Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1870-10-15
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS,

residences are bclng Oulll III tue
suburbs OF Memphis.
The Selma and Montgomery tAla)
papers say that those cities are per-
fcctly free from yellow fever,
Edwin Forrest will commence an
engagement of five nights atthe Rich
woOd Thcatcr October Ith,
Lincoln county. Mississippi, has a
q total population Of 1907, and VA
400 county 1900, Smith county 1925,
ana Washington county 1882.
The Natchcz Miss Courier reports
over one thousand true bills found at
the August term of the Adams coun-
~ Circuit Court, The grand jury Of
the county recommend an enlarge
meut Of the Jail in view of the unprc-
ccdcutcd increase Of crime.
Mr. James Smith, oCGlaSgow, Scot
land. who furnished The monument to
The Confederate dead at jackson,
Mississippi, where he formerly resi-
agd, has sent q draft Of ESQ sterling
towards the repairs of the Prcs6yte-
r.su church at the same place.
In certain county in Arkansas
they are building a courthouse, The
hands take Quinine straight three
times a day to guard against aguc.
The building contractors are required
by specifications TO put six grains of
quininc in each brick TO insure the
safety OF the building.
The indignant editor of the Rusk
Texas Enquirer says; "Some infa-
nous assassin. whose hear: is rs black
as midnight, waylaid us the other
night about 9 o'clock, rs we were
coming down from our office, and shot
at us from the dark. and then ran off,
the ball taking effect on the upper
facing Of the door,
The Virginia Steamship and Packet
Company have not only undertaken
The building of iron steamships at
Rockets, but have purchased a fine
propeller Of 600 tons, which will leave
New York on next Saturday for Nor
folk, Petersburg and Richmond. This
has been done at the earnest solicita-
ton of the stockholders and shippers
interested in this trade. The eXpcc-
tatiCu is that another steamer may be
provided in case the company are en-
couraged to do so, and a regular line
established, leaving Richmond ON
each Saturday and Wednesday.
On last Sunday night as service
was commencing in the NJ. e. Church
of Port Deposit, Md, the choir chan
delier gave way. In its fall it struck
the front of the gallery, and, bursting,
cmptied a large proportion Of its oil
upon the congregation below. OF
course the audience was very much
alarmed, and there was IA general
rush for the doors, and, but for the
timely voice of the minister, Rev. Mr..
England, some more serious accident
might have occurred. Fortunately
tile flame was cXtinguished in the fall,
and no damage was done to any in
the large audience except in the spoil
ing OF dresses Of tlOse who sat under
or near the lamp.
A shocking murder occurred at Is
tan, Missouri, on the Kansas City, st.
Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad,
on Saturday last. A man named
Phillips, residing in Kansas, came
over to this side Of the river, and
while at lstan got into a quarrel with
one of the citizens. The parties were
separated by those present, and Phil
lips went down to the river, got into
his skiff and showed out from shore.
lie had gone but a few yards when
The msn with whom he had ~quarrclcd,
who had in the meantime procured a
double barreIed shotgun, ran down
to the bank, leyelcd the weapon, and
fired at him twice. Boil loads, being
of bUck-shot, took effect in Phillips
breast, killing him instantly.
The Richmond Dispatch says: son
yesterday morning a white thing
called Major Graves was up before
the police court for assaulting and in.
humanity beating his wife. The
physician who waited upon her testi-
fled that her upper jaw-bone, was
fractured, her mouth literally torn
open, and that she was otherwise bad.
ly battered and bruised. The justice
sent the wretch to the hastings court
where he was indicted, tried and sen
fenced to nine months service in tho
chain-gang and mulcted in the sum o.
500. lie will commence operations
in stone-brcaking this morning. BY
the w@y, we believe he is a stone-ma'
son. This should serve as a warning
to some Others who have lately bcel
charged with a like oflGnse and only
cot of because their much better
halves would not appear agains