The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-01
Clay County.

Northumberland John D. Grafton has
been arrested, charged with forgery in con-
nection with the war claims examined while
he was in office. His son, who was his clerk.
was arrested also for completely in the offense.
Crawford Ounty
DIR. Char e, 4. Young. a well-known ply
stefan. committed suicide near Steelville, a
few DAYS ago bv cutting his throat with a "a
zor. Temporary insanity, superinduced by
whisky, is supposed to have been the cause.
Hickory County.
Mr.. Henry Wade, 4 very respectable citl-
zen of the county. was shot from the brush
by parties unknown a few days ago. The
cause alleged for the shooting is that Wade
was a friend of Rogers, who was killed by
one of the NOff>ingerS about six months ago.
This family feud hiss lasted for several years,
and has been the cause Of several murders.
Jackson 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 endeavOred to eXtinguish
the flames which enveloped the woman from
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~tunately the mother was literally baked and
she died in a few hours.
George Parting. a farmer, whose home Is
about 4 miles east of Kansas City, came to a
horrible death on the 22d. He was at work
near a thrashing machine, and in some unac-
countahle manner became entangled among
the machinery, and, before the alarm could
be given. he was drawn through the wheels
and literally broken to pieces. Every bone
in his body was broken. He was a mar
worth $500 and had lived in Jackson
County 20 Years.
Lafayette County.
A German W, man, named Nancy Meishi-
ner, who lived n"ar Concordia, hung herself
on the 22d in a stable near the house. No
cau-e is assigned. She leaves a husband and
three children. the youngest seven weeks old.
Madison County.
A party of disguised men visited the house
of Mr.. James Woods, in this county, recent
ly, took him to a creek near by, tied a heavy
stone to his neck, and threw him in where the
water was T. feet deep. After the party had
Withdrawn he managed to get out of the wa
ter. His escape from death is considered al
most miraculous. Difficulties of a personal
nature are supposed to have been the cause
of the attempted murder.
Marion County.
III. Livingston. a clerk in the General Ticket
office of the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail-
road, at Hannibal. has been detected in an in
genious fraud by which he managed to dispose
of tickets that had been once used and col
lected and returned to be DESTROYED. He made
a full confession and WAS locked up in default
OF $1,000 bail. VIM. L. Davis, a clerk in a
railway office in Kansas City, was his confed-
crate and is also i'll limbo.
Mo gan ounty
More valuable lead discoveries have re-
Gently been made in this county en- Hard
Creek, snd a large amount of capital is being
forwarded TO that promising lead district.
Pettis County.
Hon. John Il. Bourne, who represented
this county in the Legislature in 1856, met
with a fatal accident on the evening of the
21st, resulting in his death soon after. Mr..
Bourne had been hauling water during the
day and had driven bis team near the house,
preparatory to unhirchiug them. He started
his horses, supposing they were unhitched,
but ii seems that one trace Was not, and when
the team was started one horse became
frightened, pulling on one trace, and fell with