American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

eide. He first took poison, then opened the
veins of his wrist with a pocket-knife, AND
finally hung himself. 1t is perhaps need
less to add that he was dead when cut down
He was about IS years of age, unmarried
and prosperous in his business, so that NJ
cause for the act can be assigned unless Il
be insanity.
| CONDUCTOR HALsEY and Fireman
Harding were killed, and Engineer Murphy
badly injured by a railroad accident neal
Gibsonville, N. C.
THREE children of Rev. Manning
Hunter, colored, in Sumter County, S. c.,
were burned to death by lamp explosion
during the absence of their parents.
The mail stage between San Antonio
and Ell Paso, Texas, was robbed on the night
of the LIST. The mail-bags were ripped open
and relieved of their most valuable contents
FRANKrowN, Nevada, has been
swept away by the breaking Of reservoir
dam. The inhabitants vacated their houses
in time to escape the coming flood.
THE house Of Tobias o. Chesner, at
Audubon, MIMI, burned on the I'd. and
Mrs. Chesner ,.nd two children persisted in
~ namess The fire was caused by Hero
sene explosion.
ABE TwIaGs. coIored, whose brother
was recently hanged for murder in Burrell
County, Ga, has been lynched, it is said by
negroes, because he testified against his
brother.
The steam yacht Carrie, of Philadel-
phia, exploded her boiler at Baltimore, kill
ing four men.
CAPT. JOSEPH LAWSON, Third Cav
airy, died at Cheyenne, on the 30th, of para
| iysis. He was one of the bravest and best
officers in the service, having served with
distinction in the late war and since then on
! the frontier.
THE business portion of Plymouth,
Washington County, N. c., was burned on
the night Of the 31st, caused by kerosene
explosion. Thirty three buildings, includ-
| ing the Courthouse and Episcopal Church,
and 400 bales of cotton were destroyed.
Losses foot up $127 600, with but small in
surance.
AT Decatur, ILL.,, on the LIST, John A.
Hornstein, aged 80, married to girl only
10 years old, attempted to beat his wife's
brains out with an iron kettle and then
stabbed her several times in the throat,
after which he committed suicide by shoot
ing himself twice through the head. The
ill-assorted pair had never lived harmoni-
ously together, the husband being jealous of
the wife, and for some time past they had
been separated.
THREE men m Jail at Albuquerque,
N. M, charged with the murder of Col.
Charles Potter, some months ago, were
hanged by a mob on the night Of the 31st.
They we're Escatastico Pera, Miguel Barrera
and "California Joe."
Mrs. STEHHEN u. LEWIS, of Helena,
Ark, was burned to death by the explosion
of glass kerosene lamp. Her husband was
badly burned while trying to extinguish the
flames.
EIGHT Cinnamon engaged in cutting
timber fourteen miles from Santa Cruz, CAL,
were buried alive by a land slide.
/ A SPECIAL from Fort Davis, Tex, Sd,
saws: State troops, p strong, commanded
by Col. Bayler and Lieut.. NeviIl, surprised
and attacked a strong band Of Indians in the
Sierra Diable, killing six and capturing three
squaws. These are supposed to be the
Indians who last fall attacked the Graham
party and recently captured a stage and
killed the driver, as clothing belonging to
both parties was found in their camp.
THE boiler in a steam Touring mill
at Kimmswick, Mo-, exploded on the Sd,
killing the two sons of Mr.. Smith, owner of
the mill, and another boy named Charles
Boxer. The mill was demolished and sur
rounding buildings injured.
Two men were killed and several 9TH
ers injured by the bursting Of fy-wheel in
the Russian Mills, at Niles, o.
The three Maclains and Hare, who
murdered Constable Usher and a settler
named James Kelly, in December, 1S79,w
hanged at New Westminster, B. c., on the
LIST.
FRANCIS A. DURIvAGE, author and
poet, Is dead; age, 81.
Ex-Gov. SCOTT, who shot and killed
Warren G. Drury, a drug clerk, at Napoleon,
o., last Christmas eve, has been found guilty
of murder in the second degree and released
on bail.
GEORGE SMITH and Catherine Miller
were hanged at Williamsport, Pa, on the
Sd, for the murder of the latter's husband.
MICHAEL DAvIrr has been arrested
for violation Of his ticket-of-leave.
THREE young men. said to be sons of
wealthy Monroe County planters, were
lynched near Augusta, Ark, on the night Of
the I'd, for having committed a most afro
cious assault upon highly respected young
lady Of that place.
Hon. FERNANDO WOOD, Representa-
tive from New York, is at Hot Springs, Ark,
for the benefit of his health, which is greatly
impaired. He Is accompanied by his family.
The ladies of st. Louis have organ
lied formidable movement to compel the
closing of theaters and other places of
amusement on Sundays.
MARTIN DoNLEY and wife, living on
Big Run, near Williamstown, Va, died re-
Gently within q few hours OF each other, in
great agony, with undisputed symptoms of
trichinosis. They had eaten OF raw pork
few days before. A portion Of the meat was
examined, and found to contain large num-
beers of the fatal worms.
RUSH BENNETT, a mulatto, was hanged
at Eldorado, Ark, on the 4th, for the muir
der of Col. A. C. Jameson. prominent law
yer and cotton planter of Union County, in
March, 1879. =
IT is reported that an entire family of
several persons were found frozen to death
in their cabin near Burns, Minnesota, on the
line Of the Winona & st. Peters Branch Of
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
A VERY palpable shock of earthquake
was experienced along the Hudson River,
New York, on tho morning of the 4th.
MRS. Cook, a very aged lady, was
fatally burned at Columbus, o., her clothing
having taken fire from the crate.
THE Alamosa coach from Del Norte
to Aamosa, Colo, was robbed on the night
Of the Sd by two men,, five miles from Del
Norte. Four mail pouches and q treasure
pouch were taken. The passengers were
not disturbed. The amount in the pouches