The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-11-29

autograph letter to Count Bylandt
Reydt, on the occasion of the compile
ton of fifty years of continuous service
in the army. The Emperor, Archdukes
and others of the royal family visited
the Count on the 24th. Emperor Will
liam of Germany and Minister of War
sent congratulations to the aged General.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FIRE destroyed the depot of the New
Central Railway at Batavia, N. Y, on the
21st.
On the 21st twenty five thousand dol
lar fire visited Wilson, N. G.
On the 2lst three children were burned to
death in farm house near Vassar, Mich.
On the 2lst James II. Jones, of New
York, was found guilty of wife-murder.
He shot his wife in July last.
A FATHER and child were recently de-
voured by wolves in Eastern Hungary, and
the mother, who was dragged away by
horses hitched to the sled in which they
rode, died of fright.
A sLooP engaged in smuggling Chinese
capsized off the coast of California on the
22d, drowning nineteen Cinnamon and two
Americans.
SHERIFF MARSHALL, of Charlotte Coun-
ty, Va, was killed on the odd by jumping
from train during q collision.
THE Grand Opera-house at ST. Louis,
Mo-, burned on che afternoon of the 23d,
nothing being left standing but a portion
of the walls. The loss is estimated at $780,
000 on which there is an insurance of SS4,-
! 600. Manager Norton lost all his wardrobe
and fine library. Two firemen were in
jured during the progress of the fire, one
having an ankle and the other both legs
broken.
In fit of jealousy on the odd Samuel
Stewart, of Pittsburgh, Pa, brutally as
| saulted his sweetheart, Katie Hobson, in
Aicting probably fatal injuries.
! GEO. SMoNDs' furniture warehouses at
| Bristol, r. l., burned on the 23d.
| AT Edinboro, Pa, on the 23d, g. B. Will
liams fatally shot his wife and then killed
himself.
An anti Liquor crowd at Blondensburg,
| O., on the oath demolished an obnoxious
saloon and beat the proprietor so severely
that he died.
THE extensive works of Kellett & Co., at
Kellettville, Pa, were destroyed by fire a
few days ago. They were engaged in ex-
tracing juice from hemlock bark for tan
ming purposes. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
| $4,000.
JEREMIAH FRITZ and wife, residing at
| Doylestown, o., were awakened the
morning of the oath by two masked men,
who pointed cooked revolvers at the old
people and demanded their money. Fritz
gave the burglars 5000, when they de-
parted, threatening death if a noise was
made
SELDEN's lumber yard and sheds in
r ome, N. Y, were burned by incendiaries
the morning of the 9th The loss is about
| $4,000; partly insured.
! THE three train wreckers, Collins, Kirk
endale and Proctor, We're sentenced on the
9th at Santa Fe, n. NJ, to the Territorial
Penitentiary for seven years each.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made the
night of the 23d to rob the safe in the office
of the North Avenue Savings Bank at
Cambridge, Mass. Holes were bored in
one of the doors, through which several
pounds of powder were poured and ex-
ploded. The safe was badly damaged, but
not sufficiently to allow the burglars &c
get at the valuables.
CHARLES II. G.. RIND, of Adrian, Mich.
son of the late DR.. Rind, n prominent
physician and politician of the State, anc
SON. in-law of Judge Comstock, Kalama.
ZOO, postal clerk on the Michigan Central
was arrested on the oath by the Post officC
inspector at Monroe for stealing from tbs
mails. In default of $1,000 bail he wa
sent to jail at Detroit to await trial. HI
had been suspected, and decoy letters lee
to his arrest.
THE residence of John Steinmeyer, pro
prietor of the brewery at Flagstaff, Ari
IONA, was burned on the night of the 21st
He was burned to crisp. His wife ant
child were rescued.
, POLICEMEN GRANT and Devins of New
ark, N. j., have been committed to avail
trial on a charge of highway robbery an,
attempted shooting. While drunk on dut.
, the night of the 23d, they attacked a man
robbed him and fired several shots at hin
while he was endeavoring to escape. Tw
other policemen who failed to arrest tn
I guilty officers were suspended by til
Mayor
ON the night of the 9th fire was discov
| cred in the building in Chicago occupe,
: by the Chicago Paper Company and 9th
t ers. The paper company's loss is $4,000
insurance, $4,000. Other minor losses
chiefly by printers, $4,000; fully insured
/ The building is owned by Treat Campbell
Q and is damaged $1,000; insured.
. MISCELLANEOUS.
The machinery molders of Pittsburgh
! Pa, rather than be idle, will accept the re
/, duction in wages. The men in the nu
: works, however, will go on a strike.