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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-09-03
~TELEGRAPHic NOTES.
The price of gold in New York. On
August 80, was1l4tE.

49, H-@NN 80
August 80. wa. 1l4tE.
Three hundred and fifty McnnoniteS
left New York fort West on the 24th.
An excursion train between Geneva
Lake and Rockford, H., was thrown from
the track. on the 23d. and one passenger
killed and several wounded. som fatally.
The foot and mouth disease has
broken out with great violence in Devon
shire, England, where twelve thousand AMI
mails are down with it.
\ Paris Journal announces the intend
ed marriage of King Alfonso, of Spain, TO the
oldest daughter Of the Duke de MontpenSier.
The corporation of Southampton,
England, gave 4 granlbanquet TO the officers
of the American squadron in that harbor, on
The ed.
The st. Paul express train, due at
Sioux City on the night of the 25th. went
through Il bridge about four miles south Of
that city, and A. W. Lock, conductor, Lo-
reno Mann, engineer, and Ell. Kelly, fireman
were instantly killed. A few passengers
were slightly bruised.
\ session of the National Agricultural
College will be held at Cincinnati on Sept.
- to 81.
The steamship Ohio, which sailed on
thp2 6 h from PhiIadclphia for Liver DOL, took
out 2.fH0 crates of Delaware peaches. The
Steera@e Of the ship has been turned into Il
refrigerator, and provided with fans for keep
ing up Il constant current of cold air. This
is the tir-t venture of the kind.
The State of Panama has declared
war 20 inst the Government Of Colombia.
There are reports of riot ut New
Hose Church, Fallabu>Ia County, Miss, in
which eight negroes were killed and several
wounded. The cause Of the riot was 4 quar-
rel between awhile man and negro about
some trivial matter.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has
appointed i special commission of experts
from various paris of the country
TO 20 to Chicago and investigate the
condition of the new POst-oflice build
ing AMI to advise upon the propriety Of
continuing its erection. II is composed of
some dom engineers, architects. and build
Cr> having nc connection with the work.
A dispatch Of the 30th to the London
Times saws Il force of Ru>>i inS has taken the
field at knOkand. The rebellion has spread
to the southern districts of Russian Turki-
stan. The town Of Khojend is in the hlnGS
of the insurgents, whose priests are proclaim
ing a h " war against the intidelS. The
Daily Neors' special from Berlin says adv!ces
from Herzegovina confirm the report that
the insurgents have rejected the advice OF the
European powers to suspend ho~tilities, and
also that they demand the independently of
Btsnla.
The four-masted propeller Persian
W : DESTROYED by fire off Long Point, Lake
Erie. on the night of the Goth. The passengers
and crew saved themselves by clinging to the
hatc!,cS, which were thrown overheard. AZ
ter fl ,ating about ten hours they were res
caed by tie tu2 Merrick. The Persian's
"a % consisted of $1,000 bushels of corn and
l. .0tO bushels OF wheat.
The Canadian steamer Manitoba col
lii d y tn the propeller Comet on Lake SUI
80. or. on til eight Of the 26th, and sank her
III ant V. Eleven lives were lost AID ten
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y ZIMMERMAN III Michigan, being
poorly provided with materials of SITS
tenance for his men, fed them with pork
cooked with the rind upon it. Ayoung
man Of the company, not liking that
outer portion of the food, was observed
by the host to be carefully removing the
outside covering, w~hcreupon the latter
said, ''Young man, we eat rind and all
here To which the youth replied,
''All right, old man; I'm cutting it off
for YOU"
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TIE Bank of California, the heaviest
financial corporation on the Pacific
coast, suspended payment "n the Goth,
and on the following day the National
Gold Bank and Trust Company and the
Merchants Exchange Bank Of san
Francisco also closed their doors. The
Bank of California is said to be hope
leSSly involved, caused by outside spec
ulationS in mining shares and
other unfortunate ventures. The 9TH
er two banks claim to have
assets exceeding all their liabilities, and
will resume, it is said, Is soc aS they
can procure the necessary amount of
coin. On the 27th the Government
transferred Over Il million dollars by tel
r@raph to san Francisco banks, upon
their making the necessary deposit, in
New York, and ii was thought there
would be no further failure, of much
Importance. The firm of Stirling,
AhrenS u Co., of Baltimore, the larg-
est sugar and molasscS importing house
in the United States, also suspended
payment on the 10Th. Liabilities about
two and a half millions. They expect
to be able to pay nearly dollar for dol
lar. The cause of their failure was the
general depression of business and
shrinkagc in value of coffee and sugar,
of which the firm have large stocks.
