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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-01
spcclal dispatch to The Kansas city Times.

KSOR NosIER, May l7,-Llsi night ut nine
O'Clock Il man rode up to Mr.. u. Taylor's house
and called him out. Taylor has been working Il
had u few words while at Ihc gate. TaylOr's
wife told him to come into the house, MS she fear
ed the result ofhis staying out. The man (Mc-
Mahon) at the gate said, 'lOu have lied on me;
do you still hold to it9'F Taylor said yes, and
at that Mcmahon shot him, killing him Instant
ly. The ball passed through him, striking the
house with great force. The murderer was on
horseback. Taylor is II good man and has a wife
and two children. c. Mcmahon employed hin.
10 run his iarm, but Taylor came back TO town
are Of good character and well known and liked
There Is great excitement In and II the
murderer is caught he will be hung At once. Nc
Mahon was met in the road. After hc dill the
shooting he told several women who asked Him
as he rode by, and who heard the screams of man
and wife, who was shot2 lie replied, +. u .Tay-
lOr, and rode on. Every one Is turning out and
securing the country, and at last accounts We're
in close pursuit.
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~I,i1LStoe'S SHE.

WHEREAS, Gutlrib IIankr AMI IulilnH
w Iiaukc hi wife, by their c"r;iin Decd Of
Trust, dated the twrnty-liiih day of February,
\. u. 1873, and recorded IN the Recorders office
OF Andrew county, Missouri, in book y, con-
ycyrl 10 the unirrSIsng1, TRUSTEE 4 certain
situate in the county of Andrew and state Of
Missouri, and described as follows, to-wit:
An ihnt mart of the southeast quarter of section
thMrtt,.,"m' 'di5' in township iit,-cight, t5s), in
range thirty--iN, GO. ly ing. and being east Of
The Missouri river. Beginning NJ the Southwest
eight, t1Sl, in range thirty -iiyc 60. and ran on
aiiLc west 20 4 certain slough, thence north ~
long m. Inns al said slough about on" quarter or
one mite To "a point due wrst Of y. :. Mlirri' :.
W. corner OF land. thence, lur east In aai'i SOUTH
west corner at SAID Marie, land, tlrucr .."!ih
along section line To- plnc" otl,Etnning. HI,i,ns
Jaw, 10y Z. W Este by decd, dated March "a,
ISL, ail recorded in book -, pugc 10, III, Re
c]or,icr'- office OF Anlgcw county Aforesaid, To
secure the II tvmrnt ola certain lru!nisSOry note,
In -nid heed mentioned amt dr. Cri,rrd,
Nnu, whereas, sail Deed ii Trust provided
,b,i if..iJ mole mr. any balance orr hu not well
and truly paid hen the -mn" hrrnnu"s due and
ulyallr; thcn ii, undersigned might proceed To-
~cll the property above dc-crih,d, ~ llbllr ven
due, to The hughes, bidder, at the lrunt t"or o.
tn" court house, in Anirrw county and, state of
Missouri. Tor cash. first giving thirty ,lty- pub
lie notice of illr time l"'in- ana rlaSg OF nni";
aud Of the property To De sold 10y advertisement
in some newspaper, printed IN the .Erglici Ian
gpagr, in the town of savannah, Missouri,
Ard, whereas, default hla been made in the
payment Of said npic,
Sow. Therefore, in pursuance Of the PROV ion,
ofA,tl Deed OF Iru-', and nj the request OF hr
legal holder of said note %mnll,rl- i''t'hI gwen
tina, /, The undersigned, trustee, viii on
June ID,
Is=f ut thr front door Of the court house in the
town OF savannah, Missouri, between the hunr~
urtru "'clurk in The forenoon AMI u'C o'clock IN
the afternoon Of that day proceed lgs'u ihr, prop
rrty hrrriubriprc described ut public Nrt,duc tor
cash, To the highest bidder, torn" purposes sat
iStying said mutr mll the interest thereon, AMI
The costs and expenses Of t',,~ IL!st
JOSEPH LlI.nE, Trustee.
MAY ll,-nn31 tbs.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-01
U OF JULY MEETING.

