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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-13
Some Old Fashions Revived.

There is at present a revival of old fash
IONS steadily going on. Popular favor has
returned to many of the customs of early
times and our homes are rapidly assuming
an air Of the past.
The old spinning wheel has returned from
exile and forms a conspicuous and interest
ing ornament in our homes.
Quaint old tapestries, rugs and articles Of
furniture have been restored TO deserved
popularity.
There is reason for this revival
Our ancestors were Of the substantial
kind and their tastes were accordingly
marked.
They looked to their personal comfort and
when it was attained they stopped.
Fashion S fobles had no charm for them
and III mind and person they the equal
of any people the world has yet seen.
Quick in perception and accurate in
judgment, they soon detected the cause OF
any physical discomfort and as quickly ap
piled the proper means for the removal
of it,
Conspicuous among some of the old fash.
ions recently revived has been the repro.
duction of some of our grandmother's
early time home cures, which are now hold
ing deserved position in popular favor,
under the name of Warmers Log Cabin
remedies and include aSarsaparilla for the
blood, Hops and Buchu for the stomach
and system, Cough Remedy for colds, Ex.
tract for internal or external pam, Hair
Tome, Rose Cream for catarrh, Plasters
and Pills.
For purity, simplicity and for their gen.
une beneficial properties they are un.
equaled and are worthy of our good old
grandmothers, who first produced them.
May there be revival, by their use, of
the good health and long lives Of early
tines
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PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

For the first time in nearly fifty
years neither a Salisbury nor a Bay
ard is in public life at the capital.
"A household at Buffalo, composed
wholly of women, keep a couple of
mems hats and an overcoat on the
rack as device to scare away bur-
glars.
Mary Anderson has a hobby of
being photographed and acknowledges
that she likes TO see pictures of her
self in as many attitudes and dresses
as possible.
Isaac Davis, the Lake George
rattlesnake hunter. has killed LOO
snakes within the last four years. He
is said to be the only professional
rattlcsnake hunter in the world.
The oldest man who ever entered
Cabinet was Lewis Cass, who be-
came Buchanan's Secretary of State at
seventy-iive. Alexander Hamilton was
the Youngest 81 an Cabinet officers. SAD
"A society "fad" is to send cup
and saucer TO "A young lady. with con-
gratuat ons on her engagement. One
boston maiden received dty-two, no
two alike, and yet all very pretty and
choice.
Miss Su5annah Warfeld. who com
posed the march for the inaugural ball
Of President William Henry Harrison,
lives at Sykesville, Carroll County,
Md, and is ninety years old. She is a
wealthy old lady and is about to bulid
and endow college.
There could be no more striking
contrast than when Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Harlan Of the Su-
preme Court, walk down Pennsylvania
avenue together. The Chief Justice
is as much below the average size as
Judge Harlan is above it, and they are
sometimes spoken Of as David and
Goliath.
In the Colorado foothills, near
Chico, lives Kate Lucas, tall, we'll
built, rOsy-cheeked girl, who rides on
horseback fearlessly and alone over
the mountain slopes and ravines, who
scorns saddle, is a capital shot with
rifle and can ride the widest mustang
without bride or blanket, using simply
a lariat.
-EX-Secretary Bayard, in bidding
Mrs. Cleveland farewell as she left
Washington, is reported to have said:
Goodbye. You brought nothing but
sunshine with you, and you are taking
great deal of it away" This was a
deser'ed compliment to the excellent
and courteous lady who recently
graced the White House.
Two Ohio women have the grim
satisfaction of rejecting that but for
the opposition Of their parents they
might have been the wives OF Prcsi-
dents OF the United States. Thirty
years ago they lived at Bedford,
village OF less than 800 inhabitants,
about twelve miles from Cleveland, |
and both were very attractive. To
geeh of them at different times Ruther-
Ioi'd Ii. hayes ana Juiucs a. uarnelu
paid serious attentions, but the young
men were poor and their prospects
any thing but bright, so the parents
of the girls firmly and eiTcctually |
checked the love- making.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The average size OF an American
family according to statistics, is 4.l3.
The fraction probably stands for the
old man. -Terre Haute Express.
A Green Bay miller sent Queen
Victoria a barrel of flour over five
years ago and she hasn't thanked him
yet. Perhaps her bread wouldn't rise
A Detroit gentleman whose hair
is becoming a little sparse says that
his marriage certificate is beginning
to show through. Detroit Free Press
-"llome is the dearest place on
earth" remarked Nobbs to Dobbs.
Yes replied Dobbs. That's why
We quit housekeeping and went to
board. "-Washington Post.
There are neighbors so jealous of
each other that they ridicule and be-
little the funerals of those members of
the family who are lucky enough to
die. Martha's Vineyard Herald.
The poor know nothing of the
trials ofthe rich" Perhaps not But
il the poor read the newspapers. they
know that Il great many of the rich es-
cape protracted and painful trials by
going to Canada -Norristown Herald.
-Ed-"l hear Billy was very bril-
liant at Smiths reception last night"
Al-"Ges. indeed He sat down on
box OF fusils that he had in his swallow
tail coat and the girls had to pour ice
cream on him to put out the flames. ~
Time.
-Anglomaniac-''Tha the way it
goes. II we hunt foxes, folks say
we're cruel; ii we hunt aniseed bags,
folks laugh at us, What can we hunt
without exciting Indignation or rid
icule?" Small Boy-"Ratsm-N. Y.
Weekly.
-Countryman lin restauranO-"No
yer don't, now. Yer can't play any er
yer Moo York tricks on me ordered
Il plate er haricots verts off that bill
er fare, an amt goin' ter take no
string-benns. Yer can't fool ole Hiram
Boggs this trip."-Harper's Bazaar.
Wife Cat breakfast table, -
George, dear, why do all the default
ing bank clerks from the far West 90
to Canada?" Husband (who is Emer.
titus professor of geography)-"Be- |
cause, my dear, though there is less
longitude there they have more lati.
tude. Puck.
-"llave you perfect confidence in
Johnson, Mr.. Allcash?n Perfect |
confidence. Why he's been my
cashier for twenty years. There isn't
an honester man in the world. But |
why do you ask such question:"
"Oh, its all right, | suppose; only l
heard him in here last night arguing
with Stebbins against annexing Can
nda. a."-Chicago Herald.
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PLUNGED INTO FLAME.
Aralh Rushing Through blazing praIr,.
res on Fire and the Passengers sufyo-
Catinp


