Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-10-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Fred. Nix, colored, Postmaster at Black
vile, S. c., was recently shot and wounded
by a man named Williams. The shot was
fired through the delivery window of the
office. The United States Commissioner has
issued warrant for the arrest Of the culprit.
The Post-office Department has sent a
special agent to inquire into the matter, and
it is intimated that the Post-office will be
closed unless the Postmaster is protected
while in the discharge of his duties by the
local authorities.
Vienna correspondent of the London
Times reports that, i'm consequence of the
bad harvest and numerous floods, the dis
tress in parts of Hungary threatens to be-
come appalling during the coming winter.
The Banat District is threatened with fam
inc, and some of the inhabitants are prepared
to emigrate to Servia.
The business center of the village of Car
roll, in Carroll County, Iowa, was destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 25th. The Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows Han, Presbyterian
Church, and over forty business houses were
| burned out. Loss from $3.50, 700 to 500, 900;
| insurance not over $35, 900.
Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs that all i'm
| portant Zulu chiefs have now submitted to
| the British authorities.
At Buffalo, N. Y, on the 23d, Charles F.
Schuyler, telegraph operator byprofession,
succeeded in kidnapping young lady, the
| daughter of p. Townsend Davis, prom
inent and wealthy citizen, for the purpose OF
compelling her father to pay large sum for
her ransom. Miss Davis was lured away
| from school by the villain, upon the repre-
| q hat har fat had ini
| by an accident, and that he was in his EN-
| ploy and had been sent for her. The unsus-
pecting girl accompanied him to a
| room i'm public building, where he said her
father had been taken, and Immediately up
on her entering he locked the door and de-
manded that she copy letter he had already
| prepared, pleading with her father to give
| the bearer $500, as the only means to secure
her release. The girl finally prevailed upon
| him to let her go, upon her taking an oath
not to disclose what had happened, and to
| Immediately secure the money herself and
| bring it to him. Upon reaching home she
at once told her parents her strange story
detectives were put upon the Villains
| track and he was soon captured. In his
possession were found numerous letters ad-
dressed to prominent citizens, of like
character 10 tflaI WHICH MISS DdNls WIS Tt-
quired to copy, from which it was evident
that he had resolved upon the abduction
of the children of wealthy parents as a
scheme by which to make money easily and
rapidly.
An Odessa paper publishes letter from
Kief, describing the terrible fire which oc-
CURED in that city ON the Sd of September
While Il furious storm was raging, the offices
of the Fire Brigade and Chief of Police, q
gunpowder magazine and four petroleum
stores were simultaneously set on fire. The
whole city was wrapped in thick, blacR
cloud of smoke, and every now and then peo.
pie were terrified by series of defamation.
| and loud explosions. The entire garrison
and firemen of the suburbs, and many in
habitants, labored indefatigably to eNtin.
| guish the fire, but, despite their efforts, il
continued until the morning of the second
day after it broke out.
A telegram from Havana states that three
Shareholders have emancipated their 6,00t
slaves and contracted with them for theil
services for five years. The other slave
holders intend following their example. i