The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-15
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.


Turner Hall, on East Fourth Street, New
York, was partially burned at an early hour
on the morning Of the 5th. William Wrinkle,
the proprietor, together with his family and
several employees, slept IN the upper part Of
the building, and the flames spread sorapid-
ly that all ordinary means OF egress were cut
off. Henry Gehweiter, aged %; Louis
Schmidt, aged so; Teresa Erhard, aged %,
and VIM. Geib, aged 10, were burned to
death. Wrinkle and his wife were both bad
ly burned, and three others were injured by
jumping from windows.
An immense meeting was held at the Mad
ison Square Garden, New York, on Sunday
night, Jan. 4, at which Charles Stewart Par
nell spoke on behalf of the Irish people, At
the conclusion of his address it was resolved
that ga formal and earnest appeal be made
to aid in the grand achievement of giving this
ancient people a living in their own land,
realizing the idea given utterance to by Mr..
Parnell on his arrival, of giving Ireland a
place among the nations of the earth; in
other words, Ireland for the Irish, and the
Irish for Ireland.'"
An explosion occurred in the works of the
Celluloid Manufacturing Company Newark,
n. j., on the 9Th, by which William Fenter,
Frederick Stiles, John Yates and Spencer
Atwood were instantly killed and Elmer Bo-
CAST and Frederic Pierre were fatally injured.
All were employees. The building with its
contents was entirely destroyed. The explo-
sion was caused by the accidental ignition of
mass Of celluloid, which is a highly infam-
mable material.
Columbus Miles, negro, was hanged by a
mob at Amherst Courthouse, Va, on the
night of the 9Th, for committing an indecent
assault upon a white lady.
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
has been sold under foreclosure proceedings
1t was bought in by the English bondholders
for 6,O00,00 lt ttas..fo
1t is rumored that the Interior Department
is considering the ACCESSIBILITY of removing
the Utes from Colorado to the Utah Valley
in Utah Territory.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections on the 9TH resumed consideration
at Washington of the ingalls, case. Z. L.
Smith, Western Union Telegraph manager
at Topeka, in accordance with instructions
from the company, surrendered under pro-
test the dispatches called for by tie Commit
tee. t-r
1t now turns out that the suspension OF the
Grocers' Bank of New York City was caused
primarily by the discovery that it held some
S125, 900 worth of forged paper negotiated by
one of its principal depositors, j. Lloyd
Haigh, a weH known business man. He has
been proceeded againston acriminal charge
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Tilden and Kelly factions in New York have
finally compromised their differences, the
chief feature of the agreement being that the
delegation from that State to the National
Democratic Convention shall not be commit
ted to any candidate, but pledged to vote as
unit in favor Of the man seeming to have
the most strength with the representatives
of the other States. snEW
! Stephen Longfellow,a nephew of the poet,
was arraigned in Boston on the 9TH on
charge of uttering forged check for s., 900,
purporting to be signed by his uncle, Henry
W. Longfellow. Stephen has given his fam
lily and friends no end of trouble by his bad
conduct for some years past.
A. P. German has received the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator in
Maryland, which is equivalent to an election.
Mr.. German is President of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. He has been prominent in
politics since the War.
Gen. Fl. Webb was hanged at Hillsville,
Carroll County, Va, on the 9th, for the MUIR
der Of his fatherin-law, John Granville, in
June, 1873. He made confession of the
crime.
Benjamin C. Bogert, Treasurer of the New
York Produce Exchange, committed suicide
on the 9th, after having been exposed as 4
defaulter to the amount Of $31 900.
Frank Leslie, the well known publisher,
died on the 10th.
Alton Matthias, colored, was hanged at
Wilmington, n. c., on the 9th, for the muir
der of Reuben Herring.