The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-22
GENERAL BREyIrIEs.


FNTERPRIsNG Boston has 300 trotting
horses in training.
GOLD has lately been discovered In paw
ing quantities at the famous " Notch In
the White Mountains.
TIE latest specimen Of word-making is
disestablishmentarian-" In course of
time, last years dictionary viii be OF as
little useas last years almanac.
The geological explorations IN the West
occasionally develop remarkable ag0re0a-
lions OF fossil remains. Lately VAST de.
post oil fossils was found near Red Cloud
the remains of numerous animals cover,
ing an area of ground containing six
square miles. 80
a PITTSBURGH exchange remarks that
tlle annals OF execution will show that the
great majority of criminals about to be
I,iai!gec pass the night or two previous 10
theH taking off in profound sleep. The
Iast night ON earth especially is apt TO be
passed IN dreamless, peaceful slumber.
Tm father of Miss Warner, author OF
the +" Wide, Wide World" died recently
at their home on Constitution Island. on
the Hudson, near West Point. She sen;
Tor two clergymen to conduct the funeral
services, but they failed TO come. She
therefore knelt down by the coffin and led
the mourners in prayer.
GEORGE w. HILL. a New York gambler.
known as ''COaley Keys" died of con-
sumption recently. He was the active
partner Of great many gambling firms
run by politicians, wore shirts that cost
$50 dozen, gold, had three changes OF
raiment day, and bought gloves at the
rate of 81 800 at time.
The original copy of the Declaration Of
independence, which has been in the
Patent Office at Washington for years.
has faded so that the signatures are scarce
ly visible, and Skilled penman is to go
over The document with the aid ofa strong
microscope and retrace all the signatures
so as 10 make them distinct and legible.
"HE unsatisfactory light frequently Civ
en- by kerosene lamps is often due 10 the
wick. The filtering of several quarts of
OIL through wick, which stops every par
hcle of dust in il, must necessarily gradu-
ally obstruct the pores of the wick. Con-
sequently although a wick may be long
enough 20 last some time, its conductive
power may be so impaired that good
light cannot be obtained.
ONE of Washingtsn's Oldest men.
Uncle Dick Smith, of the Naval Observa-
tory, celebrated his seventy-ffth birthday
anniversary, tie other day. Smith has
Deen IN the employ of the Government
Tor SIXTY years, and was present at every
duel fought in olden times at Bladens-
burg. lie has served nearly Cabinent Of
llcer rnCer the Government, is a good
Baptist, and has built church.
ONE night last winter Geo. Nj. Brown.
a lawyer of McGregor, Iowa, got drunk
and slept in gutter. In the morning he
was so badly frozen that both his hands
and one of his feet were amputated. iowa
has civil damage law, which makes the
liquor seller pecuniarily liable for the con-
sequences of drinking his liquor. Brown
drank at six saloons that night, and his
wife has sued the proprietor of each for
$4,000.
TIE Charleston Is. c. NstCs and Courier
says The tornado picked up little mig
on Dr. Singletary's plantation, in Marion.
whlried him through the air like top for
thirty yards, and lett him laughing at the
storm. He fell on his head, of course. A
COW was picked up on Colonel Harring-
toms plantation, carried about the same
distance, thrown upon her head, and her
neck was broken"
Two boys were recently tried at VOL
northampton, England, for stealing goods
that We're exposed outside of shop door.
The Recorder, in sentencing them, said
that the custom of tradcsmen exposing
goods not only tempted TO crime, but led
10 public expense for the prosecution of
the thieves. He therefore determined to
thy and puta stop TO it by compelling such
shop-keepers to pay the costs of any prose
cutions.
n WEALTHY merchant of Fairport, y. Y,
had so strong presentiment that he
would meet his death through suffocation,
that he refused to introduce gas into
fine house which he had Just flashed.
Then he went 10 Syracuse to buy furni-
ture, and while at hotel blew out his gas
and went TO bed. In the morning he was
found dead; but there seems to be about
as much carelessneSs as coincidence in the
way he died.
The bullion product of Nevada last year
equaled that of all the other gold and sill
Yer producing States and Territories in the
Union combined. Its mineral resources
embrace almost every metal known i'm the
arts, together with extensive beds or de-
posts of various minerals. The salt beds
of Churchill and the borax deposits of Is
meralda are perhaps the most extensive
on the continent, and in Humboldt, with
in one hundred yards of the Central Paci-
iic Railroad, are beds of sulphur capable.
il is believed, of supplying the whole world
with that article for centuries. But little
is known of the extent of the beds, except
that they cover large area and have been
prOSpected in one place to the depth OF
several feet, where the excavations expose
hundreds of tons of the pure article, which
can be made available for commercial pur-
poses at no greater expense than loading
it on the cars and shipping it to the great
commercial centers.
SOME months ago a large and power
fully built man went into the office of
Judge Smith of Austin, Texas, and asked
the Judge TO send him to lunatic asylum.
The man said he was dangerous mad
man, and not fit TO be running around
loose. His appearance of blunt candor did
not convince the Judge, and he told the
man he could do nothing for him. The
man went his way. The other day he Wis
tied the office again, and the Judge recog-
nized him. There was another man mr..
Denton) also in the Office, and it was well
he was. Judge Smith asked the visitor
what he could do for him, and the visitor
drew long knife and told the Judge he
N " Mn nun. NOW, Dlg hnle
drawn in the hands of big man in Texas
means something. The Judge grasped
his heavy cane and Denton picked up
chair. There was lively skirmish. at The
end Of which several chairs were broken.
the cane was splintered, and the man with
the knife was lying on the floor with a
bleeding head. This time the Judge
thought the man was mad enough to send
10 the lunatic asylum. and he sent him ac-
cordingly
Sayings Of Che-FOO-TSin.