American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-13
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

UREA Cur of the Chaldees), a town OF
much historical Importance on account
of the connection Herewith of the patri-
arch Abraham, has been nearly de-
stroyed by fire.
ALoT of wild rice sown on the ponds
about Erie, Pa, two years ago, has
grown and fourished, attracting thou
sands of birds. large and small. Trials
in parts of New England have not been
SO successful.
The Secretary of the Liverpool Veg
etarian Society states that he has walked
500 miles in Is days-an average of So
miles per day-on a diet of nothing but
raw fruit, and this without unusual ia
tigue or bodily strain.
The Boston newspapers tell of stage
struck woman who got divorce from
her husband in order to become an
actress, failed dismally behind the foot
lights, returned to her home and begged
to be made a wife AGAIN which was done
by a rc-marriage.
THIS is an age of canal projects. The
German Government, it is said, contem-
plates cutting a ship canal, navigable
for war vessels, from the Baltic Sea to
the German Ocean. and passing through
Schleswip-H
PARROT died of a broken heart in
RaIlSton Sna A.. bad haar t,~autr-
five wears in a family its owner went to
Minnesota. The bird soon missed him,
and its only cry was: "Where Is Joe p''
1t ate nothing, and continued its call
until it fell exhausted.
A SOUTHERN CITY is said to boast of
a colored lodoe. mart of whose title is
"The Grand Council of the Grand An
Gent Order of the Sons, and Daughters,
Brothers and Sisters of Moses. of the
United States and the World at Large. :"
Their secret grip lanes a man for six
months.
MAINE has q law that ra,;evos the
debt for Honor from navment All
such sales on credit are made at the
risk of the seller. Certain nart;es in
Roston met novr ov;ror 70 tho ;nsoIron-
cy of a few Maine liquor concerns, find
themselves out of every dollar of their
Claims
Gov. ANDREWS, of Connecticut, is
thoroughly domesticated man. One of
the reasons given for his not attending
the dinner at Boston on Saturday night
in honor of Gov. Davis, of Maine, was
that he could not reach his home again
before Sunday. He has spent every
Sunday with his family since his mar
rage.
HE Vesuvius railway promises to be
an accomplished fact A portion of the
rails are already laid, and a number of
workmen are daily engaged upon the
work. The railway starts from point
situated to the west OF the observatory,
on that side OF the cone which is least
seldom subject to streams of lava.
CAPT. WEBB, the Channel swimmer,
ha&undertaken to swim 60 consecutive
ours, viz: for three days and two
Hgnss, he VIII De allowed to leave the
Ma5sI LOT no. more man 90 minutes IN
Iou.S' ne al.emPt VIII De
..sss unuei Tug lnoss Iasoiaoie circum-
~ ~ Possiole, VIZ: sea wafer OF sum-
1e Pera'ure' anu III LONDON carry
LII MAJ n-
"BAREFoOT WALKER is well known
around Columbus, Ga. He is so called
because he has not worn shoes for forty
years. The other day he died, to all in
tents and purposes of old age, and his
friends made preparations to bury the
old man. Just as the funeral ceremo-
mes were beginning old walker sat up
IL ms conin anu asAeo wnat tney were
Is .nele me iunerai party went
nonne uiSooui'seo'
DURING recent storm at Anamosa,
Iowa, q woman experienced a peculiar
shock, the sensation being that of a
blow upon the forehead. She was puz-
zled as to the cause. The next day it |
was discovered that there was hole |
torn through the floor of the room, and |
on closer examination the joist was
found splintered 1t was plainly evil |
dent that it was the work of electricity. |
and that the charge had gone upward in
stead of downward.
Tuv hr;d.oroo,, . ~.
the time appointed for a wedding at |
Harmony, Ga. The bride, who knew
his bashfulness, said his courage had |
probably failed him. Somebody sup-
gested that horn be blown to call him,
and this was done. A responsive whoop |
was heard from the woods near by, but |
The young man did not appear until |
. scouting party brought him in by
force. 1t was not until he became fear
tul of losing the girl, whose patience
gave way to anger, that he mustered
enough courage to face the ceremony.
Awrp,c.x o-.n.o
ooked mon by Erenoo ;n Va onee
unIy AZ Sometime ;nferfer;nn Nth III. the
market of their wines here-6ence as of
no possible benefit to them. Now, after
the rayages of that insect that has de-
stroyed millions worth of vineyard
property in Europe, Italy has offered
prizes, amounting to 81 800, for vine
yards raised from gratis of American
varieties of grapeyines capable of re-