The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-12-03
~TELEGRAPHlC NOTES.

IN N''''S t'N S''A
York. on November 30, was 1l45a.
John Brown, Il colOred man, was
taken from the Sheriff and han"edby i mob.
near Fort Valley, Ga. on the night of the
2l>t. lie was guilty of grossly a>>aulting Il
respectable white lady.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Con-
v%ention, composed Of delegates from twenty
five STATES and Territories. met in =. Louis
on the 93d.
At Cimarron Agency, y. NJ, u few
days ago. Indian Agent Alex. q. Irvine WAS
attacked and wounded 10y an Indian. The
latter attempted to escape. but was shot and
killed by the guard. y general revolt was
the control of affairs has been placed entire
" in the hands of the military.
The Government has information to
the effect that ii is impossible to carry the
mails between Brownsville and Corpus
Christi, Texas. on account ri the dCprcua-
tionS Of Mexican cattle thieves.
\ German farmer named IIopplan,
who lived near Fort Wayne, Ind, on the
afternoon of the 9th shot his wife. killing
her instantly, and soon aftcrward shot
himself. Hopplan's daughter witnessed
the killing of her mother, and ran out to
alarm the neighhor>, but when she returned
She found both her parents dead. The
daughter says that her father and mother
had been Guarrcllng about religious matters
for some time, and it is supposed that the
old man was insane.
Tony Nellum and Alice Harris, both
cOlored. were hanged at Monroe. La. on
the 2Gth, for the murder of Henry Harris.
the husband of Alice. TIL @allowS was
erected in the center Of the Courthouse
square. and the execution. which seems To
have been conducted in a very buII%lin"
manner, was witnessed 10y fully 1000 pco-
pie. it is said. mostly colorcd.
Benjamin Edwards and Oscar True
man. also both colOrcd, were hanged nj Sar-
dis, Miss, III the 18th, for the murder of
Louis IIibbler. another colorcd man. This
execution was witnessed by 1000 people.
thrce-fourthS of whom were colorcd.
The Eastern trunk lines of railway
have decided upon another advance of five
cents per hundred pounds upon fOurth-cllS>
freight (tlour and "rain) from Chicago to
New York, commencing on Dee. l..
a CoronOr's jury, at Victoria, Is. c.,
have held an inquest upon the dead body of
Thomas j. Farrell. one of the victims of the
Pacific disaster. Their verdict i to the cf-
feet that the Pacific WAS an Un>Cund vessel,
not properly manned, and deficient in the
number Of boats; but also express the opin-
ion that the collision was due to the Orphcu>
being improperly Stccrcd across the Bow of
the Pacific.
The Eastern trunk lines of railway
have decided upon another advance of five
cents per hundred pounds upon fourth-cIaSs
freight UlOur and %rain) from Chicago to
New York, commencing on Dee. /.
The purchase by the British Govern
ment of the khcdive's shares in the Sucz
Canal j. considered by the Paris Temps
to give England the virtual sovereignty of
Egypt.
The Cherokee National Council have
concluded the canvass of the votes east in
the Territory at the August election. and
announce the result to he the election of
Charles Thompson for Principal Chief, by
eleven majority over Ross. For Assistant
Chief Judge David Roe has 4 majority Of
120 over Capt. Nann.
The cures of the Roman Catholic
churches in Montreal. on Sunday, the 21st,
read Il pastoral letter relative to the inter-
ment of the remains of the late Joseph GUi-
bOrd. The pastoral declares that 1.-The
place where this rebcllious son OF the
Church has been deposited is separated
from the rest of the conSecrated cemetery,
to be no longer more than Il profane place
an ordinary piece of grOund.'
The First National Bank of Monroe,
Mich, was robbed on the night of the 23d
of 81 ,4S2. The Waterman was bound and