American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The County Treasury of Clermont
County, o., at Batavia, has been mysterious
ly robbed of $24 900.
A Memphis dispatch of the 18th says
that a reign of terror exists in the vicinity
of Raleigh in that county, caused by the
shooting of colored men by white despera-
does, chief among whom is Mack Williams.
Law w-abiding citizens are oYerawed by the
rufians, and colored men are fleeing for their
lives.
The side-wheel steamer Tom Morgan,
of Covington, KY, was wrecked by the ex-
plosion of its boilers near Greenville, Miss,
on the 10th. DR.. Powell, who was both
owner and captain, and the engineer were
killed.
Eleven persons were killed by the ex-
plosion of an Argentine torpedo-boat in the
harbor of Buenos Ayres on the 18th.
A Galveston Nesos special of the 18th
says that Lieut.. Bulls, with small party of
scouts, crossed the Rio Grande near the
mouth of Pecos River, was attacked by
body of 500 Indians and compelled to re-
treat. Loss not stated. Col. Young had
left Fort Clark with 200 cavalry to reinforce
Bulls.
The Singer Building, corner of State
and Washington Streets, Chicago, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire on the evening of
the 14th. One fireman was killed and sew
eral others seriously injured. The build
ing was occupied by the well known firm
of Field, Letter q Co., as a retail
dry-goods house. The building
cost 500, 900, and Field, Letter & Co.'s stock
was valued at 81 100000. The fire originated
in the upper story of the building and did
not fIa J,riI
will prove nearly total loss, and the dam
age to stock, by fire and water, probably one
half or more of its estimated value. Both
are well covered by insurance.
Henry Hausmann, aged 40, of New
York City, on the 18th shot his three chill
dren, aged respectively 8, and years, and
then shot himself. The youngest child was
killed, and the surgeon thought that the
next eldest and Hausmann himself would
also die. Rum was the cause.
Charles A. Dudley and John O'Rourke
wore killed at the burning of the Singer
Building in Chicago, and eight others in
jured. The loss on building is much less
han at first supposed, probably not over
100000. Field 81 Letters loss will foot up
about $7OO, 900. Both losses are fully covered
by insurance.
| OCfCI al Olob1AOu OAOSho
occurred throughout portions of Western
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, on
the 18th, about noon.
Frank Rand, the desperate who rob-
bed the house of Woolford Price, at ellison,
Knox County, ILL.,, on Aug. last, and when
pursued turned and killed Charles Belder
and wounded another of his pursuers; who
three days afterward robbed the house Of
John R. Scales, at St. Elmo, Fayette County
and when overtaken by Mr.. Scales, shot hin
dead, and when still further pur
sued and besieged by larg'
crowd of armed men in a corn field
killed Frank Barnes and wounded Franl
Wiseman-this notorious desperate was cap
tured in st. Louise on the 10th, but not unit
after desperate struggle in which he sho
and probably fatally wounded a police Off
Ger named White and was himself sho
in three places and mortally wounded
The clew which led to his capture was tn
fact of his having pawned a valise in 81
Louis some months ago, and subsequent
sent an order through the express agent q
Elmwood, ILL.,, to have the valise sent to De
catur. The express agents receipt for tn
money was dropped by Rand in his f1igf
from st. Elmo, and this scrap of paper lie
to his capture as above stated.
, The Peoples Savings Bank of New
ark, n. j., has suspended.
, Borden City Mill, No. 1, at Fall Rive
, Mass, was burned ON the 18th. 1t employe
. 45O hands and was valued with contents
$450,000.
f Hester Ann Williams (cOlored) an
her three children were burned to death
Y a building near Norfolk, Va, on the 18th.
i w. Kinney & Co., bankers at Port
mouth, o., have failed.
5 The trial of the Mexican General E
C cobedo at Brownsville, Texas, for violati,
# of the United States neutrality law, result
i; in his acquittal.