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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07
CURRENT TOPICS

A ST. PAUL special to the st. Louis
Republican, oath, says that the eight
men engaged in the Mortified bank
robbery are now known to have been
Cole and Bob Younger, Jesse aud Frank
James, Clel. Miller, Charley Pitts, Bill
Caldwell and Cal. Carter, the latter from
Texas. Miller and Caldwell were the two
men killed in the fight at Mortified /;
the four who bad the desperate fight
near Madelia, on the 2ist, were the
Younger boys, Pitts and Carter. Pitts
was killed and the other three captured
after being badly wounded. The
james boys have so, far escaped, and it
is believed have made their way into
Dakota.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Mr.. HENRY WATrERsoN having de-
e.ined denomination to Congress for the
| long term in the Fifth Kentucky District,
| Mr.. Albert S. Wells has received the NOM
nation.
GEORGE @. CANNON has been re-
nominated as the Mormon Delegate to Con-
gress.
ALARGE Democratic mass meeting
was held at Chicago on the evening of the
96th. Senators Bayard and Mcdonald, ex-
Senator Doolittle and Gen. Farnsworth
were among the speakers.
THE New York Independent Green
back Convention. held on the 26th, nomi-
mated full State and Electoral ticket.
Richard Montgomery Griffin, editor of the
Albany Erening Post, is the nominee for
Governor.
A LARGE Republican meeting was
he'll al Lafayette, Ind, on the 18th, which
was addressed by Messrs. Blaine, Har-
rison. Senator Booth, Gen. Fitzpatrick and
others.
Hon. PROCTOR KNOTT has been nomi-
mated for reelection to Congress by the
Democrats of the Fourth District of Ken
lucky.
THE "Union Soldiers and Sailors
Reform Association" of which General
lengthy address in favor Of the election Of
Tilden and Hendricks. G Sc e
GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN and
Hon. Lyman Trumbull have been announced
to speak at a Democratic mass meeting at
Mansfield, o., on the 9Th.
GENERAL BRAxToN BRAGG dropped
dead in the street ut Galveston, Texas, on
the 9th, from disease of the heart. He
was 81 years of age. His body was laid in
state.
a BRONZE statue of William H. Sew
ard, Secretary of State during the admin
fstration of Presidents Lincoln and John
son, was unveiled in Madison Square, New
York, on the 2sth, with appropriate cere-
monies.
THE Nebraska Republicans have re-
nominated the present Governor, Silas Gre
Der, and most of the other State officers.
JOHN O'CoNNoR POWER, Member of
Parliament for Mayo, Ireland, has arrived
in New York, bearing an Irish congratula-
tory address on the Centennial of American
Independence. He is accompanied by
Charles Stewart Parnell, for many years one
Of the ablest advocates of Home Rule in Ire
land.
The trial of Gen. Babcock and Thos
p. Bonneville, at Washington, for the So
called safe-burglary conspiracy, resulted in
q verdict of not guilty.
Mr.. JOSEPH WARREN, of the Buffalo
On. " Courier, a well known newspaper
man, died on the 3Otn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07
CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER

when 1 was awakened by rain and the
chilly atmosphere. The darkness was
intense, and, to add to the p.edicament,
my horse was gone. The latter fact
put me on the alert at once, and, clutch
ing my pistols, CROPPED on hands and
knees long distance, occasionally Civ
ing the low whistle call for equines, and
was at last rewarded by finding s'the
Duke" grazing upon a slope. All
night long the rain fell in the fine,
misty, penetrating way SO peculiar to
the plains, and, rather than waste
time hunting for shelter, 1 rode on,
although my horse and 1 were
bout exhausted. and night travel
ing was very risky. When day
broke was in rugged, wild country,
knew not where, with heavy timber
Just ahead and rocks all around. rode
beneath the shelter of great bowlder,
and there prepared breakfast hot coffee
and crackers) and ate it, unconscious
of the fact that body of not less than
fifty reds was passing not quarter Of
mile away. AS 1 mounted to contin-
ue my journey, the rear straggler was
moving out of sight. After long delib-
Grafton determined to alter my course
and make at once for the hills The
events of the past two days convinced
me that the country was indeed full of
savages, and there seemed no earthly
chance of my getting through alive,
even had l been familiar with the land.
1 knew that Deadwood could not be
over two days. journey, and there I
could receive such information, and
perhaps company, as would enable me
to effect my purpose. I consulted my
maps and compass, and, after Chamber
ing to high point and discovering
clear coast, 1 again mounted and reach
ed the Cheyenne River (north fork) the
day following.
EXCHANGING SHOTS.
On the 9Th ran into two bucks who
were skulking along little stream that
1 was following, and, decoying them
out upon the open prairie by ruse, as
though in retreat, suddenly turned
and charged upon them. Like dogs,
they fled to and crossed the water, and
as they were emerging on the other side
l sprang from the saddle and, taking
sure aim at the most conspicuous, fired.
The bullet evidently MANNED, if not
killed, the horse, for it and its rider fell
and rolled down the bank into the
water. 1 was answered by shot from
the remaining savage, but it did no
damage, and amid his yells I resumed
my onward ride. ate my last cracker
at noon, and resolved to
make continuous ride I'M
til I should reach this or
some other hospitable place. Yesterday
morning, early, struck a wagon trail,
and after riding an hour came upon
hay ranch occupied by an Iowa man,
named Thompson, who kindly provid-
ed food, and directed me to Deadwood.
1 arrived here. about noon, very needy
and completely used up. The city is in
the gulch from which it takes its name,
and is composed of the .rudest kind Of
shanties. There are about 1000 inhab-
itants in the town, and bnsinessof all
kinds is well represented. Prices are
moderate, and law and order seem to
prevail. There is, am told, consider
able mining going on in the immediate
neighborhood, and much money, has
been made; but of this mora anon. d.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

