The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-16

tween Cheyenne and Ogden was largely in
excess of the cost of any of the lines east Of
Cheyenne, such rate to be regulated in pro-
portion to the increased cost Of construction
and operation. -
General Weitzel, Internal Revenue Col
lector at Cincinnati, has been requested TO
tender his resignation, for the reason, as
stated, that the Department has been for
some time convinced that large quantities
Of I" crooked whisky were being sold in
Cincinnati and the Collector and his subor-
dinafes failed TO discover the perpetrators
OF the frauds or the methed by whieh they
were accomplished, Some Of the frauds
were Of ssioh b nature as to preclude any
other theory than that OF collision some
where among the local revenue officers, al
though there seems to be no suspicion that
Collector Weitxel Is himself implicated.
Mrs. Gaines & about to institute legal
proceedings in ST. Louis to recover property
in that city which her father, Daniel Clark,
received in French and Spanish grants, val
ued to-day at not hess thAn s., 100000. The
| Southern Hotel property is embraced II
! Mrs, Galncs's claim. Her case in New Or
( leans having been decided III her favor, the
same decision vii apply TO the st. Louis
property, 1t is held.
The Kansas City Price CurreRs says the
/ Texas cattle drive this season will reach
fully 100000 head. The cattle are in good
condition and will reach their destination
much earlier than last year. About - 600
head Of cattle are i'm Southern Kansas ready
to 20 to market by the middle Of June.
At Washington, No., on the 9th, a shoot
ing ARRAY occurred between Col. John Cole
man, lawyer, and Thomas p. Digs, editor
ofthe Franklin County Observer, which re-
suited in the death of Col. Coleman. Diggs
was seriously wounded. The encounter was
caused by public remarks on ono side and
personal articles on the other, ...
Isaiah Evans, eolored, was hanged at
Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, La, oh the 10th,
for the murder of Edward Bowen, white, in
July last.
Major John w. Todd, U. S. A., command
ant at Jefferson Barracks, No., died Oh the
10th from the effects of injuries received by
being thrown froH wagon few days pre-
viously. I'c Was A. years of age and a
graduate Of West Point, class of '52.
At Rockport, Ind, on the 9th, PERFORM
er belonging to Whalen's Variety CombiEa-
ton Of Louisville undertook the feat Of
shooting an apple from the head of a woman.
The aim miscarrled, and an S-year-old boy
named Wiegel, who was playing outside the
canvas, was shot in the forehead and almost
instantly killed,
Porter Brown was hanged at Nanny, Sa-
bine Parish, La, on the 10th, for the MUIR
der Of DIR. Evans in March last. Brown
made full confession of his crime and ask.
ed forgiveness.
There was a slight snow-storm, followed
by hail and rain, throughout postiehs of
Iowa on the 18th. No serious damage to
fruit or crops is reported. There were also
severe fr0sts throughout Central and North
ern Ohio and Michigan.
A young desperate named Ernst White
house, who in June last, at Terre Haute,
Ind, shot Deputy Sheriff John Cleary and
escaped from his custody, and tpoh being
pursued by posse of citizens turned and
fired into their ranks, keeping them at bay
until he had made good his cscape, was
captured in Terre Haute on the
18th inst, after most de-
terB,ined resistance against five officers,
one of whom was Cleary, the victim of the
former shooting, and who was again twice
wounded by the pistol OF the assassin.
Whitehouse is only sOyears OF age, of slen-
der build, and has served two years in the
Indiana Penitentiary for burglary. Ills
desperate fighting with TIE officers in June
last, gave bim the name of the "Bandit of
the Wabash"
Miss Kate Morris, daughter of Gen, B, S.
Morris, Of Memphis, Tenn, was burned to
death on the night of the 10th by the explo-
sion Of a cOal-oil lamp.
At Tamaroa, H., on the 18th, the boiler
At CoX's coal mines exploded, Instantly kill
ing John Willoughby, assistant engineer,
Horace Morrow, miner, and John Symp-
son, member Of the Town Council; also
wounding three small boys who were play
ing around the engine, two Of whom have
since died.