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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
TEiEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Louisville, Aug 17th.-McCreery's
official majority is 6,139. The
House stands 80 Democrats to 10
Republicans.
Washington, August 17th.-The
Mississippi river will fall slightly at
stations above Memphis, and will
rise slightly below.
Newburg, August 18th This eve
ming Robert Gibson, Assistant SUI
perintenleut of the N ewbnrg Water
Works, ATTEMPTED to murder Alfred
Post, a prominent resident of this
city and president of the Highland
Mountain Bank, by firing a pistol at
him in the str eets. The bullet grazed
his neck and Gibson aimed for
Il second shot. but in his excitement
failed to cock his weapon. Post got
out of the way before Gibson could
fire again, and the latter was Sc
cured and committed without bail.
Gibson and his wife are not on good
terms, and Gibson charges that
Post had something to do with bis
wife leaving him.
st Louis, Aug 1Sth-A special
from Benton, Franklin county. says:
Ten disguised men have been whip
ing and otherwise abusing people in
Williamson and Franklin counties.
County Commissioner Maddox re.
ceived information that the marau-
ders would visit hin and whip him
for not complying with one of their
orders. Maddox notified the sheriff,
who summoned 20 men and conceal.
ed in MaddOx'S house. About 2 o.
clock that night IA disguised and
mounted men approached. The
Sheriff demanded their Surrender,
when the leader fired, missing the
Sheriff; the band then wheeled to
run when the posse fired, fatally
wounding one and injuring FIVE.
All got away bnt the man fatally
hurt, who gave the names of others.
A citizens meeting have. resolved to
rid the country of obese men. The
band numbers 400. Gov. Beveridge
sent 100 stand of arms to the county,
add bloody results are expected.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
A LECTURE AT 1ST NJ. Z. CHURCH
TO NIGHT.
4" DOT DORG.''

Mr.. L. F. Copeland, attorney at
law, formerly of New York, but now
a resident of Knoxville, Past Grand
Deputy /. o. Il. r. of the State OF
New York, and a strong advocate OF
the Temperance cause, being a mem
Der of four different Temperance
societies, has consented to deliver
his humorous Temperance Lecture,
entitled "Dot Dorg," under the aus
pieces of Holston lodge, No. SO, I. o.
u. Z. He will tieliv er the lecture on
next Friday night at the First NJ.
e. Church, and all are invited. Seats
free. The lecture is of a humorous
character, and has been delivered
with striking effect in many CT the
cities in the North, as the following
extracts will testify: Extracts from
New York papers,.
Next morning one of our local pa
pers thus noticed the performances
AS a whole the lecture was a sue
cess and stamps Mr. Copeland "a IL
speaker of more than ordinary pow
er. We hope this will not be his
last lecture, but that we may FREE
quently listen to him upon this and
kindred subjects.
Other papers complimented "Mr.
Copeland's Lecturer in very compli-
mentary style, SO that he got
good send-off. Meanwhile he had
not been unmindIul of the pastures
that the lambs frequent. He had
already become prominent in Sun
day School operations and prayer
meetings making himself conspic-
uous aud agreeable, Of course, at
temperance and Sunday School pic
MICS. So far bad he progressed,
that recently he aspired to the Su
perinteBdency of the Clinch street
Sunday School.
AS matter of course, he kept his
eye Oh the main chance-the appar-
emily leading object of his life.
with his recommendations
forged or otherwise,) from Bishop
and such other church
preaching with eloquent
tongue from the pulpit, and illustra-
ting his gifts in the Sunday school
rooms and Temperance halls, he had
no difficulty in gaining the social
recognition that he sought. To be
brief, he had succeeded in gaining
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS.

DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby
i given that sealed proposals
will be received at the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Madison county,
Mississippi, up to the hour of 4
O'Clock p. N. on Saturday, the 2Sth
day of August, A. ID. 1915, for
keeping the county poor, at the
County Poor house.
The low est bidder to he awarded
the contract, upon his entering into
bonds in the sum of one thousand
dollars, with two sureties, to be APP
proved by said clerk, conditioned
that he will properly feed, clothe
and maintain said paupers, and
take good,care of the county props
erty cODtided to his care, and turn
the same over to his successor.
By order of the Board of Super
visOrs, this Sd day of August, A. D.
1876.
E. s. JEFFREY, Clerk.
By 81. r. G. BENwELL, ID. G.
aQI7W4t
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

We printed an article the other day
regarding the terrible mortality
among the children lit st. Louis. In
looking over a recent weekly mort
uary report of that city we see there
were about sixty deaths of which
over one-half we're babies fl ON one
to five years old. We may not be
we'll versed in this sort of statistics,
but this seems hard ON poor little
babies. We fail to sea-xhy a baby
should die any sooner than an adult.
We can but think there is something
wrong in st. Louis life, climate or
St. Louis babies Monitor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
LOUISVILLE MEDICAL COLLEGE.

LOUISVILLE, KY Aug. 1876.
To the Hon. Alex. Warner, Senator
from the 18th Senatorial District
of Mississippi:
Dear Sir-The enclsed certificate
is herewith sent you. You will see
that upon receipt of this certificate
duly made out, and signed by your
self as Senator from the 18th Sena-
torial District of the State of Missis-
sippi, that any poor and deserving
young man selected by you from
your District will be entitled to the
BENEFICIARY Scholarship awarded by
the Trustees of the Louisville Meai-
cal College, Louisville, KY, to the
18th Senatorial District Of the Stale
of Mississippi
The officers of this College do you
the justice to believe that you will,
as early as possible after the receipt
of this notification, endeavor to find
in your district some yenng man
who, through yourself, can be thus
materially aided and benefited 1t
is respectfully suggested that AL
inquiry, over your official signature,
published in the nearest newspaper,
will enable you TO confer this ben
efaction both promptly and appro-
priately. Your earliest possible at
ntlon is respectfully asked.
The Faculty request that in giving
a certificate, you will use the en-
closed blank form, which has been
adopted and sent to you for reasons
so necessary and prudential, as to
render any explanation superfluous.
1t is particularly asked that the
receipt of this communication be
acknowledged, and that, through
the undersigned, the Trustees and
Faculty of tie College be Afforded
the earliest possible information as
to the name and address of the
young man selected by yourself for
the Beneficiry Scholarship awarded
to your SenatOria District.
II. S. GAILLARD, M. D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
Any deserving young man desir-
ing the above Scholarship will please
inform me as soon as possible.
a. WARNER,
Senator 18th Dist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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ublic School Notice.

YNHE PUBLIC SCHOOLS for
L Madison County District will
open the LIST Monday in November,
next.
School Trustees will be elected on
Saturday, 10Th of this month.
school localities remain as here's
tofore, except in the City of Canton.
ID. G.. BEAUCH AMP,
Supt. Education, Madison Co.
Canton, Miss. Aug. 10, 70.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21


The request Of many persons who
lesire TO attend and exhibit at the
|ext state tsis, and who allege that
beg will DO much occupied wiz their
Fgp y OctobeE, and after consul
|es1Sn with the members of the
osrd q Control, notice is hereby
F1ven that the seventh annual Exhi-
|lsioH win Be held commencing on
oodsy, Nov ember 9th and will con.
Fnue ONE week. The prospect of a
prosperous fall, encourages the
3oard to offer liberal premiums and
lerses In ali the Departments. For
7drs q The Fair Catalogue address
- endlcrsigncd.
,. L. PowER, Secretary.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The Tribsse says the discos cry
has been made that . large amount
Pf the Indebtedness of Duncan,
Sherman & Co., held in New York
pity, 10 accommodation paper, in
he form Of drafts drawn en- them
Py the confidential clerk in their
Pmce and accepted by them and sold
10 various banks, through note bro
kerA. The announcement is also
made that letters of credit for which
hsir father, Mr.. Duncan, has be-
POme responsible, amount only to
bbout 130. 600. Mr.. Duncan claims
he transactions legitimate, while
prominent bankers say they are
rrsgular.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The waters of the Mississippi are
pubsiding,a and all danger of an over
low il passed. The heavy rains ap-
pear to have shifted to the upper
Atlantic States and 10 the South.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The politics Of Georgia are to be
bnlivened by . contest Between old
leaders for the Governorship-Hon.
A. n. Stephens aud Herschel v.
johnson.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The United States troops at Mis-
sissippi city, numbering about six
hundred, owing to the appearance
pr yellow fever on the coast, have
been ordered to. Holly Springs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

