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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22
A French Girl Carries off a Prize fol-
Flowing.

The Quimpcr agricultural COMPETE
ton took place the other day in the
commune of Beuzee Cong, canton Of
C~oncarncau, France. \ young girl of
the commune of Louriec, Mdle. Four
nier, accompanied by a younger sister
of fourteen, presented herself with her
implements to contest the prize for
blowing. 4 similar ease never having
occurred, the Judges were At first some
what embarrassed, but rs nothing in
the programme prohibited such Il COM
pctitOr, she was, to her great Satisfac-
ton, admitted. She then, without hest
tatiOn as without OStcntatiOn, ~diSdaininG
the laughter and jeers of her oppo-
nentS, took great pains to see that her
pillow was in perfect order, and the sig
nal being given, she executed her task
with 50 much ease and address that she
did not appear to experience any IA
tigue. BY the unanimous opinion of
the committee she was considered to
have gained the first prize, not only be-
cause her work was superior, but rath-
er because she took fourteen minutes
less in doing it than any of the others.
The decision was the more gratifying
to all present when the fact became
known that her mOtheris awidow; she,
being the eldest of four girls, manages
by their assistance to do all the work of
Il farm.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22

for about 20 yards, sustaining serious inju-
ric>.
TN the evcnin" of the Nth. At Sedalia. 4
difficulty occurred between Genl. Frank W.
IIickoX and Gcnl. Joe Shelby. durin" which
knife and pistol were used. but no serious
damage done, the parties havin" been Scpa-
rated by the h~ystandrr>.
st. Louis.
Judge James Il. Lakeland died at his resi-
dcncc in Bonhommr Township, on the 9th.
About one O'Clock. on the afternoon of
the Sth. a man named j. {. Stanley, claim
in" To he foreman in Il shoe factory in .Jcticr-
son CITY. went down to the river and jumped
of the Star Line wharf-bOat. evidently to
commit suicide. \ great cry WAS raised by
the by-StandcrS. and Officers Plrlc and Ian
dcrS succeeded in fishing the man out.
Dominica Danani, Ba>tiano LOmbardO,
and Antonia Catalano. all SiciiianS. were
convicted of murder in the first decree. on
the 18th. for the KILN" of Francisco Paler-
mo. in March last.
On the night of the 18th, W men named
Conrad and Haas. We're instantly killed by
the cavin@ in Of GOc"cr'S malt. house. cor
her of Sixteenth and Singleton Streets. A
man named JarOhy WAS ut the same time Sc
rioU>lv injured.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22

hand, and showing it, crumpled into q
little heap. "Take it, and oh, please,
say no more about it. It's too-too-
too ridicHlous,n and off she went again.
"Mrs. Midget" said /, "what are
You laughing at?n
81 suddenly thought of 4 man saw
at the circus,'' said she, with Il saucy
look | had never seen before in hcrblue
eyes.
"I'm convinced you know the owner
of the rlovc,"Said /. LISA an old maid
whom nature has sought to compensate
for lack of other charms by giving her
perfect hand, or Il grandmother who
still wears five and Il half, though her
complexion has fled and hair departed.
You know-I'm SURF of it; and though
You completely shatter my beautiful
dream, you must tell me- And i'll my
excitement quite unintentionally-
put my arm around her slender waist.
"Well, if | must, | must" said Mrs.
Midget. "Prepare for Il fearful blow.
The yl0rC is mine!!"
Mrs. Midget has ceased to be awidow,
and | am no longer Il bachelor.-Har-
pcr'S Ba.dr.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22
A Singular Discovery of Revolutionary
Relics.

