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m 1 A 1 im Aiiurew &5$ jxepuuiican. -itggili 1 , F. M. TAYLOR, t Editor and Publisher. SAVANNAH, MO., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1875. V"!" IV. w- O DIRECTOHY, AlvrrtUcmr.its iv this colw.in, fifty cents per line jr oi if'it, inriuilini '...' -;r 'Ctui! (-sail. Thosf jfio 7.f'v rtisr i'l thii tolnmu are reliable and xtrir.'jhtfurwr.rd in theii respective, calliwjx. ATTOilNKVS. y.r w Vt X'otary Pr.blic. I'jiv.i spfria! aitentii I o folliTtin, coiivcvaneing ana inveatigaiiiig iti. " 1 S 1 1 :KY.N. attorney at law, will praitire 1 TT in "ll the Culirts of Xoribwi t M i-;-Hi i-t - attention iricn tobn.ine-s in tin- county pronaie couio. jiui;e over runners V. .nk. -J7 f-1 nr.KXLKK & KING. Attorm ys and X counsellors at law. Particular attention i - n to collections. (Mtieeon the smith .-nle ot t'.e square., in new P.ank HuiMin. '.; "TOUX li. M A.loiis, attorney-at-law. AVill pjf tr:i!i-ai't all liu-inc.-.- eiitru-teil lo him M-"7iijily ami e.arel'nlly . (.'an lie toiunl at hi i.;l'ice. up ;tair-., two ilonrs ea.-i of the Wtii 1 i;. , -av miiah, M.). '21 i A. WMITTAKKU, attorney at law anil V ,' f!i':ieral ( '.aim Ap-nt, Savannah, Mo. Sol tl. i .' claim-, aain.-t the lenermnenf iur laml v .ih-ihi,, l ck pay ati'l hoirty. wiiuw-' :uul in t!i ! pri.-ionsanl general collertionx atte:i(li-l l. .tli grt-:; care and proinptne-s. Alo, !ir "v.ii'iinr anil Iami agent lortiie Atchison, Tojieka & "j'lia Fc i;ailvo:tl unpanv . Al! imiiiirii--; p'- -nptly an-Wi rel. lie will "ticket parlio to all j : i i r on ihe mail, ('.ill or. him. 1:5 IJUAc:? HAND TEACIIKP. JOHN S. DUGAN, i:AS P.AXl) I K C 1 1 Ki: Music arramreil y toor.hr. Al , original jiit ces l'urni-heil ltre-iutt. I t-rms sati-lactorv. .- - IJAKEb'Y. &e. (". SIIKDIMCK, Kale hakery. coiil"ec imncrv ami restaurant, we.-t hlcol the ntre. Parties Inrnishi il on . --hort notice. -.'7 piiYsrciAXsr DK. (;. II. DAVLXPoi.'T having locati 1 in s-.i.iiniali. iiiVt ' - his prolr si..nal M-r ices to th'- c:ti.en of Savannah ami viciniiv. dlliee : . : n-.i.i.nce.,n Main M.eet, one block ea-t ot mmmaiMaMXjgauuuM m.: mm-xa, un ill rvn.mxi . ml ri'.K F. ('. M tt!n" sui. plies nur ritieiw jJL w it li liv.-li Milk every n t nn i : i,r .V. tAeiuii. SOCIETIES. rsr..... T (). i.). F. Savannah Lodge, Xo. 1 . 14, Savannah, Mo., meet, everv '5FlTKs:iAY KVKNIXt;, at Odd - Stvv-- Fellows' Hall, .northeast corner olth.- Public -'pure. All member.-of the order in ood .-taadlnir, vi-i!ing the city, are cordially invit" I .-( meet with . vinal u. fai;:l"s,x. .7. H. Sti.wakt, Soe'y. a ""IT WN1:- Savannah Lodire, Xo. 71. fi ItjLA F. .V A. M . , meet-iirst and Uiinl O-atnrday in each month. ai 7 o'clock p.m. ' V All brother-in rool standing are lVater n.d.v mv lied to vi.-it li-. 15. M". DANFORD, W. M. K. AV. .Toy, Si c'v. f-.v -T)"X FltANKI.IN LODGF. No. .Th!, A. Avi' 1F fz A. M.. m-ets iir-t Saturday in C&s' aeli nioniii, at 10 .v ah iirothcrs in vr i - V ; invited vi-if !-. .MHIV L. : F. 1'. McFaddkn. Sec v. rANTwX, W. M. The Becker House, U. AV. siroFFI-;, Proprietor, 2orili- West Corner of Public Square, Q AVAXXAII, Mo. The public will lind in ibis O Il'.u-e, (newly opened,) ever thing K. pt with ne.itne-s and good order, and tla-tables ii d Willi the be.-t the count ly all'ortl.s. Xo pains ill be -pared to render lull satisfaction to a'l b.'s jiatron-. and hi- charge- will be mij'ierate, to ,-iiil lie- linn .i. iioU lyr w 9 v J w Ju'i?airi o.v nipnovrn firms, TX loWAami Ml-.-oi IM, -,r a t.-rm of years 1 t 10 PER CENT. IPJT2IIEST. F.r i'ili. pniited parlieiilar-, ail-lre.-s i.k... W . f i;ak ."t Da mto w, F.aiikcr.-, Corning, Jowa, : AV. AV. ( Ai.mvKLi .Savansaii, hk Andrew (Jo. , Mo D'uihr in and raanvfat turer of FURNITU An And TetaUic COFFINS, Xorth Xidetlc ,b'jiarc, Savannah, ''(In tile three-.story brick.) pOFFIXS 0 v ALL SIZKS KKPT J onhami. I al-o keep coii-taiitly on hand a .ir. ,!ianlity,i tlie !a-l ipialily of hmitier to ;i:a'.eaiij art icle of furniliire desired. (Jive ills-J'"1'1- 1 can not tie undersold by any ile-.ilei vvt.: of the Misi-..ippi. I v I tu re can alv. ays some rac b" fonml tlav aiut al my .