The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-12-02
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A TRAIN on the Saltwater Branch OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road was wrecked at St. Croix, Wis, the
other day, caused by defective rail. The
engine went down an embankment. Eng-
neer Vandewerker was instantly killed and
the fireman badly injured. A number Of
passengers were slightly hart.
=. II. CRAPsTER, postmaster st Shei-
byville. KY, for the past ten years. killed
himself with revolver.
T. A. H. CONES, q young physician,
was killed by a train near Thornton, Ind,
Nov. 30. He was crossing the track, and
failed to hear the whistle.
AT fire in indianapolis, Ind, Nov.
"a, Kate Daily and Ella Keenan,, servants
sleeping in an upper room, were burned to
death.
A MINER named Forsythe put some
ricks OF dynamite in the oven, at Belleyiew,
Es., the other day, to thaw. He was not
there when the explosion occurred, but
when he hurried to the scene he found his
house wrecked, little son dead, two other
children bruised and cut, and his wife dy-
ing.
with completely in grain thefts at St. Louis,
Aio., committed suicide by shooting.
SEVEN workmen were killed and a
rumber OF others injured by the fall of n
railway bridge near London, England,
Nov. n.
j. III. WILMoTT was shot three times
and fatally wounded in a room at the St.
Marc Hotel, Washington, d. c., the other
night. j. p. Angney, a brother-i law, and
Rpension clerk named Turnbul have been
arrested, but declined to say anything about
the affair.
THE French steamer Aubartique has
been wrecked off the coast of South Amer
lea.
THE remains of Taylor Dunbar were
found in the woods near Darlington, Ind.
the other day, the body full of buckshot, an
empty gun close by, and the pockets of his
clothing rifed Buck Stout, a young mar
of questionable character, was arrested in
indianapolis, and confessed the crime.
THE explosion of an oil tank in De.
woes works at Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 20,
caused the loss of two lives and quarter Of
a million dollars worth OF property.
VIM. FIELDS, his son, and another
young man named Dean, were fatally in.
Jured while driving across the track al
Union, Pa, Nov. 25. A train KIN ocked tn,
wagon into splinters.
AN engine dashed into a Pullman Cal
near Newcastle, Canada, Nov. %. No pas.
sengers were hurt. The engine driver, fire
man and brakeman were badly scalded
One died, and the other two were not ex-
pected to live.
w. d. HoYT, telegraph operator at
the glucose works in Leavenworth, Kans.
and train dispatcher named Bailey, a
Lawrence, had dispute over the wires thu
other day. Bailey insulted Hoyt, and re-
fused to apologize, whereupon the operator
went to Lawrence and MORALLY wounded
the train dispatcher by shooting him in thu
chest.
THE Pacific express on the Erie Rail
way was derailed near Hornellsville, N. Y.
Nov. 20. The first cars, including an extr,
coach and smoker, were badly wrecked
and several passengers were hurt. TIL
flreman, VIM. Andrus, was instantly killed
The accident was caused by the breaking O
d wheel.
l.. STEWART, aged %, took fata
dose OF morphine at a hotel in Atlanta, Ga.
the other night. He left letter for hi
wife. in which he said he had tried as har,
hs any one TO make living, but that 1t wa
no use to fight fate any longer. w. w
Henable, an old and highly esteemed resi-
dent OF Galena, H., committed suicide OF
the same day by hanging himself in hi
barn. He had not been well for some time