The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-10-01
~TELE6RAPHic NOTES.

\ St. Louis Times correspondent,
who went to Pine Hill, Ky, to identity, if
possible, the West Virginia bank rObber who
was shot and subsequently died at that place,
says he recognized him as being Thompson
McDaniels, a noted desperate of Western
Missouri, one of the Muncie train robbers,
and a brother BUD McDaniels, who. was
killed in Kansas not long since.
The Mechanics Bank of Montreal has
suspended payment. on account Of a serious
defalcatiOn by one of its officers. 1t is said
that bill-hOlderS and deposit0rs are fully pro-
tected.
a few days AGO some of the stock of
John LETTER, who lived about 90 miles from
Fort Laramie, was run off by the Indians.
He started in pursuit of his stock, and the
next day his body was picked up and brought
into the Fort. His ears were cut off, his nose
and chin shot of, and his body horribly mutt
lated.
The fourth annual session of the Na-
tionsl Agricultural Congress commenced in
Cincinnati on the ODD.
The Palmetto Guard, of Charleston,
S. c., have issued an invitation to all Ameri-
cans to participate in the centennial a~nniver-
sary of the Battle Of Fort Moultrie, on June
Sth next.
The Union Railway Depot at Kansas
City, Mo-, and several adjacent buildings
were burned on the morning of the 22d. A
very large number of tickets were destroyed.
but all the bagg age and checks were saved.
A man named George Findlay, from Colora-
do, lost his life in the Chicago House, one of
the burned buildings. The Union Depot was
an old building, and the total loss will not eX-
ceed $4,000, which was nearly covered by
insurance.
Near Bc~llcfontainc, Ohio, on the Esd,
a young lady named Allie Laughlin, Is years
of age, went out riding with a man named
Schcll and his wife. Arrived ut a piece of
woods, Schell persuaded Miss Laughlin to
accompany him therein. OStenSiblv to gather
wild flowers, leaving Mrs. SchelI in the wag-
on. Having reached a secluded place. Schell
made a desperate attempt TO outrage the girl,
failing in which he stabbed her several times
with knife, inflicting mortal wounds. He
then returned home with his wife, and ac-
counted for Miss Lsuchiin's absence by say
ing she had strayed away from him in the
woods and become lost. The %neighbOrs in
>tituted 4 search, and the body of the unfOr-
tun-te lady was found. nearly nude, with her
throat cut from ear to ear. 1t was
apparent that Il severe struggle had taken
place., as the grass was trampied over a large
space. Schell was arrested and taken to iall
at Bellefontaine. A bloody knife WAS found
in his pocket. At the Coroncr's inquest
Mrs. Schell testified that her husband had in
formed her of his plot to outrage and murder
the girl, and threatened to kill her if she dis
closed his intentions. The horrible nature of
this crime SO incensed the community, that
about midnight on the 24th some 300 men
went to the Jail at Bellefontaine, battered
down the doors, took out Schell, and hanged
him to a tree.
At Cleveland, Ohio, on the odd, the
police officers discovered in a barn on the
premises Of a man named kanan. a lad about
If years old lying on q lot Of damp straw, al
most naked, and reduced to 4 mere skeleton
by starvation. He lived but Il little while
after being discovered. His father and mother
We're at once arrested. When the father was
asked why he treated his child in that manner.
ne replied, "Oh, he was an IDIOT after
wards, No room in his house, also. that
50 the boy had been an idiot frcm childhood"
Superintendent Schmitt made an evamina-
ton OF the house. and found it contained ten
rooms, some of them rot being used. The
unnatural parents were arrested and lodged
in jail. 1t is stated that the boy had been
Outlined in the barn for Is months.
The Municipal Court of Berlin has
sentenced the editor of the Germ0nR, an u
tramO 1tane journal, to five months impris-
emmett for havin" published the article in
sulting to the Chancellor and melting dis
obedience of orders.
The IIcrndon House, at Marshall,
Mich, was burned at an early hour on the
morning of the 24th, and Claude Gavery, a
Anterne Grabez. a cigsr-maker, |
Eliza jerks, servant, and Martha VorSden,
cook. persisted in the flames. 4 number of
other persons were injured. The house with
its entire contents was destroyed.
The ship Western Empire, Captain
Bertis, from Pensacola. Sept. Il, for Grims-
by, laden with timber, was wrecked about
$50 miles south of Pensacola and seven men
drowned. The Captain and II of the crew
were landed ut Pensacola in a destitute con-
ditiOR.
The committee appointed to examine
and report upOn the condition of the partial
ly constructed Chicago Custom-house, recon-
mend that the foundations be strengthened
and certain portions of the superstructure be
The Secretary of the Treasury has
the Supervising Architect to pro-
coed at once with the work in accordance
the report.
At New Albany, Ind, on the morning
of the 18th. Jacob Reuter-, labOrer, while SUI
fering from the effects of hard drinking. kill