The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-25

rested under the new statute prohibits
Ing the propagation Of rolygamous
doctrines in this state. The church
is conducting their defense, aud IL test
case will be made.
The work Of wheeling the south
into line for the exposition at New
Orleans this fall has been assigned to
Commissioner McWhirter, general
manager of the southern states. This
gentleman is dividing his fed Of labor
among commissioners of other states
and reports thorough aud wide
spread interest in the enterprise.
Nashville is to be the chief bureau Of
information for the American EXpo-
sition outside New Orleans. Lewis
McWhirter will leave in few days to
visit all the cities from Baltimore,
Md, to Austin, Texas, as one of its
special commissioners.
National Review: There has been
enough money spent on the game Of
base ball in Nash vile, this season to
build and sustain II large university,
or to keep the poor and helpless of
the city in comfortable circumstances
for more than a year. There. has
been enough physical energy wasted
to grade and macadamize $50 miles
of country road, while the aggregate
loss Of time by people who have left
their business for the ball yard, equal.
ly divided among 1900 young men
would be enough to enable all of
them to get thorough education and
business training. The aggregate
number of miles travelled to aud from,
and at the background, would reach
around the earth fourteen times.
Columbia special to the Nashville
American: Sunday afternoon, while
Frank Leonard, Charley Glenn and
Walter Marshall, small boys, we're
playing with goat in an open lot,
near the Catholic church, lightning
struck a large oak tree under which
these little boys we're playing, shatter'
ing it into many pieces. The light
ming struck Leonard in the breast,
knocking him insensible, Ind leaving
blistered place on his body, which
plainly marked the electric course.
Glenn had a cut in the back of the
head, the cut place being about two
inches in length, also very large
blister on his back and thigh. Mar,
shall escaped with slight shock.
Strange to say, all the boys have res
covered, with the exception of lame
ness. They were apparently com.
pletely lifeless when discovered, Their
escape from death was most remarka>
Bile.
Tennessee's bad wheat crop is com,
pensated for in some measure by her
corn. The agricultural department
has reports by counties, showing the
condition of theCrop, as follows: Fay
cite, prospect encouraging; McMinn,
prospect of heaviest crop in ten years:
Trousdale, backward but very prom>
ising; Carter, better than for many
years; Wilson, unusually fine pros,
pect; Bradley, fine prospect; Wash
ington, increased yield; Blount, in.
creased acreage and fine condition;
Benton, too much rain; Dyer, never
looked better; Gibson, greatly i'm
proved; Henry, greatly improved;
Houston, owing to the failure of
wheat, the acreage is increased; Ma,
con, never finer; Williamson, acre.
age largely increased, condition fine;
Haywood, very fine; Rutherford, in.
creased acreage owing to the failure
of wheat; Humphreys, acreage in
creased; Anderson, prospects for
plenty; Bledsoe, largest area for
years, but much injured by cut
worms; Hickman, all crops look
well; James, never better, large in.
crease in acreage: McNairy, improved.