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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
T1CkLTFG 4 BE.iR.

4 few days since, Frank Chapman,
a young man of q years, while herd
ing his fathers cattle in Antelope Val
ley, about thirty miles east of Shelburne,
New, thought he would put in some
of his time trapping. One night he
heard a fearful growing, and next morn
ing he resolved to go and see what was
i'll the trap, in company with a boy who
was on a visit stopping with him. They
both armed themselves with a couple of
six-shooters and started to the trap,
neither caring to take the lead; but
Frank started out, and on approaching
toward the trap they saw something that
looked like q d~ark-cOlored man sitting
up and holding the trap, but on closer
observation they found to their great
surprise they had trapped a huge black
bear. Frank had a large dog, and he
set him on the bear, but Bruin sent him
rolling III the SNOW. Frank, being fond
of adventure, walks up to BrrIin, but the
bear was on the box, and Frank kept his
distance. Frank was trying to take the
bear alive, but Bruin was too much for
him, so he blazed away and shot the
bear i'll the side. Bruin lay back and bit
his wounds in a terrible manner. Frank
supposed the bear was dying and caught
hold of him, but, Just as he touched him,
the bear sprang up, made a lunge and
broke the chain, and struck Frank and
knocked him down. At this stage of the
game Franks dog grabbed the bear, but
he was sent rolling i'll the snow as before.
Frank now leaped up, cooked his pistol,
and as the bear made n lunge he fired,
the bali taking effect in the head, killing
the bear instantly. Had not Frank killed
the bear he would have been severely
mangled. When Bruin knocked Frank
down the boy made n break for the house,
his hat and pistol on the way
Nerad0 Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

Italian ship were left to their fate and
dropped one by one from their death
clutch into the NAV of the terrible sea.
1t is useless to say all was done that
could be done. Whose dreadful crime
was it that those bombs were worthless ?
And then those men looking on from the
shore-did they go out afterwards to
gather in the cargo as it fioated along the
shore for miles? It causes us to look
out over the Atlantic and cry, "Oh for
an hour of the Deal boatmer."
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
ED IN SIGHT.

That WIS an awful drama of the wind
and waves acted off the coast of Cape
Cod, in which the Italian bark Giovanni
from Palermo for Boston went down with
all hands save one, in the gloomy gray of
the breaking morning, within four hun
dred yards of land. First the steward
and the carpenter dashed themselves to a
plank, but the latter sunk to his grave in
the surf. The shore was lined with stout
men, but no boat could live in such a
sea, or if it could, the men were not
there to launch her. Lights were burned
on shore. At II p. m. the main and
mizzen masts went by the board, and
then her cargo fioated off for the wreck
ers, watchful and waiting. The bombs
which were to convey lines to the ship
were found to be worthless. There was
no hope in them. Lights were burned
all night. Men were seen clinging with
dying grasps to the rigging, to anything
which might give than a hope of life.
They could see the lines of men on shore.
When daylight broke two men were
struggling with the breakers on planks.
A merciless wave swept them into eter-
nifty. Five men-all that were left
were clinging together in the foretop.
They had chung there all night, waiting
for day to bring them rescue. Morning
broke, but there were no bombs that
were not worthless, and no boats putting
out. Only men on the shore looking on
those accursed bombs, and looking out
seaward as those poor fellows on the
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
QUEER TEXTS.

ErCJy one remembers Lorenzo BOWS
"Top-not come down - and many will
remember the preacher who took for his
text, 81 feared thee because thou art an
oysterman," Luke-xix., 81. Having
himself been an FISHERMAN, he was able
to illustrate and enforce the text with
wonderful power.
Another favorite text OF his was 1.-The
Undetermined man is unstable in all his
ways" This, of course, refers to a horse
without a stable. He is exposed to the
elements, and goes ungrOomed, unfed,
and without water. Whereas the stable
horse is amply provided for. The one is
lean and weak, the other is in full flesh
and good condition. Perhaps it was the
same divine who found SO much instruc-
ton and admonition in the text, "Thou
makest my feet like hens feet" It was
a beautiful picture he drew of the moth
erly creature deity and industriously
scratching the ground for the benefit of
her offspring.-Scri6ner for April.
TsAETIEN. son of Prince Chun, has
been proclaimed Emperor Of China.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

