially, and the local government
OF the States to be visited. At Richmond and
other places along the line Of his visit prepara-
tons are being made to give him an enthusiasts
tic reception.
FOREIGN.
The flag Of the new Spanish Republic is to
be violet. white and red. "A union between
Spain and Portugal is seriously talked OF.
Germany, it is said. will Immediately recognize
the Spanish Republic. Spain will shortly
issue a decree abolishing all titles and dccora-
tions The Nenn Exposition building il
completed, and goods are arriving.
SPANISH items: A bill abolishinc capitaI
punishment has been introduced in the Ma
uonal Assembly. The Royal Guard has been
suppressed. Tn establishment of the Repub-
lie has been celebrated in Madrid bv a grand
hiuinination; the streets were crowded. but
there was no discord. Adyices from the
provinces report tranquility everywhere. save
III the districts disturbed by the Carlists. 1t is
said that the army is opposed to the Republic,
and farors a monarchy, but is divided in its
choice for a ruler between the Duke Mont
pensier and the ex-Queen Isabella. Among
the measures contemplated by the Ministry
are the separation of Church and State, and
the appointment of Judges for life. Minister