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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01
Madagascar Widows.

L
Upon the death Of any man Of pos
ton or wealth, on the day OF tine funeral
the wife is placed in the house, dressed
in all her best clothes, and covered with
her silver ornaments, of which the
Sihanaka wear a considerable quantity.
There she remains until the rest of the
family return home from the tomb. But
as soon as they enter the house they be-
gin to revile her with the most Abusive
language, telling her that it is her fsult
that her 1CiHidHG or fate has been
stronger than that of her husband. and
that she is virtually the cause of his
death. Then they strip her of her clothes,
tearing off with violence the ornaments
from her ears and neck and arms; they
give her a coarse cloth, a spoon with u
broken handle, and dish with the foot
broken off, with which to eat; her hair
is disheyelled, and she is covered up
with a coarse mat, and under that she
remains all day long and can only leave
it at night; and she may not speak to
anyone who goes into the house. She
is not allowed to wash her face or hands,
but only the tips of her fingers. She
endures all this sometimes for a year,
or at least for eight months; and even
when that is over, her time of mourn
ing is not ended for a considerable
period; for she is not allowed to 90
nome TO her own relations until she has
been first divorced by her husbands
family.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01
A Small Boy in a Tight Place.

The things which enter the head of a
boy being unaccOuntable, we viii not
attempt to explain what induced Fred
erick Leach, a young lad living in the
rear of No. 30 North Square, to stick
his head through between the iron
pickets of the Hancock school-yard gate
Yesterday afternoon. His head went
through all right, but when he was
minded to move back he was stuck.
He turned his head up sidewise to see
if some fellow had closed up the top Of
the pickets. The pickets appeared
grimly stationary. He struggled back
ward until his ears were nearly peeled
off. Then he bethought himself of
story he had heard, wherein it was as
serted that a mans head was bigger
than his body, and, hoping it might be
likewise with himself, he struggled
ahead until half his jacket buttons were
stripped off. That also failed, and it
was at that moment that the neighbor-
hood was appraised, in tones the most
dolOrous, of the calamity which had be-
fallen Frederick. \ crowd gathered,
lifted the boy up, pulling and pushing
him till the pickets were warm with
friction. A thoughtful person asked
him how he got in there. At last the
gate was broken, and once more Fred
erick held his head up.-BOst0D ,AdUer-
ESer
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01
The Returning TenderfOOt.

The return of the tenderfOOt has be
gun for the season. Yesterday L noticed
4 number of them trudging nOrthward
over the railroad track, their blankets
on their backs and their clothes pretty
well used up. They had come to Col
orado on emigrant tickets and a grub
stake of twenty dollars, in the hope of
stumbling across 4 bonanza. OF course
they weren't hit very hard by a bonan-
"a and now they are on the back track
| shall never forget the picture of one
poor fellow sitting under cottonwood
tree, with his shoes Off and his bare feet
stretched on his blankets. What look
of appealing hunger he fixed upon the
train as we whizzed by! l am still Won
dering if he has yet mustered up cour-
ace to put on his shoes and tudge along
towards his fathers farm in Kansas or
Illinois. What difference there is in
an old-timer. Let him be broke and a
thousand miles from home he is still
rs smiling as a California bride of a
week on her way to the divorce court.
Full of hope and running over with
- sand" he is ready to tackle anything
that offers, and always as happy as u
clam at high water. You will never see
him counting the ties on a railroad
track. He is too true an American to
turn back. If he can't 90 first-class to
his destination he goes rs bullwhacker
If hungry to-day he'll probably get
something to eat tomorrow. This is
his country and he knows it. He is the
iron soul that knows not difficulty or
danger; and he is of that stuff that
evolves civilization out of chaos and
builds the cities of the trackless plains.
-AlamOSa (C0l.) Cor. Chicago Tribune.
A Sheffield manufacturer is re-
ported to have told his workmen to vote
just as they pleased in fact, | sha'n't
tell you how I'm going to vote" he
said latter it is over | shall have
barrel of beer brought into the yard.
{" Hear, hear" shouted the men
" But l sha'n't tap it unless Mr.. Wort
lev, the Tory candidate gets in"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

My son, go not with them who go
to seek buck-beer, for at the last it
stingeth like the brocaded hornet with
the redbOt narrative and kicketh like
the choleric mule.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

-" You never saw my hands as dirty
as that, said a petulant mother to her
little girl. mo, but your ma did,
was the reply.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

