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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17
A Wedding and a Funeral.

The San Francisco Chronicle says:
An affecting death-bed scene occurred
in Oakland on Friday evening. The
young man, George Edward Murray,
who then died from the effects of an ac-
cident that befeIl him last Thurs
day, had been engaged to marry an in
teresting young lady at the same hotel;
but Just two weeks before the fatal acct
dent the lovers had disagreement about
some trifing matter, and Mr.. Murray
released her from the engagement. Al
though exceedingly nettled, ner love for
him had not diminished, yet she en-
couraged the attentions ola rival sutton,
a worthy young man of Berkeley, who
pushed his suit and engaged the young
lady to marry him, the wedding being
arranged to take place last Thursday.
That morning, just as the expectant
bride began to robe herself for the altar,
her former lover was brought into the
house in dying condition. The mo-
ment she heard of it she rushed to the
bedside of the dying man, and, with
eyes streaming with tears and voice
tremulous with emotion, she brushed
aside physicians and attendants, and,
clasping her arms about the neck of her
former sweetheart, pressed his pale lips
to her own and kissed him repeatedly,
all the while calling him
by his first name in tones the
most tender and pathetic. A faint smile
of recognition beamed over the pale
face of the wounded man, and the lovers
parted forever, she to finish her dressing
for the altar, and he to suffer for a few
hours before passing over the river of
death. At this time the physicians had
not completed their examination so as
to ascertain the extent and fatal char
acter of Murray's injuries; but soon af-
terward, as DIR. Foulkes was leaving the
house, he saw the gay bridal party in
the parlor and remarked, Ladies, en-
Joy yourselves and be gay as BELTS a
bridal party, but you are going to have
a wedding and funeral from the house
almost at the same time" And it was
even so. George Edward Murray was
native of England, aged 30 years,
painter by trade and a widower. He
leaves one child, daughter six years of
age, now residing with her mothers
sister in Sacramento. He resided for
many years in Sacramento, leaving that
city three years ago for the town of
Alameda, where he lived until about six
months ago, when he went to Oakland
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17
"LOo Game.


A short time ago couple of Piute In
dams went to certain store on Main
Street and purchased the entire stock of
playing-cards contained therein. These
they took to their camp and marked,
and then, taking them back to the store,
and putting ON that look of misery which
only an Indian knows how to assume.
whined out that they We're cheap
broke,''. and offered to sell the cards
back for one-fourth of what they had
paid for them. The cards were purchased
back on these terms, and were subse-
quently purchased from the store-keep-
er, a pack at a time, by the Shoshone
Indians. The Piutes knew that the
Shoshones purchased their cards at this
particular store; and poor Mr.. Shoshone,
unaware of the Piute manipulation of
the cards, purchased them and played
poker with the willy Piute without sus-
picion that all was not-as Gov. Bradley
would say" on the dead squar." The
result was that the Piutes won all the
money that the Shoshones possessed;
and now there is weeping, and wailing,
and crashing of teeth, sackcloth and
ashes, and :" heap hogadi'' in the camp
of the Shoshone.-Austia (Neu.) Re-
Ueille. ~ 49,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

AT Fontenelle, Neb., on the 9th, an
Italian named Taliaferro shot and killed
a young lad, named Marguerite Belendi
and then Killed himself. The young
lady and her father and mother left Italy
about two years ago to settle in Nebras-
ka. The. father died on the passage.
Taliaferro was sutton for the young
lady's hand ia Italy but was rejected.
He followed them to this country, and,
being again rejected, drew a revolver
and shot the object of his love dead, and
also shot himself through the heart.
The neighbors found Nine Belendi in a
half-crazed condition crouched on the
dead bodies of her daughter and the
crazed lover.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17
CURRENT TOPICS


