The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-02-10
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
New York had four million dol.
lar fire Tuesday.
A jury has been made up in the
Babcock case and the trial is now un,
der way.
An explosion in coal mine in Bel.
GUM last week killed one hundred
and sixty persons.
Brasbear, la, has had its name
changed to Morgan City in honor Of
! Charles Morgan, of New York.
The subcommittee of the House
Pacific Railway Committee reported
in favor of the Texas Pacific bill.
The Centennial is rapidly nearing,
and it's about time to begin scratching
up relationship with some Philadelphia
family.
A Chicago paper has declared TO-:
Hendricks and Black for President
and Vice President-Tom and Jerry.
That ticket ought to go down with
the people.
1t is stated to be no uncommon
thing to find that among the agricul-
tural laborers of Scotland no meat is
consumed, oatmeal and milk forming
their staple article of diet.
The Bien Public says it has receiv.
cd news of the complete defeat of the
Carlists. 1t is stated that Don Carr
los has fled, and is expected to take
refuge on French territory.
An effort is making to form a Geor-
gia brigade for'the Centennial, to be
commanded by Gen j. /. johnson,
and composed of battalions from Au-
gusta, Macon, Savannah and Atlanta.
The Cincinnati Gazette says in that
city "colored people are not allowed
to see the Mcpherson monument be-
cause they are colored." The colorline
must be very strongly drawn in Gin
cinnati.
A Nevada sheep man, who had tri-
ed and succeeded with sheep, said:
"Sheep are better than a government
bond; you can tear off coupon every
six mouths half as big as the bond,
and the bond is left as good as it was. :"
Gen. Sherman unbosoms himself
in a letter to Private Dalzel Oh the
Presidential question, declaring that
under no circumstances will he be a
candidate. He also says that while
he is not Catholic himself, his wife
and children are, but that is nobody's
business. Correct.
The Pittsburg Commercial (Re-
publican) says it is intimated that
should Speaker kerr's health prove
too poor to permit him to preside du-
ring the session Lamar will be chosen
os Speaker pro tenn, and adds: ia
mar is great man. As Speaker,
Henry Clay's oyercoat wouldn't make
him a jacket.
A New York correspondent visited
Mr. Charles A. Dana in his office with
the expectation of meeting a compost
ton of the melancholy Lara and the
fierce Giaour. This is what he found
ga face more round than oval, ro-
sy complexion, gray hair and beard,
form of comfortable stoutness, and
in every feature of the face an express
sion of benevOlence and kindness wor-
thy of immortal Pickwick.
1t is estimated by the Registrar
General of Great Britain that by the
middle ofthis year the population of
London, as limited in the metropo-
Titan and city police districts, will
exceed four and quarter millions.
This increase caused partly by the in
crease of births over deaths, and
partly by immigration. Last year
$4,000 persons were added to the
permanent residents of the British
metropolis from outside places.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad
will next summer run commodious pas
senger cars to the Centennial grounds
in which the seats will be numbered,
covered, and locked, and a key given
each passenger who purchases a tick
ct, to which is attached check cor
responding to the seat he occupies.
When the excursion reaches Philadel-
phia, he can lock up within the en-
closure which contains his seat; any
food or clothing necessary to his COM
fort, and if he does not choose to put
up at hotel, can have his own pri-
waite apartments in the car which takes
him to the Centennial Buildings.