The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-29
GENERAL.

The stores the telegraph tolls Of the re-
cent cold snap in the far West are almost too
incredible for belief. At several points in
Wyoming Territory the mercury frcze, and
the spirit thermometers marked from 4 to Sc
degrees below zero. At Helena, Montana,
the temperature was so excessive that the
mercury congealed, and proof whisky, placed
out of doors, froZe in half an hour. Six
Chi, amen were reported frozen to death. 4
party Of four were found near Helena frozen
stiff. The whisky they had with them in kegs
was frozen solid.
Three hundred Southern blacks have
petitioned Congress to set apart q territory
for dissatisfied negroes and protect them by
the military, under any form of government
that may be deemed advisable.
Capt. Eads' jesty system for the improve
ment Of tho mouth Of the Mississippi river
has received the Endorsement of the c@mmls-
sion appointed to examine into the various
plans. and it will probably be adopted byCon-
gress.
A London telegram to the NV York
Word &ni.cuaccs that The frat tentative cor
putatiou Of tbo data obtained in the recent
observations OF the transit of Venus has
been mGdo at the Greenwich O1,erv&-
tori. This computation reveals the
startling fac that the earth Is traTe.ing:oward
the sun much faster than ANYBODY supposed /:
that we gre now between 5000. 0G0 and 1.GG0,-
900 nea-cr the sun than a. the time Ct the
last transit observation thai, at The present
rate of progress, the earth VIII tumble into
the sun in LAO years: and inst. by the law
of accelerated motion, the end vii: come long
before 1859 years have passed, 1t may be
some consolation for timid people to reflect
that the question. III any aspect, is purely
scientific.
There is no abatement Of the interest
manifested in the CREST Tilt0n-B.echor trial
@ in progress at Brooklyn, the courtroom
being denselv packed each day, while thou
sands arc turned from the doors. Tho New
York papers state that there are signs Of
weakening in the faith of the great preachers
friends, and that the possibility of bis guilt is
beginni * to be realized.
THE President has sent a special message
to Congress, urging thu appropriations asked
for By the Chief Of Ordnance for the i'm
provement of or sea coast defensea.
The ruinors of war with Spain are growing
in dimensions. \ Washington dispatch says
al! the war vessels immediately available have
been ordered to Key West. fully coaied and
equipped Tor active service. Supplies for the
navy have been recently sent there in quAnii-
ties sufficient to last seven years under or3i-
nary circumstance
Richard Z. Irwin appeared before the
WAYS and Means Committee of tie House last
week. and accounted for the manner i'll which
he dis5ursed 3GG6. 00J OF The Pacific Mail cor
rurLiOu fund. The let OF lanes and the
amounts paid to each was nearly identical
with Abcrt's list, witt the exception that Con
gresham Schumacher received 100000 in
stead of 1915. 600. as testified to by Albert. After
Irwin had made his revelation. Schumacher was
called before the committee. and TO the sur.
prise of everybody, persisted that he had no
recollection of a money transaction beyond
Whist he had already testified. He had thought
of this matter for some days, but was Lot able
to recall anything which would AID him in ex
planning his connection with the money paiC
into his hands.