The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-06-06


United States vs.. 7. F. jones, on an
indictment charging defendant with
having a box Of unstamped tobacco
in his possession at his store at Paris,
Tenn, was tried. The jury found
the defendant guilty, and the penalty
was fixed at 500 fine and imprison.
meat for thirty days. The sentence
wassuspended as to the imprisonment.
Memphis Appeal: The following
fish story can be proven as true be-
yond a doubt. Last evening colcr-
ed man carried Mississippi river fish
of large size to his home near South
Jackson and Main streets, and told
his wife to cock it for supper. The
wife cut the fish open. to clean it, but
In the stomach she found a hand,
minus the thumb, Of a three-year old
child, judging from its size and ap.
pearance. Numbers of people, whites
and blacks, visited the cabin of the
colored man and examined the hand.
1t is needless to state that the fish wa;
not cooked by that colored woman fol
supper, neither was it preserved fol
breakfast.
Dyersburg Gazette: About half
past 3 o'clock Thursday evening one
of the boilers in Stevens Touring mill
at this place suddenly exploded, liter.
ally demolishing the engine-room and
doing great damage to the main build
ing. Both boilers were thrown a dis
lance of sixteen feet from their origi-
nal places, tearing through brick
wall Is inches thick. Fortunately,
all the hands employed in the mill
were out of their proper places, other
wise the loss of life would have been
great, but as it was no one was hurt,
and only a hog got killed in the ex-
plosion. Considerable excitement
prevailed over the accident. The
damage to the mill and machinery is
estimated at about $4,000.
Paris Intelligencer, 3Oth: "Last
Thursday one William Young, who is
travelling agent for j. II. Mclean,
st. Louis, went to the postofice in
this city to get money order with
which to send funds to his house in
St. Louis. Mr. Frank Williams, the
postmaster, was temporarily absent
at the time, and his younger brother,
Isaac Williams, who is deputy, made
out the order for the man Young.
Young put off ten dollar counter
felt bill on the deputy postmaster, and
it was discovered by Mr. +. Williams
as soon as he returned. In the mean
time Young had left town and had
gone into the country. Andrew A.
J. Harris, the alert aud efficient dep
uty revenue collector, was in this vi
cinity, got wind of the affair and
promptly arrested the offender. This
man Young had told some parties in
town that he had a bill in his possess
sion, and had attempted to getmoney
orders for it before, but had failed,
but that he did not intend to lose it
himself, as it was the property of the
st. Louis house. He had in his pos
session a letter from the house saying
that a certain bill he Young lad
sent them had been pronounced not
good, and they returned it to Young,
saying that they thought it not genu-
inc, with the remark that perhaps he
could pass it off down in Tennessee.
This he succeeded in doing, and was
caught at il. Young was carried to
Memphis and had preliminary ex-
animation before United States COM
missioner, and was bound over under
bond of three thousand dollars, to
await histrial before the United States
circuit court next month.