The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.


A boiler explosion in the saw-mill OF
Hunter Brothers, five mites east Of Worth
iBgton, Ind, on the 16th, killed ten per-
sons and wvunded seven all that were in
The building. The mill ground corn on
Fridays, and was trying new set of corn
burrs, and the day being wet, the neigh
bors had gathered in. The names Of the
killed are: A. Vandeventer, James Hun
ter, John Wilkie, John Speltz, a son of e..
w. Bender, son of George Ray, a son Of
VIM. Hunter, a Mr.. Hamilton, son Of
Henry Parver, and son Of Jacob Bruda-
ker.uThe wounded are:aJOhn Brudaker,
Alfred Hunter, A. Hard, SOL of George
W. Bender, VIM. Bland, a son of James
Hunter, and man whose name is I'M
known.
The steamer Gov. Garland, from
Pine Bluff for Memphis, was burned at
Red Fork, 40 miles from the mouth Of the
Arkansas River, on the 18th. One pas
senger was lost, W. d. Brent, merchant
of Mud Lake, Arkansas. The crew and
passengers lost all their effects, numbers of
them jumping into the water to save them
selves. Pilot Evans stood at his wheel
until the boat touched land, and was
slightly burned. The Garland had $50
bales Of cotton, mostly for New Orleans.
The boat was only about year old, and
cost $4,000. She was owned by Capt. John
N. Hardin and others, and insured in Gin
cinnsti Offices for SIS, 900.
The express messenger on the train
from Mobile to New Orleans, on the 18th,
reports that at Lookout Station a man
boarded the express car and presented a
pistol at him (the messenger). he made a
rush at the man and received ball in the
hand, disabling him. The highwayman
then grabbed $500 package, leaped from
the ear and escaped.
The steamer husband, of the Red
Star Line, from Antwerp for New York,
went ashore at Long Branch on the night Of
the nth. The passengers, crew and bag
gage were landed by the life-saving crews.
There were five cabin and 100 steerage pas
sengers. The vessel will probably be a total
loss.
The Attorney. General of New York
has cited the officers of the World Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York City
to show cause why receiver should not be
appointed.
Joe Goss has been fined $3.50 for vio-
lating the laws of Kentucky by engaging in
prize-fght, and committed to Jail until
the fine is paid.
Ex-Detective James White, of Gin
cinnati, has been sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for 10 months, for implication in cleo
tion frauds last October.
At Antrim, N. H., on the 10Th, two
young men named Campbell and Bailey had
a heated political discussion, which was
terminated by Campbell striking Bailey,
when the latter drew a revolver and shot
the former dead.
The Bank of Lansingburgh, N. Y,
suspended payment on the 10Th, caused by
a depreciation of assets.
A daily mail service between Hot
Creek, wy. T., and Deadwood, ID. t., a
distance Of 40 miles, will be commenced on
April 1, and tri-weekly service between
Kearney, Neb., and Deadwood, $50 miles,
on May 1.
Edward Wells, the negro who muir
dered VIM. O'Brien in Burke County, Ca,
was taken from the jail at Waynesboro on
the night of the Goth, and Iynched by a
crowd of unknown men. Wells confessed
he murdered O'Brien to obtain possession
If his OoodS and uonev-
Ben Fillicky, regarded as the worst
desperate in Kentucky, has been convicted
of the.willtul murder of John p. Wilson,
of Oldham County, year ago, and sem
fenced to penal servitude for life.
The German Reichstag has fixed upon
Leipsic as the seat of the Imperial Court.
Shaw, Petersen & Co., a Chicago
banking firm, suspended on the 2lst.
Their depositors are principally Scandina-
vians. The extent Of the failure is not
stated.
At Berlin, on the goth, large crowd
of laborers attacked number of railway la
borers from Posen, because the latter ac-
cepted lower wages. The police supported
the Poseners, but were repulsed. A COM
pany of infantry was ordered out, and,
with some Of the mounted police, cleared
the streets. Several were wounded.
A fire at Pittsburgh PaD, on the
night of 22d, destroyed the stable Of We'll
don & Kelly, on Virgin Alley, just below
Wood Street, and, spreading rapidly, de-
stroyed also the furnace and range manu-
factory OF the same firm, j. G.. Bennett &
Co.'s hat mandatory and store house.
and four small tenement houses. Total
loss will probably aggregate $4,000