The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-25
STATE NEWS.

VOL Tor his yard dog,
DIR w. r. Sewer has resurrectec
the Jonesboro Herald and Tribune.
The East Tennessee coal miner.
have ended their strike and resumed
work.
Theodore Tilton is advertised t.
lecture in Nashville next Monday
night.
The Knoxville board of trade il
anxious to make that city tobacco
market.
The benevolent ladies of Knoxville
are conducting a sOup-hOuse for the
poor Of that city.
One thousand feet of new hose has
been purchased for the steam fire de-
partment of GAINESVILLE.
Knoxville complains of the scarcity
of butter and eggs, the latter selling
at twenty-five cents a dozen.
There will be upward of forty grad
yates from the Law School at Leba-
non, Tenn, during the year 1877.
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation of Nashville has established a
distributing store house for the poor.
Athens Post: Joseph Dodd, "a youth
eleven years of age, son of James
Dodd, of the fourth civil district of
this county, accidentally shot and
killed himself last week.
Jackson Sun; We deeply regret to
inform our readers that Mrs Lula
Campbell Cary, whose injuries
from being accidently burned were
alluded to in our last issue, died on
Monday last.
Jonesboro' has three papers now
The journal, Democratic, and the
Herald and Tribune and Times. Re
publican. The people of Washington
county are certainly to have plenty Of
reading matter.
Col. w. F. YardIey, colored, late
aspirant for gubernatorial honors in
or State, was recently elected second
assistant to the chief of the fire de-
partment Of Knoxville. Last and
altogether least.
Dyersburg Gazette: We regret TO
hear that Mr. George w. Mills, who
was happily married in this county
on the 10th instant, died of meningi-
gifts on the 18th, only living four
days with his fair young bride.
The Knoxville Chronicle states
that a great many rabbits, birds and
other game have been frozen and
starved to death during the snow, If
being almost impossible for them to
navigate and get anything TO live up.
on.
\ turnpike company has been char
tered to construct a road from Rogers
Vile, in Hawkins county, via Big
War gap, Mulberry gap and Cumber-
land gap, to the north bank of Cum
berland river at Cumberland ford in
Kentucky.
There is colored man in Nashville
named Ned Reddich who is one hum
dred and three Or four years of age.
He served, during the war of 1912, in
a Virginia regiment, and remembers
well incidents Of the young days OF
the republic.
Bolivar Bulletin: There has been
several hundred dollars worth of hogs
shipped from this point in the last
week or two. The farmers arerealizing
from a to ) cents per pound gross,
which price pays well. owing to the
cheapneSs of corn.
Another unfortunate woman com
mittcd suicide in Memphis last week.
She went Ivy the name of Nina Cor
den, and WAS said to be frcm Hum,
boldt. 1t is supposed she killed her
self because her relatives w-uld not
recognize or communicate with her.
Knoxville had a snow carnival and
among tie .slcighs was one in the
shape Of a large whisky-barrel Oh a
sled, bestrided by a masked rider, and
on lis head appeared, in bold letters,
the word Reform, and Immediately
following it came a sleigh labeled
"Tilden and Hendricks"
Paris Iugelligencer: Mr. Sutton,
formerly Of Graves county, but who
lived in civil district No - of this
county, had his house and contents
consumed by G,e, last Friday night.
The family were all from home at the
time. Ii Is supposed to have been ac-
cidcntal as there are no signs of incen,
diarism.
The clerk and masters report of the
Davidson county chaneery court fol
the past two years just ended shows
the following record Of business Six
regular and one special term; num-
Der of causes tried, Bill, number OF
causes now on the docket. 1919; az
gregate amount of judgments render
ed, S2,050,051 IS.
Willis Wray died at his residence
in Williamson county on the twelfth
instant, at the age Of seventy-nine
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