The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-07-21
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Few miles west of elat place, which assays
S10.23 in silver and Sll.03 in gold per ton.
1t is Thought the ore extends all along the
divide between Red and White rivers. 1t
crops out at Saledo, Greenbrier and near
Buck Horn.
A turtle was taken INTO Cedar Keys,
Fla, few days ago, which weighed 425
pounds.
Charters have been filed with tho
Secretary of State at Austin, Tex, recently
by the following corporations: Texas Oil
Company, principal Office Corsicana, CAPT.
tai stock S2JO,OO0; Tyler City Railroad Com
pany, capital stock 100000; Hill County
Land and Live Stock Association, capital
stock 100000; Colorado and Seven Wells
Water-works Company, capital stock $780,.
600; Texas Water-works and Gas Company,
office at Tyler, capital stock 100000; Dial.
las Barrel and Woodenware Factory, CAPT.
tai stock S25,OOO NJ. T. Jones, Lumber Com
pany, Ennis County, capital stock $780,.
600.
A fatal affray occurred the other
morning at New Hope Church, five miles
from Russellville, Ark. John Herring
charged p j. Harvell with circulating dam
aging reports about him, which he de-
nied but before much was said Herring
closed in and stabbed his adversary. He
then jumped ON his horse and escaped.
The Touring mill of j. ~. FAINT,
Flemingsburg, KY, was destroyed by fire
the other night, the loss being $4,000.
The President has appointed John
Il. Livingston United States Marshall of
South Carolina, vice Absolom Blithe, re-
signed.
ii. b. Linn's saw-mill, near Kildare,
| Cass County, Tex, was totally destroyed
| by fire the other night, the loss being 49,
/ 900, with no insurance.
! For four consecutive seasons Houston,
| Tex, has received the first bale of cotton
! two of them this time Both of them ar
rived the other night, and were delivered at
the Cotton Exchange in that city. Bale No.
/ !, from Mrs. NJ. Hausmann, Dewitt County,
weighed 4S7 pounds, classed middling, and
/ sold for S210. Bale No. 2, from Z. H. Ar
necke, Dewitt County, weighed 34S pounds,
classed strictly good ordinary, and was sold
for 1870.
The street-car drivers of Houston,
Tex, have the power of special policemen.
| On account of a recent rev in the outskirts
of the city with a negro, the drivers will
hereafter be armed.
The cattle that were shipped from
Georgia recently are said to be dying on
the Texas prairies. The weather is too hot
Tor them.
That there are great expectations CEN
tered in the Louisville (Ky.) Exposition is
evidenced by the sale of privileges, some of
these being: Restaurants, one at - 800, and
one at 5000; lunch stands, two at 81, 900
each, and one at LOO; cider stands, Sl.J0)
and 81 1850; popcorn, 1900; peanuts, 800;
fruits, II 200; candy, $1,000; ice cream, 81
025 The shooting-gallery privilege pays
$1,225; the weighing and measuring, $40;
the barber shop, $5O3, and tie boot-black
monopoly, $3.50.
| The President has recognized C.
Lamar Quintero, Vice-Consul of Costa
Rica at New Orleans.
The home of swarm of bees was
found in cliff near Winding Stairs, Lee
County, KY, recently, from which ten
gallons of honey was obtained. A cavern
in the rock about the size of a barrel con-
stituted the hive.
There is community of some fifteen
families residing in the neighborhood Of
Nauvoo, Marshall County, w. Va, which
profess the Mormon faith and act accord
ing to its teachings to a great extent.
They are not thorough polygamists. Not
long since one of the old sisters was afflict-
ed with an ailment that baflled the skill of
her physicians. She then insisted that one
of the prophets of her church from the
"City of the Saints" should be sent for.
He came and laid his hands upon her, and
she at once declared herself greatly better.
Whether the improvement was permanent
was not stated.
The registration of voters in Louis.
Vile, Ky, is 23,372 white and 4,737 colored,
total of 2s,1O9, or about 1000 more votes
than have ever been polled in that city.
Apples are falling off the trees in
Kentucky to such an extent it is feared the
crop will be short
\ deaf mute of Mercer County, Ky,
has invented an electrical instrument which
enables him to hear an ordinary conver5a-
ton.
A queer accident happened to a little
girl in Atlanta, Ga, the other day. She
was working with sewing machine, and
was running it at a good rate of speed
when the driving-rod, which was made OF
wood, snapped in two, and one piece pene-
trated the heshy part of her leg below the
knee, tearing the flesh in a terrible manner
AS soon as the broken rod entered the
child's flesh the machine stopped, and in
order to remove the wood the wheel of the
machine had to be turned by hand.
Two young men of Woodstock, Ga.
, were such desperate rivals for the hand Of
a lady that duel became the only means