davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1894-10-27
Carl Emil Hedemann,
Goupernear for de danst- ~postindisks Der,
OberSt,
Rider nF D1nnobro0
MJOR V%ITTERLIGT


NJ0R V%ITTERLIGT: Paa Finantsministeriets derom
VI nedlagte allerunderdanigste Forestlling bar det be-
haget Hans Maest@t Kongen we'd Alerh6jeste Resoluti ion
af 2lde September d, A. allernaadigst at stadfaste f6lgende
af Kolonialraadet for st. Crolx we'd 3die Behandling den
Eden Juli d. A. vedtagne %Anordning ON Tilskud fra St,
Croix Kolonia1kasse til 1.-THE West India and Panama
Telegraph Company, Limited for ct Iidsrum af Aar fra
1ste Januar 1896 at regne.
bet we'd Anoraning af 7de November 1890, "The West India
& Panama Telegraph Company Limited" tlsikkrede aarige TiLskud af
st. Croix Colonialkasse af $1,000 5 Aar fra lste Januar 1890 at
regne tsikkres fremdeles det ngvnte Selkab for ct Tdsrum af s
Aar fra 1te Januar 1895 1t regne pa de Anordning af eden
November 1885 anforte Vlkaar.
Hvorefter allie V~edkommende sig have at rett6.
GouvHaementet for de danskp sGndiske Der,
81. Thomas, den l6de October 1894.
Under min Haand og Gouvernementets segL.
HEDEMANN,
L. -.
, 1894-10-27
ANORDNTNG

ON Ti:skud fra st. Croix Kolonialkasse
til 1.-The West India an; Panama Tele-
graph Company Limited" for ct Ti,dsrum
af 5 Aar fra 1ste Januar 1895 at
regne.
, 1894-10-27
ORDINANCE

concerning a subsidy from the Colonial
Treasury of St. Croix to The West India
and Panama Telegraph Company Linn
ted" for a period of 5 years to commence
on and from the 1st January 1895.
, 1894-10-27

stiansted med den Posten tillaete
Looming af 5000 aarligt.
Gouvernements Secretariatet, st. Croix,
den code October 1894.
LTMPRICHT.
Translation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

Oxford, Oct. lo.-E. L. Tarry, late
president of the First National Bank of
Starkville, who was convicted of techni.
cal violation of the national bank act.
was yesterday sentenced to five years in
the county Jail at this place. Under the
counts OF the indictment on which Mr..
larry was convicted be could have been
sentenced to twenty years at hard labor
In the penitentiary, but the evidence
in tho case so thoroughly acquitted
him of any moral wrong or Of having
received any benefit from the funds OF
the bank that he was given the mini.
mum sentence. Tho jury which sat on
his case have unanimously signed a
petition for his pardon, and state that
the evidence did not disclose and they
failed to find any evidence of moral
turpitude. Mr.. larry seems to have
allowed his earnest desire to save his
bank from ruin to induce him to use the
credits of the bank for the benefit OF the
bank in way which the laws forbid.
In Aberdeen. where he was tried, he
was unanimously acquitted Of any
wrongdolng and has the thorough sym.
pathy of that community in his mis-.
fortune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
POETRY IN PERSIA.
A Land Where Everyone Speaks
In Flowery Sentences.
Some Specimens Of the Impromptu verss
OF Wandering Minstrels-Similcs and
Metaphors In the Mouths of
Ordinary Laborcrs.
special Teheran persia, Letter

tSpecNl leherun tPerslhl l-etter.l
Singular that poetic feeling pervades
the breast of every Persian. For in
most respects. judged by the western
standard, there is very little inspira-
tion, very little romance in life and in
the surroundings Of the average Per-
sian. The country is fast going'to the
dogs under the misrule of centuries, SO
much SO that the larger part OF its
wide and Numerically varied area has
become arid, bare and unattractive,
with steep ranges of mountains whose
sides are almost barren of every kind Of
vegetation and devoid of animal life
Surrounded by two powerful neighbors,
the Russian transcaspian region and
the British possessions in India. the
life is slowly strangled out of once
mighty Persia, and her political indie
pendence is even now nothing but a
pleasant fiction, for as matter OF fact
the shah, though irresponsible despot
at home, Is nothing but the vassal of
Russia and the pensioner of Britain.
With that, too, the lower strata of the
population, comprising nineteen-twen-
tieths of the whole, are stepped in pow
ertv and ignorance Of the deepest dye,
and existence under such circum-
stances becomes mere struggle for
the bare necessities Of life. as
1t is a fact that u Persian ryot, or la
h., .l.s. -, ...,l. .~.tt Il
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