DERSONS desiring a lleathful and quiet
l. retreat for the summer, will find it at
the Artesian Springs. The Springs having
been thoroughly cleaned, the water is pur-
er and better than it has been for years.
Parties desiring to visit them will find
conveyances at Goodman, or Pickens'
Station. Any information relative to the
Springs can be obtained by addressing
PROPRIETOR,
Care Schrock's box Goodman, Miss.
They will be open for the reception of
visitors June LIST, 1875.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The candidates Of the Grand
Army of the Republic for President
md vice-President are N. p.
Banks and L. @. C. Lamar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
Monday, the 23d Day Of
August, 1875,

OctWccH Tic HOuNS w IL oCfOCh d.iu.
and 4 o'clock p. M, an undivided
one-half interest in n certain lot of
ground within said city and county
and State, described as follows, viz: :
80 feet off the east side OF lot No.
2, in Square No. 2, in said city, and
fronting 80 feet on Centre street,
and running back 200 feet.
And OIL the same day, at the
same place, and under the same de-
cree, and within the time above.
named, 1 will sell at public cutlery
all undivided one-half interest in
another parcel of land within said
city, and within said county and
State, viz: Lots No. and 4, in
Square No. IL.
And also an undivided one-half
interest in another parcel of land in
said city, viz: Beginning at the
north west corner OF said lot No. 4,
thence. North to the corner of Sec.
10, Township 8, II. 3 East; thence
East to the corner of the land for
Hmerly owned by A. Mcfarland, but
now by Mr.. BiIbea; thence South
to the northeast corner of lot No. 3,
aforesaid j; thence West to the be-
ginning, containing about acres.
The property last named will be
sold on terms as follows: One-half
to paid cash, and tue balance to be
paid twelve months from day of
sale, with ten per cent interest per
annum from day of sale
SARAH E. CARROLL,
Guardian of the minor heirs of Jos.
w. Carroll, decd. Hl7w3
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
MRS. BEER

Takes this method to inform the ladies of
Canton and viciy ity that she is prepared to
do all kinds Of
HAIR WORK
puffs, hraids or curls made to order. She
will also renOvate old braids OF pIIffs.
Terms cash.
Prices to suit the times.
She may he found at all hours at her
residence near VOLTS Hotel. ap3-1m.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

Kx>President Andrew johnson
wns . great advocate of life iBsur-
hnce, both in theory and practice.
me policies on his life will aggre-
sste o35O, 600. )
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

Oaptsin Walpole. of the Central
9tar, was nominated for county Ire
esurer at the primary election held
g his county . few daFs ago, on the
Democratic ticKer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

We are gratified to receive assur
auces fro0 pscsguIss that the sick
|Dess at that point Is not so alarming
70 has been reported in the dis
patches.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The President has removed about
1fty Posimasters for manipulating
|ehrir official reports whereby their
|oalaries were Increased.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The Yazoo! Democrat comes to us
much reduced in size. Hard times
ne frar is the cause.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

The Republican State Convention
will meet in jackson, ON Wednesday
hext, the 18th mat.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
;E TO CONTRACTORS.

&c NOTICE is hereby Civ
that sealed proposals will
1ed for the building of the
over a s;pat..l lt.se-tlre G51tiiey-
the Calhoun and Jackson
Also for the improvements
iade on tho clipper Stump
across DoakeS Green. d.
to specifications on file in
.ncery Clerks office of Mad
unity, Mississippi, up to the
hour of p. m, gu Saturday the It'll
day of August, A. D., 1875.
By order of the Board of Super
visors of Madison County, Missis-
sippi, at the July Term, 1875, of
said Board.
+. S. JEFFREY, Clerk.
iy17 By II. Il. q. Benwell, ID. 9.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

4 Great preparations are being made
TO suitably celebrate the opening of
the Cincinnati Exposition,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
ALE CTURE TO
Young Men. ~
Jmst Published, IL, Sealed Emvelope.

