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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
Romancee on the railroad.

. The people of AtolIison were treated
to very pleasant surprise yesterday
morning BY the news that Pr, Horace
G. Yalsey, one of the popular young
conductors on the Central Branch Union
Pacific Road, and Miss Minnie 'Deane,
the handsome and accomplished young
daughter of Col. q. A. A. Deane, had
beenromantieally married in. the pas
senger-coaeh Of the Central BRANCH Ex-
press, while that train stopped at Green.
leaf. The romance of this romantic af-
fail. may be attributed to the Violent
snow-storm" that prevailed out West,
and to which we are indebted for this
item. TheyQung couple had been be-
trothed for several months, and were
to have been quietly married at the fam
lily residence Saturday morning, take a
short honeymoon tour, and return to
their new home without ostentatiOn or
parade. Horace Valsey was running
the train from Greenleafto Washington.
The heavy snow-storm commenced out
west, and he saw it would be impossi-
.ble for him to reach Atchison. The
train from the west was delayed
y hours, and there was a fair prospect.
/ Of there being no conveyance to Atchi-
son He telegraphed his, hetrothed to
come to Greenleaf by the first train ,and
4 he very romantically stepped OF. the
( s>press going west Saturday AFTERNOON,
and after. "a hours delay reaeFed Green
/ leaf sunday AFTERNOON. n,IIorace tele-
eraphed to oWashingtoh for the marriage
license, and, within ~ minqtes aiterthe
meet,ng, and standing in the center of
the handsome coach Concordia, the
minister made them husband and wife.
I 1t was but the work of a moment. The
train-men were the only attendants, and,
as soon as the ceremony was oyer,
Horace sung out the old familiar g all
aboard" signaled the engineer 10 move
ahead, and the young married folks ar
rived in Atchison Monday morning. We
wish them all the joy fhat is aloted the
human race. May they live long and
pro-per.-A.c6ts90 Champion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
A Coasting Giant.

A new and remarkable 4" double-rip-
per-" built for several gentlemen of the
Bridgeport Coasting Club, will be taken
to New Milford to participate in the
coasting carnival. 1t is about 80 feet
long, and has handles and troughs rum
ming the whole length. Over the front
sled are wings to protect any part of
the dress from interfering with the
steering apparatus, and adjustable
whiffietrees for horses are attached. 1t
is guided by means of pulleys attached
to the front sled A 15-inch gong to
ring while coasting and a powerful
brake are arranged immediately behind
the " steerer" The sled is strengthen
ed by means of truss between the
small sleds. 1t will seat % persons and
carry 5000 pounds weight. The ma
terials used are Norway and Ulster iron,
cast sleel, hickory and ash, the whole
being oiled, vanished and waxed. The
cost is $3.50. Julian H. Sterling is the
builder, and its name is Pegasus .-Neu
HaUe1s (Ct.) Palladium.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
A Colorado Duel.

Colburn had slandered an estimable
maiden of White Earth, and Judge
Wiles of Saguache County had held him
in $500 bail, and Colburn had chal-
lenged Slime, the principal witness.
The place named was Cebolla Bridge; !;
the time 4 O'Clock p. m, on Tuesday
last, the weapons; shot-grfns loaded
with buck-shot; the distance, 80 feet.
The seconds placed their principals
each at one end of the bridge and laid
loaded shot-guns on the ground at their
feet. At the signal they were to seize,
cock the guns and fire. Some little
time was consumed in preliminaries,
and the principals stood cycling each
other; not nerve quivered, nor mus
cle moved they would listen to no terms
of reconciliation-not to fight now
would betray cowardice.. At the signal,
one, two, three, or as the word was
uttered, COlburn, quick as a flash, seized,
cooked his gun, and drew bead on
Slime, nd-and--exploded cap. Slime
meantime was getting ready and had
his piece ready to fire; but to shoot
now would be foul murder, and he
manfully declined to take advantage of
his an.onist's helpless condition. Col
burns gun was reprimed, and as he ex-
pressed some doubt as to its effective
ness, an exchange was made, and all
was ready once more. Another effort
was made to compromise. Slime, who
always has an eye to business, would
settle for money. Two hundred and
seventy-fve dollars would do it, and
nothing less. So much money could
not be found in the whole valley, owing
to the hard times and the low price OF
hay. Then, of course, the fight must
90 on, and on it went.
Colburn, as before, was-on the alert,
but unaccountably he fired into the
ground midway between himself and
Slime. Stine drew bead on Colburn,
who began to retreat, and found shelter
behind Mr.. Smyth, who happened to
ride upon the scene of action. Stine
steadily advanced with his gun leveled
upon Colburn, who, in desperation,
seized q ponderous bowlder and rushed
upon Slime.
Now ensued scene of confusion
which no pen can accurately describe
The seconds, surgeons, and bystanders
all interfered and seized the principals,
who struggled fercely to~reach each
other In the melee Shines gun wen,
off in the air, doing no harm. Still The
principals struggled for liberty and {
chance at each other. Fortunately, a
this juncture the Deputy Sheriff, assisted
by a small posse armed to the teeth
dashed in with foamin4steeds. He hac
warrants for the arrest of the party
Judge Wiles held the principals in S5OC
each to keep the peace, and thus ended
what might have been a sanguinar.
duel-had not the seconds been so mex
cusably careless as to leave out th'
buckshot when they loaded the guns
tStLUer World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
"HOme, Sweet HOme.%

