American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-03-15
MISSISSIPPI ITEMS.

CkSUuTk COmnltTcidi Ou tuo
steamer BERTHE Claiborne, last
Saturday, Mr.. Oliver Burell and n
raftman by the name of Henry Cave
had u misunderstanding in regard to
the ownership of a cross cut saw.
Harsh words were used by each to-
ward the other, and finally diff
ficulty ensuetl, in which the former
carved the Latter with a dirk knife.
Yazoo Sentinel: W. 8. Mills,
who shot ami killed Mr. Jos. A.
Strain, on kilby Lake, last Datur-
day morning, was granted a hear
ing OH Tuesday, 4th inst, before
Justices Neelly and Smith. Wit
nesses were examined, and the evil
deuCo adduced WAS deemed suf>
ficient to require that the accused
be remanded to Jail. without benefit
OF bail, to await the session OF Chr
cult Court.
Meridian Mercury: Yesterday
morning school children at the
Hardshell Baptist Church, ten
miles out on the Louisville road, on
! gong to the spring found a dead
man lying there. A wagon and
team he had driven here with cot>
ton was standing there and there
were plain signs that ths team had
become unruly and ran and made a
smash-up in which he was killed.
His neck was broken, and he had
been hurt in the chest. His name
| is McCraw.
YazoO Valley Flag: Last Friday,
while Sylvester Williams, a four
teen year old son Of Mr.. WilfAns-
was cutting cane near his home in
the McNutt neighborhOod, in this
county, he discovered a wolf near
by his work. and set his young
hound after it. AS the deg came
upon it, the wolf turned and attack
ed him, and the boy, seeing his dog
In danger, ran to the rescue with
his cane knife. AS he came up. tie
wolf turned from the dog and jump
ed on the boy, tearing one Of his
coat sleeves from his arm, and
slightly bruising and scratching the
flesh. Mrs. Williams, the mother
of the lad. being close by, called Mr..
A. j. Brown from across the bay on
who came with his gun and pursued
the wolf, which in the meantime
had fed, and overtaking it a few
hundred yards distant, shot and
killed it. Mr.. Williams brought the
scalp to town one day this week to
claim the bounty allowed by law.
Jackson Comet: Willie Rogers
Spectator and mule trader, and q
"slick buck " on general principles
was brought before Esquire Patton
Tuesday, charged with stealing
four mules from bis employer, Mr..
Madison, who has a drove OF mules
and horses at Carraway's stable. 1t
seems that Rogers arrived in jack
son in charge of the stock about
twelve or fifteen hours ahead of Mr..
Madison, and realizing that his
pocket was not as flush with the
dollar of our dads" as he would
like immediately proceeded to dis
pose of four of the best animals in
the lot, to Mr.. Phil. Hart at very
low figure. Luckily, however, for
Mr.. Madison or Mr.. Hart, he was
caught up With before getting away
with the money. He was caught at
the railroad depot, arrested and
Alasa2il jal. ead as We said before,
brought before Esquire Patton
Tuesday morning, and, after an ex-
animation Of the case, placed un>
der a $500 bond to appear at the
next term of the Circuit Court,
hich he has thus far fAjled to give.
Vicksburg Commercial: Yester
day morning, report was preva>
lent On the streets to the effect that
a negro man had just been killed
on the Warrenton road. On arriv-
ing at the place designated, we
found William Dudley, a negro man
lying OH the floor OF a cabin, ap
parently in a dying condition. From
the inmates OF the cabin we learned
the following par ticulars of an af-
fray which resulted 80 seriously to
the said Dudley. Sometime ago, it
appears that Lewis Griffin, Bap
fist minister. killed bog and sold
fifty cents worth of the meat to
William Dudley. Dudley neglect
ed to pay for the meat and up to
the time Of the ARRAY was still iH-
d.bted to Griffin for the same.
Yesterday morning about eight
O'Clock, Griffin accompanied by bis
wife, repaired to the scene of the
ARRAY, and accosting Dudley. de-
manded the fifty cents, no owed
him. Dudley stated that as soon As
he could see Mr.. Beck he would get
the money and pay him. Griffin
then remarked that he would rather
have his hearts blood and there
upon seized a round stick OF green
ash wood, about six inches IN cir.
and striking him on the
back q the head rendered him IN.
and produced, probably, a
fatal wound. Griffin and his wife
fed at once, but are being closely
pursued by Marshal Groome, on
and will, in all probabi
lily, be captured to-day. 1t is
stated that Grifan's wife was a party