The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-16
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Inc Following sensational story ls TEL
egraphed from Woodstock, VT: Last even
ing, shortly after dark, Myron Emery, a lad
Of II, was seized near his home by three
masked men, bound, gagged, and dragged
two miles to Silver Lake and thrown in.
The men fed, and Emery managed to free
himself and get ashore, where he was found
completely exhausted and insensible. The
perpetrators have not been discovered and
no cause can be assigned.
A serious accident occurred to the
eastward bound train on the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad, near Edmondson, on
the night Of the 4th, caused by the forward
truck on the sleeping-car dropping down,
throwing the car over a ~trestle, and pulling
the next car of with It.. Francis Moore, Of
Bledsoe's Landing, Ark, was killed, and
an infant child Of j. T. Eggleston, Of Mis-
sissippi, was fatally injured. Two other
passengers were severely, and about 10
slightly, wounded.
Weldon, Goodwin and Colyer, found
guilty of m~anslaughter by aiding in the kill
ing Of the prize.fghter Walker, at the re-
cent prize.fight In New Jersey, have been
sentenced to six years. imprisonment each
In the Trenton PenitentiA-y. The remain
ing two prisoners, Clark and Nes.y, were
sentenced to an imprisonment Of two years.
By . collision between two locomo-
tives on the Louisville, Cincinnati n lex.
iHgton Railroad, near Pewee Valley Station,
on the 4th, Ganther, engineer, and Bra
shear, fireman, were killed, and the ex-
press messenger and another fireman were
badly injured.
The entire front of the residence Of
Augustus Supplies, of Rondout, N. Y, was
blown cut about 3 o. m. on the I'd, by a
charge of powder placed in the window by
some malicious person. The occupants Of
the house were unipjured.
A freight and passenger train on the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad collided near
Shoals, Ind, on the 4th, killing the engi-
neer, Scott, and the fireman, Keller. Sew
.eral passengers were slightly injured.
About 80 Sioux Indians, under charge
Of commissioners, passed through Omaha,
on the Sd, en- route for the Indian Terri
tory, on q o u Of inspection.
The Producers and Manufacturers
Bank Of Ttusville, Pa, closed its doors on
the 9Th. There had been 4 On the bank
In consequence Of the failure of the Penn
sylvAnik Transportation Company. The as
sets Of the bank are considered ample to
meet all liabilities.
The Paris (Ky.) Branch Of the North
ern Bank was destroyed by fire on the 9Th.
The money and other yaluables were unin-
jured.
A German clearinghouse at Little
Rock, Ark, was burned on the morning Of
the 9Th, and two men named Patrick Shea
and John Cooney, stone.cutters, persisted
in the flames.
A Chicago Times special from Wash
ington says the President has granted a par
don to the old counterfeiter, Fred Biebush,
now serving out the fifth year Of a 10 years.
sentence In the ~Penitentiary at jefferson
City, Mo. Biebush is said to be old and in
firm, and the petition for bis pardon was
numerously signed by prominent citizens Of
St. Louis, where he formerly resided.
At Newcastle, Ind, on the 7th, in an
alteration growing out Of q political discus
sion, John Runyan, q Democrat, shot and
killed Charles Pressall, a Republican. The
affair caused great excitement, and there
vas an Intellectual attempt made to lynch
the murderer.
A serious riot occurred between some
whites and blacks in Charleston, 8. c., or
the night of election, in which one white
man was killed and about a dozen Others