The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-05-16
NEWS IN BRIEF
THE EAST

1uly mutu8to0. ADDut 0t0 OO4Apb law thuo
far been recovered, The autopsy of James
Brooks showed that he died Of an extensive
cancerous disease Of the stomach, which has
probably occupied several years in its develop
ment. .rz-zS =
A accident occurred on the morn
ing of the Id inst. on the Grand Trunk rail-
road of Canada, near Montreal. Three cars
track, broke the coupling, and rolled down an
embankment thirty feet high. Thirty-two
persons were more or less injured, some of
whom will die OF their wounds /. Mrs. Reddy,
living near Brussels, Ontario, recently drowned
her three children, and then attempted to
drown herself. Temporary. insanity. Re-
ceiver Strong, of the Atlantic National Bank of
New York, reports s3O4, 900 securities missing.
The liabilities are set down at 81, 037, 800.
The great tea house of N. H. Gillette & Co.,
of New York, has failed. Liabilities, $780,
600.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has been pronounced
sane by a New York jury.
THE WEST.
The reports Of Indian troubles in Manitoba
and Oregon are without foundation.
Mrs. MARY NJ. Scorr, Of Crawford county,
Ind, in taking q portion of her head-dress
from a drawer, dislodged her husbands re-
volver, which discharged in falling, and the
ball entered the back part of her head, killing
her instantly. -. During the progress Of a ball
in Dubuque, Iowa, q young man named Byron
Clark raised one of the windows Of the hall,
lost his balance and fell headlong to the
ground, a distance Of thirty feet, from the
effects of which he died. Reports have
reached Virginia City, Nevada, from the north,
to tho effect that the settlers at Mountain
City, in the Cape district, are greatly alarmed
at the threatening attitude of the Indians.
Snakes and Piutes are pouring in from all
directions, all in their war paint. The Carl
bon silver mine and reduction works, stu
ated in Boulder county, about forty miles
northwest of Denver, considered one Of the
best silver mines ever opened in the Unitsd
States, has been sold to the Nederland Mining
Company, of Holland, for 50, OOO, OoO....
A Yreka, CAL, dispatch Of the I'd inst. furnish
es the following news from the Modoc seat OF
war: Capt. Silver and Mr.. j. W.. johnson ar
rived from the front this afternoon, leaving
Gen. Gilem's camp on Tuesday morning. Mr.
johnson ssys there has been nothing done
since the battle on the 26th OF April. Every.
thing was quiet. No future policy for fighting
the Modocs had been settled upon. An opinion
prevailed that it would be perfect folly to at
tempt to whip the Modocs in the manner thus
far pursued, No scouting had been done.
Nothing had boon heard from Cranston and
the missing men, who have probably been
burned. Eight bodies are known to still be on
the field of battle. Lieuts. Harris and Egan,
and Surgeon Semig, wounded in the last fight
at the lava beds, are getting along well, and
will probably recover. President Grant re-
ceived q fiattering reception on the occasion of
his recent visit to Galena. The reception was
entirely void Of party manipulation, all his old
neighbors and friends, without distinction Of
party, joining to do honor to al old neighbor
and the high Office he holds.
An excursion train on the New Albany and
Chicago railroad jumped the track near Mount
Carmel, III. last week, and, p~lnnging over an
embankment, the cars were turned bottom up
ward. Some thirty or forty passengers we're
injured, some Of them very seriously. :. The
New York-Haalds correspondent attributes
the great loss of life in the fight with the
Modocs Of the 18th Of April to the desertion
of Company ], Of the Twelfth Infantry, and
some few of the artillery, who, when ordered
by Capt. Thomas to fall back and hold a blufl
in the rear Of the troops to cover the retreat,
c~ontinuedt to fall back until they reached the
campssThe Modocs, meantime, secured the
position they were to hold. 1t is said thai
only twenty-three Modocs were engaged, and
that only two we're killed and two badly
A RAILROAD bridge in process OF erection
near SedAlis, No., gave way the other day
precipitating twelve workmen into the stream
instantly killing three and wounding eighi
others, two Of whom are not expected to re
cover. .sy.As theatrical actor named Vance re
Gently MAIDS VI sttempt on the life of Georg,
G. Harding, editor Of the Indianapolis Sundd,
Herald, firing two Intellectual ahots At him.,
James Ray, a young man Of Plattevine, Wis.
being suddenly seized with a ft Of frenzy, at
tackled " friends in whose company he was
and, before he could be captured, WOUNDED
them fatally BY stabbing in the breast.
RxspERMa tank in Schoeneman's packin,
house. on Archer avenue, Chicago, exploded
with fnghtful effect ON the morning Of the 6tl
inst. a -Four men were instantly killed, ant
three others seriously injured priyat,
letter from Oregon states that Mrs.. Candy il
greatly Frustrated by the death OF her hus
band. and is not expected TO recover. :. TIN
dead body Of William York, brother of Sena
tor York, who figured SO extensively in tn
Pomeroy bribery matters last winter, who's
mysterious sdissppea rance some weeks ag,
caused so much excitement, has been foun,
buriea r-ons the claim Of q man name,
Bender, six miles north of Cherryyale, Kan
The remains bear marks Of violence. Othc
dead bodios were found under Bender's house
.~-..Indianapohs has elected . Democrats
Mayor.
THE OUT
The business part Of Como, Miss, has beel
destroyed b. fire. Loss, SIS, 900. join
White ecently murdered his brother, DAME
White, near Senatobia, Miss, by shootin,
him With : pistol. IA negro mob at Harrods
burg, X, recently took . colored boy ont O
Jail dining him TO 9 tree. His ofrense wa,
an attempted napso on q young negress.
MISS SUSAN EsERHAKr, an accomplice O
Spawn in the murder of his wife, was hung OF
the 2dinss., at Preston, Ga. Her last word
were: II am ready and w~iling.'' She wa
perfectly unmoyed, and had no dread Of death
....Bov1i Brewer, I oolored, was hung a
Searcy, Ark, on Friday, May 2, for the murde,
of aucther negro some months ago.
TIE entire business portion Of the town o
Trenton, La. has been burned. Loss, $500, 600
....Nesxly 4o0 the citizens Of st. Martin
parish. Louisiana. bave- taken nm .,,ms and