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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
Sagacity of Elephants.

The Davenport (Iowa) Democrat
says: Howe's circus was showing at
lndianola when the storm of the Fourth
came on, and because of injury to the
railroads was compelled to remain there
until the track was temporarily repair
ed, Friday evening. Then the circus
started for their next place of exhibit
ton. When about eight miles out one
corner of the bridge gave way, and
three cars, containing animals, ran off
the track and turned ovcr into the mud
very gently. The first car contained
horses, the second an elk and camel,
the other three the five elephants. The
small animals were easily liberated, but
the elephants were all in a heap. TO
remove them the car was cut away,
exposing the tops of the unwieldy ami
mails backs. Then was exhibited the
intelligence which marks these half
human brutes. They obey every COM
mand of the keeper, crawling on their
knees, turning on their sides, squirm-
ing like cells, and assuming more won
derful and novel positions than was
described on the s%how-bills. When re-
leased from their p~erilous positionth there
was not n scratch upon them, and no
, hool-boy ever gave more emphatic en-
press.an Of relief from confinement as
did those Ten elephants. They
trumpeted, swaved back and
forth, and did c~'ry thing
but talk. The remaining distance to
the city was made overland, and "A hap
pier crew never started on than were
those animals. The cool, breezy atmos-
phere, and the bright moonlight was all
inspiring. As the bridges were gone at
each stream, the elephants took fresh
enjoyment of their liberty. At no time
were they obstinate and disobedient,
but seemed to realize the situation. On
arriving at Des Moines, %railroad-ca RS
had to be procured which was not east
ly done, as ordinary ears are too low.
Some were finally found, which were
about n inch higher than tho tallest
elephants back. They were brought
along side and the platform properly
placed, when "Jack" noticed that it
was a strange car, seized the door frame
with his trunk, gave it II vigorous shake
and then tried the floor. Satisfied that
it was strong he marched slowly into
the car, placed himself lengthwise, gave
a rocking motion, and bumped up his
back. A bolt over head hit his back,
and he marched straight out of the car.
It's no use," said the keeper, she
won't go back there again." The ribs
which supported the roof were removed,
the elephants closely watching the OPP
GRAFTON. When this was done "Jack "
went in, swayed the car, bumped his
back, found every thing all right,
his satisfaction, and went to
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
The Amended Postal Law.

The following amendment to the
Postal law went into effect on July Is.
by 1t the postage on all printed matter
OF the third class, except unsealed cir
%culars, is reduced from one cen per
ounce to one cent for every two ounces /:
Sec. 10. That transient newspapers and
magazines, regular publications designed
Tor advertising purposes or for free circula-
ton at nominal rates, and all printed mat
ter OF the third class, except Iunsealed cir
cHlars, shall be admitted TO and be trans
mitted In the mails at the rate Of one cent
Tor every two ounce or fractional part
thereof, and one cent for each two addi-
uonal ounces or fractional part thereof, and
the sender OF any article Of the third class
OF mail matter may write his or her
name or address therein or on the
outside thereof, with the word ''FromD
above or preceding the same, or may write
briefly or print on any package the number
and names Of the articles enclosed. Pub
fishers OF newspapers and periodicals may
print on the wrappers Of newspapers or
magazines sent from the office OF publica.
tion to regular subscribers the time 10 which
subscription therefor has been paid. and adj
dresses upon postal cards and unsealed cir
culars may be either written, printed or
affixed thereto ut the option Of the sender,
Sec. 10. On unsealed circulars and all
mailable matter Of the third class other
than that designated In the foregoing Sec
ton, postage will be charged as hereto
fore-one cent for each ounce or fraction
thereof.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
Flcas in Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara, in climate, is my
choice, most decidedly, of all the cities
of the Pacific coast. Her only draw
back is the horrid flea which infests
her sands. But this pest she shares in
common with all the coast towns. For
the first few days after / landed in San
ia Barbara | was surprised to see ladies
with whom | was conversing excuse
themselves every few moments to rush
into an adjoining room | was all the
time suffering agonies from the bites of
myriads of lleas; but l supposed the
usages of polite society made it necessa-
ry for me to presen. q smiling front to
my callers-in other words, to grin and
bear it until | should be alone. But |
learned that it was the custom in
this strange town, Immediately upon
the first warning bite, to retire pell-mell
from the eye of the world, and, even in
the midst of a sentence, dispose of the
flea before finishing conversation. 1t is
astonishing what practice will enable
one to do in the way of ilea-killing. |
flatter myself | am now an adept in the
science. l have become quite interest
ed in the structure and physiology of
this neglected insect. Their bodies,
viewed through a microscope, are won
derfully and fearfully made, covered
with plate-like arsnor, one scale lap
ping over the other, and presenting bur-
nished and impervious covering; out of
their horny helmet their eyes CLEAN
roguishly, and they are as cunning as
may be. After becoming acquainted
through the aid of a glass, | really felt
some computations of conscience about
decapitating the wonderful creatures,
and | compromised by stringing them
on n thread after the manner of buttons
on a charm string. A fine cambria
needle and silk thread hung by my
bureau, and at intervals of from ten to
twenty minutes a fresh flea was impa!ed
on this thread, until, the number be-
coming considerable, | felt an interest
in collecting as large a number as pos
sible, and l have a string now several
feet in length, l have an original idea
Of having n flea necklace made. 1t
would certainly be a novelty and a GU
riosity, as well as T. sample of native
products of California. A small bead
made of pure California gold, I fancy,
would look well alternating with each
black flea, and would also brighten and
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
Birds COurting.