IhlOE, OLA OANJ %
A Lecture on the Nature, Tro tment and
Radical Cure of Semhia Weakness, or
Spermatorrh9a, induced by Self-Abuse,
Involuntary Emissions, Impoteney, Ner-
yons Debility, and impediments to Mar
riage generally; Consumption, Epilepsy
and Fits, Mental and Physical Incapacity,
etc.-By ROBERT J. CULVERWELL,
NJ. D., author of the Green Book" etc.
The world-renowned author, in this adj
mirable Lecture, clearly proves from his
own experience that the awful eonse-
quences of Self-Abuse may be etfectually
removed without medicine, and without
dangerous surgical operations, bougies,
instruments, rings, or cordials; pointing
fout a mode of cure at once certain and
effectna1, by which every sufferer, no mat
ter what his condition may be, may cure
himself cheaply, privately and radically.
W This lecture ,rhl prore boon to
thousands ard thousands.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to any
address, post paid, on receipt Of six cents or
two postage stamps.
-1nsidfess ttl4ae
CHAS. &c. KLINE 81 CO.,
l27 Bowery, New Y orix.
Post office Box 1857.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

- a ADVISERS wanted for two SUI
SAIN perb works of French art, ''Lit-
tie Runaway and her Pets" and the pretty
pair, "The Dinner, and the Nap" These
pictures are worthy of a place in costly
homes and inexpensive enough for the sim
plest. Selling rapidly, and TAKES ON SIGHT.
We guarantee ready sales, good profits, and
quick returns. Any active person who will
take hold can make handsome income.
Send for our best terus ut once.
J ID. FORD & CO.,
jy17-w121 ia Elm st rect, Cincinnati, o.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
GUARDIANS SALE.

DY VIRTUE of decree of the
ID Chancery Court of Madison
County, State of Mississippi, rem
dered at the July Term, 1875, will
sell for cash before the Courthouse
door, In Canton, at public cutlery,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21

Advices from Syria report the
cholera abating.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
An Indian Grave Yard.

A correspondent of the Columbus, Ky,
Spectator tells the following story: "Dr.
r. II. Perryman of Casey's Creek, has
made a discovery that is truly wonderful.
On perpendicular cliff not far from his
house, about twenty-five feet from the bot
tom is shelving rock about one hundred
yards long, sheltered from the rain and
stormy blasts by an overhanging rock,
which was once used by the Indians as a
graveyard. Hundreds of well preserved
bodies were lying there side by side, with a
thin rock slab between them. Each body
has stone vault, covered over by thin
rock, and the whole row is covered with
dirt brought from distance. 1t was very
cold day when the doctor made the discov-
cry, and he opened only three of these
vaults, but in each of these he found a we'll
preserved corpsc-the hair and every thing
complete, but they melted to dust as soon
as the air struck them. The bones remain
ed intact, and one skeleton was of enorm-
Gus size-some seven or eight feet long In
these vaults were willow baskets, orna-
meuted with shells and various trinkets,
showing the handiwork of the departed.
These trinkets all crumblcd on coming in
contact with the air. This place, the doc
tor says, has been observed before, but
there being nothing visible but dirt, has at
tracted no attention. The place is almost
inaccessible to man, and how these bodies
and these stones were got there will ever
remain mysterious.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
The Concord Celebration.

