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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
TENNESSEE NEWS.

jackson county has had fine show
ems of rain
The distilleries in Moore county are
in full blast.
There is considerable sickness in
jackson county.
There is q good deal Of sickness in
Lawrence county.
A new Christian church is soon to
be built in Lynchburg.
Smithville, in DeKslb county, is
reported improving rapidly.
Plummer Daniel, an enterprising
citizen of Wayne county, died sud-
denly on the 29th ult.
There is a good stand of cotton in
some portions of Franklin county,
and it looks thrifty. Corn is rather
backward, but has a good color. The
cat crop will be short.
Pulaski Council No. 80, United
Friends of Temperance, now numbers
SO members, and there we're rs peti-
tons on the table at the last meeting.
The good Templars are also in pros
porous condition.
The Franklin Review states that
Maj. John L. McEwen has been iv-
ing at his present house, near that
place, since the 18th day of March,
1798-more than seventy-six years.
He is still of stout and healthy frame,
although in his eightieth year.
Ned Dromgoole, of Murfreesboro,
after carefully hammering out slug to
load his pistol with, is reported to have
deliberately shot himself through the
bowels His wound is considered
mortal. The reason for the rash act
is not known.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
PACKING COTTON.

Inasmuch as mistakes are common
among planters on this subject, We
make the following extract from a
sensible letter written by one of our
cotton firms to planter in North
Alabama:
SIN order that you may understand
fully the sales of your cotton, We beg
TO state that we draw the samples
when your cotton is put on the market.
We sell by the samples. Should the
buyer find, upon resembling (Which
he has right to do), that the cotton
fails to come up to the sample, we
make such allowances as may be found
by our city weighers and examiners
We have had throughout the whole
season, in almost every lot handled, a
great deal of trouble in settling these
differences. The whole thing grows
out of careless handling of cotton by
ginners. 1t is a rare thing to find q
lot of cotton to run througha as an even
lot. M::ny bales are mixture of low
middling and good ordinary; many
more of good ordinary and inferior.
Unless this thing be corrected at the
starting point, we cannot hope to make
as satisfactory sales as We desire. 1t
is so strange that producers will sub
nit to see fine bale of cotton injured
by fifty or one hundred pounds of
trash mixed in it. 1t would be cheap
er to them to throw inferior cotton
away, as the balance would bring
enough to pay for the trash twice over.
; We beg YOU to talk to your ginners
and packers on this subject and cor
rect it if YOU can. Take a case of
which We have an exemplification.
/ In December last we bought of a
house here lot of cotton for house
/ in New York, who shipped it to
Liverpool. Now We have the veri-
fled statement of parties opening one
of said bales that a quantity of cotton
seed was found in the interior of the
bale and damaged to the extent of
S6.7S, which we have to collect of the
commission man here, and he, if he
can, of the producer. For those who
handle cotton at $50 per bale, to
have to pay 1918 for reclamations,
is not an agreeable transaction. y
Nashville Union and american.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
PierrepOnf's Presidential Prophecy

Edwards PierrepOnt, at the close
of a long conversation with casual
acquaintance, remarked lately: Il
may not see you again before the next
Presidential election. | wish, there
fore, that you would mark this predic-
ton. Grant will not only berenomir22-
ted and reelected i'll 1876, but he
will get the SUPPORT of the Southern
democrats" Mr. Pierrepont met all
criticism on the Presidents course by
an answer: "Grant represents the
average morality and intelligence Of
the country" Edwards Pierrepont
is no stranger at the White House.
He subscribed $4,000 to the Repub-
lican election fund in 1868, at time
when money was not so plenty among
the managers as it is now. He is par
ticular favorite with the President.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
Brown the Hound.

