Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-08-16
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

The Chicago Tribune gives currency I,
| rtmor that negotiations have been pend
ing Tor several weeks between the Chicago
| Burlington and Quincy, or persons repre-
senting 1t, and the bondholders of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railroad, for
lease to the former Of the property OF tn,
latter. No definite conclusion HIS beer
reached yet, and it is said to be doubtful i
the efforts will meet with success.
Four unknown men, supposed to belong
to a gang of desperadoes in the Indian Ter
ritory, rodeinto Coneyville, Kan, on the I'd
robbed the Post-office and committed othel
depredations. The citizens resisted, one O.
whom, named Fitzpatrick, was killed; an,
other, named Roberts, was wounded. Tn,
robbers then left and shortly after detach
ment Of United States troops started in pur
suit, but at last accounts had made no ar
rests.
An attempt was made on the 4th, in the
New Orleans Custom house, to assassinat,
Collector Badger. A one-legged ex- Fedora
soldier, named VIM. A. Brown, placed &
pistol in close proximity to Badgers head
and fired. The ball missed its aim, not.
withstanding Badger was so close as to bt
scorched by the burning powder. Brown
gives as a reason for the shooting that Badg.
er had failed to give him a position in the
Custom-house, as promised. He says, how
ever, that he only meant to scare him, He
was sent to Jail.
Kentucky's wheat crop is immense, but
her corn crop is considerably below the ay.
erage. Tobacco has been unfavorably az.
fected by drouth and will fall Is per cent
short Of an average crop. Peaches are to.
tai failure and apples scare, but the peal
crop is splendid. -,-
Goldsmith, Comptroller General of the
State of Georgia, has been impeached for
alleged malfeasance in office. His friend:
claim that 1t is a case OF persecution.
Three Of Brigham Young's executors
Cannon, Darlington, and Brigham Young
Jr., were consigned TO the Salt Lake Peni-
tentiary for contempt of court in refusing to
obey the order to turn over the property in
their possession.
Judge Robert Ferrell is the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the First Csiifor:
mia District.
A Caddo II. ~ special of the 9th says
Ex-Tfeastrer Bushyhead has been elected
Chief of the Cherokee Nation by majority
of 400. Nearly all OF the National Liberal
party was elected by maJorities ranging
from 100 to 800.
Charles Ballett, -stable-keeper al
Middletown, o., on the 9Th, shot and killed
his wife and Immediately afterwards placed
the revolver to his own head and fired, dy.
ing instantly. Ballett was q drunkard, and
his wife had petitioned for divorce, which
angered him, and caused the tragedy.
Tennessee voted, on the 7th, upon a prop
ositlon to compromise the State debt at sc
cents on the dollar, with per cent. interest
A very, small vote was polled, but the prop
osition was decidedly rejected.
Jacques Handline was hanged at San An.
tonia, Texas, on the Sth, for the murder OF
Peter Maddox, in February, 1878. Handline
wasa native OF Illinois, where his father il
said to be now living. He protested his in.
nocence of the crime up to the last mo-
ment. 80 ~ s---~--- -. .-..--
The New Orleans Democrat says that the
reports of the value of the bequest by Mrs
Dorsey to jefferson Davis have been abb
surdly extrayagant, and that 1t will not ex.
eeed $25, 900. .--,fs ese,,s s-r~f.-r ~
The steamer Iron Valley exploded hel
boilers at New Cumberland, W. Va, about
80 miles above Wheeling, on the Ohio River
on the evening Of the 9th, and sank in deer
water inside of five minutes. The names OF
the killed or lost are Thomas Prince, Clerk
son Of the Captain; Wise, Pilot, and Mr..
Prosser.
Father Van de Moortel of Chicago, the
Jesuit priest who recently renounced Cath
olicism, has published card retracting
what he has said against the Church OF
Rome and announcing his return to the
same.
There are no funds at present in the Ken
tucky State Treasury, and the Auditor gives
notice that he shall refuse to audit all claims
until the Treasury is replenished.
A committee of United States Senators
met at Lawrence, Kansas, on the 18th inst,
to inquire into the causes Of the outbreak OF
the Cheyenne Indians who raided through
Kansas last fall, and the outbreak and mas.
sacre at Fort Robinson after their capture
Several Of the raiding Indians are now in
Jail at Lawrence, and will be represented al
the investigation by Hon. j. G. Mohler, as
counsel. The committee is composed OF
Senators Kirkwood of Iowa, Dawes of Massa-
chusetts, Morgan of Alabama, Bailey of Ten
nessee and Plumb Of Kansas.
Captain John secrist, contractor Of mail
route west from vinits, 1. T., started out
from that place with horse and buggy,
crying a. considerable amount of money
with which to pay of the m en- in his employ.
A few days later his dead body was found
along the road, about $50 miles west Of Vini-
ia. He was undoubtedly murdered for his
money.
The Congressional Election Commit
tees Investigation at Cincinnati closed on
the 9th.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Charles Fechter, the actor, died at his
farm at Richland Center, Pa, on the 4th