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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30
THE sPRAGUE-CoNKL1NG AFFAIR
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague Each Has n Story to |
Tell-'' You Pays Your Money and You
Takes Your Choice"

MIR. and Mrs. Sprague Each Has n story to
Tell You Pays Your Money and You
Takes Your Choice"
Especial from Narragansett Pier to the New
York sun, Aug. 10.
During the past two days, since Mrs.
Sprague's return to Canonchet, a strict watch
has been kept upon her movements, although
she has been at liberty comparatively. The
Governor says she can go when and where
she pleases. She has been waited on by her
maid and .sovernesS, and allowed to see her
to prevent her communication with persons
whom he regards as hostile to him. Among
these are Miss Fosdyk, the friend who accom-
panied her from Providence, and who has
often before been guest mt Canonchet. Her
messages to these persons have been detain
French maid, she succeeded in getting one
telegram sent from the Mount Hope Office.
When the news of this action reached the ears
of the Governor he was somewhat incensed,
and threatened to discharge the maid, but on
Il second thought relented. To-day he told
your correspondent that he perfectly
willing that his wife should see amy one she
wished, and that his sole desire i'll keeping
these ''sccret messages" from her was to in
sure her peace and quiet. For the past few
and he could not consent to her keeping up II
private correspondence with persons whose
object was to destroy the peace and honor OF
his family.
MRS. SPRAGUE's STORY.
How did Mr.. Conkling venture to come to
Canonchet under the circumstances =:
g He came simply to use his influence with
my husband to consent to :. certain policy in
his management OF the estate. 1t was pre-
cisely the same subject ON which Mr.. Sprague
had voluntarily gone to Washington and con o
suited him tNr. Conkling) in the April pre-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30
vanity of human endeavorsl When we

vanity of human endeavors! When we
think, too, that to make up to the ut
termost decin al the criminal average
of 21.3 per cent. for the State it was
necessary for the Republican strong
holds to put in virtuous average OF
from 22.8 to 25.3 per cent. we cannot
choose but feel lost in wonder, awe and
praise at the profound, all-embracing
and many-sided nature of the Demo-
cratic mind. Most truly does the Times
observe: "That successfully executed
frauds nullified the popular will in 1876
in the choice of Presidential Electors is
not mere surmise." Yet since Mr..
Hayes is now a good stalwart Republic
can why should our contemporary call
attention SO loudly to the weakness
of his title, and to the more than doubt
full methods by which he obtained it?-
NJ Y World
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

THE mystery surrounding the recent
atrocious murder of Joseph +. Frye, the
rich Boston leather merchant, has been
cleared away, and all of the guilty par
ties are by this time probably under ar
rest. Mr.. Frye, it seems, had taken
quite fancy to smart young barber
who shaved him regularly, Sicilian
named Nicola Infantum, and during the
absence of his family for the sum-
mer, the rich man had several
times invited the young barber to
spend a social evening with him at his
house. The barber had two friends,
Antonio Ardito, a Greek, and another
Sicilian, known a. Larry O'Neal, and
the three conspired To rob the house,
and to murder Mr.. Frye if necessary to
carry out their plans. Young Nicola
brought the Greek along with him to
the house on the night fixed for the muir
der, and Mr.. Frye entertained them
both in most hospitable manner.
About midnight, having on some pretext
got their confiding host down into
the basement of the house, the two sud
denly sprang upon him and the Greek
stabbed him with large pair of shears
which he had brought with him for the
purpose. Frye struggled violently with
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

The Missouri Board of Immigration
has perfected plans for promoting immi-
grafton to the State. Agents of the
Board will be located at Cincinnati and
Boston, and agencies viii be established
at Liverpool and also in Scotland and
Germany An elaborate statement of
the mineral and agricultural resources
of the State, the manufacturing advan-
tages, transportation facilities, accessi-
bility ia markets, etc., will be printed
and circulated, and members of the
Board will personally visit several of
the Eastern States and disseminate in
formation among the people. The SUBJ
ject of inviting immigration to Missouri
is exciting great interest in various parts
of the State, and over 20 county socie-
ties have already organized and are at
work
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

