The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-12-18
PERacAAL AND GENERAL.

Tue Salvation Army attack on Sedala
Mo, is marked by some very lively and |
exciting scenes
A CRUSADE against underground iusur- |
ance companies has been inauguratcd at |
Chicago.
CAPTAIN WEED OF the bark Crcmona, |
which was lost at sea ON the Sth inst, has |
arrived at New York
j. W. BRowN, Canadian Orangeman, vs. |
thought to have meet with foul play in
Paris France.
Oscar A. SMoNs, president of the First
National Bank at Fort Wayne, ind, com
mitted suicide on the 10th.
MIR. GLADSTONE has expressed his disnp-
proval of the anti-rent campaign being
conducted by the National League in Ire
land.
CONGRESSMAN ADRIAN DOWDNEY, of New
y or5, died at his residence in New York
City on the morning of the 10th of apo
pleXy
JoHN LANE, printer, is reported to
have been murdered at Los Angeles, Tex
A FALLING scaffold killed VIM Kirkpat-
rick, aearpenter at Dauyille, Ill., on the
| 10th.
| EDWARD HANNAH, the oarsman, sailed
| from England for America on the 10th.
! A FFRRY-BoAT collision occurred on the
| East river, New York, on the 10th, and an
other on the North river, both caused by 4
dense Icg.
| REV. EDWARD MoCiLYNN, d. D., of New
York, has been summoned TO Rome ON ac-
count Of his advocacy Of the Henry George
! movement
THE QuartermastcrGenera of the army
has reported favorably on the claim of the
st. Louis Christian Brothers and placed
the amount at $4,000
Two IIFEBoATs were swamped and their
crews drowned on the 10th while trying to
aid vessel in distress off Southport En-
gland
MoTu and Shields who wrcstled in Kan
saa City "a few days since, are having
wraugle over the gate receipts, and make
ugly charges against each other.
IMPORTANT arrangements have been
made with a number Of the Northwestern
Indian tribes for cession Of lands by the
commission appointed to negotiate with
them.
IT is rumored that the Western Union
and Baltimore q Ohio Telegraph com
panies have arranged to. advance tolls at
the first OF the year and to work ether
in harmony.
SEVEN members of the "Bald Knobbersn
Of Southwest Missouri have been arrest
ed on warrants issued by the United
States Commissioner, and are now at
Springfield awaiting trial District-At-
torney N. + Benton is after them.
SEVERAL New England Congressman
have been looking over the field to deter
mine if possible the chances of passing
the Bankruptcy bill at this session. They
have concluded that the prospects are
very discouragiug
IN a recentdispatch to the State Depart
ment, Mr.. Tree, the American Minister to
Brussels, reports that the government of
the Independent State Of Congo has con
, tracted for the establishment of a regular
line of Belgian, steamers between Antwerp
and the Congo.
DR. JUNKER, the African explorer, tele-
graphs that he arrived at Zanzibar from
the interior. He reports that he left Emh
Bey well, and that the latter had reduced
the rebels to submission as far as Lardo.
on the White Nile whence there is a daily
steamer service.
LOUIS H. STANTON, son Of the late Edwin
NJ. Stanton, says he will produce from the
papers left by his father ample evidence to
refute General McClellan's allegations
against President Lincoln's Secretary OF
War.
LIMITED quantities of the twO-dollar sill
yer certificates have been put in circula
ton. So far they have been issued by the
treasury only in redemption Of one and
two-dollar United States notes.
REAR ADMIRAL JOUETT has returned tC
Washington from his trial trip with the
Dolphin and makes very satisfactory re
port as to her batteries, speed and genera
ease in handling.
Major H. T. STANTON, Of Kentucky, has
been appointed a member of the cOmmis
sion TO allot lands in severalty to the In
dams on the Umatilla reservation in Ore
= gon.
DIR. THEODORE BARTH, "a member of the
German Reichstag, had an interview witt
the President on the 1lth, and was strong
~ impressed with the dignity and sim
plicity Of his reception at the White
House.
THE Oil City pa Degrick has received 8
letter purpGrtiug to have been written by
slim CumM ings," the express robber, bu
it contained nothing of Importance.
che jury in the case of Mrs. Mary
.Chsdek, on trial at Milwaukee, Wis, fol
the murder Cf her husband, returned
verdict of not guilty, on the 18th, within
twenty minutes of receiving the Judge:
charge.
The Earl of Idde sleigh, British Secre
tary for Foreign Affairs, IS in feebl,
health, and has reth ed to the country
where he will REMAIN for awhile to recu
pesate.
THE jury in the case ot The m00nlighter
on trial at Cork, Ireland, after tea
minutes deliberation, OH the 18th, return
ed a verdict of not guilty.
AN earthquake shock was .elt il
Smyrna and throughout the lsia@d o
Chios on the llth
MAJOR WALKER, late SUP erintendcut o
police in the District Of Columbia, is max
ing strenuous efforts TO secure his rein
statement He accuses the oumissioaer'
of failure to fulfill their promise.
EDMUND DAVIS, a West End Oondon
solicitor, has abscOnded, leaving indebted
ness to the amount Of e100O60.
A FIRE occurred in Queens College il
Oxford, England, on the Eth by which
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