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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
Popular Ideas OF the Cross.

In the west of England there is ira
dition that the cross was formed of the
mistletoe, which before that event used
to be a fine forest tree, but has since
been doomed to lead a parlsitical exist
ence. The GypSies believe that it was
made of the ash tree. The nails used
at the crucifiXion, said to have been
found by Helena, are reported to have
worked many miracles. One of them
was thrown by her into the Adriatic
during storm and produced perfect
calm. Another placed in the crown or
helm of Constantine was found in a
mutilated state in the church of Santa
Croce. The third is said to be in the
possession of the Duemo of Milan, while
that of Treves claims the fourth. In
the time of Charlemagne a new relic
was discovered in the shape of sponge
soaked in the blood of Christ. In
Cheshire the drum nldculdtum is called
GethSemane" because it is said to
have been growing at the foot of the
cross, and to have received some drops
of blood on its petals. The dirpe of
Mamre died at the crucifxiop! ''Christ's
thorn is very common plant in Pales-
tine. In Scotland it was formerly be-
heved that the dwarf birch is stunted in
growth because the rods with which
Christ was scourged were made from it.
These are the popular ideas of the ma
terial of the cross, some of which will
perhaps, never be entirely obliterated
until the last great day, when "all
THINGS shall be made Dlain All the
Year Round.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
A StupendOuS Project How the City
of HOlyOke is to be Lighted.

The Paper World, published at Hol-
yoke, Mass, announces that that city
is to be the scene of an extensive exper-
iment in the use of the electric light.
H, c. Spaulding, of Boston, who was at
first going to put his plans into effect in
that city, has gone to Holyoke on &C
count of cheap power, and has made
arrangements with the Water Power
Company to put wheel into their new
pit near Cabot street expressly for his
use. To make the experiment which
he will attempt will require 100 horse
powers, or over two mill-pOwers, or
enough to run paper mill. A tower
about seventy-fiVe feet high will be
built, and surmounted by an immense
lantern of such power as to put all for
mer electric lights completely in the
shade. Mr.. Spaulding will put up his
tower and apparatus at his own eX-
pense, but he hopes to succeed so well
that the city will adopt the system. He
is extremely enthusiastic, and sanguine
as to the results of the experiment, and
his expectations 60 far beyond the
achievements of any previous electri-
clan. He says that with seven such
towers as he intends to build he can
make the entire city as light as day
both indoor and out. His idea is that
by filling the atmosphere above the
city with light he will get the same eff
feet that we do from the sun and its re-
Elected light, and that the shadows will
be no darker than those made by the
sun. His idea is to fill the stratum of
atmosphere just above the city so COM
pletely with light that it will permeate
spaces which no direct rays reach, just
as the SUM- light does Immediately after
the sun has set. The light which he
expects to throw out from one lantern
will be equal to 100000 candles, while
the largest electric light yet attempted
by any one else has been of but 10000
candle power. The apparatus will cost
$1,000 irrespective of any investment
for power, but after the system is once
in operation the cost of running it, aside
from the power, will be small. The ex-
pense of lighting Holyoke at present,
public and private, is estimated at $780,
900 a year, and for about that amount
the seven towers which are proposed
could be set up and the lights put in
operation. Mr.. Spaulding came to Hol-
yoke on account of the public spirit OF
its principal citizens and its cheap
power, and because it will be a good
place from which to advertise the sys-
tenn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
"Left Over"

About midnight on the night of the
9TH, a Woodward Avenue policeman
discovered female seated in dark
hallway and apparently fast asleep. 1t
was not until he took hold of her arm
that she suddenly put her right foot
against his body and sent him down
three steps and out the doorway, fol-
lowed by the remark:
Young man don't you come spook-
ing around here unless you want to lose
a legr'
''Who are you?" inquired the officer,
as he cautiously advanced again.
"You 90 long, sirr' she replied.
He was several minutes assuring her
of his official position and his desire to
be of any service to her and when her
mind was easy on that she explained:
81 come down here from Canada on
an excursion and l got left over"
"How long have you been here on
the stairs?"
"About an hour, guess"
"And will you 90 to hOtel?"
"Nawr' she replied, in tones of dis
gust. I'm going to slummix around
here till daylight, and then I'm going
to cross on the boat. You don't catch
me paying out no money at a hotel"
Don't you feel afraid?''
81 rather think 1 DON'T" she replied,
as she rose up and showed figure
about five feet ten in height and weigh
ing about 100 pounds. Its kind O.
dark and purity dusty in here and there's
a good many rats running around, but if
you hear screams for help 'twixt now
and daybreak you may reckon that
some fool of a man has come along and
sassed me and that l have Lit down on
himr'
''Well, 1 guess you'll get along"
"You bet l will! 1 can whistle some
and sing purity well, but if had
mouth-organ and a hunk of gum /
might feel more lively. Never mind,
though. 'Tain't over four hours to
daylight, and I'm used to sitting up all
night"'-Detroit Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05

