Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-31
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

The Iowa Democratic State Convention
was held at Council Bluffs on the 21st. Judge
II. III. Trimble was nominated by acclama-
ticn for Governor, the other nominees being
J.V. Yeoman for Lieutenant Governor, ,Reu-
ben f. Noble, Supreme Judge, and Irwin
Baker, Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion. The resolutions indorse the action Of
Congress and denounce the Presidents ve-
foes; favor the substitution of Treasury
notes for national bank notes and the aboli-
tion of national banks of issue; the reduc-
tion of the bonded debt as fast as possible
by the use of money in the Treasury; un-
limited coinage of 4l2 1-2 grain silver dol
lars and making certificates for silver bull
lion deposits in the Treasury legal tender;
a tariff for revenue only, etc, etc.
A State Convention Of prohibitionists was
held at indianapolis on the 21st. A schism
arose cut of the question of nominating a
State ticket, and q portion of the delegates
Withdrew. The regular Convention then
nominated n. L. Brown of Indianapolis for
Governor, and Rev. j. v. r. Miller for
Lieutenant-Governor. A lengthy address
to the people Of the State was adopted, urg-
ing the necessity of Independent political
action on the part of temperance men, as
nOtniDS Cdu Uc AptCttu Vi hcpuDllcans anu
Democrats. Resolutions were adopted IA
voring a complete canvass of the State for
prohibition, and demand for aprohibitory
law.
Under orders from the War Department,
General Crook has turned out the captured
Poncas, released under habeas corpus at
Omaha, and they are now at large. They
have been supplied with IL days rations
and few dollars in money, but what is ul-
timately to become of them no one seems to
know.
A monument to the memory of the late
Bishop Marvin of the NJ. Z. Church South
was dedicated at Bellefontaine Cemetery,
st. Louis, on the 21st, with appropriate GER
emonies. The total height of the monument
is % feet.
Ransom Brothers, bankers at Hartford
City, Ind, have failed with $4,000 due to
depositors. Assets supposed to be small.
Judge Mcnamara has granted change of
venue in the case of Thomas Buford, indict-
cd for the murder of Judge Elliott, and the
trial will be held at Owenton, KY, on July
8. The trial was originally set for May 20,
at Frankfort.
The Broadway Savings-bank of st. Louis
has made an assignment. Improbable busi-
ness is given as the cause, and depositors are
assured that they will be paid in full.
The Auxiliary Sanitary Association of
New Orleans has commenced the important
work of systematically flushing the street
cutters with river water. This will be done
daily through the entire length of the city,
six miles. They hope by this means to abate
the nuisance of foul cutters. French Mar
ket and that quarter of the city will be sup
piled by powerful pump and engine. The
association Is constructing nuisance boats.
1t has ordered a number of sweeping ma
chimes, and is laboring faithfully in the in
terest of sanitary reforms throughout the
city.
Secretary Sherman has written q letter to
Gen. Robinson, Chairman of the Ohio State
Republican Committee, in which he says he
shall positively decline to accept the nomi-
Wan for Governor, should itbss rendered
to him. He adds: "To now accept the
nomination for Governor, though it is an
honorI would otherwise highly prize and
feel deeply grateful for, would be justly re-
garded as the abandonment of trust i'm
portant to the whole country, to promote
my personal advancement"
At Terre Haute, Ind, VIM. Nelson, color
ed, has been sentenced to the Penitentiary
for one year and to pay fine OF $1,000 fol-
marrying white woman. He was convict
ed under an old law of 1885, which Judge
Long held 10 be valid through a decision OF
the Supreme Court.
The menagerie establishment owned BY
J. NJ. French, 'quartered five miles north OF
Detroit, Mich. was destroyed by fire on the
morniag of the 22d. The elephant Sultan
five lions, zebra, leopard, stag, and many
other valuable animals, were cremated. Losi
about $4,000; insured for $4,000.
The town OF Dallas, Oregon, has beer
nearly wiped out by fire.
Memphis has organizedan Auxiliary San
itary Association, composed of leading citi
zens, after the plan adopted in New Orleans
to keep the city in good sanitary condition
the coming summer.
There is great excitement in and arount
Dallas, Texas, over the reported discovery