On one occasion Howard Panye, the
genial hearted, kind little man who
wrote the immortal song of " Home,
Sweet Home,''. was walking with me in
this great city of London, and, pointing
to one of the aristocratic streets in May
Fair where wealth and luxury had the
windows tightly closed and curtained
lest the least ray of light and warmth
should 90 out, or the smallest air of cold
winter come in, where isolated exclusive
English comfort was guarded by a
patrician dragon of gold, he, this tiny
man with big heart, said: "There, my
good friend, l became inspired with the
idea of Home, Sweet Home,' as
wandered about without food, without
a semblance of shelter could call my
own. Many night since wrote those
words that ushered out of my heart by
absolute want of a home have passed
and repassed in this locality, and heard
siren voice coming from these gilded
fur-lined, comfortable walls, in the
depth of a dim, cold London winter
warblng Home, Sweet Home, and
knew no bed to call my own There
was worker-an earnest, honest man
worker of soul and body, and what was
his neutrality-suspicious. Ct'actg7aat
Enquirer.
AREMARKABLE illustration of the plucl
and nerve of the thoroughbred race
horse occurred recently ut Charleston
S. c.. A horse in the four-mile dasl
broke his right hind leg short off at th'
pastern when little more than half th'
distance had been traversed, but tn
animal refused to give up until tn
! whole four miles were finished.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

sa E
THE0RoRE r. BOSWELL, recently y1i01n-
mated by the President for Collector of the
Port of New York, is dead.
HON. CHARLES M. CONRAD, ex-Mem-
Der of Congress, ex-United States Senator,
and Secretary of War under President Fill
more, died at New Orleans on the 18th,
aged 70.
Hon. GIDEON WELLEs, ex-Secretary
of the Navy, died at his home in Hartford,
Conn.,, on the 18th.
THE wife of Major Ben. Pitman, of
Cincinnati, who tlfed-en the 18th, left Twill
in which she expressed desire to have her
body cremated by her personal friend, DR..
Lemoyne, at Washington, Pa. Her hus-
band has made arrangements to have her
AmaTish fulfilled.
KyILLIAM WELSH, President of Girard
ge of Philadeipha, died suddenly of
Sease on, the fifth. He was brother
mister to England. - ' 4
ILIFF, known as the Cattle
Aado, is dead. The Denver
at during the past year he
Rf cattle, the profits on
b s$20OD00. He owned
a, and at the time of his
81, 900 head of cattle there
ing of the Democratic Ma
hittee, called for Feb. %, has
yoned till May -.
ALEx. DUFF, a well known
missionary, is dead.
MERCER -STRoUs, a member of
ess from Pennsylvania in 1861 and 1862
capt. ABRER O'NEAL, well known
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

THE Senate Committee on Territories
will report favorably upon the bill for
the creation of the Territory of Lincoln,
to be formed out of portions of the Ter
ritories of Dakota and Wyoming so as
to include all the Black Hills country.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
A Rough-and-Tu1nbIe Fight with
h.-t a Bear. $40

