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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

Il was not a mere passing fit of rage, the Gov.
elnor as soon as he had said his say at the
house and had ordered Conkling's luggage
of toward the pier to find Conkliug, and he
carried his gun with him. He found Conkling
pacing up and down in front of IA cafe. Jump
ing from his carriage he beckoned Conklin9
to come to him, and said CURLY: al want
YOU" Conkling came, and another scene en-
sued. Conkling spoke low and mildly, evi.
IDENTIFY seeking 70 avoid attracting observa-
tion and tried again to pacify the former.
This only enraged Mr. Spras1e the more; he
denounced COnkling violently, and told him
plainly that he had enough of his intimacy
with Mrs. Sprague, and did not propose 70
have any mOreOf II. The Governor reminded
COnkling that he had broken a promise ne
once made in Washington, to give up his ac-
Quaintance with Mrs. Sprague.
Finally the Governor cut Conkling short in
an attempted reply by asking him ii he was
armed Conkling, bristling up, replied that
he was not-that, if he was, he (Sprague)
would not go on as he was going without no.
ticing. To this threat Sprlgue replied, "Then
go and arm yourself, and hereafter go armed.
l don't intend to shoot I'M unarned man but
tell you now that if you ever cross my path
again, will shoot You at sight" With that
threat Governor Spragre jumped into his ear
riage again and drove OFF, and Mr. ConklinE
returned to the cafe.
This is undoubtedly substantially COL
rect story of what actually happened be-
tween Senator Conkling and x-Senator
SpIague.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

1t is now known thattthe body of the late
| 4. I. Stewart Of New York, stolen from the
family vault soon sitter its interment, has
never been recovered Within few months
past parties i'm Montreal, Canada, have made
Overtures for the RETURN of the body, through
Mr.. =. II. Jones, a we'll known lawyer Of
! New York, formerly Postmaster of that city,
the correspondence being conducted under
the presumed fictitious name of Henry G.
Romaine, and mainly through "persOnals /"
in the newspapers. The eefiin-plate and a
scrap Of velvet taken from the coffin We're
sent as a means of Identification sufficient to
warrant the opening of negotiations. The
( terms demanded were the payment of $780,
600 in cash upon the delivery of the body, the
transaction to take place in Canada. Mr..
Hilton peremptorily declined to aecede 10
the terms proposed, and a. the boGy-snatch-
ere refuse to make any concessions, the ne
gotiations are suspended at present
A most destructive storm occurred along
the Atlantic coast, from North Carolina TO
Maine, on the 18th. 1t was central near
Cape Hatteras, and moved i'm a northeasterly
direction. At Beaufort, n. c., the Atlantic
House, a large summer hotel, was entirely
demolished, not vestige being left. There
were l50 guests in the house at the time, and
they did not begin to leave until the waves
were literally breaking the hotel in pieces,
when there was stampede, clothing and
other personal property being abandoned TO
the waters. John Hughes. son of Major
Hughes of Newberne, was drowned. The
Ocean View House, the other hotel at Beau
fort, is damaged badly, and many private
houses are ruined. At Cape Henry the gale
was SO terrific that the light house glasses
were blown out, the first case Of the kind on
record. At Norfolk a number of buildings
were unrOOfed and flooded. The tide was
the highest ever known in that locality. The
New Jersey seaside resorts suffered no little
damage. Along the entire New England
coast the wind blew hurricane. The dam
age TO shipping has certainly been very great.
Many small craft are known so have gone
down. and doubtless many lives were lost.
By the fall of a rotten bridge over the
Heusatonic River 1t Rockbridge, Mass. on
the 18th, a wagon nd six occupants went
into the river. SonIers Benjamin, aged -,
of South Egremont, was killed. Aggie /.
Ronald and Fanny Willard were seriously /
wounded.
John II. Hubbard, prominent citizen of
Wheeling. W. Va, and late Republican
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28
GENERAL.

