The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-06
OVER THE STATE.

Ell IN East Tennessee coal fields.
Over seventy,ive new business and
and dwelling houses have been erected
in Maryville since January, 1885.
On Friday morning near Alamo,
some rascals stole all of Mr.. N. j.
Nuns meat, and then set his smoke
house on fire.
Jackson Dispatch: Judge I. q.
Muse, of this city, is favorably spoken
of as the republican standard-bearer
for governor this year.
The Madison county court last
Monday elected Esq. NJ. II. Pertle,
of Medon, chairman to fill the vaCan-
cancy caused by the death Of the late
Col. Reid.
Alamo Sentinel: We are sorry to
learn from the fruit growers of Gads>
den that the peach crop for this year
was entirely destroyed by the recent
cold spell.
GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf Five
thousand seven hundred railroad tick
cts were sold at HOpkinsville tor
GAINESVILLE during the five years end
ing Jan. l.
A number of Maryville farmers are
procuring seed and otherwise making
the necessary preparation to engage
in the culture of tobacco this season
as an experiment.
The faith cure devotees still meet
twice week at their old camping
ground in Nashville. Some thirty or
forty ladies assemble regularly for
prayer and service of song and the ex-
pounding of the gospel.
VIM. Simpson, dry goods mer-
chant of Rogersville, committed sui.
eide few days ago by taking lauda.
mum. He was prosperous business
man, but addicted to occasional
''sprees. Athens Post.
Nashville American: Judge John
S. Cooper, of Trenton, Tenn, is reg
istered at the Nicholson. Judge
Cooper was appointed by Gov. Bate
to sit as special judge of the Supreme
Court, vice Judge Thos. j. Freeman,
who is quite i'll.
Alamo Sentinel: The residence Of
Mrs. Mary Craig, near Friendship,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday
night. Fortunately, she had an in.
surance of $500 on the house and
its contents. Mrs. Craig and her son
Tom were badly burned during the
fire; but they were both doing well
Friday.
Isaac Vandenburg, formerly assist
ant and general freight and passen-
ger agent Of the Greensboro q Nash>
vile railroad, has been appointed d.
vision freight agent of the Memphis
line of the Louisville u Nashville.
Mr.. j. A. Park has been appointed
to the position left vacant by Mr..
Vandenburg.
A granite monument to the COnfed-
crate dead, to be forty feet high, and
cost So, 172, will be erected at Jackson.
1t will be surmounted by a statue of
a soldier in full uniform on guard.
Brass medallions Of Generals Cheat
ham and Forrest will be placed on
opposite sides, aud also the names of
the twenty battles in which Madison
county's sons participated.
Obion Democrat: Tuesday morning
near Protemus, in this county, a hor.
ribIe murder was discovered. VIM
Shultz, a young man about is year:
old, a grandson Of Ahram Stan6eld
was found dead in a hollow, with q
gun shot wound in the hack of the
head. The strongest circumstantiaI
evidence points to Bud Killion as the
murderer, and he has been arrested.
The Reporter and Falcon says i
learns from several leading inancier'
aud mOney-lenders that they have
had fewer applications to loan money
than for a number Of years past, anC
attribute the same to the health!