American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-06-18

was drowned. The Hanna and st. John
are said to have been racing at the time the
| explosion occurred.
THE Post-office and MONEYS and
Bayliss's stores, at Washburn, Barry Coun-
| ty, Mo-, were robbed on the morning of the
9th. One thousand dollars worth of stamps
were taken from the Post-office and s. ,00C
in cash from Bayhss's store. ~
Two e-murderers were sentenced
WIN. Mcqueen, two years in the Penitentia-
ry, and James Banks, colored. for life.
An. East-bound Ell Paso stage was
awed four passengers, including a soldier.
The mail pouches were emptied.
REV. FATHER d. F. HAGER, Catho-
He priest, and his brother were smothered
to death ut Corcoran, Hennepin County,
Mimi, on the 9Th. The gentlemen were
stopping with friends and slept in a close
room with an imperfectly burning lamp.
A NUMBER : of Pennsylvania blast
furnaces have suspended operations ON ac-
count of the alleged depression in the iron
trade.
In consequence of the prevalence of
way Company has put on a special train to
take passengers direct to Orizaba.
GEN. BRADY has retained as counsel
to conduct his defense in the star-route
prosecutions, Gen. Butler, Col. Ingersoll
and Messrs. Shellabarger and Wilson.
WORK on the New York, Chicago &
st. Louis Railroad has besn commenced
near Claypool, Ind, by large force Of men
Am organization of ex-Confederate
soldiers has been effected at Chattanooga,
Tenn, for the purpose of welcoming the
Army of the Cumberland, and rendering
them a reception on the occasion of their
meeting at Chattanooga next September.
STATISTICS in preparation by the
Census Bureau show that skilled labor in
the United States is better paid and more
steadily employed than in any country Of the
world.
THOMAS GRAIL, a wealthy farmer
living near Henryville, Ind, 55 years old,
was killed by lightning on the Sth. He was
found with one foot in the stirrup Of his
horse, which was also dead.
AT Espanola, N. NJ, two desperadoes,
Knowles and Connors, were summarily dealt
with by tho vigilantes, the former being shot
and the latter hanged.
ANTHONY w. GARDNER has been
elected President of Liberia, and Rev. w.
F. Russell, President. They arc
pledged to the education of the masses and
numerous other needed reforms.
|. A PHILADELPHIA patent-lawyer. Mr..
Connolly, is said to have received $250,O00
from the Bell Telephone Company for a SIM
pie device, of his invention, by which a CEN
trail telephone Office can be done away with.
JOE FLINT, notorious Chicago thief,
received fatal injuries while trying to escape
from two detectives at Kansas City, No. He
was run over by q train which he attempted
to board, both legs being severed.
HAYES WHITE, colored, the murderer
of Sheriff Beattie, of Crittenden County,
Ark, was hanged at Marion on the 10th.
A NUMBER of workmen were badly
scalded by the explosion Of n boiler near
Pottsville, Pa, the other day, three Of
whom can not recover.
GEORGE G. GATLING, of San Fran
cisco, CAL, suspecting his wife of infidelity,
decoyed her into beer garden and stabbed
her to the heart.
A HANDSOME female burglar, aged 10
years, and named Frances Merch, has been
captured by the Cincinnati police and locked
up.
A MAN named Herman and his son
were killed by lightning near Baltimore,
Nd, on the 9th. Another had a thigh broken
and several others were stunned by the
shock.
: WEST POINT IN. Y. graduates were
addressed by President Garfield, Gen. Sher-
man, and Secretaries Hunt and Lincoln, on
the 10th.
A DISPATCH from Halifax, N. S., says
the Norwegian barque Mette Margoethe was
wrecked of st. Paul's Island. The captain,
first officer, carpenter, two seamen and boy
were drowned.
j. MARTIN, merchant of Belknap,
Tex, was called to the door of his residence
by three men, seized and carried short dis
lance from the house and shot dead. After
killing Martin they went to his store and
ransacksd it.