Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-07-05

bodies were mass Of wounds. He is now in
Jail awaiting trial, having been arrested just
In time to save him from a coat of tar and
feathers at the hands of the enraged people
of Coesse.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
The residence of Mr.. j. F. Reynolds, near
Jonesboro, Ga, burned on the night of the
22d. None of the family was awakened un-
til the house was almost enveloped in flames.
Mr.. Reynolds succeeded in saving his wife,
but his daughter and his sister-in-law, aged
~ and 16 respectively, perished in the flames.
Mr.. Reynolds 49, badly burned and it was
doubtful II he could recover.
Robert Jones, colored, was hanged a,
Tarboro, N. c., on the 25th, for the murder
Of Rudolph Eaton, white man, in Decem-
Der, 1877. The murderer and his victim
had been on a spree together, and the killing
was the result of drunken quarrel between
them.
The great spinners' strike at Fall River,
Mass, was inaugurated on the Goth, accord
ing to previous notice served upon the mill
owners. With single exception all of the
mills were enabled TO continue work, at least
temporarily, having more or less filling on
hand. Efforts are being made to fill the
strikers places with men from abroad.
The Maine Republican State Convention,
held on the 26th, nominated Hon. d. F.
Davis of Corinth for Governor. The plat
form strongly indorses the stand taken by
the President and Republicans in Con-
gress, against the alleged reasonable
and revolutionary course of the Democratic
party in Congress, opposes sll schemes to
| . xxyft ha % he
principle Of State prohibition. Senator
Blaine addressed the Convention.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred in
Wilt'z planning mill, Front and Brown
Streets, Philadelphia, on the 27tb. The en-
gineer was instantly killed. The engine
| house and a portion of the mill were blown
in all directions, the flying bricks and iron
doing much damage. The boiler, by the
force Of the explosion, was driven into the
second story of the dwelling of a family
named Long, killing or fatally injuring
every one of them. The family consisted OF
the mother, Mrs. Eva Long, and two chill
dren, S ella. aged II, and Claude, aged 8,
besides another lady, Mrs. McEvoy. All are
since dead.
The bark Helen, from Havana to New
York, laden with sugar, was run down by
the steamer City of New York, just outside
of New York Harbor, on the 2Sth, and sunk
Captain Barclay and four of his crew were
drowned, five others being saved.
A railway passenger train went through 8
bridge near Wytheville, Va, on the 2sth
falling distance of 80 feet. Express Mes.
senger Langhorn was killed and Conductor
Fairfax, two mail agents and several pass
sengers injured.
The striking spinners of Fall River, Mass.
have issued an appeal for aid to their fell
low workmen throughout the country
They declare that they have been reduced
to starvation wages, and that their employ.
ers refuse all proposals for concession or ar
bitra.ion. Fall River, they say, is destined
become the battle-ground between Labo
and Capital, and all workingmen should in
terest themselves i'm sustaining those who
are to bear the brunt Of the battle.
FOREIGN. ' s.F
An anti-landlord agitation in the west o
Ireland is causing some apprehension. Ii
the House of Commons the Chief Secretar,
of Ireland, alluding to the impending trou
bles, stated that considerable reinforcement
had been made to the constabulary in tn
districts concerned, and that notice has beel
given that in the event of any outrage tn
cost of these measures will be levied upol
the district where it occurs.
A correspondent from Berlin reports ther
were 1.730 confiagrations in Russia durinj
the month of May, occasioning a loss of 9,
OOO, 900 roubles.
Queen Victoria, accompanied by the Prin
cess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, on tn
23d paid a visit of coincidence to the EN-
press Eugenie at Chiselhurst. 1t Is officiall
announced the German Court will go int
mourning one week for the late Prince I'm
perial.
Prince Jerome Napoleon has published
manifesto declaring he remains faithful t
his Republican principles, and adding ths
he is not pretender to the Imperial succes
sion, while his dormant claims bar the sue
cession OF any other pretender.
De Lesseps, in lecture at Amiens, France
stated that the first sod of the Panama Cani
would be turned January 1, 1880, and this
with 900 navvies, including some Chimes
and Ii, 900 Brazilian negroes, the work woul
be completed in eight years.
Gen. Miguel Negrete, late Commander
in-C Chief of the Mexican Army, who has pre-
nounced against Diaz, is the most note
revolutionist Of Mexico. He is of India
descent, is about 55 years Of age, and hs
been conspicuous in war and politics for
quarter of a century,, as
A Constantinople dispatch of the 26th say
that the Sultan has signed firman deposin
the Khedive Of Egypt in favor of his Sol
: Prince Mohamed Tewfik, and that the latt,
has been formally installed and is supporte
by all the Powers. 1t Is further stated thi
the ex-Khedive and some of his Ministe
! have been ordered to leave the country.
A passenger train on the Southwestern
Railway was wrecked near Acton, Quebe
on the 28th, killing two men and serious
injuring several others.
Arson is rife in st. Petersburg, and
every part of Russia. The town of Szyra
d on the volga, has been nearly DESTROYED
fire. A number of persons have been a
I rested at Kiefr. st. Petersburg and Mosco'
9 for clandestinely dealing in explosives.
A Protestant school -house in Mayrr
= Galway County, Ireland, has been sacke
y and the Bibles were thrown into the ST
It This is n revival of old disturbances in IL
district. Lawther, Chief Secretary for Ii
,, land, announced In the House of Commo