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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
Personal AND POLITICAL.

JUDGE JAMES A. LENNON committed
suicide at Minneapolis, ION the 18th, by cut
ting his throat from ear to ear with a razor.
BARTHOLOMEW L. BEAUREGARD, late
Collector of the Second Internal Revenue
District of Louisiana, is under arrest, enlarged
with the embezzlement of Government
funds.
EX-GOv. TILDEN, of New York, sail
ed for Europe on the 18th, to remain until
October.
VICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER has pub
lished card stating that he is not the Will
liam A. Wheeler who had a gun contract
during the War, as has been charged in GER
tain newspapers.
Gov. AXTELB, of New Mexico, is
said to be convert to Mormonism, and it is
reported that his removal has been decided
upon.
SENATOR CoNKDINGis soj6urning in
Scotland, and writes to his friends that his
health is steadily improving. ff.5 p,
GEN. SHERIDAN, at last accounts, was
in camp at the foot of Cloud Peak in the
Big Horn Mountains, POS miles from Camp
Scarborough. There were no Indians in the
country. 800 h'N.
The Republican Convention of
Montgomery County, Ohio, adopted a reso-
luton indorsing the ,pacifeation policy of
President Hayes and in favor of the silver
dollar. i"
Hon L. A. BRUSH, of Detroit, who
has Just died, left an estate of S5,0O0,OOO, all
of which is devised to his wife and children.
MAJOR WILLIAM B. MOORE, one of
the special agents of the Customs division of
the Treasury Department, whose name has
often appeared in the newspapers in con-
nection with personal and political mat
tiers during the Administration of Gen.
Grant, and since, has BEEN removed by
order of the President.
WASHINGTON BIGLER, fourth of the
five Pennsylvania Bigler brothers, died in
Iowa July !. Ex-Governor Bigler, of Penn
sylvania, is now the sole survivor. Like his
two elder brothers, he was most of his life a
practical printer and editor, finally settling
in Iowa, to become a wealthy farmer.
Gov. LUDNGTON, of Wisconsin, has
declined to be candidate for reelection.
PRESIDENT HAYES will spend week
in New Hampshire and Vermont in Sep
TENDER. ------
MINISTER WAsHBURNE is being made
the recipient of numerous farewell dinners
in Paris.
BAYARD TAYLOR has accepted the ap-
pOintment of Minister to Russia.
GEN. DAVID S. STANLEY, Colonel of
the Twenty-Second Infantry, has preferred
charges against Gen. VIM. B. Hazen, alleg-
ing that he committed perjury in his testi-
mony in the Belknap investigation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26

was again stopped last night near Cheyenne
River by six road-agents, who robbed the
five passengers of az their galuables. The
treasure-box- was riied, but contained
nothing OF value to the robbers. A COM
pany Of cavalry will beplaced at Hot Greek
and patrol the dangerous parts of the rad.
At an early hour on he morning of
the 18th, the house of VIM. Anderson, near
Worthwhile, Carroll County, KY, was fired
by an ineendiary. A daughter, 10 years old
being awakened by the noise, went to the
front door, opened it, and Immediately sew
era1 shots were fired, eleven shots taking
effect upon the girls person, infiicting
wounds from which. she died at noon. No
motive for the deed is known.
EFF. r. West & Sons Bank, formerly
the National State Bank, at Des Moines,
Iowa, closed its doors on the 18th. 1t was
badly crippled by the failure of b. +. Allen,
and had never recovered.
A Walla Walla dispatch of the 18th
reports the killing by the Indians of three
more men and one girl ON Cow Creek, Fifty
Spokane Indians have gone to join Joseph's
band. H.3E -i+tl3 Ht'f q
The Peoples Bank of Newport, Pa,
was robbed af 5000 in money and $500 in
bonds on the 18th.
The house of David Graves, at Brandy
wine Springs, Del, was robbed ON the night
of the 18th of S1l 900 in United States bonds,
800 in cash, and valuable jewelry. q ,f d,
" Stephen Boyd, colored, bitten, three
months ago by a dog, died at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 10Th, with hydrophobia, nc
symptoms of that disease having occurred
until the previous day. The dog which bit
him was not mad. '..HNi' noe POI"
The business portion of Owensboro,
KY, was burned on the night of the 18th.
Loss from So, 900 to $4,000.
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Ruined by Rum.

