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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27

A strange and terrible accident occurred
| last evening at the generating rooms of the
Brush Electric Light Company on Gunson
| street. About nine o'clock last evening two
young men named George Leonard Smith
and Henry Kimball, in company with an
other young man and two girls, stepped in
| to the station and stood looking at the ma
chinery in motion. Smith was very inquis-
| tive and wanted to experiment. The man.
| ager, Mr.. q. Chaffe, allowed him to try a
harmless experiment, which consisted in
taking hold of one of the brushes attached
to the generator, in which the electricity
is held until carried away over the wires,
and then, taking hold Of the hands of his
companions, gentle current of electricity
was passed through their bodies. Smith
wanted TO take hold of two of the brush
es, but Mr.. Chaffc grabbed his arm
and held him back, telling him it was sure
death to touch them. The party shortly
afterward left, Mr.. Chaffe telling them to
get out. About quarter past ten o. clock
Smith suddenly came into the building,
seemingly under the influence of liquor. He
leaned over the railing which keeps outsid-
ers at distance from the machinery, and
before n warning word could be said he had
grabbed the first and third brushes. MFR.
Clraffe saw what he was about to do and
made a jump for him. His hand stuck fast
to the brushes, and giving the engineer the
word TO stop the engine he took hold OF
Smith and endeavOred to pull him from his
hold. This he was unable to do, but rs soon
as the engine stopped Smith raised himself
to his feet, and, throwing up his arms, gave
loud gasp and expired instantly.
The thing was done quickly that those
who witnessed it could scarcely believe their
eyes. Smiths face had pale BLUSH tint
and was drawn out of shape. His hands
were badly burned, and on several of the
fingers the flesh was burned to the bone.
or the unfortunate man but little could be
learned, save that he was formerly scooper
at the Wheeler elevator, but for the past
week had been handling lumber in various
yards on the island. He was about twenty
eight years of age, and in the neighborhood
of five feet eight inches in height. 1t was
stated that he has a wife and child living in
the city, but where the writer was unable
to ascertain. Mr.. Chaffe says the generator
is one OF tremendous power, and would kill
fifty thousand men rs easily as one.-Bu6alo
CDul,ier
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE condition of the President was
considered critical on the 21st.
THE dwelling of VIM. Cole, farmer
| living near Garettsburg, Mo-, burned on the
| 10Th. An infant persisted i'm the flames, and
its mother became frantic with grief and was
not expected to live.
A DESPERATE character named Muir
ply was killed by a bullet from police
mans revolver at Lawrence, Kans., on the
goth. He had wounded one officer and fired
attempt at burglary.
WILLIAM MIRANDA, freight conduc-
tor on the Cincinnati 6 Marietta Railroad,
was run over by his train and instantly
killed, near Lancaster, o., OH the Goth.
THE boiler of the tug A. B. Ward ex-
ploded on the Goth while towing a schooner
through Clark Street bridge, Chicago. Three
men were killed and several others badly
wounded.
AN engine on the old Dubuque &,
Southwestern Road exploded near Du-
buque, Iowa, on the 2lst, killing Engineer
John James and injurng several others, in
Guiding Dick Lyman-the LITTER very seri-
ously. In all ten persons were injured,
and most Of them very badly.
A DISPATCH from Canyon City,
Colo, says: terrible waterspout burst
on Grape Creek on the Goth, and whole Sec
tions of railroad ties with iron attached were
running in the Arkansas River, together
with bridge timber, huge pine trees, cattle
and horses.
ADvICEs received at Las Cruces, N.
M, state that Lieut.. Smith, OF the 9th United
States Cavalry, with twenty soldiers and 4
number of citizens, had Il fight with Indians
on the Goodman Trail, leading from Lake
Valley to Georgetown, Grant County, New
Mexico. The soldiers and citizens were
completely routed, with quite number
killed. Lieat. Smith is among the killed.
JAMES G. SLOCUM, aged forty nine,
q prominent railroad conductor, died very
suddenly at Bradford, Pa, on the 21st. 1t
is supposed that while laborinS under Il fit
Of delirium tremens he took overdose of
morphine. He leaves n wife and four chill
dren.
MAR New York City, on the 2lst,
Mrs. Bridget Mansfield, aged twenty -four,
was found lying I'm the yard Of her home in
sensible and evidently was suffering from
internal injuries. The police were informed
that Thomas Mansfield, the woman's hus-
band, had been quarreling with her, and
had thrown her out of n third STORY window
of the building.
GEORGE SEERs, in a fit of jealousy, ut
st. Louis, on the 2lst, nearly severed Sallie
Freeman's head from her body with Il razor.
Both colored.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
Died OF HydrOplobia.

