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/ UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. PETERS
I BURG. VA The twentieth annual session
= Fius o.. FIRST MONDAY ~ uCTOBEG.
1heIorgh VIcDaraiion Tor University Of Wig nn
aud nitld ~taies Military and Naval Acdfemes.
higlly recommended ty Faculty of fhc University
- Niu4lja. full stan ofiusiruct9rs. Pupil, uni
foruiy rucoessfu'. Situation hea thfai. Early
APPLICATION advised, number ~ bOaTders Is
tirictiy limited Fer catalogue address
". GORDON NCCABE,
" lS.2u Head Master.
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rfSTIMoeiALS

iFrcm james =. Uarrlson. Chairman Of Sacnlty,
university Of Virginia. -" Your school j. noted
for iis good discipline and thorough educational
training"
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GELbCT SCHOOL FOR YOUNG La
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INSTITUTE, n.
/. CADEMY OF THE VISITATION,
SwARTHMORE COLLEGE.

The du'ies ofiLis Academy VIII he rc.unei on
blE>T MONDAY lN sEPIEMBEE.
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS

In the Senate on the 1eth numerous Pc
titions were presented opposing Govern
mental telegraph. Mr.. Logan presented
memorial asking that soldiers, sailors and
marines who served in the war of the re-
bellion be granted quarter section of
land. The Mexican Pension bill was dis
cussed and again laid over. The consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill was
taken up, but no final action was reached
.......In the House Mr.. Morrison reported
a concurrent resolution providing for
final adjournment June 30. The river
and harbor bill was taken up by Sec
tons, but was not finished. Although
an evening session was held very little
of conclusive nature was accomplished.
CASHIER HALL of the Citizens Bank,
| THE Giant Powder Company's magazine
near Denver, Col, exploded on the 10th
with terrible force. No lives lost.
ANARCHIST STILLMAcHER has been sem
fenced to death at Vienna for the murder
of Detective Bloech.
Hon. G. w. CASSIDY was nominated on
the 10th by reclamation for reelection to
Congress from Nevada.
A SENTRY at Windsor Castle having been
| fired at recently, there is increased Wig
lance on the part of the guards.
THE American Society of Civil Engi.
neers convened at Buffalo ON the 10th with
400 delegates in attendance.
FORTY. FIVE of the crew of the ice.strand-
ed sealing brig Confederate have been
rescued. Thirty were lost.
TERRIFIC cloud bursts ERE reported along
the Central Pacific Road, and great dam
age by washouts.
Coal miners of three pools in Pennsyl'
vania decided ON the 10th TO strike If their
demands were not acceded to blythe l6oh
inst.
REPORTS have reached Cairo that the
rebels massacred Hussein Pasha, COM
mander at Berber, and many others.
BARON NoRDENsJoLD, the celebrated
Swedish explorer, will seek subscriptions
in London to meet the expenses of an ex'
petition to the South pole.
RAILROAD bridges were washed away al
Ell Paso and at Yuma on the Southern Pa
cific Route ON the 10th. The floods were
still raging.
ELEVEN men were drowned by the break
ing of a cable which swept ferry-boat
over Thompson's falls, near Helena, Mon
tana, on the 10th.
THE case of Judge Advocate Genera
Swain has been adversely reported upon
by the court of inquiry, and court-mar
tial trial has been ordered.
GENERAL GoRDoY's sister refuses money
for the relief of her brother, and declares
1t devolves upon the Government to rescue
him, as he is British ottlcer
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The New York Sabbath Committee
was incorporated recently. Its pur-
poses ere to protect and promote tho
observance of the Sabbath as n day Of
rest.-M T. Tribune,
In the church ediice ut Komatsu,
Japan, are two hundred stones which
were once used as missiles against the
Christian missionaries when they first
begun work in that city.
The ministers of Elgin. Scotland.
by general consent, on recent Sunday.
read n statement of admonitiou and
Christian counsel in all their churches
on the unusual prevalence OF profanity
in that town.
Reduce salaries everywhere, but
increase them in schools. Now. not
one in twenty teaches school, except
as a stepping stone to something better
by and by; yet the teachers are of more
value than all the lawyers, doctors and
ministers rolled up together Henry
Ward Beecher.
So soon as Catholic parents are
made to understand the true meaning
of education, and the real nature of
their responsible religion and prac-
teal training will go hand in hand.
After the teaching of Christian doctrine
comes the necessity of teaching Young
people the duties of their state in life,
and the first duty of that sta'e is to
earn an honest living. -breemaWs
Journal.
If union is strength, some of the
Maine villages are better prepared for
the warfare with the devil this spring
than ever before, SAYS the Lewiston
journal. In several cases two three,
and in one case four. different denomi-
nations have united in hiring n minister
and supporting church organization.
1t is claimed in these places that more
and better work can be done by one
strong church than by a number of
feeble ones.
How the Scotch people treat their
ministers is told in the story that st.
James Place United Presbyterian
Church, Edinburgh, at recent meet
ing resolved to accept the resignation
of their pastor, DR.. Morton, to give him
an annual retiring allowance OF f160,
to present him with 1000 and to con-
tinue payment of the premium on the
assurance policy for 81 800, which had
been previously effected upon his life by
the congregation, for the benefit of his
family.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS,