Mobile, Ala, Oct. l1.-H. c. Moore.
formerly of Corinth, Miss, has Just
reached here from Egypt. Eight years
ago he left Mississippi penniless and
inexperienced youth, possessing moth
ing but grit and love of adventure. lie
returns millionaire. lie has made
three trips entirely around the CONT
nent since leaving his native State and
finally settled in South Africa. He
drove trade with an African king for
two tracts of mineral land OF seventy
square miles each at nominal price.
Last spring bc sold one OF them to the
British South African Mining Company
for S1,000,000 cash. lie has Just sold
the other to an English syndicate for
S1,c5o,000, and is en- route to England to
close the deal. He will take two of his
Alabama nieces, Misses Coffee and
Moore, with him. He gave them
$4,000 each as present today.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
1ALA DAY IN BATAVIA, N. Y

DedicatiOn OF the Old Holland Land Of
fice Building "TO the Memory OF Robert
Merris. The Exercises Participated In
By Members OF the Cabinet and Other
distinguished Guests--Secretary Carlisle
delivered the Grafton.
HATAvIA, n. V, Oct. I4.-The MORN
hg OF the day set apart for the dedica-
ton of the old Holland land office
luilding broke dark and threatening,
Tut the gloomy outlook did not pre-
vent the assembling of the largest
gathering this little village has ever
Witnessed. The normal population of
5000 has, by the influx of visitors from
various sections of Genesse, Wyoming,
livingston, Niagara, Erie and Orleans
punties, been swelled to twice that
humber. Promptly on time the train
barring the
MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND OTHERS
from Washington rolled into the depot,
when the distinguished visitors were
welcomed by a reception committee
and escorted to the Richmond hotel.
The party was made up of Secretary
and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary and Mrs.
Lamont, Secretary Herbert and daugh.
ter, Mrs. Micou, Secretary Gresham,
Secretary Smith, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General Maxwell and AS
sistant Postmaster Jones. Postmaster.
General and Mrs. Bissell arrived from
Buffalo on morning train and joined
the party at the hotel
WHERE A RECEPTION WAS HELD.
Following the reception the distin.
guished visitors were driven to stand
in front of the land Office from which
they reviewed parade Of civic and
military organizations. Then the un.
yelling of the tablet took place, fol.
lowed by a prayer by Bishop Ryan.
The tablet is of marble two by four
feet in size and contains the inscrip
tion:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
CRASHED AT A CROSSING.


NEW ORLEANS, Oct. Ii. Nothing but
miracle prevented one of the most
horrible wrecks in the history OF
Louisiana yesterday. As it is abou.
fifteen people were more or less in.
jured, seven of them seriously, and
$40, 600 worth of railroad property was
destroyed. The wreck was at the
junction of the Louisville & Nashville
and New Orleans e. Northeastern
tracks, about two miles from the city,
and occurred just before $50 o'clock
The colliding trains were the Louis
vile & Nashville excursion and the
East Louisiana-Covington excursion
train. Both trains were completely
filed with pleasure-scekers bound TOR
the Jake coast resorts on the pine lands
of Saint Tammany parish.
The engineer of the Louisville &
Nashville train claims he stopped De-
fore reaching the crossing. and is sub
stantiated by the passengers on lis
train, and that he blew the warning
whistle that he was going ahead and
received no response. He started
ahead and then saw the East Louisi-
ana train bearing down on him at a
good rate of speed. Having started. it
was too late to think of stopping and
reversing, so he opened the throttle
and tried TO get over the crossing be-
fore the other train reached him.
AS subsequent events proved he failed
in his effort, and the consequence was
that when the other train struck his.
the coupling parted and the engine
and seven coaches were not stopped
for over 100 yards, There is no doubt
in the world but that this prevented
greater disaster, for it broke the force
Of the shock from the East Louisiana
train, diverting its impetus and pre-
venting the engine from crashing head
on into the coach, filed with mass of
humanity, totally oblivious of the fact
that grim death stared them in the
face.
The East Louisiana engineer claims
that the air brakes refused to work,
and that when he found that it was
impossible to avoid collision he
and his fireman jumped, the latter te-
ing the first to leap from the cab. The
latter claims that the customary
whistle was blown, but a good many
persons dispute that fact.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
CONDENSED TElEGRAMS.

