The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06
HERE AND THERE.


bought $3.50 worth of sugar and sold
It for s1.to get money to attend Coles
Circns. Ell
THERRis a lady at Eureka, Califor-
MIA, who, dozen years ago, was mar
ried in $4,000 dress. Now she takes
in washing to support drunken nus
band and three pair of twins. a.
ONE of the sights in Lebanon, Pa,
the other day, was great-grandfather'
his daughter, her son, and that sons
son at work together in the harvest
field. The oldest was 90 years of age,
and the youngest 10,
IT is stated that the occupants of 600
shanties along the lines of the New York
railroads make living by raising corn
and potatoes on the ground between
the rails and the fences. 1t is estimat-
ed that 1890 acres are cultivated in this
way.
AssAYER ECKFELDT, of the Philadel-
phia Mint, was appointed by Mr.. Lin
coin to succeed his father, who in turn
was appointed by General Jackson to
succeed his father, who was appointed
by General Washington.
In the Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bos-
ton, is a. lot containing five stones, one
at each corner, and one in the center.
The latter is inscribed 90 Our Husband"
and the others respectively bear my
Wife," "My II Wife, 'My III Wife,
and "My " Wife"
THE editor of the Carthage (Ky.)
Republican has got tame grasshopper
that sits on his desk, noses around
among the exchanges, smiles pleasantly
at the men who bring in champion
squashes, and in fact does almost every
thing but write poems to spring.
! Mr.. GEORGE WALTON managed an
elopement successfully at Riverside,
Long Island, recently. He encounter
ed the young lady's father and mother
on the bridge. The father he whipped,
and the mother he threw over the bridge
into the torrent below. They withdrew
all objections.
| A PR ONER for life in the Peniten-
tiary at Michigan City, Ind, has served
nine and a halfyears, during which time
he has made 1872 large lard tierces.
His task was 1000 for the
State, leaving 1872 over his task,
for which he received Is cents
each, as an average, securing to him for
overwOrk S416.16.
Two little edible dogs from China
! have been received at the Acclimatiza-
ton Garden in Paris. These interest
ing CANNES have heads like pugs, are
usually eaten when two months old, af-
ter being fed exclusively on rice and
milk They are eaten roasted, and are
served in cuts with soy. .J.I
WHILE train on the Michigan South
ern was approaching Abronia, near Ale
gan, the other day, the engineer saw a
woman about midway of the railroad
bridge, but was too close upon her to
stop. She took in the situation, and got
down on her hands and knees at the end
of the ties, and lay there until the train
had passed, the car-steps just brushing
her clothing.
THE Blisses of Philadelphia, who have
won quite a reputation as undertaking
mediums, have been completely expos
ed. Their "spirits' were invoked from
an apartment in the cellar of their house.
During their absence, recently, a Times
reporter gained access to this apart
ment, and there found dresses, wigs,
etc., worn by ''spirits, land Immediately
recognized by him.
A SAN FRANCISCO photographer has
taken a photograph of the celebrated
horse Occident, when he was trotting
at speed of sc feet per second, or a
mile in 2 minutes and q seconds. The
image of the horse was pressed upon the
paper in less time than the one-thous-
andth part of a second. The spokes of
the sulky attached to Occident were
taken separately, so that they can be
counted. This is certainly wonderful
triumph in photographing.
TRAVELLERS in Northern Africa will
before long, for part of their route at
least, be able to substitute the railway
train for the slower boat or camel, con-
siderable progress having been made in
the construction of railway from
Wadi Halfa toward Dongola. The
route, as planned, is to be 355 kilOme-
ters in length, of which about one-tenth
is completed, from Wadi-Halfa to Sig
yaya. The Nile will be bridged near
Koyeh.
AT South Moulton, North Devon,
England, recently, an old man named
Harper was sentenced to months i'm
prisonment for having used "certain
subtle craft, means, or device" by prac-
ticing as wizard. He visited woman
who was i'll, and affected to treat her by
means of "magic rods" having the
names of planets on them. He charged
twenty-five shillings for his services.
Several witnesses for the defense testi-
fed that the defendants ''magic rods''
had cured them when all other means
had failed. Notice of appeal was given.
A FIRE occurred at Chester, N. Y,
on the evening af July 4. 1t was at first
believed to have been the result of care
less use of fre-crackers, but after a
while incendiarism was suspected, and,
after the rural manner, the people of
Chester made the matter a theme of
town talk. One pious young man at a
prayer-meeting took occasion to make
it the theme of his supplieations. He
entreated the Ruler of the Universe to |
bring the guilty person to justice, to
bring about his'detection, in order that
he might be properly punished; and the