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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PersonaI and Glterarx

Brain and Trzh are among the
strange names for London newspapers.
Neither of them pay. The Lancet does
better.
Miss Emma Abbott viii make her
first appearance id America in the char
acter of Marguerite, in Faust; with the
Hess Opera Company, at the Park The
alter, Brooklyn, September IL.
The writings of s. SAKE Holm. y are
thought by the Editors Table, in the
September Sunday afternoon, to be by
two people; the stories by Mrs. Lucia
g. Runkle, and the poems by Mrs Helen
Hunt jackson,
According to the Ieipsie catalogues
sixteen thousand four hundred and
seventy-three works were published in
Germany during the year 1877. This
is two thousand more than the average
of the last eight years.
MIR. r. B. Browning, the son of the
two poets, Is not unskillfsl painter Of
ideal subjects. He has in the Royal
Academy apicture of Brass Worker
an old man hammering on q metal
plaque-which has mitch merit.
Charles Barnard, who edits "Tht
Worlds Work 1" in Scribner's Monthly
has just returned from the Paris Expo
sition. He reports that in novelties o.
material progress the Exposition is fal
inferior to the exhibit of 1876 in Phila
delphia.
"A London paper says; Bayard Tay
lor has found place In the affections o.
the Germans already. He pats the girls
on the head, stalks Dutch y to the ole
women, and sits in eventide with the
men, and hoarsely calls out "Waiterl
s'more lager
Ralph Waldo Emerson has been seer
in the streets of Boston in shocking
bad hat. He delights in old book-shdps
In them he is perfectly at home; but
when he wants to buy any ordinary arti
Gle, he has young friend in the city
who does his errands, for he is not good
at trading.
-Thackeray, when speaking about
fame, would frequently tell the follow
ing anecdote: +" When at dinner in St
Louis one day, he heard one waiter say
to another, Do you know who that is ?
No. was the answer. THAT is the eel
ebrated Mr.. Thackeray.' whats hi
done? Blessed if know was the re-
ply"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

"WERE / to pray for taste,' says
Sir John Herschel, (which should
stand me instead under every variety of
circumstances, and be a source of hap
piness and cheerfulness to me during
life, and shield against its ills, how
ever things might go amiss and the
world frown upon me, it would be q
taste for reading. Givea man this taste
and the means Of gratifying it and you
can hardly fail of making him a happy
man, unless, indeed, you put into his
hands most perverse selection of
books. You place him in contact with
the best society in every period of histo
ry-with the wisest, the wittiest, the
tsnderest, the brayest and the purest
characters who have adorned humanity
you make him denizen of all ma
tons, q contemporary Of all ages The
world has been created for him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29
A Business-Iike Epitaph.

In one of the churches of London is
said to be an epitaph quite as utilitarian
as that famous one in Paris cemetery
which states that the widow of the late
Monsieur X. twill carry on the BUSH
ness at the old stand" The Londoner
is even more business-like in his grief,
announcing to the world his loss in the
following words: "Here lies Sarah
Smithers, the loved wife of Thomas
Smithers, marble cutter. This monu-
ment was erected by her husband as
tribute to her memory and specimen
of his art. Monuments of the same style
f25 EACH f ~
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29
RAsr AND sOUTHEAsT.

Ex-senator Blaine was badly injured at
Augusta, Me-, on the 18th, by being thrown
from his carriage.
James Todd, Jr., West Point Cadet from
Indiana, committed suicide on the 21st, by
drowning himself In the Hudson. He had
been sick in the hospital for several weeks
and was probably deranged.
The Vermont Greenbackers have nomi-
mated State ticket headed by C. c. Martin
for Governor.
Is John and Neil Locklair (white) and Pom
pey fostering (colored) were hanged at
Bennettsville, N. c., ON the 23d, for the MUIR
der of Frank Bryce, peddler, in February
last.
, At Hartford, Conn, on the 23d, Rarus
trotted the three fastest successive heats
ever recorded, viz, 2-15, 2:13 1-2, 2:13 ga
Each heat was made without break.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

