The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-17


strongly urged for the Covernorship
Of Georgia
Il IS officially announced that The
laying Of the dircc: United States ca.
Die Is completed.
New England is suffering terribly
from drou.h. Last month vas -the
dryest on record.
The New Ham pshire Legislature, in
Joint convention, elected Person G.
Cheney Governor.
Important changes are expected in
the Treasury and Internal Revenue
Offices on the LIST Of July.
Ex-Governpr Edmund =. Davis has
been nominated by the Republicans
of Texas as their candidate for Gov
ernor.
The Ficksburg Herald estimates
that the wheat crop Of Mississippi this
/ year will be equal to the craps Of the
last ten years combined.
The fences Of the United States are
said to 30 worth $500, 900, 900, and,
it is added, that Il costs s98,000,0O0
annually to keep them in repair.
Probably the wealthiest journalist
in America is A. S. Bell. Of the Bal.
timore Sun, whose property Is estima-
ted at from $1,000. 900, 10 S10,000,-
600.
Jefferson Davis has been rendered
and will accept the Presidency Of the
Texas Mechanical and Agricultural
College ct Bryan, wits c calaty of
$4,000.
1t is stated in London, On good au-
thor;tY, .that the circumstancesaf attend
ing he loss CT TIE Schiller were such
that if the Captain had escaped death
he would have been pat upon his trial
for manslaughter.
The headquarters Of the National
Grange Of the Patrons Of Husbaltry,
which, ever since the organization Of
the Order, have been in Washington,
will probably be removed to Louis.
vile in a short time.
The Washington Republicans de-
linquent tax list is one Of the most re-
munerative advertisements ever print
ed in the country. For four insertions
Of ffty-six pages each it will receive
! 1913, 900, and clear $40, Coo.
Postm&ster-General Jewell, accom-
panied by one Of bis trusted special
agents and his private Secretary, has
lett Washington on tour Of i8spec-
ton. lie viii visit ali the prominent
/ post-otices in the South and WRIST.
News has been received. a. Havana
by lay O. St. Thomas, Of q terrible
earthquake II New Grenada. De
stlnction was the greatest IN tho val
ley Of Cucuata, Oh the Venezuelan
frontier. Il is reported that 5000
lives were destroyed by the calamity.
BY paying bount:es, the single coun-
ty Of Blue Earth, in Minnesota, IS
picking thousand bushels Of grass
hoppers a day. As it is stated by
one who has counted, that it takes
283,6t8 horpers to make 4 bushel,
the daily slaughter mus: be 283, 64S,-
900.
Col. D. F. Boyd, Guperinteudon.
of the Louisiana State University, has
definitely accepted the appointment of
Superintendent Of the Government
Military College near Cairo Egypt,
with the rank and the pay Of a Brig
adier-General IN the regular army Of
the Kodive.
The Daily News reports that e cris-
is is imminent at Athens, which may
result in the abdication Of tie King.
Five Turkish men of war have been
ordered to cruise in Greek waters.
The Russian minister had advised the
King not to abdicate without securing
his heir to the throne. The probable.
ty Of the Intervention Of foreign pow
ers is being discussed at AthcnsS
The Agricultural Department has
c.atistics, carefully collected by respoE.
sible persons in the seven leading hog
States, wht5h show that in January
last, there were in those States, on
hoof 1928, 800 hogs. These ware
divided as follows: Indiana, 2,GP0, 900
head Illinois, 100000 head; Iowa,
8, 2g9, 200 head Missouri, 1892, 900
head; Ohio, 1888, 400 head; Ken
lucky, 1,706,000 head; Wisconsin,
587, 600 head. L is estimated that
the returns from other States will
make the hog crop FIR this year over
$4,000. 900 bead
The indications are that even with
q bountiill corr crop, prices Of pork
during the Eext year must rIle. very
high. The scarcity during represent
year has very largely decreased the
number Of hogs IN the west. Every
thing in hog skin which could he put !
into passable condition has been slaugh- !
tered and pushed into market, and the |
supply Of store hogs IS not a large one. !
The number Of hogs in the county
last January IS estimated by the De |
pa-tment Of Agriculture TO have been |
1925, 200 while in January 1874 it |
was 1927 800. and in Janoary 1872 /
y, 1893, 500, a decrease in two years of
nearly / 000. 900.