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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

4 A WAsHMoroN dispatch says the
presentation Of the address from Ire.
lsnd to President Grant, through Messrs.
O'Connor, Power and Parnell, members
Of Parliament, has been deferred.
Power and Parnell have been
informed that, according to ETH
quette, the resolutions will have to
come through the British Minister
here and the State Department to the
President. An obstacle has been found
to the success Of the first step in the
wording Of certain parts of the resolu-
tons. One part citesthat, having suf-
fered through seven centuries Of tyran-
ny, the Irish people make their greet
ings 70 the United States and
Its President," etc. This can
not, Il is commended, be passed by with
out an act Of ~disrespect on the part Of
President Grant to her Majesty's repre-
sentative. The resolutions r magni-
ficent evidences Of art and taste, ap-
pearing like . plate Of purest alabaster,
sinlaid with mosaic. They are left in
one Of the rooms of the White House.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

From the st. Louis Journal
The President has at last put his foot
down. lie has issued his proclamation
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

go
or payment Of debts, losses, damages,
claims, or for the refunding Of any such
tax"
A LONDON telegram Of the 9th n
nounces the return TO valentia Of the
British Arctic Expedition under Capt.
Mares, comprising the steamers Alert
and Discovery. Progress to the North
Pole was found ;mpracticable. Capt.
Mares reports that no land could be dis
covered to the northward of the highest
latitude reached, namely, % degrees 20
minutes; but in other respects the ex-
petition was successful.
A SEVERE cyclone passed ver the
Central American States on Oct. 3 and
4. The town of Managra, Nicaragua,
was inundated on the 4th. About 400
houses we're blown down and many
people were drowned. The damage is
estimated at about 81, 0oo, 200. The town
of Blonfelds, or the Mosquito coast,
Nicaragua, also experienced a hurri-
cane. Over SEQ houses were blown
down. The same storm passed over
the Lake of Nicaragua, causing an inn
mense amount of damage. The Com
modore Adams, a lake steamer, was
lost. The loss on the coffee crops is
estimated at 100000. About 20 lives
were lost. The whole district was
completely flooded.
The convention of Governors of
Western States and Territories, called
by Gov. Pillsbury of Minnesota, to con-
slider and devise means for Kidding the
country Of tho g%rasshopper pest, wa:
held at OrNaha, Neb., on the 25th and
goth. Representatives were present
from Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri, and Colorado,
After a very full discussion of the oh
jects Of the meeting, a series of resolu
tons was adopted, recommending thai
the various States and Territories
afflicted by the pest offer u bounty pei
, bushel for the colle,tio and destruc
ton of eggs and unledged insects; tina
, systematized efforts be made at ditch
ing, burning, ETC., in various localities
and that local taxation be authorized
, for the purpose that the destruction o
insect-feedipg birds be prohibited, etc
1t was also decided to make an appea
D to the General Government to take som,
8 action for the abatement Of the pest.
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r. N. WALLACE, United States Mar
shall for South Carolina, has mado an
efacil report 70 Attorney-G General Taft
concerning the recent troubles at Cain
hoy s. c.. He says that q white man
fred the FIRST shot, which killed q col
ored man. The negroes then opened
6rs and drove the white men away,
killing six Of their opponents and wound
Ing several others. 1t is not known
that more than n colored man was
injured.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

every bill providing for the assumption
or payment Of debts, losses, damages,
claims, or for the refunding Of any such
tax"
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AN UNOFFENDING COLoRED MAN SEIZED,
ARRIED OFF, AND SHOT WHILE RAY
ING.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08

Harvest isOver.
Corn needs rain.
The grass crop is a good one.
Winchester had a grand Fourth
of July celebration.
Frog Eye also celebrated the hum
dredth anniversary.
The INDEPENDENT comes to us
regularly every Saturday, and is a
welcome visitor.
1t is inferred by the friends of the
high constable of Tomahawk who
reside here that he has not been sober
for some time as there has been no
account of his having fallen lately.
Reporter" has held up a little of
late in his puns on the ladies of his
native village, Hedgesville. We sup
pose, however, no harm has resulted
from his pieces of a few weeks ago a
lack of galantry evinced, and in that
the ladies ever charitable will re-
member the scriptual rule "Where
there is but little given little is re-
CURED" We trust we may be for
given for venturing the suggestion
that should there be any boys to name
to call none of them James as that is
mostly abbreviated to Jim, and we
have seen persons known by that til
tie followed on the streets by small
boys and dubbed Monkey Jim.
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Bunker Hill Items.

