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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
TAME SSiE NEMS.

The Grangers of Humphreys r.
contemplating the building Of boot
and shoe factory.
The Eagle WoO!en Mills, at CALI
tin, burned Friday. Loss $4,000.
Insurance S17, 900.
The cotton gin Of Mr.. Thos, Jones,
of Dyer county, was destroyed 10y fire
4 few days ago, with large amount
of cotton.
The Kingston Independent says hogs
are very scarce in ROans county. No
yesr riuce the war, perhaps, has Wit
messed such hog drouth."
Tbs Murfreesboro News says the
entire state and county taxes of Ruth
srford county amount TO SO, ZOO, "t
which there has only $4,000 Leen
collected 81 far.
The Winchester Home Journ !
states that 2,6l9 mules have passc.
through that town on theii way 10 the
Southern market. during the p;st
three months, and more are C. ming.
A Fayetteville paper reports the
desth of A.mm Washingtoi - ,nel :
bic negro, at the advanced age ot
ninety seven yelrs. He came to Lin
coin county about fifty years ago, but
previous to that time lived in \irgini,
on the estate of Bushrod Washington,
nephew of General George Washing.
torn, Abrams proud boast WAS that
he had on one occasion, early i'll life
stood face TO face with the Feather oi
his Country"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
GAsERAL NEWS.

The Levant Herald reports fam
Inc in Asia Minor, nd says tue pr''s-
pect il nppalli 6.
The census of Little Rock. which
hiss just iieen completed, shows Il pnp-
uIation Of 20, 1872.
1t is expected the mills at Fall ri.
yer will startagain on full time the lst
Of January, but on further reduction
of ten per cent. in wages.
1t is reported tn 1t the Mormons in
the United States propose to found
colonies in Mexico, with the intention
Of emigrsting EN- masse from Utah.
The News cUr1tsIorGCnt at Berlin
SAYS that Bismark stated in CONVERSE
ton Thursday that he had received
warning from the police Of a fresh plot
against bis life.
As far ~ c,nvassed by the R'thrn-
ing Board; the returns IF LOui Ma
show g Democratic majority ia the
HOUSE of fifteen. 1t will probably
reach twenty-five.
Boston must come down peg. A
Unit a States grand juror there list
week when asked to sign the payroll
for his per diem acknowledged that he
was unequal to the emergency - he
could't write.
The Pacific Mail Company's steam
ship japan frym San francisco and
Yokohama, was burned On fhLr day
last, whom sixty miles out trunl
Yokohama. 1t Is feared that many
lives have been lost.
! DIR Samuel w. Francisco says that
the liquid injected hyPodermic lily by
the musquitO contains the principal 81
quinine, and was sent hy Providence
as an xntidote to the fever which arise.
from marshy and musquito-infestec
districtA
A new potato, known as the White
Queen (reire bLanche), is being cultiva
ted in France. In good soil from
twelve to fifteen tubers are formed
many Of which attain TO twenty
two pounds. The favor is said tt
10 very fine. Planted in Fehu ny OF
March, it bscomes ripe il J,ly.
The Herald cable speci i from Lon
don says: The sentence of Count Won
Arnim embodies no dishonoF, as tn,
charges of embezzlement fell to :h,
ground. However. Won ArniIn'> neg
lect 70 return the missing papers
when asked by the Foreign Depart
ment, makes necessary the setting o
an example. The general belief is tin
Emperor will pardon him.
A man who has figured it out say
that if the surplus wheat of California
estimated at GOO, 900 tons, were load
ed in carts containing ton each, anC
started over land, the head Of the pro
cession would be entering Is st he
fore the rear had left San Francisco
Or if the wheat was loaded into ship
of 1, 900 tons each it would take sil
hundred, and if these ships should sal
in a line within sight of each other
say twenty miles apart--they woul'
reach distance of 1900 mi rs, o.
ons-half the circumference Of tn
globe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
Cheaper Yates en- sscepiaS Cars.

