The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-05
OVER THE STATE.

The roads III Crockett county are In
better condition than ever before.
Nashville had twenty three deaths
and twenty-three births last week.
A young minister in jackson was
seen drunk on the streets few days
ago.
The second crop of June apples are
as large as partridge eggs in Fayette
county.
Howard, the insurance swindler,
now in Jail at jackson, will plead his
own case.
Sparta is without shoemaker, and
men and women alike are going about
bareiooted.
Two prisoners in the Giles county
jail got into fight the other day and
one was killed.
A party of ladies aud gentlemen
from Troy, are camping and hunting
Oh Reelfoot lake.
The fall term Of the James county
circuit court only lasted half day.
Bad on the lawyers.
Four business houses were destroyed
by fire at Cottage Grove, Henry
county, last Friday.
The trustees of Obion county re-
Gently deposited fifty pounds of silver
in the Union City bank.
The residence of Richard Darnell,
wealthy citizen of Lake county. was
destroyed by fire on the Goth ult
Huntingdon has bnilt twenty-six
residences and business houses in the
past eighteen months-a good show
ing.
The Linden times is very much
exercised over the amount of drunk
enness prevailing in that quiet little
burg.
A dog supposed to have hydropho>
bia, was recently killed in Perry cOun-
ty after it had bitten several other
animals.
A correspondent of the Columbia
Herald suggests Hon. w. j. Whit>
thorne as a compromise candidate for
governor.
The Chattanooga Times local has
struck bonanza in the deluded emf
grants who are returning with pitiful
tales-but no cash.
Mrs. John Woods committed sui
eide in Memphis last Sunday, by
blowing the top of her head off with a
shot gun. She was morphine eater.
The Huntingdon Republican learns
that bill has been filed which brings
nearly all the real estate of Hollow
Rock into litigation. 1t is in favor
of JACOB McMackins.
M. ID. l.. Stewart, prominent at
tolney and democrat, died in Mem
phis last Friday, of dysentery. lie
was graduate of Bethel College,
McLemoresville, at the head of his
class in 1851. He was fifty>two years
old.
Mason Call, 81 A short corn crop
has compelled farmers to resort to a
substitute for their stock, and they
have cut and cured large quantity
Of crab grass, which is regarded by
some as being far superior to Yves
tern hay.
Judge James d. Martin DemO>
craO has been elected representative
from Hardin and Decatur counties,
to fill the uneXpired term Of III. b.
Nicely, deceased, by majority of222,
over ". ii. Brown, Esq. MANY re-
publicans voted for Judge Martin.
Alimo Sentinel: Mr.. A. G. Nc.
Lean, near this place, han the mistor-
tune to have a residence destroyed by
fire last Wednesday night. The
house was not occupied, a family hav.
ing moved out of it two days before
the fire. Some potatoes and other
things were left in the house, which
was burned. 1t is not known wheth.
er it was the work of an incendiary
or accidental.
The cotton report just issued by the
census bureau at Washington, shews
that the total acreage Of cotton in
Tennessee last year was 722. 50l,
yielding $50, 621 bales. Shelby coun.
ty produced the second greatest num-
Der Of bales OF any county in The cot,
ton region, 46,3SS, Yazoo county,
Mississippi, leading with As,
Mississippi produced more cotton than
any state, and Texas next.
Upton Record; A party of some
thirty.fve souls, travelling in seven
wagons, passed through our streets
last Wednesday seeking a home in
Dyer county. They had moved from