The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-27

negroes at Instruction. Eighty arrests were
made, and all the white military companies
in those counties were ordered by the Gov
ernor to report to the Sheriff. The prisoners
were all lodged in Jail without resistance.
The alleged plot contemplated the massacre
of the whites on the Goth inst.
\ Spanish vessel shipping materials
of war at Barcelona, Spain, OF the 18th, sud-
denly exploded and sunk. Fifty persons
were killed by the explosion, or drowned.
THE Republicans of the First MiSSiS-
sippi Congressional District have split upon
a choice of candidates, G. Wiley Wells being
the choice of the seeding faction and \. r.
Howe of the regular convention.
Later reports concerning the ku-kluX
fight near Benton, Franklin County, H., on
the night of the 10th inst, say that nearly
every one of the Ku-klux party was wound
ed by the well-directed fire of the Sheritfs
party, who We're mostly armed with shot
guns. G.. NJ. CantreIl, the captain of the
gang, was brought in badly wounded, and
two men. Summers and James Brown, were
reported to have died. The town of Benton
was guarded by day and night, in order that
the friends of the prisoners might not rescue
them.
\ military company of one hundred
men has been organized in Williamson Coun-
". Ill.,, to assist the Sheriff in maintaining
the peace of the county. The Governor has
furnished the company with Enfield rifles and
ali the necessary equipments, and says the
State will furnish horses if they are required.
Prof. Jcnncv, in Il letter to the III
dian Bureau, dated Black Hills, July 81,
says: Il found gold deposits on both Spring
and Rapid Creek, from their headwaters to
where they emerge from the hillS.....in
quantities sufficient to yield q fair remunera-
ton for labor. economically and s~kilifullv
applied. assisted by proper tools and me-
chanical appliances, and at least Il moderate
amount Of capital or its equivalent.
The tenor of all European dispatches
received on the Goth, was to the effect that
the Herzcgovinian troubles would soon be
suppressed by Turkey, and that the other
powers had agreed TO compel Serria and
Montenegro to remain neutral.
For the wear ended June 80, 1873,
there WAS a decrease of 5000 in the number
of Immigrants to the United States. as com
pared with the previous year.
The Louisiana State Registrar reports
the result OF the census of that STATE. re-
Gently taken in compliance with the require
mentS of the state Constitution, TO be: New
OrleanS-Wh itcS. 1i3,I21: colOred. 51.6i1:
total. 203,3GS; an Increase of 1886 up
on the census Of 1870. Population
of the whole State-Whitcs. 404 ,3fl colorrd,
4I0.GGS;''a an excess of cOlored over whites of
4 ,O29, and Il total increase of Us, 10 overthc
census Of 1870. These figures may be sub
iccted to some slight notifications, the re-
turns of one or two:of the remote parishes
not being quite complete.
The coming tobacco crop of Ken
lucky and adjoining STATES i estimated. from
returns received by the Louisville C"pricr-
.I0Urnal, to be a little less than an average,
should future conditions be favorable.
The American rifle team arrived in
New York on the Dist. where a grand recep-
ton was given them by their comrades of the
National Rifle Association and Il large num-
her of invited guests.
The Kansas Central and Black Hills
Narrow Gauge Railway Company, with "a
capital Of Sl00, 900, has been organized in
Omaha. The road will be built at once from
that city through the agricultural country
south of Platte River. it is said, and will be
pushed toward the Black Hills as soon rs
the development OF that region warrant.
The wheat crop III Great Britain has
been harvested in much better condition than
was anticipated. although the yield Is small.
The crops upon the continent are generally
much damaged by storms, and in France the
Yield is unusually meaGrc. olictul reports
show that the wheat crops IN Austria and
Hungary have fallen off in quantity and
quality.
Severe frO>t> occurred throughout
portions of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin
ON the nights of Aug. - and %. causing con
siderable damage 10 corn. hor>, b~uckwhr.t.
and other crops. Northern Illinois also felt
its effects.