They transacted 4 business of forty mill
lions Il year.
The excitement in San Francisco
consequent upon the suspension of the
Bank IF California, on the 10Th, was
greatly augmented by the suicide of Mr..
Ral>ton, President of the Bank, who
drowned himself on the afternoon of the
following day. During that day the
Board of Directors of the Bank had held
Il meeting and requested him to resign,
which he did. He subsequently went
to a sea-bathin| establishment in the
northern part of the city, and, having
undresscd himself, went into the water,
swan some 200 yards from the
shore, and disappeared from
view behind Il vessel. Soon
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after his body was discovered floating
near the shore, apparently dead, and
although life WAS not altogether extinct
when he was rescued, all efforts to re-
SuScitate him failed. There seems to be
no doubt that he deliberately commit
ted suicide. Mr.. Ralston's unboundcd
wealth., enterprise and libcrality had
given him Il fame almost Worldwide,
and this unfortunate ending of his busy
life caused Il general feeling of sadness
throughout the whole country.
INFORMATION has recently been re-
ceived at Washington from prominent
officers on the Rio Grande, To the cf-
feet that cattle stealing and murders of
American citizens still continue, and
that the only way to stop them is to
break up the bands of assassins and
thieves on the other side of the river and
as far in the interior Of Mexico as may
be found necessary.
THE much-mOOtcd consolidation of
the Western Union and Atlantic ~ Pa
citic Telegraph lines has ut last come to
pass, and the telegraph system almost
of the entire continent of North Ameri-
81 is now gathered into one vast mo-
nopoly. The Western Union absorbs the
rival corporation, the terms of the
transfer being 4 guarantee of an annual
dividend of I per cent. upon Il % per
cent. valuation of the stock of the At
lantic Il Pacific, OF - 900 900.
TIE preliminary examinations of the
Illinois Ku-KluN marauderS took place
before United States Commissioner Cur
lee, at CcntraIia, on the 18th. The
prosecution was made under the United
States ku-klux law. John DuckwOrth
testified that he was ut the fight at Mad
dOX Lane, and on that night Aaron Neal
was the leader of the band. He cave
the names of the following fourteen men
as being then with the rang: Calvin
Moore, George Proctor, George Herd,
Wilson SOmmerS, Thomas SommcrS,
Mardonia SommerS, Henderson SOM
mcrs, Rufus STRIPPING, W. W. Briley,
VIM. PiastcrS, Green Cantrell, W. W.
Jacobs, Aaron Neal, and himself. He
testified that on the night of the 10Th of
July, the band met At the house of Hi
ram SommerS, and resolved to give Il
visitation to Maddox and Brown. The
latter was supposed to have some I'M
proper women about his place: the
former was charged with having meas
urcd their horses tracks. When they
came to Browns house they found him
in dying condition. The testimony of
W. ". Jacobs, another member of the
band, confirmed that of DuckWorth.
There were four hundred members of
the band in Franklin County and one
thousand in Williamson County. lie
was. sworn in by Neal, who made
him take an oath that he would
not reveal any of the secrets, signs
"rpa>s-word> of the organization, which
WAS known rs the ''Goldcn Rin~;''
would 90 whenever called upon by the
Grand Master, and wherever: to first
warn, then whip, and then hang all
offenders, the penalty for rcfusing being
to have the throat cut from ear to ear,
and his tongue torn out by the roots.
The examination resulted in Neal, thc
leader, being released ON =, 600 bail,
and the other prisoners on Il less
amount. \ number of additional az
rests had been made.
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arrangements for space in the Centcn-
NAL for the exhibition of the curiositics
of all the Aztec races of Indians III New
Mexico, and of the products, agricul-
tural and mineral, of that Territory. 1t
is probable that Gov. Army will be ac-
companied to Philadelphia by large
delegation of Indian chiefs, who will
have space in the Exhibition grounds
for the erection of wi@wams and the
presentation of their methods of max
inc blankets and other useful articles,
and their stone mills for grinding grain
and making bread. The presence of
a band of uncivilized abori@ines of
America at the Centennial will form an
interesting feature.
THE Salt Lake Tribune has recently
come into possession of some interest
inc old manuscript documents left by
DR.. Isaac Garland, who died sevcra
years ago in Iowa. He originally own
ed the land on which Nauvoo was built,
and, sharing the belief of the late Gen
eral Robert +. Lee, that the greatest in
land city of America would he situated
at or neal the rapids of the Mississippi,
he procured the settlement of Joseph
Smiths body of MormOns on a part of
his land. To further his ends he joined
the Mormon Church; but he WAS never
destined TO see his dream realized, and
he died very poor. The ~poSthumous
documents in the hands of the TribuRc
are full of arguments III favor of the
authenticity of the Book Of Mormon,
and curious Speculations into the mean
inc of Greek and Hebrew names found
therein.
