American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-04-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PEkSONAL AND GENERAL.
A QUARREL in the Brewer family, re-
siding near Mount Olivet, Robertson Coun-
ty, KY. on the 3Oth. terminated in the death
Of Richard ii. Brewer, who was shot by his
younger brother, j. 5. Brewer. The shoot
ing is considered justifiable, as the younger
son interfered to save the life of his father,
who had been twice shot at by his elder son.
BLACK DAVIS, formerly lawyer of
Austin, Tex, but for several years engaged
in farming, was murdered and robbed four
miles from the city. His head was crushed
in and terribly mangled by being struck with
large stone.
A LARGE lot of very choice, valuable
swine belonging to the agent of the Saxony
Mills, at South birmingham, Mass, are SO
badly affected with the prevailing hog dis
ease that orders have been given to kill them.
Five Of the lot were slaughtered and dressed
for market, when, on examination by Bos-
ton chemist, the pork was found to be badly
affected by the disease, the mites in the
pork showing signs of life when ether was
applied to them.
AT Montague, Mich, Mrs. Capt. Flag
staff, inspired by jealousy, went to a hotel
where a girl aged Il, named Emma Drake,
formerly domestic in her family, was at
work, sent for her, and on her appearance
threw twelve ounces of acid over the unfor-
tunate girl, burning the face and upper part
of the body terribly, but it is thought not
fatally. Mrs. Flagstaff was jailed.
A PARTY of cowboys creating dis
turbance at O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.,
were partially disarmed by the Sheriff and
went away, but soon returned, and cow
boy named Harry Deans shot the Sheriff,
Barnard Kearns, through the heart, and the
Deputy Sheriff was also wounded.
Mrs. ALBRIGHT, a widow, living q
few miles from Youngstown, o., hung her.
self with a skein of yarn to a beam in the
woodshed. She was in her usual good
health and spirits, and no cause is known
for this act. On receipt Of the news her I'M
Gle, John Elizera, living two miles away,
fell dead. Mrs. Albright leaves five chill
dren.
IT is understood the President has de-
cided to recall Gen. Longstrect, Minister to
Turkey, and appoint him United. States
Marshal for Georgia.
JACK ROBERTS, one of the gang of
desperadoes operating in Southwestern Col
orado and New Mexico, was hanged recently
by the vigilantes.
JOHN p. T. DAVIES, prominent citi-
zen Of Harrodsburg, KY, and practicing
lawyer, committed suicide by placing a re-
volver against his forehead and blowing his
brains out. 1t is supposed that he was suf-
fering from temporary alteration of mind,
caused either by pecuniary affairs or by ILL
health. He was the son of Maj. VIM. Davies
and nephew of late United States Senator
John b. Thompson. He leaves a wife and
several little ones.
Miss LIZZIE FRAME, an estimable
young lady of Gibson, Guernsey County, o.,
was terribly burned while attempting to ex-
tinguish a fire in the yard of her mothers
residence. She died in fourteen hours.
Mrs. Eliza Frame was also badly burned in
attempting to save her daughter.
ANN ELIZA JONES, an aged lady, a
resident of Bridgeport. o., committed sui
eide by hanging herself to a clothes-prop in
the yard OF her residence. Before taking her
departure she drew up decd giving her
body to DIR. Cook, in payment of a debt of
SIT held against her. The doctor will claim
the body.
CDR" BUCHANAN, of Philadelphia,
has made a confession, giving list of for
eign diplomas sold and a catalogue of adj
dresses, including more than five thousand
names of persons who had corresponded
with him. He shows that fully twenty thou
sand "bogus' diplomas are current in
America and forty thousand more in Eu-
rope.
THE majority Of the immigrants thus
far have come from Germany; Ireland con-
tributes the next largest number; there is a
falling of in Scandinavian immigration;
while the numbers coming from England
and Holland are larger than at this time last
year.
BAcA, the last of the undisposed of
murderers Of Conkling, editor of the Socorro
On. M Sun, was hanged by posse on his
arrival at Socorro from Old Mexico, where
he had just been captured.
The total coinage of the United
States MINIS during March was $13, O5s, I61,
Of which s., 300, 900 was silver.
THE jury in the famous libel suit of
Alice A. Early against Wilbur f. Storey, of
the Chicago Times, returned a sealed ver-
dict awarding 500 damages to the plaintiff.
This is q virtual victory for Mr.. Storey, as the
suit was for So, 900 damages. At II former
trial verdict for $4,000 damages was re-
and Mr.. Storey at one time offered