The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-25
[ILAN EXCHANGE
THURSDAY. DEC. 25, 1879.
OVER THE STATE.

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Hon. | c. Fowler, editor of tn,
Bristol News, and hi. wife, celebrate,
y their silver wedding on the sixth in
\ slant.
A Wilson county resident took tn,
frs. prize in the recent chess tourne,
conducted through the columns of the
Brighton, Eng, Herald.
JoBesboro Journal: Engineer Mat
Franklin ran train hast ;seek from
.Ionesboro to BfistO!. thrtyetwq niles,
Yin thirty se"en minutes. How is that
tr speed!
Ripley News: Mr.. G.. w. Young,
of the Durhamville neighborhOod, had
1.-TWO Of his fingers cut off and another
badly injured while working at his gin
pne day last week. = ~ 4 (.
Judge Eldridge, of Memphis, fined
himself $40 for tardiness at court.
Two lawyers made able arguments for
he remission of the penalty, hut his
honor remained firm.
Nat. Baxter, Jr., of Nashville, was
appointed Clerk of the Supreme Conrt,
rice w. n. Cowden, resigned. The
irst information Mr.. Baxter had of
col. Cowden's resignation was accom-,
panied by his appointment.
Memphis Appeal: Yesterday we'll
Known criminal lawyer WAS fined twen-
y-fve dollars by Judge Horrigan for
contempt of court, because the lawyer
vas not IN court to attend TO his
lient's cases when called for trial.
Judge Houk, the only radical rep
esentative in Congress from Tennes-
ZEE, says that but one question or issue
an SO divide the Democracy in this
tate as to give 1t TO the Republicans
1880, and that issue, he SAYS, is the
ttate debt question. yF+ -
Shelbyville Commercial, 18th, Ar
ngements have been made With the
merican Union telegraph company
" which line L. to lie run from Muir.
'ecsboro to ShelbYville, running with !
be pike, and on to Lynchburg, via |
lat creek, thence to Winchester ard !
to Chattanooga. - &.sL y
An important order has been iss%ed |
Judge i. B. Horrigan, of the /.
helhy County Criminal Court, direc- |
hg the Attorney General to forth,
it'll investigate the charter of the city /
aterworks, the object being to ascer. I
in whether or not the company is
implying with the terms of their
arter, which require that wstet-l
t mud-shall be furnished the con-
mers.
Pulaski Citizen: We we're shown
It week = letter from Gen. Nicely
which he says his engineers have
It completed the survey Of narrow
age road from jackson to Clifton.
d are now making estimates. A
hd from Bolivar to Clifton was eur,
ped several years ago. Gen. Nicely
s one or both ofthese roads will be
hlt. He thinks phe original dine Off
NJ. d: X. road is the only one that
I'D carry Wayne. This Is from
etteville via Pulaski and Isawence.
to Clifton. ~ - ~ ~
2.Oug" Thomas, one of the most
able and popular young mcn ever
own in Bristol, was instantly killed,
William RAIDER, = young lawyer
hat town. Thomas WIS salesman
Barkcr's store, aud called RAIDER to
cunt with reference to q box ofcol~
he had induced Thomas to sell
b or credit. Words rfolIowed gandi !
der stabbed Thomas in the neck, !
ering the carotid artery. RAIDER
Aped and was slterward captured.
pmss walked 100 feet to drug
Re and bIed to death at once.
Brownsville States: Last week a
NAMED Smith got into u Difficult.
with man named Wells, at Mau- I
lily. Crockett county, which re- :
Jed fatally to Wells. Both were I.
ppting to seizes plank asa wean- I
and during the scuifie that ensued !
lth's brother appeared on the scene,
knife and disemboweled Wells.
murderer was arrested and lodged !
be Alamo jail. Wells belongs TO 4
nily of five brothers, four of whom ?
been killed, enc being victim 5
e riot at Alamo a few years ago. :,