American citizen., 1876-04-29
MISSISSIPPI ITEMS.

| stOI. "A. ". horn, proprietor OF
the Meridian Mercury, will, at an
early day, establish a paper at
Quitman, Clarke county, to be
called the Intelligencer. Col. Horn
published a paper in that place, by
the same name, twenty-five years
ago.
Mr.. Isaiah Wilmington. an elder
Iy citizen of Holmes county, came
near losing his life i'll fording Black
Creek Il few days since. He was
rescued from a horrible death in the
quick sands by a colored man, who
impcriled his own life to save Mr..
Wilmington.
McComb City Intelligencer:
Company X, 9TH United States cav
airy, which has been stationed here
for tho past three months, left for
Fort Lincoln, Dacotah Territory,
OIL Tuesday last. Capt. Godfrey
and lady and Lieutenant lair made
many friends in this vicinity, who
part with them aid their command
with sincere regret.
Herald, Amite county: Sharper
Holmes, cOlOred man living u few
miles south of town, fell de;ll wkile
at work in his field last Wednesday.
AS it happened near the place
where Joe Cox was killed recently,
the negroes in the vicinity are very
much frightened, and think that
curse is pronounced upon the neigh
borhOod.
Meridian Mercury: The bla ok
mail rider on the route hence to
Butler, Ala, reports the assassina-
tion of a negro man in the Hurst
neighborhOOd, a few miles west OF
Butler, on Saturday night. Some
unknown person called to him, aud
invited him to come and take
drink of whisky; he went and was
shot four times and killed, as re-
ported hy members Of his family.
And that is all that was known.
Brandon Republican: Hampton
Rum, a colored man living on Col.
MiIler's Mari Hill place, brought us
an ear of corn on Saturday weigh
ing one and a half pounds, and told
us that he and his wife, who is
seventy -one years old, II ade three
hundred and fifty bushels last year,
besides three heavy bales OF cotton,
and plenty of peas, potatoes and
other eatables.
Extract from Clarion ten
years ago the site of the mills at
Wesson was a pine forest, and now
a half million of money finds there
q profitable Investment, five hum
dred people find employment, and
two thousand or more are support
ed by the factory. Its goods have
a large sale in the States of Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Kansas, New York,
and what is better still, a large
local and home demand. The mills
have a demand for all the goods
they can make, and are unable to
keep up with orders for several
sty les."
Brandon Republican: Col. Kin
loch FaIcOner has been appointed
private secretary to Gov. Stone. A
better selection could not have been
pade. Young, handsom e, intellec-
tual, strictly temperate, polite, dig
nified and chivalric, he will not only
make good secretary, but he
would make good husband for
some charming little woman. The
only drawback to his success is his
extreme bashfulness in the presence
of ladies' but as this is leap year,
and the ladies have the right to
make advances, some of them may
capture him. Go for him, young
ladies, all.
Brandon Republican The body
of negro man named Calvin Hill
was found lying in the road, near
the residence of J. p. Bullock, in
the southern part of this county, on
the night of the Goth ult., with a
load of buckshot in the back OF his
heaa. During the day it was found
out that the man and his son had
been seen travelling along the road
together by numerous parties-the
old man having two guns and an
ak, and the son one gun and two
chickens. The son WAS arrested,
and we learn that he has acknOw
ledged the killing, and says he was
hired to do it by a negro named
Harris. 1t is generally believed,
however, that his mother told him
to do it, as she and the old man had |
& quarrel just before the father aud
son left home. The boy is about |
seventeen years of age.