entered the reptiles body and two had
glanced from the plates of mail. The
first bullet had apparently broken the
vertebra just over the shoulders and had
killed him outright without a spasm.
We heaved him into the boat and re-
turned to Enterprise in triumph. A
crowd of darkies and pilgrims gathered
around. Ernest Man, of BaYonne, n.
j., heard the story with much interest.
d" Why" said he, at its conclusion,
" that's the same alligator that killed
two days ago. If you look under his
left fore leg you'll find the mark of an
explosive bullet. Cor. N. Y. Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
Court Among COnyicts.

There is a novel institution in the
shape of judiciary system established
in this county. The convicts under
charge of Judge w. H. McWorter have
enacted penal laws and organized penal
courts of the town. They have among
them what is called a County Court,
whose Jurisdiction extends from ten to
one hundred lashes and a Superior
Court with a jurisdiction from ten to
one hundred and fifty lashes. They
elect from their body judges of these
courts. a Sheriff and a prosecuting Of
ficer. They have enacted laws punish
ing men for improper conduct in the
stOckade, for stealing or doing any
thing whatever against the orders of
the boss" If one is charged with any
ofense he is allowed fair trial before
the court; and if he is convicted the
Sheriff proceeds to execute the sentence
with great vigor and relish. They pun
ish tor all offenses-even for failure
to work properly and faithfully. To
such perfection has the system been
carried that Judge McWorter very sell
dom has any occasion to punish dehn-
quents, for the "convict courts" take
them in charge and have the lash used
upon them with sufficient severity,
promptness and impartiality. John
Arnold colored, who was sent to the
chain gang for the cruel beating of
child, is the Sheriff 1t is said that
John is proud of his Office and that it is
with great satisfaction that he receives
a subject to work upon. Daniel VIM
field, colored, was Judge of the County
Court" but we learn they turned him
out of Office for malpractice, which con-
sisted in settling criminal case. Some
of the State Justices might take good
lessons on this point from the Greene
County convicts. Gree1b0ro (Ga.i
Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
flor nanng Readers.
OUR REX.

~ Why did we call him Rex. at alll
Rex is you know, Latin for king;
And we must mind his beck and caLl,
And smile for him, or laugh, or sing
We are his suhjects-every one
We come and 20 M his command;
The sweetest ruler meath the sun
This mighty King Of Baby-Band!
So king commands in sweeter voice,
No king e'er walked with step more grand;
BErt then-he sometimes makes noise,
Aud sometimes strikes with dimpsed hanc
He'll sometimes shrek in kingly rage,
And hurl his nlttle-scepter down;
He'll slap his servant, scratch his page
AND scOwl his face in angry frowni
And then he'll kiss us all around,
And say he's ''sOlly he was bad;
And then we bow down to the ground,
And gravely say that we are glad!
o little, loving, kingly intel
What wouldn't your subjects do for yo1i
We ne'er will leave you from our sight,
Wen always heed your highness cool
-Y0lsIlg Folks RlETck-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05
ShakeSpeare'S Fools.


