Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-06-05
SOUTHERN NEWS GLeANINGS.


7icinity of his house, Being good sno.'
he gentleman crippled the king OF oirds t
with rife charge. 1t was beautltul v
,pecimen of its kind. Its wings when spread
measured six feet four and one-half inches
from tip to tip, and its talons measured
nearly six inches in width,
SALLIE ODELI, a young woman oftwenty
two years committed suicide at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, by taking laudanum' she
came to that city from Knoxville.
The house of Isaac Kincaid, at Fellow
ship, Marion County, Fla, burned lnree
children, aged six, four and two years,
perished in the flames. Kincaid Is under
arrest for criminal negligence
A PLAGUE of some sort is killing the fish
in the Upper Red River Valley. Advlces
from Texarkana, Tex, state that countless
millions of dead fish line the banks OF that
stream and its tributaries, and fears are
entertained for the health Of people living
along or adjacent to the waters thus al
fected
TAMPA, Fla, has a cabbage two feet
across.
A HAeERsrowS md lady dislocated her
jaw while chewing gum.
A WOMAN with beard ten inches long is
a curiosity at Union Point Ga.
In the whole of North Carolina it seems
there is not a single savings bank.
A HOTEL is talked of in Florida on the
st Sebastian river which, with It's
grounds, will cost sl00Ooo.
A MAIL-cARRIER has been indicted in
North Carolina for throwing Congressional
documents into the river he claimed
they we're so heavy they interfered with
quick delivery.
A GEORGIA family sold piece of sup
posed worthless land for ten dollars to a
stranger who proceeded to develop gold
mine thereon 1t would take tirst-class
thunderstorm to do justice to that fam
ily's feelings
AT Berryville, Ark Lizzie Robinson, Ii,
Jail for the murder of her two -year-old lille
gtimate child, made her escape few day'
' ago by donning male attire. Governor
r Hughes has offered reward for her cap
q ture.
f JoHN HoFFoRp, a switchman on tn
IL IL Louisville, New Orleans and Texas railroad
n was killed while attempting to board
e moving train at Memphis, Tenn
Is JoHN EDELHEIM, grain broker of Ne'
Orleans. committed suicide, a few day
s. ago. On the desk in his office was found
telegram just received from Chicago, al
Sc nouncng decline in June wheat. He ha
VIC sneculated his all on it and lost.
he JosEpH PAUL was pardoned by Governc
N, Wilson, of West Virginia. few days ag
Is and was Immediately re-arrested on
ne ,~ charge of murder committed twenty-h'
ar. wears ago in Writ County. Paul kept
tie saloon in Volcano, W. Va, some yea
ne ago. and Reuben Marquis was his ba
Of keeper who worked himself into the goc
ne ne graces of Paul's wife, aud they became t.
Of intimate. which caused talk. One day Z
ed husband surprised them together in roo
ne and Marquis, on compromiso left t
-, ,sayc and went to farkersbul
of where the ex-barkeeper boasted OF
ali. intrigue at Volcano, and threatened
the shoot Paul on sight. The wife left her h
hit band and joined Marquis Paul went
on, on. Parkersburg, and almost the first man
zen saw on alighting from the train was
Mr.: destroyer of his happiness. The outrae
ma. husband pulled his revolver and shot
bio in the back Marquis lived couple of de
NIB and confessed his guilt, begging that
ooi' on former employer be released from c
tied tody, and not prosecuted, as he had o
nay done what any other man would HI
nod VI done under the circumstances. Pt
ria. however was tried and convie
ook of murder in the first degree,
and new trial was awarded when Paul' pro
Chi in health discouraged, and careless OF
ana ana plead guilty to murder in the second
,sid. gree. for which he was sentenced to slXt
r to years in the penitentiary from which he
tioh lust been pardoned Paul had many
,aliy mics in Wood and Writ Counties, and {
the ing the exciting trials which follower
rai'' shooting of Marquis, an old alleged crl
- that of the killing of William Houtchir
rges Burning Springs, In lft CouhIS' wa
l. a vived and he was indicted IN that COZ
was y" twenty five years after the commlsslo
or the act. It is thought that nothing
lana c,me of this as Paul has lived FOR a Z
Ar. ter of a century within a few miles OF
,und, sene. and nothing had been done du
'euu ~ that time to bring him to justice II 81
TpF other evening waterspout ST
the residence of David Whitaker, on
per creek. Washington County, va
Pow stroying the dwelling and tobacco
atory and drowning Mrs jennie Mons'e'
had Just stepped in out of the RAIN
o.,s sker had 'his jaw bone broken by 10
~, timbers. Two horses and three mules
''''H drowned. The body of the young lad
found half mile below the house
=, ,be day
or the WILLIAM Il. SToNt, VINO eno' gu"
his wife and attempted suicide on NJ
r, - ber IA last, was placed on trial at
Nm more few days ago. The only wit
wv" examined were five of the nine child
mship eN"il''neu 't'i W" rho ,yo hovs AGED fo,
.. and thirteen years, testified IN III
adrlo' that led the listener to believe tha'
ST ac- we're irving to shield their unhappy
le ball as much as possible. but the three
arious ar,d eigbteen. seventeen and ten
were quite bitter against him Llttl
upon die, who is only ten years OF age ere
ced on sensation by swearing that she enter
S con very unkindlv feelings for her fathe
asigna- that she would like to see him hange
prisoner shuddered as he heard the
ield in utter the words.
g hun IA. JACKSON and Owen Allen di
'nalists ing over the candidates for the
unity. iudceship. in Tallapoosa County
he ad- closed in on each other with RniVe
Prince FIVE minutes bloody slashing pros
when Allen dropped dead from IL
on the the abdomen 'aeAso'' n"e NV
90 and wounds from which he may die.
A WILD man, who has inhabited |
Mountain for several years. has
. Loos- come to the valley and was seen
married hriar patches just outside of Chatt
RS later the other night. He is entirely nal
iced In has long growth of shaggy nal
urse OF body, closely matted with burs an'
ny, ana JouS BLEviNs, aged lOl years,
led IN home at Shody, in johnson County
vas con- and was found in a deep ravlne
is wife - y,;,h his throat cut from ear
tor says GENERAL FRED OGDEN, one of 7
'es that prominent figures in Lou siana po
king TOR some years past, died at New orlea
ihapPeu days ago,
lspeland Areusr Bonn and his son Dav
drowned while fishing in the Obi
near Parkersburg, W. Va.
lv large Ar Chattanooga, Tenn, Jim W.
rrofeSs crazy claims that the Lord con
, -. =. ,,,ta Gonna sacrifice He