The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-05-23
NEWS IN BRIEF
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THE Supreme Court Of New York has denied
. new trial to Stokes, the slayer Of jane
Fisk, Jr. He has still the Court of Appeals
and the executive clemency Of Gov. Dix to &c
to-. Fowler 4 Slocum, dry goods importers,
Of New York, have failed. Liabilities, $500,
600. . l.. The forty-eighth annua meeting Of the
American Tract Society was held recently in
New York. The receipts Of the year from
sales were s426, sS7, and from donations, ETC.,
S116, S73. The balance in the treasury is S21,
931. The distribution Of religious works
amounted to rs, 1000, 900 pages. Justice Strong,
of the United States Supreme Court, wa
elected President, and Bishop Johns, of yir.
ginia, Yice-President.
NEW YORK city is placed in a sad predica.
ment in regard to her financial affairs by 9
recent decision Of the Court Of Appeals, de-
claring unconstitutional thel law Of 1872, levy
ing q tax of 81 mills on the taxable property of
the State to supply the deficiency in the city
treasury. The treasury is thus deprived of
about 81, 600, 600 of revenue, aud there is no
constitutional means of meeting the current
demand. Judge Chase left about 5000, 600.
90. Taunton, Mass, has had q $1,000 600 fire.
....Oakes Ames died at North Easton, Mass,
on the evening of the 8th inst, Of apoplexy,
with which he was attacked two days before.
He was 50 years old. The New York police
are making vigorous war on the gamblers. -.
Robert P. Blakley has been sentenced at New
York, to q life term Of imprisonment for the
murder of his niece, Maud Merrill. Since
Jan. /, 80, 900 German emigrants have arrived
at New York.
The National Temperance Society, in session
last week in New York, elected William E.
Dodge President. The Society ask the General
Government to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors throughout the
United States.
THE Brooklyn gas men have been on a strike,
and q considerable portion of the city was
without gas in consequence, many houses
being dependent on candles and kerosene.
Marin, tho New York lawyer who slapped Jay
Gould's face, was fined % and costs. In the
Superior Court Of Boston, Senator Charles
Sumner has been granted q divorce from his
wife, Alice NJ Sumner, on the ground Of five
years desertion.
WILLIAM NJ. TWEED is the most extensively
prosecuted man in America. Fifteen fresh
indictments have recently been found against
him by the New York Grand jury. IA guest
at q Rochester, N. Y, hotel WAS the other day
relieved of his satchel, containing $4,000
worth of diamonds. ...B. F. Camp has sued
the New York Tribune for libel, claiming
$50, 600 damages.
A VEIN of silver one to eight feet thick has
been discovered in Pike county, W. Va....The
steamer Remand struck q rock in the Lachine
rapids, st. Lawrence river, q few days ago, and
went to pieces. The passengers all escaped
....A convention of Jews, at which delegate .
were present from leading cities Of the United
States, was held in New York last week, and it
WAS resolved to encourage the emigration of
Roumanian Jews, who, it is alleged, are at
present subjected to bitter persecution.
THE WEST
A sNow-sroRM in Wyoming Territory on the
9Th of May. The remains Of Bishop Nc
nvaine, Of the Episcopal Church, having been
brought from Florence, Italy, where he died,
were inferred ct Cincinnati, last week, with
mournful and impressive ceremonies. The
Americun Medical Association has been hold
ing an interesting session at st. Louis, a large
number of delegates being present from every
section Of the country. A resolution was
introduced by DR.. Homer, Of the navy, de-
.laring that alcohol should be classed with
other powerful drugs, and that when it is pre-
,cribed incidentally it should be done with
conscientious caution and . sense of great
responsibility. The resolution further de-
,lares that alcoholic liquors, as . beverage, |
re productive Of . largo amount Of physical
nd mental disease, that it entails . diseased
and that it is the cause Of q large
percentage Of the crime and pauperism Of our
and country. The resolution was re-
erred to . committee, who will report at
he next meeting Of the Association. 49,.
The Modocs made . sortie from the lava beds
the 7th inst, attacked . Government sup
,ly train, and captured eleven mules and
hree horses, and burned three wagons.
Three soldiers were wounded in the fight, the
Indians escaping without q scratch. A recon-
of the lava beds on the 9Th by a
'arty Of Warm Spring Indians revealed the
act that the Modocs have abandoned their
ate position, but whittier they went or when
hey departed is a profound mystery. The
found the bodies Of Lieut.. Cranston
nd three Of our soldiers, and also two dead
dodocs, during their explorations. A San
dispatch Of the 9th says William
met Bogus Charley and his squaw on
he road, thirty miles north Of Yreks, the day
Fenning advised him to give up his
Charley refused, and did not say where
70 was going, but said he was tired of fight
ng. Other persons report having seen this
terrific tornado passed over
,elle Center, Ohio, on Saturday, blowing
own eight dwellings,, five stores and one
hurch. Strange to say, no loss Of life is re-
80. Richard Wsllingford and his wife,
in Van Buren, county, Iowa, deliberately
ommitted suicide . few nights ago, by taking
olson. They have been having exciting
ines in Labette county, Kansas. Ten graves
q all have been found on the Bender farm,
nd it is thought more will yet be discovered.
! is supposed the numbering has been going
n for years, and the utmost horror has been
by the awful revelations OF crime.
man named Brockman was hung by an ex-
ted mob, to make him confess the knowl-
it is believed be possessed regarding the
heresbouts Of Bender and family. and was
being at last dead. Sixteen In
ians, in charge Of z. E. Barnum, agent for
4 Barnum, passed through Kansas City
They are bound for Vienna, and
the Kaws, Comanches and Chey-
ines. Others viii follow from other tribes. j
In Winons county, Minnesota, John Heffer- G
an, aged IS, attacked his son with an ak. @
be latter. in eelf-defense. smote his aged pa q