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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
Novel Fractional Currency.

1t is not generally known that if 81
greenback is eatly cut in two each of
the halves is good for so cents at the
Federal Treasury. The same process
can be carried on till the bill is divided
into tenths without injuring the aliquot
value of its parts. This has been sug-
gested as an easy way of obtainin g
small sums to send by mail, now that
the extremely convenient fractional cur
rency has Disappeared; but it is not
likely to be generally adopted; a half
note being an awkward thing to pass,
except at a bank. The popular objec-
ton to sucn fragments comes down
from time when one-haH bank-note
was worthless without the other half. 1t
is SO to-day in England, and the division
of Bank of England note is a frequent
way of insuring its safety when sent by
mail. Major Powers, a prominent Off
Ger in the Treasury Department of long
experience, proposes that the back of
one dollar greenbacks be hereafter di-
vided by the device printed upon them
into four parts, SO as to be cut up at
pleasure, each quarter being good in
small sums for twenty-five cents. This
would enable the community to supply
itself with its own fractional currency
at pleasure, and it would also probably
increase enormously the share of one
dollar notes which would never come
back to the Treasury.-Springfeid
(lfass.) Republican.
THE preservation of tombstones and
monuments is question of much i'm
portance. From observations made
and reported to the Royal Society of
Edinburgh it was found that the cal
careous rocks marbles and limestones
yield quickly, as rule, to atmos-
pheric influences. Slabs of freestone
and other illuminated sand rocks
were, however, found to be soenduring
that the sharpness of the cut letters is
hardly blunted after century's ex-
posture.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
Getting at the FOOtings.

In reviewing the expenditures of the
Government in recent years the Phila-
delphia Inquirer strains hard to prove
that the Democrats are entitled to little
or no credit for the reductions since
1877 when they had the first majority
in the House. After comparing the ex-
penditures the Inquirer says:
These figures, when carefully scanned, indi-
cate that while the Democrats had the control
of the National appropriations they have
taken of one year and aided on the next, and
so the real reduction of expenses has been
very small. They have by their acts shown
that if in full power, they would be apt to
take in at the spigOt and let out at the bung.
Their idea of economy is not whit better
than that of the poor Indian who cut piece
OF the top of his blanket and sewe1 it the
bottom to make it long enough to cover his
feet.
This is probably very smart, but let
us see how much truth there is in it.
The total ordinary expenditures of the
Government in the five years preceding
the control of the finances on the part
s =. II ell
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
Why the South Makes congressman Of
Her Soldiers.

