The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-05
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The Exchange Bank of Titusville,
Pa, suspended on the Odd, causing decline
of 10 cents per barrel in the price of crude
oil.
The June report of the Department
of Agriculture indicates a better prospect
than usual for wheat. With 100 as the
standard of normal condition, Missouri re-
ports 10, Ohio 115, Texas 10; all the other
States lower figures.
The damage to the cotton crop on the
Arkansas River, by the flood, is estimated at
from 10000 to 10000 bales.
The steamship Wyoming on the 23d
brought to New York 800 Mormon converts,
who were sent to Salt Lake.
The stove moulders of Louisville, Ky,
have all struck, and every foundry in the
city is closed in consequence.
Four men made an attempt to rob the
express car on train on the Lake Shore
Railroad, near Ligonier, Ind, on the night
of the 22d. Fortunately their plot became
known to the authorities, and upon their
entering the car they were unexpectedly con-
fronted by a force of officers who made them
prisoners after determined struggle, and
lodged them in Jail at Toledo.
1t is reported from Mauch Chunk,
Pa, that the Mollie Maguires have murder
ed Vim. o'Connor, near White Haven, and
also assassinated John Grady, miner en-
ployed in one of the Lehigh cOllieries; and
James McDermott and Michael O'Brien,
who were witnesses against several Of the
executed Mollies, have mysteriously disap-
peared, and fears are entertained that they
have been foully dealt with.
st. Joseph, Mo-, was visited by tor
nado on the night of the 29d. A number of
buildings were blown down and unroofed
and several people injured.
The Office of the Paymaster of the
Grand Trunk Railway, at Montreal, was
robbed on the evening of the 22d of $4,000.
No clew to the thief.
The banking firm of Sidney Pulsifer
& Co., of Peoria, H., has suspended pay
ment. Sidney Pulsifer, whose property is
said to amount to over million dollars, is
responsible for all the firms liabilities,
which it is believed will be paid in full.
A negro who was under arrest, charged
with being one of the murderers of three
men in Lonoke County, Ark, three years
ago, was taken from the officers at Lonoke
bv three masked men and shot on the night
of the oath.
The surrender of Acapulco, Mexico,
after 10 days bombardment by the Diaz
gunboats, is announced. The garrison num-
bered go men, who were surrendered by
their commander, Alvarez.
At Williamstown, Ky, on the 9th, a
man named Read was assaulted on the street
by three of his brothers-in-law, named Lit
tie. Shots were exchanged, which resulted
in the killing OF Read and the fatal wound
ing of one of the Littles.
On the night of the Path the coach
from Deadwood was stopped near Cheyenne
River by five masked men, who robbed the
passengers of about 5000 and blew open
the iron treasure-box, carrying of the con-
tents. Several shots were exchanged, one
of which slightly wounded the driver. A
similar robbery took place only few days
previously.
One hundred and eighty-six deaths
from yellow fever in two weeks have &C.
Cured in the military hospitals 100 miles
from Havana.
A contract has been signed by Jay
Gould and Sidney Dillon, of the Union Pa
cific Railroad, with other interested parties,
for the extension of the Colorado Central