The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-06

opened on the 18th uit. An industrial pro-
"ession four miles long was portion of the
display. The President and other officials
were present on the Fair Grounds.
The public debt statement for November
makes the following exhibit: Decrease dur
ing October, SO, 800; cash in Treasury,
$229, s44, S11; gold certificates, S14,j9l,0 900;
silver certificates, s., 135, $50; certificates of
deposit outstanding, So, 100000; refunding
certificates, s., 400; legal tenders out
standing, S346, 6S1 ,01G; fractional currency
outstanding, SIS, ,9j9; total debt, Il, 225,-
631, $40; total interest, 81 ,O62, 4S1.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Gen Grant arrived at Omaha on the 1st,
on his way Eastward. As at most other
stopping places, he had a very enthusiastic
reception. twas his intention TO proceed
Immediately to Galena, H., his old home,
where he will remain until the Chicago Army
Reunion, Nov. 18th and 18th. On the 10th
he will attend the Army Reunion at Indian
apolis. He contemplates passing the winter
in the South, visiting Florida, Cuba, and
possibly also Mexico.
Reports Of depredations by the Uintah
Utes and Snakes in Southwestern Wyoming
were prevalent on the oath, and caused great
excitement throughout the Territory. Ad-
vices from the Uintah Agency, dated the 23d,
state that there had been no trouble with the
Indians there up to that time. A Sioux City
Qowa) dispatch Of the 9th reports that
Spotted Tails Indians in Southwest Dakota
had gone upon the war-path, killed one Of
the Agency men and committed other dep
relations.
At FredericktOwn, Knox County, o., on
the 25th, party Of - women, all armed
with hatchets, made an onslaught upon
KeIly's and O'COnnor's saloons, broke open
the doors, smashed all the decanters, and
knocked in the heads of the liquor barrels
and poured the contents upon the floor.
They then visited the drug-stores and
other places where liquor and beer were
sold, and admonished their prOprietors
that unless the Objectionable articles were
removed from town within As hours they
would forcibly seize upon and destroy them.
The town is torn asunder by these some
what high-handed proceedings, each side
having its adherents. The salOon-keepers
whose property was destroyed have sued out
warrants against the avenging fair ones, and
lively legal contest is likely to follow.
AT Atchison, Kansas, on the 26th, Police
Officer Lewis Chew attempted to arrest a
drunken and disOrderly negro named Mon
roe Amos, on the public street, when the
latter, who had a revolver in his hand, took
deliberate aim at the officer and fired, the
ball taking effect in the latter's abdomen.
Chew fell, but recovered himself sufficiently
to draw his revolver and put bullet through
the negro, the ball penetrating very near the
heart. The negro died almost instantly. Of
ficer Chew lived several hours, when he
died.
Bill Young, who was recently tried for the
murder of Lewis Spencer and his four chill
dren, near Luray, in Clark County, Mo-, two
years ago, and acquitted, was taken from
his home by mob, in broad daylight on the
18th, and hanged. The mob was composed
of several hundred men and boys, none Of
whom were masked or made any attempt
at concealing their identity. On the day
following his acquittal, Young was mar
ried in kahOka to a young lady from
Ohio to whom he had been for some time
engaged. He had been fully warned of the
threatened lynching, but defiantly returned
to his home with his bride from Keokuk,
Iowa, where they had spent their honey
moon. Upon the approach of the mob he
barricaded his house, and in answer to their
demands for him to come out, he
and his son opened fire upon
them. Several shots were exchanged,
Young being wounded in the stomach
and breast, when he fell bleeding and eX-
hausted. 1t was threatened at one time to
burn the house, and hay was piled up around
1t and set on fire, but subsequently eXtin-
guished by the mob. After Young had
ceased firing, a squad of men entered the
house, brought him out, placed him on
wagon, ran it under an aTched gateway lead
ing to the premises, and placed a rope about
his neck. He was then ordered to confess,
but declared his innocence TO the last. After
allowing him to make his will, the wagon
was driven off, and he was left hanging until
he was dead.
Hon. J. \. Morris, formerly Representa-
tive in Congress, died at his home in Quin-
cy, H., on the Goth, aged 81.
Rumors that the Shoshones and Arapahoes
are becoming troublesome are cOntradicted
by their Agent, Patton, who says that no
trouble need be apprehended in that quarter.
Mrs. Meeker and her companions arrived
at Denver on the 30th.
A dispatch from Heane, Texas, 3Oth ult.,
says: One hundred negroes in wagons have
arrived here from the Brazos bottom, TO take
the train for Kansas.
The Navajos are reported to have burned
The buildings at Fort Wingate and stolen ali
the mules.
A dispatch from FL Paso reports large
numbers of Indians moving into Texas from
New Mexico. They are said to be part Of
Chief Victoria's band from Mescalero
Agency.
Charles De Young of the San Francisco
Chronicle, who shot Rev. l. S. Kaloch, has
been indicted for assault with intent to kill.
Senator Zachariah Chandler of Michigan
was found dead in his bed at the Grand Pa
cific Hotel in Chicago on the morning of the
1st. He made a speech at a political meet
ing in that city on the previous night, and
had for some days before been actively en-
gagged in the Wisconsin campaign, during
which he contracted quite a severe cold
but was otherwise apparently in his usual
robust health. The Coroner's inquest de-
termined that cerebral hemorrhage was the
cause Of his death.-UpOn the announce
ment Of the death Of Senator Chandler, many
public demonstrations of mourning were
exhibited throughout Chicago and else |
where; meetings Of various Republican or
CARNATIONS were held, and the usual reSO- |
buttons of eulogy We're adopted. President /
Hayes issued at order closing the Executive |
Departments on the day appointed for his 1
funeral, and Secretary SehIIrz ordered that /
the Interior Department be draped in