The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-12-06
SOUTHERN eLEAnlNas.

Tex, was entered by burglars few nights
ago. The safe was blown to atoms, but
the burglars were scared away without
getting any money.
One of the most remarkable deaths from
a gun-shot wound which has, perhaps, |
ever occurred, took place in Newberry |
County, South Carolina, few days ago. |
Two brothers, Charles and Yancy Floyd, |
were out hunting. While in canebrake |
Yancy Floyd fired at bird, and one of |
Oh shot, No. brd-shot, penetrated the |
eye of his brother Charles, causing death
in a short time
Memphis received in one day recently
II, 500 bales of cotton, the largest single
days receipts in the history of the city.
The previous largest receipts were 10,112
bales ON the oath Of November, 1879, just
five years intervening. From the present
indications, this years receipts will ag-
gregate fully 100000 bales, which will be
an excess of $4,000 bales as compared with
the season of 1SS3-S4, and thus maintain
ing the prominence of Memphis as the
largest receiver of cotton of any inland
city in the United States.
| At Negley's rancho, fifteen miles from
Eagle Pass, Tex, the body of an unknown
man was discovered few days ago, the
head beaten in and two bullet holes in the
body. The corpse was in the brush near a
stream of water, and had been exposed
about ten days. 1t was impossible to fix
the age or nationality. 1t was decently
dressed in pants and shirt, with broad
stockman's hat and boots with heavy
| spurs.
Three hundred alligator eggs recently
placed in an incubator in Jacksonville,
Fla, Matched 275 young ones
The Larkin House property at Palatka,
Fla, was sold recently to Northern parties
for $25 900.
The Mobile, GAINESVILLE g. Evansville,
and the Indiana, Alabama 81 Texas Rail-
ways will consolidate
The following are the official figures of
louisiana: Cleveland, 62,546; Blaine, 49,
349; Butler $50; st. John, 120.
The steam gin of D.. A. Pertkin, at the
Louisiana line, near Bartrop, La, with
eighteen bales of cotton, was totally de-
stroyed by fire few days ago. The loss
is estimated at $1,000; insurance, $1,s0O.
Miss Rebecca Orrell, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
was horribly burned few days ago by her
dress being ighited at CRATE. She died in
a few hours in terrible agony. Her mother
was painfully burned while endeavoring to
extinguish the flames.
FL. j. Timon, of Corpus Christi, Tex,
discovered Mexican a few days ago
riding carriage horse of his fathers. OBJ
tanning help he pursued and caught him in
the brush with another Mexican named Es-
pineso. They were ordered to surrender and
Espineso complied, but his companion
fired on Timon and the party and retreat-
ed. He was afterward captured and
killed. Espineso was jailed.
DIR. A. G.. Hqygss President of Emory
College, Oxford, tra!, resigned recently.
At meeting of the Board of Trustees, Dr.
Hopkins, Vice-President, was elected Pres
ident DR.. Haygood will give his entire
time to the John F. Slater fund. He an
nounced that a northern gentleman inter-
ested in the Slater work had given $4,000
to Emory College. DR.. Haygood was made
President of the Board of Trustees.
Mr.. John Wright, living near Kelton,
S. c., lost his dwelling by fire few days
ago under circumstances as singular as
the kick of Mrs. O'Leary's COW. The
fire occurred from cat lying in the fire.
, place, where some smoldering embers set
} fire to her hair, and while on fire tho cat
J ran into some loose cotton which was
spread on the floor, and from this occur
| renee the dwelling was fired and de.
, stroyed.
The Tennessee Prohibition State Com
| mittee has sent to all parts of the State
| for signatures to thousands of petitions
) asking the General Assembly to submit a
Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of liquor. Hon.
. John P. st. John, General Clinton B. Fisk
. John B. Cough and Miss Frances Willard
have been invited to take part in the cam
paign.
. Captain William Robson's store, on his
J plantation, twelve miles below Shreveport
La, on the Red River, was entered by
4 burglars a few nights ago, the safe broker
into and large sum of money and various
valuables stolen. The burglars, who from
work done ON the safe seem to have beer
t experts, escaped with their booty.
The Eastern and Northern mail leaving
New Orleans few nights ago burned, anC
a large number of permits for space in thu
Worlds Exposition were destroyed. Thu
managers were issuing duplicates as rapid
ly as possible.
. Several military companies of Peters
burg, Va, were ordered out a few night
. ago by Major J. s. Cary, at the instance o
Mayor Jarratt, to resist any attempt tina
might be made to do violence to Eugen
Glenn (negro), who murdered Wilma
Holland (white), and who was confined il
. the jail
: Despite the fact that two of their mum
Der We're murdered in Tennessee last Au
q gust, Mormon Elders have resumed opera
h lions in several counties of the State, an,
. manifest a determination not to be intim
idated, They cOnduct their servicas in