American citizen., 1877-11-03
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
The Agricultural Department at
Washington reports the wheat crop this year
the largest ever produced in this country.
The Manchester Savings Bank of AL
legheny City, Pa, has been forced to suspend
on account of the determined run of de-
positors since the failure of the Allegheny
Savings Bank. The officers assure depositors
that their accounts will ultimately be paid
in full.
Woods Museum, Chicago, was par
tally destroyed by fire on the morning of
the 23d. All the living animals on exhibi-
tion were suffocated. The theater portion
was leased to Tony Denier and was entirely
burned out Total loss about $50, 900, most
ly insured.
G. w. Alexander and John w. Car
rington, Jr., both Chicago real-estate deal
ers and SPECTATORS, went into bankruptcy
on the 23d. Alexander owes $27S,000; Car
rington, $15O,0OO. Assets of each nominal.
The tow-boat Grand Lake, on the
night of the 21st, when about IL miles south
of St. Louis ran down two small boats con-
tanning a party of emigrants on their way
down the river. Mrs. Mary Crowley, wife of
James Crowley, his brother Martin, aged 10,
and two small children were drowned. The
others of the party escaped.
Twogood & Elliott's private banking
house at Marion, Iowa, has suspended with
liabilities amounting to $4,000. Assets not
known.
The transfer of the Sioux from Red
Cloud Agency to the vicinity of the Missouri
River was begun on the 25th. The march
will al,ol,I
panies of the Third Cavalry perform escort
duty.
In the wo-and-a-half-mile race at
Baltimore on the oath, Ten Broeck, the favor
lite, was beaten by Pierre LorilIard's Parole,
Tom Ochiltree coming in third. Time, 81
3-4. Pools sold on Ten Brock at 81 200, to
$400 on Ochiltree and 1886 on Parole The
favorite was in bad condition, and clearly
unfit for the race.
A horrible double murder, committed
doubtless for the sake of robbery, occurred
about six miles north of Cincinnati, on the
Circleville pike, on tho night of the 26th.
The victims were Edward McVey and wife,
aged about 70 years each, and they kept the
toll-gate at that place. The only other
occupant of the house was a girl named
Alice Dean, aged 10. She was awakened
by the firing of pistol-shots in the adjoining
room, occupied by the old folks, and
was so badly frightened that she got up and
crawled under her bed. While living there
shivering with terror, man came into her
room and searched through the bureau
drawers, but went away without having dis
covered her. After all had become quiet
she jumped out of the window, ran to a
neighbor's and gave the alarm.
Several persons fastened to the
toll-gate, and upon entering the house
found the old man lying upon the floor with
a bullet through his head, and the old lady
partially reclining in a chair, shot in two
places. Both were dead. The murderers
| had attempted to cover up their crime bv
burning the house, but the bedding which
they ignited did not burn. Rewards aggre-
eating s., 800 were offered for the arrest of
the murderers, and several suspicious par
ties were taken up for examination.
Two hundred and fifty lives were lost
by reason of the explosion in the High Blan-
tyre colliery, New Glasgow, Scotland.
Grove Kennedy, notorious Ken
lucky outlaw, was captured by Marshal
Hunter and a posse of u men near Bards-
town on the 9th.
Wesley ,Geyer, suspected horse
| 1AioA anu Ddo uAdhH SeHeIdIly SsWdS warmed Dy
his neigKbors at Greenville, Darke County,
o., to leave the town land failing to do so, he
was called from his house on the night OF
the oath by party of masked men and rid
died with bullets. Geyer had been for &c
years residentOf the town, was property
owner, and had a wife and seven children.
Francis Robinson, known as Mile
Seville, of Emerson's Minstrels, killed him
self at Ingersoll, Ontario, on the 26th.
Five new cases of yellow fever at Fer
nandina, Fla, were reported on the 26th,
and weather very unfavorable. Eight hun
dred families were receiving charitable as
sistance.
Ten Brock won the four-mile race al
Baltimore on the 26th, his competitors being
Ambush, Barricade and Algerine. Time
7:41 1-2, 7:40.
The American masons recently i'm.
ported to London have joined the strike Of
their English brethren.
A telegram from Havana, 26th, says
that Don Thomas Estrada, President of the
Cuban Republic, together with the Secre-
tary and several other members of the Cubar
Chambers, have been taken prisoners by the
Spanish troops.
There was no session of either house or
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