There is suspicion in Alabama that
Congressman Hayes, in his anxiety
to secure a reelection, is causing SER
ious damage to the agricultural inter
ests of the State. The Mobile Regis
ter says his project to supply rations
for the inhabitants of the overlooked
districts of Alabama has completely
demoralized the negroes, who have
abandoned all work and journeyed,
some of them as far as fifteen miles,
to get rations "Guberment" had or
dered for them, but which they did
not find. The Register is convinced
that, if Mr.. Hayes does not stop his
"electioneering nonsense, he will ruin
the crops of the section he is trying to
make votes in," since it has trust
worthy advice that there is no lack Of
food for them. 1t therefore beseech.
es sensible men in Congress to put q
stopper on the lips of this entcrprising
Hayes, who is so intently electioneer,
ing on the public money and at the
expense of our growing crops" What
a blessing it would be if thieves of
Hayes pattern could be drowned by
the inundation which has destroyed SC
much more valuable property!-N Y.
DdvboOk.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
APuIpit SensationaIist.

A correspondent writes: There is
a Rev. Mr.. Peck in Worcester, Mass.
whose performances in the pulpit are
beginning to enjoy more than a local
fame. He throws Fulton and Tai
mage completely in the shade for &C.
centricity. The subjects Of his SER
mons are announced beforehand in
the newspapers and on the dead
walls, and are such as Cremation,
"Paui's 'Shoo-hy,'" "Who's your hat
teri" Popping the question:" and
"All aboard for heaven, with Peck
for conductor of the train" He draws
vast crowds 70 see him gesticulate and
tear passion to tatters ut the sacred
desk, and it is related of him that on
one occasion recently, while in the
midst of an imprisoned harangue, he
threw one of his legs over the top OF
the pulpit and asked the congregation,
How : that for high? DIR. Talmage
never went as far as that"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

From the Detroit Free Press, we
learn of an escape from death as Won
derful as any ever related by the nov
elist. An unknown man was permit
ted to ride on top of freight train of
the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad,
on his representation that he had no
money to pay his way to Grand Rap
ids, and was willing to do anything
he was called on to do in compensa-
ton. The brakeman forgot to tell
him of several low bridges on the
route. About midnight, when the en-
gineer, having discovered cattle on
the road, whistled "down brakes"
the stranger was the first up from the
caboose. In running forward over
the cars, he suddenly observed the
dark form of a bridge close above him.
There was scarcely time to think, and,
as by instinct, he sprang off when
within a foot of the overhanging
structure, and striking on a sloping
embankment, fell down and rolled to
the track, where one of the wheels
caught his boot heel, crushed it off
close to the sole, and whirled him
around 50 that the next wheel sheared
off the brim of his hat. When the
train was stopped he climbed into the
caboose entirely uninjured in person,
but considerably shaken in mind.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
w heat.

The area sown in wheat last season
in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio
and Wisconsin, is estimated in round
numbers at 13, 800, 600 acres.
The reports of correspondents make
the increase the present crop year
/ 1867, 753 acres, or a total area of
14,S12,344 acres. The yield of a
good average season approximates in
the States mentioned, IL 4-5 bushels
per acre. At this rate the yield in
these States as harvested will be a
fraction less than 200, 100000 bushels.
The present condition of the grow
ing wheat being full average, the
probability Of harvest approximate
ing the amount mentioned is very
rood.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
Republicans OF Carroll I'm Council.

Last Monday, agreeable to previous
understanding, a number Of Repub-
licans, selected by the Radical candi-
dates for county offices, met in Hunt
ingdon and resolved themselves into a
quasi convention, for the purpose OF
selecting the most available men for
the coming August election, the result
of which was that 10. A. johnson was
selected as the Republican candidate
for County Court Clerk, Messrs. vii.
son, Giles and Robinson retiring. Mr..
Spellings was selected for Tax Col
lector, Mr.. w. Z. Clay retiring. 10.
Brevard was chosen for Register. Ed.
Martin, we understand, refuses to
abide the action of the convention.
There are now three candidates for
Tax Collector-Messrs. Gilbert and
Fuqua, Conservatives, and Spellings,
Republican; three for County Court
Clerk-Messrs. Eason and Righam,
Conservative, and johnson, Repub-
lican; three for Register-Messrs.
Brevard and Martin, Radical, and
Walters, Conservative. - Mckenzie
Times, 9Th.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

