St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-19
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

HON. LIONEL SACKvILLE-WEsT, the
new British Minister, has arrived in Wash
ington.
LORD LoRNE has sailed for England.
A WASHINGTON special says: "The
bill providing for the admission of Dakota
as State has been already prepared, and
some Senators and Congressman have pre-
pared speeches in support of the admission.
The bill will be pushed vigorously. Senator
David Davis will support it, which insures
Its becoming a law and the admission Of the
Territory AS State, with probably two Re-
publican Senator's"
BUsHRoD BIRCH, for eighteen years
disbursin- officer of the Treasury Depart
ment, died in Pittstield, Mass, after long
illness.
The result of the various State cleo
lions held on Tuesday, the sth, may be
briefly summed up as follows: In New
York the result is somewhat mixed so
far as the State ticket is concerned. Gen.
Carr, the Republican Secretary of State,
gets in by handsome majority, but Hustled,
Republican, is defeated for Treasurer by
Maxwell, Democrat, by an equally
decisive majority. Up to the 18th
both parties We're claiming the balance
OF the ticket. The Democrats have secured
a maj ority in both houses of the Legislature.
Aston, Republican,, is defeated by Flower,
Democrat, in the Eleventh Congressional
District, and in the Ninth District, Hardy,
Democrat, defeats Thomas Murphy, Re-
publican. In Pennsylvania the Republicans
elect Bailey Treasurer by plurality of some
G,00O over Noble, Democrat. Wolfe, indie
pendent Republican,, polled large vote,
but it is believed to have been drawn about
equally from both parties. In Virginia
the Rcadju>ters have elected their candi-
date for Governor (Camerom by some
10000 plurality, and have an undisputed
majority in both houses of the Legis-
lature. In Wisconsin the Democrats have
made large gains, owing somewhat to the
Prohibition sote, but the Republican State
ticket is probably elected, by an estimated
plurality of some 5000 or 5000. In New
Jersey the Legislature remains Republican
by reduced majority, and the same is true
Of Connecticut. The Democratic majority
in Mississippi is estimated at from 10000 to
$4,000. In Massachusetts, Minnesota and
Nebraska the Republican tickets were elect
ed by the usual majorities on light vote.
In Maryland the Republicans have made
some gains i'll the Legislature, but not
enough to be made effective.
DIR. BoYNToN, who is spending the
winter in Topeka, HANS, has unbosomed
himself 10 reporter so far as to say that he
believes President Garfield's wound was
not necessarily mortal, and that he would
probably have recovered under proper sur
gical treatment. He charges that the wound
was not properly dressed or cleansed until
Drs. Agnew and Hamilton were called into
the case, three weeks after the wound was
inflicted. and it was then too late to
prevent blood poisoning, which had already
set in.
The Virginia Democrats predict that
the Republicans and Readjusters will fall
out in the Legislature over the election of
United States Senator, and they propose to
add fuel to the flame, so to speak, by voting
for Gen. Wickham, straight out Republi-
can, when they would much prefer toa Re-
adjuster.
ARCHBISHOP JOHN MCHALE, of
Tuam, Ireland, is dead, aged 80. Mr.. Nc
Hale was the Oldest ecclesiastic in the world,
being fifty years Bishop and forty-four
years an Archbishop in the See of St. Jar
lath.