The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-13
OVER THE STATE.

W. w. dOSkinS Is associate editor
OF the Lexington Advertiser.
Bishop Green has asked for an
assistant bishop of this dioceasc,
and his request will probably be
granted at the coming session of
the Episcopal Council.
Oxford Ricochet: We regret to
learn that Col. Lamar was not SO
much benefited by his trip bone As
supposed. Information reaches us
that he is still constantly threate ned
with paralysis.
The Inspectors of the State Peni-
Tertiary will lease out that institu-
ton and lis convict labor. on the 9th
of June, in this city. The lease will
be for four years, and a bond of
100000 will De required for the
contract.
Mayor McGill, Saturday last, held
an inquest on the body of a woman
found dead near the Gist place. The
remains were said to be those of
Nancy Cullens, who drowned her.
self and babe short time ago lille
Iaborng under Temporary alteration
of the mind.
Peoples Defence, Jackson: On
Monday evening last, about dusk,
a number of coIorcd persons confin-
cd in our city jail for various Of
lenses headed by Randall Hill, an
athletic and dangerous man, made
one of the boldest attempts at escape
that ever occurred here. Captain
Hardy, the jailer, was in the act of
locking the prisoners up for the
night, when Hill seized him by the
throat and threw him into cage,
nearly choking him to death, and
leaving him for the time in help
less condition. The prisoners th:n
ran down into the jail-yard, and
commenced climbing the fence, but
Hill was the only one that escaped,
as Mr.. Hardy soon recovered and
went down after them, firing
his pistol at Geo. Smith, but with
out effect Mr.. Hardy then caught
Smith by the legs, trying to pull him
off the fence, land he finally succeeded,
after receiving severe injuries by
being kicked in the face. An alarm
was soon raised and citizens in the
vicinity of the Jail went to the pro-
lection of the jailor, and quiet was
then restored.
Lexington Advertiser: We hear
that Mr.. Martin died in the north
eastern portion of this county, last
Saturday night, from wounds receiv
| ed at the hands of his sister-in-law,
Miss Boazman, about aweek pre-
viously. We were not acquaint-
ed with either of the parties, but our
information is to the effect that Miss
Boazman was at the house of Mar
tin attending to the wants of her
sister and his wife, who was confined
to bed, and while there he attempted
to violate her chastity. She left
his house at night, and made her
way to the house of another mar
ricd sister, and the next morning
Martin went there, and, in tho
absence of that sisters husband,
attempted to force Miss B. to return
! to his house, at the same time using
The mo It offensive language to her.
She got hold of an axe, and warned
him against any further violence, but
he miScalcuatcd her forbearancc to
the extent ofmaking another attempt
to force hc", when she struck him
with the axe with such force that it
cleft tho skull to the BRAN, following
up that blow with others only a little
less effective. When the battle
ended, his skull was bare on each
side, he was cat to the hollow on one
side Of his chest, and had q badly
cut arm The doctors did what they
coGid for him, but they couldn't
save him. All are agreed that he
met n just reward.