The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-30

1t is said to resemble the disease
known as dry murrain. Few cattle,
however, have died thus far.
Up to the present there have been
twenty.four cases of smallpox in the
city and only four deaths. There
are now four cases at the pesthouse
and not one in the limits of the city.
II jackson Tribune and Sun.
Benton County farmers will begin
to cut and house their tobacco this
week. Tobacco this year is nearly
entirely clear of worms. One tobacco
raiser says he has caught more worms
from one plant in past years than
from his entire crop this year.
The Jackson Wooden Mills are
having trouble to get weavers at
home. The women of the town take
to the work slowly, and as none but
females of the best character will be
employed, the mills may have to
send north for weavers, very much
against their wish.
The water supply at Ripley, has
run short. The citizens take the
Gran ks off the cisterns and wells to
prevent persons from stealing what
little is left. The News says "if our
cisterns are not replenished soon our
citizens will have to go to the cree K
and drink with the dry CATTLE"
At Celina, a few day ago, a Justice
of the Peace married couple without
the presence of witnesses, other than
himself and the contracting parties.
1t occurred to him subsequently that
the marriage was not legal. He re-
called the parties, and summoned
witnesses and re-tied the nuptial knot,
and is of the opinion now they are
tied to stay.
The editor of the Pulaski Citizen
gives remedy for diphtheria. He
says he has had several malignant
cases in his family and found that the
incessant use of powdered sulphur
blown into the nostrils and throat
frequently with quill, and OCCASION
ally burning sulphur on shovel and
blowing the fumes into the patients
face will cure it.
The Purdy Weekly Review states
that Parson Leath, school teacher,
is under bond for appearance at a
Magistrates trial. He was furnishing
two boys on the 9th inst, when one
of them fled from the schoolhouse,
followed by the teacher. In his eff
forts to bring the boy back his thigh
was badly hurt and other severe in
juries were received The boy is con
fined to his bed and is suffering
greatly.
Jackson dispatch to Nashville
American 25th: Charley Whiteside,
formerly special policeman in this
city, while with a crowd of men near
union depot, to-day drew his revolver
and invited the crowd to dance. On
their refusal to do SO he fired, wound
ing seriously in the neck Mr.. Britt,
railroad man. He then snapped
his pistol three or four times at
James Turney, a bystander, but the
pistol failed to Ere. whiteside had
been drinking excessively and was
bordering on jim,jams. Whiteside
escaped.
One more unfortunate rashly i'm.
perfume, gone to her bath. Emma
Day got drunk, became respondent,
resolve to commit suicide and jumped
in well. That was Monday night.
She was missed about 8 p. m. Next
morning about 6 o'clock a gentleman
passing along Hardee street heard
cries of distress. Upon making search
he found woman in we'll standing
up TO her shoulders in water. 1t was
Miss Emma Day. She had been in
the we'll all night. The we'll is TWEEN
ty feet deep and has about four feet
of water in it. When Emma was
rescued she had concluded not to COM
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