HE following is the official procla-
sation converting Congress1n extra SEES
sion: s ~ 30 D 1T
whereas, the final adjournment of the
Forty-fourth Congress without making the
usual appropriations for the support Of the
army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878,
presents an extraordinary occasion requir-
ing the President to exercise the power
vested in him by the Constitution to con
Vene the Houses Of Congress in anticipation
OF The day fixed by law for their next meet
ing; now, therefore, l, Rutherford b. Hayes,
President OF the United States, do, byvirtue
OF the power TO this end in me vested by the
Constitution, convene both Houses of Con-
gressto assemble att eirrespectiy chambers
at u O'Clock noon on Monday, the
18th day OF October next, there
and then to consider and determine
such measures as, in their wisdom
their duty and the welfare Of the people may
seem to demand. In witness whereof, ]
have hereuInto set my hand and caused the
seal Of the United States to be affixed. Done
at the City Of Washington, this 9th day OF
May, in the year Of our Lord 1877, and inde-
pendence Of the United States Of Americs
the one hundred and first Is Uv
ISignedl II. B. HAYES, President.
BY WIN. NJ EYARTs, Secretary of State.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17


CALEB CUSHING, our Minister to
Spain, having been interviewed regard
ing the effect upon this country of the
pending war between Russia and Turkey,
said: "The war must result in great
good to our country. There is, how
ever, no necessity for the large advance
on flour; that is speculative. If the fight
should be confined to Russiaand Turkey,
the demand for our breadstuffs will even
then be heavy, for the Russians viii not
allow their cereals to be exported while
they are at war. Besides, the producing
classes will have to join the army. 1t
threatens to be a great war if England
gets into it. Then viii come our OPP
portunity to recuperate our commerce.
We viii have to provide some way by
which we can gather in the English
commercial marine under our flag. 1t
is destined to be Americas chance, and
we must avail ourselves of it. Russia
and Turkey were never better prepared
for large struggle so far as men, arms,
and provisions are concerned"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

A PUBLIC and formal apology and
complete PREPARATION is to be required by
the United States Government of Mexico
in consequence of the imprisonment of
the American Consul at Acapulco.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

CRAZY HORSE and his band sur
rendered to the authorities at Camp
Robinson, Neb., on the 9th This arri-
val makes the aggregate number of
Northern Indians who have surrendered
to Gen. Crook at Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail Agencies, since March, nearly
$500, and does away with the necessity
for a military expedition the coming
summer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17
WAR NEWS.

1t was reported from Odessa, on the
9Th, that the Russian forces had entirely sur
rounded Kars, and that bombardment
would be Immediately begun. 1t was ru-
mOred that Austria, as a precautionary
measure, had determined to occupy Bosnia
and herzegovina. .. a..
A st. Petersburg dispatch of the 9TH
reports that the Russians, with $4,000 men,
had occupied Kars and taken 1900 prison.
ers. The news is confirmed by rumors from
Constantinople, which also state that Ere
roum is in danger of capture.
A dispatch from Bucharest, Sth, says:
The Turks are bombarding Kalafat from
Widdin, and the Roumania batteries are
returning the fire. 1t is reported via Paris
that Ali Pasha was taken prisoner in the
battle before Kars. The Turkish gunboats
were bombarding Ibrail. TThe Russian head
quarters were established at Kischeneff.
The reported capture of Kars by the
Russians was contradicted by dispatches of
the 9th, which state, however, that the Rus
slams had gained an important victory be-
tween Kars and Erzeroum, and that the
Turks had retreated TO the latter place.
The most important news of the 10th
was to the effect that the Gar had taken
strenuous measures to prevent recruiting in
Poland for the Turkish army. All mitiga-
tons of the state of siege in Poland enforced
since the instruction of 1868 will be re-
voked. Berlin papers announce that leading
Polish politicians, at recent meeting at
Lemburg, resolved on the establishment of
recruiting bureaus all over Poland with the
hope of raising an army of $4,000. Six thou
sand had already left for Turkey. The ROu-
manian army, with the Prince of Roumania
I'm command, will form the right wing of the
Russian army.
A dispatch from Salina, 18th, says
that the Russians had been thwarted in an
attempt to cross the Danube at REM, where
they had managed to throw q bridge across
the river. The bridge was demolished and
a large number of Russians killed and cap
tured. A Bucharest dispatch says the larg-
est Turkish monitor on the Danube, which
was anchored before Ibrail, was sunk by fire
from Russian batteries. Three hundred
soldiers and sailors were drowned, as re-
ported, together with Hassan Bey, COM
mander of the vessel. 1877 . %.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

AN official statement, issued by the
Treasury Department, shows that the
decrease of the United States debt from
March l, 1869, to April 80, 1877, was
100, 1O4, GAP.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17
A Catholic Dog.

