The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-16
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

The Texas Wool GroUer has the fol-
lowing concerning a novel feature in the
ranch business OF that State: "As many
OF our readers do not know that there is a
Shetland pony ranch in the State, we will
give them a bit of information. Baron Won
Raub. Leon Springs, Bexar County, has
eight thousand acres, all under fence, prop
erly subdiyided and stocked with beautiful
Shetland and spotted ponies. His breeding
stock consists of seven stations and forty
five mares, all thoroughbred, and two hum
dred small pony mares. He is breeding a
race OF striped and spotted ponies to please
the children. He sells the increase to per-
sons all over the world, and the supply is
not equal to the demand. These little po-
MES range over the prairie like sheep or
goats, and present 4 novel appearance.
They are very gentle; every one is as docile
as cat, and can be caught anywhere on the
range. -
The case of Priscilla Clark is quoted
by Lexington, KY, physicians as a most re-
markable one. Her skull was crushed with
stone recently, and piece of the skull
was driven through the dura- mater into
the substance Of the brain and cut an artery
in the brain, from which the blood spurted
so that the surgeons could hardly work.
The heavy stone so crushed in behind the
eyeballs as to push them out OF their sockets
forward, and they were pushed back. She
is now perfectly conscious, and directs her
household affairs. Her case is being writ
ten, and will be sent to the surgical journals
II she RECEIVERS.
1t Is related as remarkable circum-
stance connected with the unfortunate Miss
Blair, who committed suicide at Camden.
3. O., that only few days before her death
she had been sketchng points Of interest
around her home. having acquired consid-
cradle SIKH in that line, and one of the
sketches made was q faithful delineaton OF
the gully in which she was afterward found,
with the dead body of young girl lying in
1t. This furnishes a strong presumption
that the act of sef-destruction was premed-
itated by her for some time before its con.
summation.
Savannah is ahead of other ports in
the receipt of the first new rice.
A resident of Shelby, N. c., is making
good brandy from watermelons.
The popularity of prohibition in some
sections OF Georgia is explained by the
statement that the cheap liquor sold these
days contains so much strychnine and pep
per that it dsagrees with the consumer.
A man started a goose ranch near
Taylor, Williamson County, Tex, about a
year ago, with flock OF four hundred
| geese; their bones now bleach on the prai-
| RE. b.
A woman in the suburbs of Column
bus, Ga, heard her pastor say on recent
| sunday that the church needed new bible
She went into the woods and prayed for
one. just then she heard rattlesnake,
and, rising from her knees, killed the snake,
sold the rattles for $3.50 and bought new
bible with the money.
Among recently discovered docu-
ments is series OF resolutions secretly
passed in the Texas Secession Convention
OF Feb. 4, 1861, proposing a Southwestern
| Confederacy, to include Texas, Mississippi,
Arkansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. To
negotiate for the formation Of such a con-
federacy three commissioners were appoint
ed, whose credentials were signed by the
president Of the convention, @. NJ Roberts,
the present Governor Of Texas. The COM
missioners were also empowered to negoti-
ate for an alliance with the Choctaw, Chick
asaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole In
| dians. al
A little boy at Rogersville, Tenn, was
the other day playing near where lime
kiln had been burned, and, supposing that
| all the fire had burned cut, Jumped with
his bare feet into what he supposed was
ashes and Stacked lime. There was bed
OF hot Goals buried under the ashes and the
| hot lime, and before assistance couId oopoa
to him his clothes were burned off and his
extremities frightfully charred.
A company of capitalists are putting
good deal Of money into the zinc mines of
East Tennessee, and expect profitable re-
turns from their investment
North Carolina is getting famous for
its ''yarbs." One day last week fifteen hum
dred pounds of roots and herbs were ship
ped from Shelby to New York. A shipment
OF similar importance was made the week
before, and another OF cherry bark, butter.
fly root, tansy, and catnip was to follow
speedily.
John Pritton, of Mercer County,
Kentucky, 80 years old, has never been on
steamboat, train, or stage.
1t is claimed that North Carolina has
IT'S varieties OF minerals, % more than any
other State possesses, and 112 varieties of
wood, also more than can be recorded by
any other State.
Fifteen printing presses, at an aver
age cost of $1,000, have been received in
Georgia since the LIST of August.
Port Royal, S. c., boasts of the cham
pion femalesrower of the State. She is a
4. 4 4.