What Shakespeare did not do, as well
as what he did do, as a playwright. has
no better proof or illustration than in
his Fools. He did not invent the per-
sonage; h found it on the stage. In
deed, he invented nothing; he added
nothing to the drama as he found it;
he made nothing, not even the story of
one Of his own plays; he created moth
ing save men and women and Ariels
and Calibans. What he did with the
Fool was this: This parsonage is the re-
sultant compound of Vice, rude. allie
gorical parsonage constant in the old
Moral Plays and the court jester. He
was venter of coarse and silly ribaldry
and a player of practical jokes. Only
so far back as the time of Shakespeare s
boyhood the FOOLS part was in most
cases not written and at the stage direc-
ton StultatS lOq1yitur (the Fool speaks) he
performed his function extempore; and
thus he continued to jape and to caper
for the diversion of those who liked
hOrse-play and ribaldry. But Shakes
peare saw that the grinning toad had a
jewel in his head and, touching him
with his transforming pen shows him TO
us as he appears in . As You Like It,"
in "AlPs Well that Ends Well" and
last of all and greatest, in liking Lear"
Richard Grant White, IN atlantic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05

THE powerful influence Of the metrop-
oils may be inferred from the statement
of the Milwaukee CWis.) Christian
Salesman which says that "when
New York smiles laugh pervades the
country, and when she puts on a sour
face, the Mississippi Valley has dys-
pepsia,"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05

"A London firm advertises that it
has for sale one of the identical stamps
by which George III. attempted to i'm
pose the obnoxious tax on teas imported
into British America.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05

The Mormons are receiving some
ronising recruits out of this years i'm
.igratiOn.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
q Hartford Roy w. x. KINNEY

We clip the following from the
COTier-,IOurnoi:
Among the lawyers who accompa-
MED Judge Hargis among the mountain
crags of his native district IN the work
of taking dispositions which occupied SO
many weary months before the opening
Of the trial in this city was the gentle
man above named. w. II. Kinney
was born at Hartford, Ohio county,
Ky, September IL, 1884. His literary
education was impaired by Frank
Griffin, who "kcpt school" in Hartford
for thirtv-SiX years. He obtained Ii
cense To practice law in March, 1851, /,
from Judges Calhoou and DevereuX.
He began practicing law i'm Hartford,
and In 1856 removed to Henderson,
where he resided until 1864, with the
exception of the time spent in the Fed
eral army, being "A Major in the Twelfth
Kentucky cavalry. In 1864 he re-
moved To Louisville, where he has since
remained in the practice of his profess
sion.
He was Fillmore elector in 1856, IL
Bell elector in 1850, and has frequently
engaged i'm political canvasses, some
times "stumping" parts of the States
of New jersey, Delaware, Pennsyiva-
mia, Indiana and Ohio i'm the interests
of the Democratic party. In 1863 he
was elected to the legislature from
Henderson county, but with this ex-
ception he has held no political Office.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
That Primary Wanted.

We have received several inquiries
about what the Democratic Committee
of this county would do in regard to
calling the primary election for July Sd,
i'm obedience to the call of the Commit
tee of this Judicial District to select
Democratic Candidates for Circuit
Judge and Commonwealth Attorney.
Areport has become widespread that the
Committee would ignore the call of the
District Committee and not order the
primary election I'm this county at all.
If there any grounds for such u rumor,
we do not know 1t. 1t has probably
grown out Of the tardiness of the Com
mittee in acting, all the other county
Committees of the District having
acted.
We received n petition on Monday,
numerously signed, calling ON the Conl-
mittee to discharge their duty, by call
ing the primary election and appointing
officers TO conduct the same, or to
resign, and let Committee be selected
who would discharge that duty. We
Immediately called upon members of
the Committee and were assured by
them that the Committee would he
called together next Thursday (to-mor-
row. for that very purpose.
We were urgently requested TO pub
lish the petition, but see no use. Of it, II
the committee are going TO act as they
say 1t is rs soon ss necessary and assoon
as the committee can conveniently AS
semble together. "Hi ltgi.pt
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
Lovely Dale DOInss.
LOVELY DALE, June 9TH.

