The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-06-27

which deluged Blsckwood Valley in Nebraska
last month. Without q moments warning the
Blackwood river became . food, and submerged
the whole valley, which is IS miles long and .
mile and . half wide. under seven. feet Of
water. A camp Of United States soldiers
Was swept away, and those Of the soldiers who
escaped saved their lives by clinging to the
branches Of trees into which they we're carried.
The settlers in the valley lost horses, cattle,
and ali their sccumulations. Six Of the soldiers
and twenty-six horses were drowned.
DESPERATE fight occurred in the streets of
Chicago, Q few days sgo, between three
policemen and three desperate thieves whom
they were attempting to arrest. The despera-
does were all severely wounded by pistol shots
and clubbing, the officers escaping unframed.
80. The Chicago Times prints crop reports
from various sections OF Illinois, which presage
q good yield of wheat and oats. The corn pros
pect is reported Is discouraging. Two child
rem Of William Lewis, aged respectively 8years
snd 8 months, met their deaths at Jackson
Vile, H., the other day, by the explosion Of
kerosene while the elder was engaged in
kindling q fire with the fluid. At the time of
the accident the mother was insensible from
liquor, and could not realize the situation.
The father vas absent at the time, but, when
informed of the accident, was in \ like condi-
ton. .ta
Two Mormons from England have
arrived at Salt Lake. The Apaches in Arr
IONA are leaving their reservations for the war
path, and that great Indian c~iyilizer, Gen.
Crook, is preparing to follow them. The
cholera has made it's appearance in Cincinnati
and Indianapolis.
II SOUTH. d. I.F44- m
ATERRrBLE domestic tragedy was recently
enacted in Gallstin county, N. C. John Hol-
combe, impelled by the green-eyed monster,
shot and killed his yonng and beautiful wife,
firing three bullets into her body. The muir
derer then shot himself through the heart,
falling on the dead body Of his wife. Maj.
Henry Ewing, the principal proprietor of the
st. Louis Times, died last week, at the 6 of
81. ". ii. Day, q young son of F. o. Day,
one Of the weslthiest citizens of st. Louis, has
been arrested for stealing a pair of bracelets
from a young lady. He is considered = con-
firmed kl~eptomaniac, having been in the tame
kind of trouble several lines before. Joe
Duncan, colored, was hanged at Paris, Ky,
the other day. The account states that the
drop was sprung at / O'Clock, and he fell, but
the rope proved too long. He was taken upon
the scaffold, and the rope being shortened, he
was hung again, this time successfully"
NKvAsorA, Texas, WAS recently visited by O
$500, 600 fire ....A youth in Alexandra, Va,
has declared his intention to start from
Bunker Hill on a tour through the Northern
States. carrying with him he Confederate
flag.
THERE were thirty-ive deaths from cholera
in Nashville IN the 18th inst. Tho disease is
carrying its ravages into the neighboring towns
of Tennessee. Three negro murde.ers of
New Iberia. La, were taken from the officers
by n moi Of 1000 citizens and hanged TO .
tree, a few days ago....A contest for the
Governorship Of Arkansas is going on in the
courts of Little Rock-Joseph Brooks against
Elisha Baxter. 1t is said Andy johnson will
enter the field for Governor of Tennessee at
the next election IA regiment Of volunteers
is to be raised in Texas for the purpose of re-
sisting and Furnishing the csttle-stealers who
infest the border. IA meeting of q joint com.
mittee of native blacks and whites was held in
New Orleans, a few dsys ago, which adopted .
strong series of resolutions, p~ledging their
efforts to the preservation of the reciprocal
rights of the two races, and the maintenance
of peace and good viii between them.
WASHINGTON.
The proposition is seriously discussed in
official circles of exiting the captured Modocs
to our American S~iberia-Alasks. -. Secretary
Delano has decided that the filing of maps Of
its general route, by the Northern Pacific
railroad, is constructive notice to pre-emptors.
All who settle after such filing on lands cover
ed by the maps have no rights as against the
company.
WASHINGTON crop reports presage that the
cereal crop of 1873 will be the worst harvested
since the war. TIT severity of last winter and
the ~unpropitious spring have cut the wheat
crop Of the whole lake region down fully
one-half, and have injured all other farm
produce more or less. Fruit will not suffer 30
much. The friends of the Japanese Minis
ter, Mr.. Mori, in Washington place little
faith in the damaging reports circulated con-
corning him "A Washington dispatch says (:
The most important change is the rules
recommended by the Civil-Service Advisory
Board is in relation TO the examination Of can
didstes for Offices in various parts Of the coun-
try, and not subject them 10 the expense Of
travelling to Washington. For this purpose it
" recommended that the county be divided
into four or more districts, each to have q
Chief Examiner, and he to have associated
with him certain officials, or others qualified
for the work. It has leaked out that during
the recent excursion Of the Examining Board
Of the Treasury Department to the South, d
Collector of Customs was found who could
neither read nor write. s-}f ,'is ~
= GEN. SHERMAN stated 10 . correspondent.
ths other day, that " there would be no diff
Guilty about disposing Of the Modocs who are
under arrest. Those found guilty Of murder
viii b hanged or shot, and II il IL proved that
there was an agreement for q general uprising
among the tribes others viii receive some
~punishment as 9 warning to Indians. He re-
marked, however, that it ives . pity that the
guilty Modocs were not shot At first, and then
all this commission business and expense
would hsye been avoided. Tho Navy De-
partment will shortly Dispatch . vessel in
earch Of the missing Polaris. Senator Sum-
ner's condition has greatly improved OF late,
snd be is now on the high road TO health
A Washington dispatch Gays: The appropris-
ton for Government printing has been ex-
hansted, and, there being no fund from which
to draw, the business Of the Government
Office has come to . standstin, and
most Of the employed have been ~furloughed