The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-14

ten. lie was advised to rub them
with turpentine and set fire to them.
He was fool enough to do SO. The
rest can be imagined.
In an unoccupied room of the resi-
dence of Mr.. II. p Seavy, near Co.
lumbia, a COW was found in the last
sage of life, owing to an eXtraordina-
ry fast Of twenty>Sight days. The COW
had been missed for four weeks, and
it is supposed she opened the door
with her head, as it opens from the
outside. Neither food nor water had
she during that time. When rescued
she was almost transparent.
Gallatin Tennessean: A gentleman
who lives a few miles from this city
reports that he has a curiosity in the
shape of a chicken on his farm. This
chicken has raised TWO or three broods
of chickens, and was a splendid moth
err This same hen has commenced
to crow, and long and glossy feathers
have grown out on her tail, and she
has changed color and otherwise, SO
she has now the appearance of full
fedged rooster.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says:
Alvin A. Dixon, tax collector of
Blount County, Ala, arrived in this
city to,day and entered suit in the
United States court against the Times
Printing Company for alleged libel.
The United Press sent out dispatch
from Nashville that Dixon had dis =
guised himself as a negro and attempt
ed to rob his own house Of LOO of
the county funds and was shot dead
by his wife. This dispatch was pub
lished in all the newspapers served by
that press, and was published by the
Times. He sues for $4,000 dam
ages, and will enter suit against all the
papers that contained that item.
jackson Tribune and Sun: Last
Friday evening some murderbent
person entered the house Of Wash
Exum, who lives in the 18th district
of this county, while the family were
away from home, and took from blu
reau drawer bottle Of strychnine
that Mr.. Exum had bought to destroy
moles with. The person broke thu
seal, took out about halt the contents
and went into room occupied by
) his son, Mr.. Felix Exum, and empt
: led the poison into coffee pot. A
supper Felix and charlie Blackmor
s drank some of the coffee and discov
cred that it had a peculiar taste
N They examined the coffee, found i
curdled, and fearing serious result
: from what they had drunk they tool
5 an emetic which brought up the proc
of poison. No clue is furnished t
the would he murderer.
: From nearly 400 replies receive,
, from SO counties in this state, tn
S Tennessee Bureau of Agricultur
IS learns about the wheat crop some yer,
unfavorable facts. In many section
: the fields are absolutely bare and will
> oe put down in oats or planted il
) corn. In the greater portion of tn
: State half crop will approximate
Is the yield. In many counties tn
yield will not be greater than the see,
u sown. In West Tennessee and othe
d cotton sections much Of the groun,
y planted in wheat will be put in cot
y ton. The condition of clover is bu
y little if any better than that of wheat
E. but there is ample time yet for tina
of crop to recover its lost ground. Con
e sidering the severity of the winte
u. stock is in reasonable condition
10 though provender is running scarce
:, Quite number of counties in Middl
Il and West Tennessee report the prev,
RS lence of hog cholera.