The list of Confederate Brigadiers."
that is. of prominent Southern men
now in public life, but formerly more
or less prominent in the Confederacy
and its armies. is going the annual
rounds of the Republican press. This
prominence is taken for proof of some
thing devilish in the conduct of the
Southern people. But, as q matter of
fact, the Confederate Brigadiers"
were and are their ablest men, and,
just like any other community, without
regard to The point of the compass,
they choose their ablest men to repre-
sent them. With the exception of
Postmaster-GeneralM aynard-the most
prominent Republicans from the South
ern States are Confederate Briga-
diers," Key, Longstreet and Mosby;
and the man from the South the Re-
publioans are most apt to compliment
for his fairness and moderation was
once the Vice-President of the Confed-
eracy. The reason is not hard to find.
The same talents and force of charac-
ter which made them prominent during
the days of the Confederacy keep them
SO now. If the Republican party should,
by wisdom and moderation, ever sue
coed in dividing the ''SOlid South" into
voluntary and spontaneous party divis-
ions, instead of into violent and faeti-
tious ones as at present, the prominent
Republican leaders there would, if they
had not by that time died out, be Soon
federate Brigadiers." Otherwise, the
party would be led. as of yore, by its
scallawags."
That there is nothing wrong, per Sc,
in being Confederate Brigadier" is
shown by the honor which the Republi-
cans pay to those of that obnoxious
brand who unite their fortunes with
that party. If the Confederate Briga-
der" simply as Brigadier, is an I'M
trustworthy man, he must be untrust-
worthy, even though Republican. If
he is not in himself obnoxious. then the
choice of him by the Southern people
has no other significance than an indi-
cation of his talent and influence as a
man. Hence. publishing lists of such
as are elected to Congress is not an
an attempt to excite prejudice.
This is all the more evident, because
no effort is made to cite any proofs of
Confederate Brigadiers." They have
voted all the Government supplies; they
have increased the loyal pension list;
they have admitted no "rebel claims;"
they have done what the loyal majority
failed to diminished the current ex-
penses of the Government.
So that the publication of the statis-
tics of the Confederate Brigadiers' is
simply revival of the war spirit, an
appeal to war memories, an irritation
of ancient wounds, which, when in
dulged in by Confederate Briga-
der" is considered proof of total de-
pravity. Such is the power of sef-de-
ception, moreover, that in many in
stances those guilty of this inconsist-
ency probably do not dream of it nor
can they be persuaded that they are
stultitieu; but, imagine, perhaps, that
they are doing their country service by
thus keeping wide open the gulf be-
tween the North and the South.-De-
troH Free Fress.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE result of the election in Maine
was still undetermined on the Goth, both
parties claiming the election of Governor by
a small plurality. Ladd and Murch, Fus-
ionists, are both reelected to Congress
from the Fourth and Fifth Dis
tricts respectively; the Republicans elect
their Congressman in the other three dis
tricts, but in two of them, the First and
Third, by very small majorities, which
it is said will be contested. The
Legislature is Republican in both branches.
There was. large vote polled, showing an
increase Of about five per cent. overthat of last
year. In 1876 the vote of Maine on Governor
was-Republican, 1857 Democrat, 60, 433;
Greenback. $40. In 1878 the vote stood
Republican, 56,57S; Democrat, 1882;
Greenback, 4,404. In 1s79-Republican,
s., 766; Democrat, 21,66S; Greenback, Az
$50.
AT Chicago, on the 18th, Maud S.
eclipsed all her previous performances,
making a record of 2:10 3-4. The time by
quarters .was-first quarter, :34; second,
80 3-4; third, 81 IA; fourth, IA ga. Her
fastest quarter-mile was at the rate Of 1908.
In the District Court at Leavenworth,
Kans., on the 18th, Thomas Thurston, who
pleaded guilty to shooting at d. II. Anthony
and seriously wounding Lucien Baker and
John p. Douglass, was sentenced by Judge
Crosier to eighteen years. hard labor in the
Kansas State Penitentiary.
Dr. L. P. TALBOT, editor of the
Greenbdck Standard at Maryville. Nodaway
County, Mo-, was assassnated in cold blood
on the night of the 18th, at his residence
about seven miles south of the town. He was
sitting down by window, reading, when
a bullet fired from a gun through the closed
window struck him in the side, inflicting a
mortal wound. He died on the following
day. There is no clew to the perpetrator of
the crime, nor no known motive that could
have induced it, but it is believed that the
assassin was some person who had per-
sonal enmity against his victim.
THE Internal Revenue Bureau has re-
ceived a report that Deputy Collector Lath-
am of Southwestern Virginia, with posse
of nine men, has been attacked while in the
discharge of his duty by fifty armed moon
sinners, fired upon repeatedly and compelled
to retreat.
THE coal mining troubles at Corning
in Perry County, o., have reached such
pitch that the Governor, in response to the
several companies of militia from
Columbus to the scene Of the difficulty. On
the night of the 10Th the striking miners
charged upon the negroes who had taken
their places. The commander of the mi
fitia ordered them te halt, which order
il is said was IInheeded. Several shots were
also fired by the mob, when the troops re-
turned the fire, causing the rioters to retreat
With the loss Of several men wounded.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Turkey owes $3.50, 900. 900, mainly
in England.
A company with a capital of S25,-
| 900. 900 has been formed in Paris to buy
land in Canada.
There are said to be about 300
| electric lights in use in this country,
of which over 5000 are the Brush
lights.
"A return issued by the German
Postmaster-General shows the number
of post cards used in Europe i'll the year
1873 to have been 342, 100000
Three -fourths of the Parisians are
poor. There are in the city 6s4, 952
lodgings, of which 46S, 651 are let for
less than $50 year.
The Japanese make a very curious
and handsome kind of copper by casting
it under water, the metal being highly
heated, and the water also being hot.
The result is beautiful rose -colored
tint, which is not affected by exposure
to the atmosphere.
A firm in Leeds, England, has en-
gagged to furnish the State Prison at
San Quentin, Cal, 100 looms for the
manufacture of jute burlaps for grain
bags, the looms and machinery to cost
100000. 1t is expected that they
will be in working order by next
spring.
The Rnilway Age says that the ex-
aminations of railway employees as to
their ability to distinguish colors has
failed, both in this country and in Eu-
rope. to discover single one whose
"color blindness" was such as to unfit
him for his duties.
"A London paper speaks of the large
importations from the Continent of veg
etable parchment now manufactured,
which has all the qualities of that pre-
pared from skins, and the advantage of
being much cheaper. AS the dressing
of skins for parchment has given en-
ployment to large number of people,
this new mode may revolutionize great
industry.
At a recent meeting of German
doctors interested in the treatment of
insane persons, a paper was read by the
Director of the Brunswick State Lunatic
Asylum, in which he maintained that
much of the increase of insanity in Ger
many is attributable to the excessive
amount of work. imposed upon the
pupils in the National schools.
"A long bridge over the Volga, in
Russia, has recently been completed.
The width of the river is nearly a mile,
ana as IL Is ilaoie 10 neaVy spring noods,
the piers, OF which there are fourteen,
mad TO be ouilt loo 1eet ABOVE mean
water level; the depth OF the river be-
ing more IMAM 2o ieet; Inc giroers,
3o4 rect long and ~ VIDE, were rlveted
together on the rlSht BANK OF the river,
and then located to their position.
in the construction of the 5000
miles of new railroad that will proba-
bly, be built the current year. 45O, 900
tons of rails will be used, besides many
tons of plates. spikes, ETC.. the cost of
which will not fall below 1926, 900, 900,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

