The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-02-04
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BReWrlEs.

Col. w. j. OFFUTT, of st. Landry
Parish, La, formerly Democratic Senator,
while making a visit to relatives in WASH
ington, La, was shot through the rear Of
his buggy in the head by a negro named
Augustan, armed with q shotgun. The as
sassin escaped, but was being pursued, and
his capture was thought inevitable. Col.
Otfutt died from his wounds.
OF the 4O6 Deputies elected to the
new Spanish Congress, 80 are supporters Of
Sagasta, 10 Clericals, one Cantonalist, and
3G4 Ministerialists. Senior CASTELAR, IL the
only moderate Republican elected.
OWING to a blunder another election
for United States Senator will have to be
held by the Legislature Of Iowa. The vote
was taken one week sooner than the law all
lows. 1t Is presumable that the Hon. sam
uel j. Kirkwood will again be the choice of
the majority.
ID. {. PORTER. Cashier of the First
National Bank OF Davenport, Iowa, Is a de-
faulter to the amount OF over So, 900. His
populations extend back for several years.
The Bank is fully secured.
j. l.. Pickett, Deputy Sheriff of Frank
lin County, Arkansas, went to Cassvillc,
West Virginia, on the oath, with u requisi-
ton for Thomas Cameron. indicted for
ma~nslaughtcr. Accompanied by sheriff
Strother. of Wayne County, he fol-
lowed Cameron to his hiding place
and demanded his surrender. Dame
ron blew out the lights in the house.
and, armed with a double-barrclcd rifle and
two pistols. attempted resistance. In the
melee cameron was shot near the heart and
almost instantly killed. Sheriff Pickett left
for home, but was arrested ut Cattlets-
burgh. Ky. Upon the facts becoming
known, however, he was Immediately re-
leased.
JONATHAN EARLE, Treasurer OF the
Norfolk and New Brunswick (N. J.)
Hosiery Company, is Il dcfaultcr to the
amount Of Sli2 Goo. He has turned over
property and stock sufficient to cover the
defalcation, but the securities are not con-
vertible at present. Speculation in Wall
street il said to be the cause of Eurle's de-
felt.
IT has been definitely ascertained that
Winslow. the Boston forgcr, with his fami-
~, sailed in the steamship Rotterdam, on
the 2lst, for Rotterdam. This country has
no cXtradltion treaty with Holland.
THE reported death Of Father Tom
Burke, in Ireland, has not been confirmed.
y letter has very recently been received
from him in New York.
HESRYH .STARKwEATIIER, memberof
Congress for the iourts term from the Third
(Norwich) District Of Connecticut, died ut
Washington on the 2Sth. He was II native
Of the state which he represented, Il lawyer
by profession, II Republican in politics, and
about 20 years OF age. At the last election
he received 1896 votes to S,05i for Foster,
his Democratic opponent.
SMITH n. HAYES, formerly City
Treasurer OF Covington, Ky, is short in his
official accounts some So 900, and has dis
appeared from the city. Since his depart
urc IN undated letter has been received
from him, saying that he spent the money
in drinking and gambling. His securities
are entirely responsible.
THE Hon. NJ. c. KERR, Speaker of
the House, has written Il letter declining to
allow his name to come before the National
Democratic Convention as Il candidate, and
expressing his unqualified support of Gov.
Hendricks as Il candidate for the first place
on the Democratic ticket.
JOHN $. BARDETT, Treasurer of the
State of West Virginia, has been impcached,
found guilty. and removed from office. +.
\. Bennett, State Auditor, has also been
impcachcd and will soon be tried.
TIE Boston Globe sums up I'rcsiden-
tial candidates thus far as follows: On one
side may be mentioned Grant, Morton,
Blaine, BriStow, Washburnc, Conkling,
and Hayes; on the other, Tilden, Thurman,
Hendricks, and Blyard, and on neither
side, perhaps, Charles Francis Adams.
JAMES STELLwAGEN, Il Buffalo bank
cr, who was recently forced to suspend pay
mcnt, onthe night Of the Both drowned HIM
self. When his body was recovered about
- 1000 was found in his pockets.
The remains of the late Representa-
tive Starkwcathcr were inferred ut Norwich,
Conn. on the 3l>t.
HARVEY ID. WINDSOR, of Detroit, is
under arrest at Buffalo, on n charge of rob-
bling the mail IL years ago, while employed
in the Post-otiice. Windsor was arrested
for the crime ut the time Of its occurrence
and admitted to bail, and, failing to appear
for trial, his bail was forfeited.
NJ. DEAK, the Hungarian statesman,
is dead.