The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-24

all favor national aid to education.
Gibson county public schools are
ahead of anything in the state. She
spends her own money and wants
more for her schools. Gibson is
wide. wake, is one of the wealthiest
most populous, as well as intelligent
counties in the state.
Jackson Wing: lobe Pool, col +,
was gored by Jersey Bull Monday
belonging to Mr.. Henry Robinson.
lobe was playing with the beast and
tried to rub Ills nose in the dust to
show some other negroes show gentle"
he was. 1t took DR.. Fenner Il half
hour to bind and sew up the wounds
IN the anatomy of lobe, when the inN
fuIiated animal got through with him.
Brownsville States-Democrat: A
commercial tourist from Memphis
offers to bet one hundred dollars that
Mr.. Pierce does not carry Crockett
county at the primary election, and
and one hundred dollars that he will
not get six votes from said county,
and any amount that he will practi>
cally not he known in the race in
Lauderdale, Dyer, Gibson and Weak.
ley counties.
Marshall Gazette: Geo. Hall, who,
while drilling for water recently,
struck flow Of naturoi gas, continued
to drill and forty-fve lower came up
on strong decoction Of salt, socks,
shoe-soleS and eggs in an advanced
stage of decay. A gallon Of the
fluid boiled down yielded considera-
BILE quantity of saline substance. The
water is strongly impregnated with
salt and sulphur.
Waverly Times: We learn from
good authority Of the rapid death OF
many Of the finest milch COWS in Dag-
idson County, in Middle Tennessee.
The disease has proven very fatal,
and few COWS that have been attacked
blythe disease have recovered from it.
The rapidity with which it alaugh-
tiers COWS is indeed threatening, as per.
sons milking their COWS well and hears
ty at sunset have awoke in the morn
ing to find their fine mixers dead
from this dreadful scourge.
Houston County News: The people
of Houston county are working hard>
II ana exercising more economy, and
with good crops we predict they will
be in easier circumstances this fall
than for some time. 1t has been ten
years since our centennial celebration
In those ten years we have added to
our facilities the telephone, the elec,
trio light, the Typewriter and innum-
cradle other improvements Of lesser
magnitude. What surprises have the
next ten years in store for us?
Sunday afternoon while G. c.
Metz, Carl Brinfeld and S. Storch
were enjoying skiff ride in the Mis-
sissippi at Memphis, the boat capsizec
by being thrown against a steamer
and all three were thrown into the
river. A large Newfoundland dog
was in the skif with them and b.
attempted to save Brinsheld, VIII,
caught him around the neck and thu
prevented the intelligent animal from
succoring him, and the two wer'
drowned. Metz and Storch were res
cued by the steamer.
Marshall Ghzette; One of j. w
Weilec's little boys went to sleep il
John Hoolens shop a few evening
ago, his presence being unnoticed by
Mr.. Hooten, who locked up the sho
as usual and went home. The lad
failure to come home created grea
uneasiness on the part Of his parents
who, with several neighbors, spen
the entire night in hunting for him
1t was thought that possibly he wa
drowned, and the creek was dragge,
for his body, but no trace Of hi
whereabouts vas found till morning
when, having finished his nap, h
crawled out of the shop and wen
hume to the greatreliefof his parent,
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