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Commissioners Sale.

DUKSU ANT TO A DECREE of the Chan
Il Gerry Court for the First District of Hinds
county, State of Mississippi, rendered 1T the
January term, A. u. 1876, thereof in n certain
S Sun tnefe.h pending, numbered 24O. on the
uo0hets OF sald court, and wherein Lehman
Newgass & 20. were compliments and Yattn
Iirscn, etai were defendants the undersionN
ed, as Special Commissioner of said CONT I'll
O'ii'' VIII
THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF April
d. 1876, -
WITHIN the hours prescribed bv law and a.
Iao ,ion' aoof OF the City Hall, in the CITY OF
Jackson, IN said county and State oIf' =.
punlic cutlery, to the highest bidder for cal
Tue IoloWlng valuable lands, town. Thnan
WV certain lots or parcels of land lvinr o,d
oeing W1thln the corporate limits of the go.
% % U2a:chson, state of Mississippi and CONT
ol MINDS, being the north-third of Io,s NJ
70 and o. three and six of frationoi t.ots NOS,
one, south, as designated on the mar af ~;
IIi'yi anu more particularly describad - e.
lows neginnlng at the north-west cor,,o, ~
S gu poI, ana running thence southwark on
tbe,ca a,..' 1"ehty-slx feet and eight inches.
, 1919 eastward to Crescent street. tbonoa
northward on Crescent streat .eeI' theuce
anu eignt inches; thence westwoya - -
80 aII u oe GINNING; being the same lot &C.,
3ntb 9y "'chardson and Robinson. abont tho
NON 10y y. august A. d. 1853, and the Same
now occupied by q. d Sidwav ;mnad;a o,,ie
north OF the property which bain ely
10y 10 John Martz, and south of Ia. Fon
ne eily owned by William Morris and r.;
r ne same property which G. j. Shepard SON
NIL n1o:nNeyeu or intended to convey to -
per lo66, and filed Tor rec ,rd ~ ;I'n Novem-
II II mus, on 10th November and $500 o9in OF
November, 1866. anu recorded 10Th
JOHN d. GILLANp
PIrraAu Special Commissioners
S1drcn 10, lSI6-yy5f
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The Legislature of 1874 had no right
to levy the taxes for 1876.
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And the man to carry New York be-
You'd peradventure, is Tilden.
land (Me.) Argus Dem
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If taxes are not perceptibly reduced,
the people will lose heart.
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Oh! Mr.. Grant, they have done gob-
bled up everything Times,
Too bad--too bad and, oh so sad.
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Cub, gedtle sprig ethereal blddess,
cub" All kit-chew.
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WHERE is Fred. Parsons? Is he
standing firm and waiting?
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Observation-Disclosures DAY.

TUESDAY, April 4, 1876
Mr.. Speaker Street in the chair. Presert
80 absent 36.
Leave ol absence was granted to Mr..
GOWan.
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A little girl who wanted to be very
good during Lent proposed to give up
school,
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FAREWELL, M'CLURE.

The special order, the resolution to ex-
pei Senator Mcclure, came up and the reso-
luton was adopted-yeas, "A; nays, Smith,
white Republican, l. Adjourned.
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GOODBYE, Mcclure!
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

By Mr.. Drake: To amend section 1912,
Code OF 1871, and an act amendatory there
of, approved February 9, 1876, in relation
to acknowledgement of deeds and mort
cages.
By Mr.. Jarnagin To incorporate Brooks
vile, NOXubee county; passed.
By Mr.. Shattuck: To amend the act to
protect crops in certain Supervisors dis
tlicts of Warren county; passed.
By Mr.. Saunders: To extend the time for
collecting the delinquent taxes of 1876, in
Pearl county; passed
By Mr.. Parker: To prohibit the sale of
liquors withil five miles of Cum berland,
Sumner county; passed.
By Mr.. Hicks: To regulate the practice
of medicine in the county of YazOo; re-
ferred.
By Mr.. Byrd of Franklin: To repeal the
anti-liquor law of Meadvile; passed.
By Mr.. Saunders To change the bound-
airy lines of Pearl and Marion counties; re-
ferred.
By Mr. Hudson: To incorporate the
bank OF YazoO City referred.
By Mr.. BarkSdale: To regulate the COM
pensation OF the members of the Legisia-
ture; lies over.
BY Mr.. Saunders To protect the stock
raiserS of Hancock and Pearl; passed.
By Mr.. CruG1 AmendatOry to the act
changing the boundary lines of Benton
county referred.
By Mr.. Percy: In relation to Judges and
ChancellOrs; indefinitely postponed.
The bill supplemental to the court district
bill passed.
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THE PENITENTIARY BILL

was taken up; pending its consideration
the House adjourned.
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LAWS BY APPROVAL.

