American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-01-17
HERE AND THERE.

:. recent municipal elections.
II Mrs. HAYES was assisted in receivin
: her New Years callers by four youn,
+ ladies-Miss Matthews, daughter of tn
:. ex-senator; two Misses Jones of Gin
cinnati, and Miss Lucy Cook, Mrs
Il Hayes's cousin.
! JOHN MADDoCKs and Henry Quil
. of Dublin, the former in the clear an,
e unencumbered possession of $50, 900
e year, and both in full possession o
health and competence, committed sui
eide early in the century for no Other
reason than that they were tired of the
UNMARRIED repetitions and amusements
. to them unexpectedly insipid, of OK
istence.
i. A CHICAGO thief shaved off his mus
tache after robbing Lady in the street,
and by that means made it impossible
for her to identify him when he was ar
rested; but he could not long resist the
desire to look his best, and three months
later, when the new mustache had grown
like the old one, she recognized him in
a crowd, and he has been convicted.
A LITTLE boy starved to death, at
Pittsburg, in consequence of a throat
disease that prevented his swallowing
any thing. He lived four weeks with
out eating or drinking. His pleadings
for food were pitiful, and he frequently
dreamed of enjoying sumptuous repasts.
only to awake to dreadful hunger and
thirst. Just before he died he asked his
mother if they would have a good din
ner for him in heaven.
THE German Government recogniz-
ing the danger of smoking tobacco by
youths, have seriously taken the matter
in hand, as it considers the practice
dangerous to the constitution. In many
towns the police have received orders
to prevent all youths under sixteen years
of age from smoking. A Belgian ply
sician considers it causes color blind
ness.
A YEAR-oLD child fell out of car
window, the other day, near Parkers-
burg, Va, and every body supposed it
would be killed. The mother was
frantic with grief. The train was
stopped, and party went in search of
the waif, when it was found, half Il
mile back, sitting on a pile of brush,
crying Justify. The child was wholly
uninjured, save 4 slight bruise on its
head.
THE protector of the Sutro Tunnel is
is so troublesome in the Comstock
mines, comes from a depth of ten or
fifteen thousand feet, where the rocks
are at Il high temperature; also that
there must be some connection between
the water of the Comstock lode and
that of the boiling springs ut Steam
boat, six or seven miles distant
VISITORS to Edison's laboratory at
Menlo Park, n. Y, are warned not to
enter the room where the dynamo-elec-
tric machine is at work; but they 90 in
all the same. Several valuable watches
have been spoiled by the electricity
reaching their works; and one lady, on
New Years Day, STOPPING down to look
at something near the machine, was
Mortified at seeing all the hairpins dart
ing from her head to the generator, be-
side which she was.
MKs. ANN f. GARRISON, of South
Bay City, Mich, has obtained n verdict
of 81 200 against saloon-keeper of
that place who sold her husband liquor
She sued for 80, 900 damages, alleging
that before her husband commenced
he was worth S15 900, and had
an annual income of $1,000; but drink
took it all away and made him drunk
en-, shiftless creature, and unable to at
tend to business He is now in Cali
fornia.
A NICE little tragedy was enacted at
on New Years Eve. Bessie
Il variety actress from
suicided by blowing out l
her brains with revolver at the Olym- s
pic Theater. She was playing an en-
sagement at the Olympic, and, rs the 5
clock struck -, ringing in the New t
Year, put the pistol to her forehead, t
pressed the trigger and the deed was J
lone. She was only IS years old. Her t
over, an actor, had cast her off |
AN extraordinary operation-per- t
ormed by a devotee of surgery as Il re- c
torative art-recently occurred in the t
Hospital. A beautiful Il
sirl of 16 had been shot in the face by ?
/ jealous lover, and had apparently |
Deen disfigured for life-her whole face d
,eing pitted with shot and powder. |
rhe enthusiast, however, set to work, p
md, after extracting the shot, picked "
tut each separate grain of powder with II
needle. The patient has now entirely o
covered, and her skin is said to be as b
mOoth and clear as an infants. A
THERE is Il story of Il nobleman who, o
1hen his purse was demanded, said to $;
he highwayman all right, but whose ii
hat fellow looking over your shoulder, jo
nd sraightway shot the fellow dead as 5,
e turned to see. Mr.. Thrupp, now I
uperintending an Anglo-Italian rail G.
Dad contract near Naples, is Il chip of n
his block apparently. When brigands p
topped him the other night he pre- II
ended to put his hand on a revolver, w
louSh he had none, and when told to to
emove it, or he would be shot, con- Il,
nued to parley with his assailants I'M o,
! the opportune arrival of the diligence M
ut them to fight. II
THIS story comes from Litchfield, 5,
Ieeker County, Mimi: A Litchfield ia