Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04

the evening Of the 21st, between 8 and $3.50
o'clock. Its course was north-easterly, and
it disappeared with a tremendous. explo-
sion, apparently falling Somewhere in Cen
trail Illinois.
ID. F. Webster, express messenger, was
killed by an accident on the Kansas Pacific
Railroad, near Hays City, on the 21st. Mr..
crandall, mail clerk, was badly burned.
The Minnesota Democrats held a secret
convention at st. Paul, on the 21st, to COM
slider the political situation. , ~ S&% !
Another incendiary fire at Little Rock, on
the night Of the 21st, destroyed several
buildings, and there were also unsuccessful
attempts to fire d cotton warehouse and O.
dwelling-house.
1t was reported from Bozeman, Mon
tana, On the '22d, that Mai. Randalland his
entire party had been massacred by the In
dians under Crazy Horse, in the Big Horn
Mountains. The report was not credited
by the War Department.
Lieut.. Frank D. Baldwin, commanding
Fifth Infantry, on Dec. 7, with a force Of
100 men followed and drove sitting-Bull's
camp OF 100 lodges across the Missouri Riy-
er near the mouth of Bark Creek. Lieut..
Baldwin says that Sitting-Bull is now in
camp there with over 500 warriors.
At HARRISBURG Ky, onrthe, 21st, fZ.B.
Henry shot and killed Robert Gallagher and
his son James. There was an old family
feud.
The Virginia Senate, with but four dis
senting votes, passed a resolution con-
demning Federal interference in South Car
DINA. w .
The Supreme Court Of Florida, on the
cad. granted "a peremptorv order to the
State Returning Board, requiring them to
count all the. returns as regular on their
face. Counsel for the Board gave notice OF
d motion to answer. The Democrats claim
that this will give Tilden the State by "a
majority, and also elect the Democratic
State ticket. 3
The President has pardoned Major John
L. Bittinger, of st. Joseph, Mo-, who was
serving out a sentence in the Buchanan
County Jail, for completely in the whisky
frauds.
Gov. Grover, of Oregon, arrived in San
Francisco on the 25th, and was rendered a
reception by Gov. Irwin and other Demo
Gratis. Gov. Grover made a short speech
defending the censtitutionality of his ac-
ton, and the meeting adopted resolution
indorsing his course.
The electoral vote Of Florida, as" a by
the Republican Electors of that State, was
deposited by the messenger with Senator
Ferry, Vice-President pro tenn, on the
25th. No receipt for the vote was given the
messenger. as there are now w sets OF
electoral returns from Florida.
Mr.. Cronin, the Tilden Elector Of Ore
gon, ON the 9th delivered the electoral vote
of that State to Vice-President Ferry, who
declined to give areceipt On account of there
being two returns from the State, as in the
case Of Florida. u
The Florida middle was still further CON-
plicated, on the 9th, by the action Of the
members of the Returning Board in recan-
wasting the votes in compliance with the
order of the State Supreme Court. Ac-
cording to the report sent by the Associated
Press, Attorney-General Cooke, one OF
the members of the Board, pro-
ceeded to act alone on that day,
the other two members at first refusing, as
is alleged, to obey the mandate Of the Court.
His count gave Drew 497 majority, and the
Tilden Electors 81 majority. Subsequently,
on the same day, the other members of the
Board agreed to n the vote, and
it was done in the presence Of the full
Board, their count giving Drew a majority
of 1915 and the Hayes Electors a majority of
2O6. Mr.. Cooke filed a protest against the
last count, and the whole matter will again
go before the Court for its revision.