The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-11-13
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

few nights ago.
John Graham, colored, magistrate, re
siding fifteen miles southeast of Memphis,
Tenn, was assassinated few nights ago,
He was shot down by unknown persons
as he stood in the door of his dwelling.
The revival of the race issues at Rich
mond by the Knights of Labor led to
difficulty which it was thought would emo
in a duel between ex-Mayor Lamb Of Nor
folk and Representative George D. Wise,
of Richmond.
An extensive fire at Ennis, Tex, de-
s,royed buildings and stocks valued
$4,000; insurance, 10000. One man, S
Goldburg, was fatally burned while es
Gaping from the building.
During the past few weeks there have
been ninety three gin-houses fred il
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
two-thirds of which were Of incendiary
origin, several were caused by careless
smokers, and one was caused by box Of
matches in the pocket of a workman. Thu
money loss in price of cotton and gil
| plant is not less than S25O,OOO
The trial of the case against Jacl
/ Hendricks, colored, at Macon, Ga, VIII,
! killed his wife with a billet of wood in
Henry County, has been been postponed
until April. This has deeply incensed tn,
negro women of the county, who declare
their purpose of lynching Kendrick rothel
than let him be taken to another jail
They say that the leniency toward
Kendrick will put the lives of every blac
wife in the county in danger.
Two unknown men, evidently tramps
were run over and killed a few days age
on the Louisville g. Nashville Short Line
by an east-bound freight. The men were
riding on the dead irons, when the train
broke in two Left on the front section
they attempted to jump off, and were run
over by the rear section and were in
stantly killed.
Gin saws have deprived one hundred
persons of their hands and arms in Ala
bama this year.
Thick ice was reported in many places
in Alabama a few days ago as the result o
a heavy frost.
One nail factory at Brieheld, Ala, /
shipping five hundred kegs of nails daily
In Somerville, Ala, live eight person
whose ages aggregate 66S years.
Beef brings only two and three cents
pound in several Georgia towns.
In six years the number Of miles Of rail
way in Florida has increased from 81,
hundred to two thousand.
Sunhower parish, Mississippi, has tw
cOlored teachers, the only ones who wer
able to pass the required examination.
The police of Petersburg, Va, recent,
arrested several prominent persons of tina
city ona charge of poker playing.
, A citizen of Key West, Fla, has feet tina
measure sixteen inches long and six ant
a half inches wide. His name is Tor
, Acrefoot.
, A Mexican lion killed recently nea
Meridian, Miss, measured nine and ha
feet in length and nine inches between I'll
. eyes.
A fifteen year old lad in Fayette COur
ty, Ala, is said to have recently pickle
an average of 225 pounds Of Gotten for 81
: consecutive days.
Deputy Sheriff Quarles, of jefferson
y County, Tenn, was fatally stabbed few
Il days since in attempt ng to arrest Georg
McManus, a somewhat tough character.
D James Clark, a wealthy farmer Of Cock
Z County, Tenn, committed suicide fe'
days ago by cutting his throat with
razor. Financial trouble is said to hay
I been the cause.
c F. NJ. Jones was stabbed and Instant
i killed at a voting place in Muhlenbur
y County, Kentucky, by j. R. Randolph
}. The killing is said to have been unpr'
voked, Randolph was drunk.
o An Alabama moonshiner, recently al
e raigned on a charge of Illicit distillin
+ said; "Weli, it is mighty quare, yer ca
make peaches in pie, stew 'em or pick
'em, but jest let man bile 'em, and he
=. clapped in Jail or made to pay the Co
= eminent more'n his years wages. And
does seem unreasonable"
= The Georgia Legislature is again in Sc
- sion. Hon. j. S. Davidson was elect,
president of the Senate and Hon. w.
Il Little Speaker of the House, Govern
), Gordon was inaugurated on the Oh.
% Sam Lindsey, deputy sheriff of Rain
~ County, Tex, was killed la few days al
by negro named Stand. Stand and h
g pal were accused of horse theft, and Lin
# sey, with posse, was attempting the
II capture when Stand shot Lindsey, killiI
J. him instantly. Stand was killed by 4
posse Of citiz rs.
st Several deputy marshals from the l
h dian country arrived in Fort Smith, Arl
l. few days ago, and among the priSone
>. lodged in Jail by them were Zenc job
n son, charged with murder; n. L. Marti
/ John Weaver, Charles Robinson, ,Iol
Fields, assault with intent to kill, and L
l. Hutchins, larceny. In December, lS
l. during a very dark night, a Cener
!. druuken row occurred at Eu aula,
4 which Pilot Grayson and a man nam
Wolf were killed. Zeno johnson, W
was a member of the Indian police for
. at the time, stands charged with the mu
der of Wolf.
Walter Myers, mere child, stabb
and killed burly negro at Augusta, Gj
b a few days ago, using a small pen-kni
which ordinarily would not produce deaf
The wound was inflicted ia the breast, al
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