IT is now known that the body of the
late A. I. Stewart of New York, stolen
from the family vault soon after its in
terment, has never been recovered.
Within few months past parties in
Montreal, Canada, have made overtures
for the return of the body, through Mr..
p. H. Jones, well known lawyer of
New York, formerly Postmaster of that
city, the correspondence being conduct
ed under the presumed fictitious name
of Henry G.. Romaine, and mainly
through personals in the newspapers.
The coffin-plate and n scrap of velvet
taken frena-the coffin were sent as a
means of identification sufficient to war;
rant the opening of negotiations. The
terms demanded were the payment of
$500, 600 in cash upon the delivery of
the body, the transaction to take place
in Canada. Mr.. Hilton peremptorily
declined to accede to the terms propos-
ed, and as the body-snatchers refuse to
make any concessions, the negotiations
are suspended at present.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30
CURRENT TOPICS.

The August returns to the Depart
ment of Agriculture show a slight de-
cline in cotton from the condition in
July. The average condition for the
whole country is 81, a loss of 2 per cent.
since July 1. The condition of
spring wheat is 50, against 15 in
1873, or per cent. better than
last year. The decline during July
was only 10 per cent, against 81
per cent. in 1878. The severe drought
which prevailed in the large tobacco
growing. States-Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, and Manufacturing
the months of June and July was Il
great injury to the crop The average
for the whole country is only "a, against
81 last year at the same date. The con-
dition of the oat crop is 81, against 100
in 1878.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

idated Exchange and Vile Marie Banks,
besides the loss to depositors and bill
holders of about 100000 more. But
worse than all is the condition of
the working classes. During the past
winter there was scarcely any
employment, and it is estimated there
are not less than 1000 workingmen ut
present out of employment in Quebec
and suburbs. Controversies about the
of the small amount of work
to be done eliminated in the recent
riots. 1t is entirely question of bread,
and, as repression does not feed the
hungry, the situation is any thing but
agreeable.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

A MOST destructive storm occurred
along the Atlantic coast, from North
Carolina to Maine, on the 18th. 1t was
central near Cape Hatteras, and moved
in northeasterly direction. At Beau
fort, n. c., the Atlantic House, large
summer hotel, was entirely demolished,
mot vestige being left. There were $50
guests in the house at the time, and they
did not begin to leave the house until
the waves were literally breaking the
hotel in pieces, when there was a stam-
pede, clothing and other persona
property being abandoned to the mer-
cy of the waters. John Hughes,
son of Major Hughes of Newberne,
was drowned. The Ocean View House,
the other hotel at Beaufort, is damaged
badly, and many private houses are
ruined. At Cape Henry the gale was so
terrific that the lighthouse glasses were
blown out, the first case of the kind on
record. At Norfolk number of build
ings were unroofed and flooded. The
tide was the highest ever known in that
locality. The New Jersey seaside re-
sorts suffered no little damage. Along
the entire New England coast the wind
blew hurricane. The damage to ship
ping has certainly been very great.
Many small craft are known to have
gone down, and doubtless many lives
were lost
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

AT Lurgan, Ireland, on the 10th, POO
police charged on a mob with fixed bay
onets. The police were beaten back,
and 20 of their number injured. Rival
mobs fired at each other with rifles. One
leader of the Catholic party had some
dynamite, which exploded, injuring him
fatally
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

KANSAS teacher" Where does our
grain 90 toP'' "lnto the hopper. ="
"What hopperPn Grasshopper, tri-
umphantly shouted q scholar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30
VOLUME NIX.

