The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-06
~TELEG4APFiIc VOTES,

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August ,, was ll276.
y London telegram OF the 18th SAYS that
- mills have been closed at Ashton, and 5000
operatives thrown out of employment; and at
Oldham, only six out of IG3 mills belonging to the
Employers Association were working.
Brimadier-GcnTrai Ord. commanding the
Department of Texas, has issued an order that
persons appearing in that department in the
disguise of Indians will be treated as Indians,
and, if not Killed when captured, will he sent to
Fort Marion, st. Augustine, Fla, ami will not
be allowed to change their Indian dress.
The Northern Pacific Railroad bridge
across the MississippiWiver at Braineri, Mimi,
went down with 4 mixed train, on the morn
ing of the 9th, and five persons were killed and
several others injured.
Tin heavy .a:n> which prevailed
throughout portions Of the West, during the last
week in July, seriously injured the crops, wheat
especially, in many localities.
Grants Cotton NillS. at Glasgow. ScOt-
land, were burned on the 18th. \ number of
operatives amt ircmen were injured. Loss
$500, GcO.
ThiIty-one mills have closed IL Dundee.
Scotland, and twelve thousand persons are on
Of employment. Both the employers and opera
tivcs have resolved not to yield.
FiF" deaths from yellow few occurred
at Fort Barancas on the 2sth.
\ freight train going north on the Lou
isvillc, New Albany and Chicago Railway. on
the 18th, went through a trcstle 80 feet high, be
tween Putnamville and Clovcr,lale, killing the
engineer, conductor AMI head brakeman. The
fireman had one leg and one arm broken. The
rear brakeman only escaped.
Further particulars regarding the bridge !
disaster on the Northern Pacific Railroad near
Braiucrl, Mimi, on the 9th, are as follows:
The train consisted of % freight cars, besides the
caboosc, in which were Il number Of passengers.
Several of the cars were laden with railrOadirOn.
As the train was crossing the bridge the engineer
heard 4 cracking anil put on steam to escape. His
efforts, however, proved too late to save his life.
The central span of the bridge broke down under
the weight of the cars and both ends of the train
were drawn into the wreck, the engine and
several cars being drawn backward and the
remainder of the train forward. The central
span and two western spans of the bridge went
down, the engine, tender and two cars that
were pulled backward falling on the west
shore, and the remainder going into the
river. The crash made by the wreck was
heard at a distance of three quarters of a
mile. The river at this point is about 300 feet
wide, the water from six to eight feet deep, and
the bridge was about so feet above the water.
1t was of the Howe truss pattern, and it is sup
posed that the foundations had been weakened
by recent floods.
y terrible storm passed 0veT portions of
Southern Ohio and Indiana on the night of the
2Sth ult. At Marietta, Ohio, a five-stOry furni-
ture warehouse was RACED to the ground, de
s~troying the building and nearly its entire con-
.., ..l,.l % 80 lla VI
country was flooded, causing great damage to
crops.
The Comptroller of Currency has adj
vised the Secretary of the Treasury Of the issue
of 81 20, 80 additional national bank circulation
for the month ending July -, 80 per cent. of
which is to be retired in legal tender notes, max
ing the whole amount of legal tender notes re-
tired since the passage of the act of January Il,
1878, ! pa ,S92.
An Omaha dispatch Of the Doth ult. saws
that the Indian Commissioners who are invcsti-
eating the Agency frauds discovered while there
that one miller had put up packages of flour con-
tanning 81 pounds, which he states were turned
in for the Indians by the contractors for 100
pounds; and also that q lot of 200 cattle, which
were frozen to death on the hands of the con-
tractor, had been regularly re~ccipted for by the
Indians.
The town of Harveyburg, Fountain
County, Ind, was struck by a cyclone on the
night of the 18th ult., demolishing houses, up
roofing trees and sweeping things generally be-
fore it. Five women were killed, among them
being Mrs. Sewers, Mrs. Sample and Mrs. Pat
terson. \ hired girl and a little child of Mrs.
were also among the victims.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt in
Hartford, Conn.,, and vicinity, on the morning
of the 9th ult. +
The Pensacola Navy Yard was reported
from yellow fever on the 10Th ult. Up to
that date there had been - deaths at Barrancas,
out of 81 cases.
The official statement by the Minister of