The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-08-13
GENERAL NEWS.

7 TdlhiCIt i Ctillslils II NANSA PNn~Al "a {
as a canidate for Governor Of Ken !
lucky.
Mark Twain's forthcoming play,
Colonel Sellers" is ina prologue and
four acts, Instructed from Modernism
the Gilded Age.
Prince Hohenloh, the German min
lister, has informed the Duke De Gases,
minister Of foreign affairs that Germl-
nv intends to reconize the Spanish Re
public.
The trial Of ten Young men and
women for issuing and circulating rev.
olutionary pr CARNATIONS, is proceed
ing before special session Of the Rus
sian Senate
Mayor Colvin Of Chicago gave d.
recti5n that the class OF houses known
as pretty waiter girl saloons" shall
be closed on the 10th inst. and their
licenses revoked.
There is a rumor afoIt here that
Germany Is negotiating with Spain
for the ceSsion OF the town of Santa
ma, in the Province of Santanber,
proposing TO make it second Gibral-
tar.
An exchange laments that "the
the orig inul founder Of TIE Changers,
Mr. Saunders, OF Washington, is IL
eapacitated for tie Presidency Of the
United States by the fact that he is =
Scotchman.
The Galveston News Dallas special
says Captain Belll, just from Fort
Worth, brings infoi nation that lndi-
ans had captured two mail stages go
ing and coming between Wachita and
Fort Sil. Thee were OILY three pis-
sengers, all Of whom. WITH the drivers,
were killed and scl.ped.
The Milwaukee News accuses Bat
Ter Of having written an ode to the
comet. 1t is not generally known
that Ben. is possessed Of considerab e
ability as a poet. Several specimens
of his amorous verses survive and
bear evidence that he began to get
''spooney" at very early age.
The marriage of the Grand Duke
Lodimoi with the Princess OF Meek
lenburg-Schweilin, viii be sJlemn,z d
at II. Petersburg about the 2ith Au-
gust. The Princess will leave Schwelr-
in on the tenth for st. Petersburg.
/ The ceremony viii be performed ac-
cording to both the Protestant and
Greek rites.
During the cfici1l life Of Police
/ Chief Savage Of Boston, TINT city has
had at one time free rum, at another
license law, at another prohilitory
law badly enforced, and yet az il for
4 time a prohibitory l,w iigorcusl en-
! forced, AMI yet he SAYS there Is no va
ri ton in hi. statistics furnishing the
least indication of when any one policy
prevailed.
! Ii is rather early il the canvass for
/ Presidential c. ndidates to decline, but
Gen. Hancock seems to think it neccs-
sarv for him 10 set the example. \
paragraph stating th It he WAS a c3ndi-
/ date for the Democratic nomination
| for the Presidency having come to his
notice. the Norlistown penn. Herald
Is authority for the statement that be
made prompt deni i, and said that
he never soughtard does not now seek
any POLITICAL Office.
Ii is stated on. authority Of the Off
GERS of the Company thatthe IT. Louis,
/ Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
! Company vcjus.negotiltcd in Lon
/ don about 81 100000 second mortgage
! bonds at 20 per cent. currency and
! 81. 500000ofits constituted mor5g &c
bonds at II per cent. carren2y; aLc
/ that this Company has la;ely r1duced
its floating debt more than cne-hali
and expect t1funl most ofthe remain,
/ der OF $4,000, $50 within Il yer. -
The students Of Bates Go lege, q
Baptist institution at Lewiston, Me.
/ pgg their way by working during TIE
/ summer season as hotel waters at tae
Glen House. in the White II untsins,
The f9ur cltsses OF the college number
together about one hundred Young
fellows. and forty Of them ,Ve found
work at the Glen House this summer
One of the guests was 50 much pleased
with theil honest, manly bearing, thai
on coiag away he eft $500 to I've dlyid
ed among tham.
4 singular dinner took place lately
at the Crystal Pal&ce, i'll london
1 Aboat fur hundred years ago a citi
zen Of St. Clements, Eastcheap, be
queathed to his fellow-citizens piece
of land, the annual proceeds OF " iicl
were to be applied to defray The ex
pcnses once Il year Ola meal 20 IL tlnG
Of bread and cheese, radishcs and ale
/ A large party sat down to the hamhi,
repast, but after it had been dispose
OF it was quickly followed by a baaIncI
which Lucullus NIGH: have euVl-d
Colonel Sandy {. Faulkner, th'
original ARKANSAS Traveller iat'
door-kecper Of the Constitutional Con
vention, and perhaps the Oldest citi1er
in the State, died III Little hock, AK.
on the 4th. BY many it is believes
the story # the ARKANSAS Traveller
is mythical; hut Colonel +. WAS IN
douhtcdlY the stranger who approach
ed the hackwoodSman and turned tn
tune, which with the dialogue connect
ed with it is widely known. Culone
T. was in lis list year, and highl!
respected by al who knew him.
The latest mail advices fror, Europe
il regard to the crop prospects there
ale not so good as the last Preceding
report. Though the French wl:ca
crop Is good average one, still tn
hopes that it might be Chased anon;
the rich CT ,ps will not herealized. Kyr
aid barley viii yield good quality
but rather limited quantity. Com
plants ahoutolts havein consequence
of the heat became more intense from
certain parts. From Vienna the Off
Ill b,,Iictin Savs tnp continued ,lDl'