The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-01
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The GreenVlIle American says tne
plum trees around that town are in
full bloom.
The Greenville American reports
that the first new corn received in that
town sold at fifty cents per bushel.
The army worm is playing the wild
with vegetation in every portion OF
Williamson county. 1t is a smaller,
bat very voracious species.
The Greenville American mentions
the passage through that town of a
train Of wagons containing some TWEEN
tv-fve or thirty colored persons emf
grating from Yadkin county, \. c.,
to the West.
The Murfreesboro Monitor states
that the worms, which have infested
Rutherford county for some time, have
done great MISUNDERSTANDING fields
Of mlllet and Young corn, and also
doing some damage to cotton.
Bowen Sanders, the Young man
who was bound over at Lebanon on
the charge of killing Julia Hayden,
has been attending Il religious revival
since his trial, and has manifested
deep concern with regard to his spirit
Ual condition.
From all parts Of Robertson county
the Springfield Record has reports OF
the destruction of grasses, turnip tops,
etc, by the army worm. This isquite
severe, after going through long
drouth, to have what little was left de-
voured by worms.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf re-
ports the burning to death of anegro
woman at st. Johns Methodist
Church, where the negroes had sup
per. A lamp exploded setting her
clothes on fire. The flames were not
extinguished until she was burned to
death.
\ negro woman at Guthrie got on
the train and paid her fare to Clarks-
vile. Her husband got on and failed
to pay when the conductor came
around. He was put off. When his
wife found that he had been put of
the train she leaped overheard, the
train going thirty miles an hour, and
was instantly killed.
Philip Bradley, living near Nc
Ewen's station, in Humphreys coun-
tv, met with serious accident few
DAYS ago. While being let down in a
well which was sixty feet deep, and
when within twenty feet of the bottom
of the well, the rope broke, Mr. Brad
ley falling to the bottom feet foremost
breaking his legs in three different
places, also crushing several bones in
his feet.
The army worms are ravaging por-
tons of Lincoln county. The Fayette-
Vile Observer says: Last Monday
morning a gentleman discovered the
army worm in his German millet. He
Immediately issued orders to prepare
for cutting, but it was ) or t O'Clock
before he got to work, and the worms
had then DESTROYED about five acres,
when was al Tic i''o VI ''o'' '''
acre per n"ur: ..
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