American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-06

are known as desperate men. well armed
and supplied with ammunition. and thor.
oughIy familiar with every nook and corner
| of the wilderness lying between the Mcnom-
once and the Mississippi, where they have
taken refuge. pack of bloodhounds have
been cal ed into reguisition to aid in the
search, while the Governor OF Wisconsin
| has ordered out battalion of militia to as
si>t in their capture should they be run to
I cover.
! Col. f. FREI, n member of the Ma
| tional Council OF Switzerland, has been cbo-
sen to represent that Republic in Washing
! ton.
| A CABLE dispatch from Glasgow,
Scotland, reports the arrival there, in good
condition, of consignment of Minnesota
wheat which had been shipped by the barge
line to New Orleans and thence by steamer.
AT Ash Grove, Iroquois County, Ill.,,
John Sampcy, aged IL years, accidentally
killed his brother William, aged IL, with a
shotgun, while shooting at a target. In
Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Minnie
Walters, aged 10, was accidentally shot and
killed by her 19-year-old brother while he
was carelessly handling revolver.
THE anti-Jewish crusade i'm Russia
inhabited by Jews in the villages of Borispol
and Birizan, in the Government of Poltavia.
The troops fired upon the rioters, killing
four.
EUGENE f. WIGHT, who, with an ac-
complete, murdered Mr.. Carroll, a wealthy
ranch owner, in Colorado, in 1873, for the
purpose Of robbery, has recently been ar
rested in Massachusetts, and returned to the
nnta IL, l,np cd
after brief confnernent.
The Irish land bill passed the House
of Commons with only II negative votes. A
majority OF he Conservatives and some Par
nellites, including Parnell himself, abstained
from voting.
ANOTHER duel has been fought at
Berlin, in which the combatants were stu
dent and an officer Of the army reserve.
Weapons, pistols. The student was killed.
This is the fifth affair of similar character
in Germany within fortnight.
IT is reported that another plot against
the life of the Gar has been discovered in
st. Petersburg, a I'd several arrests made of
conspirators. An ex-Nihilist who had be-
trayed his companions has been assassinated
in the outskirts of the capital.
The persons who stole $500, 900 from
the Matanzas (Cuba) Bank have been cap
tured at Havana, and some of the booty has
been recovered. Two accomplices are still
at large in Mexico, but their arrest is prob
able.
LEADING Fenians in Ireland indig-
nanily deny.that their brotherhood had any
hand i'm the shipping of the explosives re-
Gently discovered in Liverpool, and condemn
the resort to siich diabolical stratagems.
WILLtAM r. DICKINSON and Joel
vanarsd1eep, two Philadelphia lawyers,
have ben convicted of forging the will of
Robert Whitaker, that 100000 worth OF an
estate might fall into their own hands.
THOMAS HIBBs' saloon, at Cambridge
City, Va, was partly demolished by dy-
Mantle torpsdo that was exploded in the
cellar by unknown parties, supposed to be
temperance enthusiasts.
The business portion of Lebanon,
Tenn, has been destroyed by fire, and the
village of Cattaraugus, n. Y, has suffered
similar calamity.
THE Pennsylvania Prohibitionists
have held State Convention and nominated
a ticket headed by James NJ. Wilson, of Mer-
Ger County, for State Treasurer.
A STEAMER from Havana, with one
case OF yellow fever on board, is Guaranteed
at New York.
THE Chagres fever is decimating the
labOrcrs on 'DeLesseps' Panama Canal.
The army of the Amer of Afghanis-
tan has been completely defeated by forces
under Ayoob Khan. One of the AnfAer's
regiments deserted in body during the fight
and went over to the enemy.
The dwelling of M. Silverstone, at
Cala 10 do Inv tho
George Bradford was kill ed, Shubael Spin
ney probably fatally injured, and four others
were wounded by falling chimneys.
AT Leadville, Colo, on tho goth,
were executed for murder, the latter pro-
testing his innocence. Isaiah Walker, col
ored, was hanged at Gonzales, Texas, for |
his wife some months ago.