The military display at the Concord,
Mass, centennial celebration bids fair to
eclipse anything of the kind ever seen in
New England. Each New England State
will be represented by its best crops. YER
mont will send the Ransom Guards, of ST.
Adams. New Hampshire will be repre-
scented by the Amoskeag veterans of Man
chester, the oldest and finest in the State.
Connecticut will send the Putnam Phalanx,
of Hartford. They will do escort duly for
Gov. Ingersoll and staff of that State.
Rhode Island will be represented by the
Providence Light Infantry, an organization
widely and favorably known. The Port
land Blues, one of the finest military or
CARNATIONS in New England, will worthily
represent Maine. Massachusetts will be
more prominently represented by the An
cient and Honorable Artillery of Boston
whose organization dates back more than
two hundred years; Newburyport Veteran
Artillery, another old and we'll known mil
itary organization; the Fifth and Sixth
Regiments M. V. M, and others. Be-
sides those already enumerated there will
be many other military organizations pre-
sent from various parts of New England,
accompanied by bands, and nothing will be
lacking to make military display in every
way worthy of the occasion.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
The HOLY Grail.

The holy grail of the Cathedral st. To-
renzo at Genoa is preserved under lock and
key, and is only shown on rare
occasions. Its history, says a correspon-
dent, is very strange, and calls for a great
deal of honest faith. l was captured by
the Gencese during the crusades, and the
records say that it is the vessel out of which
the Savior and his disciples parlook of the
Paschal lamb, and into which Joseph of
Arimathea is said to have caught some
drops of the blood of the crucifed Saviour.
The hrst Napoleon's troops carried it off
TO Paris when they conquered this part of
Italy, but il was restored by the allies in
1915, and broken on the way. Before that
1t enjoyed the reputation of having been
made of one precious emerald, but this
misfortune proved to be only better quail
ity of glass 1t looked like green glass
dish supported on golden tripod, held to-
gether by filigree work in gold, placed
there not so much as an ornament as to
prevent it from falling to pieces. The
English come in crowds to see it because
their poet laureate made it tho subject OF
one of his weird poems.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
MethOdism IN New England.

The annual conferences in the Methodist
Episcopal Church in New England will be
held in the months of April and May. They
are six in number and lie wholly within the
New England States. Maine is divided in
to two conferences. The New Hampshire
Conference embraces the State of New
Hampshire and that part of Massachusetts
lying north of the Merrimac river. The
Vermont Conference is in the State of Yer
mont. Rhode Island, Connecticut east of
the Connecticut river, and Massachusetts
south of line drawn from the mouth of
the Neponset river to the northeast corner
of Rhode Island, are included in the Prov
idence Conference. And Massachusetts
east of the Green Mountains, excepting
what is included in the New Hampshire and
Providence Conferences, forms the New
England Conference, In the six confer
ences there are 85.893 church members and
l02, 1868 Sunday school scholars, and 800
churches, making one Methodist church
to every $500 inhabitants in New England.
The church edifices, however, number less
than three-fourths of the church organza-
tons, which are more than three times the
number of all the Roman Catholic churches
in New England. The value of the church
property is more than seven million dol
lars, which does not include the education
al Institutions.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
The JOhnstovvn Tragedy

The young man, c. Fred Smith, who
was at one time strongly suspected of be-
ing concerned in the murder of Edward
Yost, suddenly left Johnstown Thursday af-
ternoon for the east, by way of Albany.
His movements are closely watched and re-
ported at ,Johnstown. His brother-in-law
left Johnstown suddenly on Thursday, and
this adds to the suspicious which have been
aroused as to Smiths guilt. 1t is reported
that new and very important testimony has
recently come to the knowledge of the cor
oner and it is limited that knowledge of
this fact FASTENED Smiths departure. 1t is
possible, however, that Smith went away
on legitimate business and is entirely inno-
cent. The people of Johnstown regret that
Smith was not arrested Immediately. The
horror of the crime, however, seemed to
paralyze the community and no such ac-
ton was taken.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-30
Italian women.

A correspondent of the Newark Adcsr-
tiSer writes, 81 think an orang- outang would
have as much taste in the way of dress as
of colorG, with an interminable length of
skirt and proportionate outgrowth of
shoulders parts her hair on one side and
combs it down to the bridge of her nose,
builds up tower of puffs, and braids, and
twists, and bows and flowers on the top of
the head, paints her eyes, and feels her
self triumphantly complete. If the in
tended effect of her head arrangements is
TO make her look as much like consum-
mate idiot as is possible, and the display of
shoulders be kindly offered as study in
anatomy, she is happy success.