American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

McConkey's stage line, which left San Mar
cial, on the Atchison & Santa Fe Railroad,
for Chloride City, a rich and new mining
camp in the Black Range, containing one
man, two ladies and three children, rs pas
sengers, and much mail and express matter,
was attacked by masked road agents twenty
two miles from San Marcial. They ordered
the driver to stop, and commenced firing. The
driver did not stop, however, and John
McConkey, one Of the proprictors OF the line,
sitting with the driver, returned the fire with
a Winchester, killing two OF the road agents.
| The dead robbers, whose bodies were buried
on the roadside, are not known. None of the
passengers were hurt, although dozen bull
lets hit the coach. The coach that arrived
at San Marcial was fred upon, but not stop
ped. The robbers are supposed to have been
led by ''BIly the Kid"
| Two villains entered the house OF
Miss Eliza Noyes at South Hampstead, n.
H., the other night, bound and gagged the
lady and then robbed the house Of about
800. Miss Noyes is 81 years Of age and re-
sided alone.
THE British steamer Gresham, loaded
with SC, 200 bushels of corn for Hamburg,
collided with another vessel in the harbor at
New Orleans and Immediately sunk. Vessel
and cargo total loss.
MARTIN KoMKOwsKY, alias Louis
kettler, is under arrest in New York City
charged with the murder of Nina Muller, or
| Schmidt, young German woman whose
dead body was recently found in the Gutten-
berg Woods, near Hoboken, N. j.
o. M. OPsAHL and Jacob jacob, of
st. Paul, fell from an excursion steamer into
the st. Croix River and were drowned.
In New York City the other day, Effie
Person, girl of fourteen, shot and killed
herself because her father, who had lost
money, suspected her Of taking it.
A MAIL-COACH was overhauled by
three road agents near Lake City, Colo, the
other night. Before ordering the driver to
stop the robbers fired three shots, danger
ously wounding Frank Bartlett,a Denver and
Rio Grandc engineer. They then robbed
him of 800 and gold watch, and took the
treasure-pouch and all the mail sacks. The
passengers inside were unmolested. Citi-
zens of Del Norte offer $3.50 and the Denver
and Rio Grande Railway $500 reward for the
capture OF the robbers.
A FARMER named Arnold, while en-
gagged in planting corn in his field near
Black Springs, Montgomery County, Ark,
was shot down and killed by an unknown
assassin. No clew to the murder.
THEODORE HARRALL, the alleged
murderer of Mr.. Marshall, has escaped from
the Bentonville (Ark.) Jail. He had previ-
ously made his escape from two other jails.
The Indictment against Kenward
Philip, for completely in publishing the
forged Morey letter, has been set aside,
mol pros. having been entered in the case.
WILLIAM Z. PATTERSON, prominent
and wealthy cattle man, formerly of Bates
County, Mo-, was recently killed at Colorado
City, Tex, by party of State Rangers who
attempted to arrest him for disorderly con-
duct.
ISAAC H. LACEY, one of the largest
cattle raisers in New Mexico, was recently
shot and killed by. a discharged employee
named Howard. The murderer fled, holly
persued by twenty men, and it was believed
he could not escape just rctribution.
A DESPERATE battle has been fought
near Fort Ewell, Texas, between seven
State Rangers and band of about thirty
outlaws. One ranger was killed, but the
outlaws were routed and two of them cap
tured.
BILL EDWARDS, a notorious horse
thief, has been shot and killed in Lincoln
County, N. NJ, by Sheriff Mckinley.
HEDDoN, Cashier of the First National
Bank of Newark, n. j., has been sentenced
to seven years in the State Prison for misap.
plying funds.
A DOMESTIC tragedy occurred in
Money Creek Township, vigo County, Ind.
Alexander McPeters, Jr., killed his wife and
sister-in-law, Ellen Baxom, shot at his
mother-in-law, and then killed himself.
DETAILS have been received of the
disaster to the British sloop- of war Doterel,
which was blown up at Sandy Point, in the
Straits of Magellan, involving the loss of 143
lives. There were two explosions. The first
is supposed to have been the bursting of the
boiler used in condensfng the sea water. The
second was in the forward magazine. The
vessel went down bow foremost in about
eight fathoms of water in three minutes, and
nothing was seen after the second explosion
but few planks. The survivors saved their
lives by jumping overheard After the first
explosion. They were rescued by boats
from sailing vessels from the yacht of the |
Bishop of the Falkland Islands. Com
mander Evans jumped through port-hole, !
and was taken from the water much lacer- |
ated by broken glass and wreckage. The |
engineer who escaped was not on duty.
THE banking house of Robert A. |
Baker, Milwaukee, has made an assignment;
liabilities, 800, 600, including $4,000 of city
deposits; assets placed at $50 200, mostly in |
real estate.
GREAT excitement. exists in Atlanta,
Ca, on account Of q mysterious and fatal
disease that has appeared there, in the fam
ny of Mr.. Perkins, Forsythe Street, carrying
off his wife and all their children, three In
number, in thirty-six hours. Mr.. Perkins
and small child in the neighborhood are
now down with 1t. Eighteen physicians
are Of the opinion that 1t is malignant
scarlet fever, while one pronounces it yellow
fever, and another poisoning from water. 1t
Is thought to be spreading, and excitcs great
alarm, the filthy condition of the town being
TO epidemic. 1t is estimated
that about 500 children have been Withdrawn
from the public schools by their parents for
fear of the contagious character of the mall
ady.
A COUNTERFEIT $50 silver certificate
has been received at the Treasury Depart
ment. 1t is easily detected.
The Memphis Chickasaw Guards
again carried off the first prize this year at
New Orleans for the best drilled company.
The New Orleans Crescent Rifles stood
second.
THE Revised New Testament was
given out for general circulation i'm New
York on the 10th. Over 300 200 copies were
delivered upon advance orders.
AN agreement has been reached for
the consolidation Of the Cincinnati, HamiI-
ton & Dayton and the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati & indianapolis Railroads.
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