The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-06-02
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

At Austin, Tex, recently, an Italian
organ-grinder with monkey drew
crowd, and the monkey, in attempting TO
kiss pretty colored girl, bit her on the
cheek The Italian was arrested and fined
for assault
A Virginia paper reports a mother in
its baillwick who named her baby Malone,
because its reputed father repudiated it.
A Lynchburg (Ya.) paper of a recent
date says: NEARLY every farmer we have
seen this weelx-and we have seen them
from nearly all of the surrounding counties
reports the tobacco-plant beds both late
and badly eaten by the fly. While such
reports of more or less extent are circulated
nearly every spring, we think we are war
ranted in saying that the acreage planted
this season will be considerably reduced on
that account. In number of instances the
lands prepared for tobacco have been re-
plowed and planted in corn because of the
scarcity of plants"
Considerable excitement prevailed at
Belmont, Tex, recently over the arrest of
Mrs. Johnson and her FIVE children. They
were induced to join sect of sanctified
people, who had created much trouble by
inducing women to leave their families and
join the fanatical order. The captured
parties would be sent home.
In Mount Ida, Ark, DR.. Burch and
Jerry Witt, who had an old grudge, met
the other day in the Courthouse. Burch
drew dirk knife, and Witt threw stone
at him. Then they clnched, and Witt
pulled his pistol and killed Burch instantly,
The largest single sale of mules ever
made in the United States recently took
place at Columbia, Tenn. The purchaser
was w. B. Leonard, who paid $lS5 head for
1856 animals, making an aggregate of S2S,6I6.
They are for use upon sugar plantations,
and will be taken to Louisiana in August
next.
The other day pilot boat off Calves
ton, Tex, picked up man sixty-five years
old who had been blown out into the Gulf
of Mexico in skiff by gale. The old
man was nearly exhausted and could not
have held out much longer.
In Jerusalem, Southampton County,
Va, the other day S. Lewis, white, killed
James Newsom, colored, because the latter
made demand upon Lewis for a small
amount due him. Great indignation pre-
vailed among the colored people and lynch
ing seemed imminent.
George johnson, son of Bradish
johnson, of New York, died in the Airing
ton Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark. from the loss
of blood occasioned by his falling upon the
sharp point of a broken pitcher, which sew
cred the femoral artery. He awoke be-
tween one and two O'Clock the other morn
mig and got up to get drink from a large
| pitcher, the mouth of which was broken and
| had a sharp point. He was able to say that
the last recollection he had was of taking
the drink of water and falling. When
found he was pulseless and speeches., and
his blood ran in streams over the floor.
The contract for building the Opera
House at Dallas, Tex, was let to A. Brown
lee lately for 1000. 1t is to be completed
and ready for occupancy by October !.
The Executive Committee of the Cot
ton Planters Association met by special
request at the State House at Memphis,
Tenn, few days ago. Its business re-
lated principally to the Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposition, to be
held at New Orleans next year. The COM
| mittee confirmed its six United States Com
missioners whose names will be forwarded,
together with the seven selected by the City
of New Orleans, to the President of the
United States for appointment as members
of the United States Board of Manage
ment
The largest sale of Georgia gold lands
ever made has been consummated in Lon
don, Eng. Negotiations between Dr. Josiah
Curtis, of Washington, D. c., the repre-
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pany, and an English company have been
pending for several months past and have
resulted in the purchase of nearly eight
thousand acres.
Two men at Monroe, Ga, made away
with 10S oranges one evening recently, one
devouring ffty-fve and the other fifty
three. The affair began in contest to see
who could eat the most, the loser to pay
for all.
The Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service has established a quaran
tine station at Pensacola, Fla.
The cotton mills at Admission, Ala.
have lately shipped a thousand bales o
goods to China, and have orders for si1
hundred more.
An English coin, bearing date 1856
was plowed up in field, near Graham's
S. c., one day recently.
p. j. Moore was arrested and JAILED
at Dallas, Tex, the other day, on a Telegram
from Greenville, charging him with steal
ing a horse. The animal was found in hi
possession. H4H
The indictment recently found agains
Paul Strobach, the newly-appointed United
States Marshal for Alabama, having beer
dismissed, the Grand Jury at Montgomer,