Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-16
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

CU hhEN Il N EWS.
WASHINGTON.
President Hayes has Internationally par
doned the last five of the convicted ST. Louis
Whisky Ring. They are Messrs. Henreich-
hoffen, Bernard Engelke, John L. Berneck-
er, A. NJ. Everest and Henry Hardaway,
kll others convicted for this offense havq
Either been pardoned or the terms of inn
prisonment to which they were sentenced
have expired.
A Washington special says that at a recent
Cabinet meeting it was unanimously agreed
that the Presidents message shall contain
some recommendation for the enactment of
legislation either to increase the weight of
the standard silver dollar, or to diminish its
coinage, or to adopt both Of these means
of preventing further depreciation of its
value.
1t is stated, unofficially, that after the first
Of January next, as an aid to the resumption
Of specie payments, it is very likely the
Treasury Department will send to parties
desiring it the silver dollar in quantities of
$1,000 and upwards, free of transportation,
in exchange for like sums in greenbacks de-
posted in depository banks.
Official reports from the Rio Grande state
at present the United States forces and Mex
lean forces seem to be acting in perfect ac-
cord with a view to suppressing the disor-
ders on both banks of the river.
Senator Sharon disclaims any intention of
resigning. He expects to be in his seat at
Washington during the winter session.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Cowan, Sheets & Co., bankers at Bellaire,
o., have failed. Liabilities, $4,000; assets,
$4,000.
Eli Smith, a railroad man out Of employ
ment, committed suicide at the Capital
House in Topeka, Kan, on the 9Th. His
home was in Marion, o., where he leaves
wife and two children.
A colored man was taken out of Jail and
hung at Clarksville, Ark, on the night of
the 9Th, for committing rape ON a white
woman.
Savannah, Andrew County, Mo-, on the 9th,
and two other men injured.
The non-Mormon women of Salt Lake
have issued an address to the women Of the
United States, setting forth some of the
most obvious wrongs caused by polygamy,
and asking the cooperation Of their sisters
in urging Congress to empower the Courts
to arrest tn further progress of the evil,
and to delay the admission Of Utah as
Sta'e until polygamy is abolished. 1t Is
proposed in furtherance of this end, that
petitions to Cong ess be circulated in every
locality, and t at Churches and all other
Christian associations exert their influence
to secure the abolishment OF this evil, which
is said to be growing instead of dimin shing,
as is generally supposed.
j. st. John, Of Kingsville, ,Ashtabula Coun-
ty, o., on the sth threw himself under the
wheels of an express train at Leetonia, o.,
and his body was severed in two. He left
papers indicating his intention to commit
suicide, but assigning no reason therefor.
w. M. Simpson, station agent on the Lit
tie Rock and Fort Smith Railway, at Argen-
10, Ark, opposite Little Rock, on the night
OF the 1th was knocked down and robbed of
$500 and left for dead. No arrests.
A special from Pembina, Dakota Terrific
ry, Nov. 8, to the st. Paul Pioneer Press,
says: w. II. Anderson, Dallas, Texas,
Sheriff, in pursuit Of VIM. Collins, one of
the famous bank and train robbers of that
region, found his man in Pembina, this
evening. and attempted to arrest him. Col
lins resisted and the men exchanged fire
with fatal effect, both dropping dead in two
minutes.
The liabilities Of Dodd, Brown & Co., of
st. Louis, are s., ,70O, ,1l0; actual available as
sets, S96O, 500.
The body of Jacob Peyton, an old and re-
spected resident of Roanoke, Huntingdon
County, Ind, who died on the Sd, was sto-
len from its grave and taken to the Fort
Wayne Medical College, where it was found
by the police on the sth. 1t had not as vet
been touched by the dissecting knife. The
college officers say 1t was left in the build
ing by unknown parties and that they were
taking steps to identify it and have it re-
turned 10 the grave. The affair caused much
excitement.
The usual charges of ballot box stuffing,
destroying votes, fraudulent counting, etc.,
come from New Orleans, and there is likely
to be long contest in the courts as to the
disposition of the offices involved, among
them being Representatives in Congress
from the First and Second Districts.
The Office Of q campaign newspaper called
We, the People, the organ of ex-Gov. Wells,
at Alexandria, La, was gutted by mob on
the night of Nov. 2, and its contents strewn
aleng the street and thrown into the river.
The outrage is charged upon the Demo-
Gratis.
Serious troubles have arisen among the
Sioux, Blackfeet and Assinneboin Indians
in the Winnipeg country. Several of the
latter tribe have been killed, and the difficult
ties are not yet ended.
Hon. N. B. Judd, for many years prom
inently identified with Illinois State poll
tics, died at his home in Chicago on the
11th of paralysis. He had been Chairman
of the Republican State Central Committee,
Collector of the port, and member Of
Congress, and was appointed Minister at
Berlin by President Lincoln. He was 66
years old.
The assets of Joseph Hemann & Co., the
Cincinnati bankers who failed recently, are
Sl33,000, and of these only $50, 900 are con-
sidered available. The liabilities are $685.
600.
A shooting ARRAY occurred recently at
Somerville, Tenn, between T. b. Holloway
and Shell Boyd, which resulted in the kill
ing of Boyd. Holloway was seriously
wounded, load Of bird-shot, fired by Boyd,
striking him in the face, putting out one eye.
George Fessler, the defauiting Treasurer
of Stark County, o., has been sentenced to
II years at hard labor in the Penitentiary
and to pay a fine of $4,000 and costs.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Alexander Smith, Republican CongreJA