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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-16
Gen. Sam Houston's First Wife.

The Memphis (Tenn.) appeal says;
The letter written by Col Willoughby
Williams, of Nashville, has created
much discussion here in Memphis as to
the cause of the separation of Gen.
Houston from his first wife. Both par
ties have relations in this city, and, of
course, both sides have their version of
the matter. Mr.. Asa Jarman, of Texas,
has Just completed memoir of the life
of Gen. Sam Houston. Jarman's YER
sion of the separation of Houston and
his wife is perhaps the true one He
says that Houston married, while Gov
ernor of Tennessee, the beautiful Miss
Lu Dlckerson,- not willingly, but under
the pressure of parental influences. She
had been engaged to Mr.. Robert Nick
erson, whom she desired to marry, and
when Niekerson returned to Nashville
her love for him remained as warm as
ever. Houston, becoming convinced
that his wife was more attached to her
old lover than to himself, accused her
accordingly, when, with much woman
ly feeling, she confessed that it was
true, announcing that she liked Nick
erson little finger better than Houston's
whole body Houston thereupcn in
formed her that she had better marry
Nickerson, and without word to the
public, he abandoned his Gubernatorial
Office and quietly left the State for the
Iddian settlements n.
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Science and Industry.

Pork is lower in Iowa than it has
been for IS years.
Eggs are selling for five cents a
dozen in most Wisconsin towns.
The value of the cigars shipped
from Key West, Fla, last year is put
down in round numbers at S27, 900, 900.
1t is said that five million bushels
of corn are in store along the line of the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in
Iowa. e
"A Sand Spring, Iowa, clergyman
has invented q churn which is worked
by sitting down and rocking as in n
rocking-chair.
Two prominent machinists in Bat
tie Creek, Mich, have sunk $4,000 in
the will-o'the-wisp attempt to discover
perpetual motion. .,s.. .-.s
Edison, being asked at Washington
by Southern Senator if she could not
invent simple machine to pick cotton"
said he thought he could and would.
"A paper butter-plate mandatory
at LYONS, Iowa, now turns out 10000
plates per day. The demand is so great,
however, that facilities are to be added
until 100000 per day can be manufac-
tured.
Manitoba is exporting large quanti-
ties of wheat this spring. Some of the
steamers have carried as much as 100
tons at trip. Most of it is consigned
to Europe, and is shipped by way of
New York. .m-r FIJI,
The King of Burmah is so pleased
with the experimental manufacture of
sugar that he has imported a large
amount of sugar-making and refining
machinery, and ordered 500 planters to
engage in the exclusive cultivation of
the cane this year. III bats $50
Davenport, Iowa, has factory in
operation making sugar out of Indian
corn. The sugar is said to be of the
best quality, and much resembles maple
sugar, and as pleasing to the taste as
honey. Syrup made from corn has
been in the market for some time.
The fruit crop for the Uuited States
of 1877 amounted in value to S140,000,-
600, or about one-half of the outcome
from cereals. Fruit of every species
and climate is now raised in this coun-
try, the vine prospecting finely and the
oranges of Florida and California sur
passing those of Italy and Spain.
DIR. A. NJ. Forster, of Georgetown,
S. c., has sent something over go pounds
of tea, raised in South Carolina, to a
Baltimore firm. The flavor is between
a Japan tea and Moyune China green
tea. The firm is to have the leaves cured
in the proper way, so as to secure fair
specimen of native tea.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and LITERARY.


