The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-11-16
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The following sensational story is tel
egraphed from Woodstock, VT: Last even
ing, shortly after dark, Myron Emery, a lad
Of II, was seized near his home by three
masked men, bound, gagged, and dragged
two miles to Silver Lake and thrown in.
The men fed, and Emery managed to free
himself and get ashore, where he was found
completely exhausted and insensible. The
perpetrators have not been discovered and
no cause can be assigned.
A serious accident occurred to the
eastward bound train on the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad, near Edmondson, on
the night Of the 4th, caused by the forward
truck Oh the sleeping-car dropping down,
throwing the car over trestle, and pulling
the next car off with it. Francis Moore, Of
Bledsoe's Landing, Ark, was killed, and
an infant child Of j. T. Eggleston, Of Mis-
sissippi, was fatally injured. Two other
passengers were severely, and about 10
slightly, wounded.
Weldon, Goodwin and Colyer, found
guilty Of manslaughter by aiding in the kill
ing of the prize-fighter Walker, at the re-
cent prize-tight in New Jersey, have been
sentenced to six years. imprisonment each
in the Trenton Penitentiary. The remain
ing two prisoners, Clark and Neary, were
sentenced to an Imprisonment Of two years.
By q collision between two lOcomO-
tives on the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lex
iRgton Railroad, near Pewee Valley Station,
on the 4th, Ganther, engineer, and Bra
Oh nd
press messenger and another fireman were
badly injured.
The entire front of the residence of
Augustus Supplies, Of Rondout, N. Y, was
blown cut about 8 a. m. on the I'd, by a
charge of powder placed in the window by
some malicious person. The occupants Of
the house were uninjured.
A freight and passenger train on the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad collided near
Shoals, Ind, on the 4th, killing the engi-
neer. Scott, and the fireman, Keifer. Sew
eraI passengers were slightly injured.
About 80 Sioux Indians, under charge
Of commissioners, passed through Omaha,
on the Sd, en- route for the Indian Terri
tory, on a tour Of inspection.
The Producers and Manufacturers
Bank OF Tiusville, Pa, closed its doors on
the 9th. There had been run on the bank
| in consequence Of the failure of the Penn
sylvania Transportation Company. The as
sets Of the bank are considered ample to
meet all liabilities.
The Paris (Ky.) Branch of the North
/ l. 4 al hx+ fra fIaG
The money and other valuables were unin-
jured.
A German clearinghouse at Little
Rock, Ark, was burned on the morning of
the 9th, and two men named Patrick Shea
and John CoOney, stone-cutters, persisted
in the flames.
A Chicago Times special from Wash
ingtOn says the President has granted par
don to the old counterfeiter, Fred Biebush,
now serving out the fifth year of 10 years
sentence in the Penitentiary at jefferson
City, No. Biebush is said to be old and in
firm, and the petition for his pardon was
numerously signed byprominent citizens Of
St. Louis, where he formerly resided.
At Newcastle, Ind, on the 9TH, in an
alteration growing out of political discus
sion, John Runyau, a Democrat, shot and
killed Charles Pressall, Republican. The
affair caused great excitement, and there
was an Intellectual attempt made to lynch
the murderer.
A serious riot occurred between some
whites and blacks in Charleston, S. c., OF
the night Of election, in which one white
man was killed and about dozen Others
wounded, and one negro killed and eigh
! others wounded. The combatants wer,
dispersed by the United States troops, afte
some sharp firing had occurred.
Deputy-Sheriff Benjamin Leach wa
shot aud killed by colored man at tn,
polls in the Eighth District of Ann
Arundel County, Md, on election day.