Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-04-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

"r oody OF Gcorg Johnson. a
owede, aged 35, was found hanginr
IRON the limb of tree in Forest narl5
IN ot. Louis on the 23d. johnson was
ont OF employment, and it is supnoscd
that brooding over the fact that bc
could not send to Sweden for his sweet
heart To come over and get married led
to the self-murder.
| MICHAEL }. O'BmEN, the Chicnco no,-
itician and west side saloon l,oonor
who shot and killed his wife about two
years ago, was sentenced, on the s3d. to
the penitentiary for life.
IHE opening sale of seats at Cincin-
nati' on the 22d, for the coming en-
gagement of the Metropolitan 0pera
Co. was the largest ever known for n
similar engagement in that city. More |
than 300 people We're in line at a. m
nearly 100 having held places all night.
One purchaser alone paid 500 for seats
ana over VIZ, 900 was realized from the
sale.
vi. "A. FELTON,, machinist at the pa
per mil at Watervliet, Mich, was
caught on a shaft between two beat
ers, on the 2ad, and literally torn to
pieces. His head and arms were
off and he was otherwise
horribly mangled.
IN wreck on the Cleveland & Mari :
'tta railroad at Eagle Hill, O., on the
'4th, Fireman Dye was pinoned be- +.
ween the engine and tender and death
eemed certain to him from the flames
i the wreck, but with rare presence of
and and nerve, he called upon min
r, Ed Jones' to take his pocket knife n
nd cut his arm off, which was done. ic
aving him from n horrible DEATH
The president promptly signed the -,
lint resolution, which passed congress r. !.
the 35th, authorizing the secretary =,
war to furnish tents to the sufferers "
the Mississippi river floods.
THE family of Louis Perez, an insur. 10
mt chief, consisting of two sisters tu
Id eight children, have been captured IN
Spanish troops and placed in the WI
ison for disorderly women in Ha-
ma. VI
CAPT. SAMUEL c. LEMLY, Judge advo- 60
tc general of the navy, went to Pitts 20,
rgh, Pa, on the cath, to receive the IN,
norary degree Of doctor of laws from ,
Western University of Pennsyl- m.
MIA. Ie
The Cuban insurgents captured Hol- "e
In, in Santiago de Cuba, on the 2lth. on
e town is very important one and CIV
news of its loss has cast great n
ON over official circles in the city of KIN,
vana. die
'OTH antitrust bills introduced by #
Lexow trust investigating commit ron
have been passed by the New York MI,
,mbly without amendment :. co.
HIRrY men were injured on board ~
British first-class cruiser Theseus, ..
he Gath, while practicing outside w.. w.
harbor at Malta, by the explosion WV WV
orpedoes which were being lowered n1n m
the ships launch. 4
He Austrian cruiser Satellit arrived ING
'uda bay, on the 25th, having in wA'
ody Greek steamer with 80 vol IN
crs on board, and Greek sail suit
vessel laden with ammunition in III
ed for the Cretan insurgents. char
were captured by the Satellit pani
e they were attempting to run the thre
xade. T..
Il new gunboat Wilmington did in m
tart for her speed trial run over war
long Island Sound course, on the v..r
third postponement being nee ~ r.,
y on account Of the heavy sea that ,..a,
prevailing. Oona'
Lapaz, Ind, on the night of the snow so y,
as the result of an old feud be- osho
! Jacob Leeds and Blanchard III
las, the latter was shot and in ciatio
" killed by Leeds. the
news concerning the death Of about
osgood, half back Of the Penn TIL
nia university eleven, in the Gu ten OF
rmy. Is confirmed by the receipt sion q
,tter by an aunt Of young Osgood chemi
osgood's father. The letter is q on the
u one received by the latter from NEA
Cox, who went to Cuba with the Amos
. athlete. and hi