American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-29
HERE AND THERE.

NIAGARA FALLS has been recon-
mended by Archbishop Lynch, of To-
ronto, as place of religious pilgrim
age.
REV. F. d. JAMES, of Somerville,
Mass, is in jail as a forger. He made
deeds of property to which he attached
counterfeit signatures, his rascality
running back several years, and affect
ing property worth 100000.
DURING June last 1883 emigrants
landed at New York. OF these, 1866
were German, 1887 were Irish, 1,704
English. During the past quarter 3d.
481 emigrants landed at New York,
against 1856 for the corresponding
quarter of 1875.
AT Metuchin, N. j., during recent
thunder storm, house was struck by
lightning, and Mrs. Stackpole, one of
the occupants, whose hands had been
distorted by paralytic stroke, instant
ly recovered full use of both her hands.
THE revolutionary chiefs in Oaxaca
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ers with much severity, particularly
Americans. Gustavus Motel, natural
lied citizen of the United States, and
three other foreigners, were recently
butchered at Numerol.
JOHN MCELRoY, small Boston boy,
went into bakery, demanded bread,
and when refused snapped loaded
pistol at the proprietor, who put him
out of the store. The boy rearranged
the cap and fired at the baker through
the window, missing him.
FATHER HANDS, pastor of Catholic
church in Charlotte, N. c., eloped with
Miss Bradshaw, young member of his
congregation. Their intention to marry
had been suspected, and Bishop Glib
bons had taken steps towards suspend
ing the offending priest.
THE foreign imports entered at New
York in June amounted to $21, los, 1897,
which is a decline of about 81, 900, 900
as compared with the same month of
last year. Since January 1 there has
been decline of s3s,915,2 O4 as COM
pared with last year.
SOME mention of the extent to which
baseball is played in this country may
be obtained from the fact that single
firm. in New York has sold 81, 900 bats,
10000 balls, $500 pairs of ball shoes,
5000 pairs of colored hose, 5000 caps
and $50 complete uniforms.
A YOUNG man in Wayne County,
Iowa, who had been deaf and dumb for
twenty years, while driving leisurely
one day lately was suddenly thrown
from the wagon to the ground, striking
his head, and on arising found that he
had recovered his speech and hearing.
In the Pyrenees the following notice
is posted in hotel: .An travellers on
their arrival will be entitled, gratis, to
bath with friction and special lotions.
These lotions will guarantee the trav-
eler perfect immunity from the numer-
GUS insects which infest the hotel.''
Miss JANE BAY, who died in Balti-
more last week, aged IS, bequeathed
her entire estate, after paying few
small legacies and annuities, to the
"Jane Bay Home for Boys" an insti-
tuition for educating and training orphan
and poor boys.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Petaluma
(Cal.) argus says that in the red woods
about twenty miles from Petaluma there
lives family who have female child
about years old which has two we'll
developed and perfectly formed heads
and necks. According to this CORE
spondent, the necks unite where the
head joins the backbone, and from that
point downward, to all appearance, it
is the body of but one child. The two
heads are called Dollie and Ollie. Dol
lie has rich brown hair, dark hazel eyes,
and is brunette. Ollie has fair skin,
auburn hair, and blue eyes. They can
each converse on different subjects at
the same time, and are well informed
and intelligent.
PEOPLE who wonder where all the
heat of the last few weeks has come
from should study the following figures,
which should afford them satisfaction
and easement of their pain: 1874 foot
pounds of heat per second fall upon
square foot of the earth's surface ex-
posed to the perpendicular rays of the
sun. Every second there go out from
the sun 1865, 900 foot-pounds of heat,
or about 1000 horsepower, making
about GOA, 800 horsepower per day. At
the equator square mile of the earth's
surface receives 1866, 75O, 900, 900 foot
pounds daily, and this amount is only
one 156O935th part of the quantity of
heat conveyed by the Gulf Stream from
the tropics daily. When we look at
these figures we feel truly that we
should not grumble, for if the Gulf
Stream should switch around little,
or hitcn happen in the solar system,
we might learn what heat really is.
DURING the great storm in Ohio a
train of cars ran into a tunnel at North
Bend in which the water was SO deep
that it put out the fire in the locomotive,
and over a hundred passengers were
Another train would be
due in an hour, and it was necessary
that some body should get out of the
tunnel and reach neighboring signal
to prevent a terrible disaster. The
water was about four feet deep and run
ming swiftly. A young man, whose
name is not given in the Cincinnati
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