THE suspension of j. II. Squier g. Co.,
bankers and brokers, Washington, ID. c.,
Is announced,
PIG-IRoN imported into Russia will pay
a duty Of nine copecks on and after July 1.
THE Louisiana Militia Committee has re.
ported in favor of giving each disabled
Confederate soldier 16S acres of land.
For seven days ended the 9th the fail
ures in the United States numbered 1893;
Canada, 10. Total, 2l5.
TWENTY deaths were reported at Ha-
vana, Cuba, from yellow fever for the
week ending the 7th.
THE French police at the request of the
English have been searching for dynamite
in Paris, but have not succeeded in finding
any of a suspicious nature.
NOTICE has been given by the Burling
ton Route of its withdrawal from the
rranscontinental Assoc alton.
ENGLISH army officers are endeavoring
to perfect a scheme to provide the army
with water while operating in the desert
The French proposal has been accepted
by Anam without modification, which
places itself under the French protector,
ate.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ON the 9Th Leroy, Moore & Co., bankers,
Greenvilie, Mich, suspended.
ONE Leech, charged with embezzlement
in New York, was arrested in st. Louis,
Mo-, on the 9th, and was taken back to the
metropolis.
THE London Times regards Blaine's nom
nation strong one for the party, but
other journals there think it decidedly
weak.
OvERTUREs have been made by Bismarck
to Granville, British Foreign Secretary,
regarding the cession of Walfish Bay on
the west coast of Africa.
LANCE and O'Donnell, of Cleveland, o.,
and Moriarity, of Toronto, Ont, charged
with prize-fghting, were arraigned in
Toronto on the 9th. LANCE was fined
forty dollars and costs or forty days i'm.
prisonment and the others were dis
charged.
COURTNEY failed to put in an appearance
against Ross on the 7th, and the latter
rowed over the course.
On the 7th General James Watson Webb
died in New York.
JOHN w. MASON, of West Virginia,
has been elected temporary chairman of
the National Republican Committee.
THE President of the Red Cross Society,
Miss Clara Barton, reports vast tracks of
country along the Lower Mississippi still
under water and much distress among the
people.
THE firm Of Donnell, Lawson & Simpson
have received replies from over one-halt
in amount of their creditors accepting
their proposition, and confidently expect
to resume" shortly.
WADDINGToN and Granville have come
to an understanding concerning the con
ference on Egyptian affairs.
THE noted song writer and composer
Henry G. Work, died the evening of the
Sth of heart disease. "Marching Through
Georgia." "Grandfather's Clock" and
"Dear Father, Come Home With Me Now
were written by him.
JOHN R. MCLEAN, of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, has taken possession of the Ne,os
Journal property, the court having con
firmed the sale to johnson, trustee. The
Sun succeeds the NeloS-JournaI.
INTENSE excitement prevailed among the
Orangemen of Ireland over Earl Spencer's
proclamation forbidding counter demon
stration to the Nationalist at Newry Oh
the Sth. Thousands of Orangemen ar
rived at BelIasb from hnSlanu, ueter
mined to hold meeting.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN, it is intimated, will
go to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
PRINCE BISMARCK will send his son Her
bert to direct the German Legation at thu
Hague.
On the 10th the California delegation Il
Chicago visited Mr.. Blaine at his home IL
Maine.
The treaty prepared by Admiral Hewet
has been accepted by King John of Abys
sinia.
JOHN HALL, United States Marshal, wa
arrested at Washington, Pa, on the 9th
charged with making false returns.
On the 9th General Abe Buford, of Ken
lucky, committed suicide at Danville, Ind
Cause, depleted pocket-book and family
TROUBLES
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
THE Morton incident will be interpolated