As announced in the Times some
time ago, there.is II g cd prospect that
. decrease In the price Of sleeping car
brsths will occur in the hear future.
The secessity for reduction is being
strongly pressed upon Mr. Pullman,
and it is altogether likely that a gene
ral drop in pricerwill occur in a short
tine. Ii Is the intention Of the Iii
nois Central railroad to lower the pre-
vsiling rate of 81 to si.50 lis soon us
some negotiations now pending with
the Pullman Palace Car Company are
concluded. by this decrease the lat
ter corporation will be forced to lower
the rate on the Chicago and Alton
road, and then general reduction
cannot fail to cnsue. From the pres
ent charges made, it is estim Ited that
a Pullman sleeper, valucd:at Sl5. O0c,
pays for itself in the course Of fifteen
months. Chicago Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

We presume some of our northern
readers will he surprised to know that
Georgia, Kentucky, West Virginia,
South Carolina and Tennessee como
much nearer in seating their whole
population in church Oh Sunday thar
MASSACHUSETTS,, Connecticut and New
Hampshire. Vermont, Delaware ano
Ohio are the only northern state
which have pew-room enough fsr all
their inhabitants. The southwest
territories also are completely provid-
ed for Catholicism and Mornonism.
while tae northwest territories are al
most uncbgrcbed
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Our old-time friend, Capt y. VI.
McCorkle, Of Lebanon, i, a cnndidas.
FOR Esgrossing Clerk of the neu
House Of Representatives. His long
sarvice no Circuit Court CLERK makes
him fully competent, and We viii lie
glad to soc him elected,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Capt. Harvey Mathes, editor Of the
Memphis Ledger, on account Of pres
ing private duties and his time being
required by the Legislature, .-s ~
tired from thst paper for she present,
much to the regret of the numerous
readers of that journal
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

p Robert Bonner has purchased Of
Richard Pension, Of Lexington, Ky,
his famous three year old mare Lady
Stout, paying $4,000, At the last
fall meeting at Lexington tie mare
made the fastest time for thres year
old on record.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

At the convention held in Harris
vile la.t Thursday, to nominate a csn
didate for Congress to succeed Hon.
John W. Heal, deceased, judy.
Samuel N. Fite was nominated on iii,
109th ballot. The convention held tw,
days and large number eli gentlemen
were ballotel for. Judge Fite live.
at Carthage, and is one of the bes
Judges on the Lench in this State.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

The President h ordered the Gin
surgents" 1T Vicksburg to disperse.
when, in fact, they had done - some
time since. 1t seems he is determined
to make Mississippi VIII Louisiana Is.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Gen. W. 4. QUARTS, Ct (9anks
vile, is out in a card To tae nrslhers
of the next General Assembly. III.
nounciag hi,sself candidate for ths
L. S. Senate. He i one of our
sbleet and most deserving public men,
ia fully competent to fill the hi. h
position he seeks and we will not
object to his eiectiun, We have no
favorite in this race.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
SIIERIFf"S SALE.
SIlEiIFt'S SALE.

10y WRIT J. OF A VENDIIlUNl EAPO-
IL na> isSucu to me from the Law Court Al
IIumuuIdt Gibson county, at ITS October tc. M
1874 will offer Tor sale to the high, It b oder
Tor rasn, at the court house door Ia the town 81
iIumuuiut On the
SECOND MONDAY IN JANUARY, lS15.
it being the llth day of saId month"; ali the right.
title claim anu iuter,st that " Ii. trcNes mas
in and to the ioiiOwI described town lot III
Milan, Gibson county. civil district 20. l., AND
bouade,t a. follows, viz: on the month D. john
Wh-elsr, south ny " l.. liorner. east by joseph
Lswter and west by Mrs Wheeler. containing
about y, s,.rrs more or less. Levied Oh to rat
isfy n Judgment in favor of ". l.. Horner fol
s2@i 10. With interest iium the 10th day OF Sep
TENDER, 1874. sale within lawful hours.
NJ. l.. BAIRD,
de3-A Deputy Sheriff Gibson county.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

The jackson Duly Wing and Tn
bune reached us yesterday. Ii v g
hsnd.osnt twenty-tour column .t.s-t,
filed with interesting matt-r. X can
he hSd at twenty-five cents pr .eek.
We eommsni the enterpri-s II VuE
neighbcr, and wish them unboundsd
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Capt. p. q. Price, of Nashville, Is
a candidate for Enerossing Clerk Of
the Senate, and we hope Lis claims
will I've favorably considered. He has
had long service as a newspaper man
and knows just how the work should
10 dana
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
ApvERT.srNG kATAs.

