The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-11
NEWS IN BRIEF
THE EAST.

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boss Tweed. profitins by Caldwell's ex-
ample, has resigned his seat in the New York
Senate pending the investigation of thisc case.
....Ex-Senstor James Dixon, Of Connecticut,
is dead. Rear Admiral John B. Montgomery
died recently at Carlisle, Pa.
BARNUM has risen from the ashes, and is
again on the road with a show two miles long.
IA New York Judge the other day offered to
admit George Francis Train in 81, 900 bail, but
the prisoner declined to furnish it....The
total amount raised in Pennsylvania thus far
for the Centennial Celebration is s2, S37, 900.
....Ex-Congressman Roosevelt, in a lecture at
New York, the other day, on corruption in
Congress" said that, of 800 bills passed during
the past year, there were not more than one
twentieth of them that the members knew
anything about. This he attributed to the
bad rules of the House. He spoke at length
of corrupt legislation, and said that the only
legitimate business done was just before the
close of the session.
A TRAIN on the Rensselaer, and Saragota
railroad was precipitated Town an embank-
ment near Rutland, Vt, last week. Two
persons were killed and a large number in
jured.
GOLD reached 1ls1 in New York, one day last
week, a higher premium than it has before
commanded since August, 1870. Charles N.
Barras, the author of the spectacular piece
called the "Black Crook, met his death near
Stamford, Ct, recently, by jumping from a
train while it was in motion.
The New York Erpo;,o pnSt uaya Gaoroa
William Curtis resigned his position on the
civil-service board because be regards several
important appointments recently made as a
virtual abandonment Of civil-service reform.
THE WEST.
Mr.. CAssERLY, of California. is the latest
Senator whose election is charged to have been
effected by bribery. His friends Indignantly
deny the imputation.
GREAT religious revival, und er the direc-
ton of the Rev. E. P. Hammond, has been in
progress at Denver, Col. Several hundred
conversions have been made, including a large
number Of gamblers, saloon-keepers, and
fallen women. Prayer-meetings have been
held in the Jail, and nearly all the prisoners
are said to be under deep conviction IA re-
SShe NS ShS.ShhC, VsolhluS 4ciIitOlN, uc-
stroyed $50, 600 worth of property.
THOMAS Wilson, of Milwaukee, while cat
ing his dinner the other day, was choked to
death by a piece of meat, which lodged in his
throat IA train on the Great Western rail-
road ran of the track near Detroit, last week.
The sleeping-car took fire and was destroyed,
two children being severely burned. Nearly
all the passengers were more or less bruised.
THE Illinois Central railroad earned q, 49,
s4S last year beyond its expenses :. Charles
G. Mauro, a prominent criminal lawyer Of st.
Louis, is dead. Four men belonging to q
Government survey party were recently muir
dered by Indians on the southwestern from
tier of Kansas ....A frightful, accident oc-
CURED at the Singer building, in Chicago, last
week. A scaffolding upon which two men
were at work gave way, p~recipitating them to
the ground floor, a distance Of 10 feet. Both
were instantly killed. -
IT Is reported that Candy is surrounding the
Modocs, and will soon oblige them to surren-
der. Jacks force is IS.
THE SOUTH. -sTs
TIL following pleasant little scene occurred
in the Arkansas Legislature the other day:
Furbush (colored) called up a bill to create
Coolidge county. The Chair stated it needed
engrossing. Furbush-" Then, with the con-
sent Of the House, I will withdraw the Cd
id BILL" Millen-"I move the language be
taken down and the member expelled" Fur
bush-"I wish the whole Cd DID Legis-
lature"-. The'.Chair-"Mr Mr.. Fubush will come
to the bar of the House. Furbush-"I will
be glad to be expelled, and never want nv
name used in connection with this Cd DID
Legislature again.. Lithgew q Co., stove
founders, and Mouldon & Co., marble dealers,
of Louisville, working together, have failed for
aheavy amount. Two boys in Spencer county,
KY. while out hunting, drank out Of q pool Of
water. They were shortly after taken with
commissions, and both died. Va sEf al .,
THOMAS SMITH (colored) was hanged at
Louisville on the 28th ult., for the murder Of
Joseph Braden. in May, 1871. On the same
day Charles Manley. also colored, suffered a
like penalty at Alexandra. Va, for the muir
der of an old man named Moore, in July, 1872.
A RICH vein Of lead and silver ore, with gold
dust mixed, was discovered recently on the
banks of the Arkansas river, at Little Rock. -.
A terrific hurricane, LOO yards in width, re-
Gently swept over the town of Canton, Miss,
destroying fifty houses, killing one person,
and injuring many more.
The town Of Franklin, Tenn, was Recently
visited by a terrific tornado, which left hardly
a house unchanged.
WASHINGTON
THE Senate adjourned sine die at 4 o'clock
p. m. on Wednesday. March 26. The only
event Of the session has been the Caldwell
case. .Brisbane's projected pneumatic tube
turns out to be a failure, and he is beginning
to be looked upon as a fraud. All there is to
show for the SIS, 900 appropriated by Congress
to enable Brisbane to lay an experimental tube
from the Capitol to the Government printing
Office is an ugly ditch that almost renders the
street impossible. He laid a sort of barrel
Of Thin boards and then covered it up
As might have been expected, the earth
crushed the boards, and the thing is a stupen-
dous failure. {. The United States Government
has had three silver services, consisting of two
wine coolers and punch bowl each, made as
to Counts Itu1bide and Sclopis and
Viscount Staempfi for their impartiality and
firmness in the Geneva Arbitration. Each
service is inclosed in a box three feet wide and
feet long, lined with green silk. The
boxes alone cost s1,s00. Ex-senator Cattell,
Of New jersey, has been appointed financial
agent Of the Treasury Department to visit
Europe in connection with the new loan.
NEARLY all the Senators and Representatives
have left the capital, and the streets wear a
deserted aspect. The Postnaster-G General
mas issued an order that postmasters whose
does not exceed 81, 900 a year may be
permitted to hold local Offices. . Up to this