Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-19
SOUTHERN NEWS oLeAnlNos

and two NDultus ItLu4hiHn iDIle IOli q
frolic on D. J. Smiths plantation in York
County, s. c., attempted to cross Broad
River near the Air Line railroad bridge in |
a canoe The boat filled and sank, and the |
two women AMI two of the men were |
drowned. The third man was rescued by |
persons on the bank.
SHERIFF p. YoTT, while hunting within |
four miles of Chattanooga, Tenn, few |
days ago. ran upon a bear and fired load |
Of Shot at it, The bear wa, unhurt, and the |
situation might have been serious had not |
A. J. Springfield his companion fired a
bullet ut the animal, which killed it.
JONI ALEXANDER, colored, convicted Of
| the murder of his wife last February, was
banged in the parish prison at New Orleans
in the presence Of the fifteen witnesses al
| lowed by law. Alexander killed his wife
| with an ak, cut her to pieces, put her IN e
/ ,ncb. buried her in a ditch, where the re-
mains were found several days after Alex
ander stoutly maintained his innocence to
| the last, insisting that another man killed
| the woman.
| { c. Johnson. a night watchnan in the
switchvards at Chattanooga, Tenn, was
| killed a few days ago on an outgoing
freight in the Western ana Atlantic fa,''
road. He was running TO the rear OF the
train, and, turning TO see now near ne vas
W ,.'%oJ +" - u r. fau and ras csrria1 several
III t,e,., w., occ;dant herane known
He leaves wife and four children, one Of
whom was born since his death.
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DUhlNe 'h: past rev uay ''iefe Ia s'..- eo,sn
two deaths froih lneh'hsi''s III 'no ''n'ea ,
Prison Na'hFile' iehh'' anu seIei'' o'.e. ''
inmates are no" uoWii WIN Tue o,seaSe' tne
rapid spread Oh "h'ch mas ca"aeu Wv P' iaon
authorize hucn uneas'nes' lnes na.e
haa an inmates u 'ne "on'sn as y. '.
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HEHRY FnFToN, brakeman on tne East
Tennessee, Virginia ana georgia Railroad
Tell between Vhc tais 'v tIioe'',ie' . mn nm
the other lloi ms, -, "ni aa
was f"nn'hs ', -. ~.
po' niS '1s' i.'
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q lN the Circuit 'ourt aO 'ieiipnis' iehh'
Bette morrill,, ch'iu iour SeaIS olu op,
tanned S5'op Juu8hlenl o5anis' 'le o"y o9o
, hotel COMPANY ioi ln1"'i', sue ,, usVp ,',a
oy talllhg 'n'o an open ['s.vin .y,n ""''ns '''
! recent rep"i "ia VI ''-'''
KITTY WlMIAM-. an inmate OF gilt
edged palace on jefferson street, Memphis,
@ yauu. attempted to commit suicide the
: other uight by taking ha'r an ounce Of
! Rough or Rats Shg was wed by the
g. energetic cScticns Of q physician. She
= ha, mother aud several brothers and SIS
= teTs residing in Louisville. This IL her
! third attempt All self destruction.
. ,,,r, ,,,,o,. ,,e,i,,y while t,,o rbil1rep a,
: ". t,oI. F,, vino Iivas rsat ,.,lIatip
i T,,,,, ,-cra ,,l.,ipy around the fire tha,
n va. used in killing hogs, the clothes Of th'
! Youngest, q little girl, aged five years
# caught fire and the child was horribly
d burned and died next morning from the in
% iuries.
ID N, II, VoutT. n llttle boy who killed hi
3 c,n.in linn Brown. in Marion County
y Tenn. while the two we're auarreling owe
sons childish disagreement, was boun,
# ovar to CONT the other dav. McNoble i
. twelve wears old and his victim fourteen
81 Il. struck linn with base bail bat
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