American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-25

stagtpoh pun III III appearance and the drl-
yer I'd passengers were put through n sim
liar ppgramme. The robbers did not get a
very heavy return for their labors, only
about{S5 in cash and gold watch and chain.
Thevfpped open the mail bags, however,
tax mall the registered letters and valuable
pacaees'
GpRGE L. LARKIN, Deputy United
StateslIarshal, shot and killed his cousin,
also mmed Larkin, near Rodgersville, Tenn
Larkl had violated the revenue law, and his
cousnwent to arrest him in field. Larkn
resistd the officer, and was shot down. The
ofIicefwas arrested. 1t was feared the pris-
oner vpuld be lynched, and the Governor
was negraphed for aid. The Governor or
deredthe Knoxville Rifles to the scene of
excite ent and to protect the prisoner from
mob plence.
JIH Moon, a noted desperate and
gamhhr, was shot dead in Denver by Clay
Wilsa another of the same fraternity.
GsqsGE w. PADGETT, William
Brow Patrick McGown, Amos Manlcy and
Abel Ihnley have been sentenced by Judge
Parka of the United States Court at Little
Rock, lrk., to be hanged on the 9th day OF
Septcnber next, for murders committed in
the InIian Nation.
TH men, who had been handling
coal - repairing barges near Cincinnati, on
the 10, attempted to reach the shore by
means,f a small skiff, which capsized, and
all wa under the water. Three of them
swam1o shore. One was rescued after
great BAL OF trouble, and in n very critical
condibn. The others were drowned.
Tn United States steamer Alliance
has ssed on four months cruise in search
OF thebissing steamer Jeanette.
Irb reported that the Houston &
Texascentral Railroad Company viii COM
mencssthe construction of the road from
Whit, Hill County, to Dallas, to connect
with u use the line agreed upon by the
Chicae Texas & Mexican Central, the St.
LouistSan Francisco, and the Gulf of Colo
RADIO fSanta Fe Roads, TO Paris, Tex, and
perhaI 10 Fort Smith, Ark, thus giving all
these LIQUID lines good Northeastern
outlets st. Louis and Chicago, Independent
of thetould system.
All Elizabeth, N. j., Martin Magic, a
youn@man of good family, shot Miss Fam
ME W1kcr, dressmaker, INJECTING merely
a f1eslfound. He then put two bullets into
his ov body, causing almost instant death.
Magisbad been verging upon insanity for
some me, and his friends had intended to
place N In an asylum, but had criminally
ncgiedd to do SO. He was sutton for
Miss Nalker's hand, and jealousy was the
immejhte cause of the crime.
A lETRoIT grave-robber has been
sentelDd to five years in the State-prison.
ATALockland, o., the little daughter
of Mon Thompson, one year old, being
left ale in bed, crawled to the foot of the
mattre and fell through between the Stats
of thekd, hanging suspended by the head.
She VI dead when discovered by the ag-
onizedhother.
Tn residence of Mrs. Gilman, a
wealth widow of Kittery Point, Me. burned
one nj 1t recently, and she was supposed to
have prished in the flames. 1t is now evil
dent tht she was murdered and the house
set on Ire 10 destroy evidence Of the crime.
CHRLEY ALLISON, Henry Watts and
LewisPerkins, three noted highwaymen,
who Ire committed many crimes in New
Mexioand Colorado, and for whose arrest
heavyfewards were offered, have finally
been Qptured.
TH9106th anniversary of the battle OF
Bunke Hill, June 18th, was celebrated at
Bosto& A specially interesting feature Of
the d4was the formal dedication of a bronze
statu,@f Col. VIM. Prescott, the hero of the
fght.K
A EMBER of employees have been
dischSeed from the United States Senate by
Serge&t- alarms Bright, including one who
has bon retained more than twenty years,
having been originally appointed by the
Demofatic Sergeant-at- Arms before the re-
bellio9
W. CAVITY was hanged at Colorado
Sprin9, Colo, on the 18th, for the murder
~ Pol e- officer Perkins.
w A. BRAINEID, associate editor
of thePldnters' Journal, and Rev. Joseph
AnsteH pastor Of st. Maurice Church, died
from Ne effects of the heat at New Orleans
on thdi7th.
H1Swepson Mills, Alamanc, N. c.,
burneton the 18th. Loss, $500, 900.