American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-13

| All of the whites were killed. six of them
being dispatched while lying on the field
wounded.
IT is rumorcd the British officials OBJ
tanned their Information regarding the con-
templated shipment of Internal machines
! from America from 4 memorandum book
found in possession of McGrath, enc of the
men indicted for the attempt to blow up the
Town Hall at Liverpool.
| THE Yorktown Centennial celebration
will begin on Oct. Is.
FIRE in the lower part of Deadwood,
OAK, on the Sd, known as Fountain City,
| destroyed twenty five buildings. Loss about
! 100000. Small insurance. Many families
escaped with only thin night clothes. The
origin is unknown.
TRUCKEE, Cal, has had S350,OO0
fire. 1t originated in a dance house.
MCGRATH and McKavitt, who at
tempted to blow up the Liverpool Town
Hall, have been found guilty. McGrath
was sentenced to penal servitude for life and
McKavitt for fifteen years.
THE City of Brooklyn, having post
poned its Fourth of July celebration on ac-
count of the attempted assassination of the
President, had grand gala day on the 4th
of August, as a token of rejoicing for the
Presidents convalescence.
The Perry County, Ark, troubles are
in fair way of adjustment. Writs have
been issued for a score of persons, and are
being served as rapidly possible. The
alleged murdercrs of Editor Matthews were
arrested on the Sd. Their names are james
A. Isom and w. S. Paytoh. They offered no
resistance, but surrendered to the posse, re-
marking that they were not guilty and would
prove it. An alleged accompIice named
Kennedy has also been arrested, and the
officers are hunting for eight others charged
as being accessories. The Jail in which the
prisoners are confined is guarded by the
militia, and every precaution taken to pre-
vent their release by outside parties.
A DISPATCH from Natal, South Afri-
ca, says the American ship Calcutta, Capt.
Smith, from Cebu, Philippine Isles, May 3,
OF and for Boston, was totally wrecked on
the coast of Kaffraria, on the Sd of June, only
three of the crew being saved.
THE notorious sanctimonious swindler,
who under the name of the Rev. CASTOR de
Rouhan was sentenced to the Missouri Pen
itentiary in 1879 for five years, but escaped
within year, has been again operating sue
cessfully in Nova Scotia, but has been again
detected and is now lodged i'm the Halifax
Jail. The history Of his misdeeds runs back
for nearly twenty years, during which time
he has operated under various names, i'm
nearly every Catholic community from Can
ada to California.
THE Indian troubles in New Mexico
are assuming alarming proportions, and ev-
cry day brings news of fresh atrocities COM
mitted by rowing bands Of savages. A party
Of ten Americans from Chloride City, REIN
forced by twenty-six Mexicans, recently had
an encounter in Red Canyon with a large
party of hostiles, said to have been under
the personal command of Mana, the redoubt-
ed chief, in which several were killed and
on both sides. A dispatch from
Socorro, 9Th, says news has been received
here of the killing of Col. Robert H. Staple
.on, formerly of the United States Army, at
Mornea Springs, where he has been running
mill. He commanded regiment in the
Mexican war, and has long been prominent
in the Territory. A subscription is being
-aised to offer reward of $25 for every In
liam scalp brought into town.
RENEWED attacks by mobs on the |
hops and synagosues of the Jews are re- |
ported in various places in Pomerania. Some |
hops were wrecked. The mobs were dis
'ersed by the police.
THE National Catholic Total Absti-
renee Union has been in session at Boston.
Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati, was elect
ii President of the Union, but declining,
he Rev. j.. b. Cotter, of Minnesota, was
hosen.
FOREST fires have swept the country
forth of Bay City, Mich. destroying farm
fences, and much standing tim
'er. Trains on the Michigan Central Rail-
Dad were delayed by clouds OF smoke and
shes.
A LETTER threatening the Gar with
eath was found on table i'm his bed room,
opposed to be thoroughly guarded and to
which access can be had only by the most
thoroughly trusted of his attendants. The
fficer on guard and four servants of the
,alace have been arrested.