TIE contract for the foundation OF the
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts build
ing of the Cotton States Exhibition at
Atlanta was let on the 18th and contracts
for the nine principal buildings will
follow.
In thu recent storm fifteen fishermen
were lest on Sand Island, ten miles from
Apalachiola, Fla.
THE total value of timber exported
from Southern ports during the month
of September was S277,l7s; lumber,
1858, 1S9; manufactures Of lumber, s64,'
500; total value, S905, ,259, against $579,'
5O4 for August, or gain for the month
OF S415,755.
The Columbia Distilling Company,
the strongest enemy of the Whisky
Trust, on the 14th made public the re-
suits Of an experiment by which they
produce a very fair quality Of spirits
from sugar beet molasses.
THE annual report Of Commodore E.
O. Matthews to the Secretary OF the
Navy upon naval yards and docks, esti-
mates the expenditures for the next
fiscal year at sl,s6l,295.
Hon. ORAN FoLLETT, OF Sandusky,
Ohio, died on the 14th in his ninety
fifth year.
Ara meeting OF the Confederate Vet
erans of the N. b. Forrest encampment
in Forrest City, Ark, on the l4th 1t was
decided to organize a uniform rank
styled Company A, First regiment Ar
kansas Confederate Veterans.
Iron and steel mills at Harrisburg Pa,
are enjoying an era of unprecedented
prosperity. At the Pennsylvania steel
Works the products of nails and Bes'
semer Is the heaviest for years.
THE tobacco crop OF Bath County, ky.,
will be cut down at least 25 per cent by
the heavy frosts Of the past week
while the sorghum output will also be
conSlQeraUly uooioooe~
W. b. SMITH, employed in the bureau
of engraving and printing, was arrested
at Washington on the 18th, charged
with stealing $4,000 2-cent postage
stamps from the government.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has given notice
that the 81, ,195, $50 in Columbian Expo
sition silver half dollars may be had in
anv quantities to suit in exchange Tor
gold coin.
TIE price of middling cotton was on
the 1gth tho lowest on record. Inc
Liverpool figure was 3 li-s9d. Inc
lowest known price before was S-sd,
October IS, lS4s.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
Miscellaneous.

The gin-house Of Mr.. L. Finn, about
ono mile south OF Olive Branch, was
burned yesterday. The fire started at
the press while packing out bale.
Col. R. C. Clark, one of tho Oldest and
wealthiest citizens Of Lee county, died
at his home at Verona last week. lie
had been i'll for several months, and his
health for several years had been such
that he had retired from active bust
ness. For many years he was identified
with the lasge business Of Clark, Hood
& Co., and the Bank of Tupelo, and
figured extensively in business circles
in that section. lie was man univer-
sally esteemed and noted for his honest
business traits and Christian zeal and
deeds.
Last week w. 5. Joyner, prominent
citizen of Lee county, had his right
hand horribly mangled in a steam
shelter, which will probably cause him
to lose the use OF it.
a nre 0roke out at Biloxi last week
in Bayou Oyster saloon and communi-
Gated to the Masonic Opera House,
Swettman's drug store, Picard's dry
goods store, Dates dwelling, George
Ohr's seven buildings, John R. Hartnes
& Sons planning mills, Falls dry goods
store and other buildings, covering two
squares. Twenty-seven building valued
at $4,000 we're destroyed.
In answer to a question propounded
in reference to the qualification Of
voters In case the assessor had failed to
perform his duty in placing upon his
rolls every citizen who was not ex-
empted BY the law, to-wit: Under tho
age of 81 and over the age Of 60, the
deal and dumb and blind, and those
who had been disabled by loss OF limb,
the attorney-general's opinion is that Q
man who is not assessed is not liable
for tha payment Of poll tax, and is,
therefore, qualified voter. when he
registers.
), No AMOUNT of Guilty. alton can make q tllis-
ue tear tJuit.-ltam'a Horn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
Rewards offered.
A BRACE OF VILLAINS
Steal Horse and Buggy and .Abduct
Pretty Girl.

DEs MONIES, Ia. l5-Early yesterday
merning William Sampson and another
tough stole horse and buggy from
District Attorney j. j. Davis. and
drove TO the east side of the river.
where they abducted pretty BecRic
Blair from the front of her home. They
then carried her into the country where
she escaped and returned with her face
badly bruised from her fight with the
men. The police captarcd Sampson
and locked him up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
A Practical Consideration.

"What are we to do with the an
archists?" asks the man who studies
political economy.
"Why, when they break the law we
can put them in the penitentiary."
"Yes, we can do that But l hate
like everything to demoralize the peni-
tentiary."- y."-Washington Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
A Man Of Experience.