SAILING vessels having been decreas-
ing in number for the last four years. In
1870 the total number of registered sail
ing vessels i'll the world was 56,51S. In
1874 the number had decreased to So
2S9. At the same time the average size
of the ships had decreased from go tons
to 25S tons. The decrease in both cases
has taken place principally in the fleets
of America, England, France, and Ger
many, where steamers are rapidly sup
planting sailing ships, and this decrease
has been sufficient to more than counter
sailing ships belonging to Greece, Portu-
gal, and Norway.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
OUR JUVENILES,
NdunV Inn,

"Oh, Nanny'Ann! the sun is.bright,
The sky is blue and clear;
All ugly clouds are out of sight.
No rain to-day, my dear.
No need, as l can plainly tell,
For you to take your fine umbreIr.
Go to the spring, my pretty daughter,
Fetch NE a jug of sparkling water"
Now Nanny Ann herself was bright:
Says she: Though skies are clear,
And ugly clouds are not in sight,
T is April, mother dear.
TIL" WAYS above, no soul can tell:
I'd rather take my fine umbrell."
so saying. off she went for water:
Now was mt she a wise young daughter?
NichO'GS for 4prH.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02
THE NEBRASKA FLIHINE.

The restitution in Nebraska, especially
in the frontier counties, as reported by
Maj.-Gen. f. O. G. Ord, Z. S. A., is
every day increasing. The winter has
been a long and severe one on both man
and beast. The recent enrolment made
by officers of the army, under oath, shows
that the effect of the scourge is constantly
increasing. The Nebraska Relief and
Aid Society issued, in January, 5000
rations daily i'll February, 1880; in
March, 10000 E; and April will probably
increase it to 10000 daily ~rations and
this assistance will have to be continued
until about the LIST of August, before any
crops Will mature, to enable them to
assist themselves.
In three counties recently enrolled by
officers of the army, there was found less
than 800 bushels of grain, all told. Their
domestic animals are dying, and their
horses are unfit for work in their present
condition. Their swine have long since
died, and the poor people are stricken
with a calamity such as never before fell
upon the industrial portions of the COM
munity Of this nation.
The State of Nebraska has appropri-
ated to the last dollar which her COnsti-
tuition will allow, and her private citizens,
while suffering under the stagnation of
business which this calamity has brought
upon them, have donated to their suffer
ing fellow-citizens with a liberality which
has never been equaled but the destitu-
ton is SO extreme and widespread that
they are forced to make u more appeal
to friends in other States.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

The Russian government is expert
menting on the use of electrical head
lights for locomotives. A battery of
forty-eight elements makes the track
perfectly clear for a distance of thirteen
hundred feet.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

to the child; and while he was so little
that he had never yet spoken a word, he
stretched his tiny form out on the bed
and died.
Again the child dreamed of the opened
star and of the company Of angels, and
the train of people, and all the rows of
angels with their beaming eyes all turned
upon those peoples faces.
Said his sisters angel to the leader &:
els my brother Gomez"
And he said, "Not that one, but an
ether"
As the child beheld his brothers angel
IN her arms, he cried, "Oh, sister, [ am
mere. Take me :" And she turned and
smiled upon him, and the star was shin
ing.
He grew to be a young man, and was
busy at his book, when an old servant
came to him and said
"Thymother is no more. l bring her
blessing on her darling son."
Again at night he saw the star, and all
that former company. Said his sisters
angel to the leader:
Is my brother Gomez"
And he said, "Thy mother"
4 mighty cry OF joy went through ell
the star, because the mother was re-
united to her two children. And he
stretched out his arms and cried, Cob
mother, sister and brother, [ am here
take me-" And they answered, "Not
yet" and the star was shining.
He grew to be a man whose hair was
turning gray, and he was sitting in his
chair by the tireside, heavy with grief
and with his face believed with tears,
when the star opened once again.
Said his sisters angel to the leader,
90 Is my brother Gomez"
And he said, NAY, but his maiden
daughter"
And the man who had been the child
saw his daughter, newly lost to him, Il
celestial creature among those three, and
he sad, MY daughters head is on my
mothers bosom, and her arm is around
my sisters neck, and at her feet there is
the baby of old time, and I can bear the
parting from her, God be praised"
And the star was shining.
Thus the child came to be an old man,
and his once smooth face was wrinkled, |
and his steps were slow and feeble, and
his back was bent. And one night as he
lay upon his bed, his children standing
around him, he cried as he had cried 80
long ago:
81 see the star :"
They whispered to Il another, "He
is dying"
And he said, q am. My age is fall
ing from me like a garment, and I move
toward the star az a child. And, O, my
father, now [ thank thee that it has 50
often opened to receive these dear ones
who await me :"
And the star was shining and it shines
upon his grave.-Charies Dickens.
Long Words.
Rob" said Tom, which is the
most dangerous word to pronounce in
the English language?"
"Don't know" said Rob, "unless
it's IL swearing word"
"Pooh." said Tom, sits stumbled, |
because Won are sure to get a tumble be-
tween the first and last letter"
"Ha! ha," said Rob. "Now I've
one for you. I found it III day in the
paper. Which is the longest word in
the English language!"
"Valetudinarianism," said Tom
promptly.
Ono, sir; it's smites, because there's
Il whole mile between the first and last
clio. ho." cried Tom, "that' moth
[ know a word that has over three
miles between its beginning and ending"
whats that 2" asked Bob, family.
"Belcagucred," said Tom.-From
"Jack-in-thc-P"Lpit," st. Nicholas for
-4priV.
QUEER TEXTS.
ErcJy n remembers Lorenzo BOWS
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

