The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-12-05
THE WORLD IN A WORD.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MASTERS of Masonic lodges in New York
and Massachusetts are circulating a petition
calling special sessions of the grand lodges
of those States to consider the situation of
Masons' widows said to have been brutally
treated by the Spanish volunteers in Havana.
ONLY 5000 miles of railway were built in
the United States in 1S7S-a decrease of SO
per cent. in one year.
WASHINGTON telegram Of the Goth says:
Evidence accumulates that Cuban matters will
require much correspondence and consequent
delay. 1t is asserted in prominent quarters
that no complications need be feared, as the
Administration sees its way clearly, and while
war will be averted, the probability is that
Cuba will be free.
THE wife of p. T. Barnum is dead.
UNDER the ruling the Secretary of the In
terror no more than one-quarter section can
be entered by one individual under the act Of
March 8, 1873, to encourage the growth of
timber. The Secretary also aflirms the de-
cision of Commissioner Drummond requiring
parties to pay a fee of $40 for additional entry
under the Soldiers Homestead act of March 2.
1873, and requiring parties making such addi-
iOAs Shb " sIiSaA III ItiSOh dI II lOCdl
Office and make the necessary application and
afidavits.
ACCORDING to the report of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, taxes were paid
last year or ZIG, 450, 934 pounds of manufac-
tured tobacco, and on 1,s07. 1874, G3G cigars.
cheroots, etc. During the same period there
we're made 6S, 236, SGT gallons of spirits from
roofarioIS ptIor tlo, fr,;., - =
2,9l4,soO gallons. The total revcnuo receipts
for the year were STA, 075. 456.
THE sudden sealing of the Erie canal by
frost has locked up an enormous amount of
produce. There are 1000. 900 bushels held in
the canal. besides a great quantity of miscel-
laneous freight. The result has been a rise in
wheat in New York of 5 and 8 cents a bushel.
The Chicago and Alton, the Chicago and
Northwestern, and the Rock Island and Pacific
roads have united to resist the assessment by
the Illinois Board of Equalization of their
capital stock as taxable property.
ADMIRAL scoTT will be the commander of
the Cuban squadron.
GENTLEMAN who arrived in New York on
the 2lst from Havana, maintains that over 100
Of the Virginius passengers were executed.
The smallpox is making fearful ravages in
Cleveland.
OREGON and a portion of Northern Califor-
MIA experienced a lively earthquake shock on
the ODD of, November.
THE Government Commissioners have ex-
amined and accepted 100 more miles of the
Northern Pacific railroad, making 100 miles
i'll all.
\ A PATENT has been granted ex-President
johnson for a combination plane.
Y SENATOR SUxSER's health was never better
than now.
FROM Sept. 1 to Nov. 81, $50, 292 hogs ar
rived at the Chicago Stock-Yards. being AN
increase of 2S6, 4s4 over 1873.
II has been definitely ascertained that six-
teen of the slaughtered yirginius passengers
were British subjects.
The Southern people are said to be almost
a unit for war. Prominent Southerners de-
clare that that section alone will furnish all
the soldiers necessary to overthrow the Span
ish armies at the first call for troops.
1T Is now said to be definitely ascertained
that Gen. Ryan had made a contract with the
Cuban insurgents, by which he was to receive
$4,000 in gold if he should succeed in LANDING
his men and arms in Cuba.
JERSEY CITY has 5000 men organized for the
Cuban cause.
H Commissioner of Indian Affairs has
directed that no more rations be issued to the
Comanche Indians until five of the tribe who
have been raiding and numbering are given IN.
A FIGHT occurred on board the Spanish iron
eiad Araplles, at the Brooklyn navy-yari, the
other day, between an American workman and
a Spanish officer, in which the latter was
severely chastised.
WASHINGTON dispatches of Nov. % repre-
SEM the Spanish crisis as a perilous one. with
the chances in favor of war and peace about
equally divided. The work of fitting ont war
vessels at the navy yards continues withou,
relaxation. There is no truth in the reports
that work has been stopped in some of the
yards.