American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-23
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND pOLIrrCAL.


Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
A RECENT Washington dispatch says
There Is some stir created here over the an.
nouncement that Commissioner Of Pension:
Dudley intends to dismiss all clerks in hi,
bureau who served or were connected with
the Confederate army during the rebellion.
The Star quotes Dudley saving that while
he has no disposition to discriminate against
ex-Confederates, he thinks they ought moi
TO hold positions which put it in their power
to pass upon the claims of Union soldiers.
The police have seized nearly all the
leading Vienna journals for publishing the
resolution passed by the Constitutionalists
belonging to n German club.
The State Convention of Wisconsin
Greenbackers, held at WATERFOWL on the
18th, nominated the following ticket: Gov
ernor, & p. Allis; Lieutenant Governor,
David Giddings: Secretary Of State, Wilson
ii. Hopkins; State Treasurer, Gerhart SOM
mers; Superintendent of Public Instruction.
John X. Gaynor; Attorney General, Joel
Foster; Railroad Commissioner, 7. G. Bron-
son; Insurance Commissioner, Levenso Mer-
ril-
THE Ohio Democratic State Conven-
ton, held at Columbus on the 18th, nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Governor,
John w. Bookwalter: Lieutenant Governor,
Edgar NJ. Johnson; Supreme Judge, E. f..
Bingham; State Treasurer; A. T. Winslow;
Attorney General, Frank C. Dougherty;
Public Works, John Grove. The resolutions
adopted declare the equality of all people be-
fore the law, equal taxation, unpoiitical leg
islation, and a free and pure ballot, as the
cornerstone OF free Institutions; opposition
to mouopolies and subsidies of all kinds; the
strictes; economy In National, State and To-
cal administrations; the maintenance and
Advancement Of the common school system;
OPPOSITION to the contract system in
penal institutions; . general reform in the
civil service: oppositfon to all sumptuary
legishfion; the regulation Of railway freight
tariffs; the encouragement Of protective in
dustrics without creating monopolies. The
closing resolution Is as follows: eve deep
ly deplore the recent attempt upon the life
of the President of the United States by an
assassin, and denounce assassination in a re-
publisas the highest and most revolving, of
crimes And Weekend to the President and
his family our deepest sympathics and our
earnest hopes that speedy recovery be
vouchsafed to him.
The Right Rev. John Barrett Ker-
foot, d. D., LII. D., protestant Episcopal)
Bishop Of Pittsburgh, is dead.
JOHN A. APPLETON, of the New York
publishing house, is dead.
GEN. JOHN C. PEMBKRroN, comman-
der of Confederate forces at vicksburg,
Miss, during the war, died at Penn Yam, n.
Y, on the 18th, aged 81. fe
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sented his letters of recall 1t is understood
that, owing to the ill-feeling existing be-
tween Italy and France, his successor viii
not be nominated for some time.
COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.
The Secretasy of this State Agricul-
tural Society OF Iowa thinks the yield of corn
will be G., 900 bushels less than last year;
that there will be a half-crop Of wheat, and
two-thfrdx growth Of hay. The area of fax
sown Is three times as large as that of last
year. =s-s ffs
TIE Cairo & st. Louis (narrow-gauge)
Railroad was sold under mortgage foreclo-
sure on the 18TH The road was purchased
by Charles F. Canda and 1. A. Horsey, Of
New York, in behalf Of the bondholders, for
the sum Of s 900 900. 1t is said that new
Cn,rn,nx ~ ria w r Whi,shon.s =,
Cblcsco' n Prcsidenf-has been orgsni1ad
with : view to'sssuming the Infringement of
the road.
ME-. W. B. sfRose has been chosen
President. = .the tfpsop, Topet.Ss Santa
RAILROAD fares between New York
and Chicago are 6eing cut to s-Iow figure,
on secsnm q nvArS between sths trunk
TIE Wabash has established . new
line nom 81 Louis te'Ne* York. via 'Tole-
", .ne tsAe S9oFe ana new fork Central
nVaes' i,gt-..-.-.. -. -
IHk feo1a, fekin q Jacksonvilie and
the Springfield Northwestern Railways
parsed into possession Of the Wabash on the
15fh- s-IAf - ,alfstil -if
The Massachusetts, authorities are
making = defSrvSIned SRorx, "a ~rso-cs M
ten-hepr law in the u>nnnf.ctor;e, ~ that
SUITE, nsny of which. especially at Fall
River, have heretofore. ignored it during
their busy SEASON. -.
"A BERLIN dispatch saws the official
estim.tes of the prob.ble vie,d ~ tho CO.
man h.rrrrer~f .srano, s.rcuI,,a s..r..Ir.
medfnm virid = .rftssn.tsS = =
+iJuff estimates Of the boards ~ Aor;-
icultufe of Ohio. Illinois. sft.b,v,nr,nd lac.
sbovv III folyovvfn1 shorf.cce =, vhs.t ss
-somu.vrA wtth the cron ~ 1sso. nh,o "a
.ooo 80 sx,,.h.I.. TII,,-,,. o. 90 ooo -,
M,chsoas, I'd 20 on h,,sh.I.. - L.. ~
oO0Oo0. bJsheIs. Tot.l amor, .ges ror tha 80
states- "a "a. ON bu,bel. ~ ~
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