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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
OVER THE STATE.

A new postoffice has been establish,
ed in the south western part of ObiOn
county to be called Chrystal.
Pulaski C.tizen:-it is reported in
Nashville, on what seems to he good
authority, that Rev, Robert A.
Young, D. d., will soon lead to the
hymeneal altar the widow of the late
Commodore Vanderbilt, ofNew York.
The lady is very wealthy, of course.
although she received but a small
part Of her deceased husbands vast es-
tate. She is a southern lady. former
ly of Mobile, we believe, and it was
through her influence, undoubtedly,
that the old Commodore acted so
handsomely with the university which
bears his name.
Knoxville Chronicle, %: "Uncle
Jimmie Compton tells us Of quite a
remarkable hen which is owned by
Mrs. Rose. an aged widow lady iivi y
in East Knoxville. Mrs. Rose claims
to have come in possession of the
hen ust at the close Of the war. 1t
was then grown, laying hen, and
has been i'll her possession ever since,
laying and raising broods of chickens
regularly. At first the hen WAS black
but now it is very gray and stone
blind, yet, with that exception, it is
apparently as young and lively us IL
pullet, and still lays eggs and raises
chickens"
Paris Post: A report reaches here
that appears to be reliable that Il man
named Mahunro, formerly citizen Of
this county but who, removed to Mis-
souri, some years ago, became enanor-
ed with girl who was living in his
house us domestic. In order To nc
complish his guilty purpose, he killed
his wife and chopped her head off,
bandaged his child's head to prevent
respiration and then 'eloped with
the woman. When the dead bodies
Of his wife and child were discovered,
her relations gave pursuit, overlook
and hung the monster to the first tree
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
CARROLL ITEMS.

From the Huntingdon NindicatOr.
We regret exceedingly 10 learn of
the temporary insanity of DIR. John
Bell, of this city, Every attention
that skill and affection can bestow is
being lavished upon him, and it is
hoped he will recover without having
t5 90 to the asylum for the insane.
We understand more than IL dozen
persons were indicted by the grand
jury at the last term of the court
for seining. This viii seem a very
cruel and foolish law to some people,
but iu our opinion it is one Of the
few wise things ever done by Il Ten
nessee Legislature.
The wheat crop will be short in Car
roll county by at least two thirds. The
best Weld we have heard of 50 far is
only seven bushels per acre, and that
on land that usually makes from fif-
teen To twenty bushels. This year
has been IA lard one on machin.
ery men; only Il few reapers have
been sold by our dealers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
appointment of Officers.

The following appointments took
place on the Louisville u Nashville
railroad, June 1st:
John NJ. Culp as General Freight
Agent on the following lines:
Main stem and branches of the
Louisville IL Nashville railroad; Mem
phis line of the Louisville d Nashville
railroad; Nashville d Decatur DivIs.
ion of the Louisville IL Nashville rail.
road; Owelrsboro IL Russellville DI.
vision of the Louisville d Nashville
railroad, South * North Alabama
railroad, with headquarters at Louis
vile, Ky.
Theodore Welch as General Freight
Agent of the following lines:
Mobile It Montgomery railway;
New Orleans, Mobile d Texas rail.
road. Pensacola railroad; Pensacola &
Selma railroad; Montgomery q Selma
railroad-with headquarters at Mont>
goncry, Ala.
Andrew Broaddus as General
Freight Agent Of the following liues:
St. Louis d Southeastern railway;
Evansville, and Henderson Il Nash
vile Division of the l.. d n. railroad
with headquarters at st. Louis.
Correspondence pertaining to the
freight department of each division,
as above defined, should I've addressed
to the General Freight Agent of that
division.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
Republican View of Grant.