his assailants, and begged piteously for
his life, but to no purpose, as Nicola fin
ished the bloody work by shooting their
victim in the head with Il pistol, and he
fell dead to the floor. 1t had been
arranged that the third conspirator,
who was waiting outside the house,
should come in and take
part in putting the old man out of the
way, but his courage failed at the crit
zeal moment and he ran away. After
the murder, the victim was stripped of
his money and jewelry, the house was
ransacked, and the murderers left with
their booty. This was secreted in bar
ber-shop, the proprietor of which seem
to have known or suspected the bloody
faint that was upon it, and it was sub
sequently divided between the
three original eonspirators. Nicola
and Ardito We're arrested, and
also the barber at whose place the goods
were secreted. The former made Il full
confession of the crime, the substance of
which is as above stated. The third
conspirator, Larry O'Neal. had not been
captured up TO the ZVtn
THE Mississippi River Improvement
Commission met at Washington on the
10Th and organized with Gen. q. A. Gill
more as President and Gen. Comstock
Secretary pro tenn. A resolution was
adopted requesting the Secretary of War
to detail an officer of the Army as per-
manent Secretary to the Commission.
A committee was appointed, composed
of Gen. Harrison of indianapolis, Prof.
Mitchell, United States Coast Survey,
and Maj. Suter, Engineer Corps, to sub
nit recommendations as to the best
method of obtaining and compiling sta
tistics of trade, commerce, etc, of the
Valley, and such other data
as may be required for the use of the
Another committee was
appointed, consisting of Gen. Comstock,
Prof. Mitchell, Coast Survey, Maj. Suter,
Engineer Corps, and Maj. Harrod of
New Orleans, to prepare plan for the
future work of the Commission, and TO
make such Recommendation as they may
deem necessary with regard to the use
and expenditure of the existing appro-
priation of $4,000. st. Louis has been
selected as permanent headquarters of
of the Commission.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

GOVERNOR TALBOT of Massachusetts,
account of the pressure of private bust
ness, and there is much speculation as
to who will head the Republican State
ticket. The Abbott Democrats per-
emptOrily refuse to unite with the But
lerites, and will hold a straight-out con-
vention. There seems to be no doubt,
therefore, that there will be three, and
perhaps four, tickets in the field again
this fall in Massachusetts,.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

hungry, the situation is any thing but
agreeable.
THE following estimate of the def
cheney i'll the crops abroad has been made
! by an eminent French authority ::
France, IA ,00O,0 900 bushels; England,
120,000,000 bushels; Italy, 100000
bushels; Spain, "a, 600, 900 bushels; Hol-
land and Belgium, II 100000 bushels :;
Switzerland, 100000 bushels; total,
294, 0OO, 900 bushels. The surplus of the
exporting countries is estimated as fol-
lows: United States, 157 900, 900 bush
els; Hungary, $500, 900: India, Il, 000,-
900; Australia, 21,000,000; southern
Russia, 30,OOo,OOO: Danubian countries,
100000; Egypt, 100000; total, $780,
500, 900 bushels. The estimate for the
United States is by far the largest of any
year in our history. ~
I REV. T. s. KALLoCH, Workingmen' S
candidate for Mayor of San Francisco,
was shot twice by Charles DeYomg, one
of the editors of the DaHy Chronicle, on
the morning of the 23d. The wounds
inflicted were supposed to be mortal.
The cause of the shooting was Il speech
made by Kalloch at mass meeting
on the previous night, in which he
applied some infamous epithets to the
DeYoung brothers and their family, in
cited thereto by the persistent personal
attacks made upon him by the Chronicle
during his candidacy Charles DeYoung
narrowly escaped lynching by :, mob of
Workingmen, but was finally rescued by
the police and locked up in the City Pris-
on, together with his brother, III. Nj. De-
Young, who also had reason to
fear personal violence from the excited
mob. The prison was guarded by
Gordon of special policemen, and strong
guards were. placed in and about the
Chronicle office to prevent its being
sacked. In the evening Kearney adj
dressed an immense crowd at the Sand
Lots, counseling them to refrain from
violence and to let the, law take its
course.
IT is estimated that $4,000 persons
were in attendance at the National Tenn
perancc Camp-meeting at Bismarck
Grove, kas., on the closing day, Sun
day, the Esd. Francis Murphy presided
over the pricipal meeting, but so great
was the crowd that it was found neces-
sary to hold two other meetings outside
the great Tabernacle. Some 0,000 per-
sons signed the pledge during the IL
days session.
AN Independent Convention, compos-
ed of both whites and blacks, was held
at Yazoo City, Miss, on the goth. A
full ticket was nominated. Wallace
johnson, colored, is one of the candi-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

