The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-12-10

The body of a young woman and Il
newly born infant, packed together in a bar
rel and consigned to Thomas Green Il Co..
lows City, Iowa. We're received at The office
of the United States Express Company in
Chicago on the lSt. The discovery of the
contents Off barrel occa>icncd great excite
mcnt throughout the city and ii was thought
by many that Il horrible double crime had
been committed. 1t was subsequently, as
] ccrtaincd, however, that the bodies had
been rNhumrd from Graccland Cemetery by
4 couple Of colorrd body-snatchCr>, acting
under the direction of Il physician Of the
city, and that Thomas Green is the janitor
of the medical college 1t Iowa City. The
negroes were arrested and the doctor con-
cerncd was being looked after.
The Rowing Association Of American
Colleges has Voted to challenge oxford and
Cambridge, Of England, and Trinity, of
( Dublin. to row them Il SiX-Oared race, with
oUt c~oX>wainS, ut the American College Re-
gatta in 1876. The time i the third
Wednesday in July, the place Saratoga,
New London or Springfield. a. may here
after be decided upon. Philadelphia. which
had been proposed. is out Of the question.
ThoS. Hughes. of England, has been chosen
referee.
In consequcncc of the close Of nayiga-
ton, together with the fact that the East
Crn coal market j. already oycrStOckcd. 4
large number of the Pennsylvania collirrie>
have suspended operations, Tor two months
At least, and perhaps for The cntirt winter.
1t was estimated that by the 18th the >u>-
pension would bc general and that 10 .0D0
people would be ont ~ employment IN the
Schuylkiii regions.
At Cleveland, Ohio. on the morning
OF the fth, William Alden iada quarrrl with
hi wife and beat out her brains with 4 ham
mrr. lie then took his h0rs" AMI wagon
and proceeded to the residence of Nr. Geo.
l.. Benton, where his S~tep-dauGhter, Hat
tie Alden, boarded, and, entering the house,
he attacked her with the same instrument.
Mrs. Benton attempted to interfere. and
she too was attacked. After beating both
the women in Il most horrible manner, and
probably thinking them both dead. he lei
surely returned to his own hou>r, where
he WAS arrested. His wife was dead when
discovered, and there WAS no witness To her
illjliNtl save tLt lltiltltiCI HiiH>Ctt, MIS-.
Benton il was thought might recover, but
Hattie .Aiden's wounds were fatal. .Aiden
and his wife had separated once. The only
reason that he @iycS for his crimes i that his
wife and her daughter were robbing him of
his money. The murderer has been in the
employ Of Cobb, Andre Il Co., ~ express
man. for many years, and has always been
regarded a. Il harmless. goOd-natUrcd man.
He j. 56 ycar> Of are.
TIE Rev. Father Murphy, editor of
the Montreal True Witness, and the Rev.
Father Lynch. Il talented Young priest lately
come from Ireland, lost their lives on the
night of the Sd, by the burning of the Iagen-
nessc Hotel. ut Black River, seven miles
from Montreal. where they were stopping
over night. Madame Champagne, Il lady
guest at the hotel, was also burned To death. !
In Putnam County, Tenn, "a few
nights since, four disguised men went to
the house Of Russell Allison and shot and
killed him. IN officer and posse Went to ar |
rest two of the supposed murdcrcr>. broth |
cr>, named Bra>>well. when one Of the latter :
shot dead j. J. Allison, i brother of the
murdered man, who WAS one Of the posse.
One of the Bra>>wcll> was arrested.
\ lamp containing gasoline fell from
the wall in Frederick Mailman beer saloon,
at Newark, MI, on the night of the 9TH. :
and Mrs. Kaufman and daughter We're burn
ed 80 badly that they died the next day.
The Sugar-house boiler ON the Fair
fax plantation, nine miles below Franklin.
La. exploded on the 4lh. instantly killing