Peter Dahl, the unfortunate who was
taken 10 the County Hospital Wednesday
noon sulfcrih. from hydrophobia, died dit
1:10 last evening, after suffering great agony.
From nine O'Clock on the evening of the
day on which he was brought to the hOspi-
tai he grew perceptibly worse, and at three
o'clock yesterday morning had become so
violent that three able-bodied men had to
stand guard over him. BY ten O'Clock In
the forenoon he had become almost unman-
agcablc, and n straight jacket was brought
into requisition. He resented this indiSnity,
as he chose to call it, and threatened to kill
whoever should attempt to fit it to his
person. lie would not hesitate to become
murderer, he said II any one ever attempted
10 put him into a bag like that. His conyul-
sions were so frequent and so violent tn 1t
the jacket had finally to be forcbly applied
to him, in order to prevent him from de-
stroyips himself. The case was typical
one OF its kind. There were all
the horrible manifestations OF the
dread disease, and the patient remained
almost perfectly obstinate to all treatment.
Finally, in the afternoon, the doctors con-
Guided to try an experiment with curarc, or
wourali-ihe arrow poison of the natives Oh
Borneo and other islands Of the Pacific:
Three hypodermic injections of the deadly
drug were given the patient. The first was
a light one of only one-tenth OF grain, and
the two subsequent doses contained one
sixth OF a grain each. Care was taken to
note the effect of each dose, but the result
was entirely unsatisfactory, and the symp-
toms all the way to the death Of the patient
continued Enthusiastically those Of hydropho.
bia. The curare poison-symptoms at no
time were made manifest, but it was plainly
apparent to every one present that the
curare had soothing, quieting effect upon
the conclusive movements of the sufferer.
rnis effect was so marked that it was con-
cluded that the curare treatment would be
attempted from the beginning upon the vert
next hydrophobIa victim brought to the
hospital. Tribune, august II.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Glasses in New Testament Greek
| for Sunday-school teachers have been
started by the Glasgow Sunday-school
| Union.
Three Methodist ministers were
recently sentenced by the Magistrates
4: Belfast. Ireland, for singing hymns in
| public street An appeal was taken
from the decision of the Magistrates,
Ind the result has been complete vic
tory fcf the ministers.
Tho Baptist churches of Central
and Eastern Europe liars formed a
union or convention, embracing Ger
many, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland,
Russia, Poland and Turkey. and reach
ing into Africa. There are nearly 30
900 Baptists in this vast region, where
fifty years ago there were hardly amy.
Bishop LittIejolin, who is now in
Europe, is credited with the remark
that 4. tho Church of England is further
than ever from d establishment and
! that il has spent $500, 100000 during
the last thirty years in building and re-
pairing cathedrdls and churches, and
$50, OO0, 200 in church schools.
-fsishSr Scott. the senior Bishop OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church, is
oSfSheN-h'hO ) O'eio VI eA''N. fAseS 49,
in the Episcopal Office twenty nine years.
Bishop Payne, senior Bishop of tie
Methoaiss Episcopal Church South, is
eighty Years old. and has been in the
Episcopal Office thirty five years.
The PrGsidc.st of the Central Turk
ey College al AiptaB, recently addressed
large audience in Loiid5n ON the sub
ject of Christian education i'll Asia
Minor. He referred to the large numi<
Der of educated American ladies and
gentlemen now engaged in missionary
work there, and said that as result of
their labors 400 schools for the instruc-
tidfi Of children existed.
The President Of Harvard UNIVERSE
ty recently said that the expenditure of
students ranged from $40 to $1,000,
the highest figure being that of a young
man of independent property, whose
outlay included saddle horse, an ex-
pensive summer journey. liberal SUBJ
scriptions to athletie clubs. and contri-
buttons to aid the poor students. In
the opinion of the President, "the
great majority of students, whose
parents are neither rich nor poor, spend
from $3.50 to $3.50 rer year." and he
further expresses his opinion that 1.-THE
Humber who spend more than ST., 500 q
year Is very small"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
FACTS AND FIGURES.

