Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24

The annual meeting of the Missis
sippi Medical Association will be held
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April
4, 5 and 6 in the senate cham Der at Jack
son, commencing at II am. Wednesday
and closing at 2p.m. on Friday. Re.
duced rates have been granted by all
railroads.
a RAIN, hail and electric storm pre-
vailed at Greenville one night last
week. The rain and hail was very
heavy, but lasted only twenty minutes,
Lightning struck one of the dynamos
of the electric light plant, knocking the
engineer senseless for some time and
the city was left in perfect darkness.
Several trees were also struck by the
lightning and number of persons were
shocked.
The penitentiary board of control has
passed an order notifying the Missis-
sippi State Fair Association TO remove
any and al Improvements now on the
fair grounds at Jackson by the first day
Of April next. This order is made un.
ier authority of the act of February Q,
1894 The board also passed an order
directing Warden Jenkins, of the peni-
tentiary, to take charge of the land and
cultivate it as he saw proper.
DAYTON HALE, ex-postmaster of CO.
lumbus, was arrested last week. Gov.
ernment figures show that Mr.. Hale is
indebted to the Departmental the sum OF
sl,13769. The shortage came about in
this way:' Mr.. Hale rented his post.
office for SIS per year, while he was
allowed and collected from the postotiice
department $500, making himself prof
of S325 per annum. A postoflice inspec-
tor recently made visit to Columbus
and dropped on to the racket, and Mr.,
Hale is now being called on to settle the
overcharge. Hale's bondsmen will be
held liable.
THE Central Hotel at Grenada was
robbed one night last week. The safe
was carried about fifty yards from tho
house, drilled, opened and the contents
stolen. A sledge hammer, drills, a
coffee sack and rags used to deaden the
report were found. Fifty dollars were
taken from the safe The jewelry and
valuable papers in the safe were also
stolen, The negro porter at the hotel
Is missing and can't be found. The
crime is supposed to have been com.
mitted by the same parties who robbed
the postohlce at Durant. The negro
porter was sleeping in the Office OF the
hotel, and he is supposed to have been
taken of by the robbers.
HENRY c. BLACKMAN, for thirty years
leading citizen of Walden, and ma
tive of Carroll County, died last week.
FoRNIE BLACK was fatally shot one
evening last week near Oakland. The
facts are that the young man and a
schooimate and intimate friend were
shooting at mark. The friend shot
first, and in passing the gun to him and
after he had taken it in his own hand it
was accidentally discharged and the
bullet passed through tho brain. He
lived about half an hour. He was about
IA years old and belonged to one of the
oldest and most highly respected fami.
lies OF the county.
THERE Is mystery connected with
the disappearance Of one Of the citizens
OF Lula. Mr.. Nix left home five weeks
ago, his objective point being the resi-
dence Of Charles jenkins to do some
carpenter work. jenkins waited three
weeks, and Nix not appearing he wen,
up to Lula to see about him, On asking
Mrs. Nix about her husband, she said
why, he left here about three weeks
ago, going to your house, and though,
| he was there" "No," said Jenkins, she
is not nor has he been there" Mrs. Nix
began search, but so far no trace OF
| him has been found. Mrs. Nix is almos,
at deaths door from the grippe.