The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tom MCDONALD, a desperate charac-
ter Of Pickaway County, o., who had for
several years been the terror Of the neigh
borhood in which he lived, on the morning
Of the LIST was taken from his bed by party
Of disguised men, dragged across the fields
by a rope halter tied around his neck, and
finally hanged to a tree. 1t is believed death
resulted from the rough usage he received
previous to reaching the place selected for
his execution. The wretched man was liter
ally blind at the time the outrage was COM
mitted, having lost his only remaining eye
in an ARRAY with Commercial Point saloon
keeper a few days previous.
THE annual convention of the Hay
Fever Association Of the United States be-
gun at Bethlehem, \. H., on the 31st ult.
There was large attendance Of sufferers
and physicians.
REPRESENTATIVE BUCKNEI has been
renominated for Congress by the Democratic
Convention of the Thirteenth Missouri Dis
trict.
THE public debt statement issued
Sept. 1 shows the reduction Of the debt
during August to be S12,027, 167; cash in
Treasury, S196, G6s, 1882; gold certificates, 81
697, 800; silver certificates, S13, 13S,O4O; GER
tifcates Of deposit outstanding, ST., 800, 900;
refunding certificates, 81, JOG, 40; legal ten
ders outstanding, S346,6S1, IS; fractional
currency outstanding, s., Isl ,995.
A GERMAN Cabinet order appoints
the 18th Of October as the date for the cere-
monies of the conservation and opening OF
the recently completed Cologne Cathedral.
The Emperor William and his family and
other royal personages will be present.
WHILE battalion of troops were
testing a pontoon bridge over the river
Ebro, near LagronO, in Spain, the bridge
broke down and ninety men were
drowned.
,r A DISPATCH from Rome says in con
sequence of the mediation of Italy, France
and England, the Governments of Chill and
Peru have opened negotiations.
The Presidential party started from
! Chicago on the ID on their trip to the Pa
cifc Coast. In addition to the Presidents
! family the party consists Of Gen. Sherman
and daughter, Gen. and Mrs. Mitchell, and
several other ladies and gentlemen, personal
| friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes.
FOUR dead negroes were recently
found lying in watermelon patch in Jasper
County, Ga, the proprietor of which, Mr.
Golsby, had poisoned a number of the mel
ons with arsenic in order to put stop tc
thieving.
REPRESENTATIVE BLAND has been re-
nominated by the Democrats of the Fifth
Missouri District.
THE Kansas Republican State Con
vention, which met at Topeka on the list
renominated Gov. st. John on the first bal
lot, his vote being 22O against 102 for all 9th
! er candidates. Other nominations were as
follows: Lieutenant Governor, d. w. Fin
ney; Secretary Of State, James Smith;
Auditor, u. Bonebrake; Treasurer, John
Frances; Attorney General, w. A. John
son: Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
II. c. Spear.
The Democrats of the First and Sec.
| ond Texas Districts have renominated re-
spectively Congressman Reagan and Culber-
! son.
THE Republicans of the Fourth Hi.
nois District have nominated j. G. SherwiT
] lOI OOuSI6oos
ANOTHER disastrous gale has swept
the Texas coast from Indianola to Browns
vile. 1t began on the evening of the Sd
and in a short time all telegraphic communi-
cation was broken, so that further inform
alton as to the effects Of the storm has been
| cut off.
THE cupola of the Courthouse al
Flemingsburg, Ky, fell on the evening Of the
! Cd. while number Of workmen were en-
gagged in repairing the roof, which it went
through with a crash, killing Hiram Ham
mer, the contractor, and injuring three Of
Of his employees.
ANOTHER attempt to undermine the
railway near Charkoff, Russia, over which
/ the Emperor was to pass on his way to Liya'
dia, was discovered and frustrated.
STEPHEN RICHARDSON, colored, was
| hanged at Wilmington, n. c., on the Sd, for
! the murder of his mother-in-law. He pro.
fessed religion and announced himself ready
| to die.
VILLIERs POWELL and Archille
! Thomas, both colored, were hanged in ST.
James's Parish, La, on the Sd, for the muir.
der Of a storekeeper. Both confessed theil
! guilt, saving their object was robbery.