The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-14

MILAN, TENNESSEE.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS I'M BRIEF.
By threatening a strike all along the
line, the employees Of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way have secured an advance in wages.
THE Russian papers are filed with
accounts Of the great restitution prevailing
in the interior. Many deaths from starya-
ton have occurred.
A wELL-DEFINED case of yellow fever
is reported from New Orleans, but so late
in the season as TO cause no apprehension Of
the spread Of the disease.
A STRIKE of negro laborers, COM
pressmen and longshoremen, at Houston,
Tex, begun on the 4th and threatened to
assume serious proportions.
PROF. JACOB BALL, a well known nat
uralist and geologist, died recently in camp
in Willeberger County, Tex, where he was
pursuing his scientific explorations.
THE Georgia State election, which
took place on the 9th, resulted inthe re-elec-
ton Of Governor Colquitt, the regular Dem
ocratic nominee, bya majority of some 40
600.
THE Mexican House of Representa-
tives, by resolution, have declared Gen. Con
zales duly elected President Of the Repub-
lie. his term to begin on the LIST Of Decem-
Der.
gems. GRANT and Logan attended
the reunion Of the survivors Of the Twenty
first Illinois Regiment at Decatur on the 9Th.
Gen. Grant was the first Colonel Of this regi-
ment.
A TELEGRAM from Breslau, Germany,
reports that an accident occurred on the 9th
inst, i'm a mine near Kattowitz. Fifty-four
workmen were overwhelmed, all but four
of whom were suffocated.
THE Supreme Court of Utah has de-
cided that the female-suffrage law in that
Territory is constitutional, and that under il
women are entitled to vote at all elections.
Judge BoremaSdissented from his opinion
S
ACCORDING to returns on file In the
Secretary of States office, the Constitutional
amendment voted for at the recent election
i'm Arkansas, favoring a scaling down Of the
State debt,was rejected by majority OF 1860.
THE centennial anniversary OF the
Battle Of Kings Mountain, North Carolina,
was celebrated on the 9th and eth. There
was a mimic fight, representing the battle
as fought between the British and American
troops.
PROF. RILEY says he has reached q
stage in the management Of the cotton worm
when there is no longer any excuse for its
ravages and that the caterpillar and the boil
worm will cease to be a cause Of anxiety tc
intelligent and enterprising planters.
THE St. Louis Fair opened on the 4th
with a fine display in nearly every depart
ment and large attendance. The annual
pageant of the Yelled Prophets, which came
off on the night Of the 9th, was a magnificent
affair and was witnessed by hundreds OF
thousands Of spectators.
s
d. p. DEVICES, the Greenback candi-
date for Judge of the Supreme Court OF
PENNSYLVANIA, in a published letter, with
draws from the canvass, for the reason, he
states, that Gen. Weaver is using his influ-
ence as the head of the National ticket, in
favor of the Republican candidates.
JOSEPH MooREHoUsE, of Elizabeth,
n. j., died on the 4th from hydrophobia.
He was bitten bya dog with which he was
playing in MAY last. The wound was eau
> terized and MoorehOuse thought no more
about it until the day before he died, when
he was attacked with spasms and died with
in "a hours.
The Government has convened q
conference of Russian cotton manufacturer:
at Moscow to discuss the threatened crisis in
the industry. At many Of the Moscow mills
many Of the operatives have been reduced Il
per cent. The recent reduction Of 10 pei
cent at Khludeffs great mill at Smolsk pro.
Uut6u Il lOuI -udNs elllht anu liOl liAtAC'
Similar outbreaks are apprehended else
where if wages are reduced, as the failure Of
the harvest has doubled the price Of food.
IT is reported from Mazatlan, Mexi'
co, that ex-Gov. Rubi, who was captured al
the battle of San Vicente, has been shot by
order Of the military authorities. 1t is also
stated that Col Ramirez, chief of the Sina.
loa revolution, had entered Mazatlan in dis
gIlise with the intention Of taking steamer
bound for San Francisco, that he had beer
betrayed by his guide, and his capture wa;
expected every hour, when he would I'm.
doubtedly meet similar fate to that of Gov
Rubi.
THREE cars of an express train or
the Fitchburg (Mass.) Railroad were
thrown from the track at Littleton Station
on the night Of the 9TH. A
Mr. Faulkner, from Aver, and Mr.
A. Vartney, the Master Car-buildel
of the road, were both instantly
killed, while fifteen other persons were in
jured, some of them seriously. The ears
were terribly wrecked, and the fact thai
there were comparatively few passengers OF
board is the only thing that saved it from be-
ing a wholesale disaster.
CONSIDERABLY excitement has beer
caused in political circles by the publication
of an alleged interview between
Gen. Grant and the Rev. C. II
Fowler, in which Gen. Gram
speaks somewhat disparagiEgly Of Gen
Hancock. The latter, in an interview with ;
newspaper correspondent, said he could nc
believe Gen. Grant to be guilty OF thu
discomtesy to a brother officer attrib
uted to him in the publication referred to
but in case he should be assured that thu