The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-10-28

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MILAN EXCHANGE.
WADE BROOKS, EdIlo.,. and p z { !,
MILAN, TENNESSEE.
CURRENT TOPICS.
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TEE NEWS I'M BRIEF
A REUNION of troops, Northern and
Southern, took place at Atlanta, Ga, on
the 18th. The Besfef feeling prevailed. )G
A. G. HoDGEs, Grand iTreaSluiret- of
the Kentucky Masonic Lodge, is a defaulter
TO the amount ofiS7 ;OO0.i He has held the
Office for many years. ,',t-al .,s.sh !.
1T is Officially announced that the At
Gibson, Topeka and santa Re Railroad viii
be completedand connecfed, wit the South .
ern Pacific about JANUARY 1. iSst, thus opens
ing up new through route between the
East and the Pacific Coast. ~ 30 '9'''s 81
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON has writ
ten very belligerentnote 10 secreary Jobn
Sherman, on account Of liolitiealssp
made by the latter In which he referred to
the Senator as being m league with the Ksi-
klux Khan. e'cOrresponderfe in fiiil has
.rwr.- u .
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THE Republican, plurality on. Cover
nor in Indiana is silnoGiciany stated. to be
7,141. In Ohio, the Republican plurality ON
Secretary of STATED Is 1899 and on Supreme
Court Judge 23,ea1. The Demeerstieplu Tal-
fly in West Virginia is, between 1e,90e and
1900. ,-ss.,.a .,os.....,.,s =. q,
THE National Democratic Committee
have issued an address to the Democrats of
Virginia officially recognizing the ''Funder"
ticket and urging all members Of the party
to give it their cordial SUPPORT, 1t is I'M
derstood that. Gen. Mahone, leader of the
Readjusters, refused to enter into any ar
rangement for Joint electoral tiekets SIS c
THE King of Greece,s sin his speech at
the opening Of the Chambers, said that
the Government had already made extensive
military and naval preparations for estab-
fishing and maintaining the new frontier de-
termined upon by the Powers, and that there
would be no REIMBURSEMENT Of its efforts
until the new order Of things was firmly es-
taDllshed' .HAz-A-- sStN. fsseo
THE plan of arbitrament proposed by
South American republics -is-as-fo follows:
Chill, Peru and Bolivia will each elect three
commissioners to discuss the conditions of
peace, to meet in Peruvian territOFV oecI-
pied by the Gillian army, the United States
Minister taking part IN the Aconfefence as a
friendly mediator.
THE great westernraiFway passenger
war terminated on the 22d by an. agreement
between the rival lines as to the future di-
vision OF traffic, and former rates were I'M
mediately restored- cit is Understood that
all the roads interested are TO share pro rata
the expenses eflbef Sight, aISA tickets sold at
the cut rate by either road will be received
In exchange for tieketseby any otherrpad,
subject TO redemption by the company issu-
ING the SarYfseih lostB .ffaE4io 70 hl7r E--.i
THE United States Attorney-General
has given aTropinfon m the matter of indian
Agent Berry, charged, sithGpsnpl ieity. ID the
murder of young Jackson by the Utes, that
She case prOYgtyrpp FFder state jgFgisi
diction, and the military authorities have
been ordered to turn hiRore to the Sheriff
Of Gunnison County for trial. Cline is in
Jail at Guhnisofi City - The others imp beat
ed are at large Governor Pitkin says there
need be no apprehension of mob violence
and that the prisoners Will have a fair trial!
PORTIONS Of the wreck of the, steamer
Alpena have come ashore near Holland,
Mich, thus removing all doubts as tothe
tate Of that EesseLs Several bedies have also
been recovered, Among the lost ARE Mrs.
Newton Bradley and her two daughters, of
Santa Fe, n. NJ; Rev. Farrell Hart and
wife, of White Pigeon, Mich; John Osborn,
wife and three children, Chicago; Mrs. s. B.
Cole, Ottawa, III Theonl list of. passen-i
gers was kept on the steamer, and conse-
quently it is got probable thai, the precise
number on board VIII ever be known. The
total number of lives lost il. estimated,a at be-
tween seventy-five and eiglity.S% wee IA
THE edtfns passenger rates, inaugIr-
Rted by the Wabash hetYeep Chicago and
st. Louis, has been promptly met by other
lines and extends to nearly every competing
point throughout the West. The, prevailing
rate between Chicago, St. 11tIis aud Kansas
City on the 10Th was only S1.00, while TO :
Omaha, Council. Bluff, EnetoitE Toledo,
Fort Wayne and other connecting points
East and West the rates Tere correspond
ingly lows The w abash is-reperted TO have
sold enough ".unlimited" tickets between Sts'
Louis and Chicago to supply the probable
requirements of travel between the two
points fortws years Is, eome, s,.v,, .,,s 10 ~
IEA sKrRMIsH is reported to have taken
place between a company of volunteer rang
ers from LeadyTle, commanded by .. noted
Indian fighter named Jack Harrison, and the
Utes, near jacks Cabin, just outside the
Reservation. HRrrison's epmpanySnumber-i
ING thirty-fve men, was organized az the
time Of Jackson's capture by the, Indians
for the avowed purpose6f assisting the sliefA
III to capture Berry, and his associates. The
encounter took place in the night andis supse
posed to have besRi brought on by accident. l
The man who brought thenews toiLeadrille
says one OF the rangers was slightly wounded
and that several Indians were kfifec.- Ff1e--
Indians Withdrew l,tfore laylgbG taSing off
their dead and wounded, however, if any
such there were. 49, " " "a
Victoria and his band have finally
been extinguished on the 18th fnstsnt, as
reported. the, Mexioan troops under COM
Of fasla II