The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-29
HERE AND THERE.

ly she sold $4,000 worth of property to
John Jacob Aston.
DR. HAMMOND, the eminent authori-
ty on nervous diseases, having carefully
studied the habits of the Spitz, pro-
nounces him most venomous beast
that ought to be exterminated.
IT is said to be no uncommon occur
renee in China for a man to kin himself
at his enemy's door, and to leave him
thus saddled with the moral and legal
consequences of his death. This pro-
ceeding is, it is asserted, the most ter
rible form of revenge a man can take,
and it is much dreaded by those who
are conscious of having done any thing
to provoke it.
THE Roman Catholic Bishop of Van
couver's Island has spiritual authority
over territory that is almost inacces-
sible by him. Alaska is under his care
in theory, but he has never been able
to visit its northwestern shore, although
he has been waiting for years to get an
opportunity. He writes to the Roman
Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions
that a vessel is soon to sail for the
region that he desires to reach, but that
he has no money with which to buy a
passage.
THE 81 persons now living on Pit
CAIRNS Island have just been heard
rom. About two years ago crew of
shipwrecked sailors were succored by
the inhabitants, and on the arrival of
these grateful mariners in California a
quantity of money, clothing, and other
things were sent back. A little girl who
sent some books has received a letter
from a child into whose hands they fell
The mother adds, in postscript, an
apology for the appearance of the let
ter, explaining that the little girl had
never before written on paper, which is
a scarce article on the island.
IN Anaheim, Cal, on the I'd inst, a
very large right whale was found in the
creek, unable to make his escape, owing
to the e5b tide. All the shot-guns and
rifles were Immediately brought into
requisition and it was fired upon from
land and water until the powder and
shot gave out. A party of sailors in a
small skiff tried to hook it with large
hook used for graphing lighters, but
were barely able to escape with their
lives. The whale then attacked one of
the lighters, flashing the water into a
lather of foam and blood. As the tide
came to its flood, however, it had suffi-
cient strength to work its way out to
sea. The length of the monster was es-
timated at 40 feet.
THE climate of Honolulu has changed
very much for the worse of late years
Formerly people slept comfortably on
mats out of- doors, no rain fell during
eight or nine months of summer, and
consumptives sought the place for re-
lief. There were no trees in the city
then, and the neighboring valley was a
forest. Now Honolulu is a beautiful
park, the trees cover the houses, and
the valley is as dry and parched as the
city used to be. The result is that at
the beginning of the year the Their.
mometer rises to 80 degrees in the shade
in the daytime and falls to SO at night.
Colds and influenza are frequent, and
the future health of the city causes
grave forebodings.
A HORRIBLE series of tragedies has
just taken place at st. Brieux, France
An ex-sOldier named LIE Foil, who had
been decorated with the Legion of Hon.
or, was put in jail for insulting the army
in the paper of which he was manager.
On his release he accused Capt
Wrutz of intimacy with his wife, and,
as Wrutz was writing denia,, stabbed
him twice in the back and twice more
in the breast. Rushing home, he stab
bed his wife, wealthy American
woman, six times, and then escaped
with a girl, his mistress. But tie next
day the girl was found dead with five
bullets in her breast, and LIE Foil was
found near by dead, having blown his
brains out. His wife and Capt Wrutz
are also dead.
THERE was lively scene in the
Church of the Algemeine Bruder in
Christie at Reading, Pa, Sunday,
through the reading by the pastor of a
letter from the founder of the sect for
bidding two young ministers to speak.
One of them tried to speak in his own
defense, and Rev. Mr.. Seageist, the
pastor, told him to "shut up" A
brother then ordered the pastor to leave,
and was choked by another brother for
his pains. The fight then became gen.
eral, and some of the sisters had little
knock-downs. Women tainted, chill
dren screamed, and the tabooed minis
ters left the house. But the bellicose
pastor, officers and members kept up
the fight till they were tired out, po-
liceman who wanted to interfere being
forced to retire in disol der.
A WOMAN recently died of dissipa-
lion in an Austin (Nevada) Chinese
opium den, who was once famous for
ner talent and beauty in Chicago. She
married rich young man there, but
1uarreled and left home and prosti-
5uted herself when almost starving.
Later she drifted to San Francisco and
became the rage of the city, whose rich
men loaded her with jewels. But for
,une gradually left her, she grew des-
oerate, sold her diamonds for almost
nothing and became as famous for dis
;ipation as she formerly was for wit
Ind beauty. She drifted from town to
own, frequented the most loathsome
Chinese brothels, and at last killed her
elf with whisky and opium.
As has already been noted, the prop