Prof. Swing, of Chicago, IS annouhc-
ed to retire from the editorship of the
Alliance, which he originated four years
ago, and will be succeeded by Dr.
Swazey.
Miss Nellie Hutchinson, Scotch
woman, has been for eight years the
stock reporter of the New York Times.
She is considered the best of her guild in
the city. The lady is also a charming
writer of poetry.
Mrs. Emma ID. E. N. Soithworth Is
modest and uiiassuminE, has a wide,
fiji blow and clear blue eyes, talks very
well, and Is generally esteemed by her
acquaintances; though she is the author
Of So novels.
Mr.. Tennyson recently read his
ballad of 'sThe Revenge" before some
friends, but failed to convey any thing
of its force and fire. Another illustra-
ton of the fact that great poets are sell
dom good readers of theft own works.
Mr.. Richard Grant White has re-
ceived a letter from Edmond About,
President of the Societe des Gems de
Lettres of France, inviting him to be
present at the Literary Congress at Paris
as representative delegate from the
United States,
-Dickens's earlier works are Just now
coming otit of copyright. The protec-
ton on "Sketches by Boz" has expired,
and SOLVER Twist will soon be COM
mon property. Three cheap editions
of the "Sketches" are already issued in
England.
The Historical Society of Berlin is
to issue annual reports concerning the
literature of history, which are to en-
phasize and expound all the really new
facts discovered. The series will COM
mence with the literature of the current
year, and will Re published in the spring
of 1879.
Bishop Marvin was princely giver
for a Methodist preacher, dependent
upon his salary. He at one time gave
$4,000 to one institution in the West,
and paid it out of his savings. just be-
fore his death he subscribed $3.50 to the
Publishing House. Hundreds of dollars
were given by him to young and needy
preachers and students.
Madame Lityinow is Russian lady
who has just received the degree of Doc
torof Philosophy from the philosophical
faculty of the University of Berne. She
passed her examination with such bril-
liancy, especially in the mathematical
branch, that the faculty unanimously
agreed to attach the highest mark (cun1
SunlnlG laude) to her diploma.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-16
A False Heir.


A Tichborne case on a small scale
was recently decided in Butler County,
Pa. Thirty years ago a young girl nam
ed Emily Ward left her home near Pc
trolia, in that county. All traces of her
were lost, and it was believed by her
parents, brothers, and sisters that she
was dead. A few weeks ago a woman
appeared at the old homestead, which,
In consequence of the oil discoveries,
has become valuable, and claimed to be
the long lost Emily. Her claim was at
first admitted by the family. In a few
days. owing to conflicting stories which
the woman told, doubt was thrown up
on her identity, and she was dismissed
as an impostor. She then brought suit
to recover her share of the estate. A
large amount of testimony was intro
duced, showing that the claimant was
Margold Hill, daughter of George Hill,
of New York, and not Emily Ward
The genuine Emily was traced to Mead
vile, where she died in 1858. These
facts were brought out so distinctly as
to completely nonplus the pretender,
and were so satisfactory to the jury that
they brought in a verdict for defend
ants. About dozen of the best law
yers in the State were employed on
either side. The estate is valued at
100000. 90
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WEST AND souTHMEST.

1t is now believed the band of train rob-
bers, that for several months have been
depredating on the Houston and Texas Cen
trial and Texas and Pacific Railways, has
been virtually broken up. Lieut.. June
Peak, OF the Texas Rangers, has arrested,
in Denton County, Green Hin, ID. G. Null
ins and Robert Murphy, on United States
warrant charging them with being accessory.
sam Bass, the leader Of the gang, has been
pursued to his hiding place, and at last se-
counts was badly wounded. The robbers,
Pipes, Herndon and Mays have been brought
before the bar Of the United States Court at
TYLER.
John B. Carson has been appointed Gen
eral Manager of the Hannibal and st. Jo-
seph Railroad rice r. S. stephens, who re-
signed the position OF General Superintend-
ent.
The marriage Of Senator j. Donald CAM
eron of Pennsylvania and Miss Elizabeth B.
Sherman, niece Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, was celebrated in Cleveland, o.,
on the 9th, in most brilliant manner and
in presence Of a large number Of distin-
guished guests
A decision rendered at Omaha by Judge
Dundy, of the United States District Court,
denies the right of the Kansas and Denver
Pacific Railroads &c compel the Union PScif-
&c 10 concede mileage pro-rate ON all BUSH
ness delivered by them to the latter road. II
is held that the Union Pacific has the right
10 impose an extra charge on freight carried
west Of the junction Of these branches, upon
fbe ground that the cost % construction be.
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EAST AND suurHEAsr.

