The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-02-21
OVER THE STATE.


A tobacco raiser of Unicoi county
cleared S4O5 from the.product of one
acre.
A COW near McLemores ,ille had a
case of hydrophobia and was killed by
her owner.
The total enrolment in the free
schools of jackson are 900 pupils, Of
which 301 are colored.
Nashville reported twelve deaths
and twenty-three births last week.
Among the deaths were two from old
age-one of them reported 1l2 years
old.
Jailer Thompson, Of Weakley
county, was overpowered by one Of
the Yarbrough brothers, who knocked
the officer down and made good his
escape.
There isa prisoner in the Upton
Jail who is allowed many privileges.
On Sunday he attends church regu'
larry, and after services seeks the Sc
clusion of his dismal cell.
East Tennessee reports that where
wheat was we'll set in with the drill,
it has stood thefreezes and is growing
off nicely, while that sown broadcast
has been somewhat damaged.
Ripley News: Col. P. T. Glass,
Cengressman>elect of the Ninth dis
trict, left here last Tuesday for Wash
ington, and will be present at the in>
auguration of President Cleveland.
In Cairo, Crockett county, there is
apreacher blacksmith who does more
for his church than the entire congre.
CATION. He is sexton, 5ell-ringer
and fremaker; attends Sunday-school,
class-meeting, breaches every first
Sunday and, feeds reef the breth'
rent han anybody, else.
Nashville World: The merchants
of Nashville, Morristown, Union
City, Dresden, Winchester, Hender>
son, Dyersburg, Kenton, Manchester,
Martin, Cookeville, Bells Depot, Cul.
leoka, Centreville, and Athens have
sent petitions to the General Assem-
bly, praying the repeal of the mer-
chants tax.
Morton's Advance, of Union City,
says: "We hear quite number of re-
ports concerning the ravages of small
pox in the Wilsonville neighoorhood,
but up to going to press, We have
been unable to get reliable particulars
but it seems to be conceded that a
great many cases now exist there,
that large percentage of them have
proven fatal, and that great fears are
entertained of the spread of the loath'
some disease"
Pulaski Citizen: A gentleman If
this county has discovered the follow
ing ingenious way to determine the
area of tract of land in any shape:
Plat the land carefully on piece of
thick pasteboard. Cut it out exactly
by the lines and FIJI up the space one
layer deep iwith small shot, then take
the shot out and put it into rectang
ular box, run it down TO one end until
you have a perfect rectangle, then
measure the base and altitude and
multiply them and you have the area
of the land. This ga very simple and
very accurate rule and does away
with a great deal'of calculation.
A dispatch to the Avalanche from
New Orleans says. "Tennesseean'
here to-day are jubilant over the inn
preston made by Col. Robert Gates
of jackson, in his very able speech
before the national agricultural con
vention. In three miuuies after tax
ing the stand he riv.ted the attention
Of all and was greeted by TocCa ate
round of applause throughout his en-
tire discourse. At .he D-,a VI h.
speech j, Was mo, "a and udorte' H.,
by a unanimous rising vote tha. tt,
city papers be raqcestej to publish :
in full. aud that copies be struck %
for 5;stribntinI. The ya....s d;sti.,