The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-01-30

CHAs. J. CANDA has been named by the
President as Assistant Treasurer Of the
United States at New York.
2. NJ. LAWRENCE, of Mississippi, chief Of
division of the First Comptroller's office,
Washington, died on the ed.
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EARL GRANVILLE Is to be presented with
a testimonial in honor of his thirty years
service as leader of the Liberals.
OVER 1000 coke, drawers are now on
strikes in the Pennsylvania coke region
and considerable ricting Is going on 9'
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MRS. PRUDENCE PHILLEo, aged eighty.
three, the famous Connecticut Abolition
ist, has been found in Kansas living In
poverty.
THE delegates from the river conven :
lions called on the President at Washing
ton on the goth and had satisfactory in
terview.
QUEEN VICTORIA arrived in London on
the Doth to open Parliament in person the
day following. Much enthusiasm was
manifested.
CHRISTINE NILSSON has announced her
intention of making one more tour Of
America and then proposes TO settle down
in London.
THE recent discovery of Nihilist resort
Opposite the Annitchkoff Palace In st.
Petersburg has resulted in the arrest Of
seventeen persons.
THE Cincinnati theater managers agree
to close their houses on Sunday If the Law
and Order League succeed in closing Sun
day concert saloons.
THE tunnel under the River Mersey be-
tween Liverpool and Birkenhead was for.
mally opened on the Goth by the Prince Of
Wales and his two sons.
Hon. HENRY LLOYD was elected Gov.
ernor Of Maryland by a joint convention
of the Legislature on the Goth, and Hon. A
p. German was confirmed as Senator.
MAJOR WALSH, of the Canadian North.
west Mounted Police, thinks the only way
to prevent an Indian outbreak is by dis
armng and dismounting the redskins.
THE Secretary of the Treasury on thu
Doth received letter containing $500
postmarked New York, which he was re-
quested TO pass to the conscience fund.
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A RELIEF department for the benefit OF
Its employees, similar to that in existence
al, 1o hoo haan taf
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
THR Italian Minister of Finance an
nounces deficit in the budget of 100000
francs, which is attributed to cholera ant
the expense Of the Massowah expedition
THE Porte has contracted with KrupI
for large number Of guns, those made a
the Turkish factory being useless. Th
outlay will press heavily upon the Turkish
treasury.
THE Berlin correspondent of the Londoi
Times says that the French flag has bee
hoisted over Sumbig, one of the Sund
Islands which has hitherto been unde
Dutch protection.
TIE Wheeling wv. va.) nail manutac
turers hope to solve the wage question b.
the adoption Of an automatic nail machin
recently invented in Boston, which the.
are investigating.
THE dinner given by the President at tn
Executive Mansion on the night of tn
21st in honor of the diplomatic corps wa
the most brilliant social event Of the pres
ent administration.
THE st. james Gazette charges thu
O'Donovan Rosa has several employee
among Irish members of the House Q
Commons, and that the pistol and knit
are to take the place of dynamite.
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AT meeting in Exeter Hall, London, o
the evening Of the 18th, Mr.. Stead, edito
OF the Pail Mall Gazette, was presente
with purse of $685., which had been sub
scribed in penny donations by women.
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ALFRED HoLLINs, the blind pianist,
graduate Of the Royal Normal College fc
the Blind at Upper Norwood, England,
Theodore Thomas latest musical acquis
ton. He is said to be remarkably fin
player.
VERY severe weather has been exper
enced in the Province Of Ontario. Wit
heavy snow storms, the thermometer a
teen degrees below zero, and the railroad
blockaded, the situation has been SOM
what trying.
COMMISSIONER CoLMAN has called Il
annual convention of National Sugar Grov
ers to meet in st. Louis on February A
and 9Th, and the Mississippi Valley Dairy
mems Association to meet at the san
place the week following.
EXTRA precautions were taken at Il
recent opening Of the Mersey tunnel
guard the Prince Of Wales on account
the supposed presence Of an Irish emissaI
who was said to have left Dublin with Il
intention to assassinate him.
SPAIN will appoint governors of tn
Caroline and Pelew Islands, and will sen
troops 10 establish garrisons. She wi
also send an expedition to the point whel
the gunboat Albatross planted the Germs
Aao drrfncy thu Van iuCidant