American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-31

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REPRESENTATIVE HOOKER has been
renominated by the Democrats Of the Fifth
Congressional District of Mississippi.
The Republican Convention of the
Twelfth Illinois District nominated Hon. T.
L. Morrison for Congress-
THE President has appointed Gen.
Henry s. Hindopker Postmaster of Philadel-
phia. Gen. Hindopker commanded the
"Buck-tail % regiment Al Gettysburg, whsss
he lost his right ann.
The Princess Louise is going to the
German baths, by order Of her physicians.
She has fully recovered from the in
turies received hy her at Ottawa last winter
Prince Leopold will accompany her home to
England.
THE new census gives the following
population to the cities named: New Or
leans, 2l5,2 go; Richmond, Va, 63,243; Nash
vile, 4s,45s; Dallas, Tex, 81, 1856; Mobile,
q, 900; Little Rock, 1900; Knoxville, Tenn,
1925, and Macon, Ga, 1855.
THE survey of the Mississippi River,
under the direction of the Coast Survey, will
mot begin until October, when the weather
becomes more suitaoic' ~ - men
TO place seven parties o'i .no ~ a. 81
70 press 'ne ~o.H .,,r.,o work
cry oo''''0''. 49, -
CRY NEAL Dow has written q letter
...,,,;,,, t,,. nomination for the Presidency
by the National Prohibition party. ne says
that ''he considers tne suppresslon =. .ae
liquor framc 10 DC an opIeo' =. g. -.
importance IMAM any o."eA S'e
tenfion OF the country.
D,rp,xs, the month of June there ar
500 y, The limited States - ,567 immigrants.
OF this number ireland furnished the larg-
est quota, and Germany tne nexI ia,s T
Inc Immigrant aIlsa.s az ~ - N ,ver.
YORK alone LOT .ne seai enu ~. o",s S;,,,,
S6S,.so, aga'nss
Twelve "on'ns.
DrrRINc the month of June this year
500 no s,o 10th Of breadstuffs were ex-
.,rt.., tro,, This country. against ST, 21O, 10
worth expor.eu N .1... - ~ h,s.d.;,,f,.
e11-s s -. ss-- sse -ss AGAINST sol 49,
soa .-e.th .xrorted during the preceding
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The ONO Democrauc otate OonVon-
tion met at Cleveland on the I'D. Judge VIM.
Lang, of Tiffin, was nominated for Secretary
of State; M. B. Follett, for Supreme Judge;
! alce S. Canr.e s w II Jaclson' Board of
Public works: j. j. Burns Qncumbent),
,Commfssioner of Schools
HE State department. u In receiPI
of information that the vessel which recently
fred on two American schooners in Cuban
waters was the Canto, a small screw steamer
belonging to the Spanish navy. NO Iormai
spanish Government until the report Of Ad-
miral Wyman has been received.
HE EgyPuan ooehsA W 10 oIec1oo
in the City Of New York, presented by tine
Khedive, arrived on the 2oth in the steamer
Dessouk, Lieut. Gorringe, commander. The
pedestal is 70 feet long, eight feet square at
the base and five feet three inches at the top.
tion ~ tons,
The members OF the western Dlvl-
sion of the National Republican Committee
met in Chicago on the 22d. Chauncey /. Fill
lev. of st. Louis, was elected Vice-Chair-
man. to act in the absence of Senator Lo-
exn. 1t was voted that an auxiliary COM
mittee be appointed for Chicago and for
each of the States embraced in this juris-
diction.
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LIZ. AANAHh on 'ne @@u az nun Oh
tered upon tne twenty-nith Gay Oh MS las'-
and sickness during the morning, but recov-
cred sumcientiy to take MS customary ride
and to write few letters. HIS pulse was
somewhat weaker than ordinary. weight
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