American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-15

| AspinwalI, who represents the French cap
italists, asks Gov. Drew to cal an extra
session.
A passenger train on the New York
and Greenwood Lake Railroad ran into an
open draw across the Hackensack River
on the morning of the 4th. The engineer,
Ira Dexter, jumped from his engine and
was killed, and the fireman was badly in
jurcd. Several passengers sustained Sc
we're injuries and were badly drenched in the
river.
The steamer Chouteau recently car
ried into New Orleans S,s41 bales of cotton,
being the largest cargo on record.
The first cargo of American new
wheat arrived at Cardiff, Wales, on the 9Th,
and was reported in splendid condition.
BY n railway accident near Arconum,
in British India, 10 persons, including three
Europeans, were killed, and As wounded.
Frank Lane and several other of the
leading spirits i'm the mob that hanged Bill
Young near Luray, Mo-, We're arrested upon
complaint of Mrs. Young and came before 4
magistrate at Luray, on the 18th, for exam
nation, but, no one appearing to prosecute,
the eases were dismissed. a dispatch from
jefferson City says that Adjt. Gen. Mitchell
will act as advisory counsel to the PROSECUTE
ing Attorney of Clarke County in ferreting
out the perpetrators Of the crime and bring
ing them to justice.
The new postll-card issued Nov. l
can be sent TO all parts of Europe, China,
Japan and Brazil. At the top of the cards
are the words, " Universal Postal Union,"
which are repeated in French in smaller type
Them como the words, United States of
The stamp is well designed head of Liber
ty, having on each side the figure 80" and
the words 60 U. S. Postal Card"
The propeller Argyle, engaged in the
carrying trade between Montreal and Du-
luth, is supposed to haye been lost, with all
on board, at some point along the northern
shore of Lake Superior. The Captain was
Hugh Mclaughlin of Montreal; the Purser,
Johnny Graham, son of Graham of st.
Catherine, the principal owner of the vessel.
Besides these there was crew of 10 men
and a number of passengers, all French Ca
nadians, probably 16 or Il, all told.
VIM. Davis, colored, was hanged at
Lockhart, Texas, on the 9th, for the murder
of Dolly Hudspeth in October of last year.
He acknowledged the crime of which he was
convicted.
Some important evidence in the case
of Rev. Mr.. Hayden, on trial for the murder
of Mary Stannard, in Connecticut, has been
discovered by the scientists of Yale Medical
College. On the cheek of the murdered girl,
now preserved in the College, can be seen Il
indentatiOns, which correspond exactly with
the II nails in the heel of Rev. Mr.. Hayden's
left brogan, which he wore on the day Of
Mary's murder. 1t is claimed by the prose-
cution that Hayden put his heel on the girls
face when he cut her throat.
A general strike of laborers engaged
i'm Chicago pork packing houses occurred on
the eth, an advance of % cents per day in
wages being demanded. The packers re-
fused to pay the advance, and n number of
them shut down entirely and declared they
would not resume unless at old prices. The
trouble caused glut in the hog market and
Il consequent rapid decline in the prices of
hog products.
Election day at Leonardtown, Md,
wound up with n small riot, in which an at
tempt was made to pull down the Republican
flagstaff. Mr.. A. A. Lawrence, VINO had just
been elected County Commissioner on the
Republican ticket, was shot through the
breast, probably fatally, by some person I'M
known. He was very popular gentleman,
nlSnly esteemed DN DOM p:rilts, anu the al
fair is deeply regretted.
A house-tO-house inspection has been
begun ut Memphis, under the auspices OF
the National Board of Health: with a view
to ascertaining what sanitary improvements
are necessary for each dwelling within the
corporate limits of the city.
The Denver Land Company"
which has been advertising extensively that
it would give away lots in North Denver,
Colo, upon the receipt of one dollar to pay
transfer fees, has been declared fraudulent
by the Post-office Department and its letters
ordered withheld. Sidney A. Grant and A.
F.. Wilson, the managers of the concern, have
been arrested upon charge Of conducting
fraudulent schemes through the mail, and
in dafault of bail both were committed to
Denver Jail. The scheme was planned in
Cincinnati, and the land owned by the So
called company consists of a worthless sand
hill tract, 40 miles north of Denver. The
whole affair is characterized by the Denver
press as an unmitigated swndIe.
The cattle-pens of j. w. Calf & Co.,
at Cincinnati, burned on the Sth, together
with $50 head of cattle.
The steamer Falcon, from Baltimore
for Charleston, with a full cargo and seven
passengers, came into collision off Barren
Island, on the Sth, with the schooner S. c.
Tryon, loaded with ice from the Kennebec
River, for Baltimore. The steamer was so
badly injured that she sank in 20 minutes.
Her passengers and crew were rescued by
the Tryon.