The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-03-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Secretary Of the Treasury.
THE Gar of Russia says he has not the
remotcst idea of declaring war against
England.
Ell MAHDI is reported to have evacuated
Metemneh because no fears an invasion
from Abyssinia.
The Senate, in compliance with the Press
ident's request, has returned the Mica
raguan, Spanish and Dominican treaties.
SIR PETER LUMsDEE, who is encamped
on Persian territory with his army, will
meet the Russians If they attempt to enter
Herat
On the 18th General Hazen's attorneys
declared that they would trace certain
newspaper attacks upon the signal officer
to ex-Secretary Lincoln. The statement
caused a sensation in the court.
A COMMITTEE on Coast Defenses has
been created by the Senate, with Mr..
Dolph as Chairman.
The Nationalist in Ireland have decided
to maintain an attitude of reserve during
the visit OF the Prince of Wales.
The ambassadors of France, Germany,
Italy and Turkey had long interview
with Earl Granville at London on the 18th.
On the 18th Mr.. Gladstone announced
that England and Russia had reached an
agreement that neither side should ad-
vance any further on the Afghan frontier.
Pope LEO has intimated to the Irish
Bishops that it would be advisable for
them to postpone their convention until
after the visit of the Prince of Wales to
Ireland.
GENERAL Don PRosPERo FERNANDEZ,
President of Costa Rica, died suddenly
on the 18th.
THE President has accepted the resi- gna-
tion of Second Lieutenant Vasta f. Stol-
brand, Thirteenth Infantry, who was
under charges for duplicating his pay ac-
counts.
On the evening of the 18th Chief-Justice
and Mrs. Waite gave an unusually hand
some 'dinner-party at their residence in
honor of ex-President Arthur. The guests
invited to meet him were Mr.. George Ban
croft, the Russian Minister and Madame
De Strive, Justice and Mrs. Blatchford,
Justice and Miss Gray, and Judge and
Mrs. John Davis.
CHAs. W. McCUSE, of the Buffalo
Courier, died on the 18th.
THE wife of Congressman Herbert, of
Alabama, died at Washington on the 14th.
SECRETARY MANNING is receiving so
many anonymous letters denounclng
Treasury employees that it is becoming mo-
notonous, and he announces that he will
take no notice of them.
Ass SLANT SECRETARY OF THE TREAS
URY FAIRcHILD qualified and began his
duties on the 10th.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has ordered the
vessels at New Orleans to proceed at once
to Central America. .. ..
A GREAT hospital and sanitarium is to
bs built at Port Said as memorial to Gen.
eral Gordon, which win be open to the
people Of all the realms of the earth.
ON the 14th the Prince of Wales, on be-
half of the Queen, held a levee. HI ~
ZEBEHR PAsHA, the man General Cor
don wanted made Governor of Khartoum,
was arrested recently and documents were
found proving his completely with the
Mahdi. a.aE H.i II a TE
SIR PETER LUMsDEN arrived at Herat,
and it is said that the Afghans are active
ly fortifying. ..... .....
GENERAL GRANT was in comfortable
condition on the 18th, and the local disease
is believed for the present to be station
airy. ..l
DoRMAN B. EATON, of the Civil Service
Commission, is pleased with the way the
new administration has commspced.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 10Th tele-
graphed his sympathy to Mrs. McCune,
widow of the late owner of the Buffalo
Courier, who died on the 14th. Hi.. .
The constitutional limit of the Missouri
Legislature expired on the 18th, after
which members draw but 81 per day. An
adjournment will probably be reached by
the end of the month.
WIN. M. CLEMENTS, General Manager oil
the Baltimore G. Ohio Railroad, has re.
signed. -H Foo.
On the 10th General Hazen testified on
his own behalf before the court-martial.
HENRY WARD BEECHER lectured il
Washington on the evening of the 10th OIL
Evolution and Revolution"
PREMIER GLADSTONE thinks the Q lee1
should reward Earl Spencer for his ad,
mirable management of Ireland.
THE President nominated Joseph S. Mil
Ter, of West Virginia, on the 18th for Com
missioner of Internal Revenue.
OK the 10th Attorney General George A
Gray of Delaware was nominated as til,
successor of Mr.. Bayard in the Senate.
On the 18th two hundred ladies, attend
ing the session of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union in Washington, Gale,
upon Miss Cleveland at the White House
land afterward were introduced to tn
president,
= GENERAL FOSTER is to be retained a
Minister to Spain for the present, with
view of conducting negotiations for a NOR
favorable treaty. He will probably return
o Madrid in the course of a week or two
On the 10th ex-President Arthur made
.ocial call on President Cleveland. He wa
lriven to the White House in the carriag
4 Mr.. Frelinghuysen, whose guest he is
nd was at once ushered into the presenc
4 the President who gave him a cordis