American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20
HERE AND THERE.

IT cost Alfonso $4,000, 900 to get mar
rid.
LAND COSTS x?hR.ha6 SIR Hcre in afi
eligible part of New York City.
New YORK has been shipping pianos
te New Zealand and Africa, and Ver-
mont 5 sprAti rum rs ehewed at the
court of Spain.
THE finest monument in the far West
,- about to be placed over the grave of
Mir join Tiff, the sattle king, of Den-
yer, Colo. The c0st is sis,9Aa.
SAYS New York conductor: "As
long as there are women there will be
tight shoes and corns and bunions, and
Is long rs there ore corns and bunions 1
can make $t0,50 Il year."
AND now handsome society women in
New York are following the Langtry
fashion, and are photographed to sell.
FIVE cents per copy is the average price
received by fair sabieet, and if she is
popular" the revenue offGn keers her
in gloves for a whole year. One lady,
photographed several times in pages
costume that she were at fancy ball
last winter.
EVERY few days some shocking death
from wanton carelessness is reported.
Not long since young girl at work in a
factory in Philadelphis was in the habit
of amusing herself, though repeatedly
warned, by twining one of her curls
around the revolving shaft of machine.
She did it once too often. The shaft
wound it up, dragged her head down,
and tore the scalp from it. She was
taken to the hospital, where, after great
agony, she died.
AMONG the tropical plants purchased
by the King of Holland for the adorn-
ment of his new conservatory are two
huge palm trees Twenty-Five horses
were harnessed to the platform on
wheels, whereon reposed the smaller of
these two magnificent trees, the trunk
of which measures 40 feet in length, and
This tree weighs two tons and half,
and its companion, much larger speci-
men of the date palm, GO feet in length,
weighs ton more.
QUEEN VICToRIA's appreciation
faithful service has always done her
honor. For 25 years John Grant was
head keeper at Balmoral, and a great
favorite of the Prince Consort. When,
in 1878, his failing health obliged this
old servant to give up his work, the
Queen gave him a cottage near the cas-
tie, and often visited him during his last
illness. He died lately, just as the Court
was about to return to England, and in
order 90 to pay the last mark of respect"
to his memory the Queen delayed her
journey several days.
THERE is a society of colored men
near Williston, S. c., that is law unto
itself, SO far as the offense of larceny is
concerned. The men are cottonpickers,
have president and rules and regula-
tions for their government. A few days
ago one of them missed So. The proof
was very plain against a former MEM
Der, who was Immediately tried by a
jury of six of his peers and found guilty.
He was sentenced to receive so lashes
on his naked back and be expelled from
the society. The sentence was executed
to the letter.
SOME months ago John Alexander of
Waymart, Pa, was driving span of
horses down steep hill near that place.
They ran away. He was thrown against
a rock and instantly killed, his neck be-
ing broken. A few days ago his son,
William Alexander, left Carbonate to
drive to Waymart, with the same horses.
In the afternoon he was found lying
dead in almost the same spot where his
father was killed, his neck being also
broken. Some distance further on the
wrecked wagon was discovered, and at
the foot of Il high bank one the horses
lay dead with broken neck.
A LETTER from Prof. Nordenskjold,
written from Yokohama the day after
his arrival, to friend in Gotha, de-
scribes the harbor where the Vega spent
last winter, on the Asiatic side of Deh-
rings Strait, and is chiefly interesting
on account of two tribes of natives who
encamred in the vicinity and made
daily visits to the ship. These people,
called Tschuktschs, had no knowledge
of money, but their honesty was such
that not an article was missed from the
vessel, although they were allowed to
range over it at will. They were great
beggars, however, and very sharp at a
trade. On one occasion they cut off the
head, tail and feet of fox and tried to
sell it as hare. Not one of them had
ever heard of the Christian religion or
the Gar of Russia, in whose dominion
they lived.
THE other day the Queen of Sweden
received an anonymous letter calling
upon her to send to given address the
sum of 1000 crowns (about $525), the
writer in case of noncompliance threat
ening to shoot the Crown Prince at the
first opportunity. The anonymous
writer further declared that if the mat
ter were placed in the hands of the police
he would instantly commit suicide, and
the Queen would then, for the paltry
sum of 1000 crowns, have the death Of
one of her subjects on her conscience
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