American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-04-05


VOLUME xxx.
ly assassinated in front of the Capital
Hotel in Frankfort, at midday on the
26th, by Col. Tom Buford. The
latter, armed with a double bar
relied shot gums met the Judge
in front of the hotel as he was going in
to dinner. The parties were on quite
intimate terms, and the Judge greeted
Buford in a cordial manner. The lat
ter, scarcely deignihg reply, raised his
gun and fired the contents of one bar
rel at the Judge, the charge, IL large
buckshot, entering his right side. The
wounded man fell to the pavement and
almost Immediately expired. Buford
was arrested. The only reason assign
ed by him for the murder is that Judge
Elliott had delivered decision against
him in a case involving some SS2 900.
He further stated that he had at first in
tended to kill Chief Justice Pryor,
but refrained from doing so ON account
of the latter's wife and children. He
expressed no regret for what he had
done. Judge Elliott was about SO years
of age, and one of the best known and
most highly esteemed men in the whole
State. Col. Buford is about So and a
brother of Gen. Abe Buford, the we'll
known turfman. " 'i-ii''
THE American Rapid Telegraph Com
pany, recently organized in New York,
claims that by its parents for machine
telegraphing it can transmit 1000 words
minute, and over wires now in ordi-
nary use 500 words minute. The COM
pany announces that the construction
of wires to all large cities east of and
including St. Louis will begin imme-
diately. Its tariff to all points east of
the Rocky Mountains will be- 25 cents
for 80 words.
/ AT q caucus of the Republicans of the
House, held on the 9th, for the purpose
of discussing the situation in regard to
the political clause which the majority
has determined to incorporate in the
Army and sthe; Legislative, Executive
and judicial appropriation bills. it
was finally agreed that every endeavor
should be made. by the minority, to
prevent the passage Of the bills named
above, unless. they. shall be relieved
of the provisions in question. The
sense of the caucus was that if the DEM
ocrats should insist upon carrying out
the plan already adopted by them, the
effect would be the stoppage of the
wheels of the Government, and the ma
jority would be responsible for 4 the re-
suit, A resolution was adopted that no
pairs shall be made by Republican mem
bers until the appropriation bills are
disposed of.
THE decision Of the Senate Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, that the
vacancy in the New Hampshire Sena-
torship can net-be filled by appoint
ment, will leave that State without a
full representation in the Senate until
June. The majority of the committee,
as already intimated, take the ground
that the Governor of a State can
only appoint to fill an unexpired
term; but Mr.. Wadleigh having served
out his fun term ofrsi1s years, the Leg
islature is the only authority which has
the power to create q new Senator;
that in this case it is not a vacancy, but
an interregnum in the Senatorial sue
cession, and tho responsibility rests
| with the Legislature and not the Sem
ate.
GEN. SHERIDAN told a Chicago Trib-
u,ae reporter that the fears of general
Indian uprising in the summer are al
most wholly without foundation. He
characterizes Sitting Bull as a petty
chief without influence, and greatly
overrAted Is a warrior. People, he
says, persist in thinking Sitting Bull
a dangerous character, when the facts
are that he is not to be feared at
all. The stories of coming trouble
on the frontier are, according to the
I General, mare newspaper talk in
spired by interested parties who hope to
turn a dishonest penny in case of an
Indian var. The transferral of two
regiments in the ordinary routine fur
nished . hasis for most of the prophe-
cies. while nothing can be definitely
predicted q until the grass come up
Gen. 4hseidan il strongly of opinion
I that thsre- ID no more danger this yeal
than at any time past.
Tn completion Of the Chicago ant
Alton Railroad extension to Kansas Cit,
has given rise to rumors of importan
changes in the future current of trans
continental railroad traffic. 1t is salt
that the Union Pacific Company is abou
to make an alliance with the Chicag'
and Alton, and divert to it much of tn
business which has hitherto gone owe
to the Iowa roads.
THE fremont House at Claremont
N. H., burned on the morning of tn
4 29th, and five persons persisted in tn
| flames These were Mrs. Hannah p