The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-04-21

tobacco merchant Of Kansas City, commit
ted suicide the afternoon Of the 9Th by shoot
ing herself through thcb body with a Colts
revolver. For sometime domestic troubles
in Mr.. Bombeck's family have been talked
about by the community at large. and this is
given rs the cause Of the suicide.
At Kansas City, on the 18th, Mrs. II. G..
Brown, widow Of the late IL. q. Brown,
conductor on the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
was found dead in her bed. Afterthe death
of her husband, Mrs. Brown suffered terri
bly, from mental torture, and it is said she
died OF II broken heart.
Macon County.
The Governor has appointed and commits
stoned George W. Elliott AS Justice Of the
Macon County Court for four years.
Moniteau County.
Ayoung man named Kirby, u brakeman,
fell from the ears near Upton on the 18th,
and was torn literally to pieces. Heart,
lungs, liver, and entrails we're scattered
along the track. He had fallen on the track
and been dragged and chopped to pieces.
The remains were collected and taken to
Upton, where he resided, and where an in
quest was held.
Pik. County.
The twenty ninth session of the Missouri
Conference OF the NJ. T.. Church convened
at Louisiana on the 18th. Bishop j. T..
Peck arrived in the city from Austin. Texas,
and conducted the opening exercises in u
very solemn and impressive manner. Rev.
j. W. Martindale was chosen Secretary.
Pettis County.
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died at Sedalia, the Sth, from the effects of
Il dose Of poison taken several days before.
She WAS born in st. Clair County, in 1854.
Her father, u prominent lawyer, died when
she was five years old. When Bell was
about eighteen years old she had a difficulty
with her lover, and tried then to commit
suicide, but failed. She then engaged in a
life OF shame.
A tramp, giving the name Of Chas. Frank
lin, wal caught in the act of robbing the
Post-ofice at Dresden at midnight on the
Sth.
st. Louis.
Hon. John w. Colvin, Judge Of the Court
Of Criminal Correction, died at his resi-
dence, No. 1921 Warren Street, about six
O'Clock the evening of the 10th, Of heart
disease, after an illness of a little over two
weeks.
Near Brighton, the evening Of the 18th,
a quarrel arose between two colored men,
Isaac Gilmore and Washington Mitchell,
concerning the ownership Of a pair Of chick
ems. A fight ensued, in which Gilmore had
his brains knocked out with an AK i'm the
hands Of Mitchell, who is now under ar
rest.
Washington County.
At Potosi, on the Sth, owing to a Difficult.
~ arising from business complications, vii.
lam NJ. Settle shot and fatally wounded Ma
than Cowell, and then attempted his owr
life. While at the depot, Settle saw Cow.
ell standing on a fiat car. Approaching thu
car, he said to Cowell: ''Defend your
SELF" and drew his pistol and fired. Cow.
ell fell to the ground. Settle fired two more
shots at him, both taking effect. Settle then
walked to his residence about half u mile of
and seating himself on a bed shot himself,
the ball entering about one inch above tht
left nipple. The attending physicians say
that there is no possible hope for Cowell'i
recovery and Settles condition is extreme
~ critical.
Mr.. Nathan Cowell, who was shot at Pc,
tosi by G. NJ. Settle on the Sth, died Of hi
wounds the evening OF the 18th. An ac'
count of the affair has already been given.