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

MADRIp letter states that Marshal
Bazaine is very i'll in consequence of the
reopening of an old wound.
PROF. MARSH has found a missing
Darwinian link in a fossil bird with
teeth. which occupies an intermediate
place between bird and reptile.
A MAN, who broke jail in Texas, was
running away beautifully, when he was
bitten by rattlesnake, and being OBJ
liged to go TO a doctor for treatment,
was restored TO his old quarters.
THE Government has accumulated
so large an amount of gold in Califor-
mia that 1t has been found necessary to
transfer some of it East. Arrange
ments are now being made for that pur-
pose.
CAPT. GOODMAN, in the GALAXY, tells
of Mormon in Provo who IS " years
old. is the father of sixty children, the
oldest of whom is 20 years old, and Is
sixty-seven years the senior OF the
youngest.
AFTER coaxing her for half an hour to
take two pills. her mother thought per
hans they might 90 down more easily in
soda water. They went to the apothe-
carvrs and il took four glasses Of soda
TO wash them down.
..IT's never too late to mend," said
old Betsy Straw, aged 10I years. But
the dear old lady hadn't reference TO
the darning Of stockings so much as OF
souls. for her remark was provoked by
her joining the church.
The Philadelphia Times says Alfred
:. Peabody has been appointed mem
Der of the Centennial Committee from
Cape Town. South Africa. Two thou
sand pounds sterling have been appro-
priated for the purpose Of representing
the Cape at the American Centennial.
WHIiE tunneling into the side Of
Mount McLelland, Colorado, recently,
the explorers came upon ground sohdiy
frozen ninety feet from the surface.
The question is, how the frost got in, as
there was no crevice through which ii
could enter.
DANIEL b. REED, the blind inventor
of patent car-cOupler, who made his
home In Sioux City last winter, is now
confined in lunatic asylum in Massa-
chusetts. His inability to convince the
railroad companies that his invention
was just the thing, is supposed to be the
cause of his insanity.
THE King of Burmah has a high-tem-
pered son who quarreled recently with
his royal father and fled from the palace
with the intention of raising a rebellion
among the Shaus. A body of troops
were dispatched in pursuit of him, how
ever, and he was brought ignominious-
" back.
THE good boy who goes home and
tells his mother how he rebuked his
companion for robbing birds nests,
will perhaps pass the pantry twenty
times that very day-and still find it
locked. How ignorant parents are, and
how little they understand their chill
dren.
Ii San Francisco recentlya gentleman
went in bathing at the place where Mr..
RalSton was drowned, and the same
thing almost happened to him as to Mr.
Ralston. He got off a like distance from
the beach, and was seen TO be acting in
strange manner. A runners boat
came along, and was Just in time to save
4 a
server on Meiggs's wharf, he appeared
TO be in the exact position in which MI.
Ralston was when first noticed drown
ing.
ELLEN HARPER, a colored woman OF
about thirty, has spent much of her
time in the Richmond (Na.) prison
She has committed no great crime, be-
ing satisfied with continually disturbing
the peace. Last week, on being brought
before the Police Judge as usual, she
handed him the following poetic peti
ton: police Justice White, I'm in ;
sad plight, immured in this horribl,
Jail. With sorrow oppressed, I'm deeply
distressed, and pray you will list to my
tale As you love the muse, you canno
refuse wandering harper to hear. Sht
sings not gladneSS, for breaking witt
sadness, her heart strings are wruns
with despair. My case is before you
Now let me implore you to open m,
prison doors wide. No bail can | give
but true as live | no longer here vii
abide. but far from this place III hid,
my disgrace and try for the past t,
atone. while both song and story will
tell of the glory of the good Judge VIII,
mercy hath shown"
TIRED Of the monotony and common
place character of the usual drunken
rows and Sunday fights, the enterpriS
inc South Trojans yesterday arranged
an entertainment unique and interest
ing. Mike Riley, a slender siX-tloOter
and Mrs. Henihan, a woman built verl
much like Mike, agreed upon a prize
tigEt. 70 decide which was the wOrthic
pugilst.s Fourteen rounds were agree,
upon, aad Mike selected his wife for
second. while Mrs. IIenihan selected
her husband for her second. The pre-
parationS for the affair were soon noiSeC
about. and a crowd of over two hundred
people assembled near the nail factory
to witness the contest. Both partie.
were in excellent condition, as if they
had been in training for the season
Mike knocked his fair antagonist down
several times, and she returned the
compliment amid the cheers of the de
lighted audience. The excitement wa,
intense, the contest close, and the con
fusion considerable. After the fourteen
rounds had been rendered, it was aScer
tanned that. although both had bloody
noses and their faces reSembled a MAJ
of some battlefield, each was as de
termined as ever and ready to renew
the sport. The referee decided that i
was a drawn battle, but the spectator,
were satisfied that Mrs. HenihaIFhaC
the best of it. The hero and heroine re.
ceived the congratulations of theil
friends, the crowd dispersed, and the
yalorous principals went home to re-
cruit for the next engagement.-Tro
Wing.
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