The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-04
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

At Keller's Corners, 10 miles north of
Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 22d, DR.. T. r. Nor
rison, a well known resident physician, shot
and killed Asher NJ. Fisher. There was a
long standing feud between the parties, and
Doctor Morrison said in justification of the
shooting that Fisher threatened to strike
him with a club. The Doctor was released
on bail.
At Graham, Texas, on the night of
the 21st, Deputy-Sheriff James Mason,
with the assistance of two men, named
White and Stewart, attempted to arrest a
desperate from the southern part of the
State, named Bob VanDeyer, who was
charged with attempting to kill 4 man named
Burdett. VanDeyer resisted arrest, and
pulling his revolver, shot all three of the
men. Stewart was instantly killed. Mason
was fatally shot and died soon after, while
Whites wounds were serious.
Out of 20 men left last year on the
abandoned whaling fleet in the Arctic
Ocean, only two, both Kanakas, have reach
ed Point Barrow. All the rest are supposed
to have persisted.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,
recently in session at Baltimore, selected
Austin, Texas, as the place for the next an
nual meeting.
The famous Cleopatra's Needle left
Alexandria, Egypt, on the 22d, for England.
1t was floated in a caisSon, in tow of a
steamer.
A meeting of farmers, dairymen and
others interested in cattle, was held at
Cleveland on the 22d, Tor the purpose of
spread of the cattle disease now so fatal in
that section. Up to the 22d, 159 cows had
died from the disease.
The Clairmont Savings Bank of New
York recently suspended, and the Presi-
dent, Sherman Bredwell, has been arrested
for illegal diversion of the funds.
The business portion of the City of
Keyport, N. j., was burned on the night of
the 21st. Loss about $4,000; insurance
about $4,000. l. '...t'i
A large mass-meeting of unemployed
vorkingmen was held at San Francisco on
the 2lst. In1ammatory speeches were made,
strongly denunciatory Of the Chinese.
Six European steamers sailed from
New York on the 22d, taking 225,OOO BUSH
els Of grain, besides large shipments of dairy
products, and Kentucky bluegrass seed for
Hungary.
Elections for Deputies in France have
been ordered for Oct. IA. The Chamber of
Deputies will meet on Nov. I.
The steamship Diego, from New York,
Sept. 1, for Liverpool, was burned at sea on
the Sth. Her cargo consisted principally of
-four and provisions, with 339 bales Of cot
ton. No lives were lost.
A convicted murderer named Meade,
who escaped from the Columbiana County
Jail, at New Lisbon, Ohio, last May, was
discovered on the 23d at the home of his
father, about five miles north of Alliance.
He resisted arrest, fired at the officer, and
then tried to run away. He was brought
down by bullet from the officers pistol,
however, and finding all hope Of escape cut
of, the murderer placed his pistol to his
own head and blew out his brains.
Dudley Hansford was hanged by a
mob near Perry, McLennan County, Texas,
for horse stealing, on the I'D.
Mrs. James st. Clair and her two
Of Cleveland, o., were poisoned,
on the2ith, by eating toadstools in mistake
for mushrooms. The two children died and
the mother was not expected to recover.
The attempt to raise by voluntary SUBJ
throughout Mexico sum sufficient
to pay the American debt has proved fail
ure, only $4,000 having been subscribed at
last report.
The latest adyices from Calcutta
bring the grateful intelligence that plenteous
rains have fallen in the worst famine dis
tricts of India and that every thing in conse-
luence presents brighter outlook.
One hundred and forty deaths from
Fellow fever occurred at Vera Cruz, Mexico,
turing August. r,5-
Forty new cases of yellow fever were
exported at Fernandina, Florida, on the 24th. I
The following is the estimated dam
zee by the late cyclone around Galveston,
Texas: The Government works in Bolivar |
channel, including portion of the feet, /
as 900; the Galveston, Houston and Hen
lersop Railroad, loss of track and bay 1