American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-07-04
CURRENT ITEMS.

Coal oil, as rule, is down, but it goes
up occasionally.
Go TO Culpepper, Va, and live. Not a
case of consumption there for forty
years.
THE wooden mills of Salem, Or, are
now the property of the Bank of British
Columbia.
BALD MOUNTAIN is likely to become
more bald than ever; worn by the feet of
many tourists, particularly ladies, who
think volcano is -" SO sweet"
THE potato bug has crossed the Allie
gheny Mountains, and the Harrisburg
papers chronicle the arrival of the Colo
RADIO conqueror at the capital of Pennsyl-
vania.
THE number of old bachelors and old
maids is greatly on the increase Club
life is taking the place of home life. In
Massachusetts there are 100000 old
maids.
A YOUNG lady in Iowa having con-
tracted a bill of twelve dollars for chew
ing gum her unreasonable papa refuses to
liquidate the debt, but he says she can if
she choose.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, recently celebrated
the success attained by the tobacco in
dustry there, the quantity of tobacco re-
ceived having increased from 900 hogs
heads three years ago to $500 last year.
A LARGE frog, whose age is placed in
round numbers at 1000 years, was re-
Gently found ten feet below the surface
at Sodus, N. Y. He jumped away quite
lively as soon as he could remember how
he used to do it.
As A bride and bridegroom were about
to leave Cleveland, constable stepped
into the car with new attachment and
seized the bridegroom's beautiful plug
hat. The dishonest groom went on with
his matrimony barehead.
THE quiet services in a colored church
at Vicksburg, Miss, were rudely inter-
rupted on a recent Sunday evening by
two women, who, after glaring at each
other a few moments, sprang at each
other, and before the rest of the congre-
CATION knew what was going on, were
fighting like two wildcats. They were
separated by their friends and then left
the church.
UNLESS the Reno Crescent exaggerates,
Senators Jones and Stewart may be left
some day without constituency. The
amount of water accumulated in Lake
Tahoe is more than a thousand times that
which devastated the Massachusetts val
ley, and this inland sea is held back by
an artificial dam. The Crescent thinks
that it is only a question of time when
the dam will give way and the valley be
overwhelmed by roaring Niagara.
As Ayoung lady was preparing to retire
in Augusta, Me-, a few nights ago, cat
overturned the kerosene lamp in her
room and set the table on fire. The
frightened girl hid herself in the closet,
closing the door after her, and screamed,
but could not be heard by the other
of the family, and as no one
came to her rescue she threw the door
open and, with wooden quilt, put the
fire out.
THERE is party in Northeastern Mex
leo which for the last fifteen years has
favored the establishment of the Sierra
NIadre republic. Gen. Vidaurre in 1861
desired the Confederate Government to
assist him in carrying out that enterprise.
President Davis through fear of invOlv-
ng the Confederacy in war with Mexi-
20 before the final triumph of the former
was achieved, refused the aid solicited by
he Inflated Governor of New Leon. 1t
$ now stated by correspondent of the
Galveston Ne,rs, who writes from the
lily of Mexico, that the Mexican seces-
ionists are still alive and active, and
hat Lerdo de Tcjada will soon send
Orce of 5000 regular troops to be sta
Toned along the Rio Grande border, for
he purpose, ostensibly, of maintaining
rider and treaty stipulations with the
United States, but in reality with the OBJ
SSt VI o'SidNiiiSo thS Phhty "AiSi laNoio
he new republic.
AN incident occurred near the old
Mohawk bridge the other day during the
sudden rise of the river which showed
he intelligence of the mice and the care
by the mother for her young.
The mother evidently had nest in the
tone wall near the bank, in the garden
# Mr.. Van Epps. As soon as the water
cached the nest, or near it, the mother
vas seen to come from the wall with one
# her young in her mouth and deposit
t beneath tree on the ground out of
LANCER from the flood. She went back
nd forth, taking one of her young each
ime, until they were all saved. On an
thcr occasion, at the same place, an old
mouse did the same thing and more.
When she had rescued part of her
Dung the water had risen so as to cut
fl communication with her nest, but
bis did not stop her. She plunged into
htswatcr, swan over to the nest and
rought away several young mice in
his way, holding them in her mouth
bove water while she swan with them
. dry land This feat was witnessed by
overall pcrsons.-Schenectody On ~