American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-12-25
MULTUM IN PARVO.


growing in Kansas.
A MAN born without feet must neces
sarily be notorious.
VIRGINIA Cry, New, consumes iron
two TO three tons of fish daily.
A COW WEIGHING 1,450 pounds
claimed by Berks County, Pa.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND sheep have been i'm
ported into Montana the present year.
HISTORY classes, it is said, will tax
the place of spelling schools this winter
JAPANESE paper-napkins are in use il
a number of the cheap eating houses il
New York.
A BILL OF. SAu-Tweed.-Ne,o Yorl
Commercial Advertiser. A-dieu Bill
That 90, Geo, 900. = =. G, q <szi-
The last season is said to have beer
4 one of the best for years for the White
Mountain hotels.
Thus far fifty-seven, different conven
tons have been called at Philadelphia
during the centennial year.
Two HUNDRED AND FTTY-rw0 friend
less dogs were slau ghtered by tho San
Francisco pound keeper in November. &
THE New York papers tell about
Drawback on sugar. That's nothing
There has been a fearful pull back on las
ses-all summer ia u ~ : 7 )
p THENew Y ork Ecassng Dostsays that if
the city schaFities had been wholly for
gotten in Mr.. Astor's viii the public dis
appointment would have been less,
THE Postmaster of Mulgrave, Can, will
never abscond with the funds of his office.
The gross revenue last year was $9.OI,
while he was allowed SIC for salary.
>, A BANK President of Lancaster, Pa,
has been arrested for assaulting an orange
boy, who importuned him to buy of his
wares. The President whipped the lad ;,
who caused his arrest e ee-t
z "A NEwLY-MARRIED couple in Lewiston,
Me-. who had just gone to housekeeping,
had pudding and milk for their first sup
per declaring that they wanted to begin
as they could hold out. ~z5s II ..zs
A PHYSICIAN who does not possess al
regular diploma from an established med
zeal college, or who has not practiced
medicine IN the Stale for five years, must
stop doctofing in Nevada 4 , iis
= YOUNG loafers in Minneapolis are di-i
yerting themselves by disturbing religions
meetings. A number of them had to be
elected from chapel the other evening
before the services could go on.
"JoHN," said fond wife, enthusiast
cally, pointing out to her husband a little
shop on Main street, "when you die Pm,
going to take the insurance and buy that
little place and set up millinery"
THE son of Patrick Casey, of Calais,
Me-, of course did not mean TO kill his
father when he strung rope across the
road a few days ago; but it was night, and
The father fell over it and is not expected
to live.
THE Troy Press says: :" A teacher in
one of our prominent female seminaries
On the Hudson, on being asked by a
young lady of her class what pig iron is, /
,eplied: Iron given in exchange for
,winer'
OSCAR COHEN, talented inmate Of the |
State Prison at Carson, New, is accumu-
ng gambling implements combining va
'ious cheating devices for the benefit of
,lacklegs.
WHEN the weather is wet and gloomy
he people commit suicide, and when it is
old and brisk they go skating and get
drowned. This is what makes it so very
lard for cold Prob to decide which
lind to deal out.
AN exchange says fashionable young
,ecpIe are calling upon somebody to in
ent new dance. Suppose somebody
nvents one wherein the young lady
ances around the house and looks after
verything. -Chicago Tribune. /
One of the teachers at public school
q Taunton, Mass, wishing TO impress his
upils, inquired, the other day: DO you
link my head is stuffed with cotton ?"
les, SIR said a very prompt, but
lightly deaf, girl who had misunderstood
le question.
BRIpEGRooMs in Oregon do not take
indy TO the "horning" system. A
hivari party gathered about the residence
Mr.. S. F. Johnson, at Forest Grove,
here there was newly married couple.
he result was that half a dozen of the
lock musicians found themselves sound
= thrashed, and the sport came to u
peedy end. tzs Il
A PORTLAND (Me.) merchant went over
Fryeburg with a Sheriff, the other day,
collect bill of Mr.. Hatch. The lat
II raised an ak, and the enemy retreated.
hey soon returned and creditor and
ebtor had hand-to- hand set-to. The
erchant floored his antagonist, and lie
greed to pay up at once. But just then :
is wife came in and grabbed the wig of
le Forest City merchant, while a sister
Flaw drew broom stick across the Sher-
rs nose. Mr.. Hatch Immediately vowed
l1t he wouldn't pay the debt, and he has
ept his word.
VIM. B. AsToR made the following be-
aests: To the American Bible Society,
10000; to the Society for the Relief of ,
espectable Aged INDECENT Females,
J 600; to the Institution tor, the Blind. ;
) 900; to the New York Lylngin Asylum, !,
) 900; to the Ladies Repository, Is 900; !
the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund
the Volunteer Fire Department, $780,
o.. He also added $500 600 to previous
fits to the Astor Library. After reason
lie requests to various members of his :
WI and the Aston family generally, the )
eat bulk of the property was given to : !,
S two sons. +- ss
THE first spelling bee. in England was
I'D recently at lslington, "under the '
inerican rules" Webster's dictionary {
ling the standard. Thirty-two gentlemen a
I'd eighteen ladies essayed their skill be- i
re a crowded audience. In the end the h
xes divided the prizes equally, though
e first prize fell to gentleman. the U
prds that proved too much for the pow n
5 of all except the prize takers were not a
ry difficult - Rhododendron, "apOc- :
nhal," ..philippic," "hebGomadally," =
I'd camclopard' put large number
,pelessly out of the contest, and at last a
was only spelt correctly
MIR. Jameson, the winner. Prizes to :,
e amount of eS rewarded the six success i
/ spoilers out of the fifty who entered. :
COMMODORE SHUFELDT has ordered the +
-oper authorities of the Boston navy
lrd to make several seven inch steel-wirc C
twsers. These will probably be the
rgest wire ropes ever made. The Navy
apartment has use for immense hawsers d
tow monitors and vessels in distress. S
hey are put on board the men DIVA for
C when required. The usual appliance $
a twelve-inch hemp rope, hut it swells n