The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-26
SOUTHERN eLRANISGs.

was taking the harness from MS morse WheD
he took ne, towhich he vas subject, aud
fell with his face on the piowed ground and.
was smothered to death. His face was
buried in the earth ~ "a
A herd of $50 stock cattle recently
sold in Navarro County, Tex, for $4,000,
the largest sale ever made there.
It.is said that the State of Texas will
net Sls,50O,OO0 from the increase TO her
sheep farms this spring.
A Philadelphia company has pur-
chased a farm in Accomac County, Vir-
ginia, which is to be devoted to the raising
of geese, SO as to secure a supply Of feath-
4 ers for making pillows and down quilts
! 1t is proposed to commence with two
Thousand geese, and TO increase the number
to ten thousand as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be perfected.
There is a plan TO purchase a four
/ thousand-acre farm in the neighborhood of
Huntsville, Tex, for the employment OF
convicts whose length Of term and physical
condition fit them for outdoor work.
4 The amount now in the Louisiana
Treasury, together with the current coli
i lections, it is said, will pay all warrants to
I date and the State Treasury, so far as the
BtlltiaA IttiAA - NoiAN1AhNN1 10 htN lfDtA q
cash basis
Quite a novel spectacle was witnessed
at Pensacola, Fla, recently in the way of
funerals diayman died and his brother
draymen attended his funeral on drays.
DIR. G. l.. Haywood, a Boston human.
itarian, has been examining the brands on
the cattle in Western Texas. He thinks the
cattle are tortured with more brands than
are necessary.
The Georgia Historical Society at Sa
vannah has been notified by the executors
of the Telfair estate that they were ready
to deliver the legacy bequeathed the socie-
ty, the viii having been sustained by the
United States Supreme Court. The legacy
consists of the elegant mansion of the Tel
fairs, opposite st. James Square, with thu
entire contents, and one thousand shares ot
Waynesboro & Augusta Railroad, valued
at 81 100000, with accumulated interest OF
seven per cent. for the past nine years.
The Decatur q West Texas Railroad
Company, capital stock S3,O00,QOQ, has fled
; charter at AUSTIN The object is to cot
struct road from Decatur, Wise County ,
through Jack and Young to a point on the
west line Of Throckmorton. j. r. Gearing,
> Chicago, and r. E. Montgomery, Council
Bluffs, To-, are among the incorporators.
z The Mcleod House, in Crab Orchard,
KY, owned by s. A. Higgins, was burned
TO the ground the other evening. Loss
Y $4,000; no insurance. vrauu~ ri feh
1t is estimated that the amount Of tbs
claim of Texas against the United States
for the protection of the frontier viii reach
S2,300,000 raE -Ic 4af ru s7,.
e The Exchange National Bank of Den
5 ton, Tex, with capital Of $4,000, has beer
t authorized TO begin business. Ft
$ The death of General Josiah Gorga'
Il occurred at Tuscaloosa, Ala, few day
' ago. He was native of Pennsylvania,
graduate Of West Point, served through thu
Mexican war, cast his fortunes with thu
Confederacy and was Chief of Ordnance
The safe of j. B. Kizer & Co., at Tex
: arkana, Ark, was blown open by profes
sional burglars the other night and robbe'
of about 500 in cash. Two notes for $500
: payable TO bearer, We're not taken.
: Because of protracted ill-health Mis-
: Bragg, a niece Of General Bragg, the othe
day saturated her clothing with coal o.
and then applied a match, at Bonham, Tea
She would die. gai ac. "a
i The other morning q party OF eigh
. men rode up to the house OF Vaughn Hilton
: near Jeffersonville, nine miles from NJ
8 Sterling, KY, and awakened him, sayin
they were looking for horse-thief. Will
> he was sitting on the edge of his bed, som
# of the men fred, killing him instantly. III
,t party was not known, but was supposed
be in the interest of the Barnett famil,
.I' which had a feud with the Hiltons.
:. A package containing two drafts, on
= OF 81 900 another of $1,000 and So gol
!, piece, belonging to a lady in Beauregar
- Miss, was found 10 miles from that plac
blown there by the recent cyclone.
~ Houston, Tex, viii soon adyertii
in for bids to pave some of the princip
streets. Hht'
~ The Texas Press Association, durir
- its interesting session at Dallas, elected Il
following officers for the ensuing yea
/, William Yandell, of the Seguin Time
/ President; w. A. Field, Of the Meridii
n Blade; j. W. Booth, of the Decatur Ir
une, and j. F. Elliott, of the Dallas Herdl
10 Vice Presidents A W. Clifford, of the -
or Antonio Light, Treasurer; w, A. Abey,
no the Longview Democrat, Secretary. I
convention adjourned to meet in Dali
re again next year. N
a. The Acknowledgement of Texas ]
- ceived telegram the other day from Lie
." tenant Hoffer, commanding the 'front.'
~ battalion, saying the formidable stri
'oV among the COW boys up there had end
eS' peaceably, and they had gone to work
ne the old wages. The danger of bloodsh
~ ~ was all over.
Id The census of Denison. Tex. tax