The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-02
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Logan and Cameron. The record
of the legislative investigation made
last winter was presented, and, objection
being made by the prosecution, the cora
mittee decided not to accept the testimony
as therein presented, but TO summon the
witnesses for examination in the present
case. A number Of new witnesses were
also subpenaed at the request of each side.
R.W. Golsen e. Co. and II. Del BOndio &
Co., st. Louis grain dealers and SPECTATORS,
were caught on the "short " side Of wheat in
the late rise and forced to suspend, which
they did on the 22d.
At Macon, Mo-, on the night Of the Dist,
John Raus, in a supposed fit Of insanity,
shot his wife and infant child, killing them
both, and then blew out his own brains.
Raus was employed in a wagon factory. He
was thrifty and temperate, but at times gave
way to dependency and wished he were
dead. The only survivor Of the family is
a little girl, about 6 years of age. She slept
in the same bed with her parents, but was
fortunately not awakened by the horrible
nights work. In the morning, falling to
arouse her father and mother as usual, she
became somewhat alarmed, and calling in a
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ror Of death that had overcome them.
President Hayes and party had grand
dinner and reception at the Grand Pacific
Hotel, in Chicago, on the evening of the Odd.
The Colorado Democratic State COnven-
ton, held at Denver on the ed, nominated
George @. Richmond of Pueblo for Supreme
Judge.
In Crawford County, Ohio, six miles north
of BucyruS, on the night of the I'D, George
Schwab murdered Mary Long and then
hanged himself. Schwab was about 10 years
old, the son Of a German farmer residing in
the vicinity. For some time he had been
sutton for the hand Of Mary Long, pretty
girl of 16, employed as a domestic in aneigh-
boring family. Mary did not reciprocate his
love, and his persistent attentions finally be-
came so obnoxious TO her that she went to
live with the family of Henry klinck, about
four miles away. Here, on the night men
toned, Young Schwab went, armed with
uble-barreled shotgun and a revolver.
Finding the door of the house unlocked, he
went i'm, proceeded to Mary's bedchamber,
and putting the muzzle of the gun to her
breast, fired, probably killing her instantly.
He then went to the front of the house, and
with clothes-line hanged himself to a cher
rytree.
Judge A. W. Hubbard, formerly member
of Congress from Iowa, died at Sioux City,
on the 22d, in the siXty-trst year OF his age.
In the town of Porter, Rock County, Wis,
on the sd, George Darlington, a German
employed on the farm Of Alexander White,
murdered the latter's little boy, aged 3, in
most atrocious manner, and then fled, riding
off one of Mr.. Whites horses. The boys
body was discovered lying under manager
in the barn, his throat cut from ear to ear,
his abdomen ripped open and his feet and
hands securely bound. There were indica-
tons that the murderer had first hung his
victim, and finding death by that means too
slow, had cut him down and finished him
with knife. No cause for the deed can be
imagined. The murderer was subsequently
arrested.
President Hayes, General Sherman and
party arrived in Kansas on the oath. A pro-
Cramme had been arranged for visiting
briefly all the principal cities and towns
i'm the State, returning Eastward about
the 1st.
The Exodus Relief Committees of Wyan-
dotte and Kansas City have, in consideration
of the probability of an additional influx Of
eolored immigrants, resolved "that all proper
means should be taken to direct the tide Of
emigration into other and older States where
accumulated wealth and population afford
better facilities for their successful settle
ment."
The Minnesota Democratic State Conven-
ton, held on the 18th, nominated Edmund
Rice of st Paul for Governor, E. p. Barnum
for Lieutenant Governor, Felix A. Bower for
Secretary of State, Lyman c. Cowdry for
Treasurer, p. NJ. Babcock for Attorney Gen
eral, and VIM. C0lvile fer Railroad
Commissioner. The financial plank of the
platform was the occasion of considerable
wrangling, the majority report of the Com
mfttee favOring hard money, and the minori-
ty report the unlimited use Of greenbacks.
The majority report was finally adopted.
The business center of the village of Car
roll. in Carroll County, Iowa, was destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 18th. The Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows Hall, Presbyterian
Church, and over forty business houses were
burned out. Loss from $4,000 to 100000;
insurance not over $4,000.
Buck Mailing, negro, who committed an
assault upon little girl in Obion County,
Tenn, was hanged by mob headed by the
girls father.
1t is reported that party of seven young
men from Dallas and Fort Worth, who re-
Gently went hunting in the Panhandle coun-
try, Northwest Texas, were attacked by In
dians and most Of them killed.
The city of Deadwood, Dakota, was al
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The fire originated in a bakery soon after
midnight. 1t gained fearful Roadway in
few moments, and before the people could
be aroused the eity's doom was sealed. A
high wind was blowing at the time, the wa
ter supply was short and the fire apparatus
poor and insufficient, in addition
10 which the buildings were mostly Of wood
and poorly constructed, and burned like so
much chaff. About 125 business build
ings, besides 30 or 60 dwelling houses,
were destroyed, and while it is i'm
possible TO give any definite figures
regarding the loss, well posted business men
place it at from S1,5O0,OOO TO S2,OOO,0OO. The
insurance is very small, it being only recently
that reliable companies had begun to take
risks there. About 1900 people are
homeless and many destitute. Upon
reoueSt of committee of citizens, Gen.
Sturgis, L. s. commander at Fort Meade,
detailed company of cavalry TO act as
guard over the burned city and protect such
property as had been saved from the con-
fiagratiOn.
Anthony Blair, colored, was hanged at Nor
ristown, Tenn, on the 10Th, for the murder
of his step-daughter, girl of 16, in July