The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-11
SOUTHERN oLEANlNGS.

Lhut the earthquake VIII decrease then
chances Of becoming rich this winter.
A farmer near Manchester, Tenn, has
IN cightmonths-old heifer calf which
gives oue-half gallon of milk per day.
IN Decatur, Ala, recently, man was ar
rested who put counterfeit in dollar tho
contribution box and took out genuine
coins in change
The Jail at Somerville, Tenn, was dc
stroyed by fire, lighted by a prisoner, q
few days ago Nine men in confinement
there were transferred to Memphis
Louisiana boasts the largest plantation
on carth-one hundred miles long by TWEEN
ty-iive wide.
f. M. Levy, prosperous merchant az
Baton Rouge, was accidentally shot and
killed few evenings since.
p. a. S. Rosenfeld, clothiers at Atlanta,
Ga are insolvent, their debts and assets
balancing at $4,000.
Granville Brown, boy of Mt Vernon,
KY, was caught in a burning barn a few
days ago, and persisted in the flames.
In quarrel at Petersburg, Va, few
days ago, Mary Sprigg threw a lighted
| kerosene lamp at Susan Sparlock, who was
/ almost roasted aliveby the burning liquid.
A collision of trains near Greenwood,
| Mo, q few days ago, caused the death Of
/ Elijah A. Magoitin, postal clerk, n nephew
| Of the Ex-Governor of Kentucky.
The destruction of the VIM Parish Ga,)
courthouse by fire Of incendiary origin
occurred a few days since. The building
hadbeou saturated with coal-oil, and burned
so rapidly that no time was given to save
the records, all of which were destroyed.
What is known as "the wholesale block"
in Montgomery, Ala, new building occu-
pied by wholesale merchants in different
branches of business, was burned a few
nights ago The block is situated in the
centre of the business portion of the city.
The wind was very high and the fire was a
fierce one.
Fresh cucumbers are being shipped from
Florida to Northern markets.
A Georgia farmer has partridge that
follows hen and her chickens about the
yard.
There are only thirty-three inmates in
the Mississippi Blind Asylum. The build
ing cost the State $4,000.
A couple of sportsmen in Lowndes Coun-
ty, Ala, recently killed 143 squirrels in one
day.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has decid-
cd that Sunday can not beignored by those
who observe Saturday as Sunday.
Little Maggie Hill, Of Fayetteville, Tenn,
although only six years DID, plays the
violin almost as well as the best teacher
in the State.
During the past few years land in many
Florida counties has doubled in price. The
population has also doubled
One of the richest men in San Antonio,
Tex, is Chop Hop, a-Chinaman, who has
an English wife. He is now on visit to
the Flowery kingdom.
Mayor Guilotte Of New Orleans has sus-
pended Chief of Police Pachemin for in
competency charging him also with en-
bezziement.
DR.. Bradshaw, Of Longyiew, Tex, was
recently relieved Of his wallet, containing
$1,000, at Dallas, bgotkpockets
The Cape Hatteras IN. c. fishery was
very successful in catching porpoises this
season. In six days over four hundred
porpoisea were caught, They are caught
for their skins, which are converted into
leather.
The recent fire at Raleigh, \. c., in the
cotton yard, in the heart Of the city, de
stroyCd 1919 bales, causing a loss Of S4S,
coo, all save $1,000 covered by insurance
Salvage will not exceed ten per cent.
A negro inmate Of the poor-house al
Admission, Ala, is attracting a great dea
OF attention by his peculiar actions which
are said to be similar to those of dog
He eats drinks and banks like a canine
and it seems to be his chief pleasure to as
sociate with one.
Four years ago Fred Therwanger was
the poorest man in JeffersOnville, KY. He
didn't have dollar, but his son had four
teen dollars, and with this Fred bought
key of beer, Jug of whisky, some glasses
! and rugged up a rough bar He is now
worth over $4,000.
The cotton planters in lower North Caro-
lima are said to have experienced mucl
trouble in securing labor this season. Las
year laborers were paid thirty-five cents
per hundred pounds for picking, but thi
year they demanded fifty cents per hun
) dred, and number of planters refused Il
pay that amount.
On Lookout mountain, few days sine
a man named Bryant lost his life by thaw
ing dynamite in a fire. Both his legs wer
torn off by the explosion which followed
Immense forest fires recently ravage,
Baden, Brunswick and Columbus coun
, ties, N, c., and large tracts of timber hav
been burned.
Two Cinnamon secured wives by elopin
with white girls from Augusta, Ga. On
Of these events grew feeling of hOstilit
which led to attempts with fire and dyna
mite on the houses occupied by the Chimes
| colony,
= In Winston County Miss, recently,
young man concluded to get married in
new suit of clothes without paying 70
them. He went to tailor, obtained tn
r clothes on credit, got married. and re
turned them TO the tailor the next day
claiming that they did not fit him
, Willie Hines, the seventeen-year-old so
, of a well-to-do farmer of West Point, Ga
eloped with and married Miss Newsomt
ten years his senior, few days ago.
order to keep his father from followin
D hin, the young man smashed the tamil
I, carriage and threw the sadd lie into Ii
well.
p There was a serious fire at Aiken, S. c