St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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| The Postmaster-General has written Il
letter to the President formally protesting
against the proposition made by the Civil
| Service Commission to extend the CLASH
| fed service so as to include the railway
| postal service.
| THE end of a National sensation was
| reached when the celebrated criminal libel
| case of x-PostIhaster-General Villas
against William WeIch was discontinued
GENERAL SHERIDAN was reported on the
Sd to have taken a relapse, while on board
the Swatara.
CHARLES A. AsHBURSER, of the Unised
States Geological Survey, has received an
offer from the Shah of Persia to take
charge of the Persian engineering corps.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS, of Illinois. is lying
seriously ill in his Washington house with
fever and infammatiop Of the bowels.
The Republicans of the First Vermont
district have renoninated John W. Stewart
for Congress.
THE Liberal successes in the municipal
elections in Italy have alarmed the Vat
lean. The Pope, who is opposed to the in
terven tion of the clergy, will counsel them
to abstain from future elections.
GENERAL GEORGE C. ROGERS. of Kansas.
member of the Board of Pension Appeals
in the Interior Department, has been dis
missed, and James Lacey, of Missouri, has
been appointed to the vacancy.
The alarming symptoms in the sickness
OF General Sheridan were reported the mex.
day to have subsidized.
DELEGATES from at least 400 Democratic
clubs gathered in convention at Baltimore
Nd, on the 4th.
The National Repu blican Committee for.
mally notifiel General Harrison of his
nomination for the Presidency at Indianap-
oils on the 4;h.
JOHN MARTIN, of Shawnee. has been
nominated by the Kansas Democrats for
the Governorship The other candidates
nominated were: Lieutenant-G Governor, H.
Miles Moore, Of Leavenworth: Secretary,
Allen g. Thurman, of Parsons; State Aud
itor, W. H. Wllhite. of Paola; State
Attorney g eneral, c. F. Diffenbacher of
Great Bend; Superintendent Of Public In
struction, c. N. Cole, OF Phillipsburg; AS
sociate Justice Of the Supreme Court, W.
P. Campbell, of Wichita.
The American party of California held
its Stale convention on the 9TH and elected
delegates TO the National convention
REV. DIR. w. +. Nichols, of Philadelphia,
recently elected Assistant Bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese OF Ohio, has
declined on the ground that h duty calls |
ON him to continue his present Iabors.
The O'Donneil libel suit against the Lon |
ion Times ended in favJr of the newspaper |
Egan declared the letters connecting him
with the murder consplracies were "vil- |
ainous concoctionsn
KING MILAN. of Servia, has been d.
rorced from Queen Natalie by the Church |
synod.
Tbs President vetoed another private
pension bill on the 5Gh, and in doing so re.
marked that the abuses perpetrated in prl-
rate pension legislation were an inju stice
o the worthy veterans aud a waste Of pub
ic money.
ATToRNEYGENERAL GARLAND has re-
urned 10 his residence in Washington from
. brief visit to the lower Potomac. He is
in health but is still 100 weak to
esume his duties at the department. He
viii probably leave in day or two for
tock Springs, Va.
IT is reported that Rev. Father Thomas
J, Mangan, of Joliet, ILL.,. will be appointed
'icar-General of the Roman Catholic Dio-
ese OF Chicago.
MAYOR HEWITT, of New York, declares
hat ne will not accept nomination from
ne American or any other party for the
residency.