Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-13

" secretary Sherman says he has not decided
to announce the resumption of specie pay
ments in advance of January 1, 1879, tn,
time fixed by law. He says, however, re
sumption may come before that time b,
natural causes, or when the premium OF
specie shall disappear, which point we ar,
now approaching. 1t is the duty of the Gov
ernment, he adds, to employ all Legitimate
means to produce such result. The coir
balance in the Treasury is about 500. 600, GOO
and steadily increasing. As there is nc
idea the balance will fall below the present
figure, this, with the present low premium
on gold, makes it not unlikely that resump.
tion will occur before January 1.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The steamer Capitol City, of the Anchor
Line, was burned while lying at the elevator
q at Memphis, ahnut o'clock on the morning
of the I'd. The elevator was also DESTROYED.
Thomas Ewing, of Colfax, Ind, aged 70,
was burned to death, also another passen-
ger, lame man, name unknown. The fire
is alleged to have been set by an incendiary.
The burned steamer 7ras valued at about
100000, on which there was no insurance.
Losses on elevator and freight about as
much more. probably mostly covered by in
surance.
The Deadwood coach was again stopped
by two highwaymen on the night of the 1st,
about 65 miles south Of Deadwood. There
were six passengers on board, one of whom
was lady. Daniel Finn, one Of the passen-
gers, resisted, shooting one Of the robbers,
and was himself shot by one of the latter.
Two other passengers were also wounded,
none of them seriously. The robbers got
two gold watches and several poeket-book
with their contents. A g
Eliza Pinkston, now resident Of Canton,
Miss, and married to colored man named
Wayman Pritchard, has made an affidavit
stating that the story told by her before the
Returning Board at New Orleans in
November, 1876, was untrue in all es-
sentisl particulars; that she was induced
to make such statement by Dinkgrave and
o. Fl. Brewster, who promised her therefor
the sum of 500, only $50 of which she ever
received; that she does not know who killed
her husband and wounded herself, but has
every reason to believe It was colored
man with whom her husband had twice
fought and who had threatened to take his
life. 1S-
In the race at Louisville, on the 4th, be-
tween Ten Brock and Mollie Mccarthy,
the latter was distanced and shut out on the
third mile, the horse maintaining his lau-
rels. The time was as follows: First mile,
lao 3-4; second mile, $40 Ia; third mile,
5:33; fourth mile, S:19 "a; more than a
minute slower than Ten Broeck's best
record. Both horses were well used up, the
heat being intense.
Peter Black, President First National
Bank, GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was found dead in
bed the morning Of the 7th. Heart disease.
VIM. Sutcliffe, who recently defeated
Frank Prince in q "a mile swim, was drown
ed in the Mississippi River at New Orleans
on the 7th. Sutcliffe and others bsd been
swimming, but were in their boat, which
Sutcliffe jumped out of to catch the swell of
a passing tow-boat. He ventured too near
and was struck by the barge. He rose once
after the barge passed over him, but sunk
Immediately.
George Fessler, the defaulting Treasurer
of Stark County, Ohio, arrived at Canton on
the 5th in charge of officers accompanied by
the principal attorney for the county, who
had in his possession $4,000 of the stolen
money. Fessler was completely broken
down and very penitent.
The Arkansas Democratic State Conyen-
tion, which met at Little Rock on the 5th.
adopted resolutions favoring the substitu-
tion of United States Treasury notes for ma
tional bank bills and their being made full
legal tender save where the contract speci-
fies otherwise; deploring the contraction OF
the currency; opposing further increase OF
the interest-bearing debt; favoring the
"equaliz alton of the value Of the green.
back, silver and gold dollar for all purposes,
so that a national dollar shall be a dollar
among all our people and in every depart
ment Of our Government;" demanding the
unqualified repeal of the Resumption act;
also, favoring a subsidy for a Southern Pa.
cific railroad and appropriations for the con.
struction Of levees on the Mississippi River
The concluding resolution declares that the
colored population of Arkansas are identi.
fed In interest with the Democratic party
Of the State, and, recognizing the importance
Of more harmonious feeling, invites the
colored people to an active corporation in
furthering common interests. Gov. Millei
was renominated.
From July l, 1915, to July 1, 1878, period
of three years, st. Louis contributed to the
Internal Revenue the sum of $40, 1867 ,Os5.57
These taxes We're almost entirely derived
from whisky, beer and tobacco.
The Governor of Iowa has been forced :,
issue proclamation against the hordes O
tramps who are overrunning the State, ant
In some cases taking possession of railroad
trains. Sheriffs are authorized to call on
the militia when necessary to- abate tn
nuisance.
A. II. Burklow was hanged at Vienna, Ill.
on the 5th, for the murder Of David Wago
ner, neighbor, just one year previous.
Major Will o. Woodson, Associated Pres
Agent at Memphis, Tenn, was run over b
astreet-car on the night of the 4th and die
on the following day Of injuries received.
At Independence, Iowa, on the night o
the 9th, Clarence Shaw shot and instantl
killed Miss Matte Sherwood, the daughte
OF prominent citizen, and then shot an,
killed himself. Jealousy is the suppose
cause.
Additional encounters with the hostiles 4
Oregon have occurred at Camas Prairi,
about 40 miles from Pendleton, and ut Cum
mings's ranch, near the fork Of the job
Day River. Howard's cavalry had reache
John Day Valley on the I'd and were pursu
ing the Indians, who were thought to
making for the Columbia River with the In
tention Of crossing near the mouth of Snal
River.
Information was received at Portland q
the sth, from Umatilla, that Capt. Sperry
company of volunteers, about 80 strong, ,hs
been almost entirely annihilated in a figl
with the sayages at Willow Springs, some
miles south Of Pendleton, on the previol
day.
At Lake Harbor, Mich, on the 9th, tv
daughters Of Joseph Cook, aged 10 and
years, went bathing in the lake. One 6
into the water beyond her depth and Il
other went to her assistance, but neither W