American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-09

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falling off in the exports of American bread
| stuffs.
HARVARD defeated Columbia in the
eight cared race.
| CENSUS officers at Washington say
| that there are nearly three hundred rail
road corporations whose officers have thus
far either refused or neglected 10 furnish the
| statistical information required by the Cen
sus law.
NENNoR predicts n hot and stormy
July, with frequent disastrous storms of
wind, rain and hail throughout those Sec
tons in which the June storms have been so
severely felt.
The recent terrible accident on the
Morilos Railroad in Mexico occurred near
the village OF Mailpois, where the railway
bridge spanned the River San Antonio.
Owing to heavy rains the supports of the
bridge had become weakened, and as the
heavy train, drawn by two locomotives and
heavily laden with soldiers, passed upon it,
the structure suddenly gave way, the entire
train plunging into the abyss. Fire added
additional horror to the scene, car of bran
dy being ignited and consuming most OF the
debris. Seventeen officers and 1877 privates,
together with thirty-seven women and
five children, were either killed out
right by the fall or roasted to death,
while fifty others received hurts of more
or less serious character. This is not incu-
sive of railway employees or the wives and
children of soldiers, number of whom wcro
Upon the Inflated train. The dispatch says:
"The dead and living were wrapt in n sheet
of flame, and slowly burned before the eyes
of the survivors, who were unable to save
Them" The Morilos Road is narrow
gauge line built by n Government subven-
ton, and is entirely the work OF Mexican
engineers.
REPORTS of recent Indian troubles in
Western Colorado and Utah have been
greatly exaggerated.
j. F. MCCURTAIN, Principal Chief of
the Choctaw Nation, has issued proclama-
ton calling attention to the recent decision
of the United States Attorney General in
reference to unauthorized occupants of land
in the Indian Territory. Permission is
given settlers to remain until their present
crops are harvested, providing they agree
then to voluntarily surrender the land or pay
the usual rent to the Choctaw authorities,
otherwise they will be suddenly dispos-
sessed.
THE American Spiritualist Alliance is
in New York and duly Incorporated. Among
the incorporators are Henry Riddle, ex-
Superintendent of the Public Schools, New
York City, who is its President; Charles
Partridge, II. J. Newton, Helen Slocum and
Mary A. Newton. According to circular
issued by this organization it is formed to
further the cause of Spiritualism in It's
highest and purest aspects, and to apply it's
principles and precepts to practical work
tending to the amelioration of society and
good of mankind"
A FLYING column of infantry, cavalry
and police assisted the Sheriff in enforcing
evictions at Mitchellstown, County Cork Ire
land. Persons against whom wr;ts have been
issued paid the rent in every case, thus pre-
venting eviction. Trees were placed across
several roads TO delay the progress of the
column, which as 1t entered town found a
number Of carts thrown across the streets.
The military and police charged the crowd
until the streets were deserted. 1t is stated
thirty persons were injured.
SANDERsoN's stage from Lake City
was robbed by two masked men twelve miles
west of Alamosa, Colo, on the 3Oth. There
were six passengers, five men and one
woman. The robbers secured between $500
and 5000.
The. Chicago Saengerfest began on
the goth. The opening concert was a grand
success.
SEVERAL hundred Scandinavians who
recently went to the Sandwich Islands I'M
der labor contracts, are said to be practically
held in state Of slavery, being disposed OF
by lot among the planters and kept under
the most rigid surveillance. This report
was brought to San Francisco by Swede
lately arrived from Honolulu, and caused
great excitement among the Scandinavian
residents, who at once took measures to
warn their countrymen against Hawaiian
emigration agents.
AARBURG, a large village of the
Canton Of Berne, Switzerland, has been de-
stroyed by fire.