The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-11-21
Hans and NIishaps.

ShOOtln0 IN DOaJ near EihHOEHs w ~.
The reeoil of bis gun caused. the boat to
capsize and he was drowned. .u
Linn Sellers, aged IS, prominent
hotel-keeper of SchuylziH, Pa, was ac-
cidentally shot and instantly, killed by
companion while partridge sfiootin "a
The 3-year-old child of john Thur
man, of Simpson County, KY, fell into
vat of hot water used for scaldipg hogs
and was scalded to death.
Isaac johnson, a ssloeh1keeper az
La Crosse, Wis, accidentally shot him.
self in the leg while out hunting, and
bled to death. al
IA negro lad named HeHry CLARK
was accidentally shot and instantly kill
ed, near Henderson, Ky, by his elder
brother, who had his gun ready to shoot
a hawk. trt. N s.s- +"
"A 4-year-old girl of Mrs. John
Fultz, living two miles north of Eus
GENE, Vern1illion County, Ind, was
burned to ,death by setting her CLOTHES
on fire with a match. ~
"A daughter of Joseph Williams, ID
years DID, living in Randolph County,
Ind, was burned to death, her clothes
having caught fire from an open fire.
place. I'D b ,-.gf'i ane-.i "a
AT a barn-raising near Buffalo, La
Rue County, KY, a young man named
Stephen Warren was instantly killed,
and a negro named bred Scott Liter
fatally injured, by the fall of a log, a.
A young lady, daughter Of the Rev.
Mr.. Humphreys, near Windsor, Ind,
was burned to death while making ap-
ple-butter in the yard, her clothing
having caught fire.
Melvin Marshman, living three
miles south of Argas, Ind, was shot and
fatally injured by the accidental dis
charge of his gun, which he was in the
act Of taking from q wagon. ~.
At Two Rivers, Wis, a young man
named Lehey, while attempting to re-
move q tube from one barrel of dou-
ble-barreled gun by heating it in forge,
was shot in the bowels by a discharge
from the other barrel, which he did not
know was loaded. ,r .r ~
The accidental death Of q little girl
named Belle Macarthur at East Sagi-
nav, Mich, was very singular. Her
mother had bought a penknife for her
and she was looking at it, it being open.
Seeing another little girl on the oppo-
site side of the street, she ran to show
her the knife, tripped and fell, the knife
penetrating the heart. The little girl
sprang up, ran into the house, and, cry
ing "Papa, Pm cut" fell into his
arms and expired. lf % r.1rsi O.
Foreign Notes. '' -''@ ~
.a-Germans report that Bismarck
weighs 243 pounds, a gain of 43 pounds
in four years. ,t
D. Mrs. Mackay is reported to have ex-
pended something like $4,000 at the
Paris Exhibition, buying many articles
declined by royalty as too dear.
The Duke of Sutherland has pre-
scented 120 tradesmen on his estate neal
Stroke-upon-Tweed each with a milch
COW and sufficient pasture land to feed
it. .-'
The Bishops of England have, it is
understood. come to q resolution that in
future licenses shall not be granted foI
the remarriage according 20 the rites OF
the Church of England of divorced per
sons. - --- .-.- tr 1r.E I'd.
During his stay in Canada Lord
Dufferin gave more than 500 gold, sill
yer aud bronze medals to various socie-
ties, religious Institutions and educa-
tional establishments.
The death Of The King of Hanover
is to be eommen1Orssed by Queen Yicto-
ria by monumental tablet, for which q
celebrated sculptor has received an or
der, to be placed in St. Georges Chapel,
Windsor Castle. .1s -raI ! 1s,
Don Carlos has addressed alletter
to the ex-Queen Isabella, congratulat-
ing her on the escape of her son Az
phonso from ASSASSINATION by the reYo-
luton. Don Carlos is highly scandal
lied at the idea of Democrats attacking
the monarchical principle u ~
THE father andthe husband of Mrs.
Langtry, the famous, London beauty
from the Isle of jersey, do not at an
approve of her Being a. Unpopular
beauty, ,, but, her head has been turned
and there is a great deal OF gossip. =
~ Military newspapers in Berlin are
beginning once more 10 call attention
to the necessity of. adding to the de-
lenses of the country by the construc-
ton Of new fortresses. They advocate,
above.aa, the strengthening OF the.chain
of fortresses, on,, the, eastern frontier.
In addition they Recommend that more
fortresses should be bdilb on the Bel giSn
and Datch frontier, since in fltarewaEs
it might not always be possible to pre-
serve the strict neutrality of the Small
border States.rd ~ .bIOb Jc,s'' 80
The Emperor sent an Adjptant from
Coblenz to congratulate Prince, Bis
'narck on bis daughters marriage, and
to present him with the Grand Gross Of
the Order of the Bed Eagle, decorated
with scepter and crown, the only Prus-
sian Decoration which Prince Bismarck
had not before received, and whicflis
said to have been only once before con-
ferred, namely, by Frederick William
~. on Minister Manteufel., % BIS III,
!; The Emperor William has b. en-
recommended by his physicians to spend
the winter in Italy, 6tit 'resists the adj
vice, seeming determined 10 60 backst )
Berlin. The Emperor's, study, in the
palace at Berlin is full Of historical por-
traits and valuable ilrelics Many of
these are remembrance Of his mother,
Louisa o., Prussia, to whose memory he
clings With the greatest affection. IL IS
on a, Small table In thi5 li5raryt hat tiae
Emperor,s luncheon isSeryed. tie eats
while walking up and down;
MI .ili.19 -za.oI ailnEA s-it 2se
lia ABR No Gansesto GryeIaiecs1 ia
Yesterday afternoon 3 boy of 10, who
had been caught out in the soaking
rain andFwel drenched,4 was standing
in q doorway. on Michigan Avenue,
wiping his eyes ard Nose b. thtns,when
a second iadiabout his agea canissalongf
feeling a good deal worse "a.
"W-what aTIss your sobbed the sec
ond, as hsshslted anaslupked the other
. Ss fMf got al wet ia and fs7eI-lOst s
cent ~ was thesreplyH III r Isl
sis that all?n Indignantly. demanded
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