The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-04-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

publicans are not in good hnmor over the
measures.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent 173 nominal
tions TO the Senate and 1853 were con-
firmed.
GENERAL GRANT has requested that
when he dies his remains shall be taken to
Washington for burial.
JOHN K. GARRISON, Of Virginia, has been
appointed deputy First Comptroller of the
Currency.
MRS. CYRUS H. MCCORMICK, of Chicago,
has made further donation of 500, 900 to
the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in
that city, making total OF 100000 given
by the family to the institution.
GENERAL GRAHAM advanced on Tamai
on the 3D., and occupied the place with bu
little resistance. Later in the day the
place was fred and Graham's forces re-
tired to the zereba. The causes for the
latter action were not stated. Losses
light.
REL has telegraph operator with him
and has been tapping the wires in order to
keep posted.
MkssRs. PHELPS and Kelly, the new
American Ministers to England and Italy
respectively, qualified on the 3d and re-
ceived their credentials.
GENERAL GRANT was up, walking about
his room the evening of the 3D., and was
able to sign an important document. At
midnight he was sleeping in his easy
chair, an anodyne having been admins
tered.
IT IS now said that Riel, the rebel, has
1910 armed men in the Northwest Terri
tory, including 100 Indians.
JUDGE CHARLES CHEsLEY, of New
Hampshire, Solicitor Of Internal Revenue,
has, at the request of Attorney General
Garland rendered his resignation, to take
effect on the appointment and qualifica-
ton of his successor Judge Chesley en-
tered the Treasury Department as 81, 400
clerk in June, 1865, and was promoted from
time to time since.
COMMANDER KANE of the Galena holds
two or the most prominent insurgents who
assisted In fir ng Aspinwall.
IT is said that the Governor of Texas
will veto the land bill.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WHITNEY has
given Admiral Jouett instructions for his
guidance at Aspnwall.
GENERAL GRANT is muchitouched by the
expressions Of sympathy from quarters
where he least expected it.
M. HENRI BRIssoN has accepted the task
of forming new French ministry.
ADvICEs to the morning of the 9th from
the sick room reported General Grant as
resting comfortably, but the cancer is
slowly undermining his strength, and the
end may come at any hour. 'T'HT1
On the 4th and OH wholesale arrests of
Anarchists, chiefly Germans and Aus
trians, were made at Berne, Switzerland.
GENERAL BADEAU is authority for the
statement that General Grant is clearly
aware of the hopelessness Of his case and
desires to die.
On the 9th the Comte de Paris arrived at
Naples to meet the Due de Charities to talk
over the prospect of the establishment
of a monarchy In France. .s
T. B. BUNTING, late chief of artillery of
Guatemala, and now in New York, does
not believe the report that General Barrios
has bsen killed.
On the 4th the mother Of Hon. S. s. Cox,
Minister to Turkey, died at GAINESVILLE, o.
Ex-SEcRETA FRELINGHUYsEN is re-
ported quite Ill at Newark, N. j.
The Prince and Princess of Wales in
tended to leave for Ireland on the eth.
PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON advises his
followers to oppose the immediate dis
solution OF the French Chamber of Depu-
ties. .,.... ....
A son of DR.. Stephen II. Tying, of New
York, declares that his father is of un.
sound mind, and unable to attend to his
affairs, and wants Mrs. Tying appointed tc
look after his affairs.
On the 9th no change in General Grants
conditioniwas reported.
THE marriage of Mrs. General Ton
Thumb and Count Rosebud took place il
New York on the 9Th.
1t is announced that NJ. Brisson has sue
ceeded in forming a new French ministry
GENERAL CAMPENoN has been re-choseI
as French Minister of War.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has ordered 4Ot
more marines to start for Panama. They
were to sail on the steamer Acapulco OF
the 9Th.
BISHOP COFFIN, of the Roman Catholi
diocese of Southwark, London, died on tn
9th.
THE Democrats elected their city tickle
at Dayton, o., by 300 majority.
ADELINA PATTI is out in a card denying
that she said she wouldn't sing any o
Wagner's operas, or that she spoke dis
paragingly Of Miss Kellogg,
On the 9th Michigan went Democratic b,
10000 majority, the election being for
Supreme Court Judge and Regents of tn
State University.
CAPITA n HOWARD, of the United State
army, has been engaged to instruct tn
Canadian troops in the use of the Gatlin
guns for service against the Riel rebels.
PRESIDENT CLEv Gland has removed tn
Postmaster at Rome, N. Y, and appoint
ed a new man. The old incumbent ha
been grossly violating the rules of the de
partment, and for that reason he ha
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