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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31
WIT AND WISDOM.

FOLLOWING suit-The %tailor's bill.
A GOVERNMENTAL pushing
shopman.
A BARE foot-Naturally, one that is
only u inches.
THE wives of India no longer burn
themselves to death when u husband
dies. Christianity teaches them that il
is better TO settle up the estate and 90
for another man.
M1IsAs, we read, with wondrous art OF old.
Whate'er he touched ut once transformed
to gold.
This modern statesman can reverse with
ease.
Touch them with gold they II turn to what
you please.
CusToMER-"Wha did you think of
the Bishops sermon on Sunday, Mr..
WigsbyP" Hairdresser--'W Well, real
ly, sir, there was a gent u settin' in
front o. me as 'ad his air parted that
crooked that I couldn't hear a word,n
Punch.
A NEW type-setting machine costs
$500 and sets 10000 ems per day. The
prospectus of the thing, however,
neglects to state whether it can drink
WHISKY, put on a "sub" gracefully, and
call out over the room: what Sore
eyed, low-lived son of a saw-horse has
got IA KIP"
WHEN a Boston girl breaks her en-.
gagement with q man and her friends
expostulate with her, she only has to
say his views onthe theosophic doctrine
OF cosmogony are loose; and they real.
lze at once how impossible it is for any
true woman to risk her happiness with
such a person.-NorWieh Bulletin.
The condemnation by the press of
Mrs. Belknap has given more than one
man a pretty valuable hint. Thus Mr..
Ferguson was found drunk the other
night, and Ferguson said, balancing
himself against the fence, "Hist! Not
| word. thought I was taking medi-
zine, and by Jove it was Mrs. Fergu.
ion's whisky"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Herald having furnished that paper
with some alleged facts concerning u
"~crooked" mule claim against the Gov
eminent, by some Kentucky parties,
in which Secretary Bristow appeared
as counsel before the Court of Claims
and received for his services a large
contingent fee, Mr. Bristow voluntarily
appeared before the Committee
on Expenditures in the War Depart
ment, on the Goth, and explained his
connection with the case, which he said
he believed to be a just and honest
claim, and in the prosecution of which
his professional services were employed
at a time when he was in no manner
officially connected with the Govern
ment.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31
THE MARKETS.,

ST. LOUIS. March IS. 1867
a.. b aG. ~. 81 .o9s5;5O; Good to Prime
Corn Fed Texans, 3 .60a4.55
~nOGs-packing, $i.gUgs.30.
SHEEP-Common to Choice, 81. $4,000.
FLouR.Choice Country, $5.6jSG.5O; xxx,
WmEArmRed. No.2. s~1.tOkal.5l; No. 8.
81 .33 q |. 35.
CoRN-No. 9, Mixed. 5 s452ic.
OAIs-No. s, $50 S5a.
RYE-No. 2, GAG Csc
TIMOTHY SEED-s2. l5s2 %.
ToBAGCoEshipping. Lugs. $s.25s4.sO; Me-
HAY-Choicse Timothy, si5.b Og G.5O.
BUTTER-Choice Dairy, 3Os 35c.
PoKK-spndard Mess, s2s Esq 1880
LARD-Steam, 49, q 1876.
WOOL-Tub washed, Choice 4Sa4Shc; I'm
CoTToiS%9Iiddling. 1910.
NEW YORK.
BEEvEs-Natiye, s9.50a IL so; Texan, None.
HoGsnDressed sl0; 25s lO.3Is; Live, None.
S~HEEP-CommOn to Choice, SG.25uS {. 25.
FLoUR-Goodt to Choice, s5.45e5.76.
WMEArwNo = Chicago, SlgsSl.9G.
CoRN-Western Mixed, go Csc.
0ATs-Western Mixed 45s 49c.
PoRK-Mess. $23. 20g 90. IS.
CorroN-Middling. 1890.
B~EEyEs-Common to Choice, 90. 1890 .25;
H~oGs-Common to Choice. ss.OOs 9, 90.
FLOUR Choice Winter, Extra, ss.Ns7.5o;
Choice Spring, Extra, s5.OOs o. rs.
WHEAT Spring No.2, Sl.V2s l.e2a; Spring.
CoRN-No. 2, 47s47Sc.
OATs-No. 2, 334 33.c.
RfE-No, :, GA Csc.
PoRK-Sew Mess, S22. 800 %. 40.
cwt. S13. 75S 10 80.
KANSAS CITY.
Cows. o.. 25a 3. 25.
HoGs-$6 .50sI 7. 20.
MEMPHIS.
FLoUR-Choice, 81. 25@7 rs,
CoRN-No. 2 White, 629 soc.
OATS 4GI Soc.
CoTToN-Middling, l3c.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLoUR-ChOice, So. 75a g. go,
CORN-539 SIC.
OATs-Galena, 424 45c.
HAY-Prime, nl6. GOA 10, 90.
PoRK-Sew Mess. s24. COZ "a 10.
BACoN-l0A8 l4Ac.
r. FAN W Prime, Ia Ike.
'oTros LAW Middltng ll5.r
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