The Governor informed the House that
he has approved the following House bills
In relation to Boards of Supervisors; to
amend an act to incorporate the towns of
Tupelo, Shannon and Saltillo, IN Lee coun-
ty, approved July 80, 1870; to prevent the
sale of liquors within five miles OF Zion
Hill Church, Smith County to amend the
act TO incorporate Bogue Chitto Lincoln
county; to amend the act authorizing Va
200 TO offer reward; to esta blish Circuit
and Chancery Court Districts, and the act
supplemental 10 the Court District &C t
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zeal INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI
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TUESDAY, April A, 1876.
Mr.. President Sims in the chair. Prayer
by Rev. DR.. Kline; absent 8.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-19
Onr Boys and girls.
LOST AND FOUND.

. On where now is Tommy? and who has scen
w, And why does he keep us go. all in a worrys
We've hunted for Tommy from cellar to garrett
Go, run to the pond and the well-side-oh,
hurry
" We've looked down the we'll, and we let down
But we found not = trace of our stray little
We searched in the pond. and we waded all
But not in the pond had he met a disaster
g Then 60 to the railroad. down there by the sta
Perhaps on the track he has fallen while play
And go TO the mill, then-perhaps he was carried
Straight owe, r, the dam to his death: there's no
" He's not by the mill-dam he not by the sta
ton;
He's not in the carpenters shop by the way:
The Blacksmith, the butcher, the grocer, the
Not one Of them all has seen Tommy to-day
' There's CarloI Here, Carlo, say where is your
master?
You lazy old dog, have you left HIM in dangers
In the dark, lonely forest, say did you forsake
Where help there is none from the tramp and
I" Bow-wowi' answered Carlo, with look rather
And then starting up, he ran straight to the
We after him .cudded, in hope to find Tommy;
And aunty, she followed, though hardly so
able.
With nose TO the ground, on. on Carlo trotted
To the foorswhere the cow boy the hay had been
heaping;
Then barked, as If scolding poor aunty, and cay
ing,
sleeping"
- o ely little Tommy! Why give us such troubles
Why sleep on the hay when no sleep you re-
quired:''
- But how could I help it. dear aunty," said
Tommy:
.tT Law down tn slecn there-because I was
tired
Alfred Selanyn, In Nursery.
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CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1876

that tomorrow was Sunday and what
should she wear, Dobson was overcome,
and as he now had the check in his own
pocket, he concluded to reconsider the
resolution and go after the trunk. He did,
and somewhat recovered his composure
as he rode down in the car jingling the
check against his keys. But when he got
down town it was half-past nine and he
couldn't find dray nor an cxpressman
to help him carry the trunk to the street
car for half dollar. They went down and
got the trunk and came back just in time
to see the last car streaklng out up the
track, and the hummer said his contract
was filled and he wouldn't renew, and
there was Dobson after ten O'Clock at
night down down with Saratoga trunk,
and Mrs. Dobson at home waiting for her
Sunday clothes. DobsOn buckled into
that trunk with desperate energy. He
tried to carry it, but il threw him. He
pulled it along, but that was soon too
much for him. Then he got behind it
and rolled it along, and the first thing he
knew it had rolled down dozen steps.
Then he got in front of it and rolled it,
and the next time it rolled down stairs he
went too. He was demoralized; so was
the trunk. Things were coming out here
and there. Dobson took some garments
and tied on the lid, and took the middle of
the street. The erratic old trunk suddenly
from Dobson's vision. 1t
had dropped into Havk-eye creek. He
got it out. He wrestled and toiled with
that trunk with vigor that was heroic.
Precipitation poured from every pore. He
worked, and pulled, and pushed, and
tugged, and lost his hat and his temper,
and broke his watch chain, and wet his
feet and caught fearful cold, and tore
his clothes, and tried to carry everything
that fell out of the trunk, and got home
just as we are going to press. Perhaps
Mrs. Dobson will go to church to-day and
but Dobson-well, he'll not go
to church at any rate.-Burlington Hawk-
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Mr.. LAMPS Conundrum.

