davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A mulatto named Breckenridge was
hanged by . mob at Carlisle, KY, on
the night Of the 18th, his crime being
woman.
Lucius Weaver, colored, under ar
rest charged with horrible outrage upon
a white lady at Strawberry Plains, Tenn,
on the 14th, was taken by a mob from
the custody Of the officers and shot to
death.
Joseph Heaton, a well known resi-
dent of Wilmington. N. c., killed his para
mour, a quadroon named Mary Radcliffe,
in fit Of jealousy, and when the officers
went to arrest him he shot himself through
the head.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

EVERY man could have a wife if he
only maiden effort. But lass he
won't.
! SECRETARY SCHURZ will visit the In
dian country this summer, evidently be-
lieving that his legs are long enough to
save his hair.-Chicago Tribune.
A NEW JERSEY firm is putting up a
Hackensack brand of mosquitoes and
palming them off on the public as pot
ted lobsters.- Wheeling Leader.
EVEN though his teachers back hair
may be false as Cressida, the average
school boys knows her switch is stern
reality. Republican.
ONE of the disagreeable features
about being near-sighted is that man
is in danger of taking his wife for an
other woman, and being polite to her.
-Des Moines Register.
A YOUNG lady, the other evening,
kissed, in the dark, young man whom
she mistook for her lover. Discovering
the mistake, she said, SITS not he, but
it's nice. ''-Ioronto Grip.
LEMONADE, according to an Ohio
physician, has twenty-one different ac-
tons on the system, while soda water
has only four.-Detroit Free Press. The
cucumber has an even ninety nine, all
in different directions. Cincinnati Conn
nercial.
PLEASURE has many definitions. but
in reality it consists of going some
where, being perfectly uncomfortable
all the time while there and calling it
''the best time you ever had."-Maro-
hon Independent.
The beauty of summer in the temper
ate zone is the amount of physical exer-
else man can take. He lies awake
and fights mosquitoes all night, and
writes with the flies and prickly heat all
day. They must miss these things in
the tropics.-Burlington Haackeye.
IT is pretty hard to throw off old hab-
its all at once. A Nebraska dealer in
agricultural implements ''got religion"
felt it his duty to point out the way to
others, and said to farmer: 'tBrother
Jones, 1 will guarantee that if you join
our church you will not only find it the
best in the market, but it will take you
straight through without any further in
ventory. Give it a trial, and if not sat-
isfactory win take back your religion
and refund your money. ''--Detro1 Free
Press.
ARf AND NATURE.
Eliza Jane two lovers had. s.E-
The one was Nature, t'other Art
They were very near alike,
She couldn't tell the two apart
At last, to test their qualities
And give to one the vantage place.
She proffered each q photograph
OF her ethereal, tempting face
Art snatched the pretty paper prize
And pressed it to his heart, and then
He put it to his marble lips
And kissed it DER and DER again
But Nature hurled the painted gift
Aside with naughty. calm disdain,
And graphing her with strong embrace,
He kissed that plump Eliza Jane.
" BECOME o Arti" the maiden cried
"Let critics hymn your praise sublime.
But men are men and girls are girls
And I'll take Nature every timer
st. Louis Times Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

A QUARTERLY commercial report
shows that the number of failures in the
country for the second quarter of 1879
has been smaller than for any previous
quarter IN five years, and that there Is
an increase of over 20 per cent. in bust
ness.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

will give the Government $50, 000, 900
more than hitherto. The support of
the German States was secured for this
measure by amendments providing for
the distribution of the surplus revenue
amongst the States.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

GEN. MILEs's expedition left Fort
Peck on the 18th. 1t consists of seven
small companies of cavalry and about
as many infantry, together with three
gun battery and $50 Indian and white
scouts.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

THE Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has enjoined the st. Louis, Kan
sas City and Northern Railroad Com
pany from giving the American Union
Telegraph Company the right to erect
wires along the line of that road. The
American Union is Jay Gould's new
company, and threatens to open up
lively opposition to the Western Union,
which is controlled by Vanderbilt.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

THE Denver and Rio Grand Railroad
has been peaceably turned over to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Com
pany, by order of the United States
District Court.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

THE length of a lady's train should
never be under foot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

