Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-01-25


ture Of the charges is not made public.
The President has nominated William G..
kompson, of Iowa, Chief Justice Of the Su-
ne Court of Idaho.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The Colorado Legislature, on the 14th,
acted Matt. p. Hill United States Senator
successor to Jerome b. Chaffee. Mr..
Hill is native of Massachusetts,; emigrated
. Colorado in 1867, and has since been ex-
Rensively engaged in smelling operations.
He is said to be enormously wealthy, but
has not heretofore taken any active part in
politics, although known as Republican.
"A dispatch from Fort Robinson, Neb.,
14th, says that the fugitive Cheyennes, on
the night of the 18th escaped from the posi-
tion in which they had been entrenched, and
the troops, having no provisions, were
robliged to return to the Fort in order to
equip pack train and make other prepa-
I rations for prolonged pursuit.
John p. Jones has been reelected United
States Senator from Nevada.
The Dakota Legislative Assembly met on
the 14th. The debt Of the Territory is ST.
900.
The Texas Legislature met on the 14th.
The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad on
the 14th notified its agents to receive NO
more corn for shipment until further orders,
Chicago having all it could take care Of until
relieved by Eastern shipments.
Three white men and one Chinaman were
killed on the 14th by the explosion of q
SiAnt t-powder mill near Golden Gate Park,
k6H:
q At Davenport, Iowa. on the 18th, Frank
sh ard inst laI
his sister Mary, aged 16, with a small revolv-
er which he sportively pointed at her and
pulled the trigger, mot knowing it was
4oaded." The young mans criminal care
fessness nearly drove him frantic when he
| realized what he had done.
John whittemeyer and wife, who lived al
Bell's Bend, on the Cumberland River, about
II miles from Nashville, on the morning OF
the 18th were found dead in their bed, their
persons badly disfigured by being beaten
with billet of wood. Between
the two corpses an infant and child two
pears of age were grooming and playing,
wholly unconscious of the fate of their par
ents. A negro named Knox Martin, who
had had some misunderstanding with Whit
temeyer regarding a days work, is suspect
ed of the crime.
The negro Knox Martin, suspected OF
numbering Mr.. and Mrs. Whittemeyer at
Bells Bend, Tenn, has been apprehended,
and it is said has confessed the crime.
The Democratic caucus of the Missouri
Legislature nominated George G. Vest for
United States Senator for the full term and
Gen. James Shields for the short term.
Ex-Sheriff Wallace of Cincinnati is some
$4,000 short in his accounts.
uD:. III l.
on the 14th, Thomas Quinn cut his wife's
throat with razor and then severed his ewn
jugular. He died instantly. She will prob
ably recover. Cause not stated.
Stephen ID. Richards, the wholesale muir
! -aerer of Kearney County, Neb., has beer
sentenced to be hanged on the Goth of April
The Attorney of Ford County, Kansas, has
= filed official information against Dull Knife
and his entire band Of 15O Cheyenne warri.
ors for the murder of five persons commit.
ted there during the invasion in September
last, and has requested the Governor to take
immediate measures for their apprehension
and return.
The Illinois Republican Senatorial Caucus
held on the 17th, voted as follows for n can
didate for United States Senator: Logan
so; Oglesby, %. The nomination of Gen
Logan was subsequently made unanimous
with but one dissenting voice.
Sam Cook was hanged at Greenyille, Ala.
on the 18th, for the murder of Primus Cald
well two years ago. l-s--l -
Fire at Grundy Center, Iowa, on the 18th
destroyed eight business houses, including
two banks and the Post-office. Loss esti
mated AT $4,000.
VIM. C. Coffin, for many years Receiving
Teller of the Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati
has absconded, leaving his cash account from
$4,000 to $40 900 short. He was accompani
ed by a woman (not his wife) in his flight
Henry Felters, editor of the Bloomington
Und.) Courier, has been indicted for mur
der in the second degree, for the killing o.
Rogers, County Attorney, while the parties
were on a spree on New Years Eve.
The United States Grand Jury at st. Loui
has returned indictments against James II
Britton, Barton Bates and Edward p. Cur
tbs, formerly respectively President, Vice
President and Cashier of the defunct Ma
tional Bank of the State of Missouri, fo
willful misapplication of the funds of tn,
bank and for conspiring, by means Of falls,
entries, to secure to the stockholders un
earned dividends, etc. The indicted pleaded
not guilty, and furnished bail in the sum o
$4,000 each, to appear for trial.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
James Mcdonnell and Charles Sharpe
two of the Mollie Maguires, convicted of tn
murder of George X. Smith, were hanged a
Mas:eh Chunk, Pa, on the 14th. Within tw