The August returns to the Department of
Agriculture show a slight decline in cotton
from the CONDITION in July. The average
condition for the whole country is 81, loss
of per cent. since July 1. The condition
of spring wheat is 50, against % in 1873, or
7per cent better than last year. The decline
during July was only 10 per cent against 81
per cent. in 1873. The severe drought
which prevailed i'm the large tobacco grow
ing States-yirginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, and Kentueky-during the months
of June and July was a great injury TO the
crop. The average for the whole country is
only Y against ~ last, year at the same date.
The condition of the Oat crop is 81, against
100 in 1873.
The Russian Government is about signing
a contract with American firms for the con-
struction of a number of cruisers, at an ag
gregate cost of %, 900, 900 roubles (about
SIS, 900 ,0O0).
A new line of mail steamers is to be estab
lished between New Orleans and New York
and British Honduras.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

candidate for Congress IN that district, COM
saitted suicide at Green Spring Run, on the
18th, by shooting himself through the brain.
Deceased had beea laboring under mental
depression for scsAe time past. He leaves
large family and wide circle of relatives
and friends. His brother, Hon. c. ID.
Hubbard. represented the district two terms
in Congress.
Antonio Ardito, a Greek, and Nicola In
fantuln, a Sicilian, have been arrested in
Boston as the murderers of Joseph f. Frye,
the rich leather dealer. The two, and an
other Sicilisn, known rs Larry O'Neal, con-
spircd to rob and murder, if necessa-
~, Mr.. Frye. Infantum is young
barber, who shaved Mr.. Frye,
and was invited by the latter to spend an
evening at his heQse occasionally during the
absence of his family. Ardito was intro
duced into the house on the night Of the
murder as = friend of the barber, while the
1 third man waited outside. Araito stabbed
Mr.. Frye with a pair of shears and IRfantum
shot him through the head. The taird man
got frightened and did not come i'll as had
been arranged. The barber has made afull
confession.
Hila1g LatromOuille, Frente Canadian
tramp, was hanged at Albany, n. Y, On
the seth, for the murder of Cataiarine Durs-
BACH - farmers daughter, In April list.
The murder was committed for the sake of
robbery, the old farmers little hoard of
mosr V, which he was reported to keep Sc
crotJ d in his house, heing'tfe object sUlght.
| Tbs daughter, who WAS ieft alone ju the
hoiase. was, after short struggle, -sSOdued
bg the robber, and her threat cut from ear
| to ear.
Governor Hendricks has been Irsrreating
recently at Block Island, near New York
| CITY. and announced tUa San cOrr1S pendent
lFhis unalterable determir alton not to again
Faccept second place on the Presidential
I ticket.
Mrs. John Tilliughnst of Utica, -. Y, on
the Goth, during a temporary fit Of insanity,
while recovering f'rOman epileptic fit, pour
ed kerosene oil on the fire. The can eX-
ploded, and Reiefihors, rushing into the
house, found her sitting. in the rocking
chair, enveloped nIf1ames. She died soon
after.
The American Linen Company of Fall
River, Mass, Eose SIS, 900 by the defalca-
ton of Paine, their third Treasurer.
An earthquake shock was experienced at
an early hour on-ti1e morning of the Dist at
Port Dalhousie and other places in Canada
and similar shock was felt at LOckpOrt, n.
Y, about noon Of thes same day.
Angelo Amfsne, otherwise known as Lar
~ O'Neil, the third of the conspirators en-
gagged in the Ina,rder Of Mr.. Frye at Boston,
was arrested in New York on the odd.
Three men were Killed by the explosion
of saw-miI boiler at Wilson, n. c. on
the 22d.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28
FOREIGN.

The announcement from London Of the
death Of Mrs. 'SartoriS, daughter of Gen.
Grant, is not true. The,mistake arose from
| the death Of Mrs. F. W. SSartoris, formerly
| Adelaide Keinble.
| At Lurgan, Ireland, on'the 10Th, 200 po-
| lice charged on mob with fixed bayonets.
The police were beaten back, and 20 of their
number injureH. Rival mObs fired at each
other with rifles. One leader of the Catholic
party had some dynamite, which exploded,
| injuring him fatally.
! James McHenry, who has been prominently
connectedwith American railway enterprises,
notably the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway, has failed in London for nearly a
million pounds sterling. Mr.. McHenry is
an American by birth but has resided abroad
for many years.
DIR. William'O. MOsely. ,Jr., ayoung and
talented american physician, native Of
Newburyport, Mass, was killed recently in
the Alps by-a fall from precipice.
A van, inwhich eight persons were rid
ing, was overturned at Nogent-sur-M Marine,
in France. and all the occupants were killed.
Recent a5tvices from the City of Mexico
represent very critical condition of affairs
existing in the State of Vera Cruz, where
the Spanish element is accused of instigating
disorders, the cause of their dissatisfaction,
as alleged, being the laws against smuggling.
Government troops were rapidly concentrat-
ing in Vera Cruz, to quGll the incipient revo-
luton.
Judgments of the Russian Military
Tribunal against a number Of Nihilists have
been published. Five men are sentenced TO
be hanged, one woman to be sent to Siberia,
and - other prisoners to 10 years penal
servitude.
The Edison Company have obtained per-
mission from the French Government to es-
tablish telephone communication between
the various quarters of Paris.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