The Greenback Congressional Con
vention for the Second Iowa District nomi-
mated Lmdlcy Hoops, a Muscatine County
farmer. Tor Representative.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

The Vermont Republican State Con
vention nominated Col Roswell Farnham
for Governor Gen. John L. Barstow for
Lieutenant Governor, and } ohm A. II. Page,
present incumbent, for Treasurer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THERE were thirty deaths from vel
low fever in Havana, Cuba, for the week
ending june ID.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

The Secretary Of War has suspended
the recommendation Of the West Point
Board that Whitaker be dropped on ac-
count Of deficiency in his studies. This will
give him an opportunity Of demanding
court-martial in his case il he desires to vim
dictate himself. II he should be dismissed
now he would have no chance Of being fur
Their heard .. - VII. #
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

GEN. SHERMAN viii soon pay visit
10 Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg In or
der TO consider the Indian question in that
country and look into the condition Of Sit
ting Bulls Indians, both those who have
surrendered and those who are yet in the
British Possessions.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE Mexican authorities decline to
sanction the request Of the United states
that Gen. Hatch be permitted TO follow VIC
torio's band Of Apaches across the border
into Mexico.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

An imperial Russian ukase fixes the
number Of men to be enrolled in 1850 for the
completion of the army az $4,000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE Republican Congressional Con-
rention for the Third Kansas District re-
nominated Hon. Thomas Ryan by acclama-
ton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE new census returns give the fol-
lowing population in round numbers to the
cite, named: Chicago, 4T4,I04; Philadel-
pLia, $4,000: Pittsburg and Allegheny, 232,-
600; Nashville, 1887; Brooklyn, $4,000;
Milwaukee, 1910, 900; Springfield, ILL.,, %, 900;
Peoria, 1850; Quincy, 5000; Aurora, b.
OO0; Galesburg. 1900; Joliet, II 200.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

TIE Texas Grecnback State COnven-
on. held at Austin on the 2ith, placed in
nomination the following ticket: For Gov
eruor, Gen. W. II. Harmon; Tor Lieut.
Governor. Geo. Giycus, 81 Dallas; for At
General, Henry +. O'NeH, Of Cass;
for COMPTROLLER, X. :. Kennedy, of Gregg.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

n IS reported That The Conlerence at
Berlin is at loggerheads; that Austria and
Russia are now unwilling 70 90 as far as
France and England desire, for fear Of re-
reported that Italy energetically protests
against the extension Of Austria's right Of
control in The Adristic, and that the pro-
1ected settlement Of the Montenegrin diff
Guilty by the cession Of Dulcigno is likely to
fall through
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

WILLIAM PENTCKs, aged about So,
until recently employed as a farm laborer by
Kin Euujy, i'm Lynn Township, Posey
County. Ind, on Sunday night, the 2O,h,
shot and instantly killed Bundy's daughter,
Izctta Ann, aged Il, while she was returning
home from her graudmother's, and then shot
himself. The two bodies were found early
Monday morning lying together in the road.
Pcnicks had become enamored Of his en-
plover's daughter, and pressed his suit so
ardcutly that She, not rcciprocating the at
tachment. complained to her father, who
thcrcupon discharged the man from his
service.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

AFTER a determined effort to capture
Buenos Ayres, lasting three days, the army
of the Argentine Confederation was forced
TO retreat.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

News from Cabul confirms the re-
ports Of a general rising in Central Asia.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE House of Commons, by vote OF
s75 to go, decided that Bradlaugh should
not be permitted either TO take the oath or
TO make affirmation. This has the effect of
unseating Brsdlaugh.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE Maine Republican State Conven-
ton renominatad Gov. Davis.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01
CURRENT TOPICS.
The News in Brief.

GEN. GRANT has accepted the cour-
tesies Of the Atchison, Topeka and SAINTS Fe
Road, and Will make an extended trip over
their lines through Colorado and New Mex
co. He VIII reach Kansas City on the
morning Of July ,, and 90 direct to Merriam
Park, on the Fort scott and Guf Road, and
receive the people OF Kansas during the day,
returning to Kansas Cityin the evening. On
Saturday, July 8, he will be entertained by
the people Of Kansas City, going 10 Leaven-
worth in the evening, spending Sunday with
Gen. Pope at the Fort, and starting West
MONDAY morning.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

