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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28

President Hayes contemplates
a southern tour. We hope he will
visit this section and see for himself
the condition of affairs.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28
THE EXCHANGE

AT the great fire in st. Johns, n.
B., last week, property valued at $780,
100000 was destroyed and thirty
lives lost.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28
Notice to Creditors.

Arch Jordan. Am r of Joseph Lewter, dec i
W. Orlando Lewter ct ais.
IN this .causc. it is ordered by the Court
L that all those having claims against the es
tate of Joseph Lcwter. deed, file them proper
ly authenticated, a. the law requires, with the
Clerk Il Mastcr of tn court within the tim,
prescribed by Nv. the administration of said
estate having be N removed to this court. Thii
June 10th. 1871.
iunc2l-4t I. j. WILLIAMS, {. X NJ.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28

The Russians have crossed the Dan
ube, and some severe fighting has al
ready occurred. We look now for
some desperate battles.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28
CELEBRATED
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FROM THE PRESS
From G. d. White. Editor HaekettstOwn, ~
j., Herald.
1.-THE organ has rich. deep and soul-stirring
tone; eouldn' I stay in the house without It. IL
helps wonderfully to drive away the thoughts
of hard times"
The Lebanon, Pa, Daily News says;
1--WE are in receipt Of one of those hye octave
ParIOr Organs, manufactured by Mr. Daniel r.
Beatty Washington. y. j. This organ l. ~
fine. solid black walnut ease. ana IN tong u
cannot be surpassed by any instrument Oh lts
kind. p:
eve received this week, direct from the man
ufactDrer. Daniel r. Beatty, Washington. n.
i mis- Justly celebrated organ. elegant IN APP
pearanee and handsomeiy furnished ,unexeeiled
In richness aud power of tone. We are more
tban pleased with il. and heartily recommend
il 10 any one contemplating purchasing an
Rest offer ever given. Money refunded upon
retarn of organ and freight charges paid by me
daniel F. Beatty both Ways If unsatisfactory
after test trial of five days. Organ warranted
for six years.
Agents wanted everywhere. male or female,
10 canvass for this superior instrument. Ad-
dress,
DBNIEL +. BEATTY,
Washington. New Jersey, I S.A.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Mo- No. No.
April 81, 1876. Daily. Daily FIX Dali


TRAIN No. from Montgomery connects ut
Calcra with selma Rome and Dalton Railroad
at Decatur with Memphis and Charles ton Rail
road for the West. No. = from Memphis con
neets Iat Humboldt and Milan for tine West.
also from points South for Louisville ut
with Knoxville and Richmond branches; at
Cincinnati June. with l. h l. X for the
North and East: at Louisville W tn the I :.
Mail Boats for Cincinnati. and with q X VI Ry
and j NJ x Il for the North. East and West.
TRAIN No. runs daily from montgomery
and daily except Sunday from Memphis, haL
ing direct connection from Little Rock, and all
points in Texas to Louisville; connects at De
catur with Memphis x Charleston X X; at
Guthrie with IT /. Il !. Il X for the North and
East, at Louisville with u < VI and VI X
for the North, East and West.
TRAIN No 6 from Memphis connects st Nc
Kenzic with y G a. Il ]. R'y for the Southeast.
From Bow ling Grcen il will be run \ : accom-
mediation to Louisville, making same connee-
ti0ns a. No. 1.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS
Run both ways. WITHOUT CHANGE, frsm
NEW ORLEANS to LOUISVILLE
via Milan, on No. 2and Nos.
LITTLE ROCK To LOUISVILLE
via Memphis. on No. and No. 3.
MEMPHIS TO NASHVILLE
via Mckenzie, on No. 6 and No. ;.
For information about Tickets and Emigrant
iGteS, address
C.P. ATMORE, Genl Pass. 4 Tick. Ag't,
Louisville, Ny.
A. LOVING. Agent, Milan.
EDW. COLEMAN. Ticket Agent.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16