The thermometer at 90O makes
dark shady spots attractive.
Harvest is over, and the money is
coming into circulation, and 1T is
amusing to see how quick our mer-
chants can recognize a harvest hand.
Our friend John 0. Henson paid us
a visit on Saturday. He looks well,
(millers always should) and his ia
miliar laugh reminds us of days OF
yore.
The political part of our village
seems to be asleep. The nominations
are received with less excitement
than commencement exercise; how
ever, all will be wide-awake at the
polls.
General health good, and it's a
great saving of medicines, as the
dispensary remains closed. AS green
fruit is abundant, cholera morbus
will soon be around for a tussle.
Your correspondent has lately had
an opportunity of observing the state
of vegetation in various sections OF
the county, and can say without
boasting that in stand and growth
our crops can hardly be excelled.
MIDDLE MAN.
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DarkesviIle Items.

Harvest over and hands selecting
needed articles of merchandise, for
which they plank down the cash.
The arrival of our worthy and es-
teemed friend Mrs. Mittie Foster, of
Washington, d. c., (who intends
spending several months in our vii
lage) is a proof that quietude has it's
charms.
We anticipate a dull Fourth, as
most of persons care not for the day,
in commemoration of which every
American should utter an exclama-
ton of praise. May liberty ever
perch upon the American banner
The Democratic nominations for
President and Vice President seem
to suit the people in this neighbor-
hood extremely well. Let the wheel
of fortune turn. We heard one man
say hurrah for Hayes and the Devil.
Several of our old citizens, together
with quite a number Of young un-
married men, were discussing the
merits of matrimony the other day,
and strange to say, all agreed that
money should be the prompting mo-
tive, save one whose hair has been
%hon0rably frosted by many winters.
We agree with him-give Is unre-
hitting love.
We visited the office of DR.. E. B.
Hamil' the other day, as Jul dental
organs were a ssleetle" out of keller.
We pronounce him a scientific opera
tor and a perfect gentleman.
Rain is needed at this time. 1t
seems that we are being sighted
somewhat, as there hasn't been any
for two weeks that amounted to
much. North and south of us it
seems abundant.
Your unworthy observer came
near getting Hail Columbia" a few
days since, by an old lady who
charges him with having persuaded
her very enticing daughters leave to
seek another sweetheart. His man.
ly interposition (her beau) warded off
the severe lasheS of woman's fearful
weapon (her tongue.)
We took a raspberry hunt recent
ly land find that delicious fruit rather
scarce in these parts. Two of the
party turned their attention to snake
hunting, and were successful in kill
ing n of the largest vipers we have
ever seen, after which we wendell
our way hOmeward to crafty our
keen appetites.
The Fourth was hailed by a few
pistol shots, and the glorious stars
and stripes unfurled to the breeze
from an upper window of the H
hotel. x. x.
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THE NEWS.

