The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-09-24
%TELEsRAPHiC NOTES.

In st. Louis. on the night of the 18th,
Clarence Ward, in a iii of Jealousy, shot u
woman named Maria Sutton, who was living
with him As his wife, and then shot himself.
Both were cOlOred.
The National Association of Lumber
men began its second annual session in Chi
cago on the 18th.
The new fast mail and newspaper
train over the Pennsylvania Railroad aud its
connections left New York at $50 4. N. on
the 18th, reaching Pittsburgh at 800 =. m.
Columbus, - :0O midnight; Cincinnati, $50
q. m, 18th indianapolis, G.15 Il. M; Chica-
go. G:3J Il. m; st. Louis, 90 p. IN.
During a trial by iiremcn of an aerial
ladder in New York City. on the 18th. An ac-
cident occurred by which three men were
killed outright aud several others badly in
jured.
Thomas W. Nichols, Teller Of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce Of Montreal,
has abSconded with over $40, 900 0 fthe banks
money.
The General Councilof the Indian ma
tons and tribes, recently held at Ocmulgee,
passed resolutions regulating the reSolu-
lions adopted at Caddo last spring, which
contemplated the ultimate opening Of the ter
ritory to white settlement.
Commodore Perry's flagship, the
/ Lawrence, >unk in Erie harbor sixty-two
years ago, has been raised, aud the bottom
found to he in a good state OF preservation.
1t is to be exhibited at the Centennial.
The Department OF Agriculture re-
ports that the condition of the cotton crop
for September is better than in August in
Mississippi, Louisiana. and Arkansas, and
worse IN the Atlantic cotton States.
The wife of the British Consul al
New Orleans died of the yellow fever ut
PaScsGoula, Miss. on the 18th. There have
been q number of deaths at Milton, Florida,
nine miles above Pensacola, and q few cases
at Ray st. Louis and also at New Orleans.
Recent adviccS from the Fiji Islands
state that a fearful epidemic in the form of
measles prevails there, which thrcatens to
entirely depopulate the islands. One-third
of the native population had died in about
three months.
The hoilcro of a portable stcam-cn@inc,
attached to q neutrality-suspicious.. exploded
near Terre lIaute, Ind, OH the 10th. causing
the death of three men and the destruction
by fire Of several buildings.
The International Indian Fair, held
at Mn>kO@ee, on the 18th, was Il great
success in some respects. The thirty-tive
nationalitieS We're nearly all represented. and
about 5000 people in al were present.
The Governor of Colorado has issued
a call for an election on the 10Th of October
for members of the Constitutional Conven-
ton, which will meet on the 20Ih of Decem-
Der.
The Huntington, West Va. bank rob
berS We're traced over into Kentucky, and
one Of their number WAS shotYand captured
at Pin Hill. He refused TO give any account
Of himself or his companions. A Louisville
detective claims that the wounded man is
Jesse james.
4 fearful gale prevailed on the Gulf,
commencing on the 10th. and continuing for
several days. The city of Galveston was par
italy submerged. some of The principal
streets being several feet unOcr water. Thir-
t. workmcn employed on the breaStworks
being built by The Government We're entirely
cut of. and it wa>suppOsed ali were drowned.
The commandment ut the Navy Yard
at Pensacola telegraphed on the 18th t. the
Nav Department as follows: "G GLOW t.
yer is epidemic ut Howeils Station. on PEN
sacOla Bay, twenty-five miles above the Navy
Yard. The people have neither food, medi-
cine, nor attendance. They are CRYING in the
name of God for relief. The Navy Yard is
perfectly healthy"
Twelve inches of snow fell in the Vi
cinity Of Toronto, Canada, on the 18th.
photographic communication with Gal
weston. Texas. was reopened on the 10Th.
The storm ragged with great violence from
the morning Of the 10Th til. the night of the
18th. The large British steamer Australa>ian.
which was lying at the outer bar. was car
ried off and bcached 90 miles down the
coast. Some smaller vessels were badly
wrecked. DIR. 5. W. Peet, Health officer.
with his young grandson. are supposed to be
lost, as they were at Quarantine Station
during the height of the gale. The
Government works in the harbor were
entirely swept away, but all the employees
save two We're rescued. Some 300 small
houses on Galveston Island were either de-
mOliShed or moved. Railway bridges were
greatly damaged, and all travel interrupted.
1t is said that the water was driven up from
the bay 100 miles to the north along the en-
tire Texas coast, being higher than ever
known before.
The Huntington, West Va, bank
robber. who WAS wounded at Pine Hill, Ky,
has since died. 1t is surmised that he is
jesse james. one of the famous Missouri
brothers of that name.
A destructive fire occurred at Little
Rock, Ark, on the morning of the 19sh. The