The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-03-18
STATE NEWS.

The hog cholera is raging in Cooke
county.
Ex.vice President Wheeler was in
Chattanooga last week.
Nike Powers, prominent Jew,
died in Nashville last week.
At Lebanon, in July, new hank
will be started with s25, 600 capital.
The voters of Purdy, at recent
election, refused 70 Incorporate that
town.
A fire occurred at Lebanon on last
Thursday, destroying FIVE houses.
Loss not stated.
Edgar Waters has been re.sppoint-
ed postmaster at Lebanon, and the
citizens are happy.
Rev. DR.. Earle, the Baptist evan
geiist, has been holding a series Of
meetings in Nashville.
Gov. Hawkins has appointed Quin-
tsrd L. Jones, of Nashville, lnspeC-
tor General Of Tennessee,
Hawkins is the twentieth governor
ofTennessee. Glrfsh is the twenti-
eth president of the United States.
The citizens of Manchester are in
earnest en- the subject Of llocsting the
penitentiary at the old Stone FoEt,
near that place. q.
An emhankment caved in at Nash
vile, last week, burying two negroes.
One was killed. and the other barely
escaped with his life.
We are creditably informed that
scarlet fever is quite prevalent in the
triangle between Walnut Grove, CHR
ne Grove and Rutherford. .-kes'ton
Reporter.
A special to the Banner from
Clarksville says G w. Garrett was
drowned oy walking overheard on
the steamer Andersen. while. return
ing home from Nashville. ys
The circuit court docket at Chatts-
nooga contains forty-nine1liYOFce suits
all having been fled within four
months. Nineteen of the Etiganrs
are whites and thirty ocolored-4 -
For the first time 10 twenty-five
years the veteran political parasite
Horace Maynard, finds himself in ab
solutely private life. The new admin.
istration viii probably behold in him
an object of charity.
On last Friday evening Mr. Colum
bus Collins, of the 4th district, went
to the house of a neighhor on some
little domestic errand, and was return
ing home when he fell dead in th,
road. .-Pqris Lntelligeacer.
John HoIcombe, who murdered
Matt Carter at Columbia, last Au'
gust, has been committed to Jail a
Nashville to await the result Of an ap
peal to supreme court. The MsurJ
county court gave him q sentepce o
twenty years Imprisonment to the pen
itentiary.
Tennessee:bred horses are now con
testing the honors in the mother coun
try with the feetestf flyers in England
where a few years ago a sample ot
Tennessee wool took the premium il
a competition in which many coun
tries took part. In respect to climate
aud soil the state is not equalled fol
the profitable breeding and raising O
stock.
A mad dog created 4 stampede OF
! the streets of Pulaski, a few days ago
which resulted in the killing of s doz
ell dogs The mayor and aldermen
met and adopted an ordinance provi
ding that on and after the 7th inst
MI unmuzzled dogs found roaming a
large should be killed, and al gooC
citizens we're invited to take a hauC
in the slaughter.
Several years ago, in East Tennes
see, near the present size Of Rugby
two Intimate friends, Gull and Dent
qusrrelIed, and Dent stabbed Gull t
death. Before dying Gull made Al
cid negro servant who had formerly
! been a slave, promise 20 aveHge him
but in a fair fight with knife Den
fed to Texas, but returned, and wa
found by the negro, who told him hi
/ purpose. Dent met him Hear tn
grave Of Gull, and the duel resulted
in the death of both.