American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-22

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Mrs. Myers, of Memphis, committed suicid,
on the 10th by saturating her clothing Will
kerosene and then setting it on fire.
John and Michael Mocdc, brothers
who lived in the town OF War,ios, Todt
County, Mimi, murdered in cold blood tw,
men living in the same ncishborhood and
sccreted their bodies in the brush. one oi
the murdered men was named Coldale. Hi.
wife had deserted him some time previous
and gone to live with one of the Moedes
both If whom We're bachelors. Soon after
ward the Moedes' house was burned and
they charged it upon Coldale. Then
the latter and his companion sud
denly disappeared, and suspicion
falling upon the Mocdes, they were arrested
at different places. John Moede confessed
Ia the murder and told where the bodies
| were secreted. and they Were found, one
being shot and the other Drained with an az.
That night John was taken from the Jail ut
| Long Prairie by mob and hanged to a tree
His brother was arrested in another county .
but was being brought back to Long Prairie,
where he doubtless met the same fate.
! In Lancaster County, S. c., on the
night of the Sth, white woman, Mrs. James
Adams, cut the Threats of her five children,
set fire to her own clothing and burned to
death. 1t is supposed she was insane.
! John Summers, one of the injured by
the st. Charles (NIo.) bridge disaster, died
on the 18th, making the fifth victim.
A gang of masked burglars forcibly
took the Cashier OF the National Bank of
Germantown, o., from his house, on the
night of the 10th, and compelled him to
company them TO the bank and let them in.
Upt far no # .afp
but We're thwarted there by a time-lock that
neither they nor the Cashier could open.
A destructive cyclone passed through
the northern portion of Crawford County,
Ark, on the Sth, doing an immense amount
of damage. The track was half a mile wide
and Il clean sweep was made of every thing
in the path. Trees were twirled like strawS,
houses unroofed and overturned, and in
places not even 4 sapling left standing. One
house was lifted and transported out of
sight. A man named Jno. Newton was killed
by his falling house and quite number had
their legs and arms broken or were other
wise injured.
The steamer Belle of St. Louis, zen route
from st. Louis to Vicksburg, heavily laden,
struck a snag about 20 miles above Memphis,
on the 18th, and sank almost Immediately in
II feet of water. All the passengers were
safely landed. The boat is said to be broken
in two and her entire freight is badly dam
aged. Loss not stated.
Mr.. A. G. Hensley, who with his aged
mother resided at No. 81 De Kalb Street,
Chicago, on the morning of the 18th was shot
three times and MORALLY wounded by burg
lars who had entered his house and whom
he had made an effort to capture. The old
lady was struck and badly hurt with boot
welded by one of the villains.
Julius Toettel was hanged at Sher-
man, Texas, on the 18th, for the murder of
Joseph Bremen at Denison in january last.
The steamer St. Louis left Liverpool
on the 18th, for New Orleans, with 100 pas
sengers, nearly all for Texas. There are
among them many farmers, some with fam
lilies; and a number of merchants.
Charles Drews and Franklin Stichler
were hanged on the same gallOws mt Leb-
anon, Pa, on the 18th, for the murder of Jo-
seph Raber in December last; and Myron A.
Buell., aged 30, was hanged at Cooperstown,
y. V, on the same day, for the murder of
Catherine May Richards, aged Is, in June
last.
Hanlan and Courtney have signed ar
ticles Of agreement to row a race on the Po-
tomac, near Washington, on the 9th of De-
cember.
Thomas Timms (colored) was hanged
at Sulphur Springs, Texas, on the 18th, for
the murder of another negro last winter.
Jordan Sheats (colored) was hanged
at Danielsvile, Ga, on the 18th, for the muir
der of white man named Ledbetter in Feb
r,Iary last.
A tenement-house at No. so Cannon
Street, New York, burned on the night OF
the 18th. Joseph Balseki, his wife, two chill
dren and mother-in law, occupied the fourth
floor and were unable to escape.
Balseki jumped from the window and was
instantly killed. The others were suffocated
in their rooms. Mrs. Bubischer occupied
the third floor. She dropped her two chill
dren from window and they were caught
in the arms OF firemen and saved. |
She then herself jumped, before the !
firemen were aware of her intentions,
struck the pavement, and was probably fa- |
tally injured. Patrick Lynch. fireman, /
was fatally burned while making an heroic |
but Intellectual effort to save the lives Of the |
helpless inmates. He died within few
hours afterwards.
The November report of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture shows decided in
crease in the condition of cotton for October. |
The States bordering on the Mississippi re-
port generally favorable weather; the South |
Atlantic States somewhat unfavorable. |
Compared with last year there is an esti
mated gross deficit of 5000 bales. The
wheat crop is estimated at 26,000, 900 bushels !
in excess of that of last year, while corn |
shows an increase of 200,000,000 bushels. |
Tobacco falls off per cent. from last year.
The wife and two daughters of Albert |
woodward were drowned while fordinS
Clifty River, two miles from Columbus, o., |
on the 18th.
A meeting of the Mississippi Valley |
States River Commission will be held at /
Louisville on Dec >.
The British Consul at New York has /
informed his Government that American Fee /
mans are offering money and arms to Irish /
tenant farmers to enable them to resist evic-
ton.
Revised Election Returns.
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