The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-12-30
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

We're buying Confederate coupon bonds of
the face value OF $1,000, 900, for which they
paid $3.50 to 1915 per $1,000.
1t was recently stated that carp
pond in Shenandoah County, Va, had in it
thousands Of carp from SIX and eight
pounds down to those OF last summers
patching. The pond was stocked only two
years ago.
Hezekiah Copeland and his brother
went out on Gauley River Mountains, West
Va, a few days ago, to hunt wild hogs. The
brothers separated to follow trail of hogs.
Going around the mountain, Hezekiah
came upon his brother Unexpectedly, and
thinking him some wild beast, the brother
fired, the ball taking effect in the lower part
of Hezekiah's body. Death resulted imms-
mediately.
Gov. Cameron's official proclamation
shows that there were Sc, 1871 votes cast in
Virginia against the Constitutional Amend
ment removing the poll tax prerequisite to
voting. The vote in its favor was 107 9O3.
A European syndicate headed by
Benjamin Newgas, OF Liverpool, Eng, the
other day completed the purchase OF a hum
dred thousand acres OF cotton lands in Ar
kansas and Chicot Counties, Ark, TO be
formed on the syndicate plan.
John yelling, man seventy-six
years Of age, met his death in rather pc
culiar manner at Cameron, W. Va, q few
afternoons ago. He rode his horse safely
across the railroad track some distance in
front Of an express train, but while ascend
ing the bank his horse fell, throwing him
ips ho POL ipey ipS 10
His head was horribly crushed and his right
arm cut off. He dealt largely in horses,
and was we'll known in the surrounding
country.
Grant Donohue, teamster living at
Jeffersonville, KY, was found on the road
side frozen to death few mornings ago.
He left Mt. Sterling the evening before in
an intoxicated condition, and it is supposed
he fell from his wagon, and being unable to
rise, froze to death. ra
demonstrating was said to be I'M
checked and UNPUBLISHED in Hunt County,
Tex.
Jacob Collins, q boy living near Haw-
kinsyille, Ga, while in field with his
younger brother the other day set fire to a
very large dead stump and then, In pushin g
it over. the stump broke in ,be middle and
the upper half fell on the boy, crushing him
to death.
At Thomasville, Ca, Lewis Sharp, a
colored blacksmith, died a few days ago,
from the effects Of bite from mad dog,
received two years ago. The wound had
never healed. 50 tHtg i 8tfl .i "Ulf
j. w. Holloman's safe was burglar
izaA ho 9th MI
between 81 900 and $40, 900 was taken. 1t
was done by experts, as tools were left in
the store, No clew. I'D t l.I.atp
A car factory in Georgia is alleged to
have paid twenty-five per cent. cash divi-
dend and passed twelve per cent. cash to a
reserve fund the first year Of its operation
1t built six hundred cars that year, and has
a capacity of over twelve hundred per an
mum. This year it is doing even BETTER
Robert Ould, Assistant Secretary OF
War under the Confederate Government,
died few days ago in Richmond, Va.
Henry Weder. o prominent young
citizen of Refugio County, was shot and
killed yesterday at Corpus Christi, Tex.
by Richard Linn. Weder and Linn, who
are both highly connected, met on the road
when Linn shot him twice. Bitter feeling
had existed between the two for some time
Matrimonial fevers and marriages
We're alarming the old bachelors OF Hun
County, Tex. --.fF
Atemporary court house was to be
erected at Wichita Falls, the county seat o
Wichita County, Tex. ..Ii'.1 .at
FL Paso, Tex, recently finished Q
bridge across the Rio Grande, and the
Mexican and American Mayors OF the towns
GU opposite banks met on the center of the
bridge, shook hands and declared the bridge
open for use.
White o'possum was captured in
the Sabine Bottom, near Grcenville, Tex.
a few days ago. ..E
Mary Cross (colored), forty years
old, sentenced to two years in the Covipg.
ton (Ky.) jail recently for shooting at Rob
eft Hemingway, has steadily refused fooC
since. She declared her intention to starye
to death. Ial 81 eJIna"T lt
Thomas Crittenden shot and killed 6
man named Mosby at the depot in Anchor.
age, Ky, few days ago, because the latter
had testified against him in case in which
&c was interested. ..., l.rI
The Arkansas papers complain of the
scarcity of butter and eggs in that State.
In McLenan County, Tex, the othrt
day, Lilly Standifer, a seyen-year.old girl
while returning from school, was struck b.
runaway team and instantly killed.
4 a brakeman named johnson, while
coupling cars near Mineols. Tex, a few
days ago was caught between the bumper
and crushed to death.
4 An extensive fire at Texarkana, Ark.
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