The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

DURING the week ended the 25th there
| were 225 failures reported to Brddstrcet's,
against 2l1 in the preceding week, and 16S
aud % and SO in the corresponding week of
1888, 1882 and 1881, respectively.
For the past fiscal year internal revenue
receipts were $121 ,590,O39.
The expedition to explore the Congo
country starts from Hamburg on the 3)th,
under command of Lieutenant Schultze.
MARSEILLES and Toulon dispatches up
to the evening of the 18th indicated that
the condition of affairs was steadily inn
proving. Counsellors of Aries who fed at
the approach of cholera will be prosecuted.
The total deaths to date numbered at all
points about 1000, with 800 cases having
recovered.
REPORTS received at Bradstreets, New
York, indicate that the general prospect
for an average crop is not thought to be
above fair.
THE Police Commissioners of New York
want to investigate charges that officers
were in league with Mother Mapdelbaum,
the famous fence.
In the United States Court at St. Louis,
Judge Brewer decided denying the right
of an insolvent to give mortgage just
before assignment to any one party.
THE stove foundries and cigar manu-.
facturers of Cincinnati threaten to remove
their establishments to other cities unless
non-union men are protected from as
sault,
The Cincinnati police force are paid
from the tax raised under the Scott liquor
law, and the liquor dealers are contesting,
therefore there are no funds. There is
talk of reducing or disbanding the force
unless an appropT alton is made.
IRISH public opinion is offended by the
rejection of the bill providing for reform
in the manner of electing Poor-house
guardians in Ireland.
On the 265h the first case against the
| liquor dealers under the Mott law at
Cincinnati resulted in victory in favor
of the County Treasurer.
OWING to a clash of interests the COM
mercial treaty between Spain and the
United States don't move along smoothly.
AN interested party states that the Ben
nett Mackay cable will be ready for public
use October /.
AT Skibbereen, Ireland, the people have
begun boycotting, because of the intro
duction Of labor-saviug machines.
The fear of the cholera at Aries drives
many people crazy. Advces from Mar
settles are that the epidemic is not a. Sc
we're as previous outbreaks.
THE firm of Donnell, Lawson 81 Stinson
have obtained consent of nearly all their
creditors to take their assets out of the
hands of the assignee and utilize them
| themselves. They will soon resume.
UNUSUAL quantities ofwhisky have been
taken from bond and exported during the
past three months in order to secure post
ponemennt of the payment of the tax.
For the twenty-four hours ended az p.
m. on the 27th there were thirty.slx dea hs
from cholera at Marseilles, eleven at Tou-
Ion, twelve at Aries and six at AK
REPORTS from Iowa indicate bountiful
harvest in that State.
On the 9th eight men and ten women,
members of the Salvation Army, were ar
rested in Rochester, N. Y, for disturbing
the peace.
RUSSIANS found in Germany who can
not give satisfactory reasons for being
there are summarily expelled.
A MOB at Minneapolis, Mimi, endeav-
ored to lynch the men who murdered po-
liceman on the night OF the Goth, but did
not succeed.
ALL through traffic on the railways be-
tween France and Germany has been sus-
pended as precaution against cholera.
THE Siberian plague has made its APP
pearance in Russia, and active efforts are
being made to prevent a spread of the dis.
ease.
PRESENT indications are that the bulk of
the cattle on sale on the Kansas border in
the Indian Territory will be returned to
the ranges and held over, the owners being
unwilling to sell at prevailing prices.