BRADLAUGH appeared at the Bar of
the House Of Commons and insisted on his
right TO take his seat. Sir Stafford North
cote objected, whereupon Labouchere, who
represents Nottingham, the seat from which
Bradlaugh also has been elected, moved that
he be permitted to address the House, which
he accordingly did az some length. Brad
laugh then refused to leave the House, and
was taken in custody by the Sergeant-at-
Arms.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE Commissioner of the General
Land Office has forwarded instructions rela-
tive to settlers on the Usage lands, and also
respecting the sale of the Kaw trust lands,
and TO carry out the act for the relief Of set
Iers who suffered loss from the droughts in
Kansas and Nebraska The latter measure,
the Commissioner says, was timely one, as
recent advices from the affected sections
show that had not relief come to this sec
tion many of the settlers would have incur
red great losses, as it was impossible for
them to comply with the terms OF their
to ha lavdS any lopper
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

THE village Of Tarport, just north of
Bradford, Pa, was almost entirely destroyed
bv fire on the 27th. Thirty-one buildings
twcre burned, valued at $4,000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

TIE Farmers and Mechanics Bank
at ST. Paul, MIMI, suspended on the 18th.
The immediate cause was inability to pay
check for $4,000 drawn by the City Treas
urer. The suspension is believed TO be only
Temporary.
, 1880-10-31

f1r sn6uroan tsa1s Ee. local q; + C:f-3
ssso a9d a, conb , nipT I'D ssspess q y
Pullman sleepers on 915 D. m tsei - az i.:un a.
No other road rnns Pullman Or any ohes faean fMones
a-Depot corner OF wells and Kinzts-.,.
depot corner OF Canal nnG kinzie-sts
Chicago: Knr1:aston .v Quincy Isau-.,.
Accommodations, apply at any 81 tba f'mHss-cR
see ii e. HoSsn S9mggsRS Il cheo
northeast corner Randolph and stata-sta Se Soto ton
lndiaua-aV, GRIND Central Depot corner 1oos ot
MA4ison-st3- ton West Side. @1a@ anQ
, 1880-10-31

Wednesday. She was accompanied by Miss
Lilly Marks. of Cincinnati, who will spend
Mr.. and Mrs. ". R. Comstock, nee Phillips,
have returned from their Eastern tour, and
Will be pleased to see their friends Tuesday
evenings in November at No. STA Langley
avenue.
Miss Lizzie Moulton has Just returned
from two-1nonths' visit in tho East
Airs. Everard II. Coleman has returned
home.
J. II. Beverly has returned from Colorado,
where he has been looking after his valuable
mining interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Naghten, nee O'Meara,
have. returned home from their wedding
trip.
Mrs. J.. n. Harvey returned from New
er House.
Mrs John Stott and daughter Lille have
returned from Qconomowoc and have taken
rooms at the Clifton House for the winter.
Miss Lotta Swift has gone to Oconomo-
woe, Wis. on visit
, 1880-10-31
THIRTEEN THOUSAND SHOT TO DEATH.

Congressman G: g; Williams. Of Wisconsin. IN HIS
ss he sv
Il etxsns dsasa Tor daring to exercise tho rights Of
Thirteen thousand shot to death since the War!
| Thirteen thotsand shot to denthi What for2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No!
Crimes like these caused not the fatal blow
Thirteen thousand shot to death! What the guilt
For WHICH SUCH streams Of human gore s been
split
Since victory crowned our Union armies brave
That Freedom to four million bondnen gave
Rebellion crushed in half the land-peace re-
Then grand forgave the braefart, traitorous
Who murderous sought our great Republic life,
And wheimcd<he Land with fratrlcidal strife?
Thirteen thousand stra$ao deathl And why
And these all FreeutGzEf1 Some who br.,vely stood
For years on fields Of battle drenched with
Who to thcir torn md bleeding Country gave
and these shot down where Freedoms banner
waves.
In Land redeemed By half million gravcsl
Thirteen thousand shot to death! What Gauge
To scTves 1.s,s by whom such siaughrers BIZ what
These many thousand Freemen doomed tn die
on1udged, and thousands more In terror fly?
Q shame, Columbia! more than shame to tell
For what, bJ whom. these many thousand fell,
And to- thousanas ,nore-o shame!-dcprived Of
Knife.
For what? Alas! for This: They dared be Free,
They dared maintain tue cause OF. Liberty
1u Freedoms Land. where Freedoms banners
The banners half million died to save!
Shot down By those who fa!n our Land had riven!
, 1880-10-31

