Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-05


named Wittemeier. Before hewas executed
he made confession, duplicating negro
named George Berry in the murder. Berry
is In Jail. -a Fbt -tiI'aal.'
The completion of the Chicago and Alton
Railroad Extension to Kansas City has given
rise to rumors Of important changes in the
future current of trsnscontinental railroad
traffic. 1t is said that the Union Pacific
Company is about to make an alliance with
the Chicago and Alton, and divert to it
much of the, business which has hitherto
gone over to the Iowa roads.
The last official survey of the jetty chan
mel by Capt. Brown, Government engineer,
shows a25-foot channel, with a least width
of 44O feet; 26-foot channel, with least
width of 140 feet, and central channel of
2f 1-2 feet to the sea.
Little Wolf and his band Of Cheyenne In
dians, numbering S5 lodges, with $50 ponies,
were captured by Lieut.. Clarke of the Sec-
ond Cavalry with s5 men, ON Box Elder
Creek, near Yellowstone River, on the 25th
ult.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention is
called to meet at Columbus on June 4.
Gov. Nichols has signed the bill repeal
ing the charter Of the Louisiana State Lot
terry. sflfs asss=T
A band of about 20 armed men entered
the town of Fayetteville, Ark, on the night
of the 23d and fired volley into the Senti-
mel Office and several shots into the houses
Of other citizens. The lawlessness resulted,, !,
as is supposed, from the killing of one Reid,
a noted desperate, some time previous, his
friends having threatened to burn the town.
The Licking County t-house at New
ark, O., was partially burned on the Goth.
The building was new one, costing $780,
600. Loss, about $50, 900; insurance, So, 900.
The Fairchild Block at Madison, Wis,
was partially burned on the 18th. Three
slightly, injured by explosions occurring
during the fire.
Col. Thomas A. Hanks was shot and fatal
ly wounded at Texarkana, Ark, on the 10Th,
by Samuel Crawley. The latter claims that
he shot Hanks in self-defense, as the former
had threatened to shoot him ON sight. There
had been quarrel between the parties on
account Of ring which Hanks had given to
Crawley as security for some money loaned.
Hanks was formerly an influential politician
in Northern Arkansas and served two terms
as State Senator. Crawley is freight con-
ductor on the Texas and Pacific Railway.
he is under arrest.
Hon. H. Y. Riddle, ex-Congressman
from the Fourth District of Tennessee, com
mitted suicide at Nashville on the 10Th while
temporarily insane.
The Tennessee Legislature has passed an
act for compromising the State debts at 80
cents on the dollar.
Joseph Daley Of Moberly, Mo-, shot and
killed his wife while sleeping on Sunday,
the 3oth. They had been married only three
weeks. Daley claims that the shooting was
accidental; that he thought the pistol was
empty and that he thought it would be q
good joke to wake his wife by swapping it.
He was arrested. "
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes care
full estimates of the wheat and fruit crops
from nearly every county in Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky, from which it is indicated
that the wheat crop viii be bounteous, but
very poor prospects for peaches and apples.
Levi p. Luckey, Secretary of Utah Terri
tory, has resigned. He was appointed by
President Grant, for whom he acted as
private secretary.
The City Flour Mill at Minneapolis, Mimi,
bnrned on the 3Oth.S 1t was owned by the
First National Bank OF that city. Loss about
$4,000; insurance small.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Julian Christian and Patrick Smith, both
colored, were hanged on the 25th at New
Kent Court House, Va, for the murder Of
Mr.. John c. Lacy, wealthy farmer Of New
Kent County. The murder was committed
on the 11th of January Hast, and the weapons
used were knife and large meat-ax. Mr..
Lacy was rs years Of age, and on the very
day :fter he was murdered was to have eel
ebrated his golden wedding. The murder
was one Of the most deliberate ever plan-
ned, and was executed with fendishness
and heartlessness almost unparalleled in the
history Of crime in Virginia. The motive for
the murder was to get Lacy out OF ,the way
on account Of his knowledge of the two col
ored men being concerned in q burglary q
short time preyipus. - .
Eighteen female pedestfi ians started in a
six days pedestrian contest in Gilmore's
Garden, New York, at IL p. m. on the 26th.
F The fremont House at elarennont, N. H.,
burned on the morning of the 18th, and five
persons persisted in the flames. These were
Mrs. Hannah p. Gibson Of Chester, mother
of one of the proprietors; Charles Morgan
boarder; Lydia Merrill, table girl; Anns
johnson, chamber-maid; and Mrs. s. "A
Place, cook. William Butler, Brattleboro
VT, and Frederick Marion and wife were
severely injured by leaping from the win
Hdows. s.zEes sF- L. 49, -z-5al- g
Mrs. John Horine Of Anderson County
Ky., has given birth to five children. -. -
The Rhode Island Greenback- Labor Stat,
Convention nominated Samuel Hill for Gov
ernor.
.g91i la6 rosmr7as3 37gllj 12'a4 :
At st. Petersburg, on the 25th, an unsuc
cessful attempt was made to assassinati