"A European lady in Japan has col
| ,ected 700 tcapots of different varieties
and kinds.
The average man measures about
five feet and one half inches, and weighs
40 pounds.
during June four steamers reached
San Francisco from China, bringing
3,156 passengers, the largest number
for any time since 1874.
The experiment drumming n locomo-
tive without brakes has ust been sue
cessfully tried by the Delaware.
Lackawanna Il Western Railway Com
! pany. The locomotive is of Ordin-
arg pattern, but has an extra Pipe
leading from the boiler to the steam
chest, by which power can be applied
against the piston, checking the engine
and enabling the engine to reverse
without "hauling over"
"A new locomotive on the Boston
&c Providence Railroad has no coun-
ter-balance in the driving wheels, but
has double cylinders, double cranks,
and double connections on each side.
The cylinders lie abreast, instead of
over each other. The steam is admitted
and exhausted into both cylinders by a
single slide valve. The inventor ex-
poets to make high speed without
rs much strain and wear and tear MS
with the old WY of connecting; his
idea being that the shackle-bars.
connecting rods and pistons will
absolutely balance each other.
and, admitting steam as well as
exhausting it by the cylinders upon
either side simultaneously, will keep
the whole thing from sailing CIR Seav-
ing.
1T is estimated that nearly s,00o,-
600 pounds of paper is produced aHnu-
ally; onc-half Of which is used for
printing, a sixth for writing, and The
remainder is coarse pa9cT for pacSin.
and other purposes The United States
alone produces yearly 200, 900 tons OF
paper. averaging seventeen pounds
per head for its population. The En-
glishf1aH comes next, with about
twelve pounds per head; the educated
German takes eight Eounds. the
Frenchman seven pounds; VIII lie the
Italian, Spaniard and Russian take re-
spectively three pounds. one and-a-half
pounds and one pound annually, the
consumption of paper being roughly III
proportion to the education and intel
lectual and political activity of the
people.
The most important industry in
New Ork lily Is tDe InliluIacuie o'
mems clothing, branch of business
which has grown wonderfully since the
introduction of power for cutting as
well as sewing The production III
this line is valued at $59,79S, 697, en-
t5lsyine 64,O56 hands, while womcn's
clothing figures for SlS,599,4S en-
ployinS 1887 hands In boots and
shoes, 1923 factories make goods TO the
value of S4.799.37f, and TIC custom
shoemaking shops prodnoc s2,s63,o 2o
worth. The products of Strengthening
and meat packing were valued at SD
297, 537, in :luding 2lf, 275 becvcs, l22,-
500 calves, and 662,G00 sheep. In ma
cftirery the product was S3,077.0lb;
and in engines and boilers. So. 2l3.37l;
car building and repairing. $547 ,037;
metal goods and metal spinning, Sf45,-
473; steam lifting and steam heating.
81, 2S9, 259; iron casting and finishing,
SIS, 4S9, 251; tin, copper and sheet iron
ware, S2,347, 1872; furniture, $9,6O5,179;
wood brackets. moIding, turning. etc,
Sl.37l,O 3s, and drugs and chemicals,
So, 13S, IFS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

The belle, like the bell likes tc
have people ring her.-Boston Tran
script.
Two trar1ips with single thought
beat as one.-NeW Orleans Picayune.
Michael Angelo said that genius is
eternal patience. Michael evidently
published newspaper when subscrip-
ton dues didn't come very tast.-
iSyracuse Standard.
In Flint Mich, there is piano
that was built in 1910. 1t is still
capable of putting the next door neigh
Dor into spasms when the right girl is
present to do the pOunding.-LomtSUi
Courier Journal.
A watermelon which weighs twelve
pounds has five pounds of rind and six
ounces of seeds, which must be wasted.
The times demand q melon with a
tissue-paper cover and rattan ribs in
place of the seeds.-DetrOH Free Press.
A fattcrer strikes snag: MADAM"
he gallantly observed, ~ have your
image photographed upon my heart"
"Indeed,'' she said, "a sort OF
negative impression of me, l suppose.
-Brooklyn Eagle.
An Albany man has rented a va
and fitted il up as playground for the
boys of the neighborhood. In other
words, he furnishes n playground to
avoid having a plague round.-Boston
Post.
Como here, Sammie; and shake
hands with this gentleman said
mother, as she urged her youngest to
the front. There, isn't he cuteP"
Gentleman, putting on his eyeglasses
and critically examining the child
Eyes. he takes the cake or at leasL
should take the first cake of soap he can
get hold of And thus was IN even
ing's conversation nipped in the bud
Neao Harcn Reyister.
Yesterday Colonel Fizzletop met
Colonel Gilhooly, who is prominent
Knight of Honor. Said the former:
1--we made application to become
member of your noble order, and l
want YOU to see that | am elected. l
want TO join on account of my wife"
Yes, that's good idea, to leave her
an insurance policy that will secure her
against poverty and distress" That's
not what l mean. want TO join your
noble order on account of my wife, be-
cause unless I've got some lodge to go
to, or some other good excuse, she
won't let me come down town at all ut
nights. Just as soon rs i am Il MEM
Der there will be called meetings al
most every night that I'll just have to
attend, and I'll always set 'em up and
the admirer of the noble order wnked
a wink that had beer in it.-Ierds
SittilgS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
Report OF the Agricultural Bureau,

