American citizen., 1880-08-07
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources

Compiled from Various Sources
THE Democratic Convention of tn
Sixth Missouri District renominated Con
gresham Waddill.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made t.
transport 1000 or 5000 troops from Englan
to Afghanistan with the greatest dispatch
and reinforcements are already going for
ward from various parts Of India
The West Virginia Democratic Stat
Convention, held on the 18th, nominated
Col. j. B. Jackson, of Parkersburg, TO
Governor; Joseph Miller, of Cabell County
for Auditor; and Col. Dhomas O'Brien TO
Treasurer.
SAMUEL j. TILDEN presided at tht
Democratic Mass Meeting at the New Yorl
Academy Of Music on the 18th. He made ,
brief speech upon taking the chair. Gen
Ewing, Samuel j Randall and Senator Jone.
of Florida were among the orators.
THE boiling Republicans of the TWEEN.
tieth Ohio Congressional District, which com.
prises the city of Cleveland, have nominated
c. B. Lockwood for Representative in op-
position to Hon. Amos Townsend, renomi'
mated by the regular convention.
DUBLIN correspondent states that
the improved condition Of the country, and
prospects of abundant crops, have caused
the Relief Committee to prepare to dissolve.
There is little doubt, he says, that the money
on hand will be enough to meet all pressing
demands.
PRoF. RILEY, in an address before
the Mobile Cotton Exchange, said he had
found the army worm in most fields through
out a large extent of territory visited by
him. He says II the planters poison the worm
and the weather is good, however, there
may be very good crop.
THE Mexican General Vale, with a
considerable force, has taken the field against
Victorio and his band, who are now on that
side of the border. The Mexican commander
is said to hold an authorization from our
Government to follow the red rascals into
our territory should the exigencies of the
case render it desirable to SO.
The Ohio Greenbackers have nomi-
mated State ticket as follows: Secretary of
State, Charles A. Lloyd, of Seneca; Su-
preme Judge, d. w. C. Louden, of Brown
County; Clerk of Supreme Court, Charles
Bowsall, Of Columbiana; Member Of Board
of Public Works, Amos Roberts, Of Knox
County; School Commissioner, r. B. Smart,
of Ross County.
JONATHAN WAsLEY, Superintendent;
Frank Williamson, inside boss, and John
Reese, District Superintendent of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
A~H int, In p.rv1
Pottsville, Pa, to examine the ventilation.
L~were suffocated by foul air, and num-
Be- eskmen who attempted their rescue
1ely escaped with their lives.
The Peruvians are taking advantage
of the warning given them by the Chilians,
and are removing their women and children
from Lima preparatory to inviting
bombardment. All male citizens between
the ages of 10 and 90 are compelled to bear
arms, aad q desperate resistance will be
made. The Chilians have given notice that
If they capture the city it will be given up to
pillage.
THE Kansas State bor-Greenback
Convention was held at Topeka on the 2Sth.
Judge J. A. vrooman, of Greenwood County,
was nominated for Governor; H. L. Phil
lips, of Marion, for Lieutenant Governor;
S. A. Marshall, of Leavenworth, for
Treasurer; d. ]. Cole, of Reno, for
Auditor; L. B. Hadley, of Wyandotte,
for Attorney-General; and Charles Smith,
Of Jefferson, for Superintendent of Schools.
The resolutions adopted indorse the platform
and candidates Of the Chicago Greenback-
Labor Convention and condemn the course
Of the Kansas Representatives in Congress
in opposing the Weaver financial resolution.
A DISPATCH from Los Pinos, Colo,
10Th, says that the Indian treaty has finally
been signed and the success of the Commis-
sion is thus assured beyond doubt Forty
eight chiefs and head men of the Uncom-
pahgre Utes affixed their sigma
lures, and Ouray assures the Com
missioners that there will be no
trouble now in getting the White River
and Southern Utes to sign. Instructions
were received from Washington informing
the Commission that the reservation would
not be thrown open for settlement until the
Indians were removed and proclamation
made by the President to that effect.
IN steamer City of vicksburg, of
the d@hor Line, sunk at AshPort, Tenn,
about 100 miles above Memphis, at an early
dent Is supposed to have been caused by
striking hidden stump while making the
landing. No shock was felt, and the first
knowledge the officers had of the condition
of the boat was when they found it gradually
sinking. There was barely time to arouse
the passengers and get them on shore before
the boat careened over and settled at
the bottom Of the river. Most of the passen-
gers lost their baggage and personal effects.
The City of vicksburg was bound from st.
Louis to yicksburg, with q good cargo of
freight. Boat and cargo are probably total
loss.
THE st. Louis Merchants Exchange
has refused to lower its standards of wheat
grades, which it Is claimed are nearly
or quite one number higher than those of
markets. A large number
Of dealers favored the proposed change,
for the reason stated, and also on
the ground that the present exacting
system of grading was driving large quanti-
ties of wheat into other markets where a
more lenient system obtains. The argument
of the majority, opposing any change, was
that the present system of grading wheat in
st. Louis is now well known in all the mar
kets of the world, that under it the
trade of St. Louis is rapidly increasing, that
the bulk of the incoming wheat crop would
readily grade rs No. 2, and that any change
calculated to degrade the standard would4n
the end prove detrimental to all concerned.
ANOTHER serious disaster has befallen
The British troops In Afghanistan. Gen.
command, numbering between