Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
NUMBER 30.
SOUTHERN GLEANlN0S.
A Plucky Girl.

A PIucky Giri.
Lillian, the 15-year-old daughter Of
John Jennell, of Roanoke, Va, is as
olucky as she is pretty.
Although still a schoolgirl, she fell In love
With Prior Fitzgerald, youth of 10. The two
we're soon betrothed, but the parents Of both
objected to their marriage till they became Of
sge. An elopement was planned. The other
light after the family had retired the girl All
signal from her lover. lcaped from the second.
story window OF her house. Her lover ana MS
brother held blanket to catch her, but she fell
short of 1t and was unable to rise to hsr feet.
Tho brothers carried her a mile to churchyard
and summoned doctor. who, upon making
by lantern light. found her left leg
fractured. The girl was removed to his once
and the limb quickly set. She insisted upon
going of with her lover, and a carriage was oh.
tanned and the couple drove to Boone's Mil. In
Franklin county, where they found minister
to marry them. The girl tainted from pain
during the ceremony. The couple returned the
pext a4y, and the cbild-brfd6 Ii now can1ned
70 her bed with her injured let.
In tn. Old Don,s,ss.
Robert Leigh, a commercl II traveller
from Virginia, while attending The ma
tional convention of travelihkmen at
Peoria, ILL.,, said to reporter:
Our state IL beginning to feel the influence
Of the renewed European immigration. This
had practically ceased until about the year
1890 since which it has commenced again with
renewed vigor, and some lines of business have
felt the influence OF the revival In marked de-
gree. Thousands Of Germans have made their
homes in Virginia, and the other Europeans
countries are we'll represented. The manu-.
featuring and agricultural interests are all In q
healthy state, and there is plenty Of room for
oil the immigrants who want TO locate In the
state
Imprisoned In Their Storm House.
In Hart county, Ca, there lives
family by the name of Finley, who dug
a storm-pit in the front yard.
They fitted it up with heavy doors, ventila-
tion tubes and furniture. TO make 1t comforta-
BILE for days abode II necessary. With the
indications OF an approaching cyclone the
other day the family retired to the under
ground quarters When the storm subsided
they found that some immovable obstruction
had been blown across the door OF the storm
house, and they were prisoners. For two days.
without food or water, they remained In the
dark prison. Finally. the neighbors In search
dead, removed a great tree that had fallen
| across the door and the family were rescued.
Baptized After Death.
A queer story comes from Eagle
Cleft, small settlement on Lookout
mountain, in Walker county, Ga.
Several weeks ago j. w. Masser was very Ill
with fever. He wanted to be baptized, and Al
| -; dpr Ia ~
quested that as soon as he died his body be i'm.
mersed He said he bad neglected II during
his lifetime, and wanted his dead body baptizel
as warning to the living. A few days ago he
died and on the day OF the funeral, at Hixon's
Grove, Rev. w. j. brennan immersed the
corpse in the presence OF a large crowd of peo.
pie The tody was then put back into the cof-
fn and laid to rest in the graveyard.
Lives On Easy Street.
A few nights since Bill DuVall, who
lives in the village of Hattieville, Ark,
was taken from his home by masked
men.
In the scufie that ensued a pistol shot grazed
Duvalls cheek and another passed through
the coat OF one of the parties. DuValfs life
was threatened. and he was given days Y
leaye. He stands his ground and says he vii
, prosecute the parties who mistreated him
, His chief ofiense seems to be that he doesn
work as much as some of his neighbors thinl
be should
Remembered by the President.
The president recently made the fol
lowing appointments
NJ H. Seymour, OF Alabama, consul
Palermo Italy
Claude Thomas, Of Kentucky, consul
Marseilles France.
Van Leer p ok, OF Tennessee. consul at Ca
| cutta. India
Frank c. McGhee. OF MISSISSIPPI, consul
Huddersfeld, England
l Frank b. Bond, of Tennessee. internal re'
enue collector for the Fifth district Of Ter
nessee.
8 Killed by Lightning.
: Lightning played awful havoc tn
other night at the little town OF Swift
, er. miles from Frankfort, KY.
!, Farmer James Reddna, 20 years old his vii
and visitors Mrs. John Lymen and Alexand'
y Barbour, we're sitting on the front porch, whe
. a bolt of lightning descended upon the hous
, instantly killing Mrs. Lymen. .Redding and Ba
bour. Mrs Redding was so shocked that h'
!. recovery ia hardly possible. Three corpses Ii
q NJ her feet The house was not burned.
u Charged with Murder.
o Mrs. James Cummings, wife of farr
l. er. was Jailed at Knoxville, Tenn, tt
Il other night, charged with murderin
l. her 11-year-old stepson, LOTUS Cur
Q mings. The boys body was found wit
head and face horribly beaten wit
It an AK.
(. Charged with Robbing Body.
IS James A. Stevens, fisherman, WI
/. arrested at Memphis, Tenn, charge
o with robbing the body of Silas Meye
1t mate of the steamer Ohio, who fe
ia overheard and was drowned.
x Committed Suicide.
IN Geo. V. Strong, Jr., aged 80, col
* mitted suicide at Raleigh, N. c. /
c. was a son of ex- Judge and ex-memb
IS of the confederate congress George
10 Strong of Raleigh.
Pan Handle Wheat.
at It Is estimated tn at fully 10000
n bushels OF wheat will be threshed
ne the Pan Handle, in Texas, this seaso
re The Pan Handle could be made gre
Is wheat country.
= Result of an Old Feud.
Ae Paul b. Jumel, son of member
~ the Louisiana legislature, was kill
ne by L. d. Lechc, planter. at St. Gabri
SO Jumel was severely wounded. An Q
AZ feud.
10 An Indian Orator.
H. Joseph Maytubby, full-blood
M choctaw Indian, was awarded the hig
De est honor for oratory at the commen'
in ment Of Trinity college at Durha