Pursuant to public notice a good
number Of the citizens of Savannah
and vicinity met at the courthouse
on Saturday last, to take the initia-
tory steps towards having a grand
Fourth of July Celebration at Savan-
nah. On motion of j. J.. McLain,
Captain Pembroke Mercer was chos-
en- chairman; and OH motion of Saml
Frodsham. Jos. L. Bennett was chos-
ell Secretary.
The first question that presented
itself was. to determine whether or
not the effort should be made to get
up the celebration here. After some
discussion favoring the proposition
OH tho part Of Messrs. j.. A. Sanders
and l. II. Williams, tho motion was
put and carried unanimously.
After considerable discussion and
comparison of opinions, it was moved
and carried that the chair appoint a
committee of five OH general arrange
ments, whose duty 1t shall be TO
arrange the programme and appoint
all the necessary committees.
The chair appointed the following
as the committees: j.. "A. Saunders,O y.
Z. Paul, John S. McLain, A. G.. Mil,
len and l.. d. Carter.
II was agreed that martial music be
procured, and j. A. Sanders appoint
ed the committee to procure it.
Moved and carried that the celebra-
ton be a basket picnic.
Resolved that proceedings be pub
lishcd in the county papers.
Adjourned to Tuesday evening, at
"a p. NJ.
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The Nations Dead.

The thirieIh oi May IL Decoration bay. For
some years past it has been the custom Of the
people If this country 10 assemble upon that day
around the graves OF the heroes who fell In the
great civil war, and strcw the sacred ground
with overs, This custom has not been coniin-
ed 10 the survivors oieither party to the great
struggle. For some yoars, indeed, the Federal
dead were only by friends who
mourned them not only a. fallen hOrora, but as
martyrs 10 II holy cause. SO, also, for a time,
the Confederate dead were hOnOred only by their
Confederate friends, But time, the great healer
of ali wounds, has softcned the icelin. which di-
vided brave hearts, and for some years IL has
been the custom for COnfedcratcs and Fedcrals
TO unite In paying tribute to the memory OF all
the gallant dead who fell lighting fer u cause they
held sacred, whether they wore the hluc or the
gray, The men who died In the war of 1860, are
the Nations dead, and us such all the people OF
the Nation remember them,
And If, when We gather around the graves OF
the sleeping heroes, We shall put away from our
hearts forever all bitterness and all unkind feel
ing for the living who do not believe lust us We
do, the 3Oth of Nay will he indeed the most sa-
cred day in the Nations calender VI hOly days
st. Louis journal.
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FOURTH Or JULY.

