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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
The Last Confederate Flag.
Augusta (Ga.) Evening News.


A gentleman just from Texas in
forms our reporter that Gen. Tom
Harrison's Texas brigade, composed
of two Texas, one Tennessee and one
Arkansas regiment, was probably the
last brigade under fire during the
war, as it was engaged with North
ern troops between Raleigh and Sails
bury, N. c., just abovelChapel Hill,
on April IA, 1865, the day that the
armistice was declared. The flag car
ried on that day by one of the Texas
regiments (the Eleventh Texas Vol>
unteers, is now in possession of John
Halford, of Denison, who was a mem.
ber of that regiment at the time, and
who concealed it and brought it home
with him in the back of his jacket.
This is probably the last Southern
flag fred at by the United States
troops. 1t is a small silk Confederate
flag, and still in good condition, there
being only one tear in it, and that
was done the last day it was under
fire. Mr.. Halford says he considers
the flag as much the property OF the
members of the regiment as of him.
self, and that he keeps it for the mu'
tual benefit of all the surviving mem'
bers of his regiment, as a memento OF
the closing scene of the late unpleas'
antness
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
CARROLL ITEMS.

At a moot court trial in Hunting
don last week Miss Josie Mccall sued
Jas. R. Hlgee, editor of the Vindica'
tor, for $4,000 damages for breach
of promise of marriage. The evidence
proved and the jury decided that "the
prisoner was not guilty, but that he
ought to be sent to the asylum as a
lunatic." As he is harmless youth,
we hope the court will suspend the
sentence.
From the Hunting gdon vindicator.
An infant child of Mr.. Turner
johnson crawled into the fire one day
last week, and was burned badly.
John Key, highly respected citi>
zen of this county, died at his home
near Clarksburg last Tuesday. Peace
to his ashes.
A party of emigrants who left here
for Colorado several years ago return
ed this week. They say others would
like to return.
There is considerable sickness in
and around town now. We hear of
several cases which are thought to be
typhoid pneumonia.
The following is a list of marriage
licenses issued since our last:
John d Heron and H Burrow.
Geo. Neal and Ella Skates.
A P Palmer and j A Elkins,
w A Stanly and Annie Keer.
David Bridges and Jane parsons.
The small boys of this city were
thrown into a fever of excitement last
Friday evening by the announcement
that a circus was coming. A man
representing himself as the advance
agent Of Coles circus cane to town
that evening, and proceeded to re-
ceive bids from the proprietors of the
two hotels, stating that his baggage,
together with the bill posters, would
be on the next train, he stayed all
night at a hotel, and the next morn
ing disappeared without paying his
bill. 1t subsequently transpired that
he was one of a gang of tramps camp
ed near here, and had adopted this
method to get good:night's sleep. 1t
would not have been good for him
had the irate hotel clerk come across
him Saturday morning.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
Petroleum as q Cure for Con.
Sumption.

A DR.. M. NJ. Griffith, of Bradford,
Pa, reports that he has attained some
astonishing results by the administra-
ton of crude petroleum to consump-
tives. In twenty-five cases of well,
marked tuberculosis he claims that
twenty are cured, so far as any cut
ward signs of disease are concerned,
and the rest have been materially benz
eftted, none having been under treat
ment for more than four months.
The nausea attending the use OF ordi>
nary petroleum led DR.. Griffith to
use the semi-solid oil that forms on
the casing and tubing of wells. This
is made into pills Of three to FIVE
grains each by Incorporating any inert
vegetable matter, and administered
in doses of one pill each from three
to FIVE times a day. The first effect,
he says, is the disappearance of the
cough. night sweats are relieved, ap-
petite improves and weight is rapidly
gained.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
EDITORIAL NEWS NOTES.