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$40. l l in the ordinary expenditures OF
the Government in five years since the
Democrats obtained control of the APP
preparations. The saving by Democrats
amounts to four times the entire debt of
Pennsylvania, or one and half times
the municipal debt of Philadelphia.
Yet the Philadelphia Inquirer wittily
tells its readers, in the face of these
great results of economy, that the DEM
ocratic idea of economy is not a whit
better than that of the poor Indian. A
saving of ninety millions in five years is
probably very small matter in the es-
timation of the Inquirer, but it is a
great thing for the great body of the
taxpayers, to whom il gives assurance
of still further reductions of their bur-
den.
Until the Democrats secured major
ity in the House the expenditures of the
Government were steadily rising in
arithmetical progression, except in
1876. when in facing a Presidential
election it was found necessary to make
a slight reduction in order to save APP
pearances. During the five years of
Republican appropriations with which
we have compared the five years OF
Democratic control, James A. Garfield
was SnalTIllin Oh Ine house COIululltee
on Appropriations. Thus the response
bility for waste and extravaganza rests
not only on the Republican majority in
Congress but is brought directly home
to their candidate for President.
While making a reduction of nearly
ninety million dollars in the space of
five years the Democratic Representa-
tives in Congress were just and liberal
in their appropriations for the wounded
and deceased soldiers of the Union, as
the official records demonstrate. The
total amount of appropriations forpen-
sons in the five Republican years men
toned above are as follows:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

