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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-08-28
6 Correspondents.
Letter from Nebraska.

FALLS CITY, Nebraska, Aug. Il, 1874.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN-When / wrote
you before, We had rs fine prospect for
crops as heart could wish; but you know
what Burns says about "the best laid
plans of mice and men )" and have the
but-end of IN ear of corn Chat the
grassfoppers haven't eaten) to bet that
he told the truth. We have "right smart
chance" of hopper-de-grasses here. Yes
tcrday.l counted seven hundred million,
ard stopped for dinner; afterward, l
could not find where L left off. so did not
count any more. | am satisfied, how
ever, that every hopper has brought his
whole family and all his wife's relations
with him. Such appetites Inever heard
tell of. They must have all been using
Vinegar bitters." | don't believe there
is a dy@peptia among them.
The Beecher-Tilton scandal seems to
have demoralized even the grlsshoppers
they have all gone to ~neSt-hiding.'
Corn will not average more than ten
bushels to the acre. We would have
had a half crop but for the hoppers
Wheat is averaging about fifteen bush
els; oats, about forty.
We had a good rain here on The night
of the llth inst, the first for nine weeks.
West OF this county, as far us can
hear, there will not be any corn. The
hoppers came in on them when their
corn was very tender, and completely
cleaned them cut. News comes here OF
a great many leaving their homes and
coming eastward to winter There will
be great suffering of both man and beast
in the western part Of Kansas and Ne
braska. Now is good time for you're
tie and hog buyers, if you have any
crops with you. No more now.
NJ L. HEAD.
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SAVANNAH, MO-. FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1874

great many hands Just now. and nearly
every train brings strangers locking
for = job, and they most all meet with
success. Judging from the stir on the
streets. we can hardly he induced to re-
al:ze that we are living in small vii
lagc instead Of II vast city.
Wn. Townsend has again returned
from Kansas, and traded his claim
there tc Thomas Sargent TOR his prop
crty here. This is the third time Town
send has returned from Kansas; he
says he las tried Kansas TO his entire
satisfaction, and thinks he can do no
better than to remain here.
There is party of four, consisting
of West, Allison, Roberts and Horigan,
fitting out Il team to take buffalo hunt
on the Western border OF Kansas and
Eastern Colorado. They start next
week. and will! he gone from six to
eight weeks. Their buffalo meat is all
engaged-nio Others need apply.
Wise Darby was in our town last
Tuesday, making application for our
school this season. Wise is 4 good,
steady, moral young man, and comes
well recommended. Our directors
| would do well to secure his services as
Il teacher.
There is considerable sickness now
amongst the children here DIR. VIII
liamson has 4 patient two years old who
has passed three hundred and thirty.
eight worms in the last few days, laeas.
urlng from two inches up to eighteen
and still they come.
The weather is very dry and no pros.
pcct of r;:in--it has even quit threaten
| ing ram. X. MAKER.
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rrrOrT OF COMMITTEE

The Cnmniiicc appointed III the last meeting
10 draft -ui.hlr resolutions ;hc ''rHih uf our
late esteemed hrUfhrr, .J"- '.h ID Clarke, who
departed this lie July ., ls1i, beg leave 10 re-
port rs follow:
Again has the Grim Archer invaded oar midst, !,
and taken one Of its oldest members. Brother
Clarke was initiated, passed and raised III Isis,
and his hand WAS ever open To- the appeals If
charity-many of its deed, wcr" performed un-
know. to ANY hut himself. In thr humble walks
of life, our deceased brother wa- well known
| for h:s liIrralIy, and his character was e,tab-
li5hrd rs IA man ol prubity and honor. Brother
Clarke life lcii him Ia seek occupation On the
river, of the West and southwest; cons, liiy,
| his attendance ut our meetings Were but few,
| but he al ways had the interests oi ths lodSr IN
| vicw and always rejolced in it, prosperity. HIS
last DAYS spent far away irUIn this Juri5 iIc-
| lion bl!l we feel assured that hrOincriy-lovc and
hands administered To bis needs; therefore, be il
Resolved That III the death ~ Joseph ID.
| Clarke, this lodge has lost 4 true, tried and
| trusty brother.
Resolved, That the thanks Of this i i%o he ten
| tler.d 10 the !qembcr5 OI the savannah Lodge,
| No II, "a uuni,h, Mo-, for their aiteGt III and
| funeral re, eInpncs 10 our deceased brother.
! Resolved, That memorial page of our record
book hc 'eTote'i to his memory; that this report
| be copied ~ the record book, and II copy sent l.
| the relatives of the Decreased, AZ savannah, No
| Signed d the committee.
| A trrc COPY from the rrcor'ts of The lo!Ee.
IsEAL.l Z. i. DENIZEL, Sec "
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An Adventure With g Mountain
ion.
BoLCKow, Mo, august 2j,

