The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-09-25
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

ing. While returning home, in getting
over fence, he lowered the breech of the
gun first by holding to the muzzle. The
locks of the gun struck rail, which ex
ploded both barrels, the charges complete
ly tearing away the right side Of his head
The Associated Press distributed five
hundred dollars at Charleston among those
reporters who furnished the details of the
earthquake.
Hall, Bill and Lester Matthews, three
brothers, We're arrested in Caddo Parish,
La, few days ago, charged with the
murder of Alexander Carrick, all being
colored. Bill Matthews had fight with
Alex Carrick at a dance. Hall Matthews
struck Carrick over the head with a bottle
Of brandy cherries, from the effects Of
which he died.
Wash Freeman, negro Of Frankfort,
KY, went about a mile in the country,
few nights ago, to steal SONG roasting earS
of corn. While in the act Ia was fired up
on by white man named Wallace, the
ball entering just below the chin and
causing his death Wallace says he
thought it was a hog, else he would not
have fred.
Anerro named Willerson was lynched
near Millen, Ga, few days ago. He de-
served it.
Atlanta (Ga.) citizens consume fifteen
hundred quarts Of wine every day.
Libby prison, Richmond, Va, is now q
fertilizing factory, and Castle Thunder
has been burned to the ground.
Andrew Harrtt, brakeman on the Sum
set Route in Texas, was killed by the cars
at Converse station few days ago.
A company has been formed in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, with a capital stock of $780,
600 to erect a new 1O0-ton blast furnace in
that city at once.
One Of the finest Baptist churches in the
Southern States, costing $4,000, was dedi-
Gated recently at LynchbuEg, Va.
Charleston Is. CO. reai.estate dealers
say that ther has been no falling off in the
sale of lots in that city since the recent
earthquakes.
William Olney, of San Antonio, Tex,
was out riding twelve miles west of the
city, a few days ago, when lightning
killed him.
A gander was killed near Lexington,
Tenn, recently, that was supposed to be
at least fifty years old. Its owner had
got tired waiting for it to die a natural
death.
High tides are making serious inroads
upon the beach at Galveston, Tex, Con-
siderable fear is expressed that the usual
fall gales will do great dam age to the
city.
"Old Ball" the faithful saddle-horse of
W. E. Pearson, of Scooba, Ala, died re-
Gently, aged twenty five years. 1t was
thought to he the oldest horse in the State,
and was well known for miles around.
The white house" of the Confederacy at
Richmond, Va, is now used as a public
school, and the halls in which the Davis
Cabinet held their war councils now echo
with the voices of children reciting lessons
in geography.
General Devens' dress sword is being
handed down as an heirloom, it appears,
in the families of officers of the North
Carolina brinade which surprised the
judges headquarters at Charlottesville.
There are two families of the uame of
Dodd in Barlow County, Georgia. They
are not related, and interest in them arises
from the fact that one of the families is
composed of nine girls, while the other is
made up of eight boys
One of the results of the recent earth
quake was to cure the rheumatism Of a
citizen OF Columbia, S. c. He had used
crutches for years, but when the quake
quaked he ran out of the house like four
year-old steer, and he HASN'T used his
crutches since.
The Taylor brothers, rival candidates for
Governor of Tennessee, occupied the same
room in hotel at Chattanooga, recently,
where they entertained their friends in
the evening, with familiar melodies on the
violin.
The sheriff of Covington, Tenn, has in
custody man who confesses having mur-
dered ex-Mayor Bowman, of East st.
Louis, Ill. The prisoner states that he
was paid $1,000 for the work by the vice.
president of a railway company. The
confession lacks some elements Of con-
sistency.
The Board of z lucation Of Savannah,
Ga, has passed resolutions forbidding
the infiiction of corporal punishment
There has been some trouble growing out
! of the inhction of such punishment and
the board thought its abolition would be
the shortest way to end It.
The Diurual, packet steamer running
between Louisville, KY, and Cannelton
struck a snag near Alta, Ind, n few day s
ago, ripped several planks Off her keel anC
sunk. The passengers and freight were al
removed without accident or incident tC
| the City of Greensboro that happened e
be passing. The freight was considerably
damaged by water. The loss is estimated
at $1,000; insurance $1,000.
VIM. P. Ferris, manager of Bradstreet';
Mercantile Agency at Birmingham, Ala.
died at Nashville, Tenn, q few night
AGO from an overdose of choral admin
istered while he was i'll. Mr.. Ferris wa
returning TO Bennington from a Northern
trip. His body was cared for by friends
He was for several years the manager O
Bradstreet's agency in Nashville. H
| n Harvard went TO Little Rock, and iron