The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-08-21
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At the Buffalo races on the It'll inst. Gold
smith Maid accomplished the extraordinary
feat Of making a 1ile in 2:15l.
Ar omaha (Neb.) dispatch reports the
Black Hills expedition in fine condition, and
the Indians terribly demoralized, twenty-one
additional having died from Wounds received
in the recent engagement with Capt. Bates
command.
News from Washington indicates that the
friends Of the Civil Rights bill are apprehen-
sive. Sin e the elections OF the past week, for
the success of that measure.
A Washington dispatch says that the
board of school trustees for whites and the
board of trustees for blacks, which heretofore
have been separate, were recently ~consoli-
dated by the Commissioner governing the
District CT Columbia. consisting of 10 whites
and 5 colored members.
-Advices from Fort Laramie. ria Omaha,
are to the effect that the Arapahoes and the
Cheyennes are preparing for war. This III
formation comes from peaceful Sioux. who
state that many Of their tribe will join the war
party. The military have arrived, but are
silent as TO their movements.
"A serious collision between white and COL
ored people at Austin, Tunica county, Miss,
is reported. Some weeks since, one DR..
Smith, a resident Of Austin, had an ARRAY
with a negro, and, drawing a pistol, fred at
his antagonist. but missed him and killed a
little negro girl, who was standing by, which
exasperated the negroes to such an extent
that they collected q mob and took DR.. Smith
to the woods to hang him. which they would
have done but for the entreaties Of Mai.
Woodson and the DOCTORS wife. Since that
time he has been a voluntary inmate Of the
Jail, to prevent being mobbed, until last Fri
day week, when some friends came and car
ried him to fernando. On leaving that place
the negroes collected in large numbers and
notified the Mayor that unless DR.. Smith was
brought back and put in jail they would burn
the town. A dispatch to the Memphis appeal
dated Aug. IL, says: Tho negroes sur
rounding Austin on the south were charged
this morning by body Of mounted whites.
who killed four or five and captured twenty
negroes. The blacks number 700, while
the whites have about 200. Both
parties expect reiLforcements. At present
the whites have the best Of the fight.
The negro hands On the plantations oppo-
site here, ON the Arkansas side, are arminc
and marching on Austin in large numbers."
Another telegram of the same date saws
I'm the fight at Austin last night eight or ten
negroes were killed Reinforcements are
coming in to the whites from the hills. and
the negroes are being reinforced from the
surrounding country. Thu whites have
Austin barricaded, and will probably be able
to keep the negroes off,"
That lively little mare, Goldsmith Maid,
that has for years been the wonder Of the
turf. has again astonished all horsemen by
trotting a mile over the Rochester track in
2:I4!-a second and a quarter faster than her
Buffalo achievement.
The threatened war OF races at Austin,
Miss, has been averted. The armed belliger-
ents, both white and black, have disbanded
and gone home, and peace is restored.
Gen. Pope telegraphs Lieut.-Gen. Sheri-
dan that the Indians who recently attacked
the settlements in Southern Kansas
have gone to a point west Of the Antelope
Hills. where they will probably make a stand
against the troops now operating against
them. Tho country occupied by the Indians
is full Of game of all descriptions, and said to
DE suited 10 the Indians mode of warfare.
The Indians are abundantly supplied with am
munition.
The famous trotting mare Lulu, whose
performance at Rochester, where she trotted
the third heat in the fabulous time Of 2:lG9. |
has attracted so much attention, was raised
by Col. W. d. Crockett, formerly of German
town, Ky, but now Of Rock Island, III.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
In st. Louis on the 7th inst, Ida Buckley,
IN inmate of Roger Plants notorious dance
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