The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17
GENERAL BREyITIEs.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, has nee-o thea

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, has nee-o thea.
ter.
An old tax warrant Just discovered sets
forth that Joseph Bonaparte was axel in
1921 Sl60 for LOCO acres of land, by Ma
than Satterihwaite. then Assessor of Bor-
dcntOwn. n. j. The ex-Assessor is still
living, and says he stuck il on little, as
Bony was rich and could stand it,
JOHN BAPTIsTE HoRTIz Is the oldest
white inhabitant OF st. Louis, having been
Dom In that city, of Spanish parents, 81
years ago. This gentleman imported the
nrst hcarse in st. Louis. the first game
cock, saw the first steamboat land at the
wharf, and has raised nineteen orphan
children .NEnfTT NJ - u
A PARMnear Pownal VT, is represented
as haunted by very nngeHtlemaniy splr-
its. Stones, varying in weight from one
TO twenty pounds each, fall on the binid-
ings ard IN the fieldss People visit the
place in great numbers. We do not learn
the farmers price for meals, but presume
II to be remuneratiye. e. lt,r l' H.
The shrewd wife at Newport, where
seats are not reserved az the shows, goes
early and takes with her a mans hat,
which she drops in the empty seat by her
side. The auditors suppose that man
has temporarily left his place, and when
the detained husband comes in late lie
puts the extra hat in his pocket and
poudly Sis by the side OF wife worth
having. \ r.
AS this is the best time of the year for
planting the roots Of the beautiful white
water lily (Nvnphea odorata), which is
fragrant, and opens and closes at morn
ing and nightfall. those who are botanic
ally tasteful should take notice. Three or
four roots planted in half barrel, in which
black loan, wellretted manure, and a
covering of water have been placed, will
grow in the cellar during the winter, if
properly re-watered, and be ready for
transplantation 20 any place OF Shallow
water ia the spring.
A PEDESTRIAN named O,Leary. has, -uR-
der the surveillance Of responsible per
sons, walked forty-eight and one-third
miles in eight and three-fourths hours.
The trial was in Chicago, AID the endeav-
or was to walk fifty miles in the time mem
toned. At the outset Of the effort a mile
in about ten minutes was his gait, but after
the twenty-fifth mile he maintained the
remarkable pace of about seven and a half
minutes to the mile. The feat puts Yves
ton and the other professional walkers ell
tirely in the background
FISH fights may become fashionable, as
the French authorities, in importing for
culture many varities of Chinese and Japan
fish, have secured some of the fighting sort
from Aunam. In that country fish matches
are arranged as follows: "They select two
combatants of dark color and put them
into separate glass bottles, which they
then place close together. The fish imme-
diately begin to watch each other; their
oh no tail
and fins grow phosphorescent and the eyes
sparkle with peculiar luster. They soon
rush toward each other, butare stopped by
the bottles. When their rage is at its
highest they are liberated and placed in
the same reservoir, and a furious combat
takes place until one being defeated seeks
safety in flight, again changing its tint to
whitish gray"
In the Lady. Washington mine, near
Virginia City, blast was arranged and
the fuse lighted. Two miners got into the
bucket to be hoisted two hundred feet up
the shaft, the fuse being long enough to
give ample time uRder ordinary circUa-
stances. In this instance, however, the
ascent was delayed by some dsarrange-
ment of the machinery, and the men were
suspended in awful danger with no means
of averting it. They laid themselves in
the bottom of the bucket and awaited in
terror of the explosion, at seemed like
an hour" said one of them, but it was
really five minutes. When the blast did
explode, the bucket was lifted several feet
by the rush of air, and as it fell back with
a violent shock, a shower of shattered
rock rained on the covering miners.
They were hauled up at length insensible
with cuts and bruises, but they will re-
cover. EIt-A Ff y
1T is hard work, suggests the Chicago
Tribune, to get ahead of determined
Western man on matter in which princi-
pie and pennies are involved together !;
especially difficult Tor the railroads 10
fight the masses. The great bore now-a-
days is legal fare. Passengers were in the
habit of getting aboard trains and paying
legal fare" TO prevent this, the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
devised a means of forcing passengers TO
pay full fare. 1t was to make them show
tickets before getting aboard. At Bur
lingtOn, the other day, a passenger bought
a ticket and took his seat. He then passed
the ticket out of the window to a friend,
who also took his seat. repeating the opera
ton until the car was filled up. When the
conductor came round there was but one
ticket, and legal fares enough 90 keep the
Supreme Court in continuous session for a
century. But the value the Burlington
business men set upon time is not revealed
10 US FrEFWnn TEF -Fvr
In July last the construction of a road
over the Sierra Madre in Colorado into
Middle Park was begun, and on Nov. Is a
siN-horse coach made the ascent for the
first time. The road runs from Empire
through Berthoud Pass, gap in the noun
tain chain 500 feet below the timber line,
and 10. ESQ feet above the sea, with Mt.
Russell towering 5000 feet higher on one
side and Mt. Flora. 1000 feet on the other.
From this point the road descends the Pa
cific slope eleven miles to the edge Of the
timber, where, crossing NosqueZ Fork, it
enters dense grove of young pines on
level ground extending a mile and a half
TO the head of Middle Park. which is an
elevated valley $500 feet above the sea,
entirely surrounded by the lofty chains of
the Rocky Mountains and Astounding in
magnificent scenery. This is one of the
most famous of the natural parks of Cali
fOrnia. A regular line of stages from
Georgetown 20 the park will be put upon
this road next sumRer. 80 Is r&@