Some of the Chicago papers are be-
moaning the fact that the typographical
error still exists. One of them recently
wanted to say, "Holy of holies,' when
the type made it, ''Baby of babies, -
which was slightly ridiculous. Another
said 81 Prairie-chicken citizens of Mem
phis, instead of, :. Panic-stricken citi,
zens" The same paper explained that
instead of saying, "Mr. Browns great
pug nose" it meant to say "Mr.
Browns great purpose" as the context
would show. This was about as bad as
the New England journal that made the
text read, lis there no
barn in Gilford?"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

At a legal investigation of a liquor
seizure, she Judge asked an unwilling
witness: "What was in the barrel that
you had?" The reply was: % Well,
your Honor, it was marked whisky on
one end of the barrel and Pat Duffy
on the other end, so that | can't say
whether it was whisky or Pat Duffy was
in the barrel, being as am on my oath. y
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

The Emperor William is expected
in Metz on the 24th of September. His;
Majesty will there review the troops of
the Sixteenth Division, which, during the
imperial maneuvers, will form the garri
son of the town.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

Puck says that the thermometer in
the late heated term reached high C
. Well" says the Patterson Press, g the
average man went higher yet. He got
up to big, big d.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28

The white and black striped silks
have black velvet facings edged with
black Breton lace of heavy pattern, in
striped design that plaits effectively.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The Missfssissf River Improvement Com
mission Saetat Washington on tint 18th and
organized with Gen. q. A. tsilmoreas Pres
ident ana Gen. OsmstOck Secretary pro TEN.
Committees were appointed, toSabmit rec
concentrations ~ to the ss-st method of OBJ
tanning and compiling sFFtistics of trade,
commerce, etc, Of the Mississippi Valley,
and ssch other data a. isaay bt required for
the use Of the Commission; DISC, TO prepare
a plnlifor Ore future worLaE the Commits
sion, and 20 make sIpiA Recommendations 81
thty 'niay'k Gem necessary with regard TO the
arse and .penditur Of the existing appro~
priatiSn'tf S175, go. St. Louis has been
selecftd;ts permanent headquarters of thu
Commission.
The president has af pointed Philip o.
Wales If Maryland to ~ Surgeon GeRertilef
the United States Nay and Chief of ehe
Bureau of Medicine md Surgery, vice J.
Winthrop Taylor, fefhed. DIR. Wales " as
,forhsrry Medical Inspector Of the Navy.
Tint American Ministers TO Peru, Cali,
and Bolivia have been instructed to repre-
sent to their respective Governments that
rthe United StltesNVill be ready at Hny time
when requested by each of those nations
now at war 20 ms its good offcesito bring
SHOUT peace. .phGs step has been taken by
our Governatent as anevidence ofitShiendly
feeling toward these nations, and ttfe inter-
'scst of our Seittl American commerce.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
Heavy on Harper.
Mobile News.

Mobile News.
A dispatch to the New York
World, in speaking of the debate
in congress on the use of troops at
the polls, contains the following:
Then came "A harrangue by Frye,
of Maine, quite in the old bloody
shirt style. He began by reading
from a paper called the Southern
States, published at Okolona, Miss,
a Wild statement of what the South
would do when it had captured the
Capitol. Mr.. MuldrOw (of Miss and
others dispelled the effect, however
by saying that no one considered
either of the editors of the paper
us representatives of the respecta-
BILE democrats of the State. One
was a carpet Dagger from Ohio and
the other had been a sutler in a
Michigan regiment.
Harper deserves a little punish
ment for permitting, as the chef
editor, his junior from Ohio, to be-
come, all of Il sudden, so intensely
Southern, even to out Heroding
HerOd, but to refer to him as a "sut-
Ter in a Michigan regiment" is al
most too cruel.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
"NOt II il Was NV Bow

