American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-01-26
HERE AND THERE.

suits are penang
THE estimates for the city expenses
of Chicago for 1878 amount in round
numbers to 100000.
WHEN party of gunners settled
their bills at Lewis, Del, recently, they
found it had cost them SO apiece for
every bird, including four ducks at S15
each.
The coat worn by John E. Owens, as
"Solon Shingle, twas purchased in Wor-
cester, Mass. Mr.. Owens, while at
hotel, saw man riding past on load
of wood, wearing the coat, and imme-
diateIy called the man in and paid him
his price for the garment.
MR.. j. G. SMITH, of Stamford, Conn,
with his wife, got out of bed to answer
the call of a tramp, and while they were
gone mass of plastering fell upon the
bed, which would have probably killed
them both had they remained. So that
there is some virtue in entertaining
tramps. .
JUDGE STUART, of the Supreme Court
of Kentucky, has petiti<ned the Legis-
lature of that State to impose a direct
tax on alcoholic drinks. He thinks that
a proper rate would be five cents drink
for whisky, gin and rum, 10 cents for
brandy and wine, and two cents for
malt liquor. ft
ENSIGN LUCIEN YOUNG saved moth
ing at the wreck of the Huron except
ing the clothes he wore and two copper
cent pieces. One of these, says the
Lebanon (Ky.) Standard, he sent to his
mother in Casey County, and the other
he presented to Mrs. j, Proctor Knott,
of that city. .et ... .a.,.t. ...- .-...
FERNsPRECHER'' is what the tele-
phone is named when it reaches Ger
many. This is very appropriate as it
signifies g ar-speaker." This reminds
the Detroit Free Press that the Indian
name is "Taal-leaf-own" meaning
" who-talks-o a-string, the ig-
norant Indians having no knowledge of
wire-pulling and consequently no word
for wire. ni l.l 1'i'Fft rHj Hiafii
THE wife of MIR. H. T. Montfort, Of
Christiansburg, Ky, who lately made
an assignment for the benefit of his cred
itors, not only gave up her right of dow
er, in her husbands land, but actually
gave up, freely and voluntarily, 1s4
acres of land, held by her in her own
right, by q title that was clear and I'M
disputed, ..- -. -.... t...,.
IT is related OF Gen. Jubal Early that
he would never approve 2 furlough
when the applicant was to get married.
Being an old. bachelor himself, he
thought that all soldiers should adopt
that style of life while the war lasted.
He used to say that every officer who
married either proved himself utterly
worthless or straightway got himself
killed - 81 -rr 81
JACOB 1. SIGNoR, of High Falls, N.
Y, is the owner of an Old-fashioned ma
hogany bedstead that General George
Washington slept in one night during
the Revolution. It is what is called a
field bedstead, and has the same cur
tains that hung around it when Wash
ington snored and dreamed of Burgoyne
and his army within its hospitable en-
brace. .,...,r ..=,..f- .....; ...l
PIECES OF, flesh, a leg, an arm, and
several bones, have been found at dis
tance of mile from where the explosion
of nitro-glycerine occurred at Negaunee,
Mich. Only a small portion of the re-
mains of one of the eight men injured
was found. So forcible was the concus-
sion that a horse and cart, standing at
some distance, were blown into pit.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
gave presents on Christmas to many of
their employees who took no part in
the strike last summer; to John Smith,
who drove the first train which entered
Pittsburgh after the riots, 5000, accom-
panied by a complimentary letter sign
ed by the chief officials; to Daniel VIII
liams, conductor on the same train,
$3.50, and to the rest of the men employ
ed on that train, $50 each i9i}Qut aBl
Mr. A. E. OUTERBRIDGE, JR., of the
Philadelphia Assay Office, exhibited be-
fore the Franklin Institute some thin
films of gold obtained by electric depo-
sition upon copper and afterward de-
tached These pieces of gold leaf were
transparent, and gave green color to
transmitted light. Mr.. Outerbridge has
thus produced, films of gold so thin that
one grain of the metal would cover
nearly four square feet. This is 10000
times thinner than ordinary paper, and
2,7O8,OOO of such films together would
only make one inch in thickness.
GA YOUNG married man, of fine abil-
tiles, very respectfully connected, and
moving in the best society,"" is the de-
scription given of Eugene A. Shepard
son, paying teller of the Rochester IN.
Y.) Savings Bank, who has stolen $9,-
600. He got rid of the money in ex-
pensive dressing, keeping a horse and
buggy, and stock gambling; and avoid
ed detection for years by cOntriving,
when the bank examiners scrutinized
the books and assets, to obtain a loan of
money from some other bank to make
up the deficiency. H-s 'ftf
AMONG the novelties of the New York
Cat Show are a sleek, gray creature,
that can play tag, hide and seek, and
skip the rope; a black cat that has inev
er been blessed with teeth, but which
enjoys life very well without them !;
q Jacob white and gray that for
merly belonged to the Brooklyn Fire
Department, and rode to all the fires on