Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-17
WEST AND soIrrHpxEsr-

week in September.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
For the "a hours ending at noon on Au-
gust II, there were 40 new cases of yellow
fever at New Orleans, with Is deaths. Total
number of cases to same date, 563; deaths,
15S.
Little Rock has established n quarantine
against New Orleans and other yellow fever
ports
At the residence of Major w. A. Rose,
near jackson, n. c., on the 5th, two daugh-
tiers of Major Rose and Miss Woodruff, a
guest, were eHveloped in flames by the ex-
plosion of kerosene can from which one
OF the ladies was pouring oil upon the fire.
Miss Woodrufi's sufferings were speedily
terminated by death, the two other ladies
fingered in great agony, but apparently
without any chance of recovery. AT George
town, COL, on the same day, Ada May How
ard, aged 10, came to her death in the same
horrible manner.
AT a barbecue at Sandy Riffs, KY, on the
evening of the Sd, John Thompson, of
Franklin County, and William Gordon, of
Henry County, began quarreling and firing
upon each other. Their respective friends
and followers Immediately drew pistols, and
some so shots were fired before the termina-
ton Of the affair. Gordon was wounded in
the face, Thompson's horse was killed under
him, Leonidas Howard was shot in the hip,
Doan Roach was shot in the lung and will
probably die, and Walter Roach had his
horse killed.
One death from yellow fever occurred in
Memphis on the 5th, the victim being New
Orleans refugee.
Elections for county officers were held in
Kentucky on the 5th. The Democrats were
generally successful, but number of towns,
including Lexington, Frankfort and New
port, gave majorities for the Nationals or
Independents.
A frightful collision occurred en- the Pan
handle Railroad, near Mingo Junction, four
miles west of Steubenville, o., about g
O'Clock on the morning of the 7th, by which
13 persons were killed outright and a score
or more injured severely, number of them
fatally. The west-bound express train,
which left Pittsburg at Las p. m, while
running at high rate OF speed, suddenly
came upon freight train likewise running
with frightful velocity upon the same track
in the opposite direction. The night was
dark and foggy, and the engineer of the ex-
press train had barely time to apply the air.
brakes and reverse his engine before the i'm
pact took place. Both locomotives were al
most completely demolished; two postal
cars were shivered in pieces and
thrown down an embankment 80 feet
high, was also the emigrant-car
following, nearly every occupant of which
was either killed or seriously hurt. The
sleeping coaches remained on the track.
The blame for the accident rests upon the
conductor and engineer Of the freight-train,
which should have made the siding at Min
go Junction in time for the express to pass,
but was nearly 20 minutes behind time.
The conductor alleges that the stopping of
his watch was what caused the fatal error.
Among the killed are: Frank ID. Graham,
w. III. Johnston and August Andrews, post
al clerks; John Dugan, engineer of passenger
train; Mrs. Anna Cullen, Bridgeport, Conn. !;
Patrick Cannon, Montgomery County,
Penn; and a number of emigrants, some
unknown. The wounded were removed to
Steubenville, where the citizens rendered
them every possible assistance.
The Louisiana Democratic State Conven-
tion, held on the 9Th, nominated Major E.A.
Burke for State Treasurer. Resolutions
were adopted favoring the substitution of
greenbacks for National bank notes, the re-
peal of the Resumption act, the removal of
all restrictions upon the circulation of State
banks, the payment of Government bonds in
greenbacks, except where otherwise pro-
vided by law, and opposing the contraction
of the currency.
Grasshoppers have appeared in Dakota,
flying East. They have done mnch damage
to growing crops, and it is thought they will
reach Minnesota, but can not do much in
Jury there so late in the season.
The journeymen shoemakers of Chicago
are on a strike for an advance Of wages from
50 to $12 per week.
The body of man supposed to be John Hall
whipple, a noted gambler, was found in the
river at Louisville on the 9Th. He was a son
of Bishop Whipple of Minnesota.
Capt. Charles Anderson, Sheriff of Shelby
County, Tenn, died at his residence in Mem
phis,on the 7th, from an overdose of chloral.
Kate Vandephurg, handsome and intelli-
gent German girl OF r"ila, Iowa, drowned
herself in the river be,sIse she had been
ruined by Frank. gHerron, "a Des Moines
printer.
The Arkansas State Fair will be held at
Little Rock, Oct. 81 to 2S.
A committee Of creditors of the Topeka
(Kansas) National Bank report that the as
sets are abundantly sufficient to pay all
claims, and as a further guarantee the
stockholders have voluntarily added S75,-
600 to the securities already held by the as
signee.
The Colorado Republican State Conven-
tion, held on the 7th, nominated ticket
headed by f. w. Pitkin for Governor and
III. A. W. Tabor for Lieutenant-Governor
Jesse b. Belford was nominated for Con-
gress. The pioi6prm asserts the duty OF the
Government t6 protect and maintain every
citizen in his civil and political rights
and this principle must be fully ac
cepted before the work of the Re
publican party is finished; that thu
Government should provide and be respon
sible for an honest National money, suffi
cient for all legitimate needs of the country
with gold, silver and paper, alike receivabl
for all public and private debts; and tina
the interest-bearing debt of the Natiol
should be, as soon as possible, reconverte'
into popular loan, represent ed by sma
bonds or notes, within reach Of every citi
zen.
The Texas National Greenback- Labo
State Convention, which met at Waco o
7th, nominated full State ticket, headed b
W. II. w. Harmon, of Robertson County
for Governor, and Gen. j. S. Rains, OF Kaufi
man County, for Northumberland.
strong Greenback platform was adopted.
Work upon the jetties at Port Eads ha
been entirely discontinued on account of tn
breaking out of yellow fever.
The Fannie W., n little steamer on the Bic
bee River, exploded her boiler, near WaveI