A BANGOR fruit dealer has been pay
ing a bet recently, with the making of
which he had nothing to do. A couple
of well-known gentlemen stepped in one
afternoon, and beginning to eat oranges,
Il formed the proprietor that they had
made a bet of the oranges on a certain
question, and that after the bet was de-
cided the loser would pay for those
which they were eating. To this the
dealer in fruits agreed, and the GUS
toners ate all they desired. The next
time they were in the store he inquired
which II was to pay for the oranges.
"Don't you know YETI" was the reply;
81 bet that when the Brewer bridge is
carried away the.Brewer end will go first,
and Smith bet that the Bangor end will
go first" The oranges were charged to
profit and loss.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-02

TsAETIEN. son of Prince Chun, has
been proclaimed Emperor Of China.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
A Wise Maiden and an UnyIsc swain.
A uL1wINa RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH MURDER
RANKING IN THE HaAnr.

A uL1WINd RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH MURDER
RAMBLING IN THE HEAnr.
The Rescue prints the following An intoxi-
Gated young man visited s. Hersey's class at the
Union M. L. Church, on Wednesday evening of
last week with the evident intention Of shooting
young lady who was present. The young lady
had wisely broken her engagement to marry him
on account of his growing Incorporate habits,
since which time he has been following hor up
with the evident intention of taking her life.
On the previous Monday he visited her, and on
her persistent refusal to marry him he presented
a revolver, when she quickly glided from tho
room and made hor escape.
On Wednesday evening he came in after the
opening exercises, and during the meeting gave
in glowing religious experience in such q man
ner az to 30 favorably Impress Mr.. Hersey that
he requested him to make closing prayer, which
he did in an earnest and eloquent manner. Dur
ing the class he left the room twice for short
tme and was seen taking view OF the sur
roundings, it s now thought, for the purpose OF
selecting a place from which ho might shoot the
young lady as she passed out. He was only de-
TERED from his purpose by Mr.. Hersey, who,
being fayorably impressed with the young man,
engaged him in conversation until the lady, with
a friend, passed from the room and out OF his
sight, When he entered the lady showed evi-
dencea of alarm, which were not understood by
others present, and which have resulted III de-
veloping the facts thus briefly given. ~ 4
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
.rhe Counciimnnic Banquet.

