The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-06
GENERAL.

GENERAL.
The Supreme Court of New Mexico has
decided tina the Pueblo Indians Of that Ter
ritory are citizens Of the United States.
All the school-children and teachers Of
the country are invited to contribute to the
fund to give the Geological Museum at Cam
bridge a perpetual endowment in honor Of
Agassiz. Memorial services are to be held on
his birthday, May %, at which time contribu-
tons may be offered.
The temperance crusade continues to
spread, and threatens to invade every part OF
the country. In Ohio, where the movement
had its origin, the crusaders are prosecuting
their work with an energy snd determination
that shows no abatement. The war is spread
ing to new towns, and each day adds fresh
victories to the intrepid women. In In
diana and Illinois the contagion is spreading,
and prayer and singing bands are being
quietly organized in many of the towns, and
will be heard from ere long. Temperance
~revivals are to be commenced in the
large cities. In New York 5000 women are
banded together, and will soon commence a
raid on the saloons and liquor-dealers. In
Cleveland, 1,5OO ladies are organized for a
campaign. The temperance advocates Of
Louisville. indianapolis, st. Louis, and other
cities are organizing for the good work. The
contagion has even spread to the plains, and
Denver, Golden City. and other towns in Col
orado are infected. Keep the ball rolling.
"A Springfield, Ill. in a suit against David
T. Thompson, a distiller, the Government
has obtained a verdict for S41. 900. John T.
Harper, the defaulting ex-Internal Revenue
Collector. was one of the witnesses on behalf
of the United States, and mainly upon his
testimony the judgment was rendered.
"A Sub-Council of the Soyereigns of In
dustry has been formed in Chicago by Grand
Master Earle, who is organizing such associa-
tions throughout the country.
The women who wererefused seats on the
to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. have
been sustained by that tribunal, which declares
that the Constitution of Massachusetts gives
women an equal right with men to sit on the
School Board. Victory No. 1.-The estates
of the women Of Worcester, Mass, who re-
fused to pay taxes because they were denied
the ballot, were put up for sale the other day,
and but one of them was purchased, and that
by a friend, the people refusing to bid.
Victory No. 2.
The six States of Illinois, Kansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio produced in
1873 over 6, 200, 900 tons of hay and about 90.
OOO, 900 bushels of Potatoes.
The average prices of wheat and potatoes
insome Of the States, relatively considered, are
somewhat anomalous. In Illinois potatoes
average 5 cents per bushel higher than wheat,
in Iowa Z cents higher, aud in Kansas 10 cents
higher.
The freight-war between the Pennsyl-
vania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads, which
has been raging for SO long, has extended
westward, and all the prominent lines are be-
coming involved in the strife. The conse-
quence is a material reduction in the tariffs
between the East and West. May the war
never cease, is the prayer Of all honest folk.
1t is stated that the Appropriation Com
mittee of the United States Senate will recon-
mend the abolition of the postal-car and free
delivery systems, and propose other radical
reforms in the Postoffice Department.
"A Cheyenne dispatch states that Gems.
Sheridan, Ord, and Baker, the noted Indian
fighter, together with nine companies of in
fantry and seven of cavalry, had left for the
front.
"A rumor comes from New York of a con-
templated sale of the Tribune to the political
friends of Roscoe Conkling.
The women's temperance crusade " has
reached Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi,
and is rapidly spreading. In Indiana it is be-
coming almost as general and effective as in
Ohio.
The famous srits Of the Government
against the Pekin (ll.) distillers has at last
been brought to a close in the United States
Court at Springfield, and has resulted in
judgments againgt the whole batch, the total
amount being S315, 029.10.
In the Minnesota Senate, q bill was
passed yesterday for the appointment of q
Board of three Railroad Commissioners. The
Commissioners are empowered to fix rates and
regulations which shall be, primd fdcie,
reasonable, and to prosecute for all violations
Of them, for which purpose they are allowed
to send for persons and papers.
The authorities at Washington, says q
correspondent, are seriously apprehensive of
an Indian war of no mean proportions.
President Grant urges Congress, in q
special message submitted yesterday, to come
to the aid of the Philadelphia Centennial with
all the legislation necessary to make it q ma
tional and international affair. He approves
very warmly of the Exposition project. In
ternational Expositions have been held by
three of the Great Powers Of the earth, and
now he thinks it is our turn. Our hundredth
anniversary ought to be celebrated in this
way and phjladelphia in its fttest site "a II