Arnlh Rushing Through Blazing PraIr,.
es OH tIre and the Passengers suffo-
eating.
CHAMBERLAIN, OAK, April s.-Durino
'ho terrible gale and prairie fires of the
past few days the train from the East had
terrible experience two miles east NJ
Mount Vernon. A destructive prajrje fire.
was raging at that point. and the dust and
'iioke made the surroundings as dark as
u'snt. The engineer plunged the train
"to the darkness, and the first thing he
Fhew he found the ties on fire for nearly n
'niie ahead He checked the train. fearing
70 advance lest he should find no tract,
ahead of him, and there. in the sntrocot.
ing smoke and scorching heat, with baz-
he tles underneath the train and flames
on each side of the track, the crew sought
10 extingulsh the flames and save
'ne traIn. The passengers became ex-
cited and pleaded to be released
from the death by fire or suffocatiop ,ba,
seemed SO near at hand; children cried
from pain and gasped for fresh air and
strong men became desperate and left tbe
tr'aAn to hgs'e the fs;fses, -osriys to'seturn n
.ne coaches exhausted. For time escape
'ooked Impossible, and several of the pas.
seneefs gave up; several of the ladies
prayed aloud, and some of the male pas.
sehgers swore at the obtuseness of tho
engineer forging into that hell of fire and
smoke SO far that he could not return.
VINO on all faces were pictured the fright SO
hatural to mankind when death appeors
10 be only few moments hence. Hardy.
determined manhood paled at the pros.
pecI Inc train crew and passengers work.
eu herolcally; men bent forward, gaspipo
Tor breath, felt their way 10 the tender
ana got water to dash on the burning ties,
While others went few feet ahead of the
engine TO see whether it was safe TO move
ahead' 1t was dangerous to move.
behind the road was on fire as far as the
eye could see, while ahead all was dark
ness ana mystery. BIT it was death TO
Ilnger in that caldron OF fire, and, when
the surrounding either meant moving or
death, the effort was worth the attempt
ana start was made. The suspense and
horror of the few moments required to pass
over the burning track and through the
terrible heat and smoke can not be ex-
pressed, but the ram finally pulled out of
the flames to fresh air and safety,
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HUSBANDRY GLEANINGS.

