Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-17
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANlNGS.

see Branch Lunatlc Asylum met at MEM |
phis and elected Mcdonald Bros, of Louis |
vile, architects The board will soon visit |
the different asylums of the country with
view of making selection for the erec-
tion of one at Bolivar, Tenn.
A CoLoRED woman at Athens, Ga, stop
ped wedding because she had bought the
groom's clothes with the expectation that
she would be the bride.
AN Albany Ca lady said that during
the war she paid $50 for one spool Of thread,
$500 for pound of tea, and gave 500 for
a simple gingham dress.
IS a dispute while throwing dice, sixteen
miles east of Charleston, S C., VIII Blake
ney shot and instantly killed Robert Perry.
JAMES L. FINDLEY, an outlaw, was cap
tured at Chattanooga, Tenn, on his return
from Missouri to Atlanta, He escaped
from Tennessee two years ago.
AT Chattanooga Tenn, Charles Majors,
aged twelve, while hunting rats over a barn
that had been upset by the food, fell into a
slaughter-pen and was drowned
property all along the Upper Cumberland
river in barns, fences, wheat crop and
grain in warehouses The entire wheat
crop in low lands for six hundred miles is
totally destroyed.
HARDEN WILLIS, a miser, aged seventy
eight, left his home at Hargus Post Office,
Granger County, Tenn. on the night Of
a Il. b.. l..
full until the Sth, when his body was found
in deep ravine quarter of mile from
his home, partly covered with mud, and all
the flesh eaten from his body by hogs. The
supposition is that Willis has been mur-
dered for his money, as he always had a
| good sum with him.
A MAN of Merriwether County, Ga, being
| troubled by owls and hawks, cut off all the
| branches of a tree near his house. On the
| top Of the tall stump he placed a steel trap.
| He soon caught in his trap six large owls,
! two hawks and a buzzard. The bu2zard
tore the trap from its fastenings and flew
off with it.
| Horace DupD, of Mllvew, Va, killed a
| siS-foot moccasn snake recently which
wore a wire collar around its neck bearing
| button with these words; Don't tread
on me !" This was the motto of the "Cul-
pepper minute mem of revolutionary fame,
and the button was probably from one of
their uniforms, The age of this particular
snake is a matter for inquiry
SINCE the introduction of water gas il
| Knoxville, Tenn, number of serious cas-
| of sutfocation have occurred. The OF el
morning early young farmer named W
W .McCarroll, and mother, Mary McCarroll
from Grant Post-ofiice, Grayson County
| Va, arrived in Knoxville and took room
at the Hattie House Having never seer
gas before, McCarrol let it burn all night
but blew it out about noon next day. H'
and his mother soon became overcome by
gas, and when found at four O'Clock th'
woman was dead and son unconscious
They were on their way to Lewiston, Ill,
for treatment of the woman's cancer.
WM. NJ. CLINE. a once honored and re
spected citizen of Griffin, Ga, and at on
time quite wealthy. died a pauper in th
poorhouse a few days ago, the victim 0
strong drink.
SOME months ago Mrs Margaret Drake
of Roane County, W, Va, employed D. "
Ross, pension agent to prosecute he
claim for pension, and in September b
succeeded in getting it, Not satisfied wit
the fee fixed by law he took SiO0 and di'
appeared Detective A. W. Roome, of tn
Pension Bureau, hearing of it, began
search for him, and few days ago SUI
ceeded in arresting him at the head water
of Little Sandy River. He was taken t
Charleston and put in jail, and in defau
of bail was recommitted to prison to ava
his trial
, A AMARRlAGE which took place in Wort
County, Ga, the other night, had man
elements of romance W. W, Hall,
planter of sixty, had lately lost his vene
able spouse, leaving him two matui
. daughters, one aged twenty-three and IL
other twenty-five. Near by lived farm,
Rutland, who at first thought neghbc
Halls visits were for coincidence, but wi
soon found out that the attraction was h
daughter, Miss Georgia, aged twent.
Q Neighbor Hall was forbidden the hous
: whereupon the young lady grew discol
/. solate In this contingency Mr. Halls dut
a ful daughters came to his rescue. They pa
: visit to Miss Rutland, and laughed :
: heartily with Mr Rutland over the
|. fathers foolish fancy that he was COZ
petely disarmed, and the girls we
!. pressed to spend the night with Miss Geo
X ga. A note to the aged lover bade him
u at the chamber window at midnight, and
> summons to Squire Long notified him thi
= little later his presence would be need'
n at the house of Mr.. Halls married daug
: ter. Midnight brought with it a drenchil
Z rain, but the lover was on hand, and wi
% his loved one and his two daughters W
d soon on the way to the appointed spc
l. Entering the house it was kept in darkne
T.. SO that attention of pursuers might not
,s attracted, while Squire Long cemented
e union. An hour later, when Farmer III
land drove up, he found that all had
tired for the night
DIR. BRrNToN H. WARNER a young ply
10 clan of Baltimore, died the other day
'e hvdrophobia. On Christmas day he W
- bitten by small lap-dog which had be-
run over in the street by a bicycle, and
made an effort to take it to his home al
nurse it, He cauterized the wound, b
; several days ago he exhibited symptoms
rabies and died with all the horrors
A that disease.
" In Brunswick, Ga, Macon young m
acted as godfather to the infant of frier
,s The excitement of the occasion caused b
# to drop the infant into the baptisma fol
II making Baptist of it instead of an Ep
copalian.
In Webster County, W. Va, Jacob NJ
i Inns aocidently shot Wm. I. Lewis, wh
!. hunting and fatally injured him, Null
n ran several miles for relief, and died
|. excitement and fatigue.
!. A MOUNTAIN ofpure marble, Of brillia
| colors. in Swain County, n. C.. has be
purchased by company of English ca
l. talists. The Western North Carolina ra
I, road tunneled part of the mountain, I
veloping the surprising beauty of the mi
:, BILE.
A SAMPLE carload of Alabama coal h
= been shipped to Brazil,
CHARLES PINsoN and Nelson HILL color,
= were drowned at Selma, Ala, by the ,
,t setting of skiff,
5. The other day at Jellico, Tenn, NJ
~ Martha Peace, an estimable young lac
a was to have received the rite Of baptis