An interesting Revolutionary relic, %
special value in view of the approaching
Centennial, says the Philadelphia Times
was discovered in an old house in Minor
Street yesterday afternoon. Workmcn
have been engaged for several days III
tearing down III antiquated building at
No. 513 in that street, and yesterday
they went into the attic of the rear
building. The roof had been left en-
tire, but while some of the men were
tearing out the solid partitions, Others
began to pull down the ceiling. \ heavy
thrust with Il cr0wbar brought Il large
section out in Il lump, and, much to the
establishment of the workmen, Il shower
of heavy leather hats and caps poured
out from between the ceiling and the
raftcrS and rolled nj their feet. They
were of I'LL sizes and several different
patterns, and when the men cot the ac-
cumulated dust brushed off, it was evil
dent that they had uncarthcd the head
rear Of 4 band of Revolutionary sol
dicrS. Some of the hats. high in front
and low behind, with no front-piecc,
but with Il heavy leather guard 1T the
back to cover the neck. closely re-
srmblcd those woru by the lleSSiams;
but others Of different shapes, and cS-
pccially the large-topped, were unlike
the I|lcssian pattern, and looked as
though they might have belongedto the
artillcrymcn or cavalrvmcn. One of
the high hats, much brighter and better
preserved than any of the others, had
evidently belonged to an officer, and
was ornamental with stripes of yell
low paint. 1t had a glazed surface, re-
Scmbling patent leather, and was immc-
diatcly appropriated by Mr.. Joseph l..
LikcnS, the builder in charge of the
house. Mr.. Likens and Mr.. Malsburv,
the bricklayer, who are taking down the
house, had the hats piled in Il corner of
one of the front rooms, and, after many of
them had disappeared with the army of
relic hunters who soon crowded the
building, more than two hundred were
left. The building in which the hats
were found is a low three-story brick,
with old-fashioncd square windows,
glazed each with twelve of the tiny
panes of glass the old-time builders
used. 1t is Immediately in the rear of
Tower Hall. which stands on the site of
what was for some time WaShington's
Headquarters, and it is said that it was
ut one time used us Il barracks for the
British troops.
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FIVE AND A HALF-PkTCHED,

am Il bachelor, an OH bachelor; III
least that's what my nieces-pretty,
Saucy, clever, lovable girls-call me;
and no doubt they're right, though
can't 90 so far as to agree with them
when they declare a man owning to five
and-forty years and a dozen white hairs
"decidedIy venerable" and 'fearfully
gray"
However, IN oN bachelor | am dub
bed, and | must confess, if to acquire
that distinction one is obliged to enjoy
life to the utmost, rs l do, and be made
much of by lovely women and charming
maidenS, as | am, | have no serious OBJ
lection t. the title.
In the first place my home is a home
in every sense of the word, although
without Il mother, or even a mother-in-
law.
occupy, and have occupied for the
past year, a suite of remarkably pleas
ant rooms, the front window looking on
a city park, and the back on a garden
made delightful by two fine old peach
trees, Il heavy grapevine, and a sweet
smelling wistaria. The latter has
climbed to my windows, and twining in
and out of the Stats of the shutters, eff
fectually prevents my closing them, but
gives me in recOmpense great fragrant
punches of purple flowers.
These cheerful rooms are part and
parcel of Mrs. Midget's clearinghouse.
No, | am wrong. Mrs. Midget-Mr.
Midget was lost at sea five years ago
does not keep a clearinghouse, but
takes a few select b~Oarders, of whom
she is pleased to intimate she considers
me the Selectest.
Wonderfully comfortable the 'few
select find it in Mrs. Midget'S shady,
old-fashioned, neatly kept, three-story
brick house.
"Every thing like wax" my eldest
sister says when she comes to visit me,
which is about once in four wcek-a
day or two after my magazines have az
rived.
"And the landlady," L invariably re-
ply, ssisn't she awful cunning?-sO de-
mure in her ways and speech for such a
wee thing, and so pretty, with her
bright blue eyes and yellow HART"
But Maria, [ can't divine why, pre-
tends not to hear me, or else repeats,
with scornful emphasis, lawful cum
ning!"
The fact is, l am so much among my
kinswomen that l often find myself,
when I wish to be particularly emphatic,
borrowing their queer adjectives and
peculiar forms of expression.
"Indeed, uncle" said Charley to me
the other day-named forme, Charlotte
(Charles, as zeal as they could at it,
"you're beginning to talk like a girl
and at your time of life, tool" And l
dida't feel at all insulted; for if all girls
talk as well as my nieces, I consider
Charley'S remark rather a compliment
than otherwise.
Mrs. Midget knows how to furnish a
table, too: all sorts of little delicacies
and unexpected tidbits, stews and hash
es above ~reproach, bread and pies mar
wells of culinary skill, and tea and coffee
well, really coffee and tea.
As for Mrs. Midget herself, she's such
q tot of q woman that L feel like laugh
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22
My Little Ghost.
BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.