WASHINGTON, August 18
The following reports, showing the con-
dition Of spring wheat, tobacco and corn
crops, have just been issued by the Depart
ment OF Agricultural
SPRING WHEAT.
The returns on August 1 give the eondi-
tion of spring wheat at 81, against SO last
year, and 81 in 1879, at the same time.
Compared with the crop last year there is
reported a heavy decrease In the States OF
Iowa and Illinois; a slight decrease in Min
nesota, Nebraska and California;; while In
Wisconsin and all New England States there
is an increase. Reports from Dakota indi-
cate fair crop, with large increase in
acreage.
TOBACCO.
The condition of tobacco at the date Of the
returns to the Department was somewhat
lower than at this time last year. In the
North and Middle Atlantic States the crop
was reported better than last year. In
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri it was
suffering from drouth. In Wisconsin 1t is
reported better than last year.
CORN.
The general condition of corn, August 1,
is ia very considerable decline since
last month, when it stood at 30. In Au-
S"''s ASc's eho Sohuieivh was vc, Which,,
however, was exceptionally high. The At
lantic coast States make a showing some
what better than the general average, ex-
cept in South Carolina, where the excessive
drouth has cut down the figures to Al.
Louisiana and Texas are the next lowest of
the coast States, from the same cause, re-
porting 81 and 4G, respectively. Tennessee
is the lowest OF the interior States, its aver
age falling to g. In the great corn prow-
ing region, the highest reports are 95 in
Wisconsin and OF in Nebraska, and the
lowest, "a, In Kansas.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27
POLITICAL ITEMS.

The Albany mountain was forty
odd days in labor, and brought forth
Miller and Lapham.
- au Koon, recently of the Celes-
tfal empire, now conducting n laundry
at Columbus, has married an Ohio girl
He has not yet decided what Consulate
he will take.
"A granduncle of an ex-Vice-
President of the United States has died,
and his will disclOses that the eX is q
beneficiary. Practically, the will runs:
"Pay S. c.. or bearer" $1,000.
Mr.. Conkling is to have his pub
lie documents free until December 81,
next. says a generous Postof1ice De-
partment. After that he must get some
Senator, who knew enough to hang on
to his office, to frank them to him-or
60 without.
The Republican press do not like
to have Guiteau referred to rs a Repub
Iican assassin, a Republican cut throat,
Republican whelp. etc. But it must
not be forgotten that Guiteau was and
is all of these, and much more in the
same direction.
Tho Stcubenville Gazette init
mates that the Republican talk in Ohio
about the Democratic candidates
''bar'P' is made for the purpose of
frightening Foster into greater freedom
of expenditure than he has shown any
disposition for. IT'S very like.
MIR. Roscoe Conkling announces
that he no longer "takes any interest
in politics." He is like the Yankee
who was Boosting of the licking which
the British got at Trenton and The
Cowpcns; but when he was asked
about White Plains, he replied: "Wcll,
our folks didn't seem to take no sort of
interest in that fight
- uiteau says he dropped ex-Sen-
ator Dorsey some time ago, his char
acter being too vile as to make further
recognition out of the question. Won
der if Guiteau was familiar with Dor
sey's methods of carrying Indiana for
Porter If so, we do not wonder that
he cut the Star Route and vote import
ing rascafs acquaintance. - Indiana
State Sentinel.
Come to think about it Lapham
cannot go into the Senate without his
entrance being halfway a Democratic
victory. Conkling has always been n
powerful foe in the political battles in
the Senate, and to replace him with
such an old legal fossil as Lapham is
like setting up a dummy cannon.
Lapham's vote will count as much us
any mans, but his voice in debate will
never make the galleries ring or stir
The pulses of the people. He is, no
doubt, very learned, but certainly very
stupid. ST. Louis Republican.
There are 500 men in New York
worth $4,000. 900 or more.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-08-27

