American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-21

At Philadelphia, on the 9th, Edwar,
Parr, convicted of the murder of his daugh
ter, swallowed a dose of poison in the court
room and died few hours afterward from
the effects. notwithstanding the heroic rem
edies administered by physicians to saw
his life.
The May report of the Memphis Elk
change as to the condition Of the CROWN,
cotton is generally favorable. The averag
| increase of acreage is 9 1-2 per cent, an,
| little or no loss of labor has been incurred
through the Kansas immigration move
| ment.
| The annual convention of the Nation
| al Cotton Exchange of America meets in st
Louis on the second Wednesday of August
instead of July 16, as previously announced
The cyclone in Butler County, Kan.
sas, on June Q, was very severe. Mrs
Hawkins and her tive children were blown
quarter of a mile and killed. A large
number Of persons were injured, some o.
them seriously. Thirty-seven farm houses
| were blown down and completely wrecked
| and others were blown from their founda-
tions. Growing crops were badly injured
A most horrible crime was committed
| in New York City on the night of the 10th
The wife Of DR.. Alonzo J. Hull, wealthy
physician, residing at No. 140 West Forty
| second Street, was found dead in her bed
on the following morning. Her hands and
feet were tied; she was blindfolded, and a
gag was in her mouth. Her rings were
| stripped from her fingers. A trunk at the
bedside was open and rified Of its contents.
There was no clew to the perpetrator Of the
murder.
While the convicts in the Huntsville
(Ala.) Prison were marching to dinner on
the 18th, six broke away. Two were shot
dead. The others escaped.
Reports have reached the Govern
ment of India of fresh masssacres of royal
Princes at Mandalay, prompted by the King
of Burmah.
An immense destruction of petroleum
and shipping occurred at Point Breeze, on
the SchuylkiIl,. near Philadelphia, on the
18th, occasioned by a stroke of lightning
which set on fire quantity Of oil, and the
rapid spread Of the flames lappeo up num-
Der of vessels taking on cargoes for ship
ment to Europe. The loss will probably
reach $1,000 900.
James w. Jackson, colored, postal
route agent on the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad, has been detected in purloining
money-letters and is now under arrest. He
confessed his guilt.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg states
that the Governor General of Moscow has
found it necessary to extend martial law to
five adjacent provinces.
Crop reports from Northern Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania indicate about a two
thirds crop Of wheat and about the same of
oats. Corn will be almost a total failure,
and the hay crop will also be very light.
Potatoes, probably fair yield. Fruits will
be scarce, particularly apples.
A party of Black Hills emigrauts
from Mill County, Iowa, on the night of the
18th encamped on Beaver Creek, one mile
from Buffalo Gap. A sudden cloud burst
flooded the creek and 10 persons were
drowned, viz; Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Rhodes,
Oliver Rhodes, and three of their children,
Frank Reed, besides four men, names I'M
known, who were encamped at the same
place.
At Kansas City, Mo-, on the night of
the 14th, Mrs. F. G. Noonan was shot and
killed by her HUSBAND under most Distress
ing circumstances. During the night Mr..
Noonan was awakened by his wife, who
stated that robbers were in the house. He
got up, seized a revolver, and went to a
front room, his wife following. Arriving
there, his wife thought she saw q robber,
and, uttering an exclamation, grabbed her
husband about the neck. He became fright
ened, and thinking, in his excitement, that
he had hold of q robber, fired, and his wife
dropped dead at his feet.
A gang of 10 convicts, at work in the
construction of North Carolina railroad,
in Chatham County, on the 14th made a
break for liberty. The guards promptly
fired upon them, killing four and seriously
four others. Two escaped I'M
scathed.