THAT anecdote of mine about Mr..
Snifien try ing to tell funny story at the
dinner table and breaking down in the
middleo of it, recalls little feat performed
by Peter Lamb several years ago at an
evening company. They were sitting
around in a circle asking conundrums,
and Peter had hazy recollection of one
which read in this way: Why ia love
like a canal boat? Because it is an in
ternal transport" So he concluded to
offer II, and he did so in the following
shape:
"Can you tell me why love is like an
internal transport?"
There was silence for a few moments,
and, as nobody guessed it, Peter encour-
aged further conjecture by saying:
Love; why is love like an internal
transport? It's the best conundrum ever
heard. Funny as thunder"
Thea they all said they would give it
up, but Peter said:
Now think again. Why is it like an
internal transport? You'll be astonished
that you didn't guess it. It's perfectly
splendid"
They all gave it up again, then Peter
exclaimed:
Why, because it's canal boat, of
course! Tip-top one isn't 2" and Peter
slapped his knee and laughed. Every
body else was as solemn as the grave, and
Miss Mills said that for her part she didn t
see il yet. -r
Why, don't you see, love is an intern
al transport, isn't it? and so is a canal.
No, by George, I haven't got it exactly
right. Less see, now, how does that
blamed thing go? Why is a canal boat
like an internal-no, no. Why is an in
ternal canal boat like -. Pshaw, how
is il, anyhow? Why is a-a-internal
love love like a ca-like transported
canal boat-like a-a-a-. Well, blame
me If haven't forgotten exactly how that
conundrum is, but it-works in somehow
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-19
How q Texas Bank Was Swindled Out
Of $4,000.

Mr.. Phil. E. CHAPPELL, who has Just
returned from a business trip to Texas,
related to US, yesterday, an instance of
sharp practice on the part of a trio of
thieves, which we think is entitled to pre-
eminence in the line. Immediately over
Office, and few days agotwo of the opera
tors applied for their discharge, received
it and left town. On the day following,
well-dressed, business appearing man
appeared at the bank with a check for
SIC, 900 on q well-known New York bank
ing-house, and desired it cashed. He
brought with him numerous letters of
recommendation from parties with whom
the bank had business transactions, and,
SO far as surface indications went, every
thing was all right. But $4,000 was a
considerable sum to pay out, even on the
very best documents of recommendation,
and the bank officers hesitated, wavered,
and finally declined to cash the check.
But the stranger was importunate. "Gen-
tlemen," said he, 81 came to Texas to
invest this money in cotton. 1t is very
necessary that this check should be cashed,
or l will be greatly Inconvenience. Sup
pose you telegraph TO New York to this
banking house? Ask them about me; /
will pay all expenses
Nothing could be more plausible than
this; nothing sound more honest. So
dispatch was sent, asking about the
stranger and the check, and in short
time came the answer, to the effect that it
was all right, and the Dallas Bank would
confer favor on the New York firm by
accommodating their cotton-specnlating
friend and cashing the check. Still the
bank officers were not satisfied, and the
dispatch to New York was duplicated.
Again the answer was of a similar tenor,
only probably little more emphasis was
added to it. This was satisfactory and the
check was duly cashed.
1t seems to be the practice of operators
to go over their days werk at night brief
ly by asking the different points to which
dispatches have been sent, whether they
have been received or not On inquiring
of the New York operator whether dis
patches ID and IA had been received,
negative answer was returned. No such
dispatches had come to hand, and cOnse-
quently no answers could have been sent.
1t was evident that the bank had been
swindled, but how? There was the mys
terry. The dispatches had been regularly
received; they had come from somewhere,
but where from could not be known. The
cotton Spectator had gone with the funds,
and the bank officials were at their wits
ends. In day or two the mystery was
solved. The two telegraph operators, re-
ferred TO above, had gone a few miles out OF
Dallas, taken possession of an old shanty
by the roadside, attached a battery to the
wires, and taken dispatches intended for
New York off. They had then sent pre-
arranged answers. The three were con-
federates, and the operator knew about
the time the bogus operators would enter
the bank, and when to attach their instru-
ments. 1t was an adroit scheme, and sue
cessfully carried out. The bank has no
clue to the swindlers, but has learned a
valuable lesson and paid high price for
tuition.-Jeferson City (lHo.) Tribune.
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The Prince of Wales at an Indian Pig
Hunt.