The Kansas Republican State Com
mittee, on the 26th, held D meeting at
the request of Mr.. George T. Anthony,
the Republican nominee for Governor,
for the purpose of investigating certain
personal charges preferred against him
through the public press. 1t is stated
that Mr.. Anthony, by conclusive docu-
mentary evidence, satisfactorily re-
futee u the charges made against him,
and the committee resolved that the ev-
idence by which he had indicated him
self should be published in full.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

A DESCRIPTION of Mormons at
church, by correspondent of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal: "Not one pref
ty woman; not one fine-looking man
all ignorant, dull, honest people-hard-
working, low born. No intellect, no
style, no refinement, no life and anima-
ton in the whole thing. No smiles or
bows of recognition, no settling OF
drapery and rafting of fans; no deli
cate perfumed handkerchiefs. Nothing
like what we are used to seeing in a
modern church. The women came in,
dressed in calico, many wearing sum
bonnets, all without gloves; there was
logged look on every face. began
to realize how the elders practised
polygamy as religious duty. For moth
ing but the strictest dictates of duty
could urge man to provide for half
dozen of these dull, prosy women"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

: GEN. Crook is now at Fort Laramie,
organizing another expedition against
the hostile Sioux. The troops of the
recent expedition are mostly at Custer
City, under command of Gen. Merritt.
Fresh troops, consisting of the Fourth
Cavalry under General Mackenzie and
infantry under Captain Pollock, will be
put in the field at once. A depot Of
supply will be established at old Fort
Reno - ~ ara
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

A LETTER from Coffeyville, Kas., to
the Kansas City Times, says that on
Sunday, the 18th, while the Delawares
were holding camp-meeting on the
Cana River, in the Indian Nation, about
20 miles west of Coffeyville, a number
of desperadoes went to the meeting
house, and, calling out John Sarcoxie,
= son of one of the Delaware Chiefs,
shot him dead. The friends of the
murdered man then came out and shot
down Frank Rogers ,and Eyon Brown,
and then took one Shelley, another of
the gang, and hanged him. 1t is said
that the affair is continuation of the
old feud between the Delawares and
Cherokees, and may be, directly traced
to the Journeycake and Coker war.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

GEN. RUeER has issued general or
der announcing the transfer of the
Headquarters Department of the South
from Louisville to Atlanta, Georgia.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

ACCORDING to Washington dispatch
of the oath, Gov. Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, then in that city en- his return
home, had received dispatches from
Columbia, stating that from so to 100
negroes had been killed during the re-
cent troubles in Aiken County, growing
out of the alleged assault of two col
ored men upon white woman.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

EX-SULTAN MURAD, it is said, is SIM
ply suffering from alcoholism, having
been a drunkard all his life. After his
elevation to the Sultanate, he was al
most constantly intoxicated with arrack,
and could not transact business,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

ONE of the fashion papers informs us
that full dress requires gloves with
from four buttons up to ten and twelve.
This may do for some folks, but there
is one young lady in this city-and she
is as beautiful as dream, too-who
swears-no, she doesn't swear, but
asseverates with an earnestness that is
as forcible and convincing as profanity
itself-that she would no more think of
wearing pair of gloves with less than
seventeen buttons than she would think
of climbing telegraph-pole to see
Sunday-school procession go by
CouYier-JourndI.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