SCOUTS have discovered Victoria 8
main camp in Corral Depiedras in Mexico.
Various raiding expeditions are being scat
tered over the State of chihuahua. Gov.
Terras has increased the reward offered for
Victories scalp from 1000 to $1,000.
A PARCEL containing four pounds of
dynamite, connected with tube filed with
percussion-caps and gunpowder, was found
recently under the rails on the London and
Northwestern Line, sixteen miles from the
Euston London terminus. 1t is supposed the
express train to Scotland passed over the
mined rail two hours previous to the discov-
cry, but the tube was shaken from the rail
by the motion of the passing train, or other
wise failed to act. There was no clew to the
perpetrators.
HALL, the defaulting Treasurer of
Toledo, o., has returned home and assumed
charge Of his business affairs IN the interest
of his bondsmen. His assets are thought to
be sufficient to cover his official deficit.
CAPT. ARCHIBALD THOMPSON, of the
National Line Steamship England, was acct
dentally drowned during the last trip of that
vessel from Liverpool to New York.
A WOMAN named Jolly, of Montreal,
with her two daughters, aged eight and five,
and young baby, were drowned by the up
setting of boat.
Suspicious cases of sickness. pro
pounced nv some nbvsicians n mild tvne Of
yellow fever. have been prevailing in the vi
cinity of Quarantine Station. below New
Orleans. The Nation a, BOARD of Health on
tho 1e,h COW, . oor,u,iss;on n, investigate tho
matter.
THE trial of Virgil and Houston Gull
II
terminated at DeKalb, Miss, on the 10th, by
a verdict of not guilty. The evidence was
fatty contradictory.
The Republicans of the First Missouri
District have nominated ex-Gov. Thomas C.
Fletcher for Congress.
An NATIONAL Convention of Renubli-
,.r 1,,,hs v.s h.Id a. Ird;.n.no,;s q, ,ho
18th. A lengthy address was issued, favor
ing the election of the Republican candidates
for President and VicePresident.
HENRY MACKABEE, a prison official
of Mount Sterling, Ky., took two conyicts
with him to a wood about ten miles from the
prison for the purpose of cutting some poles.
The convic,s who were armed with axas
fell on Mactabae .nd hocted h;,,, 20 ,,iooos
.rd ~. ,ha;r aso.na M.a,-ahao,e -,
,,,.s d;s.ora-.,J -, ,ha to,,,,,-i,,o, L.
-, lo., ~ T.s:s
N.v.io reoen,1r tooL n,.oa A ,a,r tr;ands
=, hoth ,,.r,ias - ,roso,. tn Ir.e 80
t;rod "a tha Na,,pie sar;,s,,, -
Knives xye-e tn. ue.nons ,,,sod Tha III
was caused by both Indians wanting to marry
the same girl.
w.,rrs,, .,<yv.sh;,-..
r..-,.. -. -, -. 49, -.
n"s oeen a',"o'' e"'iio'y uoeuoy
go III. ,as y anso,,ai, "as nsu "
tween $40 GOO and 500 600
c w---
anu ns ~He' al
- W. a 80. rup ossna ~. I nn,,, e.a,,
track I'm a two-borse buggy when the fast
express came along and struck their vehicle,
killing both of them instantly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

The snake season opens well. Not
a sarpint yet killed has measured less
than ten feet long and fiourished twenty
rattles and carried small Ratchet on
the tip of his tail.-M r. Graphic.
The Danbury NeUs man has seen a
Connecticut baby four weeks old who
could drown out the loudest notes of a
brass band and not be overly red in the
face or kick his shoes off.
The young physician returns from
his vacation to find his patients lively
as crickets. He inwardly vows that he
will stay at home and attend to bust
ness hereafter.-NewH aUess Register.
"A man who was suffering from a
boil on his face pettishly exclaimed:
81 wish knew the best place to have
a boil" To which his little girl re-
sponded: "Why, papa, the tea-kettle
is the best place to have a boil"
Men who cannot whistle would die
in year if cast away on an uninhabited
island. A whistler would live from
twenty to thirty years. and the island
would TEEN with peace and plenty
Detroit Free Press.
Corded beds, husk ticks. common
yellow soap, timed looking-glasses,
pitchers without handles and diminu-
1--WE IOWelS are tnc DcuTOOm acceSSO-
ries of many summer resorts in New
Hampshire.
"A grocer who excited the ire of one
of his customers by presenting at his
house a bill for goods rendered was
waited on soon after by daughter of
the debtor, who said. 81 wish you
wouldn't come with the bill when
papa's at home-it makes him nervous
to be dunnedn
DR.. l. called upon a lady ac-
quaintance the other day and was met
at the door by the lady's little girl. He
asked her to tell her mamma that DIR.
L. had called. The child went up
stairs and presently returned. did
you tell your mammal" asked the doc
tor. Yes" ''And what did she sayP"
"She said, ooh, pshawr
&c This making vacation pleasant
by walking about the country in the
disguise of a tramp isn't what it is lai /
out to be- said Job Shuttle. 1--we
got four dog bites on my right calf,
been dubbed over the head by hired
man twice. and every time L attempted
to flirt with girl she'd scream and yell
for the men folks. I'll go by the cars
next year, like civilized heathen."-
NeU HaUen Register.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
General Garfield delivered an adj.