The Colorado beetleis on his travels, but we
regret to add that he is not experiencing
abroad that cordial hospitality and exuberant
adulation which another great American de-
stroyer, whose fame Is scarcely more world
wide, has recently been the recipient Of. On
the contrary, he has been made the subject Of
an expost,Ilation on the part of the British
government addressed to Postmaster General
Key, which states that 1t has been found
necessary to take steps to prevent his intro
duction into the United Kingdom, and asks
that the postmasters of the United States be
instructed to cooperate In these measures.
1t seems that certain evil disposed persons
have inclosed this destructive insect in news
papers and letters sent over in the mails,
and the British government asks an examina-
ton of all mail matter before it Is shipped.
Between Sitting Bull and the Colorado beetle
our relations with Great Britain are becoming
complicated, and the necessity for an extradi-
ton treaty is beginning to impress itself on
our English cousins. They can stand our
forgers and other orthodox criminals, but
regular thorough-going American institution
like the potato bug, is not to be endured.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
The Cincinnati Commercial makes an alarm

The Cincinnati Commercial makes an alarm
Ing showing of the number of superfluous
females In this country, an evil that Ia each
year growing greater and greater. The
figures 1t produces are astounding and tor
ribly promising of millions of old maids
In the future with all their attendant
evils and annoyances. The censuses
of the past have always shown
man In the ascendanoy in this country
In number at least. This, however, was due
solely to immigration, and was true only of
the country rs whole, since In the Eastern
States the females have always preponderated
In numbers OF the native born also, the
females have from the earliest times been
several per cent ahead.
The newly settled and far Western States
still show masculine majority, but when we
cross the Mississippi, feminine excess Of at
least three per cent Is at once discovered This
would give for that section of the Union
surplus of one million females, women
who must be left out In the cold, who
can In no possibility be married for the sim
pie reason that there are not enough men to
go around, even if all of these should marry.
The old maids of the Union numbered 1885,
28S ut the last census. Their numbers are
each year increasing, and by 1880. we shall
probably see two and half million of them
IN the country, looking for impossible hus-
bands. A few hundred thousand of them now
makea meagre living by washing, teaching
and dressmaking, but these branches of bust
ness give employment to but small portion
OF this mighty army, and a million or more
arc left over in single blessedness, without
any visible means of support save relatives.
I'm fact, the males seem to be becoming rapid
" extinct in the older States, and unless this
decrease can be stopped, we must drift either
into Amazons or Mormonism.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16

A legal firm in this city, having been EN-
ployed to inquire into the titles to certain
lots in a town on the Sabine, In Texas, opened
a correspondence with legal gentleman In
Western Texas which developed the fact that
Che said town had disappeared from the map,
and was no longer IN esse. The letter Of the
Texas lawyer indicates no less good sense
than good humor In the suggestion that par
ties claiming lots in Texan towns would do
well to famiiarize themselves with the last
editions of the geography of Texas.
That city was located on a League of land in
the vicinity of the present Sabine City or Pass,
the title to which in Houston and Suhbill after
wards utterly failed, and the city has long since
ceased t., exist save in the mind of non-resi-
dent victims, who, holding deeds for lots, oc-
casionally write with the hope of resurrecting
1t. We are frequently called upon to invest
gate the records touching these lots and think
thu parties had better destroy the deeds, lest
their children and our sue essors should
again correspond touching the same.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16

The country parishes appear to be bringing
the Radical rogues and thieves that lately de-
spoiled this State to justice. Last week
the School Board Of Concordia got after
Dave Young for the theft of the school
funds OF that parish, and now West Feliciana
follows in its footsteps and wants to find out
what has become pitts school funds lately adj
ministered by L. L. Weber as treasurer At
the last meeting of the School Board of that
parish, the parish attorney was authorized
and instructed to institute suit at once against
n j.. Weber, late school treasurer, on his
bond for the full amount received by
him from the State Treasurer. This sum is
00o for the outlay of not q cent of which
has Weber ever produced voucher. There
is talk also of an investigation of the accounts
OF the late tax collector of that parish.
The long delay Of these prosecutions has
enabled Young. Weber and the like to make
away with most of their property. The pros
poets Of getting the lost money back again is,
therefore, not very promising although the
people may, by furnishing these offenders.
givo warning to delinquent otiice-holders in
81 future,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16

