The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-16
HERE AND THERE,

more liquor than Chicago.
THREE hundred men are now at work
NJ the new capitol at Des MOines. The
first s;orv will be nearly completed by
winter.
No doubt tie happiest dogs that ever
lived were the two taken aboard of NOah's
ark-for they had but one pair of fleas be-
tween them.-BrunsDicker.
ELLA COREY. tarred and feathered by
the 'ladies" of Wilton, Ia, has disap-
peared, and fashionable circles begin to
hope that she will not return and prose-
cute them.
A SOMEWHAT paradOxical pathological
item announces that the English Transit
of Venus Expedition has brought back
"a great numberOf remains of the extinct
solitaire"
By a decree of the Italian Government,
no foreign ship in Italian waters is per-
mitted to use the potatoes it has on board
unless the whole supply is washed under
the supervision of the authorities.
DURING the races at Watertown. n. va
big steer was on exhibition which is looked
upon as one of the wonders of nature. 1t
is five years old. and stands nearly seven
feet high, and weighs 1917 pounds.
ICELAND's volcanic action is increasing
in intensity. THE whole region of the
My-vatu Mountains is one blazing fire."
and new craterS and assures of portentOus
magnitude are making their appearance
every few weeks.
OF the twenty-five COmmOdores now in
| the United States navy. it is a singular
fact that not n of them has served less
than thirty years, while the longest term
of service extends over forty two years.
VERDI was highly lauded by artists and
audience at the execution of his Requiem
Mass in Vienna last month. He directed
the reheaisals in person. and during the
salient points. the executing artists played
the part of public and broke out in enthu-
siastic applause.
THE great Emperor bell. cast OF
French gun metal, presented by the EN-
perOr OF Germany to the Cathedral at Co
Iogne. was tried for the first time on June
s in the southern tower of the Cathedral
The commission declared the trial salts
factory, rs the bell gave the note d..
IT is stated now that the secret force
which the Kelley motor operates by is
nothing more nor less than carbOnic acid.
The water is enormously charged with it,
and then it is liberated by Il simple pro-
cess, in such quantities and strength as
the operator may desire. So that, after ali,
the basis of the whole business is nothing
but tremendously strong soda water.
A Louisville lawyer comes
into court with the story that a felOniOus-
~ discriminating rat had gnawed just the
signatures, and nothing more, from i
large number of prOniisSory notes, which
he had put in a drawer, and of which he
: forgotten the makers. and wants to know
what can be done to relieve him of the d.
ticulty.
THEY have a first-claSs sensation down
at Burlington, VT. In tearing down the
walls of Il brick house, one of the first
class brick houses erected in Burlington,
the skeleton of an infant was found i'm
bedded in the wall. The skull was pene-
trated with Il hair-pin. driven to its full
extent. The child had been placed in the
wall from the inside, the place being neat
ly plastered over. it is now in order tor
the very respectable families that have re-
sided in the house 20 tell what they know
about it.
a CHICAGO woman, supposed by her
dress and appearance to be wealthy, was
caught stealing an amount of candy worth
about 10 cents in a confectionery store.
She was arrested and taken to a police sta
ton, where she refused to tell her NAME,
and begged to be put in a cell ont of sight.
She was incarcerated all night, and in the
morning, still hiding her identity, she
pleaded so ~piteOusly with the Police JUS
tice not to be exposed to any chance OF
recognition, that he had her arraigned pri-
vately. She readily paid a fine of $40, and
escaped exposure.
A GERMAN, Ell gagged in cole citing and
shipping bones, while in pursuit of his oc
cupatiOn, the Other af einOOn. a few miles
from Buffalo. on the Kansas Pacific Rail-
road, wa attacked BY a small party of In
dians. They circled around him with q
good deal of OstentatiOn, and kept up a
steady fusilade; but, although there were
thirteen bullet-hOles in his hat and clothes,
he escaped without a scratch 10 his skin.
He was armed with a sixteen-shOOter and
he thinks M or two of the redskins ear
ried off some of his lead in their bodies.
He never stopped walking, except long
enough to fire, and kept up this sort OF a
fight for five mileS.-DenUer Netos.
H.. d. - L IN n. Daniel