The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-21
MILAN EXCHANGE
OVER THE STATE.


loss $4,000, insurance $4,000.
Knoxville Tribune: President
Cleveland, it is stated, vetoed 113
bills in eight months, or more than
had been vetoed by all the other
presidents since the foundation of the
government.
The Obion County Executive Com
mittee has ordered primary election
to select delegates to the Compression.
al Convention, that will be held at
Brownsville, Sept. 8. The election
will be held Aug. %.
Brownsville mourns the death of
two esteemed citizens, Mr.. M. Boyd,
Jr., son of the coua atty clerk, a most
excellent young gentleman, died Sum
day, and on Monday Philip Yancy,
an honored citizen died, in the Seth
year of his age.
Memphis Avalanche; The speaker
of the next Tennessee senate will
stand pretty fair chance of succeed.
ing Bob Taylor as governor. The
boost given Bob to land him in the
gugernatorial saddle was excessive.
1t bids fair to carry him to the senate.
Union City Anchor: Some one who
had been stealing melons from Walter
Reynolds last week left so suddenly
that he dropped silver watch. The
watch was running when found and
appears to be a good time.piece, but
all attempts to find an owner have
proven futile.
Morristown Gazette: The saddle
horse of Sheriff Dodd, of Green coun>
ty, was struck by lightning and killed,
in the Eighteenth district of that
county, on election day. The sheriff
had dismounted and gone into a house
out of shower of rain only a few
moments before the stroke came.
Troy New Era: The drouth is af>
tecting the crops very seriously here,
as we have had no rain of any conse>
quence since the middle of June.
Meantime an immense wheat crop
has been threshed, and lars amount
of hay saved.----A gentleman was
exhibiting petri6ed turtle in town
on election day. Another indication
of hard times.
Jackson Dispatch: The goat with
FIVE legs at Pope u Blackard's stable
is great curiosity and freak of ma
ture. 1t is about four months old and
was raised on Capt. John Y. Keith's
farm. The extra leg is on the outside
of the right foreleg and has its own
shoulder blade. He has the usual
ability of goat and does not appear
to need the extra leg.
Camden Herald: VIM. Cole and hi:
wife, Annie, the oldest people living
in the country, died last June at ;hirl
home eight miles southwest of thi;
place, the former on the 9TH of the
month, the latter on the 29th, ageC
respectively 1902 and SO years. Mrs
Cole was a midwife, aud the RECORD
Of births kept by her, shows she at,
tended 1,754 births during her Ions
life.
viii, little son of Mr.. w. Alexan'
Ter, of this city, was dangerously in
lured Monday by helng thrown iron
a horse at Trezevant. He was visi.
ting the family of Mr.. B. s. Enloe o
that place, and was out riding wher
he was thrown. Mr.. Alexander anC
wife and DR., j. S. Fenner went to at
tend him Tuesday. The little fellow
is internally injured, aud his condition
is serious.-Tribune and Sun.
Marshall Gazette: One day las
week Will Beech, of the Chapel Hill
vicinity, left his trunk, in which h,
had placed his loaded revolver, stand
ing open, aud his little sister, VIII,
was playing in the room unnoticed by
him, found the weapon aud appropri
ated it to her own use as a plaything
She took it into = room adjoining tn
one occupied by her brother, where b,
some means it was discharged. tn,
ball passing through the wall an,
b,,rrvin,r itself in Mr.. Beech's shOnld