The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere,

News from Everywhere,
THE Methodist General Conference con-
cluded its quadriennial session at Toron-
to, Ont, on the oath.
WASHINGTON shop keepers complain Of
The stinginess OF Government employees,
caused by the uncertainty of their tenure
of Office.
DIR, SALMON, United States ve,erinar-
kn, declares the disease affecting the cat
tie quarantined at Chicago to be pleuro-
pneumonia.
In hor recent trip on Long Island Sound
the new steel cruiser Atlanta attained a
speed of fourteen Knots an hour. Her
machinery worked we'll
TuE International Range Association OF
Colorado have issued an address urging
that pvcc utleuS Re taken % prevent the
Introduction * pleaco pneumonia.
Tl,s 0-,Ns,e - the viii Of the late Sam
ne. J.. T.,lea was again adjourned on the
- tar ,ae week in consequence of the alb
>5ste OF Mrs Caroline h. Whittlosey.
-etp sew law taxing oleomargariue goes
10 , sEst, November 1, and the internal
ryys@aa officials are perfecting the details
o. tas regulations Tor its en- 'orcement'
ENGINEER BSEwER OF the eXcurs ion
al
Plate road has turned up at Buffalo and
was 90 appear before the coroner on the
81.
LIGHTNING recently started fires in the
Yellowstone Park, and immense bodies Of
timber have been destroyed. The Black
Tail mountains are one mass of smoking
ruins.
A LARGE number of employees have been
dropped from the rolls of the Government
printing Office at Washington, and it is
expected that many more will follow in a
very shorttime.
A NEW commercial treaty between En-
gland aud the United States by which
Canadian trade relations would be greatly
affected is said to be about agreed upon
by both counries.
4 STONE building has been discovered
eight feet below the surface at Kaukauna,
Wis, which from its appearance and
workmanship is thought to have b en-
built centuries ago.
GENERAL RosEcRANs has discovered
that Washington and bridge COM
pany owes the Government a large sum
OF money since 1889, which, through loose
bookkeeping, had been lost sight Of.
THE ship builders of the Atlantic sea-
board are boycotting the Government and
refuse to make bids for the construction Of
new vessels, owing to the alleged shabby
manner in which John Roach has been
treated.
IT is stated on high diplomatic author
ity that Austrian and German influence is
being exerted to accomplish the transfer
of the Sultan of Turkey to Egypt and The
Obliteration of the Ottoman Empire il
Europe.
The business failures OccurrnglthrOugh
out the country in the seven days ended
the oath numbered for the United States
165, and for Canada %, or a total of 1877, as
compared with n total of lSj for the pre-
vious like period.
THE Indian commissioners who havr
been arranging treaties with the Northern
Minnesota Indians report the Indians t.
be in deplorable condition, owing to the
whisky traffic which has been carried OF
among them by white men.
WHITAKER, of Chicago, in a bicycle
race at Charlottesville, Ind, on the "A h.
against time, made one hundred miles il
six hours, three minutes and fifty-nin
seconds, beating the worlds record by on
hour, seven minutes and one second.
THE great charity concert for the bene
fl of the Missouri Masonic Orphans
Home in st, Louis on the 22d was a gran,
success. 1t was preceded by an interest
ing friendly competitive drill by severa
communicates of Knights Templar. TIL
attendance is given at about 10000.
RrGHr Rev. j. F. SHANAHAN, Bishop o
the Roman Catholic diocese of Harrisburg
Pa, died at his residence at Harrisburg
on the "A n. He retired on the night of tn
23i in apparently good health, hut in tn
morning had an acute attack Of conges
ton of the brain, which terminated fatal,
before noon.
Four retail grocers were arrested a
Cincinnati on the oath on warrants, issue
at tho instance of Deputy Food Commits
sioner Gegan, charging them with a
offense under the law which provides tha
imitation butter shall not be sold withou
having put up notice that imitation but
ter is for sale.
A COMMUNICATION from the French Gov
eminent was received at the Vatican o
the oath, stating that in view of the de
cision OF the Pope to postpone the sendin
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