| few weeks ago we noticed the strength Of
the temperance movement In this State and
showed. to the surprise Of many, that In seve-
raj parishes the most strict prohibitory
laws prevailed. A temperance revival was
inaugurated in Louisiana some months ago,
the effects Of which are now being seen In
numbers Of converts to total abstinence, and
on the passage Of these anti-liquor laws In a
number of parishes. Cameron is another
parish that has joined the temperance band
The police jury of Cameron. unwilling to
prohibit the licensing Of bar-rooms, effected
the same end by making these licenses $500.
The consequence of this Is that there Is not a
bal-room III that parish, nor has there been
one for some months. Last week the queS-
ton of licensing or non-licensing of bar
rooms was submitted In the Athens Ward Of
Claiborne, when the anti-lieensers bore
off the victory by a large majority, thus
making five parishes, In which either In
whole or In part bar-rooms are prohibited.
AS for the Sunday liquor law, prohibiting
the sale of liquor on Sundays, that seems to
have met with unusual favor in the country
and is already in force in Iberia, Ibervlle st.
Mary, West Baton Rouge, and elsewhere. In
st. Landry, Lafayette and half a dozen other
parishes, petitions are now being circulated
asking for similar law, and there seems
little reason to doubt that 1t will DO passed.
Thus, in Louisiana to-day there are proba-
bly, more parishes, wards and towns, enforc
ing prohibition than In most Western States,
and certainly more than in any Southern
State save Texas.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
PROPOSALS FOR LEvEE WORK.

EXECUTIVE DETACHMENT
State OF Louisiana, \
New Orleans, October IL, 1877.
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until SATURDAY, October 20. at IL M. for the
construction Of the following levees
McHatton's. parish OF East Baton Rouge.
Sport, parish Of st. james.
Carroll, parish Of st. John.
MolPs Store, parish of st. John.
Plans, profiIes and specifications Of the above
works will be ready for inspection at the State
Engineers office between tho sixteenth and
twentieth Of October.
Proposals shall be addressed TO the UNDER
signed. and each one Endorsed for the Darticu<
lar levee ON which the bid is made.
The board reserves to itself the right to reje1
any or all bids.
The party to whom any contract may be-
awarded must present himself within forty
eight hours. to sign the same and give security.
or else his right will be forfeited and the con-
tract adjudicated TO the next lowest bidder.
LOUIS A. WTLTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor, and
President Board State Engineers.
oc11 I'd
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16

While gold has been falling In value as COM
pared with greenbacks, silver has steadily i'd
vanced. A few months ago, q dollar, green
back, was worth only ninety-four cents,
gold, but ct the same time worth 105 cents,
silver. Now 1t Ia worth ninety-eight cents,
gold, but only 104 cents, silver. The three
ourrencles gold, silver and greenbacks- are
thus gradually approaching each other. It
seems likely that before Congress has been
able to get fully to the discussion Of the re-
monetization of silver, silver will have SO in
creased In Its relative value as compared with
gold that the old silver dollar will be the ex-
act equivalent Of the gold dollar. when tho
only argument Of the antl-silver-romonetia-
ers will be gone.
The most singular fact Of the late upward
spring Of silver Is thus. A short time ago
the discovery of an immense bonanza
silver mine In Peru, the Cerro de Pasca
mine, was announced. This 1t was whis-
pered. would early yield $3.50, 900 Of silver.
Such news. by all the rules of political eco
nomy, ought TO have caused drop In silver I;
instead of this 1t sent 1t up TO 55l4d an ounce.
The view taken In England evidently was
that the discovery Of this immense amount
of silver instead of lessening It's value rs q
metal, increased the probabilities Of Its be-
co ming the coinage everywhere. This and
an immense falling off in the production OF
gold, a falling Off 80 great that the gold pro-
duction threatens soon to fall below the de-
mand Of the world, made the use Of silver as
coin certainty, an absolute necessity in
the near future.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
NEW ORLEANS. OCTOBER 10, 1877.


