Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-01-28
STATE.

HIS sad event O,tutltN Ut . p'lV'N
,eSterday morning, at the late resi-
leuce Of the General, in Madison
oarish. La, and was, We learn, pro
duced by a ~congestive chill. Gen,
Peck was about torty.seven years OF
age, and was possessed Of as many
and generous qualities as us
uallv tall to the lot OF man. lie
was widely known, and where ne
was known the best, he was most
highly esteemed and warmly beloH-
ed. He has hosts Of friends to
whom his high qualities had endear'
ed him. and his death will produce a
pang in many heartsnow widely scat
tered.
Gen, Peck, was born in East Ten
nessee. but his boyho0d was spent
in this city, with his elder brother
DR.. Fredericksburg Herald.
Saturday, Mr.. Tom Cook, = young
man living in the country, while on
his way 10 town, had a difficulty
with some negroes, in which one OF
them shot him, ialicting painful,
though not serious wounds. The
man who did the shooting, Owen
Bates, surrendered himself to a con
stable.-VickSburg Herald.
Col. j. NJ. Stone Left luka last
week to take his seat in the state
lSeuate, now in session.
Z Equal Rights Flournoy says the
| Clarion is mistaken, he Is not the
"under dog in the fight, with Al
corn.
The Lee County journal says two
prisoners escaped from the Jai! OF
that place on Monday evening last
one white aud ono negro.
Miss Lizzie StovaIl Of Vicksburg,
has presented DR.. Davis Of the luka
Gazette with Il beautiful vase Of
Parian Marble, handsomely carved
with elegant devices.
1t. Gov. Powers has been granted
leave of absence on account OF bad
health. lie had better 90 back to
Ohio and stay there.
The proceedings Of the committee
on the proposed monuments to the
noble dead of the 10Th Miss. Regl'
ment show that they will sOOn be
ready to proceed with the work.
That monument the survivors have
voted should be erected in Grenada.
We e from the Jackson tele-
grams that the Artasia, Starkville
aud Grenada railroad bill has passed
the House. Let us have a few more
roads and build them too.
Just as we 90 to press we learn
that a diobolical attempt was made
TO throw the Central train off the
track neal Vests station, on Thurs.
dav night last. Iron and CrOSs-ties
were laid across the track, but for
tunately the engineer Of the down
train mounted obstruction without
injury. 1t was repeated for the up
) train which stopped in full time.
Rope is too good for the scoundrels
who perpetrated this d~astardly out,
rage. We trust they will be caught
and an example made Of them
Grenada Sentinel.
On Tuesday night last the stables
and crib of our fellow citizen DR..
Rosser, were wantonly fired by in
oepdiarieS and consumed. About
1000 bushels of corn, and a half a
ton of fodder we're destroyed, and it
was with great difficulty that DR..
R0SSer saved his mules. The wretch.
es who perpetrated this wanton act,
; should be speedily brought to jus
| ticc.-MacOn Beacon.
The Sheriffalty imbroglio is still
in Statu quo. Mr.. McHenery still
3 retains the Office, though rumors OF
appointments have been plenty dur
| ing the past week. 1t is doubtful
whether Gov. AlcOrn has the right
, to appoint a new sheriff unless Nc
Henery shOHld resign, which he will
: not or cannot do until the investiga.
| ton is completed, inaugcrated by
the Board Of Experimentation
Beacon.
A couple Of negro men got into a
fight, or a fight got into them-at
! Shuqualak, when the wife Of one of
the parties stabbed the other to the
heart with a sharp knife, Just as her
husband struck him on the head
with a heavy stick he died instant.
ly,
e The Enterprise Courier IL Informed
that the NJ. 4 0. Railroad company
contemplate erecting a largo brick
building in Shubuta, and establish.
, ing the headquarters of the first di-
vision OF the road at that point,
At a meeting of the Committee to
select monument to the patriotic
dead Of the 18th Mississippi Reg!.
ment, held at Grenada, January 18th,
out of 4O4 designs presented, the
preference was given to one of the
two presented by Prof. g. g. W.
Morgan, of Morgan, Anderson & Co.,
Holly Springs marble yard.
AS the mail train was coming
south OIL Monday last, on the Miss.
4 Central road, and when near Boil.
var Tenn, the engine blew up, scald-
ing and bruislng very severely the