American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-24
New Brunswick has experienced al

NEW BRUNSWICK has experienced an
earthquake shock
The greatest excitement prevails at
Limerick, Ireland, on account of recent dis
turbances. Some 600 police have arrived,
under command OF an Assistant Inspector
General of Irish Constabuliry.
RUSSIAN mobiles have organized a
"Sacred Legion, - in opposition to Nihilists.
The settlers of the Lower San Pedro,
Arizona, have organized company oflcered
by experienced Indian fighters, and have
notified Agent Tiffany to keep his Indians
on the reservation, a. all found off will be
treated as hostiles. The settlers are said to
be fully determined upon either the removal
or the determination of the Apaches- The
measures of Gen. Wilcox, in concentrating
all his forces in the vicinity of the hostilcs,
have had the effect of keeping them in the
vicinity of Cibu Creek.
GOVERNOR SHELDON, of New Mexico,
writes to Secretary Kirkwood: "Reports re-
lating to the Indian troubles are undoubted-
ly exaggerated, but there is some reason to
apprehend a genera! participation on the
part of all tribes in the operations of Mana
and the White Mountain Apaches.'
THE Christiancy divorce case has
assumed new phase. On the 10th Mrs.
Christiancy's brother, DIR. French Lugenbell,
of Virginia, sent an unequivocal challenge
to Mr.. Christiancy in Washington, request
ing him to meet him sat any point in Vir-
ginia which you may designate within twen-
ty miles of Washington" Mr.. Christiancy
declined in brief note, saying he had ''no
special ambition to acquire notoriety by as
sassination," and expressing his preference
for the ordinary procedure in a court Of
law to determine the truth involved in the
case at issue. Mr.. Christiancy subsequently
swore out a warrant against DIR. Lugenbell.
THE room of ex-Minister Christiancy
at the National Hotel, Washington, on the
18th, was forced open by thieves and a box
containing Sc, 900 worth of jewelry and dia-
monds was rifled. The box had recently
arrived from Peru, and it is thought that
the thieves followed it from New York. The
jewelry and diamonds did not belong to Mr..
Christiancy, but were placed in his custody
as United States Minister for safe keeping.
There is no clew to the thieves.
FRESH explosions of Socialists are re-
ported from Berlin. The police prohibit
all meetings in which socialists are likely to
participate.
THE anniversary of Mexican indie
pendence, September IS, was observed by
the opening of public works throughout the
country.
CHARLES BECKER, said to be one of
the most successful counterfeiters in the
country, has been arrested in the suburbs of
Brooklyn, N. V, and large amount of
paraphernalias secured, among
them being ten finely engraved stones, rep
resenting fac similes of 200 franc notes Of
the Bank of France, four presses, etc.
A FIRE at Carrollton, Mo-, on the
evening of the 10th, destroyed the Carroll
House, a fine three-story brick building,
together with several old frame buildings
of no great value, in which the fire orig
mated
A SNOWFALL of several inches was
on the 10th in Northern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota.
MAURICE G. STELLHE1MER, aged 26,
coupon clerk in the Office of j. & w. Seiig-
man & Co., New York, is under arrest
charged with embezzing $4,000. The
money was mostly lost in stock speculation.
Stellheimer fled from the city upon the dis
covery of his defalcation, taking with him a
young lady companion. A detective was
placed upon his track and his arrest was
finally accomplished on lake steamer bound
for Duluth.
DIPHTHERIA is epidemic in Russia.
In some parishes all the children under 10
years have died OF the dread disease. The
contagion first appeared in Bessarabia in
1872. Since then it has spread over the
south of Russia, from whence 1t has spread
toward the east and northwest. In the
Province of Pultowa, which has less than
200, 900 people there have been 1913 per-
sons stricken by the disease, and of these
IS, 765 have died.
AT Oakland, KY, p. II. Winegardner,
o noted counterfeiter, was shot and danger
ously wounded by a woman named Laura
to whom he was engaged to be
but for some reason the engage.
ment was broken off. He questioned her
fealty. and in moment of frenzy she got
revolver and fired two shots.