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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-26


JOIN MATTER and wife, who were mar
ried only three months ago, were drowned
near Lake City, Mimi, a few days age BY
the capsizing Of q sailboat. Otto Marks
chung Is the boat and was rescued by par
ties who witnessed the accident from the
shore.
THE MepphiS Criminal Court has
rendered decision which sustains the va
Iidity OF the felony clause In the gambling
act passed by the recent Tennessee Legisla-
ture. ,.
THE cabinet, upholstering andlpafst
shops Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, contained an one building ace by 175
feet, located on the meadows between Jer-
sey City and Newark, n j., were totally
destroyed by fire a few days ago. The
shops contained three Pullman coaches,
eighteen passenger coaches, three Iocorno-
tives, six tenders and vast quantity Of
paints, cushions, plush and other car fit
tings. The loss was estimated at fully
$4,000, and five hundred men were thrown
out of employment. sft nt -..eq
ALEXANDER SCOTT, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, was shot and killed a few days ago in
an ARRAY with Mexicans at Madison, N. NJ.
j. c. JONES, a wife-murderer, was
executed few days ago at Lexington, Ca,
in the presence of vast throng. The day
before he had made an attempt TO commit
suicide. At Way Cross, Ca, Henry knight,
colored, was hanged for the murder Of a
negro band-master. ~ rititf flH
THE village of Longetor, in Savoy,
Italy, has been almost entirely destroyed
| by fire, only four buildings remaining
standing. -Four hundred persons were
made homeless by the fire. III ,-7 d.
A BOILER exploded the other after
| noon at the Wolverine Paper-milI, Detroit
Mich, blowing out one side of the building
and killing the engineer and fireman.
Two boys went into Wilkesbarre
(Pa.) mine few days ago with naked
lamps, and were killed by gas explosion
| SHANGA, arrested for the murder al
Ofen, March %, of the President of the
Hungarian Court of Cessation, has made q
full confession of his guilt. i fGn
Il A SEVERE storm swept the LAKE
region on the night of the 2Oth, Severa
wrecks were reported near Chicago, Ill.
with some loss of life Apprehensions o.
additional disasters were felt on the DIST
Serious reports continued to arrive from
various sections of the deplorable result.
| of the cyclone. .... ,.,..a
A, DISPATCH from Berlin, Germany
on the DIST announced that the village o.
Nuenkershen was totally destroyed by fire
Even the fruit-trees were burned. The en-
tire population of 300 were homeless.
HARDY CLIFFORD has been sentenced
to life Imprisonment, at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
for the murder of Captain Pugh, at Racine
! about year ago.
While resisting arrest negro named
Oscar Pollack was shot four times by tn,
Marshal, at Millersburg, KY, the othel
morning, and died instantly, The negro
knocked the Marshal down several time'
before he was shot.
\ A FIRE which originated by the burn
ing of brush near Groton, VT, the other de,
resulted in one of the most destructive for
est fires ever known in that section, prop
erty valued at $4,000 being destroyed am
a number Of families being rendered home
less. .tHi 500 . iln Hrl
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-26
A Widow Marries Her Deceased Hus-
bands Nephew.

SEIAlA, Ala May l9.
The widow of the late Congressman James
o. Smith has married his nephew in Ten
neSsee. AS the laws in this Sta1e are against
such marriages they went 10 Kentucky, and
as the same law prevailed there they jour
neyed Immediately to Galiatin, Tenn, where
they were married, After overcoming these
obstacles the couple have returned 70 their
plantation near Selma. ,.,.,..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-26

