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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31
Captain Kidd's Treasures.

Many years ago IN iron cannon was
by accident brought up by an anchor
from the bottom of the hudson River at
the point neal the Dunderberg Noun
tain, just above Caldwell's Landing. 1t
was suggested that it belonged to the
pirate ship of Captain Kidd. A specu-
lator caught the idea, and boldly pro-
claimed, in the face of recorded history
to the contrary, that Kidd's ships had
been sunken at that point, with untold
treasures on board. The story went
abroad that the deck had been pene-
trated by a very long auger, which en-
countered hard substances, and its thread
was shown with silver attached, which,
it was declared, had been brought up
from the vessel. The story vas believed.
A stock company was formed to procure
the treasures by means of a coifer-dam
around the sunken vessel. For days,
weeks and months the engine worked
on the cofier-dam. One New York mer-
chant put $4,000 into the enterprise.
The Spectator took large commissions,
until the hopes of the stockholders fail
ed and the work ceased. Nothing may
be seer there now but the ruins of the
works so begun close at the waters
edge. At that point n bateau was sunk
by "a shot from the Vulture while con-
veying the captured iron cannon from
Stony Point to West Point after the VIC
tory by Wayne. The cannon brought
up by the anchor was doubtless one Of
hese.-Harper'S for april.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31
Economy of the French.

Frenchmen waste nothing. OF the
odds and ends your cook throws away
they make delicate entrees for the ia
BILE. Very many of the pretty /" articles
de Paris" are manufactured from the
refuse of the street which in our coun-
try would be thought worthless. The
coverings of old purses and pocket
books tished out of the cutters furnish
the material for the doll bootmaker.
Old sardine-boxes and cans yield their
plate to the manufacturer of barrels for
toy guns. The little wooden or metal
wheels which support movable toys are
obtained from the waste of any indus
try in which articles having circular
openings are made. French cruet-
stands, usually of wood and having
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holes DR. bottles. provide thonsnndN of

holes DR. bottles, provide thousands of
such disks, removed in making the aper-
lures. All the solder and pewter that
can be extracted from old roofing and
water-spouts, or workshop scraps, is
pressed into service for the manufacture
of dolls knives and forks, tea-sets, ETC.,
ETC., and ever the ancient lead collins
dug out of the old cemeteries at Nurem-
berg the French toy.maker utilities in
the manufacture of lead soldiers. A
little French ingenuity and care would
profit us much.
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THE A HILLS.
Advices from Custer City-Conficting
Accounts ms TO Mineral Wealth-ltoutes

W SoIa lktHtDhs
Especial Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
CUSTER CITY, BLACK HILLS, March
4.-Thinking that perhaps your readers
would like u word or two about the
newest town in the country, | write you
a few lines. We have considerable
trouble in receiving and sending COM
munications, as we have no post-ofiice
yet, and have to trust to corners and
goers to and from the Hills to get our
mails. l have been in Custer about q
month, and during that time have had
considerable opportunity to investigate
the country, and 1 have come to this
conclusion:
HrSt-If there was not a dollar of
gold in this country, it is a good
try to live in, and that, sooner or
later, it will contain an immense popu-
lation. The reason of this is the great
quantity of timber found here.
Pine trees of enormous size are found all
over the Hills. Then there are pleasant
valleys, running through these great
forests, which are from half q mile to 3
miles wide, which afford a good oppor-
tunity to farmers, as these valleys are
rich land, and can be cultivated to ad-
vantage.
Second-There is an immense guam
tity of minerals, of almost every de-
scription, found in all directions, though
mining is still dragging for the eason
that the frost is still in the ground, and
the water in French Creek is still frozen
to the bottom. But the most skeptical,
after visiting this country, can not but
be satisfied with its mining prospects.
CUSTER CITY
is on French Greek, about 4 miles from
the old stockade, and contains about
600 inhabitants. The town proper was
laid out on the 1st day of January, 1876
(and is, therefore, only two months
old), at which time the citizens held Il
meeting and adopted regular squatter
laws; though l believe the town was
named some time in September last.
Town-lots can be located by laying Il
foundation, and recording the same
within ten days thereafter with the
City Town-Lot Recorder. Then a house
must be built within sixty days, or the
' lot will be liable to a relocation. We
have no life-insurance or s%ewing-ma.
chine agents and no law-otlices here
and as every body is quite peaceable,
| do not know that we need any of the
latter. We do need a practical survey,
or, with a full set of instruments; anC
we need an assayer of metals. Every
description of manufacturing would pay
here at this time.
ROUTES TO CUSTER CITY.
McGee and Ketchun, from Kearne,
Junction, Neb., arrived here to-day
They report Il good route of only 80!
miles, odometer measure. The indians
attacked them on White Earth River
they were compelled to throw ava,
their provisions, and, after exchangin;
several shots, finally came through witt
) the front wheels of their wagon only
and in Il h~alf-starved condition. Tn
following is a table of distances from
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, to tn
e Hills, which seems to be the most trav
eled route ut this time, viz:
From Cheyenne to
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HYDRoPHoB1A.
A Startling Theory Concerning the
Disease-It is Superinduced
1871 by Intoxication! AfJH

