The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-16
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

hanged on the 2jth OF next November
President Cleveland has sent twenty
dollars to the Confederate Home at
Charleston, S. c., accompanied by a SYM
pathetic letter.
The Mormons and Baptists at Hamilton,
Ala, are engaged in a heated religious
discussion, and hold joint debates two
and three times a week.
Some of the planters in Southside, Va,
have fin shed curing their tobacco crops,
but many more have green tobacco yet on
the hill.
There new prevails in Vicksburg, Miss,
an epidemic Of dengue fever which is I'M
precedented. 1t is estimated that there
are over one thousand cases under treat
ment. The disease, while of a painful and
prostrating character, is by no means
malignant or dangerous, there having
been over one thousand 1--WE hundred cases
without one of them terminating fatally.
In lloody duel with one weapon in
Mobile, Ala, few days ago, negro
woman named Maggie Bell killed her
antagonist, Lilly Harris, also colored.
The fight occurred in front of a low bar
room, and was caused by Bell's disobey-
ing Harris injunction not to speak to her.
Harris had a knife and she struck at Bell's
heart, cutting her hand, thrown to ward
off the low. The knife fell to the ground.
Maggie Bell snatched it up, cutting Lilly
Harris throat from ear to ear.
Chief Pest Office Inspector Harris was
notified a few days ago of the arrest at
Lyon, Miss, of George Hartley on a
! charge of appropriating post office
moneys. Harlly was assistant postmas-
ter at Lyon. Inspector NJ. A. Fisher, who
made the arrest, says the assistant post
master took light registered letters con-
tanning $40 from the mails, and added
twenty four dollars in stamps to that
amount. He was committed to Jail in de-
fault of 81 600 bail to await trial
A large female school is being estab-
lished at AbbeVille, n. c., by the Roman
| Catholics.
A large moccasin snake was killed in one
Of the principal streets Of Atlanta, Ca, a
few days ago.
The Georgia State elections resulted in q
clean sweep for the Democrats.
Charles White, Of Chester County,
South Carolina, shot his wife few days
ago and then hung himself.
A colored girl in Laurens County, South
Carolina, bears this lovely name: "Fair
Rosa Beauty Spot Temptation Touch Me
Not"
From three bushels of potatoes planted
on three lights of an acre Of land near
Cherokee, Ga, this season, 10j bushels OF
potatoes were raised.
Not less than eight large cigar factorie,
are now being constructed at Key West
Fla. This will require not less than two
thousand operatives.
1t is claimed that the county Jail at Gal
7eston, Tex. is an infringement of pat.
ent, and damages are demanded by thu
oatentees The county will contest tn
claims.
The amount of the losses in Charleston
5. c., by the earthquake is now estimated
at Sj,O0O,0)O The NclgS and Courier call
or an extra session of the Legislature t.
levise means for the relief of the sufferers
In pulling down the undertaking shoI
If the late Godare Casanave in New Or
cans recently, workmfn discovered a mis-
aid coffin containing the corpse of n Gu
pan planter who died in Italy thirty year
ago.
Jesse Brown, colored, killed Boston Toy
Tor, colored, with doul le-barreled shot
gun few days ago on the Willow Glen
place, five miles from Alexandria, La. TIL
difficulty arose from dispute concerning
mule Brown, it is claimed, acted il
3elf-defense.
The State of louisiana has accepted tn
bid of a prison contractor for closing tn
Morganza crevasse in the Mississippi. TIL
River Commission is likely to raise seriou
objections to the employment of conviC
abor
Preparations for the grand Expositio
, md State Fair, which opens at Dallas
Tex, on the I29th instant and continue
, twelve days, are being rapidly pushe
! forward, and the indications point
every thing being in readiness by tn
! opening date
=, A disastrous fire occurred at White
wright, Tex, a few nights ago, destroying
= 100000 worth of property. 1t broke out i
! the store of Batsell & Reeves, thence
> swept west and consumed every buildin
on the south side of the square except tw
one owned by the Masons and the 9th,
by Patterson & Meadows. Eight builC
ings were destroyed; only partly insure
The Tennessee Conference of the NJ. !
- Church South, convened in Clorksvill
- Tenn, last week, Bishop Hendricks pr
~ sid ed. Reports showed six thousand az
ditons to the church in the past yea
The spiritual condition of the districts
: reported in good shape, and the financi
- report better than ever.
There appeared before local court
Sparta, Ca, a few days ago. neg
d named Cooper Lamar, who was captur,
off the coast of Africa and brought
e America on the Wanderer twenty-s
years ago, and consequently was one
{ the last negroes ever stolen and smu
" gled into slavery. Notwithstanding b
twenty-six years. residence here,
Is knows but little of the English tongu
# and had to be questioned by signs.