ONAo will be remembered by those IA
miliar with the history of 1878. After
slight delay the party (the Prince of
Wales and his suite) mounted dromedaries
and elephants in attendance, and reached
the camp, five miles distant Here they
breakfasted, and, having been Joined by
several others, mounted horses and pro-
ceeded to beat the coarse, high grass with
line of thirty elephants and cavalry ex-
tended on the flank. The party were di-
vided into tours, placed 800 yards apart.
Soon boars and sOws broke cover, afford
ing good runs, but on most dangerous
ground, owing to the holes hidden by
grass up to the horses bellies. Tile pigs,
as Indians will call wild bears, showed
great courage, fighting fiercely and
charging savagely. In one run boar
"kinked," as it is called, turning sharp
and running right under the horse ridden
by Lord Darlington, which came down
heavily. The boar was pursued and
killed 1t was found that Lord Caring
tons left collar-bone was broken. For
tunately DR.. Fayrer was on an elephant,
surveying operations, and was close at
hand with appliances. The bone was set
at once, the Prince showing great solicit
tude. Other friends dismounted and
stood around the patient, who, having
been bandaged and placed on an elephant,
was carried to shady grove where lunch
was to have been laid out. By this time
one o'clock-several bears had been
killed, some OF which inflicted cOnsidera-
Bile injuries on the horses, and made gal
liant onslaughts against their riders.
There were many falls, but none of a Sc
rious nature; some had two. The Prince,
mounted on fine English hunter, rode
but the English horse has lit
tie chance with the boar in such coun-
try, as the latter turns like hare; and
all His Royal Highness had was some
very hard runs through Il country which
would rather puzzle fox-hunters--
London Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-19

Mr.. William Cullen Bryant wrote
this letter to the persons having in charge
the Williams College Alumni dinner,
held in Boston recently: /" am Just now
returned; too busy to accept the kind In,
vitation given me to attend the annual
festival of the graduates of Williams Col
lege in Boston, Nor if l had leisure am
l sure that should be willing to make
winter journey to your city. CId age
shrinks from cold as from a reminder OF
the graveyard, and loves warm corners
and nestles in snug hooks out of the
wind. l cherish the best wishes tor
williams College, but can express them
as emphatically in this way as by any
bodily presence. The institution deserves
to be as prosperous as the region in
which it is situated is beautiful"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-19

White moons in July and August are
signs of evil. The sun is believed to
dance three times on the horizon when he
rises en- st. Johns day. The screaming
of owls forcbodes death. A branch of
sweet brier suspended over the door pro
tects the inmates from fever. II you wish
for good success in rearing poultry, you
should dance on the dung-hill in the
farm-yard on Shrove Tuesday. After the
corn is sown you must abstain from eat
ing toasted bread, or yO1 will have bad
harvest. Many persons, when they take
their meals, leave q small portion of
meat on their plate for the evil one. This
sort of offering renders him less malicious.
Crickets bring good luck to the house,
and must not be disturbed. The cohwebs
floating in the air in August are produced
by the Holy Virgin, who is then spin
ming robes for the angels. A spark fly
ing from the chimney presagcs visit
from a stranger. If, at washing time, the
boiler be lett empty, it is q sign of
death in the family. The wren is sa-
cred bird in consequence of her having
brought fire from heaven; in doing which
she burnt her feathers, on which accident
all the other birds gave her one, except
the owl, who, on that account, is hooted
whenever seen. On death taking place
in a house, the water in the bucket. or any
wine or liquid in the drinking vessel, is
Immediately thrown out, lest the soul of
the departed should receive any damage
by falling into them. If tits the master
of the house who is dead, some one runs
Immediately to the beehives, knocks
gently on each, and says: My little
friends, be quiet: you have lost your mas
ter, but do not leave us; we will take the
same care of you and be kind to you"
They also attach a piece of black-stuf to
each hive, that they may wear mourning
like the rest of the family. -
A book published in TIA, called a
Collection of above 300 Recipes in Cook
cry, Physic and Surgery" says: {" To cure
sly on the eyelid, get the tail of a black
cat on the first night of the new moon,
and after pulling from it one hair, rub the
tip nine times over the pustule."
There is q belief in England that chill
dren will be lucky or unlucky, according
to the days Of the week upon which they
are born. There is a rhyming catalogue
of these days. 1t runs thus:
Mondays child 10 fair In face;
Tuesdays child ID full OF grace;
Wednesdays child lie full Of woes
Thursdays child has far to go;
saiurdsv.s child works hard iof lis living;
Is fair and Wise, Il good and gay."
In these rhymes NO mention is made of
only day in which the writer
of this article has right to take person
al interest from his birth.
In some particularly superstitious
parts of Germany, they believe that the
aspen rs the tree ons which Judas hung
that it was ~ calm q tree a. any
until then, but from that hour it began |
TO shiver, and hiss done so ever since. And
the Mexicans say that the rich, reddish
brown spots with which the French mar
igold is SO elegantly notified, are splashes
of the blood of Mexican soldiers slain by
the Spaniards. Thomas J. Boicditck, IN
Troy IN. " Times.
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INDUSTRIAL.