From q card in the Sweetwater
Democrat, we learned that the renown-
ed savant, Prof Tice, is engaged to de-
liver a course of ten lectures to the
students of Hiawassee College some
time this winter.
James johnson, General Southern
Agent of the Illinois Central railroad,
was garroted in Cairo on Tuesday
night of last week near his home on
Washington Avenue, and robbed of a
gold watch and money. Aggregated
value, 5000; personally, unhurt.
A writer in the Savannah News
says: "If my memory is not at fault,
Gen. Toombs severed his connection
with the Confederate army early in
1872, and if he ever did anything af-
ter that to aid our cause, | never heard
of it, and Il knew him, Horatio.
The absolute net debt of the city of
New York was s1O5, 100000 on the
1st of Aug, not including the current
liabilities that are paid off every year.
The total valuation of the city is ST.
094, ,069, ,335, and the rate of taxation
for all purposes two and fifty-eight
hundredths cents on the dollar.
Hon. Alexander II. Stevens has
written letter to the Augusta Chron-
icle, in which he explodes a good deal
of the Grant third term talk attribut>
ed to him. He denies that he is in
accord with DIR FELTON, in the latter's
strike for independence, or that he has
extremespartiality for Grant and a
third term.
The actual returns of the present
years crops in the South, as far as
known, are interesting. The cotton
yield is larger by half a million of
bales than ever before in the days OF
slavery. The tobacco crop is greater
by twelve million pounds than last
year, and the production of sugar ex>
ceeds by two hundred thousand hogs
heads that of 1878.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
OVER THE STATE.

Mrs. Mamie Mofit died of dropsy
of the heart, near Lexington, on the
21st ult.
A negro named Flake killed anoth,
er negro named Moffitt near Lexing-
ton a few days since.
Henderson county hasarres.ed sever
al young men of jackson for carrying
pistols at Hinson springs last summer.
Count Fred, Tennessee puppy be-
longing to the Mount View Club, Co
lumbia, took the first prize of the Ma
tional American Kennel Club, at Pa
toka, ILL.,, last week.
Two young men by the name of
Sparkman and McGregor got into a
quarrel at party near McMinnville
recently, which resulted in the fatal
stabbing of McGregor by Sparkman.
Sparkman an stabbed him eleven times,
from which he soon afterward died.
An American Murfreesboro special
says nine prisoners escaped from the
jail at that place Wednesday night by
crawling through hole which they
had previously cut in the back wall
of their cell, reaching the ground from
the second story by means of the pipes
leading to the water tanks in the Jail
yard.
Lexington News: On Saturday
evening last a fracas occurred be-
tween one Bob Shields, a shoemaker,
and Jim Maness, farmer. Maness
was heard to say 81 can eat up any
Irishman" and pitched into Bob and
chawed one of his ears off. Names
was arrested and lodged in our county
Jail. The friends of both parties met
to gether Monday and compromised
the matter by paying Shields 800
for the privilege of "chawing' off his
ear. Thus it will be seen that to am
putate a mans ear with your teeth it
will cost you the sum of 800.
Memphis Appeal: While q great
many people are going from the older
States to Arkansas aud Texas, con-
siderable number of disappointed
home-seekers are returning, especially
from Texas. On Wednesday last two
hundred and fifteen persons passed
over the Little Rock railroad on their
way to the States mentioned; but on
the same day one hundred and seven
ty-fve persons came east over the
same road, after an unsatisfactory ex-
perience in Texas. AS rule, TenS
nesseans who 60 west lind out that
they made mistake in moving.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04

Mr.. f. G.. MOrehead, of Mississippi,
in an address delivered at Vicsburg on
the 11th ult., on the subject of what
he calls the true policy of the South,
advocates the association of all cotton
planters in a cooperative body for
regulating the amount of cotton raised,
diversifying their crops, and getting
a larger profit from their chief staple.
Some of Mr.. Morehead's estimates are
little wild, but his recommendations
are wise and deserve thoughtful con-
sideration from planters. He esti-
mates the value of the land and other
property in the South used in the cul'
tivation of cotton at $500, 600, 900,
and the value of the annual crop of
5000, 900 bales at II cents pound at
1920, ,000,00 But, after all the
expenses of raising this crop are paid
there remaiLs to the planters only
S13. 600, ,000-less than 5 per cent. on
the amount of capital invested. 1t
may be doubted that even this much
remains as a net profit in cash to the
planters. A large proportion Of them
who raise cotton alone, come out in
debt at the end of the year, and ex,
tricate themselves only when the price
of cotton is extraordinary high. Mr..
Nioreheads plan for securing to PLAN
ters larger proportion of what their
crop sells for is thus stated:
Suppose we 60 to work and raise
all the provender our teams consume,
(and does anyone deny that we can do
IT'D and for which we now pay S32,
100000 per annum; this would be a
reduction of the cost of production,
and properly added to our net income
of SIS, ,000,0 900 would give us $780,
600, 900, or nearly 13 per cent. on our
invested capital, instead of per cent.
Suppose we raised not only the pro-
vender for our teams, but everything
else we use, and came to be altogether
a selfsustainiDg people, aud keep the
whole value of our cotton crop at
home, and made it surplus money
crop Instead of as now the only crop,
and can anyone successfully maintain
it TO be impossible? Is that not to-day
the secret of the wealth of our more
northerly neighbors ?"-S. Louis Re
publican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
Locking up HlOOnshiners.