BY SUSAN COOLIDGE. -
know where it turks and hides,
In the midst of the busy house,
In the midst Of the childrcn's glec.
All day its shadow hidcs;
Nobody knows but me.
On a closet shelf it dwellS,
In the darkest corner of all.
Mid rolls of wooden and fur
And faint. forgotten smells
OF last years lavender.
That Il ghost has its dwelling there
Nobody else would guess
>'Only Il baby'S shoe,
\ curl of golden hair
You say, "A toy or two
"A broken doll, whose lips
And cheeks of WaXen bloom
Show dents of fingers small
Little, fair finger tips
Aworn >ash-that is all
Little to see or to guess;
But whenever ! open the door.
There. faithful 10 its post,
With its eyes sad tenderness.
see my little ghost.
And | hasten to shut the door,
shut it tight and fast,
Lest the sweet sad thing get free,
Lest it fit beside OF the floor
And saddcn the day for me.
Lest between me and the sun.
And between me and the heavens,
And the laugh in the children's Eyes,
The Shadowy feet should run,
The faint gold curlS arise.
Like a CLEAN of moonlight pale.
And all the warmth and the light
Should die from the summer day.
And the laughter turn TO wall,
And | should forget to pray.
So | keep the door shut fast,
And my little ghost shut in,
And whenever | cross the hall
| shiyer and hurry past;
But ] love ii best of all.
-New York independent.
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Buchanan County.

Mr.. James VI. Street. Northwestern dis
trict agent of the st. Louis Mutual Life In
surancc Company. WAS thrown from his bug
~ at st. Joseph on the Sth, and very Seri-
ou>ly injured.
Geo. W. Ephcland, formerly of Warren
County. Iowa, committed suicide at st.
Joseph. on the night of the Sth. by poison.
Jackson C0unty.
young Girl named Annie Hamilton. liv-
ing On the corner of seventeenth and Cherry
Streets, in Kansas City. was terribly burned,
on the night of the Sth, by Il cOal-oil lamp
explosion.
IN the night of the eth. Il masked man en-
tered the store of II. :. Wise. on the East
Lcvcc, in Kansas City, and after a few
words, assaulted Mr.. Wise with Il big club.
and before he could resist knocked him
down and fractured his skull. besides max
in@ Il number of other dangerous wounds.
The robbcr then attempted to get hold Of
Mr.. Wi>c'S pockcthook, containing over
500. but was unable to do 50. il being i'm IN
inside porkct. Mrs. Wise made 80 mUrh
noise that the unknown man had to leave,
and made his escape.
Charles Prindcrr. a Wcll-knOwn conf
dcnce man and ~ya@ahOnd. was arrested in
| Kansas City on the 9th for ropin" Il young
man named Green into low saloon on the
lrVcr. and beating him ont of SEQ in money.
and a watch.
1t IS reported that Jesse and Frank james
were present at the recent fairat Kansas City.
when their fast ~trottcr. White Stockings.
won two races, defeating, among other
horses, Pilot Temple.
Jasper County.
\ man named Murphy was shot and killed
in Joplin, thr lfth, 10y 4 merchant of that
city. whose name is W. :. Norton. The
two had some personal difficulty arising from
a recent municipal election. 1t is reported
that Murphy approached Norton with two
pistols. and gave Norton five minutes to
make his last PRAYER, when Norton wreStrd
one of the pistols from Murphy and shot him
Herewith.
Nonitemu County.
Mr.. Will l.. stephens, teller in the First
National Bank of BOonvillc. and Miss Eliza
Roachc. the handsome and accomplished
daughter of Judge X. Q. Roachc. cashier of
the National Bank of California. were mar
ricd ut the latter place on the 9TH.
Pettis County.
An alteration took place on the 18th, at
Srdalia. between Mr.. A. +. Hull, of the
Democrat, and General Montgomery, OF the
Ba=oO. growing out of the Lexington 81 St.
Louis Railroad case. No blood was she'd.
The Rev. Josiah Notary of the western
part of the county, met with 4 very severe
acridrnt on the 9th. He was thrown from a
runaway horse, and dragged alongthe ground
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any of the - few SelectS'-at the head
of the dining table. Indeed, only the
other day, when she asked, in a solemn
manner, fixing her blue eyes on my
face, and lifting a large soup handle in
her mite of Il hand,if | would have some
soup, lid burst out laughing, she look
ed 50 rcry like Il little girl playing dim
ncr with her mothers dinncr-Sct.
The miniature woman laid down the
ladlc and gazcd ut me in surprise.
"Mrs. Midget, | beg your pardon,'
said [; d" | suddenly thought of Il mar |
saw at the circUs.'
oh" said Mrs. Midget, and re-
turned to the soup.
I'm Il romantic old feIlow-thcre, you
see how naturally fall in my nieceS'
way-lovc poetry, music, flowers (NlrS.
Midget always has Il posy ready for me
in summertime, which she pins into
my b%utton-hole with her own fair hands;
and | assure you it's not at all unpleas-
ant to have her standing on the tips of
her toes to reach it, with her small
round head just touching my chin), and
the fair sex.
Yes. old bachelor As | am, | love, and
ALWAYS have loved, the fair SEX; and |
really think it is because | love them SO
we'll | still remain unmarried. | never
could make up my mind that II of all
those | admired was prcttier, brighter,
and sweeter than the others, and as |
wanted the sweetest, prettieSt and
brightest, | have been in a dilemma all
my life. But I've always meant to, and
my intention is stronger than ever since
the day | picked up the little patched
| glove in Broadway in front Of Stewards.
| feel convinced that the owner of that
glove is the wife for me. | wcarit next
my heart. Silly? Not a bit of ii. No
single man could help wearing Il glove
like that near his heart.
Five and a half, aprctty mouse-color;
every finger well filled out, scarcely Il
crease in thcm-Shc must be plump; Il
faint smell of rose Gas a general thing.
with +bo oxco,tio, of honest CoIorro
deteSt perfumes, but if | can endure any,
it is rose, calling TO mind, as it does,
bees, butterflies, flowers, and all that
sort Of tbipr, and tbn cunpinrest match
in tho naIm If the hand
Now I'd never seen Il patch in Il glove
=, -: T- rr
.I:tI
:, t,IJ u,otho r.o,ro, If tho olovo v,.
noat and motboJicoI. the fine siIker
stitches usoJ in scwinn that match in
that she was dainty. fine fact that tLn
color of tbo match cx,ctIy matched that
Of tho rlova that she was constant trun
to one shade
Tben imarinod her personal anpcar-
anco. soft brown o,os chestnut hair
slirbt Int nlumn fi@,,re. feet 70 corrc-
snond with her bonds-decidedIv GRACE
fnI and oltnrother vorv attr,rtive
uI,II v,~er she SINGS nlovs and
dances well,' said to myself, IN con-
cluslon; SIS not rich, or she would not
patch her glove or poor, or she would
not wear kids
must ind her!
All very well to say but how to find
her? personal" If 1t met her soft
brown eyes, would brighten so modest a
a little creature, and she would be like
Iy to hide herself instead OF allowing
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22