Granville Ely, who was arrested in
Middletown on Monday last for stealing
a coat belonging to the proprietor of the
Gelston House, and bound over, was
committed to jail on Tuesday, to await
his trial at the next term of the Superior
Court. Young Ely, who is well known
in this section, has very peculiar his
tory. He. is the son of the late Elias
Ely, at one time a prominent lawyer in
New York, who amassed large fortune
in his practice. Being his only son,
Granville was humored in every con
ceivable manner by his father, who
allowed him for spending money the
handsome sum of $4,000 a year. He
spent the summer months at East Had
dam, and was highly, esteemed by all,
being considered immensely wealthy
for the manner in which he sowed
money was caution, frequently giving
magnificent banquets at the hotel, to
which he not only invited every young
man in this section, but many persons
from Brooklyn and New York. At that
time he was considered one of the finest
young men in the country, which opin-
ion was evidently formed because of his
distinguished personal appearance and
the prompt manner in which he paid his
bills. ...--...... ...... ...
He kept for his own use splendid
four-in- hand, with which he would make
a sensational dash through the streets of
East Haddam every pleasant. afternoon.
In conversation few were as fluent as
young Ely, who would aaably entertain
room full of guests, without the. Slight
est effort, being a most charming story
teller, in which he would infnse unmis-
taxable wittieisms of the highest order
He was indeed a brilliant young man,
and his condition now will be greatly
mourned by his former friends, who
have been so magnanimously entertain
ed at his hands, 1t is thought that he
spent over S500,000 for his father, who
died few years since in reduced cir
eumstances. A short time after the
death of his father, Ely was arrested in
New York for forgery,o which crime he
was convicted and sent to Sing Sing. 1t
is asserted that he has several times been
arrested for petty larceny, and evident
ly, in his present low condition, he can
not refrain from stealing any thing CON-
ing within his reach. - He has changed
so much in personal appearance that he
is scarcely recognizable by those who
were his most intimate friends eight
years ago. He is highly educated, and
belongs to an aristocratic family, being
a near relative of the Hon. Zebulon Ely,
of New York City, and Samuel C. Ely,
of Lyme.-Haryord (cf.) Times. r.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26

July returns of the condition of cot
ton, as received by the Department OF
Agriculture, cover an entire urea of 361
counties, producing six-tenths of the
cotton of the United States. The aver
age condition of the whole area is 1874
per cent? per cent. less than the July
average last year. 1t is less by per
cent. than the average for 1876, but bet
ter than the condition for 1874 or 1873.
Only Louisiana gives higher average
than in July last year. State averages
are as follows: North Carolina SO,
South Carolina 81, Georgia 80, Florida
50, Alabama "a, Mississippi 80, Louis
lana 102, Texas 81, Arkansas "a, Ten
nessee sc. The crop is from one to two
weeks late.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26