"a g a. E-HfF Ntrs - H-.-# fHr
BROOKLYN SOCIETY PREVENTION
q OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Hydrophobia, in the dog, l am sat-
isfied, is the result of the animal
having been inoculated by biting
some person suffering from the dis
ease of i~EtoxicatiOn.. Startling as
this theory may appear, there is not
the least question but that the fact
will bear ii out: First hydrophobia
and mania a potm are identical in
most physical conditions-subjects-
dead of either disease presenting
nearly the same autopsy bBlT
Second, the saliva of a man dying of
delirium iremens, and that OF a dog
suffering from rabies, bear the same
chemical analysis. Third, the entire
system of the patient suffering from
alcoholic madness is SO poisoned that
rapid incubation will follow any
contact with the virus of the blood.
Fourth, the bite of a man in all alco-
holic tit has been known to result in
hydrOphobla. ; ,If 80.
: Asto!the' application of these facts:
l. With the canine race, hydropho-
bia is never spontaneous; with man,
the disease is known to be.
2. There is not a case OH record OF
a dog having died of hydrophobis
that will not admit OF proof-if the
facts can be northumberland the dog
had previously bitten an intoxicated
person, Oh had been attacked by some
other animal suffering from a like
/, ihoculation. -
B GEO. WILL. JOHNSTON,
SUPERINTENDENT.
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TRUSTEE,S SALE.

