American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

JAMES BUTCHER ald G. w. Herring
were fatally shot in quarrel over cards at
Las Animas, Colo. on the night of the 9th.
SEVENTEEN lives were lost by an ex-
plosion in the Whitcfed Coiiicry, Stafford
shire, England.
THE Spanish Ministry have resigned,
in consequence OF the Kings refusal to sane
tion a certain bill in reference to the finances,
and new Cabinet has been appointed with
Sagasta as Minister of the Interior and Pres
ident Of the Council.
The people of Montgomery, Ala,
have subscribed nearly all the money required
10 build the Southern Railroad TO the F'iori-
da line, througha rich cotton section. =
The five-story building of the West
ern Electric Manufacturing Company, on
New Church Street, New York, burned on
the9th.- Over $40 employees we're atworl.
IN the building at the time the fire broke
oUs5NBa ~ Ranss spread 50 rapid y that il
was necessary to rescue number Of the
women by means Of ladders.
THE fesW qfPs4s Nanchaf, La. Sm
Lake Ponchartrain, was demolished by a
tornado on the 9th. Every building in the
place w>sswePt sxey. bgt.2p lHess ye r:
I 1so1 e.nrss andast, Nasri;S.r 80
Choctaw Nation, were drowned while at
tempting to cross The river ytsFsrr SpithT
Arkansas. - :. - - LIZ !
The steamship Josephine from Hava-
ma TO New Orleans, was wrecked ON the 9th
near Ship Island. The passengers and crew
took to the boats and were picked up after
seven hours. They lost all their baggage.
THE Gum Block, at Denison, Texas,
occupied by the Daily Herqld and the
Wholesale grocery house Of 1fnf1 Kuethf 81
Co., was burned on the morning Of the 9th,
with its entire contents. Losses nearly COW
cred by insurance. = ~f gs- x ssl!S.I
A LIFx-INsURANCE conspiracy, has
been unraveled at Evansville, Iml Julius.
A. Coleman, prominent young lawyer, in,
duced Charles II. Lucas to insure his life for
SIG, 1000 and make feint of having been
drownse7Aa1f river Tie 9gslipinariss ,
nncemoney wasp paid oven the company : IN
terested got wind of the fraud and caused
the arrest of llpSSties ildplicated. TI.,eHe,
his wife, and an accomplice who testified to
having witnessed the dreWning. have con,
fessed their part in the affaiS, and according
to their statements Coleman was the origi-
nator of, the scheme, as he was to have been
the principal beneficiary. 80 5-
A, FIRE at Walnut, Iowa, on the Rock
Island Railroad, destroyed seventeen bust
ness houses and residences, with most Of
their contents. va sL
JOSEPH w. THIBAULr was hanged
at Annapolis, Nova Scotia on the Sth SfQr
the murder of Charlotte Hill In September.
last.
JAMES HICKEY, a noted thief apd
desperate, was killed at Coliiersyille, Tenn,
while resisting arrest, having first fired at
the Marshal and second time at youusss
man who. came to the officers assistapcs-s
Hickey was a stranger in Colliersville, b6t'
was well known to the police of Memphis,
St. IMfs, Chicago and other cities, lmying
figured prominently in number Of exfsn
sive robberies. -
Miss ELLA r. GILBERT, most est.
mable young lady Of Norwalk, o .Eyho3e5
cupied the position Of Deputy CpNgRe
corder, was run over and kihed zfhef other
while crossing the railroad track,
on her way to the Courthouse. V
THE ice blockade of the Mississippi
at st. louis Was broken on the 9th ana navi-
CATION resumed, after a close Of seventy lone
days. Steamboatmen apprehended no little
from the great fields OF ice coming
down the Missouri, but fortunately their
fears proved Eroindless this occasion.
CHARLEf HARfER, colored nihn Of
Fult6s, Mo. ,drshks about one and a half
pinfs OF lsvhbkyAt adrdg store; on a,Yager,
and died soon afs4 from the effects. :.
= TEE Cleveland Bar Association passed
favouhg the confirmation of
4Atthews rs suprcpe cErs dnstiees,
l11ssK4 Dillon and A. NJ. Suffivan