The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-13

Hart and w. Williams, policemen we're
shot during a difficulty with Robert and
Samuel Love, t. J Key, and w. II. Hanson.
Hart will not recover.
LAKE SHORE and Grand Trunk trains
colided near Chicago, the other day. Ed
ward d. Colgan was killed, and serious in
juries were inflicted upon T. j. Joy, solicit
tor OF the Grand Trunk, and Mr.. Wylie
Marvel, of Peoria. The engineer and fire.
man Of the Grand Trunk train were arrest
ed by the police of Lake Township, and held
in 81, 900 each to the Criminal Court.
A WABASH freight train went through
a trestlework at Hutsonville, H., the other
evening. Three cars loaded with machinery,
shelled corn and soap were swept several
hundred yards down the creek. The head
light of the locomotive was carried into
field far away, while the engineer was fin
ally rescued from the forks of a tree, 800
yards below the scene OF the accident. Wal
ter Mcclure, the fireman, was drowned, and
the body recovered. ,T ...f .r
JAMES G.. TROY, of San Francisco,
CAL, was fatally stabbed by his brother,
John r., during a quarrel over business
matters the other day. Both men had been
drinking, words led to blows, and finally
knives were drawn. James was stabbed in
the throat and died almost instantly. { John
received several wounds in the head and
neck, but they are not dangerous. The
dead man leaves a wife and two children.
AT Lancaster, KY, on the ,7th, Town
Marshall Singleton fired three shots into
crowd trying to rescue prisoner, wound
ing Joe Ray In the thigh. Ray was also hit
on the head with a rock and killed. = The
Marshal was pelted with stones by the mob,
one of which is supposed to have killed Ray.
huA STAGING on the new railroad bridge
at Greenfield, Mass, fell forty-six feet to
the ground the other day. OF eight men at
work one was fatally and two others badly
hurt. f m t.ei taij7r.r st..t .si.i, ri.ft
A HORRIBLE murder is reported from
Murray County, Georgia. James Emery,
aged about 100 years, beat his wife, 80 years
old, to death with q maui, and threw the
body into lime-sink. Emery has been a
desperate all hts life, living in the wilds be-
yond the Cabutta Mountains. He is con-
sidered an old Blue Beard, having married
seven times, and murdered all his wives in
the most brutal manner. He had not been
appTenenueu up 10 Jne ON, fDuL the OI0cerS
were tracking him through the mountains.
JOHN SCRoGGs, a herder, was killed
by lightning at Aldred's camp, near Boone
vile, Colo, a few days ago. He was cook
ing breakfast at the time, and had expert
enced quite a severe shock a few moments
before. F\i.lH 1ua 81. 4"Ua4 b. .J.Y
Il WILLIAM iHABEL, inventor of the
knitting machine, and Hiram Jones, dro-
yer from Vermont, were killed, and Ed.
PEBBLES, engineer, was slightly injured by
collision on the Boston, Concord & Montreal
Railway, near Concord, on the Sth. Both
engines, together with several freight cars
and the baggage car, were badly smashed.
The Courthouse at Pittsburgh, Pa,
which cost nearly $25O,OOO, was partly de-
stroyed by fire the other day. There are
conflicting reports as to the loss of the rec
ords. Harry McDermott. was killed by
falling glass, and several firemen were In
jured. There was an Insurance of $4,000
in home companies. ....I.,......