The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-15
HERE AND THERE.

A FEATURE OF Lne grand aquarium
to be constructed for the Paris EXPOSE
tor viii be large diving ben, in which
visitors can descend to the bottom of
the tank and view its wonders by the
electric light with which the bell is to
be fitted.
A MAN in. Ausonia, Conn.,, had a tooth
drawn. The charge was 50 cents, and
he rendered 81 bill. The dentist hav-
ing only 81 in change, the obliging
customer deliberately set down and had
a sound molar extracted to make the
change even.
THE wife of John Heffner, OF Read
ing, Pa, has just presented her hus-
band with their forty-ffth child. The
occurrence is the common topicof COR
versation in that neighborhood. There
is probably not another family in the
State having so many children.
The Queens state saloon on the
Great Western Railway, England, is
made entirely of boiler plate, and so
lined and padded that if the carriage
were TO go over an embankment aad
roll to the bottom, the chances are that
the occupants would escape uniniured.
SOME Connecticut families who have
resolved to move out Of New England,
desire TO retain the New England vii
lage style of life. They have bought
land in Southern California, and will
there establish q village, with a school,
church, and no liquor saloons. A
clergyman is at the head of the enter
prise.
THE benefit of strikes is foreibly illus
trated in an English paper, which says
that the strike that took place at the
South Yorkshire mines, year ago, cost
the l., goo working-men that turned out
about s1,250, 900, and entailed loss of
over 100000 on the railroads that car
ried coal to market.
BRIGHAM YOUNG, JR., is organizing
in Salt Lake company of 500 Mormon
families, which will colonize in Sonora,
Mexico. The Mexican authorities have
promised perfect religious liberation,
and large grants of land. A rendez-
vous of the colonists will be established
at st. George, Utah, and the march to
the new land win be taken up on the
10th of April.
THERE are now in the jails of Car
bon, Columbia and Schuylkill Counties,
Pennsylvania, Is Mollies, convicted of
murder in the first degree, viz: Kelly,
Doyle, Campbell, Fisher, Yellow Jack
Donohue, Carroll, Boyle, Roarity, Duffy,
Mcclellan, Munley, Kehoe, Hester,
Tully and McHugh. The prospects are
that every one of them will swing.
PROFESSOR MARSH, of Yale College,
has received handsome Indian pipe
from Red Cloud, inscribed, Presented
to Prof. o. c. Marsh by Red Cloud,
Chief of the Ogalallas, as token of
gratitude to him for his services in
breaking up the Indian ring" Professor
Marsh has already received similar gifts
from Red Dog and Old-man-afraid-of-
his-horses.
The notion that has generally pre-
vailed that open winters are unnealth-
full, and severe winters, with cold, sharp
air, are conducive to health, is likely
to change with this seasons experiences
in Northern New England, where the
winter has been unusually dry and Sc
we're, but where diphtheria, scarlet fever
and kindred ills have been more than
usually prevalent.
! DUBOIS COUNTY, Indiana, has a man
who is about IS years old, and who ha-
bitually goes barefooted and barehead-
ed. He is now living with his fifth wife
and has 26 children, one of whom is an
! infant in arms. Two of his deceased
wives are buried on his farm, and he
expresses fears that he will soon have
to lay his present spouse by their side.
Some months ago he made visit to
his daughter, who lives at Louisville,
and scorning all modern modes of tray
el he walked, and carried his hat and
shoes in his hand.
Mr.. CORNELIUS j. VANDERBILT, the
principal figure in the group that pro-
poses to contest the old CommodOre's
will, is commonly known in the family
as "Young Cornell" The Sur says
that young Cornell was in early youth
sore given to revel and ungodly glee;
he roamed much about the country, took
hand in politics, and went in for the
chances generally. "If he is not
chip of the old block, he knows a great
deal about chips; in fact, is said to be
very fond of them"
2 A NATURALIST walks boldly 10 the
front and announces that the preserva-
ton of Jonah in the whales belly was
not miracle. The throat of the whale
is large, and is provided with bag or
intestine, so considerable in size, that
whales frequently take into it two of
their young ones when weak, and es-
pecially during a tempest. As this re-
ceptacle is furnished with two vents
that serve for inspiration, it is claimed
that Jonah could have lived there COM
fortably, and, with reasonable amount
of furniture, for many years, provided
he could obtain food and drink.