, Mr.. Herrick, the liveryman, has a
dog which has the popularity of refus-
ing to eat meat on Friday, although he
seems glad enough to get it on other
days. The attempt to get him TO break
his rule has been repeatedly made with
out success. On every other day of the
week he eats what is set before him,
asking no questions, but when Friday
comes he says by his. actions as plainly
as if he had words, " No meat on my
plate, if you please" Other food he
takes on Friday, but he has an exact
discrimination, and can never be de-
ceiyed by any mixture containing flesh
which may be offered him on his off day.
The dog was formerly owned in a good
Catholic family. 1niddleto0nl IN: -
Press. 81 rta eat tsi
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

A TERRIBLE and fatal accident occur
red at Rockford, H., on the 18th. The
Winnebago County Courthouse, in
course of construction, was not yet I'M
der roof, and the massive stone cornice,
which preceded the roof, was being put
on. Just as the keystone was being
placed in the dome of the main pavilion,
the brick-work between the iron and
stone gave way, and the entire dome
and the interior walls of the structure
came crushing down with terrible
crash, burying nearly the entire force
of workmen in the ruins. The list of
killed is as follows: Fred Hough, A.
Hough, j. Piper, A. III. Hallenbeck, J..
Warren, Geo. Glass, Timothy Flana-
gan, Mr.. Linholm, j. Lawson and j.
Peck. G. Harris was fatally injured,
and number of others more or less
hurt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

THIRTEEN years ago a negro burglar
shot man in house in Atlanta, Ga.
The other day he wrote from Kentucky
inquiring if the man died of the wound,
and his letter has led to his arrest for the
murder
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17


Mr.. 2. B. S. PINCHBACK, the claim
ant of seat in the United States SEN
ate, was born a slave, and belonged to
Major Holmes, of Georgia. Having a
fondness for poetry, he named the boy
Percy Bysshe Shelley Pinchback. Once,
when travelling on the Mississippi, he
took Z. B. S. with him. During the
trip the Major entered with boldness
and zest into game of draw-poker, and
the boy sat behind, waiting on his mas
ter and watching the game While
thus employed the Captain stumbled
across him and said, "Whose nigger
are youai' ssWell, Massa Cap'n, don't
zactly know" was the reply. al war
Major Holiness boy but he done bet
me on two little pair and lost. is got
to see de game through fore l can an
swer dat question Whether he {. done
STAY with the winner or was recouped
by the Major, history has failed to
record.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

LORD DERBY's reply to Gortschakofl's
circular was delivered TO the Russian
Government on the 9TH, and its fun text
was then first given TO the public. 1t is
a very decided protest against the ac-
ton of the Russian Government in de
claring war against Turkey, and con-
cludes as follows: q Her Majesty's Gov
eminent would willingly have refrained
from any observations in regard to it,
but as Prince Gortschakoff seems to as
sumo, in his declaration addressed to
all the Governments of Europe, that
Russia is acting in the interests of Great
Britain and of the other Powers, they
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

Mr.. SMITH, New York Justice of
the Peace, has just had the supreme
happiness of timing woman who Of
ficiated as a school-mistress Is years
ago, and logged him so that he left her
school. The whirligig of time must and
shall be encouraged.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

THE President, on the 9TH, issued an
order for the consolidation of agencies
for the payment of army and navy pen
sions. The total number of agencies
discontinued is 40, leaving Is to DO the
work now distributed among 5S offices.
The estimated reduction will effect a
saving to the Government of $4,000
per annum. Etf fH H sfI.t
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

