The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


An Atlanta dispatch of the 10Th gives
the particulars of thrilling incident. At a
picnic held at Stone Mountain, Emma Jones,
a little girl, lost her footing and fell over the
edge Of the mountain precipice, which has a
nearly perpendicular height of 900 feet.
The little thing caught on an edge of rock,
and by sticking her fingers in the crevices
managed to hold on until the alarm was car
ried to the town, three miles Off At once
stores were closed, houses locked, and the
whole population with feverish haste hurried
tothe mountain. The child was 80 feet be-
low the brink, having slipped, or rather
fallen outright. She was considerably
bruised. At length Jerry Goldsmith was let
over the brink with a stout rope. He reach
ed the child Just As she was exhausted, and
was drawn to the top amid the most intense
excitement. The mother awaited the child
at the brink. A man and dog have for
merly fallen over this precipice and We're
dashed to pieces.
George Saunders, aged 81. a member OF
the notorious Crab Orchard gang of desper-
ADDE'S, was shot and instantly killed on the
3Oth ult. at Stanford, Ky, by W. 5. Mey-
ers, storekeeper. The evidence shows
that the shooting was done in self-defense.
Young Saunders had just been liberated
from Jail, and he stood charged with at least
a dozen crimes, principally burglary and
larceny. He had long been a terror to the
community in which he lived. His brother
Walter was shot and killed by the City Mar
shall Of Richmond, Ky, sbouttwo years ago.
A widow lady living alone in the vicini-
ty of Cedar Springs, Green County, KY,
was a few nights ago most shockingly mall
treated by two scoundrelly white
men, who left her tied hand
and foot, in which predament she
was discovered on the following day by two
young girls who happened to call at her
house. The citizens made every effort to
capture the villains, but up to last reports
had not succeeded in doing so.
"A negro entered the residence Of re-
spectacle widow living in the vicinity Of
Pine Bluff, Ark, on the 2Sth, and finding
her alone, choked her until She became in
sensible, the blood gushing from her eyes and
mouth. Having cOnsummated his atrocious
yillainy, he made his escape, but the neigh
borhood was soon aroused and in pursuit,
and his capture and summary punishment
was almost certain to follow.
"A duel took place at Lancaster, 5. c.,
on the lst, the principals being Capt. J.
Clark. editor OF the Camden Journal, and
Charles Shann.n, son of Col. VIM Shannon,
one of the wealthieSt planters in the State.
Shannon challenged Clark on account of an
article published in the Journal rejecting
upon the conduct of the Board of County
Commissioners, of which his father was
Chairman. By agreement of seconds only
one shot was allowed on each side and
neither of these taking effect, the principals
withdrew from the field without any loss of
blood.
Some citizens of Cherokee County, NC,
on the LIST took three Mormon preachers, who
had been engaged in PROSECUTING through
that section, and whipped them severely.
Not content with this, several of the converts
were caught and similar punishment inflict
ed upon them. The newly made and the
carpet-bag Mormons were driven out of the
country, and will return at once to Utah.
AT Nicholasville, Ky, on the LIST, 10
year-old boy named Will Hates shot and
probably fatally wounded two Young men,
named Butler Cobb and Arthur Reynolds,
whom he caught stealing watermeons.
The abduction of the pretty widow Pull
liam from her home in Ebert County, Ga.
continues to be the uppermOSt sensation In
that part of the State, and at least half
dozen different theories are put forth to ac-
Some Of these theories, as
might be expected, do not picture the widow
as an altogether unwilling fugitive from her
home, but the general belief still prevails
that she was really forcibly abducted.
AT Camdenville, Anderson County, Nv,
OIL the 30th uIt., Robert MOSely, Town Mar
shall, shot and Killed Bud Oliver, one of his
neighb0rs. There seems to have been no
provocation for the deed.
james II. Calling, a prosperous farmer
who lived near MurfreesbOrO, y. c., broth
er of the inventor of the Gatling gun, was
foully murdered on the night of the 1St on
his own premises, by some person unknown.
To be the belle of the White Sulphur
is one of the highest honors to which South
ern ladies aspire, and, with the exception Of
one or two seasons, the bellies of White Sui
phur have always been denizens of the sun
ny South. This season the lady who is ac-
to have achieved this distinction
is Mrs. Mamie Leary of Richmond, Va.
AT camp-meeting being held at LAM
pasas, Texas, 1000 people being present,
coal-oil lamp upon the platform fell, broke,
and set fire to the dresses of two ladies and
child. They were soon in flames, and wild
ensued among the crowd. La
dies shieked, and men rushed up to put out
The flames. One of the ladies was fatally
burned, but the others escaped with but tri-
ling injuries.
Georgia has grown so much wheat this
summer that the local mills are grinding with
)ut drawing supplies from the NOrth-the
irst time it has happened in the history ofthe
State. Both in Georgia and northwestern
South Carolina the use of the drill and ma
lure has extended the cultivation of both
wheat and rye and produced excellent crops.
R. C. Brady, a printer, well known in
he West, was found dead on the railroad
hear BremOnd, Texas, on the night of the
ID. His head was cut open and an AK found
ying close by with hair on it. His death is
| mystery.
DIR. Emmett II. Williamson of Chapel
Hill, Orange County, n. c., is under arrest
ipon a charge of defaming the characters of
wO highly respectable ladies, by postal
ards sent through the mails.
"A delegate convention for the purpose
# discussing the labor question will meet at
he Court house, at Vidalia, Concordia Par
sh, La, on the Goth of September. One