Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-10-11
MISSOURI.

| trenched themselves behind their wagon
| train, and it was believed they could hold
out until reinforcements reached them
| These were under way within few hours
after the courier's arrival. Gen. Merritt, an
experienced Indian fighter, commands the
relief expedition, which consists of some 60C
men.
Prof. Wise, the veteran aeronaut, on the
evening of Sunday, the 2Sth ult., made an as
cension from st. Louis, in the balloon
Pathfinder" He was accompanied by
Mr.. George Burr, a young man connected
with the st. Louis National Bank. The as
cension was not made under the most favor
able auspices. The balloon crossed the riv-
er, taking a enthusiastically course, passing
in the direction of Alton, ILL.,, where it was
seen the same evening. No further tidings
from the aerial voyagers had been received
up to the 4th inst, and it was feared they
had perished, either being dashed to the
ground in some unfrequented place, or
| drowned in the northern lakes.
A reunion of survivors of Southern pris-
ons was held at Toledo on the 1st, 800 per-
sons being present, it is stated, from various
portions of the country.
Serious trouble is brewing in Ireland on
account of anti-rent and Nationalist agita-
tions. Meetings have been held at Castlebar,
Ennis, Tullamore and elsewhere. At Cas-
| tlebar an affray occurred i'm which one man
was killed.
Frank +. Boynton, Receiving Teller of the
North Bank Of Boston, is short $24, 900 in his
accounts. Dabbling in mining stocks was
what led to his downfall.
There are various statements regarding the
probable cause of the recent Ute outbreak.
| Secretary Schurz attributes the difficulty to
| the efforts of Indian Agent Meeker to make
the Indians work and to keep them upon
| their reservation, and also to their
| discomfort caused by the gradual en-
croachment of white men upon
their reservation. He is confident that
no malpractice can be attributed to Agent
| Meeker, and is also certain that the Indian
Bureau is blameless in the matter. Gen.
Sherman thinks that the Utes now in revolt
were dissatisfied with their proposed re-
moval to their new reservation in Southwest
ern Colorado, but is of the opinion that II
Agent Meeker had had few soldiers
| mt his back the trouble would not have oc-
| CURED. A Washington dispatch says the
| War Department claims to have had infor-
nation weeks ago that these Indians were
restless and ready to break out on the slight
est provocation, and recommend
ed that proper precautionary meas
ures be taken, which recommen-
dation the Indian Bureau wholly ignored.
This the Indian Office people deny in toto.
Another probable cause mentioned is the
| failure of the Government to pay this tribe
the sum of $4,000, due under the Brunot
treaty of 1878, by which the San Juan min
ing region was ceded by them to the Gov
ernment.
A dispatch from Ogden, Utah, 4th, says;
Six Shoshone chiefs, with war paint and
armed with breech- loading rifles, came down
the Utah Northern Railroad and went East
this morning on the Union Pacific Road
paying their fare and announcing that they
were going to join the Utes.
| Information was received at the Indiar
Bureau, on the 9TH, from Agent Stanley, Al
Los Pinos, Colo, that runner from the
White River Agency had arrived at the for
mer Agency, bringing news of the murder o.
| Agent Meeker, his family and employees
| The following is IA list of the white people
who were at White River Agency: Agen