The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-02
GENERAL NEWS.

people.
GENERAL NEWS.
Grant is visiting springs in West
Virginia.
Postmaster General Cresswell sent
in his resignation to Grant on Wednes-
dav.
1t Is reported that the genuine rub
Der tree is found Oh the St John river,
in Florida.
The Government prohibits the dis
tribution in France, Of photographs
of the Prince Imperial.
Charlton is an epidemic among the
stock in lower Louisiana, and occas-
ions good deal Of anxiety.
The West Alabamian is reliably
informed that a man in that section
recently killed four deer at one shot.
1t is said that the Empress Eugen-
lie is looking for another husband, and
widowers around the country have
commenced to straighten up.
One Of the residents on the ST.
Johns river has received an offer
from Barnum Of one thousand dollars
for live alligator twenty feet long.
The Baton Rouge Advocate notes
the empanelling of a grand jury with
an intelligent foreman in that city,
and expects the novelty of some use
full presentments.
Don Pedro telegraphs President
Grant from Rio dc Janiero, his con-
gratulations upon the Inauguration Of
telegraph between Brazil and the
United States, to which the President,
in reply, hoped it may prove as close
link in national friendship rs in
communication.
\ shooting affray occurred at Hell
ena, Ark, last Friday between w. r.
Burke, editor of the World, and c. A.
Otley, editor of the Independent, in
which some half a dozen shots were
fired, but nobody hurt. The difficult
ty grew out of personal articles in the
respective papers.
Excited Brooklyn editor: Eyes, and
we 90 further, Mr.. johnson, and say
that the life of one man like Francis
Butler, who died of hydrophobia yester-
dav, and of one woman like Ada Clare,
who died of the same disease a few
weeks since, is of more value than all
the Spitz dogs in America.
\ colored girl at Princeton, KY,
aged nine, has displayed an extraor-
binary retentive memory. 4 man
reading in her presence for some
length oftime was astOnished to hear her
repeat, word for word, what he had
said twenty-four hours previous. She
has been proved capable of repeating
fifty lines from a book after hearing
them once read.
\ fifteen year contract has been
definitely closed at Milan, Italy, for
putting Pullman palace cars on all
the trains on all the lines of upper
Italy. This covers the great routes
of pleasure travel, via the northern
lakes. The press highly compliments
American progress and the Director
General at Milan on his enterpriSing
appreciation of public wants.
A dispatch TO the Times from Paris
says it is asserted there that the King
of Bavaria will be summoned TO Kiss
ingt0n. to meet Prince Bismark, who
will demonstrate with him against the
spparatist tendency of the Bavarian
policy, and if the King is obdurate a
council of German Royalties will be
convened to consider the matter proba-
bly, with view Of obtaining the abdi
cation of King Louis and the enthrone-
ment of more subservient relative.
4 very remarkable case of self-love
at Athol, Mass, is mentioned by the
Boston Post. 1t is that of a boy who
is literally little by little, consuming
himself. He is 50 much TO his own
taste that he takes large bites out of
himself, and masticates bites of his
own person. In four years he has
reduced all the fingers of both hands
to stumps, and he is now engaged up
OF the thumb of his left hand. What
ever NAV be the scarcity of his ordi-
nary rations, that boy is provisioned
for life time.
At the late gathering of old line
Abclitionists in Chicago, an interest
ing account of the imam with the
branded hand" was given. Jonathan
Walker is his name, and for his aboli-
lion principles he was in 1913, brand
ed in his right hand with two letters,
-. S." signifying slave stealer, by
order Of the United States Marshal Of
Florida. He is now seventy-seven
wears of age, and lives in Muzkegon,
Illinois, and but for his poverty would
have been in attendance at the reunion.
In a moment of enthusiasm the Con-
vcntion proposed contribution for
him, and good round sum was rails