The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-12-16

MILAN EXCHANGE
WADE BROOKS, Editors and Proprietors.
MILAN, TENNESSEE
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
THREE thousand miners are thrown
out of work by the temporary suspension OF
collieries in the Pottsville (Pa.l district.
A CHICAGO street-car was run into BY
a locomotive the other night and completely
demolished. The passengers, ten in num-
der, were all more or less injured, but mont
fatally.
THE breaking ground for the Mata-
moras & Matagorda Railroad, Mexico, OF
the I'd, was the occasion OF considerable GER
emory, large number Of dignitaries from
both sides Of the Rio Grande being in at.
tendance.
THE Temperance Congress, under the
auspices of the New York State Temperance
Society, met on the 9th. Gov. st. John, Of
Kansas, made an address, detailing the his
tory of the struggle in Kansas against in
temperance.
THE remains Of Hon. George B. Rob.
inson, Lieutenant Governor Of Color
ado, were conveyed to his former home near
Kalamazoo, Mich, under an escort Of prom
inent citizens Of Colorado, and inferred
with appropriate ceremonies, on the It'll.
ANOTHER terrible mine explosion has
occurred in South Wales-the Penygraig
Colliery, in Rhonda Valley, being the scene
of the latest disaster. Eighty-six persons
were at work in the mine at the time Of the
explosion, not one Of whom came out alive.
A JOINT caucus of the Republican
members Of the Senate and House, held on
the evening of the 9th, resolved that the Re-
publican minority should oppose the pend
ing Joint rule for counting the Electoral vote
"by means authorized by parliamentary
law"
CAPTAIN w. II. HowGATE, U. S. A,
has resigned. For the past ten years he had
been connected with the Signal Service, and
since General Myers death has been acting
Chief His resignation is supposed to be due
TO the recent appointment of General Hazen
as Chief Signal Officer.
BRIGADIER-GENER Z. o. G. ORD,
commanding the Department Of Texas, has
been retired from active duty by order of
the President. he will be superseded by
General c. c. Augur, now commanding the
Department of the South. Gen. Ord is 90
years Of age, and his term of service in the
Army is forty-one and half years.
THE simultaneous meeting in New
Orleans of the American Public Health As
ISOLATION, the Quarantine Association, and
the Sanitary Council of the Mississippi VAL
ley brought together large number Of dis
tinguished scientists, mostly medical men,
from all parts Of the country. The proceed
ings of each body were of an interesting
character, and will doubtless add no little
to the public information regarding the pre-
Vention and spread of epidemic diseases.
N
AMONG the first bills which will be
reached in the House will be the Eaton Tar
III bill for the creation Of a commission Of
experts TO investigate the Tariff and report
their conclusions and recommendations to
the next Congress. This bill passed the
Senate at the last session and is now lying
upon the Speakers table in the House in
such position as TO be one Of the first meas
ures reached at the coming session.
SEVERAL employees of the Kansas
City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad
and two or three express messengers on the
same road have been arrested charged with
robbing the baggage consigned to that road
by the Union Pacific. The parties were all
indicted by the Grand Jury at Kansas City
on the statement of George Clemince, who
was arrested, convicted, and sent to the
Missouri Penitentiary several months ago for
q similar offense.
JOHN KELLY has been ousted from
the COMPREHENSIVE of New York City, his
successful competitor being Allen Campbell.
The result was brought about by combina
ton between the Anti Tammany Democrats
and Republicans in the Board of Aldermen,
which body confirms the appointments made
BY the Mayor. The result caused great po-
litical excitement, and is considered the
death blow to Tammany influence in politi
cal affairs.
PAYNE's Oklahoma colony, about 400
strong, left their rendezvous at Arkansas
City, Kansas, on the 9th, and took up the
line Of march for the Indian Territory.
Lieut.. Mason, with forty-eight men
of the Fourth Cavalry, who had
been detailed for that purpose,
escorted them to the State line,
where halt was to be ordered. 1t is said
that large numbers from other points were
crossing into the Territory while the mill
tary were watching Payne's party.
IT is said the escaped members of
Victories band are committing the most
horrible crimes in Chihuahua, Mexico, in