The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-12-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

REV. Mr.. GALLAGHER, of Ontario, is
deceased wife's sister. 81 "a VI ~
PROF. SYLVESTER, who has, accepted
an appointment as Professor Of Geonetry
in Oxford University, England, was given
farewell reception at Baltimore, Md, the
night of the Goth. -1t4h
On the evening of the goth grand
reception was given General Hancock at
San Francisco, Cal.
A FEW days ago the Gar of Russia
was quite severely injured by being thrown
from carriage while out on hunting ex-
pedition.
SERGEANT MASON left home on the
Goth to attend the reunion of his old regi-
ment, the Seventy. eighth Ohio, at Zanes-
vile.
THERE is utterly no foundation for
the rumor that Oscar Wilde is about to be
raised to the peerage under the title of
Baron Sunhower.
THE German Crown Prince visited
the Italian Chamber of Deputies on the
night of the Goth and sat in the Diplomatic
gallery, where Premier Depretis and other
Ministers paid their respects to him. The
Prince left Rome at midnight amid great
ceremony.
On the goth DIR. VIM. Z. Reynolds, of
Chicago, Medical Examiner of the Metro
politan Insurance Company, and a practis-
ing physician for thirty years, committed
suicide with cyanwet of potash.
BREvET MAJoR-G ENERAL THos. j..
CRAM (retired), of the Engineer Corps, died
in Philadelphia, Pa, on the Goth, in street
car. He was observed to fall suddenly and
before the ear had proceeded two squares
he was dead. A physician who arrived be-
fore he expired, was of the 'opinion that
death was due to apoplexy.
On the 21st the remains of Lieuten-
ant De Long and companions reached IT.
kutsk, Russia.
On the 2lst General Longstreet had
Judgment rendered against him for $4,000
for money lost in option dealing.
AT Washington on the 21st the SUI
preme Court bar took appropriate action
with respect to the death of Judge Jere
Black.
On the 21st Frank James was again
released on bail. Governor Crittenden OF
Missouri takes strong ground against the
United States authorities attempting tC
take him from the State while he is under
indictment in the State courts
Thus far during the present session
of Congress nearly 5000 bills have been in
troduced.
On the 21st ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Brews
ter left Washington for New Orleans
whefe he appears in the prosecution of thu
lottery cases,
In the Washington Cd. CO Crimina
Court ON the 2lst the Grand Jury presented
three indictments against Pension Attor
neys Nathan w. Fitzgerald, Samuel c
Fitzgerald and Andrew B. Webb for illega
use of the mails and devising scheme t.
defraud widows of soldiers.
On the 2lst the Colored Nationa
Committee met in Washington, d. c.. an,
appointed delegates to the Convention a
Richmond, Va, in July next. Each Con
gressional district was allowed two dele
gates and each Territory one representa-
tive, Frederick Douglass, Register of tn
Treasury Bruce, of the District of Colum
bia, and Colonel William Murrell, of Mary
land, were elected members of the Nationa
Committee.
The award of $4,000 damage
against the Detroit EUesing Nssos in favo
of DIR. M'Lean, of the University Of Mich
gan, for libel, has been affirmed by the Su
preme Court of Michigan.
On the 23d the German Crown Prime
returned TO Berlin.
The Gar of Russia is still sufferin,
from the injuries received in falling fror
sledge on the 10th inst.