DANIEL WEEsTER'S Marshlield estate
is now reduced from 800 acres to near
ly the original purchase of 400 acres,
but the homestead retains the character
istics of its old ownership, though most
of the works in the library have been re-
moved for sale
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22

-Gassaway is the name Of one OF Cal
ifornia's poets. Suggestive.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-25
Tilden and Chandler.

CFrsm the New York Commercial AdvertIser.l
The nomination of ex-senator Chandler for
the Office of Secretary-of the Interior by the
President does not seem to meet with favor
from the newspapers engaged in vituperating
the Administration. OF course, this was to be
expected. How strange that most of these
journals regard Governor Tilden as q " model
reformer" and Chandler as q very bad man.
We have no recollection of its having been in
timated that Mr.. Chandler was in way con-
nected with jobbery or Congressional corrup-
ton. 1t is true he has been through life q
thorough partisan, and consequently made
himself more or less Objectionable to his oppo-
nents. During the war no public man exhib-
tied more executive ability than Zach. Chand-
Ter, and few men in the country have had
larger experience in public life. 1t is known
that he is a gentleman of large means, but,
unlike Tilden, who has grown rich upon the
ruins of defunct and rotten railroads, Chand-
ler's wealth came in the course of legitimate
trade as q merchant. He never was employed
as arbitrator and counsel in a swindling rail-
road scheme for the benefit of the late James
Fisk and the living Jay Gould. He never con-
nived with the public robbers of this city to
stuff the ballot-boxes and cheat the people of
the State out of their rights. Mr.. Chandler
may occasionally have made too free with the
spirit that intoxicates, but he never appeared
in the capital of the State of New York so
maudlin that his friends hlushed for him. Mr..
Chandler may have made q spectacle of him
self after dinner, but never at II o'clock in the
morning. He never fell into the arms of Gov
ernor Dix and gushed over the name of Silas
Wright. Yet Tilden is a model reformer and
Chandler is bold, bad man. What a strange
world we live in, when impesters like Tilden
can win success
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-25

