The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-13
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


FIRE destroyed Nudge & Co.'s large
shoe factory at Danvers Center, Mass,
and three stores, together with $4,000
worth of stock, ON the morning of the 4th.
The loss is SO, 600; fully insured. Two
hundred hands are thrown out OF work at
Mudge's.
On the 4th the opera house at Plainwell,
Mich, was burned with Clements dry
goods store, T. anwell Leader newspaper
property, household goods and scenery
making a total loss Of $40, 900; insurance,
$4,000.
JOE CLARKE, colored, was hanged at
Bolivar Station, Tenn, on the 9th.
AT Gudgell's Station, Ind, on the 9th,
John Butcher killed James II. Winnis, ana
when pursued, killed himself.
BENJAMIN HALPIN, of New York, tried
to kill his wife, or mistress, on the 9th, but
failed. He then committed suicide
A PART of the stone coping of the Court
house at Augusta, Ca, fell, killing COL
ored man named Harris.
SERGEANT JAMES CAMPBELL, of the
Third Artillery, stationed at Washington
barracks, attempted suicide on the 9th by
| shooting.
MEMORIAL HALL, Paramount Park, Phil
adelph was slightly damaged by fire on
the 9th. 1t contained valuable art collec-
tons.
AT Cincinnati, O., on the 9th, Inspector
of Police James Dunn and Chief of Detec-
tives Charles Wappenstein were arrested
on charges of blackmail
| REWARDS have been offered for the ar
rest and conviction of the parties who at
tempted to blow up the speci l car OF
Superintendent Warder Cumming at Mar
shall, Tex.
IT seems now that first reports of the
Cashmere earthquake were no. so greatly
exaggerated after all. Many hundreds OF
people were killed. The telegraph lines
are Frustrated and news is hard to get
THE Grand Jury at Montreal, Can, have
returned true bills on twenty indlct-
ments for forgery and utteriny forged let
ters against Hall and Fox. The forgerles
were upon the Bank of Scotland.
AN explosion of gas occurred at Isabella
furnace, Barneston, Pa, on the 9th. VIM.
Butler, an employee, was killed and several
others were injured. The cause of the ex-
ploson is unknown.
RAYMOND SoHoRooH, the alleged dishon-
est Post-office clerk, who fled from HAMS
pooh, Bohemia, with moneys belonging to
the Austrian Government, has been held
for extradltion by United States Com
missioner Shields at New York.
On the 9th a Chinaman in Jail in Boston
for assault to kill committed suicide in his
cell.
AN indictment for embezzlement has
been found against G. w. Neff, an insur-
ance agent at Cincinnati.
AT Barrie, Ont, on the 9th, woman
and four children were burned to death in
their house.
CHARLES Foss killed Phillip D. Slo-
cumb and then committed suicide at New
Bed ord, Mass, on the 9Th.
ON the 9th the body OF Mrs. A. L. Lowe
of Clyde, Kas., was found in the river
near Buffalo, Ill She had been missing
some time.
In Constantinople, on the It'll, fire de-
stroyed over 300 houses and fifty shops.
EARTHQUAKE shocks continue in Cash
mere. Large quantities of grain have beer
swallowed up and a famine is threatened
FIRE destroyed 100000 worth of prop
erty at Suffolk Va.
AN old rascal named Edison swindled
widow at Windsor, Ont, opposite Detroit
Mich, out of 81, 900 under promise of mar
riage He had several wives already.
CHARLES E. GILMORE has confessed a
Chicago to perjury in the election fraut
cases.
LATE estimates place the number o
lives lost by the Cashmere earthquake a
800.
, THE female wing of the lunatic asylum
at Williamsburg, Va, burned the night o
the eth. One person was burned to deaf
and one patient wandered away and wa
drowned.
THREE weeks ago Emma Kercher dis
appeared at Milwaukee. The mystery ha
= just beenlcleared up by the finding of he
body. She committed suicide on accoun
j., of her mothers death.