The Morton incident Will be interpolated
in the French Assembly.
AT Newry, Ireland, there was sma
riot on the 9Th. The Nationalist held a
meeting out of town and when they
marched into the city some stones were
thrown and several shots were fired. A
number of arrests were made.
MEMBERS are beginning 10 talk OF the adj
journment of Congress. resolution is TO
be introduced in the House ending the ses-
sion on the 23d inst.
FULLY twenty thousand people were in
attendance upon the fifth annual reunion
of the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers at Beaver, Pa, ON the
9TH.
AT the Canadian Assembly of Presbyte-
rians at Montreal a resolution was passed
favoring legislation to prevent Sabbath
dissertation.
In Cleveland, o., Salvation Army was
arrested for disturbing the peace by shout
ing in the streets. Several of the officers
were fined by the Police Court, and ad-
monished not to repeat the offense.
THE amount of gold produced for the
calendar year ending 1888, according to the
report of the Director of the Mint, was $780,.
000,000; silver, at its coming rate, SAG 300.
| 900, reduction of over 100000 from the
| yield of 1892
| On the 9th the Siamese delegation
reached San Francisco en- route home
ward.
| A MINORITY report on the Danville in.
vestigation was submitted by Senator
| Vance on the 9th.
The stove manufacturers OF Pittsburgh,
! Pa, have decided to start the factories
with non-unon molders.
PREVIOUS to the meeting of the National
| Democratic Convention at Chicago the
hall is to be rearranged to seat 10000
people.
ANOTHER disastrous flood visited Spring.
| field, VT, on the 9th, causing wreck and
havoc. The people had to flee for their
lives.
THE Pre- sident recommends an appropri-
alton of $500 for the purpose of making
Government exhibits at the New Orleans
Exposition.
ON the 9th the foundation stone of the
new Parliament building was laid at Der
| lin by the Emperor William. Bismarck
read the Emperor'S speech.
The indefinite suspension of the Whisky
| Export Association, known as the whisky
pool, was announced by circular from
the Secretary at Cincinnati on the 10Th.
THE Pail Mall Gazette believes that one
of the conclusions reached at the Egyptian
conference was that England shall ad
vance the Khedive $500, 900 with four pei
cent. per annum interest; another that
multiple control shall be established ovel
Egypt.
On the 9th the semi-centenhial celebra
ton of the corporate existence of Roch
ester, N. Y, began. A salute of fifty guns
was fired at noon and the bells of the city
were rung one hour.
Ex-AGENT RIToHIE of the Dubuque Fir,
and Marine Insurance Company at Maquo
keta, Ia, made desperate but ineffectua
attempt the evening of the 9th to break jai
at Dubuque, where he is confined for for
gerry. He filed the hinges Off the inside
door, and was in the act of breaking tn
main door when discovered.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the 81 sixty-two bills
were passe1. Among the most important we're
the Following: Granting annual leave with
pay, to letter-carriers; right of way through
the Fort Selden military reservation TO the
MO Grande Pacific Railway; authorizing
the sale OF portion of the Fort Hays mill
tary reservation in Kansas: providing for the
sale OF the kickapoo diminished reservation,
IN the same state. In the House the Oregon
central land grant forfeiture bill was passed.
Further proceedings were interrupted for the
want OF quorum.
HE Senate was not in session on the 4th,
and but little was accomplished I'm the House,
Tor the want of quorum. The Oregon land
grant forfeiture bill was passed. The Com
mittee on Public Buildings made a report to
the effect that they could discover no fraud in
the matter of letting contracts for the build :
iIiE az brooklyn, n. \; AFTER conslderabie
case and give the citizens of Brooklyn a
chance TO be heard on the question: the meet
ings to be held with open DOORS
The Senate was not in session on the 9TH.
The House held n short session, but the re-
ports from the Chicago Convention alb
sorbed too much attention to allow legisla-
ton to proceed to any great extent.
Among the bills passed were the California
and oregon laud-grant forfeiture bill; the
Iron Mountain Railway forfeiture OF land
between Pilot Knob, Mo, and Helena,
Ark, and a bill authorizing the con
sstruction of bridges across the Cumb Der
Missouri River at Leavenworth, kas.
THE Senate was not in session on the 9Th
The House went into committee of the whole
on the private calendar. with Mr.. Wellborn, of
Texas, in the char.
THE Senate was not in session on the
9Th. In the House a petition was presented
asking for the establishment of n National
Soldiers Home at some point in the Gulf
States. A bill was passed determining the
jurisdiction of United States Circuit Courts
and regulating the removal of causes from
state to Federal Courts. Bills TO repeal the
civil service act were reported and referred to
the committee of the whole. 1h0 bill re-
pealing the pIe-emption and timber culture
act and amending tho homestead law was
taken up and discussed. but further action
was prevented for the want of quorum.
In the Senate on the 9th a conference
commit &c was appointed on the labor sta
tistics bill. Mr.. Nance submitted minority
report on the Danville investigation. The
consular and dip omatic appropriation bill
was discussed, but was laid over without any
decisive action In the House bills were
introduced and referred authorizing the for
nation of the National Banking Association
for the repeal of all internal revenue tax on
tobacco. The river and harbor bill was taken
up and discussed at length, including the
Hennepin Canal scheme, but no action was
reached, although an evening session was
held
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

