The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-22
~TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

October il, was 1863.
Over six inches of snow fell in the
vicinity Of C~olIingwood, Canada, on the night
of the 11th.
There was 4 heavy frost as far south
as Memphis. on the night of the llth. but it
was thought no seriou damage was done to
the cotton crop.
\ heavy gale at Philadelphia, on the
18th. blew down the Agricultural Hall OF
the Centennial grounds. 1t was about one
third completed. Eight labOrcrS were in
jurcd. one fatally.
A prisoner named John Gair, while
/ hcin" conducted by the Deputy Sheriff and
Il posse from Baton Rouge 10 Clinton. La.
/ on the night of the 14th, was forribly taken
from the officer by Il party Of fifty or more
armed and masked men and shot to death in
the road. The maskcrS then proceeded to
Baton ROUGE and took Babe Matthews. Il
colurcd woman. from the jail. and hanged
her to u tree in the courtyard. The nero
woman was charged with hayir" poisoned
/ DR.. j. W. saunders. Of Clinton. a few DAYS
/ before, and Gair j. said to have in>ti@atcd
the crime.
\ party of disguised men in Murray
County, Tenn, on the night Of the 18th
hanged Il negro who WAS CHARGED with the
murder OF sam. Garner.
At the Rochester Driving Park, onthc
l4th. the mare Lulu trotted three heats with
Il Running horse accompanying. making the
unprecedented time OF ZIG /. 2:144, and
PIG.
Joseph II. Baker, Sheriff of Portage
County. Wis. while in the discharge of his
duties. was shot and fatally wounded by 4
man named COPYRIGHT. Deputy Sheriff
Cameron, who was a>>i>tin" him, was shot
in the fac" and instantly killed.
An earthquake shock was felt
throughout portions of California on the
evening Of the 1ith. No damage reported.
In New Orleans on the night of the
18th three colorcd men We're attacked by 4
@an~ of roU@h> and one of them killed out
right, another seriously injured and the
third slightly. Two of the murdcrcrS were
arrested. There was great excitement, and
Il meeting of citizens was held on the follow
ing dav ut which resolutions were adopted.
d%cnouncing all violence and plcd"ing the
support of the law for the preservation of
peace and order.
The freight agents OF thc Southeastern
and Missouri River railroads have adopted
the following rates from Chicago to Missouri
/ River points: First-clas-. - cents: second,
80: third. 10; fourth. 81: special class. 80
cents. From st. Loui> to Missouri River
=, -. H., I..- .A 1000 ...1 a..
third. 81: fourth, 30; special class. -.
The Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
has adopted an address presented by the
( U~Itramontancs, calling for Il dismissal of the
Ministry.
There was a grand soldiers reunion
held at Indianapolis on the 18th. \ num-
her of Mexican veterans We're present.
The large dry-gOodS house of Strauss,
Lehman II Co.. New York, has suspended
payment. Liabilities 500 900.
The filibuStering steamer Uruguay,
with her cargo of arms and ammunition for
the Cuban insurgents, has been >cizedb the
Jamaican Government at Kingston.
The national cotton crop report for
September shows a generally favorable con-
dition of the crop, with the prospect of 4
much larger yield than last year.
delegation of Chippewas, from Min
ncsOta, visited the Indian Commissioner at
Washington a few days ago. They left their
Agency without obtaining permission from
their agent, and We're four weeks on the
road, paying their expenses by dancing,
ETC., at different places. a half-brccd with
them acted as interpreter. They came to
complain OF their agent. and desired to re-
main until an interpreter could come from
Minnesota to present their ease properly.
Commissioner Smith told them that. under
the circumstances, he could not keep them.
and advised them to return ut once.
A SnOw-stOrm occurred throughout
Northern Pennsylvania and Southern New
York on the night Of the 18th. At Susque-
hanna, Penn, the snow was five inches
deep.
1t was announced on the 18th that the
Turks had crossed the Austrian border and
were menacing the village of Ersig.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has de-
cidcd that railway companies are liable for
damages by fire caused by sparks from their
locomotives.
At HackettstOwn, y. j., on the 10Th,
Jams Kicker shot and killed his two sons,
aged six and ten. and shot at his wife, but
missed her. He then shot himself in the