BoLCKow, Mo, August p, nj.
Mr.. EDITOR-Two professional gen.
tlcmen, one 4 doctor and the other =,
limb of the law, started from here last
Sunday morning early tor the purpose
Of attending the camp-meeting near
Rochester. Every :hing went smoothly
ut the meeting, but they encountered a
little difficulty on their way home which
made them quite late at night. 1t was
necessary that they should pass through
the lower Nicely grove where the timber
resembles 4 forest more thun Il grove.
When near the grove branch, the horses
started rs though they SAW something
at the rOaG side, and about that time the
gentlemcn were aroused from Il halt
sleepy Kind of condition by Il noise in
the brush, and on looking IN the dircc-
| ton frcm whence the noise calne, they
| observed the outlines of some huge AM
nal, which started straightway tor the
| bgggy. The gentlemen put whip to the
horses and run them, until they same To
the branch, when they h;id to stop On
! account of the rough road They ven
tured'to look back and To their great dis
nay sGw the animal coming full tilt but
Il few rods behind them, with his tail
over his back and yclpin@ every jump.
They made one more effort to escape,
but N the excitement they got caught
in the brush and worc unable to cXtrcatc
themselves, and there WIS no ether
chance left but 10 fight, so picking up
al the courage they had, they cOnciu-
ded to sell tl,eir liz cs rs dearly as pc sSi-
Bile. One gathered the whip and the
other club and both made Il dash II,
Ghc animal simultaneous in>tautcr
The legal gentleman with the whip goI
within Two or three feet &c il and dealt
it smart blow across the back, and thu
animal took to the woods, but not, how.
ever, until he had left his mark, o.rrath'
er his smell, on the legal gentleman
and that was the last they saw of him
They described it as Lein% abou
eighteen inches long and about 81,
inches high, with black and white spot
all over, and n long bushy tail. ThC
gentleman carries the scent of the lioi
yet. J. b. Kildow can give the balance
of the PARTICULAR X. MAKER.
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A Traveller Through the County.


