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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
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We don't know what the political
complexion of the Memphis Herald is,
but, Judging from the greedy manner
in which it copies from A. j. Kellar,
of the Avalanche, it cannot be in love
with Democratic principles. 1t re-
produces an article from the pen of
Col. Kellar and says, "we are inclined
to believe, that in the following letter"
Ga portion of which we quote she
speaks forth the words of truth and
soberness :"
"Who is responsible for a renewal
of the war issues? The Democratic
leadership in Congress. Who forced
the extra session? Democratic lead.
ers. Who have made fierce war on
President Hayes? Democratic Lead
ers. Who have declared that the
army shall not be fed, clothed and
paid, and that all the executive de-
partments of the General Government
shall be closed or crippled2 Demo
cratic leaders. Who have united the
Republican voters and made stalwarts
out of liberals? Democratic leaders.
Who are those that year ago declar-
ed Hayes was the lawfully elected
President but now denounce him as a
fraudulent one? Democratic leaders.
Who are they that howl Justify for
"no troops at the polls" and charge
President Hayes with the purpose of
using bayonets in election? The same
Democratic leaders who a year ago
approved the removal of troops from
the South by Hayes! Who then has
exhumed the bloody shirt? Democrat
ic leaders. Who is making the North
solid? Democratic leaders.
The most Indifferent observer of po-
litical events can predict with the ac-
curacy of figures the results of the con-
tests of 1879 and 1880. The demo-
cratic party WILDE overwhelmed with
political disaster and overthrow. The
South will be its sacrifice and its VIC
tim at the second Appamattox Court.
house, and subjecting it to mere de-
pendency in the Union to the iris
umphant and dominant North.
Under sectional politics the South
will not increase its population nor
ever hold it own. The calamities of
the yellow fever plague are almost
equalled by the follies and crimes of
Democratic leaders, and they seem to
be allies in The devastating work of
spreading poverty and ruin in the
South"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Foster and the Millions.

New York Sun: "AIr. Charles Fos-
ter, the Republican candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio, has been making a
brief visit to this city. 1t is a little
curious that the first thing after being
nominated for governor of Ohio, Mr..
Foster should betahe himself to this
ethyl New York, to be sure, is the
center of finance. MIR. Foster is a
banker. He is the candidate OF Mr..
Sherman, the secretary of the treas
ury. The men who have made mon.
ey-'millions-out of the friendship
of Mr.. Sherman, reside here. We
mean that Mr.. Foster came on to
close up his banking business, and to
caution these friends of Mr. Sherman
that they ought not to contribute any
funds to all him before entering on
the active campaign in his own State.
Some of our contemporaries interviews
ed Mr.. Foster while he was here. 1t
is evident from the tone of his con-
versation that he depends for his sue
cess upon rakindling the spirit Of war
and reviving all its bitterness. 1t will
be the fault of the Democrats if the
Republicans are permitted to do this
especially in the Presidential elec>
ton. With John NJ. Palmer, a
Union soldier. or David Davis, LinN
coins bosom friend and executor, on
the Democratic ticket, either in the
first or second place, this would seem
to be impossible" 4"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

General Ewing is the Democratic
nominee for governor of Ohio, ard
Gen. Rice for Acknowledgements. 1t
is a strong ticket, and will be popular
with the Greenbackers, which almost
insures its election by good majority.
"Gen. Ewing was a Union soldier
during the war, is what is termed Il
greenback Democrat, man of great
personal dignity and force of charac-
ter, is an impassioned, earnest speaker
and one of the most promising of the
leaders of the party. He was MEM
ber of the forty-fifth, and reelected
to the forty-sixth congress. Gen.
Rice was also Union soldier, and
left leg on one of the great battle
fields of the war. He served three
times in congress, and is considered a
man of great promise in the party. A
stronger ticket could not have been
determined upon or one more likely
to win. Both gentlemen have stain
less records in public life. ."-Memphis
ADDedl.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Negro Mortality in Georgia.
From the Griffin News

