The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


GENERAL BLACK, Commissioner of PEN
mira, ILL.,, on the ID, where he buried one
of his children.
The King of Roumania says he will re-
main strictly neutral.
A PRlzE-FIGuT at Pittsburgh, Pa, on
the I'd was abrubly terminated by the
friends of one of the contestants throwing
pepper into the eyes Of the other.
CHARLES r CALLAHAN 81 Co., stock
brokers Of Kingston, N. Y, with several
branch bucket-shops throughout the
State, have failed.
IT Is understood in German diplomatic
circles that Austria is secretly supporting
Servia.
GEORGE ARCHER, an old farmer of La
donia, Tex, was confdenced out OF S4OO
by stranger ON the ID.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL is at Dub
lin Castle inquirlng into the condition of
Ireland and tho wants of the people.
w. A. LoNGMRE has sued the Missouri
Pacific Railroad for 5000 damages for
personal injuries in Texas.
PRINCE BISMARCK is giving counsel to
the Sultan, and it is expected the latter
will adopt policy in harmony with the
suggestions.
DAVID VGNToN, aged fifty-eight years,
of Southbridge, Mass, while under the
influence of liquor, attacked his son, aged
thirty five, and was killed by the latter.
WILLIAM A. WEST, of Oxford, Miss, has
accepted the position of chief Post office
Insp ctor, and entered upon the discharge
of his duties on the ID.
THE Greek Government has obtained a
100000 loan for defensive operations, in
view of the possible spread of the Rou-
melan difficulty.
THE Pennsylvania State Board of Char
tiles has mad the discovery that the AL
legheny County Home at Woodvile is in
such wretched condition that the in
mates are dying at the rate of one a day
from typhoid fever and other infectious
diseases.
COLONEL KTC HENER, in his report on
the fall of Khartoum, attributes the dis
aster to the starved condition of the
troops and the desertion Of their posts by
the native contingents.
BY the explosion of mud drum under
the boilers Of the Sailor iron works at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the I'd, seventeen per-
sons were injured, several OF them fatally.
PBILIPPoPoLIs advices state that the
Roumellans are greatly angered over the
reports that Russia wishes to dethrone
Alexander.
THE President and members of the
Cabinet will attend the Virginia State
Fair, to be held at Richmond, Va, on the
22d inst, if the pressure of public busi-
ness does not prevent.
THE hostile attitude OF Servia, with an
army in the field and the probability that
she will seize contiguous territory, it is
thought, will cause difficulty in the solu-
ton of the Balkan question.
THERE were III failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
ID, as compared with $40 the preceding
week, and with 1873, 100 and 122 respect
lively in the corresponding weeks of 1884,
1888 and 1882. About 81 per cent. were
those of small traders whose capital was
less than 50 00O Canada had twenty
three, an increase of three
EDWARD MCSwEENEY, the Irish suspect,
who has been an applicant for a position
in the customs service at San Francisco,
withdrew his papers from the Treasury
Department on the I'd, and says he will
make no further efforts to secure an APP
pointment under the Government.
| CAPTAIN FRED NJ. CRANDALL of the
Twenty fourth Infantry has been direct =
ed by the War Department to carry out
the instructions of the Secretary of the
Interior concerning the removal of un =
authorized persons on the Cherokee lands
in the Indian Territory, west of the Ar
kansas River. The order refers particu-
larly to tho removal of boomers" and
squatters.
The Chicago Grand Jury has refused to
indict Jasper E. Sweet, who shot and
killed DIR. Waugh, who, he alleged, took
improper advantage of Mrs. Sweet, while
treating her professionally.
DR.. THoRToN, of Portland, Me-, has
been appointed Sanitary Inspector, and
ordered to report to Sergeant Austin, at
Moose River, Maine, on the Portland &
Quebec Railroad. This completes the or
ganization Of the inspection service on the
Northern frontier.
User VICE COMMITS sIoNER EATON
will remain in Washington during the
winter.
FIVE hundred villages were destroyed
by the recent cyclone in India,
MINISTER FOSTER arrived at Washing
ton on the 4sh, and his successor will
probably be appointed soon.
MINISTER KAssoN has collected ma
terial for diplomatic history of the war
of the rebellion which he is engaged in
writing.
BULGARIA is described as being one vast
military camp, all the male population be-
tween the ages of fifteen and forty-five
being under arms.
The Pope is taking great interest in
Irish electoral affairs and admonishes the
bishops to prevent their focks frNh sup
porting Nationalist.
THE political situation in Ohio is said to
be different from any previously known,