i
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens
of Andrew county. met at the Court
House on Tuesday evening. May Soth.
l.. d. Carter chairman, and Samuel
Frodsham Secretary. The following
proceedings were had to-wit:
The Committee on Programme made
the following report to-wit:
Judge VIM. Heren-President Of the
day. 5,..r -.r,.
Marshal-Jos. L. Bennett.
Assistants Marshal-John l.. STAN
ton, Peter Lannigar, VIM. Pyle, IIum
K,rtley, John Anderson, Judge David
Bonham, Geo. N. Paige, Geo. Bennett,
b. Thompson, and Arch Lykens.
COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME.
Lew. c. Stiles, G. G. Somerville, j.
B. Majors, Frank Knickerbacker, and
Frank Lyle.
COM. ON SPEAKERS.
Saml. Fiodsham, Reed Williams,
Jno. Snowden, j. d. Kildow, and j.
S. McLain.
COM. ON MUSIC.
Henry B Sargent, Saml. Wright, W,
II. Kinzer, Miss Annie Roher, Abbie
| Wakefield, and Mrs. r. G, Miller.
CON. ON SELECTION OF GROUNDS.
Pembroke Mercer. Upton Rohrer,
| VIM. Purviance, Geo. T. Bryan, Il. A.
Carson. and Marshal Miller.
COM. ON PLATFORM AND SEATS.
Allen Elliott, w. ID. Clark, Thomas
Kirker. George Lambright. James A.
Wrigely. v. e. FAIRIES.
COM. ON DECORATION.
Rev. John Bennett, Prof. +. II. Carr,
Miss Annie Rohrer, L. G. Wilkerson,
Mrs. j. A. Sanders. Mrs. II. S. Kelley,
Mrs. II. Crosby, and Miss Sallie Water
man.
COM. ON FINANCE.
August Schuster, ID. p. Abbott, ".
S. Wells. j. IL. Tyncr. Reed Williams,
A. c.. Monroe. Benz. Childs, John Nc
Lain, II. c. Shedrick, Capt. p. Mercer,
j. Is. Russell, A. S. Reeves, L. Alder
man, G. Buskirk, s. p. Wright, Henry
Stewart, /. N. Webster, and W.. s. arls.
COM. ON HISTORY OF COUNTY.
ID. Yanbuskirk, N. b. Giddings. +. S
Castle. Upton Roher, Jos. Walker, Jno.
White, Henry Blount. VIM. Caldwell,
G. p. Miller. DIR. Chas. Caples, W. A,
Price. Jas. Duncan. VIM. L.. Dysart,
John Terrell, l.. ID. Carter, Karne;
Laughlin, v. Wilson. Jas. 1. Agee. G,
Montgomery, Jas Nicely, John Trook,
Elias Hughes, Hugh Lewis. Lowery
Smith. JAS. Carmichael, j. r. Watts,
Robert Elliott, c. II. Gee, Wm. Lander;
Frank Joice, John Riggin. Jerry Clark,
John Lincoln. Free Sexton. Isaac Fall;
James Howard, w. b. Allen. Joshua
Bond. John Mcdaniel, Newton Bird,
IA Kelly. rhineas Edwards, \. Schus-
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minister ne government, and we warn
he country sgAss sttrnsstng q party thus alike un-
wprhy, fecrcsnt and Incapable.
sars,s M,s issi,. s. N Who e s,| Gs,. , S,s, he SIss.,i gs
%! sought % destroy il, and al who seek pure
s saes sscs "sissrs, ' g %niss ~iss u ~ IL noH fss.sr sSf
and munnsllH consideratc corporation for the
pFemotion OF these ends.
Judge @. A. Newcomb Of Jefferson,
submitted the following as an additional
resolution: d0
"we the Republicans Of Missouri in ccnven-
p pSa ana %in nssarS oS q 3. Grant, Z Pr cue
hcnt Of the United States. and remember with
s~rvsiisn oiihe Uinicn and IN. the civil adminis-
trntion Of the Government
Some question arose ms to whether
the resolution was In order, and some
doubt about the construction to be
placed upon It as nm endorsement Of a
third term.
But all doubts being removed upon
this score the amendment was adopted
as an additional resolution.
The Convention then proceeded to the
election Of delegates TO tho Cincinnati
Convention, choosing two from each
congressional district. and two alter
mates, and four delegates at large from
the State, and their a~lternates. Those
from this, lthe ninth) district, were A.
Z. Wyatt. of Atchison, and C. G. Com
stock, of Gentry f; A~lterratcs, Is. X. Da-
Wis and G. w. Porter.
Delegates at Large, are Benz. F.
Loan. st. Joseph III. I. Van Horn, Kan
sas City G. A. Finkelnburg and j. I.
Smith, (colored) of st. Louis.
Alternates OF Delegates at Large-S.
II. Boyd. of Springfield; F. A. Jones,
Macon /; j. B Henderson, St. Louis; j.
II. Slower, Springfield.
Next followed the selection of a State
Executive Committee, which consists OF
thirty-nino members, being three from
each Congressional District. The men,
bers from this district are Harmon w.
Kastor, DR.. N. b. Brown, and c. w.
| Porter.
After complimentary resolutions to
officers of the Convention, and others,
the Convention adjourned sine die.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-01
HEINoUs
Dastardly Doings Of a Vigilance
Committee in Liberty Town
ship-A Case that Calls
for investigation,

