American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.

- -
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The New York Democratic State
Convention is called to meet at Albany or
Oct. IA. 90
GEN. GRANT attended the reunion OF
the I21th Regiment Illinois Volunteers at the
Palmer House, Chicago, on, the evening. OF
the 9th, and made avery brief speech. = .
ARCHBISHOP HENNI, of Milwaukee,
Is dead, aged as. lie was the upbuilder Of
the Catholic Churraf of the Northwest, and
was a man of great learning, energy and
goodness.
The movement inaugurated by Gev;
ernor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, appointing
Tuesday, the 9th, daY of Mating and
prayer for the recovery OF President Gar
field. was generally observed Throughout
that State and several others.
THE Emperors of Germany and Rus
STA met at Neufahwasser on the sth. The
Emperor William, Crown PRINCE Frederick
William and Bismarck proceeded from
Dantzic in the morning. Upon Ttheir arris
val at Neufahwasser the Emperor boarded
the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern, which
steamed out of the harbor and was. met by
the Russian yacht with the Car on board.
The iron clad squadron fired a salute to the
Z two yachts, and lay to alongside each other.
In the afternoon the Gar went on board
|. the Hohenzollcrn, and was warmly well
coined. The Cars yacht was accompanied
by two small men-of-war, At a later hour
the Emperors drove ntoDanizig, amid the
pealing of bells, salutes Of artillery and
great cheers.
The trial of Rev. DIR. Thomas, at
Chicago, before the Rock River Conference
oftbs nj. E. Church, pon charges Of dis
seminating doctrines contrary TO the articles
of religion and established standards OF doc
Grimes Of the church, "resulted in verdict
of guilty upon all the charges and specifics
TORS. The result OF this decision is simply
Ito forward theEcase 10 the General Confer
ense. which meets IN October. 4
Hon. FRANKLIN REED, the Demo,
cratic Congressional candidate in the Lewis
ton District, Maine, has Withdrawn from
the canvass. Judge; Giibcrs'wil now re-
ceive the united anti Republican vote, and
the CANVASS promises to be close and excit-
ing.- g
SIDNEY LANIER, the poet, died on
the sth st Lynn. Polk County, n c., wherG
he had gone TO recruit his health.
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention nominated Gen. S. NJ. Bailey, of
Fayette County, for Treasurer, the only
State Office to be filled at the coming elec-
ton. The nominee is known as. q Cameron
man.
The San Francisco Republicans, at
the recent election, elected their candidate
for Sheriff by majority of about 1900. The
larger triton of the Republican candidate
were chosen by much smaller majorities,
and the Democratic candidate for Tax Col
lec:or got in by few hundred votes.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court dismissed the petition of Celia j.
Robinson to be admitted to practice as an
attorney in the courts, on tie grounds that
under the laws of the Commonwealth wom-
en- are not entitled to be admitted as attor-
neys.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THE Marx Lane Express gives an I'M
favorable report of the British harvest.
The Texas & Pacific Railroad has
been completed to point 49.miles west of
Dallas, and track-laying progresses at the
rate of two miles per day.
The Memphis Cotton Exchanges
bulletin for August reports generally I'M
favorable weather, on account Of excessive
drouth pl mt fruiting badly, with serious
shedding of forms and boIls. Worms have
appeared in some localities, but no serious
damage from this-cause IS apparent.
ONE of the indications of the prosper
fly of the country is the extraordinary sales
of public lands in the last year and half.
Officials Of the General Land -ofice say that
the returns for the fiscal 1881, when COM
of land during the year will exceed the sales
OF any other year in the annals Of the Govern
ment. 1t is thought probable that the trans
actions.for the present year will equal il not
exceed teose of last year, provided there is
no marked falling off in immigration.
A REGULAR water route from the in
terror of Canada to Great Britain is pro-
posed by way Of Hudson Bay. The idea
that the bay is open for navigation only
three months in the year is said to be fall
lacy, and the only impeachment is the block
ng up Of the entrance by ice, which drifts in
Davis Straits in April and May.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
WILLIAM CASEY, who murdered Bur-
CESS James. wealthy planter, I'm Yell
County, Ark, in 1879, was tried and SEN
fenced to be hanged, but escaped pending
proceedings for new trial ,has been recap
turcd in Carroll County, where he has been
palming himself off as q Methodist preacher;
and obtained no little fame as a pulpit ora
tor. A reward Of 81 900 was offered for his
apprehension.
In Greenville County, Va, J. w.
Saunders, a magistrate, attempted to arrest
Brown Davis, when he latter shot him. in
fiicting probably fatal wound. Saunders
ha in,