THE Southern excursionists to Kan
sas We're pretty generally interviewed in
st. Louis on their return home. Nearly
all expressed themselves well pleased
with the country they visited. As re-
CARDS the prospects of eolored emigrants
to the State there was great diversity of
opinion, the majority apparently taking
the view that the colored man who pos
sessed some capital, sufficient to
stock a small farm, might
do well, while those dependent en-
tirely upon daily labor would have
pretty hard row to hoe. A number of
the colored members of the party re-
manned in Kansas, but their places were
all filed on the return train, one of the
managers said, by some of the earlier
colored immigrants from the South, who
were very glad of the opportunity to get
back to their old homes. The Associ-
ated Press reporter at st. Louis sums up
the various opinions as follows: "The
weight of testimony is decidedly against
the emigation of poor negroes to Kan
sas'' .--'
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

AN Independent Convention, compos-
ed of both whites and blacks, was held
at Yazoo City, Miss, on the Goth. A
full ticket was nominated. Wallace
johnson, colored, is one of the candi-
dates for members of the Legislature.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

HENRY NJ. Dixon, late Independent
candidate for Sheriff of Yazoo County,
Miss. was shot and fatally wounded, onthe
18th, in a street encounter in YaZoo City,
by James Rarksdale, Democratic candi-
date for County Clerk. The Associated
Press report of the affair is as follows ::
" Dixon, while passing down the west
side of Main Street, was hailed by
Barkstlale from the east side, who at
the same time advanced to the middle
of the street, armed with u double
barreled shotgun. Dixon halted
and Immediately placed his hand
on his pistol, drawing it. Barksdale
raised his gun to his shoulder. Dixon
seeing this moved toward Il stairway,
when Barksdale fired, four buck-shot
taking effect in Dixon's back. Dixon
then fired several times ut Barksdale
without effect Barksdale missed his
second shot. Dixon bled internally and
died. The difficulty, it is repre-
sented by Barksdale's friends, was of a
personal nature. - Barksdale was re-
from custody on $4,000 bail bond.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30

! THE Ohio Republican campaign was
opened on the 10th by large meetings in
various parts of the State. Judge Taft
spoke at Cleveland, Secretary Schurz at
Cincinnati, Secretary Sherman at Steu-
benville, and Hon. Charles Foster at
Akron.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30


RECENT advices from the City of
Mexico represent IA very critical condi-
ton of affairs existing in the State of
Vera Cruz, where the Spanish element
is accused of instigating disorders, the
cause of their dissatisfaction, as alleged,
being the laws against smuggling. Gov
eminent troops were rapidly concen-
trating in Vera Cruz, to quell the in
cipient revolution.
The American Ministers to Peru, Chill,
and Bolivia have been instructed to rep
resent to their respective Governments
that the United States will be ready at any
time when requested by each of those
nations now at war to use its good offices
to bring about peace. This step has been
taken by our Government as an evidence
of its friendly feeling toward these ma
tons, and the interest of our South
American commerce.
The Russian Government is about
signing contract with American firms
for the construction of number of
cruisers, at an aggregate cost of % ,OOO,-
900 roubles (about s1s,0OO,OOO).
GOVERNOR HENDRICKS has been rec
reating recently at Block Island, near
New York City, and announced to "a Sun
correspondent his unalterable determine
ton not to again accept Il second place
on the Presidential ticket
THE United States Consul at Quebec
portrays a very gloomy picture of the
state of affairs existing there. He says
$1,000, 900 of capital has been wholly
wiped ont by the failure of the Consol-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-17