The Industrious. level-headed farmer that
has made failure of farming is yet to be
met with.
The accumulation of manure, the destruc
ton Of weeds and the frequent and deep
pulverization of the soil are the main points
for the farmer.
OATS may be sown whenever the ground
is ready. While they will grow II sown
while the soil is wet and heavy, the growth
is larger II it is delayed until tho ground
works easily, and nothing is gained by too
much haste. If they are to be cut green,
and made as hay, use seed literally, as 1t
will make the straw finer.
WHEAT is the best food for all ANIMALS.
Oats for the horse. Corn is not good
horse feed. Peas are the most nutritious
food there is for stock Corn stalks are
very carbonaceous. Milk and grass are
complete foods. Wheat bran, linseed meal
and cotton seed meal are the main carbona'
r6ous foods; but they should be fed With
hay.
PorAToEs may be planted as early as the
ground can be made ready Even IL late
frost should cut the tops down to the
ground after they have come up, 1t will
only result in causing them to ripen up
little later. The yield Is not apparently
lessened and some farmers even clam that
1t may be increased by such cutting back,
as the roots continue growing while the
'>sare putting out new sprouts
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SAINTS SCATTERING.
IL Must BE stopped, Says Elder Cannon
He Gives Figures.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, April 1O.-At the clos
ing session of the Mormon conference last
evening Geo, o. Cannon read the statistics
OF the church, which are; Twelve apostles
10 patrlarch', 37l9 high priests, II, ,sO5
elders, 2,OG9 priests, 2,292 teachers, II, GlO
deacons, sl,s9o families. 10 9l5 officers
and members, and 49,302 children under
eight years of age, total Mormon
population Of 1891. The number of
marriages for six months ending April G.,
1881, was $50; births, B. 75i new members,
4SS; accommodations, 1l3. Cannon said
mat many young men were leaving the
territory to take up land elsewhere. The
saints, he said, had beon clllel together to
build up Zion, and th is scattering must be
stopped.
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Grea! Comet Conina.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1O.-The follow
ing dispatch to the Associated Pres, has
been received from Prof, + o, Holden, of
the Lick Observatory at Mount Hamilton,
Cal An approximate orbit OF the comet
discovered here March 81 by Mr. Barnard
has been computed by Prof Schubert. 1t
Is probable that this comet will become
seven or eight thousand times as bright as
at present. with distance from the sun of
about four millions of miles On May 26
next it should be carefully observed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-04-13
PROCLAMATION
"pr't 80 Next To BE Day of Religion,
Exercises.

Exercises.
WASHINGTON, April, 6.-The foIIowint
proclamation was issued by the Presi.
dent:
bf THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STAIRS
OF AMERlCA--1 Proclamation, hundred
years have passed since the Government which
our foreiathers founded was formally oroan.
izea AT noon, on the Goth day Of Aprll. l1sq in
the CITY OF New York. and in the presence Of
an assembagc of the heroic men whose patrt.
o'ic devotion had led the Colonies TO victory
ana independence George Washington tool,
the oath of office as Chief Magistrate Of the
newborn Republic. This impressive act was
preceded at nine o'clock in the morninr In all
the churches OF the city, by PRAYER for Gods
blessing on the Government and its first Prcsi.
dent ''''
The Centennial Of this illustrlous event I'm
our history has been declared general hoA-
day by the act of Congress, to the end that the
people OF 'he whole country may join in com.
hleihoratlVe exercises appropriate to the day
In order that the joy of the occasion may be
associated with deem thankfulnaee in the
minds OF the people for all our blessings in the
past, and deyout supplcation to God for
'hN'4 tINNl'u9 NVHlHudNNt III tuO Iulult, Inc
representatives of the religious crceds, both
Christian and Hebrew have memoralized the
Government to designate an hour for prayer
and thanksgiving on that day.
Now, therefore /, benjamin Harrison, Pres
idcnt of the United States OF America in re.
sponsc to this pious and reasonable request, do
recommend that on Tuesday, April 30 at tho
hour of nine O'Clock in the morning, the people
Of the entire country repair to their respective
places of divine worship, to imploro the favor
of God that the blessings Of liberty, prosperity
and peace may abide with us as people, and
that His hand may lead us in the paths OF
righteousness and good deeds.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and eau scd the seal OF the United States
OF America TO be atiiyed. Done in the City Of
Washington this ith day Of April, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.nine, and Of the Independence OF the
United States the one hundred and thir.
tcenth, BENJAMIY HARRISON.
lSEALl by the President:
JAMES G.. BLAINE Secretary of State
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STOLE HIS BRIDE,
AND Then Slaughtered Eight of Hs,
Relatives
i"ronsh fear of Prosecution for rorc,r.
".ert'icate-Mystery of Butcberv
unveiled by the Confession of
One of the PrIncInnls

