The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-15
STATE NEWS.

Supreme Court.
Pulaski had a blaze Sunday night.
Two hotels and a bank building were
destroyed; loss $4,000; insured for
$4,000.
Several Northern capitalists are
travelling through White and Warren
counties, with view to purchasing
thousands of acres of land.
The amount appropriated by con-
gress to the improvements of the Ten
nessee river was larger than to any
other single object of the bill.
A special to the American from
Shelbyville announces the commit
ment of DIR W. n. Gwynn for manu-
featuring counterfeit quarters.
Anderson NJ. Waddell of Nashville
gave $4,000 TO the widow of a man
whom he had killed. He had been
acquitted on a charge of murder.
A large number of Memphis bust
ness men met at the Cotton Exchange
last Saturday, and endorsed the APP
pointment of Key as Postmaster
General.
Dresden Democrat A wagon load
of negroes came into town on Tuesday
TO witness the Inauguration OF his
Fraudulency Hayes, but returned dis
appointed.
In special dispatch to the Cour'
Ter Journal it is stated that Mr..
Houses name is used in connection
with the next spcakership of the
house of Representatives.
The legal department of the Nash
vile Commercial and Legal Reporter
is now conducted by Mr.. Jere Baxter,
one of the ablest of the young MEM
bers Of the Nashville bar.
Brownsville Democrat: A negro
woman killed her husband in the
southwestern portion of the county
the other day by stepping behind him
and crushing his skull with a large
club.
X. l.. Bright, son of Hon. John VI.
Bright, killed lawyer by the name
of Allen in Fayetteville one day last
week. 1t is thought the difficulty
grew out of suit pending in the Su-
preme Court.
Memphis Ledger: The Odd Fell
lows lodges Of the city, six in number.
have appointed committees to make
arrangements for the celebration of
the anniversary of their order, the 26
of April next.
Coles Great Roman Hippodrome,
Circus and Menagerie which has been
wintering in Memphis will start out
on It's spring tour on the I'd of April
next. On that day and the succeed
ing day it will exhibit in that city.
The special commission sent to in
vestigate the conduct of the East
Tennessee University, in report to
the Legislature, state that the agricul-
tural and mechanical department of
that Institution, as at present conduct
cd, is failure.
Bill Phelps, Julia Phelps, Robert
Hess and George White, were arrest
ed in Nashville last Saturday for
making counterfeits Of fifty cent
pieces, quar- ers, dimes AMI NJ ks.
Their swag moulls were captured,
and they were lodged in jill.
Nashville American Of the 18th: On
and after to-day the morning train on
the Northwestern road will leave here
at A. NJ. instead of $50 A. NJ, and
arrive here at $50 instead of 10:40
A. NJ. This shortens the schedule OF e
hour 4 fast schedule will go into
effect on the, Chattanooga road next
Monday.
Nashville American On Thursday
last, a negro attempted to murder
white lady, in Williamson county,
with an AK. Her screams brought
assistance, when the scoundrel and an
accomplice were arrested and put in
jail for trial. A plan had been lad
by the negroes to rob the lady's house,
in the absence of her husband.
Dresden Democrat: An eX-County
Clerk, who now resides in the 9th
district, had the following incident 10
occur at his home one night last week:
His wife gaze birth to two beautiful
girls; a eve on the farm dropped
three female lambs, and a SOW tend
cred him a litter of nine female pigs.
This is vouched for by worthy ex-
Tax Collector.
Nashville American: There may
be seen on the farm of Mr.. Sam.
Watkins, about three miles from
Nashville, a well-grown spring lamb
that would make a valuable acquisition
to any well>regulated moral show. 1t
gets up and balances its body carefully
over its two fore legs and walks with
out apparent effort, often following its
dam for half a mile without faltering.
The cause of this singular mode of
progression is that its hind feet were
fro7an off duriur fha severe weather