whsss irregular and prices Infatuated
ssfs Ressns oo FUTURE % Ssiivery'
10 ssS ss.s
@ :s$;s: 4 ssfsts$
* .s ;s:S A;
fS1 :a's ss:A a Ss% for o e
.o-Hs sa :aS asked price: a Sc four o'clock
I'd q .sisd: So S:;ss.s.. Tor oeioSsr 81 20 Sid
.s.s .I g. Ss,ss.r; i 3 SiS; q sSl
4 81 bid = az asked; November. 81 ss1 pig.
s;=s. ;s,,s; iss: options Ths :;s:
s"sssi. a, sic si-s for saes. sos ssis for do
- store ole Coz 2c'Sss. el,.c ea,., Tor November
30 asked price. :, ,hs second cali os,obsr Xs
sssa p.ss%s.f ssss bid ssc ASKED Sd Re s va:
hrmer No wesierr nominal at about zoe ole. oie;
ss.asl. .sra:.s sold sss and busisis
s vas SIS 1s sr~sSs sold
las eisy s.sI - and two rowee state at soc ssc
So - a. @ lbs. ca % siS d. p;s .iS lbs. 'p siss
s s..-. r' :s': s;.ss W: s:s'. t'i' 81
80 ,.s.,., 81. steady " We qSs, %Ss,
seas.rs Ssee @sSa
esss q . "a Oats were ie lie better 4ze tor No.
fer 30 ms.d ts tse fer No ado tac. for No. DO,
rejected tshc. Tor No Chicago, 4Uc 43c- for
uixed sfses. t2c s5c. ZOE white do sales. 10000
basheis Including ooo bushels No for November at
<xke
es.sy c,ern va: a steady lcso,ps demand at full
Hs.r ssb Jcrs Jate batts hrmer. and 900 bales
wsrc sold y iec. 2,fc Hemp Arm. We quote -
Js,s sse tssi butts. sise. s2'sc.. according TO
asHlty. Manila hemp. SCI Sissl do. si,c
FOREIGN vas hrm for bsins ADDS. and 2sc
'. &c. @ si Sss ssaS 'S:
sss,,fass sss m1ssS lie Zoe, eissed. 2ic sSc;
mascsvsds reclining 2ic. 2pc.; grocery. 25c. sic;
Porte Rice 9v Hr. English Islands 2Jc. 3tc. New
Orssns eomman nominal 40 2c 2Sc. prime TO choice,
30. strictly choice "a fancy 3ec. toc.; crop,
Iar.
Nassr sronss-Ihe market Cor spirits turpcntino
dali and irregular. o. bbis sold NJ Sic Ro-in quiet
81 farmsr values We quote :spirits tnrpentins. ncr-
charitable order. t2t,c. 33c Kosin--tsood strained.
81 a. rsr-wilminrton. t2 ~ ~. Pitch ~ 70a 81 ~.
Adsless frsm wiuinE onkosn steady. strained ~ 10:
coed o. Is spirits nrm a. sic Tar steady at 81 rur-
psntine frus hard. 81 40. soft. ~ 81
O<cettssseed OIL ~as steady but auics at the call
c bid at,c asked fof October fi.c. bid. sc. asked
fer November tgt,c. bid tJ>c asked for December;
Shs sia skss asked fcr year and t5c bid stc asked
for Isnusry, Lard oil arm. Inseed oil was hrn
w quote Lassssd. Calcutta. e1c oec American &c.
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COMMERCIAL.


