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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
Business Hours i'm England and
America.

There are few facts in the business life
of America which strike an Englishman
more forcibly than the absorbing char
acter of each mans pursuits and the
severity of the labor to which he sub
iects himself. In London the trades
man can scarcely be said to have com.
menced the business of the day before
9 am, the only exceptions being those
who minister to the early breakfast
wants of the community. The mer-
chant is rarely at his Office before 10 in
the morning, and the clerks and secre-
taries inthe Government establishments
are not at their posts much before II a.
m. The amount of work accomplished
by the two last named classes is inter-
rupted by a frequent gossip, the perusal
Of a newspaper, and a prolonged lunch,
and nearly all quit their desks for the
day at A p. IN. The American employee,
on the other hand, is often ut his office
at s a. m, many tradesmen open their
office at 6 or Z a. m, and during a long
day the attention to duty is i%ncessant,
only broken by half an hour allotted to
lunch. Perhaps there is too much
work done on one side and too little on
the other. In America w press into
the "a hours as much severe labor as
the human frame can bear; in England
men do as little as they possibly can.
My personal experience of the public
offices is not great, but ] accepted a
position in the India Office for a few
months during the tenancy of the Sec
retaryship of the Duke of Argyll, and
this is how the work is done:
On entering upon my duties l in
quired at what hour might be expect
ed to be present. The Assistant Secre-
tary turned to the senior assistant clerk
of the department, and asked him what
hour he usually anne. son." he re-
piled, "about loan easy 1O-say half
past TO-" "Good," l rejoined. 81
will be here at half.past TO-" The
next day l was at my post. Not a soul
had arrived. There is an Office for the
messengers, as they are called, in each
corridor, Of which there are six in the
India Office. l asked the head messen-
ger, an old man of 60, when the clerks
might be expected. "Sir," he an
swered, "they rarely come before II
o'clock, and often later" Sure
enough, it was a quarter past II before
they began to drop in. To change
their coats, arrange their papers and
interchange mutual civilities occupied
the time until noon. Then the work
begaa.-Galary for august.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
Something Wrong.

A man, a sachel, an umbrella and n
great deal of putting entered the Central
depot yesterday afternoon and asked if
the Saginaw train had departed.
"Just out of sight," was the reply of
an official.
"Didn't they know was coming imp"
inquired the stranger.
al guess not; didn't hear any one
say any thing about it,"
"That's strange" unused the travel
er. 81 live out here nine miles, and
yesterday l sent in word by one of the
squarest men in our town that I'd cone
In here this morning and 90 out on the
Saginaw train. I'm here to the minute,
but where's the trainp"
"Gone, as I told you BEFORE" replied
the official.
"Something wrong here-something
wrong" said the man, shaking his head.
"H your trains can't connect with a
man after he's walked nine miles 1t goes
to show bad management. I think I'll
see some lawyer about it."-Detroa
Free Press.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