In Ravenna, Italy, when the streets
were full of people celebrating the fes
tival of st. John the Baptist, maniac
snatched up a knife from a butchers
stall and fell upon every one he came
across. Before he was captured he
wounded eleven persons, one mortally.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

CAPT. M. X. BRowN, Government
Engineer in charge at the jetties, on the
10th forwarded to the Secretary of War
his certificate, that the channel of the
South Pass contained q central depth of
80 feet, and that at the head of the
passes there was a navigable chan mel o
26 feet in depth. This makes the full
width and depth required by the Jetty
act, and is q virtual completion of Cap
tain Eads,s contract.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

TIE Iowa Prohibitionists met in State
Convention at Cedar Rapids on the
10th. An Intellectual effort was made to
exclude all who had taken part in the
Republican State Convention. After
quite heated discussion, reso-
luton was adopted-yeas Al,
nays 32-declaring it inexpedient,
Sin view of the great questions of the
perpetuity of the Government which are
now prominent" to nominate a third
State ticket. After adjournment a
meeting - called of those dissenting
from the action of the majority, and a
full State ticket was nominated, headed
by Prof. G. T. Carpenter of Oskaloosa
for Governor.
THE new German tariff it is estimated
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

TALLEYRAND, says an exchange, said
that happiness depends on hard he'rt
and good stomach. We have thought
over this chunk of wisdom, and the
more we consider it the more convinced
do we become that Tallyewrong was
right in his tally. The majority of fell
lows with hearts worry themselves to
death, and the keener tho imagination
the greater the suffering. fortune
awaits the man who will invent plug
which a man can introduce into his
emotions, to be taken out when he feels
the need of little worry by way of va
riety.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

TIE National Greenback party Of
Wisconsin held . State Convention at
Watertown on the 18th and nominated
. full State ticket, headed by Col. May
Of Vernon County for Governor. The
platform does not differ essentially from
that adopted last year.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

MRS. SARAH A. DORSEY OF Mississlp-
pi. who died recently at New Orleans,
il is reported leaves her whole estate to
Jefferson Davis. The property includes
two large plantations in the upper part
of the State and an elegant villa at
Beauvoir on the sea-coest, where Mr..
Davis is now soiourning. Mrs. Dorsey
was well known as the author of several
novels, and at the time of her last ILL.,
NESS was assisting Mr.. Davis in the
preparation of his autobiography.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

HE new German tariff it is estimated
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26

THE situation at Fall River remains
about the same, manufacturers and
operatives both seeming firm. The
operatives have received assistance from
many different points. At q recent
meeting Of operators q delegate was
chosen to visit the lands of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany and to report as soon as possible
as to their condition, with q view to
emigration and settlement of lands by
operatives.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
FARMER MpcuI of England predicts
a general failure OF crops in that coun-
try on account Of excessive rains.

The Berlin Official Gazette publishes
the following Ministerial appointments !.
Maybach, Minister of Public Works, to
be Chief Administrator of the Imperial
Railways; Hoffman, President of the
Chancellory of the Empire, Minister of
Commerce and Trade; Won Pultkam-
mer, President of the Province of
Silesia, Minister of Ecclesiastical At
fairs; Won Ludous, to be Minister of
Agriculture, Domains and Forests. DR..
Ealk and DIR. Prudential retire with the
title of Minister of State.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
Plxue-kNspt. .

MEMPHIS, August I. Twenty new ca.
ses In all, including five mentioned last
night, we're reported to the Bard OF
Health TOR the twenty -four hours end.
ing at six p. NJ. Nineteen Of these we're
colored. Among thu whites reported
this afternoon were R. Z. Webb, Lizzie
Gatohell and Lille Todd. Three sd-
ditional deaths have occurred--Kate
Holly, Fred. Hpilaudar and Jesse
Heard, colortd. This marked increase
In the number Of new cases plainly in.
dicates that the fever is rapidly spread
ing. The Howard Ass ,ciation to-day
assigned twenty-five additionSl..nurses,
to duty. Their. daily expenses now
aggregate nearly $500. Edward Moou's
condition to night is more favorable.
r. Il. Webb Is in critical cordition.
Mrs Flags and her remaining two chit
dren were prostrated this afternoon.
Their cases will bs reported tomorrow.
The entire family, mother and four
children, are down with the disease.
Commencing to morrow, a semi weekly
mail will be received, and sent to Gre.
NADIA, Miss, via the Mississippi and
Tennessee Railroad. 1t rainsd heavily
this afternoon. and another storm from
the South is threatened. The Commit.
tee of safety have sent circular letters
to absent Memphians in other cities
asking their assistance toward sup.
porting the poor now in camp.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
(YRsM rRs7saDAY's LATE sp,xsr I
CHEST ER's spUNKY MAyoR.
He W"n'' Let she BsiG .skhasia y
Land her Load af Log 1000 for
fear OF \ elbow fever.

