Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-10-04
NEWS SUMMARY.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

j. Warren Woodward, Justice Of the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania, is dead.
The Pennsylvania Prohibitionists have put
State ticket i'm the field, headed by Will
liam l.. Richardson for State Treasurer.
The Massachusetts, Prohibition State Con-
vention, held on the 24th, nominated full
State ticket, headed by Rev. Daniel C. Eddy
for Governor.
President Hayes, General Sherman and
party arrived in Kansas on the oath.
A programme had been arranged for Wis
iting briefly all the principal cities and
towns in the State, returning Eastward about
the LIST.
The Minnesota Democratic State Conyen-
lion, held ON the 25th, nominated Edmund
Rice Of st. Paul for Governor, L. +. Barnum
for Lieutenant Governor, Felix A. Bower for
Secretary of State, Lyman b. Cowdry for
Treasurer, l.. NJ. Babcock for Attorney
General, and VIM. Colville for Railroad
Commissioner. The financial plank of the
platform was the occasion of considerable
wrangling, the majority report of the
Committee favoring hard money, and the
minority report the unlimited use of green
backs. The majority report was finally
adopted.
| utneTdl uTunt, slnCt HIS iTTlNdl dt SdIl
Francisco, has been put through rapid sue
cession Of receptions, dinners, excursions,
ETC., enough to quail the stoutest heart or
strongest stomach. One day there was an
excursion across the bay to Oakland, where
the San Francisco reception was repeated on
a minor scale, after which Gen. Grant at
tended n campfire of ex-Federal and ex-
Confederate soldiers and made them one Of his
Enthusiastically brief speeches; on the same
evening he attended Press banquet given
in honor Of John Russell Young, leaving
which he drove to a grand carnival ball,
given i'm aid Of city charity. On another
| day he visited the Produce Exchange, made
a tour of the harbor, visited Fort Alcatraz
and Black Point, and i'm the evening attend
ed the theater. Another day he went to
San Jose, where he visited the Fair
Grounds and reviewed the Federal and Con-
federate veterans. Then on another day he
visited the Stock Exchange, and also attend
| ed reception by the children of the public
schools at Woodward Garden, where from
q, 900 to $4,000 children were present. Dur
ing Gen. Grants stay in San Francisco Den
mis- Kearney twice called to pay his respects
and sent up his card, but the General on
both occasions declined to see him.
Senator Blaine made his first speech in the
Ohio canvass at Bellaire on the 26th.
A meeting of prominent Southern Repub-
licans has been held recently i'm Washington
to consider the political situation, particu,
larly In reference to the next Presidential
canvass. Among those present the names
are mentioned of ex-senator Fowler OF
Tennessee, ex-senator Pool and Gen. Ruth
erford of North Carolina, eX-Congressmar
Pelham of Alabama, Solicitor Raynor and
Deputy First Comptroller Tarbell of Missis'
sippi. The principal conclusion arrived
at was that more complete organization o.
the party in the South should be effected
and that every effort should be made to sent
a united delegation to the Republican Ma
tional Convention. A committee has beer
formed, designated the " Southern Republi
can Executive Committee of which ever!
Southern Republican in Washington is con
sidered member.
Tho place where Stonewall Jackson re
'ceiyed his death,wound, near the Wilder