The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-12-05

shows a decrease in the debt during the
preceding month Of S3,2l4 ,242, with the fol-
lowing balances in the Treasury: Coin
S222, SOS, 75s; currency, 1909, S26, besides
Sl0,0O0,0O0 held for redemption Of fractional
currency; special deposits, S37, $50, 0O0-total
in Treasury, S275. BASS. Coin bonds out
standing, 81, 79s, $50, 80; legal tenders, Ss46,-
1901. Total debt, S2,272, 726,s2S. Debt
less cash in Treasury, S2,e2I, 4l4,Ss5.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The Office Of the Clerk Of the District
Court of ST, Ma1y's Parish, La, wss raided
on the night Of the sth Of November and the
ballot-boxes destroyed, together with their
contents. Newman, the Clerk OF the Court,
had duplicate poll-lists at his house,
and on the night Of the 18th
q party OF five armed men broke
into his house and began shooting at him.
Newman seized his gun and fred at the in
trUders, enc Of whom he recognized as Will
son, acting District Attorney. Wilson was
wounded and subsequently died, It being
given out that he was accidentally shot by
his own brother. Newman has gone to
New Orleans and made affidavit to the facts
above stated, and Gov. Nichols will order a
searching investigation. Parties OF consid-
cradle prominence are reported 10 be i'm
plicated in the affair, which & Is supposed
was designed to destroy evidence of fraud
In the election or usnvass Of votes.
William Ryan, late General Agent Of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Compa-
ny at Louisville, KY, is a defaultur 10 the
amount of $4,000.
The official returns Of the election in Mich
igan show the following totals on Governor:
Croswell, Republican, 1885, 99; Barnes, Dem
ocrat, 79.62; Smith, Greenback, 1888;
Snyder, Prohibition, 1913. Republican
plurality, 4G,717.
The official returns Of the election in I'LL
nois show the following totals on Treasurer:
Smith, Republican, s15, 2S9; Cronkrite, Dem
ocrat, los, 965; Bates, National, 65,673; Re-
publican plurality, 45,3lS.
Hancock lbemocraf), defeated for Con-
gress in the Fifth Texas District by Jones
(Greenbacker), it is said win contest the
seat. ~AAF s2 ~
Or. Henry j. Livingstone, late agent at
the Crow Greek Agency, has been arrested
upon an Indictment charging him with the
traders are also under indictment fer com
plicity in the alleged frauds.
Gov. George $. Houston has been elected
United States Senator from Alabama TO sue
coed Senator Spencer. Gov. Houston is q
native OF Tennessee, born in 1911, but re-
moved when quite young to Alabama. He
is lawyer by profession, and has served in
Congress several terms. He was elected
Governor Of Alabama in 1876.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson has given $500
as a contribution to the fund for defraying
the expenses Of a Homeopathic Yellow
Fever Commission which is to meet in New
Orleans.
New Orleans will continue TO be the cap
itai of Louisiana, the pro 4be as ,'9z~a-s4sS
the seat of Government to SShn Rouge hay
ing been defeated by some 5000 votes.
DIR. Buck, Sheriff OF Claiborne County
Miss, was fatally shot few days ago while
attempting to arrest a negro desperate
named Harrison Page, who two years age
killed the Chancery Clerk Of the county
and Robert Lum, one Of the Sheriff's depu-
tie, was killed at the same time. Page es'
capped, although some Of his accomplices are
reported killed.
The Louisiana rice crop Of 1878 is esti.
mated at $4,000 barrels, against $4,000 fol
the preceding year.
AT public meeting held at Memphis or
Thanksgiving Day, at which most of the
leading cit zens were present, resolutions
were adopted, thanking all societies and in
dividuals who had assisted them during thu
recent yellow fever epidemic.
The steamers Charles Morgan, bound
down, and the Cotton Valley, bound up
cOllided two miles south Of DOnaldsonville
La, on the morning Of the lit. The Cotton
Valley sank almost Immediately after thu
collision. Sol. Meyer, Daniel Gehr and Hen
~ Levy, merchants of Alexandria, La, anC
Miss Sanford, aged Is, OF LsudOn Coun
ty, Va, were drowned, together with y o.
Is roustabous. The Cotton Valley belong
ed TO the Red River Transportation Com
psny. She was Valued a $4,000 and had |
$4,000 cargo on board, all of which is to-
tai loss. Esrs ~ -. Ffy ~
J.C. Stoddard, Of Pine Plains, AIegar
County, Mich, on the morning Of the 30tt
was found sitting in a chair dead, with hi
gun between his legs, and his head shatter'
ed. His wife was found dead in bed, and {
child, three years old, missing. 1t is be-
lieved Stoddard killed his wife and child
and then shot himself, during an attack Of
temporary insanity.
Jackson, the county seat Of Breathitt
County, KY, has recently been the scene OF
bloody combat between two rival baad'
OF outlaws, under the respective leadership'
of Bill Strong and Jack Ackman. Each
party numbered a dozen or more OF
brave and reckless men, heavily arm
ed, who fortified themselves in ada
cent buildings, and whenever one OF
either party showed his head it wa:
the target for the unerring aim Of his an
tagonists. A law-and-order party was
formed, under the command Of County
Judge John w. Burnett, for the protection
of some prisoners in the County Jail. Judge
Burnett was shot through the heart and in
stantly killed, and a number Of the despe-
radoes had also been killed or wounded. Al
last accounts the mob still held possession o.
the town.
The official canvass Of the vote in Mis-
souri, shows the totals on Judge Of the Su
preme Court: Norton, Democrat, 1918
Dennis, Republican, 96,S94; Gilstrap
Greenbacker, 81 ,l67. Democratic plurality
1896.
Bishop j. p. B. Wilmer, of the Episeo
pal Diocese Of Louisiana, died suddenly
at New Orleans on the I'd, of apoplexy
He was native of Virginia, about O. year
Of age.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
The official totals Of the vote in New Horl
are as follows: Republican, Ssl,S4l; Dem
ocrstic, 1892; Greenback, 1874; Prohibi
ton, 4,225. Republican plurality, $1,000.
Richard Evans, Daniel Garrison and j. j
Miller were Instantly killed, Joseph VayoI
fatally wounded, and 10 Others seriousl!
injured by boiler explosion at Uniontown
Pa, on the 2Sth ult. Most Of these mel
were on the roof Of the boiler-house, help
;ro "a arart a new stack when the eXplos OF