The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-08-28

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
THE Government is preparing to turn
out a new and much improved navy mus
ket.
A COMBINED letter-sheet and stamped
envelope is shortly to be issued by the
Government.
The condemned Anarchists at Chicago
decline spiritual comfort from ministers
who visit the jail.
PRINCE ALEXANDER Of Bulgaria has
been forced to abdicate, and was escorted
out Of the country.
PENNSYLVANIA Republicans are said to
be quite willing that MIR. Randall shall be
reelected to Congress.
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COLONEL SwITzLER, chief of the Bureau
OF Statistics, is soon to issue an extensive
report on Southern industries.
IT is charged by the London Observer
that the Clan ma Gael and the National
League are virtually identical.
IT is thought probable that William A.
Wallace, lately defeated for the nomina-
ton for Governor of Pennsylvania, will
run for Congress.
, SERIOUS riots have occurred at Nagas-
aki, Japan, between the Chinese and Jap
anese. Five Chinese were killed and one
hundred were wounded. .
W. j. KENDALL, a Boston policeman,
swan Niagara Whirlpool rapids on the 22d
in cork vest, to settle wagers amounting
10 $4,000. He makes $4,000 by the feat.
SECRETARY BAYARD asserts that the
situation concerning Mexico is of the
gravest character, and indicates that he
will stand firmly by his original demand.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND caught his first
flsh on the 18th. 1t was a speckled trout,
weighing three-fourths of pound, an un-
usual weight for brook trout at this
season.
In speech in the House of Commons,
on the goth, Thomas Power O'Connor
maintained that Lord Randolph Church
lips speeches were the original cause of
the Belfast riots.
ELI WHITNEY BLAKE, inventor of the
Blake stone crusher, and nephew of Eli
inv nf he r,fu snI
atNew Haven, Conn, on the 18th, aged
ninety lone years.
, GOVERNOR SToNEMAN of California, Fon
the goth adjourned the Legislature until
September 7, owing to a disagreement as
to the time Of adjournment between the
Senate and the Assembly.
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THE report is confirmed that Herr Krupp
has secured a contract to supply 1900 tons
of steel rails for the construction of rail-
roads to be used in the development of
mining industries in Tien Tsin.
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THE fifty-sixth anniversary of the birth
of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria was
observed on the 18th with great festivity
A review of the troops was held, and TIE
Deum service was conducted by the arch
bishop at the cathedral.
GENERAL BoULANGER, French Minister
OF War, has been unable to legally sup
press the sale of his biography. Thou.
sands of copies have been sent into the
provinces and the sales throughout the
country have beon enormous.
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convention of the American Bar Associa.
ton was held at Saratoga, N. Y, on tn,
18th. One hundred and fifty members
were present. Judge Poland, of Vermont
called the convention to order.
THE East Indian Government is invit.
ing tenders at Newcastle for transport
to be ready to proceed to Bombay anC
Calcutta at the end of August. They ar
to be used, it is presumed, to carry rein
forcements of troops to Burmah.
IT is reported that the chihuahua Su
preme Court has begun the hearing of tn
Cutting case, and that by an agreemen
between the lawyers he court will deere
that Cutting has been sufficiently pun
ished, and will order his release.
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THE London Times of the DIST CAV
prominence in its columns to a letter sug
gesting the prosecution for treason o
their return to their homes of the Canada
delegates and other British subjects VIII
figured in the Chicago convention.
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IT is expected that the formal exchang
of the copies of the extradition treaty be
tween the United States and Japan wi
soon be announced from Toxic, and thai
its PRONUNCIATION by the two government
will take place Immediately thereafter.
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The Berlin North German Gazette state
that Prof Brakenbush has made larg
annexation in South Patagonia on behal
of Germany. The London Standard, com
menting on this, says it thinks that Bis
marck will have to reckon with Chill an
the Argentine Republic.
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GRAHAM successfully navigated th
whirlpool rapids OF the 10Th with his hea
protruding from the barrel. James Scott
a fisherman of Lewiston, attempted t
swim the whirlpool rapids the same dav il