took the watches and pceket-books Of the
passengers and rified the mail-bags.
General Howard and Governor Chadwick
have gone to the UmaiillA reservation to
meet a number Of prominent citizens in con-
sultation over Indian affairs. Howard is ssf-
Isiied, unless satisfactory arrangements can
be made, that chronic petty warfare win
continue between the Indians and whites
near the reservation, liable at any time to re-
suit in a general massacre.
Hon. VIM. Cheney, one Of the oldest and
most highly respected citizens Of Mclean
County, ILL.,, hanged himself to tree near
his residence at Saybrook, on the morning
Of the oath. Mr.. Cheney was a member OF
the State Senate in 1867. nl-health and con-
sequent mental depression are assigned as
the cause Of suicide.
Eighteen armed men were sent from Nash
vile, to 0yerton County, Tenn, on the 24th,
to reinforce Deputy Collector Davis, who
had been worsted in fight with the moon
sinners on the previous day, three Of his
posse being wounded, one fatally,
Hon. Emerson Etheridge has declined the
Republican nomination for Governor of
Tennessee. ~ - - -
The United States Circuit Court has de-
cided that the Denver and Rio Grande and
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Companies have equal rights Of way through
the Grand Canyon.
Additional Congressional nominations:
MisssSri-First District. Martin L. Clardy,
Democrat; Sixth, J. r. Waddell, Demo-
Graf; Eighth, DR.. S. n. Denham, National
Greenback; Ninth, David Rea,s Democrat
Tenth, George f. Rothyell !, Democrat. I'LL
nois-Seventeenth District, VIM. r. Morri-
SON. Democrat. Texas-Second District,
d. B. Culberson," Democrat. (*Renom-
inated.)
VIM. Munday, Thos. Healey and Jacob
Grosclose, of Indian Valley, Idaho, were re.
Gently killed by the Indians wilhelm pursuit
Of stolen stock.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

was. saws Sheriff Drew, a boarder at
Dve,s house. Anderson Is man about
FIVE feet ten inches high, OF ford COM
plexiou, reddish or sandy whiskers'
large feet, and had on, when last seen,
a TWENTY-FIVE cent calico hat. He Il
Swede, about IS years old, snd butch
err bv trade. Some two years ago An
derson. cemmitted an assault on man
across TIE American River, calling MIN
out at night, striking him. and leaving
him for dead. SINGS the murder OF rul-
lis. Anderson has not been seen or heard
of since about III o'clock last night.
The officers have traced the matter
sufficiently to show that the murderers
left San Francisco in the boat built az
DYES house, early on the morning OF
the murder, at dstlishs. They went
down the river, arriving st THlilss
about 5 D. m. After the commission OF
the murder they passed down the river
a short distance, passed over to the
mainland, and kicked the boat to pieces.
It was held together by small round
French nails, which could easily De
drawn out By q kick of the foot. They
then broke the boat lnmber to pieces,
consigning it TO the current Of the n.y.
er. The fragments foated in to inc
shore, and were held there. The muir
derers from shsre went up the Sacra-
mento side of the river to
point opposite Clarksburg,
where they stole skif from
the ferryman, and crossed TO abe Solano
County side, at Clarksburg. Thence
thew went TO Merrittfs Island. 1t is
alleged that following Dyes movements,
be has been traced to Merritt's Island
on Friday, with team and two horses,
and the theory is that he might have
brought she murderers back to Sacra-
mento. Dye is q farmer and butcher.
he has heretofore borne an irreproaeh-
able character in the community, and
holds responsible Office, and his ar
rest has proved a shock TO the entire
community.
Dive and Anderson have since made a
confession substantially c0rroboratlng
the theories already formed on the. cir
.cumstantial evidence. The murder was
committed By Clark, Dyes partner in
the saloon business, and by Anderson.
They found Tullis in his orchard.
knocked him down with a sandbag, and
finished him with bullets. Dye, who
met the assassins in the buggy, took
them to place of presumed safety.
The object of the crime was to OBJ
tain control of Tullis's estate of $780,
900.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29
-Snme lime aro Az

