The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-15

Centennial meeting 10 be heIt there during
Fair week. Mrs. Hardin, who has been i'll
for >ome week, past, is slowly recovering.
The receipts of the State Treasury for the
month ending September 80 We're S49.f0i. 0S,
and the disbursements were sc, 46>.Hl.
Andrew county.
Mr.. Charles +. Boomer has been appointed
Prosecuting Attorney for Andrew County.
vice John p. Aitgeld. resigned.
Cole County.
Madame Julia Elite Fortmeyer, Of St.
Louis. sentenced for ten wears. on two charges
of msn>laughtcr, escaped from the Pcniten-
tiary at Jefferson City on the night of the
9th. She got out Of her cell by climbing over
the tran>Om in the front Of the apartment.
The gates leading to the outer corridors
seemed to have not been secured, and thus
gave her free c%rcsS from the prison.
cooper Ounty
A warrant HIS been issued at Boonville
for the arrest of r.. X. Turner. the alleged
deed tOr@er, who Is ROW ut California, and
Sheriff Rogers will take him TO the first
named town. His claims in Cooper County
cover several hundred acres of land belong
Ing TO some of its leading men. One deed
pretends to transfer the land OF which Over
ton. 4 town ofoycr five hundred inhabitants.
i built.
AyOung negro girl in B0Onville, on the
night of the 1St. gave birth TO a child, and
soon aftcr threw it into a priyy vault where it
was found alive and screaming. 1t was res
cupd and is now all right.
DR.. Myers. Il well-known physician of
Boonvillc, while riding with his wife and
child in carriage, was overturned and Sc
vercly injured.
Greene County.
On the 9TH, at Springfield. Deputy-Jailer
Smith was attacked in Il cell Of the County
Jail by six priSoners-thrce white and three
black-and severely beaten. the prisoners
making their escape. Subsequently four OF
them were recaptured by parties who went
in pursuit.
Jackson County.
ward Young. a fireman IN Il Fort Scott
engine, was 80 severely S"aldcd AT Kansas
City by a collision with a Hannibal & st. 10.
freight train at : G o'clock on the evening of the
~ II, III q nt tiS't It " ~ tl''h ItAt IIIpi mug
It is rumorcd that W. K. Arthur has re-.
signed the General Superintcnlencv of tn,
II. l.. K.C. and y. Railroad. and that j. +,
Howell acting in his place.
Morgan County.
The vote of Versailles, on the proposition
to subscribe 5000 to the capital stock of the
Jefferson City and Southwestern Narrow
gauge Railway, being almost unanimous il
its favor, gives additional hope that the worL
will lc promptly begun.
Pettis County.
About seven o'clock. on the morning of the
4th. the Pacific Express westward ran over
a colorcd woman on Post Oak bridge. neal
Warren>burg, killing her instantly. Name
I unknown.
An interesting investigation is going or
As to the capital stock Subscribed by Pettis
County and the prominent citizens of Scdalia
to secure the location of the l.. and st. Lou,
Railroad. Colonel +. w. NickOX has beer
on the stand two days, and it appears that the
! $500 0 stock subscribed was to he used. ant
WAS used. on the Board of Directors, tC
Change the location of the road from Lamont,
10 Ntldlli. NoIplltl NlNhOA dCCDuItS -i''
600 of the money which he received, but re-
fuses to state what other members of the
Board of Directors received the other Sd.
600.
Recently, at Sedalia, Prof. ROulOn, Il music
teacher and leader of the Sedalia Corn
Band, aged about thirty and entirely blind
was married to Miss Mary F.. Chaney, ageC
eighteen, and daughter of c. NJ. \. CLANCY
Il wealthy citizeN. and Cashier of the Petit,
oar and Savings Bank.
StOddard County.
The Bloomfield Reporter relates that
about ten months AGO Mr.. William X. Spen
Ger. who resided about eighteen miles weSr
of tbs place, found one o: his cows in grca'
agony, and thinking he was chOked. put hi,
haLd into her throat hoping to find the Oh
>truction and relieve her. The cow proved
To be suffering from ny d%rophobia. and sool
died. AT the time. Mr.. Spencer had a sm4I
sore or wound on his hand. A few week:
Sncp he felt strange symptoms. and on thu
18th u3tO.. while crossing the St. Franco,
River, he became insane. and was frequently
in convictions until the 10Th, when dca /
put an end to MS agony.
III. Louis.
The st. Louis County Grange held it,
%rcgul, " monthly meeting at the rooms Of IN,
Board of Agriculture, in the Insurance
Building, on the tlh. DR.. X. W. Stevens
Master Of the Grange, presided, and nearly
all the Changers of the county were repre-
scented, and business of importance to the
order was discussed. one of the p~rincipa
topics under discussion was the proposed es
Establishment of a Grange store in 81. Louis
1t was decided to open the store within three
months.
The St. Louis Fair opened on the Alb. with
every prospect of being The most successful
exhibition ever held in that city.