IL" W"n't Let 'he BsIg sskhassa ,
(, Land her Load of Log wood sol
fear OF yellow fever.
The brig "Shasta, +" which wa,
loaded with logwood, hound for Chester,
brought seven cases OF yellow fever tt
the Quarantine three weeks ago, and
having been thoroughly famig gated
wanted to bring down her cargo and
unload. The H-alth Committees Of
Chester Immediately held a meeting,
on Tuesday, and passed a resolution
forbiddinR her to Discharge at that point.
Mavor Forwood had in the meantims
written to Quarantine saying that the
Shasta" was not wanted here,
and advising that she be kept at Quar-
antine or sent down the bay. The cap
iain Of the vessel Didn't seem TO think
tha. the action Of the health committee
and the Mayor amounted to anythiug,
and he came to Chester last evening TO
make arrangements for discLarei ing
the cargo.
The man who cana to see the Mayor
in relation to this cargo was Batsoll, the
mate, who three weeks ago tonight was
thought to he dying Of black vomit. He
was indignant when Mayor Forwood
told him very politely but firmly that
he should adhere to his original resolu-
tion not to allow the Shasta" to dis
chargs.
Batson said the ship had been fumi-
gated by the authorities and pro-
nounc-d all right, and he thought it
very strange that the little city of Ches.
ter should refuse to let her disch arge
here. " Why" said he, 81 could
take her to Philadelphia and discharge
If conld find sale for the logwood. !"
Would the Board of Health of tha.
city allow you to do thatY" asked the
Mayor in surprise.
"Of course they would" continued
Batson, 'ard l don't thing you've got
any right to stop me from coming
here"
Mayor Forward who is a very posi-
tive man told Batson and the gentleman
who came with him that if the Board
Of Health Of Philadelphia wanted to al.
low himto jeopardze the lives of half the
city by allowing him to discharge a
cargo of infected logwood, it could do
SO. he didn't believe they would he so
foolish as to allow any such proceeding.
He knew that he wouldn't, and he told
the captain that further conversation
was unnecessary.
Batson went away disappointed and
the Mayor in conversation with CORES
pondent OF the "Tmes" said that II the
shasta attempted to tie up at the
wharf here, in spite of his refusal, he
would blow her out of water with Cat
ling guns, and he meant what he said.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
[vBsTKRDAY's sEws. ]
MARYLAND DEMOCxATs.
Nomin alton OF state OMicess-Re
luIiOns, DC. -... . s1


The State Convention of the Demo
cratic Cons+rvative Party of Maryland,
met at the Masonic Temple, Baltimore,
at II O'Clock Yesterday morning. 1t
was one of the largest political meetings
ever held in t..is State. The utmost
harmony prevail ed, aud in less than
two hours the platforms had been
adopted and the nominations made, as
follows:
For Governor-The Hon. W. T. Ham
ilton, Of Hagerstown.
For Attorney -General-The Hon. C..
J. NJ. Gwynn, of Baltimore.
For Controller--TheH Hon. 7. J. Keat.
ing, of Queen Anne County.
For Clerk of the Court Of Appeals
The Hon. 8. C. Jones, Of Montgomery
County.
The resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted, recognize the ability
with which the Governor and other
executive officers have discharged
their duties; declare it to be the duty
Of the next General Assembly to light
Ell taxation by abOlishiug unnecessary
Offices and reducing salaries and fees
and compelling the practice of economy
and urge the Assembly to make further
reforms in civil and criminal laws.
The platform also commends the
course of the Democrats in Congress,
and condemns that of ths Republicans
in its several details. 1t declares foi
payment of the debt in coin current in
the commercial transactions OF the
world, and repeats the charge of fraud
in the election Of 1876.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09

