Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-02-25

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STATE NEWS.
y coRored preacher ofeEr town,
BY the name Of Owea JunCS has
for some time been considered
dGhiy last week hc became dect
ODDLY derangcl in his mind, and
IL was first manifested by his.
knocking dowaa white man, with
ontproyotMion.
he wss confined at first in the
guard house, BUT has since been ia
ken charge Of by his friends
Enterprise Star,
At Scnat9bia, la.t Wednesday
might, 8 brutal murder was com
mittei BY s German named A.
dVlph 4dctar. This MIN with
his kite went TO Scnatobis about
ten morths ago and started a can
d. shop, and Slro kept lager becr
tor Sal". They were a qHsrrVl,
some compile and a Nuisance 10
ilsetr ncig+IbaiA 1t appears they
had been On 9 spree for several
days, when Alcbar beat and kick.
Ell his wife TO death. The euog.
milk OF his crime had no effect on
hint-he gave the news of the
murder limsitf 10 the authorities.
lie sin ail i; Scnatobis, and vii!
Is, tried in Aarch.--Y.uk,Uag
Tterz
We ualas,-aJ that tie suit
brought by RoJt. G,eeG against
the d. L O. Railway ha, been
compromised a. follows; The rail
road company are, ia future, 10
. Ee st,,ce-t one first rl2s, cal
With every IRAN for the special . =
cJlaHo,la;iYn oftkc ctlu1ed pee.
| pie aniihat no white man is t1
Z b allowed to enter the same, no
matter whether TIC is a candidate
tor Office or not, under anyconsiG.
Grafton, That viii he hard upon
Democratic candidates for "pn4
ish," for VIC notice tbey baye s
peculiar aad loving fondncss fol
the "Coiored carr about election
timcs.-Ccl. Press.
A DEsFERHTE FELLow.-In Il {
Reporter Of January 9th nit, W,
gave an account Of = shooting If
fray That occurred, on tho 1871
Dee, 1870, on the Pipkin fum
near Red Banks, Marshall county
between two negroes, named Iim'
rison Taylor. alas George Harris
and Isaac Alexander, in whieI
Isaac was shot in the stomach, anl
severely wounded. VOL, Taylor
dl@s Harris, escaped to Memphis
where,-after a fight with the pc
lice, IN which he shot onc,-hc wa.
aptured, and our Sheriff notified
Capt. BurhsnaH went TO Memphis
and retained with him. IIo wa
brought to Holly Springs, an.
committed to jail, in default 0
bail, 10 await his trial al the mex
term ofthe Circuit Court. He ha
Becn exceedingly obstreporou
and unruiy, domolishing eyer,
article in jail that was put in hi
cell. On Monday last, an orde
was given to place him In irons
He resisted Obstihatcly, and lai,
on heavy blows right and left
He bit one person through thI
hand, inAicling an ugiy and pain
ful wound. He hurled a hcayr
article at another person, AM
missed his head Just aa inch. /
became necessary to Owing him.
for he was evidently bent on hurt
ing somebody A bullet strucl
BAN on the forehead, and mad,
no Impression; another was sen
ut bis body, and went on its wa,
through, bringing him to. He
nov somewhat quietcr, burt i
still sauey and Obstinate Ilo'l,
SPRING Reporter.
Sadiior's Catholic Almanac 20
1871 furnishes The following Stats
tics ofthe Catholic Charch in Mis-
sissippi;
IN the entilc State, there ar
twenty-five priests, eighteen
churches, sixty-six stations serve,
occasionally, ten clerical students
twoOrphan asyiums, twoconvents
two femoso academies, eight mai,
academies, thirteen fGmaic paro
chial schools, eight male parochia
school, three .colorcd schools.
We learn that the police Of In
surancc on Coy. Alcorh's Gin, cot
ton, &cy oxpirod only q fewday
before they were destroyed b