Mr.. T. c. Tracy, Of the revenue
corps, with three special deputies,
made raid on Monday night, upon
the moonshiners in this county. They
found one large still, on Blood river,
nearly one barrel of whisky, large
amount of mash, abou. 800 gallons,
&c. The still was destroyed and the
whisky and mash poured out. Two
young men, and one old man, In a
house near the still, were arrested and
released. Jno. A. Burton was arrest
ed, and released on bond, to appear
before the commissioner in Paris
Paris MteVigsaccr.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
Sale of the DucktOwn Copper
Mines.

The celebrated Ducktown copper
mines, formerly owned by the Union
Consolidated Mining Company of Ten
nessee, have been sold under decree
of Chancery, and the real estate was
purchased by the general creditors OF
the company, through Mr.. james
Jory, for the sum of s63, 900. The
railroad, locomotives and all the per-
sonal property was bid in by Mr.. w.
NJ. Baxter, of Knoxville, for Messrs.
Macauley Il Black, for s11 900. Eth
er of these bids may be raised before
the 2Sth of December next, at which
time the next term of the court will
sit. The general impression is that
Messrs. Macauley & Black will be the
final purchasers. 1t is limited, howev.
er, that Cherry, OConner q Co. will
bid heavy for them.-Chdt. Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
MEMPHIS.
An Estimate of $25O,OOO for
the Necessary Sanitary Work.

the Necessary Sanitary Work.
Special to the American.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 2S.-To-day the
Sanitary Commission appointed by the
National Board of Health to inquire
into the condition of this city made a
report of their labors to the city au-
thorities and to the citizen commit
tee OF fifteen 1t is very lengthy and
will occupy about two solid columns of
the Avalanche and Appeal. The re-
port is signed by j. s. Billings, Uni
ted States army and Vice President of
the National Board of Health; r. w.
Mitchell, member of the National
Board of Health; w. H. Benyard,
Major United States engineers; Geo.
E. Waring, civil engineer, and G. +.
Folsom, Secretary Of the Massachu-
setts Board of Health. The most i'm
portant recommendation suggested is
the sewering of the city, which can be
accomplished according to the esti>
mates of Col. Waring at cost of
1926, 900.
The present sanitary condition of
Memphis can be imagined by the fol-
lowing, which is taken from the re-
port: "In many buildings are cellars
or easements containing privy vaults,
varying from Is to so feet in depth,
the majority of which are filed with
focal matter. Frequently in the same
cellar is cistern, the water of which
is contaminated by seepage from the
privy. In some cellars of large build
ings near the center of the city are ac-
cumulations of excrement..and filth of
various kinds coveringth floor. There
is evidently very extensive soil poilu-
ton in many parts of the city, as aP-
pears from the examinations of the
water supply of Memphis made for
the committee by DIR Chas Smart, of
the United States Army. Infected
articles in those portions of the town
have been carefully inspected. A
quantity of soiled and foul bedding,
material for mattresses, etc., presuma-
bly, infected, has been in the yards,
cellars an outhouses. A quantity of
this material, together with the rags,
is also collected in a number of junk
shops, and there is no evidence that it
has been satisfactorily disinfected.
The detailed survey is still goingOn
and will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible. The small cost
of sewering the city creates no little
surprise and the general sentiment of
the community is that it must be done
at once. All eyes are now turned to
Gov Marks. If he but acts prompts
| ly and convenes Legislature in special
session, Memphis can be placed in a
good sanitary condition in four months
from the first of next January. Col.
Waring stated to your correspondent
tonight, that it would not take long
er period than the time named. All
the recommendations suggested BY the
committee can be accomplished by the
assessment of 2 per cent. additional
tax. This would include the straight
ening of the Bayou and tearing down
of several buildings that have been
condemned, and the sewering of the
entire city.
A banquet was rendered the distin-
gulshed gentlemen, who have been
engaged in the work, tonight at the
Peabody Hotel. About fifty Of our
most prominent citizens were in at
tendance, and the unanimous verdict
was that Memphis must be saved.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04

Remember, there will be no tax on
polls for the new railroad. Vote it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
DR.. J. p. MCGEE,
Trenton, Tenn.

