The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-17
SOUTHERN GLEAKlNGs.


few days ago oy an old man named Finn,
who was druAk.
Indianapolis, the great trotting stallion,
the property of w. Ii. Wilson, Of Cynthi
ana, KY, was shipped from Peoria, ILL.,,
and by mistake was taken to Lexington
instead of to Cynthiana. He was led TO
Cynthania, a distance Of twenty six
miles, and the exposure brought on in
aammation, which res ulted in his death.
Advices received at Talladega, Ala, by
associates of the English capitalists who
recently invested largely in mineral lands
in Talladega County, say that the plant
for furnace to be erected on those lands
has been shipped from England.
Atlanta, Ca, is to lay the corner stone Of
a soldiers monument next July, which is
to be 49, feet in height and cost 100000.
Near the base Of the column, in inches,
will be statues of Grant, Lee, Johns ton
and Sherman. Near the top Of the column
will be two soldiers, the blue and the gray
clasping hands, and at the top Of the coll
umn, standing on globe, will be the God
dess of Liberty. Many of the stones to be
used in the construction of the pedestal
are to be contributed by the various army
posts and war associations of the country,
and some of them are expected to be fur
nished by the general g overnment.
Four prisoners confined in the County
Jail at Abilene, Tex, made bold dart for
liberty a few nights ago. They gained
possession Of heavy pick with which
they broke the lock and opened the door
stepping out into yard surrounded by
close picket fence, twelve feet high. They
surmounted this and then ran like deer.
Officers on horseback ran speedily on their
tracks, and in less than ten minutes three
were retaken, including one charged with
murder. The fourth got away.
A university is to be erected at Athens,
Tenn, by colored people.
North Carolina rejoices III great peanut
crop.
English capitalists are buying large
tracts of land in Georgia.
j. G. Lively, of Plano, Tex, was heeced
out of $3.50 by fakirs following a circus.
There are three colored mem bers of the
Georgia Legislature. Two Of them are
brothers.
The tobacco warehouse of T. j. Conrad
& Co., at Louisville, KY, burned few
nights ago. Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
Work has begun at Henderson, KY, on
the Ohio Valley Road, to connect that
place with Jackson, Tenn.
A freight train on the Texas Pacific Road
was ditched near Mineola, Tex, few days
since. An engineer and brakeman were
severely injured.
There is not church within fifty miles
Of ST. Lucie, Fla, and hundreds Of people
in that region never heard a sermon.
While Booker Huddlesten and Alex. Sar.
geant were blasting we'll at Cowan, Tenn,
few days ago, bucket of powder ex-
ploded, burning the two in fearful man.
ner.
Tennessee Methodists, in conference Mt
Columbia, voted against eliminating the
word South from the name Of their church.
Ex-Governor Moses of South Carolina
since his sentence of three years in the
Massachusetts State Prison, has been in
condition of melancholy bordering on in
sanity.
Cows in Key West are labeled with the
names of persons for whom their milk Is
kept.
Out of total of about 81 ,O0O,0 900 acres of
land in Florida about 100000 acres in
the southern part of the State have never
been surveyed and do not appear in the
tax books.
The Superior Court Of North Carolina
has decided that railroad company can
not force passenger to ride in a smoking
4 - !
A little girl who patronized the street.
cars in Rome, Ga, rece entity, under the i'm
preston that she was dropping nickles in
the missionary boxes to help the poor
heather, now wants the company to re-
fund, having discovered her mistake.
A dispatch from Rome announces that
the Very Rev. D. j. Quigley, Vicar General
of the diocese of Charleston, S. c., has
been appointed Domestic Prelate, with the
title of Monseignor This is the first priest
in the South so honored.
The first white child ever born in the
Kentucky Penitentiary was born recently
to Josephine Fritz, from Henderson Coun-
ty, who was convicted as an accomplish
in the murder of Mrs. Moses Caden.
The following are the newly elected off.
GERS of the Shreveport Oa.) Cotton Elk.
change: President, N. Gregg; Vice-Presi-
dent C. H. Minge; Treasurer, j. G.
McWilliams. Directors-B. H. Johnston,
James c. Soupe, Sam N. Ford, w. F. Tay-
lor, W. Scofeld.
Charles L. N. Reade, the absconding
agent of the Southern Express Company
at Morristown, Tenn, was arrested in the
City of Mexico few days ago by detec-
tive, who has brought him back. Reade is
charged with embezz!ng about $4,000.
Twenty-Five of the accomplices in the
lynching of Culbreath, in Edgefield Coun-
ty, S. c., have been lodged in jail.
DR.. E. r. Duval died recently at Fort
Smith, Ark, of typho -malari al fever. He
was one of the most prominent men in the
State, and the most distinguished physi-
clan. He was past Grand Master of Ma
sons of the State, had been President of
the school board a number of years, and