The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-15


boiler, near Brownsville, Mimi, April !. She
had crew OF seventeen men, and not one
among the entire number escaped without
injury, while six were killed outright How
the accident happened Is mere conjecture,
for among the survivors vino were rescued by
the citizens of Brownsville, and who we're
afterward carried to La Crosse by the steam
err Toll, which had been sent to the scene,
not one could give any positive statement,
further than that there was sudden ex-
plosion, subsequent horrors Of burned
and scalded victims, cries Of those who
were buried overheard for help from the
waters, and the scenes always incident to
such disasters. Frank Mcintyre, Swift
Bell, John Nolan, w. McCaumish, Charles
Martin and George McCaumish were killed,
end ten or twelve persons were burned and
bruised.
A storm at Highland, Mich, caused
the death of Mrs. Henry Taylor and Mr..
Crandall. A number of persons were in
jured and much property was destroyed.
A PARTY of lynehers recently pressed
steamer into service at Raymond City, w.
Va, and proceed to Winfield, where they
hanged him to tree. The charge against
Smith was assault upon white woman. He
made confession.
THOMAS FIsHBURN, aged As, pros
porous farmer OF Eaton, Preble County,
Ohio, recently dubbed his wife to death,
fled from the house to a wheat field, and cut
his wrists and throat with pocket-knife.
Jealousy drove him mad. He imagined that
his wife was trying to get possession Of the
farm, and that she thought more Of the chill
dren than she did OF him.
A TRAGEDY marked by unusual fiend-
ishness and brutality was enacted at Hop
kinton, Mass, the other morning. Patrick
Kelly murdered his son, literally chopping
his head from his body. The family were
at breakfast, when the father left the table
and went out into the yard, returning in a
few minutes with an AK In his hand. His
16-year-old son was sitting with his back to-
ward the door. As Kelly entered he lifted the
AK and, without word of warning, brought
1t down with full force upon his sons head.
The blow was gancing one and the AK was
blunt, so the head was not split, but the
boy fell over dead. The monster, not salts
fed with this, proceeded to strike at the
boys neck, until he had severed his head
from the body and sent 1t rolling across the
floor. The murderer was arrested before he
had gone a square. ANN .. .....
GEORGE STARK, colored, has been
arrested in Detroit, Mich, for beating his
thirteen year old son to death. -
JACOB LESTER, aged 20, was drowned
while bathing in pond near Atlanta. Ga,
on the 9th. He had been sick for some time,
and is supposed to have been seized with
cramps. His body was recovered. -...
THE body of an elegantly dressed
young man was found lying dead in the road
near Denver, Colo, recently. A revolver
with three freshly discharged cartridges,
| lying by his side, and bullet hole just be-
low the right ear, indicated either
murder or suicide. The hat of the victim,
almost filed with blood, was found quar-
ter OF a mile further UP the road. Investi-
CATION showed that the body was that OF
Walter Lincoln, the runaway son of wealthy
parents in Boston. He was penniless, and
had eaten nothing for three days. The
| Coroner's jury returned verdict Of proba-
BILE suicide. ..... .... ....
JOSEPH MATTox, aged 18, was ar
rested in Chicago, April Q, for cutting his
sisters throat. The girl, Bridget, aged 10,
had been sent on an errand, and not return
ing soon enough, her brother was sent to
find her. They quarreled on the sidewalk
near the house, when Joe suddenly drew a
knife and cut her throat from ear to ear.
The prisoner is butcher, who works in o
packing house. The girls condition is be-
lieyed to be critical. ........... ......
aPETER MILLER, a printer employed
in Kellogg's Publishing House, Cleveland,
o., fatally shot himself, April 9th. Insanity
is the supposed cause. He had some money,
and imagined that somebody was trying ia
rob him Of it. fi Ii