The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-12
MILAN EXCHANGE
OVER THE STATE.

The Convention to nominate n Re-
publican candidate for Congress il
the 1st district. will I've held in jones'
boro July 10th.
The republicans of Gibson, Ha,-
wood and Madison counties have III
structed for ID A Num-, of Hay
wood, for Governor
The East Tennessee Sunday School
Conven ion will tie held in GreenviIe
on the 9Th and 9Th of May. A large
attendance is expected.
The Morristown Gazette says that
the peach crop in the vicinity Of Nor.
ristown is killed Other fruits have
not been so much injured.
Nashville Methodsts contributed
$4,000 to the Centenary Foreign
Mission Fund OH the night of Bishop
Wilson's address at McKendree.
The Louisville IL Nashville Rails
road Company has paid the State of
Tennessee within the last two years
back taxes amounting to SIP, 1927.
Coffee, Lincoln, Giles, Maury and
Williamson counties have elected
delegates to the republican state con>
vention, solid for A. M. Hughes, Jr.,
for governor.
Hardeman county has appropriated
$3.50 to represent itself in the New
Orleans Worlds Exposition. David
son and Nlsury counties each appro,
priated $500 for the same purpose.
Attorney General Turner was last
Monday fined fifty dollars and sem
fenced to Imprisonment for one month,
for his late drunken trolic. An ap>
peal to the supreme court was taken.
A state Convention of the greens
hackers is called TO meet at Nash vile
on the Oath Of April to appoint dele
gates to the National Convention,
which meets at indianapolis, May %
Judge Ewing, at Nashville, has de.
cided that the Legislature did not
tax the business of Insurance agencies
as "a privilege, and therefore municip-
al governments have no right to do so.
The soldiers re>union on the Shiloh
battle field last Sunday and Monday
was largely attended, and the speech>
es and music very impressive. A
A large number OF eX.tederals and a
few x-confederates were present.
The Pulaski Citizen says: MIR. D.,
w. Osborne, who lives i'll the Eikton
district, reports that his little rat dog
last Monday chased and caught gray
fox in fair race. The fox WAS lar
yer than the dog, and MIR. Osborn had
to help kill it.
Maj. ohearon, Of Troy, recently
sold the OAK timber GA II 1900 acre
tract of land, near Rlves, Tor 81, 900
cash, to a Louisville firm, who pros
pose to erect machinery Al o~oe To
work up this line lot of timber Un>
len 2ty Anchor.
There will be meeting Of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
lee in Nashville on the 18TH OF April,
TO call a convention TO elect delegates
10 the National Democratic conven-
ton. Every member is requested by
the Secretary t. he present.
Tie new union passenger depot to
he built in Nashville will be about
500 feet long and will have platform
or plaza 100 feet loug on the west
side and stone wall excluding the
entire length Of the building on the
east side. It, is expected that the
building will cost aIIof 5000, 900 aud
can he built during the summer aud
fall
A normal school will he held at
Lebanon in JIly. 1t will he conduc
ted 10y the following teachers; Prof
p II. Manning. Montgomery Bell
Academy, Nashville, geography and
History; Prof Frank Goodman, pen
.manship; Prot. A. d. Wharton
mathematics; Prof. Bailey, of Nash
Vile music; Miss Dupnavaut, ohiecl
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