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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
An Elepement Case-The Escapade of a
Silly Young Heiress.

The village of Passaie, N. j., is agi-
tated over an elOpement case which Oc-
Cured there one day last week, under
somewhat extraordinary circumstances.
The young man in question is one Sam
uel Post, resident of Passaic, and the
lady is a Miss Mamie Keeler, the daugh-
ter of parents of wealth and high social
standing in New York city.
A few years since young Post was
convicted of larceny and sent to the
penitentiary for two years. Previous to
this he had made the acquaintance OF
the young lady, who was handsome,
attractive girl, whose friends were nu-
merous and whose admirers were with
out rdmber. This friendship between
them gradually ripened into love, and
she placed all the confidence in him
that woman can in man. At this june
ture he was arrested for the causes
mentioned and at his request the facts
OF the case were concealed from his Ia
dy love and her guardians. Itwas said
that he had gone away upon business
trip, and under this state of belief al
went smoothly. But the parents of the
Young lady were not to be deceived SO
easily. They suspected the cause of his
absence but kept the facts from theil
daughter. .... .-...s d.
Upon the release of young Post he
Immediately renewed his visits to tho
young lady and solicited her hand il
marriage. Her father, satisfying him
self that his suspicious were correct
ordered the young interloper from th'
house and forbade further intercourse
between them. But as the old saying
goes, Glove laughs at locksmiths'1 anC
so the young gallant set about to find /
way to gain his bride. The father, fear
ING further intrusioHs and wishing t.
widen the breach between them, sen
his daughter to visit a relativein Berger
County, feeling that she would be safe
there than in the city. Through som,
unknown channel the rejected suitor be
came aware of her whereabouts and re
pairing thither entreated her to consen
to an elopement. She consented, anC
one night last week they came to Passai
and were joined in the holy bonds o
wedloek by one of the resident pastors
-Middletow1a IN. y Argats- fI,i D.
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PUNGRNf lPARAGRAPHs.

A DETRoITER picked up sum of
money on the street one day TWO weeks
ago and advertised the -fact--In ten
days he was syisited'by 6bmen, women,
boys and girls, ah-claimingto-haye lost
money The sum found was only three
dollars, but to each visitor who called
the finder asked |. So, ,ypp lost $3.50,
did you2n Nine-tenths of the apph-
cants promptly replied, 'Yes, SIR"
thereby proving their. dishonesty, and
they were told to- pass out.-Detroit
Free Press -4S'r
Mrs. GoLIGHTLY Fishing for a COM
pliment) )-aAh! Mr.. MeJoseph, beauty
is the most precious of al gifts for
womani I'd sooner possess beauty
than any thing else IN the wdrldl"
Mr.. McJoSeph (under the impression
that he is making himself agreeable)-
"I'm sure, Mrs. GolightlJ, that any re-
gret you may feel on that score must
be amply compensated for by--er-the
consciousness of your moral worth, you
know--and of your various mental ac-
complishmentsl''- Ps1sch. .-s.-
They had scarcely got back from the
funeral, and the bereayed husband had
but bitten into a sandwich, when his
Oldest boy came up from the cellar with
his face aglow with distress. tsOh, pa"
ne bresthlessly exclaimed, tthe. bung
has come out of the cider bIrrel, and
it's all over the cellar. ga Well, de-
clare" gasped the stricken man in
voice, some trouble follows
right onlthe 1heels.of anothers First my
wife went, an now it's the cider.
shan'ttrY to live. - Da''6aSyy Ne'0s.
THEY, say that in spite oNthe hard
times the wages of sin have nOtbeen re-
duced. Nominally " no, it is death, but
then it has deprecated a great deal in
quality since the good old times when
the sinner used to be snatched away by
demons in person, with all the concOm-
itants of howls and birthstone and wall
ing. In this advanced age Dr@Deems
goes and sits down by him and tells the
world that what bad ways be has ''are
caught up unconsciously from those by
whom he is surrounded. ~ BnriingtoD
Hat0keye. 10 : -
THE practice of turning all female
names into pet diminutives on all Occa-
sions is so general and so absurd nova
days that we have fears of seeing it
invade the realms of! sacred literature.
Under the auspices of some able
preacher we may yet be presented to
Mbllie who. chose the better part, while
her sister Matte Occupied herself with
matters of the house, or read in an inn
proved Bible how Ruthie CLEANED in
in the fields of iBoaz, or by faith Sadie
bore Isaac at the age of 80.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
,tAVTTGt y 20 $500 % F.Tri
How a Fat Man Subdued a Robber.

