Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
SOUTHERN GLEANiN0S.

SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.
A Wedding Then Murder.
Murder was the sequel to the wed.
ding of Henry Wood and Carrie
Peoples, which was celebrated near
Jacksonville. Fla. The victim was Al
bert Thurman, and the groom was
placed under arrest, charged with fir
ing the fatal shot.
Wood and Thurman were rivals for
the hand Of the girl. The former was
successful In his suit, and the we'd
ding was fixed the other night. |
Thurman was present, and after
the ceremony extended congratula-
tions to the bride and groom. A dance
followed and Thurman insisted on
waltzing with the bride. The newly
made husband demurred, but Thur
man was so persistent that Wood final
ly gave his consent. Thurman took
Mrs. Wood In his arms and began to
waltz about the room in such manner
as to excite comment. Other couples |
ceased to dance, but Thurman, hold
ing Mrs Wood tightly, continued to
whirl her about, although she
seemed to bc making efforts to
free herself. Suddenly, Is the couple
passed the young husband, shot rang
out, and Thurman. crying II am
killed" sank to the floor, pulling Mrs.
Wood down with him. Examination
showed that he had been shot in the
left side near the heart, and that the
pistol was held so close that the cloth.
ing was powder burned.
The wounded man lived only few
minutes. Although the room was full
of people, not one has been found who
saw the shot fred
Prayer Va q Distillcry.
G. d. Gillespie, Of Tucker county, w.
Va. applied to the finance committee
OF the West Virginia legislature for
the refunding of s45 paid by him last
summer for the privilege Of running
distillery near Parsons, which he failed
to operate. Gillespie stated that hc
went to Tucker county, snd, seeing
large fruit crop, purchased tract Of
mountain land, on which was located
a never.failing spring, and obtained
permission to put up and operate dis
tillery. Some OF the good people of
the neighborhood met at their churches
and offered up prayers for the destruc-
tion Of the distillery.
Gillespie only laughed, and pro-
ceeded with preparing to make run
Of apple brandy. About the time he
had several tubs of crushed apples
ready for the still, the prayers of his
neighbors to destroy the still having
continued almost without ceasing, a
steady rain came, causing large
landslide from the steep mountain
above to come rushing down, and COM
pletely buried his entire outfit, which
he was net able to rebuild. His neigh
bors, who offered up prayers for the
destruction Of the still, firmly believe
and zealously maintain that it was an
nuoWel W prayers.
Senator Harris Eye Operated Upon.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee. re-
Gently underwent an operation on his
eye to relieve the intense pain he had
been suffering, and which it was
feared might, if allowed to continue,
go to the brain. He bravely wthstood
ho inr ~ tnlr
aesthetic. For week Senator Harris
had been great sufferer from the
pain which the operation relieved. For
five hours he suffered in an excruciat-
ing manner, and the operation was
performed upon his earnest pleading.
Killed by a Rival
Horace Keith shot and instantly
killed II. S. Tucker on the streets of
Knoxville, Tenn. The young men
were rivals in love affair. Tucker
called at Keith's house and asked for
some letters. Keith came to the door
and shot twice while Tucker WAS fac
ing him, and when the latter started to
run he fred two more shots Tucker
died with his hand grasping a revol-
YER. Why he did not defend himself
is not known.
Alabama University's Claim Allowed.
The general assembly of Alabama has
acknowledged for the state an indebt-
edness to the university Of Alabama of
e., 600, 600, and agreed that it should
remain as perpetual obligation
to bear three per cent. interest,
The amount accrued from funds aris-
Ing from the sale of lands granted the
university by the general government
70 years ago, and which the state has
systema atically appropriated to its own
use.
Head Of Remarkable Family.
Thomas Perry, of Carter county,
east Tennessee, died recently, leaving
u widow, aged 81, hale and hearty.
They had sous and daughters, S5
grandchildren and l27 great-grand-
children, nearly all of whom belong to
the Christian church and, 1t is said,
vote the republican ticket,
Every south Carolina Seat Contested.
The seat of every member of con-
gress elect from South Carolina is to
be contested. The chief ground of
contest in all these cases is the uncon-
stitutionality of the new registration
and election laws of the state. If one
member is unseated all will be un-
seated.
Cotton MIL for st. Louis.
The establishment of cotton mill
in st. Louis is, according to James
Cox, secretary of the Business Mems
league, and }. l.. Prince, OF the cotton
exchange, an assured fact.
Thousands In Distress.
Twenty thousand persons are report
cd In dire distress in the drought
stricken parishes of northern Louis
lana. They need immediate aid.
| Won the Money on Mckinley.
Mrs. Mary Shreve Ransom, the
wealthiest woman in Kentucky. has
completed arrangements to open free
souphousc and lodging house for the
poor in Louisville. This is the applica.
ton of several thousand dollars won
by Mrs. Ransom on the recent elec-