The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-06-12
OVER THE STATE.

1t is said that Mrs. DR. Kjrkpat-
rick, the lady physician, Of Franklin
county, has u good practice.
T A. Sykes, the colored temper
ance lecturer created favorable i'm
preston with The CIarksville people.
Mrs. Amanda, Jones, wife Of Prof.
A. ", Jones, president Of the NJ. C..
f. Institute, Jackson, died last Mon,
day,
Hon. VIM, Amison, Of Nashville,
was elected president of the lnteruas
tional Typographical Union at Pitts
burg tuesday.
Orange blossoms are at discount
in Henderson county. The Progress
says there was not a marriage in that
county during the last half Of May
jackson Wing Rev. Perry Sutton,
respected minister Of the NJ. E.
church, died Of consumption in the
It'll district last Tuesday aged 46
years
Lexington Progress The crop pros
pect throughout our county is said to
be very Aattering just now and up
to the late rains everything was free
from grass and in good condition gen.
orally.
John Leuts while hunting near
Shelbyville Saturday, accidentally let
his gun fall the hammer striking a
rock, the gun was discharged, the
load entering his foot On Monday,
gangreue set inland he died in great
agony.
Alamo Sentinel Depuiy-Sherif S.
E. Hudgings last Saturday brought
to our office a slate, which he says is
1875 years old. His fathers grand
father ciphered oni when boy, and
his father, if living, would have been
80 years old last April.
A band Of masked men are doing
devilment around Carthage in smith
county. They prcwl around after
midnight and whip ignorant negroes,
and occasionally lay the lash to a
white man, Efforts are being made
to end such lawlessness.
Hon. Sam j. kirkpatrick of
Jonesboro, has in possession tooth
seven inches long, measures four inch.
es across the face and weighes seven
and three-tourth pounds. The Judge
talks of sending it to the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington.
Louisville Post: The postofHce de-
partment has just christened three
fourth-class Offices in Tennessee "Mi-
kado," "Yum- Yum and "Nanki
Poo" To carry out the ensemble,
the three ought to be consolidated in
one, under the name of "Poo Bah. -
It is reported that company ha,
heen formed in Nashville, with DR.
Morrow and ex-Gov. Marks at the
head of it, to erect two blast furnaces
ia Sequatchie Valley, thirty mile.
from Chattanooga A contract ha
heen made with the Nashville &
Chattanooga railroad to build a line t.
the site Of the new plant. The twc
furnaces will cost over 100000.
Union City Anchor: The whea
around Union City looks better thai
for years past. Our farmers seem t,
be taking greater interest in GROWN!
wheat, probably because wheat lanc
affords pastures for their cattle during
the fall month. That there is NOR
sure and ready money ia cattle thai
in anything else the farmer can raise
has frequently been shown.
Upton Record: The famous "blin,
girl of Lawrence about whom s.
much was said in the last legislature
funded her state bond last week. Sh
was only allowed the regular 80 pc
cent. in exchange for her $1,000 bon,
under the funding law, but Gov
Bate and another public spirited cit
zen of Nashvi lie each paid $3.50 AM
She received g new Sl000-bond witt
ouddisoount. Thus one Of the knotties
Questions in our state politics has bee