American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Congratulatory kilograms between
exchanged over the new French Cable upon
the opening of communication, Nov. %.
1t is reported that bloody conflict
has taken place in Burmah between natives
and European residents, and that large
number of lives have been sacrificed.
The beer brewers of Cincinnati have
| entered into.an arrangement to consolidate
| all their establishments into a joint stock
company, with a capital of about $1,000, 600.
The business portion of Pennington,
Mimi, was almost entirely destroyed by fire
| on the night of the I'D. Total loss about
$50 900; insurance about $4,000.
The case of the Post-oflice Depart
ment against the lottery establishments is to
| be settled by the Supreme Court on an
agreed case.
A collision occurred on the New Lon
don Northern Railroad, at its junction with
the Ware River Road, one mile north of
Palmer, Mass, on the evening of the oath,
between a passenger and freight train,
both running at full speed. Both locomo-
tives were demolished, the cars badly shat
| tered, and II persons were injured more or
less seriously. The accident was caused by
an error of IL minutes in the freight con-
ductor's watch,
1t is reported from Berlin, as an as
sured fact, that Russian foreign affairs are
about to be taken out of GOrtschakoff's
| hands and intrusted to Prince Wallujeff,
| with the title, for the present, of vice-Chan.
cellor. Wallujeff is believed to be a friend
Of Germany, and will be practically inclined.
The Chilians have recently gained a
very important victory over the allied forces
at Iquique.
The steamer Waubuno, from COlling-
wood, Ont, to Parry Sound, was wrecked in
Georgian Bay on the 23d, and all persons on
board, 80 in number, are supposed to have
been drowned. Portions of the wrecked
vessel, with her life-boat bottom side up,
were found by tug sent out on the follow
ing day.
The Commission for the Improve
mcnt of the Mississippi River, of which Gen.
| c. Q. A. Gilmore is Chairman, on the I'D left
st. Louis on the ug-boat Gen. Barney, for a
personal inspection of the river from that
city to the Gulf. The boat will run only
during daylight, and 1t was expected to ar
rive at New Orleans about Dec. g.
The stables of the Eighth Avenue
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Streets, New York
City, burned on the 18th, together with about
100 horses. Several fircmen were injured by
falling walls, one, Henry C. Mount, fatally.
The loss is about $25O, 900, fully insured.
Two hundred and thirty-six fishermen
have been lost from Gloucester, Mass, dur
ing the past IL months, and it is feared others
will be added to the list, as several vessels
are now missing.
The troops at Fort Rawlins have been
ordered into winter quarters.
The town of Randalia, Fayette Coun-
ty, Iowa, was nearly destroyed by fire on the
18th. There was but small insurance and
many are financially ruined.
The business portion of Owensburg,
Greene County, Ind, was mostly destroyed
by fire on the Goth.
By the accidental explosion of five
pounds OF powder at the residence of Will
liam Knapp, Pointe Coupee Parish, La, on
the 9th, Knapp and one child were severely
burned and two Of his children, one 3 and
the other years old, and their grandmother,
Mrs. Faber, were killed.
A number of colored immigrants from
North Carolina have arrived ut Greencastle,
1nd.-the advance guard, it is said, of many
hundreds who are to follow soon.
Asa Magoon was hanged at Burling-
ton, VT, on the 18th, for the murder Of Rufus
strecter, at Barre, i'm October, 1870. Whisky
was at the bottom of the crime. The MUIR
derer was ~ years old and his victim 20.
Louisville, KY, was visited by tor
nado about o'clock on the morning of the
2sth, which did much damage to the south
western part of the city and suburbs. A
number of buildings were blown down or I'M
rooted, and in Cave Hill Cemetery trees were
uprooted and even monuments overturned.
Frank Lane and Bill Smith, two of the
leading spirits in the mob that hanged Bill
Young at Luray, Mo-, and for whose arrest
are now in custody.
Maria Turner, colored, died in st.
Louis on the 2sth ut., at the reputed age of
10 years. She was born in Maryland.
Consensio Uvalte, Mexican wife
murderer, was hanged at L,redo on the 18th.
Laban Walker was hanged at Wayne
Courthouse, W. Va, on the 2sth, for the
murder Of Pat Nolan in August last. The
two men were proprictors Of rival floating
whisky dens on the Ohio River, opposite
Cailettsburg.
The schooner Hattie johnson, from
Milwaukee 10 Buffalo, Nov. Ii, is believed to
have been lost, with all on board-Capt.
Prouty and wife and eight men.
The Grand Opera-house at Toronto,
Ont, one of the finest theatcrs in the Domin-
ion, burned on the morning Of the 10Th ult.
The ianitor, Wright, his wife and young
daughter, were burned 10 death,