The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-08-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

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| THERE was a rumor in Washington re
E=cently that Ex-Governor Click, of Kansas
| would be Pension Commissioner in place
of Black, who was to be made Minister tt
! Austria.
| TnDEN's will was read at Greystone, n
| Y, on the 9Th. The particulars were kept
private, but Hon. John Bigelow stated that
practically the estate was left in the hands
of trustees, who were to use about one
third of it in the payment of legacies to rel
atives, the rest to go in establishing free
libraries and other public enterprises. The
estate was valued at about s5,0O0,O00.
Ex-Governor JoHN W. STEVENSON, OF
Kentucky, died on the 10th at his home in
Coviugton, KY, aged seventy-eight-
JAMES BAILLIE HAMILTON was married on
Evelyn, daughter of the Duke of Argyle.
Mr.. Hamilton is we'll known in New York
| and Boston.
A GENTLEMAN who has been with ex-
President Arthur at New London, says the
General is looking much better than the
public generally believes.
ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has re-
ceived report from Special Agent Jerome
at Tucson, Ariz., to the effect that large
numbers of Cinnamon are continually en-
tering the United States over the Mexican
border in violation of law.
THE New York Republican State Com
mittee las decided not to hold any State
convention this year.
The Democrats of the Twelfth Ohio dis
trict have nominated General James W.
Dunn for Congress.
REV. NOSES A. HOPKINS, colored, who
was appointed United States Minister, died
recently in Liberia.
MATTHEWS, the Tory Home Secretary,
has been returned to Parliament from East
birmingham without opposition, the Libe-
rails having withdrawn Cook at the last
moment
AT Conneaut, O., the other day, Mrs.
Slough, the wife of a laborer, went to the
river to wash, taking her three children
with her. One of the little ones fell into
the water and in the effort to- rescue it the
mother and all the children were drowned
CONGRESSMAN BEACH died at Cornwall
n. Y, on the 10th.
SULLIVAN L.. Ross, of Waco, was nomi-
mated for Governor of Texas by the Demo-
cratic convention on the first ballot He
is a free grass man.
MAJOR W. CLARK, whose removal as re-
corder of the General Land Office was rec
commended by Commissioner Sparks, has
been suspended by the President.
ROBERT L. TAYLOR has been nominated
by the Tennessee Democrats for Governor.
A. NJ. KELLEY. of Richmond, Va, who
was objected to by Austria as Minister, has
been appointed to represent the United
States in the mixed civil courts of Egypt.
IT was reported in Washington that
Treasurer Jordan was much dissatisfied at
Acting Secretary Fairchild's course in call
ing bonds and was prepared to send in
his resignation.
GENERAL SICKLEs has written reply TO
the letter recently published, written by
the late General Meade, accusing him of
faulty generalship in the battle of Gettys-
burg. He claims that Meade's instructions
were all verbal and extremely vague and
indefinite.
CHRISTINE NILSSON, the great prima don
ma, was married on the 18th, at Paris, to
Count Decasa Miranda, of Spain. The
couple started for Spain to spend their
honeymoon.
THE British Cabinet met on the 18th and
approved the Queens forthcoming speech