American citizen., 1874-10-17
CURRENT ITEMS.

CHENILLE work RACES among the lash
ionables.
| MANY man has discovered that Il
good square meal is not always round.
The stewcd monkey that edits the
- is the latest expression OF Jour
| nalistic courtesy.
NIAGARA COUNTY, n. V, expects to
ship 100000 barrels of apples this season
| and realize ncarlya million dollars there
| from.
MATTE SMITH, of Chesuncook, Mass,
stabbed herself with II penknife because
| her Young man would not wait for her
at the front gate.
IT is estimated that three million dol
| lars worth of grain have been destroyed
| by locusts in Southwestern Minnesota.
| WHILE Mrs. ShallcroSs, of CoateSvillc,
| Pa, was engaged in preserving, large
| swarm of bees attacked eight pounds of
sugar cooking on Il stove, and many OF
the insects were scaldcd or burned. The
kettle was set oil the stove, when the
bees consumed nearly all of its contents.
CHEAP CASA Detroit man has in
vented IL process of making gas from
| hard wood. Thirty-three thousand feet
can be made from a single cord. The
gas itself costs nothing, for the charcoal
into which the wood is converted Is
worth more than the wood from which t
| is made. Fifty cents thousand feet Will
pay all costs of manufacture. y com
pany has been started in Chicago which
is practically testing the invention.
A POOR and worthy family named
Jones. living in indiana recently discov-
cred the sum of $4,000 in the garnet of
the house into which they had just
moved. Mr.. Jones had worked hard all
his life, and had struggled hard to be
honest and respectable, and no one could
begrudge such man his good luck,
especially when the $4,000 was in Con
federate money.
TOLEDO girl was TO be married yes
terday. She went with the bridal party
to the door of the church, when all at
once the fair bride took to her heels and
started off down Cherry street, with
bridal VEIL orange blossoms and white
drapery generally Tapping in the morn
ing wind. The groom was struck dumb
ut this sudden departure, hut did not
follow. This was the situation at last
accounts, and no person can be found
who will offer an eNplanation-Ciece
Ptdin Dedler
THE Prussian Government has got a
certain if somewhat slippery foothold in
the land of the free and the home of the
brave, it being purchased for $500, 900
Lake Weewanapee, in New Jersey. The
lake was owned by private parties and is
about 300 acres in extent, with an aver
age depth of four feet. Prussia desired
it breeding ground for lecches, trout
and salmon, which are to be sent across
the water as matured. The leeches of
this lake are far superior to any found
in Sweden, and, if properly propagated,
will, it is thought, yield immensely. Pts
ciculturists look upon the movement
with great interest.
4 pEtE>r nf the RntI1 la E,,,o-
nierciM contained the following: There
is gathered ut the residence of Mr.. Cyrus
DeForest, in this city, family reunion
such as, we believe, has few parallels. 1t
consists of the five sons and three
daughters of Gideon DcForest and wife,
all born in Edmeston, Otsego County, the
youngest of whom is now siXty-one
years old, the oldest being seventy-nine.
The family circle has never been broken
except by the accidental death of Il son
two years old, and this meeting of all its
members whose homes are in various
parts of the country-some living in
Wisconsin, some on Staten Island, and
the others widely scattered-seems quite
remarkable"
y SINGULAR case which occurred many
years ago in one of the rural towns of
Vermont is thus described by the Rut-
land (NtD Heruld: Capt. \. shot and
killed dog belonging to his neighbor,
Smith. This act was charged upon one
c., and Il suit was brought against him to
recover damage. The case was tried by
Il jury before Il Justice Of the Peace and
Capt. y. sat as juror. Circumstantial
evidence was presented to prove that G.
shot the dog, and the jury agreed to re-
turn verdict of Guilty Several years
after the trial Capt. A. acknowledged
that he killed the dog, and defended his
course in rendering Il verdict of Guilty
against G.. on the ground that his jurors
oath required him to decide the case ac-
cording to law and evidence, and it was
fairly proved, he said, that G. killed the
dog
A NEWSPAPER man living in the West
Division put up his stoves yesterday
evening. When he took them down last
spring he was careful to put all the stove
pipe together in good shape, and has
carefully watched it all the season to
see that not II single joint was lost or
misplaced. So he knew that to put up
the stoves and pipe again would be the
simplest matter in the world, and con
sumo not more than fifteen minutes He
commenced the job at five o'clock last
evening At halfpast ten o'clock supper
was still waiting for him, and he was
amusing (o himself by running to and
from the nearest tnShop after extra
joints and elbows, !Shilc numerous small
boys in the streets, who saw him by gas
light, We're yelling There goes one of the
nigger minstrelsI' At twelve. o'clock,
midnight, he felt hopeful of getting the
Job done by breakfast time this morning.
-Chtcdgo Journol.
y FEW days ago, Mark Squires, an en-
gineer who runs on the Michigan divis-
ion of the Lake Shore Road, and is well
known along the line, showed that he
was much more than ordinarily plucky.
During the day he drew his pay, and
some time during the night was awak-
ened by some one in his room. Surms-
ing at once that they were after his
months wages, Squires drew II revolver
| and shot one of them in such IL manner
as to disable him, and then turned to pay
| his compliments to the other. The fcl
| low cndcavored to escape, but was told
| firmly that if he moved he would be
| bored through as had been his compan-
| ion. Knowing that he had resolute
man to deal with, the fellow surrendered
and was held prisoner until the arrival
| of officers to take him in charge. The
names of The two burglars proved to be
| ROLAND and McDonahue, and they were
| found to be workmen in the railroad
shops ut Elkhart, Ind.