The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-09-06

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Anonv the oddities of Tennessee W
country town names are; a ID W ID ',
NJ. Hell. Bird Ssng, three named u
Buek Snort, Buzzard's Roost' CAN "
Killer. Chimney Tsp, Chu'kaluck' =
Defeated, Dew Drop, Dumpln' =
Friendship, Friend Station ana
Friendville, Grisf, life, Light, Marx !,
Twain two New Yorks and one Phiia- I
delphi., Opos.um, Number One ana ,,
Second, Shoe Fly, Snrke, Sweet Laps
and swsetwatsr, Tiger Tail, U Bet
and Yum.
Mr. Warmoth's residence, in the
3rd district, burned last Friday, with
it, entire csntents. Mr.. S. E. Hud
pipgs passed through here last Mon
day. and he Informed us that the hre
cauobt about / s'clock from the COOK
stove sue; that the entire roof ana
upper portion of the building was IN
: flames:before it was discovered; 'has
the building and contents was valued
at about $4,000, and that hr. War
moth had $3.50 insurance. 1 Alamo
Sentinel. n,
Late Yesterday afternoon BOD
/, Motif, a carpenter who lives WIN MS
y stem mother and brothers, on the cor
;, ner Of Lexington street and Hays ay'
81 .pue, went home and told his mother
h. did not feel well. She told him
- 60 Law down while she went out u
80 milk She heard pistol fire whll'
milking, and when she went INTO IN
house saw her sons pistol lying nea
+, - the bed, and going up to him
~ made the terrible discovery that n
'n' had killed himself. The pistol woun
is in the left side, just over the near
" No cause is known for the awf
~, deed Jackson dispatch
MIR, ,JnO. Il AANiIb, OhC w 49,
est and most respected citizens d'
,. at his home on Poplar street IN u
. city or yesterday morning. he II
- lived to good old age. lie was be
SUI in Sumner County, Tenn, ON
wan 3oth of April, 1900, and moved
Weakly, County, Tenn, IN Mar
90 1920. Three years later he was m
! 'ne ricd to Miss Matilda Wheeler. OF l
oeen ;npston County, KY. The result
D'eu this union was an only son, Col.
'N' Y. Cavitt, now living in Washing
His wife died Oct. 90, 1889.
ien'y moved to this city in April, 1867,
f'h VI confined to reside here until
> W. DEATH Paris Post. -
PeaKe A Memphis Special to the u
e year Democrat say. Virginia l.. ON
British q beautiful octaroon, instituted
sc dur to day in the Circuit Court ag
fariS James Degnan, one OF the men
of the School Board, claiming D.
of the damages for defamation OF chaf'
repu' She was formerly a teacher II
'ennes- nublic schools, aud was dropped
he sec the list at the last meeting
Incident School Board, for which she b
cotton Depnan. The complainant
lou ana suit has a vulaptuous form, G.
toni complexion, large dreamy hiacl
and that languid grace which
s lnde1 finishes the Southern octaroon.
lcatlon' a scandal is likely to grow on
'Zette Is suit, as the names OF several
only pa uent citizens have been nen'i
Y. Be it liable to be drawn into til,
cite was when the question of character
zen pub nm for proof.
present Mr.. Arthur Fuller, veal
izen of the Fourth dis let thu
saln VIII died some time ago, leaving
s III this thous md dollars in gold
ndepend- p;fta.n th,nsand dollars was
. Etherr nna INIT in the bank here. I
:, Lnsw where another am,
holds his nrr;ad of between Sc, 900 am,
liant ora, Last April they discovered
speakers of o,s had stolen the latter
mon Guy Fl. c. Moore, relative of tn
and a sort of preacher, was
Sundays ofbav;ne stolen the money.
ZION Flour Boad Il McCorry, of this