l have frequently seen the robin
counting, and have always been aston
ished and amused at the utter GOODNESS
and indifference of the female. She
will positively not hear a word of it, at
least during certain stages of the cere.
mony, nor recognize her adorer by look
or sign. Yet he is not discouraged; he
follows her from tree to tree, and from
field to field, spreading his plumage,
pouring out his flattery, Offering her
food, challenging his rivals, and doing
his utmost to gain her approval, which,
no doubt, he 500 succeeds in doing.
l have noticed the same little comedy
enacted among the English house-spar-
rows but not among any other birds.
The females of every species of birds,
however, l believe, have this in COM
mon-they are absolutely free from CO.
quetry, or any airs and wiles whatever
In most cases nature has given the song
and the plumage to the other sex, and
all the embellishing and acting is done
by the male bird.-John Burrough's,in
for Nnnnst.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The House has granted a pension of
80 a month to the widow of Gen, Custer.
and sSO a month each to his father and
mother.
GEN. CUSTER had a life insurance
policy for 5000; Capt. Yates, S., 900;
neogh' $4,000; Lieut.. Calhoun, 5000;
Crittenden, $40, 200; and Porter, 5000.
A PARLIAMENTARY excursion party
from England will visit the American Cen.
Exhibition after the adjournment.
Ex-PosTMAsTER GENERAL JEWELL
had a grand reception and ovation upon his
return to Hartford on the 18th. The citi-
zens participated without distinction OF
party.
MASON BRAYMAN, of Wisconsin, has
been nominated for Governor Of Idaho,
Hon. GEORGE E. PUGH, formerly U.
3. Senator from Ohio, died at his home in
Cincinnati on the 10Th, aged "a years.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
OTE

The Postmaster General has boen
notified by Vanderbilt and Scott that the fast
mail service over their respective roads will
be discontinued on and after Saturday, ,Jnlv
%.
At Newark, N. j., on the 18th. Pc.
lice Officers Dickerson and Elston attempt.
ed TO arrest three brothers named Flehorn
Tor disorderly conduct. The brothers re.
sisted and shot Elston dead and fatally
wounded Dickerson. The derperadoes then
ran to a tannery from which they had been
discharged, and commenced an indiscrim.
mate firing into the building, kin.
ing one man and wounding two others. The
employees Of the tannery then turned out in
a body and followed the murderers TO the
river, when the latter jumped In and NJ.
tempted to swim across, but were stoned bv
the workmen until insensible and all wers
drowned, W."
Information has been received at
burlington, Iowa, Of the massacre bv the
indians on the Goth of June, near Custer
city, OF six miners, named Carter. VIM.
Brown, Henry Brown, Lowell Valentine,
Hun and VIM. Page. Two of the
party, Hanscom and Cook, escaped, and the
former brought the news to Burlington,
In London on the 18th the tharmome.
ter marked 90 degrees in the shade. and
cases Of sunstroke were reported.
The cotton worm has appeared in
great numbers in all the cotton fields IN
Middle and South Alabama, and the total
destruction OF the crop is feared.
In the collegiate regatta at Saratoga
Lake, on the 10th, Cornell carried of all the
prizes, winning the University race, the
single-scull race (by Francis), and the
race. In the University race the
came In second, Columbia third.
Union fourth, Wesleyan fifth, and Prince.
last. Cornell's time, / 7;0lH; distance,
miles.
Near vanceburg, KY, on the 18th.
washington Lee shot and killed Robert
Ellis, whom he accused Of being too intimate
with his Uee's) wife. On the same night a
mob Of several hundred men tool Lee from
The jail and banged him. Both were white
men.
The pleasure-yacht Mohawk was can
by y squat on stapleton, Long Island,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
Some Snake Stories.

