American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-05-08
LOCAL DOTS.

The young ladies of Prof. Ma
gruders school gave May day pic
mic, ON the spacious Academ.
grounds, last Saturday.
MIR. 81. Gwinner announces tina
ho still has for sale the celebrate
hand>made shoes of Alter, Ferwoot
u Co., which have given SO mucl
satisfaction 10 his customers siuct
1872.
The Madison County Farmers
Club held regular meeting OIL
Monday last, the proceedings al
which were very Interesting. The
report reaches us on Friday morn.
ing, too late for insertion in this
issue, aud Will appear in oar next
Oar farmers report good stands
OF corn and cotton, healthy and lux
urious growth of plants, labor sufii>
csret and Industrious, with fair
prospects of an abundant yield.
sheep and cattle upon the rise,
while the increase Of the hog pro-
duct will be three fold.
Several errors occurred in the
advertisement OF Stadeker s. Son
in our last issue. Thesc have been
corrected, and we direct the atten
ton Of our readers to the induce
iments offered by this popular house.
Ralph Gays he can't sell quite as
low as we stated, but will come as
near it ~ any man dare do without
taking the benefit of the bankrupt
oct.
The Republicans Of this county
held q convention in the suburbs of
Canton last Saturday, and elected
delegates TO the State convention,
which met in Jackson on Wednes-
dag. The meeting was not harmo-
nious. The Sherman men and Grant
men being unable to affiliate, the |
latter bolfed, held q separate con-
yention, and sent another delega-
tion n Jackson.
As will De seen from the cor
rrspondcnce pubI~hed in another
column, our townsman, r. G. Smith,
Esq., has consented to become
for the State Senate.
Mr. Saith possesses the qualities
requisite to Gil the position, and
should he lie nominated and elected,
will discharge the duties of The of
Hoe in manner crctlitable to him
self aud gratifying to his constitu-
cnts.
Last week a young negra man
m II. Reid place attempted 10 leap
s,ver . fence for small wager, and
fell and br6ke his leg. The limb I
Was SET aud was doing well, bu. the
negro, with Ielnarkable foolhardI
ness, pulled OF the ban,lages and
walkcsl ACROSS his room on til,
tsrolken leg, iijaring it SO badly as
to necsrsiiate ainputafion. Drs.
6emnses 4 PriesfIey I,eIfurmul the
on Monday, and the mig
HOW has . good deal more sense,
but sevz 1lcga
Carthage IS now floating on the
lo<om u tho mighty PrMl-tliat il :
IIs freight trade and treasure are
anil the N. o., St. L. & Chicago r.
Il. is losing all the freight to aud .
Iron That fourishing aud prosper- ,
nus place. The cotton crop OF
Leal<e, Neshoba, and north Scott
will hencrforih go through Jackson
10 vickaburg, thence down the river
10 New Orleans. Cannot our mer-
ci,auts aud the railroad managers =
sdopt some means to check this di- i
gressiou of . trade 50 important
10 both.
On Friday evening last PLEAS
ans entertainment was giyen at
Canton Female Institute by the
young ladies of the graduating
class, in the reading of essays pre- 7
pared for the occasion. The patrons
and friends OF the Institute had ]
been invited to be present. and the
large school-room was crowded to
IT, utmost capacity by .an audience {
Of our best citizens a
The compositions of the young '
ladies' reflected much credit upon
their fair authors and upon those
10 whom their intellectual training s
has been intrusted. The pleasures
Of the evening were greatly en-
banced by the delightful music ex-
ecuted by Prof. Browns accom-
plished pupils.
DE-. STOyALL Is in town. Call
aud have your teeth examined, and
II an operation 10 needed, ''now is
the accepted time" 1t (
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