The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-22
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TIE NEWS IN BRIEF
THE War Department is in receipt of
Information that sensational reports about
the invasion Of Indian territory are without
foundation. Gen. Pope SAYS that the inyS-
sion r. a myth; ard the force Of troops is
sufficient to eject any parties who may at
tempt 90 enter. ts
THE Democratic National Committee
on the 14th paid formal visit to Samuel J
Tilden and presented the resolution in refer
ence TO him passed by the Cincinnati Con-
Yention. EK-Gov. Stevenson made an ad-
dress on behalf Of the Committee, to which
Mr. Tilden briefly responded
CAPTAIN PAYNE, with twenty-five of
his followers, has been again arrested for
invading forbidden territory. The arrest
was made by detachment Of Indian scouts
under command Of Donald, Governments
guide. Instructions are to turn the trespass-
ers over to the commanding officer at Cald-
well, Kansas. t.l----l ..r 70
THE Mississippi State Board of Health
on the 10th passed an order that no railroad
ears shall be allowed to enter Mississippi
and no steamboat or other water craft shalt
be allowed to land at any point in the State,
unless they have undergone examination by
an officer Of the National Board of Health.
Persons from New Orleans must have GER
tiicates that they have not been exposed to
infection. sFt.-| aha- CAB. -A
THE anniversary of the taking of the
Bastile, July IA, which under the Republic
has become the National Fete dsy-of France
in lieu of the Fete Napoleon, was celebrated
in Paris with great magnificence. The
Cathedral Of Notre Dame was Illuminated
in a most novel manner, the entire building
being lighted up externally in such man
ner that it resembled vast structure Of
porcelain. V-EF r." ..Hr ~
A RECENT decision of general interest
regarding short-paid or unpaid mail matter
is as follows: Where third or fourth-class
mail matter is deposited in the Post-office
fnsufficiently prepaid, or where first-class
matter is deposited without one full rate, the
Postmaster should not forward it; but if
by inadvertence it is forwarded, the Post
master at the Office Of delivery should only
collect postage remaining unpaid. If first,
third or fourth-elass matter be deposited in |
the Post-office without any prepayment, it |
Should be held, but if forwarded by mis- |
take, the amount collected upon delivery |
should be double the postage which should |
have been prepaid. .-.
ANOTHER mining horror has occurred !
in Wales. At an early hour on the morning |
Of the 10Th an explosion took place in the .
new black vein pit Of the London and South |
Wales Colliery Company, at Risca, six miles |
from Newport. The pit is go yards deep. |
The force of the explosion was so
great as to utterly destroy the ven
tilating fan in the up-caSt air-blast, |
thus cutting of every vestige OF hope of es-
cape to the 12O men below, all ofwhom were |
doubtless suffocated in a short time. A !
number of explosions of a like fatal eharac-
ter have occurred in the same mine, one in
1850, by which 145 lives were lost. '--
THE Missouri State Greenback Con-
vention was held at Sedalia on the 14th. The |
following State ticket was placed in nomi- |
nation: For Governor, Human A. Brown, !
Vi INV tA4N SOohbgs
Homer Il. Fellows, of Greene; Sec
rotary of State, o. D. Jones, Of
Knox; Auditor, DIR. A. C. Marks, |
of st. Clair; Treasurer, John NJ. Sneed, of |
Pettis; Attorney General, Major A. NJ. |
McGintey, of Moberly; Judge Of Supreme
Court, Peter E. Bland, Of st. Louis. The
resolutions indorse the platform adopted
by the National Greenbsck Convention at
Chicago.
THE following are the members of the
Executive Committee of the National Dem
ocratic Committee: William H. Barnum.
Chairman; f. o. Prince, Secretary; Gen.
Duncan S. Walker, Assistant Secretary. w.
H. Barnum, Connecticut; F. o. Prince,
Massachusetts,; George T. Barnes,
Georgia.; William C. Cloudy, Illinois:
Austin Fl. Brown, Indiana; NJ. NJ. Ham,
Iowa; Henry d. MeHenry, Kentucky; Out
erbridge Husey, Maryland; P. II. Kelly,
Minnesota; A. H. Sulloway, New Hampshire;
Orestes Cleveland, New Jersey; Abraham
s. Hewitt, New York: NJ. w. Ransom,
North Carolina; VIM. W. Armstrong, Ohio;
VIM. l.. Scott, Pennsylvania; Thos. O'Con-
nor, Tennessee; B. B, Smalley, Vermont.
THE Democratic National Committee
met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York
City on the 18th. William II. Barnum, of
Connecticut, was unanimously elected
Chairman, and Frederick o. Prince, of Mas
sachUsetts, Secretary. The committee then
adjourned to Governors Island to attend the
presentation Of the nomination to General
Hancock. The committee appointed by the
Cincinnati Convention to inform its eandi-
dates Of their nomination visited Governors
Island and presented formal letters to both
Gen. Hancock and Mr.. English. Gen. Han
cocks grandson, aged five months, having
died that morning from cholera infantum,
the presentation was purely formal. Gen.
Hancock signifed his intention of preparing
his letter Of acceptance at an early day.
THE Tennessee State Board of Health,
on the 14th, ordered the enforcement of the
following quarantine regulations against
New Orleans: No freight-ear over any rail-
road nor any steamboat or any other water
craft departing from the City of New Orleans ]
after the 18th day of July, 1880, and until
State of Tennessee, nor to make landing
upon the borders of the State for the pur-
pose of transacting any business. whatsoever, !
unless said ear, boat or water craft shall =
present to the proper officers Of this
Board a certificate from the officers i
or agent of the National Board
Of Health to the following effect: That said ,
official or agent of the National Board of ,
Health has personally examined the freight ,
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