The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERsoNAL AND PoLTTICAL..

DllSs were CreinAUeu az W dshlABbous Ad'i
few days ago.
IT was reported from Washington on
the 22d that correspondence was in pro-
gress between the State Department and
khe British authorities relative to the ex-
treme utterances Of prominent Irish leaders
now in this country regarding the recent
dynamite explosion and attack in London.
DURING the closing hours of the last
session of Congress bin passed authoriz-
ing the Postmaster General TO readjust the
salaries of certain postmasters, bat the bill
made no pecuniary provision for carrying
out IT'S requirements. It was said az the
Post-office Department. that the law could
not be executed without an appropriation
and an additional force OF clerks. 1t was
estimated that the readjustfnent of salaries
directed by the bill would require an ex-
penditure of at least S2,OOO,OOO. ..L.
TT was reported on the 21st that the
Chilians were marching on Lapsz, Bolivia.
The other day the entire population
of Hermopolis, headed by the Bishop, at
bended the funeral Of Frederick Hildner,
one of the oldest American Missionaries in
Greece. n - atH
resent France at the coronation of the Car
at Moscow, Russia. I'
H. S. FARRELL, editor of the Iowa
City Republican, lately became the pur-
chaser of the old wagon in which John
Brown used to carry runaway negroes from
Missouri, and in which the arms at Har-
per's Ferry were taken to West Liberty
Ia, to be shipped thence as carpenters
tools. n.i .T.IHU..
A STATUE of Charles Sumner was
unveiled in Lewiston, Me-, few nights
ago. '''
IT was reported recently that the
straight-out Democrats of Rhode Island
were not satisfied with the Endorsement of
make a nomination.
THE remains of John Howard Payne
arrived at Washington, d. c., on the oath
and were placed in the chapel at Oak Hill.
M. SIGIsMUND LACROIX, Radical,
has been elected to the French Chamber of
Deputies in Gambetta's district in Paris.
A MEETING of the English Revolu-
tionary League was held at London the
other day to consider the question of hold
ing an International Convention of Revolu-
tionsts. The President of the meeting said
the Government officials now recognize the
fact that dynamite is an important factor
in political life. 1t was resolved to invite
Louise Michel and other prominent Social
lists to the proposed convention.
PATRICK EGAN, Treasurer of the
Land League, arrived at Chicago, H., on
the oath, and would remain several days in
consultation with prominent Irish leaders.
THE poetess, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
son, has been commissioned by the Govern
ment TO investigate the condition of the
Mission Indians of California.
THE second investigation of the
Churchill defalcation in Arkansas was con
cluded the other day, and the report showed
shortage of S233,OO0.
CAPTAIN O'SHEA, member of the
British Parliament for County Glare, an
nounced his intention the other day to make
Parliamentary inquiry of the Home Sec
rotary whether or not the police had con
cluded that Lady Florence Dixie was al
impostor.
IT was announced a few days ago tha'
the Treasury Department would take NJ
action in regard to the question of export
ing bonded whisky into Canada in les,
quantities than 100 gallons until the matter
had been brought to its attention officially
1t was understood the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue favored the proposition.
THE death of Rear-Admiral Thomas
Turner, United States Navy, occurred tn
other morning at Glenn Mills, Pa.
THE high-license dramshop act re
Gently passed by the Missouri Legislature
has received the sanction of the Governor
LIEUT.. COLONEL FRANKLIN HAIR
WOOD, United States Engineer Corps, wa
found dead in his room at a Boston Mass.
hotel on the Goth. Congestion of the brai
was the cause.
Hon. TIMOTHY O. HOWE died on tn
18th at Kenosha, Wis, aged sixty-seve
years. He was a native of Maine, an
served one term in the Legislature of tina
State. He removed to Green Bay, Wis, i
1916, where he held the office of Circui
Judge from 1850 to 1855. He served thre
successive terms in the United States Sen
ate, beginning in 1851 and ending in 1871
He was appointed Postmaster-General,t
succeed Thomas l.. James, soon after MI
Arthur's accession to the presidentia
Office, and held the position up to the tim
of his death. s rsias aI s,a
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
THE deficit of Ray, late bookkeepe
for the Merchants Bank, Montgomery
Ala, is placed at 10000. The cause wa
cotton futures and cards.
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