Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-09-21
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Later returns from the Maine election in
dictate quite conclusively that while Con-
nor, Republican, has decided plurality of
the vote for Governor, he lacks the majori-
| ty necessary to elect, and in consequence
| the choice of Governor and other State Of
ficials will fall upon the tive Houses-the
Lower House designating two names from
which the Upper House must choose the
Governor. As the Democrats and Green
hackers will have a majority in the Lower
House, they will of course send up the
names of their respective candidates, Gar
celon and Smith, and it is intimated that the
former will be selected by the Senate as
Governor.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention nominated Nathan Head for
Governor and adopted a hard-money plat
form.
The Boston Democrats have chosen But
Ter delegates to their State Convention.
The Massachusetts, State Convention of
the Independent Greenback party met on
the 11th and nominated Gen. b.. +. Butler
for Governor by acclamation. The platform
adopted denounces both the old parties as
responsible for the present alleged prostra-
tion of American industries, and recon.
mends, as measures Of relief, the immediate
repeal of the Resumption act; the issue Of
an absolute money by the Government the
volume thereof to be maintained at fixed
rate per capita; equal taxation of land,
whether cultivated of not; the reservation
of our public lands for actual settlers, to be
assisted by the Government and protected
by just laws, etc.
The Massachusetts, Proaibi;ionists have
nominated the Rev. DIR. Miner for Governor.
The New Hampshire Democrats have
nominated Frank A. McKeon for Governor.
The financial plank of the platform favors
ga stable currency, Just payment Of the pub
lie debt, and but one currency for the Gov
ernment and the people, the laborer and the
Office e-holder, the pensioner and soldier, the
producer and bondholder."
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Massachusetts, have decided that under the
call for State Convention no person known
| to be i'm favor of nominating, through the
Democratic Convention, as candidate for
Governor or for any State officer, a person
who is not recognized member of the
Democratic party should be entitled to sit
or vote in the Democratic State Convention.
This action is intended to exclude the But
Ter delegates.
Great damage was occasioned by heavy
rains throughout Ohio and Western Penn
sylvania on the 18th and 18th.
Near Bradford, Penn, on the 18th, a mag.
azine containing 20 pounds Of glycerine and
100 pounds of dynamite exploded, and u
b. Pulver, j. u. Burkholder, Andrew p
Higgins and Charley Page were blown into
fragments.
Charles p. Stickney, President of tn,
Massasoit National Bank and of the Manu-
facturers' Gas Company, is the last promi
nent defaulter unearthed at Fall River
Mass. His Irregularities" are variousl,
estimated at from $50, 900 to $500, ,000-prob
ably nearer the latter amount than tn
former. He was associated with Chace an,
Hathaway in many of their transactions
and his failure will ruin several reputabl
firms with whom he was connected.
GENERAL.
) September returns to the Department O
I Agriculture give the average condition O
the corn crop at 92 against 96 in August. i
5 is slightly above the condition reported Il
September, 1877, which was 81. The GRO
held its own in the northern portion of tn
I Atlantic slope and on the Pacific coast. /
1 slightly improved in States north Of the Ohio
but fell off 10 per cent. in States west O
the Mississippi. The Southern States as
/. whole fell off about 3 per cent. Septembe
; returns indicate an average of 81 in the con
dition Of the wheat crop, against 90 in Sep
!. tember, ~. The reduction is mostly du
i to disasters to the spring wheat crop in tn
Northwest. A preliminary examination G
' acreage indicates that the breadth sown /
!, 1878 was about one sixth greater than
1877. This will more than compensate tn
loss from decline In condition, and ma
probably bring up the yield to the populs
estimate of 4O0,0O0,O 900 bushels.
: FOREIGN.
The Emperor's speech, read at the open
: ing of the Reichstag, refers to the attempt
y made upon the Emperor's life and say,
}, "The Federal Government think now,
: formerly, that extraordinary measures al
required to prevent a further extension
h the already widespread evil Socialism
e and to pave the way for its'sxtinction, an
d that such measures should preserve the Ill
e erty of citizens in general, aud only prevei
It abuses of liberty bywhich pernicious Socia
ist agitators threaten the foundation OF III
: and all culture" The speech express
IT confident hope that the Deputies will n,
refuse the means OF giving the Empire u