American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-24
CURRENT ITEMS.

quart OF milk per day.
A MAN in Palmyra, Mo, was recently
fined seven dollars for swearing at his
| grandmother.
Missouri maidens think nothing of
walking seven miles with their lovers to
attend a candy-pull.
| TIE testimony of a st. Louis alderman
| should be preserved: - Horses is fraider
| of dummies than street cars"
EGGs are selling in Montana at from 65
to IS cents dozen, and the hens up there
are walking on stills with pride.
| A WIFE in Chillicothe, Ohio, demands
a divorce because her brutal husband put
| her to soak in IA rain-water barrel"
A HEN stopped train on Pennsylva-
mia railroad, her body striking the trigger
that put on the air brakes; but she will
| never stop another.
Mrs POLLY BICKFoRD, of North Wake
| field, N. H., goes all the old folks one or
| two better, being 104 years old this month.
She is still hale and hearty.
AN East Saginaw beer-seller claims that
between january and December 25 he
has sold 1,511 ,440 glasses of beer. for
| which he has received about S75,5a2.
THE last move which tends to obliterate
| the distinction between the Jews and the
| remainder of mankind, is to hold their
| Sabbath services on the Christian Sun
day.
THE latest divorce is claimed on the
ground that the lady is in training for
pedestrian match, which is not at all the
sort of a match the husband barsained
for
"BOOTH will have majority, but can't
say how much," was the prophecy of
Horace Greeley at a spiritual seance in
san Francisco ten days before the cleo
ton.
THE Connecticut hen who laid that egg
containing another egg and two yolks Is
prepared to enter into contract to sup
ply families at the most reasonable cackle-
ations.
A VERMONT road horse recently accom-
plished 1O2 miles in fifteen hours. Four
stoppages on the route reduced the actual
driving time to twelve hours and twenty
minutes.
UNDER the new code of Iowa, all paper
maturing on Sunday and national Holt
days must be presented on the DAY pre-
vious instead of on the day after such
holidays.
A GOOD brother in Deckertown, N. j.,
advertises in the local papers that he
didn't set out his trees for hitching-posts
for those who attend the Methodist meet
ing house.
A Dies MONIES boy of fourteen has
been sent to Jail for fourteen days for
pouring and lighting kerosene oil on
dog which was unfortunate enough to fall
into his hands.
Boston has a church one hundred and
fifty years old. This has a chime of BELLS
brought from England in 1144, about the
time the ancestors of the bellies who wor-
ship there immigrated.
AN unhappy Wisconsin maiden is
plaintiff in a breach of promise case, and
in one of the letters produced on the trial
she declared that 'she had shed tears
enough to run grist mill"
THE New York Post expresses the
opinion that Tweed will be found among
the missing some fine morning, and some
body will be the richer by "a handsome
sum. 1t adds, :" Such is our prediction"
THE hard times in Phoebe, Nevada,
have had depressing effect upon the
business of the place. 1t is said that one
pawnbroker there holds over 1000 revol-
vers and bowie knives deposited with
him by impecunious tighters as collateral
security.
THE Indians have got a new dodge.
When they are thirsty, which is said to
be quite frequently, they go into a saloon
in Depere, Wis, and ask 'Schnapps
habeny" This always brings the drink,
as the saloon-keeper is bound to believe
they are Germans.
HE most nCkle OF neT sex lives III YAK
land, California When about to be mar
ried, she insisted that the ceremony
should be performed in French, and
postponement was had until the next day.
A French minister was then on hand,
and she thereupon refused to be married
at all.
WHILE rowing on the river near Savan-
nah, Ga, two men saw the body of ne
gro at the bottom. They drew it up, put
it in their boat, and started for the shore.
They had gone but short distance when
they found another body, and still others,
until the boat was loaded. They took the
CHASTITY cargo to the shore, and returned
for another load. Altogether thirteen
corpses were recovered. 1t was after
ward learned that boat full Of negroes
had overturned further up the river, and
all the occupants drowned.
MIR. F. w. DEARBORN, of Topsham,
Me, some time since left in the Union
Bank of Brunswick certain United States
bonds, security for note he had dis
counted there. After Mr.. ID. had paid the
note, he was informed that his bonds were
not to be found. On the banks refusal to
make them good to him he sued the bank
to recover their value, and the jury brought
in a verdict in Mr.. DIS favor. The bank
then carried the case to the full bench of
Judges, who have recently affirmed the
verdict in Mr.. ID. IS favor.
SHE watches and waits somewhere
about Knoxville, Tenn. Sunday week she
was nj church at the appointed time to
be married. He was late and rushed in
almost speechless with emotion. Deeply
affected, he asked her TO pray for him, as
he was in trouble. While she was kneel-
ing, he walked softly up the aisle and out
of the side door and disappeared, and no
It'd ings from him came. The local paper
says of course the wedding didn't take
place" But, as stated, she watches and
waits. Her brothers are on his trail, and
a funeral is expected Whereabouts shortly
A cRoss-EYED map cast gloom over
Detroit street-car the other day by asking
one of seven men and strangers on the
opposite seat if he had any chewing to-
bacco handy" First the seven strangers
looked at each other; then the seven
hands went pocketward; and observing
this motion, each of the seven supposed
his neighbor the one spoken to, and the
seven hands returned empty. The cross
eyed man cast richochet glance of in
dignation along the line, and with the re-
mark, "A sweet-scented lot of generous
roosters," took a chew of his own to-
baccO.
A "RUNNER" for Milwaukee house
was, a few days ago, in La Crosse anxious
to get across the river on the ice, but was
told il was dangerous, so he got on his
hands and knees and crawled across, |
hauling skitf on the ice, to get into in
case the ice broke. After he had crawled |
about half across, and was all tired and
discouraged, he heard noise behind
him, and thinking the ice was breaking