The rival Republican factions in Ala
bama have withdrawn their State tickets
and united on a ticket headed by N. Wood
ruff, Mayor Of Selma, for Governor.
GEN. BoIsRoND CANAL has been
elected President Of Hayti.
EX-GOVERNOR HARTE, of New Hamp-
shire, died on the 22d, aged 90.
Ex-QUEEN ISABELLA has left Paris
for Spain.
The President has nominated George
#. Talbot, Of Maine, Solicitor of the Treas.
ury, vice Bluford Wilson, resigned; and
Thos. D. Brady, of Indiana, Second Assistant
postmaster General, vice j. F. Tyner, pro-
noted to be Postmaster General.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil
and suite arrived in Liverpool from New
York on the 23d.
ETHAN ALLEN, Chairman of the Ma
tional Liberal Republican Committee, has
issued an address favoring the support OF
Hayes and Wheeler, and revoking the call
heretofore issued for a Liberal Republican
National Convention.
DIR. AUGUST PETERMANN, the famous
German geographer, and President OF tbe
Geographical Institute Of Justus Perthes a,
Gotha, Germany, is on a visit to the Cen.
tennial Exhibition.
The residence of sx-Gov. Seymour,
at Utica, N. Y, was struck by lightning !
few days ago, and the Governor and Mrs
Seymour had a very narrow escape.
Hon. AEEx. ii. STEPHENS has i'm.
proved so much that he is able to walk on,
Of doors.
The eldest son Of Count Won Amin
Is travelling in this country.
GEN. GREEN b. RAUM, of Illinois
formerly Representative from the Eight
zenith Congressional District, has beer
nominated for Commissioner of Interna
Revenue, vice Pratt, resigned.
The colored voters of New York hell
4 conference at Syracuse, on the 26th, whicl
was presided over by Rev. H. II. Garnett
A resolution was adopted recommendip,
the colored people Of the State to vote fol
Hayes and Wheeler.
IT is stated upon the authority of 4,
newspaper correspondent, that the body o
L~ieutenant.C Colonel Keogh, who was one O
the victims Of the Custer massacre, wa,
spared by the Sioux from mutilation becaus,
he wore upon his person a Roman Catholi,
emblem.
s. L. JEwErT, a well known newspa
per artist Of New York, shot and killed
himself in Jersey City on the 28d. He wa
sson OF Mr.. William Jewett, the celebrated
portrait-painter, from whom he inherited
large fortune.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
Making Young Horses. Out of
Old Ones.

The st. Louis Journal says: A very
interesting case, illustrating to what ex-
tent the dumb animals are tortured to
crafty the avarice Of unfeeling ~specula-
tors and showing a new system of
swindling the Government, was tried in
the Court Of Criminal Correction yes.
terday. Some time ago Mr.. Jos. VOL
fort, a horse trader, was arrested on the
charge Of cruelty to animals. He was
charged with "Bishoping" horses,
which was described by Mr.. II. S. Mac
Donald, who was prosecuting the case,
as being a process Of filing the teeth of
old horses down to make them look
young and the animal marketable. The
modus operandi of this cruel process is
that the horse is tied securely in his
stall in such a way hat 1t can not move
its head, a gag of wood or iron is then
placed in its mouth and a "twitch''
placed on its nose. Aman with a large
rasp or file then files the teeth to the
necessary size, and then bores cavities
in them which are colored black with
nitrate of silver or caustic, so that the
teeth look natural. The name "Bish-
oping" is derived from Bishop, the mar
who is said to have invented the cruel
practice. The pain to the horse in
many cases is said to be excruciating,
and cases are cited wherethey have died
under the treatment. Mr.. Macdonald
said all the evidence he had to produce
was taken from the enemy's camp, or
in other words, men directly connected
with the business, and hence was some
what imperfect, but would be very
clear If the witnesses would tell the
truth.
MIR. n. G. Howard testified that he
saw the horse in question before it
came into the possession of the defend
ant; that he examined its teeth, and
took it to be about Is years old or there.
ibout; saw the horse afterward when it
had been purchased by the United
States Government for the army-it
vas numbered 55 and branded. He en-
amined its mouth and saw it had been
operated upon-the teeth had been cut
down about the eighth of an inch, holes
had been bored in them, and they look
ed natural. He was confident that it
was the same horse. The witness tes-
flied very reluctantly, and was not dis
posed to connect the defendant with
the act, although he described infinitely
how horses teeth were cut down to
make them look younger. Mr.. Stevens
md another horse trader testified to
seeing the horse in defendants stable
and admitted that they had operated
IN its teeth, but declined to identify the
defendant with the act.
Mr.. Mcdonald said it was evident he
could not prove the ownership of the
horse by the witnesses he had and ask
ed that the case DC nolle pressed. lie
said, however, that he would have the
defendant re-arrested and the next time
ne went to trial he would be ready.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

