Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-01-11
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

The new State Capitol at Lansing, Mich.
was publicly dedicated on the 1st.
The NeX Orleans branch of the Yellow
Fever Investigating Committee began tax.
ing testimony on the 3lst.
Judge Henry G. Smith, a well known citi.
zen OF Memphis, dropped dead on the night
OF tne 31st, after returning home from 9
public meeting.
Infantry some time since left Fort Missoula
Montana, on hunting expedition, and, as
nothing has since been heard of him, he i,
supposed to have been drowned. Lieut.
Wallace was brave and successful Indiar
fighter.
Judge Charles T. Sherman, formerly
United States Judge of the Cleveland (O.)
District, died suddenly on New Years
morning. He was brother of Secretary
and Gen. Sherman.
At Curtisville, Mercer County, KY, the
other day, Mrs. Dickerson, in attempting to
aid fire which she had kindled, seized a
keg containing some blasting powder and
threw a handful on the fire. The flash
reached the keg, and a tremendous eXplo-
sion followed, enveloping her in a sheet OF
flame. She was so badly burned that she
soon died, and three of her children were al
SO badly injured, two fatally.
A team crossing ON the ice between Rich
mond and Melbourne, Ind, on New Years
eve, broke through and was carried under
by the rapid current. The occupants
Messrs. Rowe and Kemp, Of Kingsburg, and
Mrs. Sadler, of Melbourne, ,all were drowned
The Potter Subcommittee met at New
Orleans on the 31st and resumed the taking
of testimony relating to the election OF
1876.
BY the blowing up of three of the 10 boil.
ers in Huffman q Fairbanks distillery, Al
Terre-Haute, Ind, on the list, Franklin
Hughes, white boy, aged 10, and VIM
Day, colored, were instantly killed, and two
other employees seriously injured.
A commission appointed by the Legisla.
ture sf Oregon, to investigate the books ant
papers connected with the State Depart.
ment, report that funds amounting to S97,.
900 have either been unaccounted for ol
paid out without warrant of law. The re,
port is very severe d IN Governor Grover
placing upon him the responsibility for /,
large share of the deficit.
Dempster Hall, at Evanston, ILL.,, brancl
of Evanston University, burned to tn,
ground en- the night of the I'd. Loss, SIS, 900
insurance, s. 900.
The First Presbyterian Church at Quincy
ILL.,, Just completed at n cost of SCI, 600, wa
destroyed by fire on the night of the I'd. Tn
fire originated from the furnace. insured
for $4,000.
Gen. Banning, Member of Congress from
Cincinnati, is announced as a candidate 70
A. ~ g.
Ohio.
The house of Robert Baine, on Brand,
Greek River, Ont, was destroyed by fire OF
the I'd, and two young children, left alone Il
the house, were burned to death.
At Santa Barbara, CAL, on the Cd, hurri
cane tore apathway through several block
of buildings and killed one man, VIM. Goss
Gen. James A. Garfield made an addres
before the Chicago "Honest Money League
on the evening of the I'd, upon the occasio
of their celebrating the return of the coun
try to specie payments.
Ten prisoners attempted on the I'd 10 es
cape from the stone-cutters' yard of tn
Iowa Penitentiary at Anamosa. The guard
fired upon them, killing one, fatally wound
ing another, and breaking the legs Of tw
more. Only one Of the whole number sue
ceeded in getting off.
The Second Baptist Church, corner {
Beaumont and Locust Streets, st. Louis, jul
completed at cost of about S150,00O, W;
destroyed by fire on the Sd. Insurance abol
100000. Origin Of fire unknown.
The Potter Sub Committee closed its sei
sion in New Orleans after taking some III
important testimony. Secretary Sherman
counsel was called upon to furnisl4 certai
evidence, but declined to do so, upon Il
ground that his witnesses would be RUNE
by the mere fact Of their appearance befol
the Committee.
II is reported that the Atchison, Topel
and Santa Fe Railroad Company has pu
chased the Denver and South Park Railroa
and agree to complete it TO Leadville by Il
1st of August.
Near Nicholasville, KY, on the night OF Il
I'd, colored man and his 5-year- chi
were burned to death, on account OF
having attempted to kindle the fire wi
coal loil.
The Honore Block, on Dearborn and A,
ans Streets, Chicago, was burned on the a
ternoon OF the 4th. The building was o
cupied by the Chicago Post-ofiice, the Ch
cago and Alton Railroad General Office
Gen. Sheridan's Headquarters, and lar
number Of law and other otiic,
The building was one of the fine
in Chicago, and was erected in 1872 by
III. Honore at a cost of $4,000, on the 81
of similar structure which was destroy
by the great fire Of 1871. The actual pre-
ent value of the building was estimated
about 800 200, on which there was an |