Yesterday morning, about 2 O'Clock,
German named Fred Weisenberg,
while proceeding along Market Street,
near Nineteenth, on his way home, was
Intercepted by two rough-looking Gus
TONERS, who asked him for his valua-
bles. He placidly told them to go to
Jericho, and made vigorous lunge for
the throat of the spokesman, at the
same time shouting "Police!" The
two daring highwaymen quaked at
the sonorous cry, and turning on their
heels dsrted eff at a lively pace. The
German started off after one of them
down the street, and was gaining on
him when the fellow turned and dis
charged shot at his pursuer. The
stolid German, undismayed by the flash
and the warning whistle of the bullet
past his ear, sped on and followed the
fugitive into a dark street, where the
latter hoped nimbly over fence. To
s'follow the leader " in this last instance
proved to be the most distressing expe-
rience Of the evening for the corpulent
German, but after much exertion and
considerable putting he clambered to
the top and fell over with thud upon
the PROSTATE body of the robber, who
was Icrouehed under the shadow of the
fence completely exhausted, with Der
ringer .elutched in his fist. The German
took the pistolaway, and lifting his cor
pulent form up allowed himself to drop
on. the. frightened man three or four
times until he begged mercy. The
captor forced him to reseale the fence,
and marched him to prison, where he
was charged with assault to murder
and attempt to rob. In his pockets
were found a number of burglars
tools.-San Francisco Chronicle,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
THE COTTON CROP.

rHLTI.t t- Ftf-f ------ "a
Over Four and a Half Million Bales for
.-. the Year Ending Aug. 81, 1879.
From the Commercial and EinaneIstC hronicle.l
Our statement of the cotton crop of
the United States for the year ending
Sept. l, 1876, will be found below. 1t
will be seen that the total crop this year
reaches 1869, ,28S bales, while the ex-
ports are 8,252, ,994 bales, and the spin
ners' taking 1856, ,59S bales, tleaTing a
stock on hand at the close of theyear of
120,3 $50 bales The tables which follow
show the whole emevementfo for the twelve
MONTHS, The first table indicates the
stock at each port, Sept l, 1876 . the re-
ceipts at the ports for each OF the last
two years, and the export movement
for the past year Q875-76) in detail
and the totals for 1874-75:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
Perils of Investment.

Among the troubles of the hour is
what to do with one's money!. .Itis not
safe in the bank ! The trust companies
turn ont to be vain things for safety.
The more real estate a man has the
worse he is off. There have been q
great many times in the last fifty years
when people could not make money un-
less they had money to make it with.
But there has never been time till now
when people could not make money
with money to make it with. The pc
culiarity of this panic is thatryouscan
do nothing with the money No invest
ment seems safe, and millions are lying
idle. THE recent furry ir Wall Street
shows this. Every body who could
has taken out his money from real
estate and put it into stock g. "A cer-
-tain-liner stocks was considered as
good as gold This was especially true
of coal stocks. AL along the line of
the Lackawanna and Kindred roads
stock was held by weil-to-do families.
In a single hour last week families
with incomes from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year were made penniless. 1t Is said
that if the great railroad men were OBJ
liged TO realize at once a larger part of
the so-called millionaires would be as
poor as their neighbors. Nearly all
our heavy companies, if obliged to
throw their real estate on the market,
would find themselves in a bad way
Boston journal. go a- 80 3
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

