The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-26
TENNExSEE NEWS.

TENNESSEE NEWS
Brownsville Lodge 1862, |. O. OF,
is to have a new organ soon.
Knoxville consoles herself for the
loss of the Cincinnati Southern road,
in the fact of securing the East Ten
nessee Lunatic Asylum.
The Springfield Record SAYS: "Rev.
Mr.. Pitts has raised the Brazil fever TO
boiling heat in our town. Several
are talking of starting next fall.
\ correspondent of the Grccneville
American suggests Gov. ID. W. c.
Senter 10 be pitted against Random
Butler for Congress in the first district.
A fire at Nashville, Tuesday night,
destroyed property to the value of 500,
600, including the buildings of the
chair f ctorv, Greenfield, Atwcll <
Snced and Ed. H. Miller.
Mr.. Ralph Church has instituted
suit in the Nashville courts against
the l.. 4 y. Great Southern H. Il.
for $4,000, for forcible ejectment
from a train Oh the said road.
An unfortunate printer, by the
name of Warren, died at the
boarding house Of Joseph Allison, in
Jackson, Sunday evening. lie was
kindly cared for byhospitablc strangers.
The Herald SAYS there Is a gentle
man in that city, hailing from New
York, who claims one-half of jackson.
We understand this is an actual fact
and that he intends instituting legal
proceedings to recover his property.
The Athens Post saws: Our notes
from this and the adjoining counties In
dictate the heaviest crop Of wheat that
has been harvested for many long
wear. Similar encouraging reports
come to hand from other portions OF
East Tennessee.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf says:
The Woodlawn cheese factory enter,
prise is progressing fivOrably. Nearly
enough stock has been subscribed,
and the farmers in the vicinity arc
preparing to stock their farms with
, fine mich cows.
The jackson Courier says: Our
slumbcrs were disturbed about day.
break Saturday morning by the
sound of the fire bells. The scene OF
the confagration was Il neat little
frame dwelling, near the college. The
/ fire is supposed to have been the work
Of an inccndiary. Tie building wa,
a total loss.
The Brownsville Bee SAYS: w
: had midnight musical soircc, in ON
part of town, last night which wa:
novel, to say the least. 1t consisted
of Il chorus Of dogs; one, surly ball
with Il baS$o profiIndo voice, barkcd ;
solo, (and it wasn't solo either as i
might have hcen), and Il number o
fees, with falsetto voices, joined il
the chorus, while Il benightcd Modo,
! PLAYED an accompaniment with Il six
shooter.
Albert Horton and Turner Read
siyS the Jackson Courier, two Of thu
negroes charged with the killing o
old man West, near Denmark, las
summer, and who were released OF
bail mt the January term Of thu
/ Circuit Court, came into the city ;
few DAYS since AMI asked TO he re
admitted f the iail, which the Oblig
ing Sheriff kindly consented unto
We presume they were homc-sick t.
see their old prison comrades.
Lewis jones publishes in the Fay
ettcville Observer this billet doux
To al whom it may concern: Know
We, that in conversation with diver
persons, | said of and concerning ont
John Turner iii substance as follows
viz: lie tmcaning said John Turner
is thief. He (said Turner wcalt
the stripes on his back for stealing
etc, which word Swcre maliciously ;uIC
falsely spoken, and | used them to de
fame the character of said Turner anC
for 10 other pur ,o:e." Mr.. Turne
has evidently had 4 conversation witt
Mr.. Jones.
\ few DAYS ago gentle SEWN:
machine man approached Grange
at Lebanon, Tennessee, with a prop
o>ition to sell him Il sewing machiHc
for which he asked the SUM of $50
Can't see it, said the Granger. g
belong To an organisation that buy
sewing machines by the wholesale, an'
we get cha i;~ So apiece. Pm ;
Granger ] at;i." ''Oh, you are" re
piled the gentle ,cwing machine man
"weil, that's a different thing.
know You Changers have done AVA,
with 'nitldlemen,' and 50 cut dow
expenses greatly. We're trying T.
get the custom of YOU Grangcrs, an,
til tell you what III do-give M
thirtysfve dollars and take the ma
chine, promising TO keep mum as t
the price of it." But he didn't. Bles
YOU no. He bowed all around abou
his getting a ninety dollar Hachin
for S35, and then hung has hea'
when he found TINT his purchase VII
second hand affair which tic gentl
sewing machine nun had vainly on
deayored to sell in that vicinity 70
500.