The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-09-07
A Dynamite Observation-Disclosures
Escape.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat of the
oath says: A can of dynamite, in tran
sit from No 80 South Main Street, the
salesroom of the Atlantic Giant Powder
Company, TO the magazine of the Com
pany, on the Bottom road, near the
Seven-Mile House, exploded yesterday
forenoon, in front of the Calvary Gem
etery gate, Bellefontaine Road, and
though there was noise enough made to
awaken the silent Sleepers, and explo-
sive material enough discharged to
have blown up a regiment of soldiers,
strange 20 say no one was seriously in
| jured, and the driver of the wagon still
lives to relate his singular experience.
Fred. Julian, the driver of the wagon,
is unable to give an idea as to how the
accident was brought about. He was
driving leisurely along, with no thought
of danger, when he felt himself sudden
ly thrown about twenty feet into
the air, to as lively an accompaniment
of noise and splinters as could well be
imagined. He realized even before he
struck terra frnlG that there
had been an explosion, and
as soon as he was permitted to
put his feet on the ground he began
taking account of stock. The result
was rather discouraging. His wagon
had been broken into kindling wood,
and the pieces sown broad cast for half
a block around. One of his horses had
been badly bruised and stripped of his
harness, while the other had escaped
without a scratch. Julian's hands were
sadly blistered, but beyond this his in
juries are trifling.
The damage resulting from the eX-
plosion was widespread, and the shock
was plainly felt for several squares. A
one-story frame house, owned and oc-
cupied by Mrs. Rosanna Clark, was
blown completely down. Mrs. Clark
and her children were sitting in the
house at the time, and though the tim
bers fell about them in all directions,
none were injured. Her supply of fur
niture followed in the general ruin, and
her loss will not fall short of $500,
which she can i'll afford to lose.
A house, owned bv NJ. Z. Studeman,
a frame structure, near Mrs. Clark's,
and occupied by VIM. Morrison, stood
in the prevailing streak of ill-luck, and
was knocked down. The loss will
reach 5000 on house, and $3.50 on con-
tents.
Robert Boyle's house, bIilding of
more than ordinary solidity, was shat
tered from stem to stern. The loss on
house and furniture will not fall shorl of
81, 100.
John Thomas, a nurseryman, was
standing in his house, when the shock
came and razed his possessions. He
was less fortunate than some of the
others, having his right leg dislocated
by one of the falling timbers. The
glass in his greenhouse was all bro
ken. He estimates his loss at $500,
5000 of which was on his residence.
The office of Calvary Cemetery was
badly shaken, and until repaired will
be in a dangerous condition.
The family vault of Mr.. George r.
Taylor, in Bellefontaine Cemetery, felt
the shock to that extent rs to have
shattered $1,000 worth of French plate
glass.
The above are the serious results of
the explosion, as near as could be as
certained, but the list is far from rep
resenting all the damage done. As be-
fore stated, the shock was felt for n con-
siderable distance, and throughout the
neighborhood of the explosion the de-
mand for glass is general. A portion
of the cemetery fence went down under
q collision with a section of the wrecked
wagon. The noise had the effect of
thoroughly awakening the residents
round about, and in 4 very few minutes
after the explosion Julian was the CEN
ter of an excited throng, many OF whom
seemed considerably disgusted to find
that no lives had been sacrificed.
CONFESSION in the Church of En-
gland was discussed in the House of
Lords recently, by Lords Oranmore and
Browne, who believed that there wGI0
now several thousand clergvr,Th VINO
practiced it, nOtwithstar 3fng tnat tne
Risbons had sDcl-SEI against 1t IN their
1l,o,ooS 1raere were now notices in
80, -I.saI churches in the diocese of Lon
don to the effect that the church would
be open for two hours three days
week for the purpose of confession and
absolution. The Bishop of Manchester
had said in his pulpit that, though he did
not approve of it, he dared not forbid
it, so many of the most earnest among
his clergymen being favorable toit. In
the speakers opinion that was q direct
sanction to the practice. The clergy
encouraged young women to attend con-
fession surreptitiously. Lord Oranmore
narrated how clergyman in the diocese
of Canterbury kept his church open be-
tween 10 a. m. and p. m. to hear con-
fession and give ahsolution, and de-
scribed the case of one girl whose fam
lily relations he had embittered by en-
ticing her to the practice of confession.