Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-08
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

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WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The First National Bank Of Granville, o.,
has suspended. The depositors will be paid
in full, and the holders OF the banks paper
will be losers. ua
A hurricane occurred at Lockhart, Texas,
on the 26th, blowing down 90 or 40 buildings,
including one hotel and the Presbyterian
Church. The Courthouse, Masonic Hall
and Methodist Church were also damaged.
A little child Of citizen Woodruff was killed,
and many persons severely hurt, but not ia
tally.
John Achey and VIM. Z. Merrick were
hanged at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 10Th.
Achey murdered George Leggett, in July
last, in quarrel about a gambling transac-
tion. Merrick, n livery stable proprietor, in
September last poisoned his wife and then
secreted her remains, together with those Of
her newly born babe, in log heap in the
outskirts Of the city, where they were dis
covered and identified several days after
ward. Guetig, third murderer, was con-
demned to be executed at the same time, but
was granted new trial.
The Congressional Committees investi-
CATION OF the charges against Judge Blod-
gett, of Chicago, was begun in that city on
the 2Sth. -4.fE. t4ltks
Joseph W. Brown, a wealthy and respect
ed farmer who lived about 20 miles north
east of Martinsville, Ind, was on the night
of the 18th ult. killed while sleeping in bed
by blows from a hatchet or club in the
hands of some person unknown. Mrs.
Brown, who occupied the same bed, was
severely cut and bruised, but was able to
give confused account Of the affair, from
which it seems probably chloroform was ad-
ministered to them. Other members of the
family, Sleeping in adjacent rooms, wero
entirely unconscious of the tragedy until the
perpetrators had fled. The tracks oftwo
men were traced from the house for dis
tance of two miles, and this is the only clew
to the murderers. Robbery was the proba-
BILE cause of the crime, but the villains se-
cured only 500. e
William Collins, William Wheeler, Charles
Brown and Henry Menistick were blown
into fragments by the explosionof a steam
boiler in mill at Secor, Woodford County,
ILL.,, on the ath. srrTE
The Louisville Ry.) Almshouse, located
five miles south of the city, was destroyed
by fire on the morning Of the 81st. There
were $40 inmates, large number of whom
were old, crippled and imbecile, snd the
flames spread so rapidly that many were
obliged to jump from the upper windows.
Two menw were killed by their fall, one per-
shed in the flames, and another was fatally
burned, while several others were. severely
injured in various ways. The building cost
$1,000 and was insured for $4,000.
Wild Hog, the Cheyenne chief confined at
Fort Robinson, Neb., on the 31st, stabbed
himself four times with n knife and will
probably not survive. The Cheyenne squaws
and children at the fort have been sent to
the Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency, who have
volunteered to become their protectors.
The Kansas Legislature, on the 31st, re-
elected John J. ingalls, United States sena-
tor on the first ballot. The vote stood-In-
gals, s6; Horton,y 70; Goedin, 2; Mitch
ell, L.
A cyclone struck Iuka, Miss, on the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad, an the even-
ing of the 2Sth, clearing path about 100
yards wide through the southeast part Of the
town, razing to the ground every house in
its track. The locality was inhabited al :
most exclusively by, colored people, One
colored weman and five children were killed
outright, the bodies of two of the children
being carried a quarter of mile by the force
of the wind. Several others were injured,
one fatally 0GnNfl TgT - n Ii,1T
The City of Memphis has been wiped out
of corporate existence by an act of the Leg
islature repeating its Charter, in accordance
with the expressed wish of n majority of the
citizens. The Mayor has resigned and the
General Council has adjourned sine die
thus leaving the people without apyexecu-
I've or law-making power. Find in
solveney was the cause of the municipal felo
de Sc.
b. F. Jonas has been elected United State.
Senator from Louisiana to succeed Senator
Eustis. Mr.. Jonas was formerly q resident
of Quincy, ILL.,, where his father, Abraham
Jonas, was Postmaster under the Admins.
trations 6f Presidents Taylor and
Fillmore, and was again appointed
by President Lincoln, of whom he was
warm personal friend. b. F. Jonas went t.
Louisiana in 1858, and upon the breakinl
out Of the war he ardently espoused the Con.
federate cause, although opposing the Sc
session of the State while the question wa
in allegiance.
The New Orleans Mint, after suspension
Of work for 10 years, resumed operations oil
the 1st.
The report that Sitting Bull had crossed
the line is now contradicted, although
portion of his followers have done so.
A Lansing (Mich.) dispatch of the LIST say
that Senator Christiancy had not yet de
cided to accept the Peruvian mission.
Governor Roberts, of Texas, will not or
der an election to fill the vacancy in tn
Forty-fifth Congress, caused by the death o
Gustave Schleicher. He thinks the session
now too short. The district compose
nearly one-third Of Texas, and it would re