The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
TIE EAST.

LOUIS GAYLORD CLARK, the well-known
author and magazinist, and who was editor OF
the old Knickpr5ockpr Magazine during its ex-
istence. died in New York last week. aged 63.
THE rumor that Tom Scott, the railroad
king, had failed, is Indignantly denied by that
gentleman. 49,. The mother of the late Edwin
NJ. Stanton is dead. aged &c.. Nine fisher
men were drowned from a sail-boat in the st.
Lawrence river, on the 5th inst. -. Harrisburg
las been visited by a destructive fire. The
State Journal Office, with several other estab-
lishments, were burned. Total loss about
$50, OOO. Gold in New York was down to
1861 last week-the lowest point since 1892.
Several large Boston ~dry-goods houses are
seriously embarrassed -. Bankruptcy proceed
ings against Jay Cooke & Co. have been COM
menced in the Philadelphia courts.
Their are in New York 40, 600 people COM
pulsorily idle-people who would be glad to
work and earn food, clothing, Goals and
shelter. So says the New York Herald The
creditors of A.. q W.. Sprague have accepted
the proposition Of the firm for an extension,
and the affairs of the immense corporation
are row in the hands of three trustees.
Center, the Stokes juror who, while the case
was pending, made a practice of rambling
about the city nights in the care of a Deputy
Sheriff, visiting dram-shops and talking pretty
freely about the case, has been sentenced to
thirty days imprisonment and to pay q fine of
$3.50. Laura Keene, the famous actress, died
in New York. last week, at an advanced age
A man named Wade was hung for murder at
Williamsport, Pa, on Friday, the 9Th inst.
The telegraph thus records how the wicked
wretch met his death: The rope being too
long, his feet struck squarely on the ground.
In this position he remained, shouting, Oh
Lord, have mercy" The rope came of his
neck. and his body fell over heavily on the
ground. He was carried upon the scaffold,
and after a long delay in arranging the rope,
the drop was again pulled. He fell this time
less than three feet. His pulse continued to
beat for seven minutes. After hanging wen
t~y-seven minutes he was placed in a coffin and
taken charge OF by his friends. Many pieces
of the rope were cut off and carried away a.
relics by the spectators. Wade had told his
TAILOR to "hurry NJ. as he had an appoint
ment to dine in hell with the devil at ," He
said the only thing troubling him WAS 'whethor
the people whom he murdered are in heaven
or hell"
UPWARD of 80, 900 workingmen have been
thrown out of employment this fall in phila-
delphia alone....A Grange has been estab-
lished in Elizabeth, n. J....At a meeting of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Directors, the
other day, q five Per cent. scrip dividend, re-
deemable in March, 1875, was declared. Tom
Scott, Vice-Presidcnt, rendered his resigna-
ton, but it was not accepted.
The strike OF the bricklayers in New York
has seriously embarrassed building opera
tons. Six hundred mel. we're discharged
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard last week..
The trial of the man Undertook, at West
Chester, Pa. has resulted in a verdict of muir
der in the first degree. 1t will be remembered
that thisi is the case where Il man was muir
dered to secure the large sum for which his
life was insured. the circumstances consti-
tuting a criminal romance that the most daring
writer's of fiction have scarcely surpassed.
The evidence against the accused was purely
circumstantial "A horrible double tragedy
was enacted at Monongahela City, Pa, a few
days ago. An old mau named John Clemens
made q will disinheriting his son James. which
so enraged the young man that he went TO a
butcher-shop. obtained a knife and murdered
his aged parent, completely di'emboweling
him. The psrricide then plunged the knife
into his own breast, severing his heart in
twain. -. The Kelsey mystery continues to ag-
itate the people Of Long Island, n. i. The
grand jury has indicted a humble of persons
for the murder of Kelsey, and som of them
are in prison, bail being refused.
A FIRE at Springfield, Mass, on the 10th
inst, destroyed $780, 900 worth of railroad
property. Boston has been celebrating the
anniversary of its great fire. Much of the de-
stroyed part of the city has been substantially
rebuilt. 49,. Bettershall & Co., heavy tea
merchants of New York, have failed. jay
Cooke d Co. have made a proposition to Iay
their creditors Is per cent. in money and the
remainder in Pacific railroad bonds. ... Tom
Scott declares that no more bills of the Texas
and Pacific Construction Company will be al
allowed to go to protest.
THE VEST
THE total vote in Chicago for Mayor, at the
recent election, was 1911, against ~. s53 for
President last year, and $4,000 for President
in 1868. The house of Henry Metz, of Eden.
LaSalle county, H.. was burned a few davs
ago, together with two children. John
Lustcr, of Bloomington, III run a rusty nail
into his foot, and died in three weeks of lock-
jaw. Seven prisoners in the Fulton county.
ILL.,, Jail escaped the other day by boring
through the ceiling of a stone cell. Three
heavy mercantile firms in Ottumwa, Iowa.
have failed. The broken firms are: S. i.
Fuller, Richard Shea and j. ii. Schwoom.
The Illinois Railroad Commissioners have
determined to prosecute the Chicago and
Northwestern and Illinois Central railroads
for extortionate char Til lumber inter-
est has not escaped tie effects of the panic.
Advices from the Minnesota lumber regions
state that the mill-owners will send less than
one-half the usual number of men into the
woods.
The Chicago Industrial Exposition closed
Oh Monday, the 10th inst. In every respect it
has proved a grand success. "A branch mint
will probably be established at Chicago.
o W. Young, the money-order for
ger, has been convicted at Chicago,
and sentenced to three years inthe Peni-
%tentiary. Vast deposits Of iron and
coal have been discovered in southern Utah.
....George Hopkins and sIr. Bailey, of Henry
county, No.. met by chance, the other dpy,
aad settled an Old feud b. killing each other.
Both were respectable citizens. The extern
sive liyery-stable of James H.. Thornton, in
st. Louis, has been destroyed by fire. Loss,
Slnl nln Al Detroit a fcn ninhIs nm n