Miss A. s, Stewart, teacher in the Cliff
ton Academy, near Norfolk, Va, was found
dead in her room on the morning of the eth.
Medical examination showed that she had
been fatally drugged. The room was robbed
Of many valuables, including diamond
engagement ring, gold watch and chain,
besides some money. Miss Stewart was a
beautiful and accomplished lady, and was to
have been married this summer to Norfolk
gentleman. Several negroes who had been
lurking around the neighborhood are sus-
pected of the crime.
The Pennsylvania Nationals held State
Convention at Philadelphia on the Sth. Mr.,
S. r.. Mason was nominated for Governor.
The platform is substantially reiteration
of that adopted at Toledo by the National
Convention.
Andrew Miller, farmer, of Lee County,
Virginia, who had lost considerable butter
by thieves, poisoned a firkin and placed it
where the thieves would be pretty apt to
come acress it. The firkin Of butter was
stolen, and in some manner became scatter
ed broadcast throughout the neighborhood,
carrying death into a number of households.
Three brothers, named James, Andrew and
Joseph Jackson, of Elk Garden, died from
the effects, also Miss Alice Gatewood, a
beautiful young lady who was visiting the
Jackson family. Twelve other persons, in
Guiding George Dabney Wooten, promi-
nent lawyer, DFs. Fitch and Cowan, the two
leading physicians of the county, and the ed
itor of the Lee County Sentinel, were seri-
ously i'll from the effects of the poison.
Charles Morgan, the well known merchant,
owner Of the Morgan line of steamships
running between New York and New Or
leans, and prominently identified with the
Texas and Louisiana railways, died in New
York City on the Sth. His fortune is esti-
mated at $4,000, OOOlor ST., 900, 900.
bennington, the noted stallion, sire of En-
quirer, Longfellow, Parole and other noted
horses, died at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,
on the 9th. -.
Near Augusta, Me-, on the 18th, Jason
Scribner, small farmer, killed three Of his
children and then attempted suicide. His
wife and oldest daughter escaped from the
house, or they too would have been muir
dered.
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were transferred TO lighters and taken to
Londonderry.
An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate the
Emperor William was made on the after
noon Of the i1th, as be was driving in his
carriage throush thu Avenue Unterden-Lin-
den in Berlin. The would be assassin stood
on the sidewalk and fired two shots from a
revolver into the carriage as he was passive.
Upon an attempt TO arrest hirt being made,
he fred the Other charges and then threw
down bis revolver and ran, but was overtaken
anti captured. He proved to be q tinsmith,
named Emil Hoedel, from Leipsic, where il
is alleged he had formerly conducted So
cialistic meetings. he denied the charge
Of fring into the Emperor's carriage, and
said that he had shot at himself with the
intention Of committing suicide. There was
great excitement i'm the city on account OF
the affair, and immense crowds thronged
about the palace, manifesting their loyalty
and sympathy by singing the national an
them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-16
FOREIGN.

A meeting Of master eetten-spinHers and
manufacturers, held at Manchester on the
9TH, unanimously resolved to issue circu-
lar 10 mill-owners throughout the strike
district, recommending that mills still open
be closed Immediately, end advising that nc
individual arrangements for re-opening
mills be made with werkInen. The adop-
ton of this resolution caused great anxiety
at Manchester. II is believed it viii render
q general lockout inevitable. eE
A tornado and WATERFRONT occurred at
Canton, China, on the 18th ult. Some 500
lives were lost and large number of build
ings destroyed. no..
The Cuban sugar crop,it is estimated win
fall short 50 TO S5per cent, as compared with
last year,
q Gen, Grant and suite arrived in Paris on
the OH. - fAaA
The Allan line Steamship Sandman, from
Liverpool, May 8, for Quebec, with AGO pas
sengers, took fire at the entrance of London
derry Harhor, caused by an explosion of
gas, which Killed three persons and serious
" Injured some 40 others, The passengers
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School and Church.

