American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-04-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.

Compiled from Various Sources.
MAYOR OvERsroLz has been renon
mated by the ST. Louis Democrats.
A FORMIDABLE rebellion prevails
Herat. Ayoob Khan is perhaps alread
exiled or prisoner.
GEN. ADAM BADEAU has positivel
declined the position Of Charge d'Affaires 8
Denmark. The President will withdraw tn
nomination.
THE Texas Legislature adjourned san
die ON the Ist. The railroad bills wer
mostly laid away. The Prohibition bill wa
defeated in the House.
The grand breakup in the Uppe
Missouri occurred on the 3oth, causing con
siderable damage to property at Bismarck
Buford, Mandan and other places.
Mosr, editor Of the Freheit, . Ger
man Socialist paper published in London
has been arrested, charged with having, 4
the columns of his paper, melted the peopl
of foreign States to sedition and rebellion
The police elected the compositors, took tn
keys and locked up the premises.
THE New York Spirit Of the Time
has obtained from the Secretaries of State o
the several States the official majorities oil
presidential Electors at the late election
taking in each case the Elector on each sid'
receiving the highest number of votes TIT
result shows plurality for Garfield OF |, 522
o
THE Governor of Arkansas has signed
the bill which prohibits the carrying Of any
weapons except army and navy arms, ant
those not otherwise than openly in the hands
also the sale, bartering, giving away or other
wise disposing of pistols, revolvers, bowie
knives and pIstol-cartridges in this State
under penalties ranging from $50 to $500.
A SUDDEN rise in the Missouri inun'
dated the town of Pierre, Dakota, causing
a general evacuation of houses and STAN
pede of inhabitants to the bluffs. Many
buildings were moved from their founda-
tions. The damage was still greater at Fort
Pierre, where q number of buildings were
fioated OF or crushed by the ice. No loss Of
life Is reported.
GOVERNOR WALLACE, of New Mexico,
has ordered Adjutant- General Frost to pro-
coed to Rio Arriba County with sixty stand
of rifles and organize two militia compa-
mics as posse for the Sheriff.
The desperadoes in that region are led by
the notorious Ike Stockton, whose head
quarters are on the Colorado line, at Duran
go, and have driven away fifty desirable set
tiers.
Tuv Eavl ~ Ca;thnoea q uoIl.knoun
member Of the British aristocrscy. died sud-
denly In New York City on the 10Th. He was
q devotee to mechanical sciences, and was
the inventor of . steam traction engine Tor
use on country roads. He also invented n
tape loom, which is in general use in Eng
land. His greatest contribution to the world
was the gravitating compass, which bears
his name and is used by most Of the great
steamship companies
SECRETARY WINDOW on the LIST had
long consultation in New York with promi-
nent bankers and business men to consider
the policy of his Department in regard to
maturing bonds and as to the best method Of
marketing the four per cents he is author
lied to issue. The Secretary explicitly an
nounced that he should not decide at present
on MS Iuiurt COuIscs Jul NC WisHCu " Acei
the views of those present.
THE Public debt statement of April 1
shows a decrease in the debt during March
of s., 49,, $40. Cash in Treasury. $3.50, S14,-
692; gold certificates, s6,171, 800; silver GER
tifcates, so, IFS, 800; certificates Of deposit
outstanding, Sc, s05, 900; refrnding certifi-
Gates, S775,950; legal tenders outstanding,
s346, 6eI ,0l6; fractional currency outstand-
ing, s., 131 ,97s; cash balance available, $685.
ESQ, 756. Reduction of the debt since June
30, 1880, S6s, 40s.70.
The President has decided to appoint
Capt Henry, Of Ohio, United States Mar
shal for the District Of Columbia, in the
place Of Fred Douglass, the latter to be APP
pointed TO some other equally good place.
Pension Agent Brown, Of Cincinnati, is to be
appointed Commissioner of Pensions in
place of Bently. Acting Commissioner of
Indian Affairs Nichol, who has been NOM
mated Commissioner, has asked the Presi-
dent to withdraw his nomination on account
of ill-health.
A CoNsrANTINoPLE dispatch of the
10th says: The ambassadors have decided
TO sign . protocol declaring that they regard
the last offer of the Porte accountable