The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-03-21

violent but we hear of no serious dam
age being done. II.
Rev J. j. Ridley died at SonierviIle,
last week, ia the 69th gear of his age.
He was weIl-knowu and highly re-
spected Episcopal minister, who was
formerly rector OF St. Thomas church,
at Somerville, but previous to his
death had been rector of Zion church,
at Brownsville, Haywood county.
A grand lodge of the Ancient Order
OF Uuited WOrkmen for the State
meets at Nashville on Thursday, the
4th Of April, and not on the 10th of
March, as we stated by mistake few
days ago. The grand lodge Of the
Knights of Honor for the State will
meet at Nashville Oh Wednesday, the
10th Of April. r.tt
jackson Dispatch: Mr. Ed. Ovens,
of East jackson, took 4 grains of NOR
phine. enough for 16 doses, through
mistake, last Saturday, thinking it
was quinine. BY the timely all of
skillful physicians Mr. Owens was
saved from an untimely death, and
Will certainly be more careful il future
how he takes medicines
Says the Brownsville Bee. of Fri
day last: "Work has resumed on the
narrow-guage this week. Colonel
Vaughan is hallasting up the track
and getting out timbers for its extern
sion. Track laying will be resumed
next Monday. ana if the present fine
weather holds he will cross the Forks
ed Deer river next week. He is CIV
ing his whole time and attention to
the building of his road at present"
Brownsville Bee: DR. Lewis Estes,
from the western portion of Haywood
county, was in town yesterday. He
reports a rather remarkable case in
his ne;ghbOrhood. Nancy Morgan,
colored woman, living on Mr. P. FL.
Mann's place, twelve miles from town,
is actually turning white. Nancy is
90 years old, her father was half In
dian, her mother a negress. twenty
eight years ago, small white spots be-
gan to make their appearance on her
skin, which have continued coming
out and spreading until at the present
time she is more than half white.
Her feet, hanIs and various porticns
of her body have changed color al
most entirely.
Madison Herald: Several persons
miraculously escaped death In Mes
Marry county, near Nliller's store, dur
ing the heavy storm on Saturday
night last, We learn that a tree fell
across one house, MASKING in the roof
and breaking the windows. All the
inmates escaped without a scratch.
We are ulso informed that a gentle
man in another part of the county
was so badly frightened that he got
out of his he'd and crawled under it.
lie had hardly got under it when the
roof Of the house was blown off, and a
rafter fell across the pillow, where his
head had been lying two minutes be-
fore. 4 great amount Of damage was
done throughout the county.
Upton Record A few days since
a party of hunters in the vicinity of
Simpsons ferry discovered a man and
wife dead il their home. Their
names were Simpson, aud they lived
on what is known as the Bond land.
\ little son Aa> the only occupant OF
the house, and for two days he had
kept his lonely vigils by the corpses
of his parents. The little fellow was
half crazal with grief and terror.
The cause of Ihcir death WIS pneu.
monia. An cider SON had gone to
Brownsville to secure medical aid,
leaving his little brother to wait on
the sick. From some cause he had
failed to return, and up to the time
that the discovery Was made, had
filled to put in his appearance