WHEREAS, Martha f. Eeit aud !. II. Reid,
w her husband, by their certain deed of trust
dated the 10th day Of July, 1873, and duly re-
corded IN the recorders Office Tor LAFAYETTE
county, Missouri, in book number 20, on page
a9s, conveyed to the undersigned, trustee, the
following tracts or parcels OF land situate in the
county of Lafayette, in the state of Missouri.
Lots numbered one and two q and p,
in block ''I,' in the town of Aullvillc, accord
ing to the plat OF said town now on file IN the re
cOrder's Office within and Tor SAID county OF La
~1ayette; which said conveyance was made IN
trust to secure the payment OF the promissory
notes in said deed of trust fully set ioith and de-
scribcd, and, whereas, said notes nave long
since become due and payable. and default has
been made in the payment thereof; Now, there
fore, by virtue Of the power and authority In me
vested by the said deed of trust, and at the re-
quest of the legal holder OF said notes. will on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, A. D., 1876,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoon, ut the
court house door, in the city of Lexington, III the
county of Lafayette, in the state oil Missouri,
expose to sale ut public auction. the above de-
scribed real estate to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, to satisfy said trustand costs.
nrnIDfl Nj ~ HAR1M TrlSfae
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TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, George w. Ennis, by his certain
w deed of trust, dated the 10Th day of July,
A. ID. 1873, conveyed to Lewis Il. Harrison. AS
trustee, the following described Patent Rights.
situate, lying aud being in the states OF New
York and Pennsylvania, >to-wit: Hoffman Il
ShOemate Common Sense Metallic Weather Strip;
for which letters patent were issued to them on
the 18th day of July, 1875, and by them assigned
to George w. Ennis. July 5th, 1875, including
the territory of New York and Pennsylvania, in
trust to secure the payment of three certain
~pr0missory notes in said deed described; and,
whereas, said notes have become due and paya-
Bile, ard default has been made In the payment
thereof; and, whereas, it is provided in said
deed that in case OF the absence, death, refusal
to act, or disability in any wise, OF the said
Lewis K. Harrison as said trustee, should de-
fault be made in the. payment OF said notes as
aforesaid, then the sheriff Of Lafayette county,
Mis- souri,, at the request Of the legal holder OF
said notes should proceed to sell the same accord
ing to the provisions of said deed OF trust
Now. therefore,, in pursuance OF the powers
vested in me by the refusal to act oil said Lewis
r. Harrison, I will on
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 18TH, A. d. 1876,
in front Of the courthouse door, in the city of
Lexington, said county and state. proceed to
sell the above described property to the highest
bidder, for cash In hand, for the purpose of sat
lsfying said notes and the costs and expenses of
this trust. GEO. nj. MOUNTJOY,
july22td Sheriff of Lafayette county, Mo.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS. Mary johnson. by her deed of
w trust, dated April 3d, 1916. and recorded in
tie recorders office of Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, in book 20, at page sl3. conveyed to the I'M
hersigned Robert Tay Tor, trustee. the following
described real estate situate IN the county OF
Lafayette, state of Missouri, to-wit: The north
west qusrter of the northwest quarter OF section
sixteen (lH) and the south half of the nOrtn-half
of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter
of said section sixteen Q6), all in township
forty-eIght (4S), Of range twenty-eight (2S), IN
trust to secure the payment of u certain promi-
sorry note fully set forth in sad deed, and
whereas said note has long since become due
and payable. and now remains due and unpaid;
Therefore, l the undersigned trustee at the re-
quest fthe legal owner and holder OF said note
10 hereby give public notice that by virtue of
the power and authority in me vested by the
terms of said deed OF trust and in pursuance of
the provisions and conditions therein, l will on
SATURDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF sEPTEM-
. BER. A. D., 1876,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock IN the fore
noon and live O'Clock in the afternoon of that day,
at the court house door in the city of Lexington,
county OF Lafayette, state OF Missouri, proceed
to sell the above described real estate at public
vendue to the highest bidder for cash. to satisfy
said note and interest and costs of this trust.
aurl9td OBERT TAYLOR, Trustee.
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A good deal of New York cit

A good deal of New York city is
owned by foreign princes and poten-
1ates. When the Duke of Nassau,
one of the dispossessed German
princes of 1866, was in this country
in 1868, he purchased tenemenLs in
Allen street that to-day are nominalIy
owned by German notaries public,
and that yield him twelve per cent.
OIL the capital invested. The Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerili,
Frederick Francis H., is the owner
of lots and houses i'll Elm street.
Queen Victoria owns considerable
real estate i'll Broadway, which stands
in the name of an Englishman. The
King of Sweden owns S4O0 900 worth
of real estate in New York, and the
Grand Duke Alexis owns 4 hotel in
broadway King Bomba bought six
houses In. Greenwich street i'll 1852,
and they are held by Italians for his
son Francis III.
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CHANNEL THROUGH THE JETTIEs.

A letter received at the jetty office
in St. Louisfrom E. l.. Carthelf, chief
assistant engineer of Sonth Pass
%jetties, dated Port Eads, August II,
says: GA careful and exhaustive sur
vey, i'll which more than seven hun
dred soundIngs were taken Oh thevery
crest of the bar, was made on the
14th by First Assistant Engineer Max.
E. Schmidt. The plot made last night
shows a clear twenty-foot channel at
average flood tide through the bar,
with at least a width of 40 feet"
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THIS standard article is COM
pounded with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and
as satisfactory as ever.
It restores gray or faded hair to
its youthful color.
It removes all eruptions, itching
and dandruff. 1t gives the head a
cooling, soothing sensation of great
comfort, and the scalp by its use
becomes white and clean.
By its tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and max
ing the hair grow thick and strong
As a dressing, nothing has been
found so effectual or desirable.
A.. A. Hayes, M. D., State AS
sayer of Massachusetts, says, "The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and
l consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price. One Dollar.
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A steam velocipede is the latest
rapid transit notion, and the idea is
SO taking that we regret that the i'll
ventor lives i'll Berlin and not i'll
America. The engine is placed Oh
the two back wheels, SO that ii does
not Interfere with the rider, aud be-
ing heated with petroleum, does not
require much space. Think of trund-
ling down town OH your own indivi-
dual locomotive, and not even having
to keep the track We wait for
further particulars.
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ENT