A year or two ago w. d. Mitchell,
a carpet-bag planter near Macon, Ga,
boosted openly that he had seduced
the daughter of DIR. John Bull, of the
same neighborhood, and, hearing of
the boast, DR.. Bull sent Mitchell word
that he meant to kill him on sight.
One day last week Mitchell was riding
along, when gun went off in the
bushes and he fell dead in the road.
DIR. Bull was arrested, but he needn't
be scared. The Georgia juror who
would convict a man for shooting an
other man for seducing his daughter
was kicked to death by well-educat-
ed mule more than forty years ago.
Coarier-Jo,uT,al.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
A man named Packer, who recently

A man named Packer, who recently
arrived at a Colorado Indian agency,
confessed that five men with whom
he had been lost had been killed and
eaten, one after another, by their
companions-that he himself had kill
ed and eaten the last one when but
about twenty miles from the agency.
He was arrested and is to be tried for
murder, but as he killed the man to
keep from starving to death, why
can't he escape the penalty of the law
upon the plea of selfdefenses-Cou-
rter,Jo,araat.
When Col. Ellsworth was killed, at
the beginning of the war, the young
lady to whom he was engaged made a
solemn VOW to remain single the rest
of her life. And-wouid you believe
it?-not more than six years had pass
ed before a fellow was mean enough
to come along and persuade her to
break that vow! 1t would surprise
you, too, to have seen how deuced
easy it was to break.-Co,Tier-Jomnal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

Extensive preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the
Tennessee Press Association, which
meets at Brownsville to-day. The
business men will give them a banquet
at Lee Hall discovering. Friday even
ing the public exercises of the Associa-
tiOn will come of at the Lee Hall.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

Brownlow has written another let
ter, in which he gives the civil rights
bill particular fits" Reading his
letter, you would never think he had
been the worst Radical in Tennessee,
and had done more to encourage such
outrageous Legislation than almost any
man in the country. However, "while
the lamp holds out to burn, the vilest
sinner may return"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

y couple of Graphic correspond
ents have received a thousand dollars
from citizens of Chattanooga for
writing up and sketching that city.
Chattanooga appreciates the value
of printers ink, and is willing to pay
for it If Milan expects to be a city
of much importance, she ought to
bear this In mind.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

J. J. Worrell, editor of the jackson
Dispatch, was arrested by a deputy
L. S. Marshal last Saturday for ship
ping ninety-four empty barrels with
out scratching off the stamps. HI
was tried before Judge Muse and nc
quilted, because he had not seen tho
barrels, and was consequently ignorant
Of the stamps being ON them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

1t is said that President Grant, in
conversation with a leading Republic
can, said he hoped Congress would
pass the Civil Rights bill, so he could
have the pleasure of vetoing it, which
of course created great CONSERVATION
among the friends of the measure,
at Washington, when made public.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
ADVERTISING RATES.

Double column advertisements, 10 per cent. ad-
vance on the above rates.
Triple-column advertisements. 20 per cent. ad-
vance on the above rates.
Advertisements TO occupy special position. 10
per cent advance on the above rates.
Local Notices." lin the same type as local
reading matter,l Is per cent. advance on the
above rates.
Obituaries. Tributes Of Respect Except such as
come officially from charitable societies), and
remarks on marriages. one-half of regular
+" Local Notice" rates. Simple announce
ments Of marriages and deaths inserted gratis.
All transient advertisements must be paid for in
advance. Yearly advertisements. quarterly
in advance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

The New Hampshire Senate and
House met in joint session on the Sd
inst. and elected, by ballot, james A.
Weston, Democrat, Governor for the
ensuing year. The vote stood-Mc-
Cutcheons 151, Weston 1S2.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

The Commissioners met last week
and located the West Tennessee Hos.
pital for the Insane at Brownsville
Gardner and Rogers voting for it and
Day against. Let us hope there will
be no more squabbling over the matter
now
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

Gen. Ben. III. Bristow, formerly
Solicitor General, has been appointed
Secretary Of the Treasury in place Of
Richardson, removed. Gen. Bristow
has been recognized as one of the
ablest members of the Kentucky ban
for several years.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

