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WAR NEWS.

A Russian official dispatch says that a
Turkish three-gu steamer had been blown
up and sunk by tOrpedoes in the Sulina
mouth of the Danube. The Car has ordered
that all soldiers may be promoted to COM
missioned officers for distinguished services
on passing the usual examination. 1t is said
that Suleiman Pasha's army is decimated by
typhus. The London Times estimates the
opposing forces south of the Danube as be-
ing about equal-100,000 men each. Opera
lions at Schipka have been suspended on ac-
count Of the weather.
"A severe engagement was fought at
Aladja Dagh, in the vicinity of Kars, on the
10Th. A Russian force, numbering % bat
talions of infantry and 40 guns, under COM
mand Of Gen. Lazaroff, made a successful
flank movement, striking the rear Of Mukh-
tar Pasha's army, which was simultaneously
attacked by the main body of Russian
troops in front and the Turkish intrench-
ments carried after fight lasting two hours.
The Turks abandoned three Krupp guns,
and good many prisoners fell into the
hands of the Russians, who pursued the
fleeing enemy.
London dispatches OF the 18th say
that Mukhtar Pasha's army suffered an over
whelming defeat in the battle Of the 10Th.
Thousands of prisoners, including seven
Pashas, and 81 guns were taken, while the
Russian losses are stated to be relatively
light. Mukhtar Pasha escaped to Kars.
A dispatch from Tiflis, 18th, says it
is estimated the Russians captured in the
battle of Monday last 80 battalions of Turks,
four brigades artillery, 100 officers and 1000
horses. Among the killed are the son of the
Circassian cheftain Schamyl, and the Turk
ish General of Cavalry, Moussa Pasha. The
Russians estimate the total Turkish loss at
10000 men, together with great stores of
munitions and provisions.
A dispatch from Tidis, 10Th, says that
the Russians have again invested Kars. On
receiving information of Mukhtar Pasha's
defeat, Ismai Pasha withdrew from his po-
sition at Igdyr and retired across the FROM
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AHOuse of Our Own.

Next to being married to the right
person, there is nothing so important in
ones life as to live under ones own
roof There is something more than a
poetical charm in the expression of a
wife writing to friend, who said: awe
have our coy house; it is thrice dear to
us because it is our own. We have
bought it with the savings of our earn
ings. Many were the soda fountains,
the confectionery saloons, and the nee
essaries of the market we had to pass
many time my noble husband denied
himself the comfort of tobacco, the re-
freshing draught of beer, wore his old
clothes, and even patched up boots
and /, o me! made my old bonnet do,
wore the plainest clothes, did the plain
est cooking. Saving was the order of
the house, and to have home of our
own had been our united aim. Now we
have. There is no landlord troubling
us with raising the rent, and exacting
this or that. There is no fear harbored
in our bosom that in sickness or old age
we will be thrown out of house and
home, and the money which otherwise
would have gone to pay rent is sufficient
to keep us comfortable in the winter
days of Efe."
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The Texas Prairies.