Responsible parties from Liberty to-
day informs us of n ficnhish outrage
committed in that township on Thurs.
day night of last week. by n so.callcd
.'vigilHncc committee The pnrtic-
ulars are these: Some two miles north
OF Liberty lives n man named Richard
Bennett, who has in his employ n woman
known rs Aunt Nancy Aisdalc, rs house
keeper, and n young man named Will
kinSon. Some days ago the old lady
informed Bennett that she had put n
$40 bill in hcrtrunk, and that II had been
taken. Bennett requested her to say
nothing mor about il, and then left the
house, returning late In the evening.
That night n party of men called ut the
house, and told Bennett that they had
a warrant for young Wilkinson. and iu-
tended to take him to ~Coifcyvillc. The
young man put on his clothes and came
out. The party then took him tome
distance from the house and hung him
10 q tree, but when he began to Stranglc
they let him down. After hanging
several times. they told him il he did
not confess the stealing OF the $50, they
would hang him for good. This he re-
fused to do. aud was again strung up,
but to save his life, said he had stolen
the money. lie was then taken to the
house more dead than alive, and is still
suffering from his treatment. shortly
afterwards the oldlady found the money
sticking behind Il raitcr in the house
whore She had placed it herself and for
gotten all about It..
Tho better class of citizens in the
ncighhorhood are Justly Indignant over
the affair. and rs the boy says he rccog-
ui2ed some of his prosecutors. we I'M.
dcrstand they intend to investigate the
whole thing. The young man Wilkin-
son is the son of a wealthy and highly
respected citizen of Cherokee township,
near the village Of Kalloch. and IL is ru.
morcd that the old gentleman will spend
q good deal ofmoney to bring the per
secutors of his son to n strict account
Independence(kas) Courier May 18th.
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ter, Ed Russell VIM. Pitman, Vol.
Graf, DR.. M. F. Wakefield, William A.
Joice. M. v~anschoiack.
COM. ON ToAsTs.
Hon. A. J. Harlan, Sam Frodsham,
L. c. Stiles, ". w. Caldwell, &. G.
somcrville, Silas +. Seely, NJ. G. Ru-
by, DIR. Huffman, Eph. Myers, DIR. o.
+, Holloway, Jos. A. Kelly, Abram
Dobbs. Capt. Mercer, +. M. Taylor,
Frank Knickerbacker. N. b. Brown,
j. A. Sanders, c. Whitaker, w. S.
Greenlce, NJ. S. Morris, B. NJ. Daniord,
j. J. Ideson, Charles McGonagle, and
o, Z. Paul.
COM. ON ICE-wATER.
G., G., Stevenson, John Ent, Perry
Buis, S. r. Selecman and Thomas
Stamp.
COM. NATIONAL SALUTE.
VIM. Caldwell, Judge McLain, and
NJ. S. Morris.
CON. on BELL-RINGING.
II. Sanborn, j. NicColgin, JAS. Elliott
David Butcher, Harry Condor, and JEFF
Picrson.
| COM. on INVITATION TO SUNDAY
SCHOOLS AND BENEVOLENT soCIE-
TIES.
Rev. b. T. Stauber-Sunday Schools.
b. NJ. Danford-Masons.
J.R. Watts-Odd Fellows.
E. Brayton-Grange.
A. Dobbs and L. NJ. Mitchcll--all 9TH
or societies.
On motion Committee on Invitation
are instructed to report to Chairman OF
Com. on Programme.
On motion J. A. Saunders was select.
cd to read the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence.
On motion Rev. b. T. Staubcr was
selected to act as Chaplain.
On motion the various committees
are requested to meet together at as
early day as practicable.
On motion the Savannah papers are
requested to publish the proceedings of
this meeting.
On motion the meeting adjourned to
meet again on Tuesday evening at s
o'clock 2. VI. at which time committees
that are ready will report progress.
SAMUEL FRODSIIAM.
SEC'Y.
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THE Cincinnati newspapers are considerably
amused over the press dispatch describing Dom
Pcdro's reception by the mayor of that city. In
stead of being escorted about the city by the
mayor, the Commercial says:
lie and Jimmy Fitzg' raid boarded the train
that conveyed the emperor, ut Chester park, m
the very cool Ofthe morning, and the imperial
party were sstonishel, while dressing prepare
Tory Tn entering the city, 10 receive the mngis-
terial cards. But the emperor said in effect that
he was travelling asa private gentleman, and he
refused all official attention, and could not sec
strangers, and this was all that happened, in the
very cool of the morning, rs the train sped
through the malariOus Mllloreck bottoms; and
his honor did not meet the emperor at all.
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order Of Publication.
In the Andrew County Circuit Court, April
term, April I, 1876.
william Russing, Plaintiff,

