The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-24


THE MILAN EXCHANGE |
w. A. WADE, Publisher.
MILAN. TENNESSEE
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
GEoRGE W. WHITE, Of Buffalo, N. Y,
announced his intention of swimmin G the
Papids at Niagara Falls on the 18th. He
was at the falls on the 10Th studying the
whirlpool.
THE Provident Savings Bank, Of st.
Louis, suspended payment at noon on the
I4th. Investigation showed the cashier,
A. B. Thompson, a defaulter the extent of
about $4,000.
THE grand jury's investigation of the
charges against members Of the St. Louis
House or Delegates resulted in five bench
warrants being issued on the 10Th for del
egates and lobbyists.
QUEEN VICTORIA intends to create three
royal dukedoms to signalize the celebra-
tion of her jubilee. The princes selected
for this honor are Albert Victor, Christian
and Henry Of Battenberg.
Hon. SACKvILLE WEST, British Minister
at Washington, has gone to Canada,
where he is the guest of Lord and Lady
Landsdowne. His visit is supposed to
have some connection with the fisheries
question.
THE official report on the prospects of
the crop in Hungary estimates the yield of
wheat at SO per cent. Of the average. In
l7S5 the yield was 81 per cent. The pros
poets are excellent for rye and oats, but
bad for barley.
JAMES JUNIOR, an English crank, wrote
letter to Queen Victoria soliciting her
hand in marriage, and followed the letter
up by personal call at Windsor Castle
for an answer. He has been placed in a
lunatic asylum.
THE receiver of the Provident Savings
Bank of st. Louis has not yet been able
to find out what the condition Of the
wrecked bank is. He only seems to know
that no payment can be made to deposit
Ors before October.
THE Exchange Bank at Button, o., was
recently burglarized and considerable
money stolen. o. S, Langan, cashier Of
the bank at the time Of the burglary, was
arrested on the 14th on the charge of hav-
ing committed the crime.
UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL PIE
Ian at Halifax, N. S., is warmly com.
mended by the Secretary of State for the
able manner in which he has conducted
our side of the fisheries trouble with thc
Nova Scotian authorities.
S-
Mr.. BEECHER is overwhelmed with So
licitatiOns to preach and lecture in En-
gland, and requires the services Of foul
secretaries to keep up with his daily cor.
respondence. Heis popular success, Bu
not so much of a social lion as he might
be.
AFTER the adjournment of Congress the
Secretary Of State and his daughters will
retire to some quiet seaside resort. TIT
Misses Bayard have not yet called upor
Mrs. Cleveland, owing to their recent
bereavement, and will not do so until tn
autumn.
THE most marked features of the chol
era epidemic in Italy are the extreme Sc
verify of the cramps in the stomach ant
the rapidity with which death follows tn
onset Of the disease. In very many case
the patients expire within an hour afte
the beginning of the attack.
REPRESENTATIVE BRECKINRIDGE, o
Kentucky will endeavor at an early day
TO have passed the bill enabling Tobacco
growers to sell their produce to any one
whether the purchaser has license o
not, and reducing the tax of ninety cent
on fruit brandy to fifty cents.
THE cholera returns for Italy on the lat
were as follows: Brindisi, 115 new cases
BIZ deaths; Fontana, A new cases,
deaths; Latiano, % new cases, 10 deaths
San Vito, 90 new cases, death, Cordigrc
new cases, deaths; Trieste, nev
cases, l death; Fiume, new cases,
deaths.
A STATEMENT prepared at the Treasur
Department shows the receipts of the Gov
eminent so far this month 20 be decided
less than the expenditures, and unless a
improvement occurs before the end of tn
month the public debt statement to be is
sued August l, will show little if any de
crease.
The first train Of eighteen carloads {
tea bound from Japan to Europe, paSse
through Omaha on the 18th, having mad
better than passenger time on the run froi
San Francisco to that city. This is a te,
to determine whether tea can be shippe
from China and Japan to Europe quicke
by the American overland route or by tn
Suez canal route.