At the moment that you start west
ward on the So Sunset Route" the land
scape salutes you in all the loneliness of
a blossoming prairie in its first luxuri-
ance of green under the tender early
sun. The flowers are numberless. When
you have counted couple of dozen va
rieties, you find you have only begun.
Here the painted-cup makes the great
reaches gay; here yellow indigo stars
them, and presently lends them its col
or, leading away into the boundless
horizon Field of the Cloth of Gold;
here it is scarlet with the scarlet phlox,
here blue with the verbena; here the
lilies, with their long snowy filaments
wondrously alive, whiten all the wind
ings of an unseen brook; here, clothed
in the priceless small clover, and green
erthan Dante's freshly broken emeralds,
beneath vast and hollow heavens, and
''molded in colossal calm," the naked
prairie rolls away, league after league,
unbroken to the Gulf.
Oh, the glory of Texas prairie under
a vertical sun! the light, the color, the
distance, the vast solitude and silence,
the limitless level, the everlasting rest!
A flock of white cranes rise flashing in
the light and soar away; a mirage
lifts the lofty timber that outlines a
distant river, and shows you the stream
shining beneath, shaking silver vapor
at its feet; in the creek beside you, fear
less blue ducks dip and dive and skim
away, scattering the water-drops; a
drove of horses, rising from beds of sun
flowers, with flying names and tails, go
bounding into space; vast herds OF cat
tie crop the clover without lifting their
heads as you sweep by; riders are round
ing up their droves, hawks are lowering,
birds are singing, winds are blowing,
and what seemed only solitude and
silence is full of life and action and mu-
sic. Now the forests of the BrazOs be-
gin to rustic; cypress and magnolia,
linden and locust, ash and beech and
elm, hickory and blackjack, dense to
darkness, yet trembling with dew and
sun, laced with gay vines of trumpet and
passion flowers, and with huge ropes of
blossoming grape slung from tree to
tree, thick with underground of dog
wood and redbub, wild peach and cane,
and their great dark live-oaks wrapped
in the fantastic shadows of thousand
gray swaying cobwebs, and standing
weird and awful in their Druidical beard.
Hurried Prescott Spoford, in Harper's
Nn1nzine for November.
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to be added to the exports annually, as
sent in the form of animal food. We
also send a great deal barreled up in the
shape of whisky. Corn-meal is includ-
ed in the estimate, reduced to bushels.
The receipts of wheat at Western lake
and river ports, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Toledo, Detroit, Montreal, st. Louis,
Peoria and Duluth, during the four
weeks ending Oct. 8, from the new crop,
were 1909, S75 bushels against 7,157,-
59T for the corresponding period of last
year, showing an increase of 5,941,77s
bushels. The shipments from those
ports in that time were II, 024, 05S bush
els, an increase of 4, 800, $50 bushels over
the corresponding period of the year
before. California has been this year
an exception to the rest of the country.
Her crops have fallen off. Between
July and Sept. "a of this year her ex-
ports of wheat were 4,O11, 900 bushels
less than during corresponding period
of 1876.
The increase in England's importa-
ton of breadstuffs from this country in
the year ending Aug. 81; 1877, amount
ed to almost as much as the average of
her importations during the ten years
preceding. OF corn alone she took out
33, 100000 bushels. Her total importa-
ton was about S0,OO0,0OO bushels, OF
which 60,0O0,0O were from this coun-
try, and 100000 from southeastern
Europe. The Importation of corn into
Germany, France, and the United King
dom promises to increase largely, as OF
late years general tendency to resort
to it as food for stock, instead of oats
and cut feed, has been manifest. 1t is
found to be one-third cheaper, in Eng
land, than the material hitherto employ
ed for that use. Germany's supply
will, however, be drawn mainly from
Hungary.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-25

The elections for Deputies in France
took place on Sunday, the 14th. The
contest was between the Republicans
and combination of three parties, the
lmperialists, the Legitimists and the
Orleanists, who temporarily laid aside
their mutual antagonisms and join
ed with President Mcmahon
in an effort to overthrow their common
enemy. The Government nominees
comprised 29S Imperialists, 1S1 Legit-
imists, and SO 0rleanists. In the Re
publican strongholds, composing some
20 ACCOMPLISHMENTS in and around Paris,
the Government abandoned the contest
and did not put forward any candidates.
"A Paris dispatch of the 18th gives
the result of the election as follows:
The Republicans have elected 314 and
the Conservatives POI members. In IA
ACCOMPLISHMENTS new elections will be
necessary. Among the Deputies chosen
are Gambetta, Grevy, Paul de Cassag-
nae and Louis Blanc, Republicans. The
Duke de CAFES, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and DE Forth, Minister of the
Interior, are reelected. The election
passed off with great quietude.
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WIT AND WISDOM.


THE weight of the world-11 ounces
to the pound Chicago Journal
THE older we grow the more we
realize that Is cents viii buy more fish
than business man, whose time is
worth so cents an hour, can go out and
catch in & whole day.
A PATENT has been taken out for
protecting stern for the use of book
agents and lightning-rod men. 1t is
automatic and spreads out double row
of spikes like an inverted peacock's tail
whenever the wearer turns to leave the
house.-PHck.
THE exact sciences may demonstrate
the precise distance of the most remote
star, and make the phases of the sur
rounding worlds as familiar as house
hold words, but no amount of figuring
will ever be able to indicate where the
stone that woman throws is going to
strike.
A LIGHT-HEARTED, impulsive young
lady writing to friend over the arrival
of her eighteenth birthday, tells it in
this joyous style; Darling j, l
must write to you to-day to tell that at
last am splendid eighteenl Think of
it-splendid eighteen-not timid fifteen,
winning sixteen, blushing seventeen or
even bold nineteen, but-splendid
eighteen / shall commence to live
from this day forth. shall love every
body and every body will love me-"
SAND are you really happy? and
wouldn't you like to be bachelor
again?' asked Newark bachelor, the
other day, of married friend who
espoused beautiful girl only year
ago. "Happyl" echoed the benedict;
"happy! Why, of course I'm happy,
and 1 wouldn't change back again for
all the world. But l say, Fred, let me
give you quiet word of advice: Don't
be a blasted fool and get married. You
hear me i''-NelOark Call.
A SNOWMAN travelling with a pan
Drama of scenes from the Bible met a
Yankee, and, on learning that he could
play piano, engaged him to play ap-
propriate selections after each picture
at his show that night. The curtain
rose, revealing "The Return of the
Prodigal Son." upon which the player
struck up, "When Johnny comes
marching home!" The effect produced
was wonderful. "Consider yourself
engaged to travel with me,i said the
Snowman. "You draw better than the
pictures"
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FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

