American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13

! the, track, short distance below Neoga
Ill., the coaches overturned, and
number of persons injured. = Their
were reports from. otherilocalities o
more or less damAgeIsby the; rain AN.
twiadsssIo4ssER f-ratts af-..ts = I=sts
4 PBRS0HAL.r AND POLITICAL
Iyncs7 az a!ssz.zfsJ-----io sod u i.iis
r SEcRErARY sBRIsToW appeared befor
/ the Committee on Expenditures in tn
Treasury Department, on the Ist, and mad
asw0th stAtement In reference to his con
nectioaMith TIA Mary Merritt case. A mum
beg .nf ssfllsr vitnespes were also sworn
iyhsse testmenysygas eorroborativei of tina
OF NJ. ,RFistoY, and entirely exonerate,
him Eom any improper motives in connee
4 ton WITH The case. -
lai.sr st6dshAtta, La, on the ID, Will,
EsenAtbr w n fwitcheii and his brother
n sIaw George King, were crossing the rivel
ON d flsteboat, they we're fired upon from
Eshe river bsnk by ans unknown party, ant
kTvitdhsll Is uerenlty tkouaSisd and Kine
! killed Ehenagreferryman was alsogwound-
eds Senator TYitchell, was one Of the hold
|ing;oyer Republican Senators. ~ Il, T., =,
T.. NEW. QRLEANs has elected a Demo.
cratic Mayor and I'VE ont Of the seven coun-
FsHR.' EnsDEKMAN, Director of the Mint,
ssys Stat n 6ase the Senate bin for the sub
snstdsdS6f Of eilvef sd6llars for srecnbacks
I'D aAtSsnal 8mlChoees snail become alaw,
|itwrlsbeueeessary 70 provide furthers facil-
itiA for SGniaG lH the essablishpsent1 of an
other hEeneh mint -yszs.i3 lxlgizsg ~
'THE Pepnsylyania House has expell-
ed sentative Lynott, of Luzerne Coun-
II, for having received money to influence
his vote. Hewanted to resign but the House
refused % accept Ms resfgnatiofi.S Kinner,
LJotzfnaI Clerk Of the House, was somewhat
implicated the saans tfansaesIoa,f ana he
Was pernitted 20 rsdghs6. Isstsoo hfsp
MUNICIPAL elections were held
throughout Indima - tA2i 2dy and accord-
ing to an Hndianap ydippatch the returns
mostly showed Republican gains There
were some. serious. disturbances. in In
dianapolis after the closing OF the polls, and
several persons We're shot, stabbed and
otherwise injured. ,'iH' sits A''ass' is-'''t
~ eyenteenth annual General Con.
ference % the Methodfst Episcopal Church
assembled IN Baltimore On the list - Bishop
Jaznss pstkideAy and Bshop Anaes made the
weleumhg address SEOo % .%s5nrtI 81
srfns Grand Jury Of theDistrict Of CO.
hmhaa have agreed uponp . presentrnent
aeainsts NJ Beilnap, Ate secretary Of
wGsGf0r sllegedtecapsneeof bribesin his
Official station. sia5 ssl,as .ssgisa-G2e
~ 1E Mpryland Repuk icau State Com
yeqtion ipstxncted its delsgstes n 4 vote for.
Blsins - long as. there il reasonable hope
foE his pomination2 zResolutions were
passed commep ding BristoW FOL, his efforts
&c. prevent and expose corruption, and ex-
pressing grrtit,fde- that an investfgatioiis
hadsAiIedt 10 touch tAeA honor and integrity
Of Prsstd0fsannt.ssaH9 ~ ice sffs le
sTaEsTDsmocrats Of sRe FIFTH Ohio
District hive ishofAinated Gen. Rice for
RepsesOkatips N Congress.s Fhe Conven-;
ton passad reyoEutidns favoring the uncen-'
ditional fepesl Of the Respmpuon act,l the
gradual withdrawal Of National; bank pa.
per, and in favor Of exrG oyernor William
Ailef for the Presidency. - -. -, -
!, OTEeoss SENDS. q Blaine delegation to
the CineirpaH .GT0'nEsntti!9n,s Inns a.zs5
:, The Kansas fIndePenaentx Reform.
Convention was held at Topeka on the. 18th
and elected delegates. to the Indianapolis
Convention. Twelve counties We're repre-
sfioN A. H. BULLOCK and George F.
H6mf RATE Seen elected Delegates to the Gin.
cindiad iConvenffcx from the Fiftif Massa-
chusetts, District, AZ 5Infs
EAcrINa-GovEnNoR ANrorsE, OF Lon!
isiana, lbs offered S. ;0se reward for the ar
rest Of the ConshattS assassins. Dsenator
TwttchsA wss sill living ON the 6th, but had
10 undergo ampuntions Of ihoth his arms,
andit was hardly possible he could survive;
= Coy. fRIGHARDl GoKE. of Texas, has
been chosen United States Senator. ~ .,fffrs
q D0sasRsDKo reached Chicago on the,
6th on his return from CaIifornia.a7sae ~
y SExrtaGEs were PASSED by Judge
Treat upon fiye sdd1hsuaI members of the
St: LeuisiW hiylsy Ring ON the 9th 3 asl fol-
lowss John. E. Howard, John A. Mead,
Richard B. Jones, and, Henry fAlmstetit,.
imprisonment jim the County Jail for Is
months and Il 900 fine each; Louis Keller
man, Imprisonment for six months and
.,fAE President has pardoned James
y. Marsh, Gaueer, convicted in the western
District ~ Missouri Of making false returns,
on'the ground t1atthere was no Intentional
frand. 3zssS ssa sssItS "a ssssE 3si ~
SFOsTER, thu American Consul at
samcas who IL charged with having in
trigufd;With the British for the downfall of
Prsmisrs Steinbager, has been u re-
moved, and James > /, McCoe, one OF
the adherents sand . fellow-prisoner of
Steinberger on the British ship
Bsrracouta, has appointed in his place.
McCoe was landed at Fiji, whence he pro-
ceedsd to San Fxancisco, arriving on the
5ths The Barracouta, with steinberger on
board, then Rroeeeded to Auckland, where
It il supposed the whole affair will .beinyes-
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