The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-11-30
STATE NEWS,

DNe' A1itihSl VA ihC ftu S1Noi-
airy, who was killed in an Indian bat
tie on the 18th, is native of Mem
pbis
A Memphis shoemaker has built
for an Arkansas negro a pair Of shoes
seventeen and three-quarters inches
long and six inches across the sole,
Cost SIC.
The tenth annual session of the
Tennessee Conference of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church in Amer
lea is being held in jackson. Bishop
Lane is presiding, and Rev. John
Ridley is acting as Secretary.
The Nashville American says; The
bank at Lebanon paid out $4,000
last week, for hogs. Twenty~four EAR
loads of swine per day have been
brought here over the Tennessee aud
Pacific for the past two weeks.
The candidates for State Treasurer
are now put down as follows: Col,
Marsh T. Polk Of Bolivar, James I.
Dunlap, w. Hooper Harris, james
I. Patterson, w. B. Dortch OF Nash
vile, John ii. Glass of Trenton, DIR
+. EdmoLdson Of Pulaski.
The GAINESVILLE Review says: We
learn that conductor DO. Davis while,
coupling cars on his train At Guthrie,
Ky, on Saturday morning last, fell
between the cars and was run oyer,
receiving wounds from the effect Of
which he died in a short time.
The candidates forSecyetary State
are: Chas. \. Gibbs, the present in>
cumbent; ex-Speaker I. II. Payne
of Savannah, james A. Jones, Of
Woodbury., Maj. Lumpkin Of Mem,
phi., Gen. James Quarles, Robert l..
Campbell Of Nashville. w. r. Handy
Of Jackson, Thomas Boyers Of Gala
tin and Capt. W, G. Erwin Of Wav>
er!cy,
The GAINESVILLE Review says: DR.
Lucian L. Brodie, of Fulton, Tenn,
died at the residence Of Mr. Thos.
O-aurn, in this county, on Friday,
Nov. a, 1876, of pneumonia. DIR.
Brodie had been in attendance On the
Masonic Grand Lodge at Nashville,
and on his return home stopped to
visit his sister, Mrs. Ogburn, where
he was taken with the disease Of
which he died.
The Wing and Tribune says: VIM.
Nattison, claiming to hail from New
York, reported to several Of our citi-
zcus that he had been robbed hear the
Intersection Of Main and Royal streets
last Saturday night. lie made known
his mishap to his landlord, who very
charitably liquidated his board bill.
We are informed that the aforesaid
Mattison was seen at thedePot short
time afterwards with Il fat roll Of
money, and after purchasing ticket,
went on his way rejoicing.
There are at present 1,030 prison,
oners in the penitentiary. About
three hundred are confined within the
walls, three hundred are at work Oh
lhe railr ads in the State and the rest
in the Sewancc, Battle Creek and Ful-
can Coal Mines. Garner, the oldest
man in the penitentiary, is seventy
years Of age and was sentenced four
years ago to twenty-five years for
horse stealing. The youngest prison
y is only thirteen years old. He was
sentenced for murderinga school mate
in quarrel about a game of marbles.
The Wing and Tribune says; Last
Saturday morning, about )! o'clock,
Frank Beasley, Ike Nicely, John
White and Madison Gill. all colored,
aroke jail and made their escape.
Nank BeasIey, by some means, po~
cured case knife and 4 piece Of iron
hoop, out of which he constructed saws
with which he sawed a hole, first
through the wood lining of the cell in
which they we're confined, and then
through the brick wall. When Sher-
ilT Perkins discovered the plot he
found that Beasley, Nicely and White
had already escaped, but discovered
Till crawling out, when he was ar
rested and returned to jail. Nicely
AMI White have been arrested again,
and Frank Beasley is thought to be
still in the county.
Washington correspondence Of the
Detroit Free Press: Among those
who are expecting 70 enter society
this winter is Miss Wilcox, the grand
daughter of Andrew jackson Donel-
son, the nephew and adopted son Of
Gen. Jackson. Her mother was
born in the White House during Gen.
Jack>on's administration, and chris
tened in the east room in the presence
cf both Houses Of Congress. The
President and Vice President Van