The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-09
GENERAI NEMS

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Ex-Govcrnor Clark. has accepted
The nomination of the Prohibition
patty for Governor Of New York.
Respectable people wish that ,he
desire of Beecher's latter years could
he granted: 'Iwish that | was dead.
Paperfo barrels are madein Iowa,
and are SO much better than wooden
ones that it Is predicted no other Kind
will be used FIVE years hence.
y dividend Of four per cent, pay
able August ], to the holders of full
shares registered prior to July l3, has
been declared by the IL Central.
/ \ Cincinnati boarding-school girl
while engaged with her companion.
in the amusement OF kicking At Il
mark the other day dislocatcd her
thigh joint.
The San Francisco Examiner speak.
Of "oX-hidc Of that brilliant bullwhack-
er, Bill Stewart, the honest miner.
Is this nice way to speak Of a Senator
ofthe United States?
Women beautifully and happily en-
ploycd are not usually in i'll health.
Hannah Moore wrote eleven books AZ
ter the age Of 60. Sarah J. Hale is
now 50, and still editing.
One of Darwin's missing links has
been found at Elkader, Iowa, in the
person ola youth VINO, when stand
ing erect, "can place the palms Of his
hands fiat ON the ground.
The verdict of the coronet's jury in
the Mil River disaster strongly cen
-ures the Legislature for inadequate
legislation, the engineers, the con-
tractors and the county commission
crs.
When i'll Europe, Mark Twain for
got To leave his address with his for
eign friends, and he is now getting
letters addressed to Mr. Clemens,
Hartford, near Boston, New York,
|. :. Of \"
Hon. Marshall Jewell, The Minis
ter at II. Petersburg, has accepted by
cable the Postmaster Gencralahip
rendered to him. Marshall, the
First Assistant Postmaster General,
will be appointed 70 serve until the
arrival Of Jewell.
Jewell cannot close his private IL
fairs andreach Washington before Aug
|. rs the law provides that no cabinet
otiicc can be filled adj interim for more
than ten DAYS, First Assistant Mar
shall has been fuily commissioned u
Postmaster General
In the trial of Ex-Post,fice Official
Norton, accused Of cmbczzling about
&l0o,0co, ,Le defense put iii a plea
that the Indictment Is invalid because
a certain law affecting the ease orig
mated in the ScnG5c instead Of The
House Of Representatives.
Mr. trcswcll's affecting farewell 20
his clerks was slightly premature.
Senator Chambers s,u-in-ldw, Nr
Hale, has declined to become Post
master General, protorsiug to hold his
present position III Congress aud take
his chances for q third term in ;hat
BODY.
The New York scientist consoles Us
wiki the as,urarrc that We will scope
by two days a Brush from the I'll Of
Coggia's comet. If il struck ~, the
tail i, too thin 10 do any ham II di-
rect force, but tinii people fear the
yaporous veil might contain patiie@cc
in some new and subtitle shape.
\ special dispatch to the New York
Sun reports that James p. Saunders,
a prominent lawyer, Wa fi.ally shot
in the city court-reom al YoIil,c.s, :.
Y, recently by La,hmrn, = gardner.
who VA. defendant in tJ2 ca:g he ,~;s
irving. Saunders Is Past Grand
sire q the Odd Fcl,oas. The assa.-
in was arrested.
IN Dow, Who unexpectedly To linn
self and nearly cvcry1ody else, Ia,
h5cn elected 70 Congress from Oregon,
On the Democratic ticket, seems 10 lie
a virgin il. the political field. Re re-
tl.ed to take The stamp during ihe
clHvass because he couldn't -taid the
racket ard The expense. IN nv,
said he to Il friend, - wort TO Pcljic-
ln aud made speech thar, ana IL
cost t,ii dollars II ! should 90 down
thar 10 he Willamette and - to
Spacchi.yin', it nj probably cost ne .
hundred an fifty dolars!'
\ large au3..lce listened to Laura
Curry Smith III Boston the other
NIGHT, when she rclstcd some aId-t;mc
Beechcr scandals. The Globe s@ys:
"@hc spoke Of ,he Inconsistency q
men and women OF responsibility in
The harcst language. adding that il
she could uncover the hou>cs of Hus-
tor, 50 that al! that Is KEEP hid should
hc revealed, q condi,i9a Of thins>
would be cXpo<cd III h2 iir,:cicclcs 81
-nriety which would shock the sensi-
hilifiaS 81 many innocent people, and
sid 4 great many OTHER things ,hat
10 self-ycSporiing body 81 men and
women would listen to.
Newspapers are beginning 20 he ap-
irociat4d Il ! found that !ncy arc
better than cedar chests for keeping
goclcH clothing in over summer; the
moths don't Ike TO tackle the ucwspa-
pers; they know better. Whip The
coats, Shawis. etr., thoroGghiy-j.r-
ticularly ahout the seams; then fold
them snueiy- in 4 large printed sheet,
and paste the paper tight-g'.m-araiic .
Is hest. Than fastcn il MI
ii.htly in q linen or cotton sheet.
THIS, we are assured h. those who have
had years Of experience With all kinds .
Of prevcnlives, is the most ciiectlIal
protection 81 noolcn clothing from the
gnyaGos u moths.
The decrease Of Immigration for .
the first six months OF 1874 boss, Il
falling off Of from twenty To about Fifty
per cent. compared with the cores
i'oLring months in 1878. The differ
cnce is chiefly seen in The German elo- .