The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-02-17
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


released Prince Napoleon, the indictment
against him being quashed.
AN effort to take from Jail and lynch
negro desperate at Paola, Kas., was
frustrated by the determined resistance OF
the Sheriff and deputies on the Sth, who
shot several men. The next afternoon
another attack was made and seeing 1t like
ly to succeed the negro cut his throat aud
fell dead. The corpse was taken out and
hanged to tree.
SEVEN men were killed by boiler ex-
plosion on the 9th at the tile factory in Tay-
lorville, III. The verdict of the Coroner's
Jury was said to have been that the explo-
sion was oaused from the scarcity OF water
In the boiler and that John Jones, who was
in charge of the engine, was incompetent
and not practical engineer.
AT Detroit, Mich, fire destroyed the
Albion Milling Compsny's mill the other
morning, entailing loss Of 100000.
THE Gem, a stern wheel steamer
plying on Puget Sound, was burned off the
California Coast few days ago and five
persons were drowned.
Two prisoners made a desperate at
tempt to escape by jumping from the PEN
itentiary wall at Jefferson City, Mo-, the
other day, but were recaptured, 9a
DURING the excitement over the
lynching of negro at Paolo, Kans., the
other day, bank forger who kept perfectly
cool negotiated a spurious check at the
bank in that place.
AYoUNG named Freeman, who eloped
with farmers daughter near Charlotte,
Mich, a few days ago, was pursued by the
father and shot in the head, 1t was thought
fatally.
B.. GRIER's saw-mill, at Charlotte,
Mich, blew up the other morning, instant
ly killing the proprietor and the engineer.
RoNDoUT, N. Y, had serious fire
on the 18th. A steamboat and several BUSH
ness houses were destroyed. .it .aIu.t
+, AT late hour the other night q mail
pouch in the baggage room at Cedar Rapids,
Ia, was broken open and 40 registered let
tiers taken. The amount OF the loss was I'M
known, though it was thought to be consid-
cradle. No clewto the robbers.
Nv. A. CHUD, prosperous merchant
OF Montgomery. Ala. was arrested few
days ago, charged with rifling the mails. 1t
was thought his mind was deranged by
spiritualism. IrHa 9ti tFI35Wga Il'E
3 A FIRE on the farm of Pierre Lorll-
lard, at Jobstown, n. j., the other day, cre-
mated twenty flour draft-horses and six
mules. EaiHltt
HERMAN HARNER, a dealer in dry
goods at Jersey City, Nj. having been con
victed Of knowingly receiving $4,000 worth
OF stolen property, was recently sentenced
to State prison for eighteen months,
CITIZENS of chihuahua, Mex, organ
lied company and attacked "a band Of
Apaches recently, killing twelve of them
and capturing thirty three. In a fight on
/ the border OF Sonora, Mexican troops killed
one hundred Indians and took sixty pris-
oners.
AN organ valued at $4,000, which
was toa be removed from the old into the
new First Baptist Church of Denver, Colo,
was the other day damaged 81, 600 worth
by yandals, who broke the pipes and cast
1 ings. ..rsn.Ea aIj
1 AT New York a bartender named
4 Charles u. Seebach fred npon party OF
boys who were isnowballing him the other
day and killed John Noonan. aged nine
4 years,
al WTLLIAM BARLOW was arrested in
/ New York City afew days ago on suspicion
I OF being the man who robbed Miss Ish-
| erwooa, daughter of the Chief Engineer OF
| the United States Navy, on the streets Of
that city some time since. Miss sherwood
Identified Barlow as the hishwaymsn. -"
saAT st. Petersburg, Russia, three ex.
Directors of the Mutual Credit Society and
four other persons, convicted OF forgery and
squandering funds ofthe society, were re.
Gently sentenced to loss 0; civil rights and
| exile.