Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-11-15

for food, and shipments have already con.
menced to meet the demand
-Attomey-General Williams has receivod ,
report from United States Marshal Ocbil,
tree, Of the Eastern District Of Texas. gjyino
a detailed account Of a serious hostile feelino
between party of desperadoes led by one
sam koan and the colored people on the line
OF the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
railroad, ,''''''0
The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railroad company are considering the bnilding
OF tranches to the coal fields OF Martin, Owen
and Green countless Indiana, and to the iron
deposits in Martin, Monroe Putnam and Green
counties. In this connection they propose to
establish blast furnaces at New Albany, and
extensive coal yards at New Albany and Louis.
vile, to supply Indiana coal at low prices.
"A special from Cave City, Ky, states that
difficulty occurred between D. l.. GrAyes
the proprietor of the Mammoth Cave hotel
and f. Wlcoxen, an agent for the cave, in
which pistols were used and several shots fred
by both parties. Graves received a wound in
the bowels which N thought will prove fatal.
Wilcoxen is unhurt. The cave guides and 9th.
era Witnessed the shooting, but we're unable to
prevent it.
Tile bale Of cotton which was donated by
Col. Creed Taylor, of Arkansas, for the bene-
fit Of the orphans of Memphis and sold in
that city for 81, 500. and subsequently shipped
to st. Louis and sold there for ninety dollars.
was forwarded to Cincinnati, and sold on
change and purchased by the members of the
Chamber of Commerce for two thousand and
thirty dollars and cents. 1t will be shipped
to some other cities to be sold for the same
purpose.
The war department has received dis
patch from Fort Jefferson, Florida, giving an
account of a severe hurricane there on the 9Th
inst. Nineteen beef cattle were washed to sea
and drowned the cattle yard damaged and the
slaughter house stable undermined, roofs we're
carried away and windows broken and many
rooms were flooded doing great damage to
clothing and stores and making necessary tho
removal Of sick, One hundred thousand dol
lars will be required to put quarters barracks
and storehouses in good repair and make the
fort habitable for troops
A dispatch from Greensboro, N. G., gives
the names Of the counterfeiters brought there
by deputy Bosher and shayender, and ar
raigned before United State' Commissioner
Harden, as follows William r. Blackwelder,
Flynn Bradshaw Daniel Lipe, Edmund Lpe,
William A. Houcke, and C. +. Louder. Five
were bailed in the sum of $1,000 each to ap-
pear on next Thursday before Commissioner
Ball. C. T. Louder in default of 10000 bail,
WAS committed. David Eanhardt and ]. A.
Louder escaped on their route hither. Sixty
eight arrests have been made in additi to
the names given above, all Of whom have ar
rived at Asheville in charge of the officers.
These offenders belong to the band whose
leader Ohe notorious McFee) was arrested
year .ince,
The Southern Claims commission, having
spent the summer months writing up some-
thing like 1900 reports on claims prepared for
their decision, have resumed their sessions,
and have taken oral testimony in proof Of the
following cases From Little Rock, Ark,
claims of James b, Keats, S107, S75 II.
Keats, deceased, s64, 200 Marie +. Thbault,
deceased, s46,7OO; from Fort Smith, Ark,
claim Of Joseph Brogan, $40 1896 Dalton, Ga,
Nathan P. Harlem, s57, 43S; DR., Benz. Hamil-
ton, $448li; Lake Providence, La, Julia H.
Morgan, 3139, 297; 7. 0. Van Tassen $65, 900;
Natchez, Mics, Andy Brown, deceased, ?9l-
900; James Bontura, s3l,773; Charlotte L.
Brandon, 17,2O5; yicksburg, Miss, Zebalon
NJ. Lawrence, 54,926; Raleigh, N c., United
States Marshal T, T. Carron S1,S70 Alexan-
dria, Va, Allan Pierce, $3.50; Nelson Pierce,
-, 966; Norfolk, Va, ]. L. Fines, deceased,
ia, ,41O; Allegheny county, Va. John Kelly,
80, iO7; Farquhar county, Richard Stone, S.
ss2; Nelson county, Daniel W, Kennedy, 311,-
472 They will continue to take testimony un-
til the middle of November, when thoy will
suspend until after their report i'd made up
and in possession OF Congress