The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

...t|.l MISCELLANEOUS.
THE steamer Little Eagle, raft boat,
struck the bridge pier at Hannibal, Mo-,
on the 23d, and jerome Vallam, Silas
Cooper, and Henry Hauseman were
drowned. Captain Dawson, realizing the
impending danger, gave orders for all on
board to jump to raft In tow, but re-
manned in the pilot-house himself until
the crash came, expecting to Jump from the
hurricane deck to the bridge. A second
later the boat struck the pier and parted
near the pilot-house, and he fell head long
down the break and into the water, but
came up some distance below the bridge and
was rescued by men in a skiff. John w.
Young, the cook, jumped headforemost into
the river and dived as deep as pos
sible, with the intention of going
under the boat and coming out be-
low. While down he felt the hot
boilers and endured few terrible moments
of suspense. His head struck the pier and
he came to the surface a few feet away and
swan to the raft. His escape is miracle.
The Little Eagle is u total loss. She was
valued at 50, 900 and was uninsured. Most
of the wreck still lies against the pier, Just
where 1t struck, part OF the debris having
hoated down the river. This is the second
accident of the kind at this bridge. Six
years ago the steamer Dictator struck under
somewhat similar circumstances and seven
lives were lost. .....I
BANDITS boarded q Texas & Pacific
train at Ranger, Eastand County, Texas,
the other morning. The conductor noticed
some rough-looking men climbing upon the
engine and ordered them off. As he did so
pistol was put to his face and he was told
to 'march out on the platform. The engineer
and fireman were similarly marched out
and corraled. The colored porter, however,
escaped and aroused three rangers on the
train in anticipation OF a robbery They
came forward with their guns, but the rob-
bers placed the captive officials between
them and the rangers and opened fire on the
latter. The rangers fired sparingly, for fear
OF killing the officials. In the midst of the
shooting one Of the robbers bounded into
the Texas express car, mistaking it for
the Pacific express, in which the mail is
carried, and ordering the messenger to ele-
vate his hands went through his package,
getting only $500. This done he jumped
out on the opposite side, firing farewell
shot at the rangers. As he did so the men
who were standing off the rangers began to
retreat, covering the engineer, conductor
and fireman with Il cir guns, making them
following and stand between them and the
rangers until they were out of reach. Forty
or fifty shots were fired, and the only person
hit was the telegraph operator, whose hand
was scratched. The robbers were five in
number, the oldest one not appearing to be
over IS years. .-...
LAKE CITY, Mimi, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire, April 22d. Five
blocks OF buildings burned in an hour. The
loss will aggregate three or four hundred
thousand dollars. Incendiarism is sus-
pected. r. ......
THE American Electric Light Com
pany, Of Massachusetts,, to which a charter
was granted over year ago, has collapsed,
under circumstances indicating beyond a
doubt tlagrant swndle on the part OF some
person or persons as yet not known. Alle-
cations of fraud are freely laid al the feet Of
various prominent New York and Boston
men.
THE defalcation of Fred Moffet, in
the Cashiers Office of the United States
Treasurer, which had been given out tardi-
ly, is now confirmed. Moffet has lived some
what extravagantly, and beyond his 50, 800
salary.
The Mayor of Long Island City, a
suburb Of New York, has been arrested for
the misappropriaton of $ll4, 900 from the
sale Of bonds. 3D., 81
A BURSTING sewer in St.Louis, on the
22d, drove number of families out Of their
homes and damaged property to the tune of
$250,OOO.
A NUMBER Of railway employees were