The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

arrested a few days ago, charged with fir
ing the Norvell House stables.
A comprehensive and complete re-
port, through correspondents, of the cotton
crop of the Nashville District including
Middle Tennessee and a portion of West
Tennessee and North Alabama, has been
received. Seventy per cent. report crops
better than at the same date last year,
twenty-three per cent. as good and seven
per cent. worse. Last year the crop of Mid
die Tennessee was the poorest for many
years. The reduction of acreage this year
is twelve and a half per cent, but with ia
vorable weather the prospects looked fair
for a larger aggregate yield in the Nash
vile District over the crop of last year.
Henry Hertel and his wife were
found murdered in their store at Atlanta,
Ca, few mornings ago. The crime was
committed for robbery.
c. b. Clifford, engineer on the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad, was fatally
hurt a few days since in a collision at Leb-
anon, KY.
William Middleton, prominent citi-
zen of Lower Carolina, died in Greenville,
S. c., aged seventy-five years. He was
of the State in 1910 and 1912, and Minister
to Russia from 1920 to 1881, grandson of
Arthur Middleton, who was a Representa-
tive in the first Congress and signer of the
Declaration of Independence, and a brother
of the late Admiral Middleton, U. S. N.
Two Mexicans attempted to rob Pat
Kinney, the owner of coal mine eighteen
miles from San Antonio, Tex, while he
was asleep under wagon. Kinney being
aroused fired on them. The robbers fed,
one falling not far away. The wounded
man was arrested. The recent robbery of
a jeweler named Meechan excited much
interest, and the shot made by Kinney may
solve the mystery surrounding it.
A self-cocking five-shooter, attached
by an elastic to a glergyman's arm, was
found by the undertaken who took charge
of the body of the Rev. DR.. Sewell, who
was shot recently by Lawrence Denman, in
Luling, Tex. The weapon could easily, by
quick motion, be slipped down into the
hand.
A few days ago Ed McDavett got
drunk at Converse Station, Tex, raised
row with the station master, was whipped,
and afterward, while on his way back to
San Antonio, fell from the cars and sus.
tanned injuries from which he died.
News from Pamela, Rusk County,
Tex, says the continued drouth and cotton
worm render the outlook for the staple
exceedingly gloomy, and that not over a
half crop is expected. f - 'f- >
Eight miles north of Crockett, Tex,
few nights ago on the International Road
an entire freight train went into a creek.
The bridge had been set on fire. Two
brakemen were supposed to have been
buried in the debris. TIE engineer was
badly burned. The fireman jumped and
was saved
United States Deputy Marshall Tom
M. Owen recently arrested Race Choning
and Tom Childersin vii larger County,
Texas, on the charge of the theft of cattle
They had preliminary hearing before the
Commissioner at Graham andwere admitted
to bond.
The boiler of M. B. Paxton's saw-mill
and gin, situated on the Cuba road, twelve
miles north of Memphis, Tenn, exploded
recently with disastrous results to life and
property. A. j. Pike,a laborer, was in
stantly killed; w. ]. Carver, and employee,
was severely injured; colored man had
an arm broken, and Mr.. NJ. B. Paxton, the
proprietor. who was acting as engineer at
the time, received painful wounds.
A few nights ago burglars entered the
residence of Dr. NIL. Protho, prominent
dentist of Chattanooga, Tenn. ,chloroformed
himself and wife and robbed the house.
A crowd Of 500 citizens surrounded
the Jail at Savannah, Ca, few nights ago,
where the suspected murderers of Hertel
and wife were incarcerated, and demanded
that they be delivered up. The jailer pre-
pared for defense of the prisoners, and a
squad CT mounted police, armed with rifles,
dispersed the mob. 'it if"L
Nat. M. Smith. of Nashville, Tenn,
received a box of wedding-cake through the
post-office recently, purporting to come
from Anna l.. Sullivan, New Albany. The
cake contained poison, and Smith ateenough
to make him sick.
Miss Matte Thomas, the young lady
who was victimized with marriage with
Burdiel1, the bigamist, attempted to commit
suicide at Memphis, Tenn, recently, by
taking chloroform. Fortunately for her a
physician was called in, and she was placed
out of danger.
Kentucky had shower of straw.
John Reece was arrested and jailed
few days ago at Dallas, Tex, charged
with embezzling the funds of Scott, San
ford & Co., who ran a clearinghouse in
Waco, while in their employ. The amount
he got away with was about 1900. M.
The inmates of the jail at Macon,
Ca, recently attempted to burn their way
out, and had nearly succeeded when they
were discovered. lu fn a,uj sdi
Hart Hicks q nrominant farp,ar of