The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREvITIEs

sonic honOrs. The funeral procession was very
imposing, a large number of societies, civic and
military, participating therein.
JUDGE MORRIS, of COUNSEL for Theodore
Tilton, has served a notice upon Beecher's attOr-
neys to be prepared to answer in a new trial on
the first Monday in September.
Hon. JESSE NORTON, formerly mem
Der of Congress from Illinois, died in Chicago on
TIE 4th.
REV. Miss ASNIE OLIVER is the name OF
a new Brooklyn preacher. She is %, and will
soon ask the Methodist Church for a pulpit.
GEN. GEORGE E. PICKETT died at Nor
folk, Va, on the 3lst ult. He was q Virginian
by birth, and a graduate of West Point. He
served all through the Mexican War, being an
active participant in the principal battles, from
the siege of Vera Cruz to the capture of the City
of Mexico. He was subsequently assigned to
frontier duty. In June, 1861, he resigned his
position in the United States Army and entered
the Confederate service, where he gained dis
~tinction on many hard fought fields, and was
made a Major General.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. the distin-
guished poet and novelist, died at Copenhagen
on the 4th inst.
COMMODORE ANDREW JACKSON DRAKE,
L. 5. Navy, died at Newark, y. j., on the 4th.
DREXEL. MORGAN Il Co.. of New York,
publicly announce that Duncan, sherman Il Co.
have made arrangements with them by which
they will cash, upon presentation at their Offices
in London or Paris, all letters of credit issued by
the latter firm.
FREDERICK KRAMER, of Baltimore, won
a.. e.. -. -. .I. -I-z..-r
match at Stuttgart, on the 9th.
c. +. WILKINSON. L. ). R'venue COllec-
tor of the Sixth Missouri District, and j. l.. Bit
finger, Il gauger in same district, have been ar
rested at St. Joseph, and held to bail upon
charge. of embczzlement of the public funds and
defrauding the Government. Both parties waiy-
ed an examination and are to appear at the next
District Court held at jefferson City.
The oue hundredth anniversary Of the
birthday of Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish
Liberator, was celebrated on Aug. SO with APP
propriate ceremonies in most of the princip al
cities and towns throughout the United States and
Canada.
GEN. JosErH JOHNSTON has declined the
sity.
Nix AND Mrs. II. W. BEECHER are at
the White Mountains, where they intend to re-
main until September.
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY. accompanied by
his secretary, has started tor Rome, where he
will receive the hat and ring of the Cardinal.
CAPTAIN BoGARDUS, the American
pigeon shooter, has won another match in Eng
land, defeating Rimmel, his contestant very
easily.
The Jury in the case of John d. Lee,
charged with being the leader in the Mountain
Meadow massacre, were unable 10 agree, and
were discharged by the Court. 1t is reported
they stood nine for a~cquittal and three one Gen
tile and two Mormons) for conviction.
THE Massachusetts Republican State
Convention is to be held at Worcester on the Goth
OF September.
RETURNS from the Kentucky State clcc-
up to the 9Th, give McCreary, Democrat, a
gain Of about LOCO over the vote for Leslie in
1871.
Cor. F0RNEY has secured FIR the Cen
tcnnial the loan OF one of the original stamps for
the collection of the celebrated tax on tea which
precipitated an uprisingin Boston over a century
ago.
THERESA TITJENS is expected 10 visit
this country in the autumn. She is a great art
and dramatic singer of a high order. Per
haps no more impressive actress has been upon
the stage since the death Of Rachel. 1t will add
to the charm of her public performance to know
that her private life;is admirable.
Miss JULIA SMITH, II of the GlastOn-
bury Comm sisters, famous for their resistance
to taxation, has completed, unaided, a transla-
ton of the Bible from the original tongues, which
will be published.
The contractor who Is building a mag
niffcent villa ut Newport for the wife of Mr.. Shcr-
man, Of the firm of Duncan, Sherman x Co.,
was informed that their failure would. not in
with its completion. 1t is explained that
the money with which Mrs. Sherman is building
the villa was given her by her father.
The sole survivors Of the Mountain
massacre, according to the salt Lake
Tribun", are two young men named John Calvin
and Myron Tackctt, who are now supposed tobe
living in Arkansas, the former home of their
parents. They were about eight years
old AZ the time the massacre occurred. They
were then brought to ,Salt Lake City and put
in charge of a benevolent lady, who kept them
an opportunity offered for sending them
home.
Mr.. BASIL SAMOLEWSKY. Il graduate of
the Agricultural college at Moscow, and COM
missioner appointed by the Russian Government
10 visit the southern states to study the method
If cotton culture in practice there, has arrived in
Mississippi.
hiRS. STEWART, aged III years and 2
died at the residence of her youngest
VIM. Stewart, in Liberty, Indiana, on the
,th inst. Her son William is over 80 years old,
md he is the youngest one OF the family.
IRA p. RANKIN has been nominated tor
by the Republicans of san Francisco,
Cal.
THE Alabama Constitutional COnven-
ion will be composed, politically, as follows:
Democrats, 81; Independent Democrats, 8; Re-
,ublicans, II.
PARKER, the..defaulting eX-Treasurer of