FEAsTINa AT THE CITY HALIf-wHIrE DEMOCRATS
DINING WITH THE ooLoRED p.-JrLE-BRo HAYES
AND OTHER ABsENTEEs. l.,
at the City Hall, last evening the members
of Council, with the exceptiohEd four, sat down
to supper to which they had been invited py
Rev. /. II. johnson and the church OF Whlcn no
il pastor, the A. u. M. p. Many curious eyes
gazed upon them from the staircase, as they
seated themselves around the well provided Ia
ble and contrasted the past with the present.
Many imagined that the common brotherhood oil
man was about in reality to dawn.
Tho bill of fare was quite o full one, anu lne
several articles comprised upon 1t were well
cooked The kindest attention Ewas paid each
guest, and onr friend Veraon had especial
reasons for tlankfulness. And aa all present
seemed to enjoy themselves 80 heartily, ~ rs was
regretted that Brothers Hayes. Farrell, Ford
and McGlnchey couldn't find it conyenint or
suitable to their tastes, to be present. Ihelr
places, however, were supplied BY messIs. eM-
alderman Vincent. City Auditor Griffin, II: T.
Pickels, ESQ.,; Clerk of Council Lee, the bailiff,
| and, as we have already said our friend the pre-
siding genius of The Republican.
After the many 'sachng yolds" had been hileu,
| President Lchtenstein made neat address Oh
| thanks, when Mr.. Councilman johnson an
es were made by ii. +. Pickles, City Treasurer
| Vincent, and the editor of theb Repu0LcTa whe
| was not too full for ntterance, though 10 would
not have been thought strange had ne peen 10
| Mr. Councilman Irean then made the maiden
| speech Of his Councilmanic career breathing
| sentiments of determination, and declaring his
ancient and undying sympathy with the coiofeo
people. ,a.,,o,,. !.
| been spoken Qt was fortunate for the coloreo
people that the exhaust pump had peen piieu ~ ~
vigorously previously to coming down into the
1 halD the guests withdrew, leaving IN tne nandt
| of Mr.. johnson about fifteen dollars " hich hae
4 been privately gathered among the feasters.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
.yaereIsman soelye,s Views or the
school Question.

school Question.
.nl,eIst Core 4ponlence OF the springfield Rcpub
Professor Seelye speaks with his customary
trankness concerning matters and things at
Washington. He thinks the secret organization,
20. A. u. las great power power, and IL not
ldled by ~ ealod politicians, though man y OF
that clasH are members of it. He first heard OF
Il in 1873, having met a member on board the
steamer when returning from Europe, and was
Astonished at the strength claimed for it then.
Ro does not belong to it--indeed, does not be-
heye in secret societies; but, M the Romanists
work IL secret 1t may be necessary to tight the
devil with lire. The Roman Catholics are surely
making strenuous efforts to get possession OF
the ruling power in the country, and the war
upon tho public schools is only step In this dl-
faet!0. he church of Rome Id insidlously
eeekng to control the negro vote, as 1t already
docs the Inch There are now at the College Of
tho Propaganda at Rome between sixty and seY-
cuiy colored youths being educated to take the
nell among their brethren in orr Southern
States. Who can imagine tho SUCCESS OF the
poiap and tinsel OF the Papist Church with the
excitable negro temperament what Will DO
the result of the negro and Irish vote CONF
Gned2 Who will lead party to defeat them
some people cry, "Pooh there id no danger ,
i. was just 80 before the rebellion, when we
often heard it said that the Southern States
could not bo kicked out of the Union. We all
know the result OF that letting alone.
There are two dangers that beset us in this
question Of religion in the schools--one is let
ting it alone and allowing education to slip into
tie hands OF the Catholic priesthood ; the other
Is taking away tho Bible from tho schools and
making them altogether secular. The first
means delivering posterity body and soul, into
the hands of the Romsh Church i; the second
means destruction to our system of education.
he would AVOID both dangers, and, while he
would yield neither to the Romish nor the secu-
lar theory OF education, he would maintain az
t-outly as the Romanlst the need OF religion in
schools and resist as positively as the secularist
tia domination of church or a hierarchy. This
middle colrse between these two extremes, he
dhbridied license We Want in Our government
neither deepotism nor license, but liberty under
law and 80 We want in our schools neither the
tsaohing Of religion in tho interest Of hier-
archy nor the abandonment OF religion for feal
ui hierarchy, but the maintenance Of religion
for the eako of the State for which it Offers the
strongest bulwark, and in the Interests OF the
education to which it furnishes the only inapira
Etf.h
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31

CENTRAL. ITEMS OF INTEREsT-- MOVEMENTS OF
eHIPPINa-oATHoLIo FAIR, ETC.
Correspondence of the co,snserciat.
NEW CASTLE, DEL, Dec. 81.
Letters OF administration wore granted yes
terday, by Register Biggs to Lewis h. Springer
executor, John Ferris, executor, having re-
nounced upon the estate of Peter Springer, de-
ceased, of Wilmington.
The following schooners haas arrived and are
waiting for shipments of grains Robert B. smith,
Florence Noel, Vicksbur9h and 4. b. Anderson.
The following remained in hatbor last night
Brig Heiios (Gr) for Cork; schooner Florence
and Lillian for Jacksonville. A dense fog con-
tinued all day and last night on the river. The
Po,rl,atdn will probably leave to-day.
The Catholic fair continues With fair success.
The stringeney of the times doubtless will tell
upon the net result but so far9yer5thing seems
to favor it. The last two eveniBbs were unexcep-
tionally good, and well attended
There are IS prisoners now confined in our jail
and the cry.is still they come.
Doctor Hacks (col.) and other eminent mon
from Philadelphia addressed meeting OF No. 2
Lodge of Good samaiitans and Daughters OF
samaria, last evening. in the A; y. church, on
Union St. The meeting was vel attended 4
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
Young Lions Nur.ed by n Terrier.