burst on Diamond Range Mountains, 10
miles east Of here, which resulted in the
death OF 10 Chinese woodchop-
pers, and probably q large mum.
Der Of Italians camped In the canyon,
getting out timber. without q moments
warning q column Of water two feet high
rushed upon them, drowning all but one
Chinaman. Tho Italians were camped q
short distance above, and as no trace Of them
can be found, II IL feared all persisted.
Stanley, the African explorer, has
been heard from, by letters bearing date
April "a. He was then IS days. march from
UjHi.
The official report of the British Con-
sui at salonica, In reference to the murder
Of Christians, fully exonorates the Ameri-
can Vice. Consul from any participation in
the seizure Of the girl which caused the out
break.
Two young daughters Of Mr.. Pritch-
ard, near Logansport, Ind, were burned
TO death on the night Of the 2sd by the ex-
plosion Of q ~coal-oil can, from which they
were pouring oil on the kitchen fire.
An explosion in the Black Diamond
Coal Mine near Mount Diablo, COL, on the
18th, killed six miners, and badly wounded
five others.
The town Of Albeuve, Switzerland,
was destroyed by fire on the Goth.
Gen. Mckenzie, with six companies
Of United States troops, has been ordered
from the Indian Territory to Red Cloud
Agency and vicinity, to take the place Of
Col. Merritt, who goes with the 9Th Cavalry
TO Join Crook.
Eureka, New, has been flooded by
heavy rains, causing considerable damage
to property. The storms seem to have been
general throughout the State.
Ellen Heber and Anna Patterson
jumped from a third STORY window Of n
burning shoddy.mill in Philadelphia, on
the 28th, and both were instantly killed.
Maria Hoeyeler was so badly burned that
she can not probably recover. The mill was
entirely destroyed.
The Danish Government has selected
10 workmen to visit the United States Gen.
tennial Exposition. The delegation has
left Copenhagen, and Is now on its way 10
Philadelphia.
The commanding officer at Columbus,
s. c., has been ordered to detail an officer
and picket guard Of 12 men for duty at Ham
burg in that State, the scene Of the recent
conflict.
John Domm, residing near Shenan-
doah, Pa, SHOT and killed his wife on the
9th. Jealousy was the cause.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
THE MARKETS..
ST. LOUIS, July 90, 1876,

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~. LOUIS July ~, 100.
BEEvEs-Choioe e+.sOe i.oo; oood ofrime
e4.37HG4.75; Cows and Heifers, ej.VOe $40
Corn Fed Texans, e4.OOat.l0.
housekeeping, ~. OOs 6.35.
SHEEP-Lommon 70 Fancy, t2.269 t.4o.
F~LoUR-Lhoice Country, $5.6Osb.bOi SxA,
WmEAr-ied, NO. - si'zzsi's's' NO. o.
Sg6sc.
SohS-No MiSen' 4NA
OAIs.No. $50
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fiahers LnHs, st;oos :" me-
uiun ohipplhg nsai. so' VIZ ~, IN
nn,rvo Thoina Hsiys ~ IA Sa, ''
poIsHa Suo'o' D""S' i'sH"'
PSSS-standsrd Meas. slo. soa 20, 25.
WooI Tnh' washed Choice. a5a 96,. FIN
wasbed Comhinv o8a ,sc '
CoTToS"Midiiing' N &c.
vvv SEW fonh;
ShEvESCNauv steers. ts.tOe 10 90.
SaEEfISemmon 10 Choice, $50 Q o.s7H;
''arrhos, so;oos e.S1; .
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

A TRAVELLER of experience in the
torrid climate Of India offers these sug.
gestions as to the best way Of keeping
cool; He recommends the pith hat,
which has a ring inside to fit the head,
leaving an open space for ventilation.
Tie also says: eff people were to shut
up and darken their houses in the cool.
est hours Of the morning, leaving only
apertures enough for ventilation, and
to those apertures apply, as folks in
india do, loosely wove mats of fra
grant grass, and keep them wet, every
breath Of air coming into the house
would take up the moisture, and the
emperature within would be reduced
many degrees"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
A FerOciOus Bull on the Ram.
page.