The Governor of West Virginia, on
the 18th, finding himself unable with
the State militia at his command to
quell the riotous strikers on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, autographed to
the President for forceof United States
troops TO assist the State authorities in
maintaining the law. After consufsa-
ton. with the Secretary of War, the
President was at first inclined to doubt
whether the exigency was of such
a nature as to. warrant the
exercise of Federal authority, but upon
ascertainiRg thatthe United States mails
had been delayed and stopped by the
rioters, it was decided TO accede to the
request of the Governor, and accord
ingly orders were issued for the I'd Ar
tillery, numbering about 312 men, I'M
der command of Gen. French, to pro-
coed at once to Martinsburg The Pres
ident at the same time issued pro-
clamation, ordering the rioters to dis
perse and retire peacefully TO their
homes.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
strike had extended on the 20th over
nearly the entire length of the road and
branches. At Martinsburg the presence
of United States troops served to pre-
serve the Company's property from
molestation, and several trains, strongly
guarded, were got through to Baltimore
and Cumberland. At Baltimore several
of the Company's buildings were burned
byincendiaries. The military were called
ont, and their appearance in the streets
was the signal for an attack by the riot
ers, who assailed them with stones and
other missiles. The military fired sew
eral EOlleys into the crowd, killing 10
persons and wounding many others,
most Of them being merely passers-by.
The officer in command says that sever
al of his men had been knocked down
with brickbats, and that pistol shots
had been fired at them, and that the
men fired without orders, and under
great provocation. The whole city was
wild with excitement At Grafton,
West Virginia, the strikers were joined
by some 400 unemployed miners and
much trouble was anticipated At Pied
mont, an inoendiary proclamation was
issued threatening the lives of all Off
Gals who attempted to thwart the plans
of the strikers. At Newark, o., the
strikers were so turbulent that a call
was made on the State militia to pre-
serve order.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
CURRENT TOPICS

On the 18th, General Howard. with Z.
force of 400 men, three howitzers and a
Iattling gun, attacked Joseph and 500
OF the Nez Perces Indians, on the South
Fork OF the Clearwater, Idaho. The
night lasted from TO SD. M. Eleven
men were killed on our side and "a
wounded, among whom was Captain
Bancroft Of the Fourth Artillery, who
was badly wounded in the left side, and
Lieutenant Williams in the arm and in
the leg while CALAMITY charging at the
head OF the troops. The Indians were
twice driven to their Entertainments,
where Joseph was strongly fortified. A
.arge number of the hostiles were
killed and wounded.
"A dispatch, dated the 10th, was re-
ceived from Gen. Howard at the War
Department, on the 18th, stating that
the larger portion of the hostile Indians
had fled eastward toward the buffalo
country, and were being pursued by
him. Joseph had sent word to
Gen. Howard that he wanted to
negotiate for a surrender, but as his
intention evidently was only to
gain time, so that he could get off safely
with his command, the only terms of
fered him were unconditional and i'm
mediate surrender. The official list of
killed and wounded in the battles of the
18th and 18th, near Clearwater, shows
II soldiers killed and % wounded, Of
whom four have since died, including
Capt. Bancroft, of the Fourth Artillery.
THE body of young Hackett, who was
killed at Montreal during the demon
stration on the 18th, in commemoration
of the Battle of the Boyne, was inferred
on the 10th with q and demonstration
by Orangemen and other Protestant so
cieties. Four hundred and twenty-seven
Orangemen from Ottawa assisted at the
obsequies, as well as many others from
country villages. The ST. George So
ciety of Montteal joined the procession,
Over 90,000 persons visited Orange Hall
to view the body as it lay in
state. At the time of the fu-
neral, six regiments of infantry and
troop of cavalry did police duty.
Among the incidents that show the bit.
ter feeling existing between the two fac
TORS, may be mentioned an attemptSto
poison the drinking-water at the ceme-
terry, of which the Master of the lodge
was fortunately advised in time to pre-
vent disastrous results. The only Sc
rious circumstance that occurred during
the day was the killing Of a boy at
Wellington Bridge in an onslaught by p
party of roughs belonging to the oppo-
site party. ..... ...t.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

