The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

} uechTtu etccleu EfeSiuSuL OF Jne Argentine
/ Confederation. He was backed by the Gov
| eminent. It is expected that his opponent,
/ Dr. Tejedos, Governor of the province of
Buenos Ayres, will resist the installation Of
Gen. Roca, and possibly declare the secession
hof BuenOs Ayres from the confederation,
which would lead to a civil war. -
ROBERT DECURCIER, under sentence
Of death at Toronto, committed suicide by
! poison the day previous to the one fixed for
/ his execution.
CENTRAL Indiana and Southern Ohio
were raided by hurricane on the night of
the I4th. At Cicero, Ind, two churches and
/ several houses were blown down and their
4 inmates in some cases severely injured. At
/ ColfaX four persons We're reported killed
4 and several injured. The crops were badly
damaged over large area of country.
AT a meeting of the Leadville Miners
Union, held on the 18th, it was agreed to re-
sumo work at the terms on which they were
employed previous to the strike, certain
mine owners to recognize the eight hour
system in the future as heretofore, and Civ
ing pledges to use their influence to have
that system generally adopted throughout
the camp.
By the bursting of a steam pipe in the
Cincinnati Music Hall, where the Millers'
International Exhibition is being held,
Alfred Osborne, Of Palmyra, Harrison
County, Ind, and L. Becker, Of Texas, both
miIers, were seriously, if not fatally, in
jured.
A TERRIBLE tornado passed between
Colfax and Frankfort, Ind, on the 18th, I'M
roofing houses, barns, etc. Fourpersons were
killed and many wounded.
WHILE the Spanish war ship Cuba
Espanola was entering the harbor of Santi-
ago de Cuba on the 18th, her boiler exploded,
killing twenty persons and wounding 1l3,
Of whom eighty-four were troops being
transported.
GEN. E. d. TOWNSEND, Adjutant-
General Of the Army, has been placed on the
retired list. He is succeeded by Gen. Rich
ard c. Drum, formerly Adjutant- General.
A BOILER explosion in Waldeck &
wirts' distillery at Milwaukee killed David
Hanson, the foreman, and fatally wounded
John Schundein. The brewery was partially
destroyed by fire.
JUDGE SAMUEL B. GOoKINs, a well
known jUrist and writer, died of heart dis
ease in Terre Haute, Ind, on the 18th.
AT Albuquerque, n. Mex, on the |
18th, A. Young shot and killed Ed. Harris. |
Both were well known gamblers.
GEN. GARFIELD had a public recep- |
ton in Washington on the evening of the |
10th. TWAS rendered by the National Vet /
eran Association.
THE King of Greece is being most
royalty entertained in London.
On the 10th five tenant families were
evicted near Balla, Ireland. At night they
were conducted back TO their holdings by
large and determined crowd.
SNOW fell in Minnesota on the 14th
day of June.
IT is reported from Fort Keogh that
500 Of Sitting Bulbs band, from the other
side Of the International boundary, have
come in and surrendered to Lieut.. Whistler.
They represented that great numbers of In
dians were in a starving condition. 1t is
said more are about to come in.
The Government has decided to de-
mand from the Spanish Government an eX-
PLANTATION of the recent firing on the Ameri
can schooner Ethel A. Merritt, near the Gu
ban coast, by Spanish man-Of-war.
The members of the Arkansas Edi-
torial Association were accorded an informal
reception by the President and Mrs. Hayes
during their recent visit to Washington.
THE Democrats of the Third Missis
,ippi District have renominated Hon. II. d.
Money for Congressman.
Hon. BURwELL B. LEWIS, Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Sixth Ala
bama District, has resigned.
THE Ohio State Board of Charities
ire investigating scandalous charges against
he management Of the Central Lunatic !
Asylum at Columbus.
Col. ALBERT J. MYER, Chief Signal
officer, has been promoted to the rank of
General.
THE Masonic and Odd Fellows Build
nc at Starkville, Miss, was burned on the
18th. The Southern Lire Stock Journal
,ffice was completely destroyed. Total loss
bout $4,000.
Four men were crushed to death and
everal others injured in the Yellow jacket
Zine at Gold Hill, New, on the 18th, by a
arload of tools falling upon them from
lear the surface to the bottom.
SAM. S. HOWARD was hanged at Bias
rop, Tex, on the 18th, for the murder OF
alexander Farmer in May, 1858.
THE first honorary prize of the Berlin
International Fishery Exhibition has been
warded to Prof. Baird Of the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington. The United State>
eceives the gold medal and address. - / '
HANLAN was badly beaten by Ross il
be Providence boat race, owing, as claimed
Y him, TO a stitch in the side.
Boston celebrated the anniversary OF
unker Hill June II, with great enthusiasm.
A RECENT telegram says: A terrihh
,ourge resembling dysentery is prevailingir
dams, Mass, which battles the skill o I
hysicians. Over 1000 persons, old ana
Dung, have been stricken down. Phys
ans are busy night and day. Many cases are
AIRED to be fatal. There is little doubt thar
he epidemic is occasioned by impurities OF
le water in the reservoir. F.-... ,,
IT is now known that the losses to Il e
irst National Bank of Brattleboro, VT.
fused by President SilaS NJ. Waite's pecu-
tions and forgeries, will reach nearly $780,,
70. For several years he has had practi-
lily unlimited control Of the entire bust
ess Of the bank, there being no Cashier and
ie Directors being mere figure-headS. /
tits have been brought against the latterby
e stockholders for dereliction Of duty. \ ]
Imber Of both stockholders and Directors i
e ruined, besides many depositors. Waite I
mmitted suicide. s