generality of historic pieces that the specta-
tor IS apt to imagine all the figures are OF one
family. ...
See advertisement Of Ladies' Cooperative
Company on eighth page.
Since the change of proprietors at the
Burdick House, families will find it a very
pleasant home for the Winter. Statesmen and
clerks can get good accommodations at low
ratns per week.
, 1880-10-31


versta- ~ uA,,xa:,, t,++.r +h.n she has
,,Sa1ng S,ylon +; " ae ussese aai sI,e fean
wisely snanaged she would have been pitted
against Berniardt right through the French
actress tour.
A ,,a,;o;,, x,o,,, r., +ba raonte In this sec-
"a; F ~ LEV - 1st a fort;i;ar r. the nennr
~ uplt ~, " Tt9 rt ~ nrtimer viii shnrfjy
& ~ sno Eaat, nateu ~ f Iarshev Hai1 wa mi.
apet - 1ETo H. Vii ha assisted fr Miss MoTtI
,1', a..psc =; e anand-eiat n sneeiaist If Is
.tat no +S, 10 ,ttay4e;n.7entr resen,hIes close
saia uai nT1f &C.. t,n lat Rnhert Heler ard
H.; ual e'fn ,;2as ~ .A TIE % Nav York Heroid
llls siStet 1s,- ia.u ,ns !. fn11v oot,a1 tn tlSa
sala I43a % Mo5n"f4 Ha,las nas ~ i the 4renowned
Na f,nsI t1e35anot, s3a1s Ae''0A' " ''4'
rFoi. @aAueIson.
Mr. Charles Harcourt, whose oeath the
cable reported on Friday, was LONDON
| actor whose name has been prominently be.
fore the public since 1858, having III that
year at the St. James Theatre miade MS mel
ropolitan debut as Robert d1kdtey IN George
Roberts dramatic version OF MISS 1Sraddon,s
novel, Lady Audley's secret" Since that
time he has been almost continuously con-
nected with the London theatres, doing
everything that fell into his hands conscien~
tiousiy and we'll, but never achieving marked
distinction in any one part.
Tho ,atest success in, the musical-comfcal
axtravnrsn7a ~ yine entitled .Tawn-Tenris. y,
Vii he sean at HnoIey's tomorrow evening.
Ire anthnr is r =. Woolf. who wrote
uPhotns ), .The Mighty Dojlar,' ctr. We
.ra 1olI that there Is muc1, nrigina1itv in the
r,;ece that the music IS particularly good.
, 1880-10-31
DRAMATIC. NOTES,

DRAMATIC NOTES.
On Tuesday night Deacon Crankett' ~ will
be seen in Albany. n. i.
Mr.. Joe Polk and "a Gentleman from
Nevada" will be seen at AcVicker's on the
Sth.
They have "The Black Crook" underlined
for the Nationals attraction the coming
week.
At the Olympic Miss Maude Forester will
continue to appear as 1fazcppu- She has
been drawing audiences fair in size.
Manager McVieker intends to guard
against ticket specializing as closely as pos
sibe during the Beruhardt season here.
It, is said that every performance next
week at Haverly's, BY THE Tourists,'' will
be for the benefit Of the Policemen's Beneyo-
lent Association =.
Cool Burgess was robbed of a diamond pin.
but before he could use the fact 6s an adver-
tiselnent the thief sent it back with a note to
the effect that he could buy better ones for
dol}aE-Detgon Free Press. < ::
:. Miss Anna Morgan, the well-known pub
lie reader, has returned to 1.-The city after
successful tour in the sat1thern part Of the
State. and reads next !Hl,ursday evening,
Nov. I. in the Secondf Baptist Church, as
sisted By Miss Eta Butler.
The London Theatre for November says:
"The Hon BdT1d,peu Slote, Us played by
Mr.. n. j. Florence, is in point of aft and dis
tlnctton-aS regards NeatMeSs. finish, and de-
telnined absence of exasgeration-as sharp
and clear Of outline as Sothern's Dun
drcaTy."
''An Arabian Night" {DaIy,s version).
under the management OF >Gulick & Blais-
dell, will be cast with the following people:
Roland Reed, Frank Lane, L \. Beers. W.
"a. Stewart ". 4. Mcconnell, Alice Hast
,ngs, Ella Wren, Engenia Blair, Edna Cary,
Clara Raymond. and Alice brennan. -
sOne Hundred Wives" appears to have
won substantial popularity iii Philadelphia
The motif Of the play has been extensively
discussed in the press Of that city. and the
ment yet made Of the institution that is as
great 4 disgrace to the American people as
was slavery,
Tomorrow evening Mr.. and Mrs. George !
Knight will Teappear in this city at Nc !
Eicker's Theatre The piece will be "Otto,
a GerInan.' The support will comprise Mr.. !
". II. Ceilings Mr.. Harry Pierson, Mr. A |
Lindsay. Mr.. Robert Brewer, MT. Walter /
Bronson, Mr.. C. F. Herbert, Miss Irene Wor- !
sell, Mrs. d. Is. Van Deren-
Ton, keene and Stuart Robson meet at u !
railroad station south of this city. Says the |
traecdian: "Rob, going to play against me /
In the next town." Replies the comedian:
" No, sab: we are not sab; We recollect St ]
Louis Hereafter we shall avoid yon-avoid |
you. Tom, old boy; you y are-you r. are. sab,
!sssv'' !Ms!Ru '1' e0uANt' D>' VIC 'DApoA !"
Deception" with Sam Piercy, will be
seen at the New York Park Theatre after the
said that Miss Morris is playing in the new
, 1880-10-31