4 CORRESPONDENT of III Eastern
paper furnishes some additional infor-
nation concerning the progress of work
upon the %jetties which Captain Eads is
constructing at the mouth of the Mis>iS-
sippi. The east jetty has already been
carried / Zoo feet from the wharf, and
it was expected that arrangements
could be made by the middle Of this
month which would allow Il daily pro-
greSS Of 400 feet. The west jctty, 10
c,+od obo,,t ! ooo feet from the east iat-
~ has honr hor,m and i heiur ranidlv
pushed forward. The pass opposite
the work already done has been
daooopod from , f. feet Tins ~rcaliz-
mo tho oynrc+otions of Can't. Eads 1T
indeed 10 he in GOOD hands. and is Ger
tainlv being vigorously prosecuted.
Five hundred men are employed, and,
as they are located 100 miles from any
town, they form Il community by them
selves. The account of the correspon-
dent is circumStantial enough to war
rant expectations Of complete success,
and TO make the prediction that the
mouth of tbn NJi.si.,in,,i will bo onnund
"a "a Pt'
III the centennial year appear reaSoh-
able enough.
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Truck the 1feSluclI over inc lltdu Will
a machetc, and was instantly run
through by the sentry, who fired his
piece at the same time, killing the
assassin Immediately. The two young
men, after Rayo had struck the rresi-
dent, fired on the latter with their rc-
volvcrs. The President fell on his face
MORALLY wounded, and died O after.
The two young men escaped.
CAPTAIN WEBB, the EngliShman, has
performed the hitherto unprecedented
feat of swimming from Dover TO Calais
without a float or lifc-Saving apparatus
of any description. He was u hours
40 minutes in the passage, and was III
good spirits when he reached the end Of
his Journey. Capt. Webb failed in his
first attempt.
TIE Detroit Grcenback Convention,
held on the 25th, adopted resolutions
substantially rs follows: Fayoring the
redemption of the grcenback circulation
vi tllt oIIitN 'ldIIS ~ IlC tiN"T'l ~
the holders thereof in bonds of the
United States, bearing a low rate of in
tcrest, convertible at the pleasure of the
holder into greenbackS, ''thus redeem
inc the original promise of the
Government when it first issued green
backs, to fund them when desired into
an intcrcst-paying bond" the issue of
United States certificates or bonds, bear
inc interest not to exceed 500 per cent.
per annum, to an amount equal the Gov
eminent debt, said bonds or certificates
being changeablc and interchangeable
with grccnbacks at par on demand
making grcenbacks Il legal tender for all
debts, public and private, cN-
cept that portion Of the bond
ed Indebtedness specially made pay
able in coin; the repeal of the act
providing for n resumption of specie
payments in 1879, sit being impracti-
cable and impossible of execution, and
disastrous in its effects upon the bust
ness of the country" Ii was recon-
mcndcd that Grccnback Clubs be or
ganized in every State of the Union.
The principal speakers were Hon. VIM.
ID. Kelley and MessrS. d. \. Mahoney
and JAS. Buchanan. Thomas j. Du-
rand, of Washington, presided, assist
ed by several Nicc-Prc,idcntS.
TIE contemplated railway line from
the Rio Grande to the City of Mexico is
in Il fair way of being constructed at no
very distant day. \ charter for about
$50 miles of the route from the city Of
Mexico to the City of Leon, having Il
population of 100 900 inhabitants, has
been granted to an English company,
with Il Government grant of SD, goo
per mile towards Building the road,
and a similar charter, with Ike grant,
has been procured by another COM
pany, to complete the line from the
City of Leon to the Rio Gramdc. \
further proposed line is 10 connect the
Iron Mountain Railroad with the McNi-
can road ut the Rio Grande, making Il
grand international railway route from
the Mississippi Valley to the City of
Mexico.
THE Bank of California, the heaviest
financial corporation on the Pacific
coast, suspended payment ON the 10Th,
, 1875-03-07

They are endeayorins to induce the shakespe-
rean reader George Vandenhoff to come to Chi
cago, and, if successful, will give Chicago people
the first opportunity OF hearing one who has
long been termed first among dramatic readers:
The first AMONG the musical entertainments OF
the Star Course will be given April by the
Apollo Club, Miss Julia Rive. the pianist; ".
6saB aaa Ths fes~ Ss
~ latter rcceived BY them from AIR. J. L.
