The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

A revolution has broken out at Puerta
Plata, Santo Domingo, and that town is de-
clared to be in state of siege. The popu-
lar voice is in favor of ex-President Con
Zales. lin
The attempt to re-organize the Char
ter Oak Life Insurance Co., of Connecticut,
has failed.
Rev. A. j. Sampson, of st. Adams,
VT, is defaulter in large amounts to sew
eral estates for which he was administrator,
executor, etc. The accused is minister of
the Congregational Church and ex-Judge of
Probate. az fitn
By boiler explosion at the iron
mines near Macungie, Pa, on the 14th,
Aaron Miller, engineer, Owen Lamb and
Wilson Andrews were killed, and five others
fatally wounded; also three were severely
injured.
Morgan Baty and lady named Phil
lips were drowned while bathing at Atlantic
City, n. j., on the 18th. The lady got be-
yond her depth, and Baty went to her assist
ance. Both parties resided in Philadelphia.
A strike of firemen and brakemen on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad took place
at Martinsburg, W. Va, on the 10th, in re-
sistance to a reduction of wages. An at
tempt was made by the company TO supply
the places Of the strikers by new men, but,
with the assistance of a large number Of cit
liens, the revolving men succeeded in intim-
idating the new hands.
A heavy run on the banks of St. Louis
resulted in the closing of the Butchers and
Drovers' Bank on the 14th, and the North
st. Louis Savings Bank and the Bank of ST.
Louis on the 10th.
On the night of the 18th diabolcal
attempt was made TO wreck a passengers train
on the Long Island Railroad, by fastening
across the track Of bridge, 30 feet high,
bar of iron. Fortunately, and almost mirac-
ulously, the locomotive jumped the obstruc-
ton, alighting on the rails again, as did ten
ears following, the eleventh coach pushing
the bar from the track. Thos. Kelly, a lad
of 10, was arrested, and confessed that he
and three others had placed the obstruction
upon the bridge, with the intention of throw
ing the train over into the creek, so that they
might plumber the dead andwounded. They
calculated that at least twenty people would
be killed. Kelly's father is serving a life
sentence for murder.
On the 18th, as the Bismarck STAGE
arrived at a point two miles north of Bear
Buttes and 10 miles from Crook City, the
bodies of two men and one woman were dis
covered lying in the road. The men were
shot md scalped, and the woman shot and
scalped and horribly mutilated. The muir
dered party were travelling by team. Their
bodies were brought to Crook City. IN 3
A tornado, ACCOMPANIMENT by hail, swept
over portions of Duchess and Columbia
Counties, New York, on the afternoon of the
18th. Trees, fences and barns were DESTROY
ed, and acres of corn and oats cut down.
A collision took place on the 18th be-
tween riotous railroad strikers at Martins.
burg, w. Va, and the military, in which
several volleys of shots were exchanged.
One of the rioters was killed and. several
wounded, and one soldier was wounded.
The Bremen Bank of St. Louis sus-
pended on the 18th. Its deposits amount to
about $500, 900, which are said to be amply
secured.
A sharp shock of earthquake occurred
at Riviere du Loup, Quebec, at O'Clock a.
m. on the 18th, lasting about 80 seconds.
The Chicago Times says that few
days ago the wife of merchant of that city
was gagged and brutally outraged by two
ruffisns, who gained access to the house
while the lady was all alone. The villains
escaped.
A Deadwood dispatch of the 18th
says: The Cheyenne and Deadwood stage