The returns OF railway PROPERTY by asses
sOrs in Iowa show total mileage in the
State of 6,T91, an increase in three years Of
1850 miles The increase In valuation for
the same period Is s4.293, 614.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-05-26

postmaster-G enefal Greshanfhas issned an
order TO postmasters, directing them 20 aid the
Ciyil-Service Commission in all reasonable
ways in the discharge OF lis public duties
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

sideration, and will not be entertained by
bigotry to the best interests of the ceun-
try.
There is no doubt but the question of
tariff and revenue reform, which should
have been settled by the Republicans years
ago, will be forced Immediately upon the
consideration of the next congress. How
wisely they will be treated the future only
can tell, but every patriotic man, be he
Democrat or Republican, will unite in the
hope that wise craftsmanship and due
regard for the public welfare..w be the
controlling impulses of our representatives
in whatever they may do. 1t is too
much to hope that the measures
devised will be perfect in all respects.
Blunders will invariably be made, and
errors will creep into the most carefully
arranged and closely scrutinized measure.
But if those who prepare the bills are actu
ated by pure and patriotic motives and
consideration for the interests of the PEG
pie, they will not be inherently bad, or
cause hardships that cannot be remedied by
subsequent legislation.
The GLOBE has no objection to an extra
session of congress. Indeed, it looks as if
the present congress will leave so many
things undone as to render an extra SEES
sion imperatively necessary. How not to
do anything has been the policy of this
session, and with the exception of passing
the more important appropriation bills,
the members will succeed in carrying out
their policy. From the new congress the
people have much to hope. Many of the
old political hacks, who could not view
any measure save in the light of partisan
expediency, have been relegated to the
shades of private life, and new men with
more advanced ideas have taken their
places. They are expected to institute
needed reforms, and if they fail to do SO
their tenure of Office will be exceedingly
limited.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
AN EETRA SESSION or CONGRESS-.

There is considerable discussion among
the public men at Washington as to the
expediency of the President calling an ex-
ira session of the Forty eighth congress
Immediately after the 4th of March next.
There are good many reasons urged in
favor of such step, some Of them weighty.
others trivial and born of partisan schem-
ing, wholly unworthy of consideration. In
the first place it is argued that if the Pres
ident should die during the recess, there
would be no one legally qualified to dis
charge the duties of his Office, and hence
there would be vacancy until the regular
meeting of congress in December next,
when president pro tempore of thes en- :
ate could be chosen. This might produce
some very unpleasant complications, and
while the health of President Arthur is
good, it is thought wise 30 provide against
emergencies. This contingency may be
provided for by an extraordinary session
of the senate alone, and, other matters be-
ing left in proper form by the present
congress, the President may conclude that
such session only will be sufficient.
1t now looks, however, as if a good
many necessary matters of legislation will
be left incomplete at the expiration of the
existing congress. The revision of the
tariff has just been begun by the senate.
and has not been touched at all by the
house. Both branches have talked some
what about changes in the internal revenue
laws, but neither has accomplished any
thing towards relieving the people of the
onerous and unnecessary burdens they are
compelled to bear. The government does
not needau the revenues produced under
the present laws, and unless they arr re-
duced great hardship will ensue and the
people will be wrought up to such state
of indignation as to make it decidedly un-
comfortable for those members who NAV
be responsible for the failure of the relief
measures to face their constituents. Mem
bers are quarreling am ong themselves
over everything that offers even the re-
motest chance for a disagreement, and
there is no likelihood that any substantial
reforms will be accomplished during the
brief six weeks that remain of the session.
The Republicans appear to be
afraid to undertake revision lest they
should make some mistakes for which
they would be held responsible by the
people, and the Democrats are by no
means united on policy of either tariff
or revenue revision.
Some Republican statesmen urge an
extra session in7 the hope that the Demo
Gratis, having majority in the next con-
gress, will make some blunders in legis-
lation that will rebound to the benefit of
the Republican party at future elections.
Such reason is utterly unworthy of con-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
Journalistic,