The leading Republican papers of
the country particularly condemn the
new civil rights bill, now before Con-
gress, as an unnecessary and ridicu-
lous piece of class legislation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

The branch of the Mississippi Cen,
tral railway from Durant to Koscius-
ko, Mississippi, was opened for traffic
last Wednesday. Durant put on air.
about it and celebrated the event right
Inerrily.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

AT meeting of the board of Di-
rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Col. T. A. Scott was elected President,
and G. B. Roberts was promoted to
first Vice President,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

1t is thought that the compulsory
education law of the State Of New
York will take from 5000 to 10000
children out of the factories and work
shops Of New York city.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11
THURSDAY, JUNE IL, 1874.

Returns from the Oregon election
indicate a majority for Grover, Dem
ocrat, for Governor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-11

A speciality made Of supplying the country
trade. and take in exehange for goods all coun-
try products, allowing the highest price for
every species Of country barter.
Having bought entirely for Cash. will sell the
same way, and ut the shortest profits admissible.
Seliciting n cali from the public he will be
pleased at any TINE 10 price goods.
mar5-3m
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

One day early last week q healthy
looking orphan, apparently about forty
years of age, dressed in brown jeans and
a blue shirt, made his appearances in our
city, aud announced to the astonished
inhabitants that on Saturday evening be
would show astonishing feass, such as
swallowing red hot cooking stoves. eat
ing tallow candles, drinking quarts of
beuzine, aud many other things out Of
the I Of ordinary affairs Everybody
vas excited, the boys spoke the company
Of the fai, ones, aud invested literally
in gum drops to gain favor with the
aforesaid, ani turned ont q rousins
crowd to see the moral and highly enter
tanning show. At the appointed hour
Of opening the Snowman proceeded to
the ball, gave the door keeper q pleas
o nod. turned on his heel AMI passed
out, renarking that he ~ould return in
a few minutes, since vhich the eyes OF
our people have beheli him DO more.
Ii is feared by q citizens that be tried
the experiment of swallowing the stove
privately and got preuaturely creuased,
or that the crusaders have him bid
somewhere
We suggest that the door-keeper uho
took in the s~eventy-6ve cents, expend
the same for cigars, allowing Us o for
this notice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

ATTENTION is called to the fact that
there is somebody around who does not
seem to have anything like a distinct
idea as to the right a person has to the
exclusive control and use of his own
property. We will incidentally remark
that if the individual who took a re-
volver from this Office will retarn the
same inside of a week, he will save the
trouble and vexa:ion of standing a GRIM
iual prosecution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

IMMIGRATION is still pouring in, and
every day long strings of cotton covered
wagons pass along the great route OF
travel which passes through our town.
Many of these stop and purchase rail.
road land in this vicinity, while Others
push on TO where homestead claims are
more plenty. We are informed that
good claims can yet be had in many
parts Of the county, though As a matte,
of course, it is next to impossible to fnd
any with timber and running water.
Aside from these drawbacks the land is
a. good a. ever the sun shone upon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28
One day last week We heard city,

ONE day last week We heard 8 citizen
of Kansas doing some hearty cursiug in
regard to the law Of tina, State, which
requires = homesteader 70 pay a tax en-
the amount of prairie breaking done
within the year. That such assessment
and the conse, Hent collection of taxes is
contrary to the spirit of the homestead
law, We fully believe. Our citizens
should make 4 note of this when max
ne comparison between the inducements
of Kansas and Nebraska. as a country
n which 10 settle aud build up q home.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

LAST week Columbus Harris. who has
long been 4 resident on Farmers Creek,
in this county, left for Mountain City.
Nevada, which will be his home in the
future. We are sorry TO lose MI. Harris
from our county. A gentleman in de-
pertinent, square 10 all his dealings, be
was a model asa citizen aud neighbor.
Our best wishes 60 with him to his new
home, but We have a hope that after due
trial of thu mountain country he viii re-
turn to Nebraska, which is after al, the
best abiding place this side the grea,
river
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