Melds Fl viii prove disappointment to his many
friends here:
M 14s CHARLES STREET, Bosros.-Dear Friends
aoa3n nm doomed to disappointment, and Am COM
peed by III health to give up IL ny western fagage 1nH
c.mpaien. In 50 utterly untitled to 60 On th.t an
Obliged to in anu 'ake NJ thro,t
i and tired that t, s1snt you p.sf foea
trumpets brought to bear on my LITTLE performances;
And what's tho Of going to you ~ IL tns Saas
van how disappointed am, but man Is not master OF
Lila @A'o' JANIS 7. FIELDS.
, 1875-03-07


MUSICAL GOSSIP.
Harry Palmer, OF Booths, has gone to Europe
to bring Won Bulow to this country.
Hurper's Bczar states that Nile. Albani and
Mr. Ernest Gye were privately married IN Lon
don year ago.
It is hoped that Theodore Thomas Will Vlsit
Chicago on his :way to the Clnc1nnau Aus1cal
Festival, the first week OF May
Mrs. Jennie Vally-scherenberg, Phila-
delphia mezzo-soprano, who has STUDIED ana
sung in Europe, has made chicago ner none;
and We hope will be heard ere long IN some OF
our concerts.
Mr.. BischoG, so long known as one OF our
hest tepors, has had l. handsome complmen1
Maid him .by AIr. Theodore Thomas, the latter
havng se1ecled him for the tenor solos at the
Warner night to be given in Boston on the loth
inst.
ATessrs. Carpenter d Sheldon have arranged
with the Apollo Club, Miss Julia H1Ve. 1lts; D. ~
Jones. soprano, Mr. ". F. Lewis and Mr. n:
T'edochonski. tor grand vocal and instrumental
CONCERT to be given in the popular Star Course
on the evening Of April g.
The large organ built for St. Paul (Universal-
;e+1 Church by Messrs. ). Il. d G. s. Odel was
ont exhibition Friday, Feb. &c, at their factory
in New York, from 10 o'clock d. m, to .
n M, and will be in it's place IN the ne"
CHURCH in this city on the 18th inst
The concert which was to lave been given last
weak at Campbell Hall for the benefit OF the
T.adies' Aid Societies OF the Western AEenus
Rsntist and Methodist Churches, and was posi-
noned owing to the storm, will be gwen on lnes-
f,v evening next at tho same place. Ihe Btaney
0nartette Club, Mrs. Slayton, Miss Busher, snd
Nir. s. G. Pratt will take part
, 1875-03-07
THE DRAMA.


Last week Was the on-week in tho dramatic
nnsiness. AL the theatres were unusually
emnty. Even Mr.. Chanfran's =" Arkansas Tray
failed to bring the people out IN numbers, but
IA it showed habltually, this neglect is not much
n be wondered ut. The other places Of amuse-
1nent were even less fortunate in their patron
age. except the Adelphi, and general staena a.
ion prevailed. The present week We are likely
to have change Each Of the theatres is to
have = strong attraction, aud the bidding Tor
ronular favor is high. Mrs. Rousby at Mc'lck-
er's, John Raymond at the Academy OF husc,
new bill at Hooloy's, and Il now company at the
Museum, with equally strong attractions at the
Grand opera-House and the Adelph', are sufi-
cieut to keep the people amused for one week.
rbav 1nust BE- hard to please il they do not ind
eomstbipc to choose in the midst Of plenty.
My1CKER's THEATRE
Mr.. George Favcett Rowe played la1nentaoly
,oor enrzeement at McVicker's Theatre last
raak-the poorest Of this season OF poor engage
rnanta Il was not to be wondered at.
H;a successor is an English artist also, but
49, ta,+ar known to fame-the beautiful and re-
snsa 1frs. Rousby, who, if report does not e1-
s1carata tho charms Of her beauty and the grace
# her bearing, is very lovely woman. 1t il
40 n her to state that. 80 far IS this clty ls
aarcarned. there has been no effort made a.
aveatauiae her. We have not been plagued
, 1875-03-07
ABROAD.

Tho soldene troupe ara in st. Louis this week.
Caupap1ni is still at Milan, and his engage
mant at the Scala has fallen through.
Rubinsteins sacred lyric drama, "Ihe De-
7non ~ ia said to have been highly succeesfu1 at
st. Petersburg.
Nile. lima De Murska gave "Lucia di Lammer-
moor at the new Opera~Houso IN New orleans
Inst week to the largest audience OF the seasoh'
strauss threatens to discontinue composing.
dance music and devote himself entirely 70
operas Already he is 30 consequential that ne
cannot lead his Own band.