SOME idea might be formed of the ex-
tent to which Sebastopol was fired upon
by the allied armies and fleets, when it
stated that from a tax of a sixpence per
hundred weight, which the Russian
Government levied upon the proceeds Of
the sales of old iron, shot, and shell
picked up and sold by the people, Il
sum of nearly $4,000 was realized.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

AS neal as can be ascertained by an
unofficial count, Cheney, the Republi-
can candidate for Governor of New
Hampshire, has a majority of S,S47.
The Republicans have also carried the
Legislature by a majority of 20 on Joint
ballot.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

ANOTHER serious mill-dam disaster
occurred at Clinton, Mass, on the 2Sth,
caused by the giving way of the Messy
Pond dam, which was constructed on a
small tributary of the Nashua River.
The waters swept through the chasm
with a terrific rush, carrying away the
Clinton Tannery, the Fullerville Com
pany's Factory, Comb Factory, and
four other buildings. The principal
losses were at Fullerville, which is now a
complete ruin, where there was a thriv-
ing manufacturing settlement. The
losses in this neighborhood alone will
aggregate $3.50, 900, while other portions
of New England have suffered greatly
by the recent floods. At Taftsville,
Conn.,, it is reported that five men were
drowned by the washing away of an
embankment which they were strength
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

AN exchange gives the following list
of gentlemen whose names are now most
prominently mentioned as Presidential
candidates: Republican--Messrs. Bris-
tow, Blaine, Hayes, Logan, Morton.
Hartranft, Conkling, and Charles Fran.
els Adams. Democratic-Messrs. Til
den, Seymour, Thurman, Hendricks
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

David Davis, Lamar, and John @.
Adams. Observation-Disclosures. Newton
Booth, David Davis, Peter Cooper,
William d. Kelley, and Charles Francis
Adams.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

The color of q soldiers uniform is
shown to be not so much a matter of
taste as vital Importance. Experience
proves that men are hit in battle ac-
cording to the color of their dress.
Red is the most fatal; the least fatal,
Austrian gray. The proportions are:
Red, twelve; rifle green, seven brown,
six; Austrian blush gray, five.
"REsTAURANT for ladies and oysters
open at all hours" is the sign on an
eating-house in Virginia City.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

EX-SENATOR STEWART, in his testi-
mony before the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs concerning the Emma
Mine, contradicted Lyons testimony on
nearly every point. In regard to Gen.
ochenck's connection with the scheme,
MIR. Stewart said that he (Schenck) was
an owner of stock long before the or
ganization of the company, and that he
did not become a director until after
the sale of the mine. He had no knowl-
edge as to whether the General paid for
stock himself, but supposed that Park
mad arranged to carry the stock for
him.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

ATToRNEY-G GENERAL PIERREPoNT an
peared before the House Judiciary
Committee, on the 23d, and made a
statement concerning the famous letter
sent to various Western District-Attor-
neys just previous to the Babcock
trial. Mr.. Pierrepont stated that he
prepared and forwarded the letter
at the suggestion of the Presi-
dent, but did not show it to
him, and in fact the President
knew nothing of it for several DAYS af-
terward, when he told him about it. He
further stated that Gen. Babcock adj
mitted to him that he was instrumental
IN giving publicity to the letter, and de-
tended himself on the ground that thew
were trying to destroy him, and that he
a the right to defend himself. He
(Plerrepont) had Immediately called
the Presidents attention to Babcock,s
admission.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-03-31