The Cottonwood County Citizen is the
name of new paper just issued at Win
dom, the county seat of the county, bear
ing date Jan. Is. 1t is an eight column
folio, handsomely printed. and intelligent
ly edited. 1t processes to be politically
and personally Independent, saying it will
be''entirely free from all pledges and entan-
clements with any party, clique or ring
whatsoever" Hardly consistent with en-
tire independence is the declaration:
Politically we shall heartily endorse and
advocate all efforts to reform and purify
the Republican party" To reform and
purify that party is undertaking very
large contract, and may lead to "entangle-
ments" which the Citizen in the outset
would wish to avoid. Nevertheless the
GLOBE wishes it success in its proposed in
dependence. and business prosperity.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

THERE is not much probability that the
whisky bond extension act will pass the
house as readily as it did the senate, and
the owners of spirits will have to come
down with their dust when the period ar
rives at which the tax is due. II is more
than suspected that the purpose of the
whisky men was to postpone the payment
of the tax as long as possible, and in the
meantime to work for the reduction or
abolition of the tax. 1t is scheme hav-
ing for its object the defrauding of the
government of the revenues honestly due
1t, and no matter by what means it is &C.
complished the defeat of the bill is a
public blessing.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

REPRESENTATIVE SHAoKLEFoRD, of North
Carolina, died yesterday after protracted
illness, and both houses of congress ad-
jeurned at an early hour yesterday
in respect for his memory. His death
makes the twelfth that has occurred since
the assembling of the present congress, a
mortality almost unexampled in the his
tory of that body. Washington is certain
ly very unhealthy city in which to live,
and it is astonishing to note the anxiety of
so many people to get there. The enor-
nous death rate ought to be sufficient to
cause those whose ambition tends in the
direction of congress to hesitate before
running the extraordinary risks involved.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

THE French government is in a guam
dairy as to what disposition to make of
Prince Jerome Napoleon. The ministers
have evidently got white elephant on
their hands, and would be greatly obliged
to some accommodating anarchist who
would take the prince off their hands. All
the trouble has grown out of placing an
exaggerated Importance on the late clan
destine manifesto of the prince. If it had
been treated with the contempt it deserved
there would have been no trouble, for the
French are Lot at present disposed to jump
from the frying pan into the fire.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
The Coming Billiard Tournament.

New YoBK, 18.--There is considerable
excitement in billiard circles over the ac-
ton of Slosson in refusing to enter the
lists tor the tournament announced in
Chicago and New York. Slosson gives as
his reasons that the American players
have been entirely ignored, and that the
securing of Yignaux in the joint interests
of the Calender and Brunswick & Bake
companies, is, nothing more or less than a
big advertising scheme. Champion said
yesterday that the arrangements with
Vignaux were of such a character that he
had nothing to lose, being guaranteed his
expenses and $4,000 for six months.
The game proposed for the Chicago
tournament is known as Bake line game
which Vignaux is presumed to be best at.
"When / beat Vignaux in Paris" said
Slosson, she said he wanted his revenge.
told him to come to New York and I
would give him all the satisfaction he
wanted. spent $4,000 to beat Vignaux
three times. | mortgaged my place to
raise money enough to play him with, and
its burning shame to play him now. I
am forced to sign an iron-clad agreement
making me a sort of tool in the hands of
ILLS COI1p1udtlOA' we dli WduG d Try db
Vignaux, but let the billiard-table man
ufacturers take their hands off and let the
Frenchman meet US on equal footing with
nothing in his favor and may the best man
win. [ can't see the ACCESSIBILITY of enter
ing these tournaments where Frenchmen
are almost guaranteed the first prize. l
intend to show the American people 1 am
not afraid to meet Vignaux. He shall
not be on these shores five minutes before
1 have challenge brought before his no
tice.' Sexton. Schaeffer and Dion also re
fused to play, and the dissatisfaction has
J,aaonoa cyanaro1
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
NO PROHIBITION.