The cash receipts at the centen-
NAL exhibition on the Fourth of July
were $23 las. The number of cash
admissions to the centennial exhibit
ton yesterday was over ffty-One
thousand, this being the largest
number of paying visitors since the
opening day.
A grand reunion of the Grand Ar
my of the Republic of the United
States, was held at Scheutzen Park,
Falls of Schuylkill, near Philadel-
phia, yesterday. Many veteran SOL
| diers and sailors from different Sec
tions of the country participated in
the ceremonies.
At Wheeling, West Virginia, the
ex-soldierS of the Federal and Con-
tederate armies united in a process
sion in celebrating the one hun
dredth birthday of the Union. Col.
w. w. Arnett, of the late Confeder-
ate army, actad as marshal of the
procession, assisted bytwo ex-officers
of the Federal army, and the frater-
nization seemed to be complete.
Capt. w. G. Waller, a brother-in-
law of MI. Jefferson Davis, also took
part in the procession.
About II o'clock Tuesday night,
| police officer Louis Gommeninger,
at Rochester, New York, was MUIR
dered by H. G. Fairbanks, of VOL
colt, Wayne county. The man was
firing a cartridge revolver in acrowd
and the officer attempted to arrest
him. He ran to a house, and the
officer followed. When the officer
opened the door the man cooked the
revolver and shot the officer in the
| abdomen. The officer died i'm half
an hour. Fairbanks was arrested.
A terrific storm visited Fort Mad
ison, Iowa, Monday evening, lasting
about fifteen minutes. The Saint
Joseph Catholic Church was COM
pletely demolished by the falling of
the steeple, which was 266 feet high,
All of the other churches were more
or less damaged. The Park House
is a total wreck. Almost every dwell
ing sustained serious damage, and
about forty houses were unroofed,
and all the shade trees broken off or
uprooted. The damage is estimated
at $500, 900. There was 40 loss of
life.
A meeting of the national execu-
tive committee appointed by the In
dianapolis convention was held in
Philadelphia yesterday, with Hon.
Moses w, Fels, of Detroit, in the
chair, and Hon. Thos. J. Durant, of
Washington, secretary. The formal
acceptance by Peter Cooper, of New
York, of the nomination for the
presidency, and the declination of
Hon. Newton Booth, of California,
of the nomination rendered him for
the second place ON the ticket was
reported. The executive committee
are consulting with prominent green
back men of both political parties
from all parts of the Union, and will
defer naming their candidates for
the vice-presidency for a few days.
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rOmahawk Items.

We are needing rain at this time.
The health of the neighborhood is
good.
The grasshoppers have been rein
forced and are doing a great deal of
damage.
The farmers have finished harvest
ing, and are hauling in their wheat,
blowing corn and sowing buckwheat.
The old long-striped potato bugs
have put in an appearance, and are
more destructive than the Colorado
bug.
A little girl, daughter of j. w.
Wood, was bitten by a strange, and
| ugly-looking insect, which caused
| the child much pain. Remedies were
used Immediately and the sufferer
relieved,
There is to be a match come off
soon between Joseph Hill, the giant
of Morgan county, and Jonas *.
Shimp, of Pinkerton's Knob. Hill
bets he can make more shingles in
| one day with a bucker-knife, than
| Jonas X. can with a drawing-knife.
Shrimp has staked his mule.
The wheat crop in this neighbor-
hood is an average one Only one
farmer had a clear miss in n field.
He sowed eight acres; bought the
seed at one dollar and fifty cents per
bushel, and only harvested seventeen
sheafs. He says, when he threshes
and sells, he is going to the Centen-
NAL. This farmer uses IA shOrt-stem
meerschaum.
The Rev. p. III. Thomas lost a very
fine steer recently by falling into a
saline cave. 1t was discovered by a
traveller hearing a strange soand.-
Mr.. Thomas and his hands were cal
led to the scene. They came but
then the question was, how to get
the poor animal out. There happen
ed to be an old bear-hunter present,
| by the name of Ward, who done the
planning and most of the work. The
hands were pusillanimous they were
apprehensive that the surrounding
earth would give way but the old
hunter assured them, for he had been
in such places before. They made a
long pull, a strong pull, and a pull
altogether, and brought the animal
to terra-firma. The animal was bad
; ly hurt, and was covered with flies
and termites, and only lived two days
after his extraction. Nobody was
hurt, except a young married man,
who sprained his wrist badly. l..
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'sSeed to the Sewer and
Bread to the EATER"

The increase in the production
of food in this country is some-
thing marvellous The vast plains
of Texas warm with myriads of
cattle. California alone now gives
Us more grain and stock than the
entire Union once produced. And
the other grain-growing States
yield harvests sufficient to feed
millions of people besides our own
population.
This preeminence in the pro-
duction Vt food is an incalcalable
advantage to the u tied states.
From the days of Esau and Jacob
til now. the well-fed man, with a
plenty offood to spare, has had
the hungry man, without food, at
a disadvantage; and the same is
true, and ever will be true, with
regard to nations. The demands
of hunger are imperative, and I'M
less they are supplied the bravest
hearts and the strongest brains be-
come powerless.
The present season prom ises 20
surpass all previous ones in its
productiveness. Our own people
will have food in abundance, and
we shall also have vast stores for
Shipment to other countrys.
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INFLATTONISTSI IN COUNCIL