Mrs. Eveline Hamilton, of Warwick
Township, saw n large black snake on
a limb of a tree, at her home, holding
a bird by the tip of its wing. The bird
had evidently been seized in its nest,
which was on the same limb. Mrs.
Hamilton stoned the snake until it let
the bird go. The snake ran over the
tree like lightning and then back on the
same limb, and oon dropped to the
ground. Mrs. Hamilton hit it with an
other stone and killed it. 1t was about
five feet long.
John Stephenson, of Hopewell Fur
mace, who has habitually caught snakes
and put them in his bosom and in his
hat, caught a copperhead snake last
Sunday, and, as he was carrying it to-
ward his mothers house, it turned and
bit him in the thumb, tearing a cash
about an inch long, and then dopped to
the ground. The wound bled CO.. 'ous-
ly, and the thumb began to swell like Il
bladder, and became very painful. A
string was tied tightly around the thumb
at once, and DIR. Christman was sum-
moned. The young man suffered much
pain, and was at once heavily dosed
with whisky. lie was kept unconscious
with liquor all day on Sunday. On
Monday morning he revived, and SEEM
ed to improve until Thursday, when he
showed signs of much fever. lie has
been confined to his bed we since.
The string was kept on his thumb for
three days, and then the Doctor re-
moved it on account of the thumb be-
ing so fearfully swelled. Up to that
time the arm had not swelled much,
but as soon us the string was removed
the swelling extended to the shoulder,
and the skin was of the coppery color
of the snake. S~tephenson's condition
is critical. The snake was about two
and a half feet long.
Jacob Martin, a blacksmith, saw n
black snake four feet five inches long
and three inches in diameter approach
ing his blacksmith shop on Chestnut
Hill, Northampton County. He shut
down the window. The snake made
several efforts to enter, but was pre-
vented, and then it tried to enter the
house, in which were Mrs. Martin and
her child, but a blow from Mr.. Martin
cat il in two. The hot weather makes
serpents more bold and dangerous than
usual.-Redding (Pn.) Eagle.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27

on the 10th, and her owner, Commodore
Garner, a well known New York million.
aire, his wife, Miss Adele Hunter, Mr.,
Frost Thorns, and two cooks and 4 seaman
were drowned. Several OF the party were
havvd. ~
A special from Bismarck TO the 81.
Paul Pioneer Press says that the statement
That Sitting ull was killed In the fight
with Custer is confirmed from Indian
sources. Black Moon, another chief, was
also killed.
by the swapping Of a small steam
yacht In the Hudson River near Troy, N.
", on the 10th, Gregory Fox, Thos. Edge.
ly, Jr., Geo. Bloomfield, Jonas Faulkner
and Harry Maniche were drowned. Four
others who composed the party were saved
by swimming ashore.
At Hopkinton, Delaware County,
Iowa, on the Goth, a sail boat containing six
persons was upset In the Maquoketa River,
and four Of them drowned. They were
Mrs. Tine West and her child and two young
ladies' named Miss Sadie Hylcr and Miss
Billiugr.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
TURKISH
Two Hundred Men Dropped One by One
Into the Sea.

