The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-09-17

Ravk' sypits in Apfifand May. z
THEfSt. Louis rat roads on -tlte 10Th
adopted rpte Of S12-ta New Work snd Sl3
TO Boston, and proportionatd bate t6sother
Eastern points, in order to meet the Chicago
cut.
FRANCE CHANDLER, the present Gen
eral Passenger Agent OF the Missouri Pa
cific, has been appointed General Passenger
Agent Of the Gould Southwestern s4stkm,
comprising the Missouri Pacific, Missouri,
Kansas 81 EexassuIr Irons AkOuntaiRys4nteF
tional & Great Northern and Texas Pacific
and their Bfanbhes and ex6ensionsl u. W.
Ruggles, atpresqut GENERAL Passenger Agent
of!the Iron Mountain, is appointed Assist-l
ant General Passenger Agent of the whole,
system. W ruSl,W ban vElU III al
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES 4,
A A WHITE cpnyict named Massey, tired
ofbislprison- life, made, an effort to escape
from ae0nvict camp on a railroad near At
lanta. Ca, butts was caught In thelSct and
committed to the tender care of a barbaTons
negro whipping boss, who first strapped
his ,bodyssecurely over a. barred and lasted
hiiiiso upInercifgNESwith leather thongetil
whip that he died in great agony in short
time. a'H' w "'"A '"' -
bnfwo freight trains on the IiNle Mia
lrAf Railroad % HAednesr Oincinnpti on the.
10th James, Simon, fireman., was killed,
and the locomotive was badly wrecked. ~ '''
Hot Springs, Ark, the other day,
a, eolored boylnsmulted Mrs, J. w. BARKER,
q ladglnearly seventy years Of age. He was
arrested and Iodeed in fail. 81 Next morning
party OF masked men repaired TO the pfIsg
ohWith theTinteption Of,Enching theoulprit,
The eolored people got the news and were
hidih the wodd1!s As the masked men apl
proatlIed the e9lored men fired upomthem,
about ppe hundred shots. A few shots were
fredpt t+tndom by the white men, WHO were
comnellettio Withdraw. About 'onelhalf If
the cplored men broke and ran. One white
man WAS Wounded.
De- fttCHQRDi s.. "JEFFREYs, one of the
most Prominent criminal lawycrs'o f Georgia,
recently committed suicide at .thoIr esilence,
of shis brother at White Sulphur Springs,
Ala! He had long suffered from a DISTRESS
ing nervous affection. . -ur. ~ uoE
A MOB numbering nearly a. hundred
men role into Dardanelle, Ark, the other
day, and, SURROUNDING the Jail, where two
nfurderers, Taylor and Bruce, were coiE
fined, overpowered the guards, secured the.
keys ofthe prison, and taking the prisoners
out, han ged them to tree. 0,Nf'1nf to
''h' ~ MISCELLANEOUS. $40 .|as
W. THE Georgia Legislature has passed
Temperance biz. 1T provides that on a petiI
ton of one fourth OF the qualified voters Of
any leity5i the Stalepthe people in said
municipality shall haYeual right to hold an
election to decide whether Intoxicating IL
quorsishaH be sold in the limits. It also
provides that no Intoxicating liquors shall.
be sold at any given point ~ the county, ex
cept with the consent of h majority of the
qualified voters living within three miles. s'
rU The North German Gazette says the
Government during the next session Of the,
,Landtag intend to present proposals for the
re-esnbishment Of the Prltssian Legation
at the VATICAN, which has been Informed Of
this Intention through Won Schoezer, 1t
may be presumed the Pope Is willing to
continue in permanent relations with Pfus-
STA through such Legation, which would en-
able present or future differences to be more
easily arranged. lruIri lt i'.. '' VI
q, A PANAMA dispatch says: In fight
at SIatagalpa, between about 5000 India0
on one side and detachment OF troops and
some 1870 citizens ON the other, the In
dians lost 500 in killed and wounded. The
other party had twenty eight killed and a
number wotmded. Previous to this fight
the Indians attacked Esquipals, and killed
the Captain in command, cOmmissary, and
q young telegraph operator named Vega.
The slaughter OF various individuals fol-
lowed, some of them Indians who had re-
fllsedlto Join the maleontents, and horrible
outrages were inflicted upon others. y. ,,y
THE J61eiSh' Horl9 says Russia is at
last taking tactive,steps to stIppress vigorous
lY any further outrage on the JewSal 8
THE larger portion of the village of
Lonaconing, Nd, has been destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at SlOe, 600; in
surance, $4,000. 3uH , Z .7.sea..ua u
THE village of Reichenbaeh, in the
Bernese Oberland, Switzerland was almost
destroyed by a fall of stones.~--r
VEsUVIUs is in a,state of eruption. =
A DENVER dispatch of the Och says !,
The police last evening arrested five women
and three men belonging to a notorious
band OF robbers, and detectives, pre ON the
track of other members, who are operating
in other towns. This band is mostly from
Missouri and Kansas >, where they are said to
have blown open over fifty safes within two,
years. Over 5000 worth OF plumber was
recovered among them. Kid. Laureas, the
supposed leader, was among the eight ar
rested. # tII' 'NuNi on FL "'i
LOWING to the number of recruits re-
quired to I'LL the army to its authorized
strength, the standard for artillery. and in
fantry is fixed at five feet four and upward,