The cost per scholar at Hartford,
Conn, is S169S; New Haven, S17.75;
New London, S1234; New Britain,
$685. Middletown, Sl9.22.
"A young lady has lately taken the
degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence at
Leipsic. 1t is the first instance of the
kind occurring in that city.
An article in a German magazine
on the state of Japan states that $780,
coo children are receiving instructions
on the European principle in $4,000
schools.
The City Council of Rome, n. Y.
have voted to allow religious instruction
to be given in the public schools to ali
pupils whose parents desire it, but at
separate and fixed hours.
There is a bill before the Legisla-
ture of Ohio to tax church property. An
effort is making to modify it, so as to
exempt from taxation all houses used
exclusively for public worship.
Mr.. Ed. A. Bancroft, of Knox Col
lege, Illinois, and Mr.. James G.. Eber-
hart, of Cornell College, Iowa, were
the successful contestants for the first
and second prizes in oratory at the an
nual contest of the Interstate COllegi-
ate Association, held in St. Louis on
the Sth.
Bishop Simpson wants no man in
the Methodist Church unless he is a
Methodist to the core. He thinks the
Methodists admit a good many people
to membership of whom they know
nothing, and who are so ignorant they
don't know what they believe.
Rev. Barton Randle preached the
first Protestant sermon in the State of
Iowa at the boarding house of Jesse NJ.
Harrison, Dubuque, on Nov. G., 1888,
and on May IS, 1884, after preaching to
a large congregation, the first religious
society was formed by Mr.. Randle, con-
sisting of u persons.
The Congregational Church in
Frankfort, Mich, is economizing in the
matter of pastor. Since the resignation
of the last incumbent one of the deacons
reads every Sunday one of Talmage's
sermons. This costs only six cents, as
they pay the deacon nothing for his
services The church is as full as when
it had a pastor.
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Foreign Notes.

Pope Leo has placed Cardinal's
hat at the disposal of the French Gov
eminent.
The King of Spain has ordered a
hotel to be rented and furnished for him
in Paris, where he will reside during the
Exhibition.
Ten men are now in custody for the
murder of Lord Leitrim. The maker of
the gunstock found at the scene of the
murder says it was made for one of the
men arrested.
The Qualification of Pho Mono has
been decided upon, and the Cardinal
Vicar, Mgr. Monaco La Valetta, has
been commissioned to collect instances
of the late Pontiff's sanity virtues.
Pope Leo XIII. has not his prede-
cessor's faculty for speech-making, and
therefore the Populations waiting upon
him are requested not to present long
addresses calling for replies.
New recruits for the Pope's Swiss
Guard have reached Rome. Tale says
that they are all from German Switzer-
land, and are selected by the cures of
their districts, who guarantee their
characters and devotion. -.-.. -.
Mime. Schliemann, the wife of the
celebrated Trojan explorer, has been
very i'll in Paris She is now GONZALES
cent, and DIR. Schliemann hopes to re-
sumo his archaeological excavations in
the Troad or in Greece next month.
-Mdlle. Lablanc, the Partisan actress,
wears 100000 worth of diamonds on
the stage. She is escorted to and from
the stage by two policemen, who keep
watch over her dressing-room during
the performance. She has, too, an
enormous bulldog, as feroeious as he
looks. $50 +. sHtif A.
The orthodox Hebrews of London
are said to be much disguised with the
marriage of Hannah de Rothschild with
Lord Rosebery, and it is added that in
the principal synagogues she has been
publicly renounced and cursed, the con-
gregation splitting ON the floor at the
mention of her name. a-H- sf -
William III. of Holland is past 60,
and since the death of the late Queen,
from which he had long been virtually
separated, his Majesty has contracted a
morganatic marriage. His married life
was VIGOROUSLY unhappy. For a strik-
ing likeness of the King, see the Dutch
postage stamps. He loves Schiedam.
1t is reported that Miss Minnie
Stevens, daughter of the late Paran Stew
ems, of New York, and lately guest of
the Princess of Wales at Sandringham,
has accepted a proposal of marriage
from son OF Alsop, the millionaire En-
glish brewer. When this fact was COM
municated to the Princess, she is said to
have congratulated Miss Stevens cor
daily. -;.,.- SIS gg
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DR.. Pieree's 1nvaiids' and Tourists
fiotsl-tsfand Openings

