The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-05-18
GENERAL NEWa.


gin, h assessed at s15, 000, 900.
The peach crop in Southwestern
Texas promises fair yield this year.
The National Greenback Conven-
ton met In indianapolis, yesterday.
A wolf seven feet two inches long
was killed near Porters Spring, Ca,
last week.
The complaint Of rust in the grow
ing wheat seems to be pretty general
throughout Georgia.
The Tuscumbia Albanian says
there viii not be a peach or plum in
the Tennessee valley this season.
Under the new time table, the run
by rail between New Orleans and
New York Is reduced to sixty-two
hours.
A Mrs. Day, of Russell county,
KY, was recently delivered of four
boys at birth. Her husband now
knows "what a Day may bring
forth"
Texarkana, town of 200 inhabit-
ants, is claimed by both Texas and
Arkansas, the State line dividing the
town in the centre. Taxpayers are
happy because they don't recognize
the assessment of either State.
Jasper county, Texas, is producing
an excellent quality of tea. The
News>Boy says the plant grows un-
usually large, and it will require but
small plat of ground to furnish
family with this expensive and yet al
most necessary article.
An Englishman who Insulated his
bedstead by placing underneath each
post q broken-off bottom of glass bot
tie, says that the effect was magical
that he had not been free from rheu-
matte govt for fifteen years. and that
he began to improve Immediately
after the application of the insulators.
A proposition has been submitted
to Congress to have storm flags, car
ried by locomotives of passenger
trains, and announced by three whis-
ties every few miles. 1t is assumed
that this warning would enable the
farmers to save hay and grain which
otherwise would be injured by the
rain TO the amount of several million
of dollars a year.
1t having come to the knowledge Of
the "Good Templars of England"
that the white population in the
United States is antagonistic to asso-
ciating with the colored race, they
have passed resolution, at their last
meeting in London, to the effect that
if Americans are determined to ,stab-
lish distinction of races in works Of
humanity and temperance, the order
in England cannot hold any further
intercourse with them as brethren.
The Galveston News special, dated
Rio Grande City, May 18th, says:
"At daylight this morning, Escobado
left Mier with his force, and it is re-
ported that there has been hard fight
ing near Camargo. It is not known
which side has gained the day. The
report states there were 300 killed and
1000 wounded. A shell struck a
church in Camargo killing the priest
and four women at prayers. Four
large boats are landing infantry OPP
pose Camargo, on the San Juan river.
A correspondent of the Southern
Plantation, a Grange paper, has an
admirable letter in which, after stat
ing his objections to the Grange in
terferiDg in such pursuits as the law,
banking, life insurance, ETC., he adds:
"Others are advocating Grange stores.
/ think there are too many merchants
already, and I am of the opinion that
dry goods are as cheap as We should
demand, and from what see, there
is not much money made on meat at
this time; this cannot be visited upon
our grocers. So it seems that good
cause exists why the Grange should
not pull out of the course blazed out
for tbs in cur ritual"
The public money spent by Grant,
through his tool, Davenport, to carry
New York City in 1872, is proven to
have been at least S34 900, out OF a
fund appropriated for other purposes,
and even the easy conscience of nm
Alderman and, Williams shrank
from giving legal sanction to such a
palpable outrage Of law, without the
Presidents express order. Even
Whitley, the detective, who had
charge of the fund for discovering
frauds, and was willing to go any
lengths to serve his master, would not
give this money to Davenport without
the express orders, in writing, of the
Attorney General; and they fell back
on Grant for orders.
Assignments for Benefit Of Creditors.