American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-09-02
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

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| water in an open row-boat from Boston,
Mass, to Detroit, Mich. by way of the St.
Lawrence River. The time allowed him
was 12O days, and the money depending on
the result was 50, 900. Gay made the dis
lance, estimated at ], 600 miles, in 100 days,
being eleven days ahead of time.
Two young men, Henry Smith and
Squire Hammond, who were in Jail at Owen
ton, Owen County, KY, forthe murder Of
highly respected citizen of Owen County,
Robert Martin, were taken from Jail about !
O'Clock on the morning of the 18th by a
masked band Of men and hung upon a tree.
Sunday, August 20, was day pro-
life in drowning casualties. Four boys who
were rowing in the North River at New
York were run down by a steamboat; four
colored persons attending camp meeting at
Red Bank, N. j., were drowned by the
overturning of the boat in the Shrewsbury
River; and three other persons were
drowned by the unsetting Of sail-boa on
Cayuga Lake, N. Y.
The dory Centennial, from Gloucester,
Mass, arrived at Liverpool, Eng, on the
21st.
The employees of the New York and
New Jersey Railroad struck on the 21st and
traffic over the road was entirely suspended.
The cause of the strike was non-payment of
wages. H4r
There was slight frost in portions
Of Southern New York and Northern Penn
sylvania on the night ofthe Goth.
1t is stated that the Canadian Gov
eminent has decided to allow American
vessels free navigation of the Canadian wa
tiers the remainder Of the season.
The Supreme Lodge of the World of
the Knights Of Pythias convened at Phila-
delphia on the 22d.
At Robinson, Crawford County, Kas.,
on the 18th, man named Osborne, lying in
Jail under an Indictment for murder, made
q deadly assault upon the Sheriff, Mr.. Hen
derson, inflicting wounds which are sup
posed to be fatal. That night the Jail was
surrounded by a mob Of masked men and
Osborne taken to the nearest tree and
hanged.
Apassenger train on the New Or
leans and jackson Railroad was wrecked
about eight miles south of Jackson, Miss. !,
by the giving way of bridge, on the 23d.
Four persons were killed outright, and 16
wounded, five or six Of them seriously.
The laborers on the rice plantations
along the Combahee River, s. c., have
struck for an increase of so per cent. in
wages. Owing to the demonstrations Of the
strikers it is impossible to supply their
places, but Governor Chamberlain has or
dered the Sheriff to summon strong posse
and protect all who wish to work.
Railway travel in Iowa is again scri-
In Iu< 1,o oook,n
A party of fifteen men, on a return
trip from Deadw"od, were attacked by In
dians on Aug. 20, 10 miles beyond Sage
Creek, where Lieutenant Taylor's company
Of the Twenty.third Infantry is stationed.
Two horses were killed, three wounded and
six stolen. The men escaped unhurt into
the station, and Lieutenant Taylor sent out
a detachment which recovered the wagons
and property.
James Murphy was hangedat Dayton,
Ohio, on the 25th, for the murder of VIM.
Dawson, about one year ago.
Hon. Carl Schurz addressed a large
Republican German meeting in Cleveland
on the oath.
The third and most destructive crop
Of caterpillars has made its appearance
throughout Central Alabama, and farmers
are apprehensive of almost total destruc-
ton Of the cotton crop through the prairie
belt.
John Dozen was arrested for horse
stealing, at Cheyenne, on the 23d, by officers
Of the Rocky Mountain Detective Associa-
ton. He attempted to break loose and run
away, when he was fatally shot.