The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-04-24
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

the bullet going through Mrs. Quinn's
head, who fell dead among her six chill
dren.
AT Owens ranch, near Pearsall, Tex, a
few days ago, Pedro Sansheil, Mexican,
attempted to come out of well he had
been digging When thirty feet from the
bottom the rope broke and he fell crush,
ing one leg so badly that it was imm edi-
ately amputated, and sustaining other and
fatal injuries.
Confirmation of Senator Jackson, of
Tennessee, as a Federal Judge, has caused
much speculation in Tennessee as to the
appointment by Governor Bate of his sue
cessor in the Senate. Senator Jackson
was a leader of the State Credit Demo-
cracy, who insist on the payment dollar
for dollar, of the State debt
Pretty Alice Watkins, who was recently
sentenced at Galveston, Tex, to one days
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
bigamy, has returned to Galveston, and
though she was welcomed by her sympa-
thizing friends, the ignominy of her con-
viction so preyed upon her mind that she
concluded life was not worth living. Her
first husband, who deserted her and left
neither maid, wife nor widow, had turned
her accuser, while the second husband, for
whom her liberty and reputation had been
imperiled, was dead. Sick at heart and
weary of the struggle against fate, she
sought the bay and sin she plunged bold
ly, no matter how coldly the dark waters
ran" Fortunately she was seen and
rescued despite her struggles, and now is
endeavoring to reconcile herself to exist
ence. Mrs Watkins sentence was the
shortest incarceration in the penitentiary
ever inflicted in the State, and according
to the law when she was released from her
prison walls she was given twenty-five
dollars and a suit of clothes.
Daniel Arnold, of Macon, Ca, hid his
savings (TOO) in hole near his house
but the recent food inundated the hole
and carried away Dams wealth.
The cars of the Capital City street rail-
road at Montgomery, Ala, are now COM
menced running by electricity. The trips
are regularly made and everything works
perfectly.
In fight near Eastland, Tex, few
days ago, Tom Ellison was killed and w.
G.. Hardin and John Ellison seriously
wounded
During the terrible rainstorm which
passed over Vicksburg, Miss, a few nights
ago, lasting about two hours, the large
dry goods house of Switzer, Newwitter &
Co. was flooded and stock damaged about
$4,000 by water.
The body of John Harris was found q
few days ago two miles from Birming-
ham, Ala. in fsh-pound with bullet
hole through his head. The coroner's jury
rendered verdict to the effect that he was
shot by someone unknown.
Near Webster, on the Western North
Carolina road, few days ago, John Mes
sier, Amos Sutton and John Mcmahon
were drinking. Messier had married SUIT
toms cousin and left her. He made re-
mark derogatory to her character, when
Sutton struck him in the mouth. Messier
thereupon drew his pistol and shot Sutton
dead. He then escaped to the mountains
and pack of dogs were put on his trail.
News comes from Bethel, Ca, of the
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gins. Higgins had married the woman's
daughter and during the day inaugurated
!, his superior authority by giving her g
, thrashing. The young wife escaped tc
) her mothers, Higgins armed himselt
, with gun and went over and called his
wife. The old woman had been praying
loud in the yard and answered She asked
, him if she had come to whip her daughter
. again under her own eyes. He replied
7 'Yes, and l will whip you too" and rails
. ing the gun shot his mother-in-law down
q killing her instantly, and then escaped.
r A shaft of lightning set fire to the Becl
. building at Vicksburg, Miss, few night
a ago, burning out the upper story befor
a the fire department could check it. Tn
: building adjoins the Commercial Herdl'
office which for some time was threatened
The damage to the Beck building is abou
81, 900. The Beck building is the same tina
stopped the conhagration and saved tn
y Commercial Herald in the great fire las
April.
Three thousand dollars worth of dia
J. monds were stolen from the Southern Ex
= | press company SOlllc NllhC obOuD OhO "Vi v
n the present month. They were shippe
d from Athens, Ca, over the Richmond
2. Danville railroad to Charlotte, N. c., an
<, were never received at that place. TIL
r, manager of the company end the detect
Is ives working the case all refuse to tai
n about the matter. The loss is supposed
3. have taken place at Lula, while the pack
n age was on its way to Charlotte. The al
e, ticles lost are as follows: One pair of gol
IS bracelets, each set with five diamonds an
lie valued at $3.50 apiece; six pairs of solitair
rs earrings, valued at SS25; one damon
c. scarf pin, valued at sos; two damon
ut scarf pins, valued at SO apiece, and or
ID diamond scarf pin, valued at $50.
u Hon. L. Q. G. Lamar, Secretary of II
OF Interior in President Cleveland's Cabine
a. has been visiting recently in Georgia, an
u among other places stopped at Macoi
le where he was royalty entertoinad. Seer
ST tary Lamar says his visit South is entirel
ry of social nature. A rumor is IN circul'
as ton and gains considerable credence,