Shackleton lin the diamond bust.
ness)--I had man in my place this
morning who had wonderful eye. He
could tell how much diamond weighed
by just looking at it.
Wibberly-He must have been my
Ice man. n.--Brooklyn Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

Les us up an slip away
Mong the shadders cool an gray:
Swap the dust fer fresh-mowed hay,
Dandelins an fields o green,
Change September back to May
Jest like tradin' sight -on-seen.
Swan TO gracious! F could see
Them oil days an be once moro
Somethin like vat to be,
Tough an hearty to the core:
Feel my pockets bulgln' wide
With the'r load o. things inside
Marbles. hooks an lines IN dried
Fishin worms an stuff -1-jing
ia Jest swap the years between
Now an then, fer any thing
Kind o tradin' sight-on-seen.
'Taint no use o waitin'. Les
Natcherly Jest amhle back
Down the road to happiness;
Long the oil foot-beatcn track
Runnin' up from bingham mill,
Through the Geddes place until,
Tired an tuckered out, We stop,
Zigzag back an forth. an drop
Down acrost the Bishop hill.
Cool our bare feet In the grass.
Where the beech trees lock an lean
Up above US as we pass
Sort o tradin' sight-on-seen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
Direct from Paris.

Mother-My goodness! You might
rs we'll wear tights as that rig. You
certainly don't intend to go bathing
in ii.
Daughter - Bathing! Horrors, mol
This isn't for bathing. It's only for
bicvcling. .--Good News,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
RuSSrE' UP FROM BrScuAMs MILL.

Les 'xchangc this fev riSh life,
Gallin care an sharp distress
Trade these busy days o strife
Fer an hour O idlencss.
Les stretch ont an bat our eyes
At the depths o summer skies,
Where the turkey-huzzarG lies
Anchored in the upper air:
Far above the hilltops, where
Mingled waves o shade an sheen
Lnp among the gold On rreen
Harvest 1elds an paStur lands
Tradin' with EN- sight-on-scen.
Sort o. tradin' sicht-on-secn.
II | could make YOU understand
f | could tell yoa what mean,
Step by stop an hand in hund
We'd Jest creep tn lazy on.
Down the wood path to the pom
Like we done In days that's gone.
Stretch full length upon the steep
Overhangln' bank an peep
At two pairs O blue cycs Keen.
Smilin ut us through the deep,
Dim an sleepy w'ter-scrccn-
Tradin' with us si2ht-on-seen.
'Taint no use O. vishin', thought
Life Jest hurrics on an on
Cst to wait fer days to 80,
Now 1t seems they're up an gone
Fore We have chance to see
Whero we are; an there We be
Glancin' Mt eternity
Yet, II could lavo my way
CT me bacl; the fresh-mowed hay,
Dandeli'rs m fields o green
Turn september back to May
jest like tradll SiRnt-ol-seen'
&. O. LArTus
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
Universal Suffrage in Belgium.

BRussELLs. Oct. l5.--Belgiums frs,
parliamentary election with universe
suffrage was held yesterday. The
weather was rainy and raw and the
voting was slow. As the bulk of The
votes were cast late the returns come
in ,ardily, although the polls were
closed about the middle of the after
noon, N,
Excited crowds surrounded the city
hall at . o'clock, but at nightfnll had
learned little of the result. 1t was
known then that the clericals had
made gains IN many districts, and that
the liberals Asa suffered heavily.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

"Is there any money in your husi
ness?' hit
I'VE paid fifty per cent. last year
"Phew. How did you manage it:'
"Our creditors saw that was all they
could get, and they took it. answers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
A REGULAR RASCAL.
Mortgagsd His Property, Robbed His CT-
ents and Fled.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct. l5.-L. T. Bur6,
prominent attorney of this place,
whose present whereabouts is ur-
known, is n heavy defaulter. Among
the losers are the Loan e. Guarantee
Co., Hartford, Conn, $1,000; thu
Stephens Lumber Co., $1,000; NJ. l.
Jones. Of Smithland, sl.sO0; II. l.. Ho
gan, of this city, $3.50, and James Hor-
ton, s7o0, Burd has his property so
heavily mortgaged that nothing can
be recovered from it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20
r,eurcs and Figures

She--So you want to marry me sim
ply because have good figure?
He (who has been looking up the old
gentleman In Bradstrcet)-No; simply
because your father has.-Truth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

Inns to the statistical division
brtment of agriculture for
hfOctober make cotton show
fa2 points from the Septem-
Ion, which was S5.9.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

kcuEr.L of Florida says that
Sd Fitzsimmons will not be
10 fight in that state, even
klaturc has to be convened
nose of preventing it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

rne Gazette of the 18th as.
|the European powers have
b a Corean policy, and de-
! take any action hindering
se advance upon Pckin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

of the nest OF thirty
lhe Henry Clay colliery. sha'
blew up, on the llth, and
|were reported killed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

