The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-26
SOUTHERN oLEANlNGs.

snator NJ. G. Butler, OF South Carolina,
attended the dedication OF the Perry mon
ument at Newport, r. I. he is a grandson
of NJ C. Perry, cousin of the famous
Commodore.
A colored woman named johnson, lie
years old, arrived at Louisville, KY, a
few days since, from New Orleans, to see
daugher from whom she had been sepa-
rated fifty years.
The carriage in which Jefferson Davis,
Alex. H Stephens, Howell Cobb, Presi-
dent Of the Confederate States Senate,
and Governor Moore rode to the Capitol
when Mr.. Davis took the oath as President
of the Confederacy, was made in Con-
necticut and is still preserved in Mont
gomery, Ala
A number Of mis- cegenationists in Fair.
field County, South Carolina, have been
visited at their homes recently by band
Of masked regulators" who whipped
them severely and ordered them to leave
at ouce for other parts.
Mrs. Martha Lane, a wealthy lady, was
assaulted at her home in Lebanon, Tenn,
few days ago. by an unknown person,
who struck her with a heavy stone, the
blow fracturing her skull. Her recovery
is extremely doubtful.
| Robert Bean, a well-known Atlanta
| (Ga) printer, while in bar room, a few
nights ago. swallowed enough chloroform
to kill several men and it was tn ought he
could not recover. He was Secretary OF
the Atlanta Typographical Union.
Robert N. Groves, lately Ordinary Of.
Habersham County, Georgia. has been
convicted and sentenced for completely in
the burglary OF the county safe, which
was done to destroy evidence of irregu-
larities.
In Rome, Ga, there is not a man on the
police force who uses Intoxicating liquors,
and all except one are church members.
There is society in Memphis, Tenn,
the obj ct of which is to furnish collins
to its members at greatly reduced prices.
The health of the people of Charleston,
s. c., has been much improved since the
introduction of q public supply of arte.
sian well water.
boiler In Reutlinger q Eisfelden's
brewery at Henderson, KY, exploded
few days ago, and six men who were in
the engine-room asleep had a miracu-
lous escape
A fire at Nashville, Tenn, few days
ago destroyed the extensive works OF
the Southern Pump Company and about
six million feet of lumber, causing loss
of $25O,OO0, and depriving two hundred
men of employment.
While John Hagewood was cutting
trees, near Ashland City, Tenn, a few
days ago, a limb struck him and dashed
out his brains. His son was also struck
and fatally injured.
Near Cool Creek, Tenn, recently, the
body of Samuel Ogle, wealthy farmer,
was found in a ravine horribly mutilat.
ed, the head being almost entirely sever.
ed from the body. Two white women ar,
under arrest for the murder.
1sidore 8. Leclerc, q native Of the
French settlement of Sta Geneveve, Mo-,
died at Galveston, Tex, few days ago,
aged seventy years. Mr.. Leclerc was
we'll known through Texas, having set
/ tied in Galveston in 1893, and for nearly
thirty years was Secretary of the Wharf
Company.
| Duncan Urquehart, an employee of th,
Singer Sowing Machine Company, was
arrested at San Antonio, Tex, few days
ago, charged with the embezslement Of
$780, He gave bond. Urquehart says he
is only 500 short in his accounts. The
company's local Superintendent says that
Urquehart was furnished with 5000 for
travelling expenses, and THAT something
, less than $4,000 is missing.
A man by the name OF Bragg was killed
by lightning during a storm few days
ago, at Petty's Crossing on Cobb Creek
near Waco, Tex. He and man whose
, name could not be learned were picking
cotton when the storm came up. Thinking
it would soon blow over, they remained in
the field. Bragg was very poor, and
:: leaves large and helpless family. A
great deal Of damage was done to thu
open cotton by the heavy rain and high
8 wind.
e A south bound freight train on the r. &
: N. Road went through a bridge ovel
e Coodle Creek, fifteen miles from Char
j. lotte, N. c., few days ago. Twenty
: three box cars with their contents, WERE
O totally wrecked, and two unknown men
II supposed to be tramps, were killed. Fire
= man James Davenport aud VIII Owsui
h went down with the wreck and wer
:; severely but not fatally injured A forc'
d of construction hands were repairing th'
g bridge and sent out flag to warn the APP
4 preaching trains. The dist luce, however
h was too short the tram being heavily
v loaded. In attempting to stop the steam
i chest on ons side of the engine was blow
n out
$ special from Gallatin, Tenn, clear
q up the mystery surrounding the murdsl
A Of Deputy United States Marshal Miller
Allen Brown confessed to the officers a
Gallatin that he, John Moore, and -
Q Fleming were in field near the rond
n when they heard shots. They ran to tn,
Is road and saw Bradley standing over til
e dead body of Miller. Bradley forced tn
d three men, at the peril Of their lives, b