American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-20
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLlTuCAL.


gical operation on the morning of the Sil
necessitated by the partial stoppage of ii
flow Of pus from the wound, by reason of tt
gradual healing OF the original apertur
DIR. Agnew performed the operation as be
fore. The patient was put under the iniiu
ence of ether, beside which the riSor lin
was used to deaden the spot where the In
cision was made. The incision extendc
downward and forward. and a counter open
ing was made into the track of the ball be
low the margin of the twelfth rib. BY thi
means the old wound channel and the re
gion above. the battered rib have a FIRE
chance to heal up, being now entirely sep
arated from the pus channel. The Presiden
bore up well under the operation, and tn
physicians expressed themselves well salts
fled with the result.
JUDGE JAMES ID. Colt, of the Massa
chusetts Supreme Court, was FOUND dead il
his Office ut Pittsfield on the 9th. Suicid
with n revolver.
JOHN DILLON has been released from
Jail, and Il is said nearly all other person
arrested and imprisoned under the Coercion
act, save those guilty of participating in out
RACES, viii soon be set free.
GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON, a hero o
three wars, and at one time the largest cot
ton manufacturer in the United States, diet
recently a. his home in Philadelphia.
The reunion of ex-Confederates a
Dallas, Texas, was largely attended by rep
resentative men Of the Southwest. Gen. L.
NJ Lewis was the orator of the day.
The Socialists of New York have held
meetings to sympathize with Hartmann, thu
Nihilist, and to protest against his extradi.
ton. Secretary Blaine, in reply to n letter
OF inquiry from Hartmann's attorney, say:
Hartmanns surrender has not been demand
ed, and he refuses to say what the State De
partment would do In a hypothetical case
such - Is propounded.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD, on the 10th,
PERFORMED his first official act since the ID
ofJuly, signing formal requisition for the
cxtrSdition Of criminal who some time
since took refuge in Canada.
THE Virginia Republican State Con-
Sention, - was anticipated, resulted In n
clean split between the Two factions. The
StraiQhtouts resolved to stand firmly by Re-
publican party principles, chief among which
l. declared to be the sanctity of all public
obligations, and to make no alliance with re-
pudiafors In any form. 1t was declared in
expedient, however, to make any nomina-
nations for State officers. The Coalitionists
squarely Endorsed the platform and candi-
dates Of the Readjusters. Many Of the
Straightout Republicans, it was said, would
cast their influence, IL not their votes, for
the Democratic candidates, in preference to
supporting the Malone ticket.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH L. STEPHENS, one
OF the best-known citizens of Missouri, who
has been identified with many of the largest
enterprises Of the day, died at his home in
Boonville, on the 1Ith, aged 80.
Hon. o. II. BROWNING died at his
home In Quincy, ILL.,, on the 10th, aged 10.
He was Secretary of the Interior under
President johnson, and previously served I'm
the U. s. Senate, being appointed by Gov.
Yates to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of stephen A. Douglas.
GEN. GRANT has bought a large and
very handsome house on the north side of
East Sixty-sixth Street, between Fifth and
Madison Avenues, New York. The price
paid was 81. 900. It Is understood the
General proposes to make this his future
home. z---r
A CONFERENCE of Civil Service Re-
formers was held in New York on the I1tb.
OF which George VIM. Curtis, Carl Schurz
and Dorman b. Eaton were the principaI
promoters. Senator Pendleton's bill re9,,-
iaiing appointments to the Civil Service was
Endorsed.
BRADLAUGH is suffering from a Sc
we're attack of erysipelas, said to be the in. |
direct result OF his personal encounter i'm |
the lobby Of the House of Commons.
The widow of ex-President Willard |
Fillmore is dead.
DIR. JOSEPH c. HUGHES, formerly
surgeon-Geperalo Of the State Of Iowa, died
at keokuk from blood-pofsoning.
COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.
The Secretary of the Interior, after
consulting with the Attorney General. has
decided to send the Chief Clerk of the late
Auditor Of Railroad Accounts out West tn
look into alithe matters pertaining 10 the
racine Railroads which come under the
Ihu5mm act, and TO thoroughly overhaul
and revise French's suspicious reports. and
TO make q full report, based on what he
learns.
TIE International Exhibition of Elec-
tricity at Paris was formally opened on the
10th, President Grevy aud other prominent
officials assisting at the ceremony. Some Of
the departments, especially that of the
United States, were In q very incomplete
condition, but II was promised that 200 Ed
ison lights would be burning within a few
days.
REBATE tickets from New York CITY
10 Chicago have been sold as low as ninety-
i've cents.
The American bankers Convention
assembled at Niagara Falls on the 10th, with
4 large attendance.
HE Memphis cotton crop report for ,
July shows that the continued dro,,h -.
retarded The growth of the plant and caused
{ to fruit and mature too rapidly. Worms
have appeared in n few localities. but M ,
iamage from this cause is so far reported.
ID. Il j. SADLIER, the welI-known
Catholic publishing house of New York. have
made an assignment.
GEORGE H. LOSG, President, and !
Jharles II. Howard, Secretary and Treasur-
n OF the Alliance Insurance Company, of
Boston, which has Of late been closing up its $
nairs for the alleged reason that its busi-
less had proven Improbable, have been ar
ested and held to bail upon charge Of en-
'ezzling the funds Of the company. Their q
leficit is placed at $11O, 200.
4. X. WILLIAMS & BROTHER, a prom
nent Toledo grain firm, have failed for from
". 600 to 500, 900, and gross Irregularities /,
n their business have been discovered. Both
Members Of the firm have absconded.
THE Brotherhood of Carpenters and 4
Diners of America have recently held ses- G
ion at Chicago. =
The Nebraska Supreme Court has Il
endered a decision that the high-license n
quor law is constitutional in every particu- p
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