INFLAITONISTSIN OUNCIL
The infationist or green back party
do not propose to follow in either
the wake of the republicans as
hard money candidates, or of the
amalgomated hard and soft money
ticket of the democrats. They have
a theory of their own, and they pro-
poseto light their candle and burn
it until the November election, after
which it will be hard to find even a
piece of charred wick. The national
executive committee of this, the
William Allen remnant held a coun-
Gil in Philadelphia on the Fourth,
and learned from Peter Cooper that
he was willing to make the third en-
try for the presidential stakes, but
unluckily he appears without a mate,
the Hon. Newton Booth, of Califor-
MIA, who had been named for the
yice-presidency having declined to ac-
cept the honor. The committee is
now busily engaged in hunting for
a soft money man, willing to ru n the
chances of being crushed between
the two stronger and fully organized
parties. Any person DESTROYS of
martyrdom, who prefers glory and
ideality to substance and reality now
has a splendid opportunity for going
down in history as a one time candi-
date for a high and honorable official
position.
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BY INDIANS.
Three Hundred Soldiers
Killed.

SALT LAKE July 5.-A special
correspondent of the Helena Mon
tana) Herald writes from Still Wa
ter, Montsna, July 2: Mnggins Tay-
lor, scout for Gen. Gibben, got here
last night direct from Little Horn
river. Gen. Custer found the Indian
camp of 1000 lodges on Little Horn
and Immediately attacked the camp.
Custer took five companies and
charged the thickest portion or the
the camp. Nothing is known of the
operations of this detachment, only
as they trace it by the dead. Major
Reno commanded the other seven
companies and attacted the lower
portion of the camp. The Indians
poured in a murderous fire from all
directions; besides the greater pOr-
tion fought on horseback. Custer
his two brothers nephew and
brother-in-law were all killed, and
nat one of his detachment escaped.
Two hundred and seven men were
buried in one place. and the killed
is estimated at 800 with only 81
wounded. The Indians surrounded
RenO's command, and held them one
day in the hills, cut off from water,
until Gibbons command came in
sight, when they broke camp at
night and fled. The Seventh caval-
ny fought like tigers and were over
come by mere brute force. There
were seventeen commissioned officers
killed. The whole Custer family
died at the head of their column.
The exact loss is not known as both
a~djutants and sergeant major were
killed. The Indians actually pulled
men off their horses in some in
stances. This is given as Taylor told
it. The above is confirmed by other
letters, which say that Custer met
with a fearful disaster.
Gen. Custer and fifteen officers
were killed, including Lieutenant,
Chittenden.
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The Il

LONDON, July 6.-The Times of
to-day, in the second edition, has a
special dispatch from Ragusa, which
says: "'There is a complete panic
among the Musselmen of HerzgOvi-
mia of the approach of the Montene-
grins and they have that refuge in
the f%ortresses. The country is APP
parently abandoned. The reported
Turkish successes on this side are
fabrications. Advices have been
received here from Semlin, a Hunga-
rian town on the Danube, nearly OPP
posite Belgrade, that there has been
no serious fighting between the Ser
vians Turks since the latter's victory
at Saitschar.
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Hedgesville Items.

