American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-08-03

choicest schnapps. Gen. Grant has sine
gone to Norway and Sweden, where he me
with q cordial reception from the roy,
family.
ALEXANDER III. STEPHENS will can
vass his district with covered wagon an
two horses.
GEN. EsCoBEDo, the Mexican revo
lHtionist, has been captured by the Govern
ment forces and taken to Monterey, wher
IL is expected he will be subjected to court
martial and probably shot.
/ THE Queen has conferred the Ordel
of the Garter on the Marquis of Salisbury.
THE betrothal of the Duke of Con
naught, Queen victoria's third son, witt
/. the Princess Marie Louise, of Prussia
daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, ha
been officially promulgated in the House o
Commons, and the usual grant asked for
which was objected to by Sir Charles Dix,
on behalf of the Radicals.
GEORGE NJ. TIBBITTs, one of the bes
known citizens of Troy, N. Y, is dead. Hi
estate is valued at s, 0O0, 900.
THE National Woman's Suffrage Con
vention, held at Rochester, N. Y, recently
elected Mrs. Z. g. Stanton, President, anG
Jane Graham Jones, of Chicago, Core
spending Secretary.
AT Nashville, Tenn, on the Och, 8
shooting ARRAY occurred between Samuel
| Hicks on one side and four sons of Judge
Nathaniel Baxter ON the other. Hicks was
killed, also one of the brothers, named
Jones Baxter, while two others of the broth
ers were slightly wounded, also a negro
girl who was passing by. Judge Baxter is
the Democratic candidate for reelection as
Judge Of the Circuit Court at the coming
election, and Hicks, who is an Independent,
made some remarks at a public meeting de-
rogatory to Judge Baxter, which his sons
took it upon themselves to resent.
GEN. BUTLER has been interviewed
again, and defines his position on the Gov
ernorship in these words: "If the people of
Massachusetts,, with any considerable unan-
unity, require my services, they shall have
them. Unless see such disposition on their
part, shall not infiict myself on them"
c. S. SAUvINET (colored), ex-Civil
Sheriff of New Orleans, shot himself through
the head with a pistol, on the 23d, fatally.
The alleged cause was drink and loss of
money.
THE Military Commission, appointed
by Congress to provide for the reorganiza-
Springs, w. Va, on the sd. There were
present Senator Burnside, President; Sena-
tor Butler, Representatives Banning, Hen
~, White, Dibrell and Straight. The Com
mission passed a resolution that its sittings
should be secret for the present.
THE Duke of Cumberland has given
notice to the German Sovercigns that he
maintains his rights to the throne of Han
over, although, for the present, he will only
bear his ducal titles.
THE Commissioner of Agriculture has
appointed Prof. Lowe, of Ithaca, N. Y;
Prof. H. j. Delmers, Chicago; DIR. r. F.
Dyer, Ottawa, ILL.,; DIR. ID. w. voyles, New
Albany, Ind; DIR. Albert Dunlap, Iowa
City. Ia; DR.. Hines, Kansas, and DIR. Sal
mon, Asheville,N N. c. AS examiners to inves-
tigate the origin and devise remedy for
hog cholera.
GEORGE w. BURLEIGH, an intelligent
but eccentric resident of Capron, Boone
County, ILL.,, barber by trade, advertised
the announcement that on the evening Of
the 23d Of July he would deliver lecture at
the public hall, his subject being IA Defense
of Suicide" at the conclusion of which
he would publicly shoot himself through
the forehead The price of admission to this
dollar, the amount realized, as was adver-
tised, to be used to defray the funeral ex-
penses of the lecturer. Strange to say, the
hall was crowded, and after delivering an
infdei lecture Of wonderful power, the lee
turer suddenly drew a derringer, placed it
to his forehead, and, despite the attempts to
prevent the rash deed, fired and fell into the
arms of two friends who had gone there for
the express purpose of thwarting the rash
project of the lunatic, should he attempt to
put it into execution.
THE Chinese ambassador and suite
arrived at San Francisco ON the 26th on the
steamer Toxic. Minister Geo. +. Seward
arrived home from Pekin on the same yes-
sci.
CAPT. GREENE, the American militia
~ attache at the Russian headquarters, has
received the order of St. Vladimir for brave
ry exhibited during the passage of the Bal
kans, with Gen. Gourko.
Col. JOHN M. FLEMING, editor of the
Knoxville Tribune, is q candidate for Gov
ernor Of Tennessee.
MINNIE WARREN, the well known
dwarf, died of child birth at Fall River,
Mass, on the oath.
SAM Bass, the dead Texas train
robber, was the son Of a farmer in South
ern Indiana, and but 25 years old.
DENNIS KEARNEY, the San Francisco
Workingmen's leader, received an entbusi-
astic reception upon his arrival In Boston on
the 18th.
THE Marquis of Lorne is to succeed
Lord Dufferin rs Governor General Of Gam