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NOTES AND COMMENT.


born.
General Stoneman is spoken Of as a
Democratic candidate for governor
of California.
An exchange suggests that per-
haps the reason why Moscow pa
per was recently suspended was that
it actually published an item of news.
1t is said that the press of Iowa
does not favor the dual candidacy of
John A. Kasson for speaker of the
House Of Representatives and Uni
ted States senator.
According to the latest returns
sixty-fve brass bands have entered
for the Hartford tournament, and
the unfortunate inhabitants are in
curing the way to Rhode Island.
A Washington dispatch says the
pastor of the President, was found
yesterday looking over a life of the
Chief Executive. This is painfully
Subjective, to say the least.
The Chicago Times demands a
change Of doctors in the Presidents
case. The Times should remember
Mr.. Lincoln'S quaint advice: "Never
swap horses while crossing a stream. )
1t is almost time for John Kelly to
rise up and offer himself, as candi-
date for governor Of New York.
He hasn't made any sacrifices for
the good Of the party for some time,
you know.
The Hon. Roscoe Conkling will
prabably not take part in the Ohio
campaign this year, being too busy
constructing dynamite machines
under the Republican party in New
York.
Col. I. G. Campbell, prominent
Republican lawyer of Cincin-
natl, thinks that if the President
lives, Ohio will give a small Repub-
lican majority, but if he dies it will
go Democratic.
Eli Perkins, or some equally able
news purveyo or, has started the story
that an interesting event will hap
pen ere long in the family of the
counties Burdett-Cutts- Ashmead
Bartlett.
Most of the members of the Indian
delegation in Washington disguised
themselves in"plug''hats and"biled"
shirts, soon after their arrival. The
Great Father" foots the bill, OF
course.
Gen. b. f. Butler arrived at Hal
flax last Saturday in his yacht, the
America. If the General doesn't
pay more attention to business he
won't be nominated again for gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
Hon. John B. Grinnfell, of Iowa,
says Iowa will fall short 100000
bushels on her wheat crop as COM
pared with last year, and 100000
to 100000, bushels on the corn
crop, but will lead all the States in
cattle and hogs.
Several prominent Greenbackers
were in conference ut the Point of
Pines, Chelsea Beach, Mass. Sun
day. The announcement was made
that under no circumstances would
Gen. Horace Binney Sargent or E.
Moody Boynton accept nomina-
ton for the governorship. Several
of the gentleman present We're in fa-
vor of John j. Baker as a candidate,
while others in favor of James n 4.
Buffum, of Lynn. No decision was
reached; but it is believed that the
choice of the convention will be be-
tween Baker and Buffum.
The London Times publishes a
long letter from a correspondent who,
after a tour through the principal
English wheat producing districts,
estimatse that, with ordinary sum-
mer weather throughout the month
of August, the yield should exceed
by 5000, goo quarters last years poor
crop. The yield will apparently av-
erage 80 bushels to the acre. Exag-
gerated harvest estimates must how
ever, be rejected, as the plant was
thinned by frosts and winds in the
spring. The prospects in Northern
France are the same DIS those in Eu-