In reference to the postponement of
the extra session of Congress, member
of the Cabinet is reported as saying:
"The change in date was not in any de-
gree caused by apprehension on hepart
of the Administration as to the conse-
quences of an early Congressional dis
cussion of the Presidents Southern pol
icy. This matter was not taken into
consideration in Cabinet deliberations
concerning the question of the change
in date previously agreed upon. The
Department of Justice viii suffer much
Inconvenience by the postponement
of the extra session, as there will be a
deficiency of at least 100000 by the 1st
of July to be provided for by Congress.
There is no money to pay officers of the
Navy for the months of April, May and
June. The amount required is about
SS00,000, for which they viii have to
wait until the extra session. Army Off
GERS will also be considerably embar-
raised, as they can not receive their pay
after the LIST of July until the Army APP
preparation bill shall have been passed. +"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 9th
says: The Department of State has
not yet been officially informed through
the proper Russian source of the exis-
tence of war between Russia and Tur-
key. The latter, it will be recollected,
made known the fact to the Department
several days ago. When Russia shall
be heard from, the Department may
frame such reply to each as our position
towards the belligerents requires. Every
proper measure will be taken to strictly
observe our neutral relations, while
yielding no rights of our citizens under
treaties and international law. There
is reason to believe that the Russian
ships Will soon depart from our waters.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

The price of whisky is increasing so
rapidly that only the rich and proud can
afford to have any bread in the house.
Fulton Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

feel bound TO state, in manner equally
formal and public, that the decision of
the Russian Government. is pot. one
which can have their concurrence or ap-
proval."
The last of the important sewing-rna-
chine patents, controlled by what is
known as the Sewing-Machine Ring, ex-
pired Hthe sth. Avery decided reduc-
ton in the prices of sewing-machines
was anticipated after thatdate. ~
GLADSTONE has exploded a bombshell
in the House of Commons. A few DAYS
ago he introduced a series of resolutions
calling upon Parliament to affirm that
the responsibility for the war rests with
the misgoyernment and oppression Of
the Porte; that British sympathies
ought to be on the side of Turkeys as
sailants, and British power ought to be
exerted in conjunction with Russia
in order to bring about dismember-
ment of the Ottoman Empire of Europe
Debate on the resolutions was begun on
the 9TH, and was the most exciting of any
discussion that has occurred for years
1t was estimated that. about 100 Liberals
would support the resolutions. Public
meetings were held both in support o.
Gladstone's resolutions and of the course
of the Government.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17

A CALL has been issued for q State
Convention of the Republican Party in Iowa,
to meet at Des Moines on the 9th of June.
REV. XAVIER SCHEUHENs, of Balti-
more, founder of the Redemptorist order in
the United States, died on the 10Th, in the
ff1fh wear of his age
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-01-11
Tree-washing i'm Winter,

1t may be worth reminding our readers that
the Winter season is the time for tree-washing,
and that very much good results from their use
A tree annually washed has always a clean
smooth bark, and is generally in the healthest
possible condition.
We see it stated in some quarters that trees
washed never have the blight but this does not
prove that it prevents blight, because there are
many trees which are never washed that have
not blighted. If washing were more general il
would be an argument. Still it is quite likely
that washing will keep down blight, especially
If, as some botansts tell us, the blight comes
from sort of fungus seed which sprouts and
grows from the outside of the bark
Our country farmers use simply whitewash,
and their trees are very healthy. 1t does not
look nice to tasty eyes, but this can be remedied
by colorng. Some put sulphur in the white
wash, and fancy it helps to keep down red spider,
small, almost invisible insect, which often in.
Jures very much the leaves of fruit trees
Trees regularly washed are, seldom infested by
scale but where they are it seems now well es-
tablished that lnseed oil makes a certain and
cheap remedy. IL is painted over the STEMS
OF course there is much good to fruit trees in
pruning, manuring, and the any other process
es OF good culture; but of all the good things
we doubt whether there is many more valuable
than good winter washing of the trunks and
stems This wash can be made of whale oil soap,
pound to bucket of water, and many other
things having the same active qualities.-Ger-
mantorn Telegraph.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-01-11
MsefnI aud Curious.