H6E six people recently murdered near
Pleasanton, Kas., have been identified as
the family of John II. Anderson, an inn
provident farmer. Officers have a clue
and are after the perpetrator of the
crime.
AT Varanda, Hungary, a woman has
been arrested who confesses that she has
poisoned her husband and hundreds of
women the past two years. A number of
accomplices were arrested.
FRANCIS j. CARsTANT, janitor and porter
OF the Mechanics National Bank. New
York, was shot the night of the 4th by Ed
ward II. Brickerhoof, night Waterman of
the bank, and probably mortally wound
ed. The shooting was the result of an old
'feud. H oil
AT Columbus, o., John T. Emery, a ticket
broker, committed suicide on the 9TH.
OK the 9TH the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western round.house at Columbus, o.,
suddenly fell, severely injuring five men,
but killing none. Loss, $1,000.
On the 9th disastrous confagration in
the business center of Galveston, Tex, de-
stroyed property aggregating about $780,
00) in value
In Wayne Township, near Indianapolis,
Ind, a long standing feud between the
Bridges and Barnett families, eliminated
on the Och. The wives of both parties
joined in the fight. The Barnetts were ia.
tally wounded.
OK the 9th @. w. Richardson was found
guilty at Cincinnati, o., of murder in the
| first degree, for killing Theodore ingram,
his brother-in-law.
On the evening of the 9th General Bearce,
| prominent citizen, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by Samuel Derry,
about thirteen miles from Leadville, Col,
on the Twin Lakes road. The difficulty
| was over mining claim.
OK the 9th p. Brannon and Lou Meyers
| living near North Powder, Ore, had an al
| tercatiou over an irrigating ditch. Meyers
| drew a revolver and shot Brannon three
times, killing him instantly. Meyers
claims that he acted in self-defense. The
| only witness of the fatal affair says thai
Meyers was the aggressor. The latter is
| in custody.
AT Greenvile, Miss, on the Sth, in
shooting ARRAY, Judge Taylor Rucks, {
lawyer, was instantly killed and hote
clerk named Godchaux was fatally wound
ed.
factory at Salem, Mass, the morning o
the Sth. Loss, 100000.
OK the 7th an accident on the Pittsburgh
Cleveland 81 Toledo Road resulted in tn
death of several Italians and serious in
jury to others.
AT Louisville, KY, several persons wer
struck by lightning on the 9th, two o
whom were not expected to live.
AT Miedspell, Hungary, in an election
riot on the Oh, five persons were xii ed am
two wounded.
On the 9th party of strolling Italian,
were run into near Leetsdale, Pa, by the
Cleveland express train. Several wer
killed and injured.
ACoUPLE of Milwaukee children ''playe
house" on the oh with an old emigrau
trunk, which closed on them. One smott
cred to death before assistance was rer
dered.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14

