The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-24

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place in New York City on the 18th. 1t was
a very fine display.
Immense forest fires have destroyed a
great deal Of property in Northern New
York, along the line of the Ogdensburgh |
and Lake Champlain Railroad. A number
Of small villages have been entirely swept
away.
The Eastern coal companies have
agreed to suspend mining during june and
July.
The steamer Sandy No. was sunk
about five miles above Baton Rouge, La, on
the night of the 18th, and three of the crew
drowned. The boat and most Of the cargo
are total loss.
A big lumber fire occurred at Stevens
Point, Wis, on the 14th, partially destroying
five lumber yards and Copps & Co.'s plan
ing-mill Loss about 100000; insurance
only $4,000.
Prof. George Belstead, music teach
er, was shot and killed by his next-door
neighbor, an Indian named Charley Smith,
at Muskogee, I. T., on the 10th. The trou
bic grew out of dispute as to the owner
| ship OF chicken. Smith fled.
At STeator, H., on the 14th, some GO
coal miners were poisoned, as supposed, by
the introduction of arsenic into their dinner
buckets. There had recently been a strike,
and the new men employed were the victims
of the poisoning. Under prompt medical
treatment all but about half dozen recoy-
cred; the latter were considered in a dam
gerous condition.
The amount of fresh beef exported
from the United States to Europe during
April was S,64l, 461 pounds, valued at $S21,-
43l.
The City Bank of Macon, Ga, has
gone into liquidation.
On the LIST of May Cuba became part
Of the international postal union. The Post
office at New Orleans has been made an ex-
change office for all mail matter passing be-
tween the United States and the island.
Ninety-five buildings were burned at
st. stephens, n. B., on the night of the 18th.
Loss about 100000.
The Illinois Distillery at Chicago was
seized by the revenue officers on the 18th.
The alleged crookedness" consisted in fill
ing up barrels in the bonded warehouse
connected with the distillery, access to
which was gained by a secret door.
Five children of Frank Dunnegal,
railroad employee at Little Hook, Cortland
County, n. Y, were burned to death ON the
18th. The eldest was 8 years old. Dunnegal
and his wife were a short distance from the
house when they discovered it to be on fire,
| and made aVarv effort 70 ,aco,1a tho oh iIdron
but the flames had gained too much head
way. The cries of the little ones calling
for help could be distinctly heard by the
parents.
Near Arlington, Ky, on the 10th, Eli
Pyle, 16-year-old negro boy, attempted to
outrage the person of the wife of his en-
plOyer, c. r. Pyle, respected and wealthy
white citizen of Ballard County. Failing in
his purpose, he choked and beat her until
he supposed her dead, and threw her into a
cistern. The water was only four feet deep,
and Mrs. Pyle had sufficient presence of
mind to tie her long hair around projecting
root, so that as she became weakened she
would avoid drowning. She remained in
this position five hours before rescued, and,
notwithstanding the severe ordeal, will re-
cover. The criminal is in Jail at Arlington.
The town of Woodstock, n. B., was
nearly destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss
about 100000; insurance small.
Very heavy rains occurred through
out Kansas and Nebraska on the 10th, caus-
ing great damage to railroads and other
property.
The Collector of Internal Revenue in
the Fifth Virginia District telegraphed the
Department on the 18th that five revenue
officers had been shot i'm Lee County while
in the discharge of their duty. One was
MORALLY wounded. Gov. Kemper was tele-
graphed to for assistance in arresting the
murderers.
The Russian war vessels sailed from
New York on the 17th-destination not
known.
In consequence of a difference with
President MacMahon, Jules Simon, Presi-
dent of the Council and Minister of the Inte-
rior, rendered his resignation on the 10th.
The remainder of the Cabinet subsequently
handed in their designations, but will con-
tinue to act until their successors are APP
pointed.
w. c. D. Whips, proprietor of VIII
lard's Hotel, Louisville, KY, who killed
John w. Stockton, his chief clerk, in Janu-
airy last, has been tried and acquitted.
At Oregon, Holt County, Mo, the
other day, Miss Kmgery, teacher in private
school, had occasion to punish pupil named
Willis Payne, aged 10, a turbulent and I'M
ruly boy. He resisted and struck the teach
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breast. She Immediately turned to her seat,
fell over and expired. A post mortem eX-
animation revealed the fact that her lungs
were diseased and the heart so badly in
volved that death might have been caused
any time by over excitement.
At the instance of the Boston Board of
Health five prominent manufacturers in that
city have been indicted for adulteratiOn Of
candies with poisonous ingredients.
A boiler of the French war steamer
Revanche exploded on the 18th, causing the
death of some 80 persons. As many more
survived their injuries.
The General Assembly of the Presby-
terrain Church of!the United States began its
annual session ut Chicago on the 18th.
Quigley, a wife murderer, was hang
ed at Philadelphia ON the 18th.
The annual convention of American
Railway Master Mechanics was held at st.
Louis on May 14-17. The next meeting will
be held at Richmond, Va, beginning on the
second Tuesday in May, 1878.
Capt II, j. Jeffreys, of Horn Lake,
Miss, shot himself on the 18th, blowing the
whole top of his head off with shotgun.
Whether it was accidental or intentional is
not known. He was 90 years of age, wealthy
and highly respected, and no cause for sui
1 eide is known.
AT Cleveland, on the 18th, Mrs.
Donovan, after having some trouble with
her husband, took her two children, boy
of six months and a girl two years of age, TO
the river, jumped in, and drowned herself
and children.
Sam Orr was hanged at Mount YER
non, Lawrence County, Mo-, on the 18th, for
the murder of George W. Davis, wealthy
farmer of Christian County, on Dec. II, 1873