Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-03-28
SOUTHERN cLEANrNos.

SOUTHERN cLEANiNos.
No Sunday Trains in North Carolina.
The railroad blue laws. which havs
been on the statute books In North
Carolina for long time, but have
never been enforced except In isolated
,ases, are to be enforced In Charlotte,
md an orderufrom Mayor Weddington
20 that effect has gone into operation.
Hereafter no railroad company will be
permitted to run any car, train of cars
>r locomotive ON any railroad on Sun.
lay, except such as may be run for the
purpose Of transmitting the mails Of
he United States, with or without
baggage. Trains in transit, having
on Saturday, In order to reach
he terminus, may run until nine
''clock Sunday morning, but not later,
ior for any other purpose than to
each such terminus or shops, under
'enalty Of a fine Of $500 for each Of
ense.;
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
A terrible explosion occurred at Nc
Lurkins mill, near Caledonia, Wilcox
county, Ala the other day. The OK,
'afety valve. The boiler crz.|.sd
Trough the mill and sped along close
% the ground for 400 feet and buried
tself In the ground. Sim Watts, a
'armer, Alexander Grace. laborer at
The mill, and Allen Hollinger, fireman,
we're killed. II. /. Defee, farmer,
lad leg broken and was internally
injured. His recovery is doubtful. The
'wner Of the mill was the only person
IN the premises who escaped serious
injury.
Suspected Assassins.
William Gotier and Albert Hinton
we're arrested at Clarksville, Tenn,
harged with being the assassins OF
William Villines, of Orlinda, who was
allied from his house into his yard
everal nights ago and riddled with
hot. After being wounded villincs
ccused Gotier of being one of the as
Hssins, and also implicated Hinton,
9th of whom were his neighbors.
hey were caught in Portland and
'dged in Jail in default of bail.
Reunion on Shiloh Battlefield.
On Decoration day, May 30, there
ill be a reunion on the Shiloh battle-
eld of the survivors of that battle.
speakers from the north
nd south will deliver addresses. A
,ature Of the programme will be the
edication of monument by the mem.
ers of the Ninth Illinois infantry at
lie national cemetery in honor of their
'mrades who fell at Shiloh, they hav.
Ig lost 1856 men in killed and wounded
, the battle.
Tramp Eats n Square Meal and Dies.
A strange man called at the home OF
d. I. II. Rosser, near Dallaston, Ala,
i'd asked for something to eat. His
ants were supplied and, after eating
S fill, the man left. The next morning
IS body was found cold and stiff 40
irds from the house. The man was
tramp and had the appear
ice of having been on a spree. He
as buried at the expense of the
'unty.
Practical Joker Shot.
For some time James Beasley, Of
arksville, Tenn, has been troubled
! : William Saunders, 4 'fflenu;; VINO
I'd masked himself to frighten Beas-
y. Refusing to answer to Beasley's
quiry after knocking, prompted Beas'
v to shoot, the bullet entering Saun-
,rs' bowels. Beasley was exonerated.
Worry WIN Cause Death.
Mrs. Sarah Short, of Lexington. KY,
hile dressing herself to attend court,
as stricken with heart trouble and
ed. She had brought suit for $4,000
yainst b. B. Jones, of the Lexington
lsiness college, for false arrest and
nprit onment, and her friends attri-
ate the cause of .her death to her
orry over the trial, which was to be-
IN Jnht morning.
Found Dead In o Hovel.
James o. Smith, alias James Cox,
as found dead in n negro hovel at
exington, KY, the other night. He
as n years old, and was once mem-
,r of Co. b, Fifteenth New York cav
ry, in the Union army, acquiring a
rtune after the war, and after years
drink landing in the Fayette county
,orhouse.
j. r. Prescott
j. p. Prescott, the historian of West
died at Memphis, aged 90.
c settled in Memphis in 1890, and was
stter acquainted with the history OF
est Tennessee than any other man OF
cent years. He was hero Of the
ar, and of the yellow-fever period.
Oldest Pensioner In Kentucky.
Mrs. Sarah Simpson, aged 90, the
Idest pensioner in Kentucky, died at
ollings. She was born on the first
~ of the present century, and was a
ember Of the Methodist church for SO
ears.
Strange Request
John Walton, colored, sentenced to
. hanged at Birmingham, Ala, re-
uested the jailer to see how much he
ould get for his body from the doctors
order to provide himself with deli
lcies before the hanging.
Leaves a WIFE ana child.
Henry Hudson, white, aged as, havs
q young wife and child, was
rowned in stream in Warren coun-
!, Tenn, while trying to board boat.
Killed by Fly wheel.
William Bachus, a saw-mill owner
Lineville, Clay county, Ala, was
Istantly killed ut his saw-mill, being
hirled around by the fy wheel.
Dropped Dead.
J. T. Klyce, broker at Corinth,
Iiss., who represented quite a number
commercial houses In other cities,
ropped dead on the streets.
For Misccgcnation.
At Marshall, Mo-, a white man and
Is dusky bride were arrested for vio-
Lting the state law against miscegena-
on; penalty, penitentiary.
vanderbiit's North Carolina Farm.
Secretary Morton says that George
place In North Carolina is