The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-04

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
A LAW has been passed allowing the
free manufacture in France of weapons of
war
LAND COMMISSIONER SPARKS is getting
himself dislked by the photographers and
survey swindlers.
A SPECIAL effort is to be made to defeat
Lord Randolph ChurchilPs reelection,
with fair prospects of success.
M. WADDGNGroN is urging Lord Sails
bury to name an early day for the with
drawal of troops from Egypt.
THE Marquis of Salisbury announces to
General Wolseley in Egypt that the Sou
dan expedition must be abandoned.
A CONFERENCE of representatives of ag-
ricultural colleges is to be held at the Az
ricultural Department in Washington July
9th,
THE Commercial Travellers Association
of the United States has ordered its head =
quarters changed from Cincinnati to Chi
cago
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, the Indian
Secretary, was the first member of the
Salisbury Cabinet to assume the duties OF
office.
COLONEL HoLLYGswoRTH, who has
long been superintendent of Mt. Vernon,
Va, is to be succeeded by Harrison H.
Dodge
EDWARD A. BOYD is IN jail in New Y ork
awaiting sen ence for defrauding the
customs revenue. He is a millionaire
glass importer.
On the LIST of July school for sailors
will be opened at the Navy Yard, Wash
ington, D. c. The object is instruction in
modern ordnance
JAMES p. FREEMAN formerly of St.
Louis, Mo-, has received letters patent on
telephone based on principles not now
employed in such instruments.
Mr.. RANDALL has an idea the President
is about to turn his attention to the Fed
eral officers in Philad elphia, therefore he
fingers anxiously at the capital.
In his annual address Commander
Kountz, of the Grand Army Of the Re-
-, l,aEf hn A inf nt abs
report showed a membership OF 2S7, $751;
OFFICIAL reports from the various
provinces of Spain on the Goth show that
there were 45i new cases OF cholera and
200 deaths from that d sease on that day.
HENRI RoCHEFoRT has received con =
firmation of the report that Oliver Pain
died of fever while in the camp of Ell
Mahdi, where he is said to have been held
as prisoner.
A COMMITTEE of importers of New York
and Philadelphia waited on Secretary
Manning on the 255h and presented a me-
mortal in regard to differentiation and
reappraisement
Hon. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL was
unanimously eecte President of Harvar d
at the annual meeting of the alumni at
Boston on the 2iyh. Twelve hundred per
sons sat down to the alumni dinner.
A FULL length, life-size portrait OIL
ex-President Arthur, painted by Hunting
ton, has been received at the White
House, having been purchased by the
Senate Library Committee for assign
ment to a position in the collection ofpor-
traits of Presidents.
THE thirteenth annual National Sol.
diers' Reunion will be held at Caldwell
O., August 18th, 18th and 18th, for the
purpose of raising funds to complete thu
Garfield Memorial Hall and statue at tina
place, under the auspices of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
THE Cabinet meeting on the 2jth was
attended by all the Cabinet officers except
Secretary Endicott who had not returned
from Boston. 1t is understood that tn,
case of Minister Kiey was up again and
that his recall from the Austrian mission
was practically determined upon.
S
SITTING BULL and fifteen braves in war
costume to Sether with Buffalo Bill anC
Major Burke, called at the War and other
departments AMI finally on the President
ON the 23d. There was a general snakiu
but no speeches. The Bull said he wished
he could have seen all ho was now seeing
when boy.
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THE order for the removal Of the tele
graph wires from the roof of the Treasur.
Department building at Washington no
having been complied with, the telegraph
company has been notified that they vii
be cut down on July 1st. The wires ON tn
roof OF the White House will a 50 be sum
marily removed
THE New South Wales contingent whic
took part in the Souian campaign arrive
at Sidney, on the 23l They were Civ e
a tremendous ovation. The day wa
made n nuhlip holiday Delauates war