The influence of woman in journal
ism i'm the United States is far greater
than appears on the surface. The fact
that there are sixty papers and periodi
Gals openly edited and published by
women gives but very small fraction
nj idea of the extent of their connection
with journalism. The number of fc-
male contributors to all classes of pa
pers and magazines is not known to the
general public. and not always even to
the publishers, from the fact that in the
highest class of periodicals they fire.
quently adopt male MONS dc plume,
while many others form part of the ed
itoral staff of influential iourpaIs,
where, as impersonal contributors, sex
is not recognized.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-02-11
Tax srArE AdH1o6LTURAL AND ME6HANI-
CAL SOCIETY,

At meeting Of the Executive Committee oi
he State Agricultural and Mechanical Society
held on Wednesday at the Columbia Hotel, an
Invitation from the Executive Committee Of the
Grcenville County Agricultural Society to this
Society TO hold is next annual Summer meeting
| in the city Of Grccnvllc was, cn motion of Col
oncl William Wallace, accepted. The time for
the Summer meeting fixed for the second
Tuesday in August. The Secretary was instruc-
ted to notify the Executive Committee of the
State Grange Of the action Of this committee.
Mr. J. VI. Newman, Of Georgia. was appointed
essayist for the Summer meeting Subject
Fruit and Fruit Culture"
1t was also resolved that each agricultural
society in the State select an essayist for that
occasion on the following subjects respectively {:
Anderson County Society-"Thc Cultivation
of the Grasses"
Abbevlle County Socicty-"Small Grain"
Greenville County Society THE Manufacture
of Cotton at the South"
Ncwbcrry County Society," "lmmigraton."
Chester County Society-"Shcep Raising"
Union County Socicty--"Thc raising of
Horses"
of Short Cotton"
Orangcburg County ciety-"Thc Cultivation
Of Upland Rice"
Barnwcll County Society-"The Cultivation
Sugar Cane and of its Manufacture"
Pee Dee Agricultural Socicty--"Thc Raising
Of Improved Breeds of Cattle"
Sumter County Socicty-Thc Labor Question
of the South
Charleston County Society Transportation.
On motion of Mr.. Roachc the Secretary was
instructed to notify the Executive Committee of
the State Grange ard each of the above named
societies and request them to cooperate in the
Summer meeting, and to send delegates to the
same
On motion of MIR Thompson the State Agri-
cultural Association of Georgia was invited to
send delegates to the Summer meeting.
Colonel Watson was present and explained the
object Of building houses and cattle stalls.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson the whole matter
Of building referred to local committee,
consisting of Hon. Il. f. Crayton, Colonel VIM.
Wallace, }. n. Huffman, Esq, Colonel \. +.
Butler and Colonel 4. W. Holloway.
On motion Of Mr.. Thompson it was decided
to make the fence OH Elmwood avenue Il close
fence.
We learn that it is the purpose of the com
mittcc to make great improvements in the fair
grounds, which, when completed, will make them
among the finest, if not the very finest, in the
United States.
In the premium list Will be prize offered foi
the best specimen of cnsilagc, not less than twen-
ty or twenty-five tons The premium will be q
valuable one, but the amount has not yet been
determined upon.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-02-11

the fermentation stops for want OF oxygen.
None can get in from the top, for the com,
preston which is constantly going on is AL
the time forcing the gases out, and where
there is ever 81 slight h,w, none can pos
sibly flow in. Thea, rs the carbouc ;cid
gas is heavier than the atmosphere, the side
and bottouI of the silo being tight, the ar
cannot get down into the space occupied BY
the gas. Immersed in 4 bath Of carbonic
acid gas, the fermentation is an imppssibil.
ity."
The honor of building the FIRST 3ilo in the
United States undoubtedly belongs to Dr.
John +. Baylcy, of Billcrica, Mass,chu
SETS who gives his experience to his fellow
agliculturalists in L book-"Thc Book Of
Ensilage" His attention was called to its
bcucfts by DR.. Brown, President of the
American Plow Company, Of New York
who has translated work from the French
of Nj. Au"ustc Goffart, who had expert.
mcntcd ~th it until he was satisfied with its
success, when he. as4tethe worldEh Ehis En-:
silagc of Maize" The benefits to be dc.
rived from this innovation in agriculture arc
iucalculable, for a small farm may now be
made capable supporting large number
of cattle, thereby enhancing the profits to
large extent. Mr.. Bayley first filled his
silo in 1879. and this yer there were prob
ably - built in the United States. The
success of these 25 pioneers will no doubt
be the means of hundreds being built the
next season.