The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

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limb fell upon him, killing him in
stantIy. His son, who was assisting,
was also struck sen:eless and lay all
nigh in that condIion. His life is
despalred of.
Mrs. Martha Lane, n widow lady,
aged about fifty wears, was Knocked
on the head with stone in the hands
ola negro, in her home in Lebanon,
last Saturday night fracruring her
skull. The murderer is not known,
and has not been captured
Two highway robbers stopped Il
Methodist minislerin Fayelle county
last week, and the re"n'enl gentle>
man got quietly ont of his buggy, Il d
seeing good opportunity seize -
rail and downed both men. lie then
drove off and filled his appointment.
Paris Post: Mr.. G. 5 Key, IF
Grassland, reports hen which was
killed at a neighbours house few days
ago, from which was taken twelve
fuli-size and number ct smaller
eggs. The hen had laid no eggs dur
ing the year, hut would 90 ON the
nest and cackle every day
Brownsville States aud Bee: a
young man named Griffin, living on
II. H. Dckinson's farm, two miles
south Of town, had one of his eyes put
out Saturday Ivy the explosion of II
cartridge. He was trying to open
the cartridge with his knife when the
cartridge exploded hurying the blade
of the knife III his eye.
Col. Gates, assistant commissioner,
writes to the commissioner from Hi
nois. He is attending county fairs
in that state and Iowa, carrying with
him a car load Of Tennessee produces
He is confident his drumming tour
+ will prove profitable to the state in the
future, as m'ny people in those two
] states are looking anxiousIy south
. ward for homes where the ligorS If
A winter will not he 50 severe
Lebanon Register There has h en-
e great deal Of excitement for the
: last week in the neigh orhool Of tie
sand banks, three miles north oi l.
, anon, on account Of gaS well. il
. seems that Miss Cynthia Snow ha;
= had a well bored on her farm, III al
: effort to get water, and after boring
about fifty feet The workmen were
i driven away hy the otfen>iVrness ui
d the gas. By some means the "a,
It caught fire, and, We undeis and, ha
d been burning for several days. 1t i,
believed by some persons that the ga
: originates from stream of oil
|, Marshall Gazette w. W. Hall
y who resides near this place, who WA
o having we'll sunk on his premises
le struck hold stream of very strong
salt water few days ago He re
s. duced about tWO.thirds of water
/ bucketful Of the water, which yieldc,
r all ordinary teacupful Of salt. Som
+ time ago another well was 4Yg in In
II same community, and had 20 he a ,ou
doned because the water could not .
Is used, beng 50 strongly lmpreguare
8, with salt. A lew miles luther t.
i John Woods also struck sjuug s,I
1. stream few mont sage.
ID Chattanooga Commercial: a ppst
master in an adjoining town asRe
,r the loan Of some postal cards Of Posi
st MI ster Martin, OF this city, few day
* ago. The request was granted, ht
m the postmaster asking the fave
he would not receive the cards becau,
in they were not Of the recent make, O
the superstition chat the prsroftiae Il,
7 partment would not permit the oI
m cards to be used. This incident is q
- par with the postmaster at II
=, Mount Airy office in Sequachee Va
no. ley, who did not have any two Gel
,as stamps and would not receive Il lett