THE recent strike ut coal m ines cost the
poor victims OF their leaders $500 900, and
the employers, owners of mines, trans
portors of coal and others, s., 600, 600 if
not more.
THE census of 1870 shows that the NOM
inal wages of the 5000, 600 workers of the
United States rose about 80 per cent.
| from 1860 to 1870, while prices rose about
60 per cent.
BOSTON set $50 men at work at 81 per
day in order to keep them from starving.
The men wanted to work about two
hours per day, and when wrestled with
on the subject most of them quit the
job.
THE amount of business done by the
leading oyster firms in New York is esti-
mated by a writer in the New York Dis
patch at from $50, 600 to $3.50, 900 per
month, or from 81 ,0OO, 900 to 81 200, 900
per annnm.
1T costs eighty three cents a day to
keep the State Prison convicts at Charles
town, Mass, and the labor of 200 of them
has just been contracted for making shoes
at forty cents day, 100 at fifty cents for
brushes and furniture, forty at seventy
five cents for spring beds, and eighty at
ninety cents for making chairs.
A COMPANY is about starting great
farming enterprise in the foot hills be-
tween Marysville and Smartsville, CAL,
where they have in body roo acres of
land. Orchards of orange trees, English
walnuts, almonds and pecans will be laid
clover, alfalfa and sheep raising.
THE american Grocer calls attention to
the fact that in New York the size of ap-
pie, pear and potato barrels is regulated
by law. The last Legislature passed
statute prescribing penalty for making or
using barrels of less capacity than 100 quarts
of grain or dry measure. Such barrels are
smaller than those used in other States,
but so long as there is fixed standard,
generally understood, and adhered to I'M
der the penalties of the law, it makes little
difference what the standard is.-Irade
Journal.
THE Bureau of Statistics in Massachu-
sets reports that the loss in production by
the former strikes in Fall River was more
than 81 $50, 000-the distinct loss to the
operatives involves a much greater loss in
production, and proportionate greater
loss 10 the workmen themselves. The
strike has now about ended, as in the
principal mills some of the men have re-
sumed work. The potters' strike at Tren-
ton in 1869, lasted over twelve weeks,
and cost the men engaged in it upward of
$4,000, and the employers over $500, 600.
PENCILS have lately appeared the writ
ing of which is capable of being copied,
more or less perfectly, in the press. They
are said to be made of a mixture of graph
lite, kaoline and blue violet aniline The
graphite is used in the form of thick
paste, the kaoline in finely pulverized
state, and the anline in the form of a very
concentrated aqueous solution. The whole,
when well mixed, is moulded under the
press with cylinders about four inches
long and of the required diameter
Gum arabic may be substituted for the
kaoline.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-19

Mr.. Wylie, the noted checker-player
for some time has been endeavoring to
make match at the game with Barker,
skillful player, who lives at Chelsea,
Mass. The other afternoon Barker dis
guised himself, went to MIR. Wylie's room
and solicited a game. After five moves
had been made Mr.. Wylic discovered who
his opponent was and refused TO play IN
less The game was begun anew. Consid-
.erable excitement and feeling were
created among the friends of the two play
ers who were present, and a polio eman
was summoned. but no serious results en-
sued.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-19

about canal boat and love, and it's the
best -"
Here Mr.. Butterwick asserted that he
didn't believe there ever was such con-
undrum; and thereupon Peter, with flash
ing eyes, said to him:
"Oh, there isn't, isn't there? No such
a conundrum! There's more in that
conundrum than you've got in that bald
headed cocoanut of yours, and more'n
you ever will have, unless somebody lifts
up the lid of it and dumps some new
brains in it, you wall-eyed Outcast. you"
Then Mr.. Lamb went home, and the
company proceeded to tackle the refresh
ments.-'.Nar Adeler," an ". Y. Weekly.