American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A double tragedy occurred at Hunts
Vile, Ala, on the 23d. K. J. Harrison, sol
Of r L. Harrison, Tax Collector of Madison
County, student of the University of Ala
oama,- shot and instantly killed one OstelI
Harrison was subsequently attacked by Os
tell's brother, who shot him twice, mortaIlr
woundlng him. The cause of the trouble i
not stated.
A horrible affair occurred at we'd
ding at Choctaw Bluffs, Ala, few days ago
Two men named Smith and johnson got t.
quarreling over toast. johnson was knock.
ed down several times and Smith stabbed
in the abdomen, and the bridegroom wa,
mortally wounded by bullet from Smith,
pistol, which was intended for johnson
| Smith then leaned against the~waH, faint
from his wound, when johnson stealtbiIy
approached him and blew his brains out,
At West Point, n. Y, on the 24tb.
Michael Tobin shot and killed Peter Albers
Both were enlisted men, and jealousy re-
garding woman was the cause
Temple & Workman's Bank at Los
Angeles, CAL, was robbed by burglars OF
$4,000 few days ago. The bank was in the
hands of a receiver.
Alcus, Scherck & Autley, prominent
cotton factors of New Orleans, have sus-
pended.
Near Mount Vernon, Ind, on the
oath, Commodore D. Curtis, farmer. 30
years old, was shot through the heart and
killed by his step-son, aged 13. Curtis was
trying to murder his wife in a drunken
spree, and the boy got a gun and shot him.
Shane, Harris & Co., Memphis cotton
factors and commission merchants, have
made an assignment. Liabilities $50, 900.
The Ohio House of Representatives
has passed bill making the owners of Tex
as cattle responsible for damages caused by
their animals in localities through which
they have been driven or shipped.
The President has nominated Mr.. A
w. Beard for Collector at Boston. A strong
pressure was brought to bear to secure the
denomination of Simmons, the present in
cumbent, and all New England took sides in
the controversy. Senator Hoar supported
the successful candidate.
The Senate Committee on Claims
will report bill for the payment OF $780,
600 to the Book Agency of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, for the occupa-
ton of its building at Nashville during the
war.
Two murderers were executed in Mis-
souri, on the 1st-John W. Daniels at War
rensburg, for the murder of Jessie r. Mil
Ter, Henry County farmer, near Sedalia,
in February last, and Richard Green at
Kansas City, for the murder of Deputy Mar
shal Hughes, near Independence, also in
February last.
Willis, Percival & Co., of Lombard
Street, London, a banking firm of 1OS years.
standing, have failed on account of the sus
pension of a Greek firm at Finsbury who
owed them ESQ, 200.
Richard Bright, Conservative mem
Der of Parliament from Somersetshfre, is
dead.
The wife of Dwight E. Wheaton has
disclosed the fact that her husband was the
murderer of James O'Neill, the Chicago and
and Alton engineer, who was shot so mys-
teriously at Bloomington, ILL.,, in December
last. Wheaton was previously arrested on
suspicion, but discharged for want of evi-
dence. He was rearrested on the 2Sth ult.
John j. Adams & Co., wholesale oro-
GERS at New Orleans, have suspended. Liza
biities said to be about 81 100000.
Both branches of the Legislature of
Kentucky have adopted resolutions instruct
ing Congressman of that State to support
and aid, in every possible way, the Texas
and Pacific Railroad bill.
Dick Moore, of Louisville, Ky, Cor
oner of Jefferson County, accidentally shot
and killed himself at Memphis, Tenn, on
the 1st, where he had gone to witness the
Carnival.
The Kaiser family of eight persons,
who lived at Fish Landing on the Missis-
sippi, Is miles southwest of Waterloo, Mon
roe County, ILL.,, were all burned to death on
the morning of the Isl, their house being con-
sumed by fire. The family consisted of
Moritz Kaiser, the father, aged about 50.
Ellen Kaiser, the mother, ,and John, Leonard.
Harry, Edward, Tommy and Ellen Kaiser,
the children, aged from about IA years to l
month. When discovered by the neighbors
The house was completely enveloped in
dames, and any attempt to rescue the in
mates would have been hopeless. The char
red remains of the victims were gathered to-
sether and buried in a single grave. In
The absence of all evidence to the
contrary, the Coroner's Jury rendered
A verdict of accidental death, but it is be-
ieYed, frsm facts subsequently brought to
light, that Kaiser, driven to a state of
desperation by bad luck and improvidence,
had murdered his wife and children, SET
ire to the house, and then committed sui
eide
Albert Young, Robert Jones, Silas
Wright and Lucius Porter, all colored, were
hanged at Macon, Ala, on the 1st, for the
murder Of Isaac D. Moore, white, in 1876