The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-03-18
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Queen Caroline, widow Of King
Christian VIII, is dead. 81
Garfield has little "yAllsr dorg
which is destined, probably, to have
a place in history.
About a quarter Of the Vermont
towns hSye elected women as super
in.endents ef schools
Hell is the name Of Texas town
which is said to come Up To Milson's
conception of The internal regions.
About White Oaks. New Mexico.
there is q mineral belt ninety miles
from north to south and twenty miles
wide.
Bishop Febre, Of Montreal, con-
delnns as a sin the practice Of swear
ing Roman Catholic witnesses. on .
Protestant bible.
4 considerable nnlnber -of--rsAss-
tucky papers have lately suspended
on account Of having too many credi-
tors aud too little cash.
It's stated that the government has.
purchased the whaling steamer Mary
aud Helen, at San Francisco, to send
her in search Of the Jeanette.
An absolute prohibition liquor bill
has been passed by the Texas senate,
and it is said that there is a fair pros-'
pect Of its passage in this house.
Thirty.four bills and one joint resS-
luton to prohibit the sale OF iutoxica-
ting beverages are said to have been
thus far introduced into the Arkansas
legislature.
There was some doubt at the time
Of the genuineness of Dan Rice's con-
version 70 Methodism, and nov hA
ia clown in a circus again. to they
great griet of his religious friends.
Col. William Orton Williams, a
great-grands0n of Martha Washing
ton, was executed dusipg the late
war, hx order Of Gen, Garfield. At
the time the General did not know Of,
tie relationship.
During the snow. blockade in Mil.
wsukee coal WAS Sl2 I ton, or 81
I for two basketluils,. and wood was
scarce at So a cord. The most sipgu-
! lar circumstance was the refusal Of
the coal dealers to sell more than =
very limited amount to any one per-
son. =
The paymaster at the Muscle
Shoals Improvements, Alabama, was
robbed last Friday aftarnoon, Of
/ S., coo by three men. A telegram
TO the police officials gives deserip-,
lion of the men, who were mounted,
but no particulars Of the robbery.
Assistant Attorney General Free
man. Of Tennessee, gave a reception
al his residence in Washington, last
| Thursday night, to ex-PostInaster
General Maynard. The reception
was largely attended by prominent
/ people, Including old and new ca5iiss
officers.
In short address at Ottawa, the
other night, the Goyerher-G General
con iemued The practice the Canadians
have Of getting their photographs ta-
ken with huge iciclo for back
ground and clad in heavy furs, saying
that it led Europeans to the eoneiu-
sion that the climate of Canada Is OK
traordisary cold, when it IS one cfthe
finest in The world.
AS everybody knS~STss-@ssll,s--t. =
a remarkable vister, aad vet Mr Is
rial Hood brought Us last week q
mess Of fresh dug Irish potatoes, large
and perfectly mealy when steamed
and prepared for hetable. lie plant
ed late last fall, aad when winter
came on be covered the undug portion
of the bed With straw, and they just
kept ON growing and making, and
now when people are planting be is
digging nice fresh potatoes. Truly
we have the finest country on earth.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) GazCtts.
Somebody writes to tho Rugbeiap:
There are portions Of Minnesota and
Wisconsin subject to- seventy degrees
below zero. Throughout almost Da-
kota, northern Iowa and northern
Nebraska s;o-ns rage in winter that
\ kill even cattle ia a few Einetes.
! These regions should ba settled very
slowly, aud by people who move along
the same lines Of latitude they have
been living on in North America.
Strangers can have no idea sf the
dreadful severity Of those climates,
and life is not unfreqpently lost by
those who 60 p few steps from their
own doors during such storms"
The night editor Of i Nova Scotia
journal wrote the followins sSadiipe
to one Of his cable di5pateFss.; The
British Lion SHAKING his MaEe." "
lie vas unable to s&t bis breakfast