Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-10-05
MINOR NOTES.

/ Addison Latin, Naval Officer of the Port
OF New York under Grants Administration,
and formerly member Of Congress, com
mittcd suicide on the oath by hanging him
self in the garret Of his house at Fitchburg,
Mass. Ill health and consequent de-
, spondency the presumed cause.
At Wortham, Texas, recently, Frank
Polk, an old citizen Of the ncighborhood Of
Pisgah, got drunk, raised row, and re.
sented an attempt to arrest him by Chief
OF Police Powers by shooting the latter
through the body. Before he fell Powers
fired his revolver, putting bullet through
Polk. They were buried the same day.
The latest Indianapolis horror was the
discovery recently Of the dead bodies of q
woman and infant in an unfrequented place
in the suburbs of the city. They proved to
be theremains Of the wife and child Of VIM.
Merrick, a livery stable keeper, and he is
under arrest charged with their murder, Of
which there is strong circumstantal evil
dence.
A statue in honor Of the late Father De
Smet, the Jesuit Missionary to the North
American Indians, was unveiled on the 23d
in his native place, Dendermonde, Belgium.
A great crowd assisted at the ceremony, at
which cantata, composed for the occasion,
was sung by 500 voices.
The volcano of CotopaXi is again in a
state of eruption, throwing off immense
clouds Of smoke and ashes, which can be
seen from Guayaquil. The eruption is the
most violent that has been known for some
years.
Jim Russell, a negro, alleged to have COM
mittcd an indecent assault upon awhile wOm-
an, 60 years Of age, was taken from the MUIR
feesbOro (Tenn,) Jail and hanged by mob
on the night OF the 25th. This was the third
affair of the kind occurring at Murfrees-
boro within 30 days.
The preliminary examination OF Rev. II.
S. Hayden at Madison, Conn, accused OF
numbering Mary Stannard, resulted in his
discharge. The Justice ruled out some inn
portant testimony, and it is said Mr.. Hay
den will be cited to appear before the Supe-
rior Court for further examination.
The mail. coach from Mckinney to Fort
Fetterman, Wyoming, was captured on the
2Gth by u masked men, who "got the drop"
on the two armed guards and compelled
them to throw up their hands. The mails
were ransacked and every thing of value
appropriated.
The President has appointed Thomas b.
Ellis, of Brooklyn, n. Y, Indian Agent at
Ft. Berthold Agency, Dakota; L. NJ. Kelly,
of Elgin, H., at Los Pinos Agency, Coora.
do; and Jos, A. stephan, of Laporte, Ind,
at Standing Rock Agency.
Robert Maynor, James Saunders and SAM
uel Hunt were killed by the explosion of a
boiler in Warren's shingle- e-mill, eight miles
north OF Murfreesboro, Tenn, on the 26th.
Several others were seriously scalded OF
bruised.
Gen. jeff c. Davis has gone to Fort Wal
lace, Kansas, to take command of the troops
engaged in efIecting the capture Of the recall.
citrant Cheyennes.
Miss Emily Moeller, an old and highly es.
teemed nurse at the st. Louis Female Hos.
pital, administered to Miss Alice Wood, 8
patient, fatal dose Of solution
of corrosive sublimate by mistake fol
sulphate Of magnesia, OF salts. Miss Wood
died in great agony in few hours, and Miss
Moeller was so overcome by the tragic re-
suit of her carelessness that she poisoned
herself with carbolic acid.
The treasure coach of the Cheyenne ant
Black Hills Stage Line that left Deadwoo(
on the morning Of the 26th, was stopped b!
five armed men at Canyon Springs, 10 miles