Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-06-30
MISSOURI NEWS.


wants some factories.
The Old School Presbyterians of Sc
dalia will erect q fine new church.
Brown and Myers, the New Madrid
outlaws, are TO be hanged July Is.
James Meirns, farmer was killed
by the cars near Cameron, while in.
tOXiCated.
A man from New York was rob of
$500 in a bagnio at Kansas City Sat,
urday last.
Nathan Shaw, on trial for murder in
BoOnville, has been found guilty in the
second degree.
King Williams, a colored boy, was
drowned in the Missouri river, at Kan.
sas City, Sunday last.
James Ncyins, Clinton county
farmer, was run over by the cars
while intoxicated, and killed.
James w. Jacks, young telegraph
operator at Kansas City, suicided by
leaping into the Missouri river.
Col. ID. A. Alkert, a prominent farm.
er of NOdaway county, lost l60 head
of fine blOoded sheep by lightning.
Two men named Treny and Strick.
land, fought a duel at Scott's Station,
Cole county, The latter was mortally
wounded.
A gang of roughs in st. Louis over
turned the stand of street fakir and
gave him fatal wounds with brass
knuckles.
Morris Peters died from sunstroke at
Kansas City, Monday last. The de-
ceased had but recently arrived from
Hamburg, Germany.
In the circuit court at BOonvile
Jap and Tom Baker, the Sheeler muir
derers, pleaded guilty, and the former
was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary and the other to three
months in the county Jail. James
Asher was convicted of an attempt at
sodomy and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
On a Hannibal and st. Joseph train,
near Chillicothe, j. NJ. Kiser, com
mercial traveller, of Quincy, was fired
upon three times bya stranger, who
then pulled the bell-cOrd, stopped the
train and leaped off. The first shot
took effect in the shoulder and the sec
ond in the right arm, inAicting mortal
wounds. The assassin left valise
which showed that he was Colonel
Keith, of Columbus, o., who is known
to be insane.
On Saturday last the dead body of Il
man five feet and nine inches in height,
and bearing the marks of violence, was
found floating in the Missouri river at
Napoleon. The body had the appear
ance of having been in the water at
least three weeks, and had on black
vest and pantalOons and two shirts, the
outer shirt being of dark woolen stuff
and the under one Of light color In
the pantaoons pocket there were two
white handkerchicfs, one having the
letters az w." and "K." on opposite
corners.
Chris. Callahan was shot and killed
10y John Lenning, near DeKalb,
Buchanan county, Saturday last. Cal
lalIan was on his way home from the
town of DeKalb, and met Lenning
quarter of Il mile from town. They
had some words, when Callahan
jumped from his wagon and advanced
on Lenning, with revolver in one
hand and aknfe in the other. threaten
ing TO kill him. Lenning leaped be-
hind his wagon, and using it asa
shield, fired at Callahan, the bullet
striking him in the abdomen.
The st. Joseph Gazette says that
news has been received of a stabbing
alfray that took place last week on the
farm of Alexander Hull, north of
Weston. Hull discharged young
man named ]. L. Scott. Scott was
much enragcd at his discharge. lie
left the farm, but in Il few hours re-
turned with an older brother. The
SCOTS were armed with revolvers and
butcher knives. They made iierceas-
sault on Hull, stabbed him in the body
in IA half u dozen places, cut his face
severely and broke one of his arms.
Mrs. Hull went to her husbands rescue.
She was also badly cut in the face.
Hull was u man who had reputation
for being severe on employees. The
SCOTS aein Jail awaiting trial.
A mule trader by the name of Basil
De Wolf, a resident of Albina, Neb.,
was robbed of $500 in st. Joseph,
Tuesday night last. Three men board
ed his train at Hamburg and told him
they were en- route to st. Joseph for the
purpose of purchasing mules. Think
ing they were traders, De Wolf at once
gave them his confidence, and when
they arrived at st. Joseph one of the
men pretended to be quite familiar
with the place and volunteered to take
the party to good hotel. The party
then conducted their victim around the
lower parts of the city to point down
the Kansas City railway track. There
they stopped, and while one held pis-
tol to De VOLTS head, the others ran
sacked his pockets and procured the
cash.