The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

An envious person, who was no
invited to be present at either Of the
Grant weddings, pronounces then
''Sartor-HOnore affairs. anyhow"
There are fifteen hundred person.
sick with typhoid fever in the count,
of Lancaster, England, more thai
one-sixteenth of the entire popula
ton.
The cotton crop in the presidency o.
Bombay promises to be the largest
ever recorded, and fortnight in ad
vance of last year. Picking has fairly
commenced.
The TRANSMISSION of blood from q
lamb into the veins of a consumptiye
patient was tried at Fall River, Massa
chusetts, recently, and seems likely t.
prove successful.
Hon. jeremiah White, one Of the
owners of the Houston (Texas) Coun
ty Democrat, was shot and killed by
John Ii. Hubbard ON Friday last.
The act was deliberate assassination,
no ofIense, it is alleged, having been
given.
In Harrisburg, Va, Mrs Nancy
Dougherty, aged 20 years, has during
the last year built herself cabin
cleared II acres of land and fenced il
and, using only hoe, raised 200 h:r
shells Of corn. Honor to the free old
Granger.
Attala county s,ths banner Grang,
count Of Mississippi. At the last
meeting Of the State Grange she cast
twenty three votes one for each
Grange in the Countrywide the next
highest number cast for any one county
was nineteen.
The New York Express says ii
seems somewhat of pity that the
lcelandic people, who are said to be
enterprising and highly civilized, aud
are used to cold weather, do not un.
dertake the job of investigating the
north pole and its surroundings.
Col. J. V. Gedis, commanding the
1st Artillery, writes to the Adjutant
General of the Army that, owing to
the prevalence Of the yellow fever in
the city Of Charleston, S. c., he has
removed the troops under his COM
mand from Charleston to Summer
vile.
1t is stated that an exceptionally
large group of spots is now visible on
the surface of the sun. They may be
perceived with smoked glass, without
the aid of Il telescope. According t.
Mr. w. F. Denning, of Bristol, Eng
land, the spots cover an area of nearly
$4,000 miles.
Many farmers in Rice county, Mimi,
have been compelled to dispose Of their
flocks of sheep on account of the raw
ages of wolves, a large number of
sheep having been killed during the
past summer. Sheep husbandry was
becoming quite an important branch
of business in that section. and no
little loss viii be felt if it has TO be
abandoned.
a movement is again on foot to
unite the maritime provinces of the
Dominion under one Legislature and
Governor. Divided as they are, the
provinces make poor showing,
being oyershadowcd by their more
powerful and populous neighbors,
Qnehec and Ontario. Union would
greatly increase their influence in
Dominion affairs.
Hon. i. Rumsey Wing, United
States minister to Ecuador, died at
Quito, October 18th. He had been
i'll bad health for some time, and sew
eral months ago resigned his position,
but was unable to start upon his
journey home. He was the youngest
man that ever represented this gov
crrmcnt in foreign NISSAN, being
only thirty at the time Of his death.
A MAN attracted attention in Troy by
his queer demcanor. He seemed to
sec something interesting i'll the but
tons on ladies dresses, and in several
instances WAS impertincnt in his close
examinations. Finally he found a
dress from which a button was gone.
He seized the wearer, pulled from his
picket a button, and compared it:with
those left on the dress. 1t matched.
She Was his prisoner. He WAS adctec-
tive. ard she bad stolen the dress.
Information received from South
western Nebraska shows that thou
sands Of people are in starving condi-
ticn. One saw many who had moth
ing TO eat but baked squash and
pumpkin and salt. Others had lived
on baked -four and water, one meal a
day for weeks. Ten thousand people
in that State will need aid sufficient
TO keep them from starvation and
freezing to death this winter. Hun
drcds are naked and on the verge Of
starvation, with no means to leave
the State.
1t is certain that Gen. Sherman's
friends are moving actively in his be-
hall, and making arrangements to
bring him forward for the next Presi-
dencv. From the nature of the steps
taken, it is inferred that the plan Of
Gen Shermsn's friends is 10 run him
as an independenteandidate. AT the
same time, it is believed that there
is plot on foot by some Of Grants
friends to secule legislation that will
make Sherman 90 back to Washing
ton, to Ge snubbcd, or resign his COM
mission as General Of the army.
A squaw sat down on the curb in
front Of the post-office in Austin, New,
and, unrol.ing a bundle Of calico,
the manufacture Of a
dress. In less than an hour the dress
was finished; and putting it on over
har old clotheS the souaW Duiled ont a