The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-20
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Sitting Bull is said to be encamped at
Point Horse Buttes, 120 miles from Fort
Walsh, on British territory, and has no in
tentiOn Of going upon the war-path.
The St. Louis Exposition was formal
Iy opened on the 10th. The display of ex-
hibits is said to be the finest ever made in
the Mississippi Valley.
An aged couple named Fitzgerald
were found murdered in their house, near
Hillsboro, Md, on the morning Of the Sth.
There was no clew to the mlrderers. .i'3
Several election clerks have been ar
rested in San Francisco, charged with falsi-
flying the returns in favor of the Democratic
candidate for Sheriff. 4, Additional returns
from remote districts show further Demo-
cratic gains in members Of the Legislature.
There was a shock of earthquake at
Mount Holly, n. j., ON the 10th.
Thomas Francis Curley was hanged
Hat Norristown, Pa, on the 10th, for the muir
der Of Mary Ann Whitley.
The Soldiers Orphans Home, near
I Knightstown, Ind, was burned on the
morning of the 9th. The children were all
rescued. Every thing else was destroyed
Loss about So, 600; insurance, $4,000. g.
A burglar, armed with an ak, entered
the residence of Richard Boiling, near St
Paul, Ind, on the night OF the Sth, and
/ arousing Mr.. Boiling, compelled him to epcT
the drawers of his bureau. While the burg
lar was intent upon his search for valuables
Mr.. Boiling seized the AK and struck hin
upon the head, killing him instantly.
/ The yellow fever excitement at Fer
nandina, Fla, has caused many of the in
habitants to flee to other localities. Up t.
the 10th there had been seven deaths.
A negro named Andrew Richards, who
was under arrest at Winchester, Scott Coun
ty, H., for committing an outrage upon
respectable white woman, was taken from
the Jail by a mob on the 18th and hanged t.
a tree.
The centennial anniversary of thu
battle of Brandywine was celebrated q
Chadd's Ford, Pa, on the 18th. Senate
4 Bsyard, of Maryland, was the principa
speaker. -'''''D'i '' " 'i
Emil Josaphat, who ran a small de
II posit bank at 164 Randolph Street, Chicago
has left the city, leaving the bank insolyent
Liabilities yariOusly estimated at $4,000 t
$4,000, with the assets not over 5000. !
receiver has been placed in charge.
The hostile Sioux have all come int
the agencies and surrendered, and the Blac
Hills and Big Horn country is now declare
free from all refractory red men.
In Grundy County, Iowa, on the 10th
a mob of about 800 men forcibly took fror
the Sheriff man named w. ID. Cylinder
whom he was conveying to Jail, and hange
him to a tree. Cylinder was charged wit
committing an outrage upon gil
named Martin and then killing her. He wa
b seen walking with the girl only short tim
before she was missed, and near the plac
where her body was found. lie proteste
his innocence until the last.
The whaling schooner Charlie
! Thompson, of Providence, Mass, arrive
home on the 18th from a cruise via Eel
nandina, Fla, in charge Of the mate of tn
barque Cacique, which vessel found tn
Thompson drifting about without Il navi
gator, Capt. Leach having died Of yello'
fever, and the mates being down with tn
same disease. ..
/, Al Newton, Jasper County, ILL.,, o
, the 18th, J. n. Rumery, James Schofeld an
: Clark Cusic were -Oyerpowed by nOXiou
t gases while cleaning well, and all wei
killed.
/ During thunderstorm near Georg'
town, Del, on the 18th, Gideon Hutchen
= with four sons and two daughters, took re
{ uge under tree in field. The Iightnir
struck the tree, and three Of the children
two sons and daughter-were instant
! killed. The father aRd-Femaining ehildrC
: were seriously, but not fatally, hurt.
Indian Inspector Vanderveer tel
. graphed from Mesilla, n. NJ, on the 18th,
: the Department at Washington, that II
| Warm Spring Indians had left their rcservi
t tiOn and murdered IL persons. ~
At Cleveland, o., on the 14th,
e sporting man named Chas. Croft shot h
{ wife and then attempted to take his oN
1 Efe. Mrs. Croft will probably recover, 81
e it was thought Croft would die. Croft's wi
had commenced proceedings for divorce. /
S made confession, stating that he had pr
. meditated murder and suicide. i5a i-
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