The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
THE evidence introduced by the de-
Tense in the Guiteau case, aa foreshadowed
by Scoville in his opening address, is de-
signed mainly to prove the prisoners men,
tai irresponsibility for the murderous act.
DR.. Rice, practicing physician of
Minton, Wis, testified that he
examined the prisoner in 1876 and came to
the conclusion he was insane. His insanity
was emotional rather than intellectual. He
told bis friends that Guiteau ought to be Sc
cuded. Several other witnesses, former
acquaintance of Guiteau, had considered
him mentally unsound. Guiteau read
lengthy statement, by permission of the
Court, in which he said: "In attempting
to remove the President l only did what the
papers said ought to be done. Since July
they have been deifying the President and
denouncing me for doing the very thing
they said ought to be done. l want the
newspapers and doctors, who actually killed
the President, to share with me the odium
OF his death. l never would have shot him
OF my own volition, Notwithstanding
those newspapers, il / had not been COM
missioned by the Deity to do the deed, but
this fact does not relieve the newspapers
from the supposed disgrace of the Presi-
dents removal. II he had been properly
treated he would be alive to-day. 1t has
been published that l am in fear of DEATH
It is false. have always been religious
man, and an active worker for God. Some
people think am murderer, but the Lord
does not, for He inspired the act, as in the
case of Abraham and a score Of other cases
in the Bible.'
THE London Times says editorially of
the situation in Ireland: "We are unwilling
to relinquish the hope of improvement in
Ireland, but can not close our eyes to the
fact that most recent evidence points in the
opposite direction. 1t is only too plain that
after brief interval of hesitation con-
siderable section of people have decided
to adhere to the policy of the mo rent man.
ifesto. 1t seems the plan of dealing with
recalcitrant tenants of a county by the
county has already been adopted in Coun-
ties Leitrim and Cavan, where two flying
columns, each consisting of 800 soldiers and
police, have been detailed for the protection
of those engaged in carrying out the law. In
many places it is notorious that to pay rent
at all is as dangerous as it was some time
back to pay more than the Griffith valuation.
I'LL existing powers of the executive are
deemed inadequate others must be gran ed.
One thing only is impossible-that Ireland
should be delivered over to lawless fac
tion openly aiming at the disruption Of the
union" The article is based on kilograms
from correspondents detailing many in
stances OF outrage.
The Coroner's Jury in the case of
Ed. Maxwell, lynched at Durand, Wis. ,,
returned the following unique verdict:
Deceased came to his death by falling from
the Courthouse steps and breaking his
neck"
THOMAS MCKANE, a Philadelphia In
spector of Election, has been sentenced to
nine months Imprisonment and disqualified
from holding office, for making false re-
! turns of votes cast at the last municipal
election.
THE pension rolls for December de-
mand 81, 900, 900.
THE wife of ex-senator Christiancy,
while suffering from alteration Of mind, ran
out into the street in Washington the other
night in her night dress, and was with diff
Guilty returned to her home. The charges
against her in the divorce proceedings are
the cause of her trouble.
The Corpus Christi (Texas) stage
was again robbed the other night near Oak
vile by two masked men. The only pas
senger had no money, but the mail pouches
were cut open and the registered letter
packages taken.
A COMMITTEE appointed to investi-
gate the suitability of the Arkansas Grant
in New Mexico for a colony of colored peo-
pie, after thorough examination Of nearly
every part OF the region embraced in the
grant, report against advising the colored
people to emigrate thither. The land was
found to have been untitled for farming,
and generally suited only to the growth OF
stock Had their report been in favor OF
the emigration of the colored people, it is
said that 80, 900 of them would have gone
into New Mexico before the winter set in.
Indeed, it is predicted that il these gentle
men had not made the effort to examine