The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THERE was a rumor IN Washington re
Gently that ex.Governor Click. Of Kansas
would be- Pension Commissioners in place
Of Black. ~ho wa - be made Minister e
Austria.
ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCEfLD has re
ceived . report from Special Agent jerome
II Tucson, Ariz, to 0se effect That Large
Aumberx OF Cinnamon are continually Ell
tering tie United States over the Mexican
border IN violation 81 law.
THE New York Republican Stat. Cnm
mittec has decided not 20 hold any State
conversion this year-
THH Democrats Of the Twelfth Ohio dis
trict have nominated General James W.
Dunn for Congress.
REV. MosEs A. HOPKINS, coiored, rho
wae rnpointed Usned States Minister, died
recently in Liberia
MATTHEWS, the Tory Home Secretary,
has been returned 81 Parliament from East
birmingham without opposition, the L.ibe-
rails having withdrawn Cook at b last
moment.
AT COnneaut, q. the other Hay, Mrs.
ptptS l. WIG "sItS - u IdbpTtT. W'US 10 Inc
river To wash, taking her thie., children
with her. One OF the little ones fell into
the water and in TIE effort to rescue It the
mother and all the children were drowned,
CoNGEEssNAN BEAcH died at Cornwall.
y. Y on the 10th.
SrLLivAS l.. Ross, OF Waco, was nOIni-
mated for Governor of Texas by the Demo
cratic convention Oh the first ballot. He
Is n fre grass man.
Major ". CLARK, whose removal a re
corder OF the General Land Office WAS rec
Commended by Commissioner Sparks, has
been suspended by the President.
RoBEET l.. TAYLOR has been nominated
by the Tennessee Democrats for Governor.
A. NJ. KELLEY, Of Richmond, Va. wbo
was objected to by Austria AS Minister. bias
been appointed to represent the United
States in the mixed civil courts Of Egypt.
Ir was reported in Washington that
Treasurer Jordan was much dissatisfied at
Acting Secretary Fairchiid's course in call
ing bonds aad was prepared to send in
his resignation.
GENERAL SICKIEs has written a reply TO
the letter recently published, written by
the late General Meade, accusing him of
generalship in the battle of Gettys-
burg He lain that Meade instructions
were all verbal aGd extremely gague and
indefinite.
CHRISTINE NILSSON, the great FWima don
ma, Was married on the 18th, at Paris. to
Count Becasa Miranda, of Spain. The
couple started for Spain to spend their
II British Cabinet met on the 18th and
approved the Queens forthcoming speech.
GEORGE +. SMITH, of Iowa, and w. ", |
;arroway, OF North Carolina, have been
appointed pO~st-ofice inspectors.
AT the Texas Democratic State conven- |
on the 18th nominations we're: L. Is.
Wheeler, for Lieutenant Governor; James |
). Hogg, Attorney General; Associate JUS |
ice Suprem. Court, X. X. Gaines; State ,
comptroller, McCauli; Land Commission
II, Hall; Treasurer, +. X. Lubbock.
GENERAL ARTHUR SEpGwiCK, a we'll
,nown lawyer of New York. has been Sc
by the administration to proceed to
To inquire into the legality Of the
and sentence against Cutting.
he American editor.
~ - ~ - III !
our pistol shots from quarrelsomc negroes,
whom he had ordered from his premises. at
early on the morning of the
9TH. The General VAS very seriously
One of the negroes was arrested: !
he others escaped.
THE President has appointed John Goole,
( Virginia, to bs special counsel on the
Of the United States in the suit insti-
uted at Columbus, o.. to test the validity
{ the patent granted TO the Bell Telephone
company.
J. PIrRREroNT MORGAN has received as
TO Mrs. Hancock fund. since
he last report, sS,s2l, which brings the
otal up To siG,:sGjO.
POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas left Wash
ngton on his vacation on the 18TH to Toe
one a month. During his absence no
p~os;:nasters will he appointed.