Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-03-13
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANlN0S.


Joseph. the colored minister who breaches
to conyicts, was called upon to baptlzs
Little Atlanta, a coored child that was
born in the county jail, its mother being
the murdress, Mrs Mayes Brother Joseph
called on Brother Sewell, colored deacon |
in Baptist Church, toassist, which he did. |
1t is against the creed of the Baptist |
Church to baptize little children, and now
Brother Sewell is in hot water. The mem
bers Of his church have served him with no.
tices to explain his irrelisious conduct, and |
the Methodist coored brethren have rail- |
lied to the Baptist deacons support.
j. b. SMITH. assistant postmaster at Nash !
vile, Ark, was arrested, charged with en-
bezzling $1,000.
THE Mississippi Senate rejected the bill
which passed the Lower House, repeating
the law making it misdemeanor, punish
able by Imprisonment, for Legislators TO
accept railroad passes.
LEoNoRA MARTIyzo proprietress of the
Hotel Espanoli, in Pass Del Norte, Texas
recently administered poison TO her
twelve-year old daughter and then to her
self The lady was pure Castlian, very
beautiful AMI much esteemed No reason
is assigned for her act.
REV. j. G. ARMSTRONG, rector of St.
Philips Episcopal church, Atlanta, Ga,
charged vita immoral conduct in Cincin-
natl last fall has been sentenced by Bishop
Beckwith to five years suspension fl ON tho
pulpit,
HENRY NORRIS Drained George Elliott
with hoe while working a road At Bre-
men, Ga Elliott had thrown away
chew of tobacco given him by Norris.
Ar Lagrange, Ga, CASTOR Mccartney, a
well-to-do farmer, while driving home his
cattle became enraged at refractory COW,
He drew bead upon the animal with bis
/ fife fired and shot, instead of the COW, his
| nine-year-oh SON who was in range on tho
other side The boy died instantly.
SINCE tn. eviction of the Chinese from
Western points the Mongolans are swarm
| ing like rats into the South aid East,
| where the agonism is not so strong.
MRs JoHS p. SAMPSON and her daughter,
| Miss Berth, were fatally burned in Man
chester mar Richmond, Va. The young
| ady's clothing caught fire from the stove
and her mother came to her assistance.
| ANDER,os HUGHES, well-to-do negro OF
| Columbia. Tenn, was arrested few days
ago, charged with appropriating his EN-.
ployer's goods
ALFRED "HoMAs, a colored butcher OF
Columbus Ga, while ascending the stairs
fell, stabbng himself in the lung seriously
with larg- butcher knife which be carrie d
ia his hand
THE Peope's Line of boats have carried
| lS,2is bales If cotton from Columbus, Ga,
since the first of September The cotton is
delivered by the boats at Bainbridge, Ga
to the Savannah, Florida q Western rail
road and are distributed by this line to
steamers to the North and foreign ports.
The Peoples Line boats is controlled by the
Savannah. Florida 4 Western railway and
they are making bitter fight against the
Central railroad, of Georgia. Another re-
duction of ten per cent by the Savannah,
Florida q Western was announced the
other day on the freight between Columbus
and Savannah.
SAMrEI MO,LEY, one of the oldest inhahit
ants of Memphis, Tenn, and formerly one
of the leading merchants, is dead.
DAVID II. WHEELER, a wealthy citizen %
Lexington County, :, C., was shot by
George McNairy, Wheeler had been a
Newberry attending the public sales anC
was on his way home when be was free
upon twice from the roadside, the seconC
charge taking effect in his arms. McNairl
used doubebarrel shotgun, loaded witt
huckshot He and Wheeler had an alterca
tion. day or two before, because Wheeler
had seized he property of one OF his friend
under a dis resS warrant, and the mex
morning be- announced his intention I
; shoot Wheeler. McNairy was arrested an
bound over to court.
: BY the turniug of the Alabama ware
house, at Montgomery, property to tn
, value of Sl5O.Op0 was destroyed.
, AGENTS Who have been thoroughly car
i vassiug North and South Carolina for co
g ored emiglants say that the colored eXodu
from the southern States to the extrem
t West has only fairly begun At least tbre
thousand are reported to be now maxim
q arrangements to leave during the preser
0 season, fully as many having already gon'
" They state they are going because they al
offered regular wages as farm hands, an
e are becoming Impoverished in the South b
4 high rent, and small margins.
n The singular charge of stealing Il
;. records OF his church has been brougl
9 against the Rev, j, 7. Sawyer, pastor of
r Baptist church at Bank, Blount County,
! Tenn, and he has been held to answer
: the courts
Il JumN SIMMONS, of Forsyth, Ga, in SUI
e den fit OF insanity, thinking he was pu
+, sued by enemies jumped into the Ocmulg,
!, river and remained there, with the wat
up to his meek, until discovered by dut
hunter. tweuty-four hours later. /
seems to suffer little Inconvenience fro
d his bath
v, CAPTAIN Tow GREGORY, of Winchest,
70 Tenn, has unique pair of gloves. Th'
* were made by Miss Mamie Phillips vi
,e shared a lot of rabbits carded and spl
their fur As if it were wool, and from I
y warm knit the gloves. She decorated I
n. back uf each glove with the ear OF fu
m grown rabbit
S. GEORGE LElB, colored carpenter Of ;
vauuah. Gas fell backward from thi
n story ,catlolding the other day. turned
" complete somersault, struck squarly on
feet. looked around to see if any one "
II hurt, and quietly climbed back 10
Il work
\ NEW road is proposed from Memp
IL via Nashville TO Staunton, Va, runni
" through Powell'> Valley, East Tennessee
TnERr is some talk of the Georgia G.
h' trail extending its line from Columbus. &
'' to Birmingham and Memphis.
Born Mississippi Houses passed
4 imposing fine OF 500, or imprisonme
y, for distributing polygamouS documents
= the State, or ahetting the same in d
way.
III MEHARM MEDICAL COLLEGE, of Ma
u willie. the largest medical college in
%, world, has just graduated class of ten
~ Ex-Governor CAMERON, of Virginia,
nss begun the practice of law in Petersburg
nu \ MEMPHIS book agent had a set-to "
ch medical gentleman and was effectiv
done up. But he had revenge by calling
the SAN e doctor to bind up his wounds /
rs stitch up his cuts.
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