and builded many chapels
and public libraries, and, for aught we
know, you have sent missionaries to the
Macedonian heathens, and tried 10 shed
light upon some of the idark places In
countries where paganism doth abound;
and, moreover, we believe, gentlemen,
that some of you have sent teachers among
our own aborigines, to teach them to be
gentle and humane. All these things We
are right well aware Of; but gentlemen.
it looks hastily insignificant and diminu-
lively mean when we remember that it
was all done out of the wealth which you
have wrenched from the heart-aches and
soul-pangs of the handful of God ennobled
patriots. Will you not give up this crimi-
nal business. and turn your attention to
something of more humane and elevating
naturef Think of these things, gentlemen,
and dry up this baneful enterprise before
the Government dries it up for you, which
it will most certainly do If you persist in
your unprincipled meanness much longer.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-25
THE ELECTION IN BALTIMORE.

II appears from the note printed below
that we were in error regarding the day on
which the municipal election in Baltimore
is to be held 1t will take place on Wednes-
day of this week, instead of Tuesday, as
we stated on Saturday. We hope that no
Baltimore voter will be misled by our in
advertence into going home to vote upon
the ''wrong day." as feared by our CORE
spondent, but should any one go over on
Tuesday let him stay and labor for the Re-
form ticket two days instead of one:
To the Editor Of the Rational Republican:
SIR: In your very apt editorial Of this date
upon 1.-THE Baltimore Election" you name the
aCrong day upon which said election is to be held,
and If that error be not corrected at once It might
place some Of the Baltimore voters, temporarily
resident here, or elsewhere out of that city, to
some Inconvenience by being prompted To Ego to
the election day teo soon. The municipal
election Of Baltimore will take place on merit
Wednesday, the 9th inst; and in behalf OF sadly
needed reform and good government there, as
well as in the State at large, It is devoutly hoped
that every citizen of Baltimore who is entitled to
vote will to It that he goes to the polls on that
day and casts # in the interest of that desirable
end. Let the horde who have so sIgnslIy dis
graeed our city for the last seven years be cast
ont At the coming election, and in the State con-
test, week later, the corruption ring at Annspo-
sneak away from the indignant vision of robbed
and misgoyerned people.
Respectfully, &C.,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-25

ventioni we possess no
such power to create money"

ventioni we possess no
such power to create money!
The Sunday Capitar, no doubt, intended .
decent thing when it informed its readers yes
terday that "Mr. Henry Hudson, who was last
week killed by a railroad collision, !" sc. 1t is
believed that the Capital itemizer had reference
to the sad death OF Mr.. Frederick Hudson, who
was for thirty years attached to the editorial
staff of the New York Herald, and most Of that
period in the capacity Of managing editor. The
Capital speaks Of him as having been swell
and fayorably known among newspaper men.
He began at the lowest station in his profess
sion, and having both talent and industry, was
promoted to the post of managing editor of the
New York Herald, which he resigned IN 1885,"
And this is fame To have been for years
acknowledged as the leading organizer
of enterprises for news-gathering, to have
written book on journalism, telling how it
was all done; to have been run down by the
momentum of an inanimate train of cars, and
then to shave ones name spelled wrong in the
gazette" or Capital, which is the same thing.
This reminds us of trick of that eccentric
cynic, ex-senator Westcott, of Florida, who in
the preparation of an official report on the cot
ton crop, some years ago, having occasion to
quote a remark of the distinguished British
statesman. the late Lord, Brougham, alluded
to him as having "been considered somewhat
famous" Bennett and his lieutenant Hudson
were the pioneers OF advanced journalism in
the world. Greeley and Raymond followed
closely after, filling the vacant places which
the Herald left with the Tribune and Times.
They have all now entered other spheres.
Their labors remain for our guidance, but how
soon are their names to be forgottenl
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-25

CHE IS MAN of great thoroughness and
industry, for which he will find abundant op-
portunity in his new position, and he is not
easily imposed upon. No man in public life
has been more shamefuily lied about, per-
sonslly, politically, and in every way in which
disappointed applicants, soured politicians
and repulsed blsck-mailers exhibit their
venom; and nobody cares less about its"
The above from the Providence Or. Id
Journal may be taken as the estimate of
the new Secretary by Senator Anthony, who
has served in the Senate with him nearly a
score of years. Mr. Chandler is not the
man to be terrified by the insane mouth
ings of the Detective press, as his treat
ment of Buell. and others of his kidney
amply attests. He undoubtedly has faults,
but no one knows them and how to correct
them better than he, and when duty to
country requires a selfsacrifce or self-de-
NAL no one knows better than Secretary
Chandler how to make it.