A correspondent at Peabody writes us
OF the following singular accident:
On Thursday last a large white bull.
belonging to Mr.. Patterson, on his
farm near Peabody, in some way got
loose from the stall in which he was
tied, and the men of the family, being
far from the house in the field, Mrs,
Patterson attempted to catch the ami.
NAL by approaching it with a basin of
salt. This seemed to work we'll at first.
as the animal, on being called, came
near and bowed its head as IL it were
about to lick the salt. At this instant.
Mrs. Patterson attempted to catch the
animal by the ring in its nose, and to
her surprise the beast plunged at her,
and threw her into the air ten feet.
When she fell to the ground the beast
made another rush at her, but her pet
dog, seeming to take in the psrilous
situation OF It's mistress, caught the bull
by the ring in its nose, and held It un.
til assistance arrived and the animal
captured, thus saving the woman from
a fearful death. Mrs. Patterson, though
badly bruised, is doing well. Mrs. Pat
terson also states that this little dog
saved the life Of her husband in a sim.
liar manner, some time since.-Ateh,son
Ks } Champion.
Mrs. TYNRR, the wife Of the new Post
master. General, was, before her mar.
riage about three years ago, q Treasury
clerk.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
TELEGRAPHIC T

BY the upsetting Of q boat on Con-
trary Lake, near St. Joseph, NO., on the
2Sd, hye young girls, aged from 7 to 10
Years, were drowned. Their names were
fetter. Kraft. seitz. Cross and thinner.
Crop reports from nearly every coun.
" In Nebraska indicate the finest prospects
ever khown In that State. Wheat, oats and
barley are unusually heavy both Ms to aver
age yi'ld and acreage. The outlook fol-
corD 10 also irsl ~-class.
A dispatch from Eureka, Cal, oath,
says; About 0 O'Clock last night Q cloud
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

The authorities took a poor man
from Happy Hollow n day this week,
says the Burlington Hawkeye, and sent
him out to the Poor-house. The part
ing between the poor lar and his
eleven dogs, which he distributed
among his sy%mpathizing relatives, was
affecting in the extreme. We believe
the man had a few children, too, but not
enough 10 make q fuss about.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03
To Stop Bleeding at the Nose.

There are many remedies recon-
mended, such as putting a large key
down the patients back, and so on, but
the most e~ffectual, based on scientific
principles, is so eflectual as to be infal-
lible. The entire blood supply of the
face comes from two little arteries,
each supplying one side of the face,
and each passes over the outside of the
jawbone, about two-thirds of the way
back from the chin to the angle of the
jaw under the ear. These arteries can
be found by the finger, and in the case
of bleeding at the nose can be pressed
against the jawbone, thus stopping the
flow of blood from the nostrils. One
artery supplies the right nostril and the
other the left. 1t can therefore be east
ly determined on which side to apply
the pressure, which should be contin-
ued long enough to allow of contrac-
ton in the finer arteries of the nose.-
NeW Haven Register.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

ENGLAND is introducing schools Of
cookery with great success among the
working classes, to the great benefit
OF morals and comfort.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

AnAe4oia1 disPateA tTon Gen.
Creot a O.: gb9lfdka givss = 40
co1ntI r&n1gsplsssnc6 b. Funk
0FUancr1nks soont, escorssd by q
anau S5(a6H1oerk Of ~ sscond Cavsl.
~. ~. f&fty came on The 7th to 9
pol|g 1leqt where tho Little Big Horn
dso6e11tSll em the mountains, whore
the3 enS5ehA6tSd the Sioux In strong
fcrcSHixsase s&w enough 70 con-
vines tksm MSS iths main village Of
~ S6bsRjo bhot fkr nom this point.
They tuccssdsd In making their escape
only afssr abandoning their animals and
naseAiag across the rugged foothills
at ~ Big Horn Mountains. The men
wssensariy exhausted whenthey reach
ed oecampa kisnt. Sibley and Frank
Gruard ers especially oompllmsnted for
the ccclnsss and Judgment displayed by
them on the occasion. s
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

A. DrsfArcH from Plymouth, Eng
land, says that q few days before the
disastrous trial trip Of the Thunderer,
the boilers were tested by hydraulic
press9re, making necessary the wedg-
ing cdowu Of safety and other relief
valves. Il has been discovered that the
wedges had never been removed. The
communication valve was also closed
and n o steam was able TO escape sven
70 the engine. ~ 056
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

