American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-05
mississippi Items.

Meridian Mercury Jas. "A. Chap-
mau, an old citizen of PauidinE,
committed suicide on tuesday, Jan.
18th.
Noxubee Star: We learn that
three carloads of mules We're dis
posed of, for cash, at Macon last
week.
The Holly Springs Reporter is
after Congressman G. Wiley Wells,
for voting against extending amneS-
ty to Jeft Davis.
Crystal Springs Monitor: A child
of Mr.. Wise, of Utica, WAS accident
ally killed the other day, by II little
sister, who was play ing with IL pts
toll.
Winona Advance: Capt. John A.
Binford, of Duck Hill, recently
slaughtered seventy one hogs, forty
of the largest of which weighed over
three hundred pounds each. This
shows that Mississippi can raise
her own meat, if she will try.
Pamela Star: \ white woman liv
ing on the plantation of our county
man, Mr.. Shelton McGehee, gave
birth, OH the 9th of January, to two
boys and one girl. One of the boys
hod two upper teeth at birth, All
three of the children have died.
Natchez Democrat: the -drafs of
the charter for the I" Pioneer Fac
tory " at Natchez, for the manufac>
ture of cotton and wooden goods,
yarns and fabrics, cotton seed oil
an meal, has been prepared, and
will soon be submitted TO the Legis-
lature for passage.
Okolona States: at the State
capital the representations are de
veloping slowly. They elected U.
s. Senator by reclamation, a State
printer nearly ditto, and are con
templating the impeachment of
Ames by the same harmonious
schedule.
Holmes County Egis: While the
esiimable wife of J. G. Hall, of Lex
ington, was attending her domestic
duties a few evenings since, she
WAS assaulted by an unknown man,
who was concealed in the house,
and before her scretms could be
heard, she was robbed of five gold
rings and awatch.
fernando Press: Sunday morn
ing, Jan. %, six prisoners confined
in our county Jail concluded they
had boarded at the county expense
long enough, and made their exit
by saving the hinges Oft the cage
door, prizing up plank i'll the floor
digging hole In the wall. and let
ting themselves down to the ground,
made good their escape. There WAS
one prisoner left behind. because he
was too large TO get through the
hole. Two have been recaptured.
Clarion, 3Oth: We have just met
Mr.. Henry Booth; of Montgomery ,
Ala, who is special agent of the
Postoffice Department., who came
here to investigate the reported
losses of money from registered let
tiers, etc, between Williamsburg
and Westvile. BY methods well
understood by detectives, the party
who was in the habit of intercept
ing letters with money In them was
easily caught, and proved to be q.
w. Norwood, assistant postmaster
at Mt. Zion.
Vicksburg Sentinel, Jan 81: We
are panied to announce the death
of an old and esteemed fellow clti-
zen, Col. Harper p. Hunt, native
of Kentucky, but a resident of this
city for about forty years. He died
on the 2Sth at 8 o'clock pm, at his
resi- dence, after an illness of several
weeks, which terminated in pneu-
mOnia. Col. Hunt was an honored
member of the bar, and ia his
younger days was a very successful
advocate. He leaves a large circle
of relatives and friends to mourn
his loss. His funeral took place
from the Catholic church yesterday
evening. and his remains were fol-
lowed to the grave by large con-
course of citizens.
Meridian Mercury: The other day
at Shubuta, when FOOte Ferriil was
carving Dick Johnson, (both col
ored, a Philadelphia drummer, who
was stopping at the Meders House,
i'll going across the railroad came In
view of the scrimmage. He turned
back, and, when he re-entered the
house, remarked that he thought he
would remain inside until that man
over there had flushed the job of
cutting the other up into small
pieces. Our correspondent states
that Ferriil cut his man in more
than twenty five places. The drum
mer from the Centennial city proba-
bly, got new ide., of the rare quail
tiles of the Southern negro, such as
he had not derived from reading
/" Uncle Toms Cabin" before the
war, nor from any of the Congress
sional speeches nor Republican
newspaper twadd'e in favor of the
negro Constitutional amendments,
since-and was disguste,l at the
ways of the "man and brother" he
had ony Regarded as q lamb with
black wool, for he didn't come out
onx- that nvppInU