In the Andrew County Circuit Court, April
term, April /, 1876.
william Russing, Plaintiff,
Elizabeth c. Russing, Defendant
NOW here comes the plaintiff herein by his
~ Attorney and iilrs his petition hcreiA, and II
appearing To The Court that the defendant is II
no n-rcsidcnt OF the STATE of Missouri and cannot
he summoned IN this cause. II Is ihcTeup1n or
drrrd 10y the Court that publication hC made mo-
tIiying said driCulRut that an action has been
commenced against her, by petition, in the LI-
cult Court OF Andrew county, IN the Slate OF
Missouri, the object and general nature Of which
Is 10 procure the order and decree of SAIL Court
dissOlVing the bonds OF matrimony existing ha
tween said pluintin and defendant, and that un-
less she be and appear at the next term of said
Court, TO be holden at the Court House, In. the
CITY OfSavannah, within the county OF Anlrcw
aforesaid, on the 9TH day of August, a. ID. lsIG,
and ON or before the sixth day Of said. term. III
the term shall so long continue, and II not, then
before the cnd Of the tcrm,) judgment will bc
rendered against her, as prayed In piaintins Pc
titiOn.
And, 1t is further ordered, that a copy hereof
be published in The Andrew County RkrunLlCAS
u newspaper published In sail county, OF Andrew
for tour weeks successfully, the last insertion TO
be at least four weeks before the commencement
of the next term of said Court.
STATE OF MISSOURI, lus
COUNTY or ASpRrw., ST.
!, sllas T., seely, Clerk of the Circuit Court
within aud for said County and state, do hereby
certify the above and foregoing to be n true and
complete copy of thrOrder of Publication IN The
ease of William Russing against Elizabeth 4.
Russing, for divorce, as rully as the same re-
mains of record IN my Office.
~ In testimony whereof ! hereto set m
SRI, thand and aflN my official seal, nt iny
~ \o1lce, in savannah, Mo, this nth day
'~ 'Oi May, ls76.
5. y. sEEIY, Clerk.
ny AHRAM pouPs, Deputy Clerk.
MaylS, 1875 --nvjl-wL
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How a Little Boy Drowned His Big
Brother.

FROM Tue blCChutlu, Ms, Ntl'llc'
Mr.. Alexander Hcally, II young man about
twenty-five wears ui age, who was studying Tor
the ministry AMI was Lately married. amt his
brother about fourteen years Old, were drowned
last Thursday, while crossing sac river in bark
skln. They had stretched nrupr across the creek
by which 10 cross, and crossed In safety several
times. Alexander was taking his brother across
10 herd some cattle on the range ON the opposite
side of the creek from their farm, AMI in starting
It seems q limb caught the LITTLE fellow and threw
skiH he unset II ami threw his brother out. The
cltcr brother got the younger one on his back,
ami told him 10 At quiet auth he would win safe
t. shore with HIM, Lui the htflr follow VI, 50
excited thu, he climbed upunhis brothers head
aHl sunk him., both goinE ont ot sight.
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BABY LAND.