DR. r v. Pierce opened his new In
valids, and Tourists Hotel, ut Buffalo.
N. Y, on the goth of April. with re-
ception TO the press, followed oy one
on the 30th to the citizens, ootn Oh
which were largely attended and highly
enjoyed by all the guests. whom the
genial Doctor received and entertained
in the most princely style. The struct-
ure itself is magnificent and imposing,
the style of architecture being what IS
known as the modern French. Sit
uated as it is, on the highest ground in
the city, with pleasant wooded lawn
before 1t. slopiDg gently to the Niagara
River, ii commands the finest and
healthiest position obtainsble, espe-
cially as Buffalo is probably
the healthiest city in the country.
Skillful combinations of maple, ash,
oak, cherry, ebony and mahogany, with
tiles in according colors, form the rich
est effects in the several halls and par
lors. II Is heated throughout by steam,
and fresh water is drawn from the
street by large pump, which forces it
up into tanks on the fourth, fifth and
sixth stories. Pure air and sunshine
being two of DR.. Pierce's favOrite med
icines, the system of ventilation Is,
therefore, most perfect-every room
| being so constructed as to receive fresh
outdoor air and provided with double
escape for any air which has become
impure. The value of such ventilation
to invalids needs no comment There
is not a room in the house that is not
visited by sunshine, or from the door
of which q staircase cannot be seen. On
every floor there are four stations, each
provided with 100 feet Of hose, con-
nected with the Champion chemical
| fire-extinguishing system, and which,
| with the assistance of the speaking an
nunciator, can be made instantaneOusly
available. Everything pertaining to
the medical department is placed down
| upon the basement floor, thus giving 40
unpleasant suggestion of the sick room
| to those guests who d not need ply
stefan. Here we find the Swedish
health-lift, reception-roOm, eonsulta-
tion-rooms, of which there are several,
each one for some special class of dis
eases-all tastefully arranged and well
supplied with the appliances necessary
for their different departments. The
bath system is arranged in the most
complete and luxurious manner. The
rooms are large and fitted up with
glazed tiles, and comprise Turkish,
Russian and electric baths. In the
matter of recreation, the house is well
supplied, having bowling-alley, bill
iard-room and gymnasium. The ca
nacity of the house is aboat 250 guests.
The tower, 40 feet from the ground,
rears its magnificent head above the
whole, making a grand tout ensemble.
The hotel opened for business on the
lst of May. The enterprise will doubt
less meet with that urbounded success
which it most surely deserves.
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A Young Lady Assassinated by Dis
carded Lover.

The Bucharest correspondent of the
! Edinburgh Scotsman, writes, April ~,
as follows:
A sad tragedy has just taken place
here The sister of the American Vice
Consul, a gentleman well known and
much respected, has been cruelty muir
dered by young man who fell in love
with her about three years ago. For
various reasons the young lady's family
refused their consent to the match, al
though one marriage had already taken
place in the family, the lady's sister be-
ing married to w. Stladeeker, the elder
brother of the sutton. After some
stormy scenes it was resolvad that young
Stladecker should 90 to Paris, where he
has been staying until the last two
weeks. Returning to Bucharest, he
found married to another the lady whom
he loved, and at once seemed to lose his
reason. Going into the room, few
days after his arrival, where the lady
and her sister were alone, he commence
ed upbraiding her, aud scarcely waiting
for an answer, plunged a dagger into
her breast. The wound was mortal,
and with one shrek she fell to the floor,
her sister trying to shield her from the
fury of her assassin, who, unable to
strike again to her heart, stab
bed right and left into limbs and
body, it is said screwing the dagger
round in the wounds he inflicted. Then,
his object accomplished, he rushed off
and tried to commit suicide, by cutting
his throat with dagger, breaking it,
however, and falling in the attempt
Help coming when too late, the poor
lady, who had been bat four months
married, and was only 20 years of age,
was laid upon couch. The murderer
was also secured and taken to a hos
pital, and guarded by a gendarme.
During the night he made an attempt TO
escape, which was frustrated, but on
Tuesday the 10th he committed suicide.
SAYING he was unwell, he was allowed to
leave his chamber, followed by the SEN
tinel. On entering the closet he drew
the cord of his dressing-gown of, at
tached it knOtted to a beam above him,
and ended his life by hanging himself.
He made no noise nor uttered sound,
and was discovered dead when the door
was opened. This has been a grievous
blow to all the relatives, who are Jews
DR.. Stern, the lady's brother, is well
known here, both as filling the place OF
Consul for the United States and by
having translated Shakspeare's Hamlet
into the Roumanian language.