Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-10-19

past on the evening of the Sth, and a num-
ber of buildings completely demolished, the
most prominent being the Catholic Church.
No lives were lost, but many persons were
injured.
An immense crowd at st. Louis on the
night of the Sth witnessed the grand spec
tacular procession of the "Veiled Prophets"
which was pronounced a decided success.
Judge McCandess, Chief-Justice of New
Mexico, has tcndered his resignation.
The military pursuit of the Cheyennes
terminated on the 10th, when the commands
of Thornburg and Carlton came together
on the headwaters of Snake River, some 40
miles northeast of Camp Sheridan. The
troops of both commands suffered greatly
from want of rations and water. The Indi-
ans, after leading the troops into the sand
hills, scattered and left no trail. Assurances
have been received from both Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail that they will use their infu-
ence to secure the peaceful return Of the
Cheyennes to their agency.
The troops sent out from Fort Leaven-
worth after the Cheyennes returned on the
18th. The number Of white settlers, ranch
men and herders killed by the Indians dur
ing their sweep through the northwestern
part or Kansas is estimated at 70 at least,
many being killed who will doubtless never
be heard from. Some % or 30 women were
outraged and murdered.
There are reports of Indian outrages in
Western Texas. In Kerr County, 60 miles
northwest of San Antonio, three girls and n
boy, named Dawdv, were scalped and killed,
the girls being previously subjected to the
most inhuman treatment.
The Republicans of the Second Missouri
niStrint baya nominated Nathan CoIo for
Congress. The Republicans of the First
Louisiana Congressional District have in
dorsed the nominee of the National Green
hackers, Mr.. ii. G. Castellanos.
The Missouri Republican State Conven-
ton, held at st. Louis on the 9th, nominat-
ed A. F. Denny, of Randolph, for Judge of
the Supreme Court, r. Baldwin, editor =,
the Warrensburg Standard, for Sur MI,
tendent OF Public Instruction, VIM.
val, of Livingston, for Register -, -.
and John B. Tracey, of Gree .. g. p"n
road Commissioner. Tn" ,,,a,,o,,,, nan. an.
clares that gold ,a FL. -.
are the recognize -, .O'l
of tho world and :" stahoaiu money
.. ', .ne "ol,u, nw -. ~" that all our currency
sn1ulu =. a.; u .ses be kept at par with gold
a,,C anu ole into coin at the will of the
no opposes the repeal of the Resump-
~ ~ S; condemns al! attempts to array
IT and capital against each other; ar
.aigns the Democratic party as a constant
disturber Of public tranquility and conf
depce, ETC., as faithless to the obligations Of
the National honor, and as the chief sup
port of wild schemes of imitation, repudia-
ton, etc, etc.
Judge Dillon, of the United States Circuit
Court at st. Louis, having further heard the
case of the Union Trust Company of New
York against the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway, has entered DEGREES
, that the defendant is in default Of interest
, ON the consolidated mortgage bonds due
April 1, 1877, and that the complainant is
entitled to recover the amount.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
, has organized under the territorial laws Of
Arizona, with ID. ID. Cotton as President,
| and it is said that work will be begun at
: once.
Thomas Strother, engineer, and Michael
O'Barr, fireman, were killed by an accident
on the Louisville, Nashville and Great South
I ern Railroad on the 9th.
Elijah Gates, State Treasurer of Missouri,
I and Joseph W. Mercer, ex-State Treasurer,
were arrested at Kansas City on the 10th,
upon indictments found by a special Grand
|
: benefits from State deposits, which is PEN
J itentiary offense, and the latter with the
additional crime OF embezzlement. The
parties were taken to Independence, where
both were admitted to bail.
} Gen. Gideon J. Pillow died at his home
, near Helena, Ark, on the 9th, aged -.
; John Brown, colored, was shot and killed
, near Warsaw, Hancock County, ILL.,, on the
; night of the 9th, by w. p. Andrews, while
' attempting to dispoil newly made grave
upon the latter's farm. An accomplice es-
/ capped.
3 Bill Longley, the famous desperate, said
, to have committed 80 murders, was hanged
at Giddings, Texas, on the 11th, in the pres.
B ence of multitude of people. He express.
/: ed penitence for his numerous crimes, and
' received the last sacrament of the Catholic
' Church before being swung of.
' The relief boat Chambers reached Vicks'
, burg on the 11th, having afforded much med
? ical relief to the suffering sick in many iso
|, lated localities. 1t was decided, after pro
+: ceeding to Port Gibson, to return north ant
unload the balance of her cargo at Vicks
!, burg, making that central distributing
Z point.
4 At Mount Vernon, Ind, on the night O
the 11th, four negroes, named Jim Good
, JEFF. Hopkins, Ed. Warner and Bill Cham
q bers, were taken from the Jail by disguised
and armed mob and hanged to trees in tn,
Court house yard. A fifth man, old DaI
: Harris, was literally cut in pieces by thu
: frenzied mob in gaining entrance to the Jail
s The crime alleged to have been committed
by the four negroes was their forci
{ BILE entrance into a house of i'll
v fame in the outskirts of the villag
: and the brutal treatment Of tn
e inmates of the place, three white girls
: There were eight negroes in the party. and
J, while the officers were searching for on
r named Dan. Harris, Jr., at his father
v house, the latter fired out of the window
n with n shotgun, killing Officer Thomas
D This was the old man who was cut to piece
: in the Jail. The Sheriff and an armed poss
G made determined resistance to the mob
and several shots were fired before the Off
e GERS gave way, one Of which put out tn
: Sherif's eye and another wounded a deputy
4 The charred remains of Mr.. and Mrs
e John Conquest and their infant child wer
/, found in the ruins of their burned dwell
: ing, two miles west OF Clio, Mich, on tn
|, morning Of the 10th. All three had thei
throats cut.
=, Eugene A. Cronin, of Portland, Oregon
l. who obtained some celebrity at the time G
% the canvass of the Electoral vote, is dead.
1f Harland, the attorney for Samuel j. Tide
l. il. the mining suit at Marquette, Mich, VIII
p is charged with the abstraction of certai
important books used in evidence in th
lie case, has been held to bail in the sum of $40
es 0O9. He claims that the books were legal
m replevined.
Robert o. Hebert, son Of ex-Gov. Heber
y is the Republican and National candida
'e for Congress in the Third Louisiana Distric
he A Denver telegram of the 14th reported
ly severe snow-storm west of the Rocky Mour