For se"eral years past there has
seemed to be an increase in the NOR
tality among the colored population
of this city. This increase, during the
present year, has been noticeable. On
Sunday, just passed, there were laid
out for burial three negroes whom di-
sease had stricken down. We are
unable to account for this mortality.
The city has never been in healthier
condition than it is at present. The
city has never been freer of disease,
and with our white population the
mortality is remarkably light. The
only solution seems to be a want of
cleanliness and attention, especially
medical attention, among the blacks.
The mortality among them is sui,
fciently large to attract some atten-
tion, and if the rate increases it may
be necessary for the authorities to in
vestigate the matter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
A Horrible Accident.

jackson Tribune and Sun, 9th:
"Last Monday the wife of Mr.. Pat
rick Sanford, who lives about two and
one-half miles from Pinson, in the
seventeenth civil district, met with
one of the bitterest misfortunes that
ever befell mother. She was mend
ing a pair Of trousers for one of her
sons, who is well-grown, and her little
three-year-old boy was playing around
her with all tho winsOme grace and
innocent glee of childhood's happy
years. While the happy mother was
mending the trousers, in turning them
over a small pocket-pistol fell from
the pocket where it was concealed,
and rolled on the floor. The little
child seeing it, recognized it as the
older brothers pistol, and in its child
ish prattle called it "Suddie's pistol" !"
The mother picked it up, and she says
it looked like it was in two pieces.
She attempted to putt it back together
as she thought it ought to be, and it
was discharged in her hand, the ball
striking the little child at her side, in
the forehead, killing instantly. DR..
N. A. Mccoy was sent for and ex-
amined the wound. The ball went
crashing through the brain and cut
the cord of life as quick as thought.
God be merciful to the poor mother.
The bitter anguish of her soul at that
moment, the terrible picture which
peditselfupon her memory in that
instant will constitute the rooted sor-
row of her life. What a sad COM
mentary this occurrence furnishes up
on the vicious and barbarous practice
of carrying concealed weapons.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
CHE AND sHE."
EDwrE ARNOLD.

''She is dead I" they said to him; Come
away;
Kiss her and leave her-thy love is clayi"
They smoothed her tresses of dark brown hair;
On her forehead of stone they laid il fair;
Over her eyes that gazed toe much
They drew the lids with gentle toueh,
With tender touch they closed up well
The sweet thin lips that had secrets to tell;
About her brow and beautiful face
They tied her veil and her marriage lace,
And drew on her white feet her white silk
Which were the whitest no eye could choose
And over her bosom they crossed her hands.
Come away!" they said; "3od understands"
And there was silence, and nothing there
Put silence, and scents of eglantere,
And ia smine, and roses, and rosemary;
And they said: ''As a lady should lie, lies She"
And they held their breath as they left the room
With a shadder, to glance at its stiffness ard
gloom. -
But be who loved her too well to dread
The sweet, the stately. the beautiful dead.
He lit his lamp and took the key
And turned it-alone again-he and she,
Fe and she bat she would not speak.
Tho be kissed, in the old place, the quiet
cheek.
He and she; yet she would not smile,
Tho he called her the name she loved erewhile.
He and she; still she did not move
To any one passionate whisper of love.
Then he said: "Cold lips and breasts without
breath.
Is there no voice, no Language of death?
Dumb to the ear and still to the sense.
But to thelheart and soul distinct, intense?
"See now; will listen with my soul, not ear;
What was the secret of dying, dear?
WAS it the infinite wonder of all
That you could let life's flower fall2
"Or, was it greater marvel to feel
The perfect calm Ger the agony steal?
WAS the miracle greater to find how deep
Beyond all dreams sank downward that sleep?
Did life roll back its records dear,
And show, as they said it does. past things
clear?
And was it the innermost heart of the bliss
To find out so, what u wisdom love is!
" perfect uedul " ueHu N OSL
/ hold the breath of my soul to hear
II listen as deep as to horrible hell.
As high as to heaven, and you do not tell.
There must be pleasure in dying. sweet,
To make you so placid from head to feet
II would tell you, darling. if l were dead,
And 'twere your hot tears upon my brow shed
II would say. though the Angel of Death had
laid
His sword on my lips to keep it unsaid.
You should not ask vainly, with streaming
eyes.
Which of all deaths was the ehiefest surprise.
''The very strangcst and suddenest thing
OF all the surprises the dying must bring
All, foolish world; oh, most kind dead
Tho he told me, who will believe it was said
Who will believe that he heard her say.
With the sweet, soft voice in the dear old way:
"The utmost wonder is this-I hear
And see you. and love you, and kiss you. dear;
And am your angel who was your bride,
Ana know that, though dead, i have never
died -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Tennessee Press Association.