General Garfield delivered an adj
dress at the reunion of the Forty-siXth
o. V. l., at Ashland. Wednesday last.
He had uttered but a few sentences
when the platform on which he was
standing broke down, and precipitated
him to the ground. General Garfield
shouldn't make fuss about a little
thing like that. He should regard the
incident as a sort of informal rehearsal
of the grand crash which is to come in
October, and the earthquake which is
to ingulf him in November. Cincinnati
Enqairer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

The appropriations for pensions in tn
We Democratic years are as follows:

1t is thus seen that the Democrats in
Congress, while lessening the Govern
ment expenditures nearly ninety mil
lions in five years, have in the same
time increased the pension fund more
than thirty-nine million dollars. The
reduction of the lavish and wasteful
expenditures created by the Repub-
Leans in Congress has enabled the
Democrats to make this liberal endo "
ment to the pensioners without incrcas-
ing the burdens to the taxpayers hut
while greatly diminishing them. --Htr-
risdurg pa. Patriot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

THE Great Western National Fair at
Lawrence, Kans., opened on the 18th with a
fine display and in the presence Of some
10000 spectators The Arkansas Valley
Fair, held ut Wichita, was also n great sue
cess, both in point Of display and in attend
ance.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

THE New Hampshire Prohibitionists
have placed State ticket in the field, head
ed by George ID. Dodge, of Hampton Falls,
for Governor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

OFFICIAL returns from all the coun-
ties in Arkansas except Chicot, Desha,
Green, Phillips and Pulaski give Churchill a
majority of about s., 800 over Parks for Gov
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

EIGHTEEN young squaws, Cherokees,
Choctaws and Creeks, rangingin age from ID
TO Is years, have recently gone East to join
Mr.. Moody's school at Nerthfeld, Mass.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

The st. Louis Fair this year opens on
Monday, Oct 4, and closes ON Saturday, Oct
0. The premium list aggregates $4,000. A
general reduction in railroad and steamboat
fares to and from st. Louis will be made.
The annual parade of the Yelled Prophets
will come on on the night of Tuesday, the
Rth
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
THE Missouri Republican State Con-

vention was held at Mercantile Library Hall,
ST. Louis, on the 18th. The following ticket
was placed In nomination: For Governor,
David p. Dyer, Of st. Louis; Lieutenant
Governor, Milo Blair, Of Pettis; Secretary Of
State, James c. Broadwell, of st. Louis;
Auditor, l. A. Thompson, of Montgomery;
Attorney General, II. Fl. Harding, of JAS
per; Treasurer, w. Q. Dollmeyer, of Cole;
Railroad Commissioner, Howard Barnes
(colored) of Cole; Judge Of Supreme Court,
]. ". c. Karnes, Of jackson; Register of
Lands, George B. Herrenden, of Marion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

THE 800 counterfeit note now in cir
culation is conceded to be the best counter
felt that has ever been known in America.
The plate is so arranged that it can be adj
1usted to suit the issue of any national bank.
This makes discovery of the fraud almost
impossible, except at the Treasury, and
there, strange to say, the cheat can only be
proven by the superiority Of the workman
ship expended upon it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources

The New Hampshire Democratic
State Convention, held on the 18th, nomi-
mated Frank Jones for Governor by acclama-
ton.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

The Archbishop of Quebec has issued
a pastoral letter deploring the continued
emigration from that province to the United
States, and appealing to the generosity,
charity and patriotism Of the people to take
steps to check the movement.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

THE Rev. Z. p. Adams, of the Pres
byterian Church at Dunkirk, n. Y, was
formally deposed from the ministry by the
Buffalo Presbytery at its recent session. He
was charged with heresy.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

THE work of taking the census of the
Indians Of the United States will be COM
menced October 1. The census will include
the enumeration Of Indians by approximate
ages, vital statistics collected by United
States Surveyors on different reservations,
educational statistics collected by Govern
ment teachers, and industrial statistics
gathered by special agents.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

THE Massachusetts Republican State
Convention was held on the 18th. Gov. John
d. Long, Lieut. Byron Weston, Sec
Rotary Of State Henry B. Pierce and Attor-
General George Marsten were all NOM
mated by reclamation. Daniel A. Gleason
was renominated for Treasurer and Receiver
General, and Charles R Ladd for Auditor,
both by reclamation.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25

A PROFESSOR stated recently before
the New York Oyster Commission that
100000 oyster eggs may be slowed
away in the space occupied by watch
spring.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-25
The First Comptroller of the Treas

ury has decided that Government bonds be-
ing contracts to pay persons in whose names
they are drawn, or their indorsers, can not
be interfered with by DEGREES of courts.
The decision is based upon an application Of
Q bondholder who desires a transfer on the
Treasury books to creditors of bonds pur-
chased by them, but which were registered
in the name Of another person who had no
knowledge of the transaction at the time.