THE Democrats Of the Nineteenth Penn
sylvania District have renominated VIM.
A. Duncan for election to Congress.
THEODORE HoUsroN and Judge Horace
Rus sell have been appointed receivers of
the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Rail-
way Company.
EX-SENATOR DORSEY characterises Mac
Veagh and James as picturesque speci-
mems of falsehood, on account of their
testimony before the Springer Committee.
KING WILLIAM of Holland is said TO
have afflanced his three-year-old daughter
to Prince Boudouin, son of the Count OF
Flanders, in order to reunite Holland and
Belgium.
JOY Post, No. 1872, G.. A. r., Department
of Ohio, has sent a protest to Congress
against the passage of the Edmunds bill to
place General Grant on the retired list.
The document intimates that the benefits
of the Soldiers Home are open to him If
he should desire to avail himself OF them"
A TRAMP calling himself Bill Norris, ar
rested on the 9th at Sioux Falls, OAK, is
recognized as partner of "Poke" Wells,
the noted Missouri bandit serving life
sentence in the Kansas Penitentiary.
Norris was to be held till the Missouri au-
thorities could be heard from. Five hum
dred dollars reward was offered for him.
On the Och the trial of I. c. Campbe II,
the attorney who defended VIM. Benner,
whose conviction for manslaughter was
the melting cause of the Cincinnati riots,
was begun. He is charged with attempt
ing to bride, Michael Galh, juror. The
Bar Association, through a committee,
presented information against T. G. Camp
| bell, argument on which was set down for
the 14th. The nature of the information
was not made known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-07-22
One who voted for Henry Clay The
Hot bed OF Massachusetts, Dudes.
WoLLAsroN, Mass, July II, 1888

WOLLASTON, MASS, July II, 1884.
Editor KenRebec Jouradi:
gave my first vote for gallant Henry Clay,
the then foremost statesman of the nation,
who was robbed of the election by Sam Til
den, who now claims to have been robbed of
it himself in turn and | am now thankful |
have an opportunity to cast my first Massa-
chusetts vote for the foremost statesman at
the present time in this great nation. | am
anxious to live long enough to our ablest
statesman, President. and have faith to be-
lieve | shall. We had flag raising and
formed a Blaine and Logan Club here this
evening, and everyone was surprised at the
numbers and the enthusiasm of the people
present This is suburb" and portion of
the town of Quincy, which is, you know, the
"hot-bed of the Massachusetts Dudes"
sometimes called independents, but in our
village, out OF $50 voters only 4 have been
known to sympathise with the "Bolters," and
Cleaveland won't get over 10 out of the $50
voters of the village, so you can Judge the
sort of community it is we live in. About
1000 people copyrighted this evening in the
square to cheer the names of Blaine and Lo-
gan as the flag was raised. after which elo-
quent speeches were made by Hon Charles
w. Slack, Rev. G. A. Litchfield and Others
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-07-22
Importance of the Maine EIectiOn-The
boston Ratification netting Ri 900
Majority ia Massachusetts for Blaine.
BosroN, July II, 1884.

DOSIoN, July -, 1901
Editor henHe6ec Journal:
Perhaps the people of Maine do not now
realize the Importance of their September
election and the effect it may have in the
following next November But the impor-
lance of your guhernatoral election will have
a great effect all over the United States in the
coming Presidential campaign. | had the
pleasure of attending the Blaine and Logan
ratification me, ting last Tuesday evening.
and if you have any discontents or so called
independents, | wish that they could have
been there. OF course the speech of the
evening was from the Hon. Geo. f. Hoar,
our senator. Certainly his speech has never
been equaled for many years. have never
been a great admirer of Senator lloar, but on
that evening he blotted out all GOODNESS and
frigidity which has been ascribed to his
nature. All honor to the man, tor he has
never been appreciated A word about the
independent party in this State Do not be
afraid of it in the least, as the majority of
them are Just AS sure to vote for Blaine and
Logan rs the sun is to rise. James G. Blaine
and John A. Logan will carry Massachusetts,
by $4,000 majority