The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-09
GENERAL. NEWS.

A collision in the English channel
resulted in the. sinking of a British
man-of,war, Of over six thoesand tons
burden. >, ;"
A quarry of:.lithograph stone, tne
only one outside of Bavaria in tbe
world, has been found in Rowan coun-
ty, Kentucky. Z "
The Georgia insurreetionists have
been discharged, the grand jury not
being able to find evidence to make 9
case against them. -
The Supreme Court Of North Caro-
lima has decided that property convey
ed by woman to another party just
before marriage is fraudulent; and
may be recovered
An ugly, outcropping of crime Is one
C the Affections of st. Louis Just now,
the unmerclful walloping of policemen
By roughs being the Distinguishing fea-
ture Of the lawlessness.
In Quebec the weather for hay max
ing has been very unpropitious this
season, SO much so that all the. hay
crop has not been harvested yaa and
the return is still both deficient N
quantity and qualify. Other crops are
looking remarkably well without any
exception, Che potato crop especially,
d. @. Mills authorizes the statement
thai tie defalcation Of the late Presi7
dent of the Bank OF California will
amount to between three and four m'ls
lion dollars, and that an over issue o.
stock has been discovered. 1t Is not
supposed that this will in any way
| 6rejudice the arrangement now being
made to rehabilitate the bank. IL
&. B. Norton, editor of the Dallas
i,Texasl Intelligencer, is said to be an
excentric genius, and his claim to ex-
centricitS is. proven by his fidelity to
foolish cath taker over thirty years
ago, never to shave un.:t Henry Clay
shonld be elected President. His
beardis now over a yard in length,
but otherwise he is said to be u very
agreeable gentleman.
Notwithstanding the general pros;
tration of business throughout the
country, contraction Of the currency
continues. The following reductions
in the mediums of circulation herein
named have been made since January
1: Legal tenders, s7,755, 600; frac :
tional currency, s5,252, 9S2; National
Bank circulation, 81, 500, 600; making
total contraction N eight months of
ST., 1907, 900. $3.50,
Cincinnati Enquirer: ere the reck5
less bankers and spectators q Cali
fornia the only people who are entltl-
ed to the Government aid? When the
banks of that bullion State went 2bwa
the other day Mr. Bristow, Secretary
of the Treasury, sent gold from the
Treasury to relieve them. Has Mr.
BriSt0w sent any money TO Oli0 to
start the idle workshops and aid the
depressed manufactures Not much.
It's only tie bankers who are entitled
to consideration in this world. ::
In the present STATE IF mining, 1000
feet is a greater depth, than is possible
to mine coal. rTte deepest mines i'll
England, which scarcely exceed 1000
feet, possess a temperature Of 50 de-
grees. At 5000 feet the heat of the
miues would be over 100 degrees.
Rapidly waving currents of air may
reduce these temperatures several de-
grees, and compressed air may still
| further cool the workings; but newer
discoveries in ventilation must be made
before. 1900 feet can be reached.
The Fest Cfice Department has
perfected arrangements for fast mail
train from New York, Philadelphia,
Washington ard Baltimore, via Pitts
! burgh, to Chicago, St. Louis, Cincin-
natl and al points in the Southwest.
THIS train will commence running
next Monday, over the Pennsylvania
Railroad and its connections, making
extraordinary East time, 50 a. to fully
accommodate the immense postal bu-
siness of the cities designated, as well
rs a limited number Of through pas
sengers. -
4 case involving fifty thousand dol
lars was decided a few days ago in
Plaquemine, Louisiana, bt a negro
| jury, of WHICH no one gould read or
write. They brought IN a compre-
hensiye verdict, We find lie had a
right to make the affidavit" 1.-The
Judge inquired whether they meant
to find for the defendant; and the fore
man at haphazard sail Yes" but
since the plaintiff made ''thc affidavit"
nobody Knows. exactly what they
meant, and they will probably have to
try, the case over again.
Mark Twain, they say, s lending
money at sixteen per cent. Twain was
formerly a popt'dr tuuorist, but he,
got rich in one way and another, and
ceased to be funny. A man cannot
be thrifty and a humorist too. Arte-
mus Ward died just in the nick of time
just as people were beginning to ap,
preciate the music tlat wasin him and
pay him for making it Mark Twain
might have kept up his. reputation as
humorist if Re had died two years
ago, but it is toalate now. 1t will not
help him any to die. He can 60 on
lending mohet at sixteen per cent, OF
any other per cent. lie can get; he is
in the money-making business now.
TIE Turkisi Government, acting
upon the advice,ef the European pow
ers, has promised TO grant the reforms
asked by the rshsllious provinces, and
to pass such legislation as VII secure
them their civi! ard religious rights.
The rights of property and freedom Of
worship are tc be respected, and GER
tain political rights are also to be con-
ferred. In consequence of these con-
cessions by the Porte, the foreign con-
suls of Bosnia and Herzegovina have
been instructed to direct the insur-
gents to law down their arms. The