The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-14
CENTRAL. NEWS.

600 men.
All the british ships in japanese
ports have been ordered to China.
Looks ike war.
A rich vein of petroleum has just
broken through the bluff on the bank
of the river at Shelbyville, Ky.
George Wilkes, editor-in-chief of
the Spirit Of the Times, retires from
that position Nov. l, and will be sdcs
seeded by E. A. Buck, a Cincinnati
man.
The authorities of Richmort, Va,
have extended the hospitalit'es of the
city to the widow and daughter of
St0newall Jackson for the 26th, when
the statue will be unveiled.
Merric England has fast newspaper
trains, too. They run at sixty miles
per hour, and the distributors are left
barely time to distribute and chuck
out the parcels at the way stations.
Gov. Skunk of Pennsylvania vetoed
The first bill that came before him for
the incorporation of a telegraph COM
pany on the ground that " it would
interfere with the business Of the Uni
ted States mails"
Every Monday morning number
Of negresses may be seen on the wharf
at New Orlsan, near the French
market, throwing pennies into the riv-
er to purchase Of some Voudou spirit
good luck for the week.
The water route convention at
Rome, Ga, adopted resolution rec
cmmending to Congress md the leg
islatura5 Of Tennessee, Georgia and
Alabama legislation to aid in connect
ing the Tennessee and AlabaEa rivers;
Warhas commenced at Cape Palmer
between Liberia and the aborigines un-
der command Of several educated ma
tives. There was some fighting Oh the
18th Of September, in which fifty were
killed and wounded. TheLiberianGov-
ernent has dispatched troops from Mon
rovia to the scene Of action and a great
battle is daily expected.
4 Professor Of music at Trieste has
succeeded in the difficult task of teach
ing a number Of deaf mutes to sing
a public exhibition was given IN Paris
some time ago by these deaf mutes, at
which they not only sang in perfect
time, but preserved the pitch which
was conveyed t? them by the teacher
in some mysterious way.
Some miners lately returned to
Green River Stallion, on the Union
Pacific Railroad, report good placer
diggirgs in The streams Of Wind river
and Big Horn mountains, a5Jut one
hundred miles north Of Camp Sam
b1ugh and lie old Sweet water gold
mines. Some Of the men have come
out for the winter, and Will return in
the spring. Others remain there
during the winter.
In the San Francisco Jail is a girl
only sixteen years old. She is exces.
Sivc'y shy and demure, bushes whell
looked at by visitors, and faints when
drunkards are brought bleeding and
yelling into the prison. Her face is
delicate and expressive Of retiring
modesty and gentleness. Her name is
Annette Gillard, and she is awaiting
trial for scabbing a man four times
18Th . bio butcher knife aDs i,!enr,
smashing E;J skull with 4 brick.
HE indianapolis journal Oh the ON
contains note from Dr. EvartS, Su =
perintendeptofthe Indiana Hospital fol-
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.'..!'--,'l q i'oot'' 1I''ic y" eli ' iIo
he says, will in Il few days return 70
MS home a New Harmony, where, I'M
der adv;s, he will c,ntinuo for = time
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10 rest if0ii l''o'I' me DoI'o' "u"'
that he sees no reason why MI owen
may not, in a short time, resume hi
work with all the yigor and ability in.
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Inc la'e7I reports from ! t''i l oi''
report 10 mo-. .ShJh8. bGt every
forests n3ralvze1 The NEGROES there
threaten to hang Brown, the Sheriff,