The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


TIE dead body of Michael Hendricks
said to be nephew OF Gov. Hendricks o.
Indiana, was recently found along TIE roao
near Leadville, Colo. A bullet hole through
the head gave evidence Of the cause Of his
death. Young Hendricks was implicated
in the shooting Of man named James Nc
CalIaum, recently, but upon examination
established his innocence and was acquitted.
McCallaum's brothers, however, threatened
to kill him FOR his part in the affair, and a.
they have since left the country, il is sup
posed they carried their threat into eXecu-
ton.
ROBERT S. JOHNSON, for twenty-five
years editor Of the Michigan Farmer, and
widely known throughout the State, died
suddenly at his home in Detroit a few days
ago.
THE Woodin Hotel at Saltwater,
Mich, burned on the 25th. The proprietor
is widow, whose five-year-o son persisted
in the flames. She is insane with grief.
PROF. WOODWARD, of Washington
University, has been appointed to supervise
the taking OF the new census in st. Louis.
A ROW between cowboys and soldiers
occurred in low dive at Camp Sheridan,
Neb., in which two OF the cowboys were
killed and one soldier was shot in the leg.
was thought he would die.
The Ansonia Watch and Clock
Works, in Brooklyn, n. Y, burned on the
morning of the 9th. Loss about 100000;
insurance about $500, coo. The works were
the most extensive of the kind in this coun-
try, if not in the world, employing some
1900 hands. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by gas explosion.
SARAH BERNHAEpT, the famous
French actress, has arrived in New York.
Z. d. MANSFIELD, veteran newspa-
per writer, died at his home near Morrow,
o., on the 9th.
BISHOP d. S. DAGGETT, of the NJ. f.
Church, died at Richmond, Va, on the 9th.
AT West Albany, Wabash County,
Mimi, Robert Love shot and instantly killed
his wife and infant child, and afterward
blew his own brains out. Domestic trouble
was the cause of the tragedy.
Rev. JOHN A. PERRY, familiarly
known as Elder Perry, who has lived in Bar
rington, r. l., for several years past, has
been indicted for burning buildings owned
by him with intent to defraud insurance
companies in Boston and Lowell. Perry
has been burned out six times since he has
lived in Rhode Island, and until the present
case has always got his insurance money.
MICHAEL O'HEARN, man of consid-
cradle wealth, who resided at Pittstield,
Mass, stabbed his wife to death and then
committed suicide. O'Hearn and his wife
lived unhappily. He was addicted to drink,
and when under its influence he was exceed
ingly cruel and brutal.
CHARLES THRooP and Henry Mum,
painters, at work upon the Public Library
Building in Cincinnati, on the 2Sth, by the
breaking OF hook that sustained their scat
folding were precipitated to the pavement,
a distance of 50 feet, and both were Instant
ly killed.
Mrs. LINCOLN, widow of the late
President Lincoln, who has Just returned
from abroad, on the 2Sth was lying danger
ously i'll in New York City.
A PORTLAND Me.) dispatch of the
2sth said that Neal Dow, Prohibition candi-
date for President, had publicly announced
his intention of supporting Garfield for Pres
ident.
A DESPERATE attempt was made to
rob the First National Bank Of Wellsville,
W. Va, on the evening of the 2Sth. As the
Waterman was entering the bank he was at
tackled by three men and knocked down
with hand-billy. His cries caused the rob-
bers to run. Pursuit was made by the citi-
zens and one of the gang arrested and taken
into custody by the Mayor. He gave his
name as j. Carson, and says he resides in
Chicago.
THERE was a collision of passenger
trains on the Panhandle Road, about IS
miles west of Pittsburgh, on the 29th, by
which j. Anderson, a fireman, and three
young men who were stealing ride were
instantly killed.
TERRIBLE storms have prevailed
throughout Great Britain and the Continent.
Much damage has been done to property and
number Of lives were lost by disasters to
shipping.
JUDGE MOORE, an old and respected
citizen of Jonesboro, Clayton County, Ga,
was on the 2Sth brutally murdered by ne
gro named Belts, who beat out his brains
with rail-splitting maui. The murderer
escaped but was being holly pursued.