Two Hundred Men Dropped One by On,
Into the Sea.
tConstantinopio Correspondence N. Y. Times.
On the same evening detachment.
of infantry patrolled the streets o
Stamboul, and after midnight, whel
the ordinary population was in bed
suddenly pounced down upon sevcra
assemblies Of Sofas, who, under tn,
pretensc of devotion, were busy plot.
ting in the smaller mosques Of tn,
Mussulman quarters. There does moi
seem to have been any resistance offer.
cd, and II there were any spectators OF
the raid they have made no sign bu,
it is certain that 1850 gentlemen in long
tunics and white turbans were quietly
taken on board a couple of transports
lying ready in the Golden Horn, where
they were Joined by sixty persons OF
the Circassian persuasion. One of the
officers of the troops on duty, from
whom the tale has reached me, declares
that there were no remonstrances made.
no questions ut all asked. The poor
wrotchcs appear to have accepted their
fate with the utmost stoicism, as the
tugs steamed down To the Sea of Mar
mora, where one after the other-glO
men-were dropped into the water, and
sent by this short sea passage to the
paradise of Mohammed, with 4
~S2.pound shot fastened to their feet.
Now all this is perfectly well known to
every resident of Constantinople, and
that something unusual was to take
place was so patent to the foreign rep
resentatives that, on this same
Thursday evening, several hundred
armed Croats, Montenegrins, and Greek
sailors p~atrolled the streets of Bayukdiri
from sunset till sunrise, soaring the
p%eaceable inhabitants out of their minds
by a demonstration for which there was
no earthly necessity, but which, strange
ly enough, conceded with q telegram
in the Partisan papers next morning, to
the effect that Constantinople was in
revolution, that the garrison had mu-
tinted, and that the ministers had been
put to death-all of which was a Stock
Exchange maneuver backed up by Rus
and Greece, whose policy it is to
alarming reports, in order, if
possible, to have q pretext for occupy
ing the harbor with the Black Sea fleet
before the British iron-clads steam up
there from the more distant Dardanelles.
The wholesale destruction of the Sofas
and T~cherkesses can not, of course, be
justified according to the standard of
civilized Christendom, but its effects
here have been most excellent. There
is no "opposition =" to ask for explana-
of the Government, and no news
paper even ventures to allude even
vaguely to the circumstances. But the
are utterly cowed, and are show
ing the greatest anxiety 70 90 home to
their families, for which the Porte gives
hem every facility by granting free pass
ports and free tickets by rail and steam
'r. The danger to Christians living in
he Capital has thus been coniured
away; but |. is to be feared that these
fanatics will vent their disappointed
spleen upon the unfortunate Kayaks in
hose provincial localities where there
ire no foreign consuls to demand an in
of their atrocities.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
THE MARK

ST. LOUIS, July %, 1876.
BEEvEs--Choioe ,t4.s7h95 300; Good to PrimI
e4.S7S6i.75; Cows and Heifcrs, ti.OO9 g..
Corn-Fed TeNans, si.O0s AS.
HOGs-Shipping, 90. lOa 6.35.
SHEEP-Conlmon 10 Fancy, $2.26s 40.
FLoun-Lhoice Country, $5.5O96.5O; XXI
.WnEAr-Rcd, No. 2, sl.sc Q 1877; No,
CoRs-No2 Mixed. ssssoH.
OArs-No. 2. 3is33hc.
RfE-No. 2, big bic,
TIMOTHY SEED-$2, esq .65.
TOBACCo-Planters' Lugs, s4.bOs6.5O; MI
dinm Shipping Leaf. $9.oOa 100:
HAY-Choice Timothy, $lB COG 100.
BUTTER-Choice Dairy, 20S &c.
~P0sR-stsndard Mess, s2O. Ooa sO.75
~HhRD-stsam iOA 9 iisi o,os a,sse,. Il,
washed Comblng, 26g 80.
CorToE-Middling. lie.
NEW YORK.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $500 10 90: al
sHEEP-Common 10 Choice, ASSOC o'6sh
Lambs. % 0Os 500. /.
FLOUR-Good to Choice, t4.sO9b.2o. 7
WHEAT-No. 9 Chicago, 91s csc.
CoRN-Western Mixed, i9lS DIG.
OArs-Western Mixed, % 3sc.
PoRK-Mess, si9.7o 2O.W'
CoTros-Middling. hac.
BEEvEs-Common TO Choice, $500 q i.9j
Hoos-Common to Choice s6'a'a"''O'
FLoUR-Choioe Winter Extra, GO G5a7.2
Spring Superane. ": BOG 60.
WHEAT-spring No. 2. 500 sGIlc. Sprlny
No. ,, 7lg7iso.
CORs-No. 2, 43hs iiG.
OATs-No. z, 27g 2sc.
RYE-No :. h5g SIC,
PoRK-Mess, $500 IL Gj.
LARD-Per cwt., O.s0a 40, 90.
KANSAS CITY.
BEKvEs-Natiye stoers, s8.75ei.ih; Nauv'
Cows, . .7593.b y
HoGs-e5.O Oa D. rs.
sHEEP-Common 10 Extra, o.. 25sS .75.
MEMPHIS.
F~LoUR-Choice, %. bOa7 90.
IoRN-No. 2 White, asa Bic.
OATs-44g i6c.
CorTos-Middling. l0% q lie.
NEW ORLEANS.
f~LoUR-Choice 10 Family, %. 5Op 80,
CoRN-Mixed, 0!S CSC.
OArS-3Sg .bc.
~HAY-Choioe, S22 .OOe %. 90.
PoRK-New Mess, SCI 90 q 81. 90,
BACoH-0A q l2kc.
S~UdAR-taIr % Prime, 0a0ko.
IVfros- 'i1g MidullaJ iUhc,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27

