The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

John Lehman, who is charged with hay
| ing killed his wife by throwing her out OF
of a window, the jurors being unable to
agree. At the last ballot they stood II to
in favor of acquittal.
THE sugar experiments conducted by
| the Department of Agriculture at Fort
Scott, Kas., have resulted in great dis
appointment to the advocates of the car
bonatation theory.
COLONEL HUSTON, chairman of the In
diana Republican State central commit
tee, in an interview at Dallas, claimed
the Legislature Of his State for his party,
and said that Harrison would be the Sena-
! tor.
THERE were 1S9 failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
Goth.
JOHN CAvANAUGH, Of Jersey City, N.
j., has been held for trial for the Turder
of Patrick Hayden.
DUBLIN is agitated with the widest ru-
mors relating to the Governments inten-
tions.
A RUN on the German Savings Bank at
Davenport, Ia, on the Goth caused some
excitement in that city, but it was coun-
teractcd by heavy deposits by its friends.
LAWRENCE BETHUNE, of Amargo, n.
NJ, has been sent to the penitentiary for
robbing the mails.
INVESTIGATION shows that the Conti-
mental Hotel fire at Chicago, on the 2jth,
was the work of incendiarie5. The build
ing was fired in six places
JOHN MALLORY, a Missouri Pacific Sec
ton foreman was killed at Leavenworth,
Kas., on the 2jth, by walking Off trestle-
work
AN agreement has been entered into be-
tween German and English steamship
companies whereby emigrants' rates will
be advanced.
ST. Louis ranks seventh among the
cities of the country in special letter de-
livery business for the past year.
A WEALTHY citizen of Birmingham,
Mich, was lately the recipient of a letter
from the Cuban sharpers who swndled
the Pbiladelphans.
The inside history of the packers strike,
as published at Chicago, places Master
Workman Butler in the unenviable posi-
tion of having worked the strike for po-
! utiCal Advancement.
A NUMBER of German Socialists who
took part in public demonstration have
been sentenced at Berlin to various terms
of imprisonment at hard labor.
A SYSTEM of weather service sim liar to
that Of the Government is to be estab-
lished by the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany all along its lines.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
for the celebration of the sixty fifth an
niversary of the independence of the 18TH
mus of Panama.
HERMAN BLICKENDoRFER, whose home
was at Lebanon, Mo-, while out with a
surveying party in Oregon, on the 25th,
was killed by the accidental discharge of
pistol.
PROCEEDINGS have been commenced
against John Dillon, NJ. p, for his utter
ances on the rent question IL a speech de.
livered at Woodford, Ireland, on October
Is.
IT is reported that the Poe family, who
were thought to have been burned tC
death in Knox County, KY, a month ago
were in reality murdered by a neighbol
and his wife. The crime was witnessed
, by their young son, who has told al
about it.
? IT is intimated that Secretary Manning
, in his report, will recommend a two pei
cent. refunding bond for the benefit o
National banks wishing to continue theil
circulation,
ALICE GRIDLEY, aged four years, fel
: upon a stove during the absence OF hel
mother at Akron, o., on the Goth, and wal
so severely burned that death ensueC
shortly.
t ROBERT HILL shot and killed his bro
Their, Tony, at Atlanta, Ga, on the Goth
and then, placing the pistol to his owl
temple, killed himself. The trouble wa
= caused by whiskey.
THE VIM Parrish La) court -housC
burned on the 2Gth with all the records.
ABOUT one-half Of the damage claim
! growing out of the Rio disaster hqv
; been settled by tho Chicago, Milwaukee
, and st. Paul Railroad Company.
MRS. CHARLES SMITH met with horr
bic death at Charlotte, Mich, on the 2Gth
e While working about the house her cloth
Y ing caught fire and she was burned to
n crisp.
e A MOST remarkable haul Of fish wa
1 made at Peoria, H., on the Goth by Walter
g. Co. At one haul of the sein the,
brought in 5000 pounds of fish. Tn
= largest three were catfish, Weighing to
~ gether sixty-fve pounds, the larges
= weighing forty pounds. The entire cate
~ was shipped to Kansas City.
COMPTROLLER TRFNHoLIargucs strong
ly for continuance Of the National banks
e LITIGATION has been begun over tn
e ownership of one hundred and sixt
5 acres of land within the limits of Superio
9 City, Wis.
; ADMIRAL PORTER says we need double
turreted monitors and fast cruisers for tn
protection of the seaboard.
a HENRY NJ. S TANLEY, the African ex
. plorer, has arrived in New York, and
{ banquet was given in his honor on th
D evening of the 27th, at which many nota
bic persons were present.
HENRY GEORGE, the defeated labo
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