The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-17

GENERAL BREYfTIES.
THEKE is a raspberry patch Is miles
long on the White River in Michigan
ONE of the wealthiest farmers .cf Du-
buque county. Iewa, has been, sued by;
his daughter for, $4,000 damages for
defamation Of character 81 q 'i1oT
IN Ffaaee, Sut Of q 1sopulatisn of &c.,
100000 only 400, 600 live on the rev.
enue of accumulated wealth, the bal
anee depending On The produce OF
labor. .lai1es u % ~ -t g
MARY FINN, a -Erell-1knsEEn beggar-
woman, died ia tsiehmond,s Va. last
week, and among her effects was found
about S5a(O0in coin and currency. ~
Dom PEDRO left orders for American
machinery ahds lotherA things TO the
amount of'S2, 0O0, 900. That is the kind
of royal visiting that Americans take
stock inNassn4 80 w. "a is9atte -
A FRENCH doctor claims that life du-
ring the act of drowning remains long
est in the intestines, and that by heroic
treatment they may DC. SO stipulated
that the heart will resume its action. 50
A YOUNG lady VISITED the fort near st.
Augustine, Fla, Few days ago, to see
the Indians camped there, and, in learn
Ing &c shoot bow. aud arrow, accident
ally sent a Yhizzing arrow into the side
of an I1iian. va-
TRAsfPs are said to be becoming so
numerous along the Central Pacific road
in Nevada that conductors and brake
men ara scarcely a match for. them, 1t
is feared that if they continue to 90 in
gangs armed cards viii have to be
sent with the trains TO protect the pas
sengers. al44lt
VINO says that angels do not put
cushions under babies? An infant fell
out of awindow of passenger car on
the Northwestern Railway day or two
since, near Clinton, Iowa, while the
train was moving about twenty miles an
hour, andwas found uninjured beside
the track
A PEAsANT at Savagnola, in Leguna,
recently took an old painting from his
loft toAnng in his window. A profess
or ofomusicgfrpm Genoa saw il and
bought at for seventy frames. He sold it
for 300 francs to a connoisseur, who.
had it restored, and the Academy Of
Urbino-declares n to.slyea an authenfic
"Holy Family, 'lby RaphaeiszE 4
A InyARE girl Of - only 20 nches
high, and weighing only SFeapounds,
recently arrived from Mexico and is1 10
be placed on exhibition in New YORK.
Her name ,iSa I.uciaT Zsrate, and her
father is FeIhsfn Zarste of San Carlos,
in the State Of Vera. Cruz, Her par
ents are of the natural size, but her
brother5wfIo died recently at the age
of l6, was only . littlelarger than her
self.
THE Cincinnati Light Guards, who
left home on the 22d Of May. arrived at
Philadelphia on July %, having marcll-
ed the entire 500 miles. eFifts-fTe men
started from Cincinnati, and thirty
eight reached Philadelphia.N The miss
ing seventeen were, as the reporter
grimly puts II, @scalled home TO attend
to business9T RThe Captain Of the com
pany eontfsdicts the report that he and
his men rode a great part ofthe distance
in a funeral'trafn, which they captured
at the moment of their direst suffering.
A CORRESPONDENT at the Isle of
Shoals is smitten with Miss Josephine
Burnett, of Boston, who has become an
object of universal esteem there. She
has exhibited wonderful independence
in cultivstingr some of the, sports and
exercises not usual to her sex. al
have seen her play baseball, handle a
cue or an oar with much deKterity, and
row match against another young
lady round the island for a prize :. but
with all this her manners are as far
from masculine as possible. Her voice
is soft and womanly, and her whole ex-
preston that of a refined and cultured
lady" -.---tr r.-t.. -r
THE Bozeman Times tells of the mar
row escape from the Indians of Taylor,
the scout that brought the news of Gus
ter's defeat to Fort Ellis. On the Big
Horn he was attacked by "a band of In
dians while he was on the high bluff
He made dashfor the river, and swan
it twice on horseback, the Indians shoot
ing at him all the time. He then saw a
high rock, perpendicular on all sides
except in one place, where a man well
armed could defend himself against
great odds He abandoned his horse,
took possession of the rock, and for the
rest of the day the Indians amused
themselves with firing at him and try
ing to catch his horse. At sunset they
left, and Taylor came down, caught his
horse, which was well trained, and con-
tinued his journey, arriving at Fort Ellis
the third day after starting. .I
GEN. CUSTER employed several Sam
tee scouts when he went TO the Black
Hills in 1874, and was favorably i'm
pressed with their conduct in the field
In letter to the Rev. S. ID. Hinman,
their missionary, he frankly admitted
that these scouts had taught him how
much civilization could do for the Indi-
ans. One incident he recalled with
keen pleasure. 1t was during one of
our resting days in camp. l was seated
alone in my tent when suddenly, as if
from the rocks and forests of that beau
tiful region, l heard the familiar air,
'Old Hundred, roll from a score of
manly voices.8 Then followed the
equally familiar hymn, Rock of Ages
and others mot less known. Cavalry
men are not noted for their hymn-sing-
ing qualities, and / stepped outside of
my tent to discover. from whom the
music came twas from group of
Santee Young men, and j shall long re-
member the pleasing effect produced
by having these good old hymns sung
as l then heard them bv men, or by
sons of men who, but a few years ago
reamed over the country in q state of
barbarous wildness.aSo much for the
labors of Christianity and civilization"