The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-07
LOCAL. BREVITIES.

WHAT has become of our fire com
psny project?
HOWARD pays cash for country
lard and hams.
CATTLE r taking the epizootic on
Empire Prairie.
NEXT Friday is st. Valentines Day
Look out for your valentines.
FALL wheat in Harrison county is
all right yet, not having been killed
MONDAY turned pleasantly warm,
and the snow has been going fast all
week.
The Assessor of Holt county re-
turns "taxable property" to the
amount Of $S,s24,sS5.
ANOTHER effort is being made by
ourryoung men to organize a brass
band. 1t should succeed.
Our friend Mr.. Bottger has recov-
cred from his temporary alteration,
and is at work at Rochester.
SOME of our farmers think the
peach crop is killed. Our peach trees
are not used to such severe winters
as this has been.
Mn. Chas. johnson, of this county,
while on his way to st. Joe on horse
back one day last week, had his hands
and feet badly frozen.
THE Good Templars will have q
public installation of officers at their
hall this friday evening. Every
body is invited to attend.
SERVICES morning and evening at
the Episcopal Courch, next Sabbath,
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Blackiston.
Everybody is cordially invited.
SEVERAL young men organized a
debating society, some time since,
which has been running successfully,
and gives promises to continue SO.
Go it while you're young.
The fish in Platte river are 90 be-
numbed with cold or something else
that people are catching wagon-loads
of them at Whitesville as. they float
from under the ice at the mill.
WITHIN two months some eight
deaths have occurred in Andrew
county within q circuit of two miles,
between jamestown AMI this city
more sickness than was ever known
before.
Our school is well attended now.
Much difficulty has been experienced
in obtaining the school books ncces-
sary, but we believe tn, school is now
in fair working order, and the schol-
ars generally progressing favorably.
A PAIR of mules were stolen last
fall in St. Joe, and were sold to an in
nocent party in Nodaway county, in
whose possession they were lately
discovered and claimed. Suspicion
points to st. Joe parties as the
thieves.
We learn from Abram johnson,
Esq, that . very largo increase in
the rate of mortality has existed in
the southwest corner Of the county,
within the past month or two-a num-
Der Of old people having passed away
in that time.
COUNTY COURT met in regular
session OH Monday last, and adjourned
on Wednesday afternoon. Consider
able general business was transacted,
for which we have no space this week.
The proceedings will appear in full
in the REPUBLICAN, next week.
JonSR. AVIS writes us from Sher-
man, Texas, that he is not dead, as
reported. We suppose he must have
his own way about it; but he seems
to have little regard for the feelings
of newspapers, to persist i'll living
after they had laid him away SO ten
derby and in such imaginary security.
An old lady on entering a store the
other day said: "Why, it can't be that
you keep this store yet! thought
that you had gone out Of business.
1 amt seen your name or anything
about your store in the papers for a
long time, and everybody in our
neighborhood thinks you have gone
out of business 2"
MRS. REED, of Oregon, gives no
tice to the public that Gas my son,
Robert Reed, Commonly called Pony
Rced) has persistently refused to be
obedient to my orders, and caused
much trouble in the family, l have
this day set him free to shift for him
self, and I warn all persons not to
trust him in my NAME"
CREDIT MoBILIER and other a
dals excite much attention among the
politicians at Washington, but in our
vicinity the attraction is something
very different. RusselPs low prices,
large and varied stock ause a rush to
his store, southwest of the Square, Of
all wanting the worth of their money.
Follow the crowd aud you'll find the
place.
QUITE q lively debate was had in
the Literary Society, last Saturday
evening, participated in by Messrs.
Altgeld, Buckley, Wilkinson, Frod-
sham, Cook and others, as to whether