The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25
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/ of the parties. The friends of Davis, who,
with two companions in crime, were hanged
| in HilSboro in June for burglary, are loud
| in denouncing the Governors seeming par
/ TALLY iii this case.
Five men, named Hill, Weldon, Real,
/ Armstrong and Roak, residents of Tarrant
/ County, Texas, have been arrested and taken
I to Dallas, charged with violating the Civil
rights bill by whipping and intimidating
/ white man living in their neighbOrhood NAM
! ed Hannah, because he had colored wife.
The arrest was made by United States
Marshal.
! Near Lebanon, Russell County, Va, on
! the 18th, most horrible murder was COM
mitted by woman, the victim likewise be-
/ ing a woman. The name of the murderess
/ is Barty. She killed Mrs. Harmon by beat
/ ing her to death. They We're both women
of disSolute habits, and their quarrel
was about man still more worth
| less, who was married to Mrs. Barty, but
provoked her jealousy by cOnsOrting with
Mrs. Harmon. Mrs. Barty was arrested and
taken to Lebanon, but through the negli-
gence or otherwise of the officer in charge
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accounts.
! The first train on the WaXahatchie
/ (Texas) Tap Railroad ran into that town on
| the 18th, and the occasion was celebrated by
grand barbecue and other festivities.
Robert Atwood, perhaps the most noted
prisoner in the Kentucky Penitentiary, has
been pardOned out by Gov. Blackburn, after
serving sentences of six years, three months
and six years. Atwood was convicted of
| forgery, large amounts being obtained by
/ him on bogus paper he had presented to
| Louisville banks. He came of good fam
| lily, and, while public sentiment was for
time against him strongly, it has lately been
| in his favor.
! Peter Leach, who was confined in the
Jail at Lumberton, n. c., for killing Sam
/ Townsend, was fatally poisoned the other
/ day by some cake given him by his wife.
Leach killed Townsend because he believed
him to be unduly intimate with his wife.
Mrs. Leach is said to be very handsome
woman, and only 81 years of age.
| A business block ut Dallas, Texas, was
| burned on the morning of the 18th. The
block was wooden structure and occupied
/ by tea store, millinery store, bakery, book
and news stand and restaurant. The total
/ loss is about $1,000; insurance, 1850. The
City-hall, opposite, caught fire several times,
/ but was saved without damage.
! Julius TOettel, who fatally stabbed a
Denison saloonkeeper named Bremen, has
been sentenced to be hanged at sherman
/ Texas, Nov. -.
| The safe of the Treasurer Of Greene
| County, Ala, at Eutaw, was recently robbed
of $1,000. No cew to the robber or the
money.
Frank II. Lensing, aged 30, of Louis
vile, KY, formerly a well known grocer,
committed suicide on the 18th in a most hor-
| rible manner. He locked himself in Il room,
saturated his clothing with kerosene and
then applied match. He was burned to
/ crisp before he could be reached.
| A reunion of the survivors of the Rey-
nOldS Brigade is to be held at Little Rock
during the State Fair, commencing Oct. 20.
! Berry Russell, formerly President of the
Bank of Lafayette Of New Orleans, who was
/ appointed by the Directors TO liquidate the
affairs Of the bank, has been arrested on n
charge Of embezzIing $4,000 Of the funds of
/ the concern.
/ Prof. Ilil>chcT,a gentleman well informed
about such matters. publishes a report in the
San Antonio FTeie PreSse in reference to the
recently discovered bituminouS coal near
Eagle Pass. The vein is : ID feet thick, is
of pure bituminouS coal, and will Weld two
clear tons Of coal TO the square yard, or $3.50
tons per acre. The vein probably runs east
ward to the NueccS, - miles, and will con-
tain about 5000 squire miles.
R W. johnson Of Clark County, Ark,
is under arrest charged with Swindlin" the
widow Of Union soldier out of her pension.
He applied for and received near $1,000 pen
sion and arrearagcs, and it is alleged gave
her only $50 Of it.
H. f. Dalton, a farmer, formerly of Ken
lucky, was shot and killed near his home,
seven miles north of Graham, Texas, on the
18th, by man named James Gun, with
whom he had had some business trouble.
The murderer fled, closely pursued.
The Lexington (ky.) Press says that the
Mammoth Cave has been purchased by
party of Eastern capitalists for 100000, and
that they will complete the railroad from
Glasgow junction to the Cave, and put the
hotel and its surroundings into the finest
order.
A negro has been licensed to practice
medicine in Madison County, Alabama.
Intelligence has been received at Fort
Smith of the discovery of very rich lead
mines in the vicinity of SpOonville, in Clark
and Hot Springs Counties, Ark. 1t is found
near the surface in great quantities. One
man melted sufficient ore to yield 800 pounds
metal over a common fire and sold it at Ark
adelphia.
The impeachment trial of Comptroller
Goldsmith of Georgia resulted in his cOnvic-
tion and disqualification from ever again
holding Office in the State. His friends still
stand by him and maintain that the verdict
was unjust. There are several other trials
and impeachments to follow, the first of
which is that of Treasurer Renfroe.
There is said to he great rush of gold
hunters from Texas to the newly discovered
Sierra Mojada mines in Mexico. The lOcali-
ty is about 800 miles southwest of San An
tonic. A Texas company mas been organ
lied with $4,000 cash to work the mines.
The ore is said to be very rich.
The second reunion Of surviving members
Of Granbury's Brigade was held at Dallas,
Texas, on the 18th. The next meeting will
be held at Waco.
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