American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-24
HERE AND THERE.

young writer's to abstain from matri-
mony.
AT the last show in Paris 80 different
kinds of grapes from one district were
displayed.
GREAT BRITAIN now cultivates near
ly 100000 fewer acres of wheat than
she did 20 years ago.
Two negroes convicted of murder at
a previous term of the Chatham, Ga,
Court, but to whom new trials were
granted by the Supreme Court, have
been freed, the yellow fever having
killed off all the States witnesses.
THE Michigan Central Railway is
going to do its best to keep Sunday.
The general manager has issued an or
der to do on that day only such work as
is absolutely necessary, and to arrange
things so that the train-men can, as far
as possible, spend Sunday at their
homes.
THE total nominal capital invested in
all the railways of Great Britain is near
ly 81, 200, 100000. This is at the rate of
5000, 1000 per mile of railway opened.
More than 1890, 900 of capital pay
no dividend; S27O, 900 less than five
per cent, and only 25,O0O,O00 more
than 10 per cent.
A sEA-Cow, caught in Indian River,
Florida, was on exhibition at the Mont
gomery fair. It is nine feet eight inches
in length, and measures six feet around
the body, and it is so gentle that it bears
handling while eating its food, without
being the least disturbed thereby.
A MONUMENT to the memory of Roger
Williams was recently dedicated in
Providence. 1t consists of granite
pedestal surmounted by two bronze
statues-one of History, in classic dra-
perry, and the other of Roger Williams,
clad in the costume of Puritan times.
The statues were modelled in Rome by
the sculptor Simmons, and cast in
Munich.
A RAILROAD has just been finished
between Hiogo and Osaka, Japan, 20
miles long, which cost the Government
! S175, 900 mile. The line is over level
country, without natural obstacles, and
it is estimated that the English firm who
built it cleared at least 200 a mile.
This beats Henry Meiggs's operations by
a large figure.
TIE Liberian emigration movement
has broken out in North Carolina with
redoubled violence. Each emigrant is
required to take $40 worth of stock in
the ship, and to furnish $40 to buy pro-
visions for the journey. Ten acres of
land is promised to each single man,
and 25 acres to each man and wife, to-
gether with dwelling-house on each
| tract.
The assertion that ex-Gov. Coburn, of
Maine, is the largest land owner in the
United States is disputed in favor of
Wilson Waddingham, of New York,
who owns &c., 900 acres in one lot on
the Canadian River in New Mexico, and
enough more in other parts of the same
Territory to make total of 1,256,O0O
acres, or more than twice as many as
are claimed for Mr.. Coburn.
OPHILLIA SNOW has just been award
ed 50, ,OO8. 20 damages from hotel pro-
prietor by the Windham County Court,
Vermont, for being thrown from a
wagon with her husband who was drunk.
Snow procured some of his liquor at de-
fendant's hotel, hence the proprietor was
held responsible for his blundering driv-
ing. The Rutland Herald says it was
a test case, and therefore caused deep in
terest.
JERUSALEM has furnished battalion
of Jewish volunteers to the Sultan's
army. They have a field preacher of
their own faith, and cook their rations
strictly in conformity with their dietary
laws. Jewish soldiers are also in the
Russian and Roumanian armies, but
those in the Turkish host doubtless serve
with as much more zeal and cheerful
ness as their treatment under the Sui
tan's army has been more humane.
NINE ladies rode for prizes at a recent
tournament in Nevada. In order that
there might be no i'll feeling among the
competitors every one was given prize
The silver medal was won by daring
lady from Long Valley, whose horse
was almost unbroken and plunged
frightfully. The other riders got tea
sets, cake-baskets, furs, pickle-dishes
chromos, books of poetry, etc. MOI
was horsemanshlp exalted above the
humber domestic virtues. Prizes were
: awarded for the best bread, the neates
sewing and the prettiest pillow-shams
In the town of Auburn, Oregon, golC
. diggings have been found under pecu
liar circumstances. A boy had beel
fitted out by his father with the imple
! ments of mining, and set to work nea
the roadside, merely for amusement an
: to give the youngster something to keel
him out of mischief The ground wa
staked out formally in mining style
and some waste water was turne
into sluices, SO as to wash the dirt. Th
5 boy worked for few days faithfully
i and, to every body's surprise, he at las
;. panned out small quantity of gol
dust. Laborers were then employed
. and the work was deepened and extenc
=, ed, gold continuing to be found, at las
accounts, in profitable quantities.
Can Write but Not Read.
s. There is man that resides in Bucl