-.l resi.i,.i,re, rt-adv to .-ell cof tm- ,:n,j ir.aJt U all who call. "le'-ly c. T,A"A5S.AIEU A. DOEKSAM, Boot & Shoe Jlaker, "MM Ami Denlpr in ItEATlV 3!Ali Hoots and Mioes Xorih side Public Siiiiaru, SAVAXXAII. MO. TIIK iindcrbigued would respectfnllv inform the pubnc that he will alway.s keep on hand a .-11-piy nt the P. e - t M a t it ilia i. , which will be rude no on short notice, and in the burliest -tvle of the arr. ncpairing neatlv done and pr unptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed and terms reasonable. A. UOEUSAM. iebtWlv Notes by the Wav. lliir J'ifAiKiK, A" jr. 7. 'IT). Ei. l"i-:prm.icAx:- -Having reeent y returned iVum a short trip in Ioavu. ! 1 thought a lew note? miirht bo of'in- j tei'est lo SolllO of vonr render.: Mm- j eyes tired gazing Upon this doA'HSla ted district. Wheat, oats, barley, and corn, all destroyed, (on tny place at least,) and the replant coming on 1 very .slowly, as we thought, wo were more than glad to refresh oursclvc mid other scenes. Passing through western Gentry avc saw some very fair pieces of corn, especially on the east side of Grand river. On through Worth county corn is good indeed, apparently, but little small grain of any kind. Calling at Grant City, we found a little man quietly endeavoring to es tablish himself in the grocery busi ness from way down in the grass hopper diMrict of Missouri; viz: .Sa vannah. Perhaps you recognize him. He informed us that he "was livimr on I li fi -r n, , i. i mi vi uiu i.iiiu. iiiiu i; Jiopeu 11 might prove a blessing" to his little body. Here Ave saw the last trace of ihe June wind storms, the large church having been removed from its foundations. In King-old county, Iowa, the crops of corn were heavy and extensive. Oats al.-o Avere good and being har- j ve.-ted in good order. "Wheat was j Henri" milled 1)V tllO Chillcll bU"S Tl.,. -4 .i l i jut uupiu-is i.-uuu inis eountv limited numbers and did but little damao-e. Mt. Aver is a nice count toAvn, with plenty open prairie around it. Jn faet for a few miles about toAvn there seems to be but little more land in cultivation iioav, than there Avas Yl or 1.3 years ago. flood land is oheap in this eountv. Crossing- East Grand river into Clark county, Ave find although there are many good pieces of corn, that all the late planted, or replanted corn is badly in the grass and Aveeds. Con tinuous rains in June proA'entcd cul tivation, and still it isshoAvery July 24th. Farmers are trying to harvest but make slow progress. Fields that are not very rolling, arc altogether too soft to bear machinery. t is fair perhaps to-day, to-morroAV morninjr will have a heaA'y shoAver. Faces look long and blue, reminding mo of mo out looic about home. The trial of reapers and han-esters, is seA-erc, and I notice among the many in use, the -Xcav Kirby" .-lauds unrivalled.' Oats are hciiA-y, Avheat from 0 to A crop, a good portion however must be cradled Avith a chance of great damage in the shock. Vc, saw many fields of flax, but all badly in weeds. Grass, of cour.-e, good groAVth. Well, so much for Iowa, avo had a pleasant, trip and a good visit, and on returning loiind things much revived timely showers had fallen and our young corn seemed to bo making up lor lost time. laces more round and ruddy, and all hands are taking hold Avith fresh vigor, and seem determin ed to make the best returns possible. JUickAvheat looks line and a large breadth soavu. Cat tic are doing well on the prairie grass Avitli a chance for u few loads of hay outside. From present indications corn Avill be Avortli only about LV cents, which will be good iioavs to those Avho have to buy, provided of course they can only raise the quarter, liat I have Avritten too much didn't intend to but its not often our corner is heard from and perhaps you Avill excuse, J. E. II. For tlit- I.'cptiblican. On the Sight Track. Dkaii Sii:: Since Avriting my ar ticle on birds, I luu'c found, in an ag ricultural paper the following, Avhich sIioavs that 1 am on the right track: Thk Mission of Quails. A farmer boy in Ohio observing a small flock of quails in his father's corn lield, resolved to watch their motions. They