The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-06

A VERY serious fire occurred at Medford,
Wis, on the 18th.
FIRE destroyed twelve buildings at Phoe-
nix, Ariz., on the 2Sth.
AT Evansville, Ind, on the 2sth, cloud
burst caused loss of $4,000.
JAMES LEE was caught on the 2Sth. in
the act of initiating Odlum's leap from the
brooklyn Bridge, and was locked up.
BY the bursting Of an emery wheel,
Joseph Blsnkensop was killed at Wheel
ing, w. Va, on the 18th.
On the 2Sth a fve-y ear-old chill | was
fatally beaten by four other children, all
under twelve, at Pittsburgh, Pa.
On the 18th c. g. Gray, of Marquette,
Mich, Auditor of the Marquette, Hough.
ton g. Ontonagon Railroad, committed
suicide.
BY the sinking of French fishing bark,
run down in fog off the Banks of New
foundland by the steamship City of Rome,
twenty two lives were lost.
SERIOUS depredations and number of
murders have been committed by Indians
near Silver City, N. M.
FIRE destroyed the implement factory Of
John Elliott g. Son at London, Ont, on
the Doth.
CHARLEY CASH, boy rider at the Terre
Haute (Ind.) races had his back broken on
the Goth by fall.
MARION M. OGDEN, reporter at Pitts
burgh, Pa, has been arrested on charge
of conspiracy.
ARTHUR E. MARSH, the embeZzler, who
absconded from New York, was arrested
on arrival of the steamship at Queens
town.
A Destructive fire occurred in the-lum-
Der yards of Studebaker & Bros, at South
Bend, Ind, on the Goth; loss, 500, OOO
A WHITE man was killed by lightning at
Big Springs, Tex, on the Goth, and negro
was seriously injured.
ACHILLES ONoFRI, who killed his step
daughter at Philadelphia, Pa, was con-
victed of murder in the first degree.
NEMEDI, village in Hungary of 231
houses has been destroyed by fire. The peo
pie are destitute
! JOHN TERRY, colored, was hanged a
Barnwell, S. c., on the Goth, for the muir
der, in May Last, of the Rev. John G. Ses
sions. His neck was broken and life wa:
pronounced extinct in twenty minutes
He made a confession, attributing thu
murder to whisky.
WHILE sitting in their tent at Hyder
abad, Southern Hindostan, recently, TIVE
Hussars were killed by lightning.
On the 31st Mrs. Preston Smith wa
killed by an accd entail shot at Portland
Ore.
On the night of the 3Oth Richard Hands
a drug clerk in New York, was murdere,
by burglars, whom he interrupted robbinl
his employers store.
LOUIS REUME, maniac, took possession
of train on the Wabash, iSt. Louis g. Pa
cific Railroad on the 3lst, and on arrival a
Chicago killed one officer, fatally wound
ed another and seriously wounded severe
citizens before he was captured.
On the 31st Charles Harold, a resider
of Chicago, fell from the pier at the foe
Of West Forty fourth street, New Yorl
and was horribly crushed between a cant
boat and the dock. He was taken to Roose
welt Hospital.
On the 1st James T. Hurt, of Rushvill
Ind, was killed by the cars at Chamoi
No.
IT is believed that whisky is responsible
for the insanity developed by Lou
Reaume at Chicago. He Is getting bett'
and will probably be tried for murder.
The chief of the Post-otfics inspector
g has been informed that Postmaster !.
Hibbs, of Lewiston, Idaho, issued none
orders to the amount of $4,000 or $50, 90
r payable to himself, ordered banks in di
ferent cities to collect them and forwa
!, the money to him, and then absconde
II He was last heard from at Victoria, Bri
ish Columbia.