The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-06-06


cash in Treasury, S2,033, 6S7 ,450; legal-ten-
ders outstanding, $34e, IA, 1913; total coin
bonds, 81, 76S, 7S5 $50.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Rev. Dr. Seymour, at the unanimous re-
quest Of the Springfield (nl.) Diocesan Con-
yention, p. f. Church, has reconsidered his
former resolution and will accept the Bish-
opric.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention,
held on the 29th, adopted resolutions in favor
Of tariff for revenue only, the repeal of the
Resumption act, the substitution of United
States notes for national bank bills, the i'm
provement by the Government of Western
rivers, and thorough investigation of the
Presidential election frauds of 1875; and OPP
posing further contraction of the currency
by the retirement of United States notes
now in circulation. The State officers NOM
mated are: For Secretary OF State, Tom o.
Walker, Of Davis; Auditor OF State, Joseph
Eiboeek, of Polk; Treasurer Of State, E. d.
Fem, Of Storey; Register of State Land Of
flee, 7. p. Bardwell, Of Linn; Judge of Su-
preme Court, Judge Knapp, of Van Buren,;
Clerk Of the Supreme Court, NJ. V. Cannon,
of Scott; Reporter Of the Supreme Court,
j. B. Elliott, of Marion; Attorney General.
J. Gibbon, Of Lee.
At Springfield, NO., on the night of the
Goth, lady named Mrs. Thompson, while
temporarily insane, cut the throat OF her
daughter Nettie, aged II, and then cut her
own. Both died.
The recent cyclone in Wisconsin killed so
people and injured about $50. Hundreds are
left homeless and without meal to eat. The
survivors along the line Of the tornado are
in great distress.
The west-bound express train on the en-
ion Pacific Railroad was boarded by masked
men on the night of the 10Th, near Percy
Station, who entered the sleeping cars and
robbed a number of passengers of their
money and watches and then decamped,
being evidently frightened of before they
had completed their work. A posse Of men
started at daylight npursuit OF The robbers.
Andy Compagnion, desperate Of Owens
vile, Gibson County, Ind, who was suspect
ed OF having committed numerous crimes, on
the night OF the 10Th was taken from his
house by party Of masked men and shot
dead in the Public Square, his body being
literally riddled with bullets.
Bishop McCOskry has again left Detroit
suddenly and Unexpectedly for New York,
instead Of staying to face his accusers, and is
reported to have renewed his resignation.
Mr.. G. II. Heafford, General Passenger
Agent, and Mr.. C. L. White, Auditor, of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, have resigned
their positions as rumored, by request Of
the managers Of the road. No cause as
signed. Their places have been temporarily
filled by the appointment respectively of
Mr.. Frank L. Fowler and Mr.. Charles G.
Warner.
The First National Bank Of Dallas, Texas,
suspended on the Both, after run lasting
three days. Liabilities large and assets
nominal.
Hon. Daniel CAN'T, Chief-Justice Of Ne
braska, died on the 18th, aged 20.
The body Of John Scott Harrison, son of
ex-President Harrison, who died suddenly
on the 9th ult. at North Bend, Ind, was dis
inferred from the family vault on the night
following the burial and taken to the dis
secting-room Of the Ohio Medical College in
Cincinnati, where it was strangely and I'M
expectedly discovered on the following day
by Carter Harrison, son of deceased, while
the latter was making a search, in company
with an officer, for the body of
friend who had died a few DAYS previous,
and the robberyof whose grave was discov-
cred by him on the day of his fathers fu-
neral. Fearing that his fathers grave might
be despoiled as had been that Of his friend,
the son had hired a Waterman TO keep guard |
over it nights, and his CONSERVATION and |
grief upon being brought face to face with |
his dead father in the dissecting-room are |
said to have quite overpowered him.
A Boise Cily dispatch Of the 3ist reports |
that about 300 Indians, under Buffalo Horn,
are eneamped in the lava-beds, between
Camas Prairie and Snake River, and have or
dered the whites TO leave the prairie on pen
atty Of death. They have already COM
menced hostilities by shooting two settlers,
wounding both severely. The Indians are
well supplied with arms and ammunition.
The machine-shops of the Indianapolis,
Pennsylvania and Chicago Railroad, at Peru,
Ind, were struck by lightning on the night
Of the 18th, and, with their contents, en-
tirely consumed by fire. There were three
locomotives and two stock-cars in the shops.
The loss is estimated at 500, como insur-
ance.
The Galveston NeloS'S special from Eagle
Pass, 30th, says: Escobedo is reported to
have captured Saragossa, and is expected to
attack Piedras Negras. The Mexican Gov
ernment troops, under command of Colonel
Nanoiz, have gone to meet him. A fight is
expected.
At the farm OF Robert Linn, four miles
from Hillsboro, O., on the 3lst, portable
saw-mill engine exploded, killing three men
and severely scalding several others. One
man was thrown completely over a tall tree.
The boiler was found 800 yards distant.
The Alabama Democratic State Csnven-
ton nominated the following ticket: r. W.
Cobb for Governor; W. w. Screws, Secre-
tary of State; j. Fl. Vincent, Treasurer;
Willis Brewer, Auditor; II. c. Tompkins,
General; and L. F. Box, Superin-
tendent Of Education.
Webb, the negro who murdered the Fin
hey family in Richland County. O., in De- :
,ember last, was hanged al Mansfield on
he Slst. \,
Fred Robinson, colOred, was hanged at {
irOesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, on the {
list, for the rape Of white woman in No t
'ember last. :
VIM. Springer, who lived with his father v
N Duck Pond Prairie, five miles west OF '
AcDade, Texas, recently killed his brother q
u-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs stsbs, while {