The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-08
STATE NEWS.

has been appointed u. ,, Marshal Of
West Tennessee, Col. Eaton having re-
signed.
Petitions have been gotten up in
Memphis requesting Hayes to appoint
Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, as one
of his cabinet.
The premium bale Of cotton, which
won the 81, 900 prize at the lnterna>
tional Exhibition, is to be sent to the
international Horticultural Exhibi>
ton at Holland. by the Memphis Cot
ton Exchange,
Mr.. Ross last week introduced a
bill in the Legislature to establish the
new county of Hayes out of fractions
of the counties of Benton, Carroll,
Henderson and Decatur.
The Southern States coal and iron
company, of the Sequatchie valley,
have received orders to build two
hundred coke ovens for English firms.
This is good for Tennessee.
The supreme cou:t of the State will
meet at Jackson on the first Monday
in April next, at Knoxville the first
Monday in September, and Nashville
the first Monday in December.
Brownsville States, LIST: We regret
to hear of the death of John Thomas,
which occurred last Monday morning.
Mr. Thomas was a brother of II. S.
and r. G. Thomas, OF Humphreys.
John r. Bynum was arrested for
drunkenness and put in the lock~up in
Bolivar a few dayssince. Late in the
night the house caught fire and he
lost his life before help could reach
him.
Brownsville Bee: a fine New
foundland dog killed about Is to IS
sheep for Hon John r. Bond last
week, and he killed the dog. The
Supreme Court exemption fails to
reach this case.
Dyersburg Gazette: We learn from
Postmaster Hughes that new Post
Office has been established at South
Reelfoot Lake, on the route from
Dyersburg to Hickman. A. f. Par
ish is Postmaster.
While Mrs Simmons, living on the
farm of John Joyce, near Concord,
Maury county, was cooking chicken,
preparatory to starting to Missouri,
her dress become ignited, and she was
burned to death.
jackson Wing and Tribune: There
are number of men in Colborne,
Northumberland county, Canada,
artists, millers, and gardeners, cons
templating removal to jackson and
Madison county, Tennessee.
Nashville American: Thomas H.
Malone was yesterday appointed to
sit in the place of Judge Peter Tur-
ney, legally incompetent, in the case
Of Townsend VS.. Markum, from Lin>
coin county, to be tried next Mon1ay
week.
Nashville Banner: Six hundred
and forty bills have been introduced
IN the House of Representatives. For
several days past the House has been
engaged IN the call of bills on their
second reading, and No. 200 has been
reached on the calendar. The Legis-
lature will probably adjourn about
he first of April.
Nashville American: S. B. Hop
kius shot and killed Edward G. Kirk
at Springfield, at > o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon. 1t is stated that deceased
was advancing toward Hopkins with
an open knife, when the latter shot
him four times. A feud is said
10 have existed between them relative
to the building of i house by Xix,
who is a carpenter.
The Columbia Journal, in speaking
Of Adelina PATHS trouble with her
husband, Marquis de Caux, says that
this prima donna spent some time in
Columbia in 1861, and her brother,
Carlo Patti, enlisted in Captain
Anderson's company in Colonel w.
B. Bates regiment. Adelina Patti
first thrilled the ears Of Colunibians
with the notes of Dire.
Nashville American: GOV.
Porter did not slgn the bill postpoil-
ing the payment Of taxes. Under
the law any bills remaining in his of
fee FIVE days without his approval be.
comes a law He, however, signed
the joint resolution appointing a COM
mIttee to ascertain whether East Ten
nessee University has been run in &C
cordance with its charter; also, the
bill changing the time of holding the
sessions of the Supreme Court.
Alamo Sentinel: A man by the
name of Melton was tried before
Esquires Watkins, Richardson, Blur
ton and Thompson, at Gadsden last
Monday, for forgery. He was ar
rested in Arkansas, and brought to
Crockett for trial, as the note was
forged or gentlemen Of this county.
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