American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A RINGpOvE-A bride.


The ''dress" circle.
AN artist painted a cannon so natura
ly that it went of at very goo
price
! IN Scotland a young woman has SUI
ceeded her father as Inspector of tn
Poor.
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know tn
best way to dry ice before packing i
| Spread it in the sun.
| A DOG is counted mad when he won
take something to drink, and man whe
he takes too much.
The casE value of farms in Massachu
sets has decreased $1,000, 600 in the las
ten years.
THE Russian telegraph lines are sur
ported across the steppes on brick pillars
no wood being available.
A CANAL lock keeper in England ha
been instrumental in saving seventeen pei
sons from drowning.
SAN Francisco lawyers charge fee O
$500 in perjury cases, 5000 for manslaugh
ter, and $4OO for plain burglary.
NEW HAMPSHIRE was first Gale,
Laconia." An attempt was once mad
to change the name of Massachusetts, t.
"Oceana."
THE Baltimore papers complain tina
their streets are lighted SO poorly tina
even the policemen get lost on thei
beats.
THE business of manufacturing safe
has grown up in the United States from ;
matter of a few thousands in 1919, to 50,
600, 600 in 1870.
THE other day Boston youth applied
at the Registrars Office for ''recipe" tC
get married. He received a certificate
and departed rejoicing.
THE British Government has applied
for particular information in regard to the
American system of educating the deal
and dumb.
AvoLUNTEER at Wimbledon, shooting
for the Queens prize the other day, made
the remarkable score of five consecutive
bulls eyes in five shots at two hundred
yards.
INCLUDING Sundays Russia has 1913 mol
idays, leaving only 202 working days in
the year. The average compensation of
workingmen is sixty-ive cents for the
working days.
JOHN BIDwELL, ex-Congressman from
California, has $1,000 grape vines, and
proposes to keep on planting until he has
a vineyard of 1900 acres, of a variety for
the production of raisins.
A YOUTHFUL Connecticut lover who sang
and played before his young lady's house
for two mortal hours the other night, was
electrified after short pause by cordial
the "other fellow" who appeared at the
window.
TYING line, on the end of which is a
fish-hook, to "a large rocket, hitching the
hook to mans hat and then getting him
to fire off the rocket, is the latest form of
practical joking in Troy, N. Y. 1t works
to the intense establishment of the victim,
and the intense amusement OF the jokers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune has "noticed lately that the cab
bagc butterfly PIERS rapa) has an invet-
crate enemy in bird that closely resem-
bles the king bird. They perch on the
garden fence, and the moment butterfly
is seen, rush is made, and it is soon dis
posed Of"
THE London Mizk Journal says: "In
England, the system of associated diaries
steadily gains ground, and butter factO-
ries on this principle are being opened.
The quality also of the butter is steadily
and bids fair to rival that pro-
duced in Holstein and Mechlenburg,
which now stands first in that market"
FROM an abstract of the census returns
of 1870, we have some interesting facts
sun-strokes. The number of
fatal cases that year was 397. Geograph
ically the belt of central States was the
most fatal region. From this it will be
seen that cases of sun-stroke are compar
atively rare in the Western and Southern
sections of the country.
A STEAM street car has been running
in New Orleans for three
months. The engine is double cylinder,
five inches in diameter and seven-inch
stroke. The attached tank contains 300
gallons of water. The car travels nine
miles, and simple valve proves as effect
There is no escape of steam and no noise.
The inventors name is f. Lamm.
In the great contest on the Saratoga
between Longfellow and
Harry Bassett it appears that the race was
tents that ever occurred on a race-cOurse.
In the midst of the course Longfellow
was seen to falter somewhat. yet reached
he goal but little behind the successful
horse in the fastest known race. Exami-
nation showed that the shoe-plate of
LOngfellOw had broken in half, and curry
ng up during the race, had buried itself
n his foot.
ebay FEVER" so called, has not gen.
sra1ly been recognized by physicians as
separate disease, but recent writer on
he subject seems to have established its
Individual identity. "Autumnal catarrh"
S the scientific term given to the disease.
No cure has been found for it but it has
been observed that there are many places
where the disease is not contracted, and
where it disappears from those suffering
with it in few days. Most of the
tn t,rn ha A
gions are free from it, nor is it known in
Germany and France.
ONCE on a time, at the funeral of
l wife, the undertaken arranged for the
husband and motherinlaw to ride in the
same carriage. "Must l." said the
man" must | ride with
hat awful woman - 81 think you will
nave to-" answered the undertaken. "Oh,
MIR. Undertaken, how can ride with that
dreadful woman ~ cit will disturb
every carriage of the procession to make
l change" said the man of business,
. and you must ride here" "Well, if |
must, | must" said the stricken man,
. but to ride with her destroys all my
pleasure on this occasion"
THERE seems to be no idea of cessation
in the rebuilding of Chicago. In the
month of June 1877 permits were issued,
and during the month of July this num-
Der was increased to 142. Already there
have been 10 permits issued in August,
which is pretty good starter. The total
number of permits issued by the Board
since February 81, the time when the or
finance went into effect, is as follows: In
February, A; March, 1879; April, 206; May,
100; June 1877; July 142; August /, 10.
Total 779. OF this number nearly 200
ire either stone or marble fronts, while
he others, with but few exceptions, are
built of brick-Chicogo Times, august g.