SITTING BULL has not been brought
up standing yet.
YES, il is fact that a great many
people dye for want of fresh hair.
PEOPLE are now cautioned against
too free use of ice-water. Excess Is
said to kill. Well, what of it2 some
thing must kill people. They can't liVe
always. And it is web they can't, Win
several million dollars invested III
French plate-glass hearses in this eoun-
try alone.
You've people, this is a good time 10
get married. A new kind of bracket Is
made out of paper, looks exactly Ike
walnut, and only costs $3.50 dozen.
And you don't need any thing beside
good assortment of brackets to go to
housekeeping Hack-eye.
SAND now let me show you the germi-
mating house," said a florist recently,
after taking an Irish visitor through his
collection of plants aud various hot
houses. "The German ating-house, IS
it?" rejoined the son of Erin; "ay We
place, couldn't you give us sight of an
Irish dhrinlSing-house hereabouts, if it's
all the same to yees?"
ssSAvE the Babies, :" advises q eOtem-
porary. Yes, save 'em. No matter if
they do squawk all night and murder
sleep, don't throw 'em out of a third
story window. Save 'em; they will
grow up and develop into baseball
players, horse-jockeys, politicians,
women's rights speakers, wives, moth
ers, husbands and fathers. The world
could hardly get along without such
institutions" so the babies had better
be saved. NorristowR Herald.
ABOUT this time of the year the weary
editor, worn out by his labors, and feel
ing badly in need of rest and recreation
for few months, is visited by a depu-
tation of the readers of his popular and
influential journal, and presented with
a purse containing 81, 900, more or less,
to pay the expenses of a trip to Europe!
Well, why notP Doesn't it take as much
brains TO run paper as to preach one
sermon week ?-BoSton Traveller
Touch me gently, Father Time;
Lift, oh lift me on with care,
Smear me lightly; in my prime
Do not frost my raven hair.
And old Tempus gently touched him.
Raised him out without sigh;
Scalped him. bent him over, crutched him,
Pulled his teeth out: BACKED HIS eye.
To Times mercy he had trusted,
And was prematurely busted.
! -HGrk-eye.
MOSQUITOES, it has been discovered
by a learned professor, are possessed OF
great powers of observation and Pene-
tration. Down at the seaside we have
noticed this fact ourselves. When
bio trunk was landed from an express
wagon into the entry of motel, the
nimble insects usually made for 1t and
crawled through the key-hole for the
purpose of taking notes. If the clothes
within betokened that fat person was
the owner, the mosquitoes would stay
within and be carried up to the room,
where they would lay for the fat per-
son until bed SINE. If the garments
belonged to a thin person, the insects
would pile out through that key-hole in
double-quick order. This is an actual
fact
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
A WOman's Adventure with a
RattleSnake.

George Case, constable of London,
a fe~ days ago was away from the house
at work on farm, and the mother had
stepped out of the house for a short
time, leaving a little girl of eighteen
months alone. Hearing the child laugh
ing in great apparent glee, she looked
in and was Mortified to see it striking at
a large masasaugua, or marsh rattle
snake, and when it would make lunge
to bite, the child would laugh, suppOs-
ing it play A pet cat was between the
child and the snake, using all its
strength, by rubbing against it, to keep
it out of danger 1t is the opinion of
the parents that they are indebted to the
cat for their child's life. In this case
the mother seized the child and placed
it in the middle of the highest bed in the
house; then she, all unmindful that she
had lain off her shoes, seized kettle OF
hot water and commenced pouring it
upon him. This brave little barefoot
woman, near enough to a fourfoot
rattlesnake to pour hot water on him,
poured it on until he made lunge to
bite, when she screamed, dropped the
kettle, and ran. By this time MIR. c.,
who had been called, got to the house.
Bv tearing up the floor he succeeded in
pushing him out with a pitchfork. His
snakeship was found in very de-
moralized condition, being half cooked
and entirely blinded by the hot water,
trying to bite with mouth all knocked
askew by the falling kettle. After he
was dispatched and the rattles secured
they were found to number seventeen,
and some of them gone at that, showing
him to be old enough to vote.-Monroe
(Ont.) Commercial
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
A Judicial TribuIation.

