The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-02
~TEiEGHhPHIC NOTES.
Ine prize Of gold in REV York, Oh June
20, was ll7a.

IIr pr!Ct. Of COit IL .HtT ! ORR, OF June
20, was ll7A.
a clerk OF MesSrS. Balback q Co., in
Newark, \. j., was counting 4 large sum of
money which the teller OF the Mechanics National
Bank had just handed him. a well dressed man
tapped the clerks shoulder. saying, "You have
dropped some of your bills, " and he pointed to Il
bank note on the floor. The clerk stOopcit to pick
it up, and the man walked out. When the clerk
finished counting the money on the counter the
package was : 900 short. The man had taken
it as the clerk reached for the note on the floor.
ihe Louisville C0urjcr-Jou}uui has an
account Of Il cOwarlly and cold bloOicd murder
Recently committed in Shelby County, Ky. Hen
ry Logan, colOred, had been Il prominent witness
against four yOungmcn in that county in Il felony
case, for which the accused were held over to an
swer. 1t was reported that threats were made
against him for this, and on the 18th, about sun
down, he was assaSsinated in Il secluded road
near Shcihyvillc. He was shot twice, several
persons hearing the dischargesO of two guns. LO-
gan was almost instantly killed. The Sherifi and
Prosecuting Attorney of the county are working
up the case vigorously, and the correspondent
says if the murderers are captured the %indigna-
ton is such that they will be lynchcd.
III" rarli,t Committee in London is in
it'fitt' VI iillt-iiSNiHt llitll iLIt "a lNt fh-
tered CASTLE in strong force, and that they have
been well received everywhere.
Tie question Of substituting silver cOiL
of less denomination than the dollar for the lrac-
tiOnal currency now in circulation, is attracting
considerable attention in financial circles.
1t was Reported BY cable on the 22i that
the British Government had declared war
against Burmah.
New York detectives recently found in
the possession of Il church sexton over Il thou
sand obscene pictures and the machinery for
copying them.
Anew and dangerous counterfeit has
been discovered Of - notes of the First Nation
al Bank of Canton, Ill. 1t is evidently changed
from the plate on which the counterfeit on the
Traders National Bank of Chicago and the First
National Bank OF PaNton, H., Was printed.
u Washington dispatch AVS it is not
probable that the miners found in the Black
Hills viii he disturbed at present, as the Coy
eminent does not propose to furnish free trans
p~ortation back to Cheyenne for all adventures
found there.
The war cloud between England and
Burmah has been dissipatcd, the King of Burmah
having granted to Great Britain the right to send
forces through his Dominion to Western China,
II requisite Tor future ca ptllIlpnS.
The Western Rurcj'5 crop report from
various sections Of the northwest shows that the
acreage of wheat is much less than of last wear;
condition average. The acreage of corn Is much
larger than that of last year, but condition some
what un'avOrablc, principally on account of late
ness of season. Acreage of oats also increased,
and prospects good for full crop. Barley is be-
low the average, both as regards acreage and
.rOUlIti,, Aside from ora ElIpppaT, districts
proper, the devastation by insects is less than it
was las. wear.
by request OF the Board OF indian Com
missioncrs, tine Secretary of War has directed
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan to detail a commission of
army officers to inspect the Tn!ian supplies at
Kansas City, Sioux City and Cheyenne.
\ terrible storm occurred throughout
Iowa AMI Minnesota, extending into Wisconsin
and Michigan, on the night of the 23d. At De
corah, Iowa, 30 houses were reported destroyed, |
and ut Charles City, Iowa, several buildings
We're struck by lightning, and bridges were car
ried away. Great damage was also inflicted at
La Crosse, Wis. Niles and Battle Greek, Mich.
and other places.
The Town Hail at Bradford, Ont, was
blown down On the oath. The public school was
in session in the basement at the time, and one
pupil was killed and three seriously injured.
other buildings We're unroofed and blown
William kecncr, cOlOrcd, was lvnched
at Greenfield, Ind. on the 18th, for committing
an indecent assault upon a lady in Rush County.
Later reports from the recent inunda-
ton in France state that 800 persons persisted in
the flood at Toulouse alone. 1t is believed that
; SEQ horses we're swept away in the town and
The damage there Is estimated at
from $50, 900, 900 to 500 0 900. The estimate of
deaths in the flooded distrist places the number
at ,, %. 1t is propOsed to lombard and destroy
the st. yprian quarter of Toulouse TO prevent
dagger from the crumbling walls of houses that
remain.
y destructive tornado passed over the
northwestern part OF the city of Detroit, Mich,
on the evening of the 18th. Its path was about
500 feet wide. Thirty houses. besides out build
ings, were demolished and four persons killed
and many Others injured, some Of them seri-
ously.
SIN new indictments have been found