The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-07-30

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and d cotton factory.
The wife of Hon. L. L. Haw-
kins, Of Carroll county died at
Huntington last Tuesday.
A cold blooded murder was COM
mitted in Dyer county last Friday
evening about 5 miles from Overs
burg. Billy Kirk, son of Elijah
Kirk, shot down in the road a
young man by the name of Jones,
one of Sam Jones' sons. Kirk
shot him in the breast with a shot
gun.
While James Goodman, a clerk
in the store of Mrs. Trigg, at d
ana, in the northeastern pc. :on
OF Giles county. eleven miles f.on
Pulaski, was standing by a win
dow at 8 o'clock Sunday night, he
was shot dead by some one on the
outside. William Ray, Of that vi
cinity was arrested on strong cir
cumstsntial evidence as the per
petrator of the deed.
! Jonesboro Journal: Mrs. Tice
Lockner, who lives near the mouth
+! Of Bumpass Cave, had a rather UNI
pleasant experience while out
wortleberrying last Saturday.
She was accompanied only by her
dog, and in the course of the day
discovered the dangerous proximi-
ty of a large She imme9
ately began a Mtylretreat with
bruin closely pursuing her, and
the race would doubtless have had
4 tragic ending, if the faithful dog
had not from time to time engaged
the bears attention, and thereby
given Mrs Lockner time to get
ahead. As it was she reached
home safe, but terribly exhausted.
Nashville American: 4 gentle
man who arrived here from Paris
last evening, states that a bloody
tragedy occurred at a picnic ne lr
that place Monday. 1t appears
that the brother-in-law of 4 man
named Stubblefeld, both white
men got into an alteration, with
some negroes. Stubble6eld at
tempe ed to act as peace maker,
when two neg, oes seized him by
re ANS, While third placed a
~svClver az his head and blew out
+: bans. Toe negroes were ar
rested and Placed in the Paris
Jail. There was s5rong ak Mon
day night Of ,--nck:2g the co,ored
trio.
Nashville American Ben Har-
ding, aged II years, hailing from
Dyersburg, came near hurting
himself unconsciously into eterni-
ty shortly after the passenger
train on the Northwestern divis-
ion left Mckenzie Monday night.
While asleep he placed his body
out of the car window and was
preparing to spring when This
mother noticing his perilous sit
uation, ierked him inside. The
train was running at the rate Of
about twenty-five miles an hour,
and had he lcaped,from..the car he
must have been killed. The only !
wonder is that he was not struck |
by some outside obstruction. His
mother was badly frightened, and |
when he was told of his':perilous
situation, he shuddered.
Nashville American: A man, |
wife and child took deck passage
on the steamer, L. p. Ewald, at
Eddyville. KY, for Nashville
night When with in fif-
teen miles of this city,. yesterday
the mother, with her
two year old child in her arms,
jumped overheard. The engineer
On watch happened to be looking
in that direction and at once
stopped the engine. One Of the
iremen, at the same time, leaped
overheard and went to the rescue
IF the woman and child. The |
life boat was lowered as soon as
possible, Bud Gallagher, the clerk
and Ryman, the engineer, also
went after them. They reached
the point, where the fireman and
mother were struggling in the
water, in time to save the mother
but the child was drowned. The
officers of the boat think the wo-
man was labcring under a tempo
rary alteration Of mind.
Memphis Avalanche; Late Sat
lrday afternoon as Dr.. II. w. Pur-
aell was walking up DeSoto
street toward Union, hesKas bit
en- in the calfof the leg by . lit
lie woolIy dog. Before he could
'ecoyer from his surprise at the
lttack the dog bit him again on
he same leg. 1t then ran out into
he street toward lot of colored
children who were playing there,
out before reaching them was Ia