The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-02-14
STATE ITEMS.

Fayette county is complaining of
spoiled meat; so is Upton.
During the month Of January 4S5
persons settled in Tennessee.
Wheat crops are reported very
promising IN asst Tennessee.
Scarlet fever is prevailing to some
extent in the neighborhood FIVE miles
east of Brownsville.
Col. Joseph S. Williams, author of
"Old Times in West Tennessee" died
at Ripley last Saturday.
Waverly Journal: The coming can
vass for member of Congress from
this district, will be hotly contested.
Ashland Plaindealer: VIVA. Ray
mer committed suicide on the 1st in
slant, by hanging himself. Cause
unknown.
The Memphis Appeal very sensibIy
urges the planting of the eucalyptus
tree, to absorb malaria, and thereby
prevent chills and fever. 1t ought to
be done all over the Southwest.
The country around Evansville is
fast becoming set with countless small
cedars. Within the next fifty years
the uncleared lands of West Hardin
and McNairy will be one vast cedar
glade.
The Morristown Gazette says: At
Bristol the other day, young fellow
was compelled at the point of a pistol,
to marry sixteen year old girl, whom
he had seduced under the promise of
marriage.
jackson Topic: 1t is reported that
a wild cat has been seen in the western
portion of this city several times of
late, and when chased finds quarters
under large brush heap in gulley
on the corner of johnson and Smith
streets.
Jackson Tribune and Sun: Tramps
are on the increase, and a gentleman
from the country told us of an OUT
rage committed 10y one in his sec,
ton this week. The tramp wanted
dinner, AMI when the lady Of the
house refused to give it to him, clicked
her and forced her TO feed him.
Jackson Dispatch: A calf with two
perfect necks and heads was found
Sunday morning last on Mrs Martha
Loves place, near Denmark. We
have conferred with several reliable
gentlemen who saw this wonderful
specimen of deformity, and can assure
our readers that this statement is en-
tirely reliable.
West Tennessee will probably furn-
ish the following Democratic can
didates for Judge Of the Supreme
Court; Judge Tom W. Brown and
Chancellor L. j. Morgan, of Mem
phis; Supreme Judge John l.. T.
Sneed, of Shelby county; Judge
Howell Jackson. of jackson; SUI
preme Judge freeman and Hon. Ben
J. Lea, of Brownsville.
The Franklin Review and Journal
says: 81 Ewing. colored, living in
Happy Hollow, a few miles north of
town, few days since stuck the butt
of an old gun barrel in the FIRE 10
burn Of the rust. He sat in front of
the muzzle, to wait for it &c get hot
1t did get hot, and an old load that
was within exploded, the contents en-
tering the thigh and lower bowels,
from the effects of which he died last
Saturday.
Columbia Herald and Mail: Col.
Samuel A. Pointer, of Williamson. is
candidate for Governor of Tennes>
see. He proposes to compromise the
State debt at 80 cents on the dollar,
and pay it, principal and interest, 10
twenty yeals, without taxing the peo-
pie one cent. He will doubtless cam
vass the State, and explain his plan.
He never ran for an Office, but is a /
splendid farmer, being very success
ful in all his enterprises. He is
known as a man who makes money
in farming, and hates lawyers. We
will see how successful he viii be il
polities. He is a smart man, anu
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