A small boy was brought before a
Magistrate in POttsville, the other day,
upon serious charge. He was'a little
fellow, with a red head, and his face
speekled like a guinea egg. A tuft of
hair stuck through the top of pointed
slouched hat, and his knees shone
through holes in those portions of his
pants. His mother held him fast, and,
as she struggled into the office, the boy
swung back like contrary mule at the
end of halter
whats the matter?'r said the Magis-
trate.
Every things said the woman.
"He's bad; he's rotten bad, and thar
amt no doing nothin' wi him. Thar
amt a cherry tree round the town he
don't know, and thar amt cat what
shows its nose that he don't let drive wi
a stone Thar amt door-bell he haint
pulled, and high hat on days when
thar's snow jest sets him in a fit until
he gets lick at it. l have wore out
three Bibles reading 'um to him, but ii
don't do no good. All the trees in the
back yar,i has been killed getting switch
es off to lick i'um, and he chews all the
terbackcr that the old man can buy.
He's a-breaking of my heart, and
wants him punished. Yes, Ben Frank
lin, you are bringing my gray hairs to
the grave"
" Benjamin Franklin, }" said the Magis-
trate in an imperious manner, 81 an
afraid you are derelict to those high
principles of Christian morality and rec.
| titude which maternal affection has en-
deavored to instill into your compost
tom
" Snow, look here, Mr. Judge" said
the woman, that ere boy hain't had
much farming and he can'ttalk Dutch.
."Well, didn't say he could, " replied
the Magistrate.
"Waren't that Dutch you were talk
ing then?"
"No, madam, that was pure Anglo
| SaxOn.''
"What's she got to do wi this case?'
"Who?r
Why, Angelina Saxton."
Who said any thing about Angelina
Saxton?'
"You did, d
81 did mott ,aT IA
"You did, .-
"Irepeat did not"
"You did! you did!l did!! did!!!!
did!!!l! did!!!i!! didi!!!!!!! and
did, and you did, did, did, and I'll never
give in" .
In the meantime Benjamin Franklin
sat on box and said, $50 in, old
woman, and don't give up; | seen you
take down dad that way many time. ,
Her breath nearly exhausted, she
snatched the namesake of the great
founder of journalism in America anC
philosopher by the nape of the neck anc
swept out of the room declaring she haC
never been so insulted in all her life, anC
that too by a Judge who had. had ne
bringing up.-ShenandOab Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS, July q, 1871.
BEEvEs-Choice to Fancy, $500 6.90, " SO eS
to Prime Sc. ~ u ass; Native Cows, s5VO@o-SV'
Texan and Indian, S2.4Oa5.OO-
HOGS shipping, $465G5.UO
SHEEP-Clipped, S3.2534.15- --<.-oo
FLoUR-Choice, s7.5Oa7.60; XXX, $500 1. ~ y;
WHEAT-Red, No. 2. sl.4O0l-42; NO D. sl-oo
C0RS-No. 2 Mixed, 45z046c.
OATs-No. 2, 29Z G3Oc.
RYE-NO. 2, 5SG60c.
TnoTHY SEED-Prfne, $L450l5J
ToBAcCO-Dark Lugs. s2-75eS-15; Medium
Dark Leaf, S6.30d7.5O.
HAY-Choice Timothy, sll.2j0l2-JO
BUTTER-Creamery, z3128c-
EGGs-Fresh. 5d9c.
PORK-Standard Mess, <13.256l3.s0.
WooL-Tub- washed, Choice new, 3S11 G4lci
Unwashed COmbing, 2uG34c.
. CoTTOS-Middiing, n1zc.
NEW YORK.
BEEyEs-Native Steers, sl025s l25Oj IeAah
and Cherokee, S700ds-25
SHEEP-S4. 50d6.5G; Lambs, S5.I5GI-5
HOGs-Dressed, S6.T5g75O
FLOUR-GoOd To Choice, 500 g6.5n-
WHEAT-No. Chicago, xl44al-4'-
CORN-Western Mixed, 5ln52c.
OATs-Western Mixed, 29G56c-
PORK-Mess, Sl4.3j9 14.40.
COTTON-Middling. 121<c-
CHICAGO
BEEvEs-Common to Choice, $40 9 e:'V-
HoGs-COmmon to Choice, t4Vs DID,
SHEEP-COmmon to Choice, 500 30 s, ?.
FLoUR-ChOiee Winter, SsO0Gs-z'' NhOi00
Spring Superfine, s4-5O0550 a. s,-5no
WHEAT-Spring, No 2, sl-5S7a > ifO'
No. 3, $l.THgl.ls.
CORN-NO. 3, AK 04IAc.
OATs-No. 2, 5lG3O1zc
RYE-No. 2, 57d5Sc.
PoRK-Mess, Sl3.250l5-5'71.
KANSAS CITY. -
prrvEs-Sative steers, s35Od5-fS' Native
Cows, s3.0003.50-
HoGs-$3-50d423- - a, ma. m
FToIIR-XX TO Patent, per sack, wv e4-VO.
CORN MEALr-Per cwt., s0dooc
WHEAT-NO. 3, $l.lS0l-lez-
CoRS-No. g, 35d35Hc-
MEMPHIS.
FrouR-Choice, $9.00d9.50.
CORN-Mixed, 65G65c.
OATs-White, 50d57c.
COTTON-Middling, Ike.
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR-Choice Family, 1929 $50, t
CORN-White, 7s6S0c.
OATs-st. Louis, 42144c.
HAYAPrime, Sl6-0gd leo.
PoaK-New Mess, siL37Kdlt5a
BACoH-SE Ssxc.
CorroS-Mtddltng, Ike.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26

