The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-23

the 18th by a mot of strikers. The former
were armed and fred into the mob, killing
a man named Heck instantly, and wound.
| ing one other. The mob quickly scat
| tered after this decisive resistance was
| offered.
On the 14th Bowser, of Murraysville gas
wells riot fame in Pennsylvania, was con-
victed of murder in the second degree.
On the 18th Leonard w. Davis was sen.
| fenced in New York to one year in the
] Penitentiary for forging the name of
| Joseph Pulitzer. ,......
| AN excursion train loaded with KING hts
| Of Pythias bound for Detroit on the new
Michigan g. Ohio Road, was derailed and
badly wrecked between Battle Creek and
| Marshall, Mich, on the 141h. The en-
| gineer was scalded, perhaps fatally.
ON the 18th Ben Slick, engineer at a mill
at Williams Station, Mich, was fatally
stabbed by tramp. fu
A JOCKEY named SAKE was instantly
killed at The Brighton Beach races on the
| Is h by his horse falling.
| ON the 10Th a serious accident happened
to a train on the Cincinnati Short Line,
but, strange to say, no one was fatally in
jured. u
On the 10Th several firemen in Cincinnati
were overcome by the heat while fighting
a confiagration that destroyed nearly $780,.
00) worth of property.
AT Dombrovitz, Russia, on the 10th a
mob plundered Jewish residences and
killed seven persons. LOO - SOD.
| FIRE destroyed the Riverside Lumber
| Mills, with ten acres of lumber yards near
| Vincennes, Ind, on the 10th. s3.sa.
| Al.
| shot himself on bridge at Cleveland, o.
He dropped in the river, but was flshed
out He may recover.
| a DAsTARDLY attempt was made on the
18th to blow up the residence of w. E.
Blake, an attorney of Burlington, Ia, who
has been prosecuting the saloon-keepers.
| NEARLY all of the business portion of
Anoka, Mimi, was wiped out of existence
by fire, on the 10Th, the second occurrence
of the kind. Loss estimated, 100000.
| G. H. TYLER, Treasurer of the Bijou
| Theater, Boston, Mass, was found drowned
in the river on the 18th.
On the 18th Wiley Farris went to Tobias,
Neb,, shot his divorced wife through the
head and then killed himself.
BECAUSE his sweetheart would not let
him in her house Chas. Weggman, of Gin,
cinnati, o., killed himself on the 18th.
FATHER MoLLINGER, Catholic priest of
Allegheny City, Pa, was robbed the night
| of the 18th of $1,000 and a diamond
mounted chalice valued at 81 800.
On the 18Th Michael Tanning, cores
ponding clerk of a New York Express
Company, was arrested on the charge of
embe2zling large sum of money.
AT Kason, Russia, powder magazine
and five Government offices were blown
up by dynamite on the 14th inst, and 100
persons were killed. The authorities had
previously received an anonymous warn
ing, but had disregarded it.
/ MISCELLANEOUS.
On the 18th six hundred of the delegates
to the Irish National Convention at Boston
went on an excursion rendered by the Bos.
ton City Government.
PREPARATIONS are being made for a fe-
male walking match, six days, go-Gs.you.
please, at Pittsburgh, Pa ..s. "a,
THE Virginia Legislature has passed
resolutions through both houses providing
for the appointment of a joint committee
to examine and report whether there is an
election law in the State or not. " ' .l
ACCORDING to latest advices received
the French and Chinese ironclads at Foo
Chow were cleared for action, and with
steam up were awaiting orders to attack.
DURING the twenty-four hours ended at
8 p. m. on the 10th, fifteen deaths from
cholera occurred at Marseilles. The wealth.
er was cooler.
On the 18th the British Government de-
cided to send fleet of $50 boats with the
Gordon relief expedition and contracts
for building them were being made. They
are to be built in England and to be com.
pleted within twenty seven working days
under penalty of five dollars per day for
each boat in case Of non-fulfllment of the
contract. The boats will be thirty-two
feet long by seven wide, carrying fourteen
men EACH
OVER twenty thousand persons partici
pated in the Nationalist procession at
Monaghan, Ireland, on the 16yh.
IPSWICH, Mass, celebrated the .5J, h an.
niversary of its Incorporation in grand
style on the 10th. r..." s' D.
OK the 18th two duels were reported be.
tween Paris journalists.
AT Aberdeen, Scotland, great reform
demonstration was held on the 10th in ia,
vor of the franchise bill.
OK the 10th sporadic case of yellow
fever was reported at Key West, Fla.
ALL the mills at Fall River, Mass, re-
sumed operations on the 18th. .
A DISASTROUS thunder and hail storm
visited Pittsburgh, Pa, on the lG.h. II
was the severest of the season.
A MONSTER temperance camp-meetinG
is being held in Milton, Ontario. Work.
ers from all parts of Canada and the
United States are in attendance.
On the 10th the Louisville Exposition
was opened with appropriate ceremonies.
The attendance was large.
SCARCELY a day passes that cholera does
not make appearance in some additional