LITTLE ROCK, ARK April GA Fordvce
,Ark special to the Gazette saws that G
d DICKSON, sheriff Of Titus County Tov
mas arrested Frank Shulze at that nloco on
aou"fge Oh murder On the night of the
lVth OIL December last the house of / u
h'"g, well-to-do farmer of Titus Conn.
W was burned, and the charred remains
81 hihg MS wife and six children were
iouhu IN the ashes Upon examination II
vas iouid that the skulls of all the family
had been crushed in and an axe and hat
Mere found in the house. On the doy ~
the murder King and his son. aoed tSonl ~
w nad KILLED, hogs, and as they were to
move INTO new house a few hundred
!aus instant, they had carried the meat
w tse new house and young king.
siept there to guard the meat ,be
hight OF the murder Before going dow,
10 ,ne new house for the night young King
hao used the axe, and had left it nj tbe
yaru gate. Suspicion pointed to KINGS
'oh-lh-iaw, Shulze, first cousin of the
young man arrested here, who had run awov
win Kings daughter and had forged nm
order for marriage license. And it wa,
the lear of being prosecuted for the for.
gerry that caused him to murder King and
MS family Shulze, Kings son-in.low.
hau mado threats and has since confessed
10 friend that he aud his cousin did tbe
kiiiingi that he killed King and his wife.
ana that his cousin killed
the six children and then set
ire to the house. The children were from
TWO TO fourteen years Of age, and were all
iound where the beds stood except the
giri iourteen years of age, who was found
near the door, as though trying to escape.
Young Shulze, who was arrested hare
came to Dallas County in January with
'ohh farnam, and has since been living
WIN Mr Parnam, He says he can prove
that he was forty-fve miles away at the
time of the killing but Sheriff Dickson
says that he has positive proof that he was
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VERNDALE, MINN. April a.-Prof. vii.
liam Glass, of this city, undertook the diff
iicult feat of eating five dozen eggs in
thirty five minutes on wager Of $40. The
eggs were boiled one aud one half min
utes. Glass broke his eggs and had them
all down inside of eight minutes. He eat
the first thirly-two in three-fourths of u
minute, and the other twenty -eight in a
little less time, the actual time consumed
in eating being less than two minutes.
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HATFIELD'S CONFESSION.
Detailing the Murder of the Three
Mccoy Brothers.
shot 10 Death by the Light of n LanterA
"hiie the Unfortunatcs Were
Saying Their PRAYERS


WHEELING, w. VA, April 9.-EllisoH
hatheld, one of the participants in the
Hatiield-McCoy feud who is con fined in
the Pike County Jail in Kentucky, has
made confession to States Attorney Lee
ferguson u was present" " he said, "and
participated in the murder of the three
Mccoy brothers-Tolbert, Farley and
Randolph. The three brothers were taken.
from school house in Logan County, W.
va, where they had been guardc d for
day and night, and brought overthe
Tug river which separates West Virginia
and Kentucky. About fifty feet from Sthe
river Carpenter tied them to a pawpaw
bush and hung a lantern over their heads.
Anse Hatfield then said to them: Boy $.
'lI.-syoa have any peace to mae
with your Maker you had better make it,
lolpert and Randolph began praying,
but Farley did not However, before the
boys had time to finish their prayers John
Hatfield shot Farley dead. Anse then
gave the order to fire aud shot as he gave
me word, killing Tolbert and then empty
ing the contents of his revolver into
the dead body. Alex. Musser fred and
killed Randolph Mccoy. The others fol-
lowed suit, and all the bodies were rid.
died with bullets After the boys were
killed Wall Hatfield administered an
oath to all of us binding us to take
the life of the one who first diyu!gel
tho name Of any who were along"
Captain Hatfield said that he and Tom
Wallace shot JEFF Mccoy after he had es-
capped from them. The prisoner also gave
the particulars of the brutal murder of
Allfera and Alvin Mccoy, in which he
took part Nine Of the Hatfield faction on
Sunday night in January, 1888, crossed
the river into Kentucky under the COM
mand of Jim Vance. They surrounded
the Mccoy homestead, fired the house and |
Killed the girl as she attempted to extin-
gulsh the flames. Captain and John Hat
held both claimed that they killed Calvin |
n nd 4 "a
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INDIANAPOLIS, lyD,, April flames
Nnnon, of Petoskey, Mich, was captured
at La Otto en- route for Montpelier O., by
the Federal authorities, and he will he
transferred to Michigan for trial. Five
years ago he married Mrs. Margaret But
le", '-idO"i auu H. 10 t,Itv = "a ne CUuhptLyu
with her to secure a pension from the
Government she claiming her first bus.
band was soldier, and concealing heI
second mGrriage.
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Murderer I,ynchcd.