y correspondent of the St. Joe Herald
passed through the eastern part of An
drew county, and this is his account OF
it:
Hare we are 1t Empire Store, post
office just over .he Andrew county line.
The little town of five or six houses is
all astir, and the village blacksmith is
already at his post ,hammering into form
some one OF those curiously wrought
articles future generations will look
upon with the same curiosity as we do
creations OF Il bygone age. Now the
old Cooper House looms up into sight,
repaired and improved, a changing sta
| ton on the St. Joe and Albany Stage
Line. Union Star, in DeKalb county,
right on the line, is up the lane to the
left. We pass FoX's residence, that
brick in the grove, where SO many
weary travellers have fonnd rest and
comforts of home and left with the be-
lief that the old house would tall down
before the end of the season, in spite OF
the great poles that prop it together on
either side. The prairie was left ut
| Union Star, and the road now leads
over hill and dale, enclosed ON either
hand by sturdy timber. The sun has
long since reached its altitude from
which it darts its scorching rays direct
ly upon the shrinking earth, and the
team turns into Rochester, and stops nj
the town pump, with the air of Il habit
ual drinker ut 4 familiar bar. A bust
ling, active, progres sSive little town,
with an abundance of good hotel ac.
commodations, il one may Judge from
the number of signs in sight; fine
new church, numerous stores and Il s;lW
and grist mill, make Il busy pictur,
passing under the eye rs we pull out
and continue toward the One-Ilundred
and-Two. As we near this histori,
stream the clouds overcast the sky ant
roll up dense black mass which threat
ems deluge. The long bridge, now
almost rebuilt, crossed as fast as law
will allow, and the driver pulls up al
lockwood's,a country hotel seven mile.
from the city, on the banks of the One
lIndrcd-andTwo. And let me tel
yortthe time is nearly at hand when tai
will be :; fashionable drive from tn,
city. 4 mile back we passed Castl'
Postollice, and on the rivers bank
the right heard the labors OF a grist mill
Mr.. Lockwood, an old gentleman
of Granger like appearance, comes t
the door and greets us with Il roun
welcome. With him we leave ou
, stccd and the team IS taken into til
barnyard and fed. Tie storm whic
has threatened casts few drops upo
the dusty road, and passes along t
. pour its blessing elsewhere Again w
are under way, and then our roonda
lunch is brought fourth, bread, butte
:, and chickens, and eaten with =. kec
! relish.
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T. z. ALLEN, Master of the State
Grange, appears in = letter OF Il charac-
ter altogether unusual. l. is not often
that 4 poor farmer refuses the highest
honor that Il great State has to bc>tow
for the reason that he believes that he
may do more good in unofficial station.
We have ne doubt that Mr.. Allen is
thoroughly sincere. He fully believes
that Il nomination from the PEOPLES
Convention would insure his election.
And vet he believes that it would eX-
pose the -ran"' organization 20 di>,ru>t
and attack, and impair il, usefulness in
the future. There are not many men,
in any walk Of lie, who would devote
themselves as unscliishiY Is he evident
" does to the welfare oi his fellows
Carefully avoiding partisan politics, ,Mr
Allen nevertheless manita,I> il his let
ter a very strong sympathy with the
Peoples movement, and though he
deems i his duty not TO accept any posi-
ton OF leadership therein, we feel sure
that his whole influence not - 4
granger, since the organization distinct
ly excludes politics, but rs Il citizen ;InG
votcr-will be given i'll support of N
honest effort TO redeem this State from
the rule of Bomhons. - Democrat.
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The value Of the imported manufac-
,ured wooden articles. and articles colr-
tanning wool. was. in round numbers,
80 100000 in 1873. Why is money
scarce? Why 5 money worth IS an,
2lper cent in the. W.st?-[St. Joseph
Standard.
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r. we Of the West contipue to impor

If we of the West continue To impor
cheese, the next Congress should give
us the benefit OF tooo imitation bills! If
Congress should send II; greenbacks by
the car load, we would he hard up i'll
six months, unless we learn TO buy less
from abroad and produce more ut home.
Isl. Joe Standard.
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lT is a significant fact tha. every Re-
publican member Of Congress from
Missouri earne7tly favorS Tie Peoples
movement ueralu.
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A CALL issued BY Mr.. 5: W. Austin:
Chairman of the Democratic Ceutras
Committee, for Il mass convention ~
tle Democratic voters Of Worth county.
was responded to las. Saturday by thirty
Democrats
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SAVANNAH DIRECTORY.

Advertisements N hiS c0iumn fifty cents per line
,or one yea,, 'Ec'Htia.g TIE general heed. Those
,rt0 GGrcrfiSe IN tbs coig=aa are reliable and
s,rriqttforirGrG IL itGp respective cdliingS
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Resolutions of Respect to Joseph
D. Clarke, Deceased.

The following was lately received in this city
from the George Washington Masonic Lodge, of
New Orleans:
I.ail Of George Washington Lodge. No. Gj,
S,.g OELEA:'S, La, aug. II, l-H.}
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ATTORNEYS.

r IT, STEWART, Attorney at law and Notary
81 Public. Otice ,Cnurt-h"u=e, Ip stairs. Par
hes dcsirous 81 l"auiEg money cnn have it Sc
,l,r,-i with real ,>i.!tc on short notice. %
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HARDWARE, &c.