pursued a very regular course in their foraging, commencing on one side of the lield, taking about live rows and following them nniformlv to the opiosite end, returning in ihe same manner over the next live roAs They continued in this course until they had explored the greater port ion of the jiehl. The lad suspicious that they were pulling up corn, tired into the dock, killing but one ofthem.and lie proceeded to examine the ground. In t he whole space over wliieh they had trawled, he found but one .stalk of corn diuriod. This was nearly scratched out of the ground, but the earth still adhered to it. In the craAV of the quail he found one cut Avorm. twenty-one .-tripod A'ine-bugs and one hundred chinch bugs, but not a single grain of corn. Again, I say. let us have the quails saA'ed by all means. J t is iny inten tion to start a petit ion to our next legislature for an amendment to the game law, for the better protection of birds, audi hope the papers all over the State Avill take up the sub ject and urge it upon the people, and especially upon the legislators. The blue-jay does more harm in destroying other birds than all the boys and reckless- men combined. In to hedge or thorn; high oi Ioav, they are ever ready to stick (.heir saucy bills and devour eggs or yjung birds by Avholesale. I have ki:own them to break hens-eggs and suck out the contents. hverv proinological society and ' count y fair, should give premiums tor ho largest string of jay-bird heads, and every county court should give a small premium per head, enough to induce their destruction. Thev are birds of prey, and fo-dav arc doing usincu 101 1,10 :lonsiiip i tne eivii Missouri more harm than all the i izc(1 AvorUL A SooA timo 5s expected hinvks, wolves, foxes, and all such pests combined. "W. Ft. ELY, Savannah, Aug. 10th. !S7o. From Flag Springs. August lOtJi, 1S75. Ed. l!j:i'na,iCAx:-After v silence of tAvo Aveeks I again embrace the present opportunity of writing a feAV items from our quiet little village. There has been nothing of anv verv great importance going on in our place for a feAV days past, but trade is becoming more lively nmv: there is some cuttle being Avciglicd here. Yo Avill go back to last Thursday ,and speak of our grand Sabbath School Convention. There avus quite a large attendance, but not as many as Avas expected, 1 suppose upon the account of the unfavorable looks of the Aveath er early in the morning. The band got along finely, being kindly assisted by Me.-srs. Morris, Alderman, Cook, and Kinzer, of SiiA-annah band. Flag Springs and community lender their ltio-f sincere thanks to the. boys un til they are better paid for their trou ble. People in this part of 1 lie county are st ill plowing' corn; the latest I haA'e ever known in this count rv. I Jr. Lawton i-t beginning to ride considerable, he contemplates bring ing on a stock of drugs, dry goods and groceries next Aveek. "N'e Avish him success as he appears to be quite a business man. Our school commences here the sixth day of September, to be taught by Miss Margery Adkins. We think our scholars Avill advance fast, as Miss Margery i considered one of the best, teachers in the county. There is a protracted meeting in progress in our 1 own, being carried on by the Cumberland Presbvterian j denomination. We learn that Mr. Knappcnberger is going to put up a carpenter shop and a furniture store, lie is a rood workman and understands his busi ness avoII; he is an industrious man and avo hope he Avill do avcII. We learn that Mr. Knight of our town and Mr. Morris of Savannah, are going to start a plow shop here. We wish them success, aixl knoAv that they Avill do a lively business in this part of the county, as the Morris ploAV is Avidely known to be as good as any ploAV made. We hope it will be an addition to the band here, as Mr. Morris is a splendid, musician. The vigilance committee meets here every Saturday afternoon. It consists of some thirty or forty mem bers. There are some people making vari ous guesses as to avIio "J" is; some say he is a man about tAventy years old. about six feet high, Aveighing about one hundred and fifty-live lbs, dark hair, beginning to turn grey. Put they are mistaken in the man: so make one morn guess. Kespectfullv, J. From Rochester. August 0:h, 187.3. Pi. liKprnucAX: The latest gener eral topic of conversation is the capacity of Jake Husey's mouth for pie. It is eonlidontly as.