American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-03-22
HERE AND THERE.

IT is estimated that the new Taber-
nacle in Salt Lake City will seat 1000
persons, with standing room for 1000
more.
AN industry has opened up in South
Florida, that of killing aliigators and
liking up their heads as curiosities for
Northern tourists to take home with
them.
A COLONY of so persons from Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, will settle in the yell
lowstone Valley this spring, and are
building Gght-draught steamer to car
ry them to Miles City.
SEVENTY new graves have been made
in the cemetery at Ableman, Sank Coun-
ty, Wis, si,ce last fall. In that vicinity
diphtheria has been as fatal as yellow
fever at the South.
MANY Russian peasants oppose the
vaccination of their children, though the
smallpox appears periodically and de-
populates whole villages. The Govern
ment of Niatka have announced that I'M
vaccinated children shall not be admit
| leu 10 Inc SCHOOLS.
A PORTION of the Hamilton and
Northwestern Railway line (Canada)
was laid over hidden lake in Not
tawasaga Townships; the weight of the
rails broke the covering of earth, and
the railway and trees standing near
sank out of sight. 1t took 5000 yards
of earth to fill up the gap.
A NARROW escape from death was
that of Andrew Koehler, mills carder,
at Holyoke, Mass, who was drawn by
betting to the ceiling where he had the
presence of mind to brace himself on the
instant and throw the belt off the pulley.
| He dropped to the floor with crushed
finger and many bruises.
AT a recent meeting of the French
Academy Of Sciences, M. de Lesseps de-
clared, from his experience of plague in
Egypt in 1884, that it is not contagious.
The patients may be waited on without
danger. All the precautions he then
took were to burn the clothing and in.
sure tonic diet, for the pest appeared
only where distress and famine pre-
vailed.
THE Great Northern Railway of Eng
| land has contracted for period of 81
| years with the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany for the use of its sleeping and no.
tel cars, the latter having never yet
been introduced in Europe. With four
| sleeping-cars just ordered, the Pullman
bov Of tic
ming on English railways.
THERE are 1,19O daily, weekly and
monthly journals published in PARIS.
OF these II are devoted to religion, 1O4
to jurisprudence and administration,
153 to commerce and finance, % to
geography and history, 1879 to recrea-
ton, 81 to instruction, 80 to literature
and philology, IS to fine arts, 10 to
music, II to the stage, and 10 to fash
ions.
THE President receives some curious
letters and kilograms. The following
dispatch was received at the White
House on the 9th of February: "May
the King of Kings incline the President
VI tHC OHllOu tctsilVo W w "a SChCiOto
act, and to give the Post-of1ice to -,
a Christian gentleman. You will have
Gods blessing, and that of thankful
people,"
IT is said that the Duke and Duchess
of Cumberland were watched by Ger
man detective officers from the moment
they landed at Lubbock until they reach
ed Austrian territory, and that this
espionage only ceased upon the vigor-
Gus protest OF the English ambassador
at Berlin against such an indignity to
Prince of the English royal family and
a sister of the Princess of Wales.
MATTHEW CROOKS, the San Francis
CO millionaire, died few days ago. He
leaves an immense estate, including the
new Chinese Theater and joss House.
On his death bed he expressed the de-
sire to witness the nuptials of his daugh-
ter, Annie, and Edward Barron, which
had been set for some future time. The
marriage took place in the chamber OF
the dying man.
THE Connecticut State Board of
Health is looking after the rags that are
imported to New Haven from Alexan-
dria, Egypt. Several vessels which
sailed from there before the appearance
of the black plague at that port have
arrived, and others are expected. Every
day imported rags are sent to New York
from New Haven, and the investigation
being made is for the purpose of pre-
venting any possible danger from there.
The city Mission reports that New
| York has 4S9 churches and chapels, AIS
Sunday-schools, 500 day schools, and
5000 liquor shops. This mission main
tains 40 city missionaries and five chap
els. It receives and distributes about
$50, 600 year, large part of which
goes for the relief of the physical neces-
stiles OF the poor and distressed. The
Executive Committee call aloud for Pc
cuniary help, as the only means of car
ring the work are derived from volun-
tary contributions.