The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-03-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


ly received $4,000 interest on land notes, to
go to the credit of the school fund.
The Tom Green Land and Cate
Company, capital $4,000, with office at
San Angela, Tex, has been Incorporated.
The Governor of Virginia has vetoed
the Congressional apportionment bill.
Articles of association were filed few
days ago for the Young Mems Building AS
ISOLATION of Lampasas, Tex, with capital
stock of 100000
Harry Miller, an old Texas & Pacific
freight conductor, of Dallas, lost an arm a
few nights ago in an accident near Colora-
do, Tex, and received other injuries which
it was thought would prove fatal.
Burglars effected an entrance into the
store of Bradley a. Cook, at Ennis, Tex, a
few nights ago, blew open the safe and se-
cured upward of $1,000 in cash. 1t was
thought gang of professional burglars
were operating in that section, and there
were fingers nervously itching to get hold
of some of them.
The handsome residence of ID. Mays,
on what is known as the Divine Farm, on
the north side of the Tennessee River near
by fire with its contents few nights ago.
The loss was quite heavy, but the full ex-
tent was not learned.
Newport, Kentucky, reports 1887
houses inundated, the estimated damage
being S1,000,000. TAirty-three buildings
were washed away and 1877 turned bottom
upward.
At Macon, Ga, recently, II. G. Tur-
pin was fatally stabbed by John Burnett.
They were rival sewng-machine agents.
Kitty Evans has instituted suit in
Vicksburg, Miss, against Jacob Guadeffer,
for the recovery of diamond ring alleged
to have been taken from the finger of Ell
Wilson, who was recently killed in his own
gambling house.
A suit begun at Brownsville, Tex, by
one Armendaizo, Mexican, against the
Stillman estate, for damage done on the
Mexican side of the river by a jetty built
on the lands of the defendants on this side,
has been decided against hiri. The Court
took the ground that the defendants had a
right to protect their own property.
The surveyor appointed by the Gov
ernor of Texas to correct the boundary lines
OF the Texas g. Pacific land grant discov'
cred that the company had made an error
amounting to 100000 acres, and its officers
have agreed to restore that space to the
State.
At a recent meeting of an African
Methodist Church at Atlanta, Ca, it was
decided that the preacher should be paid
but half his salary, the other half being
paid to his wife. The cause for this action
was that the clergyman, beau among his
flock, did not attend to the support of his
own family.
At Lagrange, Tenn, few days ago,
Emma Mccoy, colored, gave a poisoned
biscuit to her husbands alleged paramount
The latter, instead of partaking, divided
the gift between two children, one of whom
died from the effects. The other was saved
by physicians.
Taylor p. Wells, the well-known
river p lot of Newport, KY, ended pro
tracted spree at Louisville a few days age
by shooting himself dead.
At Goodyear, Ala, a few days since
fire destroyed twenty-four buildings and
some substantial merchants were burned
out. The loss will reach 100000. Insur
ance trifing.
Over two hundred persons are known
to have been killed and more than twice
that number injured by the recent cyclones
in the South.
The first regular annual meeting OF
the Southern States Immigration Associa
ton is to be held in Nashville, Tenn, com
mencing March IL and continuing three
days. large number of prominent speak
ers will be present.
James Hawkins of Chattanooga
Tenn, was bitten a few days ago by IA mac
dog with which he had a desperate fight
and succeeded in killing the brute.
The Mardi Gras festivities at New Or
leans attracted an immense concourse o.
people.
The vital statistics of Atlanta, Ga.
from the record of 1888, just issued, give
some interesting features as to the mortal
ity, and the causes leading thereto, of al
average Southern city. The population o
Atlanta is 30 900, of which $4,000 is white
and 10000 colored. The number of deaths
for the year was 1910, or 2l.74 per 1000
OF this the proportion of mortality stoo,
as to the races, whites, 1476; colored, 81 20
or more than double the death rate of tn,
whites. The number of deaths among per
sons over five years of age reached 554, pa
being white and 305 colored. The deaths o
children under five years of age were $50
| 1914 white and 800 colored. OF this number
| 2Gl died ander the age of one year; white
1902; colored, 159. The deaths for the fou
hot months of May, June, July and Angus
exceeded the number for the entire balanc,
of the year.
The cyclone about Lake Creek, N. G.
swept away forty houses. Two negro chill
dren and three white children persisted
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