rough voice where she had been. Nell
lie was not in the mood to submit to in
science at that moment, aRd-Feplied
that it was none of his business, where
upon WildloYe,- who was Intoxicated,
made a motion as II to strike hsf, and
would probably have done So had he
not received a blow himself, from be
hind, which sent him reehng against
thswallg "A tall,weH- dressed man bad
delivered the blow, and, disdaining all
notice of the miscreant whom he had
struck, stood gazing fors moment at
the frightened woman who stood before
him. The only words the Stranger was
heard to utter were, Mrs. Jones, you
will please follow, your husband he
has followed you and your parameur
long enough Mrs. Jones, as the man
had called her, did not reply; but
with a faltering step followed her hus-
band from the hotel, while ,Wildlove
stood trembling. against the wooden
partition. - 3. - 1
ga wagon drawn bytwo mustangs,
containing a man and a woman, was
seen by a crowd of miners and gam
blers assembled in front of the Arcade
saloon as il fattled out CT the camp on
the road to Chinese Camp, and they
knew that Nelly Wildlove would never
return to Hudsoa's Bar vsaWC1
'''There is Sonora, gentlemen and as
l shall remain there. and you shan Stop
in Columbia, we shall part in a few
moments. 4 q - 10. q lssw
The narrator passed his hand across
his brow as he, concluded, and, leaned
back i'm his seat, as if ihe~had toldsalT
thai, was necessary but the tourists
commended a series of questions in re-
gard to the narration, which drew out
the fact that Wildloye was hangedF at,
PlacerYiIle, a1opt a year after the adair
at HUdson's Bar, for some violation Of
the laws of Judge Lynch, and that New
ers recovered entirely from his wound.
90 What has become Of him?'"n asked one
of the passengers as the stage stopped
in front of the City Hotel in Sonora.
"What has become of him ?'' repeated
the stranger as be climbed down from
the coach;' Well, if you ask Sam,
there (pointing to the driyer) he might
tell you that my name is Bill Nevers,''
and the stranger passed into the hotel
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

ALTHOUGH Victor Emmanuel is
physically vigorous, rising every morn
ing at 5 and taking a stroll in his gar
den before breakfast, he is not without
superstition. He had not been long in
the Quirinal Palace before he discover
ed trap-d00r in his bedroom. 1t
communicated with vast gallery, in
which the King and his attendants
walked for 20 minutes without finding
an outlet. 1t seemed, however, to lead
to the Castle of st. Angelo. His Ma
jesty declined to investigate the matter,
and ordered the trap door to be brick
ed up. Soon afterward he discovered
a secret door in the wall, which COM
municated with a narrow staircase lead
ing up to the roof. 1t, too, was bricked
up, but since this discovery we are in
formed that whenever his Majesty
sleeps at the Quirinal two huge black
dogs also sleep at the foot of the royal
bed. They obey no one but the King,
never bark, and would strangle, with
out any parleying, the first person who
entered the room.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

THE Erie Railway furnishes section
masters with blanks to fin out in case
of accident, so that the utmost accuracy
may be had in following up the case. A
COW was recently killed and the section
master In filling up the blank came to
the words, ''What disposition?'' After
chewing his pencil a while he wrote.
"Mild and gentle. ."-NeU York Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

IS CARRoTs.--Trim quantity of the
smallest carrots that can be obtained,
and boil them in salted water. When,
done drain of. the water, add a piece of
fresh butter TO the corrots, some pars-
ley finely minced, a dash of pepper, a
little powdered sugar, and a squeeze of
lemon !. moisten with little stock free.
from fat, and keep them hot till wanted.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

/, A GREAT number of the articles in the
Philadelphia Exhibition are sold, and
will belremoyed by the owners on No
vember 10, the time set fer the close of
the show; and most of the exhibitors
viii exercise their privilegelOf then tax
ing away their PROPERTY Consequent
ly the display, if prolonged, would be
very meaCer.n 81 ~ 1Dui-IH
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

The utilization. of fir and pine tree
leaves bids fair, according to the Scien-
tifc american, to become an important
industry a process having been devised
by which the coherent parts, such as
resin, wood, tannin, etc. from the fibers
of the needles or acicular leaves, are
dissolved and removed by boiling in
suitable chemicals, the result being a
substance resembling cotton or wool of
a dark greenish color. 1t is prepared
in four qualities, adapted for stufing
mattresses, pillows, ETC., and for weav-
ing. For the latter purpose, the fibers
of the material are separated and treat
ed in machines similar to fulling mills.
Other processes. follow, which result in
the production of an excellent thread,
which can be woven alone or mixed
with wool, cotton, silk, or other fbers.
The cloth thus made is of very close
and fine texture, and is soft and pliable.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

! THE largest picture i in the Centennial
Exhibition is said 70 be Makart's
Sc Catherine Cornaro, y in the Austrian
gallery. 1t is offered for sale at the, price
Of s45, 900, and will probably remain in
this country.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
Total crop for the year, -,
Th6 resnif Of these firnr

UdIts.. ''''''''' fIO7'I - VIo"-'0'I
The result Of these figures is a total
of 4,669,2S bales as the crop of the
United States for the year ending Aug.
81, 1876. --@i...''-i
The following are the total net re-
ceipts of cotton at all ports since Sept.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