KNOXVILLE, TrNN April 6.--John wHi-
enberger the escaped convict who shot
and killed Sheriff Greonloe of Gfaingei
County, Wednesday, was taken Yesterday
from tho county Jail at Rutledge ana
hanged by the citizens. When captured
Wolfenberger was suffering from wouno
inflicted by the sber us posse
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Welded ON A TRAIN.
INDIANA Cousins Meet at Kansas City and
Are Made Man and Wife,

""'aha cousins Meet at Kansas City aud
Are Made Man and Wife.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 1O-Lorenzo 20
y Hickman. stylishIy dressed, arrived in
me city last night This morning he got
put marriage license, employed justice
ana with three witnesses went TO the
lsaepot. He attempted TO bribe the vest
pound Santa Fe conductor to wait a little
iohger than usual. As the Wabash train
irom the East pulled in, brunette, ele.
gahtly attired and not over eighteen.
s'ripped off the sleeper, kissed Hickman.
and the two hurried into the Santa Fe
sleeper, and in just three minutes after
she arrived the brunette was Mrs. /. d.
-hlckman. The train was in motion when
Inc justice spoke the last words The
couple did not deny an elopoment Her
Isiame was Emma Hickman, Vigo County,
Ind. She refused to tell her parents name
or her town. Hickman told tn, licens,
clerks he was cousin of his bride Their
parents objected, tut they were bound to
marry. Hickman gave his res idence as
Wichita, but it is not believed to be cor
rect
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WASHINGTON, April 6 The Secretary Of
the Navy has formally accepted the gun
boat Yorktown now at the League Island
Navy yard. The acceptance was made
subject to the special reservation of S2O, :
900 and two other reservations, one of
5000 until the completion of the electric
lighting plant and the other of $500 for
six spare propeller blades.
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KILLED BY SAW-LOGS,

west virginia Farmers Caught by the
Rolling Timber, One Crushed and the
Others Neck Broken.
WHEELING, W. VA, April s--Jonathan
Shepherd, of Writ County, farmer aged
fifty, while at work Saturday, was killed
by being caught and crushed in n huge
pile of logs. Thomas Wilson and his fif.
teen-yoar-od sou had been engaged in
saving log in Raleigh County, on which
they had sat down to rest. The log sud-
denly broke in two, and one peco started
to roll down II steep grade on which they
had been working The log was thrown
forward, and before he could regain his
feet the timber passed over him. breaking
his neck,
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Major Armes Apoiogizes.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April "a Harris
burg (Pa) special says: Governor Beaver
has received communication from Major
Arme7, who assaulted him in Washington.
1t contains a most abject apology
Tor his outrageous conduct and
begs him to interfere at Wash
ington to prevent the court-martial
Armes says that rather than submit to the
disgrace of being court-martiaed, he will
commit suicide, and pleads that it will dis
grace his family. Governor b aver has
not condescended to notice the communi-
alton,
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A yNacrnut Cor ROulnurpr.

PARIS April GA warrant has been Is
sued for the arrest of Boulangcr the mo-
ment he touches French soil The open
animus of the Government is producing
revulsion ofpublic feeling in the GeneraPs
favor. NJ. Susim has resigned from the
Bouangist Committee. Nj. Thieband has
Withdrawn his resignation.
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AYoEA, MIMI, April o Nothing further
is known Of tho whereabouts of the ab-
'condinG cashier, Pratt. As near rs can
be learned now, the amount of his stealing
is S3j 900 from Mrs. Neil $Ij 900 from St.
Paul and Minneapolis correspondents of
the bank and so 900 raised by the sale of
his own and other peoples stock. New
York and Chicago correspondents of the
bank are yet TO be heard FROM
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CHARLESTON, S, C., April 6.-The Wash
ington Light Infantry, of this city, will
take part in the Centennial pageant at
New York, and will march under the
original crimson battle flag Of Colonel
William Wasbington's cavalry. This flag
was actually carried in the battles of the
Cowpens and Eutaw Springs, and is the
only Revolutionary standard extant in
condition for use in a parade.
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Enough to Convict Him.

Judge" said prisoner on trial for
murder, as he rose to his feet, pale as
death, trembling in every limb and
holding in his hand copy Of St.
Louis paper, "do look like the por-
trait printed of me in this newspaperP'
"There is slight resemblance, pris.
oner," replied the astonished Judge,
"though OF course"
"Then there is no use in going any
further with this trial, judge" groanei
the stricken man, sinking into chair
Il am guilty. y."--Chicago Trihpne,