The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-03
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
A distressing accident occurred at Mem
phis on the oath. At an early hour on the
morning OF that day, Mr.. VIM. G.. Pryde, a
police detective, was aroused from his sleep
by sound as Of some one trying to open a
window. simultaneously he thrust his
hand beneath his pillow to get his revolver,
and in drawing it out it became entangled
with the bed clothes and was discharged,
the ball passing entirely through the body Of
bis six-months' old child and penetrating
the side Of his wife, who was lying with the
babe upon her arm. In less than sn hour
both mother and child had breathed their
last, and the wretched husband and father
was so overcome with grief that he would
have taken his own life but for the forcible
restraint of his trends.
At East Hickman, Fayette County, KY,
on the 23d, negro who had fatally wounded
merchant named j. Denton, was taken
from the Jail and hanged by mob of citi-
zens.
Recent heavy rains throughout California
have removed all apprehensiOns of failure
of the growing crops.
John II. and Thomas j. Golf, the largest
fat cattle dealers in in Kentucky, have gone
into bankruptcy.
Tolle, Holton & Co., wholesale dry-goods
dealers, Cincinnati, have made an assign
ment. Liabilities about S3S2, 900; assets
about $4,000.
Mrs. Annie d. Bowman, wife of Mayor
John b. Bowman, of East st. Louis, H., ac-
eidentally shot herself in the breast with a
revolver on Christmas Eve, and died almost
Immediately.
Mr.. Irvine, Of the firm Of Jones & Irvine,
Greenville, ky., was waylaid and killed by
foot-pads on the night of the 23d as he was
going home from the store. He was in the
habit of carrying home the money taken in
at the store, and this was the object of the
murder. W ,t
A Tucson dispatch of the oath says: About
100 Indians camped near Janos, Sonora, re-
Gently. The Sonora troops attacked them,
LOSING % killed >-r'-1 = .l1I.ltc- ot wounded.
The Indian casualties are not stated. The
Indians were apparently victorious, as they
subsequently stripped the country in the
vicinity of Janos of stock. indians have
been robbing trains at Sansilon Valley.
lItOpS are III pursuit..
A Washington dispatch of the 10Th says:
The War Department to-day received dis
patches in relation to events just transpired
in San ElizariO and FL Paso County, Texas
but the only Information given out by the
Department is that all is now quiet there,
and that Col. Lewis, who commands in San
Elizario, has been ordered to assist the
Sbaritf I'm N, bi r,.oets 70 ,,rnV,p+ ,-iotapoo
against all persons arrested, and TO protect
citizens from being pillaged or in any way
interiered with by the mob. 1t is unoff-
cially stated, however, that United States
troops We're called upon to assist in making
arrests Of parties connected with the killing
of Judge Howard and others; that in doing
80 resistance was offered and two of the
mob killed, and that subsequently two Of
the persons arrested were taken out and
lynched by rangers. Ed r-.
The War Department is in receipt Of in
telligence from Camp Bowie, Arizona, dated
Dee. oath, which says: Lieuts. Rucker and
roney, of the 9th Cavalry, have returned. I
They struck the party that Killed the mail
rider December II, east Of STEMS Peak
Ridge, and killed one. Five days later they
struck them in Old, Mexico, surprised
Of "a wicllieups, destroyed their
camp, captured 16 horses, 30 saddles and
lot Of stuff which the renegades had taken.
from the train. Fifteen bodies were found
on the ground, with evidences that more had
been killed. The mail matter was recap
ured.
The Democrats of Indiana will hold their
State Convention on Feb. 20, 1873. 1t will
consist of ,O67 delegates.
Hon. w W. Heaton, of Dixon, Ill, Chief |
Justice of the new Appellate Court for that
district, died very suddenly at Chicago, on 1
he both, of heart disease.
Mr.. c. c. Dibbe and wife, of Houston, |
Texas, were drowned on the evening of the !
18th, while attempting to cross Cherry Creek /
IN the Brazos. Mr.. Dibble was a well known .
.itizen, and his wife was a niece of Mayor |
Wilson of Houston. .t.-- e.. g 4
Joseph ONeilI, for over 20 years a pass I
niger engineer on the Chicago and Alton
was shot and killed by an un-
Inown assassin at Bloomington, ILL.,, at an
.arly hour on the morning of the 9th, as he
vas on his way home from the railway sta
ion.
John Pryde was found murdered near
Town Creek, Lawrence County, Ala, on the
4th. He was a brother of Detective Pryde,
# Memphis, who accidentally shot and
Tiled his wife and babe few DAYS previ-
,usly.
A horrible occurrence is reported from
Morgan Township, Crawford County, Iowa
arl Mas and wife, farmers, locked their
hree children, aged respectively one, two
nd half and four years, in the house on
christmas Day, and went to husk corn.
They were shortly after apprized by neigh
)or of the fact that their house was burning,
md wnen they reached it it was wrapped in
lanes and the children burned to a crisp.
The mother frantically attempted TO rush in
o the flames, but was forcibly prevented
The fOggy morning had prevented them
rom seeing the fire sooner.
The Real Estate Savings Bank Of st. Louis
suspended on the Goth. Its loans were all
'ased upon real estate security, and the
,reat depreciation in the value of the latter
$ given as the cause of the failure. It's
aid that none of the Directors owe the
,ank dOllay,and that its deposits, amount
ne to about S245, 0O0,w will ultimately be paid
D full.
The Tennessee Legislature adjourned SINE
lie on the 2Sth, without having adopted any
MEASURE toward the compromise of the
stale debt, all propositions to that end hav-
ng been defeated.
The Indiana Republican State Convention
will be held at indianapolis on June 9TH
ext.
The Indians recently attacked stage
zach in Bassey Canyon, Western Texas,
aptured the four horses and killed both the
river and Gabe Valdez, the division super
ntendent of the stage line.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Duke OF Manchester is to succeed
he Earl of Dufferin as Governor General Of
'anada.
The French Government has requested
ION Carlos TO leave France, and he has
omplied with the request.
The Paris NoRiteur announces that Japan
as renowned all commercial treaties with