American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-10-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLIT1CAL.

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The Board of Managers of the Ma
tional Temperance Society have adopted ar
address to President Arthur, earnestly be.
seeching him that in dispensing official hos
pitaity at the White House, in his appoint
ments to the public service, and in all pub
lie matters, he use his great opportunity to
discourage the habit of social drinking and
In otherwise promote the suppression OF in.
Temperance.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR returned to
Washington on the evening of the 4th, and
Secretary Blaine was to return ON the fol-
lowing day.
THE defendants In the Star-route
cases on the &th entered q motion to quasi
che information filed against them, The
Court took the matter under sdvisement.
The project of National Garfield
Memorial Hospital, to be established in
Washington, and n practicable, on the very
ground where Preadsss0ar1eidw 90 strick-
en- down, Is being canvassed in Washington,
with good prospects Of its ultimate success.
ORsON PRATT, the oldest Apostle of
the Mormon Church. b dead, aged 20.
NELSON w. ALDRIcH, the new United
States Senator from Rhode Island, success
scr to Senator Burnside, deceased, has al
ready served in Congress as Representative
from the First District. He began life as q
grocer's clerk, with only a common school
education, and as he is not yet 40 years OF
age, he will be the youngest member of the
Senate.
The New York Republican State
Convention, held on the 9Th, proved TO be n
fairly harmonious gathering, considering
the acrfmony that prevailed in many Of the
PRIMARY contests. The aIf-breeds had an
undispu,ed majority in the Conven-
lion, and controlled Its organization and
shaped matters generally after their own
fashion. The contrasting Conkling delegates,
from Oneida and other districts, were re-
morseiessiy excluded. Gen. Joseph B. Carr
was renominated for Secretary of State, Ira
Davenport was nominated for Comptroller,
Leslie W. Russell for Attorney General,
JAMES w. Hustled for Treasurer, Silas Soy
mour for State Engineer, and Francis N.
Finch for Judge Of the Court of Appeals.
The resolutions adopted deplore the asssas-
sination OF President Garfield, warmly COM
mend the measures inaugurated dur
ing his Administration, especially the
prosecution Of the Star-route frauds, and
promise PRESIDENT Arthur hearty support
IN pressing them to the full limit Of his au-
tnorify. Confidence Is expressed in Presi-
dent Arthur's integrity and patriotic inten-
fions, with the hope That his Administra-
ton will be IN line with that of his lamented
predecessor.
TIE Massachusetts, Democratic State
convention pissed In nomination the follow
tes neke.- FOR Governor, Charles T. Thomp-.
soni ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, James II.
Sr.s secretary Oh state, Gen.
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s..ss.
Sn.ros n ieu' Attor-
.s: Ho. ~.c c a. Oonins' Inc
800 suop.eu iaso1 revision OF the
I'LL avs. me reIofm OF inc civii service.
- se eueouIske "ens Oh american shipping by
- 'AAssion' e.c-' e'c'
CAPTAN HowGATE returned unex-
pectedly 10 Washington and announced him.
self ready to stand trial. He was taken to
Jail His bondsmen feel greatly relieved by
Rry Srusrr Rop,veo~ n n s,.a
at his home in Louisville. on thu Mh
after suffering from cancer OF the stomach
for cixhteeu months. DR.. Robinson vas one
ablest American dfyfnes. He w.s horn ~
strubaue. County Thorpe. Iceland = ~.
year 1874. and was consequently in his eth
year At the time Of his death.
TIE rerunius ef President C.r6.ld
have bean transferred fron, ~. -..ro, ..
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