lHH.f l=-t. 5000 49,. f...H.I T-tfIL 10
The New York World has a thrilling
bear story from Goshen, Orange Coun-
ty, n. Y.':9i'A A few days ago Mr.. John
Ackert and three companions started a
large bear from its nest and brought 1t
bay ofi1S ledge 10 feet high, where Ack-
e1t shot the animal as it was battling
with the dogs The other hunters were
scattered about in the woods. Ackert
approached the prostrate. animal and
shouted to his comrades. The bear was
not dead, and, to the hunters surprise,
arose to his feet and rushed toward him.
Aekert fired his other barrel, but did
not kill the bear, and in another SECOND
was defending himself in a hand-to-hand
fight, The crust was so slippery that
the bear had the advantage, as the
hunter could not keep his feet, and he
slipped and fell. The bear had him in
his embrace in moment. The move
ments of the Icombatants had brought
them near the edge of the roGks.s As
the bear threw his paws about the
half PROSTATE form Of the hupter, the
latter dealt it fearful blow with
his. hunting-ax, which ,felled the
animal. The gr6t1nd was sloping, and
the animal, maintaining itsn hold of
Ackert, slid toward the edge of theledge,
and befOrenit could getoa hold.in.the
crust with its. claws. both hunter and
bear fell over the rocks, and striking the
icy slope below, shot like a cannon-ball
down the mountain. Two Of Ackort's
companions came out up6h the rocks
lust as he and the bear went crashing
intS heltahgIed laurels at the foot of the
ridge; and Disappeared in the swamp.
The hunters, were, compelled to make a
detour of half amile to reach the swamp.
They found Ackert sitting with his back
against a hemlock tree. HeWasc0Yered
With blood, and his clothing hang in
tatters He was alive, but lit was half
an hour before he was able to realize
where he was and how he got there.
He remembers falling off, the, rocks,
starting down the mountain hugged. by
the bear, and crashing down into the
1 swainps, and that was all The bear
lay 10 or IS. feet away, covered with
blood, and dead. 5tl5 81 h1ha4ltG
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

THE Belgian Hor'icatzturist states that
there are mentioned in the Bible about
so clearly distinguished plants, and
some so others in more general terms.
The works of Hippocrates mention 234
vegetable species, and those of Theo-
pirates about 500. Pliny, in his natu-
raj history, gives the names of SOC
plants. From the Renaissance botany,
in common with so much else, took a
vigorous start. In the sixteenth cen
tury one could find 800 plants in the
works of Gesner, 1,400 in those ol
l'Escluse, 2,731 in Delachamp's "Gen-
eral History of Plants" published in
1887, and 5000 in work by Bauhin
Further progress was made in the sev-
enteenth century, and in the eighteenth
Linneus defined Z, ,294 vegetable species
distributed into 1899 classes. In the
nineteenth century, according to Par
sons q synopsis Plantarum,' from q
to $4,000 vegetable productions were
known in 1905. In 1858 Lindley, in hi.
&c Vegetable Kingdom estimated the
genera at 1881, and the species a
1920.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

NITRO-GLYCERINE during the first
years of its existence killed 1,700 peo-
pie.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

A WASHINGTON special says that the
Attorney-General has failed to find any
mode for judicial interference the
win PFt o1the Feyernment5 IN tpe LOUISIANA t7
but, if pursued, he is of the opinion that
- they may assume such shape as will
place it in tho. power of the Government
- - to reach them : - = = s~-s-ts -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

The Russian nobility are numerous,
and, as a class, by no means rich.
Previous to emancipation, about % years
ago, a land-proprietor was not thought
wealthy unless he possessed at least 500
serfs. But only 3,8O3 proprietors had
more than that number, while II, ,000
had less than 21.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

SEA-wEEDs % feet high grow in the
Antarctic seas.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
WIT AND wIsDONE.

If you want your four-year-old son to
make his mark in the world, just buy
him set of Whitehall in1es,
Mrs. ANNA NJ. L. PoTTs, NJ D, win
soon deliver a series of lectures to the
ladies of Denison. Let her moi. call the
kettles black.-Detrou Free Press.
"LovE lightens labor" Tell you,
but man feels that when he has low
ing wife to carry in the wood for the up
stairs stove Hm0beye. ~# lHa
THE Gar to England-Who'sjbeen
doing this fighting? WHO'S victory is
this, anyhow w?-BuBaIo3Erpress.
Mr.. BARNUM's acknowledgement that
''nobody can cheat the Almighty EN-
bodies the concentrated experience of
long and peculiar career.-Re10 York
Sun
A GRANGER stood at the corner of
Greenfeld's, Main Street, yesterday,
curiously watching the peanut man as
he methodicaIly turned the crank of his
roaster. After expectantly waiting until
patience ceased to be a virtue the unso-
phisticated tiller of the soil blurted out,
" Hulloi you feller, why don't you play
suthin' ?'a--F FSeg,4eer's Fails Reporter.
A GUTHRIE County man5owns kit
ten. with two well developed heads
When o man sits down and reflects that
the next generation of cats may possess
double the facilities for making nocturn-
al noises that their fathers have, it is
enough to destroy alL the theological
theories ofthe, ,age.---'Halrkege. .TIua
.vgiy cARRmD,BY Atp4RgE ALiJ04ETHTlt
lie pressed her to his manly breast
She seconded the motion; '+ F.'I'
His lips on hers he fondfy pressed
= if There WAS slight cOmmotionSI
81 "Tll put the question now" saidlhesY
"That you and be married."
f lHevotetIt hye,t' and taye" said she;
- Decided-vote was carried. ...t
-'- -LOckpoIr Union.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

