The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-12
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

marrF ing az races, passed at the last session
of the South CAROLINA Legislature, provides
that any persons SO offending shall be sub
iect TO fine Of not less than $780,, or i'm
prisonment for not less than one year,
both. at the discretion Of the Court. Any
ciergymen or magistrate who shall unite in
| the bonds of ffatrhnohy persons Of different
races is subject to the same penalty.
Joe Starnes,a Deputy United States Mar
1 shal, who was looking for Illicit distillers,
was shot and killed recently near GAINESVILLE,
! Ga, on the Airline Railroad, by Bill Bolton
another Deputy. Marshal, in apersonal diff
Guilty.
!ss--Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of the dead
Confederate General, is visiting in Washing
ton at the house of w. w. COrcoran, the
banker.
The final report Of R. M. T. Hunter,
Treasurer of the Lee Monumental Associa-
ton, Shove the total receipts to have been
| $50, 569.6I.
1.-THE ice factory in New, Orleans has in
troduced a new way of shipping fish, par
! ticularly red-snappers. They are frozen in
cakes of ice, or rather cakes of ice are
frozen around the fish, and in this condition
| they are forwarded to all sections of the
country.
The South Carolina Board of Agricul-
ture has employed permanent chemist in
order that uniform analyses Of commercial
fertilizers may be obtained.
tbg-The monument Of Stonewall Jackson,
to be erected in Metairie Cemetery, New
Orleans, is completed. The unwilling and
dedication ceremonies will take place on
February %. Hon. I. j. Semmes will be
the orator of the day. I. L. Bayne, Presi-
dent of the association, will make the pres
entation, and Col. Owen will respond. The
ceremonies will be the. occasion of a large
military turnout. ,-.s-- .brs.s ,-,s b.
The Confederate monument to be erected
at Tuscaloosa, Ala, will be rs feet in height,
and the costlwili De 500. . 1t will be of Ala
I. bama marble, quarried Mt Dickson. y7ae-1 %
I3s7+-The largest sugar mill lin the world will
soon be erected in st. Charles Parish, La.
The. weightzof the mill, including engine,
will be 100000 pounds. f,s7 a'i.r r- I'd. tr.-f
The Memphis Directory, just published.
shows pOpulation.of 20, 927 as against 43, :
491 last year. ana 4
\ "A heavy snOw-storn occurred through
out the South on the night of the 1st
Id,IThe stons-euters,i 60sintnumbers em-
Eployed on the Memphis Custom-hOuse,
struck on the I'd, Oh aeeeunto of disagreement
as to wages, and the discharge Of the fore
man.
The cattle men of North Texas convened
at Henrietta on the I'd, for the purpose of
| forming a combination to pool cattle ship
ments for the coming season. Each member
of the combination is required to give bond
in the sum of s., 900 for the faithful carrying
out of the contract entered into by the Ship
ping Committee. The object is to ship all
cattle by the raiiroai giving the best rate.
Ii. freights arenot sufficiently low, the cat
tie, amJuptng tOApwards of 1000 carloads,
are TO be drivento Kansas City. The meet
| ing adjourned to reconyene at JacksOnboro,
March 5. 49,
FDG-Judge f.. aE..l lBieckley of the Supreme
Court of Georgia has resigned, and Gov.
Colquitt has appointed Judge Martin j.
Crawford of Columbus. to fill the Vacancy
thus caused. 80. .t...,..
Ell Barner, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Longview and Sabine Valley Railroad.
was recently ldlledby a train on his road
He was well known as railroad builder.
. "A large number of Illicit distilleries have
recently been raided in the mountains of
Rabun County, Ga. Eight prisoners were
brought in to Atlanta.
1.-The Historical Society of Tennessee has
purchased from Clark Mills bronze 'eques-
TRAN statue Of Gen. jackson. 1t is TO be
identical in appearance with the one in
Washington and the one in New Orleans,
the three having been cast in the same
mold.
q --A'large crop Of irish potatoes issbeing
planted fiI' sonnet Of the Louisiana par
ishes. l- D. rolls -Ia l9ugi -."
The County Courthouse at Dallas, Tex,
was nearly destroyed by fire on the morning
of the 4th, q 1t cost $3.50, 200. No insurance.
Incendiarism suspected,
1.-The Legislative Committee appointed to
investigate the conduct and condition of the
Kentucky Penitemiary report TINT the pris-
on is overcrowded and unclean, and its in
mates suffer continually from defective
sewerage and improper food. During, IS 70
more than 200 men out, of total Of 1000
were treated for sclirvy, and about 70 died
Of this anil Other complaints. The report
concludes with Recommendation that
Tthe present keeper ofithe Institution be re-
moved. ~ ind gIiutYna 0iui nul ru7
Judged James A., Anderson of Memphis,
late Public Administrator. Of Shelby. Coun-
Jtw, Tenn. has been indicted by the Grand
Jury for fraudulently appropriating moneys
belonging to the estates under his official
Charge 9fll4 snitfnber Of SUITS have been be :
gun against him and hisgbonismen to re-
cover moneys so Incorporated.
DeiThe Democratic State Convention of
Texas has been called 10 at Galveston
on the 10th o., April. i,,t. .,.,,--,.
!, according to the Nashville A1aertcdn,
the amount Of money invested in steam
boats running in the Nashville trade from
1slSto 1886, was over,$2, OOo,OOO. Now the
Investments in steamboats, can be counted
only by the thousands, instead of by mil
lions, the railroads having, to . very large
extent, absorbed the commercial business
of not only Nashville, but of the entire
country. -. 4o'@ IN 3i7ii'
The TENNESSEE Republican State Con-
'vehtion has beencalled to meet ut Nashville,
May !, nominate candidate for Governor
andito select "a delegates to the National
Republican G9nyepttipn; isui biod ~ aoo,l
3 The procession. 81 the Knights Of, Menus
at New Orleans, on the night Of the 5th, had
for its SUBJECTIVE Fair Women of History;
the women whose portraits adorn Che great
picture gallery of 1.-The past. "a Dream of
Fair Women (tableaux) appeared on
handsomely decorated ears. The festivities
closed with grand tableaux and ball at the
Opera-house.
- THE immigration statistics of the past
year will, it7is believed, show total of
arrivals at, Buenes Ayres- of upward of
20 400 .n.,..l.o..- Il ,,rh;oh Tho n-roat m q :