American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-10-15

in the South Pacific Ocean and the Captain
Wi h eight men flontcd eight hundred miles
to the coast OF Chilli in nine days.
AT Richmond, Va, Marvin, the biga-
mist and forgcr, was sentenced to the Peni-
Tertiary for ten years.
FRANKLIN j. Moses, formerly Gov
ernor of South Carolina, has been up In the
police headquarters nj New York for swind.
ling William L., Hall SUIT ~ SIS.
PULASKI, NY, burned on the 9th to
the extent of 500. 900.
RECENT Irish news: A farmer named
Leary, living near Baltimore, on Lord Ken
mares property, was shot by band OF
armed men, who visited his house to warn
him not TO pay rent. He has since died of
his wounds. \ man carting boycotted oats
I'm the Parish of Doom, County Tipperary,
shot and, it was thought, MORALLY
wounded. Mr.. Bingham, landlord, while
riding near Erris, County Mayo, was fired
at. A girl riding on the Car with him was
wounded The assalant, who was disguised
in female clothing, escaped.
THERE have recently arrived by
steamshipat New Orleans 800 German and
$40 English immigrants, for settlement in
Texas, and $50 italian laborers for work
upon the New York, Texas 6 Mexican Rail-
wRy,
AN oil train of fly cars on the Erie
Railroad took fire near Port Jervis, N Y.
Fifteen cars were cut loose from the rear
of the train, where the fire occurred, and the
remainder Of the train was pulled off to
safe distance. As the burning cars explod-
ed volumes Of flames shot hundreds of feet
into the air, and the burning oil and frag-
ments Of tanks were thrown / ZOO yards. So
intense was the heat that tho telegraph
wires were melted.
THE Greek and Cherokee Indians are
said to be considerably worked up over the
efforts Of Jay Gould to secure the right of
way through their country for an east and
west railroad. The Councils OF these Ma
lions have the power to grant the privileges
asked for, and a strong pressure is being
brought to bear to induce them to do 90.
There is, however, no little opposition TO
granting the right Of way, many leading In-
dams holding that such a step would be The
entering wedge for the future dismember-
ment of the Indian country.
A RECENT Washington dispatch says:
Col. w. w. Dudley has been for some weeks
investigating ring in the Pension Office.
The fact that there were fraudulent pen
sions on the roll has long been known, and
the claim agents under previous Commits
sioners have borne the brunt OF the blame
for these frauds. Col. Dudley early became
convinced that many of them were the
work Of those inside the office, and
started quietly but vigorously to fer
ret out the unfa1hful clerks. He is
almost ready to make arrests. When the
blow falls, his prosecutions will vie with
those of the Postmaster General. 1t is not
va hny tod
the number under investigation now is
about thirty. The amount of money in
volyed will reach into the millions, when
the amount paid and to be paid is consid-
cred. or course the prosecution will ex-
tend to those who have fraudulently re-
ceived pensions. The Secret Service here
has under surveillance mere than 200 per-
sons in various States, whose arrest will
follow closely upon shat of the clerks.
HAM WHITE, Texas highwayman,
has been sentenced to the Penitentiary for
ninety nine years.
A FIRE at Pine Bluff, Ark, on the
morning of the It'll, destroyed about $780,.
900 worth Of property, including the Office
Of the Press, e. L. Taylor & Co.'s dry goods
store and j. Fl. Dellman's hardware store.
Partially insured.
THE Protestant ministers of Washing
ton called on the President on the It'll.
THE Rose City FIGURING mills at Lit
tie Rock, one of the largest manufacturing
OF the Southwest, were to-
tally destroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss be-
tween $1,000 and $40, 900, partially insured.
SEVERE frosts have occurred in the
Carolinas and Virginia, injuring tobacco
and, it is feared, killing the late growth of
cotton.
VIM. Cox, Jesse Monroe and VIM.
Delaney, the three young men who robbed
the Iron Mountain Express Company and
the passengers on train No. 4, near Hope,
Ark, September %, pleaded guilty to four
teen indictments for robbery, and were each
sentenced to seventy years in the Peniten-
tiary.