American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-01
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

James Foster was hanged at War.
renton, Mo-, on the 10th, for the murder Of
an unknown negro in August last. He con-
fessed to the killing, but claimed that il
was done under circumstances of great
provocation.
| The depot of the Albany and Sche-
nectady Railroad, known as the White Ele-
plant, on the river opposite Hudson, N.
Y, was burned on the night of the 18th
with its entire contents and 100 loaded
freight cars belonging to various Western
railroads. The extensive wharves and sew
eral loaded river crafts were also burnt.
The Bismarck Tribune of the 14th
says that $40, 200 worth of gold-dust from
the Deadwood mines was received there in
one day recently, and all reports from the
mines confirm the reported richness of these
diggings.
Near Truckee, Cal, on the night of
the 18th, a Chinese cabin, occupied by three
Cinnamon, was set on fire by some white
men, and as the Cinnamon ran out of the
cabin they were fired upon by mob, one
being killed instantly and another seriously
wounded. The assassins are believed to be
members of an anti Chinese secret society
known as the caucasian League. -
A fire at Port Sanilac, Mich, on the
night of the 18th, destroyed the dwelling
house Of Louis French. His wife and two
children persisted in the flames before as
sistance could be rendered. Mr.. French
was absent and knew nothing of the sad
event until it was over.
By an explosion of dynamite in a
joiner's shop in Glasgow, Scotland, on the
10th, six men were killed and a number of
houses demolished.
Luther Perkins, a young lawyer, was
shot and killed at Austin, Miss, on the 18th,
by Willis Gibson, merchant.
A most destructive hail-storm oc-
CURED in the vicinity of South Canadian,
Choctaw Nation, on the morning of the
Goth. Trees were stripped of their leaves
as bare as in winter; timber was blown
down, and every species of vegetation was
destroyed in the track Of the storm.
David Meriwether, negro, has been
arrested at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, on his own
confession that he misplaced switch on the
Louisville and Great Southern Railroad,
causing the destruction of a train and seri-
ously injuring Joseph Hammet, the engi-
neer. Meriwether has been in the habit of
wrecking trains, he says, to plumber injured
passengers.
Harry johnson was hanged at Paris,
ILL.,, on the 23d. for the murder Of his step
son, Jacob Redmon, in December last. He
left written crnfession. which was printed
and sold on the streets the day of his execu-
ton.
William Adm was hanged at Cleve-
land on the 22d, for the murder of his wife,
his step-daughter, and Mrs. George L. Ben
ton, on the 4th of December last.
The railroad bridge across the Mis-
souri, River at Kansas City was partially de-
stroyed by fire on the 23d. 1t will cost
about 500 200 to repair the damage, and
the several railroads using the bridge will
be for some weeks unable to make their d.
rect connections in Kansas City.
At Robinson, Crawford County, ILL.,,
On the night of the 23d, prisoner named
confined for murder, made des-
perate attack upon Dick Henderson, the
Sheriff, with a billet of wood, inflicting very
serious injuries. The cries of the Sheriff's
wife brought large crowd Of citizens to his
rescue, who afterwards took out the prison.
sr and hung him to a tree.
At Burlington, KY, on the night of
The 23d, a mob of masked men took from
he Jail negro named Williams, confined
Tor murder, with the intention of hanging
him. The prisoner endeavored to run away,
when he was shot and wounded, and subse-
Iuently hanged and his body riddled with
bullets.