The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

TIM American Ministers to Peru, Cali,
and Bolivia have been instructed to repre-
sent to their respective Governments that
rtho United SEtesNvill be ready at Hny' time
when requested by each of those nations
now at war 20 ms its good offfcesito bring
SHOUT peace .plGs step has been taken by
our Governsdeht as an eyidence ofittMiendly
f1oeling toward these nations, and tire inter-
'scst of our Seitth American commerce.
Wet AND SOUTHWEST
Two Young men named COumorsphd Weav
er, farm hands on the place of Israel Derd,
in the Muskingum Valley, near Marietta, o.,
were instantly killed by BishthtEg on the
18th. Tfey had taken shelter ma bTn,
where they were found dead some time hitter
the storm What is strange is'tfmN thereSas
no damage done to the burn, except one
board Knocked off. --t l.ltl.
The Missouri Board of 1mNSgratioH has
perfected plans for promoting snmigTa ration
TO the state. A general agent'ef the Board
will be located at Cincinnati, and agencies
will be established in liverpool and some
place i'm Scotland and Germany An elabO-
rate statement of the mineral and agricul-
tural resources of the Suite, thepmanufac-
turing advantages, transportation facilities,
accessibility to markets, ete.,v willtsbe made
and .circulated, and ERt1nbers of tn Board
will personally visit several of the Eastern
States and disseminate inf5rmatiu among
the people. An agency Will also be estab-
lished in1Boston. The subject of inviting
immigration TO Missoaxni iseNcftirg great in
terest in various parts Of IRE State, and over
twenty county societies have already organ
lied md are at work
The wheat crop of TIlhnvis this year, ac-
= cording to figures received by the State
Board of Agriculture, amounts to a total Of
1901, 252 bushels, M average of 10 2-3
bushels per acre, and is v4fuddat S 81 ,266,
757, or an average of sS'cents per bushel in
the producers hands. Ttis-ceasidered the
largest and most valuable wheat crop ever
raised.in the State Tire faGid sOwn TO wheat
was =, 1877, 1853 acres. The7abOTe statement
relates to winter wbeIr only ~ ~
The Walnut Street Bank "df Cincinnati,
' Messrs. Bussing & Co., pTCprietors, has
made an assignment. liabilities, 800, 900.
This is the bank that had,stolon from it, by
sneak thief, recently, bills and bonds to
the amount, as now claimed, of over S10,-
The body OF Captain Secrest, the murder
ed mail contractor of the FInCiian Territory,
was found by party OF soldiers about $50
miles southeast Of Vhiita, and about 30
miles from the stage line. A large bullet
wound was in the head There was no trace
of the three men whoaocoTEpanied him, and
who are supposed to h.Bye-slrAred the same
fate.
The stage out from SantaFe, n. NJ, on
the 18th, was stopped by three road agents,
20 miles from Las Fegss. TTbe two passen-
gers, Ex-Governor AIRY Of New Mexico and
j. II. Strahan Of New YOfdl, were robbed,
and the three agents rode off on the stage
horses.
The st. Louis cigar makers are on strike
for higher wages.
Rev. W. r. TiIlinghast, Rector of Trim
ity Episcopal Church, Of Detroit, Mich,
who was camping ont on Fox Island, at the
mouth of the Detroit River, was accidental
" shot and killed on the 1StI by the careless
handling of a revolver by young man
named Wright.
Henry NJ. Dixon, late Independent candi-
, date for Sheriff of YaZOO County, Miss,
was shot and fatally wounded, on the 18th,
in a street encounter in YazOo City, by
James Barksdale, DemOcratic candidate for
e County Clerk. The Associated Press report
of the affair is as follows; ''DiXon, while
passing down the west side of Main Street,
was hailed by Barksdale from the east side,
who at the same time advanced to the
middle Of the street, armed with
double barreled shotgun Dixon halted
and Immediately placed hi hand on his pis-
rtol, drawing it. Barksdslle raised his gun
to his shoulder. Dixon, on seeing this,
moved toward stairway, when Rarksdale
fired, four buck-shot taking effect in DiXon's
back. Dixon then fired several times at
Barksdale, without effect Barksdale miss
ed his second shot. Dixon h8ed internally
and died. The difficulty, it y Represented
aby Barksdale's friends, was Of a personal
nature" f.F U. 4
games A. Barksdale, who Killed Henry NJ.
Dixon at Yazoo City, Miss, was released
frsm custody on S IL, 900 bond.
The Ohio Republican campaign was open
ed en- the Goth by large meetings in various
parts of the State. Judge Taft spoke at
Cleveland, Secretary Schurz at Cincinnati, 4
Secretary sherman at SteubenYille, and Hon. [
Charles Foster at Akron.
Two fires, believed to he of incendiary /
origin, occurred at Memphis on the Goth. |
Incendarism has become frequent there |
since yellow Jack took possession of the city. |
The Southern eNcursionists to Kansas
were pretty generally interviewed in st.
Louis on their return home. Nearly all eX-
pressed themselves well pleased with the
they visited. As regards the pros
poets of eolored emigrants to the State there
was considerable diversity of opinion, the
majority apparently taking the view that the
colored man who possessed some capital.
sufficient to stock small farm, might do
well, while those dependent entire
ly upon daily labor would have
q pretty hard row 10 hoe. A number of the
colored members of the party remained in
Kansas, but their places We're all filled on
the return train, one of the managers said,
by some of the earlier colored immigrants
from the South, who were very glad of the
TO get back to their old homes.
The Associated Press reporter at st. Louis
sums up the various opinions as follows:
: The weight of testimony is decidedly
against the emigration of poor negroes to
The Central Branch of the Union Pacific |
Railroad is completed to Gaylord, Smith
County. Kansas. on the north fork of the ,
solomon River, % miles west Of 0awker ]
City. '
Mrs. Virginia Clark, wife of Prof. Clark
# Berryyille College, Carroll County. Ark,