Some tune ago the ez-Empress Eu-
genie won an action she brought on the
score Of libel against several Paris pc
pers. Her son is now as successful
against the Steele. which, having been
adjudged guilty of ihsinuating that the
Bonapartes had appropriated Crown
property. was ordered to pay $500. but
presented bill of exceptions, to the eff
feet that the plaintiff had assumed a
false name-Napoieon instead of Bona
parte-and the title Of Prince. whereas
the National Assembly had pronounced
the forfeiture of the dynasty. Bot the
Court rejected this plea, and the Steele
has TO pay the fine and insert the judg-
ment in ten newspapers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

DIR. Annie E. Fisher, lately returned
from medical study in Europe, has been
appointed lecturer of diseases OF chill
dren as she Boston University Medical
School.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29
odds and Ends In Rhyme.

To many a schoolboys fond delight,
Now comes the festive apple green;
Her early puts some out of sight
on City Derrick.
The doctor came at half past nine,
And gently dealt him castor-Oil;
The patient said he must decline,
For fear it might the apples spoil.
Chicago Tribune.
The huckleberry days have come,
The blacklist of the year,
When every face Is dark with stains
And smeared from ear to ear;
When fair Melinda quaffs the fruit
And then, with fondness rash,
Pops her Augustus on the mouth
And soils his pink mustache.
st. Louis Journal.
The man who takes bitter pill,
wry face clearly shows;
But he who fingers at the still,
VIII soon show wry nose
And If he reads while he imbfbes,
And knowledge fills his head,
Himself and nose, like learned scrfbes.
viii both soon be well-read-
IN. }. Republican.
"Of all the poets, darling one,
Who've rhapsodized of love,
Which one evokes your ardent praise,
All other bards above.'
And as he took her in his arms
And kissed her DER and DER,
She spake in tones of ecstacy,
so, Tommy, give me Moore"
-Yonkers Gazette.
Upon the geeensward with my most adored,
sat- and we whispered our love,
While the sweet little birds repeated our
In the great dropping willow above.
Amodest surprise beamed out of her eyes
AS / pressed her dear form to my breast
When dropped from the willer big cater
Down her neck, Just imagine the rest
Puck
"what is the difference" said she,
" Between the moon and your
al can not tell. my treasured one"
said he, with interest new.
He gave it up and queried what;
She answered, sparkling bright,
"The moon gets full but once a month,
But you do every night"
Who ever read a swallow tale,
Or wore a coat of arms?
Who ever saw the water pale
Or gave great falls alarm?
Who?
who ever rode Wild saw horse7
Or ever heard sands tone?
Who ever saw the suns rays course,
Or heard pane fun growns
-EdoksnsOck Republican.
There Is no picnic ant, however lovly,
That for a livelihood must toll and beg,
But lifts the largest man up, grandly, slowly,
When it goes browsing up his trowsers leg
There is not little bee. however humble.
That gathers summers sweets for winters
store,
But has, by prodding with his tiny humble,
Made great men writhe and howl and groan
anu '" -Harseye.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

--StrviceabIe skirts OF red fianneI are
made of serge or Quaker flannel, and
have side plating edged with narrow
tofchon lace. This plating is set up
about an inch from the bottom of the
skirt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

nian and the Arabic characters as far as
Isaiah; the New Testament is already
printed, and it is expected that the
whole Bible, in both characters, viii be
published in September.
AN opinion of interest to Method
lists has been rendered by Chancellor
Salisbury. of Delaware, j. B. Quigg,
stakeholder in the Rehoboth Beach
Camp Meeting Association, applied for
writ of injunction to restrain the pro-
prietor of the Bright House at that
place from permitting dancing, card
playing, and other amusements to take
place in the house, on the ground that
the same was contrary to morality as
taught by the discipline of the Method
ist Episcopal Church. and therefore a
violation of the charter of the place.
The Chancellor declared emphafically
that dancing was in violation of the dis
cipline of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and that argument to the con-
trary would be useless. On that ground
alone he was prepared to issue the de-
sired injunction, but as the question of
jurisdiction was raised, he reserved his
decision.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29
Foreign Notes.

