American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-12-18

Compiled from Various Sources.

THREE thousand miners are throw
out Of work by the temporary suspension {
collieries in the Pottsville pa district.
O
FKp9RAL Deputy Marshals hay
Jailed At Memphis twelve men charged wit
plundering the wreck Of the steamer City Q
YIsanburg.
A CHICAGO street-car was run into b,
= locomotive the other night and completed
demolished. The passengers, ten In mum
Der, were all more or less injured, but non
fatally.
The breaking ground for the Mata
moras & Matagorda Railroad, Mexico, OF
the ID, was the occasion of considerable Ger
emony, large number of dignitaries from
both sides Of the Rio Grande being In at
tendance.
THE Temperancs Congress, under the
auspices Of tia New York State Temperance
society, met n ths 9th. Gov. St John, o.
tory OF the struggle IN Kansas against In
TIM remains Of Hon. George B. Rob
insou, Lieutsnant- Governor elect Of Color
ado, were conveyed to his former homo near
Kahmaxoo, Mich, under an escort Of prom
iaeat citizens Of Colorado, and Inferred
with appropriate ceremonies, ON the 7th-
ANoBHER terrible mine explosion has
occurred IN South Wales-the Penygraig
Colliery, IN Rhonda Valley. being the scene
Of the latest disaster. Elzhty-six persons
were 1t work in the mine ut the time Of the
explosion, NOT one Of whom came out alive.
A JOINT caucus of the Republican
members Of the Senate and House, held on
the eveafnx Of the 9th, resolved that the Re-
publican minority should oppose the pend
ing joint rule for counting the Electoral vote
ssby means authorized by parliamentary
law.n
CAPTAIN w. H. HowGATE, U. s. A.,
has resigned. For the past ten years he had
been connected with the Signal Service, and
since General Myers death has been acting
Chief. His resignation Il supposed to be due
to the recent appointment Of General Hazen
- Chief Signal Oficer.
BRIeADIKR- GENERAL e. o. G. ORD,
commanding the Department of Texas, has
been retired from active duty by order OF
the President. He will be superseded by
General C. C. Augur, now commanding the
Department OF the South. Gen. Ord IL 81
years Of age, and his term Of service in the
Army b forty -sns snd . half years.
TEE simultaneous meeting in New
Orleans of the American Public Health As
sociation. the Quaranfino Association, and
the Sanitary Council Of the Mississippi VAL
ley brought together large number Of dis
tnguished ssseAaists, mostly medical men.
from an parts Of the country. The proceed
iAgs Of each body were Of an interesting
cAnrsc4er, and VIII doubtless add 90 little
y he public information regarding the pre-
vention and spread Of epidemic diseases.
A,eonG the first bills which win be
reached In the House win be the Eaton Tar
n BIN fer the creation Of coumissien OF
sxpsrts 70 Investigate the Tariff and report
their cancellations and recommendations to
tn next Congress. This bill passed the
Sensfe It the last sese1on and Il now lying
upou the speskerss table in the House in
such posif5ua ~ to 30 one Of the ftrst meas
urcs reached - The coming session.
SEvERAL employees of the Kansas
chr. st.s1oseph 8 Councn Biufs Railroad
and two Or three expFess messengers on the
same road have been arrested charged with
robbinG the baggnge consigned to that road
BY the Union Pacific The parties wese AL
indtctad ~ - Grand jury . Kansas City
On H. teefene1s g aeerge Saemincs' VINO
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Hissou1e Ren1feaftnEy seveni nontns ago Tor
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