The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-11-14
personal AND GENERAL.

ing on the 9th on North Fork, near Thorpe,
Wis, with E. Vantrot, q prominent mer-
chant of Durant The hunters separated
for a time and Dana mistook Vantrot for a
deer and shot him in the back, the ball
coming out in front. He will recover.
THE Register of the Treasury, in his an
nual report to the Secretary, suggests
the construction of fire-proof file-rOoms,
| covering the whole interior courts of the
Treasury building, now grass-covered
areas, by which means, he says, the de-
partment will have about 10000 cubic feet
of additional file space.
Mrs. WALKUP was acquitted of the muir
der of her husband at Emporia, Kas., on
the 9th.
THE Cabinet meeting on the 9TH was at
| tended by all the members, except Secre-
taries Manning and Whitney. Arrange
ments were made for special conferences
between the President and the individual
members of his Cabinet in regard to the
treatment of topics to be considered in the
| Presidents message to Congress.
| THERE were 1866 failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
9th.
JUDGE EBoN NEWTON, the oldest mem
Der of the Ohio bar, died on the 9th.
A FIRE in the Farwell building, Chicago,
on the 9th, caused loss of 100000.
IT is said in Paris that China is about to
sign commercial treaty with France
| THE Grant monumental fund at New
York now amounts to $94 900.
ROBBERS boarded q train between Naples
and Benvento on the 9th, shot the guard
and secured II 900 francs in money.
DR.. j. A. NoNAMAKER and his wife COM
mitted suicide together at Salido, Col, on
the night of the 9Th.
CONNECTICUT farmers are donating their
surplus apples to the charitable institu-
tions of New York.
WHAT is believed to be a Pan-Slavist
conspiracy for the overthrow of Prince
Alexander of Bulgaria has been discov-
cred.
PHILIP CALLAN, in a letter, protests
against Mr.. Parnell's treatment of him,
and asks his old constituents to support
him.
COLONEL SwITZLEI is to make an official
visit to South Carolina and Georgia to
gather statistics.
THE Governor of Indiana has been petit
toned to quarantine against Kentucky
cattle disease.
j. r. HoGLE has been arrested at Chicago
ON charge of robbing D. C. Sterling on q
Lake Shore train.
ADVERSE reports are current concerning
Mr.. Gladstone's health, the threatened
breakdown of which is depressing the Lib
erals.
JOHN MCCULLOUGH is rapidly gaining
strength, and the improvement in his men,
tai condition continues
NJ DE FREYCINET, French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, expresses sympathy with
the Bulgarians, but says he cannot support
them.
JOHN KNELL and his whole family at
Baltimore, Md, came near losing their
lives by escaping gas. One child died.
MARY GLANFERT, formerly one of Bar
NUNS midget curiosities, being very small,
was found dead in bed at Newton, L. l.,
on the 9Th.
A PARIS newspaper says the triple alli-
ance has been ruptured, and that Austria
and Germany have joined England, France
and Italy against Russia
A SENSATION occurred at Plymouth, Eng
land, on the evening of the 9Th, when a
lecturer in church was denounced as hav-
eloped with another mans wife. The lee
turer came near being mobbed and was
subsequently arrested.
A COLLISION on the New York, Pennsyl.
vania & Ohio Road at Akron, o., ON the
9th, caused by an operator falling asleep
demolished $40, 900 worth of property.
THE steamer Mountain Girl was sunk in
a collision with the James w. Gaff on the
Ohio River below Lawrenceburg, Ind. A
lot of circus property was destroyed and
two lives were lost.
THE property of several members of the
original telephone syndicate has been at.
tached at Lowell, Mass, at the suit of the
Erie Telephone Company.
IT is stated that the Canadian Minister
of Justice has recommended to the Coun
Gil that Riel should not be hung, bu
) should be incarcerated in a lunatic asy
, lum.
} THE celebrated English thoroughbred st
J Blais, owned by Mr.. August Belmont ar
rived in New York on the steamer Holland
on the 9th.
A MEETING Of citizens was held at tn
Mayors Office in Philadelphia, Pa, on tn
, 7th, to take measures to secure the sfund
necessary to complete the memorial t.
General Grant in Paramount Park.
, LENT, LILLY & CoMPANY's collieries nea
r Delano, Pa, have resumed work. the op
orators acceding to all the demands of the
striking miners. The men have been on a
strike all summer. The number employed
at these collieries is nearly 400.
3 THE will of the late Henry w. Shaw
Josh Billings) was fled on the 9th. TIL
5 market value of the estate is $4,000.
s ANOTHER installment of Mormon con
verts arrived in New York on the 9th
There were $50 of them in all, composed o
old and young men, women and children
They were recruited from all sections o
Great Britain and Europe, and were, as
rule, healthy, gged-appearing people
but bore the look of illiteracy distinctly