The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-02-18
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREvITlEs.

SENATOR CuRIsTIANCY, of Michigan,
was married on tic sth to Miss Lille Luz
gerbeel., lately a clerk in the Treasury De-
partment Mt Washington. Senator Ferry,
his colleague, oficiated rs groomsman.
Senator Christiancy is, according to the
Congressional Directory, nearly "a years of
age; the bride is represented to be ~.
In the Babcock trial at st. Louis, on
the 9th, it was agreed by opposing counsel
that the evidence Of President Grant, on be-
half Of the defendant, be taken In the form
Of a deposition to be made before the Chief
Justice at Washington. each side to be rep-
resented by counsel. Major Lucien Eaton,
Government, and Mr.. W. A. Cook, OF WASH
ington, will act for the defendant.
THE st. Louis Common Council has
decided that Oycrstolz, the contesting can-
didate for the office of Mayor, was legally
elected to that office in May last, and he
was formally installed on the evening Of the
9th. Mayor Britton, however, refuses TO
yield up the office, and will continue the
contest in the courts.
Mr.. Bowen appeared before the Ex-
aiming Committee Of Plymouth Church on
the evening Of the 10th, in response to u
summons to appear and tell what he knew
concerning Henry Ward Beccher. lie de-
clined to make any statement, however, on
the ground that the Committees proceed
ings were irregular, and that he had not had
time to properly prepare a reply. The Com
mittee refused to give him another hearing
and this ended the interview.
PERRIN II. SUMNER has been arrest
ed in Brooklyn, y. y, charged with for
geries in California, amounting to over
500, 600. He was an official in n Baptist
Church, and covered his transactions with
his professed piety.
j. X. HELMAN, Treasurer Of Wayne
County, Ohio, and President Of the Nation
al Bank Of Wooster, has abscOndcd, leaving
a deficit or some $50, 600 in his accounts.
ALPHoNsO GOODRICH, Il notorious
Chicago divorce lawyer, has by order Of the
Supreme Court Of the State been forever dis
barred from practice in the Courts OF Illinois
on account OF d~isreputablc practices in his
profession.
A. j. MOwRY, the absconding Kansas
legislator, charged with the forgery OF cer-
tain school bonds. and for whose arrest the
Governor offered reward, was captured at
Waltena on the 10th.
THE staid old town of Newburyport,
Mass, is considerably excited over the mar
riagc Of James Parton, the author, to his
step-daughter, the same being forbidden by
the statutes Of that State. The bridegroom
did not become cognizant Of the statutes UNI
til the morning after the wedding, when, to
prevent further scandal, he left his home in
charge Of his wife, and took rooms for him
self at q boaasing -housc. He will apply to
the Legislature for a special act sanctiOning
his marriage.
AFTER a long debate in executive ses-
sion, the Senate confirmed the nomination
of e. c.. Billings for United States District
Judge Of Louisiana, vice Durell, resigned.
SrLAs HORTON STRINGHAM, Rear
Admiral United States Navy, died at his
residence in Brooklyn, n. Y, on the It'll.
He was in his 18th year, and had for a long
tins been spfiering from a painful organic
disease.
lIlE SOulutlltcC vi tHNcSliSsIlOH lluO
the official conduct of Cardoza, the Missis-
sippi State superintendent OF Education. re-
port that he is guilty of n large list OF crimes
and misderneanors, amongst which are per-
jury, embezzlement, forgery, ETC., etc.
GEN. GIDEON j. PILLOW has filed q
petition in bankruptcy, assigning among
other causes in the petition the fact that he
is held responsible personally for acts as
Major-General OF the late war.
A TELEGRAM from the Hague states
that Winslow, the Boston forger, has GER
tainly arrived in Holland. lie has not been
arrested, because no ~cXtradition treaty en-
lists with the United States. 1t appears,
however, that IN order has been given for
the delivery to the American Consul, at Rot
terdam, of al! valuables found in Winslow's
possession.
CHARLES K. LANDS, recently ac-
quilted on the ground of insanity, of the
murder OF Carruth, the Vineland editor, has
been pronounced sane by Judge Read, after
an examination of witnesses, and has been
discharged from arrest.
FREDERICK DoCKERAY, the American
captured in Cuba, and who recently escaped
from q Spanish prison, arrived at New York
on the 14th in the steamer Adriatic.