INFORMATION has been received at
military headquarters, that on the 18th
inst. General Reynolds attacked and de-
stroyed the village of Crazy Horse, near
sthe mouth of the Little Powder River.
Crazy Horse had with him the North
ern C~heyennes and some of the Min
n%econjons, and had a large amount of
war material and general supplies,
said to have been obtained from the
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies
in exchange for the plumber secured by
raids upon the settlements. Gen. Crook
recommends the immediate transfer of
the Indians of these agencies to the
Missouri, as a means of putting an end
to their predatory warfare.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14

traffic. The sanitary advantages in
cities Of using rubber tires als so great
that u Is 20 be hoped this most desira-
bic substitute il really made practical.
brussels has the largest ice-house
IN the world. The roof covers an area
Of 1900 square feet the walls are
double, and filled with moss and saw
dust. There are nine separate ice
chambers, each of 80, 600 cubic feet ca
pacity. There are galleries for storing
meat in hot weather, capable Of holding
1900 quarters. A million tons Of ice
have been stored in the building at one
time.
"A new locomotive has been recently
completed in Philadelphia under the d.
rection of Mr.. WeatOn, Of Manchester,
England, for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
II Is claimed to possess greater power
and 10 run at less expense than any
other engine, as it utilities both smoke
and steam, and that it will draw heavi.
ly loaded train Of 100 ears and can be
stopped within its own length. The
cab is on top of the boiler and the
smoke-stack is the size Of a common
stoyepipe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14

expiring he cried out "The druggist
gave me morphine for quininel"
Two sons of A. Schutman, aged 3
and years, Of Holland, Mich, were
playing with loaded revolver the other
day, when the pistol was discharged,
and the youngest boy received the full
charge in his face, destroying one eye
and entering the brain, which oozed
out Of the eye-socket. The wound is
pronounced fatal by the surgeon. The
oldest boy was also injured slightly
Some recent suicides A young
lady named Sarah Shaw, living near
Delhi, Iowa, killed herself on the 2Sth
10 shooting through the head, using a
shot gun with string attached al one
end to the trigger, and the other end TO
bedpost, and standing before the muz-
zle. She left note addressed TO her
parents saying she was tired Of living
and seeing her family growing up in
the way they were.-A man, supposed
10 be Thomas Hughes, from Oconto,
Wis, threw himself in front of a train
at Hanover Junction, Wis, and the
whole train passed over his body,
crushing it To shapeless mass. lie
was evidently insane.-Mrs. A. ID. Pres
colt, most estimable lady of Mime.
apolis, wandered from her home at an
early hour the other morning, while
suffering from temporary arrangement
induced by long illness, and was after
ward found dead on the ice on Bassett's
Creek, only short distance from hel
own and her fathers home. She had
nothing on but her night clothes, and
evidently died from exposure. as only
her feet and the lower portion of her
lower limbs were in the water. She
left babe nine months old.-Josepf
G.. Lamb, of Norwich, Ct, ex-senator
and Comptroller of the State in 1851
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head He was 63 years Of age
The cause Of the act is not known
-Elwyn Baker, telegraph operator a
Jackson, Mich, shot himself dead while
suffering from "a severe illness. -EdwarC
Wenman, Of the same place, cut hi
throat, on account of family troubles al
is supposed. Charles Doll, Cincinnati
butcher, hung himself as a wind-up to
weeks spree.-Thomas H. ID. Ball, ;
respectable citizen of Newark, n. j..
took his life by poison. He left letter
4 giving AZ reason for the deed the man
ner in which his wife goaded hia fo
money to supply her extravagant de
sires, and charging her with keeping
him awake at night harassing him abou
\ dress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14