Some years ago the late Horace
Mann, the eminent educator, de.
livered an address at the opening OF
some refOrmatory institution for
boys, during which he remarked
that If only one boy was saved
from ruin it would pay for all the
cost and care and labor of estab-
fishing such an institution as that.
After the exercises had closed,
in private conversation, a gentle
man rallied Mr., Mann upon his
statement, and said to him:
did you not color that "a little
when when you said that all the
expense and labor would be repaid
if it only saved one boy?
Not if it was my boy was the
convincing and solemn reply.
All there is a wonderful value
about My boy Other boys may
be rude and rough !; other boys
may seem to require more pains
and labor than they will ever repay;
other boys may be left to drift uu-
cared for to the ruin which iSsonear
at hand; but my boy'-it were
worth the toll of "A lifetime and the
lavish wealth of the world to save
him from temporal and eternal
ruin. We would go the world
round to save him from peril, and
would bless every hand that was
stretched out to give help or well
come. And yet every poor wan
outcaSt, homeless man is
one whom some fond mother has
called My boy Every lost woman,
sunken i'll the depths of sin, was
somebody's daughterin her childish
innocence. To-day somebody's son
is a hungry %outcast, pressed to the
verge of crime and sin. To-day
somebody's daughter is a weary,
helpless wanderer, driven by
necessity into the paths that lead
to death. Shall we shrink from
shall we hesitate at cost,
when the work before us is the
salvation of a souls Not if it was
My boy;' not if we give the love
of Him who gave His life to save
the lost.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
Family Girrh.
LITTLE HARRY'S LETTER.


A postman stood with puzzled brow
And in his hands turned DER and DER
A letter, with address so strange
As he had never seen before.
The writing cramped, tho letters small
And by a boys rough hand c%ngraven.
The words ran thus "To Jesus Christ,
And underneath inscribed, "In Heaven
The postman paused full well he knew
No mail OH earth this note could take;
And yet twas writ in childish faith,
And posted for the dear Lords sake.
With careful hand he broke the seal.
Aud ~rev'rently the letter read
Twas short, and very simple too.
For this was all the writer said
"My Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ,
Pve lately lost my father dear,
Mother is very, very poor,
Aud life to her is sad and drear,
Yet Thou hast promised in Thy Word
That none can ever ask in vain
For what they need of earthly store.
If only asked in Jesus name.
"And so write you in His name.
To ask that you will kindly send
Some money down what you can spare
And what is right for us to spend.
l want 50 much to go to school;
While father lived l always We"
But he had little, Lord, to lee'o'
And what he left is alms"''p0n"
~ do not know how eng twill be
Ere this can re.ch the golden satej
But wiII trs and patient be-
80 answergladly wait"
w. ing reached that far-otf-land,
A1hough the letter did not go,
ind straight the King an angel sent
To help the little boy below.
to his mother he would say,
II knew the Lord would answer make
When He had read my letter through,
Which l had sent for Jesus sake ~
Nh! happy boy, could you but teach
Our hearts to trust our Fathers love,
md to believe where aught's denied
IT'S only done our faith to prove!
National Baptist.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

One day Tom rushed into the
kitchen crying out, another,
mother, there is an old woman
down in the road sitting on a log;
shall | set Pompey on hersn
"Set Pompey on her!" said his
sister; "what for7"
ooh! BECAUSE" answered Tom,
looking a little ashamed, "because
perhaps she is a thief"
"GO out, Esther, and e if the
poor woman wants anything. Per
haps she's tired with "a hard days
travel among the Mountains said
her mother.
Esther ran down the green, and,
peeping through the gate, saw the
woman resting under the shade of
the oak trees.
"ShOuld you like anything2"
asked Esther,
''Thank you," said the old woman.
81 should be very thankful for Il
drink of water"
Esther scampered back to the
house and soon procured some cold
water from the well, and FASTENED
with it to the poor traveller.
"l thank you," she said, after
drinking. at tastes very good.
DO you know what the Lord Jesus
once said about a cup of cold wa
teri"
Esther was silent.
81 will tell you. He said, eWho-
sOever shall give to one of His DIS
a cup of cold water only in
the name of a disciple, he shall in
no wise lose his reward May the
Lord Himself bless you, little girl,
Us | am sure | do"
And a happy feeling stole into
he Young child's bosom at the old
vomau's words, for the blessing Of
he poor was upon her, !
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
The Nicksburg and Ship Island
Railroad.

