The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
GENERAL NEWS.

llEEe were SlItFt SuOthS VI Ne.i W
quake in different parts Of California
Saturday.
Miss Hannah Allen, of Bland coun-
tv; VT, has been married 10 MIR Allen
Hannah
They have commenced to sell pools
in Washington City on the Speaker
ship.
jefferson Davis has accepted the
Presidency of the American Depart
ment Of the Mississippi Valley Society
with Headquarters at New Orleans.
Capt. f. W. Kenuedy,'a prominent
merchant of Louisville, was found
dead IN his bed at the Gault House
Monday. Verdict, that death result
ed from heart disease.
Appropriations for collecting Of Gus
toms Being deficient some 100000,
the Secretary Of the Treasury will
soon issue an order reducing fhe num-
Der Of persons employed in Custom
houses.
The Chicago Commercial Bulletin,
( in its annual review of the prospects
I of this seasons pork packing, express
es the conviction that the hog crop is
Fan average one, Thought thinks there
is "some uncertainty as to the mark
citing Of it."
\ little girlof Bowling Green, Ky,
went to a millinery to get q dress cut.
After she had gore ali artificial aowcr
was missing. She was charged with
theft, and brought suit for damages.
She recovered FIVE hundred dollars,
and the cost Of the suit was half as
much more.
St. Peter has sent Mrs Stoddard, Of
Olivet, Mich, five at once, and she
considers herself ahead of the quadri-
lateral Baltimore matron who figured
in the newspapers some time ago. Mrs
Stoddard is also distinguished for three
others that were sent her all at once.
The state of mind Of Mr. Stoddard is
not reported.
Leonard Cox, Cashier of the We
tern Telegraph Company, is a defaul-
cr to the amount o. s13, 700. Accord
ing to his own confession, it appears
that for over a year hehas been in the
habit Of regularly ahstracting large
sums from the cash placed in his
hands, and investing them with GER
tain Wall street brokers, for specula-
tive purposes.
If ANYBODY offers yon a S. note On
the Traders National Bank; the First
National Bank o. Chicago, the First
I Bank Of Paxton, H., the First Ma
tional Bank Of Canton, H., decline
receiving it. There are dangerous
counterfeits Of the denominations on
the banks named, the genuine notes
, have been Withdrawn and no addition
I al issues viii be made.
\ farmer at Orrington, Ne, has
been for some time feeding a squash,
in the hope Of being able to bring it
zap to two hundred pounds. The
feeding Is done by cutting off the vine
about six feet from the squash and
placing the end in a pan into which
fresh milk is daily poured. BY this
means the vines absorb about two
quarts Of milk per day, and the
squash gains about pound day in
weight
/ b. pht Ohio river is the greatest coal
carrier in the world, notwithstanding
the fact that it is frozen up during
most of the winter, and nearly dried
up q large portion Of the summer. y
run" of coal was made during the
month Of July last, when 275,92S
tons were shipped in forty-eight hours.
1t would have loaded over $4,000
eight-wheeled ears, which would have
had to be made up into about LOCO
heavy freight trains.
The Augusta Corstitutionalist has
4. this valuable item: Thousands Of cot,
ton gins are ueedlessIy Injured, if not
entirely ruined by one single cause.
! That cause Is permitting moat or lint
/ cotton, that is, cotton that has beer
once ginGed, to lie mixed with seed cot
ton and pass through the saws a Sec
end time. Such infection catches in
tie teeth, and breaks them. Il also
bends or break the ribs. wears the
boxes and strains the whole gin SO as
to make it produce bad sample, and
speedily becomes almost worthless. 1t
likewise increases the draft 50 as to
distress the mules propeling the gin,
ond creates 50 much frieti0ii as often
to-set the gin house on fire. Thus can
be explained the burning Of many a
gin house by the supposed spontane-
Gus combustion Of cotton"
The Yokohama, Japan, Herald re-
latcs q remarkable occurrence which
shows that some Of the japanese have
an extraordinary capacity fer with
standing the effects of fiery pdtations
An Osaka man offered a prize to any