Mrs. Jane Gray ~wisshelm and her
daughter DOE have gone to Europe The
latter Will enter the Musical Con-erya-
tory a. I.eipsic. where She will finish her
musical education.
Sarah NJ Logan. the first cOlored
female student who has graduated from
any medical college in New York, has
lust received her diploma from the Col
lege If Medicine Of the Syracuse Uni
yersity, and has begun practice in Wash
ington.
The Emperor Of Brazil, now en-
route 10 this country. is ~ years Of age,
with white beard and hair, an erect
carriage. and solid frame He is over
six feet high, and dignifed in his bear
ing. He Is q man OF scholarly attain
ments, and speaks fluenty the principal
languages of modern Europe. He has
reigned Ia Brazil for thirty-six years,
and in 1871, recognizing the progress
of the world, issued his edict for the
gradual emancipation Of all the slaves
in his Empire.
The long-delayed project oferecting
A monument to John c. Calhoun is
about to be carried into effect by the
ladies' Monument Association Of
Charleston. :. G.. IL has been decided
to have the foundation and PEDESTAL Of
native granite, and surmoHnting this
viii be colossal figure Of Calhoun in
bronze, 20 bee modelled after the statue
by Powers, which in former years occu-
pied place in the City Hail of Charles
ton. 4 he site of the monument has not
vet been determined.
Gen. Loring, the American com
mander of the troops Of the khediye Of
Egypt in their late bloody battle with
the Abyssinians, served with distinc-
ton during the Seminole war. fought
ou the side Of the Texans in their war
for independence, commanded a regi-
Inent in The army of Gen. Scott during
the Mexican war. losing an arm at the
taking of the City of Mexico. and was
IN very active service in the Confeder-
ate army during the whole Of the rebel
lion. He has a strong love for military
life, and has embraced every opportu-
nity for service in the field, although
he has AN ample private fortune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14
school and Church.

AT the recent conservation OF the
American Church in Rome, the Bishop
uf Nebraska and the Rev Mr.. Potter,
Secretary AZ the United States House OF
Bishops, assisted in the ceremonies.
-The State Superintendent Of Public
schools II Tennessee has undertaken a
lecture tour 10 raise the funds necessary
70 make an exhibition Of the education
al interests Of that State AZ the Centen-
NAL.
1t has been deci.led that the sum Of
- Zoo. being the residue of the funds
collected in England for the Stonewall
Jackson statue, shall be invested in safe
securities, and the interest devoted TO
procuring a gold medal for presenta-
lion To the first graduate in each class,
wear by year. Of the Virginia Military
Institute.
Germany Is rapidly filling the con-
guered provinces with German teach
ers. According 70 the Pr agogiSche
LeifuHg. 10 have been placed at the
heads ~ schools in PIPER Alsace alone.
II the same proportion has been OBJ
served in the other provinces. 57s
schools in Aisace and Lorraine have been
furnished with German principals.
The first Sunday in July has been
set apart in the Reformed DUTCH
Church for the celebration of the Cen
tennial year. In case an earlier day j.
desired by any III the church hes, the third
Sunday in April has been recommended
by the General synod. The contribu-
tions upon these days are Ia be formed
into a Centennial Seminary fund. the
interest Of which j. to be used for the
support Of the theological schools
The work Of Bible revision will
probably consume four years more.
Two committees have been ut work for
over four years ON this revision-one in
England and one in this county. The
work of each is submitted TO the other,
and both work tremendously. The Eng
lish Committee has reached in the Old
Testament the thirtieth chapter of Jere-
miah, and i'm the New Testament the
seventh chapter Of Second Corint hians.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14
Han. and Mishnps.

A Fort Wayne boy named Gross
fatally shot himself while loading a re-
volver, a few days ago.
james +. Wray, OF Lofts Greek,
Ringgold County, Iowa, while moving
house on runners, fell, and arunner
passed over his head killing him "
stantly.
Mrs. George Stoten, Of Logansport,
Ind, while leaning over the railing of a
stairway in her residence, one day last
week, fell, striking on her head, and il
is thought she can not recover.
The wife Of John Pyle, of Louis
vile, XIV, who was subject to epileptic
fits, was burned to death on the 2sth by
her clothes taking fire while suffering
from a fit.
Mrs. Parmela Smith, aged 63, Of
Scottsburg, Ind, while engaged in
cleaning kerosene lamp the other day
accidentally dropped it. The contents
went over her dress, and, becoming ig.
nited, burned her to death
A farmer named Elser, near Leav-
enworth, Ks, went out the other morn
ing to catch calf, but encountered a
bull. The bull gorcd him to death. ter
ribly mangling and mutiating his body.
The infatuated animal had TO be shot
before Elser's body could pc recovered.
-. l.. IIufiaker, of Monticello, Ky,
visited Louisville few days ago, and
while suffering from malaria went to Q
druggist to purchase some quinine'
The next morning he was discovered in
his room at the hotel in dying condi.
ton, having taken morphine. Before
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14

