American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-02-01
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
LIEUr.-Gov. Hull of Florida ha
been indicted by the United States Gran,
Jury on a charge of conspiracy with other
in obtaining false election returns in Bre
ward County at the last election. Hull wa
the Democratic candidate for Congress a
the late election from the second District
| and holds a certificate OF election from tn,
| Governor.
Two Election Judges in Baltimore
have been tried and convicted in the United
States Court for refusing to admit Deputy
United States Marshal in the room where
the polls were held on election day, and
| other prosecutions of a similar nature are to
follow.
| WESTON, the American pedestrian,
has started on a tour over the English high
ways on a wager that he will walk s,0OJ
miles in 1 ,Ooo bouts and deliver meanwhile
| 90 lectures ut various places en- route.
SECRETARY SCHURZ has suspended
from office for 30 days, pending the investi-
CATION of charges preferred against him,
! VIM. W. Leeds, Chief Clerk I'm the Indian
| Office. The nature of the charges is not
made public.
The President has nominated William
g. Thompson, of Iowa, Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court of Idaho.
THE President has nominated w. p.
at Matamoras, Mexico.
ALDERMAN VIM. CLENDENNIN, of
Montreal, an extensive iron-founder, has
fled the country, leaving his debts and his
family behind him.
GEORGE S. HILLIARD, of Boston, the
well known author and politician, died on
the 21st, aged 20.
Mrs. ZINA WILLIAMS, who came from
Utah to Washington to attend the Woman
Suffrage Convention, is daughter of Brig
ham Young.
GEN. SHERMAN will soon start on a
two weeks tour of the South Atlantic
States, to examine the abandoned military
posts and neglected property of the United
States, with view to ascertaining the meas
ures necessary to secure the interests of the
United States.
THE House Committee on Appropria-
lions on the ed had finished the Post office,
Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appro-
priation bills.
GEN. GRANT left Paris on the 22d on
his tour of the East. The party accompany
ing him consists of Mrs. Grant, Col. Fred.
Grant, ex-Secretary of the Navy Borie, DIR.
Heating, and a New York Herald corre-
spondent.
THE Marquis of Lorne and the Prin-
cess Louise paid visit to Niagara Falls on
the 23d, crossing over to the American side.
EDWARD MATTHEW WARD, the emil
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63. He committed suicide.
HORACE L. HYDE, a well known St.
Louis newspaper man, and brother of Will
liam Hyde, Of the Republican, was found
dead on the railroad track in the vicinity of
Jefferson City No., on the morning of the 23d.
He had been run over by a passing train.
The Coroner's Jury rendered verdict of
accidental death.
GEN. SHIELDS is not only the "hero
Of two wars" but he is " Senator from
three States" His career has been remark
able. He was born in the County of Tyrone,
ireland, in 1910, and. settled in Kaskaskia,
ILL.,, in 1882. He has been member of the
Illinois and Missouri Legislatures, Auditor
Of the State of Illinois, Judge of her
Supreme Court with Douglas, her Sem
ator in Congress, Senator also from
the State of Minnesota, Major General in
the war with Mexico and the War of the Re-
bellion, Governor Of Oregon Territory, and
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
He has now been elected by the Missouri
Legislature to fill out the term in the United
States Senate of the late Mr.. Bogy.-Chica-
go Tribune.
DIR. ALoNzo GARCELoN, the new
Governor of Maine, is a gentleman of 60
years, tall, spare, and grave-looking. After
graduating at Bowdoin College, 43 yeais
ago, he studied medicine. To that profes-
sion the best labors of his life have been
given, and in it he has attained the highest
standing.
JOHN BLAIR SCRIBNER, senior part
ner Of the publishing house of Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, New York, died of pneumonia
on the Goth.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HUNT, of the SUI
preme Court, is still lying very low and can
never recover the use of his faculties even
If he survives the stroke of paralysis under
which he is now suffering.
0. H. PLArT, the new Republican
Senator from Connecticut, is a lawyer of fair
ability, black hair and eyes, six feet high
and so years old.
THE Grand Duchess Anastasia,
daughter of the Grand Duke Michael, was
married on the oath to Prince Frederick of
Schwerin, at the Winter Pal
ace, st. Petersburg, with great ceremony.
The city was Illuminated at night.
IT is rumored that Senator Chris
tiancy of Michigan is about to resign his
seat in order 10 accept the mission to Peru,
In which event it is anticipated that ex-
Senator Chandler will be chosen as his sue
cessor in the United States Senate.
THE Senate Committee on sNomina-
lions have decided to report adversely on the
New York nominations.
PROFESSOR HILL, the successor of
Senator Chaffee, of Colorado, in the United
States Senate, was once professor in
Brown University, went to Wales and worked
Is a common miner so as to learn the secret |
Of separating gold, silver and copper in the |
same ore, and afterwards locating in Colo |
RADIO became wealthy. He is about 30 years
Of age.
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