Capoul, Janet, and Vizzani are in st. Peters
burg. Nanettl and Signora SAM, the contralto'
Vienna. AIies Emma Howson, who has peen
studying under Lamperti, recently sang III
Malta
Tbe orchestra selected by Wagner for the req,
regentstion of his great Niebelungen drama VIII
consist Of $50 Of the best players Of Germany
selected from the principal theatres OF br9ns- Ha
xek Ressau coeuTg .1a w bo is rs 7ons
1G second Yiolins, 10 violas, 12 'celli u double
haasea. 7 harps. flutes, 5 hautboys, 5 c!aranots
. English horns, bass clarinets, IL horns' .
trumpets, trombones. and pairs OF tsmpsnl'
rba Neu York Ecen,nq Post Of Monday last
aays: "It now appears that there Will De
snrinq season OF italian opera at the Academy
on Fourteenth street after ell: Mr. strakoscn
has hired the building, and the performances
r probably begin in March line Ind the
other cities in which they havo sung recently;
Nile. Heilbron has been very faVorably recelseo
BE- Elsa in sLobengrin.' It i said that during
tie spring season The :na ss T1gnE Ea1 Tl ap
naar mmt "a Ffdes in .The Prophet" There
;a on1te q difference OF opinion between
Nav S1rakosch and Albani as to their terms OF
narting, Max says it was because OF the enof-
nous salary be had to pay the prlma, WHICH Ine
eider Gyo. who had sub-contracted her to Strak-
oh ref,1sed to lessen when it became apparent
that the latter WAS losing heavily. Max renarK-
ad That she did not draw the money that, while
she fetched 81, 450 one night. the next nieht
without her there WAS taken 81 80 tnat tno
lsnce OF stock presentation Of opera But a III:
Ernest Gye tells Just the contrary story; .nat
there has been considerable loss every n'ghs
when Albani has not sung, and. however gooa
the receipts on her nights, they "ouid nos :
possibly make up the dehcencles Of tne o1u1ts IT,.
times week mora often than twice lthe contfscs
number) in order to obige St1akosch.
Johann Strauss opera, 1.-The Bat. was PER Pc,
formed at the Academy OF Music last week. une y !,
World says: 1.-The plot Of the come d o2gs1s Ha1ay2
has already been epitomized in these columns
L affords number OF good situations, "1iot 1nat
wese eyapins eie.sy enoas no mean, too
] mot ~ md generally bstsggsdt By the
6feto for mos i IS rsen by johann asau
Sttaaai Sala orotsn By the sn1aets 5at x.s despite
ipe is for s1 ehe most cart and .. times bright sud
ViS5acious w M enough to draw very hearty applause
Aig. Tba Ka1Iosr troupe closed its Boston season
Yesterday. @ Dung thu week 4 brought ou'
, 1875-03-07


s1r Too1a follows Col. Sellers at the Academy
Of Music
Billy Manning is not at the end 1T the min
strels, but he soon WILL DC.
Mr.. Gardiner announces rehearsal OF the
ssRoad to Ruin" at the Academy at 2:3o o'clock
this afternoon.
Mr. Alfred T. Burbank, our Chicago reader,
has been reading in Knoxville Tenn, and won
the highest commendation.
Billy Crane was summoned before tho 6rsno
jury last week for melting young men to into1-
1cation in the part Of Eccles.
Mrs, Julia E. Dunn, of California, is the les
SEQ OF the New York Grand Opera. House.. The
spectacle to be produced is "Ahmed' anu
Hiatt Morgan is painting the scenery.
Hiss Genevieye Ward, the American actress,
formally known a. Nine. Guerrabella, and who
has been playing with great SUCCESS IN London
in the regular drama, WAS to appear ut DruEy
Iane on Feb Is as Rebecca in the grand spec
tacular drama OF "1Vanhoe.'
, 1875-03-07

nets in B fiat, fagot.i, two trumpets in D.. tfun-
pots in F, two horns in F, three tro1noones.
tympsni @ and strings. ~, Ihe pccoo a1osnt ana
OBITUARY.
The obituary list, nnce cur last weekly re-
view, includes tho names Of II. Hanenann,
chamber musician aud musical author, OF Ger~
lin; Mr.. Oliver Hanle, Of Troy, n T., through
whose aid Albani obtained her musical educa-
ton; Jean Henri Pape, the pianotorte maker.
OF Paris; S;gnor Asnes the famous Belgian
baritone-basso, who was lstter1y member Of
MapIeson's troupe at Drury Lane; Charles Ward.
a vell-known aong-Eriter, Of Cincinnati; aad
Jnles r.. Perkins, the wel-known American
basso, member OF Mapleson's opera troupe.