The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

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Alabama, got hold of quart bottle Of
whisky one day recently and drank it all.
The next day he died.
The President has appointed Mrs. Anna
B. Cheatham, widow Of the late General
B. F. Cheathem, postmaster at Nashville
Tenn.
The only act in reference to Confederate
soldiers in Mississippi is one eXempting
crippled or disabled veterans from the
payment of a privilege tax to carry on
business.
At prayer meeting in Washington,
Ga, few nights ago, two young men
auarreled about their right to escort home
female worshiper, the result being
murder.
Fire broke out in Delan1, Holusa Coun-
ty, Fla, few days ago and destroyed
thirty buildings in the business part of the
town. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Charles Hinklo and Joe Clark quarreled
at Louisville, KY, few nights ago, and
Hinkle knocked Clark down with chair,
and stabbed him eight times in the back,
while his victim was insensible. Clark
will die.
Reports from several counties in the
Texas cotton belt tell of the disastrous re-
suits to open cotton of the late heavy con-
!inuOus rains, also of considerable dam
age resulting from the cotton worm, which
Is ravaging Washington and neighboring
counties 1t is believed large quantities
Of cotton have been whipped out and dam
aged by rain.
A bread war in st. Augustine, Fla, re-
suits in eight loaves for quarter.
John Kemp, eX-chief of police, was
killed at Fort Smith, Ark, few days ago
by Officer Wiley Cox.
One of the finest iron bridges in the
South is being put up at London, Tenn.
There are 1,51O inmates of the Georgia
State insane asylum.
Immense beds of oysters are said to
have been found off the coast of North
Carolina.
One-third of the Atlanta (Ga.) police
has been dropped since prohibition went
into effect in that city.
A Florida newspaper brought out its
biggest rooster to celebrate the victory OF
the Yacht MaYfower.
One dealer at Winchester KY, has
handled 100000 pounds of tobacco since
before the war.
The yield of rice in Louisiana is said to
be considerably below the average this
season.
A live Charleston Is. c. merchant heads
his advertisements in the daily papers as
follows: Earthquake pricesl Shake 'em
| DOWN.
The prominent young men of Vicksburg,
Miss, are taking steps toward organizing
literary and library association, some
thing the city hasn't had since before The
war.
The wealthiest colored man in the United
States is Tenie Luton, French quad
room of New Orleans,
The North Carolina State fair, to be
held at Raleigh on October 20, bids fair to
be one Of the grandest exhibits ever made
of the products of the Old North State.
Lamar Fontaine, Yazoo City, Miss, has
postal card containing 1900 words
written by him upon one side of the care
with pen.
A Kentuckian failed recently failed fol
$50, 200, having but twenty-five dollars o.
assets. As a business man in that line h,
is an eminent success.
During the excitement over the debat,
between the Taylor brothers the public
has overlooked the fact that Tennessee
has an Attorney General named Georg
Washington Pickle,
Two young japanese employed in tn
japanese village show in the Louisville
(Ky.) Exposition, were recently mad
one by matrimony-the first instance o
the kind in this country.
The Eas Tennessee, Virginia & Georges
tunnel under Missionary Ridge, whicl
caved in last winter, has been entirely re-
built and trains are now running througl
on schedule time.
An epidemic of hog cholera, 1t is re
ported, prevails throughout North ant
Northeastern Virginia. In several 10
calities farmers report the loss of the en-
tire stock of hogs. One man in Spottsyl
vania County lost forty, the smallest o
which weighed over $50 pounds.
w lille, Une slAJeen"y 6aI-Olu son OF JONI
Campbell a farmer near odsburg
KY, accidentally discharged a Flober
rife few days since, the ball entering hi
right breast, killing him instantly.
When the war broke out there were La
forty -four colored insane in Georgia. Tn
colored people before the war were clea'
and sober by enforcement;'the coApred PEG
pie of to- day, says the Atlanta ConShtI
ton, are filthy and drunken. The resul
is an increase from forty -four to $50.
In the rotunda of the Richmond Eva,
capitol there is an old stove made of iro
which is said to be one of the oldest stove
In existence. 1t was made a present {,
the colony of Virginia in ITO, and wa
spoken of az that time as a warming ma
chine. 1t is seven feet high, and has a
much ornamentation as a Queen Ann
house.
The steam laundry of John Lands, q
Shelbyville, Tenn, was completely de
stroyed by fire a few days ago. Pi
Bros.' grocery and Samuel Atkins hot,
were also consumed. The fire was th
work of an incendiary. The total loss
s, 800; insurance, 81 800.