The Prohibition Amendment to the Iowa
State Constitution Declared Invalid by
the Supreme Court-Irregularity in the
House and Senate Journals the Cause.
DEsM JONES, Ia, j an. 18.-The prohibition
amendment to the constitution adopted by
the popular vote last June was declared
invalid by the supreme court to-day. Judge
Sewers rendered the opinion. The case is
entitled Kocbler & Long vs.. Hill, from
Davenport. The plaintiffs sued him for
the value of liquor sold him. Hill admit
ted the debt, but pleaded that the consti-
tutional amendment forbade the sale of
beer, wine and ale, and claimed exemption
from the debt. The plaintiffs amended
their petition by declaring that the amend
ment was not in force, the record of the
house of the Eighteenth assembly failing to
show it had passed, and that the house
measure differed from the amendment as
passed by the senate in the Nineteenth and
it did not and could not cure carelessness
of the Eighteenth assembly. The case was
tried by Judge Hayes at Davenport, who
gave verdict for the plaintiff for
the amount claimed and de-
clared the amendment not in operation.
The opinion rendered is very long and re-
views fully the case and all prominent au-
thorities bearing thereon. Many collater-
al issues were raised in the lower court, but
have been dropped as i'm
material Judge Sever says that
while it is true the enrolled bills
are land marks of evidence, yet inasmuch
as Iowa constitution does not require
amendments to the constitution to be en-
rolled as laws are, the legislative journals
in this state are equally competent as
evidence as to the constitutionality of
the provisions as an enrolled bill. In the
case at bar the journal of the house of the
Eighteenth assembly does not show
that the amendment was passed and also
it is varied in form and substance from the
measure in the senate. This being the case
the next Legislature could not correct the
mistakes of its predecessors and the
amendment falls to the ground. In dis
senting, Judge Reck takes the opposite
ground to the view above and says in ad-
dition that. inasmuch as the people
had elected members of the Nineteenth as
sembly on the issue of the amendment,
they themselves had cuEed the irregulari-
ties OF the Eighteenth assembly. Judge
Reck also declares with the mooted, short
publication of the Oskaloosa, paper to
have been substantial compliance with
law. The case was heard by an audience
that filled the senate chambers nearly full,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The members of the legislature will no
doubt be grateful to the Pioneer Press,
WINDOWS bar'l organ, for this opinion of
their character and abilities:
''The choice of United States senator is com
mitted by law largely to the petty, feeble
minded creatures who usually constitute large
section, and sometimes majority, of either party
in the Legislature. The results of senatorial
elections are largely determined by the success
of the artists on either side in playing upon the
weaknesses, the foibles, the prejudices, the
credulous imbeciIities, or the mercenary little
nesses of this class Of small-potato fools and
knaves."
Talk about ''the mercenary littlenesses
of small-potato fools and knaves'' comes
with rather an i'll grace from newspaper
grown fat upon public plumber and private
blackmail.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

SOME OF the friends of Window" are
talking of taking breathing spell by ad-
iourning until Monday. This cannot be
done. The law expressly says:
Eff no person receives such majority on the
first day, the.joint assembly shall meet at twelve
o'clock sheridan of each succeeding ddy during
the session Of the Legislature, and shall take at
least one vote until senator is elected"
1t is almost question, whether, as Sun
day counts in the sixty days of our legis-
Iature, vote should not be taken on that
dav.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

A REPORT was current through the city
yesterday that Senator Window was on
his way to st. Paul from Washington. The
GLOBE investigation leads us to believe
that this is untrue. There can now be no
earthly object in his coming, unless he is
anxious to supply the corpse for the funer-
al. If he had been here last week it might
not have happened. - Now it is too late.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

fifteen or twenty times, he might have so
impressediHennepin county Peterson, and
other verdants,. with his honesty, as to Sc
cure a few more votes. His representa-
tives tried to fill the bill, but it was use
less. They can't compete with sweet Viii
liam on the "honest" dodge.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

Why not send for few more federal
oficeholders to renew the pressure? Or
throw Loring with the bar'l into the
arena. Anything to galvanize a little life
into the affair. Matters are stupidity dull
DOu
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

