The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-12-01

the rate OF lUU per mOntn.
Shelbyville Gazette: The propri>
etors of the Shelbyville tanneIy will
commence the manufacture of har-
ness next week, and by the first of
the year will begin the manufacture of
boots and shoes. This will he the first
enterprise in the country that proposes
to manufacture the raw material into
different grades Of finished goods.
Judge Geo. X. Foote received
this week from Washington, $4,000
and yesterday paid for the site upon
which the custom house is to be built
in jackson. Preparations for letting
the contract will he made at once.
Of the money for the site Judge Nc
Cory received $4,000, Mrs. Barnhill
81 900 and Mrs. Barnhill and Mrs.
Hefey 81, O00.-Jackson Dispatch
The idle land lying in the corners
of worm fences, in Tennessee would,
if cultivated, produce enough to pay
the state taxes assessed against all
the land on the several farms in the
state. Not only are the tence>corn.
ers lost, but likewise space on each
side of the fence equal to several feet
in width. Such waste is foolish. The
fence must go.-Nash. American.
Mr.. g. S. Beckwith, an old GIN
wright of Upton county, has invent>
ed what he calls self,moving tread
wheel. He claims that he can run a
gin or mill without the use of steam,
wind, water or horse power, by means
of this self propelling wheel. He
has been working at it for several
years. If Mr.. Beckwith's claims be
realized, this will be one of the great
est inventions of the age.
Mrs. Wiley Ball, of Trousdale
county, died recently from the effects
of a peculiar diseases known as "milk
poison" which has existed in the
northern portion of the county for
number Of years. Several persons
have lately been poisoned, and the
lives of some are despaired of. The
disease is supposed to originate from
weed which the cows eat, and which
poisons their milk, transmitting the
disease through the milk and butter.
Memphis Avalanche; Esq. Fields,
a colored magistrate in the Ninth dis
trict, was on trial in the Bartlett
court few days since, on an indict.
ment charging him with oppression
in office, or extorting money by
threats. The jury found him guilty,
and fixed his punishment at two years
in the penitentiary, but judgment
was arrested and the Indictment was
quashed owing to certain defects, and
Fields is now in Jail awaiting trial on
new indictment.
The committee appointed to exam,
inc the Tennessee money in the case
of the Bank Of Tennessee, now pend
ing in the Chancery Court, have up
to date passed On and counted 1875,
600. In the lot they found some
counterfeit bills. The labors of the
committee will close in short time,
and all the parties who have notes
and desire to get a pro rata of the as
sets of the bank are requested to file
them at once, or they will fail to get
a finger in the pie.
Memphis Appeal: Col. III. F.
Patterson, who was for fourteen years
collector of Internal Revenue, andwho
lost his place owing to his department
consolidating with that of Nashville,
yesterday received letter from the
Revenue Bureau saying that his set
tlement was correct, and that the
Government owed him S209.96. As
the two predecessors of Col. Patter>
son were short when removed, he
and his friends are pleased that his
accounts are satisfactorily closed.
Mrs. Margaret Higgins, whose
husband, the brave engineer, Martin