American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28

counterfeiting five cent nickel pieces.
The examination of Forester upon tn,
charge of numbering Mr.. Nathan, com
menced September Is. Ann Keenan, swor,
that she saw him enter the house of Ma
| than the evening before the murder. The
police claim that they can make the chair
of circumstantial evidence entirely com
plete.
| a collision occurred near Jacksonville
ILL.,, between two freight trains on the
Jacksonville division of the Chicago, AL
ton & st. Louis Railroad, on the evening
of September Is. Considerable damage
was caused to both trains.
| Nine jurors had been obtained at San
Francisco, September Is, for the Fair
| trial.
A dredge exploded its boiler in the har-
Dor of Erie, Pa, on the afternoon of Sep
TENDER 10, killing one man and seriously
injuring another.
George Lewis, the murderer of EnOch
B. Hardcastle, was safely lodged in the
Green county Jail, Carrollton, ILL.,, on
September 10.
Mo-, on Myrtle street, ON the evening of
September 20, resulting i'm the destruction
of property valued at $50, 900, and the seri-
Gus injury of several tiremen.
Forester, the alledged murderer of Ma
than, will attempt to prove an alibi. A
New York dispatch Of September %, says
that he has witnesses to prove that, at the
time of the murder, he was in a Southern
State.
A personal alteration occurred in a
restaurant. at Columbia, S. c.. between
Montgomery Priest, of the State Senate,
and Samuel Melton. John d. Caldwell
and Major Morgan, friends of Melton,
were both shot, the former fatally.
Domestic Intelligence.
Gold, in New York, closed, September
81, at 1l3s.
The First National Bank of Buchanan,
Michigan, was authorized to commence
business, September 16, with a capital of
$4,000.
The report of the Agricultural Depart
mert on the condition of the cotton crop,
for the month of September, was pub
lished, September II. 1t indicates a de-
cline in the crop prospect in consequence
of the ravages of the worm in PORTIONS of
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana. The conclusion reached
is that the yield promises to be about 10
per cent. below the average.
\ vein of gas was reached in Jackson
vile, ILL.,, on the afternoon of September
II. by workmen who were boring for
water.
A corner in gold is being worked up in
On, 1,n haL
forced up to 1 14s. and the short sellers
were being put through the squeezing
process. Several of the large short oper-
ators failed on that day. Gould and Van
lcrbilt are said to control the ring. which
has pool of about 10000, 900 to operate
with.
A Cincinnati dispatch, of September IL,
says that Rev. S. J. Brown, who died re-
Gently, and whose shooting of the Ger
man boy in his orchard, caused so much
excitement, few weeks ago, bequeathed
$50, 900 to found university which is to
bear his name.
A World Washington dispatch of Sep
TENDER Is, says that defalcation of 500,
urer's office, New York. This is denied
in other quarters. An examination is III
progress. The alleged defaulteris JAS. j.
Johnston, who has charge of the stamp
department, and has been employed in the
same position for over seven years.
The failure of Howard, Irwin & Co.,
for $500, 600, John NJ. Smith, Son & Co.,
for large amount, and Farnum, Gilbert
& Co., tor 81 ,OOO, 900, all of New York,
was announced, September Is.
A New York dispatch of September Is,
says that the failure of the Andes Insur-
ance company of Cincinnati is reported.
One million of bonds were sold on Sep
TENDER Is. at from ITO to Ill .33.
There were thirty bids for government
gold, September 10, aggregating SlO, &c.
600. One million dollars were sold at
ia to 1l4.0l.
The jOurneymen carpenters of Chicago,
on September 10, notified their employ
ers that their wages must be 81 per day
on and after September %.
The failure of G.. d. Munroe & Co., and
two other mercantile firms of New Y DIRK,
was announced on the New York stock
Exchange, September 10.
The Home National Bank, of Chicago,
and the East Tennessee National Bank of
Knoxville, were authorized to commence
business on September 10, with capital
of 100000 and 100000 respectively.
A New York dispatch, of September
10, says that the reported johnson defal-
cation is confirmed. The amount is sup
posed to be in the neighborhod of
$1S5.O00.
Announcement is made from Washing
ton, September 20, that interest on the
coupons due November l, will be paid at
once without rebate.
Little Rock, Ark, dispatches, of Sep
TENDER 20, report all quiet in Pope county.
The militia is still in camp near RUSSELL
vile.
The actin" Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, on September 20. decided that
documentary stamps unsold October l,
which by the new revenue law are no
longer required, may be redeemed by the
holder. This reverses a former decision.
\ Salt Lake, Utah. dispatch of Septem-
Der 20, announces the discovery of silver
lodes, twenty-five miles north of Tecoma,
on the Central Pacific road, assaying from
81 to 5000 ounces of silver to the ton.
There is great rush of people to the new
district.
The following is the comparative cotton
statement for the week ending September
20: Receipts ut all ports for the week,
Is. 97S bales; same time last year, 2o,9o3
bales total for the year, 3,6Si bales; last
year. 10, l59 bales. Exports for the week,
go balcc. Saua time last wear. 1.OlS