American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
STATE ITEMS

The Wesson mills took the first
premium at the ST. Louis fair on
jeans and brown cottons over TWEEN,
ty three competitors. Hurrah toI
our State!
Tie Meridian Mercury is offered
for sale.
The Central Star states that +. I'll.
Lawrence, of Alfalfa county, matls
seventy bushels of corn to the acre
this year on new ground. The corn
was planted Oh the 9Th of May.
Yesterday, Berry Fielder, Il col
place, three miles out OF town, was
beating his child, when his wife in
terfered to rescue the child from his
anger, and he struck her. She in
stantly plunged IA small knife into
his side about the region of the
heart, and Berry Is reported As
likely to die OF the wountl.-Mcri-
dian Mercury.
We question the honesty of any
man who subscribes for paper,
promises to pay for it in the fall,
takes it two or three years, and then
cody notifies the editor to stop it,
and he will pay as soon, as he gets
able, or leaves the country without
saying anything about it. If such
people go to heaven we want to 60
the other road,-BrandoA RepMbii-
can.
| Information from Bolton leaves
no doubt about the stealing of the
ballot box at that place. The in
spectors had completed the count
and made up the tally sheets, which
show two bundled and fifty-siX
[straight Republican votes and fif-
teen scratched; Democratic votes,
two hundred aud five straight and
six scratched. At about half-past
eleven o'clock Tuesday night, Mr..
Il. B. MyIick, one of the Democratic
Judges of the election, was carrying
the sealed ballot box to his room
for safe keeping, and az he was en-
tering the side door of the hotel, ON
the gallery, he was approached
from behind by two men, masked
with black covers over their faces.
One SEIZE d his arms an l drew them
back, while the other wrenched the
box from his band.- They run away
with the box, and the next morning
Lit was found in All old field near by
broken open, and some Of the tick
cts had been thrown into an old we'll
and others scattered over the field.
The tally sheets were not found at
last accounts. MIR. Myrick could
mot recognize either of the assault
ling parties, and it has not yet been
discovered who they were.-Jdcksoss
Times.
John B. Ray mond, Esq. late of
the Jackson Pilot, has been appoint
ed postmaster at Vicksburg, vice
Fl. r. Pease, removed.
The Republicans, published at
Grenada, Miss, and the official
journal of Grenada, Montgomery
and Carroll counties, will be dIscon-
tinued alter today.
The Oxford Ricochet, the editor of
which, Victor Thonspson, was de-
feated for the Legislature in Lafay-
cite county, gives the following ad
vice to Republicans: The election
proved disastrous to the Republican
party in the countv, and it becomes
their duty, as good citizens, to bear
i their defeat like true men. The
! party made gallant fight, as the
votes will tell. A greater vote ~as
Isolled than ever before in the coun-
Try. Our dnty is PLAIN, and let it be
Iona xviIlinnIu sro<Nxl <,ifsuonx
we should acquiesce in the resulc Of
the election, give support to the
toficials elected over us, and obey
1.-THE laws. All excitement should
i,ew subside. and every man refurll
to his work and remain at it closely.
No idieiiess should be INDUCED in ;
work every hour until the crops are
| gathered. Forget all the animosi-
lies caused by the election, and do
yoar~W Whole duty as citizens. Guilt
vate the good will and friendship OF
your neighbors. We are going to
trust our officials. and hope they
will not deceive us i'm anything.
They made fair promises before the
want them carried out.
Remember all the great States of
the North have spoken in favor of
Rrpublicanism. Take courage from
THAT. '-- ns-i7
Tie Holmes County Republicans,
we learn from the Durant Alder
tiser, has suspended, and the latter
journal Is about to return to Lex
ington.
! RepOrtS reach ms almost daily