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons inter.
IN cstcd, that the undersigned, guardian, OF
the person and estate of Isaac Roberts,
a minor, has filed his account Tor lini settle
mcnt of said minors estate at the July
term. 1876, of the LAFAYETTE county ITO
bate Court. and will apply TO make a hnai settle
ment of sad guardianship at the october
term, 1876, OF said court. -
LEWIS Il. HARRISON,
,u,,-,, Guardian
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N A

NOTICE is hereby gwen to all creditors and
~ others interested in the estate OF Benjamin
Kidd, deceased, that the undersigned, adj
ministra,tors OF said estate, intend to make 4
final settlement of said estate at the October term,
1876, Of the Probate court of Lafayette county,
Missouri, to be begun and held at the courthouse
III the city OF Lexington on the first Monday in
October, 1876.
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ADM~INIsTRATOR,s NOTICE,

T ETTEIsS OF administration on the estate of
II CYNTHIA Schooling, decd, were granted to
the undersigned on the 3rd day OF August
1876, by the Probate Court Of Lafayette county,
Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
the administrator within one year after the date
OF said letters, or they may lie precluded from
any benefit of such estate; and if such claims he
not exhibited within two years from The date OF
said letters, they will be forever barred.
auga-5t AME r.. HAYGOOD, Admir-.
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On Saturday afternoon a storm of
unusual severity swept through the
western part OF the state. In Platte
county the tornado damaged proper
tv. At the town of EGgertOli, on
the Chicago and Rock Island road,
the storm assumed the iierccnpss of a
tornado, blowing down houses, up
rn"iiug trees AMI destroying CROPS.
Adjoining counties were more or less
nIur cd. -.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

STATE OF MISSOURI is, sch.
In the Probate court, July term, LIST day-July
John b. Davis. Charles J. DAVIS,
Mary j. Malone. and her husband,
Wilson Malone, Annabel ID. Byrd,
and her husband, William II. Byrd,
James Goodwin, assignee of Joseph
+. Davis. and Joseph T.. Davis. lpetition
plaintina. ~
Charles L. Davis. Eliza W. Owens,
and her husband. John X. owens,
Juliet r. Owens, and her husband,
Robert Owens, defendants.
Nov. at this day come The plaintiffs by their
~ Attorney. and it appearing to the satislac-
ton OF the court that the defendants, Juliet r..
Owens. aud her husband. Robert Owens. can not
be summoned, il is Ordere,i by the court that ub-
location he made notifying them that said plain
tifs have commenced an action against them by
petition. in the Probate court of Lafayette coun-
ty, in the state of Missouri, for PARTITION, the
object and general nature of which is 10 obtain
Il judgment and decree Of partition between
described. lying and being situate in the county
OF Lafayette, and state of Missouri. tO-wit: The
east hair of the northwest quarter of section
twenty-eight t4s) the west half OF the northwest
quarter uf section twenty-eight (2S. the west
half OF the southwest quarter of section twenty
eight C2s) the east hall OF the northeast quarter
ter of The southeast quarter OF section twenty
nine (.9i. the southeast quarter Of the southeast
of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter
of section twenty-cight t2sy, containing about
eighteen QS acres. the east half OF the southwest
quarter of section twcnty-One ely, the east half
Of the southeast quarter oil section twenty (2O),
and sixty t6U) acres, part Of the south end OF The
west half oI the northeast quarter Of section
eighteen, all in township %fiIty-One tJD, and
range twenty-four ca. and lots numbered nine,
ten, eleven and twelve %, 10, II ani ~. in
formerly the town of Middleton. now city OF
Waverly, and that unless they be and appear at
the next term OF this court. to be holden nj the
~favetts, ON the End day of October, lsI6, and ON
or before the Bird day thereof. and answer the
petition. the SAINT will be taken rs confessed.
and judgment will be rendered against them.
And 1t is further ordered that u copy hereof
be published in the Lexington Weekly Inteiii-
gencer. u newspaper printed in said county Of
Lafayette, for ionr weeks successfully, the last
insertion to be ut least four weeks before the
commencement OF the next term OF this court.
A true copy. Attest:
~july29-5t SAMUEL j. ANDREWS, Clerk.
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N A SETTLEMENT.

