The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Quincy, H., had employed three cOiOred
men in bis service and was paving
but S1.25 day. When his men
commenced work drunken mob
armed with rcvolvers and knives appeared
on the scene and compelled them to quit
work. From there the crowd, increasing
all the time, proceeded to other places where
colored men were employed and compelled
the suspension Of all work. The Mayor of
Atch;sOn went over and eBdeavOred to re-
strain the rioters, but without success, and
the Sheriff of Buchanan County was sent for
to come and exercise his authority.
S. S. RICKLEY, President of the Cap
itEl City Bank at Columbus, O., was shot
through the head on the 18th by Andrew
Eichenberg, a German dyer. The latter then
put bullet through his own brain, causing
instant death. The shooting took place in
the bank at noon, the only other person
present being Ralph Rickley, the Cashier,
who is a son Of the President. Eichenberg
came in and asked Mr.. Rickley to loan him
$50 on some securities in his possession. The
latter refused, whereupOn Eichenberg pulled
out revolver and fired without any warn
ing at Rickley, following almost instantly
with the shot that terminated his own life.
The man is believed to have been insane.
Mr.. Rickley is seriously wounded, bat may
recover.
A DOUBLE assassination occurred in
jefferson County, Mo-, on the 10Th. An
drew Wilson and Martha Soultz were shot
and almost instantly killed while riding along
the road in a wagon, by some unknown per-
son who was hiding in the woods. Wilson
was about thirty years of age, a married
man, and was going with the girl Shultz to
secure her a situation when the deed was
committed. Wilson's brothers in-law are
suspected Of being the guilty parties.
IT is said that large amount of
fraudulent scrip, purporting to be abstracts
Of title to lands in Marshall County, Kans.,
has been negotiated in Ohio, principally in
Lorraine County. Many persons in that sec
ton, OF limited means, who purchased with
the purpose of becoming permanent resi-
dents in Marshall County, have been victim
lied. The lands thus sold, and to which no
title whatever is conveyed, are what are
known as the "Larimer Lands" lying in
the northern portion of Marshall County.
THE Albanians have opened the war
upon Montenegro. The first attack was
made on the 18th, near Galoubusche, where
number of Montenegro pickets were sur
prised, shot down and beheaded, the yictors
bearing off their heads as trophies. The at
tack causes great excitement.
ANOTHER destructive oil fire has oc-
CURED at Custer City, near Bradford, Pa,
caused by lightning striking an oil tank.
CHAsTINE Cox, colored, was hanged
in the Jail yard of the Tombs, New York
City, on the 18th, for the murder of Mrs.
Jane DE Forest Hull, in June, 1879.
IT is reported that Peru and Bolivia
are about to be united into one Government,
under the name of the United States Of Peru
and Bolivia.
THE population of Chicago, officially
stated, is 503,5O1.
DURING ratification meeting at
Frankfort, KY, one man was fatally shot
while leaning out of a window, another man
had an eye put out by ball from Roman
candle, and another received the contents Of
a shotgun in his back.
THE schooner Duval capsized on Lake
Michigan and all on board were drowned.
CONGRESSMAN SPARKS has been re-
nominated in the Eighteenth Illinois Dis
trict.
Hon. GoDLOVE S. ORTIZ has been re-
nominated for Congress in the Ninth Indi-
ana District.
Hon. JOHN A. ANDERSON has been
renominated for Congress from the First
Kansas District.
THE President has appointed Orange
turiSt, to be member of the Board Of In
dian Commissioners, vice Barstow, re-
signed.
JUDGE T. NJ. RICE, of Cooper Coun-
ty, is the Greenback candidate for Congress
in the Seventh Missouri District. Judge Rice
is Of Republican proclivities.
THE Greenbackers of the Fourteenth
Illinois District have nominated J. R. Scott
for Congress, vice Col. Wolfe, declined.
GEN. JAMES R. CHALMERS, represent
ing the Sixth Mississippi District in Con-
gress, has been renominated.
THE Department of Agriculture has
reports from nearly 1000 correspondents in
Guiding almost every county in the wheat
growing States, which give an approximate
estimate of the crop Of 1880. These re-
turns give a more favorable aspect TO
the crop. than anticipated in infOrma-
ton from other sources. The destruction
Of wheat by the army-wOrm has not
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being local in character, and confined almost
to portions Of New York and
Connecticut. The worm made its appear
ance in some of the Western States, but not
to an extent sufficient to materially reduc-
the general crop results. In some local
tiles the early harvest saves crops
from depreciation. The most serious
cause Of a short yield has been
the drought which has prevailed in the
northwestern grain growing areas where the
bulk Of this staple is grown. In Dakota,
Wisconsin and Michigan later
reports show great Improvement and larger
yield than was expected. In Illinois there
will be approximately an average crop. In
Kansas and Iowa the yield will also be fair,
The July synopsis of the cotton crop
report presents avery favorable average con-
dition of the crop in nearly every section of
the South. In certain portions there has
been slight damage from drought, caterpillar
and rust, but not sufficient to reduce the
general average below the crop of last year.
The present condition of the crop is report
ed fully equal to that reported at this time
last year.
A DISPATCH has been received by the
Gillian legation at Washington, announcing
he arrival of the Gillian feet off Callao, and
heir determination to invest Lima if the