The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

. THE annual meeting of the Ohio
Editors and Publishers Association will be
held at Toledo on Sept. 20 and 81. Mr.. Jos.
Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, viii deliver
the annual address, and VIM. D. Gallagher,
ESQ, of Louisville, Ky, viii ofiiciate as
poet There will be banquet and excursion
on Lake Erie, and other enjoyable exercises.
MAJOR BENJAMIN RUNKLE, who was
sentenced to dismissal from the United
States Army and Imprisonment In the Peni-
Tertiary, on the finding of the cotrt-martial
before which he was tried in 1872, for mis-
appropriation of funds belonging to the
Freedman's Bureau, has been restored to
his rank, with full pay from the date of his
dismissal, by order of the President. 1t is
said that the evidence Of his innocence dis
covered dufihg the last five years was so
overwhelming that the President has decid-
ed that the accusation was unfounded, and
the finding of the court-martial Illegal and
unjust, ...a.
REV. w. H. II. CLARK, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Augusta, Ga, fell
dead, on the 10th, at the bedside of parish
Toner, who had just died.
LEWIS BROOKS, of Rochester, n. Y,
who gave $4,000 to the University of Vir-
ginia year ago, and also $4,000 to the
Washington and Lee University, died sud-
denly on the 9th. The first public announce
ment of his name in connection with these
benefactions was made after his death,
A CONVENTION of Free Traders is to
be held at Saratoga; \. Y, September s, to
form permanent organization Of the Ma
tienal Free Trade League, and to take such
action as will bring to the attention of the
Government and Congress the importance of
making some radical changes in our present
tariff.
GEN. THOMAS d. HoXIE has been
nominated as the Greenback candidate for
Governor Of New Jersey.
Il. F. CAMPBELL has been reinstated
Collector of internal Revenue for the Third
District of Texas, in the place of NJ. n.
Brewster. Campbell was removed last fall,
as he claims, on account of having favored
the nomination of Bristow for the Presi-
dency. .E. r.. 81
THE Maine Democrats have nominat-
ed Joseph H. Williams for Governor. The
platform contains no allusion to our National
finances.
SENATOR CoNKLING returned home
from Europe on the 10th, and received an
ovation upon his arrival in New York.
SENATOR MORTON had slight attack
efparalysis on the l4th.
PRESIDENT HAYES and party left
Washington on the evening of the 14th for
Bennington, VT, to participate in the Gen.
tennial celebration. .
WILLIAM j. MURTAGH, proprietor of
the Washington National Republican, was
cOwhided on the 18th by Jos. R. Wheatly, of
Harrodsburg, KY, on account of articles
which appeared in that paper rejecting up
on his private character.
A WASHINGTON divorce case, in
which John L. Thompson is the plaintiff and
Martha G.. Thompson is defendant, is said to
be prolific in scandals of the most unsavory
odor. One Of the most prominent parties
whose name has been dragged into the suit
is Gen. n. p. Banks, but he says there is not
the slightest basis for the allegations 50 far
as he is concerned. --s--1--a--
z CHAUNCEY ROSE, one of the founders
of the city of Terre Haute, Ind, and the
wealthiest man in the Wabash Valley, died
at his residence, in that city, on the 18th, at