American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-05-11
HERE AND THERE.

tune OF S25,OOO,OU0. lie has monop-
oily of the copper mines of the country.
THE Colorado beetle has made good
his landing on the coast of Glamorgan-
shire, Wales. He may prove far more
formidable than the Bashi- Bazouks in
Thessaly. He is not so cruel, but is
more rapacious.
A BOY in Rochester, N. Y, was play
ing the other day with a wooden ball to
which an elastic cord was attached. He
threw it from him with great force, and
it returned and struck him in the eye,
entirely destroying the sight.
KATHLEEN ANDRE MOORE is the keep
er of Black Rock Lighthouse, near
Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is 65
years old, has tended the lighthouse
for so years, and lives in her little house
with only two dogs and pet lamb.
SINCE the suicide of Sultan Abdul
Assiz, in 1876, Turkey has had two Sui
tans, five Ministers, 40 Cabinet Minis
tiers, one Constitution, one Parliament,
one war, lost three-fourths of its prov
inces, and been forced into bankruptcy.
A sILvER-wEDDING party was given
recently by a prominent Washington
official at which the gifts were exhibit
ed The gifts were divided into two class
es, and card attached to one class con-
veyed this information: "These are all
solid silver.''
GENERAL MCCLELLAN is man of
muscle. On certain occasion, while
conversing with a party of friends on
the subject of physical strength, he
took a silver quarter of dollar from
his pocket and bent it between his fore
finger and thumb.
If you desire to go on voyage of
discovery Australia is the place. The
Government of South Australia offers
$4,000 to any one who will discover a
coal field within the boundaries of that
province. This amount will be paid in
sums of S., 200, and when 10000 tons of
coal have been mined the last payment
will be made.
ELI S. POWELL, highly respected
gentleman, aged 73 years, of Bucyrus,
O., had chewed tobacco nearly all his
life, and stopped the practice few
weeks ago, which caused intense nerv-
business on his part, and when heavy
storm occurred the other day the old
gentleman became so frightened that he
died soon after of apoplexy.
A GERMAN correspondent says that
oysters have always been considered as
food by the Jews, the law of
Moses prohibiting the eating of fish
without scales. In consequence, how
ever, OF Mr.. Darwin s theories, a learned
Rabbi has arrived at the conclusion that
oysters are plants, and may therefore be
eaten by Jews. 1t is said that the prob
lem will be submitted to a grand coun-
ell.
ENGLISH farmers are rejoicing in the
prospect of the first good season they
have had for four or five years. Ac-
counts from all parts of Great Britain
agree in saying that the land was never
in better order, and that the spring
crops were never put in with better
chances o. success. Grain is cheap,
but the farmers do not hold much of
it, while stock is very dear, notwith-
that there is an enormous lot
Of roots left over.
CAPT. BURTON, the celebrated Afri-
can traveller, commanding the Khedival
Expedition to survey mines in the Land
Of Mineal, has returned, bringing % tons
Of specimen ore, comprising gold, sill
yer, copper, tin and lead. Capt. Bur-
ON found three sulphur centers, three
,orquois mines, and extensive deposits
If gypsum, saltpeter and rock salt. He
goes to England to arrange for the
of the mines for the Khedive.
FORTUNES in Florida from orange
growing are made as easily, on paper,
IS cities are built by companies on SUI
ourban farms. A Mr.. Dewhurst thus
ylowingly calculates what his income
will be. He has 4O0-acre farm at
Piney Point, and has just planted it with
"a quarts of orange seed, which are ex-
oected to produce 100000 trees. If
hey bear 5000 oranges each annually, |
ne will have 2,10O,OOO,OOO oranges,
which at the low price of two cents
Zach, would give an income of S42,-
100000.
To cover the expenses of the war Rus
Via has been compelled to raise three in
ernal loans aggrereetiTs..c 100000 |
paper roubles, one foreign loan of 49, |
$50, 900 silver roubles, and to disburse
n addition 25O, 100000 saved from the
budgets of former years. The whole |
cost of preparing and conducting the
var has been SOC, 200, 900 roubles $780,
700, O0O) The estimated cost of taking |
he troops home will be 100000 rou-
,les, or $50, 900, 900 more, making the |
;otal expenditure s5O,OOO,0Oe roubles,
,r S612, 100000.
PHIL. MoFFIT, a Bucyrus, CO., sa-
oon-keeper, found nest of young rats
md gave them to a cat, whose kittens |
lad nearly all been destroyed to put |
hem out of their misery, they being |
with the eye disease peculiar
% kittens. The cat took one of the |
7oung rats, and carried it to the re-
kitten, and the rat, being too
7oung to escape, remained and received
from the cat, and has been
adopted by it, receiving as much atten-
ion from the cat as she bestows upon |
1er remaining kitten.
THOUSANDS in San Francisco would |
.+a..=., e al hlo instit,,tians did not |