Ia addition 10 the general practice Of Medi-
Il cine aad Surgery, Is prepared n treat De-
fpcutttes. nstErsl or acquired Also Piles;
Yi-tuls. etc, By the latest snd most approved
lSAni. oetle-ly
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
Boot and Shoe Department.
IN PRICES, QUALITY AND AMOUNT OF S7OCK WE DEFY
COMPETITION

advancing Shoemakers the great Eastern fact
demanding and receiving liberal than they have received
panic 73 Notwithstanding these influences calculated
price Boots and Shoes RETAIL will better bar
gains than have life CITY, village town. will
you Congress CATER for gentlemen 81 25 pair worth
$3.50 Come and look whole stock BrOgan Shoe H. only 100
have good Bogan Shoes will sell 5c they
offered price West Tennessee Mems Bogan
S75 pair $500 have Cavalry boots extra fine
$4OO pair make for goods In LADIES SHOES
pair have choice style Ladies
Top will sell for 50 So that worth day in ST. Louis a. 90
at retail
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04
The True Republican Position,

Lamars Qowal Sentinel (Rep.)
If State lines interfere with nation
al progress,
Cancel them;
IT State constitutions hamper the
national purpose,
Abrogate them;
If State sovereignty conflicts with
national sovereignty,
S9uelch il.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04

Notwithstanding extraordinary advance all of goods the
wholesale market prepared avng purchased largely before the ad
sell goods cheap cheaper than anything sold
Milan Buying large quantities for both Humboldt and Milan
houses and saving the discounts which wholesale merchants
Close Cash Buyers singular people imagine that enabled
sell goods cheap Now for instance Cotton has advanced 20
the last weeks and the of manufacturing has advanced
proportion the of the material Yet will sell you
Choice ColOrs in Prints for SC Yard,
duplicated by in New York will sell
you the
Best Yard Wide Domestic for &c a Yard.
The domestic sells the cities of Nashville Memphis and st. Louis
81 per yard; will sell you
Good Bleached Domestic at sc Yard,
And will give you the BEST YARD WIDE DOMESTIC LoNsDALE
FINISH, for cents. A magnificent
Line Of Cotton Checks at 10c, worth 1912
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-04

Special attention given 70 Medical and Sur
siesi diseases Of women, diseases OF Eye and
Ear and Genital Urinary organs.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24
Ius, Read this Bill.

Washington, May 23.-Abill was intro
duced to-day by Senator Slater "to reg
ulate intercourse with the citizens of
the Chinese Empire visiting or residing
in the United States"
The bill provides that from and after
July l, 1880, they shall be prohibited
from engaging in any industrial pursuit
of any description, either as artisans,
agriculturists or laborers; and from
owning or holding real estate, except
for residence or commercial purposes.
1t also prohibits their employment by
citizens or corporations in any capacity,
except as interpreters and teachers OF
the Chinese language, and allows them
to be employed otherwise only as sub
jects of China, travelling or residing in
the United States for purposes of curl
osity or trade and commerce.
Penalties of fines or Imprisonment
are prescribed for violations of these
provisions.
The bill is designed TO restrict the
Chinese to guarantees of the Burlin.
game treaty, which comedies to them
while visiting or residing in the United
States, a right to enjoy the same privil
eges, immunities and exceptions that
are granted to-the citizens of the mos,
favored nations.
1t is claimed that the privileges thu:
referred to are such as are only conferr
ed upon citizens of other countries b,
treaty stipulations in respect to trave
and residence, and that the existing
treaty defined mere residence to include
the class of privileges from which the
bill proposes to exclude Cinnamon.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24

