The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

amount of damage done being incalculable.
Central Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia also suf-
fered severely, although to a less extent. The
railroads in the three States were heavy suffer
ers, bridges, culverts and embankments being
carried away in many instances, and nearly all
travel suspended.
lockout ffactOry~ operatives occurred
at Fall River, Mass, on the first of the month
about 5000 hands having voted themselves a
months holiday. Every mill but one was closed
and that was expected to shut down in a few
days. a reduction of pay was what led To the
strike.
The fifteenth annual session of the Ma
tional Educational Association began at Min
neapolis on the Sd. Nearly five hundred persons
were present at the opening of the exercises, and
many more were expected before the close of the
convention.
Mac0mb, Ill.,, was struck by a tornado
on the evening of the 4th, which caused great
damage to property. The new Methodist Church
was unroofed and partially demolished, as was
also the foundry of Fisher Brothers; and a new
brick block, owned by David Scott, was almost
entirely razed to the ground.
Alabama has voted in favor of a cOnven-
ton to form a new Constitution.
The French National Assembly has adj
iourned till Nov. 4.
The City OF Chicago had on deposit
with Duncan, Sherman and Co., New York, at
the time of the failure of that house, an unex-
pended balance of funds placed with them for the
purpose of paying certain coupons and bonds of
said city which fell due on list of July. The
amount of these securities, not presented when
! dine and ropSnpunptly pmt ,oiI - = ~ Un opj
although it is claimed that legally the city is not
liable for the loss, the City Council has directed
the Comptroller to have said securities paid upon
presentation to the American Exchange Bank of
New York.
Some miScr-amS force! open a switch
on the Toledo, Walas and Western Railroad,
near Catlin Station, Il few miles west of Dan
Vile, H., on the hight Of the 4th, AMI a locomO-
tive was thrown flOmithe track, killing instantly
Frank Shepard, the engineer, and fatally scald-
ing Michael Markc. the fireman. The lOcOmO-
tive was running 1T full speed, a few minutes
ahead of the express train comprising three
cars packed full Of passengers, and
it is supposed that the intention of the
scOundrels was to ditch this train for the purpose
of robbery. When the passenger train came up
to the fatal switch, tle engine was found in the
ditch upside down, with Shepard buried in the
mud beneath. Tn: tracklnen's house at the
switch had been broken open, and tools obtained
with which the faScnings of the switch We're
forced and the rails moved, thus leaving the way
open for the train to tumble down an embark
ment u or IS feet high.
\ water-spout burst over the town of
Kim, in Rhenish Prussia, on the 9TH, inundating
the place and doing great damage. Bridges and
EnVaral harrsas yTa,.n s,Vn,, o,rny- arl I > $50,
were drowned.
The National Methodist Camp-meeting
began at Old Orchard Beach, near Biddeford,
Me-, on the 5th, to continue until the 18th. Rep
rescntatiyes were present from nearly all sections
Of the country.
The Marietta. PirtShurghanl Cleveland
Railroad has been placed i'll the hands of a re-
Ceivcr.
Eugene Archie Kelly, a negro, was
hanged at Selma, Ala, on the 9TH, for the muir
der of Andrew Cunningham, also 4 negro.
Up h the Gih inst. IS additional cotton
mills at oldham, England, had joined in the
strike, and the number of idle operatives was in
creased to % 600.
The boiler of Il steam thrVShing-maChine
on the farm of Ben. IIadlan, in Maury County,
Tennessee, exploded on the 9TH, killing Cullen
Hadlan, Howard, the engineer, and a colorcd
man, instantly. and wOunding seven others. two
of whom it was thought would die.
The engine OF a construction train on
the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad ran of the
track near steward Station, Is miles east of Ath-
ems, Ohio, on the 4th. The engine turned over
into the Hooking River. Two men were instant
ly killed and nine Otners, including the conduct
or, injured.
At Athens, McAIinn County, Tenn, on
the night of the 5th, thirty masked men took a
negro from the Jail and shot him. He was under
arrest for attempting to rob and outrage Mrs.
John Howard, a white lady.
The O'Comnrll celebration in Glasgow
tcrminatediin n serious riot between the Orange
men and Home rulers. y number of persons
were seriously injured and many arrests were
made.
Dispatches from Central Asia rpnOrt
that a revolution has broken out in Kokhand
he Khan has fed and his forces have Joined the
insurgents.
According Ia an Omaha estimate. the
number of Texas cattle driven into Nebraska,
up to Aug. :, will amount to over 100 0OI They
are mostly h, Id by cattle raisers along the line
or jne | mon racine hillrodl from helrney
junction to Sidney. 4O,O00 of the number driy-
en- in this year have been sold.
According to accounts from Damascus
to the 22d of July, the cholera was raging there.
Four hundred cases were daily reported, but the
real number was concealed. The Christian quar-
ters were deserted. Sudden deaths occurred in
the streets. There were no physicians, medi-
cines nor supplies. The disease was also bad at
Antioch and many other placpS and tho mission
schools were closed andtthe children dispersed.
About the first of August a number of
prisoners confined in the Denver CITY Jail eff
fected their escape through a breach made in the
wall. All had been recaptured except Evan
Hall, W. Wilder and Harry Leighton. A few
nights ago they were decOyed into a corral,
whore thpN eNnnctnl To sncIrn hnrsns nrn-