American citizen., 1879-05-10
MISSISSIPPI ITEMS.

They commenced enforcing the
Sunday law at Vicksburg on Sun
thsy last.
Grenada ia striking for a cotton
{ factory, and we hope that they may
get one.
The Mississippi Baptist State
Convention will meet at Sardis OIL
( the 18th of July.
The Bonneville Pleader says that
Cob w. NJ. Tnge and w. w. Hos
kins, editor of the North Mississip-
plan were fined fifty dollars each,
! f,r carrying concealed weapons.
Water Valley Courier: On Fri
day last Mr.. Lewis Holmes of this
city, who was breaking ON IL freight
train, and while his train WAS doing
some switching at Grand Junction,
he by some means got his foot
caught in a steel frog in such way
as to be anable to get it out. and
had his foot run over by the cars.
His foot was terribly mashed, but
he received no other injury. On
SATURDAY. he was brought to his
| home in this city.
Summit Times: The Court house
of Wayne county, at WaynesborO,
was destroyed by fire on the night
of the Goth ult. The building was
almost new, and cost about $1,000.
| Wayne was the first county or
ganized in the State, and her re
cords extended back for seventy
years-to the territorial days of
| MISUNDERSTANDING those of the
! organization of the first court held
by State judges, after the admission
of the State into the Union, in 1918
or 1919.
Columbus Index: We regret to
learn that, a few nights since, the
residence and all the adjacent build
ings of Col. j. +. III. Claiborne, on
the sea>board i'm Hancock county,
| werc burned, including all his
furniture. plantation implements,
yea, IS supplies, and a rare and walls
liable library Of over 2 900 books
and pamphlets, the accumulation OF
long political and literary life.
Col. G. was absent at the time, at
his plantation near Natchez. Fire
accidental and occurred at night
when the wind was blowing gale
Scooba, correspondence Meridian
Mercury In the Methodist {color
ed) church, u short distance from
this point, an attempt was made to
murder a negro woman, Mary
Dozier, by Allen Ashford. The
congregation was about being dis
missed, when gun was discharged
from the outside of the building
through window, severely wound
Ing the woman Mary Dozier, and in-
iuring one OF two others. Mary
was shot through the arm and
breast, wounds not necessary fatal,
but severe. The origin of the diff.
ticulty as understood by your COR
respondent was jealousy, one of the
usual causes ct most troubles among
our cOlored friends.
Summit Times: On last Satur
tlay evening a shooting affray oc>
CURED at Mag gnolia, though we are
pleased to say no one was injured.
1t seems that Mr.. Bose Coney, while
unher the II fuence of liquor. made
an attack on MIR. Berry. who is at
work near Magnolia. The latter
informed the former that he was
not armed and wished to avoid a
difficulty, Coney however, fired at
him, the ball grazing his cheek.
Berry invited Coney to fite again,
and showed the most unfiinching
courage throughout the whole aft
air. Mr.. john Gatlin, Deputy
Sheriff, arrested Coney: the Sheriff,
Capt. McNnlty coming up he was
carried to Jail. Much credit is due
the officers who arrested him for
the consideration shown him after
he had resisted arrest with both
pistol ard knife.