LOVELY DALE, June 9Th.
The recent refreshing showers have
greatly encouraged the farmers. Corn
and oats look fine. Early wheat will
be ready for the cicle in few days.
Notwithstanding the recent severe
drouth there will be fully an average
crop in Ohio county. i, ..s..I....
The health of this vicinity IL very
good at present. Mr.. Dallas Austin, of
Sulphur Springs, we are glad to note is
slowly improving. His physicians
thought week ago that he would not
recover. He had u severe attack 81
typhoid fever. Mrs Coleman Daniel,
who has been dangerously III, is slowly
recovering. Ii-.T.5....5.,,...l e-.,.l.
T.. b. Medcalfe, Thos. st. Clair and
Others gave Mr.. and Mrs. Crit Cannon
u tiptop serenade one night last week
in a hOrn-how are you, boys? Ia, Ia.
w. s. Cole, who was so severely
burned on the 9Th ult., is slowly recsv-
ering, but Is unable to labor yet.
Mr.. G. Y. Bean has peremptorily re-
fused to accept the nomination for
President if rendered him. ......, =
Snaix Snaix!! Mr.. John A. Ben-
nett killed black snake that had just
swallowed n full grown mole. rhOs.
f. johnson killed rattlesnake that
had just swallowed a full grown quail.
VIM. Acton killed black snake that
had just swallowed terrapin-next.
John A. Bennett has Shorthorn
COW that he AYERS will give six gallons
of milk daily. p. B. Martin has twe
that he says each will do the same
thing. t..l =.
l guess | had better desist further
writing. | don't know what ! might
write next. ss-aH s.s aU.N QUIRE.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
lleOsIer Happenings.
Editor Herald.

Editor Herald:
We had very heavy rains yesterday
Some little tobacco net. Wheat prom
ises large yield and will be ready for
harvesting in two weeks. Corn Is look
ing well; and we will have a fine yield
of grass and clover hay. The oat crop
will be very short on account of the
dry weather early i'm the season.
Our town is improving. DIR. +. w.
Ashby is erecting new drug store.
He is the best physician in these "dig-
gings," and that is not all, he is a
whole-souled Democrat.
John Ashby is studying law with
VIM. Thomas, at Rockport. John is Il
promising young man, has IA large cir
cle of friends, and will succeed.
The health of the people is good for
this season of the year.
Mr.. Nelson Num- was hauling shin.
giles a few DAYS ago with II mule team
from Enterprise to Richland. The
mules became frightened, ran away,
threw Mr.. Mum out Ofthe wagon, which
ran over him and broke his neck.
Sam McGothen set his steam saw
mill in the woods near Eureka, and
while saving, limb caught fire, burned
off and fell on him cutting gash in his
head three or four inches long. He is
recovering.
Little Victory met with another acci-
dent Saturday. She cut her right big
toe nearly off, and suffers very much
from it, '-.
YOu'll hear again from
HOOSIER.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
GREEN.HARGIS TRIAL ENDED.
A Complete vindication OF Judge Har
gis.

After trial lasting four months and
one day, with the best and ablest legal
talent arrayed on either side, after con-
testing every inch of ground, presenting
every circumstance and bit Ofevidence,
pro and con, and after the case was
more ably and fully argued than any
case ever before tried before Kentucky
Court, the case was given TO the jury last
Friday, who agreed upon verdict and
returned IL to court i'm 80 minutes. The
verdict vindicates Judge Hargis on
every point. This settles the case and
TO all unbiased minds Is fully convincing
of the innocence Of Judge Hargis. The
scene In the court room was one ofwild
excitement and enthusiasm. Judge
Lindsey shed tears Of joy over the re-
suit. The friends Of the Judge sere-
naded him that evening at the Gait
House.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
Action OF the Democratic Executive
Committee Of The Fourth Judicial
District-A Primary Election Called
for July 3D..

