American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-13
HERE AND THERE.

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S15, 100000.
A PRACTICAL-JoKING idiot of Mid
dleboro, Mass, has been fined $26 for
sending a false marriage notice to Il
newspaper.
A GIRL working in a paper-mill in
Orange County, N. Y, recently ripped
1924 in gold out of an old hustle.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, has genuine
centenarian. Her name is Mrs. Mary
Kinnavery. She was born in Ireland in
/ 177S.
THE City of Flint, Mich, does not
owe dollar, nor can it be run in debt
/ hereafter, unless by direct vote of the
/ citizens.
A CIRCULAR signed by number o
| the leading representatives of the race
/ in New York, has been addressed to the
Jewish congregations throughout this
country appealing for help to suffering
| Hebrews in the East.
THOSE riots last summer were a pref
ty costly thing. Tom Scott figures it
ont that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany lost S2,OO0,OO0 of its property,
while he estimates it's entire loss, mer-
chandise and all, at 100000
THE Germans are the healthiest class
of New Workers. Vital statistics show
that the mortality among them is nearly
80 per cent. less than that of other cit:-
zens, while their increase by births is
larger.
A LIVERPOOL bird-dealer has been
fined S75 and costs for going on a spree
and leaving his birds and animals I'M
fed. Some were dead, others weak and
tottering with starvation, and others had
literally gone mad. On the same day
teamster was fined $50 and costs for
leaving a horse unfed till it began to de-
YOUR the wood of an old box
Two st. Paul (Minn.) men have in
vented and patented an iron-clad ex-
press car, which it is expected will be
proof against robbery, and render the
murder of agents impossible. 1t is of
boiler-iron, bullet proof, and SO ar
ranged that, by means of an ingenious
mechanical continuance, the agent, in
whatever part of the car he may hap
pen to be, can instantly close and bolt
every window and door, while loop-holes
give him a chance to shoot as many be-
siegers as he pleases.
Mrs MARTHA T. HOPKINS, q widow
of 80 summers, Henrico County, six
miles from Richmond, Va, was mar
,;,I So, OF no
was first a widow at the age of 90, to
John Wood; she was widow ut a
was married again AT the age of 90.
She was married on second widowhood
at the age of p, on third widowhood at
81, on fourth widowhood at 81, on fifth
widowhood she has been joined in the
happy bonds to Major Henry Hodgkins,
This much-married lady is well pre-
served, is a handsome blonde, and has
no children.
HENRY MEIGGs, the South American
railroad king, so far from dying bank
rupt, as has been alleged, left an enor-
nous fortune to his sons, Henry III. and
Minor X. Meiggs, who, inheriting also
their fathers energy, have already en-
tered into new contracts with the Peru
Wan Government involving an outlay
of millions. One project likely to be
completed is the Sutra tunnel beneath
the famous silver mines, which is ex-
pected to give access to the greatest
mass of silver ore in the world.
THE Stewart Hotel for Women in
New York is now open. Board and
lodging will cost Sc per week; Il single |
room 81 per week extra; n large parlor |
room may be had for 50 to So per week |
extra. The hotel being intended for the
use of the greatest number it will con-
veniently accommodate, it is desired |
that each room be occupied by at least |
two boarders. A limited number of
rooms will be set apart for women visit
ing the city on business. The library
contains more than 2, 800 volumes of Sc
lected literary works, to which boarders |
have free access with the use of writing
materials at all times.
The Moffet bell-punch is beginning to |
find many advocates outside of Virginia,
where it is now in successful operation,
yielding the State large annual reve-
nue.. Chicago is calling loudly for the |
''punch'' as a means of extricating her
sell from financial straits. ErastuS
Brooks has introduced s'bell-punch"
bill in the New York Legislature 1t
is estimated that sec, 200, 900 is annually
received for plain and mixed drinks in
the saloons of New York City. At the
tax proposed this would bring in rev.
enue OF $4,000, 900; at a tax of one and
one-half cents it would produce S9,000,-
600. In the New Jersey Legislature
bill has been introduced which has the
same object in view as that which is
proposed to be accomplished by the
'bell-punch." 1t provides for the sale
of coupon books, provided by the State,
to retail liquor dealers, the retailer to
detach a coupon and deliver the same
to the purchaser whenever glass of
liquor is sold.
The English crown diamonds have
arrived at the Paris Exposition and are
valued at $S,50O,000. They are in Il
thick iron chest, and are guarded by
sentinels day and night. There is a
diadem of eighty-siX diamonds of vari-
Gus sizes, in the middle of which is the
celebrated -iNoor, alone valued at
1890, 900; also Il collar of los diamonds,