The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-22
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

AZ iub IIldl VI Ill lillClJ ulSllll6T IN
Henderson County, N. c., on the Sd, a
party Of 20 armed mounted men attacked
the Court, fatally wounding Haskins, a
Deputy Marshal. The other officials
escaped. The distiller on trial was also
fatally wounded In the melee.
Pleasant Gillian, James Page, Marion
Stewart and Thomas Jackson were killed by
the explosion Of a saw-mill boiler near No.
blesville, Ind, on the 10th. Three other
men were slightly injured.
The steamer Lizzie Bayless was burn
ed to the wster's edge, at Alton, ILL.,, on
the night OF the 10th. Her Captain, Oliver
Cruel, was burned to death in his cabin,
but all the rest on board escaped.
The Internal Revenue Bureau was
officially notified, on the It'll, that two rev.
enue officers had been killed and others
wounded while making raid upon illicit
distillers in South Carolina.
The Illinois Division of the Chicago,
Danville and Vincennes Railroad, 10s miles
in length, was sold on the It'll, under de-
cree OF foreclosure, for 81 ,460, 600. 1t was
bought in by a committee of the New York
stockholders. The entire amount for which
the road was foreclosed is So, 800, 600. The
entire Indebtedness of the road is 81, 500, =
600.
A telegram from Bombay says that
the cotton crop has been badly damaged by
excessive rains.
A dispatch from Gainesville, Ca,
18th, says Lieut.. Mcintyre, of the I'd In
fantry, was killed in the Frog Mountains
by Illicit distilIers in ambush, the attack
upon the Government forces having been
made by distillers, 80 in number, under
cover of night.
VIM. Green, colored, was hanged at
Pittsburgh, on the 18th, for the murder of
Samuel Marshall, his half-brother, ia Sep
TENDER, 1875.
A serious fire occurred at Dardanelle,
Ark, on the 18th. Among other buildings
destroyed was that of the ArhdnsiGn.
The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
Company has been put in charge of Re-
ceivers, and it is understood that the New
Jersey Central Railroad will be served like
wise.
Tassey Stewart, farmer of Yuba
County, Cal, is under arrest, charged with
attempting to bride Secretary Chandler to
render decision in his favor in the contest
over the title to a quarter section of United
States land. He wrote to Secretary Chand-
Ter, offering him $500 for prompt and IA
vorable decision. The Secretary referred
the letters to the Attorney General, who
ordered Stewards arrest.
Mardi Gras was celebrated with the
usual ceremonies and festivities at New Or
leans, Memphis, Galveston, Little Rock,
Wheeling and some other cities.
The South-bound express train on the
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad was
thrown from the track about II miles north
OF Little Rock, Ark, on the morning of the
I4th. The locomotive, tender and baggage.
car were thrown down an embankment and
crushed to pieces, killing the fireman and
fatally iniuring the engineer. The remain
der OF the train was unjnjured. 1t is said
that the rails were loosened, with the evil
dent design Of wrecking the whole train.
At Oregon, Holt County, Mo-, on the
10th, John T. Simero shot his wife and then
shot himself, both being killed. Simero
was carpenter by trade, of dissipated and
brutal habits, and his wife had applied for
a divorce. He was 81 years old and his
wife 81, and they had nine children.
The ferryboat Jones, from Bayou
GOuia to Plaquemine, La, exploded her
boilers on the 10th, killing six persons.
The execution of Oschwald, the MUIR
derer Of Officer Brook, took place at New
ark, n. j., or the 10Th. His accompIice,
Ryan, who was to have been hanged with
him, died in his cell on the morning ap-
pointed for the execution, supposed to have
taken poison.
The steamers Clifford and Pine Bluff
were sunk on the 15ts-the former in the
Red River and the latter in the Arkansas.
Both were laden with cotton.
Joe Coburn, the pugilist, on the
morning Of the 10Th shot two policemen in
New York, both being seriously wounded.
Coburn took offense because one of the Of
1cers ordered hackman away from in front
Of his soloon.
The Miners Trust and Safe Deposit
Bank at Shamokin, Pa, suspended on the
16,h. The principal business men Of the
place are heavy depositors and the loss falls
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