The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-05-14

Some of our farmers are expert
menting on the Spring Russian
wheat, and it is said, so far, it is
proving complete success. 1t
looks much finer than any Of the
fall whcat.-Alamo Sentinel.
Laural Hill school house, near
Montczuma, was burned a few
davs since. 1t is thought to be
the work of an inccndiary ON ne
count Of the four mile law. This
IS the second in Six months. 1t Is
pity the scoundrels cannot be
caught and punished.-Jackspn
Wing.
The Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company's gross earn
ings for the fourth week in April
were s2GO,GO0; for the same time
last wear, slG9,2OO; increase,
s91 400. The gross earnings from
January lst TO April 80 were
Sc, 4OS, 149, against in 1880 s2,4lO.-
Ol5; increase, s99S,i34.
Col. Henry Blood, of New York
CITY. purchased through the real
estate agency of A. Y. S. Lindsey
and Son. the famous PAYNE farm,
last Monday. This is said to be
one of the finest farms in Middle
Tennessee: ii is situated in the
suburbs Of Nashville. He gave
$4,000 cash for the tract.
1 Charles f. II. Martin, Jr. was
drowned near the lower island
on Sunday afternoon. He was
good swimmer but went too far
ont i'm the stream, which WAS
very much swollen, and was taken
with cramp in one of his arms,
A small negro boy saw him and
unsucccssfully attempted to save
him with cInoe.-Nashvllle
American. i
John Both, nineteen years old,
ola,l- for Theolore Wathal, rail-
road agent at Cherry Station, was
run over by the north bound
passenger train last Tuesday
morning, at that place, and his
left foot and leg cut of. DIR. Beau
mont. of this city, was sent for to
assist in dressing his wounds. His
condition is critical.
Last Monday night, between lO
and IL o'clock, eX-Shcriff X. q.
Harris dining room and kitchen
about one mile north of town, was
completely destroyed by fire, to-
gcther with their entire contents,
and wagon, a hack, harness and
plov gear, a hen house and several
chickens.-Alamo Sentinel.
Mr.. r. T. Hoskins, of the 18th
district, has wonderful bramah
hen. On four different occasions
she has dropped an egg as large as
a goose egg. When opened they
were found to contain a we'll
formed hen egg of the ordinary
size. The larger or outer eggs
contained a yolk, as did also the
smaller. 1t was noticed that the
! shells of the outer egg were some
what softer than those on the in
side.
John Wilson, Superintendent
of the zinc mines at Mossey creek
was horribly killed last Wednes-
day. He was stopping over a
small opening in a pi; where
some blasting had been done,
when a rock weighing five tons
came sliding down the excavation
crushing him to death instantly.
Strange to say, the skin of his
body was nowhere broken, but his
chest was full of blood. He was q
brother of Mat. Wilson, Manager
of the Atkin House, Knoxville
GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
Last Tuesday morning at 3
o'clock. in Chattanooga, two po-
liccmen, B. Schartz and Andy
Thompson, col, shot and Instant
ly killed Albert Sewald. He was
shot in the back below the left |
shoulder blade, and the bullet was
cut out Of the right breast. Five |
shots ware fired. The deceased |
was unarmcd and running away.
No warrant for his arrest had been |
issued at the time. but he was
only a little nmsy The parties
who witnessed the affair, say it |
was a cold blooded murder.
Last Tuesday afternoon. at 4 |
o'clock, William Simms, formerly !
employed as 4 druggist, went to
father William Walsh, who re-
sides in the parsonage adjoining
st. Bridgets church, corner of Sd,
and Ovcrton streets, related Il sto-
nv of trouble, existing between
himself and wife. Father Walsh
listened patiently, and as Silnms
was laboring under great mental
excitement, told him to lie down
ON sofa in his study and that he
would go TO his wife and arrange
matters between them. Simms
aom,Ii.d and father Walsh aftor