The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-12-29
MILAN EXCHANGE
OVER THE STATE.

el.0U per barrei.
Wild turkeys are said to be unusu-
ally numerous, this winter, in the
Tennessee liver bottom near Johnson>
vile.
GAINESVILLE has citizen sixty years
Of age who says he never swore an
oath or took drink of whiskey in
his life.
The State Board of Health will
meet in Nashville on the LIST of JAN
uary next, at the Office of the Board
in the State capitol.
Granger county has po;toffice
named Y. D.: Blount has one named
Lot, one Corn, and one Notime; Ben
ton has one named Busted. Its name
killed it.
Murfreesboro Free Press Muir
freesboro has twelve retail liquor sa-
looms and one wholesale liquor house.
Mr.. q. H. Baskette, of this,
city left for Chattanooga, yesterday,
where he will commence the publica-
ton of literary newspaper.
The Jersey Cattle Co., Of Column
bia, has capital stock of $4,000.
1t has just closed the first years work,
and paid 81 per cent. dividend, be-
ing6 per cent. in stock, based upon
actual cash valuation of their prop
erty. This company has a herd of
about forty registered Jerseys, some
of which are the finest in the land,
representing some of the best strains.
Fayetteville Courier: A scheme
has been revolving in the minds of
citizens of this section for some time.
1t is no less one than to abolish the
line between Coffee and Moore coun.
ties, make the two one county and
Tullahoma the county seat. The peo~
Of Moore favor the project-in fact
originated the idea-and also the
parts of Coffee tributary to Tullaho-
ma. Action will be taken in the mat
ter when the Legislature meets.
Capt. j. F. Merry. of Manchester,
Ia, the evangelist of immigration,
writes to the jackson Tribune and
Sun {: II declare, the interest already
manifested throughout the Northwest
in West Tennessee is wonderful.
From one town alone l am advised
that sixty families will emigrate to
Tennessee between now and next
April, and from every direction come
letters saying I'VE are going to Ten>
nessee or Mississippi soon as we can
sell our farms or arrange our bust
ness
Nashville American. A negro wo>
man was arrested yesterday on the
charge of having on stolen gown.
When she was registered she gave
her name as Martha johnson. Her
husband called for her as Mary
Young. Her bondsmen said her right
name was Martha Vaughn, but she
denied it, swearing her name was
Amanda johnson. On the outside,
the reporter asked her what her
name really was, and she gave it as
Jane Campbell. Chief Kerrigan said
she was the worst JAR he had come
across in some time.
The cotton crop report for the
Memphis district, issued by Hill, Fon~
tame q Co., says: "Notwithstand
ing the unprecedented large receipts
to date at this point, all our letters
fully confirm the previous estimates
that the yield in this district, compar'
ed with last year will show decrease
of twenty per cent. Our correspon-
dents report picking virtually ended,
save in bottoms. where about ten pei
cent. of cotton remains in the field,
hut is being rapidly harvested, and
before the Christmas holidays are
ended will be gathered. The latest
reports from these districts indicate
great falling off of receipts after the
oath inst. The decreased yield will