The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-31
COUNTY NEWS.
In General.

COUNTY NEWS.
In General.
Wheat continues to look irst-rate.
In ten days from now harvest will
begin, when We expect to save a fine
crop.
A flannel cloth wet in lot brandy,
or better, camphor and brandy mixed
and heated, will relieve pain of the
bowels, if frequently laid over the
stomach and bowels.
As our people and Representatives
seem to be under cloud as to what
should he done with the state debt,
we would suggest the propriety OF
holding Il rousing mass meeting in
Trenton OH the first Monday in July,
in order to get the sentiment of the
people, and then instruct our repre-
sentatiyes what to do. What do the
press and people sayf
The vote on the school tax here
last Saturday was light, and resulted
as follows: For the tax, 101; against,
SO; majority in favor of it, II. In
the county,the proposition carried by
about 800 majority, nearly two to one.
We congratulate the people Of the
county on this evidence of enlig ghtened
progress. Several OF our neighbor
counties have voted it down. Old
Gibson always leads in enterprise and
good works, and the consequence will
be more money and more population.
Trenton.
The Mirror of last week. after a
well>merited excoriatiOn for their
wicked and and brazen lewdness gives
the names of the parties mentioned
the week before. They are Clark, a
saloon keeper, and Dolly Barker.
They should not be allowed to live III
4 respectable community. The Dy-
ersburg Gazette of last week has the
following about the parties. No
doubt they are the guilty ones:
Trenton has just been excited over
the birth of an illegitimate baby,
whose parents live in that place. The
Mirror is justly incensed because the
little waif has been mysteriously spirit
ed away and no attempt made to see
if foul play has been resorted to.
On Thursday, the 18th, two men
in a stylish buggy, drawn by large
bay horse, drove up to the residence
of Mr. |. \. Gillis, seven miles west
of Dycrsburg, and told feeling story
to Mrs Gillis about having little ba-
by with them whose mother had re-
Gently died. They gave their names as
Jno. Taylor and Lyttle, the former
claiming to be the father. They said
they were from Milan, on their way to
their home in Missouri and as the
gnats and mosquitoes were so bad,
they feared the little one would die
from exposure, praying that Mrs Gill
lis would take charge Of the babe for
Il few days. In the kindness of he,
motherly heart, she consented. AT
ter short absence, the men returned
Hith the founding and left it with
the charitable Gillies, promising to
return for it last Sunday. Nothing
has been heard or seen of the men
since they left the house, only it Is
known that instead Of going IN the
direction of Missouri, they returned
through Dyersburg the same night.
The child is fine boy about four
months old, but as we make our own
babies il Dyer county, MIR Gillis is
ready and willing to surrender this
one to its righttul owners. 1t is
thought to be the identical Trenton
baby. If so, we advise the erring
couple to come and get their child
which they never should have aban-
doned-bravely take all the respon-
sibility which their sin brings upon
them, to marry and behave themselves
properly. Then they may yet realize
that this world is full of beauty to the
heart that is full of love. Yes, marry
and sir no more.
From the Trenton Mirror.
1t is believed that there is an alarm
ing decentralization existing in some
portions of this county, and that there
is systematic organization for steal
ing that is constantly carried on in
this place on public days,and wherev-
er opportunities are found. Last
Tuesday, Luther Barrett and Rich
ard Skyles were arrested for stealing
guns, and pistols and q watch of Mr.
Flowers of Rutherford Station aid ar
raigned for trial in that place on
Tuesday last. John S. Cooper APP
peared as council for the defendant
and Spl. Hill prosecution. The trial,
however, was postponed until next
Tuesday. We learn that Mr. Barrett
is supected of stealing bacon from the
meat house of Mr. Calls, as the meat
has been found in q BAG with Barret's