Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03

as to those portions of the Grand Canon
which are too narrow to admit of the con.
struction and operation of more than one
road-bed and track, the right of the Canon
City and San Juan Company to use such
road-bed and track in common with the
Denver Company should be secured by
proper orders, and upon equitable terms.
Lieut.. ..Loder with IA men of the Third and
Seventh Infantry has had brush with some
Sioux Indians In Musselshell Canyon, in
which eight Indians were killed and several
wounded.
The residence of Joseph Merger, at Lam
caster, o., burned on the morning of the
ed, and his s-year-old girl perished in the
flames. tf z
Work upon the proposed tunnel on the
Canada Southern Railway, under the De-
troit River at Crosse Isle, 20 miles below
Detroit, was begun on the 23d.
The Louisiana Constitutional Convention
has passed q resolution declaring that there
Is no intention whatever on the part of the
Convention of impairing or restricting the
political, civil or orreligious rights Of any class.
Notre Dame University (Catholic) at
South Bend, Ind, was totally destroyed by
fire on the 23d. The Institution was one OF
the largest of the kind in the West. The
loss is estimated at $500, 900; insurance,
10000. No lives were lost, but one student,
p. j. Dougherty, was seriously injured by
jumping from q window.
W. NJ. Mansfield, formerly publisher OF
the Gospel Banner at Augusta, Me-, COM
mitted suicide at San Francisco on the 23d.
Financial embarrassments end i'll health
fba ,,x,oa - htg fatfoer off
Charles Rusk, convicted Of wife murder,
was hanged at Tuscumbia, Ala, on the 25th.
he protested his innocence to the last.
s. d. Richards, who murdered the entire
Haralson family, consisting of mother and
three children, together with q man named
Peter Anderson, in December last, was
hanged at Meridep, Kearney County, Neb.,
on the 26th. These murders, together with
several others previously committed, were
confessed by Richards after his apprehen-
sion. 7s
Memorial Day, April &c, was observed
the South generally by a suspen-
sion of business and appropriate ceremonies
at the cemeteries.
The great steel bridge Of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad Company across the Mis-
souri, at Glasgow, Mo-, was opened for traf-
fic on the 25th.
The jury in the Stevens wife, murder case
at Chicago, on the 26th returned verdict Of
manslaughter. The mother of the MUIR
dered wife, who had intently watched the
Of the trial from the commence
ment, as soon as the verdict was pronounced
leveled pistol at the head of the prisoner
and pulled the trigger, but the weapon
missed fire and it was wrenched from her
hand by the jaiIer before she could make a
second attempt. Stevens was sentenced to
IA years in the Penitentiary.
Six thousand Chinsmen are now employe ed
In the construction of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Of California, which is being push
ed forward atthe rate of three miles day.
The road is now completed to Maricopa,
Arizona, $50 miles east of Yuma.
The gauge Of the Iron Mountain Railroad
is to be changed in the next 30 days from
five feet to the standard gauge Of four feet
eight and one-half inches.
Fifty-one lottery-ticket venders in St.
Louis were fined and committed to jail by
Judge Cady Of the Court of Criminal Cor
rection on the 2Sth. They had previously
pleaded guilty, under a stipulation that
their cases should abide the decision of a
test case in the Court Of Appeals.
The Executive Committee of the Freed
mans State Central Organization of Kansas
have issued an address appealing to the citi-
zens Of that State to contribute aid for the
relief Of colored emigrants.
A recent report says that 5000 negroes
were on the river bank at Concordia Parish,
La, awaiting transportation to Kansas.
Gen. Alfred Sully, U. S. A, died at VAN
couver Barracks, Washington Territory, on
the 9th.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has passed
an act granting an annual pension of $75 to
surviving veterans Of the Mexican War from
Pennsylvania, who have resided in the State
for more than 20 years prior to the passage
Of the bill, and also to widows Of deceased
soldiers and sailors Of said war.
At Penobscot, Pa, three children of OIL
liver Stout were burned to death by the ex-
plosion Of kerosene lamp.
The New York Senate, by vote of II to
10, adopted concurrent resolutions rendering
the courtesies Of the State to Gen. Grant up
on his return from abroad.
= Thomas Kelly, Brooklyn car-driver, was
bitten by . strange Newfoundland dog on
the 20th of February. On the 22d of April
he died from hydrophobis.
Ex-Treasurer Cardozo and ex-Congress-
man Smalls of South Carolina, convicted OF
bribery, have been pardoned by Gov. Simp-
son. Hk F3
In New York City, on the oath, Albert
Deffarge, having quarreled with his wife,
administered poison to their two children,
aged and years, and then took a dose
himself. Deffsrge and one of the children
died; the other child may recover. Madame
Defarge deplored the death of her child bul
not that of her husband.
The Laconia IN. HI National Bank was
robbed Of 5000 in money and 5000 worth
Of securities on the night of the oath.
Bishop Edward r. Ames, of the Method.
list Episcopal Church, died In Baltimore on
the 25th, aged IA, after protracted illness
At Whitehall, N. Y, on the oath, Charlie,
Sweet. deaf mute, discovered his wife in
q house Of ill-repute and shot her thres
times fatally. He then blew out his owl
brains. E
George Einsing, convicted at York, Penn.
Of murder in the first degree for killing hi
wife, committed suicide In his cell by cutting
his throat with razor and then hanging
himself with piece of rope and towel.
Seven miners, who were imprisoned fol
six days in the Sugar Notch coal mine, neal
Wilkesbarre, Penn, were finally released b,
the efforts of their comrades, who worked
night and day without cessation, digginl
through to the lower gallery, where the.
were when the roof fell. During thei
imprisonment they sustained life by eatin.
portions Of a mule which happened
to be caught with them In tn,
fall, and fortunately small stream of wate
tricklfng through the mine sufficed t.
quench their thirst. They came out il
very good condition, and say they suffered
but little bodily discomfort. Their famil!
and friends, who never really expected +,
see them again alive, went almost wild witt
Joy at their deliverance from living burial