American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-20
CANTON MISS, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1876
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
Mrs. SALLIE ROGERS, of Raleigh
aged 81, is cutting six teeth on a gol
ring.
THE largest pork-packer in Cincin
natl is jew. The wealthiest doctor il
San Francisco is Chinaman.
The resumption of specie paymen
revives feminine industry-the knit
ting of purses for presents to sweet
hearts.
"WHY is it, queried Quiz the othel
day, " that when you notice a youne
married man that is bald-headed yor
turn to look at the muscular power O.
his wife's hands?''
A BALTIMORE woman boldly adver
tises medical attendance by DIR. Ben
jamin Rush." who died in that city sew.
era1 years ago. She is a professed
spiritual medium, acting as the earthly
spokesman for the dead physician; and
she collects the pay, too.
COUNTERFEIT gold coin, made OF
platinum plated heavily with genuine
gold, has of late been circulated in Cal
ifornia. 1t is exceedingly deceptive,
being of the right weight, color, and
feeling. The platinum is worth half as
much as gold, making these counterfeits
costly of production.
The immense landing-stages at Liv-
erpool are completed. The docks OF
the port now cover an area of APO acres,
and form a continuous line of more than
six miles in length. Their value is
twenty millions sterling. Twenty thou
sand vessels enter the harbor of Liver
pool every year.
A SANTA CLARA County (Cal.) JUS
tice decides that man carrying an UNI
brella is bound to keep out of the way
of people who haven't any, and awards
1929 damages to a man who had his
eye pretty nearly ruined by another
mans sticking the end of his umbrella
into it as they were trying to pass each
other, the umbrella-bearer having help
ed bring about the collision by turning
out to the left.
SOME contentious fellow asserts that
it is physical impossibility to count a
billion, contending that to count such a
number does not mean simply to count
a series of thousands. 1t must be con-
fessed that when the would-be counter
gets where he has to advance one nu-
neral at a time with the formula, !" one
hundred and twenty-one millions, five
hundred and sixty-nine thousand, four
hundred and twenty-one, the process
must be somewhat tiressme.
DIAMONDS have fallen wonderfully in
Price during the last twenty years. In
1o49 Prince Torlonia, the great Roman
banker, advanced 100000 francs to a
on diamond SO large and
limpid and piercing in the polish of its
many facets that none but the keenest
connoisseurs could distinguish it from.
the famous " Regent. At the Hotel
Drouot, in Paris, that self-same pre-
cious stone" was sold early in April of
this year for about 81.
In a suit brought by Sherman Thurs
ton, noted gambler, against the Union
Pacific Railroad Company for ejectment
from the cars by its employees on ac-
count of his known profession, the Jury
rendered verdict of $1.47, the amount
paid for a ticket, which had never been
refunded to him. This decision by a
United States Court virtually declares
that railroad companies, for the pro-
lection of passengers, have right to
eject three-card monte men, but must
refund their fare.
THE English papers tell story of a
gentleman who had legacy left him of
100000 upon the singular condition
that half the sum should be placed in
the testator's coffin and buried with
him. Fortunately, however, sympa-
thizing friend to whom he told his sto-
ry was equal to the occasion. Being
told that the money was in the bank he
advised the legatee to draw check for
e., 900 to the order of deceased and put
that in the coffin. The legatee did as
advised and regained his peace of mind
"Two of my neighbors," writes
in South Carolina, "are
Colonel r. G. Howard and Tony,
his slave, who now goes by the
name of A. H. Howard. Both are men,
oers of our Legislature, where both sit
With perfect equality, making laws.
The former, of course, is a Democrat,
md the latter a Radical. After adjourn
nents the Colonel superintends his
arm, and Tony works for him as car
,enter, taking his meals in the kitchen
With the cook -
Mr.. THOMAS FLETCHER, of Irvine,
1still County, KY, had grim sense of
lumor, which, carried once too far,
him into serious trouble. He
vas attending a social gathering in
ront of the corner grocery, and, see
ng young man whom he disliked, he
aid in his grimly humorous way:
Dance or de-" at the same time cock
ng his revolver and taking aim. The
'oung man danced until he was about
o drop with exhaustion. Then Mr..
Fletcher smiled and said: "You can
top He unlocked his pistol and put
in his pocket. The victim immedi-
Ltely plucked up spirit, pulled out his !
,wn revolver and shot Mr.. Thomas
Fletcher dead. J