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

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THE EAST.
A MAN named George Mcdonald was arrested
at New York the other day, on landing from
the English steamer, who is believed to be the
principal in the great forgeries on the Bank of
England. Papers were found on him which,
it is said, revealthe whole plot, and criminate
men of high position in New York. The
Bulls Head Bank, Of New York, has collapsed.
New YORK furnishes an instance of swift
justice. On the 18th Of March two young
highwaymen-John Coughlin and John Green,
aged 16 and II Observation-Disclosures and rob-
bed a citizen in the street. On the 18th they
were indicted by the grand jury, on the Goth
to fifteen years each in the penitentiary.. -.
William Foster was executed at New York on
the 21st of March, for the murder Of Avery
D. Putnam in q street-car on the 29th of
April, 1871; and James. McKlhaney suffered-s
like penalty ct Boston for the murder of his
wife .... Brooklyn is excited over mysterious
murder. Mr.. Charles Goodrich, q wealthy
citizen, was found dead in his bed, having
been shot through the head and robbed by
some unknown assassin.
FOSTER, the murderer of Putnam, who was
hung in New York recently was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery, which is in direct viola
ton of the cemetery regulations, which say
that no person who has died in prison, or has
been executed for any crime, shall be buried
there. DR.. Tying performed the Episcopal
service. Only a few male relatives we're pres
ent, no ladies attending. :. New York city
yves gas bill of nearly a million dollars, and
the authorities have been told that, if it is not
prid forthwith. the gas company will cease to
supply the streets and public buildings.
Commodore Vanderbilt gave half 3 million
dollars, q few days ago, for the endowment of
a Southern university, and now follows this
liberal charity with half a million dollars for
the erection of a female seminary on Staten
Island, to be managed on the plan of the
seminary at New Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN Is to be confined in
the Wards Island Lunatic Asylum. :. Dion
Boucicault and his wife went through the
process Of becoming naturalized citizens Of the
United States, at New York, the other day.
Fechter, the tragedian, has declared his inten-
ton. . The mysterious murder of Charles
Goodrich greatly puzzles the Brooklyn detec-
tives. Henry Magruder, the printer who
shot and dangerously wounded a fellow-com-
positor in New York, a few weeks ago, has
been sent to Sing Sing for ten years. julius
Ende, a printer, residing in Jamaica, L. l., be-
coming dissatisfied with life because his fore
man compelled him to perform menial SER
vices. agreed with his wife to commit suicide
the other day. He shaTpened a razor, and,
after opening the veins in his arm andleg,
passed the weapon to his wife, and she did the
same. Then they both went to bed and
calmly awaited death. A neighbor happened
in, however, and it is believed that they viii
recover. t
THE WEST. .ss-
The strike of the locomotive engineers in
Missouri has ended in the submission of the
strikers. "a little four-year-old boy was
killed in Chicago, the other day, by a.wooden
figure of an Indian in front of a cigar store
falling upon him Lieut.. Fpederick Grant,
son of the President, has been assigned to
duty on Gen. Sheridan's stat, ct Chicago.
JUDGE J. @. BownAN, . prominent lawyer Of
vincennes, Ind, committed suicide recently, |
by sta5bins himself with = carying1nife.
Temporary insanity.
A SOD cabin was burned a few days ago, in
Calhoun county, Iowa, and the inmates, con-
of q poor woman named Halleck and
her two little children, were burned to death.
jackson county, Iowa, the other day,
\ young man named James McAIlister, not sat
SIZED with the ordinary method of splitting
ogs with an AZ and wedges, concluded to IA
,ilitate his work by the application Of powder.
Accordingly he drilled q hole in q large oak
og, filed the cavity with powder, applied a
fuse, and touched it Of. The explosion fol-
before McAllister could get ont of the
way, tearing the log into splinters, and almost
b~eheading the unfortunate man. His
brains wore scattered in all directions, and the
body rnutilated in a horrible manner. Al
citizen of Chicago, has sued the Inter Ocean,
Of that city, for libel, claiming damages to the
amount Of $500, go Another fight with the
is reported from Aizona, in 5whichj
six savages were killed. I
CAPT. JkcK, the Modoc chic, is negotiating
for an alliance With the Klamath Indians, a
formidable and numerous tribe. He declares
hat as soon as the grass grove be will3eave
he lava bed, burn the ranches, and murder
the settlers. alexander J.. Fenwick, under
of death at San Diego, Cal, cheated
he galows by taking poison.
SoME time ago an old lady named Laugston, i
md a little girl who was living with her, were
nysteriously murdered in Coles county, Ill
The other day a son Of the murdered woman
L. -Lsngston-came forward and
to having committed the unnatural
He was ,nstigated to the deed by his
wife, who had conceived q dislike to the old
Hon. John c. Champlin, a prominent
Of Ottawa, ILL.,, was run over and killed |
BY a freight train, in that town, . few days
sgo... William Stead, aged 76. . native of De-
'roit, died in that city recently. /. .Cochise, the
noted Apache chief, with 1000 of his band, |
have quietly gone on the reservation at Sui
,hur Springs, Arizona.
THE SOUTH. |
The Tennessee Legislature has decided to
the regulation Of the liquor traffic to
ocal option..... Commodore Vanderbilt, of !
New York, has given $500, 900 toward the pro-
'osed Methodist University at Nashville, Tenn.
-. The venerable wife of Hon. Reyerdy John
ION died in Baltimore, q few days ago, aged 70
years. n AI ~ |
A BRIEF letter, signed "John McEnery,
Governor of Louisiana" advises the organiza-
ion of tax-resisting associations throughout
he State "A boiler exploded at Greensboro,
Ky, killing three persons, and ~wounding two
,thers. /
A GUS in the hands Of . soldier, at Nash
lille, was accidentally discharged the other