The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-13
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The boiler of a steam thrasher ex-
ploded in Westminster Township, near Lon
don. Canada. on the LIST. Five men were |
sealded and mutilated, three fatally.
The Sandwich Savings Bank Of Bos-
ton has been declared insolvent. 1t has
SO 600 900 in deposits. The failure Is ae-
credited TO shrinkage in real estate seeuri-
ties.
DIR. L. NJ. Stein, an old gentleman re-
siding in New York City, committed suicide
on the 1st by leaping from the new suspen-
sion bridge at Niagara Falls, distance OF
40 feet, into the river below. The cause OF
his suicide is not known.
A boy supposed to be the lost Charley
Ross was found in Clarke County, Ohio, and
taken to Philadelphia on the I'd for identit-
cation. None of the Ross family recognized
him as the lost son and brother, although al
admitted striking resemblance.
Charles and Walter Knapp, brothers,
residing near Fremont, Ohio, had an alter
cation about some wheat, during which
Charles threatened to shoot Walter. The
latter, to show his contempt for his broth
er's threat, pulled open the bosom Of his
shirt, presenting his barred breast, and told
Charles to shoot. The latter instantly drew
a revolver and fired, killing Walter instant
". The murderer is under arrest.
In Cincinnati, on the Sd, while seven
workmen were engaged in excavating eel
lar on Longworth Street, the building ada
cent suddenly fell into heap Of ruins,
burning the workmen in the debris. A
number of persons in the demolished house
were also precipitated into the ruins. Susan
Kean, Hugh Quigley and John Finnigan
were killed and a number Of others serious
ly injured.
The Mayor of Paris, Texas, has issued
an appeal for help for the destitute in that
city, sufferers by the recent sweeping con-
flagration. The losses foot up 500, 900 above
assurances. Money is mostly needed, and
contributions sent TO Gen. ;. b. Maxey,
United States Senator, Paris, Texas, will be
thankfully acknowledged.
A Memphis dispatch of the Sd says
that the army-worm has appeared in large
numbers in De Soto County, Miss, Fayette
County, Tenn, and Lee County, Ark, and
serious damage to the cotton crop is feared.
An undoubted case of yellow fever Oc-
Cured in New York on the Sd, the victim
being Robert Leitch, Scotchman, 20 years
| of age, who came by steamer from Fernan-
dina, Florida.
! Four notorious outlaws and despera'
/ does, named James Simmons, and Robert
James, and Samuel Goodrich, brothers
who were confined in Jail at Newcastle, Ky.
! charged with committing a number Of muir
1 ders in Owen and Henry Counties, were
taken from their cells on the night of the e
bv mob OF 100 armed men and hanged Il
the timbers of bridge, two on each side.
Simeon Garnett, negro, who com
mitted rape upon the person of Mrs. PERI,
Kingrey, wife of farmer near Oxford, Ohio
was taken out of Jail on the Sd and shot deaf
by a mob.
St. Louis recently made shipment o
-four to Liverpool via steamer from Por
Royal, 5. c.
A third satellite of Mars has been dis
covered by DR.. Draper and Prof. Holden.
A number of refractory Indians, head
ed by Crazy Horse, left Camp Robinson o
the Sd, evidently with some mischievOus in
tention. They were pursued by soldier
and friendly Indians and brought back
camp, where Crazy Horse was treated as
prisoner. While being disarmed he drew
knife and wounded one Of his guards, an In
dian, severely. Crazy Horse himself wa
stabbed in the side and dangerously wound
ed. There was great excitement among til
I IL. xt~or IAlaan1 md,
arms, ready for any emergency.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lockwood, of Genevf
O., were killed by locomotive on the 5tl
while attempting to cross the track of I'll
Lake Shore Railroad near gainesville Station
Their horse was also killed and the bugg
demolished.
The County Treasurer of Auglaiz
County, Ohio, Lewis Myers, was seized an
gagged by four men while returning from
festival on the night of the 9th. They toe
him to a stable and stood guard ov'
him until midnight, when they marcl
| ed him to the Treasurer's o
, fee, and tortured him by scorchir
, his feet and legs until he consented to OpC
; the combination of the safe. They the
| walked off with the contents, some S32,O
in cash, leaving one man to guard the
{ prisoner until they had gotten off safely Wi
f their booty. Myers was quite rough
handled. He says he did not see the fac
| of any of the gang.
r The National Board of Steam Nav
l CATION met at Pittsburg on the 9Th.
Crazy Horse, the rebelliOuS chic
who was wounded on the 9th at Fort ltobi
S son, while resisting arrest, died on the san
day.
D John Donaldson, of Midland Cit
: Mich, on the 4th stranglsd his wife a
u buried her body in the yard. His crime "
!. discovered, the body disinterred, and t
~ murderer arrested. Mrs. Donaldson h
begun a suit for divorce, which was I
!, probable cause of the murder.
: The report that Sitting-Bull had l
: crossed to United States soil, and was {
ranging to join hands with Chief JOSEF
appears not to be true, as the Commission
!, Sitting Bull is announced TO leave st. Pa
= on the 18th for Her Majesty's dominion.
Mrs. Edwin C. Fisher, of West Leba
! ON, n. H., was fatally burned on the Sd VIII
endeavoring to kindle fire by the use
kerosene oil.
IS The yellow fever prevails at Fe
% nandina, Florida, and Savannah has esta
IT lished quarantine against all vessels a
N trains coming from that city.
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