The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

law.
BERNARD MAGooNAUGH, an armless vet
eran of the ordnance service, has been
designated by the Secretary Of the In
terror as custodian of the Detroit arsenal
property at Dearborn, Mich, vice j. A.
Patrick. resigned.
QUEEN VICTORIA has sent Sir Stafford
Northcote an autograph letter thanking
him for his high services and offering
him an earldom. He will assume the title
of Earl of Iddlesleigh and Viscount St.
Cyres.
WILFRED DE FoNvILLE has published
at Paris thrilling account of the Greedy
expedition under the title "Lss Affairs du
Pole Nord" Mr.. Fonville was acquainted
with DR.. Pavy Of the expedition.
Politics are running high in the In
dian Territory.
The late Admiral Courbet will be buried
at Abbsville, his birthplace
A GRAND banquet was given at Paris on
the 10Th to retiring Minister Morton of the
United States.
HERMAN G. WEBER has been appointed
United States Marshal for the Southern
District of Illinois.
The Irish are satisfied with the appoint
ment of the Earl of Carnarvon as Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.
GENERAL EDGARToN, Post office Inspec
tor at St. Louis, Mo-, has been transferred
to Boston. He will be succeeded by In
spector Crowell, of Kansas.
FRED LEWIS has been expelled from the
st. Louis League team for insubordna-
ton.
JAMES T. TANNING, an old actor, has
been sent to the House of Industry at Bos-
ton as a vagrant
PRESSURE of official business kept the
French Minister away from the Bartholdi
statue ceremonies at New York.
WIN. A. DAY, of Illinois, has been APP
pointed Second Auditor of the Treasury
at Washington, vice Orange Ferriss, re-
signed.
The Marquis of Salisbury denies that
the Conservatives desire war with Russia.
IT is reported that Miss Marie Van Zandt
is engaged to be married to Russian
Grand Duke, who met her in St. Peters,
burg and followed her to London, where
the betrothal was agreed upon.
GENERAL Won MANTEUFFEL will be
buried without military honors, in accord
ance with his own wish. Emperor Will
liam has thanked Emperor Francis Jo-
seph of Austria for the honor shown the
Generals remains.
A BANQUET in honor of United States
Senator Payne was given in Liverpool,
Eng, the evening of the 10Th, by Mr.. Gil :
ley. A brilliant company was present, in
Guiding the new American Consul, Mr..
Charles T. Russell, and many prominent
merchants of Liverpool.
On the Goth Mrs. Barton, of New Bruins
wick, N. j., gave birth to triplets. This
makes seven at three births
MISS CLEvELAND's book Is promised tC
the public by June 18th.
SENATOR SABIN, of Minnesota, is re-
ported dangerously i'll at Saltwater
DAME RUMoR says First Assistant Post
master General Hay is to resign, and tina
Nick Bell, of st. Louis, will get the place
GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Rail-
road Commissioner, will start West about
July LIST ON tour of inspection.
The Marquis of Salisbury says If he as
sumes Off ce he will not object to votes 10
censure, as it will give his party some
thing to go before the county with.
AN interview with Bishop O'Connor o
Nebraska and Wyoming advising agains
Irish emigration to the United States, /!
published in the Dublin Freemdn'S Jour
adl.
VALENTINE LoEwER's brewery at New
York has been seized, and the proprieto
bound over on the charge of using bogu
stamps on his barrels.
A DUBLIN dispatch says that McDer
mott, who has for some time been EN-
ployed as a detective at the Castle, ha
just been shipped off to a new homein on
of the colonies.
On the 21st General Grant passed quie
day, and was resting peacefully at tn
latest accounts.
COLONEL SwITzLER, chief of the Burea
of Statistics, thinks there should be a com
plete revision of the laws relating to tn
bureau.
GOVERNOR REYNOLDS will not be ap
pointed Minister to Spain until Ministe
Foster finishes negotiations for a CONNER
cial treaty.
MISS FLORENCE AUDENRIED, daught tie
of General Audenried, of General Sher
mans staff, will enter the Georgetow
Convent
MINISTER PENDLEToN was received mos
cordially at Berlin on the 22d.
LORD SALISBURY has definitely decide
TO accept the British Premiership.
Hon. c. A. LOGAN, ex-United State
Minister to Chilli, is on his way home.
GENERAL GoRDoN's diary was publishe
simultaneously in London and Boston O
the oath.
THE Pope has writ ten a strong letter
Cardinal Guibert defending the pap
preroggtives.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS grandson, Prime
William, will succeed Manteuffel as Gov
ernor of Alsace- Lorraine.
THOMAS KNOTT Jumped off the bridg
at Cincinnati. 1O5 feet to the water, o
the 22i, and was taken out unhurt.
TIE Tralee branch Of the Irish Nations
League has expelled its President II
Harm gton.