The ninth annual session of the
Tennessee Press Association will be
held at Gallatin, commencing on
Thursday morning, June 18th.
An unusually interesting meeting is
anticipated. The public literary ex-
ercises will, this year, comprise an
original poem prepared for the occa>
sion by Major Henry t. Stanton of
Kentucky, author of "The Moneyless
Man." an Grafton by Hon. John NJ.
Fleming of Knoxville, and an address
by DR.. r. NJ. Dickinson of the Paris
IntelIigencer. In addition, a new
feature, and one which it is believed
will prove of great practical value,
will consist of original essays on SUBJ
jects of special interest to the profess
sion. These will be as follows:
"The Science of Advertising
Gen. Ira P. Jones. Nashville Ameri-
can; "The Influence of the Press in
Developing Liberality in Religious
Thought"-W. j. Slater, Winchester
Home Journal; "1he Press and Ad-
vertising Agents w. A. Wade,
Milan Exchange; "The Press as a
Public Teacher" M. Riley,
Clarksville Tobacco Leaf.
The citizens of Gallatin are making
extensive preparations for the recep-
ton of the Association, and will en-
tertain US with that cordial hospitality
for which they are noted. After the
close of the session, the Association
will visit the Mammoth Cave, as the
guests of the Kentucky Press Associ>
alton.
1t is requested by Col. Thos. Boyers
that persons attending the approach
ing session will Immediately notify
him, at Gallatin, in order that the
local Committee of Arrangements may
know how many to expect.
r. L. G. WHITE, Secretary.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

DR.. Wight, appointed by DIR. r.
w. Mitchell as quarantine inspector
for the national board of health, holds
that for an epidemic of yellow fever 1t
is first necessary to import some new
germs from Havana, or some place
where it is indigenous; and that an ep-
idemic of that disease never occurs as
a consequence OF nati7e yellow rever.
The disease may hibernate in some
warm places in the South, and cases
which the doctors call sporadic" may
appear theyea following an epidemic,
but he thinks this will never spread
to any extent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Bold Robbery.

Last Tuesday night about eight
o'clock, in the alley east of John Wil>
liams' saloon, Thomas Dunaway was
robbed of about fourteen hundred dol
lars. The facts as we get them are
substantially as follows: Being in
feeble health and somewhat overcome,
he fell in the street. His cries for as
sistance brought to him Glenn Scrape,
William Williams and Lucius Har.
wood, all colored. In raising Mr..
Dunaway from the ground, the above
sum of money was extracted from his
pockets. He discovered his loss in a
short while after the robbery was
committed, and sounded the alarm.
Immediately William Williams was
arrested and confessed to having
taken four hundred and sixty dollars,
which was found in a stable where he
had placed it. He was lodged in Jail.
Lucius Harwood and Glenn Scrape
were arrested as his accomplices in the
robbery but no money being found
about them they gave bond for their
appearance at the trial, which was set
for Wednesday evening before Esq.
J. E. Wood.-Irerlton Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Mrs. Hatch has for years been a