SINCE the certain defeat of Window a
good many have lost interest in the con-
test and the crowd at the capitol was COM
paratively small yesterday. The people
desire good man for Senator, but are not
exacting as to who he may be.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

SPEAKER FLETCHER was sick last night
and retired to his room at the Merchants
early, leaving the friends of Window" to
materialize without him at their Metropol-
itan caucus. While MIR. FIetcher's was a
case of genuine illness, there are a good
many other friends of Window" who feel
pretty sick and want to go home. 1t
looks as though there may be an epidemic
of nostalgias break out in the Window
ranks.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

CATER Window, what?" was the query
of Window organ day or two ago. The
trouble is, there have been too many fell
lows ''after Window" to think much about
the fate of ''what." Suppose we kill"what,"
lust to even up the deal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The Pioneer Press extends its eompli-
ments to the Window members of the
Legislature, and says ''they are simple
minded fools" Joseph's brain must have
begun to harden a little when he can in
dulge IA comments Of that quality.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The friends of Window if enough can
be found to hold another caucus, ought to
hire the nomadic editor of the P. p. to
write one more article on the senatorship.
1t will aid the boom.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

N. P. CLARKE and Gen. McLaren were
totally eclipsed yesterday and last night
were invisible to the naked eye. Their alb
sence shows the hopelesness of the Win
dom cause,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The GLOBE begs pardon. 1t said that
Window had been in Office twenty-five
years. The P. p. places it at twenty-four.
We accept the correction. If he had sue
ceeded it would have given him thirty
years.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

HoAR was reelected to the senate from
Massachusetts yesterday, Mr.. Grape, his
chief competitor, having withdrawn. The
climate of New England seems to be more
favorable for the bosses than that of Min
nesOta.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

A POINTER for Window: The election of
Senator Hoar in Massachusetts yesterday
was accomplished by means of forged
dispatch falsely announcing the withdraw
al of Grape, his chief competitor.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
A WASHINGTON special to the New Yorl

A WASHINGTON special to the New York
Sun says:
A movement is organized to bring Grant out
next year a full-hedged candidate for the pres
idency. The managers think the ''third term
clamor," as they call it, has died out They
claim that new conditions have arisen since 1880,
and!that the ''preiudices" against Grantism have
also ceased to exist.
Whatever there may be in the ''move
ment," Grants chance of reaching the
presidency again is as brilliant as Win
dom's chance of being elected senator
again. Neither of them will ''get there.
Let US have peace!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The friends of Window" with their two
Republican organs, the Pioneer Press and
the Dispatch to choose between, call to
mind the apochryphal trip of man to
heaven. The first thing his eye lighted on
was neighbor with whom he had quar-
relied, and he exclaimed: "What! Bill
Jones here. Take me to hell Immediate
II
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The health inspector ought to visit the
State house at noon to-day and see wheth-
er the health ordinance is not being vio-
lated by keeping the Window corpse
above ground so long.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
WASHINGTON.
THE FIXTURE OF THE WHISKY HEN
TO OBT4IN CONSIDERATIONS OF
THEIR BILL.

1t Was AntagOnized by RObeson's ApprO-
priation Bill-The jealousy OF Chicago
Displayed by Michigan City-How Time
Brings About Its RevenSes-Work of the
Committees-Land Department Decisions
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

WINDOWS vote weakened to ffty-fve
yesterday. 1t ought to touch fifty to-day.
Fifty is a real nice number. 1t is just an
even third of the legislature.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

IT is said that Senator Kellogg has been
warned that his assassination is contem-
plated. The report is undoubtedly ca
nard. Assassins aim at bigger game.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19

The Window organs have been an
TO 'ncing that their chieftain would not
cone to st. Paul but would remain in
Washington on his dig" Dignity is a
nice thing to have in the family, but it
don't count for much in politics. If Wind
ON had been here in time to lie about the
patronage and promise it over and over
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
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prepaid on all papers sent by mail.