Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-10-12

congress, long term, ana COl. ION MalOrs
for short term. The platform declares that
"the greenback shall not be dishonored or
deprecated, shall be made as good as honest
coin; the laborer's dollar shall mean a real
dollar; the uncertainty of its value, which
robs toll and paralyzes trade, shall cease,
and our currency shall be the best curren-
cy, because, whether paper or coin, it shall
be equivalent, convertible, secure and
s:eady."
The Democratic and Greenback tickets in
Iowa have been consolidated. The new
ticket will comprise four Democrats and five
Greenbackers.
+. w. Pitkin, Republican, is elected Gov
ernor of Colorado by from 1000 to :, 800 ma
jority, and Judge Belford's majority for
Congress will be about the same. The Leg
islature is strongly Republican, insuring a
Republican Senator to succeed Chaffee.
A large and influential gang of counter
feiters has been broken up in the vicinity of
Lexington, ny. Fourteen members were
arrested and lodged in Lexington Jail, and
large quantity of counterfeiting material
captured.
The Joint Congressional Committee en-
gagged in taking testimony at st. Louis as to
the propriety Of transferring the control OF
the Indians from the Interior to the War
Department, on the 1st started on an excur-
sion down through the Indian Territory, to
be gone about n week. At Muscogee the
committee were received at the depot by a
delegation of Indians representing the lead
ing tribes, and escorted to the Fair Grounds,
where the annual fair Of these tribes was be-
ing held. After inspecting the display OF
agricultural and mechanical products the
committee were invited to the main stand,
where addresses were made by several In-
dians and by members of the committee.
Stoppages were also made at Eufala, Me-
Allister, Atoko, Caddo, Vinita, and other
points, in order to give the committee full
opportunity to interview the leading men Of
the various tribes.
The mail-contractor on the line between
Fort Worth, Texas, and Fort Yuma, Ari-
zona, the longest stage-line in the United
States, has secured an order from the War
Department for troops to accompany his
mail coaches, which have been attacked and
robbed by Mexican bandits 81 times in two
weeks. Once, when the coach contained zoo
pounds Of silver, the robbers overcame the
passengers and driver and made off with
horses, vehicle and all.
T. A raid on illicit distillers in Sharp, Baxter
and lizard Counties, Ark, recently, resulted
in the capture of ten moonshiners and the
destruction of several stills. The prisoners
were taken to Little Rock.
Butts, who murdered VIM. Roberts al
Forest Springs, New, about year ago, was
hanged on the 1st.
The construction of the Leadville branch
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road will be begun at once.
A telegram from Ogallala, Feb, 4th, says
the main body of the hostile Cheyennes had
crossed the Union Pacific Railroad five miles
east of that station. Their number was es-
timated from $50 to 200. They were pur-
sued by Maj. Thornburgh's command as
but the Indians had some six hours the
start. Maj. Mauck and Lieut.. Davis,
who had been following the trail
of the Indians for several days, arrived al
Ogallala with their commands soon after
Thornburgh left, and went to join him on the
North Platte, where it was thought battle
would be fought. On the I'd Maj. Mauck
had sharp fight with the Indians on Bea-
yer Creek, in which he lost 10 men. The In
dians, having fresh horses, were able to out
ride the troops and so get away.
The Tennessee Greenbackers have nomi-
mated Louis I. Tillman for Governor to fill
the vacancy on their ticket. Tillman is q
farmer, aged 81, and has been in Congress.
Rodney Green colored, was hanged al
Magnolia, Miss, on the 4th, for the murder
of his brother-in-law, Isaac Harris. He
made q confession of his crime before his
death.
Reports were received on the 9th at mill.
tary headquarters, st. Paul, that both the
Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Sioux had left
their reservations in Dakota and were NOV
ing west, directly towards the Black Hills
The supposition is that they are about to
join the fugitive Cheyennes in a descent
upon the Hills. Much solicitude is felt fol
the safety of settlements there, which are
protected by only four companies Of sol.
diers.
John Thomas, colored, was lynched al
Franklin, Tenn, on the 5th, for committing
most terrible outrage upon young white
girl. Among the lynchers were a number
of colored men. The Sheriff made an in
effectual attempt to stay the fury of the
mob.
David Read, LII. D., for many years Pres
ident Of the University Of Missouri, and priol
to that Professor in the State Universities Of
Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin, died of par
alysis at the residence of his son-in-law, In
Keokuk, Iowa, on the Sd, in the 74th year Of
his age. DIR. Read has been prominent in
educational matters, his career as a univer.
sity officer extending over a period Of more
than so years.
The most horrible atrocities were com.
mitted by the fugitive Cheyennes in theil
passage through Decatur County, Kansas
large number of settlers being killed, witt
their entire families, the women sufferinl
the most terrible indignities.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
At Ansonia, Conn.,, on the evening of thu
Sd, colored man named Ed. Freeman
grossly assaulted and seriously injured al
interesting little white girl, aged only