The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-17
HERE AND THERE.

ONE Of the applicants for the Louis
vile Post-office is a daughter of Bishop
Campbell. the founder, of the |
sect of Baptists which commonly bears |
his name She is the widow of Mr..
Thompson, once a lawyer Of high stand
ing in LouisyiHeST MF30AA
The skin of a monster grizzly bear
lately killed in Calayeras County, Cal,
is to be-sent to Mr.. Hayes. The beast,
when dressed, weighed 1 ,453 1-2 pounds,
His head, back of his ears, was two feet
and ten and a half inches in circumfer-
ence after the skin had been removed.
MARY MILLS, widow of George Mills,
was found dead in her room, at Orange,
N. j., surrounded with dirt, rum and
beer. In the room was sachel con-
tanning nearly $1,000 in Government
bonds, s205 in bills, ESQ in English an
nuities, deed to real estate valued at
$4,000, and marriage certificate.
A MAN who hanged himself in Nevada
left letter to a friend, in which he said:
b" | advise you earnestly to follow my
example. You ought to know you are
too mean to live. The world would be
better without you, and it is your duty
to die, and leave more room for better
men," The friend says that he has no
intention of following the advice.
OWING presumably, to the abnormal
warmth of the past winter in Europe,
millions of young fish about an inch
long made their appearance on the coast
of Cornwall, England, in February, which
do not ordinarily appear until months
later, and their appearance seems to
have brought there the mackerel who
are not ordinarily due until June.
ACCORDING to an article jim Black
,oood for April on, the reconstruction of
the French army, France is now able to
defend herself against Germany, but is
not yet strong enough to attack her.
The French army, says the writer, is
now 100000 strong, and can be in
creased to nearly 100000. Yet the
Alsace-Lorraine fortresses will keep the
French at home for years.
THE death, at 81, lately occurred of
an Englishman, known as the o" Norfolk
giant.n He was farmer, and often
loaded his own wagon by carrying four
bushels of wheat under each arm at
time. When in great haste to get farm
work done he has been known to har-
ness himself to one of his own harrows.
His weight was 1856 pounds; height 6
feet, 6 inches; width, from shoulder to
shoulder, across the back, 20 inches. He
was a most amiable man. s..-...
THE Agricultural Department of
Georgia has issued circular to the peo-
pie of that State, setting forth reasons
why more corn and less cotton should
be raised. One reason is that the i'm
pending foreign war will increase the
demand for corn and decrease. the de-
mand for cotton. The circular took
marked effect upon the planters, and
large numbers of letters have been sent
in to the department stating that the
suggestions of the circular are well re-
ceived and will be acted upon. 80.
PHILADELPHIA has several large
cof1ee-houses, designed for the accom-
mediation of workingmen. Five cents
buys cup of good coffee and a sand
witch; eight cents plate of meat, pota-
toes and bread, and four cents bowl of
soup. A wealthy man conducts these
places as a charity, and meets the de-
ficiencies in the cash accounts that fire.
quently arise; yet they are ostensibly
regular eating-houses, free from any
90 free soup-house" characteristics, so
that the self-respect of the customers is
not offended. Tramps and drunkards
are excluded. ss ls H-a
On the 30th of April, Ga years ago,
Gen. Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky, then
known as the "Boy Captain" swan
Blanchard's Fork "a tributary of Aug
laize River, Ohio) at the head of his
company-his men having first made a
raft with their tomahawks,a on which
they placed their rifles, tomahawks and
clothes Gen. Coombs was then only 10
wears old. Of the valiant band that
swan the fork he is the only survivor,
and, taking retrospective view of the
events that crowd his history, he APP
pears to regard this youthful feat with
special favor. "a 1901 s ss-aq.a Enc
THE difference in climatic advantages
between the east and west banks of the
Mississippi in Louisiana is noticed in the
New Orleans papers. The river aver
ages but about thousand yards in
width, yet the opposite banks are as
differently marked as if the interval were
a thousand miles. Frosts seldom travel
across the river. While one side may be
enjoying rain, the other may be parched
with drouth. The difference in vegeta-
ton is chiefly noticeable in the sugar
culture, the plantations on the west bank
of the river having great advantages
over those on the east bank, and these
advantages are described as annually
increasing. ,r es
The recent railroad surveys in San
Diego and San Bernardino Counties,
-
California, have established some Curl
Gus facts about the Colorado Desert.
The lowest point surveyed is 27S feet be-
low the level of the sea, and the lowest
point on the line of the Southern Paclhc
Railroad is 275 feet. From pointnear
Indian Wells, for sixty miles east to-
ward Yuma, the whole road lies below
sea level. An old ocean beach, clearly
distinguishable, extends all around the
edoe of this immense basin, at level
some fifteen feet lower than that OF the
sea. Immense beds of salt have been
found, in some cases two feet thick,
ANALYSIS shows this salt to be almost