The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-25
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1nc pruning oficc VI y. ~. 4,"~N'
IF the Murfreesboro Monitor. was
lruraed a short time ago, and now his
dwelling-house has been consumed,
Evidently Murfreesboro has become
too hot for Mr. Buck.
jackson Wing: The smoke house
of F. B Snipes. Esq, was entered a
few nights since by some unknown
parties. who did not have the fear Of
the law. or of lawyers, before their
eyes. and was cleaned out completely.
Fayetteville Observer: Last week a
gentleman on Mulberry had a flock of
eighteen sheep killed Ia one night by
dogs. And another gentlemen who
had purchased and imported eight fine
sheep for breeding purposes, lost seven
Of them in one night by worthless ours.
Union and American Judge Fer
riss received a telegram yesterday to
the following effect: Keep the baby
for me. i will write tom PROV" 1t
was from w. II. George, a thrifty
farmer in the vicinity of Humboldt,
and had reference 10 the little stranger
found on the door-steps Of a colored
mln's house of this city few nights
ago.
Athens Post: Since the late washing
rains we have heard of fresh gold dis
coyeries in a number of places along the
Chilhowee mountain. One old gentle
man in the vicinity of one Of the water
spUuts, which carried down tons Of
rocks rnd dirt. says the Indications are
splendid" and that he experts to
average FIVE dollars day throughout
the summer and fall.
jackson Courier Herald: The Su-
premc Court of Arbitration adjourned
last Saturday TO meet in Memphis
Tuesday, where it will remain in ses-
sion until June. Mr. John Ii Free
man, Clerk of the Supreme Court, is
attending the Arbitration CouIt in
Memphis, and the office here remains
in charge of his deputy, MIR S. D..
Hays, to whom ali letters concerning
the business of the office should be adj
dressed. West Tennessee exchanges
please copy for the benefit Of the bar.
Lebanon Herald: Rev. Black Will
hanson, colored, isa man Of sense. In
his sermon, last Sunday night, he g We
his congregation some very sound ad-
vice as to "civilrights." He tod them
that the Lord never intended whites
and blacks to mingle socially, and
that colored people who had any self
respect, would not go where they were
not wanted. The right to behave like
sensible men and women, and the
right to earn a respectable living,
would always be guaranteed them.
Nashville Banner The dog law"
as it is called, has passed both bodies
of the Legislature and may he consid-
cred a law. AS passed, it provides
for ali annual tax of one dollar or each
male dog and five dollars on each can
inc Of the female persuasion. There
will be gnashing Of teeth among horn
ey-handed Changers on learning of the
passage of this law, and the rustic
reader of the Banner will carefully
note the names Of Senators found
voting aye, as published this morning.
One grave Senator, after the vote was
announced, profanely remarked,
"there'll be he'll to pay about this in
the country"
Jackson Dispatch: On Monday gen
tleman from Gibson county was in the
city hlving in his possession the most
Wonderful freak of nature that We have
ever seen. A black gum limb termi-
mated in an exact representation of a
human hand. The hand was perfectly
developed, the joints being well form
ed and the finger nails wonderfully
natural. The hand has been examine d
by experts with the aid of a micro
scope and pronounced to be genuine
production of nature. The limb was
cut from shrub growing on the
grave of a Methodist preacher, anG the
hand before being severed was point
ing heavenward.
The editor of the Tracy City Miners
and Manufacturers Reporter has been
to visit the establishment of the shoe
and leather manufacturing company
at Moff,t, on Cumberland Mountains.
The President of the company is James
II. Atchison; Superintendent, +. A.
Grenier; Secretary, NJ B. Clements.
The factory now turns out three
hundred pairs Of shoes per week. The
company have commenced the cree
ton of a larger building, and are ar
ranging for a tannery in connection
with it. They are surrounded with the
best chestnut oak bark, and all the
other facilities requisite to carrying or
this department of their work with pc
culiar advantage. That's one way to
make money plenty in Tennessee, and
there is room for a thousand more
such currency mills.
McMinnville New Era: James