Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-06-29
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

According to the report of committee
appointed by the Iowa Legislature to ex-
anime into the affairs OF the State Peniten-
tiary, s.. II. Craig, late Warden Of that in
stitutioh, during his six years'term Of serv-
ice has defrauded the State out of over
100000. A't . iast -fstrs'iiii 81 Ei
At Tamaroa, H., on the evening OF the
18th, J. McNamee shot his wife through the
head mb then shot himself through the
heart. He died almost instantly; she re-
tanned consciousness for some hours, but
was believed to be mortally wounded. Nc
Nance lived at Anna, H., and his wife was
the daughter of Mr.. John Little, of Dom
gola, Ill. Mrs. McNamee had left her hus-
band and was visiting at the house of n
friend in Tamaroa as the time of the tragedy.
A Silver City Qdaho) dispatch Of the 18th
says: The hostiles have left STEMS Noun
tain, and are moving toward Harney,s VAL
ley, thence TO Matthews's Agency and Snake
River, andswill probably keep on until they
effect junction with the Columbia River
Indians, which addition to their forces win,
they calculate, enable them to sweep
the country. Camp Harney will
probably be csptu-ed by > the Indians
tomorrow, and if so there will
be terrible slaughter of the whites congre-
gated there for protection. Nothing has
been heard from Howard since yesterday.
II he does not effect junction with Stew
arts forces, the party accompanying him
from Camp Lyon could easily be captured
by savages. The general situation is quite
critical, arid the massacres that will FBe per-
petrated bid fair to exceed in numbers those
offhr-SezPerces war. ----------------s.--s-
held on the 10th, nominated Capt. j. A. f.
Hull, of Davis, for Secretary Of State, and
j. r. Powers. Of Cass, for Register Of the
Lang Oh&e The other incumbents were re-
nominst0.t The platforms fndorses the
fl Ancia policy OF Tie Republican party as
having resulted in the practical resumption
Of specie payments, and denounces any
change in policy as wholly eyilapd injurious.
On purely political questions the platform
is extremely radical. The Presidential title
is declared to have been definitely and final
ly settled by the Forty fourth Congress, but
further than this there is no allusion to the
Presidential Office or its present incumbent.
Hon. j. +. Wilson made speech congratu-
lating the Convention upon the radical stand
1t had taken, and -eulogizing Gen.. Grant.
His remarks were greeted with loud and
continuous applause.
Perry E5wsher was hanged at Chillicothe,
o., on the 52ist, for the murder Of Edmund
and Ann Mcveigh in October last.
The National Greenback- Labor party of
Missouri held a. Convention at Sedalia on the
18th and adopted resolutions demanding
the unconditional repeal of the Resumption
act and National Bank laws; the issue of
absolute money in greenbacxs, equal to gold
and silver; redemption as fast as possible of
all outstanding bonds, the Government to
loan money at per cent. interest to States,
counties and cities, to pay their bonded
indebtedness; no exemption from taxation
OF stock, bonds or credits; placing an in
come tax on all property, rights, credits,
annuities and gains; opposing all double
taxation on debts secured by mortgage; de-
manding the cutting down Of official sala-
ries, the enforcement Of the eight hour law,
q Improvement of Western waters, the es-
Fhment Of Industrial schools, etc., etc
convention adopted a final resolution,
ging themselves to have no affiliation
either the Democratic or Republican
arty.
Two men named Pearson and Sadler were
taken from the jail at Springfield, Tenn, and
hanged by a mob on the morning OF the
goth. They were charged with having COM