before reaching the stone arch bridge at
Curts's Pond il bored hole down into
the road-bed and made gap about 80
feet long and 40 fest deep. The water
then found It's way into Curtis's Pond.
The devastation at this point will be
as costly as any along the entire route.
The two long and deep gaps will re-
quire much time and great expense TO
repair. A mile of rails and ties are
piled up in every conceivable shape, and
the road-bed under the north track Is
washed out in places three and four feet
deep. The branch railroad track was
taken mp bodily and carried over into
the main road. Trees, stumps and
shanties were also thrown down and
washed away.
THE FLOOD REACHED LEEsyfLLE
about two hours after the dam broke,
and struck the satinet-mill owned BY
Albert Curtis with terrific force. 1t
gave way and crumbled into ruins, and
the dam was carried away.
Three hours after the dam broke
away the effect was felt at New Wor-
cester. The course Of the stream from
the reservoir through other villages is
nine miles, showing that the water adj
vanced at the rate of three miles an
hour. The first mile, however, was
made in three minutes.
The first ntimation of the trouble at
Curtis's Pond was the rise of water at
9 O'Clock. The situation was critical.
The water had cut hole through the
dam. The Boston and Albany Railroad
embankment served as dam, and
Webster Square was rapidly converted
into reservoir. A few minutes past
nine one end of Curtis Il Marbles large
brick shop gave way. falling into the
stream. BY this time the gain in Cur
tis's Pond dam had increased to 20 feet,
and soon after the Arcade Building
tipped over and was left standing on
one end. About quarter to 10 the
double-arch bridge on the Boston and
Albany Railroad, below Curtis & Mar
ble's shop, gave way, section of the
embankment 20 feet long and 20 feet
deep with il, and an outlet was made.
The danger at New Worcester was
averted after the second break in the
Ii. and A. X. X. The mill of the Wicks
Manufacturing Company at South Wor-
cester was destroyed. The water then
spread out over series of meadows,
and in the southern part of the city
there was general inundation. The
water is rapidly subsiding. No further
damage is feared. The Boston and AL
bany Railroad will not be open for sew
eral days, but their trains will run as
usual by the Ware River, and Boston,
Barre and Gardner roads.
1t is impossible to estimate the loss
tonight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14

"A magnet that will lift 10000
pounds was recently made by an
Ansonia, Conn, firm, and they are
making one still larger.
The leaves of the pineapple are
now being utilized in the manufacture
n . coarse kind Of wadding available
IN upholstery. and in making a heavy
fabric resembling flannel.
Among new food products may be
noticed the condensed cottage cheese
now offered upon commercial scale in
the New York market. Ii has been
received with favor by the cheese trade.
There are 1924 men, SO steamers,
~ vessels, and Is factories engaged in
the oil and guano business of Maine
During 1875, no less than $4,000 bar
rels OF fish were taken, an increase Of
10000 over 1874, and l,SOO,OO gallons
81 oil made, an increase of 2l,OvU gall
Ions. The amount Of guano prepared
was p 900 tons.
The demand for rubber tires for
omnibuses and carriages l. again re-
vived, and rubber manufacturers in
London and Berlin now offer what is
claimed as a strong, durable, and silent
tire that will outlast iron ON the heaviest
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-14
Delaware Dwarfs.

The Eastern Star has the following
about two diminutive young ladies from
the lower part of Delaware, who are at
tracing attention just now: The two
dwarfs-the Misses Marine-exhibited
at the Paragon House last week by Mrs.
Under. from Greensborough, are truly
extraordinary natural curiosities. These
Young ladies were born and raised in
Sussex County, Delaware. Miss Lizzie,
twenty-eight years old, is thirty-three
inches tall, and weighs iifty-fiye pounds.
Miss Amanda, eighteen years old, is
thirty-seven inches tall, and weighs but
fifty pounds. They have good heads, of
the natural size, are intelligent, and
converse fluently. They have no bones
i'm their bodies, only a sort of muscle or
cartilage, and can bend their hands and
fingers in any direction. They do beau
tiful needle work, such as embroidery,
etc. There is nothing at All unpleasant
in their appearance, except that they
are small and look odd. They have not
travelled heretofore, but intend next
summer to visit the Centennial and ex-
hibit themselves to an astonished world.
They are only travelling now because
they are too poor to support themselves
otherwise.