The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREWTIES

NESTERyELT. convicted of being an
accessory to the abduction of Charley Ross,
has been sentenced To seven years solitary
confinement in the Eastern Pcnitcntiary III
Philadelphia.
ALBERT FINK, late superintendent Of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. has
accepted the position of umpire of the
Southern roads, with headquarters 1T Al
lanta, Ga.
PRESIDENT GRANT and party arrived
in Chicago on the 18th, on their return from
their Western trip.
WALTER Z. JANNEY, @eOlogist, has
tcIr@raphcd to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs that he has discovered gold III
small quantities in the Bear Lodge Noun
tainS. in the northwestern portion of the
Black Hills.
Two young Americans, named Riggs
and Paine. rcccnily fought aducl near Paris.
Neither was seriously injured.
REV. JAS. \. IIENNEsSY, founder and
pastor Of St. Patrick'S Roman Catholic
Church, of Detroit, died on the IIth. He
was a resident Of the city twenty-five
Years, and WAS greatly respected by al!
classes.
SENATOR EDMCNDS, of Vermont, has
declined the appointment of United states
| Circuit Judge for the Second judicial Dis
trict.
JUDGE FOREMAN, of the United States
| District Court. charged the Grand jury 1T
! Utah to indict AL persons known I" be living
in ~polygamy, in violation of the act of Con-
@rc>S of 1862.
VIM. II. Brown, the largest coal
I dealer in Western Pennsylvania, died Of pa
raly>i> on the 18th.
REV. DIR. john W. IIENNER, SEN,
In, been found guilty hy the Tennessee NJ.
+. Conference of indiscrctionS connect
ed with a Young lady, and has been sII>-
pended from the ministry for"ne year. Dr.
IIrnncr is one of the oldest and most popu-
lar ministers in the South. II" j. said 10
have acknowledged his indi>crrtion and
warned Younger ministers O? the temptation
to which they are exposed.
GENERAL SHERIDAN was banquCtcd
III san Francisco On the 18th.
JOHN Quincy ADAMS has been placed
Ill ilbllilllJllbt lOl i'Niit li'i III
Massachusetts on the Democratic ticket,
cice Gen. Bartlett. resigned.
THE National Woman's Congress met
at Syracuse, y. Y. on the 18th.
HENRY STRACIIER, Il well known
| London stock brockcr, has failed with heavy
liabilities.
EX-GOy. WARMOTH has turned his
back upon Louisiana politics, and will pass
the winter in Mexico.
DAVID A. WELLS is talked of as the
Democratic candidate for Governor of Con-
nccticut next year.
PROFESSOR j. c. WATSON, chief as
tronomcr of the American transit of Venus
party which was located at Picking, has re-
| turned to his post rs Director of the ObScr-
vatory at the University Of Michigan, after
an absence Of fifteen months, during which
time he has made 4 complete circuit Of the
world.
ID. r. ANTHONY, of the Lcavenworth
(Kan.) Times. has returned to take person.
al charge OF that paper.
A SUBSCRIPTION paper for an eques-
trian statue of Gen. Robert f. Lee is being
circulated ia Richmond.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE, the English
novelist, has arrived in California from Aus
tralia, and has been visiting the 70 Semitic.
SENATOR HAMLIN denies that he was
responsible for the legislation increasing the
postage on transient newspapers. The in
tent was only to increase the postage on the
package mail. but through inadvcrtencc and
ignorance the increase was put on all postal
matter OF the third class.
A REPORTER of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat claims to have discovered a negro
in that city who will prove a big card for the
Centennial. if he can s~ubstantiate his claim
to being 102 years Of age and of having been
raised by President Monroe.