The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-10
GENERAL NEWS.

hon. Juuan L. Denldlnln law prac-
tice in London brings him $40, 900 a
year.
Hon. Harrison Cochran, of Estelle
county, Ky, is a Democratic nominee
for Congress.
Election returns in Wyoming Ter
ritory give evidence of a general Dem
Ocratic victory.
Gen. Spinner left Washington last
Friday on tour of pleasure among
the northern lakes.
George f. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
announces his willingness tie be nomi-
mated for Congress.
Two thousand men will be sent
from Spain to Cuba in a few days to
reinforce the Spanish army.
The charity commission of New
York have been detected in all man.
ner of fraudulent irregularities.
The Bishop Of Yucatan has issued
an order communicating all Catho-
lies who contract civil marriages.
The attempt to transplant shad
from this country to Germany has
failed. Another attempt will be made.
The steamer River Belle was burn
ed near New York Wednesday night.
Loss seventy-fve thousand dollars, but
no lives. 81.
The election to ratify the new con-
stitution of Arkansas and the officers
under it will take place on the 13th.of
October. IT
Madame Agatha Orlandini, 1.-The
well-known opera singer, died in New
York last Wednesday. She. was a
native of Dublin. - ' ',,'' =
y Montpelier dispatch thinks that
Peck is elected Governor of Vermont
by between twenty-one and twenty
three thousand majority. -
The Marquis of Ripon has resigned
the position of Grand Master of the
Free Masons, and will be succeeded
ad interim by the Prince of Wales.
Thomas A. Morris, senior Bishop
of the Methodist Church, died at his
residence in Springfield, o., last We'd
nesday. He was eighty years of age.
A New York dispatch announces
that the directors of the Western
Union telegraph company have de-
clared quarterly dividend of two
per cent.
Seventy-three houses in the business
part Of Greenville, Miss, were burn
ed Wednesday morning, resulting in
a loss approximating five hundred
thousand dollars.
The Australian polar expedition,
which was supposed to have been lost,
has been heard from. They were
shipwrecked, but have finally reached
Norwegian island.
State Auditor Charles McIlrath, Of
Minnesota, and the late Governor,
Homer Austin, are implicated in off
tally dishonest operations, so to speak,
o a very stupendous extent.
The Detroit Free Press says: The
Quakers of New York number eighty
ess than two years ago, and they've
got to throw away their single bed
tead or become an extinct sect.
Indians are still making raids upon
Texas farms and numbering white
Texans. Couldn't Acknowledgement
Williams run up to Long Branch and
onsult with the President OH the sup
ect of Indian depredations?
The Detroit Free Press says: John
Cork lent a stranger dollar at Rich
nond in 1856, and the other day the
tranger paid him back $4,000 Here |
fter, then when asked for a dollar by |
stranger, we shall always see John |
cork over.
The eruption of Mt Etna shows,
o signs Of abatement. The inhabit- |
nts are fleeing from the villages at |
he foot of the mountain, but it is |
bought no harm will be done. The |
ERECTION taken by the lava stream is
emote from the cultivated part of
fountain.
The citizens bank Of New Orleans
as suspended, with balance due de-
ositors of S270,7 The clearing
ousc statement on Friday showed
II the bank, liabilities of S749, 80 II:
ssets. 81, 1S3'SS1 80. OF the assets
owever, 81, 12S,773 81 consisted of
ems outside Of the portfolio.
The Collector of Customs at FL
aso, Texas, in a letter to the Chief
f the Bureau of Statistics, dated
-ug. II, SAYS: We have not had a
rop Of rain in this vicinity for three
undred and sixty-five DAYS. Every
hing is scOrching hot and burning
p. Many cattle have died Of starva-
on.
The mild-eyed OK is wickcder than
e looks. In town in Maine recent
,, "two oxen who got their horns in
were unable to separate
andstood eight days with
1t food or drink before being extri-
tied from theirpleasant position, when
icy were in a furnishing condition.
he ground showed signs of a fearful
ruggle, and they had doubtless fought
r days till their strength entirely
I've out. They were separated and
ay possible live" !
The delegates to the National Cots
n Exchange Convention have adopt
a standard of classifcations which
said to be unsatisfactory to New !
ork dealers, being too low as COM
lred with the long usage of this
arket. According to the New York
pes New York low middling is little
tier than old-fashioned street good
binary. The delegates will be treaE
to an excursion down the bay and I;
, the Hudson tomorrow, bv the
embers Of the New York Cotton
xchange. {
The New Orleans Outlook. i
IEw ORLEANS, Sept. 1.-The follow
2 is condensed from the NATIONAL, !
)tton Exchange crop report for Au- {