Mrs. Hatch has for years been a
CONSPICUOUS spiritual medium in Bos-
ton. Her speciality is the production
of flowers from spiritual sources. She
gave seance few evenings ago at a
private residence. The lights we're
extiuguished, as usual, and the per-
sons in the circle were enjOined to hold
fas: to each others hands. Flowers
we're soon dropped here and there,
and Mrs. Hatch began to explain how
they had been brought from distant
places by spirit hands. All the gas
burners in the room had been con-
nected with an electric lighting appa-
ratus, and suddenly the apartment
was brightly illuminated. The me-
dium was completely exposed. In
her lap was pile of flowers, and she
was caught in the act of tossing them
into the air.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Death of 2 Centenarian.

Mr.. Daniel Mayberry, a venerable
and much esteemed citizen of this
county, and perhaps the oldest man
in the State, died at his residence in
the 18th district, Thursday the 29th
ult., in the 106th year of his life.
Although he had seen the birth and
death of century, his powers Of
mind and body were preserved to a
considerable degree. In his latter
years he was very feeble, yet he pos
sessed more strength than could have
been expected of one who had lived
thirty-six years beyond the allotted
threescore and ten which SO few others
attain. The funeral services, con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. j. S. ArbuthnOtt.
were held at the residence last Friday
in the presence of large number of
friends. ds.-uiu1reesbOrO Nears.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Chief-Justice Deaderick Deliv-
ers a salty Opinion on the
Professional Conduct of
Attorneys.

Chief-J Justice Deaderick, of the state
supreme court, at jackson, last week
delivered an oral opinion, in which
the professional conduct of certain at
torneys who practice in the criminal
court of Shelby county were very Sc
verely criticised. The chief;justice of
the court said that some attorneys in
Memphis appealed cases to the su-
preme court without any bill of ex-
ceptions Oh other objections to the
proceedings in the court below, well
knowing, unless they were incompetent
to hold the high Office of lawyer,
that there was no ground to expect
relief for the accused from the su-
preme court; that such a practice was
unjust and cruel to the prisoner and
unfair to the public, that an illustra-
tion of this disreputable practice
might be found in the case of Charles
Safrans VS. State, who was sentenced
to be imprisoned for ten days in the
workhouse and to pay the costs. The
accused was kept in Jail for about one
year by reason of his attorney, pray,
ing an appeal, awaiting the action of
the supreme court, when in fact no
one could claim that there was any
ground for reversal. Now the ac-
cused will be compelled to stay several
wears in the workhouse in order to
pay the Jail fees after conviction be-
low and the costs of the supreme
court. The chiefjustice said that
such couduct was highly unprofession-
al; that attorneys engaged in it ought
to be disbarred, and that he hoped
the judge of the criminal court of
Shelby would purge the bar of such
unworthy members, and the supreme
court would sustain him in his efforts
in this direction.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
SI'n i'm a FiX.c
From the Burlington Hawkeye.

From the Burlington Hawkeye.
Nobody except the people in the
front pews last Sunday, and only the
few there who listened very intently,
could hear the tenor when The choir
started out "When l can read my title
clear" singing very ditinctly, with his
face turned towards the leader at the
other end of the organ:
1--WE lost my place; I'm in fix;
Whatever shall do?''
And then the leader, in his pro-
foundest bass, replied in faultless tone
and metre:
The tune is on page ninety-six,
The words on forty two
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

The Boston Post is responsible for
the statement that ga Memphis wo-
man who wished to vote was escorted
to the polls by three cOlOnels, and now
all the other strong-minded women de-
mand the same thing. But the
trouble is, the country doesn't sport
three colonies to every women, except
in the region of Memphis.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

1t is said that nine assessments in
May and the probability of eight more
for June are causing the A, o. L. w.
of Kentucky to disintegrate. The
membership has suddenly fallen off
from 3, 800 to 1900.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