Tne Cincinnati Commercial has
reached that pitch of anti>Grantism
which talks right out in meeting"
In double loaded editorial-after ex-
ploding the idea that Grant is the
innocent and unwilling victim of Il
friendly conspiracy-it makes the
following statements:
"His attitude proves the truth,
strongly conjecturcd in 1876, that he
was ah anxious expectant OF the Gin
cinnati nomination, and that his bit
terness toward Bristrw arose because
he believed the whiskey-ring expos.
ures made his retirement from the
White House temporarily at the end
of his second term necessity. 1t ill.,
dicates another thing-that if he regains
the presidency, he does not even con-
template leaving the office while ne
lives.
This is Il declaration that we are
aware is received with good deal of
hooting and derision. We, however,
believe there can be no serious ques-
ton that vote for Gen. Grant for
president, if he should be nominated
at Chicago, is vote for him for chief
executive of the United States as big
boss of all the ringr, as long as he
lives. x K < The senatorial bosses
who ALWAYS sustained Grant in his
faults when he was president, want
him again, that they may use him.
They want him reelected for the same
reason that the ring of adventures i'll
Paris wanted President Louis Napole-
on made emperor-they desired con-
tinuity in inside privileges. The en-
pire was triumphant thievery, and
that is what the third term would
signify. x = x K x 4 x i
at is not worth while for anyone to
say that Grants administration were
creditable to the country. Decidedly
they were discredited throughout by
the grossest personality, degenerating
into shameless favoritism, and devoid
of all pretence of principle. There
was 10 reform, or appearance or hope
of reformation. The evil tendency 1T
the beginning was fragrant to the end.
1t was the honest members of the cab
met who were retired without regret,
and the rascsls for whom there was
official mourning. We do not want
to see The like agaiH.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
Millinery, Shoes,

Staple and Fancy Goods bought in New York
for cash at short prices. Will sell at figures
that cannot fail to please. orders will receive
prompt attention and satisfaction guaranteed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10

Boston Transcript (Rep).-Hereaf-
ter let not Estates rights" be used as
a "shibboleth" by one side or the other,
unless voters are to be treated as chill
dren and frightend by words. The prin-
principle of states rights is even more
necessary a safeguard of the character
and form of the government of this
cvergrown continental republic than
it was when the statesmen of the old
Is colonies of the seaboar1 jealously
reserved all the rights not expressly
given away in the Constitution.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10

A liIl providing that grand and
petit jurors must be able tn read aud
write has passed The Kentucky senate
hy Il vote of l9 to II.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
Greenbacker writes to the National

Greenbacker writes to the National
View pronouncing John Sherman ga
breeder of famine, a scourge of God,
Herod H., an assassin of liberty, a
crucifier of the people, renegade
from hell, begotten in sin, conceived
in iliquity and spewed red hot out of
the womb of hell into the lap of civil
ization, to curse and blast and dam
this country worse than the seven
plaques of Egypt"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10

THEIR great Dry Goods Palace is arowded
with all tho seasons novelties and newest
tyles in Ladies Dress Goods.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10
A THOUGHT.
FATHER RYAS.

The summer rose the sun has flushed
With crimson glory may be sweet;
'Tis sweeter when the leaves are crushed
Beneath the winds and tempest's feet.
The rose that waves upon its tree
In life sheds perfume all around:
More sweet the perfume floats to me
Of roses trampled on the ground.
The waving rose with every breath
Scents carelessly the summer air;
The wounded rose breathes forth its death
Its sweetness far more rich and rare.
1t is truth beyond cur ken.
And yet truth which we may read
IL is with roses as with men.
The sweetest hearts are those that bleed
The flower which Bethlehem saw bloom
Out of heart ali full of grace.
Gave never forth its full perfume
Until the cross became i;s base.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10

When Senator Bayard was APP
preached by a Louisiana Congress
man, and warned that, if he spoke in
favor of Kellogg. he would get no sup
port f.om the State in the Democratic
national convention, Mr.. Bayard
turned upon him and said: Sir. when
it is Il question of doing my duty as a
Senator, connt neither gains nor
losses"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-06-10

The District Court at New Orleans
has decided the Dorsey will case in fa-
vOr of jefferson Davis, aud he will re-
main'in possession Of the Beauvoir es-
tate
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15
Am Act of Justice.