Lady Darlington, one of the rich
est brides of the day, started on her
wedding-tour in a simple print gown.
-Irthe coming autumn several pill
grimages are expected at the Vatican
from France, Spain, Austria, and Bel
GUM. From Spain the Alfonsists and
Carlists win go in two separate bodies.
"A leading Bristol paper contains this
week the following advertisement by
a well known hairdresser there: "The
comb used by the Prince of Wales last
Friday is for sale. Apply to"
The Berlin police have been obliged
to interfere to save the lime tree in I'm
ter-den-Linden, pierced by some of No
bling's shots, from being torn to pieces
by relic hunters. 1t is now enclosed by
an iron grating.
Princess Louise, now Vice Queen OF
Canada, is described as woman OF
strong character and decided will. She
has an intelligent and determined face,
which suggests her mothers. She is
very cultivated in literature and art,
and pleasant in her manners.
-rOT bil6 utS5 tltllc SluCc buc L duCO-
German war number of German Off
GERS will be present at the autumn ma
neuvers of the French army on the in
vitation of the French Government
French officers have been attending Ger
man army maneuvers for several years
Mile. Dodu, young telegraph op-
orator, who distinguished herself during
the Franco German war by an act Of
courage and devotion, has been decorat-
ed with the Cross of the Legion of Hon
or. Shut up in chamber through which
the telegraph wires conveying dispatch
es to the German army passed, she de-
stroyed the connection at the risk of heI
life.
There are some people who grow
more proud and exacting when fortune
shows disposition to frown. Patti is
one of them. Overtures have Just been
made to her to sing during the next op-
era season at st. Petersburg. The sala-
ry offered is 81, 800 night, with liberty
to sing as many nights as she pleases
during the course of the season. To this
offer the prima donna has sent her an
swer. She will not let the st. Peters
burg public hear her voice under 81, 00C
a night. Neither side mas given way, so
Patti has taken house in Wales.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

The huckleberry days have come,
The blacklist of the year,
When every face Is dark with stains
And smeared from ear to ear;
When fair Melinda quaffs the fruit
And then, with fondness rash,
Pops her Augustus on the mouth
And soils his pink mustache.
ST Louis Journal
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

"Of all the poets, darling one,
Who've rhapsodized of love,
Which one evokes your ardent praise,
All other bards above1'
And as he took her in his arms
And kissed her DER and DER,
She spake in tones of ecstacy,
so, Tommy, give me Moorer
-Yonkers Gazette.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

The man who takes a bitter pill,
a wry face clearly shows;
But he who fingers at the still,
WIN soon show wry nose
And If he reads while he imbibes,
And knowledge fills his head,
Himself and nose, like learned scribes.
Will both soon be well-read.
N j. Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

To many a schoolboy's fond delight,
Now comes the festive apple green;
Her early puts some out of sight
The pain begins at s:i5.
OIL City Derrick.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-29

The doctor came at half past nine,
And gently dealt him castor oil;
The patient said he must decline,
For fear it might the apples spoil.
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-16

majority of the astronomers incline to
the belief that there is no intra-Mercuri-
al member of the solar system, will have
the question of its existence settled one
way or the other to-day, when Mercu-
ry Will make Its transit across the face
of the sun. Wolf, Tice and notably DR..
Lescarbault have asserted that they
have seen the planet Vulcan; others be-
live that no such observation has ever
really been made, and that the astrono-
mers who supposed that they had made
it were deceived. DIR. Peters, famous
for his continuous discovery ofasteroids,
is of the opinion that Leverrier was led
into the belief in an intra-Mercurial
planet by overrating the Importance of
old observations of the transit of Mer-
curry, and in not narrowing them down
by slight changes in some of the con-
stants which determine the apsides of
the orbit of Mercury. DR.. Peters and NJ.
Liais, Superintendent of the Brazilian
Coast Survey were not slow to assert their
opinion after NJ. Leverries announce
ment, that the motions of
Mercury are fully explicable
without hypothecating the ex-
lstence of another celestial body nearer
the sun. The observations which will
be made to-day will settle this question,
and, moreover, will be of value as af-
fording data for the correction of the
distance Of the earth from the sun, as
tronomers not being fully satisfied with
the data which were accumulated dur
ing the late transit of Venus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-16


