Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-01
MISCELLANEOUS.


At Cleveland, o., on the night of the 21st,
a steam fire-engine, drawn by two horses
under full speed, went into an open draw on
the Columbus Street bridge. Three men
were badly injured and both horses were
drowned.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan, who is now in
effect held rs a prisoner by the British, has
announced his determination to abdicatc.
On Sunday night, Oct. 10, some villains in
disguise called at the residence Of John
Whipple, near Wilbur, Saline County, Neb.,
took Mrs. Whipple from the house, stripped
her stark naked, and applied coal-tar and
feathers to her. The poor woman almost
perished from exposure and rough treat
ment. The only suppOsable cause is that
she is witness i'm a criminal prosecution to
come off soon. One of the perpetrators of
the outrage is believed to have been a wom-
an in disguise.
A dispatch from Tucson, AriZ., 21st, gives
further particulars ofthe recent Indian fight
ing i'm Southwestern New Mexico. In the
fight on the 18th Mesilla and Las Cruces
company numbering 80 were massacrcd by
100 Indians, only one man escaping. Twenty
one persons, settlers and ranchmen, were
killed by the Indians in one locality. w. G.
Kinds, United States Collector, is reported
among the slain. The Indians are reported
to have taken refuge in the Mimbres Noun
tains. Col. Morrow says he has troops enough
to whip Victoria, but it will take two months
to do it.
Another alleged case of arsenic poisoning
by dental operation is reported from Lex
| ington, KY, the victim being young married
man named William Hale. He had an aching
tooth treated for destruction of the nerve,
the dentist putting in plug saturated with
arsenic. Suppuration ensued, bone and
muscle and finally the whole face and head
became involved and the patient died in
great agony. A similar case, by which a well
known Brooklyn gentleman lost his life, has
recently attracted much attention in the East
and elsewhere.
A preliminary celebration of the anniver-
sary Of Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown
| took place at the scene of the surrender on
the 23d. Many thousand people were pres
| ent and there was grand military and naya
display.
Fred. Biebusch, a well known dealer in
counterfeit money, together with a number
of accomplices, were arrested in st. Louis on
| the 23d by u. S. Secret Service detectives.
Governor Pitkin of Colorado telegraphs
Secretary Schurz that he is convinced most
| of Ouray's warriors were i'm the Thornburgh
| fight; that to surrender the criminals Ouray
must surrender his tribe, which he is pow
erless TO do; neither will they surrender the
White River Utes. Unless the troops move
against the Indians, he says, the Indians will
move against the settlers, and further mas
sacres will ensue. He complains that the GEN
eral Government is doing nothing to defend
the settlements, and says that the State can
not defend all its border without at
tacking the enemy. Secretary Schurz
replies that Special Agent Adams,
a gentleman fully endorsed by
Gov. Pitkin himself, has been commits
stoned to deal with the Utes and is now
among them. MIR. Adams says" None of
the Southern and only aportion Of the White
| River Utes have been engaged in the trouble,
| and all rumors of depredations off the reser-
walton are untrue" Secretary Schurz in
conclusion says: ave are endeavoring to
prevent general war with the whole Ute
tribe, which will be better way to protect
your border settlements than by general
attack upon the Indians by armed citizens,
rs your dispatch seems TO suggest. 1t is,
therefore, earnestly hoped that every effort
will be made to prevent an unnecessary ex-
tension of trouble, which may be precipitat-
ed by inconsiderate action"
Lieut.. VIM. B Weir, Ordinance Officer of
Gen. Merritt's command, was shot and
killed by the Indians while hunting some
miles from the camp on White River on the
2lst.
A reunion of Federal and Confederate
veterans was held at Salisbury, n. c., on the
23d. Many thousand people were present
and the exercises were quite interesting.
The Ohio River at Louisville was reported
on the 24th to be lower than at any recorded
time, there being scant two feet of water in
many places.
The first snow-storm Of the season occur
red in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
and the New England States and Canada on
the night of the I'D. Six inches of snow fell
i'm some localities.
Secretary Schurz on the 18th received Il
dispatch from Special Agent Adams, convey
women and children from the White River
Agency had been delivered to him without
conditions and they were then en- route to
Lake City. They stated that during their
captivity they had been well treated and had
not been subjected to any insult or injury.
Gen. Adams reports that the camp OF the
hostiles is between Grand and Gunnson
Rivers. II was his intention To return there
Immediately, with the confident expectation