Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-01-12

Meanwhile the syndicate is getting
options on all tho land beneath which
the bed is known or supposed to exist.
So far the borings have been principally
confined to the lands OF Mr.. Moody
White, one Of the parties to the syndi'
cate.
In one OF these borings a pocket OF
gas was discovered which blew of for
hours afterward.
Misc ellaneous.
Pat McEachin, the oldest citizen OF
Clay County, died last week, aged 90
years.
J. P. Roberts, OF West Points, has
gone to Illinois for the purpose of bring.
ing an excursion of immigration to this
State.
Jane Mari, the wife Of Alfred Marr,
Of Greenville, gave birth last week to
three well-developed children, all boys,
two of whom are now living, one dying
in a few hours after birth.
The West Point city schools, by
special tax, will continue nine months
with an attendance, white and colored,
OF about 900, employing about fifteen
teachers In the white schools and five
in the colored.
The storehouse Of Rev. McClinton &
Co., of Forest, was burglarized one
night last week, and an attempt made
to blow open the safe, but was unsuc-
cessful. Goods of every description
were scattered around over the floor.
1t is supposed the robbers became
frightened before completing their job.
The Southern Female College moved
into the new building at West Point on
December 1st with 14O pupils, which
will likely be increased during the re.
mainder OF the session. This school
was moved from Oxford last summer,
but school for girls has been continued
at the latter place.
]. V. Williams and Bud Logue,
charged with attempting to rob Valley
Route train at Panther Burn, last No.
vember, are in Jail at Vicksburg in de-
fault of $4,000 bond each. Barney
Boykin, the third robber, who turned
States evidence is out on bond. Logue
is said to have admitted being one Of
the party that attacked the train.
James Jones, one of the Oldest most
prominent and prosperous citizens of
Alcorn County, was found dead in his
field last week. He had gone out from
his house in the early morning and not
returning to dinner the family became
alarmed and search was instituted and
he was soon found lying dead in ditch
where he had fallen.
The Valley railroad is making prepar-
ations to receive party Of immigrants
from Belgium, who are coming with
Leopold Giffroy to join the Belgian
colony planted last fall in Coahoma
County. There are thirteen in the
party, all of them hearty agr:culturists,
and who may be expected to prove tho
forerunners of many more to come.
Another manufacturing concern, the
Nut, Lock, Rail-Brace and Tie Plate
Company, with capital stock of $780,
900, has been organized at Meridian.
OF this amount S72, 600 has been sub
scribed for by Meridian and Lauderdals
County people. The new company,
which will prove a most valuable &C.
cession to the manufacturing in.
terests of Meridian, will own and con.
troll what are known as the Page patents.
which cover devices, said to be the mos.
effective yet invented, for holding to-
gether the iron rails of railroads.
A movement, which seems destined
to become popular among the planters
Of Mississippi, was inaugurated at
Nitta Yuma last week. Resolutions
were passed fixing the pay Of best male
labor at so cent per day. Not more than
81 per month, with rations, will be paid
the best laborers, and crops should be
laid by at maximum expenditure Of
50. so per acre. Clubs will at once be
formed throughout the State, having
for their motto reduction Of wages.
The State revenue agent last week
closed two Illicit retailers at Port
Gibson and Grand Gulf. At the former
place the attachment was taken against
a party named Lehman and w. II.
johnson & Co., and at the latter against
a man named Evans and w. II. Johnson
& Co. Damages Of S1,5O0 are claimed
at Port Gibson and of $1,000 at Grand
Gulf A large quantity OF whisky was
found at Port Gibson.
A terrible tragedy occurred last week
at Cascella, little village in Talla-
hatchie County. The young people of
the community had assembled at the
residence Of S. r. Tatum for social en-
joyment About o'clock the report Of
a gun close to the house was heard, sue
ceeded by noise as Of some object
striking the floor. Investigation showed
that man by the name Of George San.
ford was lying on the floor OF the front
porch with q CHASTITY wound In his
breast caused by load of buckshot
fred at close range by some unknown
person. Sanford bad been in the neigh
borhood but a few months.
Judge Chrisman decided an interest.
Ing case at Jackson last week involving
the custody OF l3-months-old child.
The petition was filed by Mrs. Beulah
w. Gum, mother Of the child, against
George W. Gum, its father. The
petitioner alleged that she separated
from Gum last month on account OF Ill
treatment; that on December 29th last
he sent for the child, saying he was
poing to Texas and desired to tell n
goodbye. The child was sent. and Cum
kept it, refusing to return II q "a
mother Judge Chrlsman ordered ths(
the child be given 70 ths mothos. -
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