The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-10


trio lights, street cars, river packet
company, 25 to so houses in course
of erection and $4,000 hogsheads of
tobacco all in eight months. Clarks-
vile is out of the woods; is moving
forward at pace that she has never
before known.-Clarksville Tobacco
Leaf.
A novel feature has developed it.
self lately. Several cows in the
North western suburbs Of town have
been coming home dry for some time,
A few days ago it was discovered that
four pics belonging to Mrs. Mulhe,
ron had been sucking them. The
pigs have grown very fat and sleek
with their healthy charlottesville
States.
Nashville Spirit of The Farm:
We have been shown specimen of
milk taken from seven eighths Jer-
sey calf six months old. The milk
seems to be quite rich and normal
The calf belongs to Mr., Chas. B. Har-
wood, and it was brought to its milk
by being sucked by another calf
which ran in the pasture with it
This ia no unusual circumstance, as
we have known Of several similar iu-
stances, and heard Of more.
The Shelby county republican con-
vention nominated the following tick.
ct: Chancellor, Judge William M.
Smith; circuit judge, j. W. Vernon;
probate judge, w. D. Eldri lge; GRIM
inal court judge, John F. Moss; truss
tee, H. R. Ramsey; county court
clerk, H. R. Cullen; criminal court
clerk, Thomas j. Brogan; circuit court
clerk, Issac F. Norris, (colored;) reg
lister, l.. H. Fields, (colored0 attor,
ney general, Col. S. II. Haynes; Sher-
if, W. d. Cannon.
Gallatin Examiner: Gallatin has an
old negro man, Jerry Dabble, who
has for many years past claimed
to be over 100 years old. He isstill
sprightly, and gets about as readily as
most persons at fifty years of age
Last week Mr.. Essex, of St. Louis,
whose father owned Jerry, was in
Gallatin, and stated that he was GER
tainly 105 years of age, as he knew
from written record. Jerry is still a
game old darkey, and may yet reach
$50 years. Sumner is a healthy old
county.
Last April, during the food, when
the Tennessee river was higher than
for twenty yeaIs, Thomas Bakery, a
young coal miner at Soddy, learned
that the civil service commissioner
was in Knoxville. He suddenly con.
) oeived the idea of standing the exam
nation and crossed the river on raft
of logs, and then tlamped through
: the mountains to reach the railroads.
/ He had almost forgotten the examina-
ton until Saturday, he received no.
n :ice that he had passed successfully,
i, and had been appointed to an $1,000
:, clerkship in the treasury department
e Did you ever see a male duck lead
8 ing his mate around in the barnyard?
}, He will bow and chatter and make {
@ great deal of fuss and feel sure he il
o in the lea1, until directly he turns hi
q booblng head to lind the duck ha'
It gone another way, when he breaks Of
at full speed to get in front again
y only to repeat the same play of lead
y ership over and over. Thus we see i
d with many of ouI politicians. They
?. get in the lead and blow and fun
r and fuss on this or that question
Is which has been proposed by somebod
h with brains until they find The crow
Is going the other way, when they tur
,r and counter>march, but hurry to &c
3, in front again. Lebanon Register.
i jackson Wing: About 5000 wa
l. stolen from Mrs. Watt Mills in th
18th district of this county, 9 mile
g southeast of jackson, on Wednes
Is day. Mrs. Mills kept the none