The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-12
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PRESIDENT LINcsfS S walking -ssIck,
talasp from his .bss at ths ffieateF On the
nighfsf his assassinaSi6n, has been re-
covered at Troy, NY.
EHB plan of an Evansville Wis
marble-cutter to get work was to mutfi-
ate 80 tombstqneF inragFaTeyssa; aud
it succeeded, forhe VIII cut stone during
the aakt ysaEiR PFison.
SEVERAL modest Western New York
ers have asked the National Govern
meHt 90 give-them 81; oee aeresof Texas
land fpfisSp Q0e, lfhat they may engage
in tsas pfes and grape eAturel ~
A LITTLE girl shut up as punishment
for some fault in her fathers barn at
Baud (Moebihan) ,jn France, was killed
by a wolf, which hYelinlbiHg q ratIbish
heap was able to- enter BY the roof.
The family had been at work in the
fieldsvRt some rdisienoe, and- on the
fathef openfng theA door to release the
child the wolf sprang out and made off,
leaving on the floor the haaff deY9upedl
remains of its victim.
MYRA iCLABK GAiSEs as now pos
sesseds HSith-the- idea Establishing a.
Congressional bearding-fieuseIat Wash
ington, where no. smokiner shall be al.
lowed, and every occupant must bring
his wife With him. Mrs. Gaines has
bought an elegant site at Z" Highland
Place" an arist0cratfe. row. where
Justice Miller, Senators Edni,fnds and
Bayard, Prof yBaird Of the Smithsenian
and otllef Distinguished men live and
has an sfehitect az 'work on plaiis fer A.
dwelling that shall cost ,S5Q,QQ9F to
In 1860 Jacob Burhaus came to this
countrysfrom Holland. He settled ON
Long Island, but subsequently removed
to Ulster County, n. Y, and took up a
trsssof land m Wfid-ssNyclz, now-Wilt-s
wick. Jean BHrhaus, son of s,Jacob,
came out a few years later M aships
styled the Spotted Cow. From these
sprang the Burhaus family inthis coun-f
try, which numbers about $4,000 per-
sons, 1t is said to be the most pumerous
family in ,fhe United States Samuel
Burhans, sJr. ,ief. New YORK eity.s whes is
making a genealogy of the family, has
deed dated 1867. foaT4g2 q m
AN elephant constituted the great at
traefieHso Of a tFsfsfpgrneH agerie that
arrived in.Amstefdafn 4 few weeks ago,
and was permitted to camp out in one of
the public gardens there. An old gen.
tlenaan, inspired by the elephants amia-
BE EXPRESSION OF cotintenance, with the /
conviction that he would stand any
amount of teasing, proceeded to offer
tempting limp Of bread to the animal,
deity withdrawing it,showeyeT ,FbeyoBd !
the reach of The sAephant's mink 1eaahs
time that receptacle was thrust forth to
grasp Nity 81 his jeeusarg Performance
6aBF been psAted ssyerA tmes, the I
to his side of the railing, seized his tor
menter's body in his trunk, lifted him
clean over thebarrier in5erpo singbetween
them, and hurled hI, to de ground. Hav-
ing got his enemy down, he trod upon him
with suchFyvindietiYe vehemence, that
wlien the Old gent lelnan was finally got
outo the inclosure he was dead.
eATURKIsH gentleman, who formerly
resided in this country buthas returned
to his own country, has recently sent a
p letter, togarBOstoR friend, in which be
gives4A oldonly picture Of the Condition
% the Christian Subjects Of the Sultan.
Since many of the Christian subjects
were set off as the result Of the Mar with
Russia, those who remain are treated
worse than eve. efore, as revenge is
taken on then, for The Disasters Of the
war. There are many homeless Chris
tian fQgitiyeSin the country who live by
robbery ana. 'stea1s the Stock Of the
farmers and waylay travellers. There
are in the country 100000 men, dis
missed, fEpm the civil and military .serV- 4
iceasf che stsorernment, who have been
driven out of Roumaria,3 and fnany of
them have turned beggars or robbers,
as they are unable TO support them
selves. The Government is bankrupt,
and many of the persons in its employ
have n eeiTedI no pay for many nentasA
10 crown al, the harvests have Been
bad for three years, and the cup of sor-
row and misery of the people of the !
country is full TO the brim. .
SfnE recent hangfngaof swift Run her,
an Indian murderer, at Fort Saskatche-
wan, Canada, was in temperature Of
40 degrees,below zero. A gallows had
been bulk nlft of doors, sevthat.t SIh-t
dians could see the exc cukon. bntwhen
the officers and prisoner arrived at the
spot, it was. found that most. of the scat
fold had been used for firewoed by the |
lfSlffrozen crowd - Swift Runner COM
liaeaatly warmed himself at the, fire !
while the gallows. was, being repaired. |
When every thing else was ready the
nervous hangmah said be had forgotten \
TO bring strap to fasten the prisoners
arms and LEGS, He offered to save |
further buble by Killing hilnself withta
tonIahawk but his proppsitipn was RE-
jected, and he ate a hearty meal OF !
penlmican, with the moose around his
neck, whileGs rnessssgef was fetching q |
strap. A priest attempted to give HIM I
spiritual consolation, but he said that
the white mans whisky had ruined \
him, and so he couldn't believe in the
white amanl Code He preferred a
desnlt dance by his own people, and |
RAile. they were performing it he Vas
hanged. a HT
THE education Of Japanese- girls -in4
A1nerica is not regarded with favor by !
the Toxic Times, which says that even
the male JapSnese Students noNtih the
TTpitad States beliaxaf flat the st:st,1S on 4