American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The harvests in Western Switzerlan,
and in the departments of Savoy and Ain il
France are abundant and excellent, and h.lv
been successfully gathered.
w. X. Bell, the absconding expires
employee of Kansas City, was arrested il
Florida on the Sth and 81 800 of the stolel
money recovered. He accompanied the Off
Ger on his return home.
AT Prattsville, Vinton County, O., oil
the morning of the Sth, John Sharp had
quarrel with his wife, and her uncle, ID. G
| Benjamin, an old man and Il minister, hay
ing interfered in defence of his niece, Sharl
seized club and beat Benjamin's brain
out His wife and daughter, the latter aget
| IS, tried to prevent the murder, but the bru
| tai husband turned upon his wife and bea
her so severely that it was thought she coult
not recover. The murderer fled, but officer
were soon upon his track and his capture wa
doubtless effected.
Captain Goldsmith and wife, who I'M
dertook to cross the ocean in the miniatur,
boat Uncle Sam, We're picked up off New.
foundland by passin" vessel, and taken t.
Liverpool. Their little craft had expert
| enced severe storm and was in such an I'M
seaworthy condition that it was scuttIed ant
sunk.
The revenue officers captured an Illicit
distillery in operation i'm Cincinnati on the
9th. 1t is owned by Frank Address and 10.
Gated at No. 90 Sycamore Street.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad has begun the surveys for an eXten.
sion of its line from Pueblo to Denver
The National Bank of Peru has failed
Accounts have been received of fresh
outbreak in Carter County, KY, between the
Underwood and Holbrook families. On the
9TH Squire Holbrook was shot and killed by
a party in ambush, and on the Monday fol-
lowing one of the Underwoods was shot by
a member of the HolbrOok faction. Both
parties are reported arming for further
bloodshed.
A Santa Fe dispatch of the 10th saws
the drought continues in that vicinity.
Many cattle and sheep are diving for want OF
water, and serious apprehensions are felt
even for enough water for the people.
1t is estimated that $4,000 persons are
still out of work in Glasgow, Scotland The
iron trade is the only industry that shows
signs of reviving. Great suffering is inevi-
table the coming winter.
King Mtesa has abolished slavery in
timated. have been liberated by his edict.
The bark Laura, from Porto Rico for
Queenstown, has been sunk, and six of the
crew drowned.
Spring wheat in Ontario has been n
signal failure-injured by nudge, weevil and
rust.
Robert n. Lancaster was hanged at
Batesville, Ark, on the 18th, for the murder
of Thomas j. johnson i'm Stone County, in
December, 1877. His execution was wit
messed by 5000 people. He made a brief
speech on the scaffold, SAYING: "If you don't
want to come to the gallows, don't be crimi-
mails. If you don't want to he criminals,
shun bad company: bad company brought
me here"
A Sioux Indian named Pocket was
executed at Hallettsville, Texas, on the 18th,
in the presence of 5000 spectators, for the
murder of Frank Edwards, negro, in Feb
rliary, 1873. Pocket spoke from the gallows,
warning young men against drink, and babe
all farewell.
The steamboat Annie p. Silver, of the
st. Louis and New Orleans Anchor Line,
was partially burned, scuttled and sunk at
Cairo, on the night of the 18th. The Silver
had on about 1900 tons of freight
mostly from st. Louis, the larger part of
which is badly damaged. The boat was fully
insured