The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-18
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orders from the Mayor. The German thea
tiers, variety shows and beer gardens were
closed up and their proprietors and en-
ployees arrested in many cases. The Mayor
and Police Board are all Republicans. They
express their determination to enforce the
Sunday law without fear or favor.
The Commissioners at Los Pinos on the
9Th closed the testimony regarding the
White River massacre and the Thornburgh
fight, and demanded the surrender Of the u
Indians engaged in the massacre, as named
by the survivors of the Meeker family. The
list includes the head chief, Douglas. The
Indians went into council, which
lasted all night, and on the following day, af
ter most exciting meeting had been held,
in which the question Of peace or war SEEM
ingly wavered in the balance, Ouray deliv-
cred an answer as follows: eve will deliy-
er for trial Douglas and those Indians en-
gagged the massacre Of Meeker and the en-
ployees, provided they are tried in Washing
ton. The people of Colorado are not
friendly, and fair trial here or in New
Mexico is not to be expected" Runners
were then started by order Of Ouray to
bring in those Indians called for by the Com
mission. The general impression at Wash
ington was that they would not be surren-
dered.
A mass-meeting was held at st. Louis, on
the night of the Sth, to express sympathy
with the suffering poor of Ireland and to
raise funds FOR their relief. Several hundred
dollars in cash were contributed on the spot.
On the night of the 9th a wagon containing
Peter Nure, Matt. Singer, Peter Singer,
Matte Singer and Ella Harley, while cross
ing the railroad track at Longnecker's Sta
ton, Franklin County, Ind, was struck by
the locomotive Of 4 construction train. The
four persons first named were almost in
stantly killed and the last named lady was
seriously injured.
W. 4. Price, colOred, late Republican can
didate for District Attorney, telegraphs from
Delta, La, in response to inquiry, that the
reported cases of violence in that parish on
election day are untrue. The election passed
off quietly.
A severe tornado passed over the southern
portion of Randolph County, No, on the
9th, denolishing several buildings, by which
a number of persons were injured, one or
two fatally.
Brevct Major Frederick Rosecranz, of the
sixteenth U. ). Infantry, died at Fort
Riley. Hans, on the eth. He received mil
itary education in Sweden, Of which country
he was a native. During the late civil war
he was an 4Aid-de-CamP at the headquarters
of the Army of the Potomac. @
General Grant had a reception at Indian
apolis on the 9Th; at Louisville on the 10th;
at Cincinnati on the 18th, and at Columbus
on the 18th. The demonstrations in each
city were of a character similar to that in
Chicago, but on a somewhat smaller scale.
At Louisville Gen. Grant was the guest of
Mr.. Watterson of the COWrjeT-JOuFndl, and
Gov. Blackburn, Mayor Baxter, and other
prominent eX-Confederates We'd with each
other in welcoming their illsstriOus guest.
A regular Dakota blizzard" occurred
on the 10th throughout the region between
Bismarck and Duluth. The storm was so
severe that all travel was suspended and
people only ventured out Of doors upon the
most necessary errands. The snow was
drifted from four to five feet deep in places
Five Cinnamon are reported burned to
death in a fire at the mining town of Love-
locks, Nevada. 1t is said they were all stu
pefed with opium smoking.
Ed. Hendricks, an engineer at the Tucson
Mine, Leadyille, Colo, was shot and killed
while at his post on the morning of the 18th.
His assassin is suspected to be Robert j.
Derry, whom Hendricks once identified as
a fugitive murderer from Pine Bluff, Ark,
and assisted in arresting. Derry es-
i
ened to get even with Hendricks
if it took a life time. AS soon as Hendricks's
murder became known Derry voluntarily
surrendered himself to the authorities, say
ing that he was known to be an enemy Ofthe
murdered man and would probably be sus-
pected. Fear of the vigianteS' quick work
was believed to be the real cause of his Civ
ing himself up.
A bill in equity has been filed in the l. s.
Circuit Court at New Orleans in behalf Of
Mrs Edward Peckham of Louisiana, stephen
Percy Ellis Of Brooklyn, and Mortimer Dahl
grcn of st. Louis, sister and brothers of the
late Mrs. Sarah Ann Dorsey, against Jeffer-
son Davis. The object Of the bill is to have
declared null and void the will of Mrs. Dor
scy Of January 4, 1873, by which the whole of
her estate was bequeathed to Davis. The
grounds Of the annulment of the viii are
stated to be that the testatriN,was OF unsound
mind and also improperly Influenced.
Three men were buried blythe eaving in
of bank on the railroad at Plattsmouth,
Neb., on the 18th. All were dead when
taken out.
Charles W. Merritt, near relative of Gen.
Merritt, and late Lieutenant of the Sth Cav
airy, but dismissed some three weeks ago by
General Court-martial, committed suicide
at Santa Fe, y. Mex, on the 18th, by shoot
ing himself through the head.
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Erastus Bigelow, inventor Of many valua-