GLOW many miles 10 Baby-land?'
"Any n can tell:
Up one flight,
To your right;
Please to ring the belll'
''what can you see In Bahy-land!'
''Little folks In white
DOwny heads,
Cradle beds,
Faces pure and brlghtl',
"What 10 they do in Baby -land?"
''Dream and wake and play,
Laugh and crow,
Shout and grow,
Jolly times have theyl'
"What do they say in Baby-land?"
"Why, the oldest thingsi
Might US well
Try to tell
What u birdie sings"
''Who IL queen OF Baby-land2"
Mother, kind and swecti
And her love,
Horn above,
Guides the little feet"
-lIiarford Time-
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ST. Joseph Gazette, 9th.

'
This city was thrown into n state of excitement
yesterday afternoon by the rumor on the streets
that n light between certain officers ofthe law and
All organized band ot horse thieves had occurred
just below the city, and that Deputy Constable
sullivan had been fatally wounded. The fol-
owing are The particulars rs nearly as could
be CLEANED nom various parties to and witnesses
OF the AFFAIR.
For some time past there have been numer-
surrounding counties, and Andrew has suffered
thereby. The authorities came TO the conclu-
sion that the work was that or n regularly or
ganiked band, and for several weeks have been
busily engaged In f%crrCting out the mnrnudcrs.
sheriff Young, of Andrew county, came from
savannah yestcIdny morning, and was vt cnrc
requested by sheriff Gates To assist In the cap
ture Ola gang OF thieves, who were Reported To-
be secrcird on the premises of farmer hy the
name OF Morgan, ABOUT two miles and II halt
in the centre of large Held living directly east
of the old Lake road. Morgan Is d farmer hut
not In the very best circumstances imaginable.
Anont o'clock Yesterday morning the fol;
lowing pnrty started out to raid the suspected
premises: Deputies sheriff Gates and Baxter,
Deputies Sensianlc sullivan and Meadows aud
sheriff ! Dung. While en- route, Gates secured
the service OF another man, whose name We are
unable 10 learn. The party were mounted IN
stuunch, fleet horses and well armed. Amer
fsaehtmg ihe o,d LAKE road hey scpcrat,d ne
| other by Baxter. ~taNtcr's posse rode ahead.
the rlan havingbecn agreed upon that ono party
should approach Morgans house from The east
aud the other from the west thus prCcludtug the
possibility Of the escape of amy parties from the
premises. The Gates party having been dulalu
by bad roads, the other posse arrived first at the
scene Of action.
just before they arrived they saw iyo mgn
come out of MOrgau's house and 81 Into thr
stable near by, Anticipating warllkc prcpar-
atoms, the baxter squad put spurs to thyil
horses anil hurried forward. sheriff luuu
drew up just In front Of the door ut the south end
of The house, and, dismountiug, threw The hrial,
OF his horse over the hitchmg post, and started
around IN tile direction ot the stable Deputy
sullivan passed directly between the house au'
stable, and, dlsmounting, let his horse run
loose. The rest OF the party did the same: Al
most immediately shooting commenced. \
man named Thompson appeared ut The door OF
thestahlc, aud exclaimed, know what They ",
come for drew Il large navy revolver and
fired ut sullivan. the ball taking effect in hi.
lefl breast just below the nipple, penetrating III,
lung.
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Blaine Endorsed at Homo.

hos59S, nay ls,5ine teRabiIe9n convention
marked by a strong resolution endorsing Blaine,
and also by a speech Of Hon. NJ. Stevens, in
which, as his fcllOw-tOwnsman for the past
twenty-five years, he reviewed his business ca
reer, and particularly defended him from the
charge of becoming suddenly rich since enter
tered congress, Blaine had accumulated u for
tune OF s75, 600, aud his gains since then, have
been greatly eXa ggeratrd, and are far less than
many other men OF ordinary business capacity
have acquired by legitimate investments.