The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,

Miss nhe jackson, the 1G- var old daugh-
ter of Stonewall Jaeksona was presented on
ChristmSs byssex- Qpnfederate soldiers in
Maryland with handsome silver pitcher,
inscribed, Ito Gen. StoneYall .Jacksop's
daughter, frem-G Confederate seldiefs-in-
Maryland, Christmas, 1879" The presenta-
tiogwas made IN a qhief matlief at Mss
Cafys school, where Miss jackson isa pupil
Mrs. Jackson was present. Gen. Isaac r.
Tfin4bie made The PRESERVATION, and Miss
Jackson responded feelinglyland gracefully,
ans, asked the General to convey her thanks
to- the donorsf9r their beautifpl, giftrren r.
I - Near CIeburnas in Johnsoa County Tex. q
a few days sinces j sE.Iryins was killed by
his. brother in law,l Golden Bifies, because
Irwin abused his wifess Hewas ordeledfrsm
the house, refused to- GO, and Bifiies sifst
him four times and stabbed him seven times,
/ then mounted his horse and escaped.
li-oFhomas EdnRihds has beensenfenced 10
behahged at Ozafk,, on Tet' eth, lffUAfs
the h3uble murder of MISC JIiffa Asesbroob
and her khiIdat Spratt,'s Landing in August
1S7S while the three were ION their, waygto
Kentucky, their former home, ,.,,,f cod ,,J.
Robert Whitaker, a wen known, citizen
Of q arksviffe, Texas, while riding, on the
27thult., was met IN the road by two men
who fred on him. He returned thefire with
ado,ible- barrel shotgun. Five shots in all
were drdd, The dead body Of Whitaker was
sqbssqa sntly!fopnd in the woods, with the,
back part Of his head literally shot off, 49,
AT Pine Hill, Rock Castle County, KY,
on the Goth ult., William A. Owens shot and
! Killed James Langford. The parties had
been deadly enemies for years. In 1855
Owens shot and killed Henry Langford, a
brother OF James. He twas tried for the kill
ing and was acquitted. AFTER the trial James
sLangord, on several, occasions, attempted to,
kill Owens Although only about % years Of
4 age, Owens has many stains Of blood on
! his history. Besides the killing OF Henry and
| James Langford, he also Killed man named
John Griffin, some years ago, not two miles
from the spotwhere he killed James Lang.
ford cand about one mile, from the place
where. he killed Henry Langford. He was
tried for killing Griffin and was acquitted;
| lie is also reported to have killed man in
| Indiana about three Years ago. ''''' """
| ~ n. D. Sadier,i Representative in the lHr1
KANSAS Legislature from Franklin County,
was assass Hatedsat his home on the 2Sth lIit. !,
iJby unknOv nj parties, % ~ rirqn suoijIpu
| Two nptoripus counterfeiters, L., Willets
and Gs9, Williams, confined. in the COyng-
ton .lky0 gaii, we're, strangely released by
i.taeiH epnfederates. Two men, representing
| themselves as Officers OF the Government
\ from Louis ville, appeared at the Jail on the
evening of thej30th ult. with an order for the
counterfeiters' .deliverance to their hands, to,
| be transferred, to, the. Louisville, Jail. The
order Yas considered ali right and the men
| released, After they were gone the forgery
was discovered, but too late. I III lS'i I'4 -
f." -At'a dance near, Pilot Point, Denton
County, TeXas, three young men, j. S. Beard
! nGaw0 ID others, . ohm and Thomas Taylor.
had a slight diff c,hty'and au alteration EN-
suedsdF isfsanposed to have been about "a
young 1lqdyuI In the {. morning the Taylor
boys started out to the woods to haul wood.
and it Is thought, met Beard in the road,
and ti1dt..they fired on him. Beard,s BODY
bFhs5f6und Where ne was killed: The j,fry's
inatitst gave b verdict that the Taylors KILLED
Beard.iqJ PIN Taylor was arrested but Tom
escaped, ifpllowedi by the officers 10 liHq (,
~ The .bPileyopf Beniamin .Tayler's1 saw.
mill at Calf Greek, .Searcy County, Ark.,' eX-
pIoded on the sd lilt., killing Wade Camp
bel, wade Griffin, aBurt Wobdard and an
other man named Kennedy 9i-ooH iH"s"nh
Al lantasBlock at Paducah, Kyg wasr
! burned on the 3Oth ult. .HoHF guY iab ia
/ nan elderly gentleman, aged so, well
dressed and stranger, who had been SCHOOL
teaching In Fayette County, Tex, came to
BRENNAN on the 18th nit, and put up at Nc!
Intyre's Hotel. In the morning he was found
dead in his ronm, with his throat cut from
ear to ear. He left letters showing that his.
suicide was deliberately planned. ami, -idi
AT Pdpe's Station, 81 miles south Of
Memphis, on The Mississippi ana Tennessee
Railroad, on the 9th ult., Frank Duke Shot
and 19kined ghisioni cousin, Bedford
Duke,s with a double barreled shotgun,
as, the latter was in the act of drawing a
pistol. The two men had a,q,larreh on Lthe
previous hight overa game Of ,ccagyis which
was the Immediate cause, of. the shooting,
Hlth6ugh i is said they had net Been On Very
good term s. for iseteraf years. Both We're
men Of far niles, Frank Duke having wife
and three ehildfen, and Bedford Duke ieay-
ing widow andlseyeral small children. 90 u
7-Businessyyw was entirely suspended at,
Athens, Ga, on the I'd, lin. consequence of
the feneral of the, late Senator Houston
Plublie Buildings and stores were heavily
draped in mourning and the Courthouse beH
mufled. lAHamber of United States Sena-r
TORS and Representatives and many other,
prominent men attended the funeral. aAn
imAense crowd marched tothe gravei where
FrefiGibus SERVICES were conducted by, Rev.
Dr.. Price Of Huntsville, who made a general
rejieW of the life, virtues and Services of
Senator Hptistohy The procession extended
half a hlile, ana was composed of ALI classes.
'-Nkt Charlotte, y. c., on the I'd, the wife
Of VIM! iJopesiwps filling a lighted kerosene
lainp,,which exploded, burning her to death.
Walcptt, a boy - years old, son
OF, Capt. John Waleutt, OF Franklin County,
KY, on New Years Day shot and Filled Ed.
Burns, olored, his fathef's cafriSg driier1
| The boy 'did not know the gum was loaded.i
"S-Miss Lizzie Cook of Dallas, Texas, was
sitting I'm trent Of sthe9 fEer place and fell
HasleepsiaA spark from the fire fell upon her
dress3 setting it on fire. She awakened, in,
great alarm ahdirarF Out of 'doors, thus, fdnL'
nihg,the fame into greater ft,ryY Before Aid
Gould ,reae IN hefIshe twas Fatally burned and
died in ihortbimgdW !aiaibnl % III:
GOV. BhMakimnSsf Kentucky, in his an .
rntiap mesage t6lthe G,egislatpre,l recon- n
raeukH an apprppriati9n ipE the ereniion of,
ID isOpumsgt at Hickman, to, the mensry Of
the eight physicians Who yedp their lives
tbeEe' dufihg the prsyalefice Of yelloyD fever
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