American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-06-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE Staffordshire (England) Goa
miners have struck work, and the collierie
are closed.
THE Communists of Paris, to TIL
number of several hundred, made a demon
stration ON Sunday, the I'D, by endeavorin.
to decorate with flowers the spot where tn,
Communists were shot in 1871. The polic'
interfered and arrested several OF the lead
ers. Their friends attempted their rescue
anu pio"s "ere eAenanseu.
1hE American oocie'y Vi ol'h EN-
gneers met IN annual convention AT 81
Lou's oI .ne .' nno io ,ao ESQ., y. ,ou'
49,. - wv So, .'Ia wv o.;sn ~.
i'' ~ ."''''' i0', '''.o"' van
CUM A.. osu
- Inn" &c az IL ,-atss 60 .;,,
- .,',o.,,.,, ono,,rrod oo,o.;,,a
her With tho burning oil and She ran wildly
into the street, tanning it into flames. The
0esb was literally roasted upon her lower
limbs and drained off In sbreds
AN extensive oil fire occurred in
Rroot,rr n v On the nor,inc ~ tbe oe,b
Sovor,i mon ,yero h.dlv ;niured Inv tho av.
rIosio,, ., an o;It.nt
p'o;ion VI E en
'oEL ILH'o'oS' Ao"n N"l snAi VI
Murray oahoMas Uouhy, n.y., was sho'
anu Niheu on '"e -f'" " La" + 'o"os'
x. DIAL,
N DohL has ooon AouSn' ~ e''h'
hungary, between Count Llhchy ana Count
stephen karolyl, IN wnlcn the former was
wounded, it was thought fatally.
THE Peruvians have recaptured Mo-
quequa and Aroquipa.
A. H. LITrLEFIELD has been elected
Governor. and II. H. Fay Lieutenant-Goy-
ernor. Of Rhode Island. by the General AS
sembIy.
RAILWAY line ia proiected from
Natamoras IN MONTERREY and tbence tn Sal.
TIL II, M.~ico
IT, 100 100. l.4,,,o,, u.r,.r .nd
80
nney, WHICH was iow Nv, oh 'ne o'onn"o az
...a Univ -'
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an, I.- VIZ VIZ -. ..1
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- -. -,,;.tad ~, ~. ,ro,,d - -
Satouso ~, H. ae,h .,tor,n,ad 90 shoo, Mr.
n n antbnry ed;,or a, Tho Tymns az tho
-. a.; -. ~ ora.o, 80
- ,nondaI rh,,-stor ti-ed t,vi.o hoth
shots missing his intended victim.
but both taking effect upon other
parties. Lucien Baker, a young attorney,
was pierced through the body by one of the
bullets, and very dangerously, if not fatally,
wounded, and John p. Douglas, advertising
solicitor of the Times, was slightly wounded
in the head. Thurston was arrested and
for fear that he would be iynched was taken
to Fort Leavenworth ana thence TO Atchi-
son, where he is now imprisoned. Baker
was attorney for Thurston in his recent trial
and secured his discharge.
GEORGE w. PICkENs, an old settler
of Butler County, Kas., on the 23d was suf
located in q well which he had been blasting
on his farm in Benton Township. Frank
Waite, neighbours son, went down in the
well to the assistance OF fickehs' ana ne 100
was overcome by the deaoy gas ana 1eii
from the Ducket 10 tne pottohi, Iracturlng
his skull.
ROBERT 7. GRAY, commercial trav-
eler from st. Joseph, Mo-. committed suicide
in Kansas City on the 18th. His parents re-
side at Normal, LII.
JOHN EICHBERG, prominent cltizen
Of Memphis, either jumped or fell overheard
rom the steamer Hard Cash and was
on the 18th.
The employees of the Philadelphia |
Rolling mill, 200 in number, have struck |
'or higher wages.
A SEASON of most intense heat, &C
,ompanied by ng-continued drouth, has
throughout New York. New Her.
,ey and the New England States. On May
q the thermometer in New York
City and vicinity ranged from
linets -.Mo 1870 ~ one NUM-. . Gu uesrees
n 'ne sn"ue, -ns t ,p;,.. - - III '"en'!
trole in New York and Brooklyn. six If
which were fatal. Vegetation of ali kinds
v.s nearly hurned nm On the ostb tbara
,ora ,,yeiva deaths from s,,nstroka in No,v
yort ,nd Rrooklvn.
SOME 3 700 miners have str,,ck work
j. Io,dviI,e demanding an adrance fron,
hree dollars tn four dollars ner dav The
ave compelled miners who did not volun.
arily join in the strike to quit work.
Trouble is apprehended.
THE spring meeting of the st. Louis
Jockey Club will open on Tuesday, June 8
ontinuing until the following Monday, the
4tb. On each of the six days there will be
number of spirited races, commencing
promptly at p. m. All railroad and steam
,oat lines give reduced rates Of fare to St.
,ouis during the races.
Mp II PrrMs. an ex-AIderman ox
,,,I,,,,,o Low. committed suicide ON ,ha
o. VI a.o.;,,, h;,ns.I, thro,,gh H. -
- .ro,,t,Ias
Un,.,s Kr.p,vx b.s ham -.,o.soa
rom 'ne San i"'''e' iio''e VI "'iieo-
ION.
IHE PRESIDENT mas signed tne carlisle
ILL., amending tne ih'ernai he'ehue law In