Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-01-18
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

First Lieut.. Helenus Dodt, Adjutant Of
the Twenty y-fourth u. s. Infantry, died OF
pneumonia at Fort Duncan, Texas, on the
3Oth ult. He was native Of Hanover, Ger
many, and a most accomplished officer and
gentleman.
The Teller subcommittee of Investiga-
ton, comprising Senators Teller, Cameron
Kirkwood, Garland and Bailey, met in New
Orleans on the 18th and began taking testi-
myny.
hepublic schools Of Mitchell, Ind, have
been dismissed on account of the scarlet
fever epidemic.
The War Department Is informed Of the
death Of Lieut. Thomas 5. Wallace, Third
Infantry. He was stationed at Fort Mis-
soula, near Helena, Mont, and on Decem-
Der Z, with q companion, went out on a
hunt. They became separated, and his COM
panion returned to the fort that night.
Lieut.. Wallace's horse came in riderless. A
search party was sent out, and on December
. IL his body was found and brought to the
fort. 1t is thought that in crossing the Mis-
soula River he became benumbed with cold,
and his horse getting away from him, he
perished.
Prof. VIM. J. L. Nicodemus, of the Uni
suicide on the 9Th by taking morphine. He
was detailed from the regular army two or
three years ago as Instructor at the Acade-
my. Financial embarrassments are supposed
to have driven him to the act. He leaves a
widow and four children.
John Tate, late Treasurer of Berrien
County, Mich, shot himself through the
heart on the 9th, dying. instantly. His ac-
counts with the county were somewhat con-
fused, and it was claimed his cash was So ,20t
short, which however was denied by him
and his friends.
Thomas Reed, Cashier of the First Ma.
tional Bank of Galveston, Texas, absconded
with $4,000 in cash of the banks funds
Supposed to have crossed the border.
Clark Hubbard, with his wife and two
children, en- route west from Sherman, Tex
as, were frozen to death near Pilot Point on
the night of the 5th.
The Legislatures of Illinois, Missouri and
West Virginia met on the sth.
The Indiana Legislature met on the 9th.
The fugitive CheyennCs, who have been
imprisoned at Fort Robinson, Neb., since
their capture in October last, have recently
shown signs of dissatisfaction and insubor-
dination, on account of their return to their
agency In the Indian Territory having been
ordered by the Indian Bureau. On the
night of the 9th, Just before midnight, while
none but the few guards on duty were
awake, the Indians made a forcible out
break from their quarters, firing upon the
guard with some revolvers that they had
secreted, wounding four Of the soldiers,
two Of them mortally. The Indians
then made for the surrounding hills,
closely pursued by the whole force OF
cavalry at the fort, who soon overlook them
and fired upoh them remorselessly. The
following is the result of the emeute, as tel
egraphed on the night of the 10th: Thirty
seven Indians, nearly all of whom are
squaws or children, have either surrendered
or been captured, and are under guard;
thirty-four are still out, including about
seventeen warriors. The dead bodies of the
Indians brought into the fort for buria
number twenty warriors, eight squaws and
two children. Five soldiers were wounded
two of them, privates Smith and Everetts
LRhave since died; others not dangerous
Private Ferguson, who was stabbed by Wild
Hog, will recover.
w. III. Duryea, of Toledo, formerly Depu.
ty Sheriff Of Lucas County, o., on the 10tf
shot and seriously wounded his wife and
then shot himself, dying instantly. Duryea',
wife, whom he married in October last, wa,
awoman Of somewhat unsayory reputation
with whom he had become infatuated. Fol
short time they lived in apparent harmo.
ny, when her old proclivities again begar
10 be made manifest, and in a fit of jealousy
and modification at her conduct he resolved
upon the desperate deed here recorded.
Two Indians were hanged for murder a
Pendleton, Oregon, on the 10th.
Fourteen men have been indicted for tn,
murder Of John Burnett, in Breathit
County, KY, during the late insurrection.
A complete official record of the donation
received by the City of Memphis during tn,
prevalence Of the yellow fever epidemic i
printed in the papers Of that city. The tota
amount received from all the States is S417,
536.GG. OF this sum, New York contributed
$4,000, and Illinois S52,3O7; Californi
comes next with $4,000, and Ohio next witt
$4,000.