Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-08
SUNDRIES.

Montreal claims 00O0population,
The Catholic Church property in
New York city, is valued at Sj,4O0,.
900.
Brigham Young celebrated his 10Th
birthday by banquet al Salt Lake
City, June I'd.
Twcnty-six thousand children are
now learning music in the Boston
public schools.
A fortune is waiting in Peru lol
the man who will invent a method OF
soliditying guano for expectation.
Wilhelmshohe, the prison of Napo-
leon ILL.,, viii probably be offered
for sale by the Prussian government.
The far-iamcd banking house Of
the Rothschilds, having been found
ed in I'LL, will be ono hundred years
old this year.
The gras,hoppcrs have invaded
Utah, and the consequence is the in
vcntion by Il Mormon Of Il "two-
horse grasshOpper smaohcr."
The announcement is made tina the
President will start on his contem-
plated trip to the Pacific coast about
the middle Of August. lie visits
Nevada, California, and Oregon,
stopping at Salt Lake en- route.
The fires in the mountains Of Sulll-
van, Ulster and Delaware counties, n.
Y. have destroyed 10000 acres Of for
est, and are still burning. Three cab
ins have been destroyed, and their Oc-
cupants are believed to have perishel.
Thousands Of tourists from the At
lantic and Western States are prepar-
ing to spend their summer vacation
on the slopes of the Rocky Noun
tains, among the sublime scenery of
the Yo Semitic, and in far distant CAL
ifornia
A son Of Napoleon the Great and
of Georges, the well-known actress,
gets $96 a year as an attachc of the
National Library i'll Paris, while the
natural son of Bernadotte, King Of
Sweden, plays the big fiddle at La
Scala, Milan.
Mr.. Charles Eranci. Adams has
lately built at Quincy, fre-proof
building, in which has been placed
the large library Of his father and the
voluminous manuscripts OF his father
and grandfather. lie is preparing
for publication a selection from the
writings of his illustrious father. 1t
is cighty-thrcc years since John
Adams bought the Quincy estate.
Mr.. Isaac Halfway, of EatOntown,
and his twin-brothcr, Benjamin, have
a singular history. Although twin
born, they were not born on the same
day, nor in the same week, month,
year or century. One was born IT,
the last hour Of the year 1893, on Sat
urday night, and the other was born
in the first hours of the year 1900, on
Sunday morning.
The last titled bankrupt of Eng
land, Lord Courtenay, son Of the
Earl of Devon, owes, it is stated,
El,2O0,0O0 (SG,O00,000), and will not
be able to pay 10 shillings in the
pound. During the last few years
he is reported to havs lived at the
rate Of over El00,000 per annum, and
his Indebtedness to his tailor alone is
set down at El2,000.
The Louisville Couricr-J ougna!
tells this for the crcdulous: "A
young lady in this city, about eish-
teen years Of age, can lift a tub of
clothing from the ground TO al eleva-
ton of four feet, aud have the clothes
line white with the results of the la.
Dor of her own little hands in 4 short
while. Meantime, her mother sits
in the parlor taking her case in her
old age"
One effect OF the prussiau occupu-
tion Of the Champagne district has
been Ia increase enormously the CX-
ports of brandy to England. The
bonded stock of brandy there
Gallons. thr bondcj storI tn ibn omi
of lost Quarter omonutod 20 ,nW,orJs
Of 506OG0 onIIons moro " thpn Lp ~ tho
nrovions vc9i, and thcsc cnormon.
imnorts ,iilI continur nH tbe samc
scale
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"r l"' III u "o' 90 ~ piiCT, "l'n an! 'iilis
more effective for its purpose than
either chloride of lime or carbolic
acid, besides being without the disa-
grccablc smell, and somewhat dan.
gerous properties of these disentcc-
tants, This article has been long
and tavorably known in Europe,
where ii is extensively used.
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600 lives annually. Sycd Maid, a
native ruler, but the creature Of thC
! English Government, is said to re,
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