AFADL Of rain of one inch in depth
sends down ahundred tons of water on
an acre of ground,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
KRNNETK. NY KING

hENNEIH, M ANU.
Afl
Thy marvellous beauty. my blue-eyed boy,
Shines starry like through the lurid yeAre, =
TIL flush with the old, fierce. fetterlees Joy,
Forgeiful Of time end tears.
AS saw thee then can see thee now,
The passionate love on thy perfect fane,
The golden locks on my brave, white brow
Tcssed back with q namelees grace. p n e
And holding thy harp in thy slim, strong hands
Ali the harp and the hands are but dust to-
Ihear thee sweeping its siIvery strands ,y =
In thy Own, wild, peerless way. -.4...,.s.
Spell-bound listen until il seems ....f
That live in the light Of the past once more,
And revel IN all Of the strange, sweet dreams 1
That never frultion bore.
And my dead hopes rise from their. funeral
As pleased and beautiful az Of old.
And high in my heart spring the sacred lres,
mat long were quenched and cold.
VI.
80 Kenneth, my king !" jOyfully cry,
Stretching my arms % Thy vision there
To clasp II close, 10 my breast-JltI 4
Gasp only fhe empty air! AfFl ~ !
And waken again 20 the awful truth
As black and bitter as truth can be e.
That Heaven was losl in my hapess youth, ----'--
Beloved, in losing thee.
VIII.
Yet IL, unsealng thy coffin lid, .a..H a
could bring thee back with one old, fond kiss
On thy beautifnl face. 1 would forbid ---lara
Myself the infinite bliss.
TX.
For thy foes-Christ curse themi-with- nendish
hate
hate that was born in the hells below
Had envy Of thee in thy high estate,
And labored 70 bring thee low.
X.
And the rabble Knocked at thy song divine,
Because Of its pnpoluted strains, ..s.-
While laying the laurels upon a shrine -
That recked with disgustful stains;
XI. ~.
And 30 they wounded thy white, white soul,
Cruelty, cruelty, day by day, 80
Til at last was shattered the golden bow, Z
And the silver cord gave way.
WILL II. HERMAN. q.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

STUMBLING into his room, he sat
down on the edge of the bed and solilo-
quized thus: 'sFeet wet, tight boots, a
sore on one hand an felon on t'other,
an no boot-jack in z'house. Sings got
to be different. Either 1 must get
married else get boot-jack. WIFI shall
/ do?" . q 4E'ieA --3i
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

These figures are only the portion of the re-
ceipts at these ports which arrived overland from
Tennessee, etc.
10 By the above it will be seen that the
total receipts at the Atlantic and Gulf
shipping ports this year. have been
4, 191, 142 bales, against 3,497, 169 bales
last year. Ii, now we add the ship
ments from Tennessee and elsewhere
direct to manufacturers, we have the
following as the crop statement for the
two years:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

The King of Siam has sent the United
States "a carload of silver plate and
bamboo timber, and 1877 boxes contain
ing various articles, all of which have
been sent to the Centennial.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

1870 lSI+.5
Receipts Of bales at the ~ .if-jI
shipping ports. 4,l91 ,14] 3, ,4s7 ,l89
Add shipments from Ten ne, aaf
nessee etc. direct to man
facturers. ......s..-...... 535 ,l4o 5f zO9 ,50J
Total. .........s. ..... ,9Zl. Zoo' q, IUz ,9Oo
Manufactured South, not in
cluded in abOve---...-... 14f .0O0s-i l3O ,4S3
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

.LKTER-THE TREATY CONCLUDED.
The treaty with the Indians of this
agency was concluded this evening
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

immediately commenced laughing at
the idea, and praising Nevers for his
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

.".. b RecetPtSs
'orts. 49, - Exports. Stock.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

And my dead hopes rise from their funeral
pyres,
AS blessed and beautiful as Of old, -
And high in my heart spring the sacred fires,
That long were quenched and cold.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

And ! waken again 10 the awful truth
As black and bitter as truth can be
That Heaven was losI in my hapiess youth. 49,
Beloved in losing thee. .. ..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05

80 Kenneth, my king /" jOyfully cry,
Stretching my arms % thy vision there
To clasp u close 10 my breast-JptI 4 II
Clasp only fhe empty air AfFi ~ Il
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-12
Convention of Southern Republi-
cans.

