Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-07-19
CURRENT NEWS.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Six more of the inmates of the Orphan
Asylum at yasa, Minn., blown down on the
night Of the I'd, have died from their inju-
ries, making Is in all.
1t is reported, upon apparently trust
worthy authority, that a consolidation has
been effected by the Wabash and the st.
Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad
lines, the new line TO be designated as the
Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific Railway.
The United States sloop of war Wachusett
having succeeded in getting off the bar, re-
turned to Vicksburg on the Sth for the pur-
pose of coaling and to await further orders
from Washington.
A terrible double tragedy was enacted in
the town of Edgington, near Rock Island,
ILL.,, on the morning of the 9th. Miss Rob-
bins, young lady of 20, had been for some
time receiving the addresses of young man
named Tom Richards, against the expressed
wishes of her parents and the stronger pro-
tests Of her brother, Lee Robbins. An en-
gagement followed, notwithstanding these
objections on the part of the young lady's
family, and the wedding day was fixed for
the 9th, the ceremony to take place
at Rock Island. At about half-past
5 en- that morning, while the young lady
was in her room making preparations for
the to her important event, her brother en-
tered and made a final appeal TO her to
break off the match. She stubbornly re-
fused, and he thereupon drew a revolver
and shot her dead, after which he placed
the weapon at his own head and fired,
blowing his brains out. Lee Robbins was
90 years of age, and had the reputation of
being a young man of quiet demeanor and
exemplary habits. Richards is said to be
drinking man, and was not considered in
many other respects a suitable match
for the young lady whom he would have
wed.
Frank Davidson was hanged at Warrens.
burg, Mo-, on the 9th, for the murder of
William Haggerty in September last. The
killing took place at a country picnic, six
miles from Warrensburg. Davidson had
been drinking freely, and is said to have in
suited the young wife of his friend and old
chum, haggerty. The latter called him to
account for it, hard words ensued, and the
quarrel ended by Davidson pulling his re-
volver and shooting Hsggerty three times
through the body.
The trial of Col. Tom Buford for the MUIR
der of Judge Elliott begun at Owenton, KY,
on the 9th. The defense will be emotional
insanity.
At the Coates House in. Kansas City, on
the 9th, +. b. Camman, a former resident of
st. Louis, attempted to kill his wife and
then put two bullets into his own head. Ow-
ing to bad craftsmanship Camman failed to
hit his wife, and his own wounds were not
considered fatal. No cause assigned for the
shooting.
At Red Wing, Minn., on the 7th, Mrs. f.
Lee and babe of Sioux Falls, d. T., and Mr..
and Mrs. Thompson of Red Wing, were
drowned while attempting to ford a swollen
stream in a wagon.
At Franklin, Fleming County, KY, on the
Sth. Miss Belize Kidwell, aged II, killed her.
self with poison on account of love dis
appointment.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis authorizes a friend at
Washington to contradict "positively and
with authority" the report that his name
would be presented to the Mississippi Leg
islature as a candidate for the United States
Senate.
The Atlanta Constitution estimates this
years cotton crop at five million bales.
Thursday, July 10, was the hottest day
ever experienced in st. Louis, so far as shown
by the records of the Signal Service Office,
the thermometer recording 100 degrees at
about , p. m. The average record of street
thermometers was at the same time from 9
to degrees above that of the Signal Service
Office.
Ex-Governor William Allen Of Ohio died
at his home near Chillicothe on the 11th,
aged 70 years. He was a member of the
Twenty-third Congress, serving from De-
cember 2, 1888, to March 8, 1885. He was
elected as Democrat to the United States
Senate in 1887, in place of Thomas Ewing,
who was a Wing, and he served two terms
in that body-12 years. After almost quar-
ter OF a century spent in the retirement of
private life, in 1873 he was elected Governor
of Ohio by the Democrats. He was renom-
mated for a second term, but was defeated
by Mr.. Hayes.
Sergeant Finney of the Signal Service has
made a thorough investigation of the de-
Nebraska and Missouri on the 25th and 3Oth
of May last, travelling over the entire coun-
try ravaged by the storm, and will make a
full official report of his observations to the
Signal Service Bureau.
In clearing away the debris of the South
ern Hotel, st. Louis, on the 11th. the skele
one of the four servant girls supposed to
have perished in the fire of April, 1877.
At Lake Providence, La, on the 9th,
Postmaster Austin was shot through the
heart and instantly killed, and his son, the
Parish Judge, mortally wounded, by one
Lusk of West Carroll. Judge Austin, in fir
ing at Lusk, accidentally shot and killed a
negro. The difficulty grew out Of an old
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by whom Lusk was employed as clerk.
Andrew Ivy, colored, was hanged at
Greenville, Miss, on the 11th, for the muir
der of Sarah Chennent, who lived with him
as his wife.
Antoine Gercia, Mexican, was hanged at
Corpus Christi, Texas, on the 11th, for the
murder of Augustin Amello in September
last.
Mrs. DIR. j. w. Irwin, young, beautiful,
and talented lady of Evansville, Ind, de-
liberately shot herself through the heart on
the 11th, dying in 10 minutes. Mrs. Irwin
was a daughter OF Rev. ID. ID. Msther Of Fos-
toria, o., and had been but seven weeks mar
ried. Her husband is young physician Of
good practice. 81 far as known their mar
ried life was congenial, and there is no ac-
counting for her tragic taking off.
A destructive tornado, extending from
Southern Michigan through Northern Ohio
and Pennsylvania and Canada, occurred on
the 11th. Great damage was inflicted upon
buildings and crops, but no loss Of life was
reported.
An old boiler, set up in the woods in An
drew County, Mo-, five miles north of St.
Joseph, exploded on the 11th, killing w.
Riley johnson, Isaac n. Edwards and George
Setter, and seriously injuring Edward Ma
tion.
A terrific explosion of a powder magazine
occurred at Bodie, CAL, on the 10th. Eight
persons are known TO have been killed out
right, while the list of injured numbers over
40, The bodies of some of the victims were