The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-04-22
OVER THE STATE.

Near Brownsville, Phoebe Howell,
colored, while fishing in horse pond,
fell in and was drowned.
The firm of Dickinson & Co.. dry
goods merchants at SomervilIe, have
failed, liabilities s10,S06.
The Governor has appointed Mar
tin Winfield, of Haywood county, in
spector of Illuminating oils for
Brownsville.
! DIR. d. p. Sims, of Chattanooga,
has been appointed to fill the vacan-
cy in the state board of health caused
by the death of DIR. E. IL. Wight.
Prof. ]. NJ. Stafford, of Vanderbilt
University, has been re-appointed
State Geologist by the Governor of
TenDessee--the Senate of course con-
frming the appointment.
BY a recent act of the legislature
of the State colored students shall be
admitted to the school for the blind
at Nashville, and te the school for
/ the deaf and dumb at Knoxville.
A commission has been appointed
to look into alleged irregularities in
the steamboat mail service entering
at Memphis, and also into the man
agement of the post-office of that city.
The mother of Tom Hughes, now
eighty-three years of age, will soon
come over from England with all her
household goods, and will spend her
last days with the colony planted by
her son in Tennessee.
Mr.. McFadden, farmer residing
near Paris, while walking in a field
after the ralnstorm last Tuesday,
fonnd fish eight inches in length.
There is no pond or stream near the
farm, The fish was either a pike or
redhorse.
Jefferson county, Tenn, after pay
ing all Indebtedness, has balance in
cash of $4,000. The county will
lend this money on first rate mortga-
ges on real estate within the county,
and devote tie proceeds to. the sup
port of public schools.
Four years ago James Everett
bought seven head of sheep. sold SIP
worth Of mutton and wool, had plenty
Of mutton at home, aud had sixty
head in the pasture. They have cost
him SIS tor dry food, the sheep run
ming Oh clover the greater portion of
the time Union City Our Country.
The Commissioner of Agriculture,
Statistics and Mines proposes to pub
lish monthly bulletins Of lands for
sale in this State. These bulletins
will be distributed throughout TIE
Northern and Eastern States, and
will give purchases definite infor-
nation relative to lands that may be
for sale.
| At Ripley, last week. Tom VIII
liams and City Marshal John Davis
were drinking and playing cards in a
saloon when row and fight took
place between them, during which
" illiams drew a knife and cut Davis
in a dangerous and probably fatal
manner. Williams fed to Ar
kansas.
The Legislature passed bill pro-
viding that the people may vote on
the calling of a Constitutional Con-
vention at the August election, 1882.
If the vote is In the affirmative the
delegates viii be chosen the following
November, and the convention will
meet in April, 1888, two years hence.
This gives ample time for consioera~
ton.
James Martin, who resides near
Union City, few days since sold a
lot Of old silverware, which has
a history. During the war he bar
ried the treasure, but Federal SOL
der watched him, and when Martin
left he dug up the jewelry and bur
ried it in another place. A week ago
Martin get letter from Wisconsin
and from this soldier, sta
ting that he had reformed, and had
Joined the church, and his conscience
made him inform Martin where the
siIverware was buried. The latter
found it at the place designated. and
sold it for $50.