The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-07-26

Compiled from Various Sources.
Personal AND POLITICAL

Louis, NO., was chosen President of the
National Teachers Association.
THE eldest daughter of Matthew Arnold
Is engaged to be married to Frederick
Whitledge, young lawyer of New York.
IT is asserted by Cashier Reiber of the
Penn Bank, of Pittsburgh, Pa, that the
bank was never legally organized, and he
believes the directors drew over-drafts.
JOHN CoNNoRs, supposed to have MUIR
dered Supervisor Casey at Troy N. Y,
was captured at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
1S,h after evading arrest for years.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed r. A.
Fiske, OF California; John Trowbridge, of
Maryland, and George F. Barker, of Penn
sylvania, Commissioners to the National
Conference of Electricians.
A MEASURE for the reformation of the
House of Lords is being prepared by John
Bright.
OK the 10th H. A. Hallett, an alleged
Detroit embezzler, was arrested at Cincin-
natl, o.
THE appointment Of Judge Lamb as Re-
cever of the Harrison Bank at lndianap-
oils, Ind, is announced.
WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG is after John
A. Walsh's (the Star-route witness) scalp,
and wants him indicted.
AFTER visiting the Queen of Madagas.
car, Lieutenant Schufeldt, United States
Navy, has reached the eastern coast of the
island.
THE will of the late Joseph Tilby, giving
$4,000 to his second wife has been de-
clared void by Surrogate Rollins of New
York.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed Miss
Gtlara partou praSidaut Of tho
Association of the Red Cross, to attend
the worlds conference of the association
at Geneva.
PROF. Z. Z. BARNARD, of NASHVILLE, Tenn,
has discovered a new comet approach
ing the earth, and will receive the Warner
prize.
A. A. MCDONALD has been appointed
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edwards
Island.
AT Pesth, Hungary, the high military
council has decided that General Gorgey's
surrender in 1913 was not treason, but the
inevitable result of the military situation.
THE President has appointed Jas. w.
Clark Collector Of Customs at Corpus
Christi, Tex.
IT was rumored on the 21st that Admiral
Courbet had begun an attack on Foo
Chow.
Ex.GovERNoR> ST.. JOHN of Kansas, has
minated that he will decline a nomi-
nation for the Presidency at the hands
of the Prohibition Convention at Pitts
burgh.
ACCORDING to their Secretary the anti
Monopolists bank ON Buffers running for
the Presidency.
On the 21st Frank Calvert, divorced
- Co.
emit wife, died of heart.disease at Gin
cinnati
On the 21st Philip Chatham, the eldest
Free Mason in England, initiated in 1871
died, aged ninety-seven.
IT is said Lord Randolph Churchill pro-
poses to take an American tour during the
Parliamentary recess.
The subcommittee of the House OF
Representatives on investigation of vari
Gus Soldiers Homes is composed Of
Messrs. Slocum, Murray, Steele apt
Cutcheon, with General Rosecrans as
Chairman.
THE explorer Stanley, leaving the Congo
region, installed Colonel Winston as direc
tor of all African international stations.
The President has demanded the resg
nation of General James Longstreet,
United States Marshal of the Northern
District of Georgia.
THE Board of Pension Appeals APP
pointed by the President consists of Aaron
Bradshaw, of California; George Ewing
of Pennsylvania, and Harrison L. Bruce
of Illinois.
SECRETARY TELLER has decided th'
Eureka Springs (Ark.) case in favor o
the town, against the emptors anC
homestead claimants.
IT is claimed by Senator Malone, O
Virginia, that the apportionment bill was
not legally passed, and he appeals for an
injunction against the Secretary of State'
issuance of new poll books.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
SEVERAL firemen were injured by fall
ing roof at the burning of stable in To
ronto, Ont, on the 18th.
CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich, was again swep
by fire ON the 18Th. Three men and DO,
were burned to death.
AT Milwaukee, Wis, on the 18th, Johr
Hoffman was fatally shot by Gustav
Prier, who claims Hoffman slandered hi
sister.