Never has there been such q year for con.
stitutional amendments as this. Every STATE
holding an election this full has at least half 0
dozen of these amendments tackled on to ite
State ticket Connecticut has just passed
favorably on two. Mississippi has two yet tc
vote on, Minnesota six, New York six, and
Wisconsin and oil the others have some con.
etitutional question to pass on. In fact 1t looks
very much Us II these States wore taking ad-
vantage Of the lul and quiet In politics To
brush up and mend their damaged constit,I-
tions, that have had q good deal TO contend
with In the past ten or twelve years of Radi-
eal rule.
These States have found that to submit con.
stitutional questions to tho popular vote In
the midst Of bitter and exciting Presidential
campaign is the very widest piece of political
Insanity and folly known. We all remember
the fate Of the half dozen Amendments sub
mftted TO the voters Of Louisiana at the late
election. About half the voters failed to vote
on them, and the other half probably voted
wrong, differently from what they intended
30 that when the vote on these questions came
before our late Returning Board TO canvass.
that august body, 80 expert at mathematics
was really COMPOUNDED, and counted the en-
lire vote out, declaring that the devil him
self could not tell how the people of Louis
lana intended to vote on these questions; and
10 this day, the fate Of these amendments Ia
unknown.
Such appears to have been pretty much the
fate OF all constitutional amendments sub
mltted during an exciting canvass; in fact In
New York, few years ago, amendments en-
d0rsed by both political parties only lacked a
few thousand votes of being beaten. These
facts have made the oif-years a very favora-
BILE time In which to submit these amend
ments. This amendment habit, by the by.
appears to have grown q perfect disease In
certain States particularly in the Northwest.
Minnesota submits half q dozen amend
ments TO the popular will at every election,
and unless this Is stopped will soon COM
pletely swamp her constitution with them.
In fact, Radical-made constitutions need
good deal Of tinlsering and amending before
they can be made serviceable for general use.
Georgia and California are the only States
have had ordered constitutional conventions
this year, although these have been agitated
to y considerable extent In Mississippi and
this State
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
A CARD.

The Public Schools of this city will be imme-
diately reopened, and the undersigned
would specttully announce t. parents, guar
dians and teachers his ample preparation to
supply pupils with any text books that they may
require at the extremely low prices fixed by the
Board of Education of this State Every facility
will be given the pupils to prepare themselves
with the books and stationery they may need
ut the smallest cost. Those Interested are in
vited to call, examine stock and get prices.
f. +. HANSELL,
j. a. GRESHAM. Manager,
Bookseller. Stationer and Printer No. 30 Camp
street. sign Of the Globe. ocl4 3t2dp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
TAXES-LICENSES.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS,
CANCELLATION OF BONDS.

| Executive Department.
Whereas. THOMAS P. FARgAR. Of the par
| ish Of Tensas In this State has applied to me
| tor the cancel alton OF the following official
| bonds. to wit:
| l. One bond. dated April e. 1870. drawn by
Francis Barnes as principal and the said
Thomas p Farrar as security; and 2. One
bond. dated April 25, 1873. drawn by Stephen M.
Routh as principal and said Thomas P. Farrar
as security. Both bonds conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties Of said Fran
els Barnes and Stephen NJ Routh. respectively.
as public administrators Of said parish OF Ten
saS.
Now therefore, /, FRANCIS T. NICHOLS
Governor of the State Of Louisiana. have
thought proper to issue tbs my proclamation.
in order to give notice to all persons herein
concerned to show cause In writing ut the
office Of the Secretary Of State. In the city OF
New Orleans. within ninety days from and
after the last publication Of this notice, why
said bonds should not be cancelled and an
nulled and the security thereon discharged
from any liabilities therein.
Witness my hand and the seal Of the State Of
Louisiana, at the city of New Orleans. this
eighteenth day of September. A. D. one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy SEVEN
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
By the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary Of State.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
CARPET WAREHOUSE,

l5........ Charities street.
We are receiving large additions to our stock.
We NOW NE l. Az AND UNDER PRICES
CHARGED BEFORE THE WAR.
AXMINSTER, Wilton. Velvet.
B0nY BRU >StLS, Tapestry. phys.
MGR AIMS, Venetians. Hemp.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Window Shades.
Table and Piano Covers. Curtain Materials
Lace and Nottingham Curtains. Trimmings
etc., etc. -
$3.50 SIN 2dp A. BROUSSEAU Il SON.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-16
WAGONS! CANE CARTS! SPOKEs
EI. M. @oRxA-,
IL and 20 Union and Is and IL Perdido

streets.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated "srUDFBA-
KER" WAGONS, CARTS and SPRING WORK
Of all kinds and Sizes
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons, Carts and Drays: Timber Wheels !;
Wheelbarrows of all descriptions; Spokes. Eel
loes. Hubs, Shafts, etc. Wheelwright material.
Orders promptly filed. All work warranted.
Oc9 I'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-06
TILE ACCIDENT Ar RIYERDALE.

