The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

The beer brewers OK Cincinnati have en-
tered into an arrangement to CONSOLE
date all their establishments into a joint
stock company, with a capital Of about 49,,
100000.
The business portion Of Pennington, Mimi,
was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 22d. Total loss about $4,000;
insurance about $4,000.
The Commission for the Improvement Of
the Mississippi River, Of which Gen. G. Q.
A. Gilmore is Chairman, on the 22d left st.
Louis on the tug-boat Gen. Barney, for a
personal inspection Of the river from that
p citytO the Cult The boat will run only
j during daylight, and it was expected to ar
rive at New Orleans about Dec. 6.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey have begun
their revival work in st, Louis. and intend
to continue there during the winter.
The troops at Fort Rawlins have been or
dered into winter quarters. ta 20 i
The town of Randalia, Fayette County,
Iowa, was nearly destroyed by fire on the
25th. There was but small insurance and
many are financially ruined.
The business portion Of Owensburg, Greene
County, Ind, was mostly destroyed by tire
on the Goth.
A dispatch from Los PinOs Agency, 9th,
causes grave apprehension regarding the
result of the Indian conference. The Uin-
tabs had left the Agency and gone to join
Douglas, who with Jack and the other
White River Utes were said to be preparing
TO fight. The Commissioners had barricaded
the Agency buildings and were prepared to
resist an attack. @ wr pay
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about O'Clock on the morning of the 18th,
which did much damage to the southwestern
part of the city and suburbs. A number OF
buildings were blown down or unroofed, and
in Cave Hill Cemetery trees were uprooted
and even monuments overturned.
The work of the Hot Springs Commits
sioners is practically finished. Every claim
has been adjudicated, and all the residents
have, or soon will have, titles from the Gov
eminent TO the land they occupy. Many
wholesome improvements to the town are
expected to result from the Commissioners
work.
Frank Lane and Bill Smith, two of the
leading spirits in the mob that hung Bill
Young at Luray, Mo-, and for whose arrest
the Governor offered a reward Of $3.50 each
are now in custody.
BY the accidental explosion of five pounds
of powder at the residence of William Knapp,
Pointe COupee Parish, La, on the 9th,
Knapp and one child were severely burned
and two of his children, one and the Other
years old, and their grandmother, Mrs
Faber, were killed. ...t4.'
Maria Turner, colored, died in st. Louis
on the 2Sth ult., at the Teputed age OF III
years. She was born in Maryland. -
Laban Walker was hanged at Wayne
Court house, W. Va, on the 2Sth, for thu
murder of Pat Nolan in August last. Th'
two men were proprietors of rival floating
whisky dens on the river opposite Catletts
burg.
The Sanitary Commission appointed b!
the National Board of Health to inquire into
the condition of the City of Memphis recon-
mend the complete sewering of the city, The
strengthening OF the bayou, and other i'm
provements, which it is said can be com
pleted by the LIST of May, ut an estimated eN
pense of about S2jO, 900, or say an additiona
tax of per cent. on property owners.
The schooner Hattie johnson, from Mil
waukee to Buffalo, Nov. Is, is believed L
have been lost, with all on bOard-Capt
Prouty and wife and eight men.