The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-02
MILAN EXCHANGE
SATURDAY, AUGUST ,. 1854.
OVER THE STATE.

49, - V-oiVNh bi'll ttiC ibNNcl-
ing heavily in Holstein cattle.
Newhsrn has female prohibition
cLnh numbering eighty persons.
The First National Bank of Muir
freesboro has s32, 900 surplus fund.
A. H. Douglass has been nomina>
ted as the Democratic candidate for
Criminal Judge Of Shelby county.
Gov. Bate has appointed John e
Randall member of the Board Of
Public Works at Memphis, vice Col.
Livermore resigned.
There is "A man in Benton county
who has been knocked off the railroad
track by passing trains four times; two
of his toes went the last time.
John j. Littlston, Jr., has retired
from the editorship of the Chatta
nooga Democrat, having sold his in.
terest to H. G. Sawtell, of Georgia.
The McNairy Independent predicts
town worth a million dollars in five
years if the county site is removed
from Purdy to Falcon, on the line of
the railroad.
The appearance of a strange disease
in sections north eff jackson among
the hogs is causing some alarm. The
hogs are dying rapidly and the dis
ease continues to spread.
Judge Stephen Temple, of Bells,
was in town Tuesday. He is in his
9th year and in the enjoyment of
fine health His father is still living
in Virginia at the advanced age of
1877 years. States and Bee.
The City Council Of Union City
ordered an election to ascertain
whether the voters within the corpor-
ate limits desire TO sustain system
of public schools there. The present
rate to be voted upon is one dollar on
the poll and fifteen cents On the 500
worth Of realty within the city limits.
AT the morning service at McKen>
dree yesterday Rev. DIR. Barbee, who
was preaching, said; "In conclusion,
(and he looked at his watch no,-Tll
conclude now, for | have preached
forty.fve minutes" and he closed the
book and announced the last hymn,
much to the amusement of the au-
dience.-[Nashville Banner.
The History of the Northern Boun'
Diary of Tennessee, by w. r. Garrett,
A. NJ, with the history of the South
Carolina cession, has been published
by DIR. McFerrin, of the Nashville
Southern Methodist Publishing
House. 1t is careful statement,
which comprehends what is spread
over many authorities, and is very
useful and valuable.
Two cases of smallpox a-e report>
ed in the city. Mrs. Kimbro, whose
husband died with smallpox recently
in Cairo, and one of her children
have the disease. There are several
children in the same house, but are
so isolated and guarded by the city
authorities that no danger is appre>
hended of the spread of the malady.
Il Tribune and Sun. rI.t
The Columbia Herald contains sug.
gestions by correspondent that a
monument be erected on the Public
Square to the memory of President
Polk. Columbia was the home of Polk
at the time of his nomination. Most
of his relatives live in that county
and his parents are buried in Green'
wsod Cemetery. The correspondent
proposes a club to he known as the
Polk Monument Club.
There is Il negro hoy IN Hardin
county whose head is said to be as
large as water bucket. His case is
said to be singular. While quite
Young he contracted the whooping
cough, and the strain from coughing
saused the seam in the skull to break
Spen, since which time the mead has
continued to grow, until it has reach,