Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-14


from LIE Caron, the British spy, being
dead, as reported recently, he is en-
route to one of the most distant British
colonies, because of a Fenian plot to
kill him.
On the 2sth the New York associated
banks held $50, 797, It's in excess of the
requirements of the 25-per-cent rule.
DANIEL WHoRLTNG was released from
the Pittsburgh (Pa.) workhouse, on
the 7th, and went to the vegcta bic
stand kept by his wife, an estimable
woman who had supported him fol
years, and shot her three times She
died in fifteen minutes
ADvIcEs from Bluefelds, MOSQUITO
reservation, show very critical con.
dition of affairs there and very ugly
feeling existing between the Nicara.
guans, who are in possession of the
government, and the Americans, who
are the dominating commercial, finan.
cial and political elements of the
country.
The highest court of Mexico has con.
firmed the sentence of death recently
passed upon Charles Adams, the Ameri-
can, who murdered waiter in a res
taurant in the city OF Mexico three
years ago. Adams comes of promi-
nent family of New Orleans, and the
American colony have used every ef-
fort to have his sentence lghtened
without success.
ABRAHAM GREEN died April in
Ration, n. NJ, where he was on a visit
to his son. He was probably the old
est resident of Boone county, Mo. He
was born near Lexington, Ky, in 1900,
and was in his ninety fourth year when
he died. lie served in the Black Hawk
war, the Mexican war and four wears
in the confederate army, being wound
cd several times.
HUNDREDS of counterfeit silver dol
lars and halves have been circulating
in Lafayette, Ind, of late. The coins
were of good color and well executed
but of light weight and easily cut with
knife. George Closson and William
Hit were arrested on the sth, and "a
quantity of the bogus was found in
their possession.
RICHARD WlsTER, the last of the &C.
centric millionaire Wister brothers, of
Philadelphia, who have made their
home in Atlantic City, N. j., for sew
eral wears, died, on the night of the
Sth, OF broken heart. Ever since the
death of his brother Lewis, which oc-
cured few weeks ago, he had grieved
incessantly and had refused to touch
food.
THE heaviest hail-storm in the his
tory of Oklahoma and Kansas, attend
ed with great damage to crops and un-
protected live stock, fell on the even
ing Of the sth. The hailstones were
very large, and much damage was done
TO buildings, while growing vegetables
and wheat in many places were driven
into the earth.
TIE announcement Is made on good
authority that Budd Doblc, the famous
horseman, has decided to drive no more
races, lie will retire from active work.
except the general uperintendency of
his interests. All the driving is to be
intrusted to his assistant, John II. Dick
inSon.
FIRE was discovered in the large brick
store of W. r. 4, r. Carnahan at Find
lay, O., on the Sth. Prompt work
saved the building which is one of the
finest in northwestern Ohio. The en-
tire stock on the first floor was ruined,
the loss amounting to $4,000; insur'
ance, $1,000 or stock and $4,000 on
building.
FIRE, on the night of the Sth, de-
stroyed one of the American Straw
Board Co.'S mammoth ricks of balcd
straw at Anderson, Ind. The rick con.
tanned 5000 bales, or 200 tons. and
made fire that was impossible to
fight. Six streams of water were kept
on it for five hours.
THE list of members of congress who
will not be candidates for denomination
is swelling, Mr.. Ellis, of the Owens.
boro (Ky.) district, joins Mr.. Paynter,
of the same state, in declaring an in
tention to go back to the practice of
law. Mr.. Ellis has served three terms.
FRANK KENNEDY was crushed to
death and Frederick Koenig perhaps
fatally injured beneath an elevator in
the Columbus Cloak Co. S store in Chi
cago, on the Sth. The men were maxi
ing some repairs to the elevator, VIII
the cage fell upon them.