The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13
GENERAL. NEWS.

1t Is reported that Santa Anna, the
late president of the Mexican republic,
is dead.
Ben Hill is elected 10 Congress from
the Ninth Georgia District in place of
Mcmillan, deceased.
Honorable James B. McCreary has
been nominated by the Democracy #
Kentucky for Governor.
One part of Norway the longest day
is three months. What splendid
chance for lazy man to start ii daily
paper.
a red-headed, unpiinci plcd woman
has been selling the colored people Of
Boston lotion warranted to make
them white.
The President will appoint Com
missioner Douglas to another office Of
equal importance It's that soon TO lie
varated by him.
The H n. ID. d. Pratt, eX-Unitcd
States Senator from Indiana, he's ac-
cepted the position of Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue, rendered Kim by
the President.
Threats and coffin notices continue
to he served on the miners iii Pennsyl-
vania who show disposition to re-
sumo work, and fresh outrages occur
almost daily.
An attempt was made Sunday night
to burn the town Of Summit, Miss.
The inccndiaries placed bucketsof coal
oil on the tops of the houses. The
brothers Moses were arrested, charged
with an attempt at arsnn.
The New York World has it that
Lieut.. Gen. P. II. Sheridan vii be
married IN June tn a daughter of Gen.
ID. II. Rucker, Assistant Qharterina<'
ter General of the Army and Chief
Quartermaster Oh General Sheridan's
staff.
A gun factory in Upper Austria is
making 100000 rifles for Germany.
1t has delivered $50, 600, and has re-
revived ii further order for $1,000. a
Vienna firm is reported to I've cxecut-
ing a German order for 100000
cart idges for delivery in June.
A Norfolk (Va.) man who had lost
several sheep by dogs put strychninein
large quantities upon one of the carcr-
ses, the other day, and the next morn
ing found thirty-one dead dogs in the
fiald, the furthest one being less than
one hundred yards firm the dead
sheep.
The trouble with Mexico is grow.
ing after fashion. The War De-
partment has ordered IN additional
force of cavalry into Texas, al d has
called upon the militia Of the State IF
Texas to unite with the Government
troops and repei invaders, andattemIt
to put down the cut-throat gang thai
infests each SHE of the river.
a boy at work in a Pittsbnrg glass
mandatory went Uif the other day
and had glorious drunk. The firm,
having no sympathy with q rious
erunks, discharged the drunkard.
Then the other hands in the shop, tax
ing sides with glorious DRINKS, refused
to work unless the drunkard was re-
stored to his place. Result of the
movement the firm shut up ard sew
enty- FIVE hands out of work.
A smopolire society is the First
Masonic Lodge of Jerusalem, the ms
ter of which is lecturing in this coun-
try, and says that the master is an
American, the past master an Eng
lishnan, the senior warden a German,
the junior warden native, the treas
urer Turk, the secretary IL French
man. tn, senior deacon a Persian, and
the junior deacon Turk. There are
Christians, Mohammedans and Jews
in the lodge.
A c3veat for a novel invention has
been filed at the Patent office. 1t is
for 3 new motive power, which is to
be a sort 81 Ii steam generator from
wAte. .4.d ak. The inventor eli inis
it viii supersede eoal and wood ios all