The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-17
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

District Grand Lodge, No. Z, of the indie |
pendent Order of B'nai Birth, held its an.
nuol session in New Orleans recently.
Large delegations from Alabama, Arkan.
sas, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and
Louisiana were present. After the reading !
of the message ofthe President, Seigmund
Haas, of Mobile, the election of officers
took place, resulting as follows: Lea n.
Levy, Galveston, President; Jos. Hirsch,
Vicksburg, First Vice Presidents; J. A.
Levy, Victoria, Second Vice Presidents NJ
Ullman, Memphis, Secretary; II. Earen-
berg, Little Rock, Treasurer; L. Wolf
Nashville, Sergeant-at-A Arms.
A few days ago fire starting in the Var.
mum House at Gainesville, Fla, spread
thence across the entire square west of the
Courthouse, destroying every building in
its way. 1t then swept across Liberty
street, burning the Arlington House, an
elegant winter hotel, with the building in
the rear. Estimated value of the buildings
consumed, mostly wood, $4,000; value of
stocks and contents not learned. There
was n rumor that child burned to death
in one of the buildings. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by tramp put
out of the Varnum House the night be-
fore.
A few nights ago twenty masked men
went and demanded the key of the jaler
in Burlington, the county seat of Boone
County, Ky. The jailer refused to surren.
der them. They then went and broke open
the Jail, took out Charles Dickerson, the
negro who was arrested last March for
burglary, and escaped, but was again ar
rested week ago in the act of committing
Inn ba i,tyq
miles from Burlington and lynched him by
hanging. Diclerson pleaded that he was
young in this business, and had been led
into it by drunkenness.
York Grisham, colored, who died few
days ago at WHIPS Wood, in Cherokee
County, Ga, was in his 115th year, and
the oldest person in Georgia.
The Georgetown (Ky.) National Bank
loses heavily by forgeries committed by
j. r. Wolf, of that place, who has been ar.
rested.
The Kentucky Democrats in State Con.
vention at Frankfort selected delegates to
the National Convention and recommend
ed Hon. John G. Carlisle for nomination
| for President
The jury in the case of Ike Loeb, at Dali
! las, Tex, charged with the murder of
| Emanuel McClarty, colored. brought in q
verdict of not guilty. Loeb was warmly
! congratulated.
| Charles Greer was shot and killed few
days since by Lawrence Smith on the plan
tation of Mr. o. b. Stevens, near Dawson,
Ga.
In difficulty between Mr.. VIM. Courts
and Mr.. Thaddeus Bum, at Cochran, Ga,
the later was shot three times in the body,
from VIII CHI lie died. The murderer has
not been captured
Henry Sevarn, who murdered Mrs. Har.
rson Reed at Winston, N c., was taken
from Jail few nights ago by several hun
bred citizens and lynched.
A Texas youth of sixteen recently turned
| highwayman, stole two of his fathers
horses, and, armed with a shotgun, went
| on the road At the first store he attempt.
ed to rob the proprietor fired five shots at
him and the boy hasn'G been seen since.
Two houses were blown into the river
during storm at St. Joseph, La, a few
nights ago.
The cotton crop report for the Memphis
district shows a decreased acreage
planted.
A Louisville attorney named Lewis c.
Garrigus has sued A. Frazier of that city
for $1,000 damages for shooting him at
Russellville, KY, last year.
The heirs of Thomas A. Scott sued the
city OF Shreveport La, for $40, 900 with ac
c,ued interest since 1879, but Judge Board
man rendered decision against them.
James Murray shot and killed d. Hardin
ex.Sherif of Crittenden County, Tenn,
few days % in quarrel growing out of q
lawsuit. Murray was shot in return anC
died soon afterward.
An attempt was made few days ago by
SherifT's posse of forty men TO capture
w. b. Cash. the Chesterfield Is. c. out
law. The Cash mansion, Cash's depot, was
surrounded and thorough search of the
premises made, but the murderer could no
be found.
J. r. Wolf, of Georgetown, KY, was ar
yested at Lexington few nights ago OF
the charge of forgery. He had forged the
name of T. j. Burgess, Cashier of the
Georgetown National Bank, to checks t
the amount of several thousand dollars
The bank will lose heavily by it,
Austin Bull, raftsman from Pennsyl
vania, was found murdered under pile o
straw in the eastern part Of the city o
Louisville, KY, few days ago. He ha'
been struck in the head, then choked t.
death with towel and his body hid unde
the straw. There was no clew to the mur
derer or cause of the crime.
John Ashley, a farmer, while at work o
his farm, half III lie east Of Denison, Tex.
was shot in the face 10y some unknown
party, the ball lodging near the ear, but
is thought not to be serious. 1t is supposed
to have been stray shot from some ON
out hunting.
, The trial of School Superintendent
Carter NJ Lauthan, of Richmond, Va, TO
engaging in politics in violation of Law
T resulted in verdict of guilty. He wa
, fined fifty dollars in addition to forfeitur