The House of Representatives has, on mo
ton Of Delegate Brent, of Washington Ter
ritory, taken up and passed the bill reported
by Representative Berry, at the last session,
from the public lands committee, for the re-
lief Of settlers on restored railroad lands. It
is as follows:
"That all persons who shall have settled
and made valuable and permanent improve
ments upon any odd-numbered sections Of
land within any railroad withdrawal in good
faith, and with the permission or license of
the railroad company, for whose benefit the
same shall have been made, and with the e1-
pectation Of purchasing of such company the
land SO settled upon, which land so settled
upon and improved may for any cause be re-
stored to the public domain, and who, at the
time of such restoration may not be entitled
to enter and acquire title to such land under
the presumption, homestead or timber culture
acts Of the United States, shall be permitted
at any time within three months after such
restoration, and under such rules and regula-
tons as the Commissioner of the General
Land Office may prescribe, TO purchase not
to exceed 100 acres in extent of the same, by
legal subdivisions, at the price of So. so per
acre, and to receive patents therefor"
The bill now goes to the Senate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15
rse-Esemfora sPs7 Line.

The statement Of the Benton Block s'P"
Line, T. G. Power s. Bro. proprietors, which
we presented in last weeks issue, givesa flat
tering insight into the business OF Fort Ben
ton. The boating season, beginning on the
18th of May, ended on the Sd of November,
at Cow Island, and at Benton about one
month earlier, in all 178 days. During this
time {, 267, 794 pounds of freight were brought
up and 30S, 44S carried down. The former
being generally merchandising freight, and
the latter principally robes, wool and furs.
During the same trip this line landed at and
near Benton 1867 passengers and removed
424. Add to the freight brought up, 2,9O9,-
$40 pounds of government freight, there is q
total OF nearly ten millions of pounds, and
this does not include 1915 thoroughbred ami
mails Considering the shortDess or --the-seg-
son this exhibit is hattering for the increas-
ing business of Benton and Of Montana. It
had been predicted that this line would find
its business reduced one half through the
competition of the Utah and Northern, and
although this was unusually strong, its bust
ness shows a considerable increase over that
of previous years. There is, however, q fall
ing off in the exports as compared with
other years, which is probably owing to the
transition Of our export business from the
fur and robe trade, to something else more
in accordance with a settled country. Trips
were made with great regularity by this line,
and there was entire freedom from accidents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

THE Bismarck Tribune thus advises the
business men of that growing city, in its edi-
torial on railroad interests, and the necessity
for the united action Of it's business men,
which is so pertinent to the present situation
in Benton that we reproduce it for the benefit
of our own ssBusiness men should awake to
their interest and work to bring about these
results, and be on the alert to reap the adVan-
tage that coming prosperity will surely bring.
Let them become known for their enterprise
in business and for their public spirit, rather
than for their personal controversies and
their business jealousies. In the great north
west there is no city SO favorably situated
for a trade center as Bismarck. It's location
is superior to St. Paul, even, and only in
fferior to Minneapolis because it lacks it's i'm
mems water power, but its inexhaustible veins
Of coal its great beds of fire clay, within
easy reach; its immense wheat fields and
millions Of acres adapted to grazing, give it
all Of the advantages needed to build up a
great city. The time will never come, after
competing lines Of road reach Bismarck,
when this city will not have shipping adYan-
tages equal to those of st. Paul, greater than
those of Fargo or any other point on the line
of the North"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15
The Fuel OF the Future.

