The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

THE Indebtedness of the New York banks is
S14, 600, 900 larger than it was last year at this
time. . Mr.. Shanks, the city editor OF the
New York Tribune, has been committed to Jail
in BROOKLYN for contempt Of court, in refusing
to disclose the name of the writer of an article
in that paper commenting upon the action Of
one of the Brooklyn City Judges.
GEN. THOMAS C~ADwALLADER, a son Of Col.
Lambert Cadwallader, of Revolutionary fame,
died recently at Trenton, n. j., aged &c..
The Deputy Postmaster of Wilmington, Del,
has been arrested for embezzelment .... Many
of the New England manufacturing establish
ments have been compelled TO shut down on
account of the monetary s~tingency. Others
are running on short time.
The Constitutional Convention of Pennsyl-
vania has adopted a clause forbidding the
granting of passes by railroads except to en-
ployes. -. Charges of immense frauds on the
revenue. based upon the affidavit Of a dis
charged clerk, are made against the extensive
New York house of Woodruff Il Robinson.
The frauds, it is said, amount to over =, 600,
coo. .Ex-Postmaster Stewart. Of Pittsburgh,
will be tried Oh three Observation-Disclosures
ment, forgery and perjury. The manufac-
turing districts of Connecticut are represented
to be in an unfortunate condition. 1t is said
from Il, 1000 to 10000 operatives and factory
hands have been thrown out of employment.
WHITELAw REID, of the New York Tribune,
and Dana, of the san, have been indicted for
alleged libel on Judge McCue....T The Hart
ford City Hall has been partially destroyed by
fire. -. Harry Bassett, the famous running
horse. was distauced in a race at Baltimore,
the other day. There has been another
heavy decline in Vanderbilt stocks, at New
York, caused by rumors of heavy defalcatiops
IL the Lake Shore, Toledo, Wabash and West
err, and other companies.
The business portion of the town of Canas-
tota, n. Y, near Utica. has been destroyed by
fire. Three hotels, thirty-two dwellings, and
about fifty business houses were burned.
Loss, $50, 900. Cyrus Wakefield, one of
Boston's wealthiest and most liberal-hearted
citizens, is dead. He left a fortune Of over
81. COO, 900.
THE New York Board of Aldermen have
atoned for a great many shortcomings by
making the handsome donation of $50. 900 to
the Memphis Relief Fund. Phelps, the de-
faulting Cashier of the New York State Treas
ury Department, has been committed to jail
for trial in default of SIS, 900 bail. The fur
niture factory of John II. Morrill,. in New
York city, was destroyed by fire last week.
Loss, $50, 600. A watchmaD was burned to
death while trying to %extinguish the flames.
"A dispatch from Providence. Il. l.. says
the Spragues are seriously embarrassed.
Their assets are said to be $1,000, 600 more
than their liabilities, and want of current funds
is the cause.
THE Farmers Convention commenced its
session az Chicago on the 22d of October, with
delegates in attendance from Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana. Minnesota, Nebraska.
New York and Canada. Nothing was
accomplished during the day beyond eff
fecting a permanent organization. by the
election of James N. Allen. President, and S.
n. Smith and S. I. X. Prime, Secretaries, and
the appointment of committees. At the even
ing session. the question of transportation
was brought up by the introduction Of resolu-
tons ~favoring the construction Of a ship-canal
from the Atlantic seaboard, via the lakes and
the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, to the Gulf
of Mexico also, airline. double-track freight
roads to New York city. The resolutions
ELECTED a long and spirited, but somewhat
d~esultory, discussion. which resulted in their
reference to the Committee OH Resolutions.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has decided that a
Judgment against a liquor-seller or manufac-
turer may create a lien upon tie property in
which liquor is sold or manufactured. -.
One of the most mysterious crimes Of late
years was the murder, some two years and a
half ago, of Hon. Sharon Tyndale, at SPRING
field, Ill. One Nose Williams, a noted thief
who has just been sentenced to the Pcniten-
tiary from that city, now comes forward and
afirms his ability and willingness to point out
the murderers, of whom there were four. pro-
vided he is guaranteed a pardon in case Of
their conviction. p. p. Wintermute, who
some time ago murdered Gen. McCook, at
Iankton. Dakota, has been indicted for man
slaughter only....A young woman named Liz
Zie Scheuttler has confessed to the murder of
the old woman who was found dead i'll her
bed, at Pittsburgh, q few days ago. She says
she killed the old lady under the impression
that she had a large amount of money.
TIL Farmers Convention concluded its ses-
sion at Chicago Oh the 2Sd of October. vari-
Gus resolutions bearing on the transportation
question were offered, discussed. and voted
down, the final result being the adoption of
the following substitute I'VE demand the
construction Of railroads, and the improve
ment of water communication between the
interior and the seaboard. tine same to be owned
and operated by the General Government, for
the purpose of afIording cheap and ample
transportation, and to protect the people from
the exactions of monopoly"
WILLIAM BEBB, formerly Governor of Ohio,
died at his residence in Rockford, ILL.,, on the
ODD Of October aged 71....The steamer
Vienna, Of Cleveland, was recently lost in the
gale On Lake Superior. All the crew and pas
senSers were saved. Loss about 800, 0J0. ...
Gov. Beveridse. OF Illinois, has issued a proc
lamation r~atifying that OF the President nam
ing tie 9th Of November as a day of thanks
giving and prayer. Rev. John s. Spaulding
succeeds Tie late DR.. Randall as Missionary
E.shop Of Colorado. Wyoming and New
Mexico. Some OF the parties engaged in the
lynching of Delos Hebron, at Salem, Ind,
have been arrested and will be prosecuted.
WI~NTERAUTE, the assassin of Gen. McCook
ut Yankton. Dakota, has been admitted to bail
in $50, 900. The National Board of Trade has
concluded its labors at Chicago, and adj
iourned to meet at Baltimore on the second
Tuesday in January next. On the subject Of
transportation, the only definite resolution
that was adopted by the Convention was one
declaring that the only complete and perma-