American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-09
John Kranz of East Pennington, Pol

@ John Kranz of East Pennington, Pol
: County, Wis, drove into the lake with 81
a children in his wagon to water his horse:
= The horses becoming frightened ran int
deep water, the wagon was upset, and Kran
> and five of the children drowned. One DO
T. escaped by swimming. The eldest chill
was a girl of IT.
The police have seized in a printin,
. establishment in Rome copies of pro
gramme for the reign of the Universal Re
publican Association. The programme
which was intended for circulation through
out italy, says the time for action has ar
rived, and invites members of the association
to be prepared for an impending move
ment. Several arrests have been made.
The Knox Sugar Refinery and Starcl
Works at Vincennes, Ind, valued at quar-
ter of a million of dollars, were totally de
stroyed by fire on the 29th. The works wer,
owned by James H. and James A. Cunning
ham of Madison, Ind, and had just beer
rebuilt. Over 100 workmen are thrown ou
Of employment. Insurance about $55, 900.
Kate Webste r, convicted of the muir
der of Mrs. Thomas, her mistress, at Rich.
mond, England, was hanged, on the 10Th, at
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committed the murder.
The Colorado beetle has made its ap.
pearance in the County of Cork, Ireland.
A negro named Asa Morgan, con-
cerned in the murder of old Mr.. and Mrs. De-
faur, near Atlanta, Ga, was captured on the
esth. He confessed that himself, another
negro, and a white tramp were the guilty
parties. The tramp gained entrance to the
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upper room, and at night let in his accom-
| plices. Morgan says he held the lamp while
the white villain Drained the sleeping couple
with the ak. Neither of the victims awoke,
but the old lady groaned slightly. They Sc
cured $500, which was divided between
| them.
A disease resembling cholera was re-
ported on the 29th as ravaging Center Point,
Linn County, Iowa. Fully 20 persons had
died from its effects during the preceding 10
days, and an equal number were Frustrated
by it. 1t was also raging in Walker, little
town seven miles from Center Point, several
deaths having occurred there. The physi-
clans of Center Point were worn out, and
residents were fleeing from the place.
Two young sons of DR.. A. H. S. Boyd
Of Livingston County, KY, were fatally poi
soned by their father, who gave them what
he supposed to be santonine, but which
proved to be a deadly poison. Both died
within an hour.
Henry and Alexander Covert, brothers,
sons Of Lucas Covert, a well-to do farmer
residing 10 miles west OF Columbus, Ind,
had quarrel on the 3oth regarding Henry's
wife, who had been for some time separated
from her husband and had just
| come back to live with him at his
fathers house. Alexander made some re-
marks at the breakfast table rejecting quite
severely on his brothers. wife. The hws-
band resented It as an insult, fight ensued,
during which both drew their revolvers and
fired at each other. Alexander was shot in
the abdomen and probably mortally wound
ed; Henry was shot through the heart, caus-
ing instant death.
The convention of the National Cot
ton Exchange will be held in New York on
the 18th Of August, instead of st. Louis.
Apprehension Of quarantine obstruction is
the reason FOR the change:
Five men were killed and % wounded
by the explosion on the German gunboat Re-
nown, at Wilhelmshaven, on the Goth.
Lorillard's Geraldine won thu Levant
stakes at the Goodwood meeting in England
The betting was 10 to against her previous
to the race, and her hackers are supposed to
have made a nice thing out Of it.
The Consolidated Bank of Montreal,
Canada, was forced to suspend on the 3lst
owing to heavy run. Many poor people
will suffer.
A row-boat containing a pleasure
party Of five persons was run into and cap
sized by schooner on the Raritan River,
near New Brunswick, N. j., on the 31st. Two
ladies, Mrs. John Dunigann and Miss Kate
Koran, were drowned.
The fatal epidemic prevailing in
Linn Cotinty, Iowa, is said to be an un.
usually virulent type of typhoid dysentery.
Children are the principal victims.
The pleasure-steamer Lew Clark, on
Geoguac Lake, near Battle Creek, Mich
fgan, together with the dwelling of
James Cleveland, and three boat houses,
burned on the 31st. Mrs. Cleveland and her
infant persisted in the flames, and two other
children were SO badly injured that they
are not expected to live.
Fourteen persons were killed by the
explosion of powder magazine at Duralgo
Spain.
: Gross misman agement is charged upon
the officers Of the suspended Consolidated,
Bank of Montreal, and large stockholders
announce their intention Of prosecuting the
Directors for issuing false statements regard
ing the banks condition.
. The U. s. steamer Enterprise took a
prominent part in the grand naval review at
Cronstadt, Russia, on the 3Oth ult.
A destructive fire occurred at Hamil-
ilton, Ont, on the night of the LIST. The Nc
Innes Block and several banking houses
were completely burned out. Loss about
$750.000. Two boys were seriously injured
by falling walls.
Half a score of what are designated
as obnoxious publications I" have recently
been suppressed in Berlin.
The first bale of the new cotton crop
of the Mississippi Valley was received at
New Orleans on the LIST. 1t was classed as
low middling and sold at 7-s cts. Geor-
gia's first bale was received at Atlanta on
the same date.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
On the 28th there were IS new cases
Of yellow fever in Memphis and two deaths. |
Camp has been established six miles south |
Of the city, on the Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroad. Only the sick and those who go |
into camp are to be supplied with free ra-
tons. The CITY is patrOlled by day by the /