Double column adye -tisements, 10 per cent. sd-
vance on the above rstes.
Tripie-column advertisements, % per cent Sd-
vance on the above rates. 81 =.
Advertisements 10 o-~up- sps"isl position. 10
per cent advance on the s5ovs rates.
Local Notires.' lin the sane type - local
reading natter . per ent. advance on the
above rates.
0bituaries Tributes Of R-sDert (exrept such -
come officially from "haritsbls socistlefl, ana
remarks On marriaEes, one-hslf Of regular
" Local Notire" rates. Simple Announes-
rnents Of marriages and desth Inserted gratis.
All transient advertisements must he paid for %
advance. Yearly advertisements, quarterly
in advance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

NJ. r. Parrish, editor of the Bolivar
Bulletin, died last Monday. He was
a talented, sprightly writer, and leaves
a large circle IF mourning friends.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

The school boys Of New Orleans
have taken the civil rights bill in their
own hands and driven the negroes out
of the girls high school.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Henry Washington, cousin Of
George Washington, died at Shreve-
port, La, on the 18th inst, aged 80
wears
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Jefferson Rives, one of the proprie'
tors of the Congressional Globe, drop
ped dead, Sunday.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

They had another dam break In
Haydenville, Mass, last Saturday.
No lives lost.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Lewis +. Parsons has been nomina.
ted United States District Judge of
Alabama, vice Richard Busted TO
siUna1
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
SHERIEES SALE.

VIRTUE OF A VENDITIuNI EXPO
ma. issued to me from the Law Court nj
Humboldt, Gibson county, 1T its October term
loa4 / will Oder tor saie to the highest bidder
to- c;lsh. at the cUu.t hOuse door IN the town oil
al i IN oldt, on the
sBCvND MONDAY IN JANUARY. 1873.
it being the llth day Of saiemonth. all the right.
title, lain anu interest that Logan Douglass.
.,i.k Lansiord. john Dougluss and l.: h. Doug
las have ia anu to- the folio ing described house
and lot in Milan, UiDsOn county, civil district
No. l., and bounded A. follows. viz: on the west
oy Main street tw, mtg ieet front anu running
pack eighty iert, south by Bryant, JACKSON *
Co., east b: U. II. Hallstrom and north ny John
q. Boyd. Lev red ON as the property OF Joht.
Douglass, to satisfy a judgment in favor Ot d.
Bryant adm'r OF Hi douglass, dec d, Tor
,lO1 80. with interest from the 3lst day Of Jan
usry, 1872. sale within law ful hOurt.
NJ. l.. BAIRD,
d-3-4t Deputy Sheriff Gibson county.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
THURSDAY. DEC. "a, 1874.

The coming sugar crop will be the
largest ever produced in Cuba.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

The negro Legislature of Mississippi
has called on Grant for troops, to he
stationed at Nicksburg.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
SHERIFFS SALE.

10y WRIT L OF VENDITI0Nl EXPO
i mas Issued to me from the Law Court at
Humboldt, Giosou county. Mt its October term.
1874, 1 will Offer for sale to the highest biiUeI
for ras h. at the court housc door in the town oi
Humboldt, Oh the
SECOND MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1873,
il being the lltb day of said tn all tie right,
title, Lain anu interest that W Merck, Is. {,
i'aImur, /. ~. Hut, hinson and Vi. l.. Baird
have Inland to the following described tract OF
land IN GiOsOn county, civil district No. lS, and
bounded Oh the south Dy h. Ia. James's heirs.
cast Oy ~. IL. Adair. k. A Nickers and J. A.
v. Mathis. north by A. K. Love and west by
il C. Burnett. Dr Robert Hunt, l.. Burnett and
ar [. ). Parker, all lying in the town of Pick
ctt,iile, containing by estimation - acres.
Levied the property OF ". Merck and 1
j. Hutchinson in favor of Wilson Baird, foI
$40 80, with interest from NOy. l, 1913. sale
within lawful hours. VI. l.. BAIRD,
de3-4t Deputy sheriff Gibson county.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24
FORCED SALE!

