The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The Missouri River railway bride at
Omaha was struck bya cyclone on the night
of the 18th, and two entire spans of the SUI
perstructure, each $50 feet in length, were de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $3.50, 900,
and it will take two or three months to re-
pair the damage.
The Deadwood stage was again rob-
bed, on the night of the 23d, at Buffalo Gap,
by five highwaymen. They fired on the
stage, it is said, before ordering it to halt,
and one man was shot through the ear, not
seriously. The robbery only PANIED out
about SD, there being no treasure aboard.
At Chicago, on the evening of the
9th, VIM. O'Sullivan shot and instantly
killed Miss Kate Brannock and then killed
himself. O'Sullivan was about 30 years old,
sexton in st. Jareth's Catholic Church, and
had been paying his addresses to the muir
dered woman. Miss BrannOck was about
% years old, well educated and highly re-
spected. 1t is not known what impelled
O'Sullivan to commit the awful crime, as his
relations with Miss Brannock had been en-
tirely cordial, so far as known.
Mrs. j. E. Jepson, living at Easton,
Leavenworth County, Kansas, was fatally
burned on the night of the Goth while en-
deavoring to light fire with coal oil. She
died in great agony at s O'Clock on the fol-
lowing morning.
The twentieth biennial conclave of
the knights Templar of the United States
was held in Cleveland, commencing on the
9th. There was very large attendance of
visiting knights.
David Heilman, residing three miles
south of Millersburg, Ohio, had threshed his
grain, consisting of 80 bushels of wheat and
800 bushels of oats, and, not having any
granary, stored it in the loft of the dwelling,
which was a log structure. At o'clock on
the morning of the Goth the joists under the
grain gave way and the whole pile came
down in a moment, instantly killing Mrs.
Heiman and three children who were asleep.
Mr.. Heilman barely escaped with his life.
His other children were sleeping in another
part of the house and were unhurt
At St. Paris, Champaign County,
Ohio, on the 9th, Louis Dash, an intemper-
ate shoemaker, cut his wife's throat with
razor and then severed his own jugular
vein. He was under the influence of liquor
at the time of the murder. Two children,
aged 10 and II years, were sleeping in the
room at the time, and were awakened by the
struggle and gave the alarm.
Three road-agents paid visit to
Deadwood on the 9th. They were recog-
nized and arrested, but not without a fight,
in which an officer received bullet through
the arm and one of the desperadoes was IA
tally wounded.
Capt. Wilkinson, Gen. Towards
Add camp, telegraphed from Lewiston,
Idaho, on the oath, that the council held
with the Indians at Spokane Falls had been
very successful, all the Chiefs present hav-
ing signed written agreement to go on the
reservations designated.
Stephen Barber and his wife were
shot by tramp at their residence in Bel
mont, Franklin County, N. Y, on the night
of the Goth. Barber was killed and his wife
fatally wounded. Robbery was the object.
The murderer escaped, but it was thought
would be captured.
A young son of Capt. John Dority, of the
canal-bOat III. B. Lund, lying off Staten
Island, n. Y, attempted to kindle the fire
with kerosene. The oil ignited, the can ex-
ploded, the cabin was set on fire, the boy
who kindled the fire jumped overheard and
was drowned, and younger brother was
fatally burned.
At Richmond, Madison CountyyKy.,
on the 9th, Walter Sanders, late Sheriff of
Lincoln County, and his brother-in-law,
Jack Ballard, were killed by Gus. Edwards,
Town Marshal, and a party Of his friends.
Marshal Edwards and his brother were
wounded. The tragedy grew out of the ar
rest of a younger brother of Sanders, by the
Marshal. on account of disturbance at the
Madison County Fair.
John Debers and G. w. Bradley, two
gamblers, had a dispute in Denison, Texas,
regarding the division of some money won
at faro. Bradley drew his revolver and