The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-11

town Railroad on the LIST. A tank Of crude
oil exploded, setting fire to and burning up
the depot building. Ten or eleven cars of oil
were destroyed.
Four deaths from yellow fever were
reported at Port Royal, S. c., on the LIST.
The packing-house of Armour & Co.,
at the Union Stock yards, Chicago, was par
TALLY burned on the Goth. The loss will not |
exceed $4,000, which is nearly or quite COW
cred by insurance.
Frank Wait, a prominent citizen OF
Memphis, was shot and probably fatally
wounded, on the 3Oth, by Alexander Wool
bridge, formerly of fernando, Miss. The
shooting was provoked by some insulting
remarks made by Wait regarding Wool
bridge.
ID. c.. Hunter, alias Parks, noted
desperate of the Pacific slope, was arrested
in st. Clair County, Missouri, on the list, by
a San Francisco detective named Thorn. He
is charged with numerous stage robberies,
besides having killed several men. A large
reward was placed upon his head, and after
following him for three months, the detect
i've finally succeeded in running him down.
A very destructive fire occurred at
McKeespOrt, Pa, on the morning of the Sd.
The fire originated in the works Ofthe Pitts
burg Car and Locomotive Works, which
were entirely destroyed, together with many
business buildings and private residences.
Fire engines were sent from Pittsburg, 13
miles distant.
The little steamer Comfort, en- route
from Wheeling to Marietta, Ohio, exploded
/ her boiler on the I'd. Capt. Kirkbride, Pr
/ lot Musetter, and several passengers are
killed and missing, besides number
| wounded.
The United States revenue officers re-
Gently raided a number of Illicit distilleries
| i'm Arkansas, along the Missouri line, and
made several arrests. The friends Of some
of the prisoners made an attempt to rescue
them from Deputy Marshal Woodland and
posse, but were repulsed after sharp en-
gagement, with the loss of one man killed
and several wounded.
The large business block, corner OF
Louisiana and Meridian Streets, 1ndianapo-
lis, was partially destroyed by fire on the
1st. Loss about $4,000, mostly insured.
A number of wooden buildings were
burned at Corsicana, Texas, on the LIST.
The Allegheny Savings Bank, the old
est bank at Allegheny City, Pa, suspended
payment on the Sd. 1t is believed that the
depositors will ultimately be paid in full.
By the explosion of a saw-mill boiler,
near Basil, Ohio, on the Sd, Peter Miller
Henry Shade and Mr.. Eversol were killed
and two other men seriously injured.
President Vanderbilt, of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, has
: issued general order to officers and EN-
ployees, notifying them that an advance o.
5 per cent. upon the compensation OF al
employees of the company affected by th'
July reduction of 10 per cent, and who's
pay amounts to less than 3d. 600 per annum
will be made on and after November 1, 1877
The steamer Magnolia, from Savan
nah to New York, Sept. 9th, foundered OF
Cape Hatteras, during heavy gale on tn
30th. The passengers and crew left the yes
sci in boats when it became evident she wa
) going down, and they were picked up by
pilot boat and landed at Lewcs, Del. The
l saved nothing except what was on thei
backs. The vessel was loaded with cottol
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A grand exposition of dairy products
implements, ETC., is to be held at Chicag
on the 18th, 18th and Goth Of December, un
der the auspices of the Northwestern Dairy
/ mems Association.
The Well Fleet Savings Bank at Cape
: Cod suspended on the 4th. There is gen
eralpanic on the Cape among savings banl
depositors, and probably all banks will clos
, until confidence is restored.
The Deadwood stages are again being
) robbed by highwaymen. On the night
, the Sd two of these road agents got Sl,4O
from six passengers, besides taking the con
tents of the treasure-box, which happened
8 not to be of much value.
Francis j. Fast, a wealthy farmer o
. Huntington County, Ind, it is suppose
was murdered and robbed on the Sd, hi
body having been found on the roadside
bearing evident marks of violence. 1t
! thought he had a large amount of none
with him when he left home.
At Central City, Dakota, on the 4th
> A. w. Adams and John S. Bryant had dis
pute about a mining claim, when Adams she
BRYANT through the body, after which Bry
ant shot Adams through the head, KILN
him instantly Bryant was not expected
recover. Adams was formerly a correspond
: cnt of the Salt Lake Tribune and Chicag
i papers.
5 The Patent-Oflice and Land-OfhC
5 were flooded with water, caused by heaN
/. rain storm on the night of the Sd. Mar
|, valuable papers were entirely saturated
IS and the damage is said to be almost as gre
e as that caused by the recent fire.
The steamer Massachusetts,, frol
Providence for New York, went ashore {
the rocks near Horizons Point, Long Islar
d Sound, on the night of the 4th. There we
l.. 300 passengers on board, all of whom got {
n safely. 1t was thought the vessel wou
V prove total loss. H.H
l. The western abutment of the gre
iron bridge across the Missouri River
n Atchison, Kansas, caved into the river {
; the night of the 9TH. 1t will take 30 days
10 repair the damage.
The steamship Constitution, fro
Victoria to San Francisco, was discovered
" be on fire in her coal when within about
miles of port, on the 9Th. She had on boa
large number OF passengers. Steam til
went to her assistance, as soon as her pr
- = dicament became known, and she was tow
;" into port and grounded on Mission Fl;
where she was scuttled and filled with W
IN ter. The passengers were landed in safe1
l. There were q cases of yellow few
ar at Port Royal, S. c., on the 5th-21 whit
er and six blacks. Population, "a whites al
ne 1877 blacks. The Mayor telegraphs: "V
are suffering for medicine, nurses and pr
l. visions"
re- At Cochituate, Mass, on the 9th, MI
Of Delermel and sisters, while driving across
y railroad track, were struck by locomoti
and killed.
" WAR NEWS.
1t 1t was reported on the list, from Tur
ish sources, that Osman Pasha had repuls
al, oil fro