Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-08-02

Special ana positive lnstrucllOns were
sent By the War Department on the oath to
prevent Gen. Miles from bringing on an
Indian war, and telling him that the only
purpose in sending him into the field was to
protect navigation of the Missouri River.
The President has appointed Charles P.
James Justice of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia, in place Of Justice
Humphreys, deceased. Mr.. James is a ma
tive of Ohio, but has resided in the District
for the past Is years.
Mr.. Welsh, our Minister to England, has
sent 10 his resignation. business affairs re-
quiring his attention at home.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Notice has been given by the President Of
the Western Sanitary Commission at st.
Louis that no more help can be given to mi
gratory negroes passing through that city,
the funds of the Association being entirely
exhausted.
The Congressional Committee, authorized
to investigate the alleged frauds in the First
and Second Congressional Districts of Ohio
at the last October election, met at Cincin-
natl on the 21st for the purpose Of entering
upon the investigation.
A dispatch from Bismarck, d. T., 22d,
says: Six miles above the Wolf Point In
dian Agency, on the Missouri, Joseph Lam
bert "a woodman) and family were attacked
last Monday by Indians. Lambert, his wife
and four children were killed and scalped,
two other children were so badly mutilated
that they can not possibly recover, and one
little girl was carried away captive, to be
held as a hostage. There was n horrifying
spectacle at the place Of the murder.
Two elderly maiden sisters, Elizabeth
and Anna Trowbridge, aged respectively 43
and 40 years, residing at Hyde Park, SUBJ
urb Of Chicago, committed suicide on the
2lst by hanging themselves in their own
house. Another sister, Mona, dwarf, was
the only other inmate of the house. She
said that all three had previously agreed to
take their own lives, but that she had backed
out at the last moment. The sisters were
apparently in easy circumstances, but 1t
seems that they had some recent trouble
with their father, Alva Trowbridge, con-
corning property left them by their mother,
of which he had charge.
Henry Stokes, a farmer, with his wife
and three children, attempted to ford Flat
Creek, five miles south of Sedalia, Mo-, on
the evening Of the 21st. The stream being
unusually high the horses lost their footing,
the wagon was swept away and the occu-
pants thrown into the stream. Stokes and
his wife succeeded in reaching the shore
but their children were swept from their
grasp and drowned.
The Secretary of the Navy, in considera-
ton of the fact that the Wachusett is un-
likely to get up the river this season, has
ordered that q recruiting rendezvous be
opened at st. Louis, where boys may be en-
listed for the Naval service and forwarded
to the different training ships. Commander
Edward E. Patterson has been detailed to
take charge Of the recruiting rendezvous.
The Wisconsin Republican State Conven-
ton was held at Madison on the 23d. Gov.
Smith and the other incumbents were re-
nominated without opposition. The plat
form declares the United States to be Ma
ton, not a confederacy of sovereign States;
that Congressional elections are National
elections, and as such the Federal Govern
ment should enforce the right of every citizen
to exercise the right Of suffrage and to have
his vote honestly counted and returned; de-
nounces Congress and lauds the President
for their respective actions in regard
to the appropriation bills; congratulites the
Republican party upon the success of the
resumption policy, etc. After the Conven-
tion adjourned, msss-meeting was held,
in commemoration of the twenty fifth ami
versary of the organization of the party in
Wisconsin. Among the speakers were Sem
ator Zach. Chandler and Hon. James A.
Garfield. M
A serious disturbance occurred at Fall
River, Mass, on the night of he 2lst, grow
ing out Of the spinners' strike.
The Mississippi State Convention of the
National al-Greenback-Labor party was held
at Jackson on the Odd. Col. M. ID. L.
Stevens presided. A platform was adopted,
an Executive Commttee appointed, and the
Convention adjourned sine die.
The Louisiana Constitutional Convention
adjourned sine die on the 23d.
Corporal Fry, Twenty-f fifth Infantry, was
stabbed and instantly killed by Private Bon
ner, Tenth Cavalry, at Stockton, Texas, on
the 21st. The murderer YVES handed over
to the civil authorities.
Gen. Ewing opened the Ohio campaign on
the oath, with speech at Lancaster.
A triple shooting affray occurred at the
Sledge House, Opelika, Ala, on the 21st, the
parties engaged being q Mr.. Read, an old
gentleman, and his son Samuel on one side,
and Samuel G. Grasty on the other, all peo-
pie OF high social standing. 1t seems that
the Reads went to the hotel where Grasty
was a guest, and demanded of him that he
cease his visits to Miss Read, who it is as
serted had been wronged by Grasty. Hot
words ensued, followed by blows, the elder
Read using a cane and the younger one a
knife. Grasty seized revolver and shot the
old man twice and the young man once,
himself receiving severe cuts In several
places. The elder Read died soon after from
his wounds. The others will recover.
On the 18th inst, Lieut.. W. P. Clark, of
the Second Cavalry, who commanded the
advance Of Miles's command, struck a large
hunting party of Sitting Bulbs young men
on Beaver Creek. A sharp fight ensued, in
which the Indians at first got worsted, but
being reinforced, abe latter rallied and
closed in upon Clark's command, threaten
ing to annihilate the little band. Fortunate
ly, reinforcements from the main body,
accompanied by Gen. Miles in person, came
up in time to turn the tide of victory, and
the hostiles retreated, going north toward
Milk River. Lieut.. Clark's command con-
sisted of Company C of the Second
Cavalry and Company 1 of the Fifth
Infantry, mounted, together with some
50 Cheyenne and Crow scouts. Two soldiers
were wounded and three friendly Indians
were killed. The hostiles numbered about
400. Their loss is not known. Sitting Bull,
with 600 lodges, was reported to be in the
immediate vicinity of Miles's command, and
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