The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-03-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

and merchant were the pail bearers at the !
funeral Of M9rgTe, Haughery, in New Or /
leans. Numerous societies were officially
represented IN Che procession, which WA
honored in various ways on its route from i,
the church to the grave, even the brokers
quitting the stock exchange to stand uncoy-
cred on the sidewalk as It passed by. Mrs.I
Haughery was Of humble origin, uneducat-
ed, and had boosted OF never wearing a silk
dress or kid glove; but she was famous
sad beloved as u friend of the poor children
Of Louisiana, Many years ago she nursed
dying man. He had a little property, which
lie left to her for charity. She bought with
the money a cheap eating house and bakery
on the river front, and sold wholesome food
to steamboat lRborers at little more than
cost. ''She gave them a roll aud a cup OF
coffee for cents, TO keep them from spend
ing quarter for whisky" SAYS the account,
'and they took the roll and Coffee, and then
| spent 20 cents for whisky all the same.'
| The business prospered, and she might have
accumulated wealth; but she established
and partly maintained three orphan asylums
with the profits, and died rich only in repu.
tation. 'lN ttU AH.it tp di1DN -IfiIph
There are six ''reaches'' in the Mis-
sissippi between Cairo and New Orleans
where navigation is difficult, and the River
| Commission has begtIn work on two of
them; Plum Point reach, which begins 145
| below Cairo, and is thirty eight miles long
| with seven shadows, and Lake Providence
reach, Ala miles further south, and twenty
five miles long with six shadows. The wa
ter is shallow because the stream is wide,
Of course, and the plan of the Commission
is simply TO deepen it by narrowing the
channel. To do this structures are placed
at the sides to partly stop the current so that
sediment will be deposited and finally new
banks formed. Their work is still largely
| experimental.
| In Palatka, Fla, within the last three
months vacant lots have advanced SO per
cent, and improved property at least 80 per
cent. on the last years rates.
The cotton factories at Columbus,
Ca, have a capital of IL, 96S 900, give en-
! ployment to 1859 hands, and consume H.
$50 bales of cotton annually.
Some since the Chattanooga (Tenn.)
! City Council passed an ordinance appointing
two men in each ward to kill outthe English
sparrows. 1t has developed that the ordi-
nance is illegal. ....rI. sfa. ..l.N
In Birmingham, Ala, one night re-
Gently, the police captured and placed in
the calaboose a married woman in male at
! tire. She was out in disguise, so she said in
the Mayors Court the following morning, to
| seeif she could discover her husband and
learn where he spent his time. s H'
An effort to purchase the United
States Arsenal in Augusta, Ga, as a site for
| hotel has failed as the Federal authorities
were unwilling to sell, the arsenal being the
only one left in the entire South east of the
Mississippi
Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina, is
dead. - -u
The Exposition cotton factory at At
lanta, Ca, will start with 10000 .spindles,
to be increased to 10000, and with looms
sufficient to weave the yarn for all spindles
employed. ,....... ..... ....s....
The Alice iron furnaces, at Birming-
ham, Ala, cleared $4,000 in January.
By a new fast mail service all points
in Florida win be reached twenty four to
thirty-siX hours sooner. iang ..i.HI
1t is reliably stated that the Porter
Rifles, of Nashville, Tenn, will during the
spring or summer issue a challenge to drill
States for any amount. They anticipate
4 some tough work, both at Nashville and at
4 Louisville, if a prize drill is inaugurated at
4 the latter place this spring, after which they
4 propose to go on to New York and challenge
the Seventh Regiment, or any other COM
pany in the State. lI. uraf .HUrJ
The Hessian fly is playing havoc with
many Georgia oat fields.
Gainesville, Fla, has more visitors
this season than usual. l. ....f b.. .H|
Dalton, Ga. will soon be the location
for an immense car factory. Northern CAPT.
tai is at the back OF this new enterprise ~
d. The widow of President Polk, saws
the american, of Nashville, has not the
means to keep up the home left to her by
her husband in trust for the State OF Ten
nessee. I"i F.IvH ..ftIu Ni.i Il-.' 30
Florida shell mounds are mines Of
wealth. They contain the richest kind of
calcareots mari. '''' '''..''.
After three attempts, Mechanicsville
has voted;t be annexed to Knoxville, Tenn,
which win swell that city's population 1900
and give it 1000 inhabitants. il l'f'"'il
A few months ago apiece of mineral
land in Murphree's Valley, Ala. ,Iwasbought
for 81, 900. On the 14th ult, half interest
was sold in It for $4,000. "''' '' OBJ '.'-
There seems to be fearfullstate OF
impoverishment ip Texas. The State hs,
5000, 900 in her treasury, aud is not able
to have safe place OF deposit FOR the
money. 3D. gui>iWJIg YlUu -aH I3yyu
There are HOO blacks and l15, whites
/ in the Georgia Penitentiary.
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Sturgeon fishing in the waters around