The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-03-14
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.


A destructive fire occurred at Hot
Springs, Arkansas, on the morning of the
9TH, by which some $50 buildings, compris-
Ing about one-half Of the place, were laid in
ashes. The fire originated in the lower part
of the city, near the Malvern Road, and
swept clean both sides Of the principal
street 10 the Big Iron Spring. The more i'm
pOrtaut buildings consumed were the Hot
Springs House, American Hotel, Earl
Hotel, Valley and State Bank, PoSt-ofiice,
Daily Sentinel office, Telegraph Office, and
anUmbeT Of other business and bath houses.
The buildings being all OF wood, and the fire
appliances limited, the flames swept their
course almost unoppoSed. The loss is eSti-
uiatcd at from 100000 to $500, 900, and 4
large number Of people, among whom are
many inyalids, were rendered temporarily
homeless.
The wife Of DAVID Razure, Of Newton,
Kansas, eloped with b. c. Arnold, Of the
same place. The guilty pair went to st.
Joseph, Mo-, and took rooms al hotel as
man and wife. Rasure followed them up.
and upon his confronting them, which he
did in most unexpected manner,
apparently, some lively shooting
took place between the two men.
Two balls from Arnold's pistol struck Ra-
zurc i'm the shoulder, coming out at the
breast. Arnold was struck square in the
breast 10y a shot from Razure's pistol, but
pocket-book in his breast pocket stopped
the force Of the ball, which inflicted merely
a flesh wound. Razure's wounds were con-
sidered fatal. Arnold was arrested, but re-
leased on bail.
Hard Money League has been organized
in the Northwest, with headquarters at Chi
cago. George W. Allis, Of Milwaukee, is the
President, NJ. L. Scudder, of Chicago, See
Rotary, and L. G. Gage, OF Chicago, Trea>ur-
or. The announced object Of the organiza-
ton i 10 secure concerted action against
the Grecnback movement, and to eradicate
what the projectors call false ideas Of
finance" but not TO oppose the working Of
the Silver bin.
Tn; Nardi Gras festivities at Memphis and
New Orleans were witnessed by thousands
of visitors from all parts of the country, and
were very successfully conducted.
The Miami Savings Society Of Cincinnati
closed its doors on the ID. Liabilities, SI70,-
600: assets, $4,000.
The Observation-Disclosures Distilling Gem
pauy OF Louisville, Ky, the largest distilling
concern in the country, suspended on the 9Th. .
Liabilities not known, but believed to be
much less than assets. The cause of the
suspension is claimed TO have been the agita- F.
tion of the reduction Of tax on whisky by
Congress. This occasioned less than one
half the usual sales, and, added to the fact .
IL ha1 tn no raafI fas-r
coming out Of bond, caused embarrassment. I
-Four children Of Matthew Lynch, Of Fort .
Wayne, Ind, obtained a railroad torpedo, 7
which they used for plaything. The tor
pedo exploded, causing the death OF three .
Of them and seriously woundinc the fourth.
Tom Spottswood, notorious desperate, .
formerly of Missouri, has been arrested as /
the leader Of the gang who recently robbed .
the express car on the Texas Central Rail-
road.
The Fifth Annual Convention Of the Ma
tional Butter, Cheese and Egg Association
was held at Chicago, beginning on the 9th.
James Love. a farmer residing near Low
ell. HenryCounty, Iowa, did not live hap
pilv with his wife and they agreed 10 sep
arate and divide their household goods. On
The morning of the 9th, the wife, who had
some time previously taken up her resi-
dence elsewhere, returned to her former
home 10 get her portion Of the goods.
She was accompanied by her 1-year-
old son, aad Love gave them both an appa-
rentlv cordial greeting. on some preteN
he put the HttIe boy up through the scuttle- {
lole on to the roof, and then deliberately I