We learn from Capt. j. S. Hos.
kins, OF Messers. j. s. Hamilton &
Co., that work upon the Vicksburg
and Ship Island Railroad is to begin
Immediately under the contract of
that firm. Forty convicts will 60
down this week probably to-Inor.
row to begin the work. The iron
which is laid from Vicksburg to
Warrenton will be taken up and
the guage, which is now four and a
half feet, will be reduced to the
standard narrow guage, three and
a halt feet. The work to begin at
Vicksburg, and then the Big Black
will be bridged and the road pushed
forward into Claiborne, in which
county it will cross the Natchez,
jackson and Columbus road.-Cla.
ridn.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
s.Old ST."

Atlanta Constitution.
/. Old 81 picked up a dime that h
accidentally fonnd just where h
had laid il down when returning
us some change a few moments be
fore, and then, as he reached thu
door, rem arked
"Ef desc hyar jedges an news
papers keeps on talkim' like they
do, dar's gwinc ter be er moughty
change in mems fashins in dis part
oh de lan''fore longp
"Do you think sop
"W,y, dar'll be er o%nsalerble
stock OBJ breches wild hip pockets
in cherry t~ailer-shop twixt dis an
SUNSET fore Christmas timer
"You mean that they will break
up the pistol carrying practice J"
"Dat's de pint Dis ting ob gwlpe
'roun' Ioded up wild han muskitry
like dey wuz 'spectin' news Cd 90
nex' wah on cherry trane is eo'
plaid out! Hits gitten mos 700 o"'i
nonspresentw ;..
"Well, you know the " so" ' 81,
that lin times of peAce prepare ior
war ~
dyes. I kpas's dat too; but ter
NV min, d"e means ter lay in per
visbnns an torridge, an not ter
tnerm practis fer de inemy by
ns.Rin' bul's-eye in de pit OBJ yer
OabOr's stummickp
''That is very true; besides the
habit keeps down needed immigra.
"Dat hit do, but den, hit amt so
much de immergrashun OATS pre-
vented ez de emmergrachun dat's
kumpelled dat Fse lookin' arter.
Dis hyar slddintly handin' er man
led kupon ter de Unlimited jurney
BY de ondergrOun' rode ar what's
ruinin' dis country ! An de sooner
lat our streets amt named six
Shooter avenue' an'Shot-G alley
lie sooner dis lan'll be wuss crowd
I'd wild foxes dan er minstrul show
IN graveyard lots; cum down fun
Nah.prices, yer heah me ~
And then the old man slid out
without leaving a due-bill for the
lime.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

HUNTERS PERFECTION ROTARY
FLOUR AND MEAL SIFTER-The great
est combination known. Eleven combina-
tons in one. Over 100000 now in use.
Every family should have one. Each ar
tlcle purchased separately would cost
q 90 where these only cost IS cents.
Only sitter in the world that can be taken
apart. Agents wanted.
REYNOLDS & ARMSTRONG,
81 Baronne street.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

The New York Star says: eff
there is any democrat in Missis.
slppl who is big enough to "sit
down on" the editor of the Okolona
States: and will kindly do so at
once, the extinction of that lumi-
nary will not sensibly diminish
the brightness of the Southern
journalistic constellation
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

COOKING STOVE-Robert f. Lee, of
Southern manufacture, made of best char
coal iron, good even baker, light on fuel.
double bottom and back, hollow covers.
warranted not to crack or warp guaran-
teed to give satisfaction. Thirty dayy
trial or money refunded. Cheapest Stove
in the market.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

TOkCH-A blessing to Steamboat men
and Planters. Wind or rain cannot ex-
tinguish them. Cannot explode. Can be
placed on a freight pile or moved at will,
without danger of sparks. A great thing
for Planters to destroy Insects.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
jas. II. REYNOLDS,
General House 81 Steamboat
smith. Plumbing Gas, y
Steam, Pipe Fitting, STE nc
Ranges y Pumps.

30 Baronne st.
NEW ORLEANS,
Louisiana.
Between Union and Perdido streets.
Jan'y 81. 1873. Al-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

CASTLE best and cheapest Gas Ma
chine ever made; has no equal small
space occupied. Gas by this machine on
ly so cents per Thousand, where oil is Is
cents per gallon, 81 per NJ where oil is
30 cents.
jas. II. REYNOLDS
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18

ELECTRIC BELLS-No more trouble
of broken wires; can be rung by pressing
a knob. Warranted for one year.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-18
Inventions

BORED WELI'S-A great improvement
on the drove wells. Any one can sink
them. Guaranteed to get pure and fresh
water. CHEAP and lNEXHAUsTIBLE.