ant to the cultivator, is that of sorts of
potatoes propagated in any one year
from seed, quite a number of them will
be likely to show a family resemblance
more or less strong. During the last
sixteen years of his life, the Rev. G. E.
Goodrich raised and tested about 10000
seeding potatoes. OF that vast num-
Der he sent out for further trial less than
twenty kinds. But soon after Mr..
Goodrich's decease the Rev. Prof. D. S.
Hebron (then of Utica, n Y, now of
Washington Heights, a suburb of Chi
cago) sent out for the family of the de-
ceased philanthropist the well-known
sorts:-the Early Goodrich, Goodrich
Calico, Gleason and Harrison, which
last, by the way should be spelled with
one r" only. In the fall of 1867,
Prof. Hebron named and sent out the
Early Rose, a seeding of one of Mr..
Goodrich's varieties, the Garnet Chill,
and in the fall of 1868 he sent out
another sort that he named the Climax,
seeding Of the Early Goodrich.
During 1868 and 1869 Mr.. Bliss sent
out several of the Breese seedlings,
viz:--7Prolitie, King of Earlies Ga mis-
nomer), and Peerless, all seedlings of
the Garnet Chill. From this we see
that Mr.. Goodrieh's experiments laid
the foundation for the improved sorts
of potatoes that now benefit the agri-
culturists and the country. 1t is there
fore plain that we often need a new
Seeding to take the place of some old
sort that fails in health or productive
ness by growing old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-16

A widow, or something Of that kind,
out IN Armstrong county, Il few months
ago, tried the experiment of purchasing
a husband. She looked over the ground
with as much wisdom as she had, and
finally paid $4,000 for one. Anybody
would suppose that at this price the
woman would have secured very fair
sample of man, but the purchase seems
to have been miserable failure. The
fellow got his $4,000 and gathered to-
gether some other loose property be-
longing to the widow and some of the
neighbors, after which he went to some
portion of the country now unknown
The woman was most disgracefully
swindled in every particular. She
should have known better than to buy
an Armstrong county man, if they are
held at sc. 900 each, when she could
have gone to Harrisburg and bought
half of the Pennsylvania legislature for
a quarter of the sum, III which event
she would have had something left
after her husbands had absconded 1t
isn't probable that she would have Sc
cured much better article of man, but
she wouldn't have been so badly taken
In. She must read the newspapers with
more care, and learn that men and
things are getting down to hard pan,
and men in particular sell much cheaper
than they did few years ago. She
could have bought Il congressman for a
thousand, and had at least no worse ex-
perience with him. But the poor thing
is doubtless convinced of her rashness
by this time, and has learned lesson
in the matter of buying husbands at
fabulous prices which she will never
forget. Philadelphia Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-16
A Baptism Of Hundreds.
Richmond { Va. } State.

On Sunday morning the roads and
lanes leading across Chimboraza Park
were filled with persons, white and black,
male and female, from the graY-haired
sire to the infant in arms, all hurrying
in the direction of Gillie's creek to wit
ness the great baptizlng By ten o'clock
in the morning at least 1000 persons
had assembled on the York River Rail
road and the surrounding hills, and the
long line of new converts, male and fe-
male, in twos, arrived on the ground
and stood IN readiness on either side of
the stream-the males on one side and
the females on the other.
The females were dressed in white,
with white turbans around their heads,
and the men with white shirts, and
white handkerchiefs around their heads,
awaited patiently under the burning sun
the arrival of their turn. After the
singing of a hymn and short prayer
the Rev. Scott Gwathmay, accompanied
by one of his deacons, stepped down
into the water, and the baptizing was
begun.
The females were served first, and
they were quickly disposed of to make
room for others in waiting. The men
outnumbered the women. By 1890
the ceremony was over, and 233 persons
had been immersed by one man. The
converts, for the most part, were very
quiet and undemonstrative, but occa-
sionally some manifestation of religious
ferver would break out. One old wo-
man, at least 20 years of age, walking on
crutches, hobbled TO the pool and was
among those baptized. She was taken
in the arms of q stalwart deacon and
borne out to the dressing room.