American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

GEMS. Pore and Hatch have had a
conference i'm regard TO the distribution of
| troops in Southern New Mexico. They have
agreed to scatter soldiers in small detach-
ments over the entire exposed territory and
give Gen. Buell. 900 men for active service
IT Is rumored in San Antonio that
Geri Ord will take years furlough and
then be retired, being succeeded in the De-
partmcnt of the Rio Grande by Gen. Scho-
field, now commandant at West Point.
NEAR Des Moines, Iowa, a four-year-
old son of George Wheeler got hold OF n
loaded revolver and shot his two-year- old
sister through the head, killing her instantly.
A RECENT dispatch from Stockton,
Texas, says: Major r. J. Lawrence and
corps of the Texas and Pacific Railroad sur
veyors, after a number Of days Of extreme
suffering from thirst in the White Sand
hills, miraculously arrived at the Pecos Riv-
er without the loss of any men but with the
loss of some stock. Wagons were abandoned
at different intervals for forty miles along the
trail. Great suffering was experienced by
both men and stock. With the assistance
from those first arriving ut the river, the
last of the stragglers were brought in with
much difficulty, numbers of them when
found were crazed from thirst and had en-
tirely stripped themselves of all wearing ap-
parel from head to foot. Three of them were
found within one hundred yards of the Pc
cos River where they were drinking the
blood of an animal they had killed. Some Of
the men were totally blind, and on arriving
at the river plunged in head foremost. The
party congratulate themselves on their mar
row escape from perishing on the plains.
Had it not been for several Of the expert
enced and their bravery, the greater number
would have died in the sand.
SIX escaped convicts from the Idaho
Penitentiary stopped a stage coach on the
Challis and Utah line, relieved the seven pas
sengers-five men and one woman-of all
their valuables, and then Invested them of
all their clothing. The unfortunates Travelled
several miles in a state Of nudity, and, pro-
curing some sheets and blankets, continued
their journey to the railway, where they OBJ
tanned suitable apparel.
ARTHUR HOUsER, a Cincinnati boy,
found an old pistol, and in playful mood
pointed it at his seven-year-old cousin,
Sarah Ruckstahl, and pulled the trigger. The
pistol was of course loaded, and the ball
penetrated the little girls forehead, killing
her almost instantly.
CHARLES ULRICH, the notorious coun-
terfeiter, who recently completed ten years.
term in the Ohio Penitentiary, is supposed
to be the author of the dangerous 800 coun-
terfeit bank notes now in circulation.
TIMOTHY HART, wealthy stock
raiser of South Texas, started to go to Bee
vile with 81 200 in his possession. He is
known to have stopped over one night with
a party of Mexicans in camp, but never ar
rived at his destination. 1t is believed he
was murdered by the Mexicans and his body
secreted.
The Grand Jury of Orange County,
N. Y, have indicted Beaumont Buck, the
Texas student who shot and badly wounded
John G. Thompson, Jr., at Highland Falls,
near West Point, some weeks ago.
Two gamblers, known as " Hoodoo"
Brown and "Curly" Frank, had dispute
over game of cards at Buena Vista, Colo.
Brown was shot twice in the breast and in
stantly killed; his adversary was likewise
shot in the breast, and was not thought likely
to recover.
THE Pope has decided to accept the
Prussian Church law and will at the next
Consistory nominate Bishops to fill the va
cant sees.
AT Kennebunk, Me-, Mrs. Sylvester
Chick took her only son, eight years old, to
the river, undressed him and held him un
lerneath the water until he was drowned.
She then attempted to drown herself.
YALE COLLEGE has conferred upon
President Hayes the honorary degree of
LID.
A CoLoRED man in the Jail at Nor
garfield, KY, under sentence of death for
The murder Of Christian Smith, was taken
put by a mob and hanged and shot to death.
THERE were seventy-nine fatal cases
If sunstroke reported in New York City for
he twenty-four hours ending at noon on the
Ist.
THE weekly purchases of bonds by
he United States Treasury has been discon-
inued for the present on account of de-
hands on the cash in the Treasury for other
purposes.