The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-01

Berlin is at loggerheads; that Austria anC
Russia are row unwilling 70 90 as far a
France and England desire, for fear Of re
opening the whole Eastern question. It i
reported that Italy energetically protests
against the extension Of Austria's right o
control in The Adristic, and that the pro
iected settlement Of the Montenegrin diff.
Guilty by the cession Of Dulcigno is likely t.
fall through
THE Vermont Republican State Con
vention nominated Col. Roswell Farnhan
for Governor, Gen. John L. Barstow fol
Licutenant-GOyenor, and ohm A. II. Page,
present. incumbent, for Treasurer.
The Greenback Congressional Con-
vention for the second Iowa District nomi-
mated Lmdlcy Hoops, Muscatine County
farmer, for Representative.
THE Republican Congressional Con-
rention for the Third Kansas District re-
nominated Hon. Thomas Ryan byacclama-
ton.
THE Mexican authorities decline to
sanction the request Of the United states
that Gen. Hatch be permitted TO follow Vic
torio's band Of Apaches across the border
into Mexico.
TIE Texas Grecnback State Conven-
on. held at Austin on the 2lth, placed in
nomination the following ticket: For Gov
eruor Gen. W. II. Harmon; Tor Lieut.
Governor. Geo. GiyCus, 81 Dallas; for At
toruey-Gcneral, Henry +. O'Nei, Of Cass;
for Comptroller, X. ;. Kennedy, OF Gregg
News from Cabul confirms the re-
ports Of a general rising in Central Asia.
WILLIAM PESTcKs, aged about So,
until recently employed as a farm labOrer by
Kir. Euudv, in Lynn Township, Posey
County, Ind, on Sunday night, the 2Oib,
shot and instantly killed Bundy's daughter,
Izctta Ann. aged L, while she was returning
home from her grandmother's, and then shot
himself The two bodies were found early
Monday morning lying together in the road.
Pcnicks had become enamored Of his en-
ployer's daughter, and pressed his suit so
ardcutlv that she, not pcciprocating the at
tachment, complained TO her father, who
thcrcupon discharged the man from his
service,
THERE were thirty deaths from vel
low fever in Havana, Cuba, for the week
ending june -.
An imperial Russian ukase fixes the
number Of men to be enrolled in 1850 for the
completion Of the army at $4,000.
THE new census returns give the fol-
lowing population in round numbers to the
cities named: Chicago, 4,404; Philadel-
plfa, S42.0 600: Pittsburg and Allegheny, 232,-
600: Nashville, 1887; Brooklyn, $4,000;
Milwaukee, 10000; Springfield, ILL.,, q, 900;
Peoria, 1850; Quincy, $1,000; Aurora, b.
OOO; Galesburg, 1000; Joliet, 1000.
THE Secretary of War has suspended
the recommendation Of the West Point
Board that Whitaker be dropped on ac-
count Of deficiency in his studies. This will
give him an opportunity Of demanding a
court-martial in his case il he desires to vim
dictate himself II he should be dismissed
now he would have no chance Of being fur
ther heard ..-L -... "a.
GEN. SHERMAN will soon pay visit
70 Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg in or
der TO consider the Indian question in that
country and look into the condition Of Sit
ting Bulls Indians, both those who have
surrendered and those who are yet in the
British Possessions.
AFTER a determined effort to capture
Buenos Ayres, lasting three days, the army
of the Argentine Confederation was forced
TO retreat
JAMES T. HARRIS, late President of
the Bank Of Commerce at Georgetown,
Texas, is under arrest for alleged swindling
through the mails. Harris circulated printed
circulars throughout the country represent
ing that the people Of Williamson County
were in great distress on account OF total
loss Of crops, ETC., and raised large amount
of money in this way. His scheme was
worked principally in the North, East and
West. the South being avoided. Banks were
Viclimized from Maine 70 California, his po-
sition giving him unusual facilities for car
ryiug on scheme Of this character. The
arrest was made by a special agent of the
Post-ofice Department. Harris was taken
o Austin and locked up.
THE village of Tarport, just north of
Bradford, Pa, was almost entirely destroyed
bv fire on the 25ih. Thirty-one buildings
twcre burned, valued at $4,000,
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Ut 81. Paul. Mimi, suspended on the 18th. |
The immediate cause was inability to pay a
check for $4,000 drawn by the City Treas
urtr. The suspension is believed 10 be only
temporary.
BRADLAUGH appeared at the Bar of
the House Of Commons and insisted on his .
right 10 take his seat. Sir Stafford North /,
cote objected, whereupon Labouchere, who 4
represents Nottingham, the seat from which 1
Bradlaugh also has been elected, moved that /
he be permitted to address the House, which |
he accordingly did az some length. Brad /
laugh then refused to leave the House, and .
was taken in custody by the Sergeant-at-
Arms. ,
THE Commissioner of the General
Land Office has forwarded instructions rela-
tive to settlers on the Usage lands, and also
respecting the sale OF the Kaw trust lands,
and TO carry out the act for the relief of set
Iers who suffered loss from the droughts in
Kansas and Nebraska The latter measure,
the Commissioner SAYS, was timely one, as
recent advices from the affected sections
show that had not relief come TO this sec
tion many Of the settlers would have incur
red great losses, as it was impossible for
them TO comply with the terms OF their
claims to the lands any longer. Z
THE Maine Republican State Conven-
ton renominated Gov. Davis.