Pursuant to a call made by +. l..
Jones, chairman of the Democratic En-
ecutive Committee for the 4th Judicial
District, of Kentucky the Committee of
said District met in Owensboro on the
Sth day of May, 1850, when the follow
ing proceedings were had:
II is ordered by the Committee that a
primary election, by the Democracy of
the 4th Judicial District, he and the
same is hereby called to be held in each
regular voting precinct in each county
of said Judicial District, on Saturday
the Sd day of July, 1850, for the purpose
Of selecting Democratic candidates for
the offices of Circuit Judge and Com
monwealth Attorney for the said 4th
Judicial District.
ResOlred, That the chairman of the
different county committees cause a
poll to be opened in each voting pre-
cinct, in said counties,on Saturday July
Sd, 1850, for the purpose of taking the
vote of the Democracy in said precincts
between the candidates who may sub
NIT their claims for said offices To the
primary election hereby called.
The respective County Committees
are TO appoint officers of election for
each voting precinct to hold said pri-
mary election, who shall open the polls
at s o'clock, A. NJ, and keep them open
until O'Clock, =. NJ, and receive and
record the vote of all legal Democratic
voters who may apply to vote. %.
Resolved, That the polls in the differ
ent precincts he compared by the Exec
utive Committees in the respective cOun-
ties on Monday, July 1th 1880, and
that the result be certified under seal
by the chairman of the respective coun-
ty committees and delivered by them
To the chairman of the District Execu-
tive Committee.
Resolved, That the District Execu'
tive Committee meet i'm OwensbOrO on
the 10th day of July, 1850, and that the
results of the vote in each county, a.
certified, to be then compared by said
committee and it IL hereby ordered
that the parties then found to have re-
ceived the largest number of votes cast
i'm all the counties for the offices of Cir.
cult Judge and Commonwealth Attor.
ney be declared the nominees of the
Democracy Of the 4th Judicial District
for the offices aforesaid, to he voted fol
at the August election, 1850.
| +. l.. JONES, Chairman.
GREEN SrERRET, Secretary.
L
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09

THE Democratic county conventions
Of this State, held last Saturday, indi-
cate preference for Tilden, but not TO
the extent To urge his nomination in the
face Of certain defeat. From present
indications the tone Of the Lexington
Convention will he for selecting fair,
honorable, liberal delegates to Cincin-
natl, who will he expected To favor
Tilden's nomination unless IL shall APP
pear 10 them after a careful survey of
the premises that there are other equal
ly as we'll qualified and more available
candidates.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09

Mr.. +. c. HUBBARD, of this place,
has come into unpleasant prominence
i'm the past few days. The Chicago
papers, Erening Nens and Inter- Ocean,
published on Saturday and Sunday last
most damaging charges, made specific
ally and in detail against him, begin
ming with his career i'm the Thirteenth
Ills. regiment, and follows him through
transactions where he Is shown up rs a
swindler, Jail bird and trickster, and
gives the names of Chicago men, one
former partner, as authority. We know
nothing Of these matters, but feel pur-
suaded that Mr.. Hubbard can, and will,
truthfully give a different version of
them. He has lived among us for near
ten years. and has been an exceedingly
moral man. We have been on intimate
terms with him, have never seen him
drink drop Of Intoxicating liquors,
have never heard him use word of
profanity. He has conducted himself
in such manner as to hold the conf
dence and esteem of the citizens of this
community generally. He has made
rapid progress i'm his profession, law,
having in few years time risen from
the starting point of all Young lawyers
to place among the foremost Of the
bar here, which boasts Of some of the
best lawyers of the State. As before,
We say We know nothing Of the truth
or falsity of the charges published
against him, but trust that he can show
them to lie utterly untrue.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09

MEssRs. BUCKLEY & LEWIS will be-
gin July list the publication of law
magazine 10 be called the Kentucky
Loao Reporter. Ii will be devoted al
most exclusively TO law matters, will
contain full and accurate digests of all
eases involving legal points decided 10y
the Court of Appeals. J. c. Wells will
lie the editor. Subscribing attorneys
can have their cards inserted at - per
year, other attorneys at -. The maga-
zine will he placed at s. year.
The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
Shaw rings.

The Hartford HERALD was Mulhat-
tened by Greenville Shaver. He's a
bad Union Local.
An impertinent cxaggerator, William
Shaver, by name, writing in the Muh-
lenberg Echo, says he is dead broke, but
he could buy an editor for $3.50. a man
who is dead broke is liable to say any
thing; that's so.-HendersOn Ne,cs.
When the Wickliffe-A Allison McCown
canard was published in the HERALD,
Wickliffe wrote to that paper mailing
the whole thing as a lie. The people
over that way, and particularly the
HERALD, allow that the devil Is the
father of liars and general agent for all
sorts of mischief, but that Billy Shaver
is i'm fair way to become his successor.
Il HatUespiiie Ballot.
VIM. Shaver, an attorney of the
Greenville bar, practiced n '.joke" ON
the readers of the Hartford HERALD, a
few days since, by indicting an article
of a bloody tragedy (?) which the letter
went on to state, implicated i'm bloody
tragedy two young lawyers of the
Greenville bar and another young gen.
tleman. Shaver, no doubt, meant the