The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-21
NEWS IN
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Executive Committee was appointed Paul W..
Spofford, Chairman Frederick Schuchardt, s.
L. NJ. Barlow, c.. h. Garrison, Henry Clews,
II. W. Grass. Burton N. Harrison, counsel
for ACCOMPANY. Ms that Hundreds Of letters
are fedeived daily from parties DESTROYS to.
emisrate to San Domingo. The City Coun-
Gil of Philadelphia has passed an ordinance
making an appropriation Of $500, 900 in aid of
the Centennial Celebration. A bill for 81
900. 900 is pending in the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature.
OLD Joe Pentland, the veteran circus clown,
died in New York last week, of disease of the
brain.
Stokes is said to be growing demented, and
his hair is rapidly turning white. In New
York, the other day, William Barker. aged 16,
hot and killed John Schaeffer, aged To-.
Ex-Gov. Gcary died suddenly at Harrisburg,
Pa, IN the Sth. While sitting at breakfast
with his family, and in the act of helping his
little son, his bead suddenly fell back. and be-
fore his wife could get to his side..he was dead.
1t is supposed heart disease or apoplexy was
the cause.
NEAR Titusville, Pa, last week, a train was
tumbled into the river by a broken rail, killing
three passengers and %injuring some dozen
others.
The Liberal Republicans of New Hampshire
have nominated Samuel r. Mason for Cover
nor.
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No LITTLE excitement has been produced at
Salt Lake by a report tclegraphed there that
the President has determined to remove all
the troops from the Southern States. and sta
ton them in reasonable contiguity to Utah..
Mrs. Schunk, of Peoria, ILL.,, was recently gored
to death by a mad COW. =. .McNulta, the Peoria
wife-murderer, was hung on Friday. Feb. Z.
On the same day Leo Canman, the Chicago
mail-robber, was sentenced to ten years i'm.
prisonment in the Illinois penitentiary. Both
made speeches protesting their innocence.
HENRY W. BIGELow. an old, wealthy and re
spected citizen Of Chicago, committed suicide
recently by shooting himself through the
head.
THREE persons were killed by the falling of
the old wall of the Ferguson House, at Kansas
City, Mo....At Jefferson City, No., the other
day. two loving colorcd brothers. Charles and
Joseph Clark, got into an alteration. which
was ended by Charles drawing his little butcher
knife and P~lunging it into Joseph's heart.
At Dodge City, Kansas, recently, a vigilance
committee made a raid on q dance house and
ended the earthly career of two frontier des-
peradoes. 3 :
COMMODORE j. P. McKINsTKY. of the navy.
died at Detroit last week, aged &C.. Edmund
Trowbridge, a leading Detroit merchant, is
dead. 1t is stated that an unusually large
lumber of polygamous marriages are taking
place in Utah. One man with six wives mar
ried a girl Of Is at Salt Lake, the other day.
Gen. Crook is vigorously prosecuting the war
against the Apaches in Arizona. He has killed
over 800 warriors since the opening of the
campaign. He says he will fight them till
they sue for peace.
@E THE SOUTH.
TRAINS are now running regularly between
st. Louis and Little Rock, Ark. over the Cairo
and Fulton railroad. -rr-
The contemplated tour of the President
and his Cabinet through the South next
month is TO be made the occasion. it is said.
VI IA al II idi Stl
cities. "a .--
WASHINGTON.
CoSoREss has removed the political disabii-
ties of Robert NJ. T. Hunter, of Virginia. -.
The several Executive Departments of the
Government are making estimates for the
amount Of their postage for the next fiscal
year, when the law abolishing the franking
pr;r;lara faIao aHa,t The na+;,,,E Co. Az
Treasury Department is s265, 900; for the In-
terror Department, 1920, 600. The War, State,
Navy and Justice Departments it is estimated
will reach altogether 81 500, 600. The SUCCESS
of the new loan is 80 promising that Secretary
Boutwell, has issued e call for one hundred
millions of the $40 bonds of 1862. and will
shortly issue q like call for another equal
amount. .a go .
SENATOR SUMMERS health has improved 60
much within the last week or two that his
complete recovery is regarded as probable by
his friends. :. The bill reported by the House
Judiciary Committee to adjust the salaries of
the several departments of the Government
provides that after March 4. 1873, salaries will
be fixed se follows: President, $50, coo; Vice
President, SIC, 900 Chief Justice, $40, 500:
Justices Of theS Supreme Court, $4,000; Cabi-
net officers, $4,000 Speaker of the House,
$4,000; members Of Congress, 90, 600 The
President has pardoned two more of the Ku-
Klux confined in the Albany Penitentiary....
Washington adyices report that Speaker Blaine
will unquestionably be reelected in the event
Of Congress assembling on March 4.
IT is said but few members of Congress favor
an extra session 1t is said tire President will
pardon nearly al the Ku-Klux prisoners in a
very short time. 1t is believed that Assistant
Secretary Richardson is the coming Secretary
of the Treasury. 1t is rumored that Ministers
Bancroft, Jay and Sickles are to be recalled
after the 4th of March. a:a .
FOREIGN.
THERE was a lively debate in the British
House of Lords on the motion for an address
to the Throne, in which a number of Disguised
Lords relieved their minds on the Geneva
award. 1t is announced from Paris that a
compromise has been effected etwee Presi-
dent Theirs and the Committee of Thirty-the
latter agreeing to modify their project by ex-
tending the veto power to the Executive, and
according him the right to participate per-
sonally in the debates of the Chamber. De-
BHLs have been introduced in the British
House of ecmrnons providing for the abolition
of capital punishment looking to the estab-
lishment ola protectorate over the Feejee.
Islands providing that all treaties made, be-
tween Great Britain and foreign powers must
receive the ratification Of Parliament :: legaliz-
ing marriage with a deceased wife's sister;
providing for the purchase of the English rail-
ways by, the Government and removing
electoral disabilities from women. -a..
The Committee Of Thirty Of the French
Assnmhly have adnnted the a~mendmanf offered