Avery agreeable incident In the life OF the
London Common Council was the presentation
OF the freedom Ut tina city and the after BAN
quet BY the Lord Mayor 70 tho great Sheffield
igun- founder, Sir Henry Ecssemer. In peace
and WAT alike, Il system which bus rendered the
production Of steel possible ar ElG ton instead
Of 20, and tn space Of twenty minutes instead
Of three weeks. and IN quantities Of twenty tt,1s
has.reyolutionized the whole application ofiron
to the arts AT the time Of his inventien the
Sheffield while this year it will be 3OO0 90 tons
, 1880-10-31
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DepotcoEnes SteTart s1d Archer~nvs 1seenty-ihls1-
stl. Archer-av. cars vim State-st run to The depot
: Ticket ddics. IS Ciark-sI
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wtth & seyos!n$ chars Ghcaso to St: Louis. and Re.
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third-ss- Ticket Offices, at pepots. 50 South C1ssx
IT. Grand l'aciac Hotel and Palmer House.
, 1880-10-31

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
Managers and agents will please send in
their routes on or before Friday. Co1nbina
tions and stars will be at the foIlowlug-named
, 1880-10-31
RAILROAD TuIEramv
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE OF TRANS

E1PLAyATroS OF RErERESCK MAnre
excepted. "5undny excepted {Nond,T e4oaaltsy
&Dally. s excepted
Chicago Il Northwestern Hat,,
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Grand Pacific HOTEL Drinks Express a1sIk- T1aIk-stv
nvstheast corner Randolph and Siate-sta 99sqee ton
House, Is CanAi~st- and Vt the dc.ots %A falRat
, 1880-10-31

Lazy, drowsy feelings are precursors Of sick
hess, which Hop Bitters will instantly banish.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-03-25
VOLUME 50.
seasonable Work in the Orchard.

Most OrchardiStS are very liable to for
get that now is the very best period of
the entire year in which to prune and
Trim apple trees. And because the work
seems a little unreasonable it don't get
performed, but is put Oft till a later period
in the spring, when the chances are, it
don't get done at all, not even then.
Theory may have something to do with
the pruning of Young or old trees at sea
sons OF the year when they are in most
active growth, that the clefts may heal
over readily: but practice says prune as
soon as the severity of the winter is past,
or with the first days of spring, and this
practice is backed up 10y the testimony of
such pomologists as Downing, Thomas.
Narder, and a large number of other
leading names. And, moreover it is the
best practice which says thIs-We mean
the experience of the best practical or
chardlsts all over New England. Then
il must be remembered that, 50 far as
theory is concerned even, the pruning of
apple trees after active growth has com
lncnred Is manltestIy injurious. as ii has
a tendency IN nearly every instance to
check Nlgor, and prevent the normal
growth OF the tree, So too, theoretical
~ the autumn. Just after the fall OF the
leaf, is good time to prune but then
what is often called more important work
interteres with this necessary operation.
Still once more. theory saws. do not prune
in spring when the buds are swelling. and
the sap in full flow. which NAV be very
Nell But we repeat, the best experience
lnd the best practice says, prune now. in