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

The Dale Manufacturing Company, Of Pat
ersOn, n. J., the largest silk manufactures
concern in the United States, have gone into
bankruptcy, caused by the depreciation in
prices of silk goods,
At Boston, on the night Of the oath, Cor.
nelius Tobin threw a lighted kerosene lamp
at Mrs. Mary McKegan, setting her clothes
on fire and burning her to death. TObinwas
arrested.
Owen Murphy, Treasurer of the New
York Board of Excise, absconded on the 22d
with between $50, 600 and $4,000 of the ex-
else fund, of which he had full control.
Fifteen colored people were recently
drowned near Rocky Point Mills, Va.-12
children and their parents. They were liv-
ing in the same house, and finding it sur
rounded, took refuge in ferry boat, which,
becoming disengaged from its fastenings,
was carried over dam Immediately below.
Their perilOus situation was witnessed by
several persons, who could, however, render
no assistance.
The Passaic County Savings Bank, OF
Paterson, n. j.. has gone into liquidation.
The banks capital has all been lost by UNI
secured bonds, and the directors are obi
gated to pay the depositoTs in full, amount
ing TO about 100000.
Meter & Co., of New York, heavy opera
tors in gold and stocks, failed on the 10Th
for a large amount. .E -- ---
The wife and daughter of James Brophy.
of Rondout, n. Y, persisted in the flames Of
burning building on the night of the 25th.
James Boyd, foreman of Macintosh,
Hemphill & Co.'s foundry, Pittsburg, was
killed on the 26th by crane falling upon
him. He was member of the City Council.
The National Congress Of the Working
mems Party met at Newark, n. j., on the
26th. Delegates were present from various
parts of the United States; also represent
atiyes Of the English, German, Bohemian
ard French sections of the Workingmen's
Party. The principles of the society are
the same as those of the Social Democrats of
Germany, its members being mostly work
ingmen.
William Muir, Ferdinand Hertog and Joel
NJ. Hayes, all three doing business as bro
kers, have been arrested in New York,
charged with negotiating forged bonds of
the City Of ST. Louis, City of Quincy, H.,
and Missouri Pacific Railroad. They are be-
ieved to be the principals in the largest, most
powerful and best organized gang of bond
counterfeiters ever formed in this country,
and their operations are thought 10 have ex-
tended throughout nearly all the States.
The matter of ierreting them out has been
under way for nearly six months, and it is
believed the entire number concerned will
be ultimately captured.
1t is believed that ten persons lost their
lives by the burning of Greenfield & sons
candy factory, Barclay Street, New York
City, on the Goth ut.
A shocking double tragedy was enacted at
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va, on
the 27th. Col. William Randolph Berkeley,
well known citizen and lawyer, was seated
in his office in conversation with a friend,
Mr.. Alfred Moth, when knock was heard
at the door. Col. Berkeley arose and opened
the door, when he was Immediately
shot down dead by pistol
ball entering his temple. His assassin was
Col. VIM. ii. Kennedy, another well known
citizen. The latter then stepped inside the
office, passing over the dead-body-of the
murdered man, and placing the pistol to
his own head, blew out his brains. The
cause Of the murder and suicide was
not known, but it was reported that Kenne-
DIV had on previous occasions attempted to
take Berkeley's life. Both were men so
widely known and generally respected, that
the news Of the affair caused a most pro-
found sensation throughout the whole State.
In Brooklyn, n. Y,.On, the. 26th, Charles
E. johnson went 10 the residence Of his
wife's father, Mr. r. S. Benedict, and asked
10 see his wife, who, few days previous
", had left her home on account, tits said,
of her husbands i'll treatment. The wife,
with her young babe in her arms, came
down to the parlor, when her husband
demanded the child. The wife refusing
to surrender the babe. y the husband
pulled out a revolver and shot his wife as
she was endeavoring 10 escape from the
room, the ball entering her right shoulder
and pas sing out at the breast. The wound
was serious one, but not necessarily fatal.
The babe narrowly escaped being struck by
the bullet. The parties had only been mar
rfed wear, and are both members OF
wealthy and respectable families ,athe wife I
being relative BY marriage OF the Rev. II. I
w. Beecher, by whom they were married. 4
The would-be murderer was locked UP, his 1
wife making a charge against him OF assault |
with intent to kill. He is only about 20 /
years Of age.