American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-04-05

to have celebrated his golden wedding. The
murder was one of the most deliberate ever
planned, and was executed with a fiendish-
ness and heartlessness almost unparalleled
| in the history of crime in Virginia. The
motive for the murder was to get Lacy out
of the way on account Of his knowledge of
the two colOred men being concerned In q
burglary short time previous. it"l'if
Mrs. Thomas Small of Harrison
Township, Knex County. Ind, blew down
the chimney Of a lamp to extingnish the
flame. The lamp exploded and Mrs. Small
was enyeloped In fire. Her injuries were
atal. -. -. $500
The wharf-boat of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad, at
Hickman, Ky, burned on the morning Of
the 25th. James Mays and West Campbell,
watchmen, and two unknown men were
burned to death. The clerk and Telegraph
operator barely escaped; in their night
clothes m va izu-ira iGu .Ir.--i.
Bill Howard, q negro, who commit
ted most terrible assault upon . young girl
named Pond, in the vicinity Of Fort Scott,
Kansas, was taken from the Jail on the night
of the 26th by a party Of masked men and
hanged to alamp post, after which his body
was burned by the inf1riated mob. s;'t as; q
The Academy OF the 4Sisters Of Loret-
to at Cairo, ILL.,, was struck by lightning and
burned to the groundon the morning Of the
18th. A large number Of pupils weresleep.
ing in the upper rooms, but fortunately all
got safely out. Thelcss issestimated n from
5000 to $40, 1905 insurance about one hall
that amount still non Boron f.Hs
The famine 10 Upper Egypt causes
terrible suffering. - In some villages thepeo-
pie are naked like wild beasts and dig for
roots. In one town the women and children
fought over scraps Of bread. The inland
villagers are said TO be starving Ike dogs. 81
3 Eighteen female pedestrians started
in six days pedestrian contest In Gill
more's Garden.l New York, at IL p. m. on the
26th. f-,4 al itG iy isu .sf6if..f.nflJf ed M
Is Knox Martin WAS hanged st Nash
vile, Tenn, on the2sth, for the murder of .
man named Wittemeier., Before he was ex-
ecuted he made.a confession, duplicating q
negro named George Berry in the murder.
Berry Is already in Jail. = '"'h s'5n 9h' ~
Gov. Nichols has signed the bill re-
pesling the charter Of the Louisiana State
Lottery. Aots g thc ~ ,'fhiaii' s9fiai
Little Won ana his Band Of Chsy-
enne Indians, Numbering So lodges, With
$50 ponies, were captured by Lieut.. Clarke
-cfthe Second Cavalry With 6Shneh, on Box
Elder Creek near fellowstonesH iser, on
the 96th'ilt XII tGii bnR qOt-psI1 sid5
H Mrs. sJonesbNye, who lives six miles
northwest of sDecatur.s Ill.,, and her tive
daughters, Kate, aged 10, and Fuss, aged u,
and q. young man named Robinson, were
riding home from town on the evening Of the
2sth. A heavy thunder shower came up and
the vehicle was struck by lightning. Kate
I and young Robinson were both Instantly
killed; Mrs. Wye wxs struck senseless, but
mot seriously injured 1.-THE younger daughter
who sat betweenlhsr wpther end sister, was
upinjured. The hnEses were stricken to the
ground, but soon, recovered and ran home
|. when Mr.; Nye proceeded to the scene Of the
disaster and ascertainedi the terrible 'fats
Which, had oveftakeAn hfs family. : ~ y
Col. ilThos. A. Hanks was shot and
fatally wounded 1t TEX arkaaa, Ark, on ths
feSth, by SamdefCrawley. The latter claims
that he shot HsnA In self.defense, as the
k latter had Threatened to shoot him on sight
There had been quarrel between the par.
| ties on account of q ring which Hanks ha6
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loaned. Hanks was formerly an infuentia
politician in Northern Arkansas and served
two terms as State Senator Orawley is d
freight conductor on the Texas and Parids
Railway He is under arrest-il sjaept;Y-
{, "A band of about 20 armed men en-
tered the town Of Fayetteville, Ark, on thu
night of the sd. and fred Q volley into thu
1 iSentinel Office and several shots into thu
houses of other. citizens. The iawiessnes
resulted, as Is supposed, from the killing o.
\ one Reid, a noted desperate, some time pre-
vious, his friends having threatened to bnrl
the town. ~ I'd l'etats sioAi 9df
The Licking County Court.hOuss q
Newark, O., was Partially burned, on tn,
2Sth. The building WAS . new one, eostinl
SidO.OOO. Loss about $4,000; insurance
JE$2s,0C9- =. -nsJt s4N 1st.f H.f.3I
!. A. The Fairchild Block ct Madison
Three persons were seriously, and seyera
others slightly, iniqred.,s by explosions &c
curing during the fiFe. -. "a -
j a The Tennessee Legislature has passed
an act Tor compromising the State debts a
80 cents on the dollar.
Joseph Daley Of Moberly, Mo, sho
and killed his wife while she was sieepfn
on Sunday, the 3Oth.c They had been Marie,
y only three weeks. Daley claims that tn
shooting. was accidental; that he though
the pistol was empty, and that 1t would be
good Joke to wake his wifeiby swapping it. Il
4, was arrested Ia Tod al ysrisfs,tia if1
Il Mrs, John HORNE Of, Anderson Coun
:. ty, KY, has given birth,to five children.
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