The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-01-21
GENERAL NEWS.

Kingsley is dying.
/ Gov. Beedle, of New jersey, was
inaugurated Tuesday.
There was heavy snow storm at
Fort Laramie, Nebraska, Sunday, the
thermometer Icing forty degrees be-
low zerc.
General F. NJ. Cockrell was nom
mated for the United States senate
by Democratic caucus at Jefferson
City, Missouri.
At Helena, Montana, on Wednes-
day night, mercury froze in the Their
mometers. Proof whisky placed out
of doors, froze solid in half an hour.
The female operatives, in a mass
meeting at Fall River, Massachusetts,,
resolved to strike Monday at the
Merchants, Granite and Crescent
mills.
The Virginia legislature has adopt
ed resolutions protesting against the
recent conduct of-the Federal troops
in Louisiana as gross and wanton
usurpation of power.
The Arkansas senate passed Il sub
stitute for the house joint resolutions
denouncing the interference of the
Federal troops in The organization of
the Louisiana legislature.
A telegram from Berlin says that
Germany, although wishing to re-
spect the feelings of the Spanish gov
ernment, is obliged to satisfy public
opinion, and avenge the insult to her
| flg.
Captain Hcnly, who was sent some
weeks ago with detachment to COM
pei a party of miners to leave the
! Black Hills, has returned to Sheridan
Village, the whole command icing
badly frozen.
The trustees of the Greeley Memo
rial Association, in New 1oik, an
nounce that they are prepared to re-
ceiye contributions to the fund for the
erection of an appropriate monument,
the work being now assured.
1t WIS only tniity-fve degrees be-
low zero ON Mount Washington at
midnight of Thursday, and the signal
service observers came near being
blown away. Inside the house III
which they live the thermometer was
fifteen degrees bel W zero, and it
wasn't very COLI either.
Tie committee Of relief for the
f,mine-.tricken people Of Asia Minor
urgently request tic English and
American press to let it be sAown
thlt their funds are exhausted, while
the distress i. incre ,sing, They state
it will be necessary to c.othe, feed and
give medical assistance to several hun
bred thousand people until next
June.
The Aval,nche's Forrest City spec
i'll SAYS: The ST. Francis, Len"e for
Wiltshurg, struck Il hidden obstruc-
ton, near Madison, this evening, and
sunk with five feet water over her
guards. The officers think it Is
doubtful about raising her. light
cargo; boat fully insured; no lives
lost. The ST. Francis is owned here,
but it is impossible TO get the insur-
ance here.
Grant gains one more day in office
than the American elector bargained
for. The fourth Of March, 1877, will
come on Sunday. and by statute, the
Inauguration of the presidentelectdo does
not take place until the next day.
Twice in the history Of the republic
this has occurred, in 1921, at the sec
ond Inauguration of James Monroe,
and in 1919, when Zachary Taylor
was installed.
Four Cinnamon got off at Helena,
Montana, from one Of the packets, Il
few days ago, and providing them
selves with lot of "hug juice"-fil!'
ing their hides with as much as they
could hold, and the l,alince in bottles
started on II tour of observation i'll
to the interior of the Territory. Their
dead bodies were found afterward,
about four miles from town, stiff fro
gen. The remaining portion Of the
whi>kcy in the lottle Was frozen into
a solid lump of ice.
The London Times editorial says:
I'm the gloom surrounding us one
thing is pcrcep,ihle: All are armiog.
Germany is arming en- mlsse. The
surrounding nations, including the
hest part of the world, cannot do 9TH
erwise. Momentary dreams of peace
have fed. Germany recognizes the
stern necessity: What she won by
arms, she can only hold by arms, and
while the arms are in her hands, the
Times coufesses, Germany cannot raise
a third army. Her hopes are in her
navy.
The first conviction under the Law
prohibiting the use Of scuni!ous Ian
guqge on postal cards WAS had in New
4 York TN Wednesday. The felon, for
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