TOLBURN 40, dealers in hardware
stoves and iinWare, north side oiihr square
savannah, Mo. Jobbing IN tinwOrk uOnc on
short notice "
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13

I Potomac river, Maryland; with . view to
remove distractions. N
Harbor of Norfolk. Virginia.
Sec. 3. That board Of engineers, to be
composed Of three from the army, one
from the Coast Survey and there from civil
life, be appointed by the President; which
said board shall make q survey Of the
mouth of the Mississippi river. with view
to determine the best method Of obtaining
and maintaining depth of water sufficient
for the purposes of commerce, either by q
canal from said river to the waters Of the
gulf, or by deepening one or more of the
natural outlets OF said river; and said board
shall make full and detailed estimate and
statement of the cost Of each Of said plans,
and shall report the same, together with
their opinion thereon, showing which of
all said plans they deem preferable, giving
their reasons therefor, to the Secretary Of
War, to be presented at the commencement
of the second session Of the Forty third
Congress; and that the sum OF twenty-five
thousand dollars, OF SO much thereof as
may be necessary. is hereby appropriated,
out Of any funds in the treasury not other
wise appropriated. to detsay the cost Of
said survey.
Approved June %. 1874.
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RAILROADS.
NEW ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS
AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY.

NEW ORLEANS. ST. LOUIS
AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE: .
Trains depart and arrive follows from Calliops
stIeet depot.
n.rAs Zoo A. NJ. Express. .. .do:sor
Mail. .......5:OO p. NJ. Mail. 500 L. N.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars through to ~.
Louis Chicago and Louisville.
Only one change Of sleeping cars to Eastern
cities
Tickets for sale and information given at No. 20
Camp street, corner OF Common.
A. D. SHELDON, Agent.
ial21v H. D. FROST. General Manager.
i1VhE MOBILE LINE.
On and after May 81, trains vii, .s.vs aesos
foot of Canal street, as follows:
Express and mail daily. Soc 4. NJ
Coast accommodation, daily except
rbronsht 1iobt Iii. IN, NJ
Cssst accommodation, daily (excepe
sunday. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ss0O A. =.
express and mail, daily .............. xsOy r. NJ
Through night exp press. daily .........1l:O0P. u,
The P. n. express train will stop only at regu-
lar telegraph stations between this city and Oceax
This is the only line running through Pullmas
Palace Cars to Louisville, Charlotte and virginiA
/, 0mce corner Camp ard Common streets opposits,s
s. a. SCkXlTON,
nyl3 General sup rintendent
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GENERAL NATURE-No. y3.I


