The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

A recent thunderstorm in the Shelf
field district Of England did great dam
age at Wentworth Park, belonging to
Earl FitzwilliamA where six stays and
three buffaloes were killed by lightning
"A circus was at Lancaster, Ky, and
during an Indian scene, when many
pistols were discharged, young man
arose in his seat and shot policeman
dead. There appears to have been no
cause for the deed except excitement.
-Anotherrelic of the Spanish Armada
has been secured at Slams, in Scotland.
1t is a large gun raised up out of the
place where one of the ships belonging
to the Armada vas wrecked, and,
though it has been in that place 29C
years, it is as good as ever.
The oldest living brewer in this
country, in point of active business life,
is Frederick Lauer, of Reading. Pa. He
has been engaged in brewing for fifty
four years and was one of the first to in
troduce lager beer into the country, be-
ginning to make it in 1914.
Trade unions appear now to have
taken root in Japan. 1t is reported that
owing to the recent rise in the price of
rice all the laborers in Gifu. Mino Prov
ince, made an arrangement among
themselves and forced their employers
to raise the wages.
Wyoming Territory has been gain
ing in population at great rate since
1870. When the last census was taken
it had only little more than 5000 in
habitants, while now it has $4,000. The
gain has been at the rate of 1873 per
cent. How new it was in 1870 is shown
by the fact that out of the 5000 inhabit-
ants only 800 were natives of the Ter.
ritOry.
"A young lady of Worcester, Mass,
packed her trunk and went to Mount
Dessert. On opening her trunk she dis
covered the pet cat from home nicely
slowed away among her clothing. The
animal was alive and well. and although
packed in the trunk from the forenoon
of one day to the afternoon of the next
appeared none the worse for the journey.
-Itis believed that the veil presented
by Brussels to the Princess Stephanie
is the largest ever made. 1t is 12S by
11S inches; 125 workmen made it in
three months, and it cost $1,000. In
the middle are the arms of AuStrO-
Hungary, ianked by the arms of the
city of Brussels. The border will rep
resent the arms of the nine provinces of
Belgium, those of Austria and of Bel
GUM, all connected by wreath of flow
ers.
-Workingmen's societies in England
grow to enormous proportions, possibly
because, in addition to their trades
union features. they take the place of
the mutual aid and benevolent assOcia-
tiOns so common in this country. Four
of the great English societies-the Engi-
neers, Iron Founders, Boiler Makers,
and Steam Engine Makers-have nearly
eighty thousand members, with incomes
amounting to over one million dollars g.
year. They paid out in 1879 more than
twice as much, chiefly for the benefit of
members who were sick or out of work.
A million dollars was spent on the I'M
employed, mostly in form of donations,
but n large amount for travelling eX-
penseS. A quarter of million was
awarded to men on strike, but this was
only one-eighth of the whole amount
distributed, the societies not encourage
ing struggles with employers, except in
rare cases. The administration of the
affairs of these and of cooperative So
cieties in England is remarkable for
economy and honesty, vast corporations
being managed for workingmen for
years with quite as much success as at
tends the business ventures of mer-
chants and bankers supposed to be
specially qualified for such undertake
ings.