The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-09-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
General N0fca.

erS OF Inc indicted WHISKY Ql>liiIerS, have
pleaded guilty and thrown themselves upon
the mercy of the Government.
Senators BO@v and COckrell and Represent
atives A. II. Buckner, John +. Phillips II
Robert A. Hatcher have been appointed dele
gates on the part Of Missouri TO attend the
Interstate Convention ut Nick>burg, Miss,
on the ID of October, 1879, having for its OBJ
iectS the securing of some concert Of action on
the part of the States interested in doing
business in the Valley Of the Mississippi, and
inducing Congress to render some assistance
in protecting Il large portion of the State Of
Louisiana from destruction by the rreyasses
in the leyees of the Mississippi River indie
pendent of her own action thereon.
buchanan County.
1t is reported, an good authority. that Mr..
G.. b. Wilkinson. the defaulting revenue Off
cial. has gone to Europe.
Galloway Comnty
Jefferson Davis delivered an address at the
Agricultural Fair at Fulton, on the 11th,
where he met with an enthusiastic reception.
Cole County.
Jefferson Davis spent Sunday. the 18th. in
Jefferson City, rs the guest of Gov. Hardin.
County
Mrs. Young, a poor woman living with her
husband in Kansas City, was going through
the house with a baby in her arms and a lamp
in her hand, when the latter exploded. setting
her on fire. She threw the baby on the bed,
and her husband e~ndcavOred TO %extinguiSh
the flames which enveloped the woman from
head to foot, and finally succeeded. but unfor-
tunatcly the mother was literally baked and
she died in a few hours.
At Kansas City, on the 18th, shortly after
noon. john Dayton. Owen Rooney and Henry
longest, 4 mere boy, entered the saloon Of
the Railroad House, q disreputable stopping
place on Shawnee Road, Just southwest Ofthe
city, and putting pistols TO the head of ChaS.
Carlat, robbed him, and afterwards tried to
lock him up in arOom, but he managed to e-
cape to Il cOrnfeld. The fiends then fired
several shots through the house, and going
up stairs, rayi>hed a woman. In the mean
time, Carlat mounted u mule. rode into
town and notified the police, and Detectives
Mcknight and O'Harc. with two patrolmen,
Went out i'll a carriage to arrest the
despcradOes. Arriving at the gate. the OIL
GERS were fired upon, one shot woUnding De
tcctive Mcknight in the leg. Other officers
returned fire without effect. and clubbing
their weapons closed on the desperadoeS, and
a desperate struggle ensued. The officers
finally disarmed them, after beating them
pretty severely, and brought them TO the city,
where the wounds were dressed, and they
were locked up. Considerable money was
found OF their persons, and one of them had
| "a mir bf brDsS lnl1nIlps II l. SIplp.al flay
belong TO the gang who have recently been
rOhbing on the streets OF that city.
Johnson ounty
Mr.. Bowers. II hardware merchant of IIol-
! den, this county some weeks ago left bOme
for the purpose of visiting some lead mines
owned by him near Cole Camp, Benton Coun-
ty. He is known to have reached the mines.
transacted his business. and started on his
return, but there all traces of his movements
are lost. Fears are entertained that he has
been foully dealt with.
Saline County.
Atitjdge Prairie, a few days ago, Mr.. 5.
Houston, an old end respected citizen of the
county, went DOWN into his we'll to clean IL
out, and while there was struck with damp.
He gave the alarm 70 his little son to pull
him up, which the son did, bat just as his
father reached the top of the well. he fell
back and WAS instantly killed. Mr.. Houston
was a highly respected citizen, and leaves a
widow and six children.
Pike County.
The case of DR.. Thomas II. keene. which
was recently tried by the Circuit Court at
Bowling Green, on a change of venue from
Boone County. resulted in Il verdict of not
guilty. DIR. Kcene killed Peter Evans, in
Boone County. in December, 1860. The ease
was tried in 1870 at Columbia, and a verdict
of murder in the second degree was had, and
the defendant sentenced to sixteen years in
the State Penitentiary. TIL ease was ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court, and for
errors committed by The court below in
excluding the threats made by the
deceased, the decision of the inferior court
was reversed and the ease remanded. Before
a decision was had in the Supreme Court the
defend mt had worked out six months of his
sentence. After the decision the prisoner
was released on a writ of habeaS corpus, and
when he returned to Boone County he took
a change Of venue to Pike County, and the
case was submitted to he jury, and they
brought in a verdict Of not guilty. The evil
dcnCe disclosed Il clear ease Of seiEtetenSc.
81. Louis.
The negro Henry Brown, convicted of the
murder of Pfarr, has been sentenced 10 be
hanged on Oct. ~.
A project is on foot for the building of &
road under the charter of the st. Louis and
Manchester Railroad Company, commencing
at the junction of Grand Avenue and the ST.
Louis County Railroad, proceeding westward
by way of Forest Park and Webster Grove
to kirkwOOd and Rose Hill, thence turningt s