Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-08-30

James Dobbins and Michael Burns, neigh
boring farmers, residing six miles west of
Kansas City, on the night of the 22d had a
quarrel about some money owed by the for
mer to the latter. Each was armed with re-
volyers. Dobbins fired the first shot, hitting
Burns in the right forearm. Burns retail
ated and sent two bullets through
Dobbins's chest. Dobbins i'm return
shot Burns through the abdomen.
Burns's last shot struck Dobbins under the
left ear and passed clear through his head.
Both men, i'm their dying agony, then clinch-
ed and fell to the ground, where they con-
tinued to struggle until neighbors came and
separated them. Dobbins died in few
minutes. Burns fingered until near MORN
ing, when he died. Burns was an unmar-
ried man. Dobbins leaves wife and child.
Rev. I. s. Kalloch, Workingmen's candi-
date for Mayor Of San Francisco, was shot
twice by Charles DeYoung, one of the edit
ors of the Daily Chronicle, on the morning
of the 23d. The wounds inflicted were sup
posed to be mortal. The cause Of the shoot
ing was a speech made by Kalloch at a mass
meeting on the previous night, in which he
applied some infamous epithets to the De
Young brothers, melted thereto by the per-
sistent personal attacks made upon him by
the Chronicle during his candidacy. Charles
De Young narrowly escaped lynching by a
mob of Workingmen, but was finally rescued
by the police and locked up i'm the
City Prison, together with his
brother, NJ. ii. De Young, who also
feared personal violence from the excited
mob. The prison was guarded by Gordon
of special policemen, and strong guards
were placed in and about the Chronicle
Office to prevent its being sacked.
In the evening an immense crowd assembled
at the Sand Lots, where Kearney made a
speech advising his followers to refrain from
mob violence and to let the law take its
course.
Mr.. Kalloch's condition was so much I'M
proved on the morning of the 25th that his
physicians were quite sanguine OF his recov-
cry.
Dan Logan and another man named Car
mack were hanged together by mob at
Trinidad, Col. on the night of the 22d. Both
We're accused of assaulting young girls.
At Toledo, o., on the 23d, Jacob Nohl, a
police officer, shot and killed Ross Salisbury,
for publishing a card in the papers rejecting
upon his character, and then shot himself,
uNlilS III ~ SHUT was ~ man
of bad repute and had been arrested by Nohl
few days before.
The principal business portion Of the VIII
lrge of Farmer City, Dewitt County, ILL.,,
was burned on the night of the 22d. Twen-
ty-two buildings were destroyed. Loss about
S 100, 900; insured for one half that amount.
W. X. Bell, Cashier of the American En-
press Company at Kansas City, is said to be
missing, together with about $40, 200 Of the
cash intrusted TO his keeping. He was in
st. Louis on the Goth, but his subsequent
movements were not known.
An Independent Convention, composed of
both whites and blacks, was held at YaZoo
City, Miss, on the Goth. A full ticket was
nominated. Wallace johnson, colored, is
one of the candidates for members of the
Legislature.
Secretary Schurz has gone to the Indian
country, where he will spend several weeks
in inspecting the Agencies and investigating
the management of affairs in his depart
ment.
1t is estimated that 30, 900 persons were in
attendance at the National Temperance
mp-meeting Mt Bismarck Grove, Kas., on
the closing day, Sunday, the 23d. Fran
els Murphy presided over the principal
meeting, but SO great was the crowd that il
was found necessary to hold two other meet
ings outside the great Tabernacle. Some
20, 900 persons signed the pledge during the
IL days' session.