AMONG the multitude Of periodicals
and magazines Of the day we know of
nothing that excels the "OLp AND
NEW in being what it calls itself. the
Peoples Magazine" Each number
contains original essays on the current
topics Of the day, snd a vel selected
amount Of lighter literature, suited to
al! classes Of readers. The style of our
paper precludes an extended notice. at
this time, but We hope a, some future
une to lay copious extracts before our
readers
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

THE regular term of the District
Court, for Webster county. will begin en-
Friday, June 9Th. and continue two days.
1t is rumored that quite a large number
Of distinguished personages will be at
Red Cloud during the session of the
Court
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

On Saturday, fourteen teams and on
Noniay tye more, making nineteen.
passed through ,hI- place cn-oute fot
Oregon. They settled il Southern Kan
sa,fwo or three years a.o, ami becominR
* of the country, haze started on to
find new homes in the far:herest west.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

WI are glad TO know that Frank Mat
teson has so far recovered from a linger-
ing attack of inlamatory rheumatism as
to be able 20 appear on the streets again.
He is staying in Red Cloud awhile to
secure medical treatment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

THE contract for building a school
house in District No. 81, in the vicinity
of Hnmmel's, has been awarded to Mil
Ter & Tinker. The work will be begun
on Monday next, and from the we'll
known skill of the builders We predict
n Of the best school houses in the
c0untv
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

o. L. BATTLES, ESQ, Of Guide Rock
called yesterday. Mr.. B. is an extensive
dealer in Agricultural implements. and
We are glad to learn is doing q good
business. The farmers OF that section
viii do we'll TO call on him for anything
in his line. See his advertisement in an
other column.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

CLEAR, pure and cool, the ice that
Zeiss is daily furnishing his customers at
one cent per pound. Zeiss has an abund-
ant supply of the sounde,t and ~clearest
ice We ever saw, AMI Is ready to furnish
the same to al callers at the above rate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

. WI apologize to d. s. Fl. for neglect
ing, last week, to publish an interesting
letter which would now be out of date.
1t got mislaid. but send US another, and
We will take better care Of it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

THE Board Of Managers Of the Agri
cultural Society are earnestly requested
to meet a. Red Cloud. on Saturday next,
to take into consideration such matters
as will come up for action. Let there be
a full turn ont.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

THE "GlQrious Fourth will soon bt
on hand, and We suggest that Red Cloud
get up a %rousing celebration after the
olden style. In case u citizens feel dis
posed to go in for a celebration, it i.
rome too soon to begin to discuss the
matter, make preparations, secure N
orator. and arrange a programme. Times
are dull. the weather hot. and a genera,
feeling Of l~aziness prevails among som,
Of US at least bu, lie, rs stir up our pa.
triotic blood 4 little and ''enthuse' with
. hearty good will.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

f. PETERS. of South Guide Rock,
called on Saturday last, and brings the
usual report of fine growing crops and
general prosperity. Mr.. Peters informs
US that he will teach the school in dl-
trict No. 4 during the present summer.
Also that seven families from Illinois
have settled in his ~neighborhood this
spr;,,
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

We would respectfully call attention
to the advertisements tina, appear in
this aud other issues of The CHIEF.
There is no Use fooling away time read
ing novels aud other things when the
advertising columns of this paper fur
uish the best aud most entertaining
reading matter that can be found in the
English language.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

Our answer to the Red Cloud CHIEFS
little fling at Kearney county is-ls3
land entries within the county during
the last six weeks. -LoweH Register.
BULLY for you! No malice intended.
and if you had ten times as many more
We should rejoice at your prosperity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

L. Z. EARL gave us q friendly call
last week. He says he has the best farm
in the county, and that be has a fine
start Of peaches, goo:eberries, c%urrants,
etc, all Of which are thriving.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

As a door-keeper for a travelling show
man, Charlie Potter is a success. On
Saturday night after two hours patient
waiting he collected the full amount Of
seventy-fve cents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28
Nh OTTHWAITE.

Nh. CULTIVATE, of Scnqca Co.,
Ohio, has been visiting our place, and,
as is always The case with strangers, i.
very much pleased with he county and
its future prospects. Nebraska will bear
inspection, aud the more visitors the
haftar