The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-12
GENERAL BREyITIEs.
APARrsraN elephant has baor t.u,,.


say papa" quite plainly.
HE Sultan has 500 wives. and devotes
to his own and their use CO .OOO. GOO ont of
the e. 100000 that constitutes the whole
income OF the Turkish Empire.
A PARTY of gold hunters. inst rpturnpd
from an interview with the troops at the
MACK Hills, report that they went In min
ers. but came cut minus.
=, IHE estate of the late Representative
hooper, OF Boston. amounts to 81 500 es5.
o. winch 81 .633 .s35 is In personal proper
", and Sl7l,l50 in real estate.
WILLIAM INGRAHAM chose a sapling In
savoy. MISS, from which to hang him
sell; and it bent with his weight so that
ms legs tr9ilcd on the ground, compelling
MN TO stTangle himself to death by lean
ing heavily in the moose.
1T is noticed, but not explainable, that
the party who manipulates the "boss fid-
die" In an orchestra is invariably bald
headed; and that If the big drum Ia band
is very big drum, 1t is always pounded
by short fat man.
New ORLEANS has a haunted cell. Three
suicides occurred in II, and several other
prisoners have been prevented in the very
act; and, when questioned about IL, the
answer invariably IS: ga woman In white
bade me de IT.
SMITBvuLE FLATS, Chenango County,
n. I. :, must be growing place for girls,
II we are to take as specimens two girls,
twins, named Traverse, IA years of age.
and whose united weight is over 40
pounds.
ABOUT year ago there was a wedding
in one of Barnum's balloons, at Cincin-
matt. Mr.. Cotton, chief ticket agent OF
the Hippodrome, the other day received a
telegram from New York announcing
that the result is a boy.
VTsCoUNTEss TOMBSTONE has been
singing in London for charitable purpo-
ses, with chorus formed of peeresses and
other ladies' of rank. The viscountess has
nne voice, and sings as well as first
class Professional, as does also the Ouch
ess of Newcastle.
The Conewango Swamp, containing
some 25,OOO acres of wet farming land, in
Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties.
New York, is about to be reclaimed by
drainage. It is estimated that by this
means over 81 900, 900 worth of land will
be got Under cultivation.
By the foundations in France the grain
crops of that country have been seriously
curtailed, and it must consequently be a
heavy buyer in foreign markets. Already
a number OF orders have been forwarded
by cable; and the West is preparing to do
her pert right cheerfully.
TIE Superintendent of the Insane Asy-
lum at Batavia, ILL.,, in which the widow
of President Lincoln was recently placed,
does not regard the prospects of her re-
covery as very encouraging. Her son
Robert visits her weekly, and every pos
sible provision Is made for her comfort.
EGYPT has two enlightening rulers who
desire to put that country on the civilized
track; thy are the Kedhive himself and
his Minister of Foreign Affairs. They
hold that. while the doctrine of Egypt
for the Egyptians" is a sound one, still, to
Iun the machine on that system, little
more foreign talent and skill are needed.
The old fogies growl at this.
The enumerator inquired of one family
in South RondOut, n. Y, the name of the
head of the family, and was answered
John Hines, aud asked the further usual
questions. when to his surprise he found
three children, two sons and one daughter.
The two former were named John, and
the daughter bore the name of her mothtr r,
Elizabeth. The enumerator asked her
how she distinguished them, and she an
swered: 81 call them Old John. Big
John. and Little John, and Young Eliza
BETH"
MATT HEAD, whose name became con-
spicuous in the late election in New
Hampshire. received, a few days ago.
barrel of flour from Manchester, n. H,
addressed at one end TO General Matt
Head, 7" on the other to Nathaniel Head"
The barrel of flour was returned to Man.
fln hi H,sv,
follows by the station agent at HOOksett,
Mr.. Heads residence: "There is no such
person as Nathaniel Head to be found in
HOoksett, and General Matt Head refuses
to pay for one end of barrel of flour. He
wants a whele barrel or nOne.n
QUITE a sensation was created in one of
the negro churches in this city on Sunday
last, says the Atlanta, (Gs.) Consultation;
The preacher was eXpa,ia,ing upon the
sin of intemperance and denouncing all
who were engaged in the traffic, when
bullet-headed negro, who bosses a low
down gin-mill, rose up and said: Here,
parson, is you 'luden to me in dem con-
Elections yOu'se making up dar % The
preacher promptly said they were for
whoever the cap fitted" Oats all right,
den," said the wrathy fellow, ''kase eff you
meant me, Id peel youl' and then sat
down just IN time TO escape arrest.
Mr.. JAMES O., of Cincinnati, who
had Just arrived at the Grand Hotel in
Paris, called the other day on one of the
principal Partisan embalmers to whom
he said: al have Just come direct from
Cincinnati, attracted by your reputation,
in order to be embalmed by you.' "But,
sir" replied the man, "tO be embalmed,
one must" " You are going to say"
interrupted Mr.. O., sit is necessary to
be dead. l have provided for that. In
this envelope you will find your fees,
some other money, and directions about
sending my body home" Thus SAYING,
Mr.. OF took bottle of laudanum from
his pocket and was only prevented from
swallowing the poison by the quickness
of the embalmer. The American was
taken into custody and the authorities
have written TO his friends.
The Washington Light Infantry of
Charleston, S. c., have through their COM
mander, Major r. G. Gilchrist, made pro-
position TO the Boston Light Infantry
looking TO the formation of Centennial
Legion" from the leading veteran organ
izations of the old thirteen States, which
when formed is to take part as repre-.
sentative body at the coming Centennial.
The legion is intended to consist of one
battery of light artillery, one company OF
cavalry and ten of infantry. New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
Rhode Island, are to elect one field off.
Ger; New York, New Jersey, Delaware
and Pennsylvania one; Maryland, Viz.
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia one. Each company is to consist
of IS men, and will rendezvous in Phila.
delphia on the second of July, at noon
The proposition has been favorably re-
ceived, and correspondence upon the