The Forty-fifth Congress met in extraor-
binary session at noon on the 18th, in accord
ance with the proclamation Of the President.
LIN the Senate the oath of Office was admin
istered to Stanley Matthews of Ohio in place
of John Sherman, resigned; ]. Donald Cam
eron OF Pennsylvania, in place of Simon
Cameron, resigned; and ID. II. Armstrong APP
pointed from Missouri, rice L. V. Bogy, de-
ceased. The usual committee was appointed
10 join a committee of the House and inform
the President that a quorum of the two
Houses had assembled. Adjourned till 70
O'Clock tomorrow. Senators absent
Morton, Mcmillan and sharon.
In the House, Clerk Adams called the roll of
members by States, beginning with Maine
When Louisiana was reached the Clerk said
that he had received three sets of credentials
from that State one being signed by McEner-v
as Governor, another by kellogg as Gov
ernor, and third by Nichols as
Governor. Inasmuch, he said, as McEnery
was never de facto Governor of Louisiana and
kellogg's certificates, in his opinion, were
irregular and did not comply with the re-
uuirements of the law of the State, he had
not recognized either of these two, bnt had
recognized the Nichols credentials, which
were apparently regular in all respects and
he had therefore placed upon the role the
names of the persons contained therein.
When Missouri was reached, the Clerk stated
that no certificate had been received from
the Third District. The Clerk also stated asto
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-25

EDWARD L. STEVENS, j. r. Ham and
George w. Miller were arrested in Kan
sas City on the 18th, upon requisition
from the Governor of Texas, charged
with forging and issuing titles to large
tracts of land in Texas and
/. disposing of the same to innocent par
ties. The fraudulent land titles thus
disposed of covered lands belonging
both to the United States and the State
of Texas, and the confusion in titles
is what led to the discovery of
the plot. 1t is alleged that in order to
cover up their misdeeds and destroy evil
dence against them, no less than thir-
teen Court-houses in Texas have been
burned during the past year. Stevens is q
well known lawyer of Kansas City, son of
Judge Stevens, and has hitherto been in
good standing. Ham has been known
as a Spectator in Texas lands. Miller
is a we'll known sporting man.
Additional information regarding
the great Texas land swindle shows that
the ramifcatioRs of the scheme extend
ed to nearly all parts of the country,
and that no less than 60 persons
are criminally implicated therein
to greater or less extent.
By concert of action among the officers
engaged in ferreting out the swindle,
the larger part of those concerned in it
were arrested on the same day and are
now held as prisoners. Ham and
Stevens worked under an almost in
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-25

THE Receivers report of the condi-
ton of the Merchants, Farmers and
Mechanics Savings Bank of Chicago
shows that the concern has been in an
insolvent condition for over four years,
a fact which must have been patent to
every one connected with the in
stitution, from President Meyers
down to the smallest clerk, yet
the sworn monthly statements
published represented the bank as be-
ing in a sound and prosperous condi-
ton. The Receiver found that the
bank had been Systematically plumber
ed of its deposits and securities almost
from the date of its organization, and
the only assets are a few worthless first
mortgages on inflated real estate, which
will hardly more than pay the expenses
of foreclosing the concern.
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THE GRAIN YIELD OF 1877.
The Largest Crop that the Country Has
Yet Produced-Figures that Promise a
Golden Future.


