American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-20

successful. The engine was then stopped
and the moment the electric current cease
Smith fell back unconscious and expired al
most Immediately.
The residence of j. w. Billings, Eas
Sagiraw, Mich, was destroyed by fire OF
the 10th. Edwin Billings, 81 years Of age
endeavored to subdue the flames, but wa
OVERCOME by smoke, and before help coul,
reach him his body was burned to a crisp
His daughter-in-law was also seriousl,
burned about the head and shoulder.
A TERRIBLE railway accident hap
pened in England OH the sth. The expires
train from Manchester came in collision
near Blackburn with the Liverpool ant
York express. Five persons were killed
and twenty-ni severely injured, many O.
whom were not expected TO survive.
| NEAR Oxford, Ala, the other day,
Otis Mattison, his father and brother were
struck by lightning. The former was in
stantly killed and the others probably fatally
injured.
Miss LENA HoMAN and Mrs. Farber
were killed by locomotive at Pleasant
Plains, Staten Island, N. Y. Miss Holman
attempted to drive across the track, when
the horse baked and the engine struck the
carriage.
AT Lake Village, N. H., the Coroner
Jury In the case Of the three children Of
Chas. Moody tc6lored) who were burned on
the evening Of July returned verdict that
! the children were murdered and the house
burned to conceal the crime. Moody and his
wife have been arrested.
THE boiler of steam-thYesher on the
Young farm, near Columbia, st. Clair Coun-
ty. ILL.,. exploded on the 9th, with most dis
astrous results. Ten men were working on
or about the machine, six Of whom were in
stantly killed by the conclusion or scalded
or burned to death, and the other four were
SO badly injured that there was no possibilj-
ty OF their recovery. The wheat and straw
stacks took fire and were totally consumed,
and the probability is that some of the VIC
tins Of the explosion, who were merely
stunned, were literally roasted to death.
The names Of the six killed are: Christian
Diehl, the lessee OF the farm; Joshua Nor
gan, Charles Stewart, Fred Bartheleber, AL
fred Arnold and Nathan Brown, the last two
colored. The four who survived are Conrad
Linderman, the engineer; Henry DiehI, son
Of the lessee; Grant Hart and George Storm,
the latter colored. The two former have
since died. The Corouer's Jury returned a
carelessness of the engineer.
AT Lowell, Mass, Edward Donnelly's
child. aged nine months, died from an
overdose of morphine furnished by Geo.
Teefe, drug clerk of only two months ex-
perience.
AT Madison, Ind, Lconidas Robert
son, a well-to-do farmer, arrayed himself In
his wife's clothes and SUM- bonnet and hung
himself. No cause is kffown for the singu-
lar act.
PARKER, a guide in the Adirondack
region, New York, committed heinous as
sault upon the wife of New York merchant
whom he was conveying to the camp of some
friends. The villain fed and was pursued
and finally ovcrtakcn, but refusing to sur
render, was shot and probably fatally
wounded.
ANOTHER fatal boiler explosion oc-
Cured on the 9th, on the farm Of Fritz DOL
linger, near Troy, Madison County, Ill.
Schultz, owner of the steam
thresher, was killed and his body burned.
Two others were badly injured, but it was
believed not fatally.
A RECENT terrible storm in the North |
Shetland Islands caused the loss of sixty. |
hree fishermen.
A PARTY of ladies riding near Collins
'ille, Ala, were caught in a storm and |
fought shelter under an old shed, which was |
loon demolished. Mrs Heard was killed |
md Miss Cook crippled by the falling tim
,ers.
AT Benton, Howard County, Mo-, a
lcadly conflict took place between one Lang
ord and his wife on one side and Jackson on
he other. Lsngford attempted to chastise
Jackson for an alleged insult to his wife.
Jackson drew a knife and was getting the
etier of his assailant, when Mrs. Langford
nterposed with a revolver and shot jackson
trough the breast. Both men were thought
0 be MORALLY wounded. Mrs. Langfofd re-
eived few slight cuts.
THE Atlantic FIGURING Mills at St.
.ouis were entirely destroyed by fire, caused
y a lightning stroke, on the night of the 18th.
he flames burst forth SO quickly following
he stroke, and spread SO rapidly, that the
zen at work on the upper floors, dozen
r so in number, were completely hemmed
l and were compelled to Jump from the
-indows. All were severely burned and
therwise injured, and two of the unfortu-
ates died during the night. 1t was feared
lat several persisted in the
ames. The mills were the largest in st.
ouis, having a capacity of L., 200 barrels
ny. They were owned by the Atlantic
illing Company, George Balm, President,
nd the total value Of buildings, machinery
nd stock was estimated at about $50, 600.
lsurancc from $40, 900 to 500, 900. The mills ]
ave been three times destroyed by fire. }
considerable surrounding property was
Irned, the most important being the Fu- !
ire City Oil Works, valued at SIS 200.
BENJAMIN BIRD, colored, was hanged
Jacksonville, Fla, on the 18th, for the /,
urder of Policeman Nelson, also colored,
Iring riot in June, 1880.
AT Visalia, Cal, Miss Maggie Blaine,
ed is, was fatally burned while kindling y
C fire with kerosene.
TIE Governor of South Carolina Of l
RS reward of 500 for the arrest of the
urderer OF Deputy u. s. Collector Brayton
INSTANTANEOUS. a
The congregation of the Presbyterian :
lurch at Fourteenth Street and Second
venue, New York, were cognizant of very =,
Iensive odor on last Sunday, and upon =
aking an investigation at the close of the r
rvice the dead and partially decomposed =
'dy OF the sexton, J. Ii. Osborne, was found N
a small apartment connected with the lee r
re-room. The doors and windows of the
artment were fastened on the inside, and
gas was escaping freely from an open y =,
lrner. II was believed to be a case of sui "
lie. The sexton had been missing since the !"
eceding Wednesday evening, when service
Is last held in the church. N
DIR. TANNER has located at Erie. Pa. e.
now proposes to fast three mouths, il y
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