A WAsHINGToN, Special of the 10th
says: In a conference yesterday of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
with Secretary Evarts, at which Minis
ter Foster was present and made a
statement reviewing the Mexican situ-
alton since the accession of Diaz, the
Secretary intimated that this Govern
9~~ Fyment, as favorable to the -fecegni-
ton Of Diaz, but the interests of
- sA1herican citizens in the nature of con
as scessions and, claims nnstsBe first adjust
D - -edsd gasding it easier to accomplish this
before than after. On the border ques-
ton Mr.. Foster took the ground that the
present policy of self-protection is the
only one which will insure security to
the lives and property of American citi-
zens along Gle Rio Grande.1 ? 2Cfgf
THE Associated Press gives the sub
stance of President Hayes's letter to At
torney -GensSaa Devens in relation to the
conviction Of General Anderson, of the
0 Louisiana Returning Beard, although
-. =, the sfnll te2t-has not been published
: "a The President is of opinion that the
:; n prosecutiOnragainst General Anderson
Is wholly politicalf that it is not coun-
:. @-s tenanced blythe best men of Louisiana; !;
that the proceedings were in the interest
of those who strive to aDtagonize
the two parties in that. State rather than
- seqs to harmonic them; and that, so far
- from receiving the appreciation of the
- country, the act will be condemned by
right-thinking and patriotic men every
- where when--they become acquainted
- with. .Athe circumstances attending the
prosecution,aas grave constitutional
question maybe involved, in which the
General Government may perhaps have
the right to interfere. The President
submits0the subject to, the Attorney
General for his consideration.
kF REH :. = III I'D
A HORRIBLE story is told by the Cap
tain of theeschooner Sallie. NJ. Steelman,
which was abandoned at sea January
: 80, while en- route from Charleston to
Baltimore, the survivors being picked
up by another vessel and landed in New
York City. The schooner encountered
q terrific gale off Hatteras, which
= ~ washed every thing movable from
the deck and caused her to
spring leak. The vessel then became
unmanageable, the men became ex-
hausted at thelpupips, and, NEST hor-'
rible of all, their last mouthful of food
was eaten on the 23d Starvation
stared them in the face, and for some
six days not morsel of food passed
their lips. Finally, the morning
of the 30th, George Seaman, colored,
who had become crazy, attempted
to take the life of Walter Sampson, but
was instantly killed by the latter. The
dead body was Immediately cut up by
azffl the crazedssnd gsaEvings men and por-
tions of it eagerly eaten. On the fol-
lowing night they were rescued. The
crew consisted OF, the captain, mate,
cook and four seamen, three of the lat
, \, ter zcolored.
THE report of the National Depart
rnent-of Aorr+cuIture for 1877 now in
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

THE report of the National Depart
ment-ef Agriculture for 1877, now in
course of publication, states that the
yield of wheat in the United States for
the year was $50, ,OOO, 600 bushels, or
H 5o19o,o9o Ss more than was y 9 ever before
essary for home consumption in food
and seed, upward OF 10000, 600 can be
spared for export The acreage of
winter wheat for 1873 is greater than
that Of 1877. The corn product was
1900, ,000, 900 bushels, with correspond
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23
oitHingyIIe9lfffQ2f ing yIIe9lfff # pats fi and Rfattg9 Rqftattg9es i

The HOUSE committee on Military
Affairs have adopted the following:
Resolued, That in view of the condition of
affairs in the Mexican frontier and the dan
gers arising from outbreak of Indian
hostilities, any measures looking toward a
reduction of the effective force of the army
is not justified by the condition of the
- Try, and Is unsafe and tanSKise.z
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

passed:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States. of
America. in Congress assembled, That there
shall be coined at the several mints of the
United states silver dollars of the weight of
4l2k grains, troy, of standard silver, as pro
vided in the act of January Is, 1887, on which
shall be the devices and superscription pro-
vided by said act; which coins, together with
all silver dollars heretofore coined by the
United States of like weight and fine
ness, shall be legal tender at
their nominal value for all debts and
dues, public and private, except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the con
tract, and the Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized and directed to purchase, from
time to time, silver bullion at the mark ct
price thereof, notices. than $40 O, 900 worth per
month, nor more than S4,0OO,0OO worth per
month, and cause the same to be coined
monthly, as fast as so purchased, into such
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-03
O3keS-K rRtXer,