LrvxRPooL. Oct 1875 r. NJ
Ccttcnruturcs steady; upands. low mddling cisuse,
October delivery, ies2d also Ssd also ~ s2d
Produce Refined petroleum, IND. per s.l,e.. Ln.csd
EXCHANGE.
LIVERPOOL, Oct 16, 1870
Pork-Prime moss Eastern steady ut Sos; Western
hrmer At 5Os. Bacon-Cumberand cut steady Mt Ais
short RIB steady ~ 31s long clear steady 2 short
clear steady a. sSs Hams-Lcng cut dull at 37s shout
% n,ssss' extra do steady At sts prime d.
At 34e Cd. Tallow-Prime city hrmer at S6s
TurpcntineSpirits steady At 25s RosnCommon steady
at 5s hne dull at 12s Chcosc-Amercan choice frmcr
a. 5es Lard oil-None In market. Flour-Extra state
nrmcr AZ sos Whcst-Spring No 3, none in Market do
No nrmer 40 lis; winter, Northwestern steady at
steady ~ Be- Cottonsced oilYellow American in
market Rosin--Common, at London, steady at Is. 3D.
Turpcntinc-spirits, at London. steady at 24s. 3D.
LONDON Oct Ie--e 80 r. NJ
Calcutta linseed, 52s Cd. Obs per quarter Lipsced
cake, ~ los. g. los per Whale oil f22 CD per
ton Linsced oil, Els per ton.
HAvnE Oct 10, 1879.
American lard closed at All per SO kilos.
ANTWERP. Oct. 16, 1879.
Petroleum, 1eaf for fine pale American.
SUGAR CROP
worse than expected from the appearance Of tho
growing crops but impossible ms YET to estimate the
amouat Of tho deficit"
FINANCIAL.
LONDON, Oct f6-sPM
MessYs Mocatta Godsmid bullion brokers' quote al.
YER ~ Sid Oh tho bullion Withdrawn from the
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
a Sharp Advance in Stocks
at the Close.
MONEY LENDS AT 4.
Steady Contraction or tho Stock
Speculation.
MONEY LENDS AT 4.
WALL STREET.
IuunspAY. Oct. Id p. u.


~ s~sss>iise the extravsssnt excitement Of the
Iass Ten days the iai upon Change to-day may BIO
resolved grateful letting up Of the tension which
go besosasg bosh wsaryins and dangerous. The
msrAss vas d~oideiy more quiet this morning. the
balk q bnsinsss considerably less and the changes
}. values fewer with the single episode Of . tenn
porsry pinch in money. which turned out TO be
ssshsns nors than spssm. thu day passed without
- event Of any special interest Prices were In
sss~d 10 alp away the opening and the speed In
crssssd toward noon. when money worked up TO =
I'D nssssst. and ssnsrs feeling existed that tho
nsrkss might b sent .'soboggng' toward lower
assrss: hut this fear quickly gave way 70 conn.,
asncs when borrowers supplied. nrst 1t 2
ssd sfserward - per cent. The practical
erect uss 10 renew the bull feeling and
start . rally. which added. IN most cases. I'm
portrait fr.ctions and I'm other whole numbers
20 esistins prices. while tho closing quotations
Of the dag wers better than the lowest. they fell
short 81 the best OF yesterday and may DO taken
The index Of market which IL inclined to droop in
spite cf the very evident attempts TO bid II up this
srrrpoon. 10 possIble that the exceptional rates
tor money may be- checking the advance. but II 10
quits - like the movement 10 stopping Of its own
srcord from pure WEAKNESS. There some active
covering Of shorts this afternoon In Erie and West
srn Union which carried tho price OF the nrst mp
tos and the latter 10 s9H and kept them close to
these ngures 81 tho end. Other stocks sympsthized
ed the mArket finished with considerable excite
nsnt and undenisbiy Arm. The effort TO tighten
money srssncially has proved TO be . hasco. loans
bssne always prccursble by strong parties with
good oolsssrsls call At per cent and time ct
Per cent. what effect. however. the growing dts
po~ition among banks and bankers 10 throw out
thread paper securities from their loans may have 10
quite another matter and likely to be brought TO
the serious consideration Of such spectators
holding them upon margins.
Total sales thu Board to-day amounted TO 100 Cts
shares. Following 10 . synopsis Of the days bust
nons.-