Mrs. TYNRR, the wife Of the new Post
master. General, was, before her mar.
riage about three years ago, q Treasury
clerk.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

The London Tinaes's Berlin CORE
sp>ndent says the Democratic Society
Of Frankfort-on-the-Ma presented on
the 4thlof July an address in honor of
the Centennial to the American Consul,
strongly rejecting upon m~onarchical
institutions. The Consul refused to &C
cept the address. The Secretary there.
upon complained to the American Min.
lister, Bancroft Davis, who replied that
1t was inadmissible for an American
representative to NEEDLE with party
politics.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

@ va Wh0Lh OulN ZOJ
were females. During the correspond
ing period of 1875 the total immigration
to the United States from China was
16,4S7. Of which 81 were females.
TIE Louisiana Democratic State
Convention, held on the 9th, nominal.
ed the following ticket: For Governor,
Francis T. Nichols; Lieutenant-G Gov.
ernor, Louis A. Witt; Attorney-Gene
al, N. II. Ogden Secretary Of State,
VIM. A. Strong; Auditor, Allen Jumel
Superintendent Of Education, Robert
M. Lusher. For Congress; First Dis.
triet. II. L. Gibson; Second, z. John
Eilis; Third, j. H. Acklin; Fourth, j.
b. Elan; Sixth, Z. w. Robertson. The
Fifth District win nominate at Monroe.
BLUFoRD WILSON, late Solicitor of
the Treasury, appeared before the
House Committee investigating the St.
Louis whisky trials, on the 9th, and
gave In detail his knowledge in refer
ence thereto. He said that a letter
written by him 70 the prosecuting officer
Il g. Louis. urging the greatest ac-
tivity In conducting the prosecutions,
wa ~ some way obtained possession
of By Gen, babcock. who intsrpolated
Il In such q way a. TO leave the
President 70 infer that be Wilson) had
employed spies in the White House.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

The West Virginia Republican State
Convention was held at Wheeling on
the 9th and nominated the following
ticket: For Governor, General Nathan
Golf; Superintendent of Public Schools,
F. II. Crago; Auditor, c.. NJ. Shinn /;
Treasurer, Moses Frankensberger; At
torney-General, John A. Hutchinson.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

OFFICIAL returns made to the Bu-
reau of Statistics show that daring the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1876, there
arrived in the United States 22,572 Chi
nese immigrants, Of whom only 259
were females. During the correspond
ing period of 1875 the total immigration
TO the United States from China was
16,4S7, Of which 81 were females.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

THERE has been a great falling-off in
the number Of visitors at the Centen-
alExhibition since the Fourth of July,
and In order to reduce expenses some
30 employees were discharged on the
25thc A reduction in the price Of ad-
mission to Is cents has been made to
school-teachers and their pupils.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

The dead body Of Mr.. L. p. Richard
son, Q correspondent Of the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, was found on the
gath, about 100 miles north of Fort
Laramie, in the Black Hills. Mr.. Rich
ardson left Fort Laramie for Deadwood
on the preceding Sunday. His body
waspierced by about 20 bullets and
was also scalped.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

SENATOR ALLEN T. APERros, of West
Virginia, died in Washington on the
26th, after an illness Of less than a
weeks duration. His disease was
angina pectoris. Mr.. Caperton was a
Democrats politically, andhis Senatorial
term expires in 1881.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-03

SENATOR ALLAN TAYLOR CApERToN,
of West Virginia, who died in Washing
ton, on the 26th, Of angina pectoris,
brought on by the hot weather, was a
fine specimen of the old Virginia gen.
tleman, 66 years of age, with a long
white beard, which gave him a patri-
archal appearance. Before the war he
was ranEardent Wing. He cast his for
tunes with the South at the breaking
out Of the rebellion, and was elected 10
the Confederate Senate. His country
home In the mountains of West Virginia
was the seat Of unstinted hospitality,
and he is deeply lamented by a large
circle Of personal friends, including
those with whom he has become ac-
quainted since he entered the Senate in
1875.