Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-31

receipts, - bales; shipments, @j bales
stock, II ,406 bales; sales $50 bales.
ST. LoUIs.-Cotton receipts, nonei
shipments, 25l bales; sales 2l0 bales; stock,
IS ,sGa bales market dull, but firm; mid
ding. 94c
LouIsvIlLE.-Cotton quiet; middlns,
$50
IL Newton County, Miss, band OF law
less men have engaged in maltreatng col
ored people and, it is alleged, have com
mitted several murders. Governor Lowry 4
has ordered Sheriff Harper to summon the
entire body of the county, if necessary, to
bring the scoundrels to justice. and, II that
be not sufficient, be will order out the mill
tary forces of the State
Auditor STONE, of Mississippi publishes
an itcmized statement Of the amount Of
the sem.-annual distribution Of the com
mon-school fund paid each county. Total
amount paid, $i1,Oj4.3l, of which amount
all but S3404 was received from liquor
license. The number of distributes is
i49,3 :, the amount for the benefit Of each
one being Il cents
JOHN JONES, son Of the superintendent Of
the inclined railroad now being con
structed up Lookout Mountain, tennessee,
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tair % n'itp fri,htS,I elliott. Vonng
Jones was thrown twenty feet in front Of
the living car, whore his body was crushed
into shapeless mass.
| HENRY HuL. of New York, son of Barton
| Hill. the actor, died at Chattanooga Tenn,
few days ago OF dysentery, He was
| Southern correspondent Of the New York
| World
THE crop reports for the State of Ten
nessee make good showing.
Np,p RohIev in Crawford County. Ga,
,s Mr. william Miller and wife were re-
turning home Mr. Miller saw large snake
crawling ont from under the seat Of the
buggy. Not wishing to alarm bis wlle, ne
waited a few minutes ana theh requested
her to get out OF the buggy WIN NM ne
then despatched the snake WIN Oue ouOu
end OF the wnip. lne snake measured
eight feet long and had eleven rattleS anu
pat'oh'
t lhE /. .PupIichnS VI Al Na'''"S
iaNor VI l'"n'o''o '''' p''',o ,,,i,,
A anu AGAINST 'oi'''''i''oH u
Tree i""o''
Ito" cholera Is raging 10 an Alarming PN-
tent IN hotetolt ana several otheI cou"''''
r OF Virginia some c"SeS nave oeeh re-
:, ported OF farmers losing one hundred bead
., III week.
= AT the DAYTON. Tenn, coal mines $50
: miners went ont on strike, on the 23d.
= and the furnace was banked. The strike
,rr,y ont Of the dismissal of six working
~ men
j. BEN. c. JELLEY u Co, commission anC
1t brokerage merchant, Of Memphis Tenn.
=, announced their suspension tue otuer even
,- inS.
1t GEo. W, KAEE and Mrs. Julia P. Everett
>. were married at At anita, Ga, a few day,
n ago. The groom Is .eventy-one and tht
D the bride sIXty-tve. This is Mr. karr':
Z. third venture.
1t JANE, HorklNs, aged sxty-nine years
- prominently identified with gulf coas
steamship traffic, died at Mobile Ala,
few days ago.
A ROLLER in the Columbia IS. c. Water
IN work, exploded, killing colored fireman
10 fatally woundng another cOlored maj
ar and seriously iniuring five others, amon
q. them the Superintendent of the works an'
ia Alderman W. b. Lowrance.
H. FAMILIES are fleeing from starvation by
NJ drouth N the western counties OF Texas
1t Ar league Station. Madison County
= Tarn "a man named Savage took forty
no tive ,rrain, ofstrychnine bv mistake, think
ns mo i, wa. ouinipe. When the physician
nc r.,c1sd him hi, vein, stood ont like grea
.i5rss his owe. were set and all hope o
life seemed vain, Epecac and whisky wer
=, administered. and vigorous rubbing begun
ba The cmetic caused great portion of tn
ar poison to be thrown up Croton OIL wa
lie also gwen, anu III ie" mus w
m was passed. II l. +" i'o'' '''''''' A''''S
ne FR,yk McDovNu. aged fifteen, and Ess
III O'Neal. aged thirteen, both of Knoxville
n- Tenn, were married at late hour tn
-. ',-la,,,i,bt Tho parents of both obiecte
, o.her h'Sul' lHe ''''' VI 'o'' ~,
u' tue iHa'Su' anu 'ue =,
i'rMed uhuer 'Iee III 'ne suou'o - Vi "