The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-19
OVER THE STATE.

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House, at Nashville, are connected by
bridge.
Nj A. Williams, of Knoxville, ha.
invented machine for asserting nails
which separates defective nails from
the perfect ones.
Mrs. Charity A. Clark, mother Of
DR.. VIM. NJ. Clark, editor of the
Nashville Banner, died at his resi-.
dence in Nashville, on the night of
tn 10Th inst.
A couple of car loads of peanuts
were sold at auction at Waverly one
day last week, bringing 793 and SO
cents per bushel. They We're bought
by Cincinnati dealers.
Knoxville Chronicle: The Rhea
Springs News is the only paper in
East Tennessee that supports Savage
I for Governor. 1t should read all the
Others out of the party.
A church trial in the G. P. church
at Union City last week resulted in
! the exoneration of the Rev. d. A.
Bringham and the withdrawal of the
charges preferred against him by the
church OF which he is the pastor.
Paris Post: We regret to learn that
pr. Weldon had his fine steam gin
burned on the 3r1 inst. Loss, 1000
or $4,000; no insurance. He had
80, 900 pounds of cotton in a shed
near by that he has saved. He is re-
building.
Since Nashville and Edgefeld have
been annexed the next thing will be
bridge for free travel between the two
places. The present suspension bridge
can probably be purchased, but it has
been suggested that new stone-arch
bridge be erected.
Loudon Journal The growing
wheat crops in this and other sections
are suffering with the Hessian fly and
worm this winter, owing TO the warm
weather of January. We think the
cold snap the first of this month will
freeze them out, if they are not iron
clad.
Athens Post: A large proportion Of
the voters Of Tennessee pay nothing
but poll tax, which, when collected,
is appropriated exclusively to the ed
ucation of their own children. Why
this class should be yowling about
''high taxes is beyond our feeble
comprehension.
Clarksville Tobacco Leaf: The Hun
tingdon Vindicator is out for Gen.
Atkins for Congress-. The people of
that district, if they had the whole
state to choose from, could not send a
better or more useful man to Congress
than Gen. Atkins. He has been a
hard-working. conservative man, who
knew when to speak and what to say
when he did speak.
Chattanooga Commercial: If Grant
receives the nomination, the canvass
certainly will not lack enthusiasm.
We will doubt, however, that his name
will GO before the convention, while,
ifit were safe TO venture guesses, if we
had only one guess at the name of the
next President, we would name f. B,
Washburn, of Illinois-probably, all
things considered, the strongest man
the Republicans could put forward.
Jackson Dispatch: Wednesday
evening in the strife OF elements We
bad chain, sheet, and perhaps some of
the other varieties of lightning, ac-
companied of course by thunder, near
and remote. A freak of electrici-
ty was to ride upon a current of air
and enter the apartment of Miss
Beulah Bright. where she, a little in-
disposed, was reclining upon a bed.
A dszzling light filed the room for
an instant, and then for few mo-
ments the young lady felt the result
ing sensations of 3 slight shock, to-
gether with an alarming pain in her
side of which she went to her mother
and complained. The anxious parents
eyes soon discovered that her daugh- |
ter's clothing was burning with ethe- |
rial heat--tke fire having burned a
considerable hole in her garments.
The Columbia Herald tells this an
ecdote of Mr.. JohngSouthsll, an old !
and highly esteemed citizen of Will
hanson county, who died short time |
since: 'shany years ago our esteemed |
fellow citizen, Mr.. William Park,
was merchant in Franklin, and Sir. |
John Southall was one of his regular |
customers They settled at the end |
of every year, Mr.. Park rendering
statement of his account, and Dir. |
taking it home to compare
with one he always kept. Ivariably |
he came back and said, 'Mr. Park,
your account is correct, except | find |
Won have failed to charge me with |