American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-10
TELEGRAPHTC3 NOTES.


The Missouri Supreme Court has
overruled the decision of the Circuit Court,
by which the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail
road was. placed in the hands of receiver,
and the regular officers Of the road have
been =reinstated. - 81 - =
At East Liverpool, Ohio, on the 3Oth,
Ralph Wintergill cut his wife's throat with
a razor, causing death in a few minutes, and
then .gashed his own throat, severing the
s=indpipe andinficting fatal wound. The
husband and wife were about 40 years old
and had not lived amicably together for
some time past, owing to jealousy on the
part of the husband, who intimated that the
alienation of his wife,s love for him was the
cause of the tragedy.
An explosion of % boiler in the saw
mill of Shoemaker & Powell, Shippensburg,
Pa, on the 30th, killed son of Mr.. Shoe
maker and a man. named Blowers, and
wounded two others.
The Chicago Savings Institution and
Trust Company has gone into liquidation.
1t is stated on good authority that the lia-
bilities are $50, 900 and the assets only $4,000.
John II. Geiger, as7sewing-machine
man of Cicero, Ind, was arrested at Toron-
to, Ont, on the 30th, by indianapolis de-
tectives, for fOrgeries to the amount of $l0,
600 on the Citizens Bank and private par
ties of ,NoblesYille, Ind, .--...
Judge B. T. McDonough and Col. T.
NJ. j. Richardson have been arrested at
Houston, Texas, for alleged completely in
the great Texas land swindle.
-Four leading players of the Louisville
Baseball Club have been expelled for SELL
ing games and other discreditable acts, and
it is intimated that other professionals con-
nected with the st. Louis Brown Stockings
and other well known clubs are guilty of the
same offense. q
Hammond's extensive Touring mAl at
Fostoria, Ohio, was almost totally wrecked
by the explosion of the boiler the 1st-
Henry Wilson, fireman, and Johnny Brown,
lad of 10, were instantly killed.
A severe snow Storm occurred
throughout Northern and Central Iowa ON
the 1st.
A collision on the Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad near Ridgeway, Pa, on the
1st, resulted in the death of both engineers
and firemen.of the colliding trains, and one
brakeman. Another brakeman and several
passengers were severely injured.
AT Wilton, Wis, on the night of the
lst, the mousse OCcupIeQ Dy -hIs. w HI. V dH
Voorhees, was discovered tobe on fire ,and the
neighbers upon efecting an entrance found
Mrs. Van Voorhees,, and two of her children
lying dead in bed, while another, the eldest,
| lay dead by the bedroom door, all fright
fully burned. 1t is supposed
that the mother killed her
children and then committed suicide, and
all four were probably dead before the
flames reached them. The fire is supposed
to have been accidental. Mrs. Van Voorhees,
had been deserted by her husband, and had
often threatened to take her own life and
that of her children. u fSs-.
The last spike on the Burlington, Ce.
dar Rapids and Northern Railroad was
driven at Albert Lea, Minn., on the 9TH
completing the through line from St. Louis
to st. Paul. fgE-Ff
A severe gale on the night of the &c
caused great damage to shipping on th,
Northern lakes.
+. The wife of Stephen. May, of Me
children, and going to a creek, threw then
in, following herself. The oldest, aged
got asore and raised an alarm, and themoth
er and one child were rescued. .
The steamer Bismarck was burned a
Sls LOUIS Oh Tue Zu5 WLlle undergoing re
pairs to fit her for the Southern trade. Sh
was built in St. Louis in 1867, was valued a
about 5000, and insured for about $16,
600. Capt. John Spane was her commando
and principal owner.
Tom Staner was hung at Benton
Saline County, Ark, on the I'd, for the mur
der of his aunt, Mrs. Mack Staner, and an
other lady, Mrs. p. Taylor. The latter Wa
visiting Mrs. Staner at the time of the mul
der, which was committed for the purpos
of robbery, during the eabsence of Nh. .Stane
The murderer made full confession of b
, guilt prior to his execution.
r Owen Wright, colored, who brutal
outraged white married lady near Crav
e ford, Ala, was taken from Jail by party
e one hundred citizens, who carried him
the woods and, it is said, burned him. II
4 victim fully identified him.
/ Some of the convicts employed in Il
: mines at Mount Serrat, sJohnson Count
Z, Mo-, mutined on the evening of the Sd. T
e barracks were set on fire and the inmat