COOKIES eggs, 2 cups white sugar,
l cup buttermilk, cup butter, the cup
filled up with fresh beef-drippings
(Which last help to make the cookies
very tender and brittle), heaping tea
spoonful caraway seed, teaspoonful
soda mashed fine, and flour to make
stiff enough to roll out easily. Beat the
eggs, butter and sugar together; melt,
but not heat, the drippings and turn
over; add the buttermilk, caraway seed
and flour to make of the consistenee of
pancake batter; then dust on the soda
and stir all quickly together, with
enough more flour to make sufficiently
stiff. Roll thin, and bake in tolerabiy
hot oven till slightly Drowned.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

UP to September 26th s19, 05s, 252 in
silver coin had been paid out by the
Treasury Department, for the .redemp-
ton of fractional currency and in. pay
ment of obligations since the 18th of
April last, leaving . balace of s2,OOO,-
600 of such coin on hand.
THE United States steam frfgate
Franklin, with William M. Tweed on
board. sailed from vigo, Spain, on the
27th, and is expected to arrive in New
York in about DNays' nom fhlt date.
1t is said that the Spanish Government
was severity censured by the populace
for surrendering Tweed in the absence
Of any treaty of extradition. Hunt,
Tweed's companion, was released from
custody upon the, transfer of the latter
to the Franklin. -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

LORD DURHAM recently lost an eye
while out shooting near his mansion in
Northumberland. A shot fired by one
Of the party glanced off a tree which it
struck and pierced his eye, rendering its
extraction necessary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

RECENT advices by mail from Pana-
ma state that in the engagement on
August 81, at Laschansos, on the Conca,
between the rebels and the Government
forces, the rebels lost more than 1000
killed and wounded, while the Govern
ment forces lost 200 killed and 500
wounded. The. rebels engaged num-
bered G, 800 men, and the Government
forces $500. ~ II
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

A DISCIPLE Of Coke in Charleston,
South Carolina, when asked bya "brud-
der" to explain the Latin terms de facto
and dc iure, replied: "Dey means dat
you must prove de facts of de case to dc
satisfaction of de jury"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

AT council of Ministers held ct Bcl-
grade, on the 26th, over which Prince
Milan presided, it was unanimously
agreed to reject the conditions Of peace
recently elaborated by the Powers and
the Porte. The council also resolved
that Servia should not submit except in
the event of foreign occupation, and to
fight a rovtrance until the independ-
ence of Servia, and Bosnia is secured.
The correspondent Of the London Times,
in telegram from Belgrade of same
date, says: ssThers is much reason to
fear that Prince Milan and his Ministers
are no longer their own masters in the
question of peace or war. If war is
continued, and every thing points in
that direction, 10 win be Russian war
in Servia until il becomes something
more. 1t is believed the only chance
of peace lies in (Turkey's prompt ae-
ceptance of all the conditions OF the
Powers. Hundreds Of Russians are ar
irving daily. The situation is most
alarming for the peace of Europe. +
HARPER's Ten Brock, in a run
against time on the track of the Louis
vile Jockey Club, on the 9th, made
the quickest fourmiles on record, a.
follows: First mile. l :523; SECOND.
1:454; third, :4s3;1 fourth, l :5os-t
tai, 7:15a. This is 81 seconds quicker
than Fellowcraft's time. at. Saratoga in
1874, and 4 seconds less than Lexing-
toms at New Orleans in 1855. It is
stated that an offer Of s125,O0O was
made for Tenbroeck and rejected by
his owner. .-erz4 srs-,.ssl s-..s...-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07
A PERILOUS RIDE.

Newspaper Correspondents Journey
to the Black HiIIs-Thirteen Days on
the Prairies, with a Pack of Indians mt
His uee1s-II His Hairbreadth Escape
from "a Dozen BlOod-Thirsty Savages.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-10-07

l was not again molested until the I'd
inst. On that day, after leaving the
water-course, I struck across the open.
country, with nothing but my compass
for guide. had ridden far into the
night and was very weary, and conclud-
ed to restrfor an hour or so. Finding a
little hollow that gave some shelter, l
dismounted and threw myself upon the
ground, carelessly holding my horse by
the reins, my rifle being strapped to the
saddle. Thus slept for an hour or so,
, 1876-04-18
to mnko thoir reports Wednesday morning, aud
to report what, in thnir opinion should bo ttouo
to tho Council 1t it, uesaon OF Thursday sven-


