The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-08
GENERAL BREYITIEs.

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trouble.
THIRTEEN Of the thirty-eight premium
offered for poultry at the Vermont Fai
were taken by Evan T. Sprague, ahennis
not yet twelve years old.
Two hours ride on a ferryboat and ,
Sunday at Long Branch make up thu
summer vacation Of the New York re
porter.
A FEARFUL war is raging in England be
tween two Deans, all about the question
whether, during the prayer of conservation
IN the communion service, the priesl
should face the east or some other point o.
the compass. "a = so - =
AT the Hanley Police Court in London
the other day, milk seller was fined el(
for selling milk containing q per cent. Of
water. The analyst said that the impurity
of the water was proved by the presence o.
animalcul9.
QUEEN VICTORIA has determined to pay
the debts of the Prince of Wales. They
amount 10 about e600,0OO, or $1,000. 600
She is TO pay them in three installments o.
G2OO,OOO each. The first of these install
ments has already been paid.
Mr.. PROCTOR, the astronomer, is urging
The adoption in England of our system Of
the publication daily of predictions Of the
weather, and says that in his lectuIing
tour in this country he only knew these
predictions TO be wrong twice in three
months.
1.-THE Mississippi" SAYS Mr.. Emerson,
swallows the Missouri, the Illinois, the
Ohio and other rivers. and does not widen
ifE Rhannal. an tho AYprln- A r,aariagfa
abSorbs the thousands ofGermans. French.
Irish and English, and remains unchang-
ed in its characteristics"
IN England a poor curate, unable to live
on his salary, supported himself by repair
ing watches. This was reported to the
Bishop as a disgrace to the cloth. "This
must be put stop to-" said the Bishop,
Indignantly, and he stopped it by giving
the curate place worth 900 a year.
WILLIAM CANTON. the prototypogra-
pher of England, published his first book
in that country in or about l476, and
it is proposed to celebrate the four
hundredth anniversary of that interesting
event in connection with the American
Centennial at Philadelphia.
THE repairs ordered by the Comte de
Paris at the Chateau of Amboise have
brought TO light the tomb of Leonardo de
Ninci, who was known TO have died in
the neighborhood, but whose burial place
was unknown. A stone coffin bearing
his name was discovered under a thick
bed of earth, and on its being opened
the painters remains were found in a
perfect state of preservation. They will
be deposited in the chapel of the chateau.
NJ. VAYssARD, oneNof the librarians of
the National Library in Paris. has Just
died at the age Of eighty. He knew what
was in the Library, although it contains
100000 printed volumes and 100, 900 man
uscTipts. One day man asked for a TO-
nance. He did not know the title nor
the authors name; he only knew that it
began with the words, 1.-The marchiOness
walked alone in the park" and old Ways
sard brought il, though it was the produc-
ton of an obscure author of the eighteenth
century.
In the Government of Pleskau, in Rus
STA, letter was circulated which reported
that the Government intended to send s.
600 Of the prettiest girls of the country to
Africa to be married to negroes. There
was panic, and the girls made haste to
marry any one who would have them, and
One brandy dealer made small fortune
out of it, for at Russian weddings they
must have brandy. Now the authorities
have discovered that this merchant started
the story, and they are not yet done with
him.
THERE died suddenly at Staunton. Va,
a short time since, an eX-CathOlic priest,
Daniel DOwney by name, who, twenty
lnnnsaI from thn ministry
for the killing of William McMullen with
a pistol. McMullen had seduced a young
woman, and the priest attempted to force
him TO marry her. In the alteration that
resulted from the demand DOwney shot
McMullen, but was acquitted by the Court
on the ground of self defense. After his
deposition he became teacher, and for the
last few months of his life was United
States storekeeper. He was man oflearn-
ing and of excellent social qualities.
THE aIkali works in England, which are
distributed along the banks OF the Mersey
and the Tyne, do serious damage to the
destroying the trees and crops
in the neighboring country and rendering
it almost uninhabitable. The value of
land for cultivation is thus reduced, and it
is thought that the cattle are injured by the
deposit of poisonous acid on their food.
The various manufactures causing these
nuisances are those of soda, evolving mu-
Ratio acid gas; of sulphuric acid, evolving
nitrous acid; of ammonia salts, evolving
hydrogen, and the process of
copper, evolving large quantities
OF sulphurous acid. A bill providing for
the condensation of these harmful gases
under the supervision of a Government
was read a second time in the
House of Lords in the last session, and it
will probably become law before long.
THE London Art Journal is responsible
for the following story: A somewhat curl
Gus circumstance occurred lately. which is
strangely illustrative of modern manners.
4 nObleman passing through West-End
street saw a fine but very dilapidated pic
ture in a brokers' shop. He purchased it,
and inquired the painters name, but was
unable TO discover more than the initials.
that the picture-a seaside view
with rocky shOre-was modern, he was
anxious to discover the painter. In vain
he tried all the picture dealers. They
knew the style and the initials, but were
with the man. They were
confident the painter was alive, but they
knew nothing of his home or his haunts.
The nobleman piqued at being so baked,
to find the painter, and at last,
in despair, applied to Pollaky, the foreign
detective. Pollaky knew nothing about
art or artist, but he undertook to find the
man. And find him he did. after some
trouble, in the midst of the direst poverty,
in little court in Soho. The discovery of
the artist was returning point in his for
tunes. The nobleman employed him, and
at this moment there is picture of his in
the Academy marked sold"