The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-18
NEWS IN BRIEF
THE EAST.

80 ECaH"H H.I.- -
MICHAEL NIXON has been convicted by a
New York jury of murder in the first Degree
for the killing of Charles Pfeffer. New Jer-
sew is in r~aptures over the General Railroad
bill. which has been signed by the Governor,
and which, it is hoped, will put an end to the
railroad monopoly which has 80 long ridden
that State.
The lobby Of the New Jersey House of Rep
resentatives was the scene Of Q disgraceful
row on the morning Of TIE adjournment OF the
Legislature. In q debats the day before a
member named Case had called the Hon.
James NJ. scovill "aperjured man" and "a
scoundrel," and when Mr.. Cole and John
Hood, members, met in the hall they engaged
in q war of words. Scovill came up, and, mix
ing in the quarrel, Cole called him a "a liar,
aud was Immediately knocked dow by Scovil.
The Speaker ordered all the doorsto be closed,
but before it was done Case rushed into the
fight, and Scoyill knocked him down also, and
he vas badly punished while he was down.
The Mayor of Trenton interposed, and pre-
vailed upon scovill to leave the State-House,
and the fight ended. Coles face was much
disfgured 1t is proposed to AXE all the
bodies of the Atlantic victims to Halifax and
bury them together in q public cemetery, and
erect q monument over them. The City Coun-
Gil, on application Of the Provincial Govern
ment, has resolved to place a lot in the ceme-
terry at the disposal of the friends of the dead.
One hundred and seventy bodies have 80 far
been recovered. Nixon, under sentence of
death at New York. is completely broken down,
and the prison officers say if he does not die
of fright he will have to be carried to the gal
lows. May 16 is the day set for his execution.
Henry Briceland, the murderer of John
Alngham, has been sentenced to be hung at
Washington, Pa.....T The Hon. Richard Yates,
of Illinois, ex-United States Senator, and re-
Gently appointed q Government Director of the
delphia, a few nights since.
The New York Herald says Miss Nellie
Grant is " engaged to Thomas Murphy, Jr.,
son of ex-Collector Murphy....A large sec
ton of the city Of New York was plunged into
darkness the other day, as the result of the
strike Of the gas men....A. I. Stewart, the
New York dry goods king, is seriously i'll with
in failing health.
The Genesee valley and other parts Of New
York have been visited by serious floods, in
volving great destruction of property, and, in
some cases, of human life. At Rochester, an
incident Of the overflow resulted in a sad
calamity. A large number Of persons were
standing on an unfinished wall by the side of
the river watching the rise Of the waters,
when the wall WAS swept away, and ten or fif-
teen persons ~precipitsted into the stream.
Several Of them we're carried over the falls
and drowned. The election in Connecticut
resulted in the success Of Ingersoll, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, by q majority of
5000 votes, over the Republican and Prohibi-
ton candidates. The Congressional delega-
ton stands exactly as in the last Congress,
namely: First District, Hawley (Rep.); Sec
ond, Kellogg Rep.); Third, starkweather
(Rep.); Fourth, Barnum (Dem); while the
Democrats have q majorityin the Legislature.
Peter Gilsey, the largest real estate dealer
in New York, is dead.
THE VEST
A ~oNsTRUcrIo train ran into q passenger
train near East st. Louis, last week, killing two
persons and seriously injuring five or six others.
1.-The steamer W. J. Lewis, with o cargo val
ued at 100000, recently sun in the Missis-
sippi, so miles below St. Louis. Private adj
vices from Arizona state that the Apachess are
effectually cowed by Crooks policy.
GEN. JOHN w. WooLY was found dead in his
bed at the Newhal House, Milwaukee. a few
mornings since. II is believed his death was
caused by an overdose Of chloroform.. "A
most remarkable accident occurred in Pike
county, Ill, . few days since. John Bailey
was engaged in thrashing wheat with a ten
horse machine. The ground being soft. a large
quantity Of straw had been thrown On the
track to make solid walking for the horses. A
journal in the machine became 80 hot as to set
the straw on fire, aud the flames spread 60
rapidly that in a tew minutes tho machine, a
large quantity of thrashed grain, and several
Kicks OF the golden cereal were consumed. Five
horses were burned to death, and several 9th
ers made useless by being cooked to a crisp.
One man had most Of his clothing burned of,
but was not fatally injured. go. .Advices from
the seat of war in the Modoc country repre-
sent the situation as unchanged. Capt. jack
is master OF the situation, and still defiant /.
The suggestion Of the name Of D.. ". Adams
as a granger candidate for Governor Of Iowa.
causes considerably futtering among the party
managers. The organization Of new oranges
continues without abatement. Nearly 1000
are now OrpQnizad and %ho v,-Ia, -~-:it
increasing. The members are now discussing
what action they will take in the coming cam
paign, and outside politicians are anxiously
watching their movements. -. The town of
Parkers Landing, on the Ohio river, has been
almost totally swept out Of existence by fire.
hardly a building being loft standing. :
HE farmers are organizing all over Illinois.
The Clinton Register says there are IL organi-
cations md 1900 members in that county, and
cooperative store is being organized The
well-known st. Louis trotting mare, Flora
Belle, has been purchased by Alex. Lewis, of
Chicago, for S22, 500. E. f. Burlington. Iowa
has been visited by a terribly destructive tor
nado. A grocery store was blown down cans
ing the death Of seventeen persons. and
wounding nineteen others. Many other build.
Ings were unroofed. and a great deal of dam
age inflicted.
DIED, recently, at Aurora, Ill Mrs. Knapp,
aged l0l years. Could read the newspapers
without glasses up to within a few weeks of
her death. =. bingham Young told the Mormon
Conference at Salt Lake that he was getting
old, and wanted a young man to carry out the
work he had commenced. He has retired gen.
orally from business, spiritual and commercial.
and it is said he will join the new Mormon
colony in Arizona