The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-12
OVER THE STATE.

oe TAKEN up.
6. w. Lyle, q colored lawyer O.
Nashville, has been admitted prac
Using attorney in the Supreme Court
A man in North Nashville claims
to have invented an apparatus by
which he can shave q man in a min
ute and half.
The Knoxville Chronicle is respon.
sible for the assertion that Col. John
H. Savage is not a candidate for
President of the United States.
Allen Garner, Jr., colored Justice
of the Peace at Maryville, East Ten
nessee, has been sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary for forging
county warrants.
w. F. Yardly, a colored individu-
al of Knoxville, and ex-candidate for
governor, was acquitted in the Crimi-
nal Court at that place recently of the
charge of stealing watch from DR..
c. T. Lour.
Capt. j. NJ. Davis, J. NJ. Phelps,
Deputy, and three or four other reve-
nue. men gobbled up six illicit distill-
cries and destroyed several stills on a
recent raid into Putnam, Overton and
jackson counties.
A Memphis dispatch Of the End
inst, says: The stone-cutters, sixty in
number, employed OH the Memphis
Custom-house. struck to day. Cause
disagreement as to wages and dis
charge of the foreman.
VIM. A. Knight, recently elected
Trustee of Davidson county, Tenn,
has rendered his resignation, from the
fact that the County Judge refuses
the acceptance of any offitial bond he
may offer unless at the end of COM
pulsory litigation.
Athens Post: The municipal char
ter of Athens ceased to exist on
the LIST inst. The property belonging
to the corporation was sold to the
highest bidder. The corporation is
in debt few hundred dollars, with
unpaid taxes to more than cover the
amount stated, so that a receiver will
have to be appointed to settle up the
business. !
Memphis Appeal: Scarlet fever is
prevailing to some extent throughout
the city. Two children belonging to /
Thomas O'Sullivan have been taken
down, but they are getting on very
well. There have been but twenty
three cases reported to the board of
health since the first of December,
and but five deaths. This is the eff
ciaI record. The disease is pronoun-
ced by physycians AS of mild type.
Nashville American: Joseph Smith,
who shot himself at Silver Springs, |
Wilson county, on ] thursday, died ut |
5 o'clock yesterday morning. Smith |
was about 81 years of age, a
good farmer, and a young man Of
some promise. His favorite sister
had married and left home on the
Thursday morcing train, and he swung
himself in between the passenger and
baggage car, for the purpose of drop |
pilg down on the track and heing
run over, but some one dragged him
back and prevented him from commit |
ting suicide in that way. Two hours
later he shot himself, with the result
above mentioned.
Memphis special to the Nashville
American: Mrs. Margaret Grace, of
this city, has entered suit in the Chan |
Gerry Court against 1t. Re-. F. A. |
F.ehan, Bishop of the Catholic do
cese of Tennessee, and Rev. Father |
Quinn. pastor of st. Patrick's church |
in this city, for the recovery Of 50 $50 |
left ON deposit and trust with MIR. |
Reardon, Vicar General in charge of
st. Patrick's church. corner of Linden |
and Desoto. in May, 1879. The COM
plainant says in her petition that as
trustee or in some other manner
Bishop Feehsn controls large amount |
of valuable property for the purposes |
of worship, education and charity, |
and that said Quinn is in theimmediate |
charge Of st. Patrick's church. Ac> /
cording to complainant. only $50 in |
all has been paid her on her deposit. |
She isin pressing'need of the money
indeed, is actually suffering want.
Alamo Sentinel: There is lady, |
living few miles from this place, who |
deserves special commentator for the |
brave stand she has taken in reference
to the practice of drinking spirituous
liquors at parties, to which the young
men are addicted. She was solicited, we |
understand. to allow the young peo- |
pie of the neighborhood to have a !
dance at her house. She gave her |
permission, provided they would not
bring any whisky On the place, assur-
ing them that if she discovered that
any of them had been drinking she
would Immediately stop the dancing
and order them to leave. A promise
was given that her wishes should lie
regarded; but soon after they COM