Mrs. Bennette, of Richmond, Va,
is visiting Mrs. S. j. Smith, the &C
complished principal of North Moun-
tain Institute.
The quarterly meeting in the M.
E. Church, South, Rev. j. M. Wolff
pastor, will begin on Saturday, Sth,
and continue over Sunday.
Mrs. Wandling, widow of the late
Geo. Wandling, has been severely i'll
for the past few days, but is, we
learn with pleasure, slowly recover
ing.
Among the visitors to our town is
j. b. Barret, Esq, of Maryland. Mr.
B. is stopping with u enterprising
townsman MI. Jas. George, and is
the father of the latter's accomplish
ed lady.
Harvest is over, but before it end
ed a party of gentlemen of our vii
lage drove out to take the country
air and exercise their muscle. Our
gentlemen displayed considerable
skill in cutting the grain, especially
rye in corn stalks, but not in laying
it. His peculiar movements were
not understood after 5 p. NJ, but at
a late hour he returned home over
flowing with perSpiration and affec-
ton ,on entering his front door at the
north extremity of town he stumbled
over something soft, and a few
words of sunday-schoOl talk escaped
his lips, but his better self asserted
ITSELF when he heard a baby cry. He
felt for the object over which he
stumbled, and kindly picked up a ba-
by from the doorStepS. He did not
seem to be much surprised at finding
it, but having a family of his own
the query was what to do with the
little pet. He at first thought he
might dispose of it by putting it at
some one else's door, but as the
thing would cry he determined to
sooth him with Mrs. Winslow, but
awakened his better half in hunting
for the syrup. Finding her awake
he remarked 3: "Marianda-hic-
hic-had kinder sun-stroke to-hic
day, and here I-hic-fOund this
tarnal-hic-thing on-hic--door step
and-hic-and want'er hush-hic-
crying" Whereupon the good wife
remarked, ''come to bed you goose,
that's my my baby crying in the era
die, and that thing you got is Sissie's
doll she left in the door" The
young man fairly wilted, and wished
himself at the other end of his rail-
road division instead of at this. He
says that he must have had a sun
stroke or something-that the sur
geon in charge of the excursion said
he had brain trouble, but he did not
know what caused it without it was
the heat. His wife says it must have
been, for il took "a heap of water to
cool him next morning.
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TFos THE IsDErEspEsr.l
Fourth Of July.

Another Fourth of July with it's
crowds of associations has passed
away, and while to many it SEEM
ed only q proper season for revel-
ry, to the thoughtful mind the day
doubtless gave rise to quiet and Sc
rious reflection.
When we read the histories of
nations and contemplate their
greatness and their grandeur, we
are apt to pause and ask ourselves
what constitutes this greatness. 1t
ia not proud cities nor broad-armed
Ports, where, laughing at the
storms, great navies ride ; but it
Is the nations MEN. High minded
MEN! Men who understand the
meaning Of that noble word, DUTY;
who know their rights and KNOW
ING, dare maintain them.
No American can contemplate
unmoved the lofty deeds and no.
BILE patriotism of our heroes of '76;
and I do not envy the insensibility
of that nature which does not
throb with pride when recalling
TO mind the brilliant part which
Anne lea has played in the worlds
history and in the worlds esteem.
The names of JeffersOn-that
great apostle of Democracy-of
Randolph, Madison, Monroe, Clay,
Henry, and greatest of all, Wash
ingtOn, father of his country, must
ever send q thrill to the hearts of
every son and daughter of Vir-
ginia, and well entitled her to the
name she bOre-MOther of States
men.
It seems eminently proper that
in this centennial year, we. citizens
of the old colonial town of Mar
tinsOurg, should revive those
times, and in our memories pre-
serve and still keep fresh thOsen no.
BILE records Of the past.
Can the inhabitants of the spirit
world look down upon the scenes
of earth Who can? But if the
spirit of Washington could revisit
this world, what change s would he
view? Instead of the thirteen
States we now number thirtyeight
We extend from Ocean to Ocean
and circle around the great South
ern Gulf. But in what constitutes
3 nations REAL glory, how do We
stand?
Ionly know that good old men
shake their heads and sigh be-
cause they say the day of virtuous
politics is past and the age we live
in now is one of cold pretense.
They say our patriots are grown
too sF REwD to be SINCERE, and
THEY too wise to trust them. It is
true that all men can not be great
as the world counts greatness, but
in one sense all may be heroes I;
for "the man that rules his spirit
| sayeth the voice that can not err,
is greater than the man who takes
q city;" and so it follows that If
each will have dominion of him.
self,lthon each will be a Prince-a
Hero. Yes! Greater than either
| Prince or Hero-he will be a man
| in the likeness of his Maker.
MARTHA.
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State Convention of PrOhi-
bitiOniStS.

BosToN, July 6.-The prohibition
party Of Massachusetts, met in state
convention at IL o'clock to-day, in
fremont Temple, about 200 delegates
being present. Wendell Phillips was
on the platform. The usual com.
mittees were appointed, and a per-
manent organization effected. The
chairman of the committee on ere
dentials reported $50 delegates had
credentials, and that very few were
present without credentials.
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The sad News. CONFIRMED.

CHICAGO, July GA dispatch con-
frming the report sent last night Of
General Clusters fight on the Little
Horn river, has just been received at
General Sheridan's headquarters.
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