The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-01
OVER THE STATE.

The Gem Fire Company Of JAG k
son has an excursion to-day to Mad
/ ison Station.
Miss Jeanie Patterson, formerly
of Port Gibson, is giving successful
readings III SavanI. ah ami Charles
ton.
Our exchanges report the loss Of
4 large number of mules in the Mis-
sissippi bottom from the poisonous
bites of the Sna's.
Nicksbnrg times We Learns that
| AdJ utaut General Packer has made Il
rcquiSition on the Governor tor
$4,000 Of the militia appropriation.
The Second District of Kinds
county. on the 18th. appointed thir-
ty delegates To attend the meeting
of the Political Committee. in .Jac,.-
son on the 18th Of May.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, ticket aren't at
McComb City, rec crtly SLOT Il Ger
man whose name we did not learn,
ut that place. The wound is a dan
gerous one, and may result fatally.
In the ease Of the City Julsc>hip
of Nick>burg, Adler " O'Leary,
Judgc Brown has decided in favor
of Adler. An appeal will be taken
and able counsel say that Mayor
OLcary is bound to win.
We learn that Il large mum Der of
employees IN the railroad shops N
McComb City were pad off and
discharged last week. The mtn had
struck because of reduction OF
time from ten 10 eight hours labor
q day, and proportional r, ,luction
of wages during the dull season.
Kosciusko Star: Just as we are
ready to go to press, the sad news
reaches us of the death, at his resi-
dencc in Durant, of Dir. Moore,
which occurred at II O'Clock We'd
nesday night. His deccaSe was
very sudden, and was caused, we
learned, by apoplcNy. AT this late
hour, when our paper is made up,
it is impossible for us to make such
mention OF DR.. Moore rs his merits
as Il citizen dc<ervc. Suffice it To
say he was kind nciyhbor, 4 true
friend, and a citizen of intelligence
and public spirit. May God COM
fort the widow and the orphans of
his erstwhile happy household.
Yazoo Banner: Our high Sheriff
put civil tights to test on last Fri
day night, by escorting his wife
bonn we all know to be OF duslv
hue-to the Wilson Hall, to hear
Miss Dickson read. Most Of the
audience had taken seats when the
Honorable A. t. entered and took
as prominent Il position rs possible,
forcing kind and courteous young
gent to give up his place, so that he
might seat himself beside his better
half. Several gentlemen there with
their wives left, not caring To have
those whom they hold dearest to
breathe the oathsnmc aIr of social
equality. If our sheriff had taken
a back seat where he belonged moth
ing much would have been thought
OF the atf,ir, bu, such IL plain air of
insolence could NOT go unrcbuked
Equal and exact justice to all, bnt
no social equality if you please and
we will have none
Columbus Democrat: We made
brief statement in our last of the
express robbery which occurred a
day or two before at Egypt. We
have since heard the particulars and
learned the fact that the robbers
have bean caught and the money re-
covered. The express agent at Egypt
not being satisfied with his salary,
and having loose and unsettled
views on the subject of proprietary
rights, conceived the ide, OF MAX
ing II venture to realize more by
making raid ON the Conpany's
safe. SO he induced a negro, named
Matt Bell, to join hun in the hazard,
telling him that if he would go into
the office and take out an amount
Of money there, 81 1900, and bring it
to him he would give him $3.50. The
part of the spoil. Upon tn: rob
berry being discovered suspicion
rested on the agent. lie was ar
rested, and in a short while made Il
clean breast of it all. confessed and
named his accomplice. lie dis
gorgcd, ami Matt Bell was soon at
ter caught. The agent was placed
under 81, 800 bond. Whether he
made it or not we have not heard.
The negro Matt Bell is an old of
fender, well known to the authori
ties of Columbus, and it is to be
hoped he will this time get his due.