Mr.. c. A. Oakes, of the STAR business
staff, was married at 8 o'clock yesterday
afternoon to Miss Marie J. Kratzer, a very
accomplished young lady of this city.
The ceremony was performed in the par
lors of the Grand Hotel by Rev. A. M. Wor-
cester, of the Third Baptist Church, in pres
ence of a small company, made up of tiss
relatives and immediate friends of the par
ties. Among the latter were many of Mr..
Oakes social and business associates, wha
delighted in wishing him JOY on the inn
portant occasion and congratulating him Ga
securing q companion for life who possesses
so many qualities calculated to make the
journey pleasant one. They with one ac-
cord, however, unite in saying that Cakes
is a prince of genial fellows and most cor
daily deserves the good fortune that has
fallen to his lot. In congratula'ing him We
are reminded that another attacle oi the
STAR travels the same road tomorrow.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-03
THE SOUTHERN ROAD.
Mr. Wilson'S Proposition to be DIS
cusSed Tomorrow.

Mr. R. r. Wilson, of New York, whs
some time ago made proposition for fin
ishing the Southern Railway without addi-
tional cost to our citizens, has arrived i@
town and will discuss his offer with the
| Mayors Committee tomorrow afternoon
He says that the prospects for his pr0po-
| sition meeting with success, if the matter
| lies with the Trustees of the Road would
be altogether unfavorable, as the following
received by him will show:
| R. T. Wilson, Esq, President Eastern Tennessee.
| Virginia and Georgia Railroad, New York:
| DEAR SIR-I have, in behalf and by df-
rectiOn Of the Board of Trustees of the
Cincinnati Southern Railway, respectfully
to acknowledge the receipt of your commu-
nication of the 18th inst. As you are doubt
less informed the Trustees have invited
proposals undera form of contract, of which
send you copy, to complete and lease the
road, and having perfected their plans and
shaped their policy conformable to this
course, they can not, at least for the present.
consider propositions or suggestions inc0n-
sistent Herewith. Very respectfully,
H. II. TATEM, Secretary.
If the Trustees of the Road would COM
plete the line from Somerset to Chitwood
he is willing to run branch of his road to
that point, provided they would allow him
the same rate of freightas on freight shipped
over that portion of the road now operated
by them.
He says that this arrangement would
leave the Trustees free to continue the road
to Chattanooga as soon as they could get
the necessary funds.
In reference to the road getting large
cotton trade Mr.. Wilson says that such an
idea is wrong. His estimation is that there
| not than twnnty-fiVn fhn,,SanA
as the cotton region is too near the seaport.
He further says that the road would, for
years to come earn no more than $A 900
per year, or s., 900 per month.
Mr. Wilson will give more elaborate de-
tail of his proposition to the Committee 10
morrow.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-03
Local PeraOElaiA.

Mr.. Reuben R Springer left this morning
for New York city.
Alderman T. J. Mulvihill is the happy
father of tifteen-pound boy
Mr.. Edwin May, architect of the Capitol
building at indianapolis, is in the city.
Daniel O'Leary, the great long-distancs
champion pedestrian of the world, is in the
city
Mr. Eugene Baker, usher at the Gnnd
Opera-houSe, started to-day on trip to
Paris illinois,
B. f. Fisher, the Louisville pedestrian, is
in the city, and is considering the question
of giving OLeary trial
Mr.. d. Rice Kemper will be married On
Thursday evening to Miss Marley, both of
Ashland street, Walnut Hills
Judge Tilden has formed partnership
re-entered upon the practice of law.
John Keating is rapidly recovering from
the effects OF the broken arm which he ra-
ceived in his contest with Harry Fellows
Captain O. II. Ross, of the United States
Treasury Department. is visiting friends in
the city. He leaves for Washington To-
morrow.
Col. s, P. Christie, of San Francisco, and
DR.. H. NJ. Skillman, of Lexington, Ky.
are in the city, ell route for New YOrs,
from whence they will sail for Europe.
Mr.. Henry Marks, of No. 331 Race street
celebrated his fiftieth birthday last evening
Over hundred guests were present, and
the presents were numerous and costly.