AT a recent Cabinet session, the Sec
rotary of War read several kilograms
and letters from Gen. Ord, in which he
reports at length the condition of affairs
on the Rio Grande. The Mexican Gov
erment having promised to puta stop to
raids across that river, no further action
will be taken by our Government for
the present, in the hope that the Mexi-
can authorities will be able to fulfill
their promises and, thus prevent any in
vasion of Mexican territory by the Unit
ed States forces. Gen. Ord, in his dis
patches, expresses the opinion that af-
fairs are progressing favorably, and he
believes that marauding parties can be
broken up without involving disturb
ance of our International relations.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26

THERE was quite an exciting run on
some of the Chicago savings banks on
the 18th and 18th, which was met by
the banks taking advantage of the rule
requiring 80 days. notice for the with
drawal of time deposits. 1t is believed
that this united action of the banks
checked what would otherwise have
been regular panic among the small
depOsitors.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-07-26
Surprise Valley.


An old WashOe neighbOr, Charley
Kneust, called upon US yesterday and
told us so much about his present home
in Surprise Valley that we are almost
homesick to get away where the grass
and trees and running waters can be
found Charley says that the farmers
| of Surprise expect to harvest as high as
seventy bushels of barley and from forty
to fifty bushels of wheat to the acre this
season. The land on which this grows
is worth from 81 to S25 per acre
There are some 400, 900 acres of land fit
for cultivation in the valley. 1t is $50
miles northeast of Reno. Its distance
from market alone keeps it from being
the most attractive spot on this side Of
the Sierras. In the streams the silver
trout are so plentiful that people do not
resort to any of the usual contrivances
to catch fish they simply go out with a
pitchfork and throw out as many as they
need, from a basketful to wagonload
The hills are full of game-deer, grouse,
prairie chickens and other choice game
being found in abundance. Before we
would stay in this town out of work we
would walk to Surprise Valley, get a
piece of land, a mustang team and a
shotgun, and turn absolute sovereign
so long as there was prairie chicken
on land or trout in the waters there
Virgi,'ia (Ner.) Enterprise.
81 SUPPOSE you are troubled about
business?" remarked sympathizing
gentleman to a down hearted citizen.
!" Oh, no." replied the sad man, ''not
about business, but the want of it,
THE latest umbrella is packed in
hollow stick. The carrier touches a
spring, and the umbrella shoots out and
spreads itself.