The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
The following tragic affair occurred

/ lie lOHoWln9 tragic affair occurred re-
Gently az Hensey's ranch, on Duck Greek,
Kent County, Tex: JIM. Browning, broth
| er of the County Attorney, armed with a
gun and pistols, went to Hensley's house
and entering, cooked his gun in Hensley's
face, and said: "John, / hear YOU have
I been talking about my wife, Jennie ~
Hensley answered: 81 have but only told
the trith." Hensley then reached for his
| gun, when Browning fired at his head but
missed, and ran, followed by Hensloy. A
! duel with siX-shooters ensued, resulting in
Browning being carried off the field by his
| wife, shot through and through.
! Two brothers named Dow, members of
the Rev. Haynes's Sanctifcationist' -
Church, were recently run out of Bolton,
Tex. whittier they had gone for the purpose
Of starting tabernacle. About midnight q
mob Of sixty persons, some masked, went
to the residence of the Bows, awakened and
took them one mile out of town to the
woods. Here they tied them up and lashed
them severely, after which the mob ordered
them to run for their lives, hurrying their
flight with volley Of pistol shots.
DIR. j. O'Reilly of Louisville, KY, COM
mitted suicide in the station house at Dallas,
Texas, ON the night Of the 18th. He was a
prominent practicing physician in Louisville.
but given to periodical sprees, and while
drinking was quite reckless. A diary among
his effects showed that he left Louisville
about three weeks ago while drinking, and
was wandering around aimlessly He had
just received telegram from his wife, indi-
eating that money would be sent him, and
asking him TO come home and relieve her
suspense. He was arrested for disorderly
conduct and locked up. He cut the carotid
artery with lance, making CHASTITY wound,
and was so bloody he was scarcely recogniza-
BILE. He was handsome man, about thirty
nine, black beard, blue eyes, weighed about
$50 pounds, and was genteelly dressed, but
his clothes were badly sOiled from his pro-
tracted spree.
The Galveston City Council has appro-
priated $4,000 to bore an artesan well.
"A bill is before the Virginia Legislature
to amend the criminal law so as to include
razors in the act in which concealed weapons
are defined, and to make it misdemeanor to
carry razor habitually, the penalty to be
fine Of $50.
"A quarrel over trifing matter led TO
murder near Newbern, n. c.. Milton
Sadler and Alvin Weston were coming out
Of gate together, and got into a dispute as
to which should shut the gate. Both being
quick-tempered men they soon began
abusing each other, and finally Weston
seized an AK lying near and crushed in the
skull Of Sadler, killing him instantly. Yves
ton was arrested.
The stage from San Diego to Loredo. on
the Rio Grande, was stopped by three Next
can desperadOes on the 18th. Two walked
in front of the horses and third held pis-
toll on the passengers. One of the passen-
gers got the drop, however, and forced the
desperadoes to abandon their intentions,
when the stage drove on. A posse went
after the rascals and bagged them all.
Adam Faggart, OF Concord, n. c., was
carelessly handling a revolver when it went
off, killing his sisters two-year old child.
james Thompson, of the Pickett, To-
baccO Warehouse, Louisville, was robbed on
the crowded street of package containing
$1,000, by two men who followed him from
the bank and rudely jostled against him as
he was walking along. The thieves escaped.
During the session Of the Louisiana
House the other day Speaker Ogden's pistol
fell from his pocket, causing it to discharge.
District Attorney Finney filed information
against Ogden, charging him with carrying
concealed weapons.
w. W. Benson, the notorious leader of
a band of freight-train robbers and horse
thieves, has been captured and is now in Jail
at Dallas, Tex.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick, the wife Of prominent
merchant of King stOn, n. c., after putting
her little children to bed, the other night,
xnelt down at a chair to offer up her evening
prayer, when spark fell on her night
dress, and she was burned so badly that she
died the following morning.
Revenue officers in Milton and HARRISON
Counties, Ga, have been having some hot
work arresting illicit distillers.
"A serious fire occurred at Bstesville,
Ark, on the morning of the Goth, supposed
to have been kindled by an incendiary. Mr..
Garusch, well known citizen, was killed
by falling walls, and several others were in
jured. The Guard printing office was de-
stroyed. Total loss about So, 900; insur-
ance, 36,S00.
William Parker and j. T. Martin, two
young men Of good families at Lawrence
vile, S. c., had dispute at social gather
ing, which terminated in a shooting bout.
Both were armed with revolvers. Parker
received four balls in his body and was
killed; Martin was shot twice and was badly
wounded, probably fatally.
The General Assembly of South Carolina
have passed bill to facilitate the compile
ton of the Blue Ridge Railway, which will
supply the missing link connecting Charles
ton with the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
via Knoxville.
AT Austin, Tex, on the 10Th, c. D. Nc
MILAN, well known citizen, was shot in his
own house, in the presence of his wife, and
instantly killed, by a man named Fans.
Fans alleges that Mcmillan had seduced his
sister.
The old Republican Executive Commit
tee of Georgia, which has been disbanded
for several years, has recognized and called
a convention to meet in Atlanta on the 2lst
of April.
The deficiencies in the accounts of the
County and City Treasures of Virginia, ex
tending back for a period of eight years,
aggregate over 1891 900, as officially reported
by the new Auditor.
AT Fort Worth, Tex, the other night,
an unknown negro effected an entrance to
the bedroom OF one Of the most respectable
ladies of the city, dragged her out Of bed,
and would have accomplished his hellish de-
signs but for servant girl, who was aroused
by her screams. The negro made his es
cape.
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two and one-half cups of sugar, one
half cup of milk, three eggs, butter the
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