The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-02-25
STATE NEWS.

County court OF CarrOll county, dled
ON the 12sh INST, aged about sixty
years.
Some of the spectators in Bern>
hardt tickets at Nashville got left
one of them coming ont loser as much
as three hundred dollars.
Rev. II. III. Sneed, of Chattanooga,
has been appointed fish commissioner
for East Tennessee. Judge W. W. I.
McDOwell is the commissioner f
West Tennessee.
III. A. Warren was awarded the
first premium at the Stock holders
meeting in January, on best acre of
cotton raised in 1SS0-NcNairy In
dependent.
Mr.. Pete Thurmond's farm house,
four miles southeast Of Dysrsburg,
was with its contents entirely destroy
ed by fire last Wednesday night
Dyersbsrg Gezette.
The new court house at Maryvilles
Blount county, Tenn, which has just
been completed and turned over to
the commissioners, Is described as a
most beautiful and substantial build
ing.
A young girl named Mary Curtis
living at Mr.. Miles Carr's in Coving-
ton, attempted to kill herself on Mon
day night by taking heavy dose of
morphia or something akin to it,
Upton Record.
At saloon in Memphis, Thursday
night, James Goodman, notorious
negro barber, was shot in the forehead
and killed by the bartender, Sol. Pi-
caini, with whom he h&l Quarrelsd
about a matter q ~
drinks. 90 =
Walker Taylor, son Of Mr.. Tom.
Taylor, of DIasoH,a scholar Of Mr.
Byars, shot himself with toy pistol
few days ago, and made quite an
ugly wound. The pistol was loaded
with buck shot which passed through
his hand and lodged in his ,high.-
Upton Record.
At Mulberry, Tenn, few days
ago, Mr.. w. c. Faulkner, an old gen
sleman Of sixty winters, was married
to Miss NJ. A. McGhee, a damsel Of
twenty summers. The funny part Of
the affair is that the old gentleman
was under the necessity OF stealing his
/ blushing bride.
Well executed FIVE and ten dollar
greenbacks have lately found their
way into the hands Of some Of the best
citizens of Warren county, and the
discovery has been made that band
of counterfeiters have been operat-
ing through Tennessee, kentucky
and Alabama. One of them wns
sent to the Shelbyville Jail few
days ago.
Mr.. David S. Greer, father Of Hon.
Hugh Greer aud uncle of Mr.. james
NJ. Greer, one of the oldest residents
of West Tennessee and resident OF
Shelby county for 6fiy year,, died
on Thursday morning, and was burr
ed Yesterday in the family lot in Elm
wood cemetery. lie WAS in his sew
enty.seventh year, and died beloved
by a large circle of relatives and
friends.-Msmrdis APpeaA
On last Friday meruiug a negro
woman who was hired to cook at the
residence of Mr.. J. 6. Fleming at
tackled his wife, who is almost con-
frmed invalid, and beat her in ter
rible manner about the head with an
iron poker, cutting numser Of deep
and ugly gashes. Several of our
citizens hearing the fuss rap Up and
found Mrs. F ming in a rrostrats
ed and helpless condition. The me-
gro7wss arrested and brought down
town and tried before Esq. Farrow.
Failing to give bond she was sent to
jail at Alamo, to wait the sitting of
the Circuit court.-BelleSilie Enter
prize.
A Nashville dispatch Of the 18th
says: At the close of the LaPacef
murder trial at Springfield to.nighs.
mob rushed into the court room
took hve of tie murdereIs !" 1aS fe-
randa Of the second story Of the cosrt
house, and it is thought hung ths'
Acknowledgement Bell with a f9
tried to stop them at the door os
courtroom, but in vain One
. dred shots we're fred during III
. citement. Judge Stark had
, charged the jury when the meb
ost the prisoners with whom the sig
: if was about to start to Jail, A
ter dispatch says tkas the n
: Prade murderers are now hsr;
dead to the railing Of TIE. vers''
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