American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-04-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

/ LATE NEWS ITEMS.
The City Flour Mill at Minneapolis
Minn., burned on the 3Oth. 1t was owned
by the First National Bank of that city
Loss about 1000; insurance small.
A battalion of French zouaves and
skirmishers, on the way from Aumele te
Bsghar, Algeria, was caught in q snow.
storm between Sonaki and Soukelteta, or
the 2Sth Of March. Nineteen men persisted
and IA others had to be sent to the hospital
The Commercial printing Office at
Davis City, Decatur Co., Iowa, was burned on
the night of the S0th ult. by incendiaries.
On the following day two men, Irving Tuck
er, VIGOROUSLY bad character, and one
named Tarter, were seized by mob, and
| Tucker hanged. Tarter was rescued and
placed in Jail. A bngnio, kept by Martha
| McClair, was visited by the mob, the build
| ing torn down and contents destroyed.
A special to the Galveston Ne,os from
| Fort Griffin, says that on the night of the
26th ult. nine disguised and armed men took
possession of Hamburg's store, OH Tepee
| Creek, near Staked Plain, covering the
| clerks and others with pistols until they
robbed the store of all the money,
| arms and ammunition. They then
dttACkeu Tue camp OF party en-
route to Leadville, taking them by surprise,
| and shooting Mr.. Anderson who attempted
| resistance. They took about $500 and all the
live stock Of the party. After leaving the
vicinity they went to Blanco Canyon, robbed
the store of Conrad & Roth of 81 500 worth
Of provisions, arms, etc. They are believed
to be the notorious Reeves gang from Lin
coin County, N. NJ. The rangers are I'm pur-
suit of the outlaws.
A squadron of the Tenth (British)
Hussars was swept away by the current
while crossing Cabul River. near Elemala-
babe, India, on the 3lst of March. Lieu
tenant and 40 men were drowned.
A tribe of the Afrides recently cap
tured, on the road from Peshawar to Jella-
labad, 100 English soldiers, who were ram
somed for the sum Of f3O 900 by the Vice.
roy. The Afrides occupy the territory
south of Khyber Pass, the center of their
district being only "a miles distant from
Peshawar. p 3 - f'-
Walter Watson was hanged at New.
port, Ind, on the 3D., for the murder of Ez-
IA Compton in January last.
DR.. Henry Meyer and Mrs. Henry
Gelderman are under arrest in Chicago,
charged with murder. Some time ago
Meyers wife and Mrs. Gelderman's .hus-
band both died quite suddenly, and under
circumstances which, taken in connection
with the subsequent conduct of the surviv
ing husband and wife, were deemed sus-
picious. The bodies of the two deceased
were accordingly exhumed and both showed
unmistakable traces of poisoning.
William Harris died in Louisville,
KY, on the I'd, from a congestive chill sup
posed to have resulted from excessive IA
tigue and exhaustion following a six days.
pedestrian contest in which he came out
close second. ~ t-f
The Southern Pacific Railroad of Ari-
IONA will be opened May to Maricopa, A.
T., 1856 miles east of Yuma, the present
terminus.
Peru and Bolivia have concluded an
offensive and defensive alliance, and both
countries have declared war against Chilli.
The British under Capt. Cough have
defeated 5000 Afghans, killing 400. The
British loss was three officers and three men
killed and 81 wounded.
The trial of Tom Buford for the muir
der of Judge Elliott of the Kentucky Court
Of Appeals has been set for April %, special
term of the Criminal Court having been
L
A severe tornado passed over Brown
Summit, N. c., ON the Sd. Several houses
were blown down, scattering the furniture
broadcast. One boy was killed and many
seriously injured by falling timbers. Trees
and fences were Frustrated and great dam
age done.
John Conover and Frank Stewart were
killed and Jake Corbin dangerously injured
by the explosion of a saw-mill boiler at JET
fersonville, Ind, on the 4th.
Three boys, named Kelly, Gilbert and
Smith, were drowned in the river at Wells
vile, o., on the 4th, by the upsetting of a
skif.
The American ship Lancaster, laden
with ZOO bales of cotton, was burned off
Galveston on the 4th. A total loss.
Simon Sevarns and Willie Hughes,
the latter aged only IL, were killed by the
explosion of a saw-mill boiler at Lima, O..
on the I'd.
A man named Bland, who had stolen
horses from near Fort Scott, Kansas, and
fed to Goliad County, Texas, was recently
captured there by pursuing officer, aided
by posse of citizens, and lodged in Jail.
Subsequently the vigilsntes took possession
of the culprit and hanged him to u tree.
A band of Indians, supposed to be
struggling Sioux and Gros ventrcs from the
North, are raiding the Yellowstone Valley,
capturing stock and driving the settlers into
the military posts. Troops have been sent
out from Forts Custer and Keogh.
The jury in the case of Warren Tate,
who killed William Love in the Court house
at indianapolis in September last, rendered
verdict of not guilty.
The annual boat-race between the Ok
ford and Cambridge University crews was
won by the Cambridge boys.
AT Davenport, Iowa, on the night of
the 4th, Harry C. Watt, keeper OF a cigar
store, and his wife's sister, louisa Filter,
both committed suicide by drinking prussic
acid. Watt left a letter to his wife,
acknowledging that he had illicitly
loved Louisa, and that they had
mutually agreed 10 end their lives
simultaneously. Some months ago Watt,
while handling revolver, shot his wife in
the breast, nearly killing her. 1t was then
supposed that the shooting was accidental,
but il H. now suspected that he Intended to
take her life in order that he might marry
her sister.
BISMARCK gave IL dinner to the men,
beers OF the Diet not long ago, and pro-
vided them with beer from the Royal
Brewery. Two barrels of this were soon
consumed, and the Princes butler WIS
then compelled to fall back upon the
! ordinary local beer