4 in the United States dur
fek ended the 18th were sSl,
"A for the corresponding
Isl year, and 43 in Canada,
last year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

"Why, Miss De Bcllc, how costumea
alter people. hardly knew you"
'.Do look suck n fright. thea
AOn the contrary; ION look insss
charming. g.---Cincinnau Enquirer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

|BouND passenger train on
Ind, fredericksburg & Poto-
Id was held up near Quin-
b the eth, by seven masked
fobbed the expresses car OF
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

held up a Southern Pacific
{rain a few miles west OF
4. CAL, on the night of the
botcd the Wells-Fargo Co.'S
securing over 500
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

bth n detachment of Japan
4 and infantry made an at
|and routed Il force Of 1000
| Wei.Ju and captured the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

Presbyterian synod, in ses-
kmbus, on the 18th, adopted
| urging congress topass the
prohibiting express compa-
hndling the business of lot
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

|h or more from one to three
Oklahoma territory have
4 daily on the charge of
pand cases, On the 18th
Pctments were pending in
Fates court, and about fifty
Pecn sentenced to the pen
for the same crime.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

cultural department has re-
| Joseph Mates, Jr., one of
htatives in Europe, a letter
Satisfactory increase in the
k-ican corn in Germany.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

| COUNTY national bank OF
keb.. failed to open its doors
I'M. The officers refused 10
ktement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

nese government has de-
/ an internal war loan of
fhich, together with the
Tor war purposes, will
lonrees of the government
1000 A minority in the
red a foreign loan, owing
'eSs of the last internal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

e ot . 49,. Paris, publishes a
aow"ss % s,,ect that the agents
bI,sei,' bI"tts Will shortly hold
boin,n.w rsan with a view to Sc
a,lh,,,nent arhi,l of a board Of
la al'0''ratc the Chinese.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

| ClENFrEGos. who is being
kland, Cal, pending extra
[received a letter from Gen.
BIZ that President Diaz has
his case to the Mexican min
Ellington.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

L Spinners' association at
ENlass,, voted, on the 19th,
be manufacturers PROPOSE
his, it was believed, would
ktrike OF the u, 900 opera
city.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

6IHr e. ANDREWS, one OF the
pcdestrians in the country,
Age of 10? in Sumter, $. c. D.,
] Of the loth. He was a SOL
Mexican war and in the
kbellion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

lday anniversary of tn,
lcrancc agitator, Fathe'
|curred on the 10th, and thu
+ celebrated in Chicago bt
fde composed of Catholi,
fnt temperance organi,n-
atholic and public sch ,ol
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

IDAi MCCARTNEY, Secre-
Chinese legation in Lon
+ that there is not an atom
the rumor that China has
iations with Japan for a
sttlemNnt Of the war.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

p score ever made by a
\ cavalryman was record
p'h' in the army shoot at
Ph' Sergt. Charles Kars-
r. FIRST cavalry, msde the
PORE of A points out of a
pa thc 5oo-yards range.
/ with the regular army
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

les wife of Prot, Nor
S minister of war, saws
S''andlng the great friend
fSls's between President
70 and Antonio Ezeta, of
n ~ VIII never encourage
al.iy in his scheme for a
oi The Central American
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

fS,,general, to whom the
,nsa rae,red' decided, on the
4. ofd wool used in the
N re refers to sheep wool
,,, t"e new duties, under
as .ae hair of other Ani.
heoass smect August as, when
hss'nee sa'ne operative. col.
! s,vn maa instructed to re-
! upon the basts Of this
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-20

jackson, Oct, 9.-In published card
Mrs. A. McC. Kimbrough calls atten-
tion to the fact that Beauvor, the
home of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, is sadly
in need of repairs. The yard, she says,
is tangled mass Of briars and weeds
and broken treo tops, hurled together
in wild confusion; that lightning struck
the house, tearing away q part OF the
slate roof and demolishing the chimney.
The rain has poured in, greatly damag.
ing the interior, marring furniture and
destroying treasured works OF art, the
collection of years. Things are going
from bad to worse at an alarming rate.
She calls on the patriotic daughters of
Mississippi to contribute enough to make
the necessary repairs, and says it will
only require small amount from each
community to do so. She thinks the house
unfit for habitation, and that it's condi.
tion answers the query why Mrs. Davis
and her daughter do not return to the
South.