The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-11-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Senator Morton is in Santa Barba-
IA, California, and reported much i'm
proved in health.
Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, will
attend the Democratic jolli6cation at
Nashville, on the 18th.
The New Orleans Picayune favors
Gov. Gilbert C. Walker, of Virginia,
for Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Pennsylvania claims more Odd Eel
lows than any other State in the
Union. They number 80, 1877, and last
year disbursed 1868, 500 for relief
purposes.
The mammoth cotton mill of the
Spragues, near Norwich, Conn.,, has
resumed work on full time. Others
will follow when they hear of the
Democratic victories.
The Washington Monument Asso-
citation continues to report the receipt
of subscriptions from various sections
of the country, and the prospects for
the early completion of the monument
seem to be better than ever.
In his charge to the grand jury at
Montgomery, Ala, Judge Woods, of
the United States Circuit Court, con-
demned, in strong terms, the harrassing
of men on trumped-up charges, born
of malice or political spite, and which
could not be sustained on trial.
Belle Boyd, the celebrated Confed-
crate spy, who died in a lunatic asylum
in San Francisco two years ago, has
turned up in Atlanta, Georgia, with q
pair of pistols in her belt and murder
in her heart for any man who dares ques-
ton her identity. Belle is lecturing.
The morning after the late election
in Alabama, the Selma Republican,
under the belief that the Radicals had
carried the State, and in utter con-
tempt ofthe enforcement act, recon-
mended that all Democrats employed
by Radical officials should be forthwith
dismissed.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Vienna says that the Tagblatt has re-
ceived intelligence that strange rumors
are circulating in St. Petersburg of a
socialist conspiracy, in which the con-
spirators have made an unsuccessful
attempt to murder the Gar, and Il
number of arrests have been made in
consequence at Moscow.
Postmaster General Jewell emphat-
ically disclaims intending to recon-
mend any increase of present rates of
postage. On the contrary, he thinks
letter postage should be reduced when-
ever it shall be found possible to ma
terially diminish the expenses for
carrying mails, without depriving the
public of existing facilities.
Some striking miners Of Belleville,
Illinois, filled one of the pits with
combustible material, saturated with
kerosene, and set fire to it. The fire
was extinguished before doing much
damage. Warrants have been served
on eleven miners, who made no re-
sistance. Another militia company
has been organized at Belleville.
According to an English journal,
the difficulty Of removing hard putty
from o window sash can be obviated
with great readiness by simply apply
ing a piece of heated metal, such as
a soldering-iron or other similar i'm
plement. When heated (but not red
hot, THERON is to be passed slowly over
the putty, thereby rendering the lat
ter SO soft that it will part from the
wood without any trouble.
Lord Sandwich was once one of
the famous statesman of England. He
was great minister, but also great
gambler. One day he had never NOV
ed from the gaming table. Suddenly
he felt hungry. He cried to the
servant to bring him something to eat.
They brought a slice of beef and two
pieces of bread. Phcing them to-
gether, so as not to lose time, he de-
voured the first sandwich, for so the
lunch was called and has since been