The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-04-10
SOUTHERN 0LEANINGS.

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At Abilene, Tex, G. w. Boyett was
found guilty Of the murder of Ben Warfeil
and his punishment assessed at life Inn:
prisonment.
Weakly. Ridley aud Tobe Williams, the
murderers of Daniel Guthrie in Crockett
County, Tennessee, were taken from the
Alamo jail, few nights ago by mob and
lynched
The proposed visit of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
to Montgomery, Ala, has created de-
mand for fifty dollar Confederate bills.
The monument committee desire to sell
them as souvenirs of the occasion. These
particular bills are desired because ehey
bear the vignette of Mr.. Davis.
great sensation was recently produced
at Augusta, Ca, by the discovery, under
the guano warehouse of j. o. Mathewson,
of several six-pound cans of dynamite, to
which partially burned fuses were at
tached. The theory of the police is that it
was an unsuccessful attemptto wreak VEN
geance on the firm by discharged en-
ployes.
Contracts have been let for the construc.
ton of large part of the San Antonio &
Arkansas Pass railroad in Texas.
Ida Bennett, with several aliases, killed
AL. A. Bennett and attempted suicide at
Memphis, Tenn, few days since.
1t is said that no less than one hundred
children were burned to death in Georgia
during the past winter. Most of them be-
longed to colored people.
A colored woman at Athens, Ca, stopped
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boughtthe grooms clothes with the expec-
tation that she would be the bride.
In boring wells at the sulphur mino
at Lake Charles, La, few days ago,
oil was struck at depth of three hundred
and fifty feet, and is flowing at the rate OF
two hundred barrels daily.
VIM. Schroeder, German, living in
Louisville, KY, died few days ago from
the effects of a dose of poison which he
took with suicidal intent.
Abe Lowenthal OF New Orleans, is the
third of the witnesses in the Ford murder
case who have been convicted of wlllful
perjury. The penalty is Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not less than five
years.
Miss Refugio Eparza, a Mexican girl,
attempted suicide at San Antonio, Tex, a
few nights ago, by taking six grains Of
morphine. A physician was called and
stomach pump was successfully applied.
A recreant lover is assigned as the cause.
The store of James Battle, five miles east
of Vicksburg, Miss, on the Baldwin Ferry
road, was discovered to be on fire few
days ago, and before assistance could be
obtained was totally destroyed, with it's
contents There is no doubt but that it
was the work of incendaries.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson died at the resi-
dence Of her son at Boland, KY, a few
nights ago of old age. She was one hun
dred and five years old and had all her
life been prominent worker in religious
circles. She leaves several children.
Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia, has the
most complete collection Of newspaper
clippings in Washington. They are all
about himself and his sayings and doings.
His wife, who from long practice has be-
come an expert with IL newspaper shears,
is the managing editor of the Senator
scrap books.
Mitchell Buckner, William Cook, Frank
lin Ramsey and Clara Jenkins attempted
to cross the Tuckaseegee river near
Charlestown, N. c., during a storm re-
Gently The boat overturned and all were
drowned.
The Texas & Pacific bridge over the
Trinity river at Dallas, Tex, is ninety feet
above the water level. A negro walking
across the bridge recently was overtaken
by train, and was so scared that he
5 jumped from the bridge into the water
{ and after half minute arose and swan
ashore unhurt.
An il licit distillery near Gainesville, Ga.
-, which for six years has escaped detection
was recently discovered and raided. The
proprietor had damned a small creek, os.
tensibly to make a fish-pond, and under
. the dam he placed his distillery, with tun'
= nels for ingress and egress. The smoke
= was conveyed to his house, and passed
. out through the kitchen chimney.
a While a gang of laborers were attempt
n ing to mend break in the Alabama West
!. eIn railroad, between Opelika and West
/ point, few days ago, the waters sec
v ond time broke through, carrying off thre
I colored laborers. Their dead bodies wer
& recovered shortly after. The rest Of tn
?. gang had narrow escape.
4 The total loss by the Key West Ella.
Y fire is estimated at $500 900, and the tota
= insurance will not exceed $4,000. TIL
= Spanish Consul at Key West cabled tn
g. authorities at Havana to send vessel I
take away five hundred Cubans, mad
destitute.
Two brick dwellings collapsed @
Natchez, Miss, a few days ago, buryin
! twenty three persons in the ruins. DAM,
a Ratchford, formerly of Evansville, Ind
ct was instantly killed. Mrs. M. l.. Grifil
le the mother of exMayor Griffin, was fata
ut ly injured. One of her daughters su,
m tanned serious injury to her spine, and wi
lie probably die; another daughter and SC
lie we're seriously injured.
T. w. G. Mitchell, citizen Of Balesbur,
e, 8. c., recently found a queer stone in h
y lot that he thought was some kind Of
Id valuable gem. He sent it to chemists an
Dl- the State Geologist at Columbus, who DIT