American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A dispatch from Cabul says Gen Rob
erts, on entering the city, made speech t
the following effect: 1t will be necessary t.
infiict severe punishment. All buildings o
the city interfering with proper military Oc
| cupatiOn will be destroyed. A heavy fine will
be levied on citizens. A Military Governo
will be placed over the city and the countr,
within radius of 10 miles. All inhabitant
under his Jurisdiction will be required t,
surrender their arms within a week, on paiI
of death il they fail to do so. Rewards will
be paid for the denunciation and conviction
| OF any person concerned in the massacre o
the British Embassy.
Four thousand Afghans made des
perate attack upon the British camp at Al
Kheyt, on the 18th, but were repulsed at the
point of the bayonet, leaving on the field AZ
killed, 200 wounded and two standards. The
| British pursued them two miles. The Brit
ish loss is two killed and IA wounded. The
latest intelligence is to the effect that the com
bined fronier tribes are retreating.
A party of French agriculturists num-
| bering 70 men, women and children, left
Havre on the 18th on their way to Texas,
under the auspices of the Texas Freehold
Farm and Emigration Union.
Two Mexican officers, Senior Richard
Gayoso, Administrator OF the Military Hos
pital, and Captain Celso Cuellar, Captain of
the Staff of Gen. Cuelar, recently fought Il
duel with pistols near Matamoras. There
were no seconds. At the first fire Gayoso
was shot in the side; fell to the ground and
expired instantly. The quarrel arose from
an alleged insult given by one to the other, in
the presence of ladies'.
Neil W. Blair, colored, was hanged
at Camden, s. c., on the 18th, for the murder
of VIM. Anderson, also colored, in July last
A drunken brawl was the cause of the two
deaths.
The distress in Hungary on account
of the bad harvest is very great. The Gov
eminent has suspended the collection Of
taxes until the next harvest has been gath
cred.
A band of regulators, about 200
strong, surrounded the Jail at harrisburg,
Elliott County, KY, on the night of
the Goth, and taking therefrom two prison.
ers, John w. KendalI.and VIM. Mcmillan,
after brief and somewhat informal trial,
they were both declared guilty and hanged
to neighboring tree. The two men hanged
were said to have been members of an organ
lied band of criminals, who have
for long time terrorized the county in va
rioIs ways, but whose punishment through
the regular courts Of Justice it is alleged
could never be accomplished, on account OF
other members of the gang always coming
into court and swearing TO an alibi. Other
suspected members of the gang have been
whipped by the regulators, who declare
their intention to rid the county of their
presence.
A most torr;bla cr;mo w.s Committed
i'm stronasxi1e rov,sbin c,u,,bo,,, Count,
n on the mornipe of tho ,oJ J,cob mi,
Ter. AGED ~. Mrs. miller. and their son. an
;d;o,ic how ,,aro sbo. so,,ar.I +;n,o. ,,o,, A.,
Iaf. to,. T., -. - -
III 80, % .,ia -, ..
dered family. George had been livipo for some
time in Toledo. and was emnloved az fro
man on the Lake Shore Railroad ON the NIGHT
previous to the murder he paid IA visit to his
home, driving out from Berea. According
to the murderer's own story, he and his ia
Their had quarreled some about money mat
tiers, and the old man ordered him to leave
the premises. This inflamed the son, who
had been drinking some, but who claims he
was not drunk. He does not give the par
ticulars of the killing. The father was evil
IDENTIFY shot while sitting up in bed, his body
being fairly riddled with bullets The mother
was shot three times, i'm the head, the hip and
the breast. The young son received Il shot
III inc leIl breast anu announcer Ill the Iore-
head. Mother ana son, strange TO say, Doth
revived enough to call for assistance. The
drove back TO Berea and from
lhere TOOK inc Tram 10 Cieveiand' where ne
was arresteo. ne hao III MS possession TWO
reviewers, every cnamber OF Dotn OF winch
was empty. When arrested he seemed
somewhat frightened, nut qua not appear to
realize the enormify OF his ofense. His
previous reputation Is that of an industrious,
Woodworking man, and his crime seems I'M
icco,intaDie.
Iho N'Iioh''i 'o'''" VI o'eahi NaVi-
5atlon met In annual session at Cincinnati |
On the I'D. About l2o delegates were pres