The French mail steamer from China
which has lately arrived in Marseilles
brings the following particulars Of the
loss of the Egyptian steamer Samanoo,
off Reunion. The steamer Neera, hav
ing in tow the disabled British ship,
Sophia Joakim. when fifty miles of
Maulitius, on the 29th of May sighted
a large steamer flying distress signals
and firing guns. On nearing her she
was found to be the Samanoot, belong.
ing to the Khedive Of Egypt, and bourd
for Mauritius with machinero, etc.
The disabled steamer desired to he
towed TO Reunion, but this could not
be done, as the Neera had then in
charge the Sophia Joakim, which was
also in a disabled state. The captain
of tn. .Samanoot. finding that his YES
sci could not be taken in tow, lowered
his boat and came aboard the Neera.
A scene then ensued on board the sink
ing steamer which baffled description.
The crew Of the Samanoot, 104 in
number, lost all self command, lowered
the boats, which they filled with cloth.
ing, boxes, etc., till they were nearly
level with the waters edge, scrambled
into them, and made their way to the
Neera, whose deck soon became scene
OF excitement and confusion.
One boat, with twenty-four persons
on board, sank from overloading, and
although life-buoys were thrown out
from the Neera, only one man could be
picked up. The Neera landed the sur.
vivors at Reunion on the lst of June,
among them being Mr.. M'Intyre, a Eu-
ropean, his wife and three children.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
News From butcher.

Mr.. butcher in correspondence with
friends in this city, from Augusta, Me.
acknowledges that fate was against
Lin. and that his moral usefulness had
ended, but that he was using his intlu.
ence to keep Mrs. Watson in the field
as temperance / cturer. At the time
of writing he was about leaving Maine
for New Brunswick, where he had be-
tore been active in the temperance
cause.
The papers containing the report of
the committee which found him guilty
OF the charges made against him had
found their way into Maine and had
chrckmated him at every point. He
writ-s drspondingly and intimates his
Indifference as to whether he would
visit Wilmington again.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
ID EHlSTER'S ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
W. q. PENNYPACKER 4 CO..
lAuNnnaaaEa fc Z, u.l a.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY. July Is, 1879
Upon the application OF Ann James,
Administratriy Of william H. Reynolds, late
of Pencader Hundred, In the said county
deceased, 1t is ordered and directed by tho
Register, that the Administr trix aforesaid
give notice OF grantingoi letters of Adminstra
ton upon the estate of the deceased, with
the date of granting thereof, by causing ad
yertisements to be posted within forty days
from the date OF such letters, In six Of the
most public places of the county of New Cas-
tie, requiring all persons having demands
against the estate, to present the same, Or
abide by an act of Assembly In such case
made and provided. And also cause the same
to be inserted, within the same period, in tho
DELAWARE REPUBLICAN, a newspaper pub.
lished In Wilmington and to be continued
therein three weeks, (e'od)
t~~ Given under the hand and seal 0!
}L.S. office OF the Register aforesaid, al
49, New Castle, In New Castle rsuny
aforesaid, the day and year above written
SO. BIGGS, Register
NoTIcE.-All persons having claims against
the estate of the deceased must present tho
same duly attested to the Administrator on or
before July 10, 1880. Ur abide the act Of As
sembly In such case made and provided.
ANN X JAMES,
mark. Administrator.
Address. Cooch's Bridge. Del. 7ly
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
Persona al.

John C. Bryant, who for some time
past has been in the City Hospital OF
this city recuperating from physical
prostration caused by excessive labor
in the temperance work, has so far re
covered, that he intends to start on
Wednesday next for the New England
States to enter into another temperance
campaign. Mr.. Bryant takes with him
quite number of letters of recommen.
dation from leading representative men
of this city. About two years ago
Mr.. Bryant came to this city suffer
ing from the effects Of intemperance,
and becoming a reformed man, since
that time he has given his time and tai
ents to the work of saving others from
life of intemperance, and it is no
small thing to say of him that amongst
the faithless he has been faithful. He
will leave with the we'll wishes of a
number of friends.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
wife NJ urder.

ALBANY, August 6-Th!s evening
Thomas Mallon, about sixty years OF
age, deliberately shot his wife. Ann
Mallon, killing her instantly. The
husband had just returned from work
and, after having few angry words
with his wife, he retired to bed room.
She followed him, but on seeing a gul
in his hands retreated. The next in
slant he raised the weapon and fred
The charge passed through the woluan's
fett arm and entered her left breast
just above the heart. the affair caused
great excitement. The murderer was
arrested. He is said to have been a
very quiet and inoffensive man, and why
he committed the terrible deed is a
mystery.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
Thoae userua sona utts.

