Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-01
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

Of Abraham S. Hewitt.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
A difficulty occurred on the nth, at john
sonville, Miss, between Col. Holman, DIR.
Lowrey, DIR. Walker and Mr.. Arnold. The
fight was begun by Holman shooting Low
rey; Arnold shot Holman, wounding
him, then shot and killed Walker, and
was himself shot in turn by Holman. Ar
mold and Lowrey have since died. Holman
was arrested.
A mob of masked men undertook to take
prisoner named Dallas Rogers from the
Jail at Graham, Texas, on the night of the
nth, but were resisted by the Sheriff's posse
and one of the mob, named A. w. Hayes,
was shot and killed.
The L. G. Mccormick, q small steamer,
running between Marietta and Zanesville,
on the Muskingum River, exploded her
boiler when near Beverly, on the 18th, kill
ing the fireman, Mike Havemeyer, and seri-
ously scalding Capt. Martin, two of the crew
and three passengers. The boat sunk a few
minutes after the explosion.
George r. Evans and three colored men
were killed and a number of other pas
sengers and employees severely hurt by the
falling in of q bridge OH the Selma, Rome and
Dalton Railroad, Ala, on the 18th. The
train went down into the water, distance
of SO feet.
Hon. Zach. Chandler was on the 18th for
mally elected United States Senator from
: Michigan, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Senator Christisncy.
Mrs. Wolf, wife Of a farmer living near
Olathe, Kansas, on the 18th was outraged by
a negro workman during the absence of her
husband, who then cut her throat and left
her for dead. The brute was captured and
lodged in Jail. Mrs. Wolf's injuries were
fatal.
Secretary Sherman has ordered the
revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott, now at Port
Townsend, to Sitka, to preserve peace, and
the British man-of-war Osprey has gone
from Victoria, b. c., to Sitka, at the earn est
request of the citizens, who represented
that they feared an indiscriminate massacre
by the Indians.
Col. Edmund Rice and Lieut.. Fred
Sibley, Of the Fifth Infantry, accompanied
by Morris Cohn, trader, with an escort of
six soldiers, were surprised and captured
near Glendive Greek, on the Yellowstone,
while en- route from Fort Keogh to Bis
marck, by four masked men, armed with
repeating rifles. The whole party were rob-
bed of their money, Cohn losing bag con-
tanning $500. A party Of soldiers went out
from Fort Keogh after the daring freeboot.
ers and captured one of them, named VIM.
Dixon.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas Foley, Catholic
Bishop of the diocese Of Chicago, died in
that city on the 10Th after an illness Of about
two weeks. He was in the 57th year of his
age.
The Ohio Prohibitionists had State Con-
vention at Columbus on the Goth, about 100
delegates being present. Gideon T. Stewart,
of Nsrwalk, was nominated for Governor.
George Washington, colored, convicted Of
rape, was hanged at Louisville, KY, on the
21st.
The report that yellow fever has reap
peared in New Orleans is denied in a state
ment signed by DIR. Chopin, Gov. Nichols,
Mayor Patton, and other prominent citizens,
who assert that no cases nor deaths from
yellow fever have occurred in that city this
year.
At Pine Bluff, Ark, on the night of the
21st, RobertJ. Derry shot and killed VIM. II.
Davis in a gambling house. Davis was a
well known sporting man; his murderer is a
Deputy Sheriff.
At Bloomington, H., on tine night of the
Goth, house owned by an aged Irishman
named Redington was burned and his wife
perished in the flames. Redington made q
brave but unsuccessful attempt to rescue
his wife, and was so badly burned that he
also died in few hours.
Leonard Eberson was foolishly playing
y With q loaded revolver at Grand Rapids
Mich, when it went of and fbail STRUCK
Mrs. Gertrude B. Filler, widow, killing hel
instantly.
At Stockton, CAL, on the 22d, large
crowd had congregated to witness the tria
Of q new propeller-pump, run by thresh
ing engine. The steam gauge OF the engine
refused to work, and the engineer reckless
ly screwed down the safety valve, although
warned Of the danger incurred by SO doing
In Is minutes afterward the boiler explod
ed, both ends being blown out. The bod,
of the engine was blown over the telegraph
wires and landed $50 feet distant. The los
of life was appalling. Sixteen men wer,
killed instantly aud 20 others were injured
several fatally.
Claims to the amount of over So, 900, ,O0
have been filed against Archbishop Purcell
of Cincinnati, and the trustees are unable I,
devise any practicable plan for meeting tn
obligations incurred through the Archbish
ops unfortunate mismanagement of finan
cial affairs. A lottery scheme is talked OF
but to this many seriously object.
Mr. Z. I'll. Smith, Manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company at Topeka
Kansas, was on the 22d committed for i'm
prisonment on account of his refusal to de
liver certain kilograms to the Legislative