The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-23
SOUTHERN eLEANINos.

"a, flaj lew uayS ago. henrloVVa liz
.uarreled with her lover, Sam GoldsbyJ
nd as a sequence stabbed him to the
leart and in the wrist with a pockets
;nife, fatally injuring him. She is in jail
md glories in her work, considering her.,
elf heroine. Both had over-indulgef
wine. Goldsby, in his frenzy, foughe
he men who were dressing his wounds
out finally succumbed to weakness result
ng from loss OF blood.
A penniless white tramp named George
Norton was brutally murdered by negroes
II Mobile, Ala, few morning since. He
las been begging several days, his special
)lea being a rupture, which incapacitated
him from laboring, He obtained enough
money to get drunk and be locked up by
he police. He was last seen alive with
tome negroes. He had on a truss, which
they thought was money-belt. He was
murdered with an axe and razor, his
throat being cut, his pocket rifled and the
body thrown into the weeds on street
side.
Marietta Jones, Lucy King and Matte
Barron, all of Henderson, Ca, were des-
oerately in love with the same man. A
Jew nights ago they met and quarreled
as to the priority Of their claims. Mari
stta JCnes suddenly snatched up carv"
ing knife and a second later Lucy King
ay on the floor corpse, with stream Of
blood rushing from knife wound which
penetrated her heart. Matte Barron was
saved from a similar fate by the Interior
snce of q constable, who lodged both
women in Jail.
A good vein of coal has been discovered
1ear Decatur, Tex.
Two negroes in Sumter County, Ca, re-
GENTLY picked s72 pounds of cotton In one
lay.
One gentleman in Tuscaloosa, Ala,
sends children to six different schools, and
has two representatives at two of these
schools.
Joseph Rosenburghs aged 1872 years, who
fought under Butcher In the war with
N apoleon, died recently at New Orleans.
A live rattlesnake elk feet long is kept
IN exhibition in the showcase of grocery
store at Abbeville, S. G.
Miss Hester Clarke, of Marion, Ala,
,aye if she lives to see Christmas she will
oe 1913 years old.
A 100000 bridge is being constructed
)ver the Cumberland river in Davidson
County, Tenn.
| Varina Ann Davis is the name which
was given at her christening to the daugh-
er of jefferson Davis, better known as
WINNIE"
| One of the three Knights of Labor can
lidates for the Legislature was elected in
Savannah, Ca, at the recent election.
In 1864 there were eight daily papers
published in Atlanta, Ga; now there are
out three-one morning, the Constitution,
and two evening papers.
Pretty Mrs. w. L. Bell, daughter of Rev.
Dean, of Dubois, Ca, has caused great
sensation in that locality by clipping with
Charley Lee, an ex-convict, who was a
Iuitor of hers before he became criminal.
Judge McCord, of the Seventh district
If Texas, has been requested by eight
hundred prominent citizens to resign his
office for releasing influential murderers
on bail of $4,000 each.
Pinkeye prevails among the horses at
Ioneke, Ark, and young man there has
contracted the disease. No case of the
kind had eyer befole been known in that
leighborhood.
A. B. Belcher, of cambridge, Ca, owns
l ten-year old OK having and wearing
.hree fully developed horns-two at their
proper places and the third growing out
If his shoulder, near the withers, and
probably fourteen inches long
The artesian we'll of c. j. SchlepegrelI
4 Son at Charleston, S. c., is completed.
It is the first we'll in that city bored
by the hydraulic method, and although
out recently completed, it flows four feet
above the surface. The well is 4jS feet
leep and has a capacity of $500 gallons of
water per hour.
Matt Roac h, colored, who got into row
with a negress in North Nashville, Tenn,
fow days ago, and in fit of passion
struck and killed the baby Of Lee Cope
and, was convicted and sentenced to two
years and five months in the penitentiary.
AS the train from Millington was APP
,roaching Kerrville, Tenn, few days
lgo, some unknown person fred at Gram
rille Brewer, colored boy, inflicting a
wound from which he died in a few min
ties. No clew to the assassin has been
obtained.
One of the stables at Sligo stock farm
lear Jackson, Miss, was burned few
nights ago. Four horses and five mules
were burned, with milk and farm wagons,
lay-press aud large amount of feed.
fortunately the wind was light, and the
tables and barn ere saved. The dairy
vas partly bur ned. Loss, $500; supposed
ncendary.
A Charleston Is. c. woman was strange
affected by the earthquake. Her hair,
which is long and black, is falling out in
)laces, leaving the scalp exposed. The
physicians state that it is caused by
paralysis of the scalp caused from fright.
Some watermelons raised in Wilkinson
ounty, Georgia, were taken to Macon re-
'ently for sale. They were exceedingly
Inc, and when cut proved to be as good
Is the melons cut in July. Not a drop of
ain ever fell upon them and they grow
Ipon sandy soil.
Editor Howard and Mayor Spearman Of