Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-02-29
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SOUTHERN oLEANINcs.


SOUTHERN oLEANINoS.
For Confederate Memorial Hall.
The Confederate Veterans camp Of
New York city, Col. A. G. Dickinson,
commander, has issued an appeal to the
people of metropolitan district in the
hope Of raising 100000, which isithc
condition for securing the contribution
of like amount deposited by Charles
Broadway Rouss, of that city. The
object Of the 100000 is to found q
grand memorial hall or battle abbey,
for .the display Of confederate relics
and documents. These relics and REQ
ords will, It Is claimed, form the basis
of an unprecedented, and as yet. unwrit-
ten history Of the civil war.
President st. John of the Mercan-
tile National bank has agreed TO re-
ceive contributions
skeleton Found by children.
Near Haclxlesburg, Marion county,
Ala, q party of children, while search
ing for birds nests in the mountains,
entered cave where, concealed he
hind some rocks, they diseoycred thes
HlxeIeton 7oftn man. The nesh and
clothing had dropped off and only
bones and hair remained. In the head
were two bullet-holcs. The finding Of
the skeleton recalls the fact that about
ten years ago government revenue
officer named Simpson, in search Of
Illicit distilleries in Marion county,
mysteriously disappeared. 1t is be-
lieved now that he was murdered by
moonshiners and that the skeleton
found is his.
Large Alabama Cotton Factory.
The great Dwight cotton factory, To-
Gated in Gadsden, and the largest in
the south, is now in operation; 10000
spindles are in full operation, and the
weaving of cloth goes merrily on. Five
hundred neat dwellings have been COM
pleted, and are now occupied. The
neighborhood now has a population of
1000, and is hustling and thriving
place. Eight hundred persons will be
given employment. The company has
5000 bales of cotton stored in its ware
houses, enough to run the factory
nearly year. Gadsden industries are
all in full blast, with weekly payroll
of $4,000.
Tried to Steal o Bag OF Silver.
]. W. Strong, claiming Tennessee as
his home, was sentenced in the Grim
inal court, at Birmingham, Ala, to ten
years in the pehitentiary, and has been
taken to Pratt mines. Strong was con-
victed on n charge of grand larceny,
having attempted to steal bag of sill
YER, containing 81 900, which the South
ern Express Co. was handling at the
depot in Birmingham. While being
taken from the county jail to the court
house he made his escape, but was re-
captured some miles from the city,
asleep in ditch. He is over SO years
Of age, and served in the confederate
army.
Horrible Murder.
A horrible murder was committed
near Wedowee, Randolph county, Ala,
a few days ago. The body of Miss
Susie Evans. beautiful young woman
and daughter of farmer, was found,
dressed in night robe, dead in pub
lie road near her fathers house. four
miles from Wedowee. Her head had
been crushed and her brains scattered
and battered out. She had evidently
been dragged from her bed and muir
1ered.
Jersey Cattle Cremated.
Fire, believed to be of incendiary
origin, destroyed three barns and their
on the farm of L. p. White,
,ear Pulaski, Tenn. Fifty-four head
of Jersey cattle, valued at $1,000, per-
shed in the flames. The barns were
illed with machinery valued at 81, 600,
Ind feedstuff and grain valued at sew
,ral thousand dollars. The barns were
worth $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
A Ground Hog Pointer.
A ground hog that lives in Louis
lille Ky.) saloonkeeper's back yard
lid not make his appearance bn Feb
'uary 2, though anxiously looked for,
out on the 18th he made his. appear
lnce, and, after eating piece of pdta-
%, he sat up on box, made careful
observation, and then
etired to his hole. These facts are
,acked by sworn affidavit.
For Burning Co-Laborer.
Charles Davis, an iron furnace fire.
nan at Clarksville, Tenn, was arrest
d on the charge of pouring coal oil
ver the clothing of Robert Knight,
mother furnace employe. and setting
ire to his clothing while he was asleep
{ night Knight received what may
rove fatal burns from his hips to his
nlxles.
Burned to Death.
The six-year-old daughter of Claud
'arksdale, prominent citizen, who
ives near Batesville, Albemarle coun-
y, Va, was burned to death. The
lother left the child and its younger
ister in a room, and upon her return
n few minutes found the clothing Of
he oldest child ablaze.
Found Guilty of Accepting n BFibe.
Newton Ford, a magistrate and a \
sader among the negroes Of Shelby
ounty, Tenn, was found guilty Of ac-
cPtiHk bfiuts anu WAC given tufco
ears In the penitentiary. Motion for
new trial was made. There are two
ther charges against him for mall
sasance in Office.
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CentenarIan Hangs Himself.
Rev. Henry Maher, Baptist divine,
ged 100, on the Virginia side, 20 miles
,om Middlcsboro, Kya committed sui
de by hanging. Dependency was
le cause.
Shot His Brother by Mistake.
James Cooley, a young man, was
lot in the side and seriously wounded
y his older brother, Lincoln Cooley,
Hopkinsville, KY, through mistake.
Accidentally Killed His Frlcud
While playing with pistol in their
ooms in Nashville, Tenn, Claude Fin
" shot and SO badly wounded his
lend, Robert Mazcty, that he died.
Fatally Shot tho Deacon.