The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-06-03
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Katie Morrison, who claimed to have been
conjured. The woman was suffering in
tensely from commissions, and in the inter-
walls OF quietude gave the following account
OF her trouble: A few days ago she had
fight with woman named Jane Petty, in
which the latter came out second best. james
to avenge herself, had emf loyed an lnaian
doctor named Charlie to cOnjure her. To
accomplish his deyilish work Charlie called
on her and, by some mystic mumbings, put
a spell on her. He then gave her a charm,
which he babe her hold in her hand few
minutes and then made her smell OF it. As
soon as she put it to her nose she dropped
into trance, and for long time she was
powerless to loosen her grip on the charm.
but after Charlie left she threw 1t into the
yard, where it laid till picked up by po-
liceman, though fifty negroes had assemblies
all Of whom gave the charm a wide berth.
At the nstigation of one Of the negroes, Off
cers arrested Charlie, the conjurer, and
carried him TO the victim Of his black art.
He denied cOnjuring her and claimed that
he had only given her a luck charm. He
took the charm, which consisted OF three
folds of red flannel, IN which was neatly
wrapped piece Of green root of some kind,
and in the presence Of the sufferer unfolded
1t and, biting off piece OF the root, chewed
1t up, which action at once removed the
spell. ........t d.
A decided turn has been given to the
trial Of the negro boy johnson for the killing
Of Walter Rountree, a student at the Geor-
gia University, now in progress at Athens,
by the testimony OF D. d. Twiggs,a student,
and friend of the dead man, who says that
he saw the whole encounter, and that Roun-
tree cursed and kicked johnson before
weapons were drawn, and that Barlow
Rountree, and not Johnson, fired the shot
which killed his brother, saying as he did
so, "My God, l have killed my brother!"
Twiggs is corroborated by several white
witnesses, and Johnson, in view of this evil
dence, is in no danger Of losing his neck,
but may be sent to the Penitentiary for as
sault with intent to murder, the only count
In the indictment which the prosecution can
| now press.
A few nights ago Dooley County,
! Georgia, farmer, whose place is on the river,
was walking around near his stock yard,
when he heard squealing among his hogs.
He looked over the fence to learn the cause,
when he found that large alligator had a
! hog, which it had killed, and was trying to
make off with its prey toward the
river. He ran to the house for his gun and
called to several OF his hands to 60 with him
to kill the alligator. On arriving at the lot,
| the hogs had disappeared and so had the
water monster. The party followed to the
river bank, and, instead Of alligator tracks,
discovered those OF two persons, who had
used the skin of an alligator to accomplish
the purpse of stealing hogs. The rowing Of
a boat could be distinctly heard.
Mississippi has something over 9o,-
100000 acres of land-much Of them the
richest known to man. Less than 100000
acres are cultivated. This is, however, an
increase Of several hundred thousand acres
over the number in 1870, and nearly equal to
that under cultivation in 1860. There are
now 75,0 900 farms, as compared with $4,000
ten years ago, and AZ, 900 twenty years ago.
The number OF acres comprised In the plan
tations is nearly three times that actually
farmed-i. e., there are 100000 owned,
and but 3, 000, 900 cultivated.
A revenue posse in Georgia captured
a large still near Elberton the other day, and
while living in wait for the owners to come
up an immense black wolf approached one
of the beer stands and commenced helping
himself. The wolf could have been shot,
but the officers were too intent on capturing
the owners of the still to modest the animal.
Trees in East Tennessee are bending
with apples, peaches, and cherries, and
grapes promise an extraordinary success.
The best and largest peach crop ever
grown in Georgia will be ready for the mar
ket in about a month, but growers are COM
planning that they have not adequate facili
ties for getting it to market. In CONSCIENCE
they anticipate that thousands of bushels
of the fruit will rot on the trees, and for
what is sold q comparatively small price
will be obtained.
Sewer County, Arkansas, boasts of a
negress 1875 years of age, named Edna Good
man. Tamah Brooks, colored woman
living near Atlanta, Ca, is 1913 years old,
and has given birth to seventeen children.
The spring meeting of the Louisville
(Ky.) Jockey Club opened with $1,000 PEG.
pie in attendance.
The Methodist bishops elected at the
Nashville Conference are Rev. Alpheus W..
Wilson, OF Baltimore; DR.. G. Cranberry, OF
Vanderbilt University; DR.. A. G. Haygood,
of Georgia; Rev. r. X. Hargrove, of Ten
nessee, and Rev. Linus Parker, of Louisi-
ana.
Corn in lower East Tennessee has
been plowed a second time, and throughout
this division the prospect is encouraging.
The solitary Confederate soldiers
grave in Abbevile, S. c., was decorated on
Memorial Day. A lone cedar marks the
spot. A poor Confederate soldier landed at