The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-08-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

rector General, suggests the organization
of an auxiliary committee in each parish Of
Louisiana and in every State CT the Union,
that there may be complete representation
of the products and manufactures of the
country at the Exposition. He also hopes
that foreign Governments and peoples may
be interested in the enterprise.
Upward of one hundred delegates
were present at the opening of the annual
session of the Texas State Grange at Dallas
the other morning. Sixty counties were
represented.
An earnest effort is being made in
Georgia to raise funds by subscription for
the purchase of Liberty Hall, Alexander
II. Stephens late residence, the intention
being to erect there monument and to
keep the property as nearly as possible in
the condition in which Mr.. Stephens left it.
The property can be had for $40, 900 il taken
before the LIST of November next, and this
includes the library, which cost $4,000.
The plan includes the establishment of q
high school on the grounds.
In his speech at the reunion of the
survivors of John H. Morgan's command in
Lexington, KY, recently, General Basil w.
| Duke concluded as follows: 1--WE often hear
| 1t said that the men of both sides believed
they were right. This plea may be regard
| ed as sufficient. But l am sometimes in
| clined to believe that, paradoxical as it may
| sound, both sides were right, and that his
tory will so declare"
| Recent advices from forty-five coun-
| ties in Georgia and Florida upon the con.
| dition of the cotton crop, state that the
| drought is generally broken and the out.
look is brighter. There is some fear of
rust and damage by worms and caterpil-
lars in some counties. The prospects in
Florida are better than in Georgia. owing
to more frequent rains. Caterpillars are
numerous in the latter State. Picking has
begun to limited extent. Labor is gen.
orally in good supply.
An artesian well at Waynesborro,
Ga, has struck vein of sharks teeth at
four hundred feet depth. The fossil bed is
quite thick and other bones are occasion
ally brought up. NJ 80.
The trustees of colored church at
Winston, N. c., mortgaged the edifice re.
Gently to secure 81 200 with which to have
| an excursion to Columbia. Half the
amount required was deposited at Winston
to the credit of the Richmond e. Danville
Railroad. A special train was sent to
| Winston to draw the money and take the
congregation, but it steamed back TO Rich.
| mond when 1t was learned that the trustees
could raise no more cash. .m.- r1 ra
The other afternoon difficulty oc-
CURED in Memphis, Tenn, between Col. NJ
c. Galloway, editor of the Memphis Ap
peal, and Walker Kennedy, city editor Of
the Aralqnche, regarding special sent by
Kennedy to paper in New York, in re-
gard to the recently pending duel between
Colonel Galloway and General Chalmers,
in which Colonel Galloway's bravery was
questioned. The beligerents were separated
before any harm was done. d.
Four armed ruffians boarded Texas
Central train at Bryan, Tex, recently, evi.
IDENTIFY with the intention of robbing the
sleeping-car, but the passengers were
aroused by hearing loud talk, and the
thieves fed. ,3iH ia. u.. e.
At the dental office of w. A. Wesson
& Son, in Memphis, Tenn, the other day,
Mrs. Samuel Schneider, wife of the senior
member of the wholesale leather firm OF
Schneider & Co., took chloroform while
having tooth extracted, from the effects
of which she died before leaving the chair
The South Carolina Railway Compa-
ny has expressed its willingness to furnish
free transportation to organized bodies OF
negroes who will agree never to return tc
the State.
An incendary fire at Lexington, KY,
recently destroyed Bush & Sons planning.
mill and some adjoining buildings, causing
loss of SIS, 900.
At Henrietta, Tex, the other night,
John McMurray, while playing with q
pistol under his pillow, accidently shot hi,
wife through the head, killing her instantly
The Crescent flour mill, at Augusta
Ca, owned by ]. F. Miller, was burned
few days ago with loss of $4,000; insur
snce $4,000 A considerable amount o.
-four was destroyed.
An assignment has been filed BY
Captain Vincent Shinkle, of Covington
KY, whose liabilities are $4,000. He has
the costliest residence in town, and EN-
barrassed himself in aiding his son and hi,
brother.
The Texas State Grange finished iii
1abors at Dallas n few days ago by tbs
election of an executive committee, which
consists of Messrs. A. NJ. Kellogg, of Bel
County, Chairman; j. E. Gray, of Wash
ington County, and W. H. Harris, of Dallas
County. The Grange adjourned to meet il
Galveston in August, 1884.
At recent old mems gathering a
Lewisburg, Tenn, l6i members were pres
ent, the oldest being l04 years old. There
were ia between the ages of 90 and 20; A.
between 70 and 50; between 50 and 90, 8
between 80 and 100, 2; over 100, l. OF thi
number 1902 were born in Tennessee, 40 il