The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-10-31

day, by the burning of the .shanty in which
they lived. -. The Executive Committee of the
Iowa State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
have decided to establish a large reaper and
mower factory in Des Moines....A fire in
Madison. Wis, on the 18th of October. de-
stroyed 800, 600 worth of property.
CLEVELAND and Buffalo were visited by a
severe snow-storm on the Goth of October.
A terrible double tragedy was enacted at New
Bedford, Ind, last week. A blacksmith,
named Christopher. having discovered his wife
in guilty relations with her paramour, named
Morrow. flew into afrenzyo of madness, stabbed
his three children and then his wife. Having
finished this operation, he turned upon Nor
row and stabbed him. The latter then wrested
the knife from him and stabbed Christopher,
killing him instantly. The unfortunate woman
and one of the children will also die.
THE SOUTH.
DALLAS, Texas, was recently visited by a
$50, 600 fire.
CLOUD, the oarsman who essayed to row
from Philadelphia to New Orleana, WIS found
dead in his boat, the other day, 1l2 miles
above the latter city. The city of Louisville
was greatly alarmed, a few evenings ago, by a
terrific gas explosion in the basement of the
City Hall, cansed by leaky gas-pipes. 1t is
feared the foundations of the building are in
jured.. Jacob Daub, of Louisville, shot his
wife dead with a shotgun, a few days ago.
He charges hor with infdelity.
THREE dollars and half g pound is a pretty
round figure TO pay for cotton, but such a
price was realized for a bale of the staple ut
Memphis, the other day. The proceeds went
to the relief of the yellow fever sufferers.
THE steamer Mary E. Poe, from St. Louis
to New Orleans, was burned on the Mississippi
river. near Osceola, Ark, on the 18th of Octo-
Der. Six or eight lives were lost....The Old
School Presbyterian Synod Of Missouri has
decided, by a vote of IS to SO, to reunite with
the Southern General Assembly.
The South Carolina Legislature met in extra
session last week. Gov. Moses sent in a
lengthy message. He represents the funded
debt at SIS, OF, 500, and the floating debt at
S. SOC, 397. The Governor urges the Legisla-
tlre to increase the rate of taxation. It is
stated as a singular fact tna. not a single
/ pTlnleT uicu III lttIulillis uulluS tiit piSf.slcitNS
of the yellow fever epidemic.
WASHINGTON.
MARTIN F.. CONWAY, WHO attempted to assas-
sinate Pomeroy, has been bailed. Conway, it
is said. has been for some time a slave to
opium, and it 10 generally conceded that he
/, was temporarily insane when he assaulted
Pomeroy....A very singular phenomenon was
presented by the result of the election il
Washington, last week. One of the questions
involved in the contest was that of mixed
, schools. In q city where the majority of the
voters were colored, one would expect that the
= decision of this issue would be in the afirma.
S tive but the contrary was the fact. 1t is ever
true that where a colored man who was i,
: favor OF mixed schools ran against = white
man, the latter was elected in almcst every in,
stance.
THE Secretary OF War has issued, by direc.
T ton Of the President. a general order holding
apart a tract of land within the military reser.
, vation a. Fort McPherson, Neb., to be used a.
t q national cemetey. - The l~astissue- of the pos.
tai cards show q marked Improvement in tho
paper, finish, and printing. The daily orders
are very large, amounting to from $500, o08 t.
81, 600. 000 a day DIR. Emil Pesssl, in ha
examination by the Secretary of the Navy
: detailed infinitely The symptoms of Capt. Hall,
/, illenss, and said he had no doubt wllateveI
! that he died a natural death. Sir Edward
; Thornton, the British Minister at Washington
/, will oficiate as umpire for the Mixed Commits
. sion to settle the claims between the United
States and Mexico.
. The Department Of Agriculture reports tina
the condition of the cotton crop has fallen of
from So to ISL since the first week ii in Septem
G Der. The season must be OF average length
: and comparatively favorable for picking, II
n insure Z crop equal to that of last year.
> i WAsHISGroS correspondent says Senator
: Carpenters friends srs confident that he vii
: make a successful defense Of the Long Brancl
: scandal in which his name has been so promi
neut. 1t is stated that the Treasury Depart
ment will take no action with regard to tn
+, redistribution clause OF the act Of 1870, bu
will wait for Congress to consider the gues
: ton, which involves the withdrawal of SIS,
: coo, 0G0 national bank currency from the East
{ eru banks ard its tranfer to Western all,
Southern banks, in order to to eqnalizo IL,
Z capital of the country. The testimony takei
{ in the Polaris investigation very conelusivel
establishes the fact that Capt. Hall died o
paralysis. The whole party, according to tn
evidence, partook Of the same coffee OF whicl
l Capt. Hall drank, and without feeling any il
( effects from il.
A WASHINGTON dispatch states that The
Treasury Department is making not only ever
! possible effort to pravcnt 4 further ercroach
3 Ineut upoa the legG!-tcHder reserve of ~,
, 0J0,0 900, but has gore further, and actually re
l stored the amount which il has taken from
3 that source. 1t il a-Honuced by a Washing
. ton correspondent that II bill ! AZ been pre-
: pared by Minnesota gentlemen for presenta
, ton carly tho coming session, providing TO
1 the United States guaranteeing the interest OIL
{ the bonds of the Northern Pacific railway.
, THE examination Of the PoIaris survivor
/, by tic Secretary of the Navy has been con
c!udej. 1t has resulted IN acomplete exonera
ton Of all officers upon whom suspicion restet
a. to Capt. Halls death, all the evidence tend
, ing to chow that his death was from natura
causes.
FOREIGN.
THE Bazaine trial increases in interest as i
q progresses. A stronger case Is being mad
out against the Marshal than Was believed
possible, and it is said he and his friends arr
growing less confident in tone and manner. 90,
A Paris dispatch states that since the lat,
elections many wavering Deputies have de
ciared in favor Of the Republic. .... AdyiceI
. from Pekin state that thirtv-seysp Ch;pas,
villages were recently swept away by the over
How Of the river Yang-Tino, causing an i'm
Eaense destruction OF human and animal life