An act fof the creation Of court for the
adjudication and disposition Of certain
moneys received into the Treasury under
an award made by the tribunal Of arbitra-
ton constituted by virtue Of the frs: ar
tcle of the treaty concluded at Washing
ton the eight of May, ammo DoniAi eight
cen hundred and seventy -One, between
the United States Of America and the
Queen Of Great Britain.
, Bait enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States
OF America in Congress assembled.
That the President of the United
States be, and be is hereby au-
thorized to nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent Of the Senate. ap-
point five suitable persons, who shall con-
stitute q court, to be known as the Court
of Commissioners OF Alabama Claims"
Each Of the judges and other officers of said
court shall take the oath of Office prescribed
by law to be taken by all officers of the
United States. The President shall desig-
nate, by appointment, one of the said judges
to be presiding judge of the court; and all
vacancies which may occur in said court by
reason Of death, resignation or inability, or
refusal or neglect OF any or either of said
Judges to discharge the duties Of his posi-
ton shall be filed in the same manner as
vacancies occurring in oficeG under the
constitution of the United States are filed.
/ SEC. 9. That the said judges shall meet and
organize said court in the city Of Washing
ton, where the said court shall hold it, sit
tings. Three judges Of sail court shall con
stitute quorum for the trausacti0n OF bust
ness, and the agreement Of the three shall
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eide upon the amount and validity of such
claims, in conformity with the provisions
hereinafter contained, and according to the
principles of law and the merits of the sew
eral cases. All claims shall be verified by
oath of the claimant, and filed in said court
within six months next after the Organiza-
ton thereof, as provided in section eight of
thi. act; and no claim shall be- received,
docketed or considered that shall have not
been so filed within the time aforesaid; but
every such unrepresented claim shall be
deemed and held to be finally and c0nclu-
sively waived and barred.
SEC. l2. That no claim shall be admissa-
bic or allowed by said court tor any loss or
damage for or IN respect to which the
party injured, his assignees or legal repre-
sentatives, shall have received compensation
or indemnity from any insurance company,
insurer, or otherwise; but if such compen-
sation OF indemnity 80 received shall not
have been equal to the loss or damage so
actually suffered, allowance may be made
for the difference. And in no case shall any
claim be admitted or allowed for or in res
pest 10 unearned freights, gross freights,
prospective profts; treights. gains, or
advantages, or for wages OF officers or sea-
men for longer time than one year next
after the breaking up of voyage by the
acts aforesaid And no claim shall be
admissible OF allowed by said court by or
in, behalf Of any insuanGU company or
insurer, either in its Or his own right, or as
assignee, or otherwise, in the right of q
person or party insured az aforesaid, unless,
such claimant shall show, to the eatfs-
faction Of said court that. during the late
rebellion the sum Of it's or his losses, in re-
speet to its or his war risks, exceeded the
sum Of its or his premiums or other gains
upon or in respect to such war risks; and
in case Of any .euch allowance, the same
shall not be greater than ~ suca saGSss .,
allowed by said court arising iq favor Of
any insurance. company not lawfully exlat-
ing at the time Of the loss under the laws
of some one of the United States. And no
claim shAu b adDissible or allowed Nv
said court arising in favor Of any perseA
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lem Rivers ae or near He'll Cats. two hun
dred and twenty five thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement Of the
harbor at Warehaw. Massachusetts,, ten
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
harbor at Hyannis. Massachusetts. five
For continuing the improvement Of the
Taunton river, Massachusetts,, ten thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the harbor at
Fall Riveg.. Massachusetts. ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing che Improvement Of the
breakwater at Block Island, twenty thous-
and dollars.
For continuing the Improvement Of the
harbor at Newport. Rhode Island. ten
Thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
harbor at WEXFORD. Rhode Island, tive
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
Pawcatuck river. Rhode Island and Con-
necticut, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbof at StOnington. Connecticut. twenty
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
Connecticut river, below Hartford. Con.
nectieut. sWenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF The
HOuSatOnlc river, Con0ecucuts ten snOuSanu
dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbOr at Bridgeport, Connecticut, evenly
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut, ten thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement of the harbor ut
Milford, Connecticut, FIVE thousand dollars.
That the sum of fifty. thouaAnd dollars 10
appropriated for the opening and improving
Of the channel between Staten Island and
New Jersey.
For continuing the improvement Of the
Saint Croix river, Maine, ten thousand dol
lars.
For continuing tho improvement Of the
Nachias river, Maine, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
Penobscot river, Maine, twenty thousand
dollars. au -
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bay. Texas.
Withlacooehe river. from mouth o: Geo.
'pilco river, Georgia.
. Ochalochnee river. below Atlantic and
Gulf railroad, Georgia.
Red river. az Alexandria, Louisiana.
Harlem river, from Ran6alTs Island by
way OF Spuyten Duyv1 creek. to Hudson
river, New York. -.'
Blackwater river, Virgins.
Mouth of kennebunk river, Maine.
Brazos river. below Waco, including the
bar at its mouth.
Guadalupe river. below Consoles Texas.
st. CrOix river. below St. Croix Falls. in
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Red River Of the North, from Breck-
enridge to MOorhead.
Big Sandy river. below piketon. Ken
lucky.
Twelve Pole river. below Wayne Court
house, West Virginia. II
I Harbog of bingham, Massachusetts,, with
reference to removal Of Instructions.
Sebawaing river, Michigan, for entrance,
with eight feet water.
Mouth of Saginaw river, Michigan.
French Broad river, North Carolina, from
Brevard to Bunc0Nbe county line.
Big Sandy river, from its mouth TO Pike
ton. and to Warfeld, in Kentucky.
Rock Castle river, Kentucky, from the
foot OF the narrows at Graham's Mills. to
its mouth.
| Smiths Shoals, in the Cumberland river,
Kentucky.
Inside passage, between .Fernandina and
st: Johns river. known o. Nassau river,
Florida.
Grand Mariss Hsrbor, Lake Superior,
Minnesota.
Pamunkey river, Virginia.
Mataponi river, Virginia.
Little Wicomico river, Virginia.
TOtuskee river, Virginia, below the bridge.
Survey of harbor of Cris6eld, Somerset
county, Maryland, with Q view Of removing
distractions.
HaEbor Of Leonasdtown, Britton Bay,