There is a young lady in Wilkes
county, Ga, who was born blind, and
who, it is said, can instantly detect
color by the touch. When a child
she could tell the name and color of
her pet cats and chickens by simply
laying her hands upon them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

Five hundred tons of vitriol were
recently set free by fire near Boston
and emptied into a tributary of the
Mystic Water Works. Thousands of
dead fish attest the presence of the
chemical and the people of Boston are
naturally afraid to use the water.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

The report of the yellow fever re>
lief committee of the A. o. U. w. is
out in pamphlet form. 1t shows the
total amount received by the commit
tee to be 81, ,194S7, by d. F. Good
year, D. D. G. NJ, 81, ,412.65, and
total disbursements s5,607.52.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

Mr.. A. w. Brockway has brought
a suit of damages against the Louis
vile & Nashville q Great Southern
railroad for fifty thousand dollars, for
injuries received while travelling on
that road last year. Mr.. T, F.
Baynes is his attorney.-BrOlUnsvilje
Bee.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

Representative Hearn and Colonel
Il. L. Cole had a discussion on the
State debt question at Paris on the
first instant. The sympathies of the
people were undoubtedly with the lat
ter, who spoke earnestly in favor of
the 50-4 proposition.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

The contract for the State printing
was awarded on Wednesday to Tavel,
Eastman q Howell, they being the
lowest of four bidders. The differ
ence between the highest and lowest
bids was only $50.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

The Nashville and Tuscaloosa rail-
road is to be completed from Dickson,
on the Northwestern railroad, to Bon
Aqua Springs, a distance of nine miles,
by June Is.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

The first barrel of new -four was re-
ceived in Nashville on the I'd inst,
and sold for $40. 1t was made in
Giles county.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

A prohibitory liquor law is enforced
so rigidly in Worthington, Ind, that
a communion service was lately cele-
brated with cider, the sexton being
unable to procure wine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

Four thousand one hundred and
seventy-six boxes of strawberries were
shipped from Gadsden during the sea-
son just closed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

There passed over the Lake Shore
e. Michigan Southern railroad last
month an empty freight train a little
more than ten miles long.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12
Memphis had twenty deaths last
week, none of contagious disease.

Northern Arkansas is greatly ex-
cited over the discovery of several
rich silver mines.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

Memphis continues to have Sunday
dances, picnics, etc.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

The Arkansas Press Association is
to meet in Batesville next year.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-11

The celebrity with which the Southern Pa
cific Railroad has been carried on through
Arizona since October Is astonishing. The
managers of the road announce that they will
reach Maricopa Wells In Arizona by May of
this year; Tucson, in the same territory, by
the same day OF next year; Mesilla, where
the road will connect with the railroad sys-
TENS of Kansas, New Mexico and Missouri
by the beginning Of 1881, and FL Paso in the
fall Of the same year. Engineers declare the
road is one of the easiest pieces Of engineer
ing in the Union The most difficult portion,
known as the forty mile or Maricopa Desert
will soon be reached. This once passed, 1t will
be all plain and easy sailing.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-11

apply TO Mr.. Dauphin, the president Of the
Lottery Company, for permission toget up a
grand jubilee lottery to defray the expenses
OF Louisiana's State convention.
We merely throw out these hints as sug-
gestions how the State OF Louisiana may
realize what has been the dream Of many Of
It's citizens who believed that a convention
would afford her O substantial relief. This
dream seems about to be realized; but the
convention must assemble in formd pdpperss,
as seems fit to State whose sovereignty is
disregarded and condemned In the Federal
courts, where her citizens, by hundreds, are
being prosecuted under forms which deny
right Of trial by jury and whose State treas
ury is administered by &c pdrte judicial
orders which deny the Legislative branch Oh
the government any power of control, except
to levy taxes for judicial distribution.
Still, some may find consolation, amidst
these evils In the fact that the Judges and
constitutional officers receive their salaries In
full; and in this view what Is the use oil
bothering ourselves about convention, or
charity hospitals, or the insane, the blind and
tho dumb.