The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

1t is officially announced that the
Emperors of Germany and Austria viii meet
at IscheI on the 10th of August.
ANOTHER American vessel, the
schooner George Washington, has been
boarded and searched off the Cuban coast by
a Spanish war vessel.
THERE were sixty-one deaths from
yellow fever in Havana, Cuba, for the week
ending July oath.
SIXTEEN persons were drowned on
Lake Brienz, Switzerland, by the cspsizing
Of pleasure steamer.
Col. JOHNSON. an American, and
Brig. Gen. Medina, Of the insuTgent army
in Cuba, were killed by the Spanish troops.
A MOB broke open the jSl at Rock
vile, Md, on the morning Of the 9th, and
taking therefrOm negro named John Digs,
hanged him to a tree. Diggs was arrested
for an indecent assault upon white lady
near Jamestown. 1t is stated that he made
q full confession to the Sheriff.
OREGON has a population of 175, 5S5,
an increase Of SO per cent. since 1870.
GEN. HANCOCK, in addition to his
present duties, has been assigned to the
command of the Department of the South
during the temporary absence Of Brig Zen.
Augur.
THREE little girls, children of Mr..
Fishels, a farmer residing in Clarke County,
Mo-, not far from Keokuk, Iowa, were
burned by an explosion Of kerosene with
which they were kindling the fire during the
absence Of their parents. The eldest, aged
10, died within few hours; the second, aged
7, can not recover; the youngest, aged 8,
was not seriously injured.
AT Oakland, Cal, Edward Schroeder
entered the office Of DR.. Alfred LeFevre
and shot him through the body, the wound
proving fatal in a few moments. Both par
ties were of good social position, Schroeder
being Teller of the London and San Fran
cisco Bank, and LaFevre popular dentist.
It is said that Schroeder was jealous Of Le-
Feyre's attentions to the wife of the for
mer.
AT Monterey, Mexico, Mexican Off
Ger was arrested for being drunk and i'm
prisoned by the police. Some of his COM
rades went to his rescue, backed up by 100
Of the rank and file. Seven policemen,
armed with Spencer carbines, resisted the
attack, killing two officers and several SOL
diers. The soldiery finally carried the day,
rescued Their comrade and took prisoners
the policemen. The citizens then rallied and
recaptured the police.
MORMON agents found PROSECUTING in
the interior of Germany have been expelled
the country by the Government.
A FUSION has been effected in Maine
Of the Democratic and Greenback Electoral
tickets, upon the basis of four Greenbackers
to three Democrats.
EMPIRE CITY, Oregon, has had
$4,000 fire.
JESSIE STEELE, aged 20, beautiful
and accomplished young lady of Paris, ILL.,,
was instantly killed near Cincinnati, o., on
the 9th, where she was visiting some friends,
by jumping from a carriage, the horse hav-
ing taken fright and started to run.
THREE or four men entered the Mid
dletown Conn., Savings Bank during the
absence at dinner Of some officials, and, en-
gaging the clerks in conversation, accom-
plices robbed the vault of S., 800.
AN unknown burglar was shot and
killed while attempting to effect an entrance
to the residence of Hon. d. II. Salmon, about
thirty miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A FIRE at Quincy, H., on the 2Sth,
destroyed the planning mill Of Pfanschmidt
and the Gardner Governor Works, together
with several dwelling houses and unoecu-
pied warehouses. Pfanschmidt's loss is $780,
900, without a dollar Of insurance; other
losses very nearly covered. A young child
of John B. Kessels was smOthered in some
bedding while being removed from the
house
A sAw-MILL boiler at Bagley, Otsego
County, Mich. exploded, killing two men
and injuring several others.
RICHARD DILLON, former owner of
the Little Chief Mine, was shot and killed in
a Leadvile gambling saloon on the night of
the 26th by John Crowder,a faro dealer. The
latter escaped. Dillon is said to have been
the aggressor.
A MOST disastrous hail storm occurred
in the vicinity of Stevens Point, in Central
Wisconsin, recently, by which a strip of
country four miles wide and ten long was
almost entirely denuded Of vegetation. The
damage is estimated at 81, 900.