The Largest Crop that the Country Has
Yet Produced-Figures that Promise a
Golden Future.
From the New York SUM-
The grain crop of the United States
this autumn is vast increase over that
of any preceding year in the history of
the country. 1t amounts in the two
principal cereals, wheat and corn, to
325, 100000 bushels of the form
er, and 1880, 900, 900 of the latter, ac-
cording to the careful estimates of Mr..
Walker, the statistician of the New
York Produce Exchange. The move
ment of this enormous crop has just be-
gun to be felt, as up to the past eight
weeks the expectations were of last
years crop; but the sudden increase al
ready noted gives good promise of a
golden future. During the brief period
mentioned our exports of wheat from
the ports of New York, Montreal, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans and
Portland have aggregated 11,525, 1888
bushels, against an expectation from the
same ports during a corresponding
period of last year of S,93S,95 bushels,
showing an increase of 7,5S6,237 BUSH
els. There has also been an increase of
70S, 234 bushels in the expectation Of
rye during the same time, and in peas
an increase of 81, 400 bushels. In corn
alone has there been falling off to the
extent of / ,633, 054 in that time.
The following table presents the in
crease of production and expectation in
the two leading cereals in the past ten
wears.
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SENATOR JoNEs's Silver Commission
have finally completed their report, the
substance Of which is as follows: The
report finds that the decentralization of
silver by the United States, Germany,
and the Scandinavian States has been
the chief cause of the change in the rela-
tive value of gold and silver and the dis
astrous effects resulting therefrom. The
restoration of the double standard in
the United States and the unre-
stricted coinage of silver is recommend
ed, but the Commission has been una
bic to agree upon the legal relation
which should be established between the
two metals. Specie resumption is re-
garded as impracticable until the law
which makes gold the sole legal tender
is repealed. On the subject of retain
ing a paper currency in circulation con-
currently with gold and silver, the Com
mission find that interconvertibility is
an indispensable feature of such a sys-
tenn.
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CURRENT TOPICS.


The Democratic Caucus of the House
OF Representatives was held on the even
ing of the 18th. Stephens Of Georgia
renominated Randall of Pennsylvania
for Speaker; the other candidates were
Gcode of Virginia and Sayler of Ohio.
Randall was chosen on the first ballot,
which was as follows: Randall, 109 (;
Goode, %; Sayler, IL. John G.Thomp-
son of Ohio was renominated for Ser
geant-at-Arms, Adams of Kentucky for
Clerk, and J. M. Stewart of Virginia for
Postmaster. John w. Polk, of Kansas
City. Mo-, was nominated for Door
keeper. For Chaplain, Rev. DIR. Poisel,
of the Southern NJ. f. Church, received
the nomination.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-25

THE cucumber has the wonderful
power of taking its own photograph.
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry says:
eff you gather cucumber that has been
exposed to the strong sunlight, take it
into dark room, wrap it in paper that
has been prepared for photography and
shield it in all possible ways from ex-
ternal light, the delicate vibrations
which have been absorbed will again be
given forth, imprinting distinct image
of the cucumber on its sensitive wrap
per-"
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THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS. October 20. 1877.
| BEBvEs-Choieet to Fancy, S5.l595.25i Good
/ to Prime. $4.7595.0O; Native Cows, s2.1563-l5;
/ Texan Steers, $2.25a4.OO.
| housekeeping S4.50G4.9o.
| SHEEP-Native, $2-l004t0- $500
| FLOUR-ChOice, S6.6Od6.S5; Xxx, f6O0d6 10.
wHEAr-Red. No. 2, sl.S51l91S7; No. 8, ST.
CoRN-No. Mixed, az age
! OATs-No. 2, 25z926c.
RYE-NO. 2, SIS fG554c.
TIMOTHY SEED-PrIme, $l.20al.25.
Dark Leaf, S5.2506.0O.
HAY-Choice Timothy, s9.oOs 1000
BUTTER-Creamery, 3O935c.
EGGs-Fresh, 56I6c.
PoRK-Standard Mess, Sl4.0o0l425.
WooL-Tub- washed, Choice, 40o4lSci Un-
washed Combing, 2Oa5lKc.
CoTTOs-Middffng lO<c
NEW YORK
BEEvEs-Native Steers, $500 ll.25i Texan
and Cherokee, $7O0G10.50.
SHEEP-S3.50 $50; Lambs, Si50d6 ..
HOGs-Live, $5.50G5S0.
FLOUR-Good to Choice, $3.50 500.
WHEArmNo. 2. Milwaukee, H;9oalSoH.
CoRN-Western Mixed. 595z 0591<c.
OATs-Western Mixed, 3393sc.
PORK-Mess, $l390e l4.00.
CorT0N-MiddliDg. Ike.
CHICAGO.
BEEvEs-Common 70 Choice, 8 .0oe5.5o.
HoGs-Common to Choice, a.5og55o
sHEEP-Common 20 Choice, S5oSASO
FLoUR-Choice Winter, S7.o097.zo; Cnoice
Spring s6.5007O0.
WHsar~sprins.No 2. n-sXsLOs; Spring.
NO. 5, Sl.D31 ElOfc.
CORN-No- 2, 436s3Hc.
OArs-No. 2, 23623Hc-
RYE-No. Q, s2H653c.
PORK-Mess, Sl4000l4.25.
KANSAS CITY.
BEEvzs-yatiye Steers, ss.75aS-so; Native
Cows, s. 256260.
HoGs-S4. 40a445.
FLoUR-XX to Patent, per sack, S2.0044 90.
CORN MEAL-Per cwt., I0075c-
WHEAT-No. ?, Silly ellis
CoRN-No. Mixed, 2s4 02S3<c-
MEMPHIS.
FLoUR-Choice, S7.2517.50.
CORx-Mixed, 65666c.
OATs--White, 4G443c.
COTTOS-Middlsng, f01<c.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLoUR-Choice Family, S67597.50
C0RN-White, e2a63c-
OATs-St Louis, 3Sa39c.
HAY-ChOlee, $170061750
PoRK-New Mess. xl4s7H 9l450.
BAcog-Ske 09xe.
COTTON Aiddling. l0xc-
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A Plague in New Mexico.