-. =.
Thers was great fnah 1t the Criminal CLERK n
oH}co ycRtoruny for naturalization papers, and
oyerYboly WAS accommodated VIM cnuld claim
NV r;ohts
~! AsA''.
Tlero will he P0uoral rost aro',na tho build
ing to-day. No business will bu transacted ia
nng OF the Courts and ttlto, IL any In tl'o ssy-
eral offices. Everybody will give tho day to tue
elert,nu.
lhe stakeholder IN tho reecnt Wsgess oot"oen
Commissioners Bnsdlck sntf Holden and County
Attorney nouutrco Oh thu sonth Town election
rn.utt Ia t tr..t t,o,,nlo. t1o IN IN ,,oaar.ston
~ ,,,,is .,,,.so ,,,1 aoo, m, foo, ,.t. IL
~ il.co tt'u pa,Se ~. ~ ari, =; Aoo' eA'' +"
la""'"s ao5 f"5"'o"'' '" -"' o"''
Mention was made few DAYS ago that tho
Zimmerman. alc:s sinter matter bad hucn before
lilo Grand Jury, Tho Information OF Tho re-
purser R;'rcass 10 taro boon incorrect. the fact
being that tl1 nlatlpr h4S not yct been prehene
70 tho jury. though tl,h snhpsnaa for witnesses
havo hccn out siuce Thursday.
H,norfn,eu,,ont 1Jic2o. vesscri,v m.1a In.
m.,,r mon Shorir Aeuew for holo At tbe eioc.
tion Io.d,v In rnsuSnaa The HhoTirr isa,ci an
aria. n's for his cp,es ard ha,tira to ranort ns
h,a nj,;cn lila mor,,inv fnr duty Whnti,nr tha
rnoroy of hts foron viii In tfnvotct1 IN mnin&nin
inv t';o nuhic nnnro Or Tho alysncnnent of lila
,nfcrcat ~ thc nan1ncrstin tictat ra,n.,ns h hc
srcn.
gentleman py t'o name OF MOOR; VINO Iuns
a. bntcEer.hhop Mna yostotslhy waited upon by
oopMty county ooleetos tof ~ pcthonal lax. ta3.
amounting 70 Sa'' heeK aalu ne "aa = lstio
hioft OF clango. anu ~ consequence tho Col-
lceiof seized tTehty mans anu conveyed Iho
,,:. 1anle 20 thn oihce or tne LonnIy 1tnAsures.
Ing melcnhuulse VIII 20 ho!u al '"fbo othcouuE
o'''oss Eooeesnoa III q Lew nass.
Tho Crininnl Court waa occu5,lel yosserdaY
in tho hearing ot posty cascs. Tho feature Of +ho
day was a visit from judge ,Tau1oeun, IN tho IN
tcroBt Of ono Laporc, wGo turned Statca owl
dc,3oo HI tho rocout lfrde Park btlrslarIps and
, 1876-04-18
ANNOuh CEMEkTS.

Tho election returns will DO received tlis eyen-
ing at tho Grand Pacific EIote',
quartorly mooting Of tho D'reetors Of The
this evening at 7:90 o'clock.
Election roturns will bo received at tho sher-
man lfouae and annouucod from tho atand for
oyory wnrl up to IL O'Clock p N.
Tickets for tic Old Folks concert to DO given
by tho chorus choir Of the Second Baptist Church
noxs Tuesday evening can bo obtained at tho
Wcst sido Library.
The sale Of tho Elkins collection OF paintinga
will commence this oyening at tho art rcoms,
No. lG5 Wabash aven,,n. To-nfght's sale will in-
ctude many Of blu best works, and will interest
oil purchasers.
Tie praso-mcesing Of the Woman'a Prcsby-
tcriRn Board of 3lssioil6 appointed to bo hold IN
Room 43 Mccormick Blnck, will be hed in the
chapel Of tho First Methodist Church. cor1.or OF
CInrk mud Washington atreots, at 1880 A. m. Fri
day, inatcad.
Tho clriatlan Convention Of City Pastors md
Laymen IN FarWeli Hall Friday and Saturday Of
thin Haok, in connection with tho etghteonth
anniversary exercises OF the Y. II, G. Associa-
ttou, psomiacs to bo gathering full Of inteEoBt.
Some thirty-hve pastors Of tho city havn already
consented 10 ba present and tnke part in tho OK
erriscH. Tho questions to bc dincuaHou will
10 tho same - thoao which occupied
the sttonsion OF wo1Kora In tho East,
being tho mist practical questions thnt could
engage tho ntken.iop Of Chrlstian workers.. An
effort ,s being mado to induce Mr. Moody to bo
present. with aono hopes Of HuccosH Ito closoa
his meetings 10 New YORK tomorrow evening.
To accommodate thoso coming In from suburban
towns = lunch will bo provided In Lowor Fnrwoll
Hull. Tha Behalons will be from 10 e. N. till 10
P. m. Friday aud Saturday.
, 1876-04-18
LOCAL LETTERS.
HOW 70 MAKE rIHg-TRApa ETERNAL.

