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

! collapse is imminent in Sweden. Thousand:
OF people are out OF employment.
| A hurricane occurred at Lockhart,
! Texas, on the Goth, blowing down 80 or 4
buildings, including one hotel and the Pres.
! byterian Church, The Courthouse, Ma
| sonic Hall and Methodist Church were also
damaged. A little child of citizen Wood
ruff was killed and many persons severely
hurt, but not fatally.
John Achey and VIM. f. Merrick
were hanged at indianapolis, Ind, on the
10Th. Achey murdered George Leggett, in
july last, IN quarrel about gambling
transaction. Merrick, a livery-stable pro-
prietor, in September last poisoned his wife
and then secreted her remains, together
with those of her newly born babe, in n log
heap in the outskirts of the city, where they
were discovered and identified several days
afterward. Guetig, third murderer, was
condemned to be executed at the same time,
but was granted new trial.
A cyclone struck Iuka, Miss, on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, on the
evening Of the 2Sth, clearing path about
100 yards wide through the southeast part
of the town, razing to the ground every
house in its track. The locality was inhab
tied almost exclusively by colored people.
One colored woman and five children were
killed outright, the bodies OF two of The
children being Carried quarter of a mile by
the force of the wind. Several others were
injured, one fatally.
Joseph w. Brown a wealthy and
respected farmer who lived about 20 miles
northeast Of Martinsvile, Ind, was on the
night Of the 29th nit. killed while sleeping
in bed by blows from Ratchet or club in the
hands OF some person Unknown. Mrs.
Brown, who Occupied the same bed, was Sc
vereiy cut and bruised, but was able to
give confused account of the affair,
from which it seems probable that
chloroform was administered to them. Other
members Of the family, sleeping in adjacent
rooms, were entirely unconscious of the
tragedy until the perpetrators had fed. The
tracks of two men were traced from the
house for distance of two miles, and this is
the only clew to the murderers. Robbery
was the probable cause of the crime; hut the
villains secured only about 500.
At NJ )rtville, Me-, the other evening,
John Mcfarland, wife and granddaughter
were killed by an insane man named Rowell
who was later shot dead by a neighbor
whom he had attacked.
William Collins, William Wheeler,
Charles Brown and Henry Mendstick were
blown into fragments by the explosion Of
steam boiler in mill at Secor, Woodford
County, ILL.,. on the a0tb.
Wild Hog, the Cheyenne Chief con-
fined at Fort Robinson, Neb., on the 31st
stabbed himself four times with knife and
will probably not survive. The Cheyenne
squaws and children at the Fort have been
sent to the Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency,
who have volunteered to become their pro-
tectors.
The Louisville Ry.) Almshouse, To-
Gated five miles south of the city, was de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the 31st.
There were $40 inmates, large number of
whom were old, crippled and imbecile, and
the flames spread so rapidly that many
on the upper floors were oblig-
ed to jump from the windows.
Two men were killed by their fall ,onc perish
ed in the flames and another was fatally
burned, while several others were severely
injured in various ways. The building cost
$4,000 and was insured for $4,000.
The Directors of the City of Glasgow
Bank. Robert Sumner, stronach and Lewis
Potter, convicted Of fraud, theft and embez-
element, were sentenced to IS months i'm
prisonment. The five other Directors, con-
victed of uttering false abstract and balance
sheets, were sentenced to eight months i'm.
prisonment.
The New Orleans Mint, after sus-
pension Of 10 years, resumed operations on
the list.
The report that Sitting-Bull had
crossed the line is now contradicted, although
a portion of his followers have done so.