A BIZ PERSONS HAVING GUNS AND
~ PISTOLS in my shop over thirty days
are notified to call and get them, or they i'll ne
sold for cha, ges on SAL URDAl, JAN. ,. 1870.
qc.}-It I J. RIDGE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-28
BRATTLEBORO VT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 1874.

been making an evening call. Barnaby
couldn't see the force Of evening calls at
two o'clock in the morning.
Here's light in DR.. Cur,'S Office.
Speak to him; he knows me-" said Titus,
desperately.
"Ready to do anything to bleegc," re-
sponded Barnaby.
Dr. curt calming down his nerves before
retiring with some beautiful little expert
mcutS on fungus tissues, was startled 10y
the apparitnn of Barnaby's face pressed
close aud white against the window pane.
"Tve chap here As stole a lot Of watch
e. from the ioolrv shop in Birman, aud he
wants to know if he isn't your parson,"
MIR. Tutllc.
"rutllcw snapped the doctor, "Tuttle's
sick a bed, aud won't be out these three
days"
"Doctor," croakcd Titus. But Titus was
hoar.c aud The doc or preoccupied, and
Barnaby took further grip upon the cleri-
cal coat collar. From an upper window "A
female voice inquired what wa, wanted
~ want Bates To help me put this ere
prisoner in the lock up" responded Barna-
by.
"Batcs is gone. aud won't be back TIL to.
morrow night"
"Mri. Bates tccbly whispered Titus.
heavy iron key dropped on the grass,
and with the falling of the window fell
Ttu,'s hopes. Then he tried threats, en-
treaties, eXpuSlulaton-, offered Barnahy
money. Rarnabv loved money, but he
!, we'd office better, and bad he not Witness
ed the disastrous offers of bribery in high
places? lie bade Titus put mp his gold.
ui;.u never feels 50 uureleuting in the
administration OF Justice as amer having re-
sisted temptation himself, and Barnaby
closed the iron doors on Titus without one
compassionate moment. There was a har-
rowing Lack OF responsiveness about the
lock up. II was cold, damp and robwebbv.
All n2ht til the morning light, Rev. Titns
paced up and down his narrow cell, trying
to make good use Of the occasion by
professionally carving ont the simile of a
man confined in Jail, and mankind in the
sin darkened prison of the world. When,
ut nine O'Clock the next morning, Barnaby
brought his prisoners break fast, 10 by
the morning light, he found not the burg
lar Of yesterday afternoon at all.
"Go for Deacon Clapp," whispered Titus,
unable 10 speak aDoud. Barnaby brought
the deacon. Tho deacon carried his pas
tor home in his close carriage, and the at
fair was hushcd up among the heavy pew
owners.
But the cold which Titus had caught pro-
duccd severe attack of pneumonia and
bronchitis combined. Polite took care Of
him. and he greatly endeared himself 10
his people 10y the meckncSs and patience
with which he bore his sickness. When
convalescing, he one day remarked: So
many snares and pitfalls are set for the
unwarr in this world, Polite, aud there is
such general uncertainty about every
thing earthly, that ieei we ought not to
delay our union until Christmas. | think
no otlcnsc would he given the parish, and
| think Mollie aud Dollie, il they could
speak, wouId approve, if we should bc
united in Ortuber.
Aud they were united in October.
ELiZABETH A. :. CHESTER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-28
Life Policies a- Affected Il, Suicide and
lnsauiIy,

