The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from; Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JUDGE RAY, of Indiana, law clerk of
the Post-office Department at Washington,
resigned on the 9th.
Two Cleveland papers have been
sued for libel by ex-Lieutenant Governor
Mueller, of Ohio.
THE newly appointed Captain-Gen-
Feral of Cuba, General Castillo, has arrived
at Havana.
The examination of O'Donnell was
concluded ON the 2Sth at London. The pris.
oner was committed for trial.
EMPEROR WILLIAM took part in the
ceremony of unveiiing the statue of Germa-
mia at Niederwald on the 18th.
IT was shown at meeting of the
creditors of Harrington any Hinnewell,
Boston silversmiths, that the firms labil-
tiles were $l62, 900 and assets $4,000.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Bulgaria is
reported to have gone incog to consult the
Emperor of Austria. The war clouds
thicken. The Porte calls the attention of
the powers to the armament of Bulgaria.
A BILL has been presented by John
Roach to the Secretary of the Navy for
900 for taking care of the United States
steamship Roanoke from 1877 to the present
time, the charges being made at the rate of
SO day.
THE reported shooting of John Stew
art Parnell proved .unfounded. He was in
London on the 2sth.
IT is announced that John p. How
ard, of Burlington, Vt, will give a new
building for the Medical Department of the
University of Vermont and refit the old
building for gymnasium The aggregate
cost will be about $4,000. This will make
over 100000 Howard has given the Uni
versity within ten years.
r. S. MATTHEW'S, Republican nomi-
nee for Attorney-General of Maryland, has
declined to run.
ACCORDING to the will of the late
Junius Brutus Booth, which has been pro-
hated, the property goes to his widow.
The friends of Lieutenant Darlington
are confident that he has a clear record OH
the Proteus business.
A SUIT for $4,000 damages has been
begun by James Fair in New York against
his father-in-law for alternating his wife's
affections.
On the Goth the King of Spain was
grossly- insulted by the French populace on
his arrival in Paris by reason of his accept
ing the honorary colonelcy of a German
Ohlan regiment during his recent visit to
the Emperor William. President Grevy
apologized on behalf of the government
and King Alfonso attended banquet ten
dered him by the President and Cabinet at
Elysee.
A CORDIAL welcome was given Gov
ernor ireland of Texas on his visit to Mex
leo. Fully 10000 people assembled at Sal
tillo to greet him and manifested great en-
thusiasm.
THE failure of Coleman Bros, cloth
iers, New York and San Francisco, is an
nounced.
p IT is reported that Jay Gould and
Russell Sage will go into the Louisville and
Nashville directory.
LIEUT.. DARLINGTON arrived at Wash
ington, ON the 1st. He has nothing to say
at present.
KING ALFONSO has returned to Spain.
His prestige at home is considerably in
creased by the Paris affair.
EXPERIMENTS recently made by DR..
Salmon, of the Agricultural Department,
indicate that incubation is effective against
hog cholera.
On the 1st Mr.. Partridge, of the New
York Produce Exchange, testified before
the Senate Labor Committee regarding COR
ners and speculative dealing.
On the LIST Rev. j. Morgan Smith,
for twenty years pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church at Grand Rapids,
Mich, died at Danville, N. V, whittier he
had gone for the benefit of his health, from
heart disease, aged about fifty years.
r. SOCKET MATTHEWS is reported
to have declined the nomination for Attor.
ney-General given him by reclamation by
the, Maryland Republican State Con-
vention. Professional engagements re-
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