The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28
HERE AND THERE.

visited the cadets at West Point the 9th
er day.
Texas beef is sold at IA cents per
pound in London and for Is cents in
Galveston, Texas. "a g. ALL
Col ToMLINE, of Lancashire, Eng
land, is the only man in that country
who has railroad. 1t is Is miles long,
and cost 81, 25O, 900.
THE great railway bridge over the
Mas, at Rotterdam, by which direct
railway communication between Ant
werp and Rotterdam has been establish
ed, was formally opened on the 2Sth of
last month. The cost of the bridge has
been about 9, 900, 900 forms 81
THE tonab-stonewhich has been placed
in the Norwich cemetery to mark the
grave of Mrs. David A. Wells consists
of a bowlder four feet in diameter, one
side of which is faced, and bears the in
scription: "And they rolled stone to |
the door of the sepulchreSr
IT is said that DIR. lie Moyne, the
Observation-Disclosures, is determined
that all his children shall follow his ex-
ample, and be burned. To make sure
of this result he has made provision in
his will that all the devisees shall agree
to be burned before getting their lega-
cies.
ROGERS, the tenor, saves his shirt
bosom by tying knot in the corner OF
his napkin and Shipping it in his collar,
The discovery has created a greater
furore in Paris than ever one of Mr..
Rogers's songs did, The simplicity of
the thing recommends it to the dullest
imagination. Columbus and his egg
are forgotten for the time. a., -..
DENMARK is having a sensation Ike
some which America has undergone OF
late. j. A. Hansen, one of the oldest
and most distinguished leaders of the
Left, and Director in two insurance
companies, has turned out to be. de-
faulter to these companies to the tune
of sc. 600 crowns more than his villa,
which he had fifty named "People's
Gift will fetch when sold, or he can
raise by other means.ug l.H-lss
OSCAR DEyOE, of Tappan, N. j., UNI
calamity broke his promise to stand up
with Mrs, Smith at the marriage OF
her sister, Mrs. Fannie Pollock, the 9th
err dav, and added insult to ungallantry
by whispering naughty things about
Mrs. Smiths character. To properly
vindicate themselves, the irate Mrs.
Smith and the expectant bride waylaid
Devoe, and gave him an ,unmerciful
raw-hiding, and the wedding came off
the next day minus a" best man. 1870 "
WILLIAM BALL, telegraph operator,
and the son of prominent citizen OF
Keokuk, Iowa, is under arrest for COM
plicity in scheme to swindle bank at
Osceola, Iowa, the other day, by means
of forged draft for $1,000. Ball was
employed to cut the wire and intercept
telegram, but he made a failure of the
Job, and his buhgling resulted in the ar
rest of all the parties, he being the last
to fail into the clutches of the law. The
forgery was very skillful one. The
plan was ingeniously cOntrived and
would no doubt have succeeded except
for the botch Ball made of it. He has
since made a confession, revealing all
the facts in the case. .tt t-.s.
THE water fromthe mines about Cum
berland, Pa, saws the Cumberland Alle-
qhanian, is impregnated with sulphate
of iron, decomposition of sulphuret
+ of iron in the coal, and flows into WHY'S
, Creek. The creek is now very low, and
but small body of water flows down
the bed. At the headspf the city are two
or three extensive tanneries, and in the
tanning of hides large quantities of tan
, mic and gallic acids are poured into the
| stream. As soon as these acids come in
: contact with the sulphate of iron, the
water becomes black, as is now the ease
: in front of our city. There are millions
! of gallons of ink now lying in the bed o.
t the creek, which needs but condensation
: and packing to make salable article
for exploration.
+, THE Richmond State says of a pair d
+ Virginia twins: g Messrs, James anC
t John Martin are twins, and have liveC
: in the Skinquarter neighborhood for Il
n these three scoreiyears and ten. They
are bachelors. One can not be dis
: tinguished from the other in appear
. ance, and it is said by those who know
them that they are quite eccentric
d: When brother James asks man ques
e ton brother John repeats it; and wher
: brother John takes swallowOf old ryt
brother James takes one too. They
are honest and well meaning, but plair
: and frugal in their habits. To-day they
4 came to Manchester in a wagon of Old
$ fashioned build 1t is the first time
: they have been seen two miles away
u from their home for ten years, 'id- go
q A SPANISH monk, the Marquis d'
e Villarasan, has. been condemned by on
: of the Paris tribunals to two years i'm
prisonment for fraud and fraudulen
bankruptcy, in connection with com
pany known as the ''Catholic Fedora
ton, '.the protested object of which
was to g enroll workmen beneath lth'
banner of the Cross by inducing then
to Join in various commercial under
= takings of which he was the promoter
Among these undertakings was ;
: l." Catholic Laundry" several co-opera
, tive stores, andia savings bank. 1t wa
r proved that the Marquis, who asserted
: that he had spent nearly 100000 il
n good works, had arrived in Paris with
S out a penny only a few years before
having been driven outef Spain by Dor
:. Carlos, who refused to receive him a
? an emissary from Gen! Cabrera. Among