The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

ABDELLAH fASHA 3 negotiations rel
lative to the surrender of Damietta are re-
garded as intended to gain time. 1t is re-
ported that he is again strengthening his
Notifications. Said Abdelah is willing to
surrender, but the black troops refuse. 1t
is believed that the Egyptians are intrenched
beyond the fort ON the east side of the
river.
G. G. ROBERTS, of Boston, Mass, who
was arrested some time ago on suspicion Of
having caused the death of Elisha Curtis,
and was honorably discharged when it APP
peared that Curtis died OF heart disease, has
brought suit against Assistant Medical Ex-
aminer George Stedman for $4,000 DANA.
ges, for falling to make an autopsy and file
report in time.
The national convention of distillers
and liquor dealers, held at Cincinnati, issued
declaration that, while they have obeyed
the most oppressive laws, they believe the
sale of spirits should be placed on the same
footing as other merchandise; that they
favor iudicious license system, aiding the
Government and protecting dealers. George
t. Stage, Of st. Louis, was chosen pres
ident
A DAUGHTER of William Smith
O'Brien visited Castle Garden, New York,
the other day, in search of information as to
the treatment OF Immigrants on their ar
rival. She intends to establish boarding
house for female emgrants in Liverpool.
GEN. WOOD reached Damietta on the
23l. Abdellah surrendered, but the negro
garrison fed. The Khedive has issued
manifesto declaring that England has great
interests in Egypt, both in regard to the
finances and traffic through the Suez Canal;
that for the protection OF those interests she
was compelled 10 interfere, but that she has
no intention Of annexing the country. He
has authorized Gen. Wolseley to represent
him in restoring order and furnishing the
rebels.
THE steamer Neptune, which was
sent with supplies for Lieut.. Greeley's Are
tic exploring station, has returned to New
foundand. Solid ice was encountered with
in two degrees of the station.
THE steamer Edom is reported lost in
a collision with the Lepanto, from Hull, on
the 2lst. Two sailors persisted.
A BRAKEMAN, conductor and tele-
| grapher, have been held to answer for the
l SoliiSlOu III luC NOW lOlh luuHels
A TRAIN carrying Austrian soldiers
went through bridge spanning the brave,
near Eek, on the Odd. Fifteen hussars
were drowned and some thirty injured.
THE Chinese quarter of Susanville,
CAL, was fired the other morning. Loss,
! $150,00O.
SIX leading milliners of New Yorl, ar
rived home by the steamship France. A hint
having been received by cable, the Customs
detectives found on the person OF one wo-
man silks and laces valued at 1925 francs,
while another carried dutiable goods to the
amount of 5000 francs.
CHICAGO butchers are erecting on a
wharf at New York two-story refrigerator,
eighty feet long and twenty feet wide, in
which to store dressed beef slaughtered on
the praries.
THE friends of John B. Davis, presi-
dent of the suspended banking company of
Richmond, Virginia, have executed papers
covering his Indebtedness and securing de-
positors In full.
AN insane daughter of James Cleve-
land, OF Nashville, Tenn, poisoned six
members Of the family by putting stryehnine
J in the coffee. few days ago. The father is