Superintendent Toucy, of the Hudson River
Railroad, stated to TRIBUNE reporter. yesterday that
the DANA done the road by tie washOut at River
dale had been somewhat exaggerated BY five o'clock
yeslcrday morning Que track OF The roid was
open ana trains were running rs usual. The
only delay was caused 10 the passengers who
lied Dere for Trans on Ihnrrdt, nght. ana
those vino were board tne Albany ain tliat was
stuuoel near Man, Httauvilie. A gentleman who had
tl,t ctuin from Rive dale, havIng been "n tie Pacific
exur IS on " eduesday night, said the uan was rusn-
ing aion- usual, won 1t suddenly stopped, aud NO
motion fcl In tie rear cars Upon getting
ont the pascugers found engine standing across both
tracks, WITH the Scatchcr inns ejdcd sand bank,
winch had evidently Slid from "a large rock overhead.
They were nearly miles from telegraph office, and
tn way tne news reached the city through Of
The PASSENGERS vino lived at Misunderstanding, and who,
ON his way home. met pDce1 81 tnlt precinct ana
told nm Of ,he accident. wrccEng party succeeded
In clearing away all Ohsuciious yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-06
= O SITS G RIP r..
3:l5 a. m.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
TILE FIGHTING BEFORE KARs.

THE FIGHTING BEFORE kAhS.
MUKIIIaR PAsHA CLAIMS \ VICTORY oN IHuRsDAf'
LONDON, saturday. Oct. g. 1877.
A special dispatch from Paris to The Tines says
telegram from Mukhtar Pasha, dated Thursday
evening. announces that the Russians were rcpnsed
on all Sides with the loss Of 5000 killed. They
have fallen back on Karaial, pursued by the Turks
BRILLIANT sUC,Es OF THE RUSSIANS.
LONDON Saturday, oct g, 1877.
The Daily Ners's correspondent, with General Nell
koi-s army. telcgIaphng from Rosreehou, under
date of Thurs lay says
AT o'clock this afternoon, the Russians were
surrounding Kezil-Tepe, when Mukhtar Pasha'
desperate at seeing his communications with Mars
threatened advanced against our centre with twenty
battalions. The Turks were received with crush
ing artillery fire. The Russian 1iralleurs drove
them back. pursuing them to Souhatan tli
nightfall. The Turks were utterly demoralzed ana
everywhere took to flight"
1t IS noticeable that despite the alleged crushhe
nature of this repuse the Russians did not succeed
in cutting Mukhtar off from kars. as the correspon-
dent proceeds to state:
"To-morr0w friday great battle Is eXpccteu
along the whole front, when we hope to cut Mnkh-
tar's communications, and render his position nope
less. Our losses are unknown, but over 2'oOo are
reported missing"
fFor other Fo,e,Cr Nc,cs see First Pdgel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-06
cHlRGlSAGAIAsr uINJsrARSAWARD.

SAN Francesca, Cal. Oct. "a statement of
John c. Mcy. To- the ssrnded C.u-uiG cnera TO China,
relative 10 II = suspension b. Minister srward l. pub
llshed He claims that his suspension promp.ed ny
mpioper motives aud that Mr. sewa as hostility was
due o the tact that he Meyersl had opposed him in cur
rupt and mUropor uansa lions; that nr. Seward was
i'm rested in bu ding roads railways III lie NctNy
at fu al and bis official uhucuCe 60 force these en-
trrprisrs CuCsc people III cOntidYt non al thc
I1iueipl OF International Jaw and treaty obligations ;
tiaC Mr.. srwa.d leased the con-.late buIliss and
recd tncm To the United : ates pr II Of - % per
month; Tat Que of tse ULtcd States idtsiius, joan
p.oelix bad serving tiy years under 4 mpJray
appouInc & ~ IN auuudt E.a!y al $1,000, WINE t.e
Is OF the oic. dad Deeh ppIOpriatcd ana ihAt the
record. had been nu atcd 10 cover up Tn sc Illegal
prlctic s. Thcse AID utLer Transactions we're d-rnN
iy Meyers AM met Is opposition, whch Occasl0ni
scwaru's hostility. rde STATEN &c was prepared nv
q aid of cIns.l wuIlc N rec u,iJ IN tni> cts
and ia JuDiuyin- documents, VIII DC PRESENTED 10
L. Senate commit &c.