American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| A FIGHT between Americans and
Mexicans took place at a ball at Las Mia,
n. Mex, on the night of the 18th. Doc D
| Hodges and Frank Smith were killed and
one Mexican was killed and several were
wounded. Further trouble is anticipated,
MRS. FANNY BRAY, of Chatham,
n. c., went away rom home leaving
her two children alone in the house. Dur
ing the mothers absence the house took fire
and burned to the ground, the two helpless
children being consumed. .t
CAPTAIN GEORGE w. SCHILsoN,
Eighth Cavalry, U. S. A., committed suicide
on the 18th, at Fort Duncan, Tex. Cause
not stated He was a native Of Michigan.
FIVE boys coasting at Paterson, N.
j., were all badly Injured by running into a
telegraph pole at the foot Of the hill. One or
more of them it was thought could not live.
/ GENERAL GRANTS visit to Albany, N.
Y, was made the occasion Of grand public
demonstration.
The boiler of ]. F. Balls brickworks,
opposite Cumberland, w. Va, exploded,
demolishing the engine-house and wound
ing three persons, one fatally-Cooper Still
well, the engineer.
| MARTINS morocco factory and Lam
casters carriage factory at Lynn, Mass. {,
burned on the 18th. Losses about $15O, 900.
Several hundred hands are thrown out of
employment.
| The diphtheria is raging, in an cpl
demic form in the western part of the town
Of Wayne, Washington County, Wis. Whole
families of children have been swept away.
The schools have been closed all winter in
consequence of the malady.
A BGND Of Indians killed eight men,
two women, and child in the Province Of
chihuahua not long since. The Indians
were attacked next day by q body Of Next
can troops, who failed to dislodge them.
A-FIKE at Wilton, N. H., on the goth,
destroyed iflfrfeen-stores,a bank and other
business buildings. Loss about $50 900.
A HORRIBLE triple murder was COM
mitted during the night of the 18th, near
Plain City, in Madison County, o., the vic
Tins being Mrs. Matilda Scott, a. colored
widow, her daughter, aged %, and adopted
son, aged "A, named Charles Goode. All
three had their brains beaten out with club.
Information of the crime was first ascer-
tanned from a colored man named Robert
Garnett, who came into town and reported
the affair in an excited manner. He was at
once suspected Of being the murderer and
placed under arrest. Garnet formerly
worked on the Scott place, and three months
ago left in anger because the widow would
not rent him the farm.
In Guilford Township, 10 Daviess
County, ILL.,, the other morning, a 17-year-
old SON Of Martin Ehredt, prominent farm
.er, took up rifle, supposed to be unloaded,
and pointing it at his elder brother, in bed,
ordered him in joking manner to get up
or he would shoot him. The latter, entering
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inc flro,,eb and lodo;ng in the base Of the
brain causing instant death.
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rive IN her cIotb;ng- which took fire. The
unfortun,te woman was terribly burned
and alive at last accounts, but ia a critical
condition.
Miss BESSIE WERTs, daughter of
William werts, living near Prosperity, New
berry County, S. c., was brutally assaulted
and murdered the other evening while going
from her brothers house to her home. Two
negroes were arrested on suspicion. and
lodged In the guard-house. They confessed
their guilt, and at night large body of men
took them out to lynch them. One was shot
TO death where the crime was committed;
the other MADE MS escape out was suDse-
quently recaptufsd and hanged near fros-
perity by crowd OF wnites and blacks.
A BIG-4nmber hre occurred at Mich
igan City, Ind, on the 18th. The principal
losers are Peck q Son, S1O,OOO, and Wilson,
Martin " Co., $l3,0Vu-the former insured
for 5000 the latter fer $1,000 Il
Two more Iatal coasting accidents
n. j., Harrison White was almost Instantly
killed By his sled striking a stump; and at
Port Jenersou, Long Island, Frank Tooker,
college student, and j.. samuel Ackeriy'
prin.er' ws,e oo'l seriousiy injureu ny
: imiiar accidenI. IL was NOT thought eltner
couid recover.
BY tnes explosion OF 8oolier at rDeWs-
bury, YORK County, England, eleven persons
were Killed ana sixteen injured
HE young son OF farmer named
Longwelh who, lives eight miles from Ham
nibal, Mo-, shot q companion named Harvey |
with revolver with which he was playing, |
causing death almost instantly. tir.rl
. RUssIAvILLE, Harvard County, Ind. >,
had n sa5 900 fire on the night of the 10Th.
.,nnos.d ~ have heen Of incendi,rv ORIGIN
THE regular. Milwaukee passenger
trniu on the Chicago Milwaukee & st, Paul
railroad. on the night of the 10th. ran into a |
accommodat ton train near Glen Oaks. |
The most seriously injured of the passen- |
-ors were M and Mira Miller NJ I;hertv. |
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