The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-01
TENNFSSEE NEWS.

in session in Nashville on "Wednesday
of last week.
A new jail is soon to be erected in
Huntingdon. The contract for the
brick work has already been let.
Thomas Yancy,, of jackson had his
leg badly crushed with q gun shot last
week, necessitating amputation.
Dresden Democrat urfarmers are
about done harvesting the heaviest
wheat crop ever grown in the county.
Paris Intelligencer A lite daugh-
ter of Hon. r. p. Cole had her arm
broken by a fall last Tuesday. She
is doing well at this date.
Mr. Robert Rhodes, of Giles county,
recently clipped b5 pounds Of wool
from three of his fine Spanish Merino
sheep, and 102 pounds from ten lambs
a year old.
The Athens Post gives typographical
currency to a rumor, whispered about
in some parts Of the Second District,
that the Hon. Horace Maynard Sill
not remain long at Constantinople,
but will return in time to mix and
mingle in the next Congressional can
vsss.
Il. B. Dowell, of Knoxville, who
committed suicide by shooting himself
on the oath, left this note behind: ar.
B. Dowell has suicided. The grave is
a welcome home. God will take care
of my little boy, l have $50 to bury
me with. Men will say crazy. Nary
time"
Capt. Sam Pointer, near Spring
Hill. Maury county, is said to have
700 acres in wheat which will yield
1850 bushels, or % bushels per acre
which at 81 will yield s17, 800. As
one our exchanges says, "who wants
10 leave such country for any other
beneath the SUM-"
The following money order Offices will
be established in this State this month /:
Dresden, Weakly county; Hender-
son, Madison county; Jasper, Marion
county; johnson City, Washington
county; Lynchburg, Moore county;
Mckenzie, Carroll county; Purdy,
McNaify county; Tracy City, Grundy
county.
Knoxville Press and Herald, 27th:
"At the session Of the Supreme Court,
yesterday, as the result of last weeks
labors, Judge Mcfarland delivered
fourteen opinions Judge Turney
eight, Judge DeaderiUk ten, Judge
Sneed ten, and Chief Justice Nichol.
son twenty-three-ih ELL sixty-five
opinions"
Lawrence journal. We understand
that DR. Boyd, the Senator from Mau.
~ county, who introduced the dog,
tax bill in the last Legislature, re
ceived the other day, large box OF
meat, with the request to please accept
and pay charges. Hesen wagon Il
the DEPOT ct Culleoka, got his box,
opened it and found it to contain
quantity OF freshly Talted dog meat.
Union and American: A private
dispatch from Gallatin yesterday sta
ted that Chancellor Lurton had rem,
dered his decision in the railroad in.
junction case, which was argued last
week. The decree was in favor Of
of Sumner county, allowing the motion
TO dismis. the bill cf the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad and dissolve
the injunction restraining the sheriff
from levying upon the property Of the
road TO satisfy the execution of the
Supreme Court for taxes. Messr.
Baxter, Smith & Allison took an ap
peal, however, from the Chancellor's
decision aud the injunction stands, al
least, till thenext term Of the Supreme
Court.
The Nashville Banner says; There
was peculiar appropriateness in tht
selection of Mr. Henry Watterson, by
! the Tennessee State Press Association
to deliver the annual address before
their June meeting this year-not on
! " because of the fact that he is capa
bic of little better address upon sub.
jects in which they are professionally
interested, than almost any one else,
/ but for the reason that he is the ablest
the most successful, and the best
known journalist that the South ha.
produced, and for the additional rea.
son that he is a Tennesseean, who may
be SAID TO have won his. professional
! diploma upon our soil. Though trans
| planted to ar5ther State, hei as much
a TenneSseean as ever, and as much
identified with the politics of his ma
tive state as of the State Of bis adop
/ tion-its contiguous neighbor
Union City Revielle: A fearful anC
most diabolical report was in circula
ton on the streets this week, of one
of the most hellish and detestablt
crimes ever conceived by the thought,
OF human devils. A gentleman, Of
reliability who came from near the
Lake in this county, states that on,
day last week, poor but respectabl,
lady had her person violated by three
drunken demons, in the presence Of
her husband, only a few weeks aftel
confinement. The three sconhdreh
road up to the house, presented theil
pistols to the head of the husband anC
compelled him to stand and witnes
one after the other commit their ter
ribly hellish act. Misery, misery ! i
is almost sickening to relate. They
made their escape, and from last re
ports have not been heard from. One
of the scoundrels We understand wa!
named Mansfield, the names of the
other parties we have not yet learned
| but if the above is true, we hope t.
/ publish full particulars next week
Heaven alone knows what should b
the punishment of these devils in hu
man form; burning is to good FOL
them.
Virginia has now over FIVE hundred
and seventy Oranges.