American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
At Platte City, Mo-, on the 23d, DR.
B. L. Spencer, dentist of good practice anG
repute, was shot foiir times and almost in.
stantly killed by Wiley Stallard, q young
farmer residing near the town, who claim:
that Spencer drugged his wife and took inn
proper liberties with her while she was un-
dergoing a dental operation in his Office q
few days previous.
An anti-landlord agitation in the west
of ireland is causing some apprehension. In
the House of Commons the Chief Secretary
of Ireland, abiding to the impending trou-
bles stated that considerable reinforcements
had been made to the constabulary in the
districts concerned, and that notice has been
given that in the event of any outrage the
cost of these measures will be levied upon
the district where it occurs.
The residence of Mr.. j. F. Reynolds,
near Jonesboro, Ga, burned on the night of
the 22d. None Of the family was awakened
until the house was almost enveloped in
flames. Mr.. Reynolds succeeded in saving
his wife, but his daughter and his sister-in-
law, aged 10 aud 16 respectively, persisted in
the flames. Mr.. Reynolds was badly burned
and it was doubtful If he could recover.
The case of CurIie, the murderer of
B. C. Porter, the actor, at Marshall, Texas,
has been continued until the November
term of Court, upon the usual averment of
defendants counsel of the absence of ma
terial witnesses.
A correspondent from Berlin reports
there were lao CONGREGATIONS in Russia
during the month Of May, occasioning loss
of 900 900 roubles.
A special car containing q funeral
party on the Lake Shore Railroad was
thrown from the track about 8 miles from
Buffalo, on the 25th, fatally injuring Mrs.
Edward Marshall of Medina, N. Y, and Mr..
o. e. Britt of Milwaukee, Wis, and badly
injuring several others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Hart of
Kansas City, Mo-, died on the 25th from the
effects of drinking on the previous day de-
coction Of stramonium, prepared by mistake
for boneset.
Robert Jones, colored, was hanged
at Tarboro, N. c., on the 25th, for the muir
der of Rudolph Eaton, white man, in De-
cember, 1877. The murderer and his vic
tim had been on q spree together, and the
killing was the result of drunken quarrel
between them.
The officers of the Iron Mountain
Railroad deny that any negotiations have
taken place for the consolidation of that
road with the Texas Pacific.
A passenger train on the Southwest
ern Railway was wrecked near Acton, Que
bee, on the Goth, killing two men and Sc
riously injuring several others.
Arson is rife in st. Petersburg, and
in every part of Russia. The town of Szy-
ran, on the volga, has been nearly destroyed
by fire. A number of persons have been
arrested at Kief, St. Petersburg and Mos
COW, for clandestinely dealing in explosives.
The wife and two daughters of B.
drowned by the overflow of Deer Creek,
during a violent storm on the night of the
oath ult.
At California City, CAL, on the 9th,
R. H. Moore, keeper Of the Dupont Powder
Company's magazine, shot and Instantly
killed A. Fulton, manager Of the works, and
then blew his own brains out. The tragedy
was enacted in the presence of Fulton's
wife and children. Fulton had recently
given Moore notice he would dispense with
his further services.
Henry Taylor, colored, was hanged
at Forest City, Ark, on the 9th, for the
crime of rape.
The pleasure steamer May Queen, on
Lake Minnetonka, MIMI, exploded her boil
err on the 18th, fatally ipjuring Captain R.W.
Rockwell and Engineer Haines, and badly
hurting q number of passengers, among
them Mr.. and Mrs. d. ID. Walker of st.
Louis, and Mrs. Blakely, mother of Mrs.
Walker. The boat was completely wrecked.
The disaster was occasioned by careless and
incompetent management.
A railway passenger train went
through bridge near Wytheville, Va, on
the 2stb, falling distance of so feet. Ex-
press messenger Langhorn was killed and
Conductor Fairfax, two mail agents and sew
eral passengers injured.
Daniel O'Leary beat Peter Grassland,
an Englishman, in a 70 hours walking
match at Chicago, ending on the 2sth.
O'Leary completed 80 miles and fraction
over, and Grassland something over 226
miles.
A Protestant school-house in Mayrus,
Galway County, Ireland, has been sacked,
and the Bibles were thrown into the sea.
This is a revival of old disturbances in this
district. Lawther, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, announced in the House of Commons
that the Government was firmly resolved to
preserve order, irrespective of the religion
of the persons engaged in the outrages.