The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-14
HERE AND THERE.

counties there are In 1eXaS.- Inc mOse
reliable % estimate" puts the number at
222. Some of these counties contain the
area of the State of Connecticut. The
time will come when these counties, be-
ing cut up, the number will be or
hundred.
Two carrier-pigeons were liberated
one day last week at Magnolia, on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad, and flew to Philadelphia,
one in two hours and the other in one
hour and 30 minutes. A strong north
west wind was blowing against them.
The distance is 10 miles.
THE nest of humming-bird is thus
described by Californian: /" 1t is about
as large at the top as half dollar, and
is made of spider webs, downy feathers,
with fibers of bark and shreds of cotton,
all interviewer. The eggs, two in num-
Der, were about the size of small white
beans, and the young birds, before they
were f1edged, resembled bumblebees."
THE interesting thing about Miss Car
oline Sulivant, Boston bride, is given
as follows: "When the Grand Duke
Alexis visited this country the first time
he was fortunate enough to meet Miss
Sulivant at ball, and the queenly
beauty of the bright and lovely girl en-
tirely satisfied even his princely ideas.
In fact, so sincere and earnest was the
young Duke in his admiration that be-
fore he left the country he wrote to
Miss Sulivant's father and respectfully
asked for his daughters picture in or
der to preserve the finest type of Amer
lean beauty that he had seen. The re-
quest was hOnored."
A DEsERTER from the United States
army went into business as barber in
Oakland, Cal, and prospered. A for
mer comrade recognized him, and ex-
torted blackmail by threatening to eX-
pose him to the authorities. The barber
paid regularly. So week for silence.
Then the blackmailer took into the plot
a friend, who, by similar threats, got
50 week. Atlength third rascal join
ed in the attack, and the barber, seeing
that his payroll was likely to increase
beyond his resources, resolved to kill off
the recipients of his money. He shot
one of them, was caught in the act, and
is now in Jail, where, awaiting prosecu-
ton, he is at least free from persecution.
Col. AsKEw, manager of the paper
mills at the Falls of the Neuse, n. c.,
met with singular spider experience,
recently. He was awakened from an
afternoon nap with a pain in his ear,
and, queer sensations succeeding the
next day, he applied to a doctor for re-
lief The doctor applied few drops of
sweet oil to his ear, and in a few min
utes a huge black spider backed out.
The spider was of that poisonous species
whose bite is said to be as poisonous as
that of rattle-snake, and, considering
the fact that he had been for "a hours
closely confined in a small auricular
space it was very fortunate for Col.
Askew that he did not decide to bite,
which would in all probability have re-
suited in death.
In the Glasgow Herald is related as
sharp trick as ever was played with
horse-fesh, and that is saying a great
deal A match was made between
cattle-driver and farmer, the bet ESQ,
as to which of their horses would first
reach an inn in LinlithgOw, driven from
Edinburgh-the first at the goal in full
harness to receive f100. One of the
wagerers, fearing to lose, ordered a
special engine and horse box, then al
lowing himself after the start to get be-
hind, on coming to a station he put his
team aboard and by special train soon
reached Linlithgow. The other man
drove quietly on, much delighted to find
himself alone on the road, but on reach
ing the inn was told to his disgust that
his opponent had arrived there twenty
minutes before him, his horse in full
harness being first at the goal.
GEN. TEYFIK, the Turkish arms agent
in this country, says that the English
rifles are better than those made in this
country, the stocks especially being
stronger and more work done by hand.
This very fact, however, units them for
army use, since the parts of different
muskets are not interchangeable. On
the other hand, the parts of American
machine deri1eS can be ''assembled'
without the slightest difficulty; if two
rifles break down in different parts, the
sound parts will still fit together and
make one sound arm. The English
rifles cost "a more in gold. The Turk
ish contracts placed in this country |
amounted to 100000 muskets, and $780,
600 have already been shipped. Both |
combatants, in fact the whole world,
now come tou for copper for cartridges,
American copper being entirely free
from iron and stronger.
THE Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided in favor of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Company in a
controversy with the heirs of Henry
Boileau He was resident of little
town on the river, above Philadelphia,
and had kept up his premium on a pol
icy of $4,000 for several years. One day
he called at the Office of the company'in
Philadelphia, made application for an adj
ditional ZOO insurance, passed exam
nation, and was insured. Early the
next morning he took a rope, tied up
about 40 pounds of stone, put the other
end around his neck, and carried the
burden to little stream. The water
was about two feet deep. Roileau walk
ed out into the stream, lay down, and
placed the stone on his breast. The
insurance company resisted the pay
ment of the $4,000 Suit was brought
by the admin istrators, and they OBJ
tanned a verdict in the lower court.