-orted upon general prin- ciples, that Jake can scent a pie farther uul find it sooner than anv other man on the face of the globe. Saturday, August 7th, avus a gala day for the society folks of the Independent Province. First upon the programme avus a match game of base ball, between the clubs of SiiAannah and Empire Prai rie, in Avhich the Savannah boys Avere victorious. Then came the eromiet par ty at Glicksburg. alias "Avenue City," alias "Bird's Alills."' Last, but by no means least, avus the picnic and dancing party given by J. li. Stevens, in the grove near his house. We understand that it is the intention of Mr. Stephens to give another of these entertainments, in the shape of a basket picnic and danc ing party upon Satui day, August 21st. Among the features will be a champion ! smu :l Sc"eral invitation is extended to all to be present. While Ave do not ob ject to those various species of amuse ments, we do most emphatically object to the occurrence of so many on one day. We "SAVimg round the circle," to the best of our ability, and even then found the time too short for a complete review of the entire "elephant."' Mr. Editor, did you ever have your "best girl"' to give you the "mitten." If so, you can sympathize with PILETOTk. The Highest Bridge in the World. From the Danville. (Ky.) Advocate. The highest bridge in the Avorld will be built at the crossing of the Kentucky river, on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, near the Shaker Ferry. The Baltimore II ridge Com pany, one of the most noted in the L'niied States, has secured the con tract. The bridge will consist of an iron deck truss of three spans of 07. feet each, center to center, supported by tAvo piers and t.Avo abutments. The piers Avill be built of masonry to a height of (U feet and l inches" above low Avater mark, and the additional distance below low-Avater mark Avill soon be determined by boring under the control of the re-ident engineer. These piers Avill bo 1J0 feet long end to end of cut Avater, and : Avide on the top. built hollow, wit ii the Avails 2 1 feet from the end. Upon the ma sonry will re-t the iron trestle-work. The grade line is -27 feet 0 iucho-aboA-e low wider. The abutments will bo built upon the cliffs on each side of the river, and are to bo ; feet high, depending upon the shape of the ledges of rock. When this structure is completed. Kentuckians can well point Avith pride to the highest bridge upon this continent. About Bananas. Few people Avho see bananas hang ing in fruit stores think of them its more than a tropical luxury. In fact ihey are a staple article of food in some parts of the world, and ac cording to Humboldt, an acre in ban- anas Avill produce as much food for man as twentv-live acres of Avheat. It is the esse with which bananas are grown Avhich is the great ob-lacle to cmlixation in some tropical countries. It is so easv to tret a livimr without iiiuu nu nun i mil evi jJUlllilUI". and the men become la;:y and intoler ably shift loss. All that'is needed is lo stick a rutting in the ground. It Avill ripen its fntit in twelve to thir teen months, Avithout further care, each plant Inuring 75 to V27 bananas and Avhen that dies down alter fruit ing, new shoots spring- up to take its place. In regions where no frost eA'er reaches, bananas are found in all sta ges of growth, ripening their fruit every mouth and every dav in the year. Col. Whituer," near Silver Lake. Florida, has probablv the lar gest banana plantation in the United State, containing fully ten thousand plants in bearing. Some of these are large trees, Avliick do. not die after beariug their fruit, but the majoritv areofthe dwarf species, Avhie'h are renewed every year. Slips are plan ted about eight feet apart and rapid tv push up leaves disclosing- six or eight uvM bananas behind this pro lection. Some plants Avill have six teen or tAventy loaves and branches of fruit, bending over as it ripens, form ing a most beautiful sight. The cul ture ofbanairis is very prolhabio.and with the unlimited capacity of Flori da and the Vet India islands for producing it. there should always be ll supply equal to any possible de mand. Pural Xoav Yorker. 'Rag Money.5 Inttr- leean. Just now Ave hear much about "rag money." Such and such a man is a dan gerous adviser, a dishonest tiolitician. a. j rascally demagogue, because he favors "rag money. ' And AvJntt is tins rag money? Ts it the wild-cat money ot 185:5 and lS.r)('i, reijuiriiig a detective and a pack of hounds to find the bank of issue? No! Is it the "rod-dog"' and "squirrel taif is-ue of those old democratic days Avhen farmers hurried their Avives off to toAvn to spend the funds received from a sale of cattle, for fear the bank would break before thev Avere rid of the mon ey ? Nothing ot that kind. Is it the sort of money Avhich used to bo Avorth ninetv cents in Illinois, sixlv in Ohio. and nothing at all in Xoav York a local scrip, A-aluable only to those in sight of the bank that i-suod it? 2sot iuia thing of this kind. What, then, is this "rag money?' It is the currency issued by the people, secured bv the entire prop erty of the nation, good in every part oi the land. It is the currency that every body Avants, and nobody refuses. It is the currency that bears'an equal yalue in Maine and California, and is current throughout British North America It never fails. The bank never breaks. For it men sell their influence, barter their honor, compromise their integrity. The minister gladly receives it, the thief breaks through Iron bars to obtain it, and the politicians and the newspa pers that denounce it strive early and late to win it, never having enough ol it. This is "rag money!' Who cure to change it? Who Avants to fall back on the Democratic money most appro priately termed "hard"' money? Hard indeed' it avus. Then avo had a legend that bank bills were exchangeable for coin, but when the demand was made the banks broke, and the unfortunate holder was left in the lurch. The idea was poetieal simply, beautiful in theory, but impossible in practice. Hard money, gold and silver, cannot be employed to any gi oat extent in the commerce of the country. Destroy our present cur rencA', and another species of bank bills will arise to take its place, "liag mon ey" is a necessity of trade. It only re mains to determine Avhat kind it shall bo, rood or bad : the money Avhich the whole people indorse, or the money ba.-ed upon individual honesty and res ponsibility, AndreAW Johnson's Hecord. AndrcAA' Johnson, whose body was consigned to the dust in the moun tains of Tennessee, has Avrittonon the tablet of Time in 7 active years, the events of his existence in the follow ing succession: Born 1'aleigh, X. C on t lie "2.r)tti of December, isns; Abler man in 1S'J8, IWli and is:ii); Mayor in l.s:;i. 1S32 and 1838; member 'of the Legi-laturo in 1S35, 1S3U and 18-fl: Presidential Elector in 18-10: Govern or from 18o'3 to lMf7: United States Senator from lfc.S to 18(13; Military Governor in 18b2; Vice President in 1H(J!: President in ISu'.") to Sfi9: Sena tor in 1875; died in Carter county, Tennessee. .Julv 31, 1875. The Storm Omaha Thoroughly Bombarded. We Avere a little cautious in writ ing our report of the storm at Oma ha, lest, the picture as shown to us had been overdrawn. From further advices, ho weA'cr, avo learn that the half Avas not told. Many of the hail stones measured from seven to eleven inches in circumference, and a num ber brought down the scales at from a pound to a pound and a half each. It is estimated that l'2n.(;oo lights of glass were broken, and the damage is variously placed at from thirtv to fif ty thou-and dollars for this oiieitem. In some instance-, blinds and sash were broken to pieces as if they had been pipestems. The Avind av.-is ter rilic, and the city looks as if it bad. ueen bombarded St. Joe Herald. APFJLE8 WAISTEP Custom cider made with promptness. The highest cash price jiaid for apples,, at W. B. Howard's horse-poAver cider mill, a little north ot the- eld railroad depot. Savasiaalx, Mo., August 6"9 275r- 22.