The epidemic still continues; the at
tack is not severe and yields readily to
quinine, but unfortunately there is no
quinine in the country outside of the
military hospitals. The first symptom
is a chill, which is followed by severe
fever lasting four or five days, when the
patient-with proper treatment
valesces. Whole families and whole
neighborhoods are Frustrated at one
time, and there is no person to procure
and prepare food; in consequence many
poor people are literally starving to
death. We visited one family of six
persons this week, all of whom were
down with the fever, not one was able
to get up to give another cup of water;
there was not an ounce of food in the
house; fine fields of corn belonging to
the head of the family were going to
destruction for want of care. This is
not an isolated case; most of the neigh
bors were in the same condition. When
able to crawl out the children would
gorge themselves with green corn and
melons; they had nothing else to eat.
1t is matter of establishment that the
deaths have been so few in this town
under the circumstances. Over 1000
persons have already been stricken with
the epidemic in this town, and but Is
deaths have occurred. At this moment
there is an unprecedented amount of
suffering among the poor people of this
county. Over 500 destitute sick are in
need of relief. They require food, they
require medical attendance. We know
of whole families lying sick who . are in
absolute danger of starving b death. =
Nestle Independent,
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THE Republican House Caucus, held
on the morning of the 18th, nominated
Garfield of Ohio for Speaker, Rusk of
Wisconsin for Clerk, Ordway of New
Hampshire for Sergeant-at Arms, Har-
rison of Tennessee for Doorkeeper,
Sherwood of Michigan for Postmaster,
and Rev. J. II. Butler for Chaplain.
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Vulnerable number of aliases, at least so
of the former and Is of the latter having
been unearthed by the detectives. The
scheme originated with j. r. Ham and
a man named Thos. Tullis, living at
Austin, Texas, at, least dozen years
ago, since which time the swindle has
grown to its present colossal proper
fions
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WHEAT.


1@101171-E9011+
To arrive at the amount OF corn sent
abroad, it is proper to count in that
which goes in the compressed form of
pork. Our annual hog product exporta-
ton is about 100000 hogs. As it
takes about fourteen bushels of corn to
fatten each hog, that viii be equivalent
10 about Sc, eco, 600 bushels more Of corn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-25

THE October cotton-crop report of
the Department of Agriculture shows
an average condition nearly as high as
that of last year-being ST. against
1921 in 1876, and SO in 1875. The State
percentages are as follows: North Caro-
lima, IS; South Carolina, 70; Georgia,
IL; Florida, So; Alabama, So; Missis-
sippi, so; Louisiana, a; Texas, GA /;
Arkansas, 90; Tennessee, 100.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-25

SITTING-BULL was at Fort Walsh on
the 18th, awaiting the arrival of the
United States Commissioner, who ex-
pected TO reach there on the following
day. Sitting-Bull's village is some 40
miles from Fort Walsh, and comprises
250lodges, representing about l ZOO war
riors. Some of them are escaped Nez
PerceS
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follows

Accompanying these estimates are the
following, submitted without any rec
ommendation: Forts and fortifica-
tons, S7,07S,000; rivers and harbors,
S1S,220, 100. The estimate of 81 ,031, 453
for permanent annual appropriations is
also submitted for the information of
Congress, but is not recommended.
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THE difficulties at FL Paso and San
Elizario, Texas, are said to be entirely
between citizens of the State of Texas,
and Lieut.. Rucker has been instructed
not to interfere except to prevent raids
from the Mexican side.