NOTICE is hereby given to all creditors and
IN others Interested in the estate Of Creath
Harlow, deceased. that the undersigned eXecu-
tor OF said estate, intends to make 4 final settle
nent of sad estate at the October term, 1876. OF
the Probate court of Lafayette county, Missou-
ri. to be begun and held ut the courthouse in
the city Of Lexington on the first Monday in
October, 1876. JESSE f. DEAN,
~july29-5t Executor.
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FINAL.

NOTICE Is hereby given to all creditors ana
IN others Interested IN the partnership estate
of \ IL Slindler ~ Co, that the und"rsignri ,:t-
ministraior and surviving partner. intends Ia
make Il final settlement OF said partnership estate.
AT the October term, ls76, OF the Probate court
OF Lafayeit, county, Missouri. 10 he begun and
held nj the courthouse in the city of Lexington
on the first Monday in october, lS.6:
a. H..
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EMF.

NOTICE is hereby given, to all creditors and
IN others interested in the partnership estate oi
Uays 4 Norfolk, that the undersigned admins
traior and surviving partner, intends to make II
final settlement of SAID partnership estate AT the
October term. 1876 ,oi the Probate court oil Laiay-
cite county, Missouri, to he begun and held 1t the
courthouse in the city of Lexington, on the irst
Monday in October, 1876.
49, ROBERT f. NORFOLK
;r,y.a-5t Administrator
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FINALS

NOTICE is hereby given to all creditors and
~ Others Interested in the estate Of William
2. Moore, deceased, that the undersigned, al
ministratOr OF said estate, intends to make q
final settlement OF SAID estate ut the October term,
1876, of the Probate Court of Lafayette county,
Missouri, to be begun and held ut the court
house in the cItyOf Lexington on the first Mon
day in October, 1876.
~july29-5t BUTLER MOORE, Admir-.
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or STOLEN.

EROM the undersigned, living at N
I MAYHEM, about the I'D of July, ~&rT
hands high, some white in the face, S-1-
saddle marks, some white sDots on hips, long
sOrrel name, and aged about 8 years, y good
saddle animal. Any person returning the mare
10 me, or giving information OF her where
abouts, will be literally rewarded.
Lexington, August 1. JOHN W. WHITE.
aup5tf .#.E re- ar .a. -4.g
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n NOTICE.

7 ETTERS of adminisrl alton with the will an
IL nexed ,On the estate of Char lOtte NJ. BrattOn,
deceased, were granted To the undersigned on the
3rd day oil August, 1876, by the Probate Court
Of Lafayette county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allowance
within one year after the date OF said letters, or
they may be ~precluded from any benefit of such
estate; AMI il such claims be not exhibited with
in two years from the date OF said letters, they
will be forever barred.
CHARLES NJ. THOMAS. Admir-.
aup5 ut with will annexed
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF
LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
In the Probate Court of Lafayette county.
July term. July lSth-l3th day Of court, 1876.
Emma Z. H0rd. Administrative OF the estate Of
Edward H0rd, deceased.
NOV at this day comes Emma f. HOrd,
IN administrator OF the estate of Edward
HOrd, deceased. and presents to the court
her petition, praying for an order for the sale OF
SO much oil the real estate of said deceased as
will pay and satisfy the remaining debts due by
said estate, and ct unpaid for want OF suficien,
assets, accompanied by the accounts, lists and
inventories required by law in such cases; on
examination whereof, it is ordered that al
persons Interested in said estate be notified that
application as aforesaid has been made, and thu t
unless the contrary be shown on or before TIE
first day OF the next term OF this court, 10 be
held on the first Monday in October. lS16, an order
will be made for the sale of the whole, ca 50
much Of the real estate OF said deceased, us will
be sufficient Tor the aymen of said debts.
And 1t is further ordered that this notice be
published in thew cekly lpteliigencer IL newspa-
per printed in said county Of Lafayette, for four
weeks successfully before the commencement Of
the next term oil this court.
a true copy: Attest.
WIN. +. CANNON,
j~uly4J-5t Judge oil Probate Court
YlNWNSlIlP PLATS ior sale At the lSIELLI-
L GESCkH ONCE.