The National Gazette makes the following
announcement in regard to the use of petro-
leum as fuel: We shall soon be able to an
nounce q wonderful stride IN the mechanical
appliances for using liquid fuel for general
ing steam in both marine and land boilers,
The matter is in the hands Of practical men,
who will soon demonstrate they can make
from tWenty-eight to thirty gallons of crude
petroleum, costing from eighty-fYe to ninety
cents, do the work OF a ton of coal costing
from $4 to 1926, and without dirt or smoke.
and, when, as in the case of q large steamer
carrying from forty to fifty men in the fire.
room, one man in each will be %abundantly
able to keep up a uniform pressure of steam
at all times. Liquid fuel is the intervening
step between coal and electricity, which will
IN due season furnish motion for the world.
But until we arrive at a thorough knowledge
OF this subject and Of motive power, liquid
fuel will have had its day and generation,
Wiping out the last remnant Of barbarism and
coal. The fireman Of the future can wear
broadcloth in the fre-room, while the coal
passer will have laid down his ssshoYel and
hoe to become one Of the memories OF the
past. This condition Of things is near at
hand.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

Benton Is in urgent need Of q graded high
school. The present building is wholly in
adequate for the present needs Of the town,
for it is filed to its utmost capacity. If it
should be attempted to fill this necessity BY 8
simple addition, matters will be in precisely
the same condition six months hence, and it
it will be good business policy as well as to
the interest Of the town that q building be
constructed which shall be equal to our
wants for some years, and this can only be
properly done by constructing one that
viii admit of proper graduation and q higher
education. There IS no reason why the poo
pie Of Benton should not afford d prepara-
tory education to their children, without be-
ing obliged to send them away. Such .
building would cost ID the ~neigghborhood Of
$4,000. The finances of the schoolare Id q
healthy condition, there being q surplus this
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15
Tne Mormon Question.

NFW YORK, December THE Herald,
criticising the Presidents treatment of the
Utah question in bis message says: s.When it
70 to specific recommendations of legis-
latlom, ne shrinks from the only plainly
which the population Of Utah can be kept in
order in the eYeut Of the Acknowledgement Of
fye-sixths Of their number, viz, a military
government. The time for any halfway
measure is past. There is no wise alterna-
i've to-day for self-government for Utah Ter
ritory, which means the encouragement Of
polygamy. except governing it withthe strong
hand Of military force, which will mean its
extinguish ment. We state our belief that
there are no consti %tutional objections that
can not be avoided. We believe also that
there are no valid sentimental objections.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

would have been set down to Republican
nart;zan zeal. Second-the defeat OF the
Indiana elector which the Democratic canvas
ing hoard would certainly have accomplished
if the vote would have made a difference,
Tbird-the stupid failure Of the Georgia
Electoral College to vote on the day appoint
ed. The occurrence of these blunders, likely
to be repeated under our complicated sys-
tenn every four years, should teach Con
press the necessity Of amending the meth
cd of electing the President, SO that escape
from a revolution quadrennially may not De
considered a signal mark of divine mercy./
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15
Williams. Wright g Steven

ton Montana. Williams, Wright & Stevens
are the publishers and proprietors, the s'mid-
die man being none other than our young
friend Thomas D. Wright, son of NJ. Wright,
both formerly Of this office. Tom is to be
general business man, and if close attention
and hard work will make the PRESS q sue
cess, then we expect for it q prosperous Ca
reer. Although printed away out on the out
skirts of civilization, it is as handsomely
printed as q city literary weekly. Long life
to the PRESS and may it always prosper,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

