American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-29
N1ISSISSIPPI ITEMS.

. COMPLIED FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGE
IT Seven prisoners escaped from til
4 SardiS Jail last week. Six were II
a captured.
On Monday last, in the neighbol
, hood of CeniervilIe. in this county
i. a most dasts rdly, villainous ant
I cold blooded outrage was commit
, ted upon Geo. Box, an idiot son o
JAS. Box, Sr. The boy, who i.
about Is years of age. was seer
walking along the road, near his
fathers, about 10 O'clock A. NJ. A
short time after some young men
passing that way heard some one
grooming in the bushes near by.
and on going to the spot, found
the young man almost senselees,
speechless, and with his skull
broken in two places, and his arm
broken. Suspicion was at once fas,
tened upon Bob. Millsaps, motto
riously mean negro boy of the neigh
borhood. a party of men got on
his track and, when our informant
left the neignborhOod, was in close
pursuit. If caught, he should be
hung to the first tree, as the DO.
was not only non compis mentiS, but
perfectly harmless and inoffensive.
LATER.
The negro has been caught, and
justice mcted ont to him.
We learn that twelve convicts
made their escape from the guard
at Brookhavcn, last Saturday night.
by climbing out through the roof
OF the house where they were con-
fined. One OF them was killed by
the guard. At that rate, the
guards will let them out faster
than the courts can put them in.
Who's responsib!es-Sum S-n
tintL.
The Port Gibson Reveille says
that on Monday night of last week |
an attempt was made 10 assassinate |
Mr.. Douglas Stampley near that |
place.
We Learn from the Port Gibson
Reveille that on Saturday night Of |
last week, Mr.. Thomas T.. Foote.
Depaty Circuit Clerk was foully as
aassinated in that town. No clue
to the perpetrator of the horrible
deed.
The LARGEST cucumber we ever
saw was shown us this week by DR..
Stack house. 1t was sixteen inches
long, fourteen and one half hes
in circumference, and weighed FIVE
and one-fourth pounds. Who can
beat it,
Mr.. @. Wingatt, of Attalla county.
the Kosciusko Star with
he following remedy for hog cbo'-
IRA: Take a small stick, cover one
end with fat bacon, prize open the
mouth and rub the throat we'll with
The bacon; repeat every fifteen MIL
ties, using fresh meat every time.
In All hour the hog will he up and
.ating. Mr.. w. informs US that
, little warm lard may be used
With the same effect,
Rumors of an intended duel be
.ween Messrs. Ben. G. Adams and
J. Y. Parker, OF Grenada, Missis-
'ippi, reached this city day before
We did not learn any
or facts rs to the origin
md cause of the fight, and ar
unable to give our readers
any information in that respect.
Mr.. Ben O. Adams is lawyer well
known in Grenada, Mr.. j. Y. Par
ker being q farmer III Grenada
county. Both gentlemen occupy
good social position, and the rumoI
Of an intended duel between them
II ,turally aroused much anxiety,
and has elected much inquiry upon
the subject. The aggrievcd parties
came to this city Tuesday, Mr.. Ben.
y. Adams being accompanied by
Mr.. WIN. M'Clain, and Mr.. j. Y.
Parker, it is said, by &. Y. Freeman
and Capt. j. NJ. Ellis. 1t was re
ported that the parties had come
here to 60 Immediately to Arkansas
for the purpose of fighting duel.
The friends of the beligerent parties
will be glad to learn that the duel.
lists did not 20 to Arkansas, bur
that the ffsir, having been referred
to Gems. Barksdalc and Walthall,
of Grenada, has been aniicably set
tied. We are glad to know the af-
tair has been l.eaceably arranged
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