The most interesting case in the Alucri-
can Law Times and Reports for July, is a
decision 10y the United States circuit court
of Michigan upon the bearing of the ques-
ton of insanity and suicide upon the re-
coNery of life insurance policies. As the
latest and highest law upon very inter
oSting aud practical question, brief no.
tice Of the case may be Of popular interest.
The suit was for life policy Of 5000,
brought by the wife of T.. W. Moore
against the Connecticut Mutual life insur-
ance company. The insured committed
suicide; this point was admitted. There
was also clause in the policy providing
that ii should be void If the insured died
"by his own hands," words which have
been previously decided 10 mean the same
A. suicide. Suicide in popular sense
means self fdeStruction, under any circum-
stances. Legally, however, suicide is strict
~ u crime, aud in consequence, requires
thnt the subject should have been in his
right mind at the time. Ii be was insane
his Sell-desliuctinn was not criminal, and
in "A legal sense was not suicide, aud the
policy cm still be recovered in spite of the
clause against suicide. Now the next
question is, what degree of insanity will
take a ease of sell-destructiun out of the
category Of suicide aud save policy. The
court ruled that in the first place self de
structiOn in itself is no evidence of insan-
ity also that when person takes his life
from chagrin, jealousy, shame, pride, dread
Of exposure, or fear of poverty, or n dis
gust at the ills of life, he is not To he eN-
cuSed as insane If he committed the act de-
| liberately and inteligently. But if these
or any other causes have operated to pro-
duce such generally diseased state of
mind that the person is incapable of ra
| tiunally Judging OF this act, and compre-
bending its moral character and genera
| nature, then self destruction is not ega
suicide, and the insurers are liable. Tha
is when man kills himself from delib
crate conviction that under the cir,umstan
ce> death is preferable TO life, he is not IL
he excused as insane, for his act was the
result of a rational argument. II is essen
| tiIl Ia render the insurer liable that th,
suicide should first have got into diseas
ed frame of mind, so that the act could b,
regarded as an insane impulse arising dur
ing clouded state of the faculties. The
law thus argues that the deed was not th,
deed of the suicide at all, hut just the sam,
as if he had been killed by another person
The verdict in this case was against tn,
| company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-28
-Whnl IS Lhe dIlltrence bclween a ann

What is the difference between church
Organist aud the influenza? One stops the
nose and the other knows the stops.
A mule colt with eight feet has been
born 10 Thomas Ninstanly, Of ST. Louis.
What an animal not 10 go that mule will
bel
A chap who spent 81 400 to graduate
from Harvard is postmaster in Iowa at s2i
per year. Where would he have been but
for his Latin and Greek?
colonel Eagerton remarked in the
House Of Commons that philanthropy is so
energetic that ait requires good deal Of
influence nowadays TO get hanged"
Nobody can blame girl for vowing
that "no lips shall touch mine that have
touched a bottle" Every properly-con-
strucled flask has drinking cup attach
ed.
An Oregon journal describes recent
ly elected member of Congress from tina t
region as jolly, social man of some abil-
ity, "but hitherto too lazy to become
known"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-28
IOFFICIAL.1
L A w $
or THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED At THE
FIRST SESSION OF The FORTY-THlRD CONGRESS
GENERAL NAruRB-No. 6s.l

GENERAL NATURB-No. 6S.
AN ACT to create an additional land dis
trct in the territory of Colorado.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United states Cf
Americd IN Congress assembled, Thut al
tnat part of tho Territory Of Colorado com
mencing at a point on the south boundary
line of Colorado Territory between ranges
SiXty-nine and seventy west of the sixth
principal meridian thence running north,
to the northern boundary Of township
twenty-eight south; thence west, on line
between townships twenty y-seven and TWEEN
ty-eight south. to the western boundary
of range seventy-three west; thence NORTH,
on said boundary of range seveuiy-lbIee
west, to a puiut where the line DttW cen
townships forty-eght and iUrly-nine moth,
New Mexico meridian, viii Intersect tue
same; thence west, between SAID township
tOrty-eight and forty mine NORTH, tothe vest
ern boundary of the Territory; thence utn,
with said boundary line, TO tue southwest
corner of the Territory thence cast, on
the line of the southern bOInudry Of the
Territory, to the place Of beginning, shall
constitute separate land district, 10 be
called Del Norte laud district, the Vf1ice OF
which shall be located at Del Norte, in
Coneios County: PrOUided, That the Pres
ident of the United States may change tue
location of said land Office from time 10
time, as the public Interest may require.
HEt. =. udl lut iIt5IutuN SudIl diIblult
bv aud with the advice and consent of the
Senate register and a receiver Of public
moneys for said district and said officers
shall reside in the place where said land
office is located, and shall have the same
powers and shall receive the same fees and
emolumeuts rs the like officers now re-
ceive in the other land districts in said
Territory.
SIC. 3. That all persons in said district
who, prior to the opening of said Del NOrle
land office, shall have filed their decarato
ry statement or application for pre-emp-
tion or homestead rights in any other land
office in said Territory, shall thereafter
make proofs and entries at said Del Norte
land ofllcc and all unfinished business in
auy other land Office relating exclusively
to lands in said Del Nortc land district
shall he transferred 10 said Del NOrte land
office when notified by the officers of the
opening thereof.
Approved, June 20 1874.