The kidneys and bladder so cetimes become
torpid and weak from unaseertainab,e causes.
Is OF n 'cessity very i'm Deriectly performed,
and certa in deb ~, which isthe Tesu of nat
urai bodily waste aud decay, does rot eecap
as IL should, but remains to corrupt the blood
and develop poisonous hmmors and dangerous
as well AS painful diseases II Is one OF the
heneficent etie t. OF hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters to gently stimulate the urinary organs,
md prevent them from lapsing into IL tate of
N ctiyi'y, always provocative of their infiam'
matory degeneration and decay. How much
better, then is 1t to adopt this mild diuretic as
a means Of melting them to action, than to in
cur the danger of this destruction To expel
from the system waste matter through the
bowels ami kidneys, and to regulate anu
arouse the stomach and liver, are among the
chief uses OF this valuable remedy.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
A very Palriotic Mayor.

The Mayor of Scranton, Penn, ad-
dressed the following letter to the pro.
prietor of a circus being exhibited in
that city:
MAyoR's OFFICE, SCRANTON, Aug. 4.
DEAR SIR: This morning in the ar
rangement of the flags over your pa
wilton the British flag was the high est.
If you raise the flags after the rain
ceases, you will take the precaution to
place the American flag in its proper
position, viz, above all others, for no
flag can float above it in this city.
Very respectfully yours,
T. v. POWDERLY, Mayor.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
A YaZOO Yell,

This is the way "The Yazoo Senti-
nel' rejoices over the bulldozing Of
Dixon, the Independent candidate for
Sheriff: "Thus has Yazoo again won
the proud title of tn. banner county,
of Mississippi, and laid down, not by
words, bat deeds, the sound political
doctrine, that fomenters of strife shall
not SOW the seeds of internecine strife
within her borders.
Let her sister counties, who in rs so
valiantly initiated Lef example, again
assert their power, and all will be
well with them" 1t seems that it was
Yazoo County which started the cam
paign of terrorism and murder in 1875.
In that campaign the system of sup
pressing the negro vote was perfected,
which soon came to be known all over
the south as the Mississippi plan.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
Dhe Lost Returned.

Jackson, the boot black, whose disap.
pearance was wondered at for some
time turned up last night having re-
turned home on the colored excursion
to Andalusia, from this city. He stat
ed that he was given ticket by Hugh
Lynch, who keeps saloon at No. 100
Walnut street, whom he had sued for
selling liquor without a license in a
spirit of revenge. Lynch ordered him
away to never return. He remained
in Philadelphia two days and stole a
ride on frie ght to Chicago. Here he
was taken i'll and confined in a hospital
When he got well he procured a ticket
for Philadelphia and arrived at that
place on Wednesday night. He came
to Chester by train and took the boat
where his appearance among his color.
ed friends created quite sensation.
He was escorted home to his mothers
house by great number who had been
sympathizers in his mothers supposed
affliction.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
A singular Case.

Edward Ray, 1923 Bennett streets who
was overcome with the heat in the Dia
mond State rolling mill a week ago,
still lies at his residence in very pre-
carious and singular condition. He
had spasms for two or three days after
his attack, but is cured of them now
expect when the light is admitted into
his room. He is apparently as we'll as
ever he was, while kept in dark room,
but whenever the window shutters are
opened, and streak of light is admit
q he lmmedlatel y goes off into spasm
again. DR.. Brown is attending him but
he thinks the case is very queer one.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-09
MAY God have mercy upon the pro-

May God have mercy upon the pro-
fessrd christian who will attempt on
"big quarterly" Sabbath day tomaks
or save money by buying or selling.
Let the pic.nicrrs and excursionists
bring their baskets a. respectable peo-
pie ought. What a deplorabls state of
the christian church, that q minister
cannot speak against danning evils
in society without being anath smatized
by that part Of the church which has
the most graces If presumption and
noise are the signs Of the favor OF God.
Respectfully for the Kingdom Of Christ
C. c. FELTs,
Pastor of Bethel A. M. K. Church.