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WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Two little girls, aged G and 6 Years. daugb
tiers Of farmer named Moench, residing a
Dixon, Pulaski County, Mo-, were recent,
smothered In alarge trunk where they hal
secreted themselves while playing, the lii
being fastened by a spring-lock. q
The Michigan Greenbaek Convention, held
on the 9th, nominated Henry 5. smith, o.
Grand Rapids, for Governor. The platform
demands the unconditional repeal of th,
resumption act and the National Banking
law, and the issue by the Government of al
paper money, TO be legal tender for al
debts, public and private.
The Indiana Republican State Convention
held on the 9th, nominated the following
ticket: For Secretary Of State. Isaac 5
Moore, of Vaaderburg County; Auditor,
General A. o. Miller, Of Boone; Treasurer
Major George f. Herritt, OF johnson: At
torney-General, Judge ID. p. Baldwin, OF
Cas-; Superintendent OF Public Instrue-
ton, John I. Morrell, Of Tippecanoe. The
platform favors ga sound and staDle cur
reney of gold, silver and paper of the
same value; national legislation authorizing
the receipt Of greenbacks at par in payment
OF customs and in the purchase Of Govern
ment bonds; opposition to further financial
agitation" The House investigation into
the Presidential election is characterized rs
an act of party desperation, and any at
tempt to Gust the President from Office as
revolutionary; and the Convention pledges
the party ITO support and maintain Presi
dent Hayes and the lawfully constituted au-
thorities Of the Government in resisting the
revolution"
The Oregon State election, held on the Cd,
resulted in the election Of Beekman, Repub-
lican, for Governor, by small majority.
Whitaker, Democrat, is elected TO Congress,
and the Legislature will be Democratic on
Joint ballot.
The famous race-horse McWhirter broke
down in the three-mile race at st. Louis on
the 9th. Both Of his fore legs were broken,
and he was shot on the track to put an end
to his sutieripgs. He was owned by Col.
Buford, of Kentucky, and was valued at
$4,000.
Two boys, from 10 to II years old, named
George Scott and Mareelllls Anderson, ran
away from their homes in Hastings, Mimi,
on the Sd. On the morning Of the 9Th their
bodies were found ON the railroad track near
81. Paul in terribly mangled condition. il
is thought they were walking back home and
fell asleep on the track, where they were kill
ed 10y night tain.
The Kentucky Press Convention held its
annual session at Hopkinsyille, beginning
on the 9Th.
A train on the Texas Central Railroad was
thrown from the track near Mckinney, on
the 9TH, the sleeper and one day-coach be-
ing rolled down an embankment, about A.
feet high. The Rev. Knowles Shaw, a min
lister of the Christian Church at Columbus,
Miss, was instantly killed, and George w.
Henry, of Denison, Texas, was fatally in
jured. Other members OF Mr.. Benry's fam
lily were badly hurt, as was also the Ret. j.
Todd Miller, of Ennis, Texas. Some Is pas
sengers in all were injured. ,r.,F.t
William Dixon was hanged at Yicksburg,
on the 9Th, for the murder OF Henry Bach
man, peddler, on board the steamer Fair
Play, in March, 1877. The killing was the
result Ola quarrel, but was done in cold
blood. -yay tH ESQ D. Is. ...s
Five negrUes were hanged by a mob in
Point COupee Parish, La, on the 4th. They
were charged with the attempted assassina-
ton of DIR. VIM. b. Archer, and with enter
ing into an organized conspiracy to kill of
the leading white citizens ef the parish.
Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, widow, aged 30,
who resided on her farm about 9 miles north
of Greenfield, Ind, and her niece, Annie
roIO Al
morning OF the Sth. The two were the sole
occupants of the house. The murderer gain
ed admission by breaking the glass in the
front door and then unlocking it from the
inside. The brave woman had evidently
made determined resistance, her clothes
being badly torn and, scattered, about the
room. Both apparently had been chciSed 10
death, but there was no evidence of any
crime other than murder having been. COM
mitted or attempted. Mrs. Wilson was pos
sesSed Of considerable property, and rob-
berry was probably the incentive 90 the
crime.
Or. b. +. Holschaw, Of Durham Station,
CAL, who had been married only week, on
the Sth killed his wife and then committed
suicide. Jealousy was supposed to be the
cause.
A Boise City Qdaho) dispatch of the 9th
says that party Of volunteers, who went out
from Silver City TO fight the Bannocks at
South Mountain, were worsted in the en-
counter and had to retreat. They lost one
man killed, two wounded, and six missing.
Col. Summers First United States Cavalry
and three companies Of infantry have gone
from California to reinforce the troops in
Idaho. The settlers were being driven from
their homes, and number had been muir
dered.
The New York Tribune publishes a state
mentto the effect that an agreement has been
entered into by which all the interests of the
Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific, st. Louis,
Kansas City & Northern, Colorado Central,
Denver Pacific, st. Joseph & Denver City,
and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroads will
be consolidated, and will pass substantially
into the control Of Jay Gould. This COM
bination, it is claimed by those interested in
the Union Pacific Road, will furnish what
has long been desired, an outlet it can con-
troll to st. Louis for Western and Southern
traffic. The length Of the various roads here
enumerated, including leased lines, is 1856
miles, Of which 1885, miles are built and in
operation.
one-haIf of the town of Searcy, White |
County, Ark, was destroyed by fire on the /
10th. Loss $4,000.
The May cotton crop report of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange shows for the |
States Of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkan-
sas, generally favorable condition of the
crop, which is from 10 days 20 two weeks
rlr han Last oI- g f..I
generally efficient. No fertilizers Of any &C
count are being used. The area planted is
about 1-2 per cent. less in Louisiana this 7
year than last, and in Mississippi and Ar
kansas about per cent. more.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
John Simons, alias Simon Robinson, col
ored, was hanged at Pensacola, Fla, on the
oath, for outraging and numbering a little
negro girl.
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