American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Chastine Cox, the murderer of Mr.
Hull in New York, will not be hung on IL
10Th Of August, as the Court has granted
writ Of error and likewise stay Of proceed
ings which carries the case over until IL
October term.
A negro named Frank Hobbs, VIII
had committed most horrible outrage III
on a respectable young white girl residin
In the vicinity of Frankfort, Pike Count,
No., was taken from the custody of the SheI
if on the night of the Goth and riddled wit
bullets.
At St. Louis, on the 21st, Georg
Rosenbaum, aged "a, a paper-hanger, wa
shot and almost instantly killed by his neph
ew, young man named Edward Wild G
Quincy, ILL.,, while the two were frolickin
about the room preparatory to going out o
a target-shooting expedition. Young viii
deliberately pointed his revolver at his un
Gle and pulled the trigger, utterly forgetfu
of the fact that he himself had loaded tn
weapon an hour before.
Near Cloverdale, Putnam County
Ind, the other day, two boys, named Smitl
and Sims, were playing with a shotgun
Smith pointed the gun at Sims, playfully re
marking that he would shoot him. HI
pulled the trigger, and discharged the con
tents of the gun into Sims's abdomen, KILN,
him instantly.
Notice has been given by the Presi
dent of the Western Sanitary Commission
at st. Louis that no more help can be giveI
to migratory negroes passing through tina
| city, the funds of the Association being en-.
tirely exhausted.
Two elderly maiden sisters, Elizabeth
and Anna Trowbridge, aged respectively 4:
and 40 years, residing at Hyde Park, a sub.
urb of Chicago, committed suicide on the
21st by hanging themselves in their owl
house. Another sister, Mona, a dwarf, was
the only other inmate of the house
She said that all three had previously agreed
to take their own lives, but that she had
backed out at the last moment. The sisters
were apparently in easy circumstances, but
it seems that they had had some recent
trouble with their father, Alva Trowbridge,
concerning property left them by their
mother, of which he had charge.
Henry Stokes, a farmer, with his wife
and three chill dren, attempted to ford Flat
Greek, five miles south of Sedalia, Mo-, on
the evening of the 21st. The stream being
unusually high the horses lost their footing,
the wagon was swept away and the occu-
pants thrown into the stream. Stokes and
his wife succeeded in reaching the shore,
but their children were swept from their
grasp and drowned.
A triple shooting ARRAY occurred at
the Sledge House, Opelika, Ala, ON the 21st,
the parties engaged being Mr.. Read, an old
gentleman, and his son Samuel on one side,
and Samuel G. Grasty on the other, all peo-
pie of high social standing. 1t seems that
the Reads went to the hotel where Grasty
was guest, and demanded of him that he
cease his visits to Miss Read, who it is as
serted had been wronged by Grassy. Hot
words ensued, followed by blows, the elder
Read using q cane and the younger one a
knife. Grasty seized a revolver and shot the
old man twice and the young man once
himself receiving severe cuts in several
places. The elder Read died soon after from
his wounds. The others will recover.
The railway "platform - men at East
st. Louis are on strike for higher wages.
Michael Ryan, John Rancomoni and
A. NJ. Keith were killed by premature blast
in quarry near Huntington, Pa, on the 22d.
Corporal Fry, Twenty-fifth Infantry,
was stabbed and instantly killed by Private
Bonner, Tenth Cavalry, at Stockton, Texas,
on the 21st. The murderer was handed over
to the civil authorities.
The extensive shoe-factory of John
o. Whitehouse, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, en-
ploying 400 hands, was struck by lightning
and totally burned on the night of the Odd.
George Morgan, the engineer, was buried
by the falling walls.
One of two Mormon priests who were
actively engaged in preaching and proselyt-
ing through Walker and Catoosa Counties,
Ga, is reported to have been killed by mob
Of indignant citizens, who undertook to run
them out of the neighborhood and met with
some resistance. The one killed was named
Standing.
M. De Lesseps has written to the EN-
peror of Brazil for laborers for the Darien
Canal.
A bloodless duel took place on the
23d, at a point IA miles east Of Columbus,
Capt. Humphreys and Maj. Moore. Five
hundred people witnessed the tragic
affair. The combatants fired upon
each other at distance of 10
PAGES. Neither was hit, and taking the adj
vice of friends they then shook hands and
eft the field, both their honors having been
satisfied. The duel grew out of difference
in politics.
Gen. Donald Mcleod, a veteran of
he battle of Waterloo, died at his resi-
lence in Cleveland, on the 22d, aged 100
7ears, 6 months, % days.
A most destructive freshet occurred
throughout the oil regions of Pennsylvania
IN the Goth. The loss in Petrolia is esti-
mated at$1O0, 900, about % business houses,
quilt upon piles along Bear Creek valley be-
ng completely swept away. Harms City,
quilt upon the same stream, suffered less
severely. At Irwin, Tinker River became
'oaring torrent, sweeping every thing in its
course. Millerstown, Wapum and other
owns also suffered severely. The railroad
racks and bridges were swept away in many
places.
Nellie Cox, aged 6 years, died of by
irophobia at Chester, Pa, on the Goth. She
vas bitten by dog about two months pre-
'iously.
A fatal epidemic has made its appear
'nce among the cattle in the vicinity of
Lincoln, Neb. Mich cows are principally
Effected. The disea.e eliminates in death
It the end of AZ hours. Probably 30 head
lie every "a hours. Stringent measures
nave been taken to prevent the malady from
'preading.
William Burchet, a carpenter, of Do
yer, Tenn, on the 2Gth shot his wife and his
tep- daughter, Maggie Yates, young lady,