The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-26

"S'ob ~hu VIII VIC VALUABLE aCCcs-
sion to the material interests of Hay,
wood county.
The annual meeting of the West
Tennessee Horticultural Society will
be held in Brownsville, Tenn, cons
menceing on the first Thursday Cine
9TH day in FEBRUARY next, at 10 o.
clock A. NJ, aud continue from day
TO day until the business of the
meeting is transacted.
Gorristown Gazette. All over the
State the friends of Ex-Governor De-
Witt Senter will be panied to hear
that he has for some time been con.
fined and Frustrated with liver disease;
and it is with sincere sorrow We add
that our latest information from him
does not lead Us to hope for his early
recovery.
Nashville Am ericsn: The Supreme
Court decided yesterday tina, the fact
shat woman had lived and cohabi>
ted with = man for the period Of
twenty-five years, aud had children
by him, is not conclusive evidence of
their marriage and sufficient to allow
the women to claim an interest IN the
property of the husband then living.
There is quite \ stir in Gallatin
among the whiskey men. The board
Of aldermen, at their last meeting, AS
sessed the privilege tax on whiskey
dealers at 1925. The saloon men
have employed Col. J. j. Turner as
their attorney to fight their cause
through the courts. They claim the
tax is excessive and illegal. The tax
last year WAS $50.
Alamo Sentinel: W. learn that a
son of Dir. Percy Williams, and also
son of Mr.. Bill Williams, near
Gadsden, took the small pox last
Monday. Our Gadsden correspon>
dent has not sent in report this
week, hut several persons from Gads.
den have stated to US that they
thought the spread Of the disease was
checked, and these too eases are in
families where some one had already
had it.
WHAT is represented to re rich
gold mine has been discovered on the
extreme eastern border Of this State,
in Sewer county, on the waters Of the
Little river, near the NorthsGarolina
line. Recently there was found in
one gold pan full of sand from seven,
ty to eighty per cent. Of gold, some Of
the grains being as large as wheat
grains The mine is located on the
land formerly owned by Richard Ey
aus, of Sewer county,
Nashville AmefcapS, The conric,
ton is growing among some of those
vino have made experiments that so?-
ghum cannot he relied on to rake 81
gar in the extremely Northern states,
but that in spite OF occasional success
e. in Minnesota, there Is sorghum
belC, rs there is a corn belt, north of
which the erpp cannot be relied on.
Tennessee is the crnter OF tlrIs belt,
an one OF the pest States in the
Union for sorghum culture.
Smith County kecord; On one of
the coolest mornings last week, while
attempting to draw water, he hands
of colored maid at James McClarin's
chung to the frozen pump handle
She made an effort to extr;cate by
breathing on the handle, whereupon
the tongue adhered. Now there was
a scream for help, without variations,
as the chief key was stopped. 1t is
not uncommon for the tongue to ems
snare other members, but the reverse
is rare.
Memphis Appeal; Mr.. G. X. AM
derson, Memphis stenographer, has
invented machine something after
the style of a Typewriter for writing
shorthand. It has twelve keys, aud