The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-13
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GRIMES AND GASOALlAtlos
DANIEL CARSON and William Elmer,
ex- County Commissioners, pleaded guilty
to embezzlement at Wiliamsport, Pa,
few DAYS ago, aud were sentenced to pay a
fine OF $3.50 each, and 20 be Imprisoned in
the Eastern Peniteutiary.
A PHILADELPHIA Pa.) editor was
recently indicted on a charge Of stealing
records from the prothonotary's Office.
GEORGE SEYMOUR, a colored waiter
OF Long Branch hotel. was arrested in
Philadelphia, Pa, few days ago with sew
eral thousand dollars worth Of diamonds,
which we're stolen last summer.
Four indictments for embezzlement
andforgery were found in New York against
George J. Rice, ex-President Of the Utica,
Ithica & Elmira Railroad a few days ago.
The Inman steamer City of Brussels,
Captain LAND, from New York for Liver
pool, was run down in the Irish channel by
the Glasgow steamer during fog the other
day and ten persons were drowned.
ONE man was killed and two others
were seriously injured by a locomotive back
ing up for train near Glendon Station,
Pa, few days ago.
JOHN EDWARDS, mulatto farm Ia
borer at Rochester, VT, abducted the
young daughter OF Charles Marsh, his en-
ployer the other day by calling at the school,
house with double sleigh. They spent one
night at Montpelier hotel as John Andres
and wife. Citizens were in search Of them
from Rutland to the Canada line.
A MEDICAL student named Roderic
Meignon, of Montreal, Cana, was arrested
with body stolen from the cemetery in his
possession the other day. The student was
on his way to Bishops College when cap
tured.
THE authorities at Reading, Pa, the
other day arrested two county butchers,
charged with selling the meat of three hogs
which were bitten by mad dogs and died Of
rabies. 1t was alleged that number OF
persons became sick after eating OF the pork.
THE other night eighty citizens of
Cheney, Washington Territory, took from
Jail Chinaman,a arrested for killing and rob-
bling Chinese woman, and hung him to a
tree.
RUPERT SPENCER, who recentlyleaped
from the fifth tier OF cells to the basement
of the Baltimore (Md.) penitentiary, died a
few days ago, surrounded by his family
The event, it was thought, would be fol-
lowed by the death OF his venerable father,
who was lifted from his carriage into the
prison. Young Spencer had large fortune
OF his own. In an ontburst of passion he
shot political opponent at the polls.
A New York merchant, disappeared
recently, since which time his wife had been
deuged with letters and personal advertise
ments demanding money. She arranged to
pay 5 300 for the return of her husband
| from an insane asylum the other day, and in
the negotiations the detectives captured q
genteel fellow named Harrison, who wa.
held for blackmail.
AT the burning of house at Easton,
Me-, the other day, the family jumped from
| the windows to escape. Edwin j. Howard
who supposed his sister was in the house
rushed back and was fatally burned.
A DALLAS, Tex, colored woman gave
/ her six months old child dose OF lauda.
mum the other night to make it sleep while
she went to ball. She returned TOWARD
daylight and found the child dead.
THE Philadelphia (Pa.) Grand jury
the other day indicted ex-Storekeepe
james f. Brown, of the Aims house, on
charge of being in collision with Phipps Ia
| defraud the city.