American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
CURRENT ITEMS.

They are pegging away lively in tn,
State Prison at Trenton-2,O45 shoes
day. Anvil together it is a lasting bust
ness and wakes strOng.-D0Uer IN. j.
NaH
| THERE is a woman in Kansas who cal
get supper, split kindlings, wash thu
dishes, milk the cows and feed the hog
while her five boys and two girls ar.
playing a game of croquet.
The commission of engineers to repor
on an improved plan of an outlet at the
mouth of the Mississippi have left fol
Europe, and will visit the Pc, Danube
and Rhine in order to personally inspect
| those rivers and to obtain such informa
ton as may be applicable to the Missis
sippi
| A WESTERN ID. ID. kept convention OF
school-teachers convulsed by his humor
Gus sayings. A knight of the birch over
hearing some one say that he was a min
/ lister, remarked in establishment: A
minister. Wa'al, / do declar'! If l was
out shootin' ministers he's the last mar
I'd snap at!'
A MINNESOTA farmer, seeing that the
grasshoppers were bound to have his
| wheat, got mad, manufactured IL big
roller and crushed the whole mass
wheat, 'hoppers and all, into dirt. Ii
killed the pests, and shower brought
out the wheat again as good as new
Moral: Get mad.
| Two TIMID young Vermonters went to
| New York, the other day, and were SO
anxious lest their money, $3.50, should be
stolen that they hid it under pile of
paving stones, but on going to the spot
the next morning private Waterman re-
| fused to let them take it out, and they
had to call a policeman.
L. 4. \.
Larimer County, Col. The shower en-
braced strip of country half a mile
wide and several miles in length. From
a distance the frogs, as they bounced
along the ground, looked for all the
world like hailstones. After the storm
the frogs hoped about over the country
in drovcs of 10000.
THE rats made an attack upon child
two months old who was asleep in bed
with its mother at Hartford the other
night, and bit its head so that it tainted
from loss of blood. The rats are SO
numerous at the house where this child
lives that the cats seem to have made
friends with them and they are living to-
gether in harmony.
A PETRIFIED ring dove has been found
in Reading, Pa, and the Times describes
it thus: 1.-THE form of the body, head
and neck is well preserved. The place
where the eyes were can even be noted
1t is in sitting posture, half reclining
on the right side, much compressed in
the middle of the body and the head
turned to one side. The ring round his
neck is plainly discernible and there can
be no installing it."
ISABELLA SHIPMAN, daughter of Orrin
Shipman, the man who is taking such an
interest in the proposed freelove COM
munity on Valcour Island, died at
Winooski, VT, few days ago, and failed
of Christian burial. Sophia Woods, a
Spiritualistic medium" pronounced an
Grafton and sort of benediction, and the
body was buried in Shipman's orchard
A large number were present at the
funeral, out of curiosity to see the men,
bers of the Valcour community.
To ASCERTAIN if mineral contains
copper, 1t is only necessary to pulverize
a portion of it, dissolve it in strong nitric
acid (aquafortis), and dilute a portion of
the clear solution, which will probably |
be blue, until almost cOlorless, then add
carefully. If copper is present |
the color will become an intense blue. |
In another portion of the solution, some
what diluted, place piece Of perfectly |
clean polished steel or iron; in a few |
minutes the copper will be deposited
upon the iron in a metallic state.
L
issue, saws: "Small dealers are complain
ing that enough of five-cent pieces can
not be obtained for the transaction of
business So great is the demand for
these coins that premiums varying from
p to 5 per cent. in gold are paid for
them. The cause of the scarcity is prob
ably owing to the fact that the mass of
the people are beginning to insist upon
mere accurate return of change than has
r., Nali
fornia is getting down to the hard pan"
in these times.
A STORY is told of San Francisco
who was in the habit of receiv-
ing frequent castigatiOns at the hands of
her husband and who one day read the
Bible story of Samson and Delilah.
When next her consOrt was prone in
sleep she sheared him so completely that
every spear of hair disappeared from
face and head. Rousing from his slum-
Der like giant refreshed he speedily
the situation and reached
Tor hel. Such caressing as she then
received she never dreamed of before.
She did not even have the usual grip on
him.
THE other day as DetrOiter was rid
ng on the Pontiac road, says the Detroit
Free Press, he came across an old lady
seated in buggy which had been halted
within few yards of the Grand Trunk
Railroad track. She seemed to be I'M
Easy about something, and as he drove
I'D She asked: Say, mister, haint that
.ngine going to come along pretty soon:'
lie asked her to explain, and she pointed
o the sign, which reads: Look out for
he enginer" and added: 1--WE waited
nore'n two hours for the ole engine to
20 by; but I'm getting tired, and if it
lon't come pretty soon I'll drive right
,ver the track and go hum"
THE prospects are that an unusually
arge amount of logs will be put into the
IIuskegon River during the coming Win
er. There is vast territory of pine
and on the banks of the river, north of
Big Rapids, that has been burned over
Turing the droughts of the past summer,
nd in order to save this it will be neccs-
airy to get it into the river this winter.
contracts have already been let to lum
,ermen amounting to 100000, 900 feet,
nd it is confidently expected that
ouble this amount will be put into the
liver this winter. Several of the lumber
nen have already commenced opera
ions, and have part of their logs 'cut
nd skidded," preparatory to hauling
)etroH Free Press. 5
WHEN the colony from Tyre, in ancient
ines, landed upon the Atlantic shore of :
pain, and founded there the city OF
fades, now known rs Cadiz, the leader,
ne Malcarthus, set up two stone pillars l
$ memorials of the safe debarkatlon,
nd over them built IL temple to Her {
ules. In progress of time, as the city t
rev rich, the pillars were replaced by '
theirs of an alloy of gold and silver, t
Inch were made the armorial bearing '