Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-09-11

ordinary, 7c.; net and gross receipts,
! 400 bales; sales 6T bales; stock, 6,i&
bales.
New ORLEANs.-Cotton dull and easy;
middling S l5-l6c, low middling, 7-lGc.,
good ordinary, i$.c.; net receipts, l,2J9
bales; gross receipts l,334 bales; sales,
100 bales stock, Is, 452 bales.
MEMPufs.-Cotton quiet; middling, 9c.,
receipts, 81 bales; shipments, - bales;
Stock, 1909 bales; sales, $50 bales.
THERE was quarrel in the stone shop Of
the Maryland penitentiary the other even
ing between two negro convicts named
James Smith and VIM. Madden, Finally
Madden seized a large stone and hurled it
at Smith, striking his target at the base Of
the skull. Smith died next morning. Mad
den was then put in irons and thrown into
the dungeon. He will be tried for murder.
PARRoTTsvILLE, Cooke County, Ga, is in a
wild state Of excitement over frightful
epidemic which has made its appearance
there. The disease which proves in every
case fatal resembles flux, except that the
victims are attacked with severe pains in
the head simultaneously with the pain in
the abdomen. The physicians are unable
to cope with the disease and those stricken
with it succumb within a short time.
Twenty seven deaths occurred within three
days
DEPUTY SHERIFF ADAIR, who was fright
f,,1 H.. IL Al
other day, while the officer was in pursuit
Of six prisoners, who had escaped from the
Hunt County CTex.) Jail, of which Smith
was one, died three days afterward. Sen
tinels had been stationed for two days in
different parts Of Greenville to give the
alarm as soon as Adar should die. Ono
hour after Adair's death an armed mob
was on the way to the Jail No resistance
was offered Smith was taken some dis
tance from the city and hanged. The lynch.
ing was without incident,ever thing pass.
ing off in an orderly way,
As the Nashville and Chattanooga pas
senger train was nearing Chattanooga
the other night, and while running forty
miles an hour, Mari Rankin, the Kentucky
desperate, who had been captured in
Arkansas, jumped from the train and es
capped. Rankin was wanted for two mur
ders, and there was reward of $500 for hi,
| arrest
AUSTIN GROSS, of Whites Creek, W Va.
was killed at Ashland, KY, few days age
by railroad engine running over him
| He was forty-seven and married.
| THE Republicans of the Fourth Virginis
| District have nominated State Senator W
G. Gaines for Congress.
PAT BELL and James Simpson, colored
were hanged at Marion, Ark, for
| murder committed in 1885.
GENERAL B, F. CHEETHAM died at Nash
vile, Tenn, few days ago.
SAVANNAH, Ga, has policeman who cal
sleep soundly while walking. The othe
night he slumbered through heavy show
er, and was much surprised when he awok
and found himself drenched.
KRBY SMITH, Professor of MathematiC
in the South and Tennessee. and d. II. Hill
late President of the Agricultural School {
Alabama are two of the three surviN
ing Lieutenant Generals of the Souther
army.
GENERAL WIN. A. Qu.RLEs, of Clarks
vile, Tenn, has been unanimously nom
mated for the State Senate by the DemC
Gratis of Montgomery and Stewart counties
General Quarles was member of tn
Tennessee Senate in 1915
| A DIFFICULTY occurred in Aberdeen
Miss, between Henry Roberts and Be
Popham, at the corner of Heiser's cotto
warehouse the other evening, in whic
Roberts was shot four times and Poplar
received one shot in the knee. Robert
| died in ten minutes. The cause of til
trouble is not positively known.
THE other night an immense barn be
longing to Marshall Bate, six miles fror
Galatn. Tenn, caught fire from some IN
known cause aud was burned to the ground
| Seven head of horses, 400 bushels of wheat
- barrels of corn, 20,00O bundles of oat,
sever al cows, several tons of hay, and al
the farming implements were destroyed
While Mr.. Bate was trying to save hi
stock the building fell in on him, severel
burning him about the head arms and leg,
He barely escaped with his life. No nsul
ance.
A GLANCE at the Postal Guide" reveal
an odd collection of names. Georgia ha
Ball Ground, Hard Cash, Ty Ty, jug Tax
ern, Enigma, Alligator, Pumpkin, Pay VI
Snaphnger and Hat In Tennessee we fin
Sweet Lips, Defeated, Regret, Peanut Qui
and Tut West Virginia has Gin, Mud
Sammy and Left Hand. In Florida Sol
choppy looms into prominence, A sent
mental place in North Carolina is calle
Matrimony. Texas tempts fate with
Cyclone. Kentucky proudly claims Rabbi
Hash, Jamboree and Cut Shin.
A SINGULAR case has just been conclude
in Forsyth County (Ga.) Superior Cour
in which one brother sent the other to tn
penitentiary. Some wears ago John {
Nichols and DR.. +, H. Nichols, both me
of means, came from New York and SCI
tied in that county. In time busines
troubles arose between them, when job
Chad the doctor indicted for larceny. Afte
trial of, which he was convicted he r,
ceived as sentence one year in the peniter
tiary. Both men are grsy-headed, bein
over sixty years of age.
TUE other morning as Judge J. B, Elar
and Joseph Nichols were in consultatio
in the law office of the former at :
Joseph, La, Colonel V. l., Reeves steppe
to the front door and fired the contents ,
both barrels OF shotgun into the hea
and shoulders of Nichols, killing him il
stantly. Reeves surrendered himself ,
the authorities. and was lodged in ia
without bail He claims to have acted
self.defense. N cholls was son-iu-law
Colonel Reeves, and some family troub
issupposed to have been the origin of IL
! difficulty.
TnE business men OF Calhoun, Ga, ha,
made up purse for the best yield Of whe'
as follows: For the best yield on one acr
SIS; second best yield on one acre, IS; (,
best Weld on five acres, sl5 second be
yield on five acres, IS; open to all farmer
in Gordon County. This offer is made (,
the crop of 1887,
A LITTLE tornado whirled through Col,
boro, N. c., the other day, and finding d
front door of fine residence open, dash,
into the house, gathered up lot Of furr
ture, burst open rear door, and flung Il
whole lot in heap in the back yard
EDWARD PHILLIPS, cook on the steam
Boone, fell of the wharfboat at Charlie
ton, w. Va, and was drowned.