London, May 23.-The recent specu-
lation in silver has partially, if not
wholly ceased, and the market has be-
come comparatively quiet.
The latest novelty in athletic con-
tests is six days swimming match at
Lambeth baths gymnasium, which be-
gan last Monday. At IL O'Clock last
night the score stood as follows: Capt.
Webb, who swan across the British
channel, 81 miles; G. Fearne, of Wads-
worth, who made such a close contest
for the lords and commons five miles
last summer, 40 miles; Willie Beck
with, AZ miles, and J. NJ. Taylor, %
miles.
AT meeting of the Royal agricul-
tural society yesterday, the council
were recommended to instruct the quail
ified commissioners to obtain and pub
lish separate and reliable reports as to
the corn and meat raising capabilities
of the United States, Canada Russia,
India and Australia, with regard to the
probable food supply intended for the
English market.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24

Washington, May 23.-A bill was
introduced by Senator Cockrell to-day,
to provide for the construction and
completion of certain transcontinental
lines of railway. 1t proposes the govern
ment a guarantee of interest on fifty
year per cent. bonds to the amount of
S25, 900 for each mile of railroad to be
constructed by the Red river and the
Mississippi, New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Vicksburg, the Texas Paci-
fic and st. Louis transcontinental rail-
road Co.'s respectively, from Monroe to
Shreveport, from New Orleans to Shreve-
port, from Fort Worth to Ell Paso and
from Venita to Ell Paso.
The public lands heretofore granted
to those companies are by the terms of
this bill to be sold by the government
at double minimum rates and the pro-
ceeds are to be applied to the payment
of interest on the guarantee bonds and
the creation of sinking fund.
1t is also proposed to authorize the
Southern Pacific railroad of Arizona
to extend its line from Fort Yuma to
Ell Paso, without however, granting it
any government aid except right Of way.
And to grant the Northern Pacific ten
years additional time for the construc-
tion of the main line, subject to all
terms and conditions of its original
charter and various supplemental joint
resolutions of congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24
More About that Constitution.

New York, May 23.-The evening
papers interviewed Senator Farley here
to-day. He said: 81 see nothing in
the situation Of California to create any
great alarm. Had / been there should
probably have voted against the consti-
tuition. There is a great deal of good
in 1t however. There is no doubt but
that the Objectionable provisions will
be evaded in one way or another, and
30 become practically q dead letter. 1t
will be difficult to prevent stock specu-
lations; besides, stock gambling is not
all bad, and while have no desire to
defend it, there are some things to be
said In its favor. There is only one
class of men in the state who would be
likely to do any harm il they got in
power, and they will never get in power
by the votes of the men who carried
the constitution through. Men of the
Kearney stamp have exerted their full
strength and have failed to get what
they wanted
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24

New York, May 90. Among the ill.,
dications of business Improvement, il is
noted within the past ten days that
unusual activity has existed in the
wholesale and retail leather trade of
this city. Last week the sales of sole
leather and hides in the region known
as the Swamp" amounted to over a
million dollars. The recent abundant
and widely extended rains have fresh
ened up the country wonderfully and
given the season prosperous start. 1t
cannot be called backward as compared
with the average season. The hay
crop is already assured. The dry
weather of the first weeks of May
alarmed the farmers, but now, from
every part of the country come reports
of daily showers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24

London, May 23.-In the house of
commons tonight, Mr.. Stanhope, the
under secretary of India, introducing the
Indian budget, said that independently
of the results of inquiry into the
army administration and expenditure
of an unproductive public works, the
government believed it would be able
to economic el 900, 900 yearly and had
no doubt Of its ability to establish a
financial equilibrium. He explained
that the authorization to borrow in
England would only be used if strictly
necessary and only to the extent of
e5,ooo,ooo.
Mr.. Fawsett in CONSCIENCE of this
statement, withdrew his amendment
expressing alarm ut the increase in ex-
penditures.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-24

Murfreesboro, Tenn, May 23.--Maj.
Pugh, prominent merchant here, was
shot by burglars last Friday night,
dying the following evening. His re-
mains were buried ON Sunday. Yes
terday rumor prevailed that Pugh had
accidentally shot himself while crawl
ing through fence. DIR. Wendell, his
family physician, denied the report,
saying that 1t was impossible, rs the
wound was undoubtedly made by a ball
at least four times rs large as the balls
In Pugh's revolver. DR.. Murphy, who
had also examined the wound, asserted
that in all probability it WAS made by a
small ball and that Pugh, under the
excitement of the moment, had shot