The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
EAST AND SOUTHEAST,

Another six days gO-as-you-please pc
destrian contest, for the O'Leary belt, was
begun at the Madison Square Garden, New
York City, at half-past l O'Clock on the
morning of the 9th. Thirty-five
contestants started, of whom the best
known are "BlOwer'' Brown, present
holder of the long-distance cham
pion belt of England, james McLeavy, the
Scotch runner, f. L. Edwards, the CalifOr
MIA champion, and Peter Grassland, the En-
gilsh walker who defeated O'Leary. At the
start Brown was the favorite in the betting,
at one to two against the field.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just
rendered decision that the County of Ale
gheny is liable for all losses inflicted within
its borders during the Pittsburg riots.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Con-
vention, held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the
9TH, nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, John Quincy Adams; Lieuten-
anti Governor, W. p. Plunkett; Secretary of
| State, Gen. NJ. T. DOnahue; Treasurer and
Receiver, Gen David n. Skilings; Auditor,
/ VIM. r. Field; Attorney General, Richard
/ 0lney. The platform reaffirms the National
! Democratic platform of 1876: denOunces upon
the Republican party stern retributiOn for
defrauding the people of the right to be gov
erned by the man of their choice; declares
! that the purity Of the ballot-boX can better
be preserved through State authority than
bv Federal interference; opposes the further
borrowing of money by States, cities or
towns, and expresses the belief that the
State has too many sumptuary laws, too
much special legislation, and too many Off
Gals, for all of which the Republican party
is declared responsible.
! Mr.. VIM. B. Riddle, wealthy resident
and manufacturer of Norwich, Ct, has been
arrested, charged with poisoning his wife,
who died some months ago under suspicious
circumstances.
George Arthur Gardner, aged 40, of
Brooklyn, n. Y, died a most horrible death
recently, from arsenical poisoning, caused,as
alleged, by a dentist using arsenic to kill the
nerve of an aching tooth. An investigation
of this case brought out the fact that this
deadly poison is largely used by dentists for
the purpose mentioned.
The trial of State Treasurer Renfroe of
Georgia, on charges of malfeasance, resulted
/ in his acquittal.
Peter McManus, so-ealled MOlie Ma
guire, was hanged at SUnbury, Pa, on the
9th, for the murder of Coroner Hesser in
1874. John O'Neill, sentenced to be hanged
at the same time, was reprieved, and in his
dying statement McManus eXonerated O'Neill
from all knowledge of the crime.
Town elections were held in Connecticut
on the 9th, at which election a vote was taken
upon proposed amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the State, one providing for biennial
sessions Of the Legislature, and another
giving Judges of the Supreme and
Superior Courts of the State ten
ure of office during good behavior till
80 years of age. The amendments were
both defeated by a decided majority in the
negative.
BY a collision between two passenger
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
at Bolton, West Va, on the night of the 18th,
James Askew, engineer, and John
Smith, firemen, were instantly killed,
as were also two tramps, names unknown,
who were stealing ride. \ number of pas
sengers were injured, but none seriously.
Both locomotives were completely wrecked.