The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-24
OVER THE STATE.

Chas. H. Erich, a merchant at
Memphis, committed suiciie with
pistol, in his wite's presence last Sat,
urday.
Ugly charges have been made
against Rev. M. NJ. Wamboldt, pas
tor Of the first Baptist church of Chat
tanooga.
Dresden Enterprise: Our turner's
say The wheat crop has not turned out
as well as was expected, too much of
it being straw.
Ike Johnson, colored, of Knox
county, was arrested at Chattanooga,
Monday night, for killing Robert FaiD
in quarrel in 1876.
Andrew Yokely, of CampbellS,
vile, who is affected with scrofula,
and while working around a thresher
becoming overheated one of his eyes
burst out Of his head.
Jno. w. Graham, prominently
known in business circles Of Memphis,
has skipped to Canada. He took
So, 100 of the Irish-AmericaG building
and loan association funds.
Ripley Enterprise: Farmers from
all portions of the county report crop
prospects very fattering. Cotton and
corn is being laid by, wheat thresh-
ing is the order of the day-and the
yield is fine.
P. H. Monahan, of Nashville, on
Sunday, shot and dangerously wound
ed his sweetheart, Miss Laura Carney,
and wounded four others. ITe then
attempted to commit suicide. Jeal>
ousy was the cause.
A terrible collision occurred on the
L. d N. road last Tuesday evening,
near Columbia, in which seven per-
sons lost their lives; all were railroad
men. Only one passenger was in
jured, and he slightly.
Nashville Union: All the Tennes>
see representatives voted to pass a
pension bill over the Presidents veto
except MCMillin, Richardson, and
and j. M. Taylor. What do those
other statesmen mean by,going against
the President thus?
Union City Anchor: We are in
formed that Sam Newhouse, col, was
shot and killed by some white man
who stepped from behind a tree and
emptied load of buck shot into the
face of Newhouse, Tuesday morning,
Newhouse was tough citizen,
Gallatin Examiner: Mr.. Malone,
living near Cotton Town, this county,
aged SO years, is the father Of rs chill
dren. He has been married four
times, his first wife oeing the mother
of two, the second Of three, the third
of fourteen, the fourth of seven chill
dren.
Springfield Record: Robertson
county's Jail door, at present, stands
aiar. There is not a prisoner con
fined therein. Not so much as a
church mouse. The little crickets
have quit singing "sweet by and by
and are now piping, "Pm lonely to-
night, love, without you"
Senator Whitthorne, of this State,
Monday, introduced into the Senate
bill directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay S6S,O72,30O to the
Southern States for the cotton tax
wrongfully collected on raw cotton
Just after the war The money thus
asked to be appropriated is to enable
the southern states to perpetuate q
system of education.
Gallatin Teanessean: A few days
since the little six-year old COY of Mr.
VIM. Mickey, Of the vicinity of Hun
ter's Point, on Cumberland River,
happened to a very serious accident.
While his father was in IA field moving
hay, the little boy came up unoSserv
ed by Mr.. Mickey, aud while turning
at one enl Of the land the outside Sec
ton of the blade struck him about tn {
ankle and nearly severed the foot from
his leg. He is ding well at present,
and his physicians hope to save the