The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-27
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Two counterfeiters named w. w.
Hutchison and w. P. Faux were arrested at
Tyrone, Pa., ON the 18th. Hntchison at
tempted to escape and was shot dead.
A gang Of burglars broke open four
safes at Lawrence, Kansas, on the night of
the 18th, secured almost 500 in cash, and
escaped.
Cattle in the vicinity of Leavenworth,
Kansas, have become infected with the
Texas fever and are dying by dozens. The
herd OF Indian cattle by which the disease
was propogated were shipped to st. Louis.
The Secretary of the Treasury has re-
Gently received the sum of 1851 from some
party unknown in New York City, for err
/ rors and omissions in returning income tax
| IL was placed to the credit OF the "con-
I science fund"
/ Lewis Myers, Treasurer of Auglaize
County, Ohio, who was reported to have
/ been seized by gang Of robbers and COM
| PEELED to open his safe, from which $4,000
was taken, has been himself arrested for
/ completely in the robbery.
Thirty new cases yellow fever were
/ reported at Fernandina, Fla, on the 10th.
! Whole families have been stricken down,
| and all who could were flying from the city,
Physicians and nurses have been sent for to
| Savannah.
!. The coal operators in the Lehigh
Valley, Pennsylvania, ihave made conces-
sion to the miners and work has recon-
menced.
The anniversary of the Battle of New
Orleans, Sept. II, was celebrated in that city
with appropriate ceremonies.
At Areola, Douglas County, H., on
the 10th, a son of Mrs. Speed, aged -, was
kindling the fire with kerosene, when the
can exploded, setting the house on fire,
which was burned to the ground The I'M
fortunate boy was so badly injured as to be
unable to make his escape from the burning
building.
At Sargent's Ranch, Placer County,
Cal, on the 10Th, Mr.. Sargent, his foreman,
Louis Oder, and Mrs. Oder were murdered
in cold blood by party Of Cinnamon. for the
purpose of robbing the ranch.= -Four of
the suspected parties were ar
rested and taken to the County
Jail at Auburn. While en- route a mob
threatened to hang the prisoners, but they
were protected by the officers in charge.
The mob then raided the Chinese quarter
of the town, which was subsequently
burned.
Felix Dardenne and Tom Beachman,
white, and jim Powell, colored, were killed
by the explosion of a sawmill boiler near
Pine Bluff, Ark, recently. Several other
employees were seriously sealded.
Levi Wesson, colored, aged Is, was
hanged by mob at Nurfreesboro, Pike
County, Ark, on the ID, for committing an
assault upon a white lady.
The Kansas City Exposition opened
on the 18th with very fine display Of ma
chinery, textile fabrics, agricultural imple-
ments, horses, cattle, etc.
Jacob Ably, farmer residing in the
town of Council Hill, 10 Daviess County,
ILL.,, was assassinated by some unknown
person about O'Clock on the night of the
10th, while he was engaged in removing
milk from the spring house to the eel
lar for the night. He was shot with
two charges of buckshot, one of which
took effect in the head and the
other in the breast. He lived until the fol-
lowing morning, in the full possession of all
his faculties, but could not tell why or by
whom he was shot. On the morning of the
4th of January last the wife of Ably was
found hanging from the limb of a tree
back Of the house, where she had gone dur
ing the night for the purpose Of committing
suicide. t-
Horace F. Smith, General Freight
Agent at Memphis of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern Railroad, was re-
ported accidentally drowned in the Missis-
sippi while boat-riding on the night of May
30th last. Smith had life-insurance policies
for about $4,000, and the Probate Court APP
pointed an administrator to his estate. 1t
now transpires that Smith was not drown
ed, but is living in Texas, and has written to
his brother, who has made public the whole
matter.
The first frost of the season occurred
throughout Northern and Central Illinois
on the night of the 18th. No material dam
age TO crops, excepting late fruits.
About a year ago Jasper Maupin
shot John Burnam at Kingston, Madison
SOuHAg1 NY hOuuulhS bilu SCNtItll'
Maupin was indicted, and his trial set for
the both of September. On that day the par
ties met in the street in Richmond, each ac-
companied by friends, when firing began
Jasper Maupin, Jno. Burnam, Chas. Ballard
and VIM. A. CornelsOn were killed. The
survivors were arrested. -r.I
Seven deaths from yellow fever, all
white, occurred at Fernandina, Fla, on the
goth, and fifteen new eases were reported.
John Rhode was hanged at Newcastle,
Del, on the DIST, for the murder of James
Temple. -....-
THE Ohio Editorial Association met
at Toledo on the Goth. An address was de-
livered by Joseph Medill, of the Chicago
tribune. t-
The principal business portion of
Shelbyville, ILL.,, was burned on the morning
of the DIST. Aggregate losses, $4,000, with
about 10 per cent. of insurance. Incendiar-
ism is suspected, and two suspicious parties
were arrested.
Two trains on the New York Central
Railroad collided near Rome, on the 21st
on account of a misplaced switch. VIM.
Hendrickson, fireman, Joseph Durlin,
brakeman, and j. c. Tannsrd, mail agent,
were killed, and several others more or less
injured. r-Iy s..,- ...
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