The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

scoundrel attempted to take advantage o
her helplessness. She succeeded in eluding
his grasp, however, and ran towards th'
house of the nearest neighbor, closely pursued
by the negro. Having given the alarm,
large posse set out in pursuit of the villain
and if they succeeded in capturing him there
is no doubt he received speedy retribution
"A stranger, calling himself Vance, whC
had been for some time an inmate of the
Charity Hospital at Shreveport, La, sho
himself through the heart on the eth.
New Orleans is considering a thorough
system of sewerage, which will cost, accord
ing to the plans, 81 100000.
The Touring mill OF A. G.. Slicer, Eliza.
vile, KY, burned on the morning of the It'll
Several persons were sleeping in the SECOND
story, and all escaped but a negro employee
who was burned to death. The mill wa
valued at $50, 900, and is total loss; no in
surance.
Scott Mosely, colored, a mail carrier
was arrested at fernando, Miss, on the eth
on a charge of performing registered matter
He was taken to Oxford for examination
and committed to Jail in default of bail.
Joseph Armengo, prominent merchant
and cotton buyer at Herne, Texas, left that
place on the It'll, ostensibly TO go to Calves
ton on business. 1t has since transpired that
he fled, swindling his creditors. A party
from Galveston holds transfers of all his
property. About 20 attachments were issued
in consequence. The amount of the swindle
is thought to be about $4,000. The princi.
pal creditors are at Houston, Galveston, St
Louis and New York.
Alabama gets $500 of the Peabody fund
this year. Mississippi gets $1,000.
The prize for the best homemade bread
at the Atlanta (Ga.) Fair was fine cooking
range. 1t was captured by Miss May Van
Dyck, young lady of Athens, Tenn.
Capt. Lee Halls rangers recently had a
! fight with gang of robbers in AtascOsa
! County, Texas, in which one Of the robbers
was killed, another wounded, and one be-
sides these was captured. One of the rang
ers was wounded, but not seriously hurt.
The remainder got away in the darkness.
The Memphis Exchanges cotton crop
report for October shows generally favora-
BILE weather; about 30 per cent. of crop
picked; average increase in yield, 10 per
cent; condition of labor gen orally good; av-
erage date Of first frost, Oct. %.
VIM. d. BlOcher, one of the publishers of
the Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat, died on
the Confederate service during the War, and
a prominent Mason.
The sale of the Police Ne,cS, Gazette and
kindred publications has been stopped at
Atlanta, Ga. The recent Legislature passed
a law strictly fOrbidding the publication,
sale, or exhibition of any kind of indecent
literature. The Solicitor and Judge of the
Circuit Court had a consultation, and de-
termined that such papers as those indicated
above were indecent, and that their sale or
distribution was violation of the law. Al
newsdealers and newsboys in the city were
therefore notified that they must not deal in
such stock, and some of them were request
ed to destroy those on hand. Some OF the
dealers will appeal to the courts.
AT Frankfort, KY, on the 18th, the
blacksmith shop of J. F. Wilson burned and
the remains Of a little 4-year-old son of Mar
Gus Jones were subsequently discovered in
the ruins. Wilson was suspected Of the
murder Of one Hezekiah Gardner, who mys-
teriously disappeared few days previous,
and it was suspected that he burned his shop
in order to destroy the body of his victim. 1t
was while search was being made for the re-
mains of Gardner that the little boys fate
was discovered. 1t is not known how the
little fellow came to be in the shop at the time
Of the fire, and Wilson, who is an ex-Peni-
Tertiary convict, was subject to no little suS-
picion in connection with the affair. He was
arrested and locked up in Jail to await fur-
| Their investigation.
"A fire at Paducah, KY, on the night of
the 18th, destroyed the hub and spoke fac
| tory of Davis e. Hefrop. Loss about $40, 000'
with but small insurance.
s. W. Miller, one of the Texas land
forgers, was recently captured in Little
Rock by q Texas officer and taken to Austin.
The Times office, at Brinkley, Ark, was
burned on the 18th. W. W. Folsom, editor
of the paper, estimates his loss at 81 200, and
charges the disaster to incendiaries.
The auction clothing house of A. & L
Levy at New Orleans burned on the night
the 18th. Loss 900; insured. Haggens'
tobacco factory, adjoining, was badly dam
aged; covered by insurance.
Charles Mann's cotton seed oil mill at
Yazoo City, Miss, accidentally burned on
the 18th. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
AT Covington, KY, on the 18th, Miss
Annie Hoff shot and instantly killed Charles
Schurer, her former lover, whom she charged
with having betrayed her under promise of
marriage. Miss Hoff is q years of age and
is described as a handsome brunette. In
company with her brother she went to
Schurer's place of business and requested a
private interview, which was granted. In a
few minutes afterward the report of pistol
was heard and Schurer was found dead. Her
only explanation Of the terrible affair was
ale betrayed me and l shot himw Miss
Hoff then voluntarily surrendered herself
and both she and her brother were locked up
for examination.
Edward c. Palmer, late President Of the
Louisiana Savings Bank, was arrested on the
18th, upon two indictments by the Grand
Jury, one charging him with embezzlement
and the other with publishing false reports
and willfully concealing facts as to the con-
dition of the bank to deceive the public. He
was held to bail in the sum of $4,000.
AT HOpkinsville, KY, on the 18th, James
P. Ferguson shot and killed j. II. Coombs,
and then surrendered himself to the author
tiles. The murderer justifies the killing by
and then refused to marry her.
Upon Secretary Thompson, during
the recent naval review in Hampton
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