a printed Gil cular has been issued
from Charleston and sent 10 large
numbers of Republican, in the South
ern States, inviting their cooperation
in holdingia Convention Of Southern
Republicans to consult OIL the inter
csts Of the. party and devise measures
for puttingit.on q better iooting The
circular sets forth that seven years
ago the Republicans were in possession
Of every State which had joined the
war for secession except Virgin ia, and
that at present there arc only two in
which tht4pafty has clear ascend
ancy, ten being completely dead three
more vassArN in the hands of tic
Democrats. It goes on 10 state that
these losses have occurred in spite Of
the great advantage for the Rcpubli-
cans that's the Whole influence of the
Federal Government has hccn active
y cxcrted OH their side with the whole
ollice-hol1ing clement in both State
AMI National positions The circular
attribn tes these sweeping rcvcrscs to
the bad management ofthc Rcpub!i-
can party: in the South, and suggests
hat if the party is not to be utte ~
wrecked md destroyed il must at once
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-12
STON-O
PHOSPHATE CO..
CHARLESTON, S. G..

Soluble G;i;tIlo (Availahlc Bone
Phosphate Of Lime 1870 pcr cent. AM
monia 3-l.l per cent? April ls,, SIG, NOV.
Isl, S3:'. Cotton Option, Aliddlings At Is
cts. Sti3.
Acid Phosphate (Availahlc Bone
Phosphate of Lime, 22-lS per cent? April
lSt, $50; Nov. Isl, SD; Cotton option SD.
Special Rates 10 Grangcls on c;,Si,
orders.
For particulars apply to
H.. q. Williams, Trcas.:rcr,
Charleston, $. G..
Or TO f.. Ezekiel AMI G. ID. Kor,iohn,
Orangcbnrg, S. c., W. L. Cain & Co., Low
iavilic, ). C., W. $. Utscy, Georges, $. {.
IAN -. 1876 3ni
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-12

a CHAMPION SnorrEG.-S
swept into our largest dry goods store,
says the Baltimore CARTE, with that
easy grace that belongs rs Il birth
right to Ballimorc's fair daughters,
stopping at the glove counter. The
polite clerk rushed forward 10 wait
on her, with note Of Interrogation in
each eye. She asked for kid gloves.
"Ycs'm, what sizc'm? p A gorgeous
pull back passed her, and she turned
to look at it, and then calculated :
"Kid gloves" "Ycs'm, what size M p
"Why, Miss Sue, how do you do ?
Haven't seen you for an age" etc.
Good-byc," and she turns to the patti
cnt clerk and transfixcs him with a
stony stare, and again demands, i'll an
injured tone: "Kid gloves" "Ycs'm,
what size'm p asked The somewhat
excited clerk. ooh, Why, five and
thrcc-luartcrs."
The box, containing six dozen Of
every conceivable shade, is placed be.
fore her. Carefully she looks ut each
one Of the scvcnty-two pairs, draws
some seventeen pairs out Of their var.
ious packages, bursts the bands that
held them i'll dozens, and then re
marks: "Why, | wanted black
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-12

"Lovcst thou me-" asked Min
ncopolis swain OF his last years girl,
"Nct much, don't" was her cmpha
tic reply. "l'hcn death is my be: {.
friend, and here's to his health = spoke
up the signing lover rs lie drank oil IL
bottle filed with Il mixture which he
supposed to lc lnudanum. But when
the cmctic, which a shrcwd druggist
had given instead Of laudanun, began
to work, his girl just held his hat to
save the carpet, and then dragged
him out on tho doorstcps by the hair
Of his head. Iio has no longer any
faith in the vauntcd tenderness Of wo.
mems sympathetic nature.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-12

The Siiiconsistencies in cur orthog-
raphyJi aro something fearful to con
template: T-o:n.g-n-e spccl Is "ton-
que" Ean1tthc man that first spellcl il
50 shayld have been "honguc." /"
Ache spells, "achc," and that's all
you cam lhaehe out oft. Ell g-h-t
spells 'eight' 40 matter how you de-
prcccight the idea; and that aisle
should spell "aiSlc" and fe-i-g-n
"ftign" is enough TO make anybody
smai>lc if the effort we're too pcigniul.
-.llboMy -l,y"S.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-12

We want some one in every county 10
take orders and deliver goods for the old
and original G. o. -. House Large c;,sI,
wages. Splendid chance in every ncghbor-
hood for the right person Of either sex,
Young or old. Samples, new lists, circul-
irS, ior;iis, ctr., Il complete outiil sent lrcc
and post paid. Send for it at once and
make money at your homes. Address, II.
j. llAl.L& CO. L NIouard Street BalG-
n6,t. .iN
nov l3 3: