Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-23
Il AND SOUTH.

A passenger train on the Hannibal and
St. Joe Railroad was ditched near Brook
field, Mo-, on the morning of the 9th, four
cars being badly smashed and the most Of
their inmates wounded and bruised, none,
however, seriously, it is said. The accident
was caused by q misplaced switch.
There were only six interments from yell
low.fever deaths at Savannah on the 18th,
and, as there had been a heavy frost, it was
believed the dread disease would soon be
entirely abated.
There is said to be an immense stampede
from Deadwood for Wolf Mountains, where
marvellous discoveries ave been made sur
passing any in the Deadwood region.
The body of a man named Charles Foster
was found on the 10th, three miles north of
Golden City, Dakota, shot through the
head.
i A correspondent from Austin, Miss, says
u that on Thursday morning, the 9th, j. M.
: Harvey, of Louisville. got off the boat at
that landing, and was accosted by a stranger,
who told him he was sent down to meet him.
He expressed his pleasure, and he and Mr..
Dunlap, of Tennessee, who was also a pas
senger, started up to Austin. When they
had gone about two hundred yards the
stranger stepped to one side of the road and
three men came out from behind the trees,
and, approaching them, asked the man, sis
your name Harvey?' He said, "Yes.'
The man said, 81 will kill you,' and fired
at him, killing him instantly. Dunlap was
told to make tracks, which he did.
Mr.. T. C. Thurston, editor OF the Platte
City CNeb.) Advocate, was on the 18th as
saulted and knocked down by Mr.. r. T.
Darnall, formerly County Treasurer.
Thurston drew a revolver and fred at his
assailant, missing him. Darnall then fired
at Thurston, the bullet striking him just
below the right eye, ranging downward
and lodging in the back of the neck. Not
w%ithstanding his wound Thurston fired two
more shots, but again missed both times.
Thurston's injuries were supposed to be
fatal. Darnall was arrested and lodged In
Jail.
In the United States District Court at st.
Louis, on the 18th, the cases OF John Nc
Fall, B. II. Engelke, A. NJ. Everest, Con.
Megrue, S. D. Thorpe, F. Il. Schroeder
and Zeb. Leavenworth, implicated in the
whisky ring frauds, were called and dis
missed, the District Attorney having en-
tered a nolle pros, in consideration OF de-
PENDANTS having given testimony for the
Government. John D. Torlina and f. q.
Federer were each fined 81 600 and sen
fenced to one days imprisonment.
Cornelius Fl. Grail, freight conductor on
the c., C.. and /. Railroad, was shot by a
tramp of Shelby, Ohio, on the 18th. Three
'tramps got aboard the train and refused to
pay their fare. Mr.. Grail took Of their
hats, and at Shelby got off the train to get
something to eat. The tramps followed
him, and all three Of them drew revolvers
and fired at him, one of the shots taking
effect in his breast, inflicting a serious if
not a fatal wound. The tramps were ar
A man named VIM. Johns, travelling with
his wife from Chattanooga to Jefferson,
threw himself from the car window,
near Arkadelphia, on the Iron Mountain
Railroad, on the 18th. He was but slightly
ujured by his dangerous leap, but, as the
tain was returning to pick him up, he
thew himself under the wheels and was