He will never walk any more ropes,
will " Banjo Ben" In imitation of the
Niagara Falls rope-walker, Ben mount
ed the tiller-cable of the st. Paul
CMinn.) suspension bridge only to lose
his strength and poise, and fall like a
clod nearly 100 feet to the ground. The
acrobat only lived to murmur in his de-
lirium the words which he had spoken
many times before in his reckless life,
"Guilty, your Honor" And SO he was
guilty-guilty of foolhardiness, of tight.
rope vagrancy-of suicide.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27

A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th
says: Gov. Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, arrived here to-day and had
a consultation with Secretary Cameron
and Attorney-G General Taft, regarding
the recent trouble at Hamburg in that
State. The Governor was fully in
formed as to what the views of the
General Government are upon this
affair, and they are substantially
to the effect that the State of
South Carolina should execute its laws
and bring to prompt trial and punish
ment the parties who are guilty of hav.
ing melted riotous demonstrations and
murders just reported. The subject
will, without doubt, receive full consid-
Grafton at the next Cabinet meeting.
the impression being that the Admins.
tration intends to insist upon the State
laws being executed in this particular
case.
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heighten the effect. I have saved sew
eral large, rare beauties, of unusual
b%rilliancy and purity, for pendants to
this chain. This necklace will be
unique and tasteful, and 1 shall wear 1t
with similar feelings to the pride that
animates the savage breast when he
hangs at his side the bloody scalps of
his human victims Cor. Louisville
Couyfer- journal.
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A AT SEA.

An Account Of the Voyage OF the ship
Oneids-A Furious Sea storm-A Scene
OF Excitement.
The Liverpool Post furnishes the fol-
lowing account of the voyage of the
Oneida, of London, a vessel of about
$500 tons register: The ship left Lon
don on December 81 with q cargo of
general merchandise. She had also on
board five ~chief-cabin, nine second
cabin, and nine third.cabin passengers,
oil the cabins being on deck. On the
18th of March, about 8 a.. H., the sea
was dashed into fury, and tremendous
bodies OF water came on board, the sea
ovcrrunning on both sides and almost
burying the ship. At $3.50 a. m. she
was struck on the port quarter by n sea
which burst In the windows and filled
the saloon. The door of one of the
second cabins was also stove, and the
apartment filed. About $40 q. m.
the sea, which had continued to rise,
rolled in over port and starboard bull
warks, smashing in the doors of the
midship house on deck, and, forcing its
way through and through, completely
Quilted the cabins, to the utter conster-
nation of the passengers, who were all
washed out of their bcrths, and were
Knocking about among the wreck of
smashed partitions, broken chests, bed
ding, stores, etc., and in an agony of
terror that they would be washed over
board. II was about this time that an
infant of some fourteen months old,
named Willie Bell, son of one of the
passengers, was washed by the sea from
its mothers arms, and carried over
board beyond all hope of rescue. The
unfortunate mother was nearly
sharing the fate of her
child, but was seized by
the arm and firmly held by her hus-
band, just as she was being carried out
by the same rush of water which swept
away her infant. The father was also
struck by q sea and driven headfore-
most through a partition into the next
cabin. The baggage and the effects of
the se~cond-cabin passengers were also
washed overheard. The women were
taken into the cuddy and the men were
lodged in the forecastle, and the sailors
supplied them with clothing. During
the storm the maintopsail sheet was
carried away, and the sail split, the
~foretopmast staysail being also thrown
clean out of the boltropes. The fore
topsail clew was then got up and the
sail goose-winged, and, although large
bodies of water were still rolling in.
board, the ship went along easier.
About 10 n. m. the fragments of the
sail were properly secured, the wind all
this while blowing with undiminished
violence. The barometer, however.
kept rising, and the ship was kept run
ming instead of being hove to, rs had
been intended when the attempt to get
~foretopsail off of her was made.
The seas had not only inundated decks
and cabin, but had cleared away every
thing movable, including pinnacle and
compasses, and also the raised grating
under the feet of the man at the
who had a narrow escape. The
cooking gallery was also Quilted, and
the poop-ladders were washed over
board, one of them being washed in
again, and bursting the cabin door
open. On the 18th the wind was still
'outhwesterly, but moderate, and the
weather became finer.