The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-25
COUNTY NEWS.


and space, neighbor. The only cure
for them is good sound thrashing,
repeated if necessary.
About twenty feet of the levee at
the river near Warlick's Mill, three
miles north of town, washed out last
week, causing considerable trouble
and s,opping the mill. This will be
a serious Inconvenience to many peo~
pie until the trouble is remedied.
The trial of Penny and Yates for
assault and battery upon Henry Rust
came off at Pickettville last Friday,
and resulted in the acquittal of Yates
and fining Penny. 1t appears from
the proof that Yates and Penny were
living in a house belonging to Rust,
claiming to have rented of Mr. H. Fl.
Corsey, and they and Rust had had
several disputes about it. Late
Wednesday evening as Rust was going
home he was attacked by Penny and
severely beaten with a club, Yates
holding Rust while Penny did the
fighting. Yates and Penny are new
corners, having moved there very re-
Gently.
Editor Exchange:
In looking through the last weeks
issue, Mr. Elwee, Republican, of
Brownsville, says if his sou votes the
Democratic ticket he would kill him.
If bad forty fathers would vote
the Democratic ticket. More than
this, he says before he would live un-
der Democratic law he would shoulder
his gun and go in the field for seven
years. Readers, old and young, you
all know that won't do. He is the
very man that will live in the briar
patch and fight the snakes and Demo-
Gratis with his k2els. Readers, he will
not do. He won't do anything but
blow and snort. You may depend he
won't fight. Readers, did you ever
hear the hawk and jaybird story ?
The hawk was running him close. He
followed Lordy, Lordy, but Mr. jay.
darted in the brush heap and says too
slick, too slick; soreaders that Mr. Ell
wee will be like Mr. jaybird. If this
won't do Mr. Elwee let him ask for the
balance. Is. L. j.
From the Humboldt Herald
The members of the Corinth Meth~
odist church at New South Gibson
are repairing the church building, and
making other needed Improvements.
Messrs Albert Weddington and W.
T. Lenoir left Monday last for Eft.
Worth, Texas, the former to locate
and the latter to look after some land
ed interests.
A meeting of the sustentation COM
mittee of the Presbytery Of the West
ern District was held here Monday
night last. There were present Rev.
J. B. Carne. Union City, Rev. q. a.
Russell, Brownsville, Rev. E. Nc
Nair, Jackson, Rev. 3. NJ. Faris, of
this city. Arrangements are being
made to supply with ministers the
vacant fields in the bounds of the
Presbytery.
We learn that Mr. jackson VIII
liams, of this vicinity, has purchased
the half interest of Messrs. Carthel
and Caldwell in the Gibson Wells
property and will begin improvements
soon. The wells are now owned by
Mr. T. L. Bishop, of Paducah, and
Mr. Williams-both men of capital
and enterprise, who will no doubt
make them as attractive a watering
place as in days of yore.
From the Humboldt Journal.
A cherry pie eating-match it is said
has been gotten up bytwo Methodists,
between an Alamo and Humboldt
doctor, with bet of S25. If the pro-
ceeds of the bet will be given to be-
nevolent purposes this will be a new
sort of church fair and ought to be
patented.
7. t. Stanley, alias Thos. Melton,
forged note for four hundred dollars
on Messrs J. W. Loyel, J. S. Emf
son and Jack Thomas, living near
Gadsden, and sold the same to Mr. II.
A. Welsh for two hundred and sew
enty-fve dollars one day last week
and departed for parts unknown.
Prom the Trenton Mirror.
Joseph Carthel Elder, second son
of. William E. Elder, died in this
place on Wednesday the 18th instant.
A colored man dressed in woman's
clothing was arrested in town last Sat
urday, the 18th inst. Strong cireum'
stances pointed TO him as an escaped
convict for whom large reward had
been offered in Mississippi. If this
surmise should prove incorrect, it is
not improbable that another Eliza
Pickston drama will be Matched out Of