The President, II bis message, RECON-
mends the throwing open of Indian reserVa-
tons to settlement, and the allotment fof q
quarter section to each family, OF more, &C
cording to the number of its MALE members,
and settling them dowhin the competition OF
life on the same basis with>e everybody else
under the protection Of the laws, anh with
the fostering oversight of tho g%oyefnment
until they are educated into the ways Of civili-
cation. This is proper, and, |althosgh the
system has only been tried for > few mouths,
it bids fair to exceed the expectations which
had been entertained Of it. It can hardly be
said that this is the perpetual policy 6f the
Interior department, for the policy is Viable
to change with each administration, buzz the
necessity Of populations for these new lapds
is becoming so great that unless something's
dome to dispose Of the question on a basis
which will not admit of charge, the Indian
must soon be driven out Of existence. Be-
SIDES. we hold that no man should be allowed
several thousands of acres of land for the
mere purpose Of eking out a miserable exis-
tence such as would be required by anyone
who would diet exclusively on wild game,
and the time is ripe now to dispose Of the
Indian question and the land grabber to-
together. These lands are needed for set
Element and for the purpose of civilization;
and the Indian in his tribal relation has failed
signally either to hold his land, retain his
savage virtues (if he ever had any, or main
tain order among his discordant ele-
ments. It is the superlative of folly to make
treaties and observe laws with q political
factor which can neither understand the one
nor obey the other. With a system Of gov
erment which is not sufficiently strong to
compel the obedience Of its members to its
DEGREES, it is foolish to pay any Difference to
either the system or its DEGREES. Held feebly
together by its tribal customs, and in a condi-
ton of eternal war and shiftlessness, the In
dian can never be lifted out of his barbarism,
until he is brought into a better system and
taught the ways Of civilization. He is quick
at bargaining, and SHOWS more than an ordi-
nary capability for business, and when he can
understand that he will reap the rewards of
his labor himself or starve if he fails to labor
he will be as industrious as anybody.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

WE stated, il 8 previous issue, that the
Helena Herald, after its enlargement, would
be the largest newspaper in the Territory.
The Miner corrects US by stating that it is
itself q forty-eight column paper, and that
the Benton Rec0ay is the largest paper in the
Territory. We are happy that the Mineg has
spoken OF this matter, for it comes so very
irregularly that we really forgot just what
size it was. But we were referring to
newspapers, not to posters, when we made
the assertion. We cheerfully accord the
Miner the palm Of being the largest neaes-
paper at present ID the Territory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

THE New York Times, referring to the
Presidents recommendation concerning Utah
thinks that neither q provisional government
nor the disfranohisement Of the ~polYgamists
q practical remedy, but says il is q question
whether ii would not be better to establish q
military government at once, and administer
the affairs Of the Territory directly by ma
tional authority until polygamy has been
rooted out and material for q State founded
on Republican institutions have been intro
duced.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

PANAMA canal shares are being already
made the object Of speculation, and ex-
perienced fnanciers believe in order that they
may not become depressed by such influences
they should be issued in large blocks, SO that
they would only be sought after for invest
ment. It is Almost surprising financial VIC
tory, and one which, from present indications
removes the completion of the canal into
the realms Of certainty.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

GEN. SHERMAN says if General Grant must
be placed at the head of the army he will
himself retire next April, when he will be 81
years Of age, and make room for General
Grant. Some legislation, however, would be
necessary to give Grant Gen. Sherman's place
if Sherman should retire, as by law that office
expires either by death or resignation of
Sherman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

THE negro refugees who went to Indiana
during the recent exodus excitement, if their
convention held at Greencastle, Ind, cor
rectly represents them, are highly pleased
with the change, and resolutions e%mbodying
these ideas were sent South, with a view of
influencing others. Political rather than per-
sonal grounds have probably dictated their
action.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

year of So, 900, and, with the present rating,
there will be SO, 900 oneyearhence. Iwould
entail but a slight increase of taxation, to
which no one would object for such q pur-
pose, to enable us to wipe out, in five or six
wears. the entire cost of its construction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

EUROPEAN arbitration Of the Greek ques-
ton seems less advanced than described, but
under the consideration Of all the powers and
the publicity it has received its adoption can
only be fastened, for public opinion will
speedily pronounce in its favor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

The bill for the relief Of settlers on restored
railroad lands, which is given or another
page, passed the House on Wednesday Of last
week, and presents features commendable to
the body which passed it, and is an act of
justice to the many who were being defrauded
Of their improvements by grasping railroad
cOrDOratiOns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-15

IT strikes us that our most esteemed con-
temporary, of the Short Horn Pictorial, got
his foot into it slightly when he undertook to
defend the "driveling idiot in his libel on
the editor Of this paper. But then, you
know, it makes all the difference whose OK
is gored.