HOW 70 MAKE TlHE-TRApa ETERNAL.
II ks Editor Of TAs Ghseaqo 1riouns:
CHICAGO, April 17.-The receipt is brict: Keep
Oh patching them, put In . now front every ten
fifteen years. aud old buildings will laat for
eyor. But whar must be thought Of building
ordinance Or inspectorahtp which permits re-
pairs to bo mAdo on auch old shells as arc to b.
found on the southeast cornor OF Cana1 aud
Raudolph7 Those diseased fratnoe wuoso use-
fulnees IL very questionable, should long ainos
have boen razod to tho ground and nov brica
structures orsctod in their piace. for they aso
not only an eycsoro but detriHent and danger
to the entire neighborhood. Thoso Ia su appar-
ont Inconsistency IN the acton OF Inspector u.
in destroying tic Riuk, and at the satnc tina
permitting heae miserable old ahautles to stand
snd 10 be 30 repaired as 10 rendor It impossible
10 remora thom, except BY feo, for ton or twenty
years to como, Amy ordinance Ia radically
wrcpG and breeds rauk injustice which compel
tho poor man owning lot close to tho city lin
It's. and one OF two miles from any othcr habitA-
and ret ALLOW the rich and grasping old landlord
70 pntch mp aud almost rebuild his vogu.eaton
framos, though In the very beart Of tho city,
with the most tnttammable OF materials. Al
ons place OF Dcaplaines Rtreot, near Randolph,
somo enc In putting good sized lumbor--
.ard upon = bouae, about twsnty years
old. Thin discrimination in favor OF oYncrs Of
worn-out Bhapties Is Of common occurrence, and
can bo Witnessed on every stroot in tho city, but
building Inspector can not be expected to no.
tlce aueh small matters when the election OF pol
Aldermen Is on his hands, Chicago will novor
bocons flre-proof city so long as the present
custom OF patching up and putting III nov
fronts ia permitted. There aro four WAYS 70 get
4. Tux them heavily; .. Condemn and destroy
them; and last, bus not least, burn them up
with other and more valuable property. Tho
last motnod meets With most favor. &c.
, 1876-04-18

All Political Significance DlAclaimou
-rarnlnsie1st Organization I;flccted.
p1TrsHuRn, Pa, April 17.-Tho National Labor
Convention. composed OF delegates from d[1or-
ont labor organizations throughout tho United
states, mot this morning at II O'clock At Lntay-
etto Hall. Tho Convention was called to order
by afr. George Muroo.t, OF Philadelphia. J. L.
Wright Taylor, Of Philadelphia, WIS elected
temporary Chairman. Alter tho reading Of a
telegram from Detroit Chairman Taylor made =
short speech explanatory Of tho telegram, or
ratos Of tho organization Of the several Demo-
Gratis who, 10 said, wero in session to-day
iu Detroit. Whhteyer wore their viors
on the political questions Of tho day.
it understood that tl,ey wore all right on the
labor question: and would net with this Couvon-
eton. 11o then wenton to rnu,arls that this Con:
ventton had no political Significance, but It was
called BllnpEy to promote tho intrfeats OF tho
workingmen and to improve theit condition.
After appointing committecs the Oonvontiuu ad-
tournod till this afturnoou.
At o'clock tho Convention rsaBae,nfiled for
bnaiuesg Tho hall showing worry full attendance.
An inquiry made at this ti1ue developed that
the moro perfect uniting Of tho inter
casa Of tho laboFing, man rs opposed to the
1nassfng Of capital and influence bv employers,
After Ito appointment ofea committee. otc., to
hGCulu CuEdldI u&il luE tA0 A0uT04Hous tnt
report Of tho Committee on Pc1manons Organ
izat!ou aaa loard with the following list Of per-
mancus officers: President, John II. Davis !;
Vico-prcsldonts, J. L. Wright, F. II. Hart, John
Fred Farmer, II. II. Talbot, and 4. r. Windemo
Sorgeants-at-Ara,a.G George Btuyesaus and John
Conway; Troaautor, George Blair.
Tho report WA aulonded IN ono or two In
stances. ths speoeh1es boinK limited TO ton
morning fixed at $3.50. Tho report wns thotl
adopted. and President Davis took tue clair
sud nado brief ndlress OF thnnks.