Carefully Gagged in the dimly lighted lower
regions of Central Park Museum are twoSyoung
lion cubs. They arc three weeks old, pair,
lion aud and lionesr, fine, healthy little crea-
tules, and in two weeks more will be old enough
to be shown to the public. They are tho pro-
seny of the pair of boasts known rs Lnccln
and Jenny in the Museum. But the mother, be-
og from confinement or somo other cause un-
able to nurse them, they were at once given to
ii large terrier, whose puppies we're taken away
and who plays the part OF u foster mother.
She seems indeed, rs fond of the cubs az if
they wore her own of1springs, and covers them
With calesses, though they are already half as
bg as she is. 1t is curious fact that lions
reared ia captivity are not as gentle as those
captured and tanned. The parents of these
cubh which were caught when wild, and tanned,
are very tractable, while some OF the lions
which were born and brought ap here are sui
len aud ferucous
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
Stable Burned.

Two HORSES PERISH IN THE FLAMEs-ofHER AaTI-
Giles DESTROYED.
This morning, about half past three O'Clock,
fire broke out in stable belonging to John
Sholl, at Eleventh and Adams streets, which IN a
short time enveloped the building and brilliantly
Illuminated tho country for miles around. The
Friendship Fire Co., being nearest, was the first
on the ground, and soon threw heavy stream
of water upon the flames, but too late to gave
tho stable or any OF its contents, Two horses,
sets of single harness, hay cutter, and other
utensils were consumed with the building. The
total LOGS to Mr.. Shol is about 800, OF which he
thinks there is about 5000 covered bya policy oil
insurance. The fire is supposed to have Ieen
the work OF an incendiary.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
FIRST EDITION.
Sunday school Entertainmc mtg.

cHnIsTMAs FESTIVALS AT TRINITY. CALVARY, THE
FIRsr BAPrIsT And THE BRANDYwINE oHuROHEs
Several Christmas festivals, though some OF
them were known under other names, were
held, last evening. All of them were of the
most pleasing character and all were well at
tended.
At Trinity, the Sunday School first met in
the audience room Of Uiie church, when the col
lect, creed, &c, were read, after which all re-
paired to the Sabbath School room, where Dir.
Frost made all address and from heavily bur-
dened christmas tree tho children were made
the happy recipients Of humorous presents,
Rev. Mr.: Murphy, on behalf OF the school pre-
Bented Rev. DIR. Frost with "lfalf Hours with
Celebrated Authors" in three volumes.
Tho First Baptist Church was scene of much
mirth and gaiety, being packed to its utmost Ca
pacity. Many persons went away unable to get
inside. 1t WAS q genuine Reunion. Several
pieces were sung by the children in we'll measur-
cd music, the singing OF the smaller children be-
ing especially pleasing. One piece, g Cast thy
Bread upon the Waters" by Emma Muhlhause
aud Ida Wltbank, was especially praised. Supt.
W. Ii. Gregg addressed the children, remark
ing, among other things that the school had in
creased about 30 scholars during the year. Re.
galed first with refreshments, tho children were
afterwards gent away happy each with present
The pastor, Rev. Mr.. Eastwood, also received a
Bible Dictionary, Snpt. Gregg and Musical Direc-
tor j. Ii. Muhhausen each were presented with
pound cake, and organist L. j. Muhlhausen
with bouquet
At Brandywine the children sang sseverM very
pretty selections, Reys. A. W. Milby and L. j
Hunter made appropriate addresses (Rey L. T.
Martindale was not present) and lat the concln
sion of these services a prodgal Krlss Krnsle
distributed with lavish hand presents which sent
the children home with happy hearts,
At Calvary the Scriptures were read, several
sweet pieces of music were sung, and Rev. q
A Latiner and Mir. Galloway made addresses
The children, after their exercises, were bount
fully treated to ice m and cakes, which they
seemed to thoroughly appreciate and enjoy.