The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Pacific near LoHSfleN anu N'''ON |
brother, J. C. Carlm, was conductor on the
train. His remains were taken to his la'e
home in Marshall.
An engineer corps under the direction
of Col. j. II. Morley, Chief Engineer ST.
Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern Kali
road, have begun the survey Of branch
road to Camden, Ouachita County, from
Gurdon Station The last named place Is on
the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Road, SIX
teen miles below Arkadelphia. The length
of the branch r. ad will be about twenty -lour
miles, 1t is intended to have the road COM
pIeted in time for the next movement q GOT
ton. The grading is easy and WORN Will NC
comparatively light.
HINDER the new law in Mississippi con-
victs sent to the Penitentiary for a period OF
ten years or more must remain Witnln Tue
walls Of the building instead OF DelhS en-
ploved, as heretofore, on work OUTSIDE Vi 'n'
walls Of the building.
The Louisville and Nashville railway
COMPANY have resumed control OF the New
| orleans and Mobile road. The Mobile road
| is now added to the Southern roads oper-
ated by the Louisville company
! Charles j. Bulacker, aged 81, son OF a
well known citizen Of Galveston, was greatly
! depressed in spirits. He wished to marry
/ but was not able TO support a WIFE lie
therefore took a pistol, and, placing the
muzzle to his forehead, deliberately hred.
/ The shot caused alarm, and friends, ncluu-
inc the Young lady whom he wished TO mar
~. fastening to the room, found the young
| man living dead in apOol OF blood.
r. p. Reilly. the Dallas CTeXas) blga-
mist. only twenty-six years old, who mar
ried three wives, has been sentenced IoNnree
wears in the Penitentiary.
Alabama expects one more Representa-
tive in Congress under the appordonment
that will follow the taking OF the present
census.
The steamer Hattie Rowland, one OF the
Memphis and Arkansas River packets, Sink
at Swan Lake, Ark, on the 9Th. She was
two years old, valued at 5000, and insured
for $4,000. 1t is though she is a total loss
Rufus Armstead, foreman on Ed. Harris
plantation, fourteen miles south Of Mem
phis, was assassinated on the night OF the
9th by an unknown negro. Armstead was
shot with double barreled shotgun, while
II, the backward. The assassin escaped.
The St. Louis and Anchor Line steam
ers, Providence and Gus Fowler, were sue
cessfully launched from Towards shipyard,
! Louisville. on the 18th. Five thousand PEG.
: pie were present.
-George SANFORD and Richard Mckee,
5 both colored, have been sentenced at Osceoa,
2 Mississippi County, Ark, to be hanged on
, the 9th of July next, for the murder OF Arm
2 stead Penn. also cOlored, in November last
2 "A Welshman named David 2. Thomas
committed suicide in Brennan, Texas q,
I the 10th. He was without money, ~ ,epdles
. and DESTITUTE, but from papers found upor
HE - it was ascertained that he ha,
e once beon in comfo-- table Circumstances.
; Preston Foreman, a pi:,-Serer, and hi
eight-Vear- old son, of Louisville, Ky, wer'
[ ! bitten bv a dog some weeks ago, and bocl
/ have si1ce developed unmistakable symp-
! toms OF hydrophobia. The father was so vi
J client that he had to be confined in straight
, jacket.
A negro at Columbus, Ca, drowned
the baby of his paranour, and when the
, officers went to arrest him he jumped into
| the river from the railroad bridge and
drowned himself.
4. i. Carter, alias L. B. Jones, has been
sentenced at Huntsville, Tex, to be hung
July >, for the murder of A. X. Spaulding in
1879.
In September, 1873, Mr.. Richard Evans
had difficulty in the streets of Georgetown,
KY, with Mr.. c. l.. Offutt and his son John
L. Offutt, in which Evans received two pis-
toll shots in the back, one OF which caused
paralysis, from which he has never fully re-
: covered. A few days ago, while out riding,
Evans met young Offutt, when without a
word he shot the latter through the head,
, causing instant death.
Robert Bird, track-hand on the CO.
lumbia and Augusta Railroad, S. c., killed
his wife on account of her alleged infdelity,
and then drowned himself rather than sur
render.
The dead body Of an unknown man was
found the other day on the river bank in Cow
per Bend, few miles above Natchez. An
examination revealed the fact that he hal
been murdered on the spot where his body
was found. The whole affair is shrouded in
mystery.
Prof. WateFbouse, of St. Louis UNIVERSE
ty, gives notice that he has received from the
Department of Agriculture a quantity of
jute seed, which he would like to have dis
tTibuted and tested over as wide an area as
possible the present season. It can only be
successfully cultivated in warm climate,
and hence it Is not worth while to experiment
with it north of the latitude Of St. Louis.
Jute grows best in a moist, aluvial soil
The seed should be planted in drills about
three feet apart, in ground which has been
thoroughly puIverized by the pillow and
! harrow. Drilling is better than broad
| cast sowing because it gives a chance
for the easy removal of weeds.
| The cuitivatOr should be frequently
| used between the rows so as to
| keep the soil in friable condition. These
| experiments are intended to determine I'M
der what conditions of climate and soil In
dian jute can be naturaGzed in the United
States. Planters should Keep a careful rec
ord of the time of planting, towering and
maturity, of the character of the soil, of the
monthly temperature and rainfall during
the period OF cultivation, and Of the height
Of the mature stalk and the
| quality of the fiber. Only those who will
! consent to observe these conditions should
send orders for seed. Ii is extremely i'm
portant that all the seed of home grown jute
be preserved for future Use. Applications
! for seed should be made Immediately to DR..
| G. Hanback,, Washington University, st.
| Louis, Mo.
A SLIPPERY DETRIMENTAL mans
slipper is made for comfort. A woman's