The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-05-04

q storm In that town on fhe 23rd nj,
Small fish from "a to 2 inches lonc. wore
I'LL with the rain, for they were found
swimming in the puddles in tho streets
Just alter the rain, and he is utterly I'M
able to account for their presence there
In any other way. We have frequently
heard OF the like, but mover seen Il.
Tho citizens Of Oregon and vicinity
are making strenuous efforts for The es.
t~a5lishment Off Normal School at that
point, and with very fla,tering prospects
Of success.
The prospect for all kinds of fruit was
never better.
TIE LAWRENCE MURDER CAsE.-Con.
trary to expectations the trial of ,Jobn
Lawrence, indicted for murder in tbe
first degree, did not come off at the Anril
term of tho Holt Circuit Court. Mr.
Limbird on behalf of the State. and
Messrs. Parrish, look & Stokes an he
half of the defense declared themselves
ready to go into trial. and ~one-bundred
citizens, who had previously been en-.
p9nied appeared in Court on FRIDAY the
21st instant, and were examined ms io
their competency Of serving as Jurors ON
this case. Sixty of them were set aside
as incompetent and forty were retained
to select the jury from, Vnd the dav sci
for trial was Tuesday the %. The iortv
appeared as directed, but the case did
not come up until the Goth. In the
meantime Number of the citizens of
upper part of the county raised n purse
and employed Mr.. +. Van Buskirk TO
assist in the prosecution of the case.
The forty appeared promptly again on
the 10th. But the case agrin hung fire."
The defense brought in u pie that rs two
other main witnesses were absent, they
prayed for a continuance of the case.
The Judge, after holding the motion
under Amusement for some hours, finally
granted a continuance, and appointed
the End Monday in June rs n special ses-
sion OF tho Court to try the case.
n forty jurymen were then ~discharg-
on. The 81 witnesses in the case were
required to give bt nd in the sum of $500
each for their appearance at the June
term of Court.
And thus the case rests, for the pres
ent at least. In the meantime the costs
in tho case are incrcasing-a fact not SO
very pleasant to contemplate by the tax-
payers of the county,
Mr.. DAN MCCOLL, of Loncoln town.
ship, informs us that during the past six
weeks he has lost from two hundred to
two hundred and fifty head of hogs with
the Prevailing disease and that he sees
no prospect Of its abating till every ami
nal is gone from his place. Mr.. McColl
says ii is what is called cholera, but that
the disease affects some hogs differently
from others. He is also ut u loss &c
know how the disease broke out among
his swine, as he has not bought n hog
this winter. His ncighbprs have not
McColrs loss up to date will not he much
short of 8 1000.
The excavations known as the Holt
county gold mines, throngs with people
every Sunday, who out Of curiosity, 90
in hopes of seeing gold strewn around.
This excavation was commenced 4 year
Or more ago, and has been pushed fur
Their and further into the hills since that
time, until now it is about. 800 feet in,
and Crouscr & Ham are still ut work
with n great amount of zeal. No matter
how dreary their task, they still pursue
with hopes of reaching the goal in due
time.
Eugene Bumps, implicated with his IA
Their, DIR. Bumps in the Danehar abor-
ton case, is reported non est. lie left
several days ago.--Times.
ATCIISON COUNTY.
The X. c., st. Joe & c. ID. II. r. track
gave way yesterday morning, four miles
south of town, but n large amount of
iron OF the hall mile of track cut out
was saved. A temporary track was
placed a few rods east of the break, and
II transfer effected last night.-Nonpar-
ell, 10th.
NODAWAY COUNTY.
From the Democrat
The county court at its recent session
did not levy any bridge tax for the COM
ing year. They did not do so for the
reason that in the opinion of the judges
of the court, the restrictions of the con-
stitu'ion Of the State upon the levylng
OF taxes by the county cokrt, apply only
to the dctraying of current expenses.
When, therefore, it is required that II tax
shall be levied, or money expended, for
public improvements. bridges, buildings
etc., it must be authorized by q vote OF
the people. \ proposition to levy n tax
for bridge purposes, ETC., will be framed |
by the county court ut its next session,
and submitted to the people of the coun-
ty ut the general election next fall.
We were shown a curiosity last Satnr-
day by Geo. Washburne and George w.
Jackson, of Hopkins township. The
curiosity alluded to is q large grub worm
with the root Of Il weed growing out OF
it. The weed sprout is some two inches |
long. 1t was under the surface of the
ground come six or scycn inches, and
was plowcd up by them. Isn't it queer
to have weeds growing out of grub
worms?
We were shown similar specimens
last spring by Mr.. Boyles, of Empire
Prairie, Andrew county, and have them
still in the office, but in n dried. up state.
lie plowed them up in great numbers on
his farm. When allowed to grow, they
produced n species of milk weed.
From the Hopkins journal.
On Thursday of last week two hun
dred cars were forwarded from this sta
ton in about eighteen hours. This does
include cars received or local station
work done. We guess the depot men
will want full time fol that day, sure. 1t
is only a short time since it would have
been impossible to have handled this
amount of business here. An idea may
be formed from this fact OF Just how
freight traffic over these lines are in
creasing.
On one of the freight trains arriving
at Hopkins last week was a ~lIoosac Tun-
mel Line car, containing n Jersey cow
and her calf, enroute from Natick, Mass,
to Kansas City. A number of our citi-
zen improved tho opportunity afforded
to take "A view of the Jerseys. The cow
had horns about four inches in length,
and not larger than ones finger, and
her head, neck and limbs, were almost
as slender as those of q deer. Some
idea may be had of the value of this
stock from the fact that transportation
and feed charges on the cow and calf to