The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-10-07
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

OF the camp services. Many people won- j
dered what Bob was doing there, rs he
could hear nothing, but he told them What
he was about before the eamp-meeting was
over. At the last call he came up to the
mourners' bench, opened his mouth, and
sang the hymn: "He Proclaimed His Con-
version" II Is stated there was general
amazement, and all the sinners present were
converted. According to this, the boy Bob
got his hearing, and speech, and voice cut-,
ture all at once, although he had never heard
the human voice before.
A duel was recently fought at Peters
Vile, Lewis County, KY, between J.. e.
Lang and Milton Lykns, rival tobacco
dealers. The weapons used were tobacco
sticks four feet long and three inches in di-
ameter, and the contest lasted seventy min
utes, three, rounds being fought Lang won
the battle, but both men were terribly pun
.ished. After being arrested the combat
ants made up and paid their respective
fines. The left arm OF each of the contest
ants was broken, and their heads showed
of frightful Wounds 9Y9- YlaV 4la..it
A negro in the Jail at Forsyth, Ca, it
Is said, has eaten nothing In two months.
The editor who vouches for the statement
says. .'He has lpstlabout sixty pounds in
flesh, and is merely a skeleton. He can not
walk a step, and can only get'up with as
sistance. When lying quiet he has the ap-
pearance of dead man. His temperature
and pulse are far below normal, and his res
piration is only eight per minute. The blood
has settled about in spots under the epider-
mis-, and he looks somewhat like calico
circus horse in a trance" .. 't''
The Texas Rangers are home guards
peculiar to themse elves. There are two hum
dred of them in all employed by the State
Government to ride roughshod over lawless-
ness. They enlist for year, and are re-
quired to furnish their own horses, saddles,
BRIDES, rifles and pistols, and clothing, not
uniform. The dress Is go!as-you please.
They get $50 a, month and rations and do
good service. ''' '' '' - .''
Probably the youngest farmers in the
country are two Acknowledgment Shreve-
port, La, who have eight, acres in cotton
and ten in corn, and win make good crops
The children are brother and sister, aged
respectively 10 and 10 years, and have done
most Of their own work ~ " '"'' ~ g
The "Big Jb' road Is now sending
cars loaded with demons through from New
Orleans to San Francisco without transfer.
The run is made in from thirteen to sixteen
days, and II appears that the fruit trade OF
New Orleans will extend much further than
the most sanguine dealers expected.
The box deposited in the corner Stone
of the college in Manchester, Tenn, was
robbed recently by some miserable thief,
who cut through the stone. 5000. -
A gentleman at Lexington, KY, finds
that it costs about $40 per- acre to growoa
wheat crop, and that one acre which is made
to yield thirty bushels is more profitable to
4 the farmer than three acres which yield
twenty bushels each. 4h0nflrv( -itgmql
The Selma, Ala, cotton-mills have
just shipped five car loads OF goods TO China.
IN Forty-nine nurses are now inrtfe pay
ofthe Pensacola ella )Boart Of Health h.
They are blasting for qsllyec at Mineral
Wells, jack County, Texas, and coal is SAID
10 be abundant near BY. ''f"'p'S ~ s"i''
VEnglish real estate men are negotiatz
ing for fopyithousand acres Of land lin. Ar-
N The firrsstP Jewish syshtaagogde built IN IN
East Tennessee'w was consecratcd at Chatta.
nooga few dayssgo.di usdi 8ldRulHy o.
FT 1t is claimed that pears grow to great
Ter perfection in Shelby County, Alabama,
than in any other portion OF the United
States.Hd syhs bnR iup gls1HI s1snJHi
A notwithstanding specimen Of the
bovine race wasseXhibited, on the streets of
|, Greensboro, N.sC., recently. The animal is
a Devohshire bull calf, 8 months bid, with a
tai] and hide similar TO those of az elephant,
The calf is about the usual size, and appar-
Eieitly well and hearty. ;Itsihide is entirely
destitute of hair. lies in heavy folds like an,
elephants, and is OF about the same color.
hPhe tail Il Short and spiked. po1lni snl h9s
PT TworaouisviNe lurchins, ono % aeedDs
snd tho Iether9s years, iwere arrested tue,
of-streetA ear msdi 70 b9onbo7q hlusSI
L AtMoore,F Chapel, Bedford County,
fTennsssse. 40 feYod days agod ideiringsdiYne
service, a stray swarm Of bees made ar at,
tick on the horses, and caused a complete
stampsdeo HtinaiIbo some ofjthem almost VI
den.h sETp Go iggEes OEQksar for I t4iP
| AA school Of domestic eoonofn VIZ to BE
opened this season. iat Clarkq Uniiersity,l
Atlanta, Gal AH"m9dshhomeS"y n 70 be,es7
tablished in 4 cohvehient cottage, and all the
domestio processes Conductedlthefein in tiie
best mfapan.sTaliW .y!iosde1 1isd, 10 inD,
kAA 7:year-old ,colored boy fell into a
l.fnirty-Y6ot Web III Marion County, Ken
''thcky, landithen, without assista nee oil mbed
up the sides to the 'oppsH Masi wet,o bat
not much injured.
va A pig with horns Ike a COW eycites