Keep the doors and windows of structures
closed until fremen come; put q wet cloth over
the mouth, and get down on all fours in a smoky
room open the upper part of the window to get
the smoke out ; if in theatre, church or school
room, keep cool descend ladders with a regular
step to prevent vibration. If kerosene Just pur-
chased can be made to burn in a saucer by igni-
ting a match, throw it away. Put wire-work or
glass-shades over gaslights in show windows,
and in bedrooms with curtains; sprinkle sand
instead of saw-dust on floors of oil stores keep
shavings and kindling wood away from steam
boilers, and greasy rags from lofts, cupboards,
boxes, etc. see that all stove-ppes enter well
in the chimney, and that all lights and fires are
out before retiring or leaving the place of busi-
ness /; keep matches in metal or earthel vessels,
and out Of the reach of children aud provide
a piece of stout rope, long enough to
reach to the ground, in every chamber. Neither
admit any one if the house he on fire, except po-
lice firemen and known neighbors; nor swing
lighted gas jets against the wall nor leave small
children in o room where there are matches
an open fire nor deposit ashes in wooden box
or on the floor; nor use light in examining the
gas meter. Never leave clothes near the fire.
place to dry nor smoke or read in bed by can
die light nor put kindling wood to dry on top of
the stove nor take light into a closet nor
pour out liquor near an open light nor keep
burning or other nflammable fluids in rooms where
there is fire nor allow smoking about barns or
ware -houses-Dr. John Hail.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-01-11
Concerning Diphtheria.


President Chandler, of the New York Board Of
Health, says:
The origin of diphtheria is still mystery.
Many attribute it to sewer gases. 1t is germ
disease, like smallpox, and is communicable. 1t
often seizes robust children who, at the funerals
of playmates, or in school or church, are exposed
to its direct influence. Diphtheria prefers, SEEM
ingly, children between one and ten; the aver
age age of its victims now is about two years.
Neither heat cold, rain nor drought, affect it.
Cleanliness and pure air everywhere in dwell
ing tend to avert and mitigate it. Where it ex-
lists no child should be permitted to kiss strange
children, particularly when they have sore
threats, or even to play with their toys. When
any child in family has sore throat the other
children should he kept rigidly apart, in dry,
well-ventilated rooms Every throat affection
should be promptly treated. The sick child
should be wstchfully nursed in a well-ventilated,
sunlit room.
President Chandler says further that the dwell
lers in expensive houses often as exposed any
body. Half of the owners of Fifth Avanue hOus-
know nothing about their cellars and drain
pipes. few days ago he went into the cellar of
q great brown stone house. The current of sew
er gas, rushing up to the bedrooms, put out his
candle and left him to grope his way ont in dark
The sum of S discreetly spent would Of
ten save life.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-01-11
For Curing Hams.

The following quantities are for twelve hams !;
Take three pounds of fine salt, one-half pound of
saltpeter, pounded fine, and one pint of molas-
Mix the above well together, and rub each
ham with the mixture. Then put them in a cask
and allow them to stand five six days, after
which they should be reversed, the top hams be-
ing put in the bottom, sprnkling fine salt be-
tween each layer again let them stand five days !;
when a pickle should be prepared and put on
them, composed of salt and water, strong enough
to bear an egg Always pack hams with skin
side down, and continue till the cask is full
the pork gives out. After remaining in pickle
six weeks, the hams should he taken ont, strings
put through them and hung mp to drain for four
or five days, when they should be marked and
branded, and sent to the smoke house. For
keeping them during the summer months, when
they are liable to be infested with worms, etc.,
wrap them well in brown paper and pack in a
case or barrel, with liberal supply of good, dry
wood ashes between and around them. In ia
king one out for use, be particular to cover the
rest with ashes. l have used this recipe for
years, and have always had fine meat.-E. J. K.