American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-11-07
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CONGRESSMAN WILLARD, Oh vermont
tl. 80 ,.es
oxnoIia', - f, ~. " M Ia ho %,
fonnI at Hcrcu +, p,un'' '''''' mas wv
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IHE Detroit Free f'ress now candldlN
aurhi's ,hat cnakespeares plays "er'
wien ~ 'i'i-eh VI De.ioi.'
IHE farmers around oloster, N. D.
pre0lcl nara winter because the corr
husks are unusually lhlck this year.
The last strange animal raised in Ken
lucky is "A red-haired chicken. 1t is sup
posed to be sign of coming war.-
Boston Globe
MIR JOSHUA GUPToN, of Franklin
county, n. e., IN attempting to draw on
ms boot discovered nlghlano moccasin
| LOUISVILLE wants an ordinance to pre-
vent her citizens from throwing guilds OF
tobacco in the street. One quid will
o1tentlmes BLOCKADE street.
A WORCESTER Mass. man and wife
drove to church, on recent sunday
evening, with sober minded hen roost-
ing on the top OF the family carriage.
SEVERAL hundred horses have died
within month or two in Monterey
County. Cal, from the effect of eating a
poisonous plant called rattleweed,'
which produces symptoms similar to
those of insanity.
cr COLONY, Of thirty Families
how. n,,rohasod tbrouch an .gent a LARGE
trac, Of Iand three miles above Rio
Island ON the lanes River BEDFORD
Countv Va. The nrinciual colonists are
experienced farmers and merchants.
r.. IN of Coorno E,,,1,,, nm old
b.cheior Of p;,tsvi,5ania Cnmntr Va
has bcen set aside On the rround that he
vas of unsound mind ot The TING of the
oxocut;on of tho document and thar
nnd,,o ;nHnonco proS uscd INV Negro
sorcorors md con;urors
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~ "n IN In :" b., 81. anS 5ry,, :"
negro anu heauIu ny on. an" NJ u, ,u.
tooh view y! Day 'ou, on,o' .no o'".l
,i'S ;r.," s,;I,a,,t of els ,,,ho
! saw- hin A,otLer hot w,s n.;d by :,
,''., n,.,;n,,,,;,,G anr,sS Tho LID water Of
,ha Me-; J2;rer
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SUGAR oNAfs.-ohe cup ol putter' tWo
cups OF sugar, iour cups Oh liour, one esS
egg wei beaten, ana small .eacuptui OF
water win quarter Oh u teacuPiui oi
SOU, u,ssoi,eu III II ~, s'ti nnii III VI
~, III batn IN n n,ndor.,ta ,,,,an
'iin"' "s' D'N' ~ 9
lie WIDOW oi man III LehlSn coun.y'
"a, had her iate huspaho remains us
inferred i0r inc ulpose on removing
thesii 70 IniiaueIP.i'' ey VIZ iG
co!iiheu anu ,aken 70 notei 70 a"al'
Shipment, wheh tie orothers Oh inc oe-
ceased siippeu IL quietiy' took posses
sion OF the pody ana had II reln'eTreu.
inc willow Proposes " 80 u Id" "oou'
the matter
SIMPLE, but said to be certain: In pay
ing hack fare ! down-Easter dropped
| three bills which were carried away by
the wind After searching anNlously Tor
them he resorted TO the use OF strategy.
returning 10 inc place wheIe thc piiis
"er1 oioPPIu no pei nii'tou ''S inu W
catch a small piece OF paper roiio"lhS
lts night ne Iouno tnat "herc IL res'co
there also were MS pliis.
The San Saba (IeXas) Netcs says !;
While out hunting, Snyder shot and
wounded DUCK, but, failing to get 1t, re-
| turned to the house and got young man
named Wolf to go with him in search of
il. Finding it, Wolf commenced shoot
ing. when ball striking the buck S horn
gianced ana struck cnyuer III inc leit
| breast, cutting through the upper part
of the lung. He fingered few days and
died, entirely exonerating Wolf.
THREE little Piute Indian boys attend
| the Silver CITY public school. Unlike
the majority of white men, the father of
one of the redskins thinks it worth while
to visit the school occasionally and OBJ
serve the progress of his son and heir
the hope of his wigwam. When the
| father comes to visit the school he
marches into the institution of learning
/ with a turkey-feather in his hair and IL
shot-gun on his shoulder. AS an object
of distraction to the school the lamb that
little Mary had would not amount to
| Il row of pins beside the big mi I'm with
turkey feather, war-paint and long-b bar
relied shot gun Virginia CITY Enter
prise.
The Amherst Agricultural College al-
! tborities have started to find out how
much a growing squash would raise if it
! nd , fair chance They boxed if mn so
| that all the pressure of lis growth would
h., un,,,.,rd md unon If thcv have add
ed wei"ht from time to time mill now
it is lifting 900 pounds and calls for
more. II Is now ten weeks since il was
harncsscd. and something has been con
| tipu,lIv hrcokinp loose Five levers
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